Books and Works on Paper

Statius (Publius Papinius) Sylvarum libri V Achilleidos libri XII Thebaidos libri II, italic type, title and verso of otherwise blank final f. wit...

Colines.- Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Satyræ decem et sex, final f. blank, a few instances of contemporary ink marginalia, inter-linear notes or un...

Machiavelli (Niccolò) Discorsi di Niccolo Machiavelli cittadino, et segretario fiorentino sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio, italic type, title an...

NO RESERVE Machiavelli (Niccolò) Tutte le opere...divise in V. Parti., 5 parts in 1, collation: [*2] a-z aa-zz aaa-hhh4 : *4 a-r4 s2 : à4 è4 a-z a...

NO RESERVE Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus) Divinarum institutionum libri VII. De ira Dei liber I. De opificio Dei liber I., title with woodc...

Aldine.- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Le epistole famigliari, già tradotte, & hora in molti luoghi corrette, edited by Aldus Manutius, title with woodc...

Plutarch. Les Vies Des Hommes Illustres Grecs et Romains, translated by Jacques Amyot and Charles de l'Escluse, title with large woodcut printer's...

Plautus (Titus Maccius) Marcus Accius Plautus, ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum emendatus, edited by Denis Lambin, fi...

Plantin.- Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, double column, printed in red and black, woodcut vignette of St....

John Taylor Coleridge's copy.- Secundus (Joannes) Opera, engraved pictorial title and full-page portrait of the author, L12 blank, final f. coloph...

Emblemata.- Binding.- Drexel (Jeremias) Orbis Phaeton hoc est de vniversis vitiis lingvæ, engraved pictorial title and 23 full-page illustrations,...

Hottinger (Johann Heinrich) Grammatica, Quatuor Linguarum Hebraicae, Chaldaicae, Syriacae et Arabicae, Harmonica, title with engraved printer's de...

Utopia.- Imaginary voyage.- [Tyssot de Patot (Simon)] Voyages et Avantures de Jacques Massé, first edition, title with woodcut device of armillary...

Brazil.- Franco SJ (Antonio) Imagem da Virtude em o Noviciado a Companhia de Jesus..., title in red and black, woodcut head-pieces and initials, a...

John Taylor Coleridge's copy.- Curtius Rufus (Quintus) De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, regis Macedonum, libri superstites, edited by Henrik Snake...

Ancient Religion.- [Martin (Jacques)] La Religion des Gaulois, tirée des plus pures sources de l'Antiquité, 2 vol., half-title, 44 engraved plates...

Musschenbroek (Pieter van) Elementa Physicae Conscripta in Usus Academicos, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, 20 folding e...

[Pluche (Noel Antoine)] Le Spectacle de la Nature, 12 parts in 6 vol., titles in red and black (each vol. with 2 titles), engraved frontispieces (...

Machiavelli (Niccolò) Oeuvres de Machiavel. Nouvelle Edition. Augmenté de l'Anti-Machiavel & autres pieces, 6 vol., half-titles, titles in red and...

Saint-Réal (César Vichard de) Oeuvres, 6 vol., new edition, 6 engraved frontispieces by Tanjé and Coster after L. F. D[u] B[ourg] and 8 plates by ...

Judaica.- Prideaux (Humphrey) Histoire Des Juifs Et Des Peuples Voisins Depuis La Décadence Des Royaumes D'Israel & De Juda, 6 vol., titles in red...

Voltaire.- Lopez (J.) et al., Cartas de algunos judíos portugueses, alemanes y polacos a Voltaire... [Letters from some Portugese, German and Poli...

Cook (James) Viaje al Rededor del Mundo, hecho en los anos 1768, 69, 70 y 71, 6 vol., first edition in Spanish, 6 engraved frontispieces (vol. 2 b...

Glaisher (James) Snow Crystals, 151 illustrations, taken from a 'Report of the Council of the British Meteorological Society', 1855 § Lankester (...

Bindings.- Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de) Théâtre complet, 8 vol., later calf-backed marbled boards, richly gilt spines in compartments and w...

17 century courtier.- Wynn (Sir Richard, courtier, Treasurer to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1588-1649) Receipt of £200 paid by the architect David Cunn...

France.- Letter signed from Baronne de Haynin to Monsieur de Termignil in Arras, 1p. with conjugate blank and address panel, folio, Maubeuge, 28th...

NO RESERVE Kent, Fawkham.- Brief note concening lands in the manor of Fawcombe, manuscript on paper, folds, 1655 § Surrender of a messuage, 40 acr...

Louis XIV (King of France, 1638-1715) Letter signed "Louis" summoning the Baron d'Euclem of Terramesnil to Arras, D.s. "Louis" & countersigned by ...

Louis XV (King of France, 1710-74) Letter signed "Louis" to Monsieur De Thiennes Comte de Rumbecque of Terramesnil summons to a session of the Sta...

Louis XVIII (King of France, 1755-1824) Appointment of Jean Honoré Joseph Pujols of Ardennes CaptaIn of Hussars a knight in the Royal Order of the...

Children's.- Steuart or Stewart (Walter, of Edinburgh) The ABC with the shorter Catechisme Appointed by the General Assembly to be a Directory for...

NO RESERVE Music.- Song.- New song called Bill Beaver, manuscript draft with corrections, 3pp., folds, unbound, [c.1810]. ...[more]

NO RESERVE Grattann (W. H.) A Selection of British Marine Algae, 28 algæ samples, most mounted with manuscript captions, loosely inserted, occasio...

Novelist.- Braddon (Mary Elizabeth, married name Maxwell, novelist, 1835-1915) 3 Autograph Letters signed once "Braddon" and twice "Maxwell" to th...

Tertullianus (Quintus Septimus Florentius) Operum tomus primus, vol.1 only (of 2), title with woodcut printer's device, full-page woodcut illustra...

Annotated Law.- Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony) La nouvelle natura brevium, edited by William Rastell, black letter, contemporary ink marginalia, occasi...

Jonson (Ben) Bartholomew Fayre, lacking initial blank leaf, [STC 14753.5], Printed by I. B[eale] for Robert Allot, 1631; bound with [The Workes] v...

Bindings.- Stow (John) Annales, or, A General Chronicle of England, woodcut title, trimmed and laid down, black letter, double column, loss to som...

Religious Tolerance.- Of Receiving the Communion in the Company of Such, whom we conceive not so good, holy, and rightly principled, as we wish th...

Paris (Matthew) Historia major. Juxta exemplar Londinense 1640, verbatim recusa, edited by William Watts, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontisp...

[Lowndes (William)] A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins, only edition, ex-library copy with puncture stamp to to ti...

Davenant (Charles) Essays upon Peace at Home, and War Abroad, part 1 [all published], first edition, half-title, 7pp. advertisements at end, small...

Fleetwood (William, Bishop) Chronicon Preciosum: Or, an Account of English Money, the Price of Corn, and Other Commodities, for the last 600 Years...

Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) La Henriade, 10pp. list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 10 plates, vignettes and tail-p...

Almanacs.- Weaver (Edmund) The British Telescope: Being an Ephemeris Of the Celestial Motions. With an Almanack..., bookplate, ink inscription to ...

Foulis Press.- Small books.- Pindar. [Odes, graece], 4 vol., vol.1 final f. K8 an additional title and here bound at start, vol.2 2 (of 3) blank f...

NO RESERVE Illustration (An) of the Holy Scriptures by Notes and Explications on the Old and New Testament, engraved frontispiece, without plates...

NO RESERVE Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language..., 2 vol. in 1, second edition, bookplate to pastedown, endpapers brittle and ch...

Fielding (Henry) The Works, 4 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting, some light foxing to initial and final ff. (includi...

NO RESERVE Delany (Patrick) Eighteen Discourses and Dissertations upon Various very Important and Interesting Subjects, first edition, lacking ini...

King (John Glen) The Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church, in Russia, first edition, double-page engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, ti...

NO RESERVE [Steele (Sir Richard)] The Ladies Library, 2 vol. only (of 3), lacking vol. 3, engraved frontispieces, scattered faint spotting, contem...

Persian fables.- Sa'di. Select fables from Gulistan, or The bed of roses, translated by Stephen Sulivan, first edition in English, lacking half-ti...

American Declaration of Independence.- Reasons assigned by the Continental Congress, for the North-American Colonies and Provinces with-drawing th...

NO RESERVE Annotated.- Nicolson (Joseph) & Richard Burn. The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, vol.1 only (of...

Bindings.- Paley (William) The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, first edition, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contempor...

Pantomime.- A large collection of pantomime ephemera, nineteenth and twentieth century, including: Airs, Duetts... and Sketch of the Pantomime ent...

NO RESERVE Annotated theatre.- A New theatrical dictionary Containing an account of all the dramatic pieces that have appeared from the commenceme...

NO RESERVE Handbills & Advertisements.- Imperial State Lottery begins drawing 23rd April, 1804. Capital prizes selling by J. Branscombe & Co., han...