[Argentorati (Strasbourg)]: [Excudebat Joannes Knoblochus (Johann Knobloch)], [Anno. M. D. XXV. Mense Junio (1525, June)]. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus’ commentary on the Gospel of John. n contemporary, richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands, two clasps (upper one partly missing). Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered..... More
[Basileae (Basel)]: [apud Ioannem Frobenium], Anno M. D. XXV. [1525]. First edition. In later tooled leather. Woodcut device on title page, woodcut initials. Coll.: a4 b–k7 (k8 with woodcut device otherwise blank, missing); ff. [75]. The first edition of Erasmus’ Latin translation of Plutarch’s De curiositate, printed together with the..... More
A Versailles: De l’Imprimerie de Ph.-D- Pierres, Premier Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi, rue Saint-Honoré, No. 23, Juillet1789. First edition. In somewhat later blank wrappers. [4] 24 p. The extremely scarce first edition of the earliest version of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a draft by Abbé Sieyès. This..... More
Venice, Basel: 1532. First edition. In 17th century leather binding. 1] [From colofon:] Stampata in Vinegia [Venice]: per Gulielmo da Fontaneto de Monserra:& Merchio Sessa: e li heredi del. q. Piero de Ravani [Guglielmo da Fontaneto, Melchiorre Sessa e gli eredi di Pietro Ravani], Del.M.D.XXXII [1532]. ff. [10] 386., Sign...... More
Olomutii (Olomouc): Excusum apud Haeredes Friderici Milichtalleri [Heirs of Friedrich / Bedřich Milichthaler], Anno Salutis nostrae. First edition. In contemporary leather binding, tooled with a floral frame, the heraldic supralibros of Stanislav Pavlovský in the center of the rear panel, and his emblem on the front. Woodcut device on title..... More