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* Illuminated leaf. An illuminated Bible leaf, France, circa 1270, vellum leaf with 56 lines of double-column text written in brown ink (verses fr...

Diogenes Laertius. De vita et moribus philosophorum libri X, Lyon: Seb.Gryphium, 1551, printer's woodcut device to title (adhesive tape to gutter ...

Bible [New Testament]. [The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza..., London: Christopher Barker, 1580?]...

Stow (John). The Annales of England, faithfully collected out of the most authenticall authors, London: Ralphen Newbery, 1601, black letter, a few...

Calvin (Jean). [The Institution of Christian Religion, Written in Latine by M. John Calvine, Translated into English according to the Author's las...

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former tran...

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly translated out of the originall tongues and with the former transl...

Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord). The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, London: Printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn, S. Mearne, and H. ...

Playford (John). An Introduction to the Skill of Musick. In Two Books. The first: the grounds and rules of musick, according to the gam-ut, and ot...

Bible [New Testament]. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly translated out of the original Greek..., London: Printed by J...

Bible [English]. The Holy containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues..., London: Printed by John Bill,...

Military History. A Compleat History of the Wars in Flanders, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and on the Rhine, London: Publishing-Office , in Dove Court,...

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church..., together ...

Bradley (Richard). The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm. Containing ins...

Elmer (J). Tables of Weights and Prices, London: Printed for the author, 1758, small later ownership inscription to front pastedown, damp-stain to...

Smith (Robert). Universal Directory for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats, and all other Kinds of Four-Footed and Winged Vermin, in a Method Hither...

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, Dublin: Thomas Ewing, 1775, early 19th-century ownership inscription 'A Surtees...

Bewick (Thomas & John, illustrators). The Dance of Death, from the original designs of Hans Holbein, illustrated with fifty-two wood cuts, engrave...

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible ornamented with engravings, by James Fittler from celebrated pictures by old masters, the Letter Press by Thomas B...

Martin (Sarah). The New Experienced English-Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written purely from her own prac...

Edwards (Bryan). The History civil and commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. To which is added, an historical survey of the Fren...

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language, 5 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, portrait frontispiece to v...

Lingard (John). A History of England from the first invasion by the Romans to the accession of Henry VIII, extra-illustrated, 6 volumes, London: J...

Mitford (John). The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. A Poem in four cantos with notes, 1st edition, 1819, title and dedication, twenty a...

Eyries (Jean Baptiste Benoit). Costumes, Moeurs et Usages de tous les Peuples, 5 parts in 1 volume, Paris, 1821[-27], 82 hand-coloured aquatint co...

Cobbett (William). The Woodlands: or a treatise on the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and ...

Blasis (Carlo). Trattato Elementare, Teorico-Pratico sull'arte del Ballo. Contenente li sviluppi, e dimostrazioni de'principi generali, e particol...

Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, revised, corrected and illustrated with a new introduction by the author, ...

Burns (Robert). The Works..., with his life by Allan Cunningham, 8 volumes, London: James Cochrane, 1834, half-title to first volume, engraved fro...

Michaud (Louis-Gabriel). Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne... , 45 volumes, new edition, Paris (and Leipzig), 1843, double column, contem...

Herschel (John & Darwin, Charles). A Manual of Scientific Enquiry, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: John Murray, 1849, half-title (few short closed...

Thackeray (William Makepeace). The History of Pendennis, 2 volumes, 1849-50; The Newcomes, 2 volumes, 1854-55; The Virginians, 2 volumes, 1858-59,...

Skelton (John, 1831-1897). British reviewer, administrator and educationalist, who frequently wrote under the pen-name of 'Shirley'. A collection ...

Cowper (William). The Poetical Works, London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1854, steel-engraved frontispiece, 3 steel-engraved plates, neat inscription to ...

Dickens (Charles). Our Mutual Friend, 1st edition in the original parts, London: Chapman & Hall, 1864/5, 20 monthly numbers in 19 original parts a...

Dickens (Charles). Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes, 1st edition in book form, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, half-titles, wood engraved frontispiece...

Beeton (Isabella). Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, 10 parts (of 12), London: Ward Lock and Tayler, circa 1869, colour frontispieces to ...

Scott (Walter). Waverley Novels, 25 vols., Centenary edition, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1871, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, contempo...