Amsterdam: Danielis Elzevii, 1651. Full-Leather. Engraved frontispiece, 119p. Contemporary calf with small handwritten label on the spine. The second Elzevier edition first printed in 1651. Willems#1445; Rahir #1531; Berghman #2082. Rubbed along the edges but holding firm. Tiny worm hole in the lower margin not affecting the text. Contemporary check.....
London: Whittaker and Co., 1857. Hardcover. xxxii, 452p. Contemporary calf with gilt spine and marbled end papers. SCHOOL PRIZE BINDING. KING EDWARD'S FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BIRMINGHAM 1859 stamped in gold on the front board. Includes a brief inscription to J. B. Parish on the inside front blank. Some light rubbing.....
Amsterdam: Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, 1684, 1684. Full-Leather. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Engraved titlepage. [44], 525p, [88], [2], 112p, [18]. Contemporary calf. Gilt ruled boards with blindstamped scroll design. Richly gilt spine with five raised bands. Small piece of leather missing on the spine. Hinges cracked and.....
Charles Whittingham, Chiswick Press, 1845. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Contemporary calf with a richly gilt spine and boards with burgundy marbleized end papers and gilt foredge. Front board professionally reattached and some light rubbing to the edges and headband. Nicely printed with a red border covering each page. From the Library of.....
Danielis Elzevirii, 1671. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece, 119p. 19th century brown morocco with marbleized end papers and a silk bookmark. AN ENTIRELY UNCUT COPY [126mm] WITH THE PRINTERS ORIGINAL RULINGS IN THE MARGINS. FROM THE LIBRARY OF ROBERT HOE WITH HIS BOOKPLATE ON THE INSIDE FRONT BOARD. Copinger #2574. Damage to.....
Paris: Apud H. Barbou, 1805. Hardcover. 446p, [1]. Contemporary vellum of boards. A school book. Contains an ink sketch of probably the teacher on the front half title. Light foxing throughout and paper flaw to p97/98 impacting a few letters. Occasional notations in the margins with pencil, 12mo - over.....
London: Excudebat Felix Kingstonius impensis Gulielmi Aspley, & Natanielis Butterii. 1614. [12], 135p. Contemporary calf. Edited by Joannis Bond. First separate printing of Persius in England and frequently reprinted on the Continent. Includes a dedication by Bond's son-in-law Roger Prowse. See Morgan #242. Schweiger p711. Front board detached. Some general.....
Amsterdam: Amsterdam: Johannem Blaeu, 1645, 1645. Contemporary Vellum. Contemporary Vellum. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 126p, [3]. Third edition of Bond's Persius. The editor was Roger Prowse. First published in England in 1614. Schweiger II. p711. Ebert #16287. Upper portion of front blank removed. Some minor.....
Züllichau u. Freystadt: Frommann, 1794. Hardcover. xxii, 152p. Latin text with translation into German. Edited by Georg Gustav Fülleborn, Professor at the University of Breslau. Schweiger II. p714. This translation, according to Moss p184, is in Iambic metre. Ebert #16297. Contemporary marbleized boards. Some wear to the boards. Paper spotted.....