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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Amazing Collection of 17th / 18th Century Weathered Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing collection of 5 extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/Italy 17th/ 18th century.
Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
More photo's available on request
H:20-38cm W:...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Parchment Paper
$1,169 Sale Price / set
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The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700
Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
$4,535 Sale Price
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Shakespeare. A LEAF FROM EACH OF THE FOUR FOLIOS - 1623 - 1632 - 1663 - 1685
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: A leaf from each of the four folios. All’s Well, That Ends Well - The Tragedy Of Richard The Third - The Tragedy Of Hamlet - The Merchant Of Ve...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paper
Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris
Novi Testamenti
Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Located in Delft, NL
Biblia cum concordantijs veteris & novi testamenti & sacrorum canonum, 1519
A Bible by auteur Alberto da Castello, printed by Luca-Antonio Giunta, Latin Anno 1519, Venice
27-532-55 pages
First alphabetical list- Tabula Tertia, after that comes the 1st full page woodblock plate.
This title page in red and black with a surrounded frame in woodcut. Above the page “San Jerome” illustrated and below the page the printers mark “ Giunti’s Mark” from the family of printers in Florentine. The initials L A of Luca-Antonio Giunta.
After this page starts a full-page woodcut illustration after that are 3 pages not numbered and then starts numbered page 2 – 532
On page 401 is also a full-page woodcut plate
There are ca 345 small woodcuts...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
Antique Extremely Rare Large 13th Century Antiphonal Abbey Book Binding
Located in Doha, QA
Monumental Medieval Antiphonal Book Binding with Illuminated Leaves
Austria, 13th Century
Materials: Oak wood, hand-tooled cowhide or pig-hide leather, wrought iron fittings, sheepsk...
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Austrian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Iron
Bible, Biblia Sacra, Utrecht, Cornelius Guillielmus Le Febvre, 1732
Located in Delft, NL
Bible,, Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, Naar de laetste Roomsche Keure der gemeine Latijnsche Overzettinge, in nederduitsch Vertaeld, me...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Leather, Paper
Dumfries House: A Chippendale Commission (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
These are the now very scarce set of two catalogues produced by Christie's for the sale of the contents of Dumfries House which contained a large collec...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
18th Century Set of 15 French Leather Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A rare set of 15 French decorative antique leather-bound library books. The books are wrapped in leather all around and are comprised of a selection of warm tones featuring gold leaf...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
18th-C. Georgian Large Leather
Faux Marble Latin Religious Books, S/2 Library
Located in Kennesaw, GA
These are a wonderful addition to a library or study! The two books date to 1777 or the era of George III. At first glance, I thought they were Italian, but upon further study, they ...
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German George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Voltaire
s Candide True First Edition
First London Edition
Located in Savannah, GA
A rare example of a first edition Candide, published in Geneva by Cramer, 1759.
299pp. Woodcut ornaments and Voltaire's corrected pages (pp. 31...
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Inverary Set of Fifteen Leather Bound Books
Located in New York, NY
Inverary set of fifteen leather bound books. The Annual Register or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the year comprising the years 1765-1792: volume 8, 9, 10, 11,...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Located in Soquel, CA
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Excellent example of Latin sheet music for Catholic church services. Bold red title and notations, with red staff lines. N...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paper
Miniature illuminated manuscript on vellum with 12 full-page miniatures
By Francois-Jacques Boeri
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
A tiny and complete Parisian Book of Hours with a plethora of intricate illuminations.
91 x 65mm (3.6 x 2.6in). 190 leaves on vellum, additional 4 paper leaves after (plus 3 paper e...
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European French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather
William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy, 1695 Sixth Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
"But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve"
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: Othello, The Moor of Venice. A Tragedy. As it hath divers times Acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers: and now at the Theatre Royal,...
PUBLISHER: London: for Richard Bentley, 1695.
DESCRIPTION: SIXTH EDITION. (ii)76pp., complete, quarto, 8-5/8" x 6-1/4", several leaves with untrimmed bottom edges, some toning and foxing to pages, closed tear to F2 mended without loss, a few headlines slightly trimmed but generally good wide margins, ex-libris Viscount Mersey of Bignor Park with book label...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather
Pliny, Gaius Secundus: HISTORIE OF THE WORLD
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare and complete first English edition of this seminal work.
Pliny, Gaius Secundus / Plinius, Gaius Secundus (23-79 AD) / Translated by Philemon Holland.
The Historie of the Wor...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Nice Collection of 18th/ 19th Century Weathered Spanish Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of five extremely weathered vellum books, Spain 18th/ 19th century. Weathered, small losses and old repairs.
H:20,5-21,5cm W:2,5-4cm D:15,5cm
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Parchment Paper
$869 Sale Price / set
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Persian Manuscript Page - Garden Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Persian Manuscript Page depicting a garden scene. Circa 18th century.
Hand painted scene depicts a hilly outdoor landscape where people are congre...
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Persian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
$600 / item
Nice Collection of 18th/19th Century Weathered Spanish Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of six extremely weathered vellum books, Spain 18th/19th century. Weathered and small losses.
H:20,5-22cm W:2,5-5cm D:15cm . More photo's are available on request.
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Parchment Paper
$1,049 Sale Price / set
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The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, early edition 1786
Located in Middletown, NY
4th Edition of the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith.
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
London: A. Strahan and T. Cade...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
Plus Ultra; or, The progress and advancement of knowledge ... Aristotle
Located in Middletown, NY
Glanvill, Joseph
Plus Ultra; or, The progress and advancement of knowledge since the days of Aristotle. In an account of some of the most remarkable late improvements of practical, u...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare 1766 Bavarian Schreib-Kalender – Annotated with Contemporary Notes
Located in Langweer, NL
Annotated Bavarian Schreib-Kalender, Munich 1766 – With Contemporary Handwritten Accounts
A rare surviving example of a Bavarian Schreib-Kalender (writing calendar) for the year 176...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paper
DIGGES, Sir Dudly. The Compleat Ambassador. 1655 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DIGGES, Sir Dudly.
TITLE: The Compleat Ambassador or Two Treaties of the Intended Marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory; Comprised in Letters of Negotiation of Sir F...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather
Nice Collection of 18th/ 19th Century Weathered Spanish Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of five extremely weathered vellum books, Spain 18th/ 19th century. Weathered ,small losses and old repairs. More photo's available on request.
H:20-21cm W:2,5-4,5cm...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Parchment Paper
$869 Sale Price / set
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William BLACKSTONE. Commentaries on the Laws of England. 1770 - FOURTH EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BLACKSTONE, William.
TITLE: Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books.
PUBLISHER: London: At The Clarendon Press, 1770.
DESCRIPTION: FOURTH EDITION. 4 vols., squ...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather
Bowles
s New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies by Benjamin WILKES
Located in Middletown, NY
Bowles's New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies; In Twelve Prints, All Drawn from Life Representing near 300 different Species of those Beautiful Insects. Elegantly and accurately Engraved and disposed in an Ornamental Order To each Print is added:-A Description of their Names, Food, and times of Change, By Benjamin Wilkes.
London: Carington Bowles, 1764.
Second Edition.
Folio, (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in, 394 x 300mm) Second edition, 1 title page and 12 plates engraved and hand-colored, trimmed to plate-mark at fore-edge, lightly browned, some spotting, later 3/4 red morocco with title and fillets in gilt, rubbed and a little stained, rebacked, corners worn.
The plates were engraved by Henry Roberts as evidenced in the markings of each plate the first edition, but omitted in the second edition.
[Nissen 4411; Linsey 183].
EXTREMELY RARE, COMPLETE BOUND SET of...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
Rider
s British Merlin 1726; Adorned with many delightful Varieties and Useful.
Located in Middletown, NY
A precursor of Benjamin Franklin's famous and popular POOR RICHARD's ALMANAC
Rider, Cardanus
Rider's (1726) British Merlin; Adorned with many delightful Varieties and Useful Veritie...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Silva: or a Discourse of Forest-Trees by John Evelyn
Located in Middletown, NY
Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's Dominions; As it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662, upon Occa...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
RICAUT [Rycaut]. History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. 5TH ED 1682
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RICAUT [Rycaut], Paul.
TITLE: The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the maxims of the Turkish Polity, the Most Material points of the Mahometan...
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American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Leather
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MONTALTI. Theologicam Academico. EMBROIDERED BINDING BOUND FOR BENEDETTO LATILLA
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MONTALTI, Augustinus.
TITLE: Reverendissimo Patri D. D. Benedicto (Benedetto) Latilla Neapolitano Congregationis Canonicorum Regularium Lateranebsium Abbati Generali Suam b...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Fabric
Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622
Located in Middletown, NY
Giovanni Pietro Olina. UCCELLIERA; Overo discorso della natura e proprietà di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, allevargli, e mantenergli.
Rome: Andrea Fe, 1622. FIRST EDITION.
Large Octavo, 9 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (232 x 175 mm);pp. XI + 161 + [12], including 66 full-page engraving of which 43 represent individual birds and 23 illustrate the materials about trapping and caring for birds; woodcut initials & tail-pieces, light offsetting as typical, a little browned, a few stains, A7 lacking small portion from inner margin, E4 with small paper flaw holes at head just touching head-line; 18th century diced russia, rebacked, flat spines divided into panels by single gilt rules, gilt title and publication year, rubbed, corners worn, gilt-rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers.
Front pastedown with the engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Ireland House of Commons 1753 Vol. III and Statutes at Large 1703-1719 Vol. IV
Located in Morristown, NJ
Two leather bound volumes published in Dublin, Ireland in the mid 1700's.
The Journals of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland from the Eleventh Year of King James the Fir...
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Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani 1556
Located in Bilzen, BE
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Enarrationes in divi Pauli epistolas, ad Timotheum II., Titum, Philemonem, & HebræosD.IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHEPISCOPI CONSTA...
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Belgian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Daniel Vervliet and Hendrik Swingen for Jan I Moretus & Jan I van Keerberghen
Place / Date: Antwerp, 1599
Biblia sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture bed...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Wood, Paper
$29,248 Sale Price
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The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer
Located in Middletown, NY
Chaucer, Geoffrey
The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed
London: Adam Islip, 1602.
Second Edition.
Folio, 13 x 8 3/4 inches (328 x 223 ...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Amazing Collection of 18th / 19th Century Weathered Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing collection of 5 extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/Italy 18th/ 19th century.
Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
More photo's available on request
H:19-36,5cm ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Parchment Paper
$1,397 Sale Price / set
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Hand-coloured set of Buffon’s Histoire naturelle in its most luxurious form
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de
Place / Date: Dordrecht, Abraham Blussé, 1766-1799
Size: 38 parts in 21 volumes.
Large 4to. With more than 1100 hand-coloured engraved ...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paint, Paper
Latin Manuscript “Tractatus moralis de actibus humanis” – Theology Circa 1700
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Important Latin manuscript in quarto format on moral theology, titled “Tractatus moralis de actibus humanis” – A Moral Treatise on Human Acts.
Written in brown ink on laid paper, pro...
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French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paper, Parchment Paper
Schmetterlinge
Butterflies
by Carl Gustav Jablonsky
J.F.W. Herbst
Located in Middletown, NY
An exceedingly rare and beautifully-illustrated work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky and JFW Herbst, whose Natursystem is one of the first attempts at a complete survey of exotic and European butterflies, and edited following the system of Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), the father of modern taxonomy, as stated in the subtitle of the work.
Jablonsky, Carl Gustav & J.F.W. Herbst. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten: Schmetterlinge; Nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
19th Century Album Containing Drawings, Memorabilia, and Botanical Samples
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely example of an intimate 19th century memorabilia album illustrating the era's sensibilities for nature and antiquities, and bound in an exquisite blank album with miniature v...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
HERBERT - Life And Reign Of King Henry The Eighth - 1683 - FOURTH EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HERBERT, Edward Lord, Of Cherbury.
TITLE: The Life And Reign Of King Henry The Eighth.
PUBLISHER: London: for many, 1683.
DESCRIPTION: FOURTH EDITION. 1 vol., folio, 11-1...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather
A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil
Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
Holbein, Hans the Younger (after) Chrétien de Méchel
Recueil de XII costumes suisses civils et militaires, hommes et femmes, du seizième siècle. Gravés d'après les dessins originaux ...
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
Marseille Ancienne et Moderne - FIRST ED WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON - 1786
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: M. Guys [Pierre-Augustin].
TITLE: Marseille Ancienne et Moderne.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1786.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON. 1 vol....
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Leather
The Albert Collection: 500 Years of British and European Silver (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hardback book in cloth covers with dustjacket in very good condition. A unique collection of more than 700 pieces of British and European silver with each object being catalogued and specially photographed for this publication, making it a significant work of reference. Great names from Paul Storr and the royal goldsmiths Robert Garrard, Philip Rundell and Benjamin Pyne to leading Heugenots John Hugh le Sage, David Willaume...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 1786 - 2 volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
A Dictionary of the English Language; In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Originals and Illustrated In Their Different Significant By Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar
London: printed by John Jarvis and sold by John Fielding...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
Set of 39 18th Century Italian Vellum Books
Located in Round Top, TX
A wonderful 39 volumes set of 18th century Italian Vellum Books. A wonderful addition to any bookcase.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paper
$8,500 / set
Notitia Iuris [juris] Belgici, Francisco Zypaeo, Antverpiae , 1665
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Notitia Iuris [juris] Belgici, Francisco Zypaeo, Antverpiae - Law Of The Spanish Netherlands 1665"
Summary of the Law of the Spanish Netherlands Zype, François van den (Franciscus) ...
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Belgian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
![Notitia Iuris [juris] Belgici, Francisco Zypaeo, Antverpiae , 1665](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/notitia-iuris-juris-belgici-francisco-zypaeo-antverpiae-1665-for-sale/f_103612/f_453580221749283117272/f_45358022_1749283117684_bg_processed.jpg?width=240 "Notitia Iuris [juris] Belgici, Francisco Zypaeo, Antverpiae , 1665")
1st US Edition of ‘Enquiry Concerning Political Justice’ by W Godwin 1796
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST US EDITION hardback copy of “Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness by William Godwin, First American from ...
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American George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Horace WALPOLE. The Castle Of Otranto, A Gothic Story. SECOND EDITION - 1765
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALPOLE, Horace.
TITLE: The Castle Of Otranto, A Gothic Story.
PUBLISHER: London: for William Bathoe and Thomas Lownds, 1765.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., 7-1/8" ...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather
NALSON, John. For The Tryal of K. Charles I - FIRST EDITION - 1684
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: NALSON, John.
TITLE: A True Copy Of The Journal Of The High Court of Justice, For The Tryal of K. Charles I. As it was Read in the House of Commons, And Attested under the ...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Leather
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare by Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth)
Located in Middletown, NY
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare; An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespeare, compared with the Greek and French dramat...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Furniture Collections in the Louvre (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a deluxe edition in two volumes which does justice to the splendour of this incomparable collection. This collection has never before been the subject of such an important wo...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paper
Vol 15 of
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
by Hinton
1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Vol XV 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure' by John Hinton, published 1754. The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure was a per...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
$767 Sale Price
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Rider
s British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register
Located in Middletown, NY
Rider, Cardanus
Rider's British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register
London: R. and M. Brown / Company of Stationers & J. Jolliffe, G. Woodfall, an...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
Mary Robinson, Hubert De Sevrac a Romance of the Eighteenth Century, 1st Ed 1796
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Robinson, Mary.
Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century.
Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796.
Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt.
Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set.
Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist.
Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Leather
Large Set of Old Dutch Books about the Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1782
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der nu Vereenigde Nederlanden, inzonderheid die van Holland, van de vroegste tyden af [...].
21 vol., 8vo (1 sm. tear in map in vol. II; normal minor browning or spotting). - Reissue of the 2nd Tirion ed. (1770, 1st 1749-1759) of the account of the rise of the Dutch Republic with historical notes and references by the Dutch historian J. Wagenaar (1709-1773), until the year 1751. Engr. ill. by J. Folkema, P. Tanjé, J.C. Philips, J. Houbraken, S. Fokke, etc.: front. by J. Punt, 5 large folding maps (e.g. "Naaukeurige kaart van het Oude Nederland en eenige aangrenzende gewesten", "Oude kaart der nu Vereenigde Nederlanden", "Nieuwe kaart van het oostelijkste deel der weereld diendende tot aanwijzing van de scheepstogten der Nederlanderen naar Oostindië"), 1 city-plan of Leiden, 105 full-page portraits (e.g. of Erasmus, Philips of Marnix of St Aldegonde, Prince Maurice, Albert & Isabella, Kenau, Hugo De Groot, Piet Hein, Michiel de Ruyter...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Paper
$1,391 Sale Price / set
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Antique Books - Pierre Bayle Dictionnaire, 3 Volumes, 1715
Located in Savannah, GA
Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique published in Rotterdam 1715, third edition.
Measured as stacked: 15 ¼ inches wide by 10 ¾ inches deep by 9 ½ inches tall; each boo...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Leather, Paper
BARCLAY. An Apology for the True Christian Divinity - 1678 - 1ST ED IN ENGLISH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BARCLAY, Robert.
TITLE: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same Is Held Forth, and Preached by the People, Called, in Scorn, Quakers.
PUBLISHER: [Aberdeen(...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Leather
Les Vieux Hotels De Paris, Decorations Exterieureset Interieures, 20 Portfolios
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
It is rare to find a set of twenty of these volumes, which were published between 1920 and 1930. Each volume contains a title page and varying amounts of text in French - up to 24 pa...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
Materials
Paper
James Paine – Plans, Elevations and Section of Noblemen and Gentlemen
s Houses
Located in Middletown, NY
A fine FIRST EDITION ELEPHANT FOLIO of Jame's Paine monumental work:
Plans, Elevations and Section of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, and also of Stabling, Bridges, Public and Priv...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Leather, Paper
Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste – Un an à Rome et dans ses environs....
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Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste
Un an à Rome et dans ses environs; Recueil de dessins lithographiés, représentant les costumes, les usages et le cérémonies c...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Books
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Gold Leaf
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