Jimenez. Ramon.L: Caesar Against The Celts: Staplehurst, Kent: Spellmount Ltd, 1996. First edition. 8vo., pp. xv, 284, (iii). Maps and illustrations. Hardback: burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. A little foxing to edges only, otherwise fine. Dust-jacket, light signs of use, still very good. Ref: 54202
Johnston, Robert: Historia rerum Britannicarum: Ut et multarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, tam Politicarum, quam Ecclesiasticarum, ab anno 1572, ad Annum 1628 [...] Adjectus est rerum ac Personarum, de quibus in hoc volumine, Index absolutissimus. Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: sumptibus Joannis Ravesteynii [colophon:Goudae [Gouda], typis Guilielmi va 1655. First edition. Folio, fols. [ii] 737 [xi]. Text in Latin. Printer's vignette to title-page, woodcut initials and head- and end-pieces. Ink spot to bottom edge encoaching very slightly onto bottom margin. Very light toning to edges, 2P4 with paper flaw causing ragged fore-edge, a few other very minor paper flaws. 18th-century vellum, title inked to spine in an old hand and partially obscured by a recent brown and gilt title label, edges sprinkled dark blue, an old catalogue entry pasted to ffep. Vellum a little darkened with some marks and scuffs, fore-edges worn with boards partly exposed, still very good overall. First complete edition, of Johnston's history of England and Scotland; parts of which had already been published in English. The work covers the period 1572-1628, during all of which time King James VI and I was reigning in Scotland or also England. Johnston (1567?-1639) was a member of the first class to graduate from the University of Edinburgh (M.A., 1587), and spent his working life as a clerk in London. "'A work of great merit, whether we consider the judicious structure of the narrative, the sagacity of the reflections, the acute discernment of characters, or the classical structure of the style' - Lord Woodhouselee" (Lowndes). Lowndes 1223: Ref: 54524show full image..
Jones, E. A. Speculum Inclusorum: A Mirror for Recluses. A late-medieval guide for anchorites and its Middle English translation. Liverpool University Press, 2013. First edition thus. 8vo., pp. lxxix, 157 + plates. Hardback: laminated decorative boards. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. In the Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies series. Ref: 54612
Jones, Michael: Ducal Brittany 1364-1399. Relations with England and France during the reign on Duke John IV. Oxford University Press (Sandpiper reprint). 1997. Reprint. 8vo. pp. xxi, 250. Black cloth, fine. Dust-jacket, some surface shelf-wear, still very good. Ref: 54293
Justice, Steven: Adam Usk''s Secret. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. 211. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. Ref: 54295
Justinian: (Corvinus, Arnoldus:) Institutiones D. Justiniani ss. Princ.: typis variae, rubris nucleum exhibentibus : accesserunt ex Digestis tituli de verborum significatione et regul. juris. Pariis [Paris]: Apud Guillelmum de Luyne, 1676 16mo, pp. [8], 391, [103], [2], including added engraved title, text in red and black. Light water stain to first and last few leaves. Contemporary full speckled calf, raised bands, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, edges sprinkled red, corners a little bumped, extremities minimally rubbed. Contemporary autograph Ja[cques?] Maule to verso of title, 'Monsieur' to verso of last blank. A fresh copy, in an attractive contemporary binding, of this pocket-size pirated edition of Justinian's legal milestone - printed in red and black. It reprises an edition of the same text printed by Daniel Elzevier in Amsterdam in the same year (Willems 1519), including the design of the engraved title, with a revised imprint. Ref: 53556show full image..
Justinus. Marcus Junianus: (Burmann the Elder, Pieter, ed) Historiae Philippicae: Variantes lectiones adjecit P. Burmannus. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Samuel Luchtmans, 1722. First edition thus. 12mo., pp.[xxvi], 443, [lx]. Additional engraved title-page, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, index. Clean and bright within. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine in an old hand, edges red. A bit greyed, a few small marks, very good. Burmann's edition of Justin the Historian's epitome of Trogus' Liber Historiarum Philippicarum, or Philippic Histories, a lost history of the kings of Macedonia. In his preface, Justin explains his method in collecting the most important passages of that work, parts of which are also preserved in the texts of several other authors including Pliny the Elder. Schweiger, 492. Ref: 55136show full image..
Juvenalis, Decimus Junius: (Dryden, John, trans.:) The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr Dryden, And Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus [...] London: Printed for Jacob Tonson [...] 1697. Second edition. 8vo. pp. [ii], xc, 501, [iii] + frontispiece and 17 further engraved plates. Trimmed a little close at head just touching letters of headline p.v, light dampstain to bottom edge and a little worming pp. 5-20 and pp.345-356, slightly foxed, small tear to head of pp.213-4, occasional small wax spots. Contemporary dark brown mottled calf, raised bands with gilt filets, red label, blind-tooled frame and corners to boards, edges sprinkled red. Roughly 1.5cm loss to head cap, spine creased, some scuffs and scrapes, small loss to bottom corner of upper board and top corner of lower board, good. Ownership inscriptions of Tom S. Gowland, Old Park House, Ripon dated Easter 1947 to front pastedown; Gerrard Thomas (Ferrand?) to frontispiece verso. The first edition in 8vo format, following first publication in folio in 1693. Translations by Dryden, Tate, W. Bowles, Charles Dryden, G Stepney, Stephen Harvey, Mr Congreve, Mr Power, Mr Creech, J, Dryden Jnr. The fourth, anonymous satire translated by R. Duke. ESTC R031548; Wing J1289. Ref: 54733show full image..
Kamen, Henry: The Spanish Inquisition: An Historical Revision. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1997. First edition. 8vo., pp. xii, 369 + plates. Hardback: burgundy cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light signs of use, still very good. Ref: 53984
Keeble, N. H. The Literary Culture of Nonconformity in later Seventeenth-Century England. Leicester University Press, 1987. Hardback: green cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, Very light shelf-wear with mild creasing towards edges, very good. Ownership signature of William Lamont to ffep. Ref: 53749
