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Venice: Combi & La Noù, 1672. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Fair Condition. First Italian Edition in soiled and worn but intact contemporary vellum, endleaves refreshed. Modest foxing and browning, a few tears including one across the center of the first pages, repair to extra engraved title - significant and pervasive worming to text block touching many letters and… Read more about this item

Paris: J. Mettaier, 1585. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full 18th century calf, modest wear, a few small worm holes near the spine. Minor foxing and soiling, hand ruled throughout, engraved title - a very attractive vernacular edition of Seneca. Ex-libris of Mr. Le Baron d'Heiss. [7], 42, [2 blanks], 61, [1, blank], 73, leaves, with front… Read more about this item

Paris: Henici Stephani (Estienne), 1557. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Later polished calf, spine cracked, boards detached, shaken, minor foxing, plate stamp of Nicholas Lane on endpaper, scattered neat notes in an early hand, otherwise very good internally - a nice clean copy, volume 1 in Greek, 2 in Latin set in largely in a fine… Read more about this item

Paris: N. Wolff, 1510. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, neatly rebacked and restored, 2 stamped figures on the front board, one on rear (the other obscured by a repair), clasps intact. Wormtrack early on touching a few letters, worm hole to rear blanks, light browning and soiling here an there,… Read more about this item

The Hague: Pierre Gosse, 1758. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked at an early date, endpapers refreshed, title slightly adhered to the new endpapers in the gutter, some surface marks and edgewear to leather, corners a little bumped, modest wear to raised bands - quite sound and attractive overall. Small dampstain… Read more about this item

Livorno: Shlomo Vilforti (Salomone Belforte), 1838. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. The five volumes of the Pentateuch in contemporary full leather bindings, modest wear at the edges, light fading, endpapers stained at edges, scattered minor foxing and browning, a few dog ears and temoins; an attractive and sound set. An early Pentateuch printed by S. Belforte (founded… Read more about this item

Halle an der Saale: Orphanotroph, 1704. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Contemporary vellum, browned but sound; scattered foxing and browning, general age toning to paper, but unmarked. The first edition by the noted German jurist. The final section is a dictionary of legal words and phrases. (14), 407pp; 719pp, index. 2 parts in 1 volume. … Read more about this item

Paris: Charles Savreux, 1659. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather, edges and corners worn, front hinge cracked but binding quite sound. Scattered browning, foxing and minor stains, old notes to front endpaper - clean overall and a nice copy of this collection of classical epigrams. 590pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity… Read more about this item

Jena: Impensis Haeredum C. H. Cunonis, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Modern half morocco. A touch of soiling early on and a few abrasions to the first title, mild foxing, a good clean copy. Two parts in one, (4), 130pp; (16), 276pp. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category:… Read more about this item

John Hayes. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Contemporary paneled calf, very worn, both boards detached but present, spine worn, one headband torn, front endpapers detached, light age toning to page edges, modest stains to last few leaves, otherwise very good internally. 1366pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Reference; Antiquarian &… Read more about this item

Antwerp: Typographia Plantiniana (Plantin Press), 1718. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf, wear at corners, spine a little dry with wear at the ends, clasps intact - quite attractive overall. Printed in red and black, scattered light browning internally. A nice copy. (72), 616, ccxliv, (4)pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under… Read more about this item

London: Aliciam Warren, 1664. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Attractively bound in 19th century half calf over marbled boards. Modest wear at the corners and some rubbing to the hinges. A bit of browning to the page edges, heavy to the first couple of pages, scattered foxing, first few and last few pages lightly creased,… Read more about this item

Geneva: Jacob Stoer, 1582. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary rolled calf over wooden boards. Calf dry and degraded, missing in spots, wood worn at the edges with some loss. Remains of clasps; binding still quite sound. Light age toning to pages, scattered creases and minor flaws, generally very clean internally. Attractively printed with… Read more about this item

Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1648. Second Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in 19th century morocco backed marbled boards. Modest wear at corners, spines rubbed with some damage at tops of spines. Light browning early on, scattered foxing and faint waterstains, a bit of marginal worming to a few spots, not touching any text, old… Read more about this item

Utrecht: Gisberti Zylii, 1665. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary overlapping vellum, front inner hinger cracked and text block coming loose. Light foxing, old ownership marks to endpaper, but generally very clean internally. Attractive engraved title. Unpaginated. A nice pocket edition of Nepos's major work. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity… Read more about this item

First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary acid calf, hinges cracked, rubbed at edges, but cords and bindings sound. Old signature to title, scattered foxing, generally very clean. An attractive copy of the first edition edited by Sterne's daughter. xx, 175, [1]; [2], 192; [2], 179, [1]pp. Published 7 years after… Read more about this item

Madrid: Imprenta Real de la Gaceta, 1765. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum worn and browned with unattractive but effective repairs in white leather to the spine and one corner, external cords replaced, inner hinges strengthened, old catalog entries pasted to endpapers, small spot of biopredation to the lower right corner for the first 1/3,… Read more about this item

Madrid: La Imprenta Real, 1807. Later Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in later 19th century cloth backed marbled boards, recornered, modest wear at edges. Volume one lacking pages 435-438 and volume 3 lacking 33-40, both apparently binding errors, the latter with blanks bound in. Otherwise clean and bright, a nice copy. (lxi, errata), 521… Read more about this item

Venice: Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista, 1562. Early Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Good Condition. Rebound in modern sheep, front endpapers replaced, minor worming and modest staining throughout, but still an attractive copy of this early Italian edition. With historiated initials - separate section titles but continuously paginated. (16), 375pp with a printers mark on the verso of… Read more about this item

Madrid: Pablo de Val, 1665. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties, endpapers replaced, title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge, text block loose from binding, title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it is repaired by pasting an old… Read more about this item