Jacobean Pageant: Or, The Court of King James I
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. Illustrated in black and white. xi + 431pp., large 8vo, red cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
17TH CENTURY
Cento Novelle Amorose de i Signori Accademici Incogniti.
Venice: Presso li Guerigli, 1651. 290 pages, all rather fine and clean, blue edges. Thick tall 8vo, copper engraved illustration on title page, engraved decorative chapter initials and tail pieces. Full vellum, lightly soiled, hand-lettered title on spine. Small ex-libris on inside front cover. Venice: Presso le Guerigli, 1651. First Edition. Scarce. More
Nicolas Poussin, The Rape of the Sabines, (The Louvre version).
Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1983. Color frontispiece and other b/w illustrations. 69 pages. Slim oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers, lightly scuffed. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1983. A very good solid copy. Exhibition catalogue. More
La Logique ou l'Art de Penser: Contenant Outre les Regles Communes Plusieurs Observations Nouvelles,; Propres a Former le Jugement.
Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Woodcut design on title page. 473, (7) pages. Thick 12mo, full calf, gilt spine (rubbed). Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Revised and augmented. Very good. Drips of what looks to be sealing wax on endpapers. Old bookseller's label on front attached endpaper. Small oval abrasion though leather down to board on back cover. More
Great Britain To 1688: A Modern History
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961. Maps. xi + 441pp. plus index. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1961). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
London in Flames: London in Glory. Poems on the Fire and Rebuilding of London 1666-1709.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1943. 383 pages, 8vo, beige cloth, d.w. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1943. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden
New York: Random House, 1976. 696 pages, tall thick 8vo, handsomely rebound in 3/4 beige morocco, green leather spine label, tan cloth. London: Faber & Faber, (1976). First Edition. A fine copy. More
Teatro e Immagini del Settecento Italiano
Torino: Radio Italiana, 1953. 6 color plates and 53 in black & white. Small 4to, stiff pictorial boards (spine darkened), deckled edge, board slipcase (rubbed). Torino: Radio Italiana, 1953. One of 1670 numbered copies. More
Essays [Counsels Civil and Moral]: Advancement of Learning, and New Atlantis
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Facsimile title page from first complete edition of Bacon's essays. 391 pages, 8vo, gilt-stamped gray leather, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. A fine copy. 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. More
Sylva Sylvarum, Sive Historia naturalis...a Francisco Bacono. Latio transscripta a Iabobo Grutero.
Leiden: Fransciscum Hackium, 1648. Thick 16mo, old leather; professionally re-backed to match, red leather spine label. Leiden: Fransciscum Hackium, 1648. Very good. Old stamp on title page. Very good copy of the first Latin edition (printed the same year by Elzevir). More
Rembrandt's House
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Illustrated in black and white. 246 pages, large 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. A fine copy. More
Vermeer: A View of Delft
New York: Henry Holt, 2001. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 272 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (2001). First edition. A very good copy--foxing to outer edges--in a very good wrapper--lightly scuffed with tear to front panel laminate. More
Somerset 1625-1640: A County's Government During the "Personal Rule".
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. 3 maps. xiii + 369pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped at spine ends. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
17th Century Italian Drawings In The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York: Abrams, 1979. 378 works illustrated in black and white. 299 pages. 4to, light blue cloth, d.w. New York Harry N. Abrams, 1979. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
London: George Bell, 1904. 4 volumes. Thick 8vo, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, untrimmed. London: George Bell and Sons & A. H. Bullen, 1904-1912. A very good(+) set Variorum edition. More
The Maides Tragedy
New York: Chesire House, 1932. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. viii + 147pp., tall 8vo, half green leather over marbled boards, deckled edges; spine faded, lightly rubbed. New York: Chesire House, 1932. A near fine copy. One of 1200 numbered copies. More
Les aventvres du philosophe inconnu, en la recherche & en l'inuention de la Pierre Philosophale.; Divisees en Quatre Livres, au dernier desquels est parle si clairement de la facon de la faire que jamais on n'a parle avec tant de candeur
Paris: Estienne Danguy, 1646. Woodcut initials and decorative head & tailpieces throughout. XII, 225 pages. 12mo, contemporary vellum with calligraphic spine lettering. Paris: Chez Estienne Danguy, 1646. For some reason an attempt was made to obliterate the publisher's information on title, otherwise a solid copy; some pages at rear with neat marginalia, but mostly clean. A very good copy of this scarce book. OCLC lists only 3 copies, including Cambridge & Bibliotheque Nationale de France. More
The Drawings of Rembrandt. First Complete Edition in Six Volumes [A Critical and Chronological Catalogue].; Volumes 1-2: The Leiden Years, The Early Amsterdam Period, 1625-1640. Volumes 3-4: The Middle Period, 1640-1650. Volumes 5-6: The Late Period, 1650-1669.
London: Phaidon, 1954. Profusely illustrated with 1734 black & white images, many reproduced in the original size. 6 volumes. Small folios, turquoise cloth with gilt-lettered spines, tattered d.w. London: Phaidon, (1954-1957). First editions. A fine set in good dust wrappers. Un-retouched collotypes of all known drawings by the master, including over 100 "lost" originals. The standard catalogue raisonne of Rembrandt's drawings. More
Rembrandt: Selected Drawings + Catalogue
London: Phaidon, 1947. 292 photogravure plates. 255pp. 4to, cloth. WITH: BENESCH. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Selected Drawings. 64pp., 4to, red cloth, d.w. Together, 2 vols. London: Phaidon, 1947. Very good in slightly rubbed dust jackets. More
Blaeu's The Grand Atlas of the 17th Century
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Large folio. Blue cloth with dust jacket. 224 pages, 100 maps. New York: Rizzoli (1991). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust jacket. More
The Dragon of the Apocalyps
London: Samuel Roycroft. Engraving. Measures 14 1/4" x 9 1/4" This engraving by Masson appears in Richard Blome's "History of the Old and New Testament", published circa 1690 after Nicolas Fontaine's volumes known as the "Royaumant's Bible". The illustration depicts Revelations 13, showing a fire-breathing dragon, a king cowering in fear, and angels pouring water down from above to extinguish the flames. The engraving was dedicated to the "Worshipfull Samuel Vincent of Buckenham house in Norfolk."Scuffs and toning, repairs to..... More
A History of French Architecture From the Reign of Charles VIII Till the Death of Mazarin [1494-1661].
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. 2 volumes, small 4to, original beige cloth with gilt-lettered spines (bound in different shades of cloth, the spines are darkened and there is some foxing throughout). London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911. First edition. A very good(-) set. More
A Discourse Concerning the Origine and Properties of Wind. With an Historicall Account of Hurricanes, and other Tempestuous Winds.
Oxford: Tho. Bowman, 1671. Illustrated with 3 in-text engravings, one full-page, (two showing cloud formations and one of a steam vessel experiment). Small 8vo, [22], 302 pages, bound in contemporary calf (well-rubbed with damage to spine and label chipped; two contemporary signatures, otherwise quite clean). Oxford: Printed by W. Hall for Tho. Bowman, 1671. A very good unsophisticated copy of this rather scarce work. Generally accepted as the first systematic attempt to explain weather phenomena in which Bohun received some..... More
Netherlandish Paintings and Drawings form the Collection of F. C. Butot; By little-known and rare masters of the seventeenth century
London: Sotheby's, 1981. 113 plates, several in color. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion, margins throughout are lightly age-toned. (London): Sotheby Parke Bernet, (1981). Very good. More
Rembrandt: The Complete Etchings.
London: Alpine Fine Arts, 1962. Illustrated with 287 illustrations. Folding list of plates at rear. Folio, 4to, brown cloth. London: Alpine Fine Arts, 1962. More