1.

Gaius Suetonius.

THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS.

Paris, France: n.p., 1644. 12mo. leather, gilt-stamped, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. (xii), 558, (30) pages. Text in Latin. Dibdin II, 441. Biographical sketch, note to the reader, table of contents follows text. Engraved title, vignettes of each of the twelve Caesars. The classic work on the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Spine chipped at extremities, front inside hinge cracked, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, light tanning. READ MORE about THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS

Price: $490.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133754

4.

(Foulis, Andrew). Thomson, James.

THE POETICAL WORKS.

Glasgow, Scotland: Andrew Foulis, 1784. folio. half leather, pebbled cloth over boards, all edges marbled. xxxiv, 256; (ii), 326, (4) pages. Gaskell 672. Two volumes bound in one. Biography of the author, ode on the death of the author by a Mr. Collins, dedication to the Viscountess of Stormont, Endnotes at the conclusion of each volume. List of subscribers at the conclusion of the third volume. Bound by J. Edmond. Bottom outside front joint cracked..... READ MORE about THE POETICAL WORKS

Price: $1,950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133800

6.

(Bulmer & Co.). Milton, John.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON.

3 Volumes.
London, England: W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office For John and Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol, 1794-7. folio. contemporary leather, five raised bands on spine, all edtges gilt. cxxxiv, 213+(1); 282; 300, (4) pages. 3 Volumes. Brunet III, 1728; Watson 1, 1239. Volume I published 1794, Volume II 1795, and Volume III 1797. With a three part life of Milton by William Hayley preceding text. Table of contents of all three volumes at conclusion..... READ MORE about THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON

Price: $8,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133829

8.

Mabil, Luigi (translator).

LETTERE DI CAJO CRISPO SALLUSTIO A CAJO CESARE SUL MODO DI ORDINAL LA REPUBBLICA.

Brescia, Italy: Nicolò Bettoni, 1805. 4to. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. viii, 79+(1) pages. Text in Italian and Latin. Translated from Latin into Italian by Luigi Mabil. Dedication to Napoleon I Bonaparte. Two letters, attributed to Gaius Sallustus Crispus (Sallust) (86-35 B. C.) to Julius Caesar. Sallust was regarded as a partisan of Caesar against Caesar and others in the waning years of the Roman Republic. Biographical sketch of the publisher and copies of National..... READ MORE about LETTERE DI CAJO CRISPO SALLUSTIO A CAJO CESARE SUL MODO DI ORDINAL LA REPUBBLICA

Price: $1,570.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133763

11.

C. Valerio Catullo (Catullus).

POESIE.

Pisa, Italy: Caratteri de Fratelli Amoretti, 1815. folio. quarter leather, marblie paper-covered boards. xxx, 228 pages. Text in Italian. Works of the Roman poet Catallus (84-54 B.C.), edited by Tommaso Puccini. Dedicated to Ferdinand III, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany. Translated from the Latin by Puccini. Index. Rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about POESIE

Price: $900.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133808

15.

Roy, William.

REDE ME AND BE NOT WROTHE.

(Chiswick, England: Charles Whittingham, 1845). 12,mo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges uncut. unpaginated. Reprint of the original edition. A satire of the Roman Catholic priesthood and monastic orders, especially Cardinal Wolsey. With a satirical cut of Wolsey's arms. The author originally wrote the work ca. 1527-31, just before the commencement of the English Reformation. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about REDE ME AND BE NOT WROTHE

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133752

17.

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON; OR, TEN DAYS PLEASANT DISCOURSE UPON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, AND SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH EARLY ENGRAVING, TYPOGRAPHY, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Three volumes.
London, England: W. Bulmer and Co. at the Shakespeare Press, 1817. small 4to. contemporary brown straight-grain morocco gilt by Charles Lewis with his binders stamped signature in volume one, vellum doublures and endpages, all edges gilt. (vi),vi,(ii),ccxxv,410,(2); (iv),535,(3); (iv),544,(4) pages. Three volumes. First and only edition, one of 50 large paper copies in which the text has been reimposed in quarto and with many of the plates and text illustrations in proof on India paper..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON; OR, TEN DAYS PLEASANT DISCOURSE UPON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, AND...

Price: $5,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26477

20.

(Reichscruckerei). Crous, Ernst.

FUNFZIG JAHRE REICHSDRUCKEREI, 1879-1929.

Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, 1929. thick 4to. full leather stamped in gilt and blind, top edge gilt, others uncut. xvi, 332 pages. General history of printing followed by a detailed history of the German government's printing house. Illustrated including examples of color and reproductions of currency produced. Spine shows only the slightest sign of rubbing, bookplate on front pastedown. Else fine. READ MORE about FUNFZIG JAHRE REICHSDRUCKEREI, 1879-1929

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32695

22.

Miers, Earl Schenck & Richard Ellis (editors).

BOOKMAKING & KINDRED AMENITIES, BEING A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY BEATRICE WARDE, RICHARD ELLIS, CARL PURINGTON ROLLINS,

New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1942. small 4to. leather, gilt lettering on spine. xiv, 148 pages. First edition, limited to 1500 copies. According to Earl Schenck Miers, this copy is one of only 15 copies bound thus which was to be supplied to contributors of the book. An incredibly rare copy of an important book in printing. Loosely inserted are copies of two letters from Earl Schenck Miers regarding the production of the limited leather..... READ MORE about BOOKMAKING & KINDRED AMENITIES, BEING A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY BEATRICE WARDE, RICHARD...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4500

27.

(Incline Press). Paucker, Pauline.

NEW BORDERS: THE WORKING LIFE OF ELIZABETH FRIEDLANDER.

Oldham: Incline Press, 1998. 4to. three-quarter cloth, with boards covered in a patterned paper with a Friedlander Curwen, portfolio with specimens, clamshell case in a half cloth fore edge binding and patterned paper-covered boards. (iii), 92 pages, with 80 additional leaves of plates, loose sheets in portfolio. Limited to 350 copies of which this is one of 25 special copies numbered and signed by the author that includes an extra portfolio of original Curwin specimens..... READ MORE about NEW BORDERS: THE WORKING LIFE OF ELIZABETH FRIEDLANDER

Price: $575.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53943

31.

(Whittington Press).

A MISCELLANY OF TYPE COMPILED AT WHITTINGTON.

Andoversford, Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press, (1990). 4to. quarter cloth, printed paper-covered boards, slipcase. iv, (iv), 125, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 530 numbered copies, of which this is one of the 460 trade copies bound thus. A magnificant type specimen book which has been designed to be enjoyed as much for its content as its typographical displays. The basis for this book is the large collection of monotype faces held by the press, which..... READ MORE about A MISCELLANY OF TYPE COMPILED AT WHITTINGTON

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 30754

33.

(Whittington Press). Taylor, Michael and Brocard Sewell.

SAINT DOMINIC'S PRESS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1916-1937.

With a memoir by Susan Falkner, an introduction by Brocard Dewell, a preface by Michael Taylor, and an appendix by Adrian Cunningham.
Risbury: The Whittington Press, (1995). small 4to. quarter cloth, slipcase. (viii), 180, (2) pages. With a memoir by Susan Falkner, an introduction by Brocard Dewell, a preface by Michael Taylor, and an appendix by Adrian Cunningham. Limited to 400 numbered copies, of which this is one of 300 numbered copies bound in quarter cloth over paper covered boards. With tipped-in illustrations in color including some foldouts. Saint Dominic's was founded in 1916 by H.D.C. Pepler..... READ MORE about SAINT DOMINIC'S PRESS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1916-1937

Price: $300.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41897

35.

(Whittington Press). Foden, Peter.

THE FELL IMPERIAL QUARTO BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

Lower Marston Farm, Risbury, Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 1998. folio. half cloth with printed paper-covered boards, top edge stained brown, slipcase in paper and cloth. (vi), 44, (2) pages with 7 additional leaves. Limited to 200 numbered copies. In the early 20th century, the Oxford University Press decided that its large-size Book of Common Prayer, a mid-19th century design, was inferior to the Cambridge version and generally ill-suited for liturgical practice, and designed a new..... READ MORE about THE FELL IMPERIAL QUARTO BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Price: $185.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53150