History, Law & Philosophy

[PROPHECIES - OTTOMAN EMPIRE]. Prophetien, of voorseggingen der beyde Keyseren Severi en Leonis, die beyde in Orienten gheregeert hebben. In de welcke het hem laet aensien als of het Turcksche Rijck onder desen teghenwoordigen Sultan wel een eynde mocht nemen. Hier sijn byghevoeght eenighe andere Vooorseggingen ... ende met veele copere figuyren verciert.
Amsterdam, Broer Jansz., 1627. 4to. With large woodcut on the title page showing the Ottomans reaching Constantinople, and 16 engravings in the text with emblematic scenes featuring sultans, including Mehmet II and Sulaiman I, animals such as unicorns, nursing bears, eagles, ravens, wolves, snakes, mythological figures, rulers, etc. Each plate is followed by an epigram and explanation. 19th-century gold-tooled brown morocco, with the gold-tooled coat of arms of Victor Masséna, 5th Prince dEssling and 3rd Duke of Rivoli (1836-1910) on both boards, the title, impressum and (repeatedly) the monogram "VM" lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Bound by the 19th-century French bookbinders Allô-Wampflug (signed in the lower turn-ins at the front and back). [1], [1 blank], [2], 41, [2], [1 blank] pp. Full description

[PROSTITUTION]. Les filles en cage, ou Déguerpissons! Par un abonné au cachet des maisons de plaisir de la capitale.
Paris, Peytieux (colophon: Sétier), 1830. 8vo. With a lithographed title-page with an illustration and a small woodcut decoration on the letterpress title-page. Later black half morocco. 14, [2] pp. Full description

PRUDENTIUS CLEMENS, Aurelius, and Theodorus PULMANNUS (editor). Theodori Pulmanni Cranenburgii, et Victoris Giselini opera, ex fide decem librorum manuscriptorum, emendatus, et in eum, eiusdem Victoris Giselini commentarius.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, November 1564.
With:
(2) GISELINUS Victor. In Aurelii Prudentii Clementis v. cl. opera commentarius.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1564. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (15.7 x 10.2 cm). With Plantins woodcut device on the title page of both works, ad 1 with a woodcut decorated initial. 19th-century calf. 350, [2]; [168] pp. Full description

PUGET DE LA SERRE, Jean. L'isthoire [!] et les portraits des imperatrices, des reynes, et des illustres princesses de l'auguste maison d'Austriche, qui ont porte le nom d'Anne.
Paris, Pierre de Bresche, 1648. Folio (44 x 30.5 cm). With 10 (of 14) hand-coloured full-page engraved plates, 14 contemporary hand-coloured engraved initials, 14 hand-coloured engraved headpieces, 8 engraved tailpieces, and a hand-coloured engraved vignette on the title page, all heightened with gold. The leaves have been outlined in red, and the title page has been outlined and decorated in red and gold, lacking the frontispiece. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, with the coat of arms of Anne of Austria onlaid in the centre of both boards, surrounded by two triple fillet frames, with ornaments in the corners of the inner frame, gold-tooled board edges, gilt edges, marbled pastedowns. [6], "51" [= 45], [1] pp. Full description

[PUNJAB-BRITISH SECRETARIAT]. Press lists of old records in the Punjab Secretariat - Volume VII. - North-West Frontier Agency. Correspondence with Government, 1840-1845.
Lahore, printed by the superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, 1915. 1 volume bound as 2. Folio. With an addendum slip facing p. 197. Brown calf, with "Book 1" and "Book 2" in gold on the spines. [2?], 993 pp. Full description

[PARIS UNIVERSITY - FACULTY OF MEDICINE]. PUYLON, Denis. Statuts de la Faculté de medecine en luniversité de Paris, avec les pieces justisicatives de ses privileges & les droits & soûmissions à elle deubs par les apothicaires & chirurgiens.
Including:
- Pieces justificatives des priviliges de luniversité de Paris appartenans à la Faculté de medecine.
- Arrests et sentences contre les empiriques & les medecins non approuvez par la Faculté de Medecine de Paris.
- Reglemens en faveur de la Faculté de medecine de Paris, ontre le premier medecin du roy, pour la reception des apoticaires & des chirurgiens és villes, bourgs & lieux où il ny a point de jurez en la prevoste & vicomte de Paris.
- Pieces concernans les apoticaires, et la visite des drogues.
- Reglemens pour la visites des boutiques& pour les examens & receptions des apoticaires-epiciers du roy, privilegiez suivans la cour, sous la charge de monsieur le Grand Prevost de lHôtel.
- Arrestes, sentences et contracts dentre la Faculté de medecine de Paris, & le premier barbier du roy, & la communauté des maistres chirurgiens - barbiers & jurez de Paris...
- Arrests portans defenses denlever les cadavres sans permission du doyen de la faculté de medecine de Paris, de faire anatomie quen la presence dun docteur de ladite faculté, aux officiers de justice de prendre aucuns droits pour lenlevement desdits cadavres, & à lexecuteur de la haute justice dexiger plus grande somme que de trois livres.
- Arrests pour la renvoy au parlement de Paris des instances dentre la Faculté de medecine en luniversité de Paris & le premier barbier du roy.
- Arrests faisans defenses dimprimer aucuns livres de medecine, de chirurgie ou autres sans lapprobation de la Faculté de medecine de Paris.
Paris, François Muguet, 1672. 4to. With a few woodcut headpieces. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine. 56, 26, 111, [1 blank], 4, 20, 56, 22, [2 blank], 115, [1 blank], 43, [1 blank], 10, [2 blank], 16, [4], 16 pp. Full description

QUILLIAM, Andrew. An abridged collection of photographs, taken in various departments of some of the hospitals which I have attended whilst a student 1940-43.
[England], 1940-1943. With 137 gelatin silver prints (including many repeats) and 161 celluloid negatives, most of them measuring ca. 5.5 x 8 cm, but some larger formats. Five albums of varying sizes with photographs, one box with some loosely inserted photographs and 2 albums with negatives. Full description

QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius. [De institutione oratoria].
(Colophon: Florence, Filippo I Giunta, October 1515). Small 8vo (14.5 x 10 cm). With a title-page containing only the author's name, but with the title in the heading to liber I, and Giunti's woodcut device on the verso of the otherwise blank final leaf. Set entirely in an Aldine-style italic (with upright capitals). Vellum (ca. 1850?). [4], "269" [= 367], [1] ll. Full description

QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius. Institutionum oratorium libri XII diligentius recogniti M D XXII. Index capitum totius operis. Conversio dictionum Graecarum, quas ipse author in latinum non transtulit.
(Colophon: Venice "In Aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri" [= André d'Asola & sons], January 1521 [= 1522]). Narrow 4to in 8s (21 x 13 cm). With Aldus's anchor and dolphin publisher's device on the first and last pages. Set entirely in a single size of Aldine italic, with some headings, running heads, etc., set in its (upright) capitals. Gold-tooled red morocco (ca. 1700), each board with delicate centre-piece a petit fers, rebacked in gold-tooled red morocco. [4], 230 ll. Full description

[RAADHUISPERS - JAN VAN HOUT (publisher)]. Nieuwe keuren tot vordernisse van de getimmerten ende tbouwen van huyzen binnen dezer stadt Leyden. Ten bevele van die vande Gerechte der voorschreven stede.
Leiden, gedruct opt raedhuys aldaer [= Jan van Hout], 1586. 4 works in 1 volume. 4to. The title of ad 1 is set within an ornamental border built up from typographical ornaments, with a woodcut printer's device, a large woodcut with the coat of arms of Leiden on the final leaf of ad 1, and 24 decorative woodcut initials. With: (2) [IDEM]. Keuren opt ampt vande craemverzorchsters, inne-nemen vande craemvrouwen, tampt vande aelmoeseniers, generale verdeelinge, ende misbruyc der aelmissen.
Leiden, Raadhuispers [Jan van Hout], 1586.
(3) [IDEM]. Provisionele ordonnantie gemaect by Schout ende schepenen dezer stade, op tbrouwen vande zware bieren (including the Aenhang vande burgelicke keuren).
Leiden, Raadhuispers [Jan van Hout], 1587.
(4) [IDEM]. Ordonnantie gemaect by die van de Gerechte deze stadt Leyden ten dagen hier naer genomt, opt wijden vande wateren ende grachten, daer naer hem elc eenen van nu voorts-aen zal hebben te gedragen int maken, versteken, ende vernieuwen van haer platingen.
Leiden, Raadhuispers [Jan van Hout], 1588.
18th-century vellum over boards, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints. [1], [1 blank], [9], [1 blank]; [7], [1 blank]; [8]; [24] pp. Full description