Le Trésor des almanachs, Etrennes nationales, curieuses, nécessaires et agréables. Paris: Cailleau, 1781.
24mo (binding size 98 x 60 mm). Collation: [A]8 B-I8 (nested quires, sewing between I4 and I5). 143, [1] pp. Woodcut allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 12 woodcut vignettes, rule page borders throughout. Publisher’s case binding of red morocco with large green morocco panels on each cover..... More
Dactylologie et langage primitif restitués d’après les monuments. Paris: Firmin Didot frères [for the author], sold by Didot, Jules Renouard and Techener, 1850.
Large 4to (308 x 230 mm). [8], 360; 35 pp. Large-paper issue on heavy wove paper (papier vélin). Includes Greek printing. 61 plates of pen-and-ink lithographs with text, lithographed by Lalanne, printed by Lemercier, including one double-page plate and two chromolithographs with gold-printed captions. Occasional light foxing. presentation binding commissioned..... More
Le Satire et altre Rime piacevole. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1546.
Bound with: MORATO, Fulvio Pellegrino (d. 1549). Rimario de tvtte le cadentie di Dante, e Petrarca, raccolte per Pellegrino moretto Mantouano. Nouamente con la gionta ristampato. Venice: Francesco Bindoni & Maffeo Pasini, 1546 (colophon 1547). 2 vols. in one, 8vo (155 x 96 mm). BENTIVOGLIO: [1], 2-27 ff. Woodcut printer’s..... More
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[Das Narrenschiff, in Latin:] Stultifera navis. Translated from German by Jacobus Locher, Philomusus, in collaboration with Brant. Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 1 June 1497.
4to (195 x 135 mm). Collation: A-B6 C-H4.6 I4 K-X4.6 y6. 112 leaves, foliated with errors 1-”116”. 35-38 lines (variable) and headline. Types: gothic type 17:145 (title and headlines), roman type 22:89 (text). A few spaces for initials, unrubricated. 118 woodcut illustrations printed from 78 blocks. Title stained and soiled..... More
Varia carmina. With additions by Johann Bergmann de Olpe. Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May 1498.
4to (203 x 145 mm). Collation: A-C8 D-I8.4 K4; a8 bc4 d-h8 i4 k-m8 n4. 148 leaves, unfoliated. 30 lines, printed shoulder notes. Roman types 1:109 (title and Latin text), 3:77 (marginalia), gothic types 4:220 (title and headings) and 5:109G (German text). 7 woodcut illustrations printed from 6 blocks, including..... More
La destruttione di Gierusalemme del Sig. Conte Ridolfo Campeggi, e la prigiona del Santo Sepolcro di Christo, Del Signor Girolamo Tortoletti. Rome: Lodovico Grignani, 1628.
Small 8vo (141 x 96 mm). Collation: A-D8. 64 pp. (last page misnumbered “94”). Small crucifixion woodcut on title. Slight browning. 18th-century pattern paper wrappers, blue-stained edges. *** Only Edition. Campeggi's posthumously published verses in 114 stanzas in ottava rima relate in heart-rending images the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by..... More
![Regla de la P[a]sio[n]: Manuscript rules for the Confraternity of the Holy Cross of La Horcajada,...](/pictures/thumb/4007.JPG?v=1558723198)
Regla de la P[a]sio[n]: Manuscript rules for the Confraternity of the Holy Cross of La Horcajada, Spain. Ávila and La Horcajada, 1527-1615.
Manuscript on parchment (380 x 270 mm). [1]8. complete. Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Regla, in Spanish, in 30 numbered sections (inconsistent numbering on ff. 3v-4v), in a rounded script in brown ink (the first page slightly larger), up to 27 lines. F. 1r: incipit, first four lines in large lettering, with..... More
Les Oeuvres. Lyon: Benoist Rigaud, 1579.
16mo (118 x 72 mm). 256 pp. Roman type. Title woodcut of a convivial feast, woodcut initial. Tiny rust-hole in fol. E3, trifling foxing to title and second leaf. 19th-century red morocco gilt, sides panelled with triple fillet border and central gold-stamped arms of the Marquis de Coislin, spine gold-tooled..... More
![Sext[us] decretalium liber ... Cui adiecta sunt recenter summaria. [Part 2:] CLEMENT V, Pope....](/pictures/thumb/2856.JPG?v=1492458343)
Sext[us] decretalium liber ... Cui adiecta sunt recenter summaria. [Part 2:] CLEMENT V, Pope. Clementinarum constitutionum liber. [Part 3:] Extrauagantes comunes a diversis Romanis Pontificibus post Sextum edite. [Part 4:] JOHN XXII, Pope. Extrauagantes seu constitutiones viginti: a Joanne xxii edite. Paris: Jean Kerbriand (at least in part for Pierre Gaudoul), 1531.
Bound with: CLEMENT V, Pope. Clementinarum constitutionum liber. Paris: for Pierre Gaudoul, 1531 [And:] Extrauagantes comunes a diversis Romanis Pontificibus post Sextum edite. Paris: [Jean Kerbriand], 1531 [And:] JOHN XXII, Pope. Extrauagantes seu constitutiones viginti: a Joanne xxii edite. Paris: (Jean Kerbriand), 1531. 8vo (155 x 98 mm). Four parts..... More
![Dialogus inter clericum et militem super dignitate papali et regia:] Disputacio inter clericum et...](/pictures/thumb/3130.JPG?v=1472593713)
[Dialogus inter clericum et militem super dignitate papali et regia:] Disputacio inter clericum et militem. - Compendium de vita Antichristi. [Cologne: Printer of Augustinus, `De fide', ca. 1473].
Chancery half-sheet 4to (209 x 147 mm). Collation: [1-28] (1/1r-2/5v Disputatio inter clericum et militem, 2/6r-2/8v Compendium de vita Anticristi). 26 lines. Type: 100(107). Two 4-line initial spaces. Initials and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue, the first with infill and flourishing in blue. First leaf rehinged, repairs in..... More
![Emblemi sulla Dottrina Cristiana ad uso de' Sordo-Muti inventati da S. R. Il Padre Gio. Bat[is]ta...](/pictures/thumb/2952.JPG?v=1548966130)
Emblemi sulla Dottrina Cristiana ad uso de' Sordo-Muti inventati da S. R. Il Padre Gio. Bat[is]ta Ottavio Assarotti, delle scuole Pie. Genoa, 1824.
Manuscript on laid paper, 4to (236 x 176 mm). 126 leaves, foliated [3], 1-3, [1], 4-42, [1], 43-51 [1] 52-61 [1] 62-103 [1] 104-118 (apparently complete). The numbered leaves containing one hundred and eighteen highly finished emblematic drawings, all full-page, explanations written on versos, the unnumbered leaves containing the title..... More
Etrennes mignones curieuses et utiles... pour l’année 1785. Paris: N. Crapart & C.J.C. Durand, 1785.
24mo (binding size 98 x 58 mm). Collation: 1-68 (nested quires). [48] leaves. Folding woodcut maps of France écclesiastique at front and Environs de Paris at back, printed on one sheet enclosing text. Map edges frayed, some discoloration. Embroidered binding of gray-blue faille silk, an outer floral vine border of..... More
Ad Capponianas Ruthenas tabulas commentarius. Rome: Giovanni Generoso Salomoni [for the author], 1755.
4to (310 x 216 mm). [40], 136 pp. Title in red and black with engraved vignette of the arms of the dedicatee Cardinal Millo held aloft by two cherubs, text in two columns, 5 engraved plates on thicker paper, two historiated initials, one engraved, signed by Gravignani, woodcut tailpiece. Light..... More
De la condition sociale des femmes au dix-neuvième siècle, et de leur éducation publique et privée. Brussels: (H. Rémy for) Berthot, Libraire du Roi et de la Cour, 1834.
18mo (155 x 100 mm). [8], 161, [3] pp. Half-title preserved. Wove paper. Some soiling, a few creases. Contemporary dark violet leather-backed marbled boards, title gilt-lettered on spine (extremities worn). Marginal reader’s marks in first chapter (Première Lettre).*** First edition in book form of a foundational text of Belgian feminism. This..... More
Leipziger Messscenen. Erstes (-Zweites, -Drittes) Heft. Leipzig: E. Z. Steinacker, 1804-1805.
3 parts, small oblong 4to (178 x 219 mm.). 20; 18; “19” (recte 20) pp. Each part with half-title only, titles supplied on the wrappers. 12 plates of oval hand-colored tinted aquatints by Geissler. Occasional light foxing to text. Publisher’s original pale green printed wrappers (some wear and creasing, sewing..... More
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
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
Traité des songes et des visions nocturnes avec leurs significations, selon la doctrine des Anciens, expliquées par ordre alphabétique. [Caen: Chalopin, ca. 1800].
12mo (137 x 84 mm). 12 pp. Drop-title. Stab-stitched in original blue printed wrappers. Modern folding moroco-backed chemise and slipcase.*** A late chapbook incarnation of Vulson de La Colombière’s treatise on dream interpretation (first published 1660), this pocket-sized alphabetical list of dreams and their meanings had a practical purpose, being sold..... More
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
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
Les Bienfaits du sommeil ou Les quatre 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
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
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
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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
Advice to a Son. Or Directions For your better Conduct, Through the various and most important Encounters of this Life. ... The Sixt Edition. Oxford [i.e., London]: H[enry]. H[all]. for Tho. Robinson, 1658.
Bound with: Advice to a Son. The Second Part. London: printed for Tho. Robinson in Oxford, 1658. 2 vols. in one, 12mo (139 x 83 mm). [8], 188, [8] pp., including final ad leaf. Part 2: [12], 189, [3] pp. Woodcut initials, type ornaments. Tear in leaf I1 in part..... More