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Credit: Sales catalogue 61: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![FPRANCE—continued. de Sales. Tournay, Adrien Quinqué, 1630 £1 5s 12mo. Old vellum, new endpapers. Very rare edition, probably the second, of a famous work by a famous French mystic. : 1124 Another copy, old vellum, margins rather closely cut 15s 113 [Vignier (Nicolas)] Legende Dorée, ou Sommaire de l’histoire des fréres, Mendians de l’Ordre de Dominique et de Francois... Leyden, Jean le -Maire, 1608 21s 8vo. Modern calf, with the arms of F. A. H. Lambert in gilt on sides. Woodcut on title of the massacre of Herod, or similar scene. Anagram of the author’s name, Nut Gain I RECol!Is,on verso, of which we intended to offer a prize for solution, but found we could do it ourselves. An interesting history of the Franciscans which was reprinted at Amsterdam in 1734. GERMANY. 114 Vineent (P.) The Lamentation of Ger- many, wherein as in a Glasse we may behold her miserable condition...composed by an eye-witnesse thereof. London, E.G. for John Rothwell, 1638 17s 6d 8vo. Old boards, worn. 11 plates, with 31 cuts, representing tortures inflicted by the German soldiers on innocent citizens. One plate has a cut torn out and the margins are closely cut. Very rare. GREECE. 115 Paulmier (Jacques, de Gyrentemesnil) Greaciae Antiquae Descriptio. Leiden, D. a Graesbeeck, 1678 21s Thick 4to. Old calf. With arms of Palmerius impressed in gold on covers. One of the best descriptions of ancient Greece extant, written by the son of the famous physician Palmerius. He spent 20 years working on it, but died before its publication. His friend, Etienne Morris, pub- lished it after his death, adding a life of the author. HEBRAICA. 116 Abrabanel (Solomon) The Complaint of the Children of Israel, representing their Grievances under the Penal Laws; and praying that if the Tests are Repealed, the Jews may have the Benefit of this Indul- gence in common with all other Subjects of England. In a Letter to a Reverend High Priest of the Church of Law Estab- lished. The Eighth Edition. London, W. Webb, 1736 21s 8vo. Sewn. 117 Buxdorf (M. J.) Judaica hoc est Schola Judaeorum. Hanover, Gul. Antonius, 1604 15s 12mo. Old vellum. A complete account of Jewish religion and customs. The author was professor of Hebrew in Basle. 118 Costa Mattos (Vicente de) Breve discurso contra a heretica perfidia do Judaisme. Lisbon, Pedro Craesbeck, 1622 me, 2S 4to. Old limp vellum. A rare anti-Semitic book, justifying the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal. 119 Simon (Richard) Ceremones et Cou- tumes qui s’observent aujourd huy parmy les Juifs traduites de I’lia ie Leon de Modéne, Rabin de Veiisr. «vec un 1k suplément touchant les Sectes des Cariates et des Samaritains de notre temps, etc. Paris, Guilaume Cavelier, 1681 £1 Is _12mo. Original calf. This is really a transla- tion of Leon of Modena’s “Historia dei Riti Ebraici.’”” Numerous minutely written annota- tions. This second edition, nearly as rare as the first, contains a dedicatory letter to Bossuet by de Frémont d’Ablancourt and several additions not present in the first. The author, born 1638, died 1721, was a French Orientalist. All his works are very rare. HERALDRY. 120 Clairambau. Extrait de la Généalogie de la Maison de Mailly suivi de l’historie de la Branche des Comtes de Mailly Mar- quis d’Haucourt et de celle du Marquis du Quesnoy. Paris, Ballard, 1757 £1 Is Small folio. Original mottled calf, a little worn at corners. Engraved title-page and numerous fine heraldic and genealogical plates. 120aGuillim (John) A Display of Heraldrie. The Fourth Edition. London, T. R. for Jacob Blome, 1666 £1 15s Folio. Old calf, rebacked. Many woodcut coats- of-arms. The classic work on English heraldry. This issue of the fourth edition is dedicated to the Marquis of Hertford. After the restoration, a dedication to Charles II. was substituted. Fine copy. 121 Maguet (A.) Les Seigneurs de Marly recherches historiques et archéologiques sur la ville et seigneu de Marly-le-Roi. Préface de Victorien Sardou. Paris, Imprimerie Universelle, 1882 12s 6d Svo. Half calf. 2 coloured plates of coat-of- arms and numerous reproductions of seals. Auto- graph letter from Sardou inserted. HOLLAND. 122 Sidney (Sir Philip) in Duteh. d’Engelsche Arcadia van de Gravinne van Pembrock. Ghestelt door den Heer Philips Sidney, Engels ridder. Willemz, Amsterdam, 1659 15s 3 vols, 12mo. Vellum Each vol with an en- graved frontispiece, very charming. The second frontispiece has two small holes in it, and the set has been made up by an odd third volume, exactly similar in format, but printed in 1641, 18 years earlier. First printed in England in 1593. 123 Vander Veen (Jan) Zinne Veelden oft Adams Appel. Amsterdam, Abraham de Wees, 1662 £1 5s 8vo. Mottled calf. Charmingly illustrated with a series of small engravings in text. ITALIAN LITERATURE. 124 Aristotle. Tradottione Antila de la Rettorica nuovamante trovata. Padua, Giac. Fabriano, 1548 15s 8vo. Old boards. Printer’s device. The only edition of an early anonymous translation ‘of Aristotle’s rhetoric. 125 Boeeaccia (G.) Amorosa visione di nuovo ridotta in luce nella quale si contengono cinque trionfi. Venice, G. Giolito de’ Ferrari, 1558 Bound with :— fabaeerd Comedia delle EB@§ Fiorentine. Ibid, 1558 £1 5s 8vo. Old limp vellum. Printer’s device on title, A pretty edition.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33156840_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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