The Palace of Minos at Knossos by Arthur Evans - 1964

Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1890. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Tall 8vo. pp. XXVI, 436, [2]. Includes 2 fold-out plates and several illustrations with the text. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled boards. Faint library blind stamp on title page and on p. 55; number lightly written on verso of title; small marginal tear on p. 171 neatly sealed. Withdrawn ticket pasted on inside front cover. Pages are lightly age toned but generally clean. On reading, reading, dating and classifying Roman Latin inscriptions.

Berlin: Akademie Der Wissenschaften, 1856. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-. Lg 4to. Pages533-635 plus 8 engravings. Unbound extract out of a serial publication by the Akademie der Wissenschaften. Uncut. Very clean.

NEW ~ A collection of fifteen essays about ceramic production in various regions of ancient Mexico. INAH COLECCION CIENTIFICA 484. First volume of five. 779pp. Illus. Photographs and drawings. Cover bent, water stain back cover and final pages. En espanol. 1000 ejemplares. 3.75 lbs. Weight may incur additional postage expense.

NEW ! Hardcover. Tomos I & II. New set. Dust jackets slightly worn at the top of spine. Set comes in a cardboard case that is worn at the corners. This hard-to-find catalogue set consists of two hefty volumes documenting the mural paintings of ancient Oaxaca, accompanied by a portfolio of eight folding panorama photographs of murals at Monte Alban, Suchilquitongo, and Mitla. Vol. 1, ISBN 9703230350, 253 pp.; vol. 2, ISBN 9703230369, 495 pp.; and Oaxaca Desplegados. Edition coordinated by Beatriz de la Fuente and Bernd Fahmel Beyer. Edition of only 500 hardcover and 1500 paperback. 10.25 lbs. Weight may result in additional shipping charges.

Sumptibus Fratrum Huguetan & Soc. Lugduni. [Lyon]. 1685. Folio. Title page printed in red and black, with title vignette engraved by Mathieu Ôgier. (6), 376, (4)pp. Illustrated with copperplate engravings by Mathieu Ogier and M. Demasso. Text in Latin and Greek. Recent antiqued half calf, marbled boards. Spine in seven compartments with raised bands and leather label. Renewed endpapers. All edges sprinkled red. Title page lightly toned, with a short closed tear to mid margin. Short closed tear to margin of 5/6. Historic staining to lower corner margin with some fragmenting to the edge of a few pages. Light shelfwear to marbled boards. Bookplate to fep.
Provenance: Alan Morris of Kenchester, Herefordshire. Chemist, Archaeologist and Numismatist. Engraved Bookplate: Headpiece of an open book, with headings from the Antonine Itinerary showing Bravonio [Leintwardine] A. Magnis [Kenchester], Gobannio [Abergavenny]; Roman Gateway; Picatrix Avg, Fides Militum.
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Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1890. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Tall 8vo. pp. XXVI, 436, [2]. Includes 2 fold-out plates and several illustrations with the text. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled boards. Faint library blind stamp on title page and on p. 55; number lightly written on verso of title; small marginal tear on p. 171 neatly sealed. Withdrawn ticket pasted on inside front cover. Pages are lightly age toned but generally clean. On reading, reading, dating and classifying Roman Latin inscriptions.

Berlin: Akademie Der Wissenschaften, 1856. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-. Lg 4to. Pages533-635 plus 8 engravings. Unbound extract out of a serial publication by the Akademie der Wissenschaften. Uncut. Very clean.

NEW ~ A collection of fifteen essays about ceramic production in various regions of ancient Mexico. INAH COLECCION CIENTIFICA 484. First volume of five. 779pp. Illus. Photographs and drawings. Cover bent, water stain back cover and final pages. En espanol. 1000 ejemplares. 3.75 lbs. Weight may incur additional postage expense.

NEW ! Hardcover. Tomos I & II. New set. Dust jackets slightly worn at the top of spine. Set comes in a cardboard case that is worn at the corners. This hard-to-find catalogue set consists of two hefty volumes documenting the mural paintings of ancient Oaxaca, accompanied by a portfolio of eight folding panorama photographs of murals at Monte Alban, Suchilquitongo, and Mitla. Vol. 1, ISBN 9703230350, 253 pp.; vol. 2, ISBN 9703230369, 495 pp.; and Oaxaca Desplegados. Edition coordinated by Beatriz de la Fuente and Bernd Fahmel Beyer. Edition of only 500 hardcover and 1500 paperback. 10.25 lbs. Weight may result in additional shipping charges.

Sumptibus Fratrum Huguetan & Soc. Lugduni. [Lyon]. 1685. Folio. Title page printed in red and black, with title vignette engraved by Mathieu Ôgier. (6), 376, (4)pp. Illustrated with copperplate engravings by Mathieu Ogier and M. Demasso. Text in Latin and Greek. Recent antiqued half calf, marbled boards. Spine in seven compartments with raised bands and leather label. Renewed endpapers. All edges sprinkled red. Title page lightly toned, with a short closed tear to mid margin. Short closed tear to margin of 5/6. Historic staining to lower corner margin with some fragmenting to the edge of a few pages. Light shelfwear to marbled boards. Bookplate to fep.
Provenance: Alan Morris of Kenchester, Herefordshire. Chemist, Archaeologist and Numismatist. Engraved Bookplate: Headpiece of an open book, with headings from the Antonine Itinerary showing Bravonio [Leintwardine] A. Magnis [Kenchester], Gobannio [Abergavenny]; Roman Gateway; Picatrix Avg, Fides Militum.
Jacob Spon
(1647-1685) was a physician with a… Read More