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Lutetiæ Parisiorum: Sumptibus viduæ Ioannis Meiat, è regione D. Hilarij, sub signo Bonæ fidei., 1637. Leonardi Lessii Societ. Iesu theologi Opuscula varia in vnum corpus redacta.-Quorum indicem quinta pagina Inuenies- by Leonardus Lessius (Leonardi Lessii) (Lenaert Leys; 1 October 1554, Brecht – 15 January 1623 Leuven)- Jesuit moral theologian and a pioneer in Business ethics.- Engraved Device (I. Briot. fecit) (Isaac Briot) Head and Tail Pieces- Briot, Isaac, 1585-1670, engraver.- Sumptibus viduæ Ioannis Meiat, è regione D. Hilarij, sub signo Bonæ fidei.- Lutetiæ Parisiorum- 1637- 1st Thus- title- 2nd Theologi Opuscula- 1st of 1626- Titled: Opuscula.- Hardcover:- Folio, Good antiqurian condition- Original 3/4 leather and cloth, 6 raised bands on spine, one panel black leather and gilt title- rubbed at corners, chipped at spine, hairline cracks at spine edges, boards still attached and relatively solid, textblock square and tight- Pagination:… Leer más

Basel Switzerland: Froben (in officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium), 1559. Hardcover. Good. Fine Froben printer's marks on titlepage and colophon, large figurative initials at head of each section as used in Froben editions from 1515 [cut by Faber from designs by Hans Holbein the Younger] + smaller historiated initials throughout.. Folio rolled pigskin on wooden boards, floral borders surrounding rolls of Biblical scenes with texts & the Virtues, spine with early manuscript title and 4 double raised cords, title also faintly written at foot of central front cover compartment (pigskin lacking along lower half of front hinge repaired with vellum underlaid, all cords firmly attached, some light stains & damage to pigskin more on upper than lower cover, lacks all brass clasps/corner ornaments) [12] +886 +[34]pp index. Fine early coloured armorial bookplate, with neat library shelf marks on pastedown and at top of title, lower gutter of first 24 leaves damaged by former… Leer más

Paris: Ex museo Raphaelis Tricheti du Fresne, 1659. Hardcover. Hardcover/No Jacket. 8vo (impeial). Halfbound contemporary calf over marbled boards. A collection of [44] engravings by Antonio Tempesta [1555-1630] plus engraved title page, taken from the French Edition of Antonio Gallonio's work about the Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs. Illustrations show images depicting human torture, devices, and various tools used throughout history. Early bookseller label of Henry March Gilbert [1845-1931] on upper left corner of front pastedown endpaper. Rubbing to corners and spine. Light staining to leaves and endpapers. Otherwise in very good condition. Atonio Gallonio [1556-1605] was a Roman priest in the Congregation of the Oratory. Interested in the Martyrs, Gallonio studied the various methods of torture they endured, resulting in a book on the subject, originally published in Italy in 1591. Later, he translated his work into Latin in 1594. These engravings are taken from the French… Leer más

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848. A First Edition set, published 1848, 1850, 1852, and 1864 of her major works on Christian art, done in the last twenty years of her life, the last completed after her death in 1860 by her friend Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake. Lavishly illustrated by her own drawings and etchings, and by those of Gerardine Macpherson, her niece. Finely bound by Bickers, London, their name stamped on wide inner dentelles each volume. Dark blue crushed morocco with gilt rules and lettering, top edges gilt, marbled end papers, silk markers, Near Fine, the scantest of shelf rubbing. end papers evenly toned from dentelles. An exceptional and heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Editions. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Manuscript in Cyrillic chancery hand, 21 x 17 cm, 157 ff. Untrimmed in contemporary wrappers (wrappers stained and soiled, frayed at extremities). Leaves numbered in pencil in modern hand. This manuscript serves as a register of incomes and expenses of the Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery near Moscow for the year 1674.

Zurich: Christoffel Froschouer 1st edition, 1556. Hardcover. Good. Woodcuts (104), many first used in the Schweizer-Chronik of 1548 with scenes of battles, sieges of cities, convocations, portraits &c. . Small folio (29.4 x 19.5mm) in sixes, 19th century half-calf with marbled boards, spine labels with gilt title in French and date 1556 (edges worn, labels chipped). Titlepage with woodcut printer's mark, 2 leaves (A2-A3) dedication & argument + CXXXVII leaves of German text, illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Lacks 7 preliminary leaves (Sources A4, Register B-B6) and one final blank leaf, otherwise collated complete. Title and the 2 preliminary leaves have small edge-tears and are re-hinged on newer paper stubs, text pages mostly clean and crisp with occasional small marks and light browning. Bookplates: "ex Libris Ludovic Blondin" and armorial "Friedemann Graf und Herr von Werthern". *Rare early Protestant treatise intended to show the harmful effects of Papacy, partly based on sources collected… Leer más

Lvgduni : Lvgduni : Apvd haeredes Iaboci Ivntae, 1564. Magistri Sententiarum libri quatuor / Petro Lombardo, Episcopo Parisiensi authore ; labore Ioannis Aleaume, Parisiensis theologiae professoris a` mendis non paucis ex vetustis. codicum collatione reporgatorum; adiunximus singulis libris titulos, quibus capita distinguntur ex authoris Sententia ; ad calce[m] operis subiiciu[n]tur articuli erronei, Parisiis iam olim damnatim atque ab eorum assertoribus recantati ; adiectis nonnullis ipsius magistri in quibus communiter non approbatur.- by Petro Lombardo (Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, ca. 1100-1160) b. 1100; d. about 1160-64- Lvgduni : Apvd haeredes Iaboci Ivntae- 1564- 1st Edition Lyon- Other Name: Aleaume, Jean, 15th/16th cent. Giunta, Jacques, 1487-1546. Notes: Signatures: *8 a-z8 A-2L8 2M².-Title vignette; initials; printed marginal notes.- includes index:complete. [7-1 bl.]-456-[2] ff. (some light dampstains not affecting text in 1st 18 leaves, somewhat browning, sm. wormtrack in endpaper).… Leer más

Basel: Johann Froben, 1521. Hardcover. See Description. Folio. ff. [444] plus 6 extra leaves in this copy as signature G is repeated. Colophon: Basileae per Ioannem Frobeniu, Mense Maio. Anno M.D.XXI. Title page contains decorative woodcut border with 10 figures including images symbolizing the four evangelists, Peter, Paul and four early Bishops. Printer’s device also on title page and on verso of final leaf. The introductions to both part I and part II contain woodcut initials. The title to the second part reads: "Concordantiae partium sive dictionum indeclinabilium totius Bibliae." The main text is in 3 columns per page. Bound in period blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards - attractively age-toned. Metal corner pieces are present; clasps are lacking. Title page contains three tiny and unobtrusive worm holes. There is also an area of abrasion next to the printed title proper which affects a tiny area on the inner edge of the woodcut border. Small holes present in upper inner… Leer más

London: Thomas Northcott, 1693. Second edition. Leather binding in very good condition except for a 1/4" cut to the top of the spine; Plane binding in keeping with early Friends publications, though new end papers appear to be more recent; Repaired with new end papers, original rear paste-down retained; Pages show modest age toning; a couple pages with light stain to lower corner; One leaf has a 3/4" tear which runs into text between lines; A couple pages, 110/111 with a couple stains in the text; Last 14 pages have small stain at the fore-edge.. Bronner & Fraser 96B; "copyright" page facing title page reading 'Licensed, May 24, 1693' is pasted to the end paper, not part of gathering A and is not referenced in Bronner & Fraser's collation; [12] 136 pages; 467 entries, one more than in the first edition.

Valencia, Spain: Benito Monfort, 1769. [46], 375 p., [1]. Bound in contemporary vellum with two leather clasps, both present, Very Good, scattered light toning, front hinge starting to open, vellume aged, lettering at spine rubbed yet still legible. "From pp. 2-15 there is a prologue by the editor dedicated to Fr. Juan Bautista Servera, Bishop of the Canary Islands. From 16-21, there is a prologue by Fr. Gregorio de Alfaro in which he tries to explain the difficulty of governing and why he was moved to translate the Pastoral. From sheet 21 v. at 24 there is a "Table of the Chapters, which are contained in the Pastoral" and of the "Abusions". On pages 1 and 2, the Prologue of S. Gregorio to the Pastoral. From page 3 to 341 is the Pastoral. From page 341 to 378 are the "Twelve abuses of the century." According to the translator, in the prologue to the aforementioned abuses, they are attributed by some to S. Agustín and by others to S. Cipriano."… Leer más