Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore, Knt
by MORE, Sir Thomas
London: Printed for Thomas Page and William Mount, 1728. ROPER, William. The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore, Knt. Lord High-Chancellor of England, In the Reign of K. Henry the Viiith. Written by William Rooper, Esq; Prothonotary of the King's Bench: To Which is added from Sir Thomas's English Works some Letters of His, &c. referred to in the Account of his Life. London: Printed for Thomas Page and William Mount, 1728. Full Description: [MORE, Sir... Read More
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De sedibus, et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis libri quinque
by MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Cornelium Haak, 1767. Full Description: MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista. De sedibus, et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis libri quinque. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Cornelium Haak, 1767. Early edition. Five books in two quarto volumes (9 x 7 inches; 230 x 180 mm). [4], cxliii, [1, blank], 222; [4], 310; [2], 442; [2], 351, [1 blank] pp. Books four and five with continuous pagination. With engraved vignettes, head and tail pieces. With half-titles. Contemporary... Read More
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Orbis Maritimi
by MORISOT, Claude Barthelemy
Dijon: Pierre Palliot, 1643. Dijon: Pierre Palliot 1643 First edition, first issue with the dedication to King Louis XIII dated January 1643. Folio (13 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 347 x 240 mm). [24], 725, [1, errata], [18] pp. With engraved title-page, additional printed title in red and black, one double-page engraved plate of a view of a Roman "naumachia", and numerous engraved maps and illustrations in the text, one of which is full paged. Two book, with... Read More
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Mormon" Women's Protest
by MORMONS
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1886. MORMONS. The Ladies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints protest against the tyranny and indecency of Federal officials in Utah, and against their own disfranchisement without cause. Full account of proceedings at the great mass meeting held in the theater, Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday, March 6, 1886. First edition. Pamphlet. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm). iv, 5-91, [1, blank] pp. This pamphlet documents... Read More
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A Woorke concerning the trewnesse of the Christian Religion Written in French
by MORNAY, Phillippe de
London: [By [John Charlewood and] George Robinson] for Thomas Cadman, 1587. SIDNEY, Sir Philip; GOLDING, Arthur. GOLDING, Arthur, [translator]. SIDNEY, Sir Philip, [translator]. A Woorke concerning the trewnesse of the Christian Religion Written in French. Against Atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Jewes, Mahumetists, and other Infidels. By Philip of Mornay Lord of Plessie Marlie. Begunne to be translated into English by Sir Philip Sidney Knight, and a his request finished by Arthur Golding. London: [By [John Charlewood and] George Robinson] for... Read More
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Nicolas Louis Robert
by MORRIS, Henry
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2000. BIRD & BULL PRESS. and his Endless Wire Papermaking Machine. With Facsimiles of the Inventor's Original Drawings of the First Paper Machine. Including a chapter on the papermaking historian Leonard B. Schlosser. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2000. Limited to 150 copies, of which this is number 55. Two volumes, folio and quarto. Gray paper portfolio contains 5 color facsimiles of the original drawings of the first paper machine. Accompanied with 41... Read More
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Essays of Landscape Gardening
by MORRIS, Richard
London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1825. First edition. Quarto (12 5/8 x 10 inches; 320 x 253 mm). viii, [1, contents], [1, blank], 91, [1, colophon] pp. Complete with six aquatint plates total. Three are are color plates, including the frontispiece and three are in sepia, two of which have overslips. With half-title. Original drab boards, rebacked to style. Edges uncut. Inner hinges strengthened. Some minor foxing, mainly to preliminaries and margins, not affecting plates. Boards a bit... Read More
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Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press
by MORRIS, William
Hammersmith: Sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1898. KELMSCOTT PRESS. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898]. One of 525 paper copies. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 206 x 145 mm. [4], 70, [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. Printed in red and black in Golden type, with five pages in Troy and Chaucer types. Decorative woodcut borders and initials. Wood-engraved frontispiece, and rejected ornaments for Love Is Enough. Bound with the often... Read More
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William Morris
by MORRIS, William
London: Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1902. First edition. Octavo. Quarter vellum over brown paper boards, lettered in black on spine. Pages unopened. Previous owner's bookplate. Some wear to spine, else very good. HBS 66408. $100.
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Architecture and History, and Westminster Abbey
by MORRIS, William
London: Longmans & Co, 1900. CHISWICK PRESS. London: Longmans & Co., 1900]. Reprinted at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type, designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 208 x 143 mm). 50 pp. Quarter holland-backed boards. Title printed in black on front board. Boards with some rubbing along edges. A bit of marginal staining. Overall very good. "Architecture and History. A paper read before the Society for... Read More
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Story of the Glittering Plain
by MORRIS, William
Hammersmith: Sold by William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, 1894. KELMSCOTT PRESS; CRANE, Walter. With Twenty-Three Wood-Engraved Illustrations Designed by Walter Crane KELMSCOTT PRESS. CRANE, Walter, [illustrator]. MORRIS, William. The Story of the Glittering Plain. which has been also called The Land of Living Men or The Acre of the Undying. Hammersmith: Sold by William Morris, at the Kelmscott Press, 1894. Full Description: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William. The Story of the Glittering Plain which has been... Read More
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Art of the People
by MORRIS, William
Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1902. Octavo. 42pp. Quarter brown calf over paper boards, gilt-stamped on front cover and spine. Edges uncut. Pages unopened. Previous owner's bookplate with a bit of glue off-setting. Rear cover with some discoloration, spine rubbed. Overall, a very good copy. HBS 66407. $250.
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Holy Bible
by MOSER, Barry
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. MOSER, Barry; BIBLE IN ENGLISH|PENNYROYAL PRESS. illustrator]. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. PENNYROYAL PRESS. The Holy Bible. West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. Full Description: [MOSER, Barry]. The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments. West Hatfield, Massachusetts: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. One of 400 copies on Zerkall Bible paper, out of a total edition of 430 copies, this being number 98. Signed by Moser. Two folio... Read More
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Cosi Fan Tutte [LEC]
by MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus
New York: Limited Editions Club, 2001. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus; BALTHUS|LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. composer]. BALTHUS, [illustrator]. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Cosi Fan Tutte [LEC]. Xilografie di Balthus New York: Limited Editions Club, 2001. Full Description: MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus, [composer]. BALTHUS, [illustrator]. Cosi Fan Tutte. Xilografie di Balthus. New York: Limited Editions Club, 2001. First edition. One of 300 copies initialed by Balthus this being number 32. Folio (16 1/2 x 16 inches; 418 x 410 mm). With numerous... Read More
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Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares Quadruplices
by MULERIUS, Nicolaus
Alkmaar: Jacobus Meesterus, 1611. Full Description: MULERIUS, Nicolaus. [i.e. MULLER, Nicolaus]. Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares Quadruplices e fontibus Cl. Ptolemaei, Regis Alfonsi, Nic. Copernici, & Tychonis Brahe, recens constructae. Alkmaar: Excudebat Jacobus Meesterus. Veneunt Amstelrodami apud Wilhelmum Janssonium, 1611. First edition. Signed by the author on the bottom margin of page 8 under the "Tabularum emptori". With engraved title-page including portraits of Copernicus, Brahe, Ptolemy, King Alfonsus and Hipparchus. Also with an armorial woodcut of Frisia, historiated woodcut... Read More
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Organum Uranicum
by MÜNSTER, Sebastian
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1536. Full Description: MÜNSTER, Sebastian. Organum Uranicum. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1536. First edition of Münster's important treatise on the revolution of the moon and planets. With 14 out of 15 volvelles, of which 5 are in facsimile. As usual, volvelles are not all present. We could not find a complete copy on Rare Book Hub in the past 50 years. Two parts in one quarto volume, with divisional title (11 3/4 x 8 inches;... Read More
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Compositio Horologiorum
by MÜNSTER, Sebastian
Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1531. First edition. Small quarto (7 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 180 x 140 mm). [8], 198, [1, colophon], [1, printer's device] pp. With title-page woodcut of sundials, engraved printers device and numerous woodcuts throughout the text, many full page. Bound without the folding plate as usual. The woodcuts on pp. 39, 166, 173, 177 are ascribed to Hans Holbein the Younger. The woodcuts throughout are of sun dials and other means of marking the time.... Read More
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England's Treasure by Forraign Trade
by MUN, Thomas
London: Printed by J. Flesher for Robert Horne, 1669. Full Description: MUN, Thomas. England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. Or, The ballance of our forraign trade is the rule of our treasure. London: Printed by J. Flesher for Robert Horne, 1669. Second edition. Small octavo (6 1/4 x 4 3/16 inches; 160 x 107 mm). [6], 186, 149-155, [1, blank] pp. Although the pagination jumps, book is complete and collates the same as the British Library copy. With... Read More
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Theory of Mathematical Machines
by MURRAY, Francis J.
New York: King's Crown Press (Columbia University), 1947. Full Description: MURRAY, Francis J.. The Theory of Mathematical Machines. New York: King's Crown Press (Columbia University), 1947. First edition, first printing with no indication of a later printing. Octavo (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm). vii, [1, blank], 116, [2, blank] pp. With numerous diagrams and equations. Spiral bound in publisher's original printed black wrappers. Back wrapper detached. Some minor chipping to edges of... Read More
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Lives of Illustrious Men
by NEPOS, Cornelius
Oxon: Printed for Hen. Cruttenden, 1684. FINCH, Leopold William. . The Lives of Illustrious Men. Written in Latin by Corn. Nepos, And Done into English by Several Hands. Oxon: Printed for Hen. Cruttenden, 1684. First English edition. Octavo (6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 174 x 109 mm). [56], 272, pp. Frontispiece portrait of Nepos. Full contemporary speckled brown calf, ruled in blind. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped in gilt. Edges speckled... Read More
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Heights of Macchu Picchu [LEC]
by NERUDA, Pablo
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1998. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Heights of Macchu Picchu [LEC]. Translated by John Felstiner. Photogravures by Edward Ranney. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1998. Full Description: NERUDA, Pablo. Heights of Macchu Picchu [LEC]. Translated by John Felstiner. Photogravures by Edward Ranney. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1998. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the photographer Edward Ranney. This being number 47. Oblong quarto (12 x 15 inches; 304 x 380 mm).... Read More
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Scenes on the Road
by NEWHOUSE, C.B.
London: Tho. McLean, 1834. NEWHOUSE, C.B.. Scenes on the Road. [London: Tho. McLean, 1834]. First Edition. Oblong folio (11 1/4 x 17 inches; 288 x 430 mm). With 18 large hand-colored aquatints, printed on white wove paper, heightened with gum arabic, bound together on stubs. Without title-page as issued. Each of the illustrations feature scenes of horses and carriages and their passengers on the road. Nos 1-4, 6 and 11 engraved by R.G. Reeve after Newhouse. Each image... Read More
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Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica
by NEWTON, Sir Isaac
London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726. Full Description: NEWTON, [Sir] Isaac. Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. Editio tertia aucta & emendata. London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726. Third edition. One of only 1250 copies printed. Quarto. [34], 530, [6, index] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait (facing title) by George Vertue after I. Vanderbank. Bound without the advertisement leaf. Numerous diagrams in the text and one engraving of cometary orbit on p. 506. Title printed in red and... Read More
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Excerpta Quaedam
by NEWTON, Sir Isaac
Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1765. Full Description: [NEWTON, Sir Isaac]. Excerpta Quaedam. e Newtoni Principiis Philosophiae Naturalis, Cum Notis Variorum. Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1765. First edition of a selection of excerpts from Newton's "Principia." Subscriber's copy. Quarto (9 3/4 x 8 inches; 248 x 200 mm). [ix, list of subscribers], [1, corrigenda], 180 pp. With twelve engraved folding plates and commentary on Newton's text by three Cambridge scholars. Modern full red morocco. Newer marbled endpapers. Binding with... Read More
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On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals, &c
by NICHOLSON, George
Manchester: George Nicholson, 1797. First Edition of an Early Work on Vegetarianism [NICHOLSON, George]. On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals, &c.. [Within] The Literary Miscellany. Manchester: Printed and sold at the office of G. Nicholson 1797. [Together with] [FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. Preceptive, moral and sentimental pieces. Prose. On Education, by Pratt. On Gymnastics, by Madame de Sillery. On a new Mode of Bathing; on Swimming; on Sleeping; by Dr. Franklin, &c. Printed and sold at... Read More
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