Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae [HAMLET SOURCE]
THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION (1514), EDITIO PRINCEPS, OF SAXO’S HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL DENMARK, CONTAINING THE STORY THAT BECAME SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET. More
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THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION (1514), EDITIO PRINCEPS, OF SAXO’S HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL DENMARK, CONTAINING THE STORY THAT BECAME SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET. More
Price: $23,000 .
FIRST EDITION IN A MODERN LANGUAGE AND ONE OF THE FINEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. More
Price: $65,000 .
FIRST FLORENCE EDITION, possibly the first edition overall, of an essential Renaissance text. SCARCE. More
Price: $35,000 .
THE SECOND EDITION (1534) OF SAXO’S HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL DENMARK, CONTAINING THE STORY THAT BECAME SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET. More
Price: $7,000 .
FIRST EDITION OF TARTAGLIA’S MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO MATHEMATICS, INCLUDING HIS RULE FOR SOLVING CUBIC EQUATIONS. More
Price: $6,000 .
THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE — THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE JUDGE’S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF A SENSATIONAL SIXTEENTH-CENTURY TRIAL FOR IDENTITY THEFT; THE BASIS OF NUMEROUS LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND CINEMATIC ADAPTATIONS. More
Price: $14,000 .
EXTREMELY RARE FIRST PRINTING of the Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, one of the most important publications in the history of the Catholic Church; printed by Paulus Manutius and Aldus the Younger of the Aldine Press and the request of Pope Pius IV. More
Price: $25,000 .
FIRST COMPLETE, FIRST ILLUSTRATED, AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER EDITION OF THE FIRST MODERN HISTORY OF ART. [The Second Edition overall.] An exceptional copy, very handsomely bound. More
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THE SECOND EDITION (1587) OF HOLINSHED’S “CHRONICLES”: THE BOOK AND THE EDITION USED BY SHAKESPEARE AS A SOURCE FOR A DOZEN OF HIS PLAYS. More
Price: $25,000 .