Search Results: Titles starting with V from Edmund Brumfitt Rare Books Ltd

8vo, pp. xxviii, 384; engraved arms of Henry Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, on verso of a3, numerous woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces; some light foxing in places, but largely clean and fresh; in contemporary carta rustica; title in ink on spine, along with old shelf-label at head; some wear, but still a good copy.
First edition, rare, of this attack on the deism of the enlightenment, with detailed criticisms of Voltaire and Rousseau, by the Capuchin friar Sigismondo de Musson.
The work is divided into three parts, dealing in turn with natural theology, the Old Testament, and the New Testament, and is written in response to the 'Pseudo-Philosophorum turba [which] hisce temporibus ubique locorum erumpat'. In the first, the author discusses the notion of God as creator, human origins, the rationality and immortality of the soul, free will, natural law, and revelation, regularly citing authors including La Mettrie, Helvétius, Rousseau, and Hobbes. The second part opens with a discussion of… Read More

8vo, pp. xiv, 463, [1] errata; some browning and spotting throughout; in contemporary blue wrappers, stiffened with reused leaves from an index; printed paper label on spine, slightly chipped; some light wear but still an attractive copy.
First edition, uncommon, of this exhaustive dictionary of terms relating to agriculture, rural and domestic economy, medicine, botany, chemistry, hunting, and other land sciences.
Compiled by three contributors to Rozier's Nouveau Cours complet ou Dictionnaire universel d'Agriculture pratique, which had appeared the previous year, the Vocabulaire portatif offers a much more comprehensive overview of matters affecting rural life, in particular emphasising the ways in which scientific advances of the last couple of centuries could be applied to the practice of agriculture and animal husbandry, drawing on the work of Duhamel, Parmentier, Cadet-des-Vaux and others. However, these advances are of little use to the lay person who does not understand the terminology:… Read More