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 about Jacobean Pageant: Or, The Court of King James I
New York: Rizzoli, 1977. Illustrated mostly in black and white, 4 additional in color. 178 pages, 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Rizzoli, 1977. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More about Adam Elsheimer: Paintings - Drawings - Prints
Paris: Les Imprimeurs & Libraires Ordinaires Du Roy, Paris, 1649. 1649. 16 pages, modern wrappers; lower corner chipped. Paris: Les Imprimeurs & Libraires Ordinaires Du Roy, Paris, 1649. A good copy. A pamphlet on the fundamentall law of monarchy. More about Tres-Humble Remonstrance du Parlement au Roy et a La Reyne Regente
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 about La Logique ou l'Art de Penser: Contenant Outre les Regles Communes Plusieurs Observations...
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 about Great Britain To 1688: A Modern History
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 about London in Flames: London in Glory. Poems on the Fire and Rebuilding of London 1666-1709
New York: Random House, 1976. 696 pages, tall thick 8vo, handsomely rebound in 1/2 tan morocco, brown leather spine label, tan cloth. New York: Random House, (1976). A fine copy. More about 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 about The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden
Paris: Pierre Le Petit, 1653. Traduites en Francois par Monsieur Arnauld d'Andilly. Extra engraved title page by Champaige; some woodcut head and tail pieces throughout. [18], 600, [16] pages. Thick 12mo, bound in old vellum (early ownership signatures on endpapers; some worming to text but still solid and attractive). Paris: Chez Pierre Le Petit, 1653. Cinquiesme edition. A very good copy. More about Les Confessions de S. Augustin
New York: Schocken Books, 1972. 309pp. Short 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Schocken Books, (1972). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More about Russian Rebels, 1600-1800
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 about Teatro e Immagini del Settecento Italiano
New York: Basic Books, 1974. Illustrated in black and white. 308 pages, 8vo, gray cloth, dust wrapper (dusty and slightly edgetorn). New York: Basic Books, (1974). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. "A Feminist Phenomenon in the Age of Louis XIV" More about Precious Women
Norwalk: Easton, 1980. Color Frontispiece. 391 pages, tall 8vo, gilt-stamped brown leather, all edges gilt, pink silk moire endpapers. Norwalk: Easton Press, 1980. A fine copy. More about Essays or Counsels Civill and Morall
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 about Essays [Counsels Civil and Moral]: Advancement of Learning, and New Atlantis
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 about Sylva Sylvarum, Sive Historia naturalis...a Francisco Bacono. Latio transscripta a Iabobo Grutero
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 about Rembrandt's House
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 about Somerset 1625-1640: A County's Government During the "Personal Rule"
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 about 17th Century Italian Drawings In The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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 about The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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 about The Maides Tragedy
New York: Braziller, 1955. Illustrated in black and white. 48 pages of text, 233 pages, slim 4to, black cloth. New York: George Braziller. A very good copy. More about Jacques Callot
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978. Illustrated frontispiece. 182pp. 8vo, gilt-stamped green cloth. Boston: Twayne Publishers, (1978). First edition. Cover slightly rubbed, otherwise a near fine copy. Twayne's World Authors Series: A Survey of the World's Literature, No. 477. The Netherlands. General editor: Egbert Krispyn. More about Daniel Heinsius
1705. Engraving with beautiful original hand coloring. 21" x 24.5". Some small tears repaired on verso. In very good condition. Dynamic and scarce battle plan of Hulst in the SW Netherlands. From 'A collection of plans of fortifications and battles', 1684-1709, depicting The War of the Spanish Succession. Anna Beek was a late-17th century publisher and engraver of maps based in the Hague. Her detailed maps and battle plans are often found in composite atlases and have become highly valued... More about T'Plan can Hulst met zijn Onderhorige Forte Mitsgraders. De Attaque der France gedaan
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 about Les aventvres du philosophe inconnu, en la recherche & en l'inuention de la Pierre...
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 about Rembrandt: Selected Drawings + Catalogue
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