BOOK
Title:
Assertio septem sacramentorum: or, An assertion of the seven sacraments, against Martin Luther
Creator:
HenryVIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Publication:
Printed by Nath. Thompson, London, 1688.
Notes:
British Museum ascribes translation to Thomas Webster and Thomas Ward. cf. entries under Henry VIII and W., T.
Extent:
[31], 118 p. : port. ; 18 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Memoires de la minorité de Louis XIV: Sur ce qui s'est passé à la fin de la vie de Louis XIII. & pendant la régence d'Anne d'Autriche, mère de Louis XIV
Creator:
La Rochefoucauld, Francoisduc de, 1613-1680
Publication:
J. de Paul, Villefranche, 1688.
BOOK
Title:
The royal commentaries of Peru, in two parts: The first part. Treating of the original of their Incas or kings ... The second part. Describing the manner by which that new world was conquered by the Spaniards
Alt. Title:
Comentarios reales de los incas. English
Creators:
Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616 | Rycaut, PaulSir, 1628-1700
Publication:
Printed by M. Flesher, for J. Tonson, London, 1688.
Notes:
Title in red and black. Pt. 1 of the Spanish original was first printed at Lisbon in 1609, with colophon dated 1608; pt. 2 was first printed at Cordova in 1616. "... [Rycaut] had a very slight knowledge of the Spanish language and he did not scruple to make wild guesses at the meaning of sentences, and to omit whole chapters. Thus he only gives fourteen out of the twenty-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second."-C. S. Markham's introd. to the First part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, v. 1, p. xvi. Translation of Comentarios reales de los Incas.
Extent:
[18], 1019 p. : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae & infimae Graecitatis: in quo graeca vocabula novae significationis, aut usus rariboris, barbara, exotica, ecclesiastica, liturgica, tactica, nomica, jatrica, botanica, chymica explicantur, eorum notiones & originationes reteguntur
Creator:
Du Cange, Charles Du Fresnesieur, 1610-1688
Publication:
apud Anissonios, J. Posuel, & C. Rigaud, Lugduni, 1688.
Notes:
Added engraved t.p. in volume one.
BOOK
Title:
Memoirs for a natural history of animals: containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris
Creators:
Académie des sciences (France) | Pitfield, Alexander, 1658-1728 | Waller, Richard, 1646?-1714? | Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publication:
Printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be sold by T. Bassett [etc.], London, 1688.
Notes:
Includes indexes. Added engraved t.p. for 1st part; 2nd part has separate t.p. : The measure of the earth ... / Translated out of the French by Richard Waller ... London : Printed by R. Roberts ... 1688. Title in red and black.
Extent:
[18], 3-267, [13] p. ; [4], 40 p., [35] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Histoire naturelle et politique du royaume de Siam: Divisée en quatre parties
Creator:
Gervaise, Nicolas, 1662-1729
Publication:
Chez Claude Barbin, au Palais, sur le second Perron de la Sainte Chappelle, A Paris, M.DC.LXXXVIII. [1688]
Notes:
Each part has engraved, historiated initial and headpiece. Last page blank. Errata on p. [7] at end. "A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Pierre Le Mercier."--colophon. Dedication signed: Nicolas Gervaise. Contents: (from t.p.): La premiere contenànt la situation, & la nature du Pays. La seconde, les moeurs des habitans, leurs loix, & leurs coutumes. La troisiéme, leur religion. La quatriéme, ce qui regarde le roy qui regne à present, & ce qu'il y a de plus particulier dans la cour de ce royaume.
Extent:
[16], 324, [8] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : map, music ; 25 cm. (4to)
BOOK
Title:
Traittez de barométres, thermométres, et notionmétres, ou hygrométres
Creator:
Alencé, Joachim d', d. 1707?
Publication:
Chez Henry Wetstein, A Amsterdam, 1688.
Notes:
Added engraved title page. Includes index.
Extent:
[12], 139, [5] p., [35] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
