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..... More
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, ca. 1870s. Large, thick quarto; contemporary half gilt-ruled morocco over cloth, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; xxviii,737pp.; 118 plates, hundreds of text illus. throughout. Boards scuffed with exposure at corners, spine sunned and leather dried, stock a bit toned and brittle due to..... More
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, ca. 1880. Two volumes; folio; contemporary half maroon morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spines in five compartments; xxviii,318; [319]-737pp.; illus. throughout, including dozens of plates. Leather rather dried and starting to crack along joints, extremities a bit rubbed with some brief exposure, cloth somewhat dust-soiled along..... 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
In 'sGraven-Hage [The Hague]: D.H. van Wallsdorp [H. Verdussen], 1650. First edition. Small quarto (18.5cm.); removed; 24pp. [A-C4]; woodcut title page device, text printed almost entirely in Dutch blackletter. Imprint provided by KNUTTEL 6855. Third gathering separated but present, stock rather toned and dusty, else Good, the impression quite..... More
New York: John R. Alden, 1887. Small 12mo (161cm.); publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in black; 217,[1],[6](ads)pp. Light shelf wear, corners gently bumped, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else a Very Good, sound copy in attractive publisher's cloth binding. You've already deduced that παιδεραστής = pederast, haven't..... More
Paris: Delance et Lesueur, 1804. Nouvelle Édition. 12mo; full contemporary tree calf, gilt spine with two red onlays, marbled endpapers; [4],301pp. Boards a bit scuffed with brief exposure at corners, a few late leaves with closed horizontal tear mid-fore-edge touching text without loss of sense, else a Very Good copy..... More
[Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey pictorial glossy card wrappers; vii,[1],241pp. Very light wear from handling, else Fine. More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1813. 12mo (16.5cm.); contemporary black gilt- and blind-tooled paneled calf, gilt spine in five compartments, brown morocco spine onlay, marbled endpapers; vii,[1],304pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page. Leather a bit rubbed at extremities, some shallow creasing to a few early leaves, text block unevenly foxed throughout..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1839. 12mo; full contemporary brown gilt-tooled morocco, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [2],xi,[1],576pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, eleven plates. Binding expertly recased, dark, shallow dampstain affecting fore-edge margin of frontispiece, plates rather foxed, else a Very Good, attractively bound copy of this uncommon illustrated edition. More
Zurich: Artibus Asiae Publishers, Museum Rietberg, 1999. First Edition. Quarto (30.5x24x3cm); 344pp, including appendices, bibliography, glossary, and index. Illustrated with 222 photographic images in color and B&W. Note that this is the true first edition, in hardcover, not the 2008 reprint from Paul Holberton Publishing, which bears the same ISBN..... More
Genevæ: Sumptibus & Typis Samuelis Chouët, 1659. Editio novissima prioribus accuratior & emendatior. Quarto (25.5cm.); full contemporary sheep, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; mixed pagination (collated thus: ¶4 A-N8 O4 P1 2A-3G8 2A-2T8 2V7 3A-3Y8 3Z3 A-M8 N4); added engraved title page, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces..... More
Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan, [1925 or 1926]. First Edition. Octavo; Vol I xl + 473pp; Vol II continues pagination through 944 + 1p of errata. Broché with laid-paper wraps. Remarkably good copies, though showing age-tanning throughout. Only the wrappers have any signs of foxing, and that is minimal. The textblock..... More
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Paris: Grangé / Duchesne / Poirion, 1750-1753. Eight volumes; 12mo (14.5cm.); near-uniformly bound in mottled calf, gilt spines with tan or brown gilt-lettered onlays, all edges marbled save those of Vol. V (edges stained red); thirty-one engraved plates signed in image by Rococo painter F. Boucher. Light scuffing to extremities..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, [1914]. Sixième Édition. 12mo (18.25cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, marbled endpapers; [6],318pp. Spine a bit sunned, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Carl Fischer, [1945]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); publisher's grey staple bound card wrappers lettered and ruled in blue; [4],35pp.; music throughout. Light edge wear and toning, faint rubber-stamp at bottom margin of upper cover, else Very Good or better. More
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Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d., ca. 1870. "Nouvelle Édition Collationnée sur la Dernière Édition Publié du Vivant de l'Auteur." 12mo (18cm.); contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers; [4],502pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Boards rather rubbed, leather a bit dried and spine crown pulled, else..... More
Paris: Adrian Perier, 1606. Two volumes in one; thick quarto (23.5cm.); contemporary calf, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; [18],757,[29]; [8],643,[11]pp. (collated and complete); woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Leather dried and scuffed at extremities, joints cracked and chipped but still holding, losses at spine ends leaving headband..... More
Troy, NY: Printed and Sold by the Rensselaer Book-Store, by Wright, Goodenow, & Stockwell, 1806. First American Edition. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's full sheep, gilt-ruled spine; xi,[1],286,[15]pp. Leather quite dry, and subsequently rubbed and chipped at extremities including shallow losses at spine ends, front joint cracked but just holding, some faint..... More
![Milton: Annual Lecture on a Master Mind [Henriette Hertz Trust]. T S. Eliot](/pictures/thumb/8663.jpg?v=1613494897)
[New York (?)]: [Haskell House (?)], [ca. 1965]. Unauthorized Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's grey printed staple bound card wrappers; 19pp. Top margins of wrappers rather toned, the whole a bit cockled from exposure to damp, else Very Good and sound. The later unauthorized reprint of Eliot's address on Milton..... More
![The Vigil of Venus: A Rendering of the Pervigilium Veneris into English Verse [Limited Edition]....](/pictures/thumb/12755.jpg?v=1647955436)
Shaftsbury: High House Press, 1927. First Thus, Limited to 200 copies of which this is no. 93. Small, slim 12mo; parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black; 14pp.; vignettes by L. Clennell after Thomas Stothard, text printed in red and black. Spine parchment a bit toned with small chip..... More
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London: David Stott, n.d. but 1883. First Edition. 12mo (16cm.); publisher's pale blue card wrappers lettered and ruled in black and red; [12],102pp. Light toning to extremities, especially spine, else Very Good and sound. Publisher's advertisement tipped to half title verso. Small unobtrusive ex libris tipped inside upper cover of..... More
Taipei: National Palace Museum, 1995. First Edition. Octavo in slipcase (volume 29x22x2.5cm; slipcase 30.5x22.5x3cm); 287pp. Full-color full-page plates for each of 130 catalogued items; images repeated as B&W thumbnails for final index of specifications. About 90 additional color and B&W photographs and documentary images in introduction. Principally in Chinese; augmented..... More