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Bibliographie des Mazarinades. Publiée pour la Société de l’Histoire de France.

MOREAU (C.) · 1850

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,540)

New York: Burt Franklin, (Reprint of the 1850 Edition) 1968. 7 Vols in 4, orig. cloth.

The American Controversy. A Bibliographical Study of the British Pamphlets About the American Disputes, 1764-1783.

ADAMS (Thomas R.) · 1980

£51.60 (€61.85 | $68.17 | ¥10,883)

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1980. First edition, 2 vols., 536; 537-1102pp., orig. cloth. Comprises approximately 1,400 titles in about 2,350 editions or issues. Among the latter are Continental editions and the first American editions of pamphlets later...

Poems. By the late Rt. Rev. Reginald Heber, D. D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.

HEBER (Rev. Reginald) · 1830

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

Hingham: C. and E. B. Gill, M. Pratt—Printer, 1830. First American edition, 12mo, viii, [3], 12-192pp., some light browning of text, original yellow boards, foot of spine worn, uncut.

Catalogue of the Very Extensive and Valuable Library of the Late Reverend Dr. Wellesley, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, Comprising an Extraordinarily Complete Collection of Italian Writers... Numerous Works Relating to Oxford... Which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, on Thursday, 8th November, 1866, and Fourteen Following Days.

WELLESLEY (Rev. Dr. [Henry]) · 1866

£80.63 (€96.65 | $106.52 | ¥17,005)

London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1866. Large 8vo, 379pp., orig. boards, crude paper re-back, orig. printed wrappers bound in, front board detached, 6450 lots. A substantial library, especially strong in Italian writers. Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of the Bibli...

A Descriptive Catalogue of Books and Engravings Illustrating the Evolution of the Airship and the Aeroplane. [Part I]. Catalogue No. 387. [Bound with:] A Descriptive Catalogue of Books and Engravings and Autographs Illustrating the Evolution of the Airship and the Aeroplane. Part II. Catalogue 435.

AERONAUTICS. MAGGS BROS. · 1920

£80.63 (€96.65 | $106.52 | ¥17,005)

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1920-23. 2 Catalogues bound as one, small 4to, [2], iv, 168;[6], 154pp., frontis., to part I supplied in facsimile, rust mark from staple to 2 leaves with hole effecting several letters of text, plates, cloth-backed boards. Probably the first Aerona...

A booke in Englysh metre, of the great Marchaunt man called “Dives Pragmaticus”... 1563. Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the John Rylands library. Together with an introduction by Percy E. Newbery; and remarks on the vocabulary and dialect, with a Glossary by Henry C. Wyld. The John Rylands Facsimiles no. II.

NEWBERY (Percy E.) · 1910

£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,936)

Manchester: at the University Press, 1910. Small 4to, xxxviii, 16pp., of facsimiles, vellum-backed boards, uncut, a very nice copy.

Richard the Third, 1597. Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles No. 12.

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1959

£30.10 (€36.08 | $39.77 | ¥6,348)

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1959. Small 4to, xi, 92pp., of facsimiles, some light foxing, publishers original blue cloth, d.w. a nice copy.

Richard the Second, 1597. Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles No. 13.

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1966

£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,802)

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966. Small 4to, xvi, 84pp., of facsimiles, publishers original blue cloth, d.w. a nice copy.

Henry the Fourth, Part I, 1598. Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles No. 14.

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1966

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966. Small 4to, xii, 88pp., of facsimiles, publishers original blue cloth, d.w. a nice copy.

Richard the Third by William Shakespeare. The First Quarto, 1597, A Facsimile, by Photo-lithography, by William Griggs. With an introduction by P. A. Daniel. [Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles, No. 11.]

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1885

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,069)

London: Published by W. Griggs, [1885]. Small 4to, [2], xxiv, 98pp., of facsimiles, orig. publishers calf-backed boards, gilt, slight wear to head and foot of spine otherwise a nice copy.

Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor: The First Quarto, 1602, A Facsimile, by Photo-lithography, by William Griggs. With an introduction by P. A. Daniel. [Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles, No. 6.]

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1888

£40.85 (€48.96 | $53.97 | ¥8,615)

London: Published by W. Griggs, 1888. Small 4to, xx, 53pp., of facsimiles, orig. publishers calf backed boards, gilt, a nice copy.

The Taming of a Shrew. The First Quarto, 1594, (The Play Revized by another Writer and Shakspere Into “The Taming of the Shrew.” A Facsimile, by Photolithography, from the Duke of Devonshire’s Unique Original, by Charles Praetorius. With forewords by Frederick J. Furnivall. [Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles, No. 15.]

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1886

£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,936)

London: Published by C. Praetorius, 1886. Small 4to, xiv, 52pp., of facsimiles, orig. publishers calf backed boards, gilt, spine worn.

Bibliotheca Sussexiana. A Descriptive Catalogue, Accompanied by Historical and Biographical Notices, of the Manuscripts and Printed Books Contained in the Library of His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, in Kensington Palace. Vol. I. Part I.

PETTIGREW (Thomas Joseph) Compiler. · 1827

£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,212)

London: Printed for Longman and Co., 1827. 4to (260 x 170 mm), [2], 24, [4], ccxcivpp., engraved frontis., portrait, 18 engraved plates, later red buckram. De Ricci p. 118. The Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), sixth son of George III, formed a very large library with the assistan...

Hamlet, First Quarto, 1603. With an introductory note by W. W. Greg. Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles No. 7.

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1951

£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,802)

London: The Shakespeare Association, 1951. Small 4to, [ix], 66pp., of facsimiles, publishers original blue cloth, a nice copy.

Romeo and Juliet, Second Quarto, 1599. Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles No. 6.

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1949

£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,802)

London: The Shakespeare Association, 1949. Small 4to, [vii], 92pp., of facsimiles, publishers original blue cloth, d.w. a nice copy.

Henry the Fifth 1600. Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles No. 9.

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1957

£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,802)

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1957. Small 4to, viii, 54pp., of facsimiles, publishers original blue cloth, a nice copy.

Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Second Quarto, 1600: A Fac-Simile in Photo-Lithography, by Willam Griggs, with an Introduction by J. W. Ebsworth. [Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles, No. 4.]

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1880

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,069)

London: Published by W. Griggs, 1880. Small 4to, xxiv, 63pp., of facsimiles, orig. publishers calf-backed boards, gilt, a very nice copy.

The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert.

HERBERT (George) · 1948

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

London: Pickering, 1948. 12mo, x, [2], 353, [3]pp., engraved frontis., orig. cloth, spine printed label.

King Richard the Second. By William Shakespeare. The First Quarto, 1597, A Facsimile in Photo-Lithography by Charles Praetorius, from the copy in the possession of Henry Huth, Esq., With an Introductory Notice by the Rev. W. A. Harrison. [Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles, No. 18.]

SHAKESPEARE (William) · 1888

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

London: Published by C. Praetorius, 1888. Small 4to, [4], 75pp., of facsimiles, presentation inscription from Harrison, orig. publishers calf backed boards, gilt, spine rubbed.

Observations Laying Out Farms, in the Scotch Style, Observations on Laying Out Farms, in the Scotch Style, Adapted to England. Comprising an Account of the Introduction of the Berwickshire Husbandry Into Middlesex and Oxfordshire. With remarks on the Importance of the System to the General Improvement of Landed Property.

LOUDON (John Claudius) · 1812

£4,079.63 (€4,890.03 | $5,389.79 | ¥860,406)

London: Printed for John Harding, 1812. First edition, folio (385 x 280 mm), [9], 10-105pp, [7], 10-16, [19]-60, [59]-105, [1]pp., pagination is erratic but complete, THE DEDICATEE COPY, PLATES WITH ADDITIONAL COLOURING, 38 plates and plans comprising 10 hand-coloured aquatint...