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first he contributed mightily to mobilizing uncertain revolutionaries in
both political and military matters, but as time went on it became clear
that his genius in both areas had been overrated. Matters certainly were
not helped by his ‘distemper of … mind’. Hence it is debatable whether
he was more an asset or a hindrance to the hard-pressed rebel cause
(ODNB).
€350-€500 (£280-£400 approx.)
1032
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LEE (James).
An introduction to botany. Containing an
explanation of the theory of that science; extracted from the
works of Dr. Linnaeus; with... an appendix and glossary. The
fourth edition, corrected, with additions. By James Lee,
nurseryman, at the Vineyard, Hammersmith.
Printed for J. F. and
C. Rivington...,
1788
With 12 engraved plates, pages xxiv, 432, (2, blank), with the
half-title, 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt ruled spine, with label,
gilt: with a small old stamp on the title-page and a little wear at
the headbands but the binding strong and attractive: a pleasing
copy.
Henrey 955. When first published in 1760 this book was the first
description to appear in English of the sexual system of Linnaeus, with
whom Lee corrresponded. Lee introduced the fuschia into England..
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[LAWRENCE (John)].
The
New Farmer’s Calendar; or, monthly remembrancer, for all
kinds of country business: comprehending all the material
improvements in the new husbandry, with the management of
livestock. Inscribed to the farmers of Great Britain. By a farmer
and a breeder. Third edition.
London: Printed by C. Whittingham
… for H, D. Symonds … and Vernor and Hood …,
1801. With a
folding frontispiece, pages vi, (2),554, (6), 8vo, ontemporary
half calf, gilt ruled and lettered spine: just a little worn at the
corners but the binding sound and strong and quite attractive,
internally in very good to nice state.
With a new single-leaf preface but, apparently otherwise unchanged.
(2)
CURTIS (George W.).
Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine.
Origin, history, improvement, description, characteristics,
merits, objections, adaptability, etc. of each of the different
breeds, with hints on selection, care and management,
including methods of practical breeders in the United States
and Canada. Second edition - revised and enlarged.
New York:
The Rural Publishing Company,
1893. With 117, mostly full-page,
illustrs, 343-pp, roy 8vo, original cloth, gilt: very good -nice. (3)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1033
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LEFEBURE.
Sermons sur différens sujets, preschez, par
Mr Lefebure … Prevost & Theologal del’ Eglise Cathedrale,
d’Arras, aumosnier de la Reine.
Paris: chez Edme Couterot,
1687
FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, large device on title, pp
(24),592,583 bis - 680, 671 bis - 684, apparently complete thus,
8vo, contemporary calf, fully gilt spine: binding worn,
endleaves lifted, old abrasure on title with lost of a few letters in
author’s name and attributes, stitching sound and strong,
otherwise a clean, very good, well margined and unsophiscated
copy.
Apparently the only edition. Not found in NUC. COPAC has NLS
only. Not in BL. The sermons include Panégyrique du Nom de Jésus,
de S. Louis, de S. Ignace de Loyola, de S. François de Borgia, Contre
les desordres du Carnaval, Dédicace de l’Eglise des Jésuites d’Arras,
Notre Dame des Anges, S. Bonaventure, S. Pierre d’Alcantara, S.
Didace, S. Dominique, S. Thomas d’Aquin, S. Pierre Paschal, Ste
Thérèse, Ste Madeleine de Pazzi, l’Annonciation de la Vierge, la
Nativité de la Vierge, la Madeleine, les Cendres, la Veille de Noël,
l’Ascension, la Pentecôte, la Trinité, la Fête-Dieu, S. Nicaise, S.
Philippe, la Manne, Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel, les Fêtes de la
Vierge, Morale pour la Fête de la Madeleine, Morale pour une Vêture,
S. Philippe de Néry
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
BENEDICT XIV,
LAMBERTINI (Prospero L.), Pope.
Institutiones
Ecclesiasticae, quas Latine reddidit Ildephonsus a S. Carolo …
Editio secunda.
Monachii [Munich] & Ingolstadii, sumptibus
Joannis Francisci Xav. Craetz,
1765. With engraved portrait
frontispiece, the title-page in red and black, pages (38),216,219-
840, (82), complete thus, 4to, contemporary calf: wanting blank
front flyleaves and the binding worn but strong, otherwise a
very good copy.
“Great as a man, a scholar, an administrator, and a priest, his claim to
immortality rests princiupally on his admirable ecclesiastical writings,
the most important of them … are ‘Institutiones Ecclesiastica’, written
in Italian, but translated into Latin by P. Ildephonsus a San Carolo; it
is a collection of 107 documents, principally pastoral letters, letters to
bishops and others, independent treatises, instructions, etc., all of
which are really scientific dissertations on subjects connected with
church law or the care of souls. “ - Catholic Enclclopaedia.
(2)
NEPOS (Cornelius).
Vitæ excellentium imperatorum.
Observationibus ac notis commentatorum, quotquot hactenus
innotuere, illustratæ. Accesserunt huic editioni præcipuorum
Græciæ imperatorum icones æri incisæ, ut & index rerum &
verborum præcedenti multo auctior & emendatior.
Amstelodami:
ex typographia P. & J. Blaeu, prostant apud Wolfgang, Janssonio-
Waesbergios, Boom, a Someren, & Goethals,
1687. With additional
engraved title-page and 12 text engravings of coins and gems
after Fulvius Ursinus, pp (32), 439, (40), (1, blank), 8vo,
contemporary calf, gilt spine: binding lightly rubbed, headband
frayed, wanting label, otherwise sound and very strong: a very
good copy
Twentyfour biographies of famous men followed by some fragments of
Nepos’s chronicles. An edition admired by Dibdin for its typographical
elegance and its care. Dekesel N60.
(3)
CHRYSOSTOM, Saint John.
De Sacerdotio libri VI.
Graece & Latine quibus dissertationes … Notasque adjecit
Joannes Hughes … Editio altera priori illa emendatior &
auctior. Accessit S. Gr. Nazianzeni … oratio apologetica.
Opera S. Thirlby..
Cantabrigiae, typis academicis impensis Edm.
Jeffery,
1712. Parallel Greek & Latin texts, pp (12), 159, (1), 455,
(1), 8vo, contemporary panelled calf: some light browning, a
very good to nice, unsophisticated copy, with large (4. 5 by 4. 2
cms) engraved bookseller’s label of Grant, Bolton, 4 Dame
Street, Dublin on front endpaper.
An improved issue of Thirlby’s respected edition of this finely conceived
desctiption of the responsibilities of the Christian minister by the
fourth century Doctor of the Church, the greatest of Christian
expositors, remembered for his preaching, his exegesis and his liturgical
reforms.
(4)
BENTIVOGLIO (Guido), Cardinal.
Historia della guerra
di Fiandra.
In Venetia: per Benetto Miloco,
1674. Pages (4),206,
(13), (1, blank): 134, (6): 188, (10), with half-title, 3 vols, 4to,
bound in 1, contemporary vellum: minor staining at beginning
and end, very slight marginal worming only slightly affecting a
few side notes: a strongly bound and good to very good copy.
Bentivoglio (1579-1644), Italian cardinal, statesman and historian of
the Flanders War. Though a disciple of Galileo, he was one of the
Inquisitors-General who signed his condemnation. Earlier editions
have the title: Della guerra di Fiandra.
(7)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1034
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LEIGH (John).
Hob’s Wedding. A new farce of two
acts. Being the sequel of the Country-Wake. As it is acted by
his majesty’s servants.
London: Printed for E. Curll in Fleetstreet
[sic] and T. Jauncy without Temple-Bar,
1720
FIRST EDITION, pages (2),29, (1, adverts for “plays sold by
E. Curl”), 12mo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
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