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Howard, Sir Robert.
(1626-1698)
Five New Plays, Viz. The {Surprisal, Committee,} Comedies. And The
{Indian-Queen, Vestal-Virgin, Duke of Lerma} Tragedies. As they were
Acted by His Majesty's Servants at the Theatre-Royal. Written by the
Honourable Sir Robert Howard. The Second Edition Corrected.
London: Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be Sold by Jacob
Tonson, Daniel Browne, Thomas Bennet, and Richard Wellington, 1700
$560
Folio, 11.25 x 7 in. Second edition. A-Z4, Aa-Kk4. The frontispiece
bears a fine engraved portrait of Sir Robert Howard. This is a good
copy, somewhat browned internally throughout. William Morehead's bookplate
is pasted inside the front board. The very nice paneled and speckled
contemporary binding has been rebacked. And the gilt-tool of the Signet
Society has been added to the center panel of both boards. "Sir
Robert Howard, sixth son of the first Earl of Berkshire, was the brother
of the dramatists Edward and James Howard, and had a sister Elizabeth
who became the wife of John Dryden. He collaborated with Dryden in
The Indian Queen, and his own most successful play was his comedy
The Committee. Howard soon left writing plays for the more serious
business of politics. He had been elected to Parliament in 1660, was
made Auditor of the Receipt in the Exchequer in 1673, and subsequently
held various other employments connected with the public finance.
[…] In The Committee Sir Robert Howard found part of his theme
in the activities of a sequestration committee in the Commonwealth
period. This play owes much of its vitality to its portrayal of middle-class
vulgarity, its Jonsonian types such as Mrs. Day and the clerk Obadaiah,
and its comic Irish servant Teague (played to perfection by John Lacy);
but its two high-spirited Cavaliers involved with two attractive young
women gave this comedy the focus on persons of quality necessary to
please a Restoration audience. Howard and his like could afford to
be merry in 1662 about the discredited Puritans, but it is to his
credit that he should have written such a good-natured play, gay and
lively without ever becoming indecent, and satirical without losing
its tone of easy contempt. The Committee remained popular for many
years." (Sutherland)
Wing H-2994; MacDonald 68c.
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Jonston, Joannis.
(1603-1675)
Historia Naturalis de Insectis. Libri
III. [bound with] de Serpentibus et Draconibus Libri II Cum aeneis
Figuris Iohannes Ionstonus Med. Doctor Concinnavit Francofurti ad
Moenum Impensis Haeredum Merianoru, 1653.
$3,200
Folio, 8x13 in. First Edition A-I4,
þ2, K-Z4, Aa-Cc4, a-e4, L2 Frontisplate and thirty-six full-page engraved
plates by Caspar and Matteus Merian. Twety-six are in 'Insectis' and
ten are in 'serpentibus'. This book is bound in the original vellum.
The leaf edges are speckled. Overall the leaves have some browning
and spotting but nothing that impairs legibility. Jonston's encyclopedia
of insects, snakes, and dragons is accompanied by beautifully illustrated
plates. Included are description and illustrations of various spiders,
snails, slugs, worms, mosquitos, flies, bees, honeycombs, snakes,
winged dragons, moths, and aquatic insects.
"Of Scottish extraction [but born in Poland], Jonston gained
an extensive education while traveling (sometimes as a private tutor)
in Germany, Scotland, England, and Holland. He attended St. Andrews,
Cambridge, Leiden, and Frankfurt Universities, obtaining M.D. degrees
in 1632 at Cambridge (ad eundem) and Leiden, where he later practiced
medicine at Leiden in 1640, but in 1642 he did become, for a short
while, professor of medicine at Frankfurt."
Jonston's widespread education is reflected in his prolific and wide-ranging
writings, which comprise natural history, medicine, and miscellaneous
works." His works demonstrate the "growing interest in natural
history during the first half of the seventeenth century. For example,
four of his dictionary-style works on fish, birds quadrupeds, and
insects- published between 1650 and 1653 with excellent illustration-
were widely read and translated." (DSB vol. 7, 164)
Jonston was influenced by Pliny, Aristotle, Oppian, Gesner, and Aldrovandi,
whose works in natural sciences were his inspiration and provided
much of the data and information about the species included.
Graesse vol. 3, 477.
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Jurieu, Pierre. (1637-1713)
The Reflections of the Reverend and Learned Monsieur Jurieu, Upon
the strange and Miraculous exstasies of Isabel Vincent the shepherdess
of saou in dauphine; who Ever since February last hath Sung Psalms,
Prayed, Preached, and Prophesied about the Present Times, in Her Trances.
As also Upun the Wonderful and Portentous Trumpetings and singing
of Psalms, that were heard by Thousands in the Air (in many Parts
of France) in the Year 1686: Taken out of the Pastoral Letters of
the 1st and 15th of October last. To which is added, A Letter of a
Gentleman in Dauphine, to a friend of His in Geneva; Containing the
Discourses and Prophesies of the Shepherdess.
London: Printed for Richard Baldwin in the Old-Bailey,
1689
$800
Quarto, 8 x 6 in. First edition in English. [þ]1, B-I4, K2. 68 pages.
This small book is bound in twentieth century paper boards with a
tear 1.5 inches long near the bottom of the spine. The leaves are
overall in good condition with some browning around the edges but
otherwise clean. This small book details the story of Isabel Vincent,
a peasant girl who went into ecstasies and spoke as though she were
possessed by a holy spirit. After narrating her story, Jurieu asks,
"Is God able to work this miracle or no? It may be they believe
he is not, and that he has been long ago to Old to do such great and
extraordinary things as these are. Yet I believe they will rather
choose to say, that he is able but not willing; and then I will entreat
them to tell me, Where God hath said, That he will no more do any
Extraordinary thing? These Gentlemen, whereof we speak, being overwhelmed
by the many Proofs of Fact that have been given them, to acquit themselves
of the business, are sain at last to retreat themselves into places
where there is not so much as a shadow of Sense or Reason.... It is
sufficient to maintain these Gentlemen, that these two Facts did not
happen by Natural Causes. Whether indeed it was the Holy Ghost, or
the Wicked Spirit that possessed them, that is the only Question:
But it can be no Doubt to any Reasonable Mind, whether the Machin
alone either did, or was able to do this thing." (Jureau 17-20)
Jurieu, "a French protestant divine, was born at Mer, in Orleanais,
where his father was a protestant pastor. He studied at Saumer and
Sedan under his grandfather, Pierre Dumoulin, and under Leblanc de
Beaulieu. After completing his studies in Holland and England, Jurieu
received Anglican ordination; returning to France he was ordained
again and succeeded his father as pastor of the church at Mer. Soon
after this he published his first work, 'Examen de livre de la reunion
du Christianisme' (1671). In 1674 his 'Traite de la devotion' led
to his appointment a professor of theology and Hebrew at Sedan, where
he soon became a pastor.... He obtained a high reputation, but his
work was impaired by his controversial temper, which frequently developed
into an irritated fanaticism, though he was always entirely sincere.
He was called by his adversaries, "the Goliath of the Protestants."
On the suppression of the academy of Sedan in 1681, Jurieu received
an invitation to a church at Rouen, but, afraid to remain in France
on account of his forthcoming work 'La Politique du clerge de France',
he went to Holland and was pastor of the Walloon church of Rotterdam
till his death.... He was also professor at the ecole illustre. Jurieu
did much to help those who suffered by the revocation of the edict
of Nantes (1685). He himself turned to the Apocalypse, and succeeded
in persuading himself (Accomplissement des propheties 1686) that the
overthrow of Antichrist (i.e. the papal church) would take place in
1689. H.M. Baird says that "this persuasion, however fanciful
the grounds on which it was based, exercised no small influence in
forwarding the success of William of Orange in the invasion of England."
Jurieu defended the doctrines of Protestantism with great ability
against the attacks of Antoine Aranuld, Pierre Nicole and Bossuet,
but was equally ready to enter into dispute with his fellow Protestant
divines (with Louis Du Moulin and Claude Payon for instance) when
their opinions differed from his own even on minor matters."
(EB)
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Lucilius, Caius. (148-100
B.C.)
C. Lvcili, Svessani Avrvncani, Satyrographorvm
Principis, Eq. Romani, (qui magnus auunculus Magno Pompeio fuit) Satyrarvm
quæ supersunt Reliqviæ. Franciscvs Iani F. Dovsa collegit,
disposuit, & Notas addidit.
Leiden: Ex Officina Plantiniana, Francisci Raphelengij, 1597
$560
Quarto, 9.375 x 6.125 in. First edition prepared by Dousa. *4, ¶4,
†4, A-R4, S2. Eight blank leaves were bound after the text, meant
to provide space for a reader's index. The leaves were ruled in pen
in three columns per page, with spaces left for each letter of the
alphabet. Only two or three entries have been made in this manuscript
index. This is a very attractive copy, with interesting provenance.
It was formerly the property of the Weir (or Hope-Vere) family of
Craigie Hall, Glasgow, whose eighteenth century bookplate, later bookplate,
and library tag are all pasted inside the front board. Two seventeenth
century dated signatures, including that of Joannes Bosch appear inside
the front free end leaf. This copy is bound in full contemporary parchment
over stiff boards, with a little loss of the parchment on the spine.
"Lucilius's poetry rejects a single stylistic level and is open
on all sides. It amalgamates the elevated language of epic, relived
as parody; the specialized vocabularies that until then had been excluded
from Latin poetry, such as technical terms from rhetoric, science,
medicine, sex, gastronomy, law, and politics; and forms of everyday
language, drawn from the different social strata and including an
enormous number of Grecisms. From this point of view Lucilius, like
Petronius, is as close to modern realism as Latin literature ever
gets; he even tends to feign improvisation. The poet's criticism,
with its lively humor, hits at the most diverse aspects of daily life,
which are taken up in their physical and linguistic concreteness,
brought to life in the light of philosophical ideals, and viewed in
their contrast with reality. In this sense the satire has a certain
commitment to education, intimately bound up with social criticism
and nonconformity. The disharmony of Lucilius's style is certainly
a deliberate choice, going back to a precise program of expression
that blends together life and art." (Conte)
This edition was produced by Franciscus Dousa (1577-1606), younger
son of Janus Dousa, the governor of Leyden. Sandys describes this
as a "memorable edition of the fragments of Lucilius, in which
the influence of Scaliger is apparent." (HCS)
Schweiger, p. 571.
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Le Moyne, Pierre.
(1602-1671)
Saint Louys ou la Sainte Couronne Reconqvise.
Poeme heroiqve. Par le P. Pierre le Moyne, de la Compagnie de Iesvs.
Paris: chez Avgvstin Covrbe', au Palais, en la Gallerie des Merciers,
à la Palme, 1658.
$800
Duodecimo, 3.1x5.5 in. First Edition with this title á12, é12,
ó12, ú12, áá4, A-L12, M-N6, O-Z12, Aa-Bb12,
þ4.
P3 is mis-marked Q3, Book One ends at M6, Book Two begins on the following
leaf which is N1. 18 engravings and a frontispiece. This book is bound
in nineteenth century diced Russia. The leaves are edged in gilt .
This book is a poem dedicated to Saint Louis IX, King of France (1214-1270)
and was originally published in 1653 under the title, "Saint
Lovys ou le Heros Chrestien." It is divided into eighteen books
and has a beautifuly detailed plate at the beginning of each section
plus a frontispiece. These engraving are the work of French painter
and engraver Francois Chauveau(1613-1676). Chauveau used the point
"with which he could give more rapid expression to the creations
of a lively and fertile genius. His smaller plates are much in the
manner of Sebastien Leclerc, and these are his best works. He is said
to have produced upwards of three-thousand plates, most of which were
for the illustration of books. He was received into the Academy in
1663." (Bryan, vol.1)
The author was a Jesuit who took part in the dispute between the Jesuits
and the Jansenists. He is most well-known for this poem on Louis IX,
who was canonized in 1297 by Boniface VIII for his piety and participation
in two crusades and his death in battle during the crusade in 1270.
(Thomas)
Sommervogel vol. 5, 1366 #23; Brunet vol. 3, 94; Graesse vol. 4, 160.
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Le Moyne, Pierre.
(1602-1671)
La Gallerie des Femmes Fortes. Par le Pere
Moyne , de la Compagnie de Iesus.
Paris: Chez Ian Ribov, au palais, vis a vis la sainte Chapelle, a
l'image S. Lovys, 1668.
$600
Duodecimo, 3x5.5 in. Sixth Edition a12, A-X12, Y4 There is an engraving
of each "femme forte" at the beginning of the chapter on
her. This book is bound in full original sheepskin with a gilted pine
with speckle leaf edges. Le Moyne was a French Jesuit and poet. This
work chronicles the qualities and characters of heroic women through
history. The following women are included: the gallant Jews; Deborah,
Jael, Judith, Salomona, and Mariamne, the gallant Barbarian women;
Panthea, Camma, Artemisia, Monima, and Zenobia, the gallant Roman
women; Lucrecia, Clœlia, Porcia, Arria, and Paulina, and the
gallant Christian women; the French Judith, Eleonor of Castile, Joan
of Arc (the Maid of Orleans), the Victorious Captive, and finally
Mary Stewart. The text consists of inspiration biographies, followed
by moral questions, moral reflections, elegies, sonnets, and examples.
Some of the moral questions are timeless, 'Whether women be capable
of military virtues?' 'Whether more resolution and courage be required
to make a man valiant, then to make a woman chaste?' and 'Whether
it appertains to the duty and fidelity of women to expose themselves
to death for their husbands?' just for example.
Not in Sommervogel, See vol. 5, 1363.
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Le Moyne, Pierre.
(1602-1671)
Entretiens et Lettres Poetiques, dv P.
Le Moyne, de la Compagnie de Iesus.
Paris: Chez Estienne Loyson, au Palais, a l'entree de la Galerie des
prisonniers, au Nom de Iesus, 1665.
$700
Duodecimo, 3.3x5.8 in. First Edition a8, e4, i4, A-Z8/4, Aa-Dd4/8.
Engraved frontispiece. This book is bound in full contemporary sheepskin
with a gilted spine and speckled leaf edges. Le Moyne was a Jesuit
who took part in the dispute between the Jesuits and the Jansenists.
In this book, Le Moyne attempts to imitate Horace by engaging in a
discourse with friends composed in verse. Nonetheless, Le Moyne writes
in his preface that his content and style depart from Horace in that
his subject matter is rooted in Christian morality.
Sommervogel vol. 5, 1369, 40.
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Le Moyne, Pierre.
(1602-1671)
Saint Louys ou la Sainte Couronne Reconqvise.
Poeme heroiqve. Par le P. Pierre le Moyne, de la Compagnie de Iesvs.
Paris:Chez Lovys Bilaine au Palais, au
socond pilier de la grand' Salle, a la Palme, & au grand Cefar,
1666.
$500
Doudecimo, 3.3x6 in. á12, é12, i12, ó8, ú2,
A-L12, M-N6, O-Z12, Aa-Bb12, þ2. Book One ends at M6, Book Two begins
on the following leaf which is N1. 18 engravings and a frontispiece
This book is bound in full contemporary sheepskin with a gilted spine.
his book is a poem dedicated to Saint Louis IX, King of France (1214-1270)
and was originally published in 1653 under the title, "Saint
Lovys ou le Heros Chrestien." It is divided into eighteen books
and has a beautifuly detailed plate at the beginning of each section
plus a frontispiece. These engraving are the work of French painter
and engraver Francois Chauveau(1613-1676). Chauveau used the point
"with which he could give more rapid expression to the creations
of a lively and fertile genius. His smaller plates are much in the
manner of Sebastien Leclerc, and these are his best works. He is said
to have produced upwards of three-thousand plates, most of which were
for the illustration of books. He was received into the Academy in
1663." (Bryan, vol.1)
The author was a Jesuit who took part in the dispute between the Jesuits
and the Jansenists. He is most well-known for this poem on Louis IX,
who was canonized in 1297 by Boniface VIII for his piety and participation
in two crusades and his death in battle during the crusade in 1270.
(Thomas)
Sommervogel vol. 5, 1366, 23; Graesse
vol. 4, 160; Brunet vol. 3, 94.
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