London: J. Dodsley, 1786. 4th Edition. 8vo. Full Calf. pp 280. Full tree calf. Contents clean and complete. Rare. More about THE ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature , for the Year 1768
London: Fletcher & Young, 1653. 12mo. Original Calf. No pagination. Pp. 74 Psalms and prayers at the end (dated 1653). Later end papers. Title page with engravings, dated 1640, somewhat browned. Double columned. Original full mottled calf boards, later re-spining, front joint loosened. Early Latin bible with versions of the... More about Biblia Sacra Sive Testamentum Vetus, Ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Junio Ex Hebraeo Latin Redditum, et...
Frankfurt am Mayn: Erben Und Schilling, 1741. 8vo. Vellum Boards. pp 822, frontis, plates, folding maps. Original vellum boards with some staining. Vellum split at spine with some loss. Internally good. Rare. More about Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius Des Libstroms Welcher Die wichtigsten und...
1777. 295 mm x 205 mm. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map, showing the East Indies as it was, including India, Ceylon, Mogul's Empire, Within and Beyond the Ganges, Siam, Malacca, Sumatra, Phillipine Islands, Borneo, Java, Celebes, New Guinea. A name plate at top is coloured gold. Height: 205 mm Width: 295 mm. More about East Indies Map
1748. 740mm x 520mm. Unbound. World map in the french language depicting the known parts of the terrestial globe as according to 1748. Full sized at 740mm x 520mm. Folding creases, a well kept, rare and interesting map. More about Essay D'une Carte Reduite, Contenant Les Parties Connuees du Globe Terrestre. Dedie a M le Comte...
London: Printed for J.Johnson and J. Almon. 1780. Second Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.117. Spine broken and front board detached. Some foxing. However an interesting diatribe against the government of the day. More about FACTS: Addressed to the Landholders, Stockholders, Merchants, Farmers, Manufacturers, Tradesmen,...
1777. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map showing the territories of Germany as they were, including Lower Saxony, Upper Saxony, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Rhine, Bohemia, Franconia, Swabia and Bavaria. An illustrated name plate at bottom right shows a mountain, a castle and symbolic greenery. Minor wear only at... More about Germany Map
1797. Unbound. Rare orig engraving from Dutch Edition of Cook's Voyages depicting Natives at home in Nootka Sounds, on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. c. 1797. Size of image 355mm x 220mm, with mat, 570mm x 420mm. A very handsome early engraving. More about Gezigt Van De Woomingen Van De Inboorlingen in Nootk a Kanaal (The sight of the Natives of Houses...
1777. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map, showing Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Lipari Islands, Naples, Gulf of Venice, Pope's territories, Tuscany, Genoa,Venice, Milan, Savoy and the borders with Switzerland, France, Dalmatia and "Turky (sic) in Europe". An illustrated name plate at top right is in blue and red and... More about Italy Map
London: Astley, 1739. 8vo. Full Calf. 3 volumes (1737 - 1739) 1737: pp.757+index. 1738: pp.668 + index, 1739: pp.668 + index. Original full calf. An immaculate run of these early bound magazines unusually in the original binding, in near fine condition, covering the year and detailing politics, travels, etc. More about The London Magazine and Monthly Chronologer 3 volumes 1737, 1738, 1739
London: Astley, 1748. 8vo. Full Calf. 8 volumes (1741 - 1748) Approximately 650 pages in each volume, all indexed. Original full calf. An immaculate run, unusually in the original binding, in near fine condition of these early bound magazines, covering the year and detailing politics, travels, etc. More about The London Magazine and Monthly Chronologer 8 volumes 1741 - 1748
London: Printed for J.J. And P. Knapton et al, 1734. 8vo. Full Calf. pp xii, 124. Translated into English by Daniel Bellamy, formerly of St. John's College, Oxford; and illustrated with Curious Cuts, Copied from the Designs of the Best Masters. Full tooled calf. Some staining to prelim page edges... More about Phaedri Fabulae Selectae, Latine, Anglice, Gallice: Fifty Instructive and Entertaining Fables of...
1777. 235 mm x 200 mm. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map, showing Lithuania and borders with Livonia and Russia; Prussia with Warsovia; Poland, including Polesia, Volhinia and Podolia, and Poland's borders with Germany, Hungary, Transilvania, Turky in Europe (sic), Ukrain (sic) and Russia.An illustrated name plate is... More about Poland, Lithuania and Prussia Map
London: C. JHitch & L Hawes, 1770. Full Calf. 10 plates. Full calf binding. Quite complete in a handsome binding. More about Sculptura Hiftorico-Technica: or, the History and Art of Engraving. Containing I. The Rife and...
London: Printed for G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1785. 3rd Edition. 4to. Full Calf. Frontis, engravings. Arranged in alphabetical dictionary format. Full calf binding. Leather rubbed and chipped at edges. Marbled endpapers, bookplate to pastedown. Front board coming loose. Very rare. More about The Sportsman's Dictionary; or, the Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country
1777. 2005 mm x 250 mm. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map, showing Arctic Circle, East Greenland, Swedish Lapland and Gothland; Norway's ports along the German Ocean; Finland's borders with Sweden and Russia and Gulf of Finland; Denmark and Jutland. An illustrated name plate at top right is... More about Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland Map
Tiguri: Joh. Jacobi Bodmeri, 1662. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Full Vellum Boards. pp 502 +index, 43. A Georgio Pasore editum. The book is a Latin lexicon to the Greek New Testament.Full vellum binding, some discolouration. Title handwritten to spine. Binding firm. Very rare. More about Testamenti Novi Manuale Graeco-Latinum, Indice Anomalorum & Difficiliorum Vacabulorum, necnon...
Edinburgh: Manner & Miller, 1794. 8vo. Half Morroco. (2), titlepage, 92. Title page strengthened at inner margin. Finely bound half-crushed morocco, possibly by Baytons. Engraving 'The Pikes'. pp1-54, Trial of Robert Watt and pp 55-84 on the Trial of David Downies. pp 85-92 comprises the speech of Sir Hercules Langrishe... More about Trials Of Robert Watt And David Downie For High Treason, Before The Court Of Oyer And Terminer,...
1777. 205 mm x 300 mm. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map, showing the West Indies as it was, including Bahama Islands, Cuba, Hispanola, Leeward and Windward Islands, Caribee Islands, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatimala, Mexico or New Spain, Costarica, Santa Martha, Terra Firma. Trinidad. An illustrated name plate at... More about West Indies Map
London: John Stockdale, 1793. 8vo. Half Morocco. 2 volumes. vol 1, pp lxv, 189. vol 2, pp xi, 246. 110 Plates (1 associated with each fable). Half red morocco and boards. Some fading to boards and edgewear to leather. Gilt bands and titles to spines. Nice early set. More about The Fables of Aesop, With a Life of the Author; and Embellished with One Hundred & Twelve...
London: J. Dodsley, 1770. New Edition. Small 8vo. Half Morocco. pp.lxxii,204, (index). Frontispiece, inscription to ffep dated 1773. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. More about Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists in Three Books. By R. Dodsley
London: William Grantham, 1686. 8vo. No Binding. Pp. 24. Sewn as issued. Uncut, edges fraying, but text v.good. Fr James Ayray was a catholic chaplain and preacher in ordinary to the Spanish Ambassador. He published also a sermon preached before the Queen Dowager (Catherine, Charles II widow) in 1687. One... More about A Sermon Preached At Welde-House, In His Excellency The Spanish Ambassador's Chapel: On The Third...
Dublin: Mills, 1795. 8vo. Calf. Complete with 31 folding plates & maps. Contemp orig calf prize binding. Front joint a little cracked but holding. With neat gilt stamp on spine & front board. A nice copy. More about Maps, Plans, Views and Coins Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis The Younger in Greece...
London: Mercy Browning, 1680. 12mo. Original Roan Boards. viii, pp 242. Minor worm damage. Original roan boards, later re-spined in matching colour. 35th edition. Possibly lacks last leaf, but unable to confirm. (Can anyone help?) First published in 1611, Bayly's work relates how a pious man may live happily, compared... More about The Practice Of Piety Directing A Christian How To Walke That He May Please God
1758. BELLIN, N. 370x250mm. No Binding. Coloured Map: 290x215mm, With Margins 370x250mm. Excellent condition, centre crease. Stain in top margin. (c.1758). A rare, early hand-coloured map, showing the coast of China, Korea, & Japanese Islands. More about Cartes des Isles du Japon et les Presque Ifle de Coree Avec les coftes de ka Chine, Depuis Pekin...
