Important Books & Manuscripts

De Bry (Johann Theodor) - Indiae Orientalis Pars IX [and X] 4 parts in 1, 2 titles with engraved historiated borders, engraved double-page map of...

Numismatics.- - Beeldenaer ofte Figuer-boek dienende op de nieuwe ordonnantie van der Munte, title with woodcut arms, numerous woodcut illustrati...

Jode (Petrus de) - Theatrum Pontificum, Imperatorum, Regum, Ducum, Principum &c., fine engraved pictorial title and 107 portraits by de Jode, aft...

Kircher (Athanasius) - Obelisci Aegyptiaci, first and only edition , title with woodcut arms of Pope Alexander VII, engraved full-page illustrat...

Kircher (Athanasius) - China Monumentis, engraved additional pictorial title (with Amsterdam imprint), portrait of the author, 2 folding maps, 22...

Kircher (Athanasius) - Sphinx Mystagoga, sive diatribe Hieroglyphica, first edition , half-title, title with woodcut printer's device, 5 engrave...

Cabalae Verior Descriptio, first edition , near full-page woodcut, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century marbled boards, [Duveen p....

Jewish Numismatics.- Perez Bayer (Francisco) - De Numis Hebraeo-Samaritanis, first edition , half-title, engraved portrait, 10 engraved plates, ...

Mexican Printing in English.- - Nos los Inquisidores Apostolicos contra la Heretica Pravedad Nos los Inquisidores Apostolicos contra la Heretica ...

Philostratus. - De vita Apollonii Tyanei libri octo....Eusebius contra Hieroclem qui Tyaneum Christo conferre conatus fuerit [graece] , Latin tr...

Justinus (Marcus Junianus) - Justini ex Trogo Pompeio Historiae, lacks final blank f., large woodcut device of St John the Baptist in decorative ...

Hesychius, - Alexandrinus . Dictionarium, edited by Antonio Francini Alexandrinus . Dictionarium , edited by Antonio Francini, double column,...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) - In hoc volumine ajec continentur Rhetoricorum... , second Aldine edition, woodcut anchor device to title and verso of o...

Aristophanes. - Comoedia undecim [graece], text in Greek, woodcut printer's device to title and a variant device to verso of final text f., woodc...

Josephus (Flavius) - Opera, text in Greek, title in red and black and with large woodcut printer's device, capital spaces with guide-letters, woo...

Lopez de Sigura (Ruy) - Il giuoco de gli scacchi, translated from the Spanish by Giovanne Domenico Tarsia, first edition in Italian , title with...

Marliani (Giovanni Bartolomeo) - Urbis Romae Topographia, edited by Girolamo Ferrucci, t itle with woodcut vignette, numerous woodcut illustra...

Tasso (Torquato) - Delle Rime, 2 vol. in 1, titles with woodcut anchor devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, with all 3 blank le...

Early printing and book illustration.- - collection of single ff. and bifolia, specimens from 16 famous early books, many illustrated, tipped-in ...

Ocellus Lucanus. - De Universi Natura, edited by Carlo Emmanuele Vizzani, 2 parts in 1, text in Greek and Latin, errata f. at end, some water-st...

Scribonius Largus. - Compositiones Medicæ, edited by Johannes Rhodius, 2 parts in 1, half-title, title with woodcut printer's device, 4 engraved...

[Ranbeck (Aegidius)] - [Calendarium annale Benedictinum] without titles or text, 366 engraved portraits of saints, without March 22nd or May 6th,...

Greek Liturgy.- - Leitourgikon sun Theo hagio ten taxin tou Tupikou tes Panseptou Mones tou Kruptopherrhes [graece], double column, printed in re...

Catalogue des Chevaliers, commandeurs et officiers de L'Ordre du Saint Espirit , half-title and title printed in red and black, engraved front...

Napoleon I - .- Loosjes Rose et Damete…Traduit du Hollandois , half-title ( Emperor of the French ).- Loosjes (Adriaan Pieterszoon) Rose et Damete...

Large section from a Maghribi Qur'an.- - 92ff Arabic manuscript in dark brown ink on paper, diacritics in red 92ff Arabic manuscript in dark brow...

Mecca and Medina.- - Licence granting permission for a Mule to travel through Hegazi... Licence granting permission for a Mule to travel through ...

Hinduism.- - Illustration to a Hindu myth, possibly The Bhagavata Purana Illustration to a Hindu myth, possibly The Bhagavata Purana. depicting...

Ragmala.- - Illustration to a Ragamala series, Krishna and Radha in a palace with musicians , single folio, gouache on paper, heightened in go...

Ragmala.- - Two illustrations to a Ragmala, both gouache on paper, heightened in gold, each with a text block along upper edge, 5 lines in black ...

Miniatures.- Ferdowsi (Abdul'Qasim) - single folio from dispersed [Shahnameh ]: Gulnar tries to poison... single folio from dispersed [Shahnameh ...

Miniatures.- Ferdowsi (Abdul'Qasim) - single folio from dispersed [Shahnameh ]: Rustam reports his... single folio from dispersed [Shahnameh (Boo...

Heylyn (Peter) - A Monethes Journey into France, manuscript, 275 ff., some browning, bookplate and printed catalogue entry on front pastedown, co...

Newton - [Deed of sale]. Bargain and sale by Thomas Reines ( Sir Isaac, natural philosopher and mathematician, 1642-1727) [Deed of sale]....

Newton - Quotations from Procopius and Eunapius, used by Newton in his... ( Sir Isaac, natural philosopher and mathematician, 1642-1727) ...

Magna Carta. - By Permission of [the] Trustees of the Cottonian Library By Permission of [the] Trustees of the Cottonian Library. This Plate bein...

Magna Carta.- - By Permission of [the]… Trustees of the Cottonian Library By Permission of [the] Trustees of the Cottonian Library. This Plate B...

Hume - Autograph manuscript [part of "Of the Populousness of Ancient... (David, philosopher and historian, 1711-76) Autograph manuscript [p...

Travel journal.- - Pickstock Travel journal to Belgium , autograph manuscript signed, c Pickstock (Thomas, merchant, in Clements Lane, Lombard S...

Stanley - Autograph Letter signed "Henry M Stanley ( Sir Henry Morton, explorer and journalist, 1841-1904) Autograph Letter signed "Henry...

Elgar - The Apostles An Oratorio, Novello's original octavo edition ( Sir Edward William, baronet, composer and conductor, 1857-1934) The...

Scott - Autograph letter signed to “Mr Murray”, 2 pp ( Capt. Robert Falcon, naval officer and Antarctic explorer, 1868-1912) Autograph le...

Du Maurier - 23 Typed Letters signed, 1 Autograph Letter signed & 2 Christmas... ( Dame Daphne, novelist, 1907-89) 23 Typed Letters signe...

Caxton (William).- Higden (Ranulph) - A Genuine Caxton Leaf from Higden's ''Policronicon'' A Genuine Caxton Leaf from Higden's ''Policronicon'', ...

Bible, - English. [The Holie Bible], 5 parts in 1, Bishop's version English. [The Holie Bible], 5 parts in 1, Bishop's version, black letter,...

Foxe (John) - The First Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History… Actes and... The First Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History Actes and Monumentes S...

Almanacks.- Bellerson (Philip) - Bellerson, 1624. An Almanacke for the yeere of our Lord God, 1624, Almanac only, without Prognostication, title ...

Shakespeare (William) - [25 leaves extracted from folios 2, 3 and 4], comprising 5ff. from the second folio, 4ff. from the third folio and 16ff. ...

Number of the Beast.- Potter (Francis) - An Interpretation of Number 666, first edition , engraved pictorial title by W. Marshall, 1 full-page e...

Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. - Comedies and Tragedies, ?edited by James Shirley, first collected edition , with second state of engr...

Hobbes (Thomas).- [Ward (Seth)] - Vindiciæ academiarum containing, some briefe animadversions upon... Vindiciæ academiarum containing, some brief...

Bible, - English. [The Holy Bible], 2 parts in 1, lacks general title English. [The Holy Bible], 2 parts in 1, lacks general title, blank...

Charitable Corporation, Coal-heavers etc.- - [Charitable Corporation]. The Case of the borowers of the... [Charitable Corporation]. The Case of t...

Wells & Taunton Elections.- - The Poll taken at the Town-Hall, in the City or Borough of Wells, 3pp The Poll taken at the Town-Hall, in the City ...

Country Dances.- - Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1773, C. & S. Thompson, [1773] § Twenty Four Country Dances 1772, C. & S. Th...

Eden - The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in... ( Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: or, an History of ...

Printed Fan.- - The Art of Fortune Telling by Cards...The New Gypsey Fan, engraved on paper and hand-coloured, central stipple-engraved portrait ...

Cosway-Style Binding.- - Thespian Dictionary (The) or Dramatic Biography, engraved portraits, 6pp. advertisements, hinges strengthened, green cru...

Binding.- Shelley (Percy Bysshe) - Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Epilogue; with other poems, first edition , half-title, 4pp. publishers' catalog...

[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz." - Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. 3 vol., first edition , issue with 'Church' plate but with the ori...