London: [Samuel Richardson] printed for William Parker, 1730.
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Bound in modern quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, citron label, gilt. A tall copy with ta few light blemishes. Contemporary ownership inscription ‘J. Robertson” on fly leaf, effaced inscription, “S… Society” on title, causing very small hole (not affecting text.).Mary Astell's “Some reflections upon marriage” first appeared in...
London: Printed by R. Bishop, for R[ichard]. B[est]. or his assignes, 1640.
Price: $9,500.00
With the engraved frontispiece by William Marshall with the variant text: “London. Printed for R. Best and are to bee sould at his shop neare Graies Inn gatte in Houlbourne.” An unusually tall copy of Brathwaite’s famous satire on the perils of marriage, nagging wives, and the limitless lust of...
London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson’s Head, No. 46, Fleet-Street, 1788.
Price: $3,800.00
Bound in contemporary polished blonde calf with a gilded spine. A fine copy, the binding a little rubbed and with the faintest cracking to the leather of the upper hinge. The contents are in nearly pristine condition with broad margins. The engraved frontispiece memorializes the Duchess’ scandalous appearance at a....
Venice: [Francesco Rampazetto for] Antonio degli Antoni, [Francesco Rampazetto for] Antonio degli Antoni, 1562.
Price: $6,500.00
20th c. decorated paper over boards. Very lightly toning to first and final leaves. Printer’s device on title page, large woodcut historiated initial in text. Rare. OCLC records only five copies in North American libraries (Harvard, Yale, Duke, UCSF, and UCSB).First edition of "Love letters written by Lady Celia, Roman...
Venice: Iacomo Cornetti, 1584.
Price: $3,700.00
An untrimmed copy in later paper boards. Very light browning to final leaves. Printer’s device on title page.The "Love letters written by Lady Celia, Roman gentlewoman, to her lover", constitutes one of the earliest collections of Renaissance Italian women's letters, one of the few collections addressed entirely to one recipient...
