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Tercume-i Sihah el Cevheri (Translation of Kitab Sihah al Jawhari) printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika by Muhammad bin Shaykh Muslih Muhammed al Vani (D. 1000 H. -1592 AD. )

First ed. complete with, vesilet ut tiba'aa by Ibrahim Muteferrika, and the Imprial order. contemporary full leather bindings with flap. (VOL.1) 2p., 6p. 1p. blank, 5p. wasilat ut tiba'aa, 2p. author's biography, 2p. blank. 9p. index and errata. 1p. blank...

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$40,000.00

Opere di Dante Alighieri by Alighieri, Dante

Venezia: Antonio Zatta, 1758. Four quarto volumes: L'Inferno, Il Purgatorio, Il Paradiso, Prose & Rime Liriche. (16), xlviii, ccccviii; ccccxiii, (3); cccclii, (4), 104; xii, 408, (4), 264, lxxxiv, (2)pp. Illustrated throughout with 114 engraved plates, ...

From Bromer Booksellers

$11,500.00

Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire 69 of 70 Volumes by Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet; Marquis De Condorcet (Editor); Pierre Beaumarchais

Kehl, Baden: Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique, 1784. Leather Bound. Very Good. L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. "In French. Famous first posthumous collected edition of Voltaire's [1694-1778] works known as the 'Kehl Voltaire', produced by B...

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$9,000.00

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, VOL.II by Choderlos de Laclos

A classic of French Litterature. Title comprising 4 volumes. Volume 2 of 4. Half Calf hardcover with marbeled boards. Morocco spine label with ab...

From Olivier Collection

€4,150.00

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Vol.III by Choderlos de Laclos

A classic of French Litterature. Title comprising 4 volumes. Volume 3 of 4. Half Calf Hardcover with marbeled boards. Morocco spine label wit...

From Olivier Collection

€4,150.00

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, VOL.I by Choderlos de Laclos

A classic of French Litterature. Title comprising 4 volumes. Volume 1 of 4. Half Calf Hardcover with marbeled boards. Morocco spine label with ab...

From Olivier Collection

€4,150.00

Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Vol IV by Choderlos de Laclos

A classic of French Litterature. Title comprising 4 volumes. Volume 4 of 4. Half Calf Hardcover with marbeled boards. Morocco spine label wit...

From Olivier Collection

€4,150.00

The Supplement To Antiquity Explained, And Represented In Sculptures, By The Learned Father Montfaucon. Translated Into English By David Humphreys, M. A. And Fellow Of Trinity-College In Cambridge. In Five Volumes. Volume The First Through Fifth (Five Volumes Bound In One) by Montfaucon, Bernard De; Translated By David Humphreys

London: J. Tonson And J Watts, 1725. First English Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 128 Plates; Headpieces And Tailpieces. [2], [22], 571, [12]. Errata At Bottom Of Last Page Of Index At End. 128 Full Page And Double Page Plates. 41.5 X 27 X ...

From Arroyo Seco Books

$5,000.00

Fables Moral and Political With Large Explications. Translated from the Dutch by [Court, Pieter de la]

London: [n.p.]. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. In two volumes. 8vo., full cont. calf, rebacked with a later spine, raised bands, leather spine labels, (28), 381, (17) index; vii, 391, (16)pp. index. Frontispiece. Front board of volume two reattached...

From Minotavros Books

CA$6,000.00

FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. [1st edition of vols 3-9; 4th edition of vols 1-2, with vols 5, 7 and 9 signed by author]. by Sterne, Laurence

London: London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall / T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt in the Strand, 1760. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Hogarth, William. Octavo; fourth edition (vols 1-2, 1760), first edition (vols 3-9, 1761-1767). Full set...

From Lyppard Books

£3,250.00

MEMOIRES DE MR D'ARTAGNAN 1700-01 by SANDRAS DE COURTILZ, GATIEN

SANDRAS DE COURTILZ, GATIEN, "Memoires de Mr d'Artagnan" 3 tomes in one, Cologne 1700– 1701. First edition. Very good. Capitaine-Lieutenant de la première Compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roi, Contenant quantité de choses particulières et secrettes qui...

From Jean Skarstedt Paris Stockholm

€3,250.00

The Works of the English Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical , By Samuel Johnson by Johnson, Samuel

London: printed by John Nichols for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, Etc., 1790. 12mo. The second edition, which is considered the best and most complete and accurate edition which includes an additional fourteen poets, including Johnson which were no...

From Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

$4,000.00

Trivia: or the Art of Walking the Streets of London [Large-Paper Copy] by GAY, John (1685-1732)

London: printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys between the Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet, 1716. First Edition. Morocco. Fine. First Issue, large-paper copy (engraved headpiece on p. 1 depicts a street scene, not a phoenix, with elaborate engraved ...

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$3,865.00

THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. Translated from the Greek. by HOMER. -- POPE. ALEXANDER, Translates

Bernard Lintot. London. 1725/26. FIRST 12mo POPE EDITION, issued the same year as the Folio subscription set. 5 Volumes. 12mo. (6.5 x 4.1 inches). Illustrated with 24 fine copper engraved plates by Paul Fourdrinier, after William Kent. ---- Vol. 1: [4],...

From Paul Foster Books

£2,750.00

Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts Themselves. by HARRIS, John

1704 Lexicon Technicum John Harris 1st English SCIENCES Isaac Newton Optics 'The first technical dictionary in any language!'(PMM) "it was the first work of the kind professing to embrace a detailed view of the whole body of the sciences and arts." (Low...

From Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books

$3,500.00