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Cambridge: MIT, 2004. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Light folding on dust jacket. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; ISBN: 0262151103. ISBN/EAN: 9780262151108. Inventory No: 300033.

Paris: Gissey, Bordelet, Ganeau, 1739. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Contemporary leather, spine worn, surface damage to boards. A collection of works, separately paginated but only the first and second to last with separate title pages, the others with half titles - the latter dated 1690 and published a Francheville. Clean internally, old author names penned to titles, trimmed a touch close on the first title and half title. 157 (3)pp; 46pp; 8pp; 48pp; 34pp. This was Bougeant's most famous work for which he was accused of heresy (claiming that demons inhabited animals) and imprisoned. The letters are defenses of his work. Eustache le Noble was a prolific poet perhaps more famous for being imprisoned and the lover of Gabrielle Pereau "la belle Epiciere". Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Poetry. Inventory No: 045226.

Mannheim: Mathias Fontaine, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Early calf (Hungarian?), pastepaper endpapers, spine worn and lacking the lettering piece, wear at corners but binding sound overall. Inner joint cracked, old ownership stamp to title "C:F:Kohary 1788" and to endpaper " (Bert. Smetana). Scattered foxing, a few dampstains in the gutter, otherwise clean internally. 206pp An early plea for the value of public education as the Monarchy continued to crumble. Rare. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045341.

Rouen & Delft: Hendrik van Rhyn, 1697. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Full contemporary calf, worn at edges and hinges, scattered foxing and light stains, old notes and a doodle to endpapers. [2], 2-344, [4]; [8], 336, [4], 12 pp A response to Blaise Pascal's 'Provinciales' which appeared under the pseudonym of Louis de Montalte, they were published at Cologne in 1657 Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045799.

Paris: Simonem Colineum, 1530. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Rebound in modern calf in an antique style, scattered minor foxing, dampstains, generally clean internally. Notes and underlining in a contemporary hand scattered through. Lacking the final 6 leaves but a nice example of Parisian scholastic printing - most early Paris printings of Aristotle were in folio, but Paris was becoming a center of scholasticism and turning out 8vo and 12mo editions of important works. 175 (of 181) leaves. George, of Trebizond (1395-1486) was a Byzantine humanist who moved to Italy during the Renaissance there and edited and translated a number of works of philosophy and of the Church fathers. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Inventory No: 047158.

Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in calf backed boards. Boards worn, calf spines slightly cracked at the hinges, old paper labels to head of spines, but still bright and attractive. Penned correction to one title, bright internally. 459pp; 543pp plus errata. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Inventory No: 044028.

Madrid: Cano, 1798. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Full sheep, spine rubbed and worn, hinges weak, still sound and very good internally. Enlightenment minded work critical of the inquisition. 175pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045492.

Venice: Aldus & Andreas Torresano, 1519. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf, worn, paneled with a central Venetian device. Corners worn through, rubbing to hinges, old paper spine labels, lacking ties, but sound overall. Very light dampstain in top margin in latter sections, scattered very minor foxing, heavier to endpapers, but generally bright and clean. 301, (19) leaves. Ahmanson-Murphy 183, Adams P1860 The first Aldine edition of Pontano's commentary on the Ptolemaic Centiloquium and Pontano's De rebus coelestibus, two of the central astrological texts of the Renaissance. This volume was meant to complement the two volume edition of Pontano's works published by Aldine the year previous. Size: Quarto (4to). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Astronomy; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045673.

1785. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in acid calf, modest wear, covers slightly bowed. Manuscripts on laid paper in a fine hand, the first volume on metaphysics (65pp) and then physics, meteors, the sun, optics and colors 67 (with some number errors adding about a dozen pages) - 206 with blanks at rear. Volume 2 in the same hand inscribed Analyse par le sr. Nuzon, étudiant, 1785 and begins as an alphabetical dictionary of medicine (124pp) and then Dictionnaire abrégé de musique extrait manuscrit du dictionnaire de musique de J. J. Rousseau with muscial notation at end (58pp). Detailed table of contents at rear of first volume. An attractive enlightenment manuscript. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 047099.

Leipzig: Sax, 1572. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary full rolled pigskin, remains of clasps, much darkened, but still sound and attractive. Old and copious notes on endpapers and title, a few notes in preface, botton of front endpaper excised, modest general browning and scattered foxing, old ink burn through first few pages touching some letters but no affecting sense. (22), 888pp.A nice copy in an original binding. First published in 1560, Melanchthon's Corpus was a posthumous collection of his works that was used as a sort of Lutheran Catechism and as such, was one of the guiding documents of early Lutheranism. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 046455.

Lubeck: Petri Buckmanni, 1714. Third Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum a bit soiled but quite sound; all parts bound in one volume. Scattered foxing and browning, heavier to endpapers, but generally quite clean internally. With a frontis of Morhof. (vi),1072, 604pp, and a separate index for each book. An astounding work of scholarship - Morhof attempted to classify and describe the world's philosophy in one volume and assembled in one place the ideal scholar's library of the the late 17th century. A foundational work in both enlightenment studies and the history of ideas - . It was first published in 1688-92 and revised in 1695. This further revises the 1695 second edition. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045196.

Paris: Michaëlem Sonnium, 1571. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Later paste paper boards, spine faded, old private library label to cover and stamps to title and endpaper. Mild scattered foxing and browning, small worm trail in the margin in the preliminaries.(xiv), (2), 136, (14)pp. A moderate Catholic humanist and follower of Erasmus, D'Espence was involved in the discussions leading up to the Council of Trent and was present at the council itself. The volume closed with a poem, Stillicidium. Scarce. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045406.

Leiden: Joannes Maire, 1629. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum, old stain on the rear board, light foxing in a few spots internally, old note to endpaper; very clean overall. The second enlarged edition of the Latin version first published in 1627 (the first Dutch edition was 1622). 233 (7)pp. One of Grotius's most enduring and popular works - it was translated extensively and used as a Protestant textbook in Europe and in missionary work abroad. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045797.

Venice: Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1491. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Later, likely 19th century, paper boards, spine worn. Staining and browning, mostly early on, scattered stains elsewhere, some discoloration and worming in the inner margin, minor loss of at the bottom in the gutter of the first few leaves, repair to bottom margin of second leaf, scattered early marginal notes early on. Mostly clean otherwise and still very good overall. Extracted from the first complete edition of Boëthius's Opera, foliated (iv), 160-250 with a few errors, but complete. The commentary is attributed to Aquinas but is thought to be by Thomas Waleys (1318-1349). Printed in Venice in two parts in 1491 and 1492 (Part one was printed in 1492), and reprinted with a third part also by Gregorius in 1497/98. Often described as the single most important work in the development of medeival and Renaissance Christianity. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category:… Read More

Leiden: Les Elseviers (Elzevier), 1646. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. The first Elsevier edition in full early calf, front board detached despite the addition of 19th century marbled endpapers, spine a little dry, bookplate to later marbled endpaper, old signature to half title. Browning to engraved title, slight wear at page edges. (xxiv), 663, (8)pp. The Elzeviers printed four editions of De la Sagesse ("Celle de 1646 est incontestablement la plus belle" Willems 147) in 1646, 1656, 1659 and 1662. They each follow the original text printed in 1601 in Bordeaux. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Essays & Literary Criticism. Inventory No: 045085.

Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 1497. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in a ca. 15th century parchment manuscript leaf. The first part, complete unto itself, of a two part incunabula first published in 1497. The second part, not present, is a political tract entitled De optimo statu et principe. The Declamatio is a dialogue between a philosopher, a physician, and an orator each arguing the primacy of their profession. In a 1/4 morocco slipcase and chemise. 12 (of 40 in the two part work) leaves. With a 1497 date in the colophon unchanged from the first edition, but thought to possibly be printed after 1500. Goff B474, ISTC ib00474000. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Medicine & Health. Inventory No: 047152.

London: William Sandby, 1742. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary leather, worn, rubbed, some loss to leather at spine ends, hinges cracked but attached and sound overall. Scattered minor foxing, browning, internally. 189pp Of questionable authorship, it was, nevertheless, one of the most influential classical works on the art and effect of good writing. Provenance: Edward Astley, bookplate and signature. John Dillon (bookplate) Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Inventory No: 048419.

Venice: Gio. Battista Somasco, 1562. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Contemporary vellum soiled and worn, covers a bit bowed, binding still sound. Title with marginal notes, small tear to corner, soiling, slight damage and loss to lower right corner of last couple pages. Generally quite clean otherwise, early notes and underlining here and there, a few creases. (46), blank, 147pp The first editon of the wide ranging work by the Renaissance physician and philsopher. He covers birth and death, marriage, the brevity of life, abortion, superstition, secrets for curing medical problems in children, and much more in 139 short chapters. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; Philosophy. Inventory No: 047115.

London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf recently re-spined with endpapers refreshed. Wear at edges, heavy wear at corners, but sound and attractive overall; old monogram to half title. Scattered foxing, mostly to early pages, faint dampstain in the gutter to a few pages else a clean, wide margined copy. x, (vi), 655pp. Though a poet early on, Dissertations is Beattie's most lasting work - the sections entitled on The Theory of Language and On Fable and Romance were especially influential. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Inventory No: 045193.

Paris: Buisson, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes bound in one in contemporary mottled calf; worn, leather chipped at the head of the spine, scattered mild foxing, small stain to first title. Complete with the half titles, reuniting the two parts of Paine's treatise on democracy and revolution that were published a year apart. There are two editions dated May 1791 on the title page with no clear priority between them. The first part was translated from the original English edition that was almost immediately edited and softened. Paine was a star in France, an enlightenment philosopher of the first order, and a frequent guest along with the likes of Franklin, Jefferson and Adam Smith at the salon at the Hôtel de la Monnaie. "The government tried to suppress it, but it circulated more briskly...Rights of Man can be seen for what it is: the textbook of radical thought and the clearest of all expositions of the basic principles of… Read More