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ROSCOE, William [1753-1831].
The Life Of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called The Magnificent.
London: Printed For A.Strahan; T.Cadell Jun. And W.Davies..., 1797..
2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., xxvi, [2], 320, 136; 2 p.l., 312, 111, [1]list of illus., 11. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait of Lorenzo, 2 engraved title vignettes & 12 large engraved head & tailpieces. contemporary tree calf (covers of Vol. I detached, joints of Vol. II cracked & weak, abrasion to one cover & stain to another, extremities chipped). Third Edition, Corrected, of this biography of the great Florentine statesman and powerful patron of the Renaissance. Lorenzo sponsored many artists including Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Botticelli and numbered philosophers Marsilio Ficino, Poliziano and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola within his circle of scholarly friends.
$400 USD Book Number: elala5333 Order / Enquire

[ROUSSET DE MISSY, Jean] [1686-1762].
Histoire Du Cardinal Alberoni, Et De Son Ministère Jusqu'à la fin de l'Année 1719. Par Mr. J. R**.
The Hague: the Widow of Adrien Moetjens, 1720..
2 Volumes in 1. 12mo. pp. 5 p.l., 291; 1 p.l., 328. titles in red & black with woodcut printer's device. 4 folding engraved plans. later full calf (corners worn, occasional light foxing). former owner's library stamp on titles. Third and Best Edition. This edition is apparently enlarged and corrected and contains the folding plans for the first time. It is preceded by two editions of 1719, the first published at The Hague, the second, with a fictitious Hague imprint, actually published at Rouen. NUC cites four, one, and two copies respectively. Forced to flee France because of his Protestantism, Rousset settled in Holland, where he established at The Hague a reputable school for the instruction of young nobles. Upon the success of this, his third publication, he decided to close the school and devote himself to writing, producing a long succession of mediocre historical works. Giulio Alberoni, an ambitious Italian, was appointed agent of the Duke of Parma at the court of Madrid, where he won the favour of Philip V, became a cardinal, and then prime minister of Spain about 1716. His surprise attack on and capture of Cagliari and other towns of Sardinia then belonging to the Emperor of Germany, led to an outcry all over Europe against his violation of the rights of nations. Alberoni consequently was removed from office and banished from Spain. Barbier II 773. cfCioranescu 57562.
$564 USD Book Number: GOUst[RO35 Order / Enquire

RUSSELL, William [1741-1793].
The History Of Modern Europe: With A View Of The Progress Of Society, From The Rise Of The Modern Kingdoms To The Peace Of Paris In 1763.
London: Jones & Company, 1827-28..
5 Volumes in 2. [WITH:] JONES, William [1795-1855]. The History Of Modern Europe.Continued From The Peace Of Paris In 1763 To The Death Of The Emperor Alexanderr, Of Russia, In 1825.Volume III. 8vo. pp. xxxiv, [2], 525; xl, 571; l, 632. 3 engraved titles & 3 engraved frontis. portraits (the same portrait in the first 2 vols.). later half calf (rubbed, corners worn, cloth sides spotted, engravings & titles foxed). armorial bookplate of Canadian politician William Hamilton Merritt [1793-1862]. First Edition of Jones's continuation, carrying the history forward to 1825. Russell's history was first published in 1779 (Vols. I-II) and 1784 (Vols. III-V), and the whole work in five volumes in 1786.
$210 USD Book Number: ESSeRUSS68 Order / Enquire

SALVANDY, N[arcisse] A[chille de, comte de] [1795-1856].
Histoire De Jean Sobieski Et Du Royaume De Pologne.Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée.
Paris: Didier, 1855..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxxvi, 496; 2 p.l., 468 + 16(ads). with half-titles. later quarter chagrin: prize binding with bookplate of Lycée D'Amiens, 1875 (some wear to edges of covers, some light to moderate foxing).
$300 USD Book Number: elala2946 Order / Enquire

SANDE, Johanne van den [c1577-1638].
Belgicarum Historiarum Epitome. Qua Initium, progressus, & exitus motuum atque discordiarum lucide demonstratur, ab anno 1566. ad 1648.
Utrecht: Joannes a Waesberge, 1652..
12mo. pp. 1pl, 427, [36]index. engraved title & 29 engraved plates (incl. 25 portraits & 4 folding plates). printer's device on title. contemporary mottled calf (binding worn & wormed, minor worming through lower inner margin occasionally touching text, some browning & light staining). First Edition of the Latin Translation. An abridged history of the revolt in the Netherlands and the wars of independence waged against Spanish domination by the Dutch provinces under the leadership of William of Orange. After eighty years of struggle, the Peace of Munster was signed in 1648 and the independence of the northern provinces was acknowledged. The volume is illustrated mainly with portraits of the most outstanding of the Dutch generals, and includes a notice of the settlement of the Brownists in New Netherland (America), and information respecting the establishment and successes of the Dutch West and East India Companies. cfSabin 76335 (Dutch edition; no mention of plates). NUC cites 3 copies.
$577 USD Book Number: GNDlgSAN73 Order / Enquire

[SAPPA, Bruno] (Editor).
Azzano Decimo.
Azzano Decimo: Commune di Azzano Decimo, [1986]..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 382, [1]; 382, [1]. illus. & maps (some colour incl. 2 folding colour maps). cloth (former owner's notes on front flyleaf of Vol. II0. dw. (spine ends of dw. bit chipped). bd. slipcase (2 small punctures in top of slipcase). First Edition.
$100 USD Book Number: dola470 Order / Enquire

SEELEY, Sir J[ohn] R[obert] [1834-1895].
Life And Times Of Stein; Or, Germany And Prussia In The Napoleonic Age.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xxxi, 546; 1 p.l., [v]-xvi, 568. lacking half-titles? engraved frontis. portrait & 5 coloured maps. contemporary half morocco (small repaired tear in 1 leaf - no loss). First American Edition. "This book.is probably Seeley's most solid and lasting contribution to historical knowledge, but it was not one of his most successful productions. He had little taste for personal detail or for simple narrative, and the character of Stein hardly lends itself to attractive biographical treatment. But as an elucidation of the anti-Napoleonic revolution, and of the share taken by Stein and Prussia in the revival of Germany, the book has no rival in the English language." (DNB)
$300 USD Book Number: elala263 Order / Enquire

SHELLEY, [Mary Wollstonecraft] [1797-1851] ET AL.
Lives of the most Eminent Literary And Scientific Men Of Italy, Spain And Portugal.
London: Printed For Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, And John Taylor, 1835-37..
3 Volumes. small 8vo. pp. xlvii, 312; 1 p.l., 394; 2 p.l., 353, [1]. additional engraved titles. contemporary half chagrin, top edge gilt (slightly rubbed, engraved titles foxed). First Edition. These three volumes form part of biography section of Dionysius Lardner's 'Cabinet Cyclopaedia'. Mary Shelley contributed the lives of Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Machiavelli, among others.
$450 USD Book Number: elala2046 Order / Enquire

SIMON, Edouard.
The Emperor William And His Reign From The French.
London: Remington & Co. 1888..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 322; 309. with half-titles. 2 frontis. portraits. A fine unopened set in original cloth. Second Edition.
$128 USD Book Number: GMOeSIMO67 Order / Enquire

SINDING, Paul. C.
History Of Scandinavia, From The Early Times Of The Northmen And Vikings To The Present Day.
Pittsburgh: W.S.Haven, 1864..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xiv, [15]-446. with half-title. engraved frontis. & folding map. original cloth (spine ends little frayed, dampstain to lower outer corner of frontis.). Seventh Edition.
$75 USD Book Number: elala3442 Order / Enquire

SISA, Stephen.
The Spirit Of Hungary: A Panorama Of Hungarian History And Culture.
Toronto: Rakoczi Foundation Inc., 1983..
4to. pp. 342. Profusely illus. in b/w. includes addendum with colour plates. cloth. dw.
$50 USD Book Number: stela2059 Order / Enquire

SORIA, Diego.
Histoire Générale De L'Italie De 1846 À 1850.
Paris: Grassart, 1859..
2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., iv, [9]-724; 1 p.l., [9]-716. contemporary half calf (light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition.
$150 USD Book Number: elala2047 Order / Enquire

STANISLAW I, LESZCYNSKI, King of Poland [1677-1766].
Oeuvres Du Philosophe Bienfaisant.
Amsterdam: np, 1764..
4 Volumes in 2. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., xxxii, [4], 179; 2 p.l., xl, 135; 2 p.l., 202; 2 p.l., 222. with half-titles in Vols. II-IV. titles in red & black with engraved vignettes. engraved frontis. portrait of the author. woodcut tailpieces. contemporary calf (joints cracked, extremities chipped, some foxing & browning). armorial bookplates of John Peyto Verney and Robert John Verney, Lords Willoughby de Broke. Second Edition (?) (first published Paris the previous year); edited by Fran ois Louis Claude Marin [1721-1809]. Including Observations Sur Le Gouvernement de Pologne, with discussion of politics and government, the clergy, the army, the treasury, the judicial system, and the police, occupying Vol. II and half of Vol. III, translated into French by P.J. de La Pimpie Solignac.
$461 USD Book Number: GTAuv[ST88 Order / Enquire

STOKES, Gale.
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.
New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993..
8vo. pp. viii, [2], 319. index. wrs. First Edition, Paperback Issue.
$50 USD Book Number: dola2625 Order / Enquire

STRATILESCO, Tereza.
From Carpathian To Pindus Pictures Of Roumanian Country Life.
London: T.FisherUnwin, 1906..
8vo. pp. xii, 379, [1].2 maps (1 colour), 39 plates, & 11 text illus. index.original cloth (spine sunned). Signed Presentation copy. First Edition.
$350 USD Book Number: elala3670 Order / Enquire

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