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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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[GREEK POETRY]. WAGSTAFFE, William. Poetae graeci: sive selecta ex homeri odys. hesiodo, theocrito, callimacho...Cum vulgata Versione emendata. ac variis, partim Scholiastarum Graecorum, partim Doctorum recentiorum, Notis. In usum Regiae Scholae Etonensis. Editio nova, recognita et aucta. Etonae, [i.e. Eton]. Excudit M. Pote, 1796. Fifth edition. 8vo. iv, [2], 1-2, 7-148pp, 96pp only [i.e. sections of Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod and Theocritus excepted from the larger collection in both Greek and Latin, the former interleaved with blanks but lacking two printed leaves of the Odyssey]. Contemporary vellum, lettered in manuscript to spine. Marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed and marked, text occasionally spotted. Bookplate of James Stewart to FEP, ink inscription to verso of FFEP, ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 12097
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[CAUSANS, Le Chevalier de]. [Division du cercle]. [Paris]. [s.n.], [1759]. Folio. 3pp, [1]. Single folded sheet. Creased, margins a trifle chipped, ink-stamp of Furstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek to head of p.1, later inked manuscript numerals to foot. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11737
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CLUVER, Phillipp. Philippi Cluverii introductionis in Universam geographiam, tam Veterem quam Novam Libri VI. Accessit P. Bertii Breviarum Orbis terrarum. Amstelodami [i.e. Amsterdam]. Apud Elzevirios, 1677. 16mo. 352, 70pp, [10]. With an engraved title page, and engraved folding plate, and a folding table. Handsomely bound in eighteenth- century gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, all edges blue. Extremities rubbed, slight chipping to head of spine. Armorial bookplate of Baptist May to verso of blank fly-leaf at front, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11693
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MONCADA, Francisco de. Expedicion de les catalanes y aragoneses contra turcos y griegos, dirigida a D. Juan de Moncada, arzobispo de tarragona, por D. Francisco de Moncada, Conde de Orsono, su sobrino. Madrid. Por D. Antonio de Sancha, 1777. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 383pp, [1]. Contemporary Spanish cats-paw calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed to extremities, minute wormhole to base of spine, occasional marking to text, else a fine copy. With the armorial bookplate of Robert Henry Clive to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11440
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TESAURO, Emanuele. Reverendi patris emanuelis thesauri e societate jesu caesares; Et ejusdem varia carmina: Quibus accesserunt Nobilissimorum Orientis & Occidentis Pontificum elogia, & varia opera Poetica. Oxonii [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat L. Lichfield, Impensis Gulielmi Webb, 1637. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. 12mo. [6], 151pp, [1]. Recent calf-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle marked. Very small worm-trail to first two gatherings - just clipping text at times, without loss of sense, leaves trimmed with very occasional slight loss to catchwords. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 17307
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[SPARVENFELD, Johan Gabriel]. Catalogus centuriae librorum rarissimorum manuscript. & partim impressorum, Arabicorum, Persicorum, Turcicorum, Graecorum, Latinorum &c. Quo anno MDCCV Bibliothecam Publicam Academiae Upsalensis auxit & exornavit. Upsaliae, [i.e. Uppsala].. Typis Joh. Henry. Werneri S:ae R:ae M:tis & Acad. Upsal. Typographi, 1706. First edition. Quarto. [6], 74pp. With text in mixed Latin and Arabic type. Uncut and largely unopened, in later paper wrappers. Ink inscription to head of upper wrapper. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 15446
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[LITURGY - Latin]. Liturgia, seu liber Precum Communium, Et Administrationis sacramentorum... Londini [i.e. London]. Apud R. & J. Bonwicke et al., 1713. 12mo. [38], 184pp, [148]. With an engraved frontispiece. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled black morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, loss to upper corner of front blank fly-leaf, early inked inscription of 'John Murray / April 1726' to recto. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 15276
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[WINE LABELS]. [Two scrapbooks of French wine labels].. [1950s-1970s] I/ Quarto. 89 labels mounted on [66] leaves, frequently captioned in manuscript. A further four loosely inserted; some evidently now absent. Contemporary gilt-ruled black leatherette, A.E.G.

II/ Quarto. 52 labels mounted on [66] leaves, frequently captioned in manuscript. A further 13 loosely inserted; some evidently now absent. Contemporary gilt-ruled red leatherette, A.E.G. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 35049
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PUFENDORF, Samuel von. Les devoirs de l'homme, et du citoien, Tels qu'ils lui sont prescrits par la Loi Naturelle. Amsterdam. P. de Coup & G. Kuyper, 1735. Fifth edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. [2], xlix, [3], 523pp, [4]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author and a divisional title to volume two. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, small worm-hole to upper joint. Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys to FEP. Light staining to endpapers, scattered spotting throughout. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33434
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VINCENT OF LÉRINS. Peregrini, id est, ut vulgo vincentii lirinensis, adversus prophanas hæreses, Commonitoria duo. Editio repurgata, caeteris purior & emendatior. Huic adijcitur Augustini liber de Hæresibus. Oxoniæ [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat G. T. Academiæ celeberrimæ Typographus, Impensis Guilielmi Webb, 1631. 12mo. [12], 274pp, [2]. The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark 'A' to recto; the second leaf is blank. With a terminal errata leaf. Title in red and black. Later blind-tooled calf, recently neatly rebacked, all edges green. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. Early inscription of Samuel Thomas to head of title page. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28361
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[LITURGY - Greek]. Biblos tes demosias euches... En te Kantabrigia [i.e. Cambridge]. Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou..., 1665. [36], 126pp, [2]. With a terminal blank leaf. Title and imprint, including date, are transliterated from the Greek. ESTC R204258, Wing B3632.

[Bound with:] Psalterion tou Dabid... En te Kantabrigia [i.e. Cambridge]. Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou..., 1664. [2], 115, [3], 117-171pp, [1]. Title and imprint, including date, are transliterated from the Greek. ESTC R204259, Wing B2720A.

12mo. Recent calf-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 25869
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SERMINI, Gentile. Ser meoccio ghiottone. Modena. Tipografia Vincenzi, 1868. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled vellum, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle discoloured. Silk endpapers, Armorial bookplate of Lord Mexborough and later book-label of Louis Thompson Rowe to verso of FFEP. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 24182
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ORLANDI, Pellegrino Antonio. Abecedario pittorico del m. r. p. pellegrino antonio orlandi bolognese. Venezia [i.e. Venice]. Appresso Giambatista Pasquali, 1753. In Questa edizione corretto E Notabilmente Di Nuove Notizie Accresciuto Da Pietro Guarienti Academico Clementino. Quarto. [14], 583pp, [1]. Title in red and black. With a half-title and three engraved plates of artists monograms. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19801
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[DUPUY, Pierre]. Histoire des plus illustres favoris anciens et modernes... A Paris, sur l'Imprint A Leyde [i.e. Leiden]. Chez Jean Elsevier, 1659. 12mo. [16], 514, 120pp. Later calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, bookplate of Le Mis. de Biencourt to FEP, armorial bookplate of Biencourt-Poncins toe recto of FFEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso, small marginal repairs to leaves F1-2, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19544
Photo of "Lettres de Ninon de l'Enclos ..."
[DAMOURS, Louis]. Lettres de Ninon de l'Enclos au Marquis de Sevigne. Amsterdam. Chez Francois Joly, 1750. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [2], xii, 186; [2], 200pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, engraved title pages to both volumes, and a final errata leaf to Vol. II. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Extremities stained and sunned, a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, margins lightly browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19521