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First edition of this translation, by John Hughes, superseding that of Dryden. 8vo; [2], l, [2], 209 [1]pp, with a finely engraved frontispiece. Bound in contemporary or slightly later 18th-century Cambridge-paneled calf, the spine richly gilt in six compartments divided by raised bands, with a red leather lettering piece in... more

Price: $935.00

12mo: [2],5-161,[7, Catalogue des Livres Noveaux Imprimes]pp, engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, superb folding copper-engraved plate of the solar system. Full speckled calf, spine in six compartments between double gilt filets, red morocco lettering piece gilt. Provenance: book plate of Maurice Privat (1889-1949), known principally today... more

Price: $485.00

First (and sole) Edition. 4to; iii-viii (without the half-title), xxvii, [5] ,627, [1]pp, with 9 copper-engraved plates (as called for), several of which are folding. Some pages misnumbered, but collated and complete. Contemporary full tree-calf, the flat spine richly gilt in six compartments with a red morocco lettering piece in... more

Price: $965.00

First Edition, in Latin. 16mo (6.5 x 4.25 inches, 162 x 106mm); [14], 476, [38]pp., with a title-page vignettte of galleon in full sail, woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated initials, and 25 full-page copper engraved plates. Bound in speckled paper-covered boards (scuffed with some loss on the edges, spine,... more

Price: $865.00

First edition, with the rare 4-page publisher's catalog, dated April 1820, tipped in at the front. 8vo: vi, 601, [1]pp. "London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar." on the colophon and title-page verso, as called for. Bound in the original publisher's drab blue paper-covered boards, uncut and largely unopened, with... more

Price: $6,500.00

Two octavo volumes complete: [16], 477 (447 misnumbered 347), [1]; [2], xxxi, [1], 432 (4 misnumbered 2), [24]pp, the title page of vol. II a cancel with the "C" of "Cicero" in the quotation below the second "m" of "Commenta" and press figure 7 on the verso of signature O1.... more

Price: $1,385.00

First French Edition (published simultaneously with a Latin version) of a lavishly illustrated fête book describing the famed carrousel of 1662, a spectacular equestrian display staged by Louis XIV. Broadsheet: [8],8,17-61,[1,blank],63-67,[1,imprimatur],65-10pp, including half-title and engraved title (with portrait of Louis XIV by Gilles Rousselet), plus 96 engravings (4 double-page depictions... more

Price: $12,500.00