Search Results: Titles starting with C from Antiquates Ltd

Londini [i.e. London]: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, 1716. [24], 424pp, [20]. With an engraved frontispiece and three engraved folding maps. Contemporary sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, chipping to head of spine, corners exposed. Near contemporary ownership inscription of 'Fitzwilliam', later armorial bookplate of Brocket Hall Library, and recent book-labels of Lord W. Kerr and Peter Scupham to FEP, very occasional light spotting. The first appearance of classical scholar and typographer Michael Maittaire's (1668-1747) edition of Caesar's De bello Gallico and De bello civili; with the addition of Aulus Hirtius' De bello Alexandrino, De bello Africano and De bello Hispaniensi. ESTC T136446.. First edition. 12mo.

Lugd. Batav. [i.e. Leiden]: Apud Joan. & Danielem Elsevier, 1653. [24], 404pp, [28] Title in red and black. Contemporary English binding, blind-ruled calf. Extremities rubbed and marked, some surface loss to spine, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, recent bookplate of R. J. Dickinson to FEP, without FFEP, pen-trials to title, small worm-trail to gutter of final four gatherings (clipping text at times without loss of sense), occasional light damp-staining. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, (c.61 AD-c.113 AD), administrator of part of the Roman Empire. Pliny the Younger, adopted by his uncle Pliny the Elder, studied philosophy and rhetoric under Nicetes Sacerdos and Quintilian, eventually rising to the political court, where he prosecuted provincial governors on charges of corruption and extortion. He achieved the ranks of both Praetor and Consul (100 AD). Friend of Tacitus, Martial, and Suetonius, Pliny was likewise a published author with these 10 books of letters, issued between 100 and 109 -… Read More

Londini [i.e. London]: Sumtibus Rodwell et Martin et al., 1817. In three volumes. [4], 322; [4], 276; [4], 363pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, marbled edges. Extremities discoloured. Marbled endpapers, occasional light spotting. A handsome early nineteenth-century edition of the surviving works of Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus, edited by Alsatian philologist and archaeologist Jeremie-Jacques Oberlin (1735-1806). . 12mo.

Londini [i.e. London]: Sumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. Sammells, 1790. [4], 484pp, [2]. With a terminal errata leaf. Handsomely bound in contemporary navy morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later armorial bookplate of William Cavendish to FEP, inked ownership inscription of Cavendish dated 1824 and recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of FFEP, internally clean and crisp. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, (c.61-c113), administrator of part of the Roman Empire. Pliny the Younger, adopted by his uncle Pliny the Elder, studied philosophy and rhetoric under Nicetes Sacerdos and Quintilian, eventually rising to the political court, where he prosecuted provincial governors on charges of corruption and extortion. He achieved the ranks of both Praetor and Consul (in 100 AD). Friend of Tacitus, Martial and Suetonius, Pliny was likewise a published author with these 10 books of letters, issued between 100 and 109 - collectively they form… Read More

Londini [i.e. London]: Sumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. Sammells [Typis Edmundi Fry], 1790. [4], 484pp, [2]. With a terminal errata leaf. Handsomely bound, in a style reminiscent of, and perhaps executed by, Roger Payne, in contemporary gilt-tooled navy straight-grain morocco, marbled edges. Very light rubbing to extremities. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Panshanger to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP, slight loss to upper margins of leaves L3-4, very occasional spotting. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, (c.61-c113), administrator of part of the Roman Empire. Pliny the Younger, adopted by his uncle Pliny the Elder, studied philosophy and rhetoric under Nicetes Sacerdos and Quintilian, eventually rising to the political court, where he prosecuted provincial governors on charges of corruption and extortion. He achieved the ranks of both Praetor and Consul (in 100 AD). Friend of Tacitus, Martial and Suetonius, Pliny was likewise a published author… Read More

Parisiis [i.e. Paris]: Apud Fredericum Leonard Typographum Regis, Serenissimi Delphini, & Cleri Gallicani, 1674. [30], 234pp, [126]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, slight splitting to lower joint. Very occasional pen-trials/short tears to margins, overall internally clean and crisp. The Delphin edition of Daniel Crespin's (1640-1716) revision of the works of Roman historian Sallust (86-34 BCE) - the pre-eminent source for the Catiline Conspiracies and Jugurthine War. . Quarto.

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1995. x, 188pp. Numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. A detailed account of the archaeological excavations undertaken at the Bronze and Iron Age hillfort of Cadbury Castle, Somerset. . First edition. Folio.

Oxonii [i.e. Oxford]: Typis G. Hall pro R. Blagrave, 1661. 369pp, [13]. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Heavily worn, loss and worming to spine, upper board detached. Inked ownership inscription (dated 1793) of Church of Scotland minister and historian William Robertson (1721-1793) to recto of FEP, early ownership inscription to head of title, occasional light spotting. A reprint of the 1650 Amsterdam edition, published by Elzevier, with the addition of Juvenal, Persius, and Lucan to a section at the end containing the lives of Latin authors from the De viris illustribus. As noted by Madan, it is considered possible that the English editor was John Fell (1625-1686). ESTC records copies at five locations in the British Isles (BL, Leeds, NLW, Oxford, and Wells Cathedral), and a further five in North America (Folger, Georgetown, Illinois, Washington State, and Yale). ESTC R43560, Wing S6144.. 12mo.

A Paris: Chez Pelicier Librarie, [1824]. 220pp. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Extremities very slightly rubbed. Recent bookplate of Camille Aboussouan to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. A beautifully bound almanac printed for use by the French royal court of Charles X. Camille Aboussouan (1919-2013), Lebanese diplomat, lawyer, and bibliophile. . 24mo.

London: Printed by Luke Hansard, 1800. In two volumes. [2], 171, [1]; [2], 169pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece to both volumes, a further seven engraved plates, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled straight-grain navy morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-labels of John Sparrow to verso of both FFEPs, foxed. A handsomely bound copy of a two-volume edition of playwright and novelist Richard Cumberland's (1732-1811) most ambitious poetic effort, a religious epic first published in 1792. Nathan Drake (1766-1836), essayist and physician, devoted four essays of his Literary Hours to a discussion of Calvary, describing the poem as 'a work imbued with the genuine spirit of Milton', concluding 'that to no author of the eighteenth century in polite literature are we under greater obligations'. Drake's praise of the poem was responsible for the publication of seven editions of it between 1800 and 1811. ESTC… Read More

London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819. [6], 205pp, [3]. Title in red and black. With three final publisher's advertisement leaves. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn and marked, joints split, lower board and spine cracked, loss to head and foot, lettering-piece chipped. Foxed. An enlarged edition of an anthology of the first six poems to be awarded the prestigious annual University of Cambridge prize for poetry, the Chancellor's Gold Medal. The award was first presented in 1813 to George Waddington (1793-1869) of Trinity College, later to become a Church of England clergyman and ecclesiastical historian. Other notable recipients represented in this volume include William Whewell (1794-1866), noted mathematician and some time Master of Trinity College; and Chauncey Hare Townshend (1798-1868), respected poet and a friend of Charles Dickens (he was the dedicatee of Great Expectations). . Second edition. 12mo.

Paris: Chez Locard et al., 1805. [4], iii, [1], 285pp, [1]. With a folding table. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, and stained. Recent bookplate of John Fowles to FEP, slight loss to lower corner of leaf I4. The first edition of a contemporary account of the Haitian Revolution, from the perspective of the defeated French colonists. The insurrection began in 1791 with the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, rising against French colonial rule. The revolt ended in 1804 with the Haitian people gaining independence from France, thereby becoming the first country to be founded by those formerly enslaved. The book is primarily a defence of French actions during the conflict, and in particular the conduct of military commander Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (1755- 1813). In 1801, Rochambeau was appointed to lead an expeditionary force against Saint- Domingue in an effort to restore French control. He proceeded to wage… Read More

Glasgow: Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840] 8pp. Woodcut on title page. Two loose bifolia. A trifle creased. A chapbook edition of two anonymous poems; the first a romantic ballad of courtship played out in Scotland's capital, the second a Scots dialect celebration of British Army officer Sir John Cope's (1690-1760) defeat the Battle of Prestonpans, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. . 8vo.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. vi, 191pp, [3]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Hinges partially exposed, bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. An early edition of Walter Besant's (1836-1901) biography of famed explorer Captain James Cook (1728-1779). From the library of New Zealand-born mountaineer George Lowe (1924-2013), a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29th May. The day prior, Lowe had led an advance guard, wielding an ice axe with legendary skill, to cut a path into the Lhotse Face to the final camp (1,000 feet below the peak), preparing the route for Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Following this achievement Lowe became… Read More

[London]: [s.n.], 1807. [2], 323pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. A selection of monthly accounts, extracted from the London Gazette, concerning the British military campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. in 1807 Comprising letters and dispatches of both the army and navy, these bulletins relate foreign actions, victories, defeats, and casualties. These annual volumes began in 1793 and ceased in 1815. . 8vo.

London: Piper, Brothers, & Co., [1852]. Single leaf, printed on both sides. Early vertical and horizontal folds. A trifle creased and browned, some ink-spotting to verso. An official programme of the order of proceedings to St. Paul's Cathedral, of the funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington. The text includes a lists of chief mourners and pall-bearers, and of regiments and detachments in attendance. It would appear that numerous publisher's issued similar material in connection with the event; we have been unable to locate any records of the present programme, issued by Piper, Brothers, & Co. . Dimensions 320 x 500 mm.

[Frankfurt am Main]: [G. Naumann's Druckerei], [1861]. 57-64pp. (Whole volume, 80pp.) With six folding tables. As issued, with original publisher's pink paper backstrip. Housed in recent custom morocco-backed buff card cover, within buff card slipcase. Spine sunned, general title a trifle dusty. The rare first edition of Johann Phillip Reis's (1834-1874) paper on the invention of the telephone as presented in a lecture before the Physical Society of Frankfurt on 26th October 1861. Reis was the first, in 1860, to produce a functioning device that could transmit musical notes, indistinct speech, and occasionally distinct speech by means of electric signals. Practically, Reis's telephones had varying success; some worked well and others produced only static. Nevertheless, they were displayed all over Europe and one was on show in Scotland when Bell was there visiting his father. Although the term 'telephone' had been assigned to earlier communication mechanisms, Reis was the first… Read More

[London]: [Printed by Harrison and Son], [1809]. [2], 547pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. A selection of monthly accounts, extracted from the London Gazette, concerning the British military campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars in 1809. Comprising letters and dispatches of both the army and navy, these bulletins relate foreign actions, victories, defeats, and casualties. These annual volumes began in 1793 and ceased in 1815. . 8vo.

[London]: [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1804]. [2], 264pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. A selection of monthly accounts, extracted from the London Gazette, concerning the British military campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars in 1804. Comprising letters and dispatches of both the army and navy, these bulletins relate foreign actions, victories, defeats, and casualties. These annual volumes began in 1793 and ceased in 1815. . 8vo.

Nismes: Chez C. Belle, 1790. Single leaf broadside. Edges uncut. Old central horizontal fold. Spotted. An apparently unrecorded, provincially published, broadside proclamation issued during the French Revolution, two months after Louis XVI had accepted a constitutional monarchy, relating to the financing of educational institutions, in particular the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. . Dimensions 350 x 450 mm.