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DRINKWATER, John. A history of the late siege of gibraltar. With a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest perids.. London. Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son...And sold by J. Johnson, 1790. Fourth edition. Quarto. xxiv, 356pp. With ten folding engraved charts and views, three of which with old repairs to verso. Contemporary tree calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, elaborate gilt decoration within spine compartments with central domed bell. Worn, with upper joint split (holding well on the cords), lower joint cracking, loss at head of spine, bumping to corners, with loss, some scuffing. Some spotting, two manuscript corrections ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 20462
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CORNARIUS, Janus. Constantini caesaris selectarum praeceptionum de agricultura libri VI = ginti. Iano Cornario Medico interprete. Lugundi [i.e. Lyon]. Seb. Gryphium, 1541. 8vo. 150, 153-154, 151-349pp, [16]. Leaf K4 misbound. Later gilt-tooled diced russia, all edges red. Rubbed, joints starting, some scoring to boards; but an attractive copy. Endpapers browned, ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust to FEP, contemporary ownership inscription to title page: 'Johannis Alardi x Armcoruf(?) / Gronopol. 1544. empts.' marginal worm- track throughout the majority of text-block, closed tear to lower corner of final leaf ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19652
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[WILTSHIRE]. A Copy of a visitation of the County of Wiltshire. Taken Anno Domini 1565. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c1800s] Folio. Manuscript on paper, [1], 3ff, [8]. Paper watermark features the LVG initials (perhaps the initials of Lubertus van Gerrevink, C18th Dutch papermaker), countermark W. 'Tricked' with 15 drawings of coats of arms. Modern gilt-tooled half calf, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, earlier marbled boards. A trifle rubbed, short tear at foot of spine. From the collection of Joan Corder, FSA, with her ticket to FEP; earlier in ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19578
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[EYTON, Phil]. [A manuscript copy of Francis Sandford's manuscript facsimiles of British Pedigrees]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1790s] Folio. Manuscript on paper. 38 leaves, text on rectos only. [a further 29 blank leaves]. Paper watermarked Durham & Co. Contemporary marbled boards, recently expertly rebacked and recornered in calf, housed in modern custom grey cloth slipcase. Boards rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to front pastedown of 'Phil Eyton', who is most likely the author. With a fragment from Sandford's original loosely inserted. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19395
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[PRISONS - LINCOLN GAOL]. Rules for the government of the county gaol and castle of lincoln: made and established in a court of gaol sessions, held at leincoln in the 5th day of january 1827; and confirmed by the judges of assize, on the 10th day of march, in the same year. London. Printed by Luke Hansard and Sons, 1827. First edition. Quarto. 56pp. With four lithographed folding plans, by William Webb. Contemporary (perhaps original) publisher's roan-backed boards, morocco lettering piece, gilt, to upper board. Rubbed, with slight loss to spine and short cracks to joints at head and foot. Some spotting and damp-marking to plates. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19356
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[BIBLE - English, Authorized Version]. The holy bible, containing the old and new testaments... Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co., 1823. Quarto. Unpaginated. With additional engraved title pages for both the O.T. and N.T., and a further 27 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-stamped black straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Manuscript records of births, deaths, marriages etc. of the Trueman family to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19315
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[LITERARY MEMOIRS OF GERMANY]. Literary memoirs of germany and the north, Being a Choice Collection of essays on the following interesting subjects, viz. Alchemy, Algebra & Analysis, Anatomy, Animal Oeconomy...Done from the latin and high-dutch, By a society of gentlemen. London. Printed for J. Warcus...and J. Ross, 1759. Second edition. Quarto. Two volumes bound as one. [2], viii, 460; 136pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and a further 12 engraved plates (10 folding). Early sheep-backed paper boards. Extremities heavily worn. Very occasional chipping to margins. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of James Wallis to title page, dedication page, verso of first plate (alongside later inscription of Stephen Cummins), head of first leaf of text, and above caption title ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19198
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SANDERSON, Robert. Logicae artis compendium. Oxoniae [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebant Johannes Lichfield & Jacobus Short, 1618. Second edition. 8vo. [8], 232, 124pp, [4]. With penultimate errata leaf; final leaf blank. Bound by Bellamy of Oxford in nineteenth century calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, joints starting. Early ownership inscription of Robert Cranmer to head of title page. Binders ticket to recto of FFEP, inked gift inscription to verso: 'From J. Kidd / To his valued friend / the Revd. J. W. Burgon'. Kidd's ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19106
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[CHARLES I]. The Book of Sports, Set Forth by King Charles I. (For Compiling of which, Arch-Bishop Laud was Beheaded.). London. Printed in the Year M.DC.XXXIII. by Robert Barker...and now Reprinted in the Year 1709. and Sold by J. Baker 16pp. ESTC N2726.

[Bound with:] [WARD, Edward]. Honesty in Distress; but Reliev'd by No party. A Tragedy, As it is Acted on the Stage, &c. London. Printed and Sold by Hen Hills, 1708. 15pp, [1]. ESTC N7236.

[And:] [WINCHILSEA, Anne Finch, Countess of,]. The spleen, A Pindarique ode. By a lady. Together with A Prospect of death: A Pindarique essay. London. Printed and Sold by ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 18773
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GARDINER, William. Tables of logarithms for All Numbers from 1 to 102100, and For the Sines and Tangents to every ten seconds of each degree in the Quadrant; as also, for the Sines of the first 72 minutes to every single second: with Other useful and necessary tables. London. Printed for the Author...by G. Smith, 1742. First edition. Quarto. [6],14,[74];[152]pp. With a list of subscribers and an errata slip. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros of the La Rochefoucauld family to both boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, ink-stamp of the Château de La Roche-Guyon to title page, inked inscription of the author to final page of preface. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 18632
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[ROXBURGHE CLUB]. Roxburghe Club. Chronological list of members; catalogue of books; rules and regulations. London. [John Bowyer Nicols and Sons, Printers, Parliament Street], 1855 [i.e. 1864] Quarto. [8], 13, [1], 3pp, [1]. Original gilt-tooled morocco-backed scarlet paper boards. A trifle rubbed to extremities, bumped to corners. Spotting to endpapers, else internally fine. From the library of George Briscoe Eyre, recently dispersed, with his name printed in red (and indeed corrected in manuscript) to the list of members. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 18180
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[SHIELLS, Robert], CIBBER, [Theophilus]. The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, To the time of Dean Swift. Compiled from ample Materials scattered in a Variety of Books, and especially from the MS. Notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this Design. London. Printed for R. Griffiths, 1753. First edition. 12mo. In five volumes. [2], ii, 354; [4], 353, [1]; [4], 353, [3]; [2], ii, 356; [2], 354pp, [4]. Extra-illustrated with 80 engraved portraits. Finely bound in contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed, some slight splitting to joints. Later booksellers catalogue description pasted to Vol. I FEP, inked annotation to recto of FFEP of same, small stain to lower ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 17449
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[WILLETT, Ralph]. Merly library. A catalogue of the well known and celebrated library of the late ralph willett, esq. Brought from his Seat at Merly, in the County of Dorset...which will be sold by auction, by leigh and sotheby...On Monday, December 6, 1813... [London]. [Leigh and Sotheby], [1813]. 8vo. [4], 103pp, [1]. With a final page of auctioneer's advertisements. Disbound. Title a trifle marked, scattered spotting.

[Together with:] Prices of books, &c. in the library of the late ralph willett, esq. of merly, dorsetshire. [London]. [Leigh and Sotheby], [1814]. 8vo. [2], 25pp, [1]. Disbound. Light damp-staining to fore-edge. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 16380
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[ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH]. Treatises on mechanical drawings: on the arms in use: on permanent fortification: the attack and defence of fortresses: and on military marines. Compiled by the professor and instructors, and printed for the use of The Gentlemen Cadets, at the royal military academy, woolwich. Woolwich. Printed by E. Jones, Library, Thomas Street, January, 1847 [4], 144pp. Some marking and occasional marginal annotations/drawing.

[Bound with:] GORE, R[alph]. Notes on fortification. Manuscript on paper, [2], 39pp. With decorative title and 15 hand sketched fortification diagrams.

Quarto. Contemporary burgundy half morocco, cloth, gilt, lettered 'Fortification Notes. / R.M.A. / R. Gore. Rubbing to extremities, marking to boards. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 16293
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[RICHER, Edmond]. Apologia pro joanne gersonio Pro suprema Ecclesiae & Concilii generalis Auctoritate: atque independdentia Regiae Potestatis ab alio quam a solo Deo... Lugduni Batavourm [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Paulum Moriaen, [1676] First edition. Quarto. [28], 338pp, [2]. With a single full-page copper-plate engraving, depicting Gerson as a pilgrim (p.304). Later blind-ruled sprinkled calf. Lightly rubbed. Early authorial identification in manuscript ('Edm. Richerium') to title page, which is shaved to foot with loss to imprint, scattered spotting. Early book-label of Simon Patrick, later book-label (and withdrawn stamp) of the Cathedral Library, Ely, and recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 16018
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[NAVAL HISTORY]. The history of the spanish armada, Which had been preparing three Years for the Invasion and Conquest of England, And which in the Year 1588 Came upon the English Coast to effect it... London. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1759. First edition. Quarto. [4], xi, [1], 60pp. With an engraved map of the beacons erected in Kent. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Heavily rubbed, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Two small later paper repairs to verso of map, else internally clean and crisp. Later armorial bookplate of Admiral Sir Graham E. Hamond to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription to head of title ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 15612