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Eccentric Tales. George CRUIKSHANK, W. F KOSEWITZ.
CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator; KOSEWITZ, W.F....

Eccentric Tales

London: James Robins and Co., 1827. Eccentric Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. KOSEWITZ, W.F. von. Eccentric Tales. From the German of W.F. Von Kosewitz, with Illustrations by George Cruikshank, From Sketches by Alfred Crowquill. London: James Robins and Co., 1827. First edition in book form, originally issued in four parts with.....

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Life In London. Pierce EGAN.
EGAN, Pierce; CRUIKSHANK, George and...

Life In London

London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1821. "Indeed, the Taste for it Amounted to a Craze" EGAN, Pierce. [CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert, illustrators]. Life In London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian.....

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In Powder & Crinoline. Kay NIELSEN, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
NIELSEN, Kay; Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur

In Powder & Crinoline

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Edition De Luxe in the Original Green Vellum Binding [NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 copies (this.....

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Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures. Victor ADAM.
ADAM, Victor

Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de...

Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. A Rare Book on Coaching Twelve Superb Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. [Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures par V. Adam 1830]. Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. First Charles Motte edition (preceded only by the 1828 Gihaut Frères hand colored issue with 36 plates). Oblong folio.....

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Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; from 1799 to 1815, The. James JENKINS, William HEATH, artist.
JENKINS, James; HEATH, William, artist

Martial Achievements of Great Britain...

London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh, [1814-15]. A Spectacular Multiple-State Copy Showing the Complete Evolution of Forty-Nine Aquatint Plates [JENKINS, James]. [HEATH, William, artist]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; From 1799 to 1815. London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison.....

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Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, The. FORE-EDGE PAINTING, The "DOVER PAINTER".
FORE-EDGE PAINTING; The "DOVER PAINTER"...

Principles of Moral and Political...

Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With Two Superb Fore-Edge Paintings by the "Dover Painter" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [The "DOVER PAINTER"], artist. PALEY, William. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy. The Twenty-First Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With two superb fore-edge paintings executed ca. 1930 by the "Dover.....

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Les Petits Acteurs du Grand Theatre. Adrien Jean-Baptiste JOLY, Muffat.
JOLY, Adrien Jean-Baptiste (Muffat)

Les Petits Acteurs du Grand...

Paris: Martinet, 1822. Exceptionally Rare Series of Sixty Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Depicting the “Cries of Paris” JOLY, Adrien Jean-Baptiste (Muffat). Les Petits Acteurs du Grand Theatre ou Recueil de divers Cris de Paris. Paris: Chez Martinet, 1822. Fourth edition, the rarest of all, and a Large Paper copy. Quarto (11.....

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Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche troepen en alle in militaire betrekking. J. F TEUPKEN.
TEUPKEN, J.F.

Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche...

The Hague: Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823. A superb copy of the finest Dutch color plate work on military costume TEUPKEN, J.F. Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn… Gevolgd van 51 platen met eene titelplaat, voorstellende officieren.....

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Grossherzoglich Hessisches Militair. Franz Hubert MÜLLER, Joseph VÖLLINGER.
MÜLLER, Franz Hubert; VÖLLINGER, Joseph...

Grossherzoglich Hessisches Militair

Carlsruhe: Johann Velten, 1830. Thirty Superb Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting The Hessian Army MÜLLER, Franz Hubert. VÖLLINGER, Joseph, lithographer. Grossherzoglich Hessisches Militair. Nach der Natur ausgenommen von Doctor F.H. Müller… und auf Stein gezeichnet von J. Völlinger. Herausgegeben von Johann Velten in Carlsruhe. Carlsruhe: Johann Velten, [ca. 1830]. First edition.....

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La Caricature, Journal. Dondé et Dirigé par Ch. Philipon. LA CARICATURE, Charles PHILIPON, founder.
LA CARICATURE; [PHILIPON, Charles, founder...

La Caricature, Journal. Dondé et...

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1830-1832. The Journal That Initiated the Golden Age of French Caricature [LA CARICATURE]. [PHILIPON, Charles, founder, publisher, editor]. La Caricature. Morale, Religieuse, Littéraire et Scénique. Nos. 1 - 86 [first three volumes of ten]. Paris: Chez Aubert, Nov 4, 1830 - April 18, 1833. Three large quarto.....

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Collection de la Revolution Francaise. FRENCH REVOLUTION.
FRENCH REVOLUTION

Collection de la Revolution Francaise

Paris: , 1789. “The Fall of a King: A Contemporary Archive of the French Revolution, 1789-1795” Pamphlets, Proclamations, and Political Ephemera Charting the Collapse of the Monarchy and the Birth of the Republic - Preserved, Annotated, and Assembled in Real Time [FRENCH REVOLUTION]. Collection de la Revolution Francaise. [A Remarkable.....

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Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the War in the Year 1803 to 1816. W. LEWIS, publisher.
LEWIS, W., publisher

Naval Victories of Great Britain...

London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1820. The Naval Victories of Great Britain Scarce Large-Paper Issue with Forty-Two Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEWIS, W., publisher. Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the War in the Year 1803 to 1816; Being a series of coloured views of naval engagements.....

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Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, The. Edmund SPENSER.
SPENSER, Edmund

Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser...

London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1842. A Handsome Pall Mall Prize Binding: Spenser in Full Green Morocco with Institutional Supralibros and Country-House Provenance SPENSER, Edmund. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. In five volumes. A new edition; with introductory and glossarial notes: to which is prefixed, the account of the.....

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Clichy. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Clichy

Paris: En vente Au Bureau du Journal Amusant…et au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Gavarni's Memories of his Time in the Debtors Prison 'Clichy' Depicted in Twenty-One Lithographed Plates GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Clichy. Album par Gavarni. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1841]. Large quarto (13 3/4 x......

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Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword [together with] the original pen, ink and watercolor for the. Thomas ROWLANDSON, Henry ANGELO.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; ANGELO, Henry

Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword...

London: H. Angelo, 1799. A Superb Example in A Contemporary Binding With the Extra Plate "The Guards…" and the Original Pen, Ink & Watercolor for the Nineteenth Plate [ROWLANDSON, T[homas], illustrator. [ANGELO, Henry]. Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword. Twenty Four Plates, designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, under the Direction.....

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Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at. Rudolph ACKERMANN.
ACKERMANN, Rudolph

Characters in the Grand Fancy...

London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Ackermann’s “Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball” [ACKERMANN, Rudolph]. Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826; in Thirteen Highly Coloured Plates: with a Description of the Entertainments on.....

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Manuscript anthology of English poetry. MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY.
MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY

Manuscript anthology of English poetry

England: , 1830. A Handsome Early Nineteenth-Century Poetry Anthology Manuscript Elegantly Written and Illustrated with Charming Wash Drawings [MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Manuscript anthology of English poetry. England, early-to mid-19th century. Square octavo (7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 197 x 162 mm.). 115 manuscript pages followed by four manuscript pages.....

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My Sketch Book. George CRUIKSHANK.
CRUIKSHANK, George

My Sketch Book

London: Published for the Artist, by Charles Tilt, 1833. George Cruikshank's Masterpiece in Color The Exceptionally Rare Hand-Colored Parts Issue in the Original Nine Wrappers CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. My Sketch Book. London: Published for the Artist by Charles Tilt, 1833–1834. First edition in the original nine parts. Oblong quarto (7.....

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Keepsake de Costumes, Le. Francois Claudius COMPTE-CALIX.
COMPTE-CALIX, Francois Claudius

Keepsake de Costumes, Le

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1853. Twenty Hand Colored Plates depicting the Costumes of Western Europe and North Africa COMPTE-CALIX, Francois Claudius. Le Keepsake de Costumes. Dessins de Compte Calix, gravés sur acier. Album offert aux abonées du journal Les Modes Parisiennes. Paris: [Chez Aubert], 1853. Folio (13 5/8 x 10 1/2.....

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The Novels of Jane Austen. Jane AUSTEN, obert illiam CHAPMAN, R, W.
AUSTEN, Jane; CHAPMAN, [R]obert [W]illiam...

The Novels of Jane Austen

Oxford: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1923. The Best Collected Edition of Jane Austen's Works AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels of Jane Austen. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman. With Notes Indexes and Illustrations From Contemporary Sources. In Five Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.....

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History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster, The. Rudolph ACKERMANN, Augustus Charles PUGIN.
ACKERMANN, Rudolph; PUGIN, Augustus Charles...

History of the Colleges of...

London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. "Highest Praise" For Ackermann’s Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul’s, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and.....

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Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action. Louis-Pierre-René de MORAINE.
MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de

Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise...

Paris: J. Vermot, 1860. The Soldiers of the French Army Thirty-Two Hand Colored Plates MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de. [Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action.] [150 Sujets lithographiés par de Moraine.] Paris: J. Vermot, [1860]. First edition. Small quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 207 mm.). Sixteen unnumbered.....

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Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois...

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846. Three Complete Series by Paul Gavarni GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846-1848. Three complete series bound in one folio volume (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x 268 mm.). Fourteen.....

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Authentic Memoirs of the late George Morland. Francis Wiliam BLAGDON, George MORLAND.
BLAGDON, Francis Wiliam; MORLAND, George

Authentic Memoirs of the late...

London: Printed for Edward Orme… by Barnard and Sultzer, 1806 [1824]. "An Admirable Album" BLAGDON, Francis Wiliam. MORLAND, George. Authentic Memoirs of the late George Morland, with remarks on his abilities and progress as an artist: in which are interspersed a variety of anecdotes never before published; together with a......

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Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Jean-Gabriel SCHEFFER, J S-, Edmé-Jean PIGAL.
[SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel] J.S-; PIGAL, Edmé-Jean;...

Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et...

Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. Familiar Scenes of Parisian Society Caught in the Wry [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S-------, PIGAL, &c, &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. First (only) issue. Folio (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches: 359 x 263 mm.). Three parts.....

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