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Basel: J. Decker, 1796. First Edition. 22cm; 2 volumes only (of 4). v. 1. ...Depuis la Paix de Westphalie en 1648, jusqu'aux traités d'Utrecht et de la Barriere en 1715 -- v. 2. Depuis la Triple-Alliance en 1717 jusqu'à la Paix de Fontainebleau en 1785. x, 352 [2]; [2], 301, [1] pages (last blank). Bound in original publisher's marbled stiff wraps, untrimmed, with manuscript title labels. These two volumes contain the treaties of the South and West of Europe (Spain, Portugal, ... more information

London: Henry Fenwick, 1778. First Edition. 19cm; 151pages. Bound in recent half calf over marbled boards in period style, with six-panel spine decorated in blind and titled in gilt. A very rare treasure-chest of source material on Anglo-American relations in the years leading up to and into the Revolutionary War. In this compendium of communications between the Court of Common Council and George III, covering the years 1769-1778, one sees the London court's steadfast objections to trade restrictions p... more information

New Haven: From Sidney's hress. [sic] : For Increase Cooke & Co., 1803. First American Edition. 22 cm; xiii, [1], [15]-388, [4] pages. Bound in contemporary full tree calf, red leather label on spine, worn but entire. Ex library with release certification. Libary bookplate on pastedown and blind stamp on title page. Early ownership inscriptions include the name of Solomon G. Hitchcock, a 19th-century Connecticut clergyman and author of several pamphlets. Berkeley's defense of the Christian ... more information

Bologna, 1699.. 20 lines of text on 1 leaf watermarked laid paper (267 x 190 mm), addressed to an agent in the sale of two pictures. Slight tears where the paper has disintegrated under ink strokes result in negligible loss. Marcantonio Franceschini (1648-1729) is considered the quintessential representative of Bolognese classicism of the late 17th century. Schooled in a baroque tradition arching back to the Caracci, the artist gracefully anticipated elements of the subsequent neoclassical style. Among hi... more information

London: Methuen, 1937. First edition in English. 22cm; x, 374 pages, and 16 plates. Appparently lacks maps, which were originally printed on endleaves. Errata slip laid in. Bound in full red plush leather. Marbled endleaves and edges. Silk signet. Some shelf wear to extremeties. ... more information

London: James Speirs, 1882, 1887. First English edition. 2 volumes; 23 cm; xxxviii, [i], 794; xvi, 645 pages. Original brown cloth with portrait medallion on upper boards and arms on lower boards. Binding somewhat blemished; private shelf mark on spines. Front free endleaf of volume 1 loose and laid in. Hinges split and repaired with binder's tape. Volume one crown frayed and split. Gift inscription on front blank. Otherwise clean and entire. First edition in English of Swedenborg's original... more information

Trou au Chat de la Martinique: April 26, 1716. and Montreal, July 11, 1717. Two documents on two leaves. Document signed at Martinique, 22 x 14 cm; document signed at Montreal, 22 x 10 cm. Usual folds. When Le Comte Dupré's father died in 1715, Jean-Baptiste, along with his mother, took over the family business, based in the fur trade. At the time of this document, Jean-Baptiste was trying to manage affairs remotely from Martinique, writing, "I Jean-Baptiste Dupré Le Comte, son o... more information

Milano: Salamon 3 Agustoni, 1971. First edition. 31 cm; 33 pages, and 34 plates (13 of them folding). Original cloth in dust jacket. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. ... more information

Florence: Michele Nestenus for Bastiano Scaletti, 1725. 23 cm; xiv, [2], 160 pages. Publisher's device on title page. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Bound "alla rustica" in paste paper wraps with leather cords. Very few spots (a notable one on D3), but mostly bright and clean, with fine wide margins. Binding ruptured over cords on spine. Second edition of Salvini's translation, first English / Italian bilingual edition of Addison's Enlightenment drama. ... more information

Paris: Chez les associez choisis par ordre de Sa Majesté, pour l'impression de ses nouvelles ordonnances, 1754-55. 2 volumes, 26 cm. Official compilation of French laws and acts of parliament, including those affecting trade, shipping and Colonial properties. ... more information

Milan and Naples: Riccardo Ricciardi, 1960. 23 cm; xxii, 1180 pages. Cloth in dust jacket, preserved in publisher's pasteboard slipcase. Silk signet. Dampstains on dust jacket spine; typewritten list of represented authors pasted to spine. Pencil marks on dust jacket. Text unblemished. Anthology of later 18th century Italian literary criticism, with selections from Cesarotti, Tiraboschi, Signorelli, Napione and others. Number 44 in the Ricciardi "Storia e testi" series. ... more information

Paris: De Gigord, 1933. Wraps. 523 p. and 24 plates. Browned at edges and on spine. Published in the Histoire de la litterature françoise series under the direction of J. Calvet. ... more information

London: N.p., 1757. 17cm; 4 volumes. 2 folding maps. Bound in full contemporary calf with gilt vine-scroll borders. Worn, with joints tender or starting to crack, leather labels peeled, yet sound and entire. Early ownership inscriptions on title and in various parts of the volumes. Discrete library stamp on title pages. See PMM 197 (1748 edition). Montesquieu's seminal work in a later edition, apparently the first to be enlarged by the author, and with an introduction by d'Alembert. Folding m... more information

Paris: Chez Durand, 1769. 20cm; xx,481, [2] pages. Woodcut head- and tail pieces. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt panels on spine. Leather label titled in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Worm trails on lower joint and fraying at spine ends, with some loss. Old paper shelf label on spine. Spot on title page. Reference: Kress 6642. This controversial treatise, first published in 1758, advanced the view that sensation is the source of all intellectual activity and that self-inte... more information

Rome: Arcangelo Casaletti, 1778. First edition. 19 cm; xxviii, 184 pages. Woodcut device on title page. Woodcut initial and ornaments. Bound in contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, decorated on spine in gilt, with gilt-stamped title label. Covers worn. Antique library stamp on title page. Text bright and clean. A discourse on method, attempting to distinguish the functions of human reason and religion in philosophy. ... more information

Urbino: Vincenzo Guerrini, 1819. First edition. 27cm; [16], 287, [9] pages,including prefaces, errata and index. Colophon dated 1820, title page and imprimatur dated 1819. Laid paper with armorial watermark. Untrimmed, wide-margin copy bound "alla rustica" in pasteboard. Occasional foxing, primarily in upper margin. A fine, unsophiticated copy. References: Lozzi, 5714; Melzi, III, 187. A fine, proud biographical encyclopedia of the Urbinati, including dukes (Federico da Montefeltro, Guidu... more information

Lyon: J. A. Huguetan & M. A. Ravaud, 1657, 1664. Folio (36cm); two volumes in one; I: [48], 812, [48] pages; II: [8] pages, 998 columns (i.e., 499 pages), [39] pages (without last blank leaf). Title pages printed in red and black. Engraved and woodcut title page vignettes. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns. Bound in speckled calf, ruled in blind, with blind-tooled turn-ins. Leather label on spine hand-tooled in gilt with floral border. Worn, jo... more information

[Modena], 1749. 19 cm; [20], 408 pages. Date and publisher location from salutation after preface. Bound in later polished calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt. Worn at extremities. Text pages browned. Reference: Kress 4974; Sorbelli, Bibl. Muratoriana, I, 170. One of several editions published in 1749; priority among them is unclear. The librarian-philosopher who sought to reconcile the principles of Enlightenment with Catholicism here applies his vast erudition to questions of politica... more information

Milano: Giovanni Silvestri, 1830. 17 cm; 283, [5] pages, and engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound in original orange printed wraps. Worn, text block beginning to split yet sound and entire. ... more information

Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe, 1768. First edition. 22cm; xii, 401, [1] pages. Printer's vignette on title page. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Extremities quite worn, marble paper pulled away from base of upper board with loss. Text rather clean, with negligible foxing at first and last pages. Reference: Gamba 2514 (citing Parini, "nulla v'ha di simile fra le Poetiche moderne"). ... more information