SIXTY-TWO (62) ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT INDENTURES relating to the PORTOBELLO ESTATE / PORTOBELLO ROAD AREA in NOTTING HILL, LONDON, accompanied with 62 HAND DRAWN COLOR PLAT MAPS, a CONVEYANCE and LEASE SCHEDULES. ALL are SIGNED by various notable individuals. These important real estate transactions took place in 1868 and 1869. Bound in hard covers.

The main SELLER of the properties was CHARLES HENRY BLAKE and the main BUYERS were THE FREEHOLD SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED, JOHN PARSON, and THE LAND AND HOUSE INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Sixty-one of the 62 indentures were transactions where C. H. Blake was the seller. Other individuals named in the indentures and conveyance include HENRY BESSEMER, Henry Hyde, William Honeywood, William Burchell the Younger, and other wealthy, movers and shakers of the day. Frank Richardson, Solicitor for both The Freehold Securities Company and The Land And House Investment Society, signed many of the indentures as a witness.

The indentures and conveyance are bound in a book that was presumably made to hold them. Hardcovers, textured cloth covered boards with leather spine and corners, five raised spine bands, gilt title "PORTOBELLO ESTATE" on the front cover, 10x15 inches (25x38 cm), 147 pages (74 leaves). The indentures are all printed on watermarked laid paper.

The first item is a long manuscript CONVEYANCE titled: "PORTOBELLO ESTATE In the parish of Saint Mary Abbott Kensington in the County of Middlesex - Copy of the CONVEYANCE of the above property to HENRY BESSEMER ESQUIRE and of the LEASES for which said property is subject". The INDENTURE that is part of the Conveyance is dated the 16th day of December 1869. It is 21 pages long and includes a FULL PAGE HAND COLORED PLAT MAP showing the properties on Golbourne (Golborne) Road between Portobello Road and Wornington Road, and a LEASE SCHEDULE that fully describes each parcel. Numerous signatures at the end of the Indenture / Conveyance.

The subsequent 61 INDENTURES are between CHARLES HENRY BLAKE of Stanley Crescent, Notting Hill, in the County of Middlesex, and either JOHN PARSON, or THE FREEHOLD SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED, or THE LAND AND HOUSE INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Nineteen are dated in 1868, the others in 1869.

Each Indenture has a hand drawn plat map of the property in question, all presumably part of the Portobello Estate. Most of the indentures are 2 pages long, some longer.

Condition: The covers have some old water staining / shorelining, scrapes, rubs, and general wear; the gilt title "Portobello Estate" is rubbed; else the covers are solid and doing their job well. The front and rear endpapers are recent. The bound in indentures have gray and brown stains, substantial on many of the pages, present on all the pages. Perhaps these are ink blotter stains, or offsetting from where these indentures were originally stored, or simply caused by unstable ink and colors, I do not know. The good news is that the manuscript writing is FULLY VISIBLE AND LEGIBLE beneath all the stains. The first two leaves have a 2x2.5 inch (5x7 cm) area of tearing, mostly in the blank spine gutter area but affecting some text words. The tears could be archivally repaired. The first two leaves, and a couple other pages, have a pea size hole that affects some letters. There is 1/2 inch (1 cm) of worming to the bottom blank margin of the last 3 leaves. The last leaf has a quarter (the U.S. coin) size hole in its center affecting some words. This last leaf is blank on the verso, so the affected words are only on the recto.

An incredible group of important historic indentures with plat maps showing the Victorian Era property sales of the PORTOBELLO ESTATE that led to the development of the fashionable PORTOBELLO ROAD / NOTTING HILL region of London that we know today.

This archive of PORTOBELLO ROAD indentures belongs in a museum, imho.

LOS SUICIDIOS EN ESPANA (SUICIDES IN SPAIN), by Ambrosio Tapia. MADRID: Published by Libreria de Victoriano Suarez, 1900. First Edition. Professionally and Beautifully Bound in Leather Covered Boards with gilt lettering and lining on the spine. Entire softbound edition bound in, including the covers. 4.5x7 inches, 253 pages. Text in Spanish. Condition: The recent leather covers are cracked at the front spine fold but holding

well, otherwise the covers are lovely. The original book that is bound in has toned with age, has some foxing and spotting to the front and rear covers, and the inner pages have a few previous owner's margin marks, some corner creases, and show light wear. Overall a solid, complete copy that is bound in attractive leather and gilt covers. A 1900 Study on Suicides in Spain. For that Spanish speaking friend of yours with a dark side.

MEIN AUTO. Ein Ratgeber für Autobesitzer und alle die es werden wollen, von Dr. K(arl) A(ugust) KROTH. Mit 91 Lichtbildern, 60 technischen Bildern und Zeichnungen. Mehrfarbige Zeichnung auf Einbanddeckel von Ludwig Hohlwein. Erste Auflage. (MY CAR. A Guide for car owners and those who want to be, by Dr. K(arl) A(ugust) Kroth. , With 91 photographs, 60 technical drawings and paintings. Multi-colored Cover drawing by Ludwig Hohlwein. First edition. Published by Dieck & Co., STUTTGART, (Germany), 1926. First Edition, so stated. TEXT IN GERMAN. Rare Vintage GERMAN CAR BOOK, with lots of PHOTOGRAPHS of GERMAN CARS, all pre 1926. Lots of Technical Drawings too. Really Cool! Hardcovers, cloth covered spine and paper covered boards, illustrated front cover, no dustjacket as issued, 5" x 7.5", 174 pages plus a page of Contents and a page of Publisher's ads at the end. Illustrated with b&w photographs and detailed drawings, mostly of cool old German cars. GOOD condition, covers have some wear to the spine ends and corner tips, rubbing, and light soiling; internally just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A nice, solid copy.

ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER. Published Weekly, Every Friday, in FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. Entirely in ARMENIAN (with a bit of English titling on the First Page Publisher's Banner). A nice run of issues for the years 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937, bound together. Approximately 200 weekly issues. The January 1934 issues and the February 2, 1934 issue (6 issues) are lacking, the first issue is February 9, 1934 and then the issues run consecutively through the December 31, 1937 issue. Please Note:

I have not counted every issue, but this is a weekly and unless a few are missing that I have not noticed, that would mean there are at least 200 issues. The issues are LARGE BROADSHEET FORMAT, with the pages measuring approximately 18x24 inches (46x61 cm). The issues have 4 pages. Therefore this bound set has approximately 800 large format pages. In the early 20th century, the FRESNO ARMENIAN community was the largest such community in California, and perhaps the entire U.S. These papers report on numerous issues of importance to Armenians, including International and California matters. CONDITION: The issues were bound in plain paper covers, but the covers are now completely missing with only a small remnant hanging on the rear, i.e. no covers. The spine covering has been mostly chipped off, but the titling remains. The newspapers are printed on fragile paper, and tear and shed easily. The last few pages are ragged with lots of tears, pieces missing, and creases, especially at their bottom halves; the first three issues are loose but present (Feb. 9, Feb. 16, Feb.23). Some issues have long tears across their center folds, but the issues are still complete. Most issues have some edge wear, including edge tears, chips, and general wear, but the text is almost always complete. The issues are age toned as normal. Nonetheless, most of the issues remain solid and are in generally good condition, especially given the fragile nature of the paper. The pages need to be opened and handled with care, even so expect some shedding. These newspaper issues were presumably bound together by the CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. There are California State Library stamps here and there throughout. About the ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER (from Wikipedia): ******The ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER BEGAN PUBLICATION IN 1908 IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. In its early years the paper was published weekly. It eventually, decades later (1960s?), moved to Southern California when a large Armenian American community emerged there. ORIGINALLY AN ALL ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER, a regular English section was added in 1970.****** About ARMENIANS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA (from Wikipedia): ******The first Armenians to move to Fresno were the brothers Hagop and Garabed Seropian, who arrived in 1881. By 1894 the Armenian population in Fresno was 360, a number which grew rapidly with the onset of the Hamidian Massacres in 1895-96. During and after the genocide even more Armenians came until the restrictions on immigration in 1921 and 1924 brought this to a virtual end. Los Angeles also became a focus of Armenian immigration, and some Armenians from Fresno moved there as well. The number of Armenians in LA surpassed those in Fresno in 1930, partly because of the agricultural depression in the valley during the 1920s. The early immigrants were primarily involved with farming and agriculture. By 1930 Armenians owned 40% of the raisin acreage in Fresno County. Bigotry against Armenians was common. Fear of Armenian land ownership caused the passage of laws restricting their rights to freely buy land. This attitude towards the tight knit Armenian community led some to try to assimilate, while having the opposite effect on others. Today, the number of Armenians in the greater Fresno region is thought to number approximately 25,000.****** INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This collection of Armenian Language Newspapers is very large and very heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges.

ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER. Published Weekly, Every Friday, in FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. Entirely in ARMENIAN (with a bit of English titling on the First Page Publisher's Banner), FULL RUN FOR THE YEARS 1938, 1939, 1940, bound together. Approximately 156 weekly issues, beginning with the January 7, 1938 issue and ending with the December 27, 1940 issue. Please Note:

I have not counted every issue, but this is a weekly and unless a few are missing (which I haven't noticed but certainly is possible) that would mean there are 156 issues. The issues are LARGE BROADSHEET FORMAT, with the pages measuring approximately 18x24 inches (46x61 cm). The issues have 4 pages. Therefore this bound set has over 600 large format pages. In the early 20th century, the FRESNO ARMENIAN community was the largest such community in California, and perhaps the entire U.S. It was often referred to as Little Armenia. These papers report on numerous issues of importance to Armenians, including International and California matters. CONDITION: The issues are bound in plain paper covers. The plain paper covers are made of very cheap paper and are in poor condition, with lots of tears, holes, pieces missing, shedding and general wear. The newspapers are printed on fragile paper. The first page of the first issue has a large piece missing, a number of issues have large tears across their center folds but are still complete, there are edge tears, chips, and wear here and there throughout, and the issues have the expected age toning; nonetheless the bound in NEWSPAPERS are in generally good and complete condition, especially given the fragile nature of the paper. The pages need to be opened and handled with care, even so expect some shedding. These newspaper issues were presumably bound together by the CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. There is a Bookplate of the California State Library on the inside front cover, and there are California State Library stamps here and there throughout. About the ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER (from Wikipedia): ******The ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER BEGAN PUBLICATION IN 1908 IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. In its early years the paper was published weekly. It eventually, decades later (1960s?), moved to Southern California when a large Armenian American community emerged there. ORIGINALLY AN ALL ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER, a regular English section was added in 1970.****** About ARMENIANS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA (from Wikipedia): ******The first Armenians to move to Fresno were the brothers Hagop and Garabed Seropian, who arrived in 1881. By 1894 the Armenian population in Fresno was 360, a number which grew rapidly with the onset of the Hamidian Massacres in 1895 and 1896. During and after the genocide even more Armenians came until the restrictions on immigration in 1921 and 1924 brought this to a virtual end. Los Angeles also became a focus of Armenian immigration, and some Armenians from Fresno moved there as well. The early immigrants were primarily involved with farming and agriculture, with the ultimate goal almost always that of land ownership. By 1930 Armenians owned 40% of the raisin acreage in Fresno County. They were pioneers in the melon and fig production as well. Bigotry against Armenians was common, and led many to Anglicize their names. In the 1890s Armenian Protestants were stripped of membership in local churches. Fear of Armenian land ownership caused the passage of laws restricting their rights to freely buy land. This attitude towards the tight knit Armenian community led some to try to assimilate, while having the opposite effect on others. Today, the number of Armenians in the greater Fresno region is thought to number approximately 25,000.****** INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This collection of Armenian Language Newspapers is very large and very heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges.

ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER. Published TWICE Weekly, Every Tuesday and Friday, in FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. Entirely in ARMENIAN (with a bit of English titling on the First Page Publisher's Banner), FULL RUN FOR THE YEARS 1950 and 1951, bound together. Approximately 208 twice weekly issues, beginning with the January 3, 1950 issue and ending with the December 25, 1951 issue (Armenians celebrate Christmas on January 6). Please Note:

I have not counted every issue, but this is a weekly and unless a few are missing (which I haven't noticed but certainly is possible) that would mean there are 208 issues. The issues are LARGE BROADSHEET FORMAT, with the pages measuring approximately 15x22 inches (38x55 cm). The issues have 4 pages. Therefore this bound set has over 800 large format pages. In the early 20th century, the FRESNO ARMENIAN community was the largest such community in California, and perhaps the entire U.S. Later in the 20th Century Los Angeles hosted a larger Armenian community, with many Fresno Armenians moving south as a result of an agricultural depression. These papers report on numerous issues of importance to Armenians, including International and California matters. CONDITION: The issues are bound in plain paper covers. The plain paper covers are made of cheap paper and are in somewhat ragged condition, with tears, pieces missing, shedding and general wear. The newspapers are printed on fragile paper and there edge tears, chips, and wear here and there, some tearing along the center folds, and age toning, nonetheless all the bound in NEWSPAPERS are in generally good condition, looking as if they have been infrequently used (the fragile covers possibly being worn and torn when this heavy bound set of newspapers was moved!) These newspaper issues were presumably bound together by the CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. There is a Bookplate of the California State Library on the inside front cover, and there are California State Library stamps here and there throughout. About the ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER (from Wikipedia): ******The ASBAREZ ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER BEGAN PUBLICATION IN 1908 IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. In its early years the paper was published weekly. It eventually, decades later (1960s?), moved to Southern California when a large Armenian American community emerged there. ORIGINALLY AN ALL ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER, a regular English section was added in 1970.****** About ARMENIANS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA (from Wikipedia): ******The first Armenians to move to Fresno were the brothers Hagop and Garabed Seropian, who arrived in 1881. By 1894 the Armenian population in Fresno was 360, a number which grew rapidly with the onset of the Hamidian Massacres in 1895 and 1896. During and after the genocide even more Armenians came until the restrictions on immigration in 1921 and 1924 brought this to a virtual end. Los Angeles also became a focus of Armenian immigration, and some Armenians from Fresno moved there as well. The number of Armenians in LA surpassed those in Fresno in 1930, partly because of the agricultural depression in the valley during the 1920s. The early immigrants were primarily involved with farming and agriculture. By 1930 Armenians owned 40% of the raisin acreage in Fresno County. Bigotry against Armenians was common. Fear of Armenian land ownership caused the passage of laws restricting their rights to freely buy land. This attitude towards the tight knit Armenian community led some to try to assimilate, while having the opposite effect on others. Today, the number of Armenians in the greater Fresno region is thought to number approximately 25,000.****** INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This collection of Armenian Language Newspapers is very large and very heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges.

TOWNS AND BUILDINGS DESCRIBED in DRAWINGS and WORDS, by STEEN EILER RASMUSSEN. SIGNED by STEEN EILER RASMUSSEN in his florid calligraphy on the blank page facing the title page. Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951. First American Edition (first published in Denmark in Danish in 1949). Hardcovers, marbled paper covered boards and brown paper covered spine, 6x9.5 inches, 202 pages. Illustrated throughout with b&w drawings. GOOD Condition: Covers are worn through at the corner tips and show some rubbing, the spine has a 1/2 inch piece missing at the top of the spine, is chipped at the bottom of the spine, and is cracked but holding at the folds; internally, there is a previous owner's signature and the ghost of a small sticker on the front free endpaper, otherwise the inner pages are very nice, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. RARE SIGNED COPY of one of the seminal works of the Danish architect STEEN EILER RASMUSSEN.

PHOTO ALBUM / SCRAPBOOK, filled with color snapshots, some booklets and other paper ephemera from a 1987 trip, likely by a U.S. Slavic Church group, to Yugoslavia. There are 26 leaves (52 pages) in the album, with photos (and some paper ephemera) pasted onto both sides of the leaves. Most pages have 3 or more 3.5x4.5 inch snapshots, some have booklets or other paper ephemera. There are a total of 115 snapshots. The first 21 photos are of the church group at a Pope's mass at an outdoor stadium somewhere. The photos are of the the crowds at the stadium mass, members of the church group, and other scenes at the stadium. Next comes a large photo postcard of Zagreb captioned with a handwritten note stating "Zagreb / First city for us in Yugoslavia". Then begins a large section of photos and some ephemera related to the group's visit to Medjugorje. Their stay in Medjugorje seems to have been the main purpose of the trip. There are 45 snapshots and several pieces of paper ephemera. The snapshots are accompanied by the following handwritten notes: ******Our group and first views of Medjugorje; Family dinner at Medjugorje, three Fathers one Sister, Jesusa and her Mother; Medjugorje Parish Church, Father McDonald of our group from San Francisco and others behind organ and beneath choir left of Apparitions; Chinese Mass in Apparition Room at Church with Mary giving the Hail Mary; VISITING THE VISIONARIES VICKA AND MARIJA AT THEIR HOMES; Andrej Subie took us to visit. He is translating for Vicka and Marija; Our host family and our home in Medjugorje.****** Next come snapshots of the group in Dubrovnik, with scenes of Dubrovnik including ancient sites and modern tourist beaches. Then some photos of Mostar, more pictures of the group, a photo card of a bush with a miraculous appearance of the Virgin Mary which "was shown to the children in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, and it was confirmed as true". Then a few photos of buildings on Lopud Island. Quite an interesting album, especially so since the snapshots were taken in 1987, only a few years before the Yugoslavian Civil War (the Yugoslav War) which began in 1991 and devastated the former Yugoslavia for the next ten years. Condition: The album is sturdy, the photos are bright and clear, the photos and ephemera are glued on to the album pages and cannot be removed, the thin plastic covering to the album pages is sometimes torn or missing but that does not affect the items on the album pages. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This is a large, heavy photo album, that will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Thanks.

THREE ORIGINAL PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAVURE ENGRAVINGS of BREST (France) by ARTAUD ET NOZAIS, Nantes, undated but circa 1915. Fold-open panoramic plates - photo engravings, numbered 1 - 3, originally of a set of such engravings. Each photogravure is 22x9.5" (56 cm x 24 cm). Each has printed information at the bottom right corner: "ARTAUD ET NOZAIS, IMP.-EDIT., NANTES." One of the plates is hand-tinted. 1. BREST - LE PONT DE RECOUVRANCE (Though this bridge was Officially the "Pont National" prior to its being destroyed, rebuilt, and renamed "Le Pont de Recouvrance" after World War II, this is an early image of the Original Bridge circa 1915. The bridge, even in 1915, was often referred to as the Pont de Recouvrance because it connects to the Recouvrance District of Brest.) 2. BREST - LE PORT DE COMMERCE ET LA RADE. (This Photogravure is beautifully HAND-TINTED.) 3. BREST - LE PORT DE GUERRE. Only FAIR CONDITION. The photogravures each have a stiff vertical fold down the middle as issued; there are also numerous vertical creases, probably from being rolled-up numerous times; there is edge and corner wear; there is light foxing; and there are general signs of handling. Nonetheless, these panoramic plates remain clear and the images are wonderful. The postcard images by Artaud et Nozais are easily found, but these ORIGINAL PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES circa 1915 are VERY SCARCE.

ÆVISKRÁR SAMTÍÐARMANNA, by Torfi Jonsson. A Three Volume Set containing Brief Biographies and Genealogies of Thousands of 20th Century Icelanders. Published in Iceland, 1982. Text in Icelandic. Hardcovers, faux leather covers, titled in gilt on the front covers and in silver on the spines, 6x9 inches. Volume I: A-H, 686 pages; Volume II: J-R, 613 pages; Volume III: S-Ö (Ö being the last letter in the Icelandic alphabet), 621 pages. VERY GOOD condition, Volume I has a bump to the upper corner of the front cover that also creases the upper corner of the first 80 or so pages, and there is a small smudge on the Foreword page; otherwise all the volumes are just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A nice set of books to refer to when you are in the mood to brush up on your Icelandic heritage, genealogy, and language! INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This 3 Volume Set is heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

ACTA COMITIALIA RATISBONENSIA PUBLICA DE MDCLIII ET MDCLIV; ODER REGENSPURGISCHE REICHSTAGS HANDLUNGEN VON DEN JAHREN 1653 UND 1654; ERSTER THEIL... STATUM PUBLICUM... Beschrieben von JOHANN GOTTFRIED von MEIERN. REGENSPURGISCHE REICHSTAGS HANDLUNGEN VON DEN JAHREN 1653 UND 1654 IN ZWEI THEILEN, by JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON MEIERN. VOLUME ONE (ERSTER THEILl) ONLY of Two Volumes (Zwei Theilen). GOTTINGEN (Germany): Universitaets-Buchhandlung, 1740. Second Printing (first printed in Leipzig, 1738). THICK FOLIO SIZE BOOK, four spine binding cords, plain uncovered card (thick layered paper) front and rear boards (it appears as if the book had its original covering (vellum?) removed and was being prepared for recovering), 9" X 13.5" (23cm x 34cm.) Pagination: [26] + 1158 pages. Illustrated with a lovely engraved Vignette on page 1, a title page engraved crest, and an engraved Printer's device at the bottom of the last page. CONDITION: Covers are plain layered-paper card boards lacking their leather over-covering, as noted above. They are well worn along the edges, but look suitable for recovering. The text block is in very good shape, some creases and edge wear, here and there throughout, pages show light age toning, overall the pages remain tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Collated with an online digitized copy of this book held at the Bavarian National State Library. VERY RARE FIRST VOLUME (ERSTER THEIL) of this IMPORTANT GERMAN BOOK of EARLY ACTS and DECREES.

CAPRAROLA (VITERBO) : Lazio 1. Volume One of the Historic Atlases of Italy created under the Direction of Enrico GUIDONI and Giulia PETRUCCI. Published by Multigrafica Editrice, Roma (Rome), Italia (Italy), 1986. LARGE FORMAT ATLAS, softcovers, 12x16 inches, 56 pages plus an Index at the end. TEXT mainly in ITALIAN, with some French and English as well. Beautifully ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with vintage photographs, maps, and drawings. Condition: The covers are

sunned especially at the spine and margins as is fairly normal for this atlas (please see photo), the upper corner of the covers and inner pages is creased / bent, otherwise a solid copy with inner pages that are nice, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Caprarola is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio region of central Italy. The village is situated in a range of volcanic hills known as the Cimini Mounts.

L'HISTOIRE DES GUERRES MITHRIDATIQUES VUE PAR LES MONNAIES, par François de Callatay.

(HISTORY of the MITHRIDATIC WARS as SEEN through its COINS, by Francois de Callatay.)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by the AUTHOR on the half title page: "March 15, 2003 / To my friend Buzz Owen / With all my very best wishes / François de Callatay".

Also, laid-in is a brief handwritten letter from the author, along with its mailing envelope. "Brussels / January 14th, 2003 / To Buzz (Owen) / The most enthusiastic buyer of my Mithridatic book! With recent but true friendship! / Francois (de Callatay)". The return address on the envelope is Koninklijke Bibliotheek Van Belgie (The Royal Library of Belgium) where Francois de Callatay was head of the Cabinet des Medailles.

Published by Département d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art / Séminaire de Numismatique Marcel Hoc, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1997. First edition.

Hardcovers, green cloth covered boards, gilt titles on the front cover and spine, gilt Pegasus on the front cover, 8.5x11 inches (21x27 cm). Pagination: xii, [2], 480, [6] pp. With 54 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES of ANCIENT COINS depicting the era of the MITHRIDATIC WARS.

TEXT in FRENCH.

VERY GOOD condition, the upper front and bottom rear cover corners are bumped, otherwise the covers are solid with bright gilt on the front cover and spine; internally near fine, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A nice, very presentable copy.

RARE, especially so SIGNED and INSCRIBED.

About the MITHRIDATIC WARS (from Wikipedia):

******The Mithridatic Wars were three conflicts fought by Rome against the Kingdom of Pontus and its allies between 88 BC and 63 BC. They are named after Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus who initiated the hostilities after annexing the Roman province of Asia into its Pontic Empire (that came to include most of Asia Minor) and committing massacres against the local Roman population known as the Asian Vespers.******

About François de Callatay (from Wikipedia):

******François de Callatay, b.1961, is a Belgian ancient historian, professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne - Paris), who has written significant studies of coinage in the ancient Mediterranean world.******

INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the charges and be able to accept or reject them before payment is taken. Thanks!

MANTOVA E URBINO (1471-1539): ELISABETTA GONZAGA ED ISABELLA D'ESTE Nelle RELAZIONI FAMIGLIARI e Nelle

VICENDE POLITICHE, Narrazione Storica Documentada de Alessandro Luzio e Rodolfo Renier. (MANTUA and URBINO 1471-1539: ELISABETTA GONZAGA

and ISABELLA D'ESTE - FAMILY RELATIONS and POLITICAL AFFAIRS, a Documented History by Alessandro Luzio and Rodolfo Renier.) Originally published in Rome in 1893 in an edition of 300 copies, THIS EDITION published by ARNALDO FORNI EDITORE, ITALY, 1976. Softcover Book in Printed Paper Dustwrapper, 6x8.5 inches, XV +333 pages. TEXT IN ITALIAN. VERY GOOD condition, just lightly used, still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. This 1976 ITALIAN EDITION published in ITALY is hard to find. About ELISABETTA GONZAGA (from Wikipedia): ******Elisabetta Gonzaga, b. 1471 d. 1526, was a noblewoman of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for her cultured and virtuous life. A member of the House of Gonzaga, she was a sister of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and by marriage the Duchess of Urbino. Because her husband, Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, was impotent, Elisabetta never had children of her own, but did adopt her husband's nephew and heir, Francesco Maria I della Rovere.****** About ISABELLA D'ESTE (from Wikipedia): ******Isabella d'Este, b. 1474 b. 1539, was Marquess of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure. She was a patron of the arts as well as a leader of fashion, whose innovative style of dressing was copied by women throughout Italy and at the French court. The poet Ariosto labeled her as the "liberal and magnanimous Isabella", while author Matteo Bandello described her as having been "supreme among women". Diplomat Niccolò da Correggio went even further by hailing her as "The First Lady of the world".******

FIVE Original 19th Century Booklets on CORN LAWS. All are in FAIR condition, disbound, with signatures and pages loose but in proper order.

(1) THOUGHTS ON CORN LAWS as Connected with Agriculture, Commerce and Finance, by J. D. HUME (James Deacon Hume). LONDON: Printed for R.C. and J. Rivington, 1815. Disbound, signatures loose, ink stamped number on title page, last page soiled, edge wear, foxing and soiling here and there; nonetheless complete from title page through last page with text that is clear and bright throughout.

(2) A LETTER ON THE CORN LAWS, and on the MEANS of OBVIATING the MISCHIEFS and DISTRESS, which are RAPIDLY INCREASING, by THE RIGHT HON. LORD SHEFFIELD (John Baker Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield). LONDON: Printed for John Murray, 1815. Disbound, trimmed at the spine edge leaving all pages loose but in their proper order, the backside of the title page has an 1891 stamp of the New York Public Library and a stamp of the N.Y. Public Library Ford Collection, there is soiling to the title page and the last page, the inner pages are lightly toned and have corner creases, some edge wear, foxing and soiling here and there; complete from title page through last page with text that is clear and bright throughout.

(3) PRACTICAL MEASURES Finance, Corn, Poor Laws, Currency, Emigration, Law, Railways, and Education, by D. D. JAMESON. LONDON: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844. Disbound, signatures coming loose but still holding, title page has a 2 inch closed tear starting at the spine, inner pages are lightly toned and have corner creases, some edge wear, foxing and soiling here and there; complete from title page through last page with text that is clear and bright throughout.

(4) ADDRESS to the LANDOWNERS OF ENGLAND on the CORN LAWS, by VISCOUNT MILTON. LONDON: James Ridgway, fourth edition, 1832. Disbound, sewn binding still holding, ink stamped number on title page, early previous owner's signature and date on title page (Joseph Buckley / Exon. 1832), complete from title page through last page, pages are clear and bright throughout.

(5) THE CORN TRADE INVESTIGATED, and the SYSTEM of FLUCTUATIONS EXPOSED..., by Buxton Lawn. SALISBURY: Printed and Sold by J. EASTON, New Edition with Large Additions, 1801. Trimmed at the spine edge leaving all pages loose but in their proper order, the backside of the title page has an 1899 stamp of the New York Public Library; the title page is soiled, has some spotting, some chipping at the top edge, and a previous owner's signature and handwritten marks; the last page is soiled; the inner pages have some soiling, spotting, creasing, edge wear, and foxing here and there; nonetheless complete from title page through last page with text that is clear and bright throughout.