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FACSIMILES
Full-Size 
FULL Facsimile of the King James FIRST Edition 
(A MOST AMBITIOUS FACSIMILE)!
Bible. English. 1611/1961.
Authorized (i.e., King James Version). The Holy Bible, conteining the Old
Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the originall tongues: and with
the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall
Commandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches. [colophon: Cleveland: World Publishers,
1961]. Folio. [737] ff.
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The edition was limited to 1500 copies, of which this is number 878. It was printed by offset lithography and bound in full leather by Amilcare Pizzi of Milan in a replica of the type of binding found on some copies of this edition. 
Limited Edition Facsimile Antonozzi,
Leopardo. De Caratteri. [Rome 1638]. Nieuwkoop: Miland
Publishers, 1971. Oblong 4to. 57 pp.
• Publisher's light boards with printed dust wrapper, in Mylar protective jacket. Nearly new. (23241)
The
Famous September Testament — Well Evoked! Bible. N.T. German. (1522) 1883. Luther. Die Septemberbibel: Das Neue Testament deutsch von Martin Luther. Berlin: G. Grote, 1883. Folio (32.4 cm, 12.75"). [4], 9, [9] pp., CVII, [6], LXXVII, [26] ff.; illus.
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21 full-page woodcuts by Lucas Cranach. The woodcuts illustrating the Book of Revelation appear here in their original state, before ordinary crowns took the place of the papal tiaras worn by the Antichrist and the Whore of Babylon.
• Binding as above, with light rubbing overall and significant rubbing to spine and corners; spine pulled at top and bottom and joints (outside) rubbed, with rear lower joint starting and with remnant of old inked shelf location to one band. Occasional faint smudges; pages mostly remarkably clean.
A handsome and studyable thing. (27372)
A Very Large KJV Facsimile
of PSALMS & JOHN (only)
Limited to 1500 Copies Bible. English. Selections. 1994\1611. Authorized (i.e., "King James Version"). The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues: & with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his maiestie's special comandment [sic]. London: Robert Barker, 1611 {i.e., Greenville, SC: Bible Treasures, 1994}. Tall folio.
Produced as above, bound as below, were 1500 copies only.
• New. Dark brown gilt and embossed leatherette over thick boards, dark brown moiré doublures. With one white ribbon place-marker and with all edges brightly gilt.
Facsimile
of the Only
Known Copy of
a
16th-Century
Picaresque Novel
Delicado, Francisco. Retrato de la Loçana andaluza :en
lengua española :muy clarissima. Co[n]puesto en Roma. El qual retrato demuestra loque en
Roma passava y contiene munchas mas cosas que la Celestina. [colophon: Valencia: Talleres de
Tipografia Moderna, 1950]. Folio (27.5 cm; 10.75"). [2], [54], [2] ff.
Click the images for enlargements. The facsimile was limited to 252 copies, of which 218 were sold by subscription while the remaining 34 were destined for national libraries, collaborating scholars, and special individuals (identified in the limitation statement). This is copy 88 of the 218 subscription copies.
• Palau 70182. Full brown morocco, spine gilt with neat lettering,
two rolls, and devices in compartments; covers with double-fillet gilt border
(a small portion of this lost on front cover, corners bumped and a little
rubbed). Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Original front wrapper bound in.
A
very pleasing copy of a handsome homage. (29223)
A Herculean Effort — A Beautifully Produced Book Di Bassi, Pietro Andrea. The Labors of Hercules. Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. 4to (27.9 cm, 11"). 89, [3] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. The translator, W. Kenneth Thompson, selected thirteen episodes from Bassi's text, and illustrations includingone double-page plate and twelve miniatures, reproduced from photographs of the manuscript in five-color facsimiles printed by offset lithography at The Meriden Gravure Company in Meriden, CT. Giovanni Mardersteig designed the text in his own Monotype Dante on Manunzia paper, and oversaw production with his son Martino at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy. The edition was limited to 1950 copies, of which this is no. 164, as written in ink below the colophon.
• Bound as above, spine very lightly sunned with light pencil smudge; case with one side a little soiled and a limited patch of staining. Text very fresh and clean. (30549)
Virginia Discovery inLimited Edition Facsimile Hariot,
Thomas. A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia
... reproduced in facsimile from the first edition of 1588. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co., 1903. 4to (23 cm, 9.1"). xiii, [1], [48] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Publisher's green cloth, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title; corners and spine extremities a little rubbed, spine with white-inked call number. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, no stamps or other markings; clean and nice. (24657)
Yeats, Lawrence, Sassoon, Wharton, Sackville-West,
& Many Others (Marsh, Edward). Edward Marsh's little book: reproduced in facsimile. Eton [Windsor], Eng.: Eton College, 1990. 12mo (18.5 cm; 7.25"). 2 vols. I: 45, [1] pp., [1] f. II: 165, [11] pp., ill., facsims.
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Limited to 626 copies, 26 being specially bound and signed. This is copy 46 of the 600 copies bound in quarter morocco.
• Publisher's quarter reddish-brown morocco with green paper sides, top edges gilt. Housed in the publisher's open-back slipcase, small part of one lower seam starting to crack; else fine. Books, lovely. (30550)
Van Gogh in His Own Words
Van Gogh, Vincent. Letters to an artist from Vincent van Gogh to Anton Ridder van Rappard 1881–1885. New York: Viking Press, 1936. 8vo. xxiv, 229, [3] pp.; 20 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. The volume was printed by the Haddon Craftsmen and the aquatone illustrations by Edward Stern & Company; there are 20 mounted photographic facsimiles of Van Gogh letters, sketches, and lithographs.
This is numbered copy 383 of 650 printed.
• Publisher's red cloth, covers and spine with veneers of wood-grain paper, in original slipcase; spine and slipcase sunned. Internally crisp and clean. (30128)
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