Firsts London: London's Rare Book Fair
15—17 May, 2026
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![FIRENZUOLA (Agnolo). I lucidi. Florence, 1552.
[Bound with]:DOLCE (Lodovico). Il ragazzo. Venice, Francesco detto lo Imperador, 1559.
[And]: PINO DA CAGLI (Bernardino). Gli ingiusti sdegni. Venice, Domenico Farri, 1563.
[And]: SECCHI (Nicolo). L'interesse](https://api.maggs.com/image/8898bf8d-87fe-4f32-b952-31aae5881596/616x770.webp)
![AVANZI (Gio. Maria). Il satiro. Venice, Gio. Batt. Sessa & fratelli, 1587. [Bound with]: VIDA (Gieronimo). Filliria favola boscareccia. Venice, heirs of Marchio Sessa, 1587. [with]: LOMBARDI (Bernardino). L'alchimista. Venice, heirs of Marchio Sessa, 1586](https://api.maggs.com/image/33b3e920-9361-411d-b379-7bac23b9ae9a/616x770.webp)
DAVIS (Mark) & & PROTHEROE (Philip).
Two ALS from Davis & Co. to William… 1779.
A MAJOR PLANTATION OWNER RECEIVES NEWS FROM HIS BRISTOL AGENT
£950
McFEE (John).
ALS to Hon. James Wilson regarding his plantation… 1828.
DETAILS OF THE SUGAR HARVEST ON THE PLANTATION WHERE ASHTON WARNER WAS ENSLAVED
£950
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RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & BARNFIELD (Richard)
Richard Barnfield's Sonnets, 2001.
A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BINDING BY DOMINIC RILEY
£7,500
![Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin with rubrics in French and a prayer in Middle English, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[France, Rouen, c. 1440]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f8c1fcf1-55f3-44e3-b5fb-7c0c530ff244/616x770.webp)
BOOK OF HOURS
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin… 1440.
'TROWT FEND ME': THE FITZ-RALPH HOURS, ILLUMINATED BY THE TALBOT MASTER
£75,000
![Zongli fengan shilu. [A Record of the Prime Minister's Funeral].](https://api.maggs.com/image/c96fe685-93cd-4bb3-bf0c-e61ba2598d74/616x770.webp)
CHINESE REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
Zongli fengan shilu. [A Record of the Prime… 1929.
£3,800
![Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu]](https://api.maggs.com/image/0d250eec-affc-44f8-a4c7-a039bde017f0/616x770.webp)
KAWABATA (Yasunari).
Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu], 1932.
SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE
£6,800
![Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam salutis humanae per redemptorem nostrum Iesum Christum Dei & Marium filium instauratae... nunc primum è tenebris in lucem editae...
[Hamburg, G.L. Frobenius], 1604](https://api.maggs.com/image/1be39e4e-bf72-409e-b817-94b24ad9538a/616x770.webp)
ALTDORFER (Albrecht)
Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam… 1604.
ALTDORFER'S WOODCUTS DISGUISED AS DÜRER'S WORK
£9,000
MANNEVILLETTE (after).
Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes… 1819.
BOUND FOR LOUIS-PHILIPPE, THE LAST KING OF FRANCE.
£5,500
[DOUGLASS (Frederick)] & SHAHN (Ben).
Frederick Douglass I - IV, 1965.
MOBILISING DOUGLASS IN THE SERVICE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
£3,750
