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Photo of "Die Nürnberger Schimpfwörter"
GABLER, A[mbrosius]. Die Nürnberger Schimpfwörter. Nürnberg [i.e. Nuremberg]. M. Edelmann, [s.d., c. 1890s] Oblong 8vo. 16 leaves. Illustrated throughout. Stapled, as issued, into original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle creased and browned, closed tear to spine (running through text-block), chipping to wrapper and leaf margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24869
Photo of "Dictionnaire royal, françois-anglois et anglois-françois; ..."
BOYER, A[bel]. Dictionnaire royal, françois-anglois et anglois-françois; Tire des mbilleurs auteurs qui ont ecrit dans ces deux langues... Amsterdam. Chez Meynard Uytwerf, 1752. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. Quarto. In two volumes. 19, [1], 518pp, [2]; [8], 619pp, [5]. Title pages in red and black. The English-French dictionary has an English title page: 'The royal dictionary, English and French: and French and English...' Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards. Extremities worn, joints split. Armorial bookplates of successive members of the Oates family to front endpapers and fly-leaves of both volumes, occasional ink-spotting and pen-trials. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14323
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[DICTIONARY]. BARBOSA, Agostinho. Dictionarium lusitanicolatinum juxta seriem alphabeticam optimis, probatisq. doctissimorum Auctorum testimoniis perutili quadam expositione locupletatum, cum sopiosissimo latini sermonis... Bracharae [i.e. Braga]. Typis, & expensis Fructousi Laurentii de Basto, 1611. First edition. Quarto. [40]ff, 1208 col. [i.e. 1108 col], [1]f, 15pp, [1]. Early, perhaps seventeenth century tooled limp vellum, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, yapp edges. A trifle marked, slightly rubbed; occasional marginal paper flaws, touching a single character of O4r, without loss of sense. Manuscript shelf-marks and later armorial bookplate of the Gaddesden library to FFEP (and therefore perhaps previously in the library of English courtier, diplomat, and alchemist ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26638
Photo of "Dictionarium historicum geographicum, Poeticum, Authore ..."
ESTIENNE, Charles. LLOYD, Nicholas. Dictionarium historicum geographicum, Poeticum, Authore carolo stephano; Gentium, Hominum, Deorum Gentilium, Regionum, Locorum, Civitatum, Aequorum, Fluviorum, Sinuum, Portuum, Promuntoriorum, ac Montium, antique recentioraque ad Sacras, & Profanas Historias, Poetarumque fabulas intelligendas necessaria nomina, quo decet ordine complectens. Editio novissima... Oxonii, [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat, G.H. & G.D. sumptibus Johan. Williams, Georg. West, Amos Curteyne & Johan. Crisket, 1671. Folio. [8], 830pp, [2]. The title is a cancel. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, with an elaborate gilt armorial supra-libros of Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond to centre of each board. With alphabetical vellum index tabs to the fore-edge (some torn away). Later bookplate of the Gaddesden library to front pastedown, with both inked and pencilled shelf-marks to FFEP. A little rubbed to spine, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26540
Photo of "Dicta poetarum quæ apud io. ..."
STOBAEUS. Dicta poetarum quæ apud io. stobæum extant emendata et Latino carmine reddita ab Hugone Grotio. Accesserunt Plutarchi et Basilii Magri de usu Græcorum poetarum libelli. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Nicolaum Buon, 1623. First edition. Quarto. [40], 200, 564pp. Parallel Latin and Greek text. Later speckled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting, corners bumped. Worm-track to lower margin, running throughout text-block, occasionally touching text. Later armorial bookplate of the Gaddesden library (and therefore likely previously in the library of English courtier, diplomat, and alchemist Thomas Henshaw (1618-1700), whose books had descended there via ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32740
Photo of "Dialectica Joannis setoni cantabrigiensis, annotationibus ..."
SETON, John. Dialectica Joannis setoni cantabrigiensis, annotationibus Petri Carteri, ut clarissimis ita breuissimis explicata. Huic accessit, obartium ingenuarum inter se cognationem, Guilielmi Buclaei Arithmetica. Londini [i.e. London]. Apud Thomam Marsh, 1577. 8vo. [318]pp. With a linen-backed folding table. Handsomely bound in later gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, small paper repairs to text of initial five gatherings - with some slight loss of sense, very occasional contemporary faded inked annotations and underlining, paper repair to lower corner of terminal leaf, some spotting/browning. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17265
Photo of "Dez gravuras de João Carlos ..."
[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
Photo of "De veteris numismatis potentia et ..."
[RINK, Eucharius Gottlieb]. De veteris numismatis potentia et qualitate Lucubratio, occassione Rubrica Codicis de eodem Argumento; sive cognito totius rei numariae Ad intelligentiam iuris accomodata. Accessit dissertatio iuridica De numo unico, Cum multis aliis cognitioni Numorum conducentibus Veterum. Lipsiae & Francofurti [i.e. Leipzig and Frankfurt]. Typis & impensis Iodoci Wilhelmi Kohlesii, 1701. First edition. Quarto. [8], 197, [1], 86pp, [16]. With an engraved folding frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Later gilt- tooled sprinkled calf, brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint split, head of spine worn. Armorial bookplate of R. W. Cochran Patrick to FEP, marginal loss to leaves G3 and I4, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24044
Photo of "De variolis et morbillis liber"
MEAD, Richard. De variolis et morbillis liber. Londini [i.e. London]. Prostant apud Joannem Brindley, 1747. 8vo. xvi, 197pp, [1]. With a half-title. Later gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine and lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate with motto 'Nil conscire sibi' and bookplate of Coward College Library to FEP, ink-stamps of the recently dispersed library of Hugh Selbourne to verso of title page and p.51, damp-stained. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19339
Photo of "Des erreurs et préjugés populaires ..."
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
Photo of "De Sensuum externorum: usu, affectionibusq[ue]; ..."
PETRAFICTA, Sebastianus. De Sensuum externorum: usu, affectionibusq[ue]; deq[ue] memoriæ cum rationis laesione vitio, medalaq[ue]...tractatus. Venetijs [i.e. Venice]. Apud Gratiosum Perchacinu[m], 1594. First edition. Quarto. 39 leaves. Without terminal blank leaf. Recent calf-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscription of Sybil Cooper to front blank fly-leaf, dampstaining to latter half of text-block. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23209
Photo of "De sabbaticorum annorum periodis chronologica ..."
PONT, Robert. De sabbaticorum annorum periodis chronologica a mundi exordio ad nostra usque secula et porro digesto. Per Robertum Pontanum, Caledonium Britannum. [London]. Excusum per Gulielmum Jones, 1619. First Latin edition. Quarto. [16], 203pp, [1]. With an elaborate printer's device featuring an operational printing press in a print shop. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, with the gilt armorial supralibros to both boards and monograms to spine compartments of Achille III de Harlay, Comte de Beaumont (1639-1712). Wear to spine and corners, chipping at head and foot of spine, cracking to joints (boards nevertheless firmly attached). M3-4 with old ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33289
Photo of "Der Cid nach spanischen Romanzen"
HERDER, Johann Gottfried von. Der Cid nach spanischen Romanzen. Stuttgart und Tubingen. Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1838. First illustrated edition. Quarto. [6], 238pp. With an engraved half-title, an additional engraved title-page, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text by Eugen Neureuther. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to FEP, foxed throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 16891
Photo of "De l'état de la France, ..."
CALONNE, M. [Charles Alexandre] De. De l'état de la France, présent et a venir. Londres [i.e. London]. De L'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury & Fils, 1790. First edition. 8vo. [2], viii, 318pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Rubbed and marked, joints split, small losses to head and foot of spine. Spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34137