Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Laud, William.
The History Of The Troubles And Tryal Of The Most Reverend Father in God and Blessed Martyr William Laud... Wrote by Himself during his Imprisonment in the Tower. To which is prefixed The Diary Of His Own Life... London: Ri. Chiswell, 1695. First edition. Folio. [2], A2, a-c2, B-4I4, 4K2. [22], 616, [2]. Contemporary calf blind ruled Cambridge style with floral ends on covers rebacked with title label to spine in gilt. Edges rubbed. Small contemporary previous owners signature at top corner of half-title and title. Title page in red and black print. Several other separate title pages throughout. B2, M4, Aa2 with very small hole to outside margins no affect. C4 tiny clean tear lower margin no affect. With original publisher adds at end. Overall a very nice clean copy with large margins. An excellent copy priced to go. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Laud. First edition. William Laud (1573-1645), archbishop of Canterbury; entered St. John's College, Oxford, 1589; fellow, 1593; M.A. 1598; ordained, 1601; B.D. 1604; D.D. 1608; president of St. John's College, Oxford, 1611; archdeacon of Huntingdon, 1615; dean of Glouscester, 1616; bishop of St. David's, 1621-6; became predominant in the Church of England at Charles I acession, 1625; supported the king in his struggle with the Commons; dean of the Chapel Royale, 1626; bishop of Bath and Wells, 1626-8; privy councillor, 1627; bishop of London, 1628-33; chancellor of the University of Oxford; 1629; archbishop of Canterbury, 1633; adopted policy of compelling compulsory uniformity of action on the part of church men; interfered disasterously with the Scottish church; impeached of high treason by the Long parliament, 1640; committed to the Tower, 1641; tried, 1644; condemned and beheaded, 1645. In his ecclesiastical policy he failed to allow for the diversity of the elements which made up the national church. His sermons were first published in 1651, and his collected works appeared between 1695 and 1700. Wing L586. ESTC R354. William Laud. Law. Parliament. Law trials. Church of England. Religion. Canterbury. English history. Church history. Controversial literature. Diary. Biography. Imprisonment. DP20578 $500.00
[Kirkpatrick, James].
An Historical Essay Upon the Loyalty of Presbyterians In Great Britain and Ireland from the Reformation to this Present Year 1713... [Henry Philpott, Bishop of Worcester personal copy]. [Belfast:] [james Blow,] 1713. First edition. 4to. xv, [1], 564, [10]p. Modern antique full calf blind rules to edge covers gold rules to spine and title label. Title page in fine facsimile on period paper. New endpapers. Some minor trimming to outer margins sometimes touch on page number no affect to content. First page of Index at end with minor repair at bottom margin few words affected. Though the Index appears to end abruptly with no finish page, it is indeed complete and matches ESTC records. Original bookplate of Henry Philpott to front endpaper on inside first board. A scarce work priced to go. No author, publisher or place mentioned as Kirkpatrick feared for his life on the publishing of the book. Considered the first major work to be printed in Belfast. Kirkpatrick (d.1743), Irish presbyterian divine, minister Belfast. “Kirkpatrick is best known by his ‘Historical Essay upon the Loyalty of Presbyterians in Great-Britain and Ireland from the Reformation to this present year 1713, &c.’ (4to, pp. xv, 564, and index of ten pages, no place or printer's name, 1713), a work undertaken to meet the desire of the general synod to possess a history of their church, and specially called for by the persistent attacks of Tisdall, vicar of Belfast, on the presbyterian body. It preserves many valuable facts and documents, and gives a good idea of the state of public sentiment in Ireland in the days of Queen Anne. It was published anonymously.” [- DNB].
Henry Philpott [bookplate] - Anglican bishop and academic (1807 - 1892). Master of St Catherines College from 1845-1861. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge on three occasions. Awarded Doctor of Divinity by royal letters patent in 1847 and Bishop of Worcester from 1861 to 1890.
Lenglet Du Fresnoy, Nicole, L'Abbe.
Recueil De Dissertations Anciennes Et Nouvelles; Sur les Apparitions, les Visions & les Songes. Avignon & Paris: Jean-Noel Leloup, 1751-2. First edition. 12mo. 2pts in 4 vols. [12],clxii, [14],192; [4],287,[1]; [4],xii,336; [4],312p. Contemporary calf-backed, paste-paper decorated boards, minor shelf wear to edges, hinges cracked but strong, gilt rules on spines, title labels chipped, edges speckled in colors. Tiny annotation of p.277 of vol.4, otherwise text is clean, very nice copies. Lenglet DuFresnoy (1674-1755) French historian and first bibliographer of alchemy."His passion was to write, think, act, and live, with a kind of cynical freedom; and though badly lodged, clothed, and fed, he was still satisfied; liberty to say and write what he pleased; which liberty, however, he carried to so great an extreme, and so strangely abused, that he was sent to the bastille ten or twelve times."[-Chalmers]. Contains his long dissertation on apparitions as well as, selections from various works on examples of apparitions; legal documents relating to them and various other short pieces.
Caillet 6498. Esoterica 2631. Cornell, Witchcraft, 344. Coumont L53.2. Yves-Plesses 403. Casanatense 725. Guaita 1544. Ouvaroff 1742.
Occult. Apparitions. Ghosts. Sorcery. Magic. Religion. Witchcraft. Vampires. Dreams. DP20190 $650.00
[La Calprenede, Gaultier de Coste, Seigneur de,] Robert Loveday, translator.
Hymen's Præludia: Or, Loves's Master-Piece. Being that So-much-Admired Romance, Intituled, Cleopatra. London: F. Collins for Thomas Fabian, 1687. Folio. [8], 958, [1]p. Contemporary calf rubbed corners with some wear recently reback with title in gilt to spine. New endpapers. Some light soiling and foxing. Title in red and black with contemporary signature at top “Diana Webb” some soiling and reinforced. B2-3 with clean short tears touching at text little affect. p96-7 with minor ink stains. Q1 short corner tear. Overall still a very good copy. At time of description we locate no other copies for sale. Priced to go. Scarce edition. Translation of La Calprenede’s Cleopatre.Parts 1-6 transalted by Robert Loveday part 7 by John Coles part 8 by James Webb and parts 9-12 by John Davies. La Claprenède (1609-1663), a diplomat in the corps of Queen Anne of Austria, had his true vocation revealed for the first time with the publication of the first part of Cassandra in 1642. “La Calprenede literary career is typically separated into two phases the first from 1635 to 1642 in which he prodiced dramas and the second from 1642 until his death in 1663 during which he wrote his more successful historical romances. La Calprenedes best known work are the heroic or historical romamces Cassandra which was published in 10 volumes from 1642-1645 or 1650, and Cleopatra 12 volumes from 1647-1658. Karen Taylor (author on early French) argues these romances were influential pieces in developing the genre of the historical romance and Peter France (Oxford Companion to French) describes them as ‘enormously popular for their heroic mythification of contemporary courtly ideals”.” [-Arabella Romances]. Wing L124. ESTC: R39109.
Cleopatra. Romance. Historical romance. Egypt. Queens. DP20496 $850.00
[Livermore, Mary A.]
[My Story of the War: A Womans Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience As Nurse in the Union Army and in Relief Work at Home Hospitals Camps and at the Front During the War of the Rebellion]. [Hartford:] [A.D. Worthington,] [1890]. 700p. Modern blue cloth over boards black title label with silver gilt title. Lacks title page else complete. With numerous beautiful full-page plates both in b&w and color. Priced to go. Civil War. Americana. American history. Women. Womens rights. Flags. Nurse. War. Military. Battle flags. Illustrated. DP20531 $45.00
Knight, Samuel. [Erasmus].
The Life Of Erasmus, More particularly the part of it which He spent in Egland. Wherein An Account is given of his Learned Friends And the State of Religion and Learning At that Time in both our Universities. With An Appendix Containing several Original Papers. [William Cole’s copy]. Cambridge: Printed by Corn. Corwonfield, 1726. First edition. 8vo. [8], xxxi, 386, cxliv, [16]p. Modern antique full calf Cambridge style binding with speckles to covers and gilt text block. Floral gilt design to spine and red title label. Beautiful binding. Bookplate of William Cole [see info below] on free endpaper at start as well as his contemporary notes on free endpaper and some very interesting contemporary notes by Cole on leaves throughout to outer margins little affect. A couple folding plates with some browning. A nice first edition copy. Frontispiece and 21 plates, 5 of which are folding and 3 of which added, not uncommon. Samuel Knight 1675-1746, English clergyman, antiquary, and author. Strong Protestant. His biography of Erasmus in 1726 focuses on Erasmus friends in England and English universities. He also wrote a biography on John Colet. Willaim Cole [notes and bookplate] 1714-1782, Cambridgeshire clergyman and antiquary known fir his extensive manuscript collection which was left to the British Museum. His diaries were published in 1931. ESTC: T92618. Erasmus. Theology. Philosophy.Illustrated. Religion. Catholic. Biography. History. William Cole. DP20569 $600.00
Johnson, Samuel.
Johnsons Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature. To which are added An Alphabetical Account Of The Heathen Dieties, A List Of The Cities, Boroughs, And Market Towns in England and Wales... London: Lackington & Co. & Wilson & Sons, 1820. 12mo. 284p. Contemporary calf with some wear to boards rebacked in recent calf with black title label to spine. Frontipiece of Johnson. Old owners signature to first endpaper “W. Tuckerman” [?]. Overall a clean copy priced to go. Samuel Johnson. Dictionary. England. Wales. Heathen. Dieties. DP20527 $100.00
Kornmann, Heinrich [Henri].
Sibylla Trig-Andriana Seu De Virginitate, Virginum Statu et Jure Tractatus Jucundus: Ex Jure Naturali, Divino, Canonico & Civili... (with:) Linea Amoris Sive Commentarius & De Annulo Triplici. [Three early tracts on women]. Cologne: Peter Marteau, 1765. Scarce. 8vo. 423p. Modern brown cloth, gilt title to spine, title page in red and black print. Very minor shelf wear, p194 with tiny bit of corner loss, p 245-46, with minor tear at lower outer margin, repaired, no affect, else a very clean & crisp copy. All three works with separate title pages. Interesting work by lawyer Heinri Kornmann (1580-1640) of Frankfurt, originally published in 1610, on the virginity of women and love throughout history in civil, canonical, natural and divine rights, with scientific arguments, magic and superstition. His references are biblical as well as from occultists and demonologists. Fascinating material which includes incubi & sucubi, legal rights and duties of women, marriage and sex, astrology and more. Caillet 5829. Wellcome I: 3582. Gay-Lemonnyer 1113-1114. Women. Female. Virginity. Love. Marriage. Sex. Magic. Astrology. Occult. Witches. Erotica. Medicine. Science. Succubi. Incubi. Mythology. DP20244 $175.00
Keil, John.
An Introduction To Natural Philosophy: Or, Philosophical Lectures Read in the University of Oxford Anno Dom. 1700. To which are Added The Demonstrations of Monsieur Huygens Theorems, concerning the Centrifugal Force and Circular Motion. London: Printed by H.W. for William & John Innys, 1720. First English edition. Scarce. 8vo. xii, 306, [2]p. Modern fine binding antique full calf with gilt rules to spine and black title label. New endpapers. Fully illustrated with woodcut diagrams and small illustrations throughout. With last leaf ads for books printed for John Osborn at the Oxford-arms in Lombard-street. A clean copy that is near fine. John Keil (1671-1721) mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher and defender of Isaac Newton. “John Keil played an important role in the dissemination of Newtonian ideas in the first two decades of the eighteenth century. In 1700 in his role as deputy to the Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford, Keil gave an important and innovative series of lectures, which expounded Newtonian natural philosophy with the aid of practical demonstrations and experiments. These lectures were published as Introductio ad veram physicam in 1702 to wide acclaim. Later in a paper in Philosophical transactions for May-June 1708 Keil gave the first detailed outline of the chemical aspects of Newtons theory of matter, using the idea of short-range attraction between small particles to explain phenomena such as crystalization, dissolution and precipitation. Keils ideas were hugley influential in eighteenth and nineteenth century chemistry.” [-Kings College London Newton and His Champions exhibit]. Science. Natural philosophy. Mechanics. Mathematics. Chemistry. Physics. Christiaan Huygens. Isaac Newton. Centrifugal force. Circular motion. DP20502 $750.00
Latham, Robert Gordon.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man. London: John van Voorst, 1850. First Edition. Scarce. 8vo. 574p. Publishers quarter calf, red, over marbled boards, gilt title to spine, boards slightly bowed, with shelf wear, corner front hinge starting. Old signature to first blank. Illustrated with small black and white text cuts. Our copy has a beautiful hand colored illustration on page 417. Natural history. Anthropology. Enthonology. DP20183 $75.00
Knatchbull, Norton.
Annotations Upon Some Difficult Texts In all the Books Of The New Testament. Cambridge: J. Hayes for W. Graves, 1693. First English Edition. 8vo. A-X8 [Lacks A1, imprimatur leaf]. [14 of 16], 320p. Modern calf-backed leatherette, title gilt, repair to outer margin of t.p. (no text loss), signature of Johannis Gardner" on t.p., sig. of Abijah Bigelow on f.f.e.p., dated gift entry on verso of rear end paper dated 1876; a few old stains, light paper toning, otherwise a nice copy. Knatchbull, Sir Norton, first baronet (1602–1685), politician and biblical scholar. "In 1659 Knatchbull published Animadversiones in libros novi testamenti. The work demonstrates a considerable breadth of learning, reflecting the author's use of his large library. It is also intrepid in its arguments for considering historical circumstances and contemporary idiom, and for suggesting the existence of scribal errors in the transmission of the sacred text. A second edition with appendix was published in 1672 and a third, emended, at Oxford in 1677; a fourth edition, in English, appeared in 1692, entitled Annotations upon some Difficult Texts in All the Books of the New Testament (Cambridge, 1693). The preface states that Knatchbull undertook the translation, probably shortly before his death. Bible. Theology. Religion. DP20114 $350.00
Leland, John.
[Greek Title:] Kykneion Asma: Cygnea cantio. London: Johannis Streater, 1658. 8vo. A2, B-O8, P2. [14], 6, 6-24, [9], 165, [3] p. Modern antique calf, decorated in blind, tile in gilt. Some pencil notes to title, else a very nice copy. John Leland (1506?- 1552), the earliest of modern english antiquaries. "As a Latin poet he is deserving of high regard. His poems are always graceful and imaginative, and exhibit at times, as in his 'Cygnea Cantio,' an appreciation of natural scenery which is not apparent in his 'Itinerary.' He wrote in very varied metres, and knew and appreciated the best classical models. Ovid, Lucretius, Martial, and Euripides are among the authors quoted by him."[-DNB].
Henry VIII. Poetry. England. DP20107 $300.00
Lucian of Samosata. William Dugard, ed. & trans.
Dialogorum Selectorum Libri Duo. London: E[lizabeth] Hodgkinson & T. Hodgkin for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright & R. Chiswel, 1677. Scarce edition. 12mo. A6[ A1blank], beta-zeta12, eta 6, b-G12, H12 [H12 blank]. [2 blank],[10],132,165,[3 blank]pp. Early calf boards, rebacked, 19th c. armorial bookplate of George Bridgeman, old owner's inscriptions on front blank including Orlando & George Bridgeman (dated 1685, ancestors?). First endpaper and verso of last leaf with ink notes. Nice copy. Lucian (cA.D. 115-c200) rhetorician who earned his living by traveling and declaiming. At the age of forty he gave up that life and settled down to write his "dialogues". These satiric pieces were to be what he is most famous for. This volume contains the "Dialogues of the Dead", short dialogues held in the lower world with such characters as Pluto, Charon, Menippus, Diogenes, Alexander, and Achilles. Wing L3428a. ESTC:R3026. Hoffmann II,540. Classics. Greek. Latin. Occult. DP20108 $200.00
King, John Glen. Anton Ernst Klausing, trans.
Die Gebräuche und Ceremonien der Griechischen Kirche in Rußland, oder Beschreibung ihrer Lehre, Gottesdienstes und Kirchen disciplin. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1773. First German Edition. 4to. a-b4, c2, A-3I4, 3K2. [20], 444p. 1/2 modern calf, marbled boards, banded spine. Title page with minor tears at inner margin, no affect. Paper toned with light (darker at edges) dampstains. Library stamps of Bibliothek der St. Annen-Sxhule, armorial bookplate of Ernst Ebel Junior of Riga. Engraved coin portrait of Catherine the Great on t.p., one fold-out engraving, and 12 full page engravings. King, John Glen, D.D. 1732-1787, divine, he wrote ‘The Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia; containing an Account of its Doctrine, Worship, and Discipline,’ London, 1772, 4to. "A learned work.." [-DNB]. This is a German translation of his work. Krumbacher II, 660. Holtzmann/Bohatta 11939 Religion. Theology. Russia. Orthodox Church. DP20097 $300.00
Kelly, Hugh & John Langhorne.
Memoirs of a Magdalen; Or, The History of Louisa Mildmay. [bound with] Langhorne: Letters Between Theodosius and Constantia. London: for Harrison and Co;, 1782. 8vo. 2 vols in 1. [3], B-L4, A-H4, I3. 86, 70p. 1/2 calf, green marbled boards. Banded spine with title in gilt lettering. Some browning and foxing, inner hinge started. Clean tears on H1 and K1 of Kelly's work, and A3 of Langhorne's. Kelly, (1739–1777), writer and attorney."In 1767 Kelly published his only novel, Memoirs of a Magdalen, or, The History of Louisa Mildmay (2 vols.), the story of a young woman seduced by a rake and kidnapped. Out of shame she voluntarily commits herself to a magdalen house, where her repentant lover finds her and they marry. Kelly's novel is indebted to Samuel Richardson's Clarissa in its epistolary form and seduction–shame plot." [-ODNB]. Langhorne, (1735–1779), poet and translator."Although enjoying some contemporary popularity for his poetry, in a number of forms and on a variety of subjects, he is largely remembered for his translation of Plutarch's Lives... and the very popular The Letters that Passed between Theodosius and Constantia after she had Taken the Veil (1763, followed by a second edition in 1764 and a number of subsequent editions" [-ODNB]. ESTC T59624 & T38476
Sex. Women. Curiosa. Erotica. DP20020 $50.00
La Belliere, Claude De, Sieyr de la Nolle.
La Physionomie Raisonnée ou Secret Curieux pour connoitre las inclinations de chacun par les regles naturelle. Paris: Edme Couterot, 1664. First edition. 12mo. a2-12 [lacks a1, title, replaced in 19th c. ms], A-M12, [M12 blank, present]. [24], 235, [53]p. Contemporary vellum, old owner's names on first blank, dated 1667. Title in 19th century ms, a2 bound in tight. “The popularity of physiognomy is to be accounted for by the fact that, while other forms of divination, including for many even judicial astrology, were condemned as superstitious, it was regarded as having a natural basis.” [-Thorndike VIII ,p449] “La Bellière's treatise on the subject was published in both French and Italian editions in 1664, with a Latin edition, translated by the author, appearing in 1666.” [-Norman Cat.] Caillet 5874 "curieux et rare." Norman 1246. Thorndike VIII;449,467-8. Gerlach La Belliere 1664. Laehr I,697. Courtine 1992:60,3. Magli 255:19. Campe 617. Occult. Medicine. Physiognomy. Psychiatry. Art. Colors.
DP 20004 $300.00
Lenglet Du Fresnoy, Nicole, L'Abbe.
Recueil De Dissertations Anciennes Et Nouvelles; Sur les Apparitions, les Visions & les Songes. Avignon & Paris: Jean-Noel Leloup, 1751. First edition. 8vo. Vol.1, 2 pts, complete in itself. *6, a-q12, h4, A-H12, 2, A-M12. [12], clxii, [14], 192, [4], 87, [1]p. Old calf with rules in gilt & blind, rebacked, spine banded, title gilt, second D12 with minor repair, no affect, inner margin of *1 repair, no affect, some pencil marks, minor foxing. Overall, a nice copy. Lenglet DuFresnoy (1674-1755) French historian and first bibliographer of alchemy. "His passion was to write, think, act, and live, with a kind of cynical freedom; and though badly lodged, clothed, and fed, he was still satisfied; which liberty, libery to say and write what he pleased; which liberty, however, he carried to so great an extreme, and so stangely abused, that he was sent to the bastille ten or twelve times." [-Chalmers] This volume contains his long dissertation on apparitions as well as, selections from various works on examples of apparitions; legal documents relating to them and various short pieces, including the "Recit De La Conference Du Diable Avec Luther" by the Abbe De Cordemoy. This copy is complete in itself. A second volume (also in 2 pts.) was published a year later. Caillet 6498. Esoterica 2631. Cornell, Witchcraft, 344. Coumont L53.2. Occult. Apparitions. Ghosts. Sorcery. magic. Religion. Witchcraft. Vampires. DP 20009 $400.00
Le Tellier, Charles Maurice, Archbishop of Reims.
Memoire Presenté Au Roy, Au Mois De Janvier M.DC.XCV. Par Messire Charles Maurice Le Tellier Archevesque Duc de Reims, Premier Pair de France, Legat né du Saint Siege Apostolique, Primat de la Gaule Belgique, Commandeur de l'Ordre du Saint Esprit, & Maistre de la Chapelle de Sa Majesté, &c. Contre l'Erection de l'Eglise de Cambray en Archevesché. Paris: Jean Anisson, 1695. First edition. 4to. [1], A-P4, Q1. [2], 122p. 1/4 recent calf, blind floral decoration, over brown cloth boards, banded spine, title in gilt lettering. All edges red. Some minor foxing to outer margins. Otherwise, a nice clean copy. Printers device on tp. Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1643-1710), archbishop of the powerful and highly influential see of Reims, was the successor of Barberini in 1671 and played a large role in the affairs of the Gallican church, mainly in his attack against the ultramontaine doctrines. The present work is a defense of the metropolitan status of Reims over Cambrai.
OCLC only shows three copies. Goldsmith, BM STC 17th French, L1065 France. Law. Religion. French history. DP20003 $300.00