Basel: Johann Bergmann de Olpe, 1 March, 1498.
Price: $60,000.00
Illustrated with the original woodcuts of the first German edition (1494), of which the majority (73) are often attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Bound in 18th c. blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, soiled, clasps intact, edges minor repairs. A nice, unpressed copy with a small defect to the title woodcut, only...
Rome: Antonio Lafreri, 1550.
Price: $3,750.00
First state. With Lafreri’s excudit: “Ant. LafrerI FormIs Romae MDL” at lower right. Watermark “Crossbow with arrow in a circle” similar to Briquet 759. A very good impression, with light surface wear and light marginal soiling. Three early stamps on the verso, two of them from the Kupferstichkabinet Berlin (Lugt...
Venice: Johannes Baptista Sessa, 8 October, 1497.
Price: $18,000.00
The first of only two missals printed for Giovanni Battista Sessa. The second, an octavo, dated “1490” was in fact printed sometime between 1492 and 1498. Extremely rare. ISTC locates ten complete copies, including this one. Only two institutional holdings in North America: Lilly Library and UCLA.Printed in red and...
Rome: Francesco Cavalli, 1635.
Price: $5,500.00
A fine copy in later ivory parchment (binding lightly soiled, short tear to title page -not affecting the text and without loss.) Woodcut initials and head-pieces in the text. Extremely rare. No copies located in North America and only a handful of copies located outside of Italy.Attack by the Italian...
London: Printed for Daniel Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar, 1685.
Price: $7,500.00
A fine, complete copy of this important book, bound in contemporary speckled sheepskin (some wear to corners and spine). Edges of text block sprinkled red. Generous outer margins (lvs. E5-6, E7-8, I7-8 uncut). A very pale dampstain to a few leaves.The scarce first edition of Falconer's book on cryptography which...
Mexico: José Bernardo Hogal, 1746.
Price: $6,800.00
Bound in contemporary stiff vellum with minor wear and soiling, and small, very minor imperfections on the rear board. The stiffness of the binding has caused the text block to loosen. The text is in very fine condition with some very light damp-staining and a closed tear to the second...
London: [Thomas Dawson] for Thomas Adams, 1613.
Price: $17,500.00
Bound in contemporary limp vellum (soiled, re-cased) with evidence of earlier stab-stitching. A very good and overall clean copy of a book usually found defective or marred by frequent use. In this copy: the title and verso of final leaf are soiled, there is scattered finger-soiling in the text, and...
Rome: Chez Bouchard et Gravier Libraires françois rüe du Cours près l’Eglise de S. Marcel, de l'imprimerie de Komarek, 1763.
Price: $32,000.00
An exceptional copy, entirely untrimmed, with deckled edges throughout and (consequently) with very broad margins. Bound in original marbled boards, the binding moderately soiled and lightly worn, with small imperfections at the corners and along the fore-edge. The text and plates are in fine condition, with minor cosmetic faults: a....
Venice: appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1559.
Price: $3,500.00
Bound in 17th c. vellum, citron label, gilt, to spine. All edges blue. Title lightly toned, text a little loose. Two woodcut headpieces, four woodcut initials in text. Two versions of printer’s phoenix device (title and final leaf).The first edition of Colonna's “Rime” was printed in Parma by Viotto in...
Venice: In aedibvs Aldi, et Andreæ soceri, 1515.
Price: $10,500.00
Bound in contemporary blind-tooled black morocco, probably Venetian, small repairs to the spine, endpapers dyed red. A fine, crisp copy with some light damp-staining to the lower margin of some signatures.The important second Aldine edition of the poems of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius, co-edited by Girolamo Avanzi (fl. 1500.) and...
Venice: Alessandro Paganini, 21st February, 1514.
Price: $4,500.00
Bound in 19th c. vellum, tooled in blind. A nice copy. Title lightly soiled, some very pale staining, a few early notes in the margins. All edges red. Bound with an unrelated work. A rare edition of this work, first printed in 1474. 2 copies of this 1514 edition located...
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Venice: Aldus Manutius, February 1495 i.e., 1496.
Price: $38,000.00
A fine, large, unwashed copy with broad margins. Provenance: William Beckford (Catalogue (1883) 2530) and Prime Minister Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929). Bound in early nineteenth-century green morocco, spine and boards tooled in gold. Adorned with eight intricate woodcut headpieces (2 by the Poliphilo Master), with twenty-nine...
London: [in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti], An. 1546.
Price: $12,000.00
Bound in 20th c. green morocco crushed morocco, ruled in gold, a.e.g. The title page is framed by an architectural woodcut border (Mckerrow and Ferguson 30) dated 1534 in the sill. The text is printed in Black Letter. The colophon appears on the verso of the final leaf. Contemporary signature...
London: Printed by William Bentley, and are to be sold by Thomas Heath, near the Pyazza of the Coven-Garden. Anno Dom. 1651.
Price: $15,000.00
Bound in excellent early eighteenth-century gilt-ruled, sprinkled calf, unlettered. Some mild browning throughout, somewhat heavier in gatherings K-M due to variable paper quality. Complete with the initial leaf, blank except for an oval printer’s crest bearing the motto “Deus est nobis sol et scutum” (“God is a sun and shield...
London: Printed by H. Lownes, and R. Young, 1628.
Price: $2,900.00
Bound in contemporary blind-ruled calf (corners bumped and worn, small defects to spine, leather of hinges cracked but firm) with the initials A.N. and an attractive floral ornament tooled in gold on the boards. Internally, both books are in fine condition with trivial faults as follows: I. (“Imitatio”): Clean tear...
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Venice: Presso Gio. Battista Combi, 1638.
Price: $4,800.00
Bound in contemporary vellum, stained red, some wear and soiling, remains of green silk ties. A nice copy with a little minor damp-staining, and some worming in three signatures, affecting one to two lines of text but not the sense.The first edition of Isabella Andreini's collection of letters appeared in...
London: Imprynted by Edwarde Whytchurch, wyth the Kynges moste graciouse priuelege for seuen yeres. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, 1550.
Price: $28,000.00
A fine copy bound in contemporary English calf, rebacked and re-sewn, with leather straps (and possibly the clasps) renewed. The boards are paneled in blind and patterned with decorative roll stamps. Historiated woodcut title border, numerous and varied attractive woodcut initials throughout. The text itself in fine, crisp condition with...
Tübingen, Ulrich Morhart the Elder, June, 1523.
Price: $7,600.00
Three works bound in contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, ruled and stamped in blind, both clasps intact, with light stains and smudges. The text is in excellent, crisp condition, the last three leaves with a slim worm trail affecting a couple of words on each leaf. Contemporary manuscript index...
Venice: Theodorus de Ragazonibus, 23 August, 1491.
Price: $18,000.00
Bound in early vellum with later endpapers. A fine, fresh copy with nice margins, printed on high-quality paper. First leaf slightly soiled and with mild wear to the edges, a few trivial light stains, verso of final leaf lightly soiled, faded early inscription to title.The “Mirabilia Romae” (Marvels of Rome)...
Florence: Nella stamperia Imperiale, 1759.
Price: $6,500.00
A crisp, bright copy in original three-quarter calf and speckled paper over boards, spine with floral ornaments (light wear). The text is adorned with attractive woodcut initials and headpieces.First edition of the first guide to one of the world’s most important museums. This guide to the Medici collections of the...
Rome: Giovanni Komarek, 1689.
Price: $4,900.00
Although advertised as “Parte Prima”, no second part was published. Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, soiled. The text is in very good condition with a little light toning to scattered leaves, very mild marginal foxing to some leaves and plates, small light dampstain to upper margin of 4 lvs. Last...
Mainz: Johann Schöffer, 2 April (“Uff Mitfasten”), 1508.
Price: $37,500.00
Bound in fine blue morocco by the Belgian binder Charles De Samblanx (1855-1943), boards richly tooled in gold, framed by three fillets and stippling. With a large central ornament and further ornaments at the corners. Fine red morocco doublures, also richly tooled in gold. Spine ruled and tooled in gold...
[Basel:]: [Andreas Cratander], 1521.
Price: $6,500.00
A fine, fresh copy with broad margins, in modern marbled wrappers. Title-page with the woodcut “Indian border”, dated 1519.Karlstadt’s controversial critique of monasticism and his condemnation of clerical celibacy. In many instances and on many important matters, Karlstadt’s work and actions anticipate those of Luther (although the political and theological...
London: by Thomas Este, 1598.
Price: $12,500.00
An unusually fine, unsophisticated copy, with broad margins and the occasional deckled edge, stab-stitched and bound in a contemporary stiff vellum wrapper (small section of upper cover gnawed. By happy accident, the vellum wrapper has come loose, allowing unimpeded inspection of the sewing structure. Very light marginal foxing to fore-edge...
Germany: ca. 1496.
Price: $12,000.00
A fine impression, with good clarity and strong contrasts. Slight breakdown in the delicate cuts. Trimmed within the platemark, inconspicuous paper repair to edge. Provenance: From the renowned collection of Richard Holtkott (1890-1950) (Lugt 4265). Bartsch 95, High Crown watermark (Meder 20).“The pig represented here refers to 'The Monstrous Pig...
