{"title":"Rare, Antiquarian, \u0026 Otherwise Interesting Books","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCollected from across the New World and Old, Mobilis Books has journeyed on many fine adventures to bring you a collection of international books for interesting people. Here you will find a selection of 19th century illustrated literature; printings from hand press era; natural history, history of languages and of peoples; and, of course, spooky and evokative texts to help us dream of past days and lives. \u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"elements-of-gaelic-grammar-alexander-stewart","title":"Scottish-Gaelic Grammar as Patriotic Duty: Alexander Stewart - Elements of Gaelic Grammar in Four Parts (1812)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eSTEWART, Alexander. \u003cem\u003eElements of Gaelic Grammar in Four Parts: Of Pronunciation and Orthography, Of the Parts of Speech, Of Syntax, of Derivation and Composition\u003c\/em\u003e. Edinburgh: Printed by C. Stewart. 1812.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eInterior Condition: Very Good. Second Edition (corrected \u0026amp; enlarged). Edinburgh, printed by C. Stewart. 16mo (12cm x 21cm). i+ a-c4, A-Z4,Aa-Bb4+i (fold out diagram tipped in between gathering Q \u0026amp; R, without signature), x-xxii, 1-200. Preliminaries, table of contents, and main text complete. Very minor, sporadic foxing; a historic reader (likely 19th c.) has left minor marginal notes \u0026amp; occasional text corrections in pen and pencil throughout. Binding condition: Fair to good. No red rot, leather is scuffed, corners show age, front cover board is slightly separated from spine though still thoroughly attached.\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\"I have one more request to make; that he [the reader] join his efforts with mine in serving a common cause, interesting to our country; and dear to every patriotic Highlander,\" writes Alexander Stewart (1764-1821).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eThe Presbyterian minster of Moulin, Dingwall, and Canongate, Edinburgh was also a scholar and advocate of the Goidelic Scottish language, Gàidhlig, or Scottish-Gaelic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eThe suppression of the Celtic languages-- Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Manx, Cornish, and Breton-- in the British Isles and France was met with resistance. The Celtic Revival, beginning in the late 18th century into the 19th and 20th, saw a renewed interest in preserving the languages, literatures, and arts of the traditionally Celtic language-speaking peoples.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eStewart’s work, written for an Anglophone Scottish audience in order to install them with the ability to speak Scottish-Gaelic, contributes to this effort to revive and preserve the Celtic languages. Today, UNESCO reports Scottish-Gaelic as a “definitely endangered,” with some 57,000 reporting on the 2011 Census of Scotland an ability to speak Scottish-Gaelic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"The Gaelic [language] is in manifest danger of falling into this discreditable condition, from the disuse of old idioms and distinctions, and the admissions of modern corruptions, unless means be applied to prevent its degenerating.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eMB194\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41090712404160,"sku":"","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1546.jpg?v=1702237605"},{"product_id":"histoire-naturelle-de-buffon-classee-par-ordres-genres-et-especes-dapres-le-systeme-de-linne-avec-les-caracteres-generiques-et-la-nomenclacture-linneenne-par-rene-richard-castel-auteur-du-poeme-des-plantes","title":"Cats, dogs, \u0026 Natural History: René Richard Castel - Histoire naturelle de Buffon (1799)","description":"\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eRené Richard Castel (ed.), Georges-Louis Leclerc (au.),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eHistoire naturelle de Buffon, classée par ordres, genres et espèces, d'après le systême de Linné, avec les caractères génériques et la nomenclacture Linnéenne, par René- Richard Castel, auteur du poëme des Plantes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e Paris: L’Imprimerie de Crapelet, Chez Deterville, rue du Battoir, n. 16, An VII [1799].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eInterior Condition: Good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e Paris, printed by the Imprimerie Crapelet, 1799 (uses French Republican calendar), 32mo, pp. iii, 1-317, i; π3, 1 (6+1), 2-3 (6), 4 (6 +1), 5 -7 (6), 8 (6+2), 9 (6), 10 (6+2), 11 (6+1), 12-13 (6), 14-15 (6+1), 16 (6), 17 -18 (6+1), 19 (6+1), 20 (6+1), 21- 22 (6), 23 (6+1), 24 (6), 25- 26 (6+1), 27 (3), one worm hole extending from prelims to p. 61, some minor foxing throughout, but many clean pages; 15 full-page, double paned illustrations.; no reader marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e Binding Condition: Good. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eFull leather bound, gold tooling, with decorative gold stamping on spine, title on red leather, series number on green leather, age evident with some separation between front cover board and spine, still very strongly attached, corners have wear, and leather has received some damage on back cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eThis book is one volume in a set of 36. While ideally it will complete a collection of the Crapelet-Deterville Buffon set,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eit also stands as a wonderful single volume, with 15-double paned illustrations of many four-legged animals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, (1707-1788) produced his encyclopedic work of 36 volumes over the course of 50 years, and is known as one of the chief naturalists of the 18th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003eAmong other paradigm-changing contributions to understanding the natural world, Buffon's works challenged calculation that the world was 6,000 years old and his claim of the superiority of European flora and fauna to that of North America affronted Thomas Jefferson so much that he sent examples to Europe in order to disprove Buffon's assertion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e MB222\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41129026486464,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0884.jpg?v=1717097426"},{"product_id":"les-indes-noires","title":"The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Jules Verne - Les Indes Noires (1877)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eVERNE, Jules. \u003ci\u003eLes Indes Noires\u003c\/i\u003e. Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie, [n.d., 1877]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJules Verne. Les Indes Noires, Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie, Charles Magnier, “Bibliothèque d’Éducation et de Récréation,” [1877-8]. Part of the Voyages Extraordinaires collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFIRST EDITION.(275 x 180 mm). pp. 173. Half-title page; 2 page frontispiece; 1 page colophon, 173 text \u0026amp; illustrated pages + 1 table of contents , 8 page catalogue. 43 additional illustrations addition. Engravings by Charles Barbant and 45 illustrations J. Ferat. Contemporary advertisements tipped in at the end for “Catalogue J” of Hetzel’s “Éducation et de Récréation”, including additional works by Verne and Victor Hugo.Printed for J. Hetzel, without impressed date, but known date of 1877-8 due to tipped in catalogue at the end of the book.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBinding Condition: Good. Vibrant red percaline over cardboard, with black and gold stamping of title, author, and publisher. Golden fore-edge leaves, well preserved. Foxing throughout; minor tears on bottom (pp. 3, 21, 141, pictured). One provenance mark (Ava Pasquier), written in top right hand margin of fly leaf. No further markings in book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThough he wrote about travel and adventure, Jules Verne only left France a handful of times, notably to visit America in 1867 and Scotland in 1858. His visit to Scotland inspired several of his works, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVoyage à reculons en Angleterre et en Ecosse \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBackwards through Britain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), written in 1859-60, published posthumously, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe Rayon Vert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehe Green Ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) published in 1882, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Indes Noires\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, first published in serial form in 1877 and immediately after by Verne's collaborators and publishers, Hetzel, father and son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePerhaps because of his own Celtic-Breton background-- he was born in Nantes and raised by a Breton-speaking governess--, Verne was fascinated with the Hebrides and the Scottish folklore. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Indes Noires \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epresents a supernatural tale with a surprise, Vernian twist, marrying science and fiction to produce an innovative narrative. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB237\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41133160956096,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0273_f3c3a6b0-e6c8-4c46-aa77-cbe8c2ca25c8.jpg?v=1677672485"},{"product_id":"travelling-with-arthur-rackham-gullivers-travels","title":"Jonathan Swift \u0026 Arthur Rackham - Gulliver's Travels (1909)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRACKHAM, Arthur \u0026amp; SWIFT, Jonathan. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. \u003c\/i\u003eJ. M. Dent, London; New York, E .P. Dutton, 1909.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(230 x 170 mm), pp. . With 12 color illustrations and many black and white drawings embellishing the text— all present. Pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth cover with gilt design featuring Gulliver and title. Spine embossed with faded gilt. Mild staining on flyleaves, some splitting on internal hinge, and spine tab a bit loose. Overall GOOD condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43453353296064,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0169.jpg?v=1676050902"},{"product_id":"witches-fairies-walter-de-la-mares-haunting-poetry-dorthy-lathops-otherworldly-illustrations","title":"Witches \u0026 Fairies: Walter de la Mare - Down-Adown-Derry (1922)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003eDE LA MARE, Walter. Down-Adown-Derry. With Illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop. London: Constable \u0026amp; Co, 1922.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003eFIRST EDITION. (270 x 180mm), pp. Viii, 193\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e3 color plates and numerous black and white illustrations embellishing the text. Previous owner inscription: “To Betty with heaps of love and warm wishes, Margaret”. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Bump to lower extremity of cover causing a 5 mm tear in the cloth; DJ present but in poor condition. Staining on pastedowns, one minor stain on title page; with small tear to binding GOOD; internally NEAR FINE.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMB189\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454396301504,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0271.jpg?v=1702239214"},{"product_id":"where-my-arrow-falls-there-dig-me-a-grave-a-pre-wwi-robin-hood","title":"\"Where my arrow falls there dig me a grave\": Henry Gilbert \u0026 Walter Crane - Robin Hood and the Men of the Green Wood (1912)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGILBERT, Henry, \u0026amp; CRANE, Walter. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobin Hood and the Men of the Green Wood. \u003c\/i\u003eEdinburgh \u0026amp; London, T. C. \u0026amp; E.C. Jack, 1912.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(240 x 170 mm) pp. xi, 360. With frontispeice and 15 color plates embellishing the tale— all present though somewhat loose (particularly at p. 32). Green cloth binding with gild motifs and title; bump in center of binding, hinges loose but holding tighly, with wear toto extremities. Internally, NO FOXING, perhaps a nice binding copy? Condition in light of cover: GOOD.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB265\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454414192832,"sku":"","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0298.jpg?v=1676121195"},{"product_id":"vaguely-erotic-illustrations-a-ship-to-shore-mystery","title":"Vaguely Erotic Illustrations \u0026 A Ship-to-Shore Mystery: Alexandre Kuprin -  Sulamith (1928)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKUPRIN, Alexandre, GUERNEY, B. G. (Trans.), FORBES-FELIX (ill.),\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, New York, Privately Printed for Subscribers, MCMXXVIII (1928).\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLIMITED EDITION. (240 x 160 mm). Number \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e492\u003c\/b\u003e of 1500 printed. With frontispiece and 7 full color illustrations embellishing the text. Ex libris book plate of Fra Rhodes with a 15\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e-century style woodblock of a seated scholar, reading. Occasional foxing and staining along margins. Dark blue cloth with gold motif and title. Spine extremities bumped, and cloth ragged at top of spine. Overall GOOD to VERY GOOD condition.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is a translation of a text based on the Song of Solomon, translated out of Russian into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWhat makes this particular book exceptionally interesting is the inclusion of a ship-to-shore telegraph addressed to “Mrs. Scotland, 135 Beverley Rd., Ruislip Manor” from “Rhodes,” informing her “Home Saturday. Start Express Get Garage Key from Porter Start Frig.” Ruislip Manor, in London, was originally owned by King’s College, Cambridge. Unfortunately the telegraph has not date so it’s difficult to determine its context. 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Lovely. Picturesque.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1611, a group of nuns were said to be possessed by demons in Aix-en-Provence. A young noble woman, Madeleine de Demandolx, confessed a sultry intimacy with the local priest, Father Gaufridi. She was sent to a convent in Aix where she began to exhibit signs of possession, which spread to other nuns. Exorcists were called in to no avail. Gaufridi was sent to the Inquisition in Avignon \u0026amp; ultimately signed a confession \u0026amp; was executed. Madeleine \u0026amp; the other nuns were immediately released of their demons (such as, maybe for example the demon of lust?). But the witch \u0026amp; demon hunt was already ablaze.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1612 or 1613, the nuns at Nicolas de Montmorency’s convent began reporting spectral visions \u0026amp; demonic voices. They blamed the very holy \u0026amp; devout Sister Marie de Sains. She was summoned \u0026amp; confessed. Oh boy did she confess: on Mondays \u0026amp; Tuesdays she \u0026amp; the nuns she had bewitched had some ritual sex, with each other \u0026amp; some demons; devil worship \u0026amp; sodomy on Thursdays; more wild sex throughout the week, some child murder; potion concocting with Satan; some signing; \u0026amp; rest on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer confession was an exact copy of Madeleine’s description of the satanic acts she was bewitched into performing in Aix, nearly 1000 kilometers away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltimately the acts described by Marie in Lille were so wildly unbelievable that she was more or less dismissed as being insane and incarcerated rather than executed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin 5 years of this wild happening at his convent, Nicolas de Montmorency died. This book was published a year before his death; the original readers would likely have had this infamous possession incident in the back of their minds, as they practiced their holy exercises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMB242\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454828937408,"sku":"","price":285.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0892.jpg?v=1702130290"},{"product_id":"the-thousand-mixed-recollections-that-hallow-the-ground-pilgrims-of-the-rhine","title":"\"The thousand mixed recollections that hallow the ground\": Bulwer Lytton - Pilgrims of the Rhine (1843)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLYTTON, Bulwer, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Pilgrims of the Rhine\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Overall GOOD condition.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eHave everything you need to make your big social debut into New York High Society at your fingertips. Unsure how to handle “giving and attending parties, balls, and German”? Look no further. Are you a Gentleman who needs to better understand “Visiting and card customs”? Chapter 8 is just for you. 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Overall VERY GOOD condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB231 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461067964608,"sku":"","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0420.jpg?v=1676543784"},{"product_id":"goblins-ravens-cats-magic-heath-robinsons-book-of-goblins","title":"Goblins, Ravens, Cats, \u0026 Magic: Heath Robinson - Book of Goblins (1934)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeath Robinson’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook of Goblins\u003c\/i\u003e, Hutchinson \u0026amp; Co. Ltd. 1934.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION. (250 x 190 mm) pp. 239. With frontispiece and 6 full page illustrations tipped in (listed very out of order in table of contents) and many more quirky illustrations throughout embellishing the text. Previous owner (mid-20\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e c.) name written on front flyleaf. Original dark blue cloth, gilt titles (faded) and blind vignette of goblin to cover and spine. Some stories have little penciled in crosses or checks in the table of contents; occasional staining in the margins. Some separation between some gatherings. DJ lacking. Overall in GOOD condition.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eMB221\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461125931200,"sku":"","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1559.jpg?v=1702209568"},{"product_id":"aubrey-beardlsey-adjacent-robert-louis-stevensons-fables","title":"Aesthetically Aubrey Beardlsey-Adjacent: Robert Louis Stevenson - Fables (1914)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEVENSON, Robert Louis. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFables. \u003c\/i\u003eIllustrated by E. R. Herman. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(270 x 200 mm) pp. 83.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWith frontispiece and 19 full page tipped in illustrations in black and white— all present. Captioned tissue guards intact. Printed by Chiswick Press (British, London) by Charles Whittingham and Co. Inscription on front flyleaf: “To Nellie, November 8, 1914, from Dick Herman”. Spine has some bumps to extremities. Inside is bright and without foxing. Overall VERY GOOD to NEAR FINE condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally published in 1896, this 1914 update of Robert Louis Stevenson’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFables\u003c\/i\u003e opens dramatically with “Captain Smollett and Long John Silver step out of the pages of Treasure Island to discuss the role of the author: who is his favourite character? Does the author need both a villain and a virtuous character to write a good story? They debate about how well their own characters will fare in Treasure Island when they are recalled to the story by the author.” The tales continue, considering existential questions about the inevitability of death; responsibility versus desire; nature versus destiny; radical equality; and, truth and interiority. E. R. Herman’s illustrations of these themes are clearly evocative of Aubrey Beardsley’s work.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2020\/03\/27\/er-hermans-fables\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2020\/03\/27\/er-hermans-fables\/\"\u003eJohn Coulthart\u003c\/a\u003e has done some work on E. R. Herman, whose forenames are unknown. Coulthart posits that Herman’s career was cut short by service in World War II, though some biographical entries suggest he died in 1930. It is possible— though unprovable— that the inscription “from Dick Herman” on the flyleaf may be the illustrator’s hand. Perhaps the R. stands for Richard, and he is signing with his nick name. Unknowable, but interesting.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e MB199\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461162893504,"sku":"","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1549.jpg?v=1702128451"},{"product_id":"parisian-modernism-terra-park-1947","title":"Parisian Modernism: Roger Chancel - Terra Park (1947)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHANCEL, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTerra Park 1945-1947\u003c\/i\u003e, Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1947.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLIMITED EDITION; FIRST EDITION. A large volume (330 x 255 mm) of unpaginated leaves in a cardboard chemise with the title on the first plate, the frontispiece is two-toned color; 20 plates of illustrations in black and white, accompanying two pages of text each; Preface by Pierre Gavotte. One of 2000 examples on Alfa de Navarre vellum. All 20 sections accounted for. Some foxing throughout. All pages intentionally loose gatherings of bifolium. Overall GOOD to VERY GOOD condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the colophon (translated from French): “The typography of this work was drawn on the presses of the Imprimerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, on alfa vellum of the Papeteries Navarre in 2000 copies. The plates in the text were executed by G. Duval, printer and phototypist, in Paris and were drawn in 20 examples on special “Wattmann” paper and in 1980 examples on “roto-Aussedat” paper. The frontispiece was coloured by stencil (pochoir) by Berthelot. Printing completed on 15 March 1947 by the account of the Librairie Arthème Fayard.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB284\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43461200609472,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_0428.jpg?v=1676550615"},{"product_id":"hwaet-bosworths-anglo-saxon-grammar-1823","title":"Hwæt! : Joseph Bosworth - Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar (1823)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBOSWORTH, [Joseph]. \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, with Copious Notes, illustrating the Structure of the Saxon and the Formation of the English Language; and A Grammatical Praxis with a Literal English Version: to which are prefixed, Remarks on the History and th USe of the Anglo-Saxon, and an Introduction, On the Origin and Progress of Alphanbetic Writing, with Critical Remarks by the Rev. Chas. O’Conor, D.D. And Exemplified by Engraving of inscriptions, and Facsimiles of Saxon and Other Ancient Manuscripts. \u003c\/i\u003eLondon: Printed for Harding, Mavor, and Lepard (Lackington’s Finsbury Square), 1823.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION. (260 x 170) pp. xlvii, 1- 332. Signatures: a-b8, c10, B9, C8, D7, E-X8, Y6 (despite the unusual signatures, the text is complete). Includes “Notice to Subscribers,” and handwritten addition completing the terminal statement “The Subscribers are respectfully informed, that at their convenience their Subscriptions will be received at Little Horwood Vicarage, near Winslow, Buck; or at the place where the names were given.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaper bears 1822 watermark. With plates (ex. p. 8 depicting a Sigean Inscription in Boustrophedon). Many alphabets employed in typesetting. The ink, particularly around the Anglo-Saxon orthography has burn the pages, but this is not uncommon for this text. Some brown spots (not foxing). Bound in a work-a-day, later (20\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e c.) cardboard binding. Overall VERY GOOD condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eScholars in the nineteenth century turned their interests to the Middle Ages, a newly coined term to describe what was happening before the Renaissance but after the Roman Empire (leaving aside the nuances of Late Antiquity and the transition from Medieval to Early Modern). While languages like French and Italian had not undergone too much change from the Medieval state to the Modern, English had experienced one major upheaval rendering the language difficult even for native speakers to penetrate past a certain date— 1066. When the Normans invaded, bringing their French to the British Isles, the Germanic polyphony that populated the countryside (with incursions of Latin and the Celtic speakers) began to morph.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThus, in the undateable (but certainly well predating the Norman conquest)\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBeowulf, we open with the famous Old English lines of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHwæt! We Gar-Dena in gear-dagum, þeod-cyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon\u003c\/em\u003e!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn the late 14\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e century, Middle English has been thoroughly infused with French and we come to the more legible lines opening Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhan that Aprill with his shoures soote\/ When April with its sweet-smelling showers\/ The droghte of March hath perced to the roote\/ Has pierced the drought of March to the root\u003c\/em\u003e…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd none of this is to be confused with Shakespeare’s English, which is Early Modern, and begins to look more like what we expect in Modern English :\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am my selfe indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things, that it were bet­ter my Mother had not borne me. I am very prowd, re­uengefull, Ambitious, with more offences at my becke then I haue thoughts to put them in imagination, to giue them shape, or time to acte them in. What should such Fellows as I do crawling between heaven and Earth. We are arrant knaues all, beleeue none of vs\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSo, the English language, having mutated this significantly, requires a bit more study to access the older material. Enter Joseph Bosworth. 1823 was a big year for him: he published “Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar,” and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He would become the Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford— a position inherited by J. R. R. Tolkien from 1925-1945. Later, Bosworth would found a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe book itself is truly a tour-de-force of typesetting. In addition to the italic and roman Latin alphabet, the printer has graced us with, of course, the Anglo-Saxon fonts (including runic , gothic, and moeso-Gothic), as well as Greek, Phoenician, Roman epigraphical, Roman rustic, Hebrew, and a blackletter Fraktur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e MB193\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43552154157248,"sku":"","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/products\/IMG_1287.jpg?v=1679654499"},{"product_id":"keeping-your-cambridge-diary-cambridge-university-calendar-for-1836","title":"Keeping your Cambridge Diary: Cambridge University Calendar (1836)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eCambridge University Calendar.\u003c\/i\u003e Cambridge: printed at the Pitt Press for J \u0026amp; J J Deighton, 1836.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(180 x 110 mm.) xxxii, 12pp almanac, 402pp. Folding table of University Honors, college fees for degrees and distributiones feodorum. Half white parchment, marbled paper-covered boards, red morocco title label to the spine with gilt titling. Bound in at the back of the book are some other publications: Subscriptions for building a new library in the University of Cambridge (1836, 39pp) and Senate House Examinations for the years 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBound in half calf and marble, hinges show some separation but hold solid. 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Among pro-British Americans, Brits, and the Federalists, the party championed by Alexander Hamilton, Harper’s works were so popular that they were printed 19 times between his original delivery in 1797 and the turn of the century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eT\u003cspan\u003ehe provenance of this piece has a bit of intrigue to it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe name Ralph Creyke is written in top corner of title page. This is possibly the English politician\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1849-1908) or his father of the same name- one of whom bequeathed their name to an 1878 steamship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough the family hales from Yorkshire, Creyke the son, was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Downing College, Cambridge. Its most recent provenance was a private collection of 18th century political works from a Cambridgeshire collector, further corroborating the Creyke origin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe extensive English Short Title Catalogue lists this version in only one collection: the John Rylands Library in Manchester.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(ESTC T200862)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMB376\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43668031307968,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_1415.jpg?v=1685010088"},{"product_id":"old-florida-golden-apples-1935","title":"Old Florida: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - Golden Apples (1935)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGolden Apples. \u003c\/i\u003eNew York: Scribner, 1935.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eFIRST EDITION. 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[GREGO, Joseph] \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThackarayana\u003c\/i\u003e. London: Chatto and Windus, 1875.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003eFIRST (SUPPRESSED) EDITION. (200 x 140 mm) pp. 492 + 24 p ads, dated Dec. 1874. Fore-edge foxed, but interior very clean. Embellished with many black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher’s cloth binding with black and gold vignettes and title. Minor bumping to end bands, previous bookseller’s notes on verso of front flyleaf , but overall in NEAR FINE condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eProvenance : Bookplate of John Brown, Marquess of Sligo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThe invitation to view a private library collection is the invitation to view the inner working’s of the curator\/collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eUpon the death of William Thackeray, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and journalist for \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e and other Victorian social touchstones, his world goods were auctioned off. Joseph Grego, however, took the opportunity to extract from Thackeray’s personal library a “selection of literary curiosities” which he compiled \u0026amp; titled \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThackerayana. \u003c\/i\u003eThis collection included Thackeray’s accompanying sketches \u0026amp; remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eIt also included a few copyright infringements (for use of excerpts) which saw the first edition of the book suppressed and reissued in 1898 with changes to the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eMB285\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43712195297472,"sku":"","price":390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_2059.jpg?v=1687898860"},{"product_id":"touring-time-through-poetry-multiple-authors-poets-wit-and-humour-1865","title":"Touring Time Through Poetry : W. 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La manera de descrivir y situar los Lugares, con el uso del Anillo Astronomico, del mismo Auctor Gemma Frisio. El sitio y descripcion de las Indias y Mundo Nuevo, sacada de la Historia de Francisco Lopez de Gomara, y de la cosmographia de Ieronymo Girava Tarragonez.\u003c\/i\u003e En Anvers. Por Juan Bellero al Aguila de Oro. Con privilegio de su M. D.LXXV. [1575].\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecond Spanish edition. (235 x 170) ff\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e[2], 68, [14] . Contemporary or near contemporary limp vellum binding with manuscript title and date on spine. Some ca. 17\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e c. binding waste from \u003c\/span\u003eLa vita di Maria Vergine imperatrice by Lucrezia Marinelli. Early owner’s notation in front and back of binding. Two lead clasps and string fasteners original to binding. Embellished with XX woodcuts and 5 volvelles (4 with moveable parts) to verso of folios 8, 11, 53 and recto of 30 (lacks moveable part, but moveable part not present in digital comperables). String constitutes moveable part on fol. 9v. Historiated and inhabited initials throughout. Globe woodcut on title page. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSignature: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA-I⁴ L-Y⁴ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLacks double-paged map (K signature). As noted above, possibly one volvelle lacks moving parts (though this may be the native condition of this edition). Cracking of vellum on spine. Browning on final several pages. Minor spotting throughout expected with age. Binding held loosely by end band sewing stations (acts more as a wrapper).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePalau 13809; Sabin 1756; Alden 575\/2; Peeters-Fontainas 62; Shirley 96; LeClerc Bibliotheca Americana 39; Van Ortroy 55.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNotes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe important second Spanish edition of the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCosmographia \u003c\/i\u003eby Petrus Apianus (1495-1552)— handbook to (armchair) explorers and textbook to Renaissance scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe German Peter Bienewitz, better known by his Latinized name Peterus Apianus, supplied the European audience, thirsty for knowledge about the New World and the methods of navigation propelling the Age of Exploration, with what they wanted. The work became so popular it was translated, originally, into three vernacular languages (Spanish, French, and Dutch) and later into a total of 14 languages with 45 editions produced. Why was the work so popular? A powerful combination of details about the New World and the ability to put the tools of exploration into the hands of the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally published in 1524 (and in the scientific language of Latin), Apianus’ first masterwork, “Cosmographicus Liber,” provided readers with an understanding of cosmography (that which concerns the heavens) and geography (that which concerns the earth). The work provides theoretical explanations of longitude, latitude, the Zodiac, the movement of planets and stars, and time. It also provides the means to practically solve these problems by way of calculations and use of the moving paper instruments based on Ptolemaic principals— the famous volvelles, also called Apian Wheels. While Ptolemy’s works had been used since the Medieval period by way of Arabic translation and preservation of the text during a time when Greek literacy was uncommon in the West (see \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilisbooks.com\/products\/and-let-us-say-that-when-the-point-of-the-sphere-of-the-earth-is-at-the-point-of-the-sphere-of-the-sky-john-of-seville-s-translation-of-alfraganus-s-translation-additions-to-ptolemy-s-astronomical-works?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=al+fa\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e for an example of 13\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e century Ptolemy text), Peter Apian’s wheels made the theoretical practical. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is the second edition (1575) of only two Spanish editions. The first edition (1574) lacks the excerpts from Francisco Lopez de Gomara and Jeronimo Girava, as well as the description of Iceland. The editor, Gemma Frisius, was Apian’s student and he built upon geographical techniques, proposingg topographical triangulation, a new method of locating and mapping places which was only replaced in the 1980s by Global Positioning Systems (GPS)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe work begins with a defence of translating it into Spanish which to some, the preface notes, will seem useless and a vain curiosity; they will pretend that the science is diminished by pouring it into a vulgar language and making it public to all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePart One, which includes three volvelles, explains theoretical aspects of measurement, astronomy, and cosmography, as well as giving the reader the technical instruments to solve these problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePart Two shifts to geography, describing Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Here, the reader is told that America “tomo nombre de Americo Vespucio inventor della, y casi se podia llamar isla, por que la mar la rodea casi por todas partes” [took its name from Americo Vespucci, the one who found it, and it could almost be called an island because the sea surrounds it almost on all sides]. Additional details from the works of Doctor Francisco Lopez de Gomara and Señor Ieronymo Girava Tarragonez situate and describe “Las Indias o Mundo nuevo”, including the Yucatan,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFlorida,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePeru, and Cuba. Famous expeditions, such as that of Christopher Columbus in 1492, Ferdinand Magellan, Ponce de Leon, and Hernando Cortes are described in varying detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe marks of provenance on this book speak to its circulation within Europe. The booklife begins in Antwerp in 1575. Examination of the moving parts of the volvelles reveals they are reenforced with printer’s waste— the ca. 1550s Dutch translation of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraxis rerum criminalium (\u003c\/i\u003eDe practijke of gebruyk zoo van civile als criminele zaken) by Joos de Damhouder (1507-1581). This work found particular importance in the contemporary witch trials. One of the sections which appears on the back of the volvelle on 8v states that “crimes, then, are to be punished so that the punishment of one may be the fear of many.” A chilling statement of civil law. The book’s life takes it to two more language spheres. Although there is very little marginal annotation, what is present is in Spanish, noting “los tropicos cancros y capricorno”, coupled with the notes on the terminal fly leaf with the legible “Los Hombres Notales”, followed by six lines of\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e16\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e century script, and the curious inscription of “Almoradux,” the transliterated arabic word for the spice marjoram. 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Overall GOOD to VERY GOOD condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB341\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43959315398848,"sku":"","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_2035.jpg?v=1702127074"},{"product_id":"rousseaus-bouquet-for-a-young-scholar-letters-on-the-elements-of-botany-addressed-to-a-lady-jean-jacques-rousseau-1796","title":"Rousseau's Bouquet for a Young Scholar: Jean Jacques Rousseau - Letters on the Elements of Botany Addressed to a Lady (1796)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLetters on the Elements of Botany Addressed to a Lady. \u003c\/i\u003eTranslated into English, with Notes, And Twenty-Four Additional Letters Fully Explaining the System of Linnaeus, by Thomas Martyn. Fifth Edition with Corrections and Improvements. London: Printed for B. And J. White, 1796. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(220 x 135 mm) pp. 503 + 28 p. index + single foldout. Blue pastedown and fly leaves. Half title. Owner inscription along top of dedication, Frances Amelia Rundell 1799. Bound in rustic pasteboard to resemble leather with leather spine and green label with gilt title. Some minor discolouration to front board. Top endband a little chipped. Overall VERY GOOD condition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition to being one of the most influential philosophers in the Age of Enlightenment, Jean Jaques-Rousseau was also an accomplished botanist. While living in Grenoble, he wrote \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLetters on the Elements of Botany \u003c\/i\u003efor the daughter of Madame Delessert in Lyon. The letters were intended to help her learn, so he avoided using the Latin names and created a pedagogy behind his explanations to guide the young lady. The letters were eventually published posthumously to great acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThomas Martyn, Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge, took it upon himself to translate the letters from French into English to further their accessibility to an Anglophone audience. He said of the letters that they were intended to be studied not in an armchair, but with a plant in hand to be examined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrances Amelia Rundell (1780-18550 is fairly obscure in history; however, it appears her name also appears in a 1809 edition of Voltaire’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistoric de l’Empire de Russia sous Pierre le Grand.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMB418\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43985646256320,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/IMG_1216.jpg?v=1697644003"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/collections\/Screen_Shot_2021-06-02_at_8.49.54_PM.png?v=1676025304","url":"https:\/\/www.mobilisbooks.com\/collections\/facsimiles-fine-books.oembed?page=10","provider":"Mobilis Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}