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  • The Journal of John Jourdain, 1608-1617,

    JOURDAIN, John.
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    John Jourdain (d.1619) was a captain in the service of the English East India Company (EIC), and the first president of the EIC Council of India. ...

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  • Epigrams of Martial, Englished.

    MARTIAL; [KILLIGREW, Henry (translator)].
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    The thoughts of a Roman poet. The most complete seventeenth-century translation of Martial's Epigrams into English, bound with the first edition of...

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  • Scotiae Regnum.

    MERCATOR, Gerhard.
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    Gerhard Mercator is one of the most famous cartographers of all time. Mercator was born in Flanders and educated at the Catholic University in Leu...

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  • 110508_2 110508

    Theatrum Orbis Terrarum...

    ORTELIUS, Abraham.
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    One of the largest & finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum. One of the largest and finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum, comprising 156 plat...

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  • Nicholas Machiavel's Prince.

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo; DACRES, Edward (translator).
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    Unrestored contemporary sheepskin. The first edition in English of Machiavelli's extraordinary treatise on the art of government, widely acclaimed ...

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  • 111489_2 111489

    Moriae Encomium;

    ERASMUS, Desiderius.
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    Early edition in English. The first edition of John Wilson's English translation of this important work of humanist rhetoric, which satirised the c...

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  • Observationes Medicae circa Morborum Acutorum Historiam et Curationem.

    SYDENHAM, Thomas.
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    A landmark in the science of disease. First edition of the founding text of epidemiology. 'Although technically the third edition of his Methodus c...

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  • A Journey into Greece...

    WHELER, George.
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    A large paper copy of Wheler's Journey to Greece, undertaken with Dr Spon. The travels took place in 1675-76. Wheler was specially interested in b...

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  • 112659_2 112659

    The Holy Bible

    [BIBLE. KING JAMES VERSION].
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    Original silver 'furniture'. The King James Version, splendidly preserved in the original black morocco gilt binding furnished in silver. A handsom...

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  • 113472_2 113472

    Hilkhot De'ot sive Canones Ethici

    MAIMONIDES (Moses Ben Maimon); GENTIUS, Georgius (translator).
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    First edition of Gentius's Latin translation of 'Hilkhot De'ot', from the first book of Maimonides's 'Mishneh Torah', with a commentary. This is G...

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  • 113303_2 113303

    Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

    [PHILOSOPHY]. NEWTON, Sir Isaac, WRIGHT, John (editor).
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    The best of the 'jesuits' editions. The highly regarded first Glasgow edition of the 'Jesuits' text. This set handsomely bound with the gilt arms o...

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  • 111912_2 111912

    The First(-Third) Parts of the Principles of the Art Military... 1637(?), 1638 and 1640

    HEXHAM, Henry.
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    Important contribution to the art of Early Modern warfare. A rare mixed edition issue of Henry Hexham's Principles of the Art Military, superbly il...

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  • 107587_2 107587

    Torah, Nevi'im Rishonim, Nevi'im Achronim, Ktuvim.

    [HEBREW BIBLE].
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    Scarce first edition of the Geneva Hebrew bible. Scarce first edition of the Geneva Hebrew bible, with the Megillot placed at the end of the Torah ...

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  • 111595_2 111595

    The Holy Bible.

    [OGILBY BIBLE].
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    Restoration of King Charles II. An exceptional, well-margined copy of John Ogilby's imaginative reissue of the Field large folio bible, published f...

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    The present state of the Morea

    RANDOLPH, Bernard.
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    'Randolph (bap. 1643 - d. after 1689?)... was living in Smyrna [by 1664] and he traded extensively through the Aegean region of the Ottoman empire...

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  • 110422

    [Tulips]

    BESLER, Basilius
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    Magnificent plates from Hortus Eystettensis, one of the earliest and most famous works in the field. The Hortus Eystettensis is a pictorial record...

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