The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox. Newly Corrected and Purged from all grossness in Phrase and Matter. Augmented and Enlarged with sundry Excellent Morals and Expositions upon every several Chapter . To which may now be added a Second Part of the said History; As also the shifts of Reynardine the Son of Reynard the Fox, together with his Life and Death &c.
3 parts as 1, 1701, 1681 & 1684, each with independent register. In contemporary speckled calf, raised bands gilt tooling, gilt title to maroon morocco label. Internally, woodcut vignette to tp, 1701, [1], A2-U4, [160 pp includes the leaf of…
The Apocrypha According to the Authorized Version
Copy XXIX of 30 SPECIAL copies printed on handmade paper with the additional suite of plates , for a total of 33, all signed by the artists apart from the Kennington and the Underwood prints (as is usual). The Apocrypha, bound in full black vellum…
The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane.
[BACON Sir Francis] 1561-1626
A Very Good example of Bacon's First published works. Better known under title: Advancement of learning. In attractive full calf (c1818), decorative gilt tooling, edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], 45…
Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse Of Experimental Naturall Philosophy,
[BOYLE Robert] 1627-1691
Boyle's Most Important & Uncommon Medical Work. First Edition, 2 parts in 1 volume. Uncommon. Contemporary refurbished boxed calf. New spine to style, raised bands. Internally, half title, [1], 127, [1], [6] index, [2], [2], 3-48, 57-417 pp, [1],…
A Journal of a Voyage round the World in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour..WITH Descriptions of several new discovered Countries in the Southern Hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. BOUND WITH: A Description of East Florida, with a Journal, Kept by John Bartram of Philadelphia,.... Upon A Journey from St. Augustine up the River St. Johns, as Far as the Lakes.
[COOK - first Voyage] 1728-1779 [MAGRA James - attributed to] 1748?-1806 AND [STORK William Dr]; BARTRAM John 1699-1777
The First Published Account of Cook's First Voyage to the Pacific, complete with Dedication Leaf. A cornerstone of any Cook collection. Two works in one, bound in modern, to style, half calf over marbled boards, some blind edge tooling, spine with…
Mortimore Castle; A Cambrian Tale.
[HOWELL Ann]
A very rare Minerva Press offering in 2 volumes, bound as one. In modern, to style, half calf over marbled boards. Spine, decorative gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt title, to red morocco label. Internally, half title, [4], [1], 2-164. Half title,…
The Punishments of China.
[MASON George Henry] 1770-1851
A striking & influential illustrated book that depicts judicial & penal practices of imperial China during the late Qing Dynasty. VG, FIRST edition, 1801, 22 coloured pls. In contemporary red straight grain morocco, decorative gilt edge tooling,…
Arctic Zoology (and Supplement)
[PENNANT Thomas] 1726-1798
Beautifully illustrated work on Arctic and American natural history by the noted British naturalist. 3 volumes bound in 2, which includes the Supplement, complete, with 24 B&W plates, 2 vignettes plus 2 large maps. VG. First editions, 1784 , 85 &…
Monumenta Historica Britannica, or materials for the history of Britain, from the earliest period to the end of the reign of King Henry VII.
[PETRIE Henry] 1768-1842. SHARPE John The Rev. 1809-1877. HARDY Thomas Duffus Sir 1804-1878 - editor.
HISTORY UP TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST. WITH TWENTY SEVEN PLATES Volume 1, all published, large folio in contemporary diced calf, rounded rubbed edges. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, half title, [8], [3] 4-146, [2],…
Temple of Flora. or Garden of the Botanist, Poet, Painter and Philosopher,
[THORNTON Robert John] 1768?-1837.
The Most Spectacular Botanical Print Book of its Era. First quarto edition, large quarto, [45] leaves, engraved title on two leaves, hand coloured allegorical aquatint frontispieces, two uncoloured engraved plates (the first by Maddocks after…
The Golden Ass
ADLINGTON William (active 1566). SAMPSON George 1873-1958 - editor
An edition limited to 220 copies only, in half green morocco over blue cloth. Spine, with gilt titles, raised bands, blind tooling. Internally, limitation leaf, half title, tissue guarded frontispiece by WL Bruckman, illustrated title page in red &…
Instauratio Magna [Novum Organum]
BACON Francis 1561-1629
A 'landmark in the advancement of human learning' (Pforzheimer). First edition, 1620, second issue. Bound within the first part of Summi Angliae Cancellarii, 1638 In contemporary full calf, gilt double fillet border to covers, spine with 6 raised…
The General History of the Air, Designed and Begun by the Honble Robert Boyle Esq.
BOYLE Robert 1627-1691
The first clear statement on the kinetic theory of gases. 1692, Rare First Edition. Complete, in contemporary calf, corners worn. Re-spined to style, gilt title to red calf label, blind tooling. Internally, title in double ruled border, [2],…
Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with plates of the coaches, machines, &c. with descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway
BURY T.T. [Thomas Talbot] 1811-1877
This classic record of the beginnings of the railway age was also one of the last significant books illustrated with aquatints (Ray). Complete with Sixteen Hand Coloured Aquatint Plates, including the Three Very Scarce Folding Plates. Revised…
Britannia: sive Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio;
CAMDENO Guilielmo [CAMDEN William] 1551-1623
In contemporary glazed panelled calf, decorative blind tooling, corners worn. Re-backed, raised bands, gilt titles to black calf label. Internally, MS note in Latin, title page in red & black inks, [16], 671, [1], [2], 675-762 pp, [21] index,…