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Le Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round...
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Le Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, The Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolorous Death and Departing out of this World of Them All. (Parts I-XII)

by Malory, Sir Thomas, Bart. Aubrey Beardsley

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London: J. M. Dent, 1893. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Aubrey Beardelsy. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Parts 1-8 and 10-12 are the "Superior Issue" of 300 copies on Dutch handmade paper (this set unnumbered). Part 9 is from the "regular issue" and is slightly smaller in size. Full page and double page illustrations, rubricated initials, borders and in-text decorations by Aubrey Beardsley in his first major commission. This set is uncut and largely unopened. There is some offsetting from the illustrations to the facing pages, as usual. Part 9 lacks a tiny piece form the spine and has had a nearly invisible repair to the upper wrapper; the wrappers show light soil, rubbing and aging else this is a very good set.
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'T Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremytinnen van AEgypten ende Palestinen, met Figuren van Abraham...
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'T Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremytinnen van AEgypten ende Palestinen, met Figuren van Abraham Blommaert, in coper ghesneden door Boetius a Bolswert: met cort verhael van eens yders leven ghetrocken uyt het Vaders-Boeck

by Heribert van Rosweyde (Boetius Adamsz Bolswert, Abraham Blommaert, illust.)

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Very Good HC. Text in Dutch (blackletter); tekst in het Nederlands (gotisch). Full contemporary vellum; untitled; raised bands on spine; red edges; 50 numbered full page copperplate engravings of Christian eremite saints (25 male, 25 female) printed recto with text pages verso; full page frontispiece for work as well as full page frontispiece for female section. Vellum in very good condition with some handling discoloration, remains supple; ties at cover fore edges lacking; tightly bound; few pencil notes on front pastedown; without free end papers; lacking frontispiece for male section (leaf A!; facsimile laid in); few leaves with light damp stains or soiling, mostly in margins, otherwise light and clean interior; one leaf (B3) with large chip at top fore corner not affecting portrait but with some text missing from marginal notation on verso (see photo); all leaves remain supple. 25 x 18 cm; 51 text pages; 50 numbered plates + 2 frontispiece plates; in 4s. Ref, OCLC #901301549.
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Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, PII V. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Nunc pluribus quàm hactenus...
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Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, PII V. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Nunc pluribus quàm hactenus umquam figuris æneis illustratum

by Catholic Church; Christopher Plantin, Jan Moretus; Theodoor Galle, Pieter de Jode, and Charles Mallery (engravings)

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Text in Latin. 2nd (enhanced) edition. Black straight-grain morocco leather over bevel-edge wood boards; gilt ruled frames on covers; brass clasps at fore edge; gilt title and rolls on spine; French Stormont pattern marbled end papers; two color print throughout; large font throughout; woodcut decorative drop-cap initials throughout. Clean covers and spine; front cover detached; light edge wear, somewhat heavier at cover fore corners; brass clasps are intact and VG condition; rear cover, spine and text block are tightly bound; lacking Title Page and 3 other prelim leaves (ll. *7, *8, **1) and 4 interior leaves including 4 plates (pp 56, 250, 264, 314; ll. D4b, Q5b, R4b, V5b,); 53 intact full page copperplate engravings and 35 (of 38) 1/3 page engraved tailpiece vignettes range from Good but light to Fine, though 1 plate has light ink attempt to cover angels privates (p. 662; l. Tt1b); few light smudges interior, otherwise very clean. Note that leaf *7 is lacking which has dedication or honors the… Read More
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SHAKESPEARE'S HOLINSHED:  The first and second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1. The...
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London: London: printed [by Henry Denham] in Aldersgate street at the signe of the Starre, 1587. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition; large folio; 3 volumes bound into 2 physical volumes. Vol. 1: [10], 250; [4], 202, [2]pp. Vol. 2: 61, [13], 183, [1]; 421, 424-430, 436-438, 431-433, 439-445, 450-464, [56]pp. Vol. 3: [8], 1080, 1080-1327, [2], 1332-1371, 1371-1421, 1490-1491, 1536-1555, 1574-1592, [62]pp. Mismatching set. Volumes 1-2 bound in 17th century reversed calf (somewhat worn with a few old repairs, hinges cracked, corners and spine ends worn with minor loss), blind rolls to margins of boards, spine with five raised bands, gilt-lettered red leather spine label to second compartment and additional hand-written leather spine label to third compartment, housed in attractive custom-made clam-shell box in red half leather over marbled boards with five raised spine bands and gilt lettering direct to spine in second compartment. Unobtrusive creasing and wear to opening and… Read More
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Falbalas and Franfreluches

Falbalas and Franfreluches

by Barbier, George

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Paris: Meynial, 1925. First Edition. George Barbier. A complete and excellent set of the five annual issues illustrated with a total of sixty beautiful pochoir plates, complete with decorated pochoir title pages. 'Falbalas and Franfreluches' (Frippery and Finery: Fashion Diaries) represents a literary and artistic collaboration of unusual elegance and sophistication. French illustrator, George Barbier (1882 - 1932) spared no effort in the making of this beautiful collection, using the finest pigments and up to thirty stencils per print to create images of the highest quality reflecting fashionable themes of the day. The plates portray romance amidst exotic lands and ages past, including a native American idyll on the Missouri, a languid mistress cocooned in a hammock in the tropical Antilles, high baroque debauchery, and, of course, a myriad of lovers depicted in Paris at the height of the chic 1920s. Each annual includes twelve pages of fine writing by Barbier's contemporaries in the Parisian scene… Read More
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Icones anatomicae quotquot sunt celabratories ex optimis neotericum  operibus depromtae et...
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Icones anatomicae quotquot sunt celabratories ex optimis neotericum operibus depromtae et collectae. Atlas volumes.: Plates to text volumes Iconum anatomicorum explicatio

by Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani & Caldani, Floriano

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Three 21 x 28 1/8 inch (534 x 715 mm) untrimmed folio atlas volumes in four in original wraps. With frontis, 4 engraved titles & 461 plates, including 197 duplicates in outline. "Vol. 1: ossa et ligmenta, tabula I-LI.; Vol. 2: musculi et bursae mucosae, organa sensuum et viscera, tabula LII-CXXXIV.; Vol. 3, pt. 1, uterus gravadus, embriones humani, cor arteriae venae, tabula CXXXV-CCIV.; Vol. 3, pt. 2 vasa lymphatica, cerebrum nervi, tabula CCV-CCLXIV. Engraved portraits of authors on title page of v. 1 of plates./ V. 1 of plates published in 1801, v. 2 in 1804, v. 3, pt. 1 in 1810, and v. 3, pt. 2 in 1813; text v. published in 1802, 1804, 1805, 1808, 1814./ Many plates accompanied by an additional plate in outline./ Text vols. titled 'Iconum anatomicorum explicatio'" (OCLC: 58395230; 2018). Additional images and further information provided upon request.
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In which the coast of...
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In which the coast of North-West America has been carefully Examined and accurately Surveyed. Undertaken By His Majesty's Command, Principally with a view to Ascertain the Existence.

by Vancouver, George (1757-1798); Vancouver, John [editor]

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London: Printed for G.G. And J. Robinson and J. Edwards, 1798. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In which the coast of North-West America has been carefully Examined and accurately Surveyed. Undertaken By His Majesty's Command, Principally with a view to Ascertain the Existence of any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and performed in the years 1790.. [-] 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and the armed tender Chatham. First edition. Three volumes. Lacking atlas volume, else apparently complete. Full speckled calf. Gilt lettering and decoration, gilt panels to boards. Extra-illustrated with unrelated period map at end of vol. III of Central Asia (from Forster, Journey from Bengal to England, London, 1798). [18] engraved plates total. Volume I: [10], xxix, [2 pp. ad], 432 pp. [7 plates]. Pencil correction to List of Plates (l. A3r). Damp staining to head at gutter.… Read More
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Essai sur le Phlogistique, et sur la constitution des Acides
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Essai sur le Phlogistique, et sur la constitution des Acides

by KIRWAN Richard & LAVOISIER [NéE PAULZE] Marie-Anne Pierrette & LAVOISIER Antoine Laurent & MORVEAU Guyton de & LAPLACE Pierre Simon de & MONGE Gaspard & BERTHOLLET Claude Louis & FOURCROY Antoine François de

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Paris: S.n., 1788. Fine. S.n., Paris 1788, in-8 (12,5x20cm), xij ; 344 pp.; (4 p.), relié. - Edition originale et unique parution de la traduction et analyse critique par les plus grands scientifiques français sous la direction de Mme Lavoisier de ce texte publié en anglais l'année précédente sous le titre An Essay on Phlogiston and the Constitution of Acids. L'ouvrage est constitué de douze sections, toutes suivies de notes critiques par Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Pierre Simon de La Place, Gaspard Monge, Claude Louis Berthollet et Antoine François de Fourcroy. Reliure de l'époque en demi basane havane, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin noir, plats de papier à la colle. Mors très habilement restaurés. Intérieur frais hormis deux traces laissées par des signets aux pages 68-69 et 176-177. Rare envoi autographe de Mme Lavoisier à Joseph Louis de Lagrange, illustre mathématicien et fidèle ami de M.… Read More
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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

by GODWIN, William

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Two volumes. Tall Quarto (9 by 11 inches), near-contemporary half-calf and marbled boards. pp. xiii, (21), (1) 2-378; (xxviii), (389) 380-895. With half-titles in each volume and errata leaf with directions to the binder. FIRST EDITION of Godwin' revolutionary masterwork "his passionate advocacy of individualism, his trust in the fundamental goodness of man, and his opposition to all restrictions on liberty have endured" (PMM) a profound influence on Thomas Jefferson, who had the first American edition in his library and is viewed as Godwin's "American born counterpart." Along with those of Burke and Paine, Godwin's Enquiry was one of the most influential English political books of the late eighteenth century. It was an equally important landmark in the development of Utilitarian thought, and on political thinking in general. Godwin-the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft-"saw no good in human institutions and sought to put an end to all organized politics, religion and society… The Enquiry was, and… Read More
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Biblia Det er Den gantske Hellige Scrifft
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Biblia Det er Den gantske Hellige Scrifft: paa Danske igien offuerseet oc Prentet effter vor allernaadigste Herris oc Kongis K. Christian den IV. Befaling. Mett Register/ alle D. Lutheri Fortaler ghans Udledning i Brædden oc Viti Theodori Summarier. Cum Gratia et Privilegio

by BIBLIA DANICA

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Kiøbenhaffn (Copenhague), Melchior Martzan og Salomon Sartor, 1632-1633Folio. (37 x 27 cm.). Bound in a spledid and richly gilt Cambridge-style full calf binding from ab. 1730-40. Two intact brass clasps to each board, with leather straps. Boards with broad borders made of numerous large gilt single stamps. Elegant gilt inner frame-border with large gilt corner stamps, inside which a polished calf centre in two tones of brown. The middle of the polished centre with yet another gilt oval frame made of elegang gilt stamps. Spine with six raised bands, richly gilt compartments, and with "Biblia" in gilt to second compartment from the top. Boards with inner gilt borders. All edges gilt. The binding is remarkably fresh and in splendid condition.
The first thirty leaves and the last partof the NewTestament has a dampstain, predominantly to the inner margin,mostly in the blank part, but touching a bit of the text. The first and the last leaves have been neatly re-hinged, far from affecting the text. All in… Read More
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The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture (Vol 1) AND Aesopics, or a...
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The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture (Vol 1) AND Aesopics, or a Second Collection of Fables (Vol 2)

by John Ogilby, Aesop

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Volume I--(Second Edition) The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft for the Author, 1668. Second edition with new title page, a re-issue of the 1665 edition sheets. This volume contains the frontispiece, engraved vignettes and initials, (missing Ogilby portrait), and has all eighty-one full-paged plates in fabulous condition. Light yellowing/browning of initial few pages as regular. Volume II--(Second Edition) Aesopics, or a Second Collection of Fables, illustrated with sixty-eight full-paged plates in early issue before captions were added. Pages are remarkably clean without any browning. Large folio volumes, both illustrated throughout; Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) engraved eighty-eight of the illustrations for these works, the others were executed by Dirck Stoop (c. 1610-1686) and Francis Barlow (c. 1626-1704). Both volumes are uniformly re-bound with original leather panels inset in full brick morocco bindings with gilt titles.
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An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China....
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An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. Including Cursory Observations made, and Information obtained, in travelling through that Ancient Empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary.: Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney.

by STAUNTON. Sir GEORGE

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Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London. 1797. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Complete. - Two quarto text volumes (12 x 9.4 inches), and a folio atlas of plates (16.6 x 12.3 inches). ---- Both text volumes in contemporary full brown calf boards with decorative gilt borders. Re-spined in recent brown calf with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, two red morocco labels, lined and lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. The atlas volume bound in recent half brown calf. Spine with raised bands, each decorated in gilt. Compartments ruled in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Text volumes with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, 1 plate and 26 vignettes after William Alexander et al. in all, atlas with 44 engraved views, plans, plates and maps and charts, including large folding world map, 3 natural history subjects and 25 views. Some foxing and sporadic spotting to both text and atlas, a couple of the maps have professional… Read More
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The life and adventures of Frank Grouard : Chief of scouts, U.S.A.

The life and adventures of Frank Grouard : Chief of scouts, U.S.A.

by De Barthe, Joe

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St. Joseph, MO: Combe Printing Company, n.d. (1894). Rare. Adams Six-guns 574; Dustin 86; Flake 2743; Graff 1035; Howes D183; Rader 1090. Very nearly the entire edition was lost in a flood, quoting Huntington No. 231. Streeter V-3090, which repeats the flood destruction.
Original blue cloth binding with red, black, and gilt lettering and decoration. Title page and author illustration plate detached and tipped in. Some other pages coming unbound but holding for now. Spine darkened and wear at extremities. While a mail carrier in Montana, Frank Grouard was captured by the Sioux, During the six years he was with them he learned their language and was familiar with Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Grouard served as a scout for Gen. Crook during the Sioux Campaign of 1876. The author relates not only the personal experiences of Grouard but also his account of events such as the Battle of the Little Bighorn as told to Grouard by participants.
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AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF NEW HOLLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES.   Containing an...
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AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF NEW HOLLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES. Containing an account of the inhabitants, soil, animals, and other productions of those countries, and including a particular Description of Botany Bay.

by FIELDING, John.:

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London, John Fielding, in Pater-noster Row, 1786.. THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SEPARATE ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Illustrated with 2 maps on 1 sheet, a chart of New Holland, New South Wales, Botany Bay, and the New Discovered Islands in the North and South Pacific Ocean, hand coloured in outline,1786, corrected second impression with longitude East from the meridian of Greenwich omitted from the first printing in frame at foot. Small slim folio, page size: approximately 235 x 185 mm, 9¼ x 7½ inches, no binding, stitched as issued, publisher's small device on title page, price one shilling and six-pence at bottom of title page, note to reader about the chart on reverse of title page, pages: [2], 33, [1] - adverts mentioning books by Captain Cook, loosely laid in purpose-made covers of modern half dark blue morocco over blue cloth sides, gilt title to upper cover, white pastedowns, in matching cloth slipcase with morocco round edges of opening. Title page slightly dusty with 2 small creases… Read More
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Novum Testamentum.
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Novum Testamentum.

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Brown calf binding with raised banding and gilt title on the spine. Embossed decorative border on both boards. In a newly made fitted box.
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In researching the history of 'Novum Testamentum' there are some established facts and then matters of repute - drilling down on repute I am having difficulty in converting repute to fact.
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The book was printed by Charlotte Guillard who inherited France's then most prestigious Print shop. Her history and that of the print works along with their production of 'Novum Testamentum' is recorded.
The book was given by the French ambassador, Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles, to Queen Mary in July 1554 to mark her marriage to Philip.
The Novum Testamentum has handwriting within which is identified with that of Queen Mary Tudor, there are also extensive symbols which are associated with the Jesuits.
The Novum Testamentum was removed from the library of Traquair House,… Read More
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