Rome: Antonius Hercules, 1691. Three parts in one volume. 4to (215 x 153 mm). xx, 307; [308]-342, [2], 106, [4] pp., engraved allegorical frontispiece by Hubert Vincent, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 69 copper engraved plates (5 folding) by Buonanni, second part with engraved title on p.[308] dated 1683, continuous..... More

Paris: Gide et Compagnie /Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs, 1846. 8vo (205 x 127 mm). viii, iv, VIII, 582 pp.; xiv, [2], 636 pp., including half title to both volumes. Contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled edges, origial endpapers (boards and extremities little..... More

Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1751. 4to (241 x 186 mm). [2], xxxvi, 280, xv [1] pp. Title-page with woodcut coat of arms, large engraved folding map, 6 engraved plates and maps (5 folding), 1 folding table, head- and tail-pieces. Bound in 20th century cloth, spine lettered in gilt (slight rubbing to..... More

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749. 12mo (165 x 97 mm). xxix [11], 384, xx pp. Engraved frontispiece by Ingram, woodcut device on title, 5 folding engraved plates at the end. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartments and with red morocco lettering-piece, red-dyed edges (slight wear..... More

Bouillon / Paris: Société typographique / Jombert, 1779. 12mo (168 x 102 mm). viii, 597 [1], [2] pp., including half-title, errata leaf, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary French mottled calf, gilt-decorated plain spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers (spine ends chipped, extremities rubbed, corners scuffed). Text only..... More

Florence: All'Insegna della Stella, 1664. 4to (233 x 171 mm). [4], 5-91, [5] pp. Half-title, title printed in red and black and with engraved device of the Accademia della Crusca and woodcut printer's device on verso of L4, errata leaf at end. 18th-century half vellum over pasteboards with decorated xylographic..... More

Dresden & Leipzig: Friedrich Heckel, 1734. Folio (329 x 204 mm). [16], 1-452 (i.e. 448); [12], 1-164, [2], 165-386; [12], 1-534 pp., bound without the leaf "Dem Buchbinder" as usual. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Bernigrot fil after I.W. Stör in vol. I, half-title in vol. I only..... More

Braunschweig: Vieweg & Sohn, 1920. 8vo (212 x 136 mm). viii, 135 [1] pp., 33 illustrations in text. Original publisher's printed cloth (very little rubbing, corners slightly bumped). Internally little browned throughout. Provenance: Oskar Kende, inscribed on first free endpaper by the Wegener "Herrn Prof. Kende / hochachtungsvoll überreicht /..... More