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FIRST EDITION OF BOTH PARTS. 2vols. Bound in 1vol., square, 4to., (vii)347(vi);(vi)355(iv)(iii)pp., lacking the last leaf of publisher's ads. Bound in somewhat recent full brown morocco, covers ruled in blind, gilt lettered tan morocco spine label. (2062A)
The word Cabal is formed from the initial letters of the names of five ministers in Charles the Second's time; viz. Clifford, Ashly, Buckingharn, Arlington and Lauderdale.
Gibson, Francis Bacon, 323, refers to pp. 15-93 under the heading "Sir Francis Bacon's Letters . . ." Seventy seven letters, in number, but only 74 are by Bacon.
This work also contains two interesting letters by Donne.
Part I, p. 314. Dr. Donne to the Marquesse of Buckingham, 13th September, 1621.
Part I, p. 315. Dr. Donne to the Duke [of Buckingham]. 1623-4.
This is actually the first edition of each part, which, although issued separately, were in the same year collected together with a general title as above.
See Keyne's "Bibliography of Donne," p. 89.
Wing, C183
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Apparently the only work of its author, whose name is appended to the dedication to 'the Prince' (Henry).
See -- Scott, Bibliography of Works relating to Mary Queen of Scots, no. 200 (with facsimile of title).
STC 1014
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According to Pforzheimer "It is quite probable that the portion which is lacking in this copy (as in ours) was never appended. The text ends, p.340, with 'FINIS.' And an erratum. If the Table were not an afterthought, as it evidently is, it would have been printed as part of sheets Xx. The Colours which is generally found appended was not included in the 1625 edition of which this is otherwise a paginary reprint and it should be observed that the table in this edition is not arranged alphabetically as in the 1625 edition but in order of pagination." The Table in this copy is arranged alphabetically!
Pforzheimer 31; STC 1149.
AND MYSTERIES OF THE LAW, HE WAS EXCEEDED BY NONE"
SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., small 8vo., (ix)94pp., early paper wrappers. Housed in a 1/2 green morocco slipcase.
Second edition of "one of the earliest, if not the first, of maxims of the English Law" (Rees 1: 20). CBEL 1: 870. "We have here but twenty-five out of three hundred Rules which [Bacon] had collected: 'I thought good, before I brought them all into form, to publish some few, that by the taste of other men's opinion... I might receive either approbation in my own course, or better advice for the altering of others which remain.' The excellence of that which we possess makes us grieve that we have so small a proportion of that which the author designed: 'Though some great masters of the Law did outgo him in bulk... yet in the science of the grounds, and mysteries of the Law, he was exceeded by none' -- Preface to Blackstone's Anal." (Allibone, 90). None of Bacon's legal works were published before his death in 1626; the first edition of this work (often bound with The Use of the Law, probably not by Bacon) appeared in 1630. A very good copy of this cornerstone of English law.
STC 1135
This work includes references to Columbus, Peru, Greenland, and the West Indies.
Wing B305
FIRST OCTAVO EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo., (vi)104;3-270pp., with the engraved portrait of
Bacon by F. H. Van Hove. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf, neatly rebacked at an
earlier date. (2038A)
Thomas Tenison, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, who had access to Rawley's papers after his death. It contains, by way of introduction, an "account of all the Lord Bacon's works" of considerable interest to the bibliographer.
Wing B269; Gibson 237b.
ROYAL PREROGATIVE AND HIERARCHICAL PRETENSIONS
2 volumes bound in one, thick 8vo., (vi)323(vi);(xii)307(iv)pp. Bound in contemporary full tan calf over cords, neatly rebacked at an earlier date, gilt lettered red morocco spine label. (2039A)
This is the 1672 secret imprint. It is now believed that the Wing entries (both editions) are incorrect and that there were two issues of the 1647-1651 original before the 1672 secret reprint. The DNB entry for Bacon gives a good overview of the background and issues at stake and the printings. The secret printings are also noted but not bibliographically identified in CBEL 1: p. 849. On the bibliographical issues, see BM; and ESTC R008530 and R206424. A succinct, easily available synopsis can be found by examining the OCLC record with accession number 35893476. In sum: the 1672 secret reprint (offered here) has a single line imprint (not including the date which is on a separate line) and spells Matthew with two ts. The presence of the c in the bookseller/publisher name Walbancke does not identify the 1672 edition. It is rather a mark of one of the two states of the 1647 issue. The original edition of "The Continuation" is chiefly identified by the presence of the name Thos. Roycroft in the imprint.
Nathaniel Bacon (1593-1660), brother of Sir Francis Bacon, was a lawyer, Justice of the Peace, and Member of Parliament. He was active against the Royalists and held offices under Cromwell. His "Historical Discourse of the Uniformity of Government" offered here is a constitutional history of England and is "pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility" to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." [DNB I, p. 837] Accordingly, after the Restoration in 1665 proposals for new editions of the book were not met warmly. Hence the issue of the "secret edition" of 1672 (offered here) with the earlier dates. There was also a secret edition of 1682. And eventually nonsecret editions. This Nathaniel Bacon should not be confused with the later Nathaniel Bacon (1642?-1676), "The Virginia Patriot" who, however, was in the same Bacon family. Nor with other earlier NBs.
Wing B349,348; Lowndes, p.97.
1 vol., small 8vo.,(viii) 79pp. Bound in contempoary full sheep, covers rulled in blind.
(2043A)
Sir Nathaniel Bacon was the youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, the first Baronet.
"There is in the Additional MS. (in the British Museum, No. 397) 'a relation of the state of
Francis Spira,' which, it is probable was written by him."-- Rose's Biog. Dict.
Wing B363
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 4to., (xxxvi)719(i)pp., engraved title-page, portrait of Barclay, & 22 engravings by L. Gaultier. Bound in early full calf, hinges rubbed, head and foot of spine rubbed with loss, covers tooled in gilt and blind. (1388A)
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This work is Barclay's masterpiece. One of the most popular narratives of the period, & in the poet Cowper's somewhat eccentric view, "the most amusing romance ever written." The English translation originally appeared in folio (un-illustrated) in 1625; the engravings first added in this edition are taken from the plates used for a French edition of 1623.
Dr. Garnett in the D.N.B. says " Barclay is a writer of the highest merit, who has adapted the style of Petronius, elevated by the assiduous study of more dignified models, with signal success to the requirements of his own day. His ' Satyricon ' shows how completely at an early age he had appropriated the fascinating elegance of Petronius, while good taste or good morals kept his matter singularly pure, considering his age and his vocation as a satirist. There is more of youthful vigor in the ' Satyrieon,' more weight and finish in the ' Argenis ' . . . In the ' Argenis ' . . most of the characters are real personages . . . the author's purpose is graver, and his scope wider. He designed to admonish princes and politicians, and above all to denounce political faction and conspiracy, and show they might be repressed."
STC 1392.5.
"This work was formerly much sought after by the curious". --Allibone.
"These two tracts entitled Boscobel, with all the plates, are among the most scarce and high-priced historical pamphlets of the 17th century." Retros. Review.
Wing B3328; Wither to Prior, 47.
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A principal contemporary source of the still mysterious death of Essex while imprisoned in the tower, leading to Braddon's own trial and imprisonment which lasted until the landing of William III.
Wing B4101
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The best known and first work of Sir Thomas Browne, who called it "a private Exercise directed to myself." Published only after a pirated edition had appeared, it represents Browne's attempt to arrive at a warm and vital faith, one without cant or a spirit of exclusiveness, acceptable to a scientist; its Latin title means "a doctor's religion." It is one of the great achievments in the ornate style of English prose.
SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo., 110(iv)328;232(iv)pp., separate title-page for second
part.
Bound in contemporary full calf over cords, hinges starting, head and foot of spine rubbed
with
slight loss, gilt lettered brown morocco spine label. (2001A)
Gilbert Burnet. The author, a physician by trade, was an ardent supporter of the Church of
England and paid more attention to religious and political writings than to his profession.
Wing B5801
The second edition of this work was not published until 1736. Apparently quite scarce; the NUC locates only two copies and the OCLC locates only the second edition and a microform edition.
Wing C203.
1 vol., 8vo., (iii)556(ii)pp. Bound in contemporary full tan calf over cords, rare cover
detached, front cover hinge repaired. (1938A)
Wing C375
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Almack 2.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of this compilation of treaties between Great Britain and France, Holland & Denmark, Spain, the Ottoman Empire. 1 vol., (i)269;19pp. Bound in somewhat recent full red morocco, raised bands, head of spine chipped, gilt lettered spine label. (2125A)
Of particular interest are some treaties concerning America: the Treaty of Breda, 1667, between Great Britain and Holland, and the confirmation of that treaty which concerned the American colonies, Westminster Peace Treaty, Feb. 1673; the Treaty of navigation and commerce between England and Holland, Breda, 1667, and The Hague, Feb. 1667; treaty for restraining of depredations and establishing peace in America between Charles II of England and Spain, concluded in Madrid, 1670; Marine Treaty between England and Holland, 1674.
After the printing of this book, an important treaty was concluded between James II and Louis XIV concerning the American colonies on Nov. 16, 1686. This treaty was hastily put into print and the present copy is one of the few which includes it. It states the rights of both kings in the American Seas and that in case of war between France and England, "a true and firm peace and neutrality shall continue in America between said British and French Nations in the same manner as if such breach in Europe had not happened".
Wing C3605 and J393.
Wing C4420
THIRD EDITION. 1 vol., folio, (xi)290(vi)pp., title within woodocut border, engraved
frontis. Bound in contemporary full calf, rebacked at an earlier date. (2005A)
This work translated by Thomas Danett; contains a short life of the Author and 17
genealogical
trees of the Houses of Burgundie, Medices, Mantua, etc.
Wing C5541
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., small 8vo., (iv)180pp.(iv), with the engraved
frontis
depicting the victory over France at Sea on May 1692, with the original front blank endleaf
and
the final 4 pages of publisher ads of books printed for Nath. Crouch, loss to lower 1/4 of B2
"To
the Reader", foredge of text closely trimmed touching several words. Bound in 1/2 speckled
calf,
ribbed gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered red morocco spine label. (1880A)
R.B. or Richard Burton was apparently a pseudonym used by Nathaniel Crouch which
appeared
on a number of very popular historical and miscellaneous compilations.
Wing C7335
ONE OF THE EARLIEST FANTASY NOVELS
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 2 parts bound in 1 volume, 8vo., (v)140(i);206(i)pp., with the engraved frontis by F. H. Van Hove, internally clean and bright. Bound in early 20th century full brown calf, ribbed gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered brown morocco spine label, covers with lighter tan calf onlays of crescent moons and sun, with gilt and blind tooled rays radiating from the center, gilt dentelles, a.e.g., by Riviere, housed in a blue cloth clamshell slipcase, gilt lettered black morocco spine label.
This is the initial edition in English of one of the earliest astronomical fantasy novels, initially published posthumously, in 1657 and 1662.
Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655) was a highly versatile writer, best known for his political pamphlets and plays. When his two fantastic voyages were initially published, they had first been cleansed of any possibly offensive religious and philosophical concepts. It was only in the 20th century that the complete original texts were first published, permitting new scholars to recognize his talents "as the creator of a genre which combined aspects of the utopia, the imaginary voyage, the philosophical dialogue and embryonic science-fiction... highly suitable to the spreading and discussion of ideas..."
"His rejection of the principle of authority in the realm of ideas, in favour of reason and the evidence of the senses, his positivism and his mechanistic outlook, together with his advocacy of technology as a means of improving man's lot, make him a precursor of the Enlightenment" Annette Lavers.
Some of Cyrano's technology in these two novels include ideas still used by current science fiction authors. To be able to leave the earth, he relied on magnetism, sun power, controlled explosions, gas, and the principle of the ram-jet engine and rocketry. Although copies of this initial edition in English are extremely difficult to encounter, the stories were popular at the time, and undoubtedly influenced Daniel Defoe -- who wrote a moon fantasy in 1705, and later Jonathan Swift -- with his own utopian story involving different imaginary worlds.
Wing C7717
F1RST EDITION. 1 vol., (viii)441pp. (iii), folio, with the engraved frontis by Faythorne
depicting Queen Elizabeth with Lord Burleigh to her right and Sir Francis Wafingham to her
left,
title-page printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary full brown calf over cords, hinges
starting at top and bottom but covers firmly attached, lacking spine label. (1432A)
"A pleasing variety of letters." - Bp. Nicolson
Wing D1453
Besides the contents detailed on the title-page, this work contains a series of "Familiar Letters", the celebrated "A Cypresse Grove", and three poems--- "To the Memory of... Jane Countess of Perth", "To S[ir]. W. A[lexander]." and "On the report of the Death of the Author" by Sir Wm. Alexander. Ben Jonson is said to have so admired the genius of this Scotian Petrarch' that he traveled on foot to Scotland, out of love and respect for him.
Wing D2199
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"A work of established reputation." --Lowndes p.683
Dryden says that he had borrowed two months from his translation of Virgil for this work. He had agreed with Tonson that he should do it.
The second edition was published in 1716 and was corrected and improved by Mr. Jervas, with assistance, it is said, of Pope.
Wing D2459; Madan 2973.
Wing E3060
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Wing E3214
that you can scarcely find a greater fool
than is sometimes a mere scholar." --Feltham's Resolves
FOURTH EDITION. (iv)448pp.(xi), engraved title-page, remargned on fore and bottom edges. Bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, a.e.g., housed in a full red morocco slipcase, ribbed gilt lettered spine. (1329A)
"We lay aside the Resolves, as we part from our dearest friends, in hope of frequently returning to them. We recommend the whole of them to our readers' perusal. They will find therein more solid maxims, as much piety, and far better writing, tan in most of the pulpit lectures now current among us." - Ubi supra.
STC10759
TENTH EDITION. 4to., (viii)364; 99pp., with the additional engraved title-page and "The
Face of the Book, Unmasked.", title-page printed in red and black. Bound in full
contemporary
calf, rebacked, gilt lettered red morocco spine label, with the bookplate of Herschel V. Jones.
(1433A)
"We lay aside the Resolves, as we part from our dearest friends, in hope of frequently
returning
to
them. We recommend the whole of them to our readers' perusal. They will find therein more
solid maxims, as much piety, and far better writing, tan in most of the pulpit lectures now
current
among us." - Ubi supra.
Fitz-Harris was an Irish Catholic who was convicted of high treason for having published a pamphlet advocating the deposition of Charles II in favor of James, Duke of York. He drew up this sham confession after having been led by the Chaplain of the Tower to believe that his life might be spared, and was later executed.
Wing F1091
FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, (vii)181(i)130pp.(i.e.126)(i), title-page printed in red &
black
with engraved printer's device and typo-graphical border, decorative head & tail pieces, some
staining to last 3 leaves; margin of p.19 trimmed, as usual pp.97-100 of "Poeticall
Miscellanies"
is
skipped in numbering, Quarles poem on final leaf, often missing, is present here. Bound in
full
light brown diced calf over cords, gilt decorated spine, lacking spine label, covers ruled in
gilt,
hinges cracked, front cover detached. (1443A)
This copy includes "Piscatorie Eclogs", with a separate title page. Also included is
the
section "Elisa or An Elgie Upon the Unripe Decease of Sr. Antonie Irby", also with
separate title page. The book concludes with a amendatory poem addressed to Fletcher,
"To
my deare friend, the Spencer of this age", by Frances Quarles (1592-1644).
A quite rare, important and sought after work in the Vesalian tradition by a poet of the
Spenserian
school. It is a "philosophical poem in twelve cantos of the body of man, describing in
allegory
the
physiological structure of the human body and the mind of man, and of the virtues and vices
to
which man is subject". From the purely medical standpoint "The Purple Island" is a
fairly
accurate description of human anatomy as set forth by Vesalius in his "Fabrica" (1543). For
his
physiological information, Fletcher seems to have drawn largely upon Galen. (Drake
622-23).
"In this work the veins are equated with rivers, the bones mountains of the Island and the
entire
analogy worked out with great ingenuity. After a detailed description of man's anatomy he
turns
his attention to mans mind "--Cambridge History of English Literature.
Osler describes the book as "an elaborate allegorical description of the human body, with
anatomical notes."
Osler 4810; Wellcome 2313; STC 11082.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo., (vi)152pp., translated into English by Mr. Glanvill. Bound in some what recent full calf, spine and covers tooled in blind, raised bands. (2034A)
Fontenelle's best known work which did much to awaken a popular interest in astronomy. He also emphasized the small part played by man and his planet in the remainder of the universe.
Wing F1416
"The most part of the poetry was done by Master Quarles, father and son, sufficiently known for their abilities therein. The rest the stationer got transcribed out of Mr. Holland and other authors."-- Lowndes p.848
Wing F2400
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Thick 8vo., (iv)974pp.(xviii)index. Bound in
contempoary
full speckled calf over cords, spine worn, hinges cracked but covers attached.
(1357A)
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 16pp., folio, woodcut vignette on title, with the licence leaf
opposite title. Bound in recent marbled card wraps. (1751A)
"He (Guildford) appears to have foreseen that the consequence of the violent and arbitrary
measures, which he was unable to prevent, would, if continued, work the downfall of the
Stuart
family. His private life was temperate and regular, untainted with the vices of the times."
--Sir T.
N. Talfourd: Retrosp. Rev., ii. 249.
Wing G2215 & E3714
FIRST EDITION. 1vol., 8vo., (vii)590pp.(i)., with the licence leaf before the title-page
and
the final errata leaf. Bound in full contemporary calf over cords, covers blind ruled, front
cover
detached. (1632A)
Guise the name of a ducal family of Lorraine, taken from the town of that name. The direct
line
became extinct on the death (1675) of Francois Joseph, the 7th Duke. "His (Henry II)
memoirs,
written by himself, have much historic interest." --Chambers, p.607.
FIRST AND ONLY ENGLISH EDITION. 1 vol., folio, (ii)567pp. Bound in
contemporary
full speckled calf, rebacked at an earlier date, gilt lettered brown morocco spine label, ribbed
gilt
decorated spine, hinges cracked, front cover detached. (2007A)
Wing G2166
The most famous work by the erudite Chaplain to Laud, with his unlawful tract "Schisme and Schismaticks" and full of remarkable lore on the marriage of cousins, weapon-salves, sermons against dueling, on reading profane history, &c.
Besides "Choice Sermons Preach't On Several Occasions," which occupy the larger portion of the book, there are "Mr. Hales Letters From the Synod of Dort To Sr. Dudley Carlton" and as a supplement Dr. Balcanquhall's letters written from Dort to Carlton and the "Acta Synodi." Prefaces are contributed by John Pearson and Anthony Farindon.
Wing H269
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., small 4to., (iii)179pp., engraved title by Vaughan with an oval portrait of Edward VI crowned with laurel leaves and a portrait of Hayward on the verso of page iii by William Pass. Bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf over cords, gilt lettered red morocco spine label, front hinge crack but cover firmly attached. (2033A)
STC 12998
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo., (ii)72pp., page 72 ends with the catch word "THE" but our
copy also conforms to the British Museum copy, apparently all published. Extracted.
(1330A)
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo., (vii)80,391pp., a wide margined copy, very clean and
bright
throughout. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf over cords, covers ruled in blind, paper
spine label. (1734A)
"Scandalous history." --Allibone p.986
This work is to be used in conjunction with "Secret history of the reigns of King Charles II
and
King James II, [?Lond.], 1690". A reply to which is entitled "The blatant beast muzzled, or
reflections on a late libel..., 1691."
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Includes sections on how to fight horse against horse, horse against foot, foot against horse, how squadrons are to be detached, how to fight in a retreat, and more.
Wing L178.
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This work was written while in exile under Charles II.
A third volume was added to this work in 1699.
"The 'Memoirs' give a curious and interesting picture of the civil war in Wiltshire and of campaigning life in Ireland; but their chief historical value lies in their faithful representation of the ideas of the republican party, in the account given of their opposition to Cromwell, and of the factions which caused the overthrow of the republic after its restoration in 1659." D.N.B..
SEVENTH EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo., (vi)695pp. Bound in contemporary full calf over
cords,
hinges cracked but covers attached, spine worn, head and foot of spine worn with loss, gilt
lettered brown morocco spine label. (2000A)
"Like the superior production of Lord Chesterfield, Osborne's book combined in
apophthegmatic
form some sound sense and perspicuous observation with much that was obvious and
commonplace. The warnings against women with which he plied his son form the most
interesting
passages. The books mysogenic character was ridiculed by John Heydon in his 'Advice to a
Daughter', in opposition to 'Advice to a Son', 1658, and Heydon's venture produced a defense
of
Osborne, 'Advice to Balaams Ass', by Thomas Pecke . . ." DNB.
Wing O505
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo., (xxiii)392(vii)pp. Bound in contemporary full speckled
calf
over cords, covers detached. (1946A)
Wing P1905
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 4to., (iv)243pp., title-page printed in red and black. Bound in
contemporary full paneled calf, rebacked at an earlier date, retaining the original? Spine label.
(1846A)
"According to Dr. A. Clarke, this piece was published with the design to invalidate the
testimony of the Evangelists concerning the miracles of our blessed Lord. Only a few copies
were dispersed before the work was suppressed'." --Lowndes.
His most famous work was is the Life of Apollonius of Tyana (in Cappadocia, central
Asia Minor), an ascetic Neopythagorean preacher of the first century A.D. to whom numerous
miracles and prophecies, and some letters of doubtful authenticity, were attributed.
Apollonius
was revered by the emperor Caracalla, who stopped at Tyana in 215 in the company of his
mother, Julia Domna, and ordered the construction of a shrine in the preacher's honor;
thereafter
the sage continued to assume a more and more important role in pagan theology, figuring
extensively in the struggle against the Christians. His "biography" by Philostratus no doubt
helped in establishing his influence: Philostratus deliberately elevates Apollonius from a mere
magician into a holy and venerable wonder worker, so that his treatise is comparable to the
Acts of the Pagan Martyrs (produced by nationalists of Alexandria in Egypt in the
second
and early third centuries A.D.) and foreshadows the lives of Christian saints. At the same
time
the work is an elaborate and sensational novel and travel romance, dazzlingly furnished with
the
exotic, oriental touches that would appeal to Philostratus' imperial patron and her circle.
Wing P2132.
THIRTEENTH EDITION. Small 8vo, (iii)(v)134(i), one page publisher's ads in rear,
engraved frontis of Playford, two additional engraved illustrations in text, numerous wood-cut
music scores. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf, covers doubled ruled in blind, expertly
rebacked, gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered red morocco spine label.
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1 vol., 4to., 10(i)pp., paper slightly browned, with the final license leaf,
disbound.
Wing C3000
1 vol., 4to., 2pp., paper slightly browned, foredge uncut, disbound.
Wing C3162
1 vol., 4to., 15pp., with the license leaf, disbound.
Wing D187
1 vol., 4to., (ii)20pp., disbound.
Wing D2474
1 vol., 4to., 11(i)pp., with the final license leaf, disbound.
Wing D2475
1 vol., 4to., 20pp., paper slightly browned, disbound.
Wing E2538
1 vol., 4to., 20pp., paper slightly browned, disbound.
Wing E2545
1 vol., 4to., broadside, 1pp.
Wing E2843
1 vol., 4to., 18pp., with the license leaf, paper slightly browned, disbound.
Wing E3717
1 vol., 4to., (ii)12pp., with the license leaf, disbound.
Wing F425
1 vol., 4to., (ii)38pp., with the license leaf, paper slightly browned, disbound.
Wing F426
1 vol., 4to., (ii)8pp., with the license leaf, disbound.
Wing J560
1 vol., 4to., (iii)127pp., with the license leaf, paper slightly browned, disbound.
Wing T2102
1 vol., 4to., 12pp., with the license leaf, disbound.
Wing T3252
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 1 vol., 8vo., (iv)224(i)158(viii)pp., with the index,
separate
title page for the life. Bound in contemporary/original full speckled calf over cords, gilt
lettered
red morocco spine label. (1895A)
Wing P3160
"At the time, silver coin was scarce in England, and was particularly subject to fluctuation in value. Pratt discusses the effect of this scarcity and its relation to hoarding, exportation, &c. He claims to provide for both extrinsic and intrinsic values, contending that there are in fact three terms of value (the third being real), and presents his case from this standpoint" Amex Bank 375.
Kress 1990; Wing P3184.
THIRD EDITION AND FIRST TO INCLUDE THE SYNOPSIS. 1 vol., 4to., (iv)351pp.(xvii)(I)58pp.(ii). Bound in early full brown calf, recent brown cloth spine. (1854A)
First published in 1648 after his death in 1646. This work was analyzed in a series of essays published in the London Gentlemen's Magazine.
Not recorded in Wing. Apparently a variant between P3441 & P3442
Wing P3441.1
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., small 4to., (iii)28pp., a wide margined copy with the last several leaves being uncut. Bound in recent full calf, covers ruled in blind. (2035A)
First edition of Prior's first publication. a verse attack on Dryden's The Hind and the Panther, Although it is generally supposed that Charles Montagu. First Earl of Halifax. collaborated in the poem, Prior's authorship is considered primary.
Dryden's poem, "The Hind and Panther", was not likely to escape the attack of the wits for in the same year Matthew Prior, then a student of St. John's, Cambridge, and Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, issued the above. Montagu is credited with the preface only.
Dryden undoubtedly felt this satire, as he is (on the authority of Spence) said to have exclaimed: "For two young fellows that I have always been very civil to, to use an old man in so cruel a manner", and he wept as he said it.
Wing P3511: MacDonald 241a; Grolier 688.
"A useful book, frequently reprinted, with additions, by Zach. Bogan, 1685, and generally appended to Dr. Tho. Godwin's works on Roman Antiquities". - Lowndes.
Wing R2041
SECOND EDITION, Corrected. 1 vol., folio., (xvii)416,394pp.(ix), engraved frontis
portrait
of P. Rycaut, title page printed in red and black. Bound in full contemporary brown calf over
cords, spine quite worn, hinges cracked, front cover dettached. (1899A)
An interesting and important history of the lives of the Popes. Rycaut had access to a number
of
papers in the Vatican which were never before accessible.
Not in Pforzheimer, Wing S2395.
FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 12mo., (iii)167pp. Bound in contemporary full sheep, rebacked,
front hinge starting, gilt lettered black leather spine label. (1940A)
"As Selden was so great a man, I do not question but several families in his time made a
application to him for the asserting the privileges of their titles," &c.-- Dr. Wilkins to Bp.
Nicolson: Nicolson's Letters.
Wing S2434
FIRST EDITION. (xviii)19-160, 24pp., lacks A1 blank. Bound in later marbled paper covered boards, recent leather spine. (1452A)
Trying to squeeze a little more money out of the House of Commons and boost a rapidly decaying reputation the political informer and blackmailer gives a glowing account of his efforts to expose Jacobite intrigues making a special; point of the real reasons for his correspondence with that "Luciferian Priest" John Hewit. This work is one of the first books in English to deal exclusively with intelligence matters.
"This book is said to have been written by Charles, Earl of Peterborough, with the assistance of Dr. Davenant, against the Duke of Shrewsbury. It was ordered by the House of Peers to be burnt by the hangman." --Mackay's Memoirs, p.64.
This work was first published in 1583 as "De Republica Anglorum" and appeared under this title in the third edition of 1589.
The work was greatly expand over the years with 5 whole chapters added to the third edition. This is Smith's principal work and "is the most important description of the constitution and government of England written in the Tudor age." -- D.N.B..
STC 22867
"As intire a discourse as we could wish for on that subject; rectifying a great many mistakes in Camden, Lambard, Philpot, &c., and discovering the true situation of those ancient places." Bp. Nicolson: ubi supra, 13.
Wing S4669, locating only 2 copies in the USA.
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"Sparke's (1588-1653) works show that he had an intense curiosity about the economic, political, religious, social, and scientific concerns of the day." --DNB
Wing S4818C
LATER EDITION. Small 4to., 54pp.(i), disbound, recto of title-page repaired, illustrated
with
two engravings, one of which is a title-page vignette, foredge of title-page chipped not
affecting
image or text. (1444A)
The poem celebrates a brawl in the Wood Street Compter, or debtors' prison. The title-page
vignette, a copperplate, illustrates a brawl; the other plate, a full-page woodcut, shows a scene
at
the gate of the prison. The date of the first edition of this work is uncertain, but circa 1628 is
guessed.
Wing S4896; Lowndes 2164; Grolier Whither to Prior 771.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 1 vol., 4to., (v)143:83(i)38:24(xxi)(i)pp., with the final page of publisher's ads, engraved frontis portrait and 13 additional portrait plates. Bound in contemporary full tan calf, rebacked at an earlier date, gilt lettered red morocco spine label. 2068A
Strada's comprehensive history in English dedicated by the translator to Henry Pierrepont, first Marquis of Dorchester.
FIRST EDITION. (iv)264pp. Bound in contemporary full tan calf over cords, gilt
decorated
spine, gilt lettered red morocco spine labels, hinges cracked, covers firmly attached.
(1351A)
THE GRENVILLE, LOCKER-LAMPSON COPY
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King James I valued this translation above all other English poetry, and it was a great favorite with his son, King Charles, during his imprisonment. This work constitutes Fairfax's chief claim to fame. It is dedicated, in verse, to Queen Elizabeth. D.N.B. wrote: "Richard Carew had previously translated a portion of the poem, and Fairfax made full use of his predecessor's labors. But in refinement and poetic instinct, Fairfax far surpasses not only Carew but the translators of latter times.
The personal copy of George Grenville, with his ink signature at top margin of title page, with later bookplate of Frederick Locker-Lampson at front pastedown, plus inserted bookdealers' descriptions at front blanks. Grenville (1712-1770) was British Prime Minister from 1763-1765, overseeing enactment of the Stamp Act of 1765. Locker-Lampson (1821-1895) was a British poet of some repute in the late 19th Century, but is best remembered for his book collecting; the library at his Sussex home, Rowfant, was one of his century's finest collections of Elizabethan volumes. Locker-Lampson compiled a catalog of his library in 1886.
STC 23698; Pforzheimer 1001
FIRST EDITION. 1 Vol., 8vo., (ii)172pp., bound in contemporary full speckled calf,
neatly
rebacked at an earlier date. (2497A)
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Wing T1760
SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., square 4to., (iii)325pp.(i), lacks A2 the "Epistle Dedicatorie",
title-page lightly soiled, lower corners of p151 & p.153 torn with loss touching two words.
Bound
it its original full vellum, gilt lettered red morocco spine label. (1889A)
In the dedication to Sir Thomas Sackville, Walker says that this work "was the first labour of
a
worthie Gentleman of your Lordships Countrey of Sussex, . . . who did it for his exercise in
the
Spanish tongue, and keeping it by him many yeeres, as iudging it vtterly vnwoorthy of his
owne
name, did lately bestowe the same vpon me, with expresse charge howsoeuer I should dispose
thereof, to conceale all mention of him: wherin I should haue doone both him and my selfe
too
much wrong in obeying him . . ." In the dedication to Lewkenor he further states: " . . .
Receaue
therefore, gentle Maister Lewkenor, this poore Treatise, hauing so many long yeeres lien
obscured among your wast papers, and lately by your cruell sentence condemned to the fire,
now
with a milder conceit vnder your protection; For though you thinke it vnworthy of the worlds
view, as beeing the fruite and exercise of your youngest yeeres, yet I assure you, it hath
passed
the censure of graue and learned iudgements, and receiued excellent allowance; thorough
whose
encouragements I haue presumed to giue it life..." Apparently, therefore, this is to be added to
the
list of translations of Lewis Lewkenor; perhaps revised by Walker for he declares in the same
address: " . . . whatsoeuer therein is faultie, let the same lie vpon my shoulders . . ." The
original
is
the Jardin deflores curiosas printed at Salamanca, 1570.
Lowndes (2699p.) delacres this work as "full of lies, hear-says, and hypotheses."
STC.24136; Pforzheimer 1011 (1600 edition)
Wing V683
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., small 4to., (iv)56pp., upper right had corner of title
torn with loss resulting in the loss of one letter, upper corners of last two leaves torn with loss
resulting in the loss of a few words. Bound in early gray paper boards, early ownership
inscription on front pastedown reading "œ8.35 Sale of Sunderland Library 21 March 1883".
(1748A)
Wing W340
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This is a collection of scandalous gossip about the king and his ministers and favorites. A few of the stories it contains embody personal reminiscences, or information received from personages concerned in the incidents related. The book was not too kindly received in some areas: it was called an infamous libel and Weldon a malicious-minded author.
Wing W1273.
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This work was first published in 1648. This is the last 17th century edition to be published. A most interesting work which contains all sorts of subjects from engravings of objects of war such as a catapult and a device for firing multipul arrows to Automata.
"Wilkins was also concerned to popularize the science of mechanics. Mathematical Magick, or the Wonders that May be Proved by Mechanical Geometry was, even more than the Discovery or Discourse, a work of popular science. Its purpose was not to defend the validity of a relatively new scientific theory but to familiarize the average man with the basic and long-accepted principles of mechanics. Wilkins begins with a defense of mechanics as a liberal art that was, like astronomy and music, a 'species' of 'mixed mathematics.' The basic subject of mechanics was the relationship between weight and power. Weight was no longer to be considered a 'natural quality, whereby condensed Bodies do of themselves tend downwards,' but 'an Affection,' which might be measured. Wilkins hoped to spread the new, mathematical approach to mechanics to the general public. He then describes basic mechanical principles and discusses their application. He shows how, at least theoretically, the force of any mechanical faculty could move any weight, suggesting that a small child, using a machine composed of a hundred double pulleys, could easily move the earth itself. [...] In general, Wilkins preferred to stimulate imaginations rather than provide blueprints. Many of his fanciful examples were derived from earlier writers, including Jerome Cardan and Giacomo Della Porta, or from recent experimenters such as Cornelius Dreble. He describes a sailing chariot 'by which a man may sail on the land, as well as by a Ship on the Water,' 'waywisers' that measured distances traveled by chariot, ships or men on foot, and 'artificial images' that could move, produce sounds, or even speak. Such artificial. images were particularly interesting to Wilkins, with his concern for the mechanisms of language and speech. He was also intrigued by the submarine." (quoted from pages 43 and 44 of the Intellectual Biography of John Wilkins by Barbara Shapiro.)
Wing W2201