Firsts London: London's Rare Book Fair
15—17 May, 2026
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![FIRENZUOLA (Agnolo). I lucidi. Florence, 1552.
[Bound with]:DOLCE (Lodovico). Il ragazzo. Venice, Francesco detto lo Imperador, 1559.
[And]: PINO DA CAGLI (Bernardino). Gli ingiusti sdegni. Venice, Domenico Farri, 1563.
[And]: SECCHI (Nicolo). L'interesse](https://api.maggs.com/image/8898bf8d-87fe-4f32-b952-31aae5881596/616x770.webp)
![AVANZI (Gio. Maria). Il satiro. Venice, Gio. Batt. Sessa & fratelli, 1587. [Bound with]: VIDA (Gieronimo). Filliria favola boscareccia. Venice, heirs of Marchio Sessa, 1587. [with]: LOMBARDI (Bernardino). L'alchimista. Venice, heirs of Marchio Sessa, 1586](https://api.maggs.com/image/33b3e920-9361-411d-b379-7bac23b9ae9a/616x770.webp)
DAVIS (Mark) & & PROTHEROE (Philip).
Two ALS from Davis & Co. to William… 1779.
A MAJOR PLANTATION OWNER RECEIVES NEWS FROM HIS BRISTOL AGENT
£950
McFEE (John).
ALS to Hon. James Wilson regarding his plantation… 1828.
DETAILS OF THE SUGAR HARVEST ON THE PLANTATION WHERE ASHTON WARNER WAS ENSLAVED
£950
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BURNE-JONES (Edward)
The Flower Book, 1905.
£12,000
![Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin with rubrics in French and a prayer in Middle English, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[France, Rouen, c. 1440]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f8c1fcf1-55f3-44e3-b5fb-7c0c530ff244/616x770.webp)
BOOK OF HOURS
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin… 1440.
'TROWT FEND ME': THE FITZ-RALPH HOURS, ILLUMINATED BY THE TALBOT MASTER
£75,000
![Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu]](https://api.maggs.com/image/0d250eec-affc-44f8-a4c7-a039bde017f0/616x770.webp)
KAWABATA (Yasunari).
Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu], 1932.
SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE
£6,800
![Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome egoyomi [Stencil-dyed calendar for the year of the tiger]](https://api.maggs.com/image/7bbd4dec-1445-439a-87c4-6d3513cde9ca/616x770.webp)
KAMISAKI (Sunao).
Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome… 1986.
BLENDING EAST AND WEST IN TWELVE MONTHS
£1,250
![Hato [Surging Waves].](https://api.maggs.com/image/deac1e77-f6cd-4ee5-8bcd-35a4b46b819c/616x770.webp)
TOMIOKA (Tessai), calligraphy. & after designs by TAWARAYA (Sotatsu).
Hato [Surging Waves], 1910.
Shimmering depictions of waves
£2,800
![Portrait of an old Woman [Roba-zo].](https://api.maggs.com/image/42bff6bc-5000-4648-ad3a-e8bf924eed9a/616x770.webp)
KIJIMA (Takashi).
Portrait of an old Woman [Roba-zo], 2011.
£350
BURNE-JONES (Edward Coley)
Pan and Psyche, 1887.
£3,500
