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Paris: Roberti Stephani [Robert Estienne], 1543. First Editions. leather_bound. Latter polished calf rebacked with new spine labels in gilt. Aeg. Very good. 113 (7) leaves, 498 (20), 84 leaves, 186 (6), 70, 2 leaves -- pagination. 16.5 x 11 cm. A complete set of Estienne's edition of the works of the ancient Roman agricultural writers. Complete sets are uncommon. Estienne,… Read more about this item

Heganau: Thomas Anshelm for Johann Koberger, 1520. First edition. leather_bound. Later full vellum. Very good. 102 leaves (35 leaves) (1 leaf). Folio, 29.5 x 22 cm. General and diviinional titles within woodcut borders. The author, born in modern day Tunisia in 462. He became a monk writing works to help instruct the Chrisitans of Africa. As bishop of… Read more about this item

London: Robert Daniel, 1651. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary Cambridge style full brown calf lacking spine label. Very good. 393 pages, plus (5 leaves: Index Rerum & Verborum & Index Scripturarum). 32 x 21 cm. Translated and edited by Richard Montague. Parallel text in Latin and Greek. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as St. Photios the… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. Unpaginated. 25 x 19 cm. A compendium of printing history. Index of more than 14,000 references provided. Owner inscription.

New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth. Near fine. 279 pages. References. A short-title catalogue originally compiled as a check-list for thelibrary staff and here offered to the public.

Palermo: Accademia Nazionale Di Scienze Lettere E Arti. Reprint. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth lettered in gold. Very good. Approx 700 pages. 30 x 21 cm. Introduction by Angela Daneu Lattanzi. Photographic reproduction of the 15th century Codice Speciale held at the Bibliotec Comunale di Palermo. Reproduces text in red and black, and in myriad colors, the intricate illuminated… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1968. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Near fine. 102 pages in text. 161 black and white illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Index. California Studies in the History of Art, 6:Walter Horn, General Editor. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER M403. "The best art historical study of Dutch manuscript painting from its early period in the late 14th century… Read more about this item

Hague: Adriani Viac, 1652. First edition. 18th century full brown calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Very good. 189 pages. 12 x 7 cm. [A12-I11]. A response to John Milton's "Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio," published 1651 in which the author defends Charles II, and denounces Milton's attack. "Milton's Latin works when they are taken as a… Read more about this item

Paris: Henry Babou, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. board portfolio printed in red and black with cloth ties. Very good. 26 x 20 cm, 36 pages in text, forty plates. Preface by Louis Barthou. A review of early printing and the great books produced with movable type. Limited edition, copy 858 of 1150. Contents loose as issued and… Read more about this item

New York: Braziller, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. 40 pages. Forty-color plates, and eighteen black and white figures. Bibliography. With critical commentary on each color plate by the author. Owner notation.

Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1630. Later printing. Hardcover. Contemporary full vellum with wallet edges. Very good/Near fine. 404 pages. 24mo, 11 x 5 cm, [*1-*24,A1-Z24,Aa1-Cc8], first published posthumously in 1583. A trusted Protestant counsellor of Elizabeth I, he and John Cheke were the great classical scholars of the time in England. This, his best known work went through… Read more about this item

Venice: Aldi, et Andreae Asulani (Aldus), 1518. Second Aldine Edition. Hardcover. Later full vellum. Very good. 525 pages. 8vo, 14 1/2 x 9 cm. [*8-****2,a8-z8,aa8-kk8]. DIBDIN notes, "Containing ten books, with many Epistles never before published: it has also the "Panegyric." These are the only editions of Pliny's Epistles that ever issued from the Aldine press......The edition of 1508 [the… Read more about this item