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SCHADEN, Adolph von. Zwanzig neu aufgenommene bildliche Darftellungen der vorzüglichsten Gebäude, Strassen und öffentlichen Plätze der Königlichen Bayerischen Haupt- und Residenzstadt München. München. Joseph Lindauer'sche Buchhandlung, 1835. First edition. Oblong 8vo. 24pp. Parallel German and French. With a lithographed frontispiece and a further 19 lithographed plates. Later gilt-tooled dark green calf, marbled edges. Original publisher's printed green wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpaper, internally immaculate. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25640
[BIBLE - O.T., Welsh]. Yr hen destament, gyda nodau eglurhaol ar bob adnod; wedi eu detholi, a'u cyfieithu i'r gymraeg. Treffynnon. Cyhoeddwyd gan Lloyd ac Evans, 1838-43 First edition. 12mo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Leaves O1 and S3 of Vol. II detached, lower corner of leaf 3F5 of Vol. II torn away, with slight loss of text and sense, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29739
XENOPHON. Xenophontos Ephesiou Tōn kata Anthian kai Abrokomen Ephesiakon logoi pente. Xenophontis Ephesii Ephesiacorum libri V. De amoribus Anthiæ et Abrocomæ. Nunc primum prodeunt e vetusto codice Bibliothecae Monachorum Cassinensium Florentiae, cum Latina interpretatione Antonii Cocchii Florentini. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1726. First edition. Quarto. vi, [2], 87, [1]; [2], 72pp. The first ten words of the title transliterated from the Greek. The Greek text followed by the Latin translation with separate pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled marbled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, surface loss to upper board, joints split, chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, early manuscript note, in a Latin hand, tipped-in to gutter of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26109
[ITALIAN ART]. COCHIN, Charles-Nicolas. Voyage d'Italie, ou recueil de notes Sur les Ouvrages de Peinture & de Sculpture, qu'on voit dans les principales villes d'Itlaie. A Paris. Chez Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1758. 12mo. In three volumes. xvi, 230; [4], 197, [1]; [4], 288pp. Attractively bound in contemporary cats-paw calf, gilt, all edges red. Rubbed with slight surface loss. Marbled endpapers, index to rear blank endpapers of Vol. I., ink- stamps of the Ben Damph Forest Library - family seat of the Earls of Lovelace - to all FFEPs. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 13524
SCHOUTEN, [Wouter]. Voyage de gautier schouten aux indes orientales. Commencé l'an 1658. & fini l'an 1665... Rouen. Chez Pierre le Boucher, 1725. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 12mo. In two volumes. [4], 603, [1]; [4], 582pp. Titles in red and black. With an additional engraved title page to each volume and a further seven engraved plates (four folding). Later gilt-tooled dark green morocco-backed marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Hinges partially exposed, slight loss to lower corner of title page of Vol. II, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 34709
MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Vom Kriegsbild. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1976]. First edition. 8vo. 317pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'To my darling Olga, a hard work of three years, Daddy Paris. 1. XII. 75'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30673
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
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
[FOSCOLO, Ugo]. Ultime lettere di jacopo ortis. Italia. [s.n.], 1807. Terza edizione [i.e. third edition]. 12mo. 152pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary green cloth-backed marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed, corners exposed. Leaves browned and spotted, short tears and some loss to leaf E1 with slight loss of text and sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15288
[RITTER, Carl]. Ueber verbreitung der Dattel- und Kokos-Palme in Indien. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1836?] 8vo. 35pp, [1]. Original publisher's plain turquoise wrappers. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked.

[Together with:] [RITTER, Carl]. Ueber verbreitung von Teak, Sandel und Cardamomen. [s.i.], [s.n.], [s.d., 1836?]. 8vo. 27pp, [1]. Original publisher's plain bright green wrappers. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked.

[And:] [RITTER, Carl]. Ueber Verbreitung der Pfefferrebe, Banane und Mango in Indien. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1836?]. 8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's plain salmon ... More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18460
KAULFUSS, J[ohann] S[amuel]. Ueber den geist der Polnischen sprache. Eine einleitung in die Polnische literar-geschichte sur Deutsche. Halle. Bey Schimmelpfennig und Comp., 1804. First edition. 8vo. 227pp, [1]. With two folding plates of musical notation. Original publisher's tan paper wrappers, paper lettering-piece with title in manuscript. Slight wear to extremities with some loss to head and foot of spine. Ink shelf-marks to FEP of Sir Thomas Phillipps' Middle Hill Library, lightly foxed throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13461
LEO VI. Trattato brieve dello schierare in ordinanza gli eserciti et dell' apparar ecchiamento della guerra, Di Leone, per la Gratia di Dio Imperatore... In Venetia [i.e. Venice]. Appresso Francesco de' Franceschi Senese, 1586. Quarto. [40], 344 [i.e. 346]pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Marked and discoloured, old vellum repair to head of wormed spine. Hinges exposed, naive paper extensions to shaved margins of leaves Hh1-4. From the library of Giovanni Domenico Berio, marchese di Salza (d. 1791), which passed to his son, author and librettist Francesco Maria Berio (1765-1820), with their 'Ex Libris Marchionis Salsae' armorial bookplate on ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22668