Titles starting with L from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.

Seville: por Don Florencio Joseph de Blas y Quesada.. N.d. (circa 1741). 2 vols. bound in 4. Sm. 8vo. (40),438;491,(3);506,(4);506.(6)pp. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled, leather & cord ties still present. Hand lettered spines. Some minor worming (not affecting text). ... more information

Amsterdam: Np. 1749. Second edition. Second edition. Sm. 8vo. (14),332,(36)pp. The final portion of this work is a glossary of 15th century French words. Woodcut decoration on title. Cont. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with dark burgundy calf label. Minor chips at extremities and a small (1î) split at top of front hinge. Old inked bibliographic note tipped in at front pastedown. ... more information

Amsterdam: Np. 1782. xliv,210pp. Finely bound by Lucie Weill (circa 1920) in red morocco over marbled boards flecked with gilt. T.e.g. A few very minor scuffs. ... more information

Amsterdam: Np. 1782. xliv,210pp. Old calf over boards (rubbed), rebacked, red calf spine label. Oval library blind stamp at bottom blank margin of title. ... more information

London: Henrique Bryer.. 1818. y First Spanish edition. 1/2 calf. Very Good. 12mo. xii,140pp. plus an errata slip. Later (circa 1900) half pebbled black calf and marbled boards, hinges rubbed, but still sound. ... more information

Paris: Charles de Sercy. 1671. First edition. 12mo. First edition. (22),245,(32)pp. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece, headpiece and initial, plus numerous text woodcuts of heraldic shields and devices. Cont. calf, a bit worn, front hinge starting but still sound. Gilt decorated spine, minor chips & insect damage at extremities. ... more information

Paris: Chez Merigot le Jeune.. N.d. (circa 1769). Good +. 8vo. (2),x,102pp. Engraved title, plus 3 fine copper engraved plates by Cochin. Early 19th century calf over mottled boards; spine somewhat rubbed. Old library accession number on title. With the bookplate of J. Young Scammon, an early settler in Chicago (arriving in 1835). ... more information

Rouen: J. Lemonnyer, Libraire.. 1879. 12mo. (4),46,(2)pp. Illus. with 4 copper engraved headpieces. Editions limited to 290 numbered copies on papier velin teinte (total printing of 350). Finely bound by Brentanoís New York in 1/2 dark blue morocco over marbled boards, orig. green printed wrappers bound in. T.e.g. ... more information

San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.. 1952. Sm. 8vo. 60pp. Untrimmed. Half-title and 4 full-page illustrations by Ray Bethers, printed in blue & red, hand illuminated in gold. Edition limited to 300 copies. Limp boards printed in red & blue, orig. glassine wrapper. Enclosed in French style gilt stamped portfolio and matching cardboard slipcase. Ex Bancroft Library copy (one embossed "Bancroft Library" on p. vi), but still a ... more information

Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle.. 1910. 12mo. (6),98pp. Finely bound in 1/2 red morocco, gilt, over marbled boards. T.e.g. Ink stained at top of fore-edge. This play starred and was dedicated to Madame Sarah Bernhardt ... more information

Madrid: Don Antonio de Sancha.. 1786. Sm. 4to. (12),400pp. Cont. limp vellum, somewhat soiled, hand lettered spine with a few small chips. Old faded water stains throughout & a blue oval library stamp on title page partially obscuring the text beneath it. ... more information

Venice: (Christoforo Tomasini).. 1643. 12mo. 2 parts in one. 296;120pp. Contemporary vellum. Some worming to about 30 pages, affecting a few words of the letterpress. One copy recorded in the N.U.C. of this reprint edition containing both parts. ... more information

Philadelphia: Jean-Francois Bastien.. 1778. 12mo. 152,(4)pp. (the final 5pp. are ads). With the half-title. Contemporary calf over boards; top of spine chipped, hinges tender. ... more information

Paris: Editions Charles Moreau.. 1925. Folio. (16" tall) viiipp. plus 32 plates (with an extra copy of plate 24). All housed loosely within publisher's brown cloth over gray boards portfolio, lightly soiled, with ribbon ties. ... more information

Venice: Venturino Maggio & Altobello Salicato.. 1569. 12mo. ff.36. Woodcut border surrounds the words ìLa Sofonisbaî at top of title-page. Old boards, spine covered with a plain brown linen. Some old faded soiling to text ... more information

Rome: Giovanni Maria Salvioni.. 1729. 4to. 502pp. With numerous copper-engraved head-pieces, tail-pieces and large initials, by Hieronymus Rosi. Contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled. The first edition of the Italian translation by Cardinal Cornelio Bentivoglio, who used the pseudonym "Selvaggio Porpora." Gamba #2454 ("Magnifica Edizione"). ... more information

Paris: Claude Cramoisy.. 1628. Very Good. 4to. ff.(4),124,(4). Title printed in red & black with a large woodcut vignette. Text profusely illustrated with 57 fine woodcuts. BOUND WITH: Franchieres, Jean de. LA FAUCONNERIE... De Nouveau Reveue... Paris: Claude Cramoisy. 1628. ff.(4),127,(5). Index. Title with large woodcut vignettes. Text illustrated with 30 large woodcuts of falcons. Cont. calf, gilt spine. Very minor worming to one section of the spine, and a small chip at bottom of spine, otherwise an... more information

No place: No pub.. 1787. (4),268pp. Orig. paper-covered boards, a bit soiled and extremities worn. Paper spine label, chipped. Small library rubber stamp on title page. First published in 1786. ... more information

COLOGNE: Np. 1695. 12mo. (8),334pp. Wood engraved frontispiece. Title printed in red & black. Cont. speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with small chip at head and minor worming at foot. ... more information

A Londres (i.e. The Hague): Aux Depens de la Compagnie (Chez Pierre Grosse).. 1737. Second edition. 12mo. 2 vols. (4),386;(2),402pp. Title pages printed in red & black, with copper engraved vignettes. Illustrated with 16 copper engraved plates (3 folding). Finely bound in 18th c. full gilt tooled calf, covers with central gilt ornaments of a crowned monogram. Elaborately gilt spine spines with tan, red & black calf labels. A.e.g. An attractive set. ... more information