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Nouvelle Galerie de Femmes Celebres Tiree Des Causeries Du Lundi, Des Portraits Litteraires, Ect.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve · 1865 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1865. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this work on famous French women throughout history, adorned with detailed portraits. The first edition of this work.In the original French.An extensive work containing portraits and concise biographiesÂ...

L&Apos;Histoire Du Cardinal Duc de Joyeuse

Antoine Aubery · 1654 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, Robert Denain, 1654. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Antoine Auberys history of Francois de Joyeuse, the prominent 16th century French Archbishop and minister. Appended are several personal notes and missives, making the work especially useful to both the his...

De Antiquitatibus Iudaicis Libri XX. Quibus in Fine Loco Appendicis Vita Josephi Per Ipsum Conscripta, Est Adiecta: De Bello Iudaico Libri VII. Ex Collatione Graecorum Codicum Accurate Castigati: Contra Apionem Libri II. Pro Corruptissimis Antea, Iam Ex Graeco Itidem Non Solum Emendati, Sed Etiam Suppleti, Ac Integritati Pristinae Restituti: De Imperio Rationis, Siue de Macchabaeis Liber Unus, Denuo Recognitus; Antehac a Graecae Linguae Peritissimo, Ac Historiarum Studiosissimo Viro in Latinum S

Josephus Flavius · 1580 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

[Francoforti]; Frankfurt, Sigismundi Feyerabendt, 1580. Leather. A scarce Latin edition of Josephus' monumental Jewish history, illustrated throughout with engraved plates and in-text engravings. A scarce work. An excellent copy of the first Frankfurt Edition.Illustrated ...

An Account of the Gold Coast of Africa with a Brief History of the African Company

Henry Meredith · 1812 · Rooke Books

£2,800.00 (€3,356.73 | $3,699.81 | ¥590,883)

London, Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown, 1812. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition copy of this important account of the Gold Coast of Africa by Henry Meredith. With the folding map, and the errata to the contents. Collated, complete. Occasional manuscript...

The History of the State of Maine from Its First Discovery to the Separation

William D Williamson · 1832 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Glazier, Masters and Co, 1832. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition set of William D Williamson's American history, regarding the state of Maine. Written by the second Governor of the U.S state of Maine. The first edition of this work. Extremely sc...

La Vie de Marguerite de Valois Reine de Navarre Et de France (1533-1615)

Jean-Hippolyte Mariejol · 1928 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1928. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of Mariejol's biography on the life of Margaret of Valois, in a handsome half vellum binding. The first edition of this work.In the original French.An interesting history on the life and reign of Ma...

The Invasion of the Crimea; Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan

Alexander William Kinglake · 1863 · Rooke Books

£2,000.00 (€2,397.66 | $2,642.72 | ¥422,059)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863-87. First edition. Cloth. A scarce full first edition copy of Alexander William Kinglake's magnum opus, studying the history and causes of the Crimean War. Complete in eight volumes.All volumes are first editions of ths...

Festivous Notes on the History and Adventures of the Renowend Don Quixote

Edmund Gayton · 1768 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, F Newbery, 1768. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first thus of Edmund Gayton's anecdotal commentary of the seventeenth century. 'Festivous Notes' comprises of prose, verse, quotations and social asides in addition to references to the theatre. This is...

The Armies of to-Day

Various · 1893 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed work on the army, written by a variety of army officers. Illustrated throughout with many plates. The first edition of this work. A detailed work on the armies of the world in...

The Life and Character of the Late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College at New-Jersey, Together with a Number of His Sermons on Various Important Subjects

[Samuel Hopkins] · 1765 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.96 | $3,435.54 | ¥548,677)

Boston, S. Kneeland, 1765. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this fascinating biography on the life of the North American Congregationalist Protestant theologian Jonathan Edwards. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. Collated,complete exce...

The Military Costume of Europe Exhibited in a Series of Highly Finished Military Figures

None · 1812 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,836.26 | $4,228.36 | ¥675,295)

London, T Goddard, 1812. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce illustrated collection of European Military Costumes. Two volumes, bound as one. A beautifully illustrated work, providing many examples of military costume in Europe. A very scarce work, with only three ...

Inaka or Reminiscences of Rokkosan and Other Rocks

The Bell Goat · 1915 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,593.58 | $7,267.49 | ¥1,160,663)

Kobe, Kobe Herald, 1915-1924. Cloth. A very scarce collection of recollections regarding the mountains of Rokko-san. Compiled by 'The Bell Goat', a member of the Japan Alpine Club. Comprising of volumes I-XIII and XV-XVIII of this very scarce set. It is extremely sca...

The Works of William Robertson

William Robertson · 1791 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, T. Cadell, 1791. First edition. Leather. A rare collection of the complete works of the influential historian William Robertson, with his outstanding histories on Scotland, America, and India, illustrated with folding maps and fronitspiece. A complete collection of the...

Recherches Historiques Sur Les Maures, Et Histoire de L&Apos;Empire de Maroc

Louis de Chenier · 1787 · Rooke Books

£7,750.00 (€9,290.95 | $10,240.55 | ¥1,635,479)

Paris, Coutres S. Gervais; et al, 1787. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition of this extensive and intriguing history of Morocco, an in-depth look into the country in the eighteenth century, illustrated with three hand-coloured folding plates. The first edition of th...

Reliquiae Baxterianae

Richard Baxter; Matthew Sylvester · 1696 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, T. Pankhurst, J. Robinson, J. Lawrence, and Ju. Dunton, 1696. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important historical autobiography about Richard Baxter, living during a fascinating period of English history including the English Civil War, here edited b...

An Introduction to the Knowledge of the Stile of Writs, Simple and Compound, Made Use of in Scotland: Containing Directions for Drawing Securities, in Cases Which Most Commonly Occur, with Examples According to the Best Modern Practice

John Spottiswoode · 1752 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Edinburgh, W. Cheyne, 1752. Leather. The fourth edition of this insightful legal textbook on Scottish law, written by the founder of a law school, John Spottiswoode. The fourth edition of this work. A work on Scottish law. This work was written by Spottiswoode as a textbook to...

A Treatise Concerning the Origin and Progress of Fees

1734 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

Edinburgh, T. and W. Ruddiman, 1734. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this fascinating treatise on succession and inheritance in Scotland. The very scarce first edition of this work. This treatise is a notable work on inheritance and succession in Scotland. Th...

Presbytery Popish, Not Episcopay. By Way of Epistolary Discourse to a Person of a Misperswasion, Leading Presbytery to the School of Repentance, Rather Then to Continue in the Seat of the Scornful the Authors Letter to an Anti-Episocpall Minister Concerning the Government of the Church

Hugh Edmonds · 1661 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

London, Philemon Stephens the Younger, 1661. Leather. A very scarce work on religion in England in the mid seventeenth century, focussing here on episcopal polity, smartly rebound. A very scarce work declaiming Presbyterianism as ESTC citation number R29845. Collated, complete...

The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First, and His Royal Successors, Kings and Queens of Scotland

Thomas Murray · 1682 · Rooke Books

£1,895.00 (€2,271.79 | $2,503.98 | ¥399,901)

Edinburgh, Josua van Solingen; John Colmar; David Linsday, 1682. Leather. A historically important collection of the legal proceedings of Scotland in the years of turmoil up until the county's merging with England. The first part of this work, lacking the second part. The...

Lancashire and Cheshire Past and Present

Thomas Baines; William Fairbairn · 1867 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, William Mackenzie, c1867. First edition. Cloth. A smart and bright four volume set of this noted local history by Thomas Baines. The first edition, in the original four divisions. A history and a description of the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester, forming th...