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Josephus (Flavius). Opera… De Antiquitatibus Iudaicis libri XX quibus in fine loco appendicis Vita Iosephi per ipsum conscripta est adiecta: De Bello Iudaico Libri VII… Contra Apionem Libri II… De imperio rationis, sive de Macchabaeis Liber Unus…, Frankfurt: Sigismundi Feyerabendt, 1580, woodcut pictorial title, one full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve, 97 smaller woodcuts in the text, lacks final colophon leaf with printers' device, supplied in modern facsimile on white paper, title slightly dust-soiled, previous owner inscription at upper margin and left margin, single worm hole to foremargin of first four leaves, one small marginal note, small closed marginal tears to several leaves, pale dampstain to lower margin affecting pp. 223-704 and upper margins of pp. 755 ff., some occasional light staining and a few small ink stains, large ink inscription on preserved front free endpaper, modern full calf with raised bands and gilt title and date, folio, together with: Boccacio (Giovanni), The Novels and Tales of... Containing a Hundred Curious Novels... , 5th edition in English, Awnsham Churchill, 1684, some spotting and browning throughout, a little dampstained to inner margin, lacks portrait frontispiece (modern facsimile supplied), old ink signature of Elizabeth Hawksmoor to title [possibly that of the daughter of the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor], modern half-morocco over cloth, folio, [ESTC R2136], [Newton, Isaac], Excerpta quaedam e Newtoni Principiis Philosophiae Naturalis cum notis variorum, 1st edition, Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1765, 12 engraved plates, all but one folding, plate 10 slightly damaged and laid down on modern paper, now full-page but no longer folding with inner margin excised without loss to image, closed tear repair to title, and some dust-soiling to first and last leaves, occasional spotting, one plate with closed tear repair to verso, two pages and inner margin of one plate with small pale brown mark, some scattered light stains, modern morocco-backed cloth gilt, 4to, [Babson 15; Gray no. 20], Micheli Márquez (José, Barón de San Demetrio), Deleite y amargura de las dos cortes, celestial y terrena. Con la assistencia de los ingenios, y lagrimas derremadas en la Corte del Dios Momo: el consuelo que reciben, quexas que dan a Iupiter, para que visite la Cortes de los Planetas, Dioses, 1st edition, Madrid : por Iuan Sanchez, a costa de Pedro Coello, 1642, printers' woodcut device on title, a few woodcut initials, three leaves following title and leaves M1, M2, M7, M8 & N1-N4 missing and supplied in very good letterpress facsimiles, some browning, contemporary vellum, some soiling and restoration and text resewn with cords renewed, 4to, Drummond de Melfort (Louis Hector). Traité sur la Cavalerie, 1st edition, Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1776, text volume only (without atlas volume), with half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette to title-page, 11 engraved plates on 10 sheets, all but one folding, text not collated, etched bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford, contemporary tree calf, joints cracked but firm, folio (44.8 x 28.5 cm), Ogilby (John). America: being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World; containing the Original of the Inhabitants, and the Remarkable Voyages thither, The Conquest of the Vast Empires of Mexico and Peru, and Other Large Provinces and Territories, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: by the author, 1671, engraved frontispiece (discreet repair verso, clear tape reinforcement to fore margin), lacking all other plates, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and restored, folio (42 x 27 cm), Sabin 50089 (Qty: 6 shelves)