Continental

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Our Continental department specialises in incunabula, Greek and Latin classics, early vernacular imprints, and notable texts from the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the early modern era, with a specific section devoted to medieval manuscripts, fragments, and illuminations.

We regularly issue lists and catalogues, offering a wide variety of literary, historical, and philosophical books printed in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, Eastern Europe, and Russia.  Woodcuts, early engravings, notable bindings, notable marginalia, rare manuscript or printed survivals, and books with a remarkable provenance are among our keenest interests and feature regularly in our stock.

 
  1. CAVALCANTI, Bartolomeo. 

    La retorica … divisa in sette libri,...

    Venice, Gabriel Giolitto, 1559. 

    Second edition, published in the same year...

    £2250

  2. CHALMERS, David.

    Histoire abbregee de tous les roys de France,...

    Paris, Jean Fevrier, 1579.

    First edition of Chalmer’s historical...

    £950

  3. [CHAMPIER, Symphorien.]

    La vie & les gestes du preux chevalier...

    Lyons, Olivier Arnoullet, [(colophon:)...

    A rare edition of Champier’s account...

    £9500

  4. [CHARITY.]

    Costituzioni della Congregazione della...

    Parma, Stamperia Reale, [1778].

    Uncommon set of constitutions for the Congregazione...

    £300

  5. [CHARLES II.]

    RIVET, Jean. ‘Le favory du Ciel ou Meditation...

    [Caussade en Quercy, 1664.]

    A fascinating manuscript meditation on...

    £1850

  6. [CHARTONNET, Antoine-François.] 

    Considerations sur les devoirs des personnes...

    Paris, chez Edme Couterot, 1695. 

    Rare first edition of this religious manual...

    £275

  7. CHEVALIER, André-Joseph, professor; A.J. BERENTS, compiler.

    ‘Tractatus De Fide, Spe et Charitate...

    [Douai, 9 March–4 August] 1787.

    A manuscript treatise concerning the three...

    £375

  8. [CHINA.]

    Précis des nouvelles reçues des missions...

    [Paris, Adrien Le Clere, 1819?].

    An extremely rare summary of the state...

    £180

  9. [CHINA.]

    Business report written to a Mr Luo by...

    [China], 咸豐壬子年 [1852].

    An interesting mid-nineteenth-century report...

    £750

  10. [CHOISY, François Timoléon, Abbé de.]

    Journal ou suite de voyage de Siam. En...

    Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1687.

    Amsterdam edition, issued the same year...

    £300

  11. CHRYSOSTOM, John. 

    [Opera: Homeliae.]  Que in secundo Ioannis...

    Venice, Stagnino & de Gregoriis, 1503. 

    First edition of Chrysostom’s Opera...

    £2800

  12. CHRYSOSTOM, John.

    [Opera] Que in secondo volumine continentur...

    [Venice, Bernardino Stagnino and Gregorio...

    The second volume of the first collected...

    £2500

  13. [CHURCH OF ENGLAND.]

    The New Weeks Preparation for a worthy...

    London, printed from the edition of the...

    An attractive copy of two later editions...

    £250

  14. CICERO, Marcus Tullius.

    Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three Bookes of...

    [London, Richard Tottel,] 1583.

    Sixth edition of Grimald’s Cicero, first...

    £3200

  15. CICERO, Marcus Tullius.

    Orationum pars I. Cum correctionibus P. Manutii,...

    Venice, ‘ex bibliotheca Aldina’, 1570.

    An unusual example of a white calf German...

    £1850

  16. CICERO, Marcus Tullius.

    M. T. Ciceronis orationes Philippicae...

    Paris, Jean Loys, 1544.

    Extremely rare edition of Cicero’s Philippics...

    £2250

  17. CICERO, Marcus Tullius.

    De philosophia tomus primus.

    Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1546.

    A small format Lyon edition of Cicero,...

    £300

  18. CLAUDIANUS, Claudius.

    Claudii Claudiani Alexandrini, poetae illustriss. quotquot...

    Paris, Simon de Colines, 1530.

    First Colines edition of the major works...

    £850

  19. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (Titus Flavius CLEMENS); Gentian HERVET, translator.

    Omnia opera.

    Paris, Sebastien Nivelle, 1572.

    A thoroughly annotated copy of this early...

    £4750

  20. [COMMON PRAYER.] 

    The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration...

    London, Millar Ritchie for J. Good and...

    A splendid copy of the Good and Harding...

    £1850