Antique & Collectible Books

1866 Italian War for Independence Military Handbook & Journal Austria Perone

This mid-19th-century Italian military handbook was issued to Italian soldiers during the Second Italian War of Independence. It includes blank sheets for journaling, charts, codes of conduct, and printings of the soldier's expectations and duties. This particular example was owned by a Giuseppe Perone of the 54th Infantry in the Third Italian War of Independence (1866).

Item number: #8217
Price: $750
PERONE, Giuseppe [soldier]
[Italian military handbook / journal]
1866

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 71
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Velum; tight and secure
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Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (19cm x 13.5cm)
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1794 Handwritten German Mansucript on Artzney-Buchlein Medicine Dentistry Diet

A rare, late 18th-century German handwritten manuscript book on the Artzney-Buchlein, or the very first book dedicated to dentistry. While the penmanship of the work creates difficulty with legibility, the work itself is a collection of notes on medicine, dentistry, and healthy living.

Item number: #8459
Price: $599
anonymous
Mein Ulrich Scheidegers in Vorderholtz abgeschriebenes und bewärtes Artzney-Büchlin abgeschrieben Anno 1794

1794

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 96
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Language: German
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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London: Sampston Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1878. First edition. Two volumes, small thick octavo, pp xvi, 312; viii, 371, a duplicate from a reference library, with labels on the endpapers, a stamp and neat manuscript numbers on each title page, and the occasional small oval stamp on internal pages, remains of a shelf label on each spine, original brown cloth slightly marked and worn, slightly dusty internally but overall in very good condition. A good sound set.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

1795 LAW Bills of Exchange Economics British Investments Stewart Kyd Finance

Stewart Kyd was a notable 18th-century Scottish legal writer who is best known for his treatises on Scottish law. His first work, also his most important, was "A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange". In this work, Kyd describes the laws concerning orders of payments, signatory and promissory notes, investments, and interest. This 1795 edition is beautifully bound – an important work of economics law.
Item number: #14286
Price: $550
KYD, Stewart

A treatise on the law of bills of exchange and promissory notes.
London: J. Johnson 1795.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[16], 284, [8]
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1675 Martyrology Romanum Pope Gregory XIII Catholic Breviary Bible Calendar
An exceptional 17th-century work on the history of martyrology in Catholic Church. This work is a collection of short biographical and historical sketches of Catholic popes, martyrs, and saints from throughout the history of Catholicism. This Latin edition was published in Lyon by Gregoire and Valfray – the first known Valfray edition.
Item number: #14506
Price: $499
New Testament
Le Martyrologe romain : mis en lumière par le commandement du pape Grégoire XIII, revu & augmenté de l'authorité de Clément X.
A Lyon : chez Jean Grégoire & Pierre Valfray, 1675.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[12], 420, [64]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 4.5in (18cm x 12cm)
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1903 Frederick Remington ART Cowboys & INDIANS Done in the Open American West

'Done in the Open' is a fascinating, early 20th-century collection of outdoor sketches by Frederick Remington. Remington was one of the most famous artists of American Western scenery who depicted some of the most iconic scenes of 'Cowboys and Indians'.
Item number: #14426
Price: $499
REMINGTON, Frederick
Done in the open : Drawings by Frederic Remington
New York : P.F. Collier, 1903.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o Unpaginated
o Heavily illustrated throughout
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References: Howes R 204
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Size: ~16.5in X 12in (41.5cm x 29.5cm)
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Vienna: Carl Ferdinand Beck 1827 - 1831. Two volumes, octavo, pp [xii], 576, (i); [2], 768, the title pages a little foxed and blotched, light scattered foxing throughout, the first volume has one single wormhole travelling through the whole book in the lower margin, each title page has a small circular stamp of the Zoologische & Botanische Gesellschaft, but overall a remarkably clean and tight copy internally, bound in an early twentieth-century full green morocco, very lightly marked. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby - a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. An exceptional copy. . First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good.

London: Seeley, Service & Co Limited First edition. Illustrated, one geographical section, two sketch maps and a large folding map at the rear, thick octavo, pp 316, + 2 page publisher's advertisement, a few minor marks or blemishes, but overall very clean internally, the folding map at the rear has various old repairs along the folds but is still complete and sound; recently bound in brown half morocco and marbled boards, very clean. [ "His most important and interesting journey." Schweinfurth.]. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good.

Bilingual edition (French – English / Translated from the french by John Hawkesworth). Two volumes in one. 380 pp. 18x12 cm. Baudry's European Library, Paris, 1859.
--- Full-leather (private binding). Occasional foxing, very tight binding.

1676 Destruction of Babylon Scipione Errico Italian Renaissance Poetry Abbasid
Scipione Errico was a 17th-century Italian lyrical writer known for his poems, madrigals, and odes. One of his largest works was his epic poem 'The Destruction of Babylon'
which was written as an allegory through stories of the Abbasid Caliphate, of combat and war, the reign of Sultan Saladin of Egypt and Syria, the Catholic Church and the Vatican, pagan kings, and much more.
Item number: #20352
Price: $599
ERRICO, Scipione
La Babilonia distrvtta : poema heroic
Roma: con Licenza de Superiori, 1676

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [16], 26, 237, [7]
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.25in X 3in (13.5cm x 7.5cm)
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1781 HUGE Roman Catholic Missal Bible Prayers Liturgy Chant Music Kempten
An impressive late 18th-century Roman Missale published in Venice. This stunning large tome features decorative red-ink border text and initials, and, like other missals, it contains Catholic liturgies, prayers, hymns, songs and chants, and devotions to be used in personal and church worship.
Item number: #20992
Price: $750
Catholic Church
Missale romanum : ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, Clementis VIII. et Urbani VIII

Ducali Campidonensi [Kempten]: per Aloysium Galler, 1781.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[44], 542, cxxii
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12 engravings throughout
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Pagination errors expected
· Language: Latin
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~14.5in X 9.5in (37cm x 24cm)
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1868 HUGE Idylls King Arthur ENID Illustrated Gustave DORE ART Alfred Tennyson

A fascinating collection of Gustave Dore's art!

Alfred Tennyson's cycle of poetry provides tales from legends and myths regarding King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, The Holy Grail, and the Lady of the Lake. The utmost of folktales, this 1868 enormous tome contains Tennyson's 'Enid' from the "Idylls of the King" and, perhaps more importantly, Gustave Dore's famed illustrations. A truly impressive, enormous volume!

Item number: #21606
Price: $750

TENNYSON, Alfred

Enid

London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1868.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [6], 107, [1]
o 9 Dore engravings
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
• Size: ~16.5in X 12.25in (42.5cm x 31cm)

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1686 Biblia Sacra Vulgate Holy BIBLE Sixtus V Apocrypha Guillimin Lyon France

A very rare, mid-17th-century Vulgate Biblia Sacra published in 1686 by Petri Guillimin. This edition contains a beautiful, engraved title page with allegorical Bible scenes. In addition to the Old and New Testaments, this edition contains books of the Apocrypha.

Item number: #22701
Price: $750

Biblia Sacra

Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis Sixti V. Pont. Max. jussu recognita atque edita versiculis distincta

Lugduni: Petri Guillimin, 1686.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [8], 959, [1]
· Provenance: Handwritten – Petri Ludovici Theodolpi Boulland
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in (19cm x 12cm)

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Rare Original 1877 First Irish Edition Good to Good- Hardcover 224 pp. B/W illus. NOT a library copy. A good deal of mottling on front and back green boards. Spine clean. Gilt titles and gilt embossed Cover. Foxing on first 20 pages the rest clean and free of writing. Both a deeply devotional and a serious 19th century academic work showing all the Lives of St.Brigid plus notes, Discusses besides Irish the Irish lifes of Brigit of Kildare also Scottish claims and Glastonbury's Beckery site of Brigid, Many b/w illus. Binding solid. See all eight of our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2008. Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 280 pages. Hardcover bound in full brown leather with gilt embossing. All edges gilt. There is light wear to the binding, however the text block is slightly uneven with a break in the center (near the photographs), possibly from pressure exerted on the spine. Contains a gold ribbon bookmark. Silk moire send papers. The text is clean and sound. Illustrated with color photographs in the center.