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
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
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
Rubens im Wettstreit mit Alten Meistern: Vorbild und Neuerfindung
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
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
Life in an Irish Country House
London: Constable, 1996. Illustrated in black and white. xviii, 270 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (slightly scratched at rear, some edgewear, dampstained at tail). London: Constable, (1996). Slightly cocked, internally clean. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. 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
Histria
Cornelius Claesz. Map. Copper engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 3.75" x 5". This miniature map shows the region of Istria, the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The map extends from the Gulf of Trieste to the Bay of Kvarner and includes parts of modern-day Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia. The map also includes the Gulf of Venice in the Adriatic Sea. The moire patterned sea has two tiny ships and sea monsters, and there is a small title..... More
Madium flore coeruleo. Valeriana Rubra. Medium flore albo.
Nuremberg: 1613. Botanical. Copper-plate engraving with original hand coloring. Page measures 22" X 17 1/4", image measures 19" x 15 1/2" Exquisitely colored botanical engraving depicting three varieties of ornamental flowers. Published by Basil Besler in his masterwork Hortus Eystettensis, the earliest codex of engraved botanical illustrations. Also known as "Garden of Eichstatt", the folio was commissioned by Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, the Prince-Bishop of Eichstatt, to catalog the extensive collection of plants growing in his gardens at Willibaldsburg..... More
Valeriana maior. Valeriana Graeca Flore Albo. Valeriana Graeca Flore Coeruleo.
Nuremberg: 1613. Botanical. Copper-plate engraving with original hand coloring. Page measures 22" X 17 1/4", image measures 19" x 15 1/2" Exquisitely colored botanical engraving depicting three varieties of Valerian, a perennial herb used medicinally since ancient times. Published by Basil Besler in his masterwork Hortus Eystettensis, the earliest codex of engraved botanical illustrations. Also known as "Garden of Eichstatt", the folio was commissioned by Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, the Prince-Bishop of Eichstatt, to catalog the extensive collection of..... More
Bolswaert
Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 15.25" x 20.75". Beautifully detailed town plan of Bolsward in northern Holland, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view, circa 1649. Features the fortress and the town within it, and the surrounding pastoral landscape. Includes two coats of arms, both of which are hand burnished with beautiful gold leaf. Dedication cartouche is decorated in an agricultural theme. Latin text on verso. Published around the time of the Spanish acknowledgment of the..... More
Doesburgh.
Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16 5/8" x 20.5". Beautifully colored town plan of Doesburg in northeastern Holland, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view, circa 1649. Features the fortress walls and a few cottages in the surrounding landscape. Includes two coats of arms, both of which have been hand burnished with beautiful gold leaf. Scale also includes gold leaf. Latin text on verso. Published around the time of the Spanish acknowledgment of the Dutch Republic..... More
Goesa
Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14.75" x 19.5". Beautifully colored town plan of Goes in western Holland, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view, circa 1649. Features the fortress and the surrounding pastoral landscape, with ships in the waters. Includes two coats of arms, both of which are hand burnished with beautiful gold leaf. Latin text on verso. Published around the time of the Spanish acknowledgment of the Dutch Republic in "Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium..... More