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
Browse The Shop
![Ningen Shikkaku [No longer Human].](https://api.maggs.com/image/666859b0-a7c0-4ee0-a6a5-6257e7aa4d0f/616x770.webp)
DAZAI (Osamu).
Ningen Shikkaku [No longer Human], 1947.
DAZAI'S SECOND (AND LAST) NOVEL
£1,800
![Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem universalem... pertinent. Ut et in eandem quorundam interpretum scripti commentarij [by Giordano Bruno, H. Cornelius Agrippa ]... Accessit index, etc.
Strasbourg, Lazarus Zetzner,](https://api.maggs.com/image/8ad9dd90-b07f-4ed7-ba8c-0023c2dd4b63/616x770.webp)
LULL (Ramon)
Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.
WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS
£7,500
DIPLOMA
Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641.
A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT
£9,500
![Discours du roi, prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où sa Majesté a fait l’ouverture des Etats-Généraux.
[Paris]: de l’imprimerie de Didot l’Aîné, [1789].](https://api.maggs.com/image/e7bb9291-9f08-48d0-a5f4-06f1fd900a71/616x770.webp)
[FRENCH REVOLUTION]. & [FRENCH MONARCHY]
Discours du roi, prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où sa Majesté a fait l’ouverture des Etats-Généraux. [Paris]: de l’imprimerie de Didot l’Aîné, [1789], 1789.
PRINTED ON SILK BY DIDOT
£7,500
RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & BARNFIELD (Richard)
Richard Barnfield's Sonnets, 2001.
A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BINDING BY DOMINIC RILEY
£7,500
FLEMING (Ian).
A Complete Set of the James Bond Novels… 1953.
With one copy signed by the dust jacket artist Kenneth Lewis.
£130,000
![Mitsukoshi-mae Kyobashi-kan chikatetsudo kensetsu gojigaoyo [Overview of Underground Railroad construction work between Mitsukoshi-mae and Kyobashi]](https://api.maggs.com/image/d9d1d087-bd80-4c84-aa39-7ad570e2b563/616x770.webp)
TOKYO UNDERGROUND RAILROAD COMPANY.
Mitsukoshi-mae Kyobashi-kan chikatetsudo kensetsu gojigaoyo [Overview of Underground… 1931.
£650
