17TH-CENTURY BOOKS
17TH-CENTURY BOOKS
“Short”? — Certainly Meaty! 
Geddes, Michael. The history of the Church of Malabar, from the time of its being first discover'd by the Portuguezes in the year 1501. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1694. (19.7 cm, 7.75"). [24], 109, [11], 89–443, [5] pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Wing (rev.) G446; ESTC R2995; Lowndes, II, 871. Later half vellum with marbled paper–covered sides, spine with inked author's name; paper rubbed, vellum showing a few small scrapes and spots. Small early inked owner's name on title-page. Some leaves browned; one contents leaf with tear from outer margin extending into text for a few words, without loss. (21033)
Being a
Beast is BetterGelli, Giovanni Battista. La Circe...nella qvale Vlisse, et alcuni trasformati in fere disputano della eccellenza, & della miseria dell huomo, & de gli animali. Con bellissimi discorsi, pararelli, & historie.... Venetia: Ghirardo Imberti, 1639. 8vo (15.3 cm, 6"). A–P8; 249 (i.e., 239), [1] pp.
Originally printed in 1549, the dialogues appear here with annotations by Girolamo Gioannini da Capugnano; the printer’s title-page vignette depicts a winged figure blowing a horn, pulled in a stag-drawn chariot.
• Adams G333 (first edition). 19th-century cloth, spine with printed paper label; cloth rubbed with some lost over the spine and starting to split over the front joint. Title-page mounted and one leaf with repair to outer margin; pages age-toned, some with light foxing and the occasional spot.
A Lutheran
Observing Turks, Jews, &Gerlach, Stephan. Stephan Gerlachs des aeltern Tage-Buch, der von zween glorwürdigsten Römischen Käysern, Maximiliano und Rudolpho, beyderseits den Andern dieses Nahmens höchstseeligster Gedächtnüss [sic]. Franckfurth am Mayn: In Verlegung Johann-David Zunners, 1674. Large folio (33 cm; 12.75"). Frontis., [18] ff., 552 pp., [18] ff., 4 plts. of ports.
Click the interior images for enlargements. This is the first edition, the manuscript having remained in the family unpublished for 100 years. There are two issues of it: This the one without the printer's device on the title-page. It is written mostly in German and printed in “Fraktur,” but with some Latin in the preface.
All called-for plates are present, including the handsome frontispiece offering medallion portraits of eight prominent German and Ottoman figures — including Ungnad and Gerlach.
Very uncommon. In the U.S. we locate only the copy at Dumbarton Oaks (the other “reported” copy having been deaccessioned); and VD17 locates only seven copies of this issue and one of the other issue, all in Germany.
• VD17: 23:232887D. Recent full rich, dark brown morocco by Grace Bindings (signed in the lower rear turn-in): Round spine with raised bands defined by gilt rules, gilt center device in compartments; covers tooled with concentric panels, the outermost with fleurons at the corners. Title-leaf and next leaf mounted; next three leaves with repairs to foremargins; no loss of any text. (22460)
With a Striking Portrait
Tipped InGiarda, Cristoforo. Vita del venerabile seruo di Dio Monsignor Francesco di Sales.... Venetia: Gio. Maria Turrini, 1664. 8vo (22 cm, 8.6"). a8A–N8O6; [8] ff., 222 (i.e, 220) pp; 1 plt.
NUC Pre-1956 gives only one holding, with no additional locations in RLIN or OCLC.
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Provenance: Front free endpaper with early inked ownership inscription of Marianna Ungarelli; title-page with blurred heraldic pressure-stamp affixed.
• Later quarter rough paper over marbled paper–covered limp boards; binding rubbed. Pages age-toned, with additional mild foxing.
Buccolic Life & Death — HUNTINGGratius, Faliscus, & others. Poetae latini rei venaticae scriptores et bucolici antiqui. Lugduni Batavorum & Hagae Comitum: apud Jahannem Arnoldum Langerak, J. Gosse & J. Neaulme, Rutg. Christoph. Alberts, & J. Vander Kloot, 1728. 4to ( ). Frontis., [30] ff., 583, [1] pp., [8] ff., 335, [1] pp.
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Handsomely printed, the volume begins with a fine engraved frontispiece opposite the title in black and red. Engraved head- and tailpieces appear in expected places; each page is heavily laden with printed notes.
• Brunet 759; Schweiger, II, 328. Contemporary vellum over paste boards with blind-embossed center device on covers; that on front cover slightly loose due to a vandal’s attempt to excise it! Top of spine pulled (uncommon on a vellum-bound book); vellum soiled and binding a little sprung. Bookplate removed and glue residue visible on pastedown. The odd spot or small stain only; some light foxing and dust-soiling.
Protestant Apologetics Grotius, Hugo. De veritate religionis christianae. Lugduni Batavorum: Ioannis Maire, 1640. 12mo (12.7 cm, 5"). [8], 33–27, [7], 372 pp.
• This ed. not in Brunet. Contemporary vellum, spine with early inked title; vellum showing minor spots of discoloration and spine with call number. Front and back pastedowns institutionally rubber-stamped; front fly-leaf with early inked annotation. First dedication leaf with inked numeral in lower margin; some instances of early inked underlining and marginalia, confined to early part of volume. First few leaves with light waterstaining to outer portions. First part skips pp. 1/2 (between preface and first text page), with this collation matching that reported online. (19564)
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