London: W.H. for Humphrey Moseley, 1705. Seventh. Hardcover (Full Leather). Cambridge paneled calf, both boards detached but present. With the frontis piece. Possibly missing a rear endpaper but otherwise complete and crisp. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian..... More
New York: Appleton, 1842. Cloth. Scarce early american printing of this title. Cloth has torn along front hinge and spine is slightly shaken. Scattered foxing, endpapers stained. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No..... More
Worcester: S. A. Howland, 1850. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Spine is chipped at top and bottom, cloth is browned, generally mild foxing throughout; an attractive copy overall. 124pp. Bitting 236 (1848 New England edition). Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Antiquarian &..... More
New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company, 1885. Jessie Shepherd. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Stamped and gilt olive cloth, quite bright and attractive. Old library spine labels, pocket at rear and scattered embossed stamps. A curiously pedantic work incorporating songs, questions and answers, menus and diagrams, and illustrations amidst..... More
Arnhemiae: Jo. Fridericum Hagium, 1658. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Rebound in full blind tooled calf, modest age toning and browning throughout, heavier in a few spots, a few light dampstains but otherwise clean; small quarto. Three volumes in one, each with separate title pages. (x), 181; (1), 239pp..... More
Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Full navy cloth bearing gilt Harvard University stamp on spine, bookplate on pasted endpaper, and library stamp on first page. Some discoloration to spine where sticker was removed, minor wear to corners, extra engraved titlee, dedication to Duke Ferdninand I and Archduchess Maria..... More
Edinburgh: Gideon Shaw, 1682. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary sheep neatly rebacked, wear and notes to endpapers, wear, notes and a library stamp to title. Trimmed a little close on the top edge, touching the title and just grazing the running title in a few spots. A good..... More
Paris: Michaelis Vascosani, 1553. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, soiled but sound. Attractive floral pastepaper pastedowns. Light foxing here and there, first and last blanks a little soiled, over opened at 288/289 but sound otherwise. An attractively printed early French Isocrates. [10], 510, [2, blank], [39]pp with front and rear..... More
Venice: Hieronymum Porro, 1589. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, toned, lacking ties, tear to vellum on rear cover with loss of a corner, a few stains and spots of wear, a bit shaken, but generally sound. 72 leaves with 34 engraved emblems by Girolamo Porro. Engraved title with..... More
Dublin: Whitestone et al, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Original full calf, mild bumping to corners, rubbing to hinges, surface marks. Previous owner's name to the top of the title page. The first edition, first issue with the points (partaking his posterity, Milton for Butler), of the first of..... More
Venice: Alessandro Vecchi, 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked, a few mild creases and tears, light to moderate foxing, scattered light damp staining to bottom margin, four pages in early or contemporary manuscript (apparently a printing error), pages 114, 115..... More
Basel: Henrichum Petri, 1556. Second Edition. Hardcover. 18th century pastepaper boards, spine and edges degraded, light dampstains to first few and final pages, old library stamp to title and first page, some worming in the gutter - generally quite clean otherwise and with front, rear, and internal blanks present. (16)..... More
Paris: Gulielmum Merlin, 1562. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary leather very worm, spine perished, front joint broken, rear nearly so, text block loose in binding, first signature loose, corners worn, covers intact. Scattered dampstains early on, light worming, text block mostly clean, a few old marginal notes, lacking blanks..... More
Hague & Rotterdam: Arnoldum, Regnerum Leers, 1683. Hardcover (Full Leather). Collection of satires including all 16 of Juvenalis's known satyrical poems with a life of each of the poets: 199pp. A later, probably 19th century, rebinding in an ornate, antique style. 5 raised bands on the spine, elaborate tooling of..... More
Andrusko Karoly, 1973. Andrusko Karoly. Hand printed, 1 of 100 copies, color woodcuts of astronaut's journey into space. Miniature book (2 x 1.75 inches), interior is clean and unmarked, woodcuts are bright, clear impressions, very light fold to back bottom corner. Andrusko Karoly was a famous Hungarian artist and typographer..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Cruikshank, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). The first American edition of Payne's translation of Kempis's Imitation of Christ. In full contemporary tree calf, worn a bit at the corners, with the joints neatly strengthened and in a custom slipcase. Some foxing and browning to the endpapers and..... More
Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, 1675. Coenraet Decker et al. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary calf worn, inner joint weak, scattered foxing, a few minor marginal notes and marks in an early hand, including a few sketches of the animals. One double page plate detached, a few with creases..... More
Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1671. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full vellum soiled, spine heavily worn, inner joint cracked, text browned throughout with scattered mostly minor wear and soiling, with 3 engraved plates (lacking the portrait of Johann Friedrich Graf Wladstein, and the folding Jesuit horoscope). Worn spot to title. (32), 810..... More
Cologne: Jodocus Kalcoven, 1643. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Early blind tooled English calf, rebacked, rubbed at edges, corners a little bumped, endpapers and title browned at the edges from the leather turn ins, old ownership marks to front blank, scattered mostly minor browning and staining to pages,a few marginal..... More
Amsterdam: Janssonio Waesbergiana, 1676. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum, soiled, back strip reattached, endpapers refreshed; sound overall. Scattered browning, foxing, heavy in spots, dampstain in upper margin here and there, mild offsetting, generally clean internally. Illustrated in text throughout and with 5 plates (2 folding, 1 double page) outside..... More
Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesberge, 1680. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Rebound in modern full calf, added marbled endpapers, modest browning, stain in top margin here and there, foxing, old ownership marks to title, Houghton Library stamp to verso. Generally bright otherwise with in text illustration throughout; lacking the added engraved title..... More
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Leeuwarden: Ferwerd, 1790. Early Edition. Hardcover. Leather backed boards, modest wear, endpaper browned, lettering piece missing; first title page slightly creased, fine internally with very occasional light foxing. 39 engraved folding plates, handcolored. (2),36; (4),70; (4),87,(5)pp. Knoop lost his job in Frisia designing gardens in 1749 due to his love of..... More
Jena: Impensis Haeredum C. H. Cunonis, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Modern half morocco. A touch of soiling early on and a few abrasions to the first title, mild foxing, a good clean copy. Two parts in one, (4), 130pp; (16), 276pp. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped..... More
Leipzig: WIoannem Wendlerum, 1755. Hardcover (Half Vellum). Half vellum over paper boards, old library spine label and stamp to pastedown. 414pp plus the index. Scattered foxing and a few ink drops, but generally clean. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo..... More
Lyon: Jan de Tournes, 1555. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Bound in full 19th century morocco by Niédrée, edges gilt, front hinge rubbed and starting to crack, cover decorations slightly discolored - a very attractive binding. Mild uniform age toning internally, otherwise clean and unmarked. (xxx), 650, (20)pp. A French..... More