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TERENCE. Publii terentii comoediae sex, Post optimas editiones emendatae. Accedunt Aelii Donati, Commentarius integer: Cum Selectis Guieti & Variorum notis, multo auctioribus, quam antehac. Indices, tertia sere parte locupletiores. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio. Lugd. Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Francisum Hackium, 1662. 8vo. [48], 864pp, [60]. With an engraved title page. Without two blank terminal leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled panelled calf. Without lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, boards held by cords only, corners exposed. Hinges exposed, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, latter half of text-block dampstained, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33005

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WESLEY, [John]. Medecine primitive, ou recueil de remedes choisis & eprouves par des experiences constantes, A l'uage des Gens de la Campagne, des Riches & des Pauvres. Lyon. Chez Jean Marie Bruyset, 1772. 12mo. xl, 300pp, [4]. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep, calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Heavily rubbed, some loss to head of spine. Early manuscript shelf-mark and recent book-label of Le Docteur Georges Martin to FEP, worm-track to lower corner of text-block, marginal loss to leaf Y1, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32979

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PRADT, [Dominique Georges Frederic] de. Concordat de l'amerique avec rome. Paris. Bechet aine, 1827. First edition. 8vo. [4], xvi, 310, [2], 20pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary green paper boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, paper shelf-label to upper board, manuscript shelf-mark to spine, corners bumped. Leaves lightly browned and spotted. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31759

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RAUMER, Friedrich von. Briefe aus Frankfurt und Paris 1848-1849. Leipzig. F. A. Brockhaus, 1849. First edition. 12mo. xvi, 468pp. Bound by Leighton of London in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting brown and black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31704

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MICHAELIS, Gustav. Meine Erinnerungen an Josef Kainz. [Austria]. [Nowawes, Th. Steiner], 1930. First edition. Private printing. 8vo. 243pp. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's gold cloth, stamped in gilt and green, top-edge green. Boards and all edges a little foxed, spine worn. A little toned throughout. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'He who has a God given gift has everything. – To us God’s gifts go not to Emperors [and] Kings but to artists who are the heaven-sent Princes of the World.” (Written ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31239

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ENAULT, Louis. Angleterre, ecosse, irlande: voyage pittoresque. Paris. Morizot, 1859. First edition. Large 8vo. With 16 engraved plates of views and four partially hand-coloured costume plates. Later black morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Cram moire cloth endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30865

MIKSCHE, Lt.-Col. F. O. Atom-waffen und streitkrafte. Bonn. Westunion, [1955] 8vo. 190pp, [1]. Original publisher's light blue cloth. Heavily worn and marked remnants of original publisher's dustwrapper loosely inserted. Rubbed and stained, spine dulled. Upper corner of text-black damp-stained. Manuscript notes in the author's hand throughout. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30724

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ALFIERI, Vittorio. Il misogallo prose e rime di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti. Londra. [s.n.], 1799. First edition. 8vo. [8], 184pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later gilt-tooled navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25741

STAEL-HOLSTEIN, [Auguste Louis]. Lettres sur l'angleterre. Paris. Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, 1825. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 428pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24523

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DRURY, Henricus [editor]. Arundines cami sive musarum cantabrigiensium lusus canori. Cantabrigiae [i.e. Canterbury]. Veneunt apud J. et J. J. Deighton, 1841. 8vo. xiv, [2], 261pp, [1]. Bound by C. Lewis in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, marbled boards, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24040

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D'OCAGNE, Maurice. Le calcul simplifié par les procédés mécaniques et graphiques... Paris. Gauthier-Villars, 1905. Seconde édition [i.e. second edition]. vi, [2]. 228pp. Original publisher's limp brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Ink-stamps of Parisian booksellers M. Martin and C. Hauet to FFEP, half-title and title page, leaves browned, one leaf detached. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23751

FARRER, Lucy E.. La vie et les oeuvres de claude de sainliens alias claudius holyband. Paris. Honoré Champion, 1908. First edition. 8vo. [2], vii, [1], 115pp. Bound by George's of Bristol in contemporary red sheep-backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, upper joint split. Marbled endpapers. Presentation copy, inked inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'R. L. J. Ritchie with the author's compliments'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23252

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ROMAN, J. La tres joyeuse, plaisante et recreative histoire du gentil seigneur de bayart. Paris. Librairie Renouard, 1878. 8vo. [6], xvi, 512pp. Handsomely bound by Frost & Company of Bath in recent red half-morocco, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 22430

MONNET, Camille. Bayard et la maison de savoie... Paris. Editions Bossard, 1926. 8vo. xiv, 145pp, [3]. Handsomely bound by Frost & Company of Bath in recent red half-morocco, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 22429

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VERTOT, [Rene Aubert de]. Histoire des revolutions de suede... Paris. Chez Durand de Sugeres, 1778. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. In two volumes. [16], 401, [5]; [4], 362pp. With a half-title to Vol. II. Contemporary speckled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, paper repair to verso of Vol. I FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21631

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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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DE MARLES, J.. Les cent merveilles des sciences et des arts. Tours. Ad. Mame et Cie, 1863. Sixieme edition [i.e. sixth edition]. 12mo. [2], 236pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved titlepage. Handsomely bound in contemporary black calf, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt device of the Lycee Imperial de Lyon to upper board, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20067

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[FONTON, Felix]. Necessite d'une place forte federale pour la defense de la suisse par un ami de ce pays. Lausanne. Librairie Martignier et Chavannes, 1860. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's drab printed paper wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Inked ownership inscription to title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19038

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BRUEYS, [David-Augustin de]. PALAPRAT, [Jean de]. L'avocat patelin, comedie en trois actes et en prose, Par MM. brueys et palaprat. Representee pour la premiere sois a Paris, par les Comediens Francais, le 4 juin 1706. A Paris. Chez Mad. George, [1798]. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. 36pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to title, printed paper slip bearing the imprint of Chez Mad. George pasted over the actual imprint of Chez Fages, slight loss to lower margin of leaf D2, light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19035

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[BONNAY, Charles-Francois, marquis de]. Le prophete jonas. Juillet 1793 par un emigre. A Ninive. [s.n.], [1793]. Seconde edition. 8vo. [2], 38pp. Uncut, stitched into original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Lightly dust-soiled, contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper wrapper; 'Monsieur De la Galailiere / a Moleubeck', likely the Marquis de la Galailiere, state councillor and intendant of justice and finances in Lorraine province. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19032