Paris: Durand, neveu, rue Galande, Hôtel de Leseville, 1788-1789. Edition: Cinquième Édition (Fifth Edition) Binding: Contemporary full calf, spines with gilt tooling and contrasting leather labels titled in gilt; raised bands. Description: Complete in three volumes. Abbé Millot, a member of the Académie Française, was a highly regarded Enlightenment historian.....
Lyon: Chez Hilaire Baritel, 1693. Illustration: Printer’s device on title; ornamental headpieces and tailpieces throughout. Edition: Lyon printing, 1693. Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt floral compartments and morocco title-label. Binding worn, with losses at headcap and abrasions to boards, but still intact with a handsome spine.....
Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Elzeviriana (Elzevier Press), 1631. Illustration: Engraved title by Cornelis II Dusend Janssen (Cornelis Galle II) Edition: First Elzevir edition (1631) Binding: Contemporary full red morocco, gilt fillet and fleuron borders, spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt title “Gallico Belgic.” All edges gilt, with marbled endpapers. Description: First.....
Paris: Société des Libraires, 1757. Edition: Early edition (second French edition, 1757) Binding: Contemporary original paper wrappers, manuscript title to spine, edges untrimmed, fragile with wear at spine and corners; unrestored. Description: Rare early Paris edition of the scandalous epistolary novel Lettres de Mistriss Fanni Butlerd, presented as the private.....
Amsterdam: Guiljelmus (Willem) Blaeu, 1635. Illustration: Engraved title-page vignette with coats of arms and allegorical figures Edition: First edition thus in the Blaeu-printed Respublicae series Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, manuscript spine title in a fine early hand. Vellum toned and lightly soiled, naturally aged with attractive patina; structurally.....
La Haye [actually Paris]: Chez Buisson, Libraire, Hôtel de Coëtlosquet, rue Hautefeuille, No. 20, 1788. Edition: First edition, complete in six volumes Binding: Contemporary half calf over mottled boards, spines gilt in compartments with ornamental tools and titles in gilt, marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and wear to spine caps and.....
Paris: Firmin Didot, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1804-1812. Edition: Édition stéréotype (early standardized printing technique by Didot) Binding: Uniform contemporary full calf, spines richly gilt in compartments with floral and leaf tooling, contrasting red morocco labels lettered in gilt; all edges speckled. 12mo. Description: A superb and complete 12-volume collection of the Napoleonic.....
France (likely Burgundy/Lorraine, given armorial evidence): Manuscript (not printed), 1690–1720. Edition: Manuscript on paper, French, late 17th–early 18th century. Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label (“REMEDE”), rubbed and worn with losses at head and tail, joints cracked but holding. Corners rounded, surface scuffed. Attractive.....
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France: Manuscript (unpublished), 1700-1750. Edition: Manuscript, ca. 1700–1750 Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red-sprinkled edges. Worn, corners bumped, small losses to head of spine, but binding solid. Large thick quarto. Description: A substantial French medical manuscript, written ca. 1700–1750, offering a comprehensive compendium of human anatomy.....
Paris: Pierre Rocolet, Imprimeur & Libraire ordinaire du Roy, 1639. Edition: First French edition Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, made from manuscript waste with visible script. Soiled and worn, but sound. Description: Rare Paris printing from 1639, a royalist polemic defending the rights and prerogatives of the French monarchy during the.....
Cologne [actually Holland/Amsterdam?]: Adrien L’Enclume, gendre de Pierre Marteau (false imprint), 1710. Illustration: Decorative woodcut initials and ornaments throughout Edition: First edition (false imprint, Cologne 1710) Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands (defective, boards worn, spine partially perished, cords exposed); unrestored, in original state Description: First edition of.....
Amsterdam: [s.n.], 1766. Edition: Presumed first edition Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with floral tooling, red morocco title label, red edges. Some rubbing and loss at head of spine; corners worn but binding tight and unrestored. Description: A rare Amsterdam imprint, issued anonymously in 1766, probing one of the.....
Paris: Michel Bobin, 1657. Illustration: Woodcut printer’s ornament; decorative initials & headpieces Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, manuscript title to spine; unsophisticated, naturally rippled, with age-toning but still handsome and sound. Description: Quarto volume of more than 540 pages, printed with privilege du Roy at.....
Châteaugontier (Anjou): Joseph Gentil, Imprimeur & Marchand Libraire, 1733. Edition: Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée par M.C. de M.P. au P. de C. Binding: Contemporary full calf, gilt spine with floral tooling, raised bands, red-sprinkled edges. Rubbing and corner wear; joints beginning but holding firm. A solid, unsophisticated copy. Description.....
Paris: Pierre Prault, 1713. Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with floral tooling and red leather title label. Boards rubbed and worn, joints cracked but holding; corners rounded. 12mo. Red edges. Description: An eyewitness account of exile, diplomacy, and intrigue in the aftermath of one.....
Dresden: Chez Michel Groell, Libraire, 1768. Illustration: Three engraved allegorical frontispieces by Charles-Nicolas Cochin fils (1715–1790), engraved by N. de Launay and Masard, dated 1767. Edition: First edition, 1768. Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, gilt-tooled spines with floral motifs, red morocco title labels, all edges stained red. Three volumes, octavo. Description.....
Frankfurt am Main. Lucas Jennis — the most celebrated publisher of alchemical and Hermetic texts, noted for printing Michael Maier, Robert Fludd, and the Rosicrucian corpus. 1627. Illustration: Engraved emblematic plates by the workshop of Lucas Jennis. Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary full calf, gilt sunburst ornaments to boards and.....
Amsterdam: Ex Typographejo Joannis Blaeu, 1654. Illustration: With numerous large folding genealogical tables Edition: First Edition Binding: Two folio volumes, contemporary full vellum with manuscript spine titles, sprinkled edges Description: A monumental pair of folio volumes, printed in Amsterdam in 1654 by Joannes Blaeu, presenting the most ambitious genealogical defense.....
Geneva: Ioannes (Jean) de Tournes, 1652. Edition: Fifth edition, enlarged and corrected (Geneva, 1652) Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, manuscript titling on spine, aged and mottled, with intact endbands in blue and white thread. Description: A Geneva 1652 edition of Denis Godefroy’s Manvale Iuris, an influential portable compendium of.....
La Haye: Pierre Gosse & Jean Neaulme, 1732. Edition: Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine with gilt floral tooling and raised bands, original black spine label; spine worn with loss at head, corners rubbed, joints tender but holding. 12mo. Description: A classic of French libertine.....
Venice: Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari e fratelli, 1552. Illustration: Woodcut initials and printer’s device Edition: First edition Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine in red ink, edges plain. Description: A handsome and well-preserved first edition of Girolamo Faleti’s Delle guerre di Alamagna, printed in Venice.....
Geneva: Fabry & Barillot, 1777. Edition: Nouvelle édition, exactement revue & corrigée (1777) Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with contrasting leather labels (tan and black), volume numbers gilt. Boards rubbed with age, spines showing surface wear but sound; corners lightly worn. Marbled paper sides in attractive period style. Purple.....
Neapoli (Naples): Ex Typographia Stelliolæ, ad Portam Regalem, 1595. Edition: Secundo editum (second, enlarged post-Tridentine edition). Binding: Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled paper boards, manuscript spine titles, early printed paper shelf labels at foot; edges sprinkled. 2 vols., quarto. Description: A handsome, complete two-volume Naples 1595 compendium of the privileges.....
Paris: Chez Cuchet, Libraire, Rue et Hôtel Serpente. 1787. Illustration: Engraved allegorical frontispieces and fold-out maps of the United States and regions of North America. Edition: French edition, first Paris printing, translated from the English original (1782). Binding: Three volumes in handsome contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines richly decorated with.....
Gedani (Gdańsk): Aegidius Janssonius à Waesberge, 1683. Illustration: Numerous full-page engraved plates (including allegorical title-page, devotional scenes of the Trinity, Passion, the Virgin Mary, and the Eucharist). Edition: Gedani [Gdańsk], Aegidius Janssonius à Waesberge, 1683. Later revised edition. Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands. Leather rubbed and worn.....