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JAUBERT, Madame C.. Souvenirs de madame c. jaubert lettres et correspondances... Paris. J. Hetzel et Cle, Editeurs, [s.d., c.1880s] Troisieme edition. 12mo. [4], 323pp, [1]. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Slightest of rubbing to extremities, corners, else a fine copy. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25398
SMISSEN, [Alfred Louis Adolphe Graves] Baron van der. Souvenirs du mexique 1864-1867. Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. J. Lebegue & Cie., [1892]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 232pp. With three folding coloured maps. Contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate to FEP, later bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to recto of FFEP, short tear to one map at gutter. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31053
[FRANCISCANS]. Statuta generalia barchinonensia ordinis seraphici s. p. n. francisci, pro cismontana familia: In Capitulo Generali Toletano Anno 1633. a Patribus Nationis Germanicae & Belgicae recognita, & Provinciis dictae Nationis accommodata; a praefato Capitulo Generali, ac Santissimo D. N. Urbano VIII. confirmata. Brugis [i.e. Bruges]. Typis Petri Vande Cappalle, 1717. 8vo. [16], 206pp, [2]. Contemporary vellum. Extremities marked and discoloured. Nineteenth-century ownership inscription and blind-stamp to FFEP, very occasional ink annotations, foxed, dust-soiling to endpapers and final gathering, very small hole to gutter margin of C4 - just clipping text, without loss of sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16236
[ROME - AGRICULTURAL STATUTES]. Statuta nobilis artis agriculturae urbis... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Apud Georgium Ferrarium, 1595. Quarto. [8], 196pp, [34]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities worn, heavily marked and discoloured, several worm-holes to boards, spine cracked. Ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural library to FEP, early ink signatures to title (a couple scored through), leaves browned and stained, some worming to margins. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 19655
SAMAIN, Albert. Symphonie heroique. Paris. Librarie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successeur, 1908. Quarto. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is number 205. 87pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and several engraved vignettes by Charles Chessa. Attractively bound by P. Affolter in contemporary gilt-tooled tan crushed morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G., original publisher's powder blue paper wrappers bound-in. Very slight shelf-wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18618
TACITUS. Tacite, nouvelle traduction, par M. Dureau de Lamalle... Paris. Theophile Barrois, 1790. 8vo. In three volumes. lxxix, [1], 550, [2]; [4], 485, [1]; [4], 477pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, speckled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, early pen trials to verso of Vol. I errata leaf. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18034
SCHUTZE, [Johann Stephan]. Taschenbuch fur das jahr 1823. Der Liebe und Freundschaft gewidmet. Frankfurt am Main. Friedrich Wilmans, [1823]. 16mo. [4], 32, 288pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved title page, and a further 17 finely executed engraved plates; 12 of which curiously only occupy half of a page. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, gilt supralibros to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, offsetting to title. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20389
XENOPHON. Ta tou Xenophōntos Hellēnika; kai ho Agēsilaos. Xenophontis Graecorum res gestae; et Agesilaus... Glasguae [i.e. Glasgow]. In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1762. 8vo. In four volumes. Parallel Greek and Latin text. First seven words of the title transliterated from the Greek. Contemporary vellum, contrasting brown calf lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, a trifle marked and discoloured, loss, cracking, and chipping to spines/lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, worm-track to front endpapers of Vol. I, else internally clean and crisp. Later inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaf of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26029
[BIBLE - N.T., Greek]. Tes Kaines Diathekes hapanta novum testamentum. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis R. Knaplock, J. Tonson, & J. Watts, 1728. 8vo. [4], 624pp. Title in red and black, with first four words transliterated from the Greek. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, lower joint starting, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of Edwin Sandys to FEP, early manuscript annotations to front endpapers and on occasional loosely inserted slips. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33225
EURIPIDES. The hecuba... London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1867. New edition. 8vo. lvi, 172pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting, occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29271