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Imprint: London, 1833
Steel engraving, 33.5 x 40 cms, original hand colour, blank verso.
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to self-taught members of the working and lower middle classes. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and aesthetic appeal and remain an outstanding achievement.
Stock number:5775.
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Imprint: London, c. 1840
Steel engraving, 34 x 40.5 cms, original hand colour, blank verso. With inset views of the Writers Buildings, Government House and Esplanade Row.
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to self-taught members of the working and lower middle classes. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and aesthetic appeal and remain an outstanding achievement. Calcutta expanded rapidly under the Governor-Generalship of Wellesley at the beginning of the nineteenth-century. By the time our map was engraved Calcutta was considered the second city of the Empire, boasting the public architecture which led to the further epithet:, City of Palaces
Stock number:5772.
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Imprint: London, c. 1840
Steel engraving, 33.5 x 40 cms, original hand colour, blank verso.
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to self-taught members of the working and lower middle classes. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and aesthetic appeal and remain an outstanding achievement.
Stock number:5776.
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Imprint: Leiden, 1713
Copper engraving, 34.5 x 41 cms, black and white as issued, blank verso; from Deseine’s Rome Moderne.
Stock number:5602.
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Imprint: Leiden, 1713
Copper engraving, 50.5 x 58.5 cms, black and white as issued, blank verso; from Deseine’s Rome Moderne.
Stock number:5790.
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Imprint: Leiden, 1707
Binding: Hardback Copper engraving, 13.5 x 17 cms, black and white as issued, blank verso; miniature map oriented with East at the top from “Les Delices de la Grand’ Bretagne et de l’Ireland” (see Shirley, Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750, p. 17).
Stock number:5575.
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Imprint: Leiden, c. 1700
Copper engraving, 28.7 x 36 cms, recent hand-colour, slight creasing, blank verso.
Stock number:5927.
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Imprint: Leiden, c. 1700
Copper engraving, 16 x 23.5 cms, black and white as issued, blank verso.
Stock number:4374.
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Imprint: Leiden, c. 1700
Copper engraving, 19.5 x 16.3 cms, black and white as issued, blank verso.
Stock number:3920.
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Imprint: [...]
Edition: First Edition 1844
8vo. First edition. pp. xii, 252, 16 (adverts) + 6 litho plates. Lacks additional engraved title. Green publisher’s cloth, some blemishes, blocked in gilt and blind with the Napoleonic bee emblem and the insignia of the Légion d'honneur, rebacked, preserving original spine., £125
Stock number:London: John Murray [...].
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Imprint: Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1761
Binding: Hardback 4 vols, 4to. pp. xxv, [ii], 537, [iii], 415-525 [=537, misnum., but 674 in total], [iv]; [viii], 538, [xii]; 579, [xi]; 555, [xi] + portrait frontispiece of Addison, engraved by J. Miller after Kneller, three other plates engraved by Grignion after Hayman, and woodcuts of coins in vol. I, and with further cuts in vol. II. Slight marginal worming in vol. IV. The curious collation in the first volumne is correct; presumably Baskerville commenced work on the work on ‘Ancient Medals’ before completing the Haunted House or Poemata, and misjudged the pagination. Contemporary mottled calf, contrasting red and green morocco labels, headcaps and some joints renewed. Armorial bookplate of Edward Southwell Ward (3rd Viscount Bangor, 1790-1857, owner of Castle Ward in Strangford, Co. Down) removed from first volume but present in the remainder.
Gaskell 17
Stock number:5098.
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Imprint: London, 1865
Copper engraving, 68 x 100 cms, one or two closed tears, soiling, blank verso. An impressive and detailed Admiralty chart of Malta with coastal profiles, surveyed in 1863 with corrections to 1865.
Stock number:6443.
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Imprint: London, 1869
Copper engraving, 100 x 65 cms, some short tears, mostly marginal, soiling, blank verso. An impressive and detailed Admiralty chart of Valetta harbour, surveyed in 1860 with corrections to 1869.
Stock number:6442.
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Imprint: Basiliae [Basel] Froben, 1542
Binding: Hardback Folio. pp. [xii], 932, [xxx]. (With the first blank at the end of the preliminaries, but without the final blank, 2L8.) Latin text. Ownership inscriptions and ink stamps on the title and end-papers. Occasional marginalia, mostly in the index. Some spotting. Nineteenth-century half calf, a little rubbed, upper cover slightly stained.
Aetius of Amida was a physician to the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the sixth-century AD. His Tetrabiblion is an accurate and important source for earlier medical authorities such as Rufus of Ephesus, Leonides and Oribasius in surgery, Soranus and - via Philumenus - Archigenes in gynecology and obstetrics. The Tetrabiblion also contains the best ancient accounts of diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and teeth, and Aetius describes procedures (tonsillotomy, urethrotomy, treatment of hemorrhoids) which are not found elsewhere. In previous Latin editions of this work, the first of which was printed in Basel in 1533, several of the sixteen books were translated by Montanus and several by Cornarius. For this edition the whole work was translated by Cornarius. Aldus printed the first eight books in the original Greek in 1534, but the rest of the work was not printed in the original language until the twentieth-century., Adams A-306; Brunet I, 104.
Stock number:5650.
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Imprint: Boston: Christopher Publishing House, 1941
Binding: Hardback 8vo. pp. 244 + map and 4 b/w plates. Hardback, d/w with some wear. Ex libris Research Association of British Rubber Manufacturers.
Stock number:5242.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 29 x 21 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:3039.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 21.5 x 27.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5676.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 24.5 x 20.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5721.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25.5 x 20 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5706.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5723.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 29 x 21 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:3055.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 27.5 x 22 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5696.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25.5 x 20.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5719.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 19 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5694.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 28 x 22.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5697.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 27.5 x 22 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5724.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 24.5 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5707.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 20 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5695.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5693.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Engraved plate with original hand colour, 25 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:4463.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 27 x 21.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5658.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 27 x 22 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5700.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5717.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 24.5 x 20.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5718.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 27.5 x 22 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5685.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5690.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 20.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5698.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5702.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 28.5 x 22 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5683.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 20.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5716.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 20.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5688.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 27.5 x 22 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5684.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 27.5 x 21 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5678.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 22 x 27.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5680.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Copper engraved plate with original hand colour, approx 25 x 19.5 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:5677.
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Imprint: London, c. 1731-38
Engraved plate with original hand colour, 26.5 x 20 cms. From Albin’s Natural History of Birds.
An early and important contribution to ornithology, Albin’s work mostly contains native British species but also includes strays from more distant regions, which were either brought to his attention by fellow enthusiasts or exhibited in taverns as curiosities. The title to this work indicates that all of the plates were coloured by Albin and his daughter, and in Albin's notes to the reader he states:, As for the Paintings, they are all done from the Life, with all the Exactness I could either with my own Hand, or my Daughters, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the Life.
Stock number:4459.
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Imprint: Venice, c. 1700
Copper engraving, 54.5 x 39 cms, black and white as issued, Latin text on verso.
The mark of Austria had been governed by the Babenburg family since the late tenth century. In 1156 Austria was raised to a Duchy, which is where this decorative genealogical table begins, with Duke Henry. The table closes with the extinction of the Babenburg house, when Duke Frederick was killed in battle by the Hungarians in 1246. A separate branch, top right, illustrates the re-assertion of imperial authority.
Stock number:4273.
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Imprint: Parisiis [Paris] apud Ioannem Camusat [...], 1636
Binding: Hardback 4to. pp. [xx], 488, [lvi], 444. Title-page printed in red and black. Contemporary vellum, some wear to the lower of the yapp edges. Late seventeenth-century owensership inscription of G. Anslarius (son in law of the Leiden professor Johannes Cocceius). First of the two excellent Valesius editions.
Dibdin I, 256.
Stock number:5164.
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Imprint: Parisiis [Paris], Ex Officina Antonii Dezallier [...], 1681
Binding: Hardback Folio. pp. [xxxii], xxxiv, 676, , [ii], 100, [xvi]. Slightly later blind-stamped sprinkled calf, serviceably rebacked. Ink library stamp of Repton School on title. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplates to front pastedown (L.A. Burd, schoolmaster, and another, motto ‘Avancez’).
The first Valesius edition was editied by Henri de Valois and published in 1636. This edition was published by Henri’s brother Adrien, and incorporates new material, the posthumous notes of Henri and the notes of Lindenbrogius. Ammianus was the last great historian writing in Latin, though born in Greek-speaking Antioch in Syria. A pagan army officer, who served under Julian in Persia, the surviving books of Ammianus’ history are particularly valuable for his military and political insights into his own times: the reorganisation of the empire under Diocletian; the rise of Christianity under Constantine; the apostacy of Julian; the cataclysmic defeat at Adrianople.
Stock number:5372.
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Imprint: London, by T. Bensley and the author,, c. 1800
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 27 x 21 cms, from ‘The Botanist’s Repository for New and Rare Plants’, 1797-c.1815. The plates were printed in one or two colours and were then finished by hand. As such, Andrews’ monumental work is a very early example of colour printing as well as containing the first printed representation of many exotic species.
Stock number:3657.
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