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Chambers Journal of Popular Literature Science and Art

William and Robert Chambers · 1866 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London; Edinburgh, W & R Chambers, 1866-1875. Paperback. A seventy-four volume set of the Chamber's Journal in original paper wraps. An incomplete run from the fourth series which ran between 1864 and 1884. Volumes include: Complete Run from XXVII to XXXVIII. Run from: XLI …

Bordeaux Et Ses Vins Classés Par Ordre de Mérite. Guide de L'étranger à Bordeaux Et Dans la Gironde. First Edition

Cocks, Charles (died 1854) · 1850 · Wittenborn Art Books

$4,250.00 (€3,855.90 | £3,216.38 | ¥678,751)

Bordeaux: Féret fils, 1850. 12mo. 10 x 18.6cm. Original wrappers preserved in ½ modern Bordeaux oasis morocco in the Bradel style, gilt title on spine... OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 5419910.: 314 pages : illustrations, folded map ; 19 cm 2 parties en un volume in-12 : 2f. I…

Album of City Plans and Views Mainly by Nicolas de Fer. Turin, Endingen, Mont Royal, Mayence, Ath, Pignerol, Mont-Melian, Landau, Casal, Verceil, Genève, Maestricht, Huningue, Nice, Charle-Roy, Bonn, Calais, Coblentz, Stetin, Juliers, Wismar, Mons, Verüe, Berg S. Winox, Kamieniec Podolski, Donquerque, Coni, Montmélian, Miolans, Verue (Verrua Savoia), Parma. First Edition

Fer, Nicholas de; Nicolas de Fer. (1646 - 1720) · 1693 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

Paris: Nicolas de Fer, circa 1693. 4to. 23 x 29cm. 18th Century rose cardboard covers. 33 engraved views and plans and 2 hand-drawn plans of Versoi and the col of Grand-Saint-Bernard showing Saint-Rhémy et San Leonardo. Old manuscript table of contents. Most of the plates are 17…

Music Scores from Various Operas

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.63 | $1,552.60 | ¥247,960)

London, Various Publishers, c1880. Leather. A collection of sixteen pieces of music arranged for the Piano Forte. From various publishers such as Paine and Hopkins, D'Almaine, S Chappell, G Walker and Son et al. The works present are in the following order: No 1. Introduzio…

Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c. &c., From Drawings By Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch & c. With a Supplement of New South Wales (Australia).

HOWITT, S.; Williamson, Captain Thomas; Atkinson; Clark; Manskirch; Et Al: · 1819 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 4,500.00 (€4,868.08 | $5,365.63 | £4,060.68 | ¥856,925)

London Edward Orme Printseller to his Majesty, New Bond Street, Howlett and Brimmer, Printers Frith Street, Soho, (Plates dated 1813), n.d. (1819), in-folio, 2 leaves (half-title & titlepage) + 170 p. + 1 leaf (Index) + 110 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Howitt, Atkinson, …

6 Vols in 1 a Selection of Six French Plays, Opera-Comique and Pantomime

Voltaire; Moliere; [F. G. J. S. Andrieux.]; Lucien Arnault; Darlington; [Louis Henry] · 1798 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Librairie des Spectacles de Sa Majeste; Chez Bailly; Ponthieu; Mme Huet and Barba; Chez Quoy, 1798-1822. Leather. An interesting theatrical sammelband bringing together six separately published examples of French tragedy, comedy, opera-comique and pantomime by writers inc…

Cornelii Nepotis vitae excellentium imperatorum, quorumdam iconibus ornatae, et nonnullis animadversionibus partim criticis, partim historicis inlustratae ab Augustino van Staveren. Editio altera.

NEPOS. · 1793 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud S. et J. Luchtmans, 1793. 12mo. (XIV including frontispiece),434, (72) p.; 7 small engraved portraits in the text. Later half calf 12.5 cm (Ref: cf. Schweiger 2,302; cf Brunet 2,289) (Details: Back ruled blind and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fronti…

Highways & Byways in Middlesex; Highways & Byways in Surrey; Highways & Byways in Northumbria; Highways & Byways in Devon & Cornwall; Highways & Byways in Somerset; Highways & Byways in Sussex

Various · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1909-1928. Cloth. Six volumes from Macmillan's popular, 'Highways & Byways,' topographical series, regarding the regions of England. Six volumes from the popular, 'Highways & Byways', series by Macmillan & Co. All smart…

Lucifer: A Theosophical Magazine

Helena Blavatsky [ed.]; Mabel Collins [ed.]; Annie Besant [ed.]; G.R.S. Mead [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£14,500.00 (€17,383.07 | $19,159.74 | ¥3,059,929)

London, The Theosophical Publishing Company Limited; Theosophical Publishing Society, 1888-1897. First edition. Cloth. Eighteen volumes and three single issues of Helena Blavatsky's very scarce theosophical periodical, 'Lucifer&apos. Consisting of hundreds of fascinati…

Reports from Committees

1816 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, The House of Commons, 1816. Leather. A set of five very scarce volumes of the reports and proceedings of the House of Commons in 1816. A very scarce set of five volumes, containing the reports of the House of Commons on various subjects for the year 1816, including minut…

Rl's Dream: A Novel

MOSLEY, WALTER · 1995 · Lady Lisa's Bookshop

£25.05 (€30.03 | $33.10 | ¥5,286)

W. W. Norton & Company. 1995. (ISBN: 9780393038026). Hardcover, 8.5 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches. Hardback with dustjacket - 1995 - good condition - After four increasingly well-received crime novels starring Los Angeles PI Easy Rawlins, Mosley has moved strongly ahead to a more searching…

1810–1812 & 1825–1827 Ledger of Belleville-Born Ship Captain and New York Merchant George Davis Documenting Atlantic Shipping, Elite Mercantile Networks, and Later Land Development and Welsh Settlement in Lewis County

GEORGE DAVIS OF KEARNY & DAVIS AND LEWIS COUNTY, AND ASSOCIATES · 1810 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$5,695.99 (€5,167.80 | £4,310.70 | ¥909,685)

Settlement, 1810. Hardcover. Request full listing from seller, including Biographical Notes, provenance notes, associated holdings and reference list. On offer is a substantial manuscript ledger of ship captain, merchant, landholder and pioneering settler George Davis of New Yor…

Vice Versa, or, a Lesson to Fathers

F. Anstey; Thomas Anstey Guthrie · 1882 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1882. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's popular comical 'Freaky Friday' novel, including a handwritten letter from the author loosely inserted. The scarce first edition of this popular novel.Handw…

Flora Pedemontana Sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii Auctore Carolo Allionio,... Tomus Primus [-Tertius]. 3 Vols. First Edition

Allioni,Carlo ; Giovanni Battista Stagnon; Giovanni Domenico Molinari; Pietro Peiroleri ( Peyrolery); Francesco Peyrolery; Victor-Amédée, Giammichele Briolo · 1785 · Wittenborn Art Books

$4,500.00 (€4,082.72 | £3,405.58 | ¥718,678)

[Turin, Italy]: Augustae Taurinorum Excudebat Joannes Michael Briolus R. Scientiarum Academiae Impressor et Bibliopola, 1785. 3 folio volumes, 26.5 x 40.25 cm. later brown half-shagreen with matching corners.. Vol. 1: [8], XIX, [1], 344 p. [1] c. di tav. : ritr. calcogr.; Segn.:…

Fifteen Plates of Composition Ornaments, Made at Langwith Manufactory, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

LANGWITH MANUFACTORY, GRANTHAM, LINCS. · 1790 · Forest Books

£12,894.63 (€15,458.50 | $17,038.47 | ¥2,721,148)

Stamford: Printed by W. Harrod, 1790. Oblong folio (335 x 500 mm), printed on thick laid paper, letterpress title with wood-engraved decorations, approximately 250 illustrations of architectural ornaments, including stock numbers (not in order), engraved on fifteen well executed…

Wedding of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625. Celebrations and Controversy

Marie-Claude Canova-Green, Sara Wolfson (eds) · 2020 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€105.00 ($115.73 | £87.59 | ¥18,483)

, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 365 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:15 b/w, 18 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503585321. Summary On 11 May 1625 Charles I married Henrietta Maria, the youngest sister of Louis XIII of France. The match signalled Britain's firm alignment wit…

Eenige morale of zedige werken van Plutarchus. Vertaalt door R. T.

PLUTARCHUS. · 1634 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€340.00 ($374.75 | £283.61 | ¥59,850)

Amsterdam, Voor Hendrik Maneke, 1634. 12mo. (VIII),477,(3 blank) p., frontispiece. Vellum 12.5 cm (Ref: Geerebaert 69,8; Geerebaert gives as date 1644; OiN 307) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved frontispiece, depicting a writer/philosopher and the Greek god …

De Gli Hecatommithi [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]

Giraldi Cinthio, Giovanbattista · 1565 · George Jeffery Books

£5,200.00 (€6,233.93 | $6,871.08 | ¥1,097,354)

Appresso Lionardo Torrentino Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 17x11.cm. Collation, Volume 1., [14, [16], [2 blank ], 199, [5], 201-326. [ 2], fine della deca prima, 329-486, fine della seconda deca , [4], 489-623, fine della terza deca, [5], 625-751, [5], 753-902, [1]pp reg…

Sketches of Hull Authors

Reginald W Corlass, edited by C F Corlass and William Andrews · 1879 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£44.50 (€53.35 | $58.80 | ¥9,391)

H Bolton, Hull, 1879. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Published by subscription and limited to 200 copies. Subscription list at rear. Firm dark blue covers with gilt lettering and black decoration are marked and are lightly rubbed at spine-ends and …

Convolute with 3 painting manuals 1684-1755 | Les premiers elemens de la peinture pratique enrichis de figures de proportion mesurées (...), Nicolas Langlois, Paris 1684, (8)+96 pp. WITH (20) Figures d'academie pur aprendre a désiner gravees par Sebastien Leclerc, Paris Langlois [s.d.] WITH Recueil de divers ouvrages sur la peinture et le coloris par M. de Piles, Jombert Paris 1755, (12)+452+(4) pp. Early engraved depiction of painter's palette.

[PILES (Roger de)]. Leclerc, Sebastian · 2002 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€1,308.00 ($1,441.69 | £1,091.06 | ¥230,246)

In part 1: One of the earliest engraved depictions of a painter's palette in a French practical painting manual (according to Sotheby's in 2002 thé first depiction). First edition of Les premiers elemens de la peinture. Illustrations by J.B. Corneille, painter of the royal acade…