Lyons: Jean de Tournes, 1570. leather_bound. 410 pages & [6 page index]. 16 mo, Most in double columns text of Greek and Latin, De Tournes's woodcut device on title, 61 woodcut illustrations within text, most attributed to Bernard Salomon. Some ink marginalia, and underlining, some margins conserved, some with paper... More

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 25 x 19 cm. A compendium of printing history. Index of more than 14,000 references provided. Owner inscription. More

Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1668. 1st Latin edition. leather_bound. 381, 498 pp. 4to, [*1-*4, A1-Z4, Aa1-Zz4, Aaa1-Bbb4,*1-*2, A1-Z4, Aa1-Zz4, Aaa1-Eee1, Fff1-Fff2]. Fourteen engraved plates, mostly folding, and with a host of illustrations in the text. Descartes settled in Holland in 1629, and except for occasional visits abroad lived there till 1649. He... More

Palermo: Accademia Nazionale Di Scienze Lettere E Arti. Reprint. Hardcover. Approx 700 pages. 30 x 21 cm. Introduction by Angela Daneu Lattanzi. Photographic reproduction of the 15th century Codice Speciale held at the Bibliotec Comunale di Palermo. Reproduces text in red and black, and in myriad colors, the intricate illuminated... More

NY: Hispanic Society of America, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 279 pp. References. A short-title catalogue originally compiled as a check-list for thelibrary staff and here offered to the public. More

Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1630. Later printing. Hardcover. 404 pp. 24mo, 11 x 5 cm, [*1-*24,A1-Z24,Aa1-Cc8], first published posthumously in 1583. A trusted Protestant counsellor of Elizabeth I, he and John Cheke were the great classical scholars of the time in England. This, his best known work went through numerous... More