Alphabetum Veterum Etruscorum et Nonnulla Eorumdem Monumenta
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1771. First edition. Read More about Alphabetum Veterum Etruscorum et Nonnulla Eorumdem Monumenta
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Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine or written...
Aberdeen, (Scotland): Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1929. First edition. Read More about Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of...
Price: $300
Biographical Dictionary of Reformation Minds
Decades du continentes Vitas Theologorum exterorum principum, qui Ecclesiam Christi Superiori seculo propagarunt et propugnarunt. [Bound with:] Vitae Germanorum medicorum...
Frankfurt: Nikolaus Hoffmann for Jonas Rosa; Johann Georg Geyder for the widow of Jonas Rosa, 1618; 1620. First editions. Biographical Dictionary of Reformation Minds. Melchior Adams (c. 1575-1622) was one of the most important biographers of the savants (mostly German, Swiss, and Dutch) of the 16th century, and his meticulously..... Read More about Decades du continentes Vitas Theologorum exterorum principum, qui Ecclesiam Christi Superiori...
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The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings. With a Preface by Albert and an Essay by Priscilla Juvelis...
New York: Grolier Club & Piccolo Press, 2006. First edition. Designed by Joe Marc Freedman at The Sarabande Press. Read More about The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings. With a Preface by Albert and an...
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The Allen Press Bibliography. A Facsimile with Original Leaves and Additions to Date.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1985. Reprint edition, one of 750 copies. Read More about The Allen Press Bibliography. A Facsimile with Original Leaves and Additions to Date
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ALS. "Rev and Dear Sir" Acknowledging receipt of Annals Vol. VIII Unitarian.
Philadelphia: April 20, 1865. Librarian at the Lenox Library from 1879-1888. Read More about ALS. "Rev and Dear Sir" Acknowledging receipt of Annals Vol. VIII Unitarian
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Alphabeta Indica, id est Granthamicum seu Samscrdamico-Malabaricum Indostanum sive Vanarense Nagaricum vulgare et Talinganicum.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1791. First edition. With a woodcut comparative table at pp. 8-17 of the four alphabets: Malabar, Sanskrit and a modified form, and Telugu. Read More about Alphabeta Indica, id est Granthamicum seu Samscrdamico-Malabaricum Indostanum sive Vanarense...
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Alphabetum Aethiopicum sive Gheez et Amhharicum, cum Oratione dominicali, Salutatione angelica, Symbolo fidei, praeceptis decalogi & initio Evangelii S. Johannis...
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1789. Read More about Alphabetum Aethiopicum sive Gheez et Amhharicum, cum Oratione dominicali, Salutatione angelica,...
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Alphabetum Arabicum una cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo fidei.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1797. Read More about Alphabetum Arabicum una cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo fidei
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Alphabetum Barmanorum seu regni Avensis. Editio altera emendatior.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1787. Second, revised edition, following the 1776 first edition. Text rewritten, plate enlarged. Read More about Alphabetum Barmanorum seu regni Avensis. Editio altera emendatior
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Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis Kasi.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. First edition. Read More about Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis Kasi
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Alphabetum Cophtum sive Aegyptiacum [Caption title].
[Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, n.d., 1809]. The last in the series of elegant type specimens of exotic languages issued by the Propaganda Press from the 1770s onward. Uncommon. Read More about Alphabetum Cophtum sive Aegyptiacum [Caption title
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Alphabetum Graecum cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, Symbolo Fidei, & Praeceptis Decalogi.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. Read More about Alphabetum Graecum cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, Symbolo Fidei, & Praeceptis...
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First Type Specimen of Malayalam
Alphabetum Grandonico-Malabaricum sive Samscrudonicum.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1772. First edition. First Type Specimen of Malayalam. First type specimen of the Grantha or Malabar alphabet, now most frequently known as Malayalam. Read More about Alphabetum Grandonico-Malabaricum sive Samscrudonicum
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Alphabetum Hebraicum Addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, & Symbolo Apostolico.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. First edition. Read More about Alphabetum Hebraicum Addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione...
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Alphabetum Persicum, cum Oratione Dominicali et Salutatione Angelica.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Propag. Fide, 1783. Read More about Alphabetum Persicum, cum Oratione Dominicali et Salutatione Angelica
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Alphabetum Syro-Chaldaeum una cum Oratione Dominicali Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo Fidei.
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1797. First edition. Type specimen printed on the eve of the Napoleonic conquest of Italy, during which "there was an order from the French government for the confiscation of exotic language punches and matrices from the Propaganda to supply the Imprimerie Nationale" (Coakley). Uncommon..... Read More about Alphabetum Syro-Chaldaeum una cum Oratione Dominicali Salutatione Angelica et Symbolo Fidei
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Anastatic Drawing Society, for the years 1855-57, and 1860. The Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society, for 1862, Vol. XI (1871), Vol...
Ashby-De-La-Zouch; (Vols. XXII & XXIII) Ipswich: S.H. Cowell, 1855-1889. “The object of the Society is to delineate remains of Antiquity; e.g. ancient Ecclesiastical, Military, and Domestic Edifices, Sepulchral Monuments, Fonts, Brasses, Stained Glass, Tiles, Armour, Dress, Jewellry, Plate Embroidery, Furniture, Carvings, Illuminstions of ancient MSS, Copies of rare Prints, Portraits..... Read More about Anastatic Drawing Society, for the years 1855-57, and 1860. The Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society,...
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The Snow Queen. A Tale of Seven Stories. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel. Postscript by Erik...
Herning, Denmark: Poul Kristensen, 1986. One of 26 copies (none for sale, signed by the artist.) Printed in linophoto Baskerville. Read More about The Snow Queen. A Tale of Seven Stories. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel....
Price: $400
Rare and Early British Bibliography
Libri de Rebus Britannicis, scilicet, Anglicis, Scoticis et Hibernicis.
n.p. [Edinburgh? 1725?]. First edition. Rare and Early British Bibliography. Rare, anonymously published bibliography of approximately 350 works on British history. Attributed by the British Library to James Anderson, writer to the Signet and noted Scottish genealogist and antiquarian. Divided into fifteen sections, it lists works printed between 1480 (Caxton's..... Read More about Libri de Rebus Britannicis, scilicet, Anglicis, Scoticis et Hibernicis
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Der Deutsche Peintre-Graveur oder die Deutschen Maler als Kupferstecher.
Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1872-78. Mixed set. Read More about Der Deutsche Peintre-Graveur oder die Deutschen Maler als Kupferstecher
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Bibliotheca anonymorum et pseudonymorum.
Hamburg: Brandt, 1740. First edition. Read More about Bibliotheca anonymorum et pseudonymorum
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Robert Estienne Royal Printer. An Historical Study of the Elder Stephanus.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1954. First edition. Read More about Robert Estienne Royal Printer. An Historical Study of the Elder Stephanus
Price: $150
First Report of a Book-Collector; Comprising: A Brief Answer to the frequent question "Why First Editions?"... and Five Egotistical Chapters...
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1898. Second edition. One of 220 copies on American hand-made paper, printed at the Marion Press, Jamaica, Queensborough, NY. Read More about First Report of a Book-Collector; Comprising: A Brief Answer to the frequent question "Why...
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The Arte of Angling 1577. edited by Gerald Eades Bentley, with an Introduction by Otto von Kienbusch & Explanatory Notes...
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 1956. First edition. Read More about The Arte of Angling 1577. edited by Gerald Eades Bentley, with an Introduction by Otto von...
Price: $100
The Origin and Progress of Writing, as Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings Taken from Marbles, Manuscripts and Charters, Ancient...
London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for J. White, at Horace's Head, 1803. Second and best edition, with additions. Read More about The Origin and Progress of Writing, as Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings...
Price: $900