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THOMSON, [James]. The seasons. London. [s.n.], 1730. Quarto. [12], 252, 16pp. Title page in red and black. With a list of subscribers and five engraved plates by William Kent. A reissue of the 1730 edition, with the addition of ’Britannia’, second edition corrected, 1730, with separate title page, pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, marginal damp-staining to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28911
[OLD BALLADS]. Old ballads historical and narrative, with some of modern date; Now first collected, and reprinted from rare Copies and MSS. With notes. By thomas evnas. [London]. Printed for T. Evans, 1784. Second edition. 8vo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, joints starting, spines dulled. Early ink-stamps with initials 'J. F.' and recent bookplates of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20759
CROWE, William. Lewesdon hill: a poem. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1788. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 28pp. With a leaf describing the off-shore fortifications off Cherbourg misbound after initial three leaves. Modern paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28912
[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf. Uncut in modern calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28910
RUSKIN, John. Sesame and lilies. London. George Allen, 1892. Thirteenth edition in original form. 8vo. xi, [1], 180pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, later inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28919
OPIE, Amelia. Tales of the pemberton family; for the Use of Children. London. Published by Harvey & Darton, 1826. Second edition. 12mo. [4], 104pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved plate (partially naively hand-coloured). Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to head-cap. Bookseller's ticket of C. Brown of Margate to FEP, naively repaired FFEP partially glued to front pastedown, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27969
[MOULIN, Lewis du]. Jugulum causae, seu nova, unica, compendiaria, & una propemodum periodo comprehensa, ratio: per quam totus doctrinarum Romanensium complexus, de quibus lis est inter Protestantes & pontificios, & unà papa, ejusque imperium, funditus evertuntur. [s.i.]. Juxta exemplar Londinense, 1671. First edition. 8vo. 317, [39], 396pp, [2]. In two parts, 'Jugulum cauae, seu nova & expeditissima ratio', has a separate dated title page and separate pagination. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Extremities worn, joints split. Very small hole to title page, later armorial bookplate of Algernon Capell to verso. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23978
HENSLOWE, William-Henry. The phonarthron. Or, natural system of the sounds of speech; a test of pronunciation for all languages: also, the phonarithmon, and the phonodion. To which is added, a practical application of the phonarthron to english and french pronunciation; and to the reading of hebrew &c. London. Published by J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1840. First edition. Quarto. ix, [3], 124pp. With a list of subscribers and a tipped-in errata slip. Partially unopened in original publisher's blue cloth. A trifle rubbed, surface loss to head of sunned spine, corners bumped. Very occasional creasing to leaves, foxed throughout. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16704
VOSSIUS, Gerardus Joannes. Dissertationes tres de tribus symbolis, apostolico athanasiano, et constantinopolitano. Amsteldaedami, [i.e. Amsterdam]. Ex Typographeio Joannis Blaeu, 1662. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 103pp, [5]. Contemporary English blind-ruled speckled calf. A crisp copy, a trifle rubbed to extremities, small patches of worming to lower joint and edges of upper board. Pastedowns sprung, with the twentieth-century book-plates of Robert J. Hayhurst and Ely Cathedral Library to verso of upper board, the latter obscuring an earlier book-label in the style of Ely donation labels, but with text obscured, featuring ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 16019
BLOOMFIELD, Robert. The farmer's boy; a rural poem. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810. Eleventh edition. xlviii, 99pp, [5]. With four engraved plates.

[Bound with:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. Sixth edition. [2], vi, 123pp, [1]. With 10 engraved plates.

[And:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Wild flowers; or, pastoral and local poetry. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. x, [2], 132pp. With five of six engraved plates (without plate to face ... More >
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28087
[ROYAL ACTS AND ORDERS]. [KING, Gregory]. The order of the installation of Prince George of Denmark, charles Duke of somerset, and george Duke of northumberland. Knights and companions Of the most Noble Order of the garter. In the Royal Chappel of St. george at windsor, april the 8th. 1684. London. Printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1684. 14pp. ESTC R16301, Wing K495.

[Bound with:] An exact relation of the Grand Ceremony of the marriage of charles the II...As it was performed at Fontainbleau by Cardinal Bouillon, the Prince of Conti being Proxey in behalf of the most Catholick King. By an Eye-witness, as it was Printed at Paris, and faithfully Translated. London. Printed for Dorman Newman, 1679. [2], 10pp. ESTC R31470, Wing ... More >
£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27793
[ROYAL CEREMONY]. [Caption title:] The Form of the Proceeding to the funeral Of her late Majesty queen mary II. Of Blessed Memory... [Edinburgh]. In the Savoy: Printed by Edw. Jones, 1694/5 [i.e. 1695] Folio. 4pp. Imprint from colophon. Dated according to Lady Day dating. A rare variant of ESTC R37350 - under title on p.1: 'March 2. 1694/5 I do appoint Edward Jones to print this account of the proceeding. Norfolke, and Marshall.' Two copies are recorded in the British Isles (Advocates and NLS), and none elsewhere. ESTC R177184, Wing F1582A.

[Bound with:] The Form of the Proceeding to ... More >
£ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27792
[MACINTOSH, William]. Travels in europe, asia, and africa; describing characters, customs, manners, laws, and productions of nature and art: containing Various Remarks on the Political and Commercial Interests of great britain: And delineating, in particular, a new system, For the Government and Improvement of the British Settlements in the east indies: Begun in the Year 1777, and finished in 1781. London. Printed for J. Murray, 1782. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiii, [1], 482; [xi, [1], 503pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed, spines dulled and marked. Armorial bookplate of John Bateman to FEP of Vol. I, leaf Dd3 of Vol. I detached, slight loss to lower corner of leaf F1, Vol. II, short horizontal tear to lower margin of terminal leaf of text. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25980
FONTENELLE, Monsieur [Bernard Le Bovier de]. The lives of the French, Italian, and German Philosophers. Late members of the Royal Academy of Science in Paris. Together with abstracts Of some of the Choicest Pieces, communicated by them to that Illustrious Society. To which is added, The preface of the Ingenious Monsieur Fontenelle, Secretary and Author of the History of the said Academy. London. Printed for W. Innys, 1717. First edition. 8vo. [16], xxxv, [1], 123, 122-441, 552, 455- 464pp, [4]. With two terminal advertisement leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled, blind-panelled polished calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, small shelf-label to head of spine. A trifle rubbed, slightly chipped at head, else a fine copy. The Macclesfield copy, with the armorial 'North Library' bookplate (shelf-mark 45.C.29) and typical armorial blind- stamps to title page and first two leaves of text, ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19580