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Du Mortier, Nicolas [Nicolo, Nicolaus or Nicolao]. La Megalogia Del Microcosmo Overo, Il Raconto delle Grandezze del Mondo piccolo: Considerate nel Massimo tra gli huomini S. Gio. Battista. In otto Orationi...Con un' Appendice, detta il Microscopio, in cui, oltre la spiegatione di alcune etimologie greche, & ebraiche...
Padua: Agostino Candiani for the Stamperia del Seminario, 1688. Square 8vo. A-V8. [16],291,[12]pp. Contemp. limp vellum, some small pinworm holes, head of spine damaged, inner hinges opened,black marks on top and bottom edges (old owner's marks removed?), some foxing, small paper adherence on t.p. First Edition. Du Mortier (c1639-) French humanist who studied at Louvain and taught philosophy at the College du Lys. For a time he lived in Italy and entered the Camilliani. He was a student of Greek and Hebrew and the church. He was also the author of "Etymologiae Sacrae Graeco-Latinae, Seu E Graecis Fontibus Depromptae." He was an inquisititor and priest of the Camilliani, [the 'Ordine dei Chierici Regolari Ministri degli Infermi', or the 'Fathers of the Good Death.'] [see the notice in Jean Noel Paquot, Memoires...Pas-Bas,24ff.] This rare work on the microcosm and macrocosm is divided into eight sections: Ne'Corpi Sublunari, e nel Ciel della Luna, le Grandezze del nostro Massimo Microcosmo, cola Fede, si observano simboleggiate...; Ciel di Mercurio...e ferma Speranza...; Venere, lo stato angelico...la sua ardentissima Carita...; Sole, la Prudenza...sue parti fuggettive, e potentiali...; Marte, l'imperturbabile Costanza...; Giove. la Giustitia..., Saturno, l'Armonia della mirabile Temperanza; & Firmamento, tante vaghissime costellationi del Massimo tra gli huomini puri... Each sphere is discussed in religious, philosophical, astronomical, historical and philological terms. Some use is made of Greek and Hebrew types in the text. The work is apparently quite rare we could find no references to it in any of our bibliographic sources in print or on line. Nor could we find a biography of the author. It surely is a work which requires further study. Two copies found in KVK (Italy & Regensburg).Not found in RLIN, OCLC, BL 17th Italian, Bruni/Evans, Viciniana, Houzeau/Lancaster, Thorndike, Riccardi, Olschki Choix, Graesse, or Brunet.
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Moffett, Thomas. [Thomas Sydenham] Christopher Bennett, ed. Healths Improvement; or, Rules Comprizing and Discovering the Nature, Method, and Manner of Preparing All Sorts of Food used in this Nation.
London: Thomas Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, 1655. 4to. A-2P4. [Lacks A1, imprimatur leaf, A3 & A4 bound out of proper order] [6 of 8 lacks imprimatur leaf],296p. Contemp. sheep, blind-ruled, sympathetically rebacked, gilt rules, title in gilt on red leather label, corners restored. THOMAS SYDENHAM'S COPY with Inscription on t.p.; number stamp on verso of t.p. with pencil note "Ruhrah Collection" minor dampstain, with darker edge stains on first leaves, some contemporary marginal annotations (longer note in bottom margin of p14.), a few marginal notes shaved. First Edition. Moffett, Moufet, or Muffet, Thomas 1553-1604, physician and author. “On leaving Cambridge Moffett went abroad. At Basle he attended the medical lectures of Felix Plater and Zwinger, and after defending publicly many medical theses there in 1578, he received the degree of M.D...Moffett, while on the continent, adopted with enthusiasm the Paracelsian system of medicine, and when he settled again in England he shared with John Hester the chief burden of upholding its principles there... In 1590 he was in attendance on Sir Francis Walsingham at Barn Elms, Surrey. Next year he was appointed physician to the forces serving in Normandy under the Earl of Essex; and on 6 Jan. 1591-2 he sent a note to the earl from Dieppe advising him to return to England. On settling again in London, Moffett appears to have spent much time at court. He came to know Sir Francis Drake, who first showed him a flying-fish, ‘milvus marinus’ (Health's Improvement, p. 245); interested himself in the eccentricities of Woolmer, ‘the foul feeder’, and was much patronised by Henry Herbert, second earl of Pembroke, and his family...Moffett combined with his interests in science real literary aptitude...Moffett's second posthumously issued book was: ‘Health's Improvement...This is a gossipy collection of maxims respecting diet, which Moffett intended to supplement by a similar work on ‘drinks’ (p. 221). It was probably compiled about 1595.” DNB 'Moffett is regarded as the first person in an English medical work to refer to the value of liver in eye disease. Liver is considered wholesome because it would "please the taste, clear the eye-sight, agree with the stomach, and encrease bloud"' (Drummond & Wilbraham, p. 153). Moffett also wrote a book on insects and it is said that his daughter, who was afraid of spiders, was the source of “Little Miss Moffett.” Thomas Sydenham, 1624-1689, English physician, "the English Hippocrates," "Intellectually, Sydenham's most striking characteristic was his independence and repudiation of all dogmatic authority in matters of science. He had indeed been trained in the school of revolt. Further, he claimed to be as little influenced by theory as by tradition. His aim was not to frame hypotheses about the operations of nature, but to observe them directly, as Bacon advised. He may be said to have set the example of studying diseases as natural objects, without being led astray by the attempt to explain them... Furthermore, he possessed the synthetic power of genius which enabled him to combine his observations into pictures of disease, the value of which remains unaffected by change of opinion or increase of knowledge." DNB Wing M2382. ESTC r202888. Cagle 879. Krivatsy/NLM 8011. Oxford 28 “a very onteresting book on the choice and preparation of food. One Hundred Sixteen Uncommon Books on Food and Drink 83. Vicaire 613. Wellcome IV,148. Bancroft Library, Four hundred years of English Diet & Cookery, 63
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Helmont, Jan Baptista van. Walter Charleton, trans. A Ternary of Paradoxes: The Magnetick Cure of Wounds, Nativity of Tartar in Wine. Image of God in Man.
London: James Flesher for William Lee, 1650. Small 4to. A-2B4. [52],147,[1]p. Modern antique calf in two-toned Cambridge panel design with blind rules and corner fleurons, spine banded, title on red leather label, endpapers renewed, edges red; margins closely trimmed affecting some catchwords and side-notes; occ. paper toning and stains, but a very nice copy overall; institutional stamps of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland (Osler gift.) on t.p.and last leaf. Extra t.p. with etched allegorical vignette. “Second impression, more reformed, and enlarged with some Marginal Additions.” “Upon this theory of "mumia," or magnetic force, the sympathetic cure of disease was based. The weapon salve, the sympathetic ointment, and the famous powder of sympathy were the instruments through which it acted. The magnetic cure of wounds became the vogue. Van Helmont adopted these views in his famous treatise "De Magnetica Vulnerum Curatione," in which he asserted that cures were wrought through magnetic influence. How close they came to modern views of wound infection may be judged from the following: "Upon the solution of Unity in any part the ambient air . . . repleted with various evaporations or aporrhoeas of mixt bodies, especially such as are then suffering the act of putrefaction, violently invadeth the part and thereupon impresseth an exotic miasm or noxious diathesis, which disposeth the blood successively arriving at the wound, to putrefaction, by the intervention of fermentation." With his magnetic sympathy, Van Helmont expressed clearly the doctrine of immunity and the cure of disease by immune sera: "For he who has once recovered from that disease hath not only obtained a pure balsaamical blood, whereby for the future he is rendered free from any recidivation of the same evil, but also infallibly cures the same affection in his neighbour . . . and by the mysterious power of Magnetism transplants that balsaam and conserving quality into the blood of another." He was rash enough to go further and say that the cures effected by the relics of the saints were also due to the same cause--a statement which led to a great discussion with the theologians and to Van Helmont's arrest for heresy.” William Osler, The Evolution Of Modern Medicine. Wing H 1402. ESTC r30770. Bruning 1770. Duveen 285. Pritchard 499. Wheeler 130. Mottelay 104. Wellcome II,42. Krivatsy/NLM 5450. Gabler 126. Noling 199. Neville I,615.
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[Bible-Latin] Tremellius, Immanuel, 1510-1580; Junius, Fr... Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra, sive, Libri canonici priscae Iudaeorum Ecclesiae à Deo traditi, Latini recèns ex Hebraeo facti, brevibúsque scholiis illustrati ab Immanuele Tremellio & Francisco Junio. Accesserunt libri qui vulgo dicuntur apocryphi, Latinè redditi, & notis quibusdam aucti à Franciso Junio. Multo omnes quam antè emendatiùs editi & aucti locis innumeris: quibus etiam adjunximus Novi Testamenti libros ex sermone Syro ab eodem Tremellio, & ex Græco à Theodoro Beza in Latinum versos, notísque itidem illustratos. Secunda cura Francisci Junii.
London: [William] N[orton], 1592-3. Thick Folio. 4,A-5L6, 5M8Lacks one leaf at 5M2 folio 68 of the Apocrypha. [8], 177, [3] p., [3], 104, [4], 75 [i.e. 73] leaves, 12 pages, 13-129, [1], 74, [3], 198, [1] leaves.In six parts, each with divisional title title page and separate pagination or foliation. The title pages to the Old Testament read "Bibliorum pars secunda [-tertia, quarta] .." and "Libri apocryphi, sive appendix Testamenti Veteris ..". The divisional titles to part 4 and the Apocrypha are dated 1592. That to the New Testament reads "D.N. Jesu Christi Testamentum Novum .." and bears the imprint "Londini, excudebant reg. typograph. Anno salutis humanæ 1592.". Contemp. paneled calf, corners worn, front cover detached and slightly warped; birth records for Dundas family on endpaper; old inscription partly crossed-out on t.p., many contemp. marginalia; in Latin, smoe marginal dampstains, a few minoredge tears; old owner's names on verso of last leaf "Robert Rule", and "Thomas Woulfe." T.p. in woodut surround, head-pieces, historiated initials, printer's device on half-title to Apocrypha, printer's ornaments. Tremellius's and Bèze's versions of the New Testament are printed in parallel columns. STC 2061 [New Testament formerly STC 2810a]. ESTC s117084.
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[Cromwell, Oliver] Oliva Pacis. Ad Illustrissimum Celsissimumq; Oliverum, Reipub. Angliae, Scotiae, & Hiberniae Dominum Protectorem; De Pace Cum Foederatis Belgis feliciter sanctia, Carmen Cantabrigiense.
Cambridge: Ex celeberrimae Academiae Typographeo, 1654. 4to.
4,A4,a2,B-G4,H2. 20th c. full sheep, blind rulled, title gilt on spine, edges speckled red; contemp. owner's note at top of t.p. trimmed, G1 & G4 cut shorter with loss of one catch-mark; else quite clean and crisp. First Edition. In 1654, on the occasion of the peace with Holland these verses were composed by members of the university to celebrate the event, and dedicated it to Cromwell. The text is is Latin with one poem in Greek. The authors include Benjamin Whichcot, Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Fuller, Francis Quarles, John Stillingfleet, and many others. Wing C348. ESTC r207014. Thomason II,740:2.Abbott 684.
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[Oliver Cromwell] [The Life of] Oliver Cromwell Containing His Military Exploits in England during the Grand Rebellion, his Reduction of Scotland, and Conquest of Ireland: His civil government, Policy, Treaties with, and, respect paid him, By foreign princes and States. With an Account of The great actions performed by his brave Generals and Admirals in the war with the Dutch and Spaniards.
London: T. Martin, 1787. 12mo. 1,A5,B-O6. [2],165,[1]pp. Contemp. sheep, rebacked, top of spine lacking, lacks f.f.e.p.; top of first two leaves excised and restored with loss of three words on t.p., some leaves cut shorter, occ. foxing and minor edge stain, last leaf lacking blank lower half and restored. This is apparently a reprint of the same anonymous work published in 1760, also quite scarce. ESTC t134197 ( none in the US). OCLC 24578450 (only 1 copy reported at U. of VA.)Not in Abbott.
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Piazza, Vincenzo, Marquis. Bona Espugnata Poema...Coll' Allegoria estratta dal Conte Marcantonio Ginanni...E cogli Argomenti del Conte Frabbrizio Monsignani...
Parma: Stampa di Corte, 1694. 8vo.  8,A-T8. xvi,303pp. Contemp. vellum, title in gilt on leather label, hinges opened, some leather peeling away, some foxing, paper quite thick and crisp, amateurish coloring to a number of the plates, duplicate stamp of Harvard Library on verso of t.p. Engraved frontispiece with allegorical figures, a full-page author's portrait, and 12 full-page plates by Arnald V. Westerhout and Nicola Dorigny after Mauro Oddi. First Edition. Piazza (1670-1745), Italian poet, achieved his most sucess with this work. It tells in poetic form the exploits of the Tuscan fleet on the coast of Barbary in September 1607. A great number of ships with 200 knights and 2000 soldiers were able to seize the fortress of Bona, in eastern Algeria, after an hard battle. With this action the Knights of St. Stephen revenged the killing of their comrades captured by the Barbary pirates. The Knights of St.Stephen were founded by Cosimo I de Medici in 1562, in imitation of the Knights of St. John of Malta, to defend the Tuscan coasts from attacks by pirates. Mauro Oddi, the author of the drawings was the pupil of Pietro of Cortona, and is regarded as one of the best painters of the baroque age. BL 17th Italian II,681. Olschki, Choix, 18617. Graesse V,279.Piantanida 2834.
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Astolfi, Giovanni Felice. Cento Avenimenti Miracolosi Stupendi, Et Rari...Distruggimenti di Oracoli. Maleficii, e Tradimenti. Atti Magnanimi di Huomini fortissimi, Caste Donne, & Fanciulli animosi. Bellissimi Tratti di Avari, Insingardi, & Ambitiosi. Et Vittorie singolari co(n)tre Demonii, Mondo, Carne, & Huomini rei...
Como: Girolamo Frova, 1604. 8vo  8,a8,A-2H8. [32],497 [i.e. 495]p. 17th c. sheep,rebacked,title gilt on leather label, edges speckled in blue, inner hinges reinforced, booklabels of "James Barratt of Lymm Hall," and "Charles J. Bewlay of Carleton Hall.', t.p. laid-down, corner off Q7 (minor affect to side-note), occ. browning and some minor stains. Printer's device on t.p., decoarted initials, tail-pieces. Astolfi was born in Bologna and was a theologian of the first half on the seventeenth century. He wrote a number of works on philosophy, theology, and history. Several of his works relate to miracles. This collection of novelle many with occult and supernatural appearances was first published in 1603 and was reprinted several times. Piantanida 3329. Graesse I,341. Gamba 241. Caillet 488. BL 17th Ital., I,53. Cornell, Witchcraft, 25 (1660). Hoefer III,478. Coumont A68.2.
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Du Moulin,Lewis (Louis) or William Sprang.[Irinaeum Phil... Rerum Nuper In Regno Scotiae Gestarum Historia, Seu verius Commentarius,,,Addita est Ecclesiae Scotiae ad Helveticas reformatas Epistola...
Dantzig [Amsterdam?]: N.P., 1641. 8vo. *4,A-2O8. [8],576,[16]p. Modern calf, spine banded, title ingilt on leather label,edges speckled, minor foxing. First Edition. Moulin, Lewis du 1606-1680, nonconformist controversialist, son of Pierre du Moulin and brother of Peter du Moulin, was born at Paris on 25 Oct. 1606. He studied medicine at Leyden, taking the degree of M.D., and graduating also at Cambridge in 1634 and at Oxford in 1649. Becoming licentiate in 1640 of the London College of Physicians, he probably practised at Oxford, where in September 1648, as ‘a person of piety and learning,’ he was appointed Camden professor of ancient history in the place of Robert Waring, ejected as a royalist... Ousted in his turn at the Restoration, Du Moulin retired to Westminster. Wood calls him ‘a fiery, violent, and hot-headed independent, a cross and ill-natured man,’ but on his deathbed, in the presence of Bishop Burnet, he retracted his virulent attacks on Anglican theologians." DNB Lowndes states that the work, sometimes attributed to Du Moulin, was written by William Spang. It is entered under Du Moulin in the catalogue of the Bibl. Nat., but is not mentioned in article on Du Moulin in Dict. Nat. Biog. It is said to be based on communications sent to Spang in Holland by Robert Baillie of Glasgow.Weller says that it was actually printed in Amsterdam. STCN 164108. BN, 44:599. Folger, 8:189.Lowndes 1624.
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Hoyland, John. A Historical Survey On The Customs, Habits, & Present State Of The Gypsies; Designed To Develope The Origin of this Singular People, And To Promote The Amelioration of their Condition.
York: Printed for the Author by William Alexander, etc, 1816. 8vo. A4,B-Q8.R9.[Lacks ad leaf R10.] viii,9-265,[1]pp. 19th c. 1/2 calf, spine banded, title gilt on label, rubbed, edges speckled red,old presentation inscription on f.f.e.p.,minor foxing, very nice copy. First Edition. "Hoyland, John 1750-1831, writer on the Gipsies, is variously designated as ‘of Sheffield, Yorkshire,’ and as ‘formerly of York.’ It was, however, in the counties of Northampton, Bedford, and Hertford that he ‘frequently had opportunity of observing the very destitute and abject condition of the Gipsy race,’ whom he began to study in the summer of 1814.He belonged to the quaker body, and although 'at some time disunited from the society was afterwards reinstated into membership.' His separation may have been due to his falling in "love with a black-eyed gipsy girl" ; but there is nothing to warrant Mr. Simson's conclusion "that the quaker married the gipsy girl." ... ‘A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, and Present State of the Gypsies’ (York, 8vo, 1816), has still some value, though it is mainly based on Raper's translation of Grellmann's ‘Zigeuner.’" DNB NSTC 2H34227. Black, Gypsy,2086
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[Bible--Psalms--English] Embroidered Binding. The Whole Booke of Pslames Collected into English Meeter by T[homas]. Sternhold, I{John] Hopkins, and others.
London: Company of Stationers, 1630. 32mo. 72 x 47mm. A-2A8. [1],171,[18]leaves.[2], 171 [i.e. 346], [36]pp. Contemporary embroidered binding with red, green and blue silk threads woven over metalic silver wire in styalized floral arrangements; a.e.g., spine and joints slightly cracked, cords are intact, lacks clasp; in a marbled board, pull-off case. From the library of Wilbur Macey Stone (noted collector of miniature books). [For a similar binding see: Frederick Bearman et al., Fine And Historic Bookbindings From The Folger Shakespeare Library, p 137.] Woodcut emblematic t.p. "In the centuries before printing, the most important and lavishly decorated manuscripts were usually clothed in elaborate coverings bearing the work of the goldsmith, or in the case of textile coverings, the work of a skilled embroiderer. Unfortunately fabrics, particularly velvet, do not have the lasting qualities of animal skins, and only a comparatively small number of examples of such coverings have survived. Most velvet and embroidered bindings on printed books date from the 16th and 17th centuries...In England the popular embroidered bindings of the first half of the 17th century were rarely produced after the Civil War..." [Fine & Historic Bookbindings From The Folger Shakespeare Library,1992.] STC 2613.5 (two copies only).Not in ESTC.
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Espence, Claude de. De Coelorum Animatione Ex Theologis Et Philosophis Collectanea, Cum Resolutione Catholica.
Paris: Michele Sonnius, 1571. 8vo. a8,A-I8,K4[K4 blank present.] xiiii,[2],136,[16]pp. 19th c. patterned paper boards, old shelf label on front cover,stamp of "Mariannhiller Pins-Seminar, Wurzburg" on t.p.,some foxing and light browning, 2 small holes in one prefatory leaf margin. First Edition. "A French theologian, born in 1511 at Châlons-sur-Marne; died 5 Oct., 1571, at Paris. He entered the Collège de Navarre in 1536, and four years later was made rector of the University of Paris, even before receiving the doctorate, which was conferred on him in 1542... He was one of the theologians called to the consultation held at Mélun in 1544 in relation to the Council of Trent. In 1547, having been sent to the council itself, then transferred to Bologna, he returned to France almost immediately, as the council was again adjourned. He went to another consultation held at Orléans in 1560. At the Conference of Poissy (1561) he argued against Beza in favour of tradition, the infallibility of the Church, the Sacrament of Order, etc. " [Catholic Ency.] Our learned author brings a host of citations from ancient philosophers to more contemporary writers as Erasmus and Vives and through Jewish sources (including kabbalistic) to 'resolve' questions about the nature of the heavens in accordance to Catholic views. It must have aroused some suspicions as it was his only work to be placed on the Index of Forbidden Books. Adams E950.
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Periander, Aegdius.[a.k.a. Gilles Omma] & Hermann Bote. [Til Eulenspiegel] Noctuae Speculum. Omnes Res Memorabiles, Variasque Et Admirables, Tyli Saxoici machinationes complectens, plane novo more nunc primum ex idiomate Germanico latinitate donatum...
Frankfurt am Main: Georg Rab for Sigismund Feyerabend & Simon Huter, 1567. Small 8vo. A-Z8,a-d8. [8],210ff=420,[4]p. Modern reboitage using old sheep, some blind-lines, endpapers renewed, edges marbled; 2 old owner's names on t.p. (one dated 1627), a few old marginal dampstains, some minor foxing, a few old notes,a very good copy overall. T.p. woodcut and 103 text cuts by JOST AMMAN, Feyerabend printer's device on recto of last leaf. First Latin Edition. Aegidius Periander (pseudonym for Giles Omma (1543–1568)). "Till Eulenspiegel is a Volksbuch which enjoyed enourmous popularity in the 16th century, especially among peasants and artisans. Till's story takes the form of a series of unconnected comic episodes, to that it forms a collection of Schwanke. He is an adroit and inventive practical joker who takes in his victims, who belong to the governing classes, by his disarming air of simple innocence." [ODGL] "Mit diesen Eulenspiegel-Buch legt Periander – noch vor Fischarts Epos Eulenspiegel Reimensweiß – die erste gereimte und zugleich eine ’gelehrte’, mit Kommentaren versehene Ausgabe vor, die den lateinkundigen Leser anspricht. Eulenspiegel wird der volkssprachigen Ebene enthoben und im kunstvollen Versmaß einem gebildeten Rezipienten präsentiert." [Reinhard Tenberg: Die deutsche Till Eulenspiegel-Rezeption bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts, Würzburg 1996, p169.] Jost Amman [1539-1591] Swiss-born painter and engraver on wood and copper. "A noted professor's son, the erudite Jost Amman chose printmaking over scholarship but always maintained contacts in humanist circles. He may have apprenticed in Basel or Zurich and probably also studied in Paris and Lyon. In 1561 Amman settled in Nuremberg, where he worked with Virgil Solis. After Solis's death in 1562, Amman began a lifelong partnership with Solis's publisher, [Feyerabend] adapting himself to every task and changing his style according to his employer's demands. The era's most prolific book illustrator, Amman illustrated at least fifty books for him alone. These projects included biblical compositions, widely reprinted scenes of tradespeople, and an artists' instruction book; many served as pattern books for later artists. [Getty Museum on-line] "As an engraver, he was one of the most laborius of the industrious artists of his country, who have so ably and amply contributed to the advancement of the art." [Bryan] VD 16 ZV2294. BM STC (Germ.) 289. Graesse II,517. Goedecke I,347:19. Becker, Amman, 148:12. Hinz 354.
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Primrose, James. De Febribus Libri Quatuor.
Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1658. 4to. *4,A-3L4,3M2. [8],459,[1] with incorrect pagination of last leaf "443]. Contemp. mottled calf, blind rules, rebacked, title on leather label,bookplate of "E. Bibl. Racl." with deaquiition stamp, leather circular label of "John Brian Smith, Civil War Collection.'signature of "R. Frewin, 1704" on f.f.e.p.,minor occ. foxing, a very good copy. Printer's device on t.p. First Edition. Primrose or Primerose, James, M.D. d. 1659, physician. "He studied at the university of Bordeaux there graduated M.A., and then proceeded to Montpellier, where he took the degree of M.D. in 1617 (Astruc), and attended the lectures of John Varandæus, professor of physic . He was incorporated M.D. at Oxford in March 1628. On 9 Dec. 1629, at Dr. Argent's house in London, he was examined for admission to the license of the College of Physicians, William Harvey, M.D., being one of his examiners (manuscript annals). He passed, and was admitted the following day. He settled in Hull, and there practised his profession.His first book appeared in London in 1630: ‘Exercitationes et Animadversiones in Librum Gulielmi Harvæi de Motu Cordis et Circulatione Sanguinis,’ and is an attempt to refute Harvey's demonstration of the circulation of the blood." DNB His most famous book was his "Popular Errors." This work is written in four parts. The first two give a thorough description of fevers and their causes. The third book covers the affects of fevers and their intensity. The last book discusses various diseases including the plague and various pestilences. At the very end he discusses Paracelsian medicine in its treatment of fevers with various drugs. Krivatsy/NLM 9281. Wellcome IV,438.
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Hortensius [Hove],Lambert. De bello Germanico libri septem: In quibus & brevitate & elegantia singulari, non pauca, a Sleidano & aliis huius Historiae scriptoribus vel praetermissa, vel non paulo aliter commemorata hactenus, diligens Lector inveniet...Accesit rerum & verborum in iisdem parecipue memorabilium index.
Basle: [Johann Opporinus,] 1560. 4to. alpha4,a-z,A-E4. [8],208,[16]pp. Modern 1/2 pigskin over paper boards, spine banded, title gilt on label, edges red; contemp. signature of "Henrii Schyrensis" on t.p., stamp with deaquisition stamp of "Bibl. Aoad. Land." on verso of t.p.,light marginal stain, paper in excellent condition; housed in red cloth slipcase. Large historiated initials. First Edition. Hortensius (1500-1574) was a philologer, a writer of verses and a historian. He was born at Montfort in the territory of Utrecht and studied at Louvain. He was rector at Naarden "and when that city was taken in 1572, he would have fallen a sacrifice to the military fury, had he not been preserved by the gratitude of one who had been his pupil." {Chalmers] "The life of Lambert Hortensius was spared, out of regard to his learning and genius, but he hardly could thank his foes for the boon, for they struck his only son dead, and tore his heart out before his father's eyes. Hardly any man or woman survived, except by accident. "[Motley, The Dutch Republic.] His contemporary accounts of the wars of Charles V and the anabaptist movement are valuable contemporary historical accounts of his period. VD 16 H5035. Adams H1001. Schottenloher 41692.
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Erastus, Thomas. [Paracelsus.] Johann Jacob Grynaeus,ed.o... De Astrologia Divinatrice Epistolae..Origines, Si quis vestrum Mathematocorum delirameta sectatur, in terra Chaldaeorum est. Si quis nativitatis diem supputat, & variis horarum momentorunq(ue)...[bound with] Disputationum De Medicina Nova Philippi Paracelsi Pars Prima: In Qua, Quae De Remediis Superstitiosis & Magicis curationibus ille prodidit, Praecipue examinantur...
Basle: Peter Perna, 1580;1572. 4to. 2 vols bound together.208 x 153mm. Alpha4, A-2H4. Alpha4.beta4,a-z,A-N4. [8],236,[12]; [16],267,[20]p Including blanks. Contemp. limp vellum, yapp fore-edge, one tie of 4, minor stains, title in old hand on bottom edge; old owner's note on f.f.e.p. on "Diogenes," minor marginal dampstain on 2 leaves; a fresh, clean, crisp copy. 2 Printer's devices on t.p.s, full-page portrait of Paracelsus on N3r of second work, decorated initials. First Editions. Erastus, Thomas, 1524–83, Swiss Protestant theologian, a physician, whose original name was Lüber, Lieber, or Liebler. As a follower of Huldreich Zwingli, he supported the Swiss leader's view of the Lord's Supper at the conferences of Heidelberg (1560) and Maulbronn (1564) and in a book (1565). In spite of his vigorous opposition to the Calvinist doctrine, Presbyterian church discipline and government were introduced in Heidelberg in 1570. In 1574, Erastus was excommunicated by the Heidelberg consistory, but a year later the edict was removed...The term Erastianism. has come to represent approval of the dominance of civil authority in all punitive measures and, by extension, complete dominance of the state over the church, though Erastus himself never held such an extreme view. Erastianism achieved its definitive expression in the Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes. "...On his return from Italy to Germany Erastus was shocked at the extent to which men were addicted to vain predictions of astrologers and at the astrological restrictions under which medical practice labored...as an antidote to the superstition poisoning Germany he had made a translation from the Italian into German of the book of Savonarola against astrologers. This aroused some opposition among German astrologers, and the aforesaid physician of Coburg, Chrsitopher Stathmion, had contended that Savonarola's work did not apply to divination or astrology which was based on natural causes...He adopts the usual theological position that divination is the work of demons. He joins Pico and Savonarola in their wholesale onslaught upon astrology, to which he would appear to leave almost no field of activity...In the first volume of his Disputations Concerning the New Medicine of Paracelsus..Erastus has more to say against astrology. It holds first place in magic of which he utterly disapproves, and is the offscouring of all impious arts...Erastus denied the possibility of natural magic. Nor would he admit that the Magi of ancient Persia had been priests or sages. Their magic too, he regarded as diabolical. He showed himself even more incensed at Pomponnazzi for his favorable attitude toward magic in De incantationibus than at Paracelsus...He censured Paracelsus for speaking approvingly of augury, prodigies, geomancy, pyromancy, and necromancy and for condoning thae receiving from demons remedies to be employed for good ends." [Thorndike, V5,652ff.] There are three other later volumes of his attack on Paracelsus not with the present set. Astrologiae: VD 16 E3669. Adams E905. Houzeau/Lancaster 4932. Rosenthal, Magica, 3397. DSB IV,388. Cantamessa I,1401.Medicina: VD 16 E3679. Adams E910. Durling/NLM 1383. Wellcome I,2057. Waller 2778. Sudhoff 247.
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Garzoni, Tom(m)aso. La Sinagoga De Gl’Ignoranti.
Venice: Roberto Meietti, 1601. 8vo.  4,A-2A4,2B6 +   2 (mis-signed). Index misbound between A4 & B1. [12],195[mispaginated actually 203]pp. Modern cloth boards, title in gilt on leather label; indicies are bound out-of-order between pp8 & 9; corner repair to t.p., final five leaves with wormtracks (not affecting text.), occ. dampstains, old library satamp on t.p. “Bibliotheca Privata Di Patrizio Antolini.” Old notes on endpapers. Printer’s device on t.p., historiated initials. Second edition. “Garzoni was born in Bagnacavallo in 1549, and he's supposed to come from a wealthy family, since Ottaviano (this was Garzoni's birth name) studied law in Ferrara, and then logic in Siena. In 1566 with the name of Tomaso he became part of the religious order "Canonici Regolari della Congregazione Lateranense" in Ravenna's "Santa Maria in Porto" convent. Here he spent the rest of his life, except some short periods spent outside while travelling through Italy as a preaching friar; this activity led him to meet different cultural and social milieus. He died in June 1589 at the young age of forty. Garzoni started to write quite late, but with such a literary conscience that led him to produce a great amount of works in quite a short time. “ {Bagnacavolo on-line) This popular work “The Temple of the Ignorant” is the first work to classify and describe various forms of foolishness. First published in 1589 it went through several editions and translations. Full of citations of classical authors, his last section is filled with a humorous list of practitioners of magical and diabolical practices. "The appearance of the printed books of secrets caught the attention of Tommaso Garzoni (1549-1589), one of the most astute, if eccentric, observers of Italian social and cultural life...Garzoni, who thought the world was filled with every possible kind of fool (and wrote a book on it), was amazed there were so many who would dedicate their lives to seeking such elusive and chimerical things" William Eamon, Science And The Secrets Of Nature.] The text of this rare edition is misprinted -- the pagination and catchmarks are correct and the book can easily be read by following their lead but the pages are printed out-of-order, begining with page 202 being printed on the verso of page193. A curious survival. CNCE Venezaine G 272. Graesse III,32. Cantamessa 1715 (note). OCLC: 47617353 (Villanova only) RLIN adds one copy at Yale CTYADEU8374-B. Not in Brunet, BL 17th Italian, Bruni/Evans.
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Shalom, Abraham Ben Isaac Ben Judah Ben Samuel. [Hebrew Text:] Sepher Neveh Shalom. [Dwelling of Peace]
Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1574. 4to. Aleph 4, [1-28]8, [29]4. [4],213,[15]pp. Modern blue cloth, title gilt, margins slightly frayed (last 3 leaves have archival supports) with dampstains but otherwise a clean copy, stamps of Jew’s College, London. T.p. in architectural woodcut border,large head-piece. Second, first Venice, Edition. "Catalonian philosopher [d.1492] and translator of philosophical writings....Shalom's major work, Neveh Shalom, gives evidence of the author's thorough command of the field of knowledge of his time, and is rich in quotations from Greek and Arabic philosophical literature. In its external form, Nevah Shalom is a series of homilies on various aggadic passages drwan from the talmudic tractate Berakot. Into this framework Shalom weaves a number of philosophic discussions in which he undertakes to review the philosophic statements of his predecessors, to consider just those views which are in harmony with Scripture, to decide which among them are correct, and, especially, to prove that Moses Maimonides is true and his teaching is true. In other words, he undertakes to defend Maimonides' philosophy with its particular equilibrium between Greek philosophy and scriptural teachings." [Jewish Ency.] Vinograd, Venice 607. Haberman, di Gara, 37. Adams A 34. Marshall I,3. Steinschneider 4311:2.
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Albo, Joseph. Shorashim ben Gedaliah ben Solomon Lipschue... [Hebew Text:] Sepher Etz Shatul [ha-Ikkarim.] The Book of Principles.
Venice: Pietro & Lorenzo Bragadin, 1618. Small folio. [1-23]6,[24]8. Complete. 144ff=288pp. Sheep-backed marbled boards, both covers deatached; some dampstains darker at ends in lower outer corner; one leaf [17]1, replaced in a neat Ashkenazic hand of the 18th century; some passages censured as in most copies (readable trough ink) which has caused some staining on neighboring leaves and a few minor page breaks; a few old underlines, owner’s names on t.p.”Bibliotheca Colderlinae”, stamps of Jew’s College, London; good margins, paper still in good condition. T.p. in woodcut architectural surround, device of crowned bird on altar with surrounding birds on verso [1]2; large head-pieces, text woodcut circles and hexagrams First edition with this commentary. Albo's [15th c.] Sefer ha-Ikkarim is one of the representative Jewish books of his period. It reflects his troubled reaction to the wavering faith among his fellow Jews which stemmed from the discussions of religious dogma. He keenly felt the need to restore the morale of his people by offering them a reasoned presentation of Judaism and by showing that the basic teachings of the Jewish religion bore the essential charcter of 'divine law.' He brought to his task a wide knowledge of both rabbinic literature and Jewish philosophy. He was also at home in Islamic philosophy and in Latin Christian scholasticism, notably Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. In addition, he was versed in mathematics and medicine." [E.J] Joseph Albo’s philosophical exposition proceeds from the view that every religion is founded on three principles: the existence of God, Revelation, and reward and punishment.True faith, according to Albo, is that which recognizes not only the roots of these three fundamenta principles, but also their logical consequences. The goal of man lies in perfecting himself, and the way of human perfection according to Albo, lies in striving to become similar to the supreme symbol of perfection --God. This can be achieved by doing good and right out of love for God through the loving fulfillment of His will and commandments.[See: Zinberg, III, 233-9) Because of his criticisms of Chrsitian beliefs in [Book III, ch xxv & xxvi], Albo’s work is often found censored and the Jewish Encyclopedia notes that a certain laziness on the part of the censors frequently caused them to remove whole pages from the Italian editions. Vinograd, Venice, 1112. Furst I,32. Steinschneider 5882:7. Cowley 327.
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Saadiah Gaon Judah ibn Tibon, trans. Hebrew Text:] Sepher Ha’emunoth. Vehade’oth.Scepher Aemunot sive liber De Capitibus Fidei auctore Celebri R. Schehadiah; principe olim Judaeorum in Persia. Scriptus Arabice an. 873.Hebraice an. 1186 translatus a R. Juda Ben Tibon: Thessalonicae impressus ante annos 85. ac nunc recusus.
Amsterdam: David de Castro Tartas for Joseph ben Israel, 1647. 4to. 1 (Latin t.p.),[1-13]4,[14]2. [3],4-53ff= 106pp. Contemp. limp vellum soiled, lacks ties; stamps of Jew's College, London; some corners bent, corner off [2]1 with some loss of text; leaves [11]1-4 torn and repaired, old repair on margins of [12]1, other minor tears and edge wear; some light dampstains. Menasseh ben Israel’s device on Latin t..p., Hebrew t.p. with architectural surround. "Saadiah Gaon (was) a foremost medieval spiritual leader, Talmudist, biblical exegete, and philosopher (882-942). Saadiah was born in Egypt, and lived for a time in Tiberias, after which he was appointed by the exilarch [head of the Jewish community in Babylon], David Ben Zakkai, to be the head of the college at Sura in Babylon, hence the title, Saadiah Gaon. But Saadiah’s fame rests on his philosophical work, Emunot De-ot (Beliefs and Opinions), written in Arabic and translated into Hebrew by Judah Ibn Tibbon. This work is the first systematic Jewish theology. It has a special significance as a philosophical defense of rabbinic Judaism by the leading representative of that Judaism of his day. The “beliefs” in the title are the postulates of the Jewish religion, while “opinions” are the truths arrived at by empirical investigation and rational reflection. Saadiah takes issue with those who see philosophy as harmful to faith. On the contrary, faith is strengthened when supported by reason. Influenced strongly by the thought of Arabic thinkers who sought in similar fashion to reconcile Islam with philosophical inquiry, Saadiah holds that there are two ways to religious truth, reason and revelation (of the Torah, for Saadiah). Both ways are essential: reason because without it superstitious ideas will proliferate; revelation because not everyone can arrive at the truth by speculation…" [Louis Jacobs: Saadiah Gaon: An introduction to the life and work of a medieval spiritual leader. ] Vinograd, Amsterdam,143 (JNUL copy incomplete). Fuks, Amsterdam, 186. Siva Rosa 51.
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Maier, Michael. [Arcana Arcanissima Hoc est Hieroglyphica Aegyptio-Graeca,Vulgo necdum cognita, ad demonstandam falsorum apud antiis quos deorum, dearum, heroum, animantium & institutorum pro sacris receptorum, originem, ex uno Aegyptioram artificio, quod aureu(m) animi & Corpis medicamentum peregit, deductam: Unde tot poetarum allegoriae, scriptorum narrationes fabulosae & pertotam Encyclopaediam errores sparsi clarisima veritatis luce manifestantur, suaeq(ue) tribui singula restituuntur, sex libris...]
[London?] [Thomas Creede?] [1614?] 4to. Lacks 1 t.p.[supplied in facs. on old paper), A-2P4,2Q2. [8 of 10], 285,[15]pp. Fine modern calf in an antique style, title on red morocco label, gilt; ft.p. in facs. on old paper, first leaf darkened, some foxing, dampstains at end, occ. light browning, old notes on rear ens paper from earlier binding (not part of the collation). Watermarks: There are at least three separate types (which didn't help us in locating place of publication): including Grapes and a pot with initials “PLE” [see: R4 & Gg2] First Edition. Maier (1568?-) The Arcana was Maier’s first publication which he dedicated to Sir William Paddy, physician to King james I of England. “In his preface, the author, after referring to the false worships of old ascribed to the gods, and the aborrence in which such cults are to be held by Chrsitains, who have bee taught the truth by the key-word of God, inquires whether these old stories may not have some other meaning, a meaning more secret and arcane. He desires a more original, a deeper, a truer meaning to be found in the old hieroglyphics and stories of these gods and daemons....These old allegories, stories, and adventures of the gods may be properly understood as referring to scientific, philosophic, and chemical ecrets; their labours and researches into the powers of Nature, and even their wars and quarrels, may have reference to the labours, the strifes, and the convulsions in Nature, and natural substance, for the evolution of new births...Under all these old stories and hieroglyphics an arcane, hidden meaning lies.” [J.B.Craven, Count Michael Maier, 1910.] There has been some discussion of the actual place of printing of Maier’s work. It is listed in the Stationer’s Register in 1613 as being printed by Thomnas Creede of London and thus the STC and RLIN list it as an English book. Other traditions have it being printed at Oppenheim and it is listed as a German publication in the VD17. There are two issues of the book. One with a dated t.p. [1614]has no leaf after the t.p.; the other has an added leaf for dedications and the t.p. is undated. As our copy lacks the t.p., we cannot completely ascribe it. STC 17196.3-.5. ESTC s1358 or s111892. VD17 23:262072A. Bruning 1095. Caillet 6987 “Extremement rare.” Ferguson, Glasgow 438.Rosenthal, Magica,565.Gardner, Rosicruciana, 416. Ferguson II,66 (not in Young Coll.) Gottlieb 188. Verginelli 203. Galland 117.
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Dugdale, William. The History Of Imbankng and Draying Of Divers Fenns and Marshes Both in Foreign Parts And In this Kingdom; And of the Improvements thereby.
London: Alice Warren, 1662. Folio. A-2H4. [8],424,[2]p. Modern antique paneled calf, spine banded, title in gilt on red morocco label, opening leaves frayed at margin, bookplate of Charles Bertie of Uffington on verso of t.p., occ. foxing and minor stains, last text leaf archivally remargined, index leaf repaired with loss of botton 1/4 of page with text loss. T.p. in red and black, 11 double-page or folding maps and plans (some by Wenceslaus Hollar), Mapp of Sedmorre incomplete at edges, some minor edge tears. First Edition. " In 1662 appeared Dugdale's History of Imbanking and Drayning of divers Fenns and Marshes ... a work conspicuous for its prolixity as well as for its exhibition of research. It was written at the instance of Lord Gorges, surveyor-general of the great level of the fens, of which it contains a history and minute topographical description, illustrated by maps and plans, and preceded by a vast mass of matter very little relevant to that undertaking. Five hundred copies of it having been destroyed in the fire of London (see Dugdale's letter of 15 Oct. 1666, printed in the catalogue of the Grenville Library, Brit. Mus., pt. i. p. 215), the volume became so scarce that a copy of it fetched ten guineas when in 1772 it was reissued." DNB "The History of Imbanking and Drayning of divers Fenns and Marshes (1662), which was undertaken at the request of Lord Gorges, surveyor-general of the Bedford level, suggests a subject somewhat outside the scope of Dugdale’s activities; but his wide acquaintance with manuscript sources and the contents of state archives, aided by a journey through the district in 1657, enabled him to compose a treatise abounding in historical and antiquarian interest. He takes leave to interpret the limits of his subject very widely, and is quite aware of the irrelevancy of his digressions. The isle of Ely gives an opening for narrating at large the life of Saint Audrey (translated from a Cottonian manuscript), and then follows the whole story of the feats of Hereward in defence of the isle against William the conqueror and his knights. It is in this unexpected quarter that the accomplished antiquary reveals himself as an entertaining story-teller."[Cambridge Hist. of Eng. Lit.] Wing D2481.ESTC r275. Pennington, Hollar, 672-8.
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Melancthon, Phillip. Loci praecipui Theologici Nunc Postremo' Cura & diligentia summa recogniti, multiscquae in locis copiose illustrati, Cum appendice disputationis de Coniugio.Accesit, locorum Scripturae toto hoc Opere explicatoru(m), itemq(ue); Capitum tptius libri, Rerm denique & verboru(m) memorabilium trigeminus Index...
Basle: Johann Oporinus, [1552.] 8vo. a-z,A-2D8 [Lacks Dd8 blank with colophon?]. 702,[96]pp. 18th c. mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, slightly defective at spine ends, corners opened, minor worm damage to front cover; edges red; old owner's name on t.p. cossed-out, minor light corner dampstain at end, small paper adhesion from removed label on verso of last leaf. First Edition thus. Philip Melancthon (1497-1560) first came under the spell of Martin Luther when he himself was professor of Greek at Wittenberg. He became Luther's right hand man, bringing the humanistic elements into the Reform movement, and as such was present at several significant disputations, including those at Leipzig, Spier, and Marburg, and for a brief time led the Reformation "party" while Luther was in hiding at Wartburg. As a Reformer, Melancthon was known for his moderation, conscientiousness, caution, and love of peace, the last of which caused him at times to make concessions to the Catholics (e.g., Erasmus) and Calvinists to the detriment of the Lutheran position. He was the author of the Augsburg Confession and a prolific writer, Reformer and scholar in his own right. Melanchthon finished his "Theological Common-Places or Ground-Thoughts (Loci Communes or Loci Theologici), in April, 1521, and sent the proof-sheets to Luther on the Wartburg. They appeared for the first time before the Close of that year. This book marks an epoch in the history of theology. It grew out of exegetical lectures on the Epistle to the Romans, the Magna Charta of the evangelical system. It is an exposition of the leading doctrines of sin and grace, repentance and salvation. It is clear, fresh, thoroughly biblical, and practical. Its main object is to show that man cannot be saved by works of the law or by his own merits, but only by the free grace of God in Christ as revealed in the gospel. It presents the living soul of divinity, in striking contrast to the dry bones of degenerate scholasticism with its endless theses, antitheses, definitions, divisions, and subdivisions...Under his improving hand, the Loci assumed in subsequent editions the proportions of a full, mature, and well-proportioned system, stated in calm, clear, dignified language, freed from polemics against the Sorbonne and contemptuous flings at the schoolmen and Fathers. He embraced in twenty-four chapters all the usual topics from God and the creation to the resurrection of the body, with a concluding chapter on Christian liberty. He approached the scholastic method, and even ventured, in opposition to the Anti-Trinitarians, on a new speculative proof of the Holy Trinity from psychological analogies. He never forsakes the scriptural basis, but occasionally quotes also the Fathers to show their supposed or real agreement with evangelical doctrines." [Schaff] This is one of the last editions to come from Melancthon's own hand and contains his "Disputatio de Conjugio" which was cited by Milton in his arguments about multiple marriage. VD 16 M2815. Adams M1179. Knaake 633. Hartfelder, Melancthon,494
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Accolti, Benedetto. Francesco Baldelli, trans. La Guerra Fatta Da Christia Ni Contra Barbari Per La Ricuperatone Del Sepulcro Di Christo Et Della Giudea..
Venice: Gabriel Giolito Da Ferrara, 1549. 8vo. A-Q8 [Q8 blank present]. 127ff=254pp. Contemp. limp vellum, soiled, lacks ties, tiltle in ms on spine, fore-edges of covers chewed, pin-worm hole through most of the volume turning into a trackin the last gathering (some text affected), bottom of t.p. slightly defective, some old minor stains, scattered foxing, early marginalia in Italian. Printer's device on t.p. and on verso of last leaf, fine historiated initials. First Italian Edition. Accolti (1415-64)."Arentine who, after a successful legal career beacame first chancellor of Florence. Following some vernacular poetry composed in his youth, his principle works were in Latin..." [OCIL] "In conjunction with his brother Leonardo, he wrote in Latin a history of the first crusade, entitled De Bella a Christianis contra Barbaras gesto pro Christi Sepulchre et Judaea recuperandis libri tres (Venice, 1432, translated into Italian, 1543, and into French, 1620), which, though itself of little interest, is said to have furnished Tasso with the historic basis for his Jerusalem Delivered." [EB 11th ed.] EDIT 16 cnce103. Index Aurel. 103.247. Adams A82. BM STC (Ital.) 4. Marshall I,7. Bongi I,251.Gamba 1177.
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Camden, William. Britannia sive Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio. Authore Guilielmo Camdeno. Nunc quartò recognita, ¶ magna accessione post Germanicam æditionem adaucta.
London: [Eliot's Court Press for] George Bishop, 1594. 8vo. A-3A8, 3B3 [lacks 3B4,blank]. [16], 717, [25]p. Modern brown morocco, gilt rules on spine, title in gilt on red leather label, t.p. repaired at lower outer corner and following leaf (no text affected) lower outer cornersoff of first 90 pp., edges of text darkened, numerous old underlines and occ. notes, tear in margin of 3A6. Woodcut title-page, initials, head- and tail- pieces. Text illustrations. Fourth edition. Camden (1551-1623), antiquarian and historian, is one of the giants of English scholarship. "Camden...undertook the systematic preparation of the ‘Britannia.’ For this work Camden's labours were enormous. Among other things, he tells us that he had to get some knowledge of the Welsh and Anglo-Saxon languages, to read and read again both native and other historians, many of whose works still remained in manuscript, and to ransack and select from the public records; and to all this, be it remembered, was added the ‘laboriosissimum munus’ of teaching. After ten years' toil the ‘Britannia’ was completed, and appeared with a dedication to Lord-treasurer Burghley, dated 2 May 1586, the day on which Camden completed his thirty-fifth year. Its success was great; nothing of the kind had been attempted since the days of Leland, and by him only in briefer outline. In the space of four years it passed through three London editions, besides a reprint at Frankfort in 1590; a fourth edition came out in 1594. All these editions had the supervision of the author, and the last was more fully illustrated with genealogical matter.The present offering is a guidebook to Britain with each county described in regard to its archaeology, history, and geography. " DNB STC 4506.ESTC s107385. Index Aurel. 130.396.
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Hammeleff, H[ans] Chr[istian]. Ideen physiognomischen, physikalischen und beyden verwandten Inhalts.
Copenhagen: Sebastian Popp, 1809. 8vo. x,30pp. 19th. c boards, title on paper label, rubbed, uncut;paper flaw on A1. First Edition. Hammeleff (1774/5-1832). Bibl. Danica 947. OCLC: 14839352 (1 copy only). Not in Gerlach.
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Ihling, J[ohann] C.[ Konrad.] Ueber Geistererscheinungen. Ein Beytrag zur Erfahrungseelenkunde nebst einer Beleuchtung der Schrift: Meiner Gattin wirkliche Erscheinung nach uhrem Tode u.f. w. von D. J. K. W. (Wotzel).
Coburg & Leipzig: Sinner'schen Buchhandlung, 1805. 8vo. 88pp. 19th c. marbled boards, title on paper label, rubbed, paper toned, some leaves creased. First Edition Ihling (d.1838) rector of the gymnasium in Meiningen, doctor of philosophy, and teacher of Latin & minerology in Jena. This is his response to Johann Karl Wotzel's (Wetzel), (1765-) work on apparitions -- "Meiner Gattin wirkliche Erscheinung nach ihrem Tode: eine wahre, unlangst erfolge Geschicte, fur jedermann zur Beherzigung, und vorzuglich fur Psychologen zur unpartheyischen und sorgfaltigen Prufung darstellt.: Cheminitz,1804. This controversal work elicited may responses. (See: Goedeke VI, pp559-560).All are apparently quite scarce. Wotzel's wife had died and he wrote his work sugesting a personal immortality and survival of the individual's spirit with all its memories intact. Probably the most famous answer to Wotzel was Christoph Weiland's "Euthenasia" in which he ridicules the notion of the survival of the individual soul with all memories of the living body. Graesse, Magica, 90. Goedeke VI,559: 11c1. See also: Rosenthal, Magica, 1953.
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Grater, Friedrich David & Thomas Overskou. Thomas Oversko... Breve over den nordiske Mythologie og de nordiske Suddommes artistiske Fremstilling m.v.
Copenhagen: Schultziske Officin, 1821. 8vo. viii,102pp. 19th c. cloth-backed marbled boards, title on paper label, interleaved with ms. notes First Edition. One of Herder's students, Friedrich Graeter (1768–1830), founded the journal Bragur to propagate virtues from the old Nordic-Germanic epics and sagas. Thomas Overskou (1798-1873) Danish author, critic, and historian of the drama. Bibliotheca Danica 577.
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[Unglucklichen.] Leben und Schicksale eines Unglucklichen. Eine wahre Geschichte dieses Jahrhunderts.
Copenhagen & Leipzig: Andreas Nitschke, 1793. 8vo. )(4, A-G8,H4,I2. [12],124pp. 19th. c. marled apper boards, title on paper label, uncut, some light browning, minor stains. Engraving on t.p. of soldiers arresting a man in a tavern signed by Fridrich with the caption "Ha!Canaille, treffn wir dich hier." First Edition. Our protagonist says he was born in 1709 to a Prussian officer. He went to school in Halle and travelled to Frankfurt and Berlin. In Berlin he is forced to join the army. He flees to Mecklenberg, is caught and pardoned. He rejoins the army and has many aventures before going to Copenhagen to fight in 1750. Always a reluctant soldier, his tale is peppered with desertions. It is apparently quite rare with no copy located in our databases ouside of the royal library of Denmark. Bibl. Danica 479.
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Somner, William, & White Kennett. Brome. James , ed.; Edm... A Treatise Of the Roman Ports and Forts on Kent By William Somner. Publis'd by James Brome...To which is prefixt the Life of Mr. Somner.
Oxford: The Sheldonian Theatre, 1693. 8vo. 1,[a]4,b-h8,i4,A-H8,I2. With errors. [12],118,[2, ads],117,[15]p. 19th. c 1/2 calf, rebacked, corners worn, marginal wormtrack in middle of volume (some text affected), trimmed closely with some minor losses,occ. paper toning. Engraved port. of Somner by Michael Burghers, t.p. woodcut Sheldonian device. First Edition. Somner, William 1598-1669, "Anglo-Saxon scholar, Somner devoted his leisure to studying law and antiquities, and shooting with the long bow. He was a zealous loyalist, and suffered pecuniary loss in consequence of his attachment to the king's cause... He made collections for a history of Kent, but, ‘being overtaken by that impetuous storm of civil war,’ he abandoned this undertaking. A portion of the work was published at Oxford in 1693 by the Rev. James Brome, under the title of ‘A Treatise of the Roman Ports and Forts in Kent,’ with notes by Edmund Gibson, afterwards bishop of London, and a life of the author by White Kennett." DNB Wing S4669. ESTC r19864. RIBA Early Imprints 3137. T.C. 2, 476. Lowndes 2442. Upcott 380.
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Stobaeus, Joannis & Georges Gemistus Pletho. Willem Cante... Eclogarum Libri Duo: Quorum prior Physicas, posterior Ethicas complectitur; nunc Graece editi; Interprete Gulielmo Cantero. Una & G. Gemisti Pletonis De Rebus Peloponnes. Orationes Duae; Acessit & alter eiusdem Plethonis libellus Graecus De virtutibus.
Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1575. Folio. *6,A-Q6, R8, S-T6, V4.[Lacks V4 blank] [12],236,[1],[1]pp. Modern paneled antique calf, spine banded, title on red leather label; long tear on *4 archivallly repaired, long burn hole on H1 with loss of most of Greek text but just a few Latin letters touched, occ. light dampstains t.p. soiled.Good margins. Large Plantin device on t.p. Editio Princeps. Stobaeus, Joannis, so called from his native place Stobi in Macedonia, the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. Of his life nothing is known, but he probably belongs to the latter half of the 5th century AD. From his silence in regard to Christian authors, it is inferred that he was not a Christian. The extracts were intended by Stobaeus for his son Septimius, and were preceded by a letter briefly explaining the purpose of the work and giving a summary of the contents. From this summary (preserved in Photius's Bibliotheca) we learn that Stohacus divided his work into four books and two volumes. In most of our MSS. the work is divided into three books, of which the first and second are...(Physical and Moral Extracts), and the third (Florilegiuni or Sermones)... The modern arrangement is somewhat arbitrary and there are several marked discrepancies between it and the account given by Photius. The introduction to the whole work, treating of the value of philosophy and of philosophical sects, is lost, with the exception of the concluding portion; the second book is little more than a fragment, and the third and fourth have been amalgamated by altering the original sections. From these and other indications it seems probable that what we have is only an epitome of the original work, made by an anonymous Byzantine writer of much later date. The didactic aim of Stobaeuss work is apparent throughout. The first book teaches physics in the wide sense which the Greeks assigned to this term by means of extracts. It is often untrustworthy: Stobaeus betrays a tendency to confound the dogmas of the early Ionic philosophers, and he occasionally mixes up Platonism with Pythagoreanism. For part of this book and much of book ii. he depended on the works of Atius, a peripatetic philosopher, and Didymus. The third and fourth books, like the larger part of the second, treat of ethics; the third, of virtues and vices, in pairs; the fourth, of more general ethical and political subjects, frequently citing extracts to illustrate the pros and cons of a question in two successive chapters. In all, Stobaeus quotes more than five hundred writers, generally beginning with the poets, and then proceeding to the historians, orators, philosophers and physicians. It is to him that we owe many of our most important fragments of the dramatists, particularly of Euripides." [EB 1th ed.] The Hermetic Korè Kosmou ('The virgin of the world'), a long Hermetic fragment is preserved in this collection of extracts. Gemistus Pletho [or Plethon], Georgius(c. 1351450), Greek Platonic philosopher and scholar, one of the chief pioneers of the revival of learning in Western Europe, wasa Byzantine by birth who settled at Mistra in the Peloponnese,the site of ancient Sparta. He changed his name from Gemistus to the equivalent Pletho ( the full ), perhaps owing to the similarity of sound between that name andthat of his master Plato. He invented a religious system founded on the speculative mysticism of the Neoplatonists, and founded a sect, the members of which believed that the newcreed would supersede all existing forms of belief. But he is chiefly memorable for having introduced Plato to the Western world. This took place upon his visit to Florence in 1439, as one of the deputies from Constantinople on occasion of the general council. Cardinal Bessarion became his disciple; he produced a great impression upon Cosimo de Medici; and though not himself making any very important contribution to the study of Plato, he effectually shook the exclusive domination which Aristotle had exercised over European thought for eight centuries.He promoted the union of the Greek and Latin Churches as far as possible, but his efforts in this direction bore no permanent fruit. He probably died before the capture of Constantinople.The most important of his published works are treatises on the distinction between Plato and Aristotle as philosophers (published at Venice in 1540); on the religion of Zoroaster (Paris, 1538); on the condition of the Peloponnese; and the Nuot . In addition to these he compiled several volumes of excerpts from ancient authors, and wrote a number of works on geography, music and other subjects, many of which still exist in MS." [E.B. 1th ed.] Voet 2263. Adams S1879. Hoffmann III, 448-50. Sandys II,105. Legrand IV,707. Rulens de Backer 1575:27. Dibdin (4th ed.) 429. van Lamoen, Hermes,17.
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Adarbi, Isaac ben Samuel & Joseph Taitazak. [Hebrew Text:] Sepher Divrei Shalom .
Venice: Heirs of Matteo Zanetti [Daniel Zanetti]: 1597. Folio. [1-28]6. Moden cloth boards, gilt device cover, title gilt,t.p. slightly stained with old owner's inscriptions and stamp on verso;occ stains, dark at edge of final part of text (not affecting text), good margins. T.p. in fine woodcut borders. Adarbi (1510?-1584?) rabbi anf halakhic authority. Adarbi was a preacher of the congrgation of Lisbon Jews in salonika and later rabbi of the Congregation Shalom, Salonika. He was a dsiciple of Joseph Taitazak (whose novellae he published as an appendix to his own work) and was a colleague of Samuel ben Moses de Medina. His efforts to unite the various Salonikan communities was reflected in his Divrei Shalom (Salonika 1580), a collection of 30 of his sermons. He appended homiletic comments to the Pentateuch, some chapters of which (on Exodus) are preserved..." [Ency. Judaica] Vinograd, Venice, 829. Steinschneider 5303:5. Crowley 259. Zedner 377.
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[Diocese of St. Polten-- Corpus Cristi Liturgy] Sancta Quatuor Evangelia In Processione Festi Corporis Christi Decantanda Unacum Versiculis, Orationibus Et Benedictionibus Juxta Rituale Dioceseos Ad S. Hippolytum.
Vienna: Joannis Thomas De Trattnern, 1802. Large Folio. 360 x 245mm. [a]2,b-d2. 15,[1]pp. Contemp.mottled calf, gilt rules on edges , spine banded, gilt.; paste-paper endpapers in red, blue and white, silk place-marker, minor foxing and finger-soiling. Full-page engraving of the Crucifixtion, vignette on t.p., printed in red and black inks through-out; music staves, elaborate tail-piece (with Masonic eye!). The procession for the celebration of Corpus Cristi is one of the most important in Catholic countries and it attended with great celebrations. St Polten (Hippolytus) was the site by the end of the eighteenth century of the seat of the Austian bishop. "The first lodge of Freemasons, "Zu den drei Kanonen", was formed at Vienna in 1742; a lodge called "Zu den gekrönten Sternen und zur Redlichkeit" was formed soon after at Prague. Joseph II, however, had no alliance with Freemasons. "I know little about their secrets", he said, "as I never had the curiosity to take part in their mummeries". Still, his words, "The Freemason societies increase and are now to be found in the smallest cities", show the rapid growth of the order. Although many of the representatives of the Church failed to meet the new tendencies with force and courage, the Prince-Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Migazzi, attacked them boldly. He wrote vigorously and defended the Church with energy. He was well supported by the Primate of Hungary, Count Joseph Batthyányi, and in the lower provinces by the Cardinal Count von Frankenberg. But their efforts were in vain; the movement continued to grow." [Catholic Encyclopedia} Seemann 4487.
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James I, King of England (a.k.a. James VI, King of Scotla... [Opera] Serenissimi Et Potentissimi Principis Iacobi, Dei Gratia, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, Et Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Opera...
London: Bonham Norton & John Bill, 1619. Folio. 2,a-b6,c-d4, A-3E6. [44],609.[1]p. Contemp. mottledcalf, rebacked and restored with spine banded and with title in gilt on red leather label, large gilt armorial device on covers with central shield (quartered: demi-lion rampant over wavy lines and 6 escallops with bend barry) surrounded with 2 decorated ovals made up of fleur-de-lis decorative elements and the letter "H", with a cross patee quadrate suspended from a circle with the archangel Michael brandishing a sword; edges speckled red; endpapers renewed; some minor marginal dampstains and damp wrinkling. Full-page coat of arms, engraved port. of Prince Charles at a; many printer's devices, head- & tail-pieces, and large historiated initials. First Collected Latin edition, first state. Contains his: Paraphrasis Apocalypseos; Daemonolgiæ; Basilcon Doron; Ius liberæ Monarchiæ; Miscopanus, de abusa Tobacci; Coniuratio Sulphrea; Apologia pro iuramento Fidelitatia; MonitoriaPræfatio; Protestatio Antivorstia; Pro iure Regio; Sex Orationes; Meditatio in Orationem Dominicam. This volume contains James' attack on the use of tobacco, his treatise on Demonology, and his paraphrase of the apocalyptic books of the Bible, as well as works on royalty and speeches. This is the first issue of this book without the added leaves found in later issues. STC 14346. ESTC s105024. [The 4 unsigned prelim. leaves vary in number present and arrangement; see Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions, III (1948), pp.17-30. Here: 1r 1/2 title "Opera Regia, 1v blank; 2r t.p., 2v blank; followed by full-page woodcut coat-of-arms,] Caillet 5475 (Demonologia). McAlpin I, 314. Lowndes 1180. Casanatense 665. Arents II,143. Not in Cornell,Witch. Cat.
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Suarez, Francisco. Opus De Virtute Et Statu Religionis In tres Tractatus distributum. Inquibus Praeter Materiam Veri divini cultus, omnes, quaestiones de Magia, ac teterrimo Simonie peccato copiose, & eleganter disputatae continentur. Nuper In Lucem Auctum Et Emendatius Editum.
Venice: Bernardo Giunta [Junta], Giovan Baptista Ciotti, & Soc., 1609. Folio.  8,a-f6,A-2Z8, 3A10. [88],776p. Old vellum, minor stains, nicely rebacked in vellum with title in gilt on red morocco label; t.p.slightly stained, minor marginal worming, some leaves lightly browned, some light dampstains at end. Large printer's device on t.p., t.p. in red and black, decorated initials. "Francisco Suárez, Doctor Eximius, a pious and eminent theologian, as Paul V called him, born at Granada, 5 January, 1548; died at Lisbon, 25 September, 1617. He entered the Society of Jesus at Salamanca, 16 June, 1564; in that city he studied philosophy and theology from 1565 to 1570, and was ordained in 1572. He taught philosophy at Avila and at Segovia (1571), and later, theology at Avila and Segovia (1575), Valladolid (1576), Rome (1580-85); Alcalá (1585-92), Salamanca (1592-97), and Coimbra (1597-1616). All his biographers say that he was an excellent religious, practicing mortification, laborious, modest, and given to prayer. He enjoyed such fame for wisdom that Gregory XIII attended his first lecture in Rome; Paul V invited him to refute the errors of King James of England, and wished to retain him near his person, to profit by his knowledge; Philip II sent him to the University of Coimbra to give prestige to that institution, and when Suárez visited the University of Barcelona, the doctors of the university went out to meet him, with the insignia of their faculties. His writings are characterized by depth, penetration and clearness of expression, and they bear witness to their author's exceptional knowledge of the Fathers, and of heretical as well as of ecclesiastical writers. Bossuet said that the writings of Suárez contained the whole of Scholastic philosophy; Werner (Franz Suárez, p. 90) affirms that if Suárez be not the first theologian of his age, he is, beyond all doubt, among the first; Grotius (Ep. 154, J. Cordesio) recognizes in him one of the greatest of theologians and a profound philosopher, and Mackintosh considers him one of the founders of international law. " [Catholic Ency.] His work on magic, simony, and cults was first published in 1608 in Madid. The Second book is devoted to "Superstitione" on occult beliefs, magic, witchcraft, demons, and punishment for such practices. A valuable source for students of the official church reactions to magical thought. Camerini, Giunti/Venezia, II,502:96.De Backer/Sommervogel VII, 1670:9.Palau (1) VI,550.OCLC: 48392066 ( 2copies only).
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Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius. Johann Sichard ed. Psychomachia, Cathemerion, Peristephanon, Apotheosis. Hamartigenia. Contra Symmachum, praefectu(m)urbis, libri duo. Enchiridion Novi & Veteris testamenti. In calce adiecta sunt aliquot scholia, per Ioannem Sichardum.
Basle: Andreas Cratander, 1527. 8vo. A-2F8,2G4. [16],454,[2]p. Contemp. limp vellum, lacks ties, soiled and wrinkled, spine has some breaks and slight loss; large margins, occ. stains in margins, printer’s name at end censored; large margins. Printer’s device [Fortuna] on verso of last leaf, historiated initials. First Edition with Sichard’s commentary. "A Christian poet, born in the Tarraconensis, Northern Spain, 348; died probably in Spain, after 405...He practised law with some success, and in later life deplored the zeal he had devoted to his profession. He was twice provincial governor, perhaps in his native country, before the emperor summoned him to court. Towards the end of his life Prudentius renounced the vanities of the world to practise a rigorous asceticism, fasting until evening and abstaining entirely from animal food...The two principal didactic poems are the "Apotheosis", on the dogma of the Trinity, and the "Hamartigenia", on the origin of sin. One is somewhat astonished to find Prudentius attacking ancient heresies, such as those of Sabellius and Marcian, and having nothing to say on Arianism. It is due to the fact that he closely follows and imitates Tertullian, whose rugged genius resembles his own. These poems are interesting examples of passionate, glowing abstractions, precise exposition being combined with poetic fantasy. ..Orthodoxy is his great preoccupation in these poems, and he invokes all kinds of punishments on heresy... The "Psychomachia "is the model of a style destined to be lovingly cultivated in the Middle Ages, i. e., allegorical poetry, of which before Prudentius only the merest traces are found (in such authors as Apuleius, Tertullian, and Claudian)...A genius more powerful than pliant, Prudentius displays a more versatile and richer talent than that of his pagan contemporary, Claudian. The rhetoric he disparages, he himself misuses; he often exaggerates, but is never commonplace. The superior of many pagan poets, among the Christian he is the greatest and the most truly poetic." [Catholic Ency.] VD 16 P5129. Adams P2180. Palau 239825. Panzer VI,261,673.
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Tiraquellis [Tiraqueau], Andre. ...Tractatus, Cesante causa cessat effectus.
Paris: Benedict Prevost for Jacob Kerver, 1552 (Colophon 23,Dec.,1551). 8vo. a8,e8,i8,a-z,A4. [48],374,[2]p. Contemp. limp vellum, ties present, soiled, tear across spine from old cord, upper edge of rear cover defective; contemp. ms. ex-libris of Antonii Podres on t.p., some light stains, and occ. foxing. Kerver’s printer’s device (Renouard 514). Port. of Tiraquellis on t.p., crible decorated initials. First Edition. Andre Tiraqueau (c1480-1558), Jurist and seneschal of his home town of Fontenay-le-Comte. Tiraqueau was known for his vast knowledge, and its contemporaries compared him with Varron, Roman scholar of the first century before Christ He gathered in his home a small group of men of letters, among whom was François Rabelais, whom he protected in his wrangles with the Cordeliers. In 1541, King François I named him to the Parliament of Paris, and it is in this city that Tiraqueau dies, in 1558. Rabelais always mentions Tiraqueau favorably and supported him in the controvery engendered by Tiraqueau’s anti-feminist treatise on marriage. Ludovicus Caelius Rhodiginus claims Tiraqueau was a devotee of flagellation. OCLC: 21834692. Not in Adams, BM STC (French), Brunet, Ebert, or Graesse.
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Petrarca, Francesco. Alessandro Velutello, ed. Il Petrarca Con L’Espositione Di M. Alessando Veltuello. Di nuovo ristampato con le figure a i Trionfi, con le apostille, e con piu cose utili aggiunte.
Venice: Giovanni Antonio Bertano, 1584. 4to.  8,2 4,A-2D8. [24],213ff=426,[6]pp. Late17th c. limp paper covers with 18th c. paper pasted over spine (this overlay is slightly defective), title in old hand on spine, armorial bookplate of Ludovico Gulinelli,1732; t.p. and following three leaves with small wormholes (some slight text and t.p. border losses); occ. foxing, a few leaves browned, old censor’s paste-overs on s6v & s7r removed with some stain from glue and small tear; occ. marginal stains and occ. worming. T.p. in woodcut border, printer’s device [Chpo (3) 1584 (R)], 8 woodcut historiated initials, 4 woodcuts in Trionfi. Petrarca or Petrarch (1304-1374) Italian scholar and poet, often considered the "first humanist".He was widely traveled and became the first great Alpinist. His famous series of poems to Laura, the Canzoniere, are still considered some of the greatest poems ever written. "Not only did this culture hero gain an ardent welcome or these ideas and practices (antiquarianism, study of elegant Latin, study of Greek, etc.), but he shaped them into a single movement that came to dominate the culture of the age: to have established the vogue and ideology of classical antiquity and humanistic studies was Petrarch's most significant achievement. In this sense he was 'the founder of the Renaissance." Wedeck & Schweitzer, Dictionary of the Renaissance. Born in the Tuscan city of Lucca, Vellutello was active in Venice during the early part of the century. Vellutello first made a name for himself by publishing a commentary on Petrarch in 1525 and an edition of Virgil's works in 1533. By the time he turned to Dante, the Petrarch commentary had been twice reprinted and was well on its way to becoming one of the great editorial successes of the period. “Alessandro Vellutello...considered the whole of the Canzoniere as a single poem whose exordium was contained in the first sonnet, its narration in the sonnets and other poems following, its conclusion (in the form of a prayer) in the final canzone.” [Dict. of the History of Ideas.] EDIT 16 CNCE 32899 (5 only). Fisk, Petrarch,135. Marsand 88.
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Spelman, Sir Henry. Includes, Edmund Gibson's Life of Spe... The English Works of Sir Henry Spelman Kt. Published in his Life-Time; Together with his Posthumous Works, Relating to the Lawws and Antiquities of England; And the Life of the Author. By the Right Reverend Father in God Edmund Lord Bishop of London. To which are Added, Two more Treatises of Sir Henry Spelman, never before Printed: One, Of the Admiral-Jurisdiction, and the Officers thereof: The Other, Of Ancient Deeds and Charters. With a Compleat Index to the Whole. The Second Edition.
London: for D. Browne sen. & jun., W. Mears, F. Clay, Fletcher Gyles, and T. Osborne, 1727. Folio. [1], a-c4, d1, A2-4, B-E4, [1], H-2B4, 2C-3X2, a-c4, [2], a4, b2, B-2K4, 2L-2Q2. [2], xxvi, 38, [1], l-lxiv, 67-194, [116], 256, [24]pp. Contemp. calf, rubbed and worn,rebacked (name incorrectly spelled 'Spellman' on spine), bookplate of Frederick Pollock, [third baronet 1845-1937, jurist, and legal writer], pen note on bottom of port., old name on t.p.,occ foxing, some light paper toning. Frontispiece portrait of Spelman by Robert White, two fold-out tables. Ornaments used by William Bowyer. Second edition. Spelman (1564?-1641) was more interested in concepts and institutions than in objects, so he wrote not about things he collected, but about the traditions behind institutions that were important to him. First printed in 1723, these collected works deal largely with the origin and development of English civil and church law and organization. Among other topics dealt with are the alienation of church property, tithes, tenures, jurisdictions, deeds, charters, coinage, and the location of the realm's villages. Part One: De non Temerandis Ecclesiis: Churches not to be Violated; An Apology of the Treatise De non Temerandis Ecclesiis; A Latin Epistle to Mr Carew concerning Tithes; The Larger Treatise concerning Tythes; Resolution of a Doubt Touching the Alientation of Tithes; Animadversions upon the Petition of the Committee of Kent; Adminadversions on a Pamphlet intitled The Countries Plea against Tithes; De Sepultrua; Villare Anglicum. Part Two: Reliquiae Spelmannianae The Posthumous Works of Sir Henry Spelman Kt; ..Feuds and Tenures by Knight-Service; Of the Ancient Governments of England; Of Parliaments; The Original of the Four Terms of the Year; An Apologie for Arch-Bishop Abbot..; An Answer to the Said Apology, Letters and Instruments Relating to the Killing of Hawkins; Of the Original of Testaments and Wills; Icenia for Norfolciae Descriptio Topographica; Cimites Marescalli Angliae et de Milite Dissertatio; Historia Familiae de Sharnburn; A Dialogue concerning the Coin of the Kingdom; A Catalogue of the Places and Dwellings of the Archbishops and Bishops..; Of the Admiral -Jurisdiction and their Officers; Of Ancient Deeds and Charters. ESTC t130826.Walpole Library 2065. Lowndes 2473.Alston, XI.14E.
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Leonardus, Camilius [Camillo Lunardi]; Peter Arlensis De ... Speculum Lapidum, Et Petri Arlensis De Scudalpuis, Presbyteri Hierosolymitani, Sympathia Septem Metallorum Ac Septem Selectorum Lapidum Ad Planetas. Accedit Magia Astrologica Petri Constantii Albinii Villanovensis. Hamburg: Christian Liebezeit, 1716-7. a-b8,A-2H8,2I8 [Ii8 blank]. [32],390; 84,[36]pp. bound with: Gassmann [Panteleon] Disceptatio de lapide physico, in qua Tumbam Semiramidis ab anonymo phantasticè, non hermeticè sigillatam: ab anonymo reclusam, si sapiens inspexerit ipsam, promissis regum thesauris vacuam inveniet. N.P [Frankfurt].: N.P.,1678. A-H8. [2[,95;[2],28pp.
8vo. 2 works in 1 vol. Contemp. vellum, title in old hand on spine, first two t.p.s folded