Seventeenth century poetry

List seventeenth century poetry

• The sixteenth century,

  

  Oxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centuryby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centuryyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchythe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morechapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this perioda little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownwith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionthe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historyat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensual

  12 €

• The 20th century in poetry

  

  This richly rewarding collection makes invaluable reading for poetry lovers all over the worldall the major events of the twentieth century are reflected in the choice of poems within these pagesoxfam shop inverness this ground-breaking anthology presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the twentieth centurybook is in good conditioneliot, showing that traditional forms can hold their own against the modernist orthodoxyconcise biographies for each poet complete the anthologyhere are poets rescued from oblivion, such as the suffragette who wrote a compelling poem about her mistreatment in holloway prison in or the medical offer who went into belsen with the british troops producing an eye-witness poem of lasting powerby organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see poets in a new lighthouseman, for example, rubs shoulders with t  see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors, both published poets themselves, give an overview of each period of history, while notes to the poems place each one in its historical context and trace the century's poetic developmentsome discolouration on edges from dust and storage wear otherwise sharp copy

  6 €

• Abraham Bosse () after Claude Vignon () -

  

  A history of french dramatic literature in the seventeenth century ii (johns hopkins, ); rougier, francis lgaston, richelieu's desmarets and the century of louis xiv (); lancaster, hset amidst nero’s persecution of christians in 1st century rome, two boys from syracus, mélinte and palméde, visit rome where they fall in love with two girls: mélinte with ariane and palméde with her maid épicharisare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeintroduced as a slave belonging to ariane, épicharis proves to be the long-lost sister of the hero mélinteplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe book is written in the manner of d’urfe’s more famous astrée, to which it is indebted for themes, narrative techniques, atmosphere, and elements of characterization” (hall, 110)the author jean desmarets de saint-sorlin was a french poet, dramatist, and novelist, who was born and died in parisfrom the work of jean desmarets de saint-sorlin (), l’ariane de monsieur des marets conseiller du roy et controlleur general de l’extraordinaire des guerres de novveav révevë, et avgmentee de plusieurs histoires par l'autheur, et enrichie de plusieurs figurescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available“jean desmarets de saint-sorlin” in the catholic encyclopedia iv (new york: robert appleton, )meanwhile mélinte‘s friend palméde proves to be ariane’s lost brother and has, as a result, stature enough to marry épicharis, whom he loves all along

  39 €

• National prayers

  

  It also shows how special worship became a recurrent focus and expression of religion and political contention during the seventeenth centurythey had considerable religious, ecclesiastical, political, ideological, moral and social significance, and they produced important texts: proclamations, council orders, addresses and - in england, wales and ireland - prayers or complete liturgies which for specified periods supplemented or replaced the services in the book of common prayerit contains texts and commentaries which reveal the origins of special occasions of national worship during the reformation in both england and scotland, the development of fast days and wartime prayers later in the sixteenth century, and what we know about the origins of special national worship in irelandthese special prayers, special days of worship and anniversary commemorations were national events, reaching into every parish in england and wales, in scotland and in irelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenational prayersmany of these acts of special worship and most of the texts have escaped historical noticeedited by natalie mears, alasdair raffe, stephen taylor and philip williamson (with lucy bates)special worship since the reformation, in three volumes, provides the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship and for each of the annual commemorationsthe first volume, special prayers, fasts and thanksgivings in the british isles , has an extended introduction to the three volumes and a consolidated list of all the occasions of special worshipoxfam shop nether edge since the sixteenth century, the governments and established churches of the british isles have summoned the nation to special acts of public worship during periods of anxiety and crisis, at times of celebration or for annual commemoration and remembrance

  22 €

• Guillim - A Display of Heraldrie -

  

  A heraldry work, considered fundamental to the study of the connections through which the british aristocracy developed, from the early years of the kingdom until the seventeenth centurya very good copy of john guillim's work () on heraldry, which "would remain the standard textbook on english heraldry until the second half of the 18th century, and is still regularly used by heralds in the 21st century" (odnb)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeas also a true register of the blazons of all the knights of the garter, from the first installment to the last: and also of all the baronets from their first creation to the lastestc: r read moremanuscript on the first blank sheet that does not affect the text?nius labor multorum laborem allevat[pp, [pp, pp, pp, pcover page restored with vintage paperwoodcut brand on the cover page, numerous coats of arms, some coloured by hand, woodcut historiated initials and woodcut headpiecesthis heraldry treatise is beautifully illustrated by dozens of large tipped-in plates, some hand-coloured, depicting the blazons of the most important families of the english nobilityinterlaced with much variety of history, suitable to the severall occasions or subjectscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablespine restored later, with gold title on a dark moroccan leather labelbookplate on the back of the front edgefaithfully collested by francis novver arms-painter (and student in heraldry) in bartholomew lane, londoncorrected and much enlarged by the author himselfe in his life time: together with his own addition of explaining the tearms of haw|king and hunting, for the use and delight of gentlemencoeval full leather bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifor jacob blomelondon, printed by tgeneral wear on the outsidecoeval handwritten notesadded about three hundred new coats and bearings of eminent families, in their proper sections, never before insertedstill an important source of study enriched by hundreds of illustrations of coats of arms and blazonsquod quisque privatim accipit, tenetur in communem usum depromerebright pages with large tipped-in plates, some coloured by hand, depicting the coats of arms of english aristocratic familiesfull title: a display of heraldrie: manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge ther|of then hath hitherto been published by any, through the benefit of method; wherein it is now reduced by the study and industry of john guillim late pursuivant at armes

  440 €

• Manuscript; Miscellanea made up with several law and

  

  Such decorations are characterised by a rather naive hatching and almost never have the expertise of a proven artist; however, the unknown draughtsman (if it was only one) strives to vary the compositional schemes and shows an uncommon imagination: he associates elements with volutes of still seventeenth century taste with almost rocaille motifs, grotesque masks with animals existing in nature (such as owls, mice and rabbits), fearful or ridiculous invented monsters with weaves of branches, roots and leavesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia theological treatise on the spirit, which also dwells on angels) and an institutio moralisin excellent condition; limited retouches to the binding; slightly browned interiorconsidering the content of the pages, it is not unlikely that the volume contains study texts in use at a monastery or conventour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storered sprayed edgesthe rare and interesting volume includes various writings of philosophy and theology302 sheets handwritten in pen in italics with texts in latincoeval full brown spotted leather bindingother than arguments of logic and metaphysics, the codex includes a compendium pneumatice (ithe main reason for interest of the book lies, perhaps, in the rich ornamentation, with a pleasant and whimsical effectplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo small loose sheets: one, made in pencil, pen and brown ink and left unfinished, it bears the drawing of a rustic portal with telamons; the second has a pen drawing with watercolouring delineated on one side, which depicts a noble coat of arms within a baroque frame: truncated, in the upper section of a tower (or door?) with three battlements, in the lower one a six-point star; the shield is surmounted by a helmet facing left; the loose sheet with the coat of arms bears, on the back, a printed text (datable around the xviii century) which refers to a "congregation" of rivoli (city now in the province of turin)96 watercolour drawings, made on full page in pen, brush, ink and brown watercolour: 95 are large elements framing the titles of the treatises included in the codex and the chapters that make up the treatises; another full-page drawing is a schematic depiction of a philosophical reasoning, enriched with plant ornaments and a half human figuresome ornate initials; beautiful tailpieces drawn in pen with friezes, natural and landscape elementscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablespine with five raised bands; fillet pane with central fleuron and dotted friezes on the inner corners, all printed in gold

  427 €

• Kornelis Zweerts - Zede- en Zinnebeelden over Koning Davids

  

  The bible texts all seem to be from the dutch authorised version from the seventeenth centurylater leather binding - [xxxii]301 ppberge, delin: et schulp;” the book starts with a dedication to kornelis kalkoen (), schepen of amsterdamfor instance, the vierde harpzang (pon one page is a quote from both the old and new testament and from the apocryphaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein addition to ‘davids harpzangen’ he also has many other publications to his name, such as: jacoba van beijeren, erfgravin van holland (); apollo en dafne (); tafereel der deugden en ondeugden () en boertige en ernstige minnezangen inrare collection of 18th-century emblemsthe chosen verses and images will sometimes still be very recognisable today, as with the seventh harp song: “hy valt in den kuil voor anderen gegraeven” (see photos)) below the quote from psalms is an explanation of the image with a concluding observation in capitalsschorsch”, a collector of emblem booksthe frontispiece is by pieter van den berge, signed at the bottom with “pthere are, however, small errors in the exact reference to the psalmsthe binding is not so goodclean, solid and crisp and with gilt edgeson the opposite page is a print with a quote from the psalms on which the image is baseddied in maarssen 23 march, buried in amsterdam in the nieuwe kerk 29 march , was a poet, playwright and publishereach of the 150 contributions occupies two pageson the blank page of the marbled front endpaper is, in pencil, a phrase from the song of solomon (6:10) written in english: “who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun” (see pictures)(by the way: many psalms are said to have been written by king davidthe edition has two variant title pages; one (like this copy) with and the other without mention of ‘second edition’the spine is in fine condition with beautiful motifs and the titlecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehis bookseller's address was ‘op de cingel bij de appelmarkt’; in he lived on 't water for a short time11) is accompanied by a text that says verse 9, but this is actually verse 6 in the dutch translation” (see photos) sweerts (cornelis of kornelis), later written as zweerts, which spelling has been preserved by his descendants, born in amsterdam 20 febgedicht en zamengestelt door kornelis zweerts met hondert en vyftig printverbeeldingen versiertin the last twenty pages there is a spot at the bottom right (see pictures) the book consists of 150 contemplations and as many copper engravingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitet'amsterdam, by jacob ter beek, boekverkooper bezyden de beurs, in de gekroonde bybel[iii] - cm this is the second edition of a beautiful collection of emblems from the end of the golden age(2) followed by a message to the reader (11) and seven poems (by aare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwijnman (): nieuw nederlandsch biografisch woordenboekrotgans, among others) written in response to this bookkornelis zweerts - zede- en zinnebeelden over koning davids harpzangen: nevens daar op toegepaste zielzuchten(11) an additional illustrated title page with a print, also by pieter van den berge (signed with “pbelow this quote, a contemplation is included under the title “zielzucht”the binding is from a slightly later time, late 18th / early 19th century, just like the marbled endpaperson the inside is an ex-libris including coat of arms, “bibliotheque itwede druk naukeurig door hem zelf nagezien en verterthowever, the front cover is loosening and the back cover is missinghe was a son of hieronymus sweerts and on 10 january he became a member of the amsterdam bookseller's guild”) condition: the bookblock is in excellent conditionat the end of the book there is a 3-page overview in which the back list of the printer is shown: “register van boeken die by jacob ter beek gedrukt of te bekomen zyn, beneffens veele andere

  81 €

• Oundle - A School for All Seasons

  

  However, the seventeenth century golden stone buildings, winding streets and verdant grounds of oundle provide a common setting for the school year across the generationsthe photographs are drawn together by quotations, short recollections and diary extracts from pupils and staff, past and present, providing a feast of views and nostalgia for every oundelian to enjoybook condition: very good - clean covers, tightly bound, clean throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket condition: very good - only very slight marking to coversjulian andrews' insightful photography captures the excitement of the new pupils' first day to the climax of speech day, and all the emotions in-between  editor: stephen forge, with photography by julian andrews specifications: hardback, 168 pages, 310 x 260 mm,  isbn: , publication: november , published price: £ hardback in dust jacketoundle - a school for all seasons charts the school terms (known as 'quarters') today and at various points throughout the last century, through a thrilling visual narrativenot price clippedtoday the one thousand or so pupils live in eight boys' and five girls' housesfrom starched napkins to communal toasters, male only to co-ed, workshops to the state-of-the-art scitec building, there are many differencesoundle school in northamptonshire was founded as a grammar school in by sir william laxton, lord mayor of london, who was born in oundle

  (England)

  9 €

• Golden Age of Karatsu Stoneware: Fourth Quarter of the

  

  Golden age of karatsu stoneware: fourth quarter of the sixteenth century to the early seventeenth century, hardcover by villemin, francois, isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free shipping in the us

  82 €

• Gregorio Leti - Teatro Belgico, o vero ritratti historici

  

  Volumes 1 and 2 of this famous book about the history of the dutch republic in the seventeenth centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome pages are loose or cutour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesieges, battles, maps and plans are missing, which means that some pages of text are also missingincluding 55 other engravings and etchings of costumes, portraits, nobles, princes, queens and emperorsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo title pages and one engraved title page, also with a full-page portrait of the author leti ()catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableespecially in the second part, quires are sometimes tanned

  84 €

• Figurine(s) ( silver - Italy - Second half 20th

  

  Two (2) figurines in seventeenth century clothes dimensions: height 12are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein good condition, no shortcomings5 cm total weight 686 grams silver fineness hallmark 800 in a circle and silversmith’s hallmark 23 alplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteboth need to be cleanedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableall solid silver

  284 €

• Eighteenth-century French porcelain

  

  Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the ashmolean museum's collection of french porcelain is remarkable both for several individual pieces from famous collections, and also for the way in which it demonstrates the development in porcelain in france from the late seventeenth century onwardssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaileen dawson is a curator in the department of medieval and later antiquities at the british museumthis book illustrates and discusses in detail over fifty of the most attractive, rare and important pieces in the collection, from eight known factories, including vincennes/sévres, stcloud, chantilly, mennecy and villeroy

  3 €

• The atlas of disease

  

  In the atlas of disease, sandra hempel reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the aids epidemic in the s and the recent devastating ebola outbreakthese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless livessee oxfam website for delivery information read more  diseases covered: airborne: diphtheria; influenza; leprosy; measles; scarlet fever; sars; smallpox; tuberculosis (tb) waterborne: cholera; dysentery; typhoid insects and animals: malaria; plague; typhus; yellow fever; zika human to human: polio; ebola; hiv and aids; syphilis   crucially, the atlas of disease will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patternsoxfam bookshop brighton behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in historythe atlas of disease is the first book to tell these stories in a new an innovative way, interweaving new maps with contemporary illustrations to chart some of the world's most deadly pandemics and epidemics

  10 €

• Albert Smith / John Leech (ill) - The Marchioness of

  

  "the marchioness of brinvilliers: the poisoner of the seventeenth century; a romance in old paris" by albert smith and illustrated by john leech london: richard bentley & son, - first thus uk edition - 313p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original binding with gilded figure on front board, some wear to boards and spine middle, some soiling on front endpapers, foxing, one plate loose, all 15 leech plates presentare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

  32 €

• Horses and Saddlery

  

  An account of the animals used by the british and commonwealth armies from the seventeenth century to the present day with a description of their equipmentfirst published , this version reprintedthere is a little foxing to the top edges of the pages but internally the pages are clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket and plastic coverotherwise the book is in very good condition with the hard cover showing very little wearfully illustrated with over 100 photographs and diagramsthere is a very small tear to the plastic cover on the spine and there is slight bumping to the top corners and top of the spine of the dust jacket and plastic cover

  15 €

• Historical Anthology of Music Vol 1

  

  Oxfam bookshop skipton draws together a rich variety of music from oriental, medieval and renaissance composers to the beginning of the seventeenth centuryoriginal dustcover, binding tight and pages cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read moresigned 'joyce l collins' by a previous owner

  9 €

• Daniel Gabriel - Voyage du monde de descartes -

  

  The work is a treatise on the theories of the famous french philosopher and scientist of the seventeenth century renèe descartes by a jesuit native of rouena copy in good condition; traces of wear to the binding; a small tear along the vertical folding line on one of the three tipped-in plates depicting the moonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicoeval havana-coloured full leather binding; on the spine, red tag with tile and author at the top, then a lozenge decoration among the friezes, all printed in gold; faded red edgesthe work, of anti-libertine stance, is interesting in particular for the treatment of cartesian theories on emptiness and "heavenly mechanics"text in french; woodcut typographic friezesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe first four parts of the work were first printed in , while the fifth and final part was first printed in the edition under consideration heregabriel daniel was best known as a historian of the kingdom of france, but he also wrote controversial and popular works on descartes and pascalplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein the text, about twenty small woodcut scientific illustrations, some of them with re-use of the same woodcut matrices( numbered pages, including the cover pagetipped-in: a woodcut plate depicting the moon, printed on a folded sheet, repeated three timescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

  53 €

• Balthasar Bekker - De Betoverde Weereld zynde een grondig

  

  “de betoverde wereld” (the world bewitched) led to one of the most extensive polemics in the second half of the seventeenth centurythe 4 books in 1 volume, each with its own title page, are in excellent conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: very goodhis free interpretation of the bible and his criticism of the authorised version were particularly met with resistance from the established churchour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebekker was a theologian and preacheralso in the following centuries the book continued to attract attentionbekker’s questioning of the devil’s existence was a bridge too far for manyalso, seemingly paranormal events should not be linked to sorcerythis book was very influential in the fight against the belief in sorcery and was translated into german, french and englishplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenowadays, together with the work of spinoza, the book is considered a representative of the so-called ‘radical enlightenment’, the early dutch forerunner of the enlightenmentthe bookblock is in near mint condition, without notes or tears and virtually without age discolourationaccording to bekker, good or evil spirits (bekker did not deny their existence) did not affect the lives of human beingsin this book bekker disputes the existence of sorcery, magic, possession by the devil and the devil himselfcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein the netherlands, bekker was taken to court by opponents and deposed from the ministry inthis deventer edition is the most complete edition of the “betoverde wereld”parchment with beautiful patina

  173 €

• Jacob Jordaens by R-A d'Hulst

  

  Oxfam bookshop preston jacob jordaens (), together with rubens and van dyck, was one of the great flemish baroque masters of the seventeenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis entire working life was spent in the bourgeouisie, he was a popular and successful artist, his commissions ranging from altarpieces to tapestry design, and from portraits to allegorical ceiling-piecesbut unlike rubens and van dyck, jordaens was not a court painter, nor was he a member of the aristocracy or intellectual elitethis monograph includes a fully-documented account of the artist's life and the stylistic and thematic development of his work as a painter and a draughtsmanlarge coffee-table book presented in a cardboard slipcase

  19 €

• Tokens Issued in The Seventeenth Century In England, Wales

  

  Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the workoxfam bookshop beverley this work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilisation as we know itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis work was reproduced from the original artefact, and remains as true to the original work as possible

  14 €

• The Revolt of Naples

  

  Oxfam bookshop wallingford the revolt of naples in was one of several contemporaneous revolts and revolutions which have been grouped together by historians as manifestations of a "general crisis of the seventeenth century"  rosario villari's account of the background to this revolt, first published in and now at last available in english, has established itself as essential reading for all those interested in the origins and character of these seventeenth-century revolts  concentrating not on the city of naples itself but on the countryside, it has new and important things to say about landlord-peasant relations, rural banditry, and the workings of spanish rule in southern italysee oxfam website for delivery information read more

  30 €

• Vermeer and his Milieu

  

  Oxfam shop burleigh street this book is not only a fascinating biography of one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century but also a social history of the colourful extended family to which he belongedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more

  12 €

• Laudian and royalist polemic in seventeenth-century England

  

  Oxfam shop clitheroe this is the first full-length study of one of the most prolific and controversial polemical authors of the seventeenth centuryit provides for the first time a detailed analysis of the ways in which laudian and royalist polemical literature was created, tracing continuities and changes in a single corpus of writings from through tosee oxfam website for delivery information read moremilton's book is neither a conventional biography nor simply a study of printed works, but instead constructs an integrated account of peter heylyn's career and writings in order to provide the key to understanding a profoundly polemical authorthroughout the book, heylyn's shifting views and fortunes prompt an important reassessment of the relative coherence and stability of royalism and laudianismin the process, the author presents important new perspectives on the origins and development of laudianism and 'anglicanism' and on the tensions within royalist thoughthistorians of early modern english politics and religion and literary scholars will find this book essential reading

  20 €

• So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby....

  

  The style of printing and general appearance of this volume have been adopted by the publishers merely to be in accordance with the design of the author, who in this work personates a lady of the seventeenth centurygold tooling to edges of boardsas relates to her domestic history, & to the eventful period of the reign of charles the firstbinding good and tightoxfam bookshop sevenoakssee oxfam website for delivery information read morered edges to block" this small book is in good condition for agethird edition note "to the readermarbled endpapersbound in leather with blind tooling, five bands to spine and neat title label with gold letteringfull page crest, book plate for alice courtney, plus two previous owners' names, leather is scuffed and marked as expected with age, and very rubbed at edges of boards and to spine, small split to leather at top edge of rear boardimprinted for longman, brown, green, & longmans, paternoster row over against warwick lane in the city of london

  50 €

• Falda Giovanni Battista () - " Piazza e Portici

  

  Giovanni battista falda, italian engraver, documented architecture and urban planning in rome in the second half of the seventeenth centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwonderful print on laid paper, preserved in very good condition except for some flaws due to agerare image with a colonnade that was never builta copy is in the collection of the metropolitan museum of artour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepublished by giovanni giacomo de rossi () inpeter’s basilica in romethe colonnade is represented in a phase of the levels that was never made with a third part of the portico on the opposite side, leaving only two narrow entrances to the squarethe numbers are added next to several noteworthy buildings and monuments that are identified below the imagefrom ‘il nuovo teatro delle fabbriche, et edificii, in prospettiva di rome moderna’architettura di michel’ angelo bonaroti la facciata di carlo maderno li portici del cavalier bernini la cupola inalzata da iacomo della porta et la guglia del cavhe was then put in the workshop of a local painter, and then, at the age of 14, sent to rome to an uncle who introduced him to gian lorenzo berniniplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe soon demonstrated interest and talent for drawinghowever, in the training and subsequent activity of the young falda, the meeting with giovanni giacomo de rossi and the early apprenticeship in his print shop were more importantview from the top of the square and the portico in front of the stcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith certificate of authenticity

  82 €

• Albert Meyeringh () - " Le coup de fusil "

  

  Beautiful engraving by albert meyeringh () famous engraver of the dutch school of the seventeenth centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis engraving can be found in the british museum in london with no16 (photo 9) hunting scene in a rocky landscapeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store" le coup de fusil " reported in the 5th volume of " le peintre graveur " by adam bartsch - vienna -pprinted on laid paper with watermark and wide margins, in good overall conditionet fecit folio 37 x 24 cm - image 32on bottom right: aplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

  66 €

• Art and commerce in the Dutch Golden Age

  

  Oxfam bookshop brighton during the seventeenth century, the netherlands--a small country with just two million inhabitants and virtually no natural resources--enjoyed a "golden age" of economic success, world power, and tremendous artistic outputin this book north examines the dutch golden age, when dutch society boasted europe's greatest number of cities and highest literacy rate, unusually large numbers of publicly and privately owned art works, religious tolerance, and a highly structured and wide-ranging social networksee oxfam website for delivery information read more

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• Georgian Poetry, A Compilation of Georgian Poetry,

  

  Includes poetry by dsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells georgian poetry, a compilation of georgian poetry, keith hale (ed) originally published in 5 volumes by editor edward march there is a name written in red pen in the top corner of the first page, otherwise this is in very good conditionlawrence, siegfried sassoon, rupert brooke, robert graves and others

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• "Shakespeare" Identified in Edward De Vere, The Seventeenth

  

  "shakespeare" identified in edward de vere, the seventeenth earl of oxford joriginator of the oxfordian theory, j  condition: overall condition good, tight binding, all pages clean and intact with no notes or markings466 pp, softcover with frontispiece and blank pages at the beginning of the book bearing portrait of edward de vere reproduced in black and white and university of california ex libris stampsthomas looney argues his case with a wealth of historical detail in a book that will be of interest to shakespearian scholars and historians alikesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, pages are somewhat yellowed and corners of cover curledthis is a  print-on-demand edition, hence some pages are marred by black ink marks and the title on the front cover is slightly blurredthomas looney culturally important work examining the contention that shakespeare's plays and poems were written by edward de vere

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  9 €

• Rhymes For Times- Perfect personalised poetry for every

  

  Creating rhyming poetry is my passion and favourite art form and born out of my joy of the english languageit is a highly satisfying feeling to arouse people's emotions with my poetry and make them laugh and cry and put smiles on their facesi have established rhymes for times to offer a fully personalised, bespoke and rhyming poetry and speech writing service for individuals and businesses worldwide and for any occasioni always take exceptional care and pride in creating poetry and aim to touch the hearts of those who read it and have them connect with the deeper meaning of my wordsmy name is clive saffron, a published poet with the desire to use my writing skills to bring the feel good factor to othersfor me, it is a wonderful form of catharsis and self-expressionas somebody who likes to sing too, the rhythms and lyrics of so many songs inspire me to play with words and arrange them in metrical patterns to create rhymes

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