edward topsell (24 Ergebnisse)

softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. Tall 8vo, 171 pp., Selected from Philomen Holland's translation of Pliny, 1601 and Edward Topsell's "Historie of Four-Fotted Beastes", 1607 and hi "Historie of Serpents", 1608 and edited with an introduction by M. St. Clare Byrne.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hard Cover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Yes. First Thus. First edition thuis, facsimile reissue of the original 1926 edition which in turn was an adaptation of Edward Topsell's "Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes" (1607) and "Historie of Srpents" (1608) with a dash of a 1601 version of Pliny's "Natural History". Cloth, 171 pps. Illustrated with reproductions of antique woodcuts and engravings. Enchanting adaptation of Elizabethan natural history that introduces many fabulos beasts familiar only through myths and folk tales as well as familiar old friends presented in a very different light. No distinction is made between the real and the imaginary, so we are presented with cats, unicorns, lions, and gorgons, dolphins and dragons, etc. Fine in bright, fine, price clipped dust jacket.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. Former Library book. (birds, zoology ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Book has scuffing with notable shelf rubbing and chipping. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (Folklore, Mythical Animals).

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Inscribed by editor Thomas P. Harrison on front endpage. (Watercolor paintings, birds).

Small quarto, 172pp, illustrated, original boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (art, paintings, birds) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: DJ VG (2 small edge tears). Reprint of unfinished manuscript of one of the outstanding early English naturalists embracing the whole field of bird lore as it existed at turn of the 16th century. xxxvi + 332pp. Size: Small Quarto.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnEdward Topsell s The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects , is a medieval exposition on Zoology. Published in 1658, nearly 30 years after Topsell s death, his book explores the history and legends of real and mythi.

Zustand: New. pp. 1102.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnEdward Topsell s The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects , is a medieval exposition on Zoology. Published in 1658, nearly 30 years after Topsell s death, his book explores the history and legends of real and mythi.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnEdward Topsell s The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects , is a medieval exposition on Zoology. Published in 1658, nearly 30 years after Topsell s death, his book explores the history and legends of real and mythi.

pp.xxxvi, 332 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. An edited transcription of the only manuscript of this uncompleted and unpublished work by Topsell, which is held in the Henry E. Huntington Library in California. The original, containing 248 leaves and 124 coloured drawings covered birds whose names began with A, B, and C. This transcription concentrates on the wild birds included in the original and 61 of the coloured drawings are reproduced.

Royal 8vo. xxxvi + 332pp. Frontis., 64 ills. in colour. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, good in sl. soiled and lightly browned d/w. Additional postage may be necessary US$37.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITIONS. Folio. 2 books in 1. [xlii] 758 [xii]; [x] 316 [viii]. A [¶] 2[¶] *² B-2V 3A-3X 3Y [first blank, F4+1]. A-V 2A-2H . [first blank]. Roman and Italic letter, first word of titles xylographic, floriated woodcut initials and grotesque head and tail-pieces, typographical and metalcut ornaments, first t.p. with cut of hyena (used for sea wolf on p. 749), pencil note in Pirie's hand on fly; "This copy and the one in the BM are the only one known with the sea-wolf title-page, most have the Gorgon. A copy with a sea-wolf on the title was lot 481 in the Foyle sale", second t.p. with the Boa, there is an extra leaf after F4 with heading: "The Picture of the vulger Bugill Folio 57." in total 155 distinct woodcut illustrations of animals, 15 full-page, eighteenth century engraved bookplate on pastedown, another modern with monogram DP above, Robert S Pirie's below. Light age yellowing, very minor marginal light waterstain to outer margins in places. Fine copies, crisp and clean with woodcuts in very good impressions, in handsome contemporary polished calf, covers double blind, and single gilt ruled to a panel design, large fleuron with acorn to outer corners, fine strap-work arabesque gilt at centres, spine with raised bands, rebacked, some repair to corners. First editions in English of Gesner's work on quadrupeds, illustrating both real and legendary beasts, with an additional work on snakes, including chapters on bees, wasps and flies. Animals are categorized alphabetically, resulting in a few interesting sequences: the Gorgon is beside the Hare, and the Manticore with face of a man, hundreds of sharp teeth, and the body of a lion, is next to a typical Ibex, or Mountain Goat. Although it depicts several mythical beasts in striking (if fantastic) woodcut detail, they are given little space text wise, and the majority of the book depicts European and exotic mammals, and domesticated animals. The largest section describes twenty breeds of dog, as well as an extensive treatment of horses, with an attention to veterinary care and showmanship. Of Cats, Gesner is wary: "this is a dangerous beastso with a wary and discreet eye we must avoid their harms". And of the Rhinoceros, ornamented by an imitation of Dürer, he is simply in awe, asking the reader to consider that such a large work on many everyday creatures must also contain "the storie of this Rhinoceros, as the outward shape and picture of him appeareth rare and admirable to his eies, differing in every part from all other beasts, from the top of his nose to the tip of his taile" The work concludes with useful indices of Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Greek names for each of the beasts featured. The second part is the first English translation of the last of Gesner's works on animals, on Snakes and Insects. Unlike his history of Quadrupeds, it begins with an essay on the "Divine, Morall and Naturall" elements of serpents acknowledging the problematic place of snakes in the history of creation, and moving onto a technical discussion of their anatomy. The work is also distinct from its predecessor in its more consistent (and useful) inclusion of medical authorities and recipes for antidotes. The classification system however is less precise, as if this later work of Gesner's was more of a catch-all for nature's miscellany. After Asps, there is discussion of Bees, Flies, Caterpillars, and reptiles such as crocodiles, toads, lizards, turtles, and even dragons and sea serpents. Perhaps more than the streamlined History of Foure-Footed Beastes, the untidiness and slight confusion of this work shows Gesner's innovations for what they were: straddling the divide between the received knowledge of natural history and the push for newer forms of classification through observation that would define zoology. An unusually good, clean copy of a much read work, more often found defective or incomplete. Edward Topsell (d. 1638?), matriculated from Christ's College.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. FRESH IN CONTEMPORARY BOARDS London, William Jaggard, 1607, 1608. FIRST EDITIONS. Folio. 2 works in 1, separate titles and signatures. I: pp. [44], 757, [15], first and last blank; II: pp. [12], 315, [9], first blank. Large woodcuts of the Gorgon and the Boas to titles, over 160 woodcuts of quadrupeds, snakes, insects and crustaceans, decorated initials and ornaments. Light age yellowing, tape repair to B5 (I), mostly marginal, not affecting reading, tear to lower edge of Xx3, small rust hole to outer blank margin of H5 (I) and at blank gutter of Hh (II). A fine copy in contemporary English calf, rebacked, single gilt ruled, gilt fleurons to outer corners, gilt-stamped lozenge-shaped arabesque centrepiece to covers, extremities a bit rubbed, minor repair to corners, later ms casemark '2.5.9' to front pastedown, early ms correction to table of contents. A very good, fresh copy, in a charming contemporary English binding, of the first editions of two attractively illustrated early English works of natural history. They are translations, with significant additions by Edward Topsell (1572-1625), of Books I (on quadrupeds) and V (on snakes and scorpions) of Conrad Gesner's (1516-65) 'Historiae animalium' (1551-87), a very influential compendium of zoology. An epitome of all available knowledge on the animal kingdom, the 'Historiae' combined fabulous and real animals, and literary (proverbs, etymology) and scientific (behaviour, physical features, medical uses) material. Topsell adapted Gesner's work to entice a young English readership, becoming a key source for later children's educational books. It was first and foremost an encyclopaedia of zoology, teaching which animals were useful and friendly to humans, as well as their traditional symbolism (e.g., rats are lustful and much more poisonous during copulation). Each section includes a zoological woodcut, a history of the animal's name, anecdotes pertaining to its nature, habitat and character, and medical uses. E.g., the dried heart of an ape strengthens the heart. Topsell's chapter on the horse is much longer and more detailed than Gesner's. The work concludes with useful lexica of Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Greek names for each of the beasts featured. The history of serpents, scorpions, lizards and insects including spiders and bees, with a long section on their medicinal uses - begins with the 'Divine, Morall and Naturall' elements of serpents, acknowledging their problematic place in the history of creation, and moving onto a technical discussion of their anatomy. Topsell's work improves on Gesner's in its more consistent (and useful) inclusion of medical authorities and recipes for antidotes, albeit with a looser zoological taxonomy. The handsome illustrations were partly drawn from Gesner's 'Historiae' especially the famous rhino, after Durer's woodcut. Other sources include Thevet's 'Singularitez de la France antartique' (1557), whence come the description and woodcut of the 'Su', 'a wild beast in the new-found world' whose skin was employed by the Patagonians. Topsell's work also includes the first illustrated description of a giraffe in English. Most interesting are the woodcuts of the Crocuta, an Ethiopian quadruped with a human face and a lion's body, of the sea serpents (with one devouring a ship), and the crocodile. A very good, clean copy of a much-read work, more often found defective or incomplete. I: ESTC 24123; Wellcome I 6323; Krivatsy 11927 (1658 ed.); Sabin 27228; Alden 607/93: 'On p. 660 is a description of Patagonian giants who clothes themselves with skins of the "Su" with illus. derived from Thevet's Singularitez de la France antartique, chapt. lvi'; On horses, Mennessier de la Lance I, p.547 describes in depth the Latin original. II: ESTC 24124; Alden 608/166: 'On p. 141, with illus. is a description of a Brazilian alligator'; Wellcome I, 6324. Not in Krivatsy.

FIRST EDITION, woodcut ornament on title, woodcut initials for Dedication and opening of text, woodcut head-piece, some damp-staining, occasionally heavy, in the margins, some browning, title-page soiled, top outer corners of first 20 or so leaves dog-eared or bent in, pp. [viii], 444 (i.e. 454), 4to, original vellum, textblock held by a single cord, holes for ties, soiled, spine darkened, near contemporary longitudinal ink lettering on spine, small later paper label at head, Wigan Public Library blind stamp on first and last leaf, good. 'Dedicated to Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy (described by Topsell as 'the meane of my preferment'), [the work] condemns "vanity and frivolity", that is, worldly preoccupations of all kinds. Topsell warns his audience not to doubt plagues or grow impatient at these tales of "a muster of fraybugs, and little worms an inch long"; we must not "weigh [such matters] in the ballance of natural reason but lay them to a sound spirituall judgement. The waies of God are not like the waies of men!" (p. 68)' (ODNB). 'And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions' (Joel 2:28, KJV). (STC (2nd ed.), 24131; ESTC S118486 - 8 copies in the UK, including this one, 6 in the US).