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

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

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

Antwerp: Christoph Plantin, 1571. 4to (235 x 159 mm). [20], 332, [10] pp. Woodcut device on title, large floral and historiated woodcut initials, several woodcut illustrations in text. Signatures: *⁸ **² A-X⁸ Y⁴. Including the final blank Y4. Contemporary limp vellum, japp edges, flat spine and lower edge lettered in..... 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

Zürich: Orell Füssli und Compagnie, 1808. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (200 x 115 mm). xxx, 408; [2], [16], [1], iv-x, 428 pp., including 8 leaves of errata bound after title and 6 hand-colored engraved folding maps bound at end of vol. II. Uniformly bound in Swiss green half..... More

Oxford: Henry Hall for R. Davis and B. Took, 1680. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (164 x 110 mm). [22], 440, [28], 268 pp., advertisement leaf bound before title in second state with date January 1679/80. Second part with separate title page and pagination. Signatures: [pi]1 A⁸ a² B-2E⁸..... 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

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

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

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

Copenhagen: Bianco Luno, 1839. Two parts in two volumes. Copenhagen: Bianco Luno, 1839. Text volume 4to (243 x 197 mm), atlas volume oblong 4to (234 x 328 mm). xxxiv, 192 pp. (text vol.), 1 leaf of title and 17 engraved plates (atlas vol.). Text vol. with frontispiece portrait of the..... More

Naples: Gaetano Nobile, 1855. 4to (300 x 230 mm). viii, 207 [1] pp., 7 lithographed plates bound at end. All pages untrimmed. 20th-century papercard boards. Text and plates bright and clean with just a little browning and dust-soiling to outer edges and occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. Very..... More