Paris: Germain Hardouin, [circa 1520, almanac for 1520-1532]. 8vo (197 x 118 mm). 95 leaves (of 96, lacking F8). Roman type: 19 (of 20) large, 12 smaller metal cuts, and publisher's device, metalcut Anatomical Man surrounded by 4 small metal cuts, gilt architectural frame to pages with large miniatures, ink-ruled... More

Strasbourg: Johann Schott, 1532-1531 [vol. II second colophon: 14 February 1532]. Two volumes bound in one (the appendix added to vol.II), folio (287 x 188 mm). Vol. I: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- and 5-part borders to several pages, woodcut arms of Strasbourg, ornamental and historiated initials, head- and... More

[Lorraine]: [1624]. The complete set of 12 etchings, 143 x 93 mm plates, 146 x 93 mm sheets, on thin laid paper without watermarks, very fine, early impressions of the only state (L. 551 first state of two), with thread margins or trimmed to the platemark on three sides, narrow... More

Leiden: Elzevir, 1657. 12mo. [2], [22], 558, [2] pp. Engraved title by I. Hackius, errata leaf at end. 18th-century mottled calf, smooth spine gilt. Provenance: Lewis Stephen Pilcher (1845-1934), founding editor of 'The Annals of Surgery' (bookplate). "De Medicina is the oldest Western medical document after the Hippocratic writings. Written... More

Florence: Amadore Massi and Lorenzo Landi, 1637. Two parts in one volume, 4to (236 x 172 mm). Etched title and seven double-page plates by Stefano della Bella after the set designs of Alfonso Parigi. 19th-century half roan, decorated paper boards. Some minor spotting, generally a fine copy. Provenance: purchased from... More

Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe, 1736. 2 parts in one volume, 4to (290 x 211 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 20 plates by Ludovico Mattioli after Giuseppe Maria Crespi, engraved and letterpress folding table, large printer's device on title, oval author portrait vignette, 16 tail-pieces. Contemporary Italian vellum, red leather lettering-piece. Light... More

Vulgarités. Paris: Aubert, n.d. [1841-42]. 10 lithographs, 354 x 262 mm, and smaller. D.905-914. La Chasse. Paris: Aubert for Pannier, n.d. [1843-44]. 12 lithographs, 354 x 267 mm, and smaller. D.1072-1083. Both suites are assembled sets, some prints formerly bound or framed, some with gilt edges. Occasional chipping at edges... More

Paris: Jacques-François Chereau, 1782. The complete set of six etchings including title, plates 155 x 115 mm, sheets 275 x 200 mm, good impressions, small marginal repair to each plate, pale dampstain to final two plates, generally in good condition, each sheet mounted on guards. 20th-century mottled calf. Joints rubbed... More

[Basel: Lienhart Ysenhut, circa 1490]. 4to (210 x 155 mm). 29 of 30 leaves (lacks first blank or title, see note above). 32 lines. Gothic types. 2 full-page woodcuts and 51 woodcuts in text (each circa 75-62 mm). Rubricated in red. Blue morocco gilt. Lower blank margin of a2 and... More

Paris: J. Fr Valade, 1784. Two works in one volume, 12mo. 255; 271 pp, with errata leaf at end. Text in Greek and Latin. Contemporary French mottled calf, red morocco lettering-piece, smooth spine decorated in gilt. A beautifully-designed and printed edition, the Greek and Latin texts of the aphorisms on... More

London: Frederick J. Mason, 1834. Broadsheets (10 1/2 x 8 inches). Letterpress title-page. 72 etched plates, including frontispiece and number 17*. 19th-century green half morocco, green pebbled cloth boards, spine gilt-ruled and -lettered, all edges gilt. Some light wear to binding, occasional spotting, heavier on six plates. Provenance: Frank L.... More

Antwerp: Henrick Eckert van Homberch, 1503. Small folio (254 x 184 mm). Collation: A8 a-f6 g4 h-z 8 8 A-Z Aa-Gg6. 336 leaves. 41 lines, double columns. Gothic types. Title in nine lines (the first a xylographic block) over a cut of Salvator Mundi flanked by two blocks of architecture... More

Paris: Tèriade, 1950. Folio (425 x 275 mm). 100 color lithographs. Loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers; card slipcase lacking top edge. A few sheets with pale offsetting, wrapper lightly toned, otherwise in very good condition. LIMITED EDITION, number 954 of 1,200 copies signed in pencil by Matisse. The... More