Search Results: Titles starting with L from finecopy ltd

Lydia Conti, Paris, 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Number 160 of 1080 Copies, 7 pochoir colour plates, original cream card in close to Fine condition with a little toning to text block margins, with original glassine wrapper browned and with 2 small losses to spine , Lydia Conti, Paris, 1949

Francesco Nicolini, Venice, 1685. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. L'astrologia convinta di falso col mezzo di nuove esperienze, e ragioni fisico-astronomiche, o' sia la caccia del frugnuolo di Geminiano Montanari..., First & only edition, engraved portrait of Geminiano Montanari, small marginal waterstain to lower edge, contemporray paper boards. Close to Fine copy. [Gamba 2019; Vinciana, Aut. Ital. del '600, 1593.; Riccardi II, 175; Thorndike VIII, 342.], 4to, Francesco Nicolini, Venice, 1685. Scarce. Montanary was an influential astronomer and lecturer in Bologna & Padova. His work was strongly influenced by the ‘Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem’ by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and worked to exclude astrology from university teaching.

d'Estat & C. chez Pierre Mariette, [1648] Paris. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First edition 1648 A complete copy with engraved title and 12 hand coloured double-page maps. Title water-stained. Contemporary full speckled calf, rubbed & hinges cracked, small leather loss to foot of spine.

Au Bureau des Publications, [1875]. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First and only edition. This publication brings together the four parts and comprises 4 title pages (with no plate number) and 120 numbered plates (2 double plates counted as 2 plate numbers), all correct and as published. Intermittent light spotting to a few of the plates (about 6, and limited to the rear). Original dark grey cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, very minor bumping to corners, and a small marginal damp stain to 1 cm of fore-edge. A fine survey of 19th-century ornamental French ironwork. The four parts are titled, respectively, "La Serrurerie Moderne. Grilles. Balcons. Marquises. Serres. Clotures. Panneaux de Portes. Ornements", "Nouveaux Travaux exécutés dans les Quartiers neufs", "Constructions en tous Genres Exécutées d' après les Dessins des principaux Architectes ou Ingenieurs. Combles pour Magasins, Ateliers, Hangards etc. etc" and "Marquises. Verhendas. Charpentes. Planchers.… Read More

Brussels Imprimerie Royal July 1793.. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First French edition, period tree calf, gilt, spine rubbed, lettering label, Brussels, 1793. viii 144pp. Excellent original copy of a scarce work. First French edition of this "Vie de Louis XVI", initially "produced in Regensburg, by German compositors, who did not know French" and therefore "inevitably very incorrect", according to the note by the publisher, who also points out that the success of this work led to 9 counterfeit editions, but imperfect compared to this one. A biographical work that takes the side of King Louis XVI and denounces the atrocities committed against him during the Revolution

Matthieu David. Paris 1552. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition 1552. La Methode Curatoire de la Maladie Venerienne, vulgairement appelle grosse vairolle..., 8vo, pp. [16], 272, [2], [28, index], lacking errata leaf but otherwise complete. Woodcut ornamental border to title, red rubricated margins, attractive period gilt gauffered edges, later half calf, Paris, 1552. An excellent copy. A rare copy of the first edition. During the sixteenth century the syphilis epidemic swept Europe, and its treatment was one of the most lucrative forms of medical practice of the day. De Hery was the first in France to promote the mercurial treatment of syphilis. He followed Francis I to Italy after the battle of Pavia to treat soldiers suffering from the disease. 'De Hery made a fortune from treating syphilitic patients. He recommended mercurial inunctions and guaiac internally' (Garrison-Morton).

Trianon Press 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Limited Edition thus, Trianon Press 1976 No. 207/380. Publisher's quarter brown morocco, signed and inscribed by Geoffrey Keynes to bookseller John Lawson. Fine copy. Signed by Author

Thomas Downes and James Young, 1643 London. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition, published 1643 London. Later reversed calf binding, upper hinge at head and tail splitting, upper hinge cracked, two leaves with marginal corner loss (A3 and Z44), title and advertisement leaf with crude old tape repair to inner margin, small worm trail affecting last dozen or so leaves modern bookplate to front paste-down, folio, unpaginated folio. A notably clean and bright copy aside from the few mentioned faults. No damp staining and no foxing. A rare work, with none at auction since 1965

London: Slazengers Ltd., [n.d. circa 1913.]. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First and only edition,undated c. 1914. 4to (247 x 186mm.) 26 plates, 5pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. Original boards with mounted illustration, with tiny nick to edge. Old tape repair to spine covering small losses of spine paper, bindings seem firm nonetheless. Internally a few odd spots else bright and fresh. Provenance : From the Lawn Tennis Association Library inkstamp to one text page (only)

Giuseppe Antonelli, Venice, 1858. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Edition 1858 complete in 2 volumes. 4 titles with engraved vignettes, 259 engraved plates, text in French and Italian on double column, some light spotting and foxing intermittently throughout, period quarter green calf gilt, cloth boards stained and slightly worn, elephant folio. Author note - Cicognara was President of the Accademia delle Belle Art at Venice

Published by Paris, Jacques Le Febvre, 1689. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Second French language edition 1689. Period full calf, raised bands and leather spine label, general light age wear. 18th Century manuscript note to pastedown, else a clean and solid copy.

Dublin: Fannin and Co. 1853. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition, near fine. Occasional faint spotting and soiling to endpapers, ink signatures to title and front pastedown, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed to bottom. Collation: xi, 104pp. 8vo.

The Wormwood Review Press, Stockton, CA, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Legs, Hips and Behind, published as the whole issue of the Wormwood Review #71. No. 470 of 700 copies, this signed by Bukowski on the upper cover, though not called for. (the first 60 copies were signed as part of the edition) Light narrow fading to spine, else Fine. Rare. Signed by Author

Published by Pantheon, 1960. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition Second Printing 1960 A Near Fine copy in the original green cloth with a stab mark to head of spine. Jacket is nicked and chipped to top of spine and lightly frayed to corners. No ownership markings & not clipped.

Leide Leiden 1729. First Edition. No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hand coloured map of the British Isles with distinctive Neptune cartouche.Small paper reinforcement verso of lowewr margin else a Fine map with bright contemporary hand colouring.

Macerata, Francesco Mancini, 1812. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lettera sugli scavi fatti nel circondario dell'antica Treja. First edition, engraved vignette title and 15 plates on 13 sheets, 2 folding, with 16pp. offprint in smaller format by A.L.Millin (the dedicatee of the main work) reviewing the book bound in at end, foxing and marginal water-staining affecting only a few leaves, abrasion to one plate, generally in near fine condition, original printed wrappers, Macerata, 1812. A scarce archaeological survey of the excavations at Treja in the Marche; Library Hub lists 3 copies (British School at Rome, BL, & Bodleian).

John Murray, London, 1819. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition 1819 John Murray. A very attractive set in contemporary full polished calf. Collates complete and with both half titles, a few leaves lightly toned mainly in vol. 2, bookplate of Charles William Visc. Milton and label Milton, Peterborough to front pastedowns, contemporary polished calf, border, spine, and edges gilt, gilt-lettered labels to spine, edges sprinkled brown

London John Murray, 1823. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First English edition 1823 8vo. Aquatint frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, 2 lithographed maps (1 folding), appendix, index. The usual offsetting from plates, large paper repair to p.253, Contemporary black half-morocco, red morocco lettering piece to the second compartment, repeating foliate decoration to the rest. Light rubbing to extremities, head of spine joint neatly repaired, lower joints with small split. Good strong bindings. A Very Good original copy. xiv. [2], 414pp and all maps and plates present.

P Guerin et Delatour, 1760 Paris. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Lettres sur l'électricité, dans lesquelles on examine les découvertes qui ont été faites sur cette matière depuis l'année 1752. Nouvelle edition 1760 2 vols in 12. Collate xii 251pp x1i, 284pp and 8 folding plates. Period mottled calf,spines gilt with twin morocco labels, all edges red. A little age wear to spines else a Fine set.

Zatta., Venice, 1776. First Edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Copper engraved map, in contemporary original colour. Published in Zatta s "Atlante Novissimo". Engraved title cartouche Very Good 402 by 310mm (15¾ by 12¼ inches)