Areostiade, ossia il mongolfiero. Poema di V.L.C. Milan: presso Agnello Nobile, 1803.
2 vols. in one, 12mo (157 x 97 mm.) xi, [1], 296; [4], 383, [1] pp. Contemporary tree calf, smooth spine with red and dark green morocco lettering pieces, small gilt Montgolfier balloon tool at top and bottom, yellow red-sprinkled edges. *** First complete edition of an epic poem on ballooning... More about Areostiade, ossia il mongolfiero. Poema di V.L.C
Meintzisch hoffgerichts Ordnu(n)g zu allen andern gerichten dienlich. Mainz: Johann Schöffer, 4 September 1521.
Bound with: Undergerichts ordnung des Ertzstiffts Meyntz. Mainz: Johann Schöffer, 23 May 1534. 2 vols. in one, small folio (278 x 193 mm). 1) [23] leaves (of 24, final blank removed). Woodcut title border composed of ten blocks. incorporating whimsical scenes, ornamental borders, and at bottom the arms of the... More about Meintzisch hoffgerichts Ordnu(n)g zu allen andern gerichten dienlich
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La decoratio[n] Dhumaine nature et aornement des dames. Co[m]pile et extraict des tres excelle[nts] docteurs et pl[us] expers medecins ta[n]t anciens q[ue] modernes… Lyon: Claude Veycellier, 1 March 1531.
8vo (133 x 90 mm). 50, [6] leaves. Bâtarde type. Title in red and black within woodcut border printed from four blocks, woodcut initials. Bound ca. 1830 in crimson polished calf, covers with double gilt fillet surrounding two blind roll-tooled borders, smooth spine gilt with title lettered longitudinally within decorative... More about La decoratio[n] Dhumaine nature et aornement des dames. Co[m]pile et extraict des tres...
Le Dialogue de consolation entre lame et raison: faict & compose par ung religieux de la reformation de lordre de Fontevrault: nouvellement imprime a Paris. Paris: [Étienne Caveiller for] Denis Janot, 1537.
8vo (164 x 102 mm). Collation: A-V8. [160] leaves. Bâtarde type, shoulder notes. Title printed in red and black within four-part metalcut border with grotesques and flowering plants, full-page metalcut of the Trinity and All Saints on title verso. Metalcut and woodcut 5-line initials. Foremargins of ff. D2-4 with tear... More about Le Dialogue de consolation entre lame et raison: faict & compose par ung religieux de la...
Spécimen des divers caractères, vignettes et fleurons des Fonderie et Stéréotypie de L. Leger graveur, neveu et successeur de P. F. Didot. Paris: Place de l’Estrapade, No. 28 (Impr. de Panckoucke), [not before 1831].
4to (280 x 220 mm). 64 leaves, plus 4 large folding specimen broadsides bound at end. 3 preliminary leaves: title, with Leger’s monogram, 2-page Avis to printers and booksellers, 2-page price list, the latter bearing the official royal inkstamp (Timbre royal); 61 specimen leaves and 4 large folding plates, printed... More about Spécimen des divers caractères, vignettes et fleurons des Fonderie et Stéréotypie de L. Leger...
Almanach utile et agréable de la loterie de l’Ecole Royale Militaire pour l’année 1759 ... Enrichi de quatre-vingt-dix figures en taille douce, qui pourront servir de devises. Amsterdam & Paris: chez Prault père [and] Laurent-Fr. Le Clerc, 1759.
16mo (113 x 62 mm). viii, 97, [1] pp. (folding table counted as 4 pages). Ninety-one etchings after Gravelot, including allegorical frontispiece signed by N. Le Mire and dated 1758, and 90 etched plates of girls and women engaged in various activities of daily life. Text within double rule border... More about Almanach utile et agréable de la loterie de l’Ecole Royale Militaire pour l’année 1759 ......
Histoire secrette du Prince Croque’Etron et de la Princesse Foirette. “A Gringuenaude [i.e., Paris?]: chez Vincent d’Avalos & Fleurimont Mordant, rue du Gros Visage, a l’Enseigne du Privé Conseil, attenant l’Hôtellerie de la Fleur,”, [ca. 1740-1780].
12mo (129 x 76 mm.). viii, 64 pp. Half-title. Expressive woodcut vignette on title (a chamber pot and its contents). Occasional light spotting. 19th-century citron morocco, sides gilt panelled, spine gilt lettered longitudinally, turn-ins gilt, gilt edges, pair of vellum flyleaves, by Koehler, with his signature on verso of front... More about Histoire secrette du Prince Croque’Etron et de la Princesse Foirette
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De tranquillitate animi, libri vii [and other works]. Edited by Simon Goulart; translated by Théodore Gautier. [Geneva]: Jacob Stoer, 1591.
8vo (173 x 110 mm). [24], 761, [15] pp. Roman and italic types, shoulder notes, woodcut printer’s device on title (Silvestre 1002), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Contemporary blind roll-tooled alum-tawed skin, edges stained green (some minor rubbing). Provenance: Jesuits of Amberg (Bavaria), 18th-century inscription on title, later paper... More about De tranquillitate animi, libri vii [and other works]. Edited by Simon Goulart; translated by...
![Narcisse dans l'Isle de Venus, Poëme en IV Chants. [Part 2:] Barthélemy IMBERT (1747-1790). Le...](/pictures/thumb/2132.jpg?v=1464322900)
Narcisse dans l'Isle de Venus, Poëme en IV Chants. [Part 2:] Barthélemy IMBERT (1747-1790). Le Jugement de Pâris, Poëme en IV Chants. Paris: chez Chaignieau aîné, 1797.
18mo (150 x 85 mm). 205, [1 blank], [2] pp. Half-titles, two engraved titles, after Charles Eisen (Narcisse) and Moreau (Jugement), and 8 engraved plates, four in part 1 after Gabriel Jacques de St. Aubin, and four in part 2 after Moreau, most engraved by L. Duval. 2-page publisher’s catalogue... More about Narcisse dans l'Isle de Venus, Poëme en IV Chants. [Part 2:] Barthélemy IMBERT (1747-1790). Le...
Mammotrectus super Bibliam. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 23 Sept. 1479.
4to (212 x 146 mm). Collation: A10 B-C8; a-y8 1-68 710 (A1 blank, A2r-C8v subject index; a1r author’s prologue, a1r-7/9v text, colophon on 7/9v, 7/10r-v table of contents). [260] leaves. Double column, 38 lines and headline. Types: 3:106G (headlines and openings of each book), 6:84(75)G (text). Capital spaces with guide..... More about Mammotrectus super Bibliam
Orationes Partheniae in Conventibus Ordinariis et Generalibus Ad Sodales Marianos in Congregatione Academica Salisburgensi dictae: Et jam ab eadem Congregatione Salisburgensi sub titulo Beatissimae Virginis Matris Dei Mariae Gloriose In Coelos Assumptae Partheniis DD. Sodalibus In Xenium oblatae. Salzburg: Johann Joseph Mayr, (1755).
8vo (148 x 89 mm). [30], 267, [23] pp. 12 engravings in text, woodcut and typographic head- and tailpieces, large folding letterpress table. Fine condition. Stitched with a drawn-on Brokatpapier cover, the edges cut flush and sprinkled with a red pigment.*** A devotional confraternity book produced for members of the Marian... More about Orationes Partheniae in Conventibus Ordinariis et Generalibus Ad Sodales Marianos in...
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[Hebrew: Gan’ Eden]. Hortvs Eden. Grammatica lingvae sanctae.... Secunda aeditio. Venice: Giovanni De Gara, 1585.
8vo (168 x 110 mm). [2], 102 ff. Hebrew, roman and italic types. Folding letterpress table (a syllabary). Title within type ornament border, printer’s device of three small woodcut crowns. Contemporary limp vellum, ms. title on upper edges (restored patch on lower cover, a few other small restorations). Provenance: Domenicus... More about Hebrew: Gan’ Eden]. Hortvs Eden. Grammatica lingvae sanctae.... Secunda aeditio
Das Buech der Warheit. Munich: Adam Berg, 1603.
Bound with: OSUNA, Francisco de and ALBERTINUS. Spiegel der Reichen. Munich: Nicolaus Heinrich, 1603. [Bound with:] DALNER, Andreas. Ein Tractat: Von Auffruhr od[er] Empörungen auß Geistl- und Weltlichen Historien... Ingolstadt: Andreas Angermaier, 1601. I: [12], 207, [4], [1 blank] ff. Title printed in red and black. Woodcut headpiece with hunters... More about Das Buech der Warheit
La Demauxesia Aumentacion del pueblo por los medios de procurar que no mueran 50.000 personas que ... se pierden anualmente en las Casas de Espósitos, en los Ospicios, y en las Carceles de España. Venice: Antonio Curto son of Jacopo, 1805.
4to (222 x 157 mm). [8], xvi, 76 pp. Engraved arms of the dedicatee Josefa Juaña Nepomucena Alvarez de Faria, flanked by personifications of hope and charity, on first dedication page (*2r), flanked by allegorical figures of pity and charity. A fine, wide-margined copy. Contemporary Italian mottled sheep-backed grey pastepaper... More about La Demauxesia Aumentacion del pueblo por los medios de procurar que no mueran 50.000 personas que...
Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum. Pii V. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Paris: the Associated Booksellers to the Church (apud Societatem Typographicam Librorum Officii Ecclesiastici), 1600.
Folio (362 x 245 mm). Collation: ã6 ê6 î4 (i4 blank) õ6 ũ6 ãã6 êê4; A-Z Aa-Yy6. [38], 228, 42 leaves. Double column, printed in red and black, double rule page-borders throughout. 57 pages with printed music (staves red-printed). Woodcut title illustration of Saints Peter and Paul, seven full-page woodcuts... More about Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum. Pii V. Pont. Max. iussu...
24 etched designs for cartouches and other ornaments. Etched text on first plate: All’ Ill.mo Sig.r Fran.co Bandini. Humilissimo servitore Giovan Batista Paganelli DD. Agost.o Mitelli In Ventor [sic]. [Milan: Giovanni Battista Paganelli, after 1650].
Sheet size 267 x 195 mm. 24 unnumbered plates of etchings after Mitelli by an unknown engraver, including title etching, on stubs. Platemarks: 241/ 246 x 166/168 mm. Most printed in brown ink (bistre). Watermarks: six-pointed star (cf. Briquet 6033) or no watermark. First plate slightly soiled and with small... More about 24 etched designs for cartouches and other ornaments. Etched text on first plate: All’ Ill.mo...
Les Bienfaits du sommeil ou Les quatres reves accomplis. Paris: (François Ambroise Didot for) Brunet, 1776.
8vo (162 x 109 mm). 16 pp. Half-title. Etched & engraved title and 4 plates by N. de Launay after Moreau le jeune. Woodcut headpiece by Beugnet, woodcut tailpieces. 19th-century red morocco gilt, sides with triple fillet panel, spine gold-tooled, turn-ins richly gold-tooled, g.e., by Chambolle-Duru. Provenance: Georges Danyau, bookplate.*** First... More about Les Bienfaits du sommeil ou Les quatres reves accomplis
L’Ibraim svltano. Drama postvmo. Venice: il Nicolini, 1692.
12mo (141 x 78 mm). “46” (recte 64), [2] pp. Correction leaf at end containing four arias. Engraved frontispiece, title within type-ornament and double rule border, woodcut title ornament, headpieces, tailpiece and initials. Slight staining, small wax stain in gutters of pp. 44-45, but a fresh copy, in contemporary carta... More about L’Ibraim svltano. Drama postvmo
Ordinaire de la Messe. Avec les Vespres. Les Complies. Les Sept Pseaumes de la Penitence... Paris: Durand, 1756.
32mo (binding size 97 x 59 mm). Single quire of 32 leaves. [64] pp. Some browning. Contemporary mosaic binding of white calf, the covers almost completely covered with onlays and inlays: at top and bottom a gold-tooled red-morocco double cornerpiece frame enclosing at each corner an inlay of painted clouds... More about Ordinaire de la Messe. Avec les Vespres. Les Complies. Les Sept Pseaumes de la Penitence
Code de Police pour les villes et fauxbourgs de Nancy. Nancy: J. B. Hiacinthe Leclerc, 1769.
12mo (147 x 90 mm). 212, [3] pp. Woodcut thistle ornament on title, woodcut tailpieces. Half-title tearing slightly along gutter, old paper reinforcements to gutters of A8v and B1r, 2 or 3 short marginal tears, occasional light foxing. Contemporary red morocco, double gilt fillet border to sides, smooth spine gold-tooled... More about Code de Police pour les villes et fauxbourgs de Nancy
Manuscript memoir of a captured French officer's experiences in Spain, 1808-1809. Title: Recollections / By / H de Montvaillant. [Hunthill House, Scotland, 1814].
4to (230 x 185 mm). [10], 233, [4] pp. Written in an italic hand in English, with occasional corrections or additions in a different hand, on wove paper, watermarked Budgen & Wilmott / 1812. Four unnumbered pages of French text at front and four at back, the latter dated 27... More about Manuscript memoir of a captured French officer's experiences in Spain, 1808-1809. Title:...
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Galerie de Portraits de Personnages Celebres [wrapper title]. Paris: Osterwald l’ainé, [ca. 1816].
16mo (135 x 96 mm). Two livraisons (all published): 1) 4 pp., [9] stipple-engraved plates, a few signed by Bosselman, one after Coeuré. 2) [1] leaf, [7] plates. Light foxing to first text page. On guards. Original blue printed wrappers, edges untrimmed, preserved in late 19th or early 20th-century straight-grained... More about Galerie de Portraits de Personnages Celebres [wrapper title
Suite of etched floral embroidery designs, in two states, colored and uncolored. Leipzig, [ca. 1800].
Oblong folio (200 x 327 mm). 36 etched plates, comprising 18 plates each in two states, colored and uncolored (all the colored plates bound first, followed by the uncolored plates), all numbered in the plate at upper right, “Tab. I [-XVIII] 3ter Bd.,” nearly all signed by Netto, some with... More about Suite of etched floral embroidery designs, in two states, colored and uncolored
Postilla super totam Bibliam. With the Additiones of Paulus de Sancta Maria, bishop of Burgos (ca. 1350-1435) and commentaries of Gulielmus Brito (d. 1356) and of Matthias Döring (d. before 1465). Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 22 January 1481.
2 volumes, royal folio (415 x 285 mm). Collation: (Vol. 1:) [1-58 6-146 158 16-346 3510 366 37-388 39-676 6810]. (Vol. II:) [1-26 38 4-256 268 27-366 376(6+1) 386 (38/6 a cancel) 39-828 8310]. 430 leaves (of 432, without first and last blank leaves) and 506 leaves (of 507, without... More about Postilla super totam Bibliam. With the Additiones of Paulus de Sancta Maria, bishop of Burgos...
Officio della B. V. Maria per tutti i tempi dell' anno, Con le dichiarazioni, e spiegazioni dell' Abate Alessandro Mazzinelli. Rome: Gioacchino & Giovanni Giuseppe Salvioni, 1756.
8vo (208 x 133 mm). [24], 407, [1] pp. 2 parts, the Office of the Dead separately titled. Printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and 12 full-page engravings by Arnold Van Weserhout and Jacob Frey after Joseph Passarus (Giuseppe Passaro), two engraved title vignettes, 12 engraved tailpiece vignettes, most... More about Officio della B. V. Maria per tutti i tempi dell' anno, Con le dichiarazioni, e spiegazioni dell'...