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Item #4662 Brevis & admiranda descriptio Regni Guianae, auri abundantissimi, in America, seu Novo...

Brevis & admiranda descriptio Regni Guianae, auri abundantissimi, in America, seu Novo Orbe, sub linea aequinoctilia siti: Quod nuper admodum, annis nimirum 1564 [sic]. 1595 & 1596. Per generosum dominum Dn. Gualtherum Ralegh Equitem Anglum detectum est: paulò post jussu ejus duobus libellis comprehensa: ex quibus Iodocus Hondius tabulam geographicam adornavit, addita explicatione Belgico sermone scripta: nunc verò in Latinum sermonem translata, & ex variis authoribus hinc inde declarata.

Nuremberg: Christoph Lochner for Levinus Hulsius, 1599.

Price: $18,500.00

Rebound in the 20th c. using early parchment, with ms. title on spine. Contents in very good condition, complete with all 6 plates and the map. A light stain in the outer margin carefully cleaned, with resulting stiffness to the fore-edge. A few small chips to the margin, outer blank...

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Item #4656 Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der Schilderkonst: Anders de Zichtbaere Werelt....

Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der Schilderkonst: Anders de Zichtbaere Werelt. Verdeelt in negen Leerwinkels, yder bestiert door eene der Zanggodinnen.

Rotterdam: F. van Hoogstraeten, 1678.

Price: $12,500.00

A very good, complete copy with all plates. Bound in contemporary Dutch vellum, moderately soiled and a bit warped, corners bumped. Minor blemishes as follows: Etched t.p. lightly soiled, light browning to blank edges of some plates, outer edge of portrait plate with pale damp-stain, light marginal foxing; small spots...

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Item #4514 De Nativitatibus. [Translated by Henricus Bate.] (and) Magistralis compositio...

De Nativitatibus. [Translated by Henricus Bate.] (and) Magistralis compositio astrolabii [Written by Henricus Bate].

Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 24 Dec. 1485.

Price: $35,500.00

Bound in recent smooth parchment. Illustrated with one full-paged text woodcut of an equatorium and sixteen schematic astronomical diagrams in the text. The text is in Gothic with two large and numerous smaller white-on-black decorative woodcut initials. A fine, crisp copy on bright paper. First leaf lightly soiled on blank...

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Item #3340 Johannis Hevelii Annus climactericus, sive Rerum uranicarum observationum annus...

Johannis Hevelii Annus climactericus, sive Rerum uranicarum observationum annus quadragesimus nonus; exhibens diversas occultationes, tam planetarum, quàm fixarum post editam machinam coelestem; nec non plurimas altitudines meridianas solis, ac distantias planetarum, fixarumq́ue, eo anno, quousque divinaconcessit benignitas, impetratas: cum amicorum nonnullorum epistolis, ad rem istam spectantibus: & continuatione historiae novæ stellæ in collo Ceti, ut & annotationum rerum coelestium ...

Danzig: Sumptibus auctoris, typis D.F. Rhetii, 1685.

Price: $35,000.00

Bound in 18th c. half calf and marbled boards with very slight wear. Spine with citron morocco label, gilt. A nice copy with a few early marginal paper repairs (no loss.) The final two leaves of the table with repaired tears, the second of these with a small natural paper...

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Item #3649 Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne. Ou Recueíl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux de...

Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne. Ou Recueíl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux de L'Antiquité Romaine Qui Existent Encore: Dessinés Par Monsieur Barbault Peintre Ancien Pensionnaire Du Roy a Rome, Et Gravés, en 128 Planches Avec Leur Explication.

Rome: Chez Bouchard et Gravier Libraires François rüe du Cours près de Saint Marcel, de l'imprimerie de Komarek, 1761.

Price: $16,000.00

Magnificently illustrated with 73 etched and engraved plates comprising 88 half-page and 29 full-page images of ancient Roman architecture and sculpture. These were designed by Barbault (83 engravings), Carlo Nolli (1), and L. Bufalino (1) and engraved by Barbault (56), Domenico Montagù (52), Giuseppe? Bouchard (6), and Freicenet (4). The...

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Item #3623 Les Plus Beaux Édifices De Rome Moderne, Ou Recueíl Des Plus Belles Vües Des...

Les Plus Beaux Édifices De Rome Moderne, Ou Recueíl Des Plus Belles Vües Des Principales Églises, Places, Palais, Fontaines &c. Qui Sont Dans Rome Dessinées Par Jean Barbault Peintre, Ancien Pensionnaire Du Roy a Rome, Et Gravées en XLIV. Grandes Planches et Plusieurs Vignettes; Par D’Habiles Maitres. Avec La Description Historique De Chaque Edifice.

Rome: Chez Bouchard et Gravier Libraires françois rüe du Cours près l’Eglise de S. Marcel, de l'imprimerie de Komarek, 1763.

Price: $18,000.00

This is a very fine, broad-margined copy bound in 19th c. half vellum (worn, small splits at head and foot of spine and another along the spine. The text and plates are in excellent condition with only a few instances of light marginal foxing or the occasional light blemish. One...

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Item #4344 The She-wolf with Romulus and Remus. Nicolas Béatrizet, attrib,...

The She-wolf with Romulus and Remus

Rome: Antonio Lafréry, 1552.

Price: $3,500.00

First state (of three.) A rich impression with wide margins, light marginal foxing and a little light soiling, extreme upper margin a little ragged. Inscribed on the pedestal: “LVPAE ROMVLVM ET REMVM VRBIS CONDITORES LACTANTIS ANTIQVVM AC AENEVM IN CAPITOLIO SIGNVM.” (Ancient bronze image of the she-wolf nursing Romulus and...

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Item #4437 Das neü Testament, mit gantz nutzlichen vorreden. Martin BIBLIA GERMANICA. NEW...

Das neü Testament, mit gantz nutzlichen vorreden.

Augsburg: Silvan Otmar, 11 June, 1523.

Price: $125,000.00

A very early edition of Luther’s December Testament, appearing within six months of the first (Wittenberg, December 1522). With a large title woodcut by Hans Schäufelein, 25 large historiated woodcut initials (numerous repeats) with scenes of the Evangelists writing the Gospels, Paul writing the Epistles, and John writing the Book...

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Item #3862 Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae primus et secundus liber. Ludouico Madrucio S.R.E....

Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae primus et secundus liber. Ludouico Madrucio S.R.E. Card amplissimo dic. Baptista de Caualleriis authore

[Rome:]: no printer, no date, ca. 1574-, 1584.

Price: $16,000.00

Bound in 18th c. stiff parchment, title label with gilt lettering. A fine, wide-margined copy with beautiful, rich impressions of the plates. Title lightly soiled and with upper blank margin restored (not affecting the plate.) A few spots in the blank, inner margin of the first plate, far from the...

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Item #4523 Esequie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina al Ser. D. Cosimo II, quarto Gran...

Esequie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina al Ser. D. Cosimo II, quarto Gran Duca di Toscana il di 25 di Maggio 1621. Orazione di Giulio Strozzi recitata da lui in Venetia nell'esequie del Serenissimo D. Cosimo II…

Venice: Appresso Il [Giovanni Battista] Ciotti, 1621.

Price: $16,000.00

Bound in 20th c. boards covered with a liturgical manuscript leaf. A fine, crisp copy with a little light marginal soiling; verso of final leaf also lightly soiled. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages, a full-page portrait of Cosimo II, and 15 full-paged engraved plates. One of the engravings is...

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Item #4622 M.T.C. Tusculane questiones cum commento Philippi Beroaldi. Marcus Tullius Cicero,...

M.T.C. Tusculane questiones cum commento Philippi Beroaldi.

Venice: a Philippo Pincio Mantuano Impressae, 27 September, 1510.

Price: $7,400.00

A fine copy bound in contemporary wooden boards (corners chipped) with later blind-ruled half-calf calf, with leather straps, catch-plates, and clasps preserved (one clasp defective). A broad-margined, bright copy with minor blemishes: title page lightly stained, light marginal dampstain to outer margin of opening and final gathering, a few pin-prick...

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Item #4446 Urbis Romae aedificiorum illustriumquae Supersunt Reliquiae. Giovanni Antonio Dosio,...

Urbis Romae aedificiorum illustriumquae Supersunt Reliquiae

[Florence: No place no printer], 1569.

Price: $24,000.00

A very good, complete set bound in eighteenth-century mottled calf, spine richly tooled in gold, red Morocco label (minor wear, corners bumped, small repairs, modern endpapers.) Two plates (27 and 34) slightly shaved at fore-margin, four plates (38-41) with light damp-stain just entering the printed area, final plates with staining...

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Item #4191 Die Mißgeburt eines Schweins. Albrecht Dürer

Die Mißgeburt eines Schweins.

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...

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Item #4539 Der ander bundtsgnosz. Vom fasten der xl. tag vor Osteren vnd andern, wie do so...

Der ander bundtsgnosz. Vom fasten der xl. tag vor Osteren vnd andern, wie do so jämmerlich wirt beschwärt das christenlich volck.

[Basel: Pamphilus Gengenbach], 1521.

Price: $5,500.00

This work is the second of Eberlin’s “Fünfzehn Bundsgenossen” (“The Fifteen Confederates”). Bound in quarter vellum and modern patterned boards. A nice copy, title a little dusty and with small marginal stain, with a title woodcut of Jesus disputing with the Devil set within an ornamental historiated border.Eberlin von Günzburg...

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Item #4602 Esequie del serenissimo principe Francesco. Celebrate in Fiorenza dal Serenissimo...

Esequie del serenissimo principe Francesco. Celebrate in Fiorenza dal Serenissimo Ferdinando II, Granduca di Toscana, suo fratello, nell'insigne Collegiata di S. Lorenzo il dì 30. d'agosto 1634. Descritte da Andrea Cavalcanti.

Florence: Per Gio. Batista Landini, 1634.

Price: $14,500.00

Bound in contemporary parchment (lightly soiled and very slightly wrinkled), tooled in gold with attractive ornaments. Etched portrait on a smaller sheet than the text, tipped in before title page. Text in very good condition with a few light stains. Title lightly soiled and with dampstain at upper, outer corner.Illustrations...

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Item #4025 La Sontuosa Illuminazione della Città di Torino per l'Augusto Sposalizio delle Reali...

La Sontuosa Illuminazione della Città di Torino per l'Augusto Sposalizio delle Reali Maesta' di Carlo Emmanuele Re di Sardegna e di Elisabetta Teresa di Lorena.

Turin: Gio. Battista Chais, 1737.

Price: $15,000.00

Bound in contemporary marbled boards, worn and soiled, rebacked in later sheep. An unusually nice copy internally, with just the slightest toning to some plates, a few spots, clean tear to center of one plate at fold (no loss), and light finger-soiling in the margins. Magnificent engraved ornamental frontispiece by...

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Item #4594 Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum...

Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellæ, Austriæ archiducum: et eorum optatissimi in Belgium aduentus, rerumque gestarum et memorabilium, gratulationum, apparatuum, et spectaculorum in ipsorum susceptione et inauguratione hactenus editorum accurata descriptio.

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...

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Item #3733 Orontii Finei Delphinatis Protomathesis opus uarium, ac scitu non minus utile quàm...

Orontii Finei Delphinatis Protomathesis opus uarium, ac scitu non minus utile quàm iucundum, nunc primùm in lucem foeliciter emissum: cuius index uniuersalis, in uersa pagina continetur.

Paris: Impensis Gerardi Morrhij & Ioannis Petri, 1532.

Price: $35,000.00

Bound in near-contemporary vellum, worn at corners, damage to upper, rear corner, rebacked at an early date. Overall a fine, broad-margined copy with minor cosmetic faults as follows: title slightly shaved at head; conjugates D1/8, E1/8, and Cc1/6 browned; damp-stain in margin of sigs R-T, and gutter of sig. N;...

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Item #4417 Chaos del tri per uno. Teofilo Folengo

Chaos del tri per uno.

Venice: Giovann’ Antonio e Pietro fratelli de Nicolini da Sabio, 1546.

Price: $4,900.00

Bound in 18th-century stiff parchment with a gilt lettering piece on the spine. A fine, clean copy with just some occ. light foxing, a marginal stain on a few leaves, and a small worm hole to the last two leaves slightly affecting the headline. Last leaf backed (and with light...

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Item #3603 Novae Coelestium Terrestriumq[ue] Rerum Observationes, et fortasse hactenus non...

Novae Coelestium Terrestriumq[ue] Rerum Observationes, et fortasse hactenus non vulgatae à Francisco Fontana, specillis a se inventis, et ad summam perfectionem perductis editae.

Naples: Apud Gaffarum, Mense Februarii, 1646.

Price: $85,000.00

A fine copy in contemporary limp vellum with a few light dampstains and minor blemishes. Complete with the engraved title page, portrait of the author, and folding plate of the moon. The text is illustrated with 27 full-paged engravings of the moon, and 26 large woodcuts of planets.A truly remarkable...

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Item #4481 De Naturae Divinis Characterismis; seu Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis,...

De Naturae Divinis Characterismis; seu Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis, indiciis, proprietatibus rerum in partibus singulis universi, Libri II. Auctore D. Corn. Gemma, Louaniensi, Regio Medicinae professore. Peculiarem partis utriusque materiem vel argumentum sequens pagina planius explicabit.

Antwerp: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1575.

Price: $18,000.00

A fine copy bound in contemporary vellum. First title page with 17th c. ownership inscription, lightly toned at head, one woodcut slightly shaved at outer edge, small natural paper flaw in blank corner of p. 216 and 229 (2nd part). Illustrated with numerous woodcuts of deformities and monstrosities; anatomical illustrations...

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Item #4537 The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master...

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie. Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothecarie of London.

London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636.

Price: $10,500.00

A very good copy bound in 17th c. English mottled calfskin, (binding worn, esp. at extremities where there is some flaking and minor loss to the leather; scrapes to lower board) rebacked and re-cornered in the 20th c, endpapers renewed. With an engraved title by John Payne and over 2,000...

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Item #3492 The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. And several...

The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. And several other Lectures, Read before the Royal Society.

London: printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682.

Price: $15,000.00

A VERY FINE, LARGE PAPER COPY. Illustrated with eighty-three engraved plates, five of which are double-paged. This copy is bound in contemporary, mottled calf (some abrasions to boards, joints rubbed, small losses at head and foot of spine), spine ornately tooled in gold. Internally, this copy is in fine condition...

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Item #3108 The Spider and the Flie. A parable of the Spider and the Flie, made by John Heywood....

The Spider and the Flie. A parable of the Spider and the Flie, made by John Heywood

London: in Flete Streete By Thomas Povvell, 1556.

Price: $52,000.00

Bound in fine in 19th-century red morocco tooled in a cottage style, richly gilt, with red silk doublures. This is a fine, clean, and complete copy of a book rarely encountered in such condition. A small section of the upper part of the title page has been restored in pen...

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Item #2654 Imperatorum et Caesarum Vitae, cum Imaginibus ad vivam effigiem expressis. Libellus...

Imperatorum et Caesarum Vitae, cum Imaginibus ad vivam effigiem expressis. Libellus auctus cum elencho & Iconiis Consulum ab Authore. M.D. XXXIIII.

Strasbourg: Vuolphgangus Caephalaeus, 1534.

Price: $6,500.00

This volume is profusely illustrated with several hundred woodcut images, most of which are by Hans Weiditz. "The medallions of the emperors [and their families] are 268 in number, commencing with Julius Caesar and ending with Frederick III, Maximilian I and his son Philip the Fair, Charles V and Ferdinand...

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