Matriti [Madrid]: ex officina Francisci Martinez [Francisco Martínez], Anno 1639. Second edition. Text in Latin, printed in two columns. In contemporary limp vellum with thongs. [12] 352 [56] p. Scarce Spanish legal work for the Audiencias in the New World. Francisco de Alfaro (1551–1644) was a significant Spanish jurist..... More

Chuquisaca: Imprenta Boliviana, [1832]. Two woodcut figures on the title page. First edition. Unbound as issued, gatherings sewn together. V [1 (blank)] 40 p. An extremely scarce Bolivian imprint, Antonio José de Irisarri’s sharp critique on legal and social institutions. The third installment in the La Pajarotada series by..... More

Saint-Marc: 24 April 1790. Manuscript on paper. 1 leaf, written in a clear secretarial hand on both sides, signed by Bacon La Chevalerie, Hanus de Jumécourt, Valentin de Cullion, de Bourcel, Vincendon Dutour, and Guerin (?) (secretary). 2 pp. Signed manuscript document from the escalating confrontation between the colonial Assembly..... More

[Paris]: [Barba], 1804/5]. First edition. In later blue wrappers, shelfmark vignette to the front. The entry on the Rochambeaus, excerpted from Galerie militaire. Entry on Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725–1807) and his son Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (1755–1813). Jean-Baptiste was a French..... More

[Venetiis (Venezia):]: per Bernandinum Benalium (Bernardino Benali), (around 1510).]. First edition in this format. The first book is illustrated with twelve large woodcuts of the sibyls and ornamented with several historiated and white-on-black knotwork woodcut initials. Roman and rotunda types, 42 lines. In later vellum. (28) leaves. Coll.: [A2], B–D4..... More

Budapest: Szent Gyorgy, 1913. With many image by Bayros. In original paper. 62-123 p. More

Paris: Gallimard, (1955). First edition. Limited, numbered one of 50 (of 56) copies. In publisher’s wrappers, printed in red and black, protected with tracing paper. 272, (8) p. Limited, first edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s collection of essays. According to Beauvoir the question “how the privileged may think about..... More

Budapest: Thalia-Kultura, (1928). Original, vintage, printed movie poster. Printed in black on yellow paper. 85 × 21,5 cm. Printed poster of the “Omnia” cinema in Budapest, for Nils Olaf Chrisander’s 1927 movie, “The Heart Thief”, written by Lajos Biró starred by Josef Schildkraut and Lya de Putti. More

Boston: March, Capen & Lyon, 1836. First American edition. In publisher’s half cloth, with printed panels. [2], 151, [1] p. and [1] large folding plates. First American edition of this uncommon book about beet sugar manufacturing. A translation of L.-J. Blachette and Frédéric Salvator Zoéga’s Manuel du fabricant..... More

Paris: : per Gullielmum de Bossozel [Guillaume de Bossozel], 1540. First edition. In later vellum. Woodcut bird's-eye view of Jerusalem on title page. Printed signet mounted on title page with the name of Pope Honorius II and his motto. Sign.: [A]4 B-N4 O6; Pag.: ff. 58. An early and extremely..... More

Imprimé à l’Arrivour Abbaye [Larrivour]: dudict Seign, Par Maistre Nicole Paris, 1547. First edition, later version (first in 1546). Title page in an ornate frame. Woodcut printer’s device on the last page. Woodcut initials throughout. Woodcut coat of arms of Jean de Luxembourg on S1r. In later paste paper. Gauffered..... More

Paris: F.-G. Levrault, rue de la Harpe, No. 81. / Strasburg: Même Maison, rue des Juifs, 33 (Imprimé chez Paul Renouard, rue Garancière, no. 5.; Imp. Lith: de Thierry Frères, à Paris), 1835–1836. First edition. Authors copy (at least partly). In three volumes, plus atlas. In modern uniform half leather..... More

Asti: 14th century. Manuscript in Latin on paper. Written in a clear, consistent cursive notarial hand in dark brown ink. The unruled pages are densely written, typically with 30 or more lines per page, and have minimal margins. Letterforms are compact but well-formed, with frequent abbreviations. Regular strikethroughs appear across..... More