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MULDER, Claas. Over eenen zoogenaamden zwavelregen in Mei 1826 in Vriesland Gevallen. Te Amsterdam. Lodewijk van Es, 1827. First edition. 8vo. [2], 38pp. Uncut in original publisher's plain green paper wraps. Author and publication date in manuscript to upper wrap, slight wear and soiling. Occasional spots of foxing, ink -stamps of the Royal Meteorological Society to upper wrap and title. Ink inscription to head of title (Presentation?) More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13430

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MURET, Marc-Antoine. M. antonii mureti orationes. Quotquot extant omnes, additionibus quo ad per marginum angustias fieri potuit, illustratae... Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Johannem Hulpeau, in monte D. Hilarii, 1573. [2], 184pp, [1].

[Bound with:] MURET, Marc-Antoine. M. antonii mureti variarum lectionum libri VIII... Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Johannem Hulpeau, in monte D. Hilarii, 1574. [2], 175pp, [17].

16mo. Contemporary calf, gilt supralibros to both boards, A.E.G. Extremities heavily worn and marked, without spine panel, surface loss to boards, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscriptions of P. J. Gilbert to FFEP and title page of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24943

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[MUSÉE CENTRAL DES ARTS]. Notice des statues, bustes, bas-reliefs, et autres objets composant la Galerie des Antiques de musee central des arts, ouverie pour la premiere fois le dix-huit Brumaire an 9. Paris. De l'Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, [s.d., c. 1810] 12mo. [2], 107pp, [1]. Later green diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28048

[NAPOLEON]. L'homme du siecle et de la patrie. [Paris]. [De l'Imprimerie de Hocquet], [s.d., c.1815] First edition. 8vo. 20pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Horizontal tears to text of final two leaves, lightly spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19033

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[NAPOLEON]. [Caption title:] XXe. bulletin de la grande armee. Moscou, le 17 Septembre 1812. Montpellier. l'Imprimerie de Mme. Picot, [1812]. Dimensions 460 x 360 mm. Single leaf broadside. With the Imperial eagle vignette to head. Early vertical and horizontal folds, edges uncut. A trifle browned, single small hole touching text, without loss of sense. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20594

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NEPOS, Cornelius. Cornelii nepotis excellentium imperatorum vitae. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis J. Brindley, 1744. 12mo. [14], 118pp, [10]. With an engraved title-page and a terminal list of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 19256

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NIXON, Montgomery. Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de hydrope anasarca... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Apud Balfour et Smellie, 1789. First edition. 8vo. [6], 30pp. With a half-title. Uncut. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28533

NOUVRAY, Mme. de. Robinson du Jeune Age ou Aventures les plus curieuses de robinson crusoé. Paris. Langlumé et Peltier, [s.d., c.1845] 12mo. [2], 216pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page, and a further two engraved plates. Original publisher's gilt-stamped turquoise paper boards. Rubbed, joints split, some loss to head and foot of darkened spine, without lettering-piece. Endpapers browned, early inked ownership inscription to FFEP, slight damp-staining to foot of frontispiece and initial gathering. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22690

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OCAGNE, [Philbert] Maurice d'. [Caption title:] Sur une application de la theorie de la probabilite des erreurs aux nivellements de haute precision. [Paris]. [Gauthier-Villars], [1895]. First offprint edition. Quarto. 4pp. Original publisher's drab wrappers, recent printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities sunned. Leaves toned. Presentation copy, author's rubber stamp signature to upper wrapper. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25290

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OCAGNE, [Philbert] Maurice d'. [Caption title:] Sur la methode nomographique la plus generale resultant de la position relative de deux plans superposes. [Paris]. [Gauthier-Villars], [1898]. First offprint edition. Quarto. 4pp. Original publisher's drab wrappers, recent printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities sunned. Leaves toned. Presentation copy, author's rubber stamp signature to upper wrapper. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25291

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OCAGNE, [Philbert] Maurice d'. Sur la resolution nomographique du triangle de position pour une latitude donee [within Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de L'Academie des Sciences, Vol. 135, No. 18, November 3, 1902]. Paris. Gauthier-Villars, 1902. First edition. Quarto. 728-730pp. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Wrappers creased, chipped, and detached from text-block. Leaves toned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25292

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OCAGNE, [Philbert] Maurice d'. Principes usuels de nomographie avec application a divers problemes concernant l'artillerie et l'aviation... Paris. Gauthier-Villars, 1920. First edition. 8vo. [2], 67pp, [3]. Recent cream paper wrappers over original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Housed in custom cloth clamshell case. Recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to verso of upper wrapper, leaves toned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28962

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[OLDMIXON, John]. La vie d'anne stuart reine de la grand-bretagne, de france, & d'irlande. Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Humbert, 1716. 8vo. [2], 488p. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Title page in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, lettered in gilt to upper board: 'M. De Prangins'. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28056

OOSTENS-WITTAMER, Yolande. Das hotel Solvay erleben. [Brussels]. [Editions Lebeer Hossman], [1995]. Second edition. Folio. 32pp. Sixteen folded sheets loosely inserted into original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked. Overall a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25293

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[OPERA]. [An archive of 94 theatre programmes and libretti]. [vs.]. [vs.], [c. 1820s-1930s] 12mo, 8vo, and quarto. The majority preserved within original publisher's wrappers. More > £ 4,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25079

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OPTATUS, Saint. Optati afri milevitani episcopi De Schismate Donatistarum contra parmenianum Donatistam Libri Septem... Londini [i.e. London]. Typis Joh. Legat, 1631. First edition. 8vo. [16], 271, 276-364pp. With errata to verso of title page. Contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and a trifle marked, minute worm-holes to lower joint and foot of spine. Without free-endpapers, rear pastedown sprung, early inscriptions to title page of Ja. Byfield, (?) J. Rougier, and 'Grego: Fitz Gerald for J. Bro:', head of text-block trimmed, occasional spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19364

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[ORLANDI, Enrico]. Notizie istoriche della miracolosa immagine di maria santma portata nella citta' di frascati da s. giuseppe calasanzio Ed ivi venerata nella Chiesa de' Padri delle scuole pie dedicate A. S. A. R. Eba il Sig. Cardinale enrico duca di york vescovo, e protettore di detta citta'. In Roma [i.e. Rome]. Presso Lino Contedini, 1825. Terza edizione [i.e. third edition]. 8vo. 48pp. Recent decorated paper boards, calf lettering-piece to upper board. Extremities lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21183

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ORLÉANS, Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d'. Fragmens de lettres originales De Madame Charlotte-Elizabeth de Baviere, Veuve de Monsieur Frere unique de Louis XIV... A Hambourg [i.e. Hamburg]. Chez Maradan, 1788. 12mo. In two volumes. [5], viii-xvi, 262; [2], 299pp, [3]. Without half-titles. Contemporary calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Extremities rubbed. Very occasional chipping/loss to margins, else internally clean and crisp. From the library of the Earls of Lovelace, formerly the Barons King of Ockham, with their armorial bookplates to FEPs, inked ownership inscriptions of William King, and recent ink-stamps of the ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 18534

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OWENSON, Miss. [i.e. MORGAN, Lady Sydney]. Glorvina, ou la jeune irlandaise, histoire nationale. Paris. Gide fils, Librairie, 1813. First edition in French. 12mo is 6s. In four volumes. xxi, [1], 216; [4], 235, [1]; [4], 223, [1]; [4], 176pp. With half-titles to each volume. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green calf lettering-pieces. Very slightly rubbed, with hairline crack to head of upper joint and small worm-track to foot of lower joint of Vol. IV, else fine. Contemporary armorial bookplates with motto 'Semper vigilat' and recent bookplates ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25655

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OZANAM, M. [Jacques]. La geometrie theorique et pratique, qui contient La Geodesie ou division des Champs...La Planimetrie ou mesure des Surfaces, & son application a l'Arpentage. Et la Stereometrie ou mesure des Solides, avec son usage pour le Toise & pour la Jauge. A Paris. Chez Claude Jombert, 1720. 8vo. [8], 321pp, [1]. With 24 engraved plates illustrating numerous geometric constants. Attractively bound in recent calf-backed marbled boards. Some marginal foxing to prelims., otherwise an exemplary copy. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 11862