Fine Books and Manuscripts

DARWIN (CHARLES)On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, FIRST EDIT...

DEL HOYO (JOSEP) AND ANDREW & DAVID ELLIOTHandbook of the Birds of World, 16 vol. (without supplement), colour illustrations throughout, publishe...

FOSTER (SAMUEL)Miscellanies: or Mathematical Lucubrations... Published and Many of Them Translated into English by.... John Twysden, FIRST EDITION...

HERBARIUM - INCUNABULAHerbarius latinus (with German synonyms), 172 leaves (of 174, without final 2 leaves), 31-33 lines, gothic type, 3-line ini...

NAEGELE (FRANZ CARL)Das schräg verengte Becken nebst einem Anhange über die wichtigsten Fehler des weiblichen Beckens überhaupt, FIRST EDITION, 1...

[OHM (GEORG SIMON)][Vorlaüfige Anzeige des Gesetzes, nach welchem Metalle die Contact-Electricität leiten], contained in Annalen der Physik und Ch...

[WILKINS (JOHN)]Mathematicall Magick. Or the Wonders That May be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry... Concerning Mechanicall Povvers. Motions... b...

ARIOSTO (LODOVICO)Orlando Furioso, 4 vol., in Italian, engraved portrait frontispiece, 46 engraved illustrations by Bartolozzi and others, after ...

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, GENEVA VERSION[The Bible], woodcut vignette on New Testament title-page, woodcut maps and illustration in the text, lacks gene...

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, GENEVA VERSION[The Bible], black letter, calendar printed in red and black, NT title within wide decorative woodcut border, la...

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION[The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testment, and the New], KING JAMES' GREAT 'SHE' BIBLE, black letter, dou...

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORIZED VERSIONThe Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New, FOURTH FOLIO EDITION, double column, black letter...

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSIONThe Holy Bible, general and NT title-pages within woodcut typographical borders, ruled in red throughout, wi...

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSIONThe Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, additional engraved pictorial title-page (dated 16...

BINDINGSSWIFT (JONATHAN) The Works, 19 vol., LIMITED TO 750 SETS, titles printed in red and black, contemporary half morocco gilt for Sotheran, t...

BINDINGSSCOTT (WALTER) Waverley Novels, 48 vol.; Poems, 6 vol., engraved frontispieces and pictorial titles, contemporary uniform half calf gilt,...

BINDINGSNAPIER (WILLIAM F.P.) History of the War in the Peninsula, 6 vol., T. & W. Boone, 1861--EDGEWORTH (MARIA) Helen, a Tale, 3 vol., FIRST EDI...

BURNS (ROBERT)Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, second (first Edinburgh) edition, with 'skinking' at p.263, and 'Boxburgh' rather than 'Roxb...

CARLYLE (THOMAS)Autograph Preface to the English edition of Essays by R.W. Emerson, signed and dated ('T. Carlyle/ London 11th August 1841'), a f...

[DEFOE (DANIEL)][Moll Flanders] The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders... Written from Her Own Memorandum. The Second Edition Co...

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, fifth edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates aft...

EDWARDS OF HALIFAX - BINDING, FORE-EDGE PAINTING AND AUCTION CATALOGUEMASON (WILLIAM) The English Garden: A Poem, contemporary 'Etruscan-style' c...

EDWARDS OF HALIFAX - BINDING AND FORE-EDGE PAINTINGWATSON (JOHN) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, engraved por...

[SANDYS (EDWIN)]Europae Speculum. Or, a View or Survey of the State of Religion in the Westerne Parts of the World, woodcut ornament on title, ei...

SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM)The Plays, 8 vol., volume titles and individual play titles with wood-engraved vignettes, some foxing, contemporary diced ca...

SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE)The Masque of Anarchy. A Poem... now first published, with a preface by Leigh Hunt, half-title, without the advertisements ...

WHITE (GILBERT)Autograph letter signed ('I am your humble servant,/ Gil: White') to William Richardson ('Sir') of Mill-land, advising him he has n...

WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM)Autograph letter signed ('Wm Wordsworth'), to John Hawkshaw ('Sir'), expressing pleasure and thanks for the volume of Mrs Hawk...

CAMDEN (WILLIAM)The Abridgment of Camden's Britan[n]ia with the Maps of the Severall Shires of England and Wales, engraved allegorical title, eng...

ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves with vignettes, 104 hand-coloured ...

[ATKINSON (JOHN AUGUSTUS)A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain], FIRST EDITION, text in...

BINDING - JAMES THOMSONThe Seasons... Illustrated with Engravings by F. Bartolozzi, R.A., and P.W. Tomkins, Historical Engraveers to Their Majesti...

BINDING - NELSONCLARKE (JAMES STAINER) and JOHN M'ARTHUR. The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K. B. From His Lordship's Manuscripts, 2 vol., FIRST ED...

CRIMEASIMPSON (WILLIAM) The Seat of War in the East. First [-Second] Series, 2 vol., hand-coloured lithographed pictorial titles, lithographed de...

DELAMOTTE (WILLIAM ALFRED)Original Views of Oxford, its Colleges, Chapels, and Gardens... with Historical and Descriptive Notices by Charles Ollie...

HARRIS (JOHNA)The History of Kent. In Five Parts, vol. 1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, SUBSCRIBER'S COPY, engraved portrait, large folding map ...

HEARNE (THOMAS)Antiquities of Great Britain, Illustrated in Views of Monasteries, Castles, and Churches, Now Existing, 2 vol. bound in 1 vol., FIR...

INDIA - MYSORECOLEBROOK ((ROBERT HYDE) [Twelve] Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the...

JENKINS (JOHN)The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies; from 1799 to 1815, engraved title pictorial title, additional hand-colour...

NATTES (JOHN CLAUDE) AND JAMES FITTLERScotia Depicta; or, the Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Cities, Town...

ORME (EDWARD) AND FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAGDONOrme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Lord Horatio Nelson, FIRST EDITION, engraved ...

OXFORD ALMANACK[A Century and a Half of Designs Engraved for the Oxford Almanac for the Years 1716-1865], bound in 2 vol., 150 engraved views of ...

RADCLYFFE (CHARLES W.)Memorials of Westminster School, FIRST EDITION, 12 lithographed plates (including title) by Day and Hghe after Radclyffe, A...

VIVIAN (GEORGE)Views from the Gardens of Rome and Albano, FIRST EDITION, 25 lithographed plates by J.D. Harding after Vivian, 6 wood-engraved vig...

WILLIAMS (WILLIAM, of Llandegai)Oxonia Depicta sive Collegiorum et Aularum in Inclyta Academia Oxoniensi, engraved throughout comprising: hand-co...

BEUGHEM (CORNELIUS VAN)Bibliographia historica, chronologica et geographica novissima, perpetuo continuanda, sive Conspectus primus catalogi libro...

BLAQUIÈRE (EDWARD)Letters from the Mediterranean; Containing Civil and Political Account of Sicily, Tripoly, Tunis, and Malta, 2 vol., 2 folding ...

BONGARS (JACQUES DE)Gesta dei per francos, sive orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia a variis, 2 vol. bound in 1,...

BOULLAYE-LE-GOUZ (FRANCOIS DE)Les voyages, FIRST EDITION, woodcut frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved portrait illustration of the auth...

BRUYN (CORNELIS DE)Voyage Au Levant, c'est-a-dire, dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie Mineure, dans les Isles de Chio, Rhodes, Chypre, &c., 5 ...

BUNTING (HEINRICH)Itinerarum Sacrae Scripture oder Reise Buch uber die ganze Heil, 3 parts in 1 vol., general title printed in red and black, tit...

CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER (MARIE-GABRIEL-FLORENT-AUGUSTE DE)Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol. bound in 5, half-titles, 3 engraved tit...

DOUBDAN (JEAN)Le voyage de la Terre-Sainte, contenant une veritable description des lieux plus considerables que Nostre Seigneur a sanctifie de sa...

[FLEURIAU (THOMAS CHARLES)]Nouveaux mémoires des missions de la Compagnie de Jésus, dans le Levant, FIRST EDITION, THE DEDICATEE'S COPY, folding ...

GRAZIANI (ANTONIO MARIA)Histoire de la guerre de Chypre, first French edition, translated from the Latin by Le Peletier, engraved additional titl...

HANCARVILLE (PIERRE FRANÇOIS HUGUES D')Antiquites Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, 5 vol., additional hand-coloured engraved title in each volume...

MACHIAVELLI (NICCOLO)I sette libri dell'arte della guerra, novamente corretti, folding double-page woodcut with layout of a fortress, typographic...

MACHIAVELLI (NICCOLO)L'Asino d'oro... con tutte l'altre sue operette, 3 parts in 1 vol., woodcut on 3 titles, eigtheenth century polished calf gi...

MACHIAVELLI (NICCOLO)Tutte le Opere, 5 parts in 1 vol., second Testina edition, general title and all but one of the parts titles with woodcut p...

MACHIAVELLI (NICCOLO)Tutte le opere, 5 parts in 1 vol., late Testina edition, vignette woodcut portrait on each title, one double-page illustrati...