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Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.86.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. D. Iun. Iuvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae, Ex doct: virorum ememdatione. Amsterodami, Typis Danielis Elzevirii, Sumptibus Societatis, 1671, modern nineteenth century half-leather marbled binding, engraved title page, 119 pp, 5 x 3", 32mo. In good condition. Modern binding scuffed at edges and corners. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Gilt title label on spine bright and clean. Toning & scuffing around edges of rear board. Previous bookplate found on front paste-down, but heavily rubbed therefore illegible. Front gutter split at engraved title page - binding exposed. Light toning throughout text-block, with some instances of finger-soiling. Many un-cut top edges. Marginalia, in ink, found on rear end-page (recto). Modern binding intact. Please see photos. Elzevir is the name of a family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The duodecimo series of "Elzevirs" became very famous and very desirable among bibliophiles (like ourselves), who sought to obtain the tallest and freshest copies of these books. Although it appears the family was involved with the book trade as early as the 16th century, it is only known for its work in some detail beginning with Lodewijk Elzevir. The fame of the Elzevir editions rests chiefly on the works issued by the firm of Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevir. Their Greek and Hebrew impressions are considered inferior to those of the Aldines and the Estiennes, but their small editions in 12mo, 16mo, and 24mo, for their elegance of design, neatness, clearness, regularity of type, and beauty of paper, cannot be surpassed. Daniel Elzevirium was the son of Bonaventura. Aulus Persius Flaccus (34 AD - 62 AD) was a Roman satirical poet of the imperial age who adhered to Stoicism. He was born in Volterra, in Etruria, to a wealthy family belonging to the equestrian order. At the age of twelve, he moved to Rome to follow the lessons of famous masters including mainly Quintus Remmius Palemon, and after 4 years, he became a public of the Stoic philosopher Lucius Anneus Cornutus. Flaccus claimed his intent within his works was to morally educate his readers & he argued bitterly against the literary fashions of his time, and proudly claimed the originality of his poetry and inspiration. His style is often deliberately sententious and obscure.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In good condition. Lipped boards are lightly tanned, as to be expected. Some light staining to front board and rear. Attractively printed manuscript spine. Binding broken, can be repaired easily. "CDS" stamp on bottom fore edge. Page 609 lightly torn on bottom right corner. Slightly toned, unmarked. A nice copy. Please see photos. Second volume. House of Elzevir was a celebrated family of Dutch booksellers, publishers and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. They are very desired among bibliophiles.

3x John Ruskin pamphlets bound in period 1/4 green leather spine, marbled boards ,5 raised bands , gilt titles etc. 83pp and sketchs, 76pp & 111pp Bookplate of Thomas Whittaker affixed to front pastedown A Vg copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Vellum is typically browned, soiled. Nicely hand tooled Cambridge style boards. Browned manuscript spine. Torn first fly leaf. Text block nicely preserved. Minimal toning, foxing. Free of marginalia. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Engraved title, depicting a throned goddess Roma on a pedestal, allegorical figures, representing Europe, Asia and Africa; in the foreground Tiber and little Romulus and Remus and their shewolf. A favorite schoolbook in the 17th century. This is the chief work of Florus, who lived at the beginning of 2nd century AD. It is an abridgment of Roman history with special reference to wars waged up to the age of Augustus. These "cum notis Variorum" editions were useful but never broke ground.

[Literature] 17th CENTURY EDITION. Duodecimo (15 x 9cm), pp.[2]; 569; [11], unpaginated index. Bound in vellum with title hand-written in ink to spine, initials 'J.P' to front board. Engraved title page, all edges speckled green. Expected toning, previous ownership note to flyleaf dated 1864, soiling to vellum, small 'P.3' library label to spine. Very good. 'Io Barclaii Argenis' is an allegorical novel about a princess who must choose between three suitors, and this work went on to have a great influence on the development of the Romance genre in the 17th century. The novel is written in Latin and was first published in 1621; this edition was published in 1659.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In good condition. Ex-library. Considering this is over 350 years old, it remains in rather nice shape! Vellum has light surface dirt with minor imperfections. "Florus" written in old hand on spine. Back board has abrasions on center. Marginalia from 1839 on front paste down. Previous owner's stamp and bookplate on front fly leaf. Text block is clean and unmarked. Light rippling throughout, as to be expected. Binding tight and intact. A solid, readable copy. Perfect for research. Please see photos. The chief work of Florus, who lived at the beginning of the 2nd century AD. It is an abridgment of Roman history with special reference to the wars waged up to the age of Augustus. As a historian he is often inaccurate it both chronology and geography, but the works as a whole achieves a limited success as a rapid sketch of Roman military history. It was a favorite text book in the 17th century. This is a Variorum Edition. it offers a 'textus receptus' with commentary and annotations. They were useful, but never broke ground. House of Elzevir's are often sought out by scholars and collectors.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. 19th c binding shows typical scuffing and edge wear. Dryness along hinges. Corners scuffed. Text block in very good condition. Lightly toned and free of markings. Exquisitely printed. Gilt edge bright and crisp. Maps fold out with ease. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. 2nd or 3rd issue from 1635. Considered one of the finest Elzevirs ever printed. Ot is described by some as a work that ranks above the Pliny of the same date, the Virgil of the following year and De Imitatione Christii (without date). Willems gives it the highest praise. Ebert calls it "One of the neatest and rarest Elzevirs, and greatly sought after".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 3rd Edition. Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais, Docteur en Médecine. Dont le contenu se voit à la page suivante. Augmentées de la vie de l'Auteur & de quelques Remarques sur la vic & sur l'histoire. Avec l'explication de tous les mots difficiles. Et la Clef nouvellement augumentée. Tome I: xxiv, 1 - 488 pp plus contents; Tome II: 489 - 945 pp plus contents. Third Elzevir Edition (Unstated), Original Leather Binding, complete as a set, 5.25 x 3.25", 16mo. In fair condition. Leather boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Leather heads and tails of both volumes lacking; headband of Vol. I lacking. Front hinges split, cording exposed. Rear hinge of Vol. II split. Tail of rear hinge of Vol. II split. Raised bands on spines rubbed, but intact. Gilt lettering and deco on spines rubbed & soiled, barely legible. Edges of text-blocks speckled red. Gilt dentelles also dulled and soiled. Ownership plates on both front paste-downs: R. Carlton Seitz. Tipped-in bibliographic information found on Vol. I's front end-page. Front gutter split at Vol. I's title page with exposed cording. Previous ownership initials found on both front end-page's (verso) top edges. Text-blocks normally toned; original binding intact with fragile hinges. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Francois Rabelais (born between 1483 and 1494 & died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both John Calvin and the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Though in his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, he later became better known as a satirist, for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters. Both ecclesiastical and anticlerical, Christian and freethinker, a doctor and a bon vivant, the multiple facets of his personality sometimes seem contradictory. Caught up in the religious and political turmoil of the Reformation, Rabelais treated the great questions of his time in his novels. Rabelais is widely known for the first two volumes relating the childhoods of the giants Gargantua and Pantagruel written in the style of bildungsroman, his later works - the Third Book (which prefigures the philosophical novel) and the Fourth Book are considerably more erudite in tone. Elzevir is the name of a family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The duodecimo series of "Elzevirs" became very famous and very desirable among bibliophiles (like ourselves), who sought to obtain the tallest and freshest copies of these books. Although it appears the family was involved with the book trade as early as the 16th century, it is only known for its work in some detail beginning with Lodewijk Elzevir. The fame of the Elzevir editions rests chiefly on the works issued by the firm of Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevir. Their Greek and Hebrew impressions are considered inferior to those of the Aldines and the Estiennes, but their small editions in 12mo, 16mo, and 24mo, for their elegance of design, neatness, clearness, regularity of type, and beauty of paper, cannot be surpassed. Elzevir published this work "anonymously," i.e. they did not add their names as publisher's or insert their usual printer's device of the tree of knowledge. They most likely did this because of the controversial nature of the subject material. Original Elzevir Binding! Presentable; gift quality. RAREE1675HOPQ 04/24 - HK 1398.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Later binding nicely bound. Scuffing to corners and edges with mild discoloration to spine. Scuffing to bands on spine. Gilt work still present on spine. Red morocco label. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down (more below on famous provenance). Front gutter shaken. Library stamp on rear fly leaf with old and new hand marginalia. Text block is clean and unmarked. Map is in good working order. Old hand marginalia on rear fly leaf. Newspaper cut out of La Peyrere on rear paste down. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Considered a "wicked" book of the late 17th century, this book was "heretical" and quickly banned. La Peyrere is considered the father of Biblical criticism. He asserted in this treatise that there were humans before Adam. His approach to Biblical scholarship argued that the Bible was just a story of Jewish people, not of all humanity. He was eventually arrested but offered a half-hearted renunciation of his views to escape punishment. This is an important work in the Radical Enlightenment. "The wicked sedition which commend with La Peyrere's Prae-Adamitae, gained impetus with the utter licentious, dissipated dictionary of Koerbagh, that shameless book the Philosophia S. Scripturae and Hobbes' Leviathan, and culminated in the Tractatus-Theologico-Politicus and Ethics of Spinoza" This is printed by House of Elzevir, a celebrated and collectible Dutch printer of the 17th century. This is the true first edition, 12mo edition was published later the same year. Another important aspect of our book is its provenance. It was owned by Perceval de Lormoy who was a famous Swiss paleontologist and stratigraphist. He studied natural sciences and paleontology in Geneva as a pupil of Francois-Jules Pictet. He is remembered for his investigations of fossil echinoderms found in Europe and North Africa from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Upper Tertiary Eras. He was the author of numerous taxa, an example being the crinoid family Bourgueticrinidae.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In fair condition. Mixed bindings. Boards are moderately worn with typical scuffing, light edge wear. Rounded corners on each volume. Volumes two and three have been nicely bound with gorgeous spines. Bookplates of various owners on front paste downs in volumes 2-4. Bindings are all in tact. Text blocks typically toned with light foxing, free of marginalia. Volume four is illustrated with frontispiece and two plates. Spine missing from volume four. Overall, a complete set. Please see photos. Elzevir printings of Seneca's Philosophy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Vellum typically browned, lightly discolored with rounded corners and worn edges. Spine extremes chipped, worn from shelf wear. Manuscript spine with marginalia on front board. Wanting paste downs. Medieval binder's waste in rear. Previous owner's name in old hand scribbled out on title page. Light dampness staining to mid gutter, does not affect text. Text block typically toned with light foxing. Free of marginalia. Please see photos. Scarce and desirable Elzevir text by Walaeus a Dutch Calvinist minister, theologian and academic. Walaeus was on good terms with Hugo Grotius with the rise of theological tension between the Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants. This work in particular was based on courses at Middleburg school. In defending an eclectic moral philosophy that would nevertheless be acceptable to Christians, he chose the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle as a basis, to be corrected, despite a view that Plato was the superior moral philosopher as Aristotle was the better physicist.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Minor wear of binding. Minor areas of loss at corners and along hinges. Small segment of base of spine exposed. Slightly toned end papers. Somewhat soiled fore edge, with expected toning to text block. Unmarked. Binding tight and intact. An exquisite little book! Please see photos. A truly fascinating medical treatise on the dangers of gambling addictions. Elzevirien edition of this treatise by a Flemish doctor (born around 1530) on a gambling addiction considered from a medical point of view and no longer from a moral point of view as was done by his predecessors. He wrote that he was often unable to procure bread and wine on his journeys, but even the poorest villages had an abundance of cards! He noted that they were passionately fond of cards. Title frontispiece engraved by CV Dalen depicting three dice players seated under the gaze of a chastising maiden on her balcony, in the background of men fighting duels under an impending thunderstorm. A clever monkey plays with cards in the foreground. Amazing! House of Elzevir was a celebrated family of Dutch booksellers, publishers and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. They are very desired among bibliophiles.