Catalogue of a Large Collection of Rare and Curious Books of All Kinds

secretary of the said Lord, folio, Paris 1623. In calfskin. 9-10. This completes the entry for item 26, the diplomatic papers of Cardinal du Perron.

31 The Complete Works of Aristotle, in Greek and Latin, with the annotations of learned men; edited by Guillaume Du Val. 4 volumes, folio. Paris, 1654. In calfskin. 25-0. original: "Aristotelis Opera Omnia, Graecè & Latinè... curâ Guil. Du-Valli." Du Val was a 17th-century physician and scholar whose edition of Aristotle became a standard academic reference for decades.

32 Annals of Flanders, by Emanuel Sueyro, etc. 2 volumes in folio. Antwerp, 1624. In calfskin. 10-10.

33 Amadis of Gaul (the 16 Books of), translated from Spanish into French by the Lord of Effarts, Nicolas d'Herberay; 4 volumes in folio. Paris, 1548-1559. In green morocco leather, with gilded edges, etc. 50-0. Amadis de Gaul was the most influential of the chivalric romances, famously parodied by Cervantes in Don Quixote.

34 Agrippa (H. C.) of Nettesheim, On Three Books of Occult Philosophy, with Tables and Characters. original: "de Occulta Philosophia Libri III. cum Tabul. & Caract." folio. 1533. French binding. A very clean and rare copy. 15-0. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a famous 16th-century polymath and occultist; this 1533 edition is highly sought after by collectors of Western esotericism.

35 The Roman Histories of Appian of Alexandria, in Greek, folio. Paris, from the Royal Press of Charles Estienne. 1557. In silvered cardboard. 5-10. original: "Appiani Alexandrini Romanarum Historiarum, Graece... Lutetiae Typis Regiis." Charles Estienne was part of the famous Estienne printing dynasty known for their beautiful Greek typography.

36 A System of Anatomy treating of the Body of Man, etc. By Samuel Collins, with neat figures. 2 volumes, folio. London, 1685. French binding. 25-0. original: "cum nitid. figuris." Collins served as physician to King Charles II; this work is celebrated for its intricate anatomical engravings.

37 Joseph Simon Assemani's Oriental Library of the Clementine-Vatican, in which, by order of Pope Clement XI, he reviewed and arranged the Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Samaritan, Armenian, Ethiopian, Greek, Egyptian, Iberian, and Malabar manuscript codices of the Vatican Library; he separated genuine writings from spurious ones, along with the lives of the individual authors. original: "Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana... recensuit, digessit..." Assemani was a brilliant Lebanese scholar who cataloged the Vatican's extensive Middle Eastern and Eastern Christian collections. 4 volumes. Rome, 1719. Vellum with cords. 30-0.

38 Embassy of the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Emperor of China or the Great Khan of Tartary, undertaken by Pieter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyser; illustrated with a very exact description of the cities, towns, villages, seaports, and other considerable places of China, by Johannes Nieuhoff and translated into French by Jean le Charpentier; with a great number of copperplate engravings, folio. Leiden, 1665. In tawny calfskin, with gilded edges. 9-10. Johannes Nieuhoff was a traveler whose vivid accounts and drawings provided many Europeans with their first visual impressions of the Qing Dynasty.

39 Appian of Alexandria on the Roman Civil Wars, from the Latin version of Pier Candido Decembrio. original: "Appianus Alexandrinus de Civilibus Romanorum Bellis, ex Versione Latina P. Candidi." First edition, folio. 1472. With large margins, in tawny calfskin, with gilded edges. A magnificent copy. 50-0. This is an incunable, a book printed in the very earliest stages of the printing press (before 1501).

40 Academy of Sciences and Arts, containing the Lives and Historical Eulogies of Illustrious Men who excelled in these professions over approximately four centuries, among various Nations of Europe: with their portraits drawn from life after the originals, and several In- This expansive biographical work by Isaac Bullart features over 200 portraits of scientists, artists, and scholars.