Rare Books, Prints & Manuscripts

A beautiful, untrimmed and large-margined copy of this scarce illustrated edition of Ovid's Heroides in an intriguing contemporary binding.

A complete copy of the first edition in English of Erasmus' prose satire, Moriae Encomium: The Praise of Folie.

First edition, first issue of Parkinson's beautiful and notable English herbal.

A very good copy of Thomas Heywood's extraordinary scholarly, mystical and extensive poetic magnum opus.

A magnificent copy bound lavishly in red morocco and with the plates coloured beautifully by a contemporary hand.

A very scarce large paper presentation copy of the first edition in English of Portugal's greatest literary masterpiece, Luis de Camões' epic 'Os Lusíadas'.

A very good copy of Piranesi's Opera Varie dateable to 1761 and including his famous series of Carceri.

A good complete copy of the first edition, second issue of Piranesi's Le Antichitá Romane with very good early impressions of the engravings and the two printed folio 'Lettere di Giustificazione'.

Eugène de Beauharnais' copy of the first French edition of 'Monk' Lewis' notorious Gothic novel.

A very good complete set of Turner's famed Liber Studiorum, with all plates on uncut sheets.

A fine complete copy of La Caricature with an original drawing by Grandville and a large number of additional plates and other material.

A beautiful copy in contemporary decorated red morocco of the best printed edition of the Qur'an prior to the twentieth century.

An exceptional album of Australian photographs presented to the unifier of Germany and 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck.

A very scarce complete series of the Arts and Crafts periodical.

A magnificent copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer.

Arguably the best edition of Dickens' works, with the definitive text, large type and facsimiles of title pages and original covers, etc.

An exceptional copy of the rare catalogue for the first exhibition by Der Blaue Reiter.

A beautiful presentation copy of the stunning collaboration between Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay: La Prose du Transsibérien.

An excellent copy of the first edition of Tzara's first book and the first publication of Zurich dada.

A beautiful, unsophisticated copy of the mythical édition de tête of Tzara's dada collection illustrated by Hans Arp and with his exceptional cover.