Le Livre des Orchidees by Kerchove de Denterghem Comte O - 1894

1676 1st ed Life of Saint Martial Bishop of Limoges Catholic Church Gaul Apostle

Saint Martial, a 3rd-century bishop, was the first Bishop of Limoges. Also known as 'the Apostle of the Gauls,' Martial was reported to have performed many miracles, including raising a dead man to life. They mythos surrounding Saint Martial's life was published by Bonaventure de Amable for the first time in 1676.

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AMABLE, Saint Bonaventure de
Histoire de S. Martial, apôtre des Gaules, et principalement de l'Aquitaine et du Limosin, ou la défense de son apostolat contre les critiques du temps ... Divisée en douze livres
Clermont : Impr. de N. Jacquard, 1676. 1st edition

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[16], 644, [16]
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~14.75in X 9.75in (37.5cm x 24.5cm)
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1835 1ed American West INDIANS Ohio Valley Melville Hall 2v Sketches of History

James Hall's 'Sketches of History, Life and Manners' is a fascinating 1835 account of life in the American West. Beginning in the early 19th-century, Americans began migrating westward encountering early European settlements, Native American Indian tribes, and dangerous animals and health threats. This book provides important details on new states finding statehood, as well as civil institutions being established throughout the American west. It should also be noted that this book was the primary source for Herman Melville's book 'The Confidence Man'.
Notes from Field on this book:
"Narratives of frontier warfare with the Indians, and incidents of Indian life, fill almost all the pages of these interesting volumes."
Per Flanagan,
"a rather detailed account of the first trans-Allegheny explorations, with ample treatment of the early French settlements and the infiltration of the Scotch-Irish Pioneers into Kentucky and… Read More

1644 1ed Blanche of Castile Saint Louis IX France Crusades Louis VIII Combault

Charles de Combault d'Auteuil was a 17th-century French author who is primarily remembered for his history of Blanche of France, the 12th-century regent of France and mother of King Louis IX. This 1644 first edition of Combault's 'Blanche' is an excellent source on the reigns of Louis VIII and Saint Louis IX as well as Louis IX's crusades and ultimate veneration.
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D'AUTEUIL, Charles de Combault
Blanche, infante de Castille, mère de saint-Louis, reine et régente de France
Paris : A. de Sommaville : A. Courbé, 1644. First edition.

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[14], 33, [1]; 88; 151, [1]; 159, [1]; 45, [3]
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~9in X 7in (23cm x 18cm)
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1682 Naples LAW Neapoli Biagio Aldimari Insurance Trade & Customs Italy FOLIO

Biagio Aldimari was a 17th-century Italian jurist and lawyer best known for his books on noble families and laws of the Kingdom of Naples. Though, perhaps his most important work was 'Pragmaticae, edicta' – a commentary focusing primarily on morality in insurance law; however, it also includes commentary on law relating to surgery and medicine, animal research, education, international law, and trade customs, and much more.
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ALDIMARI, Biagio
Pragmaticae, edicta, decreta, regiaeque sanctiones Regni Neapolitani
Neapoli : In officina typographica Iacobi Raillard, eiusdem sumptibus, 1682. 1st edition

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· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~13in X 9.25in (33cm x 23.5cm)
· Quite rare
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1906 1st ed Orange Fairy Book Andrew Lang Fairy Tales Ugly Duckling Magic Mirror

"Once upon a time…"

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of "colors." The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction all of which feature impressive illustrations throughout. The Orange Fairy Book
consists of 33 tales from various European traditions such as Jutland, Rhodesia, and Uganda from Africa. The most famous story from this volume is without question "The Ugly Duckling." This famous tale was originally written by Hans Christian Andersen and tells the story of a homely little bird who suffers abuse from others around him. It has been adapted by multiple media outlets such as opera, film, and theatre!
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LANG, Andrew
The Orange fairy book…
London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. First edition.

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o xiii, [1], 358
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Baltimore, MD: Munsell Color Company, Inc., 1942 IN GOOD CONDITION. 19 color charts dated 1929, separated by clear mylar sheets, in the original 6 ring binder. COLOR REFERENCE.

James Maclehose and Sons. Glasgow. 1912. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. (10.6 x 8 inches). One of 200 copies, from a total edition of 700 for England and America, on hand made paper and with the plates printed as proofs on Japanese Vellum. Each of these 200 special copies has an original print of the etching "The Lion and the Unicorn" , signed by Cameron, as the frontis and is numbered and initialed by the publishers. The etching was not issued separately. Illustrated throughout with 434 etchings, each with the original measurements, date of the plate, number printed and other general notes by Frank Rinder. Some occasasional light offsetting from the plates to the text pages opposite but generally it is faint where it occurs. Endpapers a bit browned but overall a very good clean and tidy copy in the publishers original delux binding of beige cloth on the boards with a white vellum spine, lettered and ruled in gilt. A few minor spots to the vellum but it is still clean and white and the gilt still bright and… Read More

1904 1st ed Mark Twain Adam's Diary Fall of Man Creation Illustrated Satire

"Wheresoever she was, there was Eden."
– Mark Twain, Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain's 'Diaries of Adam and Eve' are first-person memoirs that follow along from the beginning of creation, getting to know each other, and their final days on earth after 'the fall'.

'Adam's Diary', first published in 1904, was Twain's comedic and satirical take on the Book of Genesis. It was filled with illustrations by Strothmann; however, most of them were considered pornographic in nature when it was first published in the United States.

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TWAIN, Mark
Extracts from Adam's Diary
London & New York: Harper & Bros., 1904. First edition.

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Language: English
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Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1691 Shadwell Royal Shepherdess Fountain Rewards of Virtue English Theater

"The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world". ­­
– Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell was a famous 17th-century English poet who wrote a number of plays and poems, many of which have been set to a number of songs. One of Shadwell's earliest plays was 'The Royal Shepherdess' which was an adaption of John Fountain's 'Rewards of Virtue'. According to Lowndes, Shadwell altered the play and simply published under a new title in 1669.

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SHADWELL, Thomas
The royal shepherdess: a tragi-comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesties servants
London: Printed for Henry Herringman: and are to be sold by Francis Saunders ... and James Knapton, 1691.
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References: Wing S 2869; ESTC R 7758; Lowndes 739
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Language: English
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Size: ~9in X 6.5in (23cm x 16.5cm)
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Good copy of a Roman souvenir travel guide with 57 fine engraved views in a damaged bindingIn the early 19th century, Italian publishers rushed to bring out collections of views of Rome for the tourist market.New collection of principal views of ancient and modern Rome, with ruins of the war drawn from life in 1849Engraved title page, 50 views of famous tourist sights in Rome, and 7 views of battles after the Revolution of 1848-49 and the First War of Italian Independnce during June 1849. Some titles in French, some in Italian. The architectural views include the Trevi Fountain, St. Peter's Basilica, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Spanish Steps, Plaza Popolo, Temple of Vesta, Marcello Theater, Colosseum, Arch of Titus, etc.Pietro Datri or Pierre d'Atri was active in Rome from 1840 to 1867 publishing souvenir books of views.Oblong octavo, black full leather binding with four raised bands, gilt title on spine, insect damage to rear board. Good impressions of the copperplate engravings, mostly clean,… Read More