HS Rare Books

A French Tour of the United States and its Prisons in 1837, Tocqueville’s successor

Fine example of Catalonian late medieval book casket

Early medieval book casket

[Book casket].
[c. 1345-1420]
$20,000.00

[Book casket].
[c. 1345-1420]
$20000

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Rare compendium of Spanish knowledge on horses, their care, beauty, and infirmities

Recopilación de los más famosos autores griegos y latinos que trataro[n] de la excele[n] cia y ...

Suarez, Alonso
1564
$12,000.00

Suarez, Alonso
1564
$12000

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“Unsurpassed in Importance” (Lada-Mocarski), one of the most influential Spanish voyages to the Pacific and Northwest Coast

Relacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el año de 1792 para reconocer el ...

Espinosa y Tello, Jose; Fernandez de Navarrete, Martin
1802
$27,500.00

Espinosa y Tello, Jose; Fernandez de Navarrete, Martin
1802
$27500

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Humorous Scenes in the Philippines, remarkable album of lithographs

Aventuras de Filipinas. Album humoristico en 30 hojas

[Toblerhijo, G.].
1874
$10,000.00

[Toblerhijo, G.].
1874
$10000

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Extraordinary work of the Cebuano language of the Philippines, possibly a clandestine imprint of Sampaloc

Arte de la lengua Zebuana

[Encina, Francisco]
S.a. [c.1801-04]
$18,000.00

[Encina, Francisco]
S.a. [c.1801-04]
$18000

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Magnificent work on the Dutch colony of Brazil, the folio edition, complete with all plates and maps

Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum

Barlaeus, Caspar
1647
$40,000.00

Barlaeus, Caspar
1647
$40000

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The first published works on the Carib language

Dictionaire Caraibe-François, meslé de quantité de remarques historiques pour ...

Breton, Raymond
1664-1666
$35,000.00

Breton, Raymond
1664-1666
$35000

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Pristine copy of the first Spanish version of Ribera’s Cartilla, extremely rare

Cartilla para aprender a dibuxar sacada por las obras de Joseph de Rivera, llamado ...

Ribera, José de (called El Españoleto); Barcelón, Juan
[1774]
$10,000.00

Ribera, José de (called El Españoleto); Barcelón, Juan
[1774]
$10000

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The prodigal son, handsome illustrated incunable from the library of a Leading Bibliographer of Incunabula

Quadragesimale novum de Filio Prodigo

Meder, Johannes
1495
$18,000.00

Meder, Johannes
1495
$18000

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First edition of Hutten’s letters to Charles V on his exploration of Venezuela, printed for the first time

Ferdinandi Cortesii Von dem Newen Hispanien, so im Meer Gegen Nidergang

Cortes, Hernan; Hutten, Philipp von
1550
$35,000.00

Cortes, Hernan; Hutten, Philipp von
1550
$35000

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One of the most magnificent works published on the antiquities of Mexico

Antiquities of Mexico comprising facsimiles of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics

Kingsborough, Edward King, Viscount
1830-1848
$60,000.00

Kingsborough, Edward King, Viscount
1830-1848
$60000

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First English edition of the history of the Great Tamerlane, conqueror of much of Asia and the Middle East

The Historie of the Great Emperour Tamerlan wherein are expressed, encounters, skirmishes, ...

Du Bec-Crespin, Jean [Messire Iean du Bec].
1597
$35,000.00

Du Bec-Crespin, Jean [Messire Iean du Bec].
1597
$35000

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Beautiful collection of illuminated drawings illustrating the history of cavalry and armours

Der Harnisch von seinem Entstehen bis zu seinem Wiedervergehen in Bildern dargestelt und ...

[Chivalry and armour drawings] Silberhorn, Matthäus, Swabian goldsmith and painter (fl. 1830-1850).
1714
$35,000.00

[Chivalry and armour drawings] Silberhorn, Matthäus, Swabian goldsmith and painter (fl. 1830-1850).
1714
$35000

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Fine album of the first series of Palhares costumes of Portugal, the largest copy known and with a fine Portuguese provenance

[Portuguese costumes] Costumes Portugueses

[Portuguese costumes] [Palhares, Joao].
S.a. [c.1850]
$8,000.00

[Portuguese costumes] [Palhares, Joao].
S.a. [c.1850]
$8000

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One of the earliest accounts of the United States by a Russian

Opyt zhivopisnago puteshtviia po Sievernoi Amerikie [Narrative of a picturesque tour through ...

Svinin, Pavel Petrovich
1815
$22,000.00

Svinin, Pavel Petrovich
1815
$22000

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The most important Spanish Architectural treatise up to date, a magnificent publication

Architectura civil recta, y obliqua. Considerada y dibuxada en el Templo de Ierusalen. Erigido ...

Caramuel Lobkowitz, Juan
1678
$46,000.00

Caramuel Lobkowitz, Juan
1678
$46000

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The founding of the picaresque novel, a unique copy, with 40 plates avant la lettre and 21 original drawings

Aventures et espiègleries de Lazarille de Tormes, ecrites par lui-meme

[Lazarillo de Tormes] [Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego] [Ransonnette, Nicolas].
1801
$10,000.00

[Lazarillo de Tormes] [Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego] [Ransonnette, Nicolas].
1801
$10000

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First Spanish translation of the Origin of Species, second edition, enlarged and augmented

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

Darwin, Charles
N.d. [1877].
$2,500.00

Darwin, Charles
N.d. [1877].
$2500

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Remarkable depiction of the Spanish Armed Forces under Charles III

'Real plan del exercito de S. M. Co. Carlos Tercero en l'año de M.DCC.LXVIII [Manuscript schema ...

[Spanish military forces drawing] [Charles III (1716-1788), King of Spain].
1768
$35,000.00

[Spanish military forces drawing] [Charles III (1716-1788), King of Spain].
1768
$35000

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First edition of this translation into Spanish of Marx’s Capital, influential to Spain and the Americas

El Capital. Resumido y acompanado de un estudio sobre el socialismo científico por Gabriel Deville

Marx, Karl
1887
$16,000.00

Marx, Karl
1887
$16000

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Earliest obtainable news of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies and South America, which ushered the creation of the Dutch East India Company and presence in the Spice Trade

[Account of a voyage to South East Asia and the East Indies] Wahrhaffter, klarer, eigentlicher ...

[Houtman, Cornelis de] [East Indies].
1598
$25,000.00

[Houtman, Cornelis de] [East Indies].
1598
$25000

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Rare 18th account of a shipwreck near Florida; fine copy in contemporary binding

God's Protecting Providence... evidenced in the remarkable Deliverance of Robert Barrow, with ...

[Shipwreck in Florida] Dickenson, Jonathan
N.d. [1772].
$4,000.00

[Shipwreck in Florida] Dickenson, Jonathan
N.d. [1772].
$4000

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One of the most visually striking works on Brazil of the 19th century, illustrated by the famous artist Maurits Rugendas

Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil

Rugendas, Maurits
1835
$30,000.00

Rugendas, Maurits
1835
$30000

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First complete edition of the First Circumnavigation Eastwards through the Pacific

Peregrinacion que ha hecho de la mayor parte del Mundo [circumnavigation]

[Circumnavigation] Cubero, Sebastian Pedro
1687-8
$6,000.00

[Circumnavigation] Cubero, Sebastian Pedro
1687-8
$6000

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