Antiquarian Books

(FABRONI, Angelo).

Dissertazione sulle statue appartenenti alla favola di Niobe a sua altezza reale Pietro Leopoldo.

Firenze. nella Stamperia di Francesco Moucke. 1779. Folio. pp. 24 + 19 engraved plates without ... (more)

Only edition, simultaneously published in French, of this sumptuous publication celebrating the ... (more)

£1,400

ref: 33660

(FUMAGALLI, Paolo).

Le Ruine di Pompeia. Trattato Pittorico, Istorico e Geometrico. Opera Disegnata Negli Anni 1822, 1823 e 1824.

Florence. 1826. Folio. pp. 60; 5. Aquatint title, 'avvertimento', text and 'Spiegazione', 54 ... (more)

A fine copy of Fumagalli's comprehensive work on Pompeii as it was at the beginning of the ... (more)

£3,750

ref: 33665

(WILDE, Oscar & Lord Alfred Douglas).

The Chameleon: A Bazaar of Dangerous and Smiling Chances. Vol. I. No. I. December 1894. [All Published].

London. Gay & Bird. 1894. 12mo. (Sheet size 195 x 260 mm). pp. 60. Nineteenth century green morocco by Denny, banded spine with gilt title and motifs in six compartments, inner dentelles with elaborate gilt motif, marbled endpapers, original publisher's green printed wrappers preserved.

From the edition limited to 100 copies, with this copy unnumbered and untrimmed.
Extremely rare ... (more)

£10,000

ref: 30196

ACKERMANN, R.

The History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings.

London. L. Harrison & J. C. Leigh. 1814. 2 vols. Large 4to. pp. xiv, xxv, 275; 262. Half titles ... (more)

Dedicated to William Wyndham Grenville, Chancellor of the University. Portraits of the founders of ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 20035

ADAM, Robert.

Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian in Dalmatia.

London. For the author. 1764. Large folio. Title, dedication (iv), list of subscribers (4), 33, (1). With 55 engraved plates numbered to 61 with double numbers for some of the 14 double-page or larger plates. Original calf-backed marbled boards, boxed.

FIRST EDITION.
Robert Adam spent five weeks in Spalatro in July-August 1757, accompanied by ... (more)

P.O.A.

ref: 34293

ALSTON, J.W.

Hints to Young Practitioners in the study of Landscape Painting ... to which are added Instructions in the Art of Painting on Velvet. Third edition.

London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme. n.d. c.1820. 8vo. pp. (iv), 67, (1). 'Illustrated by Five engravings intended to show the Different Stages of the Neutral Tint' + title vignette. Original grey boards, some soiling to boards, front board loosening, spine damaged.

First published in Edinburgh in 1804, this book was written by a drawing master for his pupils and as a description of his techniques. Contains hints on the fashionable craft of painting on velvet, mostly on the preparation of the colours.

£650

ref: 21842

ATKINSON, John Augustus.

A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain,... with a descriptive essay on the subject of each plate in English and French. Volume I. [All Published].

London. William Miller & James Walker. 1807. Folio. Half-title, title-page, 4 pp. dedication in ... (more)

First issue.
'It was originally intended to publish the work in three volumes, with 100 plates ... (more)

£12,500

ref: 27933

AUSTEN, Jane.

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park," &c. With a Biographical Notice of the Author.

London. John Murray. 1818. 4 vols. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 300; (4), 331, (1, blank); (4), 280; (4), 308, (4, blank). Full contemporary calf, black leather title labels to spines.

FIRST EDITION in a contemporary binding of Austen's first and last completed novels.
Northanger ... (more)

£8,500

ref: 30485

AYMON, J(ean).

Monumens Authentiques de la Religion des Grecs, et de la Fausseté de Plusieurs Confessions de Foi des Chrétiens Orientaux; Produites contre les Théologiens Réformez, par les Prélats de France & les Docteurs de Port-Roial, dans leur fameux Ouvrage de la Perpetuité de la Foi de l'Eglise Catholique.

The Hague. Chez Charles Delo. 1707. 4to. pp. (2), 30, 528, (22). [Misnumbered, omitting pages ... (more)

Jean Aymon (1661-1720) was a French priest and writer who rejected his Catholic roots, becoming a ... (more)

£350

ref: 25359

BARTOLOZZI. Chamberlaine.

Imitations of original drawings by Hans Holbein in the collection of His Majesty, for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII. With Biographical Tracts.

London. Bulmer. 1792 (published in parts between 1792 and 1800). Large folio. Illustrated with 84 ... (more)

'This magnificent work is surely the finest example of English colour printing' (Ray).
Originally ... (more)

£20,000

ref: 33085

BASKERVILLE. Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius.

Catulli, Tibulli et Propertii Opera.

Birmingham. Joannis Baskerville. 1772. 4to. pp. 372. Contemporary full red morocco, boards ruled in ... (more)

First edition, later state with all headline errors as called for by Gaskell.
John Baskerville ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 30133

BASKERVILLE. Horace.

Quinti Horatii Flacci Carminum Libri Quator.

Birmingam. John Baskerville. 1770. 4to. pp. (4), 344 Half-title, engraved frontispiece by Henriquez ... (more)

First edition of Baskerville's Horace with all of the plates.
John Baskerville (1706 - 1775 ... (more)

£5,500

ref: 30132

BASKERVILLE. Juvenal & Persius.

D. Junii Juvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae.

Birmingham. John Baskerville. 1761. 4to. pp. 240. Contemporary full red morocco, boards ruled in gilt, banded spine with elaborate gilt floral motif in six compartments, morocco title label to second compartment: 'D - / JUNII / JUVEN', board edges ruled in gilt, inner dentelles with elaborate gilt tooling, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.

First edition, early issue with all the cancellanda and errors as called for by Gaskell ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 30130

BASKERVILLE. Sallust & Florus.

C. Crispus Sallustius et L. Anaeus Florus. (Histories).

Birmingham. Joannis Baskerville. 1773. 4to. pp. (1 blank leaf), half-title, title, 317, (2 blank leaves). Contemporary full red morocco, boards with elaborate gilt tooled surrounds, banded spine with title gilt and gilt motif in seven compartments, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.

First edition of Baskerville's Sallust and Florus, with the signature of Horace Walpole to title ... (more)

£5,500

ref: 31384

BASKERVILLE. Virgil.

Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis.

Birmingham. John Baskerville. 1757. 4to. pp. 432. Contemporary full red morocco, boards ruled in gilt, banded spine with elaborate gilt floral motif in six compartments, gilt title to second compartment: 'VIRGILII / OPERA / BASKERVILL', board edges ruled in gilt, inner dentelles with gilt crosshatching, blue endpapers, a.e.g.

First edition of John Baskerville's first publication.
Although work on Baskerville's ... (more)

£5,500

ref: 30129