XVIIth Century

London: T. Roycroft impensis Richardi Chiswell, 1677. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to. pp. [16], 372, [20] Title printed in red and black. Text is in Latin with quoted passages in Hebrew. Re-backed preserving original sprinkled calf boards. Upper corner of rear cover restored. End papers are renewed with quality laid paper after period style. Interior is clean. An inscription written in an old hand on a front blank leaf reads: "Ex domo Authoris Maii 4. 1677" (From the house of the author, May 4. 1677). William Owtram (1625-1679) was an English conformist theologian known for his great skill in rabbinical learning. In 1669 Owtram became Archdeacon of Leicester and in 1670 he was made Prebendary of Westminster (1670). Richard Baxter spoke of him as " one of the best and ablest of the conformists." [DNB]. Owtram is mainly known for his learned work "De Sacrificiis libri duo" an in depth study of religious ritual sacrifice. The book is divided into two… Read More

Anveres: Jacobo Mevrcio, 1665. Limp Vellum. See Description. Small 8vo. 2 volumes in 1. Volume I. pp. 400, [6]. Vol. II. pp. 383, [7]. With separate title page to each volume. Bound in period vellum. Occasional faint miniscule underlining in an old hand and a couple short marginal notations; some marginal smudging / soiling; front and rear blank leaves are ragged and torn. Volume I: tiny hole in p. 271 (mostly between lines but partly obstructing a couple of letters); bottom corner tip clipped on p.399 - not effecting text; pages 400-401 are dusty / soiled. Volume II: upper corner crease on p. 81. The bottom corner tips of the last few gatherings are chipped/worn. Antonio de Guevara [1480?-1545] - Spanish writer who grew up in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. He later joined the Franciscan order and was appointed court preacher and imperial historiographer by Charles V of Spain. In 1527 he became bishop of Guadix and in 1537 bishop of Mondonedo. Guevera's works were quite popular in their… Read More

London: J.H. for H. Mortlock, 1699. Hardcover. See Description. Small 4to. "Fourth Edition." pp. [4], 280. Complete. With frontispiece engraving of the Hon. Robert Boyle. An extra 19th century plate of the author Richard Bentley is also included after the dedication. Bound in modern half calf with marbled boards. Pages are generally clean; a faded name is written with small letters in an early hand on the title page (upper corner); minor chipping to outer edge of title. All edges gilt. Richard Bentley (1662-1742) English scholar and literary critic. He was made keeper of the Royal Libraries and was later appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1692 he was nominated first Boyle lecturer (named after scientist Robert Boyle). He then delivered a series of sermons trying to refute Thomas Hobbes and atheism. In particular, the lectures tried to show how the recent work in physics by Sir Isaac Newton offered proof of God’s existence. Bentley even corresponded with Newton on the… Read More

VENETIA : APPRESSO GIO. GUERIGLI, 1626. In 8. Dim. 24x18 cm. Pp. (62)+453+(1), (8)+164+(8), (4)+36. Rara raccolta di tre opere scritte dal letterato, poeta e drammaturgo italiano Gabriele Zinano (Reggio nell'Emilia 1557-1635) autore di dialoghi, trattati, rime e poemi eroici. Zinano è stato uno dei rappresentanti della poesia barocca e del movimento artistico e letterario del marinismo. Le tre opere di Zinano sono tutte state pubblicate nel 1626 e 1625 da "Giovanni Gueriglio". La prima opera del 1626 è politica "Della ragione de gli stati" nel quale tratta l'argomento della gestione degli Stati (diversi tipi di Stato, cambaimenti degli stati, cambiamento delle monarchie e repubbliche, corruzioni interne ed esterne degli stati, il principe, difesa dello Stato da pericoli interni ed esterni ecc...). La seconda del 1625 "Il segretario" sulla gestione degli affari e del mestiere sia privato che statale (l'abito, il trattare, i fatti segreti, il… Read More

London: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for the Company of STATIONERS, 1658. Hardcover, size 7.5"x5.5". Full calf with four raised bands. [xxii], 148, [viii] pages, plus the 13 ephemerides which vary from approximately 28 to 36 pages each, plus a final leaf of errata. The ephemerides themselves were previously printed separately - seven are dtd 1656, five are dtd 1657, and one for the year 1669 is dtd 1669 (clearly a misprint). Condition of the casing is Good- (minus): considerable wear, abbreviated title inked on spine label. Condition of the text is Good: occasional light soiling/foxing or marginal chip/closed tear; text rippled from aging. Previous owner's stamp on endpapers, title page, and three places in text; armorial bookplate of John Earl of Loudoun w/double-headed eagle & motto "I Bide My Time" on front pastedown..

Ultrajecti [Utrecht]: Franciscum Halma, 1685. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. ... Alexandri genealogia & synopsis chronologica. Full vellum binding, title lettered on spine in green, with two gilt Star of Venus. [46] 94, [2], 847, [257] pp. Engraved title-page, plus [13] leaves of plates, 7 of which are folding. Some small tears to lower margins of leaves and small chip to head of synopsis page [not affecting text], and some trimmed edges, two small tears to front pastedown, early ownership signature to head of title page and front pastedown, clipping to upper front page of front fly leaf, vellum somewhat soiled, with gilt decoration fading, corners slightly bumped, small damp stain on rear cover, otherwise a very good copy. Quintus Curtius Rufus was a 1st century Roman historian and scholar, whose Histories of Alexander Great gained popularity in the Middle Ages. The first printed edition was published in Venice between 1470-71 by Vindelinus Spirensis. Samuel Pitiscus (1637-1727) was a historian and… Read More

Imprinted at London: By John Dawson, for Iohn Bartlet and are to be sold at the signe of the gilded Cup in the Goldsmiths Rowe in Cheapeside, 1623. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Quarto. 180mm x 140mm. Engraved title page, chipped and browned at edges. Typographic title page. Lacks paste-down and end pages. [18],128, 123-451, 451-452, [17]pp. 1 large folding table inserted. No rear end-pages. Pages are very good with some dog ears and browning at extremities. Full contemporary C17th boards recently rebacked in style with raised bands and label.

De Blegny, Etienne,Very Rare original edition of L'Ortografe françoise. Paris: G. André, 1667, 155 pp., elegantly rebound in green leather with gilt titles and gilt decoration to spine; top edge gilt, slight bumping to corners. First book published by Writing Master and Calligrapher Etienne de Blégny. a member of the guild of maîtres écrivains. This early pedagogical work is a treatise on French orthography. Notation inside front cover suggests this volume is from library of Augustin de Backer (1809-1873), Belgian Jesuit and renowned bibliographer.

London: Printed by R. E. for R. Bentley, and J. Tonson, 1687. Second Edition. 212 x 150 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 7/8"). 4 p.l., 64 pp. Macdonald 87b; Wing D-2265; ESTC R16601. ◆Binding with light scuffing and soiling, one vellum corner abraided and a small bump to fore edge; title a little soiled and with two small tears (no text affected), margins trimmed close (running titles occasionally grazed), paper very lightly toned and with the odd small ink stain or other minor blemish, but only a trace of foxing to final few leaves, and on the whole a very nice copy of this play, based on events from the reign of Henry III and briefly banned "because its presentation of French history was too palpably a parallel with contemporary events." (DNB)..

8vo. London: Excudebat Robertus Barkerus. 1609. Second Printing. This copy exhibits the reading 'agi-' at the end of line 11 on B2r indicative of the form with some of the errata corrected, and 3E2 blank, rather than bearing errata. Lancelot Andrewes was an English clergyman and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. He was in turn Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester, and oversaw the translation of the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible. His Tortura Torti - a learned work which grew out of the Gunpowder Plot controversy - was written in answer to Roberto Bellarmino's Matthaeus Tortus which had criticized James I's oath of allegiance. Tortura Torti is one of the Bishop's most substantial controversial works, in which he "refuted papal supremacy and the pope's power to dispense Catholics from moral and civil laws, and defended the king's supremacy over the Church of England. One of the views intruded into the… Read More

1694 Anglican 39 Articles Church of England Lambeth Articles Calvinism Ellis
The 'Thirty-Nine Articles' of the Anglican Church was one of the most important and significant works of the Reformation and the 16th-century. They helped define statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England focusing on the controversies of the English Reformation. This particular John Ellis 1694 edition contains the famed 'Lambeth Articles' – a series of nine additional articles which were written to justify many of the Calvinist doctrines of the late 16th-century. These articles cover predestination and justification by faith.
Item number: #18112
Price: $750
ELLIS, John
Articulorum XXXIX Ecclesiae Anglicanae defensio : unà cum novâ eorundem versione. His accedunt Articuli Lambethani
Cantabrigiae : Ex officina Johann. Hayes, 1694.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 143, [1]; [2], 75, [1]
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1699 Church of England Documents King William III James I Anglican Sparrow

A rare edition of 'A Collection of Articles... of the Church of England'. Collected by Anthony Sparrow, this work includes writings to and from the Church of England, injunctions of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and Edward VI. This collection of works describes various orders of the church, records of ceremonies, and doctrines of theology.

This particular 1699 edition includes supplements to Sparrow's earlier editions as well as a proclamation by King William II.

Item number: #17859
Price: $599
SPARROW, Anthony
A collection of articles, canons, injunctions, &c together with several acts of Parliament concerning ecclesiastical matters
London: Printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1699.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 152, [4]
· References: Wing C 4093
· Provenance: Handwritten – Jno. Munn
· Language: English
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1642 Juvenal & Persius Satires Stoic Philosophy Classical Rome Farnaby Latin

"Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown."
― Juvenal, The Satires
A rare printing of 'The Satires'
of Juvenal and Persius. This collection of satirical poetry was written in the late 1st and 2nd centuries and discuss society, social norms, irony, each of these providing insight to the morals and values of Roman life at the time. Juvenal outlines many of the concerns he has with Roman citizens including unfaithfulness and greed; issues he recognized as downfalls to society. Many of the satires include references to Greek and Roman mythology.
This 1642 Latin edition was edited and translated by Thomas Farnaby.
Item number: #18581
Price: $550
JUVENALIS, (Decimus Junius)
D. Ivnii Ivvenalis et Avli Persii Flacci Satyræ
Amsterodami : apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1642.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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189, [1]
· Language: Latin
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1689 1ed Scottish Abercromby Fur Academicus Astrology Medicine Alchemy Science
David Abercromby was a 17th-century Scottish physician who was known for his portfolio of works on various scientific studies. His book 'Fur Academicus' covers a wide variety of
topics including physics, medicine, alchemy, and much more with some of the most important topics including:
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Aristotelian dogma
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Traditions of Thomists and Scotists
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Political, social, and political battles between Germans and Gauls
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Poems of Virgil
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Notes on astrologers, seers
Item number: #18610
Price: $599
ABERCROMBIE, David
Davidis Abercrombii Scoto-Britanni philosoph. ac Med. Doct. Fur academicus.
Amstelodami : Apud Abrahamum Wolfgang, 1689. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[20], 319, [21]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8.5cm)
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Venetia (Venice): Presso Gio : Pietro Brigonci, 1661. [24], 514, [2], 239, [11], (2), 67, [5] pages : illustrations, portraits. Added engraved title page signed: Gio: Merlo. Title continues: Del Padre Horatio Torsellini Della Compagnia di Giesu`: col Supplemento Del Signor Lodouico Aurelij Perugino Traduttore dell'Opera. Con la Seconda Parte del Signor Bernardo Oldoini Genouese sino all'Anno MDCL. Accresciuto in quest'vltima Impressione della Terza parte sino all'Anno MDCLXI. Bound in contemporary vellum, manuscript title at spine in flowing hand, Very Good, small hole first and last blank end pages, vellum aged and soiled, interior clean and tight. Orazio Torsellino (1545-1599), known in Latin as Horatius Torsellinus, was an Italian historian and man of letters. (Wikipedia). Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.