D 1640 (73 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xv+139 pages with color frontispiece, 1 illustration, 7 maps, appendices, bibliography and indices. Small quarto (10" x 7") issued in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria blind stamped in gilt on the cover. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Number 5. Translated and edited by J D La Fleur. First edition. In the summer of 1630, Pieter van den Broecke returned to Amsterdam after completing his fifth voyage overseas as a commercial agent for various Dutch companies who were then expanding their worldwide trading networks. Van den Broecke used this homecoming to compose a lengthy manuscript describing his experiences, and to arrange its publication in 1634. However, this published version presented his account in a highly abridge and significantly alter form. The present edition offers for the first time an English translation of those parts of Van den Broecke's original manuscript which describe the four trading voyages he made to Africa in the early seventeenth century. His manuscript is an important historical source because he was among the earliest of Europeans to describe in detail the communities he encountered in West Africa and Central Africa, and the sophisticated commercial strategies of Dutch merchants then trading on the Atlantic coast of Africa. This edition begins with an introductory essy presenting Van den Broecke's biography and places the writing of the manuscript within the context of his professional aspirations. The edited translation of Van den Broecke's narrative is extensively annotated with reference both to other contemporary accounts and to relevant modern scholarship. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket.…

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Condition: Very Good. 16 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 22 cms. Category: Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 7 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 22 cms. Category: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 4 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 24 cms. Category: Recusant History; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 11 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Thoroton Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 17 pages, 3 figures. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Midland History; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 27 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 21cms. Category: Northern History Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 46 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 21cms. Text is in Welsh. Category: Caernarvonshire Historical Society; Welsh Language; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 46 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 21cms. Category: Caernarvonshire Historical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 18 pages, 1 figure. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 22 cms. Category: Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 28 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 22 cms. Category: Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 26 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 22 cms. Category: Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 15 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Sussex Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 22 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Sussex Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 6 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 11 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition thus. London: Holland Press, 1963. First edition thus. xxxii,667,[1]pp. §A reprint of the two volume 1881 edition, with an additional introduction by Robin Jeffs. Original yellow buckram, gilt lettering. An uncirculated ex-college library copy with sticker carefully removed from spine; library stamp to title-page verso, and to all edges of textblock; pocket, date due slip and library label to last endpapers. A good, sound copy. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 1.3 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders. International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quote).…

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8VO. 1ST ED 1938 . GREY AND RED CLOTH . 167 PAGES . NEAR FINE COPY. HARD TO FIND .

Dimension extérieur : 44,8 x 31 et cuvette 27 x 19,4 cm. Gravure de 1870, inspirée de Pierre Paul Rubens. Réalisée par Charles Jules Waltner. Fait partie d?une série de 21 eaux-fortes publiées par la Librairie de l?Art à Paris et s?intitulant : Pierre Paul Rubens, sa vie et ses oeuvres. En très bon état hormis quelques épidermures. Français.…

Hardcover. 4th edition. iv, 328 p.; 21.5 cm. [Orig. ed. 1751; closely reset from 2nd ed. 1800, with paging error (245-348) corrected to 225-328] VG lt. scuffed full diced calf, some cracking on joints.

Hard cover. Reprint. REPRINT OF 1915 1ST. PHAETON, 1967. Reprint. REPRINT OF 1915 1ST. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. VERY CLEAN, UNREAD. 5 volume set. 458 p. LOC VAL, FROM WYE, KENT, APHRA AMIS MARRIED DUTCH BEHN, LIVED IN SURINAM, DUTCH SPY, RESTORATION LONDON Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. VERY CLEAN, UNREAD.…

2 FORTS VOLUMES IN-FOLIO (24 X 37 X 12 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + VIII + 791 + (1) ET (4) + 725 + (54) PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU MARBRE, DOS A SIX NERFS ORNE DE CAISSONS A FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN ROUGE, TRANCHES ROUGES. LES 791, 725 ET 54 PAGES, SONT SUR 2 COLONNES NUMEROTEES 1 A 1482, 1 A 1450 ET I A CVIII. CACHETS ANCIENS DE CLASSEMENT D'UNE BIBLIOTHEQUE PRIVEE SUR LES FEUILLETS BLANCS DE GARDE, DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, DONT TRACES D'USURE ET EPIDERMURES, SANS L'ETIQUETTE DE TITRE ET AVEC MANQUE DE CUIR AU NIVEAU DE LA COIFFE SUPERIEURE DU TOME 2, SINON BON ETAT INTERIEUR, EXEMPLAIRE RESTANT SOLIDE.…

2 VOLUMES IN-4 (20,5 X 26,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE XXII + 527 ET (4) + 662 + (2) PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU MARBRE, DOS A 5 NERFS, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN HAVANE, TRANCHES MOUCHETEES. ILLUSTRE DE 35 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE GRAVEES EN TAILLE-DOUCE PAR BENARD. ANCIEN CACHET DE BIBLIOTHEQUE PRIVEE SUR LE FEUILLET DE GARDE DANS CHACUN DES VOLUMES,QUELQUES PETITES TRACES D'USURE EXTERIEURE, DONT PETITS MANQUES DE CUIR AUX MORS, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.…

Illuminated manuscript in Arabic on fine polished paper, copied by Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Mashhad . Volume I: 232 leaves, single column, 25 lines in an elegant black naskh hand with rubrication (key words and headings in red) and occasional overlining; with a large gilt and polychrome illuminated heading at the opening. Condition: minor scattered spotting and a very small marginal tear to fol. 237, otherwise exceptionally clean and crisp. Volume II: 140 leaves, written in the same fine naskh with rubrication and overlining, also opening with a large illuminated heading. Condition: extremely clean and fresh throughout. Leaf size 300 × 190 mm. Both volumes bound in contemporary roan, expertly rebacked in tan leather; light rubbing at extremities; overall very presentable. An attractive Qajar-period copy of Mull adr 's celebrated synthesisal-Hikma al-muta liyathe foundational text of the later Iranian seminarian curriculum, prized not only for its doctrinal significance (primacy and gradation of existence, substantial motion) but also for its reception history in nineteenth-century Iran. Finely preserved illuminated sets from this period, in such condition, are uncommon on the market. Biography: Mull Sadr (Sadr al-D n Muhammad Sh r z , 1571/721640) was the most influential intellectual figure of the late Safavid period, remembered not only as a thinker but as the founder of the school of al-hikma al-muta liya, or Transcendent Theosophy. Born in Shiraz, he received his early training under prominent teachers in Isfahan, most notably M r D m d and Shaykh Bah al-D n al- mil (Shaykh Bah ). This Isfahan period introduced him to the traditions of Avicennian peripateticism, Suhraward 's Illuminationism, and the metaphysics of Ibn Arab , all of which he would later weave into his own synthesis. After years of study, Sadr withdrew to the village of Kahak near Qom for a period of seclusion and ascetic practice. There he combined rigourous scholarship with spiritual discipline, producing early drafts of his later works and cultivating the view that intellectual activity must be inseparable from inner purification. Eventually he returned to public life in Shiraz, where he was appointed to teach at the Madrasa-yi Kh n, an institution founded under Safavid patronage. During this later phase he composed the works that secured his intellectual legacy. In addition to his vast al-Asf r al-Arba a, he wrote shorter treatises such as al-Mash ir (The Book of Metaphysical Prehensions), al-Shaw hid al-rub biyya (The Divine Witnesses), and several Qur nic commentaries and eschatological treatises, including his celebrated discussion of bodily resurrection (al-hashr). These writings reveal not only his metaphysical commitmentsthe primacy and gradation of existence, the doctrine of substantial motion, and the unity of the intellect and intelligiblebut also his conviction that true philosophy culminates in spiritual ascent and visionary knowledge. Mull Sadr died in Basra in 1640 while on pilgrimage to Mecca, leaving behind an intellectual system that reshaped the philosophical landscape of Iran and the broader Islamic world. His works were copied extensively during the Qajar period, ensuring their survival and embedding them into the curricula of Shi i seminaries. Even today, the Asf r remains central to advanced study in Qom and elsewhere, while modern scholarship has secured his place not only in Islamic intellectual history but also in global philosophical discourse. Mull Sadr 's biography thus reflects a life devoted to bridging rational inquiry, mystical experience, and theological reflection, a synthesis that continues to inform debates on metaphysics, psychology, and eschatology. The Transcendent Theosophy in the Four Journeys of the Intellect (al-Asf r al-Arba'a) Mull Sadr 's al-Hikma al-Muta liya f al-Asf r al- Aqliyya al-Arba acommonly called the Asf r or "Four Journeys"is both his magnum opus and the architectonic expression of his hikma, or transcendent wisdom. Written and revised over several decades, it serves simultaneously as an encyclopaedic synthesis and a spiritual itinerary: the intellect's gradual passage through ontology, cosmology, theology, and anthropology. Structured around four symbolic "journeys," the text explores, in sequence, the nature of being and its modalities, the constitution of the cosmos through substance and accident, the divine names and attributes, and finally the human soul in its genesis, development, death, and return. More than a mere summa of antecedent traditions, the Asf r reframes Avicennian, Illuminationist, and mystical doctrines within an experiential metaphysics in which rational argumentation, spiritual unveiling, and scriptural revelation converge. Among the most influential doctrines articulated in the Asf r is the principle of the primacy of existence (as lat al-wuj d), which asserts that existence is ontologically fundamental and essences are only conceptual abstractions. This reorients the metaphysical project away from essentialism and grounds it in wuj d as a single but graded reality. Closely related is Sadr 's teaching on the modulation or gradation of being (tashk k al-wuj d), whereby existence is analogically one yet admits of intensification and diminution across levels of reality. A further cornerstone is the doctrine of substantial motion (al-haraka al-jawhariyya), which extends change from accidents into substances themselves, reimagining nature as an ongoing process and providing the basis for the soul's substantial growth toward higher intensities of being. The epistemological correlate of these doctrines is the unity of the intellect and the intelligible, according to which knower and known coincide in act during genuine intellection, a view that supports the ascent staged throughout the Asf r. The method of the work is both synthetic and dialogical. Avicenna supplies metaphysical scaffolding, Suhraward contributes the ontology of light.…

Second edition. Dr. Johannes Bohn was a noted 17th century German physician, professor of medicine, and pioneer in forensic science. He introduced the policy of thorough autopsies of the deceased. Bohn's specialty was the investigation of lethal wounds, which is what this book is about. In this treatise Dr. Bohn analyzes purposeful vs accidental fatal wounds. It is one of the relatively few important works to survive Bohn's stipulation in his will that his scientific writings be burnt. Bound in full vellum with title page printed in red and black. Spine titled by hand in ink. Text is in Latin. Old ink name on title page. Boards splayed but hinges sound. There is a 3/4" split at top of upper joint, some minor extremity bumps, a few rubs, and some surface soil. Else very good to near fine. Vellum. Duodecimo. [xvi], 296, [8] pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. folio. pp. 13 p.l., 1415 [i.e. 1403], [17]index & errata (last page misnumbered & pp. 300-309 omitted in pagination). engraved title border & 57 full-length portrait engravings in the text by Christoffel von Sichem. woodcut ornaments & initials. A nice copy in contemporary calf, gilt arabesque ornament on centre of covers, rebacked, corners renewed (title backed, occasional marginal stains). early ownership entries of John Lamott Honeywood [1647-1694], A. Garway (dated 1616), and Powle Garway. First Edition, First Issue. The work is largely a translation from J. F. Le Petit, La grande chronique ancienne et moderne (Dordrecht: 1601), and utilizes the same plates by Christoffel von Sichem for the engraved title border and engraved portraits. Grimeston includes a translation of Le Petit's preface and indicates that most of the continuation is derived from Emanuel van Meteren. This is one of several large and influential European histories which Gimeston translated or derived from foreign sources, the others devoted to France, Spain, and Venice. STC 12374.…