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Oxon: Printed for Hen. Cruttenden, 1684. FINCH, Leopold William. . The Lives of Illustrious Men. Written in Latin by Corn. Nepos, And Done into English by Several Hands. Oxon: Printed for Hen. Cruttenden, 1684. First English edition. Octavo (6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 174 x 109 mm). [56], 272, pp. Frontispiece portrait of Nepos. Full contemporary speckled brown calf, ruled in blind. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped in gilt. Edges speckled in red. Boards and spine a bit rubbed. A two inch split at the bottom outer hinge of the front board and a three-quarter inch split at the top outer hinge of the front board. A previous owner's book plate of front pastedown. A very good copy. "Cornelius Nepos, A Roman historian, a friend of Atticus and Catullus. His chief work was 'De Viris Illustribus', of which part survives." ( The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 574). HBS 64676. $1,250.

London: Tho. McLean, 1834. NEWHOUSE, C.B.. Scenes on the Road. [London: Tho. McLean, 1834]. First Edition. Oblong folio (11 1/4 x 17 inches; 288 x 430 mm). With 18 large hand-colored aquatints, printed on white wove paper, heightened with gum arabic, bound together on stubs. Without title-page as issued. Each of the illustrations feature scenes of horses and carriages and their passengers on the road. Nos 1-4, 6 and 11 engraved by R.G. Reeve after Newhouse. Each image in vignette and marked in margin, C.B. Newhouse, del (those by Reeve so identified), and McLean's imprint and date. Each of the illustrations are captioned as follows: 1) The Disappointment, or Retreat in a Shower. 2] A Frost. 3] Repose in the Mail. 4] An Alarming Reason - Were Run away with and No Mistake. 5] A Faithfull Ally. 6] A Signal of Distress, or the Xmas Visitor. 7] Just in time. 8] A Lazy Horsekeeper for the Mail. 9] An Affair of the moment. 10] A Lesson for the Horsekeeper. 11] An Insubordinate Gate Keeper. 12] A Passing… Read More

London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726. Full description: NEWTON, [Sir] Isaac. Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. Editio tertia aucta & emendata. London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726. Third edition. One of only 1250 copies printed. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 241 x 190 mm.). [36], 530, [6, index] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait (facing preface) by George Vertue after I. Vanderbank. Numerous diagrams in the text and one engraving of cometary orbit on p. 506. Title printed in red and black. In period repurposed mottled calf over original boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Some old ink notes on front flyleaf. One instance of light marginalia. A one-inch closed tear to leaf D2, not affecting text. Some occasional very light dampstaining to fore-edge margin. Overall a very good, clean copy. "This edition was the last published during the author's lifetime and the basis of all subsequent editions. It was edited by… Read More

Manchester: George Nicholson, 1797. First Edition of an Early Work on Vegetarianism [NICHOLSON, George]. On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals, &c.. [Within] The Literary Miscellany. Manchester: Printed and sold at the office of G. Nicholson 1797. [Together with] [FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. Preceptive, moral and sentimental pieces. Prose. On Education, by Pratt. On Gymnastics, by Madame de Sillery. On a new Mode of Bathing; on Swimming; on Sleeping; by Dr. Franklin, &c. Printed and sold at the office of G. Nicholson; Manchester, 1797. [And] [Anonymous]. On Clothing. Printed and sold at the office of G. Nicholson; Manchester, 1797. First Edition of On the Conduct of Man. All titles bound together in one sixteenmo volume of The Literary Miscellany. (5 x 3 1/6 inches; 126 x 77 mm). [2], 8, 26; 48; 134, [1, contents], [1, blank] pp. With separate title-pages for each section. Each title-page with an engraved vignette. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with red morocco spine label,… Read More

London: Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672. First English edition of Nostradamus' famous prognostications. Small folio in fours (11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 299 x 191 mm). [36], 522, [2, blank] pp. With scarce engraved frontispiece portrait by Dolle, often not present. Decorated woodcut initials and headpieces. Title page printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, retaining original red morocco lettering label. Board edges tooled in gilt. Marbled edges. With two previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown, including an eighteenth-century armorial bookplate of Sir George Cooke of Westminster. Pages with some occasional foxing and toning. A few tiny burn holes, only slightly affecting text on leaf F4. Otherwise a very good copy of this controversial work. Nostradamus's famous prophecies were first published in Lyons in 1555. Nostradamus (Michel de Notredame) was for years a wandering physician, until 1547 when he married a wealthy widow. His major energies, though,… Read More

London: Sold by G. Robinson.., 1782. BALLET. . Translated from the French. London: Sold by G. Robinson..., [1782]-1783. First English edition. Three octavo volumes, bound in one (8 3/8 x 5 inches; 212 x 126 mm). [4], lxviii, 227, [5, index]; [4], 258; xi, [1, blank], 330 pp. Volume I not dated, the title-pages to volumes II and III are dated 1783. With frontispiece portrait. Half-title for each volume. This is very scarce as we could only find two other copies at auction in the past 50 years. Volumes I-II comprise: "An Essay on the Art of Dancing." Volume III comprise: The Danaides. Rinaldo and Armida. Adela of Ponthieu. The Graces. The Horatii and Curiatil. Agamemnon revenged. Apelles and Campaspe, or, The self-conquest of Alexander. The amours of Venus. Alceste. Modern blue morocco over marbled paper boards. Top edge dyed brown, others dyed red. Newer endpapers. Some minor foxing and toning, mainly to portrait. Some occasional pencil markings. Overall a very good copy. According the the ESTC,… Read More