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A Booke Containing such Beasts as...
Francis Barlow's very rare English drawing book of model animals and profile heads with an elephant, a camel, a griffin, a unicorn and others.
£9,500
Barlow, FrancisA Booke Containing such...1664
Operas of Clotilda, Hydaspes and Almahide...
A beautiful sammelband of first editions of three early works of the Italian Opera in England, including the first and second - 'Almahide' and 'Hydaspes' - sung entirely in Italian, all first performed at Sir John Vanbrugh's Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket during the reign of Queen Anne...
£8,500
Conti, Francesco Bartolomeo, Francesco Mancini & John Jacob HeideggerOperas of Clotilda, Hydaspes...1709 / 1710 / 1710
Paradise Lost. A Series of Twelve...
A scarce New York edition of William Strang's original etchings for 'Paradise Lost'.
£1,000
Strang, William. Milton, JohnParadise Lost. A Series...1896
The First [- Second] Part of...
The beautiful Ashendene 'Don Quixote'.
£4,500
Ashendene Press. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel deThe First [- Second]...1927; 1928
The Faerie Queen Disposed Into Twelve...
The beautiful Ashendene 'Faerie Queen'.
£6,500
Ashendene Press. Spenser, EdmundThe Faerie Queen Disposed...1923
Urne Buriall and the Garden of...
A superb copy of Paul Nash's 'Urne Buriall' in the binding he designed.
£7,250
Nash, Paul. Browne, Sir ThomasUrne Buriall and the...1932
Thucydides. (The History of the Peloponnesian...
The Ashendene Thucydides, the final folio from the press.
£7,500
Ashendene Press. ThucydidesThucydides. (The History of...1930
(Decameron). Il Libro di Messer Giovanni...
An excellent unsophisticated copy of the Ashendene 'Decameron' with the original subscription announcement.
£6,500
Ashendene Press. Boccaccio, Giovanni(Decameron). Il Libro di...1920
Etchings illustrating Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales.' Introduction...
Chaucer illustrated by Elizabeth Frink.
£5,500
Frink, ElizabethEtchings illustrating Chaucer's 'Canterbury...1972
Flikker Books 1 – 9. (All...
Complete set of Pop and Kinetic art flipbooks produced by several of the founding fathers and mothers such as Lijn, Paolozzi and Boshier.
£950
(paolozzi, Eduardo) et alFlikker Books 1 –...1971
The Great Exhibition of the Works...
A wonderful example of a very scarce textile roller print - a remarkable survival showing the repeated image - commemorating the Great Exhibition of 1851.
£3,750
1851 LondonThe Great Exhibition of...1851
La Céramique dans l'Art Musulman .....
An excellent copy of Henri Rivière's superb work on Islamic ceramics with outstanding plates printed in lavish colour.
£12,500
Riviere, HenriLa Céramique dans l'Art...1913
Armes et Armures Orientales. Collection Henri...
An outstanding copy of Henri Moser's catalogue with the portfolio in pristine condition and preserved in the scarce original wooden box.
£9,500
Moser, HenriArmes et Armures Orientales...1912
Highlanders of Scotland. Portraits Illustrative of...
Alexander Macpherson Campbell's presentation copy of this scarce large format study of Scottish costume and characters.
£3,000
Macleay, Kenneth & Vincent BrooksHighlanders of Scotland. Portraits...1870
Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser...
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£37,500
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke ofMéthode et Invention Nouvelle...1737
Picturesque Views on the River Exe
A scarce example of this bucolic pictorial tour of the River Exe.
£950
Haseler, Henry et alPicturesque Views on the...1819
Coloured Views on the Liverpool and...
The first issue of Bury's beautifully illustrated work on the first inter-city railway with the two additional folding colour plates.
£4,000
Bury, T[homas]. T[albot]Coloured Views on the...1831
Abregé de l'Art Poétique François
The Eragny Press edition of Ronsard's 'Abregé [sic] de l'Art Poétique François'.
£2,250
Eragny Press. Ronsard, Pierre deAbregé de l'Art Poétique...1903
Endymion: A Poetic Romance
The first edition of Keats' 'Endymion'.
£9,500
Keats, JohnEndymion: A Poetic Romance1818
Torquato Tasso. Ein Schauspiel von Goethe
The Doves Press edition Goethe's 'Torquato Tasso' on vellum with gilt initials supplied by Graily Hewitt.
£12,500
Doves Press. Goethe, J. W. vonTorquato Tasso. Ein Schauspiel...1913
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