An exceedingly rare first edition (1503) of the first printed Venetian ‘tariffa’ (Tucci, “Tariffe,” p. 92) published at the height of Venice’s hegemony as a trading power in the eastern Mediterranean and only the 2nd printed ‘tariffa’ overall (see below).  The ‘tariffa’ is a comprehensive mercantile manual compiled to bring..... More

First collected edition of Erasmus of Rotterdam’s annotations to his Greek New Testament, containing manuscript marginalia derived from the polymath Sebastian Münster’s Hebrew translation of the Gospel of Matthew. The volume recalls the importance of Hebrew studies among Renaissance humanists and serves as a fascinating reminder of the double role..... More

Rare 1718 first Italian-language edition – published in the same year as the French original – of the only book you will ever need. Penned by the cleric Noël Eudes de L’Arche, and here translated by Arione Rochi da Matalona, The One-Book Man, or An Entire Library in One Little..... More

Auction catalogue of the library and art collection of the English author George Daniel (1789-1864) – sold over ten days in 1864 at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in London – here in a copy fully annotated with names of purchasers and prices realized. Daniel’s library was especially rich in Elizabethan..... More