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Catalogue
72
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22. BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE, [JEAN-BAPTISTE-JOSEPH]. China:
its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. edited principally from
the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin: with Observations
explanatory, historical, and literary, by M. Breton. London, J.
J. Stockdale, 1812. Four volumes in two. First edition in English.
$3,600
8vo; pp. [6], 128; pp. [2], 125, [1]; pp. [2], 135; pp. [2], 160;
80 hand-coloured line-and-stipple engraved plates, including four
frontispieces; half-title wanting to vol. III, all others present;
old neat repair to margin of plate facing p. 84 in vol. II, with
no affect to image; neat library label on front paste-downs (no
other markings); contemporary full calf, gilt ruled; early expert
reback in period style; a fine clean copy of this interesting work.
Colas 435; Hiler, p. 113; vide Abbey Travel 535 (3rd ed. of 1813),
Cordier, Sinica, 65 (2nd ed. of 1813) and Lipperheide 1525 (1824
ed.) Breton de la Martinière first published this work as
La Chine en miniature in four volumes, in Paris in 1811. The plates
in the work were based in large part on George Henry Mason's plates
in his Costume of China and The Punishments of China; two further
volumes of Breton's work were published in 1812, also in Paris.
This first English edition is based solely on the first four volumes
of 1810, having been printed before the final two French volumes
were issued in the same year.
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23. BROWN[E], EDWARD (1644-1708). A Brief Account of some
Travels in divers Parts of Europe, Viz. Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria,
Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli.
Through a great part of Germany, and The Low-Countries. Through
Marca Trevisana, and Lombardy on both sides the Po. With some Observations
on the Gold, Silver, Copper, Quick-silver Mines, and the Baths and
Mineral Waters in those Parts. As also, The Description of many
Antiquities, Habits, Fortifications and Remarkable Places. London,
Printed for Benj. Tooke, at the Sign of the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard,
MDCLXXXV [1685]. Second edition, "with many Additions"
. $1,500
Folio; pp [4], 222, [4] (Index), [2] (Publisher's adverts); title
within double-ruled border; 16 engraved plates, several of which
are folding; numerous engravings in the text; decorated initials;
recent half-calf and marbled paper over boards; one plate slightly
cropped; some staining and dampstaining, mainly in the margins;
expert restoration to bottom corners of first few leaves; crude
repair to one leaf (no loss) and residue from wax (?); edges of
pages somewhat friable; tear at fold of one plate; p. 219 erroneously
numbered 191.
Wing B5111; Goldsmiths' 2575; Osler 4410; Cox I, p. 88; Hoover Catalogue
173. Edward Browne was born in Norwich, the son of physician and
bibliophile Sir Thomas Browne. He was educated at Cambridge and
followed his father's profession, becoming physician to Charles
II. Between his studies he travelled with several friends to the
continent and reported on European life, geography and culture.
A Brief Account was first published in 1673; this 1685 edition includes
all of Browne's travels.
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24.
BROWN[E], THOMAS, Sir. (1605-1682). The Works of the Learned
Sr Thomas Brown, Kt. Doctor of Physick, late of Norwich. Containing
I. Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors. II. Religio Medici:
With Annotations and Observations upon it. III. Hydriotaphia; or,
Urn-Burial: Together with the Garden of Cyrus. IV. Certain Miscellany
Tracts. with Akphabetical Tables. London, printed for Tho. Basset,
Ric. Chiswell, Tho. Sawbridge, Charles Mearn, and Charles Brome.
1686. $1,500
Folio; engraved frontispiece portrait, pp. [xviii], 316, [11], [1]
(Blank); pp. [xiii], [1] (Blank), 81, [1], (Blank); pp. [2], 85-102;
pp. [8], 52; pp. [6], 103, [1] (Blank), [3]; illustrations on Lll4v
and Ooo3v, and type diagrams on Ppp4r and Rrr5r (margin); engraved
head- and tail-pieces; five parts in one volume (Religio Medici
divided into two parts - "Observations" and "Annotations");
little light dampstaining at some margins; neat old repair to tail
of Aa (no affect to text); contemporary full mottled calf, neatly
rebacked; little light wear to boards but, overall, a very good
copy of this first collected edition, with an armorial bookplate.
General title is printed in red and black; separate titles to each
part are printed in black.
Wing B5150; Osler 4522; Keynes 201; Wellcome II, p. 253. Browne
was an author and physician who was born in London and educated
at Oxford and abroad; in 1671 he was knighted by Charles II. His
"Religio Medici" was written about 1635 and circulated
in manuscript form; it was published in a pirated edition in 1642
by Andrew Crooke and, after reviews and observations of the work
by Kenelm Digby, Browne felt forced to provide a correct version
of his work, which was published the following year. It is a model
of strength and tolerance, not always present in a work of religious
thought. The "Hydriotaphia" was occasioned by the discovery
of funeral urns near Norwich; the "Garden of Cyrus" was
devoted to the mystic symbolism of the number five; "Pseudodoxia
Epidemica" discussed and commented on ideas and idealogies
that are accepted with question by the general populace. A very
good copy of the first editions of the collected works of one of
the greatest and most celebrated English writers and thinkers of
the seventeenth century.
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25.
BRUSONI, GIROLAMO (b.1614). Historia Dell'Vltima Guerra Tra'
Veneziani, e Tvrchi Di Girolamo Brvsoni, Nella quale si contengono
i successi delle passant Guerre nei Regni di Candia e Dalmazia,
Dall'Anno 1644 fino al 1671. Dedicata All'Illustriss. ed Eccellentiss.
Sig. il Sig. Georgio Morosini Caualiere, e Procuratore di S. Marco.
In Venezia, Presso Stefano Curti, MDCLXXIII [1673]. Two parts in
one. First edition. $1,850
4to; pp. [8], 310; 308, 307-314, 317-344, [20] (Indexes, Errata);
title vignette, elaborately decorated head-pieces and tail-pieces;
historiated and foliated initials. Full vellum, binding quite brittle;
damage to lower quarter of spine; worming on front and rear hinges;
small worm holes on first and last few leaves; small hole and tear
to margin of three leaves, no loss of text; few pages and edges
browned; some erratic pagination. On the last page [364], is an
attestation from Noi Refformatori [sic] dello Studio di Padoua.
Copies at BNF; Harvard; Univ. of Michigan; three copies listed in
COPAC. Girolamo Brusoni was born in Badia Vengadizza and studied
the humanities in Ferrara and Padova. He spent a short time in a
monastery, but soon recognized that his fervour for intellectual
freedom would be best pursued outside of religious life. His literary
career began in Venice with the publication of his romantic novels.
Through his friendship with Ferranate Pallavicino (1618-1644), he
joined l'Accademia degli Incogniti, a group of writers, artists,
and philosophers who professed libertine ideas in their works, particularly
in librettos for the Venetian public opera. Brusoni was also known
for his historiographical works, notably the Historia d'Italia,
first published under another title in 1656, and reprinted and revised
several times (Diz. Biogr. Ital.). Historia Dell'Ultima Guerra describes
the Venetians' success in securing Dalmatia against advances from
the Turks, and the details of the events leading to the loss of
Candia (Crete), to the Ottoman military in 1669.
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26.
BUC'HOZ, PIERRE-JOSEPH (1731-1807). Manuel Usuel et Économique
des Plantes. Contenant leurs propriétés pour les usages
économiques & les différens procédés
auxquels on peut avoir recours pour en tirer profit; Extrait de
La Nature Considérée; ... A Paris, Chez L'Auteur,
MDCCLXXXII [1782]. $650
12mo; pp. [3]-345 (wanting front blank); decorative head-piece.
Contemporary full mottled calf, rubbed, corners bumped; front and
rear ruled in gilt; spine gilt in compartments; red morocco label;
rear upper joint chipped; some light waterstaining on edges; pencilled
notes on front fly-leaf; bookseller's label on front paste-down.
A very good copy of a scarce work.
Not in Brunet, Graesse; only copy in COPAC is at BL; copy at Harvard.
Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz was born in Metz, France, and he pursued studies
first in law, then in medicine. He was a physician to King Stanislaus
of Poland before finding his true passion in the study of natural
history. Buc'hoz was knowledgeable in practically every aspect of
the field, particularly botany and mineralogy. Encyclopaedic in
scope, his writings were directed at improving the health and well-being
of his fellow citizens, from treating the illnesses of humans, animals
and birds to making chocolate and cosmetics. Buc'hoz is probably
best known as an artist, however, and his portfolios of botanical
prints are highly sought after. In this work, he discusses the history,
properties and commercial uses of plants found in various parts
of the world. His topics range from ways of harvesting and preserving
grains, fruits and vegetables, to the making of beer, bread and
olive oil. This edition is a compilation of articles which first
appeared in La nature considérée sous ses différens
aspects, a periodical published in Paris under a variety of titles
between 1768 and 1783.
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