Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

Henry IV's embassy to Margaret Duchess of Burgundy.- Henry IV (King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, 1367-1413).- Safe-condu...

Isabella I (as Queen of Castile, married Ferdinand II of Aragon, 1451-1504) Order to her chamberlain Sancho de Peredes to give a quantity of silve...

Tudor Will.- Last Will and Testament of Robertt Atwell of Prestbury, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, manuscript in Tudor English, on paper, 25 l...

Chaloner (Sir Thomas, the elder, diplomat and writer, 1521-65) Autograph inscription signed, "Sum Thomae Chaloneri 1557", on the title-page of Wo...

South Sea Company.- Note of hand signed Rich: Sarum directing the South Sea Company to "Pay the Bearer Mr Daniel Gell my share of the Midsummer Di...

Fairfax (Brian, the younger, antiquary and scholar, Commissioner of Customs, 1676-1749) A Theoretick Treatise of Ship-Building Translated from the...

Cookery.- [Collection of Recipes], manuscript in several hands, 42pp., extensively browned, 1f. loose, edges chipped slightly affecting some words...

Hastings (Warren, Governor-General of Bengal, 1732-1818) Autograph Letter signed to Colonel Edmonson, 3pp., sm. 4to, Fort William, [Calcutta], 17t...

War of 1812.- Commission appointing James Ross Commander of the sloop Dart of Saint John, New Brunswick, with autograph note signed by Ross announ...

Hugo (Victor, French poet, novelist, and dramatist, 1802-85) Autograph Letter signed to Odilon Barrot, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, Paris, 14th ...

Hugo (Victor, French poet, novelist, and dramatist, 1802-85) Autograph Note initialled "V.H." addressed to "Madam", 1p., 125 x 100mm., n.p., 19th ...

19th century photographs.- Baker, of Birmingham. Collection of photographs, 30 albumen prints, including: Anne Hathaway's Cottage Stratford-upon-A...

Bible, English. - New Testament of Jesus Christ (The), translated faithfully into English [by Geoffrey Martin], collation: a-c4, d2, A-5D4, 5E2, t...

Terentius Afer (Publius) Comediae sex, title with woodcut ornamental head-piece and device, another device on colophon leaf at end, with the two f...

[Loiseau de Tourval (Jean)] The French Herald summoning all True Christian Princes to a generall Croisade, for a Holy Warr against the great Enemy...

Sanderson (Robert) Logicae artis compendium, second edition, title with woodcut device, with penultimate errata leaf and final blank, signature of...

Stockwood (John) Disputatiuncularum grammaticalium libellus, fourth edition, woodcut head-pieces, initials and fine full-page illustration of pick...

Linguistics.- Gil (Alexander) Logonomia Anglica, second edition, woodcut of Royal arms on title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title soiled an...

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essaies, title within woodcut typographical border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank but...

[Burton (Robert)], "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, fourth edition, with initial 'Argument of the Frontispiece' leaf, engraved titl...

Alabaster (William) Roxana tragaedia, additional engraved title, woodcut device on title, head-pieces and initial, with final errata leaf, browned...

[Sandys (Sir Edwin)] Europae speculum. Or, a View or Survey of the State of Religion in the Westerne parts of the World, woodcut ornament on title...

Lucian, of Samosata. Certaine Select Dialogues...together with his True Historie, translated by Francis Hickes, first edition in English, woodcut ...

Maritime Law.- Selden (John) Mare clausum seu de dominio maris libri duo, first edition, with initial and final blanks, title in red and black wit...

Binding.- Whole Booke of Davids Psalmes (The), title with typographical border, musical notation, title soiled, water-stained at end, contemporar...

Heywood (Thomas) Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's, selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c., first edition, title with ornamental typogra...

[Bacon (Nathaniel)] A Relation of the Fearefull Estate of Francis Spira, in the yeare, 1548, lacking A1 (?blank), title with typographical ornamen...

Davenant (William) Madagascar; with other Poems, first edition, title with woodcut device, typographical ornaments, with imprimatur leaf following...

Leighton (Alexander) An Epitome or Briefe Discoverie...of the many and great Troubles that Dr. Leighton suffered..., first edition, title with typ...

Trade.- [Mathias de Saint Jean (Jean Eon)] Le Commerce Honorable ou Considerations Politiques, contenant les motifs de necessité, d'honneur, & de ...

Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), engraved title featuring Moses & David and the Evangelists, printed in double column in 67 lines, slightly crop...

Lambe (Samuel) Seasonable Observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector, [2], 20pp., with initial blank, drop-head title, woodcut...

Grammar.- [Lily (William)] Lilies Rules Construed..., [Wing L2270b], 1660 § Hampton (Barnab.) Prosodia Construed...being an addition to Lilie's Ru...

More (Henry) Historia Missionis Anglicanae Societatis Iesu, first edition, additional engraved title incorporating four portraits of clerics inclu...

Donne (John) Poems, &c....With Elegies on the Authors Death..., fifth edition, woodcut head-piece and initial, p.153 with "Vice-couering", lacking...

Turkish Grammar.- Seaman (William) Grammatica Lingue Turcicae, first edition, woodcut device on title (with motto supplied in ink manuscript below...

[Atkins (Maurice)] Cataplus: or, Aeneas his Descent to Hell. A Mock Poem, in imitation of the Sixth Book of Virgil's Aeneis, in English Burlesque,...

Restoration Binding.- [Allestree (Richard)] The Ladies Calling, fifth impression, additional engraved title, engraved title-vignette with weather-...

Hebraica.- Stennett (Jehudah) Diḳduḳ mikhlol or, a Comprehensive Grammar; containing the most Material and Necessary Rules for the Reading and Att...

America.- Franck (Richard) A Philosophical Treatise of the Original and Production of Things. Writ in America in a Time of Solitudes, first editio...

Nostradamus (Michel) Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties, contemporary ink signature "Lourtau" at head of title, browned, small paper flaw tear to ...

Binding.- Gander (Joseph) The Glory of Her Sacred Majesty, Queen Anne, in the Royal Navy...also a Treatise of Navigation and Commerce: with some R...

London Bridge Brushmaker.- The Case of Edward Jones, and the Copartners concern'd in the Timber Trade, newly set on Foot between Great Britain, Br...

Exeter Fire.- To... Lancelot... Lord Bishop of Exon. The... Petition of Thomas Osborne of Alphington, in the County of Devon..., printed broadside...

[Samber (Robert)] Coffee: a Tale, first edition, woodcut device on title, head-pieces & initial, erratic pagination but complete according to ESTC...

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Robinson (Bryan) A Short Essay on Coin, 22p., first edition, with final blank but not 8pp. Appendix, [Goldsmiths' 7528], 1737...

Cookery.- Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's Present: Or, the best Instructions for Young Women..., engraved portrait, title in red and black, broken ...

Cookery.- Lady's Companion (The): or, Accomplish'd Director in the whole Art of Cookery...By a Lady, ?first edition, paper flaw tear to B2 affect...

Horn Books.- A pair of 18th century Horn Books, each with upper case alphabet (24 letters, omitting 'J' and 'U'), each carved in ivory or bone and...

Johnson (Samuel) Political Tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland's Islands. The Patriot; and, Taxation No Tyranny, first collected edition...

Hairdressing.- Stewart (James) Plocacosmos: or The Whole Art of Hair Dressing..., first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved frontispiece pr...

Wollstonecraft (Mary) Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and g...

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, without the very rare errata slip (as usual), l...

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, second edition, with additional line & correct...

Southey (Robert) Poems, second edition, with advertisement leaf but lacking final blank, soiled and stained, preliminary leaves misbound, old boar...

[Southey (Robert, editor)] The Annual Anthology, 2 vol., first edition, with B8 excised from vol.1 and C3 in vol.2 a cancel (as usual), some spott...

[Hunt (Leigh)] Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres..., first edition, half-title, engraved vignette title, without 8pp. prosp...

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Remorse. A Tragedy, first edition, occasional light spotting or soiling, later blue morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine ...

Frost Fair of 1814.- 4 printed souvenirs of the Frost Fair of 1814, 4 printed cards on 1 sheet, folds, slightly browned, 166 x 215mm., 1814.⁂ The ...

Bristol Export Lists, nos 1-10, 12-49 (lacks no. 11, no. 15 misnumbered as 14, no. 22 duplicated), c. 50pp., printed lists, double column, small t...