Paris.
Guillaumin et Cie, 1856.
First French edition.
12mo.
[3], vi-xii, 168pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to extremities, short cracks to joints. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Presented by the author to Miss Henderson Jan. 1. 1857' to blank fly-leaf. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 19186
Londini [i.e. London].
Apud R. & J. Bonwicke et al., 1713.
12mo.
[38], 184pp, [148]. With an engraved frontispiece. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled black morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, loss to upper corner of front blank fly-leaf, early inked inscription of 'John Murray / April 1726' to recto. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 15276
A Londres [i.e. London].
Chez J. Nourse & P. Elmsly, 1780.
Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition].
12mo.
[2], xlix, [1], 438pp, [2]. With a half-title and a table. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled morocco, A.E.G. Very slight rubbing and marking to extremities. Marbled endpapers, contemporary armorial bookplate of Richard Langley to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 19055
Romae [i.e. Rome].
Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apostolicae, 1627.
Quarto.
[8],160pp, [16]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities lightly marked and discoloured, later paper labels to foot of spine. Ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Library to FEP and REP. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 23154
London.
Printed for Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1772.
First Woodfall edition, second issue..
12mo.
In two volumes. [2], xxxii, vii, [1], 208; [2], 356pp, [38]. Without final blank leaf to index. Engraved title pages. A reissue of Woodfall’s first edition (ESTC T1830) with the addition of a table of contents and an index covering both volumes. Recent half-calf, brown cloth boards, gilt, A.E.G. A trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 23114
Amstelodami [i.e. Amsterdam].
Apud Elzevirios, 1677.
16mo.
352, 70pp, [10]. With an engraved title page, and engraved folding plate, and a folding table. Handsomely bound in eighteenth- century gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, all edges blue. Extremities rubbed, slight chipping to head of spine. Armorial bookplate of Baptist May to verso of blank fly-leaf at front, internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 11693
Firenze.
Tipografia Adriano Salani, 1888.
8vo.
19pp., [3]. Original wrappers with woodcut portrait of Salvatore Misdea. Small scattered spots, somewhat browned, edges uncut. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 17793
London [and] Stuttgart Und Tubingen.
J. H. Bohte [and] in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1824 [and] 1823.
Oblong quarto.
Three volumes, within publisher's folder with paper title label. 10; [4], 11pp, [1]; 8 full-page engravings. Two text volumes sewn with small cloth strip glued to spine, the plates stitched, as issued. Occasional spotting. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 20609
A Hambourg [i.e. Hamburg].
Chez Maradan, 1788.
12mo.
In two volumes. [5], viii-xvi, 262; [2], 299pp, [3]. Without half-titles. Contemporary calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Extremities rubbed. Very occasional chipping/loss to margins, else internally clean and crisp. From the library of the Earls of Lovelace, formerly the Barons King of Ockham, with their armorial bookplates to FEPs, inked ownership inscriptions of William King, and recent ink-stamps of the ... More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 18534
[Paris].
[s.n.], [1759].
Folio.
3pp, [1]. Single folded sheet. Creased, margins a trifle chipped, ink-stamp of Furstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek to head of p.1, later inked manuscript numerals to foot. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 11737
A Paris.
Chez le Jay Librarie, [1769].
First edition.
Quarto.
[4], vii, [1], 94pp. With a half-title, an engraved titlepage, and three engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled sheep, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, some loss to foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, contemporary book-label of the Chez Bouvat Library, St. Petersburg to FEP, loss to gutter of front blank fly-leaf, contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, slight paper-flaw to border of one plate, twentieth-century Russian library stamp/label to ... More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 20055
Paris.
Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1889.
Nouvelle edition revue et corrigee.
8vo.
[4], xxxi, [1], 494pp. With half-title. Finely bound in red half morocco, gilt, buckram boards. Original printed paper wrappers bound in. George Meredith's copy, with his ink inscription to head of upper wrapper. A fine copy. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 13298
Oxonii [i.e. Oxford].
Excudebat L. Lichfield, Impensis Gulielmi Webb, 1637.
Editio secunda [i.e. second edition].
12mo.
[6], 151pp, [1]. Recent calf-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle marked. Very small worm-trail to first two gatherings - just clipping text at times, without loss of sense, leaves trimmed with very occasional slight loss to catchwords. More >
£ 350.00
Antiquates Ref. 17307
Upsaliae, [i.e. Uppsala]..
Typis Joh. Henry. Werneri S:ae R:ae M:tis & Acad. Upsal. Typographi, 1706.
First edition.
Quarto.
[6], 74pp. With text in mixed Latin and Arabic type. Uncut and largely unopened, in later paper wrappers. Ink inscription to head of upper wrapper. More >
£ 350.00
Antiquates Ref. 15446
Coloniae Agrippinae [i.e. Cologne].
In officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylii, 1588.
12mo.
834pp. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Marked and discoloured, lightly rubbed, later paper shelf-label to foot of spine. Text-block held in binding by upper hinge only, pastedowns sprung, early ownership inscription of Richard Banastre to title, very occasional minute marginal worm-trails, dampstained. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 17305
A Paris, sur l'Imprint A Leyde [i.e. Leiden].
Chez Jean Elsevier, 1659.
12mo.
[16], 514, 120pp. Later calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, bookplate of Le Mis. de Biencourt to FEP, armorial bookplate of Biencourt-Poncins toe recto of FFEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso, small marginal repairs to leaves F1-2, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 19544
Londres [i.e. London].
Chez William Darton, 1829.
First edition in French.
12mo.
36pp. With a folding engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's printed light blue stiff paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 21362
Caerfyrddin [i.e. Carmarthen].
Argraffwyd dros yr Awdur gan J. Ross [Printed for the Author by J. Ross], 1773.
First edition.
12mo.
vi, [12], 311 [i.e. 310]pp. With a list of subscribers. p.297 misnumbered 269, p.307 misnumbered 298, and pp.308-310 are misnumbered 309-311. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities worn, corners bumped. Short closed horizontal tear to tile page, occasional chipping to margins. Later inked ownership inscriptions of Mariah Lewis and John Lewis to FEP and front blank fly-leaf, near contemporary ownership inscriptions ... More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 24000
Modena.
Tipografia Vincenzi, 1868.
First edition.
8vo.
32pp. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled vellum, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle discoloured. Silk endpapers, Armorial bookplate of Lord Mexborough and later book-label of Louis Thompson Rowe to verso of FFEP. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 24182
Lugundi [i.e. Leiden] [Printed at Lyon].
Sumptib. Petri Rauaud, 1645.
12mo.
[24], 932pp. With a folding table. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities discoloured. Pastedowns sprung, light damp-staining throughout. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 19233