Department of Printed Books: Acquisitions 1965-1975 - British Library

TREATISE
OF
CHIRURGICAL
Afcer the
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thod toundcd on the Strufture
of the PARTS.
CONTAINING
Thei,- Caui« Signs, Symptons,
together Wirh their Explanation
and au:^y curioas Obfevitions. '
To wh'ch
General • Idea of
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The first edition ofthe laws ofthe island after
it came into English possession in 1655. The
preface, containing 'A short account of the
island', is by Francis Hanson, Wing records
only two other copies in this country.
Purchased with the aid of Mr. Arthur Gimson.
Wing} 124.
Sabin 35623.
C.ii2.aa,i9.
[LouBAYSSiN DE LA MARCA, Francisco.]
The amorous travellers, or The nightadventures.
Written originally in Spanish by
a person of honour [i.e. F. L. de la Marca].
Translated into French . . , and into English
by J.B, Printed by A.C. for Jonathan Edwin,
1671. 8^ A-t B-08 PMP4 blank).
The first English edition of Loubayssin de la
Marca's novel Enganos deste siglo. The French
version from which the English translation was
subsequently made (perhaps by John Bulteel)
was printed in 1639 under the title Les
tromperies de ce siecle.
Wing^ A 3021A (recording two copies of a 1671
edition with variant imprint).
Esdatle,p. 148.
was reprinted in 1712, This copy belonged to
Joseph Gulston, eighteenth-century collector
and connoisseur; his library was auctioned in
1783, but the present item was not listed in the
sale catalogue.
Not in Wing.
C.111.ff.2.
THE LAWS of Jamaica . . . 1683. To which is
added, A short account ofthe island and the
government thereof. With an exact map of
the island. Printed by H. Hills for Charles
Harper, 1683. 8«: a-d« A-O^ (with one folding
plate).
MAUCLERC, Julien. A new treatise of architecture,
according to Vitruvius . . . Set forth
in English by Robert Pricke. Printed by
J. Darby, and are to be sold by Robert Pricke,
1669. fol.: A-B- C-H' (with an engraved
portrait and forty-nine engraved plates).
The first architectural work to be published
by Robert Pricke, who also translated it. He
was evidently taking advantage of the architectural
activity in London subsequent to the
Great Fire; he advertises in the imprint 'other
Books and Prints, as Maps, Copy-Books,
Chimney-pieces, &c.' The original French
edition was published in 1600 in Paris, and
reprinted there in 1648, but Pricke had new