Antique & Collectible Books

1764 1ed History Vienna Austria Jesuit Leopold Fischer MAP Joseph II Illustrated

A rare first edition of Leopold Fischer's history of Vienna. Dedicated to Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire, 'Veteris Vindobonae' is a work that documented the basics of the city through the lens of a Jesuit author. This work features an impressive folding map of the city of Vienna as well as a vignette of a 'bird's-eye-view' of the city at the first chapter.
Item number: #8015
Price: $599
FISCHER, Leopold
Brevis notitia vrbis veteris Vindobonae ex variis docvmentis collecta, Iosepho II Romanorvm regi semper avgvsto ab Avstriaca Iesv Societate in aeternae observantiae monvmentvm oblata.
Vindobonae [Vienna] Typis Ioannis Thomae Trattner, 1764.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [32], 257, [1]
o 1 folding map; 10 folding tables
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References: de Backer III 756
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20cm)

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1670 1ed Augustinian Hoorn Sermons Cornucopiae Mariology Immaculate Conception

First published in 1670, 'Cornucopiae Concionum Sacrarum' is a collection of sermons preached by Augustinian preacher Karl van Horn. This sermon-series includes lectures on various Catholic liturgies and sacraments, including discussions on the Virgin Mary and the Immaculate Conception. 1670 editions of this book are notoriously difficult to locate, let alone find for sale. This first edition is bound in impressive vellum with functioning clasps.
Item number: #8496
Price: $599
HOORN, Carolus van
Cornucopiæ Concionvm Sacrarvm, Et Moralium Formatarum pars secunda; sive tractatus marilais de laudibus et praerogativis B.tae Mariae Virginis
Coloniae Agrippinae: apud viduam Joannis Busaei..., 1670. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 323, [36]
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
o Functioning Clasps
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Size: ~8.5in X 7in (22cm x 18cm)
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1789 Buxtorf HEBREW & Latin Jewish Bible Lexicon Dictionary Judaica Rabbinica 4v
A rare 17th-century Hebrew / Latin lexicon and Old Testament concordance.

Originally started in 1607, Johann Buxtorf began working on a Hebrew lexicon. However, this work was one of the few works of his that had to be completed by other writers, mainly his son. This dictionary was published multiple times throughout the next two centuries and would become the basis for many 19th-century Hebrew concordances. This work serves as a reference tool for Old Testament research particularly the Pentateuch.

This 1789 Rome edition was published in four volumes by Zempel.

Item number: #8590
Price: $599
BUXTORF, Johann
Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldæo-biblicum: ordine alphabetico tam primigenia, quam derivata Veteris Testamenti Hebraica, et Chaldaica verba, et Latinas eorundem interpretationes ex Johannis Buxtorfii aliorumque... virorum operibus excerptas exhibens
Romae: Ex typographia Jo. Zempel, 1789.

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1759 Vienna Austria Muszka Ecclesiastical Law Sacraments Character of God 4v

Nicolaus Muszka was an 18th-century Viennese theologian who, while being relatively unknown today, published several works relating to various aspects of theology – sacraments, ecclesiastical law, and human behavior in the eyes of God. The works of Muszka were published in Vienna in the 1750s, including this set published in 1759 by Thomas Trattner. This four-volume set includes Muszka's three major works:
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"De legibus, carum transgressione seu peccatis et peccatorum"
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"De sacramentis novae legis dissertationum theologicarum"
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"De actibus humanis"

Item number: #8457
Price: $599
MUSZKA, Nicolaus
[Works of Nicolaus Muszka]

Vienna: Typis Joan. Thomae Trattner, 1759.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 volumes
o 'Sacramentis'
Vol. I – [2], 532, [10]
Vol. II – [2], 709, [17]
o 'Legibus'
552, [14]
o 'Actibus Humanis'
526, [12]
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Language: Latin
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1589 Ammiani Renaissance Preacher Manual anti-Lutheran Augustinian Italian Monks

Sebastian Ammiani was a 16th-century Augustinian monk from Fano who made important contributions to the development of preachers in Italy. Ammiani, a hermit, was notably not a preacher himself, but he wrote a book entitled 'Discorsi Predicabili per Documento' in which he taught preachers how to better at giving their speeches. This book was also incredibly anti-Lutheran. Certain passages of this book included picturesque phrases and paragraphs detailing the devastation that Lutheran preachers had brought to the world. (Michelson, p. 63).

Item number: #8691
Price: $599
AMMIANI, Sebastiano
Discorsi predicabili per documento del viuer christiano. Da varij luoghi raccolti, per il r.p. m.ro Sebastiano Ammiani fanese, scrittore dell'Ordine de' frati eremitani di Sant'Agostino
In Venetia: al segno della Concordia, 1589.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 215
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1577 JESUIT Confessional Antwerp Belgium Confession Methodus Confessionis RARE

'Methodus Confessionis' is a rare 16th-century religious manual written to teach Christians how to live moral lives through confession, prayer, abstinence, and scriptural reading. Authorship of this work is a bit ambiguous, often being attributed to both Petrus de Soto and Claude de Viexmont. This work is also mentioned in the de Backer Jesuit Bibliography, as an important Jesuit devotional.
Item number: #8712
Price: $599
De SOTO, Petrus
Methodus confessionis seu verius doctrinæ pietatisque Christianæ præcipuorum capitum epitome
Antuerpiæ : Apud P. Bellerum, 1577.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 192, 58, [2]
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Reference: USTC 406373; Adams S 1512; de Backer VI, 941
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~5in X 3in (13cm x 8cm)
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Very rare with no other example for sale worldwide at present
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1679 1ed Bibliotheca Germanica Michael Hertz First German Bibliography Germany

Michael Hertz's 'Bibliotheca Germanica', which was first published in 1679 Erfurt, was the first general bibliography of Germany. It covers early German authors, geographic and topographical information, folk heroes, poems, and much more.

Item number: #8841
Price: $599
HERTZ, Michael
Bibliotheca Germanica, sive Notitia scriptorum rerum Germanicarum quatuor partibus absoluta... collecta a Michaele Hertzio
Erfurti: Sumptibus Benjamin Hempells/bibliopol., 1679.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Unpaginated
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Size: ~12.75in X 8in (32.5cm x 20.5cm)
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Very rare with no other example for sale worldwide at present
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1677 Belgian Jesuit William Stanyhurst Immortality Care for Lost Souls Heaven Hell

William Stanyhurst was a Belgian Jesuit author who is primarily remembered today for his work 'Dei Immortalis in Corpore'. This work was popular throughout the 17th-century and was written as an analogy for the right methods of caring for "morbid souls". (Crowe).

Item number: #9040
Price: $599
STANYHURST, Guillaume
Immortalis Dei In Corpore Mortali Patientis Historia: Moralis Doctrinæ Placitis & commentationibus illustrate
Campoduni : Apud Rudolphum Dreher, 1677.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [16], 570, [6]
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References: Crowe, Jeremias Drexel' Christian Zodiac'.
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Very rare
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1791 Book of Common Prayer Church of England Bible Psalms Cambridge BEAUTIFUL

A rare printing of the Church of England's 'Book of Common Prayer' printed at Cambridge University in 1791. This popular devotional and supplement to the Bible was a critical part of the early English Church liturgy and doctrine. However, this edition, and others of similar size, are considered quite rare. This edition includes a daily calendar for each month of the year with feast days, martyr days, and prayers. This 1791 edition also includes the book of Psalms collected into English meter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others.

Item number: #9535
Price: $599
Church of England
The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches.
Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, Printer to the University, and sold by John,… Read More

1773 EXQUISITE Temple Gnidus Montesquieu Greek Roman Mythology Aphrodite Venus

Charles-Louis de Montesquieu was a French political philosopher who is known for his works on political theory. While he is best known for his work 'Spirit of the Laws', he also wrote an interesting work on Roman mythology entitled 'The Temple of Gnidus'. Knidos was an ancient Greek city which housed a temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, or Venus. This book was edited and made into poetic verse by Charles-Pierre Colardeau and published in late 18th-century. This edition includes 8 fine, full-page engravings.

Item number: #9755
Price: $599
MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de

Le temple de Gnide. Mis en vera
A Paris : chez Le Jay, libraire, rue St. Jacques, [1773].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [5], ii-xvi, [1], 2-88
Signatures: A-H⁸
o 8 engraved plates
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Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Sir David Salomons Bart. Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells.
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1683 Dutch Hazart Church History JESUIT Missions TORTURE Martyrs America Africa

Cornelius Hazart was a 17th-century Dutch Jesuit priest and controversialist writer. His "Ecclesiastical History of the Whole World" delivered on the 'controversial' side of church history, as Hazart explored some of the most detestable acts of the church including tortures, imprisonments, wars on religion, and brutal executions, such as drowning, hangings, beheadings, and burnings.

This 1683 Dutch printing is taken from the first Antwerp edition from 1667. This book covers church history throughout Europe, including Germany, France, Netherlands, and England,
with parts dedicated to the Americas and Africa. This universal church history is unquestionably Hazart's greatest work and is ideal for historical perspective on Jesuit missions and missionaries around the world, as well as martyrs throughout church history.
Item number: #9485
Price: $599
HAZART, Cornelius
Triomph van de christelycke leere ofte grooten… Read More

1613 Ángel Manrique Cistercian Bishop of Badajoz Catholic Spanish Valencia SPAIN

An exceedingly rare early 17th-century Spanish devotional by Ángel Manrique (1577-1649), Cistercian Bishop of Badajoz.

'Meditations…' is a collection of catholic prayers, meditations, and liturgical texts organized for Lent from the gospels.

Item number: #9486
Price: $599
MANRIQUE, Ángel
Meditaciones para los días de la quaresma, sacadas de los evangelios, que canta en ellos la iglesia nuestra madre.

En Valencia: En casa de Pedro Patricio Mey...: A costa de Juan Hernandez..., 1613.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [16], 549, [47]
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Language: Spanish
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~8in X 6in (20cm x 15.5cm)
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1693 1ed Inquisition History RARE Catholic Church Marsollier & Limborch French

A rare first edition of Jacques Marsollier's 1693 historical account of the Catholic Inquisition. Curiously, Marsollier's French work comes almost exclusively from Philipp Limborch's 'Historia Inquisitionis' which was published just a year earlier.
Item number: #9866
Price: $599
MARSOLLIER, Jacques
Histoire de l'Inquisition et son origine.
A Cologne : Pierre Marteau, 1693. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[2], 505, [1]
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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1780 1ed Electricity Experiments by Pierre Bertholon Lightning Benjamin Franklin

Pierre Bertholon was an 18th-century French physicist who is best remembered for his studies and experiments on electricity. These experiments were first published in 1780, most of which were directly related to human health and anatomy. Notably, Bertholon was a close friend of Benjamin Franklin with whom he collaborated on his experiments of the lightning rod!
Item number: #9874
Price: $599
BERTHOLON, Pierre
De l'électricité du corps humain dans l'état de santé et de maladie ; ouvrage couronné par l'Académie de Lyon, dans lequel on traite de l'électricité de l'atmosphere, de son influence & de ses effets sur l'économie animale. &c &c.
A Lyon : chez Bernuset, rue Merciere. M DCC LXXX. [1780]. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-541, [3]
· Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Château des Ormes
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1864 1ed Gunnery Catechism Navy Civil War Army Textbook Mortars Guns Illustrated

'Gunnery Catechism' was an influential military textbook for officers in United States Army in conjunction with instruction at the USMA under the supervision of the Corps of Engineers, and instruction offered at public and private universities, and colleges. Brandt writes this book in a question and answer format to teach on a variety of topics as it relates to gunnery including calls for assembling, different kinds of firing, mortars, housing guns, general questions on gunnery, and much more!

This 1864 first edition is complete with detailed illustrated diagrams of the guns and their component parts, tables and charts of ranges for different mortars, and a diagram showing the manner of shifting stations in exercise to drill each of the guns crew in all the required duties!

Item number: #9855
Price: $599
BRANDT, John D.
Gunnery catechism as applied to the service of Naval Ordinance
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864.… Read More