Category: Antiquarian Books

Historiae Barbaricae Libri VI: Qui Irruptiones Barbarorum in Italiam, Occasum Imperii, Et Res Insubrum Continent, Ad Exemplum Flori Conscripti

Price: $325.00

Publisher: Antwerp, Typis Joannis Cnobbari : 1634

Seller ID: 13528

Binding: Vellum

Condition: Very Good

24mo 5" - 6" tall; [14], 149, [21] p. Signatures [A - L]8 ; M2. Final 5 leaves blank. Printer's woodcut device on title page. Full period vellum with hand lettered titling at top of spine. Prior ownership in manuscript to pastedown and fly. Several hand lettered ownership inscriptions on title page margins have been crossed through but remain legible with close inspection. Binding neat; contents complete with just minor toning to pages and a few leaves at rear with superficial nicks and margin tears at edge. Attractive copy of historian and humanist - Puteanus' history of the Barbaria...
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Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, With Some of Modern Date [in 4 Volumes]; Collected from Rare Copies and Mss. a New Edition, Revised and Considerably Enlarged from Public and Private Collections

By: Evans, Thomas & R. H. Evans (compilers and Eds. )

Price: $165.00

Publisher: London, Printed for R. H. Evans By W. Bulmer and Co : 1810

Seller ID: 32122

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 4 volumes, complete. Uniformly bound in an unusual thatched pattern calf with gilt chain tooled ruling to board edges. All volumes with late 19th century era rebacking which is not holding. Leather splitting in the joints with many boards detached, some with a few front matter pages attached. Evidence of more recent and ineffectual glue repairs in the joints. Text contents bright, clean and complete. Half-titles present save for Vol. 4, from which the half-title is missing. Leather spines complete if a bit worn at spine ends and splitting in joints. Wants rebacking...
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The Poetical Works of Mrs. Hemans 2 Volumes in 1

By: Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans

Price: $47.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry F. Anners : circa 1845

Seller ID: 13430

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

48mo 3½" - 4" tall; No date given; circa 1845-1855. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt floral bordering and titles to spine, an ornate gilt bordered "classical" theme illustration to cover board and embellishments in blind to rear board. Small format, about 3.5 inches in height. All edges gilt. 2 volumes bound as 1. Binding snug and contents neat. Engraved frontis illustration for both volumes, tissue guard missing from the frontis for the first volume. Mild rubbing and flaking to gilt designs to cover and spine. Still a very solid and attractive example of this near-...
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Illustrium Imagines, Ex Antiquis Marmoribus, Nomismatibus, Et Gemmis Expressae: Quae Exstant Romae, Maior Pars Apud Fulvium Ursinum Edition Altera, Aliquot Imaginibus, Et I. Fabri Ad Singulas Commentario, Auctior Atque Illustrior.

By: Galle, Theodore and Fabri, Johannes

Price: $725.00

Publisher: Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana (Plantin) : 1606

Seller ID: 28821

Binding: Leather

Condition: Fair

4to 11" - 13" tall; 2nd edition after the 1598 original. 2 volumes in 1 with sep. title pages. This copy lacks the initial 8 pages of front matter, A2 - A4,in the first part with B1, B2 placed at rear of Vol 2. Paged thus in Vol 1st: [2]Blank, Engraved title, 1 -151 (plates). Vol 2nd: Blank, Title, [6], 88, [6], bl., half-title, A-Q (plates), [4] pp. Lacking 18 of the 168 plates called for. Present are 135 of 151 numbered plates in the primary album and 15 of 17 of the lettered plates in the Appendix album. Lacking are plates numbered 35, 56, 71, 72, 73, 92, 95, 107, 112, 122, 124, ...
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Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius, Quibus Nunc Accedit Vegetius De Mulo Medicina, Et Gargilii Martialis Fragmentum...

By: Gesner, Johann Matthias (1691-1761) and Marcus Porcius Cato

Price: $550.00

Publisher: Leipzig; Lipsiae, Sumptibus Caspari Fritsch; Caspar Fritsch : 1735

Seller ID: 26140

Binding: Vellum

Condition: Very Good+

4to 11" - 13" tall; 1316 pages; Caspar Fritsch, Leipzig. Handsomely bound in contemporary full vellum with brown morocco title labels to spine. Folding frontis copperplate and 4 folding copperplate engraved plates. Vol I: [10], LVI, 858 p. ; Vol II : [10], p. 859-1316, 159 p.. Mounted to the front pastedown is the armorial bookplate of Thomas Falconer with four lozenges below the shield indicating earlier Falconer lineage; below this is mounted a later bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason. Snugly bound in bright clean vellum with just mild shelf rub to extremities. Almost imperceptible to t...
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scelta di alcune commedie del goldoni, per uso de Dilletanti della Lingua Italiana; Tomo 2: Il Burbero Benefico. Pamela Maritata. La Dama Prudente. IL Padre Di Famiglia. IL Cavaliere E La Dama.

By: Goldoni, Carlo

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Livorno,, Dalla Stamperia della Fenice : 1822

Seller ID: 22516

Binding: Vellum

Condition: Very Good+

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 478 pages; Tomo 2 only. Full period vellum with gilt bands and volume # tooled in gilt to spine; morocco title label mounted. Snug neat copy; very handsome. Contains the full text for Il Burbero Benefico; Pamela Maritata; La Dama Prudente; il Padre Di Famiglia; il Cavaliere e la Dama. VG+
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An Abridgment of the History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II

By: Goldsmith, Oliver

Price: $135.00

Publisher: London, B. Law; G. Robinson; G. Kearsly; Et. Al. : 1774

Seller ID: 23481

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good-

Copper plate engravings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 356 pages; Printed for B. Law; G. Robinson; G. Kearsly; et. al.; London. 1st edition of Goldsmith's abridged edition. Snugly bound in period calf boards and a sympathetic rebacking of polished calf with red morocco title label. A2-B-P12, Q10. Plates; frontis, 63, 96, 201, 266. Copperplates engraved by Taylor and printed by Kearsley. Two of the plates have a faint dollop of color inexpertly added. Loss of leather from predation to small areas adjacent to the spine. Retains original endsheets; armorial bookplate of Bacon Hickman mounted over...
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A Pictorial History of the United States, With Notices of Other Portions of America. for the Use of Schools

By: Goodrich, Samuel Griswold [Peter Parley]

Price: $89.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, Sorin & Ball : 1847

Seller ID: 49383

Binding: 1/4 leather

Condition: Very Good-

Woodcuts and Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages; 1847 Sorin & Ball, Philadelphia. Revised edition. Soundly bound in original 1/4 black leather backed spine and ribbed blue cloth covered boards. Prior ownership names in pen and pencil to first two blank leaves. Light rubbing and stress to leather over joints and at ends but sound. Short closed tears in the gutter of the front flyleaf. Endpages toned and lightly soiled; cloth covered boards a little surface rubbed with a small damp splotch outline to cover. Illustrated with in text woodcuts and maps throughout. Expected but mild toning to page s...
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A Word To Sinners And A Word To Saints The Former Tending to the Awakening the Consciences of Secure Sinners Unto a Lively Sense....

By: Gouge, Thomas

Price: $195.00

Publisher: London, Printed for the Assigns of Thomas Gouge and Sold By the Booksellers of London and Westminster : 1691

Seller ID: 32313

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good+

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 182 pages; Believed 5th edition. 12mo. In 18th century calf. Lacking front matter up to title page. Rear blank present. Pages trimmed tight to the lower edge with some occasional loss to catchwords and signatures. Some nicks and furring to the edge of the last several leaves. Light general toning to text block. 19th century bookplates of prior owner. Boards splay a bit at front edge. Scarce 17th century tract on repentance. Not often seen in period editions. G+
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The Life of Milton in Three Parts, To Which Are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an Appendix

By: Hayley, William

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, T. Cadell and W. Davies : 1796

Seller ID: 37021

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

4to 11" - 13" tall; 328 pages; 1st edition. 4to. Period leather boards detached; spine perishing. Flyleaf at front is loose and no half-title is present. Text block otherwise sound and complete with mild general toning to paper. Period prior ownership in manuscrip to top edge of title page - M. S. Wollen [? ]. Suitable for rebacking or rebinding. Good only thus. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Cook Book

By: Heavilon, Mary Jane

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Frankfort, IN, Self Published : 1929

Seller ID: 20879

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages; No date given [Circa 1929]. Self-published . Dated by gift inscription to front endpage, dated 1929. Bound in textured, faux leather cloth with pictorial title emblem embossed in relief to cover; a double boiler in gilt above author titling, also in a scrolled gilt panel. Gilt title details to spine dulled but legible. Soundly bound copy has some moderate toning to page stock. Several prior owner, names/gift inscriptions penned neatly to front endpages. A lengthy Date cake recipe penned in manuscript to a rear blank leaf. Mild scattered kitchen soiling to...
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Rational Recreations, in Which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy are Clearly and Copiously Elucidated by a Series of Easy, Entertaining, Interesting Experiments : Vol III: Electrical and Magnetical Experiments

By: Hooper, William

Price: $450.00

Publisher: London, Printed for L. Davis ...J. Robson ...B. Law ...and G. G. J. and J. Robinson ... : 1787

Seller ID: 25090

Binding: Full leather

Condition: Very Good+

Vol III only (of four) : "Electrical and Magnetical Experiments". A lovely copy of the 3rd volume of Hooper's four volume work. Snugly bound in period tree calf with morocco labels to spine; board edges tooled in gilt. Twenty hand colored folding copperplate engravings are complete and very neat with three of the plates starting at the front edge from misfolding and showing some soiling and supericial closed tears to the margins where they extruded from the fore edge. Endpages complete and unmarred. Joints quite sound; surfaces bright and neat with no skinning or rubbing. Just mild bum...
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Rational Recreations, in Which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy are Clearly and Copiously Elucidated by a Series of Easy, Entertaining, Interesting Experiments : Vol IV: Experiments in Pneumatics, Hydrology and Pyrotechnics, with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Recreations

By: Hooper, William

Price: $400.00

Publisher: London, Printed for L. Davis ...J. Robson ...B. Law ...and G. G. J. and J. Robinson ... : 1787

Seller ID: 25091

Binding: Full leather

Condition: Very Good+

367 pages; Vol IV only (of four) : "Experiments in Pneumatics, Hydrology and Pyrotechnics, with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Recreations". A lovely copy of the 4th volume of Hooper's four volume work. Snugly bound in period tree calf with morocco title label to spine, lacking the small oval "4" volume label; board edges tooled in gilt. Fourteen handsomely hand colored folding copperplate engravings are complete and very neat with three of the plates starting slightly at the front edge from misfolding and showing some mild soiling and supericial rubbing at the area where they e...
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments : Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised

By: Hugh Gaine

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: New York, Hugh Gaine : 1792

Seller ID: 13224

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 816 pages; New York, Printed and sold by Hugh Gaine, at his book-store and printing-office, at the Bible, in Hanover-Square: 1792. Contemporary calf boards with sympathetic professional rebacking and replaced morocco label at spine. In 12's, printed in double columns. The contents have been carefully inspected with all pages believed present, including original endsheets. Extensive family records in a close hand relating to the families of Daniel Hodgkins, his daughter Betsy Hodgkins and of Sylvanus Sparks, to whom she was wed in 1812. Family history is listed on t...
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A Defence of the Charter, and Municipal Rights of the City of London And the Rights of Other Municipal Cities and Towns of England

By: Hunt, Thomas

Price: $145.00

Publisher: London, Richard Baldwin : 1683

Seller ID: 37275

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

4to 11" - 13" tall; 46 pages; Disbound. 46 pp gathered in 4's. Signatures not bound, with mild stab holes in spine edge margins from prior binding. Mild toning and soiling to title page; light stress crease to top front corner of the pages. The 1st and only edition with title page in two variants. An anti Roman Catholic tract. Good thus.
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The Mexican Guide

By: Janvier, Thomas Allibone

Price: $135.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1888

Seller ID: 22618

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

16mo 6" - 7" tall; 523 pages; 3rd edition. Bound to accomodate travel in full, supple, pebbled leather with a folding title lettered closure over the front edge. Edges marbled. Calls for three maps but none present. Leather scraped at top and spine edges; partial split along the folding front flap. The leather strip meant to serve as a catch for the tongue of the flap is missing. Laeather at spine more heavily worn with surface rubbing and light scarring but tiles still bold and entire spine present. Contents clean and complete save for maps, with a few signatures starting slightly. S...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., A New Edition in Six Volumes; With an Essay on His Life and Genius

By: Johnson, Samuel & Arthur Murphy

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Dublin, Printed for Luke White : 1793

Seller ID: 32194

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good+

frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 6 volumes complete, uniformly bound in contemporary calf with red and black leather title and volume labels to spines. Front boards detached or nearly so from all 6 volumes. Rear board detached from V 6 and some rear joints tender. V 2 is lacking front free endpages; V 3 is lacking title page and rear blank endpages; V4 is lacking front blank endpages. V 5 with shallow chipping to leather at spine ends and with some discoloration and crazing to the leather along the front edge of the upper board. Small, early 20th century paper numeral labels to spines are faded and...
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Hosee cum Thargum, Id Est Chaldaica Paraphrasi Ionathan, & Commentariis R. Selomo Iarhi, R. Abraham Aben Ezra, & R. D. Kimhi: variis lectionibus ex multorum exemplarium diligenti collatione in margine ascriptis.

By: Jonathan Ben Uzziel; Abraham Ben Meir Ibn Ezra; David Kimhi; Rashi

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: [geneva], [Robertus Stephanus] : R. Estienne : 1556

Seller ID: 41044

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 243 pages; R. Estienne, Geneva. Small 4to. Period calf, rebacked with old morocco; titles stamped direct in gilt. Woodcut pictorial printer's mark on title page; titles in Hebrew and Latin. Text in Hebrew and Aramaic. Mild chipping to leather at spine ends; light rub through, bruising and rounding to boards at corner tips. Occasional marginal annotation from varying periods. Mild damping to margins of some leaves. Prior ownership penned at front and rear; tipped in on rear endpage is a slim slip with bookseller catalog information for this copy. A-M4; N6; O-U...
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An Essay on the Law of Bailments with Introductory Remarks and Notes...by John Balmanno

By: Jones, William, Sir

Price: $165.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Byrne : 1804

Seller ID: Alibris.0003699

Binding: Full leather

Condition: Very Good

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 123 pages; Contemporary full calf with red spine label, gilt. Prior ownership signature of highly respected jurist Daniel Agnew, who from 1873-1879 held position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Agnew's ownership inscriptions to front endpage and title page dated 1831. Black leather title with "M. Agnew" stamped in gilt, with the far left of the label chipped and presumably missing an initial. An undated ownership inscription "R. Moore" on the front endpage is neatly crossed out with a single line but an identical signature on ...
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy Or, Philosophical Lectures Read in the University of Oxford, Anno Dom. 1700; To Which Are Added, the Demonstrations of Monsieur Huygens Theorems, Concerning the Centrifugal Force and Circular Motion

By: Keill, John

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Andrew Millar; John Rivington; et. al. : 1758

Seller ID: 26141

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages; 5th edition, translated from the last edition of the Latin. Bound in modern plain paper wraps over a complete and snug text block. [Blank], xii, 306, [2(ads)], blank pp. Several cursory period ownership names in manuscript to the front blank; manuscript errata notes in two lines to the top edge of the rear blank. Illustrated throughout with woodcut figures and diagrams. Pages supple. clean and bright. Plain paper wraps are tasteful and professionally applied. Very well preserved, though in want of a proper casing. G++ thus
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Category: Antiquarian Books