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
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Adam Elsheimer: Paintings - Drawings - Prints
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
Tres-Humble Remonstrance du Parlement au Roy et a La Reyne Regente
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
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 1/2 tan morocco, brown leather spine label, tan cloth. New York: Random House, (1976). A fine copy. 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
Les Confessions de S. Augustin.
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
Russian Rebels, 1600-1800.
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
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
Precious Women
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
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
Les Oeuvres Morales et Politiques.
Paris: Jean Roger, 1639. Ornamental copperplate initials and endpieces. 369 pages,. Thick short 8vo, full contemporary mottled calf, red leather spine label, gilt spine. Paris: Jean Roger, 1639. Very good(+). 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
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
Jacques Callot
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
Daniel Heinsius
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
T'Plan can Hulst met zijn Onderhorige Forte Mitsgraders. De Attaque der France gedaan
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
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