The Practical Fruit-Gardener. Being the Newest and Best Method of Raising, Planting and Pruning All Sorts of Fruit-Trees de Switzer, Stephen - 1724

1670 1ed Sheringham De Anglorum Britain Phoenicia Germanic England Origins

Robert Sheringham was a 17th-century English historian who is best remembered for his works on the history of Great Britain. He studied the origins of English linguistics and how they correlated to Greek and Welsh languages. In his work 'De Anglorum Gentis Origine Disceptiatio', Sheringham discusses the origins of British people groups focusing on Phoenicians and Germanic tribes.

According to Cox, Sheringham's 'De Anglorum'
"was highly praised in its day as a scholarly investigation of the origin of the races which peopled in the British Isles."

Item number: #8193
Price: $499
SHERINGHAM, Robert
De Anglorum gentis origine disceptatio: quâ eroum migrationes, variae sedes, & ex parte res gestae, à confusione linguarum; & dispersione gentium, usque ad adventum eorum in Britanniam investigantur: quaedam de veterum Anglorum religione, deorum cultu, eorúmque opinionibus de statu animae post hanc vitam, explicantur; quq̂… Leer más

1846 1ed Das Kloster Scheible Occult Fairy Tales Superstitions Murner Theuerdank

'Das Kloster' is a 19th-century collection of tales and stories compiled by Johann Scheible. These books are some of the most popular books of occult texts, folklore, fairy tales, superstitions, and famous legends, including the tale of Faust!

This volume, published in 1846, includes Thomas Murner's 'Der Theuerdank'. This work, originally written by Maximilian I, is a German tale Theuerdank's marriage pursuit of Mary of Burgundy and the adventures he encountered along the way. This 'Kloster' edition features impressive illustrations of Theuerdank's journey, including is encounters with demons!

Item number: #8827
Price: $499
SCHEIBLE, Johann
Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der Ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur

Stuttgart : Verlag des Herausgebers, 1846.
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1666 1st ed Queen Marie de Medici Memoirs France Henry IV Louis XIII RARE

'The Memoirs of Marie de Medici' is a mid-17th-century account of the life, correspondence, and secrets of the Queen of France and her son Louis XIII, and the King of France, Henry IV. It includes transcripts of royal letters, political elements of Vincent de Gonzaga, Cardinal Ferdinand, and Duke of Savoy.

Item number: #9452
Price: $499
ESTREES, Annibal Estrées
Les memoires de la régence de la reyne Marie de Médicis
Paris : Chez Lovis Billaine, 1666.

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[24], 350, [2]
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References: BMC 285.c.33
· Provenance: Handwritten
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· Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6in X 3.75in (15cm x 9.5cm)
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This listing is for a lovely 8x10 color photo of James D. Watson, co-discoverer (with Francis Crick) of the double helix and winner of the Nobel Prize. It is beautifully and boldly signed by Dr. Watson without any inscription in crisp black marker and his signature has been professionally authenticated by Beckett Authentication Services. I believe this to be one of the most well defined Watson autographs you will ever find. Condition is excellent.

Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, and his Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family; Including Sketches of a Variety of Other Eccentric Characters in the French Metropolis. David Carey. First edition, early issue, bound without the half-title and the "To the Binder" leaf at rear. (8vo) 23x14.5 cm (9x5¾") (iii)-xxiv, 489 pp. Additional illustrated title page and 20 hand-colored aquatint plates by George Cruikshank; twenty-two black and white woodcut text illustrations. . Later full polished brown calf, spine gilt, all edges marbled. Among the best of the imitations of Pierce Egan's Life in London, which had plates by Robert and George Cruikshank, the plates in this work are by George only (Tooley 129).
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In 1821, journalist Pierce Egan published Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom,… Leer más

Haag, Martinus Nijhoff, 1930-32. 13 volumes. Original half cloth. With plates.Voyages ordered by the VOC and the WIC undertaken by German sailors: J.G. Aldenburgk (Brasil 1623-1626), J. Verken (the Moluccas 1607-1612), J.J. Merklein (Java, China, Japan 1644-1653), J. von der Behr (Java, Persia, Ceylon 1641-1650), J.J. Saar (Java, Banda, Ceylon, Persia 1644-1660), J.S. Wurffbain (the Moluccas, India 1632-1646), E. Hesse (Sumatra 1680-1683), etc. - A fine set.

1857 ATLAS Hand-colored MAPS Ancient Geography Greece Holy Land France Britain

An impressive 1857 atlas with double-page hand-colored maps!

Edited and published by Samuel Butler, this atlas includes maps of various countries of the ancient world – Great Britain, Spain, France, Greece and Greek Islands, Holy Land and Israel, and many more. Butler was 19th-century Bishop and historian, not to be confused with the 17th-century poet, author of 'Hudibras', or the late 19th-century author of Utopian novel 'Erewhon'.

Item number: #10709
Price: $499
BUTLER, Samuel
An atlas of antient geography
Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1857.

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21 double-page colored maps
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Language: English
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Binding: leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
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London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1896. First Trade Edition. hardcover. Good+. 9 1/4" × 5 1/4" (23.5 × 13.3 cm) . First Printing. Printed by Chiswick Press. Tall 8vos. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. One of 750 copies. Printed on fine, hand-made, Charles Whittingham & Co., watermarked "B A S" paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Pages uncut. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–378 [379: printer's imprint] [380: blank]; & [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–279 p.p. [280: printer's imprint], double flyleaves at front and rear of each volume. Printed in 1893 but delayed by the Kelmscott Press edition issued the same year (which edition was being set up from this edition). Unlike other authors who wrote of foreign lands or of dream worlds, Morris was the first to describe completely invented or fantasy worlds.H.G. Wells praised the book and compared Morris to Malory, admiring his style, writing: "All the workmanship of the book… Leer más

1548 Italian Renaissance Letters Pliny Petrarch Mirandola Ferrari Lodovico Dolce

Lodovico Dolce was a 16th-century Italian author known for his various 'dialogues' which discussed prominent societal and academic issues. One of his best works was his famous 'Epistole'. This work contains the letters of famous writers including Pliny the Younger, Petrarch, Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.
Item number: #21165
Price: $750
DOLCE, Lodovico

Epistole di G. Plinio, di M. Franc. Petrarca, del S. Pico della Mirandola et d'altri eccellentiss. Huomini
In Vinegia: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1548.

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[8], 164 leaves
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Signatures: *4 A-V8 X4
· References: USTC 849918
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest

A very early copy of The Old Man and the Sea. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

Description

A notable early copy of the very first US edition.
It is possibly the tightest of all of Hemingway's stories. In polishing which he achieved astonishing depth of meaning in his narrative.
The last of his major works, The Old Man and The Sea earned Hemingway both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes.
First edition, later issue, with dust jacket blurb announcing the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes. A handsome copy of Hemingway's award-winning masterpiece.
Near fine condition. Excepting the slightest tone along the jacket top edge, this would be a fine copy. No inscriptions and bright throughout.

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