HS Rare Books

Magnificent copy with early impressions of the first edition of Goya´s masterpiece, in a contemporary binding

Codifying the Creole Language

The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar

Thomas, John Jacob
1869
$6,500.00

Thomas, John Jacob
1869
$6500

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Remarkable Spanish illustrated pedagogical treatise on music, ‘perhaps the most widely dispersed’ instructional manual of the period

Reglas, y advertencias generales que enseñan el modo de tañer todos los instrumentos mejores y ...

Minguet e Yrol, Pablo
1752-1754
$14,000.00

Minguet e Yrol, Pablo
1752-1754
$14000

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The rare first Madrid appearance of both parts together

Primera y Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha

Cervantes y Saavedra, Miguel de
1637-1636
$12,000.00

Cervantes y Saavedra, Miguel de
1637-1636
$12000

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Rare and dramatic image of the Holy Shroud of Turin with explanatory text

Il vero ritratto del Santissimo Sudario del nostro salvatore Giesu Christo. Reliquia santissima ...

S.a. (c. 1578-1604)
$9,000.00

S.a. (c. 1578-1604)
$9000

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First American edition of the first of Dostoevsky’s books to be translated into English, a fictionalized account of imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp

(House of the Dead) Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia

Dostoevsky, Fyodor
1881
$3,000.00

Dostoevsky, Fyodor
1881
$3000

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First edition in Spanish of the Origin of Species, extremely rare, first edition to include two letters by Darwin

Origen de las especies. Por medio de la seleccion natural ò la conservacion de las razas. ...

Darwin, Charles
[1877]
$6,000.00

Darwin, Charles
[1877]
$6000

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The first work on horsemanship and one of the first non-religious works published written by an American

Tractado de la cavalleria, de la Gineta y Brida: en el qual se contiene muchos primores, assi en ...

Suarez de Peralta, Juan
1580
$20,000.00

Suarez de Peralta, Juan
1580
$20000

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Remarkable copy with 178 original hand-coloured and illuminated plates and an original manuscript

The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the original ...

[Bible].
1649-1660
$34,000.00

[Bible].
1649-1660
$34000

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An exceptional sammelband with two very rare works by a Spanish Mathematician in Paris on Arithmetics

Proportiones [bound with] Arithmetica Speculativa, and other works

Lax, Gaspar; Alciati, Andrea; Agricola, Rudolphus
1510-1515
$26,000.00

Lax, Gaspar; Alciati, Andrea; Agricola, Rudolphus
1510-1515
$26000

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First edition of Goya´s masterful artistic depiction of War, universalizing the theme like never before had been done

Los Desastres de la Guerra

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de
1863
$100,000.00

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de
1863
$100000

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Third appearance of one of the most important literary works in any language

La Lusiada de el famoso poeta Luys de Camões

Camões, Luis de
1580
$45,000.00

Camões, Luis de
1580
$45000

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The most important 15th century literary work produced in Spain

Celestina. Tragicomedia de Calisto et Melibea Novamente Tradotta de Lingua Castigliana in ...

Rojas, Fernando de
1525
$8,000.00

Rojas, Fernando de
1525
$8000

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First edition of an extremely rare account of the Portuguese in Africa

Histoire veritable des dernieres guerres advenues en Barbarie: et du succez pitoyable du Roy de ...

[Nieto, Fray Luis]
1579
$14,000.00

[Nieto, Fray Luis]
1579
$14000

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Fine contemporary colored example of this work on Chile, written by an ‘extraordinary woman’ (Borba de Moraes), with the journey to Brazil

Journal of a Residence in Chile during the year 1822. And a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823

Graham, Maria
1824
$9,000.00

Graham, Maria
1824
$9000

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First edition in English of Holbein´s masterful and influential Images of the Old Testament

The Images of the Old Testament, lately expressed, fet forthe in Ynglifhe and Frenche, vuith a ...

Holbein, Hans
1549
$30,000.00

Holbein, Hans
1549
$30000

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The very rare atlas to accompany the reconnaissance and espionage mission and exploration of Western interior of the United States

Voyage dans l'Amerique septentrionale, ou description Des Pays arrosés par le Mississipi, ...

Collot, Georges Henri Victor
1826
P.O.R.

Collot, Georges Henri Victor
1826
$P.O.R.

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Remarkable work by Miro in the original binding

Cantic del Sol

Miro, Joan; Assis, Saint Francis
1975
$24,000.00

Miro, Joan; Assis, Saint Francis
1975
$24000

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The Ideal Farm, early English work on how to divide a farm to make it more profitable, illustrated with two folding plans

A Discoverie for Division or Setting out of Land, as to the best Form. Published by Samuel ...

[Agriculture] [Dymock, Cressy].
1653
$6,000.00

[Agriculture] [Dymock, Cressy].
1653
$6000

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First edition of the Pilote du Bresil, the first scientific large format sea atlas of Brazil, bound for the Crown Prince of France

Le pilote du Brésil, ou description des côtes de l'Amerique Meridionale, située entre l'ile ...

Roussin, Albin Reine
1826
$40,000.00

Roussin, Albin Reine
1826
$40000

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Including the famous Ange Anatomique, the chef-d´oeuvre of Gautier

Myologie Complète en couleur et grandeur naturelle, composée de l’Essai et de la suite de ...

Gautier d’Agoty, Jacques Fabien
1745-1746
$26,000.00

Gautier d’Agoty, Jacques Fabien
1745-1746
$26000

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Sammelband of works on the trials of two renowned women: Mary Blandy and Elizabeth Jeffries, for murder in mid 18th century Britain

Bound collection of six 18th century pamphlets relating to the trials of Mary Blandy and ...

[Blandy, Mary; Jeffries, Elizabeth].
c.1751-1752
$8,000.00

[Blandy, Mary; Jeffries, Elizabeth].
c.1751-1752
$8000

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Books

Magnificent copy with early impressions of the first edition of Goya´s masterpiece, in a contemporary binding

Codifying the Creole Language

Remarkable Spanish illustrated pedagogical treatise on music, ‘perhaps the most widely dispersed’ instructional manual of the period

The rare first Madrid appearance of both parts together

Rare and dramatic image of the Holy Shroud of Turin with explanatory text

First American edition of the first of Dostoevsky’s books to be translated into English, a fictionalized account of imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp

First edition in Spanish of the Origin of Species, extremely rare, first edition to include two letters by Darwin

English 18th century large engraving showing of the

Rare Spanish Lunarium according to the Meridian of Barcelona

Early Portuguese Exploration, with account of Vasco da Gama and Magellan

The first work on horsemanship and one of the first non-religious works published written by an American

Remarkable copy with 178 original hand-coloured and illuminated plates and an original manuscript

An exceptional sammelband with two very rare works by a Spanish Mathematician in Paris on Arithmetics

First edition of Goya´s masterful artistic depiction of War, universalizing the theme like never before had been done

Third appearance of one of the most important literary works in any language

The most important 15th century literary work produced in Spain

First edition of an extremely rare account of the Portuguese in Africa

Fine contemporary colored example of this work on Chile, written by an ‘extraordinary woman’ (Borba de Moraes), with the journey to Brazil

First edition in English of Holbein´s masterful and influential Images of the Old Testament

The very rare atlas to accompany the reconnaissance and espionage mission and exploration of Western interior of the United States

Remarkable work by Miro in the original binding

The Ideal Farm, early English work on how to divide a farm to make it more profitable, illustrated with two folding plans

First edition of the Pilote du Bresil, the first scientific large format sea atlas of Brazil, bound for the Crown Prince of France

Including the famous Ange Anatomique, the chef-d´oeuvre of Gautier

Sammelband of works on the trials of two renowned women: Mary Blandy and Elizabeth Jeffries, for murder in mid 18th century Britain