Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS/RARE 1st Edit./1775/ROGER STEVENSON/12 PLATES Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION FINE ORIGINAL LEATHER BINDINGS - RARE FIRST EDITION THE FIRST BOOK WITH A DEDICATION TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICAN MILITARY MANUAL With CELEBRATED GUERILLA TACTICS EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT-RARE AMERICANA 12 ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED PLATES MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS DETACHED IN THE FIELD Containing A Scheme For Forming A Corps of a Partisan. With Plans of the Manoeuvres Necessary in Carrying on the Petite Guerre by ROGER STEVENSON PHILADELPHIA: Printed and sold by R. Aitken 1775 [published date: 1775]. Rare First edition. 8vo. 6.5" x 4.0" inches (LxB). Pp. [8], vii, [1], 232, [4, index] pages. With twelve plates (5 full page plates and 7 folding plates). Fine original contemporary full calf leather binding, spine with 5 raised bands & a red gilt lettered morocco label, the last compartment on spine, sympathetically rebacked in antique style, using matching brown calf leather. A most important early American military manual, preceding the celebrated works of Baron Von Steuben and, appropriately, the first book bearing a dedication to George Washington. Edited by Hugh Henry Ferguson, the present manual was one of the most significant military manuals associated with the years of the American Revolution. The engravings illustrate the strategies promoted in the text, both historic and theoretical. These celebrated guerilla tactics, combined with a superior geographical knowledge of local terrain, gave the Continentals a significant advantage over the regimented fighting style of the British. In short, this is how we won the war. Evans 14475. Howes S981. Rare. A classic work. 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CONDITION REPORT: A rare book in fine original contemporary full calf leather binding, the last compartment of spine sympathetically rebacked in matching leather (See Scans below), some wear/tear, scuffing, rubbing to covers, ends & corners (See Scans below), pages with some age toning, soiling, sporadic staining, no smell or damage, the folding plates are damaged or worn at outer edges, one plate half gone, others vary (See Scans below), the binding is tight & intact (See Scans below). The leather is smooth & supple to the touch (See Scans below). Note: Endpapers added - Ex Bennington Museum (See Scans below). There are many close-up pictures for your kind perusal. Please click on any of the 50+ images above & below in the listing for enlarged close-up pictures of details, virtues & flaws (See Scans below). RETURNS: Though every item is catalogued with the intent of accuracy. Minor flaws, may not always be noted, that is why there are 50 to a 100 pictures of every book we list. Please look at pictures &/or email any &/or all QUESTIONS, regarding description and condition prior to bidding. Only Improperly described items can be returned, as received within seven calendar days of receipt. Please email us before returning any item. Please Remember this is an Auction and not a Retail sale. " PLEASE ASK-E-MAIL *****ANY/ALL***** QUESTIONS, regarding Description and Condition, "BEFORE BIDDING". "ALL QUERIES ANSWERED". There are numerous CLOSE-UPS GIVEN BELOW. PLEASE CLICK & ENLARGE TO SEE DETAIL. Check sellers other auctions as we have NUMEROUS RARE Titles coming up. GREAT NEWS! Subscribe to our newsletter, as we're always adding new RARE & COLLECTIBLE/Illustrated books in FIRST EDITIONS to the Ebay Auctions - shop! Take a look at our new inventory and see if you can find some great deals. We appreciate your interest in our Shop and we will send you emails periodically. Sign up for newsletter EMAIL FOR NEW LISTINGS by "booker17" ONLY. 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This auction is for a rare and beautiful vellum manuscript Book of Hours calendar leaf for the month of June, in Latin w/ gothic script, France, circa 1480. The leaf contains wonderful panel borders, several gold initials and an abundant use of gold. This leaf is in excellent condition and it measures approx. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. One of the nicer Book of Hours leaves currently offered on ebay...bid with complete confidence! Shipping is $7 within the USA and $12 anywhere else. I do NOT ship to Italy. Payment must be made via Paypal within 7 days after the closing of the auction. Please email me with any questions. Thank you!

For your consideration: Genuine 1484 Latin Bible Leaf Biblia Sacra Printed in Venice by Johan Herbort Ref: Goff B580 9.5" x 6.5" 2 MACCABEES 11 MACCABEES 15-16 "Antiochus VII Beseiges Dor + Victory of Simon's Sons""The Miraculous Preservation of the Sacred Fire" 2 Painted Initials EXCELLENT+ Condition [on fine, thin, linen-rag paper; very thin stain to inner marginal edge; see pics] COA on premium paper w. gold seal and signature of authenticity. Description: Genuine original Bible Leaf, 1484, as described abobe. With COA. Unconditionally Guaranteed. Scanned pictures are a poor substitute for the real thing! *** MANY TITLE LEAVES AND PREMIUM PASSAGES ARE STILL AVAILABLE *** Other special leaves may be viewed at our site: HistoricBibles.com. Ask for special leaves and we will post them especially for you. Payment Methods: PayPal only. Shipping: All Items are well packaged to prevent bending in transit. Shipping is via USPS FIRST CLASS or PRIORITY Mail with INSURANCE and Delivery Confirmation: $7.50. PayPal considers USPS Delivery Confirmation a reasonable way to avoid shipping problems, since tracking is assured. We ship within 1-2 business days after an auction is completed. Please allow 4-6 days after your payment for your item to arrive. If your Item does not arrive after one full week, contact us for shipping and tracking details. Your patience is greatly appreciated! Returns and Guarantee: We make every effort to describe our leaves as accurately as possible. If your Item is not "as described" in the auction, you may return it within 14 days of your receipt, for a full refund of the Item price, plus original shipping cost. Please see my eBay profile and remember to leave POSITIVE FEEDBACK. Thank you! Bruce, HistoricBibles.com

1669 Conrad GESNER - TOUCAN JAYS - ORIGINAL FOLIO - 3 WOODCUTS Description SUPERB ORIGINAL FOLIO (3 WOODCUTS, recto and verso of one leaf). CONRAD GESNER TOUCAN, JAYS From: Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565; Gesnerus redivivus, auctus et emendatus oder allgemeines Thierbuch : das ist eigentliche und lebendige Abbildung aller vierfÜßigen, sowol zahmer als wilder Thiere, welche in allen vieren Theilen der Welt, auff dem Erdboden und in etlichen Wassern, zu finden ... / vormahls durch - Conradum Gesnerum in Lateinischer Sprache beschrieben, und nach ihm durch H. Conradum Forerum ins Teutsche versetzt, an itzo aber von Neuem Übersehen ... durch Georgium Horstium. Frankfurt a. M. : Serlin, 1669. 34 x 20.8 cm. Hand coloured. Gesner's work on Natural History is considered the beginning of modern zoology. Issued in four volumes (quadrupeds, birds, fishes), it is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology". Some light staining. All of the prints we sell are Original. We guarantee all rare books, antiquarian prints and art works to be original and authentic. Due to their age, some imperfections can be expected and colouring may be contemporary or undertaken at a later date unless specifically noted. Please view our images carefully. See my other listings for more great items! Payment Invoices are sent automatically after each sale. Should you wish to group purchases for COMBINED SHIPPING please wait with you payment until you have finished bidding. Thank you! Shipping Parcels are sent by ROYAL MAIL PRIORITY POST. Sales of overs US$ 100 are SENT FREE OF CHARGE (excluding Registration / Sign For Fee.. see below). WE ARE VERY HAPPY YO COMBINE PURCHASES. Please wait with payment until you have finished bidding. FREE REGISTERED shipping if the total value of your order exceeds US$250. A FEE OF US$ 7.90 (US$ 1.10 FOR SALES TO THE UK) WILL BE MADE ON ALL SALES OVER US$50 FOR REGISTERED TRACK-ABLE DELIVERY. This fee is in line with new eBay policies for the highest service practises and represents the cost price of this service from Royal Mail (http://www.royalmail.com/delivery/delivery-options-international/international-signed). ITEMS CAN BE RETURNED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF RECEIPT. Add to Favorite SellersOther Items Feedback Contact eBay Store txzj pxzj229 txzj-4 txzj1

As the pictures show this auction is for a set of three books published in 1839 titled, "Tales of a Grandfather". The author of the books is Sir Walter Scott, who died in 1832; the books are dedicated to Hugh Littlejohn, Walter Scott's grandson (the dedication shown in the pictures is from the second book). Each book consists of two volumes, so the grand total of the volumes in the set is six, and each volume is labeled with a letter, the first volume of the first series (first book) being "A", the second volume of the first book being "B", the first volume of the second book (or second series) being "C", and so forth, with the last volume of the last book being labeled "F". The last two books are in better shape than the first book, but all of the books have all of their pages. The first volume "A" has 276 pages, volume B 249 pages, volume C 322 pages, volume D 320 pages, volume E 310 pages and volume F 333 pages. Each book of two volumes measures (roughly) 1.5 inches thick by (roughly) 3.5 inches wide by (slightly more than) 6 inches tall. The first volume has some dog-eared pages on the bottom corner towards the front of the book due to a small group of pages being folded over at the corner at some point, but those in my opinion do not detract from the beauty of the book. Please judge the general condition and size of the books by the pictures. Please note: I am currently having more auctions - - please take a look at my store! All payments must process through Paypal. I need the money I am getting from my current set of eBay sales for a project I need to complete soon so I will not be offering any refunds on this auction, this sale is for the merchandise as is. My shipping terms are listed below. This auction starts at 99 cents and is an old-fashioned eBay NO RESERVE auction!! Have fun bidding and please take a look at my other auctions, too! JOE'S US DOMESTIC SHIPPING RULES FOR THIS AUCTION ENDING MAY 24TH. For all packages containing $49.99 or less in value are shipped by US Post Office first class mail with no insurance unless requested. Shipping is Free to the buyer unless the buyer requests insurance, which will cost an extra $1.50 (for anyone requesting insurance only - - otherwise shipping is free to the buyer).All packages containing more than $49.99 in value are shipped by US Post Office insured first class mail. Shipping is Free to the buyer (including the insurance for packages $50 and more) unless the buyer wants the package to be sent registered mail. If an item bids for more than $500 than I will offer registered shipping if the winning bidder requests it. For registered shipping I will check the cost with the US post office, and any cost over and above $20.00 for registered shipping will be the buyer's responsibility. (Please remember that registered mail takes longer for a package to arrive than regular first class or priority mail.) The above rules are in force for US SHIPMENTS ONLY. ATTENTION BIDDERS OUTSIDE THE US, MY FOREIGN SHIPPING TERMS HAVE CHANGED. For packages going outside the US, if you DO NOT need insurance on the item I will send it to you airmail. Due to the recent and DRAMATIC raise in US Postal Service rates for shipping packages outside the country, I now must charge $2.00 to every winning bidder with a shipping address outside the United States. I will combine shipping if you win more than one item, the charge for the entire package will still be just $2.00 if you win more than one item. If you want an item mailed WITH insurance, via international priority and/or via international registered mail, the mailing is going to cost you an additional $20.00. Insurance is REQUIRED on any auction listing that sells for over $500.00.

Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! THE WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW/POETICAL in 6 VOLS. & PROSE IN 5 VOLUMES Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION 11 FINE ORIGINAL LEATHER BINDINGS THE RIVERSIDE EDITION. THE WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BOSTON & NEW YORK: Houghton Mifflin & Co. MDCCCLXXXIX. 1889 [published date: 1889]. Rare Early American edition. 8vo. 8.0" x 5.5" inches (LxB). Frontispieces in some volumes, all edges marbled. Fine Contemporary 3/4 brown straight grained morocco leather binding, over matching marbled boards, gilt ruled spine with 5 raised bands & gilt lettering in the 2nd & 3rd compartments. Complete 11 volume set. 1889, Riverside Edition of the works of Longfellow. Complete in 11 volumes. The Poetical works in 6 volumes, Dante in 3 volumes, Prose in 2 volumes, each complete in themselves, together 11 volumes. Marbled edges and end papers. Quality paper. Several frontisplates, all protected in tissue, one fold out. In excellent condition. The leather is supple, all the hinges are firmly attached, printed on quality paper that appears free of foxing. No writing. This set would make an excellent gift and/or addition to any fine library. In addition to their shelf presence, antiquarian books make an excellent investment. . A classic work. There are numerous close-up pictures of the contents given below; please click on them for a detailed description (See Scans below). Please take some time to view the 50+ pictures in detail, in order to gain a full idea of the contents and condition. "PLEASE ASK - E-MAIL ***** ANY/ALL ***** QUESTIONS, regarding Description and Condition BEFORE BIDDING". There are numerous CLOSE-UPS GIVEN BELOW. PLEASE CLICK & ENLARGE PICTURES TO SEE DETAIL. A SCARCE BOOK SET. Check sellers other auctions as we have NUMEROUS RARE Titles coming up. CONDITION REPORT: A rare book set in fine original contemporary publisher's 3/4 morocco leather binding, over marbled baords (See Scans below), minor wear/tear, scuffing to covers, spine, ends & corners (See Scans below), pages with minor age toning, are clean & bright (See Scans below), the bindings are tight & intact (See Scans below). The leather is smooth & supple to the touch (See Scans below). Note: No bookplates or writing anywhere, insides are near fine condition (See Scans below). There are many close-up pictures for your kind perusal. Please click on any of the 50+ images above & below in the listing for enlarged close-up pictures of details, virtues & flaws (See Scans below). RETURNS: Though every item is catalogued with the intent of accuracy. Minor flaws, may not always be noted, that is why there are 50 to a 100 pictures of every book we list. Please look at pictures &/or email any &/or all QUESTIONS, regarding description and condition prior to bidding. Only Improperly described items can be returned, as received within seven calendar days of receipt. Please email us before returning any item. Please Remember this is an Auction and not a Retail sale. " PLEASE ASK-E-MAIL *****ANY/ALL***** QUESTIONS, regarding Description and Condition, "BEFORE BIDDING". "ALL QUERIES ANSWERED". There are numerous CLOSE-UPS GIVEN BELOW. PLEASE CLICK & ENLARGE TO SEE DETAIL. Check sellers other auctions as we have NUMEROUS RARE Titles coming up. GREAT NEWS! Subscribe to our newsletter, as we're always adding new RARE & COLLECTIBLE/Illustrated books in FIRST EDITIONS to the Ebay Auctions - shop! Take a look at our new inventory and see if you can find some great deals. 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Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! DESIGNS FOR FURNITURE/RARE 1st Ed/1845/FOLIO 14"/PENCIL-SEPIA WASH DRWNG.LAID-IN Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION NO COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS. FINE ORIGINAL BINDING - FOLIO 14" x 12" inches (LxB). 118 FINE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH PLATES DESIGNS FOR FURNITURE by HENRY WOOD LONDON: N. P. Designed and Drawn by Henry Wood, N. D. (c.1845) [published date: 1845]. Rare First edition. Folio. 14" x 12" (LxB). Pp. (2pp. list of contents) pages + 118 lithographic plates, of furniture designs, including bedsteads, bookcases, chairs, sofas, mirrors, ottomans, screens, tables, wardrobes, washstands, window curtains, etc., no title page present, the 2 pp. list of contents, giving the artist's name and address of 24 Percy Street, Bedford Square, London. Fine original publisher's blindstamped green cloth binding with large gilt lettered title on the front board. Rare. Henry Wood's Series of Designs of Furniture & Decoration in the Styles of Louis XIVth, Francis 1st, Elizabeth, and Gothic was published by William Pickering around 1840 and contained twenty hand-colored plates. A classic work. There are numerous close-up pictures of the contents given below; please click on them for a detailed description (See Scans below). Please take some time to view the 50+ pictures in detail, in order to gain a full idea of the contents and condition. with + LAID IN BONUS An additional original design for window curtains in pencil and sepia wash, loosely inserted at rear (possibly by the designer Henry Wood), titled in pencil at head "Design for Drawing room - Cornice in Curved Wood & gilded". A SCARCE BOOK. Only a single copy traced to an upcoming auction. Sale 5327 The English Collector - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe 23 May 2012 - London, King Street http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5562446 Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000 ($4,842 - $6,456) Check sellers other auctions as we have NUMEROUS RARE Titles coming up. CONDITION REPORT: A rare book in fine original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth binding (See Scans below), some wear/tear, soiling to covers, spine, ends & corners (See Scans below), pages with some age toning, soiling, are clean & bright (See Scans below), the binding is tight & intact (See Scans below). The cloth is smooth & supple to the touch (See Scans below). Note: An additional original design for window curtains in pencil and sepia wash, loosely inserted at rear (possibly by the designer Henry Wood), titled in pencil at head "Design for Drawing room - Cornice in Curved Wood & gilded" (See Scans below). There are many close-up pictures for your kind perusal. Please click on any of the 50+ images above & below in the listing for enlarged close-up pictures of details, virtues & flaws (See Scans below). "PLEASE ASK - E-MAIL ***** ANY/ALL ***** QUESTIONS, regarding Description and Condition BEFORE BIDDING". There are numerous CLOSE-UPS GIVEN BELOW. 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This antique hinduist manuscript originates from Nepal. The folded book measures 19 cm by 8 cm. It contains 38 handwritten pages, 19 thick paper sheets. Its weight is 60 gram. Good luck in bidding and please see my other auctions on Ebay now. oldrahu SHIPPING COST Shipping cost is the same to all buyers: USD 6.00. In case of buying more than one item at one auctionday from oldrahu (usually on saturday) generally shipment cost for only ONE item (the heaviest) is to pay. All items are shipped on the first business day after auction or the next monday after receipt of payment. We send priority airmails. Please consider overseas shipments take usually 5 - 8 days. Insured packets (over 50 cm length / over 1500 gram) I send by standard way. PAYMENT Paypal is preferred. RETURN POLICY: NO RISK: Any item may be sent back within 14 days. As soon as the item arrives I return your payment. If you have any question, please contact me! Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

JAPANESE POETRY BOOK POEM-ART TANG-DYNASTY CHINA LYRIC POETRY EMPEROR, SEAL anno 1720 Top-Rarely !!! ***2 Red Seals and 2 Black Seals*** ***Rice paper*** ***Kyoto, anno 1720*** The Tang Dynasty (chin. ??, táng cháo) was a Chinese emperor dynasty from 618 to 907 COLLATION: Full-page woodcuts, partly doublesheet-largely pertinent pages and description Complete book with all woodcuts Nanko-Kusunoki Masashige was a 14th Century Samurai who fought for Emperor "Go-Daigo" He is remembered in Japan as the Ideal of SAMURAI Loyalty ***Everyday life life of these Japanese elite fighter*** COVER: Blue Cover of the time Measures: 22cm x 15,5cm CONDITION: completely and completely with all woodcuts *Chinese emperor and prostitute *Chinese poet and lyric poetry *Chinese warriors and priests * war elephants and horse-mans *Noble live and palace ladies more *Color bearer and bodyguard *Chinese scholar They offer on the original Japanese TANG-DYNASTY-BOOK with all woodcuts from China !!! KYOTO, anno 1720 !!! TOP-RARELY !!!

konstantinopel Store Diui Caecilii Cypriani, episcopi Carthaginiensis et gloriosissimi martyris, Opera, ad ueritatem uetustissimorum exemplarium summa fide emendata, additio etiam quinto epistolarum libro, antea nunquam edito. Alia eidem Cypriano adscripta. Cum indice rerum ac verborum memorabilium maxima diligentia collecto.. Romae : Apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi 1563. [26], 424, [36] p. ; (folio). With dedicatory epistle to Cardinal Borromeo by Paolo Manuzio. Subject Theology — Early church, ca. 30-600. Paulus Manutius (Italian: Paolo Manuzio) (1512–1574) was a Venetian printer with a humanist education, the third son of the famous printer Aldus Manutius Cyprian (Latin: Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus) (died September 14, 258) was bishop of Carthage and an important Early Christian writer, many of whose Latin works are extant. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education. After converting to Christianity, he became a bishop in 249 and eventually died a martyr at Carthage. His collected works contain works like Epistola ad Donatum the gratia Dei (Letter to Donatus on the Grace of God) The idolorum vanitate (About the vanity of idols) Testimoniorum adversus Judaeos (Testimonies relating to Jews, 3 parts) The lapsis (About the fallen) The exhortatione martyrii (On the strength of martyrs) The patientiae bono (About the virtue of patience) The oratione Dominica (About the Lord's Prayer) The catolicae ecclesiae unitate (On the unity of the Catholic Church) The spectaculis (On the games) The pudicitiae bono (About the virtue of chastity) The distinction martyrii (About the praises of martyrs) CONDITION Contemporary vellum, Folio 31 cm. Title page damaged, only the upper half damaged. Else complete. No tears, geberally clean, some dust staining, but nothing offensive. A clean copy, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Free shipping means surface (may take two months) AIR 30$ worldwide, 25$ Wuthin Europe. European customers must pay 6% upon the final price.

Processionale, Ritibus Romanae Ecclesiae Accomodatum Antiphonas & Responsoria aliaque in supplicationibus decantari solita complectens Antuerpiae : ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1602. Printed in red and black; with musical notation throughout; the last page contain only blank musical staves, printed in red. Book size 22 cm. Impressum: Antverpiae ; Moretus ; 1602 ; [4 leaves, of which the title page is missing] 422 pages [1 leaf] Contains the music intended to be played or sung during a procession. Apart from the three introduction leaves, 422 pages filled with music/hymns. Contemporary full leather binding With the Christogram IHS, mainly used by the Jezuits. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Free shipping means surface (takes two months) AIR 25$ worldwide, 15$ Wuthin Europe. European customers must pay 6% upon the final price. On May-18-12 at 17:09:55 PDT, seller added the following information: konstantinopel Store

Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis Sixti V. Pont. Max. jussu recognita atque edita. AntuerpiiE, ex officina Plantiniana apud Joannem Moretum, 1605. Quarto. 25 cm 1. engraved title + 6 nn pp + 995 pp + (1)(vignette) + 30 pp (Oratio Manassae) + (18)(Hieronymi Prologus, Praefatio) + (16)(index) + (1)(colophon) + (1)(printer's mark). Romanea corrections in Latinis Bibliis, with seperate title page, 66 pages, printed 1608. The only title offered of this book on the net is missing the last book. Condition: Contemporary leather binding (very worn), spine missing but book bloch in tact. Engraved title page laid down on paper ad detached. Margin missing (without loss of text or images). A complete Bible from the famous Plantin Press. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Free shipping means surface (takes two months) AIR 25$ worldwide, 15$ Wuthin Europe. European customers must pay 6% upon the final price. On May-19-12 at 06:14:23 PDT, seller added the following information: konstantinopel Store

  OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE  is the augmented and revised 1665 second edition of Charles de Rochefort’s ‘Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de l’Amerique,’ printed in quarto at Rotterdam by Arnout Leers, bound in late 18th or early 19th century boards, and adorned with an engraved title, three remarkable folding plates, and 46 in-text plates, all of which display the settlements, industries and natural history of the Appalachians, Florida, Georgia, Greenland, and of course the Antilles and the Caribbean generally. De Rochefort’s work is one of the most significant 17th century sources concerning the natives and the early European settlements of Florida, Georgia, the Appalachians, Greenland, and the Caribbean; it is also one of the most important and earliest sources concerning the sugar trade and sugar plantations. Finally, De Rochefort’s work contains important descriptions of the African slave trade as it was practised during the middle of the 17th century. The volume is complete in all respects and in very good to excellent condition internally; it may be referenced as Clark I at 142 and as Sabin 72316.   THE 1665 REVISED AND AUGMENTED SECOND EDITION OF CHARLES DE ROCHEFORT’S “HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET MORALE DES ILES ANTILLES DE L’AMERIQUE,’ ADORNED WITH AN ENGRAVED TITLE-PAGE, THREE FOLDING PLATES AND 46 IN-TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 17TH CENTURY SOURCES CONCERNING THE SLAVE TRADE, THE SUGAR TRADE (AND SUGAR MILLING), AND THE NATIVES AND EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS OF FLORIDA, GEORGIA, THE APPALACHIANS, GREENLAND, AND OF COUrSE THE CARIBBEAN.   The full title reads as follows:   “Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de l’Amerique. Enrichie d’un grand nobre de belles Figures en taille douce, des Places & des Raretez les plus considerables, qui y sont decrites. / Avec un Vocabulaire Caraibe. / Seconde Edition. / Reveue & augmentee de plusieurs Descriptions, & de quelques eclaircissemens, qu’on desiroit en la precedente. / A Roterdam, / Chez Arnout Leers, / M. DC. LXV [1665].”   This translates into English as follows:   “The Natural and Moral History of the Islands of the Antilles in America. Enriched by a large number of beautiful Figures in ‘taille-douce’ [i.e. copper-engraved plates], of the most considerable Places and Rarities, here described. / With a Caribbean Vocabulary. / The Second Edition. / Reviewed and augmented by numerous Descriptions, and by several clarifications, which were desired in the preceding edition. / [Printed] At Rotterdam. / At the premises of Arnout Leers, / M. DC. LXV [1665].”   Along with the engraved title and the numerous in-text engravings, the volume is adorned by the following three very remarkable folding plates:   1. ‘Paysage d’une partie de l’Ile de S. Christofle, avec un Crayon du Chasteau de Mr. le General.’ (‘The Country in one part of the Island of Saint Christofle, with a Drawing of the Chateau of Mr. le General’)   2. ‘Le Figure des Moulins a Sucre’ (‘The Sugar Mill’)   3. ‘Paysage de la Province de Bemarin au Royaume d’Apalache’ (‘The Country of the Province of Bemarin in the Kingdom of the Appalachians’).   This work, authored by Charles de Rochefort, has for more than 150 years been held to be of great importance concerning the islands of the Caribbean, Florida, Georgia, the Inuit, the Appalachian region and the natives who resided therein. It was published originally in a smaller edition in 1658; this is the expanded 1665 edition that, in particular, includes a much more expansive description of the island of Tobago. De Rochefort’s prmary purpose was the encouragement of Huguenot emigration to America, and his greatest contribution was the impressive marshalling of contemporary information on the Caribbean islands, especially the French and British colonies developing as sugar plantations. However, De Rochefort also includes a long account of an "Apalacite" kingdom of Indians said to exist in Florida and present-day Georgia, fanciful in its overall picture, but with some basis in fact. De Rochefort further gives a brief account of the Inuit of Greenland, and one of the illustrations provides perhaps the best contemporary graphic image of both Inuit and their clothing. Nevertheless, the Caribbean section is the most significant and includes detailed descriptions of the European settlement of the various islands and their natural history. In this respect, De Rochefort’s work is perhaps the most useful single source of the 17th century.   As Garraway explains in ‘The Libertine Colony,’ Rochefort gives a unique and highly diverting account of the origin of the term Caribbean:   “One of the most unusual accounts of Carib origins was produced by Cesar de Rochefort, author of the anonymously published ‘Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de l’Amerique’ [offered here]. … Rochefort was a French protestant minister who traveled to the Antilles in the 1640s and based much of his book on memoirs supplied to him by contemporary travelers and the governor general, Poincy. His controversial story of Carib origins draws on the account of an English traveler named Bristocl, who traced this group to the Florida plains. The story begins with a restless people called the Cofachite, who desire the fertile lands of their southern neighbors, the Apalachites. In a successful military offensive, they seize terrority at the foot of the Appalachian mountains and negotiate a peaceful coexistence with the Apalachites, who share their land and resources, granting the Cofachites full rights as members of the Apalachian kingdom on the condition that they recognize their sovereign and embrace his solar religion. Given the name Caraibe, which supposedly means ‘sudden arrival,’ ‘foreigner,’ or ‘valiant man’ in the Appalachian language, the newcomers never wholly accept the sun worship required of them by the treaty.”   Nicholas Canny, in ‘Migration, Trade and Slavery in an Expanding World,’ gives the following useful account of De Rochefort’s purpose and his work:   “ … [A]ll authors conceded pride of place as a delineator of Native American societies to the Spanish Jesuit Jose de Acosta. Thus it was Acosta’s work that inspired a book published anonymously from Rotterdam in 1658 under the title ‘Histoire Naturelle & Morale des Iles Antilles de l’Amerique,’ a book that might be taken as the first instalment in a third phase of European investigations into the natural history of America and its indigenous populations. The second phase of published northern European interest ni America had petered out with the gradual cessation of hostilities during the first decade of the seventeenth century between Spain and its principal competitors for power in Europe. When publication interest was renewed in the mid-seventeenth century the focus was on the Antilles, or the West Indian islands of the Caribbean, rather than on mainland America because Spain’s former European rivals, notably the English, the French and the Dutch, had taken advantage of the decades of peace to establish settlements, plantations, and trade on those islands within that sector of the Spanish sphere of influence in the Atlantic in which the Spanish had no immediate interest.   “Although concerned primarily with the ‘iles Antilles de l’Amerique,’ which might be thought of as French, this first book in the third phase of enquiry was really concerned with the entire European engagement with the West Indies. Moreover, the author, who was quickly identified as Charles de Rochfort, a French Huguenot who had settled in the Netherlands but had spent some time in the Antilles, pronounced that he audience he had in mind was not only fellow French people in the Netherlands (by which he would have meant Huguenots) but the entire population of the United Provinces.   “[De Rochefort’s] general purpose was to refute a popular belief that the West Indies attracted only those Europeans who were bankrupt or ‘gens de mauvaise vie.’ / De Rochefort advanced his case by reference to the several people of quality who had taken up residence and established handsome buildings and plantations there, and to the many families who lived a civil and Christian life on the islands. Then, as if to suggest that their decision to settle on the islands had been a wise one, de Rochefort devoted much of his text to describing and depicting the natural resources of the islands as well as the manufacturing and trading activity that had already been promoted by the various European peoples who had stettled there. In his account de Rochefort referred repeatedly to the diversity of populations on each of the islands that had been settled by Europeans, including those under French control; he spoke positively, but not uncritically, of all of these settlers, except for the Spanish and Portuguese who were, in their respective ways, represented as tyrannical; and he referred repeatedly to the trading acumen of the Dutch for whom the islands had become their Peru in the Atlantic.   “This summary will make it clear that discoursing on slaves and slavery was far from a priority with de Rochefort, and on emight be unaware that what he was describing was a society whose economic well being was reliant upon slave labor had he not associated the production of particular commodities with slaves and portrayed African slaves at work in several of his illustrations. Also in the second section of his book, dealing with the habits and customs of the several segments of the different populations on the islands, he offered detailed remarks on the condition of the African population there.”     The volume is complete in all respects, including the engraved title and the three folding plates, and is paginated [34], 583, [13]. It collates a-d4, e2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Eeee4, Ffff2. The volume measures about 22.9 cm by 17.3 cm by 3.8 cm; each leaf measures about 224 mm by 163 mm.   The volume is in excellent condition internally, with generally clean pages, clear print and ample margins throughout. The title, folding plates and in-text engravings are excellent impressions in all cases. The leaves are mildly and uniformly toned, and there is just the hint of a dampstain at edge of the upper margin in the first few gatherings. The blank outer margin of the engraved title is trimmed to the platemark, but without affecting the engraving. Generally, this is quite a pleasing example internally.   The volume is bound in late 18th or early 19th century paper-covered boards, with the spine and corners covered by green paper and the boards by pink. A red morocco label upon the spine gives the title and author in gilt. The book-block is strong, but the front hinge is weak, with the front board attached by two cords and the inner hinge. The rear hinge is stronger, with the rear board attached more firmly by all four cords and the inner hinge.   In all, this is a rare, very attractive and complete example of the augmented and revised 1665 second edition of Charles de Rochefort’s ‘Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de l’Amerique,’ printed in quarto at Rotterdam by Arnout Leers, bound in late 18th or early 19th century boards, and adorned with an engraved title, three remarkable folding plates, and 46 in-text plates, all of which display the settlements, industries and natural history of the Appalachians, Florida, Georgia, Greenland, and of course the Antilles and the Caribbean generally, andOFFERED WITH NO RESERVE  .     Please take the time necessary to review the photos below in order to gain a better understanding of the content and condition of the volume. 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OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE is the very rare and desirable first complete edition in English of George Bate’s “Elenchus Motuum,” and Thomas Skinner’s “Motus Compositi,” printed at London in octavo for Abel Swalle in 1685, three parts together in one volume, giving Bate’s very Royalist history of the English Civil Wars through the Protectorate, the Restoration, the second Anglo-Dutch War and the Great Fire of London, to the end of the 1660s. The volume is very attractively bound in the original late 17th century dark brown calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down. A VERY VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD. The full title of the work reads as follows: “Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia: / Or, A short Historical Account of The Rise and Progress of the Late Troubles in England. / In Two Parts. / Written in Latin by Dr. George Bates, Principal Physician to K. Charles the I. And K. Charles the II. “Motus Compositi: / Or, The History of the Composing the Affairs of England By the Restauration of K. Charles the Second, And the Punishment of the Regicides: And other Principal Occurrents to the Year 1669. / Written in Latin by Tho. Skinner, M.D. / Made English. “To which is added a Preface by a Person of Quality, and in the body of the Work several choice Original Papers, an account of which is given in the end of the Preface. / London: Printed for Abel Swalle, at the Unicorn at the West-end of St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1685.” GEORGE BATE WAS THE PERSONAL PHYSICIAN NOT ONLY TO CHARLES I AND CHARLES II, BUT TO OLIVER CROMWELL ALSO. INDEED, HE ATTENDED AT CROMWELL’S DEATH. BATE WAS, THEREFORE, UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO WRITE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR YEARS THROUGH THE PROTECTORATE TO THE RESTORATION, AND THEREFORE THE PRESENT VOLUME IS A UNIQUELY VALUABLE RECORD. Nonetheless, there can be no doubt of Bate’s Royalist sympathies. He writes in the most scathing terms of Henry Ireton, and can hardly conceal his contempt of the Regicides’ desire to obtain relics from the scene of the execution of Charles I; he reports them selling pieces of the execution block and dividing sections of ‘the sand underneath [the block], moistened with his Royal blood.’ The volume is complete in all respects and comprises 170 pages in the first part, 256 in the second, and 107 in the third, plus the title, preliminaries, contents leaves and indices. The volume collates A8, [a]4, B-M8, A-Q8, R2, *A-*F8, *G6, *H2. The volume measures 19.0 cm by 12.0 cm by 3.5 cm; each page measures about 182 mm by 114 mm. The restored binding is in very good condition. The spine, although somewhat darkened, has been laid down over new leather. The restoration has stabilized the boards. The book block is tight and readable. Internally, the volume is in excellent condition, with only light toning and with ample margins throughout. The print is clear and crisp, and the pages clean throughout. There is a short tear at P7; *C7 and *C8 show light wear at the edges, the latter not affecting the text. Late 17th and early 18th century inscriptions of Edward Minton and John Minton are present upon the title and the final leaf, as well as the endpapers. In all, this is an excellent copy of the first complete edition in English of George Bate’s “Elenchus Motuum,” together with Thomas Skinner’s “Motum Compositi,” printed in octavo at London in 1685, bound in the original 17th century English dark brown calf, giving a complete Royalist history of the English Civil Wars, the Protectorate, the Restoration and the 1660s, complete in all respects, and OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE. Please take the time necessary to review the photos below in order to gain a better understanding of the content and condition of the volume. 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