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Americae Tertia Pars Memorabile[m] Provinciae Brasiliae Historiam: Contine[n]s, Germanico Primùm...

Americae Tertia Pars Memorabile[m] Provinciae Brasiliae Historiam: Contine[n]s, Germanico Primùm Sermone Scriptam à Ioa[n]ne Stadio Homburgensi Hesso, Nunc Autem Latinitate Donatam à Teucrio Annaeo Priuato Colchanthe Po: & Med: Addita Est Narratio Profectionis Ioannis Lerij in Eamdem Provinciam, Qua[m] Ille Initio Gallicè Conscripsit, Postea Verò Latinam Fecit. His Accessit Descriptio Morum & Ferocitatis Incolarum Illius Regionis, Atque Colloquium Ipsorum Idiomate Conscriptum. Omnia recens evulgata, & eiconibus in aes incisis ac ad vivum expressis illustrata, ad normam exemplaris praedictorum autorum: studio & diligentia Theodori de Bry Leodiensis, atque civis Francofurtensis anno M DXCII. [Second title]: Navigatio in Brasiliam Americae.

Frankfurt: Apud Ioannem Wechelum, impensis Theodori de Bry, 1592 but ? 1597.

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With de Bry’s name in the compartment on the engraved title to the first part, the leaf with the seven coats of arms with the blank spaces filled in by the six virtues bound as leaf a3, the engraving of Adam and Eve is on p. [144], and the corrected...

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Architetture, e prospettive dedicate alla maesta di Carlo Sesto. Giuseppe ARCHITECTURE. THEATER...

Architetture, e prospettive dedicate alla maesta di Carlo Sesto.

Augsburg: Andreas Pfeffel, 1740.

Price: $26,000.00

Bound in contemporary German quarter vellum with label (“Kupferbuch”). The binding has minor wear and there is evidence that these 5 suites of plates were once bound with another work. This is a fine, complete copy with only very minor cosmetic blemishes: some light dust soiling to the folds of...

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A magnificent, profusely illustrated sammelband, consisting mainly of (more than 300) large...

A magnificent, profusely illustrated sammelband, consisting mainly of (more than 300) large engraved and etched plates, comprising several major architectural treatises - including the masterpiece of the mannerist architecture Wendel Dietterlin and three important suites by Vredeman de Vries- augmented with an additional three rare series of plates of architectural elements and ornaments.

Antwerp, Nuremberg, and elsewhere: various printers, 1557-, 1604.

Price: $55,000.00

Bound in 17th c. stiff vellum (boards soiled, small defects to the corners and hinges.) The contents are in overall excellent condition with only minor flaws (a few damp-stains -mainly mild and almost always outside of the plate-, occ. light soiling, a handful of plates with light wash to give...

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Johannis Hevelii Annus climactericus, sive Rerum uranicarum observationum annus quadragesimus...

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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La Pratica della Perspettiva. Daniele Barbaro

La Pratica della Perspettiva.

Venice: Borgominieri, 1569.

Price: $16,500.00

Illustrated with c. 220 woodcut illustrations in text, 22 of which are full-page. Some of these woodcuts are taken from Barbaro’s own edition of Vitruvius (1567), Serlio, and Dürer. Four isssues are known. This is the issue with both the title page and colophon dated 1569 and Borgominieri’s device on...

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Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne. Ou Recueíl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux de L'Antiquité...

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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Les Plus Beaux Édifices De Rome Moderne, Ou Recueíl Des Plus Belles Vües Des Principales...

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: $22,000.00

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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Vedute d'architettura antica in prospettiva di Domenico Bianconi alla Reale Academia di Francia...

Vedute d'architettura antica in prospettiva di Domenico Bianconi alla Reale Academia di Francia in Roma.

Rome: the author, ca. 1760.

Price: $45,000.00

Bound in contemporary stiff parchment over boards, with patterned paste-paper for the pastedowns. The binding and contents are beautifully preserved and very fresh. Provenance: From the private collection of Thomas Vroom (bookplate), deaccessioned 2019.A remarkable, unpublished manuscript treatise by Domenico Bianconi, an architect and scenographer who worked in the style...

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Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia. Quam olim edidit Anselmus Boetius de Boot, Brugensis, Rudolphi II....

Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia. Quam olim edidit Anselmus Boetius de Boot, Brugensis, Rudolphi II. imperatoris Medicus. Postea Adrianus Tollius, Lugd.-Bat., M. D., recensuit; figuris melioribus, & commentariis pluribus illustravit, & indice auxit multo locupletiore. Tertia editio longe purgatissima. Cui accedunt Ioannis De Laet, Antvverpiani, De Gemmis & Lapidibus libri II. Et Theophrasti liber De Lapidibus, Gr. & Lat. cum brevibus notis.

Leiden: Joannes Maire, 1647.

Price: $4,900.00

Bound in contemporary Dutch vellum. Contents in excellent condition (light stain in outer margin of two leaves), complete with both folding tables (both with small tears without loss.) Illustrated with eighty-seven (87) woodcuts of gems and minerals, including geodes, hematite, crystals, corral, and fossils.Third and best edition (1st 1609, 2nd...

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Libellus de utilitate et harmonia artium, tum futuro iurisconsulto, tum liberalium disciplinarum...

Libellus de utilitate et harmonia artium, tum futuro iurisconsulto, tum liberalium disciplinarum politiorisue literaturæ studiosis utilissimus[Bound with:] Libellus compendiariam tum uirtutis adipiscendae tum literarum parandarum rationem perdoce[n]s, bene beateque uiuere cupienti, a primis utilis

Antwerp: S. Cocus, 1541.

Price: $6,800.00

Bound in 18th c. mottled calf, wear to extremities, lower joint starting. Fine copies. v. light soiling to first t.p. and final leaf of second work, a few light stains in the second work, else very clean. Both works illustrated with emblematic and allegorical woodcuts, most created specifically for these...

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Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae primus et secundus liber. Ludouico Madrucio S.R.E. Card...

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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The Workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with divers addicions, whiche were never in print...

The Workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with divers addicions, whiche were never in print before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy Citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly doeth appere.

London: John Kyngston for John Wight, 1561.

Price: $68,000.00

This is the first of three variants, illustrated with 3 woodcut title borders, woodcut initials and ornaments, and 22 woodcut illustrations that do not appear in the other variants. A fine copy bound in later calf incorporating the original blind-tooled English calfskin boards. Title laid down and slightly frayed at edges...

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Hypnerotomachie ou Discours du songe de Poliphile. Deduisant comme Amour le combat à l'occasion...

Hypnerotomachie ou Discours du songe de Poliphile. Deduisant comme Amour le combat à l'occasion de Polia

Paris: [Jean Le Blanc] Pour Jaques Kerver à la Licorne, rue S. Jaques, 1561.

Price: $45,000.00

Bound in 16th c. French calfskin, rebacked, discreet repairs to corners, some minor scuffs and scrapes. The boards are ruled in blind, with small floral tools, gilt, at the angles, and a central cartouche, gilt, at the center of the boards. Additional blind-tooling was added at the time of rebacking...

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Le nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois : qui apprend a ordonner toute sorte de repas en gras &...

Le nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois : qui apprend a ordonner toute sorte de repas en gras & en maigre, & la meilleure maniere des ragoûts les plus délicats & les plus à la mode, & toutes sortes de pâtisseries : avec des nouveaux desseins de tables ... [3 volumes].

Paris: Claude Prudhomme, 1733 [and], 1730.

Price: $6,500.00

Bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, spines richly tooled in gold, with labels (some wear to extremities, minor defects to leather, corners bumped.) Very nice copies internally, the woodcut plates and text crisp. George Baillie (1664-1738), Scottish politician and parliamentarian, armorial bookplates dated 1724. First published as a single volume in 1691 and...

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Opere del Divino Poeta Danthe con svoi Comenti : Recorrecti et con ogne diligentia novamente in...

Opere del Divino Poeta Danthe con svoi Comenti : Recorrecti et con ogne diligentia novamente in littera cvrsiva impresse. In bibliotheca S. Bernardini. [With the commentary of Cristoforo Landino.]

Venice: Per Miser Bernardino Stagnino da Trino de monferra, 28 March, 1520.

Price: $16,500.00

Bound in contemporary Italian calfskin, discreetly rebacked, with minor wear. The boards have been ruled in compartments and elaborately tooled in blind with intricate, decorative tools. This copy is in fine condition with only minor blemishes (the occasional marginal smudge, small marginal repair and light soiling to the title, a light...

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Philocophus: or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend. Exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that...

Philocophus: or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend. Exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that subtile art, which may inable one with an observant eie, to heare what any man speaks by the moving of his lips. Upon the same ground, with the advantage of an historicall exemplification, apparently proving, that a man borne deafe and dumbe, may be taught to heare the sound of words with his eie, & thence learne to speake with his tongue. By I.B. sirnamed the Chirosopher

London: for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, 1648.

Price: $8,500.00

[Bound with:] Bulwer, John (active 1648-1654) Pathomyotomia or A dissection of the significative muscles of the affections of the minde. Being an essay to a new method of observing the most important movings of the muscles of the head, as they are the neerest and immediate organs of the voluntarie or impetuous...

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Tumulus Henrici Secundi Gallorum regis christianiss. per Joach. Bellaium. Idem gallice totidem...

Tumulus Henrici Secundi Gallorum regis christianiss. per Joach. Bellaium. Idem gallice totidem versibus expressum per eumdem. Accessit et ejusdem elegia ad illustriss. principem Carolum card. Lotharingum.

Paris: Frédéric Morel, 1559.

Price: $4,800.00

Bound in 19th c. speckled calf, ruled in gold (hinges rubbed, small loss at head of spine.) A fine copy. Small clean tear to blank margin of plate. Printed in Latin and French. Morel’s printer’s device on the title. Attractive ornamental initials. With the oversized woodcut plate of the fictive...

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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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Insectorvm Sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm: Olim ab Edoardo Wottono. Conrado Gesnero. ...

Insectorvm Sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm: Olim ab Edoardo Wottono. Conrado Gesnero. Thomaqve Pennio inchoatum: Tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinatis opera sumptibusq; maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum: Et ad vivum expressis Iconibus supra quingentis illustratum.

London: ex Officina typographica Thom. Cotes. Et venales extant apud Guiliel. Hope, ad insigne Chirothechae, prope regium Excambium, 1634.

Price: $14,000.00

This is the second of Lisney's three issues. A very fine copy, bound in contemporary English calf (with only minor wear.) The text is in excellent, crisp condition with a few scattered rust spots, a few lightly spotted leaves, and one natural paper flaw (leaf X3, with no loss). Illustrated...

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La Sontuosa Illuminazione della Città di Torino per l'Augusto Sposalizio delle Reali Maesta' di...

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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Orontii Finei Delphinatis Protomathesis opus uarium, ac scitu non minus utile quàm iucundum,...

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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Novae Coelestium Terrestriumq[ue] Rerum Observationes, et fortasse hactenus non vulgatae à...

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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L' Antichità di Roma di Andrea Fulvio antiquiario romano, di nuouo con ogni diligenza corretta &...

L' Antichità di Roma di Andrea Fulvio antiquiario romano, di nuouo con ogni diligenza corretta & ampliata, con gli adornamenti di disegni de gli edificij antichi & moderni; con le aggiuntioni & annotationi di Girolamo Ferrucci Romano

Venice: Girolamo Francini, 1588.

Price: $4,800.00

A very good copy, bound in attractive 18th c. mottled calfskin (wear to extremities, small scrapes), the spine richly tooled in gold, with the author and title tooled onto a citron morocco label. Internally very good, the title trimmed closely at the head, a few small stains, intermittent damp-staining (a...

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The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in...

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

London: A. Islip, Joice Norton, and R. Whitaker, 1633.

Price: $10,500.00

With an engraved title by John Payne and over 2,000 woodcuts of plants throughout the text. This is a fine copy, very clean, with the engraved title page in very good condition (only a little marginal soiling.) Bound in 17th c. English mottled calfskin with discreet repairs. With the original...

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The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. And several other...

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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