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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Augsburg: Alexander Mair, 1603. Celestial Atlas. 51 double page copperplate engravings of celestial charts. Folio 13" x 10". Rubricated edges. Original full blind stamped vellum with minimal warping. Beautiful title page depicts the figure of Atlas, the first professor of astronomy, and Hercules, the first student on astronomy, on pedestals on either side of the title. Along the top of the page, above the title, several other figures are featured, including Apollo, Earth goddess Cybele and Diana. The figure of... More

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

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

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

Etching. Image measures 4" x 5 1/4". This etching of a cow is from an edition of Nicolaes Berchem's "Animalia," sometimes known as "A Man's Sketchbook." Like other artists of the Dutch Golden Age, during which realistic landscape painting flourished, Berchem made these series of etchings to hone his skills in rendering animals. This image, printed in the mid-17th century, shows a cow in full profile, standing in a somewhat barren landscape. It is in good condition with no chips... More