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The works of Francis Rabelais, M.D. Now carefully revised, and compared throughout with the late new edition of M. Le du Chat, By Mr. Ozell. Who has likewise added at the bottom of the pages, a translation of the notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, of the said M. du Chat, and others: in which notes, never before printed in English, the text is not only explained, but, in multitudes of places, amended, and made conformable to the first and best Editions of this learned and facetious author. Adorn'd with 15 very neat copper-plates

RABELAIS, François (ca. 1490-1553?) · 1737 · Fine Editions Ltd

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London printed by J. Hughs, near Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, for J. Brindley, bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at the King’s-Arms in New-Bond-Street; and C. Corbett, at Addison’s Head, against St. Dunstan’s Church, Fleet-street, First Edition thus A gorgeous set o…

[Catholic Church] An interpretation of the number 666. Wherein, not onely the manner, how this number ought to be interpreted, is clearely proved and demonstrated: but it is also shewed, yt [sic] this number is an exquisite and perfect character, truly, exactly, and essentially describing that state of goverment, to wch [sic] all other notes of Antichrist doe agree. With all knowne objections, solidly, and fully answeared, yt [sic] can be materially made against i [Earls of Macclesfield copy]

POTTER, Francis (1594-1678) · 1642 · Fine Editions Ltd

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Oxford printed by Leonard Lichfield First Edition First Edition one of the most curious and fascinating books of the seventeenth century, Potter’s treatise on the Number of the Beast. 4to: [16],214,[2]pp, with copper-engraved title page by W. Marshall, showing numerical manifest…

Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. • Résumé général des voyages de découvertes de Magellan, Tasman, Dampier, Anson, Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Bougainville, Cook, Lapérouse, G. Bligh, Vancouver, d'Entrecasteaux, Wilson, Baudin, Flinders, Krusenstern, Porter, Kotzebue, Freycinet, Bellinghausen, Basil Hall, Duperrey, Paulding, Beechey, Dumont d'Urville, Lutke, Dillon, Laplace, B. Morrell, etc. Publié sous la direction de M. Dumont d'Urville (...). Accompagné de cartes et de nombreuses gravures en taille-douce sur acier, d'après les dessins de M. de Sainson, dessinateur du voyage de l'Astrolabe

Jules DUMONT D'URVILLE · 1834 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

L. Tenré Henri Dupuy | Paris 1834 - 1835 | 18.4 x 28.2 cm | 2 volumes reliés | Édition originale, et premier tirage des belles gravures sur acier de Sainson. Les illustrations se répartissent ainsi : pour le premier volume : 141 planches hors-texte dont un frontispice, et 3 car…

The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume XXVI, 1946, Numbers 1 and 2. January and April 1946

I A Richmond; R F Jessup; etc. · 1946 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege, London, Glasgow etc. 1946. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Pale blue card covers with black lettering on front and spine have light wear to edges and corners, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and w…

Morte Arthure, or the Death of Arthur; Lancelot of the Laik: A Scottish Metrical Romance; Merlin, or the Early History of King Arthur: A Prose Romance; the History of the Holy Grail

Various · 1865 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

London, Published for the Early English Text Society by Trubner & Co.; et al. 1865-13. First edition. Paperback. A scarce collection of fifteen volumes of the Early English Text Society's publications, a selection spanning from 1865 to 1913. A scarce collection of fifteen v…

The Private Correspondence of David Garrick

David Garrick · 1831 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831-1832 . First edition. Hardback. The impressive two volume first edition of the personal correspondences of enormously influential 18th century English actor Davis Garrick. The first edition of this work, complete in two volumes. Il…

The History of the Parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell

Thomas Pennant · 1796 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, B. and J. White, 1796 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of two parishes local to Thomas Pennant, author of 'History of Quadrupeds&apos. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated historical guide to Whiteford and…

Almänna rese-beskrifwaren eller sammandrag af de nyaste och bästa rese-beskrifningar, hälst de som nyligast utkommit; til uplysning af andra länders geographie, natural-historia, stats-förfatning, hushålning, lärdom, bruk och seder: uti bref författat.Stockholm, printed by Johan Arvid Carlbohm [and A.J. Nordstrom], 1780 [-1782]. 2 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved portrait of “Jacob” (James) Cook as a frontispiece in vol. 1, with some head and tail pieces throughout the 2 vols. Contemporary half goatskin.

GJÖRWELL, Carl Christoffer (ed.). · 1780 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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[4], 360; [2], 134, [2], 135-194, [2], 195-“168” [= 268] pp.A collection of summaries and translations of the latest and best travel accounts, in the form of 41 letters by A. Norberg, C.C.L. Hirschfeld and others. Most importantly, vol. 2 (pp. 135-169) includes the Swedish trans…

The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Q. Anne. Written by Himself

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1852 · Rooke Books

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London, Smith, Elder, & Company, 1852. First edition. Cloth. A first edition three volume set of Henry Esmond by Thackeray, in the original boards. Scarce and desirable in the publishers original cloth. First Edition. Three volumes, complete. With the 16pp advertisements to the …

The Revolution. July 16, 1868. Vol. II. No. 2

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony Susan B.; Pillsbury, Parker et al. · 1868 · Mare Booksellers

$378.00 (€342.96 | £286.12 | ¥60,362)

New York, Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher, 1868. Wraps. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution, a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pills…

Nova Guinea. Résultats de l'expedition scientifique Néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée. En 1903 sous les Auspices de Arthur Wichmann chef de l'expédition. Vol. III. Ethnography and anthropology.

Sande,Gijsbertus ('Gijsbert') Adrian Johan van der. · 1907 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

Leyden, Late E.J. Brill, 1907. [2],390 pp. 216 b./w. figs (partly on plts), 10 col. lithogr. plts & 40 photo engraved plts with b./w. ills. Orig. publisher's binding (blind stamped brown linen over boards, title in gilt on spine). 4to. - Worn along the extremities; last 12 plts…

Dutch potato atlas.

Hogen Esch, J. A., Nijdam, F. E. and Siebeneick, Hans · 1955 · Lost and Found Books

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Wageningen, H. Veenman & Zonen , 1955-1968 . 1 v. pp. Loose-leaf in green plastic binder. Water-colour illustrations by A. Koornneef and B. Marxmeier for each of 101 varieties covered ; 24 cm. Loose-leaf for updating. "The 11th issue will be the last supplement to the Dutch Po…

Journal of the Chester & North Wales Architectural Archaeological and Historic Society. Volume 49 for the year 1961

F H Thompson; Maurice H Ridgway; R V H Burne; S T B Percival; A F Estelle Dyke · 1962 · Bailgate Books Ltd

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G R Griffith Ltd; Chester & North Wales Architectural Archaeological and Historic Society, Chester, 1962. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Darkened pale blue covers with black decoration and lettering on front and black lettering to spine are lightly…

Military Images; Volume XIV, Number 5, March-April 1993

ROACH, HARRY (EDITOR) · 1993 · Clausen Books

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Henryville, PA, Harry Roach. 1993. Stapled Wraps, 4to - Over 9 " - 12" Tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs/Advertisements. Historical Periodical, Textblock is very clean and very tight, b&w photographs, advertisements, all staples are sound and secure. Minimally shelf worn; 34p.; Cover …

Nothing is lost, sweet self : No. 1 in a series of Contemporary Poetry Set to Music [Signed, with proof sheets laid in]

DURRELL, Lawrence (1912-1990); T. Wallace Southam · 1967 · Fine Editions Ltd

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London Turret Books Limited Edition First publication in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, a six-line poem by Durrell, set to music for "high voice" by Southam. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the poet and the composer, this being no. 25. Unpaginated: [8]pp,…

Representative British Architects of the Present Day

Charles Herbert Reilly · 1931 · Rooke Books

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London, B. T. Batsford , 1931. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this study of prominent British architects of the twentieth century, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Dedicated to prominent …

The History of the Parish of Grittleton, in the County of Wilts with an Introductory Essay on the Attributes and Interesting Peculiarities of Topographical Literature; the Sources, Objects, and Uses of National and Local Records, Also Definitions and Explanations of Topographical Words &C.

Rev J. E. Jackson; John Britton · 1843 · Rooke Books

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London, J. B. Nichols and Son, 1843. Cloth. An illustrated history of the parish of Grittleton in Wiltshire, written by John Jackson, with an essay by John Britton. Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Mr Rev Joseph Buckley from J. E. Jackson January 1 …

Account of Excavations on the Sites of Two Roman Villas at Box Moor, Herts. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by John Evans, F. S. A. in two letters addressed to Captain W. H. Smyth.

EVANS (John) · 1853 · Forest Books

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London: Printed by J. B. Nichols and Sons, 1853. Folio (385 x 280 mm), 22pp., lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, ink presentation inscription from the author on upper wrapper “N. Hibbert Esq. with Mr. Evans’ Compl.”, orig. printed wrappers, lightly soiled, spine slightly wo…

Napoleon: Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre, Son Temps

G. Lacour-Gayet · 1921 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

Paris, Hachette, 1921. Leather. A French history of the life, time, and works of Napoleon. A French history of the life, time, and works of Napoleon. Illustrated throughout with twenty-four coloured plates tipped onto cartridge paper (collated, complete), and numerous other illu…

The Isle of Man Or, The Legall Proceeding in Man-shire against Sinne. Wherein, by way of a continued Allegorie, the chiefe Malefactors disturbing both Church and Common-Wealth, are detected and attached; with their Arraignment, and Judicialll triall, accoring to the Lawes of England. The spirtituall use thereof, with an Apologie for the manner of handling, most necessary to be first read, for direction in the rights of the Allegory thorowout, is added in the end. Bt R. B, Rector of Batcomb. S

[BERNARD (Richard)]: · 1627 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

London, Printed for Edw. Blackmore at the great South doore of Pauls 1627 12mo, 137 x 83 mms., pp. [26], 303 [304 - 333 Contents, 3334 blank], contemporary vellum (soiled), but with text block completely detached from spine. On the verso of the vellum front cover is the conte…