San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Co., 1871. First Edition. Paper Wraps. January - June, 1871 (Issues 1-4, 6) of The Overland Monthly. Light wear to wraps. corners bent and a few short tears to edges of issue 2. Rear of issue 6 detached but present. The Grizzly Papers are... More about The Grizzly Papers in 5 Issues of The Overland Monthly
Cologne: Jacques Gaillard, 1702. Romain de Hooge. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 2 volumes in contemporary full leather, heavily worn at edges, hinges split but boards still attached. A few ink marks to titles, minor dampstaining and wear to endpapers and last few pages, otherwise clean. With the lovely Hooge... More about Contes et Nouvelles de Bocace, Florentin. Traduction Libre, Accommodée au Goût de ce Temps
Venice: Pietro di Nicolini, 1547. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum, soiled and stained with old pen notations, but sound. Old manuscript vellum binder's waste visible around endpapers. Scattered mild stains and foxing, mostly early and at end, otherwise very clean internally and an attractively printed edition. (14), 2 blank... More about Libro delle Donne Illustri
London: Peter Davies, 1927. Hard Cover. Limited Edition of 520 bound in green paper boards with light wear. Jacket shows some slight rubbing at the corners with a few very small tears. Some slight discoloration to jacket with some darkening of the light cream colored jacket in places. Otherwise jacket... More about Thirteene Most Pleasaunt and Delectable Questions, Entituled, A Disport of Diverse Noble Personages
Halle an der Saale: Orphanotroph, 1704. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum, browned but sound; scattered foxing and browning, general age toning to paper, but unmarked. The first edition by the noted German jurist. The final section is a dictionary of legal words and phrases. (14), 407pp; 719pp, index. 2... More about Introductio in ius digestorum, sensum pariter ac usum singularum materiarum succincte...
Lyon: Anisson & Joannis Posuel, 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 3 volumes bound in 2 in full contemporary calf, worn with surface marks, hinges cracked but bindings sound, library marks to spines, bookplates. First two title pages detached but present and with library stamps, the final is unmarked. Scattered... More about Opera Omnia in Tres Tomos Distributa
Paris: A. Quantin, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original green cloth rebacked in green cloth with the original spine laid back down, rubbed spot at head of spine (label removal?). Wear at corners, a few surface marks, light puckering to cloth. Old stamp to title page, tissue guards tattered... More about Les Habitants de Suriname: Notes Recueillies a L'Exposition Coloniale D'Amsterdam en 1883
Leovariae (Leeuwarden): Tobias van Dessel, 1731. Later Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Leather spine over marbled boards, boards detached, heavy wear to corners, endpaper detached. Generally very good internally, mild foxing. 251pp with errata at the rear. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under... More about Observationes Miscellaneae ad Loca Quaedam Cum Novi Foederis, Tum Exterorum Scriptorum Graecorum
Paris: Fredericum Leonard, 1659. Second Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Contemporary calf backed boards, wear at edges, spine ends, hinges splitting but binding sound. Very minor foxing, a few tiny water stains at corners, otherwise an extremely fresh copy with engraved illustrations, maps and plans, throughout, often full page, and a.... More about Roma Subterranea Novissima
Vienne: Jean-Thomas de Trattnern, 1766. Second Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). 3 volumes in one, each with its own title page, half leather over marbled boards, browned and worn, front hinge cracked, but generally intact and sound. Marbled endpapers, old morocco ex-libris. (12), 1-10, 12-203 , (8); 219, (8); (4), 208... More about Iconologie Tirée de Divers Auteurs
Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Rebound in full brown calf in an antique style. A few surface marks darkening the leather on the cover, otherwise fine. Slight scattered foxing and browning, generally quite clean; with the attractive frontis. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Text is clean and unmarked... More about The Art of Angling and Compleat Fly-Fishing
Paris: Antoine de Sommaville, 1649. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary calf, elaborately gilt spine. Corners bumped and rounded, hinges rubbed, wear at spine ends, inner joint cracked, occasional damp stains, mostly mild, scattered foxing. Small library label on the front board and an old bookplate inside the front... More about Dictionaire Servant de Bibliotheque Universelle ou Recueil Succinct de Toutes Les Plus Belles...
Geneva: Samuel de Tournes, 1680. Second Edition. Softcover. Old thick paper covers, light wear. The second collected edition in Latin following the first of 1677 with 7 additional works also published by de Tournes, dated 1685-95. Old ownership signature and mark from removed bookplate to front pastedown, scattered foxing, dampstains... More about Opera Varia Quorum Posthac extat Catalogus
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Paris: Piget, 1739. Hardcover (Full Leather). 7 volumes bound in 4 in contemporary sponged calf. Joints a bit rubbed, wear at edges, old stamps on titles, occasional minor foxing and browning, a few tremoins, but very good overall and a nice group. Table des memoires, 1739, (8), 461, (1), lxxvi... More about Transactions Philosophiques de la Société Royale de Londres 1731-1736 [with] Table des memoires...
Amsterdam: Johannes Oosterwyk, 1713. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, light soiling and bowing. Extra engraved title, title page vignette, in text illustrations and 11 full page engravings of scenes and coins. Brouerius was an antiquarian and legal scholar. The added plates are browned, but intact. (14), 348pp. Size... More about Jurisconsulti de Populorum Veterum ac Recentiorum Adorationibus Differatio
London: W. Phorson, 1791. Full Calf. Leather shows some bumping and chipping along the edges of the boards, as well as the hinges of the spine. Boards and hinges are tight. Just some simple gilt lines to spine with a red leather title plate. Text block is clean and bright;... More about Sacred Tropology: Or A Brief View of the figures; and Explication of the Metaphors Contained in...
New York: S.W. Benedict, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). First Spanish edition of the California constitutional convention of 1849. Full contemporary calf, hinges slightly cracked, a few surface scars to leather but generally attractive. Foxing to endpapers and slight scattered foxing and browning to the text. 436pp, XIII pp... More about Relacion de Los Debates de la Convencion de California Sobre la Formacion de la Constitucion de...
London: Rob. Gosling, 1716. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary paneled calf, front board detached but present, rear cracked. Loss to spine ends, lettering piece largely missing, old seminary library spine label and title stamp. 592pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean... More about Georgii Buchanani Scoti Poemata in tres partes digesta
London [Londini]: Guil. Bowyer, 1721. Early Edition. Full Leather. Bound in soft suede like leather which has split at the front and rear hinges. A few cords torn but boards still firmly attached and binding is tight and square. Some simple blind stamping to boards with little other decoration. Internally... More about Georgii Bulli, Nuper Episcopi Menevensis Opera Omni Latine Conscripta: Quibus Duo Praecipui...
Weimar: Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). 2 volumes in 19th century half calf over marbled boards - old seminary library spine label and stamp to titles, otherwise unmarked. Joints splitting but held by cords - bindings generally sound. Mild foxing, including to the 7 folding maps, plans, and... More about Reisen in Syrien, Palastina und der Gegend des Berges Sinai
London: Ric. Chiswell, 1696. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). In green library cloth with a spine label and bookplate but no other library marks. Frontis chipped at the edges, a few pencil marks, otherwise quite clean. 197pp with 3 1/2 pages of ads. Mary II became Queen following the... More about An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen
Venice: Giovanni Fiorina, 1592. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Early vellum, worn and stained. Lacking first blank and A1 (the first text page but otherwise complete). [4 leaves], 52 (of 53) leaves, 4pp table, 2 blank leaves. Rear blanks are worn. Light dampstains throughout, heavier in spots, but not obscuring any... More about Giardino di Agricoltura di Marco Bussato da Ravenna. Nel Quale Con Bellissimo Ordine si Tratta di...
Paris: Crapart, Caille et Ravier, 1803. Second Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 1/4 modern leather over period marbled boards. Degré takes up the first 162 pages, the rest is miscellaneous writings on various subjects (hospitals, Mirabeau, the guillotine etc.). Attractively respined. 537pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Scattered... More about Du Degré de Certitude de La Médecine...Nouvelle Édition revue, corigée et augmentée de...
Milan: Garzanti, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Slight wear and foxing to original thick wraps. First edition of Calvino's late collection of meditations on the bizazrre, the disquieting, and the fantastic - inscribed to author, journalist and psychoanalyst Contardo Calligaris and dated 30.10.84. Touching on the Codex Seraphinianus, Roland Barthes, and... More about Collezione di Sabbia: Emblemi Bizzarri e Inquietanti del Nostro Passato e del Nostro Futuro Gli...
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Frankfurt: Johannis Ammony, 1654. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Rebound in half modern calf over marbled boards. Generally modest foxing throughout, heavier in spots, a few minor paper repairs in the outer margin, but otherwise clean and unmarked and with good margins. 4 parts in 1: (6), 6pp, 5-102 leaves;... More about Symboloru[m] & Emblematum ex re Herbaria desumtorum centuria una collecta