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[ALEXANDER VII, Pope.]
Vero e pieno ragguaglio delle ceremonie fatte per l’incoronazione di n. sig. Alessandro papa settimo il...
Rome and Florence, nella stamperia si S. A. S. alla condotta, 1655.
Very rare first(?) edition of this detailed and entertaining account of the coronation of Pope Alexander VII in April 1655, capturing the splendour, colour and emotion of the occasion. The blow-by-blow narrative has a very modern feel, resembling present-day reporting of such events. After describing...
£650
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BARONE, Giuseppe.
IA-Z Pam, le baton du muet, (traduit du chinois)... extrait du muséon.
Louvain, Ch. Peeters, 1882.
First separate edition, rare (apparently one other copy known), almost certainly printed for presentation, of this transliteration of a Chinese play with parallel French translation, which first appeared in the French journal Muséon. Barone’s article seeks to introduce a French audience to the great...
£250
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[COLLEGIO DEI NOBILI DI MODENA.]
Il buon’ uso della vittoria, ossia Publio Cornelio Scipione nella nuova Cartagine: azione accademica...
Modena, eredi di Bartolomeo Soliani, [1776].
First edition. A scarce play with music and ballet, prepared and performed by the Collegio dei Nobili di Modena for celebrations of the birthday of Francesco III d’Este, Duke of Modena. The work comprises a play in three acts on Scipio Africanus by Alessandro Guinigi, three short ballets drawn...
£450
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ZINANO [or ZINANI], Gabriele.
L’Almerigo. Tragedia.
Reggio, Ercoliano Bartoli, [1590].
First edition of this Renaissance tragedy in five acts accompanied by the author’s essay on the theory on the tragic genre. Zinano, or Zinani, did not produce drama only: three of his best-known works are in fact political essays detailing the prerogatives of various components of a Republic. The Almerigo...
£400
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RIEMANN, Georg Friedrich Bernhard.
Ein Beitrag zu den Untersuchungen über die Bewegung eines flüssigen gleichartigen Ellipsoids.
Göttingen, Dieterichsche Buchhandlung, 1861.
the very rare offprint issue from the abhandlungen der königlichen gesellschaft der wissenschaften zu göttigen of riemann’s classic paper on rotating liquid ellipsoids, containing solutions of the equations of fluid dynamics that were later applied to the physics of rotating stars by chandrasekhar...
£750
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STATUTA COLLEGII DD.
Almae Urbis Medicorum ex antiquis Romanorum Pontificum bullis congesta, & hactenùs per Sedem Apostolicam...
Rome, Printer of the Apostolic Chamber, 1676 [– c.1745].
The very rare enlarged and updated issue of the statutes of the medical faculty of Rome, a very rare and interesting document on its internal organization.
£550
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PINELLI, Bartolomeo.
I Promessi Sposi.
Rome, Litografia delle Belle Arti, 1829-1831.
First edition of one of the earliest attempts to illustrate Manzoni’s masterpiece, by one of the most celebrated engravers of the time. Manzoni, however, apparently objected to Pinelli’s illustrations on the grounds that the figures and costumes were too ‘Roman’ and publication was halted after...
£850
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RENGGER, Albrecht.
Bericht über die Armen-Erziehungs-Anstalt in Hofwyl, im Namen der zu Beaufsichtigung derselben niedergesetzten...
Tubingen, Cotta, 1815.
First edition of an account of the agricultural school for poor children founded by Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg on the estate of Hofwyl in Switzerland in 1799. This is a detailed account of the workings of the school, and its ethos, which was designed to be self supporting and taught children the...
£180
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[MISSIONARIES IN CHINA].
Temple Hill Cut-outs. [Legends of Ancient China].
Chefoo, China,Women's Bible School Presbyterian Mission, c. 1930.
The work of un-idle hands, produced by local Chinese women enlisted at the Ai Dao Bible School in Chefoo, modern-day Yantai, to raise money for their ongoing maintenance and education at the hands of the American Presbyterian Mission. The present work describes seven of the most popular legends of Ancient...
£350
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[MATHIEU, Adolphe.]
Notice sur Frédéric-Auguste-Ferdinand-Thomass Baron de Reiffenberg ...
Mons, Hoyois, 1850
Only edition, published in 100 copies by the Société des Bibliophiles Belges. Reifenberg (1795-1850) was the Keeper of the Belgian Royal Library from 1837 until his death in 1850. This obituary was written by his friend the poet Adolphe Mathieu. He gives a bibliography of works written or edited by...
£85
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MÜLLER, Johann Baptist.
Erfahrungssätze über die contagiöse oder ägyptische Augenentzündung. Gesammelt am Krankenbette.
Mainz, Florian Kupferberg, 1821.
A fine presentation copy of Müller’s ophthalmological study of a disease then known as the ‘Egyptian eye infection’. A physician and surgeon with the Prussian military, Müller describes his findings in cases of eye infections amongst soldiers sometimes so severe as to result in blindness. He...
£350
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ZAMPELIOS, Spiridion.
Βυζαντιναι Μελεται [Byzantine Studies]...
Athens, Christos Nikolaidos, 1857.
First edition. Spyros Zampelios was a champion of the continuity theory in the history of the Greek nation in the crucial decades of the mid nineteenth century, and the first Greek historian to adopt a tripartite examination of historical periods, divided into ancient, medieval and modern Hellenism....
£350
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SCARBOROUGH, William,
translator. 話叢語諺. A collection of Chinese proverbs.
Shanghai, American Presbyterian mission press, 1875.
First edition of a collection of 2720 Chinese proverbs, translated and arranged by Rev. William Scarborough (1841 – 1894), a Wesleyan missionary in China since 1865.£450
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BLANCHON, Jacques.
Iacobi Blanchoni ucessiensis adversus Ludovicum beneventanum abbatem selestensem defensionum liber.
Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1550.
First edition of a very rare work of sixteenth-century Lyonnese Neoplatonism, an elegantly-printed de Tournes edition. Ostensibly a simple series of remarks against the theses of the (presumably sternly Scholastic) abbot of Selestan, this is a tract of Renaissance moral philosophy. The theme of...
£950
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CHOUFFE, Jean-Baptiste-P.
Des accidens et des maladies qui surviennent à la cessation de la menstruation.
Paris: Croullebois et Gabon, Floréal an X [April-May 1802].
First and only edition. This work discusses the cessation of menstruation and its causes, beginning with female bodies and the changes they undergo from puberty to old age. Chouffe, formerly a military doctor, then focuses on ten case studies of individual patients in whom the menses had ceased,...
£450
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[WINE – TRADE CATALOGUE].
Ditta G. Bellavita. Macchinario, attrezzi e prodotti per: produttori e negozianti vini, fabbriche liquori,...
Milano, Arti grafiche Stella, 1926.
A rare survival, especially in such good condition, of a trade catalogue of machinery, chemicals and a wide range of products for wine, spirits and beer makers and merchants, including pubs and wine shops. Each item is illustrated and accompanied by specifics and prices; the newly introduced machinery...
£200
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[CHINESE ARTS DEALER.] ISKANDRIAN-HUPEDEN, A.
[Cover title:] ‘My Treasure Box’ [Title-page:] ‘Some selected...
Shanghai, Spring 1938.
A charming and insightful trade catalogue compiled by a female Chinese arts dealer, covering porcelains, cast bronzes and irons, stone and wood sculpture, lacquered figures, furniture and screens, pottery and embroidery. The colours and dimensions are often described in the text, and the final...
£1600
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[COMMERCIAL PRESS, SHANGHAI.]
[Cover title:] Views of China - 中國名勝 [Zhongguo ming sheng].
Shanghai, Commercial Press, [1913 ca.].
A pictorial multilingual souvenir book by China’s first modern publishing house.
£650
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[CHINA.]
Précis des nouvelles reçues des missions de Chine et des royaumes voisins, en 1819.
[Paris, Adrien Le Clere, 1819?].
An extremely rare summary of the state of French Christian missions in Su-Tchuen (China), Tong-King (Vietnam), Cochinchine (Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), and Pondichery (India) in 1819.
£180
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[NAUDÉ, Philippe, attr. author].
Histoire abrégée de la naissance & du progrez du Kouakerisme avec celle de ses dogmes.
Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1692.
First edition of the earliest work on the Quakers to be published in French. In his survey of English Quakerism the author gives voice to widespread contemporary English criticisms of the movement, radicalizing the charge of Socinianism into one of ‘pure deism’ and ultimately atheism.
£750