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

...of Christian antiquity, brought to light, 2 parts in 4 volumes, folio. Rome 1749. In red morocco leather, gilt-edged. A magnificent copy. 45-0. The entry likely refers to a work on Roman or Christian archeology, given the "Romæ 1749" publication date and the term "antiquitatis."

109 Bonet (Théophile) The Repository of Anatomy, or Practical Anatomy from bodies deceased from disease, proposing histories and observations of all afflictions of the human body and revealing their causes. Second Edition with notes and additions by J. J. Manget, in folio, 3 volumes. Lyon 1700. In corded parchment. 15-0. original Latin: "Sepulchretum Anatomicum, sive Anatomia practica..." Théophile Bonet (1620–1689) was a Genevan physician; this work is considered a foundation of modern pathological anatomy, linking symptoms to physical changes in the body.

110 Blackwell (Elizabeth) A Curious Herbal, Containing five hundred engravings of the most useful Plants which are now used in the Practice of Physic, engraved on folio Copper Plates, after Drawings taken from Life, To which is added a Short Description of the Plants and their common uses in Physic, 2 volumes, folio. London 1739. In red leather and boards. 30-0. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707–1758) produced this herbal to raise money to release her husband from debtor's prison. It was a pioneering work in botanical illustration, notably created almost entirely by a woman.

111 The Sixty Books of the Basilics, divided into 7 volumes; of which the first 6 were translated into Latin by Charles Annibal Fabrot, and the last by Jacques Cujas, who edited the Greek text; from the Library of the Most Christian King, 7 volumes, French binding, a neat copy. Paris 1647. 75-0. The "Basilics" (Basilicorum Libri) was a major collection of Byzantine law completed in the 9th century. This 1647 edition by Fabrot was the first comprehensive edition published in the West.

112 The Library of the Sire de la Croix du Maine, otherwise known as François Grudé; containing a general catalog of all sorts of authors who have written in France for 500 years, with reasoned discourses on the lives of more than three thousand of them, in folio. Paris 1584. In calfskin. Very rare. 20-0. Grudé (1552–1592) was a foundational bibliographer; this work is one of the earliest comprehensive catalogs of French literature and scholarship.

113 The Oriental Library, or Universal Dictionary containing generally everything regarding the knowledge of the Peoples of the Orient, their True or Fabulous Histories and Traditions, their Religions, Sects and Politics, their Government, their Laws, Customs, Manners, Wars and the Revolutions of their Empires; their Sciences and their Arts, their Theology, Mythology, Magic, Physics, Morality, Medicine, Mathematics, Natural History, Chronology, Geography, Astronomical Observations, etc. by Monsieur d'Herbelot, in folio. Paris 1697. In boards. Very rare. 21-0. Barthélemy d'Herbelot's "Bibliothèque orientale" was the primary source for European knowledge of Islamic and Middle Eastern history and culture for over a century.

114 Boissard (Jean-Jacques) Posthumous Treatise on Divination and Magical Delusions, whose truth and vanity are solidly set forth through a description of the Oracular Gods who once gave answers; and likewise of those Prophets, Priests, Phoebades, Sibyls, and Diviners who were celebrated for Oracles in ancient times; with added... original Latin: "Tractatus Posthumus de Divinatione & Magicis Præstigiis." Boissard (1528–1602) was an antiquary and poet; this work explores ancient occultism and prophecy.