La Habana [Havana]: Litografía del Progreso, 1855. First edition. In later half leather binding. Bookplate on inner front panel (“De la Biblioteca de Joaquín Abaurre”). [78] lithographed plates (1 portrait, 1 title, 75 hand-colored musical/heraldic, 1 hand-colored genealogical tree), [1] blank plate; 35, VIII letterpress page. An extremely scarce and..... More

Spain: Early 19th century. An important 18th-century manuscript text of historical and legal interest, related to the privileges and grants of the House of Moctezuma. Manuscript text, in brown ink by a neat hand. Text from the second half of the 18th century, a somewhat later copy. On early 19th-century..... More

London: Johnson, 1661. First edition. In contemporary leather. Frontispiece , 216 p, advertisment at the end. The last chapter contains notices relating to the west Indies, the discovery of Brazil. [Wing D289; Sabin 18669], Very rare. More

New York: Hurd and Houghton: (Cambridge: Riverside Press), 1869. First edition. In later half leather, publisher’s illustrated paper wrappers bound into. With an illustrated plate, and 12 text illustrations. [5] iv-v [2] 8–107 [5] p., and 1 plate. Pioneering book in English written on bicycles, and the first American book..... More

[Paris?]: [Furne et Tournier?], ca. 1857–1859. Original, vintage, black and white albumen prints. Paper size (5 smaller; 2 larger format): ca. 270 × 200 mm and 300 × 235 mm; image size: ca. 165 ×125 mm and 210 × 130 mm. A collection of Paul-Émile Miot’s eight photographs, a series..... More

[France / Africa]: [1937–1949]. Contemporary photo album in leather binding. More than 210 black and white photos, the majority captioned with typewritten labels. Picture size varies, the majority are 65 × 90 mm; some are up to 180 × 130 mm. . 19 album card leaves with photographs (and 5..... More