A BEAUTIFULLY CALLIGRAPHED CARTA EXECUTORIA ON VELLUM.

A BEAUTIFULLY CALLIGRAPHED CARTA EXECUTORIA. 1793 Spain 1793 306 x 205 mm. (12 x 8"). 37 leaves of text, single column, 18 lines, in a fine, italic hand. Original red morocco, covers with intricate gilt frame of crenellations, garlands, and floral tools, smooth spine divided into panels with decorative rolls, panels with urn centerpieces, marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In a contemporary marbled calf pull-off case. WITH CHARMING ILLUMINATED INITIALS AND HEADPIECES, TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS,... Read More

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AN IMMENSE, HANDSOME CARTA EXECUTORIA ON PAPER.

325 x 220 mm. (12 3/4 x 8 3/4"). [185] leaves. Single column, 17 lines in a fine italic book hand.IMPRESSIVE CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, EXTRAVAGANTLY GILT, BY MORENO (stamp-signed at foot of spine), covers framed with multiple decorative and floral rolls, square cornerpieces with cornucopias at corners, wreathed monogram at center, central panel with oblique vase tools at corners, raised bands, spine compartments with either multiple decorative rolls, floral spray centerpiece with cornucopias at corners, or bead-and-patera swag, turn-ins with... Read More

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A NEARLY COMPLETE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH TEXT FROM THE LIFE OF ST. TAURIN.

Single column, 32 lines in Caroline minuscule.With one slightly larger than one-line initial in red.See: Herrick, "Imagining the Sacred Past: Hagiography and Power in Early Normandy."Removed from a binding and thus with some moderate browning and soiling, a series of small holes near inner margin affecting a couple of letters, no more than a line or two of text cut away at the bottom, but the rest of the text intact and very legible, the ink dark and the script... Read More

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

by A COLLECTION OF TRANSLATIONS, BY FITZGERALD AND ESPECIALLY OF OTHER EDITORS, OF THE

1872-1959. 11 separately published works in 12 volumes.. 1) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872) 218 x 163 mm. (8 5/5 x 6 1/2"). Third Edition. Original roan-backed cloth. Potter 137. Wear on spine, darkening of edges of cover, but still nearly an excellent copy. 2) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1878) 175 x 130 mm. (6 3/4 x 5"). First Published American Edition from the Third London Edition. One... Read More

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YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT

by ADAMS, ANSEL

Boston: New York Graphic Society, Little, Brown and Company, 1979. No. 107 of 250 COPIES OF THE DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED BY ANSEL ADAMS on the colophon. Book: 314 x 382 mm. (12 1/4 x 15"); Print: 332 x 488 (13 x 19 1/4"), mounted on archival board measuring 560 x 710 mm. (22 x 28"). 28, [2] pp., [3] leaves. Publisher's quarter brown morocco over linen boards, upper cover with blind-stamped morocco label, raised bands. Housed in the... Read More

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THE FABLES OF AESOP. PRINTED FROM THE VERONESE EDITION OF MCCCCLXXIX IN LATIN VERSES AND ITALIAN VERSION BY ACCIO ZUCCO, WITH THE WOODCUTS NEWLY ENGRAVED AND COLOURED AFTER A COPY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. [with] THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF CAXTON'S AESOP

by (OFFICINA BODONI). AESOP

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1973. No. 131 OF 160 COPIES. 255 x 182 mm. (10 x 6 3/8"). Two volumes. With an epilogue by Giovanni Mardersteig. Publisher's stiff vellum backed with green morocco, top edges gilt. WITH 68 FINE HAND-COLORED WOODCUTS by Ann Bramanti (66 of these full-page), colored via pochoir by Daniel Jacomet to recreate the illuminated miniature effect of the British Library colored copy of the Veronese Aesop of 1479 (upon which the present edition is based).... Read More

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TEXT FROM A HOMILIARY IN LATIN

by A FRAGMENT FROM A VERY LARGE ROMANESQUE MANUSCRIPT LEAF, WITH A FINE INITIAL DEPICTING ST. PETER AND CHRIST

Southern Germany(?), early 12th century. 240 x 310 mm. (9 1/2 x 12 1/4"). Double column, 16 intact lines in a large Romanesque script. Rubrics and two small initials in red, one three-line initial in red, and A STRIKING SIX-LINE (65 x 55 mm.) ROMANESQUE INITIAL "U" DEPICTING CHRIST WITH A BOOK AND ST. PETER WITH THE KEYS TO HEAVEN, the full-length figures and their garments drawn with simple black and red pen lines, Christ's robes and halo... Read More

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HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA

by A FRAGMENT OF AN EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, WITH TEXT FROM ANASTASIUS BIBLIOTHECARIUS'

France, late 12th century. 176 x 132 mm. (7 x 5 1/4"). Single column, 18 lines in a protogothic hand (text on one side only). Rubrics in red, "Liber" in upper margin in red. Recto and verso with scribblings by later hands, the name "Simon Pivante" clearly visible on recto, but the others illegible. ◆Recovered from a binding and thus with obvious staining, folds, and rubbing, a couple lines at top and bottom and a few other words... Read More

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A PRACTICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY

by (AGRICULTURE - 18TH CENTURY). DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, [HENRI-LOUIS]

London: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, 1759. First Edition in English. 268 x 210 mm. (10 1/2 x 8 1/4"). xxiv, 491, [9] pp. (the last ads). Translated and edited by John Mills. Contemporary sprinkled calf, raised bands, rebacked with brown morocco, original tan morocco title label (restorations to corners). With a folding diagram for barley planting, and six copper engravings of farm equipment (ploughs, seed drills, etc.), four of them folding. Front pastedown with armorial... Read More

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A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. BEING A COMPLETE BODY OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING

by (AGRICULTURE - 18TH CENTURY). LAURENCE, JOHN

London: Printed for Tho. Woodward [by William Bowyer], 1726. FIRST EDITION. One of 1,000 copies (according to Bowyer's ledgers, per ESTC). 360 x 222 mm. (14 x 8 3/4"). 12 p.l., 456 [i.e. 452] pp. (4L2v is numbered 316-320). Contemporary calf, covers with gilt roll frame, oblique floral cornerpieces, rebacked in olive-brown calf, raised bands flanked by scrolling gilt rolls, panels with decorative gilt centerpiece, red morocco label, marbled endpapers and edges (neat repairs to head edge and... Read More

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CHILTERN AND VALE FARMING. [bound with] THE PRACTICAL FARMER; OR THE HERTFORDSHIRE HUSBANDMAN

by (AGRICULTURE). ELLIS, WILLIAM

London: Printed for the author, 1733; London: Printed for Weaver Bickerton, 1732. Early [First?] Edition of the first work; Second Edition (with additions) of the second work (published in same year as the first edition). 191 x 127 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). viii, 400 pp.; iv, 5-171 pp., [5] pp. (ads). Two separately published works bound in one.. Pleasing recent retrospective half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine with red morocco label, speckled edges. Paper repairs... Read More

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

by A LARGE GROUP OF ITEMS OF, OR RELATED TO, THE

1872-1921. 60 different editions in 61 volumes.. Most items in their original publisher's bindings (mostly cloth or wrappers, and a few in limp suede); one in half morocco. Condition ranging from very good to very fine; many of the cloth items with light shelfwear (rubbing to edges, mild soiling, fraying to head and tail of spine) and minor condition issues internally (light scattered foxing and browning), a handful of items with more noticeable condition issues (spine partially lost,... Read More

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ROMANORUM PONTIFICUM, REGUM ATQUE ILLUSTRIUM VIRORUM TESTIMONIA DE BEATO NICOLAO ALBERGATO

by (ALBERGATI, NICCOLO). RUGGERIUS, CONSTANTINUS, [and] JACOBUS ZENUS

Rome: Ex Typographia Francisci de Comitibus Ipressoris Cameralis, 1744. 281 x 200 mm. (11 1/8 x 7 7/8"). 2 p.l. (first blank), v-xviii pp., [1] leaf, xxxviii, 253, [1] pp. Contemporary stiff vellum, smooth spine, reddish-brown label with gilt lettering. With woodcut coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV on the title, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Title with ink stamp of the library of S. Pietro ad Vincula in Rome. ◆A hint of soil to the vellum, but... Read More

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THE HERMETICAL TRIUMPH: OR, THE VICTORIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL STONE

by (ALCHEMY). [LIMOJON DE SAINT-DIDIER, ALEXANDRE-TOUSSAINT], Attributed to

London: P. Hanet, 1723. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 155 x 99 mm. (6 1/8 x 3 7/8"). xxvi, [2], 147, [1], 39, [1] pp.Translated from the French edition of 1699. Contemporary calf, covers with double gilt rule, raised bands. In a custom drop-back box. With engraved allegorical frontispiece. Front pastedown with large engraved Masonic bookplate, front free endpaper with ink stamped emblem of a 33rd degree Mason and ink ownership stamp of John Glas Sandeman (see below). Greenberg, "From... Read More

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CHYMISCHES CABINET DERER GOSSEN GEHEIMNUSSEN DER NATUR DURCH WOHL ERSONNENE SINNREICHE KUPFFERSTICHE UND EMBLEMATA

by (ALCHEMY - EMBLEM BOOK). MAIER, MICHAEL

Frankfurt: Georg Heinrich Oehrling, 1708. First Edition in German. 202 x 160 mm. (8 x 6 1/4"). 2 p.l., 151, [2] (blank), 152-53 pp. Original patterned paper boards and calf corners, expertly and sympathetically rebacked with unadorned calf, raised bands. WITH 50 FINE COPPER-ENGRAVED EMBLEMS BY MATTHÄUS MERIAN THE ELDER. Front pastedown with engraved "Mannington Hall" bookplate of English diplomat Horatio Walpole (1678-1757). Ferguson II, 63; Duveen 385; Landwehr, "German Emblem Books" 413; Kindlers Neues Literatur Lexikon X,... Read More

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DIVINARVM INSTITVTIONVM LIBRI SEPTEM. [and] TERTULLIANUS, QUINTUS SEPTIMUS FLORENS. LIBER APOLOGETICVS [ADVERSVS GENTES] CUM INDICE

by (ALDINE IMPRINT). (BINDINGS - BOZERIAN JEUNE). LACTANTIUS, LUCIUS COELIUS FIRMIANUS

Venice: In Aedibvs Haeredvm Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, 1535. Second Aldine Edition. 165 x 98 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 7/8"). 16 p.l., 328, [12] leaves (last two blank); 47, [45] leaves. Edited by Onorato Fascitello. ELEGANT 18TH CENTURY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, BY BOZERIAN JEUNE (stamp-signed at foot of spine), covers framed by mirrored-tulip roll, daisies at corners, smooth spine in compartments with branches of ivy radiating from a central anular dot, all on the signature Bozerian... Read More

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EXPOSITIO IN IIII. ORATIONES M. TVLLI CIC[ERONIS] CONTRA C. VERREM [and other orations]

by (ALDINE IMPRINT). ASCONIUS PEDIANUS, QUINTUS

Venetiis: In Aedibvs Aldi, et Andreae Asvlani Soceri, 1522. First Aldine Edition. 171 x 102 mm. (6 3/4 x 4"). 12 p.l., 282, [1] leaves.Edited by Franciscus Asulanus. Contemporary brown calf, covers with double gilt rule border, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron, gilt titling. Aldine anchor device on title and final leaf. Renouard 96:8; Schweiger II, 17; STC Italian, p. 59; Brunet I, 523. ◆Covers with a dozen small areas of abrasion or lost... Read More

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EX PLAUTI COMOEDIIS XX QUARUM CARMINA MAGNA EX PARTE IN MENSUM SUUM RESTITUTA SUNT MDXXII

by (ALDINE IMPRINT). PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS

Venetiis [Venice]: In aedibus Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri [Torresano], July 1522. First Aldine Edition. 210 x 140 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/2"). 14 p.l., 284 pp. Pretty 19th century red morocco by J. Canape (stamp-signed on front turn-in), gilt, covers with French fillet frame, oblique fleurons at corners, raised bands, spine compartments with intricate central lozenge, lacy cornerpieces, gilt lettering, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt over marbling. Printer's dolphin and anchor device on... Read More

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PSYCHE ET CUPIDO

by ALLIX, SUSAN, Illustrator. (RICCARDI PRESS). APULEIUS

London: [Riccardi Press] Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1913. No. 175 OF 525 COPIES on paper (and 12 on vellum), the ILLUSTRATIONS UNIQUE TO THIS COPY. 247 x 173 mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/2"). 4 p.l., 41, [3] pp. Publisher's limp vellum, gilt lettering to upper cover and flat spine, yapp edges, four green silk ties. Half title with green publisher's device of the Riccardi Press and WITH THREE ORIGINAL SIGNED COLOR ETCHINGS ADDED BY... Read More

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CALENDRIER POUR CETTE ANNEE

by (EPHEMERA). (POCKET ALMANAC)

Paris: Louis Janet, [ca. 1820s]. (Necessaire): 120 x 70 mm (4 3/4 x 2 3/4"). Calendar: [6] leaves; notebook: [4] leaves. Red straight-grain morocco, lined with green satin, containing a calendar in paper wrappers and notebook bound in matching pale green satin. Exterior decorative panel with central painted porcelain scene surrounded by wire filigree and pearls, under a glass window. In a later red morocco case by Riviere & Son (stamp-signed), double ruled in gilt, raised bands, gilt-ruled... Read More

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TEXT PRESUMABLY FROM THE HOURS OF THE CROSS

by A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A BREATHTAKING MINIATURE OF THE CRUCIFIXION, FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN FRENCH

Metz, ca. 1440. Leaf: 162 x 124 mm. (6 3/8 x 4 7/8"). Frame: 308 x 258 mm. (12 1/8 x 10 1/8"). Single column, three lines of text under the miniature (obverse with 18 ruled lines, five of which contain text), in a gothic book hand. Attractively matted and framed. Recto with one three-line initial in gold on pink and blue ground, WITH A LARGE MINIATURE OF THE CRUCIFIXION WASHED IN BLUE, Christ on a painted gold... Read More

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WITH TEXT IN LATIN FROM THE "SENTENTIAE" OF PETER LOMBARD

by A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, RECOVERED FROM A BINDING

Germany(?), late 12th or early 13th century. 335 x 224 mm. (13 1/4 x 8 7/8"). Double column, 29 lines, in an elegant proto-gothic book hand. Rubrics in red, several two-line initials in red. Recovered from a binding and so the vellum a bit soiled, creased, and wavy, recto with a lighter patch (where a title label was once situated), light stains and glue and paper residue on the verso, but overall the leaf remarkably clean, entirely legible,... Read More

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USE OF ROME

by A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH EIGHT MINIATURES IN THE STYLE OF THE MASTERS OF OTTO VAN MOERDRECHT

Flanders, ca. 1450. 109 x 81 mm. (4 1/4 x 3 1/8"). Single column, 14 lines in a gothic book hand. 161 leaves. COMPLETE. Contents: Calendar (f. 1r); Mass of the Holy Spirit (f. 14r); Mass of the Holy Cross (f. 23r); Requiem Mass (f. 30r); Prayer on the Seven Last Words of Christ by the Venerable Bede (f. 36v); Passion according to John (f. 40v); blank (f. 53); Hours of the Holy Cross (f. 55r); Mass of the... Read More

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TEXT FROM COMPLINE, FROM THE HOURS OF THE PASSION

by A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH A MINIATURE OF THE ENTOMBMENT

Southern Netherlands (Bruges?), third quarter of 15th century. Matted leaf: 150 x 150 mm. (5 7/8 x 4 3/8"). Frame: 307 x 258 mm. (12 x 10 1/4"). Single column, with four lines below the miniature (and the obverse with 17 lines) in a batarde hand. Attractively matted and framed (the leaf slightly shifted in the mat, revealing top and side edges, but in no danger of damage). Rubrics in red, four one-line initials and three three-line initials... Read More

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USE OF ROME

by A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH 36 LARGE AND SMALL MINIATURES BY THE MAITRE DU LIVRE DE LA CHASSE DE PHILIPPE DE CLEVES

Low Countries [probably Bruges], ca. 1470-80. 186 x 135 mm. (7 3/8 x 5 1/4"). Single column, 20 lines in a gothic book hand. i (blank), 108, i (blank) leaves (bound too tightly for a close collation, but APPARENTLY COMPLETE). Contents: Calendar (f. 1r); Gospel Lessons (f. 7r); Hours of the Holy Cross (f. 11r); Hours of the Holy Spirit (f. 15r); Mass of the Virgin (18r); "Obsecro te" (f. 21r); "O Intemerata" (f. 23r); Suffrages (f. 24r); Hours... Read More

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