17th Century Literature

1673 1ed Peter Leycester Historical Antiquities Ireland Cheshire England FOLIOPeter Leycester was 17th-century English historian known primarily for his major work 'Historical Antiquities', a work in which Leycester discusses the historical records of Great Britain. This book is notable for having the "first instance of private correspondence between Sir Thomas Mainwaring and Leycester." Leycester questions the legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of the Earl of Chester. This work directly lead to a dispute between Mainwaring and Leycester. (Moule)A highly rare and valuable first edition, printed in folio; both parts bound in one tome.Item number: #5447 Price: $750LEYCESTER, Peter Historical antiquities, in two books· The first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire· Faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester Baronet. Whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book,… Read More

1693 French Emblemata Charles de la Rue Poetry Louis XIV France EMBLEM Royalty

A rare 17th-century illustrated book of poetry and emblemata by Charles de la Rue. La Rue, a Jesuit writer, was known mostly for his works on panegyrics, this book includes illustrated emblems and medals, poetry, dramatic and tragedy plays, as well as Jesuit liturgical works. A fine complete edition.

Item number: #9403
Price: $499
RUE, Charles de la
Caroli Ruaei e Societate Jesu Carminum libri quatuor.
Antverpiae: Apud Balthasarem Moretum, 1693.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [6], 7-233, [1]
o Signatures: A-S⁸⁴̇ T⁸ V²
o 27 emblem engravings
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~6in X 3.5in (15cm x 9cm)
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1664 1ed Oliver Cromwell Parliament Robert Pugh Attack on George Bate Elenchus

George Bate, sometimes known as Bates, was a 17th-century personal physician to Oliver Cromwell. Unfortunately, much controversy and speculation circles Bate and the untimely death of Cromwell. The controversy arises because of Bate's defense of the King's disagreements with the English Parliament, making many historians unsure who Bate sided with politically. Bate published a book entitled 'Elenchus Motuum' defending the King but it also included a thorough description of the execution of Charles I.

Robert Pugh, a Jesuit royalist, published a critical attack on 'Elenchus' – a work discussing many of Bate's medical practices, English politics, and events that would eventually lead to the Popish Plot.

Item number: #9512
Price: $499
PUGH, Robert
Elenchus elenchi: sive Animadversiones in Georgii Batei: Cromwelli parricid aliquando protomedici, elenchum motuum nuperorum in Anglia. Post alteram & tertiam ejusdem editionem.… Read More

1694 Philippic Histories Justin Ancient ROME Macedonia Empire Trogus Latin

Justin was an ancient Roman historian, whose fame lies with this one work, 'Historiae Philippicae'. It was with this work that he attempted to collect the most important and interesting parts of Trogus's 'Histories' such as the history of Macedonian kings, life of Caesar Augustus, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian Empire.

Item number: #9888
Price: $499
JUSTINUS, Marcus Junianus

Justini Historiae Philippicae. Ex recensione J[oannis] G[eorgii] Graevii, cum ejusdem castigationibus.
Amsterodami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1694.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [26], 3-378, [136]
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (16cm x 10.5cm)
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1695 Gherardi Italian Theater & Operas French Plays Commedia dell'Arte Burlesque

Evaristo Gherardi was a 17th-century Italian actor who is best known for his acting and playwright career in France in the 1670s. He edited and collected several scenes from various plays from Italian theater which were performed in French – most of which are from the Commedia dell'Arte. Note the engraving of a burlesque harlequin as the frontispiece of his 1695 edition.

Item number: #10061
Price: $599
GHERARDI, Evaristo
Le theatre italien, ou recueil de toutes les scenes francoises, qui ont été jouées sur le theatre italien de l'hôtel de Bourgogne
Génève: J. Dentand, 1695.

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Collation: Complete with all pages;
o [10], 544, 96
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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1697 1ed Boucicaut Maingre Knights Chivalry Ottoman CRUSADES WARS Byzantine

Jean II le Maingre, more commonly called Boucicaut, was a 14th-century French knight known for his military prowess as the Marshal of France. His military successes came from his crusades against the Ottoman Empire, both those of his own order and those aiding the Byzantine Empire. In addition to his military career, he established knightly orders than defended the honor of women and promoted courtly love.
This 1697 biographical sketch of Boucicaut was written by an unknown author known simply as Pilham. This work is one of the best resources on the life of Boucicaut as well as the details of battles such as the Battle of Nicopolis and the Battle of Agincourt.
Item number: #13113
Price: $599
PILHAM, de
Histoire du marêchal de Boucicaut, grand connêtable de l'empire de Constantinople, gouverneur pour le roi de l'etat de Gennes & des provinces de Guyenne & de Languedoc : contenant les evenemens les plus singuliers du… Read More

1699 Pasquier Quesnel French BIBLE & Commentary Jansenism Catholic 4v BANNED
Pasquier Quesnel was a 17th-century French Jansenist best-remembered for his commentary on the New Testament. This commentary was written to push Jansenist theology and doctrine which, unfortunately, seemed to form numerous phrases that were considered heretical by the Catholic Church. This French edition of the New Testament includes Quesnel's commentary, published in four tomes.
Item number: #16418
Price: $750
QUESNEL, Pasquier [edit.]
Le Nouveau Testament en françois, avec des reflexions morales sur chaque verset, pour en rendre la lecture plus utile, & la meditation plus aisée ...
Paris, André Pralard, 1699.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages – 4 volumes
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Vol. I – lxii (i.e. lxiv), [6], 455, [1]; [6], 258
Engraved frontispiece
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Vol. II – [8], 517, [1]; [8], 472
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Vol. III – xxii, [18], 810
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Vol. IV – [20], 757, [15]
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather;… Read More

1688 1ed Old Testament BIBLE 50 Figures ART Adam Samson Methuselah David Doujat
Jean Doujat was a 17th-century French lawyer known for his studies in canonic law. In addition to his law career, Doujat wrote a book on the history of Old Testament figures such as Adam, Methuselah, Nimrod, Isaac, Job, Debora, Samson, David, and Isaiah. Each entry features a small woodcut engraving – a portrait of the biblical character.
Item number: #19031
Price: $750
DOUJAT, Jean
Éloges des personnes illustres de l'Ancien Testament, pour donner quelque teinture de l'histoire sacrée ...
Paris : Impr. de G. Martin, 1688. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[16], 99
o 50 engravings
· Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.75in (17cm x 12cm)
· Rare and desirable
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1615 Martial Epigrams Roman Literature Epigrammata Corruption in Rome Farnaby

"I live in a little cell, with a window that won't even close,
In which Boreas himself would not want to live."
– Martial, Epigrams
Martial was a 1st-century Roman poet from Spain most-known for his 'Epigrams.' This important, early piece of Roman literature expresses details of life in Rome focusing in on the brutal daily life during the Roman Empire. Martial describes living conditions of Rome, corrupt physicians and senators, cruel treatment of slaves, and secrets and rumors of emperors. Because of the style of Martial's writing, he is often considered the first insult comic, as he used humor to disguise his disdain for the life with which he was so familiar.
This 1615 London edition was edited by English classical scholar Thomas Farnaby who was known for his annotations of Juvenal, Ovid, Lucan, Virgil, and of course Martial.
Item number: #19558
Price: $499
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius
M. Val. Martialis epigrammaton… Read More

1684 Tertullian Apologetics Early Church Father Pagan Gnosticism Heresy Giry

"Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading."
― Tertullian

Tertullian was a 2nd-century early Christian church author and apologist. His works helped establish Western theology and early Church doctrine, especially those that spoke out against heresy. He is perhaps most famous for being the first Latin writer to use the term 'trinity' in reference to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Tertullian emphatically defended Christianity against pagans as well as defended 'freedom of religion' as human right unable to be taken away. One of his important apologetics was an anti-Jewish treatise to counteract Gnosticism and other philosophically based doctrines.
These defenses, along with other Tertullian works, are collected in this 1684 French edition. This edition features the translation and notes of Louis Giry.
Item number: #20417
Price: $499
TERTULLIAN
Apologetique de Tertullien, ou Defense des chrétiens… Read More

1668 1ed Poems of Irish John Denham Coopers Hill The Sophy Destruction of Troy

John Denham was a 17th-century Irish poet. His two most famous poems were 'The Sophy' and 'Cooper's Hill', both of which are included in this 1668 first edition of his poems. 'Cooper's Hill' was the first English poem to be written specifically to provide a description of local scenery, in this case, the famed Thames Valley in Surrey. And while the work was written through the lens of the English countryside, it offers his perspective on the English Civil War and its cultural impact.

Other works included in this book include:
• 'The Destruction of Troy'
• 'On Mr Abraham Crowley'
• 'Natura Naturata'
• "On Martial's 'Epigram'"
• Many, many more

Item number: #21839
Price: $750

DENHAM, John

Poems and translation with the Sophy

London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1668. First edition.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o Poems – [8], 186, [4]
o The Sophy – [4], 97 (i.e., 99), [1]
• References:… Read More

1691 ENGLISH 1ed Present State of Christendom Louis XIV Alexander Duke Tuscany

'The Present State of Christendom' is a collection of nine dialogues between notable figures of 17th-century Europe including Pope Alexander VIII, King Louix XIV, dukes of Savoy and Tuscany, the Duke of Lorrain, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, Prince Abasti, and others. Each of these works of correspondence discuss the effects of Protestant and Catholic theology on politics, royal crowns, and on churches themselves.

Item number: #22214
Price: $599

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The present state of Christendom consider'd : in nine dialogues

London : Printed for R. Baldwin ..., 1691. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 95, [1]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 4.25in (15cm x 10.5cm)

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1684 Art of Painting Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy French Arte Graphica Peinture

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy was a 17th-century French painter who is best-known for his literature on art and art history. His best written work was 'De Arte Graphica' – a collection of his poetic observations on fine art and painting – was part of his greater 'The Art of Painting". Fresnoy used this book to instruct art students and many of the remarks on art still hold value to artists and art historians today.

Item number: #23603
Price: $950

DU FRESNOY, Charles Alphonse

L'art de peinture

A Paris : Chez Nicolas Langlois, 1684.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [12], 276, [60]
o 30 engravings
· Provenance: Handwritten – Claude Charles, Nancy, 1697
o Claude Charles (1661–1747) was a French historical and decorative painter from Nancy. He also served as a Herald-at-Arms and court painter to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine in 1703. Twenty-seven of his works are classified as… Read More

1639 Architecture ROMAN RUINS Engravings Duperac Colosseum Vestigi Roma RARE
Étienne Dupérac was a famous 16th-century French engraver who is primarily remembered for his illustrated portrayals of ancient Roman ruins. "Ì vestigi dell'antichita di Roma" is a collection of engravings depicting iconic buildings and ruins from ancient Rome including:
· Arch of Constantine
· The Colosseum
· The Baths of Titus
· Pyramid of Cestius
· Castrense Amphitheatre
· Acqua Marcia fountain
· Mausoleum of Augustus
· Castel Sant'Angelo
· Bridge of St Bartholomew
These folio engravings are some of the most desirable illustrations of Roman ruins!
Item number: #24150
Price: $3500
PERAC, Etienne du
Ì vestigi dell'antichita di Roma
In Roma: Appresso Giombatistà de Rossi in Piazza Nauona., 1639.
Details:
· Collation:
o 37 of 40 engravings
Wanting #21, 29, and 40
Includes engraved title page
· Provenance: Bookplate – Francisco Guasch Homs
o Francisco Guasch Homs (or Francesc Guasch, 1861-1923) was a… Read More

1647 FAMED Italian Loredanian Academy VENICE 107 PORTRAIT Biographies Brusoni

Girolamo Brusoni was a 17th-century Italian writer who served on the Loredanian Academy, or the Accademia degli Incogniti – a collection of notable Italian intellectuals. Brusoni sought to highlight the lives of the men of the academy by publishing a collection of short biographies of each. This work contains impressive, full-page portrait engravings of each figure. Especially important for women's studies, history of music, and libertinism in Italy!

Item number: #24294
Price: $995

BRUSONI, Girolamo

Le glorie de gli Incogniti o vero gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de' signori Incogniti di Venetia

In Venetia : Appresso Francesco Valuasense, 1647. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation:
o [12], 424 (of 432)
o 107 engravings
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum
· Size: ~8.75in X 6.75in (22cm x 17cm)
· VERY rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as… Read More