Books Printed before 1800

Steele, Sir Richard The Ladies Library. Volume the Third. Written by a Lady.

The Ladies Library   Sir Richard Steele

London, for J. Tonson, 1732.
Large 12mo. (16x9.5 cm), engraved frontispiece + (xiv) + 344 + (22) pages. A very clean, crisp copy. Bound in a full leather binding, of the same period as the book, the binding rubbed but solid with the original red leather label on the spine with the title in gold, five raised bands on the spine and a gold line around the edges of the covers and above and below each of the raised bands. Read more about Steele, Sir Richard The Ladies Library. Volume the Third. Written by a Lady.

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The Lives of the Greek Poets…1697, illustrated, in a contemporary binding

The Lives and Characters of the Greek Poets  Basil Kennet

Kennet, Basil

The Lives and Characters of the Greek Poets...

London, Abel Swall, 1697.
In the original binding: the binding in exceptionally good condition.
8vo. (19 x 12cm), title page + x + 190 pages + separate title leaf to part 2 + 82 pages + 2 page publisher’s catalogue+ 3 full page plates inserted in the text. Collates A6, B-M8, Aa-Ee8,Ff2+ 3 plates.
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Poemata, 1686

Buchanan  Poemata, 1686

Buchanan, George

Poemata…

3. Buchanan, George Poemata…
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Price: £85.00
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Akenside, Mark. The Poems

Mark Akenside Poems  1772

Akenside, Mark

The Poems Of Mark Akenside, M.D

London, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. Dodsley, 1772.
8vo. (20.5 x 13 cm), xii + 402 pages. A fresh copy, with only the slightest browning, in a contemporary full leather binding (polished brown calf). A thin hole (1.5cm long) in the last leaf only of the text, not touching the print, but also visible in the rear end papers.
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Price: £50.00
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The Trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 1710... an earth-shaking event in British politics and religious affairs

Trial of Sacheverell, 1710

The Trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell…Published by Order of the House of Peers

London, Jacob Tonson, 1710. 8vo. (19.5 x 12 cm), 465 pages. Bound with The Bishop of Salisbury’s and the Bishop of Oxford’s Speeches… On the…Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell… Read more about The Trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 1710... an earth-shaking event in British politics and religious affairs

Price: £65.00
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe (Poet). Book with Family Association

Bysshe Shelley Inscription

Horace

Opera

On the front free endpaper the inscription ‘Bysshe Shelley 1715 not his book but W. Nicholl’s’.

8vo. A very worn copy, the title page replaced in manuscript, so impossible to date, but clearly before 1715. The pages held together reasonably soundly.

Bound in a full leather binding, panelled calf, the boards loose but attached, but the binding very worn: leather missing from the bottom of the back cover and much of the spine. Read more about Shelley, Percy Bysshe (Poet). Book with Family Association

Price: £200.00
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Nouvelles Reflexions par Etienne Vernage, rare edition of 1680

Nouvelles Reflexions Etienne Francois de Vernage, 1680, for sale

Vernage, Etienne Francois de

, Nouvelles Reflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales et Politiques

Lyon, Thomas Amauley, 1680

12mo. ( 14.5 x 8 cm), 24 unnumbered pages + 192 pages + 18 unnumbered pages. Collates: a8,e4, A8, B4, C8, D4, E8, F4, G8, H4, I8, K4, L8, M4, N8, O4, P8, Q4, R8. S1. Read more about Nouvelles Reflexions par Etienne Vernage, rare edition of 1680

Price: £165.00
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Early Eighteenth Century Science

Science Book, 1719, for sale

Nieuwentyt, Dr. B.

The Religious Philosopher: Or the Right USE of Contemplating the Works of the Creator…Vol. II

London, J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1719

Translated by John Chamberlayne, 

This volume is concerned mainly with earth sciences and natural history, containing sections on Air, Meteors, Water, The Earth, Fire, Animals and Plants.The title page continues;- Read more about Early Eighteenth Century Science

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Attic Nights - Aulus Gellius

Noctes Atticae printed 1666, for sale

Aulus Gellius

Noctes Atticae Cum Selectis Novisque Commentariis et Accurata Reccensione Antonii Thys I, J.C. & Jacobi Oisel I, J.C.

Leyden, Petri Leffen, 1666.

8vo. (19x11.5cm). Engraved title page + 44 unnumbered pages + blank leaf + 1129 pages + 61 unnumbered pages (indexes). Read more about Attic Nights - Aulus Gellius

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