Literature
A New and General Biographical Dictionary…
London: T. Osborne et al. 1766.
From Moses to contemporary men of fashion
Eleven volumes, octavo; a most handsome set in contemporary speckled calf. This grave and ambitious work sets out to list the most famous and infamous individuals encountered in the histories and legends of all nations. Volume one.....
Price (AUD):
$3,500.00
Ref: #2610442
Relation du Voyage Mysterieux de l'Isle de la Vertu, a Oronte.
Mons: chez Gaspard Migeot, 1740.
Mexican Bishop and the Land of Virtue
Duodecimo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt. Attractive copy of a rare work, with a Belgian imprint, relating the "mysterious voyage" to a "Land of Virtue". First published in Rouen in 1684, this rare spiritual romance is an educational novel.....
Price (AUD):
$1,425.00
Ref: #3005374
Illuminated Miniature of St. Matthew.
Paris: circa 1500.
Exquisite late medieval manuscript leaf
Fine illuminated leaf, 165 x 109 mm., double-sided, with a fine miniature of St Matthew, 42 x 40 mm., with three-quarter ornamental border divided into geometrical compartments, with blue and gold acanthus and coloured flowers and leaves; one 2-line illuminated initial C......
Price (AUD):
$4,500.00
Ref: #2909739
Télephe en XII livres.
Londres; et se trouve à Paris: Pissot, 1784. Octavo, woodcut vignette on title, early inscribed attribution 'Par Mr de Péméyea'; contemporary French quarter calf. First edition of this antiquarian utopia set in Minoan Crete, chronicling the reconciliation of all strata of society. The success of this novel by the Professeur.....
Price (AUD):
$2,650.00
Ref: #3006461
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry…
London: J. Dodsley, 1767. Three volumes, octavo, engraved frontispiece and titles, two other textual engravings; an attractive set with contemporary ownership inscriptions, contemporary calf, spines banded and gilt, red morocco labels. Second edition, expanded, of this celebrated collection. Samuel Johnson is known to have encouraged Percy in his work, and.....
Price (AUD):
$725.00
Ref: #2408363
Le Roi Voyageur, ou Examen des Abus de l'Administration de la Lydie.
Londres: T.P. Capel, 1784. Octavo, completely uncut, original wrappers. First edition: the fictional discovery and translation of an ancient travel account used to mask a political satire. The London imprint is probably a disguise since the binding shows the use of French printed waste as strengthening. Published only five years.....
Price (AUD):
$1,685.00
Ref: #3006464
An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot…
London: J. Wright, 1734. Folio; a large copy, disbound; quarter morocco box. First edition, and a fine copy of one of Pope's most celebrated invectives, addressed to his physician and life-long friend, Arbuthnot. It famously contains Pope's savaging of Queen Caroline's confidant and society gossip Lord Hervey, who is named.....
Price (AUD):
$1,400.00
Ref: #2408374
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. in Nine Volumes, Complete.
London: Law, et al. 1797.
"a short yet not imperfect system of ethics"
Nine volumes, octavo, engraved frontispiece; early half blue straight-grained morocco and marbled boards, a handsome set. A handsome eighteenth century edition of the complete works of the poet and satirist Alexander Pope, containing the pivotal analysis An.....
Price (AUD):
$2,250.00
Ref: #3306798
La Conquete des Airs, Reve Philosophique.
Paris: Marchant, Editeur, 1834. Octavo, 22 pp.; in the original printed blue paper wrappers preserved in a modern quarter cloth binding. Rare first edition (NUC notes a single copy) of this very early aeronautical fantasy, an impassioned plea for the aérostation as the basis for a world of harmony and.....
Price (AUD):
$2,400.00
Ref: #3006514
Selected poems with an introduction and notes by Austin Dobson.
London: Kegan Paul, 1889. Octavo, engraved frontispiece; in a stunning Zaehnsdorf binding. First edition thus: collected edition of some of the lighter verse by the diplomat and author Matthew Prior.
Price (AUD):
$600.00
Ref: #2408377
The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. Small octavo; very good copy on India paper, bound in red polished calf, spine with raised bands, gilt dentelles, spine slightly sunned. A very good copy of this famous anthology, in Baynton binding.
Price (AUD):
$475.00
Ref: #3804585
Oeuvres de maitre François Rabelais avec remarques historiques et critiques de Mr. le Duchat. Nouvelle edition.
Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1741.
The enlightenment Rabelais
Three quarto volumes, with two frontispieces, two engraved decorative titles, and 16 plates (of which three are folding), contemporary binding of polished calf, flat spines gilt with complex ornaments in panels. Beautifully printed with an impressive array of engraved plates, this is.....
Price (AUD):
$5,400.00
Ref: #4211247
The Works.
London: Cadell and Davies, 1809. Three volumes, octavo, aquatint frontispiece portrait; fine in contemporary sprinkled calf, spines simply ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering pieces and circular green volume labels. Fourth edition, corrected, in a restrained contemporary binding: the works of Sir Joseph Reynolds, the most influential of eighteenth-century English.....
Price (AUD):
$2,850.00
Ref: #3002016
The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters…
London: Printed for S. Richardson, 1754. Seven volumes, small octavo, single leaf publisher's advertisement in volume IV, marginal tear with slight loss to one page of volume III and two pages in volume VI, some pages becoming loose (see volume IV), early owner's inscription to each title-page ("Jurin"), occasional eighteenth-century.....
Price (AUD):
$2,950.00
Ref: #3710375
The History of Sir Charles Grandison…
London: T. Longman et al. 1796. Seven volumes, small octavo; each volume with an engraved frontispiece showing a scene from the narrative; contemporary half roan, marbled paper sides, flat spines lettered in gilt. A very attractive set, from the library of the Marquess Conyngham at Slane Castle, Ireland, with his.....
Price (AUD):
$2,100.00
Ref: #3409285
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Italy a Poem [together with] Poems…
London: T. Cadell, 1830, 1834.
In a sumptuous Tout binding with engravings after Turner and Prout
Two works octavo, with numerous engravings, after Turner, Stothard and Prout, sumptuously bound to match; full polished calf, spines ornately gilt with crimson spine-labels, magenta endpapers, gilt dentelles, edges fully gilt, by Tout. A.....
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #4504704
Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours.
Rouen: circa 1480. Illuminated leaf, 182 x 116 mm., with an exquisite panel border on both sides of blue and gold acanthus leaves with unusual orange and red flowers on the verso and red and white flowers on the recto, with ten 1-line initials and two 2-line initials in red.....
Price (AUD):
$1,600.00
Ref: #2909712
Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours.
Rouen: circa 1480-1500. Illuminated leaf, 166 x 112 mm., panel border on each side of the leaf composed of blue and gold acanthus, coloured flowers, fruits and leaves; 15 1-line initials in dark red and blue alternately. Fine leaf from a French Book of Hours with a typical Rouen decorative.....
Price (AUD):
$1,450.00
Ref: #2909747
A Guide to the Collector of Historical Documents…
London: S.J. Davey, 1891. Octavo, finely bound in morocco by Riviere, all edges gilt. A very fine copy, from the library of Reginald Huth. Includes an appendix illustrating early English watermarks 1363-1611.
Price (AUD):
$540.00
Ref: #2400178
Collected works of Sir Walter Scott.
London: Marcus Ward, 1878-1879.
Victorian medieval fantasies unfold
Octavo, 26 volumes, a handsome set in uniform black polished half calf with gilt spine lettering. Comprehensive illustrated edition of the Scott's complete works, enriched with charming plates and vignettes throughout.
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
Ref: #3804600
Set of The Novels.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1894.
large format edition
Large octavo, 25 volumes; illustrations and plates throughout, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards. A substantial set of the novels of Sir Walter Scott, often considered the best collected edition on account of its lavish illustration and ample size.....
Price (AUD):
$1,750.00
Ref: #3411406
The Works of Sir Walter Scott…
Edinburgh: Constable, 1820-1826.
First editions of the great chivalrous romances
Uniform partial set, twenty five volumes, duodecimo; all bound without the half-titles and advertisements, handsome set contemporary polished calf. First editions, works include Redgauntlet, A Tale of the Eighteenth Century; Kenilworth a Romance; The Abbot; The Monastery. A Romance; The.....
Price (AUD):
$1,750.00
Ref: #2408401
The Works… containing his Poems…
London: S. Briscoe, 1722. Two volumes, octavo, frontispiece portrait; blue morocco gilt, by Smith. First edition thus: expanded from an edition of 1702, it has been conjectured (probably unsubstantially) that this edition was prepared by Defoe. Dashing, profligate and witty, Sedley was a favourite of Charles II. He 'gained a......
Price (AUD):
$485.00
Ref: #2408416
Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824.
With the introduction by Mary Shelley
Octavo, 415 pp., bound without the errata; contemporary polished green calf, An attractive copy of this important collection, with a short but poignant biographical notice by Mary Shelley. Shelley died in July 1822, drowned in the sea.....
Price (AUD):
$4,250.00
Ref: #2408424