Paris: Vilo, 1985. Extensively illustrated in both color and black & white. 463pp., thick 4to, cloth; upper, outer margin of last hundred pages or so slightly bumped and crushed. Paris: Vilo, (1985). Overall a very good(-) but perfectly usable copy. More

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976. xxii + 270pp., 8vo, blue boards. Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh Press, (1976). A very good copy. More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. 208 Illus., some in color. Small folio, brown cloth, d.w., front cover slightly warped, otherwise very good. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1982). Monograph of the art of Diego Velazquez. More

Baltimore: Penguin, 1965. Painting and Sculpture: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Architecture: Sixteenth to Eighteen Centuries. Illus. 4to, rust cloth, d.w. (Middlesex): Penguin Books, (1965).A very good (+) copy in a good dust wrapper. Pelican History of Art. More

Paris: Nicolas & Jean de la Coste, 1660. Short thick 4tos (9.25 x 7.5 inches). 3 volumes, handsomely bound in full contemporary mottled calf; elaborately gilt-stamped spines with red & black labels and raised bands; marbled endpapers, all edges red. [30], 776, [24]; [24], 784, [28]; [18], 790, [12] pages. The books cover the first three decades -- the period from 1492 to 1514 (subsequent decades were never translated). Some light foxing throughout, as usual; small personal bookplates on pastedowns..... More

Geneva: Samuelis Chouer, 1657. Frontispiece portrait of Hippocrates, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette. (46), 1344, (53)pp. Genevae: Samuelis Chouer, 1657. BOUND WITH: Foesius, Anutius. Oeconomia Hippocratis Alphabeti Serie Distincta. (8), 418pp. Two volumes in one. Very thick folio, crude but solidly bound in modern two-toned cloth (inner hinges mended; scattered foxing and some light staining, mostly in margins; several short tears in margins and a few tiny wormholes). Genevae: Samuelis Chouer, 1662. Text in Greek with..... More

New York: Pendragon, 1983. Frontispiece of the printed libretto of La Statira, Rome, 1690. 92pp. Slim 8vo, red cloth (spine very slightly faded). New York: Pendragon Press, (1983). A very good(+) copy. Monographs in Musicology No. 2. More

Amsterdam: Henrici Hondius, 1630. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14.75" x 18 7/8". Rare and early 1630 map of the Chesapeake Bay and the Virginia Colony by Henricus Hondius. Oriented with north to the right, the map shows the Chesapeake Bay in its entirety and extends from Cape Henry to the Susquehanna River. This map was a derivation of the map by John Smith from 1612, drawn from his deceased brother Jodocus' 1618 version. Settlements are marked..... More

Amsterdam: Jan Cloppenburgh, 1630. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 17 7/8" x 22 1/8". Beautiful and rare map of Germany. Map is bordered by various portraits of the Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire and city views. Towns include Prague, Nuremburg, Basel, Frankfurt, Augsburg, Mentz, Leipzig, Strausbourg, Lubek, Heidelberg, Brusnswick, Trier, Hamburg, Ulm, Regensburg, Vienna and Cologne. Each town is accompanied by coats of arms. Map has been cropped and mounted onto early paper margins. Overall wear..... More

Leiden: Elzevir, 1629. Three parts bound in one, with separate pagination and title pages showing the Elzevir "non solus" hermit mark. Extra engraved title at front. [34], 239; 296 [i.e 286]; 250 pages. Thick 16mo, full 18th century brown calf with ornate gilt spine (well-rubbed but sound and attractive with minor repair at head; some old ink notations, mostly on first and last several pages). Lugd. Batavorum: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1629. Part I: Qvintvs Horativs Flaccvs. Daniel Heinsivs ex emendatissimis..... More

1675. 1.5 x 6 inches, no place, January 25, 1675. Fragment signed "R. Howard"; probably taken from a payment request. Includes a partial sentence along the top edge and is mounted on firm paper. Very good condition. Howard was a playwright who was imprisoned for his Royalist sympathies after the English Civil War and later served as a member of Parliament. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Illustrated in black and white. 96 pages, 12mo, gilt stamped ribbed green cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. A near fine copy. More

Amsterdam: Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, 1696. Map. Engraving with hand outline. Image measures 23" x 35". Stunning map showing the vast extent of the German Empire, including parts of Poland, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Italy, France and the Netherlands. Exquisite and subtle coloring, beautifully detailed. Based on a plate by Nicolas Sanson, reworked and published in "Atlas Nouveau" by Jaillot. Severe toning due to early acid backing, chipping to edges and corners and some tears. Priced as is. Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632--1712) was..... More