Leiden: Verbeek, 1731. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Two parts in one volume, old worn calf, respined with new endpapers. xvi, xlviii, (xii), 193, 1, 192, 14, pp. With 32 folding plates and one table - plates 29 and 30 bound out of order. Foxed and browned, page edges a.... More
Venice: Giunti, 1587. Hardcover (Vellum). 2 volumes in early overlapping vellum, light wear and soiling, small cracks in the vellum in a few spots, gilt morocco spine labels. 2 volumes published 1587 and 1588, the second part is the second edition. A collection of the Lenten and other sermons of... More
Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1666. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, discolored, shaken and text block coming loose from binding. Endpapers are waste from religious tracts, mild soiling, wear, staining throughout - generally quite clean. Scarce collection of tracts that were published a few times beginning in 1643. All edtions... More
London: Bickers & Son, 1897. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). In a prize binding of crushed red morocco, hinges rubbed, wear to spine ends, spine slightly sunned; still attractive. Abridged from Napier's history. With 10 illustrations in "permanent photography" and a folding map colored in outline. Bright and fine internally... More
Rome: Camerae Apostolicae, 1688. Hardcover. Contemporary vellum binding with piece torn from spine and small chip on front bottom, scattered soiling, wear at edges, significant along back cover edge, back hinge chipped through at center. Dampstains throughout, wear through part of page 4, light soiling, overall attractive interior. [16],142,[10]pp. Theological treatise... More
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Utrecht: Gisberti Zylii, 1665. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary overlapping vellum, front inner hinger cracked and text block coming loose. Light foxing, old ownership marks to endpaper, but generally very clean internally. Attractive engraved title. Unpaginated. A nice pocket edition of Nepos's major work. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's signature... More
Madrid: Pablo de Val, 1665. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties, endpapers replaced, title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge, text block loose from binding, title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it... More
Madrid: Imprenta del Memorial de Ingenieros, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full calf with gilt edges, ruling, raised bands - some wear at corners and spine ends, but still a very attractive binding, page edges gilt, discoloration to endpapers and slight foxing at beginning, but generally clean and fine... More
Cologne: Eucharii, 1536. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary elaborately stamped calf over wood boards depicting the muses, worn, scattered worn holes, remains of clasps, boards expertly reattached but cords broken; attractive decorative endpapers. An attractively printed and bound copy of Orosius's influential work on the history of the pagan peoples... More
Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1788. Full Calf. Nice copy in a simple calf binding. Front board is loose but attached by one cord and rear board is attached by two. Light to moderate wear to boards, particularly at the corners. Spine label is bright and clear. Internally sound and tight with... More
Leiden: Joannem Hasebroek, 1741. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 1/4 leather over marbled boards, worn at edges, hinges rubbed, spine worn and chipped, but binding intact. Old seminary library spine label and stamp to title page. Notes to endpaper, otherwise unmarked internally and a nice, wide margined edition. 6 plates, 2 volumes... More
Paris: Club du Livre, 1962. Pierre-Yves Trémois. Hardcover (Full Leather). In full red morocco with the title in gilt to the front. one of 25 copies reserved for the collaborators with an additional suite of the 20 engravings by Trémois in a 1/4 morocco portfolio; signed by Trémois at the... More
Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1502. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full 18th century vellum, morocco spine label - slight wear, edges sprinkled blue, old armorial bookplate on front added blank. Slight scattered foxing, first and last leaf browned, calligraphic initials supplied in an early hand, some (mostly the blue) faded, some offsetting... More
Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1816. 5th Edition. Full Calf. Usual library marks, penned spine label. Binding is tight and square and internally sound. Some light foxing in places with some general age toning. Leather boards show some light wear and rubbing, heavier at the corners and the head and tail... More
Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1798. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Early Dutch edition of Pallas's work on Corals first published in 1767 (and first published in Dutch as Lyst der plant-dieren, 1768. This appears to be an exact republication) It details the discoveries that he made in the Dutch Museum, including several new... More
Barcelona: 1846. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary tree calf, wear at corners, rubbing to spine, small paint droplet on rear cover. Quite attractive, generally. (iii)-viii, 466 (467) (375 repeated), lithographed throughout. A remarkable history of Spanish paleography with 5 folding plates (one hand colored) outside of the pagination... More
Venice: J. Strada, 1557. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 19th century leather backed boards, front hinge cracked, corners worn, remains of library spine label, binding sound overall. Private library plate on pastedown, minor scattered foxing, index leaf foxed and with a stain in the bottom margin; overall quite clean internally... More
Cologne: Maternum Cholinum, 1560. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary full calf, varnished, hinges cracked, lacking ties; still a nice example of an early calf binding with gilt insets, edges gilt. Endpapers loose, old note to free endpapre, modest foxing and wear; sound and good overall. 705pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available... More
London: T. Snelling, 1772. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 1/4 leather over marbled boards, hinges cracked and boards nearly detached with minor crude tap repairs. Engraved dedication and one plate of coins with other engravings in the text. 125pp. A nice, wide margined work - slight browning and foxing but... More
Paris: Claude Chevallon, 1534. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum, age toned, stain to rear cover, rippled, lacking ties, but quite sound. Second edition after the 1524 first, and first Paris edition. Small stain or burn mark to leading edge, scattered very minor foxing and staining to pages, quite clean... More
Amsterdam: H. & Viduae Theodori Boom, 1685. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, darkened, significant tear to vellum on spine and rear cover, but binding sound, scattered minor foxing, otherwise very clean internally. (32), 470, (16)pp. First edition of Perizonius's foundational work of historical criticism. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available... More
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1679. Willem Swidde. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt with armorial stamp to both boards. Dry and cracked, hinges weak but holding. Tide mark to bottom corner of the volume, heavy at the beginning, largely effecting the text, but lightly to the plates... More
Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1756. Hardcover. Two volumes, full vellum, later armorial stamp of Alexander Stewart. Gilt stamp spine label, semi-exposed cords at top and bottom spine, corners worn, light soiling. Marbled edges. Four engraved plates and frontispieces, with vignette illustrations throughout the text. Text is generally clean, dampstain to the... More
Venice: Iacomo de pinci da Lecco, 1507. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporacy vellum, worn and soiled, stain and worming in the outer margin of last 10 or so leaves, not affecting text, scattered marginal soiling, a few small marginal tears, a bit of marginalia in a contemporary hand, old... More
Paris: Herve du Mesnil, 1628. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary sponged calf, some surface scrapes and modest wear but sound and attractive. Old name penned to title, scattered minor foxing and staining, corner torn off a page in the preface with no loss of text. Lacking the extra engraved... More