Meibom, Johann Heinrich: Maecenas, sive de C. Cilnii Maecenatis vita, moribus & rebus gestis: liber singularis. Accessit C. Pedonis Albinovani Maecenati scriptum epicedium, notis illustratum. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: apud Johannem & Danielem Elsevier, 1653. Small 4to. (193 x 155mm), pp. [xii], 186, [viii], 11, [ix], including errata leaf usually lacking. Engraved portrait vignette to title-page, woodcut initials and head-pieces, small numismatic illustration in text. Sporadic light foxing a little heavier to a few leaves. Very neat modern binding, tan quarter calf, raised bands and red morocco gilt title label to spine, marbled boards, edges sprinkled red, endpapers renewed. Very slight shelf wear, a very good copy. An account of the early life of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (68 BC?8 BC) the famous patron of letters (notably to the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil), by the German physician and humanist Johann Heinrich Meibom (1590-1655). This copy includes the final errata leaf which, as Willems notes, appears to have been added afterwards and is missing in most examples. Schweiger II, 588; Willems 731 Ref: 52319show full image..
[Military History] Flanders Delineated or, a view of the Austrian and French Netherlands. [...] Reading: printed and sold by J. Newbery and C. Micklewright, [...] 1745 FIRST EDITION. 8vo. pp. [8], 310, [2] (last leaf with directions to the binder) + 3 engraved, hand-coloured folding maps of Flanders, Germany and northern Italy, and 1 plate with fortifications and gunnery. Uniform light age browning, the odd very minor marginal spot, upper edge a little dust-stained. Contemporary polished calf, double gilt ruled, raised bands, spine gilt, gilt-lettered red morocco label, recently and well rebacked with boards and (slightly bumped) corners refurbished. Late 18th-century armorial bookplate of Capt. Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake. A good, clean copy of the first edition of this scarce, beautifully illustrated work on military history. It is a detailed survey of the ongoing war for the Austrian Succession (1740-8), 'of great Use to all who are willing to have a clear idea of the Operations of the several Armies'. The first part, by an anonymous 'Officer of the Allied Army now in Flanders', comprises a geographical survey and a military history of the Austrian and French Netherlands, prefaced by a short history of the Low Countries. The second part, similarly anonymous, is a brief account of the topography and history of Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia and Austria, and an account of the 'Pragmatic Sanction' which started the war against Germany. At rear is a military dictionary, as well as a page of instructions to the binder. In addition to three detailed maps of Flanders, Germany and northern Italy, it features an engraved plate with beautifully delineated samples of fortifications and gunnery. The work is dedicated to Field Marshal George Wade (1673-1748), who served in all the major European wars from the late 1680s to the mid-18th century. He was also 'Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces, castles, forts and barracks in North Britain', by which he oversaw the construction of hundreds of miles of military roads and 30 military bridges in Scotland. Capt. Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt (1749-1810), MP for Amersham (1795-1810) and Sheriff of Glamorganshire (1786-7). ESTC T140942. ESTC lists only 6 copies (3 in the UK and 3 in the US). Ref: 53648show full image..
Minucius Felix, Marcus; Firmicus Maternus, Julius: (Ouzel, J., Meursius, J., a Wower, J., eds.; Baudouin, F., intro.:) Octavius [...] De errore profanarum religionum. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: ex officina Hackiana, 1672. 8vo. pp. xlviii, 352, 64, [xxxii]. With additional engraved title-page, woodcut printer's device to title-page and woodcut initials. Final leaf blank. Occasional very light spotting. Later vellum, old morocco gilt title label added to spine, edges sprinkled blue. Spine a bit yellowed, a few small marks and specks, endpapers foxed, ffep loosening, still very good. Large armorial bookplate of Viscount Downe to front paste-down, with some bookseller's pencilled notes. Pencilled ownership inscription of Brian (Langley?) dated 1966 to ffep. The Octavius is the only surviving work of Minucius Felix (died c.250AD) and comprises a dialogue between a Christian (the Octavius of the title) and a pagan. This edition was printed by the heirs of Frans Hacke in Leiden, who also produced books for Louis Elzevier. Already at the time Hack's printing style was rated as one of the best, and 'his publications are no less elegant than those of his famous competitors', the Elzevirs (Willems pp. 424-25). Not in Willems. Ref: 54659show full image..
Nepos, Cornelius: Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae. Londini [London]: Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1735. 12mo., pp. [xii], 114, [vi]. Engraved frontispiece by Du Gernier, title-page in red and black with woodcut device, ornamental headpieces and initials. Internally very clean, some pencil to endpapers. Contemporary tan calf with raised bands and spine label, spine and edges a bit rubbed, upper joint just starting at head but still very sound. Much like the 1715 edition (the title verso is printed with a licence dated 1714 which grants exclusive rights for printing and publishing for 14 years), though reset to be slightly larger, and with different ornaments used. ESTC T83008 Ref: 54212show full image..
Nepos, Cornelius: Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum, [observationibus & notis commentatorum omnium quotquot hactenus innotu?re illustratae. Accesserunt huic editioni praecipuorum Graeciae imperatorum icones aeri incisae; ut & index rerum & verborum auctior & emendatior.] [Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Prostant apud Jansonio-Waesbergios, Boom, & Goethals, 1705.] 1704 8vo., pp.[xxx], 439, [xli]. With the additional engraved title-page but lacking the typographical titlepage. Illustrations in the text. Slightly foxed, sporadic toning. Vellum prize binding with certificate dated 1708 bound in. Gilt spine, borders, cornerpieces, and large centrepiece to each board with the arms of Amsterdam, edges sprinkled brown and red. A few smudgy marks, upper board gilt a little worn, ties lost, very good. Prize certificate made out to Nicolao Doekscheer and signed by Johannes Theodorus Schalbruch, Professor of Logic, History and Oratory (1697-1722) (at Amsterdam). To the additional engraved title page: 'Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum cum quorundam iconibus', with imprint "Amstelodami. Ex sumptibus Societatis. MDCCIV". Spoelder 9. Ref: 54918show full image..
Nepos, Cornelius: (Pausanias:) (Fell, John, ed.:) Excellentium imperatorum vitae. Editio novissima; nunc denuo recognita. Accessit Aristomenis Messenii vita, ex Pausania. Oxonii [Oxford]. E Teatro Sheldoniano. 1708. 4to. pp. [xx], 230; [ii], 38, [xviii], [lvi]. Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette to title, engraved ornaments at start of each chapter. Little spotting to title and verso of last leaf. Early 19th century Russia leather, marbled endpapers, triple gilt ruled, raised bands, spine double gilt ruled and gilt-lettered, cross-hatched decoration in blind. Covers a bit faded, joints cracked but firm. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown. Reprint of the 1678 Oxford edition of Cornelius Nepos's 'Lives of the Emperors', in a remarkably and unusually well-preserved Russia leather binding. ESTC T83009. Ref: 53167show full image..
Nepos, Cornelius: (Van Staveren, Augustinus, ed:) Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum, cum notis selectis Boecleri, Bosii, Buchneri, Ernstii, Gerhardi, Heidmanni, Lambini, Loccenii, Longolii, Magii, Ravii, Savaronis, Schefferi, Schotti, nec non excerptis P. Danielis. Hisce accedit locupletissimus omnium vocabulorum index studio & opera Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Sam. et Joan. Luchtmans, 1773 [1774]. 2nd ed., expanded. 8vo., pp.[32], 832, [176]. Additional engraved title-page dated 1774, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, engraved illustrations in the text (portraits). A few pencil marks, eg. p.117. Contemporary vellum prize binding, gilt spine, borders, corner tools and centrepiece coat of arms of Utrecht to each board, edges sprinkled red and blue. A few light marks, ties lost, very good. Includes: C. Nepotis fragmenta [?] A. Schotti studio collecta, scholiisque illustrata [?] recensita [?] et [?] aucta a J.A. Bosio, cujus [?] animadversiones Schottisnis interseruntur, Curante A. van Staveren. With index at rear. Dibdin II, p246 for this, the better of two Staveren editions (1734 and 1773); Schweiger II pt.i, 302. Ref: 54555show full image..
Newcourt, Richard: Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London: Containing an Account of the Bishops of that Sea, from the first Foundation thereof: also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries, from the Conquest: and lastly, of the se London: printed by Benj. Motte, and are to be sold by Chr. Bateman, Benj. Tooke, Ric. Parker, 1708; 1710. 2 vols., folio, pp.[iv], vii, [I], 761, 764-5, 768-9, 772-3, 776-928, [ii] (i.e. usual mispagination) + 4 plates; [viii], 692, [lii] + 2 plates. Vol. I with portrait frontispiece and errata leaf, vol. II with half-title and list of subscribers, as called for. Sporadic toning, vol. II heavily toned from p.609 onwards and with a small worm trail near gutter for approx. first hundred pages. MS to ffep vol. I (a description in heraldic terminology of the arms of Richard Newport depicted on the frontispiece). Contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, raised bands and reddish title labels to spines, edges sprinkled red. A bit worn with some scrapes, but very good. Each volume with armorial bookplates of John Hoadly, LLD to front paste-down and Henry Carrington Bowles to rear paste-down (the latter being the Bowles arms with those of H.C.B.'s wife Ann Garnault inset). Historian and notary Richard Newport (d.1716) complied this history of the Diocese of London from sources including the London Registers (begun in 1306), registers kept by individual bishops and a return of 1636 from which he took information about the income of the parishes. His father (also Richard Newcourt, d. 1679) was a cartographer and draughtsman who, in addition to contributing drawings to Dugdale's Monasticon, was also responsible for the most important map made of London before the Great Fire, his Exact Delineation of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs Thereof (1658). John Hoadly (1711-1776) was a poet and dramatist, and a friend and correspondent of David Garrick. The appearance of 'LLD' on his bookplate dates it from sometime after 1747. Henry Carrington Bowles (1763-1830) was a successful publisher and seller of maps, prints and geographical games. His bookplate dates from sometime after his marriage in 1799. The ephemera found between the pages of vol. I appears to relate to his ownership of the book. Loosely inserted: two letterpress-printed sheets reproducing letters sent in January 1824 and February 1827 to The Gentleman's Magazine, concerning London churches destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 (both from 'H.C.B.'); small hand-drawn and coloured arms of Sir John Philpot, Lord Mayor of London 1378, on a scrap of paper; a piece of tracing paper with a coat of arms and an inscription referring to Sarah Bolles; 4 scraps of paper with MS notes, one seemingly part of a letter addressed to H.C. Bowles Esq. and dated 1827; a long MS list of churches on a folded piece of paper watermarked 1821. ESTC T5439; Upcott 690; Lowndes 1665; Graesse IV 662. Ref: 54146show full image..
Nieupoort, G.H.: (Nagel, Carel Ferdinand, ed,:) Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio; ad intelligentiam veterum auctorum facile methodo conscripta [...]. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: [s.n.], 1802. 8vo., pp. viii, 614, [ii] + additional engraved title + 11 plates, 10 of which folding. With half-title, a few pages unopened at fore-edge. Occasional very faint spotting, some light toning, light damp staining at fore-edge increasing towards rear and becoming pinkish. Contemporary vellum prize binding with certificate bound in, spine gilt, gilt arms of Utrecht centrepiece to each board surrounded by border and corner tools, edges sprinkled red and blue. Spine a little darkened, a few small marks, all ties bar one lost, very good indeed. An illustrated study of Roman rituals. Scarce in the British Isles, COPAC locates copies in the British Library and the Bodleian only. Spoelder 4. Ref: 54430show full image..
Oliver, William: A Practical Essay on the Use and Abuse of Warm Bathing in Gouty Cases. Bath: Printed by T. Boddely, for James Leake, and Wm. Frederick, and sold by Hitch, and Hawes, and M 1753. Second edition. 8vo., pp. [iv], 96, [viii]. With half title. Some small repairs and short marginal tears to half title, first and last leaves a little dusty. Late 19th c. Half dark brown morocco, gilt title to spine, green marbled paper boards, blue endpapers. Joints and corners a bit rubbed, very good. Bookplate (with crest) of John Kent Spender, M.D. to front pastedown. Though by all accounts an engaging and competent physician, and very much involved in establishing Bath General Hospital in 1742, Dr William Oliver published little apart from this treatise on the therapeutic use of spa waters in the treatment of gout. However his name lives on in the form of the Bath Oliver biscuit, which he invented as a digestive aid for his patients. John Kent Spender's obituary (BMJ, 22nd April 1916) described him as 'The last of the generation of physicians who laid the foundation of modern Bath as a health resort.' He worked for the greater part of his career at the Mineral Water Hospital in Bath and published prolifically, his most notable book being Therapeutic Means for the Relief of Pain, which won the Fothergill Gold Medal in 1874. Ref: 54177show full image..
