THE BIRDS OF AMERICA by JOHN JAMES AUDUBON - 1827-1946: BIRDS OF AMERICA

London. William Pickering. 1825. Sumptuously bound in period Full scarlet crushed levant morocco. Blind rules to front and rear covers with gilt tooled harp device. Ornate gilt tooled fleural and harp motifs to spines. Gilt titles. Elaborate gilt tooled inner-dentelles. Elaborate gilt-tooled edges. aeg. Octoavo. (182 x 111mm), The very rare and significant 'Wreath Edition', containing the attributed works and Samuel Johnson's classic preface. Illustrated with a Frontis engraving. Some mild soiling to various covers. A Fine, crisp very appealing set. Jaggard p. 516; Lowndes 3, 2266.

Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Bound in 20th-century 1/4-vellum over marbled boards. Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer, July 1510. Second Strasbourg edition of Erasmus heavily annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs. Printed in Roman and Greek types. This is the original version, containing 818 adages, which is considerably shorter than the later expanded versions published under the title Adagiorum chiliades. (Adams E-420; Bezzel, Erasmusdrucke, 50; Van der Haeghen, Bibliotheca Erasmiana, p.25-6; Bibl. Belgica II, 276: no. E.61; Muller, Strasbourg II, p. 179, no. 45.) The Adagia could only have been possible in the new world of European education, in which careful attention to a broader range of classical texts produced a much fuller picture of the literature of antiquity. Its impact has been long lasting. Such popular expressions such as one step at a time, between a rock and a hard place, break the ice, an iron in the fire, looking a gift horse in the mouth, and many other sayings can trace their… Read More

1589 ENORMOUS LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian Codex Digest Godefroy 6v SET

"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I
Justinian's 'Corpus Juris Civilis' is unquestionably the fundamental work on law and jurisprudence! Parts of this work were originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook – they carried legal weight …as law! It includes four distinct parts – Codex, Digest, Institutes, and Novellae – each written with a different purpose.
'Digest' or 'Pandectae' is a collection of juristic treatises taken from various legal writings of Ulpian and Paulus. 'Codex'
was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner – each of these works is included in this enormous 16th-century six-volume edition.
The Godefroy editions of this iconic work were influential in the law field well into the 20th-century. While Godefroy was known as a jurist, his… Read More

1545 Saint Venerable BEDE Bible & Commentary English Monk Church Cosmology

Saint Venerable Bede was an English monk during the 7th- and 8th-centuries. He is most remembered for his ecclesiastical work on the history of English people, in which he discusses the establishment and growth of the church throughout the known world. He also wrote important commentaries on the books of the Bible. This work explains relevant Biblical passages, as well as describes the allegorical notes of Church Fathers. However, he did not write exclusively of church theology. He also wrote on the development of time and ideas of cosmology.
This 16th-century Latin edition was published in Paris by Roigny. An impressive, three-volume folio set!

Item number: #11735
Price: $3500
BEDE, Saint Venerable
Venerabilis Bedae presbyteri theologi doctissimi juxta ac sanctissimi, commentationum in Sacras Literas, tomus primus : in quo ea maximè quae Veteris Testamenti sunt, ita perspicuè ac dilucidè enarrantur, ut inter… Read More

Venice,: Felice Valgrisi, 1584., 1584. Folio (in 6). *6, A-Dd8, Ee4, Ff8-Mmm8, Nnn10. Foliation: [6], 469 ff. Woodcuts: title-vignette, 138r, 331v, 333r, 335v, woodcut initials, head & tail pieces. Binding: Modern full dark brown morocco, gilt ruled, raised bands, gilt decorative spine with title, original endleaves preserved. Occasional water-stain to corners, paper repairs to margins (f. 51, 75, 157, 170, 324). PROVENANCE: bookseller label: Jacques LeChevalier [medical bookseller, Paris]. Early manuscript signature of Joannus Lyould [possibly Jean-- [of] Lyons?]. WITH: 11-line manuscript on front blank. Rubber stamp: Doctor Mario E. Spada. AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL COPY. Rare. First collected edition of the collected works of Falloppio. There were two issues of the same year, the other issued in Frankfurt by the firm of Andreas Wechelus (d.1581). / The work contains fourteen books, or sections, [1] De Simplicibus Medicamentis purgantibus [of simple medications, drugs]; [2]Ad Eccell. D. Hieronymum… Read More

London. William Pickering. 1825. Sumptuously bound in period Full scarlet crushed levant morocco. Blind rules to front and rear covers with gilt tooled harp device. Ornate gilt tooled fleural and harp motifs to spines. Gilt titles. Elaborate gilt tooled inner-dentelles. Elaborate gilt-tooled edges. aeg. Octoavo. (182 x 111mm), The very rare and significant 'Wreath Edition', containing the attributed works and Samuel Johnson's classic preface. Illustrated with a Frontis engraving. Some mild soiling to various covers. A Fine, crisp very appealing set. Jaggard p. 516; Lowndes 3, 2266.

Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Bound in 20th-century 1/4-vellum over marbled boards. Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer, July 1510. Second Strasbourg edition of Erasmus heavily annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs. Printed in Roman and Greek types. This is the original version, containing 818 adages, which is considerably shorter than the later expanded versions published under the title Adagiorum chiliades. (Adams E-420; Bezzel, Erasmusdrucke, 50; Van der Haeghen, Bibliotheca Erasmiana, p.25-6; Bibl. Belgica II, 276: no. E.61; Muller, Strasbourg II, p. 179, no. 45.) The Adagia could only have been possible in the new world of European education, in which careful attention to a broader range of classical texts produced a much fuller picture of the literature of antiquity. Its impact has been long lasting. Such popular expressions such as one step at a time, between a rock and a hard place, break the ice, an iron in the fire, looking a gift horse in the mouth, and many other sayings can trace their… Read More

1589 ENORMOUS LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian Codex Digest Godefroy 6v SET

"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I
Justinian's 'Corpus Juris Civilis' is unquestionably the fundamental work on law and jurisprudence! Parts of this work were originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook – they carried legal weight …as law! It includes four distinct parts – Codex, Digest, Institutes, and Novellae – each written with a different purpose.
'Digest' or 'Pandectae' is a collection of juristic treatises taken from various legal writings of Ulpian and Paulus. 'Codex'
was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner – each of these works is included in this enormous 16th-century six-volume edition.
The Godefroy editions of this iconic work were influential in the law field well into the 20th-century. While Godefroy was known as a jurist, his… Read More

1545 Saint Venerable BEDE Bible & Commentary English Monk Church Cosmology

Saint Venerable Bede was an English monk during the 7th- and 8th-centuries. He is most remembered for his ecclesiastical work on the history of English people, in which he discusses the establishment and growth of the church throughout the known world. He also wrote important commentaries on the books of the Bible. This work explains relevant Biblical passages, as well as describes the allegorical notes of Church Fathers. However, he did not write exclusively of church theology. He also wrote on the development of time and ideas of cosmology.
This 16th-century Latin edition was published in Paris by Roigny. An impressive, three-volume folio set!

Item number: #11735
Price: $3500
BEDE, Saint Venerable
Venerabilis Bedae presbyteri theologi doctissimi juxta ac sanctissimi, commentationum in Sacras Literas, tomus primus : in quo ea maximè quae Veteris Testamenti sunt, ita perspicuè ac dilucidè enarrantur, ut inter… Read More

Venice,: Felice Valgrisi, 1584., 1584. Folio (in 6). *6, A-Dd8, Ee4, Ff8-Mmm8, Nnn10. Foliation: [6], 469 ff. Woodcuts: title-vignette, 138r, 331v, 333r, 335v, woodcut initials, head & tail pieces. Binding: Modern full dark brown morocco, gilt ruled, raised bands, gilt decorative spine with title, original endleaves preserved. Occasional water-stain to corners, paper repairs to margins (f. 51, 75, 157, 170, 324). PROVENANCE: bookseller label: Jacques LeChevalier [medical bookseller, Paris]. Early manuscript signature of Joannus Lyould [possibly Jean-- [of] Lyons?]. WITH: 11-line manuscript on front blank. Rubber stamp: Doctor Mario E. Spada. AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL COPY. Rare. First collected edition of the collected works of Falloppio. There were two issues of the same year, the other issued in Frankfurt by the firm of Andreas Wechelus (d.1581). / The work contains fourteen books, or sections, [1] De Simplicibus Medicamentis purgantibus [of simple medications, drugs]; [2]Ad Eccell. D. Hieronymum… Read More