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Tractatus de poenis delictorum, quem Salmanticae auditoribus suis dictabat licentiatus don Ioannes Vela & Acuña diui Bartholomaei collega & cathedra voluminis publico stipendio praefectus

Tractatus de poenis delictorum, quem Salmanticae auditoribus suis dictabat licentiatus don Ioannes Vela & Acuña diui Bartholomaei collega & cathedra voluminis publico stipendio praefectus by Don Ioannes Vela y Acuña (Juan Vela y Acuña)

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Title
Tractatus de poenis delictorum, quem Salmanticae auditoribus suis dictabat licentiatus don Ioannes Vela & Acuña diui Bartholomaei collega & cathedra voluminis publico stipendio praefectus
Author
Don Ioannes Vela y Acuña (Juan Vela y Acuña)
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
f to g+
Description
Salmanticae (Salamanca): Didacus à Cussio. Expensis Martini Perez Bibliopolae (Diego de Cussio for Martin Pérez bookseller), 1596. Prima Editio (First edition). Hardcover. f to g+. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/2"). [8], 199, [1]pp. Later full mottled sheep with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Title page with a 3 1/2 x 2 1/2" striking woodcut of Madonna and Child, seated and crowned by two angels. Decorative headpiece, initials, and tailpiece. Scarce first edition of this late 16th-century Spanish treatise on various crimes and punishments. OCLC only records two copies in North America (Harvard University and University of Michigan). Published during the dark period of the Spanish inquisition, this work includes chapters on punishments for apostasy, murder, blasphemy, heresy, incest, arson, trespassing, lèse-majesté, parricide, rape, grave robbing, sodomy, simony (the act of selling church offices and roles), gambling, usury, etc.. Binding heavily rubbed, with sporadic abrasion to leather. Closed tear at head of spine. Remnant of sticker at tail of spine. Modern endpapers and fly leaves. Contemporary previous owner's inscriptions (signatures?) on title page. Extensive contemporary underlining and marginalia throughout, some quite extensive, with a few slightly cropped. Water staining to upper margin of pages 1 to 30, and along fore-edge and lower margin of pages 155 on. Fore-edge of the last three leaves repaired (not affecting lettering). Text in Spanish. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in fair to good+ condition.
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J. R. Andrews, Working Coppersmith, Brazier, and General Furnishing Ironmonger, 71, Tottenham Court Road by [Trade Catalogue]

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J. R. Andrews, Working Coppersmith, Brazier, and General Furnishing Ironmonger, 71, Tottenham Court Road
Author
[Trade Catalogue]
Seller
De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Condition
Very good copy.
Description
London: J.. R. Andrews, 1849. Very good copy.. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm. (51/2 x 8 1/2 inches)ii, 10 pp. Original printed paper wrappers. A detailed catalogue of copper and brass good, including pots, pans, kettle, and cookware of every kind, table ware and cutlery; also, fenders, fire irons, lamps, lanterns, candle sticks; tin and steel goods, japan good and much more. All items priced. Not is OCLC or COPAC.
Crystalline insulin. Offprint

Crystalline insulin. Offprint by Abel, Geiling et al.

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Crystalline insulin. Offprint
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Abel, Geiling et al.
Seller
Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
1927. Offprint from Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics XXXI. 8vo. pp. 65-85 Paper wrappers, faded around edges, but very good. First edition. Garrison-Morton 1206 and 3971. Abel was the first to obtain crystalline insulin. .
WHO KNOWS WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIFE

WHO KNOWS WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIFE by Ashbery, John

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WHO KNOWS WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIFE
Author
Ashbery, John
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Calais: Z Press, 1999. First edition, limited to 200 copies and 26 lettered copies and an unspecified number of hors commerce copies. Original print by Elizabeth Murray. Sewn wraps with French-fold flaps and printed label on the front wrap. No. 3 in the publisher's series. Designed by Kenward Elmslie and C.W. Swets. Fine condition. Ashbery is the only poet to have received the Pulitzer, the Nat'l Book Award and the Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
Original Entertainments and Burlesques for Stage Or School

Original Entertainments and Burlesques for Stage Or School by Baker, George Melville

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Original Entertainments and Burlesques for Stage Or School
Author
Baker, George Melville
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good -
Description
Boston: Walter H. Baker, 1898. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good -. Scarce book of six short plays, in its original pictorial paper covers, staple-bound, 189 (1). Some loss to paper over spine at tips. OCLC lists only three editions in 17 libraries worldwide.
Museum of Fine Arts: Eighteenth Catalogue (First Edition) of Works of Art, Exhibited: Part 2: Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, and Decorative Art

Museum of Fine Arts: Eighteenth Catalogue (First Edition) of Works of Art, Exhibited: Part 2: Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, and Decorative Art

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Museum of Fine Arts: Eighteenth Catalogue (First Edition) of Works of Art, Exhibited: Part 2: Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, and Decorative Art
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1881. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. In wrappers. Part two only. Very good. Owner name on front cover. Light water stain on bottom edge on rear cover. Chipping to spine ends.
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Sunstone Magazine (Vol. 10.8)

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Title
Sunstone Magazine (Vol. 10.8)
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Sunstone Foundation, 1986. Good. Sunstone Magazine (Vol. 10.8). SLC: Sunstone Foundation, 1986. 48pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbed, bumped, and yellowed edges. Former owner's name and address on rear panel. Title page marked in pen and pencil. Interview with Lyn Jacobs about the Salamander Letter.

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