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London: Londinenses. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1719-20. First Edition. Hardcover. History, British; History, Roman; Military; 18th Century; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; British History. William Musgrave. Belgium Britannicum In Quo Illius Limites, Fluvii, Urbes, Viae Militares, Populus, Lingua, Dii Monumenta... 3 Vols. Lon: Iscae Dunmoniorum, 1719-1716. 8vo in 4s. Early speckled calf, red morocco spine labels, all edges red. Crowns and one foot a bit frayed, overall quite lightly worn, joints rubbed, contents very good but for light dampstains in few lower margins of Vol II. Ex-libris Joseph Pickford Jun. With armorial bookplate over an unidentifed and larger one, with neat gift inscription to him near top of three title pages dated August 1785. ++ Vol I: Belgium Britannicum... 1719. 7 plates. ++ Vol II: 2 title pages, followed by separate paginations: [1] Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae, Praecipue Romanae..., 1719, 7 plates; and [2] Antiquitatum Britanno-Belgicarum, Volumen… Read More

Edinburg: Edin: R. Flemint and P. and A. Neill for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Et Al,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [4],xxxi,576,xl,72,104 pages; CLAVIS PENTATEUCHI: SIVE ANALYSIS OMNIUM VOCUM HEBRAICARUMSUO ORDINE IN PENTATEUCHO MOSEOS OCCURRENTIUM, UNA CUM VERSIONELATINA ET ANGLICA; NOTIS CRITICIS ET PHILOLOGICIS ADJECTIS; IN QUIBUS, EX LINGUA ARABICA, JUDAEORUM MORIBUS, ET DOCTORUM ITINARIIS. NOVAQUE VERSIONE ILLUSTRATUR. IN USUM JUVENTUTIS ACADEMICAE EDINBURGENAE. Latin Language text. Contemporaneous sheep, edges worn, front joint split but serviceable.. Contents very good. Various interpretations of Hebrew words found in the Pentateuch. Heavily footnoted, occasional use of Arabic type. With 40-page index of Hebrew words and 2 appendices: "Dissertatio de Origine, Antiquitate, Conservatione, Indole, et Utilitate Linguae Arabicae..." and "Dissertatio De Genuina Punctorum Vocalium..." Contents clean and unmarked. .

William Morrow & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. ARC. Hardcover. A view of immortality. Faint aging to DJ Laid in newsletter and ARC notice whihc has top edge ruffled and darkened where it had protruded from the volume. An orphan has been adopted by a wizard and is the incarnation of Evil. .

Padua: Padua Tozzi. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1611. Vellum. bw; (32) 552 pages; Large 8vo 8 3/4 x 6". Full soft contemporary vellum. (32) 552. With pink ribbons [19th-20th c]. Interesting sewn repair to original skin on the vellum back . Many woodcut illustrations. In Italian. The Iconologia was a highly influential emblem book based on Egyptian, Greek and Roman emblematical representations. The book was used by orators, artists, poets and "modern Italians" to give substance to qualities such as virtues, vices, passions, arts and sciences. The concepts were arranged in alphabetical order, after the fashion of the Renaissance. For each there was a verbal description of the allegorical figure proposed by Ripa to embody the concept, giving the type and color of its clothing and its varied symbolic paraphernalias, along with the reasons why these were chosen. 200 emblems. .

Me´quignon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1785. B&W Illustrations; . .. A` une the´orie solide la pratique la plus su^re & la plus e´prouve´e. Avec un catalogue chronologique des me´decins qui ont e´crit sur ces maladies. Par J. Astruc ... 4" x 6 3/4", shelf space 7 3/4". Produced in 7 volumes of which this lacks volume 1. Contemporary spotted calf with 5 band spine and a lot of gilt. All edges dyed red. Brief ownership flatsigned on second leaf and also another on title page. Illegible. Bindings are sound and contents quite clean and bright. About 1800 pages. Engraved title, occasional end pieces. Fold out engraved plates. Early editiion. .