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Priapeia;
[EROTICA]. [BURTON, Richard F. (translation) & SMITHERS, Leonard C. (editor)].Original price £1,750.00 - Original price £1,750.00Original price £0.00£1,750.00£1,750.00 - £1,750.00Current price £1,750.00| /One of 250 copies - printed for private circulation. A near-fine copy of a Burton rarity. One of 250 numbered copies, published for members of the ...
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La Maison Philibert.
LORRAIN, Jean; COURBOULEIX, Léon & FARNETI, Carlo (illustrators).Original price £12,500.00 - Original price £12,500.00Original price £12,500.00£12,500.00£12,500.00 - £12,500.00Current price £12,500.00| /With an extra suite of plates & original watercolours. One of 50 copies with an extra suite of plates and a copper plate. This copy also includ...
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Madame Bovary. Moeurs de province.
FLAUBERT, Gustave; HUARD, Charles; van ELSEN, Théodore; FARNETI, Carlo (illustrators).Original price £15,000.00 - Original price £15,000.00Original price £15,000.00£15,000.00£15,000.00 - £15,000.00Current price £15,000.00| /A unique copy with original watercolours. A unique example extra-illustrated by Charles Huard with two copper plates and numerous original drawings...
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La Maison Tellier.
MAUPASSANT, Guy de; LOBEL-RICHE, Almery.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /Limited edition - one of 100 copies. A finely bound example with intricate onlay designs inspired by the story.Limited edition, one of 100 copies o...
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La Nuit Venitienne; Fantasio; Les Caprices de Marianne.
BRUNELLESCHI, Umberto (artist); MUSSET, Alfred de.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00| /A handsomely bound example of Brunelleschi's illustrated edition of three works by the French dramatist, poet & novelist Alfred de Musset, kno...
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Defense du Christianisme.
[BINDING]. FRAYSSINOUS, M. D.Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £3,000.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00| /This is the second edition of an important French Restoration polemic. Duplanyl was a master of mosaic/onlay binding.Second edition, 3 vols, tall ...
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Moriae Encomium.
ERASMUS, Desiderius.Original price £50,000.00 - Original price £50,000.00Original price £0.00£50,000.00£50,000.00 - £50,000.00Current price £50,000.00| /First dated edition & earliest procurable edition of Erasmus' In Praise of Folly. The scarce first dated edition of Erasmus' Moriae Encomium, a...
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La Vie Mahomed;
BOULAINVILLIERS, Henri, Comte de.Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /Second edition of this scarce work on the prophet Muhammed by Henri de Boulainvilliers. This book is a thorough history of Muslim and Islamic cult...
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De rebus gestis Antonj Caraphaei libri quatuor.
VICO, Giambattista.Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00| /First edition of this intriguing work by Vico that chronicles the deeds of one of the most famous Neapolitan men of arms of the seventeenth centur...
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De gli Automati, ouero Machine se Moventi, Libri due,
HERON OF ALEXANDRIA; BALDI, Bernardino (translator).Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /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...
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The Book of Common Prayer,
[COMMON PRAYER].Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /A handsome copy of the Book of Common Prayer together with the Psalms of David, rubricated throughout. 8vo; title printed in red and black, rubric...
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Les Nouvelles Amoureuses.
AUBERT, Charles.Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00| /Complete sets of these racy French novelettes are very scarce. Titles include Une Mission delicate, La Jarretiere, Le Ballon Rouge, Le Fruit Defen...
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Dello Scalco
ROSSETTI, Giovanni Battista.Original price £8,500.00 - Original price £8,500.00Original price £0.00£8,500.00£8,500.00 - £8,500.00Current price £8,500.00| /Editio princeps. The rare editio princeps of this famous treatise containing a compendium of all the culinary literature that appeared during the s...
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Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis.
MELA, Pomponius.Original price £16,500.00 - Original price £16,500.00Original price £0.00£16,500.00£16,500.00 - £16,500.00Current price £16,500.00| /One of the earliest printed works on geography. Rare fourth edition of the earliest surviving Latin work on geography and the only treatise devoted...
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Histoire les plus Remarquables de L'ancien et du Nouveau Testament,
LUYKEN, Jean.Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00| /First French edition (originally published in Dutch in 1729), illustrated throughout with engraved plates, maps, and illustrations by Jan Luyken (...
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Der Blutige Schau-Platz oder Martyrn Spiegel der Tauffsgesinten oder Wehrlosen-Christen,
BRAGHT, T.J.V.Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00| /Originally published in Dordrecht in 1660 in Dutch, this is the first edition printed in German. The work was compiled by Thieleman Braght from ch...
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A folding map of Beshagard in south-eastern Persia,
[MANUSCRIPT MAP]. SULEYMAN MIRZA (cartographer)Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /A label pasted to the front wrapper reads 'Map of Beshagard, the work of Sulayman Mirza', and the map itself is entitled 'The work of the servant ...
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Risalh Salariyyah,
QULI QAJAR, 'Isa bin Reza [known as 'Majnun'].Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /Commission for a qajar prince. An attractive volume comprising the Risalah Salariyyah of 'Isa bin Reza Quli Qajar, known as Majnun, followed by a s...
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Félicien Rops et son œuvre.
ROPS, Félicien; [VARIOUS].Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00| /An at the time of publication significant work relating to the artist Félicien Rops, featuring previously unpublished material. Notable for its at...
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De la Imitacion de Christo,
KEMPIS, Thomas à.Original price £180.00 - Original price £180.00Original price £0.00£180.00£180.00 - £180.00Current price £180.00| /A neat Spanish-language pocket edition of Thomas à Kempis' famous devotional work, embellished with four fine copper engravings.Small 12mo (137 x ...
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