Maria Santissima, Mystica Cidade de Deos.
Lisbon: Lisboa Occidental, 1738. Breve Compendio da Vida e Mysterios de Maria. 340pp. Small 4to, contemporary calf. Lisboa Occidental: Domingos Gonsalves, 1738. Very Good (+). More
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Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. in the years 1774 to 1776. Illus. 8vo, 3/4 gray cloth, boards worn on edges, pages slightly wavy throughout. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. Author stayed in St. Kitts, Antigua, Wilimington, North Carolina, and Lisbon. More
Cavaliers of Portugal
New York: Taplinger, 1969. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Taplinger, (1969). More
Cartas Americanas.
Lisbon: Alcobia, 1820. 191pp. 16mo, mottled calf, leather label, top of spine slightly torn; small ex-lib. rubber stamp on fly-leaf. Lisboa, 1820. Very good. Following the example of Montesquieu, Biancardi criticized the French occupation of Portugal under the guise of letters exchanged between Brazilians, one traveling in Portugal. More
Soleil et Ombres: L'Art Portugais du XIX Siecle
Paris: Musees, 1987. More than 200 illustrations, some in color. 283pp., 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers, spine very slightly creased. Paris: Musees, (1987). A very good (+) copy. More
Palaces of Goa. Models and Types of Indo-Portugese Civil Architecture.
London: Cartago, 1999. Many illustrations in color and im black and white. 4to, turquoise cloth, d.w. London: Cartago, (1999). First Edition. Fine in near fine slightly sunned dust wrapper. More
Eca de Queiros and European Realism
New York: New York University Press, 1980. 330 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (sunned). New York: New York University Press, 1980. Inscription on flyleaf, else a very good(+) copy. More
The Historie of the Uniting of the Kingdom of Portugall to the Crowne of Castill: Containing the last warres of the Portugals against the Moores of Africke, the end of the house of Portugall, and change of that Government.
London: Hatfield & Blount, 1600. Engraved printer's device (Caduceus) on title page. (12), 324, (7) pages. (page 177 is misnumbered). Small folio, beautifully bound by Chambolle in full dark blue crushed levant with tripple gilt fillet borders enclosing fine gilt arms (Superabo) on both covers, and an ornate gilt-stamped spine with raised bands; thick inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. London: Arn. Hatfield for Edward Blount, 1600. First English edition. A fine tall copy, skillfully washed before binding. Published anonymously. Conestaggio's..... More
Las Sociedades Ibericas y el Mar a Finales del Siglo XVI/As Sociedades ibericas e o mar a finais do seculo XVI
Exposicion Mundial de Lisboa, 1998. Illustrated. 406pp., thick 4to, glossy, pictorial wrappers. Exposicion Mundial de Lisboa, (1998). A near fine copy. More
The Life and Times of Hon. William Jarvis, of Weathersfield, Vermont. By His Daughter
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. Frontis. xii, 451pp. 12mo, contemporary 3/4 brown morocco, morocco lightly worn, edges of boards worn, front flyleaf expertly repaired, small newspaper article and plate of the Pepperell House mounted on last two blank pages. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. First Edition Presentation copy from the author to her daughter. William Jarvis, a merchant from Boston, was United States Consul to Portugal from 1802 to 1811. His daughter writes extensively on his time in..... More
Elementos da Arte Militar.
Lisbon: Sociedade Typographica Franco-Portugueza, 1862. Precedidos de um Juizo Critico pelo Sr. Jose Maria Latino Coelho. 574pp., illustrated in b/w with few charts, diagrams and plates, some folding; 1 folding map. 8vo, decoratively gilt green leather-backed speckled boards; (corners bumped and bottom of spine a little worn; light foxing, mostly at edges of plates). Lisboa: Sociedade Typographica Franco-Portugueza, 1862. Very good (+). More
As Exequias de Abrahao Lincoln, Presidente dos Estados-Unidos da America, com um Esboco Biographico do Mesmo, Offerecido ao povo Brasileiro.
40pp. 24mo, original printed wrappers; (wrappers very lightly soiled, otherwise very good). Rio de Janeiro: Eduardo & Henrique Laemmert, (1865). "An account of Lincoln's assassination and funeral, beginning with his forebodings when he left Springfield. Concludes with a brief biography." Monaghan 3796. One of two publications in Portuguese published in Brazil in 1865 on Abraham Lincoln. More
Documentos para a Historia Da Typographia Portugueza
Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1888. 286p. 1/2 dark red morocco. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1888. First Edition. More
Nuno Goncalves.
London: Phaidon, 1955. Foreword by Anthony Blunt. Folding plate, 37 other plates, 10 color, 13 text illustrations. 18pp. of text. Folio, tan linen, d.w. London, 1955. Near fine. More
Afro-Portuguese Ivories
London: Batchworth, 1960. Photographs by W. & B. Forman. 46 carved ivory objects illustrated on 43 plates. XXIV pages of text, folio, decorative cloth, decorative endpapers; ownership signature on front free endpaper, some discoloration in lower margin of page 20. London: Batchworth Press, (1960). A very good (+). More
Manual Elementar e Pratico sobre Machinas de Vapor applicadas a Navegacao.
Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1864. 10 folding plates, including 5 with detailed drawings of steam-engines. Other charts, glossary. 195pp. Title page damaged with a small hole, not affecting the text. 8vo. 1/4 contemporary red calf (rubbed). Lisboa: Imporensa Nacional, 1864. Very good. Manual on the maritime use of steam engines. More
An Eloquent Soldier; The Peninsular War Journals of Lieutenant Charles Crowe of the Inniskillings, 1812-1814
Yorkshire: Frontline Books, 2011. Illustrated in color and black & white. 331 pages. 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. Yorkshire: Frontline Books, (2011). Fine. More
Geschichte der Renaissance in Spanien und Portugal.
Stuttgart: Paul Neff Verlag, 1927. 148 illustrations in black & white. 202pp. short 4to, cloth with leather label on the spine. Stuttgart: Paul Neff Verlag, 1927. Very good. More
Abrege Chronologique de l'Histoire d'Espagne et de Portugal, divise en huit periodes, avec des remarques particulieres a la fin de chaque periode sur le genie,; les moeurs, les usages, le commerce, les finances de ces monarchies; ensemble la notice des Prince contemporains, & un Precis historique sur les Savans & Illustres.
Paris: Humbolt, 1777. 2 volumes, thick 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt spines. Paris: Chez Humbolt, Nyon, La Ports, 1777. A good copy - quite worn. More
Napoelon's Peninsular Marshals
London: Macdonald, 1973. Illustrated. 228pp., 12mo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. London: Macdonald, (1973). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Portuguese Palissy Ware.; A Survey of Ceramics from Caldas da Rainha, 1853-1920
New York: Hudson Hills, 1999. Illustrated (color). 140 pages. 4to, blind-stamped cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Hudson Hills, (1999). First edition. A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. More
Invitation to Portugal.
New York: Atheneum, 1969. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w., covers slightly bowed. New York: Atheneum, 1969. More
The Hispanic Society of America: Tesoros
New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 2000. Text in both Spanish and English. Illustrated primarily in color. 485 pages. Thick 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 2000. First edition. A near fine copy with a touch of highlighting and underlining to index; in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Age of the Baroque in Portugal
Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1993. Illustrated in color and black and white. 303 pages, 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1993. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Vast Horizons
New York: Viking, 1943. Maps and Illus. 8vo, tan and red cloth, cloth lightly soiled, pencil drawings on last blank page. New York: Viking Press, 1943 Most of the text is on Portuguese voyages to Asia, including India and the Far East, in the 15th and early 16th centuries. More