Nova & Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Nautica . . . per Edm. Halley
by HALLEY, E./ OTTENS, R. & I
Amsterdam, 1740. No Binding. Very Good. 20 ¾ x 56 ¾ inches. Fine original color; few fold reinforcements, light stains, marginal mends, still excellent overall; archivally mounted with a silk mat in a white gold leaf frame. Scarce. A large, strikingly designed world map by the great English scientist, Edmund Halley, after whom the famous comet was named. It was the first map to delineate magnetic declination (i.e. compass variations resulting from the earth's magnetism) across... Read More
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Eigentliche und wahrhafftige Abbildung der alten und neuen Griechischen Kirche, Nach ihrer Historie, Glaubens-Lehren und Kirchen-Gebräuchen
by HEINECCIUS, J.M
Leipzig: Joh. Friedrich Gleditsch und Sohn, 1711. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Three parts in one thick volume with an appendix and an index. 4to. [21.5 x 17 cm], engraved portrait frontispiece, [22], including title printed in red and black, 236, 422, 474, 84, [56] p., with 16 additional engraved plates and one woodcut vignette. Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, covers a bit soiled, spine spotted. Some minor fingersoiling on title and light even toning... Read More
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Beschryving van Louisania, Nieuwelijks ontdekt ten Zuid-Westen van Nieuw-Vrankryk, door order van den Koning
by HENNEPIN, Louis
Amsterdam: Jan Ten Hoorn, 1688. * Bell, p. 263; Field 168; JCB 1539; Pequot 338; Sabin 31,357; Howes H-415; Alden-Landis 688/120; Streit II.2738; not in Church; Denys: Sabin 19,616, usually found at the end of Hennepins Louisiana; Alden-Landis 688/75.. First Dutch edition of the first and most important of Hennepins writings (Howes), translated from the 1683 French original, Description de la Louisiane, and here augmented by Denys description of New France, BOTH ILLUSTRATED WITH NEW PLATES. This, Hennepins... Read More
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Versuch einer vollständigen geographisch-topographischen Encyklopädie des Russischen Reichs nach alphabetischer ordnung
by HEYM, Johann [GEYM, Ivan Andreevich]
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RUSSIA OF THE 18TH CENTURY, WITH A FOLDING PLATE OF THE COMPARATIVE CENSUS OF THE POPULATION Thick 8vo. [20 x 12 cm], (2) ff., cxlviii, 1000 pp., (1) folding plate of tables ( 24"x 18.5") Bound in contemporary half calf and speckled paper over boards, gilt paneled spine and morocco title label, corners a little worn; some toning and foxing throughout, very good. Very rare first edition of this geographical and social encyclopedia of Russia, published... Read More
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An account of the Rise and Progress of the Beech-Oil Invention, and all the Steps which have been taken in that Affair, from the First Discovery to the Present Time...
by HILL, Aaron
OPERATING AGREEMENTS FOR SHAREHOLDERS IN ENGLAND IN 1715 8vo (19 x 11 cm), 112 pp. Bound in paper-covered boards with author and title in a modern hand on paper label. New endpapers. Light toning to title page and some leaves. Small holes in gutter, not affecting text. Otherwise good. First edition of a treatise, chiefly comprising letters and essays, providing an in-depth discussion of the discovery and promulgation of a technique for extracting oil from beech nuts. Beech nuts were particularly plentiful in... Read More
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Opera Omnia
by HIPPOCRATES
Venice: Aldine Press, 1526. A fine and fresh copy of the editio princeps of the Hippocratic corpus, a collection of texts assembled in the third century B.C., including the Hippocratic Oath and many of the foundation texts of western medicine, traditionally attributed to the legendary physician and teacher Hippocrates of Cos. "It is uncertain which of them, if any, are directly connected with the historical physician Hippocrates of Cos, who flourished in the latter half of the fifth... Read More
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Virginia Marylandia et Carolina In America Septentrionali
by HOMANN, J. B
Nuremberg, 1714. No Binding. Near Fine. 19 ¼ x 22 ¾ inches. Fine original color; slight toning at centerfold, else excellent condition with a bold strike A beautiful example of the first state of one of the most decorative maps of the area, with a strong impression. Homann's map has been considered important "because it provides data on settlements of German immigrants. The map was intended to promote German emigration to America." (On The Map). In particular,... Read More
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Mappa Aestivarvm Insularum, alias Barmudas
by HONDIUS, H
Amsterdam, 1636. No Binding. Near Fine. 15 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches. Fine original color; excellent condition; elegantly framed. A beautiful example of this classic Dutch map of Bermuda. As were most 17th century maps of Bermuda, Hondius' was based on Richard Norwood's 1618 chart, executed in behalf of the Bermuda Company. The map thus includes the parishes and tribes allotted to the company's principal members with their names included, most of which survive in one form... Read More
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A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania By Reading Howell MDCCCXI
by HOWELL, R./ VALLANCE, J
Philadelphia, 1811. No Binding. Very Good. 21 3/8 x 33 ½ inches.. Deckled edges; centerfold reinforced, else excellent. Separately published-very scarce. In 1792 Reading Howell published the first map of Pennsylvania to show the full extent of the state with accurate boundary lines. The present work is an amplified version of this work and the first edition of it published in the 19th century. Moreover, this edition was elegantly engraved by John Vallance, who also produced the... Read More
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Q.D.B.V. Pendulum de Tetracty deductum
by [HUYGENS] WEIGEL, Erhard / EBELL, Heinrich Christoph
Jena: Johann Werther, 1674. Rare first and sole edition of this university thesis on the pendulum published just a year after Huygens’ Horologium Oscillatorium, and mentioned by the author. Most of the thesis is devoted to medical applications (heart rate, etc.).
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Breve noticia de las festivas demostraciones que con el plausible motivo de la real proclamacion del señor don Carlos IV. Hecha en la ciudad de Palma dia 11. de Julio de 1789
by [FETES / MALLORCA IMPRINTS]
Extremely rare first and sole edition of this Mallorcan festival book commemorating the festivities held in Palma on the occasion of Charles IV's accession to the throne. The description, with its careful lists of the noblemen involved, constitutes a snapshot of Mallorcan society at the end of the eighteenth century. The work is illustrated with two plates, one a plan of the central square with the arrangement of ephemeral architecture and decorations, the other a very large plate (49.5 x... Read More
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GHENT WELCOMES CHARLES VI TO FLANDERS
Relation de l’inauguration Solemnelle de Sa Sacrée Majesté Imperiale et Catholique, Charles VI. Empereur des Romains…Celebrée à Gand Ville Capitale de la Province, le XVIII. Octobre 1717.
by [CHARLES VI / INAUGURATIONS]
Tall folio [44 x 27 cm], Engraved frontispiece and 6 large folding plates by Helybrouck, Berterham and Harrewyn after van Volxsom, J. Colin and Eykens, 32 pp., including title and first text leaf printed in red and black. Bound in 19th c vellum, morocco title label on spine. Provenance: Victor Massena, Prince of Essling (1836-1910); and the Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection ("PMG" stamp on front pastedown). Minor toning but generally a tall and fresh copy, with the plates in... Read More
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SOLE SURVIVING CONTEMPORARY
FUNERAL ORATION FOR LORENZO DE MEDICI?
Oratio in funere Laurentii de Medicis habita
by [INCUNABLE] [MEDICI, Lorenzo de] / BIENATUS, Aurelius.
4to. [20.5 x 15 cm], 4to. [20.5 x 15 cm], (8) ff., rather dog-eared at edges and with some light soiling. Disbound in a cloth-covered box. Rare, first edition of this funeral oration for Lorenzo de Medici, read in Santa Maria Nuova on 16 April 1492, evidently the only contemporary printed oration of the many delivered and printed in his honor to survive. "Lorenzo de' Medici… (born January 1, 1449, Florence [Italy]—died April 9, 1492, Careggi, near Florence), Florentine statesman, ruler, and... Read More
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EARLY PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES IN INDIA
Vorstellung der Evangelisch-Ost-Indischen Kirche
by [India] / [Engraving] / [Lutheranism]. KLEINSCHMIDT, Johann Jacob / RIEDINGER, Johann Elias.
Copperplate engraving [83.5 x 55.5 cm], (1) folio. Fold marks, minor edge wear, otherwise a very good copy in very crisp, dark impression. Rare, large-format engraved print produced in 1730 as part of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession (1530), one of the foundational documents of Lutheranism. The subject of the print is the famous Tranquebar Mission in southern India, which was established by King Frederick IV of Denmark (1671-1730) and led by the German missionaries Bartholomäus... Read More
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Della Poesia rappresentativa & del Modo di rappresentare le favole sceniche
by INGEGNERI, Angelo
Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1598. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to., (4) ff., 84 pp., including woodcut arms of dedicatee Cesare d'Este on title. Bound in old vellum. Very minor soiling in lower blank margin of title, otherwise fresh genuine copy. ... Read More
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Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, Et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio
by JANSSON, J
Amsterdam, 1660. No Binding. Near Fine. 17 1/4 x 20 ¼ inches. Fine hand color; reinforced bottom of centerfold, else fine condition. A beautiful example of a cartographic cornerstone that provided the template for the mapping of the Northeast for well into the following century. It is the earliest collectible map to show the correct shapes of both Manhattan and Long Island. Several English settlements along the Connecticut shoreline appear for the first time here as do... Read More
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Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae
by JANSSON, J
Amsterdam, 1639. No Binding. Near Fine. 15 x 19 ¾ inches. Copperplate engraving with fine original color, refreshed; some reinforcement and offsetting, else excellent. A map that combines elegant design with historical importance, it depicts the area from the lower Chesapeake Bay, down through North Carolina's Outer Banks, the entire coastlines of South Carolina and Georgia, along through to northern Florida. The map reflects the growth of the English colony beyond the Jamestown settlement. The English royal... Read More
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Lettera annale portata di Novo di Giapone Da I Signori Ambasciatori delle cose iui successe l'anno MDLXXXII
by JAPAN / JESUITS / COELHO, Gaspar
ENTRY NO. 1 IN BOSCAROTHE FIRST REFERENCE TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY OF 1585 PRINTED ON THE TITLE-PAGE Venice, I Gioliti, 1585. Small 8vo (15.3 x 10 cm), 103 pp. Bound in old vellum. Discrete former ownership stamp on title. Gutter margin of title reinforced; inconsequential toning, otherwise excellent. Rare early edition of this Jesuit letter containing news of missions and activity in Japan from the year 1582, the only edition (of 5 printed that year) to contain a title-page advertising the famous Japanese... Read More
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Les Intrigues secrettes des Jesuites, Traduites du Monita Secreta; Où l'on a joint L'Extrait de la Faculté de Theologie de Paris de l'an 1554. Et La Prophetie de Sainte Hildegarde, morte en 1181
by [JESUITS]
Turin [ie Paris?]: Jacques Daniel, 1718. Soft cover. Very Good. Small 8vo.. (2) ff, 66 pp, (1) ff. Title page printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary marbled wrappers. Slightly dog-eared, otherwise a very good copy. Rare compilation of anti-Jesuit apocrypha: the famous 'Monita secreta' is found here alongside a purported condemnation of the Jesuits by the Faculty of Theology in Paris in 1554, as well as a translation of a prophecy of Saint Hildegaarde commonly seen... Read More
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Genera Plantarum secundum Ordines Natur ales Disposita, juxta Methodum im Horto Regio Parisiensi Exaratam, Anno MDCCLXXIV
by JUSSIEU, Antoine Laurent
Large 8vo., 24, lxxii, 498 pp., (1)f. Bound in contemporary French mottled calf, raised bands on spine elaborately gilt-tooled with lilly motif. Inconsequential toning and finger soiling in margin of title. Otherwise, immaculate. First edition and fine copy of this work on plant classification which eclipsed all previous taxonomies, and whose general arrangement of families remains current today. Jussieu's taxonomy was based on the species contained in the Jardin du Roi, supplemented by material provided by some of the great... Read More
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Passeggiata in Europa ovvero Storia Viaggi e Costumi. Alla Gioventii. Con Figure.
by [TRAVEL GUIDE / JUVENILE]
EUROPEAN TRAVEL GUIDE FOR YOUNG READERS 12mo, 240 pp, with engraved title page, frontispiece, and 7 further acqua-forte engraved plates. Bound in original publisher's printed brown wrappers, minor damage to spine, clean and fresh, and excellent and very genuine copy. With stamps (likely a bookseller's) to head of cover and title page, "Rodi-Ferrario". Very good. Very rare first and only edition of this travel guide to Europe, written, as the title suggests, for young readers in a pocket 12mo format. The guide... Read More
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Pas Kaart Van de Golff van Mexico
by KEULEN, J. VAN/ VOOGHT, C. J
Amsterdam, 1684. No Binding. Fine. Fine hand color; fine condition. "The most sophisticated rendering of the coast then available." -- Martin & Martin. The chart was very likely based on Spanish manuscripts, as its place names are for the most part still in Spanish. Martin and Martin further describe the Van Keulen sea atlas as a "work [that] was immediately recognized as superior to anything else on the market and enjoyed a considerable reputation for accuracy and... Read More
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Epistola Selectas de re naturali obervationes complectens accessere ex historia naturali curiosa
by [KIRCHER] / BATTAR[R]A, Giovanni Antonio
Rimini: Albertiniana, 1774. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large 4to. [28.5 x 20.5], xvii pp., (1) f., 25 pp., (1) f., 4 numbered engraved plates, including large engraving of a lynx on title, bound with later wrappers. Light waterstaining in lower corner of title page and some leaves, light toning in title-page upper corner. Generally good, with clear impressions of the plates.Scarce first edition of this work describing... Read More
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Harangue faite a Sa Majesté par les Ambassadeurs du Roy de Siam Le Mardi 14. Janvier 1687, à leur Audience de Congé
by [KOSA PAN, OK-LUANG KANLAYA RATCHAMAITRI, & OK-KHUN SISAWAN WACHA - SIAMESE AMBASSADORS TO FRANCE]
Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1687. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 6 pp, [plus 1 integral blank]. Bound in old vellum, internally perfectly clean and fresh, a very good copy. Extremely rare first edition of this ephemeral pamphlet documenting the final royal audience of the Siamese embassy to France in 1686/7. The work is a formal request for permission to return to Siam - citing the King of Siam's impatience to hear of... Read More
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Military Map Showing The Marches Of The United States Forces Under Comman Of Maj. Genl. W. T. Sherman. U. S. A. During The Years 1863, 1864, 1865
by KOSSAK, W. Capt./ MULLER, J. B./ JENNEY, Bvt. Maj. W. L. B
St. Louis, 1865. No Binding. Very Good. 26 3/8 x 46 inches. Lithograph. Inscription in red ink. Mounted on acid-free paper, some tape stains, reinforced splits & restoration at few fold intersections, very good. Separately published. The first edition of a remarkably detailed military map that provided the best contemporaneous cartographic record of the Georgia campaign. With a manuscript inscription in behalf of Sherman in the hand of Brevet Colonel William E. Merrill at lower right: "Compliments... Read More
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