Historia Insulana das Ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano Occidental, composta pelo Padre . . . Insulano tambem da Ilha Terceyra, & em idade de 76. annos, para a confirmaçam dos bons costumes, assim moraes, como sobrenaturaes, dos nobres antepassados Insulanos, nos presentes, & futuros by CORDEIRO, Antonio - 1717

Antwerp: Ex Officina C. Plantini, 1579.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 239 pages. With Plantin's device on the title-page. Historiated woodcut initials. In a vellum binding. GRAESSE II, 176.

Helston: William Penaluna, 1824. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to (small). In Two Volumes. Calf binding, with gilt tooled border and gilt on spine. Vol. I: vi, 729 p.p. Features [5] plates of illustrations, incl. frontispiece; Vol. II: 710 p.p. With [7] plates of illustrations [1 folding], incl. frontispiece. The Bookplate of E.P. Wilkinson & D.C. Wilkinson in both volumes to front pastedown endpapers. Light rubbing, scratches to boards. Some wear to corners and spine ends. Small chip to fore edge of Vol. I and cup stain to rear board. Some trimming to pages, with light foxing throughout. Otherwise interior clean. In very good condition. First volume includes Religion of the Ancient Britons (including Druids, and circular stone monuments and architecture), a special section on the History of Prince (King) Arthur (p.p. 389-399), Customs and Manners of the Cornish, as well as agriculture, lakes, and rivers; the second volume feature a list of Parishes, a Historical Account of the Scilly Islands, an… Read More

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1891. RARE First Edition in English, finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in half crimson morocco over marbled boards, spine with five harp decorations with gilt borders, marbled end pages, all edges gilt. xii, 499 pp., with fifty-seven wood engraved illustrations (including frontispiece and 23 plates). Near Fine, spine sunned, light rubbing to marbled boards, internally clean and bright. Gautier's classic work on chivalry, in which he set out the "Ten Commandments of Chivalry", of course hundreds of years after the time of medieval chivalry. "Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1598 NETHERLANDS 1ed Historia Belgica van Meteren Belgium Flanders MAP Portraits
Emanuel van Meteren was a 16th-century Flemish historian who is known for his histories on the Low Countries. He chronicled many of the events of the late 1500s in the Netherlands and Belgium. Perhaps his most important book was "Historia Belgica" which was a thorough history of the Netherlands focusing on the reigns of important monarchs and military leaders. Notable figures covered in this work include:
·
Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor
·
Charles V and Phillip II of Spain
·
Margaret of Parma, Dutch Governor
·
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba
·
John of Austria, Spanish military leader
This highly desirable 1598 first Latin edition contains 19 portrait engravings along with a folding map of the Low Countries.
Item number: #18173
Price: $1500
METEREN, Emanuel van
Historia Belgica Nostri Potissimvm Temporis : Belgii Svb Qvatvor Burgundis & totidem Austriacis Principibus… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1900. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [9.5x6.75in]; xxiv, 478 pp., 84 plates of 122 illustrations and images including color frontispiece and three color illustrations with tissue guards, 3 maps, and 21 illustrations in text, six appendices of scientific summaries and index; Blue-gray cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, white lettering and illustration of Belgica on front, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, small creases at upper spine and front joint, small mark on spine, small sticker on rear end paper. [Rosove 76.A3b, Howgego III C24(C), Spence 311, Conrad p. 85]. Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) was a physician and polar explorer during the Heroic Age of Polar exploration. He also organized one of the first polar tourist excursions to Greenland. He began his polar experience in 1891 as a surgeon on Robert Peary's second Greenland expedition. This book is about his participation as the surgeon in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition… Read More

Antwerp: Ex Officina C. Plantini, 1579.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 239 pages. With Plantin's device on the title-page. Historiated woodcut initials. In a vellum binding. GRAESSE II, 176.

Helston: William Penaluna, 1824. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to (small). In Two Volumes. Calf binding, with gilt tooled border and gilt on spine. Vol. I: vi, 729 p.p. Features [5] plates of illustrations, incl. frontispiece; Vol. II: 710 p.p. With [7] plates of illustrations [1 folding], incl. frontispiece. The Bookplate of E.P. Wilkinson & D.C. Wilkinson in both volumes to front pastedown endpapers. Light rubbing, scratches to boards. Some wear to corners and spine ends. Small chip to fore edge of Vol. I and cup stain to rear board. Some trimming to pages, with light foxing throughout. Otherwise interior clean. In very good condition. First volume includes Religion of the Ancient Britons (including Druids, and circular stone monuments and architecture), a special section on the History of Prince (King) Arthur (p.p. 389-399), Customs and Manners of the Cornish, as well as agriculture, lakes, and rivers; the second volume feature a list of Parishes, a Historical Account of the Scilly Islands, an… Read More

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1891. RARE First Edition in English, finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in half crimson morocco over marbled boards, spine with five harp decorations with gilt borders, marbled end pages, all edges gilt. xii, 499 pp., with fifty-seven wood engraved illustrations (including frontispiece and 23 plates). Near Fine, spine sunned, light rubbing to marbled boards, internally clean and bright. Gautier's classic work on chivalry, in which he set out the "Ten Commandments of Chivalry", of course hundreds of years after the time of medieval chivalry. "Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1598 NETHERLANDS 1ed Historia Belgica van Meteren Belgium Flanders MAP Portraits
Emanuel van Meteren was a 16th-century Flemish historian who is known for his histories on the Low Countries. He chronicled many of the events of the late 1500s in the Netherlands and Belgium. Perhaps his most important book was "Historia Belgica" which was a thorough history of the Netherlands focusing on the reigns of important monarchs and military leaders. Notable figures covered in this work include:
·
Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor
·
Charles V and Phillip II of Spain
·
Margaret of Parma, Dutch Governor
·
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba
·
John of Austria, Spanish military leader
This highly desirable 1598 first Latin edition contains 19 portrait engravings along with a folding map of the Low Countries.
Item number: #18173
Price: $1500
METEREN, Emanuel van
Historia Belgica Nostri Potissimvm Temporis : Belgii Svb Qvatvor Burgundis & totidem Austriacis Principibus… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1900. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [9.5x6.75in]; xxiv, 478 pp., 84 plates of 122 illustrations and images including color frontispiece and three color illustrations with tissue guards, 3 maps, and 21 illustrations in text, six appendices of scientific summaries and index; Blue-gray cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, white lettering and illustration of Belgica on front, all edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, small creases at upper spine and front joint, small mark on spine, small sticker on rear end paper. [Rosove 76.A3b, Howgego III C24(C), Spence 311, Conrad p. 85]. Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) was a physician and polar explorer during the Heroic Age of Polar exploration. He also organized one of the first polar tourist excursions to Greenland. He began his polar experience in 1891 as a surgeon on Robert Peary's second Greenland expedition. This book is about his participation as the surgeon in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition… Read More