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M. l’Abbé de Verto, [René-Aubert Vertot] (1655-1735). The History of the Revolutions of Portugal by M. L’Abbé de Vertot, Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and of the Belles Lettres; Translated from the French. Glasgow: Printed by R. Urie, for D. Baxter, 1750. pp. [8], iii-viii, 152, [10]. 12°. Full brown leather over boards with gilt rules to the spine, and margins of the boards; five raised bands, six compartments. Engraved frontispiece depicting the genealogical tree of the Portugese royal family, with a resting, “Emanuel XIV D. of Portugal”, beneath. Features an approving statement by the, l’Abbé Richard, who praises de Verto and his work for “the beauty of his narration, the purity of his style, the reality of his facts, the solidity of his proofs, by which they are confirmed and every where conspicuous”. High praise, indeed. Leather extremities are lightly rubbed, some scuffing as is to be expected of a volume of this age; slight bow to the front board. Internally, the top margin of the ffep has been excised otherwise, remains complete with the text-block bright, clean, and unmarked with secure, sound binding. The leather binding has recently been professionally replenished, and treated with a natural leather preserver. Scarce; no copies of this edition and by this printer available in commerce at time of cataloguing. A handsome presentation; very good. See, ESTC Citation: 006352504/T81956, corresponds to OCLC #519429590. Leather Bound. (#1546) $295.00
![I’ve scarcely finished cataloguing this lovely little book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Just had to share it with all you. 🌺
Wild Flowers of the Holy Land; Matt. VI, 28, 29, 30 ; London Society’s Mission to the Jews.
[Ferdinand Vester]; London Jews’ Society’s “House of Industry”. Jerusalem, Palestine: Printed at the London Jews’ Society’s House of Industry, Jerusalem, N.D. [Circa 1890’s?]. First Edition. Unpaginated [Fourteen unnumbered leaves]. Oblong 12mo., measuring 12 x 18 cm. Original quarter maroon leather over gorgeous polished bevelled olive-wood boards bearing “Jerusalem” in black atop a deeply carved Jerusalem cross to the front board; like carving to the rear boards with Jerusalem printed in Hebrew characters to the centre; marbled edges, and ivory silk-moiré endpapers. Comprises of eleven beautifully arranged dried flower specimens mounted on stiff leaves, most (excepting two) accompanied with their original, remarkably well-preserved, tissue-guards, and individually captioned with their respective geographic origins (e.g.: “Flowers from Mount Zion”, “Flowers from the Mount of Olives”, etc.). Lightest wear to the leather spine, else, no other flaws noted to the extremities. Faint toning to the title page, otherwise, contents remain near-uniformly without blemish, and with firm, sound binding. A most lovely, and unique period offering from the Holy Land. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. This edition unrecorded in WorldCat, however, nominally corresponds to OCLC #753636624 (with notable differences in pagination, and the number of specimens). See also OCLC #698494522. (#7243)](https://blacksbooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
