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Works of Mr. Alexander Pope as Well as His Translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer by POPE, Alexander
London: Various Publishers, 1715-1741. Leatherbound. Very good. 15 volumes. 20 cm (quarto) full leather bindings with contemporary mottled calf boards. Respined in matching mottled calf. Minor repairs and staining in endpapers. Hinges secure but some ar...
From Attic Books
$15,000.00
1607 BRITANNIA WILLIAM CAMDEN 1ST MAP EDITION 57 COMPLETE MAPS FOLIO LEATHER ENGLAND U.K. GEOGRAPHY by William Camden
BRITANNIA1607; William Camden; 6th Latin Edition, First Map Edition; London, George Bishop, Ioannis Norton; Full Leather, Re-backed; Latin Text; 10/860 Pages +Index; w9.6"xh13.1"; Extremely Rare!ATTRIBUTES:Full Folio Leather cover design with some gold bo...
From Roga Books
$8,599.00
Workes by Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
London, Printed by Richard Bishop. M. DC. XL [1640]. Hard Cover. Folio: 226, [63]-668 pages, headpieces, initials, marginal notes. (A-S6, T5, G2-G6, H-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Kkk6, Lll4); 29.5 cm. Each part has separate title-page and the above imprint except fo...
$7,500.00
A discourse : vindicating His Royal Master from the insolencies of a scandalous libel printed under the title of (An extract out of the register of the States General of the United Provinces, upon the memorial of Sir George Downing envoyée &c.) and delivered by the agent de Heyde for such to several publick ministers, wheras no such resolution was ever communicated to the same envoyée, nor any answer at all returned by Their Lordships to the said memorial by DOWNING, George Sir
1664 1st ed NEW YORK George Downing Discourse on DUTCH Settlements Indians 2v Two exceedingly rare first editions of George Downing's defense of New York! George Downing was an Irish preacher and political apologist known for his service under Oliver Crom...
$7,500.00
EMBLEMS BOUND BY RIVIERE: A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne: quickened with metricall illustrations, both morall and divine: and disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation. by Wither, George (1588-1667)
London: Printed by A[ugustine]. M[athewes]. for Henry Taunton, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, 1635. 1st Edition . Full leather. Near Fine. Passe, Crispijn van de (c.1565-1637); Marshall, William (active 1617-1650). First...
From Lyppard Books
£4,950.00
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro: Translated, Adorned with Sculpture, and illustrated with Annotations by Virgil; Maro, Publius Virgilius; Ogilby, John
Thomas Warren, 1654 1654 folio edition with illustrations by Francis Cleyn, engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar and Pierre Lombard. 102 copper plates. Title page has 'adornd' without apostrophe. Initial illustration on 'The Life of Publius Virgilius...
From Defunct Books
$5,000.00
TYMON OF ATHENS (Timon of Athens). by SHAKESPEARE William.:
London, Printed by Tho. Cotes for Richard Allot at his shop at the signe of the Black Bear in Paul's Church-Yard, 1632.. COMPLETE PLAY EXTRACTED FROM THE SECOND FOLIO OF SHAKESPEAR'S WORKS 1632. No publisher, date or title page. There is a typed letter f...
From Roger Middleton
£3,500.00
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de
Madrid, Joachin Ibarra, 1782.En 8vo, 4 Tomos. (15,9 x 10 cm.) 4 vols. I: Port., vi-ccclxv-280 p., 6 láminas inc. retrato y un gran mapa plegado. II: Port., iv-602 p. 6 láminas. III: Port., xxi-437 p., 6 láminas. IV: Port., vi-492 p. 6 láminas. Encuade...
$3,560.00
Hudibra, First, Second, Third and Subsequent Parts. First Edition, First Issue 1663 by Butler, Samuel
Butler, Samuel. "Hudibras. The First Part. Written in the time of the late Wars". [4], 268 pages. First Authorized Edition, first issue, with "Saint" in imprint spelled out in full; errata is present, lacking the imprimatur leaf (dated Nov. 11, 1662), and...
From Calix Books
$3,550.00
Nouveaux Memoires sur l'etat present de la Chine : contenant l'histoire de l'edit de l'empereur de la Chine, en faveur de la religion chrestienne by LeCOMTE, Louis
1698 ALEXANDER HAMILTON American Provenance CHINA Le Comte Rites Confucius 3v The history of China has always been one of the most popular discussions of western culture and was a regular occurring topic of authors from the 16th- 18th-centuries. One of th...
$3,500.00
Samuelis Pufendorfii De officio hominis et civis juxta legem naturalem by PUFENDORF, Samuel von
1673 1ed Duty of Man Citizen Pufendorf Political Philosophy Natural LAW Just War"the faculty which does distinguish men from brutes is called the will, by which…man moves himself to Action, and chooses that which best pleases him; and rejects that which...
$3,500.00
THE NEW TESTAMENT by [Bible] Authorized King James Version of the New Testament
London: Robert Barker...by the Assignes of John Bill, 1633. Very Early Elizabethan Printing. Tooled leather. Very Good +/Custom Case. 12mo, original tooled leather 17th century binding, engraved frontispiece, very closely cut borders, all edges gilded, ...
From Borg Antiquarian
$3,500.00
Tales from Shakespeare (1807) by Charles and Mary Lamb
London, Thomas Hodgkins at the Juvenile Press, 1807. The best first edition of _Tales from Shakespeare_ available for purchase. A fine, clean copy.These 20 tales are illustrated with 20 engraved illustrations by William Mulready. First edition, first impr...
$2,900.00
The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr Dryden by Virgil, John Dryden
London : Jacob Tonson, 1697 A good copy in contemporary full leather binding with frontispiece, title page in red and black inks, and 91 (of 101) full page engravings. This is the first illustrated edition of Dryden's famous translations of Virgil'...
From E C Books
£1,800.00
THE PERPLEXED PRINCE. by S. T.:
FIRST EDITION circa 1682, date taken from Wing, STC. Small book, 12mo, approximately 140 x 70 mm, 5½ x 3 inches, printer's device to title page, pages: [12], 1-130, lacking last blank page, collation: A6, B-F¹², G6 (-G6). includes: Dedication to Willi...
From Roger Middleton
£1,800.00
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