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1789 George Keate Account of Pelew Islands Philippines War Palau South Pacific

George Keate's "Account of the Pelew Islands" is a rare 18th-century description of the Pelew people and Oceania regions of the South Pacific including the Philippines and other Pacific islands. Keate wrote this work was based on the account of Henry Wilson, an English sailor in the East India Company. His ship, the Antelope, was shipwrecked off the Palau islands. Following the premier in 1788, this book became immensely popular to readers in England, a book in which Keate described the local Pelew people as savages and drew in audiences with descriptions of unknown and unfamiliar lands.

Keate's 'Account' gives descriptions of coral Reefs, manners and customs of the natives, details of battles and local wars, weapons and military tactics, canoe making, and more.

This 1789 edition includes a section on the vocabulary of the Pelew language.

Item number: #9541
Price: $1250
KEATE, George
An account of the Pelew Islands:… Read More

1797 1ed AMERICAN Naval Gazetteer Voyages Malham Sailing MAPS Atlas Africa Ports

'The Naval Gazetteer' is a late 18th-century sailor's guide, filled with descriptions of coastlines, countries, and islands from around the world and sailing directions to and from various locations. However, the real draw of this set is the exquisite folding maps! Maps include views of ports and coasts along India, Portugal, the Baltic Sea, North and South America, Africa, and Great Britain.
Item number: #14295
Price: $1950
MALHAM, John
The naval gazetteer, or, Seaman's complete guide : containing a full and accurate account, alphabetically arranged, of the several coasts of all the countries and islands in the known world ...
Boston : Printed for and sold by W. Spottswood and J. Nancrede, 1797. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes
o
Vol. 1 – xlvi, 436 (i.e. 536)
10 folding maps
Wanting frontis folding map
o
Vol. 2 – 573, [3]
6 folding maps
· Provenance: Handwritten
o… Read More

1672 Andrew Marvell Rehearsal Transprosed Sam Parker Political Philosophy Popery

Andrew Marvell was a 17th-century English philosopher known for his satirical and metaphysical views toward politics. One of his best-known works of prose was his 'Rehearsal Transprosed', a satirical attack on English bishop Samuel Parker. Marvell vehemently attacked Parker's opposition toward Dissenters.
This 1672 edition of Marvel's 'Rehearsal'
is notably valuable and quite rare.
Item number: #14688
Price: $1250
MARVELL, Andrew

The rehearsal transpros'd, or, Animadversions upon a late book intituled, A preface, shewing what grounds there are of fears and jealousies of popery
London :: Printed by A.B. for the Assings [sic] of John Calvin and Theodore Beza, 1672.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[2], 181, [1]
· References: Wing M 878;
o Wing attributes this work to Andrew Marvell
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 3.5in… Read More

1806 HUNTING 1ed Thornton Sporting Tour in France Illustrated Landscape Napoleon

Thomas Thornton was an 18th-century English hunter known for his sporting tours and outdoor sports. Shortly after the French Revolution in 1802, Thornton ventured to France in hopes of obtaining a large French estate. And while the purchase failed, he was befriended by Napoleon
and gained significant knowledge on the landscape, tradition, culture, and hunting history of France.
In 1806 he published a book on his discovery entitled 'A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France'. This two volume set includes more than 50 engravings, many folding, of French architecture, hunting supplies, landscapes and chateaus (including Versailles!), as well as illustrated hunting scenes!

Item number: #14314
Price: $1500
THORNTON, Thomas
A sporting tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802, including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting, and other field-amusements, as practised in that… Read More

1648 Thomas Fuller Holy vs Profane State Joan of Arc Witch Endor Paracelsus
'The Holy State and the Profane State' is a 17th-century book by English historian Thomas Fuller. Through maxims and short commentary, Fuller describes the roles and life of every member of the holy state and the profane state (i.e., good people vs. bad people) – instruction on how to live a good life for wives, husbands, and children, physicians, merchants, notes on how to travel, service roles for bishops, and others. Fuller balances the roles of good living with those who live the 'profane' life – hypocrites, liars, atheists, tyrants, witches (including the Witch of Endor), and even comments on Joan of Arc as a villain!
Item number: #25006
Price: $1250
FULLER, Thomas
The holy state…
The profane state…
Cambridge : printed by R[oger]. D[aniel]. for John Williams, and are to be sold at the signe of the Crown in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1648.
Details:
· Collation: complete with all pages
o [8], 510 (i.e., 468)
Pagination… Read More

1648 Thomas Fuller Holy vs Profane State Joan of Arc Witch Endor Paracelsus
'The Holy State and the Profane State' is a 17th-century book by English historian Thomas Fuller. Through maxims and short commentary, Fuller describes the roles and life of every member of the holy state and the profane state (i.e., good people vs. bad people) – instruction on how to live a good life for wives, husbands, and children, physicians, merchants, notes on how to travel, service roles for bishops, and others. Fuller balances the roles of good living with those who live the 'profane' life – hypocrites, liars, atheists, tyrants, witches (including the Witch of Endor), and even comments on Joan of Arc as a villain!
Item number: #25006
Price: $1250
FULLER, Thomas
The holy state…
The profane state…
Cambridge : printed by R[oger]. D[aniel]. for John Williams, and are to be sold at the signe of the Crown in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1648.
Details:
· Collation: complete with all pages
o [8], 510 (i.e., 468)
Pagination… Read More

1672 Court Songs & Poems 1ed Poetaster Robert Veel English Charles VIII France

Robert Veel was a 17th-century English poet, who, according to most poet scholars, was a poetaster or…inferior poet. While living a rather less-than upright lifestyle, Veel was eager to fund his habits and life of folly, Veel wrote poetic verses in hopes to amuse others. He died at only 28 years old, but before he passed, Veel published, in 1672, a collection of long songs, poetic verses, and drinking shanties called "New Court Songs and Poems". One is particularly curious – a love song from Charles VIII of France!

Item number: #24834
Price: $1599

VEEL, Robert

New court-songs, and poems

London: Printed for R. Paske, and W. Cademan, 1672. First and only edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [16], 138, [6]
· Provenance: Bookplate – H. Bradley Martin
o H. Bradley Martin (1906-1988) was an American rare book collector whose library spanned innumerable interests, genres, and… Read More

1606 Taillepied on GHOSTS Witches Incubus Angels Occult NIGHTMARES Witchcraft

Noel Taillepied was a 16th-century French author best-remembered for his book on supernatural and extraordinary phenomena. "Treatise on Ghosts" was published early in the 17th-century and proved to be one of the best works of its kind. In fact, it was so popular that was reprinted even into the 20th-century. While it is filled with ghost stories of all kinds, one of the best is a section on the Witch of Endor. Taillepied also describes angels, demons, and other biblical entities and characters, nightmares and incubus hauntings, and so much more!

Item number: #25346
Price: $1500

TAILLEPIED, Noel

Traité de l'apparition des esprits ascavoir des ames séparées : fantosmes, prodiges et accidens merveilleux qui précèdent quelquefois la mort

Rouen: Chez Romain de Beauuais, 1606.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [23], 380, [27]
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum; tight and… Read More

1724 Famed BLACK BOOK 1ed Arms Order of the Garter ENGLAND Heraldry Illustrated
John Anstis was a 17th-century English heraldry historian who served as the King of Arms for the Order of the Garter. The Order of the Garter, established in the 14th-century, was one of the most prestigious chivalric orders in all of England. Because of his involvement in the order, Anstis began collection heraldic arms of noble officers and members and published them in an impressive work that was infamously called 'The Black Book'! More commonly called 'The Register of the order of the Garter', this two-volume work features huge, full-page displays of heraldic arms with detailed memoirs of each member.
According to Wagner in "Heralds of England".
"Glover, Camden and Dugdale are formidable names, yet it may be questioned whether Anstis did not in strictly heraldic learning surpass them all. In perusing his manuscript remains one is constantly astonished at the breadth and depth of his scholarship and his mastery of a… Read More

1519 LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian CODEX Byzantine P. Incunable HUGE FOLIO

"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I

Justinian's 'Corpus Juris Civilis' is unquestionably the fundamental work on law and jurisprudence! Parts of this work were originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook – they actually carried legal weight …as law! It includes four distinct parts – Codex, Digest, Institutes, and Novellae – each written with a different purpose.

'Codex' was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner. Recognizing that the law system needed to be fixed, 'Codex' covers ecclesiastical law, criminal and civil law, the way laws were written and put into effect, duties of government officials, and proper administrative regulations.

This extremely rare and valuable 1519 edition is a massive folio published in Lyon by Francois Fradin.

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