1769 1ed Charlevoix History of Paraguay Jesuit

1769 1ed Charlevoix History of Paraguay Jesuit Missionary Voyages Brazil London Pierre Charlevoix’s ‘History of Paraguay’ is a valuable history of the Jesuit missionary voyages to South America.

1686 1ed History of POPE Gregory I the Great Catholic Church Jesuit Maimbourg Louis Maimbourg, a 17th-century Jesuit historian, was a well-known controversialist whose iconoclast treatises questioned

1690 JESUITS 1ed Epitome Institutes anti Jansenism Catholic Church Calvinist Epitome Instituti Societatis Jesu is a rare, late 17th-century history of the Jesuits. This book offers information on the

1785 1ed History of VENICE Italy Ottoman Wars Popes Laws 6v Christoforo Tentori Christoforo Tentori was a notable Italian historian who published an important account of the history of the Republic of

1850 1ed History of IRELAND Geography MAP Queen Victoria Oliver Cromwell 3v SET Thomas Wrights “History of Ireland” is a mid-19th-century account of the earliest times in Irish history thr

1869 1ed History of Brooklyn New York City SLAVES Civil War Merrimac Ironclad 2v Henry Stiles “History of the City of Brooklyn” is a rare 19th-century account of the history of New York Ci

1797 1ed History of Pennsylvania by Proud Colonial Americana Penn QUAKERS A first edition of the first published history of Pennsylvania! Written by Robert Proud, this work focuses primarily on the ea

1748 1ed History of Germany Frankish Carolingian Holy Roman Empire MAPS Barre 5v Joseph Barre was an 18th-century French theologian who today is much better known for his book History of Germany. This

1827 1ed History of United States America Salma Hale Revolutionary WAR Campaigns Salma Hale was a 19th-century member of the United States House of Representatives. Before his rise in the American gov

1769 1ed Colonial America Virginia Petitions Astronomy Gentlemans Magazine The Gentlemans Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interruption for nea

1693 HUGE FOLIO 1ed Jesuit Bible Sermons on Jesus Stromata Evangelica Luc Nagel Lucas Nagel was a 17th-century Jesuit of whom almost nothing is known today. However, he did leave behind one impressive

1851 Anthropology 1ed History of Humans Primitive Culture AFRICA China India Japan ‘The Natural History of the Human Species’ is a rare, mid-19th-century treatise on the history of humans

1863 CIVIL WAR 1ed History of US Slavery Lincoln Grant Lee Union Confederate 2v A scarce first edition of John Stevens Cabot Abbotts two-volume historical biography entitled, The History of the Civil

1878 JEWISH 1ed History of Jews Milman Josephus Judaism Hebrew Israel Jerusalem A scarce 1878 printing of Oxford poetry professor Henry Hart Milmans historical treatise, The History of the Jews. One o

1905 1ed History of EGYPT Egyptian Myths Pyramids Hieroglyphs Illustrated MAPS An impressive and beautiful first edition of James Breasted’s ‘History of Egypt.’ His one-volume work was written f

1769 1ed FINE BINDING Narcissus Venus Illustrated French Mythology Malfilatre A beautiful Moroccan red-leather bound book of French poetry. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in

1590 1ed Jesuit Serarius Bible & Commentary Apocrypha Maccabees Judith Esther A large, rare first edition of Nicolas Serarius’s commentary on the Apocryphal books of Tobias, Judith, Esther, and the

1835 1ed History of the Romish Inquisition Catholic Church Murder Massacre Italy ‘A History of the Romish Inquisition’ is a compilation written to the American people to protest against the Roman

1867 Civil War 1ed History of the US Secret Service Lincoln Assassination Baker A beautiful, decorative first edition of the history of “The United States Secret Service.” This book, by Ge

1804 1ed History of Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleonic Wars Consul Treaty of Amiens Published on the cusp of the Napoleon Wars, History of Bonaparte is an important account of the political career of Napol

1881 1ed History of United States William Cullen Bryant Americana Civil War 3v William Cullen Bryant was one of the most famous American poets from the 19th-century. In addition to his poems, he also

1849 Napoleon Bonaparte 1ed History of Napoleonic Wars French Revolution Wouters Napoléon Bonaparte was the most prominent Military leader during the French Revolution and led many successful campa

1890 PIANO 1ed History of American Pianoforte Music Harpsichord Thomas Jefferson Daniel Spillane’s “History of the American Pianoforte” is a rare, late 19th-century history of the development an

1864 1ed History of Abraham Lincoln Administration Civil War Slavery Abolition “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln