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A Plaine Discoverie of the Whole Revelation of Saint John, Set Down in Two Treatises.
269p 19th Century rebound in full calf, all edges red, binding incongruent for 1594 book, includes ...
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Catechesis Ecclesiarum: Quae in Regno Poloniae, & magno ducatu Lithuaniae, & aliis ad istud regnum pertinentibus provinciis, affirmant.
[xxiv] 279p pagination jumps from 167 to 186, original plain full calf binding with gilt rule to ...
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Matthaei Sutlivii De Vera Christi Ecclesia, adversus Rob. Bellarminum, aliosque Sectae Lebusiticae Sodales, eorumque Errores & Haereses: liber unus; De Conciliis Libi Duo; De Monarchis Disputatio.
743p (pagination error between 206 and 209), contemporary full vellum binding, clean and tight ...
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Hadriani Iunii Medici Emblemata, ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium, Eiusdem Aenigmatum Libellus ad D Arnoldum.
134p with 58 excellent woodcut illustrations (6 x 6 cm), in a 19th century binding with marbled ...
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Emblemata. Andreae Alciati IU. C.Emblemata, Elucidata doctissimis Claudii Minois Commentariis, Quibus additae sunt eiusdem Auctoris Notae Posteriores etc.
[xxxx] 816p plus 24 unnumbered pages (index) bound in simple contemporary parchment lettered in ink ...
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[Emblem Book] Lucis Evangelicae, sub velum sacrorum emblematum reconditae. Pars tertia hoc est Caeleste Pantheon sive Caelum Novum in festa et gesta sanctorum totius anni, selecta historia, & morali doctrina etc. Pars primus et posterior.
2 parts in one vol, allegorical engraved titlepage, typographical title (for each part, the first ...
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The Perpetuitie of Regenerate Mans Estate.
[xl] 410p errata at end, lower half of title page missing and replaced with plain paper, bound in ...
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Telluris Theoria Sacra. Orbis Nostri Originem & Mutationes Generales. Editio Tertia, recognita et contracta.
336p, 4 parts in one volume, bound in contemporary full parchment with title label direct to spine, ...
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Opere. Vols 1 - 22. Complete Set.
complete run of 22 volumes bound into 14, approx 300p each, large format full calf, 5 raised ...
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Papers of the British School at Rome. Volume 14 (1938) to Volume 79 (2011)
this is a long run of this journal, bound in plain green cloth, Cambridge college bookplate to ...
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Examinis Concilii Tridentini, per Dom D Martinum Chemnicium Scripti opus integrum.
4-part work in 2 volumes, xxvi 342 xxx 442 xxxivp & x 362 lxiv 274 xxviiip, 20cm parchment covered ...
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Commentaires sur la Coustume du Baillage de Troyes.
254p original old full calf binding with small defects but holding very well, small area of leather ...
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Les Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne donnez sur les plus anciennes at le plus corrected editions. Avec Notes etc de Pierre Coste. Nouvelle Edition.
3 volumes, large format in original vellum (or rather paper resembling vellum), title printed in ...
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Eusebius Captivus: Sive, Modus Procedendi in Curia Rom. Contra Evangelicos: In Quo est Epitome praecipuorum capitum doctrinae Christianae, & Refutatio pontificiae Synagogae: una cum historijs de Vitis aliquot Pontificum, Ed. Christoph Pezelius.
(xxxii) p 160p text clean, tightly bound, original edition, cover entirely absent but bound ...
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Le droict François et coustume de la Prevosté et Vicomté de Paris. . . Avec les arrests donnez en interpretation d'icelles par Jean Tronçon. Quatriesme Edition.
829p with index at back and two final blank leaves, original ancient full calf, initial Table des ...
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Sylva Sylvarum, sive Historia Naturalis, in decem centurias distribute, Anglice olim conscripta, a Francisco Bacono Barone Verulamio, nunc Lati[n]o transscripta a Jacobo Grutero P.F. Medicina Candidato.
12mo., [1]ff, [34], 612pp [pp 454-5 misnumbered 654-5], [47]; 87pp. Bound in contemporary sheepskin ...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Ed. Basil Montagu. Volumes 1 - 16.
complete set in in old reddish cloth, college library bookplate (2x) frontispiece to some, printed ...
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Commentariorum in constitutiones seu ordinationes regias. 3 Parts.
716p large folio, full calf with spine well gilt but somewhat loose, half titles for part 2 and 3 ...
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Conclusiones omnium probationum, quae in utroque Foro quotidie versantur, Iudicibus, Advocatis, Causidicis, Omnibus denique Iuris Pontificii, Caesareique Professoribus utiles etc. Canonicae Civiles, Feudales, Criminales etc Materiae. Vols 1 - 3.
Three large folio volumes in original calf with wear consistent with age, volume 1 (422 fols) is ...
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Opere, Vols 1 - 16.
complete run of 16 volumes, approx 300 - 400p each, beautiful set in need of some attention, full ...
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Summa Conciliorum et Pontificum a Petro usque ad collecta per F Barth Carranzam Miranden ordinis praedicatorum. Adiectis ad finem canonibus aliis. Accesserunt etiam statuta quaedam Synodalia Parisiensis. Cum indice novo copiosissimo.
[xxxxvi] 656 leaves, index in small italic font, original full calf binding, boards well in place, ...
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Holbein. The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger.
288p large hardback, dustjacket depicting the artist's self portrait, various full colour plates, ...
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Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli. Con giunta di un nuovo indice generale delle cose notabili, Vols 1 - 9.
9 small volumes in blue buckram cloth, title page with portrait vignette, set of 9 volumes, gilt ...
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Poemata Selecta Italorum, qui seculo decimo sexto latine scripserunt, nonnullis adnotationibus illustrata.
xxxix 398p 12mo original vellum, front board slightly curled, leather label on spine, bound with 3 ...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden. Volume 1-5.
172p 316p 320p 309p 317p red cloth with paper labels on spine, label on Vol 1 missing other labels ...
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Tractatus de transactionibus in quinque partes divisus cum duplice indice. Bound with: Sesquicenturia Decisionum Sac Rotae Romanae ad Materiam Transactionis Conferentium. Editione Quarta.
title red and black, with emblematice printer's device (sphinx), half title present, one (of three) ...
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The Itinerary of John Leland in or About the Year 1535 to 1543.
5 Volumes in bright blue cloth, gilt lettering to top, top edge gilt, attractive uniform complete ...
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The Poetical Works, with notes of various Authors, The Third Edition, with other illustrations, and with some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton now First Published Ed. Henry Todd.
6 volumes, approx 450p each, full calf, gilt arms to both boards, library stamp, all rebacked (2 ...
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The Papal Prince: One Body and Two Souls: The Papal Monarchy in Early Modern Europe.
x 288p hardback, illustrated yellow dustjacket, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, no ...
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Documenta et Montia quae S Maria Madgdalena de Pazzi diversis dedit Religionsis, dum Vixit, nulli non ad perfectionem ... edita in luce idiomate italico per D Ioannem Antonium Solazzi de Vertralla.
168p 151p 2 pages with errata in the back, old full calf worn, spine old cloth repair with paper ...
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Nouvelle Revue du XVIe Siècle. Volume 13 (1995) - Volume 22 (2004).
10 years of this important journal, complete run in 20 single parts, excellent condition, as issued,
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Rules how to Compose. A Facsimile edition of a manuscript from the library of the Earl of Bridgewater (circa 1600) now in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, with an introduction by Manfred Bukofzer.
large formant paperback, folio size, 20p in two columns, partly un-cut, plus 40 leaves facsimile of ...
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An English Garner. Ingatherings from our History and Literature. Vol 1 - 7 only.
7 vols in bright blue cloth very gilt, all spines bright except for vol 6, a very useful set, ...
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An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory Devises. The Fourth Edition. Two Volumes.
xiv 575p + xvi (2p) 52p; xv 564p two volumes in original full calf binding, all boards detached, ...
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Corpus Juris Civilis. Volume 1. Digestus Vetus.
large volume, original green suede type binding with floral ornaments to boards, old title labels ...
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Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560: Drawings From British Collections.
180p grey card cover, name to endpaper, pages clean and unmarked with many b&w plates, binding ...
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Wolffgang Fugger's Handwriting Manual Entitled A Practical and Well-Grounded Formulary for Divers Fair Hands. Compiled by Wolffgang Fugger, Citizen of Nuremburg, 1553.
oblong hardback, paper covered boards with gilt design to front, spine a hint dull only, book in ...
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Cosmology, Medicine and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Louvain.
153p paperback in sky-blue jacket, very good condition, little to no wear, light sunning to jacket ...
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Teatre. 3 Vols.
3 volumes bound in dark brown half morocco with brown marbled boards, spine lettered gilt direct, ...
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Documentary Annals of the Reformed Church of England; being a Collection of Injunctions, Declarations, Orders, Articles of Inquiry, &c. From the Year 1716; with Notes Historical and Explanatory. FIRST EDITION. Volumes 1 and 2 (complete)
436p [two folding facsimiles]; 403p, bound in contemporary half calf on marbled boards, rebacked ...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which is now added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland.
Large format set, 3 volumes bound in 6 parts, clean text, large margins, nice paper, engraved ...
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Lettere di M Pietro Bembo, Cardinale, Vols 1 - 5.
379p 413p 495p 326p 498p rebound in plain black library cloth, set of 5 volumes, gilt lettering and ...
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Della perfetta poesia italiana, Vols 1 - 4. Spiegata e dimostrata con varie osservazioni da Lodovico Antonio Muratori con le annotazioni critiche di Anton Maria Salvini.
413p 423p 399p 423p rebound in plain black library cloth, set of 4 volumes, gilt lettering and ...
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Select English Works of John Wyclif. Ed. Thomas Arnold. Vol 2 and 3 only.
bright blue cloth with gilt lettering, old paper shelfmark, bookplates, striking and well preserved ...
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The Cromwellian Collection of Mss, Miniatures, Medals etc.
133p large format, white boards with white buckram spine, black and red lettering, Tangye ...
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Apostolicos Afanes de la Compania de Jesus en su Provincia de Mexico: Conquista del Nayarit: Maravillosa Reduccion y Conquista de la Provincia de San Joseph del Gran Nayar y Descubrimiento de los P.P. Kino y Sedlmayer en la Pimeria Alta.
xxxiv 445p large format paperback, floral frame to cover, strong firm copy, entirely un-cut, this ...
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Cancionero Castellano del Siglo XV. Ordenado por R Foulché-Delbosc. Vol 1 and 2.
2 volumes in original paper cover, rough-cut edges, vol 2 largely un-cut, nice original set, one ...
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Catálogo de los Impresos del Siglo XVI de la Biblioteca Pública del Estado en Toledo. Volumen VI: PA - SN.
555p large format hardback, green cloth bright, elaborate gilt décor to front fresh, as new, never ...
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Chronicque de la Traison et Mort de Richart Deux Roy Dengleterre, mise en lumière d'après un Manuscrit de la Bibliothèque Royale de Paris.
xcvi 324p small folio format, original paper covered board with decorative calf label to spine, ...
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Estoire; Prophecies.
Reprint of the edition published in Paris: Verard 1498. 3 vols in brown cloth fresh, approx 1200p ...
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