A New Orchard & Garden. Or, The best way for Planting, Grafting, and to make any Ground good for a Rich Orchard. With The Country House-wifes Garden for Herbs of Common use. As also The Husbandry of Bees, with their several Uses and Annoyances. by Lawson, William - 1668

London: printed for Bernard Lintott, between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street [through 1718], 1717. Full Calf. Near Fine+. Three volumes in one: Fifth Edition of the first, Second of the second, First of the third. 8vo: [2, the frontispiece and title page may be cancels],vi (dedication to Henry, Duke of Kent, from The fruit-garden kalendar transferred here, as usual, to The clergy-man's recreation [ESTC Citation No. T30847]),[8],84, with a copper-engraved frontispiece by Simon Gribelin and a letterpress illustration; [18],115,[1], with a frontispiece, four folding plates (including the plate showing a method of finding the meridian line, often missing) and a letterpress illustration (in this edition [ESTC Citation No. T142272], the last '7' of the date on the title page falls below the first 't' of 'Lintott', and on p.5 the "B" of the signature is below the "a" of "acquainted" in the final line); [4],v,[1],146 (wanting final 3pp of the appendix, but with 7 extra pages of Lintot's catalog), [10]pp,… Read More

ROMA: A SPESE DI GIO. ANTONIO GHERARDINI LIBRARO IN PARI, 1674. In 8. Dim. 22,5x16,5 cm. Pp. (32)+433+(3)+55+(1)+8+(16). Rarissimo volume, un Officio della Gloriosa Vergine Maria del 1674. Il volume è una sorta di manuale ad uso del clero con indicazione in italiano delle azioni da compiere e parti in latino da recitare. Nella prima parte tabella delle feste mobili e lista delle feste mese per mese. Seguono indicazioni in lingua italiana: modo di fare la Sperges, ordine di dar l'habito ai novelli e di ricevere i novizi, preparazione all'inizio dell'Officio. Segue l'Officio della Beata Vergine Maria, l'Officio dei morti, i sette salmi penitenziali, litanie, orazioni, inni per tutto l'anno, orazioni delle domeniche, orazioni proprie dei Santi per tutto l'anno, antifoni ed orazioni aggiunte, Officio del mercoledì, giovedì e venerdì Santo, Officio del Santissimo Sacramento del corpo di Christo, Officio per la notte di Natale, salmi graduali.… Read More

Halae propter Salam: Apud Io. Gottl. Bierwirth, 1747. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. [7], 8-78; [3], 478pp. Contemporary full speckled calf, spine with five raised bands and compartments decorated with floral motifs, marbled endpapers. Amoenitates academicae was printed in 1752 in Amsterdam by J. Wetstenium and includes four engraved foldout plates and one in-text illustration. With the bookplate of noted malacologist Paul Maurice Pallary on the front pastedown endpaper. Later bookplate on the front free endpaper. Front joint partially split, wear to extremities, previous owners' names on title, light scattered foxing, small loss to spine ends. A good+ copy. Bradley I, p. 254. Pritzel 5405. ; Octavo.

Parma: Pauli Monti, 1703. First edition, bound in full vellum with manuscript title on spine. Text in Latin. Published Parma: Pauli Monti, 1703. Folio, 9 1/2" x 14", 451pp., includes 2 indices. Posthumously published work consisting of lengthy meditations on The Miracles and essay "An Deus Faciat Semper Id, Quod Melius Est?" Printed on heavy laid paper with engraved vignettes, headpieces, tailpieces and historiated initials. Binding strong and tight, pages clean and bright with light, occasional foxing. A small number of pages show toning, but overall an attractive example that shows well. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.

AMSTELAEDAMI: APUD HENRICUM WESTENIUM, 1687. Bella edizione del 1687 di questa raccolta di opere del medico inglese Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689). La prima opera "Observationes medicae" è la sua celebre che venne utilizzato come testo medico tanto che lui era conosciuto come l'Ippocrate inglese. Tra le sue scoperte la malattia conosciuta come "Il ballo di san Vito".. Ritratto di Sydenham inciso da A. Nagtegael. Segue "Epistolae responsoriae duae" sulla "On epidemicis" e "On the lues venerea". Segue "Tractatus de podagra et hydrope" sulla gestione dell'artrite. Segue "Additiones novae". L'ultimo "Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu" i sintomi della febbre. Antiche note manoscritte ai margini. Ottimo esemplare completo. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro su tassello al dorso in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone… Read More

Paris: Francois Clovsier, 1667. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [8], 212. With 90 engraved plates most of which contain 16 palmistry figures. Several plates contain a whole palm illustrated. Bound in full period calf; re-backed preserving original gilt spine. Boards show rubbing and wear; board corners are neatly restored. Top edge of book block is a bit rubbed. Interior contains some marginal soiling and foxing; several areas of marginal worming and worm tracks are present in the upper and lower margins (interrupting the running title on a couple of pages). The upper portion of the book also contains some damp staining which is generally mild. A tear, part way across one plate, is professionally sealed and hardly noticeable. Some plates contain light printer’s smudging. This treatise, first printed in 1665, has been called one of the most comprehensive 17th century books on palmistry. [Cette ouvrage, l’un des meilleurs traités de chiromancie du XVIIe… Read More

1637. Prima edizione del 1637 di questo trattato di diritto marittimo dello storiografo, filologo e pensatore politico danese Joannes Isaac Pontanus (1571-1639), discepolo dell'astronomo Thyco Brahe. Pontano si trasferì prima in Francia poi in Olanda dove percepì il clima politica culturale che portò all'elaborazione delle teorie di diritto internazionale espresse in quest'opera, una vivace confutazione delle teorie sul mare chiuso di John Selden. In appendice il testo dedicato alla navigazione "De Ophyra" di Gaspar Barreiros (m. 1574) e "Problemata nautica" di Bartholomaus Keckermann (1573-1609). Alcune incisioni all'interno. Timbro al verso del frontespizio di biblioteca tedesca privata "Bibliothek Mecklenburgh Ritter Landschaft". In ottime condizioni e completo. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni.… Read More

1692 Vulson's Lives of Illustrious Men Ambrose JOAN of ARC Pucelle Gaston Foix

Marc Vulson de la Colombiere was a 17th-century French historian who is known for his biographical sketches of notable figures, priests, politicians, philosophers, and scholars. One of his best works was 'The Lives of Illustrious Men' – a work that includes those sketches. Vulson includes descriptions of famous men and women including:
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Joan of Arc
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Gaston de Foix
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Anne de Montgomery
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Henry IV
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Queen Marie de Medici
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Anne of Austria, Queen of France
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Pierre de Terrail
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Cardinal Ambrose
This 1692 edition includes 25 full-page portrait engravings.
Item number: #18278
Price: $750
VULSON, Marc de la Colombiere
Les vies des hommes illustres et grands capitaines françois, qui sont peints dans la gallerie du Palais Royal. Avec leurs principales actions, armes & devises
A Paris: Nicolas Le Gras, 1692.

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1642 Juvenal & Persius Satires Stoic Philosophy Classical Rome Farnaby Latin

"Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown."
― Juvenal, The Satires
A rare printing of 'The Satires'
of Juvenal and Persius. This collection of satirical poetry was written in the late 1st and 2nd centuries and discuss society, social norms, irony, each of these providing insight to the morals and values of Roman life at the time. Juvenal outlines many of the concerns he has with Roman citizens including unfaithfulness and greed; issues he recognized as downfalls to society. Many of the satires include references to Greek and Roman mythology.
This 1642 Latin edition was edited and translated by Thomas Farnaby.
Item number: #18581
Price: $550
JUVENALIS, (Decimus Junius)
D. Ivnii Ivvenalis et Avli Persii Flacci Satyræ
Amsterodami : apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1642.

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189, [1]
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1631 Werdenhagen Hanseatic League German Hansa Hamburg Rebuspublicis Bohme
Johann Angelius Werdenhagen was a 17th-century German philosopher whose failed attempts at becoming a syndic in the Hanseatic League in Hamburg resulted in his now famous history of the Hanseatic League. The Hanseatic League was a German economic community designed to provide structure to merchants and markets across Europe. However, because of his Christian-based writings and Jakob Bohme influence, Werdenhagen became heavily criticized and excluded from the Hamburg Hansa.
Item number: #18642
Price: $550
WERDENHAGEN, Johannes Angelius
Ioh. Angelii Werdenhagen, I.C. De rebuspublicis Hanseaticis tractatus generalis.
Lugd. Batavorum: Ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1631.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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592
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P. 273-288 placed between p. 352-353
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Includes engraved frontispiece and title page
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~4.5in X 2.25in (11.5cm x… Read More