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A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN OF THE LORD AMBASSADOR HOWARD'S RETINUE, TO HIS FRIEND IN LONDON: DATED AT FEZ, NOV. 1. 1669 Wherein He Gives a Full Relation of the Most Remarkable passages in Their Voyage Thither, and of the Present State of the Countries Under the power of Taffaletta, Emperour Of Morocco; with a Brief Account f the Merchandizing Commodities of Africa; as also the Manners and Customs of the People There
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- Used - Small stains to title page; spine lightly chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers tight. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1670
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,008.25
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London: Moses Pitt, 1670. First Edition. Hardcover. Small stains to title page; spine lightly chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers tight. Very Good. Small quarto (5-1/4" x 7") bound in 19th Century 3/4 calf leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spine, housed in a modern cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered spine label; 36 pages. WING… Read more about this item Item Price
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METAMORPHOSES D'OVIDE en Rondeaux Imprimez et Enrichis de Figures par Ordre de sa Majeste, Dediez a Monseigneur le Dauphin
by [EMBLEM BOOK] OVID [BENSERADE (Isaac de)]
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- Used - Lacking the frontispiece; owner names on front blanks; title page to first volume with short stitched repair of a tear; contents
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- Early Edition
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- 1697
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,512.38
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Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the frontispiece; owner names on front blanks; title page to first volume with short stitched repair of a tear; contents clean with dark impressions of the plates. Bindings solid with light wear and short splits along the joints with covers firm. Near Fine. Two small quarto (6-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEFFENSE DE LA LANGUE FRANCOISE, POUR L'INSCRIPTION DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE. Dedie'e au Roy bound with DE MONUMENTIS PUBLICIS LATINE INSCRIBENDIS ORATIO...
by CHARPENTIER, (Francois) and LUCAS, Jean
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- Used - Library stamp on title and first page of dedication, no other markings; binding a bit worn, spine chipped with partial loss of s
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- First Edition
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- 1676 & 1677
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£504.12
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Paris: Claude Barbin and Simon Benard, 1676 & 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Library stamp on title and first page of dedication, no other markings; binding a bit worn, spine chipped with partial loss of spine label. Good example of a scarce book. Small octavo (3-3/4" x 6-1/4") in calf; [xxxviii], 341, [17]; [xvi], 71pages. In the 1670s, there… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. What It Is. With All The Kinds Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Severall Cures of It. In Three Partitions, with Their Severall Sections, Members and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically Opened & Cut Up
by [BURTON, Robert] DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR
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- Used - Small chip to one text page; small library stamp to front pastedown and sticker to verso of dedication leaf; generally clean wit
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- Third Edition
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- 1628
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,512.38
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London: Henry Cripps, 1628. Third Edition. Hardcover. Small chip to one text page; small library stamp to front pastedown and sticker to verso of dedication leaf; generally clean with occasional stain; few pages at beginning and end splitting from binding. Joints split, covers held by cords; minor chipping to spine. Overall a Very Good example of this important book.… Read more about this item Item Price
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CANTERBURIES DOOME. OR THE FIRST PART OF A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE COMMITMENT, CHARGE, TRYALL, CONDEMNATION, EXECUTION OF WILLIAM LAUD, LATE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Containing The Severall Orders, Articles, Proceedings In Parliament Against Him, From His First Accusation Therein, Till His Tryall: Together With The Various Evidences And Proofs Produced Against Him At The Lords Bar, In Justification Of The First Branch Of The Commons Charge Against Him; ... With His Severall Answers To Those Evidences, Proofs, And The Commons Reply Thereunto. Wherein This Arch-Prelates Manifold Trayterous Artifices To Usher In Popery By Degrees, Are Cleerly Detected, And The Ecclesiasticall History Of Our Church-Affaires, During His Pontificall Domination, Faithfully Presented To The Publike View Of The World
by PRYNNE, William
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- Used - Other than the frontispiece, often lacking, this is a complete copy in Near Fine condition with light browning of the text and o
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- First Edition
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- 1646
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,008.25
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London: John Macock for Michael Spark senior, at the sign of the Blue Bible in Green Arbour, 1646. First Edition. Hardcover. Other than the frontispiece, often lacking, this is a complete copy in Near Fine condition with light browning of the text and occasional minor paper repairs. Quarto (7-1/4" x 11") in contemporary calf leather with cloth string… Read more about this item Item Price
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HAS LUDENTIS OTIJ CAROLO RUBEO SINGULARIS AMICITIAE PIGNUS D D D
by ROSA, Salvator
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- Used - Bookplate on front pastedown and small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, some markings in pencil in various places, moderate
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- First Edition
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- n.d. [1690s]
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£2,016.50
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Nuremberg: Jacobum de Sandrart Pictorem, n.d. [1690s]. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown and small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, some markings in pencil in various places, moderate foxing throughout though mostly confined to margins. Boards rather toned and rubbed with spine portion lacking, exposing the backing which is comprised of a fragment from an early vellum manuscript… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE RUSSIAN IMPOSTOR: OR, THE HISTORY OF MUSKOVIE, Under The Usurpation of Boris and the Imposture of Demetrius, Late Emperors of Muskovy
by [MANLEY, Sir Roger]
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- Used - Title page darkened with some wear at the edges, rest of text just a tad darkened; preface lacking. Light rubbing to spine tips
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1674
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,008.25
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London: by J[ames]. C[otrell]. for Thomas Basset, 1674. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page darkened with some wear at the edges, rest of text just a tad darkened; preface lacking. Light rubbing to spine tips but binding Near Fine. Overall Very Good and uncommon. Octavo (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in 3/4 brown morocco leather and brown boards with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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ALPHABET DE L'IMPERFECTION ET MALICE DES FEMMES. Reueu, corrigé & augmenté d'vn Friant Dessert pour les Courtizans & Partisanes de la Femme Mondaine. Dédié à la plus mauuaise du monde
by OLIVIER, Jacques
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- Used - Margins trimmed close occasionally affecting a running head or page number but not the text; small stain on two facing pages. Sl
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- Third Edition
- Published
- 1619
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£2,016.50
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Paris: Petit-Pas, 1619. Third Edition. Hardcover. Margins trimmed close occasionally affecting a running head or page number but not the text; small stain on two facing pages. Slight cracking to joints. Near Fine and scarce. Duodecimo (3-1/8" x 5-1/4") bound in full 18th century calf with the insignia of Montgomery stamped in blind to the front board, recent… Read more about this item Item Price
£2,016.50
THE ANATOMY OF THE BODY OF MAN: WHEREIN IS EXACTLY DESCRIBED EVERY PART THEREOF, IN THE SAME MANNER AS IT IS COMMONLY SHEWED IN PUBLICK ANATOMIES...
by VESLING, Johann
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- Used - Light marginal dampstains, some foxing and soiling; one plate with corner margin tear, affecting only the border of the plate an
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- Second Edition
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- 1677
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£3,024.75
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London: George Sawbridge, 1677. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light marginal dampstains, some foxing and soiling; one plate with corner margin tear, affecting only the border of the plate and not the image. Front cover a little loose but secure, binding rubbed with some edgewear. Very Good. Large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") in contemporary calf; A4 D-N4 R4 S2; [8],… Read more about this item Item Price
£3,024.75
AUSSFUHRLICHE GESCHICHT DER IN DEM AUSSERSTEN WELT-THEIL GELEGENEN JAPONESISCHEN KIRCH
by [JAPAN] CRASSET, Jean
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- Used - Nineteenth century signature to front fly leaf and early signature to title, some very light staining in various places througho
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- First Edition
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- 1738
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£2,520.62
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Augsburg: Franz Antoni Alger, 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Nineteenth century signature to front fly leaf and early signature to title, some very light staining in various places throughout (mostly only visible in margins); expected soiling to binding. A clean and attractive Near Fine example. Quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") with two parts bound together in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over… Read more about this item Item Price
£2,520.62
SPIEGEL VAN DEN OUDEN ENDE NIEUWEN TIJDT, BESTAENDE UYT SPREECK-WOORDEN ENDE SIN-SPREUCKEN, ONTLEENT VAN DE VOORIGE ENDE JEGENWOORDIGE EEUWE, VERLUSTIGT DOOR MENIGTE VAN SINNE-BEELDEN, MET GEDICHTEN EN PRENTEN DAER OP PASSENDE
by [EMBLEM BOOK] CATS, J[acob]
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- Used - Bookplate of Victor De Guinzbourg on front pastedown and early signature on original front endpaper. One leaf with closed tear,
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- First Edition
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- 1632
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£2,016.50
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The Hague: Isaac Burchoorn, 1632. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of Victor De Guinzbourg on front pastedown and early signature on original front endpaper. One leaf with closed tear, another leaf with old marginal paper repair of a short closed tear, mild and even age-toning but contents excellent with plates well struck with dark impressions. Near Fine copy of this… Read more about this item Item Price
£2,016.50
ATHANASII KIRCHERI, SOCIETATIS IESU. MAGNES SIVE ARTE MAGNETICA OPUS TRIPARTITUM. QUO UNIVERSAMAGNETIS NATURA, EIUSQUE IN OMNIBUS SCIENTIJS & ARTIBUS USUS, NOVA METHODO EXPLICATUR, ETC
by KIRCHER, Athanasius
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- Used - Two small institutional stamps on the title page with an early annotation. Worming to the title and first few pages as well as t
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- Third, and best, Edition
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- 1654
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7,561.88
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Rome: B. Deuersin, & Z. Masotti, 1654. Third, and best, Edition. Hardcover. Two small institutional stamps on the title page with an early annotation. Worming to the title and first few pages as well as the last few of the index and the binding, extensive on a few pages; the rest of the text fine. Folio (8-1/2" x… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE EAST-INDIES
by CHARDIN, Sir John
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- Used - Minor soiling and wear, Near Fine
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- First Edition in English
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- 1686
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£4,537.12
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London: Moses Pitt, 1686. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Minor soiling and wear, Near Fine. Folio (7-3/4" x 12-1/8") bound in later calf leather recently and sympathetically rebacked with a gilt-decorated spine preserving the original morocco spine label; [xviii], 264, 331-417, [9], 154, [6] pages. Complete with the frontispiece portrait of the author, an additional engraved title-page, a… Read more about this item Item Price
£4,537.12
![HISTORIAE NATURALIS DE QUADRUPEDIBUS. [bound with] DE PISCIBUS ET CETIS. [bound with] DE EXANGUIBUS AQUATICIS. [bound with] DE AVIBUS. [bound with] DE INSECTIS. [bound with] DE SERPENTIBUS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/037/860/610860037.0.m.jpg)
HISTORIAE NATURALIS DE QUADRUPEDIBUS. [bound with] DE PISCIBUS ET CETIS. [bound with] DE EXANGUIBUS AQUATICIS. [bound with] DE AVIBUS. [bound with] DE INSECTIS. [bound with] DE SERPENTIBUS
by JONSTON, Johannes
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- Used - A book that usually suffered from much use, this copy is certainly above the average normally encountered. One plate bound upsid
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- Second Edition
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- 1657 & 1665
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7,561.88
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Amsterdam: J. J. Schipper, 1657 & 1665. Second Edition. Hardcover. A book that usually suffered from much use, this copy is certainly above the average normally encountered. One plate bound upside down; small tape stains on a handful of plates; one plate with a neatly repaired tear; another plate with slight loss of image. Generally clean and crisp, handsomely… Read more about this item Item Price
£7,561.88
![[HERBAL] THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. GATHERED BY JOHN GERARDE OF LONDON MASTER IN CHYRURGERIE Very Much Enlarged and Ammended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/905/274905741.0.m.jpg)
[HERBAL] THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. GATHERED BY JOHN GERARDE OF LONDON MASTER IN CHYRURGERIE Very Much Enlarged and Ammended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London
by GERARDE [GERARD], John
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- Used - Original front blank endpaper replaced. Tasteful bookplate of Roger Gates on the front pastedown. Minor loss to the lower blank
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- Third Edition
- Published
- 1636
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7,561.88
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London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636. Third Edition. Hardcover. Original front blank endpaper replaced. Tasteful bookplate of Roger Gates on the front pastedown. Minor loss to the lower blank outside corner of the first dozen or so pages, not close to the text; title page with small repairs. Some old dampstaining, mostly marginal and mostly rather… Read more about this item Item Price
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IATRICA: SEU PRAXIS MEDENDI. THE PRACTICE OF CURING BEING A MEDICINAL HISTORY OF MANY FAMOUS OBSERVATIONS IN THE CURE OF DISEASES, PERFORMED BY THE AUTHOR HEREOF. WHEREUNTO IS ADDED BY WAY OF SCHOLIA, A COMPLETE THEORY, OR METHOD OF PRECEPTS, WHEREIN THE NAMES, DEFINITIONS, KINDS, SIGNS, CAUSES, PROGNOSTICKS, AND VARIOUS WAIES OF CURE ARE METHODICALLY INSTITUTED, DIGESTED AND REDUCED TO VULGAR PRACTICE, TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL OF THE CHOICES OBSERVATIONS OF OTHER FAMOUS MEN....
by SALMON, William
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- The portrait and two title pages (one dated 1681, the other 1684) expertly extended at the inner margin; endpapers renewed. Five
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- Second Edition
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- 1681 (1684)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,260.31
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London: Th. Dawks, 1681 (1684). Second Edition. Hardcover. The portrait and two title pages (one dated 1681, the other 1684) expertly extended at the inner margin; endpapers renewed. Five pages with small tears and no loss except for one page number. Fine, attractive copy with minor defects only. Quarto (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in contemporary calf with modern… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORLANDO FURIOSO and I CINQUE CANTI
by ARIOSTO, Lodovico
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- Used - Some of the impressions are weak, but most are quite presentable. Trimmed at the top close to the text and plate lines, affectin
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- Early Printing
- Published
- 1603
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,260.31
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Venice: F. Valgrisi and N. Moretti, 1603. Early Printing. Hardcover. Some of the impressions are weak, but most are quite presentable. Trimmed at the top close to the text and plate lines, affecting one line of text in the dedication; other margins quite adequate. Vellum soiled. Very Good or better. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in early… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,260.31
