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...

One of the earliest printed works on geography. Rare fourth edition of the earliest surviving Latin work on geography and the only treatise devoted...

A neat Spanish-language pocket edition of Thomas à Kempis' famous devotional work, embellished with four fine copper engravings.Small 12mo (137 x ...

An attractive edition of the Valencian renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives' linguistic work for students of Latin. 12mo (152 x 80 mm.); half-titl...

Limited edition, one of 500 copies (this numbered 133); 4to (28 x 21 cm); with 45 illustrations from original watercolours by Pierre Brissaud repr...

With an original drawing by Lobel-Riche and manuscript essay from Pierre Benoit.L'Atlantide was originally published in 1919 and shortly became a ...

An attractive example of Brunelleschi's work, illustrating his appreciation & understanding of costume as well as his flair for the erotic.Lim...

Limited edition signed by artist Gerda Wegener Gerda Wegener (1886 – 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter best known for her erotic works. A...

Limited edition number 307 of 425 numbered copies; 4to; 20 colour plates by Icart and a facsimile letter by Colette on blue paper tipped-in opposi...

Privately printed - Pierre Louÿs' masterpiece. This edition was printed in small numbers and not for sale: 'tirée à petit nombre et non mise dans l...

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...

Presentation copy signed by Barbier. A French Romantic poet, Maurice de Guérin (1810-39) achieved cult status in his lifetime as one of the first w...

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

Limited edition of 652 copies in total, this one part of the 250 reserved for subscribers of the work, numbered and signed by the author.This bril...

Reizendes Album nach Art des Liber Amicorum, hier allerdings mit erotischem bis schweinösem Inhalt: kleine Bleistiftzeichnungen eines Paares bei a...

Fine early 19th-century gothic binding. Tall 8vo; engraved portrait, contemporary green morocco in the Gothic style, multiple gilt fillets, decorat...

Exceptional crushed morocco binding, gilt panels enclosing central square decorated heavily in gilt with floral and leaf designs, by Dauphin, Lyon...