Sessa's device below colophon. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .M36 1521 Book Item-ID: i10117453 BIB-ID: 1013381 Show moreSessa's device below colophon. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .M36 1521 Book Item-ID: i10117453 BIB-ID: 1013381 Show less
Andrea de Oria, Joan, Muḥammad XI, King of the Nasrid dynasty of Granada, 1451-1454, Spain--History, Spain--History--16th century, DP176 .V45 1569
Main Heritage Shelves General DP176 V45 1569 Book Item-ID: i15716600 BIB-ID: 1013806 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DP176 V45 1569 Book Item-ID: i15716600 BIB-ID: 1013806 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DR557 .G73 1525 Book Item-ID: i21953478 BIB-ID: 2346524 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DR557 .G73 1525 Book Item-ID: i21953478 BIB-ID: 2346524 Show less
Horses, Horses--Diseases, Horsemanship, Médecine vétérinaire--Ouvrages avant 1800, Cheval--Ouvrages avant 1800, Cheval--Maladies--Ouvrages avant 1800, Équitation--Ouvrages avant 1800, SF285 .S65 1733
par le Sieur De Solleysel, escuyer. 18th century edition of this work first published in 1664. Jacques de Solleysel, Sieur du Clapier (1617-80), was... Show morepar le Sieur De Solleysel, escuyer. 18th century edition of this work first published in 1664. Jacques de Solleysel, Sieur du Clapier (1617-80), was a "célèbre écuyer et hippiàtre français, [...] fils dun officier des Gendarmes Ecoissais [...] Solleysel était un homme instruit, dun esprit distingué et dun commerce agréable. Il avait de nombreux amis et sa compagnie était recherchée par ses contemporains. Il était bon musicien et avait un certain talent de peinture et de dessein. Cest lui, dailleurs, qui a dessiné et signé le joli frontispice de son Parfait Maréchal Il est probablement aussi lauteur des pl. et fig. qui ornent cet ouvrage" (Mennessier de la L. II, 524). The engravings show a rising horse with the various parts of the body referenced by page-number, a numbered view of a horse, and a horse skeleton in whole and parts. The text woodcuts are "3 fig. de fers, 17 fig. de canons de mors et 8 fig. de branches" (ibid.). Ms. ownership note "Luigi Mannucci" (c. 1850) on front flyleaf. Avis au lecteur, tables des matières. Main Heritage Shelves General SF285 .S65 1733 Book Item-ID: i16220584 BIB-ID: 1463240 Show less
p.p. Esaias Tegnér. First edition of this inaugural dissertation in Arabic linguistics, concerning 'nunnation', or the addition of a final 'n' to a... Show morep.p. Esaias Tegnér. First edition of this inaugural dissertation in Arabic linguistics, concerning 'nunnation', or the addition of a final 'n' to a word, in the declension of certain Arabic nouns. The author, grandson of the great Swedish writer of the same name, later was professor in oriental languages at Lund from 1878 to 1908. - Somewhat foxed throughout Main Heritage Compact General PJ6131 .T44 1865 Book Item-ID: i16875588 BIB-ID: 1510980 Show less
Account of a pilgrimage to Mecca ordered by the Ottoman court to invoke divine assistance against the Christian forces in the Austro-Turkish War of... Show moreAccount of a pilgrimage to Mecca ordered by the Ottoman court to invoke divine assistance against the Christian forces in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18. In fact, the practical value of this pilgrimage turned out to be limited: in August that same year, Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the Turks at Petrovaradin; in 1717 he recaptured Belgrade, defeating the Turkish forces with an overwhelmingly outnumbered army; in 1718 the Treaty of Passarowitz was signed, in which the Ottomans had to surrender large areas to Habsburg Empire, which now reached its greatest territorial expanse in history. - Translated into Portuguese and published by José Freire de Monterroyo Mascarenhas (1670-1760), the polyglot editor of numerous travel accounts and topical pamphlets. Rare; OCLC lists only two copies in America (Yale, Toronto). Final leaf loose. Anonymous. By J. F. de M. Mascarenhas. Cf. Fonseca, M.A. da. Subsidios para um diccionario de pseudonymes. Main Heritage Compact General D231 .M37 1716 Book Item-ID: i16873476 BIB-ID: 1510763 Show less
quam ... in Alma propter Salam sub praesidio M. Christiani Hoffmanni, Wratislaviensis ; publico Eruditorum Examini ad diem Iulii Anni Christiani... Show morequam ... in Alma propter Salam sub praesidio M. Christiani Hoffmanni, Wratislaviensis ; publico Eruditorum Examini ad diem Iulii Anni Christiani 1669. sistit Johannes Melchin, Riga-Livonus, H.L.Q.C. Curious Jena dissertation, based on Arabic sources, about the ritual washing of corpses (ablution, "ghusl al-mayyit") to achieve the state of purity, or "Taharah". Also treats embalming and mummification (with reference to mummies in the Chilean andres and the burial practices of the Native Americans of Virginia). Several passages in Greek, some in Hebrew and Arabic. Dedicated to the Councils and Aldermen of both Riga Guilds. After completing his studies at Jena in 1671, Johann Melchin from Riga became pastor in Sissegall, Livonia, in 1683 (cf. Recke/Napiersky). - Duplicate from the Gotha Library with 19th-c. ms. note on t. p. Some browning. Main Heritage Compact General KBP184.46 .H64 1669 Book Item-ID: i16843599 BIB-ID: 1509203 674821001:38895650X Saint Thomas, n°381 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
Crusades, Crusades--Early works to 1800, History, D183 .G85 1573
This is the first modern French edition of the famous work "Belli sacri historia" of Guillaume of Tyr. It represents an important source not only... Show moreThis is the first modern French edition of the famous work "Belli sacri historia" of Guillaume of Tyr. It represents an important source not only for the Crusades but also for the Latin Orient, including the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Lebanon and Cyprus. It was translated into French few years later after the princeps edition, printed by Oporinus in 1549. faite latine par Guillaume archeuesque de Tyr ... ; & traduite en françois, par Gabriel Du Preau ... Signatures: ã⁶ ẽ⁶ ĩ⁶ õ⁴ A-Z⁶ Aa-Zz⁶ AAa-KKk⁶ LLl⁸ MMm-QQq⁶ Initial letters in woodcut. Numerous marginal printed notes. Main Heritage Shelves General D183 .G85 1573 Book Item-ID: i19659842 BIB-ID: 1779885 Includes Table alphabetique des noms propres Show less
Theodoro Gaza interprete ; De communi animalium gressu ; De communi animalium motu / Petro Alcyonio interprete ; De partibus animalium. De historia... Show moreTheodoro Gaza interprete ; De communi animalium gressu ; De communi animalium motu / Petro Alcyonio interprete ; De partibus animalium. De historia plantarum, et decimi principium duntaxat / Theophrastus. De causis plantarum / Theophrastus ; Theodoro Gaza interprete. Paginierung T. 1: [20] Bl., 320 S., [5] Bl. ; [14] Bl., 164 [i.e. 264] S., [1] Bl. Main Heritage Shelves General QL41 .A75 1534 Book Item-ID: i10106546 BIB-ID: 1012290 Show less
