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1681 TACITUS Annals Histories Roman Empire Nero Caligula Rome French Ablancourt
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
― Tacitus, The Annals
Cornelius Tacitus was a 1st-century Roman historian who is now remembered for his two major works – 'Annals' and 'Histories' – in which he examines the lives and political careers of important Roman emperors such as Tiberius, Nero, and Claudius. By many accounts, Tacitus is considered the greatest Roman historian, not only by the accuracy of his content, but through demonstrating the psychological nature of ancient Roman politics.
'Histories' is one of the first written accounts to discuss the Great Jewish Revolt, an account that openly records combative attitudes between Jews and other cultures. 'Annals' was Tacitus's final work and covers the era following the death of Caesar Augustus, including the reigns of Claudius, Caligula, and Nero. It is also the earliest known secular history to mention Jesus Christ in which Tacitus connects… Read More

1581 TACITUS Annals Histories Roman Empire Nero ROME Lipsius FAMED Plantin Press

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
― Tacitus, The Annals

Cornelius Tacitus was a 1st-century Roman historian who is now remembered for his two major works – 'Annals' and 'Histories' – in which he examines the lives and political careers of important Roman emperors such as Tiberius, Nero, and Claudius. By many accounts, Tacitus is considered the greatest Roman historian, not only by the accuracy of his content, but through demonstrating the psychological nature of ancient Roman politics.

'Histories' is one of the first written accounts to discuss the Great Jewish Revolt, an account that openly records combative attitudes between Jews and other cultures. 'Annals' was Tacitus's final work and covers the era following the death of Caesar Augustus, including the reigns of Claudius, Caligula, and Nero. It is also the earliest known secular history to mention Jesus Christ in which Tacitus… Read More

1691 TACITUS Annals Histories Germania Roman Empire Nero Rome Classical Latin
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
― Tacitus, The Annals
Cornelius Tacitus was a 1st-century Roman historian who is now remembered for his two major works – 'Annals' and 'Histories' – in which he examines the lives and political careers of important Roman emperors such as Tiberius, Nero, and Claudius. By many accounts, Tacitus is considered the greatest Roman historian, not only by the accuracy of his content, but through demonstrating the psychological nature of ancient Roman politics.
Item number: #22424
Price: $499
TACITUS, Cornelius
Caii Cornelii Taciti Annales et Historiae
Rotomagi [Rouen]: Richardum Lallemant, 1691.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 522
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~4.75in X 3.25in (11.5cm x 8cm)
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1606 Taillepied on GHOSTS Witches Incubus Angels Occult NIGHTMARES Witchcraft

Noel Taillepied was a 16th-century French author best-remembered for his book on supernatural and extraordinary phenomena. "Treatise on Ghosts" was published early in the 17th-century and proved to be one of the best works of its kind. In fact, it was so popular that was reprinted even into the 20th-century. While it is filled with ghost stories of all kinds, one of the best is a section on the Witch of Endor. Taillepied also describes angels, demons, and other biblical entities and characters, nightmares and incubus hauntings, and so much more!

Item number: #25346
Price: $1500

TAILLEPIED, Noel

Traité de l'apparition des esprits ascavoir des ames séparées : fantosmes, prodiges et accidens merveilleux qui précèdent quelquefois la mort

Rouen: Chez Romain de Beauuais, 1606.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [23], 380, [27]
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum; tight and… Read More

1833 1ed Irish Talbot Voyage to CANADA Colonies Quebec MAPS Ships 3v French ed

In 1818, Irish immigrant Richard Talbot embarked on a voyage with other Irish settlers to establish a colony in Quebec, Canada. The colony was ultimately a success and his eldest son Edward Allen Talbot wrote an account of the voyage and colonization in Canada entitled 'Five Years Residence in the Canadas', first published in 1824.
This 1833 first French edition features impressive full-page engravings depicting scenes of ships, sea voyages, and folding maps. According to Larned,
"Talbot's accounts of the new settlements in the extreme west of the Province are among the earliest."
It should be noted that the third volume of this set is a partial translation of J.M. Duncan's 'Travels through part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819'.

Item number: #14371
Price: $950
TALBOT, Edward Allen
Voyage au Canada
Paris : À la Librairie centrale, rue des bons enfans, no. 23, 1833. First French edition.

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1868 Japanese Tale of Genji Muromachi Kunisada Illustrated Samurai Geisha 3v

This is an interesting 19th century woodblock-print book titled "Muromachi Genji Kochounomaki," which is an adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji" set in the Muromachi period. The book was written by Ryutei Tanehiko II, also known as Ryutei Senka, a disciple of Ryutei Tanehiko I, who first adapted the original work into "Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji." The illustrations in the book were done by Baichourou Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Kunisada II. The book is a significant example of the ukiyo-e genre, blending literature and art into a cohesive form.

This rare 1868 edition is written in a column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading. This edition contains excellent illustrations of samurai, fights, and courtesans throughout!

Item number: #30362
Price: $599

TANEHIKO, Ryuutei

Genji in the Muromachi Era (Muromachi genji kochou no maki)… Read More

1858 Japanese Samurai Ninja Yokai Battle Hokusetsu Utagawa Illustrated Naruto

An interesting Meiji woodblock-print of the classic novel 'Hokusetsu Bidan Jidai Kagami,' which was serialized from the Edo period for 30 years with 48 volumes written in Hiragana drawn by Utagawa Kunisada II and intended for a popular audience. 'Hokusetsu Bidan Jidai Kagami,' became a major influence for all modern ninja stories in modern day being adapted into theater, movie, video games, and manga, most notable the manga Naruto.
This rare edition is written in a column handwritten format. This edition contains excellent illustrations throughout of different scenes from 'Hokusetsu' of samurai, battles, courtesans, ninja, flying yokai, monks, and more!
Item number: #16693
Price: $499
TANEKAZU, Ryukatei
(Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows, Mirror of the Ages) (Hokusetsu bidan Jidai Kagami) 児雷也豪傑譚(じらいやごけつものがたり)
[Edo: Ansei 5 1858]

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1873 Japanese Samurai Battle Hokusetsu Utagawa Color Illustrated Woodblock Print

An interesting Meiji woodblock-print of the classic novel 'Hokusetsu Bidan Jidai Kagami,' which was serialized from the Edo period for 30 years with 48 volumes written in Hiragana drawn by Utagawa Kunisada II and intended for a popular audience. The most dominant and influential movement of nineteenth century Japanese woodcut art was the Utagawa School. Throughout the century, Utagawa School artists were particularly adept at actor portrayals, genre depictions and scenes from mythology and folklore. The designs of Kunisada and Kunisada II influenced an entire generation of European artists including Toulouse-Lautrec, Whistler, Vuillard, Bonnard and many others.

This rare edition is written in a column handwritten format. This edition contains excellent illustrations throughout of different scenes from 'Hokusetsu' of samurai, battles, courtesans, demon and Tengu masks, and more!

Item number: #12883
Price: $499
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1695 ENGLISH Monastery Notitia Monastica Tanner Monastics Illustrated Heraldry

Thomas Tanner was a 17th-century English Bishop known for his book 'Notitia Monastica'. This is a work that reports on the religious houses, sects, and denominations of the England and Wales as well as the monasteries, abbeys, churches, colleges, and cathedrals in Britain. This 1695 edition features 200 engraved figures of heraldic flags and banners with short descriptions of hundreds of places of worship throughout Britain.

This particular example is unique in that in is bound in dyed-red leather and red fore-edging – an interesting look for a leather-bound book.

Item number: #23408
Price: $650

TANNER, Thomas

Notitia Monastica: Or A Short History of The Religious Houses In England And Wales

Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1695.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [84], 288, [38]
o 5 engraved plates with 200 coats of arms
· References: Wing T 144
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1903 1ed Robin Hood Merry Men Little John Friar Tuck Sheriff Nottingham Tappan
Rivaling only the tales of King Arthur, no other English legend is better known than that of Robin Hood. This delightful printing of the classic 'Robin Hood' is wonderfully retold by Eva March Tappan. Included throughout is the charming artwork of Charlotte Harding.
Contents include: "Robin and the Merry Little Old Woman," "Robin Goes A-Fishin'," "Robin Hood and Little John," "The Birth of Robin Hood," "Little John Learns a Trade," "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow," "Robin and the Tinker," "Robin Hood and the Stranger," "Robin Hood and the Butcher," "Robin's First Day," "Robin Goes to a Wedding," and much more.
Item number: #40361
Price: $499
TAPPAN, Eva March; HARDING, Charlotte (Illus.)
Robin Hood His Book
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1903. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete
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xiv, 267, [5]
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14 illustrations (6 in color)
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and… Read More

1640 ATLAS Nicolas Tassin MAPS Guyenne France French Geography Bayonne Cahors

Nicolas Tassin was a mid-17th-century French cartographer whose maps were some of the most thorough and accurate of the time. This collection of Tassin maps includes his maps and engravings of cities, towns, and villages, in Guyenne, France. Notable maps include: Bayonne, Bergerac, Blaye, Bourdeaux, Bourg, Cahors, Fronsac, Libourne, and Royan.

Item number: #24791
Price: $950

TASSIN, Nicolas

Plans et profilz des principales villes de la province de guyenne avec la carte generale & les particulieres des chascun governement d'icelles

[Paris: Tavernier, 1640.] 1st edition

Details:
· Collation:
o 23 leaves
o 20 engravings
· Language: French
· Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 9in (16.5cm x 22.5cm)
· Quite rare

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1636 ATLAS Nicolas Tassin MAPS Beauce France French Geography Chartres Montargis
Nicolas Tassin was a mid-17th-century French cartographer whose maps were some of the most thorough and accurate of the time. This collection of Tassin maps includes his maps and engravings of cities, towns, and villages, in Beauce, France. Notable maps include: Chartres, Estampes, Corbeil-Essonnes, Gallardon, Montargis, and Saint-Mathurin
Item number: #20411
Price: $950
TASSIN, Nicolas
Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considérables de France… Province de Beau[L]ce avec la carte generale…

Paris : Tavernier, 1636.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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18 engravings (incl. title page & table)
· Language: French
· Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
· Size: ~7in X 9.75in (18cm x 24.5cm)
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1597 Bernardo Tasso Italian Letters Annibal Caro Pietro Bembo Pope Clement VII

Bernardo Tasso was a 16th-century Italian author who is best remembered for his extensive collection of letters to prominent Italian figures. These letters included correspondence with Cagnino Gonzaga, Annibal Caro, Cardinal Pietro Bembo, Guido Rangoni, and Popes Paul III and Clement VII.

This 1597 edition is exceedingly rare – only one example is held in any institutional library in the entire Western Hemisphere!
Item number: #10023
Price: $950
TASSO, Bernardo
Le lettere di m. Bernardo Tasso. Vtili non solamente alle persone priuate, ma anco à secretarij de principi per le materie che ui si trattano, & per la maniera dello scriuere
In Venetia: Appresso il Griffio, 1597.

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Collation: Complete
o [8], 284
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References: USTC 858259; Edit16 35451;
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~5.75in X 4in (14.5cm x 10cm)
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1687 CRUSADES Jerusalem Delivered Tasso Godfrey of Bouillon Fairfax ENGLISH

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. This rare 1687 English edition was translated by Edward Fairfax and titled 'Godfrey of Bulloigne', the rare but recognized title of this work.

Item number: #21823
Price: $750

TASSO, Torquato

Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem. Done into English heroical verse, by Edward Fairfax, Gent. Together with the life of the said Godfrey

London : Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1687.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [32], 655, [1]
• Provenance: Handwritten – Tho. Dyke
o Possibly Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st… Read More

1668 CRUSADES Torquato Tasso Jerusalem Delivered Italian Venice Conzatti Camilli

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. This 1668 Italian edition was published in Venice by Zaccaria Conzatti. It also features commentary and extended cantos by Camillo Camilli, as well as a life of Tasso by Lorenzo Crasso.

Item number: #23029
Price: $599

TASSO, Torquato

Il Goffredo, overo Giervsalemme liberata : poema heroic

In Venetia: Appresso Zaccaria Conzatti, 1668.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [34], 635, [1]
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~4.5in X 2.25in (11cm x 6cm)

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1685 Tasso Jerusalem Delivered CRUSADES Italian Gerusalemme Liberata Muslim RARE

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. In 1583, five additional cantos were written by Camillo Camilli to supplement Tasso's original poem.

This undated 1685 Bassano edition includes Camilli's additions.
Item number: #7523
Price: $750
TASSO, Torquato
Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata, Poema heroic…
Bassano: per Gio; Antonio Remondini, [1685]

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 672
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Famous Provenance – Handwritten
o Jean-Aymar Piganiol de La Force; 17th-century French author
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum;… Read More

1678 CRUSADES Tasso MINIATURE Jerusalem Delivered Italian Gerusalemme Liberata

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors.

This 1678 edition is a very rare, miniature 17th-century printing of Torquato Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered' with 10 illustrated plates by Sébastien Le Clerc and an engraved half-title.
Item number: #7459
Price: $499
TASSO, Torquato
Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata : poema heroico del sig. Torquato Tasso. Con l'allegoria universale dell istesso, et con gli argomenti del sig. Horatio Ariosti, & di bellissime figure adornato.
In Amsterdam: Nella stamperia del S.D. Elsevier. Et in Parigi si vende appresso Thomaso Jolly..., M. DC.… Read More

1624 ENGLISH Jerusalem Delivered Tasso CRUSADES Godfrey of Bouillon Edw Fairfax

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:

That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. This rare 1624 English edition was translated by Edward Fairfax, published in London, and published with the title 'Godfrey of Boulogne' named after the 11th-century French crusader and title central figure of Tasso's tale.
Item number: #21018
Price: $750
TASSO, Torquato
Godfrey of Boulogne: or The recouerie of Ierusalem
London: Printed by Iohn Bill, printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiesty, 1624.

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[20], 392
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Wanting p. 169-180
· References: STC 23699
· Language: English
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1670 1ed La Secchia Rapita Aless Tassoni Italian Heroic Poetry Catholic Church
Alessandro Tassoni was a 16th-century Italian poet best known for his work 'La Secchia Rapita', or 'The Rape of the Pail'. This epic poem was written sometime in the mid-1610s but had significant trouble getting published much in part to the Catholic Church's censorship. The story follows Italian battles with interventions by gods and the Pope.
This 1670 first edition was collected and edited by Gaspare Salviani published in Bologna by Longhi.
Item number: #16831
Price: $499
TASSONI, Alessandro
La secchia rapita : poema eroicomico
Bologna : Per Gioseffo Longhi, 1670.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Provenance:
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Handwritten – Yvonne Rossignon, 1934
Yvonne Rossignon (1912-2000) was a Romanian poet.
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Handwritten – M. Reniue, 1934
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Stamp – Loriano Gini
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
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Size: ~6in X 3.25in (15cm x 8.5cm)
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1693 IRISH Nahum Tate Play Duke No Duke Cockayne Trappolin Royal Theatre Drama

Nahum Tate was a 17th-century Irish poet who wrote numerous historical dramas most of which were based on previous plays, including his most famous – an adaptation of Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Another important work was his 'Duke and no Duke', a comedy based on Cockayne's "Trappolin". This edition of 'Duke and no Duke' was published in 1693 by Bonwicke and is considerably rare!

Item number: #14694
Price: $499
TATE, Nahum
A duke and no duke : as it is acted by Their Majesties servants : to which is now added A preface concerning Farce, with an account of the personæ and larvæ, &c. of the ancient theatre
London : Printed for Henry Bonwicke ..., 1693.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [20], 42, [2]
· Language: English
· Binding: Pamphlet, tight & secure
· Size: ~8in X 6in (20cm x 15cm)
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