Paris: Librarie Laurent Coulet. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Minor pencil notations, 100 items, illustrated. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ Scholarly, scarce French catalogue with wonderful black and white illustrations on almost every page. The catalogue contains descriptions of many rare works including volumes by Jean Benjamin de Laborde, Pierre..... More
Paris: Librairie Paul Jammes. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Minor wear, minor pencil notation, 1814 items, illustrated. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. Scholarly, French catalogue with b&w illustrations and descriptions of many rare items. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Harvard Collection Library, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto, 114 pages. Illustrated with 25 plates in black and white. ¶ Brilliantly describes the exhibition of 39 manuscripts dating all from the twelfth century held by The Harvard Collection Library. The paleography of the twelfth century is famously difficult..... More
![MODERN ART IN ARGENTINA]. Coleccion Torcuato Di Tella. No. 11. Lionello Venturi](/pictures/thumb/1955.jpg?v=1553284571)
Buenos Aires: Museo de Artes Visuales, Institutio Torcuato Di Tella, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Square 4to. Well illustrated. Original illustrated wrappers. Scarce catalogue of an exhibition held from 20 September to 27 October, 1963, now virtually unfindable in public or private collections. More
![MODERN ART IN ARGENTINA]. Premio Nacional e Internacional Instituto Torcuato Di Tella. No. 31....](/pictures/thumb/1958.jpg?v=1553284574)
Buenos Aires: Museo de Artes Visuales, Institutio Torcuato Di Tella, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Square 4to. Well illustrated. Original illustrated wrappers. Scarce exhibition catalogue, now virtually unfindable in public or private collections. More
![MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF COSTUME BOOKS]. Katalog der Lipperheideschen Kostumbibliothek. Eva...](/pictures/thumb/3082.jpg?v=1591151358)
Berlin: Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1965. Neubearbeitet. Hardcover. Folio, 2 vols. Original blue cloth. Overall in excellent antiquarian condition. This is the indispensable second edition of the catalogue of the greatest Costume book collection ever formed: the text consists of more than 1,166 pages; the items are very well described; and..... 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
Paris: Aux Archives du Droit Francais, 1808. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. [4], 47, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers (edges a little frayed). In the development of the Code Civil, the extraordinary "Voyneau Affair" has fourfold significance. It tested in the French Supreme Court the relationship between national adoption and parental..... More
Wolfenbüttel, Germany: Herzog August Bibliothek, 1979. Softcover. Narrow 8vo. 8vo. 11, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers. The opening lecture of an exhibition of Kurt Londenberg's bindings at the Herzog August Bibliothek. The lecture was given by Hans Halbey, Director of the Gutenberg-Museum in Mainz. More
![COURTROOM TV IN 1680 LONDON]. Lex Londinensis, or, The city law: shewing the powers, customs and...](/pictures/thumb/541.jpg?v=1553284715)
London: Printed by S. Roycroft for H. Twyford, 1680. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 4 ff., 260, [11] pp. Signatures: A4 B-S8, COMPLETE. Printed in Roman and Black Letter. Contemporary English calf, rebacked with new spine and red morocco label, text slightly browned. Preserved in a red cloth protective case. ¶..... More
![BODONI - DAPHNIS AND CHLOE 1786. In Greek]: Longus. Poimenikon ton kata Daphnin kai Chloen bibloi...](/pictures/thumb/3726.JPG?v=1648946167)
Parma: Bodoni, 1786. 4to (300 x 218 mm). Engraved title-vignette and head-piece, [8], lxxiii, [3], 164 pp. Preliminary leaves: title-page with engraved vignette, verso blank + dedication leaf to Jose Nicolas de Nibiano, verso blank + 2 unnumbered leaves dedication to Anton Raphael Mengs with half-page engraving signed "Lucatelli inv..... More
![EARLY AMERICAN BOOK CURSE / SCALEBOARD BINDING 1826]. Second Class Book; Principally consisting...](/pictures/thumb/3640.jpg?v=1640978643)
Brookfield, Mass. E. and G. Merriam, 1828. 8vo. 222 pp. Woodcut frontispiece + 2 full-page woodcut plates (found opposite pp. 108 and 144). Original SCALEBOARD binding: quarter sheep over thin scaleboard, both boards covered with blue printed papers (both quite rubbed, affecting legibility, board bowed). One half of the rear..... More
![ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE, 1572]. Autograph Letter Signed, being a contemporary account the...](/pictures/thumb/3068.jpg?v=1590462303)
Steinhilben (near Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg): 1572. Together 3 sheets. Ad 1: Folio (330 x 210 mm) penned by Ludwig III Duke of Wurttemberg. Recto: 25 lines including florished signature, verso blank; without watermark. Ad 2: (85 x 210), 4 lines, being a small document written on paper from the same stock..... More
![COMPLETE SET OF ALL 6 VOLUMES]. Repertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques interessant l'art...](/pictures/thumb/3645.jpg?v=1641148862)
Ad 1-3: The Hague, Nijhoff, 1938-1964. Ad 4: Paris, Fondation Custodia, 1987. Ad 5: Amsterdam and The Hague, Nijhof, 1956 (facsimile reprint of the 1921 edition). Ad 6: Ibid, 1956, 1938-. Together 6 vols., large 4to., all bound in original publisher's cloth. In UNMARKED and UNSPOILED condition. NOT ex-library! BEAUTIFUL..... More
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1975. Hardcover. Octavo, 177 number pages, original cloth, no dustjacket. Illustrated in black and white. ¶ An important discussion of notable examples of early manuscripts to early printed books, with very good illustrations. More
![AMERICA. Engraved map ca. 1600, North and South America with portion of Australia]. "America"...](/pictures/thumb/3431.jpg?v=1615672142)
[Cologne?]: 1600? Copperplate engraved map (uncolored). 13.5 x 17.4 cm. (5 5/16 x 6 7/8 inches), trimmed around the platemark. Scale not stated. Stipple engraved seas. Unmatted, unframed. An attractive, early map of North and South America. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ENGRAVED MAP, not a facsimile. JUSTLY FAMOUS MAP OF..... More
Amsterdam: Chez l'honore et fils, libraires, 1748. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. in one. 8vo. I: [10], cxix, [7], 208 pp. + 1 f. ("Errata" for Tom. 1). II: [2], 231 pp. + 1 f. ("Addition") + 1 f. ("Errata" for Tom 1 [sic]). First title page with unobtrusive paper..... More
![Cover title]: Souvenir of Malta. 32 Views. [Panorama / Souvenir Album]. MALTA](/pictures/thumb/2095.jpg?v=1553284590)
Malta (?): s.n., 1920. Softcover. Dates: 1920-1930. Original cloth portfolio (17 x 11 cm, folding out to ca. 350 cm), with 32 panels of which 5 are of a panoramic view of the harbor. Includes also a view of the H.M.S. Melbourne in the harbor. Faint early ownership stamp inside..... More
![COMFORTING PRISONERS CONDEMNED TO DEATH]. Documenti per confortare i condannati a morte. Marcello...](/pictures/thumb/3754.JPG?v=1652998060)
Turin: Heirs of Colonna, 1690. Third edition. 12mo. 1 blank fol. + [6], 424 pp. (some foxing throughout, pp. 135-170 with worming in blank lower margins, rather ugly but touching only four letters). Contemporary Italian vellum, four raised bands on spine, in the second compartment the author's name and title..... 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
![TEXANA]. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 [33rd Congress, 1st Session,...](/pictures/thumb/3394.jpg?v=1612566662)
Third edition. COMPLETE SET of 2 vols. (text + Atlas). xv, [1], 286 pp. COMPLETE with 65 maps (plus one duplicate); Landscapes: I-XII; Geological Sections: 1, 3-11 (#2 not issued); Paleontology: 1-6; Zoology: 1-18 (plus duplicate of #5); Botanical: 1-17, 19-20 (#18 not issued). Original blind-stamped cloth, edges worn, outer..... More
![FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF PERU, 1817 - UNRECORDED EDITION]. Les incas ou la destruction de l'empire du...](/pictures/thumb/3616.jpg?v=1637016960)
Paris: Guillaume et Companie, Libraire, rue Hautefeuille, no. 14, 1817. 2 vols., small 12mo. 233, [3]; 250, [4] pp. With 2 engraved frontispieces. Contemporary French mottled sheep (extremities worn and bumped; back cover of vol. 2 abraided with loss, leather on front hinge quite worn but the board is quite..... More
![SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair, for the...](/pictures/thumb/3428.jpg?v=1615427402)
San Francisco: Printed by the San Francisco Co-Operative Printing for Sumner Whitney & Co., 1871. Small 4to. 4, [2], 325, [1], xvii pp. The two portraits are in facsimile, otherwise COMPLETE. Some page numbers at top margin shaved; front blank with repaired tear; final page torn and backed. Inherent spotting..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition. Large framed map (30 x 50 cm). Contemporary hand-coloring with blue wash, creasing where formerly folded. Not examined outside frame. Scale ca. 1:13,000,000. Scarce and important map, framed, and suitable for exhibition and study. The map shows sailing routes through the West..... More
Paris: Leon Techener, 1877. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. [4], 83 pp. Recent sympathetic wrappers, edges untrimmed (some a little frayed). Copy no. 74 of 100 numbered copies, being one of the first celebrations of 17th-century French illustrated books, published when the craze for 18th-century French illustrated books was at its..... More
