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Apr. 18, 2024
Selden (John) Titles of Honor, third edition, E. Tyler and R. Holt, for John Leigh, 1672.
Est: £150 - £200
Selden (John) Titles of Honor, third edition, engraved portrait, woodcut and engraved illustrations, contemporary ink ownership name to head of title, a few ff. with tiny [rust-]hole within text, some minor damp-staining to upper and lower margins, occasional toning and spotting, bookplate removed from pastedowns, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt, covers rather mottled, rubbed, upper joint split at head but holding, later endpapers, [Wing S2440], folio, E. Tyler and R. Holt, for John Leigh, 1672.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 21, 2023
Selden (John) Table-talk: being the discourses of John Selden Esq; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to religion and state, E. Smith, 1689.
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE Selden (John) Table-talk: being the discourses of John Selden Esq; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to religion and state, lacking H3, repair to title and A2, with loss of 1 letter to title and 4 letters to A1, supplied in ink in both cases, trimmed at head and foot, affecting final line of text recto on C2, and some pagination, signatures and catchwords, stained, lightly browned, 19th century boards, lacking backstrip, but holding firm, soiled, [Wing S2437; Pforzheimer 859], small 4to, Printed for E. Smith, 1689.
Forum Auctions - UK
Apr. 27, 2023
Selden (John) Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, second edition, Jacob Tonson, 1696 & others (9)
Est: £300 - £400
Selden (John) Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, second edition, light browning, hole to lower margin of F4, light water-staining to lower margin of last few leaves, modern panelled calf, red morocco label, [Wing S2438], for Jacob Tonson, 1696 § Overbury (Sir Thomas) The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, tenth edition, front free endpaper loose, contemporary calf, rebacked, W.Owen, 1756 § Sidney (Algernon) Discourses concerning Government, 2 vol., first Edinburgh edition, foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with roan labels, Edinburgh, G.Hamilton & J.Balfour, 1750 § Familiar Essays, on Interesting Subjects, presentation copy from the publisher inscribed "Frances Blackburne the Gift of Mr Leigh" in ink at head of title, title browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, [ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, & Oxford) and 6 in America], for Leigh and Sotheby, 1787, rubbed; and 4 others, one with a fore-edge painting, 8vo et infra (0)
Forum Auctions - UK
Apr. 18, 2023
Selden, John: Mare clausum seu de dominio maris libri duo.
Est: €750 - €1,000
Selden, John. Mare clausum seu de dominio maris libri duo. 13 Bl., 304 S., 7 Bl. Mit 6 Textholzschnitten und 2 Kupferstichkarten im Text. 29 x 19 cm. Geglättetes hellbraunes Kalbsleder d. Z. (mit Kratzern, Beschabungen, winzigen Fehlstellen, berieben und bestoßen) mit goldgeprägtem RTitel, RVergoldung und doppelten Goldfiletenrahmen auf den Deckeln sowie rot-sprenkelmarmoriertem Schnitt. London, William Stanesby für Richard Meighen, 1635. -- Sabin 78971. Ter Meulen-Diermanse 55. STC 22175. Pollard-R. 22175. Graesse VI, 343. EROMM 20060816. Vgl. STC 22175 (2. Auflage). – Erste Ausgabe der berühmten Antwort "Mare clausum" und Erwiderung auf den Traktat "Mare liberum" des bedeutendsten niederländischen Rechtsglehrten Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), der als Gründungsvater des Konzeptes des internationalen Völkerrechts gilt. In seinem 1609 erstmals veröffentlichten lateinischen Traktat "Mare liberum" proklamiert Grotius die "Freiheit der Meere", also die Weltmeere als internationales Territorium zu begreifen, die allen Nationen zum freien Handelsverkehr offenstehen sollten. Konkret wandte sich Grotius dabei gegen die Politik des "Mare clausum", mit dem Portugal seinen Überseehandel, vor allen mit den Ostindischen Kolonien monopolisieren wollte. -- -- Der englische Universalgelehrte, Jurist und Theologe, John Selden (1584-1654), wandte sich vor allem aus nationalistischen Beweggründen gegen die Theorien des Hugo Grotius, die er auch theologisch begründete. Vor dem Hintergrund des Erstarkens der englischen Nation im internationalen Seehandel führte der Absolutheitsanspruch zu immer weiterer Macht, die bekanntermaßen aus den Siegen von 1588 hervorging. So fordert der englische Kronjurist die Hoheit des Vereinigten Königreichs über alle seine umgebenen Meere. Sein "Mare clausum" war bereits 1618 vollendet worden, erschien aber erst 1635. Eine zweite Auflage wurden dann 1636 in Leiden veröffentlicht. – Teils mit kleinen Knickspuren (Titel), leicht gebräunt, sonst sauber und sehr schön erhalten.
Bassenge Auctions
Oct. 11, 2022
Selden, John: Uxor ebraica
Est: €120 - €180
Selden, John. Uxor ebraica, seu De nuptiis et divortiis ex iure civili, id est, Divino & Talmudico, veterum ebraeorum, libri tres. Eiusdem De successionibus ad leges ebraeorum in bona defunctorum. Liber singularis: In pontificatum, libri duo. Editio nova. 12 Bl., 136 S., Bl. 137-144, S. 145-456 (recte: 452); 1 Bl., 248 S., 7 Bl. Titel in Schwarz und Rot. 19,5 x 15 cm. Pergament d. Z. (fleckig und berieben, mit hs. RTitel). Frankfurt an der Oder, Andreas Becmann für Jeremias Schrey, 1673. -- VD17 32:647919N. – Eine von zwei bekannten Frankfurter Druckvarianten der zuerst 1646 in London erschienenen Schrift über das Eherecht in der jüdischen Rechtstradition, verfasst von dem englischen Universalgelehrten und ausgewiesenen Fachmanns für orientalische und hebräische Studien John Selden (1584-1654). – Durchgehend stärker gebräunt und braunfleckig, Titel zur Hälfte gelöst und mit kleinen Randeinrissen, fl. Vorsatz mit zeitgenössischem Besitzeintrag.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 19, 2022
Selden (John) The Priviledges of the Baronage of England, When they sit in Parliament, by T. Badger for Matthew Wallbanck, 1642.
Est: £100 - £150
Selden (John) The Priviledges of the Baronage of England, When they sit in Parliament, some contemporary ink annotations to margins, lacking first leaf (half-title), title browned, occasional finger soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt, [Wing S2434], 12mo, by T. Badger for Matthew Wallbanck, 1642.
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 21, 2021
[Selden (John)] The Continuation of an Historicall Discourse, of the Government of England, Untill the end of the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth, Printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Matthew Walbanck, and Henry â¦
Est: £200 - £300
[Selden (John)] The Continuation of an Historicall Discourse, of the Government of England, Untill the end of the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth, title within typographic border, lacking initial blank leaf, M3 paper flaw to corner just touching catchword, a couple of other minor marginal defects, some browning, especially to signature Bb, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing B348], 4to, Printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Matthew Walbanck, and Henry Twyford, 1651. ⁂ Formerly attributed to Nathaniel Bacon, who is in fact the editor. Provenance: Ed. Lillo (ink name on title).
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Sep. 30, 2021
Selden (John) De jure naturali & gentium, juxta disciplinam ebraeorum, libri septem, first edition, Richard Bishop, 1640.
Est: £300 - £400
Selden (John) De jure naturali & gentium, juxta disciplinam ebraeorum, libri septem, first edition, title printed in red and black, half-title, ink signature of G. Galland at head of title, slightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, slight wear, lower cover slightly faded at head, corners repaired, rebacked in later morocco, gilt, [STC 22168], folio, Richard Bishop, 1640.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 30, 2021
Selden (John) Titles of Honor, The Second Edition, title in red and black, 1631.
Est: £200 - £300
Selden (John) Titles of Honor, The Second Edition, title in red and black, engraved illustrations, title and all to [par]. 4 slight water-staining in lower corners, 4F4 tear in inner margin, lacks last leaf (blank) and lower free endpaper, a few other small tears in margins, slightly browned, contemporary polished calf, rebacked in 19th century calf, gilt spine in compartments, gilt label, joints rubbed, [STC 22178], William Stansby for Richard Whitakers, 1631.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 30, 2021
Selden, John - Tituli honorum [...] juxta editionem tertiam londinensem years 1672 which accessisse dicuntur Seldeni emendationes et additamenta latine vertit notasque addidit Simon Johannes Arnold
Est: €350 - €450
Frankfurt, Jeremia Schrey, & amp; Henrich Johann Erben Meyer: Johann Michael Goderitsch, 1696. In 4º. Front door with chalcographic portrait of the author, frontispiece in red and black, with 6 engraved copper plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, initials and friezes engraved in wood, light browning, more intense on some cards, rare blooms, coeval binding in parchment, handwritten author and title on the spine, slight defects. & nbsp;
Finarte
Oct. 06, 2020
Selden, John: Mare clausum, seu de domino maris libri.
Est: €1,500 - €1,700
Selden, John. Mare clausum, seu de domino maris libri. 6 Bl., 244 S. Mit Holzschnitt-TVignette, einigen Textholzschnitten, 2 Holzschnitttafeln und 2 (1 gefaltete) Kupferstichkarte. 20 x 15,5 cm. Flexibles Pergament d. Z. (leicht abgegriffen und fleckig) mit hs. RTitel. Leiden, Johann und Theodor Maire, 1636. Ter Meulen, Grotius, 57. Vgl. Graesse VI/1, 343. Menger 32. Nicht bei Kress und Goldsmiths. – Zweite Ausgabe, erschienen im Jahr nach der Erstausgabe, die 1635 in London herausgebracht wurde und in sich der Jurist, Historiker, Philosoph und Universalgelehrte John Selden (1584-1654) auf die bedeutende Schrift "Mare Liberum" des Hugo Grotius antwortet. Grotius hatte in seinem 1609 publizierten Traktat für die weitestgehende Handelsfreiheit und die Öffnung der Weltmeere plädierte, in favorem vor allem der spanischen und portugiesischen Kaufleute, wohingegen Selden sein Postulat eines "Mare clausum" setzt. Vor dem Hintergrund der erstarkenden Vorherrschaft Englands auf den Weltmeeren, sollten die britischen Märkte geschützt werden. Verfasst hatte Selden das Werk schon 1618, konnte es aber erst 1635 drucken lassen. John Selden war als Abgeordneter des Parlaments und galt als Verteidiger der Freiheiten gegen die Staatsraison und die Monarchie. Zum Zeitpunkt der Abfassung seines Werks befand er sich nach mehreren Monaten Haft auf Bewährung, ohne dass Anklage gegen ihn erhoben worden war. König Karl I. gewährte ihm die Freiheit, nachdem Selden den vorliegen Traktat abgefasst hatte. – Vereinzelt wenige Stockfleckchen, minimale Wurmspuren, sehr schönes, zeitgenössisch gebundenes Exemplar.
Bassenge Auctions
Oct. 06, 2020
Selden, John: Mare clausum seu de dominio maris libri duo.
Est: €800 - €1,400
Selden, John. Mare clausum seu de dominio maris libri duo. 13 Bl., 304 S., 7 Bl. Mit 6 Textholzschnitten und 2 Kupferstichkarten im Text. 29 x 19 cm. Geglättetes hellbraunes Kalbsleder d. Z. (mit Kratzern, Beschabungen, winzigen Fehlstellen, berieben und bestoßen) mit goldgeprägtem RTitel, RVergoldung und doppelten Goldfiletenrahmen auf den Deckeln sowie rot-sprenkelmarmoriertem Schnitt. London, William Stanesby für Richard Meighen, 1635. Sabin 78971. Ter Meulen-Diermanse 55. STC 22175. Pollard-R. 22175. Graesse VI, 343. EROMM 20060816. Vgl. STC 22175 (2. Auflage). – Erste Ausgabe der berühmten Antwort "Mare clausum" und Erwiderung auf den Traktat "Mare liberum" des bedeutendsten niederländischen Rechtsglehrten Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), der als Gründungsvater des Konzeptes des internationalen Völkerrechts gilt. In seinem 1609 erstmals veröffentlichten lateinischen Traktat "Mare liberum" proklamiert Grotius die "Freiheit der Meere", also die Weltmeere als internationales Territorium zu begreifen, die allen Nationen zum freien Handelsverkehr offenstehen sollten. Konkret wandte sich Grotius dabei gegen die Politik des "Mare clausum", mit dem Portugal seinen Überseehandel, vor allen mit den Ostindischen Kolonien monopolisieren wollte. Der englische Universalgelehrte, Jurist und Theologe, John Selden (1584-1654), wandte sich vor allem aus nationalistischen Beweggründen gegen die Theorien des Hugo Grotius, die er auch theologisch begründete. Vor dem Hintergrund des Erstarkens der englischen Nation im internationalen Seehandel führte der Absolutheitsanspruch zu immer weiterer Macht, die bekanntermaßen aus den Siegen von 1588 hervorging. So fordert der englische Kronjurist die Hoheit des Vereinigten Königreichs über alle seine umgebenen Meere. Sein "Mare clausum" war bereits 1618 vollendet worden, erschien aber erst 1635. Eine zweite Auflage wurden dann 1636 in Leiden veröffentlicht. – Teils mit kleinen Knickspuren (Titel), leicht gebräunt, sonst sauber und sehr schön erhalten.
Bassenge Auctions
Aug. 08, 2019
Selden (John) De Dis Syris syntagmata II, engraved portrait and additional pictorial title, Amsterdam, L.Bister, 1680.
Est: £60 - £80
NO RESERVE Selden (John) De Dis Syris syntagmata II, edited by A.Beyer, engraved portrait and additional pictorial title, title with faint early ink inscription, later bookplate of Jacob Ley of Oxford, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, a little worn at edges and spine ends, joints split, 8vp, Amsterdam, L.Bister, 1680. ⁂ Study of Syrian mythology and the antiquity of the Hebrew language; one of the great legal writer's earliest works, first published in 1617.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 13, 2014
Uxor ebraica, seu De nuptiis et divortiis ex jure civili :id est, divino & Talmudico, veterum Ebroeorum, libri tres, ejusdem De successionibus ad leges Ebroeorum in bona defunctorum, liber singularis; in pontificatum, libri duo...
Est: $500 - $800
<p> 2 volumes in 1. [24], 456; 248 pp. Title-page printed in red & black. (4to) 20x15.5 cm. (7¾x5¾"), period calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands..</p> <p> Treatment of Jewish customs and laws. De-accessioned from the Pacific School of Religion, with bookplate, rear endpaper pocket, rubberstamps, spine label.</p>
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Dec. 10, 2013
JOHN SELDON, MID-20TH CENTURY A DHOW AT ANCHOR BY
Est: £300 - £600
JOHN SELDON, MID-20TH CENTURY A DHOW AT ANCHOR BY FORT JESUS, MOMBASSA signed l.r; watercolour and gouache 49cm x 62cm; 19 1/4in x 24 1/2in The Fort was built by the Portuguese in 1593-1596 to protect the port of Mombasa, is one of the most outstanding and well preserved examples of 16th century Portuguese military fortification.
Olympia Auctions
May. 09, 2007
Selden, John
Est: £700 - £900
Selden, John Titles of honor. London: William Stansby for John Helme, 1614. First edition, 4to, inscribed and annotated by the antiquary and herald Peter Le Neve, "...This book is to be kept and much valewed...", later quarter calf gilt, rubbed at edges, upper hinge cracking, first two leaves loose, bookplate and tipped in inscription dated 1902; Ibid The historie of tithes. 1618. First edition, 4to, calf, rebacked, binding worn, upper cover detached, ink inscription to title; Ibid De jure naturali et gentium, juxta disciplinam Ebraeorum, libri septem. [Strasburg], 1665, 4to, engraved frontispiece, and six engraved plates including three fold-outs, contemporary calf, worn, upper joint weak, browning and foxing throughout; Ibid Tracts. 1683. First edition, folio, frontispiece portrait, 3 parts, calf, rebacked, rubbed, upper joint split, later endpapers; Ibid An historical and political discourse of the laws ... of England, edited by Nathaniel Bacon, 1689, folio, with advertisement leaf preceding title-page, in two parts with divisional titles dated 1682, speckled calf, rubbed, calf torn, upper hinge weak, foxing; Ibid The priviledges of the baronage of England. 1642. First edition, 8vo, calf, upper cover detached and first two leaves loose; Ibid De dis syris. Leipzig, 1672, 8vo, engraved title page and author portrait, vellum; Ibid Fleta seu commentarius juris Anglicani. Edited by John Selden, 1647, 4to, calf, rebacked; Tillesley, Richard Animadversions upon M. Seldens history of tythes. 1621. Enlarged second edition, 4to, [bound with] Sclater, William The question of tythes revised. 1621. First edition, 4to, spotted calf, bookplate of the restoration advocate George Lockhart of Carnworth, upper hinge weak and one other (10)
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 12, 2006
SELDEN, JOHN
Est: $600 - $800
[graece] Theanthropos: or God made Man. A Tract proving the Nativity of our Saviour to be on the 25. of December. London: Printed by J. G. for Nathaniel Brooks, 1661 8vo (6 3/8 x 4 in.; 162 x 102 mm). Engraved portrait and letter-press title ruled in red, head-piece of typographic ornaments, woodcut initial, 20-page catalogue of publications by Nathaniel Brooks at end; soiling in top margin, scattered dampstains. Contemporary speckled sheep, blind-ruled; sensitively rebacked with gold-stamped title label. [With his:] Table-Talk: Being the Discourses of ... or his Sense of various Matters of Weight and high Consequence; Relating especially to Religion and State. London: for Jacob Tonson, Awnsham & John Churchill, 1696 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.; 190 x 110 mm.); a few old pencil marks and scattered spotting. Antique blind-ruled calf; joints cracking. LITERATURE Grolier/Elliott 12 & 15; Wing S-2439 & S-2438 NOTE First edition of Theanthropos and second edition of Table-Talk. In the Theanthropos, Selden tries to prove the date of Christ's birth by examining the history of it's celebration and its relation to the winter-solstice festival of the ancients. Elliott remarks: "Naturally, Selden was no more successful than others in proving the unprovable ... And Selden recognized, with considerable accuracy, that the authority for keeping Christmas on this day stemmed from 'about 400 years after our Saviour.' All in all, as good an answer to the Puritans' objection to the date of Christmas as was possible" (Grolier/Elliott). Table-Talk was compiled by his secretary Richard Milward, apparently before 1658, and first printed posthumously in 1689. The content was unacceptable to the restored monarchy which probably explains why it had not appeared before. The text had been widely circulated in manuscript form and it is apparent that later editors drew on these manuscript versions. Elliott points out that "Here Selden no longer bothers to rebut the Puritans. Indeed, in a short passage (p. 30), he recognizes a relationship between his contemporary Christmas and old-time pagan festivals, as well as Christmas traditions..."
Sotheby's
Oct. 25, 2006
SELDEN, JOHN.
Est: £400 - £500
HISTORY OF TITHES --TILLESLEY, RICHARD (1582-1624). ANIMADVERSIONS UPON M. SELDENS HISTORY OF TITHES, AND HIS REVIEW THEREOF: BEFORE WHICH... IS PREMISED A CATALOGUE OF SEVENTY TWO AUTHORS, BEFORE THE YEERE 1215. MAINTAINING THE IUS DIVINUM OF TYTHES, [ETC.]. LONDON: J. BILL, 1619 , [44], 236PP., FIRST LEAF WITH ORNAMENT ON RECTO, BINDING: CONTEMPORARY LIMP VELLUM, LACKING TIES FORMAT??????? Montague, Richard (bap. 1575-1641), Bishop of Norwich. Diatribae upon the first part of the late History of Tithes. London: F. Kyngston for M. Lownes, 1621, 4to (190 x 145mm.), [12], 579, [1], first leaf blank, errata on final page, binding: contemporary limp vellum, remains of leather ties, becoming loose together 2 volumes PROVENANCE Tillesley: Francis Thompson, 1690. On the verso of the first leaf is a library number 337 and on the title-page is a note: 'a duplicate' [with pressmark] LITERATURE STC 24073 & 18037 NOTE Selden had shown with his usual wealth of learning that tithes were an historical development and not established jure divino. Both Tillesley and Montague, the latter a considerable scholar who had edited one of the books published at Sir Henry Savile's Greek press at Eton, and joined the lists against Baronius, were firm believers, as good clergymen, that tithes were theirs by divine right. Tillesley, who pays some attention to the legal evidence, quotes only in Latin, whereas the Etonian bishop's work is heavily larded with Greek.
Sotheby's
Feb. 08, 2006
Selden, John
Est: £200 - £300
Selden, John Titles of honor. London: by William Stansby for Richard Whitakers, 1631. second edition, folio, title-page in red and black, woodcut illustrations in the text, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little war at head and tail, slight spotting on the title-page. Note: Moule 131; STC 22178. First published in 1614 after his call to the Bar, this second enlarged edition begins with a eulogy by Ben Jonson. In the first part he deals with the titles and dignities of emperors, kings, and other rulers, beginning with the inquiry whether there were kings before the flood. In the second part he deals with inferior titles, commencing with those of heirs-apparent to thrones; and finally discusses feminine titles, honorary attributes such as ‘clarissimus’ and ‘illustris,’ and the laws of precedence. (DNB). It established itself as an indispensable classic in the field.
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