Lyon: Ioan. Tornaesium, 1579. Title page bears portrait of Aesop, and there are 110 woodcuts throughout the text after Bernard Salomon, one of the most famous designers and engravers of 16th Century. 637, (18 index) pages, all in Latin. Thick 32mo, bound by Rene Kieffer in older full plum levant with triple gilt-ruled spine, borders and dentelles; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Lugdoni: Apud Ioan. Tornaesium, 1579. Some wear to the leather at joints, but solid and all pages are..... More

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998. Illustrated in color throughout. 360 pages. 4to, navy cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1998). A fine copy in a near fine wrapper, a trace of edgewear. More

Erfurt: Matthes Maler, 1524. 76 leaves, some browning and pin worm holes, small defect on title page effecting 1 word. Gothic type, title printed within fine woodcut border dated 1521 of cherubs playing music, drawing Mars in a cart, etc. Short slim 4to, plain 19th Century vellum (slightly bowed), all edges red. Erphurdie: [Matthes Maler], 1524. A very good(+) copy. First Edition of this rare Anti-Reformation tract by a fellow Augustinian who initially shared Luther's enthusiasms for change, but, as..... More

London: Christopher Barker, 1562. Map. Wood cut with hand coloring. Image measures 3 1/4 x 4 5/8 ". Sheet measures 8 1/4 x 6 inches. This rare map of the Holy Land shows the areas of ancient Syria and Lebanon and the Holy Land along the Mediterranean Sea. Published in 1562, it is elaborately decorated with pictorial mountains, and cities, as well as giant sea creatures in the water. From the Geneva Bible, one of the most historically significant translations..... More

Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009. Text in German. Illustrated in color throughout. 271 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers. (Ostfildern): Hatje Cantz, (2009). A very good copy, light scuffing to spine ends and rear wrapper, infrequent underlining and writing in margins. More

Basel: Jakob Kundig, 1554. [8], 270 [i. e., 302] pages; lacks last leaf, blank except for printer's device on verso. Folio [326x209 mm], early 18th-century paneled calf with gilt arms of Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (1656-1729) on covers, re-backed, cover corners worn, front hinge reinforced, darkening in upper margins throughout, light dampstaining in lower outer corners toward end, occasional toning or browning, title soiled with signature of the London pharmacist Francis Bernard dated 1656 on recto and Sion College..... More

Oxford: Clarendon, 1965. Maps and genealogical table at rear. xxvi + 539 pages, thick 8vo, grey cloth. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, (1965). A very good copy. More

London: Richard Tottell, 1569. [xxxii], 444 [i.e. 442] leaves. Some engraved decorative initials throughout the text; pages quite clean. Thick 4to, contemporary brown calf with decorative crest on covers, neatly re-cased and re-cornered in similar leather. London: Richardum Totellum, 1569. First edition. "The first printed edition of the entire work was published by Richard Tottell in 1569, with a preface by one T.N. (whose identity has never been determined), in which credit is taken for a careful recension of the..... More

Cologne: Braun & Hogenberg, 1572. View. Copper engraving. Image measures 13.5 x 19.25". This stunning map from 1572 depicts two bird's-eye views of Jerusalem. The first view on the left of the sheet illustrates Biblical Jerusalem as the "Ancient city in its full splendor at the time of Christ". The procession of Jesus to Golgotha, with Judas hanging from a tree outside the city walls is depicted. The view on the right shows the modern city during the 16th century..... More

Norwalk: Easton, 1990. Frontispiece and illustrations by El Greco, both in color and black and white. 127pp. Slim 4to, brown cloth. New York: Harry Abrams, (1990). Owner's name stamped on fly-leaf, else a fine copy. More

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Illustrated with a handful of b/w images. 204 pages. Thin 4to, black cloth. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2003). A very good internally clean copy with considerable sunning to to spine and front cloth; lacking dust wrapper. More

New York: Weatherhill, 1976. Illustrated with a handful of color and b/w plates. 198 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Weatherhill, (1976). First edition. A near fine copy--previous owner signature to endpaper--in a very good(+) wrapper, vertical sunning along outer edges of front and rear covers, scuffing to upper edge. More

Paris: Gilles Beys, 1583. Two parts in one volume; 46 & 60 leaves with text in Latin and Greek. Decorative woodcut initials and headpieces throughout; Beys device on both titles . Short slim 4to, bound in a pleasantly attractive 18th century mottled calf with boards edges, spine and red morocco label stamped in gilt; all edges red. Lutetiae: Apud Aegidium Beysium, 1593. First edition. Exceedingly scarce and in fine condition. First editions of the noted philologist's two suites of 18..... More