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A CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND From the Time of the Romans Government [sic] unto the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles by Baker, Sir R., Knight (Sir Richard Baker 1568-1645)

London: Daniel Frere to be sold at his shop at the Red Bull in Little Brittaine 1st edition first printing, 1643. Hardcover. Very Good-. Frontispiece of Charles Prince of Wales by Cor(nelius) van Dalen + fine engraved titlepage by W. Marshall with views…

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HENRICI CORNELII AGRIPPAE ab Nettesheym, DE INCERTITUDINE ET VANITATE SCIENTIARUM Declamatio invectiva, denuo ab autore recognita, & marginalibus annotationibus aucta. Capita tractandorum totius operis, sequentes indicant pagellae by Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius (1486?-1535)

No place [probably Cologne] but no place given: No publisher [probably Eucharius Cervicornus] but not given, 1540 approx but no date given]. Hardcover. Good. Large woodcut portrait of Agrippa on the titlepage supposedly after Woensam of Worms. 142x95mm …

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FLAVII JOSEPHI ANTIQUITATUM JUDAICARUM Libri XX. Adiecta in Fine Appendicis loco Vita Josephi per ipsum conscripta, a Sigismundo Gelenio conversi. DE BELLO JUDAICO libri VII .. CONTRA APIONEM libri II .. DE IMPERIO RATIONIS, sive DE MACABAEIS liber unus, a Des. Erasmo Rotterodamo recognitus. Cum Indice accuratissimo by Josephus, Flavius - translated and edited by Sigmund Gelen (1497-1554)

Basel Switzerland: Froben (in officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium), 1559. Hardcover. Good. Fine Froben printer's marks on titlepage and colophon, large figurative initials at head of each section as used in Froben edi…

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ENGLISH ATLAS, Tome the First - AFRICA: being an Accurate Description of the regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto. With the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages. Their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure; with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter, and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds and serpents. Collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby, Esq; Master of His Majesties revels in the Kingdom of Ireland by Ogilby, John (1600-1676)

London: Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers. First edition, 1670 from signed Preface. Hardcover. Fair. Full-page emblematic copperplate frontis of AFRICA with black figures, camel, crocodile & lion …

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DIONIS NICAEI RERUM ROMANARUM A POMPEIO MAGNO AD ALEXANDRUM MAMAEAE EPITOME Authore Ioanne Xiphilino. [and same in Greek above this Latin title]. EX BIBLIOTHECA REGIA by Cassius Dio (in the Epitome of Joannes Xiphilinus the Younger)

Paris (Lutetiae): Robertus Stephanus Cum privilegio Regis, 1551. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice Estienne printer's device on titlepage of basilisk wound round vine and floral headpiece and initial on first page of life of Pompey the Great. Small quarto …

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HEROOLOGIA ANGLICA [first "o" printed as Greek omega] hoc est Clarissimorum et Doctissimorum aliqout [sic] Anglorum qui floruerunt ab Anno Christi M.D. usq[ue] ad Presentem Annum M.D.C.XX Vivae Effigies Vitae et elogia Duobus tomis Authore H.H. Anglo Britanno by Holland, Henry [here given as H.H.] (1583-1650?)

London: Printed by Jan Jansson, impensis Crispini Passaei Calcographus [sic] et Jansonij Bibliopolae Arnhemiensis, 1620. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved titlepage with vignette map of England & view of London engraved by Crispijn van de Passe, 67 por…

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SEE SAW PICTURES a Book of Changing Scenes (with verses by Clifton Bingham) by Bingham, Clifton (Nister moveable)

London: Nister, 1897 by inscription. Hardcover. Good. Tab-activated transformations [6]. Quarto cloth-backed color pictorial boards (minor surface rubbing) pages with marginal tears but transformations all showing the delightful little children by fine…

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THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF GLOCESTERSHIRE [Gloucestershire] .. Second Edition. Illustrated with seventy-three copper-plates, Containing a Map of the County, a Plan and Prospect of the City, a View of the Cathedral, Sixty One Seats, and Three Hundred and Twenty Coats of Arms, of the Nobility and Gentry residing in the County at the Time of the first Publication by Atkyns, Sir Robert (1647-1711)

London: T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert 2nd edition, 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. Double-page copper-plate bird's eye views (61 complete) of estates in Gloucestershire by J. Kip + double-page map of the county, plan & view of Gloucester City, and cat…

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CONCORDANTIAE BIBLIORUM id est, Dictiones Omnes quae in Vulgata Editione Latina Librorum Veteris et Novi Testamenti leguntur, ordine digestae, et ita distinctae, ut Maximae et absolutissimae (quas offert haec Editio) Concordantiae dici possint. Opus Sacrarum literarum studiosis, non minus utile quam necessarium. Nunc tandem post omnes, quae hactenus prodierunt editiones, a multis mendis repurgatum, necessariis distinctionibus illustratum, vocum multarum numero locupletatum, aliisque subsidiis ornatum, quae subiecta ad Theologiae studiosos admonitio demonstrat by Anonymous Editor

Frankfurt am Main]: Heirs of Andreas Wechel: Claude Marne & Joannes Aubri, 1600. Hardcover. Very Good. Woodcut printer's mark and a few woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Folio fine English blindstamped Calf Binding attrib. to John Westall of Oxfor…

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HISTORIA BELGICA Nostri Potissimum Temporis Belgii sub Quatuor Burgundis & totidem Austriacis Principibus coniunctionem et gubernationem breviter. Turbas autem, Bella et Mutationes tempore Regis Philippi .. ad annum usque 1598 plenius complectens conscripta .. A.E. Meterano Belga [bound with] BELLI CIVILIS IN BELGIO .. HISTORIA .. Concinnatum a Gaspare Ens L by Meteren,Emanuel van (1535-1612) with 2nd Work edited by Gaspar Ens

Antwerp] but no place given: N.P, 1598], 1610 but no date given for 1st Work. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved title with shipping & battle scenes + folding Map of the Low Countries by by Frans Hogenberg + 22 copperplate portraits many folding + fine …

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GESCHLECHTER BUCH: Darinn der Loblichen Kaiserliche Reichs Statt AUGSPURG so vor Funffhundert und mehr Jaren hero daselbst gewonet . by Mair, Paul Hector [not named here] illustrated by Jost Amman, FM and Christoph Weiditz

Franckfort am Mayn (ie Frankfurt): Sigmund Feyrabend Buchhandler, 1580. Hardcover. Very Good-. Large scene of knight in armour on titlepage + full-page allegorical plate of three graces and flying Mercury signed I A [Jost Amman] & MF +156 full-page …

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DE RELIGIONE CHRISTIANA .. Aureum Opus: Evangeliorum ordine .. Continens Elucidationem by Cassia,Simon de

Basel: Adam Petri de Langendorff. Second Latin edition, 1517. Hardcover. Good+. Fine border of cherubs riding dragons, nudes, men in armour, foliage, columns etc. signed Urs Graf (U.G.) and with date 1516. Folio bevelled wooden covers with wide rolled p…

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STRABONIS DE SITU ORBIS LIBRI XVII [Title also given in Greek] Graece & latine simul iam, in eorum qui pariter & Geographiae et utriusque linguae studiosi sunt, gratiam editi: olim quidem, ut putatur a Guarino Veronensi, & Gregorio Trifernate in latinum conversi: ac deinde Conradi Heresbachij opera ad eius generis autorum fidem recogniti: nunc vero postremum .. Accessit Rerum et Verborum memorabilium locupletiss[imum] Index by Strabo (edited by Heresbach, Hopper and others)

Basel: Henrichus Petri, 1549 Mense Augusto. Hardcover. Good. Woodcut historiated initials to each of Strabo's 17 books. Folio in 4s gilt ruled calf with fine gilt cartouche on both covers, rebacked in leather on 6 cords (small holes in calf covers,…

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TABULAE ANATOMICAE clarissimi Viri Bartholomaei Eustachii .. Praefatione ac notis illustravit Joh. Maria Lancisius . by Eustachius, Bartholomaeus

Rome: Rochus Bernabo at the expense of Laurentii & Thomae Pagliarini, 1728. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplates (47 full-page numbered but with pl 35 & 37 replaced in good facsimile) + nice large plate of public dissection on TP + 50 large woodcu…

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RERUM ANGLICARUM SCRIPTORES POST BEDAM PRAECIPUI, ex vetustissimis codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum in lucem editi. Willielmi monachi Malmesburiensis de gestis regum Anglorum lib. V. Eiusdem Historiae Novellae lib. II. Eiusdem de gestis Pontificum Angl. lib. IIII. Henrici Archidiaconi Huntindoniensis Historiarum lib. VIII. Rogeri Hovedeni Annalium ... Chronicorum Ethelwerdi lib. IIII. Ingulphi Abbatis Croylandensis historiarum lib. I. Adiecta ad finem Chronologia by Savile, Sir Henry (1549-1622)

London: G. Bishop, R. Nuberie, & R. Barker typographi regij deputati 1st edition first printing, 1596. Hardcover. Good. Fine printer's mark on title + William of Sicily woodcut seal (p316) + woodcut pictorial initials and head- & tail-pieces…

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