CAESAR, Gaius Julius.

C. Julii Caesaris quae extant. Accuratissime...

London, Jacob Tonson, 1712.

First edition of the celebrated Tonson’s...

£9500

[CHAMPIER, Symphorien.]

La vie & les gestes du preux chevalier...

Lyons, Olivier Arnoullet, [(colophon:)...

A rare edition of Champier’s account...

£9500

LA VIGNE, André de.

Le vergier dhonneur nouvellement imprime...

[(Colophon:) Paris, Philippe le Noir],...

George Dunn’s copy of a rare early edition...

£9500

GAGUIN, Robert.

La mer des croniques et mirouer hystorial...

Paris, [Bernard Aubry for] Jacques Nyverd,...

Very rare Paris vernacular edition (first...

£8500

[SERMONS.]

[Sermones sensati.]

[(Colophon:) Gouda, Gerard Leeu, 20 February...

First and only incunable edition of a rare...

£8500

[BIBLE – OLD TESTAMENT and APOCRYPHA, Greek; Johann LONITZER, editor.]

Της θειας γραφης παλαιας...

Strasbourg, Wolfgang Köpfel, 1526.

The first edition of the Old Testament...

£8500

[BONIOHANNES de Messana, attributed.]

Speculum sapiencie beati Cirilli episcopi...

[Basel, Michael Wenssler, c. 1475.]

An attractive early incunable edition of...

£7250

GUIGNES, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de.

Voyages à Peking, Manille et l’Île...

Paris, l’Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.

First edition, the complete four-volume...

£6500

PFEFFER DE WYDENBERG, Johannes.

[Directorium sacerdotale.]

[Basel, Johann Besicken, after 20 December...

First and only incunable edition, very...

£6500

GELLIUS, Aulus. 

Noctium Atticarum commentaria per Bonfinem...

Venice, Giovanni Tacuino, 1517. 

Second edition of Gellius’s opus with...

£5500

NIEUHOF, Jan, and Georg HORN (translator). 

Legatio Batavica ad magnum Tartariae chamum...

Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668. 

First edition in Latin, beautifully illustrated,...

£5000

PRIOR, Matthew.

Poems on several Occasions.

London, printed for Jacob Tonson and John...

First edition, a subscriber’s copy on...

£5000

MALTHUS, T. R.

Principles of political Economy considered...

London, John Murray, 1820.

First edition of Malthus’s broadest treatment...

£5000

[ANTHOLOGIA GRAECA PLANUDEA.]

Ανθολογια διαφορων επιγραμματων...

[Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1566.

First Estienne edition of the Planudean...

£5000

[WALLPAPER.]

A substantial album of printed wallpaper...

France, 1923–24.

A delightful sample album of French wallpapers...

£4750

RICHARDUS ANGLICUS.

Correctorium alchymiae ... Das is reformierte...

Strasbourg, Bernard Jobin, 1581.

First edition of ‘a very rare collection’...

£4500

[THOMAS À KEMPIS.]

Messer Giovanni Gerson. Utile & divota...

Florence, Piero Pacini da Pescia, 16 April...

Scarce edition of an anonymous Italian...

£4000

XENOPHON; [Philipp MELANCHTHON, editor].

Ξενοφωντος απαντα. Xenophontis...

Schwäbisch Hall, [Peter Braubach], 1540.

The first complete edition of Xenophon’s...

£4000

BURCKHARDT, Johann Ludwig (John Lewis).

Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account...

London, Henry Colburn, 1829.

First edition, in one volume, recounting...

£3750

[ABC.]

Petite géographie amusante abécédaire...

C. Lehuby, ‘Librairie de l’enfance...

A charming and very rare ABC intended to...

£3750