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Rowland, Daniel ; Davies, Thomas [Ed]: Eight Sermons upon Practical Subjects; preached at the New Church in Langeitho, South Wales; by the Rev. Mr. Daniel Rowland: and now Attempted to be Translated from the Original British. London: Parker 1774. 264p, full calf with gilt tooled borders and motifs, 5 raised bands with gilt dotted lines and gilt tooled motifs in panels, red leather title panel and red label at foot of spine with 1774 in gilt, marbled endpapers with dentelle edges, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, a hint of foxing, binding tight, slight rubbing to extremities, these sermons were originally written in Welsh by one of the foremost leaders of the Welsh Methodist revival, contains a list of subscribers with place of residence, a very important book in excellent condition PKM 119230 £700
Du Moulin, Pierre : Tragicum Theatrum Actorum, & Casuum Tragicorum Londini Publice Celebratorum, Quibus Hiberniae Proregi, Episcopo Cantuariensi, ac Tandem Regi ipsi, Allisque vita Adempta, & ad Anglicanam Metamorphosin via est aperta. First Edtion. Amsterdam: Janson 1649. 320p 24mo full leather, 8 engraved portraits and double-page engraving of the execution of Charles I, list of judges, 5 raised bands with elaborate gilt tooled panels, leather is mottled with rubbing to extremities, binding tight, moisture stain to one corner of the portrait of Thomas Wentworth, otherwise the interior is clean and unmarked PKM 118585 £450
Parsons, William : Chronological Tables of Europe; From the Nativity of our Saviour to the Year 1718. 8th Impression. London: Barker 1718. small oblong calf with 3 raised bands and gilt tooled decorations and borders, red edges, both front and rear folded plates present, ink inscriptions dated 1753, 1760 on ep, slight rubbing to spine and corners, a very good copy PKM 118580 £275
Rossetti, Christina : Reflected Lights from "The Face of the Deep". London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1900. 251p grey cloth with gilt lettering, frontispiece with tissue guard, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, cracked hinge in the centre of the book, some b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 117806 £36
Steele, Richard : British Essayists. The Tatler: or the Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff. Portsmouth: Comerford 1790s. (National Library of Education, Use, and Entertainment) 366p 4to, original paper-covered boards with pasted on advertisments "Notice: Advertisements will be taken on the Wrappers in future - Terms: 4s for 6 lines and 4d for every line beyond", paper missing from spine, contains issues from no 1, Tuesday April 12 1709 - No 271, January 2 1710, some foxing on endpapers but the interior is in remarkably good condition PKM 117086 £120
Wheatley, H B [Ed]: How to Make an Index. London: Stock 1902. (The Book Lovers Library) 235p brown cloth spine with paper covered boards, with gilt lettering, inscription to front endpaper otherwise pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, pages beautifully bound, rough cut edges, very good condition PKM 112634 £15
Thomson, James : The Seasons. London: Osborne 1794. 260p brown leather, spine slightly sunned, stamp on frontispiece, inscription to front endpaper, name sticker on inner front board, light foxing to endpapers, spine slightly sunned, decorative endpapers, binding firm, old booksellers sticker on front inne PKM 112437 £16
Mrs De Salis : Entrées A La Mode. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1900. 95p small format, green cloth spine with decorative paper boards, some minor shelfwear and rubbing to corners, inside looks unused, pages clean and unmarked, laid in recipes written in old style German - including cinnamon rolls and several rhubarb recipe PKM 112386 £40
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von : Egmont. Trauerspiel von Göthe. Leipzig: Göschen 1788. 177p sm cloth 16mo, 1st ed?, rebound in cloth, gilt lettering on spine, ffep absent, pages clean, firm binding, one or two very faint pencil underlining, very well preserved, in excellent condition for its age PKM 110810 £40
Dante Alighieri : La Commedia di Dante Alighieri. Ed. Brunone Bianchi. Firenze: Le Monnier 1857. xxiv 744p 112p marbled boards with plum leather spine and corners, gilt lettering, floral design and sm library shelf label on spine, boards rubbed, Girton College bookplate with cancellation stamp in red ink and barcode on front inner board, 'handmade' b PKM 110781 £24
Aristotle ; Gillies, John [Ed]: Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, comprising his Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek. Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; the Critical History of his Life; and a New Analysis of his Speculative Works.Two Volumes. London: Strahan 1797. xv 434p, vi 416p quarto, faint institution stamps on half tp and tp and on last page of both volumes, otherwise a very fine copy, newly bound in quarter green leather with raised bands and red leather label with silver lettering, green cloth boards, VG+ PKM 110717 £120
Roberson, Charles : Antique Panelled Rooms. Volume 2: Historical Rooms from the Manor Houses of England. London: Waterlow 1962. 33p white cloth with gilt lettering, boards are heavily scratched, pages clean with many photographs, very good condition PKM 110253 £15
Bible : The Holy Bible, Containing The Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesties Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. London: Baskett 1716. large leather bible, good candidate for repair, spine and leather label broken in half, top end of spine absent, blindstamped covers rubbed, corners bent inwards, water stain on front inner board, very interesting contemporary review of 'the late Sir Will PKM 109811 £112
Féa, Charles [Ed]: Description de Rome. Traduite de l'Italien de M Charles Féa, président des antiquités Romaines. Ornée du plan de la ville et des vues les plus intéressantes; publiée par Ange Bonelli, tome 1 - 3. Roma 1821. xvi 272p 247p 266p faded marbled paper covered boards, set of 3 vols, amateur binding with hand-written paper label and sm library shelf label on spine, signs of past dampness to covers, edges and a few pages, Girton College bookplate with cancellation st PKM 109509 £240
Chandler, Richard : Travels in Asia Minor: or an Account of a Tour made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti. By Richard Chandler, D.D Fellow of Magdalen College and of the Society of Antiquaries. 2nd Edition. London: Dodsley 1776. xiv xiii 283p quarto leather, leather covered boards worn with boards showing in a few places, hinges breaking, fading gilt bands and leather label on spine, gilt on edges of boards rubbed, sm name stamp on front inner board, sl foxing on endpapers, ffep PKM 109482 £1800
Machiavelli, Niccolò : Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli. Con giunta di un nuovo indice generale delle cose notabili, Vols 1 - 3. Milano: Silvestri 1820. (Biblioteca Scelta di Opere Italiane Antiche e Moderne) cxliv 331p 545p 597p sm blue buckram cloth, set of 3 vols, gilt lettering and sm library shelf label on spine, corners sl rubbed and a little bent inwards, Girton College bookplate with cancellation stamp in red ink, barcode and sm bookbinders' label on i PKM 109112 £84
Dante Alighieri : La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri col commento di G Biagioli, Vols 1 - 3. Milano: Silvestri 1820. 704p 628p 620p beautiful set of 3 cream buckskin? leather 16mo, decorative gilt bands along edges on front and back covers, dentelles, gilt floral design and lettering on spines, leather label and library shelf mark on spines, all edges gilt, faded gilt o PKM 108964 £120
Canonici Facchini, Ginevra : Due giorni in Ferrara. Istruzione per agevolmente pervenire alla cognizione delle opere tutte letterarie e di belle arti quivi raccolte, corredata di molte cognizioni utili egualmente al culte Viaggiatore, che al cittadino Ferrarese. Ferrara: co' Tipi di Gaetano Bresciani 1819. 110p sm 24mo elaborate tooled leather with fresh gilt bands around front and back covers, gilt dentelles, gilt floral decoration and lettering on spine, marbled endpapers and matching edges, spine breaking at top and bottom but still firm, sm library shel PKM 108925 £120
Fasano, Grabiele [Ed]; Tasso, Torquato ; Nightingale, Florence : La Gierosalemme Liberata de lo sig Torquato Tasso, Tomo 1. Votata a Lengua Napoletana da Grabiele Fasano. Napoli: Presso Giuseppe-Maria Porcelli 1786. (Collezione di tutti i poemi in lingua Napoletana) 254p sm 16mo with leather spine and corners and red marbled boards, spine with gilt bands detached but laid in (top and bottom corners missing), bookplate of W E Nightingale on front inner board (Frances Nightingale's father!), ink inscription on ffep ' g PKM 108345 £140
Layard, Austen Henry : Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh And Babylon. With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert. Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum. London: Murray 1853. 686p brown hardback, original cover boards embossed with decorative design, rebound with new endpapers, new binding excellent, all new spine, original spine included, internally beautiful, pages crisp and neat, many fold out maps and illustrations PKM 106976 £80
Jones, Bence : The Life and Letters of Faraday. In Two Volumes. Vol II. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1870. 491p brown hb, very good condition for age, faded and scuffed boards, boards coming a little loose from block, clean, crisp rough cut pages, unmarked PKM 106560 £70
Sparkes, George : An Easy Introduction to Chemistry. London: Whittaker 1846. 184p brown hb, scuffed faded boards, fair condition, interior with some foxing and loose pages, peppered with small illustrations, good candidate for rebinding PKM 106554 £30
Craik, George : The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. Illustrated by Anecdotes. 2 Volumes. London: Knight 1834. (The Library of Entertaining Knowledge) two brown hardbacks, approx 400p each, very good condition, a little bumped on extremities, prev owner on front endpaper, internally clean, tight binding, little evidence of prev use, neat, tight set PKM 106547 £46
Harré, Rom : Physical Sciences Since Antiquity. London: Croom Helm 1986. 140p hardback with brown and white illustrated dj, near fine state, sticker remnant on front of dj, otherwise as new PKM 106474 £10
Heine, Heinrich : Reisebilder. Fünfte Auflage. Vols 1 - 4. Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe 1856. 4 vols bound in 2, green quarter cloth, vi 316p viii 303p 406p viii 327p gilt lettering on spine, marbled edges, Vol 1: Theil 1 and 2: Die Heimkehr; Die Nordsee, Vol 2: Theil 2 and 3: Italien; Die Stadt Lukka, corners a little bent, boards show a few spec PKM 106317 £148
Mahaffy, J P : The Story of the Nations. Alexander's Empire. London: Fisher Unwin 1985. 323p hardback, green and brown decorative cover with gilt lettering, very good ex lib, cover faded and slightly bumped, sticker across spine, usual lib marks inside, text itself clean, pages crisp and tightly bound, numerous illustrations and maps PKM 106316 £12
Eadie, John [Ed]; King, David [Introduction]: A Concordance to the Holy Scriptures on the Basis of Cruden. London: Pickering & Inglis 1900?. black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, very good condition, binding tight, inscription front endpaper, boards slightly faded, but stiff, internally clean and crisp PKM 106280 £12
Haller, Albrecht von : Versuch Schweizerischer Gedichte. Neunte, rechtmäßige, vermehrte und veränderte Auflage. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck 1762. 284p 10p preface, quarter brown marbled boards, red edges, illustrated title page, many engravings, boards and spine worn and rubbed, two inscriptions from 1817 and 1866 on front endpaper, tight binding, pages clean, VG PKM 106235 £145
Engel, J J : Herr Lorenz Stark: Ein Charaktergemälde. Zweite Auflage. Berlin: Myliussische Buchhandlung 1806. 399p quarter leather with marbled boards, gilt lettering and red leather label on spine, top end of spine torn, water damage to front end paper up to p 29, ink inscription from July 1890 on half title, tight binding, in v good condition PKM 106232 £90
Forster, George : Ansichten vom Niederrhein, von Brabant, Flandern, Holland, England und Frankreich im April, Mai und Junius 1790. Zweiter Theil. Berlin: Vossische Buchhandlung 1791. 534p small marbled boards with leather spine and corners, Vol 2, gilt lettering on spine, black and gilt leather volume label and brown and gilt title label on spine, covers and spine sl rubbed, edges of boards sl dented and rubbed, binding tight, ribbon PKM 106229 £240
Lucian ; Riollay, Francis : Luciani Samosatensis Quomodo Historia Conscribenda sit. Edidit ac Notis Illustravit Franciscus Riollay. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1776. 237p full calf title page with engr vigrnette, black title label to spine, bilingual edition Greek and Latin. Quite well preserved copy, text and paper very good PKM 106174 £84
Sotheby's : Catalogue of Islamic Works of Art Part 1. Arms and Armour. Day of Sale, Monday, 22nd November, 1976. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet 1976. (Sotheby's Autumn Islamic Week) 25p green paperback, near fine condition, excellent photographs of items for auction with descriptions, some photos in colour, pages clean PKM 105761 £16
Various : Sunlight Year Book. Cheshire: Lever Brothers 1899. 477p red hardback, very good condition for age, cover marked and faded, internally faded, although tightly bound, colour illustrated frontispiece, other illustrations throughout, VG+ PKM 104102 £34
Perry, Powell : Aunt Fanny's Album. London: Perry Colourprint. 80p cream cloth hardback, good condtion, cover a little marked, internally clean, some very light foxing, binding loose near back, beautiful illustrations PKM 104089 £8
Ferrero, Guglielmo ; Zimmern, Alfred [Transl]: The Greatness and Decline of Rome. Vol 2: Julius Caesar. London: Heinemann 1907. (The Greatness and Decline of Rome) 389p red cloth-bound hardback, 1st edition, gilt impressed title, ex lib, usual stamps and stickers, sunned spine, rough page edges, vg. PKM 102885 £25
Perkins, William : The Workes of that Famous and Worthy Minister of Christ of the Universitie of Cambridge. London: Legatt 1626. 779p with tables front and back, folio format, worn but original suedee leather cover, printed with various inserts and tables, some folding, pagination continuous but title pages with various publication dates inserted, first and last 50 pages with marks PKM 102161 £700
Wardale, E E : An Old English Grammar. London: Methuen 1922. 131p ex-lib, 1st Ed, hard cover, spine and hinges in need of attention, pages clean and clear, two fold-out grammar tables, contents page detached, a well worn ex lib copy PKM 99695 £14
Arnold, Thomas : Education of deaf-mutes: A manual for teachers. 1st Edition. London: Wertheimer 1888. 382p dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, some foxing on 1/2 tp otherwise a fine copy of this rare book. PKM 98925 £385
Vesey, Francis [Ed]: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, from the Year 1789 - 1802. Vol 1 - 6. London: Strahan 1795 - 1803. 6 large folio vols in full calf, with evidence of some expert rebinding work to three vols, all boards present but many detached (2 vols are sound), orignal set, 600 - 800 p each, plenty of cases argued and determined PKM 97367 £360
Ambler, Charles : Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, with Some Few Other Courts. London: Strahan 1790. vii 783p full calf, boards detached, spine label in place, title page torn as a consequence of repair to opening inner hinges, also last few backed adhering to detached back board, spine somewhat consumed, text clean and fresh, very original PKM 97366 £68
Raymond, Robert Lord ; Wilson, George [Ed]: [Raymond's Reports Vol 3]. Entries or Pleadings in many of the Cases Reported by the hon Robert Lord Raymond for the Illustration and better Understanding. Vol 3. London: Osborne 1765. 542p, plus indices, tall folio size, full calf with 6 bands, title label missing, one boards missing, txt clean and complete, this is the third volume to complete 97352 PKM 97361 £64
Raymond, Robert Lord ; Wilson, George [Ed]: Raymond's Reports. Reports of Cases Argued … King's Bench and Common Pleas in the Reign … taken by Robert Lord Raymond. In Two Vols. Third Edition. London: Rivingtons 1775. 746p, pp 747 - 1591, plus indices, phantastic approbation page present in both vols (names in 60pt size), note in old hand regarding the provenance of some of "the notes and references written in this book" (from copy of late Wm Dodson), tall folio size, PKM 97352 £90
Euclid : Euclidis Elementa Geometrica Novo Ordine ac Methodo fere Demonstrata. Una cum Nicolai Mercatoris in Geometriam Introductione Brevi etc. London: Martyn 1678. 168p small format (page size 135mm) full orig calf, engraved titlepage (with tine yellow colouring to one geometrical figure) followed by typographical tp, 12 folding plates are very fresh and clean and tightly folded, engr bookplate Earl of Bute, leather PKM 97179 £1300
Carleton, Thomas Compton : Prometheus Christianus seu liber Moralium in quo philosophiae moralis finis et scopus aperitur, simulque media quibus in homine formando in hominem utitur declarantur ex antiquorum Philosophorum monumentis declarantur. Secunda editio. Leodii: Apud Leonardum Streel 1653. [xxiv] 420p plus index, small format, in full orig calf with blindstamped "Maestricht" and 5-pointed star on both boards, old silk bands to close book absent, half title present, old library stamp, old ink inscription dated 20 Aug 1660 (?) on verso of fre PKM 97158 £560
Clarke, Samuel : A Geographical Description of All the Countries of the Known World; A True and Faithful Account of the Four chiefest Plantations (1670); Examples of the Wonderful Works of God. London: Robert Clavel 1671. 293p, 85p, 32p, 702p a less than perfect copy, bound in plain brown cloth (with later humidity marks to recent boards) with nicely lettered spine label, old paper repairs to title page and initial 50 pages or so, paper repairs recurring where pagination r PKM 96710 £460
Walton, Brian [Ed]: [Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, complectentia textus originales, Hebraicum, cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chaldaicum, Graecum, […] Samaritanae, Graecae LXXII Interp., Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Arabicae, AEthiopicae, Persicae, Vulg. Lat […].] Vol 2 only. London: Rycroft 1655. Vol 2 only, pagination 889p plus 29p (book of Esther), first page present is short title "Bibliorum Sacrorum Tomus Secundus" on verso page 2 (Liber Josue), verso of p 889 has "Admonitio ad Lectorem", colophon (Rycroft 1655) present. Original full calf wit PKM 95296 £600
Ceriziers, René : L'Innocence Reconnue dans la Vie de S.te Genevieve, Pricesse de Brabant. Par Rene de Ceriziers, Aumonier du Roi. Nouvelle Edition. Bruxelles: Leeneer 1700. 245p small format, old full calf binding in poor condition, three p with privilege and approbation at back, partly disbound into single sheets perhaps on account of the destructive agency of an inappropriate chemicals used for previous spine repair PKM 93307 £240
Fitz-Gibbons, John : Reports of several cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster… In the I, II, III, IV, and V years of His present Majesty King George II. In the Savoy: Printed by E and R Nutt and R Gosling for J Walthoe 1732. 321p sm folio format, full calf front board detached, back board not exactly matching, sewing perfectly intact, large copy, crisp paper, VG PKM 92597 £140
Carter, Samuel : [Reports of Sevral Special Cases Argued and Resolved in the Court of Common Pleas] Title Page Missing. London 1688. [iv] 243p plus unpag index (The Table of the Principal Matters), title page missing, text starts with preface entitled "To the Barristers and Students of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple" no boards present but bookblock well firm, first page of PKM 92596 £100
[Baron Annaly] : Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster, in the 7. - 10. years of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George, the Second. London: Strahan 1770. [14]p 417p [22]p full calf, folio format, front board detached, first edition, a clean and firm copy with a title label to spine, nice fresh copy not chewed or battered PKM 92591 £180
Wood, Thomas : [An Institute of the Laws of England.] Defective copy without title page. London 1770. lacking all before p iii (Preface), 657p plus addtl materia, front board missing, back board detached, Advertisement at the end of the Preface quotes Blackstone and highlights the fact that by "throwing many of the References into the Margin [. . .] and b PKM 92324 £80
Burrow, James : Reports of Cases Adjuged in The Court of King's Bench Since the Death of Lord Raymond. Part the Fourth [= Since the Time of Lord Mansfield]. Vol 1. Second Edition. London: Worrall and Tovey 1771. Paginates 1 - 651 plus additional matter at front and back, starts 1756, original 18th century binding front board missing, a clean and firm copy with minor spotting to initial pages, general title page for the whole work in 4 parts also bound in PKM 92323 £85
Burrow, James : Reports of Cases Adjuged in The Court of King's Bench Since the Time of Lord Mansfield's Coming to Preside in it. Volume 2. The Second Edition. London: Barnes Tovey 1771. Paginates 653 - 1233, plus indices and additional matters, original 18th century binding with nice title label present, boards in place but only just so, some supertifical loss to leather on boards, a clean and firm copy with minor spotting to initial pag PKM 92322 £75
Burrow, James : Reports of Cases Adjuged in The Court of King's Bench Since the Time of Lord Mansfield's Coming to Preside in it. Volume 3. London: Barnes Tovey 1771. Paginates 1235 - 1923, plus indices and additional matters, Front board missing, remains of original 18th century binding, a clean and firm copy with minor spotting to initial pages PKM 92321 £55
Segrais, Jean Regnauld de : Oeuvres. Nouvelle Édition. Revue et Corrigée avec Soin. 2 Vols. Paris: Durand, Damonneville, De Lormel, Pissot 1755. 2 small volumes 14cm in full calf, with spine gilt with red and black title label, excellent condition, this is the original, not the reprint PKM 92030 £250
Mello, Francisco Manuel de ; Melo, Francisco Manuel de : Segunda Parte del Primer Tomo de las Obras Morales de don Francisco Manuel [de Mello]. Vitoria del Hombre. Roma: Por el Falco y Varesio 1664. 485p, small 4to format, full calf binding with 5 bands, two labels to spine ("Manuel Obras Morales / Tom II"), spine well gilt, binding in excellent condition, all edges red, has never been much used at all, contains Vitoria del Hombre in 9 books, excelle PKM 91830 £360
Bacon, Francis : Sylva Sylvarum, sive Historia Naturalis, in decem centurias distribute, Anglice olim conscripta, a Francisco Bacono Barone Verulamio, nunc Lati[n]o transscripta a Jacobo Grutero P.F. Medicina Candidato. Leiden: Franciscum Hackium 1648. First Latin edition, Leiden issue (also issued the same year in identical format in Amsterdam under the Elzevir imprint), 12mo, pp. [36], 612, [48], 87; engraved title-p., contemporary full vellum, faint manuscript title on spine; very good, sound copy PKM 91808 £450
Prevost, Antoine Francois : Oeuvres choisies de l'Abbe Prevost. Vol 4 - 7: Le Philosophe Anglois ou histoire de Monsieur Cleveland, fils naturel de Cromwel, traduit de l'Anglois, Avec Figures. Vols 1 - 4. Amsterdam: Et si trouve a Paris Rue Hotel Serpente 1783. 4 vols approx 400p each, full calf, old labels to spine (1 detached but present) with engraved plates, nice condition PKM 90523 £250
Prevost, Antoine Francois : Oeuvres choisies de l'Abbe Prevost. Vol 2 & 3: Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité qui s'est retire du Monde. Nouvelle Edition, Suivis de Manon Lescaut. Amsterdam: Et si trouve a Paris Rue Hotel Serpente 1783. 437p 483p full calf, with engraved plates, nice part set PKM 90521 £80
Weigel, Christoph : Oculum animumque delectans emblematum repositorium, ... Aug- und Gemüt-belustigendes Sinn-Bilder-Cabinet, worinnen etc Vorstellungen, jede mit etc Mahlern, Siegel-Grabern, Glas-Schneidern und Glas-Mahlern etc. Nürnberg: Weigel 1718. 87p sm 4to format, plain full vellum binding lettered Sinn Bilder Cabinet, ink spot to cover, engraved titlepage (3 ladies) clean and fresh, typographical title without inscription, text and engravings clean and fresh, on the endpaper a calculation in pen PKM 86206 £1200
Calvin, Jean ; Calvino, Iohanne : Institutio christianae religionis. Quae ad superiores editiones hac postrema, omnium emendatissma locupletissimaque recens addita sunt, statim post ipsius authoris praefationem ad Regem Christianiss. inserta. Genève: Stoer 1637. 518 fols plus comprehensive index, bound in contemporary parchment, lettered direct "Io: Cal: Institution." to spine, printer's mark to title, this is a thoroughly uncut copy, with very large and somewhat wild margins, but always clean. The paper shows so PKM 82578 £720
Richard of St Victor : Opera venerabilis et eximii doctoris Ricardi de Sancto Victore. Venetiis 1506: mandato et expensis domini Benedicti Fontane ... Per Jacobum Pentium Leucensem 1506. The first edition of Richard of St Victor's works. Not paginated, collated A1 to HH4, a few old ink marks to margin of first part, initials not illuminated, very good. Bound in 19th century half calf with gilt floral ornaments and 2 birds (repeated) to sp PKM 82563 £4050
Anania, Giovan Lorenzo : De Natura Daemonum Io Laurentii Ananiae Tabernatis Theologi Libri Quatuor. Cum Indice Rerum memorabilium. Venetiis: Aldus 1589. [xii] 211p printed in italic type, bound in the original parchment with lettering to spine (but with minor loss to middle of spine probably due to insect damage), cover altogether a bit soft, skewed and weak (just as a paperback would be), as the vellum h PKM 82015 £2700
Adams, George : Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, considered in it's present state of improvment. Describing in a familiar and easy manner. Vol 5 only: Plates and Index. London: R Hindmarsh, Sold by the Author 1794. 43p, directions to binder, subscribers omitted, plus 38 folding plates, one with a minor tear, bound in the original paper covered boards, remains old paper label on spine, spine covering widely absent, a somewhat worn copy with water marks on part of the PKM 78986 £225
Holland, Philemon [Transl]: The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor in Physicke. Secon Edition. London: Adam Islip 1634. 2 vols bound in one, folio format, 29 prelim leaves unpag, 614p plus index, Vol 2 (The Second Tombe) has A 1-7, 632p plus index, title page to vol 1 laid down with minor wear but still bright, with old scribbles, title to vol 2 in better condition, large PKM 75443 £1400
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de : Sancho Panza's Proverbs, and Others Which Occur in Don Quixote; with a Literal English Translation, Notes and an Introduction by Ulick Ralph Burke. London: Pickering 1872. 44p small blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and border to cover, used ex-lib first edition hence stickers and stamps from a college library, top section of spine separating and corners bumped, hinges opening but binding holding, rip to centre of rea PKM 75275 £108
Sedulius, Coelli : Coelli Sedulii. Mirabilium Divinorum Libri V Sive Carmen Paschale Item Hymeni Duo ad Codicum Msstorum et Editionum Veterum Fidem Recensuit Lectiones Varias Observationes et Indices Necessarios Adiecit Ioannes Fridericus Gruner. Leipzig: Wendlerum 1747. 154p small brown full calf with blindstamped cover, front cover detached, gilt on burgundy title panel, pink edging, binding tight and pages clean, Latin language with addenda and index, VG PKM 73245 £126
Urceoli, Giuseppe : Tractatus de transactionibus in quinque partes divisus cum duplice indice. Bound with: Sesquicenturia Decisionum Sac Rotae Romanae ad Materiam Transactionis Conferentium. Editione Quarta. Genève: Joh Ant Cramer & Philiberti Perachon 1701. title red and black, with emblematice printer's device (sphinx), half title present, one (of three) front endpaper half torn, folio, full calf with red label on spine lettered "Urceoli de Transact", old library refrence to spine, approbation dated 1696, 4 PKM 73219 £324
Tronçon, Jean ; Troncon, Jean : Le droict François et coustume de la Prevosté et Vicomté de Paris . . . Avec les arrests donnez en interpretation d'icelles par Jean Tronçon. Quatriesme Edition. Paris: G de Lvyne et Iean Guinard 1664. 829p with index at back and two final blank leaves, original ancient full calf, initial Table des Arrests, clean paper, one bookworm in margin, spine with minor wear for age, spine well gilt with title "Coustume de Troncon" lettered direct, corners a litt PKM 73218 £324
Rebuffi, Pierre : Commentariorum in constitutiones seu ordinationes regias. 3 Parts. Amsterdam: Schipper 1667. 716p large folio, full calf with spine well gilt but somewhat loose, half titles for part 2 and 3 present, main title page missing, first page of text is dedication to F Olivario, [35]p index in back, a nice and well preserved copy PKM 73217 £342
Rosenthal, Heinrich : Tractatus et synopsis totius juris feudalis: Conclusionibus, & sententiis in capita duodecim familiari methodo digestus. Frankfurt: Typis Wechelianis, apud Danielem & Davidem Aubrios & Clementem Schleichium 1624. 2 Vols in one, 684p, 438p plus comprehensive index, printer's mark (different) on both title pages, bound in full calf with gilt ornaments to middle of board title in black in on spine, boards well in place, but back board shows some substantial scratchin PKM 73215 £180
Steele, Richard : The Spectator, Vol 7. London 1713. 324p plus index, sm calf, Vol 7 only, boards a bit rubbed, ffep torn and neat ink inscriptions on front inner board, spine edges chipping, nice and clean pages, well preserved copy, VG PKM 72941 £25
Thomson, James : The Seasons. London: Millar 1752. 222p sm calf with faded gilt lettering to spine, boards slightly rubbed and outer hinges weakening, engraved frontisp and plates, previous owner's name on ffep, stamped 'R Scrafton' on title page, beautiful copy, nice and clean pages, binding firm and giv PKM 72939 £67.5
Mascardi, Joseph : Conclusiones omnium probationum, quae in utroque Foro quotidie versantur, Iudicibus, Advocatis, Causidicis, Omnibus denique Iuris Pontificii, Caesareique Professoribus utiles etc. Canonicae Civiles, Feudales, Criminales etc Materiae. Vols 1 - 3. Lugduni: Horatius Cardon 1608. Three large folio vols in original calf with wear consistent with age, Vol 1 (422 fols) is lacking title page, vols 2 (436 fols) has some influx of old ink from the margin leading to very dark page corners or margin on a few pages, affecting legibility on PKM 72617 £540
Gregory Bishop of Nyssa : Sancti Gregorii Nysseni Episcopi Opera [S. Patris Nostri Gregorii Episcopi Nysseni ... Opera Quae Extant Omnia: Studio Doctissimor. viror. ex M.S. & vetustiss. Graecis Codd. in Latinum sermonem conversa; transl by Pietro Francisco Zino etc]. Coloniae Agrippinae: Hierat 1617. [x] 524p plus viii page index, bound with Ioanne Lewenklaio: Annotationes in Gregorii Nyssini Antistites de hominis opificio divino (43 pages, last page misnumberd 29), large folio volume in full calf with some marginal wear, 6 bands on spine, nice orname PKM 69232 £340
Gothofredus, Jacobus ; Godefroy, Jacques : Opera juridica minora, sive Libelli, tractatus, orationes, & opuscula . . . continentur selectae .. jus antiquum inlustrante, materiae. Omnia ad innumeris mendis purgata; cum icone auctoris, indicecopiosissimo et praefatione Christiani Henrici Trotz. Lugduni Batavorum: Langerak 1733. large folio volume in half calf, leather worn with age and corners rubbed, a clean and firm copy, but missing the title page and the frontisp, identification of edition with Library of Congress copy as per pagination [iv] 32p 1418 cols, plus copious index PKM 69216 £324
Careri, John Francis Gemelli : A Voyage Round the World. In Six Parts, viz. 1: Of Turky, 2: Of Persia, 3: Of India, 4: Of China, 5: of the Philippine - Islands, 6: Of New Spain. Written originally in Italian, Translated into English. London 1704/1744. 606p in simple plain old paper wrapper, large paper copy (?) 40 cm high, rare book with paper cover a little dusty and edges scuffed but complete, no title page, hence publishing details missing, 22 plates, of which 7 folding, front hinge stretching a lit PKM 68530 £1080
Grabe, Joanne Ernesto ; Breitinger, Joannes Jacobus : Vetus Testamentum Ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum. Olim ad fidem Codicis Ms Alexandrini. Tomus 2. Contains: Book of Kings 1+2, Chronicles, Esther, Nehemiah, Judith, etc. Zürich: Joannis Heidegger 1731. 670p full calf with raised bands to spine, front cover and end paper detached, some wear, lettering on spine no longer readable, binding is solid, marbled end papers, pages clean and unmarked with bookplate, red edging, very nice condition for age, VG PKM 67936 £80
Scott, Sir Walter : Waverly; or 'tis Sixty Years Since. In Three Volumes. First Edition. Edinburgh: Constable 1814. 358p [4]p 370p [4]p 371p [5]p three half titles present, final impresion leaves, bound in half calf with marbled papers on boards (rubbed/ party defaced), spine with gilt lettering and gilt rules, and blindstamped ornaments, marbeled boards worn, binding PKM 67549 £2160
Lesage, Alain-René : Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. Nouvelle Edition. 2 Vols. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1797. 2 Vols, full plain calf binding with title and circular volume label, frontisp (2x) first 509p of vol 1 with minor water mark, clean set, binding firm, name cut out from title page top, VG (the first word vol I, p17 is "venir") PKM 64680 £57.6
(No Author) : The Sovereign: or a Political Discourse upon the Office and Obligations of the Supreme Magistrate. "Pro Lege, Rege, & Grege". London: Printed in the Year 1680. [vi] 61p removed from a binding, last empy page repaired with Japan paper, with some loss to a few lines of text (approx 10 letters), Wing reference S 4777. PKM 58371 £144
[Pascal, Blaise]: The Life of Mr Paschal, with his Letters relating to the Jesuites, in two Volumes, Vol 1 only. Translated into English by William Andrews. London: Bettenham 1744. xiii lxiii 228p calf with faded gilt dentelles, covers rubbed, lower corner of spine sl torn, sl weak inner hinges, frontisp, firm binding, clean pages, bookplate, written by his brother?, very well preserved copy, VG PKM 57667 £64
Jaennicke, F : Die gesammte Keramische Literatur: Ein zuverlässiger Führer für Liebhaber, Gewerbetreibende und sonstige Interessenten zugleich ein Supplement zu des Verfassers Grundriss der Keramik. Stuttgart: Neff 1882. xvi 146p sm orig paper covers, front cover a bit battered and tape-repaired, 'hand-made' paper spine, two pages sl detaching, clean pages, advertisements, index, still VG PKM 55426 £20
[Wieland, Christoph]: SOKRATES MAINOMENOS [in Greek], oder Die Dialogen des Diogenes von Sinope. Aus einer alten Handschrift. Karlsruhe: Schmieder 1784. 263p plain old card boards with marbled paper, spine broken, cover sl rubbed, remains of library lables, nice and clean pages, vignette on title page, very well preserved copy, VG PKM 54213 £36
Werfel, Franz : Das Reich Gottes in Böhmen, Tragödie eines Führers. 1st Edition. Berlin: Zsolnay 1930. 201p black cloth, VG PKM 53862 £8
Dryden, John : The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and of Aulus Persius Flaccus, Translated into English Verse by Mr Dryden etc. Fourth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures. London: Tonson 1711. 495p later half calf binding with marbled boards, allegorical frontisp, with Dryden's long preface, a nice and firm copy on clean (if thin) paper PKM 53852 £55
[Schulzen, Detlef von]: Manuscipt, of a Diary by a German Soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. (no imprint) 1803 - 181. Manuscript, in two sewn booklets without cover, 32pages each, 13,5 cm high, written in ink, neat handwriting, quality of writing varies, written in French, Contains dates (1803 - 1814) and the relevant "movements" for that day. Contains no personal narrat PKM 53836 £324
Campbell, John : The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, complete in 7 vols. Second Edition. London: Murray 1846. 7 vols, half calf binding in need of restauration, approx 700p each, some boards absent, some spotting on title pages, old Warwick Free Library stamp, pages clean, needs extensive work (can be undertaken to specification) PKM 50692 £162
Brathwait : Drunken Barnaby's four Journeys to the North of England. In Latin and English Metre. Wittily and merrily (tho' an hundred years ago) composed, found among some old musty books that had lain a long time by in a corner and now at last made public, etc. London: Allman 1822. 203p sm half morocco with green marbled boards and gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontisp, bookplate, index, 3 plates in the text, sl foxing, firm binding, title cntd: 'Together with Bessy Bell, to which is now added (never before p PKM 48013 £43.2
Wenham, Edward : Old Silver for Modern Settings. Illustrated by Edgar Holloway. London: Bell & Sons 1950. xii 199p blue cloth, photogr plates, bibliography, index, illustrations, list of dealers, VG PKM 46946 £6.3
Hagedorn, Friedrich : Hagedorns poetische Werke. (Sammlung der besten deutschen prosaischen Schrifsteller und Dichter, Vol 16) Karlsruhe: Schmieder 1775. xxxviii 219p 320p 226p half calf firm, two gilt leather labels on spine, vignette, frontisp, typographic ornaments, 'mit allerhöchst-gnädigst Kayserlichem Privilegio', clean pages, firm binding, in excellent condition PKM 43094 £72
Sianda, Johann : Kurzer Begriff der allgemeinen Welt- und Kirchengeschichte, in welchem alle Merkwürdigkeiten von der Schöpfung an bis auf gegenwärtige Zeiten in der genauesten Zeitordnung erzählet werden. Aus dem Wälschen des Herrn Abtes Johann Sianda übersetzt. Augsburg: Matthäus Rieger und Söhne 1770. 305p 319p sm half calf, cover rather worn, includes parts 1 and 2, still firm binding, old stamp on title page, sl foxing, spine and title page sl torn, pp 67 - 70 (part 2) missing (relating to years 1076 - 1100), otherwise in VG condition:Complete Weltge PKM 43085 £75.6
Horace ; Brie : Odes D'Horace, Mises en Vers françois. Paris: chez Claude Barbin, au Palais, sur le Second Perron de la Sainte Chapelle 1693. 110p sm calf 16cm, translated by de Brie, ffep missing, gilt on spine, typographic ornaments, in Latin with French translation, 'Privilège du Roi 1692', includes also Ode de l'auteur de la traduction, Autre ode de l'invention du traducteur, in excellent c PKM 43046 £85
Drelincourt, Charles : Sonnets chrêtiens sur divers sujets, divifez en quatre livres, par Mr Drelincourt. Dernière édition, à laquelle on a ajouté les pseaumes penitentiaux an vers héroïques. Amsterdam: Desbordes 1741. 192p sm half calf, red leather and gilt label on spine, minor hurts on spine, leather a bit worn, but otherwise firm binding intact, very clean pages, frontisp, notes, in excellent condition, VG ex lib copy PKM 42789 £77.4
(No Author) : Furniture, Silver, etc. Collection of Auction Catalogues. Phillips et al 1988 - 199. 4 catalogues with illustrations, some with annotions on prices, VG PKM 42464 £10.8
(No Author) : Jewels and Objects of Vertu. Collection of Auction Catalogues. London: Bonhams 1982 - 198. 5 catalogues with illustrations, some with annotions on prices, VG PKM 42463 £14.4
Silver : English and Foreign Silver, Gold and Plate, etc. Collection of Auction Catalogues. London: Phillips 1979 - 1998. 23 catalogues with illustrations, some with annotions on prices, Phillips, VG PKM 42458 £36
(No Author) : Uhren. Collection of Auction Catalogues. Zürich: Ineichen 1973 - 198. 4 catalogues with illustrations, annotions on prices, VG PKM 42453 £10.8
(No Author) : The Family Economist: A Penny Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Moral, Physical and Domestic Improvement of the Industrious Classes. London: Groombridge 1848 - 185. 704p half brown calf well preserved, marbled boards, three volumes bound as one, 1848 - 1850 editions, contemporary binding inscribed 1851, figures in text (mainly engravings), stories, health and household tips, rural affairs etc, binding intact and fron PKM 41994 £72
Bingley, William : Useful Knowledge, or A Familiar Account of the Various Productions of Nature, Mineral Vegetable and Animal, Which Are Chiefly Employed for the Use of Man. Vol II: Vegetables. London: Baldwin & Cradock 1821. iv 292p full calf, hinges weak, embossed lettering to cover, 7 engraved plates, index, sl foxing to some pages, hurts to spine, edges of cover rubbed, VG PKM 38662 £28
Jonghe, Adrian de ; Hadrianus, Junius : Hadriani Iunii Medici Emblemata, ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium, Eiusdem Aenigmatum Libellus ad D Arnoldum. Antwerp: Plantin 1566. 134p sm 8vo, with 58 excellent woodcut illustrations (6 x 6 cm), in a 19th century binding with marbled boards. Printed on very good paper, the impressions of the woodcuts are nice and sharp. There are signs of old repairs of wormholing on the margins of PKM 34844 £1500
Alciati, Andrea : Emblemata. Andreae Alciati IU. C.Emblemata, Elucidata doctissimis Claudii Minois Commentariis, Quibus additae sunt eiusdem Auctoris Notae Posteriores etc. Lugduni:: Haeraedes Guilielmi Rouillii 1614. [xxxx] 816p plus 24 unnumbered pages (index) bound in simple contemporary parchment lettered in ink direct on spine, "Emlemata Alciati" also in ink on bottom edge, wormholing in margin between pages 190 and 230 (no loss of text), Notae Posteriores with se PKM 34843 £1460
Chemnicius, Martinus : Examinis Concilii Tridentini, per Dom D Martinum Chemnicium Scripti opus integrum. Frankfurt 1599. 4-part work in 2 vols, xxvi 342 xxx 442 xxxivp & x 362 lxiv 274 xxviiip, 20cm parchment covered boards embossed with elaborate Evangelists design (2 portrait panels per cover reversed to show different pairs at front on each vol) in serried frames, design PKM 32772 £585
Melanchthon, Philipp : Corpus Doctrinæ Christianæ, quæ est summa orthodoxi et Catholici Dogmatis, complectens doctrinam puram et ueram Euangelii Iesu Christi, secundum diuina Prophetarum et Apostolorum scripta, aliquot libris fideli ac pio studio explicata. Leipzig: Vögel 1565. [xxii] 868p, 20cm pigskin covered wooden boards, edges of boards bevelled outwards, covers embossed with elaborate frames with mythological figures in frame, portrait designs front and back (5x9cm) with poem in tiny lettering identifying subjects as Luthe PKM 32770 £640
(No Author) : Le Mouchoir Rouge. Transl M***. Vol II. (only) Paris: Vernarel & Tenon 1824. [iv] 198p 16cm marbled hb, pages soft, some foxing / soiling, sl wear to edges, otherwise VG PKM 31815 £6.75
Edwards, Milne : Leçons sur la Physiologie et l'Anatomie Comparée de l'Homme et des Animaux, faites à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris. Tome Quatrième. Paris: Masson 1859. [iv] 596p quarter black cloth with black marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, beautifully marbled eps, speckled edges, tight and fresh volume, faint foxing on high white paper, old library marks, VG+: Thuis volume deals with heart and blood in particu PKM 31772 £41.4
Gaspari, A C ; Bertuch, F J [Eds]: Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden. Bd VI. Weimar: Industrie-Comptoirs 1800. 594p grey hb, title label to spine, red edges, 6 issues of this journal each comprising 4 - 5 geogr essays & reviews on all parts of world incl "Fernere Beyträge und Bemerkungen über di Fata Morgana, das Seegesicht und die Erhebung" by Büsch with reply by PKM 31601 £180
Wurst, Raimund : Elementarbuch zu praktischen Denk- und Stylübungen für Volksschulen und die Elementarklassen der Gymnasial- und Realanstalten: Ein Seitenstück zur Sprachdenklehre. 5th ed. rev B Fohmann. Reutlingen: Mäcken 1846. viii 164p 17cm quarter calf with marbled boards in good and tight condition, tables, numerous examples, damage to top right corner incl loss of this corner and sl waterdamage throughout in this marginal area, otherwise sl rubbing to edges & board, VG PKM 31599 £18
Battaglini, Marco : Istoria universale di tutti i concilii generali e particolari celebrati nella chiesa... Nella seconda edizione accresciuta di 403 concilii etc. Terza edizione. Venezia: Andrea Poletti 1696. 2 Vols in one, folio (32cm) 446p, 468p, title for each part in red and black, index, text in two columns with printed marginal notes, text clean, paper nice and fresh, printer's ornaments, bound in old parchment with extensive loss at front hinge and on s PKM 31201 £216
(No Author) : Ferdinand Franck; An Autobiographical Sketch of the Youthful Days of a Musical Student. London: Ackermann 1825. iv 282p 14cm green papercovered boards, brown & gilt morocco title panel on spine, gilt edges, wear to edges & top of spine, otherwise VG PKM 30899 £23.4
Farrar, Frederic : The Life of Christ. London: Cassell 1880. xxiv 765p 4to half calf binding, 4 bands, gilt ornament to spine, marbled eps, red edges, colour map to frontispiece, b&w line drawings throughout mostly by Whymper, illuminated capitals to chapters, appendices, bibliogr, index, VG, very beautiful and sub PKM 30092 £37.8
Pallisot : Oeuvres Complettes. Nouvelle Édition, revue, corrigée & considérablement augmentée. Tome Septième, contenant Le Triomphe de Sophocle, et Divers Mélanges. Londres: e si trouve a Paris chez Jean-François Bastien 1779. 430p 18cm full calf with gilt embossed spine (sl dulled), beautifully marbled eps, red edges, contains The Triumph of Sophocles and numerous letters incl to and from Voltaire, d'Alembert and reviews incl of Rousseau, list of errata for whole series, cover PKM 23649 £45
Molière, J B : Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Comédie-Ballet. Ed. A Gombert. Being the Eighth of a Selection of the Most Approved Plays, illustrated by Arguments in English, at the Head of Each Scene. With Notes, Critical and Explantory... London: Souter 1828. (The French Drama) 124p 14cm buff leather, edges of cover worn, cover torn at front hinge, spine badly rubbed and binding exposed but still intact, glue from covers has stained eps, front of which is detaching, back hinge torn, some markings in margins, top edge shelf-soile PKM 23490 £21.6
Cujas, Jacques : Iacobi Cuiacii Opera Omnia in 10 tomos distributa quibus continentur tam priora, siue quæ ipse superstes edi curauit; quam posteriora, siue quæ post obitum eius edita sunt, vel nunc primum prodeunt. Editio nova Opera et Cura Caroli Annibalis Fabroti. Lutetiæ Parisorum: Impensis Societatis Typographicæ Librorum Officii Ecclesiastici, iussu Regis Constituæ 1658. folio, 10 vols, original full calf binding (leather surface aged and sl uneven), spines mostly intact (top compartment missing in one vol, half of bottom compartment in another), small tear at top or bottom of some spines, five bands, each band framed by PKM 22999 £5175
Richardson, Samuel : Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady. Vol 4 only. 3rd ed. London: Richardson 1750. 382p 16cm plain cloth, lacking title-page, cover sl soiled and front and back pages sl darkened, some foxing, ends of spine worn but solid. Added a photocopy page of copy in Cambridg Univ Library which has different printer's ornaments PKM 22677 £34.2
Martin, Laurentius Franciscus : Dissertatio Medico-Chirurgica de Mammarum Morbis. Montpellier: Martel 1784. 24p, no cover, ornaments, crisp with old MS notes on last page PKM 14595 £25.2
Du Maurier, George : English Society at Home. From the Collection of Mr Punch. Bradbury 1880. Society pictures: 63 plates with facing dialogues, bound in cloth, 35cm, spine repair, binding restored, excellent copy PKM 13057 £41.4
[Baker, David Erskine]: The Companion to the Play-House, or an historical Account of all thFe dramaFtic Writers and their Works that have appeared in Great Britain and Ireland to 1764, Composed in the Form of a Dictionary. Vol 2 (of 2) only. London: Becket 1764. no pagin (approx 400p) containing a biographical dictionary of writers and actors, printed in 2 columns, A-Z plus supplement, full calf hinges a bit worn, but nice PKM 12780 £50.4
Collier, Jeremy : A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: together with a Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument. (2nd Ed.) xx. London 1698. [xiii] [iii publ cat] 288p full calf, fresh and clean copy: The anti-theatrical prejudice comes into full view, crucial text for history of the English Stage. Cambridge style binding, top board detached, Gothic page headers, nice copy PKM 12584 £120
Prior, Matthew : Poems on Several Occasions. London: Tonson 1709. xxiv (4) 328p full calf expertly restored, 1st edition with 4 cancels (RES 3, 1926, 76) minimal soiling, partly printed on excellent paper, typography for titles adheres to pamphlet format, but titlepage and frontisp as xerox only, bound in, printed on fi PKM 10760 £62
Mandeville, Bernard de : The Fable of the Bees, or: Privat Vices, Public Benefits. With an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools and a Search into the Nature of Society. Vol I, 4th Ed, Tonson 1725; Vol II, 2nd Ed. London: Roberts 1733. 477p 432p plus 24p index, full calf, one vol needs rebacking, nice set in excellent condition, "the wickedest & cleverest book in the English language" PKM 10743 £630
Erpenius, Thomas : Rudimenta Linguae Arabicae; adjecit Alb. Schultens: Florilegium Sententiarum Arabicarum ut et Clavim Dialectorum ac praesentim Arabicae, Editio altera, aucta indicibus. Lugduni Batavorum: Luchtmans/Mair 1770. 374p quarto, approx 100p indices, slight foxing on first few pages, rebound new cloth spine and new boards, a fresh and firm copy PKM 10340 £216
James, Henry : The Bostonians. London: Macmillan 1886. 449p orig cloth black and gold band, cloth fresh and bright, hinges sl rubbing, tiny discolouring on top board, 1st ed, VG+ condition PKM 9899 £126
Finden, W [Illus]; Brockedon, W : [W] Finden's Landscape and Portrait Illustrations of Byron, with original and selected Information by W Brockedon. London: Murray 1833/34. 3 Vols, 42 fresh engraved plates each (2 or 3 with a sl hint of blueish discolouring from margin) tissueguards, no pagination, new green half morocco gilt, old library stamp on engr tp only, all edges gilt, the film to the poet, a wonderful set PKM 9574 £378
Vidius, Vidius ; [Guidi, Guido] : Artis Medicinalis, [in quo continentur De Ratione Victus Lib 8, De Medicamentis Lib 8, De Chirurgia Lib 4.] Superiorum Permissu et Privilegiis. Venezia 1611. (tp incomplete, bracketed part of title in old hand), half-title for De Medicamentis has old MS correction "Vidi Vidi Iunioris" into "Senioris" (repeated), De Chirurgia with many splendid woodcuts of fancy bandages, chirurgical instruments, etc. I have th PKM 9371 £756
Bloomfield, Robert : The Farmer's Boy. A Rural Poem. London: Vernor & Hood 1811. xlviii 99p (3) full calf decor gilt, rebacked, woodcut illus, nice copy PKM 5662 £32.4
Baker, Richard : A Chronicle of the Kings of England, From the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James. London: Sawbroge 1670. 772p sm folio, catalogue of nobility etc, comprehensive index, engraved frontisp with old repair and minor loss, old library marks, full calf spine gilt w/ label, newly rebacked, nice copy of the fifth impression VG+ PKM 1134 £288
Popish Plot : The Information of William Lewis, Gent, together with his Further Narrative containing a Confirmation of the POPISH PLOT.. and discovering further the Design of the Papists. London 1680. 31p 30cm, imprimatur, new paper cover, old water damage, 1st ed (?) PKM 797 £32.4
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