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Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

pp. (lxiv), 456, (x) The Table, (ii) blank. BOUND WITH : WHITE, John. Contemporary calf, now dilapidated, joints weak and boards holding by the cords, one early leaf in the first work torn without loss, a single worm-hole in the fore-edge margins of the first few leaves, one leaf in the second work with a paper flaw in the lower corner not affecting text, this work lacking one leaf [Mm8 pp. 545/6], offered as a good working copy. A Defence of the Way to the Trve Chvrch against A.D. his Reply. etc. etc. Printed for William Barret. London. 1614. 4to. First edition. pp. (xxxviii), 557, (i).

FIRST EDITION 1657, slim 4to, approximately 275 x 180 mm, 11 x 7 inches, 2 engraved plates before title page with portraits of Francis Vere and his brother Horace, a further portrait of Sir John Ogle at page 106, 1 folding plate of Vere's funeral monument, 6 folding maps and battle plans, text within ruled border, pages: half-title with poem on verso, [12], 1-209, plus 3 (addendum, last page blank), bound in full leather (sheep) rebacked and original spine laid down, gilt lettered title to spine, blind and gilt decoration to spine and covers, decorated inner dentelles, (turn ins), all edges gilt and finely gauffered, endpapers replaced when book was rebacked, small engraved library shelf ticket on first pastedown. Spine slightly rubbed, pale stain to outer margins of a few pages at the beginning and last 3 pages, not near text, occasional pale age-browning and occasional small brown spot, small hole to outer margin of A3 (paper fault?) not affecting text, endpapers age-browned, a few margins slightly dusty, otherwise a very good clean copy. Provenance: Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet and Lord Minto (1722-1777, Treasurer of the Navy), armorial shelf label with motto "credunt quod vident'. Sir Francis Vere (1560-1609), was one of the great Elizabethan military commanders, general of the English forces in the service of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. He retained this position during 15 campaigns, with almost unbroken success. Working in close cooperation with the Dutch forces under Maurits of Nassau, he secured the country step by step for the cause of independence from the Spanish. His English troops acquired a cohesion and training fitting them to face the best Spanish troops, and his camp became the fashionable training-ground of all aspiring soldiers, amongst others not only his brother Horace, but men of such note as Ferdinando (Lord) Fairfax, Gervase Markham and Miles Standish. Notable victories were the battle of Nieuwport (1600) and the siege of Ostend (1601). In 1596 he had taken his men by sea to a victory at the siege of Cadiz. When James I made peace with Spain, Vere retired from active service and spent the remainder of his days in country life in England, occupying himself with the compilation of his Commentaries. These were prepared for publication by William Dillingham, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. See: Maurice Cockle, A Bibliography of Military Books, page 128, No. 166; Sotheby's The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Part 10, pages 348-349, No. 3828. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

First edition, first issue of the first complete English translation of Homerâs works. Folio, bound in full contemporary English calf with elaborate gilt floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised richly gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, rebacked, boards restored preserving most of upper and lower covers, marbled endpapers, engraved general title page by William Hole with engraved portrait of Chapman on verso, engraved memorial to Henry, Prince of Wales, âHOMERSâ in running titles, with Odysseyâs blanks 2R8 and 2I8 (OdysseyÂbound beforeÂIliad, withoutÂIliadâs quire Ï and final blank 2G8, extended lower margins in Odyssey'sÂA6 andÂIliadâs errata leaf (âFaults escapedâ) at A6. In very good condition. An exceptional example of this rarity. In 1598, George Chapman began publishing instalments of his Iliad translation. Later, âThe Complete Odysseys were published in two parts between 1614 and 1615, while The Whole Works of Homer were published in c.1616 and c.1634. Both works show how Chapman did not provide literal English versions of his originals; rather, he personalized and appropriated his epic source.â (Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature). Chapmanâs patron â" Henry, Prince of Wales â" died of typhoid fever age 18 in 1616 and thus the completed edition here features an engraved memorial with epitaph in verse. STC 13624.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, later 19th century full-calf, gilt titles to spine. 29cm x 19cm. Pp. With half-title, woodcut device to title, engraved portraits, including frontis and 3 double page plates and 4 double page maps. 1st edition 1657. Extremities a little worn. Bookplate of A.C. Robinson to front pastedown. Previous owner's details and small section cut out of front blank. A few small ink marks to half-title. Minor occasional spotting. Scarce. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (al24).

Softcover. Zustand: Very good. First edition. Small quarto. [asterisk]4, A-K4, (2nd) H4, L-P4, 68 leaves. [136]pp., 3 (of 4) engraved plates. Woodcut anchor device at title; printed marginalia; woodcut lettrines. English text in black letter, italic, and roman type, some Hebrew and Greek passages, including a Hebrew poem (K3-4) printed in double columns with alternating red and black stanzas. A few early manuscript annotations. Recent wrappers (housed in professionally fitted clear mylar covers). Occasional mild (mostly marginal) dampstains, bottom corner A3 lacks 1-inch section (with no loss of text). A very good, amply margined copy, lacking one of the four engraved plates. First Edition of this translation and commentary on the biblical book of Daniel by the English puritan divine and Hebraist, Hugh Broughton (1549-1612), including the Hebrew text of Saadiah Gaon's Shir shel ha-Otiyyot. Tutored in Hebrew by the renowned French Hughenot scholar, Antoine Rodolphe Chevalier (1507-1572), "Broughton graduated at Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1570, became a Fellow of St. John's, and then moved to Christ's College. A disagreement with John Whitgift, archbishop of Canterbury, over the interpretation of scripture, persuaded Broughton to go to Germany in 1589, and apart from brief periodic visits to England he appears to have stayed on the continent until the last year of his life. While Broughton was abroad he engaged in religious discussions with Jews in Hebrew and made the acquaintance of several eminent Christian scholars including Joseph Justus Scaliger. He conducted a debate in the Frankfurt synagogue with a Rabbi Elias. He also records a dispute with Rabbi David Farrar. The close association which he developed with Jews and Christian Hebraists was a significant factor in his linguistic attainments, especially in a grasp of rabbinics unusual for an Elizabethan scholar. For the last twenty years of his life Broughton sought in vain to gain the support of the authorities for a new English translation of the Bible. Broughton's writings demonstrate that he was an accomplished Hebrew scholar, who may justifiably be regarded as the most proficient English Hebraist of his day. Not only was he able to read the Old Testament in the original, he was familiar at first hand with a wide range of post-biblical Jewish authors. In addition to Targum and Talmud, he insisted that other Jewish writings must be regarded as indispensable to anyone engaged in translating the Bible. In a footnote to his Treatise of Melchisedek (1591) he listed no fewer than twenty-two Jewish sources which the serious student of the Hebrew scritptures might consult to his advantage" (ODNB). While Broughton's contentious nature and controversial style alienated many of his contemporaries -- Scaliger described him as "furiosus et maledicus" (Van Rooden) -- his scholarship could not be doubted. In his 1824 Bibliotheca Biblica, William Orme notes that the celebrated Hebraist, "with a considerable portion of quackery, and a large portion of ill-nature, had certainly a respectable acquaintance with biblical literature. and it is alleged, was much displeased because he was not employed as one of the translators of our present English version of the Bible." As a typographical monument the present work is highly notable, containing "the first protracted Hebrew text printed in London" (Roth). Hebrew printing had only just made its debut at the Cambridge press three years earlier in Andrew Downes' 1593 edition of Lysias. As "[a] keen defender of the Hebrew verity" (Orme), Broughton here makes a remarkable selection of text as evidence for "The certaintie of the Ebrew," deploying an acrostic poem by Saadiah Gaon (882-942), the greatest scholar and author of the geonic period, and an important leader of Babylonian Jewry. The poem, Shir shel ha-Otiyyot (Poem of the Letters) is printed in alternating couplets of red and black, and gives by means of words and biblical allusions the number of times that each particular letter o.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. [DRAKE AND THE SPANIARDS] FIRST EDITION, 4to. pp. (xvi) 28, 37-160. *4, A-V4. Roman and Italic letter, table and side notes in Italic. Floriated and grotesque woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces, typographical ornaments. Boies Penrose armorial bookplate on pastedown, 'Lord Leconfield's copy' in pencil above, cropped contemporary autograph at head of title, contemporary marginal notes in English. Light age yellowing, upper margin cut a bit close just touching a few page numbers at end, a couple of tiny rust holes. A very good copy, crisp and clean in polished C19th calf, covers bordered with a triple gilt rule, spine rebacked, with original spine laid down, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt ruled in compartments richly gilt, red morocco label gilt, edges double gilt ruled, inner dentelles gilt, a.e.g. extremities fractionally rubbed. First edition in English, the Leconfield-Penrose copy of an important anti-Spanish treatise, presenting the 'common sort of Castillians' as 'maligne & perverse full of pride, arrogancie, ambition, tyranie, & infidelitie'. It also includes references to Brazil and the West Indies as well as an early account of Sir Francis Drake's 1589 Lisbon campaign, the largest naval force that had ever left England, that attempted to restore Don Antonio to the Portuguese throne. "This comprehensive plan was plainly far more than a counter-attacking raid: it amounted to a full-scale invasion of part of Portugal and her overseas territories. It was daring and ambitious, and Drake was obviously the man to direct the naval side of the operation, to complete the work of the Armada campaign and win fresh glory for himself and for English seafaring. In the event, the Portugal adventure of 1589 proved to be an unrelieved disaster, which achieved nothing, costs thousands of lives, and dragged Drake's reputation into the mire" Whitfield. 'Sir Francis Drake.' This English translation from the French argues how best to defeat the Spanish threat, giving an account of the habits and character of Philip of Spain and a detailed history of recent dealings between England, Spain and Portugal. The work provides a valuable description of the contemporary states of those last two countries, the conditions of their peoples and especially their towns and cities and sources of national wealth. Incidentally it deals with the vast importance to Spain of its, and Portugal's, overseas possessions. "The anonymous tract A Treatise Paraenetical, exhorts the monarchs of France and England to attack Philip directly, 'to restore unto libertie so many peoples and nations, whoe do crie and call for aide under the yoke and burthen of this tyrannie'. In turn this would entail security for the aggressors, delivering 'your owne subiects from the arms of the enemie'. The likely author of the treatise paraenetical is no Protestant; purporting to be the translation of a treatise by an Aragonese subject of Philip II, the author is almost certainly Pérez. The printed English version is strongly associated with Essex's circle: dedicated to Essex's close friend, Fulke Greville, Essex is described as a 'Prince of the bloud Royall of England . adorned with many moral vertues'. The treatise was probably translated by Arthur Atye, Essex's client, who performed similar important works of Spanish translation for Essex." Alexandra Gajda. 'The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture.' A rare and important work. ESTC S114641. STC.19838. Palau 328878. Sabin 96752. Alden 598/111. Not in JFB.

2 works in 1 binding, (engraved titlepage, 34) 239 (5) 316 (4) 36 (28) 190 (2), (engraved titlepage, 28) 592 (4) (engraved titlepage, 4) 74 p. Contemporary Leather with 5 raised bands, Folio (The spine-ends are slightly worn, the first and final page are fragile, waterstains in the back of the text block. A total of 6 titles.).

CATALOGUE: Six unpaginated leaves, 8vo. Diagonal blue stripe printed on front and back covers. Unbound. In very good condition despite slight rust staining from staples and paper clip. The prices fetched and purchasers of the thirty-five lots are given in pencil (in the hand of the writer of the letter. LETTER: one page, 4to, in very good condition with crease to one corner. Encloses marked copy of catalogue, asks to subscribe to Polo Monthly, and commends article in latest issue. Signed 'William Post & Son | pr Fred H Post'.

First Edition. First issue of the first collected edition. Two works in one volume. Engraved architectural title by William Hole portraying Achilles, Hector and the head of Homer, engraved portrait of Chapman on title verso, engraved plate to the memory of Prince Henry, etched title to the Odysses with full-length figure of Homer. Without blank GG8 in the Iliads and blank R8 in Odysses, but with the final blank Ii8. Woodcut ornaments. Paper flaws to A1, A2 and Cc2 of Iliads and to O4 and T2 of Odysses not affecting text, small rust holes to *2, B4, and S1 of Odysses, light dampstain to Ii4-Ii6 of Odysses on upper margin just spilling into first lines of text, sporadic light foxing and soiling, else a very clean, well margined, and beautiful copy of a book that normally looks like a used pizza box. Full seventeenth-century calf, spine in six compartments decorated in gilt, few points of strengthening but not rebacked and still sturdy. Ex-Vernon Watney (bookplate on front pastedown); Frances Winchcombe (ownership signature to the recto of memorial plate); Jane Douglas (ownership signature to the verso of memorial plate). STC 13624; cf. Grolier Langland to Wither 35-36; Pforzheimer 169-170. Chapman's complete Homer translation fundamentally transformed Elizabethan and Jacobean understanding of Greek epic poetry. Working from Latin and French intermediary translations rather than directly from Greek, Chapman produced a vigorous, idiosyncratic English Homer that prioritized dramatic energy over literal accuracy. His fourteen-syllable "fourteeners" for the Iliad and heroic couplets for the Odyssey created a distinctly English epic voice that influenced Milton and subsequent translators while establishing Homer's centrality to English literary culture. This first collected edition represents the culmination of Chapman's decades-long engagement with Homer, begun with his 1598 partial translation of the Iliad. The memorial engraving to Prince Henry, who died in 1612, situates the work within Jacobean court culture where classical learning signified political and intellectual authority. Chapman's Homer functioned both as scholarly achievement and as assertion of English literary capability to rival continental translations. The translation's influence extended across centuries (Keats's sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" (1816) testifies to its enduring power) while modern scholars recognize Chapman's work as foundational to the English classical tradition despite his occasional misreadings of the Greek. Copies in original binding and exceptional condition are rare, most having suffered the deterioration typical of seventeenth-century vernacular literature subjected to sustained use rather than preservation as scholarly monument.