London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1695. Second edition, corrected. Hardcover. Small folio. The second edition, corrected, to which is added an Index explaining the names of countries, cities, rivers, etc. (20),296,(4)pp. Contemporary full calf tooled in a Cambridge design. Spine extra gilt with title on red morocco label. Hinges neatly... More about Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. In Ten Books
London (Londini): Typis J. Flesher, 1650. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (6),418,(2),72,(12)pp. Contemporary full vellum; manuscript title; later (but still early) leather lettering pieces, gilt. One leaf with a chart of the Saxon alphabet. Also contains Somner's annotated version of Lipsius' glossary: "Guilielmi Somneri, Cantuariensis, ad verba vetera germanica, a v.... More about De Quatuor Linguis Commentationis, Pars Prior: Quae, De Lingua Hebraica: Et, De Lingua Saxonica
Paris: Impresis Societatis Typographicae Librorum Officij Ecclesiastici, 1635. Hardcover. Large 8vo. a-e8, i4, A-2E8, a-h8 [40], 440, [122] pp. Engraved vignette on title page, Printed in black and red throughout with occasional specimens of four-line Gregorian chant (black notes on red staves). Each month starts with woodcut initials, the individual... More about Martyrologium Romanum ad Novam Kalendarii Rationem, et Ecclesiasticae Historiae, Restitutum
London: The Scolar Press, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, with an introduction by Edward Hodnet. From a total edition of 500 copies, this is one of 50 printed on paper specially made by hand by Barcham, Green of... More about The History and Fables of Aesop, Translated and Printed by William Caxton, 1484
Argentorati (Strassburg): Iosias Rihelius, 1561. First edition. Hardcover. Foliated. 232 (of 301) ff. Woodcut historiated initials. 275 woodcuts of plants. Contents: Valerii Cordi Simesusi, in Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica Materia, lib. V; Historia Plantarum, lib. IV; Conradus Gesnerus (Konrad Gesner) Caspari Collino Pharmocopoeo; Silva Observationum uariarum, Valerii Cordi; Val... More about Annotationes in P. Dioscorides De Medica Materia Libros V., &c
London: J. M. for Rich. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Pauls Church-yard, 1681. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. (28),291,(1)pp. 19th cent. full calf by Hering of Regent Street. marbled endpapers and edges. Author's name from Wing; sometimes erroneously attributed to David Craufurd. Bound without portrait or errata... More about The History of the House of Esté. From the time of Forrestus until the Death of Alphonsus the...
Cologne: Apud Maternum Cholinum, 1564. First Latin edition. Hardcover. Folio. (xx),205pp. Printer's device on title; woodcut initials. First Latin edition translated by John Grodecius. The dedicatory matter is followed by a Life of St Cyril, a discussion of his works and an index. Early 19th century marbled paper boards, later... More about Sancti Patris Nostri Cyrilli Archiepiscopi Hierosolymorum Cathecheses Illuminatorum Hierosolymis...
In the Savoy: T.N. for Henry Harringman, 1678. Hardcover. The Second impression whereunto is added a Table. 4to. 734pp. followed by the Table (15pp.) Bound to style in quarter calf; spine in six compartments with raised bands, red leather lettering label, gilt. marbled paper sides, vellum tips. Fine copy. ESTC... More about The History of the Civil Wars of France; Written in Italian by H. C. Davila. Translated out of...
Paris: Daniel Horthemels, 1688. Hardcover. 12mo. (14),251,(13)pp. First French edition, preceded by an edition in Leyden the previous year and followed in Paris by an expanded edition the same year. Engraved vignette on the title page, and a woodcut of an examination in progress on page 1; six engraved plates... More about Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa
Walpole, Newhampsire: David Carlisle, Jun. 1796. Hardcover. 12mo. iv, 5-132pp. Contemporary full leather. Lacks front free endpaper, and a small piece from the top corner of the title page; leather mended at some time at the base of the spine; general wear and scuffing; else a very good copy. Silas... More about The Lay Preacher; Or Short Sermons for Idle Readers
London: Benj. Took, 1635 (i.e., 1685). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (ii),406pp. Contemporary full calf. Spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, boards ruled in blind with blind tooling at the corners; edges stained red. The title page reads MDCXXXV, but has been altered in ink to show the correct imprint... More about De jure laicorum sacerdotali, ex sententiâ Tertulliani aliorumque veterum dissertatio. Adversùs...
ca. 1550. Leaf. Twenty 8vo leaves, printed both sides, from an undetermined edition of Sallust's account of the Catiline Conspiracy with the rest of the leaves devoted to the Nubian Prince. 8 leaves elate to Lugurthinum, one seems to be form the Preface and the rest are on the Catiline... More about De Coniuratio Catilinae; De Bellum Lugurthinum
Amsterdami: Henricum Wetstenium, 1685. Early Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. (Approx 3x5 inches). (viii),152pp. Engraved title showing a fool in the pulpit preaching. Dedicatory Preface to Thomas More. Bound to style in full brown calf, the spine in four compartments with three raised bands, and with the boards tooled in blind in... More about Morias Enkomion (In Greek), Stultitiae Laus Desid, Erasmi Rot. Declamatio (Encomiun Moriae - In...
London: Printed by J.M. for Walter Kettilby, 1674. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (xvi),552pp. Contemporary full leather. Rebacked to style with the spine in matching calf, five compartments with raised bands, red leather lettering label, gilt. Wear to edges, some scuffing, else a very good copy. Imprimatur on leaf A1v: "Imprimatur..... More about Libertas Ecclesiastica, Or, A Discourse Vindicating the Lawfulness of Those Things Which are...
Venice (Venetiis): Apud Iuntas (Giunta), 1542. Hardcover. Small 8vo. (8),365,(1)pp. Fine printer's device to title and full page device to last page. Woodcut initials. Original limp vellum binding with the use of 15th Century manuscript for binding. With the commentary of the French physician Martin Akakia (1500-1551). Vellum lightly soiled... More about De Ratione Curandi ad Glauconem Libri Duo, Interprete Martino Akakia Catalaunensi
London: G. M. for Andrew Crooke, 1641. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (vi), 46pp. Bound to style in full calf; red leather lettering piece, gilt; the boards tooled in blind. Title page remargined (no loss) else a fine copy. With the statement at the foot of the title page: "Published by... More about The Love of Truth and Peace. A Sermon Preached Before the Honourable House of Commons Assembled...
London: Henry Denham, 1585. Hardcover. Three parts in one. Small 8vo. (14)284,(6)pp. 18th century calf; spine in 6 comparments, gilt. Large printer's devices on each of the three title pages. The first part is an abridgement of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum by Virunio, a native of Treviso. He abridged... More about Britannicae Historicae Libri Sex .... Itinerarum Cambriae .... Cambriae Descriptio
London: T. Cotes for William Cooke, 1638. First edition in English. Hardcover. 12mo. (134),327pp. Full calf. Contemporary boards rebacked. Engraved frontispiece of Gildas by William Marshall. First edition in English, translated from the Latin by Thomas Habington. Early handwritten notes on the front blanks. Bookplate. Preliminary blanks are rough at... More about The Epistle of Gildas, the Most Ancient British Author: Who Flourished in the Yeere of our Lord, 546
London: Printed for Timothy Garthwait, 1664. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (4),108;113-320pp. Title page printed in red and black. Bound to style in quarter leather; red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Imprimatur on leaf [A]2v: Imprimatur, Geo: Stradling, S.T.P. Rev. in Christo Patr. Dom. Gilb. Episc. Lond. à Sac..... More about Sermons Preached by that Eminent, Famous & Great Divine, Henry Hammond, D. D.; Published...
London: J. Okes (Oakes), 1641. First edition. Very good. Small 4to. (70)376pp. Contemporary full leather, tooled in Cambridge style. Frontispiece of Merlin in facsimile, title page with a facsimile repair to art of the border, and with the following eight leaves remargined (affecting the border rule lines). Old partial reback... More about The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius. His Prophecies, and Predictions Interpreted; and Their...
Amstelaedami: Sumptibus Joannis Ravesteynii, 1655. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 737,(i) pp plus 22pp index. Contemporary full leather; spine in six compartments with raised bands, the compartments intricately gilt except for the compartment containing the red leather lettering piece, gilt. Light wear to corners and hinge, title page dusty with some... More about Historia Rerum Britannicarum ut et Mulicarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, tam...
Lugd. Bat. (Leiden): Franciscum Hackium, 1648. Early Edition. Hardcover. Small, thick 8vo. (xvi),644,xl pp. Engraved title page. Bound to style in quarter maroon morocco; spine ruled in simple gilt lines; brown lettering label, gilt. 'Cum veteris Scholiastae, & Variorum Commentariis Accurante Cornelio Schrevelio'. Nice edition of Juvenal and Flaccus. The... More about D. Junii Juvenalie et Avli Persii Flacci Satyrae
Amstelodami: Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (16),384,(12),(8),397,(17) pp. Nine engraved plates. Contemporary vellum binding, leather lettering label, gilt. Title page printed in red and black, and with engraved vignette. Six of the engravings are full page plates, and three are double page (though two of the singles are... More about Historia Inquisitionis. Cum Subjungitur Liber Sententiarum Inquisitionis Tholocanae Ab anno...
Lugdui Batavorum, Apud Hieronymum de Vogel, 1645. Early Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [8], 534, [36]pp. Full vellum, leather label, gilt title. Engraved title page portraying Cosimo de Medici with Machiavelli on one side and an angel on the other, with town scene in vignette on podium. Fine copy. More about Nicolai Machiavelli Florentini Historiae Florentinae Libri octo
Paris: 1683. Early Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (3 x 5'). Eighth printing of this classic. (iv), 3-108pp. Later binding of stiff boards covered in marbled paper. Full page engraved frontispiece followed by the title, list of actors and the text. A reimpression of the Elzevir first edition of 1669. A very... More about L'Avare, Comedie
