Amsterdam: Jacobum Wachter, 1631. Hardcover. Engraved title page. [173], 138p, [2]. 18th century calf with an gilt urn design on the spine and decorative end papers. A Latin version first published by the Calvinist scholar Theodore Beza in 1556. A fresh clean copy in excellent condition. 16mo - over 5¾.....
Printed by T.N. for John Martyn at the Bell, 1667. No Binding. Folded plate. p433-448. Includes articles on sea voyages. A little stained throughout and a few spots to the plate. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
London: Henry Rhodes at the Star, 1694. 213-245p. Disbound. The publication with curious reflections upon every state in Europe began in 1690 and stayed active in print until 1738. Paper evenly browned. An early issue. Scarce.
Leipzig: Lorenz Kober, 1617. [16], 940p. Contemporary vellum over boards. Includes the engraved portrait. Title page nicely printed in red and blank. Wilhelm Alard (1572-1645) was a Lutheran theologian and poet. See Joecher I p186-187. Contemporary signature of Wilhelm Christian Gebhard 1708 on the title page. Spine hinges cracked but.....
Ulm: Christian Balthasar, 1668. [20], 745p, [49]. Contemporary calf with boards ruled in blind. George Albrecht (1602-1647) was a Lutheran theologian. See Joecher column 221. A collection of his sermons first published in 1642 and reprinted in 1648, 1654 and 1660. Sermons includes on worst times of the 30 Years.....
London: George Pawlet, 1688. [4], 95p, [18]. 19th century quarter tan calf over marbled boards. Some rubbing to the board extremities. Lacking the leather along two corner tips. Institutional bookplate on the inside front board. Foxing to the title page and the first two leaves and some fraying to the.....
N/A, 1675. Soft cover. [22], A reprint of the 1576 edition They also attribute the authorship to Andreas Musculus (1514-1581). The attribution is probably quite correct, considering that Musculus was the Theological adviser to the electorate Johan Georg. Title page a little dust soiled as well as a brown stain.....
Leipzig: Georgii Heinr. Frommanni, 1684. Hardcover. Engraved title page, [12], 406p, [26]. Contemporary vellum over boards with title lettered on the spine. A translation into Latin and edited by Jacobo Gauchio. Hoffmann p203. Lacks rear blank and small chip at the foot of the spine. A little soiled, but otherwise.....
Venetia: Marco Ginammi, 1630. Hardcover. 168p. Contemporary vellum over boards. The author, Pietro Aretino (1492 ? 1556) was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and apparently also a blackmailer. Grolier Club Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original and Early Editions of Italian Books p8 "He died, according to some accounts.....
Upsaliæ: excudit Henricus Keyser jun. R. academiæ typographus, 1696. No Binding. [2], 16p. Unbound. A dissertation from Uppsala University in Sweden presided by Professor Jacob Arrhenius (1642-1725). The respondent was Andreas Lodin. Arrhenius produced about fifty dissertations during time as Professor in History. A fresh clean copy printed. 12mo -.....
Cambridge: John Hayes, 1688. Engraved frontispiece, (xviii), 911p. Contemporary calf with a gilt spine and gilt ruled boards. Professionally rebacked preserving the original spine. Includes three of the five full page engravings. Joshua Barnes (1654-1712) became Professor of Greek at Cambridge in 1695. See Sandys p57. Lowndes p116 "An elaborate.....
London: H. Clark, 1688. Second. [30}, 381p. Contemporary calf. Rebacked. Second edition. Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was a widely read Puritan theologian. Dibdin in the Library Companion p55 writes; "Baxter was a man of great gravity of demeanor and great piety of soul. He was acute and learned withal, and an.....
Frankfurt: Daniel Gorlini, 1680. Hardcover. [6], 460p, [14]. Contemporary velum. Written by German humanist Gabriel Bucelinus (1599-1681). Front end paper loose exposing the front board. One leaf from the preface detached and tear in the errata leaves with loss of a few words and one leaf detached. A little shaken.....
Lugd. Batav. Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1628. Hardcover. Engraved title page, 511p, [15]. Contemporary stiff vellum. Willems #292, Berghman Supplement #165 debates whether this edition was really appeared in 1628 due to the font types used. From the Library of Robert George Morton with bookplate on the inside front board. Small.....
London: Richard Chiswell, 1694. xl, 352p. Early 20th century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Bound by Zaehnsdorf for E.P. Dutton of New York with their small rubber stamp on the inside front blank. Gilbert Burnet (1643 - 1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. Not.....
Glasgow: Robert Sanders, 1673. [24], 362p, 126p. 20th century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards and end papers. Binding stamped Zaehnsdorf at the bottom of the front-end paper. Bound with "Observations on the First and Second of the Canons, Commonly ascribed to the Holy Apostles", Glasgow, Robert Sanders 1673.Gilbert Burnet.....
London: E.H. and T.H. for R. Chiswel, 1677. [64], 181p. 20th century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards with marbled end papers by Zaehnsdorf for E.F. Dutton & Co. New York. Bishop Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) was a Scottish philosopher, historian and Bishop of Salsbury. Lowndes 321. A second edition was.....
London: J.D. for Richard Chiswell, 1682. 110p, [8], 328p, 235p, [7]. 20th century quarter brown morocco with marbled backed boards and marbled end papers. Binding signed Zaehnsdorf on the inside blank. Complete with the Appendix work A Collection of Letters. Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and.....
Paris: Denys Thierry, 1682. Full-Leather. [14], 364p, [4]. Contemporary French calf with a gilt spine and burgundy label. Marbelised endpapers. Third edition. First printed in 1662 and reprinted again in 1672 and 1728. Detailed notes in 19th century script on the front blank leaves and on the rear blank. Some.....
London: Richard Chiswel, 1683. Engraved Frontispiece, [52], lxxi, 543p. 57p, [2] Contemporary calf with five raised bands and a burgundy spine label. Includes nine engraved portraits in the text as well as engravings of coins. Lacks the half title. William Cave (1637-1713) was an English divine and patristic scholar. Lowndes.....
Lugduni Batavorum: Joannis Maire, 1642. Hardcover. (4),372p. Contemporary vellum over boards. The third of the revised edition by Gerard Josnnes Vossius (1577-1649). It retained the preface from the second Vossius edition of 1632. A popular school text in its time that ran through numerous editions since it was first published.....
London: R. Hodgkinsonne, 1657. [22], 669p. Contemporary calf with boards ruled in blind. Rebacked with a 20th century rebacking with a new spine and label. Frontispiece missing. First edition. Sir George Croke (c1560-1642) began reporting law cases in 1581. He is mentioned as an advocate in his own reports in.....
London: The Company of Stationers, 1635. [8], 14-410p, [10]. Contemporary calf. DEFECTIVE. LACKS THE FIRST 14 TEXT LEAVES. First published in 1618. This is the sixth edition of the preeminent work on justices of the peace for well over a century. Occasional contemporary notations in ink. Some staining and signs.....
London: C. Flesther, J. Streater, and H. Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkyns and Edward Atkyns, Esquires, 1674. [27], 99 leaves. Contemporary calf with the rear board detached. Bound without the Tables printed in 1677 found in some copies. Text in English and Law-French. First published in Dublin in 1615. Remains.....
Savoy: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1678. iv, 734p, [17]. Contemporary calf. Boards ruled in blind. Second edition with an added table. Enrico Caterino Davila (1576 - 1631) was an Italian historian and diplomat. First printed in 1630, followed by Paris 1644 and frequently reprinted and translated. Lowndes.....