Oxford: Basil Blackwell (Shakespeare Head Press), 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/450. Folio (12 x 8 1/2"). xx, 479, [1]pp. Untrimmed. Original half tan calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Title page in red and black lettering. Striking limited edition of Stapleton’s 1565 English translation of... More
Paris: Nyon l'Ainé, 1780. Later French-language edition. Softcover. Octavo. VIII, 205, [3]pp. Uncut. Original marbled endpapers. Vignette on title page. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Originally published in Italy under the title "Trattato sopra la vernice detta communemente cinese" (1720), this treatise on the 'varnish commonly called Chinese' was written... More
London: Printed by the widowe of Reginalde Wolffe, 1574. Third English language edition, revised. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6 3/4"). [7], 472, [55] leaves. Errors in foliation: Fol. 32, Fol. 46, Fol. 80, Fol. 95, Fol. 102, Fol. 115, Fol. 155, Fol. 159, Fol. 173, Fol. 254, Fol. 336, Fol... More
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1703. First French language edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 7"). [20], 830, [48]pp (Tables of Content). Original full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Additional engraved title page by F. Doesburgh, a Dutch engraver active between 1680 and 1714. Vignette on... More
[London]: Prynted For Andrewe Hester [actually printed in Zurich by Christopher Froschover], 1550. Revised. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 7 1/4"). Fo. lxxxix (89) to Fo. cccxcix (399). Error in foliation: leaf cxix wrongly numbered cxx. ccclxxvii and ccclxxviii omited in pagination. 18th-century full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to... More
Paris; Bruxelles: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest, Editeur, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 1/4 x 10 3/4"). [8], 128, [4]pp (Text), XCIII (93) leaves (Plates). Contemporary 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled... More
Nürnberg: In der Christoph Weigel und A.G. Schneiderischen Kunst- und Buchhandlung, 1786. New edition (Neue mit dem Leben des Verfassers vermehrte Auflage, mit Kupfern). Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 7"). [6], 184, [6]pp. Original 3/4 calf over decorative paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Title page... More
Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1903. First edition. Softcover. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2"). 46pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Isadora Duncan, with facsimile signature. Transcription of a 1903 lecture given by Isadora Duncan in Berlin, in which she argued that the dance of the future would be similar to... More
Amstelodami (Amsterdam: Johannis à Someren, 1679. First Latin language edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 3/4 x 8"). [16], 288, [20]pp (Index) (Vol. 1); [20], 418, [30]pp (Index) (Vol. 2). Original full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Main title in red and black lettering, with title vignette. Engraved frontispiece portrait of... More
Zwickau (Bible); Dresden; Leipzig: Friedrich Gottlob Höfer (Bible); Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, [1749] (Bible); 1787 (Das Privilegirte Ordentliche und Vermehrte Dreßdnische Gesang=Buch) (Tägliche Kirchen-Andachten). Later edition. Hardcover. Large 12mo (7 x 4 1/2"). [1] leaf (Frontispiece), 6 leaves (Introduction), [9] leaves, 1152, [4]pp (Old Testament); 316pp (New Testament); [8] leaves... More
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XX, XLV, [1], 396pp. Uncut. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. This fascinating volume contains Bernal Diaz del Castillo's Books I-IV (1517-19) of his "Historia verdadera de... More
London: A. Millar, 1752. First English language edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. [4], 376, [2], 388pp. Modern half calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and ruling on spines. All edges green. Gibbs' scarce English version of Osorio's important history of Portuguese exploration, featuring Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Cabral... More
Paris: Michel Sonnius, 1588. Early edition. Hardcover. 12mo (7 x 4 3/4"). [8], 528, [32] leaves. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Publisher's title vignette. Decorative headpieces and initials. Originally published in 1575, this first French language edition of the works of Philo, a first-century Alexandrian philosopher known... More
London: James Carpenter; J. Cuthell and P. Martin, 1807. First Murphy edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (9 x 6"). xxv, [3], 436pp. Contemporary full tree calf, with gold lettering, tooling and ruling on spine. Frontispiece portrait of Arthur Murphy engraved by Edward Scriven, from a bust by sculptor Peter Turnerelli. First... More
Amsterdam: J. Wetstein; G. Smith, 1736. First French-language edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/4 x 8"). [14], lxxv, [1], 696pp; [4], 848pp. Modern half brown calf over light green cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spines, retaining the original gilt-lettered leather titles. All paper edges red. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece... More
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Barcelona: Llibreria A. Verdaguer / Fidel Giró, 1908. First Catalan edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 3/4 x 7 1/2"). 80, [4]pp. Striking contemporary Art Nouveau binding in full crushed morocco, signed by J. M. Romeo. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All paper edges gilt and marbled. Original decorative red wrappers bound in. Illustrated... More