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BLAYDS, John & OSBURN, William.

An Account of an Egyptian Mummy, Presented to the Museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, by the late John Blayds. Drawn up at the Request of the Council: By William Osburn, Junior. With an appendix containing the chemical and anatomical details of the examination of the body, by Messrs E. S. George, T. P. Teale and R. Hey. Leeds, printed for the Society, by Robinson & Hernaman, 1828. Large 8vo. iv,+ 51,+ (2) pp.+ 5 lith. plates, of which two are folding. Foxing, the plates with a small stain in upper corner. Sewn and uncut, with the original printed wrapper, loose in spine. Owner’s signature of N. Rasmussen on front wrapper.

Sachgebiete: Ägyptologie, Antike, Geschichte

29.07.2026 - 18:04

1100,- EUR

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Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron RAIS D' EISENBERG (ca. 1700 - ca. 1770)

La perfezione e i difetti del cavallo opera del Barone d’Eisenberg direttore e primo cavallerizzo dell’accademia di Pisa dedicata alla Sacra Cesarea Real Maestà dell’Augustissimo Potentissimo Invittissimo Imperatore Francesco I. Duca di Lorena e di Bar ec. Granduca di Toscana ec. ec. ec. In Firenze nella Stamperia Imperiale 1753 Folio (426x281); [2] leaves, CXLIII pp., engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates (1 folding). Text in Italian and French. Frontispice and plates engraved by Carlo Gregori (1702-1759), title page printed in red and black. Contemporary half vellum, handwritten title on spine. Very fine copy on large paper, the largest copy in the market.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Hippologie, Pferde, Illustrierte Bücher

29.07.2026 - 18:02

4500,- EUR

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Sammelband.

(WEIDNER, Johann Leonhard.) Elixir jesuiticum, sive quinta essentia jesuitarum ex variis, inprimis pontificiis, authoribus Alembico veritatis extracta, mundi theatro exhibetur, continens, I. Epitheta & periphrases jesuitarum. II. Catalogum vel quasi testium veritatis de jesuitis. III. Similitudines & apophthegmata de jesuitis. IV. Theses & positiones ex nova-antiqua veritate desumptas, patribus jesuitis ad ventilandum proximis diebus saturnalibus, & qui eos sequentur usque ad carnis privium, vel praeter propter, propositas. Collectore Gratiano Leosthene Saliceto. No place, 1641. 12mo. (4),+ 137 pp. The unpaginated dedication leaves to William Laud are bound between p. 130 and 131. Bound together with: FARET, Nicolas. Honestus homo sive ars placendi in aula. Ex Gallico opere Fareti versa in Latinum à Carolo Oginski. Franeker, Idsardi Alberti, 1643. 12mo. (15),+ (blank),+ 145, 186-188,+ (10) pp. Bound together with: Cupido triumphans, vel ratio cur sexus muliebris omni amore, & honore sit dignissimus. Autore H.H.V.O.G. Frisio. Utrecht, Wilhelmum Strick, 1644. 12mo. 137,+ (3),+ (4 blanks) pp. Bound together with: Amatus Fornacius Amator ineptus. Palladius (=fictious imprint), 1633. 12mo. 93,+ (1) pp. Contemporary vellum, spine with beige label with oxidizied text, boards with gilt but also ozidized floral frames, the front with the elephant head superexlibris of Luxdorph, all edges red. Owner’s signature or Luxdorph on front fly leaf, and the first title page with library stamp ”A.St.B”. Old ink annotations on fly-leaves.

Sachgebiete: Feminismus, Geschichte, Jesuiten, Satire

29.07.2026 - 17:54

2500,- EUR

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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’ANVILLE (1697-1782)

Atlas de géographie ancienne, pour servir a l’intelligence des oeuvres de Rollin, gravé d’après les cartes originales de d’Anville A Paris, chez Ledoux et Tenré, de l’imprimerie de Didot le Jeune, 1818 Folio (350x280); [2] leaves (Title page and index), 27 double-page engraved maps, [5] double-page engraved maps. Contemporary boards. First 2 leaves slightly foxed; light waterstain throughout, darker through the end. A reasonable copy.

Sachgebiete: Atlanten, Geschichte

29.07.2026 - 17:52

2200,- EUR

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Valerius CORDUS (1515 - 1544)

Valerij Cordi Dispensatorium, sive Pharmacorum conficiendorum ratio, a Petro Coudebergo pharmacopoeo Antuerpiano, plus quadrigentis erroribus liberata atque vindicata: adjecto Valerij Cordi novo libello, aliisque paucis post praefationes annotatis. Antuerpiae, Christophori Plantini, 1568 (Antuerpiae, excudebat Chrisptophorus Plantinus, 1568 mense Maio). 16mo; [32], 429, [3] pp.; sign.: *-**8, A-A8, a-d8 (last leaf blank). Nice copy, preserving a neatly preserved 17th-century vellum binding.

Sachgebiete: Pharmazie

29.07.2026 - 17:41

1200,- EUR

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Federico COMMANDINO (1509-1575), PAPPUS OF ALEXANDRIA (209 c. - 350 c.)

Federici Commandini Urbinatis mathematici celeberrimi exactisima Commentaria in libros octo mathematicarum collectionum Pappi Alexandrini e greco in latinum a se accuratissime conversos. Ad Serenissimum Franciscum Mariam II. Urbini Ducem. Pisauri, Apud Hieronymum Concordiam 1602 Large 4to (295x210); [3] (of 4, missing blank), 334 (recte 332) leaves. Signature: 3 (missing 4, blank), A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Oooo4. Several leaves misnumbered, leaf 66 printed after leaf 67. Large woodcut on title page, woodcut diagrams on almost every page. XIXth century half-morocco, spine gilt, edges gilt. Fine copy.

Sachgebiete: Mathematik

29.07.2026 - 17:40

3300,- EUR

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Jacques CASSINI (1677-1756)

Élements d’astronomie. Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1740. 4to; [76], xvj, [12], 643, [1] pp., 21 fold. plts engraved by Philippe Simonneau (1685- about 1753), several woodcut schematic illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut printer’s device on title-page. Cont. calf, a little worn, spine restored, Few pp. faintly browned, restoration on title-page not affecting text and woodcut. Very good copy.

Sachgebiete: Astronomie, Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher

29.07.2026 - 17:38

2200,- EUR

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Benedikt CARPZOV the Younger (1595-1666); Christoph GEWOLD (also GEWALD or GEBOLDT) (1556-1621); FERDINAND II (1578-1637); (Johann Joachim Von RUSDORF) (1589-1640)

De Capitulatione Caesarea sive de lege regia germanorum tractatus Authore Benedicto Carpzovio, J.U.D. & Scabinatus Electoralis Lipsensis, Adsessore Bicurgicorum Metropoli (Erfurt, Duitsland) exscribebat Philippus Wittelius Impensis Joannis Birckneri Bibliopolae, 1623. II- De Sacr. Rom. Imperii Septem-viratu Commentarius A Christophoro Gewoldo IC An MDCXVI [1616] editus: nunc recognitus ab eodem, et auctus Ingolstadii Typis Wilhelmi Ederi, 1621. III- Justitia Caesarea imperialis, circa declarationem banni, contra Comitem Palatinum Electorem, & circa nuperam Executionem, contra captivos Pragenses. Clare demonstrata, adverariisque calumniatoribus directe opposita. No place and printer, 1622. IV- Deductio nullitatum: quibus proscriptionem in aula imperatoria contra electorem palatinum decretam, et in imperio evulgatam, scatere; et proinde nullius roboris, valoris, effectus aut considerationis esse; breviter probatur. Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. No place and printer, 1621. 4 works in 1 volume, 4to (190x155); I- [8], 248 pp; 4, A-Z4, Aa-Gg4 (Gg3 erroneously numbered H3). II- [12], 248 (recte 242, some pp. misnumbered), [2] pp.; :)(:4, :)(: :)(:2, A-Z4, a-g4, h2. III- [8], 80 pp.; ):(4, A-K4. IV- 24 pp.; A-C4. I-Title within woodcut decorative frame, woodcut head-piece and initials. Ancient annotations on free leaf and title page, some marginal annotations and several underlining throughout. Old library stamp on free leaf and verso of title page. Small stain on pp. 49-52. Some very slight waterstain at the upper external corner of some pages. II- Engraved title page, lower margin folded. Woodcut head-pieces and initials. III- Decorative woodcut on title page, woodcut head-pieces and initial. Very light stain on lower margin of a few pages. IV- Small woodcut on title page, woodcut head-piece. All- Faintly browned throughout due to the paper quality; unobtrusive marginal stain on upper margin (ink or lamp oil?) from the second half of the first work to the end, never affecting the text. Binding in parchment with overlapping edges, from a medieval manuscript (liturgical notes and texts), handwritten labels (title and catalogue number) on spine. Two ties missing. A good copy.

Sachgebiete: Geschichte, Dreißigjähriger Krieg

29.07.2026 - 17:34

1200,- EUR

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