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Sphaera mundi, seu cosmographia demonstrativa, ac facili methodo tradita: in qua totius mundi fabrica, una cum novis, Tychonis, Kepleri, Galilaei, aliorumq[ue] astronomorum adinventis continetur. Accessere I. Brevis introductio ad geographiam. II. Apparatus ad mathematicarum studium. III. Echometria, idest geometrica tractatio de echo. IV. Novum instrumentum ad horologia describenda. opus posthumum.Modena, Andrea & Girolamo Cassiani, 1653. With: (2) BIANCANI, Giuseppe. Constructio instrumenti ad horologia solaria describenda peropportuni. ... Opus posthumum. Modena, Andrea Cassiani, 1654. 2 works in 1 volume. Folio. Ad 1: with publisher's woodcut device, 1 large folding diagram, 1 woodcut diagram, numerous woodcut diagrams and other illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tailpieces and decorated initials, letterpress tables. Ad 2: with a woodcut astronomical dial on the title page, 18 numbered engraved figures on both sides of 3 leaves, decorated woodcut initials and a large folding letterpress table. Contemporary sheepskin parchment, sewn on 5 cords, manuscript spine title. Rebacked.

BIANCANI, Giuseppe. · 1566 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€8,500.00 ($9,368.55 | £7,091.26 | ¥1,496,036)

[6], 232; 24, [5] pp.The two most important works of the famous Jesuit mathematician Giuseppe Biancani (1566-1624). Here the third edition of his Sphaera mundi, with the second edition of his Constructio instrumenti. The former presents a summary of the recent progress in astron…

C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quae exstant. Ad exemplar quod I. Lipsius quintum recensuit. Seorsum excusi commentarii eiusdem Lipsii meliores plenioresque cum curis secundis, & auctariolo non ante adiecto. Guil. Barclayus praemetia quaedam ex vita Agricolae libavit. Adiecti sunt indices aliquanto ditiores.

TACITUS. · 1599 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€230.00 ($253.50 | £191.88 | ¥40,481)

Paris (Parisiis), Apud Ioannem Gesselin, 1599. 8vo. (XVI),790,(2 blank),(24 index) p. Overlapping vellum 18.5 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,1000; Dibdin 2,450/2; Ebert 22148; Graesse 6/2,8) (Details: This is the first part of a two volume edition of Tacitus; it contains the Latin text o…

Les ruines, ou méditation sur les révolutions des empires. 12e édition. On y a joint La loi naturelle.

VOLNEY,C.F. · 1822 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Paris, Bossange Frères, Libraires, 1822. XXV,(1 blank),383,(1 blank) p., engraved portrait, engraved frontispiece, 1 engraved plate, and 2 folding tables, showing a map of Europe, Africa & Asia, and a celestial map with the signs of the zodiac. Half calf 13.5 cm (Condition: Bo…

Johannis Bonefonii Arverni carmina.

BONEFONIUS. · 1720 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,840)

London (Londini), Ex officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, 1720. 12mo XI,(1 blank),75,(1 blank) p. 19th century half morocco 15 cm (Ref: IJsewijn p. 135; Graesse 1,486; ESTC T72206) (Details: Gilt short title on the back; title in red & black; woodcut printer's mark on the …

Tractatus de Constitutione Imperii Romano-Germanici, auctore Iacobo Lampadio I.C. (Accessit eiusdem Discursus de Natura nummi, & interpretatio L. 2. C. 'de usucap. pro Hered'. Item Iacobi Augusti Thuani Germaniae descriptio ex eius lib. 2 Histor.)

LAMPADIUS,J. · 1634 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1634. 24mo. 380 p., engraved title. Overlapping vellum 11 cm (Ref: Breugelmans p. 364, 1634:4) (Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Short title in ink on the back. The engraved title depitcts the emperor of the Hol…

Des. Erasmi Roterod. Colloquia, nunc emendatiora.

ERASMUS. · 1662 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€320.00 ($352.70 | £266.97 | ¥56,321)

Amsterdam (Amstelodami), Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662. 12mo. (XX),672 p. Overlapping vellum. 14 cm (Ref: Willems 1285: 'Réimpression ligne pour ligne de l'édition donnée par les Elzevier en 1655'; Berghman 1350; Rahir 1324; Brunet 2,1040) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the j…

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, & CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. With Letters and Notes Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing. With Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings, from the Author's Original Paintings. In Two Volumes

CATLIN, George · 1866 · Charles Agvent

$21,875.00 (€19,846.99 | £16,557.67 | ¥3,493,155)

London. Henry G. Bohn. Tenth Edition. First published in 1841, this is the Deluxe Issue of the Tenth Edition of this classic with illustrations colored by hand. Two volumes (6-1/4" x 9-3/4") bound in the publisher's half red morocco over marbled boards with gilt lettering and de…

THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF AMERICA; OR, THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND MANAGEMENT, IN THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD, OF FRUIT TREES GENERALLY; WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF FRUIT, NATIVE AND FOREIGN, CULTIVATED IN THIS COUNTRY

DOWNING, A[ndrew] J[ackson] · 1850 · Charles Agvent

$7,500.00 (€6,804.68 | £5,676.92 | ¥1,197,653)

New York. John Wiley. First Edition. Quarto in 6s (6" x 9-3-16") bound in contemporary half morocco leather with matching corners, gilt-ruled green boards, gilt-lettered and decorated spine, top edge gilt; xiv, 594 pages. Illustrated with 69 hand-colored lithograph plates by Lem…

Alexandros o Makedonas : O Megas Stratelates Tis Istorias 356-323 p.x.

GREEN, PETER · 2014 · Kalamos Books

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Athens, Dioptra. 2014, Reissue. (ISBN: 9789603643562) French Wraps. Ill.: Trans. Michalis Delengos. Book, Until recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with a plan, a romantic figure pursuing his vision of a united world. His dream …

A Thousand Auspicious Meanings: Chinese Porcelain Teapots from the Sapientia Collection for the Domestic Market (Volumes I & II) (English Edition)

Ngai, Pauline · 2022 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.77 | ¥19,360)

Book New No Jacket 1st Edition Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing, Lisbon/London English text; Hardcover in slipcase (2 VOLUMES); 594 pages, 626 colour illustrations and 2 black & white illustrations; 312 colour illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 4.4 kg; Volume One - Introduction: Te…

A Thousand Auspicious Meanings: Chinese Porcelain Teapots from the Sapientia Collection for the Domestic Market (Volumes I & II) (Chinese Edition)

Ngai, Pauline · 2022 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.77 | ¥19,360)

Book New No Jacket 1st Edition Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing, Lisbon/London Chinese text; Hardcover in slipcase (2 VOLUMES); 594 pages, 626 colour illustrations and 2 black & white illustrations; 312 colour illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 4.4 kg; Volume One - Introduction: Te…

The Arts of the Japanese Sword

Robinson, B.W. · 1970 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Book Good Dust Jacket Included 1st Edition Faber and Faber Limited, London English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket).; 16 x 25.5.; 0.8 kg.; 110 pages plus 108 illustrations (black and white and a few in colour).; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dus…

Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage Collection

D'Argence, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre · 1977 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Book Good No Jacket Asian Art Museum of San Francisco English text.; Paperback.; 20.5 x 23 cm.; 0.5 kg.; 144 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows wear marks, scuffs and scratches, edge wear, the spine is sligh…

Turkish Carpets

Iten-Maritz, J.; translated from the German, by Elizabeth and Richard Bartlett · 1977 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Book Good Dust Jacket Included 1st Edition Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo and Kodansha International/USA Ltd., New York English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket - in carton box).; 25 x 27.5 cm.; 2.1 kg.; 354 pages with colour and black and white illustrations.; Used with s…

A LATE DISCOURSE made in a solemne assembly of nobles and learned men at Montpellier in France, by ... knight, &c. Touching the cure of wounds by the powder of sympathy; with instructions how to make the said powder; whereby many other secrets of nature are unfolded. Rendered faithfully out of French into English by R. White, gent.

Digby, Sr. Kenelme. · 1658 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Printed for R. Lowndes at the White Lion, and T. Davies at the Bible in S. Pauls Church-yard, over against the little North Door, 1658. 2nd Ed. corrected and augmented with the addition of an Index. 12mo. [10], 152, [5]p. Title page within decorative border, decorative devices a…

TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, In the Years 1793 and 1794. Translated from the German of ...

Pallas, P.S. · 1812 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Printed for John Stockdale 1812. 2nd Ed. 2 vols. 4to. xxiii + 552pp. + xxxii + 523pp. 25 stipple engravings including 21 hand coloured and with 8 folding; 26 stipple engravings with aquatint including 23 hand coloured with 16 folding; 29 line/line and stipple vignettes including…

[Glaswerk van Chris Lebeau].

LEBEAU,CHRIS. Havelaar,Just. (introd.). · 1929 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Santpoort, C.A. Mees, 1929. 18 pp. [18] b./w. ills. Orig. lithographed wrappers (bound as a block book and tied together by hand with raffia cord) with design by Chris Lebeau. Large square 4to. (Wendingen. Maandblad voor bouwen en sieren van Architectura et Amicitia, Jaarg. 10, …

The Historie of the Councel of Trent [History of the Council of Trent] In Eight Bookes. In Which (Besides the Ordinary Acts of the Councell) are declared many notable Occurences which happened in Christendom during the space of fourtie yeeres & more

Polano, Pietro Soaue; Brent, Nathanael Brent [trans] · 1640 · Barter Books Ltd

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

Rubbed and scuffed leather covers. Spine chipped and cracked at top and tail. No eps or prelims. Title page is inscribed in ink by previous owner and dated 1683. Pages browning and uncut. Dedication page to The Archbishop of Canterbury partly detached from binding. Hinges cracke…

Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland

GILPIN, William (1724-1804) · 1786 · Fine Editions Ltd

$574.00 (€520.79 | £434.47 | ¥91,660)

London printed for R. Blamire, Strand First Edition of one of the earliest guides to the Lake district, complete in two volumes. 8vo: [4],xxxi,[1],xvi,230; [4],268,xivpp, with 30 sepia acquaints and soft-ground etched plates, including 3 maps with watercolor wash, by Joseph Fari…

Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers: plus un traité des Orangers et des reflexions sur l'Agriculture; avec une instruction pour la Culture del fleurs.

QUINTINYE [Quintinie], [Jean] de la (1626-1688) · 1716 · Fine Editions Ltd

$2,149.00 (€1,949.77 | £1,626.63 | ¥343,168)

A Paris Chez Charles Osmont, ruë Saint Jacques, à l'Ecu de France Early Reprint New, revised and enlarged edition (Augmentée de la Culture des Melons, de la maniere de taillerles Arbres Friutiers, d'in Dictionnaire des termes dont fe fervent les Jardiniers en parlant des Arbres,…