Antiquarian & Rare
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Mademoiselle Javotte, ouvrage peu moral, ecrit par elle-meme, et publie par une de ses amies
$1,200.00 Add to cart[Paul Baret]
[Paris]: A Bicetre, 1788.
Mademoiselle Javotte, a work of little morality, written by herself, and published by one of her friends. An anonymous tale (often attributed to Paul Baret / Paul Barrett) in which the heroine engages in sex work to escape poverty. A racy reworking of a closely titled 1757 moral work, whereas this one has little. This copy illustrated with 2 erotic etchings. -
Le Pornographe, ou Idees d’un Honnete-Homme sur, un Projet de Reglement pour les Prostitutes,
$1,000.00 Add to cart[Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne]
Londres and La Haie: Jean Nourse and Gosse Junior, 1770.
Propre a prevenir les Malheurs qu’occafionne le Publicisme des Femmes. Avec Des Notes Historiques et Justificatives. [The Pornographer, or Ideas of an Honest Man on a Draft Regulation for Prostitutes, Proper to Prevent the Misfortunes Occurring from the Publicity of Women. With Historical and Justificatory Notes]. Second Edition of the classic 18th century utopian text on sex work in which Bretonne envisions prostitution as a public institution with numerous social and medical benefits. This copy in a likely 20th century rebind in quarter leather with new endpapers, and extra-illustrated with one erotic illustration bound in at page 16. -
Le Pornographe, ou Idees d’un Honnete-Homme sur, un Projet de Reglement pour les Prostitutes,
$2,000.00 Add to cart[Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne]
Londres and La Haie: Jean Nourse and Gosse Junior, 1769.
Propre a prevenir les Malheurs qu’occafionne le Publicisme des Femmes: avec Des Notes Historiques et Justificatives. [The Pornographer, or Ideas of an Honest Man on a Draft Regulation for Prostitutes, Proper to Prevent the Misfortunes Occurring from the Publicity of Women: with Historical and Justificatory Notes]. First edition, second issue (with an updated title page removing reference to the Paris printer Delalain) of the classic 18th century utopian text on sex work in which Bretonne envisions prostitution as a public institution with numerous social and medical benefits. -
Dictionnaire Botanique et Pharmaceutique,
$200.00 Add to cart[Nicolas Alexandre]
Paris: Du Fonds de la Veuve Leconte, 1759.
Botanical and Pharmaceutical Dictionary containing the Principal Properties of Minerals, Plants, and Animals of use with the most used internal and external Pharmacy Preparations in Medicine, & in Surgery. All taken from the best Authors, especially the Moderns. Useful work for young Pharmacists & Surgeons, Hospitals, Communities, & charitable People who dress the Poor. Mid-eighteenth century edition of the portable medical dictionary attributed to the Benedictine Nicolas Alexandre (1654-1728). 24 editions appeared from 1716 to 1846. -
Dictionnaire Portatif de Cuisine, d’Office, et de Distillation;
$300.00 Add to cartAnonymous
Paris: Chez Vincent, 1767.
Portable dictionary of cooking, office, and distillation: containing the manner of preparing all kinds of meats, veal, game, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.: the manner of making all kinds of jellies, pastes .. : and of composing all kinds of liqueurs .. : work equally useful to the most skilled office and kitchen chefs .. : medical observations have been added which make known the property of each food, relative to health, and which indicate the foods most suitable for each temparment. -
Ecole Pratique des Accouchemens.
$1,000.00 Add to cartJ. B. Jacobs
A Gand: Chez J. F. Vander Scheuren, 1785.
First French translation of the important Dutch obstetrics manual by Jan Bernard Jacobs (1734-1790). At the time of its appearance, it was one of the most complete treatises on the art of childbirth and remained a standard work into the middle of the nineteenth century being described as a pearl of scientific production from the last years before the French Revolution. -
Alle de Copyen van Indagingen, als mede alle de Gedichten Op de Tegenwoordige Tyd toepasselyk
$2,000.00 Add to cart[UTRECHT SODOMY TRIALS]
No place: No publisher, [1730].
A relic of the Utrecht sodomy trials, the large scale persecution of homosexual men in the Netherlands starting in 1730. Without author or publisher, literally the title translated to [All the copies of summonses, as well as all the poems applicable to the present time], listing of men accused of sodomy, with charges and sentences, many of death, accompanied by long moralistic poems on the depravity of the crime. 2 parts in one, the second part, Vervolg op alle de Copyen, being a continuation. This copy with the second part ending at page 94 with the final charge in October of 1730 and ending with the poem by P. Schim. Copies of various sizes are noted of part 2, perhaps indicating different issues, from page 94 to 151 the list continues to 1731, perhaps being issued later. -
A Treatise on Gonorrhea Virulenta, and Lues Venerea
$1,500.00 Add to cartBenjamin Bell
Edinburgh: G. Mudie and Son, 1797.
Primarily regarded as surgeon, Bell is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. His scientific approach is especially evident in this treatise in which he convincingly argues, against the prevailing medical opinion of the time, that gonorrhea and syphilis are separate diseases. Bell’s work is foundational to the modern understanding of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The rare Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. -
A General Abridgment of Law and Equity (30 Volumes)
$5,500.00 Add to cartCharles Viner
London and Dublin: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Payment, E. and R. Brooke, T. Whieldon and J. Butterworth; and L. White, 1791-1806.
Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Titles; With Notes and References to the Whole. The Second Edition in 24 volumes with a considerably enlarged index, and with the 6 volume supplement, An Abridgment of the Modern Determinations in the Courts of Law and Equity .. By Several Gentlemen in the respective branches of the law (London: A. Strahan, 1799-1806). English jurist Charles Viner (1678-1756) devoted most of his life to the compilation of this work, being an extensive compendium of legal lore descended from Rolle’s Abridgment. “[T]he most voluminous production of any single individual in the whole bibliography of the Common Law. Whatever is to be found in the old Abridgments, or in all printed and several MS. Reports anterior to Geo. III., Mr. Viner has translated, abridged, remodelled, and introduced or referred to in his work.” (J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books: together with some continental treatises) -
Dictionnaire Universel Francois et Latin, Vulgairement Appele Dictionnaire de Trevoux (8 Volumes)
$5,000.00 Add to cart[Dictionnaire de Trevoux]
Paris: Compagnie des Libraires Associes, 1771.
The final and most comprehensive edition of the Dictionnaire de Trevoux, so nicknamed because of its original publication in the town of Trevoux. The original 1704 edition, assumed to be directed by the Jesuits, was largely derived from the 1701 edition of Antoine Furetiere’s 1690 Dictionnaire universel. From the much expanded second edition it became widely used and was a major inspiration for Ephraim Chamber’s 1728 Cyclopaedia and the 1751-72 Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers. -
Van de Waarheid des Christelyken Godsdiensts.
$300.00 Add to cartHugo de Groot [Hugo Grotius]
t’Amsteldam: Hendrik Boom en de Weduwe van Dirk Boom, 1728.
Of the truth of the Christian religion. Contained in six books. Translated from Latin … . In many places considerably helped … . By Joachim Oudaan Franz. Added to which is a seventh book, described in English by Dr. Simon Patrik … and translated into Dutch … with the Comments, and two arguments by Joannes de Clerk. -
Inleydinge Tot de Hollandse Regts-Geleertheyt
$500.00 Add to cartHugo de Groot [Hugo Grotius]
t’Amsteldam: Hendrik Boom en de Weduwe van Dirk Boom, 1692.
Bevestigt Met Placaten, Hand-Vesten, oude Herkomen, Regten, Regts-geleerden, Sententien van de Hoven van Justitie in Holland en elders, midsgaders eenige byvoegsels en aanmerkingen op de selve, door Mr. Simon van Goenewegen van de Made, Als mede R. Hogerbeets van het aanleggen en volvoeren der Processen, voor de respective Hoven van Holland. En het Hollandse Versterf-regt. Beyde met Aanmerkingen van den selven Groenewegen. Met een Groot Nieuw Register voorsien. Introduction to Dutch Jurisprudence; written in Loevenstein. Including within the pagination the separately titled R. Hogerbeets, van het Aenleggen ende Volvoeren der Processen, Voor de Respective Hoven van Justitie in Holland, [and] ‘t Hollandse Versterf-Regt. -
The London Anthology
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Second Printing.
22cm x 14cm. xiv, 514 pages, frontispiece, 12 leaves of black and white illustrations, black and white illustrations in the text. Full red leather, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, dentelle, marbled endpapers.
A finely bound presentation copy presented to the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman R. G. Groom from Sir Denys Lowson, Barrister and former Lord Mayor London, on the occasion of his visit to Brisbane, February, 1957.
Minor shelf wear to leather. Slight discolouration to spine. Very minor foxing to interior. Very Good Condition. -
Photographs. Presentation from the People of Australia to H.M.S. Commonwealth
$1,000.00 Add to cartSouth Australian Government Photolithographic Department
[Adelaide]: South Australian Government Photolithographic Department, No date.
4 photographs mounted in a full leather presentation album showing a silver challenge shield and silver plate table piece of a model of Captain Cook’s ship, the Endeavour, which was gifted from The People of Australia to HMS Commonwealth, a King Edward VII-class battleship of the British Royal Navy at a naval review in 1911. The album contains the bookplate of lawyer, politician, and Federalist, Sir Josiah Henry Symon (1846-1934). Symon represented the Commonwealth Government at the review and made the presentation of the shield and table piece. Photographs by the S. A. Govt. Photolithographic Dept, A. Vaughan, Govt. Photolithographer. From the collection of J. B. Hawkins. -
The History of Queensland: Its People and Industries (3 Volumes)
$3,500.00 Add to cartMatt. J. Fox; Phillip Champion de Crespigny; Ernest Sando Emerson; Andrew Grant; G. G. Swann
Brisbane: States Publishing Company, 1919-23.
A full set of the monumental Fox’s History of Queensland: An Historical and Commercial Review, Descriptive and Biographical Facts, Figures and Illustrations: An Epitome of Progress. Published in 3 volumes in 1919, 1921, and 1923, it is the largest historical work on Queensland and its colonial settler families ever produced. Despite known colloquially as Fox’s History of Queensland, and with the second and third volumes crediting him as the compiler, the first volume was edited by Phillip Champion de Crespigny and Ernest Sando Emerson, the second by Andrew Grant, and the third by G. G. Swann, together with countless unnamed writers and with contributions from various photographers. Rare as a complete set and with the original leather almost always worn and cracked, this set rebacked preserving the original boards and spinebacks. -
The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales (2 Volumes)
$300.00 Add to cartW. Frederic Morrison
Sydney: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888.
Illustrated, embracing sketches and portraits of her noted people; the rise and progress of her varied enterprises; and illustrations of her boundless wealth, together with maps of latest survey. FERGUSON 12863 -
De Legibus Hebraeorum Ritualibus et Earum Rationibus
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First Continental Edition.
24.5cm x 20cm. [36], 1-205, [7], 209-476, [28]; 506, [20] pages, 2 volumes. Later cloth. Text is in Latin.
The first Continental Edition of this landmark work of comparative religion. A pioneering study of Hebrew law and ritual by English clergyman and scholar John Spencer (1630-1693). Originally published 1 year earlier in Cambridge.
Rebound in 20th century cloth, some cracking to upper hinge of volume 1, still very firm. Minor tanning and general wear. Some pencil marginalia. Very Good Condition. -
Uxor Ebraica, sue de Nuptiis et Divortiis ex Jure Civili, id eft, Divino & Talmudico, Veterum Ebraeorum, Libri Tres.
$500.00 Add to cartJoannis Seldeni [John Selden]
Francofurti ad Oderam: Andr. Becmanus, 1673.
Treatise on the Jewish laws of marriage and divorce by English polymath, jurist, and scholar of Jewish law John Selden (1584-1654). Bound (as usual) with a second separately titled work on Jewish law of succession, De Successionibus ad Leges Ebraeorum in Bona Defunctorum. Liber Singularis: In Pontificatum, Libri Duo. -
The British Librarian: Exhibiting a Compendious Review or Abstract Of our most Scrace, Useful, and Valuable Books in all Sciences, as well in Manuscript as in Print:
$500.00 Add to cartWilliam Oldys
London: T. Osborne, 1738.
With many Characters, Historical and Critical of the Authors, their Antagonists, &c. In a Manner never before attempted, And Useful to all Readers. With a Complete Index to the Volume. The collected volume of the 18th century bibliographic periodical with an added index by William Oldys. This copy with a portrait and biography from The European Magazine, and London Review; for November 1796 bound in at front. -
Fables by the Late Mr. Gay. In Two Volumes
$250.00 Add to cartJohn Gay
London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, [et al.], 1757.
Two volumes in one (as usual). Frontispiece and title page engraved by G. Scotin after Hubert Gravelot, and 66 half-page engravings by Van der Gucht after William Kent, John Wootten, and Gravelot, as well as numerous woodcut tailpieces. -
A Dictionary of the English Language
$20,000.00 Add to cartSamuel Johnson
London: W. Strahan, For J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755.
In Which The Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and An English Grammar. The Paton Collection copy with the bookplates of Skene Library, Mr. Wiliam Agnew Paton (The Century Club, New York), and Stewart Paton. A sturdy and very presentable first edition of one of the landmark works of the English language. -
Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects
$8,000.00 Add to cartEdward L. Youmans
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1856.
Exhibiting the General Principles of the Science in a Series of Beautifully Colored Diagrams, and Accompanied by Explanatory Essays, Embracing the Latest Views of the Subjects Illustrated. Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887) was an American scientific writer, editor, and lecturer, and founder of Popular Science magazine. Youmans’ Chemical Atlas is one of the 19th century’s pioneering publications of science popularization, with striking colour plates both conveying information and capturing the imagination, and was featured in the William Reese exhibition Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books: “This chemistry textbook was a pioneering publication in the use of color to convey quantitative information”. There are recorded printings each year between 1854 and 1857. This 1856 edition being the third year of printing and from the collection of the renowned neurologist, author, and educator Dr. Oliver Sacks, with his bookplate laid in. -
Polyhistor, Rerum Toto Orbe Memorabilium Thesaurus Locupletissimus
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Second Edition.
30cm x 20cm. [20], 230, [2] pages, 2 double page maps, 18 maps in the text. Full vellum, manuscript lettering, housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell. Text is in Latin.
The Second Isingrin Edition with commentary and woodcut maps by Sebastian Munster. A significant work of geography containing “the earliest representation of the north-west coast of America on a printed map” (Burden), as well as one of the earliest printed works to with a map showing Asia as a whole.
Some splitting to the upper joint though still firm. A small rub to the lower board. Early owner’s marks to the title page and with minor occasional marginalia. Leaf O2 and O4 with a small repair to the tail margin. A light waterstain to the top edge from about half way through to the end. Leaf Dd4 and the final few leaves including the final device leaf more significantly stained though still light. Good Condition. -
The Laws of Piquet
$150.00 Add to cartCavendish
London: Thomas de la Rue & Co., 1873.
The Laws of Piquet edited by Cavendish and adopted by The Portland Club with A Treatise on the Game by Cavendish. Guide to one of the oldest card games still being played today. -
Westminster School: Past and Present
$1,200.00 Add to cartFrederic H. Forshall
London: Wyman & Sons, 1884.
A history of the Westminster School in London, though also a recording of its past customs and a lengthy biographical recording of headmasters and numerous distinguished students, and personal reminiscences. Frederic H. Forshall was a Queen’s Scholar at Westminster and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, but left after a year, moving to Sydney. He was part of the first cohort at The University of Sydney in 1852, and while still a student was appointed the University Librarian. In 1853 he was the first prizewinner for Greek verse composition which are printed here (pp. 358-360). Plates illustrating various interiors, Westminster beating Eton at rowing in 1845, and others. -
The Queensland Illustrated Guide; for the use of Farmers, Fruit-Growers, Vignerons, and Others
$500.00 Add to cart[Alfred Midgley]
Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1888.
Distributed in Great Britain to promote emigration to Queensland in the late 19th century. The 9 original photographs by prominent studio Poul C. Poulson. Includes folding Map of Queensland Shewing Land Agents Districts in rear pocket. FERGUSON 12573. This copy signed by the Under Secretary for Agriculture and with the stamp of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane. -
A Visit to Queensland and Her Goldfields
$1,500.00 Add to cartChas. H. Allen
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.
A memoir of the Queensland goldfields by English painter and traveller Charles H. Allen (1824-1904) during his time in in Queensland in 1868. This copy inscribed by the author to his son, Charles Mansfield Allen, additionally autographed with his name and address to the front endpaper. -
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer (2 Volumes)
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First Edition.
27cm x 21cm. xvii, [11], 668; [iv], 583 pages, 2 volumes. Rebacked full leather.
The first edition of William Cowper’s translations into blank verse. Volume two also containing The Battle of the Frogs and Mice.
Recently rebacked retaining earlier lightly rubbed boards. Occasional very minor foxing or soiling. Very Good Condition. -
De Officiis M.T. Ciceronis libri tres / M. T. Ciceronis Fragmenta
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17cm x 11cm. 288, 141, [15] pages. Full leather, gilt decoration.
Ciceros’ treatise on how to live, behave, and observe moral obligations with a separately titled and paginated Fragments collected by Andrea Patricio. Includes index. Scarce Lyon imprint of d’Antoine Gryphius, the illegitimate son of German bookseller-printer Sebastian Gryphius.
Leather rubbed and chipped, the lower board soiled. 17th century motif design scribblings of Andreas Barques to the endpapers, the free of which are almost loose. Small stain to the top edge of the first and last 10 to 20 leaves. Minor marks elsewhere. Good Condition. -
London and Its Sights: Being a Comprehensive Guide to All That is Worth Seeing in the Great Metropolis
$400.00 Add to cartNo author
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1858.
Rare 19th century travel guide to the city with 12 colour plates depicting views of London from Blackfriars Bridge, Houses of Parliament, Treasury Buildings, Westminster Abbey, Duke of York’s Column-Carlton Place, The Tower, Trafalgar Square, Royal Exchange, The Serpentine, Hyde Park Corner, Buckingham Palace, and Saint Paul’s Cathedral. The vignettes in the text show London Bridge, Thames Tunnel, The Monument, East India House, Guildhall, Mansion House, The Post-Office, Temple Bar, Somerset House, The Admiralty, The Horse Guards, Custom-House Quay, and the British Museum.