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| This selection contains 3 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 3 |
 | BOCHART, SAMUEL (1599-1667). Hierozoicon, sive Bipertitum opus de animalibus sacrae scripturae. London, Thomas Roycroft, 1663, First edition. References: Wing B3386; Wood 245; Osleriana 2062 (later ed.)., Two volumes in one; folio (40cm); [96] pages, 1094 columns, [137] pages, 888 columns, [112] pages, and engraved portrait. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Title page printed in red and black. Text in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, and other Semitic languages. Bound in contemporary vellum, embossed with "oriental" losenge and with the gilt stamp of the Society of Writers to the Signet on both boards. Occasional light foxing; lower joint beginning to crack, with some vellum flaked away. Vellum scuffed and discolored. Early ownership inscription on title page. ¶ In an age distinguished by great intellectuals, Samuel Bochart stood out as one of the most learned. A master of Middle Eastern languages, he was invited to Stockholm by Queen Christina (in 1652) to study the important collection of Arabic scientific manuscripts there. The Queen gave Bochart an Arabic manuscript on animals as a gift upon his departure. That gift apparently engendered the Hierozoicon, an encyclopedic work on the zoology of the ancient Middle East, as recorded in the Bible. Bochart considers each animal mentioned in scripture and explores its treatment by ancient Greek, Roman, Arabic and Hebrew naturalists. Some of the Arabic sources, liberally quoted and translated, appear in print here for the first time. USD 2000.00 [Appr.: EURO 1334.25 | £UK 1202 | JP¥ 176515] Book number: 4517 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio. | |
| CLANCEY, P. A. The rare birds of Southern Africa. Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1985, Standard edition. Cloth in dust jacket, 29cm; 512 pages, including 75 color offset plates. About very good, with light shelf wear. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 4042 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio. | ||
| MACLEAN, GORDON LINDSAY. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. Cape Town, The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, 1985, Fifth edition. Red leather veneer over boards; red dust jacket, 23cm; lii, 848 pages and 75 color plates. 062007681x Very good in very good dust jacket. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 4009 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio. |
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