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[LUCIDI, Emanuele?]. [Historical notes on Rome and surroundings. Manuscript and print, on paper, Italy, late 18th century, featuring rare broadsides and pamphlets from seventeenth century Italy.]. [vs.]. [vs.] Large quarto. Manuscript, on paper, in black-brown ink, ff. 143, including 15 blank. A few leaves are original flattened letters (traces of wax to verso) from different epochs, another is a manuscript document on vellum dated 1633 (ink fading). Bound in are the printed pamphlets Pius VI, Homilia Sanctissimi Domini Nostri (Rome, 1781); Testamentum (Rome, 1694), with title repaired affecting woodcut vignette; F. Soldani, Lettera ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24479
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[BRISTOL AUCTION]. City of bristol. To be Let by Auction...The Following valuable Premises situate in the parish of brislington in the county of somerset, in the immediate vicinity of bristol, And several of the Lot's possessing an extensive Frontage against the Bath Road, and presenting advantageous Sites for Building... Bristol. Mills and Son, Printers, [1833]. Folio. Single bifolia. [4]pp. Docket title to p.[4]. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Some loss/tearing at folds and margins, touching text in places with some loss of sense, a trifle creased and dust-soiled, priced-up in manuscript. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32009
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[QUEEN VICTORIA]. [Drop-head title:] By the queen. A proclamation, For a General fast in Scotland. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1847. Dimensions 310 x 390 mm. Single leaf broadside. Several old horizontal and vertical folds. Contemporary ink-stamp and manuscript memorandum to verso.

[Together with:]

- A printed letter issued by the Crown Office, to the Sheriff- Clerk of the County of Roxburgh, confirming the supply for local distribution of 40 copies of the above proclamation.

- Two A.L.S., in the hands of the Sheriff Clerk of Jedburgh and Sheriff Officer of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23054
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MEIER-GRAEFE, Julius. Degas. London. Ernest Benn Limited, 1923. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Quarto. One of 1000 numbered copies, of which this is no. 225. 87 pp. With 103 plates. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered gilt. Boards a trifle rubbed and marked, spine ends lightly bumped. Internally bright and clean, save toning to endpapers, with the original 103 tissue guards loosely inserted. With the bookplate of Anthony Eden to front pastedown. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29822
Photo of "[Drop-head title:] The Rolling river"
[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] The Rolling river. [Helston, Cornwall]. R. Woolcock, [s.d., c. 1850] Dimensions 180 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. Text within ornamental border. With a woodcut vignette. A trifle creased, some chipping/short tears to margins, later paper repair to lower right-hand corner. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24625
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GAUGUIN, Robert. Cōpēdiū Roberti Gaguini sup[er] frācor[um] gestis. [Parisiis]. [Impressit Bertholdus Rembolt, īpēsis optimi bibilopoæ Iohānis Parui], [1511]. 8vo. [16], 312ff. With an engraved title page and engraved device of printed and bookseller Jehan Petit to verso of terminal leaf. Contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, author's name in manuscript to lower edge. Extremities rubbed, marked, and discoloured, spine dulled. Small worm-track to lower margins of three terminal leaves. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30879
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TASSO, Torquato. La gerusalemme liberata. Venetia [i.e. Venice]. Sarzima, 1625. Quarto. [24], 255pp, [1]. With an engraved title page and 20 full- page engraved illustrations in the text by Francesco Valesio and Giacomo Valegio. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, spine dulled. Later bookplate of the Gaddesden library (and therefore likely previously in the library of English courtier, diplomat and alchemist Thomas Henshaw (1618-1700), whose books had descended there via ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31763
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BOWDEN, Samuel. Poems on Various Subjects; with some essays in prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. and A Treatise on Health. Bath. Printed by T. Boddely, for the Author, 1754. First edition. 8vo. xxi, [11], 390pp. With a list of subscribers. Contemporary half-sheep, marbled papers boards. Rubbed, joints starting, wear to head and foot of spine, without lettering-piece. Very occasional early manuscript annotations, some marginal loss to leaf T1, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26345
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A LATE LIEUTENANT IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES. The complete drill serjeant: containing the plainest instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise, according to the latest regulations... London. Printed for J. Stuart, 1803. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 7-43pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half-calf, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22788