336 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



6552 BRUNO (Giordano; Nolano : o.r.) OPERK, ora per la prima Volta raecolte e pub'jlieat" 

 da ADOLFO WAGNER; with portrait and diagrams, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. green morocco, uncut, 

 t. e. g. (fine copy) ; SCARCE, 1. 15* Lipsiae, 1830 



A greatly esteemed edition of the author's works in Italian, tin original editions of which are now all but unprocurable. 

 ' Les ouvragps italiens de Giordano Bruno etaieut pour la plupart devenus si rares, qu'on en connaissait ;i peine 3 ou 4 

 exemplaires.' Brunei. 



6553 OPERA LATINE CONSCRIPTA, Publicis Sumptibus edita, recensebant F. FIORENTINO, V. 



IMBRIANI et C. M. TALLARIGO ; with woodcuts, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. in 3, hf. maroon calf extra, 

 buckram sides, uncut, t. e. g., with Dr. Emit RticWs bookplate (SCARCE), 3. 3s Neapoli, 1879-83 



The best edition of the Latin works, and scarce, only a small number of copies having been privately printed. It 

 includes Oratio Valedictoria (15SS); Oratio Consolatoria ('89); Acrotismus Camoeracensis ('88); Ue Immense et Innu- 

 merabilibus (.<!..) ; UP Monade Xumero et Figura (s. ft.); De Umbris Idearum ( 82); Ars Memoria (s. a.} ; Cantus Circa 1 is 

 ('82), and an introduction by the first editor. 



PRESENTATION COPY FROM GIORDANO BRUNO HIMSELF : 



6554 CAMOERACENSIS ACROTISMUS, sen RATIONES ARTICULORUM PHYSICORUM ad versus PERI- 



PATETICOS Parisiis propositorum etc., editio princeps; handsomely printed in italics, with wool- 

 cut initials, 16mo. citron morocco extra, handsomely tooled sides, g. e., by C. SMITH (very rare), 

 with author's inscription on title, 30. Vitebergm, ZacharMs Crato, 1588 



1 Clarissinio Doctissimoq> D Dnp. M. Caspar! Keglero Rostockiensi, araico insigni atq5 optinie 

 merito instig. raemoria etobsequis signu JORDANUS B : NOLANUS D.D.' Inscr. on title. 



The author's attack on the Aristotelian system of natural philosophy, and an account of his disputes with the bigot ;d 

 Aristotelians of the university of Paris, which ultimately compelled him to leave France. 



The above copy is of great interest for bearing a presentation inscription by this martyr of philosophy itself one of 

 the rarest of all autographs. It was probably written during his residence in Wittenberg. 



6555 - -De SPECIERUM SCRUTINIO et LAMPADE COMBINATORIA RAYMUNDI LULLII, Doctoris 

 Heremitee omniscii, prope modumque divini, editio princeps ; printed in italics, with woodcut*, 

 Pragw, Geo. Nigrinus, 1588: De PROGRESSU et LAMPADE VENATORIA LOGICORUM. Ad prompte 

 atq3 copiose de quocumq} problemate disputandum, editio princeps, printed in italics, with 

 diagrams [s. 1. aut t. n., sed Vitebergae~\ Anno 1587 2 vols. Irjmo. in 1, old French mottled calf 

 gilt (the first work browned, otherwise FINE COPIES) ; with inscr. ' Soc. Jesu Duaci', and the Duke 

 of Sussex's bookplate, 7. 10s 1587-8 



' Dansces ouvrages Bruno est disciple de Raymond Lulle, mais disciple de beaucoup d'originalite et d'une instruction 

 supe'rieure. Bruno surpasse tellemeut son maitre, qu'on se demande quels out pu &tre les motifs d'un attachement si 

 singulier.' Ruriholimss. 



The second work is especially rare ; and the possession of the first by the Jesuits of DDuai would have brought them 

 nowadays under the suspicion of Modernism. 



6556 De TRIPLICI MINIMO et MENSURA ad trium SPECULATIVARUM SciENTiARUMetmultarum 



ACTIVARUM ARTIUM PRINCIPIA, Libri V. ad illustriss. & reverendiss. principem Henricum 

 Julium, Brunsvicensiunr et Lunseburgensium Ducem, Halberstatensium Episcopum. Capita 

 euiusq3 libri, proximo post praefationem sunt exposita : Scbematum item & derinitionum praecipu- 

 arum Index alphabeticus in fine additus, editio princeps; handsomely printed in italics, with 

 woodcuts and diagrams, 16mo. contemporary white vellum (REMARKABLY FINE COPY), 8. 



Francofurti, apud Joa. Wechelum et Petrum Fischer urn consortes, 1591 



One of the author's most important works, largely mathematical, and according to Bartholmess, ' ouvrage qui passe 

 depuis longtemps pour une des sources du systeme de Leibnitz.' 



6557 L>e UMBRIS IDEARUM. Implicantibus artem, Quaerencli, Inveniendi, Judicandi, Ordinandi, 



& Applicandi : ad internam scripttiram, & non vulgares per memoriam operationes explicates. 

 Ad Henricum III. Serenis. Gallon Polononimque Regem, &c. PROTESTATIO, editio princeps ; 

 with woodcuts, Parisiis, JEgidius Gorbinus, 1582 : ARS MEMORISE JORDANI BRUNI, editio 

 princeps; with numerous woodcuts, s. 1. a., aut t. n. 2 vols. 12mo. in 1, purple morocco neat, 



g. e. (FINE AND VERY LARGE COPIES), 6. 6* 1582 



The second work, consisting of 80 11., has no title. 



SOUTHEY'S COPY : 



6558 I IDEM LIBRI ; praeterea : CANTUS CIRCLEUS ad earn Memoriae Praxim ordinatus quam ipse 



Judiciariam appellat. Ad Altissimum Principem Henricum d'Angoulesme magnum Gallianini 

 Priorem, in Provincia Regis locumtenentem, &c., editio princeps ; with printer's device on title, 

 and 2 woodcuts, Parisiis, Mgidius Gillius, 1582 3 vols. 16mo. in 1, some headlines shorn, but 

 FINE COPIES in old calf gilt, g. e., with bookplate of Henry B. H. Beaufoy, F.R.S., 9. 9s 1582 



ROBERT SOUTHKV'S COPY, with auto. 'Robert Southey. Paris 17 May. 1817', and MS. note: 'The two first pieces in 

 thin volume were priced 2. 12. 6 in one of Bone's Lists 1830 ; the third 1. 11. <i ; it is said that they are scarcely ever sn-n 

 in the choicest collections.' 



The above three arc the author's chief works on LULLISM. 'Dans ces ouvrages 1'auteur a disperse des notices hist- 

 oriq ues et des rapprochements, an moyen desquels il s'efforce d'etablir non-seulement 1' unite de 1'esprit universe!, mais 

 1'iinitr des sysU'-mes humains.' C. JJurthftlm. .-<.<. 



All Giordano Bruno's writings are of great rarity, as the terror of the Inquisition undoubtedly caused many owners to 

 dest roy their copies after the works had been placed on the Index as heretical writings. 



* Les ecrits philosophiques et didactiques de Bruno sont devenus fort rares ; ils prouvent un grand fonds d'eruditioa, 

 uiif intelligence j>arfaite dc la philosophie des anciens, des connaissances profondes en physique et dans les mathemat iqnes, 

 beaucoup d'imagination et de verve satirique.' ttiogr. Gen 



6559 : BARTHOLMESS (Christian J. G.) JORDANO BRUNO ; with portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. buckram, 



t, e.g., with Dr. Emil Reich's bookplate (scarce), 15s 1846 7 



A valuable work. Vol. II contains a full analysis of Bruno's works. 



6560 BBUNTON [(Thomas)], MIDDLETON, and CO. : OBSERVATIONS on CHAIN CABLES ; with 

 Extract from the Philosophical Magazine, Oct., 1814, with front., post Svo. (pp. 20), sewn, 

 3s 1814 or '15 



6561 BRYDONE (Patrick, F.R.S.) ACCOUNT of a THUNDER-STORM in SCOTLAND ; with some 

 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 4to. (pp. 10), sewn, 2s 1787 



