ANTIQUARIAN from Forest Books

London: Printed for T. Payne and J. White, by C. Mercier, 1805. First edition, 8vo, xxi, [3], 471, [1] pp., occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine with raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments tooled in blind, red morocco lettering piece, a nice copy. An important work in the history of aesthetics, confirming Knight's reputation… Read more about this item

The Bibliographical Society. 1897. First Edition, 11 full-page facsimiles, disbound.

Antverpiae: G. Bellerus. 1612. 8vo, [1], [1 bl.], [2], 347, [47]pp. (sig. [-]2 A-Z8 2A8 2B6), eary ownership inscription in ink on title "Ex-Libris Gerardi Courtoil?", some light browning throughout, lower corner of title-page and prelims slightly frayed, cont. vellum, a little soiled and creased.

Printed by W. Glindon for J. Ginger. [c. 1803]. 425 x 225mm, broadside printed on one side only, small closed tear at head, margins closely cropped.

[N.P.]. [c.1803]. 468 x 370mm, broadside printed on one side only, margins closely cropped, slight loss of text to bottom right-hand corner.

Printed by Slatter & Munday, Oxford. [c. 1803]. 410 x 240mm, broadside printed on one side only, margins closely cropped.

H. Grevel & Co. 1899. 4to, xx,234,[2]pp., limited to 250 numbered copies (this out of series and unnumbered), 17 plates, orig. vellum-backed cloth (cloth slightly peeling away), spine a little soiled.

Chapman and Hall. 1878. 4to, xviii,470pp., numerous wood engravings throughout, cont. half morocco, marbled sides, spine gilt.

Printed for the Roxburghe Library. 1870. Small 4to, lv,[i],245,[1]pp., portrait frontis., orig. quarter roan, head and foot of spine a little chipped, uncut.

Printed by W. Nicholson. [c.1810]. First Edition, [3],6-26pp., engraved frontispiece (offset), text a little dusty and stained, partly unopened, uncut, paper wrappers. The story of Henry Farnese, a native of Saragossa, and a descendant of the noble house of Parma. Copac lists the British Library & Bodleian Library copies only.

Edward Moxon, [R. Perring, Printer, Leeds]. 1839. First Edition, viii,176pp., with library stamps, front-free endpaper loose, later buckram. An early anthology of Yorkshire poets. Although this is not in great shape it is rare, Copac list just the British Library & Brotherton Collection copies only.

Published by J. Rodwell. 1814. First Edition, vi,126pp., orig. boards, hinges cracked, uncut, a nice copy. Short anecdotal chapters including those on the destruction of libraries under Henry VIII, Elzevir Classics, Ben Franklin, Gibbon's Roman Empire, Boswell and Johnson etc.

Printed for B.J. Holdsworth. 1827. First Edition, vi,256pp., some light browning, half morocco, hinges cracked, uncut.

Alphonse Picard, Paris. 1886. First Edition, ix,[i],466pp., frontis., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. From the library of Pierre Berès.

A. Quantin, Paris. 1883. First Edition, vi,143,[1]pp., frontis., half morocco by Féchoz, marbled sides, uncut. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.

J. Techener, Paris. 1860. First Edition, 24pp., cont. morocco-backed marbled boards.

[London: N.p., 1704]. 4to, 4pp., drop-head title, a little browned, folded down the middle, disbound.

Belfast: Printed and Sold by George Berwick, 1814. [vi], 72, [1]pp., disbound. Trinity College Dublin copy only on Copac.

Printed for J. F. & C. Rivington... 1785. Nineteenth Edition, Corrected and Improved, [228]pp., cont. manuscript notes on endpapers, later calf. ESTC records only 2 copies of this edition, both in North America (Brown University and University of Wisconsin).

[N.P., 1871]. 4to, 22pp., orig. limp calf, rubbed, lacks spine, a.e.g. Ex-library copy, with stamps.