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Dichtkundig Praal-Tooneel Van Neerlands Wonderen Eerste Deel

By: N/A

Price: £1,800.00

Publisher: Te Embden / Gedrukt voor de Liefhebbers 1748: 1748

Seller ID: 42360

Binding: Full Vellum

Condition: Very Good

6 vols, various paginations. Bound in a nice full, contemporary vellum with blindstamped design on boards. Dutch text. The book contains verse, which may be of a humourous nature, as well as what would appear to be articles or essays.. Illustrated with some folding b/w plates. Vellum is tanned, rubbed and spotted here and there. Internally very good and clean. Gedrukt voor de Liefhebbers translates as Printed for the Enthusiast
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The Christian's Pattern : Or, A Treatise on the Imitation of Christ ... To which are Added, Meditations and Prayers for Sick Persons

By: A Kempis, Thomas and George Stanhope

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, Printed for D. Browne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1759: 1759

Seller ID: 61919

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Good

339, (2), 45 pp. Contermporary full calf with raised bands to spine. Lacks title label/lettering. Creasing to spine with slight wear to spine ends. Binding firm. One section proud. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally clean. With frontis and four additional engravings. 45-page work by George Stanhope on 'Meditations and Prayers for Sick Persons' at rear.
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Dictionnaire Complet Francois et Russe : Compose sur la Derniere Edition de celui de l'Academie Francoise... In two volumes

By: Academie Francoise

Price: £450.00

Publisher: St. Petersbourg, De l'Imprimerie Imperiale 1786: 1786

Seller ID: 60882

Binding: 1/4 Calf

Condition: Good

(viii), 693; 694 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over patterned boards. Spines creased & worn with loss at spine ends. Lacking spine labels. One joint split. Boards clean. Internally clean. Bindings firm. Russian and French text.
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Image for An Act for an assessment at the rate of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds by the moneth for six moneths, from the five and twentieth day of December, one thousand six hundred fifty two, to the four and twentieth day of June next ensuing, towards the maintenance of the armies in England, Ireland and Scotland; as also for the Navy : Friday the tenth of December, 1652. Ordered by the Parliament, that this Act be forthwith printed and published. Hen. Scobell, Cleric. Parliament

An Act for an assessment at the rate of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds by the moneth for six moneths, from the five and twentieth day of December, one thousand six hundred fifty two, to the four and twentieth day of June next ensuing, towards the maintenance of the armies in England, Ireland and Scotland; as also for the Navy : Friday the tenth of December, 1652. Ordered by the Parliament, that this Act be forthwith printed and published. Hen. Scobell, Cleric. Parliament

By: Act of Parliament

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England 1652: 1652

Seller ID: 58941

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

(2), 1829-1890 pp. Recent maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. New endpapers. Original wrapper bound in and repaired. Cloth clean. Internally clean. Black-letter text. Lacking final blank. ESTC : R209365
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Almanach Astronomique et Historique de la Ville de Lyon : Et des Provinces deLyonnois, Forez et Beaujolois ... Pour l'Annee 1773

By: Almanach

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Lyon, Chez Aime de la Roche 1773: 1773

Seller ID: 60698

Binding: 1/4 Leather

Condition: Very Good

xl, 248, 183 pp. Later quarter leather over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Original printers' waste wrappers bound in. Boards clean. Internally clean. Text in French.
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The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musaeus

By: Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musaeus and translated into English by A Gentleman of Cambridge [FAWKES, Francis - translator]

Price: £300.00

Publisher: London, Printed for J. Newbery and L. Davis and C. Reymers 1760: 1760

Seller ID: 62039

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Very Good

x, 321, (3) pp. Contemporary stained calf over modern calf spine with black leather title label. Corners renewed. Internally clean. Binding firm. The translator, Fawkes, is unnamed in this issue which is likely the earlier of the two published in 1760, the title page stating 'By a gentleman of Cambridge'.
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La Veritable Politique des Personnes de Qualite. La Vera Politica delle Persone di Qualita

By: Anon

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Strasbourg and Argentina, Amand Konig 1752: 1752

Seller ID: 53689

Binding: Half Leather

Condition: Good

(8), 275, (12) pp. 12mo bound in 8's and 4's. Contemporary half leather over boards. Raised bands to spine. Lacks any spine lettering. Slight wear to spine ends & extremities and boards rubbed. Later ink name to ffep. Internally clean. Binding firm. Only edition in the UK is incomplete in the BL. Facing-page text in French and Italian.
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Image for An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War, by An Officer of the Guards...containing the Second Edition of a Poetical Sketch of the Campaign of 1793...also a Similar Sketh of the Campaign of 1794; to which is added, a Narrative of the Retreat of 1795...Two volumes bound in one

An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War, by An Officer of the Guards...containing the Second Edition of a Poetical Sketch of the Campaign of 1793...also a Similar Sketh of the Campaign of 1794; to which is added, a Narrative of the Retreat of 1795...Two volumes bound in one

By: Anon

Price: £550.00

Publisher: London, Cadell and Davies N.d. [1795]: 1795

Seller ID: 55971

Binding: Full Morocco

Condition: Fine

Two volumes in one. x, 117, (2), ii, 114 pp. Modern full brown morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt ruling & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Atkinsons. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Repair to verso of illustration at p. 37. With two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces and four further etched plates. With original bookseller's receipt tipped-in to front pastedown with hand-written price of '1/2 Rupee.' ESTC T.125511 suggests [1795]. Boards fresh. Internally in remarkably clean condition. Scarce.
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A Concise History and Description of Kenilworth Castle : From its Foundation to the Present Time

By: Anon

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Birmingham, Thomas Pearson 1790: 1790

Seller ID: 58803

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

iv, 32 pp. Contemporary marbled-paper wrappers. Lacks spine covering but binding firm. Covers slightly edgeworn. Internally clean. Folding frontis plan of the castle. ESTC T111130.
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Image for The Sportsman's Dictionary : Or, the Country Gentleman's Companion, In All Rural Recreations: With Full And Particular Instructions For Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Riding, Cocking ... In two volumes

The Sportsman's Dictionary : Or, the Country Gentleman's Companion, In All Rural Recreations: With Full And Particular Instructions For Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Riding, Cocking ... In two volumes

By: Anon

Price: £600.00

Publisher: London, Printed for C. Hitch, and C. Davis, and S. Austen 1735: 1735

Seller ID: 57779

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Very Good

In 2 volumes. Unpaginated. Contemporary full calf. Sympathetically rebacked with raised bands to spines and gilt numbering. Boards renewed. New endpapers. Text clean. Frontis and 25 plates, including some folding (25 engraved and one music). Plates complete. Bindings firm. Loosely laid in are photos of the bindings before restoration. ESTC T131287.
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The Life of Catharine II Empress of Russia. In three volumes

By: Anon [Jean Henri Castera]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: London, Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees; and J. Debrett 1799: 1799

Seller ID: 58679

Binding: Full Tree Calf

Condition: Very Good

In 3 volumes complete. 'The Third Edition, With Considerable Improvements.' viii, 572; viii, 543; vii, 501 (1) pp. Contemporary full tree calf. Raised bands to spines with red leather title & volume labels. Minor creasing to spines. Small nick to one joint. Boards clean. Armorial bookplates and ink name to front pastedowns. Internally clean. Frontis portrait engravings to volumes one & two. Folding map frontis to volume three. All in Very Good condition.
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The Life of Catharine II Empress of Russia. In three volumes

By: Anon [Jean Henri Castera]

Price: £200.00

Publisher: London, Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees; and J. Debrett 1799: 1799

Seller ID: 59932

Binding: Full Speckled Calf

Condition: Good

In 3 volumes complete. 'The Third Edition, With Considerable Improvements.' viii, 572; viii, 543; vii, 501 (6) pp. Contemporary full speckled calf. Gilt-ruled lines to spines with red leather title labels. Slight wear & chipping to spine ends. Front joints split but holding. Boards clean. With the bookplate of Lord Minto of Roxburghshire (?) to front pastedowns. Internally clean. Frontis portrait engravings to volumes one & two. Folding map frontis to volume three.
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The Medallic History of England to the Revolution

By: Anon [Pinkerton, J.]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: London, Printed for Edwards and Sons 1790: 1790

Seller ID: 56670

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Very Good

iv, 112 pp. Contemporary full leather. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Spine lettering slightly faded. Minor wear to spine ends & corners. Foxing to prelims. Internally clean. With forty full-page plates and descriptive text to each plate. All plates clean. Binding firm.
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Image for The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral-Church of Salisbury, and the Abbey-Church of Bath [with] A Vindication of the King's Sovereign Rights [with] Connubium Regiae Praerogativae, cum Magna Charta Anglorum. Three works in one

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral-Church of Salisbury, and the Abbey-Church of Bath [with] A Vindication of the King's Sovereign Rights [with] Connubium Regiae Praerogativae, cum Magna Charta Anglorum. Three works in one

By: Anon [Richard Rawlinson]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: London, E. Curll 1719: 1719

Seller ID: 61018

Binding: 1/4 Calf

Condition: Very Good

Three works in one. xvi, 351, (iv), 98, 14, (18)pp. Recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices and black leather title label. New endpapers. Boards clean. Internally clean. Early bookplate laid down to front pastedown. Head & tail-pieces. Three plates, including two folding. ESTC T147655
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Instructions Adressees par sa Majeste l'Imperatrice de Toutes les Russies ... traduit de l'Allemand [Code de Catherine]

By: Anon [Rodolphe Frey des Landres, Jean]

Price: £500.00

Publisher: Petersbourg, N.p. 1769: 1769

Seller ID: 60757

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

First French edition. 286 pp. Contemporary carta rustica. Wrappers rubbed. Wear to spine with tear along joint. Occasional spotting. Binding firm. The famous Nakaz translation, published shortly before the Empress's own translation.
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Image for The English Chronology : Being a Brief Chronological Account of the Most Considerable Publick Occurrences That Have Happen'd in These Kingdoms, and Other Adjacent Parts, Since King William the Third's Accession to the Crown. From 1688, to 1696

The English Chronology : Being a Brief Chronological Account of the Most Considerable Publick Occurrences That Have Happen'd in These Kingdoms, and Other Adjacent Parts, Since King William the Third's Accession to the Crown. From 1688, to 1696

By: Anon [Smithurst, Benjamin]

Price: £750.00

Publisher: Oxford, Printed by L. Lichfield, for John Howell Bookseller 1696: 1696

Seller ID: 53345

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

(iv), 127, 12 pp. Original sewn leaves. Advertisement leaf, title page, errata on verso of tp, followed by 127 text pages and 11 index pages. Leaves quite stained, but not affecting legibility. Good condition. Copac records only: BL; Lambeth Palace. ESTC R221530 Wing S4357.
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A Burlesque Translation of Homer. In two volumes

By: Anon [Thomas Bridges] ; Homer

Price: £450.00

Publisher: London, Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson 1797: 1797

Seller ID: 61668

Binding: Half Calf

Condition: Very Good

In 2 volumes complete. The fourth, but first illustrated edition. (iv), 360; (ii), 432 pp. Later [c. 1830's] black half calf over marbled boards. Gilt panels to spines with maroon leather title labels. Boards slightly rubbed. Spines bright. Occasional spotting. Engraved title-page to each volume. With frontis and twenty-four full-page etchings. 'A work full of humour, but which often transgresses the bounds of decency'- Clarke. Lowndes 1101.
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Image for An Universal Etymological English Dictionary : Comprehending the Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern ...

An Universal Etymological English Dictionary : Comprehending the Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern ...

By: Bailey, N.

Price: £125.00

Publisher: London, Printed for T. Osborne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al. 1759: 1759

Seller ID: 62787

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Seventeenth edition. Unpaginated. Bound in recent full brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. New endpapers. Damage to title-page with loss at edges. Internally generally clean. Binding firm.
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The History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great : Emperor of All Russia, and Father of His Country

By: Bancks, J.

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, Printed for J. Hodges 1740: 1740

Seller ID: 60059

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Good

(ii), 346, (14) pp. Contemporary full calf with raised bands to spine. Lacks title label but with faint blind-stamped impression. Hinges split but firm. Slight wear to spine ends. Frontis portrait engraving. Text clean. Copac records 8 copies in the UK. ESTC N17037
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Welsh Scenery from Drawings

By: BATTY, Captain

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, R, Jennings, Poultry 1825: 1825

Seller ID: 3985

Binding: Full Morocco

Condition: Very Good

4to, unpaginated, a large paper copy, 35 engraved plates, protected by tissue, bound in full straight grained morocco with a blind stamped border to the boards, and some gilt decoration. All edges gilt, slightly worn at hinges and edges, but solid; Very good
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