![ASTRONOMY]. [MEDICINE]. [HOROLOGY]. Calendarium Romanum magnum, Caesareae maiestati dicatum....](/pictures/thumb/3078.jpg?v=1600272820)
Oppenheim: J. Kobel, 1518 (March 24). First Edition. Folio (textblock: 310 x 210 mm; binding: 315 x 220 mm). [14], 74, [50] ff., COMPLETE. Illustrated with a fine historiated woodcut border on the title-page, and on the Dedication to the Emperor Maximilian with the armorial devices of the chief states..... More
![CZECH MODERNIST PHOTOGRAPHY]. Ceskoslovenska Fotografie. Complete Set of all 13 volumes,...](/pictures/thumb/3076.jpg?v=1600272810)
Prague: Svaz Ceskoslovenskkych Klubu, 1939-1941, 1946, 1949. Only Edition. 13 volumes, large 4to (ca. 275 x 220 mm). With more than 800 photographic plates by Avant-Garde Czech photographers. Original publisher's bindings: vols. 1-9 in decorated cloth with Avante-Garde designs by KAREL TEIGE in black, red, and gray; vols. 10-13 in..... More
![ENAMELS - MANUSCRIPT]. Notice des Emaux Exposes dans les Galleries du Musee du Louvre [and]...](/pictures/thumb/3065.jpg?v=1600272804)
Paris: Vinchon, 1852-1853. First Edition. Together 2 vols. 8vo. 348; Ex-library markings on spines, perforations on title-pages and other leaves, bookplates, accession stamps. Vol. I: contemporary quarter morocco over mottled boards, somewhat worn, front joint mended, headcap chipped, binder's blanks brittle, overall a good copy in a sound binding, the..... More
![Traite Complet du Jeu de Trictrac [i.e. Tric-Trac]. avec figures; contenant les principes et...](/pictures/thumb/3051.jpg?v=1600272801)
Paris: L. G. Michaud et Chez Delaunay, 1816. First Edition. 8vo. [4], 310, [2] = 316 pp., COMPLETE. Bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco, elaborately gold tooled, gilt floral roll border with double roll around sides, smooth spine with gilt ornamental tools, monogram "J.B." crowned with a wreath, in gilt..... More
![ALDINE PRESS / GIGLIO PRESS]. Together 2 volumes: I. Lettere Volgari di diversi nobilissimi...](/pictures/thumb/3049.jpg?v=1600272795)
Venice: Domenico Giglio; Paolo and Aldo Manutius, 1558; 1564. Ad 1: 8vo. Part 1: [1], 2-138, [4] = 142 ff. Part 2: [1], 2-122, [2] = 124 ff. Contemporary limp vellum with "yapp" edges, title in MS on spine, singular "1" at bottom of spine indicating the first of two..... More
![LGBTQ / QUEER PUNK]. Absolutely Queer Issue (#109 / June '92). Matt “Smith Maximum Rock n....](/pictures/thumb/3036.jpg?v=1600272789)
San Francisco: Maximumrocknroll, 1992. Large 4to. 144 pp., profusely illustrated, printed on newsprint. Staple-bound self-wrappers (215 by 274 mm). Covers are detached and have light creases; the newsprint is lightly yellowed, otherwise good. The first ever “Absolutely Queer" of Maximum Rocknroll, and likely the first substantial Queer Punk magazine ever..... More
![DOG TAX, 1796]. The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the...](/pictures/thumb/3035.jpg?v=1600272785)
London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. 8vo. [10], 839 pp. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards (leather very dry, front cover nearly detached but cords holding). Bookplate of the Fraser Institute, which sold more than 5000 books to Livresse (Gatineau, Quebec), from whom we purchased the present volume..... More
![Bindings - Early American Tree Calf]. [Samuel Bradford, Printer]. The Letters of Junius, with...](/pictures/thumb/2996.jpg?v=1600272781)
Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford. Vol 1 printed by H. Maxwell; vol 2 printed by Robert Carr, 1804. 8vo in 4's. 2 vols. 219 x 143 mm. Pagination: I: vi pp., 1 f.. blank, 313, [7] pp. II: [4], 466, [3] pp. Collation: vol. I: [A]4, B-3G4 3H8 (-3H8, a blank)..... More
Faenza: Archi, 1726. First Edition. 8vo. 185, [1] pp. Collation: A-Y4 Z6 (lacking final blank leaf Z6). With a printer's mark on title-page and p. 76 (Apollo with lyre) plus a large woodcut of Hercules and the Nemean Lion on final page. Some early corrections on pages 50, 55. Original..... More
![RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPT / SONNETS / Canzoniere]. "Poesie. Manoscritto antico d’ignoto autore"...](/pictures/thumb/2973.jpg?v=1600272769)
Venice: 1510 (25 January). 8vo. in fours. Collation: A-Q4, COMPLETE. 64 ff. (some signatures written in contemporary MS, several erroneously, neat modern foliation in pencil). Paper size: 155 x 105. Watermarks: Northern Italy, ca. 1480-1520 (see below). Bound in late 18th century Italian sprinkled ochre boards, upper cover with title..... More
![Promena [Metamorphosis - First Czech edition]. Together with: Promena, Sestero Konfigurací k...](/pictures/thumb/2905.jpg?v=1600272757)
Stara Rise (Czech Republic): Josef Florian, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Together 2 volumes, large 4to and 8vo. PORTFOLIO (310 x 235 mm). Half-title SIGNED by the artist, title-page, 2-page translation of Kafka's "Ein Traum" into Czech by Gustav Janouch, list of plates, and statement of limitation printed in red and..... More
London: Robert Barker, 1611. First Edition. Folio. 7 leaves: Z3, Z5, Z6, Aa1, Aa2, Aa3, Aa4. Contents: 3 John 1:7-14, Epistles of Jude (complete book); Revelations Chapter 2:21 through Chapter 18:12. Margins frayed, soiling, old repairs, portions of texts defective (SEE IMAGES). With faults, and priced accordingly. Highly interesting, nearly..... More
![ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY]. Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti magno cum studio collecta, a...](/pictures/thumb/2697.jpg?v=1600272745)
Venice: Carolo Palese (sold by Lorenzo Basilio), 1787. First Edition. 8vo. 6 volumes. 54, 377 pp., 1 blank f., engraved frontispiece portrait of Pinelli ("F. Bartolozzi del. et sculp."); 4, 468 pp.; 4, 367 pp., 1 large folding plate ('Specimen scripturae in papyro') with small stain; 56, 471 pp.; 8..... More
![Della cirugia [...] libri sette: ne' quali si contiene la theorica et la vera prattica. Giovanni...](/pictures/thumb/2600.jpg?v=1600272741)
Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1574. First Edition in Italian. Folio. [18] ff., 296 pp. Collation: *8 **6 ***4 A-Z6 AA10, COMPLETE. Ziletti's device on title, 5 large woodcuts showing operations (2 on the battlefield), numerous woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments and heads with incisions, occasional staining or soiling; title with outer..... More
Charterhouse School: 1871. Hardcover. Dates: 1871-1877 and 1910. Small 4to. 37 ff., mostly with newspaper clippings neatly pasted in on both sides + 4 ff. in manuscript ("Summary of Scores" from 1871-1877 and 1910). Several leaves excised; it is possible that the present album had been re-purposed. On a few..... More
London: Printed by Richard Hett, for the Company of Stationers, 1776. Hardcover. 8vo. (203 x 123 mm). 236, [4] pp. Collation: A-P8, COMPLETE. Contemporary Liverpool binding of full red morocco elaborately gilt; wide gilt border of urns and flowers surrounding a black inlay gilt with the name of the first..... More
![MANUSCRIPT NOVEL]. Typescript: "Manila Galleon" / "That Year's Galleon" (early title). Cameron...](/pictures/thumb/1698.jpg?v=1600272730)
S.l. (probably Santa Barbara, CA): 1936 (or after). Unbound. Large 4to. (8 1/2 x 11"). Unpaginated: 23 chapters + Epilogue, each individually paginated. Typewritten on "Superior Manifold - Esleeck Mfg Co." Preserved in a protective cloth case. This appears to be the only significant Cameron Rogers manuscript still in private..... More
1871. Hardcover. Oblong folio (350 x 450 mm). With 32 watercolors of high quality by Annibale Angelini delineated from the original frescos. Original red pebbled cloth (shaken), upper cover with the crowned monograph of Prince Camillo IX (Vittorio Emanuele) Massimo. In excellent unrestored state. Preserved in a protective case. An..... More
![The Coat and the Cup [unpublished play]. Typescript (mimeograph) with additions and corrections...](/pictures/thumb/905.jpg?v=1600272726)
Copyrighted by Mary U Glazener: 1966. Hardcover. 43 pages on 43 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11" paper, inserted in modern green folder (3-hole punched). UNPUBLISHED provincial play by the author of "The Cup of Wrath: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Resistance to Hitler" (1992/3) which received some critical attention..... More
![NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL MANUSCRIPT]. Catalogue of Plants Growing Spontaneously Around...](/pictures/thumb/877.jpg?v=1600272726)
Wilmington, N.C. 1874. Hardcover. Manuscript on paper, 58 unnumbered pages, written in an octavo ruled notebook, the MS occupying the first half, the second being blank. Contemporary American binding (sheepskin over boards), light wear to binding extremities, hinges cracked but firm, marbled edges. An attractive manuscript in very good antiquarian..... More
![THEOLOGY, ENGLAND - 1616]. Miscellaneorum theologicorum, quibus non modo scripturae divinae, sed...](/pictures/thumb/585.jpg?v=1600272725)
Oxford: Excudebat Iosephus Barnesius, 1616. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. Collation: [par.]4 2[par.]4 A-3K4 3L*4 3L-4L4 4M2 (lacking final blank leaf 4M2). Without a binder's blank at the front, and at the back a stub bearing traces of MS annotations; this was excised at the same time as the bespoke..... More
![Recueil de medailles des rois [grecs]. WITH: Recueil de medailles de peuples et de villes. I...](/pictures/thumb/139.jpg?v=1600272722)
Paris: Guerin et Delatour, 1762. First Edition. Hardcover. Dates: 1762-1766. Quarto. Eight volumes in seven, COMPLETE THUS, with 202 folding engraved plates, illustrating more than 4000 coins and medals (!). The eight volumes contain numerous elaborately engraved vignettes, head- and tailpieces throughout. Collation: pp. iv; 220; 22 engraved folding plates..... More
![Bindings - Vernacular / Embroidered]. Der Schatz der Armen. Melchior . Maeterlinck Lechter,...](/pictures/thumb/3198.jpg?v=1598832575)
Florence & Leipzig: [Printed in Berlin by Otto Von Holten for]: Verlag von Eugen Diederichs, 1898. "Autorisierte Ausgabe" Square 4to (210 x 170 mm). 105 pp. With stylized art-nouveau typography and large ornamental initials in red and black throughout. Vernacular binding of slightly later decorated burlap cloth patterned with lily pads;..... More
Amsterdam: Antiquariaat Junk b.v. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Minor wear to cover, 149 pp., 599 items. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ Scholarly catalogue with 599 thoroughly described items. Subjects covered include Zoology, Botany, Entomology, General Natural History and more. More
Stony Stratford: Patrick King Rare Books, 1983. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. A few minor pencil notations, very minor wear, 26 pp., 100 items. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ Scholarly catalogue with thorough descriptions of many rare items including many interesting and unique bindings. More
