Venice: Octavianus Scotus, 1484. 23 March 1484. Folio (332 x 228 mm). 270 unnumbered leaves, Roman type, 63-65 lines of commentary enclosing the text of the poem, historiated woodcut initials, the "Registro" leaf K6 with large printer's device on recto printed in red and black and with initals "OSM"; title..... More
Paris: Francois Ambroise Didot l'Aine, 1786. Large folio (493 x 330 mm). [8], [1]-123 [1] pp. of text, including half title, allegorical aquatint frontispiece printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved explanation leaf by Beaublé, typographic dedication leaf to Louis XVI, engraved title vignette. Bound before the atlas part..... More
Rome: Giovanni Zempel / Antonio de Rossi, 1740. I. Riflessioni Anatomiche sulle note di Monsignor Gio. Maria Lancisi fatte sopra le tavole del celebre Bartolomeo Eustachio... Rome: Giovanni Zempel, 1740. [10], 8, 10, 27 [1], 98, [2], 99-200 pp. Title with large engraved vignette, woodcut initials, and 41 engraved plates..... More
Paris: Croullebois, 1813. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (201 x 125 mm), [2], viii, x, 11-163 [1]; [2], vi, 7-339 [1] pp., including half-title, general title and part titles. Bound in contemporary half calf, spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label and some gilt decoration, yellow-dyed edges (little soiling of..... More
Paris: Chez Mme Ve Richard, 1803. An XI - 1803. 8vo (198 x 122 mm). xiv [2], 460 pp. Bound in contemporary half calf, spine with gilt-lettered label and some gilt decoration, yellow dyed edges (light rubbing to extremities). Text crisp and clean with only very little age-toning and minor..... More
München/Wien: Karl Thienemann/Karl Gerold, 1818. Two parts (text and atlas) in one volume. 4to (278 x 213 mm). xiv, [2], 1-72, 75-98, 97-370, [2] pp. Some mispaginations: p. 73-74 skipped, p. 97-98 repeated in numbering. Second part with 20 lithographic plates (two in colors) including title "Sammlung von mehreren Musterblättern."..... More
Cologne [i.e., Paris]: Pierre de la Vallée, 1657. 4to (237 x 170 mm). 18 separately published letters with a general title-page and Avertissement in 6 pages (first issue, spelled "Advertissement" and mentioning only 17 letters), with the 8-page Refutation to the 12th letter, the second letter in second state dated..... More
[Oppenheim or Frankfurt]: Johann Theodorum de Bry, 1614. Folio (305 x 195 mm). [8], 163, [11] pp. Fine engraved title, woodcut initials and headpieces, several engraved and woodcut text illustrations, 11 full page, lacking final blank leaf Y4. Bound in old recased vellum of a former Fabrici copy with the..... More
Parma: [Giambattista Bodoni for] Regia typographia, 1775. Folio (342 x 248 mm). [8], xxxv [1], 217 [3] pp., frontispiece portrait of the author and 42 folding engraved plates by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and others (including 21 outline key plates) bound-in at the end. Contemporary half vellum over xylographic paper boards..... More
G. Cacchi: Vico Equense, 1586. Folio (325 x 230 mm). [4], 265 (i.e. 272) pp. Title with full-size engraving including a portrait of the author, full-page engraving of dedicatee, 85 engraved illustrations throughout (several repeated, 4 full-page), woodcut historiated initials, head- and tailpieces, some mis-paginations. Signatures: **2 A-Ll4. Contemporary limp..... More
Basel: J. Oporinus, 1559. 4to (234 x 161 mm). 755 [1], [60] pp. Two folding woodcut tables, historiated woocut initials, general index bound at end. Signatures: a-z4, A-3Z4, 4A-4K4. Text in Latin, Greek and Hebraic; final leaf blank. Bound in contemporary blind-ruled and blind-stamped pigskin, spine lettered in red manuscript..... More
Edinburgh: published by W. H. Lizars, 1822. 1822-26. 12 Parts of text in one volume and one atlas volume. Folio atlas (448 x 275 mm) and 8vo text (216 x 133 mm). Text volume with general title undated, engraved title vignette, separate title and half-title to each part. [2], xv..... More
Paris etc. J. B. Baillière & fils, 1857. 1857-1861. 4 volumes (2 text and 2 atlases). Large folio (464 x 293 mm), text volumes: [4], ii, 760; [6], 733 [1] pp., including half titles, list of subscribers and index; atlases: [2], 46 pp. and 94 plates numbered I to XCIV;..... More
London: Longman etc. 1816. 4to (271 x 215 mm). xx, 49 [1] pp. Half-title, 9 etched plates after Bell (4 folding), bound without advert leaf. Contemporary half-calf over sprinkled boards, rebacked and recornered, with spine ruled and lettered in gilt, original endpapers (minor rubbing of boards and extremities). Light, mostly..... More
Paris & Geneva: J. J. Paschoud, 1815. 8vo (201 x 124 mm). 360 (i.e., 362) pp., including half-title. Bound in contemporary half calfspine with gilt lettered red morocco label and gilt decoration, yellow-dyed edges. Text crisp and clean with just a little browning of final 2 gatherings and very minor..... More
Paris: J. J. Paschoud, 1810. 8vo (204 x 120 mm). viii, 576 pp. Including half-title, woodcut head and tailpieces. Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt-lettered label and gilt ruling, yellow-dyed edges. Crisp and clean internally. Provenance: bibliothèque du château de Barante, presented to him with his inscription and signature on..... More
Paris & Nanterre: chez l'auteur, 1802. 8vo (196 x 124 mm). [4], xxviii, 448 pp. Engraved allegorical frontispiece and half-title. Bound in 19th century three-quarter calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt and with gilt-lettered red morocco label, yellow-dyed and red-sprinkled edges (little rubbing to extremities, minor wear to corners)..... More
Pavia: nella tipografia Bolzani, 1804. Elephant folio (640 x 487 mm). [4], iv, 114 pp., 15 engraved plates by Pietro Zuliani and Pietro Anderloni after Faustino Anderloni, numbered I-X, including additional outlines to plates I, III, IV, V, and VII. Contemporary full calf, boards with gilt-decorated frame, spine lettered and..... More
London: Printed by E. Flescher and J. Macock for R. Royston, 1676. Folio (297 x 180 mm). [16], 498, 79 [1], [14] pp. Half title, chapter "Of Lues Venera" with separate pagination, general index at end. Later black morocco, panneled and blind-stamped boards, binding restored and rebacked with original gilt-lettered..... More
Hanover: Hannoverische Hofbuchhandlung, 1855. 1855-1867. 3 volumes. 8vo (233 x 160 mm; 190 x 120 mm). [2], 1-396; xi [1], 397-773 [1] pp. Green straight-grain morocco, gilt coat of arms of the Duke of Cumberland on upper covers, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt..... More
Turin: Jean Radix & Jean Francois Mairesse, 1720. 4to (222 x 155 mm). [16], 135 [1] pp. Half-title, woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, errata on final leaf verso. Contemporary vellum, soiled and spotted. Text little browned, some light oil(?) staining to title and first few leaves..... More
Paris: P.G. Cavelier, 1766. 8vo (165 x 98 mm). [8], 270, [2] pp. Half-title, woodcut head- and tailpieces, final leaf blank. Contemporary French specked calf, rebacked retaining original richly gilt-decorated spine and gilt-lettered morocco label, marbled edges and endpapers (extremities slightly rubbed). Text crisp and clean with only very minor..... More
Paris: J.B. Baillie, 1849. Large folio (418 x 218 mm). 8 pp. of title and plate explanations, 18 engraved plates of which 17 hand-colored and 2 double page. Original cloth-backed printed boards. Boards soiled, spotted and scratched, light wear to spine and extremities. Title, text pages and final uncolored plate..... More
Lausanne: M.-M. Bousquet, 1748. 4to (245 x 195 mm). [2], 398, [2] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved title vignette, woodcut head-pieces and initials, including leaf of directions to binder at end. Signatures: [pi]2 (-[pi]1) (A-3D)4. Bound without initial blank. Contemporary full vellum, spine with gilt-lettered..... More
Venice: Reale Istituto nel Palazzo Loredan, 1899. Memorie del Reale Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, Vol. 26, No 5. Venice: Reale Istituto nel Palazzo Loredan, 1899. 4to (333 x 240 mm). 26 pp. Original printed wrappers (edge fraying, upper wrapper detached, browned an brittle at edges). Text browned..... More
