Search Results: Titles starting with L from Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers

Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: Apud Elzeviros, 1638. 12mo. pp. [viii], 290, [ii], [293-] 336, [xvi]. Engraved title, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Light red ink stain to upper outer blank corner of title and first two leaves, few leaves a trifle foxed. Near contemporary full calf, double gilt ruled, gilt fleurons to corners, spine gilt with fleurons and stars, gilt-lettered morocco label, inner edges gilt, a.e.g. Joints a bit cracked, lower with small worm hole. Bookplate of Faulque de Jonchieres to front pastedown, occasional annotations. Handsomely-bound copy of the better edition of the two printed by the Elzevirs in 1638. 'The preference is given to those copies where the two vignettes (one at the head of the dedicatory epistle, the other at that of the text of Florus) are different' (Dibdin II, 10). 'La plus jolie' (Willems 467), with the first headpiece in the shape of a mermaid. This copy belonged to Faulque de Jonquières (d.1873), librarian of the Ministère de la… Read More

Paris: Librairie Orientaliste, Paul Geuthner, 1930. Large 8vo., pp. 605, [iii]. Internally clean. Half blue sheep, raised bands, gilt title direct to spine, blue cloth boards, edges sprinkled red, dark green endpapers, original red and black wrappers bound in at rear. A bit rubbed, some peeling to spine and corners but still very good. Tiny stamp, 'Bramhall and Menzies' to ffep verso. Number 556 in an edition of 2000 copies.

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. 288 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1906. 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo., pp. xiv, 403; 413. Cream cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated, spine label, spine browned, boards grubby, slight shelf wear to edges, endcaps and corners, edges dusted, top edge gilted, foxing to free end-papers, still very good. Gilt-embossed stamp 'Schola Civitatis Londinensis' (City of London School) to upper board.

London: Profile Books, 2018. First edition, second impression. 8vo., pp. x, 453 + b/w plates. Maps. Hardback: green cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: a fine copy. Author's ink inscription "To Charlie..." to title-page.

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (with Brepols), 2010. 8vo., pp. 318. Hardback: laminated decorative boards. New, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 360 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series, and Volume 30 in the Brepols Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance series.

Dublin: James Williams, 1777. First edition in book form. 12mo., pp.[vi], 244. Ornately engraved title-page with vignette. Running title is 'Momus: or, the laughing philosopher'. Small ink blot to top edge of text block, which is slightly visible at very edge of head margins. Occasional faint marks but very good. Some lightly pencilled notes to the index describing certain pieces as 'good' or 'très bon'. Contemporary calf mottled in a diagonal pattern, neatly rebacked in a lighter brown with recent label, corners repaired, very good. To front paste-down, engraved bookplate with crest of Edward Butler of Carlow; modern bookplate of Peter Stewart Young of Tillingham. Originally printed serially in The Westminster Magazine (1772-1782). Titles include: 'A Ramble through Covent Garden'; 'Humorous description of the House of Commons'; On the present fashionable Mode of Dressing Ladies' Hair'; 'Some curious Specimens of Problematical Oratory'… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1970. 8vo., pp. xviii, 266. Cloth, gilt-lettered, edges dusted. Dust-jacket, browning to spine, shelf wear. Very good. Illegible ownership inscription in pencil to ffep. Cambridge Studies in English Legal History.

[London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.) for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, 1726. First edition. 8vo. [8], 199pp., [1]. Ink splash to F5-F8, small paper flaw to lower outer blank corner of N and outer edge of B, minor tear with no loss to upper blank margin of N8, occasional very slight marginal spotting. Contemporary polished calf, double blind ruled, gilt-lettered morocco label to spine. Rebacked. First edition of the first comprehensive reference work on the English laws on sewers, encompassing sea banks, public streams and rivers, ditches and marsh grounds, and the authority of the Commissioners of Sewers as established by the Commissions of Sewers Act 1708. With a final section ( 64pp.) on ordinances relating to Romney Marsh and others marshes and fens. ESTC T130363; Goldsmiths 6437.

Paris: Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Edouard Rouveyre, 1878. First edition, inscribed by the author. 8vo., pp.[vii], xvi, 245, [iv], 248-253, [viii]. Title page in red and black. Original wrappers bound in, includes half-title and advertisements at rear. Contemporary binding of fleur-de-lys-patterned paste paper over boards, edges uncut. Spine toned, cover paper splitting at joints but still firm, corners bumped, very good. Author's inscription of "Hommage" to Edouary Gratpauche to preliminary blank. 'No. 197' pencilled to ffep.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 205 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Paris: Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy. 1681. 12mo. pp. [xii], 444. Woodcut vignette to title. Small clean tear from outer edge of p.271, few leaves a trifle browned or dampstained. Contemporary sprinkled calf, raised bands, spine triple gilt ruled, gilt fleurons and tendrils, all edges sprinkled red. Boards and outer edges rubbed. A rather vigorous Jesuit diatribe against Jansenism as an heretical imposture, listing the 24 psychological techniques and social behaviours by which Jansenists pass themselves off as 'saintly people'.

Amsterdam: aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1773. 12mo. 4 vols., pp.viii, 384 + 6 plates; [iv], 314 + 5 plates; [iv], 272 + 3 plates; [iv], 352 + 3 plates. Engraved portrait frontispieces to vols. I and II, woodcut head and tail pieces and initials, a few leaves of vol. IV unopened, '990' in blue pencil at foot of final page vols. I and IV. Occasional light spots and stains, a little damp-staining to vols. II and IV, vol. I with lower corner of leaf F2 torn but not affecting text. Later mottled calf, spines heavily gilt, edges red, marbled endpapers. Edges a little rubbed but very good. To each front paste-down the red-printed book label of the translator Niccolai Gamba-Castelli, with MS shelfmark. Vol. I - Tragédies de P. Corneille: Le Cid; Horace; Cinna; Polieucte; L Mort de la Pompée. Vol. II - Tragédies de P. Corneille: Rodogune; Heraclius; Othon. Vol. III - Tragédie de T. Corneille: Le Comte D'Essex. Comédie de P. Corneille: Le Menteur.… Read More

Cologne: Jacques le Jeune, 1685. 12mo. pp. [12], 565, [11], including engraved title from 1687 Brussels edition. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Slight browning or marginal foxing, engraved title and verso of last leaf little dust-soiled. Contemporary vellum over boards. Little rubbed, few ancient stains, traces of red wax to pastedown. Scarce pirated edition -- with the false imprint 'Cologne, Jacques le Jeune, 1685', but produced in The Hague probably a few years later (see Weller, 'Die falschen und fingierten Druckarte'). It is an exact reprint of L. Marchant's Brussels edition of 1687, of which it includes the engraved title. Vincent Voiture (1597-1648) was in the service of Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII, and one of the earliest members of the Académie française. Whilst he never published anything in his lifetime, a collection of his letters and verse published posthumously made him fashionable among the intellectual elites. Among his correspondents… Read More

New York: Octagon Books, 1977. Reprint. 8vo., pp. xv, 438 + frontispiece portrait of the author and two other illustrations. Hardback: brown cloth. No dust-jacket (as issued). Slight shelf-wear with a little dusting to edges: a very good copy. With an Introduction by the editor and Foreword by Felix E. Schelling. This edition first published in 1930 by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Oxford University Press (Sandpiper reprint). 1998. Reprint. 8vo. pp vi, 232. Cloth, fine. Dust-jacket, light superficial shelf-wear, very good.

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2009. 8vo., pp. xvii, 128. Hardback: laminated decorative boards. New, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 356 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series.

London: Macmillan, 2015. First UK edition. 8vo., pp. xxiii, 577 + plates. Illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, very good.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Sam. et Joann. Luchtmans, 1779. 8vo. pp. [lxxviii], 570, [cxxxiv]. Engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials and end-pieces. Sporadic very light spotting, very light toning, closed tear to bottom corner 2L6 not affecting text. Contemporary prize binding with certificate bound in, spine gilt, blind-tooled borders and frame with gilt corner-tools and gilt centrepiece with the arms of Leiden to each board, edges sprinkled red. Spine a bit lifted and creased at tail-end, boards a little bowed and very slightly greyed with a few smudgy marks, ties lost, front paste-down lifting a little at fore-edge. Handwritten prize certificate with four signatures awarded to Daniel van Haltern by the 'Quatuorviri' (Board of Trustees) of the Latin School on 4 March 1782. To front paste-down, 20th-century bookplate with coat of arms of Marie Gràfin von Der Goltz (1873-1941), wife of Count Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865-1946), army general during WWI, commander of the… Read More

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. 216 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.