Long 12mo (150 x 67 mm). [24], 621, [3] pp. Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red and black, 10 engraved emblematic plates, the engravings by Johann-Benjamin Brühl. Bericht an die Buchbinder, listing the plates, at end. Contemporary German “sharkskin” (rayfish) binding, covers with mounted silver frames with... More about Himmlisches Freuden-Mahl der Kinder Gottes auff Erden. Oder Geistreiche Gebete, so vor, bey und...

[Bound with:] BRUNFELS, Otto (1488-1534). Contrafayt Kreüterbüch nach rechter vollkommener art. Strassburg: Johann Scott, 1532. [Bound with:] [IBN BUTLAN (d. ca. 1068), et al.] Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1533. 3 volumes in one, folio (294 x 194 mm.) 1) Rösslin: [16], 212, [8] pp. Double column, gothic types... More about Kreutterbuch von allen Erdgewächs.

4to (200 x 139 mm). Collation: ¶8 A-B4 C-Q8 R4 (R4 blank). [8], 113, [10] leaves. Index in two columns. Title woodcut of Saints Peter and Paul, woodcut floriated initials. Wormtracks in gutters, scattered dampstaining, dark marginal stains to corners in quires K-L. Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, stained, upper... More about Ceremonial romano para Missas cantadas y rezadas. En el qual se ponen todas las Rubricas...

4to (206 x 155 mm). [48] pp. Pictorial woodcut title border, title and calendar printed in red and black, woodcut astrological symbols. Interleaved with 11 leaves of contemporary manuscript notes in two different hands, in brown ink and graphite, on heavier paper. Small inkstamp on title with initial G and... More about Grätzerischer Schreibkalender, auf das Jahr nach der gnadenreichen Geburt unseres Herrn und...

Large folio engraved broadsheet (775 x 590 mm.) of calligraphic samples, with five engraved vignettes. Thick wove paper, deckle edges. Fine condition.***A splendid calligraphic sample, beautifully preserved. The imprint states that it was “composed, engraved and published by J. B. Seitz.” Seitz was an engraver for the Royal Bavarian Bureau..... More about Tableau de calligraphie.

Folio (277 x 184 mm). 193 leaves, paginated 1-167 166-167 168-384. Densely written in several cursive hands, some rapidly written but most quite legible, approximately 36 lines per page. 3 columns, for date, debtor or creditor and items, and prices. First leaf wrinkled and darkened, a few corners creased, dusty... More about “Brouillard no B Commencé le 26 aoust 1771 et fini le 27 fevrier 1774, de M & E” [cover...

4to (251 x 182 mm). 390, [10] pp. Engraved frontispiece after Jacques Stella, engraved title vignette and four figurative initials opening each book, thick and thin double rule page-borders throughout. Title a bit dusty, small tear and wrinkling in lower margin of G1, occasional minor stains, some dust-soiling to outer... More about De imitatione Christi libri quatuor.

Royal folio (390 x 287 mm). Collation: [a12-1 [b8 c-d8 e8] f8 g-m10 n-z8 A-L8 M6 N8 O8 P-Y8 Z8 (numerous missignings, last leaf blank (lacking). 388 (of 389)] leaves, unfoliated. Double column. 53 lines and headlines. Types: 2:150 (headlines and headings), 1:102 (text). First page with a four-part historiated... More about Super quarto libro sententiarum Petri Lombardi.

Small 8vo (154 x 86 mm). [8], 60, [1], [3 blank] pp. Line-engraved title vignette & 28 engraved illustrations in text, some two to a page, most of female busts, four of animals' heads, the last two showing full-length female figures including a saint next to a palm tree. Faint... More about Tractatus physiologicus de pulchritudine, Juxta ea quae de Sponsa in Canticis Canticorum...

4to (197 x 137 mm). [8], 101, [3] pp. Title within woodcut architectural border with allegorical figures, emblematic motifs, and four armorial shields including the arms of Genoa (St. George’s cross), below the title a bird’s-eye view of the port of Genoa; four full-page engravings, historiated woodcut initials, type-ornament page... More about Vita e miracoli della Beata Limbania Vergine, et Monaca del Monasterio di San Tomaso di Genova.

8vo (170 x 100 mm.). [12], 292 pp. Typographic title ornament, woodcut and typographic head-pieces and tail-piece. Some light spotting and discoloration, small light dampstain to some upper blank corners, but a nice copy. Old signature on title. Contemporary half vellum, sides with speckled paper, red edges.***Only Edition. Winter’s stark... More about Die Schönheiten des Winters historisch und physikalisch abgeschildert.

Manuscript on paper, 4to (212 x 165 mm). [272] pages, including 3 blank leaves (1, 37, and 136), written on rectos and versos in a legible cursive hand in brown ink, mostly 24-25 lines. A draft, with many crossings out and additions. The date 1833 (apparently in a different hand)... More about Dictionnaire des femmes des Cinq parties du monde. Europe. 1ere Partie. 3eme division.