Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800, B751.A4 A95 1546
Main Heritage Shelves General B751.A4 A95 1546 Book Item-ID: i23302446 BIB-ID: 2426494 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General B751.A4 A95 1546 Book Item-ID: i23302446 BIB-ID: 2426494 Show less
Horseshoeing, Horseshoeing--Early works to 1800, Horses--Diseases, Horsemanship, SF285 .S68 1696
by the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the present French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris ; to which is added, a... Show moreby the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the present French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris ; to which is added, a most excellent supplement of riding, collected from the best authors, with an alphabetical catalogue of all the physical simples in English, French, and Latin, by Sir William Hope, Kt. Deputy-Lieutenant of the Castle of Edinburgh. Translation of the author's : Le parfait mareschal. With frontis. portrait (plate) of the author. With additional engraved title pages (plates) for parts 1 and 2. "A supplement of horsemanship, to the first part of The parfait mareschal or the most Compendious and Excellent Treatise of riding. Whereby all kinds of horses may be wrought according to Nature, and Perfected by the subtility of Art. Being a Collection, taken from the Best and most Modern Writers upon that Subject. The whole Collected and Methodized by Sir William Hope of Kirklistoun, Kt. Lieutenant Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh" has separate undated title page, with imprint "Printed at Edinburgh", pagination and register. Part 1 is a reissue, with cancel t.p., of the sheets of the Edinburgh edition with title: The parfait mareschal or Compleat farrier. Part 2, "The compleat horseman. Part I." (caption title), has separate pagination and register. Main Heritage Shelves General SF285 .S68 1696 Book Item-ID: i21528615 BIB-ID: 1981958 Includes indexes. Show less
di Cesare Campana. Printer's device on the title page. Woodcut initials, head pieces. Italic type. First edition of Campana's "Historical Compendium of... Show moredi Cesare Campana. Printer's device on the title page. Woodcut initials, head pieces. Italic type. First edition of Campana's "Historical Compendium of the Latest Wars between Christians and Turks and Persians". After a biographical overview of the ruling house of Ottoman Turkey (the folding plates offers a genealogical table of the ruling Ottoman dynasty from Soliman to Mehmed III). Camapna details the armed conflicts carried out in the course of the Ottoman-Safavid War (1577-90) between Safavid Persia under Mohammed Khodabanda (and later Abbas I) and the Ottoman Empire under Murad III. The Ottomans had started the war with the objective of conquering Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, and they effectively came to rule over those areas as far as the Caspian Sea. A peace of Istanbul was concluded in 1590, in which Persia confirmed these Ottoman conquests and promised to end Shiite propaganda in Ottoman territories and persecution of Sunnis in her own lands. The advent of the Ottoman-Safavid war temporarily deflected Ottoman interest from European affairs, where the Ottoman Empire had been active with the Franco-Ottoman alliance and the support of the Dutch Revolt, in an interesting episode of mutually-supportive relations between Islam and Protestantism. - The volume's second part is dedicated to the Turkish Wars in Hungary and Transylvania during the 1590s; the end is brought up by a chronicle of events in Turkish history from 1257 to 1596. - Inkstains to title page; faint waterstain throughout; occasional worming restored (no loss to text). Main Heritage Shelves General DB924 .C36 1597 Book Item-ID: i16817308 BIB-ID: 1507109 Show less
Astronomy, Astronomy--Early works to 1800, Cosmology, Medieval, Cosmology, Medieval--Early works to 1800, Science, Science--Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Cosmology, Medieval, Science, QB41 .G35 1632
Includes index. Frontispiece engraved by Stefan Della Bella. Printer's device, head- and tail-pieces; initials; woodcut diagrams. Mounted label on p.... Show moreIncludes index. Frontispiece engraved by Stefan Della Bella. Printer's device, head- and tail-pieces; initials; woodcut diagrams. Mounted label on p. 92 containing lines omitted in printing. cf. Riccardi. Bib. mat. ital. vol. 1, col. 512. Errata lists: p. 1-2, last count; signature register: p. 32, last count. Leaves 2B3 and 2B4 missigned as 2B2 and 2B3, respectively. Suppressed by the Inquisition in 1633. Main Heritage Shelves General QB41 .G35 1632 Book Item-ID: i23174109 BIB-ID: 2452139 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS47 .F44 1587
Note at end: Io Don Bartholomeo Dionigi da Fano, da un memoriale del soprascritto M. Cesare, ho cauato il presente viaggio, e fidelmente in questa... Show moreNote at end: Io Don Bartholomeo Dionigi da Fano, da un memoriale del soprascritto M. Cesare, ho cauato il presente viaggio, e fidelmente in questa forma disteso; che letto piu volte dall' istesso authore, come vero e fedele, ha voluto a commune delettalione & utile, al mondo publicarlo. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .F44 1587 Book Item-ID: i23166824 BIB-ID: 2451680 Show less
Astronomy, Astronomy--Early works to 1800, Astrology, Arab, Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1800, QB41 .A263 1521
Main Heritage Shelves General QB41 .A263 1521 Book Item-ID: i24956442 BIB-ID: 2528535 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General QB41 .A263 1521 Book Item-ID: i24956442 BIB-ID: 2528535 Show less
by J. Bartlet. Error in paging: 96 numbered 86. Main Heritage Shelves General SF955 .B28 1764 Book Item-ID: i23350349 BIB-ID: 2498749 Includes index. Show moreby J. Bartlet. Error in paging: 96 numbered 86. Main Heritage Shelves General SF955 .B28 1764 Book Item-ID: i23350349 BIB-ID: 2498749 Includes index. Show less
Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800, QD25 .J33 1541
First edition of a miscellaneous work on Alchemy which gathers some works of different authors, being Gebri, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, considered the... Show moreFirst edition of a miscellaneous work on Alchemy which gathers some works of different authors, being Gebri, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, considered the father of the Arab chemistry, the author who opens the volume which includes parts of four of his works. His treatises are followed by a short one, Speculum Alchemiae, traditionally credited to Roger Bacon, on the origin and composition of metals; a work by Richardus Anglicus; and another treatise of the Arab author Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi. The volume ends with the Tabula Smaragdina and its comment. The Tabula Smaragdina is a concise, compact and cryptic piece reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation, highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art. It is attributed to Hermes Trimegistus but, virtually all literature ascribed to this name is incorrectly so attributed. Although technically it is not the name of a real person in origin, it became regarded as such from early times. This text was a popular summary of alchemical principles, wherein the secrets of the philosopher's stone were thought to have been described. The last text of the whole edition is a commentary by the medieval alchemist Hortulanus, who composed his commentary before 1325. It is the second part of a work in which Hortulanus believes alcohol or quintessence is the hidden primordial heat in all material things. Signatures: aa-bb⁴, cc2, a-z⁴, A-Z⁴, & Woodcuts in initials; xilographic paintings Main Heritage Shelves General QD25 .J33 1541 Book Item-ID: i2150054x BIB-ID: 1946517 Some of the text are translated from Arabic. Show less
von neuwem an den Tag geben durch Hans Dietherich und Hans Israel von Bry, Gebrüder. Very rare first German edition; published simultaneously in... Show morevon neuwem an den Tag geben durch Hans Dietherich und Hans Israel von Bry, Gebrüder. Very rare first German edition; published simultaneously in Latin. "The first part of this work deals with Mohammed the Prophet, the ten illustrations depicting scenes from his life. It was reprinted, complete with the engravings, in 1664 by Wilhelm Serlin in his Chronica Turcica. The second part, containing sixteen allegorical engravings, records a prophecy of the downfall of the Turkish Empire" (Blackmer Sale). - Slightly browned and brownstained throughout; several edge defects remargined (slight loss to text at lower edge of ff. B4 and M1), but complete (the incomplete edition sold at the Atabey Sale in 2002 commanded £9,560). Main Heritage Shelves General DR439 .B79 1597 Book Item-ID: i16598805 BIB-ID: 1494602 Show less
Originally published in Rome in 1587? Cf. Dedication (p. [3]-[6]) and Brunet, Manuel du libraire, v. 3 (1862) col. 1734. Title vignette (printer's... Show moreOriginally published in Rome in 1587? Cf. Dedication (p. [3]-[6]) and Brunet, Manuel du libraire, v. 3 (1862) col. 1734. Title vignette (printer's mark); head and tail pieces, initials. Another ed. Main Heritage Shelves General DS272 .M56 1594 Book Item-ID: i22007581 BIB-ID: 2356818 Show less
