Les Morts Vivants by DESMARIE, Paul - 1862

1908 1ed SHAKESPEARE Midsummer Nights Dream Arthur Rackham ART Romance Comedy
One of William Shakespeare's most famous works, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a captivating and whimsical play that weaves together the stories of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors, and the magical creatures of an enchanted forest.
This 1908 first edition features 40 color plates by renowned artist Arthur Rackham whose enchanting visual interpretations beautifully complement Shakespeare's magical tale. The combination of Shakespeare's timeless writing and Rackham's evocative illustrations make this edition a classic treasure!
Item number: #40927
Price: $750
SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur (Illus.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.
London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1908. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete
o [6], 134
o 40 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Tan cloth
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1870 Complete Numismatics Ancient & Modern COINS Medals Rome Barthelemy French
Jean Baptiste de Barthelemy's "Manual of Complete Numismatics" is a 19th-century guide on collecting and identifying ancient and modern coins. This work provided descriptions of found coins and their importance; however, it was the atlas tomes that proved to be the most valuable to collectors. The same is true even today – the atlas volumes offer hundreds and hundreds of illustrated views of ancient coins and medals.
Item number: #23589
Price: $750
Nouveau manuel complet de Munismatique moderne [ancienne]: atlas
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, [ca. 1870]. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 oblong tomes
o Monderne: [4]
12 engraved plates
o Ancienne: [4]
12 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Red leather, marbled boards
· Size: ~ 6.25in X 9.5in (15.5cm x 24cm)
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1888 Black Phalanx Negro Soldiers African American Military Civil War Abolition
Joseph T. Wilson was an African-American soldier who served in the 54th Massachusetts during the American Civil War. While his military career was not extensive, it did provide him with an understanding of the role that black men had during the 19th-century. He began writing poems and speeches, most of which were used to push an abolitionist-like agenda – black suffrage, full citizenship, and social reforms. His best book, and to this day most-known, was 'The Black Phalanx' which was the most comprehensive study of African-American military service in the 19th-century.
Item number: #24592
Price: $995
WILSON, Joseph T.
The black phalanx : a history of the negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65
Hartford, Conn. : American Pub. Co., 1888. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 parts in 1
o 528
o 3 parts in 1
I – Wars for Independence
II – War between the States… Read More

1626 GREEK Heliodorus ETHIOPIA Mythology Egypt FAMED Lasne 52 Full-Page ART

A rare 16th-century edition of Heliodorus's only known work, 'Aethiopica'. Written sometime in the 3rd or 4th-century, this work tells the story and history of the development of Ethiopia through the lens of an ancient Greek romance novel. It is also believed that that Torquato Tasso took significant liberties from 'Aethiopica' and used them in his famous book 'Jerusalem Delivered'.

This highly collectable 1626 French edition is one of the most desirable editions of this work. Titled 'Les Amours de Theagene et Chariclee', this printing contains 52 beautiful, full-page engravings of famed French engraver Michel Lasne.

Item number: #25414
Price: $950

HELIODORUS of Emesa, Bishop of Tricca

Les amours de Theagene et Chariclee : histoire Aethiopique de Heliodore

A Paris: chez Samuel Thiboust au Palais en la galerie des prisonniers, 1626.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [20], 806 (i.e., 790), [18]
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1792 Puritan John Owen 1ed BIBLE Death of Death Redemption Carlisle Pennsylvania
John Owen was a 17th-century English theologian whose Puritan ideals appeared throughout his sermons and published works. One of his most popular devotional works was 'The Death of Death in the Death of Christ'. This book was written on the redemption of sin through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

This 1792 first American edition was published in Carlisle, Pennsylvania by Kline.

Item number: #25402
Price: $750

OWEN, John

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

Carlisle, Pennsylvania: George Kline, 1792. 1st AMERICAN edition!

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xv, [1], 17-320, [10]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8in X 5in (20.5cm x 12.5cm)
· Rare and desirable

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1677 ENGLISH LAW Edward Coke Reports Judicial Cases England Black-Letter French

"[Corporations] cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate, for they have no souls."
– Edward Coke, The Reports, "Case of Sutton's Hospital"

A rare 1677 edition of the Edward Coke's English legal reports and Select Cases. Edward Coke was an English judge and lawyer from the 16th- and early 17th-centuries being most remembered for his prosecution in the Gunpowder Plot, as well as writing 'The Reports'. His judicial rulings resounded all over the western world, in fact, his decisions had a direct influence on the third, fourth, and sixteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

'The Reports' is a gathering of specific court cases with commentary and arguments. Cases include handling of money exchange whether it be through loans, income, and gift-giving, common pleas cases, and financial obligations. These law reports have been some of the most important and popular writings on court cases in the English… Read More

1872 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Tenniel Illustrated Fantasy

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," authored by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel, is a timeless, imaginative masterpiece published in the 19th century. The story follows a young girl named Alice who tumbles down a rabbit hole into a fantastical realm filled with peculiar creatures and bizarre experiences. From engaging in a mad tea party to meeting the Queen of Hearts, Alice navigates through Wonderland, offering readers a compelling exploration of logic, absurdity, and the complexity of childhood. This whimsical tale continues to captivate children and adults alike with its intricate wordplay and surreal adventures.

This 1872 edition of "Alice in Wonderland", features forty-two whimsical illustrations by the beloved English artist Sir John Tenniel bring Carroll's surreal narrative to life.

Item number: #41093
Price: $750

CARROLL, Lewis; TENNIEL, John (Illus.)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis… Read More

1603 Charlemagne & Louis Pious St Ansegisus FRANKS Monasticism Benedict Levita

Charlemagne was one of the most influential and iconic French kings. Reigning in the late 8th-century, Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, helped united most of Europe through the Carolingian Empire. Numerous historical works were published on the life and reign of Charlemagne including this early 17th-century history of the reigns of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious. This book is one of the best of its kind offering a complete survey of the 9th-century Franks. Published in 1603 by Chappell, it covers the Frankish monastic reforms set by Saint Ansegisus and the continuation of these laws by the unnamed pseudo-author known as Benedict Levita.

Item number: #25055
Price: $750

CHAPPELLET, Claude [edit.]

Karoli Magni et Ludovici Pii christianiss. regum et impp. Francorum Capitula sive leges ecclesiasticae & civiles

Parisiis: apud Claudium Chappellet, 1603.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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1857 Diamond ATLAS United States 55 MAPS California Mexico TEXAS West Geography

Charles Colby's "Diamond Atlas" is an impressive, pre-Civil War geography textbook. Published in 1857, this book covers the geography and history of each American state and territory, country, nations, political division, and island in the Western Hemisphere. In addition to detailed descriptions, the 'Diamond Atlas' features numerous full-page, color engravings and maps all bound in a decorative red-leather binding.

Item number: #24925
Price: $750

COLBY, Charles Galusha [cartog.]

The diamond atlas with descriptions of all countries : exhibiting their actual and comparative extent and their present political divisions, founded on the most recent discoveries and rectifications

New York: Morse and Gaston, 1857.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 7-239
o 55 color maps
o Several b/w in-text illustrations throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; secure
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1731 King Mouley Ismael MOROCCO PIRATES Slaves & Slavery Janissaries Busnot RARE

Dominique Busnot was an 18th-century French historian who, after traveling to Morocco numerous times, wrote what became his most famous and important work – "History of Mouley Ismael, King of Morocco". Mouley Ismael served as king for nearly fifty years and is remembered for expanding Moroccan territory through military strength and diplomacy with European powers. Busnot describes Mouley's reign as bloodthirsty, having taken French Christians as prisoner by Moroccan pirates. Having spent many years in Morocco negotiating with Moroccan leaders for the release of these prisoners, Busnot wrote this work to convince readers to help financially with the efforts to free the Christian prisoners from Morocco.

This 1731 edition of Busnot's most famous work was published in Rouen by Pierre Machuse and includes Busnot position on the church's tradition of pardoning slaves.

Item number: #25443
Price: $750

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