The gentleman's diary, or the mathematical repository....; The lady's diary or, woman's almanack....; Vox stellarum or, a loyal almanack....; Merlinus liberatus. An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1806....; Old poor Robin. An almanack....; Speculum Anni, or the season on the seasons....; The coelestial atlas...
by [ALMANACKS] [ANONYMOUS]
London: Nichols and Son; J. Adlard; Cox, Son and, Baylis; William Thorne; G. Woodfall; Luke Hanford, 1808. FIRST EDITIONS. Printed in red and black; text illustrations throughout. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt spine and edges. An incredible annotation on the fly-leaf from an owner (Stephen Catterell) dated 16 February 1864 noting where he was born, with a follow-up annotation indicating a mistake in his date of birth. First editions of these entertaining almanacs for the year 1808, which (as... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
The gentleman's diary, or the mathematical repository....; The lady's diary or, woman's almanack....; Vox stellarum or, a loyal almanack....; Merlinus liberatus. An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1806....; Old poor Robin. An almanack....; Speculum Anni, or the season on the seasons....; The coelestial atlas...
by [ALMANACKS] [ANONYMOUS]
London: Nichols and Son; J. Adlard; Cox, Son and, Baylis; William Thorne; G. Woodfall; Luke Hanford, 1826. FIRST EDITIONS. Printed in red and black; text illustrations throughout. Contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine label. A fine copy. First editions of these entertaining almanacs for the year 1826. Included are a great variety of puzzles, enigmas, riddles, mathematical questions and solutions. One contains arts and sciences for the “Fair Sex”; a number are astronomical almanacs of eclipses, tides, and... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
The gentleman's diary, or the mathematical repository....; The lady's diary or, woman's almanack....; Vox stellarum or, a loyal almanack....; Merlinus liberatus. An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1806....; Old poor Robin. An almanack....; Speculum Anni, or the season on the seasons....; The coelestial atlas...
by [ALMANACKS] [ANONYMOUS]
London: Nichols and Son; J. Adlard; Cox, Son and, Baylis; William Thorne; G. Woodfall; Luke Hanford, 1812. FIRST EDITIONS. Printed in red and black; text illustrations throughout. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt spine and edges. Owner’s not that “Mrs. Donaldson will add this to her stock of Robins, from her very affectionate (initials).”. First editions of these entertaining almanacs for the year 1812 which (as mentioned in all of the printings) was a leap year. Included are a great... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Merda est salus hominis
by [MANUSCRIPT] ANONYMOUS
Italy: n.p., n.d.. Ruled manuscript notebook with engraved frontispiece. Preface and discourse in two parts. Contemporary black roan, and preserved in a black roan-backed box. The text is very clean. A handsome copy. With the bookplate of Roberto Gabbani engraved by Costante Costantini. A discourse in the form of a mock-address to an educated and learned public of women. The author is inspired to write this praise after he had accidentally stepped onto a pile of excrement. He addresses... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Illuminated liturgical manuscript in Latin
by [ANONYMOUS]
France, first half of the 15th century.]. Single column, 21 lines of text, written in black and red in a beautiful gothic book hand. Illuminated initial in gold, red, blue, green and white; ruled in red, rubrics in red an numerous initials in red and blue. Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, raised bands, two brass fore-edge clasps (missing). A very beautiful manuscript from the library of antiquary William Henry Blacking and of George Dunn of Woolley Hall near... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Almanach des jeux de société
by ANONYMOUS
Paris, 1862. Wood engraved illustrations throughout. Modern boards. A very good copy of an ephemeral title. A whimsical illustrated almanac of parlor games. Following a calendar of saints’ days for the year, the text lists the rules for 68 games and 59 “penances” for losers. The games are divided into categories: movement, attention, memory, traps, and intelligence. The book concludes with a catalog of other game-related books available from the publisher. Not in Grand-Carteret.
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Miroir pour les personnes coleres
by ANONYMOUS
Liege [but Antwerp?]: Louis Montfort, 1686. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Eighteenth-century marbled boards, later reinforced spine; old library shelf labels on the spine and pastedown. In good condition. Only edition, an ethics guide for angry people. The text begins by describing anger and listing its causes, then expounds on its effects for the angry person and society in general. For example, one who is angry distances himself from God, is prone to foolish and irrational behavior, and is unable... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Du suicide
by ANONYMOUS
Paris: Le Clerc, 1797. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Engraved frontispiece in first volume. Partially printed on blue paper. Contemporary russet calf- backed marbled boards, spines gilt, marbled endpapers. An excellent copy. First and only edition of this rare treatise on the controversial subject of suicide. The anonymous author hopes to shed more light on this cultural taboo. He begins by providing statistics of suicides that have been announced in France (500 suicides in 6 years or 20,000 suicides in... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Les Jesuites criminels de leze majeste
by [ANONYMOUS]
The Hague: Vaillant, 1758. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary gilt calf-backed pastepaper boards, red edges, green silk marker. Gift inscription on the front flyleaf. A superior copy. First edition of this anti-Jesuit diatribe. The author trumps up a global conspiracy theory in which Jesuits murdered kings and emperors, including an organized plot to kill King Henry IV and the execution of Emperor Kangxi of China by missionaries. The text systematically moves from one country to the next, reporting on the supposed... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
L’Astrologue francois predisant les evenemens singulier
by ANONYMOUS
Paris: Claude Morlot, 1649. FIRST EDITION. Crude woodcut on the title of two hands, one holding a globe the other a compass. Recently sewn into old wrappers. Old marginal notations. Fresh. First edition, a curiously accurate pamphlet of astronomical predictions. By tracking the movements of 48 constellations reconciled with the ages of the earth’s quadrants, the anonymous author predicted the French Revolution, the expansion of the Turkish empire, the Gold Rush, and the rise of the “Two Americas” as... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
An exact collection of all remonstrances, declarations, votes, orders, ordinances, proclamations … and other remarkable passages betweene the Kings most excellent Majesty, and his high court of Parliament beginning at his Majesties return from Scotland, being in December 1641, and continued until March the 21, 1643 …
by ANONYMOUS
London: Edward Husbands, T. [Thomas] Warren, R. Best, 1643. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece of Parliamentary chambers and Charles I, title within decorative border with woodcut device and the letters “C V” in contemporary brown ink on either side of the device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces Contemporary full calf, possibly repaired at a very early date; interior excellent. From the library of the Birmingham Law Society with the name in gilt on the front cover and bookplate on the... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
A pack of patentees. Opened. Shuffled. Cut. Dealt. And played
by [PATENTS]. ANONYMOUS
London: n.p., 1641. FIRST EDITION. Type ornament device on title and woodcut headpiece. Polished calf signed “F. Bedford, triple gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, a.e.g. From the library of Lord Fairfax of Cameron with his armorial bookplate and the Huth bookplate (lot 5630, Sotheby’s sale of July 17, 1917). First edition of the very rare satire on the granting of monopolies. The anonymous author piles on the criticism of monopolies and patents granted on goods such as coal,... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Quinque Davidici lapides, Goliath[.] Prosternentes; sive: Quinque praecipua passionis Dominicae puncta: ut fiant corda Christianorum compuncta, nimirum: Sangvinei sudoris; flagellationis; coronationis; cruces bajulationis; & crucifixionis. Contra infernalem Goliath remedia efficacissima, in pera cordis reponenda; et devotae ac affectuosae animae ad jugem memoriam revocanda
by ANTONIUS, P. Maximilianus à Jesu
Prague: Joannis Wenceslai Helm, 1722. Decorated woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary calf. Small worm-trail to rear board, upper portion of front joint slightly cracked, a few scattered spots. Contemporary ownership markings to title. The author was P. Maximilianus Antonius à Jesu. It looks as if this is an earlier printing of a version in Czech: P t Dawidow˛ch Kamen Goliásse porásse porá√˛, 1723. Both were printed by Jan Václav Helm.
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
De recta curandorum vulnerum ratione, et aliis sius artis praeceptis libri II
by ARCEO, Francisco
Amsterdam: Petri vanden Berge, 1658. SECOND EDITION. Illustrated engraved title, woodcut on general title, full-page engraved plate. Half-morocco and marbled boards. Second edition of this rare and valuable treatise by Spain’s most outstanding surgeon of the sixteenth century. First printed by christophe Planin in 1574, this work on curing wounds in the head and other parts of the body was notable in improving the conditions, as well as educating and reforming the technique and ethics, of his profession. ... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Archimedes opera quae extant
by ARCHIMEDES
Paris: Claude Morellum, 1615. Title in red and black with printer’s device, ornamental initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut mathematical diagrams throughout. Greek, Roman and Italic type. Contemporary calf, rebacked; inner margins of last dozen leaves waterstained, otherwise a very nice copy with contemporary annotations and the contemporary ownership signature of Thomas Willughby on the title page. The complete works of Archimedes, the first edition edited by David Rivault. It contains all Archimedes’ monumental contributions to science: his discovery of... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Delle satire e rime del divino Ludovico Ariosto Libri II
by ARIOSTO, Lodovico; ROLLI, Paolo
Hamburg: Abram Vandenhoek, 1732. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, worn, hinges cracked; interior good. Ownership inscription on fly-leaf, booklabel of James Vivian Tippet. Later edition edited by Rolli, tutor to the Prince of Wales, who also wrote libretti for Handel and other composers, translated Milton and Shakespeare, and generally did much to introduce Italian literature to an English audience.
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Histoire des animaux d’Aristote
by [ARISTOTLE]. CAMUS, Armand-Gaston
Paris: Chez la Veuve DeSaint, 1783. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Including half-titles, approbation and privilege du Roi. Volume I with the Greek and French translations on facing pages. Contemporary tree calf, some wear to joints and corners; marbled edges, some light waterstains in first volume. From the library of George Milton Smith with his bookplate.`. First edition. Camus' translation of Aristotle's descriptive zoology from Greek into French is a masterpiece of scholarship. This highly esteemed translation is much sought... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Aristotelis stagyritae acroases physicae libri VIII; Aristotelis stagyritae libri de coelo IIII; Aristotelis stagyritae philosophi de anima libri III
by [ARISTOTLE]
Augsburg: Grimm & Wirsung, 1520. Printed throughout in Roman letter of various sizes and mostly in double columns. First title page in red and black; heraldic woodcuts on second and third titles, devices, initials and text diagrams throughout. Final leaf, with large woodcut of Saint Catherine on colophon, is in facsimile on contemporary paper. Old vellum, new endpapers; occasional stains and a few wormholes. This edition of Aristotle’s scientific works on the motion of heavenly bodies, his physics, meteorology,... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Miscellanies
by ARMSTRONG, John M.D.
London: T. Cadell, 1770. First collected edition. Each volume with separate title and table of contents, each part with separate title. Both O3 and O7 of Volume I are cancels, as in nearly all copies. Contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered; contemporary inscription on first title. First collected edition. This selection includes the first appearance in print of Armstrong’s play, The forced marriage, “written chiefly with a view to expose a most cruel and absurd piece of tyranny too common... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
The art of preserving health
by ARMSTRONG, John
London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1795. Later edition. With 4 engraved plates by Stothard. Contemporary calf, marbled endpapers; minor browning on plates, otherwise a nice copy with a contemporary ownership inscription on title. Later edition of this charming collection of four poems on the subject of health and longevity. It is prefaced by a critical essay, published here for the first time, by J[ohn] Aikin, M.D.
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Lectures on the Morbid Anatomy, Nature, and Treatment, of Acute and Chronic Diseases
by ARMSTRONG, John; RIX, Joseph, ed
Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co, 1837. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Folding facsimile letter from Armstrong to Rix, who edited the book, bound into Volume I. Recent paper boards, spine labels; waterstains over the lower half of the text, browning and soiling throughout. First American edition, first published in London in 1834. A lengthy medical handbook that covers anatomy and physiology, acute fevers, inflammatory disorders, typhus, apoplexy, palsy, “madness,” hysteria, hypochondria, tetanus, epilepsy, syphilis, consumption, gastritis, and dropsy. For each ailment,... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Les nouveaux balloons
by ARSENE-OLIVIER
Paris: Societe Francaise de Navigation Aerienne, 1876. FIRST EDITION. With text illustrations (tissue guards preserved). Original printed wrappers, spine frayed, minor soiling. A very good copy. FIRST EDITION of a rare treatise which proposes some improvements and modifications for the design of hydrogen gas balloons. The author indicates how a much lighter and stronger balloon can be constructed by using "Japan Paper" as the material for the balloon sack. In addition, he describes methods of reducing the weight of... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Astramsychi & nicephori versus etiam oneirocritici (offered with) Freud for beginners
by ARTEMIDORUS; APPIGNANESI, Richard; ZARATE, Oscar (ill.)
Paris; New York: Marcum Orry; Pantheon Books, 1979. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. General title printed in red and black, text printed in Latin and Greek. Beautiful contemporary red russia, covers with double-gilt, author and title in gilt on spine; interior fine. First collected edition. Oneirocritica (The interpretation of dreams) is an ancient Greek treatise on dream interpretation written by Artemidorus in the 2nd century AD. The first three of five books, intended for the general public, provide an encyclopedic treatment... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Traité des tumeurs et des ulceres
by [ASTRUC, Jean]
Paris: P. Guillaume Cavelier, 1759. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary mottled calf, spine and labels gilt, red edges (some damage to spines and hinges, but bindings are sound). Old library plates and stamps of McGill University and Boston Medical Library (withdrawn). Contemporary ownership inscription of Dr. J.J. Brion. Internally fresh. First edition, a landmark treatise on the nature and treatment of tumors, ulcers, pustules, edemas, gangrene, abscesses, boils, warts, chilblains, venereal sores, and many other abnormal growths. Divided into six parts,... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
A treatise on the venereal disease...
by [ASTRUC]. CHAPMAN, Samuel
London: W. Owen, 1770. Contemporary full calf. Joints weak, spine rubbed. Second edition, much expanded from Chapman's 1755 translation of Astruc's De morbis veneris, Books II-IV. Astruc (1685-1766), a professor of anatomy in Paris, was an eminent historian of syphilis who utilized pathological anatomy in his studies of the venereal diseases. He was later personal physician to kings in France and Poland. Chapman was a physician in Aberdeen and a Licentiate of the College of Physicians. In his lengthy... Read More
Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts