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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30671

MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30672

BERTHET, Jean. Mandoline. Paris. Les Cahiers du Mouton Bleu, 1954. Limited edition of 1000, this numbered 14. 8vo. 88pp, [4]. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers, all edges untrimmed. Lightly sunned, staining to lower wrapper, along with a corner crease. Inked presentation inscription to half-title: ‘À Sir Laurence Olivier, Saint James Theater. Hommage de l’auteur.’ Loosely inserted is a single-leaf typewritten reader’s report by ‘K. A.’, dated 1954. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31201

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LENORMAND, Seb[astien]. Nouveau manuel complet du relieur en tous genres contenant les art de l'Assembleur, du Satineur, du Brocheur, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur, du Marbreur sur tranches et du Doreur sur tranches et sur cuir. Paris. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1890. 12mo. viii, 428pp. With four engraved folding plates. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine.Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33027

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COX, Robert. Das Leben des ehrwuerdigen Joh. Wilh. Fletscher, gewesenen Vicars von Madeley in Shropshire. Frankfurt am Main. Gedruckt Und Verlegt Bei H.L. Broenner, 1833. First German Edition. 12mo. iv, 140, [4]. Original publisher's wrappers, with printed label to spine. Rubbed, with slight loss to extremities, creasing to spine. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 10168

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EHRENSTROM, Mariaane L.K.L.d.. Notices Sur La Litterature et Les Beaux-arts En Suede. Stockholm. De I'Imprimerie d'Eckstein, 1826. First edition. 8vo. (6), vi, 157pp, (3), 79pp, (3), 111pp. Original blue paper wrap. Entirely uncut, a fine copy More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 10493

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MULDER, Claas. Over eenen zoogenaamden zwavelregen in Mei 1826 in Vriesland Gevallen. Te Amsterdam. Lodewijk van Es, 1827. First edition. 8vo. [2], 38pp. Uncut in original publisher's plain green paper wraps. Author and publication date in manuscript to upper wrap, slight wear and soiling. Occasional spots of foxing, ink -stamps of the Royal Meteorological Society to upper wrap and title. Ink inscription to head of title (Presentation?) More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13430

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HAMBERGER, George Edward. I. N. I. dissertatio medica inauguralis de scorbuto frigido quam annuente divino numine rectore magnificentissimo serenissimo principe ac domino domino ern. avu. constantino duce saxoniae iuliaci cliviae montium angariae et westphaliae, reliqua sub praesidio georgii erh. hambergeri... Jenae [i.e. Jena]. Litteris Ritterianis, [c.1721]. First edition. Quarto. [6], 30pp. Unbound. Text block secured by marbled paper strip. Light foxing to title, marginal loss to bottom corner of C2. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13091

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HOOLE, Charles. Terminationes et exempla Declinationum et Conjugationum, itemque propria quae maribus, quae genus, et as in praesenti, englished and explained for the use of young grammarians. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. 12mo. 124pp. Contemporary calf. Extremities marked and worn. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to FFEP, leaves lightly toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16414

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PUBLILUS SYRUS. Publii syri mimi aucti et ex codice ms. frisingensi; cum notis viri docti, et variis lectionibus. Patavii [i.e. Padua]. Excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1749. 8vo. 80pp. Later vellum, lettered in gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 On Sale: £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19476

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FOURMARIER, P[aul]. Experiences sur la formation de certains conglomerats origine des poudingues auriferes du transvaal. Liege. Imprimerie H. Vaillant-Carmanne, 1903. First edition. 8vo. 7pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed green wrappers. Loss, short tears, and some marking to extremities. A trifle dusty internally. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of of upper cover. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21334

DELANDINE DE ST.-ESPRIT. Histoire de bayard. Paris. Librairie de Debecourt, 1842. 8vo. 470pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher’s green printed wrappers. A trifle rubbed, some surface loss to sunned spine. Foxed. The Comte de Chambord's copy, with the Maggs Bros book label to verso of upper wrapper More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22426

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LARCHEY, Loredan. Histoire du gentil seigneur de bayard... Paris. Hachette, 1882. Quarto. xvi, 540pp. With a photogravure frontispiece, 11 chromolithographic plates, 34 black and white plates, and 187 engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary red calf, lettered in gilt, gilt supra libros of Katharine Dolores Feilden to upper board, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Katharine Dolores Feilden to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22435

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TERREBASSE, Alfred de. Histoire de bayart dit le bon chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. Tours. Mame et Cie., 1851. Nouvelle edition. 8vo. [4], 236pp. With an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22413

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[ALER, Paul]. Gradus ad parnassum; sive novus synonymorum, epithetorum, versuum, ac phrasium poeticarum, thesaurus... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers [by C. Baldwin], 1817. 8vo. [4], 596pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Lightly rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, wormtrack to gutter of first three gatherings, pen-trials to fore-edge. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24025

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EUGENE DE SAVOIE, [Charles Joseph Ligne, Prince de]. Mémoires du prince Eugène de Savoie, écrits par lui-méme. A Paris...et reimprime a Londres. Pour L. Deconchy, 1810. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 189pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Loss to head of half-title, later printed paper label of 'Kilberry' to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26200

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GROSSI, Tommaso. Marco visconti: storia del trecento cavata dalle cronache di quel secolo e racconta. Parigi [i.e. Paris]. Baudry, 1835. 12mo. In two volumes. [4], 283, [1]; [4], 260pp. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-ruled cats-paw half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27839

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[ROYAL ALMANAC]. Almanach royal. annee M. DCC. LXXIV. Presente a sa majeste Pour la premiere fois en 1699. Paris. Chez Le Breton, [1774]. 8vo. 576pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board, small worm-holes to head of spine and lower joint. Marbled endpapers, nineteenth century inked ownership inscription pasted to FEP, recent bookplate of Roger Cortiolioni to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27846

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[MUSÉE CENTRAL DES ARTS]. Notice des statues, bustes, bas-reliefs, et autres objets composant la Galerie des Antiques de musee central des arts, ouverie pour la premiere fois le dix-huit Brumaire an 9. Paris. De l'Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, [s.d., c. 1810] 12mo. [2], 107pp, [1]. Later green diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28048

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[OLDMIXON, John]. La vie d'anne stuart reine de la grand-bretagne, de france, & d'irlande. Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Humbert, 1716. 8vo. [2], 488p. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Title page in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, lettered in gilt to upper board: 'M. De Prangins'. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28056