Books & Works on Paper

Albertus Magnus (pseudo-) - De Laudibus Beatae Virginis Mariae, 190 ff., the final blank, 34 lines, Gothic type, chapter initials, paragraph mar...

Leo I, - Pope Sermones, edited by Joannes Andreae, Bishop of Aleria, 127 Pope Sermones , edited by Joannes Andreae, Bishop of Aleria, 127 ...

Martialis (Marcus Valerius) - Epigramata, 178 (of 180 ff., lacking f1 & 10), 32 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, marginal ...

Gerson (Jean) - Opera, 3 vol., a composite set, Prima Pars: double column, 46 (index), the last blank, and 188 ff., 56 lines and headline, Gothi...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) - Rhetoricoru[m] ad C. Herennium libri quattuor, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device depicting a pr...

Suetonius Tranquilius (Gaius) - Illustres Virui, quos qui Cornelio Nepoti vendicant maxime falli Alexander Minutianus praeceptor , title in r...

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) - [De institutione oratoria], first Aldine edition , woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, capital sp...

Aquinas - [Summa Theologica: Part 2] Liber no[m]i[n]e Secu[n]da secunde ( Saint Thomas) [Summa Theologica: Part 2] Liber no[m]i[n]e Secu[...

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) - Libri quinque noviter inventi atque cum reliquis eius operibus editi. first edition of the complete works , capit...

Diomedes, - Grammaticus. Grammaticae Opus Tripartitum , decorative initials Grammaticus. Grammaticae Opus Tripartitum , decorative initia...

Eusebius Pamphili, - Bishop of Caesarea . Chronicon , mostly printed in red and black Bishop of Caesarea . Chronicon , mostly printed in r...

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) - Epistolarum Libri X, title and final verso with woodcut printer's device, capital spaces with guide-letters, ****3 & ...

Augustine, - Bishop of Hippo. de Summa Trinitate, double column Bishop of Hippo. de Summa Trinitate , double column, title in red and black a...

Solinus (Caius Julius) - In C. Julii Solini Polyistora enarrationes, edited by Johannes Camers, first edition , title within ornate woodcut bor...

Augustine - De Docrina Christiana, title partly loose, H (Aurelius Augustinus, Bishop of Hippo, Saint ) De Docrina Christiana, title part...

Boccaccio (Giovanni) - Peri Genealogias, [ graece ] Deorum, libri quindecim, cum annotationibus Iacobi Micylli Eisdem de Montium, Sylvarum, Fon...

Dante Alighieri (et al). - Rime di Diversi Antichi Autori Toscani, title in woodcut architectural border, just touched by the binder's knife, F8...

New World.- Anghiera (Pietro Martire) - De rebus Oceanicis & Orbe nouo decades tres... Eiusdem praeterea legationis Babylonicae liber tres, wo...

Apianus (Petrus) and Bartholomaeus Amantius. - Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis non illae quidem Romanae, sed totius fere orbis summo studio,...

Plato. - Opera [with commentary by Proclus], edited by Oporinus and Simon Grynaeus, 2 parts in 1 vol., second collected edition in Greek, firs...

Mela (Pomponius) - De Orbis Situ libri Tres, edited with commentary by Joachim Vadianus, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiat...

Epiphanius, - Saint. Contra Octoginta Hæreses, title in Greek and Latin Saint. Contra Octoginta Hæreses , title in Greek and Latin, text in G...

Valerius Maximus. - Dictorum factorumque memorabilium exempla, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, narrow area tor...

Food & Drink.- Athenaeus. - Athenaei Dipnosophistarum Sive Coenae Sapientum libri XV, translated by Natalis de Comitibus, title with woodcut p...

Aeschylus. - Tragodiai, [ graece ] Tragoediae VII ,edited by Pietro Vettori and Henri Estienne, first complete edition, Greek text, final bl...

Cardano (Girolamo) - Liber de Libris Propriis, device on title, browning and staining, name & numbers on title, modern vellum, [Adams C686], 8...

Justinian I, - Emperor of the East . Autokratoron, Iustinianu Emperor of the East . Autokratoron, Iustinianu, Iustinu Leontos nearai diataxeis...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) - Orationum, 3 vol., woodcut printer's devices to titles and final verso of vol. 1 & 2, vol.3 early ink marginalia, ext...

Ortelius (Abraham) - Thesaurus Geographicus, second expanded edition, title within fine engraved pictorial border, woodcut initials, title and s...

Galle (Théodor) - Illustrium imagines ex antiquis marmoribus nomismatibus et gemmis expressae quae extant Romae, title within engraved pictorial...

Polybius. - Istoria ta sozomena [graece] Historiarum libri qui supersunt Aenea Commentarius de toleranda obsidione , translated and edited by I...

Bible, - Hebrew. [Magna Biblia Rabbinica], With Targum and commentaries of... Hebrew. [Magna Biblia Rabbinica], With Targum and commentaries ...

Chiromancy.- Praetorius (Johannes) - Ludicrum Chiromanticum Praetorii: seu Thesaurus Chiromantiae Ludicrum Chiromanticum Praetorii: seu Thesauru...

Iamblichus. - De mysteriis liber, translated and edited by Thomas Gale, first edition , title with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, ...

Bochart (Samuel) - Geographia sacra, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 4 folding engraved maps, folding letter-press sheet...

Bayle (Pierre) - Dictionaire Historique et Critique, 4 vol. in 2, first edition , titles with engraved vignette, toning and some spotting to...

Armenian printing.- - [Synaxarion] Girk' or koch'i Aysmawowrk', second edition, 367 ff only, of 403?, title in woodcut architectural border, woo...

Numismatics.- Bie (Jacques de) - Imperatorum Romanorum a Julio Caesare ad Heraclium usque, numismata aurea, 2 engraved additional pictorial titl...

Saxe (Maurice, - Comte de ) Mes Réveries. Ouvrage Posthume…, edited by Abbé Pérau Comte de ) Mes Réveries. Ouvrage Posthume , edited by Ab...

Boccaccio (Giovanni) - Contes, 10 vol., half-titles, 110 engraved plates (including frontispieces) by Vidal after Boucher, Cochin jeune, Eisen ...

Prévost - Histoire De Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux… (Antoine-François, l«bé ) Histoire De Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Gri...

Qur'an, - in Arabic, printed in red and black, first 2 leaves elaborately... in Arabic, printed in red and black, first 2 leaves elaborately de...

Jewish exchequer official - in medieval London.- Grant by Hugh of Dunesden to Gilbert Hakewell... in medieval London.- Grant by Hugh of Dunesd...

Bedfordshire.- - Grant by Roger son of Langois of Wylie [Wyley] to Philippe son of... Grant by Roger son of Langois of Wylie [Wyley] to Philippe...

Medieval Devon.- - Charter of enfeoffment by Walter Wodecock [Woodcock] of Bere... Charter of enfeoffment by Walter Wodecock [Woodcock] of Bere ...

East Yorkshire.- - Grant by William Bate of Goldale to Radulphus Fomorie of one... Grant by William Bate of Goldale to Radulphus Fomorie of one ...

Suffolk.- - Grant by Thomas Overbee of Cretingham to William son of Benedict... Grant by Thomas Overbee of Cretingham to William son of Benedict...

Kent.- - Release by Thomas Broke of Ealdyng [Yalding] to John Gorel of... Release by Thomas Broke of Ealdyng [Yalding] to John Gorel of Ealdyng ...

Burton-on-Trent.- - Charter, grant by Robert Birtenyll of Loughtteburgh [Loughborough]... Charter, grant by Robert Birtenyll of Loughtteburgh [L...

Berkshire.- - Grant by Katherine Skynner of Wokingham and John Skynner, chaplain Grant by Katherine Skynner of Wokingham and John Skynner, chapl...

Somerset.- - Indenture, grant by Johannes Boteler, Armiger Indenture, grant by Johannes Boteler, Armiger, concedes and confirms to Johannes Tyle...

Abbots Bromley.- - Grant by John Porter of Bromley Abbis [Abbots Bromley] Grant by John Porter of Bromley Abbis [Abbots Bromley], son of John ...

Sir Walter Ralegh's brother.- - Ralegh Withecomb Raleigh. Reversion to William Pyke Ralegh ( Sir Carew, landowner, of Downton, Wiltshire, ori...

Muggletonianism.- Reeves - A Epistle from the Prophet John Reeves to Mr (John, co-founder of the Muggletonians, 1608-58) A Epistle from th...

Dialling.- - Smith Spherical Trigonometry Projection of the Sphere and Tables... Smith (Samuel, of Hambleton, fl. 1746) Spherical Trigonome...

Jamaica.- - Moore Certificate attesting that Thomas Hay is Secretary and... Moore (Sir Henry, first baronet, colonial governor, governor of Jam...

Louis XV - Letters Patent, relating to Paul Le Cour of Lyon and his... ( King of France, 1710-74) Letters Patent, relating to Paul Le Cou...

Jesuits.- - Tuba Clangens Ducis Salvatoris ad Pia Exercitia, manuscript in Latin Tuba Clangens Ducis Salvatoris ad Pia Exercitia, manuscript in...

London, Madeira, Demarara, - Martinique & St. Kitts.- Fair & Robert Fair Martinique & St. Kitts.- Fair (Thomas, captain of the Irmelinda ...

Wordsworth, Southey & Arnold.- - Coleridge Autograph Letter to John May, 4pp. with address panel, sm Coleridge ( Sir John Taylor, judge, ne...