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
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
Basil: Froben, 1539. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary full vellum, some worming at edges, small tear to vellum at head of spine, rear hinge split and held by cords, front hinge just starting. Title stained with an old paper repair to bottom right, dampstain to bottom right corner through first..... More
Venice: Paul Manutium (Aldus), 1559. Hardcover (Half Vellum). 18th century vellum backed boards, worn at corners and a bit soiled, title page stained an torn with loss in a few spots and a paper repair in the gutter; scattered staining and foxing elsewhere, but generally clean, small wormtrail in the..... More
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Paris & Lausanne: Michel de Vascosan & François le Preux, 1575. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Early French editions of Plutarch's Morals and Lives published in 1575 and 1574-5 respectively (originally published in 1572 and 1559). Uniformly bound in early (17th/18th century) acid calf, modest wear, surface scrapes, one corner..... More
Venice: Aldus (Aldi - Aldine Press), 1518. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). First and only Aldine edition of the second (and rarer) part of Pontanus's love lyrics. Slight soiling to vellum, bookplate to pastedown, old signature to title, old bibliographic note in pencil to endpaper - a fine, crisp copy. 170..... More
Amsterdam: Henri Bordesius, 1711. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 6 books bound in three volumes, leather backed boards. Spines and spine labels rubbed but bindings sound. Scattered foxing but generally clean and unmarked. With an extra engraved title, portrait, 3 folding plates and a folding map - light wear to..... More
Insulis, 1651. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, mild age toning, surface scar on front cover, some edge wear, endpapers worn and front endpaper with light dampstain, date added in red pen to title, a few notes in the margins in a contemporary hand, otherwise clean internally. 694pp, index..... More
London: Lockyer Davis, 1781. First Edition. Hard Cover. Rebound in modern paper covered boards with title on spine in black type. Interior is in excellent condition with no foxing or other age related problems. Very wide margins. An important author who worked with Diderot on his earlier work and contributed..... More
Mexico: Por los herederos de la viuda de Francisco Rodriguez Lupercio, 1728. First Edition. Softcover. Disbound pamphlet, title and final page a bit soiled, scattered worming touching many letters but not affecting any sense. Trimmed a little close on the bottom edge. (16), 20pp. Scarce pamphlet, 4 copies in OCLC, finely..... More
Paris: Buisson, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 3 volumes in contemporary acid calf, spines dry and chipped, hinges cracked but bindings sound and held by the cords. A few minor stains, endpapers and early pages slightly foxed and soiled, one marbled endpaper torn,generally quite clean and bright. With the..... More
West Roxbury MA: Brook Farm Press, 1845. Newspaper. 7 individual issues of the Brook Farm newspaper, issued weekly. Browning, occasional light dampstains, many pages splitting at the folds, chipping and wear and a few small tears to the edges of a few of the issues, scattered foxing, tear to the..... More
West Roxbury MA: Brook Farm Press, 1845. Newspaper. 8 individual issues of the Brook Farm newspaper, issued weekly. Browning, occasional light dampstains, many pages splitting at the folds, chipping and wear and a few small tears to the edges of a few of the issues, scattered foxing. Complete, pages 1-127..... More
Antwerp: Plantiniana, 1606. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Modern quarter leather over marbled boards, light wear to spine; internally browned, page edges chipped and rounded at beginning and end. old notes and bookplate to endpapers; very good otherwise. 206, (1)pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1..... More
John Hayes. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary paneled calf, very worn, both boards detached but present, spine worn, one headband torn, front endpapers detached, light age toning to page edges, modest stains to last few leaves, otherwise very good internally. 1366pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight..... More
London: J.M. for Thomas Dring and John Starkey, 1666. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). A translation of Rochefort's Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l’Amerique. Small folio rebound in recent 1/4 leather over green cloth. Browned with a persistent dampstain throughout and occasional light staining from mold..... More
Gottingen: A. Vanderhoeck, 1759. Second Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Quarter contemporary leather over decorative boards. Lacks front endpapers, rear endpapers with notes, a few marginal marks and notes in an early hand. 364pp plus index. Roederer (1726-1763) was trained in London, Paris and Leiden and worked in Strasbourg before assuming..... More
Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1798. Hardcover. Marbled calf with gilt border and page edges. Hinge is cracked at top edge, front hinge loose, small tear on spine, edges worn. Marbled end papers, front loose end paper partially detached. Two bookplates: ex libris a.r.s. & Peter A. Wick, inscription on page..... More
Venice: Domenico Lovisa, 1712. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary full vellum, light wear, a few light marks and stains. Title and a few other pages with degradation on the bottom edge and corners, not touching any text, old signature to title. Lacking the final text leaf (I6) but otherwise complete..... More
Edinburgh: Martin & Wotherspoon, 1768. Later Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Later half leather binding, worn at edges and spine ends but intact and sound. 70pp plus unpaginated epilogue and ads. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays;..... More
New York: R. M'Dermut & D.D. Arben, 1814. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full original leather with red name plate on spine. Cover has two large dings to leather, frontispiece features plate of carving instructions for veal, beef, and mutton, contains eight further carving plates inside the book. Interior is uniformly age..... More
Venice: Simone Occhi, 1742. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 1/4 leather over paper covered boards (the marbled paper boards appear to be covering old vellum boards) spine strip loose but present, front hinge starting. A funny sort of a rhyming dictionary by the Renaissance scholar. Scattered mild foxing, 471 pages, the last..... More