The Seaman's Medical Guide In Preserving The Health Of A Ship's Crew - : Containing Plain Directions for the Use of the Medicines in the Cure of Diseases &c.

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

1907 Bronte Sisters Novel Jane Eyre Agnes Grey Wuthering Heights Illustrated 12v

"Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste."
― Charlotte Brontë

The Brontë Sisters produced some of the most famous and popular novels of the 19th-century including Jane Eyre, by Charlotte. This 1907 edition contains novels by all three sisters, with their most famous novels including Agnes Grey, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and more!
This 1907 edition includes gravure frontispieces and is bound in a green cloth stamped in gilt with art nouveau flower decoration.
Item number: #13667
Price: $950
BRONTË, Charlotte (Pseud. Currer Bell); BRONTË, Anne; BRONTË, Emily
Novels of the sisters Brontë
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907.

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v. 1 Agnes Grey, by Anne.
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v.2-3 The tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne.
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v.4-5 Jane Eyre, by Charlotte.
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v.6 The professor, by Charlotte.
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v.7-8 Shirley, by Charlotte.
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Boston: Apollo Press Joseph Belknap, 1795. A very nice copy of this scarce first edition. Recently rebound in half calf, with black marbled boards. Author's name and date in gilt to the spine. Binding is spotless. Internally complete, with some darkening to the initial pages. The page edges are rather chipped - but not affecting text. 43 pages. 250 by 160mm (9¾ by 6¼ inches). John Clarke (1755–1798) was a minister of the First Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he was educated at the Boston Public Latin School and Harvard University He joined the ministry of Boston's First Church in January 1778, and remained there until his death at age 42. He was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1780. & was associated with the Boston Library Society; the Humane Society of Massachusetts; and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Joseph Belknap was a Boston publisher. He was the son of a noted Congregationalist minister Jeremy Belknap, and a… Read More

1817 Voyages of Tavernier PERSIA Tonkin Vietnam Constantinople Atlas MAP of ASIA
In the first part of the 19th-century, stories and tales of famous voyages were popular throughout the western world – tales of Captain Cook, Columbus, African voyages, and the East India Company occupied readers from all over. Perhaps the best source of these accounts was 'Bibliotheque Portative des Voyages' – an enormous collection of voyage and exploration accounts.
This atlas tome from the 1817 first edition contains views of the voyages of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, an important 17th-century voyager to Persia and India. This tome describes Tavernier's time in Constantinople and Tonkin (Vietnam), noting the customs, costumes, and traditions of the people.
It should be mentioned that his volume contains 23 impressive illustrations including a full map of Asia, city view of Constantinople, a portrait of Tavernier, Tonkin funeral processions, and even an engraving of a venomous King cobra!
Item number: #19248
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1845 1ed John C Fremont Expedition Rocky Mountains California Gold Rush MAPS
A rare first edition of John Charles Fremont's explorations and voyages. Printed shortly after the expedition itself, this account of exploration includes Fremont's expeditions took him to California, along the Oregon Trail, and through Nevada, where he encountered and battled Native American Indians.
According to Kurutz, this work is "one of the monumental works of western exploration!" Issued in both 'House [of Representatives]' and 'Senate' issues, this 1845 first edition is illustrated with 24 full-page engravings of mountain views, maps of the route, view of Pyramid Lake in Nevada, Columbia River Gorge views, waterfalls, the Sierra Nevada, the Great Salt Lake, and much more! This book changed the perspective of the American West, as it provided details of physical terrain and landmarks that had never been reported on through the mid-1800s.
Fremont and his wife became exceedingly wealthy during the California Gold Rush,… Read More

Roma: B. Diversin e F. Cesaretti. [Concilio Tridentino-Storia Ecclesiastica] (cm.23) Volumi 3, bella piena pergamena originale con nervi e titolo calligrafato ai dorsi.--cc. 1 nn. + 1 c. bianca, pp. 862, cc. 29 nn.; cc. 6 nn., pp. 806, cc. 38 nn. + 1 c. bianca; cc. 4 nn., pp. 885, cc. 35 nn. L' ultima carta contiene il registro di tutta l' opera e il colophon: Roma, A. Bernabò Del Verme 1664. L' opera è dedicata ad Alessandro VII. Apparsa nel 1556 in soli 2 volumi, è questa la prima edizione ampliata dall' autore, inserita nel vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca come testo di lingua; vedi la lunga nota in Gamba. E' considerata dal Brunet più pregiata della prima edizione: " Plus chere que la premiere ". Inoltre, la terza carta del secondo volume contiene la lettera contro la storia di Pietro Soave, pseudonimo di Paolo Sarpi (vedi De Backer-Sommervogel). Qualche carta lievemente ombreggiata ma esemplare molto bello fresco e genuino. *… Read More

Vinegia: In fine: Vinegia, per Comin da Trino di Monferrato. [Figurato Milano,Mantova,Venezia,Ferrara-Storia] (cm.15,4) buona piena pergamena originale, sguardie antiche restaurate.-- cc. 113, cc. 15 nn. Grande ritratto dell' autore al frontis, 3 alberi genealogici a piena pagina e molti capilettera figurati. Seconda edizione bella e rara, manca ad Adams, Brunet e Choix. La prima sempre dello stesso tipografo, è del 1546. Importante trattato storico dalle origini fino al 1545, delle città di Venezia, Milano, Mantova e Ferrara. Le tre genealogie incise in xilografia riguardano i visconti, I Gonzaga e gli estensi. copia particolare, curiosamente senza la data al frontis, che invece abbiamo riscontrato in altre. Esemplare bello fresco e nitido. * Cicogna n° 1116; * Predari " Bibliogr. Milanese " p. 192; * Graesse VI 409; * Bm. Stc. 629.[f56] . ottimo. Rilegato. seconda edizione. 1548.

London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1782 Book. Fair. Hardcover. [x], 274 pages + folding map. ESTC N17465. Only this volume ever published. Author identified in the ESTC listing. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of The Right Honourable George Rose. In old half leather, the spine is torn and very damaged with loss. Glue repairs. Front board held by cords. Corners also worn. Light browning to pages throughout. Offsetting to the folding map, which also has creases and a small tear. Front free end paper detached..

1620 Portuguese Jesuit BIBLE Septuagint Commentary Manuel de Sa Latin Vellum

Manuel de Sa was a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit preacher who is remembered primarily for two works – 'Elements of the Gospels' and 'Observations on the Holy Scriptures'. De Sa annotated the Bible and provided his own notes and commentary – a Latin edition of the Bible that proved to be popular throughout the 17th-century.

Item number: #14747
Price: $599
DE SA, Manuel
Notationes in totam Scripturam Sacram : quibus omnia fere loca difficilia breuissime explicantur tum variæ ex Hebræo, Chaldæo & Græco lectiones indicantur : opus omnibus Scripturæ studiosis vtilissimum
Coloniæ : Apud Ioannem Kinchium ..., 1620.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~9.75in X 7.5in (24.5cm x 19cm)
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Seventeen-year-old Florence Nightingale Soden began this diary to mark her society debut and to document the expanded social and travel engagements available to her. The first entry on Sept 3, 1883 marks her seventeenth birthday and details Soden's extensive journey around Italy and France, far away from her home in Clapham, England.
Soden clearly reflects upon some of her entries after they are written and edits herself. She cut out three pages, another four have been completely removed from the diary, and one page is painted over black. Botanical specimens are tipped in as momentos. Her student days are remembered with a Class I exam paper on the history of Rome laid in at the back. (It may be that a Class I mark was the parental prerequisite for the reward of her travel abroad.)
Born in 1866 and named after the illustrious nurse, Florence visited her namesake city several times in her journeys. Soden documents everyday vexations and unusual events including singing lessons from Dr Emil Behnke and… Read More