1655. Holzmann-B. I, 5539 - ADB XI, 303f.- Rechtsgutachten zum sog. "Reichsvogteienstreit", zuerst 1655 publiziert und wohl auf Daniel Heider (1572 - 1647) zurückgehend. Der Konflikt zwischen der protestantisch gewordenen Stadt Lindau und den Äbtissinnen des angrenzenden Stifts begann um 1643 und gewann reichsrechtliche Bedeutung, da Vogteirechte auch an vielen anderen Orten bestanden.- Ohne den erst 1733 erschienen Anhang, etw. braunfleckig sonst gutes Ex.

42x57 cm. - Cortazzi, Isles of Gold, S. 43ff.; Walter 38 u. OAG 28; Campbell, Japan 21. Dekorative Karte der japanischen Inseln Honschu, Kiuschu und Schikoku mit Korea; zeigt die Einteilung in die Provinzen. Die Japan-Karte nach Aufzeichnungen des Jesuitenpaters Martini erschien erstmals bei W. Blaeu 1655. Wenige kleine Stockflecke.

Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette. 1655. Copper engraving. Original colour. Size: 54 x 39 cm. (21½ x 15½ inches) Very good condition; some browning to the centrefold and a stain to the upper left, not affecting the image. An attractive double hemisphere map based on the polar projections so as to include the northern and southern thirds of the world. The North pole is connected to Greenland and Spitzbergen but there is little other detailed coastline in the polar area. Europe, Russia and Canada are delineated. The South pole is based on the great unknown Southland of Magellan. The tip of S. America is shown, and a large land mass which encompasses the whole of the hemisphere, but nothing else, showing the limited extent of knowledge of these extreme latitudes. Extraordinarily enough, though, the southern projection, which shows little more than the outline of a vast landmass 'Australe et Incogneue', roughly corresponding to Antarctica as we know it today, long before any of it was discovered. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) French cartographer who established the first great cartographic dynasty in France. He was tutor to Louis XIV. Sanson published over 300 maps and was a founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France.

1655 o. 1656. Motivmass: 18,0x28,4 Blattmass: 21,4x32,9 Kupferstich aus: Topographia Sveviae Schwarzweiß.

Zittau Gedruckt bei Johann Gottfried Seyfert in, 1655. S. 904 Seiten in Anbetracht des Alters ist das seltene Buch noch in einer recht guten Verfassung, auch wenn einige Seiten etwas befleckt sind, Namenseintragung Eine Sammlung in öffentlicher Gemeinde vorgetragener Betrachtungen über die Evangelia auf alle Sonn-, Fest-, und Feiertage des ganzen Jahres nebst Eilf Passions-Betrachtungen über das 26. und 27. Cap. Matth. wie auch einer Kirchweih- und Christnachts-Erbauung, auf mehrfaches Verlangen dem Drucke übergeben von V. A. Th. Venus Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1655

London: Evan Tyler for A Society of Stationers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1655. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrated title pages; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 936, [2], 78, [4] p. pages; THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW. NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATION DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED BOUND WITH THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS. Contemporary calf leather neatly rebacked. New Testament page dated 1654. TWO ENGRAVED TITLE PAGES. Some internal darkening with occasional slight chipping. 17th and 19th century ink annotations on verso of New Testament title page. Lacking leaf Aa4. Herbert 646. Wing B-2243 (2nd ed) & B-2459. Only one copy found of The Bible, that in British and Foreign Bible Society, London, England (Lbb) Bound with THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS: COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE, BY THOMAS STERNHOLD, JOHN HOPKINS, AND OTHERS: SET FORTH AND ALLOWED TO BE SUNG IN ALL CHURCHES, OF ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, BEFORE AND AFTER MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER; AND ALSO BEFORE AND AFTER SERMONS, AND MOREOVER IN PRIVATE HOUSES FOR THEIR GODLY SOLACE AND COMFORT: LAYING APART ALL UNGODLY SONGS AND BALLADS, WHICH TEND ONLY TO THE NOURISHING OF VICE, AND CORRUPTING OF YOUTH. Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549, tr. And Hopkins, John, d. 1570, tr. . London, Companie of Stationers 1655. Wing , B2459A. 11 copies found of The Psalms. ESTCR172754 .

Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1655. Part II "Americas" of volume II (of 6) only, folio (20 4/8 x 13 6/8 inches). Text in Latin. Engraved title with letterpress title overslip, 15 engraved double-page maps ALL FINELY COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, woodcut tail-pieces and initials (some light browning and spotting, a few marginal tears). Contemporary Dutch paneled vellum (remboitage), each cover elaborately decorated in gilt in two panels with fillets of broad floral roll tools, large floral inner corner-pieces and central floral medallion, yapp edges, all edges gilt (rebacked, lacking two pairs of ties, front cover with small split in fore-edge, one or two small stains). Provenance: Richard Green Library of Important Scientific Books, his sale, Christie's New York, 3rd December 2007, lot 256. A FINE TALL COPY WITH EXCEPTIONAL HAND-COLORING. An important part of the Latin edition of Blaeu's "Theatrum orbis terrarium." Containing fine large maps of "Americae," "Insulae Americanae," "Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova," "Barmudas," "Nova Virginiae," "Virginiae . et Floridae," "Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia," ".Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan," "Venezuela, cum. Novae Andalusiae," "Guiana sive Amazonum Regio," "Brasilia," "Paraguay, o Prov. De Rio de la Plata cum. Tucuman et S.ta Cruz de la Sierrra," "Magellanica," "Chili," and "Peru." Of particular interest is the map of "Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova": "It's primary source is the first manuscript figurative map of Adrien Block, 1614. Indeed it is the first full representation of it in print. It is one of the earliest to name "Nieu Amsterdam" (B … [Click Below for Full Description]

Bologna: HH. del Dozza, 1655. First Collected Edition and only the second issuance, printed with independent pagination and included in the First Printing of the OPERA in 1655. With woodcut device on the title-page. 4to, original unbound sewn sheets. 188; 189-264pp. A fine and fresh copy, clean and crisp withal. SCARCE AND IMPORTANT. GALILEO’S FINAL WORK ON FLOATING BODIES and his important findings and answers to Lodovico Delle Colombe and Vincenzo Di Gratia with illustrations from the work of Piccolomini and Sticciano. Cinti 51 notes: “Ludovico delle Colombe rispose nel 1612 con il suo “Discorso Apologetico”, cui fece seguito nel 1613 l’opera di Vincenzo di Grazia “Considerazioni sopro ‘l Discorso di Galileo Galilei”...D.S.B. V, pp. 241-2: “Using the concept of moment and the principle of virtual velocities, Galileo extended the scope of the Archimedean work beyond purely hydrostatic considerations...The Book on Bodies in water drew attacks from four Aristotelian professors at Florence and Pisa...Galileo prepared answers to his critics, which he turned over to Castelli for publication in order to avoid personal involvement. Detailed replies to two of them...written principally by Galileo himself appeared anonymously in 1615, with a prefatory note by Castelli implying that he was the author ad that Galileo would have been more severe.”

Madrid: Testimonio. New. Hardcover. <p>This manuscript came from the fine personal library of Cardinal Fabio Chigi, who took the name of Alexander VII on his election as Pope (1655-1667) , and it is now conserved in the Apostolic Library in the Vatican (Chig. F. VII.1590). </p><p>It contains the pharmacopoea which was universally used in the Greek, Roman and Arab worlds from the second century AD until modern times and known as a Dioscorides, after Pedacius Dioscorides Anazarbeus, a Greek doctor in the service of the Roman legions. In his "De Materia Medica", he listed 600 plants, 90 minerals and 30 animal products, with a drawing of each one and a note of its therapeutic properties. </p><p>The Vatican codex is made up of 242 folios on parchment measuring 283 x 198 mm. , to which were added in the 17th century (when it was already in Italy) 2 folios in paper containing an alphabetical index of all the "simples" illustrated. </p><p>The manuscript was originally conceived as a series of drawings only, with no explanatory text. It was compiled, using alphabetical order, around the middle of the 15th century, in the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Constantinople, and was modelled on a famous Dioscorides which had been given in 512 to Juliana Anisia, daughter of the emperor Anisius Olibira and Placidia, daughter of Valentinian III; it is now conserved in Vienna. A religious in the Monastery of St Demetrius, called Isidore Ruthenus, was charged with writing in the Greek names of the plants in very small letters on the tops of the folios. Five other hands, two Greek and then … [Click Below for Full Description]

London: E. Cotes for John Sweeting, 1655. Small folio (7 2/8 x 11 2/8 inches). [10], 220, [12] pp. Four engraved maps: North and South America; West-Indies; New Spain (central Mexico with Pacific Coast); and "Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popaian" (the southern half of Central America with northwest regions of South America). (Marginal dampstaining, slightly affecting West Indies map and occasionally affecting text block, occasional spotting, minor chipping to edges of first map and first few text leaves.) Modern speckled calf antique, covers decorated with double gilt fillet, spine gilt in compartments, with red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription on frontispiece map of John Kyrwood; a few contemporary English marginalia. THE FIRST EDITION WITH THE MAPS, OF THE FIRST NON-SPANISH DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH DOMINIONS IN THE NEW WORLD. As a child Gage had been sent by his father to Spain to study with the Jesuits. He joined the Dominican order instead, and in 1625 began his travels as a stowaway, smuggled in a biscuit barrel aboard a ship bound for the Philippines, in violation of the Spanish royal decree excluding foreigners from the new Spanish territories. Gage spent most of the next 12 years in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama, living among the Indians and occasionally serving as parish priest or professor of philosophy. Upon his return to England he converted to the Church of England and wrote his book, which caused an immediate sensation for its revelations of the wealth and defenselessness of the Spanish … [Click Below for Full Description]

Amstelaedami: Sumptibus Joannis Ravesteynii, 1655. First edition. Folio. 737,(i) pp plus 22pp index. Contemporary full leather; spine in six compartments with raised bands, the compartments intricately gilt except for the compartment containing the red leather lettering piece, gilt. Light wear to corners and hinge, title page dusty with some old signatures, else a near fine copy. In Latin. Lowndes quotes Lord Woodhouselee, who call this a "work of great merit, whether we consider the judicious structure of the narrative, the sagacity of the reflections, the acute discernment of characters, or the classical tincture of the style." (p. 1223.) Contains much matter relating to the early history of Scotland, with several pages devoted to Mary, Queen of Scots. Near fine.

Frankfurt, 1655. unbound. very good. Bird's eye view. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 11" x 12.5".Town view of Schweinfurt. Each building is exquisitely delineated with an index in the lower left corner listing 21 of the landmarks of this town. Matthaus Merian (1593-1650), was a draughtsman, topographical engraver, and publisher from Switzerland. This engraving was published near the time of his death. Minor aging around edges, right margin is cropped.

Frankfurt, 1655. unbound. very good. Panoramic view. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 10.25" x 7".Panoramic view of town of Schlan with fields and landscape in foreground, strong impression. Schlan is near Prague and was founded at the site of a salt spring. Slani, the original Czech name, means salty. Matthaus Merian (1593-1650), was a draughtsman, topographical engraver, and publisher from Switzerland. This engraving was published near the time of his death. Minor chipping to edges. Two inch tear to bottom margin, and small tear to right margin.

Frankfurt, 1655. unbound. very good. Panoramic view. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 9.75" x 20".Panoramic view of a Swiss mountain valley. Numerical reference legend along lower border of engraving. Matthaus Merian (1593-1650), was a draughtsman, topographical engraver, and publisher from Switzerland. This engraving was published near the time of his death. Print is in two pieces with original join. Minor aging and chipping to left and top edges.

1655. [Conveyancing]. The Compleat Clark, And Scriveners Guide: Containing Exact Draughts and Presidents of All Manner of Assurances and Instruments Now in use; As they Were Penned and Perfected by Divers Learned Judges, Eminent Lawyers, And Great Conveyancers, Both Ancient and Modern. Whereunto is Also Added a Concordance of Years, From the Time of King Richard the Third Untill This Present; Very Usefull for Conveyancers and Others. With an Exact Alphabeticall Table, Whereby Any of the Said Presidents May be Easily Found Out. London: Printed by T.R. for H. Twyford, 1655. [viii], 664, [16] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, recently rebacked in period style with raised bands and lettering piece, early hand-lettered title to fore-edge, pastedowns lacking. Moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to corners, a few minor scuffs to boards. Early armorial bookplate and armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Pollock with the note "Lincolns Inn 1886" in his hand to verso of front board, "F. Pollock 1886" to head of title page. Attractive woodcut head-pieces. Toning to text, browning and light foxing in places. Early signature (of John Byeth) to title page and head of preface, interior otherwise clean. A very scarce title with an appealing association. * First edition. This scarce book is a fine guide to the state of conveyancing during the mid-seventeenth century. This was a fairly successful work; its final edition, the fifth, was published in 1683. Sir Frederick Pollock [1845-1937], one of the greatest British judges and legal scholars of his d … [Click Below for Full Description]

Cl. Salmasii. Lugundi Batorum Ex Officina Elzeviriana,. Fine with no dust jacket. 1655. Hardcover. Rome; Italy; History; Latin Language; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [Early Printing]. L. Annaea Flori [Lucius Annaeus Florus]. Hist: Rom: Lib: IV. [History Of Rome]. Cum notis integris Cl. Salmasii additus etram L. Amnpelius...Published by Cl. Salmasii. Lugundi Batorum Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1655. [engraved title]-[xvi],1-330, (index,331-[396], (commentary, [1-45]) pp. 8vo. Later vellum, edges red. Handsome engraved title by G. Wingdendorp, large bird delivering crown to Roman warrior; decorative headpiece at opening of each part and at beginning of timeline and commentary; tailpieces at end of index and commentary. Cf: Graesse p605. Vellum very good, scattered light toning/spotting to text block. Elzevier edition, was not published until 1638. OTHER GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS LISTING. PLEASE EMAIL US FOR THEM. Latin Language text. ; 0 .

London: printed by S. G. for Andrew Crook, 1655. Small 4to, pp. [8], 062 [i.e. 270], [10]; Wing G-977; bound with: Goodwin, Thomas, Romanae historiae anthologia ... An English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities ... newly revised and inlarged by the author. London: printed for Henry Cripps of Oxford, 1658, pp. [8], 277, [23]; title within typographic border, Wing G-988; bound with: Rous, Francis, & Zachary Bogan, Archaeologiae Atticae ... Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities ... with an addition of their customes in marriages, burials, feastings, divination &c. in the foure last books by Zachary Bogan ... The fifth edition corrected and enlarged, Oxford: printed by A. Lichfield and H. Hall, for John Adams, and Edw. Forrest, 1658, pp. [8], 374, [14]; Wing R-2035; together 3 vols. in 1, contemporary full paneled calf, neatly rebacked, old unlettered spine laid down; nice copy.

Paris, P. Des-Hayes & A. Cellier, 1655. 16:o. (20),+ 134 s. Senare pergamentband, guldornerad rygg med röd titeletikett. Med Bengt Löws namnteckning i blyerts. Warmholtz 4281 not. Första franska utgåvan av Freinshemius hyllningstal till drottning Kristina. Det återges även i andra delen av Arckenholtz's "Memoires concernant... Christine". Talet hölls 1647 för att hylla Kristina på hennes 22-årsdag, och det latinska originalet trycktes samma år. Översättaren till franska, Jonas Hambraeus (1588-1671), var sedan 1626 svensk predikant i den lutheranska kyrkan i Paris, och från 1628 professor i orientaliska språk vid Paris universitet. Han var även från 1635 verksam vid svenska ambassaden i Paris, under den svenska ambassadören Hugo Grotius. Bland hans övriga översättningar finns två av Johannes Messenius till franska. Johan Freinshemius (1608-60), studerade tillsammans med Schefferus i Strassburg under Matthias Bernegger, vars dotter han sedan gifte sig med. År 1642 blev han kallad till den skytteanska professuren i Uppsala, och blev därmed den förste i raden av lärde som drottning Kristina kallade till Sverige. 1647 blev han av henne utnämnd till kunglig bibliotekarie och svensk rikshistoriograf.

Hague: Hagae-Comitum, 1655. very good(+). Editio Tertia; Auctior, Correctior, & Distinctior. Copper engraved portrait. Rubricated title, 300pp. + index. 4to, modern 3/4 red levant, t.e.g.; one margin torn. Hagae-Comitum, Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq, 1655. Very good (+). A "widely read and influential" biography of the French cleric, savant, lawyer and conseiller of the Parlement of Provence. "Through this book Peiresc and his work came to be known to many who had neither visited his collections and library ... nor exchanged letters with him" (DSB). In addition to sponsoring the scientific researches of others, Peiresc is noteworthy for his own investigations into natural phenomena, particularly in the astronomical realm. He was an avid collector of books, manuscripts and animals, with his gardens being in their day the third largest in France. He is also known for such diverse exploits as introducing the Angora cat into Europe and going on record in defense of Galileo. His ideas, though unsystematic in themselves, are said to have exerted considerable influence on the speculations of his more famous biographer, the great scientist, mathematician and scholar, in whose arms Peiresc died in 1637. Pierre Bayle said of him: "Jamais homme ne rendid plus de services a la Republique des Lettres..." (DSB). An excellent copy with the William Salloch bookplate. DSB X, 488-92; Brunet Tab. 30592.

H. DOZZA, 1655. [Fisica-Idrostatica] (cm. 23,5) ottimo cartonato recente, uso antico, sguardie antiche..-- pp. 58; + da 59 a 127. Le due opere con frontis proprio.Nota controversia intorno alle teorie sull' idrostatica di Galileo, difensore delleteorie di Archimede in opposizione aquelle aristoteliche. Questa opera è seguita dalle "considerazioni" del Di Grazia ugualmente contro Galileo. Seconda edizione di questi due studi tratti dall' edizione delle "Opere" del Dozza, apparvero nel 1612 e 1613. Esemplare molto bello, fresco, nitido e a grandi margini. RICCARDI I 357 e 629; CINTI 132; CARLI-FAVARO 251; AUT. ITALIANI DEL '600 1562; GAMBA 482; SOTHERAN I 1435; HOUZEAU-LANCASTER 3386.[f54] Libro

H. De Duccijs, Bononiae 1655 - [Astronomia-Geometria Militare] (cm. 23,8) ottimo cartonato recente, uso antico, sguardieantiche. -- cc. 4 nn., pp. 80; pp. 81-160. Con molte figg. in xilografia n.t. per lo più geometriche. Le due opere in un volume tratte dalla prima edizione delle "Opere" del Dozza. Assai nota e interessante è questa controversia tra Galileo ed il Capra che aveva pubblicato a suo nome la presente opera che altro non era se non la traduzione del "Compasso geometrico". Prime 4 carte lievemente ombrate, per il resto esemplare molto bello, nitido, fresco e a pieni margini. * Riccardi I 236 e 507; * Cinti 132; * Gamba 482; * Aut. Ital. del '600 1562; * Sotheran I 1435; * Houzeau-Lancaster 3386; * Stillman Drake in Dibner "Operations of the compass".[f54] [Attributes: Hard Cover]

apud Ioannem Iost, Parisiis 1655 - Tagli spruzzati lievi difetti alle cerniere Incisione in rame al frontespizio testatine capilettera e finalini ornati (12) + 492 + (18) p. - in-24 p.pelle coeva cordonature titoli e fregi oro

London: Printed by T.C. for John Saywell, to be sold at his shop at the Sign of the Grey-hound, , 1655. Printed by T.C. for John Saywell, to be sold at his shop at the Sign of the Grey-hound, London, 1655 Second Edition, enlarged and perfected. Hardback. , calf has come loose from front board and spine, calf rubbed at edges and spine with some loss at head of spine and rear, lacks 1 leaf from preface plus Thomas Muntzer illustration and pages 55-58 from heretics section on Michael Servetus text, some pages loose, in fair condition. Octavo, 17 x 11 cm. , frontispiece, title page, advertisement [2], to Robert Abdy [3], preface [5], introductory pages and contents [16], 544 pages, alphabetical table of contents [10], 'Apocalypsis: Or, The Revelation Of certain notorious Advancers of Heresie...', with separate title page, introductory pages [18], accounts of 16 heretics with portrait of each [78], index of heretics [2] at rear , full black calf with 4 raised bands to spine, blindstamped borders, gilt decorative border to outer edges

Lugduni Lyon: Philippi Borde Laurentii Arnaud & Claudii Rigaud, 1655. Folio, (344x230mm), [8],92p. A fine, large, wood-engraved printer's device on the title and an engraved armorial device at the head of the dedication leaf; browned throughout, occasionally a touch heavily so, and with some damage to the fore margin of the final leaf. Contemporary full vellum, the front joint split and the front cover almost detached, some vellum missing from the head and tail of the backstrip. An extremely rare Lyon printing of a major work by one of Spain's most voluminous authors who was regarded as the most learned men of his country in the seventeenth century. The book first appeared in Salamanca in the same year.

Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, Amsterdam, 1655. Cum Juris Civilis Antiqui, Novissimi, nec non Pontificii & Municipalis, pro varietate materiarum, diversis & congruis locis, inserta brevi declaratione. Title page printed in red & black with large engraved printers device (Minerva). [8], 792, [7]pp printed in double columns. Very thick short 4to, contemporary calf with elaborate blind-tooled covers and gilt-lettered spine (well-worn; joints and hinges neatly repaired but still quite attractive; light dampstaining in fore-edge margins of some pages). Amstelodami: Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, 1655. Text in Latin. A very nice copy of this early book on Roman Law. Scarce. OCLC lists only 10 copies, bound together with a subsequent volume (1660), not present here. Copinger - Elzevir 1152; Willems - Elzevir 1183; Rahir - Elzevir 1205. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Ulm: Gorlin, August Vindelicorum, 1655. Published 1655. First volume in a massive genealogical work that eventually consisted of four volumes. This volume contains the genealogies of some of the most famous rulers and nobility of Germany and of the Holy Roman Empire, shown in graphic form with dozens of woodcut coats of arms. Period binding in full calf stamped with a profusion of gilt fleur-de-lis, gilt stamped armorial seals on front and rear covers showing three lilies in a sheild surrounded by thorns, the words Lilium Inter Spinas above, Collegium Grassinaeum below, copper engraved title, (10), 151, 64, 97, 282 (36) pages. Front cover detached, covers and spine badly chipped and worn, text block sound with two leaves detached and worn about the edges but present, numerous dampstains, very minor worming to the index, names on preliminary blank and title page. A quite rough but complete copy of this volume. Hard Cover. Poor. Folio-33 cm Tall. Poor. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

- 1. Theil (und 2. Teil in einem Buch). Mit einer umbständigen Vorrede, von dem Ursprung und Gebrauch der Wappen vermehrt. (u. 2. Theil: Deß erneuerten Teutschen Wappenbuchs zweyter Theil. (.) Mit einer Vorrede von den Ritterliche Thurnieren und der Adelichen Heroldskunst vermehrt). Nürnberg: Paulus Fürsten, Kunsthändlern. Gedruckt bey Christoff Gerhard, (1655). Hardc. d. Zt. mit rotem, goldgeprägtem Rückentitel 'Wappenbuch 1'. (40 S. Vorrede), (32 S. Register), 1 Bl., IIII, 199 Bll. mit Wappen-Abb., Frontispiz-Kupfer v. Bd. 2, Titelbl., (27 S. Vorrede), (1 S. Index), (22 S. Register v. Bd. 2, 1 leeres Bl.), 164 Bll. mit Wappen-Abb. - 14,5 x 19,5. * Die sehr selten beiden ersten Bände von Siebmachers insgesamt fünfteiliger Wappen-Sammlung in der 4. Ausgabe. - Es fehlen der Frontispiz-Kupferstich und die Wappen-Abb. von S. 200 bis 226 des ersten Teils. - Einband berieben, Ecken bestoßen. - Innendeckel mit Vorbesitzer-Eintrag "v. Fürstenberg .". - Innen durchgehend wohlerhalten und mit kräftigem Abdruck der Wappen-Kupfer. - Beiliegen: Bibliographische Titelaufnahmen im VD17, fünf Bestandsnachweise in deutschen Bibliotheken sowie das fehlende Frontispiz-Blatt in Fotokopie.

London: R. Daniel, 1655. London: R. Daniel. 1655. Subtitled: "Of his Warres in Gallia; and the Civil Warres betwixt him and Pompey. Translated into English: With Many excellent and judicious observations Thereupon: As also The Art of our Modern Training, or Tactick Practice; Whereunto is adjoyned the Eighth Commentary of the Warres in Gallia; with some short Observations upon it. Together with the Life of Caesar, and an Account of his Medalls; Revised, Corrected and Enlarged." Folio, contemporary paneled calf rebacked and recornered with original spine laid down, five raised bands. Fourth edition of Edmonds' translation of Caesar's Commentaries, with additional engraved title page and 14 engraved plates (nine of which are double-page). Sir Clement Edmonds "had a high reputation for learning and as a writer on military art" (DNB); his translation of the Commentaries first appeared in 1600. "This excellent and well-known exposition of Caesar was always popular. The text is divided into short chapters with critical and explanatory notes to each" (Cockle 71). The lively plates depict the armies of Caesar in formation, in camp, in battles, in sieges, etc. With Hirtius' continuation. Hirtius, Roman consul and commander and friend of Caesar, served with him in Gaul. Text embellished with woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. STC C200. Plates fine. Some expert paper repair to first few leaves, index leaf provided in early manuscript. A very good copy in handsome contemporary calf. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: S.G. for Andrew Crook and John Williams, 1655. 7th edition. Small 4to, pp. viii, 062 (ie 270), (x). Bound With: [GODWIN, Thomas]. ROMANAE HISTORIAE, Anthologia Recognita et Aucta. An English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities wherein many Roman and English offices are parallell'd, and divers obscure phrases explained. Newly revised and enlarged by the author. London: R. W. for Henry Cripps, 1661. 4to, pp. [vi], 270, [xx]. The two works are bound in rubbed and worn contemporary calf which is pock marked but still tight at the hinges. Contemporary ownership signatures on the end paper and first title-page. One of the signatures is Tho Beach which might have been the poet and wine merchant who died in 1737. CBEL I, 779. The first title first appeared in 1616, first translated intio English in 1625. CBEL notes the expanded version under the present title in 1698. The second work originally appeared in 1614. Godwin (or Godwyn)(d. 1642) was a schoolmaster and got his degree from Oxford in 1609. He spent time both as a teacher and chaplain. The second work was his first, originally issued for the use of his school in Abington. The first work, according to the DNB, "attracted the attention of several distinguished commentators among whom may be mentioned Dr. David Jennings and the learned Hottinger.

Leiden: ex Officina Elzeviriorum, 1655. Folio. (14 x 8 3/4 inches). Title with woodcut vignette, 1 double-page engraved interior view of the museum by G. Wingendorp, engraved portrait of the author by G. Wingendorp after Carl van Mander, 11 engraved illustrations (2 full-page, two showing 2 'figures' on a single plate), 139 woodcut illustrations. (Light old worming to upper blank margins of title, the double-page view and the two following leaves). Late 18th-century Italian half marbled sheep over marbled paper-covered boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands, brown morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, repeat decoration of roll tools above and below a central tool showing a pair of birds on the rim of a vase, speckled edges. An excellent untouched copy of the first edition of this fascinating and well-illustrated description of the contents of Danish physician Ole Worm's "Wunderkammer" - the most famous northern European proto-museum of the 17th century. Wunderkammers (also known as cabinets of curiosities or wonder-rooms) were collections of types of objects we now regard as quite separate, but whose boundaries were in the Renaissance yet to be defined. They included specimens we would now categorize as belonging to natural history .... geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art, including cabinet paintings, and antiquities. Some belonged to rulers, aristocrats or merchants, others [as here] to early practitioners of science in Europe, and were precursors to museums of different sorts. The term cabin … [Click Below for Full Description]

Frankfurt, 1655. Copperplate engraving; framed size: 19 1/2" x 23". Book.

Amsterdam: Joannis Ravesteyni 1st Complete edition, a few chapters had appeared earlier, 1655. Amsterdam: Joannis Ravesteyni 1st Complete edition, a few chapters had appeared earlier, 1655. Hardcover. Very Good-. Printed by Guilielmi van der Hoeve 1655 at Gouda (to colophon) TP woodcut of Elijah fed by the Ravens + foliated headpiece & a few foliated initials Folio (in 4's) near Contemporary English sprinked calf with blind ruled & one decor roll on 5 raised bands with burgandy gilt label (tips sl.worn/head of spine bit worn but very neat original state) Red sprinkled edges TP (2p)+737pp + (1p)=blank) +(22p)=index. About a dozen corners torn away but never near to the text, else unmarked and clean. An interesting Scottish perspective on English history by a Edinburgh scholar who came to London after the Scottish King James VI became James I of England. Deals also with Irish affairs and affairs on the continent. With an Evelyn book label to pastedown this is a lovely crisp copy.

Cl. Salmasii. Lugundi Batorum Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1655 - Rome; Italy; History; Latin Language; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [Early Printing]. L. Annaea Flori [Lucius Annaeus Florus]. Hist: Rom: Lib: IV. [History Of Rome]. Cum notis integris Cl. Salmasii additus etram L. Amnpelius.Published by Cl. Salmasii. Lugundi Batorum Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1655. [engraved title]-[xvi],1-330, (index,331-[396], (commentary, [1-45]) pp. 8vo. Later vellum, edges red. Handsome engraved title by G. Wingdendorp, large bird delivering crown to Roman warrior; decorative headpiece at opening of each part and at beginning of timeline and commentary; tailpieces at end of index and commentary. Cf: Graesse p605. Vellum very good, scattered light toning/spotting to text block. Elzevier edition, was not published until 1638. OTHER GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS LISTING. PLEASE EMAIL US FOR THEM. Latin Language text. ; 0 [Attributes: Hard Cover]