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Florence, 1779. unbound. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches.<br/><br/> The letter X, Titiro, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. In very good condition. Shows some light staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 22 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it is accompanied by a figure from Greek or Roman mythology whose name begins with the letter in question.<br/><br/>

London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1961. Limited. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated. 328 pages, tall thick 8vo, cream boards, large gold "X" on front cover, worn d.w. London: Barrie and Rockliff, (1961). Limited to only 800 copies. Very good.<br/><br/>

New York: Crown, 1968. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Translated by Rosalie Siegel. 100 color plates, and 80 drawings in duotone. 238pp. 4to, red cloth. New York: Crown, 1968. First English language edition. Near fine.<br/><br/>

New York: powerHouse, 1999. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). Francois Nars. Beautifully illustrated with 241 large color photographs and 3 double gatefolds -- all portraits, some nudes. 256 pages. Folio, black-lettered white cloth, d.w. New York: powerHouse, (1999). First edition. Old erased pencil price has burnished the corner of front endpaper, still a near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Large dated inscription from Nars across the entire title page.<br/> <br/>

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). Many black & white illustrations. 403 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (lightly rubbed). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1980). First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+).<br/> <br/>

Amsterdam: Elseveier, 1955. hardcover. 687pp. 4to, cloth. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1955.<br/> <br/> Text in English.<br/> <br/>

hardcover. With 388 figures on 104 plates and 25 text diagrams. Large 4to, original cloth; corners and spine ends bumped. Edinburgh, 1925.<br/> <br/> First Edition of one of the earliest roentgenologic atlases published in the British Isles. It was intended to enable those who cannot study actual negatives and assist at "screen" examinations to learn radiographic interpretation. The text is essentially restricted to the identification of the specimens. Inscription on endpaper.<br/> <br/>

pamphlet. Illus. 8 pages (pp. 435-442) IN: Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, vol. 20, no. 4. 4to, modern wrappers. Chicago, 1915. First Edition. Number offered entire.<br/><br/> Independently of Cary, Rubin performed salpingography. GM 6123.<br/><br/>

New York: Hoeber, 1920. paperback. very good(-). 7 pages (pp. pp. 16-22) IN: The American Journal of Roentgenology, New Series vol. 7, no. 1, 1920. With 12 illustrations. Tall 8vo, original printed wrappers (quite soiled and quite worn along spine; now in modern wrappers). New York: Paul Hoeber, 1920. No. 1 offered entire. A very good(-) copy.<br/><br/> First demonstration of vesiculography. GM 4198.<br/><br/>

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1955. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated. 3 volumes. Tall thick 8vo, green cloth. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1955. Very good(+).<br/> <br/>

New York: Scribner, 1920. hardcover. very good(+). Color frontispiece and 190 other monochrome illustrations. Tall 8vo, blue gilt-stamped cloth. London: B.T. Batsford, (1920). Very good (+).<br/><br/>

London: Batsford, 1920. hardcover. near fine. Color frontispiece and 190 other monochrome illustrations. Tall 8vo, blue gilt-stamped cloth. London: B.T. Batsford, (1920). First Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/>

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1882. hardcover. near fine. Beautifully illustrated with 17 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings, tissue guards. 581pp. Short thick 4to, handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco; ornately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands; marbled endpapers, t.e.g. (some scattered foxing, not affecting plates). Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1882. A near fine copy in a lovely binding.<br/><br/>

New York: American Art Association, 1925. hardcover. very good. Seventy-three Collectors' Rugs and Carpets Assembled by the Owners Over a Period of Many Years. Representing specimens from churches and palaces in Portugal, Spain and Italy and from Private Collections in America. Illustrated with reproductions and color plates. Thin folio, original grey boards (outer hinge cracked but firm; small bluish stain on cover; small tear in margin at rear, not affecting the text. The interior is bright andsclean. New York: American Art Association, 1925. Very good.<br/><br/> Scarce catalogue of the December 1925 sale.<br/><br/>

New York: Stokes, 1890. hardcover. very good(+). 12 charming color plates from watercolors of H.W. McVickar, black and white illustrations by various artists, 76pp., slim 4to, pictorial stamped cloth, t.e.g.; (edges slightly rubbed). New York: Stokes Co., 1890. Very good (+).<br/><br/>

Sulzbach: Christian Holst, 1733. Miniature map. Colored copper engraving. 4 1/4" x 5 1/4".<br/><br/> Detailed map of the Turkish Empire from Anselm Desing's "Historica Auxilia." Beautiful decorative cartouche in the lower left of a Turkish sultan and his attendants. Mecca is noted in red. Beautifully engraved with fine detail.<br/><br/>

Paris: XXe Siecle, 1971. First. hardcover. very good(+). Moore, Henry. Many illustrations in b/w and color. Original color lithograph by Henry Moore. Thin 4to, glossy pictorial boards (just a bit edgeworn). Paris: XXe Siecle, (1971). First edition. A very good(+) copy, internally fine.<br/><br/> Text is in French, but with an 8 page English summary at rear.<br/><br/>

First Edition. paperback. Illustrated. 66 pages (pp. 611-74). FROM: Archives of Internal Medicine, vol. 42, no. 5. Tall 8vo, modern wrappers. Chicago, 1928. Whole number offered entire.<br/><br/> "Rowland collected 14 cases of the Hand-Schueller-Christian syndrome and made the important generalization that it was due to xanthomatosis" (Rolleston). GM 6366<br/><br/>

Florentiae: Giunta, 1551. hardcover. very good. 208, [4] pages; plus 46 pages of Nazianus [ie 32 pages]. Titles and several preliminary pages in Latin, all others in Greek. Engraved printer's mark and some decorative initials throughout. Small 8vo, full contemporary vellum, text block detached from binding but still firmly sewn. Florentiae: Apud Iuntas, 1551. Contemporary signature on title which also has a neat repair in blank margin; pages and 5 & 11 also repaired with some loss of text. Nazianus section is lacking the title and some Latin leaves -- 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25 & 26 (which were interleaved with the Greek).<br/> <br/> Imprint from colophon. Printers' mark (cf. Vaccaro 68) on title page. Edited by Pietro Vettori. OCLC lists only 6 copies.<br/> <br/>

Mexico City: Diaz de Leon y White, 1870. Primitivo Miranda. Tinted lithograph. Image measures 14 1/2" x 10 1/2". Scattered foxing at margins, minor offsetting from title page, and some loss to right margin, not affecting the image.<br/> <br/> This striking print depicts Xicohtencatl II, or Xicohtencatl the Younger, being hanged by Spanish forces. A Tlaxacallan prince and warleader, he led the Tlaxacaltecs against the Aztecs, allying with the Spaniards in hopes of conquering Tenochtitlan. During the final siege of Tenochtitlan, Xicohtencatl allegedly attempted to flee back to Tlaxacala. He was accused of treason and Cortes ordered for him to be hanged. In the text, Riva Palacio describes the scene as depicted in the print: "The pale and melancholic light of the moon that was hidden in the horizon, shimmering on the calm surface of the lagoon, illuminated a picture of death. The leader of Tlaxcala, the hero of the independence of that Republic, expired suspended from a… Leer más