Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem...Ex Editione Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck [Fore Edge Paintings] by Sophocles - 1786

London: The Bodley Head, 1928. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good. Frank C Papé. Full brown, black and red morocco by Marot Rodde with gilt decorations and morocco inlays; original wraps bound in. A lovely book marred by a sunned, darkened, dry and chipped spine. Silk and marbled endpapers, gilt rule turn ins - with a lovely two page illustration by Papé on card stock that was bound in but is now loose but present. A really fine binding with a somewhat less fine spine. In a leather tipped marbled slipcase, worn at corners, bottom edge split. Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: Frank C Papé. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 037801.

Paris: L'Édition D'Art, 1918. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Edmond Dulac. Finely rebound in a half leather art deco binding of gilt ruled green morocco with geometrical inlays on the spine of red and blue morocco, in a marbled slipcase edged in leather. Undated ca. 1918, with 40 tipped in plates by Dulac, one loose but present. Pages are very slightly browned, otherwise unmarked. Lightly rubbed on the spine, hinges and corners; slipcase worn at edges. Bookplate to a front endpaper. First Illustrated Edition, or first by this illustrator and in this format. Size: Quarto (4to). Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrator: Edmond Dulac. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 040312.

Bolgna: Giacomo Monti, 1638. Early Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Later half red sheep, 4 1/2" x 2 1/2". The first Bolognese edition of Lengueglia's courtesy book first published in Venice (and then Rome) the previous year. Quite scarce, no copies of this edition and only 6 copies of any edition in Worldcat. A charming little book, 3 books continuously paginated, 492pp, probably lacking endpapers, light wear to a few page edges, one small marginal repair. Size: Miniature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 042319.

Paris: Aux Editions Eliane Norberg, 1951. First edition thus. Signed, De Luxe limited edition. Sumptuous, full leather Artesian binding by Jacques Blanchet. From an edition of 202, number 72 of 180 printed on Velin d' Arches. Published Paris: Editions Eliane Norberg, 1951. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2 7/8" thick, 302pp., illustrated with full page engraved plates and fine textual engravings from copper - all with tissue guards, and two leather engravings (cover and verso) in 6 colors by Robert Fonta. Full dark blue satin morocco over 1/4" thick boards with chamfered corners and leather inner hinges attached to thick, duplex flyleaves and gray leather pastedowns. Gilt block paneled titles on spine, top edges tinted blue with gilt embossed edge design stamped into the page block. Front cover and verso decorated with unique, six-color leather inset engravings by Fonta, Signed on the half title by the Bazin: "Hommage amical / de l'auteur / Herve Bazin." Presentation… Read More

Bologna, Ex Typ. Sassiana, 1832.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (30 x 22 cm.), contemporary red straight-grain morocco (light wear, a few pinpoint wormholes at the joints), smooth spine richly gilt, sides tooled in gilt with two rolls, "GREGORIO XVI. P.O.M." tooled on upper cover, gilt inner dentelles, cream silk endleaves, red silk endbands and ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Engraved vignette on title-page (perhaps the Piazza Maggiore in Bologna). Clean and crisp. In fine condition. Letterpress shelfmark label ("Hà IV. - 34.") and circular stamp ("G V P F") on front flyleaf. From the libraries of Pope Gregory XVI and King Umberto II of Italy. Engraved allegorical frontispiece (allegorical female figure with starry crown studying an armillary sphere), vi, 340, 12, 23 pp., (2 ll.), 2 engraved folding charts. Text consists almost entirely of tables. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of these tables of ascension and declination for the sun, moon and stars, with formulas and tables for calculating the same… Read More

London: Bell and Daldy , n. d.. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Bound in half blue morocco and marbled boards with the front covers and spines stamped in gilt. Five raised bands on the spines. All edges marbled. Marble endpapers. A few heads lightly chipped, otherwise fine condition. Each volume measures 6.5 x 4.5 inches (16.5 x 11.4 cm.). List of authors and image available on request.

London: The Bodley Head, 1928. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good. Frank C Papé. Full brown, black and red morocco by Marot Rodde with gilt decorations and morocco inlays; original wraps bound in. A lovely book marred by a sunned, darkened, dry and chipped spine. Silk and marbled endpapers, gilt rule turn ins - with a lovely two page illustration by Papé on card stock that was bound in but is now loose but present. A really fine binding with a somewhat less fine spine. In a leather tipped marbled slipcase, worn at corners, bottom edge split. Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: Frank C Papé. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 037801.

Paris: L'Édition D'Art, 1918. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Edmond Dulac. Finely rebound in a half leather art deco binding of gilt ruled green morocco with geometrical inlays on the spine of red and blue morocco, in a marbled slipcase edged in leather. Undated ca. 1918, with 40 tipped in plates by Dulac, one loose but present. Pages are very slightly browned, otherwise unmarked. Lightly rubbed on the spine, hinges and corners; slipcase worn at edges. Bookplate to a front endpaper. First Illustrated Edition, or first by this illustrator and in this format. Size: Quarto (4to). Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrator: Edmond Dulac. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 040312.

Bolgna: Giacomo Monti, 1638. Early Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Later half red sheep, 4 1/2" x 2 1/2". The first Bolognese edition of Lengueglia's courtesy book first published in Venice (and then Rome) the previous year. Quite scarce, no copies of this edition and only 6 copies of any edition in Worldcat. A charming little book, 3 books continuously paginated, 492pp, probably lacking endpapers, light wear to a few page edges, one small marginal repair. Size: Miniature. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 042319.

Paris: Aux Editions Eliane Norberg, 1951. First edition thus. Signed, De Luxe limited edition. Sumptuous, full leather Artesian binding by Jacques Blanchet. From an edition of 202, number 72 of 180 printed on Velin d' Arches. Published Paris: Editions Eliane Norberg, 1951. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2 7/8" thick, 302pp., illustrated with full page engraved plates and fine textual engravings from copper - all with tissue guards, and two leather engravings (cover and verso) in 6 colors by Robert Fonta. Full dark blue satin morocco over 1/4" thick boards with chamfered corners and leather inner hinges attached to thick, duplex flyleaves and gray leather pastedowns. Gilt block paneled titles on spine, top edges tinted blue with gilt embossed edge design stamped into the page block. Front cover and verso decorated with unique, six-color leather inset engravings by Fonta, Signed on the half title by the Bazin: "Hommage amical / de l'auteur / Herve Bazin." Presentation… Read More