Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
We buy, sell, and appraise a variety of materials, including early books, illuminated manuscripts and single illuminated manuscript leaves, fine and historic bindings from all periods, important illustrated books (especially from before 1800, including early science, medicine, and travel), British and American literature, the best of the private presses, and things that are otherwise unusual or uncommonly interesting.
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![STATUTA SYNODALIA HERBIPOLENSIS [DIOCESE OF WÜRZBURG]. [with] THOMAS AQUINAS. DE ARTICULIS FIDEI ET ECCLESIAE SACRAMENTIS. [and] PSEUDO-THOMAS AQUINAS. DE PERICULIS CONTINGENTIBUS CIRCA SACRAMENTUM EUCHARISTIAE.](http://www.pirages.com/pictures/medium/CBJ1735_01.jpg?v=1500657087)
![THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. [with] BOSWELL, JAMES. LIFE OF JOHNSON.](http://www.pirages.com/pictures/medium/ST12344.jpg?v=1463762245)
![SCRIPTORES REI MILITARIS (works by five Roman and Greek military authors). [bound with] HERODIANUS. HISTORIA DE IMPERIO POST MARCUM.](http://www.pirages.com/pictures/medium/ST12535.jpg?v=1463762277)
![ART DU CHAMOISEUR. [bound with] (SILK DYEING). [MACQUER, PIERRE-JOSEPH]. ART DE LA TEINTURE EN SOIE. [bound with] (LEATHER WORKING WITH GOLD OR SILVER). FOUGEROUX DE BONDAROY, [AUGUSTE-DENIS]. ART DE TRAVAILLER LES CUIRS DORÉS OU ARGENTÉS [bound with] (IRON MONGERING). RÉAUMUR, [RENE ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE]. NOUVEL ART D'ADOUCIR LE FER FONDU, ET DE FAIRE DES OUVRAGES DE FER FONDU AUSSI FINIS QUE DE FER FORGE. ADDITION À LA TROISIÈME SECTION SUR LE FER. [bound with] (FORGING ANVILS). DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, [HENRI-LOUIS]. DE LA FORGE DES ENCLUMES.](http://www.pirages.com/pictures/medium/ST12366d.jpg?v=1463762247)
![ART DU CHARBONNIER. OU MANIÈRE DE FAIRE LE CHARBON DE BOIS. [bound with] (SLATE QUARRYING). FOUGEROUX DE BONDAROY, [AUGUSTE-DENIS]. ART DE TIRER DES CARRIÈRES LA PIERRE D'ARDOISE, DE LA FENDRE ET DE LA TAILLER. [bound with] (IRON MINING, SMELTING, AND FORGING). COURTIVRON, [GASPARD LE COMPASSEUR-CRÉQUY-MONTFORT, MARQUIS DE], and M. BOUCHU. ART DES FORGES ET FOURNEAUX À FER.](http://www.pirages.com/pictures/medium/ST12366a.jpg?v=1463762246)
![THE WRITINGS. [and] PICKARD, SAMUEL. LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.](http://www.pirages.com/pictures/medium/ST11462a-382_02.jpg?v=1463762184)
