BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t… 1542. OWNED BY A PICARDY COUNTESS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY £9,500
CAPRIANO (Giovanni Pietro) Della vera poetica libro uno. Al Conte Ulisse… 1555. SOLE EDITION OF CAPRIANO'S LITERARY CRITICISM £2,500
TERENTIUS AFER Publius Comoediae sex ... Terentij vita ex Aelio Donato.… 1584. A POCKET EDITION OF TERENCE'S POPULAR PLAYS £450
[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)] Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens… 1587. A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY £25,000
RABELAIS (Francois) Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais, Docteur in… 1588. UNCOMMON EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING £4,000
BONONCINI (Giovanni). Farnace drama. Da rappresentarsi nel Regio Teatro di… 1723. A FINE COPY IN RED MOROCCO £3,500
COLLUTHUS OF LYCOPOLIS. The Rape of Helen, 1731. “THIS POEM MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT ADVANTAGE FROM THE MASTERLY HAND OF MR. POPE” A VERSE TRANSLATION OF THE STORY OF THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN OF TROY FROM THE ORIGINAL BY COLLUTHUS – “ONE OF THE WORST POETS TO COME DOWN TO US” £2,500
MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734, 1734. A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION £5,000
LONGUS Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé,… 1757. PASTORAL ROMANCE WITH PARALLEL FRENCH TRANSLATIONS £1,250
DANTE [Opere]. La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con… 1757. SPECTACULARLY ILLUSTRATED, ROCOCO DANTE £10,000
FABER (Johann Heinrich). Anfangsgründe der schönen Wissenschaften zu dem Gebrauche seiner… 1767. £300
[ELECTIONEERING NOVEL]. Flagel: or a Ramble of Fancy through the… 1768. "IF SHORT CHAPTERS, ABRUPT DIGRESSIONS, ZIGZAG WRITING, LOW PHRASES, AND A LOOSE INNUENDO POINTED OUT BY TWO OR THREE ASTERISKS, BE ALL THAT ARE REQUIRED TO CONSTITUTE A TRISTRAM SHANDY, FLAGEL MAY BE THAT MAN" £2,500
TASSO (Torquato) La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771. "RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION £5,750
YOUNG (Edward). The Centaur Not Fabulous. In Six Letters to… 1783. "N.B. NOT WORTH READING, EXCEPT THOSE VERY FEW PLACES I HAVE MARKED" £850
BARON L'ESTAT Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784. WRITTEN & PERFORMED FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT £12,500
BECKFORD (William). An Arabian Tale, From An Unpublished Manuscript: with… 1786. THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF VATHEK IN ANY LANGUAGE £2,500
SCHILLER (Friedrich). Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua. Ein republikanisches Trauerspiel, 1788. £250
BLAKE (William). & LAVATER (John Caspar). Aphorisms on Man. Translated from the Original Manuscript, 1789. £400
[BELOE (William)]. Incidents of Youthful Life; or, the True History… 1790. "A VERY PROPER PRESENT FOR A SCHOOLBOY" £1,250