Munich: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library, 2010. First Edition. Folio. 215 pp., with numerous reproductions of illuminations in color throughout. Bound in original publisher's wrappers, illustrated in color. VAST EXHIBITION CATALOGUE OF THE 1545-1549 "SECRET BOOK OF HONOR" WHICH DEPICTS THE FUGGER FAMILY IN ILLUMINATED PORTRAITS. The catalogue presents..... More
![Responce [i.e. response] d'un notable serviteur du roy a un sien amy, sur le discours de deux...](/pictures/thumb/864.jpg?v=1553284741)
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
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
![LAW]. [TORTURE]. Arrest de la Cour de Parlement contre Robert-Francois Damiens (26 Mars 1757)....](/pictures/thumb/1623.jpg?v=1553284532)
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
![BOHEMIA]. Bohmen [series title: Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild]. Die...](/pictures/thumb/164_2.jpg?v=1584827052)
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
![SALZBURG]. Oberosterreich und Salzburg [series title: Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in...](/pictures/thumb/16_2.jpg?v=1584827407)
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
![VIENNA]. Wein und Niederosterreich [series title: Die osterreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort...](/pictures/thumb/165.jpg?v=1584827703)
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
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
Lyon? (or Paris): Ca. 1550-1570 (?). The coffret measures (in mm) ca. 280 (long) x 190 (wide) x 115 (high): around sides are four looped metal fittings for leather straps, all five original hinges on back, on front the original iron hasp facade with forged "pine leaf" decoration, keyhole &..... More
Amsterdam and "Londres" 1765-1768. Dates: 1765-1768. Together 6 vols., 4to. Bound in contemporary French calf, gilt, arms of Puiseux on all covers: azur; a chevron argent, in chief two estoiles or, above a quintefeuille argent, armorial bookplate of the Comte de Puiseux. Bindings sound but dry, rubbed and worn, some..... More
![GLORIOUS REVOLUTION / ABDICATION OF JAMES II]. The debate at large, between the House of Lords...](/pictures/thumb/565.jpg?v=1584829864)
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
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
![ANCIENT FUNERALS]. De funeribus Romanorum libri quatuor cum appendice. Accessit et Funus...](/pictures/thumb/30.jpg?v=1553284700)
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
![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
![REFORMATION]. Johannes Zwick und die Reformation in Konstanz / Quellen und Forschungen zur...](/pictures/thumb/3158.jpg?v=1595430184)
Gutersloh, Germany: Gutersloher Verlagshaus Gerd Mohn, 1961. First Edition. 8vo. 308 pp. pp. Original cloth (a trifle dusty). NOT ex-library! The definitive, critical biography of Johannes Zwick (ca. 1496-1542) who with his brother Konrad, and Ambrosius and Thomas Blarer, implemented the Reformation in Constance and "deputized" other brothers in other..... More
![BOOK THIEF / BOOK THEFTS]. Scientist, Scholar & Scoundrel: A Bibliographical Investigation of the...](/pictures/thumb/1779.jpg?v=1589687433)
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
![EARLY MEXICAN HISTORY / MEXICO]. Epistolario de Nueva España 1505-1818. COMPLETE SET of all 16...](/pictures/thumb/3353.jpg?v=1610166723)
Mexico City: Antigua Libreria Robredo, 1939-1942. First Edition. 4to. 16 vols. COMPLETE. Contemporary Mexico sprinkled sheep, red and black labels, marbled endpapers (vol. 16 in original wrappers, uncut). Bindings with some scuffing and minor shelf-wear, but an attractive set, internally excellent. From the second series of the "Biblioteca historica mexicana."..... More
![SCOTLAND, 1703]. Some thoughts on the present state of affairs. Humbly offered to the high court...](/pictures/thumb/564.jpg?v=1553284717)
[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
![SOVIET DESIGN / PROPAGANDA]. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics / New York World's Fair 1932....](/pictures/thumb/3272.jpg?v=1605064871)
[New York]: Pavilion of the U.S.S.R. at the New York World's Fair, 1939. First Edition. Tall pamphlet (230 x 105). 12 pp., stapled as issued, original wrappers printed in red and black. Remarkable but little known Soviet graphic design, intended for liberal distribution at the 1939 New York World's Fair..... More
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
