"THE MOST SEARING WORKS OF ART EVER TO DEAL WITH CONFLICT"
GOYA, FRANCISCO.
Los desastres de la guerra.
Madrid, 1906.
A beautiful copy of the splendid fourth edition of Goya's magnificent "Disasters of War" - one of the most significant anti-war works of art ever produced - consisting in all 80 plates that were issued.
USD 32,000

HOBBES' EARLIEST PUBLISHED WORK
HOBBES, THOMAS et al.
Horae Subsecuiae. Observations and Discourses.
London, Edward Blunt, 1620.
The very rare first edition of this extremely important collection of essays, three of which have now been proven to have been written by Thomas Hobbes, thus constituting his earliest published work. The work is now widely regarded a highly important source to the understanding of what is arguably the greatest political thinker of all time, providing us with unprecedented access to the early writings and thought of Thomas Hobbes.
USD 33,000

THE CREATION OF THE DANISH SEASCAPE PAINTING

TRUSLEW, N. (& ECKERSBERG).
En Samling af Skibe i næsten alle mulige Stillinger i Söen. Udført i Kobber
Kjöbenhavn, 1805 (-ca. 1807).
Exceedingly scarce collection of all 36 plates that were issued of Truslew’s spectacular “Ships in the Sea”, this being one of three complete copies known.Only two complete copies exist in public institutions (Handels- og Søfartsmuseet at Kronborg and the Danish Royal Collection of Graphic Art), and this is the only known complete copy on private hands.

USD 26,000

EARLY JESUIT MISSION IN CANADA

BRESSANI, FRANCESCO GIUSEPPE.
Breve relatione d'alcune missioni de PP. della Compagnia di Giesu nella Nuova Francia.
Macerata, Agostino Grisei, 1653.
First edition of one of the rarest early accounts of the St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, and Upper Ohio Valley here with an interesting provenance of the Jesuits of Bolgna. It is the first general description in Italian of the Jesuit missions in Canada among the Huron and Iroquois tribes.
USD 16,000

15TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT COPY OF THE KEY WORK OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY

BOETHIUS
De Consolatione Philosophiae
(Venice, 1470'ies - 80'ies).
A truly magnificent and rare complete Medieval manuscript copy of one of the most significant philosophical texts ever written, Boethius’ magnum opus.
USD 81,000

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