Blackwell’s Rare Books Blackwell’S rare books ’ ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS & MODERN FIRST EDITIONS CATALOGUE B169 Blackwell’s Rare Books 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ Direct Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 333555 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1865 792792 Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0) 1865 794143 www.blackwell.co.uk/ rarebooks Our premises are in the main Blackwell bookstore at 48-51 Broad Street, one of the largest and best known in the world, housing over 200,000 new book titles, covering every subject, discipline and interest, as well as a large secondhand books department. There is lift access to each floor. The bookstore is in the centre of the city, opposite the Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre, and close to several of the colleges and other university buildings, with on street parking close by. Oxford is at the centre of an excellent road and rail network, close to the London - Birmingham (M40) motorway and is served by a frequent train service from London (Paddington). 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Adams (Thomas) TheBlackeDevillortheApostate.TogetherwithLycanthropyortheWolfe WorryingtheLambes.AndTheSpirituallNavigator,boundfortheHolyLand.Inthreesermons. WilliamJaggard.1615,FIRSTEDITION,preliminaryleafwithlargesignatureAandtwofleurons, andblankspresent,browned,occasionalwaterstain,smallrepairtoblankbottomoutercorner A4,fore-marginD2,&topoutercornerD3,pp.[viii],78,[2](blank),[iv],34,[2](blank),[iv],58, sm.4to,modernparchmentpaperwrappers,good(STC107;ESTCS100391) £300 Threeparts,separatelypaginatedandcollated,eachwithitsowntitle-page,butissuedtogetherwith ageneraltitle-page.‘Adams“wasesteemedanExcellentPreacher”byhiscontemporaries(Walker, 2.164),andamodernassessmentholdsthatheis‘oneofthemoreconsiderableburiedliterarytalents oftheseventeenthcentury’(Chandos,156).Sermontitlessuchas‘MysticalBedlam’(1615),‘TheWhite Devil’(1614),‘TheDevil’sBanquet’(1614),and‘TheGallant’sBurden’(1612)exemplifyhislivelystyle. AlthoughAdamswasdescribedbyRobertSoutheyas“theproseShakespeareofpuritantheologians …scarcelyinferiortoFullerinwitortoTaylorinfancy,”hewasaCalvinistepiscopalianratherthana puritan’(ODNB). 2. Albertanus. Tractatusdearteloquendiettacendi.Landshut:pervenerabilemJoannem Weyssenburger,1514,acoupleofsmallmarginalwormholes,somelightunderlininginred, 8leaves,sm.4to,recentlyboundinstiffboardstightlycoveredwithold(stained&wrinkled) vellum,boardssplayingsomewhat,housedinasubstantialquarterleatherbox,spinetitledin gilt,good(VD16A1293) £1,200 Ascarceeditionofthispopulartext,originallywrittenin1245andfirstprintedin1474,onwhenand howtospeakandwhentoremainsilent;itoffersparticularadviceforpublicfiguresandwasboth influentialandfrequentlyreprinted(ChaucercitesitintheMaunciplesTale).VD16recordsonly3 copies,intheBayerischeStaatsbibliothek,theBibliothekderLudwig-Maximilians-Universität,andthe StiftsbibliothekAschaffenburg.COPACgivesjustOxford. 3. Alciphron. Alciphron’sEpistles;inwhicharedescribedthedomesticmanners,theCourtesans, andParasitesofGreece.NowfirsttranslatedfromtheGreek[byWilliamBeloeandThomas Monroe].G.G.J.andJ.Robinson;LeighandSotheby;andR.Faulder.1791,FIRSTENGLISH TRANSLATION,half-titlewitherrata,smallmarginalstainononeleaf,pp.[iv],270,8vo., nineteenth-centuryhalfcalf,backstrippanelledingilt,blackandredmoroccolabelswithgilt lettering,byJ.Larkinswithhisstampontheendpaper,bookplateofSolomonR.Guggenheim, verygood(ESTCT86057) £95 WilliamBeloe(alsoatranslatorofHerodotusandAulusGellius)andThomasMonroecollaborated onthis,thefirsttranslationintoEnglishofthelettersofAlciphron.Thelettershavenodefinitedate andtheirauthornodefinitebiography,butwerelikelywritteninthesecondcenturyAD;theyare whollyfictionalandmostlyderivefromtheNewComedyofauthorslikeMenander.Sinceonlyoneof Menander’splayssurvivesinfull(anduntilthebeginningofthetwentiethcenturyonlyafewfragments wereknownatall)theseepistlesareavaluablesourceofinformationandcomparison. ThiscopybearsthebookplateofthephilanthropistandeponymousendowerofartmuseumsSolomon R.Guggenheim(1861-1949). 4. (Americana.) HERRERA y Tordesillas (Antonio de) VerscheideZeeenLand-togtengedaaninde West-Indien:d’EerstedoordenberoemdenJeanPonzedeLeon,eenenandermallondernomen naarFlorida,in’tJaar1512.Leiden:PietervanderAa,1706,FIRSTDUTCHEDITION,fourfolding engravedplates,alittlebitbrownedinafewplaces,pp.77,[7],8vo,disboundandloose(JCBIII 28-29forthecompletework) £950 1 blackwell’S rare books AtranslationintoDutchofselectionsfromtheworkoftheSpanishhistorianAntoniodeHerreray Tordesillas,whopublishedafour-volumehistoryoftheSpanishcoloniesinthefirstdecadesofthe seventeenthcentury(itwasreprintedinSpanishandtranslatedintoEnglishbyJohnStevensaround 1726).Inparticular,thistextgivesaccountsofthefirstEuropeanexpeditiontoFlorida,ledbyJuan PoncedeLeón,andtheSpanishconquestofCubabyDiegoVelazquezandPanfilodeNarvaez.Itwas publishedaspartofaDutchcompilationofthehistoryofexplorationoftheEastandWestIndies innearlythirtyvolumesanddozensofpartsbyPietervanderAa,coveringfromtheearliesttimesto 1696,butthepartsappeartohavebeenissuedontheirownandareallenteredseparatelyinSTCN.The fourplatesinthispartdepictnativerituals(includingsmokingpipes)anddifferentconflictsbetween conquistadorsandnatives. En quoi consiste précisément le Beau 5. [André (Yves-Marie, Père) EssaisurlaBeau,oùl’onexamineenquoiconsisteprécisémentle BeaudanslePhysique,dansleMoral,danslesOuvragesd’Esprit,&danslaMusique.Paris: Hippolyte-LouisGuerin,1741,FIRSTEDITION,woodcutdeviceontitle,engravedheadpieceat startoftext,woodcuttailpieces,pp.viii(includinghalf-title),302,(2),12mo,contemporary mottledcalfwithgiltpanelledspine,alittlecraquelure,verygood(BarbierII218;QuérardI58; Vinet78) £400 Acrispcopyofthefirsteditionofthisinfluentialworkonaethetics,praisedbyDiderot.‘Parcetessai,le PèreAndrés’estacquisuneréputationdurable.Ilestundespremiers,avecHutchesonetBaumgarten, quiaientsoulevédansl’Europemodernelaquestiondubeau’(Vinet).Andre,aJesuitprofessorof mathematicsatCaenforthirtynineyears,wasastaunchCartesian.Asbefitsthesubject,thisisa beautifullyproducedbook. A Lip? a Cheek? a Hand? a Mouth? an Eye? 6. [Anon.] HymenandJuno:or,theArtofMarriage,aPoem.Printed intheYear1721,woodcutprinter’sornamentsontitle,asingle wormholeintheoutermargin(matchedinwrapper),smudgeon lowerhalfoftitleasiffromalabel,pp.8,8vo,uncutandstitchedin contemporaryplainroughpaperwrappers,upperwrapperinscribed ‘Hymen’inacontemporaryhand,sometimefoldedoncehorizontally, verygood(NotinESTCorFoxon) £750 Somethingofapuzzle:anunrecordedprinting,seeminglyafragment, butperfectlypreservedinitsoriginalwrappers.Theintegrityoftheitem’s conditionsuggeststhat,ratherthanbeingasmallfragmentofalargework (thepoetisonlyjustgettingintohisstride),thisismoreinthenatureofa trialprinting. 7. (Apostolic Fathers.) COTELIER (Jean-Baptiste, ed.) SS.PatrumquiTemporibusApostolicis floruerunt;Barnabae,Clementis,Hermae,Ignatii,Polycarpi;Operaeditaedinedita,veraet suppositicia.[Twovolumes.]Paris:TypisPetrilePetit,1672,FIRSTEDITION,variablybrowned andfoxed(sometimesheavily),arepairedwormtrailtofirst10leavesofvol.iicausinglossof lessthan10characterseachonthefirst4leavesandclearoftextfortherest,title-pageofvol. irehinged,afewotheroldneatrepairs,pp.[xxiv],844;[iv],847-1098,[2],cols.3-516,[2], folio,contemporarysprinkledcalf,rebackedandsubstantiallyrepairedandpolished,largely preservingoldendpapers,sound £650 ThefirstcollectededitionofworksbytheApostolicFathers,theearlyChristianwriterswhomay havebeendisciplesoftheApostles.Thevolumescontainsthe‘EpistleofBarnabas’,the‘Shepherd’of Hermas,andworksbyStClementofRome,StIgnatiusofAntioch,andStPolycarpofSmyrna.Thelast threearethemostfirmlyestablishedApostolicFathers,whoseconnectionwiththeapostlesisgenerally accepted,whileHermasand‘Barnabas’arenolongerthoughttobeapostolicdisciplesalthoughtheir worksarestillconsideredamongthemostimportantoftheperiod. 2 ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS Jean-BaptisteCotelier(1629-1686)wasprofessorofGreekatParis;thisishisprincipalwork,inwhich hecoinedtheterm‘apostolicfathers’fortheearliestnon-inspiredChristianwriters.Itissaidthatmany copiesweredestroyedbyafireintheCollègedeMontaigu–aswithmostsuchstories,enoughcopies survivetocastdoubtsonitsaccuracy,butthebookisbynomeanscommon. Aquinas’ famous Commentaries on the Gospels 8. Aquinas (Saint Thomas) OpusaureuzSanctiThomedeAquinosup[er]quatuorevangelia nuperrimereuisuzmultisme[n]dispurgatu[m]&eme[n]datu[m]studiosissime...verissimis quottationib[us],necno[n]marginalib[us]su[m]mariisdecoratum...Queo[mn]iadenovo additasunt:&nu[n]q[ue]al[iu]simpressafuere:[Venice:OctavinusScotus],[1521],large woodcutandthetextintriangularlayoutonthetitle,woodcutprinter’sdeviceattheend,ink inscriptionstothetitle:‘CatenaAurea’,thegoldenchain,andafaintownershipinscription, woodcutinitialsthroughout,singlewormholesthroughthebeginning,throughthetext,oneor twostains,minimalrepairstooneortwoouteredges,ff.[14],317,folio,latervellumoverstiff