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Formularium Legale Practicum Fori Ecclesiastici ;-
By Francisci Monacelli;-
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Published by  Extypographia Balleoniana, In  Venetiis- 1736;-The scarce/rare Venetiis Latin Edition of this comprehensive Italian guide to law in the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical courts. In original vellum binding, with handwritten title to the top of the spine. A large fold-out plan of ‘Tabula, Five Schedula Sacramentorum Catholica Ecclefiae ab Authore Deferipta’ which is normally missing is intack in this rare/scarce edition;-Also a very section of the book has an extensive Appendix Ad Formularium Legale..and an Index all to the back pages..the book is complete with 531 pages. In fine collectable condition and Scarce/Rare in such fine condition. No other original copies to be found on the world-wide net. 

Il Tesoro della Dottrina Cristiana 
 by Turlot, Niccolo
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Il Tesoro della Dottrina Cristiana  by Turlot, Niccolo;- Published by Giovanni Vitto;- In Venezia 1772;- Two Volumes in One;- Both with Title pages. Red and Black Text only to Title page of the first Volume;- Original Vellum Binding, Total Text in Latin, with original title label to the top of spine. An Indice and  Annotazioni all to the back pages;- The Treasury of Christian Doctrine the work of Bishop Nicholas Turlot;- translation of ;- Thesaurus Doctrinae Christianae. Volume 1. 284 pages;- Volume 2. 252 pages. In fine collectable condition. Opera esimia latina di Monsignor Nicolò Turlot dottore di sacra teologia, prevosto, e vicario generale nella chiesa cattedrale di Namur, ec. tradotta in Francese, poscia in Italiano, utilissima non solamente a' parrochi, ed altrì ecclesiastici, ma anche a qualunque persona, che desidera di apprendere con chiarezza tutto ciò che è necessario per credere, e vivere christianamente .

Elementary Treatises on the Fundamental Principles of Practical Mathematics for the Use of Students. 
by Samuel Lord Bishop of Rochester
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Elementary Treatises on the Fundamental Principles of Practical Mathematics for the Use of Students. by Samuel Lord Bishop of Rochester, ( Samuel Horsley);- Published by Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1801;- Re-bound in three quarter tan leather to spine and corners, with marbled paper to match. Black label with gilt letter to the top of the spine;- Ex-Library copy. Numerous fold-out diagrams within the book and smaller diagrams within the text;- Errata page within. Early Mathematical Book are highly collectable. In fine collectable condition and all fold-out plates present. HORSLEY, SAMUEL (1733–1806), bishop of St. Asaph, son of John Horsley, by his first wife, Anne, daughter of William Hamilton, D.D., principal of Edinburgh University, was born on 15 Sept. 1733 in St. Martin's Place, by St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, at which his father was lecturer. He was baptised on 8 Oct., and Zachary Pearce, vicar of St. Martin's, afterwards bishop of Rochester, was his godfather. The bishop's grandfather, Samuel Horsley, who was born on 17 March 1669 and died on 4 July 1735, was second son of William Horsley of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire (d. 10 Feb. 1709). John Horsley, the bishop's father (1699–1777), born on 13 Nov. 1699, was educated for the dissenting ministry at the university of Edinburgh, where, on 24 Feb. 1723, ‘Johannes Horseley’ and Isaac Maddox (sic), ‘Angli præcones evangelici, academiæ olim alumni,’ were ‘nunc demum’ admitted to the degree of M.A., the diploma being given on 9 March. Neither John Horsley nor Madox (afterwards bishop of Worcester) seems to have held any dissenting pastorate; both are included by Calamy among those who conformed about 1727. John Horsley, while still lecturer at St. Martin's, became (1745) rector of Thorley, Hertfordshire; he further received from Madox the rectory of Newington Butts, Surrey, a peculiar in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester. As his second wife, he married Mary, daughter of George Leslie; by whom he had three sons and four daughters. Mary, his second daughter (1747–1824), married William Palmer, of Nazeing Park, Essex, grandfather of Roundell Palmer, first earl of Selborne. He died on 27 Nov. 1777, aged 78; his widow died on 21 Oct. 1787 at Nazeing, Essex. Horsley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society n 1767; and secretary in 1773, but, in consequence of a difference with the president Sir Joseph Banks  he withdrew in 1784. 

Rerum in Suprema Frisiorum Curia Judicataram Liber Primus, 1639by Joannis a Sande;- 
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Rerum in Suprema Frisiorum Curia Judicataram Liber Primus, complectens materias ad ordinem Judiciarum pertinentes. - Liber Secundus, qui est de Jure personarum. - Liber tertius the Obligationibus, Matuo, Emptione-Venditione, utroque Retractu, Locatione et Conductione, Emphyteasi, Mandato, SOCIETATE, Pignoribus et Hypothecis, Usuris, Tractibus, Compensationibus, etc. - Liber quartus complectens successiones, tame ex Testamento, quam intestate, aliaque inde dependentia - Liber quintus: the Donatione, Injuriis, Praescriptionibus, caussis criminatibus etc. Previously issued Leovard. 1615, 1635 and 1639;- by Joannis a Sande;- Franekerae, Excudebat Idzardus Alberti Typographus in Academia Franequerana, Anno 1639. Original Vellum binding, with a fading hand-written title to the every top of the spine. In Latin;- Wants Title page. Engraved Portrait of Sande’s to the front few pages. Index to the back pages, and the Publisher’s name and Imprint device and the year published also. No copies of this 1st. Edition to be found world wide. In fine collectable condition. Scarce/Rare. SANDE (Johan van den or à), son of the previous one. He had excellent teachers, so in the literature as regten, including at Wittenberg, the celebrated Peter Heigius. In the homeland weêrgekeerd, he became Doctor The rights, of the Utrecht and in 1597, when he was scarcely 20 years old, in hoogleeraar The rights to Franeker (Professor Pandectarum), in 1604 justice of the court of Friesland. He then established his residence in Leeuwarden and became elder of the Reformed Church. This, seemingly weighty respect, gave him in following years, a large share of the religious political disputes, which were mainly conducted around 1618 with such intense bitterness. In that year he was delegated to the Synod of Dordrecht with pastors John Bogernan, Florentius Johannis, Phil. Dan. Eilshemius and two members of the court. However, he did not stay for the whole time of that meeting: for by resolution of the States-General of the 20 Febr. He was appointed from among the judges about XX delegated Oldenbarneveld, de Groot, Hogerbeets and other state prisoners. It has been there for all justice to hold that in this highly weighty and laborious relationship with moderation and righteousness he wore. Reserves the After the completion of regtspleging he returned to Leeuwarden, where he still a number of years with his respectable listening ministry held, and died as President of the Court in 1638.He was like justice scholar and historian inside and outside the country famous.He gave in the light: Opera omnia Juridica Joannis et à Frederici Sande, Jurisconsultorum clarissimorum; quorum primus in Suprema Frisiorum Curia magna cum laude Praeses, alter non impari encomio in Civitate Arnhemiensi consul eluxit; Additionibus et cum Elucidationibus Joac. Burgers, Lamb. Goris, Arnoldi Schotani, aliorumque. Omnibus date in Foro versantibus, tum Fisci Patronis Utilia et apprimè necessaria. Nova hactenus Vigilantia omnibus soluta Mendis, et inprimis Legibus ac citatis Textibus in aliis editionibus maxim deviantibus, ad debitos locos numerosque Summo revocatis studio, later exculta et Denuo ornata September Indicibus copiosissimis. ANTV. 1674. 

The Life of The most Learned, 
Reverend and Pious Dr H. Hammond;- 
Written by John Fell D.D. Dean of Christ-Church in Oxford. 
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The Life of The most Learned, Reverend and Pious Dr H. Hammond;- Written by John Fell D.D. Dean of Christ-Church in Oxford. Published in  London:  by J. Flesher for Jo. Martin, Ja. Allestry and Tho. Dicas, at the Bell in Saint Paul's Church-yard, MDCLXI. 1661 ;- 1st. Edition;- 245 pages. Re-bound in a brown leather spine and cloth covers, with gilt lettering to the spine. This Scarce/Rare book is in fine condition and is highly collectable. Henry Hammond (1605-1660) one of the most popular Westminster Puritans, voluminously published, yet a practical Christian Preacher and Theologian. Henry Hammond (1605-1660), puritan divine, born at Chertsey, Aug. 18, 1605, was youngest son of Dr. John Hammond , physician. It is said that Henry, Prince of Wales, was his godfather. He was educated at Eton, and was remarkable for the sweetness of his disposition, his devotional habits, and proficiency in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew;-Henry Hammond died on April 25, 1660 at the age of 54.  

The Italian Schools of Painting With Observations on the Present State of the Art;- by The Rev. J. T. James.
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The Italian Schools of Painting With Observations on the Present State of the Art;- by James, J. T, The Rev;- Published in London: By John Murray, 1820;- 1st. Edition;- Three quarter tan leather binding with red marbled paper to match. Black label with gilt lettering to the top of spine. Contains a Catalogue of the Painters in each of the schools of the several States of Italy, arranged according to the names of the Masters under whom they studied, and the time at which they lived: the places where their chief works may be found is also given, together with the year of their Birth or Death. To each Catalogue is subjoined, a compendious History of the School, pointing out the distinctions of the various styles and manners of painting, which successively prevailed; and interspersed with some biographical anecdotes of the Artists themselves. A few observations on the present state of this art have been added, and a short account of Sculpture as related to the Art of Painting. Errata Page added to the front few pages, after the contents page;-  An extensive Index to the back pages;- 307 pages. In fine collectable condition;- Scarce/Rare in this fine condition .

The Flemish Dutch and German Schools of Painting;-
by The Rev. J. T. James
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The Flemish Dutch and German Schools of Painting;- by James, J. T, The Rev;- Published in London: By John Murray, 1822;- 1st. Edition;- Three quarter tan leather binding with red marbled paper to match. Black label with gilt lettering to the top of spine. Catalogue of the Flemish and Dutch School, History of the same,  Catalogue of the German School, history of the same and an extensive Index;- 404 pages;-  In fine collectable condition;- Scarce/Rare in this fine condition.

Common British Beetles. by Rev. J. G. Wood.

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Common British Beetles. by Wood, J.G, Rev.: With Illustrations by E. Smith and T.W. Wood;- Published by George Routledge, n.d. [c. 1871-1875].  1st. Edition, with a stunning  chromolithograph frontispiece ;-  A total of 12 fine chromolithograph plates, to include the frontispiece and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, signature in front blank page with the date 1891;- Original pictorial pink-red cloth binding, upper front-board with black frame border containing double frame border stopped at corners by leaves enclosing three stylized beetles all in gilt, gilt back, bevelled boards, gilt edges, yellow endpapers. An embossed needle to the back cover, The spine is highly decorated in gilt and an illustration of a black beetle, and is darken colour then the general binding. Some loss to the very top of spine, some general cover wear else a very good collectable copy. 12pages of Publisher's Catalogue and Index to the back pages;-  Wood's delightful introduction to the British Coleoptera is notable for its wonderful plates, here present in particularly Stunning state. 

THE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL ;-From January to April 1820 / Vol. II. By DR. BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON [DAVID BREWSTER AND ROBERT JAMESON;-
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THE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL ;-From January to April 1820 / Vol. II. By DR. BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON [DAVID BREWSTER AND ROBERT JAMESON;- Published in Edinburgh;- by Archibald Constable and Co 1820;- 1st. Edition. 10 Engravings to include 2  fold-out maps. Published quarterly.  This volume contains 10 plates, of which two are folding, three are maps, one coloured of the Shetland Isles, two are charts, and the rest illustrations of a scientific nature. Original three quarter binding with natural coloured paper covers. Gilt lettering and decorations alone the spine. A highly collectable copy of a rare journal. in Fine condition. 
 Letters and articles include: "History of the origin of Mr. Watt's Improvements on the Steam-Engine.  "Account of a new Style of Engraving on Copper in alto relievo, invented by Mr. W. Lizars"; Account of the Discovery of the Shetland Cod Bank in the Summer of 1818;- On certain Optical Phenomena exhibited by Mother of Pearl, by J.F.W.Herschel;-  Sir David Brewster (1781-1868) was a natural philosopher, and educated at Edinburgh University. He became a co-editor of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (EPJ) in 1819, with mineralogist Robert Jameson (1774-1854). Together they edited the most prestigious and influential journal of its kind, albeit for a relatively short period, until 1826, when Brewster left and the journal was re-named The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Jameson carried on with this journal until his death in 1854. The EPJ carried original articles, letters, and comments from some of the leading scientists and authorities of the day, including Charles Babbage, Humphry Davy, J. F. W. Herschel, Alexander Humboldt, William Scoresby, and Robert Stevenson, and James Watt. 

Surgical Observations on Diseases resembling Syphilis and on Diseases of the Urethra;- 
By John Abernethy 
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Surgical observations on diseases resembling syphilis ; and on diseases of the urethra. by John Abernethy;- Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, London 1826. Fifth Edition;- re-bound in three quarter tan leather spin eand corners, with marbled paper to match. A black label with gilt lettering to the top of the spine. an early medical book in fine condition, ex-library, highly collectableA pupil of John Hunter, Abernethy became a leading surgeon in London. He was most industrious, and it is said that not even on his wedding day did he fail to give his usual lecture at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.ABERNETHY, JOHN (1764–1831), an eminent surgeon, was born in London 3 April 1764, the son of John Abernethy, a London merchant belonging to an Irish family of Scotch extraction, whose father and grandfather, both of the same name, were Irish nonconformist divines, the second in descent especially being of some eminence. Claims have been made both for Ireland and for Scotland as the native country of Abernethy; but his baptismal certificate, dated 24 April 1765, at St. Stephen's, Walbrook. He was educated at the Wolverhampton Grammar School under Dr. Robertson, and at the age of fifteen was apprenticed to Mr. (afterwards Sir Charles) Blicke, surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He followed the surgical practice of the hospital and also the course on surgery (the only lectures then given there) of Mr. Pott. At the same time he attended the lectures on anatomy given at the London Hospital by Dr. Maclaurin and Sir William Blizard, the latter of whom by his instructions, and further by appointing Abernethy prosector for his lectures, gave him his first impulse to the study of anatomy. In 1787 he was elected assistant-surgeon to St. Bartholomew's, and held this appointment for twenty-eight years till he succeeded as full surgeon. He then began to lecture on anatomy at his house in Bartholomew Close, and speedily attracted a large class, the numbers of which were swollen when Dr. Marshall, the most popular anatomical teacher in the city, ceased to lecture. Abernethy's success was one of the causes which induced the governors of St. Bartholomew's to build a lecture theatre, where in 1791 he began to lecture on anatomy, physiology, and surgery, and thus became the founder of the medical school attached to that ancient hospital. About this time he was himself a diligent attendant at the lectures of John Hunter, with whom he had also private conferences on scientific matters, and whose influence greatly determined the bent of his mind.Throughout this period Abernethy was much occupied with anatomical and physiological observations, and published three short papers on anatomical subjects in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ from 1793 to 1798. In 1796 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1814 he was appointed to lecture on anatomy and physiology at the College of Surgeons (there was no regular professorship), and held the office till 1817. His lectures were mainly devoted to explaining the Hunterian museum, then lodged in the college, and to expounding the views of John Hunter, of whose theory of life Abernethy constituted himself an ardent champion.

THE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL ;-From April to October 1822 Vol. VII. By DR. BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON [DAVID BREWSTER AND ROBERT JAMESON;- 
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THE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL ;-From April to October 1822 Vol. VII. By DR. BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON [DAVID BREWSTER AND ROBERT JAMESON;- Published in Edinburgh;- by Archibald Constable and Co 1822;- 1st. Edition. Published quarterly;- 5 Engravings to include 2 maps, one engraving is a fold-out;-  Original three quarter binding with natural coloured paper covers. Gilt lettering and decorations alone the spine. A highly collectable copy of a rare journal. in Fine condition. Sir David Brewster (1781-1868) was a natural philosopher, and educated at Edinburgh University. He became a co-editor of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (EPJ) in 1819, with mineralogist Robert Jameson (1774-1854). Together they edited the most prestigious and influential journal of its kind, albeit for a relatively short period, until 1826, when Brewster left and the journal was re-named The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Jameson carried on with this journal until his death in 1854. The EPJ carried original articles, letters, and comments from some of the leading scientists and authorities of the day, including Charles Babbage, Humphry Davy, J. F. W. Herschel, Alexander Humboldt, William Scoresby, Robert Stevenson, and James Watt. This volume contains 5 plates, of which two are maps. Some of the 63 original articles are: "New Inquiries into the Laws which are observed in the Distribution of Vegetable Forms", by Baron Alexander Humboldt; "Account of a Man who lived Ten Years after having Swallowed a number of Clasp-Knives", by Alexander Marcet, MD; "On Machinery for Calculating and Printing Mathematical Tables", by Charles Babbage, F.R.S.; "On the Alloys of Steel", by J. Stodart and Mr. Faraday; "Description of a New Reflecting Telescope", by David Brewster, etc. 

THE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL ;-From October 1820 to April 1821 Vol. VII. By DR. BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON [DAVID BREWSTER AND ROBERT JAMESON;- 
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THE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL ;-From October 1820 to April 1821 Vol. VII. By DR. BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON [DAVID BREWSTER AND ROBERT JAMESON;- Published in Edinburgh;- by Archibald Constable and Co 1821;- 1st. Edition. Published quarterly;- 11 Engravings to include 4 fold-out maps;-  and also one fold-out of ‘Ampere’s Electro-Magnetic Apparatus’ ;-  Original three quarter binding with natural coloured paper covers. Gilt lettering and decorations alone the spine. A highly collectable copy of a rare journal. in Fine condition;-Sir David Brewster (1781-1868) was a natural philosopher, and educated at Edinburgh University. He became a co-editor of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (EPJ) in 1819, with mineralogist Robert Jameson (1774-1854). Together they edited the most prestigious and influential journal of its kind, albeit for a relatively short period, until 1826, when Brewster left and the journal was re-named The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Jameson carried on with this journal until his death in 1854. The EPJ carried original articles, letters, and comments from some of the leading scientists and authorities of the day;
The progress of Discovery in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History, Practical mechanics, Geography, Navigation, Statistics, and the fine and useful Arts;-