(Wharton, Henry, ed.:)

Anglia Sacra, sive collectio historiarum [...]

Londini [London]: Impensis Richardi Chiswel ad Insigne Rosae Coronatae [...], 1691. 2 vols., folio, pp. lviii, [ii] 805, [xi]; [viii], xxxiv, [ii] 706, [ii]. Half-title to each volume with arms of Archbishop of Canterbury to verso in vol. I., title pages in red and black with engraved printer's device, woodcut initials, vol.I with addenda and emendata at rear, vol.II with publisher's catalogue at rear. Some annotations, mostly numbering and underlining, in an old hand. Vol.I: a little toned with pp.371-4 very toned, head margin a bit dusty, sporadic foxing occasionally heavy, two small closed tears at half-title gutter, a few leaves with paper flaws at fore-edge causing some creasing and short closed tears, occasional tiny scorch marks. Vol.II: a little toned with a few pages eg. pp.1-8 very toned, sporadic foxing and occasional light ink spots. Contemporary Cambridge-panelled brown calf, rebacked with raised bands and green title labels and orange-red volume labels, edges sprinkled red. Endcaps a bit worn, spines rubbed, joints split but cords holding firm, corners worn and some repaired, endpapers renewed, still very good overall. To front pastedowns, both volumes: amorial bookplate of Edward William Harcourt with the motto 'Le Bon Temps Viendra'; book label of Dorothy Whitelock. To ffep verso, modern bookplate of the eminent medieval historian Richard Barber. Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825-1891), politician and naturalist, served as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1878 to 1885, and for Henley from 1885 to 1886. He was the author of Sketch of Madeira (1851) and Sporting in Algeria (1859). The 1883 catalogue of the library at his home Nuneham Park in Oxfordshire includes this book. The historian Dorothy Whitelock (1901-1982) was from 1957 to 1969 the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge. Her best-known works include: English Historical Documents, vol. I: c. 500-1042 (1955, editor); The Beginnings of English Society (1952); After Bede (1960); The Audience of Beowulf (1951) and Genuine Asser (1967), in which she argued against the assertion that Asser's Life of King Alfred was a forgery by Leofric. She fought for Oxford's women's colleges to have the same status as men's, which was finally achieved in 1959. The major work of writer and librarian Henry Wharton (1664-1695). In 1688 he met the archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, who became his patron. He wrote and edited this collection of the lives of English bishops and archbishops up to 1540, which combines Wharton's own contributions and the work of earlier writers, for example Stephen Birchington's Vitae Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium. According to Enyclopedia Britannica, both Wharton's "industry and his talents were exceptional" (11th edn.). ESTC R 4174; Brunet V 1437; Graesse VI 440; Wing W 1560.

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Book number: 54538

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[Breviary]

Breviario Grimani. Facsimili delle miniature.

Milano: Electa Editrice, for ERI - Edizioni RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, 1973. 2 vols. Large 4to. Copy n.250 of 910. pp. [4] + 110 colour facsimile plates; 134, [4], including illustrations. Paper boards, vol. 1 with handsome with decorated, round, brass profile portrait of Cardinal Grimani to upper cover. In publisher's slipcase, a trifle spotted. Excellent copies. The half title of this limited edition says: 'Questo volume è offerto dalla Radiotelevisione Italiana ai delegati degli organismi di radiodiffusione e di televisione aderenti al Premio Italia in occasione della XXV session.'

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Book number: 53421

Catalogue: Middle Ages & Renaissance

Keywords: Middle Ages & Renaissance ;Middle Ages & Renaissance

[Westminster School]

Conciones et orationes ex historicis latinis excerptæ. Argumenta singulis praefixa sunt, quae causam cujusque & summam ex rei gestae occasione explicant. In usum Scholæ Westmonasteriensis.

Londini [London]: ex officina Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1727 12mo., pp. 368, [xvi]. Device to title-page, woodcut ornaments. Contemporary brown calf, title label to spine, Cambridge-style panelled boards, edges sprinkled red. Headcap and corners a bit worn and stained, upper joint just starting but still very sound. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Berkshire, Lord Marshal of England (printed with the date 1720) to front pastedown. Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire (1686–1757). A collection of Classical Latin speeches with notes, published for use at Westminster School. ESTC T142677

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Book number: 54214

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(Massa, Giovanni Andria:)

Della Sicilia, grand' isola del Mediterraneo in prospetiva il Mont' Etna, o Mongibello, esposto in veduta Da un Religioso della Compagnnia di Giesu.

Palermo: Appresso Vincenzo Toscano, 1708. First edition. 4to, pp. viii, 126. Contemporary limp vellum. Some spotting and foxing. A few spots to vellum, spine sometime reinforced with tissue paper. Bookplate of Clifton College Library (William Davies bequest) to front pastedown, modern bookplate of J. B. Bury to flyleaf. The rare first edition of the first part of this important early source on Sicily, especially Mount Etna. Massa (1653-1708) ended his career as rector of the college of Palermo, and despite several decades as a professor in various parts of Sicily this was his first publication. He died later the same year, leaving a substantial amount of additional material in manuscript; it was published the following year along with a reprint of this volume under the collected title 'La Sicilia in prospettiva' (also rare).

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Book number: 54151

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[Military History]

Flanders Delineated or, a view of the Austrian and French Netherlands. [...]

Reading: printed and sold by J. Newbery and C. Micklewright, [...] 1745 FIRST EDITION. 8vo. pp. [8], 310, [2] (last leaf with directions to the binder) + 3 engraved, hand-coloured folding maps of Flanders, Germany and northern Italy, and 1 plate with fortifications and gunnery. Uniform light age browning, the odd very minor marginal spot, upper edge a little dust-stained. Contemporary polished calf, double gilt ruled, raised bands, spine gilt, gilt-lettered red morocco label, recently and well rebacked with boards and (slightly bumped) corners refurbished. Late 18th-century armorial bookplate of Capt. Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake. A good, clean copy of the first edition of this scarce, beautifully illustrated work on military history. It is a detailed survey of the ongoing war for the Austrian Succession (1740-8), 'of great Use to all who are willing to have a clear idea of the Operations of the several Armies'. The first part, by an anonymous 'Officer of the Allied Army now in Flanders', comprises a geographical survey and a military history of the Austrian and French Netherlands, prefaced by a short history of the Low Countries. The second part, similarly anonymous, is a brief account of the topography and history of Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia and Austria, and an account of the 'Pragmatic Sanction' which started the war against Germany. At rear is a military dictionary, as well as a page of instructions to the binder. In addition to three detailed maps of Flanders, Germany and northern Italy, it features an engraved plate with beautifully delineated samples of fortifications and gunnery. The work is dedicated to Field Marshal George Wade (1673-1748), who served in all the major European wars from the late 1680s to the mid-18th century. He was also 'Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces, castles, forts and barracks in North Britain', by which he oversaw the construction of hundreds of miles of military roads and 30 military bridges in Scotland. Capt. Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt (1749-1810), MP for Amersham (1795-1810) and Sheriff of Glamorganshire (1786-7). ESTC T140942. ESTC lists only 6 copies (3 in the UK and 3 in the US).

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Book number: 53648

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[Paris, Matthew:] (Parker, Matthew, ed.:)

Flores Historiarum per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti, praecipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi usque ad annum Domini. MCCCVII.

Francofurti [Frankfurt]: Typis Wechelianis, 1601. Folio, pp. [viii] 696 [xxiv]. Printer's device to title-page and to final leaf verso, ornate woodcut endpieces and initials. Faint blotchy foxing, some leaves toned, occasional tiny wax spots, a few very discreet paper repairs. Later (approx. 1821-1860) tan calf binding by Clarke & Bedford of Frith Street (their ink stamp to upper corner ffep, verso), spine richly gilt with raised bands; gilt centrepiece, borders and dentelles to each board, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Joints slightly creased, a little wear to endcaps but very good indeed. Centrepiece gilt arms of John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790-1860). Campbell married in 1816 and succeeded his father in 1821, and these arms appear to postdate both of those events. Campbell was a Fellow of the Royal Society, MP for Carmarthen (1813-1821) and Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire (1817-1860). Ownership inscription of J. Campbell in an old hand to blank leaf preceding title-page. A reprint of the second edition (London, 1570) of Matthew Paris's important historical chronicle (formerly attributed to the fictional 'Matthew of Westminster'), as edited by Matthew Parker. The text covering the period to 1259 is based on the author's Chronica Majora; the 1259-1307 text was compiled and composed by various writers at St. Albans and Westminster; the text from 1307 to 1325 is by Robert of Reading. Includes the chronicle based on the work of Marianus previously attributed to Florence of Worcester, now attributed to John of Worcester.

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Book number: 54533

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(Twysden, Sir Roger, ed.:) (Selden, John:) (Somner, William:) (Simeon of Durham, et al:)

Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores X. [...] Ex vetustissimis manuscriptis, nunc primum in lucem editi.

Londini [London]: Typis Jacobi Flesher, sumptibus Cornelii Bee [...] 1652. Editiones principes. 2 vols., folio, pp.[xii], XLVIII, [viii], 8, cols. 9-1284; pp.[ii], 1289-2768, pp.[cci]. Leaf g1, 'Index Authorum et Tractatuum in hoc Volumine', usually found in the 1st paginated section of vol.I is found here instead at the end of vol. II, along with the errata leaf. Vol. I with half-title, title-page in red and black. Section titles, woodcut initials, small illustrations in text. Light foxing heavier in vol. I towards the rear, occasional tiny spots and scorches, volume two slightly toned with some leaves (eg. 4C3, S1) more so, small hole to 3K3 affecting a couple of words. Contemporary speckled brown calf. Both vols. rebacked some time ago with vol. I wearing better. Raised bands, gilt title labels to vol. I but lost to vol. II, gilt spines, triple-filet borders to boards with gilt armorial centrepieces, edges sprinkled brown, endpapers renewed. Vol. I: headcap a bit worn, some chips to spine, joints a little creased, Vol. II: Spine worn, endcaps and labels lost, joints split but cords holding firm. All board surfaces a bit crackled with some scuffing, corners worn, but still very good, sound copies overall. Armorial gilt centrepiece possibly of the McCulloch family, with unusual coronet. To front pastedown of each volume, modern bookplate of the eminent medieval historian Richard Barber, with a few pencilled bibliographical notes. 'Editiones principes' of English medieval chronicles, and church and royal histories (titles of individual works are listed on pp. XLIX-L of the edition. To summarise the authors: Simeon of Durham (fl. 1130); John of Hexham (fl. 1180); Richard of Hexham (d.1163-1178); Serlo Grammaticus (1109-?1207); Ailred of Rievaulx (1109?-1166); Ranulph Brito (d.1246); John Brompton (fl. 1436); Gervase of Canterbury (fl. 1188); Thomas Stubbs (fl. 1373); Ralph d'Escures (d. 1122); William Thorne (fl. 1397); (anon.); Henry Knighton (fl. 1363)). Includes a 48-page Life of the authors by the jurist John Selden (1584-1654). The 84-page glossary of terms by the Anglo-Saxon scholar William Somner (1598-1669) predates his important Saxon-Latin-English lexicon of 1659. There is a variant title-page which states that the edition was sold by Jan and Daniel Elzevier in Leiden. ESTC R005810; Wing H 2094.

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[Historiae Augustae] (Casaubon, Isaac, ed.:)

Historiæ Augustæ Scriptores Sex. Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Aelius Lampridius, Vulcatius Gallicanus, Trebellius Pollio et Flavius Vopiscus [...].

Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Amberosium & Hieronymum Drouart, [...] cum privilegio Regis, 1603. First edition thus. 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to., pp. [xx], 375, [lvii]; 576, [xxxvi]. Illustrations in text. Title-page to first part in red and black, to second part in black only, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, with final errata leaf. Top corner of title-page a little frayed, first leaf of text with 2-line note in blue biro to head margin, head margins a bit dusty with very occasional light dampstains, occasional spots of foxing, a few paper flaws to fore-edge margins. Small scorch marks to pp.47-8 and pp.101-4 affecting a few letters, smudgy mark (ink or wax?) to fore-edge margin pp.115-22, ink spots to p.345. Contemporary semi-limp vellum, fore-edges slightly overlapped. Quite browned, covers somewhat creased, ties lost, turn-ins lifting, without ffep but still good and sound overall. Latin inscription in an old hand to title-page translates roughly as 'from the common library of the preachers of Dijon'. First appearance of Casaubon's edition of this collection of biographies of the emperors from Hadrian to Carinus, considered to be the first critical edition and also the first to use the title Historiæ Augustæ. (The title as recorded on the 9th-century Codex Palatinus manuscript of the Vatican Library is Vitae Diversorum Principum et Tyrannorum a Divo Hadriano usque ad Numerianum Diversis compositae, and it is generally thought that the work may have been originally known as de Vita Caesarum or Vitae Caesarum.) In early editions 'the emphasis had been laid on the Latin text, but in the seventeenth century the work of the editors included not only textual emendation, but comment and illustration. Of these editions the first was that of Casaubon, published in 1603. It was not unnatural that these biographies should have attracted the editor of Suetonius and Polybius and the scholar who wrote in the preface to his edition of the Historia Augusta that "political philosophy may be learned from history, and ethical from biography."' (from David Magie's introduction to his 1921 Loeb edition.) Though its authenticity was regarded with a little scepticism, Casaubon's edition was for hundreds of years used as a genuine source by historians (including Edward Gibbon in the first volume of his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire). Browning sums up the tricky position the work occupies: "in modern times most scholars read the work as a piece of deliberate mystification written much later than its purported date, however the fundamentalist view still has distinguished support. […] The Historia Augusta is also, unfortunately, the principal Latin source for a century of Roman history. The historian must make use of it, but only with extreme circumspection and caution." ('Biography', in The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Volume 2 (1983).) Graesse III, 303; Sandys II, 209; Schweiger II, 384.

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Book number: 54541

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[Adams, John:]

Index Villaris: or, an exact register, alphabetically digested, of all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, the hundred, lath, rape, ward, wapentake, or other division of each county: […].

London: printed for T. Sawbridge, and M. Gillyflower […], 1690. Second edition. Folio, pp.[viii], 419, [I] (with usual mistakes in signatures and pagination). Lacks map, as is often the case. Small pencil note to p.363, repair to pi3 and small closed tear at head margin pi4.Occasional smudgy marks and very faint marginal dampstaining. Contemporary Cambridge style panelled calf, neat modern reback with red gilt label, corners repaired. A bit scratched, edges chipped but still good. Contemporary inscription to head of title: 'Bought of Wm. Robins 1690'. Previous owner's signature crossed through and illegible. Upcott mentions only the 3rd edition, of 1700 (p.x). The full title reads as follows: Index villaris, or, An exact register, alphabetically digested, of all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, the hundred, lath, rape, ward, wapentake, or other division of each county, the bishopricks, deaneries, churches, chappels, hospitals, with the rectories and vicarages in England and Wales and their respective valuations in the King's books, the private seats of the King, nobility and gentry, the number of Parliament-men sent by cities or burroughs, the inns of court, colleges, inns of chancery, or other societies, the latitude of each particular place, and difference of longitude, East or West from London explained by words at length and symbols or characters in a plain and most intelligible method: hereto is added a perfect catalogue of the nobility of England and Wales to the present time, May 20, 1690, with their respective seats and the counties wherein they are scituate [sic]. ESTC R4927; Wing A480.

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Book number: 53819

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[Westminster Magazine]

The Laughing Philosopher.

Dublin: James Williams, 1777. First edition in book form. 12mo., pp.[vi], 244. Ornately engraved title-page with vignette. Running title is 'Momus: or, the laughing philosopher'. Small ink blot to top edge of text block, which is slightly visible at very edge of head margins. Occasional faint marks but very good. Some lightly pencilled notes to the index describing certain pieces as 'good' or 'très bon'. Contemporary calf mottled in a diagonal pattern, neatly rebacked in a lighter brown with recent label, corners repaired, very good. To front paste-down, engraved bookplate with crest of Edward Butler of Carlow; modern bookplate of Peter Stewart Young of Tillingham. Originally printed serially in The Westminster Magazine (1772-1782). Titles include: 'A Ramble through Covent Garden'; 'Humorous description of the House of Commons'; On the present fashionable Mode of Dressing Ladies' Hair'; 'Some curious Specimens of Problematical Oratory' and 'An Attempt to explain what the undefinable Je ne sais quoi is'. ESTC T64895.

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Book number: 54414

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[Drainage]

The Laws of Sewers; or the Office and Authority of Commissioners of Sewers. Containing, I. Their Power of Enquiry into Annoyances and Defects of Repairs of Sea-Banks and Walls, publick Streams and Rivers, Ditches and Marsh-Grounds. II. The Authority of the Commissioners in making Laws and Ordinances, and imposing Rates or Taxes for repairing the Walls, Banks, and other Defences. III. Of their Power by Law as to Distresses, and decreeing Lands to be sold to levy Charges for Repairs, and inflicting Punishments, by Fine and otherwise. Also The Particular Offices of Bailiffs, Surveyors, Collectors, and other Officers under the Commissioners, and Proceedings of a Court of Sewers, Orders, Warrants, &c. To which are added, the Laws relating to Rumney-Marsh, and other Marshes and Fens.

[London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.) for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, 1726. First edition. 8vo. [8], 199pp., [1]. Ink splash to F5-F8, small paper flaw to lower outer blank corner of N and outer edge of B, minor tear with no loss to upper blank margin of N8, occasional very slight marginal spotting. Contemporary polished calf, double blind ruled, gilt-lettered morocco label to spine. Rebacked. First edition of the first comprehensive reference work on the English laws on sewers, encompassing sea banks, public streams and rivers, ditches and marsh grounds, and the authority of the Commissioners of Sewers as established by the Commissions of Sewers Act 1708. With a final section ( 64pp.) on ordinances relating to Romney Marsh and others marshes and fens. ESTC T130363; Goldsmiths 6437.

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Book number: 53089

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(De Callieres, François:)

Des Mots à la Mode et des Nouvelles Façons de Parler, Avec des observations sur diverses manieres d'agir & de s'exprimer. Et un Discours en Vers sure les mêmes matières; [Bound with] Du Bon et du Mauvais Usage, dans les manières de s'exprimer des Façons de Parler bourgeoises.

A la Haye [The Hague]: chez Abraham Troyel, Marchand Libraire a la grande Sale de la Cour, 1697. 2 works bound as 1. 5th ed.; (2nd ed.). 12mo., pp. [xii], 165, [I]; 160. Pagination of the second work matches the 1694 edition, possibly just an updated title-page. Woodcut motif to each title-page, initials and headpieces. Occasional pencil lines to margins. Closed tear (possibly a paper flaw) to pp.165-6 affecting text but without loss. Very dark brown contemporary calf, spine gilt, marbled endpapers. Spine label lost, a little rubbed, small piece of rear paste-down torn away, still very good. Recent bookplate of Peter Stewart Young of Tillingham to front paste-down; 'Wm. Barber' in an old hand, to title-page of first work; tiny label to rear paste-down, Cook's Books of Rottingdean(?). Two of the three galante works produced by the diplomat and member of the Académie Française, François de Callières, sieur de Rochelay et de Gigny (1645-1717). The first contains the latest courtly expressions and behaviours; the second, the correct usage of French spoken at Court, as opposed to middle-class expressions that should be avoided.

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Book number: 54412

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[Diamond Classics] [Bible: N.T.]

Novum Testamentum Graecum.

Londini [London]: Gulielmus Pickering, 1828. 48mo. (80 x 45 mm), pp. [8], 512. Text entirely in Greek. Engraved frontispiece by Worthington after Leonardo's Last Supper, engraved title-page. Frontispiece and engraved title a little dusty, light age yellowing. Contemporary crushed navy blue morocco, boards and spine gilt, inner edges gilt. Spine sunned, joints and corners a little rubbed. Inscription 'The Hon.ble Francis H. Baring from Bart B. Dowling Feb 13 1878' to fly. From Pickering's famous 'Diamond Classics' series. Dedicated to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), renowned bibliophile. 'The smallest Greek Testament ever published. Reuss places the text among Editiones Stephano-Elzevirianæ, i.e. the class represented by Buck's edition of 1632 and similar Testaments.' (D&M). A very good, clean copy, exquisitely printed in Greek diamond type by C. Corrall. Keynes, p.81; Darlow & Moule 4816

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Book number: 53683

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[Scriptores Rei Rusticae:] (Gesner, Johannes Matthias, ed.:)

Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini ex recensione Jo. Matthiae Gesneri cum eiusdem Praef. et Lexico Rustico.

Biponti [Zweibrücken]: ex typographia Societatis, 1787-88. 4 vols. 8vo, pp. [ii], CLVI, 248; [ii], 566; [ii], 510; [vol.IV unpaginated]. Vols I-III with engraved vignettes to title-pages. Very lightly toned, internally clean. Slightly later dark brown half calf, spine blind and gilt-tooled with green title labels, brown marbled boards, edges sprinkled blue, brown marbled endpapers. Endcaps and joints a bit rubbed, corners fraying, very good. Round library ink stamp 'Bibliotheek Seminarie Ijpelaar' to blank front endpaper each vol.. To vol. I, folding prize certificate awarded by Hageveld Seminarium to Henrico van Beek, dated 11th August 1837. Oval gilt mark of Hageveld Seminarium to the tail of each spine. Bipont Classics edition. Contains: Vol. I. Praefatio. M. Porcii Catonis vita ex Plutarchi græco latine reddita. Notitia literaria de M. P. Catone ex J. A. Fabricii Bibliotheca lat. […] Marci Terentii Varronis vita a Martino Hankio conscripta. Notitia literaria de M. Terrentio Varrone […] de L. Columella […] de Palladio […] de Vegetio Renato ex J. A. Fabricii Bibliotheca lat. […] Christiani Schoettgenii de Gargilio Martiale brevis dissertatio. Index editionum rei rusticæ scriptorum […] Index auctorum […] laudatorum. M. Porcius Cato De re rustica. M. Terentii Varronis De re rustica libri III; Vol. II. L. Junii Moderati Columellæ de re rustica, libri XII et Liber de arboribus, &c.; Vol. III. Palladi Ratilii Tauri Æmiliani De re rustica, libri XIV. Vegetii Renati Artis veterinariæ sive mulomedicinæ, libri IV. Gargilii Martialis fragmentum. Ausoni Popmæ Frisi De instrumento fundi liber; Vol. IV. Lexicon rusticum. Butters, Ueber die Bipontiner und die Editiones Bipontinae, p.43

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[Le Maître de Claville:]

Traité du vrai mérite de l'homme […].

A Paris: chez Saugrain, Grande Salle du Palais, a la Providence. 1737. Third edition. 2 vols., 12mo., pp.[viii], 359, [v]; [viii], 380, [vi]. With half-title to each vol., woodcut initials and headpieces. Vol.I leaf Q1 is errata, Q2 is blank, errata and privilege at end of vol.II. Vol.II with tiny scorch mark to pp.23-4 affecting a couple of letters, marginal closed tears neatly repaired to pp.209-12. Attractive contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Spines a bit rubbed but very good. To each volume, armorial bookplate of F. Routy D.M. and modern bookplate of Peter Stewart Young of Tillingham to front paste-downs. Illegible name to vol. I, p.1, lower margin. A stylishly-written treatise on 18th-century moral philosophy, widely read in its time.

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Book number: 54410

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