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BEAUMONT (Francis) and John FLETCHER. Comedies and Tragedies... Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originall Copies. London: ...

Book of Common Prayer, London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd, Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb 1648, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, few ...

CORNWALLIS (Sir Charles) A Discourse of the most Illustrious Prince, Henry, Late Prince of Wales, 1st edition, London: for John Benson 1641, small...

HOBBES (Thomas) Behemoth; Or an Epitome of the Civil Wars of England, from 1640 to 1660. London 1679, 12mo, 214 pp., slightly age toned, previous ...

SYDENHAM (Thomas) Opera Universa, in quibus non solummodo Morborum Acutorum Historiae & Curationes Nova.., Editio Altera, London: R.N. for William...

AUBREY (John) Miscellanies..., Viz. I. Day-Fatality. II. Local-Fatality. III. Ostenta. IV. Omens. V. Dreams. VI. Apparitions. VII. Voices. VIII. I...

VERGILIUS MARO (P) Opera, Leiden: Elzevir 1636, 12mo, with engraved title and folding map, red ruled throughout, contemporary red morocco gilt, ru...

DALTON (Michael) The Countrey Justice, London, 1682, folio, slight cockling and dust staining in places, calf, spine gilt; another edition, The Sa...

Pamphlet. The State of the Church of Rome, when the Reformation began., London: for William Rogers, 1688, 8vo, 34pp., marbled paper wrapper; BEVER...

Classics. CAESAR (Caius Julius) Quae extant omnia cum Animadversionibus integris Dion. Vossii, J. Davisii.., ut & qui vocatur Julius Celsus De Vit...

BURNETT (Gilbert) The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. London 1682, small 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece slightly cropped to left marg...

TAYLOR (John) A Memorial of all the English Monarchs, being in number 150 from Brute to King James, in Heroyicall Verse. London 1622, small 8vo, t...

CHARLES I. Reliquiae Sacrae Carolinae, The Workes of that Great Monarch and Glorious Martyr King Charles the Ist. both Civil and Sacred. With a sh...

The Great Historical Geographical and Poetical Dictionary. London 1694, folio, first leaves slightly toned, later calf, front board detached ...[...

Sermons, literature. SIBBES (Richard) Evangelicall Sacrifices, in XIX Sermons, 1640, 8vo, some age staining, damaged calf; BOYS (John) An Expositi...

HOOKER (R) The Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie. London: for Andrew Crooke, 1666, folio, engraved frontispiece and title, some later pencil notes t...

La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage..., third edition, Paris: chez Jean Mariette 1722, small 4to., 38 engraved double page plates as required i...

La QUINTINYE (Jean de) The Complete Gard'ner: or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen Gardens, now compendi...

WOOD (Anthony) Athenae Oxoniensis, An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops of... Oxford, in 2 vols., London 1721, folio, 2nd edition, titl...

BAYLE (Pierre) Dictionaire Historique et Critique, 3 vol., second edition, Rotterdam: chez Reinier Leers, 1702, folio, titles with engraved vignet...

Legal. An Exact Abridgment of all the Statutes In Force and Use. London 1725, 6 vols., 8vo, with folding table “A Table of the Assise of Bread: In...

PAULI (Simon) A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, translated by Dr. Robert James. London 1746, 8vo, 2 folding engraved plates, lack...

[LA ROCHE-GUILHEN, Anne de] Histoire des Favorites, contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable sous plusieurs règnes. Par Mademoiselle D***....

Sandford (Francis) A Genealogical History of the Kings and Queens of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, from the Conquest, Anno 1066, to the ...

CHAMBERS (E) Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences..., 5th edition in 2 vols., 1741-43, folio, 21 plates including double ...

WARD (Edward) The History of the Grand Rebellion, in 3 vols., 1st ed., 1713, 8vo, numerous portraits by Van der Gucht, Vertue and others, after Va...

[HELYOT (Pierre)] Histoire des Ordres Monastiques, Religieux et Militaires, et des Congrégations Séculières de l'un & de l'autre sexe, 8 vols., Pa...

[SAINT-FOIX (Germain-Francois Poullain De)] Catalogue des Chevaliers, Commandeurs et Officiers de L'Ordre du Saint Espirit. Paris: Christophe-Jean...

AMORY (Thomas) Sermons on the following subjects... by the late Reverend Samuel Chandler, 4 vols., London 1768, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contem...

GILLIERS (Joseph) Le Cannameliste français ou Nouvelle instruction pour ceux qui désirent d'apprendre l'office, rédigé en forme de dictionnaire......

HOGARTH (William) The Analysis of Beauty Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste, bound with Rules for Drawing Caricaturas: w...

GODWIN (William) Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, 2nd edition in 2 vols. 1796, 8vo, light spotting, calf, worn; SMITH (Adam) An Inquiry into ...

WOLLSTONECRAFT (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, London: for J. Johnson...

COLERIDGE (Samuel Taylor) The Watchman. Numbers I-X [All issued]. Bristol: "Published by the Author... And sold by the Booksellers and Newscarrier...

WOLLSTONECRAFT (Mary) The Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution; and the effect it has produced in Europe....

HALLER (Albrecht Von) Opuscula sua anatomica de respiratione, de monstris, aliaque minora. Göttingen: Jo. Wilh. Schmidt, 1751, 8vo, 10 folding eng...

HISTORY OF PRINCE LEE BOO, a Native of the Pelew Islands, brought to England by Capt. Wilson, London: E Newbery, [c 1796], 12mo, new edition, engr...

OLIVIER (J) Fencing Familiarized, first edition London and York 1771, 8vo, text in English and French, folding frontispiece and 8 plates (includin...

BEAUMONT (John) An Historical, Physiological and Theological Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcraft, and other Magical Practices, 1st editio...

Anatomy, medicine and philosophy. WITHERING (William) The Miscellaneous Tracts, to which is Prefixed a Memoir of his Life, 2 vols., first collecte...

Literature and poetry, including satire. [BRIDGES (Thomas)] A Burlesque Translation of Homer. London 1797, 4th edition, 8vo, 2 vols., etched title...

HAMILTON (Sir W) Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other Volcanos: In a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society, 2nd editi...

Bristol interest. [ASH (John, attributed to)] The Dialogues of Eumenes. Bristol: J Pine for the Author, 1779, small 8vo, without frontispiece, hal...

RITSON (Joseph) Northern Garlands, 1810; Robin Hood, 1795, 2 vols.; Bibliographia Poetica, 1802; Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, 1791; Ancient S...

Literature, various. AUSTEN (Jane) Works, 5 volumes, Routledge & Sons, no date circa 1870 (inscription dated 1873 to each vol.), 12mo, half calf, ...

[CHATTERTON (Thomas)] Poems Supposed to have been written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley and others, 1st edition London: T. Payne & Son 1777, 8vo, wi...

Strawberry Hill Press. SPENCE (Rev. J) A Parallel in the Manner of Plutarch, Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by William Robinson, 1758, small 8vo, tit...

GIBBON (Edward) Miscellaneous Works, in 3 vols., 1796-1815, 4to, with portrait, some dust staining, tree calf, rubbed and cracked, one board detac...

ALMANACS for 1753. A bound collection of 14 almanacs in one 12mo vol., authors include William Andrews, John Gadbury, Henry Coley, Francis Moore, ...

BROOKES (Richard) The General Dispensatory, Containing a Translation of the Pharmacopoedias of the Royal Colleges of Physicians..., 2nd edition, L...

BRETTINGHAM (M) The Plans, Elevations and Sections of Holkham in Norfolk. London: by J. Haberkorn 1761, folio, 28 sepia plates including folding o...

JOHNSTONE (J) Antiquatates Celto-Normannicae…, Copenhagen: A F Stein, 1786, title page signed in ink ‘Sir James Matheson’, binding worn ...[more]

PENNANT (T) A Tour in Scotland, vols. 1-3, 1774 and 1776, 4to, mixed editions; CORDINER (C) Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, Lond...

CULPEPER (N) English Physician and Complete Herbal, [1794], 4to, engraved frontispiece and plates, somewhat age toned and soiled in places, revers...

FLEETWOOD (W) Seventeen Sermons, first collected together, 1717, 8vo, modern boards; MOLIERE. Le Misanthrope, Toulouse 1809, 8vo, binding rubbed; ...

The Royal Engagement Pocket Atlas for the Year MDCCXCIII, [1793], a 16mo almanac, engraved head pieces, cream leather binding with gilt decoration...

NICHOLAS (J L) Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, in 2 vols., London 1817, 8vo, first edition, frontispieces, two charts and two plates, as cal...

An Academy for Grown Horsemen, 3rd edition 1808, 4to, 12 etched plates; bound with - Annals of Horsemanship, 1808, 16 (of 17) plates, later calf ...

French military drill and formations. Disbound folio of 26 plates with little text, lacking pl. 10 as stated, rather frayed and water stained; An ...

CHAUNCY (Sir Henry) The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, in 2 vols. 1826, 8vo, folding map and plates as required, variable foxing and spo...

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