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The American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods. For the Year...
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The American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods. For the Year 1831

by anon

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New York: Jocelyn, Darling, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. 1/4 leather, worn and scraped but sound, over paper boards with a green label. Some staining to boards. Light scattered foxing but otherwise clean internally; the first signature is slightly loose, small tear to the margin of page 175. One of the earliest national directories, it was published again in 1832 - both years are rare. 395pp with the errata at the rear. The first section lists business geographically, the second by trade and the third alphabetically. The last section discusses various industries and tariffs. Index at rear. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 039827.
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Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires Concernant la Chimie et Les Arts Qui en...
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Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires Concernant la Chimie et Les Arts Qui en Dépendent Tomes 30-31

by Guyton; Monge; Berthollet; Adet; Fourcroy; Hassenfratz; Seguin; Vauquelin; Prieur; Chaptal; Van-mons

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Paris: Joseph de Boffe, 1798. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Volumes 30-31 of the seminal French scientific journal, still published today. Early blue paper wraps, worn and discolored, volume 31 split cleanly down the middle. Page edges worn and a little soiled, partially unopened - scattered light foxing but largely clean. Dated year VII of the Jacobin calendar. 344pp; 336pp with 1 plate. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042674.
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Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires Concernant la Chimie et Les Arts Qui en...
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Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires Concernant la Chimie et Les Arts Qui en Dépendent Tome 34

by Guyton; Monge; Berthollet; Adet; Fourcroy; Hassenfratz; Seguin; Vauquelin; Prieur; Chaptal; Van-mons; Deyeux; Parmentier; Bouillon-Lagrange

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Paris: Joseph de Boffe, 1799. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Volume 34 of the seminal French scientific journal, still published today. Early blue paper wraps, worn and discolored. Page edges worn and a little soiled, partially unopened - scattered light foxing but largely clean. Dated year VIII of the Jacobin calendar. 336pp, 1 folding plate. Sugar cane processing; electricity; ether; Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042677.
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Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires Concernant la Chimie et Les Arts Qui en...
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Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires Concernant la Chimie et Les Arts Qui en Dépendent Tome 36 [Vins, Parachutes]

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Paris: Joseph de Boffe, 1800. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Volume 36 of the seminal French scientific journal, still published today. Early blue paper wraps, heavily worn and discolored. Page edges worn and a little soiled, partially unopened - scattered light foxing, a few light dampstains. Dated year IX of the Jacobin calendar. 336pp. 1 folding plate. Jean-Antoine Chaptal on fermentation of wine (2 articles); description of the Montgolfier parachutes;. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042678.
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Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires Concernant la Chimie et Les Arts Qui en Dépendent et Spécialement La Pharmacie Tome 10

by Guyton; Lavoisier; Monge; Berthollet; Adet; Fourcroy; Hassenfratz; Dietrich; Seguin; Vauquelin

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Paris: Fuchs, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Half contemporary leather over marbled boards. Worn at corners, hinges slightly cracked, stamp to title page. Tome 10 of the first series. 336pp, folding plate at rear. Contents include: Investigations on the chemical history of the tepid springs of Buxton Refining of metal for clocks Chemical examination of skate liver etc. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042651.
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Biblia Sacra Vulgate Editionis, Sixti V. & Clementis VIII. Editio Novissima, Pars Prima
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Biblia Sacra Vulgate Editionis, Sixti V. & Clementis VIII. Editio Novissima, Pars Prima

by Duhamel Jo. Baptista

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Venice: Typographia Balleoniana, 1769. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Later 1/4 vellum, discoloration to endpapers, scattered minor foxing and staining, generally quite clean internally. Pars Prima only - title in red and black with an attractive frontispiece. lxxxiv, 700pp. Size: Quarto (4to). One volume of the 2-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045014.
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Breviarium Romanum Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum
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Breviarium Romanum Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum

by anon

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Antwerp: Typographia Plantiniana (Plantin Press), 1718. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf, wear at corners, spine a little dry with wear at the ends, clasps intact - quite attractive overall. Printed in red and black, scattered light browning internally. A nice copy. (72), 616, ccxliv, (4)pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045548.
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C. Cornelii Tactiti et C. Velleii Paterculi Scripta Quae Exstant: Recognita, emaculata: Additique...
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C. Cornelii Tactiti et C. Velleii Paterculi Scripta Quae Exstant: Recognita, emaculata: Additique Commentarii copiosissimi..

by Tacitus, Cajus Cornelius; Velleius Paterculus

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Paris: Petri Chevalier, 1608. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full early calf, nicely rebacked. Some soiling in margins, tabs added and some have torn off, occasional early notes and underlining and a few small ink droplets. A nice, wide margined, scholarly edition of Tacitus and Velleius, with a host of notes from earlier editors and an attractive title vignette. 3 volumes in 1; [20], [1], 276, 708, [154], 151. Graesse (VI, 9). Size: Folio. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: history; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 038925.
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A Compendium of Christian Theology
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A Compendium of Christian Theology

by Osterwald, John Frederick and M'Mains, John (trans.)

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Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1788. Full Calf. Very Good -. Nice copy in a simple calf binding. Front board is loose but attached by one cord and rear board is attached by two. Light to moderate wear to boards, particularly at the corners. Spine label is bright and clear. Internally sound and tight with some light foxing in places. With the subscriber list. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 030816.
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A Complete German Grammar in Two Parts. The First Part Containing the Theory of the Language Through All the Parts of Speech

by Bachmair, John James

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Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1793. Second Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. The first part only of this grammar bound in full calf with some chipping and worming along spine and some heavy wear and bumping to corners. Internally there is some light soiling in places but otherwise text block is clean and binding is tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Languages & Linguistics; Inventory No: 031794.
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The Connecticut Register for the Year of Our Lord 1808

by Casy, Ebenezer

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New London: Ebenezer P. Cady, 1807. Soft Cover. Good. In tattered original wraps, a few creased pages, occasional staining and age toning, but generally VG internally and complete save for last page (136pp of, apparently, 137). An interesting and early CT almanac. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; History. Inventory No: 030818.
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Coronica de los Senores Reyes de Castilla, Don Sancho el Deseado, don Alonso de Octavo, y Don...
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Coronica de los Senores Reyes de Castilla, Don Sancho el Deseado, don Alonso de Octavo, y Don Enrique el Primero

by Nuñez de Castro Alonso

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Madrid: Pablo de Val, 1665. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties, endpapers replaced, title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge, text block loose from binding, title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it is repaired by pasting an old original drawing of a villa to the verso, small tear to first page of dedication with an old repair. Foxing, mostly minor browning, some worming in the margins with old paper repairs, touching a letter or two in the bottom margin and touching the gloss in a few spots in the inner gutter, but minor and contained overall, one old marginal note, mostly clean. (32), 372pp. Nuñez de Castro was the official chronicler of Philip IV of Spain, the second to last of the Castilian kings. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045383.
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Cronologia del Mondo
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Cronologia del Mondo

by Sansovino Francesco

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Venice: Stamerla della Luna, 1580. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Contemporary limp vellum, soiled, a few old stamps to spine, lacking front endpaper and pastedown torn. A few pencil marks to table and errata, otherwise clean - a nicely printed edition of Sonsovino's history of the world. It appeared a year before his celebrated history of Venice. (liv), (2), 303pp. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045019.
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The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle
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The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle

by Bayle Peter

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London: Knapton et al., 1734. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Five volumes in contemporary calf, worn, a few boards detached and the rest having been crudely reattached at some point, surface scrapes. Quite clean internally with light scattered foxing. Finely printed with headpieces and wide margins. Portrait in volume one. Old catalog entry pasted to the first title page. It includes the preface to the first French edition and a Life of Bayle. A major enlightenment text and a great leap towards Diderot's Encyclopedia. "Bayle championed reason against belief, philosophy against religion, tolerance against superstition...For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopédie, Bayle's Dictionnaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe." Printing and the Mind of Man 155. Size: Folio. 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045024.
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Dictionnaire de la Langue Française
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Dictionnaire de la Langue Française

by Littré E.

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Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875. Early Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. The four volume dictionary in 1/4 red morocco over blindstamped red cloth and the supplement bound similarly in slightly darker cloth and dated 1879. Corners worn and lightly bumped; an attractive set of this monumental work. Mild foxing throughout. Size: Folio. 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 043919.
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Drummer; or, The Haunted-House. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Drummer; or, The Haunted-House. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

by Addison Joseph

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London: John Darby, 1722. Second Edition. Disbound. Good Condition. Disbound, title page detached and browned. Age toned throughout, trimmed close on top touching the running title. Complete with preface by Steele and Epilogue. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042344.
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Epigrammi Francesi Tradotti In Versi Italiani

Epigrammi Francesi Tradotti In Versi Italiani

by Roncalli Parolino Carlo

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Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1798. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Marbled calf with gilt border and page edges. Hinge is cracked at top edge, front hinge loose, small tear on spine, edges worn. Marbled end papers, front loose end paper partially detached. Two bookplates: ex libris a.r.s. & Peter A. Wick, inscription on page 1, interior is bright and attractive with a small stain on page 29. [1], 107,[1]pp. Book of madrigals, epigrams, and epitaphs, by various authors of the age including M. d'Arnaud, M. de Bignicourt, Chevreau, Cocquard, Fontenelle, De Richelet, Rousseau, Saint-Pavin, M. de Voltaire and many anonymous writers. Poems presented in French on the verso and Italian on the recto. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Poetry. Inventory No: 045261.
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Epigrammatum Delectus ex Omnibus tum Veteribus
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Epigrammatum Delectus ex Omnibus tum Veteribus

by various

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Paris: Charles Savreux, 1659. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather, edges and corners worn, front hinge cracked but binding quite sound. Scattered browning, foxing and minor stains, old notes to front endpaper - clean overall and a nice copy of this collection of classical epigrams. 590pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045931.
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[Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae] Cornelii Nepotis, non ut vulgo Æmily Probi, quæ extant
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[Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae] Cornelii Nepotis, non ut vulgo Æmily Probi, quæ extant

by Nepos Cornelius

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Utrecht: Gisberti Zylii, 1665. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary overlapping vellum, front inner hinger cracked and text block coming loose. Light foxing, old ownership marks to endpaper, but generally very clean internally. Attractive engraved title. Unpaginated. A nice pocket edition of Nepos's major work. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045405.
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Faust Eine Tragodie [Three Volume Miniature Set]

by Goethe Johann Wolfgang

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Anderson Nexo. Near Fine Condition. Three volume German set bound in leather with gilt lettering on front covers and spines. Each measures 2.25 x 1.75 inches. Interior is clean and unmarked with illustrations throughout. Cardboard slip cover is intact with mild wear to corners. Overall an attractive set. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 2000092. Size: Miniature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 2000092.
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