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‘an enormously popular work, rivalling Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe’ (Howgego); a portion of the plot occurring in California

First edition of an influential literary work by the initiator of modernism in Latin America

Azul I. Cuentos en Prosa II. El Año Lirico

Dario, Ruben
1888
$5,000.00

Dario, Ruben
1888
$5000

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Large suite of Astrobeings by Raquel Forner

Astroetres a Quebec

[Art] Forner, Raquel; Jantus, Eduardo.
1976
$1,600.00

[Art] Forner, Raquel; Jantus, Eduardo.
1976
$1600

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Rare true first edition of Molina’s fundamental work on Chile, illustrated with 11 folding maps, views and plates

Compendio della storia geografica, natural, e civile del Regno del Chile

Molina, Giovanni Ignazio
1776

Molina, Giovanni Ignazio
1776
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First Edition, first issue of Smith's magnum opus, “The foundation of England’s knowledge of America” (PMM)

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New=England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the ...

Smith, John
1624
$250,000.00

Smith, John
1624
$250000

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First edition of a popular medical compendium of the 15th century

Versehug von leib seele ehre unnd gutt

[Middle Ages medicine]
1489
$50,000.00

[Middle Ages medicine]
1489
$50000

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English edition of the Palmerin - Condemned to the flames by the Quijote

The First [-Second] Part[s]: Shewing the Mirror of Nobilitie, the map of honour, anatomie of ...

[Palmerin D'Oliva] [Munday, Anthony (translator)]
1637
$5,000.00

[Palmerin D'Oliva] [Munday, Anthony (translator)]
1637
$5000

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One of the rarest albums of views printed in Rio de Janeiro, the first to be printed in Brazil, along with a copy of Steinmann’s famous views; the copy of Dalton Hooker, Darwin’s close friend

Rio de Janeiro Pitoresco [with] Souvenirs de Rio de Janeiro dessins d'apres nature [with] An ...

[Bouvelot, Louis & Moreau, Auguste; Steinmann, J.; Hooker, J. Dalton]
1842 & 1835
$20,000.00

[Bouvelot, Louis & Moreau, Auguste; Steinmann, J.; Hooker, J. Dalton]
1842 & 1835
$20000

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The first book illustrated by Picasso using the celluloid technique, bound by Madeleine Gras

À haute flamme

Picasso, Pablo; Tzara, Tristan
S.a. [1955]
$22,000.00

Picasso, Pablo; Tzara, Tristan
S.a. [1955]
$22000

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“The Largest, Costliest and Most Ambitious Book to have been Printed in Calcutta before 1800”

A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of The Manners, Customs and ...

Solvyns, Frans Balthzar
1799
P.O.R.

Solvyns, Frans Balthzar
1799
$P.O.R.

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First printing of the Celestina in form of a Play, as originally intended; the most important Spanish literary piece before Don Quixote

Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, en la qual se contienen demas de su agradable y dulce estilo, ...

Rojas, Fernando de
1553
$14,000.00

Rojas, Fernando de
1553
$14000

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

Los Caprichos

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
1799
P.O.R.

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
1799
$P.O.R.

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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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News of Jesuit activity in Japan and India

Lettera annale delle cose del Giapone del M. D. LXXXII

Coelho, Gaspar
1585
$7,000.00

Coelho, Gaspar
1585
$7000

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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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One of the rarest and most influential writing books made in Spain, by the creator of the Spanish bastarda

Arte de escrevir

Lucas, Francisco
1580
$14,000.00

Lucas, Francisco
1580
$14000

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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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The most important work on the Natural History of Mexico published until the 17th century

Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus seu Plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia

Hernandez, Francisco
1651
$40,000.00

Hernandez, Francisco
1651
$40000

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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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Fine copy of this intriguing work on the dance of death by Holbein, with a remarkable chain of provenance

Imagines mortis, Duodecim Imaginibus praeter priores, totidemque inscriptionibus, praeter ...

Holbein, Hans
1547
$12,000.00

Holbein, Hans
1547
$12000

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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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Recent Additions

‘an enormously popular work, rivalling Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe’ (Howgego); a portion of the plot occurring in California

First edition of an influential literary work by the initiator of modernism in Latin America

Large suite of Astrobeings by Raquel Forner

Rare true first edition of Molina’s fundamental work on Chile, illustrated with 11 folding maps, views and plates

First Edition, first issue of Smith's magnum opus, “The foundation of England’s knowledge of America” (PMM)

First edition of a popular medical compendium of the 15th century

English edition of the Palmerin - Condemned to the flames by the Quijote

One of the rarest albums of views printed in Rio de Janeiro, the first to be printed in Brazil, along with a copy of Steinmann’s famous views; the copy of Dalton Hooker, Darwin’s close friend

The first book illustrated by Picasso using the celluloid technique, bound by Madeleine Gras

“The Largest, Costliest and Most Ambitious Book to have been Printed in Calcutta before 1800”

First printing of the Celestina in form of a Play, as originally intended; the most important Spanish literary piece before Don Quixote

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

Codifying the Creole Language

News of Jesuit activity in Japan and India

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

One of the rarest and most influential writing books made in Spain, by the creator of the Spanish bastarda

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

The most important work on the Natural History of Mexico published until the 17th century

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

Fine copy of this intriguing work on the dance of death by Holbein, with a remarkable chain of provenance

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

The First Description of the Atomic Bomb published in Japan

The Portuguese in West Africa: Angolan Dictionary for Merchants & Missionaries

English 18th century large engraving showing of the

Rare Spanish Lunarium according to the Meridian of Barcelona