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BURKE, Edmund. Nouvelles reflexions sur la revolution de france Par Mr. edmund burke, traduites de l'anglois, et contenues dans deux lettres, l'une adressee a un membre de l'Assembles nationale, et l'autre, a Mgr. l'Archeveque d'Aix. A Paris. [s.n.], 1791. 8vo. xxiv, 93pp, [1]. Disbound. With a half-title. Very occasional chipping to margins, ink-stamps of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia to head of title page and p.73. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21252

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BURNET, Thomas. De Fide & Officiis christianorum Liber Posthumus. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis S. A. Impensis J.Hooke, 1727. Second edition. 8vo. 32, 216pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28050

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CARDUCCI, Giosue. Nuove poesie di giosue carducci (enotrio romano). In Bologna. Presso Nicola Zanichelli, 1875. Seconda edizione. 8vo. [2], xlii, 205pp, [1]. Portrait frontispiece (reproduced from a woodcut) of the author.Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Slight rubbing to extremities, corners, else a near fine copy. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper, which with the other preliminaries is slightly discoloured. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25395

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CARDUCCI, Giosue. Primavera e Fiore della Lirica Italiana. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. G. C. Sansoni, [1904]. Nova edizione riveduta. 16mo. Two volumes bound as one. xxv, [1], 743pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary blue crushed morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, leaves a trifle toned. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, without any indication of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29531

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[CARLOS, João]. Dez gravuras de João Carlos [ten engravings by joão carlos]. Lisbon. Edicoes Inquerito, [1957]. Limited issue. [11] leaves. Original publisher's cream card folder lettered black, containing 11 loose leaf cards comprising ten engravings, with an introductory leaf by Charles Oulmont. Folder somewhat worn, with large tear to spine. Inscribed on the covering leaf 'To Mr. Cyril Kenney with the best wishes for a happy New Year Very sincerely João Carlos. Christmas 1957'.
More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30083

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[CARTOUCHE]. Les amours de cartouche, ou, aventures singulieres et galantes de cet homme, Trop celebre, qui n'ont jamais ete publiées: dont le Manuscrit a ete trouvee apres la prise de la Bastille.. Londres, [but probably Paris]. [s.n., s.d.] 16mo in 8s. 183pp, [1]. Finely bound in nineteenth-century half red morocco (by Roger De Coverly and Sons, with their stamp to verso of FFEP), marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine copy, with only the slightest shelf-wear to extremities, marginal paper flaw to O4, title and preliminaries slightly marked. Lord Rosebery's copy, with his leather monogrammed ('AR') armorial book-label to FEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20122

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[CATHOLIC CHURCH]. Breviarium parisiense...Pars hyemalis. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Sumptibus suis ediderunt Bibliopolae Usuum Parisiensium, 1767. 12mo. 9, [23], 484, cciii, [5], xvi, 12pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, slight wear to endpapers, ink ownership inscription to FEP, light water-staining to first gathering - primarily marginal, occasional spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 16197

[CAUSANS, Le Chevalier de]. [Division du cercle]. [Paris]. [s.n.], [1759]. Folio. 3pp, [1]. Single folded sheet. Creased, margins a trifle chipped, ink-stamp of Furstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek to head of p.1, later inked manuscript numerals to foot. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11737

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CERVANTES, Miguel de. L'ingenieux hidalgo don quichotte de la manche. Paris. J.-J Dubochet et Cie., 1836. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 744; [4], 758pp. With half-titles, an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page to each volume, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound by Ludwig Muller of Berlin in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, all edges blue. A trifle rubbed. Bookbinder's tickets to both FEPs, early pencilled ownership inscription to title of Vol. I, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27560

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[CHAPBOOK]. Storia del soldato calabrese Salvatore Misdea. Firenze. Tipografia Adriano Salani, 1888. 8vo. 19pp., [3]. Original wrappers with woodcut portrait of Salvatore Misdea. Small scattered spots, somewhat browned, edges uncut. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17793

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[CHAPBOOK] BRUNETTO, G.O.. Istoria bellissima di Stellante Costantina. Figliuola del Gran Turco; la quale fu da certi Cristiani rubbata, e venduta a un Mercante di Vicenza. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [c.1810-30] 12mo. 12pp. Contemporary marbled wrappers, slight foxing. A very good copy. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17796

CHATEAUBRIAND, François-Auguste. Atala, ou les amours de deux sauvages dans le désert. Paris. Chez Migneret, 1801. Troisieme edition [i.e. third edition]. 12mo. xxiv, 207pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by T. J. Farndell of Windsor in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Binder's ticket and contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP: 'Wm. Danby / the gift of his sister / Mary Harcourt / May 1803'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17383

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[CHEVALIER DE BAYARD]. La tresjoyeuse, plaisante et recreative hystoire, compose par le loyal serviteur, des faiz, gestes, triumphes et prouesses du bon chevalier sans paour et sans reprouche, le gentil seigneur de bayart... Paris. J. L. F. Foucault, 1820. 8vo. 410pp. Handsomely bound by Frost & Company of Bath in recent red half-morocco, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22421

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CHIFFLET, Jean-Jacques. Insignia gentilitia equitum ordinis velleris aurei... Antuerpiae [i.e. Antwerp]. Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1632. First edition. Quarto. [32], 232, [12], 15pp, [1]. Printed in doubles columns, parallel French and Latin text. With a full-page engraving. Later red morocco-backed, cloth-tipped, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed. Paper repair to head of title page, small burn hole to leaf Ff4. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 27538

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CHIFFLET, Jules. Breviarium historicum inclyti ordinis velleris aurei. Antuerpiae [i.e. Antwerp]. Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1652. First edition. Quarto. xii, 36pp, [4]. Later gilt-ruled calf. Heavily worn and marked, upper board held by cords only. Scattered spotting, very occasional dampstaining. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27539

[CHRISTIANITY]. Le miroir des ames, ou exposition des differens etats des ames par rapport a dieu, conformement a la realite ou aux idees allegoriques de la Foi... A Lyon. Chez Perisse Freres, 1827. Dixieme edition [i.e. tenth edition]. 12mo. [4], 164pp. Contemporary calf, lettered and tooled in gilt. Extremities worn, with loss to spine. Occasional light spotting internally. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 16179

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[CHRISTIANITY]. [Transliterated from the Greek Lessons from the Bible: translated from the English by Marietta S. Ralli.]. Athens. S. K. Vlastou, 1874. 8vo. [6], 183pp, [1]. With eight engraved plates. Title and imprint transliterated from the Greek. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco. Lightly rubbed. Book-label of Caterina to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18359

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CICERO, Marcus Tullius. M. T. Ciceronis de officiis libri tres, Cato major, Laelius, paradoxa, somnium scipionis. Oxoniae [i.e. Oxford]. e Theatro Sheldoniano...Prostant venales apud Sam. Wilmot Bibliopol. Oxon, 1729. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. 8vo. [8], 326pp, [32]. Contemporary blind-tooled calf. Rubbed and heavily marked. Pastedowns sprung, later inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional later inked annotations and highlights to text, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25104

CIRLOT, Juan Eduardo.. Lucio Fontana. Barcelona. Editorial Gustavo Gili, [1966]. Small 4to. 59pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in pink, with original publisher's photographic dustwrapper. Boards sharp, wrapper a little nicked and marked. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'For Sir Laurence Olivier with my greatest admiration.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31209

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CLUVER, Phillipp. Philippi Cluverii introductionis in Universam geographiam, tam Veterem quam Novam Libri VI. Accessit P. Bertii Breviarum Orbis terrarum. Amstelodami [i.e. Amsterdam]. Apud Elzevirios, 1677. 16mo. 352, 70pp, [10]. With an engraved title page, and engraved folding plate, and a folding table. Handsomely bound in eighteenth- century gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, all edges blue. Extremities rubbed, slight chipping to head of spine. Armorial bookplate of Baptist May to verso of blank fly-leaf at front, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11693