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TACKELS, C. J.. Armes de guerre. Etude pratique sur les armes se chargeant par la culasse les mitrailleuses et leurs munitions... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. A. N. Lebegue et Cie., 1868. First edition. [4], 220pp. With half-title and seven engraved folding plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by author to half-title.

[Bound after:] VAN DEN KEREKHOVE, L. Le general chapelle l'expedition Belge au Mexique et l'article 92 du code penal... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Imprimerie de M. J. Poot et Compagnie, 1864. 36pp. With half-title.

[And:] DEDEYN, M. Raymond. Ce que vaut la garde civique... Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Imprimerie et Lithographie de Veuve ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 12576

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ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis comoediae duae Plutus & Nubes: cum scholiis Graecis antiquis, quibus adjiciuntur notae quaedam, simul cum gemino indice. In usum studiosae juventutis. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis Rob. Clavel, 1695. First edition. 8vo. [24], 463pp, [33]. Contemporary panelled calf. Heavy rubbing to extremities, joints split, upper board separating. Browning to blank endpapers, FEP working loose, occasional light creasing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14160

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ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis aves. Cum prolegomenis et commentariis edidit J. van Leeuwen J. F. Lugduni-Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. A. W. Sijthoff, 1902. [6], xv, [1]. 275pp, [1]. With a half-title.

[Together with:] ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis lysistrata. Cum prolegomenis et commentariis edidit J. van Leeuwen J. F. Lugduni-Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. A. W. Sijthoff, 1903. [4], xiv, 177pp, [1]. With a half-title.

[And:] ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis plutus. Cum prolegomenis et commentariis edidit J. van Leeuwen J. F. Lugduni-Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. A. W. Sijthoff, 1904. [4], xxvi, 182pp. With a half-title.

[And:] ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24841

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HORN, Georg. Arca mosis sive historia mundi. Que complectitur primordia rerum naturalium omniumque artium ac scientiarum. Magdeburgi [i.e. Magdeburg]. Impensis Johannis Luderwaldi, 1669. 12mo. [36], 220pp, [24]. With an additional engraved title. Slight marginal loss to **6.

[Bound with:] Historiae naturalis et civilis, ad nostra usque tempora, libri septum. Lipsiae [i.e. Leipzig], Sumptibus Johannis & Friederici Luderwald, 1671. 374pp. With an additional engraved title.

[And:] Ulyssea sive studiosus peregrinans omnia lustrans littora. Lugd. Batav. [i.e. Leiden], Ex Officina Cornelii Driehuysen et Arnoldi Doude, 1671. [8], 590pp. With an engraved ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 13463

WILSON, Jeremy [Keisaburo Yamaguchi]. Arabia no Rorensu. Japan. Shinshokan, 1989. First Japanese edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's white laminated boards, lettered in blue with the contrasting spine, monochrome portrait of Lawrence to the rear board. With the photographic dustwrapper and the additional British Airways orange advertising band. From the family library of Henry Williamson, now dispersed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28301

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[LACEMAKING]. [A Portuguese manuscript treatise on pillow-lace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [50]ff. Illustrated with several hand-drawn diagrams. Contemporary marbled paper wrapper. Extremities chipped, rubbed and marked. Very occasional short marginal tears, else internally clean and crisp.

Incipit: 'Utesilios cabello, e modo de o preparas & Para farer obras de cabello saio precisos diverso utensilios de que vou farer descripcao.'

Explicit: 'Sendo o tecido dos arcos se lhe metlem os moldes que divem seer ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14073

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[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

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[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

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ENAULT, Louis. Angleterre, ecosse, irlande: voyage pittoresque. Paris. Morizot, 1859. First edition. Large 8vo. With 16 engraved plates of views and four partially hand-coloured costume plates. Later black morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Cram moire cloth endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30865

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'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

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[OPERA]. [An archive of 94 theatre programmes and libretti]. [vs.]. [vs.], [c. 1820s-1930s] 12mo, 8vo, and quarto. The majority preserved within original publisher's wrappers. More > £ 4,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25079

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AOUST, M. L'Abbe. Analyse infinitesimale des courbes tracees sur une surface quelconque. Paris. Gauthier-Villars, 1869. First edition. 8vo. xl, 314pp. Contemporary blue half calf, marbled boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Rubbing to extremities with some surface loss, spine heavily sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 11868

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ANACREON. Anacreontis odaria, ad textus barnesiani fidem emendata. Accedunt variæ lectiones curâ edvardi forster. Londini [i.e. London]. Sumptibus Editoris Excudebant Gul. Bulmer et Soc., 1802. 8vo. [4], 130pp. With a half-title. Numerous engraved vignettes. Later black roan-backed tartan paper boards. Lightly rubbed. Light foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33176

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DONNAY, Maurice. Amants: comedie en cinq actes. Paris. Paul Ollendorff, 1897. First edition. 12mo. [6], 258pp, [2]. Near contemporary green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., with original publisher's printed paper wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Gladys de Grey to FEP, lightly foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed to half-title; 'a Lady Grey / un respectueux hommage / Maurice Donnay / Decembre 1896'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16280

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GENLIS, [Stéphanie Félicité], Madame de. Alphonsine, ou la tendresse maternelle. Paris. Chez H. Nicolle et Compagnie, 1806. 12mo. In three volumes. [3], vi-xxviii, 355, [1]; [2], 325, [1]; [2], 351pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, plain powder blue boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing, very occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26287

LAISNÉ, C.. A grammar of the spanish language, in which the rules are illustrated by examples, selected from the best authors. London. Printed for the Author, 1810. First edition. 12mo. vi, 150pp. Later gilt-tooled red half-roan, green paper boards. Heavily rubbed, chipping to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, head of leaf D6 torn away - touching text with slight loss of sense. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27580

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RIVAROL, [Claude-François], vicomte de. Adresse du peuple belge, à S. M. l'empereur. A Londres [i.e. London]. Chez Owen, 1793. First edition. 8vo. 8pp. Uncut and unstitched, as issued. Light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21090

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[TREATY]. A declaration of Monsieur De la Noue, to the diet of the empire, At Francfort, In the Name of the French King. With Proper Observations upon that Masterpiece of French Policy. Translated from the Dutch. London. Sold by John Palairet et al., 1743. First English edition. 8vo. 20pp. Disbound. Inked annotation to head of title, very slight marginal loss to final leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 12558

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[ASSEMBLY OF THE FRENCH CLERGY]. Actes de l'assemblee generale du clerge de france sur la religion, Extraits du Proces-Verbal de ladite Assemblee, tenue a Paris, par permission du Roi, au Couvent des Grands-Augustins, en 1765. A Paris. De l'Imprimerie de Guilleaume Desprez, 1765. 8vo. 92pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Edges a trifle dusty, else clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21341

DUMAS, Alex[andre]. Acte. Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Societe Typographique Belge, Adolphe Wahlen et Compagne, 1838. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [5], 8-266; [3], 6-251pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary red half-calf, tooled in gilts and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Loftus Henry Bland to FEP, light marginal dampstaining, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32483