Les Morts Vivants de DESMARIE, Paul - 1862

1822 Famous 2ed David Porter Journal USS Essex Battle of Valparaiso War of 1812

David Porter was an early American naval captain who served on the USS Constitution and the USS Essex. While aboard the Essex, Porter faced significant hardships, including the Battle of Valparaiso where the ship was ultimately disabled. Porter kept a journal of his time aboard the Essex, a journal that was quickly published after capture of the Essex.
According to Hill, the second of Porter's 'Journal' is the "best edition" and is more complete even than the first. In fact, this edition contains the first instance of the details of Porter's loss of the USS Essex in 1814. This edition also includes an expanded preface as well as folding maps and notes and illustrations on the Galapagos Islands.
Item number: #12767
Price: $750
PORTER, David
Journal of a cruise made to the Pacific Ocean by Captain David Porter, in the United States Frigate Essex, in the years 1812, 1813, and 1814 : to which is now added the transactions at… Leer más

1790 Five Orders Architecture VIGNOLA Italian ART Michelangelo RARE French ed

The most successful architectural textbook ever written!

A rare printing of Vignola's 'Five Orders of Architecture' Giacomo da Vignola was perhaps the most important 16th-century architects. Originally printed in 1562, 'Regola,' as it is often called, was successful mainly due to its effectiveness in teaching. It was designed to aid builders and designers in the realization of their architectural projects. It focuses on all five of the major orders (or styles) of architecture – Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Roman. (Fabrizio)
This 18th-century French edition includes 84 impressive architectural engravings and features a short treatise on stone cutting and carpentry, as well as lessons on the work of Vignola by Claude Delagardette.
Item number: #14634
Price: $950
VIGNOLA, Giacomo Barozzi da
Regles des cinq ordres d'architecture
Paris : Chez Jean, rue de Beauvais, [ca.1790].
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1851 Napoleon Peninsular War Napier MAPS French Revolution SPAIN 6v An early-19th-century account of the history of the Napoleonic conflicts against Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain. In 1807, Napoleon invaded Portugal with Spain; however, a year later, France turned on Spain and a large guerrilla warfare emerged. Now known as 'The Peninsular War', this conflict was profusely written about over the next century; however, the Napier account is one of the earliest! This 1851 leather-bound edition includes 55 illustrated maps throughout. An impressive and rare set!Item number: #13762Price: $795NAPIER, William Francis PatrickHistory of the war in the peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year 1814London : Thomas & Boone ..., 1851.Details: • Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumeso 55 full-page, map engravings• Language: English• Binding: Leather; tight & secure• Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping… Leer más

1537 1ed Orthodox Saint John Chrysostom On the Priesthood + Brixius Marburg

A rare 16th-century printing of works of John Chrysostom. Chrysostom was one of the most important Early Christian Church authors and preachers and is most remembered for his sermons and homilies. He preached on many different subjects, but his most frequented topic was helping the needy. Chrysostom calls for followers of Jesus to set aside their material desires to help the poor, often in a way that shamed the rich and guilted them in to giving.
"Do you pay such honor to your excrements as to receive them into a silver chamber-pot when another man made in the image of God is perishing in the cold?" (Chrysostom in Liebeschuetz)

One of his most important treatises was 'On the Priesthood' in which he describes his experiences becoming a priest and living as a priest. Interestingly, this work was popular during his lifetime as he made references to it in his other works.
This extremely rare 16th-century edition of 'On the… Leer más

1624 Vulgate Bible Sixto Clementine Lucas Correction Catholic PLANTIN Huge Folio
Franciscus Lucas of Brugensis was a 16th-century Catholic scholar from the Netherlands. At the end of his career, Lucas wrote a treatise on the corrections made to the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate Bible which was finalized in 1592 by Clement VIII.

Item number: #14474
Price: $950
LUCAS, Franciscus of Brugensis
Romanæ correctionis in Latinis Bibliis editionis Vvlgatæ, ivssv Sixti V. Pont. Max. recognitis, loca insigniora ... : accessit Libellus alter, continens alias lectionum varietates in eisdem Bibliis latinis ex vetustis manuscriptis exemplaribus collectas
Antverpiae : ex officina Plantiniana, apud Balthasarem Moretum, 1624.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
32 leaves (64 unnumbered pages)
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~15.25in X 10in (38.5cm x 25.5cm)
· Very rare
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1908 1ed SHAKESPEARE Midsummer Nights Dream Arthur Rackham ART Romance Comedy
One of William Shakespeare's most famous works, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a captivating and whimsical play that weaves together the stories of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors, and the magical creatures of an enchanted forest.
This 1908 first edition features 40 color plates by renowned artist Arthur Rackham whose enchanting visual interpretations beautifully complement Shakespeare's magical tale. The combination of Shakespeare's timeless writing and Rackham's evocative illustrations make this edition a classic treasure!
Item number: #40927
Price: $750
SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur (Illus.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.
London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1908. First edition.
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· Collation: Complete
o [6], 134
o 40 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Tan cloth
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1870 Complete Numismatics Ancient & Modern COINS Medals Rome Barthelemy French
Jean Baptiste de Barthelemy's "Manual of Complete Numismatics" is a 19th-century guide on collecting and identifying ancient and modern coins. This work provided descriptions of found coins and their importance; however, it was the atlas tomes that proved to be the most valuable to collectors. The same is true even today – the atlas volumes offer hundreds and hundreds of illustrated views of ancient coins and medals.
Item number: #23589
Price: $750
Nouveau manuel complet de Munismatique moderne [ancienne]: atlas
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, [ca. 1870]. 1st edition
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· Collation: Complete; 2 oblong tomes
o Monderne: [4]
12 engraved plates
o Ancienne: [4]
12 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Red leather, marbled boards
· Size: ~ 6.25in X 9.5in (15.5cm x 24cm)
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1888 Black Phalanx Negro Soldiers African American Military Civil War Abolition
Joseph T. Wilson was an African-American soldier who served in the 54th Massachusetts during the American Civil War. While his military career was not extensive, it did provide him with an understanding of the role that black men had during the 19th-century. He began writing poems and speeches, most of which were used to push an abolitionist-like agenda – black suffrage, full citizenship, and social reforms. His best book, and to this day most-known, was 'The Black Phalanx' which was the most comprehensive study of African-American military service in the 19th-century.
Item number: #24592
Price: $995
WILSON, Joseph T.
The black phalanx : a history of the negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65
Hartford, Conn. : American Pub. Co., 1888. First edition.
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o 528
o 3 parts in 1
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1626 GREEK Heliodorus ETHIOPIA Mythology Egypt FAMED Lasne 52 Full-Page ART

A rare 16th-century edition of Heliodorus's only known work, 'Aethiopica'. Written sometime in the 3rd or 4th-century, this work tells the story and history of the development of Ethiopia through the lens of an ancient Greek romance novel. It is also believed that that Torquato Tasso took significant liberties from 'Aethiopica' and used them in his famous book 'Jerusalem Delivered'.

This highly collectable 1626 French edition is one of the most desirable editions of this work. Titled 'Les Amours de Theagene et Chariclee', this printing contains 52 beautiful, full-page engravings of famed French engraver Michel Lasne.

Item number: #25414
Price: $950

HELIODORUS of Emesa, Bishop of Tricca

Les amours de Theagene et Chariclee : histoire Aethiopique de Heliodore

A Paris: chez Samuel Thiboust au Palais en la galerie des prisonniers, 1626.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [20], 806 (i.e., 790), [18]
o… Leer más

1792 Puritan John Owen 1ed BIBLE Death of Death Redemption Carlisle Pennsylvania
John Owen was a 17th-century English theologian whose Puritan ideals appeared throughout his sermons and published works. One of his most popular devotional works was 'The Death of Death in the Death of Christ'. This book was written on the redemption of sin through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

This 1792 first American edition was published in Carlisle, Pennsylvania by Kline.

Item number: #25402
Price: $750

OWEN, John

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

Carlisle, Pennsylvania: George Kline, 1792. 1st AMERICAN edition!

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xv, [1], 17-320, [10]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8in X 5in (20.5cm x 12.5cm)
· Rare and desirable

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