by George Armatage, M.R.C.V.S. formerly lecturer in the Albert and Glasgow Veterinary Colleges author of "The horse doctor," "The cattle doctor,"... Show moreby George Armatage, M.R.C.V.S. formerly lecturer in the Albert and Glasgow Veterinary Colleges author of "The horse doctor," "The cattle doctor," etc. With full-page and other illustrations. Title vignette. Half-title. "Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. London and Edinburgh"--Page 272. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General SF285 .A69 1894 Book Item-ID: i23338957 BIB-ID: 2497894 Show less
Infancy Gospel (Arabic version). Arabic & Latin, Apocryphal books (New Testament), Apocryphal books (New Testament)--Early works to 1800, BS2860.A7 I54 1697
Ex manuscripto edidit, ac Latina versione & notis illustravit Henricus Sike. 8vo. With title-page printed in red and black and decorated with Halma... Show moreEx manuscripto edidit, ac Latina versione & notis illustravit Henricus Sike. 8vo. With title-page printed in red and black and decorated with Halma's engraved Athena and Demeter/Ceres device, a woodcut tailpiece, 3 woodcut decorative initials (3 different series) and a factotum built up from cast fleurons. With the main text in Arabic with a parallel Latin translation on the facing pages, and occasional words or lines in Greek, Hebrew and Syriac. Early 19th-century boards covered with blue paper. First edition of the apocryphal Arabic Infancy Gospel, with the Arabic text on the versos and the Latin translation on the facing rectos. Sike (or Siecke), a noted orientalist from Bremen, based his edition on a manuscript that was formerly owned by Jacobus Golius, and the many notes include exerpts from the Quran and other works. The work narrates miracle stories from the first 12 years of Jesus's life, and probably originated in the fourth or fifth century. Although scholars refer to the text as the "Arabic Infancy Gospel", it was most likely originally written in Syriac. First quires with some water stains, the title-page slightly worn and the head margin of a couple pages trimmed to (but not shaving) the running head, but still in good condition Title page printed in black and red. Title vignette: device of Halma and Van de Water, with motto "Cultior his vita est." Signatures: *-3*⁴ A-X⁴ ²A-²M⁴ (3*4 blank, P3 signed P2, ²M4 blank). "Notae in librum apocryphum de infantia Salvatoris"--[93] p. at end. "Corrigenda & addenda": final page following text. Woodcut initials, tail-piece. Editio princeps of the Arabic infancy gospel. Main Heritage Shelves General BS2860.A7 I54 1697 Book Item-ID: i16875539 BIB-ID: 1510972 Title also in Arabic at head of title page; text in Arabic and Latin on opposite pages. Show less
Mayer, Luigi, Description and travel, History, Social life and customs, NC257.M388 V54 1801, 916.2043 M468v
by Luigi Mayer ; engraved by and under the direction of Thomas Milton ; with historical observations, and incidental illustrations of the manners... Show moreby Luigi Mayer ; engraved by and under the direction of Thomas Milton ; with historical observations, and incidental illustrations of the manners and customs of the natives of that country. Signatures: Pi² [A]-2D². Includes index of plates. Main Heritage Shelves General NC257.M388 V54 1801 Book Item-ID: i23465773 BIB-ID: 1025530 Show less
I. Contenant. 1. Les livres arabes, persans et turcs imprimés depuis l'invention de l'imprimerie jusqu'à nos jours, tant en Europe qu'en Orient,... Show moreI. Contenant. 1. Les livres arabes, persans et turcs imprimés depuis l'invention de l'imprimerie jusqu'à nos jours, tant en Europe qu'en Orient, disposés par ordre de matières; 2. Table des auteurs, des titres orientaux et des éditeurs; 3. Un aperçu de la littérature orientale -- II. Contenant. 1. Supplément du premier volume; 2. Littérature de l'orient chrétien; 3. Littérature de l'Inde; 4. Littérature des Parsis; 5. Littérature de l'Indo-Chine et de la Malaise; 6. Littérature de la Chine. Littérature du Japon; 8. Littérature mantchoue, mongole et tibétaine; 9. Table des auteurs, des titres orientaux et des éditeurs par J. Th. Zenker. Main Heritage Shelves General Z7046 .M36 1846 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i21477942 BIB-ID: 1888488 Show less
Military art and science, Military art and science--Early works to 1800, U101 .V44 1532
Collata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei, quod testabitur Aelianus. "The so-called 'Modesti libellus De vocabulis rei militaris' is a... Show moreCollata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei, quod testabitur Aelianus. "The so-called 'Modesti libellus De vocabulis rei militaris' is a forgery by Pomponius Laetus or one of his pupils, based upon Vegetius"--LC. Title vignette. Printer's mark at end. Main Heritage Shelves General U101 .V44 1532 Book Item-ID: i10092390 BIB-ID: 1010875 Show less
Horses--Anatomy, Horses--Anatomy--Atlases, Horses breeds, CHR 1886, PRO Pearson, Leonard (donor), SF765 .A45 1886
texte par Eugène Alix ..., dessins d'après nature par Edouard Cuyer. Elaborately illustrated, encyclopedic work on horses. All aspects of the horse... Show moretexte par Eugène Alix ..., dessins d'après nature par Edouard Cuyer. Elaborately illustrated, encyclopedic work on horses. All aspects of the horse are described by Eugène Alix, veterinary, including their appearance, different races, their reproduction, their entire anatomy and their organs, etc. Appealingly illustrated with anatomical colour plates with movable parts by Édouard Cuyer, painter and anatomist at the National Art Academy at Paris and professor of anatomy at the Rouen Academy of Arts. Some foxing throughout, but a nice set in the orginal bindings. Not in Graesse or Brunet. At head of title: E. Cuyer et E. Alix. Plates signed: Ed. Cuyer, del. et pinx.; Imp. Lemercier & Cie., Paris. "Dessins d'après nature par Edouard Cuyer, texte par Eugène Alix, preface par Mathias Duval."--Vol. 2. Atlas. Vol. 2. Atlas has XVI colored plates, cut out, superimposed and movable. Descriptive guard sheets included in pagination of Atlas. "L'ouvrage a été publié en 8 livraisons" --Catalogue général de la librairie française, t. 12, p. 12. Advertisements on verso of half-title on each vol. Main Heritage Shelves General SF765 .A45 1886 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i23717968 BIB-ID: 1463224 Show less
Falconry, Falconry--Early works to 1800, Falconry, SK321 .T87 1611
heretofore published by George Turbervile gentleman. First published in 1575 under title: The booke of faulconrie or hauking. Title with woodcut of... Show moreheretofore published by George Turbervile gentleman. First published in 1575 under title: The booke of faulconrie or hauking. Title with woodcut of the earl or Warwick in hawking costume-DNB; the woodcut is repeated on p. 362. STC distinguishes two "issues" of this edition: 24325, which has catchword "of" on leaf A1r (listing 5+ copies in Britain and 5+ outside Britain); and 24325.5, "anr. issue, with quires A-K reset", which has catchword "com-" on A1r (listing 4 copies total). The corresponding ESTC records are S118834 and S3107. The remaining gatherings (L-2A and the title gathering) are of the same setting in all copies; the distinction between STC 24325 and 24325.5 is properly variant states, probably resulting from enlargement of the edition in the course of printing. Collation: 4to: [par.]⁴ A-Z⁸ 2A⁴ [$4 (-[par.]4) signed]; 192 leaves, pp. [8 unnumbered] [1] 2-370 [6 unnumbered (last leaf blank)] [misprinting 11 as ̂1 ("com-" state), 198 as 168 (some copies), 265 as 205 (some copies), 302 as 392]. LC copy imperfect: last blank leaf wanting. Rare first edition of the "best known English book on hawking" (Schwerdt), replete with 42 charming woodcuts. The present work is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of falconry, promising to teach the reader "to knowe all kinds of Hawkes, and to have the cunning how to reclayme, keepe, flee, ympe, & mewe the sayd Hawkes, with sundry other like matters incident and appertayning to Falconrie". Although imported hawks were an exceptional luxury in 16th century Europe, Turberville does give significant mention to the "Barbary" and even "Tunisian" falcons, replete with illustrations. - Turberville's account is acknowledged as a valuable source of 16th century terminology and practice (cf., eg., Grassby), and figures prominently in the literary history of the sport: "Despite its medieval associations, falconry retained its high status into the sixteenth century and even received a boost from the printing press." Grassby describes the "culture of hunting" in Early Modern England as "a form of pleasure and relaxation which was thought to offer an emotional link with the natural world"; the present treatise, with its remarkably detailed and perceptive veterinary section (running to 150 pages), certainly demonstrates the high esteem which 16th century falconers held for their charges. As Turberville indeed notes, "it is very necessary and behovefull for [the reader] to have knowledge and good experience in their diseases and cures: for that they are birds subject to sundrie maladies and accidents, the cure of all which dothe rest in the careful keeper". - According to Grassby, Turberville wrote for the nobility and gentry, who were of course the primary consumers of falconry during the period; the annotations found in the margins of the present copy certainly show a easy familiarity with hawking. Hawks were bequeathed in wills, and it was a felony to steal a manned hawk. "He is no body," noted Robert Burton in his 'Anatomy of Melancholy', "that in the season hath not a Hawk on his fist". - Persistent but light staining. Occasional dog-earing, worming, minor tears and printer's faults with very minor losses of text (X5, X6, and Z4 are the worst examples). - Rare, only one complete of the present first edition in auction records of the past decades (but 17 copies of the 1611 reprint). Main Heritage Shelves General SK321 .T87 1611 Book Item-ID: i17067042 BIB-ID: 1525370 LC copy has bookplate of J. Leveson Douglas Stewart, Glenogil. DLC Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1700, RS79 .B37 1496
Text in two columns. Woodcut in initial letters Registrum at colophon Main Heritage Vault RS79 .B37 1496 Book Item-ID: i22819460 BIB-ID: 2427927 Show moreText in two columns. Woodcut in initial letters Registrum at colophon Main Heritage Vault RS79 .B37 1496 Book Item-ID: i22819460 BIB-ID: 2427927 Show less
Fernández de Cordoba, Gonsalvo , 1453-1515, History, PQ1983.F6 G66 1792
by M. Florian, member of the French Academy, and also the academies of Madrid, Florence, &c. ; To which is prefixed, A sketch of the history of the... Show moreby M. Florian, member of the French Academy, and also the academies of Madrid, Florence, &c. ; To which is prefixed, A sketch of the history of the Moors in Spain. In three volumes ; translated from the original French, by Mr Heron. A translation of 'Gonzalve de Cordoue', originally published in Paris in 1791. Another 3-volume edition, also printed by Morison in 1792, is in duodecimo format. Signatures: Vol. 1: a⁴ ( -a4) A-2D⁴ chi1 ; v. 2: pi1 A-2D⁴ 2E² ; v. 3: pi1 A-2C⁴ ESTC only lists the duodecimo edition. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ1983.F6 G66 1792 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i10097594 BIB-ID: 1011395 Show less
Fernández de Cordoba, Gonsalvo , 1453-1515, History, PQ1983.F6 G66 1792
by M. Florian, member of the French Academy, and also the academies of Madrid, Florence, &c. ; To which is prefixed, A sketch of the history of the... Show moreby M. Florian, member of the French Academy, and also the academies of Madrid, Florence, &c. ; To which is prefixed, A sketch of the history of the Moors in Spain. In three volumes ; translated from the original French, by Mr Heron. A translation of 'Gonzalve de Cordoue', originally published in Paris in 1791. Another 3-volume edition, also printed by Morison in 1792, is in duodecimo format. Signatures: Vol. 1: a⁴ ( -a4) A-2D⁴ chi1 ; v. 2: pi1 A-2D⁴ 2E² ; v. 3: pi1 A-2C⁴ ESTC only lists the duodecimo edition. Main Heritage Shelves General PQ1983.F6 G66 1792 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i20235367 BIB-ID: 1011395 Show less
