London: Printed by M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street, 1639.

Price: $18,500.00

A very desirable copy, bound in its original binding of polished calf, ruled in blind, with only minor wear and abrasions. The text is in very fine condition and is complete with the portrait of Donne –now rarely encountered- by William Marshall, apparently after a lost miniature by Hillyard, showing...

[Augsburg: Sigmund Grimm and Marx Wirsung], 1522.

Price: $4,500.00

A very good copy in modern paste-paper wrappers. Small adhesion scar to blank portion of title, far from text.An early edition of Eberlin’s “In praise of parish priests Concerning the useless sums paid out by the common, unsuspecting people for mass readings, funerals, internments, sevenths and thirtieths, etc. And in...

Venice: [Per Comin da Trino di Monferrato], 1574.

Price: $15,000.00

Bound in near-contemporary limp vellum, remains of ties, paper label chipped. Contents fine. Light soiling to title, short worm-trail in the inner margin of gatherings F and G, small portion of blank corner of leaf F6 snipped away. Five parts in one volume; Four divisional title pages dated 1573. All...

London: [Printed by Thomas Marsh], 1557.

Price: $18,000.00

A fine, tall, and interesting copy, bound in contemporary English sheep, with patches of wear, and skilful repairs to spine and corners. The contents are crisp and bright, with a slight worm-trail in the lower margin of the opening leaves. The flyleaves are from William Lily’s grammar, “An introduction of...

London: for Ralph Mab and are to be sold by John Jackson and Francis Church, 1634.

Price: $15,000.00

Bound in contemporary speckled sheep (old repair to foot of spine and one lower corner, joints and leather of spine cracked, top of spine worn). Apart from the wear to the spine and a mild dampstain in the last part, a nice, clean copy. The book preserves evidence of its...

Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1524.

Price: $12,500.00

Bound in contemporary limp vellum, lightly soiled. The contents are in very good condition with a few pencil annotations and light soiling to the title page. With Badius' device of his print shop, the “Praelum Ascensianum” showing printers working a press, on the title page. With large, attractive crible initials...

Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1684.

Price: $6,800.00

Complete with the engraved title page, which has been folded at the bottom to avoid trimming by the binder. Bound in 18th c. quarter vellum and marbled boards with some minor wear. The contents are in very fine condition. Small adhesion scar to title. Illustrated with 41 large woodcuts."Ercker's treatise...

Nuremberg: Gedrückt zu Nürnberg durch Friderich Gutknecht, 1554.

Price: $5,500.00

Bound in modern vellum over boards (soiled, slightly bowed). The text is in very good condition with a little light dust-soiling, a few small spots on the final two leaves, and soiling to the verso of the final leaf. With two woodcut illustrations and a fine woodcut ornament on the...

Florence: nella Stamperia di S.A.R. Per li Tartini, e Franchi, 1725.

Price: $3,200.00

Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, edges of text-block sprinkled red. A very fine copy, printed on thick paper. The large, folding plate of the catafalque (51 x 35 cm.) is also in fine condition.An account of the funeral ceremonies for Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 30...

Florence: Appresso Bartolomeo Sermartelli e frateli, 1608.

Price: $5,800.00

Bound in early 20th c. quarter red Morocco and marbled boards (small repairs to head and foot of spine). A fine copy with scattered mild spotting. Complete with the folding plate of the banquet (signed “Mattheus Greuter excudit”.) Two lines have been erased from the plate, as is the case...

Antwerp: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1602.

Price: $16,000.00

A very fine, broad-margined copy, bound in contemporary Dutch vellum (lightly soiled, some stains, corners bumped). The contents are in excellent condition, the text bright, the plates in rich impressions. Insignificant defects as follows: small crease to upper corner of t.p, p. 263-272, 304-312 with small stain at head, very...

Cambridge: ¶ Printed by the Printers to the University of Cambridge, 1633.

Price: $5,800.00

[Bound with:]Fletcher, Giles (1585/6-1623)Christs victorie and triumph in heaven and earth, over and after death. The second edition.Cambridge: printed [by Thomas and John Buck] for Francis Green, 1632[Bound with:]Fletcher, Phineas (1582-1650)Locustae, vel Pietas Iesuitica. Per Phineam Fletcher Collegii Regalis Cantabrigiae [Second title page:] The Locusts, or Appollyonists. By Phineas Fletcher...

Bologna: per gli heredi del Dozza, [1655]-, 1656.

Price: $35,000.00

Two volumes bound in matching contemporary vellum, lightly soiled. Internally, a fine, broad-margined set with the usual variable light paper toning associated with this edition and scattered light foxing. Minor faults as follows: a paper repair to the blank margin of one leaf and two short marginal tears, far from...