C 1670 (44 results)

INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 116 pages. Hardcover: H 25.75cm x L 18cm. No dust jacket. Brown cloth lightly rubbed with a few light stains; gilt stamped lettering to front board and spine remains bright. Text block's top edge foxed with lesser foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. Author's five-line ink inscription "For | Charles + Ruthie Noyes | with best wishes | John C. Hodges | 1 November 1955" at front free endpaper's top left. Foxing/toning to initial leaves inclusive to title and to rear endpapers; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Co-inscribee Charles Noyes was a professor of English at the University of Mississippi specializing in Restoration and 18th century English literature. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pages. B Megson "Life expectations of the widows and orphans of Freemen in London 1375-1399" / M F Pickles "Labour migration: Yorkshire, c.1670-1743" / C G Pooley and J Turnbull "Migration and mobility in Britain from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries" (SL#131/2). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1941. First edition. xvii,151pp. Portrait, 9 illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt lettering. A good, sound copy.

Schönes original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 17. Jh. -- Blattformat: ca.30,0x20,0 cm - gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 17th century. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10. …

Schönes original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 17. Jh. -- Blattformat: ca.25x18 cm. Platte: ca. 17,5 x 12 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 17th century. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10. …

schönes Original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 18. Jahrhundert - Blatt-Format: ca. 15,5 x 25 cm | Original engraving from circa 1660. Dies ist ein Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint! // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.…

Folio; 64 pp. Cubiertas originales.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1690. -- Blattmaße: ca. 28 x 20 cm. Platte: ca. 21 x 15 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from ca. 1690. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10. …

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von c. 1680. -- Blattmaße: ca. 28 x 20 cm. Platte: ca. 23 x 15 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1680. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10. …

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von c. 1695. -- Blattmaße: ca. 28 x 20 cm. Platte: ca. 22 x 15 cm. -- am unteren Außenrand mit alten handschriftlichen Notizen, sonst gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1695. -- with old handwritten notes on the lower outer margin, otherwise in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.…

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von c. 1695. -- Blattmaße: ca. 28 x 20 cm. Platte: ca. 22 x 15 cm. -- am unteren Außenrand mit alten handschriftlichen Notizen, sonst gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1695. -- with old handwritten notes on the lower outer margin, otherwise in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.…

4to. menor, 147 pp., 3 hs. Cubiertas originales.

Kol. Radierung nach einem Gemälde von Salomon Ruisdael. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 39,6 x 44,4 cm. -- gut erhalten. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.…

IN-4 (22 X 29,5 X 3 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + 432 PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TEXTE SUR 2 COLONNES. EX-LIBRIS ARMORIE: «LUDOVICI BITURICSIS ARCHIEPISCOPI». CE VOLUME CONTIENT LES «NOTES SUR L'HISTOIRE DU LANGUEDOC». DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, DOS A RECOLLER, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…

Schönes original Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1680. Seltenes Portrait! -- Blattformat: ca.47x37 cm. -- teils leicht fleckig, mit alter Knickspur, sonst gut erhalten. || Original engraved portrait from c. 1680. Rare portrait! -- slightly stained, with an old fold mark, otherwise in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Niederländisch Gewicht in Gramm: 20. …

FORT IN-4 (23,5 X 29,5 X 11 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE VIII + 486 ET (2) + XXIII + (1) + 1250 ET (1) PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TEXTE SUR 2 COLONNES DANS LA SECONDE PARTIE (2500 COLONNES FORMANT 1250 PAGES). DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, EXEMPLAIRE REEMBOITE, DOS FACTICE, COINS RENFORCES, SINON BON ETAT INTERIEUR. PETIT PRIX, COMPTE TENU DES DEFAUTS SIGNALES.…

FORT IN-4 (22 X 29,5 X 6,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE XV + (1) + 704 ET 360 PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TEXTE SUR 2 COLONNES DANS LA SECONDE PARTIE (720 COLONNES FORMANT 360 PAGES). DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, EXEMPLAIRE REEMBOITE, GARDES SUPERIEURES REFAITES, SANS LE PAPIER DE COUVERTURE DU DOS, SINON BON ETAT INTERIEUR.…

2 PARTIES EN 2 VOLUMES IN-4 (22 X 29,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + XX ET 1048 PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TEXTE SUR 2 COLONNES. CE TOME 4 CONTIENT LES "NOTES SUR L'HISTOIRE DU LANGUEDOC". (56 NOTES DU TOME 2 DE L'EDITION PRINCEPS DU XVIII°, SUIVIES DES NOTES 57 A 167 AJOUTEES PAR LES NOUVEAUX EDITEURS). DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, DOS BRUNIS, DOS DU SECOND VOLUME A RECOLLER, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…

2 PARTIES EN 2 VOLUMES IN-4 (22 X 29,5 X 6,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + XX ET 1048 PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TEXTE SUR 2 COLONNES. CE TOME 4 CONTIENT LES «NOTES SUR L'HISTOIRE DU LANGUEDOC». (56 NOTES DU TOME 2 DE L'EDITION PRINCEPS DU XVIII°, SUIVIES DES NOTES 57 A 167 AJOUTEES PAR LES NOUVEAUX EDITEURS). DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, DOS BRUNIS, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…

FORT IN-4 (22 X 29,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE XVIII + (2) + 23 ET 1119 PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TEXTE SUR 2 COLONNES. CE TOME 5 CONTIENT «LES PREUVES DE L'HISTOIRE DE LANGUEDOC». DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, DOS BRUNIS, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…

FORT IN-4 (23 X 29,5 X 10 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE XVI + 1636 PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, PETITE AUREOLE CLAIRE ANCIENNE EN MARGE SUPERIEURE DE QUELQUES PAGES, SINON BON ETAT INTERIEUR.…

FORT IN-4 (22 X 29,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE XVIII + (2) + 23 ET 1119 PAGES, RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TEXTE SUR 2 COLONNES. CE TOME 5 CONTIENT "LES PREUVES DE L'HISTOIRE DE LANGUEDOC" DU TOME 2 DE L'EDITION PRINCEPS DU XVIII°. DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, DOS BRUNI, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…

Condition: Good. Edinburgh: printed for, and by Alex. Robertson in Morison's Close; where Subscribers may call for then Copies, circa [1775]., [1775]. Good. - Octavo, 6-5/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in three-quarter brown calf & marbled boards titled in gilt with decorations in blind within raised bands on the spine. The covers are rubbed & scuffed and the leather is splitting along the front joint. The head of the spine is slightly chipped. The pagination is as follows: 6, ii, iii, [1], 63, [1];[ 2], 1-56 & 59-167 [i.e.169], [1], illustrated with an engraved plate. Pages 165-166 are repeated in the numbering. Lacking page 57/58 of the poems. The poems have separate pagination. At the foot of the title page "[Price two shillings and Six-pence]". An image of an angel has been tipped in by a previous owner to serve as a frontispiece covering prior early annotations in ink and a printed poem by "H. I." clipped from a periodical is tipped-in on the rear fly leaf. The pages are toned and there are stains to the front fly leaf, the first few pages and a very few pages of the contents. Good.First and only edition. RARE in Commerce.Alexander Robertson of Struan (c. 1670�1749) was the 13th Chief of Clan Donnachaidh (Clan Robertson). Known as the "Poet-Chief," he uniquely fought in all three major Jacobite uprisings to restore the exiled Stuart kings. His life was defined by fierce loyalty, military rebellions, and long years of exile in France. Born into a family devoted to the Stuart monarchy, Robertson was educated at the University of St. Andrews. In 1688, he succeeded his elder brother as clan chief. A year later he left his studies to join the Jacobite rising of 1689. He was captured shortly after the Battle of Dunkeld, but eventually managed to escape or was released. Following the collapse of the rising, he was officially branded a traitor by the government and forced to flee to France, where he lived in exile for 13 years. Robertson returned to Scotland in 1703 and received an unofficial pardon. When the Jacobite rising of 1715 broke out, he rallied 500 of his clansmen to support the Earl of Mar. He fought at the bloody Battle of Sheriffmuir, where he was taken prisoner again in 1716. His clansmen rescued him and he fled back to France. Despite his advanced age, Robertson returned to Scotland to support the final Jacobite rebellion of 1745 ("The '45"), led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. Though considered an eccentric and a notorious teetotaler-hater who never married, he remained a highly beloved figure among his people. He died peacefully in 1749 and was buried in the family tomb at Struan. His funeral was legendary�an estimated 2,000 clansmen marched 18 miles behind his coffin to carry him to his final resting place. Robertson is most famous in Scottish history as the only person definitively recorded as participating in all three major Jacobite rebellions. During his long periods of exile, he spent his time writing poetry in English, Gaelic, French, and Latin. Most of his poetry was not published in his lifetime. Because of his literary contributions and Highland heritage, he is remembered as one of the most colorful and enduring figures in Clan Robertson's history.…

Hardcover (Vellum). Condition: Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Binding a little rubbed, library book plate inside front cover, pencil notes on fly leaf. Scattered light foxing. Text in Latin with Biblical words in Hebrew. Size: 12mo. 6 + 592 + 160 + 96 pages. Text is in multiple languages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Religion & Theology; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Language & Linguistics. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to (213 x 156mm). 2 parts in one volume. [8], 352, [2], 69, [1]; [8], 46pp. Title printed in red and black. Two columns between ruled borders. Text in Latin and Hebrew. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with morocco lettering label, marbled endpapers, edges red; (marginal paper repairs to 7 leaves, early ownership inscriptions on f.f.e.p.; joints split, extremities rubbed). First Edition. Bythner, Hebrew grammarian and university teacher at Oxford was of Polish descent. He lectured on Hebrew in the great refectory at Christ Church before the outbreak of the civil war. This, his last work and magnum opus, was a lexicon for the critical and grammatical study of the Hebrew psalter. Wing B6422 [& B6415]. ESTC r11213. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 4to (205 x 150mm). [12], 119pp. Signatures: a(6), A-P(4). Title with copperplate engraved vignette of putti bearing torch. 8-line historiated initial of a praying Solomon. Text is profusely decorated with copperplate engraved initials, head-, and tailpieces in a distinct Italian Baroque style of putti and boughs of fruits, wreaths and other floreate decoration, many by Jean-Charles Allet (1668-1732). Text in Italian in italics. Printed marginalia. Period speckled calf stamped in gilt with central unidentified ducal arms in lozenge shape surrounded by a wreath of knotted cords and tassels on front cover, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark; (clean and wide margins, only tiniest spot to title engraving). This copy was at one point in Portugal, with a Portuguese bookbinder's stamp from Lisbon and an old bookseller's description in Portuguese on front pastedown. First edition of La Sulamitide printed by Antonio de Rossi in Rome in 1732; Rossi printed a second edition in 1733 and a third in 1739. Following editions were made with Lelio dalla Volpe in 1740. Giuseppe Maria Ercolani was an Italian poet and prelate, born at Sinigaglia about 1690. La Sulamitide, or "The Shulamite," was one of Ercolani's most admired poetic works, together with Maria (1725), yet he published under the pseudonym "Neralco." The arcadian poem La Sulamitide is set as a dramatic five-act play with the biblical king Solomon as the main character and his love interest, the Shulamite woman and heroine of the Song of Songs, and the shepherd who was construed to have been her first love. The book of the Old Testament, and inspiration for Ercolani's drama, is usually interpreted as a religious allegory of God's love for faithful believers, or for the human soul. Hence, the La Sulamitide has also been interpreted as a sort of sacred drama, retaining many aspects of an allegorical reading. The allegorical illustrations throughout are finely engraved works of art in miniature in the style of the late Italian Baroque by Parisian-born engraver Jean-Charles Allet (Joannes Carolus Allet or Sculptor Aerarius). Allet was a prolific engraver and spent most of his life at the court in Sardinia and later Rome; he died the sameyear this edition appeared. This copy is bound in an attractive, period armorial calf doubtless belonging in the libraries of European elite.…

5/6 VOLUMES IN-12 (10 X 17 X 17 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (12) + LXVIII ET 480, (2) + 535, (2) + 536, (2) + 648 ET (2) + 616 PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU BLOND, DOS A CINQ NERFS ORNE DE CAISSONS A FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN ROUGE, TRANCHES ROUGES. ILLUSTRE D?UNE CARTE REPLIEE HORS TEXTE. PRESENCE DANS CERTAINS VOLUMES D?UNE ETIQUETTE AU NOM DE MONSIEUR PEZOUS, PRESIDENT DU TRIBUNAL DE 1° INSTANCE A ALBI - DEPT DU TARN. IL MANQUE LE TOME IV. QUELQUES PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST STATE. Signed in the lower margin with the names of the artist and publisher: "Crisp de pas inu inv et fe" / "C. de pas ex." Numbered in the image, lower center: 3. Four lines in Latin, divided into two columns: "Haec alia est facies rerum, sic vertitur ordo/ Post tot delicias subeunt morbusque dolorque./ Mutantur laetis tristia, grata malis/ Nempe solet Nemesis redere iusta vices.". Brilliant, richly-inked, early impression, printing sharp and crisp, with excellent contrasts and remarkable clarity, with the support lines along the text distinct. Like most of the surviving copies, with the number in the lower margin, as described by Franken. Slim margins around the border, in very fine condition. A print of great rarity, especially in such fine condition. This plate by Crispijn de Passe II is one of a set of four illustrating the biblical parable of Lazarus and the rich man. The story, from the Gospel of Luke (16:19-31), tells of an extremely wealthy man who shows no compassion when the poor, leprous beggar Lazarus begs him for bread and water. After his death, the rich man is sent to hell, where he is punished for his greed and heartlessness, whereas the pious and humble Lazarus is taken to heaven. It reminds us that earthly wealth is of no consequence after death and that those who suffer in this life will receive comfort in the next. The episode depicted here is The Dying Hour of the Rich Man. Even as the doctor attends the man on his deathbed, the notary in the foreground is already dividing the old man's estate, while to the far left a demon cheerfully welcomes him to the hereafter with music. The inscription reads: "This is the other face of things. Thus is the order reversed. Sad things are turned to happy ones; good things to evil. After so many joys come pain and illness. / Indeed, retribution (Nemesis) is wont to return just punishments." The verses are possibly by the Dutch antiquarian and humanist Aernout van Buchel (1565-1641), whose monogram appears next to the verses on the second plate in the series. The other prints in the series (Hollstein 3, 4, and 6) depict: 1. Lazarus in the house of the rich man; 2. Feast in the house of the Rich Man; and 4. The Rich Man in Hell. The design for the fourth plate is the work of De Passe the Elder. "Parabole du mauvais riche. Quatre planches numérotées, avec 4 l. de souscr. en 2 div. Suite intéressante pour les murs, costumes et intérieurs qui sont des premières années du 17e siècle, et parce que les estampes appartiennent aux meilleures productions des deux maîtres, dont on peut en même temps comparer le burin. Il résulte de cette comparaison que Crispyn junior le gagne sur son père pour la taille fine et propre, et qu'il a une science du clair obscur qui manque à Crispyn le vieux. Mais dans chacune des quatre estampes il y a des parties dignes des meilleurs maîtres du temps, tant pour le dessin, que pour la gravure." (Franken 1062-1065) The Artist: Crispijn de Passe the Younger came from a large, distinguished Dutch family of professional engravers and was trained in the workshop of his father, Cripsijn de Passe the Elder (who published this print). He was known for his remarkable handling of the burin, of which this engraving is an excellent example. The artist modeled both the interior and the figures in costume on contemporary tastes, offering insights into the elegant lifestyle of the seventeenth-century upper classes. De Passe worked in his father's Utrecht workshop beginning in 1612 until his departure for Paris around 1618. He worked in Paris (with some interruptions) until 1629, at which time he resumed work in Utrecht. In 1639 he removed to Amsterdam, where he died circa 1670. The Dives and Lazarus series must have been made before 1618, when Crispijn the Younger left for Paris (See Veldman, Crispijn de Passe and his Progeny, p. 221). The Publisher: "The elder De Passe (15651637) began his career as an engraver and publisher in Antwerp; forced to leave because of his Anabaptist faith he settled -after an interlude in Aachen- in 1589 in Cologne. He set up a print publishing house, producing portraits of the European nobility, as well as religious, mythological and allegorical prints and books. In 1611, he and his family were exiled from Cologne and took refuge in Utrecht. With the assistance of his children, he soon started another prosperous business. It is in Utrecht that this print was produced."(National Portrait Gallery) He died in Utrecht in 1637. While publishing in Cologne, the elder De Passe had engraved another series (also of 4 prints) on the Rich Man and Lazarus theme, after drawings by Maarten de Vos (Hollstein XV, nos. 118-121.) The second plate in that series shows the Rich Man being bathed by naked women. The other three plates are versions of the same scenes as those found in the series described here.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 4to (218 x 162 mm). Pagination: [38], 1-400 pp. Signatures: *-*****(4); A-Z(4); Aa-Zz(4); Aaa-Ddd(4). Engraved pictorial title of Heraclitus and Democritus and 2 illustrations and 19 circular emblematic engravings partly by Crispijn van de Passe the Younger. Contemporary stamped vellum with central arabesque ornament; (some light browning, some margins sliced in final quire but present, few corners chipped). Rear pastedown with inscription from the library of Van Isaac le Long and dated 1744. Modern armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on the front pastedown. Dawson's Bookshop label also affixed on rear pastedown. First edition and scarce variant copy of this classic Dutch poetry and emblem work by Zierikzee native Adriaan Hoffer, which Benesch described as, ".adorned with etchings which in themselves are perfect little works of art, although only slightly connected with the text" (Benesch, Rubens to Daumier p. 39). Hoffer's work contains poems comprising the author's self-commentary, Biblical quotes, and notably mentioned the victory of the Spanish silverfleet by Pieter Heyn in 1628, all in verse. Largely written in the vernacular, Hoffer supplemented Latin notes to his poetry through ample marginal references. Hoffer was a wealthy man and book collector with many connections in the Zierikzee community. The Nederduytsche Poëmata was his most important work, which sought to restrict the interest of natural inquiry to its edifying potential. This edition is notable for its engravings by Crispijn van de Passe the Younger, a talented engraver who inherited his father's style and repertoire and who remains inextricably linked to seventeenth-century Dutch printmaking. Not much else is known about the influence of Hoffer's Nederduytsche Poëmata or "Dutch Poems," but an earlier work of the same title was written by Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655) and published in Amsterdam by Willem Jansson in 1618. Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books 92; Landwehr, Low Countries 217; De Vries 161; Praz p. 370.…

16 TOMES EN 16 VOLUMES FORT IN-4 (15 VOLUMES: 23 X 29,5 X 130 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON, LE VOLUME 16: 27 X 34 X 7 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON), DONT UN VOLUME D'EPIGRAPHIE (TOME 15) ET UNE HISTOIRE GRAPHIQUE PAR ROSCHACH (TOME 16), RELIURE A LA BRADEL CARTONNAGE CREME DE L'EDITEUR, PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'UNE VIGNETTE AUX ARMES DU LANGUEDOC, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR. TROISIEME EDITION, CONSIDERABLEMENT AUGMENTEE, LA PLUS COMPLETE, DE CET OUVRAGE MONUMENTAL. TACHE CLAIRE AU NIVEAU DU DOS DU TOME 15, PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS HABITUELS, COMPTE-TENU DU POIDS DES VOLUMES, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…