Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]: Ioann. Cnobbarum, 1637. Hardcover. [8], 278, [2] p.: 2 full-page engraved illustrations (including portrait); 13 cm. Signatures: [3 dots]4 A-712 M8 (12mo). Contemporary parchment with blind-stamped decoration; lacking clasps. Engraved title page and initials. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Pressented from Poe Kurz at Shelby October 29th 76."..... More

London: Jones & Co., 1825. Hardcover. vi, 338, viii, 364 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title Observer & World. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper and inscriptions on front free endpaper and back fixed..... More

Philadelphia: Walnut Street Presbyterian Church, 1885. Paperback. 35 p.; 17 cm. Plain wrapper printed in black. Wrapper title: In Memory of Hon. E. A. Rollins. American lawyer and banker Edward Ashton Rollins (1828–1885) served as the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1861 to 1862 and as..... More

México: En la Nueva Imprenta de D. Felipe de Zuñiga y Ontiveros, 1781. Hardcover. Bound with the work being discussed, Selectae e Veteri Testamento Historiae, ad usum eorum qui Latinae Linguae Rudimentis Imbuuntur (1780), lacking title page. 3-242, [2], 234, [2] p.; 14 cm. Signatures: A-2G8 (Selectae e Veteri Testamento..... More

Riverside, N.J. s.n., 1844. Pamphlet. Second edition. 16 p.; 23 cm. Salmon wrapper printed in black. Wrapper title: Bishop Doane's Sermon on Ancient Charity. Pastoral letter on back wrapper dated 1844. Text is on 2nd Corinthians VIII, 1-5; and 1st Corinthians XVI, 1-3. George Washington Doane (1799-1859) was the Episcopal..... More

Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1857. Hardcover. 180 p., frontispiece; 15 cm. Reddish brown cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title "Col. Gardiner" and decoration. Marbled paper over boards. Running title: Life of Colonel Gardiner. No date of publication. The address in the imprint is 1122 Chestnut St., which was used..... More

Philadelphia: Americanische Sonntags Schulen Union, 1832. Hardcover. 246, 3, [3] p.; 13 cm. Original leather spine and plain boards. Checklist American Imprints, 10938. The American Sunday School Union (ASSU) was founded in 1824 in Philadelphia. This was a translation of the ASSU's Union Questions. Running title: Schriftfragen. Contains errata (Druckfehler)..... More

Munich: Joseph Lentner, 1791. Hardcover. "Sur la seconde Edition." [8], 243, [1] p.: copper-engraved frontispiece; 16 cm. Signatures: )(4 A-P8 Q2. Full red morocco; black morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title. Blind-tooled Greek key pattern on spine; both boards have blind-tooled border. Binder is unidentified, but appears to be a...... More

Leiden: Elzevier, 1643. Hardcover. "Lugd. Batavorum. Officina Elzeviriana." [24], 672, 44, [4] p.; 13 cm. *12 A-2E12 a-b12 (12mo). 18th-century red morocco with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; both boards have gilt double ruled borders and gilt corner decoration as well as gilt-rolled edges..... More

München: Adam Berg, 1586. Hardcover. Title continued: "darinnen werden die vermainte unnd in dem andern Thail angezogne Argumenta unnd grunduesten, oder Freysteller, ein jedes in seiner Ordnung, Abgelainet." Volume 3 only (of 3 volumes): [4], 276, [8] leaves [i.e. 576 p.]; 22 cm. Signatures: A-Z4 a-z4 2A-3C4 (4to). Remains of..... More

Burlington, Vt. Stephen C. Ustick, 1812. Hardcover. "Corrected and Enlarged, with a Chronological Table of the Leading Events of Eccelesiastical History, from the birth of Christ down to the present time. Fifth American Edition, With additional Notes and Corrections." Dennis Heartt, printer. 324 p., frontispiece; 18 cm. Contemporary calf spine..... More

Madrid: Blas Roman, 1781. Hardcover. xxvii, [1], 243, [1] p.; [8], 182, [2] p.; 22 cm. Signatures: a-c4 d2 A-Z4 2A-2G4 2H2; [pi]4 A-Z4. 19th-century tree calf with five spine compartments between gilt rules; boards have bevelled edges. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Feyjoo Ilustracion. Remains of..... More

Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1685. Hardcover. [4], 399, [5] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 A-R12 (-R11, -R12). Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges speckled red. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. Small printed bookplate on front..... More