[S.l.]: [S.n.], 1667. First edition. In contemporary vellum. Short title and date in ink on front panel. (8º); (2), 90, (2) p. The book concerned with the War of Devolution (1667–1668) the conflict between France and Spain over the possession of the Spanish Netherlands. After the Thirty Years'..... More

Nürnberg: Joh. Hofmanns, 1685. First editions. Two works in one volume. In contemporary limp vellum. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Both works illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and numerous plates. Extremely scarce and only editions on the Ottoman Empire, both published in 1685, during the time of its greatest extent, under..... More

A Paris: Chez André Pralard, ruë Saint Jacques, à l’Occasion, M. DC. XCVII [1697]. First French edition. Engraved frontispiece by Pierre Giffart, depicting Hernán Cortés collecting the treasures of the New World. Woodcut device on the title page. In later black half leather, with gilt title on spine. Marbled endpapers..... More

Paris: Jacques Langlois et Emmanuel Langlois, 1654. First edition. Complete, with the three folding maps. With several woodcut head and tailpieces, and initials. In somewhat later leather. The gilt spine is with five raised bands and red title vignette. Front and rear panels ruled with gilt double-line at the edges..... More

A Paris: Chet Hervé Du Mesnil, ruë sainct Iacques, à la Samaritaine, M. D. C. XXIX [1629]. First edition. Illustrated with a woodcut figure and charts in the text and two large folding woodcut plates of star charts inserted at the end. Ornamented with numerous woodcut head-pieces and initials. In..... More

A Paris: Chez Tuossainct du Bray, rue Sainct Jacques, aux Epics-meurs, M. DC. XXIIII [1624]. First edition. In 18th century leather. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with gilt ornament and title. Edges tinted in red and brown. Woodcut initials and headpieces. (16), 1115, (3 [last 2 blank]) p. Collation..... More

A Paris: Chez Louys Billaine, au second Pilier de la grande Salle du Palais, à la Palme, & au grand Celar, M. DC. LXX. [1670]. First French edition. In somewhat later leather. Panels blind-ruled, spine with five raised bands, gilt, with red title vignette. Edges painted. (8), 165, (1) p...... More

In Milano: Per l’her Pacifico Pontio, & Gio.Battista Piccaglia, Stampatori Archiepiscopali, M. DC. XVI. [1616]. Second edition (first in 1601). Title with woodcut printer’s device, text printed in red and black. With woodcut headpieces and initials throughout. In contemporary paper. (20), 476, (12) p. Rare Italian travelogue of Palestine through..... More

Impresso em Lisboa: na officina de Luys Estupina, Anno de M. DCVIII [1608]. First edition. In later leather. Panels, spine, inner edges richly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece (not cited by bibliographies). Woodcut initials, typographical head, and tailpieces. Woodcut printer’s device on last leaf. Pages framed by double-line. Housed in..... More

London: Printed for John Salusbury, at the Rising-Sun in Cornhil, M DC XC IV [1694]. First edition in Halley’s translation. In somewhat later leather. Spine with red title vignette. With several charts and woodcut diagrams. (4), 208 p. First English edition in Edmond Halley’s translation of Oughtred’s classic work, Clavis..... More

Hamburg: Härtel und Weyrauchs Erben (Hertelii et Haeredum Matth. Weyrauchii. Typis v. Rebenlinianis), 1682. First edition. With 153 woodcut illustrations. In contemporary vellum. (8°); (12), 163 (i. e. 164.), (4) p.; 21 plates, [2] p. Scarce book on chiromancy. Contains 153 woodcut illustrations of palms, showing different shapes of hands..... More

Amstelædami (Amsterdam): Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios (Elzevier), 1661. With an engraved portrait of Regius (by Theodor Matham after Hendrick Bloemaert on a4 verso), an engraved folding map and a celestial map. With numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, some full-page. Third edition (first in 1654, under the title “Fundamenta..... More