Northern France: [c.1500]. A leaf from a Book of Hours illuminated in Northern France and dating c. 1500. This miniature shows Joachim and Anne meeting outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem, against a background of soft blues and greens, and the whole is within an arch in liquid gold and..... More
London: John Murray, 1813. Half leather. Octavo, (8) Comprising 2 blank, half title, 1 blank, title page, 1 blank, Dedication, 1 blank, Contents, lv, (1) Blank, 525pp, (1) Errata, (4) Blank. Rebound in half leather with cloth boards, original bookplates and ownership inscription re-mounted. The blanks and half title are..... More
London: Adam Islip, 1629. Full calf. Sixmo (298 x 200 mm.), [6] 648 [18] pp., engraved title page by T. Cecill, index, full calf, 5 false raised bands with gold rules either side. Good, rebacked (since split externally) with corner repairs, binding chipped, scratched and scraped, paper browned at edges..... More
London: 1791. Three quarter calf. Quarto. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, pp 87. Recently rebacked with gilt lettered red leather label affixed to spine. The name "Charlotte Georgina Bastard, November 15th, 1877", is inscribed on the front ep paste-down. Minor foxing. In the second half of the 18th century..... More
London: Harding, Triphook, And Lepard, 1825. ‘New’ Edition. Complete in two volumes; hardcover octavo (19 x 12cm), pp. Vol. 1: [4, blank], frontispiece, [2], ii [contents pages], xvii-cxiv [despite irregular pagination, no text appears to be missing according to the title page], 228, [2, blank]; Vol. 2: [6], xiii, [3]..... More
Londini: Excudit J.F. Dove, 1828. Full calf. Oratores Attici et quos sic vocant Sophistæ Opera Et Studio Gulielmi Stephani Dobson A.M. Regie Societis Literarum Socii. Tomus Primus Antiphon et Andocides. Complete in 15 Volumes. Quarto, 21.5cm x 14cm, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Vol 1: lxiv 388 (1) Appendix..... More
London & Paris: Fisher, Son & Co, 1836. Full leather. Numerous engravings by W.H. Bartlett and Thomas Allom, etc. Large Quarto, approx. 27cm x 21 cm. Published in 3 volumes, each with its own Vignette Title page, maps & plates. Rebacked. Full black leather with gilt border to upper and lower..... More
London: Printed for John Stockdale, Picadilly; R.Faulder, Bond Street; Longman and Co. Pater-Noster Row; Lackington and Co. Finsbury Square; and J. Harding, St. James’s Square. 1806. Fourth Edition. Complete in two volumes; both hardcover 4mo (21.5 x 13.5cm), pp. Vol. 1: xxvii, [1, blank], 479, [1, blank] including fold-out frontispiece..... More
Amstelædami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, MDCVIIIC (1692). Full leather. Octavo, 20 x 12cm, extra engraved t.p., t.p. is red and black, [24], 672, [4], 561-588, [108], 46, [2] pages, 31 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, portraits. Signatures: * - **6, A - 2M8, *2N-*2T8, *2V2, 2N-2Z8, 3A3. Later (18th century?)..... More
London: J. walker, etc. 1812. Three quarter calf. Twelvemo, [1] Frontis, xxxv, 489pp. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled eps, frontispiece and tp vignette engraved by C. Heath after designs by T. Unwin. Sports a 2cm tear at the head of the spine, joints and boards rubbed, corners rounded..... More
Various: Various, 1471 - 1681. Custom. Twenty leaves in very good to fine condition as described below. Each leaf mounted with a grey card border and inserted in a portfolio. Some striking woodcuts and hand supplied capitals. The individual leaves are from the following books: 1. de Lyra, Nicholas. Postilla Super..... More
London: Printed for S. Richardson, 1754. Full calf. Octavo (207 x 130 mm.), 6 v., [2] vii, 417; [2] 416; [2] 386; [2] 401; [2] 394; [2] 433pp., Volumes 1 & 6 Second Edition; Volumes 2-5 First Edition, 2 portraits of Richardson tipped onto feps (one engraved and with a...... More