Books and Works on Paper

Linguistics.- Minsheu (John) Hegemon eis tas Glossas [graece], id est Ductor in Linguas, The Guide Into Tongues, 2 parts in 1, first edition, titl...

NO RESERVE H[owell] (J[ames]) Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren, first edition, lacking additional engraved title, engrav...

Food & Drink.- Tanara (Vincenzo) L'Economia del Cittadino in Villa, half-title, title with woodcut vignette of ploughing, old ink inscription on t...

Filmer (Sir Robert) Patriarcha: or the Natural Power of Kings, second edition, lacking blank g8 at end of preliminaries, browned, final couple of ...

La Rochefoucauld (Francois, Duc de) Moral Maxims and Reflections, first complete edition in English, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink signa...

Hickes (George) Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archaeologicus, 2 vol., first edition, mixed set, vol.1 with eng...

Roads.- Bergier (Nicolas) The General History of the Highways, in all Parts of the World, more particularly in Great Britain, first English editio...

[Rawlinson (Richard, editor)] Miscellanies on Several Curious Subjects..., first edition, title with engraved portrait of Anthony à Wood, Contents...

Engineering.- Perry (Capt. John) An Account of the Stopping of Daggenham Breach, first edition, folding engraved map by H.Moll with contemporary a...

Agriculture.- Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique...., edited by J.Marret, 4 vol. including 2 vol. Supplement, third edition, titles in red and...

Brewing.- [Ellis (William)] The London and Country Brewer...in Three Parts, to which is added a Supplement, fourth edition, woodcut decorations an...

Erotica.- [Chorier (Nicolas)], "Joannes Meursius". Elegantiae latini sermonis. Petri Aretini Pornodidasculus...., author's name supplied on title ...

[Cambridge (Richard Owen)] The Scribleriad: An Heroic Poem, 6 parts in 1, first edition, general title and preliminaries bound after part 5, 7 eng...

NO RESERVE [Collier (Jane)] An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting..., second edition, engraved frontispiece (foxed), worming to lower oute...

Italy.- Sharp (Samuel) Letters from Italy, describing the Customs and Manners of that Country, in the years 1765, and 1766, first edition, errata ...

Agriculture.- [Young (Arthur)] A Six Months Tour through the North of England, containing an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufact...

Education.- Helvetius (Claude Adrien) De l'Homme, de ses Facultes Intellectuelles et de son Éducation, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with 639...

NO RESERVE Campbell (John) A Political Survey of Britain, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, Sir Marcus Somerville's copy with his ink signature ...

Gardens.- Kennedy (John) A Treatise upon Planting, Gardening, and the Management of the Hot-House, 2 vol., second, enlarged, edition, vol.1 with a...

Almanacs.- Gentleman's Diary (The), or the Mathematical Repository for..., 1785 § Ladies' Diary (The): or Woman's Almanack...,1785 § Moore (Franic...

Smollett (Tobias) The Miscellaneous Works, 6 vol., hand-coloured engraved frontispieces by Thomas Rowlandson, light soiling to frontispieces and t...

NO RESERVE [Pigott (Charles)] The Jockey Club, or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age, 3 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 fifth edition, vol.3 seco...

Smollett (Tobias) The Adventures of Roderick Random, 2 vol., 12 etched plates with pink wash by Thomas Rowlandson, some spotting, front free endpa...

NO RESERVE Shakespeare Forgeries.- [Ireland (William Henry)] Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakesp...

London.- Hunter (Rev. Henry) The History of London, and its Environs, in the original 10 parts, first edition, 2 advertisement leaves in part I, l...

Bath.- Warner (Rev. Richard) An Illustration of the Roman Antiquities Discovered at Bath, presentation copy from the author to H. L. Howse Chamber...

Ozanam (Jacques) Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy...recomposed, and greatly enlarged...by the Celebrated M. Montucla...translated...

Wales.- Giraldus Cambrensis. The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales A.D. MCLXXXVIII, translated and edited by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2...

NO RESERVE Food & Drink.- [Colnet de Ravel (C.J.A.M. de)] L'Art de Diner en Ville...Poeme en IV Chants, first edition, half-title, foxed, original...

Games.- Book of Games (The); or, a History of Juvenile Sports, practised at a Considerable Academy near London, 23 engraved plates only (of 24, la...

England.- Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light spotting or soiling to text...

NO RESERVE Lee Priory Press.- Brydges (Sir Egerton, editor) Breton's Longing of a Blessed Heart..., one of 100 copies, title printed in red and bl...

Wales.- Roberts (Peter) The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, an Account of some Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions, of Wales..., first editio...

NO RESERVE England.- Upcott (William) A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography, 2 vol., [one of 200 8vo cop...

Book of English Trades (The), 72 woodcut or engraved plates of trades, advertisement leaf at end, foxed, contemporary morocco, rubbed, spine faded...

London.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) A Series of Views in Islington and Pentonville, 32 engraved plates after Augustus Pugin, all on india paper and ...

Caulfield (James) Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the end of the Reign of George II, 4 v...

Italy.- [Gonelli (Giuseppe)] Monumenti Sepolcrali della Toscana, engraved title and plates, foxed, presentation inscription to Lady Morgan on fron...

Angling.- [Boaz (Herman)] The Angler's Progress; A Poem, title with wood-engraved vignette by Thomas Bewick, [W&S p.35], Newcastle, for Emerson Ch...

Birds.- Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol. including Supplements at ends, 'Land Birds' seventh edition, 'Water Birds' fifth editio...

Linguistics.- Nares (Robert) A Glossary; or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names...in the Works of English Authors, particularly Shakespeare, firs...

Norfolk.- Wilkinson (IJoseph) The Architectural Remains of the Ancient Town & Borough of Thetford..., first edition, engraved pictorial title and ...

London.- Views of London, large paper copy, engraved decorative title and 45 plates by Charles Heath after Dewint, Westall and Mackenzie, all on i...

Fraud.- South Sea Bubble (The), and the Numerous Fraudulent Projects to which it gave rise in 1720, historically detailed as a Beacon to the Unwar...

Fashion.- Whole Art of Dress! (The) or, The Road to Elegance and Fashion...By a Cavalry Officer, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, 6 lithog...

Shropshire.- Phillipps (Sir Thomas).- Gough (Richard) Human Nature Displayed in the History of Myddle, [edited by Sir Thomas Phillipps], title and...

England.- Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of England, vol.5 only (of 5), third edition, 116 engraved sheets of maps hand-coloured in out...

London.- Robinson (William) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Tottenham, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, 2 folding hand-coloured engraved ...

Thames.- Fearnside (W.G.) Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, engraved additional pictorial title and 79 plates after Tombleson, ti...

London.- Illustrated London News (The). Panorama of London and the River Thames, from Millbank to Greenwich and beyond, wood-engraving, on 2 sheet...

Birds.- Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., numerous wood-engraved title-vignettes, illustrations and tail-pieces, endpapers lightly...

Germany.- Simrock (Karl) Das malerische und romantische Rheinland, 60 engraved plates, tissue guards, foxed, contemporary half roan over blind-sta...

Angling.- Crawhall (Joseph) A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers, one of 50 large paper copies, half-title, title print...

Japan.- Mitford (A.B.) Tales of Old Japan, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates, errata slip in vol.1, light foxing, Hugh Walpole's copy wit...

NO RESERVE Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Landscape, number 116 of 525 large paper copies, title in red and black, 43 plates, mostly photogravure but i...

Linguistics.- Farmer (John S., editor) Slang and its Analogues Past and Present, 7 vol., limited edition signed by the editor but a mixed set, dou...

London.- [Cornman (F.)] Vestiges of Old London from Rare Prints & Drawings, number 20 of only 30 copies signed by the author, 20 hand-coloured pla...

Huxley (Aldous) Prisons, with the "Carceri" Etchings by G.B.Piranesi, number 92 of 212 copies signed by the author, etched frontispiece and 18 pla...

Bibliography.- National Maritime Museum. Catalogue of the Library, 5 vol. in 7 [all published], illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, spine...

Children's.- St. John (Judith) The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1566-1910: A Catalogue, 2 vol., third printing with corrections, o...