A Landmark in American Natural History and Ethnography

Acosta, José de (1540-1600)
Historia Naturale, E Morale Delle Indie

Quarto: FIRST ITALIAN EDITION and the second overall edition. Translated by Giovanni Paolo Gallucci. A fresh copy in contemporary vellum. Classic work on the natural history of Latin America. Divided into 7 books on geography, metallurgy, natural history, and the laws, customs and history of the American Indians, it is one of the earliest balanced accounts of the New World. The present Italian translation follows the Spanish edition of 1590. >FULL DESCRIPTION<

A Conversation between the Devil, a Papal Courtier, & an Abbot

[Adrian VI, Pope (reg. 1522-23)] Gengenbach, Pamphilus (1482-1524/5)
Wie der Hailig Vatter Bapst Adrianus ein geritten ist zu Rom Auff den. XXVIII. Tag des Monats Augusti. Jm jar MDXXII. Darbey ain gesprech von dreyen personen

Quarto: 1 of 6 editions. With a title page woodcut of an abbott on horseback, a papal courtier, and the devil dressed as a Dominican monk. 19th c. boards. A satirical conversation between an abbot of Trier, a papal courtier, and the devil. The conversation is held on August 28th, 1522, the day before the new pope-elect Adrian VI....>FULL DESCRIPTION<

The Turnèbe Aeschylus: "Belle et Rare" -Graesse

Aeschylus (525/4-456 B.C.)
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΣ ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΣ, ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ ΘΗΒΑΙΣ, ΠΕΡΣΑΙ, ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΩΝ, ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΕΣ, ΙΚΕΤΙΔΗΣ.

Octavo: SECOND EDITION IN GREEK of Aeschylus' tragedies, following the Aldine of 1518. "A fine edition, and especially amended in the 3 first tragedies from a MS. yet still with the same confusion in the Agamemnon." (Ebert) Printed throughout in the "Cicero" Greek font...>FULL DESCRIPTION<

Aeschylus (525/4-456 B.C.); Stanley, Thomas (1625-1678), editor
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑΙ ΕΠΤΑ Æschyli tragœdiæ septem: cum scholiis Græcis.

Folio: FIRST EDITION of Thomas Stanley's celebrated edition of Aeschylus & the first edition of Aeschylus printed in England. Contemporary calf. "The first substantial contribution made by English scholarship to the study of Greek poetry." Stanley's edition was, according to Schreiber, the first to be worthy of mention after Estienne's. "It was far superior to all its predecessors… It has served in its turn as the great source of illustrations for all the subsequent editions of Aeschylus. It was described by Bentley as a 'noble edition'". (Sandys) >FULL DESCRIPTION<

The New York Stamp Act Riot of 1765 - The First American Revolt Against Taxation Without Representation
The only copy in America

[American Revolution] Manuscript placard:
"Pro patria. The first man that either distributes or makes use of Stampt Paper, let him take care of his house, person & effects. Vox Populi. We dare"

Single sheet of laid paper. A remarkable survivor from the very first moment of American revolutionary activity, this placard was one of many –all but two of which are now lost...>FULL DESCRIPTION<

PMM 38

Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Organon. The logical works, with Porphyry's Isagogue.

Folio: EDITIO PRINCEPS. Text in Greek. The first volume of the Aldine Aristotle, "the greatest publishing venture of the fifteenth century". 18th century red morocco, richly gilt. Dibner, Heralds of Science, no. 73; Carter & Muir, Printing and the Mind of Man (1967) no. 38; Hook & Norman, The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine (1991) no. 70; Renouard Alde 7.5; Ahmanson-Murphy 4 >FULL DESCRIPTION<

The First Great Autobiography

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo (354-430 AD)
S. Augustine's Confessions: with the Continuation of his Life to the end thereof, extracted out of Possidius, and the Father's own unquestioned Works.

Octavo: FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of this translation; the first part was published in 1660 under the title "The Life of St. Augustine." This translation is by Abraham Woodhead, an Oxford-educated Roman Catholic controversialist who died in 1678. Contemporary calf. >FULL DESCRIPTION<

The Monuments of Ancient Rome
Engraved by Piranesi's Collaborator & Rival - With Distinguished Provenance

Barbault, Jean (1718-1762)
Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne.

Large Folio: FIRST EDITION. Magnificently illustrated with 73 etched and engraved plates comprising 88 half-page and 29 full-page images of ancient Roman architecture and sculpture. An exceptional copy from the collection of Hippolyte Alexandre Gabriel Walter Destailleur (1822-1893), architect, art collector, bibliophile, and historian of French art. Contemporary calf. >FULL DESCRIPTION<

One of the Great Store-houses of Elizabethan Drama

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)
Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Gentlemen.

Folio: SECOND COLLECTED EDITION, including 18 plays not appearing in the first. With the full-paged portrait of Fletcher by Marshall bound before the title page. Contemporary calf. Pforzheimer 54; Wing B-1582
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A Masterpiece of Typography and Scholarship -PMM 69

Bible, Greek New Testament. Estienne, Robert, editor and printer (1503-1559)
ΤΗΣ ΚΑΙΝΗΣ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΣ ΑΠΑΝΤΑ. ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Κατα Ματθαιον. Κατα Μαρκον. Κατα Λουκαν. Κατα Ιωαννην. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ. Nouum Iesu Christi D.N. Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia.

Folio: EDITIO REGIA of the Estienne Greek New Testament. "This edition became influential as a chief witness for the Textus Receptus (the received standard text) that came to dominate New Testament studies...>FULL DESCRIPTION<