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32mo. 56pp. Illustrated with six detailed double-page engravings, several of which are pastoral scenes of shepherds and shepherdesses. In addition to the typical contents of an almanac, such as the months of the year and phases of the moon, this example contains verses taken from theater, poetry, and classical mythology.... more

Price: $2,000.00

Four small octavo volumes. xii, 285; viii, 262; ix, 323; vii, 296 pp. First edition, second state with the corrected line on page 191 of the third volume. Fielding's last novel was printed in a rather large first printing of 5000 copies, as his publisher had hoped to capitalize on... more

Price: $1,750.00

Quarto. 97pp. Lyrical works by the ancient Greek poet whose name has become associated with bacchanalian and amorous affairs. Text in Ionian Greek and Italian. Bound in original boards with original paper spine label. Extremities and spine lightly frayed, spine professionally repaired, else a near fine and rare example from... more

Price: $1,350.00

Octavo. xii, 296pp. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poetess crowned with a laurel wreath, eleven beautifully-engraved vignettes and twelve culs-de-lamp.This elegantly-printed volume was published in commemoration of the coronation of poet Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez with laurels on the Capitol in Rome in 1778, after enduring... more

Price: $3,000.00

Octavo. 119pp. First issue, on large paper, with the title and headings in red. With copper-engraved title vignette, 22 large headpieces and 20 tailpieces after Charles Eisen and two tailpieces after Pierre-Clement Marillier. A large (8 7/8 by 5 5/8 inches) and clean copy with strong impressions of the engravings.... more

Price: $4,500.00

Octavo. (6)ff. Manuscript alphabet book in Danish with hand-colored illustrations throughout. Written in cursive script, the book opens with lowercase and capital-letter alphabets. These are followed by tables of small, precise, colored drawings of items beginning with each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by descriptions of the items. Other pages... more

Price: $1,250.00

12mo. 282ff. Bound by Edwards of Halifax in full vellum with a gilt pentaglyph and metope roll border on a blue wash background. Both covers ornamented with gilt wavy broken line and sprig roll borders on a blue wash background, enclosing a gilt roll with the leaf spray initials "MLC"... more

Price: $4,500.00

Wooden cut jigsaw, the same puzzle as the first 1788 edition, reissued and hand-colored. 32 portraits of the monarchs from William I to George II, engraved. Banners surrounding each portrait give dates of birth and death and length of reign, while remarkable events and eminent persons are listed below. The... more

Price: $950.00

Two volumes. 124 (4); 125, (3) pp. Second edition. Volume one with woodcut frontispiece and twelve full-page woodcuts; volume two with woodcut frontispiece and one full-page woodcut. Presents young readers with a history of London's landmark, spending considerable space on the animals that were once housed there and touching on... more

Price: $7,500.00

A single printed sheet, framed in cloth, measuring 8 by 10 inches. An engraved scene of Christ being tied and nailed to the Cross, surrounded by his followers, onlookers, military personnel, and various other figures. Portions of the printed illustration have been carefully excised and substituted with various fabrics in... more

Price: $750.00

Small quarto. (iv), 61, (ii)pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Betti by Xav. Della Rosa. Beautifully printed as usual by Bodoni. Frontispiece and title toned, else fine in worn contemporary marbled boards. ... more

Price: $400.00

Folio. (xxxiv), 442pp. With an engraved title-page, 59 plates showing examples of calligraphy, and one vignette. The plates display a wide variety of alphabets, and the vignette that opens the book is a depiction of two gods in a woodland clearing flanked by several cherubs busily engaged in the act... more

Price: $2,500.00

Folio. (xxxiv), 443pp. First edition. With an engraved title-page, 59 plates showing examples of calligraphy, and one color vignette. The plates display a wide variety of alphabets, and the stunning color vignette that opens the book is a depiction of two gods in a woodland clearing flanked by several cherubs... more

Price: $3,250.00

Octavo. 252pp. First Bewick edition. Contains 67 woodcuts illustrating the fables and thirty-three vignettes. The woodcuts are detailed and skillful, showing the level of technique that would earn Thomas Bewick his fame. John and Thomas Bewick were the leaders of the renaissance in the art of wood engraving at the... more

Price: $2,250.00

Octavo. c, 314pp. A new edition, according to the title page, revised and expanded to include a lengthy, illustrated biography of Aesop by Planudes. With a large woodcut portrait of the author and numerous woodcuts throughout illustrating scenes from the fables. This version of Aesop's fables is intended for and... more

Price: $2,000.00

Five bifolium sheets, each measuring approximately 7 5/8 by 10 3/4 inches. All contain images of Biblical scenes, composed of miniature writing known as micrography. The images, therefore, are composed of the words from the Biblical passages that describe the action being depicted. Four of these images are framed with... more

Price: $6,500.00

Octavo. (iv), (58)pp. First edition. This is the first type specimen book issued by Bodoni. It contains an eleven-page introduction, 409 ornaments, and a scale of capitals, which, according to Brooks was "del Fournier che stava imitando." Several typefaces are included, from simple to rococo. This example of Bodoni's typographic... more

Price: $15,000.00

Two volumes. xvi, 112; 128pp. First volume is the third edition; second volume is the second edition. Volume one with woodcut frontispiece of the two giants and one other full-page woodcut; volume two with woodcut frontispiece showing the Guildhall. Describes the history of Gog and Magog, as well as the... more

Price: $7,500.00