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BYRON, John. The narrative of the honourable john byron. Commodore in a late expedition round the world containing an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions, on the coats of patagonia, from the year 1740, till their arrival in england, in the year 1746. With a description of St. jago de chili, And the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also, a relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Adnmiral Anson's Squadron. Morpeth. Printed at the office of S. Wilkinson, 1812. 12mo. 185pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue paper boards. Rubbed and and stained, spine heavily worn. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25917
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LAMOTTE, Charles. An essay upon Poetry and Painting, With Relation to the Sacred and Profane history. With an appendix Concerning obscenity in Writing and Painting. London. Printed for F. Fayram...and J. Leake, 1730. First edition. 12mo. 2], 202pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, wear to upper corner of lower board and foot of sunned spine. Without free-endpapers, very slight loss to head of leaves B5-6, occasional light spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 30784
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GREEN, J[ohn] H[ippisely]. A catalogue and Description of the whole of the works of the celebrated jacques callot; consisting of 1450 pieces, including those attributed to him, and after him... London. Printed by J. Barfield, 1804. First edition. 12mo. xx, 51, [1], 4pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, a trifle marked. Later bookplate of Bristol-based painter William Edkins to FEP, recent bookplate of Winifred M. Oliver-Jones to REP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31031
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BARTELON, Pantaléon. Pantaleontis bartelonæi raverini de ratione Quantitatis syllabariæ Liber... Lugduni [i.e. Leiden]. Apud Joannem Lertout, 1578. 197ff, [3].

[Bound with:] BARTELON, Pantaleón. Syntaxis latina facili carmine conscripta. Lugduni [i.e. Lyon]. Apud Joannem Lertout, 1578. 159pp.

16mo. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Occasional early manuscript numerals to margins. The Macclesfield copies, with the armorial 'North Library' bookplate and typical armorial blind-stamps to title page and first two leaves of text. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31928
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TICOZZI, Stefano. Dizionario dei pittori dal rinnovamento delle belle arti fino al 1800. Milano [i.e. Milan]. Dalla Tipograafia di Vincenzo Ferrario, 1818. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. xv, [1], 328; 363pp, [1]. With two engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked, discoloured, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Charles Feilding to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25077
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NORTHCOTE, James. The life of titian: with anecdotes of the distinguished person of his time. London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 399, [1]; [4], 384pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. and a folding genealogical chart. Original publisher's blind-stamped burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Booksellers ticket of Charles Smith of Edinburgh to FEP of Vol. I, upper board of Vol. II held by single cord only. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32530
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WILLIAMS, Sir Charles Hanbury. The works...from the originals in the possession of his grandson...with notes by horace walpole, earl of orford. London. Edward Jeffrey and Son, 1822. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. With engraved portrait frontispieces to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. Rubbed, lightly marked, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Robertson Trowbridge to FEP, slight loss to lower corner of leaf a3 of Vol. III, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32488
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[HOBHOUSE, John Cam, Baron Broughton De Gyfford]. The substance of some letters, written by an englishman resident at paris during the last reign of the emperor napoleon... London. Printed for Ridgways, 1816. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xv, [1], 490; [2], 253, [1], 135pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. Armorial bookplates of Kilberry to FEPs, book-labels of Kilberry to title pages, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32458
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[BECCLES]. An account of the corporation of beccles fen, in the county of suffolk, with a translation of their charter, and copies of various other documents relating to said corporation. Drawn up in the year 1807 for the use of the Corporation. Beccles. Jarman, Printer, 1826. Reprinted with various notes and additions. 8vo. 82pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled red half-roan, powder blue paper boards. Heavily rubbed, marked, and stained. Later newspaper clippings, manuscript notes, and two photographs to endpapers, illustration (extracted from a later periodical) pasted to verso of title page, photographed pasted to blank verso of leaf E3, line map pasted to REP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24358
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SHARPE, Charles Kirkpatrick. A ballad book...reprinted With Notes and Ballads from the unpublished MSS. of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. and Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1880. 8vo. xxiii, [1], vii, [3], 183pp, [3]. With a coloured engraved frontispiece, and two etchings on India paper. Contemporary calf-backed decorative purple cloth boards, stamped and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine dulled. Typed booksellers description and review extracted from contemporary periodical pasted to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32504
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GIUSTI, Giuseppe. Raccolta di proverbi toscani con illustrazioni. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Felice Le Monnier, 1853. 12mo. [4], xii, 423pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G., Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, some cockling to boards. Marbled endpapers, later inked ownership inscription of K. Speight to recto of front blank fly-leaf, single later manuscript annotation to p.322, scattered spotting, dampstained throughout. John Murray's copy, with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32505
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DUMAS, Alex[andre]. Acte. Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Societe Typographique Belge, Adolphe Wahlen et Compagne, 1838. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [5], 8-266; [3], 6-251pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary red half-calf, tooled in gilts and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Loftus Henry Bland to FEP, light marginal dampstaining, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32483
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[ANSTEY, Christopher]. The new bath guide: or, memoirs of the b-n-r-d family. In a series of poetical epistles. London. Printed by N. Biggs, 1804. New edition. viii, 155pp, [1]. With 10 engraved plates.

[Bound with:] COTTON, Charles. Scarronides, or virgil travestie, a mock poem, on the first and fourth books of virgil's aeneis, in english burlesque. London. Printed by J. Galton, 1804. [2], 122pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and two engraved illustrations in the text.

8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled calf, marbled endpapers. Rubbed. ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32455
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[CALCUTTA FIRE INSURANCE]. Tariffs of the Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. Corrected to 1st January 1912. Calcutta. Printed at the Criterion Printing Works, 1912. Quarto. [4], 222pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed buff paper boards. Heavily rubbed, marked, and discoloured, upper joint starting. Upper hinge partially exposed, occasional marginal staining/dust-soiling, very occasional early manuscript annotations to text.

[Together with:] Rules of the fire offices' committee (foreign) for automatic sprinkler installations. [s.i.], [s.n.], 1909. Second edition. 8vo. 30, 3pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32120
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COBBETT, William. The woodlands: or, a treatise On the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods. London. Printed and published by William Cobbett, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [340]pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Book-label of S. Lord, surgeon dentist of Blackburn to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18254
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PHILO-VERITAS [i.e. GILLILAND, Thomas]. Diamond cut diamond; or, observations on a pamphlet, entitled "a review of the conduct of his royal highness the prince of wales;" comprising a free and impartial view of mr. jeffreys, as a tradesman, politician, and courtier, during a period of twenty years. London. Printed by B. McMillan, 1806. Third edition. 8vo. [4], 74pp, [2]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Later brown half-morocco, light brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. ink-stamps of the Birmingham Assay Office to endpapers, fly-leaves, and verso of title page, early inked shelf-mark to head of title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32452