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De weke vanden edelen gheest-rijcken Willem van Saluste, Heere van Bartas, inhoudende de scheppinghe des werelts.Zwolle, Zacharias Heyns, 1616. 8vo. With 7 full-page engraved plates, an engraved printer's device on the title page, and a woodcut headpiece at the start of the work, and a decorated woodcut initial. Contemporary vellum with overlapping fore-eges.

HEYNS, Zacharias. · 1578 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.46 | £2,919.97 | ¥615,988)

[4], "187" [=196] ll.First edition of a Dutch translation of an epic poem about the creation of the world, according to the Bible. The work is divided in seven chapters, which correspond to the seven days of the creation. Each chapter starts with an engraving which illustrates t…

Voyage dans l'Amerique du Sud. Pérou et Bolivie.Paris, J. Claye for Michel Lévy Frères, 1861. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title. Contemporary blue morocco by Capé, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled end papers.

GRANDIDIER, Ernest. · 1806 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,750.00 ($3,030.86 | £2,294.26 | ¥483,991)

[4], 310, [1], [1 blank] pp.First edition of this account of a French scientific expedition through Peru and Bolivia, combining travel with observations on archaeology, mining and natural history. The present copy is number 3 of only 15 on Holland paper. Beautifully bound by Cha…

Della fabrica et uso di diversi stromenti di astronomia, et cosmografia, ove si vede la somma della teorica, et pratica di queste due nobilissime scienze.Venice, Roberto Meietti, 1598. 4to (22 x 16.5 cm). With an engraved title page, a folding woodcut plate, 3 woodcut volvelles with moving parts, and numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Including a world map in two hemispheres (incl. America and a scattering of islands at the location of Australia) on two facing pages, they reappear with volvelle attachments on both sides of leaf 149 and leaf 153. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.

GALLUCCI, Giovanni Paolo. · 1538 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€35,000.00 ($38,574.62 | £29,199.73 | ¥6,159,884)

[8], 228 ll.First edition of a well-illustrated encyclopaedia of astronomical and surveying instruments available from classical times to the time of publication, by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Paolo Gallucci (1538-ca. 1621), a well-known private tutor to the Venetian nobili…

A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights’ entertainments, now entituled the book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. [Boston?], The Burton Club, [ca. 1904]. 14 (instead of 17) volumes. Royal 8vo (24 x 16 cm). With frontispieces and numerous illustrations (vol. 8 lacking one image). With: Supplemental nights to the book of the thousand nights and a night with notes anthropological and explanatory.[Boston?], The Burton Club, [ca. 1940]. Contemporary richly gilt and sometimes also silver full cloth, some top edges gilt, some red.

[ARABIAN NIGHTS]. BURTON, Richard Francis. · 1885 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,500.00 ($2,755.33 | £2,085.69 | ¥439,992)

The first Burton Club edition of Richard Burton’s celebrated translation of Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, commonly known in English as the Arabian nights. These Arabic tales, cherished in Europe since the early 18th century, are often erotic in content, and in Burton’s unexpurgated tran…

Chronologica et astronomica elementa, e Palatinae bibliothecae veteribus libris versa, expleta, & scholiis expolita.Frankfurt, Andreas Wechel (heirs of), Claude de Marne, and Johann Aubry, 1590. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and the final leaf, a woodcut decorated initial, and a woodcut head- and tailpiece. Near contemporary overlapping vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, remnants of ties, red edges.

AL-FARGHANI, Ahmad ibn Mohammad ibn Kathir and Jacob CHRISTMANN (translator). · 1496 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€17,500.00 ($19,287.31 | £14,599.86 | ¥3,079,942)

[1], [1 blank], [12], [2 blank], 565, [1], [1 blank], [1] pp.Rare first edition of the Latin translation of a very influential astronomical work, which was in large part responsible for spreading Ptolemaic astronomy in medieval and early modern Europe. Written in the 9th century…

Dawn Over India

Bankim Chandra Chatterji · 1941 · Dodman Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New York, The Devin-Adair Company, 1st Edition, "A nation's appeal to be independent once again" in the form of "a classic novel of mystic India". First English language edition, translated from the original Bengali by Basanta Koomar Roy. Light toning to stock, moreso to endpape…

NEMPNETT THRUBWELL: BARROWS, NAMES AND MANORS Essays On The Landscape History Of A North Somerset Parish

Richard Dunn · 2004 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

NempnettBooks, 1st Edition, I'm tempted to adopt Nempnett Thrubwell as a pseudonym. In the meantime, this is a well produced and illustrated local history in fine internal order throughout. No inscriptions. Light wear only to pictorial card covers. This is a charity sale for Fri…

ON LAMBETH MARSH The South Bank And Waterloo

Graham Gibberd · 1992 · Dodman Books

£37.50 (€44.95 | $49.54 | ¥7,911)

London, Jane Gibberd, 1st Edition, Well produced study of this most interesting area of London. All in VG+ clean and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Light wear only to card covers and a little light marking to rear. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church …

The Archaeology Of Mills And Milling

Martin Watts · 2002 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Stroud, Tempus, 1st Edition, Well produced study in VG+ clean and bright order throughout. Minimal wear to card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 4to. 160pp + plates , Very Good, No Jacket, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall, 176

Mariners And Markets

Charles P Kindleberger · 1992 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

New York, New York University Press, 1st Edition, The historic pay, conditions and treatment of seamen, afloat and ashore. Would be rated 'near fine' but for vertical crease to front board. Otherwise in excellent order throughout. VG+ unclipped d/j in removable protective sleeve…

Direct Action

Howard, Johnny 'Two Combs' · 1999 · Barter Books Ltd

£12.60 (€15.10 | $16.65 | ¥2,658)

VG : in Very good condition with chipped dust jacket London Orion First Edition 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 266pp.

Isabel the Woman

Howard, Liz · 1990 · Barter Books Ltd

£7.60 (€9.11 | $10.04 | ¥1,603)

G : ingood condition with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Fep missing London Robert Hale Ltd First Edition 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 175pp.

Crispin's Day

Howard, Leigh · 1952 · Barter Books Ltd

£9.60 (€11.51 | $12.68 | ¥2,025)

VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket London Longmans, Green & Co Ltd First Edition 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 265pp.

Crispin's Day

Howard, Leigh · 1952 · Barter Books Ltd

£6.60 (€7.91 | $8.72 | ¥1,392)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Ex school library London Longmans, Green & Co First Edition 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 265pp.

The Joyful Morrow

Howe, Muriel · 0 · Barter Books Ltd

£12.60 (€15.10 | $16.65 | ¥2,658)

VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Previous owner inscription to fep London Herbert Jenkins Ltd First Edition 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 190pp.

Behold, the City

Howe, Russell Warren · 1953 · Barter Books Ltd

£6.60 (€7.91 | $8.72 | ¥1,392)

G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket London Secker & Warburg Ltd First Edition 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 190pp.

The Amorous Illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson

Rowlandson, Thomas (Smith, William [intro]) · 1983 · Barter Books Ltd

£18.60 (€22.29 | $24.57 | ¥3,924)

VG : in very good condition with dust jacket London Bibliophile Books First edition thus 310mm x 240mm (12" x 9"). 41pp + plates. 50 full page plates illustrating Rowlanson's bawdy caricatures; additional b/w illustrations.

Down the Hatch

Winton, John · 1961 · Barter Books Ltd

£15.60 (€18.70 | $20.61 | ¥3,291)

VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket London Michael Joseph Ltd First Edition 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 205pp.

Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance. The First Hundred Years 1882-1982

Beaver, Patrick · 1982 · Barter Books Ltd

£18.60 (€22.29 | $24.57 | ¥3,924)

G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued Stevenage Publications for Companies First Edition 23mm x 180mm (1" x 7"). 56pp.

S.W. Persia. Letters and Diary of a Young Political Officer 1907-1914

Wilson, Arnold · 1941 · Barter Books Ltd

£15.60 (€18.70 | $20.61 | ¥3,291)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner inscription to fep London Oxford University Press. [OUP] First Edition 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xi, 315pp.