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Photo of "La saisiaz: the two poets ..."
BROWNING, Robert. La saisiaz: the two poets of croisic. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. First edition. 8vo. [8], 201pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32262
Photo of "La Sainte Bible, qui contient ..."
[BIBLE - French]. La Sainte Bible, qui contient L'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament. A Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Mortier, [1699]. Nouvelle edition reveu sur les textes Hebreux & Grecs par les Pasteurs et Professeurs de Geneve. 12mo. Signatures: A-3O6, 3P2. Without the New Testament (A-S6, T10), clearly never bound into this volume. With an engraved general title page. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled black calf, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, margins closely trimmed - occasional shaving to chapter titles at head, horizontal tear and partial naive paper repair to leaf T4 - touching text without loss of sense. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30415
Photo of "L'art chrétien primitif et l'art ..."
DIEHL, Charles. L'art chrétien primitif et l'art byzantin . Paris et Bruxelles. G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. 61, [LXIV]. Contemporary half red morocco, red cloth boards, lettered and tooled in gilt. Top edge gilt, vivid marbled endpapers. A little scuffed and marked, though bright save a little foxing throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30758
Photo of "La religieuse"
DIDEROT, [Denis]. La religieuse. Paris. P. Arnould, [1886]. 16mo. [2], 412pp. With an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate by P. Kauffmann. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, later bookplate of E. L. Allhusen to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP, leaves toned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27833
Photo of "L'arco di costantino o della ..."
BERENSON, Bernard. L'arco di costantino o della decadenza della forma. Milano. Electa Editrice, [1952]. First edition. 8vo. 74pp, [16]. With 80 monochrome photographic plates. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in black, dustwrapper. Upper board nearly detached, slight dust-soiling and chipping to dustwrapper. Upper hinge exposed, lightly browned. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'To Mason Hammond / with the affectionate / friendship / of / Bernard Berenson / (?) / Dec. 29 / 1952'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14538
Photo of "La pucelle d'orléans, poëme en ..."
VOLTAIRE. La pucelle d'orléans, poëme en vingt-un chants. Paris. [De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet], An VII [i.e. 1799] 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 223, [1]; [4], 243pp, [1]. With half-titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, and a further 21 engraved plates. Original publisher's pink paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces to spines. Rubbed, joints starting, spines sunned. Very occasional light spotting. Ink-stamps 'Se Vend Chez Marrot Receveur de la loterie-Nationale, à Rochefort' to half-title of Vol. I and FFEP of Vol. II. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29783
Photo of "La princesse d'amalfi"
GOLOWKIN, Fedor. La princesse d'amalfi. Paris. Chez A. Chasseriau, 1821. First edition. 8vo. 209pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Printed in Didot type. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, loss to lettering-piece. Inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'John Fowles / 1963'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23971
Photo of "La petite rapporteuse.*...*The telltale"
ELLIOTT, Marie. La petite rapporteuse.*...*The telltale. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez William Darton, [s.d., c.1825] First edition in French. 12mo. 36pp. With a folding engraved frontispiece, and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's printed stiff buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed, marked, and dusty. Frontispiece a little creased, very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21704
Photo of "La petite entremetteuse;* ou, une ..."
ELLIOTT, Marie. La petite entremetteuse;* ou, une faute conduit a plusieurs...*the little meddler. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez William Darton, 1829. First edition in French. 12mo. 36pp. With a folding, partially hand-coloured, engraved frontispiece and two further plain engraved plates. Original publisher's printed light blue stiff paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, faint pen-trials, ticket of bookseller T. Connolly of Dublin to upper wrapper. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, ink-stamp of W. T. Matier of Belfast to title, very short tear to margin of final leaf, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21705
Photo of "La peinture: poeme en trois ..."
LEMIERRE, [Antoine-Marin]. La peinture: poeme en trois chants. A Paris. Chez le Jay Librarie, [1769]. First edition. Quarto. [4], vii, [1], 94pp. With a half-title, an engraved titlepage, and three engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled sheep, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, some loss to foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, contemporary book-label of the Chez Bouvat Library, St. Petersburg to FEP, loss to gutter of front blank fly-leaf, contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, slight paper-flaw to border of one plate, twentieth-century Russian library stamp/label to ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20055
Photo of "La orazia: tragedia"
ARETINO, Pietro. La orazia: tragedia. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Nella Tipografia Bonducciana e presso Luigi Molini, 1855. Terza edizione [i.e. third edition]. 8vo. 106pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, green cloth boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25738
Photo of "Laneham's letter describing the Magnificent ..."
LANEHAM, [Robert]. Laneham's letter describing the Magnificent Pageants presented before Queen Elizabeth, at Kenilworth Castle in 1575; repeatedly referred to in the romance of Kenilworth. London. Printed for J. H. Burn, 1821. 8vo. xvi, [2], 114pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a final advertisement leaf. Later navy half-calf, brown buckram boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27555
Photo of "La nation boutiquiere and other ..."
LUSHINGTON, Henry. La nation boutiquiere and other poems chiefly political by henry lushington, with a preface. Points of war by franklin lushington. Cambridge. Macmillan and Co., 1855. First edition. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 87, [1], 16pp. With a half-title and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped orange cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt to spine. Rubbed and sunned, loss/tearing to spine. Early inked ownership inscription of Emily Butler to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32373
Photo of "La mécanique appliquée aux arts, ..."
BERTHELOT, [Claude François]. La mécanique appliquée aux arts, aux manufactures, a l'agriculture et a la guerre. Paris. Chez l'Auteur, 1782. First edition. Quarto. Two volumes bound as one. 141, [3]; 142pp. With half-titles and 132 engraved plates (two folding). Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, recently rebacked and recornered preserving contemporary backstrip, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed. Early manuscript lists of plates to verso both half-titles, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24250
Photo of "La mandragola commedia"
MACHIAVELLI, [Niccolò]. La mandragola commedia. [Verona]. Stampato per I Cento Amici del Libro, 1957. Quarto. Limited edition of 120 copies. 98pp, [4]. With seven full-page lithographed illustrations in the text by Amerigo Bartoli Natinguerra (1890-1971). Original publisher's limp cream paper boards, lettered in red, glassine wrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, loss to spine of wrapper. Internally immaculate. Signed by Sanminiatelli on the colophon. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27820
Photo of "L'allegro and il penseroso"
MILTON, John. L'allegro and il penseroso. [London]. The Art-Union of London, 1848. Quarto. [64]pp. With 30 engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Cuff brothers of Preston in contemporary dark green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, gilt, dentelles, binder's ticket to FEP, fosed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32514