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Bombardment Extraordinary, or Achilles Versus Punch

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1830 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 12 x 16 inches. Very Good. Light foxing. Inserted into light matting. Sitters: James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger (1769-1844), Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Sitter associated with 39 portraits. Identify Robert Alexander (1795-185…

A Scene in the Court of Chancery

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1829 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829. Original lithograph. 9.5 x 13.5 inches. Very Good. Light spots of foxing. Inserted into light matting. Sitters: Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1779-1854), Lord Chief Justice. John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and …

Reading the News

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1830 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 13 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting. Light signs of foxing on top and bottom right corners. Sitters: Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham (1766-1832), Husband of Lady Conyngham, mistress to George IV. Eli…

The Apparition. A Cabinet Picture from the Downing Street Collection. 1. Lord Lyndhurst 2. Lord Ellenborough 3. Mr. Peel 4. Lord Bathurst 5. Duke of Wellington 6. Mr. Canning

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1829 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829. Original lithograph. 13 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting. Sitters: Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834), Statesman. George Canning (1770-1827), Prime Minister. Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), Politicia…

Obras de Luis de Camoès principe des poetas Portugueses. Com os argumentos do Lecenceado João Franco Barreto & por elle emédadas em esta nova impressaõ, que comprehende todas as obras, que deste insigne autor se achàraõ impressas, & manuscritas, com o index dos nomes proprios. Offerecidas a D. Francisco de Sovsa capitão da guarda do Principe N.S.Lisbon, Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, 1666-1669. 8vo. With 8 woodcut tailpieces. Later mottled calf, red spine labels, red edges.

CAMÕES (CAMOENS), Luis de & João Franco BARRETO. · 1572 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)

376, 368, 208, 108, [22], [ 2 blank]. Lacks the individual title-pages.Rare edition of the collected works of Luis de Camões, including Os Lusiadas and three Rimas. In the same year, Antonio Craesbeeck published another edition with the same title but with less content and with …

[Portrait of Joseph-Jérôme le Français de Lalande].Late 18th century (ca. 1780). Oil on canvas (88 x 68 cm). In an elegant contemporary gilt frame with pearled inner border.

[VOIRIOT, Guillaume]. · 1732 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€50,000.00 ($55,109.10 | £41,713.30 | ¥8,800,211)

Beautiful contemporary portrait of the famous French astronomer Joseph-Jérôme (le Français) de Lalande (1732-1807), depicted as a middle-aged man around 1780. The portrait can be attributed to the famous French portrait painter Guillaume Voiriot (Paris 1713-1799), who studied fo…

Castruccii Bonamici De rebus ad Velitras gestis commentarius. Ad Trojanum Aquavivam Aragonium S.R.E. Principem Cardinalem Montis Regalis Archiepiscopum, et potentissimorum Hispaniarum, atque utriusque Siciliae Regum ad Pontificem Maximum, Sedemque apostolicam Legatum. Editio nova, auctior. Curante Cornelio Valerio Vonck.

BONAMICUS, CASTRUCCIUS. · 1748 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Amsterdam (Amstelaedami), Apud Marcum Michaelem Rey, 1748. 8vo. XXIV,64 p. Vellum 21 cm (Ref: IJsewijn, Companion, 2nd ed. 1,66; Michaud, Biographie Universelle, 1854 p. 147) (Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Green morocco label on the back. Marbled endpapers. Title …

L'Iliade. Poëme, avec un discours sur Homère. Par Monsieur De la Motte, de l'Académie Françoise.

HOMERUS.- LA MOTTE,A. HOUDART DE. · 1714 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€275.00 ($303.10 | £229.42 | ¥48,401)

Paris, Chez Gregoire Dupuis, 1714. 8vo. Frontispiece, CLXXX,208,16,(8) p.; 12 full-page engravings. Contemporary calf 17 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 2,345; Cioranescu 36534; Graesse 3,337; Ebert 100600) (Details: Decorated gilt back with 5 raised bands. The frontispiece and engraved pl…

3 Henry Miller handwritten letters + more Henry Miller items

Miller, Henry · 1951 · Clayton Fine Books

$450.01 (€408.29 | £340.62 | ¥71,861)

Very Good 2nd Edition 0 3 handwritten one-page letters by Henry Miller in very good condition. One is dated "10/12/51" in blue ink and addressed to "My dear friend--". He says he has "been through a bad period. But am getting back to normal once again and will start work soon, …

1854 Composition Book by a Direct Descendent of Iowa Pioneer Hardin Nowlin, a Wise 16-Year-Old Who Was Ahead-of-His-Time and Died at Age 17

T.D. NOWLIN · 1854 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,259.99 (€1,143.18 | £953.71 | ¥201,204)

Iowa, 1854. Hardcover. On offer is a fascinating composition book dating to the mid-19th century in pioneer America. This composition book was written by T. D. Nowlin. Nowlin was born in 1838, likely in Iowa as his family was closely involved in the creation of the State of Iowa…

A Sermon Preached at the Meeting-House in Butt-Lane, Deptford

Stephen Addington · 1785 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London , A. Rivington and J. Marshall, 1785. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon pamphlet containing a sermon from the occasion of the death of Rev. John Olding. A scarce sermon by Stephen Addington on the death of Rev. John Olding. Disbound. Scarce. Whilst this copy i…

Pedro de Valdivia Conqueror of Chile

R. B.. Cunninghame Graham · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. Cloth. A scarce volume on this Spanish conquistador of Chile, in a dust wrapper. Pedro de Valdivia (1497-1553) was a Spanish conquistador who served as first royal governor of Chile. He led an expedition to Chile after ser…

Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference: Relating to All Ages and Nations

Joseph Haydn · 1851 · Rooke Books

£95.99 (€115.06 | $126.82 | ¥20,251)

London , Edward Moxon, 1851. Cloth. A scarce early edition of this well established reference work. The fifth edition. With a bookbinder's label for Cash and Astle, Coleman Street, London, to the rear pastedown. 'The whole comprehending a body of information, classical…

Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of Truth

John Abercrombie · 1836 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Edinburgh, Waugh and Innes, 1836. Leather. John Abercrombie was a Scottish physician and philosopher. In 1830 he published his philosophical speculations Inquiries concerning the Intellectual Powers of Man and the Investigation of Truth, which was followed in 1833 by a sequel, T…

Histoire de la Navigation Arienne

Wilfred Fonvielle · 1907 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris, Librarie Hachette et Cie, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Histoire de la Navigation Arienne by W. De Fonvielle. Illustrated with eighty-two engravings integrated with the text, some of which are full page illustrations. Histoire de la Navigation Arienne by W. De Fonvielle. Il…

Garten-Architektur. Mit 198 Illustrationen nach Handzeivhnungen des Verfassers. Photozinkographie von C. Haack.

[Gardens]. Abel, Lothar (1841-1896). · 1876 · Fahrenheit 451

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,201)

Wien, Lehmann & Wentzel Buchhandlung fur Technik und Kunst, 1876, 2nd ed., VII,92 pag., 198 architectural illustrations, garden-plans, etc., printed in 2 columns, original clothbacked lettrepress boards, folio (40,6 x 30,3 cm.). = Very rare work on garden architecture and - pl…

Aga Khan Iii: 2 Volume Set Selected Speeches and Writings of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Vol. I [1902-1927] & Ii [1928-1955]L

AZIZ, K. K. ED. · 1998 · Pegasus Books

$257.75 (€233.85 | £195.10 | ¥41,159)

London: Kegan Paul International, 1998. First Edition (?). Hardcover. ISBN: 0710304277. Covers are blue with gold lettering on spine. In a blue slipcase. Pages are clean, tight and crisp, these are NEW books. Slip case has some bumping, scuffing, scraping. This is a comprehensiv…

Bo Schembechler - Man in Motion

FALLS, JOE · 1973 · Pegasus Books

$16.75 (€15.20 | £12.68 | ¥2,675)

Ann Arbor, Michigan: School-Tech Press, 1973. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8.90 X 6.20 X 0.90 inches; v, 252 pages; Hard cover is blue cloth with gold lettering. Boards have light rubbing, scuffing. Small, tidy gift inscription on front end paper,…

World of Gerard van Honthorst.

Liesbeth Helmus · 2026 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€49.95 ($55.05 | £41.67 | ¥8,791)

, WBooks, 2026 Hardcover, 320 pages, 25.5 x 19.5 cm, ENGLISH . *BRANDNEW. ISBN 9789462587458. The story of one of the most celebrated painters of the Northern Netherlands Because of his unconventional, un-Dutch style, Gerard van Honthorst has to this day remained relatively ove…

Van Eyck: The Complete Works

Simpson, Amanda · 2007 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

, Chaucer Pr, 2007 Hardcover with dustjacket, 128 pages, 29 x 22.5 cm, English text, illustrated. *good condition, bottom of spine dented. ISBN 9781904449348. Jan van Eyck, the most famous and innovative Flemish painter of the 15th century, is thought to have been born in the …