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Photo of "Xenophontos Ephesiou Tōn kata Anthian ..."
XENOPHON. Xenophontos Ephesiou Tōn kata Anthian kai Abrokomen Ephesiakon logoi pente. Xenophontis Ephesii Ephesiacorum libri V. De amoribus Anthiæ et Abrocomæ. Nunc primum prodeunt e vetusto codice Bibliothecae Monachorum Cassinensium Florentiae, cum Latina interpretatione Antonii Cocchii Florentini. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1726. First edition. Quarto. vi, [2], 87, [1]; [2], 72pp. The first ten words of the title transliterated from the Greek. The Greek text followed by the Latin translation with separate pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled marbled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, surface loss to upper board, joints split, chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, early manuscript note, in a Latin hand, tipped-in to gutter of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26109
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CERVANTES, Miguel de. L'ingenieux hidalgo don quichotte de la manche. Paris. J.-J Dubochet et Cie., 1836. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 744; [4], 758pp. With half-titles, an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page to each volume, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound by Ludwig Muller of Berlin in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, all edges blue. A trifle rubbed. Bookbinder's tickets to both FEPs, early pencilled ownership inscription to title of Vol. I, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27560
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MARCO, Gennaro de. Flora di Montecassino... Montecassino. [s.n.], 1886-87 First edition. 8vo. Two parts bound as one. [4], xxxii, 268; 47pp, [1]. With 15 engraved plates. Contemporary dark green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper bound in. Very minor shelf-wear. Leaves browned, clear tape repair to verso of wrapper. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to head of title page of first part. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27568
Photo of "Recherches expérimentales, physiologiques et chimiques, ..."
TIEDEMANN, Friedrich. GMELIN, Leopold. Recherches expérimentales, physiologiques et chimiques, sur la digestion... Paris. Chez J.-B. Baillière, 1827. First edition in French. 8vo. In two parts. xxiv, 417, [3], 326pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final errata leaf. Contemporary roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. From the library of British physiologist John Yudkin (1910-1995), with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27757
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 "Caji silii italici punica"
SILIUS ITALICUS, Tiberius Catius. Caji silii italici punica. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis R. Faulder. Excudebat Gul. Bulmer, 1792. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiv, [2], 240; [4], 270pp, [2]. With half-titles and a terminal leaf of errata to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled straight-grain navy morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, tickets of Henry Sotheran and Co. to FEPs, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28362
Photo of "Les facetieuses rencontres de verboquet, ..."
VERBOQUET LE GENEREUX. Les facetieuses rencontres de verboquet, Pour, réjouir les Mélancoliques. Contes plaisans pour passer le temps. A Troyes. Chez la Veuve Jacques Oudot & Jean Oudot, [s.d., 1735] 12mo. 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] Les rencontres fantaisies et Coqs-a-l'asne facetieux du baron grateland... Troyes. Chez Pierre Garnier, [s.d., 1738]. [36]pp.

12mo. Nineteenth century gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, loss to spine caps, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Richard Chase Sidney to FEP, blind-stamp of John Fowles to front blank fly-leaf, leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28453
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DEGERANDO, Joseph Marie. De la génération des connoissances humaines... Berlin. Imprimé Chez George Decker, 1802. First edition. 8vo. viii, 304pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Booksellers ticket of Raymond Clavreuil of Paris to FEP, occasional marginal damp-staining to head of text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29359
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CARDUCCI, Giosue. Primavera e Fiore della Lirica Italiana. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. G. C. Sansoni, [1904]. Nova edizione riveduta. 16mo. Two volumes bound as one. xxv, [1], 743pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary blue crushed morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, leaves a trifle toned. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, without any indication of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29531
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VOLTAIRE. Memoires de M. de voltaire, ecrits par lui-même. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez Robinson, 1784. First edition. 8vo. [2], ii, 208pp. Contemporary navy calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. From the library of the Dukes of Portland, with their Crowned P device to upper board, and further shelf-marks in gilt to spine. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29784
Photo of "Petit Almanach des Dames. Septieme ..."
[ROSA, Frédéric-Guillaume]. Petit Almanach des Dames. Septieme Année. Paris. Chez Rosa, [1816]. 12mo. [28], 190, [12]pp. With a half-title, an engraved title page, six engraved plates, and six terminal engraved almanac leaves. Original publisher's pictorial pink paper boards, A.E.G., housed in original publisher's pictorial pink card slipcase. Lightly rubbed, dust-soiled at head, slipcase rubbed, chipped, and discoloured, short tear at head. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31512
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CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus. Q. Curtii Rufi. Historiarum libri, accuratissime editi. Lugd, Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633. 12mo. [12], 364pp, [24]. With an engraved title page, a single full-page engraved illustration in the text, and an engraved folding map. Contemporary ink-ruled vellum. Lightly rubbed, upper joint starting. Inked ownership inscription 'J. Wordswoth / Trin: Coll. Cant.' and later book-label of Walter R. Sadler to recto of FFEP, title page naively reattached with tissue paper, slight loss to lower corner of leaf D1, minute ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31622
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GRUNDÉN, Abraham Julius. Dissertatio historica de affinitate serenissimae familiae badensis cum vasaea... Upsaliae [i.e. Uppsala]. Litteris Johan. Fredr. Edman, [1797]. First edition. Quarto. [4], 8pp. With two folding genealogical tables. Handsomely bound in later vellum-backed 'Dutch' floral paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Paper label to upper board with title in manuscript and letterpress monogram of Swedish Count Gustaf Trolle Bonde (1773-1855). More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32362