Venice: F. Valgrisi and N. Moretti, 1603. Early Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in early full vellum, [16] 654 [32] pages. The complete and corrected ORLANDO FURIOSO, with Ruscelli's dedication to the Duke of Ferrara dated 1556 and an account of the life of Ariosto by Battista.....
London: Moses Pitt, 1686. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Folio (7-3/4" x 12-1/8") bound in later calf leather recently and sympathetically rebacked with a gilt-decorated spine preserving the original morocco spine label; [xviii], 264, 331-417, [9], 154, [6] pages. Complete with the frontispiece portrait of the author, an additional engraved.....
Paris: Claude Barbin and Simon Benard, 1676 & 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (3-3/4" x 6-1/4") in calf; [xxxviii], 341, [17]; [xvi], 71pages. In the 1670s, there was a heated debate among Paris intellectuals concerning whether inscriptions for a proposed triumphal arch in honor of Louis XIV should be.....
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover. Two small quarto (6-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes bound in full mottled calf leather with marbled endpapers and gilt-lettered contrasting morocco spine labels: [x], 243, [1]; 220, [4] pages. Text in French translation by Issac de Benserade who was commissioned by Louis XIV to.....
Lyons: Plantin Press (C. Raphelengius), 1600. Hardcover. Small octavo (3" x 4-1/2") in contemporary limp vellum; 319 pages. An uncommon later Latin translation of Paradin's DEVISES HEROIQUES, first published in Antwerp in 1583. Illustrated with 216 woodcut devices (some full-page) with Latin captions: 179 for Paradin and 37 for Simeoni.....
![Item #015344 [HERBAL] THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. GATHERED BY JOHN GERARDE OF...](https://charlesagvent.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/015344.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1573227049)
London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636. Third Edition. Hardcover. First published in 1597, this is the second edition edited by Thomas Johnson (a reprint of the 1633 edition) who corrected many of Gerard's errors and who improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts. Thick.....
Augsburg: Franz Antoni Alger, 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") with two parts bound together in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps lacking but catches present, title on spine label stamped in blind; [24], 534, [2], 559, [1] pages. Title in red and black, engraved head- and.....
![Item #016969 HISTORIAE NATURALIS DE QUADRUPEDIBUS. [bound with] DE PISCIBUS ET CETIS. [bound...](https://charlesagvent.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/016969.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1573227171)
Amsterdam: J. J. Schipper, 1657 & 1665. Second Edition. Hardcover. Folio (9-1/2" x 15") masterfully bound in recent full vellum lettered in brown on the spine with new endpapers. Six parts in one, four with an engraved title page and two with woodcut title vignettes: DE QUADRUPEDIBUS (1657), [3]-6, [2].....
Rome: B. Deuersin, & Z. Masotti, 1654. Third, and best, Edition. Hardcover. Folio (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in contemporary vellum; [xxxii (including engraved title-page)], 618, [24] pages. Title page printed in red and black with engraved printer's device; additional engraved title page; woodcut initials; head- and tailpieces; full-page engraved arms.....
London: Thomas Creede, 1602. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (5-1/2" x 7-1/4") in later sheep leather; [viii], 352, [14], without the last blank; 143, [9] pages, the last leaf is blank. First work is the variant with a Latin quotation above the device on title page; the second work lacks.....
London: by J[ames]. C[otrell]. for Thomas Basset, 1674. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in 3/4 brown morocco leather and brown boards with a gilt-stamped spine; [1], 250 pages. Engraving on verso of title page; lacking the 12-page preface. Wing M75. An appendix was included in the Second.....
Paris: Petit-Pas, 1619. Third Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (3-1/8" x 5-1/4") bound in full 18th century calf with the insignia of Montgomery stamped in blind to the front board, recent gilt-lettered black morocco spine label; 360, 70, (23, [1]) pages. Contains the first issue of the "Portraict racourcy d'une femme mondaine.....
Amsterdam: Judocus Hondius, 1611. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7" x 10-3/4") in somewhat later full calf leather; [viii], 64, [40], 65-292, [7] pages with a page of errata at rear. Complete with the 40-page section, bound in after page 64, rather than at the end, as in other copies. Illustrated.....
London: John Macock for Michael Spark senior, at the sign of the Blue Bible in Green Arbour, 1646. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/4" x 11") in contemporary calf leather with cloth string ties, the spine with 5 raised bands and a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. Text complete with errata.....
Nuremberg: Jacobum de Sandrart Pictorem, n.d. [1690s]. Salvator Rosa. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (6-1/2" x 8-3/4") bound in early marbled boards. Famous series of exquisite etchings by Salvatore Rosa (1615-1673) of soldiers and people of other occupations drawn with lively gestures and expressive facial expressions. There are 60 numbered.....
London: Th. Dawks, 1681 (1684). Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in contemporary calf with modern sympathetic and expert restoration at the spine and corners, one original brass clasp with remains of the other; gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Salmon; [xx], 762, [14] pages.....
London: George Sawbridge, 1677. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") in contemporary calf; A4 D-N4 R4 S2; [8], 80, 181-192 pages. The Second Edition in English, translated by Nicholas Culpeper. Illustrated with 24 full-page plates, each facing a printed full-page table. ESTC R23770; Wing V287.
