Charles Dickens, ALS, a framed letter and engraved plate photo mounted under matting and covered in glass, sent from Devonshire Terrace, Regent's Park (now Marylebone Road), London on February 11, 1841. The letter states, "My dear Maclise, we were speaking of Ethelstan. Le voici. I'm sorry the water or ale held you so long last night. We adjourned from the private box to the Parthenon, and were rather jolly. Hot joints here on Sunday a five o'clock. Faithfully always, BOZ". Maclise was Dickens's portrait painter who had become close friends the summer before his first portrait was painted. Dickens recorded in a letter of 28 June 1839 that "Maclise has made another face of me, which all people say is astonishing." At the time of this writing Dickens will be publishing 'Barnaby Rudge' that was serialized in Master Humphrey's Clock. Approximate Dimensions:Letter h.6.5", w.4.5" Frame h. 11", w. 12.75"Condition:Letter had been folded to fit in a period small penny post envelope, then laid flat and framed. It looks to have had been around some moisture at one time thus showing some discolorization on the face of the letter and some toning on the top mat
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Three volume set of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Published 1861 by Chapman and Hall. First edition. First state. Books are finely bound in tan calf with raised bands on the spine. Gilt titling and decoration on the spine. Books meet all first state error criteria listed in Smith (96-104). Approximate Dimensions:Each book: h. 7.5", w. 5", d. 1"Condition:Light wear and scuffing to leather and boards. Some light gilt loss. Pages have some slight toning but otherwise look clean.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Published 1859 by Chapman and Hall. First edition. Book is finely bound in tan calf with raised bands on the spine. Gilt titling and decoration on the spine as well. 8vo. 254pp. Blue wrapper from original serial bound into the back. First state. Meets all first edition first state error points found in Smith (96-98), including page 213 being listed as page 113. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.5", w. 5.5", d. 1"Condition:Light wear and scuffing on leather. Some wear at the joints. Light pencil mark at endpapers.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club with a tipped in autographd penny post envelope boldly signed by Charles Dickens. Most likely sent to Miss (Georgina) Hogarth, Catherine Dickens' sister at the Dickens home at Gads Hill Place. Book printed in 1837 by Chapman and Hall. This is the tall edition with the additional plates by Buss. First edition. Rebound in contemporary brown leather with faux gilded ribs, and the title and author's name. Matches many first edition error points found in Smith (19-27). 609 pp. 4to. Approximate Dimensions:h. 9.1875", w. 6.25"Condition:Penciled remarks about book inside front cover. Rough page edges as printed with some toning to the exposed edges. Some toning and some staining at bottom right of title page with previous illustrative page having a .5 inch tear in from
Three volume set of Oliver Twist, or, The Parish Boy's Progress by "Boz" (Charles Dickens). Published 1838 by Richard Bentley, London. First edition, first state. Set is fully bound in tan calf with gilt titling and decoration on the spine. The book set has lovely marbled end papers and gilt pages edges. This set is the first edition, first state containing all of the first edition error points in Smith (30-37). Contains the Fireside Plate which only appeared in first state issues. A rare edition. No half title pages. Does not contain ads at beginning on Volume 1. Approximate Dimensions:Each book: h. 7.5", w. 4.75", d. 1"Condition:Leather has scuffing and wear from age and shelving. Some chipping to leather. Pages appear clean.
The Pic Nic Papers by Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens. Published 1841 by Henry Colburn, London. First edition. Bold signature of Charles Dickens taken from a letter and envelope has been pasted down in the front. Books have a vellum spine with marbled boards. Gilt decoration and titling on spine. Book set comes from the St. Charles College Library and thus has library stamps and a library label on each spine. 8vo. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8", w. 5", d. 1"Condition:Books are ex-library with stamps and labels from the library. Wear on boards and vellum with scuffing. Pages have some light yellowing. Bookplate and marking from a previous owner.
Brother Jonathan Extra Number containing American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens. First US printing of this piece. Printed on newsprint by Wilson and Company, November 7, 1842. Period wallpaper was used as a covering for this piece. Approximate Dimensions:Approx: h. 12", w. 8.75"Condition:Wear to pages with some foxing and staining in places. Page edges are rough in spots, with some small tears in places.
Charles Dickens, AKA Timothy Sparks, "Sunday Under Three Heads" published 1836 by Chapman and Hall, London. Comes in a red cloth wrapper slid into a protective red sleeve with Sunday Under Three Heads and Sparks in gilt on the spine and the printing point of AIR on page 7. This is the first printing of this piece written by Charles Dickens under the pseudonym Timothy Sparks. Also included is the 1882 reprint of the same piece. Edition point of HAIR listed on page 7. Both in their original covers. This incredibly scarce piece (both the original and the reprint) represent an early focus by Charles Dickens on the plight of the poor. Approximate Dimensions:Each: h 6.625", w. 4.25"Condition:The 1836 edition has its original covers with some pencil notations on the front cover with the words " very rare Timothy Sparks was Charles Dickens" and another below that stating "see page 66-67 of Charles Dickens, the story of his life."
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, published 1859 by Chapman and Hall. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. First edition, first state bound in original cloth. With all first edition error points listed in Smith (95-98) including page 213 being mis-numbered as 113. Book is bound in the original cloth and the front and back covers are stamped in blind with one thick and two thin line borders. Original state book. 8vo. 254pp. Approximate Dimensions:h. 9", w. 5.5", d. .75"Condition:Book has wear from age and use. Hinges have light cracking but otherwise look good, A previous owner has written their name on the front free end paper as well as pencil marks from previous owners in the front.
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. Published 1865 by Chapman and Hall. First edition. First state. Inside the book is a tipped in letter and postal cover from Charles Dickens. The letter and envelope is done in Dickens own handwriting. The letter discusses a plate appearing in the book Our Mutual Friend and has been tipped in right before the plate discussed in the letter on page 60. An incredible cover with stamp and a letter from Dickens on his home stationary. Book is quarter bound in green leather with marbled boards and end papers. Original wrappers and advertisements from the serials are bound into the back of both volumes. Books match all of the first edition first state errors stated in Smith (106-110). An exceptional book and letter. 8vo. Approximate Dimensions:Each book: h. 9", w. 5.75", d. 1.5"Condition:Wear to both books on leather and boards with some scuffing and chipping.
Charles Dickens letter, 4 pages total. Two of which have writing and contain 2 different signatures of Dickens, one a full signature with flourish and the other a more personal C.D. The letter is inscribed to Mr. Hicks (Charles Hicks, 1799-1870), the foreman-printer for Bradbury and Evans. Letter discusses a project they are engaged in of which Mr. Hicks was known to have saved many of the original manuscripts of the Pickwick Papers which Dickens wrote and submitted to Bradbury and Evans who were printing for Chapman and Hall in London at that time. This letter references the first chapter containing 10 pages and his visiting the printer to examine the proofs. The letter is marked as being sent from their rented home located in Petersham, England which the Dickens family occupied from May to August in 1839. At the time, Dickens was finishing Nicholas Nickleby. Approximate Dimensions:h. 7.1875", w. 4.375"Condition:Folded letter sent by courier, previously mounted with gum stain line on verso not affecting any writing. The corner torn was during opening at the wax seal.
Clarissimi Pictoris et Geometrae de Symetria Partium in Rectis Formis by Alberti Dureri (Albrecht Durer). Published 1532 and printed by D. Caroli, Noremberger. An extremely rare first Latin edition of this masterpiece on anatomy by Durer, the first fully illustrated anatomy. This is the personal copy of Johann Georg Bergmiller, Director of the Augsburg Academy. Book is bound with paper boards. Book comes in a custom clamshell case. 79 counted pages, pages are unnumbered.Approximate Dimensions:h. 11", w. 7.75"Condition:Book has wear from age and use. Light worming is evident. Stains, fading, and marks are found on the pages. Marginalia is present including on the title page and on some of the illustrations. The front board has ink writing and staining as well.
Lucian of Samosata. Luciani Dialogi et alia multa opera quorum index est in proximis paginis. Imagines Philostrati. Eiusdem Heroica. Eiusdem vitæ Sophistarum. Imagines Junioris Philostrati. Descriptiones Callistrati. Venice: In aedibus Aldi, & Andrae Asulani soceri, October, 1522. Third edition in Greek and second Aldine edition of Lucian's Dialogues (the edition princeps was published in Florence in 1496, and the first Aldine edition was published in 1503) and second edition of the Philostratean texts and the Callistratus. Title and preliminaries in Greek and Latin, text in Greek. Greek and Roman letter. Aldine woodcut anchor and dolphin device on title and on verso of final leaf. Very rare to see the printer’s device twice. Capital spaces with guide letters. Imprint from colophon. With a preface by Franciscus Asulanus. At the demand of the Congregation of the Index Expurgatorius (otherwise known as the Inquisition) pages 385-92 and 435-440 were removed in order to destroy two passages, p. 386 and 436" (Ebert). Those pages are missing in this edition. Full early 17th century panelled brown leather binding. Raised bands and gilt titling on the spine. Speckled page edges. 55 lines plus pagination. 571pp. 4to. "The first of these Aldine editions...is very imperfect, and apparently taken from inaccurate MSS, without any collation of the edition princeps. The second is rather more valuable, and has served as the basis of many subsequent editions. It exhibits in some places a purer text than the Florentine edition" (Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics II, pp. 190-191). Brunet III, cols. 1206-1207. Ebert 12374. Renouard, p. 95, 4.Approximate Dimensions:h. 12.25", w. 8.25", d. 2"Condition:Boards have wear, chipping, and loss to leather. End papers lightly browned at the edges from turn-in glue. Light foxing throughout and a few leaves with minor worming. Pages have some foxing, yellowing, and light staining. Some marginalia
Institutiones Oratoriae by Marcus Fabius Quintillian. Printed 1514 by Aldus Manutius. First edition of Manutius, Aldine Edition. Book is bound in vellum with handwritten titling on the spine. Pages intact and speckled on the edges. 8vo. 230pp. Dibdin, vol2, p.186. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.5", w. 5.25", d. 1.5"Condition:Wear to vellum and boards. Some pencil marks on the interior, particularly on the endpapers. The last few pages are slightly loose at the bottom and will benefit from repair.
De rebus Gothorum, Persarum ac Vandalorum libri VII, una cum aliis mediorum temporum historicis, quorum catalogum sequens indicabit pagina by Procopius of Caesarea. Published 1531 by Johannes Herwagen, Basileae. First edition of the famous Chronicle of the Vandal and Ostrogothic Wars by one of the last great ancient historians Procopius of Caesarea. With woodcut printer's mark on title and at the end. Bound in a full calf Renaissance binding of leather on wood with decorations of birds, animals, and flowers on the front and back. Raised bands on the spine and gilt titling on a field of red. Gilt decoration on the spine. Folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 13", w. 8.5", d. 2.5"Condition:Wear to boards with some leather loss and exposed wood. Dampstaining on upper right corner of book from title page throughout the book. Light marginalia. Previous bookplate from Lord Lilford.
Ambrosii Calpini Dictionarium Undecim Linguarum by Ambrosius Calepinus. Printed 1605 Per Sebastianum Henric Petri, Basileae. (1582pp.) Also bound with Onomasticon Propriorum Nominum, Primum a D. Conrado Gesnero, Ex Variis Dictionariis Collectum, by Conrad Gessner. (302pp). A sammelband dictionary collection. Large book has what appears to be an early binding, with leather covering paperboard. Approximate Dimensions:h. 15". w. 9", d. 5"Condition:Leather has loss, tearing, and rubbing on both boards. Leather loss to the spine. Spine is cracking in spots. Some pages have creasing, tearing, and loss at the edges. First title page has creasing and tears. Some worm damage present,
Dialogi de dignitate secerdote by Johannes Chrysostomus. Printed 1472, by Ulrich AEL, Cologne. First printed edition. Extremely rare incunable. Book has the same type faces as Gutenberg Bible. Re-bound in 20th century vellum and parchment. Pages in terrific condition. 8vo. H.C. 5048, Goff J 382, BMC 1187. 68 total pages.Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.75", w. 6", d. .75"Condition:No title page present. Much writing in multiple pencil and ink inside front cover and first free paper. Some edge toning and light foxing.
Fasciculus Temporum Omnes Antiquorum Cronicas Complectens, by Werner Rolevinck. One of the five editions printed within short time by Pruss of this famous first printed chronological history of the world. The text of this edition starts with first Tabula leaf of 91 leaves and runs through Folium LXXXVII, with 17 woodcuts representing towns,building(s) and people. In the follium XXXVII contains a large woodcut of Christ with a scepter anointing the page. Folium LVII has a picture of a mermaid(man) and a four legged man, poised as a dog would. Later in the book a standing dog headed man can be found. At the beginning of each alphabetical heading in the tabula has been highlighted in red by the printer and occasionally in other spots within the book. Looks to be bound in 20th century parchment with a 3/4 brown paper overlay, title and author on spine in gilt, two front free papers added at binding and 2 verso. Comes with a postcard, from the second census of 15th century books owned in America dated 1938, identifying this book to be found in Hain 6915. Hain/Copinger 6915,Goff R-275, Proctor 571, IDL 3947, Baer, Historieb?cher p.70 and no.122, approximately h. 11.25" w. 8".Approximate Dimensions:h. 11.25" w. 8"Condition:The second front paper has a full page written about the book and its history with the first page of the Tabula having penciled information about the title in the top margin as well as some other small notations. Tab added at the bottom right
Charles Dickens original sales label of which was affixed to each sold book from his personal library, Gads Hill Place, dated June 1870. Gads Hill Place was Charles Dickens only owned residence, purchasing the location in 1860 thus making it and his family's first permanent home. Approximate Dimensions:w. 2.625" h. 1.5"Condition:The label is nicely centered with large margins. Original gum that has some toned spots not reaching the front and a couple unrelated small foxing spots on the front. With a .1875" tear in from the bottom margin not reaching the ruled
Nouven Testamentum, printed 1599 by Elias Hutter in Germany. This first edition is bound in 19th century cloth covers with a black leather spine and corner tabs. Spine features raised bands with gilt titling and the name of the printer listed. (2), [+4], 303 for Mathew and Mark, 194 p.p (2), total pages 497 plus all extras , contains Matthew and Mark only.Approximate Dimensions:h.15.1875", w. 7.25"Condition:Title page has some damp staining and a few spots with the first three leaves having some paper nibbling on the text block and upper and lower margins. Title page has some paper missing in the margin approximately h. 1" w. .5 " and a thin
Treaty of Peace Between the Allied and Associated Powers and German and Protocol Signed at Versailles, June 28, 1919. Official French printing of the Treaty of Versailles that ended the First World War. Contains many maps. Printed in French and English. Paper covers on treaty with a light blue case to secure the large document. 215pp. Approximate Dimensions:Entire piece with case: h. 13.5", w. 9.5", d. 1.5"Condition:Pages have some tearing, particularly at the edges. Some tearing is evident. Page edges are rough.
Campagne du General Buonaparte En Italie, Pendant Les Annees IVe ET Ve de la Republicque Francaise; Par Un Officier General. Published 1797 by Chez Plassan. First edition. Book is bound in leather with a lion in relief on the front and back. Map is present at the front of the book. 12mo. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.75", 5.25". d. 1"Condition:Book is in need of a rebinding. Both front and back boards have separated but are present. Spine has complete leather loss. Some end papers are loose. Wear throughout. Pages look mostly clear with some light foxing.
Proverbiorum Libellus by Polydore Vergil. Published 1498 by Magistru Christophorus de Pensis in Venice. A rare first edition of incunabula. Quarter bound in brown leather with brown boards. Gilt titling on the spine. 8vo. 70 leaves with one blank and 2 free papers at each endApproximate Dimensions:h. 8.25", w. 6", d. .5"Condition:Piece has been re-bound. Wear and rubbing to boards and leather, particularly at corners. Some light staining and foxing on pages.
Charles Dickens, American Notes for General Circulation. 2 examples by different publishers. First being an uncommon example printed by the The Sun Office located at the southwest corner of Nassau and Fulton street, 1842 and the other being published by Harper and Brothers. American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June 1842. Whilst there he acted as a critical observer of North American society. Approximate Dimensions:h. 9.5", w. 5.75"Condition:The Sun Office example has its original brown wrapper with a chip out of the spine of .25 inches long with some folds front and verso on a few pages from page turning. Bottom right front with a little corner loss with a stain on verso in outer
The Odyssey by Homer. Printed 1551, by Heruagium in Basel. First edition in Greek. Bound in vellum. Text in Greek throughout. 4to. 314pp. Approximate Dimensions:h. 11", w. 7., d. 1"Condition:Vellum has wear, scuffing, and splitting at head band, foot band and spine. First few pages loose in binding but not detached. Repairs to inner margins. Page edges toned with some light foxing.
Angelici, Et S. Ecclesiae Doctoris, Almi Ordinis Prædicatorum : Cvm Elvcidationibvs Formalibvs. By Thomas Aquinas. Printed 1596, by Franciscis Senenfem, Venice. Complete 5 volume set. An important and early complete set. Each volume is bound in original vellum over paper boards which was then covered with an intricately stamped design, in red, of squares and spiked forms creating a matrix of design. Titles being from the period and handwritten on each. prima [40] 782p.p. [+1], secunda,[42] 1230 p.p.,tertia sacrimentis[15] 954p.p., tertia salvatore [32] 581p.p., summa totivs 976 p.p. [+60], Approximate Dimensions:Condition:Volume prima with book worm tracks coming through spine not affecting inside front board and barely moving into the title page at top and bottom. Rear board more affected with tracks running into the first 4 and last leaves. Rear end paper with a
The Works of William Shakespear Containing Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece and Miscellany Poems, With Critical Remarks On His Plays, to Which is Prefixed, an Essay on the Art, Rise and Progress of the Stage in Greece, Rome, and England. Edited by Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Published 1710, by Curll. This is the first eighteenth century publication of Shakespeare's works and the first to include stage directions. Book is half bound in brown leather with marbled boards. Approximate Dimensions:Condition:Book has been re-bound. Title page has top half missing with a blank repair. Some light staining and foxing is present.
The Norton Facsimile of The First Folio of William Shakespeare. Prepared by Charlton Hinman. Published 1968 by W.W. Norton and Company. Folio is half bound in red leather with red boards. Gilt titling and decoration on the spine. Book comes in a slipcase. 923pp. Folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 14.75", w. 10", d. 3.25"Condition:Scuffing to leather and boards. Slipcase has moderate wear from shelving. Pages look clean.
A collection of 8 volumes by Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. Published by Chapman and Hall, 1850s. Large paper. 4to. 423pp. Bound in black and green leather with brown boards. Wear to boards and leather. The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens. Published 1934 by Associated Newspapers. 4to. 128pp. Bound in red boards with gilt titling. Light wear and staining to boards. Some light pencil marks on end papers. A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Published by Estes and Lauriat. No publication date listed. 8vo. 470pp. Bound in original boards with gilt and black titling on the front and spine. Gilt page edges. Spine feels slightly loose but pages still intact. Great cover image. Two volume set of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. Published 1837 by Chapman and Hall. First edition Early state. 8vo. Bound in black leather with marbled boards. Gilt titling on the spine. Wear on boards and leather with some scuffing. Pencil marks present on end papers. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. Published 1839 by Chapman and Hall. First edition. Early state. 8vo. 624pp. Bound in brown leather with brown boards. Raised bands with gilt titling on the spine. Wear throughout with some light pencil marks on the end papers. Joints and hinges have begun to crack. Drawn From Life: Sketches of Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen, and Young Couples by Charles Dickens. Published 1875 by E.J. Hale. First American edition. 8vo. 320pp. Bound in the original green binding with an image of Charles Dickens in gilt on the front. Former library book with library stamps and pockets present. Front endpapers are coming loose and there is cracking at the hinges. Wear throughout. Sketches by Boz. Published 1839 by Chapman and Hall. New Edition, Complete. 4to. 526pp. Original cloth binding is present on repaired boards. Blind stamping to front and back boards. Gilt titling on the spine. Wear on the boards and some pencil marks on the front pages.Approximate Dimensions:Sketches by Boz: h. 9.25", w. 6", d. 1.75"Condition:Wear throughout with some scuffing on the boards. Some pencil marks on the interior. Some cracking of hinges.
(DICKENS, CHARLES). Thomas Hatton and Arthur Cleaver, The Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens. Published 1933 by Chapman & Hall, London. First edition, limited to 750 copies. The definitive bibliography for Charles Dickens in parts. Original buckram and dust jacket. Fine and looks unused. Loosely inserted is a "complimentary slip from Thomas Hatton to J. J. Grindley of Leicester" and with the authors address blind stamped into the heading 23, Alexander Road, Leicester. The first two pages of the introduction and the last two pages in the book are uncut. Approximate Dimensions:h. 10.375", w. 7"Condition:Fine and fresh as printed, hinges are clean and with out wear. Small rub and dent at the bottom of spine below printers name. inside the front cover is an ex libris bookplate with owners name removed with a penciled number notation at the
The Book of Common Prayer. and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Church of England. Exceptional brass rimmed and decorated with a clasp. Velvet covered bible in original presentation box. Provenance is inside front cover on first free paper is an inscription to A C. Compignes by her aunt and uncle Collins, for her wedding; with a bookplate for another owner, Robert P. Oreck; and the original label from the book seller Parkins and Gotto, 25 Oxford Street. In the original presentation box, printed by George Eyre & William Spottiswoode,1857. Approximate Dimensions:h. 5", w. 3.5"Condition:Near mint as originally made, pages are perfect and clean. Only issue is the front hinge has some small separations starting at each end migrating 1/4 inch inward. Original leather covered hinged box has some wear at all the corners of the top
Two similarly bound religious texts: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command, printed in 1699 by University Printers, Oxford. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David. Printed 1730 by His Majesty's Printer, and of Henry Hills deceased. Both books and boards are pressed red leather and gilded, showing a design of florals and acorns. Spine has five compartments with leather overlay gilded in floral designs. Original locking bars and mounts removed and covers have been embellished with silvered mounts in all corners, front and back. Each stamped with floral designs. In the middle there is a larger medallion engraved with a bird, two flowers and a geometric design. Verso has same type medallion with initial DMC finely engraved. Page edges are gilt. Signed inside by James Morgan, likely his family bible.Approximate Dimensions:Each book: h. 5", w. 2.75", d. 2"Condition:Front board of the Book of Common Prayer has separated. Wear to the leather and metal edges. Writing on first free paper. Pages mostly clean, Extensive family history written on front and rear free papers.
2 volume set. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Edited by Boz (Charles Dickens) and published 1838 by Richard Bentley. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. First edition, first state. This is a 2 volume set about the life of famous nineteenth century clown Joseph Grimaldi. Quarter bound in brown leather with marbled boards. Gilt titling on a brown field on spine. Approximate Dimensions:h. 7.5", w. 4.75", d. .75"Condition:Moderate wear on leather and boards. Chipping and rubbing are also present on leather and boards. Light staining and foxing on pages. Previous owner bookplates are present.
Habes in hoc libro prudens lector utriusque instrumenti novam translationem aeditam à reverendo sacrae theologiae doctore, sancte pagnino lucensi. 1528. Lyon, Antonius Du Ry for Francesco Turchi, Domenico Berticinio and Jacopo Giunta. First edition of the first Latin Bible of modern times, and the first Bible in which the text is divided into numbered verses; translated circa 1493-1520 by Sancuts Pagninus of Lucca Rumball-Petre. Antonius du Ry printer. Renaissance hand-tooled leather binding, impressed on front cover is M. Leonhardus Badhorn. 1535. Bound on spine with a contemporary brown leather overlay, spine contains 5 ridges of with the title falls in compartment #3, title in #4 and the date,1527, in the 5th. Adams B1008; Darlow & Moule 6108. Approximate Dimensions:h.10.25" w. 7", d. 3".Condition:The clasps have been removed with the covers having some toning and some wear commensurate to its age and damp staining noticed in lower corner of folio leaves 2-25 and 70-81. Usual toning of paper throughout out. The leaf edges have toning
Biblia, ad Vetustissima Exemplaria Castigata. Printed in 1565 by ex Officina Christophori Plantini, Antuerpiae. A book with a fantastic binding printed by a leading printer of the day. Encased in a clasped tooled Renaissance leather binding, with a nice example of Christ encircled by design and Latin prose. The verso has a king kneeling and looking up to God on a cloud with a city in the background. Exceptional stamping quality, full calf leather binding. Stamped on the front Biblia Sacra at the top and at the bottom the year 1569. The spine has 4 main ribs and 5 faux ridges. Between ridges are 6 fleur de lis in two rows stamped evenly in a line. Six free papers exist inside both the front and rear covers, the second free paper in from the front cover has an elaborate full page provenance manuscript written 'sum arnol di ab hol ten dantios cani anno 1577' Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.25", w. 5.5", d. 2.75"Condition:Partial gilding remains on the front and rear covers with some highlighting the stamped floral devices. The top hinge is worn and is reinforced between the cover and the first free paper using gauze tape. The clasps have been replaced with one
Pieter Keur Bible, published by Dordrecht in 1720 in Amsterdam. Contains 5 maps including the world map and 90 illustrations. Bound in Renaissance tooled leather with heavy brass clasps and the covers having a large cartouche of florals surrounded by ruled lines. Page edges in red; pages start with the register leaf #2. Approximate Dimensions: h. 15.5" w. 9"Condition:The front board is loose along with the first two printed pages with those pages having some edge wear. The clasps are missing one receiver piece on the front ,the two on the verso are present of which one is missing the hinge portion and the
2 volume set. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by Boz (Charles Dickens) and published 1838 by Richard Bentley. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. First edition, first state. This is a 2 volume set about the life of famous nineteenth century clown Joseph Grimaldi. Half bound in red leather with marbled boards and end papers. Gilt titling and decoration on spine as well as raised bands. Approximate Dimensions:h. 7.75", w. 5", d. .75"Condition:Scuffing and chipping to leather and boards. Light fading on pages. A bookplate from a previous owner is present. Notes on the edition are written on a front free endpaper.
Two leaves from Boece, Chaucer's translation into Middle English of The Consolation of Philosophy. These leaves come from the 1532 first edition published by William Thynne. One leaf features a fantastic woodcut with "The Dreame of Chaucer" in the center. The other side and page has a lovely font and typeface. Approximate Dimensions:Each page: h. 11.25", w. 8.25"Condition:A rough edge on both leaves where the pages were removed from the book. Some yellowing, and staining from age.
Two incunabula leaves from Sophologium by Jacobus Magnus (ca 1365-1422). Published 1470 by Adolf Rusch, Strassburg. Contains the first use of Roman type. Leaves are connected. Magni was born in Toulouse, France. He became an Augustinian Friar. (Jacobus Magnus was the Latinized version of his French name Jacques LeGrand). Magnus was a scholar who studied the scriptures as well as the ancient philosophers. He held the position of professor of Philosophy and Theology at University of Padua. Magnus wrote commentary on Aristotle’s works as well as composing a number of other books. He was also a noted preacher and was noticed by the royal court of Charles VI. He criticized the conduct of the queen, Isabeau of Bavaria. Charles VI sent him to England as a negotiator with the English court since the French had been defeated at Agincourt. Approximate Dimensions:Each page: h. 11", w. 8.25"Condition:Marginalia on one leaf at the top of the page. Otherwise, quite good condition.
Trois Comedies du Plaute... traduites en francois avec des remarques & un examen de chaque comedie selon les regles du theatre par Mademoiselle Le Fevre; tome III, Translated into French by Anne Le Fevre Dacier (1645-1720.) Published 1683, Claude Barbin, Paris. First French edition. Bound in vellum with a handwritten title on the spine. 228pp. 16mo. Approximate Dimensions:h. 6'5", w. 4", d. 1"Condition:Wear to vellum boards. Pages have light worm holing at the front. Previous owner's name written on title page. Pencil marks on end papers.
Charles Dickens, Travelling Letters, first US and first separate edition. Published 1846 by Wiley and Putnam, New York. These sketches of Dickens' travels originally appeared in the London Daily News between 21 January and 11 March 1846 under the same title, before being included in Pictures from Italy that year. Original brown printed wrapper. Part 2 only. Gimbel A99. Approximate Dimensions: h. 7.5", w. 5"Condition:Original brown wrapper with the upper right corner being twice folded with a piece missing from the smaller fold. Some folds and some foxing throughout mostly in the margins. Penciled inside but more prominently dispersed on the title page
Marci Tullii (primus et secundus tomus an.), Ciceronis omnia, quae in hunc usque diem extare putantur opera: in tres secta Tomos, & ad variorum, vetustissimorumque codicum fidem diligentissime recognita, ac ultra omnes hactenus visas aeditiones, locis aliquot,Ex inclyta Germaniae Basilea per and Cratandrum, by Cicero. Printed 1528. Nearly complete. Bound in a Renaissance hand tooled leather cover with geometric and floral designs. (1), (-4), (+32), [151], (-2). Approximate Dimensions:h. 13.25", w. 9"Condition:The leather cover has overall age cracking and discolorations with leather loss from the top of the headband down to the first band on the spine and out into the cover 1.5 inches on each side. The foot band is also void of some leather as well
Traicte Des Cinq D’Architecture, Palladio. Printed 1645, by Langlois. Altogether 2 title-pages and 77 full-page plates. First edition of the first appearance of any of Palladio’s work published in France and the first translation into the French language of any of his work. Traicté des cinq ordres d’Architecture is the result of the “collaboration” of three leading architects: Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), the translator/editor Pierre Le Muet (1591-1669), military architect for the Cardinal Richelieu before becoming a leading architect of Parisian townhouses; and Jean Marot, architect and famous engraver of architectural subjects, as illustrator who provided the engravings for this book. The first part of Traicté des cinq ordres d’architecture is Le Muet’s translation of Book I of Palladio’s Quattro Libri d’Architectura, first published at Venice in 1570. The main importance of this translation is that it became a chief source of information on Palladio’s theory not only in France, but also in England until the appearance of Campbell’s English edition of Palladio’s Book I in 1729. The second part of this work, with its own title-page and frontispiece, is Le Muet’s treatise, L’Art de bien batir, illustrated with 42 plates of doorways, stairs, and fireplaces. Bound in contemporary calf with raised bands on the spine. Gilt titling and decorations. Front and rear covers have a large gilt coat of arms for Louis-Henri de Lomenie de Brienne (1635-1698). Berlin Katalog, 2595; Cicognara, 573; Wiebenson, Architectural Theory and Practice from Alberti to Ledoux, III-A-13; Fowler, #216; Millard architectural Collection, French Books, p. 375-377.Approximate Dimensions:h. 7.25", w. 5.25", d. .75"Condition:Wear and scuffing on boards and leather. Pencil marks from a previous owner. Some staining and foxing on pages.
Tractatus de ordine, iurisdictione, et residentia episcoporum, F. Antonii Pagani Veneti, ordinis min. obser. In quo quidem tractatu agitur primo de Episcopatus, & aliorum ecclesiasticorum graduum distinctione, praeterea de necessaria praelatorum praesentia, ac pastoralis cura. by Antonio Pagani. Printed 1570 in Venice. First Venetian edition. Vellum soft boards with a repaired spine. Titling in black on the spine. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.5", w. 6". d. 1"Condition:Vellum has wear and scuffing. Book has been repaired. Penciled notations on front piece and one small on end paper. Writing on page edges.
This is an early version of Liturgie de L'Eglise Anglicane en douze, by John Durel. Most likely printed in 1677. By Robert Scott, London. This volume is bound with reddish brown leather covers and decorated with gilt rule and gilt on the spine and edges. It has 4 original free papers of which one is bound to marbled paper that covers the entirety of the first paper and inside the cover on each end. The front paper has a provenance of Mary Smith 1801 and 1820 with the next page having a name and 1762 written. (2)(+44) [468 p.p.](2) Approximate Dimensions:h.6", w. 3.75"Condition:The covers are a nice with some use wear and with a couple spots on verso. The hinges are strong with only a little separation on the front coming in at the top and bottom .5 inches or less. Few light foxing spots here and there otherwise pages
The Essays, Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, With a Table of the Colours of Good & Evil, Whereunto Is added The Wisdom of the Antients, Enlarged by the Honourable Author Himself, and now more exactly Published. Printed 1673, by T.N. Dark brown mottled leather with a lighter morocco leather spine containing 5 ridges with the title in red and gilded reading Bacon's Essays. (2), [+2], 131,(2) Approximate Dimensions:h. 7", w. 4.5 "Condition:First paper has some numbers written upon it. The second free paper has two past owners names inscribed and inside front cover is an ex libris bookplate for Bryan Faussett, F.S.A., (1720-1776.) Title page has 3 initials,which are smeared but
The Reasonableness of Christianity, As Delivered in the Scriptures. To which is added, A Vindication of the Same, from Mr. Edwards's Exceptions. Published 1696 by Awnsham and John Churchil, London, 1696, Second edition published just after the first edition. Fully bound in brown leather with black decoration on the front and back boards. Gilt titling and decoration on the spine. 480pp. 16mo. ESTC R25016, Wing L2752, Yolton 230 Approximate Dimensions:h. 6.75", w. 4.5", d. 2"Condition:Front and back boards have detached. Title page has also detached but is still with the book. Moderate wear on boards, with scuffing, chipping, and loss to leather. Pages have light wear and light foxing. Pencil marks on interior, including
Dickens, Charles The Village Coquettes; A Comic Opera. Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1878, 69pp. A facsimile reprint of the rare 1836 first edition. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.75", w. 5.625"Condition: This book has strong original paper covered binding with some foxing spots on the front cover and some on page 2 as well. Clean otherwise.
The Peace and Happiness of this World, the immediate design of Christianity. A Discourse on Luke IX. 56. For the Son of Man is not Come to Destroy Mens Lives , but to save them. By Thomas Bott, printed 1724, by John Noon, London. First edition. Finely bound. Book is finely bound in contemporary red morocco with deep gilt borders and large center panels in gilt on both covers. Spine tooled in gilt. Gilt milled edges. All edges gilt. Ornate gilt and colored endpapers. Red buckram slipcase. 12mo. 79pp. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Macclesfield is pasted down on the front interior. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8", w. 5"Condition:Some wear and scuffing to the leather and slipcase. Light marginalia present. Pasted down bookplate in the front. Blind stamp of the Earl of Macclesfield on title page. Book description written in pencil on front free endpaper.
The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First, King Charles the Second Who now presently Reigns, Kings and Queen of Scotland, Collected and Extracted, from the Publick Records of the said Kingdom, by Sir Thomas Murray of Glendook, Knight, and Baronet, Clerk to His Majestie's Council, Register, and Rols, by his Majestie's special warrant. Published 1681 by David Lindsay, Edinburgh. Book is folio sized and quarter bound with light leather on the spine and marbled boards. Spine has gilt titling on a field of black. Approximate Dimensions:h. 14.5", w. 10.25", d. 2.25"Condition:Book has been re-bound. Scuffing and wear to boards, particularly at the edges. Pages have some discoloration and foxing. Foxing also evident on leather at spine.
The Innocent Usurper, or The Death of Lady Jane Gray a Tragedy written by John Banks. Published 1694 by Richard Bentley, London. First edition. Contemporary binding in gray boards with gilt titling on the spine in a field of brown. 8vo. Approximate Dimensions:h. 9", w. 6.75", d. .25"Condition:Play has been re-bound. Repair to the pages is evident, with paper added to strengthen the title page. Yellowing and foxing to pages is present. Some dampstain to pages.
The English Physician Enlarged: With Three Hundred, Sixty, and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs that were not n any Impression until this: The Epistle will inform you how to know This Impression from any other. By Nicholas Culpeper. Printed by Peter Cole, 1656. An enlarged edition after the first edition of 1652. An important work on early herbal medicine. Book is missing the original boards. Approximate Dimensions:h. 6'5", w. 4.25", d. 1"Condition:Book is missing the original boards. Spine is cracked in places. Pages at the back are loose. Some of the pages have chipping and tears.
Terentius in quem triplex edita est P. Antesignani Rapistagensis commentatio. Published 1560 by Mathiam Bonhome, Lugduni. Comedies, with the commentary of Petrus Antesignanus Rapistagnensis. Terence is an important playwright of his time and considered to be the first member of the African Diaspora. Bound in period vellum with handwritten titling on the spine. 8vo. 383pp. Approximate Dimensions:h. 6.75", w. 4.75", d. 1.25"Condition:Wear to vellum with some looseness of cover. Ink writing on vellum on back of book. Pencil and pen writing on end papers. Some marginalia present.
Synopsis Criticorum Aliorumque S. Scripturae Interpretum Volumen 1-3 Complectens Omnes Libros Novi Testamenti Divisum in Duas Partes, by Matthew Poole. Published 1669/1671/1673 respectively. Without binding. Marbled page edges. Vol 1: 1028 columns; Vol 2: 1368 columns; Vol 3, 1392 columns. Provenance: William Inness, Minister at Thusso. Approximate Dimensions:h. 16.25:" w. 10.75"Condition:Volume 1 binding is solid with no loose pages. The first three pages of Volume 2 are loose otherwise the rest is bound. All the binding of volume 3 is loose with some parts connected. All volumes have some damage on first few pages including some
Sugillatio Ingratitudini by Sebastiano Caesare. Printed 1590. First edition. Full tooled brown calf leather binding with raised bands on the spine. Gilt titling and decoration also on the spine. 4to. 422pp. with index. Approximate Dimensions:h. 9.5", w. 7.5", d. 2"Condition:Wear to leather and boards. Some chipping and gouging on leather, at the spine. Gilt loss on decoration. Some marginalia present. Front free endpaper is missing. Wear on pages throughout.
Statii Sylvarum libri V. Achilleidos libri XII. Thebaidos libri II. Orthographia et flexus dictionum græcarum omnium apud Statium cum accentib.et generib.ex uarijs utriusq; linguæ authoribus. Written by Statius. Printed 1519 by Andreae Soceri in Venice. Contemporary vellum with two labels on spine. Title in gilt over a red morocco applied leather label, and location/date below on a gold gilt black leather applied label. Mottled page edges. 295p.p. Brunet V, 512. Graesse VI, 479. Adams S-1672. Approximate Dimensions:h. 6", w. 4", d. 1.5"Condition:There is wear and scuffing to boards and spine with some damp staining in the first 25% and last 10% of the pages. Most pages are quite clean with some pencil notations inside the front cover and free papers with two tiny wormholes in verso
Sermones de Sanctis and Other Works by Francis of Meyronnes. Printed in 1493 by Peregrinus de Pasqualibus, Venice. First Venetian edition. 354 leaves ,Rare incunabula. Book has been bound in brown leather with raised bands on the spine. No titling on spine present. 8vo. H. 1031, BMC P. 392, Pellechet 4904, Polain B 1514, Goff M93Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.25", w. 5.75", d. 1.5"Condition:Book has been re-bound. Some wear on leather. Pages have very light staining and foxing. Some marginalia present.
Scriptum super terito sententiarum edition a fratre ionne duns ordinis fractum doctre subtilissimo &c per excellentrissimum sacre theologie docterem magistrum thomam penketh anglicum ordinis fractum hehemitarum sancti augustini in famosissimo studio patuino ordinaire legentem maxima cum diligentia emendatum, by J. Scotus Duns. Edited by Thomas Penketh. Printed 1481 by Nicholas Jenson, Johannes de Colonia. A very rare first edition. Full leather binding containing 113 leaves Bands on the spine and titling on black. Pages feature two columns with 46 lines per column. Marginalia from a 15th century scholar present throughout, including numbering each leaf as a page, lettering on pages 107 through the last page. Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.5", w. 6.75", d. 1"Condition:Leather and boards have scuffing, edges chipped and worn. Four front and rear free papers of which one of each is original. Wear on pages, with some light staining and foxing. Wormholes lightly present in the front.
Rapport fait au nom de la Commission charg?e de l'Examen des Papiers trouv?s chez Robespierre et ses Complices dans la S?ance du 16 Niv?se, by Edm?-Bonaventure Courtois (1750-1816). Published in 1795 by A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale des lois, Niv?se, an III? de la R?publique. First edition. Bound in brown calf with green mottled over paper with gilt titling and decoration on the spine. Edme Bonaventure Courtois was a deputy of the National Convention in France. He found the will of Marie-Antoinette hidden in a trove of papers under the bed of Robespierre. This is a report of that event. 12mo. with 113 leavesApproximate Dimensions:h. 8", w. 5"Condition:The front hinge is cracked but holding and the rear hinge is strong. There are scuffs to the paper covering and wear to the leather in the corners and front edges. The title page is wrinkled and has an internal tear in the text
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