London: M.J. Godwin and Co.,, 1814. First English Edition of The Swiss Family Robinson WYSS, Johann David. The Family Robinson Crusoe: or, Journal of a Father Shipwrecked, with his Wife and Children, on an Uninhabited Island. Translated from the German of M. Wiss. London: M.J. Godwin and Co., 1814. First English edition... More
London: Printed for S. Richardson: And Sold by A. Millar…, 1748. "The First Book in the World For the Knowledge it Displays of the Human Heart" (Samuel Johnson) RICHARDSON, Samuel. Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending The most Important Concerns of Private Life. And particularly shewing, The Distresses... More
Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, 1852. Thirty-Five Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Illustrating the “The People of the Air” [VARIN, Amedée, illustrator]. Les Papillons, métamorphoses terrestres des peuples de l'air par Amédée Varin, texte par Eug. Nus et Antony Méray Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, [n.d., 1852]. First edition. Two octavo volumes (10... More
Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, 1851. Twenty-Five Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Illustrating the “Empire of Vegetables” [VARIN, Amédée, illustrator]. L’Empire des légumes. Mémoires de Cucurbitus Ier. Recueillis et mis en ordre par MM. Eugène Nus et Antony Meray. Dessins par Amedée Varin. Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, [n.d., 1851]. First edition. Large octavo... More
Rome: Regia Officina Polygraphia, 1933. A Superb Facsimile of one of the Earliest Extant Manuscripts of Horace. "A Picture is a Poem Without Words" HORACE [Horatius Flaccus, Quintus]. Opera [Latin MS.]. Rome: Regia Officina Polygraphia, 1933. Photographic facsimile on vellum-like paper, printed in red and black in double columns, of the original... More
Paris: Delpech Quai Voltaire, No. 3., 1828. Complete with the Excessively Rare Hand Colored Pictorial Title-Page MONNIER, Henry. Six Quartiers de Paris. Paris: [François Séraphin] Delpech Quai Voltaire, No. 3., 1828. Seven hand colored lithographed plates including the hand colored pictorial title-page. Complete as issued. Oblong quarto. Plate size: 10 5/8... More
Paris: Delpech, 1828. One of Monnier Great Albums Groveling Bureaucrats at Work, aka Idle MONNIER, Henry. Moeurs Administratives, Dessinées d'apres Nature par... Paris: Delpech, 1828. First edition, Series II only. Oblong quarto (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches; 262 x 352 mm.). Complete with the engraved vignette title-page and twelve hand-colored lithographed... More
Paris: Chez Hy. Gaugain et Cie…et chez E. Ardit, 1828. Monnier’s “Theatrical Gallery” [MONNIER, Henry, illustrator]. Galerie Théâtrale. Paris: Chez Hy. Gaugain et Cie.…et chez E. Ardit, [n.d., 1828]. Oblong folio. (9 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches; 471 x 336 mm.). Twenty-four numbered hand-colored plates lithographed by E. Ardit and H. Gaugain... More
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, y Del. Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion, 1757. The Most Prized of All California Books VENEGAS, Miguèl. Noticia de la California, y de su conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente, sacada de la historia manuscrita, formada en Mexico año 1739. por el Padre Miguèl... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1846. “Facetious Prophesies” Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Containing Sixty-Nine Vignettes [QUILLENBOIS, pseudonym of Charles Marie de Sarcus, illustrator]. Prophéties Charivariques. Par Quillenbois. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, [n.d., ca. 1846]. Large folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 338 x 250 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title... More
London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1812. A Political Satire Deploring Ireland's Union With England Four Hand Colored Etchings by Thomas Rowlandson Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Five Additional Plates Including a Very Scarce Double-Page Hand Colored Etching by Rowlandson "Comforts of an Irish Fishing Lodge" (Published May, 1812) ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [WOLCOT, John, aka Peter... More
![Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt [And:] “Ask Mamma;” or, The Richest Commoner in England [And:] “Plain or Ringlets?” [And:] Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds [And:] Hillingdon Hall or, The [Sporting Novels]. Robert Smith SURTEES, John LEECH.](/pictures/thumb/03488.jpg?v=1542160064)
London: Bradbury and Evans [&] John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. A Set of Robert Surtees’s Sporting Novels SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. The Fables of La Fontaine - One of 250 Numbered Copies Illustrated by Auguste Delierre Finely Bound and Extra Illustrated With Over Two Hundred Additional Engravings LA FONTAINE, Jean de. The Fables of La Fontaine. Translated from the French. With twenty-five original etchings by A. Delierre. Boston: Roberts... More
Paris: Delpech, 1829. Henry Monnier's Parody on Thomas Rowlandson's Miseries of Human Life "From Childhood to Old Age" MONNIER, Henry. Les Petites Félicités et Les Petites Misères Humaines. Paris: Delpech, 1829. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/8 inches; 253 x 332 mm.). Ten fine and amusing hand colored lithograph plates (all mounted on... More
London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. Ackermann's History of the Colleges One of Fifty Large Paper Copies [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 the Free-School of Christ’s... More
Paris: Bernard et Delarue, 1825. Twenty-One Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Henry Monnier Exceptionally Rare Suite Including the Hand Colored Frontispiece MONNIER, Henry. Paris Vivant. [Paris]: Bernard et Delarue, [n.d., ca. 1825]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches; 216 x 272 mm.). Twenty-one hand-colored lithographed plates including untitled frontispiece, all... More
Paris: Delpech, Editeur et Imprimeur en Lithographie, 1829. “Then” and “Now”— Eighteen Scarce Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates By Le Maitre Monnier MONNIER, Henri. Jadis et aujourd’hui. Paris: Delpech, 1829. Title from front wrapper. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 270 x 353 mm.). Pictorial lithograph wrapper and eighteen hand-colored lithographed plates, depicting... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1907. English Quotations from Geoffrey Chaucer to Matthew Arnold Specially Bound by Root & Son in 1934 Together with the Original Binders Letter ROOT & SON, binders. SMITH, Robinson. English Quotations. A Collection of the more memorable passages and poems of English literature, arranged according to authors... More
London: MacMillan & Co., 1901. "The Eye of Italy" Superbly Bound by W. Root & Son ROOT & SON, binders. HEWLETT, Maurice. Earthwork out of Tuscany; being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett. London: MacMillan and Co., 1901. Third edition revised. Octavo (6 11/16 x 4 1/2 inches; 170 x 114 mm.)... More
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. A Superb Mid-Twenties Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun of Bath with Two Fine Oval Miniatures Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Twenty-Five Engraved Plates of which Six are Hand-Colored COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN, binder. WILLIAMS, H. Noel. Queen Margot Wife of Henry of Navarre. With sixteen illustrations... More
London: George Newnes Limited, 1902. A Very Fine Cedric Chivers Morocco, Vellucent and Mother-of-Pearl Binding CHIVERS, Cedric, binder. IRVING, Washington. SULLIVAN, Edmund J., illustrator. [Rip Van Winkle]. The Sketch Book by Washington Irving with illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. London: George Newnes Limited, 1902. First edition with the Edmund J. Sullivan... More
London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, 1925. "Any book is a good book if you get good out of it" 'The Choice of Books' Handsomely Bound by W. Root & Son ROOT & SON, binders. HARRISON, Frederick. The Choice of Books and other Literary Pieces. London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, 1925. Octavo (7 1/4... More
Edinburgh: Printed for the author and sold by William Creech, 1787. "Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne" First Edinburgh Edition, First Issue of Robert Burns "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" A Stunning Cosway-Style Jeweled Binding by Sangorski... More
: Doves Press, 1915. Designed and Finished by Rivière's Leonard Mounteney for Cuneo of Chicago MOUNTENEY, Leonard, designer & finisher. CUNEO, binders. DOVES PRESS. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Rape of Lucrece. Hammersmith: Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at The Doves Press, 1915. One of 175 copies printed on paper. Printed in red and black... More
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