HERALDIC CREST MANUSCRIPT. Large, thick Folio, late 18th century marbled boards and 1/2 sheep, crack to spine and partial unhinging of front board, age worn but otherwise well-preserved. A handsome and imposing manuscript of 1000s of engraved crests, including numerous crests drawn by hand, arranged by the famed engraver David Deuchar (1743-1808) interestingly organized according to device type (i.e. hands, lions etc.) Carefully compiled and researched manuscript, seemingly intended for publication, with numerous markings accorded to known and unknown heraldic crests and their corresponding ... View More...
Set of three [3] matching illustrated editions with fine bindings, assumed originally from a larger set. Book One - Nana, 1887, a 'new edition' translated without abridgment from the 127th French edition. Book Two - His Masterpiece, 1887, a 'new edition' with a portrait of the author, etched by Bocourt. Book 3 - Germinal, 1886, translated without abridgment from the 60th French edition and illustrated with sixteen page engravings from designs by J. Ferat. Ox-blood half leather with 5-band spine with gilt title treatment. Marbelized end papers. Overall in very good shape save for some moderate ... View More...
Leusden, Johannes, 1624-1699. Philologus Hebraeus : in quo pleraeque quaestiones generales philologico-Hebraicae, concernentes textum Hebraeum Veteris Test. dilucidè pertractantur : in sine adjunctus est catalogus Hebraicus & Latinus sexcentorum & tredecim praeceptorum, in quae totus. 1657. 8vo, original vellum, nice condition save for some general light soiling and the vellum boards are showing some curl. Copy with late 18th century signature of "EX-LIBRIS MARSHALL". An old dealer has indicated the book is form the library of the famed chief Justice John Jay Marshall, which I am not a... View More...
Classic monograph on the History of Bookbinding. Printed 1926, Loubier, Hans.[In German] Der Bucheinband von seinen Anfängen bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts. Mit 232 Abbildungen. Edition :2., umgearb. und verm. Aufl. Published : Leipzig, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1926. Very Good and complete in 3/4 morocco and marbled boards (printed with quarter cloth and paper boards, so privately bound). An important and classic historical overview of bookbinding from the early Middle Ages to the 18th Century.; German Language; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Books, Book Binding, Book Making, Publishing, ... View More...
L. FLORI De Gestis Romanorum apud Francesco Rampazetum VENICE 1559. Old Latin book by Lucius Annaeus Florus on Roman history printed in Venice in 1559. Pages number: 63 + 212 leaves (424 pages) + 7. Half calf binding with label on spine. VERY FRESH AND CLEAN COPY. Page 89 missing where the seam is coming loose. Size: 4.00 in. x 3.00 in. ; Latin; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; Ancient History, Greek, Greece, Roman, Italian, Rome View More...
ROYAL FOLIO. PRINTED 1575. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HEBREW GRAMMARS EVER COMPILED AND AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE TRANSLATORS OF THE KING JAMES BIBLEFrom the esteemed 18th century library of Thomas Peckitt, himself the author of Hebrew Grammar and other theological works, with his fine bookplate and signature. It should be noted that this is a very important volume in the Biblical Studies; The Trinitarian Bible Society in their April - June 1979 Quarterly Record cites this volume as being at the disposal of the translators for the KING JAMES BIBLE. The Book: Pagninus, "Thesaurus Linguæ Sanctæ&... View More...
POLIBIO HISTORICO GRECO Vinegia - 1564 "The Histories" by the Greek historian Polybius in 17 books, translated into Italian by Lodovico Domenichi. Printed in 1564 by Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari. PLEASE NOTE: The frontispiece is NOT the original. It is a photocopy done on antique paper.Pages number: reproduction frontispiece + 22 + 546 + registro Half calf binding. Very clean pages. First 8 pages have been reinforced.Size: 8.50 in. x 6.50 in.; Italian Language; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Ancient History, Greek, Greece, Rome, Roman View More...