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Copenhagen: Chez Nicolas Möller, 1773. First edition in French, with half-title. With the large fold-out map of Yemen hand-colored in outline. Account of the ill-starred Royal Danish expedition (1761-1767) to the Arabian Peninsula, the first scientific expedition, from which Niebuhr returned as the only survivor. Niebuhr only covered a small.....  Read More Item Details for Description de l'Arabie, d'après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays même Add to Wish List

Item #212288

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N.p. [New York?]: n.d. [ca. 1869]. 9 Albumen Prints of American Beauties, Leonie and Jennie Jerome's Copy. In 1869, the Italian-American painter Joseph Fagnani’s exhibition of the “Nine Muses” was held at the Somerville Art Gallery. A review of the show by the New York Times (Nov. 22, 1869) reads.....  Read More Item Details for American Beauty Personified as The Nine Muses Add to Wish List

Item #238565

Price: $4,500

n.d. From E.E. Cummings to Allen Tate. An oil bust portrait of Cummings’ wife, Marion Morehouse, given to Allen Tate. With an inscription from Cummings to Tate and a letter from Tate’s wife establishing the provenance of the painting. Read More Item Details for “Marion” Add to Wish List

Item #262675

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Silver Lake, NH: August 25, 1962. Airmail postcard to Howard Rothschild in London, dated shortly before Cummings’ death: "thanks immensely for the priceless information about Norway — & for the 2handedswordlifting Swedish hero. Let us know how you like guided tours in the proletarian paradise; & don't miss Lenin! Marion.....  Read More Item Details for Typed Postcard Add to Wish List

Item #262934

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London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824; 1825. First edition, one of approximately 25 copies on card. King Louis Philippe I’s Copy on Card in a Simier Binding. The final two volumes of “The most important book on British Topography” (Tooley), presenting views of the south coast.....  Read More Item Details for A Voyage Round Great Britain: Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813 … Add to Wish List

Item #262722

Price: $3,000

Basle: Genathianis, 1676. First edition with Holbein's illustrations. Holbein's Illustrations to Praise of Folly. A series of illustrated satirical treates on Catholic dogma, this book was released in English as "In Praise of Folly" and enjoyed a long life during the Protestant Reformation in several languages. Read More Item Details for Morias enkomion [Greek] Stultitiae laus ... cum commentariis Ger. Listrii, & figuris Jo.Holbenii. E codice academiae Basiliensis. Accedunt ... vita Erasmi ... vita Holbenii ... et epistolae Erasmi Add to Wish List

Item #244187

Price: $1,200

London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the Author, and sold by J. Bell, 1801. First edition. This work was mockingly nicknamed “Tales of Plunder” due to its high quality and price. It includes some pieces by Walter Scott who, although not mentioned on the title page, collaborated with.....  Read More Item Details for Tales of Wonder Add to Wish List

Item #262705

Price: $1,500

Cologne: Apud Eucharium Cervicornum, sumptu et aere M. Godefridi Hittorpii, 1527; and 1526. Very interesting and beautifully decorated Cologne printings by Cervicornum — who seemingly specialized in humanistic works and standard Latin classics such as these, working for the publisher Gottfried Hittorp. He may, alas, be best remembered by posterity.....  Read More Item Details for M. Fabii Quintiliani oratoriarum institutionum libri duodecim …additis simul eiusdem declamationibus… [Gerardus Bucoldianus, editor]. [bound with:] GELLIUS, Aulus. Noctes Atticae … Add to Wish List

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