Rare books from Barbsloft

Lyon, Fr., 1511. No Binding. Good. 8vo -8.125"x6. Book 43 leaves only, #'s 420-428, 430-434, 436-464; printed by Nicholas de Benedictis, Lyon Fr, 1511; Decretum Aureum by Benedictis is famous for the high quality of the printing, and the first use of multicolor, red and black printing. Pg size, 8.1/8"x6", condition good; To see picture, click to next;

Has an inscription to Maj. McCaun?, from M. L. Scaudaris? (see picture) dated Aug. 19, 1874. Title page is missing, with the dedication page being the 1st page. Remaining pages are present, tight, have occasional spots, marks, but would be considered average. The condition of the cover is atrocious. This edition is of such rarity that it is probably worth a collector having an orange cloth facsimile cover made, just for appearance.

Good+ - see pictures. Mrs Lincoln's Boston Cook Book, first edition, first printing. 536 pgs + 4 pgs with 6 ads + 28 blank pages. Dark green with marbled paper boards. No dust jacket. About 3/4 through, several pages have pulled free from the Binding - see picture 7 of top view of binding.

25 vols of 36 total. Bound in original publishers boards, with uncut margins. Spine paper mostly missing. Some labels are foxed, but most labels are mostly readable. A few of the Publishers boards are loose. The pages are made with hand laid paper, so very few pages show aging. Has 352 full plate engravings listed. Free shipping.
Vol. 1-part 1, v2-pt1, v2-pt2, v3-pt1, v3-pt2, v4-pt1, v5-pt2, v7-pt1, v7-pt2, v8-pt1, v8-pt2, v9-pt1, v9-pt2, v10-pt1, v11-pt1, v11-pt2, v12-pt1, v12-pt2, v13-pt1, v13-pt2, v14-pt2, v15-pt1, v15-pt2, v16-pt2, v18-pt1
An extra folder has 23 full plate engravings that have been removed, plus 10 maps of continents and nations, Africa being a fold-out. An owner appears to have intended to sell these engraving separately, but included in the maps are two fold-out world maps that are so early that California is still shown as a peninsula - see pictures. This is an excellent indication that very few, if any, of the 352 listed engravings are missing. The 25 volumes have the original… Read More

"Britannia". 1st Ed was 1586, by William Camden (Guilielmo Camdeno). This is the 1st German Ed, 3rd of all editions. Spine rebound mid 1800's, keeping the original board leather (see pictures). Last pg of the index was adhered to the back cover (see picture). Damp marks are on the edges of some pages, but does not get to the printing. Published in Latin. For two centuries Britannia was the authority on Ancient British history, and was frequently reprinted.
Roughly, for every book published from 1500 to 1600, there were 1000 published by 1700. For each of those, there were 1,000 published by 1800. For each of those, there were 2,000 published by 1900. For each of those, there were 10,000 published by 2000. Incunabulum, those published from Gutenberg to 1499, sell mostly by the page, while some from the 1500s, such as "Decreatum Aureum", also sell by the page.