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GENLIS, [Stéphanie Félicité], Madame de. Le petit la bruyere, ou caracteres et moeurs dens enfans de ce siecle... Hambourg et Brunswic. Chez P. F. Fauche et Compagne, 1799. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-x, 226pp, [4]. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Heavily rubbed, without lettering-piece. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32409

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CHATELAIN, A[uguste]. Des erreurs et préjugés populaires en médecine. Neuchatel. Delachaux et Sandoz, 1865. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 206pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight loss to foot of dulled spine, early inked ownership inscription to head of upper wrapper. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31794

CIRLOT, Juan Eduardo.. Lucio Fontana. Barcelona. Editorial Gustavo Gili, [1966]. Small 4to. 59pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in pink, with original publisher's photographic dustwrapper. Boards sharp, wrapper a little nicked and marked. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'For Sir Laurence Olivier with my greatest admiration.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31209

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[PORTUGAL]. Documentos Relativos ao apresamento, julgamento entrega da barca franceza charles et georges e em geral ao engajamento de negros... Lisboa [i.e. Lisbon]. Imprensa Nacional, 1858. First edition. Folio. [4], 249, 16, xviii pp. With a terminal errata leaf. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Recent Portuguese bookseller's ticket to FEP, occasional slight spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31156

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RITTER VON RITTERSHAIN, Gottfried. Die pathologie und therapie der rachitis. Berlin. Verlag von August Hirschwald, 1863. First edition. 8vo. x, 316pp, [2]. With four plates. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Extremities rubbed, marked, bumped, and dulled. Inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. From the library of British physiologist John Yudkin (1910-1995), with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31009

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LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent. Extraits des mémoires de lavoisier concernant la météorologie et l'aéronautique. Paris. Étienne Chiron, [1926]. L'Office National Météorologique. Large 8ov. [4], 229, [2]pp. With portrait frontispiece. Original publishers cream card wrappers lettered red and black. All edged untrimmed, top edge unopened. Wrappers a little stained and marked, lightly toned throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30761

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DIEHL, Charles. L'art chrétien primitif et l'art byzantin . Paris et Bruxelles. G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. 61, [LXIV]. Contemporary half red morocco, red cloth boards, lettered and tooled in gilt. Top edge gilt, vivid marbled endpapers. A little scuffed and marked, though bright save a little foxing throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30758

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Der Atomkrieg findet nicht statt: Das Versagen der Atomstrategie. Stuttgart. Friedrich Vorwerk, [1958]. First edition. 8vo. 256pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in silver. Rubbed, marked, and damp- stained, spine dulled. Extensive ink and pencil annotations. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30665

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LANDOR, Savagius. Poemata et inscriptiones: novis auxit. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis Edvardi Moxon, 1847. First edition. 12mo. [4], 352pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, wear to head and foot of sunned spine. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30554

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[CARLOS, João]. Dez gravuras de João Carlos [ten engravings by joão carlos]. Lisbon. Edicoes Inquerito, [1957]. Limited issue. [11] leaves. Original publisher's cream card folder lettered black, containing 11 loose leaf cards comprising ten engravings, with an introductory leaf by Charles Oulmont. Folder somewhat worn, with large tear to spine. Inscribed on the covering leaf 'To Mr. Cyril Kenney with the best wishes for a happy New Year Very sincerely João Carlos. Christmas 1957'.
More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30083

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Bis 2000: Entscheidung in der Vierten Welt. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1979]. First edition. 8vo. 261pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, ink inscription in the author's distinctive hand to title page: 'To my very dear Olga / from her / Daddy / Paris, (?) 2, the 17th of Sept. 1980'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29190

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Rüstungswettlauf: Ursachen und Auswirkungen. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1972]. First edition. 8vo. 452pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle marked. Family copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'To my dear daughter Olga with / all my love. / Daddy / (?) / 29. 1. 1972.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29189

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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

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MIRABEAU, [Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de]. Opinion de m. De mirabeau l’aine, sur les retours de l’inde. Paris. De l’imprimerie nationale, 1790. First edition. 8vo. 23pp, [1]. Later printed buff wrappers. Book-label of Peter Stewart Young to verso of upper wrapper, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27988

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VOSSIUS, Gerardus Joannes. Gerardi joannis vossii De historicis graecis libri IV... Lugundi Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. Ex Officina Joannis Maire, 1650. Quarto. [4], 549pp, [53]. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf. Extremities worn, surface loss to boards, lower joint split, upper board held by cords only, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, worm-track to upper corner of latter half of text-block, short tear to margin of leaf Cccc1. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27645

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BOSSUET, [Jacques-Benigne]. Discours sur l'histoire universelle. Paris. De l'Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stereotypes de Pierre Didot L'Aine, et de Firmin Didot, 1803. Edition stereotype. 12mo. In two volumes. [4], 257, [1]; [4], 283pp, [5]. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscriptions of J. T. Coleridge to title of Vol. I and half-title of Vol. II. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27341

ARETINO, Pietro. La orazia: tragedia. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Nella Tipografia Bonducciana e presso Luigi Molini, 1855. Terza edizione [i.e. third edition]. 8vo. 106pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, green cloth boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25738

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[MACBETH]. Macbeth: Gran Ballo composto dal Sigr. A. Vestris... Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Nella Calcografia di Guis. Girard, [s.d., c.1820] Oblong quarto. With five engraved title pages. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards. Rubbed and bumped, some surface loss. Scattered foxing, very occasional light damp-staining, small paper repair to blank verso of pone leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25588

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[THEATRE, SAN FERNANDO]. Teatro de s. fernando. Estraordinaria funcion para el Jueves 10 de Marzo de 1864. 31 de abono. A beneficio de los ninos del Asilo de Mendicidad de S. Fernando...ultima representacion de la aplaudida comedia de magia en tres actos y un prologo, titulada la almoneda del diablo... [s.l.]. Imp. de las Novedas, [1864]. Dimensions 250 x 400 mm. Single leaf broadside. Numerous early vertical and horizontal folds. A trifle creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25335

TROJAN, Johannes. Die Zwolf Handwerker. Berlin. Verlag von Neufeld & Henius, [1910]. First edition. Quarto. 26pp, [2]. With an illustrated colour title page and 12 full-page colour illustrations in the text by Paul Hey. Original publisher's pictorial boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Title page creased - naive paper repair to fore-edge. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25090