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VERTUE, George. Medals, Coins, Great-Seals, Impressions, From the Elaborate Works of Thomas Simon... [London]. Invented and Published by Geo: Vertue, 1753. First edition. Quarto. [4], 3, [1], iv, 68pp. With 38 engraved plates. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, later rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Hinges exposed, adhesive residue to FEP, scattered spotting. Inscribed 'James Vertue' to head of title page, later manuscript inscription to RFEP: 'Presentation copy, first impress'. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27537

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VERTUE, George. A description of the works Of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; With some Account of His life. London. Printed for William Bathoe, 1759. Second edition, with additions. Quarto. vi, 151pp, [1]. With an engraved plate featuring an index, key, and vignette view of London from the South Bank; vignette portrait to title, two further engraved vignette head-pieces, and a tail-piece. Contemporary russia, rebacked. Rubbed and marked to edges, joints, bumping and loss to corners. John Leigh Philips' copy, with his bookplate to FEP, ink inscription to verso of FFEP, a tipped in manuscript ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22115

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[VICKERS, William]. A Companion to the Altar: Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, In order to our Worthy Receiving the Holy Communion... London. Printed for John Beecroft, 1768. 8vo. [3], 6-55pp, [1]. With an engraved plate and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled straight- grain black morocco, 'Honble. Thomas Windsor' in gilt to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, upper hinge reinforced, lower hinge exposed, minute worm-trail to lower corners, inked inscription to verso of FFEP: 'Plymouth 1837', very occasional manuscript corrections/deletions to text, manuscript extract from John 11:25 to foot ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17526

[VICKERS, William]. A Companion to the Altar: Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, In order to our worthy receiving the holy communion... London. Printed by Assignment from E. Parker for John Beecroft, [1748]. 12mo. [2], 68pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an engraved title page. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled black morocco. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, attractive morocco book-label of M. Powell (dated 1782) to FEP, upper margins shaved - occasional loss to running-title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19535

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VIETTE, M. de. Dumourier unmasked: or, an account of the life and adventures of the hero of jemapper. London. Printed for the author; and sold by J. Owen et al., 1793. First edition. 8vo. [2], 106pp. Modern brown paper boards, contrasting green calf lettering-piece to spine. Text-block lightly dampstained at head, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33756

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[VIRGIL]. Clavis Virgiliana: or, a vocabulary Of all the words in virgil's Bucolics, Georgics, and Aeneid...For the Use of schools, And the Improvement of those who have made but a small Progress in the Knowledge of the Latin Tongue. London. Printed for T. Astley, 1742. First edition. 8vo. [4], 191pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn, some surface loss, small holes to spine, boards a trifle bowed. Slight damp-staining to lower margins, occasional short tears/holes to gutter. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16215

VOLTAIRE. The age of lewis XIV... London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1752. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 436; [2], 292, 90pp, [20]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed, numerous worm-holes to dulled spines, corners bumped. Minute worm-track to foot of initial four gatherings of Vol. II, short tears to margins of leaves Q3-4 of same, central horizontal tear to leaf c4 (appendix) without loss of sense. From the ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28321

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VOLTAIRE. Romances, tales, and smaller pieces. London. Printed for P. Dodsley, 1794. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 340; [2], 341pp, [1]. Contemporary sheep boards, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplates of J. T. Abbott, Abbeville, Darlington to FEPs, early ownership inscriptions of Wilson Beckett, Heighington and later gift inscriptions to front blank fly- leaves. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34601

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[VOTING REGISTER]. The register of freeholders. In pursuance of An act passed in the Twenty-eight Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the better securing the Rights of Persons qualified to vote at County Elections. London. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1788. Folio. [540]pp. ’An Act for the better securing the rights of persons qualified to vote at county elections’ has a caption title on 6L2r with a general title page on 6L1r. Contemporary speckled sheep, cloth ties. Heavily worn and marked, boards held by cords only. Later armorial bookplate of Marmion Edward Ferrers (bap. 1813, d. 1884) to FEP, margins trimmed close, with occasional loss to running-titles ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27036

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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[WAGSTAFFE, William]. A comment upon the history of Tom Thumb. London. Printed for J. Morphew, 1711. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21616

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[WALLACE, Robert]. A dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in antient and modern Times: in which The superior Populousness of Antiquity is maintained. With An appendix, Containing Additional Observations on the same Subject, And Some Remarks on Mr. Hume's Political Discourse, of the Populousness of antient Nations. Edinburgh. Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753. First edition. 8vo in 4s. iv, 331pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to spine and extremities, short splits at head of spine, with remains of small paper shelf-label. Bookplate of an Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, with a few pencilled calculations to endpapers, and a single inked note in an early hand (to E4v). More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25625

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WALLER, Edmund. The works of edmund waller Esqr. in prose and verse. London. Printed for I Tonson, 1729. First edition. Large quarto. [18], 450, xci, [1]pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, an engraved title page, and a further three engraved plates. Contemporary blind-tooled reversed calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine compartments at head and foot of spine very neatly replaced, chipping to lettering-piece. The Pull Court LIbrary copy, with book label to and armorial bookplate of Buchley Park, Worcestershire, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11312

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[WALMESLEY, Charles]. The general history of the christian church, from her birth, to her final triumphant state in heaven, chiefly deduced from the apocalypse of st. john the apostle. Dublin. Printed by J. Mehain, 1790. First Irish edition. 8vo. xv [i.e.xvii], [7], 504pp. With a list of subscribers. Recent paper boards, lettered in black. Leaves browned and foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 11992

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WALPOLE, Horace. A catalogue of engravers, Who have been born, or resided in england; digested by Mr. horace walpole From the MSS. of Mr. George vertue... London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782. 8vo. [2], 304pp, [1]. Occasional later inked and pencilled marginal manuscript annotations, often shaved. Nineteenth-century two-tone cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34796

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[WALPOLE, Horatio]. The convention vindicated from the misrepresentations of the enemies of our peace. London. Sold by J. Roberts, 1739. First edition. 8vo. 3-29pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound. Title-page separated from text-block. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14344

[WALPOLE, Horatio]. The case of the Hessian forces, in the pay of Great-Britain, impartially and freely examin'd; with some reflections on the present conjuncture of affairs... London. Printed for R. Francklin, 1731. First edition. 8vo. 36pp. Disbound. Slight loss to head of title, occasional light browning to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14343

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[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, in Black-fryars, near the Water-side, 1708. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Twentieth-century gilt-tooled buckram. Some browning to text. The Foyle copy, with gilt-tooled morocco Beeleigh Abbey booklabel to FEP, above another more recent example. An early manuscript addition to the title after 'As it is Acted on the Stage' reads 'Of ye: World'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32762

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WARDEN, John [editor]. A collection from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Mr Pope, Mr Dryden, from Mr Rollin's Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres, and his Universal History. For the benefit of English Schools. Newcastle Upon Tyne. Printed for John Warden, Teacher of English, 1752. 12mo. [2], 318pp. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled sheep, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting. Slight loss and small paper repair to fore-edge of leaf P4. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28459

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[WARD, John]. De Ordine, Sive De venusta & eleganti tum vocabulorum, tum membrorum sententiæ collocatione. His quædam adjiciuntur de vitiis ordinis: Item De variis modis, quibus, pro verborum numero, ordo sententiae transponi potest. Londini [i.e. London]. Apud R. Robinson, 1712. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 7-39pp, [1]. Disbound. Foxed, damp-staining to title page, leaves shaved at foot with occasional loss of catch-word. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21340