Philadelphia: Joseph Cruikshank, 1771. Scarce First Edition of this Important Anti-Slavery Work. BENEZET, Anthony. SHARP, Granville. Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce and the general Disposition of its Inhabitants. With an inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade, its Nature and lamentable Effects. Also a Re-publication..... More
Paris: Louis Janet, 1828. A Color-Plate Tour Down the River Seine [MALO, Charles]. Voyage Pittorèsque de Paris au Havre sur les Rives de la Seine. Paris: Louis Janet, [1828]. First edition. Sixteenmo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 146 x 89 mm.). [viii], [1]-207, [1, blank] pp. Hand colored copper-plate vignette..... More
Paris: Vivantium Gualtherot, 1553. "Cosmographia is About the World, Which Consists of Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire" APIANUS, Petrus. Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per gemmam Frisium apud Lovanienses Medicum & Mathematicum insigne, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta, figurisque novis illustrata: Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1830-[1851]. One of the Finest Color Plate Books on India GRINDLAY, Robert Melville. Scenery Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India, by Captain Robert Melville Grindlay, M,R,A.S. &c. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1830. First edition, later issue with single title-page. Folio (16 1/16 x...... More
London: Printed for the Proprietor by Howlett and Brimmer, 1825. The Great Wight Way RAYE, Charles. A Picturesque Tour Through the Isle of Wight. Illustrated by Numerous Views. London: Printed for the Proprietor by Howlett and Brimmer, 1825. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; 192 x 267..... More
London: Published by R. Ackermann.…Printed by L. Harrison, 1820. One of the Great Nineteenth-Century Color-Plate Books, with Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatints GERNING, J.J. [Johann Isaac] von. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions. Embellished with Twenty-Four Highly Finished..... More
London: Published by R. Ackermann.…Printed by L. Harrison, 1820. "Cologne! Cologne! Thy Walls are Won" One of the Great Nineteenth-Century Color-Plate Books, with Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatints GERNING, J.J. [Johann Isaac] von. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions..... More
London: Jarrold & Sons, , 1894. One of Arthur Rackham's Earliest Works RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BERLYN, Annie. Sunrise-Land. Rambles in Eastern England. By Mrs. Alfred Berlyn. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1894. First edition, first issue with advertisement for the Great Eastern Railway dated 1894. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches;..... More
Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi Son et Co.…, 1829. Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Lami and Monnier’s “Travels in England” [LAMI, Eugène, and Henry Monnier, illustrators]. Voyage en Angleterre, par Eug. Lami et H. Monnier. Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot Frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi..... More
London: Printed for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1826. Twenty Fine Hand Colored Aquatint Plates Depicting the Portuguese Way of Life in Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro [ANONYMOUS]. Sketches of Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume, and Character. Illustrated by twenty coloured plates. By A.P.D.G. London: Printed for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1826. First edition. Octavo..... 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
London: Allen & Co., 1807. "A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England… WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed..... More
Venice: Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1609. The First Practical Treatise on Navigation Second Italian Edition MEDINA, Pietro da. Arte Del Navigare dell'eccel Dottor Pietro Da Medina. Nella quale copiosamente si tratta tutto quello, che appartiene alla Navigatione, e sua cognitione. Venice: Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1609. Second edition in Italian (first published in 1554) of..... More
London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. Robinson Crusoe - Finely Bound by Morrell With a Portrait of Daniel Defoe and Sixteen Engraved Plates DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a biographical sketch of De Foe, written expressly for this edition, and illustrations from original designs. In two volumes. London..... More
London: Robert Jennings, 1830. Twenty-Five Fine Engraved Plates Showing Italy and Switzerland in the Early Nineteenth Century ROSCOE, Thomas. The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy. Illustrated from drawings by S. Prout, Esq… London: Robert Jennings, 1830. First edition. Octavo (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 236 x 152 mm.). [viii], 278..... More
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. Seventy-Three Fine Hand-Colored Stipple Engravings of The Russian Empire With Descriptions Derived From Authentic Sources [ALEXANDER, William]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. With descriptions in English and French. London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First edition, later issue..... More
London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823. With Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Plates FELLOWES, W.D. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with notes, taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with numerous coloured engravings, from..... More
London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy The Plates Superbly Hand-Colored SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of Fifty Large-Paper Copies With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates That are Greatly Superior to those in the Regular Copies SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings, from drawings..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. "The Finest English Edition" Large Paper Copy in a Contemporary Binding by J. Mackenzie DEFOE, Daniel. STOTHARD, Thomas, illustrator. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Embellished with engravings from designs by Thomas Stothard… London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Second Stothard illustrated..... More
London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh, [1814-15]. An Amazing Large-Paper Copy with the Majority of the Plates in Three States [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..... More
London: Printed at The Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1831. Robinson Crusoe Illustrated by George Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, George, Illustrator], DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. With introductory verses by Bernard Barton, and Illustrated with numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank..... More
London: Published by L.B. Seeley and R. Ackermann, 1818. First Edition of Latrobe’s “Visit to South Africa,” with Twelve Fine Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates, LATROBE, C[harles] I[gnatius]. Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815, and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of..... More
London: S & J Fuller, 1819. Scarce Misery in the Army [ALKEN, Henry] TALLY-HO, Ben. Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers. London: S & J Fuller, March 24, 1819. Oblong quarto (10 1/8 x 14 in; 257 x 355..... More
London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio (14 1/4 x...... More
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