PRINCIPIA JURIS CRIMINALIS GERMANIAE COMMUNIS: Auditorum Usibus Destinata (Principia Ivris Criminalis Germaniae Commvnis: Avditorvm Vsibvs Destinata). By CHRIST. FRID. GEO. MEISTERI. D. (CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH GEORG MEISTER). An important and influential treatise on CRIMINAL LAW by Gottingen professor and law councilor Christian Friedrich Georg Meister. Published in GOETTINGAE (GÖTTINGEN) by Impensis Victorini Bossigelii (Bossiegel), MDCCLV (1755). Rare FIRST EDITION with the date 1755 both on the title page and at the end of the preface. Hardcovers, leather spine and corners with speckled paper covered boards, five raised spine bands, gilt lettered title label on the spine, marbled page edges, 4x6.5 inches (10x17 cm), 8vo. Pagination: [16], 492 pages including 2 pages of Errata at the end. TEXT in LATIN. Illustrated with engraved woodcut head and tail pieces. There is a lovely, early Armorial Bookplate on the front pastedown, with the initials "G.A.V.S." GOOD condition: The covers are chipped at the head of spine, splitting but holding well at the spine folds, and rubbed with some scrapes to the leather and paper covering. Internally, the front hinge is cracked but holding well, the pages are toned with the early and latter pages somewhat darker than the rest; overall this 1755 book remains tight, bright, clean, clear, and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy. This early law book was oft reprinted. While early editions are hard to find, the 1755 FIRST EDITION is almost impossible to find. About CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH GEORG MEISTER (excerpted from various Internet sources): Christian Friedrich Georg Meister, b. 1718 d. 1782, received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1741. He began his law career first as a private lawyer and highly sought after law lecturer. In 1754 he became a full professor of Law at the University of Gottingen. He quickly became one the University's most important law professors. In 1755 he wrote what is considered his most important and influential work, the PRINCIPIA JURIS CRIMINALIS.******

ABHANDLUNG VON DEN FINGERN, deren Verrichtungen und symbolishe Bedeutung, in so serne sie de deutschen Sprache Zusatche geliesect aus aller Art Alterthumer erwogen... by Friedrich [Fabian] GROSCHUFF [sometimes also attributed to Michael Gottlieb Griessbach.] Rare study of the aspects of the hand, finger by finger, with historical, literary, scientific, and occult references to our digits. LEIPZIG & EISENACH (Germany): Michael Gottlieb Griessbach, 1757. GERMAN TEXT. Later Plain Paper Wrappers, 5" x 7.25". Pagination: [14] prelim pages (title page and introductory pages) +312 numbered pages +[24] Register and Errata. Illustrated with Engraved Printer's Device on the title-page and on the last page of Errata, and with a few head and tail pieces. Condition: The pages are toned / lightly browned with age, there is some foxing throughout (heavy on only a few pages), overall the pages are bright and the printing is clear and fully legible. A nicely maintained 257 year old book. About FRIEDRICH GROSCHUFF (from a German Internet site): ****** Groschuff (1700-1784), German philologist. He studied theology and law at Konigsburg and Leipzig and then tutored several noble families. He was the secretary of Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippstahl, governor of Breda. He afterwards served as a lawyer and counselor. He published a number of works on various subjects, including two on hands and fingers******

BRIEFE EINES ABTS AUS MAYLAND AN EINEN PRÄLATEN IN ROM, Für die Gesellschaft JESU, Wider zwo Schriften unter dem Titel: Anmerkungen Ueber die Bittschrift der Jesuiten An Seine glücklich regierende Heiligkeit Pabst Clemens XIII. (LETTERS OF AN ABBEY FROM MILAN TO A PRELATE IN ROME, For the Society of JESUS, PROTESTING two writings under the title: Remarks On the Petition of the Jesuits to the Rulings of His Holiness POPE CLEMENT XIII. 3 parts bound together.) THREE PARTS Bound Together in this One Book / Erster Theil, Zweiter Theil, und Dritter Theil. No author is stated, but presumed to be the Jesuit Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, b. 1714 d. 1795, an Italian theologian, historian, and prolific writer. Italiänisch herausgegeben zu Fossombrone 1760 Durch Johann Bottagrifi und seine Mitverleger. Mit Genehmhaltung der Obern. (Published in the Italian in Fossombrone (Italy) in 1760 by Johann Bottagrifi and his co-publishers. With approval of the Superiors.) This GERMAN EDITION published in Bayern, Germany, undated but circa 1761. Card covers that are present but lacking almost all their paper covering, meaning the covers are only cardboard, there is old blue cloth tape to the spine, 7x8.5 inches (18x21 cm), each of the three parts is paginated separately. PAGINATION: Erster Theil: [8], 1-67; Zweiter Theil: 1-100; Dritter Theil: 1-54; Register: [1] pp. ASSOCIATION COPY. Armorial Bookplate on the front pastedown of IGNATIUS DOMINICUS S.R.I. COMES de CHORINSKY de LEDSKE (aka Count Ignatius Dominicus Chorinsky, Count Ignatz Dominik Chorinsky von Ledske, Count Chorynsky)."Count Ignaz Dominik Chorynsky of Ledská b. 1729 d. 1792, was a patron of the arts and a renowned collector of art and books. His superb collection of books and paintings were primarily based in his large chateau in Velké Hostice. A substantial portion of his library was sold by his family trust in three auctions that were held in 1930 and 1932 by Hamburg antiquarians Hans Götz and Franz Dörling." - found somewhere on the Internet. Condition: The covers are lacking their paper covering, as noted above; internally very nice, the pages are surprisingly tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Beautifully printed text, great association copy.

GEISTLICHES LIEDERKÄSTLEIN zum LOBE GOTTES, bestehend aus 366 Kleinen Oden Über so Viel BIBLISCHE SPRÜCHE, KINDERN GOTTES zum Dienst aufgesezt. Von M. Philipp Friedrich Hillern (Hiller). (SACRED SONGBOOK for the PRAISE OF GOD, Consisting of 366 Little Odes about many BIBLICAL SAYINGS. Service for CHILDREN OF GOD. By M. Philipp Friedrich Hiller.) STUTTGART : Verlag Johann Benedict Metzler, 1762. First Edition. (Hiller later wrote a songbook consisting of 732 Little Odes, and a volume titled: "Contemplation of the Death, the Future of Christ and Eternity for all the days of the year, or the Sacred Songbook of the Second Part" - Stuttgart, 1767.) This 1762 First Edition of Hiller's GEISTLICHES LIEDERKÄSTLEIN is Scarce. Hardcovers, leather covered spine and paper covered boards, page edges stained red, 4.25x3.5 inches oblong, 366 pages printed on one side only (i.e blank versos), plus a title page, a six page Foreword (pages printed on both sides), and an 18 page Register (Index) at the rear (3 pages printed on one side only, the rest printed on both sides). FAIR PLUS condition: The spine covering has split open at the front fold and is holding by the rear fold, the front cover is holding on only by its two binding cords, the rear cover is holding well, the front and rear covers have scrapes and rubs, there is a small paper label on the front cover with the handwritten date of 1762, there is some old writing dated 1835 on the front free endpaper that I cannot decipher (see the provided image), the first few pages / signature (including the front free endpaper, title page and foreword) are tightly glued together at the gutter edge affecting a bit of text at that edge on one page (page numbered 1) and giving the signature a stiff feeling at its gutter edge, there is light shorelining here and there throughout, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear. A nice, complete copy with printing that is sharp and bright. PHILIPP FRIEDRICH HILLER, b.1699 d. 1769, was an German evangelical pastor and a significant member of the Church of the Pietism of Württemberg.

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A COMPLEAT DICTIONARY ENGLISH AND DUTCH to which is added a GRAMMAR, for both Languages. Originally compiled by WILLIAM SEWEL (aka Willem Sewel); But now, not only reviewed, and more than the half part augmented, yet according to the modern spelling, entirely improved; by EGBERT BUYS, Counsellor of their Polish and Prussian Majesties, &c. The First Volume. This is VOLUME I only of two volumes. Volume I is the complete ENGLISH / DUTCH dictionary. (Volume II is the DUTCH / ENGLISH dictionary.) AMSTERDAM: Kornelis De Veer, M D C C L X V I / 1766. First Thus Edition (First EGBERT BUYS Expanded Edition, with his Voorreede / Foreword dated 1766). Hardcovers, leather spine and corners, 8x10 inches, 946 pages. Illustrated with a wonderful frontispiece engraving of the Dutch Bookseller and Publisher of this edition, KORNELIS DE VEER, KOEKVERKOOPER (Kornelis de Veer, Bookseller). Notice the cherubs examining the alphabet. Delightful. Condition: The front spine fold is very tender and the front cover could easily become disbound, the rear spine fold is holding well; the covers are rubbed at the spine folds and corners, worn at the spine ends, and have a bit of edge wear; internally, the front and rear inner hinges are split but holding; there is the bookplate of "Paul R. Carr" on the front pastedown, and his signature on the front free endpaper; there is the signature of Lettie Stibbe Multhauf (her husband, Robert Multauf, was a historian, and in the 1960s was the Directory of the Smithsonian Museum of Science and Technology) on the front pastedown; there is a circa 1900 tribute to John Watts de Peyster pasted on the blank verso of the title page; the text pages are nice, complete, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Printed on beautifully white laid paper. About WILLIAM SEWEL (from Wikipedia): ******Willem Sewel (also William Sewel), b. 1653 d. 1720, was a Dutch Quaker historian, of English background. Sewel spent 25 years on his major work, The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers. It was first published in Dutch, as Histori van de Opkompste, Aanwas en Voortgang der Christenen bekend by den naam van Quakers, Amsterdam, 1717 (another edition, 1742). The English edition (London, 1722), dedicated to George I, was largely undertaken to correct Historia Quakeriana (Amsterdam, 1695; English translation, London, 1696, by Gerard Croese, to whom Sewel had given letters and narratives from England). Sewel's own work was based on a mass of correspondence, George Fox's Journal, and, for the public history, Lord Clarendon's Rebellion and Edmund Ludlow's Memoirs. It became an authority. Sewel's other works include A Compleat Dictionary of English and Dutch, 2 pts., Amsterdam, 1691; 6th Ed., enlarged by Buys, 1766.****** INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is large and heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

TRAITÉ DES SENSATIONS ET DES PASSIONS EN GÉNÉRAL, Et Des SENS En PARTICULIER, by Claude-Nicolas LE CAT. (TREATISE on SENSATIONS and PASSIONS in General, and on the SENSES in PARTICULAR) PARIS: Chez VALLAT-LA-CHAPELE, Libraire au Palai, fur le Perron de la Sante-Chapell, M. DCC. LXVII. (1767). Ouvrage Divisé En Deux Parties / TWO VOLUMES - Complete in these Two Volumes. (A year later, in 1768, a third volume was issued "La théorie de l'ouie" - "theory of the eye" - which is not here; but this work is complete as originally issued in two volumes in 1767.) TWO VOLUMES. Hardcovers, leather covered boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, marbled page edges, marbled endpapers, xcv, [1], 264; lvi, [4], 201-684. (Note that the numbered pages at the end of Volume One and the beginning of Volume Two are not consecutive - i.e. Volume one ends at page number 264, Volume Two begins with page number 201. This is as the Two Volumes were originally published - probable printer's error. Both volumes have been collated by me with rare copies from major National Libraries that have been digitized online.) PRESENTATION COPY. Each Title-Page is INSCRIBED with a HAND-WRITTEN PRESENTATION by THE AUTHOR: "JEAN CHARLES GROSSARD... ex Dono auctoris". CONDITION: TWO BOOKS. The leather covers of both volumes are rubbed and scraped, the spine ends are chipped, the bottom of the spine of Volume Two is peeling, the front spine hinge of each volume is split but holding well; overall the covers are worn but remain attractive and are still doing their job well. Internally, the front pastedown has a long vertical scrape, as if from the removal of a piece of tape at some point. There are relevant handwritten margin notes and marks, in pencil and in English, here and there throughout. I do not know who might have written them, but they are certainly by someone carefully studying the work. The inner pages of both volumes have a bit of toning, foxing and some margin shorelining, here and there throughout, but overall the inner pages are tight, bright and clean, a remarkably well kept, sharp, clear and lovely printing of this scarce book. ILLUSTRATED with 19 ENGRAVED PLATES: ENGRAVED PORTRAIT by Thomiers at the front of Volume One, Lovely FRONTISPIECE ENGRAVING by Bacheley at the front of Volume Two (showing Women using all five senses: Sight - looking in a mirror, Sound - playing music, Taste - pouring wine; Smell - smoke from an incense burner; Touch - toughing a newly hammered helmet); PLUS 17 additional engraved PLATES (16 of which FOLD-OPEN). Also ILLUSTRATED with lovely ENGRAVED VIGNETTES at the head of many chapters, and with ENGRAVED HEAD and TAIL PIECES. This specific work by LE CAT, TRAITÉ DES SENSATIONS ET DES PASSIONS, is VERY SCARCE. About Claude-Nicolas LE CAT (from Wikipedia): ******Le Cat (1700-1768) surgeon, anatomist, & physiologist. In 1736 he established a school for anatomy & surgery in Rouen. The 'Traité Des Sensations Et Des Passions'; is considered to be Le Cat's most important work. The work grew as much out of his researches in physics as in physiology. In it Le Cat presented a theory of the propagation of light contrary to that of Newtonian attraction. He further reported on the pigmented choroid coat of the eye and assigned it a common embryonic origin with the pigment of the skin. Le Cat's reputation in France and Europe is reflected by his numerous academic awards, publications, and by surgical renown.******

POEMS (anonymous, but known to be FRANCIS NOEL CLARKE MUNDY). OXFORD, Printed by W. Jackson, MDCC,LX,VIII (1768). Disbound

(i.e. no covers), 4to 8x10 inches, 97 pages. Beautifully printed on heavy stock, watermarked, laid paper. The imprint of the type is fully tangible. FAIR Condition: Lacking covers (as noted above). The text block's sewn binding is mostly gone leaving all the signatures and many leaves loose. The front free endpaper is lacking, the brief errata has been clipped from its own page at the rear and pasted in the space below THE END on the last page of text, otherwise complete with all pages and signatures in their proper order. The pages themselves are in Good condition, with edge wear to their disbound edge, and some light edge toning and corner creases here and there. Overall the pages are bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Quite lovely as is (especially with the tactile printing), and a perfect candidate for rebinding. I have collated my copy page for page with the copy in the rare book room of the Oxford Library that has been digitized and put online.

GABRIELIS ALBASPINÆI AURELIANENSIS EPISCOPI OPERA VARIA, by Gabriel de L'Aubespine. In Three Parts. The first two parts are in LATIN (through page 278). The third part is in FRENCH (279 to 434, the last page). The Three Parts are: I. De Veteribus Ecclesiae ritibus; II. Notae in Concilium Elibertanum.; III. L'Ancienne Police de l'Eglise sur l'administration de l'Eucharistie. Notae et Observationes in Optatum... Auctore Carolo Paulino. NEOPOLI (Naples, Italy): Expensis Gregorii P. & Michaelis F. Stasi, ex Typographia Josephi de Dominicis, MDCCLXX (1770). Modern brown cloth covered boards, gilt titling on the spine, marbled endpapers, 4to, 7.5x9.5 inches (19x24cm). Pagination: XXIV, 434, [1] pp. Text in LATIN to page 278, and in French from page 279 to 434. Deaccessioned from the Library of MOUNT ST. ALPHONSUS SEMINARY, Esopus, New York. VERY GOOD condition: The recent covers have some soiling and marks, but remain sturdy and attractive; internally the price 250 and the date 1770 are written on a blank prelim, they were written with a heavy hand leaving indent marks; ex library as noted above, with some library stamps and labels on prelim pages and a library card pocket on the rear pastedown; the text pages have some scattered foxing and creasing but are overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, nice, complete copy. Gabriel de L'Aubespine, the author, was the Bishop of Orleans from 1604 to 1630. About MOUNT ST. ALPHONSUS SEMINARY, previous owner of this book (from Wikipedia): ******Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary (later Mount St. Alphonsus Retreat Center), located in Esopus, New York, was an American Roman Catholic seminary founded in 1907 by the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, more commonly known as the Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers. It operated as a seminary until 1985, after which it became a center for meetings and spiritual retreats for the people of the Hudson Valley in New York. In 2012 the Mount ceased operations.****** INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is somewhat

large and heavy and will require additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact me to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

ITINERARIO PARA PÁRROCOS DE INDIOS En Que Se Tratan Las Materias mas Particulares Tocantes a Ellos Para su BUENA ADMINISTRACIÓN... Compuesto por... SENOR DON ALONSO DE LA PEÑA MONTENEGRO, Obispo del Obispado de San Francisco de Quito...

(PASTORS' GUIDE for the GOOD ADMINISTRATION of INDIANS... Composed by DON ALONSO DE LA PENA MONTENEGRO, Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco de Quito...)

EN MADRID: En la Oficina de Pedro Marin, 1771. Nueva Edicion, Purgada de Muchisimos Hierros (New Edition, Purged of Numerous Errors). TEXT IN SPANISH.

VELLUM BOUND, limp vellum , five cord spine bands, manuscript title on spine (mostly faded), 8x12 inches (20cm x 30cm), Pagination: [2] blank free endpaper, [32], 612 pages.

CONDITION: The vellum covers are soiled, darkened, rubbed, missing a half-dollar size piece at the upper rear corner, and well creased (as normal for limp vellum); nonetheless the vellum covers remain quite lovely in a Harry Potter Hogwarts' Library way. Internally, the front and rear inner hinges are split but holding with the cord binding; the bottom half of the last two leaves (pages 609/610 and 611/612) is roughly torn off; the rear free endpaper is lacking, and the rear pastedown is mostly lacking; there is chipping to the bottom corner of the first few pages, not affecting text; light foxing and some age spotting here and there throughout; otherwise the inner pages are nice, complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Contents:

LIBRO PRIMERO En que se Trata de la Elección y Canónica Institución del Párroco, y de todas las demás obligaciones que tiene el Doctrinero.

LIBRO SEGUNDO De la Naturaleza y costumbres de los indios.

LIBRO TERCERO En que se Trata de los Sacramentos - del Bautismo, La Confirmación - Del dolor que es parte material del Sacramento de la Penitencia, De la Confesión, Del Confesor, De la Satisfacción Sacramental que es el tercer acto Penitente, Del Inefable Sacramento de la Eucaristía, Del Sacramento de la Extremaunción, Del Sacramento del Orden, Del Sacramento del Matrimonio, De los Grados de Consanguinidad, Afinidad, y Cognación Espiritual y Dispensación en ellos.

LIBRO CUARTO De los Preceptos de la Iglesia y de la Ley Natural que deben Guardar los Indios .

LIBRO QUINTO En que se Trata de los Privilegios que tienen los Señores Arzobispos y Obispos, los Regulares, y los Indios en estas partes. Y de los Visitadores y modo como se han de portar en las visitas de los Indios y sus Doctrineros. De la conciencia errónea muy ordinaria en los Indios, y de algunas cuestiones misceláneas.

The Original Limp Vellum Binding makes this an especially attractive copy of this rare book.

NATUURKUNDIGE EN OPHELDERENDE AANMERKINGEN over het Eerste en Tweede Deel /Derde en Vierde Deel VAN J. F. MARTINET'S KATECHISMUS DER NATUUR, door J. DE VRIES. (ENLIGHTENING COMMENTS on the First, Second, Third and Fourth Part of J.F. MARTINET'S CATECHISM OF NATURE, by J. DE VRIES. FOUR PARTS IN TWO OCTAVO VOLUMES. AMSTERDAM: Joannes van Selm, MDCCLXXIX (1779). TEXT in DUTCH. A Critical and Expansive Study by J. De Vries of JOHANNES FLORENTIUS MARTINET'S work KATECHISMUS DER NATUUR (CATECHISM OF NATURE). Two Volumes, hardcovers, leather spines and corners with marbled paper covered boards, the spines have five raised bands and are decorated in gilt, black leather title labels on spines, 5x9 inches. Pagination: Volume I: XIV, [2], 198, [2]. Volume II: [VI], 192. GOOD condition. The covers have scrapes and rubs to the boards and edges, including the loss of the paper covering in various places; the spine title labels are mostly worn away; nonetheless the covers are sturdy, attractive, and are doing their job well. Internally very nice, some light foxing and offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are lovely, bright, tight, clean and unmarked. A solid, nice, two volume set.

Beskrivelse over den kongelige danske Residentsestad Kiøbenhavn og de kongelige Slotte paa Landet. Oversat efter det tredie tydske Oplag, forøget og forbedret. (Description of the Royal Danish

City of Copenhagen and the Royal Castles in the Country. A printing of the Third Edition, enlarged and improved.) By E. C. HAUBER. Published by Rothes Forlag, København / Copenhagen, 1783. TEXT in DANISH. The book which first was published in 1770 gives a detailed description of the Danish capital before the great fire of 1795 and the destructive British attacks of 1807. Hardcovers, leather spine and corners with paper covered boards, spine has five raised bands, gilt lining, and a leather label titled in gilt, 4x6.75 inches (10x17 cm). Pagination: [8], 232 pages. Includes a FOLD OPEN MAP of COPENHAGEN at the front. CONDITION: The covers are worn through at the edges and corners, rubbed, and scraped; 1/4 inch of the spine leather is tearing away at the top, the spine title leather has a corner chip; nonetheless the covers are doing their job and are attractive in a Harry Potter Hogwarts Library way. Internally, there is a small number written on the top margin of the front free endpaper; the fold open map has edge wear to its left edge, not affecting the image; there is light foxing throughout, lacks its rear free endpaper and rear pastedown. Overall a solid, nice copy, complete with its folding map.

RABBINIC RESPONSA by MENACHEM AZARIAH DA FANO, in HEBREW with some ARAMAIC. DYHERNFURTH (now Brzeg Dolny, Poland) : 1788. Possibly the copy of ISAC BADHAB JERUSALEM, a noted Book Collector and Printer. There are 2 rubber ink stamps on the title page, both in Hebrew, one with a line of English that reads "JSAC BADHAB JERUSALEM". Hardcovers, marbled paper covered boards and sheepskin covered spine, black embossed lettering on spine, 6" x 7.5", 170 pages (85 numbered pages with only every other page being numbered). Engraved Printer's device on the title page and a lovely engraved hunting woodcut at the end. Condition: The covers are rubbed, worn and scraped, leather corners missing, corners worn through; paper label on spine, nonetheless these early covers remain in one solid piece; internally, the front inner hinge is completely split, fully exposing the inner spine of the signatures; the rear inner hinge is hanging on, but a strong tug would pull the covers from the inner text block; the title page has two ink stamps as noted above, and a word or two that has been inked out, there may be blank prelims that are missing, text complete from the title page through the last page, the inner pages are evenly toned with age but remain clean, clear and fully legible; some pages have edge wear and corner creases but remain solid and well bound with their sewn binding. SCARCE 1788 Dyhernfurth imprint of Rabbinic Responsa by Da Fano. You can read about MENAHEM AZARIAH DA FANO and about RABBINIC RESPONSA on Wikipedia and elsewhere on the Internet.

THE ROBBERS - A TRAGEDY, by FREDERICH SCHILLER.

TRANSLATED into ENGLISH from the ORIGINAL GERMAN EDITION (DIE RÄUBER, 1781). Translated by ALEXANDER FRASER TYTLER aka LORD WOODHOUSELEE, a noted translator who wrote important treatises on the theory of translation. Published by G. G. J. & J. ROBINSONS, Paternoster-Row, LONDON, MDCCXCII (1792). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Later republished numerous times, the First English Edition of 1792 is Very Scarce. Disbound Copy (i.e. lacking covers), lacking half-title page, complete from the Title-Page through the last page of text with "The End" printed at the bottom of the last page, more recent leather spine covering still present, 5" x 8". Pagination xviii (lacking half-title pages i-ii), [2], 220. Condition: Light toning to the first and last page; 6 pages have a few words written, rather sloppily,

in red ink in the bottom margin; 6 middle pages have some staining (not too bad and text is clear); otherwise just lightly used and still tight, bright and clean. DIE RÄUBER (THE ROBBERS)

was the first drama by German playwright FRIEDRICH SCHILLER. It was written towards the end of the German Sturm und Drang 'Storm and Stress' movement. The play had a major influence on European dramatic works that followed. SCARCE 1792 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

VITA e COMMERCIO LETTERARIO di GALILEO GALILEI Nobile e Patrizio Fiorentino Mattematico e Filosofo Sopraordinario de' Gran Duchi di Toscana COSIMO E FERDINANDO II. Scritta da GIO. BATISTA CLEMENTE DE NELLI... TWO VOLUME SET - Complete in These Two Volumes (Four Parts, in Two Volumes). Losanna (LAUSANNE) : 1793. Publisher unstated. FIRST EDITION. Contains the FIRST BIBLIOGRAPHY of the works of GALILEO. I collated these two volumes page-by-page with copies from the Rare Book Rooms of Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and Cambridge University. Two Hardcover Books, blue cloth covered boards, 7.5" x 10". Pagination: VOLUME I: Frontispiece, xvi Introductory pages, 471 Text pages (actually 467 pages because pagination skips to page 429 after page 424 - as normal - text flows correctly - collates correctly with rare copies at Harvard and Cambridge), + one blank. VOLUME II: [2], 471-961 pages. The two volumes are ILLUSTRATED with TEN (of TWELVE) plates, namely: 2 engraved frontispiece portraits of Galileo (one in each Volume), 7 (of 9) engraved plates, and 1 large folding genealogical chart / plate. Four of the original nine plates were fold-open, but 2 of those 4 (plates IX and X) are now lacking (being the 2 of 12 plates that are missing). CONDITION: The covers are soiled and worn, the blue cloth covering is rubbed, splotchy, split at the spine folds, worn through at the corners, and chipped away at the spine ends, nonetheless the covers are present and still bound well to the inner pages; there is a splattering of dark blue spots to the bottom page edges of Volume I and to the top page edges of Volume II (page edges of the closed books). Volume I has some old shorelining / water staining to the margins of various pages here and there throughout - nothing too significant except in the margins of

a few pages where the margin soiling is heavy; overall the pages are in remarkably bright condition. Volume II has shorelining / water-staining to the upper margin area of the frontispiece and title-page; is missing the leaf that would be pages v/vi - consisting of a "Part Three" title-page and its blank verso (i.e. no text is missing); there is shorelining / light water-staining and soiling to the top blank margin of a number of pages here and there throughout - not affecting text; leaf consisting of pages 521/522 has a stiff crease that appears to be a binder's error (text is complete); there are wormholes / small worm lines to the bottom blank margin of the latter pages, not affecting text; the upper corner area of pages 951-960 is soiled and foxed; page 961 (the last page - the verso is blank) has its upper portion torn away, including approximately 3 lines of 2 column. The plates are all bright and clear, some with mild margin soiling and/or margin shorelining. The fold-open genealogical chart has some splitting at the folds and tearing near the gutter, but is overall solid, bright and clear. A SOLID SET of these TWO VOLUMES with 10 of 12 plates and only the faults as described above. The covers are worn, but internally both volumes are still tight, bright and clear. A very presentable set. RARE and IMPORTANT 221 Year-Old Books on GALILEO. From an 1861 Sotheby auction catalog - the "Catalogue of the Mathematical, Historical and Miscellaneous Portion of the Celebrated Library of M. Guglielmo Libri": ******Nelli. VITA e COMMERCIO LETTERARIO di GALILEO GALILEI... Scritta da GIO. BATISTA CLEMENTE DE NELLI... Losanna, 1793. A most valuable contribution to scientific biography, giving full particulars of Galilei's friends and opponents, and containing extracts of numerous unpublished letters of Galileo and his friends which Nelli was prevented by death from publishing in extenso, and which were only partially published in the last edition of Galileo's works.******

OFFICIAL MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT on laid paper, in Spanish. SIGNED BY THE KING OF SPAIN with "YO EL REY". Appears to be the SIGNATURE of KING CHARLES IV / KING CARLOS IV. It is an actual hand signature, not the woodblock YO EL REY signature that is so often seen on his "signed" documents. I have confidence that this hand signature is that of the KING, though it could have been hand signed in his name by one of his officials, I have no way of knowing with absolute certainty. Written on both sides of an 8.25x11.75" sheet of laid, watermarked paper. The document is headed with a manuscript EL REY at the top of the front page, and is SIGNED on the back page, at the end of the written text, with YO EL REY. Undated (insofar as I can decipher), circa 1790s (1795?) The document begins with: "Intendente de Exército, y Real Hacienda de la Isla de Cuba" (i.e. addressed to the Governing Official of Cuba). I have not completely translated this document because the handwriting combined with the oxidation of the iron gall ink (causing offsetting from one side of the page to the other) makes it difficult. I do note that it discusses travel from Cadiz to New Spain, and from Veracruz to Guiana and Caracas. The paper has an interesting WATERMARK with the letters A and T inside circles, one on top of the other, with a cross at the very top. Also interesting is that at the bottom margin of the back page, about 5" below the King's "Yo El Rey" signature, is another signature (that I cannot make out) just below which are three additional handwritten lines. This brief text also mentions Cuba and Havana. Why these few lines are present at the bottom of the back page I have no idea. The document is in generally GOOD condition with a horizontal fold across the middle, quite a number of small holes in the writing where the pen point penetrated the paper, and some typical signs of age and use including oxidation of the iron gall ink, some edge wear and age toning. Still a solid and well-kept historic document relating to Cuba, South America, New Spain, and the King of Spain. I have tried to provide some high quality photos for your examination. I welcome questions and informative comments.

VIAGGI DALLA CHINA ALLA COSTA NORD-OVEST D'AMERICA FATTI NEGLI ANNI 1788 e 1789 - DAL CAPITANO G. MEARES.

Prima Traduzione Italiana.

Published by Giovacchino Pagani, Firenze (Florence), MDCCXCVI (1796). First Italian, one of two editions published in the same year (the other was published in Naples).

Originally published in England in 1790, then France in 1794. This First Italian Edition had the ENGRAVINGS REDONE by a FLORENTINE ARTIST, and the engraved plates were made a part of the volumes. SCARCE with the GORGEOUS FLORENTINE PLATES.

This auction is for THREE of FOUR VOLUMES - Volumes II, III and IV. LACKING VOLUME I.

Original Wrappers, paper title labels on spines, 5x7.5 inches. TEXT in ITALIAN.

Pagination:

Volume II : XV + 212 pages. ILLUSTRATED WITH 7 PLATES, including 1 that folds-open. The plates are each printed on their own unnumbered leaf.

Volume III : X + 238 pages. ILLUSTRATED WITH 1 FOLD-OPEN PLATE.

Volume IV : [4] + VIII + 276 pages. ILLUSTRATED WITH 9 PLATES, including 2 that fold-open.

THE PAGES AND PLATES HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY COLLATED. THESE BOOKS ARE COMPLETE, ALL PLATES ARE PRESENT AND IN THEIR PROPER ORDER. THERE ARE 17 PLATES IN TOTAL IN THESE THREE VOLUMES.

There is a 1.5x3.5 inch label pasted onto the inside front cover of Volume II that reads: "MEARES, JOHN. Viaggi dalla China... Firenzi, 1796. Vols. 2-4 only. Lacks Vol. 1. 1st ed. In Italian. Orig. wraps."

Condition: The original wrappers on these three volumes are mostly chipped off at the spine, exposing the signatures beneath, have chips and tears at the edges, a few holes, creases, smudges, general aging and wear, etc; the front wrapper and front free endpaper of Volume IV are disbound (i.e. present but laid-on loosely); the front wrapper of Volume IV also has its top margin and bottom front corners torn away (i.e. it is missing large pieces). Internally, there are corner creases, some corner tears, some spotting here and there, a few pages with light edge stains, a bit of foxing here and there, some page toning, splits between some signatures (always still holding well with the sewn binding); but overall the inner pages are incredibly well-kept, still complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. THE PLATES ARE GORGEOUS.

A WONDERFUL SET OF 3 (of 4) VOLUMES of this VERY SCARCE WORK, COMPLETE and in ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.