Search Results: Antiquarian from Alan Wofsy Fine Arts

Venice: Gioliti, 1590.. Small folio. Contemporary vellum. [xii], 144 pp. First edition, second issue, with the errata on p. [144]. Few blank repairs at bottom of title page, else fine. Books plate of George Fenhagen. Fowler, 280; Mortimer, 551.

Venetia: Simon Galignani, 1574.. Engravings by Girolamo Porro. [8], 110, [2] pp. Brunet IV, 820. 3/4 morocco on old marbled boards.

Neapolis: Raillard, 1691.. 16mo. 208 pp. Shaved at top with loss of tops of some words. Full contemporary vellum.

Amsterdam: Louis Elzevier, 1652.. 12mo. Title 15 leaves including title, 752 pp. With engraved frontispiece. Contemporary vellum. Willems 1012; Wellcome III, 365; Osler 3098; cf. Waller 5193 (ed. 1652); Parkinson/Lumb 1352a (ed. 1648); Hirsch III, 412.

Réalités, May, 1970.. No. 234.

Morongo Valley, Calif.: Sagebrush Press, 1981.. Portrait by Brett Weston. One of 475 numbered copies. Original boards. From the library of Millard Sheets.

Venice: Apud Jacobum Simbenium, 1572.. Small 12mo. Publisher's device on title and 26 woodcut illustrations (some repeats). Contemporary vellum. Some soiling, light browning of text. There are marginal tears, signatures and notations on the title page.

Antwerp: Andre Frisi, 1668.. Quo Instrumenta & modi quibus iidem Christi Martyres olim torquebantus, 44 engravings by or after Tempesta. Brunet, II, 1468. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Relié en veau écaille de l'époque. Dos à cinq nerfs. Petit défaut au dos. 76 x 134 mm.

London: William E. Hill & Sons, 1902.. First edition. 4to. Rare 1st ed. Original half calf; Stradivari crest in red and gilt on front cover. Marbled endpapers. 303 pp. 30 plates most in full color. Index. 303 pp. Front hinge cracked but still sound. Spine scratched in several locations, somewhat brittle. Lacking two tissue guards. Text block toned at edges. Minor soiling, else good.

Paris: Thierry, 1668.. 4to. 266, 116 pp. Engraved frontispiece by Landry after Baroc. Includes the letter by Bochart. Contemporary calf with coat of arms. Spine defective, else very good, with rubbed extremities.

Amstelaedami: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1685.. 1685 on frontispiece [MDCLXXXVI on title page]. [viii], 218, (20); [ii + chart], 121 [3] pp.; profusely illustrated with military and numismatic engravings. 4to. VG+ in contemporary morocco, with some spliting along spine edges, rubbed bottom edges, lightly bumped corners; text is just about fine. Brunet, II, 858. Armourial bookplate: Le Bon Temps Viendra.

Réalités, Aug. 1968.. No. 213.