London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1772. Second Edition. Octavos (20 cm); xi, 244pp; vii, 276pp +1ad. Both volumes full bound in contemporary mottled calf with red and brown spine labels and gilt stamping. Marbled endsheets. Both bindings generally scuffed and rubbed at all edges..... More
St. Louis, MO: William K. Bixby, 1907. First Edition, Limited to 487 copies of which this is no. 212. Quarto; publisher's three-quarter calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xxvii,[1],263pp.; frontispiece, large folding map, and thirty (30) leaves of plates, chiefly facsimiles. Slipcase rather scuffed and toned..... More
Venezia: Presso Antonio Zattae Figli, 1791. First Edition. Small octavo (16cm.); later period-style parchment, two olive gilt-lettered morocco spine onlays, speckled endpapers; [8],196 [but 296]pp. ([*]4 A-S8 T4); steel engraved medallion to title page, fifteen engraved scenes printed in text throughout. Light wear to extremities, chiefly at corners, else a...... More
Venezia [Venice]: Appresso Antonio Zatta, 1758. Two quarto volumes in one. xii, 408pp.; [4]; 264; LXXXIV; [2]pp., collated and complete. Engraved plates and in-text illustrations; fold-out of Dante's family tree. Full vellum with leather spine label in remnants; sponge-painted edges. Light soiling and rubbing; two patches of loss to rear..... More
Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey / New Haven, CT: Printed by Shepard Kollock / Abel Morse, for the Editors, who Hold the Privilege of Copy-Right, 1791-1793. First Edition, "Never Before Published" according to the publisher. Four small quarto volumes, first three published in 1791 and fourth follow-up volume first published in 1793..... More
London: Printed for J. Phillips, at the King's-Arms in S. Paul's Church-Yard; N. Rhodes, at the Star, the Corner of Bride-Lane, in Fleet-street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1706. Folio. Unpaginated; A2 A-Z4 2a-2b4 2A-2L4 2M2 2*M1 3A-3V4 4A-4O4 5A-5Z4; lacks engraved frontispiece. Recently rebound..... More
London: J. and A. Arch et al, n.d., ca. 1837. "New Edition, with Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett." Octavo; full contemporary green diced calf, elaborately gilt-tooled spine with red gilt spine label; xxiii,[1],640pp.; text illus. throughout. Boards lightly rubbed at margins and spine ends, spine a shade toned and gilt..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1868-1869. Six Volumes. Octavos (19cm.); contemporary forest green calf over marbled boards, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in six compartments, each with two red gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; steel-engraved frontispieces at the head of four volumes. Moderate scuffing to extremities, spines..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. First Edition Thus. Octavo; Vol I lv + 583pp; Vol II xi + 570pp; Vol III xi + 568pp; Vol IV xv + 469pp; Vol V xiii + 432pp. Fifty-three engravings of portraits, dwellings, locales, manuscripts, and signatures dispersed throughout the five volumes; two-color..... More
New York: Sturgis & Walton Company, 1909. New Edition. Two volumes; quarto (25.5cm.); publisher's half linen over blue paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt; xxxii,576; xv,[1],[577]-1172pp.; photogravure frontispieces and ten leaves of plates (tissue guards), additional illus. throughout text, many full-paged. General shelf wear, spines both rather toned, front..... More
Berlin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1789. "Dritte und ermehrte Auflage." Two volumes bound in one; octavo; contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red; [26],461,[7]; [20],406,[12]pp. (collated and presumed complete); twelve folding engraved plates at rear of Band I, fourteen folding engraved plates at rear of Band II. Boards rather worn, front..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. First Edition with "FSY" symbol on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); [6],282pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins with shallow dampstaining at spine ends and foxing to verso, spine panel dulled to tan, textblock a bit..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von S. Hirse, 1871. First Edition. Two volumes; octavo; 20th-century red library cloth, gilt-lettered spines; xiii,[1],385; iv,384pp.; engraved portrait frontispieces. German text throughout. Ex-Wilson College Library with their usual markings, cloth rather unevenly toned along extremities and spines, textblock uniformly brittled and toned due to inferior paper quality..... More
New York: New York University Press, [1992]. First Collected Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket; xxviii,[2],217pp. Light soil to dust jacket, spine very slightly cocked, corner nudged, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Forms part of NYU Press Women's Classics. First collected..... More
[Washington, DC]: Printed for the Society, 1896. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's white decorative cloth stamped in navy blue and silver foil, top edge silver; xxix,[3],272pp.; portrait frontispiece. Light dust-soil, spine slightly cocked and corners nudged, text block a bit toned, remnants of ownership ex libris to front pastedown, else..... More
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Patavii [Padua]: Apud Jo. Baptistam, et Filios Penada, 1787. First Edition. Two volumes; large quartos (29cm.); contemporary parchment over block-printed paper-covered boards, tan gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges speckled red; collated complete; text printed in double columns. Ex-St. Charles Seminary Library with spine shelf labels and rather extensive rubber-stamping throughout..... More
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London: Bickers and Son, 1872. New Edition. Eight volumes; octavos; uniformly bound in full contemporary gilt-tooled tree calf, elaborate gilt spines in six compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I. Spines a bit dried, light wear to margins and joints, contemporary ownership ex libris..... More
Paris: Éditions du Seuil, [1957]. Small octavo (17.5cm.); later brown cloth, spine stamped in red and gilt, original card wrappers bound in; 190pp.; illus. throughout. Spine gilt a bit dulled, else a Fine copy in sturdy binding. Forms part of the series "Ecrivains de Toujours." More