Tomus II -- Tomus III Opus nunc primum à M. Matthia Martinez e gallico in latinum sermonem translatum. Volumes 2 and 3 (part 2) of the first Latin... Show moreTomus II -- Tomus III Opus nunc primum à M. Matthia Martinez e gallico in latinum sermonem translatum. Volumes 2 and 3 (part 2) of the first Latin edition of du Jarric's "Histoire des choses plus mémorables advenues tant és Indes Orientales qu'autres païs de la descouverte des Portugais" (first printed in 1608-14). The present set comprises the highly desirable volumes about Brazil, Hormuz in the Arabian Gulf, the Turkish Wars of the Portuguese and their settlements in India; also about Ethiopia, Congo, Angola, etc. "Contains a full account of the Jesuit mission to Brazil, St. Thomas, etc., with chronographical and historical descriptions of those countries" (Sabin). Du Jarric (1566-1617) vainly wished to join the missionaries of his order. Instead, he dedicated himself to writing on their behalf. His work gives a comprehensive picture of the missionary enterprises of the Jesuits up to 1612, chiefly within the sphere of Portuguese interests. It contains much valuable data on colonial history, geography, and ethnography. - Bond at the end of Vol. 2 are two rare controversial works by the Brabant Jesuit Martin Becanus (Verbeeck or Van der Beeck, c. 1561-1624), confessor to Emperor Ferdinand II. "He was one of the most fanatical champions of the return to Roman Catholicism" (Faber du Faur 944). - Some browning; index of vol. 3 misbound, otherwise very well preserved. Main Heritage Shelves General DS498.3 .D85 1615 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i16843708 BIB-ID: 1509215 Show less
Tomus II -- Tomus III Opus nunc primum à M. Matthia Martinez e gallico in latinum sermonem translatum. Volumes 2 and 3 (part 2) of the first Latin... Show moreTomus II -- Tomus III Opus nunc primum à M. Matthia Martinez e gallico in latinum sermonem translatum. Volumes 2 and 3 (part 2) of the first Latin edition of du Jarric's "Histoire des choses plus mémorables advenues tant és Indes Orientales qu'autres païs de la descouverte des Portugais" (first printed in 1608-14). The present set comprises the highly desirable volumes about Brazil, Hormuz in the Arabian Gulf, the Turkish Wars of the Portuguese and their settlements in India; also about Ethiopia, Congo, Angola, etc. "Contains a full account of the Jesuit mission to Brazil, St. Thomas, etc., with chronographical and historical descriptions of those countries" (Sabin). Du Jarric (1566-1617) vainly wished to join the missionaries of his order. Instead, he dedicated himself to writing on their behalf. His work gives a comprehensive picture of the missionary enterprises of the Jesuits up to 1612, chiefly within the sphere of Portuguese interests. It contains much valuable data on colonial history, geography, and ethnography. - Bond at the end of Vol. 2 are two rare controversial works by the Brabant Jesuit Martin Becanus (Verbeeck or Van der Beeck, c. 1561-1624), confessor to Emperor Ferdinand II. "He was one of the most fanatical champions of the return to Roman Catholicism" (Faber du Faur 944). - Some browning; index of vol. 3 misbound, otherwise very well preserved. Main Heritage Shelves General DS498.3 .D85 1615 Book vol.3 Item-ID: i22622317 BIB-ID: 1509215 Show less
Mineral waters, Mineral waters--Early works to 1700, R126 .D43 1553
Main Heritage Shelves General R126 .D43 1553 Book Item-ID: i22792089 BIB-ID: 1951293 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General R126 .D43 1553 Book Item-ID: i22792089 BIB-ID: 1951293 Show less
Fever, Fever--Early works to 1800, Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, RB129 .D44 1576
DE FEBRIBUS Opus sane aureum ... in quo trio sectarum clarissimi medici habentur, qui de hac re egerunt; nempe Graeci, Arabes, atque Latini. ... Show moreDE FEBRIBUS Opus sane aureum ... in quo trio sectarum clarissimi medici habentur, qui de hac re egerunt; nempe Graeci, Arabes, atque Latini. [Edited by Gasparo Bindoni]. Venice, Gratioso Perchacino for Gasparo Bindoni, 1576 [colophon 1575]. Folio, 1l + 1t + 1 + 2 + 4 (index) + 627 + 1 + 1l, with woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials at the beginning of each author's section, printed in double columns; splendidly bound in contemporary green dyed vellum, 3-line outer border of plain v ellum (the green removed by a gouge), gilt scroll-work frame, 3-line inner border, enclosing the large gilt arms of Ferdinand Hofman, Freiherr zu Grevenstein, spine gilt decorated with plain vellum lines forming compartments, the top compartment entirely plain vellum and lettered in ink, with a numeral 7 superimposed later, and an old paper label below, yapp edges, remains of ties, edges sprinkled blue and red. First edition of this compilation (it was re-issued in Venice in 1594 with name of Fernel, probably spuriously attached). The Bindoni were a prominent family of sixteenth century Venetian printers; this is the only work issued under the sole editorship of Gaspar Bindoni. It is an anthology of writings on fevers by twenty-five Greek, Arab and Latin authors, the last including Latin writers of the Middle Ages. The Arabic writers are Avicenna, Averroes, Isaac, Serapion, Haly Abbas and Johannes Actuarius. The Latin authors include Constantinus Africanus and Arnald of Villanova. Adams F400; Bird 639 (imperfect); Bruni Celli 2844; Durling 1105; Garrison-Morton 2193; Parkinson & Lumb 812; Wellcome 6868. Colophon dated 1575. Main Heritage Shelves General RB129 .D4 1576 Book Item-ID: i10156409 BIB-ID: 1017276 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS109 .C66 1619
auctore Ioanne Cotovico. Includes two title pages, the first one with a engraved view of Jerusalem and the second with a lion and the catchphrase ... Show moreauctore Ioanne Cotovico. Includes two title pages, the first one with a engraved view of Jerusalem and the second with a lion and the catchphrase "Uis consili expers mole ruit sua" Numerous engraved illustrations maps and lans throughout. Includes Index. The "Synopsis Reipublicæ Venetȩ" is in tabular form on 5 folded plates intented to be inserted after p. [520] (cf. catchword, p. [519]. Based on Gaspare Contarini's De magistratibus & Republica Venetorum; cf. BL, C237. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .C66 1619 Book Item-ID: i21470601 BIB-ID: 1887566 Ex-Libris stamp on pastedown "Dampierre", belonging to the Bibliothèque des ducs de Luynes, Chateau Dâmpierre. Handwritten note on the first title page: "Johannes Eduardns" Show less
Christian shrines, Christian shrines--Jerusalem, Description and travel, International status, BX2320 .C87 1930
by Abdullah Effendi Kardus. At head of title: Confidential. Main Heritage Shelves General BX2320 .C87 1930 Book Item-ID: i23451828 BIB-ID: 2504270 Show moreby Abdullah Effendi Kardus. At head of title: Confidential. Main Heritage Shelves General BX2320 .C87 1930 Book Item-ID: i23451828 BIB-ID: 2504270 Show less
Fever, Fever--Early works to 1800, Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, RB129 .D44 1576
DE FEBRIBUS Opus sane aureum ... in quo trio sectarum clarissimi medici habentur, qui de hac re egerunt; nempe Graeci, Arabes, atque Latini. ... Show moreDE FEBRIBUS Opus sane aureum ... in quo trio sectarum clarissimi medici habentur, qui de hac re egerunt; nempe Graeci, Arabes, atque Latini. [Edited by Gasparo Bindoni]. Venice, Gratioso Perchacino for Gasparo Bindoni, 1576 [colophon 1575]. Folio, 1l + 1t + 1„ + 2 + 4 (index) + 627 + 1„ + 1„l, with woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials at the beginning of each author's section, printed in double columns; splendidly bound in contemporary green dyed vellum, 3-line outer border of plain v ellum (the green removed by a gouge), gilt scroll-work frame, 3-line inner border, enclosing the large gilt arms of Ferdinand Hofman, Freiherr zu Grevenstein, spine gilt decorated with plain vellum lines forming compartments, the top compartment entirely plain vellum and lettered in ink, with a numeral 7 superimposed later, and an old paper label below, yapp edges, remains of ties, edges sprinkled blue and red. First edition of this compilation (it was re-issued in Venice in 1594 with name of Fernel, probably spuriously attached). The Bindoni were a prominent family of sixteenth century Venetian printers; this is the only work issued under the sole editorship of Gaspar Bindoni. It is an anthology of writings on fevers by twenty-five Greek, Arab and Latin authors, the last including Latin writers of the Middle Ages. The Arabic writers are Avicenna, Averroes, Isaac, Serapion, Haly Abbas and Johannes Actuarius. The Latin authors include Constantinus Africanus and Arnald of Villanova. Adams F400; Bird 639 (imperfect); Bruni Celli 2844; Durling 1105; Garrison-Morton 2193; Parkinson & Lumb 812; Wellcome 6868. Colophon dated 1575. Show less
omnia è curâ M. Johannis FabricI. Includes index Main Heritage Shelves General PJ6305 .S64 1637 Book Item-ID: i10179525 BIB-ID: 2346814 Show moreomnia è curâ M. Johannis FabricI. Includes index Main Heritage Shelves General PJ6305 .S64 1637 Book Item-ID: i10179525 BIB-ID: 2346814 Show less
Astronomy, Astronomy--Early works to 1500, QB41 .R63 1497
This work contains two texts. The first is a treatise on the planispheric astrolabe of Robert of Chester, who may or may not be the same person as... Show moreThis work contains two texts. The first is a treatise on the planispheric astrolabe of Robert of Chester, who may or may not be the same person as Robert of Ketton, who wrote a number of scientific treatises and translated Arabic works, such as al-Khwarizmi's Algebra, made whilste he was in Segovia in 1145. He also wrote an original treatise on the construction of the universal astrolabe, in London in 1147. The second text is a treatise on surveying, illustrated with sixty-two woodcut diagrams, showing techniques for the measurement of altitudes (including using an astrolabe), angles and distances. Partis secunde huius De mensurationibus reru[m] tractatulus Signatures: a-c⁸, d⁶ 36, 37 lines to a page. Publication place, name of publisher and publication date taken from the ISTC. Initial letters in woodcuts and sixty-two woodcut diagrams Marginal handwriten remarks Main Heritage Display General QB41 .R63 1497 Book Item-ID: i21509256 BIB-ID: 1950494 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1508
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum at the end Capital spaces with guide letters. Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1508 Book Item-ID: i22814644 BIB-ID: 2427303 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1519
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum Capital spaces with guide letters. Gilbert de Villiers' woodcut device Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1519 Book Item-ID: i22816938 BIB-ID: 2427893 Show less
Abu Walid Muhammad ibis Ahmad Ibn Muhammad IBN RUSHID known as AVERROES The Commentator of Aristotle, Ibn Rushd (1126-98), was the most... Show moreAbu Walid Muhammad ibis Ahmad Ibn Muhammad IBN RUSHID known as AVERROES The Commentator of Aristotle, Ibn Rushd (1126-98), was the most celebrated philosopher of Andalusia and one of the greatest of Muslim intellectuals. He was also a physician, and his medical works together with his philosophical writings were profoundly influential in Christian Europe as well as in the Islamic world. Along with Ibn Tufzyl and lbn Zuhr, Ibn Rushd enjoyed the patronage of Prince AbuYaqub Yusuf while he ruled at Seville and was appointed Qadi there. He also lived in Marrakech and Cordoba, The Kulliyyat (Generalities) is Ibn Rushds major medical work and a century later it was translated to Latin in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries it was often reprinted, Abu Marwãn IBN ZUHR, known as AVENZOAR Abu Marwan (c.1092-1161) was descended horn a learned Arabian family who settled in Spain early in the tenth century. Although a generation older than lbn Rushd, they became friends-and studied certain subjects together. His bestknow medical treatise, Taysir fimudawat atwa l-tadbir (Practical manual of treatments and diets), was written at the invitation of Ibn Rushd to compliment his kulliyyat - It was translated latin and entered Europe with the Kulliyyät, both works appearing jointly in European incunable editions, AVENZOAR and AVERROES - Habes in hoc volumine, studiose icctor, giottosi illius senis Abhomcron Abinzoar librum Thcysir, qou nihil forsitan exactius in mciicina reperics ellaboratum, habes etiam Averrois librum Colliget eluens sabs laud-ase putt) curn Averrots esse predixerim. Eiunc1uc quibusdam floviS et pcrcllcgantibus maiginalibus addittonibus exornatuns, Nupcrquc ca cura cmcndatun, et i ptcssum ut nilsil pietcrca supcrsit qttod vel cuts tntegntatt s-cl otnainento hoton opetotri dcsicletatt possit. Venice, hciis of O,aavianus Scottis, 1530 Folio, with large woodcut illustration and large printers device on title, smaller printers device at end, two fine, large woodcut initial and numerous smaller initials ; manuscript shelf mark at top of title; cotemporary marginalia (occa Sinonally shaved); a little spotting a very good copy in recent vellum, calligraphic title on spine. Main Heritage Shelves General R128.3 .I269 1530 Book Item-ID: i10099384 BIB-ID: 1011574 Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, RB24 .I266 1543
[SERAPION, the elder]. Iani Damasceni Decapolitani summae inter Arabes autoritatis medici, therapeutice methodi, hoc est, curandi artis libri VII.... Show more[SERAPION, the elder]. Iani Damasceni Decapolitani summae inter Arabes autoritatis medici, therapeutice methodi, hoc est, curandi artis libri VII. partim Albano Torino Vitodurano paraphrste, partim Gerardo iatro Cremonensi mataphraste ... Basle, Henric Petri [1543] Small folio, 1 l(b) + 1t + 1 + 8(pref.) + 14(ind.) + 491 + 1device) + 1 l(b), with woodcut printer's device on verso of colophon leaf; contemporary blind tooled calf, rebacked, new endleaves, clasps restored. First edition of Alban Thorer's (Albanus Torinus) paraphrase of books I-IV of Serapion's Therapeutica methodi, the remainder in the translation of Gerard of Cremona, with the Aphorisms published for the first time. Serapion the elder was a Christian physician who flourished in Damascus in the second half of the ninth century. He wrote, in Syriac, two medical compilations, one in 12, the other (as here) in 7 books. The latter was several times translated into Arabic, and thence into Latin by Gerard of Cremona. Serapion's theraputics were "very popular in the Middle Ages. Sezgin, III, pp. 240-42. Adams I14; Bird 1294; Choulant p. 347; Durling 4778; Parkinson & Lumb 2278; Wellcome 4272. Main Heritage Shelves General RB24 .I266 1543 Book Item-ID: i10104847 BIB-ID: 1012120 Show less
Omnia vero haec & diligentius castigata sunt quam fuerint antea, & accuratius impressa, & instrumentis chirurgicis ab auctore citatis exornata. Also... Show moreOmnia vero haec & diligentius castigata sunt quam fuerint antea, & accuratius impressa, & instrumentis chirurgicis ab auctore citatis exornata. Also issued under title: Practica ... Show less
Astrology, Astrology--Early works to 1800, Medical astrology, Medical astrology--Early works to 1800, QB26 .A14 1520
ALCABITIUS. Astronomie iudicarie principia tractatus cum Johannis Saxonii commentario ordine textus nuperrime distincto. Additis annotationibus et... Show moreALCABITIUS. Astronomie iudicarie principia tractatus cum Johannis Saxonii commentario ordine textus nuperrime distincto. Additis annotationibus et in margine et in textu atque glossa per Petrum Turrel ... cum tractatulo do cognoscendis infirmitatibus. [Colophon:] Lyons, Guillaume Huyon for Bartelemi Trot, [between 1519 and 1523]. 8vo, 2lea. (bind) + 1tit. + 1 + 156 + 2 ind. + 1 _ 2lea. (bind), title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, with six woodcut astronomical diagrams in text, woodcut initials throughout; red morocco, gilt panelled sides, by R. R. Luna of Madrid. The work includes a chapter on new discovery on relationship between Astronomy and medicine by French Philosopher & Astrologer Petrus Turrellus. Bartelemi Trot was a Croat publisher living in Lyons. He mainly worked on pirated editions of the Aldine classics. Imprint from colophon (leaf lxxix recto), which begins: "Tractatus Alkabitij cu[m] apparatu Ioa[n]nis Saxonij finem sortit[us] est in inclyta vrbe ..." Incipit (leaf ij recto): Libellus isagogicus Abdilazi. id est Serui Gloriosi Dei. qui dicitur Alkabitius ad magisterium iudiciorum astroru[m] interpretatus a Ioha[n]ne Hispalensi scriptumq[ue] eundem a Iohanne Saxonie editum vtuli serie connexum incipiunt. Title printed in black and red; Trot's woodcut device on title page followed by: "Eiusdem rectoris [i.e Turrel] distichon. Que pater omnipotens nitidis signauerit astris: Author in hoc paruo codice noster habet." Appended work with caption title (leaf lxxvii recto): Tractatulus infirmitatum a multis authoribus per magistru[m] Petrum Turrellum astrophilum gymnasij Divionensis rectorem decerptus. Collation: a-k⁸ [$4 signed]; 80 leaves, ff. [i] ij-lxix [lxxx]. Agrees with register. Main Heritage Shelves General QB26 .A14 1520 Book Item-ID: i10061551 BIB-ID: 1007791 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General Z6605.A6 H36 1820 Book Item-ID: i21966874 BIB-ID: 2347163 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General Z6605.A6 H36 1820 Book Item-ID: i21966874 BIB-ID: 2347163 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1495
Johannes Mesue. Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf... Show moreJohannes Mesue. Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Printer's device on recto of last leaf. Capital spaces with guide letters. Signatures: A⁸ b-z⁸ [et ]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ 2a-2p⁸ chi2 Main Heritage Vault RS79 .I266 1495 Book Item-ID: i10036957 BIB-ID: 1005498 Show less
omnia è curâ M. Johannis FabricI. Includes index Main Heritage Shelves General PJ6305 .S64 1637 Book Item-ID: i2195687x BIB-ID: 2346814 Show moreomnia è curâ M. Johannis FabricI. Includes index Main Heritage Shelves General PJ6305 .S64 1637 Book Item-ID: i2195687x BIB-ID: 2346814 Show less
Martyrology, Martyrology--Early works to 1800, Christian martyrs, Christian martyrs--Biography, Calendars, Calendars--Early works to 1800, PR1749.M3 M38 1568
Colophon reads: "Venetijs, in officina Lucae Antonij Iuntae, 1568." Main Heritage Shelves General PR1749.M3 M38 1568 Book Item-ID: i23166496 BIB-ID:... Show moreColophon reads: "Venetijs, in officina Lucae Antonij Iuntae, 1568." Main Heritage Shelves General PR1749.M3 M38 1568 Book Item-ID: i23166496 BIB-ID: 2451669 Show less
اليابان--العلاقات الاقتصادية, اليابان--العلاقات الاقتصادية--دول الخليج العربية, دول الخليج العربية--العلاقات الاقتصادية, دول الخليج العربية--العلاقات الاقتصادية--اليابان, HF1602.15.P43 A23 1985
عبد الأمير رحيمة العبود. QNL IT HF1602.15.P43 A23 1985 Book Item-ID: i24606418 BIB-ID: 2626216 يتضمن مراجع ببليوجرافية (صفحات 91-92). Show moreعبد الأمير رحيمة العبود. QNL IT HF1602.15.P43 A23 1985 Book Item-ID: i24606418 BIB-ID: 2626216 يتضمن مراجع ببليوجرافية (صفحات 91-92). Show less