[Augsburg]: [Melchior Ramminger or Silvan Otmar], 1523.

Price: $10,500.00

Extremely rare. Bound in late stiff vellum. A broad-margined copy, the lower margin untrimmed. Light soiling, small ink stain to title, toning and some soiling to second gathering, final leaf with light stains, blank verso of final leaf soiled. Small woodcut of a griffon on the title page. I have...

Mexico: En casa de Juan Pablos Bressano, 1559.

Price: $65,000.00

Recently rebound in early vellum. A very good if slightly defective copy (missing five leaves) of an extremely rare book, most extant copies of which are incomplete. With scattered early annotations, minor damp-staining to the last half of volume. Title page to Part II printed in red and black, with...

London: printed by W.D. for Michael Johnson, Bookseller in Lichfield: And are to be Sold by R. Clavel, and S. Smith; at the Peacock and Feathers in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1687, 1690.

Price: $5,800.00

Fine copies. Bound in contemporary English speckled calf, paneled in blind, edges speckled red, red morocco title labels on each spine, some gatherings at end of vol. 2 partially unopened, (a few leaves with margins dust-soiled, a few water stains). Errata and ad leaf bound in the middle of the...

London: printed for M. R[ookes]. and are to be sold by the booksellers of London, 1678.

Price: $4,800.00

A fine copy of this charming book, bound in its original tanned sheepskin binding (lightly worn, one corner bumped, remains of early paper label). Contents crisp with some trivial scattered finger-soiling. These practical manuals are rarely found in such fine shape.A book of medicinal recipes for home use. The author’s...

Paris: Simon de Colines, 1545.

Price: $48,000.00

A truly very fine, crisp copy in 18th c. mottled French calf, the spine richly tooled in gold with floral ornaments and a red morocco label. Roman type, side-notes and index in italic. Colines' woodcut device (Schreiber's "Tempus I") on title. 62 full-page woodcut illustrations printed from 56 blocks, one...

Rome: Francesco Colignon, nel Imperione incontro al Toson doro, anno Iubelei, 1650.

Price: $18,000.00

Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, (with mild soiling and some staining, slightly bowed). The plates are in overall fine condition, on guards, with some leaves cut a bit close but never affecting the engravings; some discoloration to the paste of the guards (not affecting the engravings), edges very lightly toned...

Frankfurt: Per Daniel Wastch, 1638.

Price: $16,500.00

Bound in 19th-century polished calf, panels with blind- and gilt-stamped border and fillets, richly gilt spine with lettering piece, very nicely re-backed. Small tear to leaf E4 with no loss, a bit of soiling to leaf S1, small repaired hole in the center of ll. Zz3-4, with a few words...

Paris: Simon Colines, 7 May, 1543.

Price: $4,800.00

A tall copy in contemporary French panelled calf with gilt ornaments on the boards and spine (wear to hinges). Early ownership inscription inked over on pastedown; another -partially legible- inscription reads ‘Anthonii Eutg..[?]’. Later notes on rear pastedown. Title lightly soiled, occ. marginal dampstains. Coline’s iconic “Tempus” device appears on...

Rome: [no printer], 1622.

Price: $7,800.00

Bound in 18th c. mottled sheep with gilt spine, corners bumped and worn, small defects to head of spine and the boards, extremities rubbed. A very large copy with variable marginal foxing, entering the plate area in only a few instances, and occasional marginal blemishes. Title page lightly soiled, small...

Milan: nella Regia Ducal Corte, per Marc'Antonio Pandolfo Malatesta stampatore regio camerale, 1711.

Price: $12,000.00

Bound in contemporary limp parchment (lightly soiled and a bit warped). A broad-margined copy, complete with all of the plates. There are small splits at the folds of the large plate showing the church interior and another in the blank margin (all easily mended); smaller tears to folds of several...

Rome: Antoine Lafréry, 1549.

Price: $2,800.00

Signed and dated in the plate by the publisher: “Antonii Lafrerii Romae 1549”. Paper with a hard to discern circular watermark. A fine copy, the impression sharp and with good contrast. Very faint foxing and very light soiling to the blank margins.The tomb of Caecilia Metella, one of the best-known...

Paris: Pierre Vidoue, for Gilles de Gourmont, 1528.

Price: $11,500.00

An exceptional, broad-margined copy, with a few deckled edges, bound in contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, with clasps intact. A near-spotless copy, the title with light finger-soiling at upper corner, a few light marginal spots in 2 gatherings at end.) With tiny, neat interlinear annotations in four comedies: Each...

Rome: Apud Iacobum Mazochium Roman[a]e Achademiae bibliopo., 15 November, 1517.

Price: $11,500.00

Bound in early 20th c. brown morocco (wear at extremities, small abrasion on spine), gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Internally a nice copy, lightly washed, bound a bit tight, light soiling to title, verso of final leaf a little dusty. Illustrated with 204 medallion portraits (white on black) within elaborate architectural...