Acta Historiae Neerlandica; historical Studies in the Netherlands
Leiden: E. J. Brill. Vols. 1-15 (1966-1982). Original cloth, b/w illus., ex libris. Volumes 11-15 also bear the title: The Low Countries history yearbook. More
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Annales Musicologiques: Moyen-Age et Renaissance
Paris: Société de Musique d'Autrefois. 1953-1963. Volumes 1-6 (408 [5]; 345 [4]; 390 [3]; 265 [5]; 345 [4]; 495 [3]p.), b/w illus., music, original burgundy cloth. More
Der Neue Readinger Calender
Reading: Gedruckt Von Johann Ritter Und Comp. 1934. Zum dreyßigstenmal herausgegeben von Carl Friedrich Egelmann. [32]p., quarto stitched pamphlet, woodcut illustration on the cover, slightly chipped on the edges. The calendar is for the year 1835. Cf. AI 25898. More
Die deutsche LIteratur vom Mittelalter bis zum 20. Jahrhundert: Texte und Zeugnisse
München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1988. 8 vols in 11 complete, original stiff printed wrappers, in the original publisher's plain cardboard slipcase. Editors vary. Contents: v. 1:1-2, Mittelalter (lxx, 1879p.). v. 2:1-2, Spätmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation (xli, 684; lii, 943p.). v. 3, Das Zeitalter des Barock (xxxii, 1251p.). v. 4, 18. Jahrhundert..... More
Jahrbuch der Wirtschaft Osteuropas; Yearbook of East-European Economics
München, Wien: Günter Olzog Verlag. Veröffentlichung des Osteuropa-Instituts München, herausgegeben von Hans Raupach. Bd.1-11 (1970-1983). 11 vols. in 13 (the two last years in the original half-yearly issues, as published). All in green cloth, save for the two last years in original stiff wrappers, ex libris. More
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon im DTV
München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1986. 14 vols. (xliv, 11504p.), original stiff printed wrappers, totally clean set. Pages 10941-10900 were issued bound upside down in the thirteenth volume. Contents: Bd. 1, Essays. Bd. 2, A. Bd. 3, B, C. Bd. 4, D, E. Bd. 5, F, G. Bd. 6, H, I...... More
Linguistics; an international Review
The Hague, Paris: Mouton. 1963--1971. Nos. 1-15 (Oct. 1963-June 1965) and Nos. 26-70 (Oct. 1966-June 1971). Total of 60 issues, all in the original stiff wrappers [lacking Nos. 16-25]. The journal was issued irregulary during the period. More
Old Master Drawings; a Quarterly Magazine for Students and Collections
New York: Collectors Editions Limited, 1970. 14 volumes. Numerous b/w illus., quarto format, original red cloth. The final volume contains the completely revised index. An unabridged re-publications of the 1926-1940 London publication, with only the advertisements deleted. More
Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum in archivis publicis asservatum A.D. MCCCVII.-A.D. MCCCXXIV
[London]: Public Records Commission, 1814. [xv] 256, 48p., five engraved plates, uncut deckle edges, large folio format. In half-leather with plain boards (one-inch chip at head of spine, corners bumped), gilt spine lettering. Edited by Thomas Thomson. First appearance in print of the earliest documents of the Register of the..... More
Thesaurus; Boletin Del Instituto Caro y Cuervo
Bogata: Instituto Caro y Cuervo. Tom. 9-12 (1953-1957, 14-47 (1959-1992). Plus the 1974 index for 1-25 (1945-1970 and the 1987 index for 26-41 (1971-1986. [Lacking only t. 13 (1958) within this lengthy run]. All in the original stiff wrappers. Important run of this journal on Spanish language and literature... More
A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty
London: Printed for George Nicol, 1792. Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settolement in the East Indies. The whole illustrated with..... More
Marcello Malpighi and the Evolution of Embryology
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1966. 5 vols. (xxiv, 2475p.), b/w and colored illus. (including foldouts), original blue cloth, large quarto format, in the original publisher's slipcase (Cornell publications in the history of science). More
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Ann Arbor: J. W. Edwards, 1947. Vols. 1-46 (in 47), original red cloth, music, folio format. Reprint of the Bach-Gesellschaft Leipzig series, 1851-1899. Contents: v..1-2, Kirchencantaten, Bd. 1-2. v. 3, Clavierwerke, Bd. 1 v. 4, Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelisten Matthäus. v. 5:1, Kirchencantaten, Bd. 3. v. 5:2, Weihnachts-Orattorium nach den..... More
Bamboo; Its Cult and Culture; Paintings By Wang Tseng-tsu, imperial Prince Painter; interpretative Text and Art Analysis
Berkeley: The Gillick Press, 1945. 109 [2]p., 12 b/w full-page illus., large oblong quarto format, errata slip tipped in at the end, deckle fore-edge, original tan rice-paper dj with blue label title on the front cover (small inch and half dj chip at lower left edge of the rear panel)..... More
Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de Valois 1364-1477
Paris: Le Normant; Garnier Frères, 1854. 7e Edition. 12 vols. complete, b/w illus., maps (some folded), uniform green half-leather with green pebbled cloth, gilt spine trim and lettering. The tenth volume has some former damp-rippling on the upper right corner of the text block, mostly in the upper and outer..... More
Geschichte der altkirchlichen Literatur
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1962. 5 vols. (xii, 633; xiii, 729; [ix] 679; [ix] 673; xii, 423p.), original burgundy cloth, ex libris. Reprint of the 1913-1932 Freiburg second ediiton. Contents: Bd. 1, Vom Ausgang des apostolischen Zeitalters bis zum Ende des zweiten Jahrhunderts. Bd. 2, Vom Ende des zweiten Jahrhunderts bis..... More
Gesammelte Werke in 20 Bänden
Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1967. 20 volumes complete, original stiff printed wrappers, in the publisher's original stiff slipcase. More
British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
New York: Readers Microprint Corporation. Compact edition. 1967-1980. 37 volumes complete, original blue cloth, quarto format, very clean set. Includes the 27 volumes, plus the Supplement 1956-1965 (in five volumes), Supplement 1966-1970 (in three volumes) and Supplement 1971-1975 (in two volumes). More
Supplemente, enthaltend Quellen zu Händel's Werken
Farnborough: Gregg Interational PUblishers, 1968. Für die deutsche Händelgesellschaft herausgegeben von Friedrich Chrysander. 6 vols., music, original tan cloth. Reprints of the 1888-1902 Leipzig editions. Contents: Bd. 1, Magnificat, von D. Erba. Bd. 2, Te Deum, von Francesco Antonio Urio. Bd. 3, Serenata,, by Alessandro Stradella. Bd. 4, Fünf italienische..... More
Naukeurige beschryving van Morea, eertijts Peloponnesus; en de eilanden, gelegen onder de kusten van Morea, en binnen en buiten de Golf van Venetien: waer onder de voornaemste Korfu, Cefalonia, Sant Maura, Zanten, en andere in grooten Getale
Amsterdam: voor Wolfgangh, Waesbergen, Boom, Someren En Goethals, 1688. Behelzende derzelver lantschappen, steden, rivieren, poelen, bergen, gewassen, direren, &c. Met de kaerten van Morea, Golf van Venetien, en verscheide eilanden: beneffens afbeeldingen van steden en kastelen, als Patraffo, Modon, Koron, Navarino, Napoli di Romania en Malvasia, Korinthen, Misitra, &c. 2..... More
Portraits of Washington
New York: Robert Hamilton & Associates, 1932. 3 volumes (xxxii, 1021p.), original green half-leather with decorative tan cloth and gilt lettering on the spines and front covers, colored and b/w front., with the tissue guards, 256 b/w plates, t.e.g., o/w deckle edges, major index in te final volume, quarto format..... More
Franck's etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche Taal
's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1949. 2e druk door N. Van Wijk. Met registers der Nieuwhoogduitsche Woorden, enz. xvi, 897; xvii, 235p., original green cloth, quarto format. The second part: Supplement door c. B. Van Haeningen. More
Countdown; a History of Space Flight
New York, Etc: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. 3d Printing. x, 398p., b/w illus., dj. More
Le chartrier ancien de Fontmorigny, abbaye de l'ordre de Citeaux; étude générale, et catalogue des actes antérieurs au XIVe siècle, 1135-1300
Bourges: Impr. A. Tardy, 1936. lxiv, 451p., original front printed wrapper affixed to a burgundy buckram binding, with spine lettering, quarto format, ex libris. With descriptions of 768 manuscripts, documetns and letters of the period, plus a major index by persons, places and topics. More
Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, 1954
Groningen: Erven P. Noordhoff; Amsterdam, North-Holland. Amsterdam, September 2-September 9. 1954-1957. 3 vols. (582; 440; 560p.), original burgundy cloth. More