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GREGORY, Olinthus. Memoirs of the life, writings, and character, literary, professional, and religious, of the late john mason good, M.D. London. Henry Fisher, Son, and Co., 1828. First edition. 8vo. [8], 472pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark brown morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription of Sarah Wright to head of title page, lightly spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21638

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VERTOT, [Rene Aubert de]. Histoire des revolutions de suede... Paris. Chez Durand de Sugeres, 1778. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. In two volumes. [16], 401, [5]; [4], 362pp. With a half-title to Vol. II. Contemporary speckled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, paper repair to verso of Vol. I FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21631

DUBOIS, [Guillaume]. Memoirs of cardinal dubois. London. Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, 282; viii, 268pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary burgundy half-morocco, burgundy buckram boards, gilt, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of S. C. Lister, Swinton Park, to both FEPs, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21629

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[HENAULT, Charles-Jean-Francois]. Nouvel abrege chronologique de histoire de France... Paris. Chez Prault et al., 1775. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. In three volumes. [8], 392; [5], 394-701, [1]; [5], 704-984pp, [100]. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21633

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SAVILE, George, First Marquess of Halifax. A character of king charles the second: and Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750. First edition. 8vo. [8], 183pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, some loss to head of spine, slight splitting to joints. Armorial bookplate of John Peyto Verney Ld. Willoughby de Broke to FEP, armorial bookplate of Robert John Verney to recto of FFEP, FFEp working-loose, manuscript shelf references to head of title page, lightly spotted. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21496

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[ALBERONI, Giulio]. The Political Testament of cardinal julius alberoni. Exhibiting A General View of the Politics and Interests of the several Courts of Europe. Extracted from different Memoirs, Letters, and other Papers of his eminence. To which is prefixed A Short Account of the cardinal's life. Translated from the Italian. London. Printed for J. Nourse, 1753. First edition in English. 8vo. xxxii, 343pp, [1]. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed, slight loss to head of spine. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to title-page; 'Ex Dono Ja Goodlast Campbele Jany. 18, 1754', else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 14620

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VOLTAIRE. The history of charles the twelfth, king of sweden. London. Printed and published by J. F. Dove, [s.d., c.1800] 12mo. 311pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. A trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21574

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SWIFT, Jonathan. The Drapier's Letters to the people of ireland against receiving wood's halfpence. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1965. 8vo. [2], xcvii, 400pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a trifle marked. A fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21552

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[LYTTELTON, George, Baron Lyttelton]. Observations on the life of cicero. London. Printed by J. Wright, 1733. First edition. 8vo. [6], 50pp. Disbound. Occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21608

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[PRISONS - LINCOLN GAOL]. Rules for the government of the county gaol and castle of lincoln: made and established in a court of gaol sessions, held at leincoln in the 5th day of january 1827; and confirmed by the judges of assize, on the 10th day of march, in the same year. London. Printed by Luke Hansard and Sons, 1827. First edition. Quarto. 56pp. With four lithographed folding plans, by William Webb. Contemporary (perhaps original) publisher's roan-backed boards, morocco lettering piece, gilt, to upper board. Rubbed, with slight loss to spine and short cracks to joints at head and foot. Some spotting and damp-marking to plates. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19356

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HENLEY, John. A course of Academical Lectures on various subjects; being the Substance of several Discourses, Deliver'd at the late oratory in Newport-Market...Lecture I. On University Learning. London. Printed for J. Mac-Euen...and Sold by J. Roberts, 1731. First edition. 8vo. Lecture one (of six) only. [4], 32pp, [4]. With two final publisher's advertisement leaves. Disbound. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 20085

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GENER, S.. M. gener; or, a selection of letters on life and manners. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown et al., 1815. Fourth edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xv, [1], 327, [1]; [8], 350; [8], 350pp. With half-titles. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces. Rubbed, lightly marked, chipping to lettering-pieces, splitting to upper joint of Vol. III. Near contemporary ink gift inscriptions to all title-pages, small hole to lower margin of leaf I4, Vol. I, light damp-staining to latter half of text-blocks of Vols. II and ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 17027

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[ALMANAC]. Nouvel almanac de la cour de S.A.E.E. de cologne. [Cologne]. [s.n.], 1783. 8vo. [44], 148, 32pp. With the engraved title page. Stitched within contemporary, probably original decorated 'Dutch' (but really German) floral paper wrappers. Slight marking to extremities, a little damp- staining to verso of wrappers, and edges, else a fine copy. With an early ink inscription to verso of lower wrapper. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 21230

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PLUTARCH. Plutarchi libellus de discrimine amici et adulatoris graece primum seorsim edidit varietatem lectionis notavit animadversiones xylandri aliorumque ut et indicem vocum graecarum adiecit christian. aug. krigel a. m.. Lipsiae [i.e. Leipzig]. Sumtu W. G. Sommeri, 1775. 8vo. xxiix, 227pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Blue silk moire endpapers, vellum fly-leaves with the neat library no. of A.A. Renouard ('No.4332'), contemporary armorial bookplate of John Kendall Fletcher (Chaplain to George IV), to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of front blank fly-leaf, very occasional slight chipping to margins, leaves a trifle browned, spotted. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19047

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[ARBUTHNOT, John]. Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify'd in the case of The Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who spent all they had in a Law-Suit. London. Printed for John Morphew, 1712. Fourth edition. 8vo. 24pp. Disbound, all edges red. Later paper shelf-label to head of dust-soiled title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21399

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SCHOMANN, G[eorg] F[riedrich]. Athenian constitutional history, as represented in grote's history of greece. Oxford and London. James Parker and Co., 1878. First edition in English. 8vo. viii, 105, [1], 16pp. With a tipped-in errata slip and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown buckram, lettered in gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed, spine sunned with short split to head. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21283

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[OLDMIXON, John]. The Dutch Barrier our's: or The interest of England and Holland Inseparable. With reflections on the Insolent Treatment the Emperor and States-General have met with from the Author of the Conduct and his Brethren. To which is added, An enquiry into the Causes of the Clamour against the Dutch, particularly with Reference to the fishery. London. [s.n.], 1712. 8vo. 20pp. Disbound. A trifle dust-soiled. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21285

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[LOUIS XIV]. The Great Bastard, protector of the little one. Done out of French. And for which a proclamation, with a Reward of Five Thousand Louis D'Ors, to Discover the Author, was Published. London. [s.n.], 1702. Quarto. 8pp. Disbound. Lightly dust-soiled. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21288

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JEBB, John. A short account of theological lectures, now reading at cambridge. To which is added, a new harmony of the gospels. Cambridge. Printed by J. Archdeacon...For T. & J. Merrill, 1770. First edition. Quarto. [2], 40pp, [2]. The final leaf contains a specimen of the Harmony with references, without the errata slip pasted at the foot of the verso found in some copies. Disbound. A trifle creased and dust-soiled. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21275

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GREENFIELD, B[enjamin] W[yatt]. Genealogy of the somersetshire family of Meriet, traced in an unbroken line from the reign of the confessor, to its extinction in the reign of king henry v., compiled from public records and other authentic sources, with notes and references. Taunton. Printed by J. F. Hammond, [1883]. First edition. 8vo. 119pp, [1]. With a colour frontispiece and a folding chart. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped and ruled in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, several very short tears to chart margins. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21528