[ALLETZ, Pons-Augustin].

De hedendaagsche Albert, of nieuwe beproefde en geoorloofde geheimen...Amsterdam, Gerrit Bom, 1773. 3 parts in 1 volume. Large 8vo. Later pink paper wrappers.

VII, 108, [4]; [2], 142, [4]; [2], 64, [6] pp.Dutch translation of one of the compilations, reference books and manuals by Pons-Augustin Alletz (1703-1785), a French agronomist. His most famous work, L'agronome, ou dictionnaire portatif du cultivateur was first published in 1760 and was frequently republished until the 19th century; it was considered one of the best manuals of country living during its time. Much of it can be found in the second part of the present work, which was published in 1768 under the title L'Albert moderne; ou nouveaux secrets éprouvés, et licités, recueillis d'apres les decouvertes les plus recentes. Les uns ayant pour objet de remedier a un grand nombre d'accidens qui interessent la sante: Les autres, quantitite de choses utiles a scavoir pour les differens besoins de la vie.De hedendaagsche Albert is a popular manual of practical medicine and pharmacopoeia, including many quack remedies and recipes, ranging from recipes for insect bites, cramps, burns, worms, etc. till fevers, falling illness and madness (part 1); practical life, beauty and cooking, esp. advises and recipes for life in the countryside: poultry, wine, cattle horses, hunting, bee-keeping, etc. (part 2); and the last (part 3) on pastimes and amusements: the ratafias, painting secrets, flowers, etc.. The title refers to an old medieval compilation, in two parts: (1) by Pseudo Albertus Magnus - The "Secrets" of Albert the Great - , and (2) the "Little Albert".Despite the information given by the printer Gerrit Bom that he publishes this new edition because there are already more than ten (bad) pirated editions, our copy is very rare.Including various stock-lists of Gerrit Bom's publishing house at the end of each part. Wrappers slightly discoloured, some staining on the paste-downs, slightly frayed along the edges, otherwise in good condition.l BMN I, p. 152; not in Muller, Scheepers, Waller, Buisman, etc.

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ALLUAUD, Charles and Philippe Alexandre Jules KÜNCKEL D'HERCULAIS.

Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. ... Volume XXI [-XXII] Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères. ... Liste des insectes coléoptères de la région Malgache.Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1887-1900. 2 volumes. Large 4to (30 x 21.5 cm). With 54 engraved plates, some partly printed in colour. Later black half cloth.

509, [1] pp.First edition of the section on beetles from a monumental work on Madagascar, the text volume compiled by the French entomologist Charles Alluaud (1861-1949) and the plates volume by Philippe Alexandre Jules Künckel d'Herculais (1843-1918). The text volume lists numerous beetle species, all arranged according to their family and genus, briefly noting some reference works and the province or area where they can be found. It occasionally provides some additional information, commenting for example on the classification or the importation of the insects to Europe. It closes with an index. The plates volume (volume XXII) contains 54 plates, each showing many beetle species, engraved by Béchade and Lebrun after drawings by Paul-Eugène Mesplès, Gustave Arthur Poujade and others. "A splendid example of systematic work" (Wood).Bindings only very slightly rubbed. Internally in very good condition.l Cf. Nissen, ZBI 1676; Wood 366.

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ALMEDO [= Fr. José de CORAÇÃO DE JESUS].

No dia dos felices anos dos ilustrissimos. e excellentimos. senhores a senhora D. Mariana Victoria de Menezes e o Senhor Ascenso de Siqueira Freire.[Lisbon?, ca. 1790?]. 4to. Manuscript. Sewing removed.

[6], [2 blank] pp.An ode (11 stanzas of 4-lines in verse, first line: "Nunca taõ festejadas entre as ondas") celebrating the birthday of a pair of twins, a man and a woman, the ode signed "Almedo", the pen-name of Fr. José de Coração de Jesus. Although the present document does not explicitly note that the man and woman were twins (though it alludes to it by referring to the twins Castor and Pollux) or even brother and sister, it was published in 1815 with a brief explanatory note: "No dia dos annos dos Senhores Ascenso de Siqueira Freire, e de D. Marianna Victorina sua irmã, nascidos em hum mesmo dia." Mariana Victoria de Menezes and Ascenso de Siqueira Freire appear to be children of Maria Claúdia Cecília de Noronha e Menezes and Vasco Martins de Siqueira, listed with three more siblings in the Convento de Santos in Lisbon in 1780, apparently all still children. That, combined with the facts that the watermark suggests a date in the 1780s or 1790s and that Mariana Victoria appears to have been married by the time the document was produced, suggests the twins were born around the 1760s. This Ascenso de Siqueira Freire may therefore be the future 1st Count of São Martinho (Lisbon 23 August 1766-1833), granted that title in 1829. Maria Victoria may be related to Bazilio Teixeira Cardozo de Sávedra (see ads 8-11 & 13-15) for his father was Gabriel Teixeira de Menezes Sávedra. The infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal (1768-1788) did not use the name de Menezes, though the De Menezes family had close ties to the Portuguese royal family, and her only brother (not a twin) was the future João VI, King of Portugal (1767-1826).Some ink smudges, corner torn-off the second leaf and a faint stain on the first leaf, otherwise in good condition.l [Fr. José de Coração de Jesus], Poesias de Almeno publicadas por Elpino Duriense, vol. II, Lisbon, 1815, ode LX (pp. 99-101; for the author, see also vol. I, 1805).

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ALMEIDA MARTINS COSTA, Domingos de.

Do diagnostico das diversas formas clinicas do mal de Bright - These de concurso ...Rio de Janeiro, Typographia Academica, 1879. 8vo. With 2 woodcut illustrations and a full-page letterpress table of medical data. 20th-century marbled boards.

[4], 94 pp.An extremely rare thesis on nephritis (Bright's disease), an inflamation of the kidneys, from the Imperial Academy of Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, printed and published by the Academy's press. It opens with a 20-page introduction, followed by case reports of several forms of nephritis. Domingos de Almeida Martins Costa (Maranhão 1851 - Petrópolis 1891) was a Brazilian physician who contributed greatly to Brazilian cardiology. The back of the half-title lists 8 of his publications, all published in Rio de Janeiro in the years 1874 to 1678. WorldCat lists the present edition, but without giving any location. The only other copy we have located is at the Complutense University in Madrid.The book was first side-stitched through 2 holes, probably in a temporary paper wrapper, then sewn on 4 recessed cords, probably soon after publication, before receiving its present binding. With minor foxing and browning, but still in good condition. A very rare medical thesis printed and published in Rio de Janeiro.l REBUIN (1 copy); WorldCat (without any location); no further copies in KVK; not in Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil; Porbase.

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[ALPAGO, Cesare et al.].

Per le nozze del Sig.r. Marchese Guglielmo de' Fulcis, cavalier di Malta, maggiore attuale al servizio delle LL. MM. II. RR. con la Sig'.ra. Contessa Francesca de' Migazzi de Vaal e Sonnenthurn.[Venice], (colophon: nella stamperia Albrizzi con privilegio dell' Ecc.mo Senato per tutti li rami che adornano le di lui stampe, 1776). Folio (35 x 25 cm). Engraved frontispiece with a decorative rococo border, engraved title in a rococo border incorporating the coat-of-arms of Guglielmo de' Fulcis, engraved full-page colophon on the last leaf; 7 pp. with additional engraved allegorical vignettes, one on C3 signed ''Piazzetta inv.''. Contemporary light green paper wrappers with gold rococo ornamental borders and a gold centre piece with allegorical seated figure on the front and back side of the wrappers, probably made for presentation to the bride, groom or an important person who attended the wedding.

[57], [1 blank] pp.Very rare collection of laudatory poems in Italian, edited and collected by Cesare Arpago, for the occasion of the marriage of Marchese Guglielmo de' Fulcis, Knight of Malta, with the Contessa Francesca de' Migazzi de Vaal e Sonnenthurn in 1776. It includes poems by Arpago himself and Alvise Mocenigo, Daniele Florio, Giorgio di Polcenico, Gasparo Gozzi, V. Masini, Zaccaria Betti, Ab. Bettinelli, and others, in honour of Marchese Guglielmo de Fulcis, cavalier di Malta, maggiore attuale al servizio delle LL. MM. II. RR. con la Sigra. Countess Francesca de Migazzi de Vaal e Sonnenthurn. The book collates: A8 B-C10 = 28 ll. We have located only three other copies, at Harvard University’s Houghton Library, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Biblioteca Comunale in Trento, Italy.Binding a bit faded and frayed, spine partly gone, but overall in good condition. A fine example of 18th-century rococo Venetian book illustration.l Morazzoni, Il libro illustrato veneziano del settecento, p. 297; WorldCat 26903707 & 797442254 (2 copies) ; not in Berlin Kat.

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ALPINO, Prospero (Prosper ALPINI), and Jacob de BONDT (BONTIUS).

De medicina Aegyptiorum, libri quatuor. & Iacobi Bontii In Indiis archiatri, De medicina Indorum. Editio ultima.Paris, Nicolaus Redelichuysen, 1645. 2 parts in 1 volume. Small 4to (22.5 x 17.5 cm). Title-page printed in red and black; woodcut chapter initials, headpieces and tailpieces, 5 woodcut illustrations on integral leaves (3 full-page). Contemporary vellum, title in gold on red spine label.

[11], 150, [25]; 39, [1] ff.17th-century edition of the first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine, by Prospero Alpino, first published in 1591, with the second edition of Jacob de Bondt’s study of medicine in the East Indies, first published (separately) in 1642, both in the original Latin. Alpino (1553-1617) was an Italian physician and botanist who spent three years in Egypt studying botany and hygiene as a companion to the Venetian Consul Giorgio Emo. His present work is considered "one of the earliest European studies of non-western medicine" (Norman Lib.). Jacob de Bondt (1592-1631), whose work on East Indian medicine is included, was a Dutch physician and botanist. He spent the last four years of his life in the Dutch East Indies, and his book incorporates the experience he gained there. It is the first Dutch work [NB: by a Dutch author and first published in the Netherlands, but in Latin] on tropical medicine and includes the first modern descriptions of beri-beri and cholera" (Garrison & Morton 2263, citing the 1642 first edition).Binding with slight brown stains in places. Small tear in 3rd leaf, not affecting text; occasional browning.l Caillet 230; Krivatsy 236; Wellcome II, 36; Hirsch/Hübotter I, 101 & 627; Hunt Lib. 161 (note); Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 32; Osler 1796; USTC 6035345; Waller 12509; cf. Garrison & Morton 6468; Heirs of Hypocrates 384 & 463 (1646 & 1642 eds.); Norman Lib. 39 (1591 ed.).

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ALPINO, Prospero (Prosper ALPINI).

De plantis Aegypti liber. ... Accessit etiam liber de Balsamo alias editus.Including: De balsamo dialogus.Venice, Francesco de Franceschi, 1592. 4to. With a general title-page and a divisional title-page, each with the same Franceschi woodcut device, and 50 large woodcut plant illustrations. Further with numerous woodcut decorated initials, woodcut decorations and decorations built up from arabesque typographical ornaments. Contemporary(?) wooden boards covered with 18th-century sprinkled paper.

[4], "80" [= 84], [8] ll.First edition of the earliest treatise on native Egyptian flora, the author's most important scientific work. The Italian physician and botanist Alpini (1553-1617) spent three years in Egypt studying botany and hygiene as a companion to the Venetian Consul Giorgio Emi. He was "among the first of the Italian physician-botanists of the 16th century to examine plants outside the context of their therapeutic uses. Today this work is best known for containing the first European illustration of the coffee plant" (Hünersdorff). Alpini writes: "I saw in the garden of Halybey the Turk a tree ... that is the source of those seeds, very common there, that they call ban or bon; everyone - Egyptians and Arabs alike - prepares a decoction from them that they drink instead of wine and that is sold in public bars just as wine here, and they call it ‘caova’. These seeds are imported from the Arabian peninsula ..." (leaf 26r, our translation). The coffee plant is pictured on leaf 26v, captioned "Bon".From the library of Karl Martin and Siri Hilda Karolina Norrman (1900-95) with their joint bookplate on the front paste-down. Binding rather rubbed and bumped (especially the spine); trimmed somewhat close at head; occasional brown stains and water stains; slight defect in the title-page repaired by a former owner. In good condition.l Adams A803; BMC STC Italian, p. 20; Durling 179; Edit 16, CNCE 1244; Gay 1678; Hünersdorff I, pp. 29-32; IA 103853; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 32; Mueller 5 (& plate I); Nissen 20; Pritzel 111; USTC 808842; Wellcome I, p. 233.

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ALTING, Menso.

Descriptio secundum antiquos, agri Batavi & Frisii una cum conterminis sive notitia Germaniae Inferioris, cis & ultra Rhenum, quà hodie est in dicione VII Foederatorum. ... [Volume 2 with title:] Descriptio Frisiae inter Scaldis portum veterem & Amisiam, ...Amsterdam, Henricus Wetstein (vol. 2 adds Rudolf & Gerard Wetstein), 1697-1701. 2 volumes bound as 1. Large folio (37.5 x 24 cm). Richly engraved frontispiece by Jan Goeree, 2 letterpress title-pages in black and red, volume I with 6 double-page engraved maps,3 full-page engraved plates and a letterpress table, and numerous engravings in text; volume II with 9 double-page engraved maps by Gerard de Broen and a double-page letterpress table. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.

[24], 132, [20], 18, [2]; [32], 216, [40] pp.First and only edition, posthumously published, of Menso Alting the younger's description of the Low Countries. The work consists of two parts, the first part treating the Low Countries in antiquity according to classical authors, with finely engraved maps of the area and engravings of relics of antique culture such as inscriptions and tombstones, and in an appendix a comment on the Ptolemean map of greater Germany (from the Rhein to the Vistula in Poland) with map. The second part deals with the Medieval period, describing the places in alphabetical order and also with fine engraved maps, a table and indexes. Possibly the most extensive and detailed topographical work of the era.Menso Alting (1617-1678) hailed from a family of reformed theologians and he was the son of the German professor of theology and rector of the University of Groningen Heinrich Alting. After his studies he became secretary and functionary at Selwerd and later judge at Sappemeer and eventually mayor of Groningen between 1686 and 1712. The engraved maps are the work of Jan and Caspar Luyken and Jan Goeree. The is a magnificent display of typographic materials, with the 6-page author’s preface in Christoffel van Dijck’s Ascendonica roman (about 21 point, leaded or cast on a larger body).Some of the plates are detached. Internally generally in very good condition, binding slightly rubbed, somewhat loose in the spine and with the headband at the foot damaged and stained, but still in good condition.l Brunet VI, 25131; Klaversma & Hannema 50-51; NNBW, 1, 100; STCN 841733023; Tiele 36-37; Van der Aa, 1, 223-224; Van Eeghen & Van de Kellen, 294.

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ALVERNUS, Guillelmus (William of AUVERGNE).

Libri ... de fide et legibus.[Augsburg, Günther Zainer, ca. 1475/1476]. Small folio. Set in a hybrid roman type with gothic elements (a single column of 43 lines per page plus running heads), with the first 3 lines, including the title, in a slightly larger rotunda gothic. With all initials supplied in manuscript in red, rubricated throughout. Contemporary, richly blind-tooled vellum over wooden boards, two brass clasps, blue edges, "Nr. 56" in red ink written at the foot of the spine.

[139] ll.Incunable first edition of De fide et legibus (On faith and laws), one of the most important works of William of Auvergne (post 1180 - 1249) and the first of his works to be printed. It forms one of seven parts of his principal monumental work Magisterium divinale (The divine teaching), a compendium of philosophy and theology that attempts to explain the whole natural world. The parts were first printed as separate works and no more appeared in print until Georg Stuchs in Nürnberg published the second edition of De fide et legibus and two other parts in a collection of Auvergne’s works in 1496, followed by three more parts in 1497. William of Auvergne was one of the most prominent French philosophers and theologians of the early 13th century. He was Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249 and although he was in the very Christian position of bishop, he was one of the first Western scholars to try to integrate classical Greek, Arabic and Jewish philosophy, for example Aristotle, Solomon ibn Gabirol (Avicebron) and especially Ibn Sina (Avicenna), with Christian doctrine. These writings had recently become available in Latin translation. On the one hand this allowed William to oppose errors he considered dangerous for Christian beliefs, but on the other hand he found a large source of philosophical inspiration in these Greek, Arabic and Jewish texts.Although the book bear neither a year of publication nor the name of a printer or publisher, Günther Zainer (1430-1478) listed it in a 1476 advertisement and it is set in his type. Zainer established the first printing office in Augsburg. This beautiful incunable in chancery folio is not only a rich source for medieval philosophy and theology, but also - as Thorndike confirms - a picture of magic, superstition and idolatry in the first half of the 13th century.With a contemporary inscription: "Cart. in Buxheim. Contenta" and a small stamp of the "Bibl. Buxheim'" on the first page. The book therefore originally belonged to the Carthusians at Buxheim in Germany. The publisher Günther Zainer was known for his gifts to the Carthusian monastery in Buxheim and our copy of William of Auvergne's work was probably one of them. The monastery's library was sold in the 19th-century. Also with the bookplate of the library of George Dunn (1865-1912), an English bibliophile with an impressive library at Woolley Hall and a particular interest in paleography and early printing. Binding slightly stained and rubbed, first and last leaf somewhat loose, some water stains (especially at the end of the book), but still a beautiful copy in good condition.l BMC II 323; Goff G 711; GW 11863; Hain-Copinger 8317; IGI 4602; ISTC ig00711000; Oates 883; Polain 1807; Proctor 1556; for the author: Thorndike III, pp. 338-371.

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ALVERNUS, Guillelmus (William of AUVERGNE).

Libri ... de fide et legibus.[Augsburg, Günther Zainer, ca. 1475/1476]. Small folio. Set in a hybrid roman type with gothic elements (a single column of 43 lines per page plus running heads), with the first 3 lines, including the title, in a slightly larger rotunda gothic. With all initials supplied in manuscript in red, rubricated throughout. Contemporary, richly blind-tooled vellum over wooden boards, two brass clasps, blue edges, "Nr. 56" in red ink written at the foot of the spine.

[139] ll.Incunable first edition of De fide et legibus (On faith and laws), one of the most important works of William of Auvergne (post 1180 - 1249), in which he incorporates classical Arabic philosophical works of Ibn Sina, Al-Farabi and others, and it is the first of his works to be printed. It forms one of seven parts of his principal monumental work Magisterium divinale (The divine teaching), a compendium of philosophy and theology that attempts to explain the whole natural world. William of Auvergne was one of the most prominent French philosophers and theologians of the early 13th century. He was Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249 and although he was in the very Christian position of bishop, he was one of the first Western scholars to try to integrate classical Arabic, Greek and Jewish philosophy, for example Ibn Sina, Al-Farabi, Ibn Rushd, and Solomon ibn Gabirol, with Christian doctrine. These writings had recently become available in Latin translation. On the one hand this allowed William to oppose errors he considered dangerous for Christian beliefs, but on the other hand, and more importantly, he found a large source of philosophical inspiration in these Arabic (and other) texts.In the present work, divided into ten parts, each of several chapters, William of Auvergne talks about reason and the intellect and its power and abilities, faith and love, the nature of error, on faith and miracles and the power of both, but also on natural philosophy, magic, superstition and other “idolatries” of that time. He dwells for example on credulity, heresy and demonology. He also refers to some questionable passages in the Jewish and Mosaic law, which he nevertheless explains as measures to guide the people against idolatry and magic.With a contemporary inscription: "Cart. in Buxheim. Contenta" and a small stamp of the "Bibl. Buxheim'" on the first page. The book therefore originally belonged to the Carthusians at Buxheim in Germany. The publisher Günther Zainer was known for his gifts to the Carthusian monastery in Buxheim and our copy of William of Auvergne's work was probably one of them. The monastery's library was sold in the 19th-century. Also with the bookplate of the library of George Dunn (1865-1912), an English bibliophile with an impressive library at Woolley Hall and a particular interest in paleography and early printing. Binding slightly stained and rubbed, first and last leaf somewhat loose, some water stains (especially at the end of the book), but still a beautiful copy in good condition.l BMC II 323; Goff G 711; GW 11863; Hain-Copinger 8317; IGI 4602; ISTC ig00711000; Oates 883; Polain 1807; Proctor 1556; for the author: Thorndike III, pp. 338-371.

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'ALWACHI ('Abd al-Hamid).

Al-Shaykh Dari qatil al-Kulunl Lichman fi Khan al-Nuqtah. [English title:] Sheik Dhari, assassin of Lieut-Col. G.E. Leachman at Khan el-Nuqta.Baghdad, Maktab al-’Alwaji wa-alHajjiyah, 1968. 8vo. With the English title on the back wrapper and the recto of the final leaf, main text set in Arabic type throughout. With 16 black and white photographic illustrations (on 5 leaves). Original lime green printed wrappers.

158, [2] pp.First edition. A fascinating defence of Sheikh Dari, who killed the British intelligence officer Gerard Leachman on 12 August 1920. It includes brief but detailed biographies of both men (that of Leachman includes his travels to Arabia and Iraq), an exposition of the acts leading up to the event and an account of the day itself. Though the book links Sheikh Dari’s act to the Iraqi revolt of 1920, records of his trial indicate that the killing was not politically motivated in the wider sense, but was instead committed in response to abuse suffered at Leachman’s hands (see: Abbas Kadhim, Reclaiming Iraq, 2012, p. 80). Leachman’s legacy, like those of so many British officials operating in the Middle East at the time, is complicated: earlier accounts tended to paint a picture of "a courageous and devoted servant of empire" (ODNB), whereas recent assessments rightly factor in the evidence of his abuses. Rare.Minor wear to head and tail of spine, wrappers a little dusty and thumbed, otherwise very good.l Copac/Jisc (2 copies); WorldCat 164692240, 1179211757 (3 copies).

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[AMADIS DE GAULE].

Le quatorzieme livre d'Amadis de Gaule, traittant les hauts faits d'armes & amours extremes du Prince Sylves de la Selve, & les estranges aventures mises a fin tant par luy que par autres magnanimes princes de la Grece, & maints preux chevaliers: en la queste & pourchas de la delivrance des princesses Grecques, ou Silves conquit les armes enchantées de la son. Avecques la naissance des deux princes Spheramond & Amadis d'Astre.Paris, Galliot du Pré, 1574. Small 8vo. With the title within richly illustrated woodcut borders, incorporating the printer's monogram in the lower border. 18th century calf, gold-tooled spine with red label, red edges.

[8], 176, [3] ll.Extremely rare early French edition of book 14 of Amadis de Gaule, one of five French editions published in the year 1574, including the first, printed by Jan van Waesberge in Antwerp. Amadis de Gaule, an originally Castilian Spanish or possibly Portuguese chivalric romance that evolved beginning in the 13th or 14th century, was expanded with additional books up to about 1595. Book 14 of the French version, first published in 1574, is based on book 12 of the Spanish edition, first published in 1546. Van Waesberge’s first edition (4to), often issued with Willem Silvius’s 1572 editions of books 12 and 13, has a 2 October 1571 privilege, but its title-page and colophon are dated 1574. The present 8vo edition has Galliot du Pré’s 1574 privilege on the back of the title-page, but includes a Roman Catholic approbation granted by Simon Moors, Canon of Antwerp, The USTC records only a copy in Troyes and another in private hands, but the latter may be the present copy. The fact that five or possibly even six editions appeared in 1574 attests to the extraordinary popularity of the text.Binding slightly rubbed, with small defects at the head and foot of the spine, lacking the final blank leaf (Z4), a small corner of one leaf worn off and some minor stains, but still in good condition. One of the earliest and rarest editions of book 14 of Amadis de Gaule, published in the same year as the first edition.l Pettegree, French vernacular books 981 (1 copy); USTC 29150 (2 copies, possibly including the present one); cf. Adams A896 (1574 Claude Gautier 16mo Paris ed.) & A897 (1574 Van Waesberge 12mo Antwerp ed.); Brunet I, cols. 216-217 (4 other 1574 eds.); STC French, p. 13 (1575 & 1577 eds.); not in Index Aureliensis.

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AMERICAN MISSION SEMINARY.

Catalogue of the officers and students of the American Mission Seminary, Jaffna, Ceylon. 1841.Jaffna, printed at the American Mission Press, 1841. 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm). Original pink printed wrappers, with "seminary catalogue 1841" printed in black on the front wrapper.

13 pp.Very rare pamphlet, printed in Jaffna, containing extensive lists of names (in Tamil and English) of all the instructors and students of the Jaffna American Mission Seminary, along with the year in which they entered the Seminary and the village to which they have been assigned. The only institutional copy we can trace is held at the American Antiquarian Society.With an old collection and deaccession stamp of the Andover Theological Library and an annotations ("Jaffna" and "Pamphs") on the front wrapper. The wrappers are faded and lightly foxed, internally only very slightly browned, edges slightly frayed. With a light vertical fold line. Overall in good condition.l WorldCat 950917175 (1 copy).

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AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION.

Conference of the Assam Mission of the American Baptist Missionary Union held in Gauhati December 21-30, 1889.Gauhati, Gauhati mission press, 1890. 8vo. Original pale blue printed wrappers.

44, [1] pp.Rare report by the American Baptist Missionary Union of the meeting held in Gauhati (Guwahati) in December 1889. It reports on the missionary activities in the Assam and Meghalaya states in northeast India, including the mission in Sibsagar (Sivasagar), the history of the Nowgong (Nagaon) mission, reports from Gauhati, Tura and Molong, and the resolutions passed at the conference.With an inscription on the wrappers: "Compliments of M.C. Mason", an owner's inscription on the title-page: "Mrs. M.R. Bronson, 234 Third Ave. Detroit". With a light vertical fold line and slightly frayed at the bottom right corners. Overall in very good condition.l Not in WorldCat.

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AMERICAN MISSIONARY SEMINARY.

Fifth triennial report of the American Mission Seminary, Jaffna, Ceylon. With an appendix. January, 1839.Jaffna, Press of the American Mission, 1839. 8vo (20 x 13.5 cm). Original orange-brown wrappers, side stitched through 5 holes.

48, [1] pp.This rare report contains information on the mission's activities, expenditure and curriculum, and extensive lists of names (in Tamil and English) of all the instructors and students who have attended this Presbyterian Seminary, along with the years in which they entered and left the Seminary and their current place of residence in Ceylon.The only institutional copy we can trace is held in the William Smith Morton Library at the Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, VA).With an inscription in ink: "Purchased by Rev. Ira Pierce", and with an old collection and deaccession stamp of the Andover Theological Library, and "Jaffna" in blue pencil, all on the front wrapper. With another Andover Theological Library deaccession stamp on the verso of the title-page. The wrappers are somewhat darkened and lightly foxed, the spine is slightly damaged, the top corners of the first few leaves are somewhat frayed, very slightly browned throughout. Overall in very good condition.l WorldCat 884815728 (1 copy).

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