English literature, travel and history.Miscellaneous books, 19th c and later, to include Jekyll & Jones Old English Household Life, Steevens - With Kitchener to Khartum, Nolan - The History of the British Empire...
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GROUP OF PERIODICALS FROM CURTIS'S BOTANICALMAGAZINE AND THE KEW MAGAZINEIncluding:
Hund, David R. editor: Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Containing Coloured Figures with Descriptions and Observations on the Botany History...
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13 CHARLES DICKENS BOOKS, HISTORIES,NOTES, LETTERS, IN...Thirteen (13) Charles Dickens books, including First Editions. 1st-3rd items: CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vol. I-III, First Edition, by Charles Dickens,...
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DESCRIPTION DE L EGYPTE, PANCKOUCKE,1820-1830Description de l Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l expedition de l Egypte. Paris: C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1820-1830...
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A GROUP OF FIFTY-THREE ANTIQUE HISTORYBOOK TITLES, NAP... BOOK TITLES, NAPOLEONIC, SCIENCE AND ENGLISH INTEREST, 1751-1902, comprising, "History of England," a set of twelve vols., Froude, London, 1870; "Hudibras,"...
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RARE ENGRAVING BY SAMUEL HILL(Massachusetts,circa 1765-1809)
Federal Edifice in New York, Engraved for the Massachusetts Magazine, June 1789 , No. VI, Vol. 1, engraving on wove paper, sheet 10-1/4 x 8-1/4 in.; modern...
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(13) VOLS., 19TH C. LEATHERBOUND SETSIncludes: Alexander Ellis. On Early English Pronunciation with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer. Philological Society/Asher, 1869, 4 vols., blind stamped "Chivers...
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ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS, (2) VOLS, 40ENGRAVINGS Captain Thomas Williamson. "...Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East; and Exhibiting, in a Novel and Interesting Manner,...
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LETTERS & LIFE OF MADAME SEVIGNE, (11)VOLS. Letters of Madame de Sevegne to Her Daughter and Her Friends. Enlarged edition, translated from the Paris edition of 1806. Printed for J. Walker et. al., 1811, complete...
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DANTE, THE DIVINE COMEDY, 1828-1830,(6) VOLS. Dante Alighieri, translated by A. F. Artaud, Firmin Didot, Paris, each vol. in Italian and French, notes sections at back in French, all 2nd editions, includes:...
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THE PERCY ANECDOTES, (20) LEATHER VOLS.,1823 Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger. Printed for T. Boys, London, 1823, complete in 20 vols., two titles per vol., frontispiece...
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ENGLAND AND EUROPE, (6) ANTIQUE VOLS.Includes: [Thomas Pennant] Some Account of London. Printed for Robt. Faulder, 1791, 2nd ed., with fold-out map and 2 fold-out engravings, 9.75"h x 8.25"w; with, The Gallery...
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Voltaire, F.M.A. de. Oeuvres Completes,69 vols (ex 70, lacks vol 44). De L'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire Typographique, 1784 - 89 8vo., cont. calf gilt, red morocco spine labels (stained prelims in vol 1)....
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Biography, memoirs. [Cooke, William]The Life of Samuel Johnson with Occasional Remarks on his Writings…, 1785. Portrait frontispiece - Chalmers, George. The Life of Daniel De Foe, 1790. Portrait frontispiece....
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Caussin, Nicolas. The Holy Court, ThirdEdition, 1663 (some wear). Portraits in text - Dodd, Charles. The Church History of England, 3 vols., Brussels [England] 1737; another edition, ed. by the Rev. M.A. Tierney,...
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[Pluche, N.A.] Spectacle de la Nature,trans. from the French, Second Edition 3 vols., 1735. Engraved frontispieces, folding plates - Lee, Henry. Sophron…,2 vols., 1758. Engraved frontispiece in vol 1 - Wanley,...
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Price, John. An Historical Account ofthe City of Hereford, Hereford 1796; An Historical and Topographical Account of Leominster…, Ludlow 1795. Cont. calf uniformly bound, 3pp. of ms. notes on the Wye etc.,...
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Chesterfield, P.D.S., Earl of. Letters.Twelfth Edition, 4 vols., 1800. Engraved portrait - Hunter, T. Reflections…on the Letters…Chesterfield, 1776, 2 copies, and 3 others relating to the same. 8vo and 12mo.,...
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Adams, John. A Defence of the Constitutionsof Government of the United States of America, New Edition, 3 vols., 1794. Engraved portrait - Ramsay, David. The Life of George Washington, 1807. Engraved portrait. Both...
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(3) FINELY BOUND & ILLUSTRATED SETS,1819 (9) Full leather bindings, each stamped "Root & Son", printed for T. McLean (et. al.), London, comprising: Don Quixote de la Mancha, Cervantes/Jarvis, (4) vols, with...
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AN ITALIAN [GUBBIO] ISTORIATO MAIOLICALUSTRED DISH FROM THE WORKSHOP OF MAESTRO GIORGIO ANDREOLI, EARLY 1530S
AENEAS AND ACHATES LEAVING THEIR FRIENDS TO EXPLORE THE COAST OF LIBYA The scene is set within a landscape...
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9 vols. Leather Bindings - French Subjects:James, G.P.R. The Life and Times of Louis The Fourteenth. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 4 vols. 8vo, later 19th-Century 3/4 blue morocco & cloth, gilt, gilt-lettered & emblematic...
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* (ENGLAND) GROSE FRANCIS The Antiquitiesof England and Wales. London: S. Hooper 1773. 4 vols. 4to contemporary calf marbled endpapers. First edition with engraved frontispieces title page vignettes head- and tail-pieces...
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* (ENGRAVINGS) MOUKE FRANCESCO Seriedi ritratti di celebri pittori dipinti di propia mano... [i.e. vols. VII-X of Gori's Museo Fiorentino] Florence: Stamperia Moukiana 1752-62. 4 vols. Large folio contemporary...
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Rare miniature volumes: history andliterature Du Mont Jean. VOYAGES DE MR. DU MONT EN FRANCE EN ITALIE EN ALLEMAGNE A MALTHE ET EN TURQUIE. Vols. I-II. La Haye: Etienne Foulque & Francois 1699. With four engraved...
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Rare books: Ottoman Empire history andreference Edrehi Isaac HISTORY OF THE CAPITAL OF ASIA AND THE TURKS TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS IN TURKEY. Vol I-III in one. Boston: Isaac...
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* (ENGLAND) CAULFIELD JAMES PortraitsMemoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons from the Revolution in 1688 to the Reign of George II. London: H.R. Young and T.H. Whiteley 1819. Vols. 1-3 (of 4) only. 8vo black...
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian1720-1778) Le Antichita Romane 1756 Rome Stamperia di Angelo Rotili volumes 1 and 4 (of 4) folio (22 1/2 in. x 14 1/4 in.) 89 full-sheet full-page or half-page engraved plates...
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5 vols. Travel - Asia Minor, The Caucasus,Persia: Southgate, Horatio. Narrative of a Tour Through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia. New York: D. Appleton, 1840. 1st Am. ed. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. 3/4...
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3 vols. Torquemada, Juan de. PrimaraParte de los Veinte i un libros rituales i Monarchia Indiana. Madrid, 1723 [preface dated 1725]. Second edition. 3 parts in 3 vols. Folio, contemp. vellum; spine of vol....
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6 vols. Bound Illustrated Mid 19th-CenturyPeriodicals & Annuals - American & British: The Christian Parlor Magazine. [New York] & Boston, 1846. Vol. 2. 8vo, orig. publisher's gilt floral & blind-paneled brown morocco,...
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1 vol. + 6 pieces. Engraved & LithographicPortraits - Primarily Notable Americans: Delaplaine, Joseph. Delaplaine's Repository of The Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters. Philadelphia, 1815. Vol....
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* (AMERICANA CIVIL WAR) HEADLEY J.T.The Great Rebellion. A History of the Civil War in the United States. Hartford CT: Hurlbut Williams 1863. 2 vols. 8vo publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped vignette to...
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(ANATOMY) LE CLERC D. AND J. J. MANGETBibliotheca Anatomica sive recens in anatomia inventorum thesaurus locupletissimus. Geneva: J.A. Chouet and David Ritter 1699. 2 vols. Folio early vellum titles in red and...
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CLARKE (H) AN IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF THENAVAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS IN EUROPE 2 vols 2 engraved titles 12 maps and 44 plates full tree calf Brightly and Childs [1816] Estimate ?80-120 FURTHER IMAGES ALREADY...
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1 vol. Harper's Weekly. New York, 1863.Vol. VII, Jan. 3, 1863 - Dec. 26, 1863. Folio, contemp. morocco & cloth; worn & repaired. Vol. title, issues of Jan. 3 & Feb. 7 defective, other scattered small tears & minor...
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