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[GOTHIC LITERATURE]. Standard novels. No XLI. Vathek. By William Beckford, esq.: The castle of otranto. by horace walpole, earl of orford: The bravo of venice. By M. G. Lewis, esq. London. Richard Bentley, 1836. 8vo. [6], 396pp. With an engraved frontispiece (Vathek), an additional engraved title page (Vathek), and an engraved portrait of Walpole (Castle of Otranto). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to to additional engraved title. Upper hinges partially exposed, endpapers discoloured, one gathering (O1-8) working loose and protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25856
KEATS, John. The poetical works of john keats. London. Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1884. 8vo. lvi, 349pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound by Burn & Co., original publisher's pictorial vellum. With printed buff dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and discoloured, dustwrapper soiled, sunned, and worn at edges. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25827
[DANTE, Alighieri]. LIBURNIO, Niccolò. La spada di dante Alighieri, Poeta fiorentino, per M. Niccolò Liburnio in tal modo raccolta; opera utile a fuggire il vizio, et seguitar virtù. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1850] Quarto. xx, [28]pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of classical scholar and dean of Thomas Gaisford of Offington, Sussex (1816-1898) to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25064
HAWKER, R. S., Rev.. The Cornish ballads and other poems. Oxford and London. James Parker and Co., 1869. First edition. 8vo. viii, 214, [2], 3pp, [1]. With two final leaves of publishers advertisements. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary gilt-tooled polished marbled burgundy calf, red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Slightly rubbed, some surface loss to lower corner of lower board. Gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25051
BRETÓN DE LOS HERREROS, Manuel. Otro diablo predicador, ó el Liberal por fuerza. Madrid. Imprenta de Repullés, 1835. [2], 30pp.

[Bound with:] BRETÓN DE LOS HERREROS, Manuel. Un tercero en discordia... Madrid. Imprenta de Venes, 1839. 96pp. Partially unopened.

[And:] VARELA, J. El mulato... Madrid. Imprenta de Repullés, 1840. 60pp.

[And:] [SEGOVIA, Antonio Maria]. A un cobarde otro mayor... Madrid Imprenta de Yenes, 1840. 42pp.

[And:] GIL, Isidoro. Los celos... Madrid. Imprenta de Repullés, 1842. 68pp.

[And:] VEGA, Ventura de la. Por él ... More >
£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25049
[QUINTANA, Manuel José]. [ESTALA, Pedro]. Poesías escogidas de nuestros cancioneros y romanceros antiguos. Continuacion de la coleccion de d. ramon fernandez. Madrid. Imprenta Real, 1796. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes.[2], xxiv, 335pp, [7]; [2], 384pp, [8]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt supralibros to upper and lower boards, gilt initials 'R.O.S.' to spines. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, later bookplates of Thomas Gaisford to FEPs, volume statements on titles partially deleted to convert 'XVI' and 'XVII' to 'I' and 'II' respectively, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25048
MURET, Marc-Antoine. M. antonii mureti orationes. Quotquot extant omnes, additionibus quo ad per marginum angustias fieri potuit, illustratae... Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Johannem Hulpeau, in monte D. Hilarii, 1573. [2], 184pp, [1].

[Bound with:] MURET, Marc-Antoine. M. antonii mureti variarum lectionum libri VIII... Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Johannem Hulpeau, in monte D. Hilarii, 1574. [2], 175pp, [17].

16mo. Contemporary calf, gilt supralibros to both boards, A.E.G. Extremities heavily worn and marked, without spine panel, surface loss to boards, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscriptions of P. J. Gilbert to FFEP and title page of ... More >
£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24943
[D'ISRAELI, Isaac]. Quarrels of authors; or, some memoirs for our literary history, including Specimens of Controversy to the reign of elizabeth. London. Printed for John Murray, 1814. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xiii, [3], 308; 316; [4], 320pp. Contemporary calf boards, recently rebacked, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Boards heavily rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of Vol. I title page: 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Institution by the author'. With the ink-stamp of the institution beneath (and to verso of both other titles). More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23579
BUCHAN, John. Sir Walter Raleigh. London. Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1911]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 236, 4pp. With a colour frontispiece, one further colour plate, numerous illustrations in the text by Gabriel Gifford, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped cream cloth, colour portrait pasted to upper board. Marked and a trfile rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'Gerald / with love from / John / Nov: 1911'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23473
STRUTT, Joseph. [SCOTT, Walter]. Queenhoo-hall, A Romance: and ancient times, a drama. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for John Murray...and Archibald Constable, 1808. First edition. 12mo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, upper board of Vol. I held by cords only. Recent book-labels of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEPs, near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Miss Charlotte Simpson to front blank fly-leaves, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22371
BLACKLOCK, Thomas. Poems on Several Occasions. Glasgow. Printed for the Author, 1746. 8vo. [8], 88pp. With an errata slip pasted to verso of title page. Recent green cloth, lettered in gilt. Very minor shelf-wear. Some loss to lower corners of leaves C4 and E4, neat repair to head of leaves G1-2 at gutter (just touching text, without loss), small burn hole to upper corner of leaf I4, occasional spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22056
[OPERA]. A GENTLEMAN OF QUALITY. Alarbas. A Dramatick opera.. London. Printed by M. J. for J. Morphew, 1709. First edition. Quarto. [6], 51pp, [1]. Without half-title. Later half-vellum, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Bookseller's ticket of T. Connolly of Dublin to FEP, three horizontal closed tears to title page, naive paper repair to verso, occasional spotting/damp-staining. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21222
JUVENAL. PERSIUS. D. junii juvenalis aquinatis satirae XVI...quibus adjectae sunt, a. persii flacci satirae... Glasguae [i.e. Glasgow]. Excudebant Andreas et Joannes M. Duncan, Academiae typographi, 1825. 8vo. In two volumes. clx, 419pp, [1]; 733, [1], 2pp. With half-titles to both Vols., an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page to Vol. I, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Extremities lightly rubbed, Marbled endpapers, offsetting to title page of Vol. I, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21187
DA COSTA, Jose Daniel Rodrigues. O espreitador do mundo novo. Obra critica, moral, e divertida. Lisboa [i.e. Lisbon]. Simao Thaddeo Ferreira, 1802. First edition. Quarto. In twelve parts. 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32pp. With a woodcut vignette to title, and a further 11 identical woodcut vignettes in the text. Contemporary black morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed, some surface loss. Marbled endpapers, small neat paper repair to verso of title (slight loss to imprint), very occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20924
MONTGOMERY, James. GRAHAME, James. BENGER, E. Poems on the abolition of the slave trade. London. Printed for R. Bowyer...by T. Bensley, 1809. First edition. Large quarto. [16], ii, 141pp, [1]. With an additional engraved allegorical title page and 12 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed. Later ticket of booksellers of Livraria Camōes, Lisbon, Portugal to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20549
LUCAN, [Marcus Annaeus]. ROWE, Nicholas. Lucan's pharsalia. Translated into english Verse. By nicholas rowe, Esq; Servant to His Majesty. Dublin. Printed by James Carson, for Joseph Leathley, 1719. 8vo. [6], x-xvii-lv, [9], 208, 281-469, [1], 72pp. Text complete despite erratic pagination. With a list of subscriber's. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, recently rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Boards rubbed and marked. Occasional spotting, early inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Peter Wybrandt / pr. 8/2 bought of Mr. / Farquer Feb. 23. 1726.', printed note to verso regarding the trial of the ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20471
D'ISRAELI, I[saac]. Amenities of literature, consisting of sketches and characters of english literature. London. Edward Moxon, 1841. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xii, 372; vi, 429, [1]; vi, 420pp. With half-titles. Handsoomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. Inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'Edith Coleridge / 1887 / from the books of her dear / Uncle Derwent Coleridge', with her calling card tipped-in beneath. Obituary ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20317