[Sebaldus Mayer, Dilingae], 1570. Quarto. Title in red; fleuron, rule, and date in black, text printed in red and black throughout, with musical staves printed in red; Finely printed on heavy paper. iii, A-Z4, a-o3, = 147 leaves. Quite scarce liturgical text with many musical notations. WorldCat lists only one..... More
London: Printed and Sold By the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1691. Small Octavo. 10 pages, John Ashton was an official in the royal household and Jacobite conspirator who in 1688 lent James II's government 12,500 pounds but he distributed money for the Jacobian plot and he was captured at..... More
London: Printed for G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1788. Octavo. [2], ii [4], xxiv, 184, 159, [1], 299, [1] pages. The rare early printing of the U.S. Constitution in Great Britain in its original paper wraps. It is now known that William Godlin wrote not only the History of Henry VIII..... More
London: Stationers' Company, 1780. First Edition. 12mo. 15pp. An almanac, composed on a variety of subjects, both ancient and modern, for the reader's enjoyment, with prose, poetry, contemplation and comedy. In light brown wraps (small closed tear and 1/4" chip). An example of this scarce little pamphlet is found only..... More
Basileae: [Robert Winter], 1539. Small Octavo. The first portion of the text is in Greek and the following text is in Latin. 13[2]; a-z8, A-R8; [13] blank; 1-397pp. The text is by Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86/80--c. after 146-160 A.D.). The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian is considered the best..... More
Venetis, 1538, 1539 and 1541: Bernardino Stagnino (1483-1538) and Bartholomæi de Zanettis Casterzagensis (printer). Small Octavo. A remarkable volume on Augustine’s works on predestination and Pelagianism [primarily used in opposition to Luther’s works] bound together as a sammelband. Most have been printed by Bernardino Stagnino (1483-1538). This volume was once..... More
London: Joseph Downing, 1709. First Edition in English. Octavo. 2nd printing(?) 33p. Boehm was the chaplain to the royal highness Prince George died at Kensington in 1708. A popular sermon that concerned the spiritual condition of the late Prince. His passive personality left the matter of governing to his wife..... More
Gotheborg, Norway: Samuel Norberg, 1782. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 76p. The Swedish translation of Einer Tambeskilver (1772). The original Norwegian edition is very rare and OCLC locates one copy in Munich. Early translations into Swedish and Danish are uncommon. This play was a major factor in bringing..... More
Lugd[uni] Batav[orum] et Roterod[ami]: Ex Officiana Hackiana, 1669. Octavo. [22], 624, [13] While ostensibly an adventure travel novel. it was written with covert political content and intended as a continuation of the then highly prized "Agregntis" by John Barclay. A very good copy with title page repair along gutter. Deaccessioned..... More
Toulouse: Aux Depens Du Caranove, Pres Les Augustins, 1756. Small Quarto. Nouvelle ed. French Language. Two volume set. Vol. 1: 596 pages. Vol. 2: 606 pages. The earlier editions of these arrests included not only serious capital crimes but the executions of heretics by burning at the stake. In 1733..... More
In Vinegia: Appresso Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1547. 12mo. 8, 8, 176 leaves. The contents, register and colophone have been inserted into the front as is the case of many copies. Italian language translated from Latin of Cicero's De Oratore. Lodovico Dolce was a Ventian humanist whose translations allowed the..... More
London: John Haviland for Robert Allot, 1629. Quarto. 2nd edition. Two parts in one, each with title pages, 339pp., Dallington's 36 Aphorisms reflects his compassion with the Essex literary circle and their influential dedication to forging connections between England and the continent, between study and action, and between past and..... More
London: For G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1796. First Edition. Octavo. First edition in English. 268pp. In 1793, Pichegru was given command of 150,000 troops of the army of the North. By 1794 he launched an invasion of the Austrian Netherlands, capturing Amsterdam January, 1795. Pichegru was hailed as a savior..... More
Lutetiae Prisorum: Sumptibus Frobrt Fouet, Via Iacobaea Sub Insigni Temporis & Occasionis, 1624. Folio. Charles Dumoulin (or Dumolin, Latinized Molinaeus) was noted for his works on jurisprudence and all aspects of Roman law as well as canon and customary law claiming that he was the chief expert on law over..... More
Amsterdam: Jacob Wetstein, 1754. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 524, [4]. Latin text. Engraved title page. His Coloquia Familaria was a collection of his satirical and sometimes biting criticism of the religious and cultural mores of the time. There is a four page biography of Erasmus. This was..... More
London: A. Millar, 1755. Octavo. Each play has special title page and separate pagination. Advertisements throughout each volume. Some plays include unaccompanied melodies. The editions included vary from set to set. While Millar's 1762 issue of Fielding's Works became the most available, the very scarce 1755 octavo set was only..... More
Londoni: Joannis Martyn, (printer to the Royal Society), 1676. First Edition. Folio. First issue, with title page printed entirely in black. The true first printing, predating the more common red-and-black issue. Illustrated after Francis Barlow, with additional plates by F. H. van Houe, W. Faithorne, and W. Sherwin. Without the..... More
London: for W. Griffin, 1772. Small Quarto. 7th edition. Half-title, engraved vignette title page, and 23pp text. Goldsmith's poem reflects on the social and economic changes that led to the decline of rural life in 18th century England. A life, he describes as being destroyed by the displacement of agrarian..... More
Small Octavo. Latin manuscript is written in poetic style by C.P.F. Kurrer who was a distinguished member of the famed Latin Society of Jena. 89p. OCLC notes that a 16-page edition was published in Tubingen by Fues in 1786. This much larger version of several thousand lines is entirely handwritten..... More
Herbornae Nassoviorum: Corvinius, 1663. 12mo. 483p. The German political philosopher who earlier had traced the work of Augustus here further developes his ideas from his earliest work at Herborn before this professorship at Marburg where his attacks upon Descartes and Grotius became polemical and influenced most Protestant scholars for succeeding..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Charles Eliot and Thomas Cadell, 1778. Small Octavo. 3rd edition. xvi, ii, 367 pages, 55 page index. The History was first published, by subscription, at Edinburgh in 1728 by Robert Freebairn, a well-known printer, bookseller, and ardent Jacobite; later editions appeared at Glasgow in 1749, and again..... More
London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. First Edition. 12mo. In two volumes, half-titles present, 340 and 251pp. both volumes with errata's on last page. The Man of Feeling was issued in 1771 and followed in February 1773 by The Man of the World, in which Sindall, a seducer..... More
London: William Leake and John Leake, 1679. 12mo. 3rd edition, enlarged and amended with an addition of several islands, countries and places not extant in the former impression. Meriton was a legal writer who became fascinated with the discoveries around the world. In this edition, he notes much new about..... More
Parigi (Paris), 1755-1769: Presso La Vedova Quillau/Presso G.C. Molin. Small Octavo. Complete in 10 volumes, text in Italian. Each volume has engraved title page. Vol. 1 has frontispiece by D. Sornique after C. Eisen, and vignette headpiece by N. Le Mire after C.N. Cochin. Vol. 1-9, 1755; Vol.. 10, Parigi..... More
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London; 1692, 1688 and 1688: Paradise, printed for Tonson, Regain'd Printed by R.E. and sold by Randal Taylor and Samson printed and sold by Randal Taylor, Quarto. Three works in one volume. 336, 66 and 57 pp. Illustrated with a full-page engraved frontispiece portrait of Milton and 11 (of 12)..... More