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TOCQUOT, J. F.. The royal pocket dictionary, french and english, and english and french; containing the signification of words in all their different acceptations; the terms of arts, sciences, and trades. The whole extracted from the best writers french and english... London. Printed [by T. Curson] for Jos. Johnson et al., 1808. New edition. 8vo. [4], viii, [524]pp. With a French title on the verso of the initial leaf. Contemporary panelled burgundy straight-grain morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Slight shaving to lower margins of leaves K3-6 and L3-6, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16971

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KER, John Bellenden. An essay on the archaiology of popular english phrases and nursery rhymes. Southampton. Fletcher and Son, 1834. First edition. 8vo. viii, 163pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown buckram boards, later naively rebacked preserving original publisher's printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, splitting to joints. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 17564

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[EQUATORIAL GUINEA]. The benga primer: containing lessons for beginners; A Series of Phrases, and a catechism. New London, PA. Printed by Orvis & Berry, 1855. First edition. 12mo. 64pp. Contemporary (original?) black roan-backed marbled boards ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, upper board held by cords only. Endpapers foxed, remnants of labels and some loss to pastedowns, very occasional coloured pencil annotations to text. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23016

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BOYER, A[bel]. The compleat french-master, for ladies and gentlemen... London. Printed for Richard Sare, 1721. Eighth edition. 8vo. 412 [i.e. 416]pp. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to lower board. without pastedowns/free-endpapers, head of text-block shaved with occasional loss to running-titles, loss/tearing to leaves O7-8, R1-2, and Cc4 with loss of text and sense. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33036

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WELSTED, [Leonard]. The works of dionysius longinus, On the Sublime: or, a treatise Concerning the Sovereign Perfection of Writing. Translated from the Greek. With Some remarks on the English poets.. London. Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1712. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [10], 192pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Worn, with some loss to foot of spine, joints cracked, surface wear to boards and edges. Pastedowns sprung. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33914

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KAULFUSS, J[ohann] S[amuel]. Ueber den geist der Polnischen sprache. Eine einleitung in die Polnische literar-geschichte sur Deutsche. Halle. Bey Schimmelpfennig und Comp., 1804. First edition. 8vo. 227pp, [1]. With two folding plates of musical notation. Original publisher's tan paper wrappers, paper lettering-piece with title in manuscript. Slight wear to extremities with some loss to head and foot of spine. Ink shelf-marks to FEP of Sir Thomas Phillipps' Middle Hill Library, lightly foxed throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13461

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BOYER, A[bel]. Dictionnaire royal, françois-anglois et anglois-françois; Tire des mbilleurs auteurs qui ont ecrit dans ces deux langues... Amsterdam. Chez Meynard Uytwerf, 1752. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. Quarto. In two volumes. 19, [1], 518pp, [2]; [8], 619pp, [5]. Title pages in red and black. The English-French dictionary has an English title page: 'The royal dictionary, English and French: and French and English...' Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards. Extremities worn, joints split. Armorial bookplates of successive members of the Oates family to front endpapers and fly-leaves of both volumes, occasional ink-spotting and pen-trials. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14323

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PERRIN, Jean. Fables amusantes: avec Une Table Generale & Particuliere des mots, & de leur Signification en Anglois, Selon l'Ordre des Fables, Pour en rendre la Traduction plus facile a l'Ecolier. A Londres [i.e. London]. Chez B. Law...T. Cadell...P. Elmsly, 1781. Troisieme edition [i.e. third edition]. 12mo. xvi, 220pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and two terminal publisher's advertisement leaves. Contemporary sheep. Heavily rubbed, some surface loss to boards, loss to head and foot of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, several gatherings protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17453

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DUVERGER, William. A comparison between the idioms, genius, and phraseology, of the french and english languages; illustrated in an alphabetical series of examples... London. Printed by R. Juigne...and Darton and Harvey [s.d., c.1809] First edition. 12mo. [6], 405pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep.Extremities rubbed and marked. A trifle creased/spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17462

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PORNY, [Marc Antoine]. Grammatical exercises, english and french...to which is added, An introduction to french poetry. Brussels. Printed by Adolphus Stapleaux, 1815. Fourth edition. 8vo. [8], xxxv, [1], 170pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Paper repair to gutter of title-page, first four leaves of text mounted on stubs, small paper repairs to lower corners of leaves M2 and N1. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18801

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SCUDÉRY, [Madeleine de]. Les conversations Sur divers sujets par mademoiselle de scudery. Amsterdam. Chez Daniel du Fresne, 1682. Third edition. 12mo. [28], 175, [1]; 210pp. With an additional engraved title page. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, upper joint starting, slight loss to foot of spine. Later armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19674

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[ORTHOEPY]. A vocabulary of such words in the english language as are of dubious or unsettled accentuation... London. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, G. and T. Wilkie, L. B. Seeley, and Goadby Lerpiniere, and Langdon, 1797. First edition. 8vo. [2], iii, [184]pp. Later half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, bookplates of Francis Pierrepont Barnard and Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, Barnard's inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP, inscription of G. Selby to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20311

[VAUMORIÈRE, Pierre d'Ortigue de]. The art of pleasing in Conversation: In French and English. Written by the famous Cardinal Richelieu. London. Printed by J. Darby, for A Bettesworth...and F. Clay, 1722. 12mo. [4], 35 [i.e. 355]pp, [1]. Parallel French and English text. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf. Heavily rubbed, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24187

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[ABERDEEN ALMANAC]. The Aberdeen Almanack, For the Year 1789... Aberdeen. Printed and sold by J. Chalmers & Co., [1789]. 12mo. 192pp, [4]. The first 24 pages are printed on one side only. Contemporary limp sheep wallet binding, with flap. Extremities worn, some loss to head and foot of spine, flap torn - covered in later calf. Scattered foxing, early ownership inscription to FEP, very occasional manuscript price lists, doggerel poetry to blank versos, recent armorial bookplate of Alexander Hannah to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24510

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SINCLAIR, John. Observations on the scottish dialect. London. Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1782. First edition. 8vo. v, [3], 232pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to boards. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26454

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VERBOQUET LE GENEREUX. Les facetieuses rencontres de verboquet, Pour, réjouir les Mélancoliques. Contes plaisans pour passer le temps. A Troyes. Chez la Veuve Jacques Oudot & Jean Oudot, [s.d., 1735] 12mo. 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] Les rencontres fantaisies et Coqs-a-l'asne facetieux du baron grateland... Troyes. Chez Pierre Garnier, [s.d., 1738]. [36]pp.

12mo. Nineteenth century gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, loss to spine caps, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Richard Chase Sidney to FEP, blind-stamp of John Fowles to front blank fly-leaf, leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28453

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GILBERT, W. S. The Bab Ballads: with which are included songs of a savoyard. London. Macmillan and Co., 1922. 8vo. xii, 563pp, [1]. Bound by Truslove & Hanson in contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-calf, blue cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine and head of upper board sunned. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29827

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TIESSET, [Sophie]. The little french instructor; or french taught by conversation and familiar correspondence... Cheltenham. Printed by Rowe and Norman, [1845]. First edition. 8vo. xii, 151pp, [1]. With a list of subscribers. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Ink shelf-mark to verso of title, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31161

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PAIĆ, Moses. System einer Universal-Sprache sowohl durch die Schrift (Pasigraphie), als auch durch die Laute (Pasilogie) durch Begriffsfixirung mittelst arabischer Zahlzeichen und deren Lautfixirung für den internationalen Verkehr. Wien. In Commission bei Rudolf Lechner, 1864. First edition. Dimensions 660 x 780 mm, folded to 220 mm. Single sheet. A trifle creased. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32341

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COLLAS, Achille. CHORLEY, Henry F. The authors of england. A series of medallion portraits of modern literary characters, engraved from the works of british artists. London. Charles Tilt, 1838. First edition. Quarto. vi, [2], 93, [1], 12pp, [2]. With an additional engraved title page, a further 15 plates engraved by Collas's patent process, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's embossed brown cloth, later neatly rebacked, Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary ticket of booksellers W. Pritchard of Carnarvon, armorial bookplate and inked ownership inscription of Lord Newborough to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32506