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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
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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
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Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
1799
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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)
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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
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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]
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The First Description of the Atomic Bomb published in Japan
Genshi Bakudan [Description of the Atomic Bombs].
Takeo, Takei
1945
$8,000.00
Takeo, Takei
1945
$8000
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The Portuguese in West Africa: Angolan Dictionary for Merchants & Missionaries
Diccionario da lingua Bunda ou Angolense, explicada na Portugueza e Latina
Cannecattim, Bernardo Maria de
1804
$8,000.00
Cannecattim, Bernardo Maria de
1804
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English 18th century large engraving showing of the
A front view of the Temple of Solomon, with its Holy Vessels also Tabernacle of Moses with its ...
[Evans, John]
1798
$8,000.00
[Evans, John]
1798
$8000
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Rare Spanish Lunarium according to the Meridian of Barcelona
Lunarium in quo reperiuntur Coniunctiones & Oppositiones lune: & eclypses solis & lune: per Anni ...
Granollachs, Bernardus
S.a. [c.1511]
$7,000.00
Granollachs, Bernardus
S.a. [c.1511]
$7000
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Pinckney s Treaty, securing the rights to navigate the Mississippi, preserving the original passports
Tratado de amistad, límites y navegación concluido entre el Rey Nuestro Señor y los Estados ...
[Peace treaty between the United States and Spain]
1796
$9,500.00
[Peace treaty between the United States and Spain]
1796
$9500
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