Lacrymae Cantabrigiensis in Obitum Serenissimae Reginae Mariae [containing English poems by Ambrose Phillips, C. Whitworth and W. Shippen]

Cambridge, Ex Officina Johan. Hayes, Celberrimae Academiae Typographi., 1694-1695. 4to. (218) pp., incl. title., hinges cracked, pastedowns with some traces of use. Contemporary spickled and brown blindstamped calf, spine worn along hinges, top spine damaged. Free endpaper lacking. Not in Vinograd. Lacrymae ('tears' i.c. poems) on the death of Mary Stuart II, wife of King William the Third, on 28th Dec. 1694, written by Thomas Browne and over hundred other Cambridge college members and alumni, most tears in Latin and English; but also several ones in Greek, French and Hebrew, the last by Tho. Bennett, and by Joshua Man of Christ College. Poetry - English. Bookplate of Thomas Brooke on first pastedown. Internally very good condition, binding with defects, but still attractive. Wing , C 342.

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Maccabees I. A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible S.)

New York, Bantam Doubleday Dell. 592 pp. Stain on fore-edge. Else very good. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 9780385085335

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[ASPLIN, WILLIAM]

Alkibla. A Disquisition Upon Worshipping towards the East. Wherein are Contain'd, The General Antiquity, Rise, and Reasonableness of this Religious Ceremony in the Gentile World: It's early Adoption into the Church of Christ: With a Free and Impartial Examination of the Reasons assigned for it by the Ancient Fathers. By a Master of Arts of the University of Oxford. The second editon. [Part I, Part II). (2 Parts in 1 Vol.]

London, Printed for J. Noon, at the White-Heart, near Mercers-Chapel in Cheapside., 1740, 1731. (2), XVI, 52; XXIV, 152 pp. TItle partly damaged without loss of text, with small stamp, pp. 2/3. neatly fastened, otherwise internally good.Contemporary leather boards, crudely rebacked, worn, bookblock loose. Second edition of Part I; first edition of Part II. The titlepage of the first edition of London, 1731, preceeds the titlepage of Part I, second edition, including a list of contents of the two parts of the book. Part II is a first edition, with another address: London, Printed and Sold by J. Roberts, near Oxford-Arms in Warwick Lane ; and A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar, 1731. Bookplate of Edw. Chatterton-Orpen on upper pastedown.

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DESCARTES

De Homine figuris et latimitate donatus a Florentinio Schuyl, [CONVOLUTE. Bound after:] Opera Philosophica (Daniel Elzevir, 1664, including engraved portrait)

Leiden, Ex officina Hackiana, 1664. 4to. [40], 121 (actually 123 pp.), [1] pp. And 10 plates. With many illustrations in the text. With the 3 overslips:. A few wormholes in the margin. A convolute with some minor flaws, on the whole a very good copy.. Modern blindstamped leather. More pictures will be sent on request 1] De Homine: Descartes' famous book on the human body. Written in the early 1630's, Descartes withheld publication as a result of the condemnation of Galileo in 1633. The work was translated from a copy of his French manuscript, to which was the excellent introduction by Schuyl was added. Second Latin edition. Guibert, p. 199. 2] Contents of the Opera Philosophica: 1) Principia Philosophiae. 2) Specimina Philosophiae seu Dissertatio de Methodo [...] investigandae: Dioptricae et Meteora [...]. 3) Passiones Animae. 4) Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1663). [With]: {Appendix continens Objectiones quintas & septimas in Renati Descartes Meditationes de Prima Philosophia [...], altera ad celeberrimum virum D. Gisbertum Voetium (1663). 2 leaves, incl. engr. portrait. 16 lvs, 222 pp.; 8 lvs, 248 pp.; 12 lvs, 92 pp., 2 lvs. 8 lvs, 191,164,88 pp. First title: A little piece at left corner has been cut out and repaired. Owner's inscriptions in three different old hands, some waterstaining at the top See Guibert p. 230. Willems 1339 and 1304.

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Goldstein, Jonathan A.

II Maccabees. A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 41A)

New York, Doubleday & Co., 1984. 595 pp. Very good copy. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 9780385048644

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HELVETIUS, C.A.

Oevres Complettes. [4to edition]. Nouvelle Edition, corrigée et augmentée sur les Manuscrits de L'Auteur, avec sa Vie et son Portrait. De L'Esprit, Tome Premier; De L'Homme, de ses Facultées intellectuelles et de son Education, Tome Second. (Complete in 2 vols.)

A Londres (London), [Bouillon, Société typographique], 1781. 4to. 25,5 x 20.2 cm. LXXII, 409 pp. and engraved frontispiece-portrait; IV, 708 pp.; titles printed in red and black; woodcut vignettes; internally very good.. Pictures will be sent on request. Contemp. uniform calf with gilt fillets, gilt spine and inner edges, green and red moroc. letterpieces, all edges gilt. FRENCH. This is the rare de-luxe 4to edition in fine bindings, with marbled endpapers, and orig. green reading ties; slight wear to bindings, top of spines slightly damaged, ends both with one small split (20 mm.), rearcover vol. I lacking small piece of leather. The fine portrait engraved by St. Aubin after L.M. vanLoo 1755. Edited by Lefèfevre de la Roche, who inherited the author's manuscripts.

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HOUBIGANT, CAR. FRANC

Prolegomena in Scripturam Sacram.

Paris, Le Mercier, Dessaint et Saillant, Briasson, Durand. Typis C.F. Simon, 1747. 4to. XII, 384 pp. Annotations in old handwriting on verso of first leaf and titlepage. Some minor red staining towards upper-edge. A good copy. Contemp. mottled calf, marbled endpapers, red edges, slight wear to joints and corners, stain on frontcover. Latin. Printed in France. This introduction, dealing mainly with the text and ancient versions of the Hebrew Bible, was obviously written in view of the author's edition of the Hebrew Bible, which appeared in 1753. Contains occasional Hebrew type, using the same large characters which appear in Houbigant's famous edition of the Hebrew Bible.

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JAQUES GEORGE DE CHAUFFEPIÉ

Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, pour servir de Supplement ou de continuation au Dictionnaire historique et critique, de Mr. Pierre Bayle. Tome I - IV. (4 vols.)

A Amsterdam, A La Haye, A Leyde, Chez Z. Chatelain, H. Uytwerf, F. Changuion, J. Wetstein, P. Mortier, Arkste et Merkus, M. Uytwerf, Et M.M. Rey; Chez Pieter de Hondt; Chez E. Luzac., 1750-1756. Large folio. XVI, 576, 330; 331-510, 174, 76, 116, 238; (4), 86, 68, 124, 138, 108, 122, 260; (8), 870 pp; paper slightly browned; with engraved title-vignette by P. Tanje after A. van der Werff. Uniform halfleather, gilt spines, spickled boards; paper of all boards severely rubbed, ends of spine slightly damaged, corners bumped and worn off.. Paper of vol. I incidentally slightly browned; small bookplate at first paste-downs. Internally good, and complete copy. Zischka 7; Brunet I, 1826. Pictures will be sent on request.

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L'EMPEREUR, CONSTANTIN (ed.)

Halikhot Olam 'im Mevo ha-Gemara sive Clavis Talmudica. Leiden, Elzevier, 1634. (40), 232, (24) pp. [BOUND WITH]: Perush `al Daniel. Paraphrasis Dn. Iosephi Iachiadae in Danielem. Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, Typis Wilhelmi Christiani, 1633. (48),268,(20) pp.

Leiden - Amsterdam, 1633-1634. 4to (15x19 cm). Clavis Talmudica: From the right to the left, with some staining on title. Perush 'al Daniel: Preliminaries misbound (but complete). p. 2:Margin cut short with slight loss of text (marginal annot.). Old handwritten owner's name on title. Contemp. interlaced vellum, title of the second work calligraphed on the spine, soiled and stained. Red edges. Ex Libris: Georg Schackne. HEBREW - LATIN. Christian Hebraist Convolute. Hebraica. Netherlands. First work: An introduction to the Talmud by Jeshua ben Joseph, ha-Levi, first published in 1490. In the introduction L'Empereur mentions that he visited Jews in Amsterdam in their homes and in the synagogue and that his (unknown) Jewish teacher in rabbinica got into difficulties with the Parnassim, because L'Empereur made no secret of the fact that he studied rabbinica with the intention of using his knowledge against Judaism. (Rooden, Constantijn L'Empereur, 1989, p. 163). A copy of this work was in Spinoza's library (Te Winkel 43). Willems 398. Fuks, HTN 1, 50. Second work: Hebrew text of the commentary of the book of Daniel by Joseph ben David ibn Yahya (1494-1534), with Latin translation and refutation. Very rare. Vinograd Amsterdam 30. Fuks (HTN) I 195. Roest 222. Furst II, 4.

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LIGHTFOOT, JOHN.

The Temple Service As it stood in the dayes of our Saviour.

London, Printed by R. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in Pauls Church-yard., No date (1649). Small 4to (18,2x14 cm). [12],200 pp. Old owner's name (Prideaux) and year (1649) inked on title-page, old underlinings and marks, mainly in ink, waterstain on last few pages. Some minor worming in the margin of the first quires. Still on the whole an attractive copy.Modern half-calf, marbled boards, gilt spine. Calf with some minor scratches. New endpapers. First edition. This copy with 2 EXTRA LEAVES after the 4 preliminary leaves, containing a letter to Gulielmo Lenthallo and a letter "To The Reader". English. Early works. Christianity. Wing L2012.

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MAIMONIDES - VOSSIUS, DIONYSIUS (1612-1633) and GERARD J. VOSSIUS (1577-1649).

R. Mosis Maimonidae, De idololatria liber, cum interpretatione Latina et notis Dionysii Vossii. [12],174, [2] pp. {And}: Gerardi Ioannis Vossii, De theologia gentili et physiologia Christiana sive de origine ac progressu idololatriae. Liber I et II.[12], 304, XVII, [19], 305-732, XVII, X , 29.

Amsterdam, Joh. et Corn. Blaeu, 1642. 4to. Fine copy. Contemp. laced overlapping vellum, blue spickled edges, spine slightly dam. on top. Vellum slightly soiled.. Convolute of 2 works. First edition, second impression. The first impression is dated 1641 and lacks the introduction and the poem by Barlaeus. Dionysius prepared his edition and translation of Maimonides' {Hilkhot Avodah Zarah} in cooperation with Menasseh ben Israel and in fact died shortly after he had finished the work in Amsterdam (1633). His father was much impressed by the book and decided to publish it together with his own study on the origin and progression of idolatry which took a couple of years. On page 11/12 a poem by Caspar Barlaeus dedicated to Gerard in commemoration of the death of Dionysius on October 25th, 1633. Fuks, Hebrew typography Vol. I, nr. 202.

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MILTON, JOHN

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd. [...] With Historical, Philosophical, and Explanatory Notes. Translated From the French of the learned Raymond de St. Maur. A new edition , adorn'd with plates.

London, Printed for for R. Bladon, T. Lawes, S. Crowder, C. Ware and T. Payne., 1775. 12mo (17,5 x 11 cm.). xiv,[2],231,[1]; [4],234,[22] pp. With frontispiece portrait and 8 engraved plates (plates with books 1,2,3,6,8,9,10 and 12.). Contemp.calf, raised bands, spine gilt-ruled, with leather label. Marbled endpapers. Some wear to bindings, minor damage to spine-ends and corners. Includes: 'The life of John Milton' by Elijah Fenton. Ex-library copy from library of Kapucijnen, Antwerp. (Stamp on verso title vol. 2: Bibliotheca Antverpiae Capucinorum, smaller faded stamp on title of vol. 1, library-labels on inner frontcovers, stamps on halftitles.). A rare edition in a very good condition, with only slight occasional age-browning and -toning.

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Myers, Jacob

I & II Esdras: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Bible #42). Sixth printing

New York, Anchor Bible, 1986. 383 pp. Good copy. Hardcover with (sl. damaged) dustjacket. ISBN: 9780385004268

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PHAEDRUS

Phaedri, Aug. liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V. Cum integris commentariis (...). Curante Petro Burmanno. PRIJSBAND AMSTERDAM

Leiden, Luchtmans, 1778. [60] including prize and engraved frontispiece, 398, 258, [72] pp. Prize (1833) glued to frontispiece. Some foxing.Contemp. interlaced vellum gilt decorated with coat of arms of Amsterdam on both sides. Some soiling and wear, mainly to backcover; ties lacking. Met prijs aangeboden aan Simon Vissering in 1833. In de 19de eeuw was Simon Vissering (1818 - 1888) door zijn vele journalistieke, maatschappelijke, wetenschappelijke en litteraire activiteiten in Nederland alom bekend. Als liberaal politicus was hij minister van Financiën (1880 - 1881). En daarvoor volgde hij in 1850 Thorbecke op als hoogleraar Staathuishoudkunde aan de universiteit van Leiden. Vissering was overigens de bedenker van de naam IJmuiden. In de Gids, jaargang 12, 1848, 667 - 683 verscheen een verhaal over een denkbeeldige reis over het Noordzeekanaal, voordat het daadwerkelijk in 1876 werd aangelegd. De fictieve naam Y-Muiden in dit verhaal is de oorsprong van de ons bekende plaats IJmuiden. LATIN. Editor: Petrus Burman (Burmannus). 4th edition. Spoelder, Amsterdam 9.

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WOTTON, W.

Miscellaneous Discourses Relating to the Traditons and Usages of the Scribes and Pharisees In Our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ's Time. In Two Volumes. (...) (2 vols.)

London, Printed by W. Bowyer, for Tim. Goodwin at the Queen's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet., 1718. LVI, 318 pp. and a folded engraving with 12 images (vol.I); (16), 279, (26) pp. and 2 folding engravings (vol.II). Both vols. with some foxing. Good set.Uniform modern leather bindings, gold-printed spines, new endpapers. First editions. In the preface the author refutes the opinion of Isaac Vossius 'who despises every thing which he calls Rabbinical and gives preference to Dr. Lightfoot who takes so much pains 'to illustrate the most considerable books of the N.T. out of the Talmudic writers'. With an index on both volumes in vol. II, which has a separate title: 'Shabbath and Eruvin; Two Titles of the Misna or Code of the Traditional Laws, Which were observed by the Scribes and Pharisees In our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christs's Time. Translated into English, with Annotations'. Pictures will be sent on request.

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Book number: 43459

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