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ARRIANUS Flavius Praefatio in libris rerum gestarum Alexandri regis [translated… 1508. FINE SONCINO IMPRINT £2,750
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[DIPLOMA] Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644. DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY £8,000
ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques) Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique, 1772. UNCOMMON COUNTERFEIT EDITION OF ROUSSEAU'S MOST FAMOUS WORK £750
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[BAUDEAU (Abbe Nicolas).] Première Introduction à la philosophie économique; ou analyse… 1771. £2,000
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ARGOTE DE MOLINA (Gonzalo) Nobleza de Andaluzia, 1588. ANDALUSIAN NOBILITY, EXTENSIVELY ILLUSTRATED £2,500
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