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

Basel: (Valentine Curio.. 1523). 8vo. ff.92. Title within woodcut border (top outer edge with a small torn portion). Full-page woodcut device on verso of the final leaf. Some large woodcut initials. Early vellum. Three studies, on Roman politics and government and on ancient Latin ab breviations. Adams F597. ... more information

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

Leyden & Paris: Jean Elzevir & Charles Angot. 1660. 12mo. (70),452,(24)pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 20 fine engraved plates. Contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled. Some light toning of the paper. With the engraved bookplate of Elizabeth Wade White. ... more information

London: Henrique Bryer.. 1818. 12mo. xii,140pp. plus an errata slip. Later (circa 1900) half pebbled black calf and marbled boards, hinges rubbed, but still sound. The first Spanish translation. Palau 29710. The N.U.C. records 1 c opy. ... more information

Genova: Giuseppe Pavoni, ad Instanza di Bernardo Castello.. 1617. Folio. 2 parts in 1. (16),256;72,36,(4)pp. Double column text. Complete with 2 engraved titles, each with portraits, and 20 plates after Bernardo Castello. Old calf, rebacked; the edges of the covers quite worn, short splits at top of hinges. Some light text soiling. ... 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

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

Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino.. 1551. First Italian translation. Sm. 4to. (8),857,(7)pp. Title within a fine woodcut border. With the final blank and the penultimate leaf blank except for the large woodcut printerís device. Cont. vellum, somewhat soiled. Some light text soiling and a small repair to the bottom of the title page. ... 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

Paris: Np. 1865. Lg. 8vo. 2 vols. (2),xvi,216;(4),176pp. Profusely illustrated. 26 engraved plates, each printed in a set of 3 (black, sepia, and blue), plus 24 engraved single plates (21 are mounted proofs), and 21 text vignettes. Title pages printed in red & black. Finely bound by Thivey (circa 1910) in 1/2 brown morocco over marbled boards. Gilt tooled spines with green calf labels and inlays. Extremities lightly rubbed. T.e.g. ... more information

Paris: Pierre Didot l'Aine, et de Firmin Didot.. 1801. 12mo. 300pp. Cont. calf over boards, minor rodent gnawing at foot of spine. ... 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