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[LE CAMUS, Antoine]. Abdeker, ou l'art de conserver la beauté. [Paris]. [s.n.], l'an de l'Hegyre 1168 [i.e. 1754] First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [4], 7-155; 234 [i.e. 134]pp. Later gilt-tooled calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys (1774-1836), with her gilt monogram to head of spine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32696
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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
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GLANVILLE, Ranulf de. Tractatus de Legibus & Consuetudinibus regni Angliæ, tempore Regis Henrici secundi compositus, Justiciæ gubernacula tenente illustri viro Ranulpho de Glanvilla... [London]. [Printed by A. Islip] In ædibus Thomas Wright, 1604. [10], 116, [17] leaves. Initial leaf blank except for an ornament and signature-mark 'j'. ESTC S103136, STC 11906.

[Bound with:] SAINT GERMAIN, Christopher. Dialogus de fundamentis Legum Angliæ et de conscientia... [London]. [Printed by A. Islip?] In ædibus Thomas Wright, 1604. [4], 73, [3] leaves. With a terminal blank leaf. ESTC S103137, STC21560.

8vo. Contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities rubbed, marked, ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25183
Photo of "Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum, In ..."
[WARD, Samuel]. Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum, In quo ejus. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis A. M., 1637. First edition, second issue. 8vo. [28], 162pp. With an engraved frontispiece depicting an anchor and two instruments (not included in collation), and without initial blank. Neatly recased (using frontispiece remounted at gutter) within contemporary limp vellum. An unpressed copy, with some marking to vellum. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 26410
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 "Poemata varii argumenti, Partim e ..."
HERBERT, George. DILLINGHAM, William. Poemata varii argumenti, Partim e georgio herberto Latinè (utcunque) reddita, Partim conscripta, a wilh. dillingham, s.t.d. Cantabrigiensi. Adscitis etiam aliis aliorum. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis E. Flesher. Prostant apud R. Royston, 1678. First edition. 8vo. [8], 238pp, [2]. With a terminal blank leaf. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Heavily rubbed, marked, minute worm-hole to lower joint. Hinges exposed, later inked and pencilled ownership inscriptions to FEP, very light marginal dampstaining. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28354
Photo of "Rime piacevoli Di cesare caporali ..."
CAPORALI, Cesare. Rime piacevoli Di cesare caporali Con aggiunta d'alcuni Sonetti, e Capitolo del Coriandolo de medesimo, e coll'osservationi di carol caporali All'Illustiss. & Eccellentiss. Sig. duca della corgna. In Perugia. Nella Stampa Camerale Appresso Pietro Tomassi, 1642. 12mo. [12], 413pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt- tooled green morocco backed marbled boards. Slightly rubbed, with a closed tear to Q10, without loss of text. Later bookplate of the Gaddesden library, with pencilled shelfmarks, to front endpapers. Thomas Henshaw's copy, with his pencilled inscription to verso of blank fly- leaf at front, opposite title, noting his acquisition in Rome in 1645. Very occasional pencilled highlighting to text, ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 26637
Photo of "Le maitre italien. Contenant tout ..."
VENERONI, [Giovanni]. Le maitre italien. Contenant tout ce qui est nécessaire pour apprendre facilement, & en peu de tems, à parler, lire & écrire en Italien & entendre les Auteurs, tant en Prose qu'en Vers. . Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Brunel, 1691. Nouvelle Edition. 8vo. [8], 375pp, [1]. Title printed in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with wear to head of spine, minute worm-hole to foot of upper board. Endpapers sprung, without free-endpapers. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page. Some staining to title and very occasional light spotting to text, but largely internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33436
Photo of "Eryci Puteani historicæ insubricæ libri ..."
PUTEANUS, Erycius. Eryci Puteani historicæ insubricæ libri VI. Qui Irruptiones Barbarorum in Italiam continent: Rerum ab Origine gentis ad Othonem M. epitome. Oxonii [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat Gulielmus Turner, 1634. 12mo. 28], 192pp, [32]. Partially unopened in contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Early manuscript note (unrelated to text) to FFEP , later manuscript shelf-mark and ink-stamp to title page, slight marginal loss to leaf B9, very occasional marginal tears, some staining to foot of latter half of text-block. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28360
Photo of "Delitiæ poetarum scotorum hujus ævi ..."
[JOHNSTON, Arthur]. Delitiæ poetarum scotorum hujus ævi illustrium. Amsterdami [i.e. Amsterdam]. Apud Johannem Blaeu, 1637. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. 1-[12], [2], [13]-699, [1]; 573pp, [3]. Contemporary vellum, one volume taller than the other, title in manuscript to spines. Lightly rubbed, marked and discoloured. Early ownership inscription to FFEP of Vol. I 'Sibelius â (?)Bonatury', very occasional early underlining, occasional light dampstaining, minute marginal worm-track to latter half of Vol. II text-block. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23795
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VINCENT OF LÉRINS. Peregrini, id est, ut vulgo vincentii lirinensis, adversus prophanas hæreses, Commonitoria duo. Editio repurgata, caeteris purior & emendatior. Huic adijcitur Augustini liber de Hæresibus. Oxoniæ [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat G. T. Academiæ celeberrimæ Typographus, Impensis Guilielmi Webb, 1631. 12mo. [12], 274pp, [2]. The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark 'A' to recto; the second leaf is blank. With a terminal errata leaf. Title in red and black. Later blind-tooled calf, recently neatly rebacked, all edges green. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. Early inscription of Samuel Thomas to head of title page. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28361
Photo of "Elenchus religionis papisticæ. In quo ..."
BASTWICK, John. Elenchus religionis papisticæ. In quo probatur: Neque Apostolicam, Neque Catholicam, Imo neque Romanam esse. Londini [i.e. London]. Excusum per Gulielmum Ionis, 1627. Edition secunda [i.e. second edition]. 8vo. [8], 259pp, [1]. Later panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Light marginal dampstaining to foot of text-block, manuscript index to verso of title page referencing the occasional Latin annotations in an early hand. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 28357
Photo of "[Greek Title] Vetus testamentum graecum ..."
[BIBLE, Greek - Septuagint]. [Greek Title] Vetus testamentum graecum ex versione septuaginta interpretum juxta exemplar vaticanum romae editum. Cantabrigiae, [i.e. Cambridge]. Excusum Per Joannem Field, Typographum Academicum, 1665. Third English edition. 12mo. [2], 19, [1]; 755, [1]; 516pp. Lower corner of K6 torn away with some loss. Darlow & Moule 4701. ESTC R236848. Wing B2719.

[Bound uniformly with:] [BIBLE, N.T., Greek]. [Greek title]. [Cambridge]. [John Field, 1665]. 12mo. [2], 419pp, [1]. Small thumbnail sized piece torn away from margin of A4, with a little loss. ESTC R25629.

[And:] [PSALTER - Church of Scotland]. The psalms of david ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 28955
Photo of "Titi petronii arbitri satyricon Cui ..."
PETRONIUS. Titi petronii arbitri satyricon Cui Accedunt diversorum Poetarum Lusis in Priapum, Errones Venerei... Paris. Apud Claudium Audinet, 1677. 12mo. [22], 417pp, [3]. With a finely extra engraved title (included in the pagination) and terminal blank, but without a12 (presumably blank; this copy conforms exactly to other copies we have handled). Finely bound in contemporary richly gilt- tooled citron morocco, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, previously attributed to Padeloup. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Very slightly rubbed, corners a little bumped; else a fine copy. The Lamoignon-Wodhull-Hoe-Wallace-Collins copy with ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31905
Photo of "Fleta, seu commentarius Juris Anglicani ..."
SELDEN, John [editor]. Fleta, seu commentarius Juris Anglicani sic nuncupatus, sub edwardo rege primo, seu Circa Annos abhinc CCCXL. ab Anonymo conscriptus, atque è Codice veteri, Auctore ipso ipso aliquantulùm recentiori, nunc primùm Typis Editus... Londini [i.e. London]. Typis S. R. Prostant apud H. Twyford, T. Bassett, J. Place, & S. Keble, 1685. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. Quarto. [8], 64, 63-452, 453-553pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. Without blank leaf Mmm4. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, title in manuscript to fore-edge. Rubbed and marked, some loss to head of spine, small worm-hole to upper joint. Occasional marginal loss, scattered spotting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist, and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33453
Photo of "[Greek title: Tes Kaines Diathekes ..."
[BIBLE - N.T., Greek]. [Greek title: Tes Kaines Diathekes apanta]. Novi Testamenti Libri omnes, recens nunc editi: cum Notis & Animaduersionibus Doctissimorum, Praesertim vero, Roberti Stephani, Josephi Scaligeri, Isaaci Casauboni. Variae item Lectiones ex antiquissimis exemplaribus, & celeberrimis bibliothecis, desumptae. Londini [i.e. Leiden]. Apud [B. and A. Elzevir for] Richardum Whittakerum, 1633. 8vo. [8], 459pp, [13]. First four words of title transliterated from the Greek. Printed in double columns. Eighteenth-century gilt-tooled brick-red morocco. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early manuscript quotation, in the original greek, from Ephrem the Syrian to FFEP; in what appears to be the same hand as the ownership inscriptions 'Rob: Hawkesworth / His Book / 1709' to verso of title page and head of p.1. ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26478
Photo of "Medecine primitive, ou recueil de ..."
WESLEY, [John]. Medecine primitive, ou recueil de remedes choisis & eprouves par des experiences constantes, A l'uage des Gens de la Campagne, des Riches & des Pauvres. Lyon. Chez Jean Marie Bruyset, 1772. 12mo. xl, 300pp, [4]. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep, calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Heavily rubbed, some loss to head of spine. Early manuscript shelf-mark and recent book-label of Le Docteur Georges Martin to FEP, worm-track to lower corner of text-block, marginal loss to leaf Y1, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32979
Photo of "Hugo grotius de veritate religionis ..."
GROTIUS, Hugo. Hugo grotius de veritate religionis christianae.. Londini [i.e. London]. Joannem Nourse, 1755. Editio novissima, ex collatione optimorum exemplarium emendata.. 8vo. [16], 320pp, [2]. Contemporary blind-stamped calf. Rubbed and marked, with minor surface loss to boards and some surface chipping to spine. Rear pastedowns sprung. All edges red. Small inked initials to head of FEP. Light spotting and browning to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33468
Photo of "Rerum scoticarum historia.."
BUCHANAN, George. Rerum scoticarum historia... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Ex Typographœo Georgii Mosman, 1700. Editio novissima, prioribus accuratior & emendatior. 12mo. [12], 592, [36], 51pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and an engraved folding map. Contemporary blind- tooled panelled calf, contrasting re calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Text-block dampstained at foot, short tear to map. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33313