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FIRST EDITION, pages 272; 429, (3): (2), 652, wanting the
half-title to the second volume (none called for in the first), 2
vols, small 8vo, recent boards: a very good copy
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
ALEXANDER NATALIS or Noël
ALEXANDRE, O. P.
Dissertatio polemica de confessione
sacramentali: adversus libros quatuor Joannis Dallaei
Calvinistae divinam ejus institutionem & usum in Ecclesia
perpetuum impugnantes.
Paris, apud Antonium Dezallier,
1689.
Pages (8), 256, 8vo, contemporary calf, fully gilt spine: binding
worn at corners but sound and strong, with a pale brown inner
margin stain but still a crisp and attractive copy.
An uncommon work by this distinguished Dominican historian (1639-
1724). First published at Paris, 1678, this 1689 edition would appear to
be the second and last: it is included on the 1948 Index Librorum
Prohibitorum.
(2)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
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POETAE LATINI REI VENATICAE SCRIPTORES.
Poetæ Latini rei venaticæ scriptores et Bucolici antiqui:
Videlicet Gratii Falisci, atque M. Aurelii Olympii Nemesiani,
Cynegeticon halieuticon & De aucupio. Cum notis integris
Casp. Barthii, Jani Vlitii, Th. Johnson, Ed. Brucei; accedunt M.
Langii dispunctio notarum Jani Vlitii, & Caji Libellus de
canibus Britannicis; Itidem Bucolica M. Aurelii Olympii
Nemesiani & Calpurnii, cum notis integris Roberti Titii, Hug.
Martelli Casp. Barthii, Jani Vlitii. & commentario Diomedis
Guidalotti & B. Ascensii; quibus nunc primum accedunt
Gerardi Kempheri observationes in tres priores Calpurnii
Eclogas. Cum indicibus copiosis.
Lugduni Batavorum & Hagae
Comitum: apud Johannem Arnoldum Langerak, P. Gosse & J.
Neaulme, Rutg. Christoph. Alberts, J. vander Kloot,
1728
With a fine additional engraved title-page, the printed title-page
in red and black, with attractive engraved head and tail pieces,
pages (72), 583, (25); 168, (8), 169-335, (1, blank), 4to,
contemporary vellum, with label, gilt: a large and attractive
copy, strongly bound.
A valuable, extensively annotated collection of Latin poems on hunting
and the bucolic life.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
366
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POMEY (François-Antoine), SJ.
Pomarium latinitatis,
elegantiori consitum cultu; longeque peritiori descriptuum
manu. In quo locutiones synonymae, bene multae, earum
omnium ferme rerum quae quotidiamum veniunt in usum,
meliorem in ordinem utilioremque formam digeruntur. Editio
postrema ac nova.
Lugduni, apud Antonium Molin,
1672
Pages 360, 359 (bis) - 406, 12mo, contemporary vellum, wanting
ties: worn at corners but sound and strong, otherwise very good
with contemporary signature of Ignatius Roche.
Pomey (1613-73), teacher, author of ‘Indiculus Universalis’ and many
other books. This Latin handbook for French readers was first published
Douay 1659 and reprinted well into the following century with
variations of title: this early edition seems uncommon - it is not in NUC
or COPAC.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
367
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PONTEY (Wm.).
The profitable planter. A treatise on the
cultivation of larch and Scotch fir timber: showing that their
excellent quality (especially that of the former) will render them
so extensively useful, as greatly to promote the interests of the
country. With directions for planting in various soils and
situations, by a new and expeditious method; also, for the
management of plantations. To which are added, useful hints, in
regard to shelter and ornament.
Huddersfield: Printed for the
Author, by Sikes and Smart …
[1800]
FIRST EDITION, with engraved frontispiece (watermarked
1796), 96-pp, 8vo, finely bound in half dark brown polished calf:
a nice copy, inscribed on title-page “Wodehouse. 1800”.
Date from ESTC. Pontey (flourished 1780-1831), about whose life little
is known, was planter and tree pruner to the Duke of Bedford and a
nurseryman in Kirkheaton. He was the author of three books, the
present being his most successful and influential.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
368
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, IRELAND.
The
constitution & discipline of the Presbyterian Church; with a
directory for the celebration of ordinances, and the performance
of ministerial duties, published by authority of the General
Synod of Ulster.
Belfast: Printed by Joseph Smith, 34, High-Street,
1825
107-pages, possibly wanting a half title, large 12mo,
contemporary unlettered half calf: one leaf cut close in the fore-
edges but without any serious loss, the binding rubbed and
worn, the joints cracked but the cords strong and otherwise a
very good copy.
COPAC locates three copies: O, E and L, with WorldCat adding two.
Not found on-line in either D or Dt. Both the E and L copies have 104-
pages only and would appear to lack the two leaves of contents listing at
end.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
369
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PRIESTLEY (Joseph), FRS.
Lectures on history and
general policy, to which is prefixed, An essay on a course of
liberal education for civil and active live …
Dublin: Printed by P.
Byrne, No. 108, Grafton-Street.
1788
FIRST IRISH EDITION (?), with 2 engraved folding tables,
pages xxxvii, (1, blank), 120, 121*-122*, 121-471, (1 blank), (11)
index; , (1, blank), 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt ruled spine, with
label, gilt, with the ontemporary ownership inscription of
“James Stewart / Feb. 1789” on title: a very good copy.
Possibly the first Dublin edition of this important work outlining
Priestley’s educational theories, promoting the study of history to a high
position, eclipsing the more traditional studies such as classical
languages. A very brief outline of the syllabus had been published as
early as 1765 in Warrington (only a few copies survive), but the entire
course did not appear until 1788, when it was published in a
Birmingham/London edition. There was another edition published at
Dublin in 1788 by Luke White.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
370
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[PRÉVOST (Antoine-François), abbé].
Le doyen de
Killerine, histoire morale, composée sur les mémoires d’une
illustre famile d’Irlande, & ornée de tout ce qui peut rendre une
lecture utile & agréable. Par l’auteur des Mémoires d’un homme
de qualité.
Paris, Charpentier,
1762
Pages (2), xiv, (4), 252: (2), 239: (2), 239: (2), 232: (2), 240: (2),
280, 6 parts bound in 3 vols, large 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt
spines, with double labels, gilt: the spines rubbed with a little
wear at headbands but bindings sound & strong, otherwise an
attractive copy.
An edition not found in COPAC or WorldCat, nor on-line in D. A
romance of adventure, of which an Irish ecclesiastic is the hero, first
published 1735-40, and which, it has been suggested, foreshadows The
Vicar of Wakefield published some thirty years later.
(3)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
371
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PSALMS AND HYMNS: -.
A selection of psalms and
hymns, for the use of the Presbytery of Antrim, and the
congregation of Strand-Street, Dublin.
Belfast: Printed by Francis
D. Finlay,
1818
Pages vi, (306), wanting half-title, 8vo, contemporary dark green
morocco, gilt, with large arabesque bordered sides, fully gilt and
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