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RABELAIS, Francois. THE WORKS OF FRANCOIS RABELAIS. Five volumes, complete London: Gibbings, 1897. Small 8vo. Polished half-calf, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Edited by Alfred Wallis. Very good.

RACZ, Istvan. ART TREASURES OF MEDIEVAL FINLAND. Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava, n.d. (c. 1967). Small folio. Cloth, dus jacket. 244 pages. First edition. With two hundred and forty-four photogravure plates and eight color plates by Racz and an introduction and notes on the plates by Riitta Pylkkanen. Translated from the Finnish by Judy Beesley. Ex-library copy with numbers on spine, bookplate, discard stamps, else a very good copy, in a worn dust jacke.

(DUNGLISON) RADBILL, Samuel X. (editor). THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ANA OF ROBLEY DUNGLISON, M.D. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, (1963). 4to. Wrappers. 212 pages. First edition. Being an extensive collection of Dunglison's notes and journals. Among other achievements, Dunglison attended Thomas Jefferson at his death and was a clos friend of the President's, being the first Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia. With the bookplate of Gordon Jones on the front cove top two inches of spine missing.

(RADFORD) THE RADFORD IDEAL HOMES. 100 HOUSE PLANS.... Chicago: The Radford Architectural Company, 1904. 8vo. Cloth pictorial cover stamped in red and green. 112 pages. Seventh edition. OCLC records several editions with from three to eight copies for each. But there are no copies of this edition on OCLC. Each home is illustrated with a floor plan and an elevation. Most drawings are signed by William H. Schroede Architect. Small ownership stamps of E.J. Barry, contractor and Builder, Canandaigua, NY." Some rubbing and soil, else good copy only.

(MARYLAND) RADOFF, Morris L. THE OLD LINE STATE, A HISTORY OF MARYLAND. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission State of Maryland, 1971. 4to. Cloth, d jacket. xi, 498 pages, (22) plates. Reprint. First published in the late 1950's, this is a reprint with two new articles: "The Black Experience in Maryland, 1634-1900", and "Contemporary Maryland". other twenty articles discuss such Maryland historical events as "The Settlement"; "Maryland Architecture: The First Two Centuries" by Henry Chandl Foreman; and "Shipbuilding in Maryland" among other important topics. Very good.

RADOFF, Morris L. THE STATE HOUSE AT ANNAPOLIS. Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission Department of General Services, 19 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 128 pages. Limited edition. This is the best book on the Maryland State House at Annapolis, which is the oldest state house in continous use in the United States. With illustrations an index, and an errata slip laid-in. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

RAEBURN, Michael, editor. ARCHITECTURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD. New York: Rizzoli, (1980). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 304 pages. First edition An overview of the history of Western architecture from the Greek and Romans the modernists of the twentieth century. Profusely illustrated. Very good.

RAGUIN, Virginia Chieffo. STAINED GLASS IN THIRTEENTH-CENTURY BURGUNDY. (Princeton): Princeton University Press, (1982). 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. xviii, 182, (2), 161 illustrations on plates. First edition. Raguin defines stained glass workshops of thirteenth-century Burgundy by describing the major programs of still-extant glass in the region's churches, with illustrations. Dust jacket rubbed, else very good.

(TEXAS) RAINES, C.W. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS. (Houston: Frontier Press, 1955). 8vo. Cloth. xvi, 268 pages. Reprint of 1896 edition. Annotations added in ink.

RALEIGH, Walter, and Antonio Galvao. THE DISCOVERIE OF GUIANA..., bound with THE DISCOVERIES OF THE WORLD. Two volumes, bound as one. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, (1966). 8vo. Boards, slipcase. (xvi), 1 (2); (xii), 97, (1) pages. Being facsimile editions of The Discoverie of Guiana (1596) and The Discoveri of the World (1601), with historical introductions by A.L. Rowse, and bibliographical notes by Robert O. Dougan. Bookplate, else fine in accompany slipcase.

RAMBOSSON, Jean Pierre. HISTOIRE ET LEGENDES DES PLANTES UTILE ET CURIEUSES. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1881. 8vo. Publisher's quarter-morocco. Frontispiece, (vi), 420 pages. Fourth edition. First published in 1868, this edition is greatly enlarged, with more than one hundred and eighty illustrations. Heavily chipped and worn. Minor foxing. good copy only.

Pfnor, Rodolphe. (PFNOR) RAMEE, Daniel. MONOGRAPHIE DU CHATEAU DE HEIDELBERG. Two volumes, bound as one. Paris: A. Morel, 1859. Folio. Contemporary quarter-morocco. (iv), 16, (4) pages, 12 plates; (iv) pages, 12 plates. First edition. With illustrations by Rodolphe Pfnor, Monographie du Chateau de Heidelberg contains two parts, one on the Palais de Otto-Henry, and the other, on the Pavillon de Frederic-Le-Sage. Each section has twelve plates of drawings by Pfnor. Substantially foxed, some coverwear.

RAMSDEN, E.H. TWENTIETH CENTURY SCULPTURE. London: Pleiades Books, 1949. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 42, (3) pages, 63 plates. First edition. A part of the Pleiades Art Books series, 20th-century sculpture is studied, w full-page photographs of pieces by Jean Arp, Henry Moore, Eric Gill, and othe Endpapers spotted, dust jacket chipped, else fine.

O'Kain, Dennis. RAMSEY, Bonnie. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF THE SOUTH. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2000. Large 4to. 208 pages, 253 Illustrations. First edition. The photography of Dennis O'Kain makes this is an excellent photographic reco of the architecture that has made the South so inviting. Fine.

RAMSEY, L.G.G. THE CONNOISSEUR NEW GUIDE TO ANTIQUE ENGLISH POTTERY, PORCELA AND GLASS. New York: Dutton, (1961). Small 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages including plates. First edition. The second volume of a series on antiques by the editor of Connoisseur. Illustrated with over 120 photographs and line drawings.

(MEDICINE) (RANDALL, David) EXLIBRIS, JOSIAH KIRBY LILLY.... N.P.: Indiana University, n.d. 4to. Wrappers. 100 pages. First edition. ``An Exhibition of Books Relating to Medicine and Surgery from the Collection formed by J.K. Lilly.'' Fine.

RANDOLPH, John. SPEECH OF MR. JOHN RANDOLPH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. New-Haven: Oliver Steele, 1806. 8vo. Disbound. 24 pages. First edition. From a debate with Mr. Gregg, on the prohibition of the importation of Britis manufactures. Uncut. Tears to first leaf, wear to edges, some spotting.

RANLETT, William H. THE ARCHITECT, A SERIES OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS, DOMESTIC AN ORNAMENTAL,.... Volume Two. $485.00 New York: Dewitt & Davenport, 1849. Folio. Contemporary quarter-calf, printe boards. Frontispiece portrait, 85, (2) pages, 60 plates. First edition, thus. [Hitchcock, 971]. Designs for villas and cottages in a variety of styles which were derived fro English pattern books by such architects as Goodwin, Hunt & Robinson. Ranlet is an important 19th-century architect whose book was one of the first to sho the house as part of its environment giving placement for gardens, fences and walkways. The designs were adapted to American conditions within their landscapes (of which plans are attached). His house designs are quite eclect including examples in Grecian, Egyptian, Tudor, Anglo-Italian, and other styl Volume II, which was printed two years after Volume I, shows houses built by Ranlett on Staten Island and elsewhere in New York state, also in Long Branch and Morristown, New Jersey. A Ranlett… Read More

RANSOM, Will. SELECTIVE CHECK LISTS OF PRESS BOOKS. Nine parts in seven volumes. New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1945-1948. 8vo. Wrappers. First edition. A most useful checklist including works by Valenti Angelo, Black Sun Press, Cranach Press, Cummington Press, Victor Hammer, Dard Hunter, Overbrook Press, St. Dominic's Press, and Bernhardt Wall. Very good.

RAPHAEL, Max. VON MONET ZU PICASSO. Munchen: Delphin, (1919). 8vo. Cloth spine, boards. 128 pages, (30) plates. First edition. "Grundzuge einer asthetik und entwicklung der modernen malerei". With thirty plates. Bookplate. Sunning to boards, interior very good.