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Venice: Francesco Marcolini for Alessandro Vellutello, 1544. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Medium octavo (8vo 6+1?2 × 9+1?4 165 × 235). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Large 8vo, 87 wood-engraved illustrations, 3 of them full-page, title partly laid down, 17th century vellum, repairs to lower margin of AA2 and AA3 verso, dampstain to inner margin and some text at beginning, heavier dampstaining at end, a few marginal manuscript pointing fingers and a few marginal notes in an early hand, binding worn. Con gratia de la illustrissima Signoria di Venegia, che nessuno la possa imprimere, ne impressa uenere nel termino di dieci anni, Sotto le pene che in quella si contengeno [With the grace of the most illustrious Lordship of Venice, that no one can imprint it, nor will it imprint it within the term of ten years, under the penalties that are contained therein] Please see photos as part of condition report 1544 1st Edition , LA COMEDIA DI DANTE ALIGHIERI Con… Leer más

Paris: Chez B. Le Franco, 1784. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Hand-coloured frontispiece, 8 further engraved plates 2 of which are also hand-coloured, some marginal period annotations throughout, frontispiece & title page trimmed to the foot, later endpapers with an armorial bookplate to the front endpaper, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed. Reissue of the first volume published by Cuchet in 1783, the typographical material used is different. Approval given by Sage, dated Paris, October 19, 1783; privilege of the King granted to Cuchet for 10 years, dated Fontainebleau, October 29, 1783 Please see photos as part of condition report 1784 1st Edition (Thus) , DESCRIPTION DES EXPÉRIENCES DE LA MACHINE AÉROSTATIQUE DE MM. DE MONTGOLFIER By M. Faujas de Saint-Fond Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (17 May 1741 – 18 July 1819) was a… Leer más

London: Published by Printed for the Author, and Sold by all Booksellers in Town & Country, 1796. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). W. Newman. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Octavo, bound paper-covered boards, illustrated with engraved frontispiece, vignette title page and 12 anatomical plates (of 13) engraved by W. Newman. New Edition with large Additions. Exceptionally rare, with only a handful of copies having appeared at auction in the last 80 years. The book runs to 178 pages and has a two-page index, with 12 plates (of 13) and the frontispiece portrait. The text and plates on sex, reproduction and pregnancy are all present. The images in the book are extraordinary; the gathering with page 133-36 is absent as is one plate. Undated, the Dedication is dated August 25, 1796. In fair condition, with some staining, but with an orginal and worn binding, which deserves repair! Please see photos as part of condition report 1796 , THE MEDICAL… Leer más

Ixaxaar Occult Literature: Grayle Press, 2022. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Royal octavo (8vo 6+1?4 × 10 159 × 254). Rowan E. Cassidy. Signed by Author(s). Please email for Photographs or further information. Fine - Please see photos as part of condition report 2022 1st Edition (Thus) , Nemesis Edition, Leather Bound THE HEKATAEON By Jack Grayle Jack Grayle - writer, ritualist, and explorer of the lost lore of antiquity. Illustrated By: Rowan E. Cassidy Cassidy brings to his praxis the lessons of classical mastery, draughtsmanship, and calligraphy. Cassidy’s background includes studies in fine art at Australia’s National Art School, Communication Design at James Cook University, design for numerous acclaimed feature films, along with exhibitions in Australia and Indonesia. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Grayle Press, Ixaxaar Occult Literature Royal octavo (8vo 6+1?4 × 10 159… Leer más

Venice: Francesco Bindoni, 1554. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. sextodecimo or sixteenmo (16mo 4 × 6+3?4 102 × 171). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - First printed in 1529. Woodcut vignette of an astrolabe encompassing the globe on title, woodcut illustrations including map of Greece (printed twice). Contempory 20thC rebind, marbeled end papers. Pages clean and bright. Multiple engravings. A single worm hole throughout becoming two towards the end; doesn't interfere with text/engravings. Famously, C6 mentions "America".COPAC shows no holdings anywhere for this edition. Worldcat only shows an earlier Venice edition. Please see photos as part of condition report 1554 , COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODUCTIO CUM QUIBUSDAM GEOMETRIAE AC ASTRONOMIAE PRINCIPIIS AD EAMREM NECESSARIS By Petrus Apianus Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics,… Leer más

Paris: Damien Foucault, 1685. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. sextodecimo or sixteenmo (16mo 4 × 6+3?4 102 × 171). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Vellum boards, some rubbing to edges. Handwritten title and volume identification on spine. Engraved Frontispiece Vol 1. 644 [26], 559[17],598[38],478[25],646[28],708[22],708[36],428[19][54] Please see photos as part of condition report 1685 2nd Edition , 8 Volumes HISTOIRE DE CONSTANTINOPLE depuis le règne de l'Ancien Justin, jusqu'a la fin de l'Empire, Traduite sur les originaux Grecs par Mr Cousin, President en la Cour des Monnoies. De'die'e A Monseigneur de Pompone, Secretaire d'Etat. By Louis Cousin Louis Cousin, le president Cousin (21 August 1627 – 26 February 1707) was a French translator, historian, lawyer, royal censor and president of the cour des monnaies (The Court of Coins is a sovereign court of the Ancien Régime - the period of French history which corresponds to the reign of the… Leer más

London: Robert Barker, 1634. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Crown octavo (8vo 5+3?8 × 8 137 × 203). John Speed. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Rare 8vo edition. General title and following 3 leaves lacking (A1-A4). Contemporary rebind. 18c Smith family history. "A. Woodhead, Bolton Street, Waterford" previous owner inscription on new end papers. Please see photos as part of condition report 1634 4th Edition , Contemporary Rebind THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties speciall Commandment. Includes 30 leaves of the genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptvres, according to every familie and tribe, with the line of our saviovr Iesvs Includes the Aprocrypha Single page map of the holy land. By King James Illustrated By: John Speed Format: Hardcover, Language: English… Leer más

Venice: Paganinus de Paganinis, 1499. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - With initials rubricated throughout in blue and red. 19th century with R shield (joints show signs of wear and some cracking, slightly rubbed). Title page. missing, included as a reprint. Front endpaper with ex-libris of the Redemptorists in Bishop-Eton. - Rare last incunabula edition of the work, which was printed many times before 1500 and was first published in Chivasso in 1486. The popular lexicon of moral theology by the Minorite Angelus de Clavasio (Antonio Carletti, 1411-1495) was condemned by Luther as "Summa plus quam diabolica" and publicly burned in 1520 along with the papal codes. Old endpapers renewed. The first 160 and last 40 sheets. somewhat wormy and with a slight loss of letters (a little more pronounced at the beginning and end). Slightly browned and slightly stained in a few places. Overall, a well-preserved copy and… Leer más

London: Champante and Whitrow, 1794. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). E. Sibly. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Engraved frontis., 29 plates & a text illustration. Reverse calf, rebacked, some tanning & spotting but a useful copy. Engraved booksellers bookplate. Please see photos as part of condition report 1794 1st Edition , A KEY TO PHYSIC AND THE OCCULT SCIENCES Opening to Mental View The SYSTEM and ORDER of the Interior and Exterior HEAVENS; The ANALOGY betwixt ANGELS, and SPIRITS of MEN; and the Sympathy between CELESTIAL and TERRISTIAL BODIES By E. Sibly Ebenezer Sibly (1751 – c. 1799) was an English physician, astrologer and writer on the occult. Illustrated By: E. Sibly Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Champante and Whitrow, London quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 472 ISBN: Published at the turn of the 19th… Leer más

1920. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Arthur Rackham. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1920 , THE SLEEPING BEAUTY By C.S. Evans Former chairman and managing director of publisher William Heinemann Limited (1883-1944) Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and… Leer más

London: Robert Barker, 1634. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Prelims followed by eng. title for Robert Barker, 1634, concludes with Sternhold & Hopkins, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1640. Old calf, rebacked, close cropped. Prelims - proper lessons to bee read for the first lessons both at Morning and Evening Prayer (2), The order of the Psalms (6), morning prayer(3), evening praye (11), communion(5), Baptism(5), Confirmation(1), Solemnization(5), burial of the dead(6), The Psalms of David(42), Godly Prayers(3), the Genealogies (John Speed)(34), The Holy Bible 1634: Containing The Old and Nevv(no page numbers), Apocrypha(151), The Gospels(286) and The whole book of Psalms(84) Please see photos as part of condition report 1634 4th Edition , THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT & THE NEW The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly… Leer más

Witebergae (Wittenberg), Germany: Christoph Axinus (Axin), 1593. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Royal octavo (8vo 6+1?4 × 10 159 × 254). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - With title printed in red and black, woodcut coat of arms on the back of the title page and some woodcut initials and illustrations. Browned due to paper and a little brown stained, some pages slightly (ink) stained and dog-eared. Overall, a well-preserved copy. Please see photos as part of condition report 1593 1st Edition , With Provenance DIARIUM SIVE CALENDARIUM ROMANUM, OECONOMICUM, ECCLESIASTICUM, ASTRONOMICUM, ET FERE PERPETUUM, AD DIES VETERIS IULIANI & NOVI GREGORIANI ANNI ACCOMMODATUM By Heinrich Rantzau Heinrich Rantzau or Ranzow (Ranzovius) (11 March 1526 – 31 December 1598) was a German humanist writer and statesman, a prolific astrologer and an associate of Tycho Brahe. He was son of Johan Rantzau. He was Governor of the Danish royal share in the Duchy of Holstein, a rich… Leer más

Hamburg: Aegidio Gutbirio, 1664. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Hand-written title on spine faded, velum in very good condition, some small marks, previous owner [1829] name on FEP, Some general wear and tear, some page corners creased, a lovely copy. Please see photos as part of condition report 1664 1st Edition , Vellum NOVUM ... TESTAMENTUM SYRIACE, CUM PUNCTIS VOCALIBUS AND VERSIONE LATINA MATTHAEI 3 works in 1 volume: NOVUM TESTAMENTUM SYRIACUM, Lexicon Syriacum and Notae criticae in NT Syriacum By Aegidio Gutbirio Authore Aegidio Gutbirio [1617 - 1667] Doctor of Theology by the University of Giessen. He was one of the most important and most learned orientalists of his time. He set up a printing shop in his own house, which existed from 1664-67 and had the types for the translation of the New Testament into Syrian made at great expense and printed in his own printing shop… Leer más

Not Identified, 1650. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - This edition is rare. Two fold-out Hebrew sky maps show Gaffarel's central work on Jewish astrology, Kabbalah and various magical beliefs. Gaffarel's most important work "Curiositez inouyes" deals with oriental talismans, Hebrew, Egyptian and Arabic astrology, Kabbalah and star divination. The book is divided into three parts. The first focuses on defending Orientals, especially Jews, against various historical slanders. The second covers Persian talisman sculpture and astrology. The third deals with the horoscope of the patriarchs and the astrology of the ancient Hebrews. In the book there are two celestial maps or Kabbalistic planispheres to open, on which the constellations form Hebrew letters. - Partly with contemporary marginalia. Some minimal stains, overall still a good copy. Please see photos as part of condition report 1650 , CURIOSITEZ… Leer más

London: Printed for the author and sold at the Pantheon, J. Bell at the British Library and Mr Molini's, Woodstock Street, 1784. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). Signed by Author(s). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Rebound. Blue marble end papers. Signed by Author on half title page. Portrait of Vincent Lunardi and The English Ballon engravings not present. Fold out engaving of the Apparatus for filling M. Lunardi's balloon is present. Publishers list also missing. Please see photos as part of condition report 1784 1st Edition , AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST AËRIAL VOYAGE IN ENGLAND in a series of letters to his Guardian Chevalier Gherardo Compagni By Lunardi Vincent Vincenzo Lunardi (11 January 1754 in Lucca – 1 August 1806 in Lisbon) was a pioneering Italian aeronaut, born in Lucca. Vincenzo Lunardi's family were of minor Tuscan nobility from Lucca. Vincenzo Lunardi came to England as Secretary to… Leer más

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). Arthur Rackham. Signed by Illustrator. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Fine in own presentation box, presentation box has some sun bleaching Please see photos as part of condition report 1922 1st Edition (Thus) , A WONDER BOOK By Nathanial Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that town. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he… Leer más

London: Printed for Simon Waterson, 1620. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Some small tears and pieces of pages missing but does not interfere with text Please see photos as part of condition report 1620 , With Provenance THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKES OF JOSEPHUS A MAN OF MUCH HONOUR AND LEARNING AMONG THE JEWS Faithfully Translated out of Latine and French by Tho(mas) Lodge Doctor of Physicke By Thomas Lodge Thomas Lodge (c. 1558 – September 1625) was an English writer and medical practitioner whose life spanned the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. After Lodge received his M.D. from Oxford University, his works from then on take on a more serious note, comprising translations of Josephus (1602), of Seneca (1614), a Learned Summary of Du Bartas's Divine Sepmaine (1625 and 1637). He also wrote medical literature including the Treatise of the Plague (1603), The poore Mans Talentt (c. 1623),… Leer más

London: Awnsham and John Churchil, 1695. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Some creases to pages edges, guteering a bit stretched but holding firm. A lovely copy. Please see photos as part of condition report 1695 , Tan Morocco Boards A VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY From the creation, to the destruction of Jerusalem by Adrian, in the year of the world 4084, and of Christ 135, By Francis Tallents Francis Tallents was of partly Huguenot ancestry. He was the eldest son of Philip Tallents, whose own father, a Frenchman, accompanied Francis Leke (MP), a Derbyshire Protestant politician and soldier, to England after saving his life. Tallents studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1635, and then moved to Magdalene College, Cambridge, to become sub-tutor to the sons of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. He graduated B.A in 1641. In 1642 he travelled abroad with his pupils, and stayed for a time at… Leer más

London: John Russell Smith, 1866. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - 3 volumes in 6, 1st edition, London: John Russel Smith, 1866-84, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 12 chromolithographic plates, further illustrations to text, spotting, original green cloth gilt, folio. Plus Emphemia (pamphlet & postcard from 1905) Please see photos as part of condition report 1866 1st Edition , THE OLD-NORTHERN RUNIC MONUMENTS OF SCANDINAVIA AND ENGLAND 3 VOLUMES IN 6 By George Stephens George Stephens (13 December 1813 – 9 August 1895) was an English archeologist and philologist, who worked in Scandinavia, especially on interpreting runic inscriptions. Born at Liverpool, Stephens studied at University College London. In 1834, he married Mary Bennett and moved to Sweden, studying Scandinavian medieval literature and folklore. His collection of fairy tales together with Gunnar Olof… Leer más

London: Bloomsbury, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 2004 1st Edition , DJ COMPLETE UK SET HARRY POTTER ADULT COVERS By J.K. Rowling Joanne Rowling CH OBE FRSL (born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into at least 70 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. The Casual Vacancy (2012) was her first novel for adults. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Published By: Bloomsbury, London… Leer más