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[Catholic League of France / Holy League / La Ligue catholique].

Responce [i.e. response] d'un notable serviteur du roy a un sien amy, sur le discours de deux lettres [...] l'une souz le nom des pretenduz Estats du Royaume et l'autre du Cardinal de Plaisance

Tours: Chez Jamet Mettayer, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, 1594. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 33 pp. Mettayer's wodcut device on title-page with motto: "Omni praestantior arte." Sympathetically bound in the antique style: recent quarter calf over speckled boards, red morocco label; small blemish on title; four leaves (including title) with blind-stamp..... More

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Craufurd (a.k.a. Crawfurd), James, fl. 1669-1682

A serious expostulation with that party in Scotland, commonly known by the name of Whigs: Wherein is [...] plainly laid open the inconsistency of their practices

London: Printed by J[ohn] D[arby] for Richard Chiswell, 1682. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. Collation: A-H4 (final verso blank), COMPLETE. Pagination: 63, [1] pp. Recent sympathetic wrappers. Small 19th-century printed booklabel on upper left corner of title-page ("1047"). Unobtrusive blind-stamp of the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the..... More

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[Damiens, Robert Francois]. [Parliament, France. 1757]

Arrest de la Cour de Parlement contre Robert-Francois Damiens (26 Mars 1757). WITH: Arrest de la cour de Parlement, contre la famille de Robert-Francois Damiens (29 Mars 1757)

Paris: P.G. Simon, 1757. First Edition. Unbound. 4to: 13, [1] pp. (final page blank). Original self-wrappers, stitched (some soiling). Top corner of the margins have a diagonal cut (no loss of text) perhaps to remove the "Arrest" from others that were fastened together, otherwise the edges are untrimmed. ADDED: Arrest..... More

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Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild

Bohmen (Bohemia / Austria) [series title: Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild]

Vienna: Kaiserlich-koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei [for Alfred Holder], 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, large quarto (28 x 22 cm). 18, 618; 18, 680 pp. with 2 chromolithographic plates and more than 250 illustrations of views, scenes, art, pagan rituals and folk customs and costume, sacred architecture, domestic architecture, flora..... More

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Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild

Oberosterreich und Salzburg [series title: Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild]

Vienna: Kaiserlich-koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. (28 x 22 cm). xii, 604 pp. With 2 chromolithographs of local costume, plus over 250 illustrations of views, scenes, art, pagan rituals and folk customs and costume, sacred architecture, domestic architecture, flora and fauna, jewelry, and much more..... More

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Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild

WEIN UND NIEDEROSTERREICH (Vienna, Austria) [series title: Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild]

Vienna: Kaiserlich-koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei [for Alfred Holder], 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, large quarto (28 x 22 cm). VIII, 326; VIII, 360 pp., with 2 chromolithographic plates and more than 250 illustrations of views, scenes, art, pagan rituals and folk customs and costume, sacred architecture, domestic architecture, flora..... More

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Donati, Alexandri (Alessandro)

Roma vetus ac recens utriusque aedificiis illustrata. In multis locis aucta, castigatior reddita, indice locupletissimo, & figuris aeneis illustrata

Amsterdam: printed by Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters, 1694. Editio Ultima; First Dutch Edition. 4to. 236 x 184 mm. Pagination: [10], 356, [20] pp. Collation: *4 (-*1, a blank - see below) **2, A-Aaa4 = 202 ff. With an engraved frontispiece by J.F. Greuter, 4 fold-out plates of architectural drawings, and..... More

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[James II, King of England. Parliament].

[GLORIOUS REVOLUTION. ABDICATION OF JAMES II]. The debate at large, between the House of Lords and House of Commons [...] anno 1688

London: Printed for J. Wickins; and to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1695. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Octavo. COLLATION: A-B4 C-F8 G-Q4, COMPLETE. [2], 19-176 pp. Attractive half calf antique, marbled boards, red morocco label gilt, compartments gilt with small tools. ¶ FIRST EDITION of this important..... More

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Jardine, Lisa

Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance

New York: Doubleday, 1996. Hardcover. Octavo, 470 pages, original cloth with dustjacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. ¶ The flowering of civilization, the rebirth of classical scholarship, and the emergence of some of the greatest artists and thinkers the world has known: this is the traditional view..... More

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Kirchmann, J. [Romeyn de Hooghe, illustrator]

De funeribus Romanorum libri quatuor cum appendice. Accessit et Funus parasiticum Nicolai Rigaltii

Leiden: apud Hackios, 1672. Romeyn de Hooghe. Hardcover. 12mo., 2 parts in 1 volume: 23 ff., 649 pp. (wrongly numbered 641), 22 ff.; 24 pp. With fine etched frontispiece and 4 etched folding plates by Romeyn de Hooghe. Woodcut printer's device on both titles. Many passages in Greek. BOUND WITH..... More

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Norman, Jeremy M.

Scientist, Scholar & Scoundrel: A Bibliographical Investigation of the Life and Exploits of Count Guglielmo Libri

New York: The Grolier Club, 2013. Softcover. Octavo, 176 numbered pages, illustrations in both black and white and color. ¶ Biographical and bibliographic account of Count Libri, known for his activity as a book collector and book thief. More

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Reusner, Nicolaus (1545-1602)

Contrafacturbuch. Ware und Lebendige Bildnussen etlicher [...] Manner in Teutschland.

Strassburg: Bernard Jobin, 1587. First Edition. 8vo. [8], 102 ff. + [2] ff. Register (unhelpfully arranged by first names). COMPLETE with 103 woodcut portraits after original designs attributed to Tobias Stimmer numbered [1] + 102. Title in red and black within woodcut border surrounding Jobin's device. Late 16th- or early..... More

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Sinclair, Archibald, Sir, 1664-1719

Some thoughts on the present state of affairs. Humbly offered to the high court of Parliament / by a lover of his Queen and countrey (sic). WITH: Some thoughts upon the present state of affairs

[Edinburgh]: 1703. First Edition. Softcover. Together two volumes, small quarto. 12 pp., COMPLETE. Stitched in old blue paper wrappers at a recent date. Contemporary (or near-contemporary) author attributions in ink on title-pages, faint blind-stamps on first and final leaves of both pamphlets. BOTH editions of Sinclair's pamphlet recommending Scottish parliamentary..... More

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Vignerius, Nicolaus [Vignier, Nicolas]

Rerum Burgundionum Chronicon: In quo etiam rerum Gallicarum tempora accurate demonstrantur: permulta autem pro utriusque Historiae, necnon etiam Germanicae notitia, dubia confirmantur, obscura illustrantur, & ab aliis aut non animadversa, aut non comperta enucleantur

Basileae (Basel): Thomas Guarinus, 1575. First Edition. Small 4to. [8], 185, [23] pp. Modern vellum, red and white mottled edges. Old shelf-mark (?) "4069" in ink on title. Light foxing throughout. Overall very good. "All Things Burgundian." This early and impressive Renaissance chronicle of Burgundy covers the years 408 to..... More

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