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A proper dyalogue betwene a gentillman and a husband man eche complaynynge to other their miserable calamite through the ambicion of clergye. With a compendious olde treatyse shewynge howe that we ought to have the Scripture in Englysshe. Hans Luft. 1530. Edited, with an introduction, by Francis Fry. William Barlow, bishop of Chichester.

A proper dyalogue betwene a gentillman and a husband man eche complaynynge to other their miserable calamite through the ambicion...

London … Bristol: Willis and Sotheran ... Lasbury, 1863. PRINTED ON VELLUM, one of a few copies. A facsimile on vellum of an extremely rare book (one copy known), from the earliest days of the English reformation. A dramatic dialogue in verse complaining of the oppression of the laity by... Read More

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The New Laws of the Indies for the Treatment and Preservation of the Indians Promulgated by the Emperor Charles the Fifth 1542-1543. A facsimile reprint of the original Spanish edition together with a literal translation into the English language. To which is prefixed an Historical Introduction by Henry Stevens of Vermont and Fred W. Lucas. King of Spain Charles V.

One of 13 Copies on Vellum

The New Laws of the Indies for the Treatment and Preservation of the Indians Promulgated by the Emperor Charles the...

London: Chiswick Press, 1893. No. 11 of 13 copies printed on vellum (there were also 88 copies printed on paper). One of 13 Copies on Vellum. This work consists of two important ordinances issued by the Spanish monarchy on November 20, 1542, and June 4, 1543. Under the active influence... Read More

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3 Autograph Letters, signed (“Sydney Cockerell”), to Stella and Paul Standard. Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell.

Cockerell to Paul Standard

3 Autograph Letters, signed (“Sydney Cockerell”), to Stella and Paul Standard.

Kew Richmond Surrey: 22 April, 1954; 20 October, 1954; 30 January, 1955. Cockerell to Paul Standard. Charming letters from the aging museum director, collector, and calligrapher, to his American counterpart Paul Standard, founding member of the Typophiles and champion of calligraphy. In the first, Cockerell expresses his delight on receiving the... Read More

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Les Présomptions des femmes. Guillaume Coquillart.

Mansucript on Vellum of a Rare Erotic Work, Bound by Thouvenin

Les Présomptions des femmes.

N.p: n.d. [later 18th century]. Mansucript on Vellum of a Rare Erotic Work, Bound by Thouvenin. Manuscript facsimile on vellum of a rare erotic work, “Conjectures of Women,” an excerpt from William Coquillart’s legal parody DROITS NOUVEAULX, printed circa 1600 in Rouen by Abraham Cousturier. The work was again printed... Read More

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A List of Printed Service Books, according to the ancient uses of the Anglican Church. Francis Henry Dickinson.

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A List of Printed Service Books, according to the ancient uses of the Anglican Church.

London: Joseph Masters, 1850. PRINTED ON VELLUM, apparently the only copy thus. Printed on Vellum. Following the manuscript tradition, liturgical printing in both the Catholic and Anglican churches frequently employed vellum as well as paper. D.B. Updike writes that economic considerations were also a factor: “As early printed books were... Read More

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The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Translated from the Original Arabic by Lady Anne Blunt. Done into Verse by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. T. E. Lawrence, Lady Anne Blunt, Wilfred Scawen.

The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Translated from the Original Arabic by Lady Anne Blunt. Done into...

London: Reeves and Turner, 1892. First edition. First edition of this noted translation of an Arabic verse romance. A.W. Lawrence’s “probably complete” inventory, Books at Clouds Hill, lists only a copy of the Gregynog Press edition of 1930 given him by Edward Garnett, but Lawrence clearly knew the work long before... Read More

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