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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
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[DR WILLIAMS' LIBRARY]. Catalogue of the library in Red Cross Street, Cripplegate; founded pursuant to the will of the Reverend Daniel Williams, D. D. who died in the year 1716. London. Printed and Sold by Richard and John E. Taylor, 1841. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 420; [2], 438pp. Recent green cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp but for light marginal damp-staining and browning to first three gatherings of Vol. II. More > £ 275.00 Antiquates Ref. 14661
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[SPARVENFELD, Johan Gabriel]. Catalogus centuriae librorum rarissimorum manuscript. & partim impressorum, Arabicorum, Persicorum, Turcicorum, Graecorum, Latinorum &c. Quo anno MDCCV Bibliothecam Publicam Academiae Upsalensis auxit & exornavit. Upsaliae, [i.e. Uppsala].. Typis Joh. Henry. Werneri S:ae R:ae M:tis & Acad. Upsal. Typographi, 1706. First edition. Quarto. [6], 74pp. With text in mixed Latin and Arabic type. Uncut and largely unopened, in later paper wrappers. Ink inscription to head of upper wrapper. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 15446
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[DICKENS, Charles]. [DAVIS, Eliza]. Charles dickens and his jewish characters; with an introduction by cumberland clark. London. Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1918. First edition. 8vo. 38pp, [2]. With half-title. Uncut in original publisher's red cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, with some light wear to extremities, spine dulled. A presentation copy, with the inscription 'to William H. Ash Esq. with the best wishes of Cumberland Clark. May 1918' to FFEP. Browning to endpapers.
More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34842
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[VIRGIL]. Clavis Virgiliana: or, a vocabulary Of all the words in virgil's Bucolics, Georgics, and Aeneid...For the Use of schools, And the Improvement of those who have made but a small Progress in the Knowledge of the Latin Tongue. London. Printed for T. Astley, 1742. First edition. 8vo. [4], 191pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn, some surface loss, small holes to spine, boards a trifle bowed. Slight damp-staining to lower margins, occasional short tears/holes to gutter. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16215
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CLARK, Cumberland. Dickens' london. A lantern lecture. London. Wass, Pritchard & Co., Ltd., 1923. First edition. 8vo. 103pp, [1]. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's printed brown wrappers, yapp edges. Rubbed and marked, with chipping to edges, and small losses to head and foot of spine. A presentation copy, with the author's inscription 'Presentation Copy, with the author's compliments Cumberland Clark 1923' to FFEP. Leaves lightly browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34843
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ESTIENNE, Charles. LLOYD, Nicholas. Dictionarium historicum geographicum, Poeticum, Authore carolo stephano; Gentium, Hominum, Deorum Gentilium, Regionum, Locorum, Civitatum, Aequorum, Fluviorum, Sinuum, Portuum, Promuntoriorum, ac Montium, antique recentioraque ad Sacras, & Profanas Historias, Poetarumque fabulas intelligendas necessaria nomina, quo decet ordine complectens. Editio novissima... Oxonii, [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat, G.H. & G.D. sumptibus Johan. Williams, Georg. West, Amos Curteyne & Johan. Crisket, 1671. Folio. [8], 830pp, [2]. The title is a cancel. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, with an elaborate gilt armorial supra-libros of Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond to centre of each board. With alphabetical vellum index tabs to the fore-edge (some torn away). Later bookplate of the Gaddesden library to front pastedown, with both inked and pencilled shelf-marks to FFEP. A little rubbed to spine, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26540
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[DICTIONARY]. BARBOSA, Agostinho. Dictionarium lusitanicolatinum juxta seriem alphabeticam optimis, probatisq. doctissimorum Auctorum testimoniis perutili quadam expositione locupletatum, cum sopiosissimo latini sermonis... Bracharae [i.e. Braga]. Typis, & expensis Fructousi Laurentii de Basto, 1611. First edition. Quarto. [40]ff, 1208 col. [i.e. 1108 col], [1]f, 15pp, [1]. Early, perhaps seventeenth century tooled limp vellum, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, yapp edges. A trifle marked, slightly rubbed; occasional marginal paper flaws, touching a single character of O4r, without loss of sense. Manuscript shelf-marks and later armorial bookplate of the Gaddesden library to FFEP (and therefore perhaps previously in the library of English courtier, diplomat, and alchemist ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26638
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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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GABLER, A[mbrosius]. Die Nürnberger Schimpfwörter. Nürnberg [i.e. Nuremberg]. M. Edelmann, [s.d., c. 1890s] Oblong 8vo. 16 leaves. Illustrated throughout. Stapled, as issued, into original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle creased and browned, closed tear to spine (running through text-block), chipping to wrapper and leaf margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24869
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HOOLE, Elijah. Dureisâni-tamil-puttagam. The lady's tamil book. Containing the morning and evening services, and other portions of the book of common prayer, in romanized tamil: accompanied by the english version in parallel columns. Together with an anglo-tamil grammar and vocabulary. London. Longman and Co.. Madras. Higginbotham, 1859. First edition. 8vo. [4], 148pp, [2]. Parallel English and Tamil text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, early manuscript Tamil language annotations throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32612
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GILES, James. English parsing; comprising the rules of syntax, exemplified by appropriate lessons under each rule. With an index, containing all the parts of speech in the different lessons unparsed. For the use of schools, private teachers, and elder students. London. Thomas Allman and Son, 1854. New edition. 12mo. viii, [1], 10-120pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine rubbed, some discolouration. Contemporary ink inscription to head of title-page, slight tear to C8 - just clipping text, small hole to text of C10 - with slight loss of sense. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 16412
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[TYTLER, Alexander Fraser]. Essay on the principles of translation. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797. Second edition, corrected and considerably enlarged. 8vo. [2], ix, [1], 416pp. With a half-title. Contemporary vellum, lettered in black to spine, all edges red. Lightly discoloured, spine dulled, a trifle rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25029
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ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in criticism. Leipzig. Bernard Tauchnitz, 1887. Copyright edition. Volume I only. [3], 6-272pp. Without half-title.

[Together with:] ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in criticism: second series. Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1892. Copyright edition. [5], 8-264pp. Without half-title.

8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary Arts and Crafts style binding, blind-tooled calf, A.E.G., gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, first mentioned volume lettered in blind to upper board: 'CRITICISM, A DISINTERESTED ENDEAVOUR TO LEARN. PROPOGATE THE BEST THAT IS KNOWN AND ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31101
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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