Many people have old and rare books in their homes that have been passed down in the family. They might include a well-loved and worn edition of Dickens that may be worth only a few dollars or an unnoticed early colonial printing that could be worth thousands. Whether to raise money or simply because they can no longer...
A UNIQUE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY WITH 28 MAPS AND CITY VIEWS The Book: Brandis, Franz Adam.. Dess tirolischen Adlers immergrünendes Ehren-Kräntzel, oder, Zusammen gezogene Erzehlung jeniger schrifft-würdigsten Geschichten, so sich in den zehen nacheinander gefolgten Herrschungen der fürstlichen Graffschafft Tirol von Noë an, biss auff jetzige Zeit zugetragen. Gedruckt zu Botzen [Bolzano] : Bey Paul Nicolaus...
A FOLIO EDITION OF JOHN STOW’S CHRONICLE The Book: John Stow; (edited and continued by) Edmund Howes . Annales, or, A generall chronicle of England. Begun by John Stow: continued and augmented with matters forraigne and domestique, ancient and moderne, unto the end of this present yeere, 1631. Londini, Impensis Richardi Meighen, 1631. FOLIO. COMPLETE....
WITH THE FAMOUS ANCHOR AND DOLPHIN A major character in the Purgatory section of Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy [P Papinius Statius; Aldo Manuzio; Markos Mousouros; Giovanni Gioviano Pontano] STATIUS. [Opere.] Venice: Aldus, 1502. 3 parts, including ‘Orthographia et Flexus Dictionum Graecarum’, in one volume. Imprint from colophon. Colophon: Venetiis in aedibus Aldi. mense...
WITH THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE SURVIVING SEAL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY Indian holding an arrow pointed down in a gesture of peace, with the words “Come over and help us” [Americana] [Manuscript] Massachusetts Bay Colony Deed on paper, dated 28 year of the reign of Lord King Charles Second the 8th of November 1676. ...
AN IMPORTANT TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION, ESPECIALLY IN ITS FRENCH EDITION, TO CHINOISERIE The Book: Bonanni, Filippo. Traitè des vernis : où l’on donne la maniere d’en composer un, qui reffemble parfaitment à celui de la Chine, & plufieurs autres qui concernent la painture, la dorure, la gravure à l’eau forte, & c … Publisher: Paris :...
The 5 Volume COMPLETE Collected works in FOLIO of Martín de Azpilcueta, the Canonist and economist, credited as the FIRST to develop monetarist theory With the Wonderful Cat and Mouse Printer Device of the Sessa Printing House The Set: Martin de Azpilcueta D. Martini ab Azpilcueta Navarri… Opera omnia, quae quidem adhuc fideliter habita sunt, atque...
68 etched and engraved plates containing 554 plans Giambattista Morandi. Historia botanica practica; sev, Plantarum, quae ad usum medicinae pertinent, nomenclatura descriptio, et virtutes, cum ab antiquis, tum a recentibus celebrium auctorum scriptis desumptae, ac aeneis tabulis delineatae, atque ad vivum ex prototypo expressae, nec non in classes XXV. distributae. (Milan) Mediolani, Apud J. Galeatium,...
WITH TITIAN’S FAMOUS DEVICE OF A BEAR LICKING HER CUBS SIXTY-FOUR (64) beautiful and enigmatic emblematic plates PITTONI, BATTISTA (1520-1583) and LODOVICO DOLCE (1508-1659.) Imprese nobili et ingeniose di diversi Principi et d’ altre personaggi illustri nell’ arme et nelle lettere : con le diciarationi in versi Venetia, 1578. 4to., 27 cm., wide margined and...
RARE UNFINISHED UNDERDRAWINGS IN PREPARATION FOR LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS Scotus, Johns Duns. Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1481. Part III and IV in 1 volume. FOLIO, 347 mm. [58], [140] lvs. Parts COMPLETE including initial and final blanks. Edited by Thomas Penketh and Bartholomaeus Bellatus. Commentary on Petrus Lombardus’ Sententiarum libri quattuor. ...
