1966. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1966. Folio, [19] leaves unpaginated, loose signatures in Siena wrappers, laid in purple cloth covered folding box with printed title label. Fine. § Limited to 400 copies, with a leaf from the Complutensian Bible and a well-researched scholarly essay by Basil Hall. The..... More

1975. San Francisco: Valenti Angelo, 1975. Small booklet (16 x 15 cm), [16] pp., with 7 hand-colored geometric decorations by Angelo. Original wrappers with printed paper label. Fine. § Limited to 100 copies "printed for the friends of Valenti Angelo" and signed by him. The text is a poem by..... More

1521. Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptu honesti veri Jacobi q. Fra[n]cisci de Giunta [et] socioru[m], 1521. 8vo, [8], CCCXIIII leaves [321 leaves], errors in foliation, title page in red and black with woodcut vignette of St. Thomas within full page woodcut border. Old limp vellum, backstrip lettered by hand, tail-band deteriorating, loss..... More

1670. London: printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. and B[ennet]. G[riffin]. for William Lee, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Turks head in Fleetstreet over against Fetter Lane, anno Domini 1671. Thick folio, [12], 17, [1], 192, 187-255, [3], 99, [19], 8, [2], 16, [2]..... More

1974. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1974. Folio, 45 pp., illustrated throughout including a sepia portrait of Coverdale and a folding facsimile of the original map; and with an original leaf tipped in. A very good copy, in worn dust-jacket. § Limited to 425 copies including a number..... More

1767. Paris: Boudet, Desaint et Avignon, Merande, 1767-1773. 17 vols, 4to, 33 engraved plates (some folding), 6 letterpress tables (some folding). Contemporary/original mottled calf, spines gilt and gilt-lettered. A bit dry and worn but quite sound. § A lovely quarto edition of the Bible in Latin and French, also issued..... More

1743. Germantown [Pennsylvania]: Cristoph Haur, 1743. Single leaf 7 x 9 1/2”, printed in black and red gothic letter. Some damp stains and foxing; good. § Title leaf from the first U.S. printing of Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible, completely in German. More

1611. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11”, printed on both recto and verso in two columns, with woodcut initials. Foxing to outer margins, top-edge has some tears and curling; good. § From either the first or second state of the first edition. Ecclesiasticus: 27:1-30, 28: 1-26..... More

1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has..... More

1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has..... More

1802. Chichester. Printed by J. Seagrave, and sold by him and P. Humphry (et al.) for W. Blake, 1802. Frontispiece, 250 x 174 (sheet), 175 x 160 (platemark) mm, printed in black on wove paper. Recently cleaned, trimmed close to the right plate mark but not touching it, other margins..... More

1715. London: printed by John Baskett, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1715. Folio, [380], 23, [3] pp. unpaginated (text ends on Aaa4 as per ESTC). Engraved frontispiece by Loggan after Caspars. Title-page printed in red and black, ruled in red throughout. Contemporary red morocco, covers..... More

1775. London: T. Payne, 1775/1776. 3 vols, 4to, xx, 516; [2], vi, 535; viii, 602 pp, with 31 engravings on the 30 listed plates. A very good and attractive set in clean condition, bound in original calf with gilt decorated rules to covers, and gilt decoration to spine panels, with..... More