Wien: 1907. 4, 3 p. One in Hungarian and one in French. Lajos Ernst ( 1872 – 1937) art collector, patron, museum founder. Philip de László, was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages. More

Budapest: 1943. More

Cluj: 1951–1961. With:A one-page typewritten editorial note in Romanian written by the poet and translator Veronica Porumbacu (1921–1977) regarding the planned Hungarian edition of the selected works of Lucian Blaga, with Veronica Porumbacu's own handwritten, authenticating signature at the end of the letter. /// It includes: /// editor Emil Giurgiuca's..... More

Barcelona: a costa de Hieronymo Genoues, y Iayme Cendrad, [1588]. First Barcelona edition. In contemporary limp vellum, the title lettered on the spine in ink. ff. [12] 209 [3] (many misnumbered). Scarce Barcelona edition, within the same year as the first Madrid edition, of Ribadeneyra’s influential account of Henry VIII’s..... More

En Madrid: : En la Imprenta Real, 1796. First edition. Disbound from a larger volume. 10 [2 (blank)] p. First edition of Carlos IV’s declaration of war on England. The Spanish declaration of war on England, the beginning of the Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808. In the royal decree, Charles IV..... More

Spain: 1815. First edition. Unbound as published. [4] p. Royal order concerning the establishment and finance of schools in Indian communities in South America for the teaching of the Castilian language. This 1815 Royal order is a reinforcement and partly a reprint of a previous ordinance concerning the establishment of..... More

[Spain]: [late 18th century]. Manuscript in ink on paper. In later buckram, . ff [44 (last blank)]. Scarce Spanish manuscript on the history of the Spanish Inquisition. Written in 1652 by José de Rivera, a secretary of the Council of the Supreme Inquisition. The treatise begins with a brief..... More

Madrid: Diego Diaz de la Carrera, 1655. First edition. In later half cloth. [4] p. Scarce contemporary report on the Battle of the Dardanelles, 1655. The Battle of the Dardanelles, on 21 June 1655, was an act of the Cretan War, the fifth Ottoman–Venetian war, that took place at the..... More

En Madrid: por Pablo de Val, 1666. First edition. In later half clot. ff [8] 30., and two engraved plates. Scarce panegyric on the occasion of the acclamation of Charles II of Spain, with two fine allegoric engravings with the portraits of Charles and Mariana of Austria. With..... More

Budapest: Benko, 1907. First edition. In original illustrated cloth, 175 + [1] p. (Illustrated with 76 pictures). Rare book of the Hungarian traveler about his trip in the Crimea and Caucasus. Inscribed by the author to the the Hungarian politician Sandor Barkoczy. More

Around 193. Signed on the front, Angelo label on the back. 20 x 26 cm. Angelo (Pál; Pinkász Funk, 1894–1974) was a Italian origin Hungarian photographer and cinematographe. More

A Constantinople [but Paris]: De l’Imprimerie d’Ibrahim Pacha (Et se vend a Francfort, Chez J. G. Eslinger), First edition. In contemporary marbled paper. Typographic and woodcut head and tailpieces. 100, - 700, 60, 15 [1775]. [4] 212 p. First edition of Lancelin de Laval’s stories about Muhammad's private life and..... More

Pragae: Apud D. Hartmann, 1820. First edition. In contemporary hard paper, panels covered with green paste paper. Scarce first edition of Presl’s flora of Sicily. Karel Bořivoj Presl (1794–1852) was the most important 19th-century Czech botanist. In 1817 he went on a study trip to Sicily and collected..... More