First dated edition & earliest procurable edition of Erasmus' In Praise of Folly. The scarce first dated edition of Erasmus' Moriae Encomium, a...

A rare and beautiful work on classical automata. The rare first printed edition of the 'only extant treatise on the design and construction of anci...

Editio princeps. The rare editio princeps of this famous treatise containing a compendium of all the culinary literature that appeared during the s...

The only known Halakhic work by Recanati. The only known Halakhic work by Recanati, who is better known for his Kabbalistic work. The author, R. Me...

Scarce early account of North Africa. The first book on Africa written by an African. The woodcut illustrations include personifications of Africa...

The first printed celestial atlas. An early edition of De le stelle fisse, the first printed celestial atlas. Notable for the depiction of the Coro...

Important eye-witness acount of Java. First Latin edition of this important account of Cornelius Houtman's voyage, the first Dutch voyage to the Ea...

An anonymous account of the expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman, published in the same year as the Dutch edition (Journael vande Reyse der Holla...

One of perhaps three editions printed around this time; the only copy of this edition we could locate in British institutional holdings is that in...

Three anti-semitic papal bulls. Three papal bulls restricting the rights of Jews. Cupientes Iudeos, first published in 1542, stated that converts f...

The first dated and earliest procurable edition of the Praise of Folly, Erasmus' most enduring work. The scarce first dated edition of Erasmus' Mor...

"Petits contes un peu libres" (Brunet). Scarce early edition based on Cornazano's collection of tales. Antonio Cornazano or Cornazzano (1429-84) wa...

A collection of anecdotes, witticisms and facetiae of famous men, first published just a year before; it contains sayings, some serious and others...

Important illustrated history of Jerusalem. A fine example, in an attractive contemporary binding, of the first edition in Latin of this important ...

The birthplace of Georg Braun. Published in the first volume of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Cities of the World) - the first systematic depiction...

Germany. A wonderfully detailed "birds-eye" view of Emuda, in German Emden, the capital of East Frisia. Taken from the famous work "Civitates Orbis...