Binding: Original Vellum

1807 HANDWRITTEN LATIN BOOK OF MATHEMATICS AS STUDIED IN THE COLLEGIO ROMANO UNDER THE FAMED ABBOT CALANDRELLI

Price: $4,985.99

Publisher: Collegio Romano ROME ITALY, : 1807

Seller ID: 0001239

Condition: Good+

On offer is an original handwritten Latin mathematics manuscript detailing the instruction and works of Abbot Giuseppe Calandrelli (1749 - 1827) who was a famous Italian astronomer and mathematician. After the Jesuit order was suppressed, after the direction of the Collegio Romano was given over to priests from other orders, young Calandrelli perfected his scientific studies and became the substitute for his maestro, Father François Jacquier. He earned many prestigious titles: giving physics lessons after the professor died; director of the Accademia di Fisica, entrusted by the Pope to bring...
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1505 - 500+ YEAR OLD HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, LEDGER AND DIARY OF A WEALTHY BUSINESS MAN OF GENOA

By: ALIXANDRO OF GNANOA

Price: $7,795.99

Publisher: GENOA, ITALY, : 1505

Seller ID: 000423b

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

One hundred and eighty four hand numbered pages in this remarkable, 500+ year old, handwritten manuscript ledger, journal and diary : " 1505 Gendenze di Saviz - gnano" as stated on the cover. The first page begins: "Libro de tuto _____ quale so tato asan__giano ala venuta mia. [T]o Alexandro salueto schrise e soto schrise de mia gnovia mar...." Not written by a scribe, this is a working journal and ledger containing hundreds of business entries, purchases, loans and repayments. There are long lists of foods and prices for what is assuredly shopping lists for parties and feasts...
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CLAUDII GALENI IN APHORISMOS HIPPOCRATIS

By: Claudius Galen [Claudii Galeni] [Claudius Galinus]

Price: $3,295.99

Publisher: (Leyden), Lugduni Batavorum : 1633

Seller ID: 000609

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Very Good

Claudii Galeni In Aphorismos Hippocratis commentaria.-- Editio nouissima, à multis... diligenter repurgata ab Adriano Toll....-- Lugduni Batavorum : ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1633 Maire, Jean; Foës, Anuce. In very good shape save for some overall general soiling to the vellum as would be expected and a cracked inner front hinge. There are some handwritten words, perhaps names of previous owners and some tiny notes on the title page.Title-page with small woodcut vignette.BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: CLAUDIUS GALEN (131-201), was physician to five Roman emperors. He was a teacher, philosopher, pharmacis...
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1744 - 1764 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT VADE MECUM HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG JESUIT SCHOLAR DETAILING HIS LOGIC STUDIES UNDER PROFESSORE GIUSEPPE GUIDONE, HIS FINANCIALS, HIS BOOKS AND HIS NOTES OF HIS RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONS AND DEDICATION

By: Di Cesare, Carlo Antonio

Price: $3,155.99

Publisher: NAPLES ITALY, : 1744

Seller ID: 0001412

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Good+

On offer is a super manuscript relic of 18th Century religious devotion being a vellum covered notebook titled 'Memoria' handwritten by Carlo Antonio Di Cesare, a Jesuit in Naples between 1744 and 1764. Superbly intimate look into the life of this Catholic man using the book as a 'vade mecum' or catchall thusly a diary of notes detailing the life of this Jesuit scholar: it begins with his graduation into the Congregazione de' studenti sotto la protezzione dell'Annunciata of the Jesuit College Gesù Vecchio in Naples to study 'Logic' under Professore Giuseppe Guidone. On 24 November 1744, he pas...
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Moses en Christus, of Tafereel der voornaamste voorbeelden des Ouden Testaments, uit Moses wet, en allerley Joodsche oudheden wydlopig t'samengesteld en op Christus en syn kerke geestelyk Toegepast

By: Johannes Biermannus

Price: $1,295.99

Publisher: Rotterdam, Holland, JOHANNES ROTTERDAM, Bookverkoper : 1735

Seller ID: 000648

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Good

Moses en Christus, of Tafereel der voornaamste voorbeelden des Ouden Testaments, uit Moses wet, en allerley Joodsche oudheden wydlopig t'samengesteld en op Christus en syn kerke geestelyk toegepast / door Johannes Bierman. Good copy with usual general ageing of ancient vellum covers. Some number of pages loose but overall a very pleasing copy of this rare tome. Included is a mysterious small handwritten manuscript not found being used as a marker.; Dutch; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; CHRISTIANITY, BIBLE STUDIES, CHRISTIAN, JESUS, WAY OF THE CROSS, CRUXIFICTION, CHRIST, VIA DOLOROSA, HAN...
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OPERA OMNIA "Duobus Voluminibus Comprehensa, Quorum Syllabus Pagina Post Vitam Authoribus Ultima Exhibetur" the First Christian Scholar to Call Attention to the Importance of the Talmud

By: LIGHTFOOT, JOHN (Joannis Lightfooti)

Price: $3,199.99

Publisher: Rotterdam, Holland, Roterodami Regeneri Leers : 1686

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000403

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

The first Christian scholar to call attention to the importance of the Talmud. Lightfoot, John. Opera Omnia. Duobus voluminibus comprehensa, quorum syllabus pagina post vitam authoribus ultima exhibetur. 2 Vols. FOLIO. FULL ORIGINAL VELLUM, a VERY FINE copy, COMPLETE and internally clean. Rotterdam, Leers 1686. LIGHTFOOT, JOHN: English Biblical critic and Hebraist; b. at Stoke-upon-Trent (38 m. n. by w. of Birmingham), Staffordshire, Mar. 29, 1602; d. at Ely, Cambridgeshire, Dec. 6, 1675. After completing his education at Christ's College, Cambridge, he taught at Repton, Derbyshire, for two ye...
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Combatting the Devil: COMBATE ESPIRITUAL ESCRITO POR EL VENERALE SCUPOLIU

By: Scupoli, Lorenzo; Juan de Castaniza

Price: $4,455.99

Publisher: Barcelona, Spain, Joseph Forcada : 1681

Seller ID: 000434

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

AN EXCEEDING RARE SPIRITUAL TREATISE, VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN IN SUCH AN EARLY SPANISH EDITION, AND THE BOOK USED AS AN EARLY CONVERSION MANUAL IN THE NEW WORLD. Printed 1681 in Fine Original Vellum with gilt! COMBATTING OF THE DEVIL! The Book: Scupoli, Lorenzo (1530-1610); (Juan de Castaniza) (d. 1598), COMBATE ESPIRITUAL ESCRITO POR EL VENERALE SCUPOLIU. Barcelona, Joseph Forcada, 1681, 64mo. Fine contemporary limp vellum with gilt blindstamping, usual woodcut illustrated title of the devil firing an arrow into the breastplate of a Christian soldier. 452 pgs and tabla, complete. A precious Spanish...
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MEDIOLANENSIS, MEDICI CLARISSIMI, ANIMADVERSIONUM, & CAUTIONUM MEDICARUM

By: Settala, Ludovico [Ludovici Septalii]

Price: $4,495.99

Publisher: DORDRECHTI, JACOBI BRAAT : 1650

Seller ID: 000610

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a super 1650 first edition of Ludovico Settala [1552-1633] 1650 MEDIOLANENSIS, MEDICI CLARISSIMI, ANIMADVERSIONUM, & CAUTIONUM MEDICARUM...LIBRI NOVEM, LIBRI DUO, LIBER DE NAEVIS, CUM INDICE. Preface by Doctori D. Joanni Prevotio. Hardly a flaw save for some general light soiling to the vellum as may be expected and the odd spot of age-toning. 559 paginated leaves. Woodcut printer's devices on titles.; Latin; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; RARE, ANCIENT, VELLUM, MEDICAL, MEDICINE, PHILOSOPHY, LATIN, ROME, SURGERY, SURGEON, MILANO, MILAN, DOCTOR, PHYSICIAN, DOCTORI, MILANESE, ...
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c. 1740s HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT, ORIGINAL LIMP VELLUM HANDWRITTEN OFFICER'S VADE MECUM IN A FINE CALLIGRAPHIC HAND FRENCH MILITARY THEORY AND PRACTICE: "TRAITE DE FORTIFICATION"

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $3,255.99

Publisher: France, : 1740

Seller ID: 0001089

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a superb original French handwritten manuscript titled "Traite de fortification" circa 1740 bound in contemporary limp vellum. In a fine calligraphic hand this book, probably an officer's vade mecum details the epitome of military theory and practice of the era as evidenced by the authors referenced in the manuscript with the greatest frequency being Blondel (1618-1686) and the Comte de Pagan (1604 - 1665). The inclusion of the latter is particularly interesting because the Comte de Pagan is often thought of more as a theoretician than as a practical planner. This also help...
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c. 17th CENTURY HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL LATIN PHILOSOPHY MANUSCRIPT: LOGICA - SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM & TRACTATUS SECUNDUS DE UNIVERSALIBUS

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $6,585.99

Seller ID: 000827

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Good+

On offer is a superb, original handwritten c. 17th century Latin manuscript book titled "LOGICA". This 340 pp handwritten manuscript is in two [2] sections "SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM", consists of 80 pp followed by a blank page, then "TRACTATUS SECUNDUS DE UNIVERSALIBUS" being 260 handwritten pages. Research suggests this book was a commission to a scribe of o no small talents copying the famed philosophical work by Pierre Gassendi, [1592-1655] of the same title SYNTAGMA PHILOSOPHICUM which was posthumously published in 1658. Alternatively there is also a 14th century work...
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c. 1750 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL ITALIAN MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT: EPITOME PATOLOGIE

By: UNKNOWN

Price: $4,595.99

Publisher: Italy,

Seller ID: 000828

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Good+

On offer is a fine, early [circa 1750] Italian medical manuscript on pathology - EPITOME PATOLOGIE. This is a beautifully written, in one hand, though some margin notes scattered throughout but not a lot. Very comprehensive detailing of the art of pathology for the times with many, many subject headings in this 260+ pp tightly written script. Among the chapter titles are: de Forma Morborum; Tomanscini Observationes; Forma Morbosa; Pulsuum qualitates abnormes; Secretionis; Physiologia Systematis; De generatione Morbosa; Ethiologia; etc. etc. Bound in original Italian calf backed boards. 10.6 x ...
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1525 ORIGINAL ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT OF CIVIL LAW: 'CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS OF JUSTINIAN'

By: UNKNOWN SCRIVENER

Price: $9,985.99

Publisher: LOMBARDY ITALY, : 1525

Seller ID: 0001371

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Good+

On offer is an ancient, very charming and even beautiful, manuscript relic of early civil law and legal procedure, bound in vellum, being the "Corpus Iuris Civilis of Justinian", the Digesta [Digests or Pandects] Books 1 through 38 in condensed form. [All titular headings from 1.1.0 through 38.17.0 with each followed by an abbreviated explanation of the premise. In some instances may also have portions of subsections such as 1.5.6. The text does not contain the elaborations of Ulpianus, Pomponius, Florentinus or their like.] Justinian the Great "Justice is the constant and perpetua...
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Binding: Original Vellum