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[ALBERONI, Giulio]. e. 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
DOBSON, Austin [editor]. Eighteenth Century essays. London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1896. 12mo. xxiii, [1], 284pp. With a half-title and a frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, rectangular tan morocco onlay to upper board, T.E.G others uncut. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32255
YORKE, Henry Redhead. Elements of civil knowledge. Dorchester. Printed for the author by T. Lockett, 1800. First edition. 8vo. [4], viii, [2], 336pp, [2]. Without half-title: 'Mural nights. Vol.1'. With a terminal advertisement leaf: 'Ready for the press, the second volume of Mural nights, containing elements of political knowledge, and a method of studying the ancient classics.' - In fact the second volume was never published. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed, joints starting. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29125
SMITH, G. Elliot. Elephants and Ethnologists. London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1924. First edition. Quarto. viii, 135pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece, a further 52 plates, and nine illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth-backed drab paper boards. Extremities rubbed. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23385
[LAMB, Charles]. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the london magazine. . London. Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1823. First edition, second issue. 8vo. [4], 341pp, [1]. Without half-title. Later blind-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, with contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Very lightly rubbed and scored. With a tipped-in contemporary newspaper clipping, announcing the work's publication, to verso of FFEP. Browning and spotting to terminal and initial leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35118
MORRELLET, [André]. Eloges de madame geoffrin... Paris. H. Nicolle, Librairie Stéréotype, 1812. 8vo. [4], xxiv, 282pp, [2]. With a half-title. Contemporary mottled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting green calf lettering-piece, carmine edges. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist, and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34173
DRAYTON, Michael. England's Heroical Epistles, written In Imitation of the Stile and Manner of Ovid's Epistles: with annotations of The Chronicle History. London. Printed for S. Smethwick, [c.1695]. 8vo. [8], 225pp, [1]. Without frontispiece. Recent calf-backed decorated paper boards, gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Ink inscriptions to title, browning to all leaves, occasional spots of dust-soiling and light marginal damp-staining, loss of characters 'h' and 'i' of 'white' on p.199. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 13209
JACOTOT, J[oseph]. Enseignement universel. Langue maternelle. Paris. Chez A. Boulland, 1830. Quatriéme edition [i.e. fourth edition]. 8vo. [2], lxxx, 282pp, [14]. With half-title. Uncut in modern grey paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and dulled. Bookplate of Swansea Training College to FEP, scattered spotting. Signed by the author to verso of half-title, as issued. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24325
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
[LARIVE DUPA, Mathilde de]. Essai sur l'éducation de l'enfance. Genève [i.e. Geneva]. Ab. Cherbuliez et Ce., 1837. First edition. 8vo. [4], 284pp, [2]. With a half-title. Later brown paper-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt Rubbed, surface loss to boards, joints starting, paper shelf-label to foot of spine. Bookplate of Swansea Training College to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24324
THOMAS, [Antoine Leonard]. Essai sur le caractere, les moeurs et l'esprit des femmes dans les differens siecles. A Paris: A Lausanne. Chez Moutard: Chez Franc. Grasset & Comp., 1772. 8vo. vi, 189pp, [3]. With half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A trifle rubbed, slight splitting to upper joint. Contemporary ownership inscription of 'C: Cookson' to FEP, and 'C. Cookson 1789 achete a Geneve' to head of title, light offsetting, small marginal paper flaw to A1, lightly foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14651
MCLELLAN, Archibald. Essay on the Cathedral Church of Glasgow : and a history of the see as connected with the erection of the existing church. Glasgow. Printed by George Brookman, for James Brash & Co., 1833. First edition. Quarto. [2], viii, [2],179pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece depicting Glasgow cathedral, an additional engraved title page, and one further large folding plate depicting a new plan for the cathedral and surrounding infirmaries. Contemporary black calf-backed dark green paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with surface loss to boards, upper joint starting. Ink-stamp of 'John McMichael Mechanical Engineer Drygate Street Glasgow' to ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33460
KNOX, Vicesimus. Essays moral and literary. Basil. Printed and sold by James Decker, 1800. 8vo. In three volumes. [12], 366; [6], 364; [6], 365pp, [1]. Original publisher's vellum-backed cream paper boards, contrasting blue calf lettering-pieces. Extremities lightly marked. Small hole to p.189-190, Vol. I - touching text with slight loss of sense, very occasional light spotting, browning, and marginal chipping. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 17039
PITT, Bernard. Essays poems letters. London. Francis Edwards, 1917. First edition. 8vo. viii, [1], 202pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece of the author. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Very light wear to extremities. Light spotting and browning to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35419
[COLERIDGE, John Taylor]. Etymology, a prize essay, recited in the theatre at oxford, June 30, 1813. [Oxford]. [S. Collingwood], [1813]. First edition. 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] COLERIDGE, John Taylor. Quam vim in moribus Populi Romani corrigendis habuerit Potestas Censoria? Oratio cancellarii præmio donata, et in theatro sheldoniano habita Die Jun. xxxmo. A.D. 1813. [Oxford]. [S. Collingwood], [1813]. First edition. 21pp, [1].

[And:] [COLERIDGE, John Taylor]. Pyramides Egyptiacæ Carmen Cancellarii Præmico Donatam et in Theatro Sheldoniano Recitation Die Jun AD 1810. Manuscript on paper. [11]ff.

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£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26003
OATEN, Edwd. Farley. European travellers in india during the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the evidence afforded by them with respect to indian social institutions, & the nature & influence of indian government. London. Kegan Paul Trench Trübner and Company, 1909. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 274pp, [2]. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, fore-edge a trifle stained. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplate of Florence Mary Head to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Miss Head with the Author's homage', further inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'This book, which describes the adventures of Englishmen and other Europeans who travelled ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25702