Books & Works on Paper including Caricatures

Calligraphy.- Van der Velde (Jan) - Spieghel der Schrijfkonste, fine engraved pictorial title, portrait of the author, 57 plates of writing and i...

Song book.- - Den nievwen verbeterden lust-hof, gheplant vol uytgelesene, eerlijcke Den nievwen verbeterden lust-hof, gheplant vol uytgelesene, e...

Homer.- Hillaire (Isaac) - Speculum Heroicum, only edition , The Henry Yates Thompson copy , title with engraved vignette with portrait of Home...

Cats (Jacob) - Self-Stryt, dat is Crachtighe beweginghe van Vlees en Gheest, first edition , engraved additional pictorial title and illustrati...

Francquart (Jacques) and Ericius Puteanus. - Pompa Funebris...Alberti Pii, Archiducis Austriae.., fine engraved hand-coloured double page pictori...

Treur-Statighe Uyt-Vaert, ofte Begraeffenisse des ont-zielden Lichaems Treur-Statighe Uyt-Vaert, ofte Begraeffenisse des ont-zielden Lichaems, va...

Cookery.- - De Cierlijck Voorsnydinge aller Tafel-Gerechten, engraved additional pictorial title and 32 plates (1 folding), a few spots, contempo...

Baif (Lazare de) - De re Vestiaria, second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, final f. blank, antique style limp vellum, a few small s...

Sallustius Crispus (Gaius) - De Conjuratione Catilinae Hiistoria. Ejusdem De Bello Jugurthino, title with woodcut printer's device, initial space...

Anacreon. - Anacreontis et aliorum Lyricorum aliquot poetarum Odae [graece], text in Greek and Latin, title with woodcut basilisk printer's devic...

Greek and Roman Authors.- Estienne (Henri, - editor ) Epistolia, Dialogi breves, Oratiunculae, Poematia editor ) Epistolia, Dialogi breves, Or...

Euripides. - Tragoediæ XIX, translated and edited by Aemilius Portus & Willem Canter, 2 vol., text in Greek and Latin, title with author's nam...

Pindar. - Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia, edited by Paul Estienne [and J. Casaubon], text in Greek and Latin and with Greek commentary, title wi...

Euripides. - Latin translation by Willem Canter and notes by Jean Brodeau and... Latin translation by Willem Canter and notes by Jean Brodeau and ...

Euripides. - Euripidis quæ extant omnia: tragoediæ nempe XX, præter ultimam, omnes completæ, edited by Joshua Barnes, 2 engraved portraits, a few...

Philostratus (Flavius) - Philostratorum quae supersunt omnia vita Apollonii Libris VIII..., double column, text in Greek and Latin, title in red ...

Caesar (Caius Julius) - Quae extant omnia, edited by Dionysius Vossius and J. Davisius, engraved additional pictorial title, portrait of Caesar,...

Valerius Flaccus (Gaius) - Argonauticon LIbri Octo, edited by Pieter Burmann, engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black and wi...

Xenophon, - of Ephesius . Ephesiacorum libri V. De amoribus Anthiæ et Abrocomæ of Ephesius . Ephesiacorum libri V. De amoribus Anthiæ et Abroc...

Ovidius Naso (Publius) - Opera Omnia, 4 vol., edited by Pieter Burmann, half-title, 3 engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black, contempor...

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) - [Opera], edited by Richard Bentley, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, frontispiece loose, occasional sp...

Brunck (Richard François Philippe).- Aeschylus - Tragoediæ, translated and edited by Sir Thomas Stanley, 2vol. in 1, Antoine-Augustin Renouard ...

Cato (Dionysius) - Disticha, de moribus ad filium, edited by Otto Arntzen , engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, Amsterdam, Schouten...

Sophocles. - Tragodiæ Septem, edited by Jean Capperonnier, 2 vol., text in Greek and Latin, half-titles, occasional spotting, contemporary red m...

Plato. - Quae Exstant Opera, 11 vol., library stamps, some spotting or foxing, contemporary half vellum, rubbed, Leipzig, 1819-1832 § Aeschylu...

Bible, - Latin . [Biblia Latina, cum postiliis Nicolai de Lyra], part IV only Latin . [Biblia Latina, cum postiliis Nicolai de Lyra ], part I...

Bembo (Pietro) - De Gliasolani, first edition , second issue (without the dedication to Lucretia Borgia (a1)), capital spaces with guide-letters...

Leopold, - Compilatio de astrorum scientia, numerous woodcut illustrations ( Duke of Austria ) Compilatio de astrorum scientia , numerous wo...

Orosius (Paulus) - Historiarum liber, e tenebraru[m] faucibus in lucem æditus, title in red and black and large woodcut device of Petit all withi...

Sannazaro (Jacopo) - L'Arcadie, first edition in French , woodcut initial, capital spaces with guide-letters, with final blank, title chipped an...

New Testament, - Greek . Ai tou Agiou Paulou Epistolai …Apokalupssis [ graece ], i.e Greek . Ai tou Agiou Paulou Epistolai Apokalupssis [ ...

Bible, - Latin . [Biblia Sacra], lacks title, final blank f Latin . [Biblia Sacra], lacks title, final blank f. present, double column, Roman...

Mathematics.- Jordanus, - Nemorarius. Opusculum de ponderositate, title with woodcut printer Nemorarius. Opusculum de ponderositate , title wi...

Hermes Trismegistus. - Pimandras Utraque Lingua Restitutus, woodcut device and initials, parallel Greek and Latin text, title trimmed at foot (no...

Palladio (Andrea) - L'Architettura…, 4 parts in 1, engraved title by Valegio L'Architettura , 4 parts in 1, engraved title by Valegio, numerous...

Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-Buni - .- Al-Kumi [Kitab Fi-hi Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna], 25ff ( eminent Sufi master , d.1225).- Al-Kumi (Muhammad bin Muham...

Hanafi school.- - [Al-Mahbubi ].- [Sharh Wiqaya al-Riwaya fi Mas'ail al-Hidaya] [Al-Mahbubi ('Ubayd Allah b. Massoud Sadr al-Shari'a al-Thani, d....

Hanafi school.- - Al-Halabi .- [Multaqa' al-Abhur], 344ff Arabic manuscript in black... Al-Halabi (Burhan al-Din al-Ibrahim b. Muhammad b.Ibrahim...

Al-Tajuri - Zayd «d al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Tarabulusi, d.1552 AD) Zayd «d al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Tarabulusi, d.1552 AD). -...

Erpenius (Thomas) - Grammatica Arabica cum fabulis Lokmani..., [first edition] , printed in Latin and Arabic, engraved vignette to title & eng...

Lebanese Printing.- Gospels in Arabic.- - [Kitab al-Ingil as-sharif at-tahir wa-al-misbah al-munir al-zahir…] [Kitab al-Ingil as-sharif at-tahir ...

Sa'ad Al-Din Massoud b.Umar b. Abd'Allah - Al-Taftazani .- [ Al-Mutawwal] , followed by a supercommentary by... Al-Taftazani ( Persian scholar ,...

[Anonymous] - [Kitab Wasf al-Rusul wa al-Imama], 74ff. Arabic manuscript in black naskh, headings and key words in red, ruled in red (often to fo...

Jerusalem printing.- - [Triodion, hushu'i yatadammanu jami tartibaat al-siyam al-kabir al-muqaddas al-mukhtasar..., (Triodion, including all the ...

Lebanese Printing.- Gospels in Arabic.- - [Kitab al-Ingil as-sharif at-tahir wa-al-misbah al-munir al-zahir…] [Kitab al-Ingil as-sharif at-tahir ...

Palestinian printing.- - [Kitab Ta'lim al-Qariah...(Book to teach reading... in the School of the Holy Land)], title with engraved border, some w...

Marquis of Salisbury.- Gazi (Ahmed Moukhtar) - [Riyad al-Nahtar], [first edition] presentation copy from the author to 'Le Lord de Salisbury' (Lo...

Juz' Qur'an.- - A large Découpé Juz' Qur'an , 72ff cut-out Arabic muhaqqaq script A large Découpé Juz' Qur'an , 72ff cut-out Arabic muhaqqaq s...

Times New Roman Baltic; Single illuminated leaf of 15th cent Times New Roman Baltic; Single illuminated leaf of 15th cent. Qur'an , containing t...

Single Illuminated leaf from a large 16th cent. Qur'an, Arabic manuscripts in large black muhaqqaq, interlinear translations to Persian also in b...

[Ibn Arabshah] - [Kitab 'aja'ib al'maqdur fi akhbar Timur, (Book on the history of Tamerlane)] , edition with Latin preface by J. Golius, half t...

Islamic prayerbook.- - [Dala'il al-Khayrat], 240ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh, 11 lines, 2 leaves illustrated with images of Mecca and Medi...

Islamic Prayerbook.- - [Dala'il al-Khayrat], 461ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh script, headings in red, numerous decorations and illuminatio...

[Qur'an], 556ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh, 17 lines, ruled in blue, red and gold, 6f with decorated borders in orange pink and blue, small...

Yemen.- - [Large 18th cent. Qur'an], Al-Hussaini (Seyí Ismail bin Seyí Muhammed, calligrapher ) [Large 18th cent. Qur'an], comissioned by Muh...

Islamic Prayerbook.- - A Collection of Hadiths and commentaries on Divine Names, 233ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh, headings and key words o...

Ferdowsi (Abdu'l-Qasim) - [Shahnameh (The Book of Kings)], 380ff Persian manuscript in black nasta'liq script, titles in red, 25 lines in 4 colum...

Nizami (Ganjavi) - [Layli o Majnun (Layla and Majnun)] 91ff persian manuscript in fine black nasta'liq, 12 lines in 2 columns, oppening 2f illumi...

Medieval Lancashire.- - Burscough Priory. Charter by Benedict, prior of Burscough Priory Burscough Priory. Charter by Benedict, prior of Bursco...

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