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Vermeer and The Art Of Painting

by Arthur K, Jr Wheelock

Things New and Old

by Max Beerbohm

The Thirty Years War

by C V Wedgewood

The Poems Of Andrew Marvell

by Andrew Marvell

Golden Age

by Bob Haak

The Idea Of Reform

by Gerhart B Ladner

The Collector's Dictionary Of the Silver and Gold Of Great Britain and North America

by Michael Clayton

Cabinets Of Curiosities

by Patrick Mauries

Wild Men In the Middle Ages

by Richard Bernheimer

The Temple Of the Mind

by John R Mulder

Historic Preservation

by James Marston Fitch

Hitch-22 a Memoir

by Christopher Hitchens

Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi

by Keith and Mann, Judith W Christiansen

Pepys's Navy

by D J Davies

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296) and index.

The Cambridge Medieval History Vol Iv, Part I

by J M Hussey

The Building Of the Green Valley

by S Peachey

Athanasius Kircher

by Joscelyn Godwin

Great Ghost Stories

by Troll Books Staff

Pagus Hispanorum In Florida

by John Ogilby

Parergon Journal Of the Australian and New Zealand Association For Medieval and Early Modern Studies Volume 32, Number 2, 2015

by Anne Scott

Angli De Republica Anglorum Libri Tres

by Sir Thomas Smith

Biblia Sacra

by Andre Rivet

Hungaria Regnum

by Hondius Henrici

Histoire De La Domination Normande

by Ferdinand Chalandon

17th Century Books & Ephemera

Atlas Maior Of 1665

by Blaeu, Joan

Ancienne Region des Sines

by MANESSON-MALLET, Allain

Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683. unbound. Miniature map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 5 3/4" x 4". Sheet measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/2". This lovely miniature map of China is from the original French edition of Manesson-Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." It also depicts the Mughal Empire from the Himalayas to the Gulf of Bengal, and the Philippines are named 'Isles Barusses'. The map is in good condition with minor aging. Text... Read more about this item

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NZ$314.91

The History of Britain, That Part Especially Call'd England

by Milton, John

J.M. For James Allestry , 1670. Hardback, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked and with corners repaired. 20.5cm x 16.5cm. New end-papers. 308pp, [52]pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece pasted at margin to front free end-paper. First edition, first issue with the Allestry imprint. Upper hinge cracked inside to frontis, remainder of text block firm. Typographic ornaments, errata f. at end, bookplate of Joannis M. Gray. Frontis with small chip to lower outer corner, not affecting image, title with red... Read more about this item

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NZ$2,448.92

HAS LUDENTIS OTIJ CAROLO RUBEO SINGULARIS AMICITIAE PIGNUS D D D

by ROSA, Salvator

Nuremberg: Jacobum de Sandrart Pictorem, n.d. [1690s]. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown and small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, some markings in pencil in various places, moderate foxing throughout though mostly confined to margins. Boards rather toned and rubbed with spine portion lacking, exposing the backing which is comprised of a fragment from an early vellum manuscript leaf. Still a Very Good copy of a lovely, scarce book. Salvator Rosa. Small quarto (6-1/2" x... Read more about this item

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NZ$4,255.50

Reveries sur la nature primitive de l'homme,; sur ses sensations, sur les moyens de bonheur qu'elles lui indiquent, sur le mode social qui conserverait le plus de ses formes primordiales

by SENANCOUR, [Etienne Pivert de]

Paris: Laveaux, 1799. First. hardcover. fine. [4], XVIII, 19-340 pages. 8vo. Handsomely bound in older 1/2 brown morocco over marbled boards; simple gilt-lettered spine with raised bands; marbled endpapers. Paris: J.-Ch. Laveaux, et al., An VIII [1799/1800]. A near fine copy, quite clean and in an attractive binding. Very scarce. OCLC lists only 6 copies including those at Harvard, Yale & Biblioteque Nationale de France. A precursor of Romanticism, inspired by Rousseau. This... Read more about this item

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NZ$1,702.20

ENGLAND TURNED GERMANY? THE AFTERMATH OF THE CIVIL WAR IN ITS EUROPEAN CONTEXT

by Roy, Ian

The Royal Historical Society. Good. 1978. Booklet. Booklet; very good in card covers. Author's gift inscription (crossed out) , signed by Ian Roy. ; Academic offprint (pages 127-144) from the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 5th Series, Vol. 28, 1978). Read at the Society's Conference, 16 September 1977.; 18 pages .

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NZ$14.91

ATHANASII KIRCHERI, SOCIETATIS IESU. MAGNES SIVE ARTE MAGNETICA OPUS TRIPARTITUM. QUO UNIVERSAMAGNETIS NATURA, EIUSQUE IN OMNIBUS SCIENTIJS & ARTIBUS USUS, NOVA METHODO EXPLICATUR, ETC

by KIRCHER, Athanasius

Rome: B. Deuersin, & Z. Masotti, 1654. Third, and best, Edition. Hardcover. Two small institutional stamps on the title page with an early annotation. Worming to the title and first few pages as well as the last few of the index and the binding, extensive on a few pages; the rest of the text fine. Folio (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in contemporary vellum; [xxxii (including engraved title-page)], 618, [24] pages. Title page printed in red and black with engraved printer's device; additional engraved title... Read more about this item

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NZ$15,958.12

Isle Molucoves

by MANESSON-MALLET, Allain

Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683. unbound. Miniature view. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 8" x 5.25". This miniature map by Allain Manesson-Mallet dates to 1683 and depicts the Moluccas, part of the so-called Spice Islands, otherwise known as the Maluku Islands, in Indonesia. The map covers the Islands in North Maluku from Pulau Hiri and Ternate to Bacan. Various vessels fill the expanse of water around the islands, seemingly engaged in naval... Read more about this item

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NZ$170.22

Painting in Scotland. The Golden Age

by Macmillan, Duncan

Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited. 1986. Quarto Size [approx 22cm x 28cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with full-page colour plates and black and white drawings. Includes Index. 206 pages. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Edinburgh Festival and the Tate Gallery, London in 1986 as a celebration of the painters of Scotland's Golden Age from the early 18th to the 19th centuries. . 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover.

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NZ$20.03

Sabaudia Ducatus La Savoie

by MERCATOR, Gerard and HONDIUS, Jodocus

Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. unbound. Map. c. 1630. Engraving. Image measures 14.75" x 19.5". This beautiful circa 1630 map features the Savoy region of France. Extending southward from Lake Geneva or Lac Leman to Grenoble, the map covers the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alps region of France. Includes parts of southern Switzerland and Piemont in Italy. This map labels several towns, villages, and rivers with beautifully rendered forests... Read more about this item

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NZ$765.99

A General Chronological History of France, Beginning Before the Reign of King pharamond, and Ending with the Reign of King Henry the Fourth: Containing both the Civil and the Ecclesiastical Transactions of That Kingdom

by Mezeray, Sieur De

London: Thomas Basset et al, 1683. Hardback, full-calf. 33cm x 21.5cm. Pp. [8], 968, [62]. Engraved title page. Binding is rubbed and worn, with some surface abrasions. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Some damp staining to boards and first and last few pages. Scarce. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs45). Hard Cover. Fair.

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NZ$532.38

[Insula Kildyn]. Troisieme Partie

by VEER, Gerrit de

Amsterdam: Cornelius Claesz (Cornille Nicolas), 1609. very good. Map. Uncolored. Sheet measures 12.75" x 9.25" This rare map of Kildin Island and the Kola Peninsula, part of today's Murmansk Oblast of the Russian Federation, dates to 1609. The map covers the Island of Kildin as well as part of the Murmansk Fjord or Kola Bay. It beautifully rendered topography as well as soundings off the coast of Kildin. Towns are noted on the Kola Peninsula. Illustrations of men... Read more about this item

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NZ$1,702.20

Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura

by Giacomo Barozzio da Vignola

Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe, 1769. Giacomo Barozzio da Vignola - Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura - 1769 Regola delli cinque Ordini d'Architettura di M. Jac. Barozzio da Vignola. In Bologna, per Lelio dalla Volpe con lic. de' Sup., 1769. Barozzio da Vignola Il Vignola: The most printed treatise on architecture (still today) "Rule of the Five Orders of Architecture", one of the most influential and widespread architectural treatises of all time. Complete with 36 etchings, plus the title on the... Read more about this item

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NZ$711.28

[The Advancement of Merchandize]. Mysteries and Secrets of Trade and Mint-Affairs: With several Reasons against transporting Treasure; and waies set down for preventing the same...; BOUND WITH: A True Discoverie to the Commons of England, How they have been Cheated of almost all the Gold and Silver Coin of this Nation [dated 1651]..

by VIOLET, Thomas

London: William Du-Gard, 1653. First. hardcover. fine. Large engraved vignette on title page. [20], 1-40; [2], 43-182, [2 blank], [8]pages. Small thin folio. Handsomely rebound in full deep burgundy morocco with ornate gilt and blind-tooled decorations on the spine; marbled endpapers (some dampstains and marginal tears; scattered foxing and age-toning). London: William Du-Gard, 1653, 1651. First editions. Rare. An exhaustive appeal, supported by a wealth of documents, against... Read more about this item

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NZ$11,915.40

THE COTSWOLDS IN THE CIVIL WAR

by Jennings, R. W

Corinium Museum Cirencester. Fair. 1976. Booklet. Booklet; dent / crease to pages, otherwise good in faded and creased card covers. ; A brief introduction to the role of the area during the English Civil War. Includes the storming of Cirencester, the relief of Gloucester and the Royalist deafeat at Stow on the Wold. Illustrated. ; 16 pages .

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NZ$10.65

Taurica Chersonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur

by BLAEU, Willem

Amsterdam. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with hand outline. Image measures 15" x 19 11/16". Beautiful map of Ukraine showing the area north of the Black Sea including Moscow, circa 1630. Latin text on verso. Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prolific Dutch mapmaker who started one of the most famous map publishing firms of the 17th century. It was at this time that the Dutch controlled the map trade, and their ornate and beautiful maps had immense popularity. Blaeu was... Read more about this item

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NZ$1,276.65

Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans

by Zoras, George

In Greek. Volume in Fine condition, with a couple of small stains on spine and two spots on title page; no tears, no corner bumping, all pages tight and bright, binding like new. Bears signature and bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.The Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans found in the Barberini Greek Codex lll in the critical edition with commentary, name tables and notes published by Professor George Zoras of the University of Athens.This book is rare.

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NZ$425.55

West Barbarie. East Barbarie

by MORDEN, Robert

London: Morden, Robert. unbound. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 7.75" x 6.25". Beautiful miniature map of the Barbary Coast in northern Africa dating to circa 1687. Divided in two sections, the top section features a map of West Barbary including the coast of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The bottom section features a map of East Barbary and covers from Libya to Egypt and the Nile Delta. Beautifully details the Barbary Coast which was at the time known... Read more about this item

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NZ$212.78

An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in London and Westminister, and Other Parts of the Kingdom. With a Persuasive to Persons of All Ranks, to be Zealous and Diligent in Promoting the Execution of the Laws Against Prophanesess and...

by Woodward, Josiah

London: Printed for B. Aylmer, 1699. Hardback, full-calf, paper label with handwritten title to spine. Pp. [30], 163, [1]. Frontis. Binding slightly rubbed. Previous owner's details crossed out to front free end-paper. Contents beautifully clean. Scarce. (bs15). Hard Cover. Good.

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NZ$383.31

Ars Magna Sciendi, In XII Libros digesta. Qua Nova & Universali Methodo Per Artificiosum Combinationum contextum de omni re proposita plurimis & prope infinitis rationibus disputari, omniumque summaria quædam cognitio compari potest..

by Kircher, Athansius Kircher 1602-1680

Amsterdam: Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, & Viduam Elizei Weyerstraet, 1669. It is bound in full original calf with a gilt spine with an expertly executed early rebacking. Nothing is more beautiful than know all things" The 'Ars Magna Sciendi' is Kircher's exploration and development of the 'Combinatoric Art' of Raymond Lull, the thirteenth century philosopher. Kircher attempts in this monumental work to classify knowledge under the nine ideal attributes of God, which were taken to constitute... Read more about this item

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NZ$15,319.80

HISTORIAE NATURALIS DE QUADRUPEDIBUS. [bound with] DE PISCIBUS ET CETIS. [bound with] DE EXANGUIBUS AQUATICIS. [bound with] DE AVIBUS. [bound with] DE INSECTIS. [bound with] DE SERPENTIBUS

by JONSTON, Johannes

Amsterdam: J. J. Schipper, 1657 & 1665. Second Edition. Hardcover. A book that usually suffered from much use, this copy is certainly above the average normally encountered. One plate bound upside down; small tape stains on a handful of plates; one plate with a neatly repaired tear; another plate with slight loss of image. Generally clean and crisp, handsomely bound. Near Fine. Folio (9-1/2" x 15") masterfully bound in recent full vellum lettered in brown on the spine with new endpapers. Six parts in... Read more about this item

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NZ$15,958.12

Patagons

by MANESSON-MALLET, Allain

Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683. unbound. Miniature view. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 6.25 x 4". Sheet measures 8.25 x 5.75". Portrait of two indigenous Patagonians depicted at at a time during European exploration, when they were perceived of as giants. A banner bearing the image's title flutters in the air above the scene. The map appeared in the French edition of Manesson-Mallet's "Description de L'Univers" and bears the... Read more about this item

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NZ$170.22

A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN OF THE LORD AMBASSADOR HOWARD'S RETINUE, TO HIS FRIEND IN LONDON: DATED AT FEZ, NOV. 1. 1669 Wherein He Gives a Full Relation of the Most Remarkable passages in Their Voyage Thither, and of the Present State of the Countries Under the power of Taffaletta, Emperour Of Morocco; with a Brief Account f the Merchandizing Commodities of Africa; as also the Manners and Customs of the People There

London: Moses Pitt, 1670. First Edition. Hardcover. Small stains to title page; spine lightly chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers tight. Very Good. Small quarto (5-1/4" x 7") bound in 19th Century 3/4 calf leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spine, housed in a modern cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered spine label; 36 pages. WING L61. "Henry Howard, Sixth Duke of Norfolk, went out to Morocco as Ambassador in 1669. The writer gives an interesting account of the voyage to... Read more about this item

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NZ$2,127.75

Namurcum, Comitatus

by ORTELIUS, Abraham

Antwerp: Ortelius, Abraham, 1601. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 15.5" x 20.25". Lovely map of the Namur region of Belgium. Includes a compass rose and a cartouche incorporating the Belgian coat of arms. From the 1601 Latin edition of Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern Atlas. Margins have been cropped, some chipping and tears along margins. Stain to top center margin, and also to lower left and right... Read more about this item

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NZ$595.77

THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. What It Is. With All The Kinds Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Severall Cures of It. In Three Partitions, with Their Severall Sections, Members and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically Opened & Cut Up

by [BURTON, Robert] DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR

London: Henry Cripps, 1628. Third Edition. Hardcover. Small chip to one text page; small library stamp to front pastedown and sticker to verso of dedication leaf; generally clean with occasional stain; few pages at beginning and end splitting from binding. Joints split, covers held by cords; minor chipping to spine. Overall a Very Good example of this important book. Quarto (7-1/4" x 11") in early calf leather, the spine with 5 raised bands and a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label. Text... Read more about this item

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NZ$3,191.62

La Logique ou l'Art de Penser: Contenant Outre les Regles Communes Plusieurs Observations Nouvelles,; Propres a Former le Jugement

by [ARNAULD Antoine & NICOLE Pierre]

Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. hardcover. very good. Woodcut design on title page. 473, (7) pages. Thick 12mo, full calf, gilt spine (rubbed). Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Revised and augmented. Very good. Drips of what looks to be sealing wax on endpapers. Old bookseller's label on front attached endpaper. Small oval abrasion though leather down to board on back cover.