Vellum Bindings from Minotavros Books

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Cornelius Boutestein, 1718. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to (small). New edition, i.e. three works in one volume. Period binding, half parchment over paper boards. [xxvi], 325, [47] index, [ii], 44, [4] index, [109], [2] index. Engraved and rubricated title page. [6] copper engraved plates. Remains of bookplate inside front cover. Covers generally worn. Hinges cracked. Internally… Read more about this item

Venetiis: Apud Andream Poleti, 1718. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, gilt title to spine. [16], 454 pp. Rubricated t.p. Light soiling and staining to vellum. Some foxing and browning to interior commensurate with age. Perforation and ink ownership inscription to ffep.

Paris: Andre Palard, 1683. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to (small). Contemporary vellum binding, hand-lettered spine, Yapp edges. [4], 922 pp., [22 pp. index & errata]. Complete with final black. Engraved dedication headpiece and title vignette. Vellum is soiled, front joint repaired. Front pastedown wanting, front flyleaf replaced, title backed, first few leaves with marginal dampstains and… Read more about this item

Coloniae Aggripinae (Cologne): Joannem Kinckivm, 1626. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Full limp vellum, with a large blind decoration on front and rear cover, spine lettered with raised bands, all edges in red; two green ribbon ties on front and rear board; inner hinges tied with parchment and contain writing from an early incunabula. Two books bound… Read more about this item

Augustae Taurinorum [Turin]: Apud HH. Ioannis Dominici Tarini, 1637. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo (8" x 14"). D. Ioannis Antonii Belloni I.C. [Iuris Consultaris] Taurinensis, Et Pedemontani Senatus Praesidis Primarii Tractatus. De Iure Accrescendi, Pars Secunda. In Qua Septimum Disputationis Caput, Quando Scilicet Locum Habeat Ius Accrescendi, Continetur. Et Difficiliores, praecipue ultimarum voluntatum, quaestiones exponuntur. Opus non minus in Scolisquam… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. First Edition. Full vellum, decorated with gilt boarders, gilt devices on spine, a.e.g. with elegant gauffered edges, marbled endpapers. vii, 235 pp., [5]; [4], 277 pp., [7], containing [6] engravings, including the frontis portraits of author and Lady Jane Gray, engraved title page vignettes in each… Read more about this item

Parma: Nella stampa di corte di S.A.S., 1694. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Westerhout, Arnoldo V.; Dorigny, N.; Oddi, Mauro. 8vo. Halfbound vellum over patterned pasteboard. Title in gilt on yellow leather spine. All edges red. xvi, 303 p.p. Engraved frontispiece and author portrait by Arnoldo V. Westerhout, plus eleven [of twelve] plates by N. Dorigny N. after… Read more about this item

A Londres [ie. Paris? Printed in France]: Chez Edouard Kermaleck, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. New Edition. Two Volumes in one. Full Vellum. Spine lettered. Edges in red. Book I: [10] 262 p.p.; Book II: [4] 272 p.p. Frontispiece portrait of Gresset. Vignette on title-page, plus head and tailpieces throughout text. The first book contains poems and… Read more about this item

Halae Salicae [Halle, Germany]: Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1731. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (square). Half bound vellum over brown speckled boards. All edges red. Spine lettered. xii, 752 p.p., plus [36] p.p. index. [11] engravings [9 folding] incl. frontispiece. The life of Emperor Justinian I and Theodora and the history of Justinian Law. empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. Johann… Read more about this item

Utrecht: G.T. van Paddenburg and J. Visch, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio. [Etc]... en Andere Voornaame Gebouwen van dit Hertogdom. Four volumes in one [Vols. 2-4 dated 1770]. Second Edition. Four volumes in one. Separate title pages and pagination. Full vellum binding with decorative blind tooling on front and rear boards. Raised bands and red leather spine… Read more about this item

Cologne: De L'imprimerie Jacob Stoer, 1625. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (super). Two volumes in one. Place of publication stamped out, with "Geneue" stamped below printer. On second title page, no placeof publication, but "Geneue" stamped in place. Bound in full vellum with red leather spine label, slightly raised bands. Text in French. Vol. I: [56] 533 p.p.,… Read more about this item

Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1557. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Vellum. Title in gilt on green calf label on spine. [32] 740 p.p. Slightly bumped spine and edges. Some soiling to boards and extremities. Light foxing, some yellow staining to pages. Ex Libris Neathman Mill Library stamp on rear fly leaf. Tight boards, pages otherwise… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Marcus Willemsz, Doornick, 1667. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo (large). Bound in full vellum. Title on spine in ink. Original Dutch Edition. 256 p.p., with 10 plates of in-text engravings including title page depecting scenes of naval battles. Lacks folding map and additional folding engraving. Chip to top right corner of front board. Boards rubbed, edges… Read more about this item

Lugduni Batavorum: Joannis Maire, 1649. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. All books present.12mo. Full vellum. Yapped edges. Title written on spine. [8], 878. small tear along upper front pastedown endpaper. bookworm holes throughout, affecting some passages of text. Vellum soiled, slightly warped boards, but otherwise in good condition. Polydore Vergil was an Italian humanist and scholar. While living and working… Read more about this item

Milan: Auguste Taurinorum, 1835. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Quarter bound in vellum on marbled boards. Title in gilt on spine label. In two volumes. Vol. 1: viii, 556 p.p.; Vol. 2: 622 p.p. Rubbing and wear to spine and labels, with two large tears to front marbled boards, bumped edges, and light foxing to vols. 1&2, but still… Read more about this item

Delft: Andries Voorstad, 1713. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 18mo. 18mo.Full vellum. Title written on spine. [14], 266p.p., [4] leaves of plates [1 folding] including frontis. Bumped edges, boards slightly warped, some soiling to spine partially affecting the title. Some yellow staining to pages, with pen markings on verso of front free endpaper and fly leaf. Otherwise in… Read more about this item

[Amsterdam], 1725. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo bound in 12s. Full vellum. Title on spine. Bound together with Pensees Secretes Divisees en deux Parties; Premiere Partie, Reflexiones sur la Religion, avec des Resolutions pratiques quie en sont tirees. Second Partie, Reflexiones sur la Vie Chretienne &c. Amsterdam: Wetseins & Smith, 1731. Book I: [30] 434 p.p., incl. frontis… Read more about this item