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  1. JABÈS, Edmond.

    Trois filles de mon quartier.

    [Paris], G.L.M., [1948].

    First edition of thse poems by the Egyptian–Jewish...

    £350

  2. ROBBE-GRILLET, Alain.

    Souvenirs du Triangle d’Or.

    [Paris], Les Éditions de Minuit, [1978].

    First edition, one of 87 copies on Alfa...

    £350

  3. ROBBE-GRILLET, Alain.

    Topologie d’une cité fantôme.

    Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1976.

    First edition: a kind of intellectual detective...

    £250

  4. [BOIS, Paul.]

    La vie des premieres religieuses Capucines...

    Marseille, de l’imprimerie de Dominique...

    Scarce first edition of a compendium of...

    £375

  5. [BRAUS, Giovanni Antonio.]

    De lectione pravorum librorum. Oratio habita...

    Reggio Emilia, ex typis Davolii, 1821.

    Rare first edition of this Latin lecture...

    £350

  6. DU TILLET, Jean.

    La chronique des roys de France, puis Pharamond...

    Paris, René Avril for Galliot du Pré, 1550.

    Handsome vernacular edition of Jean du...

    £1200

  7. [GULIELMUS de Lavicea.]

    Dieta salutis. Sancti Bonaventure doctoris...

    [(Colophon:) Venice, Cesare Arrivabene,...

    A compilation of Franciscan devotional...

    £1250

  8. LIPSIUS, Justus.

    Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri...

    Antwerp, Jan Moretus, ex officina Plantiniana,...

    A volume containing controversial works...

    £1250

  9. ZECEÑA, Basilio.

    Oracion pronunciada en la santa iglesia...

    [Guatemala], imprenta de La Paz, 1851.

    A pair of contemporary works commemorating...

    £450

  10. LUCIAN of Samosata; Étienne MOQUOT, editor.

    Luciani Samosatensis dialogi selecti. Cum...

    Lyons, Claude Obert, 1636.

    Uncommon parallel Greek and Latin edition...

    £375

  11. FREEMAN, Arthur.

    Historical Forgery in Romanophobe Britain:...

    London, 2021.

    A new and particular account of the anti-Catholic...

    £20

  12. BOTTO, Giuseppe Domenico.

    Observations microscopiques sur les mouvements...

    [Turin], Imprimerie Royale, [1840].

    An extremely rare offprint from the Memorie...

    £675

  13. [BENDISCIOLI, Faustino.]

    Quadro ossia saggio epilogato del Sistema...

    Milan, Stamperia [dei Patrioti d’Italia]...

    An impassioned tract attacking the claims...

    £200

  14. [CARTHUSIANS. GUIGO DE CASTRO, compiler.]

    Repertorium statutoru[m] ordinis cartusiensis...

    Basel, Johann Amerbach, 1510.

    First printed edition of the Statutes of...

    £7500

  15. [CHOIRBOOK.]

    Large historiated initial ‘I’.

    Italy (Umbria), c. 1300.

    A very elegant initial in a style characteristic...

    £4500

  16. DU HALDE, Jean-Baptiste.

    A Description of the Empire of China and...

    London, T. Gardner for Edward Cave, 1738...

    The first complete English translation...

    £15000

  17. HAKLUYT, Richard.

    The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques...

    London, George Bishop, Ralph Newberie,...

    Second edition, first issue of ‘Hakluyt’s...

    £20000

  18. HUGO, Victor.

    Notre-Dame de Paris. Par Victor Hugo. Troisième...

    Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1831.

    First edition, third issue, of Victor Hugo’s...

    £7500

  19. [AGRICULTURE.] BEIJING MUNICIPAL BUREAU FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.

    农业机械安全生产挂图 [Nongye...

    [Beijing], China Agriculture Press for...

    Very rare complete set of posters promoting...

    £1750

  20. [CHINA.]

    Notes of a Journey from Canton to Wu-chow-fu.

    S.l., [c. 1862].

    Extremely rare account of an early journey...

    £450