Books and Works on Paper

Catharinus (Ambrosius, Bishop of Gonza) Annotationes in excerpta quaedem de commentariis, collation: a-b8 A-Z8 &4, title with woodcut printer's de...

Plautus. Comoediae viginti, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, ruled throughout in red, some worming at start, most...

Aristotle. Opera quaecunque hactenus extiterunt omnia, 2 parts in 1 vol., edited by Desiderus Erasmus, text in Greek, prefatory material in Latin ...

Sigonio (Carlo) De Rep. Atheniensivm Libri IIII. Eivsdem De Athenien. Lacedaemoniorumq(ue) temporibus Liber propediem edetur, italic type, woodcut...

Heraldry.- Le Feron (Jean) Catalogue des noms, surnoms, faits et vies, des connestables, chanceliers, Grands Maistres, admiraux et mareschaux de F...

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) Opera quæ exstant, fine engraved portrait frontispiece and architectural title with portraits of Pallas, Hercules and othe...

Caesar (Caius Julius) C. Iulii Caesaris Commentarii Nouis emendationibus illustrati. Eiusdem Librorum, qui Desiderantur, Fragmenta, illustrations,...

Bible, Dutch.- Biblia, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments, double colum...

NO RESERVE Fleury (Claude) Histoire Ecclesiastique, 37 vol. including Index, engraved vignettes, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt in compar...

NO RESERVE Thou (Jacques-Auguste de) Histoire Universelle... depuis 1543 jusqu'en 1607, 16 vol., half-titles, titles in red and black, engraved po...

NO RESERVE Condé (Louis I de Bourbon) Memoires de Condé, ou Recueil pour servir a l'histoire de France, 6 vol., vol.1 half-title, titles in red an...

NO RESERVE Aguesseau (Henri-Francois d') Oeuvres..., 13 vol., half-titles, engraved title vignettes, engraved and woodcut head-pieces, occasional ...

Watchmaker on globes.- Machado (Cristobal) Recreaciones geographicas, y nuevo compendio de Geographia moderna, first edition, 2 folding engraved p...

NO RESERVE Grand Vocabulaire (Le) Francois, 30 vol., half-titles, woodcut head-pieces, contemporary patterned calf, spines richly gilt in compartm...

NO RESERVE [Lemerre (Pierre)] Recueil des actes, titres et mémoires concernant les affaires du clergé de France, 13 vol., half-titles, woodcut dev...

Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Oeuvres Complètes, 70 vol, engraved frontispiece only, handsome 19th century pale calf, gilt, spines richly gi...

Doré (Gustave).- Michaud (Joseph-François) Histoire des Croisades, 2 vol., 100 plates, occasional faint foxing, original decorative cloth, slight ...

Vaux (Baron de) Écuyers et Écuyéres. Histoire des Cirques d'Europe (1680-1891), illustrations, plates, spotting, original pictorial wrapper bound ...

René Kieffer binding.- Loti (Pierre) Pêcheur d'Islande, extra-illustrated with watercolour illustrations by C.D. de Jankawski, mostly marginal, a ...

Catalan literature.- Plana Y Dorca (José) Papellones (Sonets que ho semblen y Sonets que no ho semblem), number 19 of 70 copies on 'papier de fil'...

NO RESERVE Jean Paul. Die Schönheit des Sterbens in der Blüte des Lebens; und ein Traum von einem Schlachtfelde, number 165 of 300 copies, printed...

NO RESERVE Russian newspapers.- , A good group of 6 newspapers, illustrations, folds, some browning, tears, v.p., 1919-1920; and 2 others (8) ......

NO RESERVE Voltaire & The French Enlightenment.- Besterman (Theodore) Voltaire, first American edition, illustrations, bookseller's label to front...

NO RESERVE Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet de) Les Oeuvres Complètes..., edited by Haydn Mason, Nicholas Cronk & others, (121 vol., of ?138 publis...

NO RESERVE Choirbook leaves, manuscript on vellum, 3 leaves (6pp.), red and blue initials, slightly soiled at edges, some edges a little creased, ...

Wriothesley (Thomas, fourth Earl of Southampton, politician, 1608-67) Letter signed to Sir Robert Pye, 1p. with conjugate blank, folio, Southampto...

Spain.- Carlos II (King of Spain, 1661-1700) Letter signed "Yo el Rey" to Cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicino, in Spanish, 1p. with conjugate blank and p...

18th century sermon.- De Gols (Gerard, rector of St. Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, fl. 1713-37) The Spiritual Watch: A Sermon, manuscript, title and 22...

Somerset Sea Wall.- Kingston Seymour (village between Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare on the North Somerset Levels) [Report on the repair of the se...

NO RESERVE Thetford Bank.- Bank note for Three Pence, engraved note with manuscript insertions, folds, slightly browned and foxed, 128 x 206mm., 2...

Egmont (John Perceval, third Earl of, politician, half-brother of Spencer Perceval, 1738-1822) 8 Autograph Letters to his sister, Lady Elizabeth P...

Medical.- H. (M.) [Medical recipe book], manuscript, 35pp. including 1p. index, a few small engravings laid down, browned throughout, original str...

French commonplace book.- Voison (Captain, 18th Regiment of the line, French army) Vade mecum, manuscript in French, title and 131pp., pen and ink...

America.- Porter (Joshua, of Kaighnton, New Jersey) Receipt Book, manuscript, title and 66pp. excluding blanks and juvenile scribbling, 14pp. of n...

Waterloo, Belgium & the Rhine.- Wright (R.) Journal of a Tour to Belgium & the Rhine with my Father, manuscript, title and 140pp., slightly browne...

Plymouth, Devon.- [Downing (Elisabeth, of Plymouth, 1802-67) Diary and account book, manuscript, 254pp., browned, slightly stained, original vellu...

Royal Navy.- HMS Bombay (84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, destroyed in a fire at the mouth of the River Plate after target p...

Yonge (Charlotte Mary, novelist, 1823-1901) Autograph Letter signed to Beatrice Henrietta Heathcote, 2½pp., 8vo, Elderfield, [Otterbourne, Hampshi...

Railways.- Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901) Letters Patent granted to John Collins Russell of Brixton for "Improvements in...

Royalty.- Arthur (Prince [Prince Arthur of Connaught] (1883-1938), governor-general of South Africa and grandson of Queen Victoria, 1883-1938).- C...

Gallipoli.- McDougall (Arthur, DSO, soldier) Autograph Letter signed "Arthur" to his mother, 1p., 8vo, Gallipoli, Sunday, 22nd August 1915, descri...

δ Thatcher (Margaret).- Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) Margaret Thatcher, 1981Gelatin silver print, mounted to card, signed in black ink by Margare...

Title and dedicatory leaves.- Wood (William) Nevv Englands prospect· A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, common...

Mathematics.- Barrow (Isaac) Euclidis Data succincte demonstrata, first edition, woodcut diagrams, errata leaf at end, trimmed close at head affec...

Haines (Joseph) A Satyr against Brandy, first edition, 2pp., drop-head title, a little soiled and creased at edges, [Wing H197], folio, Printed by...

Ames (Richard, attributed to) Sylvia's Revenge, or; A Satyr against Man, first edition, longitudinal half-title, advertisement leaf at end, front ...

NO RESERVE Irish Parliament. Acts and Statutes..., black letter, foxed and browned, some edges frayed and chipped, some damp-staining affecting ma...

Prior (Matthew) To a Young Gentleman in Love. A Tale, first edition, 2pp., drop-head title, slightly foxed, later marbled wrappers, [Foxon P1088; ...

Bland (Mr.) The Constellation: Poems, on Several Occasions, first edition, 40pp., title with woodcut typographic device, disbound, [Foxon p.66; ES...

Breval (John Durant) Mac-Dermot: or, the Irish Fortune-Hunter, first edition, 48pp., disbound, [Foxon B425; ESTC locates 11 copies], 8vo, Printed ...

Rakes of London.- Glanvill (Abraham) The Rake Reform'd: A Poem, first edition, 32pp., half-title, disbound, [Foxon G171], 8vo, 1718.⁂ The first ha...

[Gay (John)] An Epistle to the most learned Doctor W--d----d; from a Prude That was unfortunately Metamorphos'd, first edition, 8pp., later wrappe...

The Castrato and the Soprano.- Epistle (An) from S-----o, to A-----a R-----n, first edition, 6pp. (the last blank), disbound, [Foxon E377; ESTC li...

[Cooke (Thomas)] The Battle of the Poets. An Heroick Poem, first edition, some light scattered spotting and browning, disbound, folio, J.Roberts, ...

NO RESERVE Economics.- [Arbuthnot (John)] Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures..., first edition, title in red and black, 18 engraved pla...

Spain & Gibraltar.- Great Britain's Glory. Or, The Stay-at-Home Fleet: Tune of Packington's Pownd, first edition, 4pp., woodcut vignette of a ship...

Prison Reform.- Fraser (Peter) Iniquity Display'd: Or, The Happy Deliverance. A Poem, first edition, 8pp., disbound, [Foxon F231], folio, Printed ...

Swiftiana.- Delany (Patrick) The Pheasant and the Lark. A Fable, first edition, 8pp., perforated library stamp to final leaf (affecting text), dis...

Notorious adultress.- Campbell (Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll) A Pastoral Elegy on the Death of the Lady Hilaretta, first edition, 6pp., slightly ...

Battle of the Sexes.- Address (An) to the Right Worshipful The Batchelors of Great-Briatin, ?first edition, title soiled, disbound, [Foxon P488-50...