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ZINCGREF (Julius Wilhelm)

Emblematum Ethico-Politicorum Centuria. Une centaine d'Emblêmes morales &… 1698.

POLYGLOT EMBLEM BOOK WITH MERIAN'S ENGRAVINGS

£2,000

[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]

Illuminated leaf on vellum from a Book of… 1408.

FROM THE CHESTER BEATTY HOURS

£1,850

BEBENBURG (Lupold von)

Veterum Germaniae principum.  Paris, Jean Foucher, 1540, 1540.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST FRENCH EX-LIBRIS STAMPS RECORDED

£1,800

STONING OF ST. STEPHEN

Historiated initial "S" with small miniature of the… 1280.

£1,800

PSEUDO-CHRYSOSTOM

Pseudo-Chrysostom Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in…

£1,800

ITALIAN THEATRE

FIRENZUOLA (Agnolo). I lucidi. Florence, 1552. [Bound with]:DOLCE (Lodovico).… 1581.

SOURCE FOR SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT

£1,750

JACOBI (Friedrich Heinrich).

David Hume über den Glauben oder Idealismus und… 1787.

£1,750

[POPE GREGORY I]

Incomincia il prologo del vulgarizatore del dyalogo di… 1515.

RARE EDITION OF THE DIALOGI, FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY

£1,750

KANT (Immanuel).

Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, 1783.

£1,750

SMITH (Adam). & CONDORCET (Marquis de)., misattributed to.

Compendio de la obra inglesa intitulada Riqueza de… 1792.

The first appearance of The Wealth of Nations in Spanish

£1,750

DELAUNE (Etienne)

Suite of six allegorical prints. France, c. 1560-1570, 1570.

MANNERIST ALLEGORY

£1,500

[MONTERCHI (Giuseppe)]

Scelta de medaglioni piu rari nella Bibliotheca dell'… 1679.

BOUND FOR BIBLIOPHILE AND ART COLLECTOR PAULO VAN UCHELEN

£1,500

POLYDORE VERGIL

De rerum inventoribus libri octo. Basle, Johann Bebel, 1532, 1532.

WITH HOLBEIN'S DANCE OF DEATH ALPHABET

£1,500

AUSONIUS

Opera, 1575.

£1,500

Le Decameron. Contes de Bocace, traduction nouvelle; augmentée… 1801.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BOCCACCIO, IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING

£1,500

AESOP

Fables d'Ésope dédiées au Premier Consul Bonaparte, 1801.

ILLUSTRATED AESOP FABLES DEDICATED TO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

£1,500

SEMAINE SAINTE

L'office de la Semaine Sainte a l'usage de… 1743.

£1,500

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Catechismus Romanus, ex decreto Concilij Tridentini, 1567.

WITH ELABORATE OWNERS' ARMS PAINTED ON VELLUM

£1,500

NOVERRE (Jean Georges)

Lettres sur la danse, et sur les ballets.… 1760.

A REVOLUTION IN BALLET

£1,400

GELLI (Giambattista)

La Circe. Florence, (appresso Lorenzo Torrentino, 1 April), 1549.

£1,250

[SPIRITUAL EXERCISES]

Esercizio sopra la passione di Gesû Cristo.   [Italy, seventeenth… 1700.

£1,250

LONGUS

Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé,… 1757.

PASTORAL ROMANCE WITH PARALLEL FRENCH TRANSLATIONS

£1,250

BOUTERWEK (Friedrich).

Idee einer Apodiktik. Ein Beytrag zur menschlichen Selbstverständigung… 1799.

£1,250

LUTHER (Martin)

Etliche fürneme Schrifften: Darinn die reine Christliche Lehr… 1597.

£1,250

[FLORESTA (Pedro de la)]

La historia de los mui nobles, y valientes… 1700.

RARE EDITION OF THIS CHIVALRIC ROMANCE

£1,250

GROSSE (Henning)

Magica de spectris et apparitionibus spiritum de vaticiniis,… 1632.

TALES OF DEMONIC PHENOMENA AND THEOLOGIANS ON TRIAL: A CURIOUS CONTRAST OF WORKS BOUND TOGETHER IN THE 17TH CENTURY

£1,250

LEWIS (Matthew Gregory).

The Monk: A Romance, 1807.

A charming English-language edition published in Paris.

£1,250

[MIRABEAU (Victor Riquetti, Marquis de).]

Lettres sur le commerce des grains, 1768.

£1,200

[SMITH (Adam).] & SARTORIUS (Georg Friedrich).

Handbok for statshushallningen ester Adam Smiths Grundsattser; forfattad… 1800.

THE DISSEMINATION OF ADAM SMITH IN SWEDEN

£1,200

LOCKE (John).

Versuch vom Menschlichen Verstande. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt… 1757.

Rare first German translation of Locke's Essay

£1,000

THUCYDIDES

L'histoire... de la guerre qui fut entre les… 1555.

TRANSLATED BY LOUIS XII'S ADVISOR

£850

CATS (Jacob)

Spiegel vanden Ouden ende Nieuwen Tiijdt. Dordrecht, Hendrick van… 1633.

£850

TERENTIUS AFER Publius

P. Terentii afri comoediae sex, infinitis fere locis… 1570.

£800

DE GUEVARA (Antonio)

Libro di Marco Aurelio con l'horologio de' prencipi, 1575.

MARCUS AURELIUS AS A MODEL OF PRINCELY BEHAVIOUR

£800

HELVETIUS (Claude Adrien).

De l'Esprit, 1758.

£800

DUCLOS (Charles Pinot)

Les confessions du comte de ***… huitième edition,… 1776.

£750

LONGUS

Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, escrites… 1779.

£750

SAY (Jean-Baptiste).

Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la… 1826.

£750

ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques)

Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique, 1772.

UNCOMMON COUNTERFEIT EDITION OF ROUSSEAU'S MOST FAMOUS WORK

£750

AMBOISE (Adrian d')

Devises royales. Paris, Rolet Boutonne, 1621, 1621.

FRENCH ROYAL DEVICES

£750

LIST (Friedrich).

Système national d'économie politique. Traduit de l'Allemand par… 1851.

£750

KANT (Immanuel).

Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen, 1771.

KANT ON THE BEAUTIFUL AND SUBLIME

£750