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PAOLINO DI SAN BARTOLOMEO [i.e. WESDIN, Johann Philipp]. Monumenti indici del museo naniano. Padova [i.e. Padua]. Nella stamperia del Seminario, 1799. First edition. Quarto. xxviii pp. With an engraved plate. Later marbled wrappers. Leaves damp-stained. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23236

TAXIL, Leo. La vie de Jesus. Paris. Librairie Anti-Clericale, [1884]. 8vo. 370pp, [2]. Bound by Hatchards in contemporary olive-green half-morocco, tan paper boards, T.E.G. Original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper bound in. Extremities sunned and discoloured, lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23038

KRAITCHIK, M[aurice]. Traite des carres magiques. Paris. Gauthier-Villars, 1930. First edition. 8vo. 108pp, [4]. With two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's drab wrappers. Extremities browned, sunned, and chipped, title in manuscript to spine. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to verso of upper panel, leaves toned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22552

WOLFF, Christian [Johann von]. Mathematisches lexicon... Leipzig. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1716. First edition. 8vo. [14], 160÷2, 164÷2-1494÷2, [58]pp. Predominantly printed in double columns. Title in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous diagrams in the text. Contemporary calf, later rebacked. Extremities rubbed, joints split. Marbled pastedowns, hinges exposed, early unidentified armorial bookplate and recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23851

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OCAGNE, Philbert Maurice d'. Nomographie. Les calculs usuels effectués a moyen des abaques... Paris. Gauthier-Villars, 1891. First edition. 8vo. [6], 96pp. With eight plates and a tipped-in errata slip. Contemporary red calf-backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to half-title. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23854

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SCHOOTEN, Frans van, [the elder]. Tabulae sinuum tangentium secantium, ad Radium 10 000000; Met 'tgebruyck der selve in rechtlinische triangulen. Amsterdam. Willem J. Blauw, 1627. First edition. 16mo. [10], [181], [35]pp. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities discoloured, short split to head of spine. Hinges exposed, recent book-labels of Harrison D. Horblit and Erwin Tomash to FEP, small worm-trail and damp-staining to gutter margins. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 22559

[MÉCHIN, Alexandre Edme, Baron]. Précis de mon voyage et ma mission en italie, dans les années 1798 et 1799; et relation des événemens qui ont eu lieu a viterbe depuis le 27 novembre 1798, jusqu'au 28 décembre suivant. [Laon]. [Impr. de Melleville], 1808. First edition. 8vo. 92pp. Recent cloth-backed marbled paper boards, calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Bookplate of John Fowles to FEP, title page browned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23825

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THOMSON, [James]. Les saisons, poëme de thompson... Paris. Chez Le Normant, 1806. 8vo. vii, [1], 303pp, [3]. With a half-title. Contemporary speckled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22335

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HEILBRONNER, Johann Christoph. Versuch Einer Mathematischen Historie Erster Theil. Darinnen Eine Abhanglung von dem Nutzen der Mathematic überhaupt, und Die Historie de RechenKunst enthalten sind. Frankfurt & Leipzig. Samuel Wohler, 1739. First edition. 8vo. 204pp. Uncut in original powder blue wrappers. Housed in custom grey cloth clamshell case. Extremities rubbed, sunned, and soiled, without spine panel. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22564

SAINT-PIERRE [Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de]. La capanna indiana. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Presso Guglielmo Piatti, 1808. 12mo. 106pp. Contemporary straight-grain gilt-tooled black morocco. A trifle rubbed. Leaves lightly toned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21146

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[ROME - AGRICULTURAL STATUTES]. Statuta nobilis artis agriculturae urbis... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apostolicae, 1627. Quarto. [8],160pp, [16]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities lightly marked and discoloured, later paper labels to foot of spine. Ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Library to FEP and REP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23154

[ROME - AGRICULTURAL STATUTES]. Statuta nobilis artis agriculturae urbis... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Apud Georgium Ferrarium, 1595. Quarto. [8], 196pp, [34]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities worn, heavily marked and discoloured, several worm-holes to boards, spine cracked. Ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural library to FEP, early ink signatures to title (a couple scored through), leaves browned and stained, some worming to margins. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 19655

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PLINY THE YOUNGER. C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi: Epistolae et panegyricus. Lugd. Batav. [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Joan. & Danielem Elsevier, 1653. Editio nova [i.e. new edition]. 12mo. [24], 404pp, [28] Title in red and black. Contemporary English binding, blind-ruled calf. Extremities rubbed and marked, some surface loss to spine, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, recent bookplate of R. J. Dickinson to FEP, without FFEP, pen-trials to title, small worm-trail to gutter of final four gatherings (clipping text at times without loss of sense), occasional light damp-staining. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23179

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WOLFF, Christian [Johann von]. Tabulae sinuum atque tangentium tam naturalium, quam artificialium, una cum logarithmis numerorum vulgarium ad 1. usque ad 10000. Numeris quadratis ac cubicis ab 1. ad 1000. Edidit, præfatus est et regulam universalem solvendi omnia triangula tam plana, quam sphærica præmisit. Francofurti & Lipsiæ [i.e. Frankfurt & Leipzig]. Rengeriana [i.e. Renger], 1728. Second edition. 8vo. 12, [8], [304]pp. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece and a folding plate. Title in red and black. Recent paper boards, black morocco lettering-piece. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, leaves toned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23777

NOUVRAY, Mme. de. Robinson du Jeune Age ou Aventures les plus curieuses de robinson crusoé. Paris. Langlumé et Peltier, [s.d., c.1845] 12mo. [2], 216pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page, and a further two engraved plates. Original publisher's gilt-stamped turquoise paper boards. Rubbed, joints split, some loss to head and foot of darkened spine, without lettering-piece. Endpapers browned, early inked ownership inscription to FFEP, slight damp-staining to foot of frontispiece and initial gathering. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22690

SCOTT, Robert, Capitaine. La "discovery" au Pôle Sud. Paris. Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1908. First edition in French. Quarto. In two volumes. viii, 390, [2]; [4], 342pp, [2]. With 263 engraved plates, 16 illustrations in the text, and an illustrated map of the expedition. Tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrappers. Recased, with new endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Lightly spotted. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back (b. 1942), meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1963 to 2002, and a descendant of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23455

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AMUNDSEN, Roald. Au Pôle Sud: expédition du "Fram" 1910-1912. Paris. Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1913. First edition in French. Quarto. xiv, [2], 371pp, [1]. With 125 illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Recased, with new endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back (b. 1942), meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1963 to 2002, and a descendant of Arctic explorer George Back, with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23450

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SCOTT, [Robert Falcon], Capitaine. Le Pôle Meutrier: journal du Capitaine Scott. Paris. Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1914. First edition in French. Quarto. x, 380pp, [2]. With 91 illustrations and a folding map. Original publisher's decorated green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Closed tear to margin of p.141-2. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back (b. 1942), meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1963 to 2002, and a descendant of Arctic explorer George Back, with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23454

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POUND, Ezra. Omaggio a Sesto Properzio: a cura di Massimo Bacigalupo. Genova. S. Marco dei Giustiniani, 1984. First edition in Italian. 8vo. 110pp. Original publisher's soft covers, with belly-band. Preserved in original transparent shrink wrap. Corners a trifle bumped. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23630

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TERENCE. Publii Terentii Afri comoediae, Phaedri fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum veterum sententiae, ex recensione et cum notis Richardi Bentleii. Cantabrigiae [i.e. Canterbury]. Apud Cornelium Crownfield, 1726. Quarto. In two parts. [7], xxv, 444; [8], 87pp, [1]. With two engraved plates. The second part has a separate title page reading: 'Phaedri Augusti liberti fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque...Cantabrigiae apud Cornelium Crownfield'. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Recent book-label of Peter Allan Hansen to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to FFEP, minute worm-trail to gutter. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19153