STRABONIS DE SITU ORBIS LIBRI XVII [Title also given in Greek] Graece & latine simul iam, in eorum qui pariter & Geographiae et utriusque linguae studiosi sunt, gratiam editi: olim quidem, ut putatur a Guarino Veronensi, & Gregorio Trifernate in latinum conversi: ac deinde Conradi Heresbachij opera ad eius generis autorum fidem recogniti: nunc vero postremum .. Accessit Rerum et Verborum memorabilium locupletiss[imum] Index. by Strabo (edited by Heresbach, Hopper and others) - 1549 Mense Augusto

Amsterdam: J. Ravesteyn, 1662. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved emblematic Titlepage. . Duodecimo original leather 4 raised bands, spine compartments gilt & gilt spine title (worn with lower half of top hinge split/hinges rubbed & some ends of hinge splits/tips worn/scuffed but quite sound & firm). Engraved titlepage +[26] +388pp +[3]pp index. Small archival repair to margin of TP (no involvement of print), ownership stamp (faint & hard to read) on pastedown and nice ownership inscription of an Avignon medical doctor dated 1676 on flyleaf. *Harvey's fundamental work on embryology and endocrinology which, if he had not discovered the circulation of the blood would alone have ensured his fame. All earlier theories of reproduction were based on Aristotelian and Galenic medicinal teaching but Harvey's researches on chicken and deer embryos proved to his satisfaction that semen fertilized the ovum and that spontaneous generation was without foundation. He also explained growth and differentiation of organs… Read More

Lugduni (ie Lyon: Laurentius Durand, 1638. Hardcover. Good. Allegorical large copperplate printer's mark + 28 copperplate engravings half being full page plates most of the others nearly full page also. Of the hosts, Monstrances and tabernacle etc. + nice foliated initials, some animals, some gargoyles + head & ta. Tall folio blindstamped pig on bevelled wooden boards with 5 raised bands 5 concentric foliated/decorated panels separated by tooled rules central coat of arms in blind with corner fleurons on 5 raised bands leather gilt spine label lacking clasps (top compartment of spine with leather damage/corners worn/some scrapes but hinges sound) all edges blue. Half title + Titlepage +[8pp]=dedic.+To reader +Approbations [32pp]=contents 407pp +[82pp indexes] Inside of front board repaired. TP with old inscription Monastary Schyrensis else very clean neat copy in double columns with printed side notes and includes Hebrew & italic fonts. Deals with the diversity of rites and ceremonies in a fine pig… Read More

London: Printed by T.H. and are to bee sold by Nathaniell Butter., 1640. Hardcover. Good. Octavo contemporary sheep with later gilt label & ornamentation of spine, front board detached. Small scarlet embossed bookplate of cat with motto and modern ownership label John Lawson. Philip Bliss' copy, with his "P" mark and date of purchase (1840) on B1, edges slightly browned and occasional spotting, 213pp. *The second edition, first published posthumously in 1607, of a work by the classical scholar Henry Cuffe, professor of Greek at Oxford and later adviser to the Earl of Essex, after whose fall he was executed for treason in 1601. Bacon calls him a great scholar, and "a notable traitor by the book, being otherwise a turbulent and mutinous spirit against all superiors". In this work he "shows wide reading in the writings of the Greek philosophers; a belief in astrology, and faith in a divine providence" (DNB). This copy belonged to Philip Bliss (1787-1857) antiquary and book collector, whose library was… Read More

Antwerp] but no place given: N.P., 1598], 1610 but no date given for 1st Work. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved title with shipping & battle scenes + folding Map of the Low Countries by by Frans Hogenberg + 22 copperplate portraits many folding + fine engraved title to 2nd Work.. 2 WORKS IN ONE VOLUME folio near contemporary calf blindstamped monogram crowned HL, spine overall gilt on raised bands (spine repaired at top compartment and lower hinge, corners & hinges worn but sound) [8]pp +623pp +[1]p blank (collates as V & A Libraries copy which catalogue attributes to 1598 from STC Dutch 1470-1600 and Antwerp place of publication: many pagination errors but collated A-Hhh in 6's except Fff in 4 with correct catchword. The first 3 pages of portraits have 2 busts each thereafter all are single full page portraits often with fore-edge folded back. All have text on the other side of the leaf. Second Work (BELLI CIVILIS IN BELGIO per quadraginta fere continuos annos gesti Historia ed. by Gaspar Ens) also… Read More

Amsterdam: Adrian Wor & heirs of Gerard 1st and Only edition, 1740. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine copperplate engraved titlepage +engraved large titlepage decoration mark by A Vander Linden dated 1740 + 6 very fine near half page tailpieces + 2 smaller.. Quarto cat's paw calf on 6 raised bands gilt and compartment extra gilt gilt dentelles (spine label missing tips worn) neat inscription on flyleaf "coll: & per: H. Drury Harrow 1817 C.22.2" (Henry Drury 1778-1841 Master of Harrow School). Half title +poem to the engraved title + printed title in red & black +[16]pp dedication & laudatory poetry +293pp. Fine printing using different fonts in handsome contemporary binding.

Amsterdam: J. Ravesteyn, 1662. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved emblematic Titlepage. . Duodecimo original leather 4 raised bands, spine compartments gilt & gilt spine title (worn with lower half of top hinge split/hinges rubbed & some ends of hinge splits/tips worn/scuffed but quite sound & firm). Engraved titlepage +[26] +388pp +[3]pp index. Small archival repair to margin of TP (no involvement of print), ownership stamp (faint & hard to read) on pastedown and nice ownership inscription of an Avignon medical doctor dated 1676 on flyleaf. *Harvey's fundamental work on embryology and endocrinology which, if he had not discovered the circulation of the blood would alone have ensured his fame. All earlier theories of reproduction were based on Aristotelian and Galenic medicinal teaching but Harvey's researches on chicken and deer embryos proved to his satisfaction that semen fertilized the ovum and that spontaneous generation was without foundation. He also explained growth and differentiation of organs… Read More

Lugduni (ie Lyon: Laurentius Durand, 1638. Hardcover. Good. Allegorical large copperplate printer's mark + 28 copperplate engravings half being full page plates most of the others nearly full page also. Of the hosts, Monstrances and tabernacle etc. + nice foliated initials, some animals, some gargoyles + head & ta. Tall folio blindstamped pig on bevelled wooden boards with 5 raised bands 5 concentric foliated/decorated panels separated by tooled rules central coat of arms in blind with corner fleurons on 5 raised bands leather gilt spine label lacking clasps (top compartment of spine with leather damage/corners worn/some scrapes but hinges sound) all edges blue. Half title + Titlepage +[8pp]=dedic.+To reader +Approbations [32pp]=contents 407pp +[82pp indexes] Inside of front board repaired. TP with old inscription Monastary Schyrensis else very clean neat copy in double columns with printed side notes and includes Hebrew & italic fonts. Deals with the diversity of rites and ceremonies in a fine pig… Read More

London: Printed by T.H. and are to bee sold by Nathaniell Butter., 1640. Hardcover. Good. Octavo contemporary sheep with later gilt label & ornamentation of spine, front board detached. Small scarlet embossed bookplate of cat with motto and modern ownership label John Lawson. Philip Bliss' copy, with his "P" mark and date of purchase (1840) on B1, edges slightly browned and occasional spotting, 213pp. *The second edition, first published posthumously in 1607, of a work by the classical scholar Henry Cuffe, professor of Greek at Oxford and later adviser to the Earl of Essex, after whose fall he was executed for treason in 1601. Bacon calls him a great scholar, and "a notable traitor by the book, being otherwise a turbulent and mutinous spirit against all superiors". In this work he "shows wide reading in the writings of the Greek philosophers; a belief in astrology, and faith in a divine providence" (DNB). This copy belonged to Philip Bliss (1787-1857) antiquary and book collector, whose library was… Read More

Antwerp] but no place given: N.P., 1598], 1610 but no date given for 1st Work. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved title with shipping & battle scenes + folding Map of the Low Countries by by Frans Hogenberg + 22 copperplate portraits many folding + fine engraved title to 2nd Work.. 2 WORKS IN ONE VOLUME folio near contemporary calf blindstamped monogram crowned HL, spine overall gilt on raised bands (spine repaired at top compartment and lower hinge, corners & hinges worn but sound) [8]pp +623pp +[1]p blank (collates as V & A Libraries copy which catalogue attributes to 1598 from STC Dutch 1470-1600 and Antwerp place of publication: many pagination errors but collated A-Hhh in 6's except Fff in 4 with correct catchword. The first 3 pages of portraits have 2 busts each thereafter all are single full page portraits often with fore-edge folded back. All have text on the other side of the leaf. Second Work (BELLI CIVILIS IN BELGIO per quadraginta fere continuos annos gesti Historia ed. by Gaspar Ens) also… Read More

Amsterdam: Adrian Wor & heirs of Gerard 1st and Only edition, 1740. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine copperplate engraved titlepage +engraved large titlepage decoration mark by A Vander Linden dated 1740 + 6 very fine near half page tailpieces + 2 smaller.. Quarto cat's paw calf on 6 raised bands gilt and compartment extra gilt gilt dentelles (spine label missing tips worn) neat inscription on flyleaf "coll: & per: H. Drury Harrow 1817 C.22.2" (Henry Drury 1778-1841 Master of Harrow School). Half title +poem to the engraved title + printed title in red & black +[16]pp dedication & laudatory poetry +293pp. Fine printing using different fonts in handsome contemporary binding.