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HOOKE, Robert.
Micrographia: 1665
£65,000
First edition, first issue, of this "early landmark in microscopy, containing the first illustration of cells [plate xi]" (Horblit). Published under the aegis of the Royal Society,...
Folio (300 × 192 mm). Contemporary calf, gilt arms to covers, rebacked to style with endpapers renewed. Red morocco-backed folding box. Licence leaf facing title... Read more
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(BLOCK BOOK.)
Ars Moriendi [Inspiration Against Despair]. c. 1470–80]
£37,500
An extremely rare block book leaf, one of only two known to survive from this edition of the Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying). Block books were a short-lived book format that...
Quarto (248 × 188 mm). Single leaf from a block book, contemporary hand-coloured woodcut printed on one side of the leaf only. Mounted and framed. A few small... Read more
LA FONTAINE, J[ean] de.
Fables choisies, mises en vers, 1755–9
£29,500
Large-paper issue of one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books, the zenith of the 18th-century decorated book in France. In his Avertissement de...
4 volumes, large folio (485 × 325 mm). Contemporary French red morocco, spine compartments with morocco labels and large gilt urn device surrounded by small... Read more
ADAM, Robert.
Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. 1764
£24,500
First edition. During a five week detour from his Grand Tour, Adam, joined by the renowned French draughtsman C.-L. Clérisseau, set about studying, measuring and recording the...
Folio (534 × 368 mm). Contemporary tree calf neatly rebacked to style retaining old black morocco label, sides bordered in gilt with decorative dotted roll and... Read more
RAMELLI, Agostino.
Le diverse et artificiose machine … 1588
£20,000
First edition of a fundamental book in the history both of technology and of book design, and "one of the most elegantly produced of all technological treatises" (Norman). The...
Folio (307 × 206 mm). Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments between raised bands, lettered in second compartment, sides ruled in blind.... Read more
LAFOSSE, Philippe Étienne.
Cours d'Hippiatrique, ou Traité Complet de la Médecin des Chevaux, 1772
£20,000
First edition of this celebrated work of animal anatomy. Lafosse had considerable anatomical skill, coupled with a profound knowledge of horses and equitation, and his work ranks...
Folio (503 × 335 mm), in three parts. Contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked to style with gilt spine retaining old morocco label, marbled endpapers, edges stained... Read more
(CRAIG, Edward Gordon) SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke. 1930
£15,000
First English edition, first impression, preceded by the German language edition published by Kessler in 1929. One of 300 copies. This volume combines the magisterial scholarship of...
Folio (355 × 240 mm). Original japon vellum-backed Kessler binding, beige paper to covers, vellum tips, titles gilt to spine and upper board, top edge gilt. With... Read more
KAEMPFER, Engelbert.
The History of Japan, 1727
£15,000
First edition. Born in Westphalia, Kaempfer graduated in 1676 with a doctorate in languages, history and medicine from Cracow, spending the following four years at Königsberg...
2 volumes, folio (340 × 217 mm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, double gilt fillet panels to the boards, Volume I rebacked with the original spine laid down, later... Read more
LINNAEUS, Carolus.
Hortus Cliffortianus 1737
£15,000
First edition of the most sumptuously produced of Linnaeus' works, a detailed description of the Hartecamp gardens at Heemstede, a masterpiece of early botanical literature. It was...
Folio (approx 445 × 260 mm). Contemporary sprinkled paper boards, neatly rebacked with black cloth, edges uncut. Engraved frontispiece and 36 numbered engraved... Read more
(BLAKE, William) YOUNG, Edward.
The Complaint, and The Consolation; or, Night Thoughts. 1797
£12,500
First edition of Blake's designs for Young's Night Thoughts, first published in 1742–6. "With his usual attention to what he called 'minute particulars' (Blake, 194), Blake...
Large quarto (411 × 317 mm). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, probably for the publisher, spine divided in six compartments by wide low bands,... Read more
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
[Decamerone, in English] The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation. 1625
£12,500
The Decameron in English: second edition in English of volume I; first edition of volume II, as often. Boccaccio's Decamerone, composed between 1348 and 1351, a collection of one...
2 volumes bound in one, folio (274 × 170 mm), first volume gathered in sixes, second volume in fours. Contemporary dark calf, rebacked with original gilt spine... Read more
CAESAR, Julius.
C. Julii Caesaris quae extant. Accuratissimè cum libris editis & MSS optimis collata, recognita & correcta. 1712
£12,500
First edition, deluxe issue on large and thick paper, of Samuel Clarke's Caesar, justly regarded as one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century English publishing: "The most...
Royal folio (488 × 326 mm). Contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and recornered. Double-page engraved title dated 1712 (ESTC notes the existence of copies... Read more
APIANUS, Petrus, & Gemma Frisius.
Cosmographia … 1574
£12,500
An excellent copy of one of the most important geographical-astronomical texts of the Renaissance and, in the augmented edition of the Flemish mathematician Gemma Frisius, one of the...
Quarto (226 × 170 mm). Contemporary paper wrappers, manuscript titles to spine. Housed in a flat back cloth solander box. Printed title with large engraved... Read more
KOLB, Peter.
Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum Das ist: 1719
£8,750
First edition of this important early account of South Africa at the beginning of the eighteenth century, which was rapidly translated into Dutch, English and French, becoming the...
Folio (326 × 207 mm). Contemporary vellum, titles to spine gilt, edges stained green. Portrait frontispiece, folding map and 23 engraved plates. Ownership... Read more
(KENT, Rockwell) MELVILLE, Herman.
Moby Dick or The Whale. 1930
£7,500
First Rockwell Kent edition, one of a limited edition of 1,000 sets. In 1926 Rockwell Kent (1882–1971), then just beginning to establish his fame as an artist, was approached by...
3 volumes, quarto. Original black cloth, decoration to the upper boards and titles to spines in silver, top edges stained black, others uncut. In the original acetate... Read more
(KELMSCOTT PRESS) MORRIS, William.
The Story of the Glittering Plain. 1894
£6,750
First illustrated edition, one of 250 paper copies (seven were done on vellum). The only Kelmscott title to be printed twice, The Story of the Glittering Plain was rushed through the...
Large quarto. Original limp vellum by Leighton of London, spine lettered in gilt, three pairs of silk ties. Wood-engraved illustrations designed by Walter Crane in the... Read more
(HOLY BIBLE; English) MACKLIN, Thomas.
The Old and New Testament. 1800
£6,750
"The Macklin Bible endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled" (ODNB).
Folio, 6 volumes. Contemporary green morocco, spines gilt in compartments with sun-in-splendor tools, elaborate greek key roll and cornerpieces to boards, marbled... Read more
(SHIPPING)
Serie delle diverse specie di Bastimenti da Guerra e Mercantili che navigano nel Mediteraneo colle diverse posizioni di Vele e Manovre che sogliono farsi in Navigazione. c.1780
£6,750
An extremely attractive collection of uncommon eighteenth-century engraved shipping prints. The first series is recorded in one copy only, with later colour, in the National Library...
Landscape folio (first series of plates 275 × 397 mm, the second 255 × 357 mm). Late nineteenth-century black crushed morocco, panel to the upper board... Read more
(COOK, James) ANDERSON, George William.
A New, Authentic, and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World, [1784–6]
£6,750
First edition of this "omnibus" compilation of Cook together with Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson and Drake. Printed in double column in "large new Types, constructed on...
2 volumes, folio (395 × 260 mm). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with vellum corners, somewhat worn and with some stripping of the marble from the boards,... Read more
LOUIS XV.
Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg pour la Convalescence du Roi, [1745]
£6,500
First edition of this famous fete book, a record of the festivities given by the city of Strasbourg to celebrate the visit of Louis XV, and also his recovery from a dangerous illness...
Large folio (630 x 470 mm). Original binding by Padeloup (see below) of contemporary mottled calf, covers with a gilt border roll enclosing arms at each corner, in... Read more
HELIODORUS.
Les Amours de Theagene et Chariclee. 1623
£6,500
A fine volume with the suite of engravings only from the first Thiboust edition of the popular ancient Greek romance, the Aethiopica of Heliodorus of Emesa. Jacques Amyot's...
Octavo (179 × 132 mm). Eighteenth-century dark green morocco, smooth spine, double gilt rules, gilt lettered direct, gilt floral tool at head and tail, sides with... Read more
DODWELL, Edward.
Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, 1819
£6,500
First edition of "this remarkable work" (Blackmer), describing both classical and modern Greece. It was the outcome of Dodwell's two tours through the region, the first in the...
2 volumes quarto (259 × 205 mm) Contemporary Russia by Gilmour of Salisbury - ticket to the front pastedown of volume I - narrow bands with a dashed roll, gilt... Read more
[LAM, Wilfredo] ARTAUD, Antonin.
Le Theatre et les Dieux. 1966
£6,250
First edition, first printing. One of 115 numbered copies each signed by the artist, editor and printer. Rare.
Quarto. Original white wrappers printed in black. With the original tissue dust jacket. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. With 5 coloured etchings by Wilfredo Lam.... Read more
WILDE, Oscar.
The Sphinx. 1894
£6,000
First edition, first impression, one of 200 copies only.
Quarto. Original vellum, pictorial decoration to spine and boards gilt, printed throughout in red, green, and black. Illustrated throughout by Charles Ricketts. Small... Read more
(COSWAY STYLE BINDING) JACKSON, Catherine Charlotte, Lady.
The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe. 1883
£6,000
First edition. The popular historian Lady Jackson was widely read in standard authorities (and even unpublished papers), and her narrative style – bumptious and with "a great...
2 volumes, octavo (190 × 132 mm). Finely bound by Bayntun, mid twentieth century, in rich brown crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments between five raised... Read more
