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Item #JLR0823 New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus: comprehending an...

Thornton, Robert John

New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus: comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification; a prize dissertation on the sexes of the plants; a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system; and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature, being picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions

EX-COLL. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE Three parts in two volumes. London: T. Bensley for the publisher (Thornton), 1799–1807[–1810]. First edition. Broadsheet folio (22 5/8” x 17 7/8”, 574mm x 455mm).Vol. I: binders blank, π-9π1 a-g1 *g-*h1 h-s χ-3χ1 2a-b1 4χ-5χ, binders blank [$1 signed]. 36 leaves, pp. [58].....

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Item #GRM0061 Boerekermis. Quantum est in rebus inane! Lukas Rotgans

Rotgans, Lukas

Boerekermis. Quantum est in rebus inane!

Amsterdam: Samuel Halma, 1708. First edition. Bound in contemporary vellum. All edges of the text-block speckled. Small quarto (8” x 6 1/8”, 203mm x 155mm): A–H4 I2, binder’s blank [$3 signed; –A1, I2; A2 signed “*2”]. 33 leaves, pp. 1–4 (title, blank, 2pp. privilege) 5–67 [1] (blank). With two copperplate.....

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Item #JLR0814 The wars of Wellington, a narrative poem; in fifteen cantos. Embellished with Six...

[Combe, William as] Dr. Syntax

The wars of Wellington, a narrative poem; in fifteen cantos. Embellished with Six Engravings, coloured from the original paintings. By Dr. Syntax

London: C. Whittingham for W.T. Gilling, 1821. Second edition. Quarto (12” x 9 7/16”, 305mm x 240mm): 2 binder’s blanks, A4 B-Z4, 2 binder’s blanks [$1 signed]. 92 leaves, pp. i-v (half-title, blank, title, blank, introduction) vi [2] (arrangement of the plates, blank) 1 2-175 [1] (blank). With 6 hand-colored.....

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Item #GRM0029 The complaint, and the consolation; or, night thoughts, by Edward Young, LL.D....

Young, Edward; illust. William Blake

The complaint, and the consolation; or, night thoughts, by Edward Young, LL.D. –––fatis contraria fata rependens. Virg.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE WORK OF WILLIAM BLAKE FROM THE COLLECTION OF MAURICE SENDAK London: Robert Noble for Richard Edwards, 1797. First edition. Large Quarto (16 3/16” x 12 3/8”, 410mm x 315mm): 54 leaves, pp. i–iii (title, blank, advertisement) iv–viii, [2] (Night the first, on life, death and mortality, blank) 1–16.....

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Item #JLR0748 English bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire. George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord

English bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, INLAID TO QUARTO London: James Cawthorn, 1810. “Fourth edition,” the fourth authorized edition. Quarto (the printed book issued duodecimo; 12 11/16” x 10 5/16”, 323mm x 262mm): 3 binder’s blanks, Α-C12 D12(–D12) [$2 signed, the fifth leaf as “2”; –A1], 7 binder’s blanks. 47 leaves, pp. i-v (half-title.....

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Item #JLR0692 Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist, Poet, Painter, and Philosopher. Robert...

Thornton, Robert John

Temple of Flora, or Garden of the Botanist, Poet, Painter, and Philosopher

THE BRIDGEMAN COPY, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED London: Dr. Thornton, 1812. First quarto edition. Royal quarto in 2s (15 3/8” x 12 3/16”, 390mm x 309mm): binder’s blank, B-E2 *E2 F-Y2 Z2(–Z2) [$1 signed]. 45 leaves, pp. [xiv] (Shaw’s Lines…, 2pp. Maurice’s Verses…, 3pp. Pratt’s Flora… and Maurice’s Verses..., Seward’s Proem, blank, 3pp.....

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Item #JLR0634 The fables of Æsop. illust. Edward Detmold Aesop, trans. George Fyler Townsend

Aesop, [trans. George Fyler Townsend,] illust. Edward Detmold

The fables of Æsop

London, New York, Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton[, 1909]. First trade edition. Quarto (10” x 7 11/16”, 253mm x 196mm): 2 binder’s blanks, a4 b4 A-T4, 2 binder’s blanks [$1 signed]. 84 leaves, pp. [i-v] (half-title, blank, title, blank, contents) vi-xvi, 1 2-152. With 23 tipped-in chromolithographed plates, each with a......

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Item #JLR0563 Le grand tableau de l'univers, ou l'Histoirie des Evenements de l'Eglise, depuis la...

Basnage, Jacques; illust. Romeyn de Hooghe

Le grand tableau de l'univers, ou l'Histoirie des Evenements de l'Eglise, depuis la Creation du Monde jusqu'à l'Apocalypse de S. Jean. Representée par des Tailles douces. Expliqués par des Remarques Historiques, Theologiques & Morales. Avec les Annales de l'Eglise & du Monde. depuis la Creation jusqu'à la Mort des Apotres, & un Abregé de la geographie sacrée. Par Mr. Basnage, Pasteur de la Haye. Huitiéme [sic] Edition

THE TOLLEMACHE–MAMOURIS COPY WITH A FINELY-COLORED TITLE PAGE Amsterdam: Jaques Lindenberg, 1714. Folio in 4s (14 ½” x 9”, 370mm x 230mm): 2 binder’s blanks: π-2π1 3π2 (3π2 backed) *-******2 *71 *81 A-C4 D-E2 F-R4 S2 T-Z4 Aa2 χ1 2*-****2 2*****1 2A-G4 2H2 3A-N2, binder’s blank [$3 signed; –C1, V3.....

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Item #JLR0552 La Magnifica et triumphale entrata del Christianiss. Re di Francia Henrico secondo...

[Scève, Maurice]

La Magnifica et triumphale entrata del Christianiss. Re di Francia Henrico secondo di questo nome fatta nella novile & antiqua Città di Lyone à luy & à la sua serenissima consorte Chaterina alli 21. di Septemb. 1548. Colla particulare descritione della Comedia che fece recitare la Natione Fiorentina à richiesta di sua Maesta Christianißima

Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, (1 March) 1549. First edition in Italian. Pot quarto (8 ¼” x 5 13/16”, 209mm x 148mm): A-O4 P2 [$3 signed; –A1]. 58 leaves, pp. [4] (title, privilege, 2pp. dedication), [112]. With 15 full-page woodcuts (after Bernard Salomon, integral with the text) and many 5-, 6- and.....

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Item #JLR0558 Marguerites de la marguerite des princesses, tresillustre Royne de Navarre AND...

[Marguerite d’Angoulême, Queen of Navarre; illust. Bernard Salomon]

Marguerites de la marguerite des princesses, tresillustre Royne de Navarre AND Suyte des Marguerites de la marguerite des princesses, tresillustre Royne de Navarre

THE de BOURDIGALLE–DOUBLE– QUENTIN-BAUCHART–RAHIR–ODIOT–BURTON COPY [Marguerite d’Angoulême, Queen of Navarre; illust. Bernard Salomon.] Marguerites de la marguerite des princesses, tresillustre Royne de Navarre and Suyte des Marguerites de la marguerite des princesses, tresillustre Royne de Navarre. Two volumes. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1547. First edition, Mortimer B.[1] Octavo (6.....

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Item #JLR0511 Anakreontos Teiou mele. Anacreontis Teij odæ. Ab Henrico Stephano luce &...

Anacreon, ed. Henri Estienne

Anakreontos Teiou mele. Anacreontis Teij odæ. Ab Henrico Stephano luce & Latinitate nunc primùm donatæ

Ανακρέοντος Τηΐου μέλη. Anacreontis Teij odæ. Ab Henrico Stephano luce & Latinitate nunc primùm donatæ. Paris: Apud Henricum Stephanum, 1554. Editio princeps. Octavo (7 ¾” x 5 3/16”, 198mm x 133mm): *4 A-O4(O4 blank) [$3 signed]. 60 leaves, pp. [8] (title, blank, 4pp. to the reader, 2pp. verses, 1 2-110.....

Price: $6,800

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Item #JLR0463 Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, en Latin et en François, De la Traduction de M. L'Abbé...

Ovid; illust. [Pierre-François] Basan and [Noël] Le Mire, trans. Abbé [Antoine] Banier

Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, en Latin et en François, De la Traduction de M. L'Abbé Banier, de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres; avec des explications historiques. Tome premier[–quatrième]

"THE SUPREME ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH ROCOCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION" Four volumes. Paris: Barrois jeune, 1767; Pissot, 1768; Delormel, 1769; Delormel, 1771. First editions. Quarto (9 5/8” x 7 5/8”, 245mm x 194mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, π2 a-l4 m2 A-Kk4, binder’s blank [$2 signed; f1 signed “F”]. 180 leaves, pp. [4].....

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Item #JLR0509 La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. Torquato Tasso

Tasso, Torquato

La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso

THE RAREST BODONI TASSO No. 81 of 100 AD PERSONAM COPIES, PRINTED FOR BODONI’S COLLABORATOR GAETANO ZILIANI Two volumes. Parma: Bodoni, 1794. First edition, limited; no. 81 of 100 ad personam copies, of a total limitation of 130. Folio in 4s (18 ¼” x 12 1/8”, 462mm x 308mm).Vol. I: π1.....

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Item #JLR0314 Orlando Furioso. Lodovico Ariosto

Ariosto, Lodovico

Orlando Furioso

ONE OF 100 QUARTO EXAMPLES, BOUND BY DERÔME Four volumes. Birmingham: John Baskerville for P. and G. Molini, 1773. First Baskerville edition, quarto format. Quarto (11 1/2” x 8 15/16”, 292mm x 227mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, π4(–π1) a-g4 χ1, A-Yy4 Zz2 (Zz2 blank), binder’s blank [$2 signed]. 214 leaves.....

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Item #6JLR0170 Aphorismes d'Hippocrate, Latin-Français, traduction nouvelle, par. E. Pariset,...

Hippocrates, trans. Étienne Pariset

Aphorismes d'Hippocrate, Latin-Français, traduction nouvelle, par. E. Pariset, Docteur - Médecin de la Faculté de Paris. . .

Paris: Chez Méquignon-Marvis, 1813. First edition. Trigesimosecundo (32mo) in 8s (3 3/8” x 2 3/8”, 98mm x 60mm): 3 binder’s blanks, π4(+π5), [1]8 2-168 174 182(–182), 3 binder’s blanks [$1 signed]. 138 leaves, pp. [10] (half-title, imprint (L’imprimerie de Crapelet), title, blank, 5pp. dedication to Bourdois de la Motte, blank).....

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Item #6JLR0101 Guirnalda Poética de Páez: Ciudadano Esclarecido de Venezuela. Contiene ademas...

[Páez, José Antonio]

Guirnalda Poética de Páez: Ciudadano Esclarecido de Venezuela. Contiene ademas de las mejores composiciones al héroe, su retrato y unos apuntes biográficos

Caracas: Imprenta de George Corser, 1850. First edition. Small octavo (6 5/8” x 4 1/8”, 168mm x 103mm): pp. 1-5 (half-title, blank, title, blank, biography) 6-47, blank. With a lithographed portrait frontispiece. Bound in contemporary red morocco. On the boards, a double gilt fillet border surrounding a double gilt scrollwork-cornered.....

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Item #6JLR0084 Tragedies. Ion.–The Athenian Captive.–Glencoe. Thomas Noon Talfourd

Talfourd, Thomas Noon

Tragedies. Ion.–The Athenian Captive.–Glencoe

PRESENTATION COPY London: Edward Moxon, 1840. First collected edition. Octavo (8 3/16” x 5 ¼”, 209mm x 132mm): 2 binder’s blanks, π2(–π1) a8 b4 B-G8 H4(–H4), 2π2 2A4 2B-G8 2H4, 3A8 3B-G8 3H2(–3H2), 10 binder’s blanks [$2 signed; –a1]. 179 leaves, pp. [2] (general title, imprint), i-iii (Ion title.....

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Item #6JLR0048 Virginibus Puerisque & Other Papers. Robert Louis Stevenson, Norman Wilkinson, illust

Stevenson, Robert Louis and Norman Wilkinson (illust.)

Virginibus Puerisque & Other Papers

VELLUM COPY Stevenson, Robert Louis and Norman Wilkinson (illust.). Virginibus Puerisque & Other Papers. London: Published for The Florence Press by Chatto & Windus, 1910. Limited edition (number 5 of 10 copies on vellum for sale, of a total edition of 262). Quarto (9 3/4" x 7 3/8", 248mm.....

Price: $7,500

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Item #6JLR0018 [Illuminated mansucript Diwan]. Saadi Shirazi

[Saadi Shirazi]

[Illuminated mansucript Diwan]

[Qajar: Hijra 1244 (AD 1829).] Octavo (9 3/8” x 5 11/16”, 238mm x 144mm). 344 leaves. Text in two columns with a peripheral column running around three sides (top, bottom, fore), inset with triangular panels at the fore-edge, and occasionally with rhomboid panel, and terminating in a triangular panel at.....

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