The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow, The Second Volume by Barrow, Isaac - 1716: Late Master of Trinity College in Cambridge

Leiden: Elzevier, 1643. Hardcover. Good. "Lugd. Batavorum. Officina Elzeviriana." [24], 672, 44, [4] p.; 13 cm. *12 A-2E12 a-b12 (12mo). 18th-century red morocco with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; both boards have gilt double ruled borders and gilt corner decoration as well as gilt-rolled edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated, engraved title page showing Erasmus using a telescope, by Cornelius C. Dusend. Engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Coronis apologetica pro colloquiis Erasmi, ex ipsius scriptis . . . fideliter collecta à P[etro] S[criverio]. Accedit ejusdem de colloquiorum utilitate dissertatio" on 44 pages at end. Last two leaves blank. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate of Thomas Preston with the motto "Lucem Spero Clariorem" (upper part of the bookplate is partially obscured by the removal of some former label). Faint inscriptions on verso of front free… Read More

New York & London: Brentano's/ Downey & Co., 1902. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. x + 336 pages. Red cloth, leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge of text block gilt. Tissue-protected frontispiece. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; A very clean, tight copy. This is an actual book, produced in 1902, not a reproduction of any kind.

BASILEAE: APUD NIC. EPISCOPIUM IUN., 1558. In 16. Dim. 17x12 cm. Pp. 32 (n.n.)+350+2 (n.n.). Rara edizione del 1558 di quest'opera scritta da Cristophe Longueil (1488-1522) umanista francescano. Nel 1517 Longueil strinse amicizia con Pietro Bembo e Jacopo Sadoleto ma questo non impedì che nei suoi confronti si scatenasse una forte campagna diffamatoria tanto che fu costretto a trafserirsi a Padova dove si spense. Ammiratore incondizionato di Cicerone, fu un grande propagandista del ciceronismo prima in Francia, poi a Roma. Questo suo epistolario non è una mera imitazione della produzione ciceroniana, ma denota una ricerca stilistica ed un'eleganza espositiva di rara freschezza e vivacità. Nella prima parte la sua vita, poi l'epistolario. Numerose note manoscritte all'interno. Marca editoriale all'ultima carta. Titolo manoscritto al taglio inferiore. Opera collazionata e risultata completa. Legatura in pergamena. Non comune. Copertina in piena pergamena con… Read More

Viennae, Pragae et Tergesti: Typis et sumtibus Ioannis Thomae Trattner, 1757 Book. Good. Full leather. xx, 152, [2] pages. Pages lightly browned throughout, heavier in places. In original full leather binding. Worn and torn at the head and foot of the spine. Modern ink owner's name to the front free end paper..

London: T. Bassett 1st edition, 1674. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto 19th cent. half morocco with cloth sides, spine directly gilt lettered (edges rather worn, cloth bit marked but neat & tight), nicely marbled end-papers. Title leaf +[6]pp +72, 75-87, [1], 88-89, 89-188 +[2]pp index, text continuous in spite of jumping pagination, lacks final blank leaf but otherwise collated complete. Gathering F has pages bound in wrong order and partially over-printed, making text hard to read. Patent Office Library light blue stamps with royal coat of arms (7 mostly to prelims/at end + on back of title where also Sion College Library stamp with cancel), some light browning, pages else crisp and clean. *Pettus was a royalist and Fellow of the Royal Society who lived at Cheston Hall in Suffolk. In dedicating this Story of Adam and Eve to his friend and neighbour Leister Devereux, he explains that he borrowed his extravagant way of writing from Montagne: "for I have observ'd in the Countrey, that when I forsook the… Read More

Vinegia: In fine: Vinegia, per Comin da Trino di Monferrato. [Figurato Milano,Mantova,Venezia,Ferrara-Storia] (cm.15,4) buona piena pergamena originale, sguardie antiche restaurate.-- cc. 113, cc. 15 nn. Grande ritratto dell' autore al frontis, 3 alberi genealogici a piena pagina e molti capilettera figurati. Seconda edizione bella e rara, manca ad Adams, Brunet e Choix. La prima sempre dello stesso tipografo, è del 1546. Importante trattato storico dalle origini fino al 1545, delle città di Venezia, Milano, Mantova e Ferrara. Le tre genealogie incise in xilografia riguardano i visconti, I Gonzaga e gli estensi. copia particolare, curiosamente senza la data al frontis, che invece abbiamo riscontrato in altre. Esemplare bello fresco e nitido. * Cicogna n° 1116; * Predari " Bibliogr. Milanese " p. 192; * Graesse VI 409; * Bm. Stc. 629.[f56] . ottimo. Rilegato. seconda edizione. 1548.

London: Printed by W. Bowyer for R. Williamson near Grays Inn Gate in Holborn, 1727 Book. Good. Full leather. [viii], 238 pages + folding plate. ESTC T94741 which gives the same pagination but refers to a haf title page, this seems to refer to the divisional title page here bound in after the dedication. Old full leather but with replacement spine. Boards are worn and marked. Astle Library ink stamp to the front pastedown and old pencil shelf marks. Some dust to upper edges of pages. Light brown stripe to the folding print of Door Church. ESTC states that Bowyer's records show 300 copies printed..

London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1782 Book. Fair. Hardcover. [x], 274 pages + folding map. ESTC N17465. Only this volume ever published. Author identified in the ESTC listing. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of The Right Honourable George Rose. In old half leather, the spine is torn and very damaged with loss. Glue repairs. Front board held by cords. Corners also worn. Light browning to pages throughout. Offsetting to the folding map, which also has creases and a small tear. Front free end paper detached..

London: William Wileman. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Text is clean. Heavy brown binding with gilt lettering. Cover shows normal wear, corners and spine end gently bumped. ; Robert Brown wrote a number of titles where he uncovered hidden or secret knowledge of the scriptures, including issues of Demonology and Eschatology. This particular title is scarce, with no known institutional holdings according to OCLC. .

The Justice of the Peace and the Parish OfficerSixth Edition in three volumes. ( Volumes 1 and 2)Richard BurnA Millar, London, 1758. Gd+. two volumes. Full calf with raised banding to spine. Title plates almost entirely obliterated. Blind embossed borders. Worn on all corners, boards scuffed. Here are volume 1 ( A - E) and volume 2 ( F - P). Covers laws and by-laws of the era. Antiquarian, law, Parish Law, Local By-laws42469 ANTI £400.00