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
Scrutinium scripturarum. [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after May 1470].
Chancery folio (289 x 209 mm). Collation: [a-b10 c12 d-k10 l8 m-r10 s12 sz10 t-v10 x6]. 217 (of 218) leaves, unfoliated, blank leaf g10 removed, blank leaves x5-6 preserved. manuscript quiring largely preserved, in two series, in red ink, possibly by the rubricator, and in brown ink at extreme outer..... More
Prolyta Victorius Emmanuel Stellardi Taurinensis aulae regiae clericus ad Theologiae Lauream... Turin: s.n., 1836.
4to (binding size 257 x 203 mm). 20 pp. Case binding of ivory watered silk over pasteboards, covers richly embroidered with a variety of gilt metallic appliqués, both covers with outer border of braided or needle-looped silver thread, enclosing a large border of scrolling hatched gilt onlays, ornamented with laurel..... More
Gold-tooled morocco portfolio with papal arms. [Italy, probably Rome, late 17th century].
An agenda-format portfolio or letter-holder of gold-tooled brown goatskin or hair sheep (334 x 135 mm.), both covers with dense pointillé tools surrounding a large coat of arms in the upper compartment, consisting of the Papal arms on the front cover (the original Papal shield overlaid by a brown goatskin..... More
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Amélie, roman de Mr Fiedling [sic, corrected in titles of parts 2 and 3], Traduit de l’Anglois Par Mdme Riccoboni. Paris: Brocas & Humblot, 1762.
3 vols. in one, 12mo (162 x 97 mm). [2] ll., 176 pp.; [2] ll., 208 pp.; [2] ll., 271 pp. Fine. Contemporary French mottled calf, flat spine gilt with red morocco lettering piece, edges stained red (foot of spine slightly chipped).*** First Edition of Mme. Riccoboni’s free adaptation of Fielding’s..... More
Trois discours pour la religion catholique: des Miracles, des Saints & des Images. Rouen: Jean Osmont, 1604.
12mo (144 x 79 mm). [22], 626, [8] pp. Title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer’s device. Woodcut and type-ornament head- and tailpieces, ornamental initials. An attractive copy (title a bit dust-soiled). Contemporary parchment over flexible boards, manuscript spine title, traces of two fore-edge ties. Provenance: with..... More
Album of illustrations from printed books and periodicals. [France, ca. 1855].
Oblong album (257 x 333 mm). [55] leaves of thick paper including sheets of blue, green and brown paper, on the rectos and some versos of which are carefully mounted approximately 425 cut-out illustrations from French books and periodicals, most from the 1830s and 1840s (but with 5 eighteenth-century illustrations..... More
Chansons Patriotiques. Nouvelle Edition. Dord: B. F. Morks, 1795.
Bound with: ROUGET de LISLE. Autograph letter signed. 8vo (159 x 99 mm). 136 pp. Half-title, engraved title with revolutionary emblems. Very good, 2 or 3 marginal tears. Hand-colored etching of a Revolutionary tribunal cut round and mounted on front flyleaf. Modern marbled boards, preserving earlier gilt leather lettering-piece on..... More
Ceremonial romano para Missas cantadas y rezadas. En el qual se ponen todas las Rubricas generales y particulares del Missel Romano, que divulge el Papa Pio. Alcalá de Henares: heirs [widow] of Juan Gracián for Juan de Montoya, bookseller at the Court, 1589.
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
Summa Roselle de casibus conscientie. Strassburg: Johann Knobloch, 26 February 1516.
Folio (309 x 212 mm). [10], 265, [1 blank] leaves. Double column. Title printed in red and black within large woodcut border by Hans Baldung Grien showing Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I enthroned, holding scepter and orb, within a pillared hall, at his feet the imperial arms, signed with the..... More
Gott gefällige Andachtsübung des heiligen Kreuzweges. Amberg: s.n., [ca. 1840].
12mo (134 x 98 mm.). 46 pp. Title woodcut and 14 half-page woodcuts in the text. Light dampstain in second half. Contemporary block-printed paper over pasteboards, blue-sprinkled edges.*** A Bavarian chapbook edition of the Stations of the Cross, well-preserved in its patterned paper case binding. Following the papal permission granted by Innocent..... More
Leben, und Wunder-Thaten des heiligen Udalrici oder Ulrich, Beichtigers, aus dem Orden des heiligen Benedicti, der Cluniacenser Congregation, und ersten Priors des Closters der hh. Apostlen Petri und Pauli, jetzt von ihm St. Ulrich genannt, im Schwarzwald. Augsburg and Freiburg: Ignaz and Anton Wagner, 1756.
8vo (165 x 90 mm). [22], 340, [10] pp. Title printed across two pages, in red and black. Folding engraved frontispiece and three engraved plates (one loose), by and after Peter Maÿer of Freiburg. Typographic head-piece ornaments and initial borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Errata page at end. Some browning..... More
“Brouillard no B Commencé le 26 aoust 1771 et fini le 27 fevrier 1774, de M & E” [cover title]. Grenoble, 1771-1774.
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
Tractatus physiologicus de pulchritudine, Juxta ea quae de Sponsa in Canticis Canticorum mysticè pronunciantur. Brussels: Franciscus Foppens, 1662.
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
Die Schönheiten des Winters historisch und physikalisch abgeschildert. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1756.
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