Del Giusto Scacciamento de Moreschida Spagna. Libri Sei. Ne quali si tratta della loro instruttione, apostasia, e tradimento; e si risoluono i dubii, che d'intorno a questa materia si risuegliarono. by Fonseca, Damiano; Cosimo Gaci, translator - 1611

Paris: Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras, 1673. Hardcover. See Description. Third French Edition, revised and corrected. 4to. pp. [38], 754. Decorative initials and ornamental head pieces at the beginning of each chapter. Contemporary calf boards (rubbed, corners neatly restored) re-backed including new hand sewn headbands. Original end papers are preserved but worn at the edges. Two names are written in a contemporary hand at the top of the title page (1 name is crossed out). Another name (also crossed out) is inscribed beneath the imprint; a small shelf number is written in the upper right corner. Pages are generally clean with occasional minor soiling and spotting. A narrow piece is missing from the upper margins of pp. 311-320 (4 cm. long x 5-7 mm. deep) - either from rough opening or from a manufacturing error; brown ink spot on fore-edge of text block; leaf T2 marked S2. Leaves remain untrimmed after last re-sewing. Descartes's "Meditations metaphysiques" was first published in… Read More

Rouen: Jean Osmont, Manassez de Preaulx & Iacques Besongne, 1611. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine copperplate engraved title by M. Asinus.. Quarto handsome contemporary stamped and ruled binding (paper label with catalogue number 2581 at foot of spine, again on pastedown). Engraved titlepage +[6]pp dedications by translator Montlyard dated 1599 & 1604 +890pp +[26]pp index. Wormholes at top corner of last few leaves, else remarkably clean & crisp throughout. *Originally published in Latin, as Mythologiae, sive explicationum fabularum libri decem, Venice 1567.

London: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for the Company of STATIONERS, 1658. Hardcover, size 7.5"x5.5". Full calf with four raised bands. [xxii], 148, [viii] pages, plus the 13 ephemerides which vary from approximately 28 to 36 pages each, plus a final leaf of errata. The ephemerides themselves were previously printed separately - seven are dtd 1656, five are dtd 1657, and one for the year 1669 is dtd 1669 (clearly a misprint). Condition of the casing is Good- (minus): considerable wear, abbreviated title inked on spine label. Condition of the text is Good: occasional light soiling/foxing or marginal chip/closed tear; text rippled from aging. Previous owner's stamp on endpapers, title page, and three places in text; armorial bookplate of John Earl of Loudoun w/double-headed eagle & motto "I Bide My Time" on front pastedown..

Bologna: Heirs of Dozza, 1655. Second. Fine. Baldessare Capra, Usus Et Fabrica Circini Cuiusdam Proportionis, Per Quem Omnia Fere Tum Euclidis, Tum Mathematicorum Omnium Problemata Facili Negotio Resolvuntur, (in Latin) Bologna, heirs of Dozza, 1655 title page, 6 pp of prefaces and 80 pp of text Galileo Galilei, Difesa di Galileo Galilei Contro alle calunie & imposture di Baldessar Capra, (in Italian) Bologna, heirs of Dozza, 1655, title page and extracted text paginated 83-160 Both volumes contain multiple woodcut decorations to titles, woodcut initials, head-pieces and diagrams Both have been rebound in uniform, very attractive modern blind-stamped calf, and preserved in custom drop-back boxes, [Tomash & Williams C24 & G7], 4to These are extracts from the first volume of the 1655-1656 Dozza (2nd) edition of Galileo's work The original edition was published in 1607 As described below, these scarce, paired works together document an important controversy of scientific history; Capra's work on… Read More

Graece & Latine una cum Prognosticis, Prorrheticis, Coacis, & aliis decem eiusdem opusculis, Aphoristicabrevitate conscriptis. Pleraque ex interpretatione Iohannis Heurnii Ultraiectini Iterata editio, commodior. Lugduni Batavorum, Ex officina Iohannis Maire, 1627. 636 pp. 13,5 x 8 cm.
--- Text in ancient greek and latin. Parchment binding, very tight, with light wear. Occasional light foxing. Previous owner's names written on front endpaper and on the first blank pages. Among them, the name of the German doctor Heinrich Landerer (1814-1877). The date of the edition is 1627, but in front cover, under the acronym PSK, is written 1632. The original form of the famous Hippocratic Oath on page 454.

Paris: Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras, 1673. Hardcover. See Description. Third French Edition, revised and corrected. 4to. pp. [38], 754. Decorative initials and ornamental head pieces at the beginning of each chapter. Contemporary calf boards (rubbed, corners neatly restored) re-backed including new hand sewn headbands. Original end papers are preserved but worn at the edges. Two names are written in a contemporary hand at the top of the title page (1 name is crossed out). Another name (also crossed out) is inscribed beneath the imprint; a small shelf number is written in the upper right corner. Pages are generally clean with occasional minor soiling and spotting. A narrow piece is missing from the upper margins of pp. 311-320 (4 cm. long x 5-7 mm. deep) - either from rough opening or from a manufacturing error; brown ink spot on fore-edge of text block; leaf T2 marked S2. Leaves remain untrimmed after last re-sewing. Descartes's "Meditations metaphysiques" was first published in… Read More

London: Printed for Charles Harper, 1701. FIRST EDITION. 203 x 146 mm. (8 x 5 3/4"). 8 p.l., 277, [3] pp. FINE CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON MOROCCO, GILT, BY ROBERT STEEL, covers with French fillet border, central floral frame with triangular filigree sidepieces and oblique fleuron cornerpieces, raised bands, spine heavily gilt in compartments adorned with curls and small tools, black morocco label, gilt-rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A Large Paper Copy. ESTC T83611. ◆Front joint a bit rubbed and with three very short cracks (spine ends and rear joint minimally worn), darkened areas on front board, but the binding entirely solid, with shining gilt, and AN EXTRAORDINARILY FINE COPY INTERNALLY, almost preternaturally clean, fresh, and bright. From the beginning of the 18th century, but typical of earlier examples from the Restoration period, this pleasing binding is characteristic of the work of Robert Steel (sometimes spelled "Steele"), regarded as one of the best binders of his day.… Read More

London: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for the Company of STATIONERS, 1658. Hardcover, size 7.5"x5.5". Full calf with four raised bands. [xxii], 148, [viii] pages, plus the 13 ephemerides which vary from approximately 28 to 36 pages each, plus a final leaf of errata. The ephemerides themselves were previously printed separately - seven are dtd 1656, five are dtd 1657, and one for the year 1669 is dtd 1669 (clearly a misprint). Condition of the casing is Good- (minus): considerable wear, abbreviated title inked on spine label. Condition of the text is Good: occasional light soiling/foxing or marginal chip/closed tear; text rippled from aging. Previous owner's stamp on endpapers, title page, and three places in text; armorial bookplate of John Earl of Loudoun w/double-headed eagle & motto "I Bide My Time" on front pastedown..

1616 London edition. Modern full leather fine binding by Starr Bookworks. Interior has prior owner's initials and date (1839) on title page. Paper is good and remains supple. Last page shows the most wear and is backed with rice paper; another smaller repair p.xvi. Paginates: blank, [16], 333, [3], blank. Wonderful printing work and ornamental devices. An early psychology text matching temperament with profession. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Feel free to inquire.

Two volumes by William Fulbecke, sold together, at one price:

First Volume: "A PARALLELE OR CONFERENCE OF THE Civil Law, the Canon Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England." "Wherein the agreement and disagreement of these three Lawes, and the causes and reasons of the said agreement and disagreement, are opened and discussed. Digested in sundry Dialogues by William Fulbecke. At the end of these Dialogues is annexed a Table of the Sections or Di(sc)uitions of the principall points, matters, and questions which are handled in every Dialogue." "At London, "Printed for the Company of Stationeers," 1618 (Second Edition - First was 1601)



Second Volume: "THE SECOND PART OF THE Parallele, Or CONFERENCE OF the Civill Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England," "WHEREIN THE AGREEment and disagreement of these three Lawes touching divers matters not before conferred, is at large debated and discussed. Whereunto is annexed a Table contayning the princpall Questions, matters, and pointes of… Read More