Monarchia Hebraeorum, Quae est de imperio Monarchico in populum Hebraeum probatio ab Abrahamo ad dispersam gentem

HOUTUYN, Adriano

Verlag: Felicem Lopez, Lugduni Batavorum, 1685

Beschreibung

~Late 18th / early 19th century rebind in attractive half red (spine) and green (corners) polished rippled morocco, dark green rippled polished morocco to boards. Decorative gilt frames to boards, gilt ruling and gilt feather motifs to spine. Gilt device of dove and chalice to centre front and rear board. Mild wear to corners. Mild browning to page edges, minor scuffing to top edges. Replacement laid paper endpapers and blank front and rear endpages, likely dated with binding. Browning to margins of front endpaper. Lacking engraved allegorical frontispiece. Printer's device to title page. Decorative initials. Minor tear to corner of 3ff. Slight dampstaining to final 22pp at base. Mild foxing, especially to early and late pages. Errata page to rear. 16mo (6.7 x 12cm). With dedication to Hieronymus van Beverningh (or Beverningk; 1614-1690), Dutch regent and diplomat. Adriaan Houtuyn (fl. 1681-1689), here argues against the ideas set out by Petrus Cunaeus in his 1617 De Republica Hebraeorum, where Cunaeus presented the ancient Hebrew polity as a model of republican government (Cruz & Frijhoff, 2009, p. 217). Felix Lopez (or Lopez de Haro), a printer and bookseller in Leiden for almost three decades, was a relative of the famous Elzevir printing dynasty. ~Robust packaging. Size: (xxvi), 255, (1)pp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers PP2210

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Monarchia Hebraeorum, Quae est de imperio ...

Verlag: Felicem Lopez, Lugduni Batavorum

Erscheinungsdatum: 1685

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Good+

Auflage: 1st edn.

Art des Buches: Binding tight, text unmarked