HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS, THE LITTLE FOUNDLING OF THE LATE DOCTOR by COMBE, William - 1822

Venice Hellenic Institute Codex Gr.5. A bilingual ed. very good+ hardcover (cloth-bound), minor signs of age, with very good DJ, defects on cov, & spine as in image, content near fine. TEXT Greek, English. The Greek "Alexander's Novel" was originally written sometime between the 3rd century BC. and 3rd AD century and is a fantastic narrative of the life and achievements of Alexander the Great. The text was extremely popular during the Middle Ages, both in the West and in the Byzantine Empire, and was translated into the major languages ​​of the time. Eighteen manuscripts with the Greek text are preserved, of which the only luxury edition is Codex 5 of the Greek Institute of Venice, a luxurious manuscript containing 193 sheets and 250 images in the majority of the pages. The book is large in size, with pictures (average size 220×160 mm) painted in vivid colors and decorated with gold leaf. (…) Each image is accompanied by an explanatory caption written in red ink so that one can follow the story… Read More

1795 Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en Monkey Ming Chinese Monk Japanese Samurai

An interesting Meiji woodblock-print of the classic novel 'Journey to the West' 西遊記 is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The novel is based on the 7th-century pilgrimage of a Buddhist monk to India in search of sacred texts, which was already part of Chinese folk and literary colloquial stories, a poetic novelette, and a six-part drama. The story is of an epic pilgrimage of a Buddhist monk and his three disciples, the legendary monkey god Sun Wukong, the greedy and mischievous Zhu Bajie and man-eating demon Sha Wujing. The story was translated into English by Arthur Waley titled 'Monkey' and published in 1942.
David Kherdian described it as "probably the most popular book in all of East Asia."
This first edition is of special interest because it was translated into Japanese by Tachibana… Read More

1874 1ed Jules Verne Behemoth Meridiana Africa Adventure Voyages Illustrated

"Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them."
― Jules Verne

In 1873, Scribner's published the first authorized edition of Jules Verne's famous 'Meridiana' or 'Adventures of Three Russians and Three Englishmen in South Africa'. This book, which is part of Verne's 'Extraordinary Voyages,' is
"a hunting story, which aroused many a youthful sportsman's throbbing eagerness for the chase and gave him this first knowledge and earliest enthusiasm for that heart-stirring excitement." (Myers)


This adventures story follows the story of English and Russian scientists who head to South Africa for research. While on their mission, the Crimean War begins, and the researchers find themselves to be enemies of locals.

This 1874 printing was unauthorized and pirated by Shepard and printed under a different title – 'Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth'. Shepard used sheets from the… Read More

A La Haye (The Hague) and Paris : Delalain / Sebastien Jorry , 1770. Uncommon as a three volume set, bound uniformly in later half morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, all edges red. A Near Fine set, the marbled boards lacquered with lacquer peeling on 2 of the volumes, scattered faint toning, tiny prior seller's notations at front end paper. Lettres en Vers publ. 1867, En Vers et en Prose. 1870, and Les Baisers, Precedes du Mois de Mal, 1870. Baisers with title page printed in black, and with all the wonderful illustrations present. . First Editions. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1773 Don Quixote Cervantes Saint-Martin French NEW ENDING Illustrated 6v SET
Miguel de Cervantes's 'Don Quixote' is one of the most famous works of literature and is one of the most popular adventure tales to be written. This 1773 printing features François Filleau de Saint-Martin's French translation and is iconic for its full-page engravings depicting scenes from the famous story. Saint-Martin's edition was first published in 1678 who modified the original ending by making Don Quixote live at the end!
Item number: #20544
Price: $950
CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de
Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche.

La Haye : & se vend chez Bassompierre, père, libr. à Liege, 1773.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
o Vol. 1 – [4], xv, [5], 397, [1]
4 engraved plates
o Vol. 2 – [4], 400, [4]
2 engraved plates
o Vol. 3 – [8], 403, [1]
8 engraved plates
o Vol. 4 – [8], 488
10 engraved plates
o Vol. 5 – [8], 451, [1]
4 engraved plates
o… Read More

London: Published for the author, and sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row et al., 1823. Early Reprint. Morocco. Fine. Royal 8vo: [vii],[1],284]pp, with tissue-guarded, hand-colored frontispiece and 19 hand-colored full-page plates by Charles Williams. Elegantly bound by Bayntun in full blue morocco, covers with interlocking gilt scrollwork borders and anchor-device corner pieces, spine similarly decorated and lettered in six compartments between raised bands, all edges and turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, two royal blue silk page ribbons. A stunning copy, binding secure, square and unblemished, pages and plates bright and fresh. Abbey, Life 340. Martin Hardie, p. 173. Grolier Rowlandson 42-43. Tooley 331-32. Prideaux, p. 303-04. Third Edition of Mitford's most famous work, in octosyllabic verse. An imitation of a work published in 1818, by Alfred Burton, with the same title, both works being imitations of The military adventures of Johnny Newcome . . . by an officer (London, 1815).… Read More

London: R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, 1817. First Edition. Mottled Calf. Near Fine+. First Edition in book form (originally published in eight monthly parts), Rowlandson and Combe's companion-piece to their earlier "The Dance of Death" and one of Rowlandson's finest works. Royal 8vo: [2],ii,ii,285,[3]pp, with additional engraved title page, frontispiece (representing Time pointing at various scenes on a screen), and 24 hand-colored engravings by Thomas Rowlandson. (Hardie has shown that the four leaves of advertisements found in some copies could not have been bound in until after 1820.) Contemporary mottled calf, respined, covers framed with gilt role, black morocco lettering piece gilt, marbled edges. An excellent copy, tightly bound, virtually free of foxing, with richly colored examples of the plates. Abbey, Life, 264. Tooley 410. Grolier, Rowlandson, 38. Prideaux, pp. 306-07 ("notably above the ordinary level of Combe's verse. . . . show[ing] the better side of Rowlandson's… Read More

Detached covers. Half black morocco with losses to binding. This volume bound by publisher in smyth-sewn signatures, without puncturing the fold-outs. Lampoons Monopolists, Organized Religion, Mormons, Arctic Explorers, British Imperialism, Pensioners, Chinese Xenophobia, Ticket Scalpers, Subsidies to Infant Industries, Press Sensationalism, Accessibility of hand guns, Jews escaping Russian despotism etc. Memorials to Gen. Wm T. Sherman & Henry W. Longfellow. Lacking March 15 centerfold & May 24 final page. Occasional marginal tears and fraying. Approximately 49 complete issues with over 145 full page chromolithographs (of which a third are folding) from one of Puck's best years.

1685 Rosinus Romanarum Antiquitatum ROME Constantine Julius Caesar Plato Pliny

First appearing in 1585, Johannes Rosinus's "Antiquitatum Romanarum" was an extensive historical work on Roman antiquities. It saw numerous editions over the course of the next fifty years, though the most important was Thomas Dempster's edition. Dempster's edition included a dedication to King James I which earned him the title of royal historiographer.
This impressive 1685 edition includes illustrations that depict iconic Roman monuments, architecture, coins and medals, and a folding map. Other notable descriptions include life of Albertus Magnus, works of Aldus Manutius, Anacharsis, Aristotle, Charles V, Gregorian Codex, Popes, Constantine, Chrysologus, Cicero, Julius and Augustus Caesar, Plato, Pliny the Younger, Socrates, Valerius Maximus, Virgil, Thomas More, Thucydides, and many more.
Item number: #12829
Price: $750
ROSINUS, Johannes
Joannis Rosini Antiquitatum romanarum corpus absolutissimum. Cum notis doctissimis… Read More

1668 Vulson's Lives of Illustrious Men Ambrose JOAN of ARC Pucelle Gaston Foix

Marc Vulson de la Colombiere was a 17th-century French historian who is known for his biographical sketches of notable figures, priests, politicians, philosophers, and scholars. One of his best works was 'The Lives of Illustrious Men' – a work that includes those sketches. Vulson includes descriptions of famous men and women including:
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Joan of Arc
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Louis de la Trimouille
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Gaston de Foix
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Pierre Terrail
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Charles de Cosse
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Francois de Lorraine
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Blaise de Montluc
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Henry IV, France
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Queen Anne of Austria
This 1668 edition includes 26 full-page portrait engravings bound in fine, Moroccan leather.
Item number: #14180
Price: $750
VULSON, Marc de la Colombiere
Les portraits des hommes illvstres françois, qui sont peints dans la galerie du Palais cardinal de Richelieu. Avec leurs principales actions, armes & devises
A Paris: Chez F. Mavger, 1668.

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