COLQUHOUN.- MAGISTRATE, A.- [=COLQUHOUN, P.]

A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis, explaining the various crimes and misdemeanors which at present are felt as a pressure upon the community; and suggesting remedies for their prevention. By a Magistrate [between single rules] [Patrick Colquhoun]. Menimerint legum conditores, illas ad proximum hunc finem accomodare; ...'

London, Printed by H.Fry, for C.Dilly, in the Poultry., 1796. [Page viii, A4 verso: 'London, February 15, 1796]. Sm 4to. W. 1 folding table at p. 252. Contemp. full clf., both covers expertly rehinged, spine ends repaired. Single blindst. decorative roll on both covers. Edges of covers some gilttooling. (Spine and covers some overall scratching and rubb.). [a4, b3, A-Z4, Aa-Xx4]. (XIII, I (blank), (5) -369, I (blank), I ['Nota' in which a small note from the publisher on the laws regarding bigamy; at the moment of writing new legislation had been proposed in Parliament, of which Colquhoun was unaware.], I (blank) pp.). (Quire Q some foxed spots; light off setting on endp. due to turn inns; for the rest a clean and very good copy in the original binding.) A very good copy. Rare true first edition. Three editions are known dated 1796, the 3rd one already enlarged to 440 pages. The first and second edition are quite rare and difficult to obtain. Later editions [1797, 1800, 1806 etc.] are quite commonly offered in the trade. The folding table at page 252 [between sheets Gg4 & Hh1] 'A Summary View of the Prisoners committed, tried, punished, disposed of, and discharged, in the Metropolis, in one Year, ending in October 1795.' The advertisement [a4, page vii-viii] with the Author's explanation of how the book came into being '... hav[ing] been written at intervals within the compass of about three months... a Work ushered into the world under so many disadvantages, must in some respects, be imperfect. Wherever such imperfections shall be kindly and candidly pointed out, the Author will feel great satisfaction in correcting them, in case the Subject of this Volume shall be thought of sufficient importance to PASS INTO ANOTHER EDITION...'. Dated February 15, 1796. Also important in establishing the first ed. is the note at the end by the publisher regarding the bigamy laws. These points indicating the true first edition. See Radzinowicz, 'History of the Criminal Law', i.l.c. the first time 'an attempt had been made to give a comprehensive survey of the state of crime in the metropolis...': Finer, 'The Police and public safety', i.l.c.: 'The very essence of Colquhoun's proposals was professionalism combined with unity of command.': In 12 chapters and an appendix Colquhoun, magistrate of the peace, discusses a 'wide variety of evils' often arising from the imperfections of the penal code, he explains the increase in crimes, calculates the damage done to public and private property in the metropolis [2 million pounds per annum], explains the increase in small thefts, the increase in thefts from naval stores and ships / vessels in the river Thames, discusses burglary and 'highway robbery', discusses the making and circulating of 'base money', explains the increase in cheating, swindling and gambling, points to the receivers of stolen goods, explains the means of detecting offenders, discusses the prosecution of offenders & punishment. Chapter XII focuses on the present state of the Police of the metropolis, its organization [up to the moment of writing in beginning of 1796 never before explained in the press] and the 'benefits which would arise from extending the system'. The appendix summarises the preceding chapters and adds further remedies and propositions for the prevention of crime.

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COMENIUS, J.A.

Ianua Linguarum Reserata Aurea: Sive Seminarium Linguarum & Scientiarum omnium. Id est: Compendiosa Latinam ( & quamlibet aliam) Linguam, perdiscendi Methodus, sub Titulis C. periodis M. comprehensa. ... Dat is/ De Gulde ontsloten Deure der Talen: ofte Een Saey of Spruyt-garde aller Talen ende Wetenschappen. Dat is, Een korte Wyse om de Latijnsche (als oock eenighe andere ) Tale te leeren: in hondert Hooft-titels / ende duysent val-toghen Spreucken vervat. Den II. Druck verbetert.

Antverpiae, Apud Deodatum Verhulst in Foro Magno, sub signo Typographiae, 1694. 12mo. W. engr. front. title. Contemp. full clf., spine in 5 compartments w. 4 floral gilttooled ornaments, 1 compartment w. giltlettered title. (Spine ends dam.; corners and edges of covers rubbed/ dam.). [n1, A12 - R12]. (leaf N2 signed V2). (II, (1-2) - 3 - 408 pp.). Needs some binder's attention on spine ends and corners. Else very good. University Library Amsterdam Exhibition cat. [1992], item 38: Urbánková, 338: Not in Zíbrt: Rood, W., 'Comenius and the Low Countries, list item 15, p. 230: One of the last editions in the 17th century of Comenius' Latin - Dutch instruction in Latin.(First pibl. 1631].

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COMENIUS, J.A.

Ianva avrea reserata quatuor lingvarum, sive Compendiosa Methodus Latinam, Germanicam, Gallicam & Italicam. Linguam perdiscendi , sub Titulis centum, Periodis mille comprehensa, & Vocabulis bis mille ad minimum aucta; cum quadruplici indice, a Nathanaele Dhvëz, in idioma Gallicum & Italicum traducta. Editio secunda, emendatior.

Lugd. Batav. [Leiden], Ex Officinâ Elseviriorum, 1644. 8o. Title printed in red and black. W. engr. printer's mark 'non solus' on title. Fine contemp. full overlapping vellum, Traces of title in ink on spine, contemp. Lower cover 3 lines of contemp. handwr. in ink. [*4, **8, A - Z8, Aa - Oo8, Pp2]. (XXIV, 321, I (blank), 136 lvs vocabulary in 4 languages [Latin, German, French and Italian].). (Appr. last 30 lvs. of vocabulary small watersp. in righthand blank margin; last 12 lvs more so into lower righthand corner.). (Printed title top righthand corner w. an owner's inscription / provenance 'Bibliotheca Domus Prof. Soc. Jesu Antwerpis') Very good copy of the second Elzevir edition.: Willems 567:

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COMMANDINO, F.- Horologiorium.- 1562.- PTOLEMAEUS.- [Commandino ed. & transl.] de Analemmate.-

Eiusdem Federici Commandini LIBER DE HOROLOGIORUM DESCRIPTIONE. ... Bound before: PTOLEMAEI, Liber de analemmate, A Federico Commandino Vrbinate instauratus, & commentariis illustratus, Qui nunc primum eius opera e tenebris in lucem prodit.

Romae, Apud Paulum Manutium Aldi F., 1562. 4to. W. lovely large Dolphin woodc. printer's mark on title [Paulus Manutius, son of Aldus] & numer. woodc. textills. 18th c. polished clf., spine in compartments, w. red titleshield, giltlettered. (Upper outer hinge splitting, upper inner hinge idem, but cover still attached. [*4, A4 - F4, [G quire missing] H - M4; part 2 Commandino: N4 - Z4, &4]. (Foliated: 4 lvs., folia 1 - 24, [Folia 25-28 = quire G missing], folia 29 - 93 for the Commandino, 3 lvs. (Index, verso leaf 3 blank). (Good clean and fresh paper quality.). Rare first edition. DSB vol. III, pp. 363 - 365 [Commandini, 1509 - 1575]. Mathematics. '... his true vocation: editing, translating, and commenting on the classics of ancient Greek mathematics... Ptolemy's Analemma explained how to determine the position of the sun at a given moment in any latitude by an orthogonal projection using three mutually perpendicular planes. Again, as in the case of Ptolemy's Planisphere no Greek text was available to Commandino... but an Arabic version had been translated into Latin. This was edited from the manuscript by Commandino (Rome, 1562, here offered). Besides his customary commentary, he ADDED HIS OWN ESSAY On the Calibration of Sundials of various types, since he felt that Ptolemy's discussion was theoretical rather than practical.... In the sixteenth century, Western mathematics emerged swiftly from a millennial decline. This rapid ascent was assisted by Apollonius, Archimedes, Aristarchus, Euclid, Eutocius, Hero, Pappus, Ptolemy, and Serenus - as published by Commandino.' see also vol. XI [Ptolemaeus], pp. 186 - 206.: Houzeau & Lancaster, vol. I, part 1: '..' Le Traité de Commandin EST UN DES PREMIERS OUVRAGES DE GNOMONIQUE...': Delambre, Hist., II, 1817, 458: Adams, P2216: Poggendorff vol. II, p. 542:

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COMPTOIR.-

Comptoir général d'accessoires de pharmacie. Bandages, bas-varices ceintures. Instruments de chirurgie en caoutchouc souple et durci.

Paris, G. Ripert, 1880. W. num. woodengrs. Orig. hlf. cl. (Spine dam., corners rubb.). (236, VII pp.). (Loose).

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CONCILII TRIDENTINI.-LE PLAT, J.

Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenici, et generalis concilii Tridentini sub Paulo III, Julio III, Pio IIII, pontificibus max. celebrati, juxta exemplar authenticum Romae MDLXIIII editum ...

Antverpiae, Ex architypographia Plantiniana; Prostant Lovanii Apud J.P.G.Michel, bibliopolam, 1779. Large 4to. W. woodc. device on title, small engr. ill. in margin p. xxiv, large woodcut printer's device on p. lxxiv of the index. Contemp. full marbl. clf., spine elaborately gilttooled w. floral ornaments, red spine label. (LX (preface), 420, LXXIV (Index) pp.). (All edges red.). (Bookplate on upper paste down, printed surface partially erased.; verso upper free endp. 9 lines in ink, 19th c. 'hic liber a bibliotheca reverenda Joannis Van Scherpenbergh ... 1824'). Very nice 18th century edition edited by Judoci [Josse] Le Plat [Leplat or Leplaet] of the general Synod at Trente, originally publ. in 1564. Dict. of Univ. Biogr. 'Leplat', p. 245: Born at Malines in 1733, professor of Theology and church law at the university of Louvain, died at Coblentz 1810.:

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CONRING, H.

De civili prudentia liber unus. Quo prudentiae politicae cum universalis philosophicae, tum singularis pragmaticae, omnis propaedia acromatice traditur.

Helmstadt, H. Muller, 1662. Sm. in 4to. 19th c. vellum manuscript binding . (XVI, 372, C pp.). (Throughout some light even browning, a bit stronger in the index part; last lvs. lower inner margin a waterspot.). One of the philosophical writings of this author. Hermann Conring (1606 - 1681) is known as the founder of the German "Rechtsgeschichte". Professor of medicine and philosophy, personal physician to Queen Christina of Sweden.

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COOK, James.- Travel.- CHEVALLERAU.- Index.- 1809

Bladwijzer der Voorvallen en Ontmoetingen van den Kapitein James Cook, op zijne Togten, en der onderscheidene landen, Enz. Door hem, op die togten waargenomen of nieuwelings ontdekt. Beschreven in de dertien deelen der Reizen Rondom de wereld; door James Cook. Door W. Chevallerau, Predikant te Ommen.

Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1809. 8vo. In the original limp speckled marbled paper covers, spine some imperf. and some rubbing. [n3, A - )8]. (VI, 223, I (blank) pp.). (Throughout some light foxing.). Extensive index compiled by the reverend Chevallerau from Ommen, based on the 13 vol. dutch edition published 1795 - 1803 in 8vo. The index appeared 6 years later and is therefore in numerous cases missing from the set.

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COORNHERT, Dirck Volkertsz.- Emblemata.- Wierix.- Recht ghebruyk.- 1620.-

Recht / Ghebruyk ende Misbruyk / van tydlicke Have. / Welckers sin-rijcke af-beeldingen van D.V.Coornhert zyn bedacht / oock met / zyhn eigen hand in 't koper gesneden. Hier by is gevoeght 't bedrogh des Wereldts / / of het luije en leckere leven door Pandulphus Collenutius, mede den lofzang van 't Goud / oock Gedichten op den A.B.C. alles in seer leer-rlycken Dicht / seer stichtelyck en vermakelyck gestelt. / Van Ryckdom, Nodruft en Gebreck ick beluyck, / 't Onzaligh Misbruyck. mettet zaligh ghebruyck. /

'T Amstelredam, Voor Dirck Pietersz. Boeckverkooper / wonende op 't Water / inde Persse / recht tegen over de Koren-Merckt. [at the end: Ghedruckt by Paulus van Ravesteyn Anno 1620], 1620. 4to. W. engr. portr. of [and by] Coornhert ['Obÿt An.0 1590 Aetat. 68'] on the printed title and 25 engr. emblematical ills. [by J.H. Wierix, reprinting of the plates used in Furmerius' 'de rerum usu et abusu', 1575.]. Very nice contemp. clf., spine in compartmenst, gilttooled. Covers w. 2 gilttooled decorated borders. Each corner w. a gilt floral handtool. (A few small imperf. to binding., light rubbing to spine and outer edges. Corners a bit bumped. Outer hinges weakening somewhat, but not splitting. Old restoration to upper half of lower outer hinge.). Else very good. [A2 - M3, (M4)]. (96 [=67] pp., I (blank). (Lower inner margin throughout a very vague & unobtrusive watersp.; Yet more pronounced and visible in quires E, F, & I, K, L, M (pp. 15 - 22 & 37 - 67, I). (Upper free endp. an owner's inscription in ink linking the book to Karel van Hogendorp : 'A. Perk 1838. ... Uit de Bibliotheek van den Graaf K van Hogendorp'. top righthand corner in the same hand [?] 'Daniel de Jong....). (2nd upper free endp. inscribed in ink 'Elizabeth Furly'). Third edition. [first published in 1585, 2nd in 1610; The latin version 1575]. Very rare. Landwehr, Emblem and Fablebooks, 179: De Vries, 18: Visser / Hoftijzer, Emblem Books in Leiden, item 171: Praz, pp. 307 - 308: Not in STC Princeton coll.: Coll. Landwehr [Auction Drouot April 1991, comp. item 31 [handcolored copy!]: Bibl. Belgica, vol. I, 711 - 712: The text by Coornhert presents a translation of 25 latin allegorical poems by Furmerius on the use and abuse of wealth and richness, an ode to Horace, and a humoristic - didactic poem on the beneficial influence of imprisonment, obviously composed by Coornhert during his own incarceration in the Hague [1567]. Bonger, 'Leven en werk van D.V. Coornhert (1978), i.l.c.: Bonger [e.a. ed.], Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert, 'Dwars maar Recht', (Zutphen, Walburg pers, 1989) pp. 60 - 80, a chapter by M.F. Fresco, discussing Coornhert and Antiquity.: In Coornhert's 'Cicero' [ca 1625] translation we find his introduction 'De vertaelder totten Leser', in which he defends the Dutch translation and emphasizes the importance & the correct use of the mother tongue. In this respect Coornhert was very much 'anti intellectual' in that he aimed to break the persistent use of Latin by established groups of scholars. The 'ordinary man in the street' had a right to know about current problems and affairs and therefore Coornhert felt obligated to use the Dutch language and in such a way that it would be generally understood. On van Hogendorp, see NNBW vols. II and VII: A very good copy of this rare Coornhert item, the plates in less fresh impressions, but this is to be expected, seeing that the plates go back to printruns of 1575. There seems to be some doubt about the engraving having been done by Wierix, but the Bibliotheca Belgica is quite clear on this issue: 'Ce que le titre annonce au sujet de planches, qui seraient gravées par Coornhert lui même: met zyn eygen hand in 't koper gesneden, est une inexactitude, soit volontaire soit involontaire , de la part de l'èditeur: les planches sont encore celles de J.-H. Wierix, gravées pour l óuvrage de B. Fermerus, De Rerum Usu et Abusu, Antw., 1575.'(BB, p. 712, note]: On the engraver Wierix, see: Maucquoy - Hendricks, Les Estampes de Wierix [4 parts, KB BRussel], part 3.1, series 2289 - 2314 (under Bernardus Furmerus), pp. 482 - 484: Hollstein: Thieme Becker, vol. 35, pp. 537 - 538: Nagler, vol. 24, pp. 297 - 304: Benezit, vol. 10, p. 727:

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ROTHSCHILD.- library catalogue.- LINDESIANA library copy.-

Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque...

Paris, Morgand, 1884. Sm. 4to. 4 vols (of 5). Vols. I, II, III in contemp. citron / yellow hlf. mor., spines gilt. ( spine and edges / corners scuffed / rubb.). and vol. V in original pr. wrs.(Some surface soiling some wear; uncut, unopened.). WITHOUT vol. 4! The first 3 vols. from the famous Bibliotheca Lindesiana, with bookplate.

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ORNITHOLOGY.- Little Cormorant

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CORNEJO, P.- Tachtigjarige Oorlog.- Eighty years war.- 1577

Sumario de las guerres civiles, y causas de la rebellion de Flandres, Recopilado por el Maestro Pedro Cornejo. Al sereniss. S. Don Iuan de Austria.

En Leon [Lyon], en casa de Phelipe Tinghi, 1577. Sm 8vo. W. large coat of arms on printed title and fullpage woodc. in the text [on i8 recto, p. 143]. A few woodc. initials. 18th c. vellum. (lower part of spine some damage over 1 x 1 cm., actual spine ends undamaged! [ã4, a8 - v8, x6 ]. (VIII, 332 pp.). (Medium browning throughout, a few quires more so, a few inkstains in lower blank margin on n3 - n4, pp. 197 - 200; x6 verso w. a large woodc. endpiece & name crossed out in ink.). (All edges speckled in red and blue.). Palau IV, 62076: Rare first edition of the book used by o.a. Johan Brouwer for his 'Kronieken van Spaansche soldaten uit het begin van den 80-jarigen oorlog.' (Chronicles of Spanish soldiers). One of the very important printed sources of the Dutch Rebellion against the Spanish Crown. Dedicated to Don Juan of Austria, the then Spanish Governor in the Netherlands.

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CORNETS DE GROOT, A.D. [& J.F.C. GERICKE]

Javaansche spraakkunst, door wijlen A.D. Cornets de Groot; uitgegeven in naam en op verzoek van het Bataviasche Genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen, door J.F.C. Gericke, directeur van het Javaansch Instituut te Soerakarta.

Batavia, Ter Lands Drukkerij, 1833. W. lith. title of the "Verhandelingen". Original limp printed brds., spine splitting. (XII, 232 pp.). (II (lith. title), VI (preface), XII (intr. and contents), 232 pp.). (unopened.). (Published as vol. 15 in the transactions of the Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen ['Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences'], May 1833). First edition. Uhlenbeck, p. 44 and p. 82: 'The grammar left by the gifted Cornets de Groot after his untimely death in 1829 at the age of 25, was, even in its unfinished state, a remarkable work and no doubt the most valuable of the four grammars of the early thirties.': Smith Diehl, Printers and printing in the East Indies to 1850, Vol. I, Batavia, p. 170 and 214/15: 'Cornets de Groot's "Javaansche spraakkunst", which Dr. Gericke edited, was the first publication from the Batavia Government Press to use Javanese letters. Gericke is in the small group of linguists, well-trained and curious, who came to Asia under religious auspices but who devoted their lives to language and intercultural studies. Dr. Gericke was director of the Institute of Javanese Studies at Surakarta, a government institution.': Van der Chijs, Proeve eener Ned. Indische bibl. (1659 - 1870), p. 32:

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CORT, C.- de Medici Tomb.- engrs.

'le tombeau de Lorenzo de Medici avec le Penseur et l 'Aurore'

1570. Copperengr. by Cornelis Cort after Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1570. Signed in the plate lower left 'Corne. Cort fe.' and lower right '1570' First state, before the 2 lines of Italian text. Meas. appr. 41.5 x 28 cm. Cut inside the platemarks. (A vague remnant of the plate mark to the righthand side). Along the outer edges some soiling. Lower left above the engraved name of Cort a tear (3.5 cm) restored. Professionally remargined. Bierens de Haan, L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, items 199 - 200, p. 184: 'Les deux tombeaux des ducs de Medici, d'après Michel Ange Buonarotti, 1570'. In 2 parts. Our print is the righthand part of the two with the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, item 199, in first state.

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CORTE REAL, JERONIMO.- M. DE SOUSA DE SEPULVEDA.-

Naufragio, e lastimoso successo da perdiçaõ de Manoel de Sousa de Sepulveda, e dona Lianor de Sá, sua mulher, e filhos, vindo da India para este Reyno na náo chamada o galiaõ grande S. Joaõ, que se perdeo no cabo de Boa-Esperança, na terra do Natal; e a perigrinaçaõ, que tiveraõ rodeando terras de Cafres, mais de 300 legoas, té sua morte; composto em verso heróico, e octaua rima por Jeronimo Corte Real.

Lisboa, Na Typografia Rollandiana [Francisco Rolland], 1783. sm 8vo. Contemp. full dark clf., spine in 6 compartments with gilt floral ornaments, w. red spine label, gilt. [n8, A - Y8]. (XVI, 351 , I (blank) pp.). (Upper paste down and free endp. w. 20th c. pencil annotations; idem in ink in an older hand.). righthand blank margin of upper free endp. over 1 cm. torn off.). (All edges red.). 2nd edition [First ed. 1594]. South African Bibl. vol. I, p. 633: Mendelssohn's SAB vol. II, p. 338/9 (under Manoel de Sousa), ed. 1594. 'Narrative of the disastrous shipwreck and ultimate fate of Manoel de Sousa de Sepulveda, of Donna Leonora, his wife, and their children on their voyage from India to Portugal, on board the great galleon "Saint John", which was lost at the Cape of Good Hope on the Coast of Natal. Together with an account of the journey which they made throughout the land of the Kaffirs for more than 300 leagues, until their death. Composed in heroic verse and octave rhyme by Corte Real.': Palau IV, 63005: Da Salva I, nr. 551, note: Brunet II, p. 310, note: The original edition of 1594 was reprinted in 1783 and 1840.

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