Braudel, Fernand.

Civilization & Capitalism [in the] 15th – 18th Century. Collection of all three Volumes: Volume I: The Structures of Everyday Life – The Limits of the Possible / Volume II: The Wheels of Commerce / Volume III: The Perspective of the World.

Three Volumes (complete set). London, Collins, 1981-1984. Large Octavo (18 cm x 24 cm). 623, 670, 699 pages with many Illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Blind-Stamp of preowner on endpapers. Some minor signs of foxing to edges. Otherwise in Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. This heavy set comes with international, free UPS Express shipping !

Gardner, Edmund G.

Dukes & Poets in Ferrara – A Study in the Poetry, Religion and Politics of the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries [With two Appendice: Appendix I – Unedited Poems of the Borsian Epoch / Appendix II – A Selection of Unpublished Documents an Six Genealogical Tables of the House of Este, Gonzaga, Sforza, Pio and Pico].

London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1904. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece, XV, 578 pages with several portraits. With 11 portraits (including the Frontispiece). Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Minor signs of foxing and overall in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Private dedication on endpaper.

More, Thomas.

The Life of Sir Thomas More, Kt., Lord High Chancellour of England Under K. Henry the Eighth, and His Majesty’s Embassadour to the Courts of France and Germany. By his Great Grandson, Thomas More, Esq.

First Edition. London, Printed for James Woodman and David Lyon, 1726. Octavo. Frontispiece – Portrait of Thomas More by G. Vertue after a painting by Holbein, XXXI, 336 pages plus 12 pages Index and 3 pages of advertising for the booksellers Woodman and Lyon. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with ornament to boards. New endpapers and new spinelabel. The binding now in protective collector’s Mylar. The binding a little rough and with lesions to the leather on spine. Portrait only slightly frayed. Minor stain to one page. Overall slightly bumped but still in firm and very good condition. Rare in the contemporary binding !