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  • BURTON, Richard Francis (1821-1890) translator and BASILE, Count Giovanni Battista
    Il Pentamerone; or the Tale of Tales...

    London : Henry and Co. Bouverie St. E.C. 1893. 2 vols 8vo, xvi, 282, + vi, 283-562 pp, publisher.s black cloth, fine.

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  • [COMBE, Thomas (1797-1872)]
    Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts. With an introduction by F. A. Paley.

    London : John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. 1844. 8vo, 32, [6]pp, 124 engraved plates with facing text leaf, cont. half blue calf, marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, spine decorated in gilt and blind, morocco label, fine copy.

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  • Invasion Invited by the Defenceless State of England. The Facts Drawn from and Sanctioned by the Best Naval Authorities. Second Edition. by KEY, Thomas Hewitt (1799-1875) & Alexander William WILLIAMSON (1824-1904)
    KEY, Thomas Hewitt (1799-1875) & Alexander William WILLIAMSON (1824-1904)
    Invasion Invited by the Defenceless State of England. The Facts Drawn from and Sanctioned by the Best Naval Authorities. Second Edition.

    London : Bell and Daldy, 186 Fleet Street. 1858. 8vo, 23, [1] pp, sewn without wrappers as issued, slightly dusty.
    A detailed criticism of the governments defence policy, pointing out that Britain’s maritime and coastal defences would not withstand the expected French invasion.
    Reference: This Second Edition not recorded in Copac

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  • L’ESTRANGE, Sir Roger (1616-1704)
    L’Estrange His Appeal Humbly Submitted to the Kings most Excellent Majesty And the Three Estates Assembled in Parliament.

    London : Printed for Henry Brome at the Gun... 1681. Small 4to, 20 ff., A-E4, disbound.
    In an effort to counteract L’Estrange’s investigations into Titus Oates’ Popish Plot, Oates persuaded Simpson Tonge, who had been arrested for publicly casting doubt on his good faith, to swear falsely that L’Estrange had paid him a hundred guineas to defame Oates and his friends. Despite his acquittal, a storm of public opinion made L’Estrange’s position dangerous and he fled abroad. When he returned in February 1681 he complained that “a whole kennel of libellers was now let loose upon him as if he were to be beaten to death by Pole-Cats”. His defence on this occasion is contained in the present pamphlet.
    Reference: Wing L 1202

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  • L’ESTRANGE, Sir Roger (1616-1704)
    L’Estrange’s Case In a Civil Dialogue Betwixt Zekiel and Ephraim. The Second Impression. With Additions.

    London : Printed for H. Brome at the Signe of the Gun... 1680. Small 4to, 18 ff, A-D4, E2, disbound.
    In an effort to counteract L’Estrange’s investigations into Titus Oates’ Popish Plot, Oates persuaded Simpson Tonge, who had been arrested for publicly casting doubt on his good faith, to swear falsely that L’Estrange had paid him a hundred guineas to defame Oates and his friends. Despite his acquittal, a storm of public opinion made L’Estrange’s position dangerous and he fled abroad. Before leaving England he replied to his accusers by way of the present pamphlet
    Reference: Wing L 1205

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  • Glass painting
    L'art de la peinture sur verre et de la vitrerie par feu M. Le Vieil by LE VIEIL,Pierre (1708-1772)
    LE VIEIL,Pierre (1708-1772)
    L'art de la peinture sur verre et de la vitrerie par feu M. Le Vieil

    N.p. 1774. Folio, xiv, 245 pp + 13 engraved plates, title-page a little dusty, waterstain to foremargin of first three leaves, otherwise clean throughout, old 1/4 cloth, marbled boards, engraved armorial bookplate “Ex libris de Bonnault” on front pastedown.
    Brunet II, col. 618-620

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  • La Balia Poemetto di Luigi Tansillo Publicato ora la prima volta con Annotazioni da Gio. Antonio Ranza... by TANSILLO, Luigi (1510-1568)
    TANSILLO, Luigi (1510-1568)
    La Balia Poemetto di Luigi Tansillo Publicato ora la prima volta con Annotazioni da Gio. Antonio Ranza...

    Vercelli : Presso il Panialis. 1767. First Edition
    Small 4to, [-]4, a-h4, i4+1, (i3 is a cancel), hf-title and title in rustic capitals, title-vignette engraved by Faurini after Peiroleri, first gathering of a different paper stock and rather browned, some foxing throughout, contemporary (original?) paper boards, spine very worn.

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  • Mediaeval poetry
    La Dance aux Aveugles, Et autres Poesies du XV. Siecle Extraites De la Bibliotheques des Ducs de Bourgogne. by [MICHAULT, Pierre (15c.)]
    [MICHAULT, Pierre (15c.)]
    La Dance aux Aveugles, Et autres Poesies du XV. Siecle Extraites De la Bibliotheques des Ducs de Bourgogne.

    Lille : Chez Andre’ Joseph Panckoucke 1748. Cr. 8vo. [-]2, A-Z8, Aa4, [xii], 332, [35] pp, contemporary calf, morocco label, red edges, a little rubbed but sound.
    The other poems are -- Complainte sur la mort de la comtesse de Charrolois [par Pierre Michault] -- Autre complainte sur le même sujet, par le même P. Michault. -- Le testament de Maistre Pierre de Nesson. -- Le miroir des dames, par ... Bouton. -- Pieces anonimes: Le petit traittiet du malheur de France. La confession de la belle fille. Balades. La louenge des dames. Devote oraison a Nostre Dame. Debat de lomme mondain et du religieux. And the last 35 pages contain an extensive “Vocabulaire... des Mots hors d’usage”.
    Reference: Tchemerzine VIII. 277 Gay/Lemonnyer I. 785

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  • Pickering’s Diamond Classics
    La Divina Commedia by DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)
    DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)
    La Divina Commedia

    London : C. Corrall for G. Pickering 31 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1823 -22. 90 x 50mm, 2 vols, [4], 192pp & t-p. pp193-374, [4 pp. ads], publisher’s red ribbed cloth paper labels on spine “Dante Divina Commedia Vol.1 [11], 10s” uncut and unopened, a fine copy.
    One of the series usually known as Pickering’s Diamond Classics, although as indicated by the advert leaf in this copy, the publisher referred to them as “Miniature Classics”They are some of the earliest books to have publisher’s bindings of cloth.
    Bondy p.86 et seq. Spielmann 113 Porter 222

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  • Over subscribed at publication
    La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Aligheri in Italian and English. The Italian text edited by Mario Casella of the University of Florence with the English version of H. F. Cary and forty two illustrations after the drawings by Sandro Botticelli. by DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)
    DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)
    La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Aligheri in Italian and English. The Italian text edited by Mario Casella of the University of Florence with the English version of H. F. Cary and forty two illustrations after the drawings by Sandro Botticelli.

    [London] : The Nonesuch Press. 1928. Limited Edition No. 1111 of 1475 cop.ies
    Folio, [vi], 324, [4] pp, 42 plates, mostly double-page, publisher’s bright orange vellum, double fillet borders and central plaque, titled direct to the spine all in gilt, top edge rough-gilt but rather dusty, others uncut and unopened, spine faded as usual, otherwise a fine presentable copy.
    One of the more impressive productions of the Nonesuch Press, with the illustrations of Sandro Botticelli which first appeared as copper engravings in the famous “Landino Dante” published in Florence in 1481. a Nonesuch prospectus for 1927 states “The binding is carried out in whole vellum, stained to a brilliant orange, with heavy millboards and appropriate gilding. Here…

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    [London] : The Nonesuch Press. 1928. Limited Edition No. 1111 of 1475 cop.ies
    Folio, [vi], 324, [4] pp, 42 plates, mostly double-page, publisher’s bright orange vellum, double fillet borders and central plaque, titled direct to the spine all in gilt, top edge rough-gilt but rather dusty, others uncut and unopened, spine faded as usual, otherwise a fine presentable copy.
    One of the more impressive productions of the Nonesuch Press, with the illustrations of Sandro Botticelli which first appeared as copper engravings in the famous “Landino Dante” published in Florence in 1481. a Nonesuch prospectus for 1927 states “The binding is carried out in whole vellum, stained to a brilliant orange, with heavy millboards and appropriate gilding. Here again the collection of raw material has been a formidable task; for the edition requires the unblemished skins of many hundreds of young calves.” Published at five and a half guineas, the book was over-subscribed to a greater extent than any other Nonesuch publication.
    [Dreyfus 50]

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  • Pickering’s Diamond Classics
    La Gerusalemme Liberata by TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595)
    TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595)
    La Gerusalemme Liberata

    London : C. Corrall for G. Pickering 31 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1822. 80x40mm, 2 vols eng. port, engraved title, printed title, 405, [1] pps, very neatly bound in contemporary calf, blind double-fillet roll tool borders, spine in 6 compartments, lined in gilt with title, vol., and publisher in 3, brown flint endpapers, a.e.g., marker ribbons, a fine copy.
    One of the series usually known as Pickering’s Diamond Classics, although as indicated by the advert leaf in this copy, the publisher referred to them as “Miniature Classics”
    Bondy p.86 et seq. Spielmann 473 Porter 217

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  • Pickering’s Diamond Classics
    La Gerusalemme Liberata by TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595)
    TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595)
    La Gerusalemme Liberata

    London : C. Corrall for G. Pickering 31 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1822. 80x40mm, 2 vols in one, eng. port, engraved title, printed title, 405, [3] pps with the rare leaf of ads at the end, contemporary vellum, roll-tool borders of a daisy chain in gilt, spine in 4 panels with red morocco label, inscription on f.f.e-p “Agnes Moore from her affect. cousin E.C.H.[?] a good copy.
    One of the series usually known as Pickering’s Diamond Classics, although as indicated by the advert leaf in this copy, the publisher referred to them as “Miniature Classics”.
    Bondy p.86 et seq. Spielmann 473 Porter 217

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  • Charming etchings in the style of Romeyn de Hooghe
    La Vie de Mahomet, Où l’on découvre amplement la Verité de l’Imposture [trans. Daniel de Larroque] by PRIDEAUX, Humphrey (1648-1724)
    PRIDEAUX, Humphrey (1648-1724)
    La Vie de Mahomet, Où l’on découvre amplement la Verité de l’Imposture [trans. Daniel de Larroque]

    Amsterdam : Chez George Gallet. 1698. Cr. 8vo, etched title, [6], 164, [4] pp, (adverts), 9 etched plated, title-page in red and black, light waterstain in foremargin of first and last few leaves, signature of “J. Bohun Smyth, 5. Jan. 1792” and stamp of “W.* Lucas” on front fly, 18c. sprinkled calf, 2-line gilt fillet borders, crescent and star in spine compartments, morocco label, apart from slight skinning in places a good copy.
    A translation from the English original (Wing P3416) by the Dean of Norwich. This first edition in French is considerably enhanced by the charming series of spirited etchings, unsigned but in the style of Romeyn de Hooghe, or perhaps his pupil, Adriaan Schoonebeeck.

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  • Ridiculing pseudo-pedantry
    Le Chef-D’œuvre d’un Inconnu, Poëme, Heureusement-d’écouvert & mis au jour, avec des Remarques sçavantes & recherchées, par M. le Docteur Chrisostome Mathanasius. Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée d’une Dissertation sur Homere & sur Chapelain; de deux Lettres sur des Antiques; de la Préface de Cervantes sur l’Histoire de Dom Quixotte, & de la Déification d’Aristarchus Masso. by [SAINT-HYACINTHE, Themiseul de (1684-1746)] a.k.a Hyacinthe Cordonnier
    [SAINT-HYACINTHE, Themiseul de (1684-1746)] a.k.a Hyacinthe Cordonnier
    Le Chef-D’œuvre d’un Inconnu, Poëme, Heureusement-d’écouvert & mis au jour, avec des Remarques sçavantes & recherchées, par M. le Docteur Chrisostome Mathanasius. Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée d’une Dissertation sur Homere & sur Chapelain; de deux Lettres sur des Antiques; de la Préface de Cervantes sur l’Histoire de Dom Quixotte, & de la Déification d’Aristarchus Masso.

    London : 1758. 2 vols in one, 12mo, a-b12, c6, A-K12, L6, A-L12, lx, 1-243, [9], 254-502 pp (pps 269-508 misnumbered 263-502) , Contemporary mottled calf, single fillet border, fully gilt spine in 6 compartments with an inidentified armorial shield in each, green morocco title label in 2nd compartment,, edges stained red, hinges a little tender, engraved bookplate of “Bramshill” on front pastedown, tipped in at page v is a slip of grey paper inscribed “Calf lettered gilt &c in 1 vol. Sir John Cope”
    A 40-line poem of dubious provenance drowned in a veritable tsunami of notes ridiculing expansive critical editions and their pseudo-pedantry.
    The imprint is false; it was printed abroad, probably in France. The…

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    London : 1758. 2 vols in one, 12mo, a-b12, c6, A-K12, L6, A-L12, lx, 1-243, [9], 254-502 pp (pps 269-508 misnumbered 263-502) , Contemporary mottled calf, single fillet border, fully gilt spine in 6 compartments with an inidentified armorial shield in each, green morocco title label in 2nd compartment,, edges stained red, hinges a little tender, engraved bookplate of “Bramshill” on front pastedown, tipped in at page v is a slip of grey paper inscribed “Calf lettered gilt &c in 1 vol. Sir John Cope”
    A 40-line poem of dubious provenance drowned in a veritable tsunami of notes ridiculing expansive critical editions and their pseudo-pedantry.
    The imprint is false; it was printed abroad, probably in France. The author attribution is from ESTC. Chrisostome Mathanasius is the author’s nom-de-plume. Bramshill House was the seat of Sir John Cope.
    Reference: ESTC N43963

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  • “...plus que galante”
    Le Cousin de Mahomet, et La Folie Salutaire. Histoire plus que Galante. Premiere (Seconde) Partie. by [FROMAGET, Nicholas (? - 1759)]
    [FROMAGET, Nicholas (? - 1759)]
    Le Cousin de Mahomet, et La Folie Salutaire. Histoire plus que Galante. Premiere (Seconde) Partie.

    Leiden : Chez les Freres Vamberk. 1742. First Edition, 2 vols in one, 12mo, title-page, pps 1-188 + title-page, pps 1-240, contemporary calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, edges stained red, marbled endpapers, corners worn, joints split but cords firm.
    This romance, set inTurkey, and “plus que galante” was put on the Index by the French police in 1822 and in the same year a considerably expurgated version was published by Octave Uzanne.
    It is rare; there is no copy in COPAC and CcFf locates 5 copies only.
    Reference: Cioranescu 18me. 29878 Gay-Lemonnyer Vol. 1 col. 754

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  • Le Fond du Sac ou Recueil de Contes en Vers et en Prose et de Pieces Fugitives. [With an Introduction by G. E. Des Bordes] by [NOGARET, Francois Felix (1740-1831)]
    [NOGARET, Francois Felix (1740-1831)]
    Le Fond du Sac ou Recueil de Contes en Vers et en Prose et de Pieces Fugitives. [With an Introduction by G. E. Des Bordes]

    Paris : Leclere, Libraire Editeur Rue Dauphine 18. 1866. 8vo, xlii, 172, [2] pp, engraved frontis., head- and tail-pieces throughout the text, half red morocco, marbled bds, by Gruel, signed at foot of spine.
    Verso of 1/2-title states “Cette edition est imprimee a 400 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande aux frais et pour le compte des souscripteurs”.
    Reference: Cioranescu 18me. 48272

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  • Italian verse
    VETTORI, Vittore (1697-1763)
    Le Piacevoli Rime del Dottore Fisico Vittore Vettori Mantovano al Signor Carlo Gioseffo Vigore Milanese.

    Milano : Appresso Giuseppe Richino Malatesta Stampatore Regio Camerale 1744. First Edition
    8vo, [-]2, *6, A-R8, S6, engr. port, [16], 283, [1] pp, contemporary (?original) half vellum, decorated paper bds, leather label on spine, a few small wormholes in the vellum not reaching the text block, a sound copy.
    Pages 165 - 229 contain “Traduzione o sia Parafrasi del Secondo Libro dell’ Asino d’Oro di Lucio Apuleo, diviso in due canti.”

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  • The Golden Fleece; an un-noticed variant
    Le premier volume de la Thoison Dor. Compose par reverend pere en dieu Guillaume par la permission diuine iadis evesque de Tournay abbe de sainct Bertin et chancellier de lordre de la Thoison dor du bon duc Philippe de bourgongne. Auquel soubz les vertus de magnanimite et iustice appartenans a lestat de noblesse sont contenus les haulx vertueux et magnanimes faictz tant des treschrestienes maisons de France/Bourgõgne et Flandres que dautres roys et princes de l'ancien et nouveau testament || Nouvellement imprime. ¶ On les vend a Paris en la rue sainct Jaques a lenseigne du Loup deuant les Maturins/ by FILLASTRE, Guillaume (c.1400 - 1473)
    FILLASTRE, Guillaume (c.1400 - 1473)
    Le premier volume de la Thoison Dor. Compose par reverend pere en dieu Guillaume par la permission diuine iadis evesque de Tournay abbe de sainct Bertin et chancellier de lordre de la Thoison dor du bon duc Philippe de bourgongne. Auquel soubz les vertus de magnanimite et iustice appartenans a lestat de noblesse sont contenus les haulx vertueux et magnanimes faictz tant des treschrestienes maisons de France/Bourgõgne et Flandres que dautres roys et princes de l'ancien et nouveau testament || Nouvellement imprime. ¶ On les vend a Paris en la rue sainct Jaques a lenseigne du Loup deuant les Maturins/

    [Colophon] Cy fin le second volume de la thoison dor Imprimee a Troyes par Nicolas le Rouge Imprimeur et libraire Lan Milcinqcents et trenteLe vingt et ungiesme jour Dapuril, 1531. Third Edition [preceded by Paris 1516 & Paris 1517]
    Two volumes in one, folio, A8, B-X6, y6, z4, [-]1(Pt 2 t-p), aa2, [-](blank), Aa-XX6, yy6, AAA-SSS6, TTT4, 386 leaves, black-letter, double column, first title-page printed in red and black within the elaborate decorated border of Jean Petit, the title to the second volume with a half-page woodcut of a scribe at his desk within an architectural frame bordered by panels of birds, beasts and flowers, the text decorated throughout with historiated metal-cut initials of various sizes including an…

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    [Colophon] Cy fin le second volume de la thoison dor Imprimee a Troyes par Nicolas le Rouge Imprimeur et libraire Lan Milcinqcents et trenteLe vingt et ungiesme jour Dapuril, 1531. Third Edition [preceded by Paris 1516 & Paris 1517]
    Two volumes in one, folio, A8, B-X6, y6, z4, [-]1(Pt 2 t-p), aa2, [-](blank), Aa-XX6, yy6, AAA-SSS6, TTT4, 386 leaves, black-letter, double column, first title-page printed in red and black within the elaborate decorated border of Jean Petit, the title to the second volume with a half-page woodcut of a scribe at his desk within an architectural frame bordered by panels of birds, beasts and flowers, the text decorated throughout with historiated metal-cut initials of various sizes including an curious one of a cock fight repeated several times, occasional woodcut illustrations in the text, bound in 19th century red morocco, the boards within a narrow border decorated with a semé of saltire crosses and fleur de lis in diagonal rows, a.e.g, signed on lower turn-in by Lortic, a fine copy.
    The present edition was printed in Troyes by Nicolas Le Rouge for the Paris booksellers Jean Petit and Poncet Le Preux [see USTC nos. 75918, 45149, 60659, and 1047] with minor variations in title and/or colophon; the present combination of the Jean Petit border with the letterpress wording “ On les vend a Paris en la rue sainct Jaques a lenseigne du Loup deuant les Maturins” does not appear to have been recorded. Brunet claims that this combination occurs in the La Valliere copy but De Bure’s catalogue of the La Valliere library does not bear this out (see item 5062)
    The Order of the Golden Fleece, founded in 1430 by Philip the Good of Burgandy, was the last of the Orders of Chivalry. It was noted for its elaborate ceremonies which were somewhat unusual among the conventions of mediaeval life. Fillastre became Chancellor of the Order soon after its founding and wrote this work for the glorification of the Order mixing elements of the romance of chivalry with historical fact.

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  • LOMBARD, Jules
    Le Prince Napoléon Louis Bonaparte et le Ministère Molé, ou Résumé de la Question Suisse.

    Paris : G.-A. Dentu... 1839. 8vo, 32pp, modern grey paper wrappers.

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  • PINDEMONTE, Ippolito (1753-1828)
    Le Prose e Poesie Campestri... con l’aggiunta d una Dissertazione su i Giardini Inglesi e sul Merito in Cio dell’ Italia. Edizione Reveduta dall’ Autore.

    Verona : Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 8vo, xvi, 265, [3] pp, contemporary vellum, double-fillet borders in gilt, fully gilt spine, black morocco label, edges stained red, a good sound copy
    The dissertation “On English Gardens” added to this edition, was read to the Accademia di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arte I Padua in 1792

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