Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli cittadino e segretario Fiorentino. Volume Ottavo. Mandragola; Clizia... by Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Baldelli Boni, Giovanni Battista, editor - 1805

Oxford, at the Clarendon Press. London.,1945. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. viii,696pp. Some light foxing to the blank endpapers otherwise near fine copy in publishers dark blue cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, with the gilt publishers emblem at the bottom of the spine. In the original dustwrapper lettered in light blue and brown. Overall a near fine bright clean copy.:

It has green fabric covered boards, there are some wear spots on these. Gilt title lettering, in good+ condition. Spine excellent condition; a nice clean and attractive book. Easy to carry in purse or pocket. Great for collectors and antique book lovers.

1553 Sabinus Catalog of Roman & German Emperors ROME Charlemagne Augustus Caesar

Georg Sabinus was a 16th-century German poet and historian who published an important catalogue of the emperors of Rome. Curiously, Sabinus supplemented the lists of Roman rulers with lists of German leaders. Each entry features a short description of the figure including some of which are written in poetic verse. It includes all the known Roman and German rulers such as Charlemagne, Otto the Great, Charles V, Constantine, Julius Caesar, Nero, and Augustus Caesar.
This fascinating Latin edition was published in Wittemberg, Germany in 1553 by Kreutzer
Item number: #10777
Price: $599
SABINUS, Georg
Catalogus Romanorum Imperatorum. Additi sunt et Germanici Imperatores descripti versibus
Wittemberg : [Veit Kreutzer], 1553.
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Collation: Complete
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References: USTC 619698
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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1537 1ed Orthodox Saint John Chrysostom On the Priesthood + Brixius Marburg

A rare 16th-century printing of works of John Chrysostom. Chrysostom was one of the most important Early Christian Church authors and preachers and is most remembered for his sermons and homilies. He preached on many different subjects, but his most frequented topic was helping the needy. Chrysostom calls for followers of Jesus to set aside their material desires to help the poor, often in a way that shamed the rich and guilted them in to giving.
"Do you pay such honor to your excrements as to receive them into a silver chamber-pot when another man made in the image of God is perishing in the cold?" (Chrysostom in Liebeschuetz)

One of his most important treatises was 'On the Priesthood' in which he describes his experiences becoming a priest and living as a priest. Interestingly, this work was popular during his lifetime as he made references to it in his other works.
This extremely rare 16th-century edition of 'On the… Read More

1581 Religion in ROME Numismatics COINS Cults Mythology Caesars Gladiators Choul

Guillaume du Choul was a 16th-century historian best-remembered for his histories of ancient Rome. One of his best books was 'Discourse on the Religion of the Ancient Romans'
– a history of Roman Emperors, descriptions of life and times of ancient Rome, and most importantly a commentary on Roman coins and their religious implications (i.e. mythology, cults, etc.). This book also offers descriptions of forged Roman coins.
Item number: #19555
Price: $1500
Du CHOUL, Guillaume
Discours de la religion des anciens Romains : de la castrametation & discipline militaire d'iceux. Des bains & antiques exercitations grecques & romaines
Lyon : G. Roville, 1581.
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Discourse on Religion – 339, [57]
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Discourse on Discipline – 154, [10]
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Heavily illustrated throughout
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Signatures: a-z4, A-Z4, AA-BB4 CC6; Aa-Tt4 Vv6
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Oxford, at the Clarendon Press. London.,1945. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. viii,696pp. Some light foxing to the blank endpapers otherwise near fine copy in publishers dark blue cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, with the gilt publishers emblem at the bottom of the spine. In the original dustwrapper lettered in light blue and brown. Overall a near fine bright clean copy.:

Full calf. Probable first issue of the Stowe Edition with Chaucer's arms dated 1560 and before woodcut additions. Relative to the precedence of issues of the 1561 Stowe edition David R. Carlson ("The Woodcut Illustrations in Early Printed Editions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," in Chaucer Illustrated: Five Hundred Years of The Canterbury Tales in Pictures [British Library, 2003]) states "the most plausible explanation seems to be that the printer and publisher of the [Stowe] edition, came into possession of the woodcuts belatedly after most of the press work for the edition had been done. After obtaining the blocks, they ran up a new issue of the beginning of the book, incorporating a "General Prologue" illustrated with woodcut. In all documented cases, the unillustrated [i.e. first]"General Prologue" occurs with a title page showing the Chaucer arms, dated 1560 at the top of the shield. A different title-page, dated 1561, is found in copies incorporating the [woodcut] illustrated… Read More

A biography of Abraham Lincoln early life and his politics.

The Works Of Shakspere. Edited by Charles Knight. Imperial Edition. With Illustration in Steel. London: Virtue & Co. No date. Circa 1875-80. New York, Patterson and Neilson. Two Volume Set. Folio. Illustrations from pictures by C. W. Cope, W. P. Frith, C. R. Leslie, D. Maclise, E. M. Ward, C. Clint, H. S. Marks, W. Q. Orchardson, C. W. Sharp, W.M. Lizars, C. Cousen and others. Contemporary half black leather with green cloth boards and gilt emblem front boards; raised ribs and title and pattern in gilt to spines. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Text pages printed with double columns. Plates are printed on fine heavy paper. Boards and edges have moderate rubbing (see pictures); gilt remains bright and binding is firm. Contents are in near fine condition with flaws noted as follows: Volume I, has light and small foxing marks to the preliminary pages and tissue guard is missing from one plate; Volume II has very small water droplet marks near tail edge and outside of illustration in a few plates.… Read More

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company. Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket toned, tattered, waterstained and soiled, endpapers and boards foxed.. 1958. Facsimile. Hardcover. A facsimile reprint of the William Morris magnum opus, the Kelmscott Chaucer, with the 87 illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Introduction by John T. Winterich. Glossary for the modern reader. Off-white embossed cloth. The Kelmscott Chaucer was originally published in 1896, in a limited edition. This facsimile reproduces all the original illustrations, text, borders, and decorations in a slightly smaller size. xx, 554pp. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .