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(POPE, ALEXANDER). Homer. The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, 1715-20. First Edition. Together with The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1725-26. First Edition. Illustrated. Folios. Eleven volumes. Bound in early 18th-century calf, gilt spines; with all eleven black morocco volume… Read more about this item

Antonius de Vercelli. Sermones quadragesimales de XII mirabilibus Christianae fidei. Illustrated with 2 multi-colored initials. The beginning of the text nicely printed in red, text in gothic type, in two columns, 51 lines to a page. 8vo. Contemporary hard vellum binding, remounted. Venetiis, Johannes et Gregorius de Gregorii de Forlivio, February 16, 1492. First Incunabula Edition. Antonius de Vercelli… Read more about this item

Joseph Von Paltz. Coelifodina Absconditos. Scripurae Thesauros Pandens . . . Bound with Supplementum coelifodinae . . . Two volumes bound in one. Text in Latin. Illustrated with 2 full-page woodcut title pages and 2 woodcut printer's device. Thick 4to. Bound in early 16th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (without the original clasps and metal bosses). Printed in Leipzig by… Read more about this item

RARE STUDY OF THE ALCHEMY OF NUMBERS Pietro Bongo. Numerorum Mysteria. Opus maximarum rerum doctrina, et copia refertum, in quo mirus in primis idemq[ue] perpetuus arithmeticae pythagoricae . . . [with] Appendix ad ea qvae de Nvmerorvm mysteriis egit. Text in Latin. Two parts in one volume. Illustrated with woodcut printer's device on both title-pages; full-page woodcut arms of the dedicatee,… Read more about this item

Béroalde de Verville. L'Histoire Veritable, ou Le Voyage des Princes Fortunez. Divisee en IIII. Entreprises. Illustrated with engraved title, folding woodcut map of the Grand Continent de Moso, and the Plan of the Palace of Secrets. 8vo. 20th century ¼-leather-backed marbled boards; spine with 5 raised bands; morocco label with gilt lettering on spine. A Paris, Chez Pierre Chevalier (1610).… Read more about this item

SIGNED BY BRADBURY. ONE OF 50. BRADBURY, RAY. Green Shadows White Whale. Illustrated by Edward Sorel.8vo. Original green leather-backed cloth. Ultramarine Publishing Company 1992. First Edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. This copy #28. Mint.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year 1805. Together with other documents, official and private, relating to the same mission. To which is prefixed an account of the life of Mr. Park. Illustrated with folding engraved map with routes hand colored in red and blue by the geographer Major Rennell. 4to. Contemporary ¾-leather-backed marbled… Read more about this item

Engraved vignette of Europe and Northern Africa on title. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half-calf over marbled board, recently rebacked. London: Printed for J. W. 1714. First Edition. (ESTC T44576) English translation of the Abbé de Saint-Pierre's proposal for universal peace, widely seen as a precursor to the modern European Union and United Nations, and an important influence in its own… Read more about this item

Johannes Dryander. Annulorum trium diversi generis instrumentorum. Illustrated with large woodcut of an armillary sphere on title-page and the divisional title to Regiomontanus; verso of title-page with a large woodcut of "Dryander's astronomical rings" suspended from a hand in the clouds; numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text; woodcut printer's device on pi4v and verso of final leaf; several large historiated… Read more about this item

WITH 71 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF TARTANS Illustrated with chromolithograph frontispiece and 71 numbered chromolithographic plates of tartans and 71 armorial crests, some highlighted with gilt and silver; plus a double-page color map of the districts occupied by the various clans; teg. Folio. Original publisher's decorative light grey cloth binding, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, front cover lettered and pictorially decorated with… Read more about this item

Signed first edition with bound-in manuscript page 8vo. Original black cloth, gold letters on spine, enclosed in publisher's black slipcase. Harper and Brothers, New York and London 1938. First Edition. Limited to 40 numbered copies, signed by Prokosch, printed by the Golden Hind Press. This copy #33. Bound-in after the colophon is an original page of holograph manuscript, dated and initialed,… Read more about this item

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE In Six Volumes. 12mo. Bound in modern leather reminiscent of the style of the period. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749. First Edition. First Issue. The first edition consisted of 2000 copies, which were virtually all spoken for prior to the formal day of publication. The copies of the first edition are distinguished by the presence of… Read more about this item

Original sepia photograph of Sir Bartle Frere tipped-in as frontispiece. Illustrated with 3 portraits and 9 fold-out lithographic plans, including a large fold-out "Military Map of Zulu Land and Adjacent Parts of Natal and Transvaal" at the rear. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt vignette of 3 Zulu weapons on front cover. London: W.H. Allen & Co.… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated. 4to. Half morocco binding with title embossed in gold to front board, front inner hinge reinforced, text in very good clean condition. Original manuscript notebook, neatly written in ink on paper on both sides, beautifully illustrated. 438 numbered pages (of which some 80 pages are blank), with divisional titles, a few small text illustrations, tables within text,… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Very Good. With a folding engraved plan, entitled A Copy of the Draught from which the Bountys Launch was built, by Mackenzie and 3 folding engraved charts, one printed on pale blue paper, by J. Walker after W. Harrison. 4to. Bound in ½-calf over marbled boards; spine with 5 gilt bands, speckled leaf edges. Printed in London For George… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Bound in leather-backed boards, spine labels, gilt lettering and designs on spine. Dedicated to Infante di Spagna D. Lodovico di Borbone Principe Ereditario. Parma nel Regal Palazzo 1795 co tipi Bodoniani. First Edition. Three volumes. The Very Rare Folio Printing. Limited to 130 copies. Brooks 588, describing the book as Magnifica edizione. Boards of Volume I are… Read more about this item

Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Original pale yellow printed wrappers. Denver: Tribune Book and Job Printing House, 1876. First Edition. McMurtrie and Allen, Early Printing in Colorado, page 433. The constitution was presented with the objective of bringing Colorado into the Union. Discussed are boundaries, bill of rights, distribution of powers, executive department, legislative department, congressional and legislative apportionment, judicial… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated with 23 hand-colored aquatint engraved plates and 2 original watercolors. Folio. Modern ¼-calf leather binding, over marbled boards; gilt decorated spine with 5 raised bands, morocco labels. London: Printed by William Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Press, Published by R. Havell . . . 1815. First Edition. Abbey 427. The volume contains 23 hand-colored aquatint plates, including the… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Near Fine. 8 volumes. Illustrated with 850 single-sided, full-page engraved plates (many are foldout and double page). Thick Folio. 3/4 contemporary dark purple Morocco leather bindings over matching cloth boards; 5 thick double-raised bands on rich gilt decorated spines; gilt lettered leather spine labels; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers; with the gilt armorial bookplate of Horatio Granville Murray Stewart… Read more about this item

Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, 1826. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1826. First American Edition. 2 volumes. Carey & Lea bribed someone in the printing house in England to send advance proofs of Walter Scott's books to them in Philadelphia, so they could put out first American editions of each book. As a… Read more about this item