European History

Venezia: Christoforo Zane. Good+. 1728. 2nd Revised & Corrected Edition. Hardcover. Title page continues: "OPERA, CHE DÀ NOTITIA DELLA GENEALOGIA DELLE LORO FAMIGILIE; DELL'AMPIEZZA, E GOVERNO DE'LORO STATI, DELLA LORO RELIGIONE, ENTRATE, FORZE, TITOLI, PRETENFIONI, ARME CON L'ORIGINE FLORIA DE'PEZZI, E QUARTI, CHE LE COMPONGONO, E DEL LUOGO DELLA LORO RESIDENZA; CON UN CATALOGO DEGLI AUTORI, CHE MEGLIO NE BANNO FERITTO; IL TUTTO FINO AL TEMPO PREFENTE". Original full vellum binding with 6 bands & faded inked lettering on spine. [4 (title & Tavola) + 595pp]. Illustrated with 81 engraved armorial crests & vignette on title page. Small dampstain on text, rubbed corners and fore-edges. Text is tight & Intact. The work was first published in a 4 volume German edition then translated into French & finally into Italian. This is volume 2 only. Kings and rulers, Heraldry, Genealogy. Italian text. Western Europe. ; Copper Engravings; 24mo… Read More

1866 Italian War for Independence Military Handbook & Journal Austria Perone

This mid-19th-century Italian military handbook was issued to Italian soldiers during the Second Italian War of Independence. It includes blank sheets for journaling, charts, codes of conduct, and printings of the soldier's expectations and duties. This particular example was owned by a Giuseppe Perone of the 54th Infantry in the Third Italian War of Independence (1866).

Item number: #8217
Price: $750
PERONE, Giuseppe [soldier]
[Italian military handbook / journal]
1866

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 71
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Velum; tight and secure
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Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (19cm x 13.5cm)
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1765 Anecdotes Painting in England FAMOUS ART 113 Full-Page Portraits 5v Walpole

"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."
― Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole was an English historian during the 18th-century, known for his letters, his collection of writings on noble authors, art commentary, and philosophical novels. One of Walpole's best and most famous works was his 'Anecdotes of Painting in England'. This work is filled with 113 portrait engravings
of notable English art, portraits, sculptures, paintings of royal families, and iconic scenes.

Item number: #9632
Price: $750
WALPOLE, Horace
Anecdotes of painting in England: with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original Mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole. The second edition. Multa renascentur quae jam cecidere...
[Twickenham]: Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXV. [1765]-71… Read More

1715 1st ed LEEDS England Topography Architecture Thoresby MAP Geography London
Ralph Thoresby was a 17th-century English historian who is best remembered for his books on the history of Leeds, England. In 1715, Thoresby published "The Topography of the Parish of Leeds" – a description of the history, geography, architecture, and monuments of Leeds. Thoresby published the first edition of 'Leeds' with a descriptive catalogue of the "artificial rarities" found in his Leeds museum.
This impressive first edition includes the folding map of Leeds which is often lacking.

Item number: #11879
Price: $795
THORESBY, Ralph
Ducatus leodiensis: or, The topography of the ancient and populous town and parish of Leedes, and parts adjacent in the West-riding of the county of York ... extracted from records, original evidences, and manuscripts; to which is added ... A catalogue of his museum ... also a catalogue of manuscripts; the various editions of the Bible, and the books published in the infancy of the art of… Read More

1697 SECRET History of White-Hall Stuart House SPY Letters Charles II Jones

A rare collection of 'secret history' letters on English royalty and the Stuart House

David Jones's 'Secret History of White-Hall' is a detailed history of the House of Stuart, focusing primarily on the major events of the 17th-century. Jones recognized that the English public had a strong desire to understand the inner workings of the Stuarts and decided to capitalize on the taste for secret court memoirs, which had been largely censored prior to 1695.
This collection contained memoirs of various events such as the Sale of Dunkirk to Louis XIV, battles in the Anglo-Dutch War, and James II's diplomacy in Flanders and Holland.
According to Snyder, these works were written in the form of letters written at Paris to a noble lord, a much-used device. Furthering on that, Bullard notes that 'Secret History'
"…scrutinizes the conventions of secret history to provide an acute analysis of this form of historiography. Jones's… Read More

Budapest: Akademiai Kiado [963-05-5290-6] 1989. (Small 4to) 824pp. Very good in very good plus dust jacket. Blue boards with white spine lettering. Illustrations, tables, folding maps. The top of the front board and bottom of the back board have been damp with resulting blue staining to the inner side of the jacket. Otherwise a tight sound book. Text in Hungarian Language. (History--Hungary, History--Hungary).

1882 Edinburgh Scotland Geography Scottish History Illustrated 3v Old and New
James Grant's "Old and New Edinburgh" is a late 19th-century historical study of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Like many similar works, this book contains descriptions of iconic ancient and modern Edinburgh locations – streets, cathedrals and abbeys, castles, art galleries, banks, and more.
Item number: #17952
Price: $599
GRANT, James
Cassell's old and new Edinburgh its history, its people and its places

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [1882].

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o Vol. I – xii, 384
o Vol. II – xii, 384
o Vol. III – xii, 392
o Heavily illustrated throughout
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Provenance: Stamp – John P. Lee
· Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.5in X 7.75in (27cm x 20cm)
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Hangö, Finand: Hango?-bladets tryckeri, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. An extremely rare pamphlet published in Finland by the Swedish-speaking supporters of Finland's fascist/pro-Germany political organisation, The Lapua Movement. The Swedish title translates into English as, "The Lapua movement, its origin and development, its aims and possibilities: Finland's Swedish population and the Lapua movement". Stapled wrappers, pp. 23. The Lapua Movement was a brutal anti-communist organisation which sought to elevate the "White" principles of the earlier civil war, including, Anti-communism. Lutheranism, and Finnish nationalism. Initially it attracted sympathetic support from prominent members of the establishment but its increasingly violent activities - not least the kidnapping and murder of Social Democrat politician Onni Happonen - could not sustain this and the movement was ultimately outlawed after a failed coup-d'etat attempt in 1932.… Read More

1699 RARE Holland DUTCH Parival MAPS Netherlands City Views Amsterdam Leiden
Jean-Nicolas de Parival was a French historian whose history of Holland is one of the best books of its kind from the end of the 17th-century. Parival offers a full description of Dutch history focusing on major events, cities, and figureheads. This impressive work contains folding maps and city views.
Item number: #21152
Price: $950
PARIVAL, Jean-Nicolas de
Les delices de la Hollande, en deux parties. La première contenant une déscription éxacte du Païs, avec les moeurs & les coutumes des habitans
Amsterdam: P. Marret, 1699.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[6], 579, [7]
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22 engravings (20 folding)
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Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Algernon Capell, 1701
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Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC (1670–1710) of Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, was an English nobleman, a soldier and courtier. He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William III between… Read More

Very good copy of this collection of chromolithographs of Medieval and Renaissance costumesWith 12 plates from A. Mazuy's Types et Caracteres Anciens, d'apres des Documents Peints ou Ecrits.A dozen romantic figures from history in three colours (red, black and white) on a sepia background by the artists Theophile Fragonard and Dufey, lithographed by Louis Rene Letronne. With many curious vignettes in the text.The subjects include:Venetian courtesan or cortigna onesta, 17th century. La courtisane Venitienne.
La Chatelaine, Dutch woman wearing a fashionable chatelaine belt clasp with purse, keys, etc., 16th century.
Student with book, sword, and knife hanging from his belt, in doublet, cape, hose and shoes, 17th century. L'ecolier.
Dandy in cap, lace ruff collar, short cape, quilted doublet, hose, buckle shoes, wearing a sword. Le Mignon, 16th century.
Romany or Gypsy dancing girl, La Bohemienne, 17th century. Dancing with her hair in pigtails, barefoot, anklets and hitting a tambourine above her… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons and Elek Books London, No date (1959?). First Edition thus. Original Cloth. Fine/fine. The first complete and unabridged English translation by Arthur Machen Illustrated with Old Engravings. Venetian Years, Paris and Prison, Eternal Quest, Adventures in the South, London and Moscow, Spanish Passions. With the introductory chapter by Arthur Symons to Vol I, Casanova at Dux. No date but enclosed ephemera suggests a date of 1959. Lrge 8vo (22cm). In the uniform sea green cloth, gilt titles to spine, maroon endpapers, maroon stained top edges. Unclipped dust jackets. Scarlet cloth bound slipcase with large paper title label mounted to LH panel of slipcase. A very bright set, showing little or no signs of use. Slipcase is unmarked, and bar two small impressions to the LHS, is in fine condition. Very minor rubs to spine ends of dust jackets only. Despite the later appearance of an unexpurgated translation of the memoirs, Machen's translation has reigned supreme in the English… Read More

1776 Philipot History of KENT England Villare Cantianum Great Britain ROME

An impressive 1776 folio edition of Thomas Philipot's 'Kent Surveyed and Illustrated'. Also known as 'Villare Cantianum', this book is one of the best historical studies on Kent, England and the surrounding villages, hundreds, and boroughs. Philipot also includes details on the influence of the Roman Empire and 1st-century invasion.

Per Lowndes,
"A valuable performance, supposed to have been written by John Philipot, and published by his son Thomas."

Item number: #22272
Price: $750

PHILIPOT, John

Villare Cantianum : or, Kent surveyed and illustrated. Being an exact description of all the parishes, boroughs, villages, and other respective manors in the county of Kent

Lynn: Printed and sold by W. Whittingham, 1776.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], iv, 400, [12]
o 1 large folding engraving, 1 full-page plate
• References: Evans 20377; Sabin 14377
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight… Read More

1823 Portraits of Illustrious Personages 206 PLATES Bacon Cromwell Raleigh Queen

Edmund Lodge was a long-serving English officer of arms, a writer on heraldic subjects, and a compiler of short biographies. However, he was most remembered for his work 'Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'. This work describes some of the most renowned persons in Great Britain. Notable names include:
• Thomas Cromwell
• Sir Francis Drake
• Francis Bacon
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Queen Catharine Parr
• Queen Jane Seymour

This stunning 1823 three-volume set features 206 steel engravings in exquisite condition.

Item number: #22282
Price: $950

LODGE, Edmund

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain: Engraved from authentic pictures, with biographical & historical memoirs of their lives.

London: Printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard. [1823-1834]

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• Collation: Complete with all pages; 11 volumes (of 12)
o Volumes I-VIII,… Read More

1730 History of GENEVA 1ed Switzerland Spon Illustrated Swiss City Views 2v SET
Jacob Spon was a 17th-century French archaeologist and historian who had a special interest in antiquarian studies. Spon traveled throughout Europe stopping in Greece, Constantinople, the Levant, as well as Switzerland. He found impressive treasures, coins, and handwritten manuscripts which inspired his famed book 'The History of the Republic of Geneva'.
This book features impressive folding views of Geneva as well as engravings of coins and medallions. And while the illustrations are valuable, the importance of this book comes from that this book was the first published history of the city of Geneva.
Item number: #23261
Price: $995
SPON, Jacob
Histoire de Geneve : Rectifiée & augmentée par d'amples notes; Avec les actes et autres pieces servant de preuves à cette Histoire
Genève : Fabri & Barrillot, 1730.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. 1 – [4], XV, [1], 556
3 engraved plates
o… Read More

Christophers, London 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text. Publishers yellow cloth with black lettering to the spine and black illustration to the front board. In the scarce original dustwrapper with a design by Ruth Wood, printed in red and black to the front panel. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with some loss to the very top of the spine, which is also toned. ---- Summary: A collection of short extracts from the Nazi propaganda. The anonymous editor wants to show the contradictions, distortions and exaggerations in the Nazi ideology and propaganda. The goal of the collection is to point to the grave dangers embedded in the Nazi ideology, to the violence and brutality of the Nazi revolution. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism). An interesting and uncommon book ridiculing the ideology of the National Socialists in early 1930's Germany, by using there own statements and… Read More