April 4, 2017
Download PDF of A Selection of 30 Antiquarian Items
The Rotten Boroughs Doyle, John [1797-1868]. The Last of the Boroughbridges. [London]: Published by Thomas McLean, March 7, 1831. 11" x 13" Hand-colored lithograph. Some toning to margins, a few miniscule spots to image, colors vivid. $350. * Doyle moved English caricature from the ridiculous, grotesque and sometimes bawdy style..... More
"Give Me My Seals and Be Off!" H[ood], T[homas], Presumed Author. Ejection & Symptoms of Rejection!. No. 4. London: Published by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, c. 1832-34. 15-1/2" x 11-1/2" hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" hinged matte. Light soiling to matte, white areas lightly toned, colors vivid. $350. *..... More
An Important Paduan Jurist Menochio, Giacomo [1532-1607]. De Arbitrariis Iudicum Quaestionibus et Causis, Libri Duo, Varia, Recondita, Perfectaque Eruditione Referti, & Omnibus, Iudicia Prefertim Exercentibus, Oppido Quam Necessarii: Universam Enim Iuris Tractationem Quae a Iudicum Arbitrio Atque Potestate Pendet, Complectuntur. Nunc Demum Multis in Locis Restituti, & A Quamplurimis Mendis..... More
Schurz, Carl [1829-1906]. The Democracy of the Merit System: An Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil-Service Reform League at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 16, 1897. [Cincinnati]: Published for the National Civil-Service Reform League, 1897. 36 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Printed wrappers, some discoloration to edges of..... More