V Praze [Prague]: Nákladem Musea Království Českého, V kommissí u Fr. Řivnáče, 1872. First edition in this format. In late 19th-century, tooled, burgundy buckram, spine gilt. Ribbon marker. [8], [1]–87, [1], [4], [1]–100, [4], [1]–128, [4], [1]–96 p. Four first or early Shakespeare editions in Czech. Despite the numbering..... More

V Praze [Prague]: Nákladem Musea Království Českého, V kommissí u Fr. Řivnáče, 1862. First edition in this format. In early 20th century half cloth. Marbled edges. [8], [1]–104, [4], [1]–100, [4], [1]–112, [4], [1]–120, [4], [1]–120 p. Five first or early Shakespeare editions in Czech. Despite the numbering of..... More

V Praze [Prague]: Nákladem Knihkupectví Fr. Řivnáče, 1883. First edition (in this format). In publisher’s printed wrappers. [6], [1]–92, [4], [1]–129, [4], [1]–111, [1], [4], [1]–133, [1], [4], [1]–151, [5] p. 1. Kupec Benátský (The Merchant of Venice): Translated by Josef Jiří Kolár, its first edition was published in 1859..... More

W Praze [Prague]: Tiskem Anny Špinkowé, wedenm J. B. Malého [Anna Špinkowá], 1843. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. [4], [1]–158 p. The first edition of the first complete verse translation of any Shakespeare plays into Czech. Othello’s first Czech translation, a prose version by Simeon Karel Macháček, was..... More

Budapest: Ráth Mór, 1884. First edition (in this form). In publisher’s green cloth, with ornate spine and front panel. Ribbon marker. [2], [I]–XI, [1], [1]–106; [2], [I]–VII, [1], [1]–208; [2], [I]–VII, [1], [1]–133, [1] p. 1. A szent-iván éji álom [A Midsummer Night's Dream]. Third edition. This is the first..... More

Budapest: Ráth Mór, 1882. Second edition (first in 1867). In later cloth. [4], 162, [2] p. Although Hamlet was the first Shakespeare play to be translated into Hungarian already in the late 18th century, the first poetic translation, directly from English by János Arany, was completed and published only in..... More

Tot Amsterdam: By Johan ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper tegen over het Oude Heeren Logement, inde Historischryver, 1695. First edition. In modern calf. Engraved frontispiece and two folding engraved plates. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. 4º: [𝜋]4 A–S4; engraved frontispiece and 3 preliminary leaves, [6] 139 [5] p., and [2] folded engraved plates..... More

Amsterodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium [Elzevier], MDCXLIII [1643]. First edition. In later red maroquin. Gilt panels, spine, and inner edges. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges. Woodcut device on the title page. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. [12] 282 p. The scarce first edition of this fundamental text for the history of philosophy..... More

Madrid: Imprenta Nacional, 1859. First edition. In somewhat later half leather. Spine with gilt embossed title and ornamental decorations. Marbled endpapers. 242 [4] p., and one folding plate. First edition of Emilio Lafuente y Alcantara’s influential treatise on the Arabic inscriptions of the Alhambra in Granada, including the poems of..... More

[Tel-Aviv]: [Tel Aviv Municipality], [1952]. Original, vintage poster. Text in Hebrew. Color lithograph printed by A Kofman and Co. 625 × 468 mm. Original, vintage advertising poster of the Tel Aviv Municipality, designed by Pesach Irsai. István Irsai (Pesach Ir-Shay or Pesach Irsai; 1896–1968) was a Hungarian-born modernist graphic..... More

[Vitoria]: [between 1879–1881]. Four original, vintage photographs. Albumen silver print. Ca. 110 x 147 mm; 113 x 146 mm; 94 x 134 mm; 55 x 85 mm. A collection of original, vintage photographs of the Spanish serial killer, Juan Díaz de Garayo, known as "The Sacamantecas" ("The Fat Extractor”), comprising..... More

Grand-Saconnex (Schweiz): Selbstverlag, 1877. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. 24 p. Scarce pamphlet reflecting on the debate on early Marxist communism countering Engels for Anti-Dühring. First and only edition of the socialist theorist Abraham Enss’ pamphlet in which he criticises Marx and his followers for “doing humbug with socialism”..... More

Lisboa: Regia Officina Typografica, MDCCLXXXVII [1788]. First edition. In contemporary wrappers. [I]–X [1]–148 [4] p., and two folding plates (one coloured by contemporary hand). First edition of Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo’s important treatise on colour theory which influenced Goethe’s famous work, Zur Farbenlehre. In his 1788 book, the..... More