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Photo of "La comtesse de bonneval.."
FULLARTON, Lady Georgina. La comtesse de bonneval... Paris. La Libraire d'Auguste Vaton, 1857. First edition in French. 8vo. xiv, [2], 319pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy morocco-backed blue cloth boards, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25075
Photo of "Histoire de tom pouce"
[TOM THUMB]. Histoire de tom pouce. London. [s.n.], 1833. First edition. 12mo. [4], 44pp. With a frontispiece and a further three plates. Original publisher's blind-ruled navy buckram, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, blind-stamp of Cambridge bookbinder F. Munns to FFEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28836
Photo of "Joannis fernelii ambiani, doctoris medici ..."
FERNEL, Jean. Joannis fernelii ambiani, doctoris medici parisiensis, Archiatri Regii, Consiliorum medicinalium liber. Exeius adversariis quadringentarum consultationum selectus. Nunc denuo fidelus & accuratius quam antea editus, & a quam plurimis mendis, quibus antea scatebat, repurgatus. Cum indice accurato. Francofurti [i.e. Frankfurt]. Apud Joannem Wechelum, 1585. 8vo. 143pp, [1]. Later blind-ruled calf, morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Leaves lightly browned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 29812
Photo of "Poetae graeci: sive selecta ex ..."
[GREEK POETRY]. WAGSTAFFE, William. Poetae graeci: sive selecta ex homeri odys. hesiodo, theocrito, callimacho...Cum vulgata Versione emendata. ac variis, partim Scholiastarum Graecorum, partim Doctorum recentiorum, Notis. In usum Regiae Scholae Etonensis. Editio nova, recognita et aucta. Etonae, [i.e. Eton]. Excudit M. Pote, 1796. Fifth edition. 8vo. iv, [2], 1-2, 7-148pp, 96pp only [i.e. sections of Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod and Theocritus excepted from the larger collection in both Greek and Latin, the former interleaved with blanks but lacking two printed leaves of the Odyssey]. Contemporary vellum, lettered in manuscript to spine. Marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed and marked, text occasionally spotted. Bookplate of James Stewart to FEP, ink inscription to verso of FFEP, ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 12097
Photo of "Oeuvres choisies de moliere"
MOLIERE. Oeuvres choisies de moliere. Paris. A la Librairie de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, 1861. 8vo. x, 488pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 19 engraved plates. Contemporary prize binding, gilt-tooled calf, red calf lettering-piece, marbled edge. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to front blank fly-leaf, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29767
Photo of "La politique naturelle, ou discours ..."
UN ANCIEN MAGISTRAT [HOLBACH, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d']. La politique naturelle, ou discours sur les vrais principes du gouvernement. Londres [i.e. London]. [s.n.], 1774. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [1], 232; [4], 280pp. With half-titles. The imprint is false; printed on the continent. Uncut in later blue paper wrappers, paper labels with title in manuscript to spines. Rubbed, creased, and a trifle marked. Short tear to foot of Vol. II title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 19381
Photo of "Relation complete de la campagne ..."
LABAUME, Eugene. Relation complete de la campagne de russie, en 1812... Paris. Chez Janet et Cotelle, 1820. Sixieme edition [i.e. sixth edition]. 8vo. viii, 446pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-roan, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas E. Croft to FEP, armorial bookplate of Richard Benyon Croft to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29608
Photo of "Histoire des flagellans, ou l'on ..."
BOILEAU, [Jacques]. Histoire des flagellans, ou l'on fait voir le bon & le mauvais usage des flagellations parmi les chretiens, par des preuves tirées de l'Ecriture sainte, des peres de l'eglise, des papes, des conciles, & des auteurs profanes. Amsterdam. Chez Francois vander Plaats, 1701. First edition in French. 12mo. [16], 319 [i.e. 309]pp, [11]. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Extremities worn, joints split, loss to spine caps. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of Algernon Capell to FEP, initial gathering damp-stained, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29623
Photo of "The hecuba.."
EURIPIDES. The hecuba... London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1867. New edition. 8vo. lvi, 172pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting, occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29271
Photo of "Eve et ses incarnations Sonnets ..."
MONNIER, Antione. Eve et ses incarnations Sonnets & Eaux-Fortes. Paris. Leon Willem, 1878. First edition. 8vo. Number 48 of 350 copies printed. 78pp, [2]. With a half-title and 12 etched plates in two states. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G., original publisher's printed paper upper wrapper bound in. Extremities rubbed and dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mexborough to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29274
Photo of "Sexti aurelii victoris historiae romanae ..."
VICTOR, Sextus Aurelius. Sexti aurelii victoris historiae romanae breviarium... Trajecti ad Rhenum [i.e. Utrecht]. Apud Franciscum Halman, Guilielmum vande Water, 1696. 8vo. In two volumes. [42], 168, [28], 176; 177-434pp, [74]. Title printed in red and black. With an additional engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints starting, loss to head of spine of Vol. I. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscriptions and characteristic shelf-marks of the Earl of Orrery to verso of FFEPs, recent armorial bookplate of ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 19411
Photo of "Missale romanum ex decreto sacrosancti ..."
[ROMAN CATHOLIC LITURGY - Missal]. Missale romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii tridentini restitutum ss. pii v. pontificis maximi... Mechliniae [i.s. Mechelen]. H. Dessain, 1896. Large 8vo. xli, 502, 60, 24pp, [2]. With a half tile. Printed in red and black. Elaborately bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, device of seated christ proffering book with Greek letters alpha and omega within ornate border to both boards, A.E.G., with eight divisional red moire cloth tabs (one partially perished), gilt dentelles, decorated endpapers. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Internally immaculate. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28784
Photo of "Fortification ou architecture militaire tant ..."
MAROLOIS, Samuel. Fortification ou architecture militaire tant offensive que deffensive; Supputee et dessignee. Amsterdam. Chez Jan Janssen, 1627. First separate edition. Folio. In two parts. [4], 42, [2], 46pp. With an architectural engraved title page by Willem Outgertsz Akersloot (1600-1661), a double-page table, and 42 double-page engraved numbered plates (plates 14 and 17 duplicated in foliation), presenting some 170 examples of military fortification. Contemporary vellum. Extremities heavily worn and marked. Title page partially naively hand-coloured. Early ownership inscription of 'Jean Ernest Comte de Nassau' and later inscriptions ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28834
Photo of "Error popularis Seu fabula joannae ..."
RAEMOND, Jean Charles Florimond de. Error popularis Seu fabula joannae quae pontificis romani sedem occupasse falso credita est... Coloniae [i.e. Cologne]. Apud Petrum Henningium, 1614. 12mo. [16], 347pp, [4]. Later vellum-backed pink paper covered wooden boards, titled in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board, corners exposed, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, manuscript bibliographical notes on the subject of Pope Joan to verso of FFEP, very occasional underlining, loss to margins of N2 and T3, small paper flaw to gutter margin of S7 at head - touching ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27771
Photo of "Arabia no Rorensu"
WILSON, Jeremy [Keisaburo Yamaguchi]. Arabia no Rorensu. Japan. Shinshokan, 1989. First Japanese edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's white laminated boards, lettered in blue with the contrasting spine, monochrome portrait of Lawrence to the rear board. With the photographic dustwrapper and the additional British Airways orange advertising band. From the family library of Henry Williamson, now dispersed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28301