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[SHIPWRECK - RMS TEUTON]. Loss of nearly 200 lives At Sea, off the Coast of Africa, on board of Stempship 'Teuton'. Several from Porthleven and other Cornish places. [Cornwall?]. Woolcock, General & Commercial Printer Dimensions 190 x 250mm. Single leaf quarto broadside sheet. Printed within decoratie black borders, with a woodcut of a steamship at head. Dated in manuscript, 'Septem. 1881' beneath drop-head title More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29403

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[BEAUSACQ, Marie Josephine de Suin, comtesse de]. Le livre d'or de la comtesse diane. Paris. Paul Ollendorff, 1897. With a half-title. Bound by Riviere (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, small four-pointed star brown morocco inlays to spine and upper board, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28950

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SMITH, Rev. Thomas. The scientific library; or, repository of Useful and Polite Literature: comprising astronomy, geography, mythology, ancient history, modern history, and chronology. London. Printed for J. Wallis...and J. Harris, 1806. First edition. 24mo. In six volumes. With a half-title to Vol. I and an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's gilt-ruled red roan. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Offsetting to titles, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28100

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CHIFFLET, Jules. Breviarium historicum inclyti ordinis velleris aurei. Antuerpiae [i.e. Antwerp]. Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1652. First edition. Quarto. xii, 36pp, [4]. Later gilt-ruled calf. Heavily worn and marked, upper board held by cords only. Scattered spotting, very occasional dampstaining. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27539

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[ALMANACS]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's almanack, For the year of our lord 1762... [London]. Printed by A. Wilde, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T58266.

[Bound with:] The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our lord 1762... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T57483.

[And:] WING, Tycho. Olympia Domata; or, an almanack for the year of Our Lord God, 1762... London. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27435

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WHISTON, William. Historical memoirs of the life of Dr. Samuel Clarke. Being a supplement to Dr. Skyes's and Bishop Hoadley's Accounts. Including certain Memoirs of several of Dr. clarke's Friends. London. Sold by Fletcher Gyles...and by J. Roberts, 1730. First edition. 8vo. 191pp, [9]. Later red cloth, morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26231

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BREWER, J[ames] Norris. Histrionic topography: or, the birth-places, residences, and funeral monuments of the most Distinguished Actors. London. Published by the Proprietor, J. Cole, 1818. First edition. 8vo. [2], iv, 37pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further engraved plates. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Foxed and browned, one gathering (and three attendant plates) detached from text-block. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24608

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BANDURI, Anselmo. D. Anselmi Bandurii...Bibliotheca nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scripserunt... Hamburgi [i.e. Hamburg]. Apud C. Liebezeit et T.C. Felginer, 1719. First edition. Quarto. [8], 248pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting gilt-tooled morocco lettering-piece. Foot of spine with large (and rather unsightly) split, some marking, text significantly browned and spotted, with some old damp-staining to preliminaries, soiling to signatures K-L. Various later shelf-marks in manuscript (variously pencil and ink) to endpapers. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24060

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HAYM, Nicolai Francisci. Nicolai francisci haym romani, thesauri britannici sev museum numarium, quo continentur numi graeci et latini, omnis metalli et formae, necdum editi, ab autore ipso caelati. Interprete aloysio comite cristiani, mediolanensi. Vindobonae [i.e. Vienna]. Ex officina Krausiana, 1763. [6], 296pp, [8]. With an engraved frontispiece (seemingly extracted from the first London edition) and 30 engraved folding plates.

[Together with:] HAYM, Nicola Francesco. Thesauri britannici pars altera, seu museum numarium conplexum numos graecos, et latinos omnis metalli, et formae necdum editos... Vindobonae [i.e. Vienna]. Typis Joannis Thomae de Trattnern, 1765. [28], 398pp, [10]. With 50 of 51 engraved folding plates (without plate No. 24). ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24058

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PINKERTON, John. The scotish gallery; or, portraits of eminent persons of scotland... London. Printed for E. Harding, 1799. First edition. Quarto. [128]pp. Without half-title. With 51 engraved plates (portraits 11 and 12 on a single folding plate). Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed. Scattered spotting, offsetting. Ink-stamp of the Earls of Breadalbane to title page. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23805

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PARSONS, John Weddell. Essays on education, or principles of intellectual improvement consistent with the frame and nature of man. London. Printed by J. Smeeton...sold by T. Cadell, 1794. First edition. 8vo. viii, 222pp. Recent calf-backed, vellum-tipped, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription of Chas. Levermore to head of browned title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23758

[JACOBITE]. Copy of a letter from a French Lady at Paris. Giving a particular Account of the Manner in which Prince Edward was arrested. London. Printed for W. Webb, 1749. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Uncut in later gilt-ruled straight-grain red morocco. Rubbed, spine sunned. Margins dust-soiled, scattered foxing. Armorial bookplate to FEP of the Earls of Orford, a title (created on three separate occasions) held by such luminaries as Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) and Horatio Walpole (1723-1809), Whig politician and godfather of Horatio Nelson. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23718

CARPENTER, Lant. A review of the labours, opinions, and character of rajah rammohun roy: in a discourse, on occasion of his death... London. Rowland Hunter et al., 1833. First edition. iv, [1], 6-137, iv pp.

[Bound after:] CARPENTER, Lant. The Duty of the Christian Preacher, in the Investigation and Declaration of the Truth. A discourse, delivered to the united congregations of protestant dissenters, in exeter, April the 21st, 1805. Exeter. Printed by Trewman and Son, 1805. First edition. [4], 37pp, [1]. Presentation copy, paper strip pasted to head of dedication page with inked inscription: 'Mrs. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22295

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[SCOTLAND, PRIVY COUNCIL]. [Drop-head title:] A proclamation, Anent the New Levies. Edinburgh. Printed by the Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1693. Dimensions 370 x 300 mm. Single leaf broadside. Edges uncut. Horizontal tear and some loss to head - not touching text. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 21131

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[MIEVILLE COLLECTION]. Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures formed by jean louis meiville, esq. Deceased, late of 103 Lancaster Gate, W., comprising Works of the Modern English, French and Continental Schools, and Choice Works of the Old Dutch Masters: which (by Order of the Executors) Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8 king street, st. james's square, On saturday, april 29, 1899, at one o'clock precisely... [London]. [Printed by William Clowes & Sons], [1899]. 8vo. 34pp. Illustrated with 25 autotype plates. Bound by Johanna Birkenruth of London in contemporary gilt-tooled olive-green morocco. Extremities rubbed, some marking/sunning, bumping to corners. Marbled endpapers, inked inscription to FEP: 'M. G. Machworth(?) / Date of dear father's passing / April 19th 1927 7.30 p.m.', occasional light spotting. Priced throughout in manuscript, with a note of the total amount (£41,751, 3s) to foot of final ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20674

BURTON, John Hill. The Book-Hunter etc. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. New edition. 8vo. x, civ, 427pp, [1]. With an etched frontispiece, a tinted wood-engraved plate, and two vignettes. Extra-illustrated with 68 engravings/chromolithographs (predominantly portraits of prominent authors, but also illustrations of fine bindings), two leaves extracted from later publications, and two tipped-in A.L.S. in the hand of Katharine Burton (the author's second wife). Contemporary red morocco, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20584

PEGGE, Samuel. Memoirs of the life of roger de weseham... London. Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, 1761. First edition. viii, 60pp. ESTC T98695.

[Bound with:] PEGGE, Samuel. The life of robert grosseteste... London. Printed by and for John Nicols, 1793. First edition. iv, 385pp, [1]. With two engraved plates. ESTC T97460.

Quarto. Uncut in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Later bookplate of John Carter and recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP. Presentation copies, inked inscription in ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20274

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FERAMUSIUS, Carolus. Epulum parasiticum, Quod eruditi conditores, instructoresque... Norimbergae [i.e. Nuremberg]. [s.n.], 1665. [56], 315pp, [1]. With an additional engraved title page and five engraved plates.

[Bound with:] PINCIER, Johann. Johan pincieri m. d. Aenigmatum libri tres, cum Solutionibus... Hagae-Comitum [i.e. The Hague]. Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq, 1655. [20], 345pp, [19].

12mo. Bound by Ihrig (signed to the foot of spine, in gilt) in later blind-ruled red morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19245

[D'AULNOY, Marie-Catherine, Madame]. Memoirs of the court of France, and city of Paris... London. Printed for Jacob Tonson...Richard Wellington, [1702]. 8vo. In two parts. [2], 152, 288pp, [16]. Pp.161-164 of part II are repeated; register and text are continuous. Contemporary panelled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. Rubbed, loss to head of spine, slight splitting to joints, lettering-piece a trifle chipped. Leaves browned, later armorial bookplate (1755) to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP, contemporary armorial bookplate of Robert ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19044

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LUCAN. M. annaei lucani pharsalia, sive, de bello civili caesaris et pompeii libri x. Londini. Excudebat Richardus Field, 1618. 8vo. [12], 291pp, [1]. With an engraved folding map depicting Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa. Later blind-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Joints rubbed. Upper hinge exposed, occasional inked/pencilled underlining, gathering I-K protruding slightly from text-block, very light damp-staining to lower corner. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14802