London: Abelard-Schuman, [1959]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (25 /- net); 223pp.; portrait frontispiece, plates and illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket margins; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Forms part the series The Life of Science Library. More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. First American Edition from the British sheets. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in printed price-clipped dust jacket; xxvii,[1],692pp.; frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundreds of text illus. throughout. Jacket quite worn with substantial loss affecting nearly the entirety of rear..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher’s cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates &..... More
Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes; folios (39.5cm.); later limp marbled boards, pink printed spine labels (Vol. II bound upside down); [24],508,[76]; [16],572,[84]pp. (collated complete); large woodcut publisher's devices to both title pages signed in image "Papillon." Ex-seminary library with old shelf labels to spine feet and..... More
Venetia [Venice]: Nicolo Pezzana, 1674. "In questa ultima Impressione, con ogni diligenza rivisti, e corretti." 12mo (15cm.); full contemporary speckled calf, gilt-tooled spine in four compartments, all edges speckled red; 650,[20](collated complete); added engraved title page depicting St. George slaying the dragon, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Binding a...... More
London: R. Baldwyn, 1681. First Edition. Small quarto; removed pamphlet with perished stitching and gatherings subsequently loose; 40pp. (A-E4). Extremities rather toned and dust-soiled; Good overall. Scathing religious tract questionably attributed to the early Whig politician Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683). The tract excoriates what the author..... More
Paris: Chez Edme Couterot, rue S. Jacques, au bon Pasteur, 1697. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigée par l'Auteur. 12mo; full contemporary calf, gilt spine in six compartiments; [48],500pp. (collated complete); woodcut title page emblem, initials, head- and tail-pieces. Ex-Congregation de Notre Dame de Verdun with their rubber-stamp to title page..... More
Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1981. Facsimile reprint of the 1674 edition. Octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers, yapp edges; [10],319pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature inside upper cover, else Very Good and sound. More
London: Printed, and Sold by E. Whitlock, near Stationers-Hall, 1696. First English Edition. Small octavo (17cm.); full contemporary speckled paneled calf, spine in five compartments; [16],134,[2]pp. (collated complete). Leather quite dried, especially at margins and spine with exposure at corners and top spine chord, textblock a bit toned and foxed..... More
Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable His Majesty's Council, 1761. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 72,[4]pp. (collated complete with half title). Textblock trimmed slightly affecting contemporary ownership signature at head of half title page (serving as upper wrapper), light dust-soil and chipping to..... More
N.p.: Catholic Historical Review, 1946. Offprint from Vol. XXXII, no. 1, April, 1946. Octavo (23cm); publisher's green printed staple bound wrappers; [2],28-46pp. Wrappers chipped and quite toned along margins, damp stain affecting bottom edge of wrappers but not bleeding into textblock; Good to Very Good overall. Not separately catalogued in..... More
Ienae [Jena]: Apud Io. Felicem Bielckium [Johann Felix Bielcke], 1715. Quarto (20cm); later wrappers adorned with facsimile reproduction of the title page, all edges stained red; [34],286,[24]pp.; title page printed in red and black; woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Shallow damp staining to wrappers, textblock rather toned, else Very..... More
Genève: Librairie Droz, 1983, 1994. First Editions. Large octavos (25.5cm.); publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spines; [4],xvii,[1],548; [2],xix,[1],938pp.; facsimiles throughout. Minor wear from handling, corners bumped, two white smudges to Vol. II upper cover, textblocks lightly dust-soiled, else a Very Good, sound set. Issued as Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance Nos. CXCII..... More
Neapoli [Naples]: Apud Aegidium Longum Typographum Regium, 1653. First Edition. Quarto (20cm.); full contemporary mottled roan, gilt spine in five compartments, all edges marbled; [20],208,186,[18]pp. (collated complete); woodcut illus. throughout, woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces. Leather dried at margins with scuffed exposure at corners, small chip at spine crown, else..... More
Paris: Chez la Vefve [Veuve] de Sebastien Hure, et Sebastien Hure, rue S. Jacques, au Coeur bon, 1655. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); full contemporary calf, gilt spine in six compartments; [10],468pp.; woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Leather quite worn at margins with early and pleasingly crude stitching along bottom..... More
Dilingae: Apud Udalricum Rem, 1622. Later Edition. Small 12mo (13.5cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine titling, all edges speckled; [2],140pp.; woodcut device to title page and initials throughout. Parchment soiled, especially along bottom half of spine and rear cover, textblock rather foxed, else a Very Good, sound copy overall.Small collection..... More
Paris: Chez Claude Aveline, 1923. First Thus, One of 35 copies printed on papier du Japon of which this is no. 2. Octavo; publisher's stiff brown pictorial card wrappers printed in black and red; xii,228pp.; one full-page woodcut illus. printed in black and grey, half-tone vignettes at the head of..... More
Moguntiae [Mainz, Germany]: Typis Ludovici Bourgeat, 1681. First Edition. Smallish, thick quarto; 19th century parchment over marbled paper-covered boards, brown gilt spine label; [16],924,[48]pp.(collated complete); woodcut device to title page, initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Boards a bit scuffed and worn at margins, ex-19th century seminary library with usual markings;..... More
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Antverpiae: Ioannem Meursium, 1635. Four titles bound in one volume. Small octavo (16cm.); 19th-century paste-paper boards, manuscript spine label, all edges stained red; mixed pagination (all titles collated complete); Jesuit device on title pages of first two titles, woodcut initials throughout. Ex-library (institution unknown) with spine call number crudely painted..... More
Antverpiae [Antwerp]: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii [Andrea Frisius], 1670. "Editio novissima aucta, emendata, & figuris aeneis exornata." 24mo (13cm.); full 19th-century brown morocco, gilt spine in five compartments; [36],158,[20]pp. (collated complete); added engraved title page and eighteen engraved illustrations in text, mostly full-paged. Ex-St. Michael's Monastery with their usual markings, leather..... More
[London]: [Thomas Parkhurst], [1702]. First Edition. Folio (31.5cm.); seven volumes in one; full unadorned contemporary calf; each volume with separate title page and pagination. Lacking first gathering including title page (title and imprint provided by the ESTC), as well as the map plates and final two leaves of advertisements bound..... More
Paris: Chez Michel Brunet, grand'Salle du Palais, au Mercure Galant, 1715. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo; full contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges stained red, marbled endpapers; [12],545,[32]pp. (collated complete). Light scuffing to leather margins, shallow loss at spine crown, 19th-century ownership ex libris of C.T. Noel de..... More
Paris: Chez la Veuve Bordelet, rue Saint Jacques, à Saint Ignace, 1758. First Veuve Bordelet Edition. 12mo (17cm.); full contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; xix,[5],528pp. (collated complete); woodcut initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces throughout. Ex-Congregation de Notre Dame de Verdun with..... More
Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1956. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white decorative card wrappers printed in green and white; 362pp. Light dust-soil with some bumping at tail of spine. Forms part of the series "Les Temps et les Destins." More
Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]: Apud Viduam Simonis Benard [a.k.a. Marie Benard], via Jacobea e regione Collegii Soc. Jesu., 1688. Fifth Edition. 12mo; contemporary calf, gilt spine in five compartments; 233,[1]pp.; head and tail pieces; twenty-four (24) engraved emblems. Light wear to edges with shallow loss at spine ends. Binding sound. Bookplate of "C.T. Noel..... More