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COPY OF KING GEORGE III - BOUND AT WINDSOR[King George III's copy] Martial. M. VALERII MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMATA. Leiden: Officina Hackiana, 1670. 8 vo., 7.25" x 4.25 inches. [24], 794, [46] pp., including engraved title. KING GEORGE III's COPY, with his monogram in gilt to both boards, bound in 18th c. red strait-grained morocco at the King's private bindery at Windsor. Provenance: Front blank with date in pencil of February 13, [18]58, evidently purchased by Charles Butler of Warren Wood in 1858 for 15 shillings. Charles Butler (1821-1910), was a distinguished book collector who lived in London, but kept his library at Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. George III's personal bindery executed bindings from the 1780s-1820s and many of the finishing tools used are still housed at Windsor Castle. The King exhibited a bit of early madness with an obsession over bookbindings and a disconcerting habit of dropping in on his bookbinders, often disturbing their lunch of "fried sprats." A contemporary… Read More

1508 RARE POST INCUNABLE OF AQUINASTHOMAS Aquinas.- Summa de veritate ... sancti Thome Aquinatis ...Agrippine Impressa (Cologne) ... opera atq[ue] impensis Quentell (Heirs of Henrich Quentell) 1508 Small Folio, CLXXVI, [2] lvs. Other Titles: Summa contra gentiles. VERY RARE POST-INCUNABLE EDITION of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), the most important representative of scholastic theology. Two unusual and inventive woodcut initials to recto and verso of first leaf of a unicorn and beast emerging form flowers and a jester respectively. Binding 16th century calf with wear and rubbing with remains of metal clasps, spine renewed in 19th century, usual early gilt 16th century small armorial to boards. Verso last leaf with provenance in an early hand but effaced. Library numbers in white to spine, library pocket to rear board, small perforating stamp to title page and a few other marks, some general light toning, but overall an attractive volume.

1627: A famous English collection of medical, herbal and alchemical receipts,[Lupton, Thomas]. A Thousand Notable Things of Sundrie Sortes, whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, divers necessary, a great sort profitable and many very precious. London, Printed by E. ALL-DE for N.FOSBROOKE, 1627. Small 4to., 3 preliminary leaves, 174 (i.e. 214), [19] pages, 18 cm. Black letter, a few woodcut initials, two small perforated library stamps, some inner damsoyaining to last leaves, 1 leaf of table with small partial lossy to margin just touching text, last table leaf half cut and rebacked without loss, some very minor lower edge gnawing. Binding: 19th century vellum, marbled endpapers, white library marking to spine, bookplate, library pocket to inner rear board. STC 16960. VERY RARE. The first Ten Books appeared in 1579, the work being a collection of medical, herbal and alchemical receipts, etc. It was expanded and all editions are scarce as a utilitarian work that was read to… Read More

[King George III's copy] Martial. M. VALERII MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMATA CUM NOTIS FARNABII…. Leiden: Officina Hackiana, 1670. 7.25" x 4.25". [24], 794, [46] pp., including engraved title. KING GEORGE III's COPY with his monogram in gilt to both boards, bound in 18th c. red strait-grained morocco at the King's private bindery at Windsor. Front blank with date in pencil of February 13, [18]58, evidently purchased by Charles Butler of Warren Wood in 1858 for 15 shillings. Charles Butler (1821-1910), was a distinguished book collector who lived in London, but kept his library at Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. George III's personal bindery executed bindings from the 1780s-1820s and many of the finishing tools used are still housed at Windsor Castle. The King exhibited a bit of early madness with an obsession over bookbindings and disconcerting habit of dropping in on his bookbinders, often disturbing their lunch of "fried Sprats" A contemporary poet Peter Pindar penned " And yet our Monarch… Read More

Very Early work of Anthropology in the English language and one of the first works to even mention the transformation of Apes to Humans."Artificial deformations of the body practised by various people from head to toe"BULWER, JOHN. Anthropometamorphosis: man transform'd; or, The artificial changeling. Historically presented, in the mad and cruel gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome lovelinesse of most nations, fashioning & altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant... London: J. Hardesty, 1650. First edition. [24], 24, 45-263, [45] pp., including 2 pp. of ads. Interestingly the ads are for both works published and a list of still unpublished manuscripts. ESTC R24242; Not in the trade!Binding: Modern morocco in period style, all edges sprinkled red. Small 8vo., 145 x 85 cm, portrait in facsimile, followed by engraved title… Read More

FIEDLER, Frans. Narre Tod, Mein Spielgesell', ca. 1923. Kunstbildner Frans Fiedler, Text: Thea Giradelli ; Verlag. Der Schönheit, Dresden – A. 24. 10 plates, Folio, 34 cm x 27 cm. Original cloth portfolio. A weird and wonderful album of life's dance with sex, love and death by the eccentric photographer Franz Fiedler (1885-1956). which shows a nude woman with a skeleton in various erotic poses. The preceding text, tells about death who is a fool and her playmate. A wonderful and in every sense of the world unique album, made against the backdrop of unstable Weimar republic, in which hedonism, sex and fear where indeed intimated companions. Fiedler won at the 1911 world exhibition in Turin the first prize and had another exhibition in Prague in 1913. He belonged to the circle of Jaroslav Hašek and Egon Erwin Kisch and in 1916 married Erna Hauswald in Dresden where he occupied astudio at Sedanstraße 7. From 1919, he began to work with a 9×12 folding camera and in 1924 became one of the first… Read More

43 seals from 16th (possibly 15th) to the 18th century. Between 2.5 and 6.5 cm. Most in black and red. Some uncoloured. In specially made wooden boxes. Mostly German. Six of them are chipped or broken. Warrants further study. We have some pictures for you.

The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New[;] newly translated out of the originall tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall commandment. Appointed to be read in churches. London : printed by Henry Hills, anno Domini 1660. 8vo. [744] p., 40, [107]. Signatures: A-2Z⁸ 3A⁴. ESTC 006095720 General note 'The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ' has a separate title page (2N3r) with imprint: London: printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1660; register is continuous. With an engraved title page. In two columns, roman.Provenance: Florid calligraphic 1662 signature to recto of front blank of Abraham Fromanteel, a member of the famous clockmaking family who was apprenticed that year. Old heavily effaced signature to another blank - which is hard to read but appears to be Ahasuerus Fromanteel, the head of the family, who bought the book originally (largely illegible). 18th century bookplate of William… Read More

Jeu de tarot divinatoire dit "Grand Etteilla " ou " tarot égyptien. Pussey, Paris. N.d. circa 1880. Complete deck of 73 cards; the set does not have an introductory leaflet. The cards are somewhat dust soiled. Around 12 cards carry some sparse annotations. . "Etteilla", the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1 March 1738 – 12 December 1791), was the French occultist who was the first to popularise tarot divination to a wide audience (1785), and therefore the first professional tarot occultist known to history who made his living by card divination. Etteilla published his ideas of the correspondences between the tarot, astrology, and the four classical elements and four humors, and was the first to issue a revised tarot deck specifically designed for occult purposes.

Von den Jüden und iren Lügen, Zum andernmal Gedruckt vnd mehr dazu gethan.Wittemberg Lufft 1543. 128 pages. 18.5 cm. Bound in a 15th century leaf. 17th century inscription on the inside board. This is Panzer 3425.This work is printed in the same year as the first edition but enlarged, as the title indicates. Title page lower margin cut. Else good.

German religious reformer and founder of the Lutheranism movement, Martin Luther grew increasingly hostile towards the Jews following their refusal to accept his religious reformations.
In the present work, the most virulent of Luther's anti-Semitic attacks, he subjects the Jews to a torrent of vile abuse. His practical suggestions range from forced labor to outright banishment: "First, their synagogues should be set on fire and what ever does not burn up should be covered over with dirt so that no one may ever be ale to see a cinder or stone of it. Secondly, their homes should likewise be broken down and destroyed..And this ought be done… Read More

Bulla ultima convocationis et invitationis Cardinalium absentium et prelatorum gallice nationis ad celebrationem concilii Lateranen. cum declaratione nullitatis gestorum per conciliabulum Pisanum per S. D. N. Julium II. Pont. Rome 1512. Silber or Beplin?The Fifth Council of the Lateran, held between 1512 and 1517, was the eighteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church and was the last council before the Protestant Reformation and the Council of Trent. It was convoked by Pope Julius II to restore peace between Catholic rulers and assert the authority of the PopeThis bull is also interesting for the history of printing. Sixtus' practice of issuing bulls against political opponents and rivals and broadcasting them through the medium of the press. Over the ten years of Julius' pontificate, dozens of bulls, briefs, and other ecclesiastical documents would appear in print at a steadily increasing rate.Julian printed bulls, were innovative in both form and content. Though produced by different… Read More

Reconditorium ac reclusorium opulentiae sapientiaeque numinis magni, cui deditur in titulum chymica vannus.Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, et Elizeum Weyerstraet, Anno 1666.392 [i.e. 292], 76, [2] p. (the last blank) : ill. (engravings) ; 20 cm.The first part is a compilation of writings on Alchemy. The second part, 'Commentatio de Pharmaco Catholico' is usually attributed to Monte ­Snyder and is a translation of his 'Von der universal Medicin'. It is said that the work was favoured by Newton.Illustrated with beautiful emblemata of of the planets (the other plates are diagramatic). A fine copy in contemporary vellum. Not in the trade. "Ouvrage devenu introuvable et qui renferme intégralement la doctrine secrète des frères de la Rose-Croix... Il est vraisemblable que l'abbé Sepher tenait pour auteur du Chymica Vannus le Philalèthe..." (Catalogue de l'abbé Sepher). "Très mystérieux ouvrage d'alchimie et de philosophie mystique publié en mai… Read More

UNITED STATES - UNITED STATES - SOCIETE DES CINCINNATI (1783) - FRENCH BRANCH MEMBER REDUCTION INSIGNIA, in chiseled vermeil and enamel, 10 x 30 mm, 12 mm wide ribbon, late 19th (1783) - FRENCH BRANCH MEMBER REDUCTION INSIGNIA, in chiseled vermeil and enamel, 10 x 30 mm, 12 mm wide ribbon. 19th ? C. In 1783 officers who had served in the Continental Army under General George Washington formed The Society of the Cincinnati, primarily for the purpose of maintaining personal relationships after the end of the Revolutionary War. The order adopted its name from Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, a Roman statesman who took up arms for the good of the republic, but gladly relinquished power and returned to farming when the crisis had passed.

Smith, Thomas, souldier of Barwick upon Tweed. The art of gunnery, vvherein is set forth a number of serviceable secrets, and practicall conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnery, by arithmetick skill to be accomplished: both pretty, pleasant, and profitable for all such as are professors of the same faculty. Compiled by Thomas Smith of Barwick upon Tweed Souldier. Variant title   Certaine additions to the book of gunnery. With a supply of fire-workes. London : [s.n.], printed in the yeare 1643. small 4to. 14 x 7.5 cm [8], 120 p., [3] folded leaves of plates (1 folding leaf at p. 57 with hadl loss) :  ill. (woodcuts), diagrams, tables.  Internally, some toning, a small marginal tear without loss, t.p. with minor losses and small repair to verso.  Old calf, hinges repaired.     General note   "Certaine additions to the book of gunnery. With a supply of fire-vvorkes." has a separate dated title page on leaf L1r; pagination and register are continuous. This work by soldier and author Thomas… Read More

1928. Woolf, Virginia (1882-1940) ORLANDO A Biography. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. First edition. Limited edition. Np. 671 of 861 copies printed on rag paper and SIGNED by the author in purple ink on verso of the half-title. 8vo, 22.5 x 16 cm. Original black cloth, spine decorated in gilt, publisher's device gilt to front board, top edge gilt, light ubbing to head of spine, awesome light dust soiling including to top of rear board, minor corner bumping, some light toning. Bookplate of Rollin Oliver Glaser to front paste-down, u,.r. corner title page excision to margin only. [Kirkpatrick A11a] The true first edition, preceding the Hogarth Press edition by nine days. Virginia Woolf's "Orlando: A Biography" is a novel first published in 1928. The book is a fictional biography that spans four centuries, tracing the life of the protagonist Orlando, a nobleman who mysteriously transforms into a woman. The novel is often described as a work of feminist and queer literature because it explores issues of… Read More