Rare Book 1552

Rare Book 1552,Opera. D. Innocentii Pontificis Maximi, eius nominis III. Viri eruditissimi simulatq.; gravissimi,quae quidem hactenus obtineri potuerunt omnia, ad diversa, antiqua fideq; digna exempla

1552 Italian Renaissance Courtier Book Baldassare Castiglione Courtesan Venice “Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. Just as with trees the beauty of the blossom testifies the goodne

1552 Aristotle Greek Philosophy De Natura Physics Psychology Science Mathematics “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ― Aristotle Aris

1552 Justinian LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Medieval Roman Legal Digestorum Pandectarum “Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force.” &#

A leaf from a Book of Common Prayer (Boke of Common Praier), printed by Richard Grafton in two editions 1552 and 1559. This leaf from the Dirige (lamentations for the dead). Rare two color printing in

1854 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Arts Craftsmen Agriculture Mechanics Carpentry Horology A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding! ‘Les Artisans Celebres’, or ‘Famous Craftsmen’, by Fr

1780 1ed RARE Complete VOYAGES Maps Captain Cook America Explorers Africa 32v The best book of its kind! An extremely rare, 32-volume complete set of La Harpe’s ‘General History of Voyages’! Thi

1850 Astrologer’s Dream Book MAGIC Occult Fortune Telling Divination Charms “The Astrologer's Dream-book” is a rare, mid-19th-century book of occult studies, focusing on fortune telling and drea

1863 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Insects Natural History Entomology Butterflies Beetles A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding! Abbot J.J. Bourasse was a French Catholic churchman who is pri

1939 Just Cocktails Liquor Alcohol Recipes Wood Binding post-Prohibition “Just Cocktails” is a rare post-prohibition era cocktail recipe book by W.C. Whitfield. While other cocktail recipe

1884 1ed New England Legends Folk Lore Witchcraft Witches Ghosts Occults Drake ‘A Book of New England Legends’ is a collection of folk lore in prose and poetry from the beginning of the settlement

1789 Captain Cook Voyages Pacific Wallis Carteret Hawaii PROVENANCE Napoleon ? John Hawkesworth was an important English book editor, most known for his commission to edit Captain James Cooks Voyages.

1888 Pearl of Great Price Joseph Smith LDS Church Book of Mormon Revelation Utah The Pearl of Great Price is one of the standard canonical works used by the Latter-Day Saints Church. This book include

1866 1ed Civil War Four Years of Fighting Coffin Guerilla Warfare Music MAPS Charles Carleton Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the Civil War. His book ‘Four Years of Figh

1812 EXQUISITE Biographical Dictionary Alexander Chalmers Popes Mathematics Optics Alexander Chalmers’ “General Biographical Dictionary” was a best-selling book in the 19th-century. This work in

1665 EXQUISITE John Field Cambridge Greek Holy BIBLE + Book of Common Prayer A rare 17th-century Greek Cambridge Bible, translated by James Duport The Cambridge Holy Bible, printed completely in Greek

1780 1ed RARE Complete VOYAGES Maps Captain Cook America Explorers Africa 32v The best book of its kind! An extremely rare, 32-volume complete set of La Harpe’s ‘General History of Voyages’! Thi

1924 Celtic Myth OCCULT Witchcraft Gaelic gods Fantasy GIANTS Color Illustrated A fascinating and beautiful early 20th-century book on mythology, legends and chivalry from the famous Gresham series of

1894 1ed The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling Children’s INDIA Mowgli Illustrated 2v “What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book Rudya

1952 1st/1st Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and The Sea Novel Literature Classic “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was one of the most prolific Ameri

1858 RARE Book Lot Civil War American Wars Indians Military Government A collection of rare mid-19th-century books of Americana, United States military, and politics. The most famous perhaps is Benjam

1894 1ed The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling Children’s INDIA Mowgli Illustrated 2v “What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book Rudya

1854 Cyclopaedia of Botany Herbs Flora Herbal Flowers Brook COLOR Illustrated ‘A New Cyclopædia of Botany and complete book of Herbs’ is an interesting book published by Huddersfield and written

1894 1st/1st The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling Children’s INDIA Mowgli Illustrated “What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book Rudya