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Tahrir Usul Iqlidis, TRADITIONE DOCTISSIMI NASRIDINI TUSINI NUNC PRIMUM ARABICE IMPRESSI. by Euclid, Nasir ud Din Al Tusi
TYPOGRAPHIA MEDICEA 1594, Arabic text of Thrir Usul Iqlidis (Eclid) translated by Nasir ud Din al Tusi. 453 p. iclude many woodcuts. chapter headings are in bold script. Firman (Imperial order) of the Ottoman Sultan Murad Khan IV dated 996 H ( November 15...
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$60,000.00
Works. The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, with Divers Addicions, whiche were Never in Printe Before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere. First issue of the Stowe Edition. by Goeffrey Chaucer, edited and augmented by John Stowe
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...
From William Chrisant & Sons' Old Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
$32,330.00
SHAKESPEARE'S HOLINSHED: The first and second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1. The description and historie of England, 2. The description and historie of Ireland, 3. The description and historie of Scotland: first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others. [WITH:] The third volume of Chronicles, beginning at duke William the Norman, commonlie called the Conqueror; and descending by degrees of yeeres to all the kings and queenes of England in their orderlie successions: first compiled by Raphaell Holinshed, an by him extended to the yeare 1577. Now newlie recognised, augmented, and continued (with occurrences and accidents of fresh memorie) to the yeare 1586. by Holinshed, Raphael (d. circa 1580)
London: London: printed [by Henry Denham] in Aldersgate street at the signe of the Starre, 1587. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition; large folio; 3 volumes bound into 2 physical volumes. Vol. 1: [10], 250; [4], 202, [2]pp. Vol. 2: 61, ...
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... De duplici copia, verborum ac rerum commentarij duo, by Erasmus, Desiderius
Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer, 1514-1515. First edition of some material. Hard Cover. Very Good/Several related works of Erasmus collected in one binding, including the first edition of Parabolae sive similia (a reported 1513 edition of Parabolae was...
$14,000.00
Laurentii Gambarae Brixiani De nauigatione Christophori Columbi, libri quattuor. by GAMBARA, Lorenzo
1583 Voyages of Christopher Columbus Navigation Gambara Peter Martyr New World An incredible 16th-century epic work on the voyages of Columbus! Lorenzo Gambara was a 16th-century Italian poet who is known exclusively for his poem 'Colombiade' – an epic...
$9,500.00
SHAKESPEARE'S HOLINSHED IN ORIGINAL WOODEN BOARDS: The third volume of Chronicles, beginning at duke William the Norman, commonlie called the Conqueror; and descending by degrees of yeeres to all the kings and queenes of England in their orderlie successions: first compiled by Raphaell Holinshed, and by him extended to the yeare 1577. Now newlie recognised, augmented, and continued (with occurrences and accidents of fresh memorie) to the yeare 1586. by Holinshed, Raphael (d. circa 1580)
London: London: printed [by Henry Denham] in Aldersgate street at the signe of the Starre, 1587. Full leather. Very Good. Second edition, large folio; 7-1080, 1080-1371, 1371-1421, 1490-1491, 1536-1555, 1574-1592, [56]pp. Bound in early eighteenth centu...
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Biblia : Breves in eadem annotationes, ex doctiss. interpretationibus, & Hebræorum commentariis, Interpretatio propriorum nominum Hebraicorum, Index copiosissimus rerum & sententiarum vtriusque testamenti. by ESTIENNE, Robert [edit.]
1532 Robert Estienne Latin BIBLE Paris Biblia Breves Apocrypha Hebrew Index RARE Robert Estienne's 16th-century Paris Bibles are considered some of the most famous and desirable printed versions of scripture. Both the Greek and Latin editions of Estienne...
$4,950.00
[Corpus Juris Civilis] by JUSTINIAN
1589 ENORMOUS LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian Codex Digest Godefroy 6v SET "Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force." ― Justinian I Justinian's 'Corpus Juris Civilis' is unquestiona...
$4,950.00
Venerabilis Bedae presbyteri theologi doctissimi juxta ac sanctissimi, commentationum in Sacras Literas, tomus primus : in quo ea maximè quae Veteris Testamenti sunt, ita perspicuè ac dilucidè enarrantur, ut inter celeberrimos ejus argumenti tractatores… by BEDE, Saint Venerable
1545 Saint Venerable BEDE Bible & Commentary English Monk Church Cosmology Saint Venerable Bede was an English monk during the 7th- and 8th-centuries. He is most remembered for his ecclesiastical work on the history of English people, in which he discus...
$3,500.00
Plays and Poems by Shakespeare, William
London. William Pickering. 1825. Sumptuously bound in period Full scarlet crushed levant morocco. Blind rules to front and rear covers with gilt tooled harp device. Ornate gilt tooled fleural and harp motifs to spines. Gilt titles. Elaborate gilt tooled ...
$3,500.00
Satyrae by PERSIUS, Flaccus Aulus
1499 Mantuanus Poetry + 1507 Satires of Persius Post-Incunable Satyrae ROME Roce Along with Juvenal, Persius was one of the greatest 1st century Roman satirists. His works consisted of elements of stoicism and were greatly influenced by Horace and Juve...
$2,950.00
Les Antiquitez Croniques Et Singularitez De Paris, Ville Capitalle du Royaume de France : Avec les fondations & bastiments des lieux : les Sepulchres & Epitaphes des Princes, Princesses, & autres personnes illustres by CORROZET, Gilles
1586 1ed Corrozet Chronicles of Paris France Illustrated Sepulchres Childebert An incredibly rare and valuable 16th-century account of the establishment and history of Paris, France. Written by Gilles Corrozet, 'Les Antiquitez Croniques Et Singularitez D...
$2,950.00
Tales from Shakespeare (1807) by Charles and Mary Lamb
London, Thomas Hodgkins at the Juvenile Press, 1807. The best first edition of _Tales from Shakespeare_ available for purchase. A fine, clean copy.These 20 tales are illustrated with 20 engraved illustrations by William Mulready. First edition, first impr...
$2,900.00
La Gierusalemme liberata by TASSO, Torquato
1590 1st Illustrated ed Tasso Jerusalem Delivered Italian Gerusalemme Liberata "All he regarded; but in Syria most, He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host: That eye, whose penetrating glances dart To each deep secret of the human heart" – Torq...
$2,750.00
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