Storia moderna

The Geographical Magazine, or New System of Geography

[William Frederick Martyn] William Fordyce Mavor · 1793 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Harrison and Co. 1793. Leather. A rare copy of this early geographical work, featuring beautifully illustrated maps throughout. With thirteen engraved plates of views, including a frontispiece and thirteen folding maps. Maps are by 18th century geographer J. Bayly, who...

Hogarth&Apos;S Works with Life and Anecdotal Description of His Pictures, Second Series

John Ireland and John Nichols, F.S.A. · 1697 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Chatto and Windus, c1890. Leather. The work of artist William Hogarth with additional Life and Anecdotal Description of His Pictures by John Ireland and John Nichols. 'The whole of the plates reduced in exact fac-simile of the originals.' William Hogarth (169...

Greece Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical

Christopher Wordsworth · 1859 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€683.33 | $753.18 | ¥120,287)

London, John Murray, 1859. Leather. A beautifully bound and illustrated copy of this work on Greece. In an attractive red morocco binding with gilt detailing. Original publisher's advertisements to the rear. Profusely illustrated with fifteen steel engraved plates, four m...

A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Ninth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Year of Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth and Her Majesty Queen Victoria

Various · 1828 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1828-52. Leather. A set of parliamentary statutes form the reigns of King George IV and Queen Victoria In two volumes Containing: Public Statutes passed in the ninth year of King George IV (1828) and the Fifteenth and Sixtee...

Compendious View of Universal History and Literature in a Series of Twenty Tables, Arranged in Collateral Columns of Nations and Progressively Divided Into Grand Compartments of Historical and Literary Time: From the Period of the Earliest Records to the Year 1833 Grounded on the Fifth Edition of the German of G.G. Bredow, Late Councillor of the Prussian Regency in Silesia, and Professor of History in the University of Breslau to Which Is Appended, a Table of Painters, Arranged in Schools and Ag

James Bell · 1833 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, T. C. Hansard, 1833. Leather. A scarce work on history, being a compendium, compiled by James Bell A scarce copy of this unusual historical compendium, based on the German edition by G. G. Bredow and translated by Major James Bell. Comprising twenty coloured tables, co...

The Chronicles of London Bridge

An Antiquary [Richard Thomson] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1827. First edition. Leather. An extensive 19th century First Edition of the History of London Bridge. Described by the author as a 'toilsome and extended' project, this volume provides a detailed account of the bridge's many incarna...

Modern England Before the Reform Bill

Justin McCarthy · 1899 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,825)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1899. Leather. An attractively-bound history of England from the Napoleonic wars to the abolition of slavery. Illustrated throughout with numerous engravings. Bound by the Relfe brothers (ink stamp to front endpaper). In an armorial calf binding with gi...

The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet in Two Volumes

Thomas Johnes (Trans) · 1840 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, William Smith, 1840. Leather. A beautiful set of The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Complete in two volumes. The full title of this volume reads: The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet; containing an account of the cruel Civil Wars between the houses of Or...

The Life of Merlin Surnamed Ambrosius

Thomas Heywood · 1812 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

Carmarthen, J Evans, Messrs Lackington et al, 1812. Leather. A very scarce and interesting historical work tracing the kings of England. This work is a reprint of the first 1641 edition and often regarded as the second edition of this work. To the list of subscribers at page v...

Lords of the Inland Sea

Charles Petrie · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Lovat Dickson Limited, 1937. Leather. A first edition, third impression of this work by Charles Petrie. Charles Petrie was a British historian who as educated at Oxford before succeeding to the family baronetcy. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart with some light...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic a History

John Lothrop Motley · 1859 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, S. O. Beeton, 1859. Leather. An fascinating historical text exploring all aspects of the Dutch Republic, officially known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden), the Republic of the United Netherlands, or the Republi...

Memoirs of the Verney Family During the CIVIL War Compiled from the Letters and Illustrated by the Portraits at Claydon House

Frances Parthenope Verney · 1892 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London, Longman, Green and Co, 1892. Leather. A very handsome history of the Verney family, during the seventeenth century. Illustrated throughout with twenty-six plates, two of which are folding. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Verney is the name of an English family that traces ba...

Folk-Songs of the South

John Harrington Cox · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition anthology of American folk songs from the South. This fascinating text takes a historical and musical look at life in the South, including one hundred and eighty five songs in three hundred...

A Memory Sheet of the Great Events of British History from the Roman Conquest to the Reign of Queen Victoria

Edward Farr (ed.) · 1836 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, William Wesley, c1865. Cloth. A scarce copy of Edward Farr's 'Memory Sheet of the Great Events of British History&apos. A fold out with the events from 55AD to 1836BC. Unfolded dimensions: 34" by 23". Featuring publisher's advertisements to the front pas...

Mediaeval Farnham

Etienne Robo · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , E.W. Langham, 1935. Cloth. A uncommon volume on mediaeval Farnham. ontaining twenty-four monochrome plates, the work provides curious insight into this somewhat niche subject. Contains the ink inscription of Henlen Balisdade of Freustan Manor. In cloth binding. Extern...

Mid-Victorian Memories

R. E. Francillon · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Hodder and Stoughton, c1914. Cloth. A fascinating look at the Mid Victorian Era. Dated from copac. Robert Edward Francillon was an English novelist who wrote many Christmas stories and novels. Originally from Gloucester, he travelled extensively and wrote fondly of th...

British Antiquities Revived or a Friendly Contest Touching the Soveraignty of the Three Princes of Wales

Robert Vaughan · 1834 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Bala , R. Saunderson, 1834. Cloth. A well preserved 19th century reproduction of the 17th century work concerning the controversy of the primogeniture of the sons of Roderic The Great, directly from the Regency library of cambrophile Elizabeth Greenly. This edition includes a ...

Celebration of Her Majesty&Apos;S Jubilee.

[Harrison & Sons] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London , [Harrison & Sons], 1887. Cloth. A scarce remarkable account of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. A wealth of detail about events, state, public and family with illustrations showing Westminster Abbey ground plan and seating charts. Lists of all attendees and the Q...

Essays on His Own Times: Forming a Series of the Friend. Volume I and II

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1850 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London , William Pickering, 1850. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition set of essays by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, comprising of two out of the three available volumes. Edited by his daughter Sara, Coleridge aproaches a great deal of subjects in his essays, ranging fr...

A Guide to Matrimonial Happiness

A Lady of Distinction · 1821 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1821. Cloth. A new edition of this series of letters intended as a guide to marriage. Attributed to Eugenia Stanhope, wife of Philip Stanhope who was responsible for publishing her husbands letters between him and his father, Philip Stanhope, 4th ...