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Bound for King Louis XV

HAMILTON, Hugh. De sectionibus conicis. Tractatus geometricus. In quo, ex natura ipsius coni, sectionum affectioens [!] facillime deducuntur. Methodo nova.
London, William Johnston, 1758. 4to. With numerous illustrations on 17 folding engraved plates. Contemporary French gold-tooled red goatskin morocco, with the arms of the French King Louis XV in the centre of each board and his crowned monogram in each compartment (except that with the title) of the spine. [4], VIII, 211, [1] pp. Full description
€ 13,000
Armorial Bindings Bindings France Optics & Perspective
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Rare dissertation printed on silk, in a red velvet binding

HANSWYK, Nicolaas Johannes van. Dissertatio juridica inauguralis de substitutione vulgari.
Leiden, Gerard Corts, 1764. 4to. With the title printed in red and black within an attractive engraved ornamental border by Noach van der Meer. Contemporary red velvet binding, blue silk endpapers. 35, [13], [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,500
Bindings Book History, Printing & Typography Law & Politics
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Important 18th-century bibliography of Italian rare books on history, poetry, prose and arts & sciences

[HAYM, Niccolo Francesco]. Biblioteca Italiana, o sia, Notizia de' libri rari nella lingua Italiana, divisa in quattro parti principali: cioe' istoria, poesia, prose, arti e scienze, annessovi tutto il libro dell' Eloquenza Italiana di Mons. Giusto Fontanini col suo ragionamento intorno alla stessa materia. Con tavole copiosissime, e necessarie.
Venice, Angiolo Geremia, 1728. 4to. With woodcut historiated initials, head- and tailpieces. 19th-century vellum, gold-tooled spine with a red morocco title-label lettered in gold, red and blue sprinkled edges. [24], 264 pp. Full description
€ 850
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A famous auction catalogue, re-issued as an important reference work

HEINSIUS, Nicolas. Bibliotheca Heinsiana sive catalogus librorum, quos, magno studio, & sumtu, dum viveret, collegit.
Leiden, (Abraham Elsevier, for) Johannes de Vivie, (1682). Two parts in one volume. 12mo. With the title page printed in red and black, and a woodcut printer's device. Contemporary marbled calf. [2], 374, [2 blank]; 286, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
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"Father of History" in elegant & famous first Greek edition by Aldus Manutius, from the Arenberg library

HERODOTUS. [Historiarum] libri novem. Quibus musarum indita sunt nomina.
(Colophon: Venice), Aldus Manutius, (colophon: September 1502). Folio (29.5 x 20 cm). With Aldus's anchor and dolphin device on the title page and the verso of the last leaf. Late 19th-century blind-tooled, polished tan calf, the central panel with the arms of the Dukes of Arenberg. [140] ll. Full description
€ 45,000
Aldine Press Bindings Book History, Printing & Typography Classical Antiquity Early Printing - 16th century Egypt Greek & Non-Western Types North Africa West Asia
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Rare Latin treatise on the Greek Bacchanals

HERRENSCHMID, Jacob. Peripatheticus orgiorum ethnico-pontificius. Justè castigatus, justius profligatus, justissimè condemnatus. Hoc est, brevis dissertatiuncula De Bachanaliorum nomine, origine, progressu, placentis, larvis, excusationibus, exemplis, poenis, ludis, choreis, symposiis, ludibriis, &c.
Nuremberg, Simon Halbmayer, [1626]. 12mo.19th-century red half morocco, marbled paper sides. 132 pp. Full description
€ 550
Classical Antiquity History / 17th Century School & Textbooks
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