Search Results: Authors starting with J from Antiquariaat FORUM BV

[4], 315, [7] pp.The very talented Dutch botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817) was given charge of the Schönbrunn royal gardens already at the age of 25. Under his management the garden became one of the most celebrated in history. The present book was his first description of plants from the vicinity of Schönbrunn (near Vienna), and he used the new Linnaean system. From the library of André Lawalrée (1921-2005), famous Belgian florist and Redouté expert. With 2 library stamps on the title-page, a bookplate on the back of the title-page (Bibliotheque Redouteenne A. Lawalree 94) and another on front pastedown: "Andre Anne-M Lawalree-Collaris". Some faint marginal stains, but still in good condition.l Hunt 572; Nissen, BBI 670a; Pritzel I-360; Soulsby 643f.

32 pp.First edition of an essay calling for a firm regulation by law of the professions of dentist and dental surgeon, not in the last place to protect people against foul treatment and damages by charlatans. The practicing of medicine and surgery were regulated anew since the French Revolution and well protected by law against quack doctors. Odontology however, had at the time not been included. The author also relates some recent horrible cases, in which quack dentists were only fined some fifteen Francs.Good copy, slightly cut short.l David 151; not in Crowley; Poletti.

XXXII, 416; XXVIII, 612; VIII, 568 pp.First edition of a comprehensive and well-illustrated treatise on theoretical and practical metallurgy, published by Gabriel's brother, M.G. Jars, who had accompanied him on his journey through Belgium, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, England and Scotland. "Ce livre très estimé, offre, non un itinéraire, mais divers mémoires sur les mines des pays visités par l'auteur: elles sont décrites avec beaucoup d'exactitude; Jars donne leur histoire, les réglements et la forme de leur administration, le mode de leur exploitation ..." (Quérard). The plates show accurate layouts and cross-sections of mines, shafts, mining equipment, and some are maps with mining veins indicated. Some slight foxing, slight waterstain outer margin in volumes 2,3; vol. 3, p. 87 lower corner torn off; some damage to binding. Well-preserved copies on wide-margined paper with attractive plates of this classic work on mining.l Brunet III, col. 516 ("ouvrage très estimé"); Honeyman 1755;… Read More

[6], 134, [2] pp.Third and final instalment of the “Archaeological mission to Arabia” series published by the Societé des Fouilles Archéologiques between 1909 and 1922, this issue dedicated entirely to the famous “qusur” (or qasr: so-called desert castles) of the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE; AH 41-132): Quseir Amra (a hunting lodge), Qasr Al-Kharanah and Qasr Tuba in present-day northeastern Jordan. “The authors found the [previously published] description of Qasr Harâna and Qasr Tûba faulty and unreliable, and re-describe them completely. They give numbers of views of Qeseir ’Amra and a briefer description. The text includes also itineraries and historical and epigraphical notes. It is well arranged, and seems to supply all the information that can possibly be wanted; the plans and views, too, are excellent.” (JRAS).Slight traces of worming in foot margin (no loss of text). Folder slightly rubbed around the edges, otherwise generally in good condition.l [review no. 12], Journal of the… Read More

37, [1 blank] pp.Historical treatise on the colours of national and other flags, particularly in the Russian Empire, published on occasion of the introduction of the first Russian state flag. Starting at the earliest moments in history that people grouped around a specific colour, it further describes more official associations of families and administrative and/or religious groups with colours, flags and banners before ending with states and nations. After summing up the national colours of dozens of states and principalities the second part describes the use of colours in the Russian Empire and its states. Aleksandr Petrovich Jazykov (1802-1878) was a Russian lieutenant-general and director of the St. Petersburg Imperial School of Jurisprudence, one of the most prestigious schools for boys. As an amateur historian he wrote treatises on several subjects linking Russia with other European nations, including the Russian church in Potsdam and Peter the Great’s visit to the Dutch Republic.Spine broken,… Read More

[130] pp.Third(?) edition in the original Latin (the first edition in folio format) of three letters about the life, death and miracles of Saint Jerome, incorrectly attributed to Eusebius of Cremona (a 5th-century disciple of Jerome), Saint Augustine and Saint Cyril, now believed to have been written in Italy or France in the 14th-century. These letters were first printed by Ulrich Zell in Köln ca. 1470. The earliest dated edition was printed in Milan (28 November 1475), but GW dates the present edition ca. 1475, so it may predate the Milan edition, though Polain dated it ca. 1477. Italian translations were printed in Venice ca. 1471, 1473 and 1475. Conrad Mancz was the only early printer in the town of Blaubeuren, near Ulm. Most of his few known books are undated and give neither the printer or publisher's name nor the place of publication, but he certainly worked from 1474 (possibly from 1473) to 1478. The book is entirely set in one type (largely a rotunda but with roman influences), with no… Read More

[11]; [21] [2 blank] pp.The first and only incunable edition of this theological work, printed by the first printer of Augsburg, Günther Zainer (?-1478). He started his printing career in Augsburg in 1468 and is known to have been one of the printers at the new printing shop in the Augsburg Saint Ulrich and Saint Afra's Abbey. He probably learned the trade from Johannes Mentelin (ca. 1410-1478) in Strasbourg. Zainer's paper, presswork and typefaces are all of high quality and about 80 books are known to have been printed by him.The De essentia divinitatis, the first tract in this collection, was thought to have been written by Saint Jerome, but it is actually the first chapter of Formulae spiritualis intelligentiae by Saint Eucherius of Lyon (ca. 380-ca. 449). In the present edition, this tract is printed together with Aquinas' De articulis fidei; the second tract starts on the leaf on which the first one ends. These works are part of a larger collection of separately published tracts, which includes… Read More

[50] plates.Charming colour plate book with mainly military costumes. The plates depict messenger boys, maidservants, a police officer, several military men on horseback, etc. Some were published earlier in F.G. Buek's Album hambürgische Costüme, 1843-1847.Hinges weak, head and foot of spine damaged. Coloured costumes in good condition.l Colas 1547; Hiler, p. 479; Lipperheide 809.

112, [5] ll.Second Egenolff edition in the original Latin, of a mediaeval collection of medicinal recipes intended, as the title “Treasury for the Poor” suggests, to provide readily available and inexpensive remedies to common ailments, probably for medical practitioners of modest means, students and (when they were at least able to read Latin) common people who might need to take care of their own ailments. One of the most important sources for Mediaeval pharmacology, it makes much use of animal parts and common plants and gives a very intimate picture of medical practices among the common people from Mediaeval times until far into the Renaissance. Beginning with a German edition of 1537, Christian Egenolff and his heirs were the leading publishers. As far as we know, their first Latin edition appeared in 1576 and this is their second.Owner's notations in ink in margins, some browning and thumbing throughout. Lacking leaf with colophon. Good copy.l Durling 2596; Thorndike II, pp. 488-513; USTC… Read More

XII, 208 pp.First edition of a work on the voyages of Cornelius de Jong to the Cape of Good Hope, Ireland and Norway, here edited for the youth by J. Olivier. Cornelius de Jong van Rodenburgh (1762-1838) was Captain of the Dutch war frigate Scipio, and sailed to the Cape of Good Hope, Ireland and Norway in the years from 1791 to 1797. The text is divided into 18 chapters, chronologically describing the voyage. Chapters 2 to 8 describe the Cape and its history, its inhabitants, the many (wild) animals living in southern Africa, the geography of the area, and more. Instead of continuing to the East-Indies, De Jong had to sail back to Europe, with secret orders to go to Cork. Chapters 9 and 10 describe Cork, its public buildings, inhabitants, trade, etc. Chapters 13-18 cover Norway, its inhabitants, fauna, climate, mines, etc. Four plates depict the costumes of farmers (men and women) from different parts of Norway. Also included is a folding plate depicting a snowy hill with skiing soldiers, with an… Read More

XXIV, 284; XVI, 291, [1 blank] [1], [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of an account of the third voyage to the Mediterranean of the Dutch sea-captain Cornelius de Jong van Rodenburgh (1762-1838). He calls at various ports, including (on) Corsica, Marseille, Toulon, Livorno, Malaga, Mallorca, Barcelona, Marseille, Naples, Pompeii and Lisbon. The account is written in the form of 59 letters, not limited to mere travel details, but including much information on the areas visited: history, politics, trade, customs, geography and natural history. With interesting notes on smuggling and female beauty.With a letterpress dedication by the Dutch fund for encouraging naval service ("Vaderlandsch Fonds ter aanmoediging van 's-lands zeedienst"), filled in manuscript, to Hendrik Balthasar Constantijn Helvetius Ruijsch, dated 1820. The frontispiece portrait lightly foxed, one leaf with a tiny corner torn-off and another with a small hole in the gutter margin (affecting two words of text), but otherwise in very… Read More

[1], 142, [1] ll.Second recorded copy of the second edition of the extremely rare first spiritual "handbook", a posthumous collection of 35 short lessons and advisory texts plus an appendix, all written by the leading Dutch Anabaptist and "arch-heretic" David Joris (ca. 1501/02-1556), the nine dated ones from 1544 to the year of his death. Many remained unpublished until they appeared in the Handt-boecxken around 1590, taken from Joris's manuscripts in the hands of his family. The appendix contains an untitled series of 16 brief advisory texts, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet in order from A to Q. The book closes with an index, listing the 35 titles alphabetically. Although Joris's name appears nowhere in the book, the titles page says the texts were written by "D.J.".At least four editions of the first Handt-boecxken appeared, from ca. 1590 to 1616, but each is known only from 1 or 2 surving copies or in one case only from a surviving title-page and a lost copy. In the years… Read More

[211], [1 blank]; [71], [1 blank] pp.Rare first editions of two important works by David Joris, in the original Dutch, his Die eerste sullen die laetste ... sijn being his most extensive work except for his famous tWonder boeck. The title alludes to Matthew 19:30: "many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first", a message that no doubt appealed to the poor and oppressed. The social critic John Ruskin made a similar allusion (to Matthew 20:14) in the title of his 1860 Unto this last.Probably born in or near Bruges, Joris moved in 1524 to Delft, where he quickly gained notoriety as a dangerous religious radical and joined the Anabaptists in 1533, but in the wake of the disastrous Anabaptist rebellion at Münster in 1534/35 he spoke out against radicals in the movement and urged non-violence. In the 1540s and 50s he wrote and published extensively, mostly short spiritual and mystical works, but continued to arouse controversy and had to flee in 1543/44 to Basel where he lived the rest of… Read More

[40], 782, [30], 113, [11]; [44], 658, [14], 659-1940 pp.First Dutch edition of all the works on Jewish history by the famous classical Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. They were translated from the latest critical French edition by Arnauld d'Andilly. Though this volume was intended to stand on its own, the French Protestant minister Jacob Basnage, who had moved to the Netherlands in 1684 in anticipation of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, decided to publish the present continuation, carrying the history on to his own time, which grew larger. The present edition is the first complete (in fact the first extensive) Dutch edition, in folio format designed to match the 1706 Dutch edition of Flavius Josephus. The two works therefore form a coherent whole.The illustrations in the first work include 127 designed and engraved by the celebrated Dutch artist Jan Luyken, 99 specially made for the present edition and the others first used in Mortier's Bible, published a year before. Especially in the… Read More

Handsomely bound, extraordinary collection of important scientific journal articles by 19th and 20th century Western explorers of Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, the Himalayas, India (including Assam, Bengal, Kashmir, and Punjab), Karakoram, Pakistan (including Sindh), and Tibet, with content covering anthropology, archaeology, exploration, geography, geology, glaciology, history, language and grammar, mountaineering, and politics. At the time these were the far outskirts of the world for Western science, where a lot was yet to be learned. Often the maps in these journals are the first modern maps of such regions and findings were the first to be scientifically published.Generally in very good condition.Please inquire for a full list of contents.

XX, [4], 498 [=488]; [4], 410, 18 pp.Revised second edition of the English translation of an account of a voyage to South America by two Spanish Captains, Jorge Juan y Santacilia (1713-1773) and Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795). Both Captains were skilled in mathematics, astronomy and navigation, and were selected to join Charles-Marie de la Condamine (1701-1774) on a scientific voyage to South America initiated by the French Académie des Sciences in 1735. Besides assisting in the scientific expedition and providing military assistance against the British, they did a lot of scientific research themselves. The books describes the journey they made, while commenting extensively on all the places they visited, making remarks on the native inhabitants, geography, flora, fauna, climate, trade, etc. Among the many areas and cities they visited are Cartagena, Porto Bello, Panama, Guayaquil, Quito, Lima, Chili and Paita.With owner's stamp. In very good condition, with only a few tiny spots. Bindings rubbed along… Read More

16, VIII, 17-671; XII, 538; 539-1432; VIII, 498 pp. plus title-pages & plates.Best edition (the second, revised and expanded from the first edition of 1850-1853) of an essential standard work on Indonesia, with an extraordinary wealth of information, beautifully illustrated, with much of the text and illustrations by the great German naturalist (Friedrich) Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-1864), who served the Dutch army in the East Indies as surgeon and scientist from 1835 to 1864. The list of plates (vol. 4, pp. 487-491) is rather difficult to follow: it seems to suggest that some of the plates should be cut up and their figures inserted facing various pages, moreover it calls for Garoet figs. 1-4, while the present copy and all others we know have only Garoet fig. no. 1 (together with other figures in a folding plate). Widaï fig. 1 and Diëng fig. 3 are also never present, as far as we know. Otherwise, the present set includes all plates called for in the list. Bastin & Brommer note two different… Read More

[40], CCCCCCCIIII, ll.Very rare edition of the Code of Justinian, printed by Yolande Bonhomme (active ca. 1497-1557). It was likely the first time this text was printed by a female printer, as we have not been able to find an earlier edition printed by a woman. This edition by Bonhomme has never been on the market before, is only available in a few libraries and is not mentioned in several of the most important relevant reference works.Bonhomme was the daughter of bookseller and printer Pasquier Bonhomme (active 1451-1501) and the wife of printer Thielman Kerver (active ca. 1497-1522). Women in France were not allowed to start their own printing business, but they could take over their husband's company after his death. When Kerver passed away in 1522, Bonhomme continued the business under her own name and remained in charge for 35 years. She was one of the most successful female printers of her time and is the first woman known to have printed the Bible (1526).This edition by Bonhomme is heavily… Read More

15, [1], “103” [= 203], [1 blank]; [8], “105” [= 205]-267, [1] ll.Collected edition containing three works by classical authors. The present edition is based on Aldus's, with corrections. Dibdin notes that the classical philologist Johann Georg Graevius singled out the 1525 Giunta edition for its "considerable authority".Ad 1: As Justinus notes in his preface, he collected the most important and interesting passages from the Historiae Philippicae by Pompeius Trogus, a massive work originally containing 44 "libri". Since Trogus's work has not survived, Justinus's 3rd[?]-century selections form our best source for the text. Justinus's epitome was extremely popular in the Middle Ages. Trogus originally concentrated on the rise and history of the Macedonian monarchy, but Justinus digressed and elaborated it, adding material on the history of the Roman empire.Ad 2: Although the title-page and drop-title attribute the Vita to Aemylius Probus, as in all early editions, it was suggested in 1569 that they… Read More