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PERRIN, Jean. Fables amusantes: avec Une Table Generale & Particuliere des mots, & de leur Signification en Anglois, Selon l'Ordre des Fables, Pour en rendre la Traduction plus facile a l'Ecolier. A Londres [i.e. London]. Chez B. Law...T. Cadell...P. Elmsly, 1781. Troisieme edition [i.e. third edition]. 12mo. xvi, 220pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and two terminal publisher's advertisement leaves. Contemporary sheep. Heavily rubbed, some surface loss to boards, loss to head and foot of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, several gatherings protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17453

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[BRIENNE, Henri-Auguste de Lomenie, comte de]. Recueil de diverses pieces curieuses pour servir a l'histoire. A Cologne. Jean du Castel, 1664. 12mo. 297pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red melange paper boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, marking to boards. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19248

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LOUVET DE COUVRAY, Jean-Baptiste. Quelques notices pour l'histoire, et le recit de mes perils depuis le 31 mai, 1793. A Paris...Et a Londres. Chez J.-B. Louvet...Chez J. Johnson, [1794]. 8vo. ix, [10]-296pp. Uncut in original publisher's blue paper wrappers. Extremities lightly dust-soiled/creased, loss to head and foot of spine. Neat contemporary ink correction to price, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17602

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SALLUST. C. sallustii crispi Quae extant. In usum serenissimi galliarum delphini, diligenter recensuit, & Notulas addidit daniel crispinus. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Fredericum Leonard Typographum Regis, Serenissimi Delphini, & Cleri Gallicani, 1674. Quarto. [30], 234pp, [126]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, slight splitting to lower joint. Very occasional pen-trials/short tears to margins, overall internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17548

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GEE, Joshua. Considerations sur le commerce et la navigation de la Grande-Bretagne. A Geneve [i.e. Geneva]. Chez Antoine Philibert, 1750. Fourth French edition. 8vo. 24pp, 215pp, [1]. Uncut. Original publisher's cream limp paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed with remnants of paper library shelf labels. Light browning in places. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 12061

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BALME, [Claude]. Traite historique et pratique du scorbut, chez l'homme et les animaux... A Lyon. Chez L'Auteur et al., 1819. First edition. 8vo. [6], 336pp. With half-title. Recent decorated paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Foxed. From the library of British physiologist John Yudkin (1910-1995), with his bookplate to FEP. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of half-title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17008

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[FRANCISCANS]. Statuta generalia barchinonensia ordinis seraphici s. p. n. francisci, pro cismontana familia: In Capitulo Generali Toletano Anno 1633. a Patribus Nationis Germanicae & Belgicae recognita, & Provinciis dictae Nationis accommodata; a praefato Capitulo Generali, ac Santissimo D. N. Urbano VIII. confirmata. Brugis [i.e. Bruges]. Typis Petri Vande Cappalle, 1717. 8vo. [16], 206pp, [2]. Contemporary vellum. Extremities marked and discoloured. Nineteenth-century ownership inscription and blind-stamp to FFEP, very occasional ink annotations, foxed, dust-soiling to endpapers and final gathering, very small hole to gutter margin of C4 - just clipping text, without loss of sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16236

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THOMAS, [Antoine Leonard]. Essai sur le caractere, les moeurs et l'esprit des femmes dans les differens siecles. A Paris: A Lausanne. Chez Moutard: Chez Franc. Grasset & Comp., 1772. 8vo. vi, 189pp, [3]. With half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A trifle rubbed, slight splitting to upper joint. Contemporary ownership inscription of 'C: Cookson' to FEP, and 'C. Cookson 1789 achete a Geneve' to head of title, light offsetting, small marginal paper flaw to A1, lightly foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14651

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VARGAS Y PONCE, Josef de. Varones ilustres de la marina Espanola. Vida de don Pedro Nino, primer conde de Buelna. Madrid. Imprenta Real, 1807. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 292pp. With half-title. Recent vellum backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt, with contemporary marbled paper wrappers tipped-in. Minor wear to extremities. Armorial bookplate of 'Robert Henry Clive' to upper wrapper, later ink inscription to half-title, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11442

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KAULFUSS, J[ohann] S[amuel]. Ueber den geist der Polnischen sprache. Eine einleitung in die Polnische literar-geschichte sur Deutsche. Halle. Bey Schimmelpfennig und Comp., 1804. First edition. 8vo. 227pp, [1]. With two folding plates of musical notation. Original publisher's tan paper wrappers, paper lettering-piece with title in manuscript. Slight wear to extremities with some loss to head and foot of spine. Ink shelf-marks to FEP of Sir Thomas Phillipps' Middle Hill Library, lightly foxed throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13461

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WISHART, William. Dissertatio Medica inauguralis, de scorbuto: quam Annuente summo Numine, Ex auctoritate reverendi admodum Viri, D. Gulielmi Wishart, S.T.D....pro gradu doctoratus, Summisque in Medicina honoribus ac privilgeiis rite & legitime consequendis, Eruditrum examini subjicit Michael Law. Edinburgi, [i.e. Edinburgh]. Apud T. & W. Ruddimannos, 1748. First edition. [4], 7pp, [1].

[Bound with;] Dissertation Medica inauguralis, de Rachitide: quam Annuente summo Numine, Ex auctoritate reverendi admodum Viri, D. Gulielmi Wishart S.T.D....pro gradu doctoratus, Summisque in Medicina honoribus ac privilgeiis rite & legitime consequendis, Eruditrum examini subjicit Isaacus Unthank Hibernus, A. & R. Ad diem 30 Junii, hora locoque solitis. Edinburgi, Apud T. & W. Ruddimannos, 1748. [4], 11pp, [1].

Quarto. Recent brown paper ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13092

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ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis comoediae duae Plutus & Nubes: cum scholiis Graecis antiquis, quibus adjiciuntur notae quaedam, simul cum gemino indice. In usum studiosae juventutis. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis Rob. Clavel, 1695. First edition. 8vo. [24], 463pp, [33]. Contemporary panelled calf. Heavy rubbing to extremities, joints split, upper board separating. Browning to blank endpapers, FEP working loose, occasional light creasing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14160

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BRANT, Sebastian. Titulorum omnium juris tam civilis, quam canonici expositiones, Sebastiano Brant. I.V. Doctore celeberrimo, Autore. His accessit Modus studendi in utroque iure per loannem Baptistam Caccialupum. Omnia ad vetustorum exemplarium sidem nune ultimum diligentissime repurgata: adiectis insuper ad singulos Titulos suis numeris. Lugduni [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Haeredes Gulielmi Rouillii, 1619. 8vo. 469pp, [36]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities rubbed and soiled. Ink inscriptions and annotations to recto of FFEP and title, slight loss to top of title with red and green ink marks to margins, all leaves toned and foxed, lower hinge cracked, loss to blank REP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 12190

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HYGINUS. C. julii hygini augusti liberti fabularum liber, Ad omnium poëtarum lectionem mirè necessarius. Lugd. Bat. & Amstel [i.e. Leiden and Amsterdam]. Apud Gaasbekios, 1670. 12mo. [24], 288pp, [84]. With an additional engraved title page. Later calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, some scoring to boards. Upper hinge exposed, later shelf-label of Cholmondeley library to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19252

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LEE, John. Dissertatio medica inauguralis de viribus animi in corpus agentibus... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Excudebant Adamus Neill et Socii, 1801. First edition. 8vo. [8], 28pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's marbled paper wrappers, A.E.G. Extremities a trifle marked, loss and chipping to spine. Lightly spotted. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto fo FFEP; 'Societati Regiae / Philosophorum / Quae Edinburgi convenire solet / Hoc perexiguum / Observantiae / Animique propter fuctum ex corum scriptis / praeceptum gratissimi / Testimonium / Offert / Auctor.' More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18410

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TACKELS, C. J.. Armes de guerre. Etude pratique sur les armes se chargeant par la culasse les mitrailleuses et leurs munitions... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. A. N. Lebegue et Cie., 1868. First edition. [4], 220pp. With half-title and seven engraved folding plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by author to half-title.

[Bound after:] VAN DEN KEREKHOVE, L. Le general chapelle l'expedition Belge au Mexique et l'article 92 du code penal... Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Imprimerie de M. J. Poot et Compagnie, 1864. 36pp. With half-title.

[And:] DEDEYN, M. Raymond. Ce que vaut la garde civique... Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Imprimerie et Lithographie de Veuve ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 12576

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ANACREON. Anacreontis odaria, ad textus barnesiani fidem emendata. Accedunt variæ lectiones curâ edvardi forster. Londini [i.e. London]. Sumptibus Editoris Excudebant Gul. Bulmer et Soc., 1802. 8vo. [4], 130pp. With a half-title. Numerous engraved vignettes. Later black roan-backed tartan paper boards. Lightly rubbed. Light foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33176

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PASSERI, Giambattista. Istoria delle pitture in majolica fatte in pesaro e ne' luoghi circonvicini. Pesaro. Tipografia di Annesio Nobili, 1857. Second edition. 8vo. xx, 215pp, [1]. With three engraved plates (two folding). Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25078

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BOILEAU, [Jacques]. Histoire des flagellans, ou l'on fait voir le bon & le mauvais usage des flagellations parmi les chretiens, par des preuves tirées de l'Ecriture sainte, des peres de l'eglise, des papes, des conciles, & des auteurs profanes. Amsterdam. Chez Francois vander Plaats, 1701. First edition in French. 12mo. [16], 319 [i.e. 309]pp, [11]. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Extremities worn, joints split, loss to spine caps. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of Algernon Capell to FEP, initial gathering damp-stained, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29623

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[BROE, Samuel de]. Histoire du premier et du second triumvirat, depuis la mort de Catilina jusqu'a celle de Brutus. Paris. Chez Jean de la Caillf, 1681. 12mo. In two volumes. [20], 446, [10]; [4], 314pp, [8]. Later gilt-tooled mottled calf, black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Extremities worn, joints split, substantial loss to lettering-pieces. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplates of Algernon Capell to versos of both title pages. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29240