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CICERO, Marcus Tullius. M. tullii ciceronis Opuscula: hoc est cato major, seu, de Senecture.Laelius, seu, de Amincitia. Paradoxa. Somnium scipionis. Praefigitur Ejusdem m. t. ciceronis Vita Literaria. Etonae [i.e. Eton]. Excudebat J. Pote, 1768. 8vo. 31, [1], 133pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Contemporary sheep, gilt. Lightly rubbed, slight wear to boards. FFEP clipped at head, very occasional marginal spotting. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 11609

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[MACKENZIE, Colin]. Notes relating to the procedure in the elections of the representatives in the british parliament of the Peers of Scotland. Edinburgh. Printed by J. Hay & Co., 1818. First edition. 8vo. iv, [1], 6-68pp. Uncut and unopened, stitched, as issued. Inked annotation to head of title, title and p.68 a trifle dust-soiled, some creasing, occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18969

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BURKE, Edmund. Nouvelles reflexions sur la revolution de france Par Mr. edmund burke, traduites de l'anglois, et contenues dans deux lettres, l'une adressee a un membre de l'Assembles nationale, et l'autre, a Mgr. l'Archeveque d'Aix. A Paris. [s.n.], 1791. 8vo. xxiv, 93pp, [1]. Disbound. With a half-title. Very occasional chipping to margins, ink-stamps of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia to head of title page and p.73. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21252

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STANHOPE, Charles Stanhope, Earl. Observation on Mr. Pitt's plan, for the reduction of the national debt. London. Printed by J. Davis, for P. Elmsly, 1786. First edition. Quarto. 39pp, [25]. Disbound. Very occasional slight shipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18248

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[PRICE, Richard]. Observations on reversionary payments; on Schemes for providing Annuities for Widows, and Persons in Old Age; on The Method of Calculating the Values of Assurances on Lives; and on The national debt... London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1773. Third edition. 8vo. xxxix, [1], 431pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily worn. Later inked ownership inscription to head of title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21943

PRICE, Richard. Observations on reversionary payments; on schemes for providing annuities for widows, and persons in old age; on the method of calculating the values of assurances on lives; and on the national debt... London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812. Seventh edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xlviii, 414; [8], 515pp, [1]. Contemporary calf boards, recently rebacked and recornered, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Boards heavily rubbed. Inked withdrawal stamps of Lincoln's Inn Library to front blank fly-leaves, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 22043

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TENNYSON, C[harles]. Observations on the proceedings respecting the queen, addressed to his constituents. London. Printed for J. Ridgway & Sons, 1820. Second edition. [4], 52pp.

[Bound with:] TENNYSON, Charles. Speech of Charles Tennyson, Esq. in the House of Commons, May 19, 1828, on Mr. Nicholson Calvert's motion to substitute the hundred of Bassetlaw for the town of Birmingham, in the bill for disfranchising the borough of East Retford. London. Published at the Office of the Mirror of Parliament, 1829. Fourth edition. 41pp, [1].

8vo. Recent green cloth, lettered ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14642

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DELISLE DE SALES, Jean-Baptiste-Claude. Paradoxes par un citoyen. Premiere partie. A Amsterdam. [s.n.], 1775. First edition. 8vo. xii, 13-123, [9], 269-276pp. Uncut in original publisher's plain paper wrappers. Substantial loss to spine, text-block holding firm by cords. Internally clean and crisp, a very good copy. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14633

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[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Particulars and conditions of sale of A Desirable Freehold Estate, called ingo estate...Exclusive of the Inexhaustible seam of coals, and Valuable lime quarry...Which will be sold by auction By Mr. Christie...At his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Thursday the 25th of August, 1791, at one o'clock. [London]. [s.n.], [1791]. First edition. Quarto. 3pp, [1]. Single folded leaf, with docket title to verso. Very lightly browned and dust-soiled, slight creasing. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 13549

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MONTANUS, Paulus. Pauli montani...tractatus novus, de jure tutelarum, et curationum, In quo Universa Tutelaris materia, cum ampliationibus (ut dicitur) limitationibus, quaestionibusq; huic cognatis, nove & plene tam Theorice quam Practice declaratur, & enucleatur.... Hagae-Comitis [i.e. The Hague]. Apud Henricum de Swaef, 1656. Quarto. [22], 585pp, [81]. Title in red and black. Contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, vellum ties. Extremities marked and discoloured, some loss to ties. Pastedowns sprung, ink annotation to verso of FFEP, marginal loss to G1 (index), else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16198

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MAYO, Robert. Political sketches of eight years in washington; in four parts, with annotations to each... Baltimore. Published by Fielding Lucas Jr. et al., 1839. First edition. 8vo. The first part, all published. viii, [1], vi-x, [1], 12-216pp. With a folding facsimile. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and lightly marked, chipping and splitting to head and foot of spine. Later bookplates to FEP, stamps, both ink and blind, of the Macalester Library to FEP and recto and verso of title page, foxed throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19159

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KENNETT, Basil. BALZAC, Jean-Louis Guez. . Politics In Select discourses of Monsieur balzac. Which he call'd his aristippus, or Wise Scholar. Done into English by Basil Kennett, Fellow of C.C.C. Oxford; now Chaplain in a British Factory abroad. To which are added, An Advertisement of the Translation; and an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. London. Printed by J. Humfreys, for J. Philips, 1709. First edition. 8vo. xlviii, 172pp. Contemporary panelled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. Rubbed, a trifle marked, splitting to joints with, but with boards remaining firmly attached. The Macclesfield Library copy, with bookplate of 'South Library', Shirburn Castle, to FEP, and the usual blind-stamps to first three leaves, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. Text-block unpressed, with some browning. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16021

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WILLICH, Charles M.. Popular tables arranged in a new form, giving information at sight for ascertaining, according to the carlisle table of mortality, the value of lifehold, leasehold, and church property, renewal fines, &c. the public funds, Annual Average Price and Interest on Consuls from 1731 to 1851... London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. Third edition. xviii, [2], 165pp, [3].

[Bound with;] WILLICH, Charles M. Supplement to willich's popular tables. The new succession and legacy duty tables... London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. [16]pp. With original publisher's green paper wrappers bound-in.

8vo. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'To The Very ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14826

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SPOTISWOOD, John. Practical observations Upon divers Titles of the Law of Scotland, Commonly called Hope's Minor Practicks. Written by Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, sometime Advocate to King Charles I.. With Notes upon divers Parts of the Book, shewing what Alterations have happened in the Law since the first writing of this Treatise...To which is subjoined, An Account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the Time of the Reformation. Edinburgh. Printed: And Sold by A. Davidson, 1734. First edition. 8vo. viii, 554pp. Recently rebacked calf boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Rubbing and some surface loss to boards. Bookplate of Los Angeles Law library to FEP, browning to all leaves, sporadic spots of foxing throughout, occasional light damp-staining to top margins. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 12256

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[TAX ON FOODSTUFFS]. Prevention legitime contre le project d'impots Delibere par le Conseil de Vile le 3 Janvier 1764. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1764. 8vo. 16pp. Stitched, as issued. Fine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21843

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GORE, Montague. Reflections on the present crisis. London. Saunders and Otley, 1839. First edition. 8vo. [4], 47pp, [1]. With half-title. Stitched, as issued. Light dust-soiling to half-title, occasional spots of foxing, a trifle creased. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to head of half-title; 'with the author's compts.' More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13478

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[FOREIGN OFFICE]. Regulations respecting Passports. [London]. [s.n.], [1851]. Dimensions 180 x 230 mm. Single leaf handbill. Three horizontal folds, manuscript docket title to verso. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21541

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[BANKING]. Remarks of mr. webster, on the removal of the deposites and on the subject of a national bank... Washington. Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1834. First edition. 8vo. 23pp, [1]. Stitched, as issued. A trifle browned and dust-soiled, chipping to edges of title-page, with recent ink shelf-mark to head, vertical crease to centre of all leaves. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 16037

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[ARMAGH]. Report of a meeting of the protestant inhabitants of the County of Armagh, Assembled in the Court-House of Armagh, on Wednesday the 24th January, 1827, for the purpose of petitioning parliament against further concessions to the roman catholics. Newry. Printed by Alexander Peacock, Telegraph Office, 1827. 12mo in 6s. 60pp. Stitched within original blue paper wrappers. Slightly rubbed, wrappers and title a trifle marked, else a crisp copy in the original state. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22437

[PRISON BOARD OF SCOTLAND]. Rules as to the Safe Custody of Prisoners, made by the General Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, and certified by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, on 28th April 1853... [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1853]. Quarto. 2pp, [2]. Single folded sheet. Two horizontal folds, manuscript docket title to verso. Lightly creased and dust-soiled. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21538