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Photo of "The poor man's catechism: or, ..."
MANNOCK, John. The poor man's catechism: or, the Christian doctrine explained. With short admonitions.. London. Printed for Thomas Lewis, 1762. 8vo. [2], 392pp, [4]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, without lettering-piece. Worn, with surface loss to boards, joints split, losses to head and foot of spine. Inked inscription 'Hic liber mihi pertinet' to head of FFEP. Inked ownership inscription of 'Mr Morningford' to head of title. Endpapers browned, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33837
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COTTON, Charles. The genuine works of Charles Cotton, Esq; containing I. Scarrönnides, or Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scoft. III. The Wonders of the Peake. IV. The Planters Manual. . London. Printed for R. Bonwicke, Tim. Goodwin, et al., 1715. First edition. 8vo. [4],14,17-384pp. Each work has its own title page. With 10 engraved plates, including one fold-out illustration. Unpressed in contemporary blind-stamped sprinkled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red leather lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked, with slight wear to joints, loss to head of spine, upper joint starting. Inked shelf mark and armorial bookplate of William Hanbury of Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire to FEP. Light browning to FEP, otherwise internally ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33830
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[DUNNING, John]. A defence of the united company of Merchants of England, Trading to the east-indies, and their servants, (Particularly Those at bengal) Against the Complaints of the dutch east-india company: being a memorial from the English Company to His Majesty on that Subject. London. Printed for J. Brotherton...and Sold by R. and J. Dodsley...and T. Waller, 1762. First edition. Quarto. [4], 71pp, [1]. With an engraved plan and a tipped-in errata slip. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, without backstrip. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32613
Photo of "Illustrations of euripides, on the ..."
JODRELL, Richard Paul . Illustrations of euripides, on the ion and the bacchae. London. Printed by J. Nichols; Sold by J. Dodsley, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sot, 1781. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes, with continuous register and pagination. [2], iv, [2], 264, [4], 267-627pp, [1]. With engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, and vignette engravings of Euripides to each title. Without half-titles. ESTC T105631.

[Bound uniformly with:] JODRELL, Richard Paul. Illustrations of euripides, on the alcestis. [4], 399pp, [1]. With vignette engraving of Euripides to title. Without half-title. ESTC T105632.

Together three volumes, exquisitely bound ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29063
Photo of "The speech of the Right ..."
[PITT, William]. The speech of the Right Hon. William Pitt, chancellor of the exchequer, on Friday, the 17th day of February 1792, on proposing the application of an additional sum for the reduction of the public debt, and the repeal of certain duties on malt, on female servants, on carts and waggons, on houses, and on candles.. London. Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1792. First edition. 8vo. 47pp, [1]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Inked inscription 'Ld. Auckland' to head of title. Light browning and slight scattered spotting throughout. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33555
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DOUGLAS, Robert. The peerage of scotland, containing An historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom, from their origin to the present generation. Edinburgh. Printed by R. Fleming, 1764. First edition. Folio. xi, [23], 718pp. With a list of subscribers and ten engraved plates depicting the crests of each Scottish Clan or noble family. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to joints, and chip to foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of Sir James Gordon, Baronet, of Letterfoury to FEP. Loss to pagination numerals of terminal leaf. Occasional light scattered spotting ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33510
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MONTEITH, Robert. The history of the troubles of great britain: Containing a particular Account of the Most remarkable passages in scotland, From the Year 1633 to 1650.. London. Printed for G. Strahan, 1735. First edition in English. Folio. iv, [4], 557pp. Contemporary calf. Heavily worn, without lettering-piece, splitting to joints, loss to foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of Sir James Gordon, Baronet, of Letterfoury to FEP. Scattered staining and spotting throughout, particularly to FEP and title. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33511
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[HOLY BIBLE]. The holy bible Containing the Old Testament and the new: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues, And With the former Translation diligently compar'd & revis'd By his Mats. special Command and Appointed to be read in Churches. Dublin. Printed by Boulter Grierson printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1758. First Boulter Grierson edition. [1296]pp, bound with the Apocrypha, which follows a separate register (A-I8, K4); title page is engraved, with a divisional NT title. With a charming manuscript gift inscription (see below) dated 1767 to verso the final leaf of Apocrypha, and a neat manuscript correction to PP4r. ESTC T91957. Herbert 1123.

[Bound with:] [PSALTER - BRADY, N. TATE, N.]. A New Version of the psalms of david, ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32529
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TYRTAEUS. Spartan lessons; or, the praise of valour; in the verses of tyrtaeus; an ancient athenian poet, adopted by the republic of lacedaemon, and employed to inspire their youth with warlike sentiments. Glasgow. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1759. First Foulis edition. Quarto in 2s. [8], 30, [3], vi-xxvii, [1]. Bound in a different format from that issued by the press: (a2, h2, h1, A-G2, H1-2 (the latter in fact x2), b-g2. With engraved portrait vignettes (of Hercules to h2r and C2r. Finely bound in contemporary gilt- tooled red morocco, marbled endpapers, A.E.G. With the gilt monogrammed supra-libros - with additional goat's head emerging from a ducal coronet - of ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 22975
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ARBUTHNOT, Archibald. The life, adventures, And Many and Great Vicissitudes of Fortune of simon, Lord lovat, The Head of the Family of frasers. From His Birth at Beaufort, near Inverness, in the Highlands of Scotland, in 1668, to the Time of his being taken by Capt. Millar, after three Days Search, in a hollow Tree, on the Coasts of Knoidart and Arisaig. London. Printed and Sold (for the Author) by R. Walker, 1746. First edition. 12mo. 280pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf-backed, vellum-tipped, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board, a trifle marked. Loss to upper corner of leaf H2, touching text with slight loss of sense, loss to lower margin of leaf T3, dampstained. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27484
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[FENTON, Elijah]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1717. First edition. 8vo. [8], 224pp, [8]. With an engraved frontispiece depicting a scene of angels and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, with cracking to upper joint. Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys to FEP. Staining to endpapers, with title page browned, and light spotting to text. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33424