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ELLIOTT, Marie. La petite entremetteuse;* ou, une faute conduit a plusieurs...*the little meddler. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez William Darton, 1829. First edition in French. 12mo. 36pp. With a folding, partially hand-coloured, engraved frontispiece and two further plain engraved plates. Original publisher's printed light blue stiff paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, faint pen-trials, ticket of bookseller T. Connolly of Dublin to upper wrapper. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, ink-stamp of W. T. Matier of Belfast to title, very short tear to margin of final leaf, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21705
[WESTMINSTER SCHOOL]. Anthologia sive Epigrammatum Græcorum ex Anthologia editâ, MS. Bodleianâ, aliisque autoribus delectus in usum Scholæ Westmonasteriensis. Oxoniæ [i.e. Oxford]. E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1724. First edition. 8vo. [2], 99p, [3]. The first and sixth words of the title are transliterated from the Greek. Contemporary panelled sheep. Rubbed, joints starting, paper label with title in manuscript to head of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of James Stuart to front endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 24901
'POLIZIANO', Angelo Ambrogini. Angeli politiani et aliorum virorum Illustrium, episolarum Libri XII... Hanoviae [i.e. Hannover. Apud Heredes Guiliemlmi Antonii, 1612. 12mo. [12], 610pp. Contemporary (?English) blind-ruled calf, initials 'F. T.' stamped to both boards. Rubbed, worm-hole to lower compartment of spine, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, front pastedown sprung, without rear example, early book-label of Simon Patrick, later book-label of the Cathedral Library, Ely (and withdrawal overstamp) to verso of upper board, no fewer than four manuscript shelf-marks, ink withdrawal stamp, and recent bookplate of R. J. ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 27524
PINDAR. Pindari, Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia... [Geneva]. Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1566. 32mo. In two parts. 576, 568 [i.e. 468]pp. Parallel Greek and Latin text. Part II has separate title page, pagination, and register. Later panelled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, a trifle marked. Later inked ownership inscription and armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, inked ownership inscription of Smallwell to recto of FFEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25422
[RICHER, Edmond]. Apologia pro joanne gersonio Pro suprema Ecclesiae & Concilii generalis Auctoritate: atque independdentia Regiae Potestatis ab alio quam a solo Deo... Lugduni Batavourm [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Paulum Moriaen, [1676] First edition. Quarto. [28], 338pp, [2]. With a single full-page copper-plate engraving, depicting Gerson as a pilgrim (p.304). Later blind-ruled sprinkled calf. Lightly rubbed. Early authorial identification in manuscript ('Edm. Richerium') to title page, which is shaved to foot with loss to imprint, scattered spotting. Early book-label of Simon Patrick, later book-label (and withdrawn stamp) of the Cathedral Library, Ely, and recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 16018
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
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
[TYPOGRAPHY]. [MOMORRO, Antoine-Francoise]. Le manuel des impositions typographiques. Suivi d'une Planche ou l'on trouve la maniere de corriger les epreuves d'Imprimerie, & de la representation de la Casse Romaine & Grecque simple. A Paris. Chez Blanchon, Libraire, rue Git-le-Coeur, no. 16, 1792. Second edition augmentee. 8vo. 26pp, with 30 engraved leaves of plates. Without half-title. Uncut, in original wrappers. Wrappers marked, with some loss to spine. Small paper shelf-label to upper wrapper, neat ink-stamp of 'Albert Broise' (perhaps the French photographer, fl.1870-80) to title. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25769
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
WARE, James. Jacobi waraei Equitis Aurati de hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus, disquisitiones. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis E. Tyler, Impensis Jo. Crook, 1658. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. 8vo. [16], 356, [6], 99pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Title in red and black. Contemporary speckled calf, later expertly rebacked to style, ruled in gilt and blind. Boards Rubbed. Fore-edge of frontispiece shaved, scattered spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 27354
[DANTE, Alighieri]. LIBURNIO, Niccolò. La spada di dante Alighieri, Poeta fiorentino, per M. Niccolò Liburnio in tal modo raccolta; opera utile a fuggire il vizio, et seguitar virtù. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1850] Quarto. xx, [28]pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of classical scholar and dean of Thomas Gaisford of Offington, Sussex (1816-1898) to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25064
REIS, [Johann] Philipp. [Caption title:] Ueber Telephonie durch den galvanischen Strom [In: Jahres-Bericht des physikalischen Vereins zu Frankfurt am Main für das Rechnungsjahr 1860-1861]. [Frankfurt am Main]. [G. Naumann's Druckerei], [1861]. First edition. 8vo. 57-64pp. (Whole volume, 80pp.) With six folding tables. As issued, with original publisher's pink paper backstrip. Housed in recent custom morocco-backed buff card cover, within buff card slipcase. Spine sunned, general title a trifle dusty. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24386
BRETÓN DE LOS HERREROS, Manuel. Otro diablo predicador, ó el Liberal por fuerza. Madrid. Imprenta de Repullés, 1835. [2], 30pp.

[Bound with:] BRETÓN DE LOS HERREROS, Manuel. Un tercero en discordia... Madrid. Imprenta de Venes, 1839. 96pp. Partially unopened.

[And:] VARELA, J. El mulato... Madrid. Imprenta de Repullés, 1840. 60pp.

[And:] [SEGOVIA, Antonio Maria]. A un cobarde otro mayor... Madrid Imprenta de Yenes, 1840. 42pp.

[And:] GIL, Isidoro. Los celos... Madrid. Imprenta de Repullés, 1842. 68pp.

[And:] VEGA, Ventura de la. Por él ... More >
£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25049
[QUINTANA, Manuel José]. [ESTALA, Pedro]. Poesías escogidas de nuestros cancioneros y romanceros antiguos. Continuacion de la coleccion de d. ramon fernandez. Madrid. Imprenta Real, 1796. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes.[2], xxiv, 335pp, [7]; [2], 384pp, [8]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt supralibros to upper and lower boards, gilt initials 'R.O.S.' to spines. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, later bookplates of Thomas Gaisford to FEPs, volume statements on titles partially deleted to convert 'XVI' and 'XVII' to 'I' and 'II' respectively, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25048
WESSELING, Peter (editor). Vetera romanorum Itineraria, sive antonini augusti itinerarium... Amstelaedami [i.e. Amsterdam]. Apud J. Wetstenium & G. Smith, 1735. Quarto. [26], 762pp, [56]. With a half-title and an additional engraved title page. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities marked and discoloured. Later armorial bookplate of Rugby School to FEP, armorial plate to recto of FFEP: 'From the library of the Rev. T. Arnold, D.D. Head Master. Presented to the School by his Widow. 1842'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24399
BOECE, Hector. Scotorum historiae a prima gentis origine, cum aliarum et rerum et gentium illustratione non vulgari, Libri XIX. Hectore Boethio Deidonana auctore. Duo postreme huius Historiae libri nunc primum emittuntur in lucem.... Parisiis, [i.e. Paris, but colophon states Lausanne: Francois Le Preux]. Vaenundantur a Jacobo du Puys sub signo Samaritanae, prope collegium Cameracense, 1574. Folio. [6], 13, [9], 402ff, [18]. Adams B2309. USTC 170237.

[Bound with:] ASSER, John. Aelfredi regis res gestae. [London. Printed by John Day, 1574. First edition. [10 of 12], 40pp, [8]. Without leaf [par]2 (blank). Woodcut title.

[And:] WALSINGHAM, Thomas. Historia brevis Thomae Walsingham, ab Edwardo primo, ad Henricum quintum. Londini [i.e., London]. Excusum apud Henricum Binneman Typographum. Sub insigno Syrenis. First edition. [10], 382, 385-418, ... More >
£ 4,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20860
BODIN, Jean. Universae naturae theatrum... Lugduni [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Jacobum Roussin, 1596. First edition, second issue. 8vo. [16], 633pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and several woodcut diagrams (chiefly astronomical). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, later rebacked, partly preserving contemporary spine panel, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed. Decorated endpapers, bookplate with initials 'G. H.' to FEP, inked ownership inscription (with a Bible verse in Greek beneath) of Charles Hénault (1685-1770), conseiller au ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23029
SHARROCK, Robert. Judicia, (seu legum cenurae) de Variis Incontinentiae Speciebus, Adulterio seil. Polygamia & Concubinatu. Fornicatione. Stupro. Raptu. Peccatis contra Naturam. Incestu & gradibus prohibitis... Oxoniae [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat H. Hall Academiae Typographus Impensis Thom. Robinson, 1662. First edition. 8vo. [16], 112pp. Finely bound in later richly gilt-tooled crushed red morocco, gilt supra-libros to both boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Very slight marking to extremities. Blue endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19051