Books & Works on Paper

Linguistics.- Riccioli (Giovanni Battista) De recta Diphthongorum pronunciatione Canones…, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, half title, engraved frontispie...

Livius (Titus)Le Deche di T. Livio padovano selle Historie Romane, tradotte nella lingua toscana, da M. Jacopo Nardi, second edition, woodcut devi...

Maffei (Giovanni Pietro)Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI, third edition, large printer’s woodcut device on title, numerous ornaments, hole from ink...

Medicine.- Torti (Francesco)Therapeutice specialis ad febres periodicas perniciosas… fifth edition, includes dedicatory of Basilio Baseggio to Joh...

Meursius (Johannes) De funere liber singularis, in quo Graeci et Romani ritu… De puerperio syntagma, FIRST EDITION, 2 parts in one, woodcut printe...

Milio (Agostino)Nuovo dialogo delle devozioni del sacro monte della Verna, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, woodcut illustration of Saint Francis receiving...

Moral Philosophy & Religion.- Gomberville (Marin Le Roy de)La Doctrine des Moeurs, 2 parts in one, 103 full-page engraved emblematic illustrations...

Nobili (Flaminio) Trattato dell’Amore humano, second edition, pages ruled in black, woodcut historiated initials, light age yellowing, some spotti...

Ovidius Naso (Publius)Metamorphoseon libri XV, large woodcut’s printer’s device on title and at end, historiated initials and text vignettes, prin...

Palmerin de Oliva.-L’Historia dove si ragiona de i valorosi et gran gesti et amori…tradotta dal Spagnuolo, new edition, woodcut printer’s device o...

Pasta (Giuseppe)Galateo de’ Medici, title within woodcut frame, a little spotting,  mainly on peripheral leaves,  contemporary paper boards,  rubb...

Pernety (Antoine-Joseph)Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture and gravure, FIRST EDITION, half title, 8 folding engraved plates depicting p...

Pinelli (Bartolomeo)Gran Quadro della storia di Roma Antica, engraved title and frontispiece, tissue guard, 100 engraved plates, text in Italian, ...

Plutarch & Probus (Aemilius)Plutarchi Cheronei et Aemilii Probi Illustrium virorum vite cum suo indice diligenter recognite, title in black and re...

Pocaterra (Annibale)Due Dialogi della Vergogna, lacking original title (a1), provided in manuscript with skillfully drawn coat of arms of the dedi...

Pre-Bodoni.- Facciolati (Jacopo) Viaticum Theologicum Secundum Nobili Adolescenti Paratum,per Angliam, Borussiam, Thraciam E Graeciam, 2 vol. boun...

Religion.- Veneziano (Valerio)Prato Fiorito di varii esempii, parte seconda e divisa in sei libri, woodcut device on title, double column, light b...

Ribadeneyra (Pedro de)Trattato della religione e virtuti che tener deve il principe Christiano, per governare e conservare I suoi stati, FIRST EDI...

Rocca (Giovanni Antonio)Theses philosophicae ex Academia Parmensi… FIRST and ONLY EDITION, includes errata, allegorical engraved frontispiece by G...

Romei (Annibale) Discorsi… Divisi in sette giornate, woodcut printer’s device to title, lacking blank f., light age yellowing, occasional marginal...

Roseo (Mambrino da Fabriano)La historia de gli strenui e valorosi cavallieri Don Florisello di Nichea, et Anassarte…, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, woodc...

Roseo (Mambrino da Fabriano)Libro secondo del valoroso cavallier di Flortir, imperador di Constantinopoli,  FIRST EDITION, woodcut printer's devic...

[Rousseau (Jean-Baptiste)] Pieces Nouvelles…, 2 vol. in one, second edition, titles in black and red, small woodcut vignettes in vol. 1, a little ...

Sardi (Gasparo) & Faustini  (Agostino)Libro delle Historie Ferraresi, third edition, 2 parts in one, pp. [8],  230; [16], 102, [2] (blank, torn), ...

Sermons.- Pittorio da Ferrara (Lodovico) Homiliario Quadragesimale, 2 vol. bound in one with separate woodcut architectural titles, 114 fine vigne...

Sordi [de Surdis] (Giovanni Pietro)Decisiones Sacri Mantuani Senatus..., FIRST EDITION, title in black and red with large woodcut printer's device...

Suárez de Ribera (Francisco)Medicina Invencible Legal, o Theatro de Fiebres Intermitentes Complicadas, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, title browned, a fe...

Tales.- Costo (Tommaso)Il Fuggilozio...diviso in otto giornate, third edition, lacking a1 (title), supplied in facsimile, & a8, woodcut ornaments,...

Tomai (Tommaso)Idea del giardino del mondo, second edition, woodcut printer’s device to title, historiated initials, pages ruled in black, blank f...

Valderrábano (Manuel Pérez)La Angelomaquia ó Cayda de Luzbel Poema de Ensayo, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, errata, light browning and spotting, contemp...

Vergilius Maro (Publius)Poemata, quae extant omnia. Adiectis figuris egregie depictis…, woodcut devices on title and last leaf depicting the Roman...

Vergilius (Maro Publius)L'opere di Virglilio Mantoano, large woodcut device on title, text vignettes & ornaments, title split in 2 parts and badly...

Ashburton (Charles Alfred)A New and Complete History of England, from the first settlement of Brutus ... to the year 1793,  engraved plates, inclu...

Austen (Jane) The Works, 6 vol., 'The Chawston Edition', half red morocco, gilt, a.e.g., for Asprey & Co.Ltd (probably bound by Sangoski & Sutclif...

Bible.- EnglishThe Byble in Englyshe of the Largest and Greatest volume, 4 parts and New Testament in one, Great Bible version, black letter and d...

Bibliographical Dictionary.- A New and General Biographical Dictionary…, 15 vol., new edition, half titles, occasional spotting, contemporary half...

Bibliography.- Abbey (J. R.)Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, number 136 of 500 copies, colour frontispi...

Dickens (Charles)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, first edition in book form, ea...

Fore-edge Painting.- Lord George ByronThe Giaour, a Fragment of a  Turkish Tale, bound with 10 other separately issued titles [The  Siege of Corin...

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, new edition, 12 vol., 2 large folding maps, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, worn, joint...

London Dispensatory.- [Salmon (William)] Pharmacopoeia Londinensis or the New London Dispensary, second edition, includes ‘The Table of diseases’ ...

[Mirk (John)].- Liber festivalis et Quatuor sermonesIncipit Liber qui vocatur Festivalis, 2 part in one with continuous signatures, including ‘Qua...

Theatre Interest.- Lalauze (A.) & Gozzi (Count Carlo)Memoirs, translated by J. A. Symonds, 2 vol., number 129 of 210 copies, half title, title in ...

Apollinaire (Guillaume) et al.Les Mamelles de Tiresias. Drame Surrealiste en Deux Actes et un Prologue, FIRST EDITION, unnumbered copy, half title...

Ariosto (Ludovico)Orlando Furioso, 3 vol., number 63 of 350 copies, printed for Simone Dalgleish, introduction by Riccardo Bacchelli, text illustr...

Brangwyn (Frank) A Café, Cahors, etching, signed in pencil lower right, repaired tear affecting image upper centre, [Gaunt 174], plate 200 x 250 ...

Cameos.-  Plaster cameos mounted in a clamshell box opening as a book, 25 cameos, depictions include the Madonna di  Pompei, Beata Vergine di  Ca...

Carriat-Rolant (G.)Ambiance Marocaine/Moroccan Moods, first English Edition, limited to 500 copies, 12 hand-finished pochoir plates, accompanying ...

Children’s Literature.-A collection of presentation copies from the library of Tom Maschler, with bookplates exclusively designed by Maschler’s fr...

Chinese Propaganda.- The Revolutionary Committee is Good, colour lithograph poster featuring a map of China's provinces and showing for each of th...

Chinese Propaganda.-He who opposes Chairman Mao will have his dog head smashed, red and black woodcut print, closed tears, tape restoration to ver...

Chinese Propaganda.- ArtsGrasp Revolution and Promote Production, colourful poster of apprentices and masters decorating a huge porcelain fish bow...

Chinese Propaganda.- Mao ZedongGreat leader and mentor Chairman Mao Zedong, 71 x 51cm, September 1967; Our most beloved leader Chairman Mao was in...

Chinese Propaganda.- Pre-Cultural RevolutionCelebrate the Chinese Communist Party 40th year anniversary, 1921 - 1961colour lithograph poster marki...

Coppée (François)Le Passant. Comedie en un acte et en vers, limited edition of 1500 copies, number 209 of 300 copies on Arches, with 2 states of e...

Dropmore Press.- Hassall (W.O.)The Holkham Bible Picture Book, one of 100 copies, signed by Hassall , 84 facsimile plates, of which 8 are printed ...

Erotica.- Franklin (Benjamin) & Tice (Clara, illustrator)Advice on Marriage, number 43 of 50 copies on Japon, etched and hand-coloured throughout ...

Fine Press.- Salenti (Angelo, illuminator)The Book of Ruth, ONE of 250 COPIES, hand-coloured frontispiece signed by Valenti in pencil, illuminated...

Foster (Myles Birket) & Taylor (Tom)Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, with Pictures in Words by Tom...

Hogarth.-Trusler (John) The Works of William Hogarth, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, detached, light foxing, light damp staining, occasio...