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Photo of "The life of Benvenuto Cellini"
CELLINI, Benvenuto. The life of Benvenuto Cellini. London. John C. Nimmo, 1888. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. lxv, [3], 284; [2], 340pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume. Bound by Fazakerley of Liverpool in contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Geoffrey Ecroyd to both FEPs (each with the later inked ownership inscription of Kathleen Speight at head), bookseller's tickets of Adam Holden to same. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20712
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MARTIN, Tobias. The remains of the late tobias martin of breage, in cornwall, Mine Agent, with a memoir of the author. Helston. Printed at the Temple of the Muses by W. Penaluna, 1831. First edition. 8vo. xi, [2], 14-258pp. Largely unopened in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, later naively rebacked in tan cloth. Rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of J. O. Edwards, and early inked ownership inscription of 'Mr. Tho. Hawkins, Pollet Street, Guernsey', to FEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18493
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[GLOVER, Richard]. Leonidas, a poem. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1737. First edition. Quarto. [2], xvi, 335pp, [1]. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26102
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COTTON, Charles. Scarronides, or virgil travestie, a mock poem, on the first and fourth books of virgil's aeneis, in english burlesque. London. Printed by John Galton, 1804. Thirteenth edition. 8vo. [2], 122pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a single engraved illustration in the text. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, loss to spine, joints starting. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting/staining. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27339
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GRAHAME, James. The Sabbath, with sabbath walks, and other poems. Edinburgh. Printed for Ogle, Allardice, & Thomson, 1817. Eighth ediiton. 8vo. xiii, [1], 161pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt supralibros with initials 'JAR' to upper board, marbled edges. Rubbed, chipping to head and foot of dulled spine, upper board held by cord only. Marbled endpapers, remnants of armorial bookplate to verso of FFEP, manuscript extracts, in two separate unidentified hands, from John Wilson's elegy on the author to rear ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27702
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NEWBOLT, Henry. Aladore. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition, 150 copies on hand-made paper, of which this is number 30. xiv, 361pp, [1]. With 15 plates with collotype illustrations from drawings by Lady Hylton. Uncut in original publisher's vellum, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle discoloured. Endpapers browned, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. Signed by the author on limitation page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25553
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MARSH, Edward. Minima. London. Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1947]. First edition. 8vo. 1,000 copies printed (100 signed by the author), of which this is number 41. [10], 38pp. Title in red and black. Uncut in original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Bookplate of Dennis Silk to FEP, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to limitation page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25976
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DEBURE, Guillaume-François. Bibliographie instructive: ou traité de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers...Volume de la jurisprudence et des sciences et arts. Paris. Chez Guillaume-François de Bure le Jeune, 1764. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 772pp, [2]. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, all edges red. Rubbed, early paper shelf-label to foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. From the library - recently dispersed - of the Marquesses of Lothian (who also held the Earldom of Ancram) at Newbattle Abbey; with manuscript shelf-marks to front blank fly-leaf and head of title. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27785
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WADE, George. A short inquiry into the doctrine of the trinity, As it is laid down in H. Scripture. Wherein the Errors of Dr. Clarke, Relating to that Subject, are Examin'd, and Confuted. London. Printed by H. P. for G. Strahan, 1722. First edition. [16], 90pp, [2]. ESTC T96536.

[Bound with:] NOTTINGHAM, [Daniel Finch], Earl of. The answer of the Earl of Nottingham to Mr. Whiston's Letter to Him, Concerning the Eternity of the Son of God, and Of the Holy Ghost. London. Printed for Edward Valentine, 1721. First edition. [2], vi, 163pp, [1]. ESTC N2034

[And:] ALTHAM, R. A charge Deliver'd to the clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27786
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[DONNELLAN, John]. The trial of John Donnellan, Esq. (Late master of the ceremonies at the pantheon in Oxford-Street) at the assizes holden at warwick, On Tuesday the 27th of March, 1781, before francis buller, Esq. On of the judges of the court of king's bench, for the wilful murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton, Bart... London. Printed for, and sold by, T. Brewman, [1781]. First edition. 8vo. 43pp, [1]. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle marked. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, scattered spotting, slight loss to upper corners of leaves F1-2, manuscript mathematical calculations to blank verso of final leaf. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28227
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[MACKENZIE, Henry]. The mirror. A periodical paper, published at edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780. London. Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell...and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1794. Tenth edition. 12mo. In three volumes. xv, [1], 271, [1]; vii, [1], 319, [1]; xv, [1], 271pp, [1]. Bound and sold by John Murdoch of Glasgow. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled/tree-calf, Contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed. Marbled endpapers, binders tickets to FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28507
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ROBERTSON, Charles. Report of the auchterarder case, the earl of kinnoull, and the rev. r. young, against the presbytery of auchterarder. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1838. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 408, 36[4], 451, [1], 16pp. With tipped-in errata slips. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. 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. Presentation copy, inked inscription ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28555