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Highlights include the last of the 17th-century editions of Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio, Francisco de Goya’s Los Caprichos, Erasmus’ Moriae Encomium, alongside many other rare books, manuscripts, prints, and artworks.

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  • Early issue of Sceniche Decorazioni and Raccolta by Alessandro Sanquirico, the pioneering set designer, containing 75 plates of operas, ballets, and plays performed in La Scala in Milan between 1817 and 1832.
    Early issue of Sceniche Decorazioni and Raccolta by Alessandro Sanquirico, the pioneering set designer, containing 75 plates of operas, ballets, and plays performed in La Scala in Milan between 1817 and 1832.

    SANQUIRICO, Alessandro.
    Sceniche Decorazioni, Inventate ed Eseguite [c.1835]; [c.1832].
    $88,800.00

  • First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.
    First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.

    LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de.
    Traité de Mécanique Céleste. AN VII [1799] - AN XI 1802; Courcier, AN XIII, 1805; Huzard-Courcier, AN XIII 1805; Bachelier, 1825.
    $20,493.00

  • A very attractive example of the French edition of the first Russian circumnavigation, complete with the rare and beautiful atlas.
    A very attractive example of the French edition of the first Russian circumnavigation, complete with the rare and beautiful atlas.

    KRUSENSTERN, Johann Adam von.
    Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806, 1821.
    $27,323.00

  • First edition of Scenes in Kafirland by Lumley Graham and Hugh Robinson, containing 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates of views and scenes in the Cape Colony in South Africa.
    First edition of Scenes in Kafirland by Lumley Graham and Hugh Robinson, containing 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates of views and scenes in the Cape Colony in South Africa.

    GRAHAM, Lieut. Lumley; ROBINSON, Lieut. Hugh.
    Scenes in Kafirland, 1854.
    $8,880.00

  • The complete set of eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving that make up Los Caprichos by Goya.
    The complete set of eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving that make up Los Caprichos by Goya.

    GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de.
    Los Caprichos. 1799.
    $273,230.00

  • First edition of Brindesi's Souvenirs de Constantinople in excellent condition and in the original cloth, an important set of views of the Ottoman Empire.
    First edition of Brindesi's Souvenirs de Constantinople in excellent condition and in the original cloth, an important set of views of the Ottoman Empire.

    BRINDESI, Jean.
    Souvenirs de Constantinople. [1855].
    $17,077.00

  • First edition of The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea by Carlo Bossoli, containing 51 views of Crimea and the Ukraine.
    First edition of The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea by Carlo Bossoli, containing 51 views of Crimea and the Ukraine.

    [UKRAINE]. BOSSOLI, Carlo (illustrator).
    The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea. 1856.
    $6,831.00

  • A rare double signature by A A Milne and Ernest Shepard of Now We Are Six, a first edition of stories featuring Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Eeyore
    A rare double signature by A A Milne and Ernest Shepard of Now We Are Six, a first edition of stories featuring Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Eeyore

    MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator).
    Now We Are Six. 1927.
    $6,148.00

  • Pomologia,
    Pomologia,

    KNOOP, Johann Hermann; HUTH, Georg Leonhart (translator).
    Pomologia, 1760 & 1766.
    $8,880.00

  • First English edition of New Light on Dark Africa by Carl Peters, inscribed by the translator, Henry William Dulcken, to a member of the Negreponte family dated 1891.
    First English edition of New Light on Dark Africa by Carl Peters, inscribed by the translator, Henry William Dulcken, to a member of the Negreponte family dated 1891.

    PETERS, Carl; DULCKEN, H.W. (translator).
    New Light on Dark Africa: 1891.
    $3,074.00

  • First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works, Alexis Jordan's Icones ad Floram Europae, published between 1866 and 1903.
    First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works, Alexis Jordan's Icones ad Floram Europae, published between 1866 and 1903.

    JORDAN, [Claude Thomas] Alexis; FOURREAU, Jules.
    Icones ad Floram Europae 1866-1903.
    $12,979.00

  • The first edition of Giovanni Branca's Le Machine, a key early work on engineering containing the first published depiction of a steam turbine
    The first edition of Giovanni Branca's Le Machine, a key early work on engineering containing the first published depiction of a steam turbine

    BRANCA, Giovanni.
    Le Machine. 1629.
    $8,197.00

  • First edition of the noted architect's Rambles in the Rhine Provinces which includes 14 mounted albumen prints, approximately 9 by 11.5cm in size.
    First edition of the noted architect's Rambles in the Rhine Provinces which includes 14 mounted albumen prints, approximately 9 by 11.5cm in size.

    SEDDON, John Pollard.
    Rambles in the Rhine Provinces. 1868.
    $3,416.00

  • First edition of A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire by John Kinneir with the rare seperately issued map, discussing Persia, Caucasus, Pakistan, and the Gulf.
    First edition of A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire by John Kinneir with the rare seperately issued map, discussing Persia, Caucasus, Pakistan, and the Gulf.

    KINNEIR, John MacDonald.
    A Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire, accompanied by a map. 1813.
    $11,613.00

  • Second edition of The History of Java by Thomas Stamfoird Raffles, with the third of the atlas, an exceptionally bright copy with the additional plates added for the second edition.
    Second edition of The History of Java by Thomas Stamfoird Raffles, with the third of the atlas, an exceptionally bright copy with the additional plates added for the second edition.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    The History of Java. 1830; 1844.
    $6,831.00

  • Illuminated pocket sized Qajar Qur'an produced around 1830.
    Illuminated pocket sized Qajar Qur'an produced around 1830.

    [QUR'AN].
    A Fine Illuminated Qur'an. circa 1830.
    $13,662.00

  • Les Américains.
    Les Américains.

    FRANK, Robert.
    Les Américains. 1958.
    $30,739.00

  • The Americans.
    The Americans.

    FRANK, Robert.
    The Americans. 1969.
    $11,954.00

  • An inscribed copy of Eisen und Stahl, an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.
    An inscribed copy of Eisen und Stahl, an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.

    RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert.
    Eisen und Stahl. 1931.
    $10,247.00

  • The first edition of botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker's important colour plate book The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, published in 1849.
    The first edition of botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker's important colour plate book The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, published in 1849.

    HOOKER, Joseph Dalton.
    The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; 1849.
    $15,028.00

  • The first UK edition of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, later made into an opera by Benjamin Britten.
    The first UK edition of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, later made into an opera by Benjamin Britten.

    MANN, Thomas.
    Death in Venice. 1928.
    $3,826.00

  • Rare presentation copy of James Grant's Walk across Africa, inscribed to the author's daughter 'To my dear little good "Mary Augusta" with her father's fondest love.
    Rare presentation copy of James Grant's Walk across Africa, inscribed to the author's daughter 'To my dear little good "Mary Augusta" with her father's fondest love.

    GRANT, James Augustus.
    A Walk Across Africa 1864.
    $10,247.00

  • First Latin edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographiae Universalis, for the first time with 39 town views, and new world maps and map of America.
    First Latin edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographiae Universalis, for the first time with 39 town views, and new world maps and map of America.

    MÜNSTER, Sebastian.
    Cosmographiae Universalis 1550.
    $40,985.00

  • Rare complete first French edition of Le Flambeau de la Navigation by Johannes Janssonius after Willem Blaeu, on of the great books of Dutch cartography.
    Rare complete first French edition of Le Flambeau de la Navigation by Johannes Janssonius after Willem Blaeu, on of the great books of Dutch cartography.

    JANSSONIUS, Johannes [BLAEU, Willem (after)].
    Le Flambeau de la Navigation, 1620.
    $81,969.00

  • First edition, first impressions of Friedrich August von Hayek's treatise Law, Legislation and Liberty
    First edition, first impressions of Friedrich August von Hayek's treatise Law, Legislation and Liberty

    HAYEK, Friedrich August von.
    Law, Legislation and Liberty. 1973; 1976; 1979.
    $3,074.00

  • First edition of Humboldt's Kosmos and Berghaus's accompanying Physikalischer Atlas, 'one of the last really comprehensive physical surveys ever to be attempted'.
    First edition of Humboldt's Kosmos and Berghaus's accompanying Physikalischer Atlas, 'one of the last really comprehensive physical surveys ever to be attempted'.

    HUMBOLDT, Alexander Von; BERGHAUS, Heinrich.
    Kosmos. 1845-62; 1838-48.
    $6,831.00

  • A rare survival from the library of Adam Smith, being the first edition of David Hume of Godscroft's History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus
    A rare survival from the library of Adam Smith, being the first edition of David Hume of Godscroft's History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus

    HUME, David (of Godscroft); SMITH, Adam (bookplate).
    The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus. 1644.
    $27,323.00

  • Three of Stephen Shore's artists' books produced using Apple's print-on-demand iPhoto software. Editions of 20.
    Three of Stephen Shore's artists' books produced using Apple's print-on-demand iPhoto software. Editions of 20.

    SHORE, Stephen.
    Three iPhoto artists' books: 2003; 2006; 2006.
    $6,831.00

  • One of 50 copies. Signed by Iliazd and Picasso.
    One of 50 copies. Signed by Iliazd and Picasso.

    ILIAZD (Ilia Zdanevich); PICASSO, Pablo.
    Afat. 1940.
    $34,154.00

  • The first edition of Paris sans Fin, Giacometti's testament to art and modern life in his beloved city.
    The first edition of Paris sans Fin, Giacometti's testament to art and modern life in his beloved city.

    GIACOMETTI, Alberto.
    Paris sans fin. 1969.
    $44,400.00

  • First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
    First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

    McCARTHY, Cormac.
    Blood Meridian 1985.
    $7,856.00

  • This publication, the quintessential exhibition catalogue-as-artists' book, was issued to accompany Andy Warhol's first major European retrospective, held at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in February and March 1968.
    This publication, the quintessential exhibition catalogue-as-artists' book, was issued to accompany Andy Warhol's first major European retrospective, held at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in February and March 1968.

    [WARHOL, Andy]. KÖNIG, Kasper et al. (editors).
    Andy Warhol. 1968.
    $4,782.00

  • Voyage dans la Russie meridionale et la Crimee, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie.
    Voyage dans la Russie meridionale et la Crimee, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie.

    DEMIDOFF, Anatole de & RAFFET [Denis].
    Voyage dans la Russie meridionale et la Crimee, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie. 1841.
    $3,416.00

  • The first edition of Dali's surrealist work, inscribed by the artist.
    The first edition of Dali's surrealist work, inscribed by the artist.

    DALI, Salvador.
    La Femme Visible [The Visible Woman]. 1930.
    $8,880.00

  • JohnGossage took these photographs in Berlin using a telephoto lens and surveillance film. The series title relates to Gossage's memory of a graffiti warning he often saw whilst growing up in New York City in the 1950s and '60s.
    JohnGossage took these photographs in Berlin using a telephoto lens and surveillance film. The series title relates to Gossage's memory of a graffiti warning he often saw whilst growing up in New York City in the 1950s and '60s.

    GOSSAGE, John.
    LAMF 1987].
    $5,124.00

  • First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.
    First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and Other Sports; 1826-1830.
    $6,148.00

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