Rare Book 1667

Rare Book 1667, Laviathan (See Photo)4.25" x 2.25" x 6.75"

1667 1st ed Phaedrus & Aesop Fables Illustrated Emblemata Greek Literature Latin “Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what h

1667 1ed Louis XIV LAW Ordinances France Goods Food Taxes Furniture Costs PARIS There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself. ― King Louis XIV of France The Ordonnances de L

1667 Cornelius Nepos Lives ROME Roman Lawyers Philosophy Rhetoric Hackiana Cornelius Nepos was a 1st-century BC Roman author whose works have mostly all been lost. However, his one surviving work is �

1667 Pastor Fido Guarini Italian Pastoral Tragicomedy Faithful Shepherd Poetry Battista Guarini was a 16th-century Italian poet most known for his work ‘Il Pastor Fido.’ First published in 1590, �

1667 Treaty of Madrid Negotiations SPAIN & England Philip IV Commerce Portugal In 1667, one of many treaties between England and Spain was made in Madrid. The Treaty of Madrid, made between Spain and

1667 1ed Italian Saints Catholic Vanzi Nicholas Tolentino Clare of Rimini Cariti Sacre An exceedingly rare, and rather unknown work of moral theology and Catholic Church history by Michele Vanzi. This

1667 JESUIT Allegorical Poems by Pierre Juste Sautel Animals Latin Poetry Pierre-Juste Sautel was a relatively unknown 17th-century Jesuit poet who is primarily known only for his allegorical poems. T

1854 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Arts Craftsmen Agriculture Mechanics Carpentry Horology A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding! ‘Les Artisans Celebres’, or ‘Famous Craftsmen’, by Fr

1780 1ed RARE Complete VOYAGES Maps Captain Cook America Explorers Africa 32v The best book of its kind! An extremely rare, 32-volume complete set of La Harpe’s ‘General History of Voyages’! Thi

1850 Astrologer’s Dream Book MAGIC Occult Fortune Telling Divination Charms “The Astrologer's Dream-book” is a rare, mid-19th-century book of occult studies, focusing on fortune telling and drea

1863 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Insects Natural History Entomology Butterflies Beetles A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding! Abbot J.J. Bourasse was a French Catholic churchman who is pri

1939 Just Cocktails Liquor Alcohol Recipes Wood Binding post-Prohibition “Just Cocktails” is a rare post-prohibition era cocktail recipe book by W.C. Whitfield. While other cocktail recipe

1884 1ed New England Legends Folk Lore Witchcraft Witches Ghosts Occults Drake ‘A Book of New England Legends’ is a collection of folk lore in prose and poetry from the beginning of the settlement

1789 Captain Cook Voyages Pacific Wallis Carteret Hawaii PROVENANCE Napoleon ? John Hawkesworth was an important English book editor, most known for his commission to edit Captain James Cooks Voyages.

1888 Pearl of Great Price Joseph Smith LDS Church Book of Mormon Revelation Utah The Pearl of Great Price is one of the standard canonical works used by the Latter-Day Saints Church. This book include

1866 1ed Civil War Four Years of Fighting Coffin Guerilla Warfare Music MAPS Charles Carleton Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the Civil War. His book ‘Four Years of Figh

1812 EXQUISITE Biographical Dictionary Alexander Chalmers Popes Mathematics Optics Alexander Chalmers’ “General Biographical Dictionary” was a best-selling book in the 19th-century. This work in

1665 EXQUISITE John Field Cambridge Greek Holy BIBLE + Book of Common Prayer A rare 17th-century Greek Cambridge Bible, translated by James Duport The Cambridge Holy Bible, printed completely in Greek

1780 1ed RARE Complete VOYAGES Maps Captain Cook America Explorers Africa 32v The best book of its kind! An extremely rare, 32-volume complete set of La Harpe’s ‘General History of Voyages’! Thi

1924 Celtic Myth OCCULT Witchcraft Gaelic gods Fantasy GIANTS Color Illustrated A fascinating and beautiful early 20th-century book on mythology, legends and chivalry from the famous Gresham series of

1894 1ed The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling Children’s INDIA Mowgli Illustrated 2v “What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book Rudya

1952 1st/1st Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and The Sea Novel Literature Classic “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was one of the most prolific Ameri

1858 RARE Book Lot Civil War American Wars Indians Military Government A collection of rare mid-19th-century books of Americana, United States military, and politics. The most famous perhaps is Benjam