PEACOCK, Thomas Love.

Rhododaphne: or the Thessalian Spell. A Poem.

London, T. Hookham, Jun., and Baldwin,...

First edition of Peacock’s last and most...

£750

PETRONIUS ARBITER, Titus.

Satyricon; et diversorum poëtarum lusus...

Utrecht, Gijsbert van Zijll and Dirck...

A volume of Silver Age satire and lewd...

£350

[SAURIN, Bernard-Joseph, attributed.]

Le nouvel an, pöeme heroī-fou.

‘A Brochuro-manie, l’an du deluge...

An extremely rare satirical tale of two...

£950

TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich.

Живой Трупъ. Драма въ...

Moscow, A. Ia. Petrov, [1911].

One of the earliest printings of Tolstoy’s...

£1750

[WEDDING POETRY.]

Applausi alli felicissimi sponsali dell’illustrissimo...

Siena, Stamperia del Pubblico, 1699.

Seemingly unrecorded collection of sonnets...

£350

BELLARMINE, Robert.

De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis liber unus....

Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1613.

First edition of a remarkable biobibliography...

£350

[BOLOGNA.] 

Delle oggetti di belle arti nel famoso...

Bologna, ‘nella stamperia di San Tommaso...

First edition of this detailed description...

£275

[CHAMPIER, Symphorien.]

La vie & les gestes du preux chevalier...

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

A rare edition of Champier’s account...

£9500

GAGUIN, Robert.

La mer des croniques et mirouer hystorial...

Paris, [Bernard Aubry for] Jacques Nyverd,...

Very rare Paris vernacular edition (first...

£8500

GAZA, Theodorus.

Grammatica introductiva; De mensibus; Apollonius...

[(Colophon:) Venice, Aldus Manutius, 25...

A beautiful example of early Greek printing,...

£45000

LA VIGNE, André de.

Le vergier dhonneur nouvellement imprime...

[(Colophon:) Paris, Philippe le Noir],...

George Dunn’s copy of a rare early edition...

£9500

BURTON, John.

Hophni et Phinees, sive impietas sacerdotum...

Oxford, ‘e theatro Sheldoniano, impensis...

First edition of a sermon on clerical impiety...

£350

BOCK, Jean-Nicolas-Étienne.

Recherches philosophiques sur l’origine...

‘À Londres. Se trouve à Paris, chez...

First edition of an interesting work on...

£500

BISSEL, Johannes.

Illustrium ab orbe condito ruinarum decades...

Würzburg, ‘typis viduae Walderi’, [1762].

Scarce later edition of the first part...

£450

[COTTON, Charles.]

Scarronnides: or, Virgile Travestie. A...

London, ‘printed by E. Cotes for Henry...

First edition of the second part of Cotton’s...

£400

CICERO, Marcus Tullius.

Orationes omnes: perpetuis notis logicis,...

Frankfurt, ‘typis et impensis Joannis...

An edition of Cicero’s speeches with...

£450

[CONFRATERNITY OF AGONIZANTS.]

Exercice de dévotion, pour les personnes...

Robert’, [c. 1758–1779].

Very rare devotional manual for members...

£650

GOODWIN, Thomas.

Romanae Historiae Anthologia … An English...

London, R.W. for Peter Parker, 1661.

A wholly unsophisticated Restoration sammelband...

£850

KOTZEBUE, August Friedrich Ferdinand von.

The Guardian Angel. From the German …...

London, J. Wright for Vernor and Hood,...

First edition in English (and the first...

£800

[HOLY SCAPULAR.]

Instruction pour ceux et celles qui portent...

Le Mans, ‘chez Madame V.e Dureau’,...

A seemingly unrecorded broadside addressed...

£350