Romae (Rome): Apud Iacobum Lunam. Impensis Leonardi Parasoli &​ Sociorum. 1595 [i.e. 1596]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (15 1/4 x 10 3/4"). [8], 705, [1]pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. Striking floral design painting to paper edges, with head of Christ on..... More

NP: NP, 1815-1856. First edition. Paperback. Folio. Unpaginated. Contemporary light blue wrappers. This striking collection of forty-one 19th-century Italian catholic broadsides from 1815 to 1856 covers topics such as Papal declarations, women taking the veil, commemoration of the second anniversary of Pope Pius VII's triumphal return from exile, etc.. The..... More

London/Chicago: The Egypt Exploration Society/University of Chicago Press, 1933-1958. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folios. Vol.1: (xi) 40 plates. Vol.2: (ix) 46 plates. Vol.3: (xi) 65 plates. Vol.4: (xviii) 80 plates. Vol.1 still retains its brown paper dust jacket. Tan cloth boards with gilt-stamped hieroglyphic illustrations on the front covers, and..... More

Venice: Bernardino de Vitali, 1505. Hardcover. Nine parts, small quarto. [pi]4 a-t4, A-D4 [chi]2 (= 98 unnumbered leaves). 12 woodcut initials (11 arabesques; 1 depicting a noble and attendant on black ground). Recent limp boards. Faint waterstain in the margin of a few pages, else fine throughout. Rare early Latin..... More

Padova: C. Griffio and L. Pasquato, 1563. Paperback. Sammelband of 7 publications, issued between 1563 and 1564, small quarto: A-B4; [pi]4; A4 [chi]2; A-B4; A-C4; A-D4; A-B4 (= 62 leaves), pp. [16]; [8]; [12]; [16]; [24]; [32]; [16]. Collective title page in first part; woodcut lettrines throughout. First 6 parts..... More

Rouen: [apud Societatis Typographicam] / David du Petit Val, 1623. Disbound. Two parts, folio. [72]; 37, [1: blank] pp; 1 full page copperplate engraving; woodcut initials and ornaments. Printed in red and black throughout. Text in Latin, generally in two columns, with double ruled borders in black. All edges gilt..... More

東京 [Tokyo]: 須原屋茂兵衞 (Suharaya Mohei), 1885 [Meiji 18]. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [11 pages] unpaginated. Orange paper boards, with white paper label, lettered in black, pasted on the front cover. Leporello binding, with printed pages on one side only. Housed in a modern blue cloth asian-style portfolio, with bone clasps..... More

Dornach: Steiner, 1919 - ca. 1980's. Softcover. Important collection of books and lectures with texts by Rudolf Steiner and others relating to Steiner's "Anthroposophy philosophy." His philosophy argues that the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world can be accessed through direct experience and inner development. It aims to..... More

Villefranche [i.e., Amsterdam]: Chez P. Belhumeur [pseud.], 1724. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. Two volumes, octavo. [2], xxiv, 308, *309-324*, 309-317, [3 blank]pp., engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved pages of musical scores (on 3 leaves); [2], 84, *85-88*, 85-389, [1, blank], [2, errata]; engraved frontispiece, engraved folding game..... More

Los Angeles: Hall Publishing Co., 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 351/3000. Elephant Folio. 127pp. Original blue half-cloth over light blue boards with orange Phoenix and lettering on cover; protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece portrait engraving with facsimile inscription by Manly Hall. Inscribed and hand-numbered "Best wishes of Manly P. Hall" on..... More

Basel: Nikolaus Episcopius the Younger, 1558. Hardcover. Two volumes, octavo. I: a-z8 (blank a8) A-Z8 [alpha]-[gamma]8 [delta]4, 396 leaves, pp. [14], [2, blank], 774, [1, blank] [1, printer’s device]. II: Aa-Zz8 AA-ZZ8 Aaa-Ggg8 (blank Aaa8) Hhh4, 428 leaves, pp. [2], 779-1526, [2, blank], [103, index] [1, colophon], [1, blank], [1..... More