5VOL CHARLES DICKENS, LETTERS OF CHARLESDICKENS A collection of five books containing letters to and from Charles Dickens: Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell: Private Correspondence. Published 1908 by The Bibliophile...
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MASTER FRANCIS RABELAIS TWO VOLUME SETMaster Francis Rabelais: Five books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel in two volumes. Limited edition 854/1000, Printed on Japanese...
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2 ETHIOPIAN SOLOMONIC PERIOD PRAYERBOOKS1st item: Ethiopian Solomonic period (1540-1769 AD) prayer book or manuscript with eight colored illustrations and red and black script on vellum with wooden board cover...
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1630 MANUSCRIPT1630 Manuscript: Persio:Tradotto in Verso sciolto e dichiarato, by Francesco Stelluti, with illustrations by Matheus Greuter (The Satires of Persius) A 1630 manuscript, printed in Rome on woven paper,...
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BOOK: CHRIST. ADAMI RUPERTIE, "MERCURIUSEPISTOLARIS", ...Book: Christ. Adami Rupertie, "Mercurius Epistolaris", circa 1659, Rupertus, Christoph Adam (1612-1647), " Sive Institutio Epistolica: varii, neque ignobilis...
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28 BOOKS ON DECORATIVE ARTS AND FURNITUREincluding:[ Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages ] by Stanley Charles Nott, London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1936, containing numerous black and white photographs, text illustrations, and...
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15TH C. EUROPEAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTPAGESWestern Europe, probably France, ca. 15th century CE. A beautiful ensemble of 4 exquisite, double-sided vellum manuscript pages from an illuminated Book of Hours manuscript,...
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7 BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE TO INCLUDEROMANCESOF HERMAN MELVILLE, 1928, LEATHER BOUND, GOOD CONDITION. MOBY DICK, 1930, ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT. MOBY DICK PHOTOPLAY TITLED THE SEA BLAST, 1925, NICE DUST...
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FRAMED SOUTHERN NETHERLAND ILLUSTRATEDPAGE OF BIBLE C.1460 ORIGINAL LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT "BOOK OF HOURS"; 16 LINES OF TEXT RULED IN RED, AND WRITTEN IN lATIN WITH DARK BROWN INK ON ANIMAL VELLUM. ...
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(5) VELLUM-BOUND LATIN BOOKS, 17TH/18THCENTURY(lot of 5) Velum-bound books written in Latin, 17th/ 18th c., including: (1) D. Justiniani Sacratissmi Principis Institutionum, Sive Elementorum Libri Quatuor, Amsterdam,...
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EARLY ETHIOPIAN HAND-ILLUSTRATED AMHARICMANUSCRIPT BIBLE 18th century or earlier, the covers fashioned from tooled vellum over wooden boards, the (61) vellum leaves within include ten charming full page, full color...
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COLLECTION OF 14 BOOKS RELATED TO JAMESABBOTTMcNeill Whistler, to include: "The Life of Whistler", 2 vols, by E. R. and J. Pennell, Lippincott Co. , London, 1908, cloth bound boards, 8vo, hand cut pages, numerous...
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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR BY WILLIAMSHAKESPEARE The Merry Wives of Windsor, illustrated, written by William Shakespeare (English, 1564-1616), this book is part of a Limited Edition, numbered 309 of 350 and signed...
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25) BOOKS: FRENCH LITERATURE, BALZAC& DUMAS 19THC(lot of 25) Library shelf books: French literature, all with embossed leather spines, including: (17 vols) works by Honore de Balzac (France, 1799-1850), translated...
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Johannes Allart 'Scenes of the FrenchRevolution', 1794. A vellum covered Dutch edition of the history of the French Revolution with numerous portrait etchings and illustrations. Bound and covered in hand lettered...
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Thomas Gent 'History of the EasternWindow of the Cathedral York' 1767 Vellum Covered Book. An antique illustrated book from England, bound and covered in hand lettered vellum. Possibly rebound and covered by...
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SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON R.A. (BRITISH1865-1945)
D. Y. CAMERON'S ETCHINGS With an Introductory Essay by Frank Rinder. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze and Company, 1908. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 150 copies printed...
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COLLECTION OF ATTRACTIVELY ILLUSTRATEDCHILDREN'S BOOKS
COMPRISING Rackham, Arthur, illustrator The Springtide of Life. London: William Heinemann, 1918. 4to, number 119 of 765 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, original...
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1 vol. (Wyss, Jonathann.) The FamilyRobinson Crusoe... Translated from The German of M. Wiss. London: for M.J. Godwin, 1814. First edition in English. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. sheep; rubbed. With frontis.,...
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8 vols. (2 wrappers) Illustrated Books:Stevenson, Robert Louis. Prayers Written at Vailima. (London: Chatto & Windus), (1910). 4to, orig. gilt-lettered paper vellum; light wear. Color illus. Endpapers slightly...
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Rackham illustrated vellum book, IzaakWalton, The Compleat Angler , George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1931, No. 100 of 775, signed "Arthur Rackham" in black ink, 12 color and 25 black and white illustrations,...
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Rackham illustrated vellum book, DeLa Motte Fouque, Undine , William Heinemann, London, Doubleday, Page & Co. New York, 1909, 722 of 1,000, signed "Arthur Rackham" in black ink, gilt titling and...
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* (DECORATIVE ARTS) A group of two folio-sizedbooks pertaining to decorative arts. Ancient Furniture and Other Works of Art. By Vincent J. Robinson. London: Bernard Quaritch 1902. Folio quarter vellum over green cloth...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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3 vols. Illustrated Children's Books- Walter Crane & Randolph Caldecott: (Crane, Walter, illustrator.) Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Wonder Book for Girls & Boys. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1893. 8vo, orig. pictorial...
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(FINE PRESS) A group of six works publishedby and pertaining to private presses. Poems in English of John Milton with Illustrations by William Blake. Cambridge: Nonesuch Press 1926. 8vo full vellum. 2 vols. bound together....
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Two illustrated books, Arthur Rackham,both vellum covered, published by George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., London: Aesop's Fables , 1936, illustrated by Stephen Gooden, front board with gilt ruled edge, pictorial...
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Four vellum-covered books, publishedby Hodder and Stoughton, England: J.M. Barrie, Quality Street , 1913, illustrated and signed by Hugh Thomson, 447/1000; J.M. Barrie, The Admiral Crichton , 1914, illustrated...
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Two books, Schwarzenberg family, 1651,1708: (1) SCHWARZENBERG / HOHENLANDSBERG FAMILY REGISTER . Wohl-Beglaubte Außführung So wohl Gräff: als auch Freyherrlichen Schwarzenbergischen Stamm-Registers...
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16th Century Woodcut Portrait Book German,probably by or after Christoph Murer (Swiss, 1558-1614), untitled book of 100 woodblock portraits of German protestant reformers and other historical figures including Martin...
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Book of Bohemian notables, 1673: SOLIMANO,JULIUS . IMAGO PRINCIPUM BOHEMIA LXI. DUCUM, REGUM, INTERREGUM ADUMBRATA, Etc. (Pragæ: Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandea, 1673). Small quarto. 9.5x6.5 inches. Engraved...
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Actions Against the Ottoman Empire,1578: LONICER, PHILIPP, Compiler . Chronicorvm Tvrcicorvm, IN QVIBVS VITA, INDOLES, ET ADVERSVS TVRCAS RES GESTAE GEORGII CASTRIOTI, EPIROTARVM PRINCI-pis (qui propter egregia...
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9 vols. Illustrated Erotica & Curiosa:Cooper, Wm. M. A History of The Rod in All Countries; Flagellation & The Flagellants. London: W. Reever, n.d. [ca. 1900]. "New Edition." 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial brown cloth;...
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