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London,Volumes 1 & 2 are n.d..Volume 3. 1731. Three Volumes, Folio. 46 cms x 30 cms.. Volume One; Engraved Title and dedication plus 98 engraved plates.. Volume Two; Engraved title plus 99 engraved plates. Volume Three;.Title page in blackand red.plus 98 engraved plates. The Umberslade not bound in, absent as is usual. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked, with raised bands, blind stamped in comparments with red and gilt title labels. .There is a small wormhole from plate 68/69, plate 70 and to plate 71, 72. It is in the gutter and well away from the printed surface. [See Images]. Many of the plates are folding or double paged. The contents and plates are crisp and clean. . Vitruvius Britannicus established Palladian Architecture as the approved style for Britain in the 18th Century. Colen Campbell issued the first three volumes.The plates depict the great country house estates, palaces, government offices and churches..The architects were Inigo Jones, Wren, Vanbrugh et al. with… Read More

London: Longmans Green, 1877. New Edition. pp.210.With Illustrations, original and from the antique drawn on wood by George Scharf. Green morocco binding tooled in gilt raised bands, aeg. Tooled in gilt on the boards with classical motives, eagles etc. A Fine binding by Riviere.

Universal Mag. J.Hinton.Newgate Street,London. Size of Image 36 x 27.[1757]. Original Wash hand coloured. Fine full color example of this scarce map of New England, the Northeast and Canada at the beginning of the French & Indian War.Engraved by R.W. Seale, London.

Printed for R.Ackermann, London,[1824]. 12mo.pp.ix+ 241.18 handcoloured engravings.Fine half dark green calf,raised bands tooled in gilt,marbled boards.very attractive.a little offsetting of plates else very clean and fresh.Abbey Travel.No.6.p.13. Tooley:English Books with Coloured Plates:515.p.417. "The Proper Study of Mankind is Man" Pope.

Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis , 1745. 8vo.16.5 cm x 10.5 cm. Two Volumes pp.vi + 354 ,pp.ii + 452 .Greek and Latin text. Contemporary full brown calf, gilt decorations in panels , red title labels, gilt rolls to top and bottom board eges and faces. A small chip to head of spine in Volume Two. A little surface rubbing to boards.Corners a little bumped.Images can be sent on request. See Gaskell .68. A Bibliography of The Foulis Press .Images are available on request.

Glasgow , Robert & Andrew Foulis ,1747. 8vo. 16.5cm x 10.5 cm Three Volumes Variant issue . Vol.I.pp.iv + 251 ,Vol.II. pp.ii+ 281 + publishers 5 line imprint ,Vol.III .pp163 +175+ advertisement page.Volumes 1 & 2 Greek Volume 3 .Latin. Contemporary Full Brown Polished Calf .Elaborate Gilt Spine in compartments Green title lables with Volume number below . Gilt rolls to board edges and borders All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers .Original owners name in pen.A fine 18th C binding.a couple of surface marks to upper board on volume 3 else, A Very Attractive Set. See Gaskell 84. A Bibliography of The Foulis Press Images are available on request.

Robert & Andrew Foulis: Glasgow, 1759. Eight Volumes. 8vo 16cm x 10.5cm. with Greek and Latin on opposite pages pp.vi +366, pp.ii + 296, pp.302 , pp.356, pp.268, pp.302, pp.272, pp.304. Full polished brown calf 18th Century binding with gilt decorations in compartments on spine, gilt rolls on board edges. Red title labels, plain endpapers. Some offsetting to endpapers. A few marks and scuffs to boards otherwise a fresh, clean tight copy. This work has been described as "by far the most correct Greek work published at Glasgow " See Gaskell 375. A Bibliography of The Foulis Press.

Complied, Lithographed and Published by H.E.C.Robinson, Wentworth Court Elizabeth Street, Sydney, N.S.W. published in 1900. 850 mm x 748 mm. Scarce Map of Sydney, 1900, In 24 panels laid down on linen. Very Good in original boards with a new backstrip.

John Weale, London, 1840. Folio with 122 of the original 125 engravings,26 double page fold out .A few dampstains not affecting the engraved surface, some plates are foxed others are free of foxing.The last plate has been rpaired and loosely inserted. There is a small previous owners stamp on the title page.This copy appears to have 122 plates of the 125 called for although the numbers are consecutively paginated 1- 118 with an additional 4 plates. Binding is quarter calf with raised bands and title label ,cloth boards, See illustrations. This atlas is notable for its rare illustrations of the first Steam Driven Paddle Steamers.This is a large and heavy book and may require extra postage.

London: Poblished by Andre Deutsch, 1992. Three Volumes housed in a slip case. Hardcovers in green buckram and in the original white tissue wrappers. in green buckram slipcase. Fine condition. Limited to 1500 copies. The definitive work .The essential reference to the subject citing all the influences,documentary evidence , primary sources etc.

David Douglas , Edinburgh , 1888 - William Green & Sons , Edinburgh , 1903. Volumes I - XVII. In Nine Volumes bound in quarter morocco leather title labels and at the foot of the spines the date labels.tan linen boards. Illustrated and although there are odd spots or annotations to the free endpapers the set is in Very Good condition tight , fresh and volume one has the original wrappers bound in at the rear. Volume One bears the bookplate of Henry Archibald Cockburn with the Cockburn I Rise in The Morning, Vigilandset Audax and the cockerels. Unusually good set. Contains Scottish Parish Registers , Family Hstory etc.Scotland and its History.

George Routledge & Sons, London,[1875]. Twenty Eight Volumes The Complete Set. Uniformly bound in half maroon calf with marbled boards and matching endpapers. Bound by Bickers & Son,London.Some minor rubbing to the extremities,minor fading to the hinge edge of the boards. Internally Fine. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 � 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He declined the Crown of Greece in 1862 after the abdication of King Otto. He became Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. Bulwer-Lytton's works were highly popular and paid him well. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and "dweller on the threshold". "It was a dark and stormy night".is possibly one of the best opening lines of a novel. Will require extra postage overseas.

Cork Street, London: Elkin Mathews, 1915. Small 8vo Fourth issue, with first edition sheets and cancel title-page.pp. 63 pages uncut.Original printed wrappers,The spine has been underbacked and the upper wrapper has been laid onto the new paper.The interior is near fine with the ad page at the rear. there is a discrete previous owners signature to the endpaper. Only 400 copies were issued with cover design by Dorothy Shakespear Pound.

Manuscript hand written 1812 to 1813.Three Volumes Royal 8vo. two in contemporary calf and the third rebacked, all with papered boards. Volume One: Personal Rights. 583 manuscript pages including index. Volume Two. Real Rights. 529 manuscript pages including index Volume Three;Succession and Actions. 549 manuscript pages including index. At the rear 27 manuscript pages of The Song of Solomon. "David Hume (1757-1838), nephew of the philosopher, was appointed professor of Scots law at the University of Edinburgh in 1786. He was the outstanding law professor of his generation, and his lectures on private law, the subject of these notes, 'were highly praised and students flocked to them'. Hume forbade publication of his lectures, but copies circulated and they were cited in court, many of his pupils reaching the bench ... The lectures recast Scottish private law ready for the nineteenth century' [Oxford Dictionary National Biography].

1985. A large 4to, 40 page artist work book of the creation of the Pacific Nexus mural produced by Daws for the Performing Arts Complex Brisbane. From beginning to finish with illustrations and original photographs affixed. An explanation of the meaning and a timeline of its construction including acknowledgements of workers and details of the materials used. On the title page in hand Lawrence Dawes 1/2 1985. Red cloth hardcover with some marking, internally fine with many colour and black and white printed illustrations and original tipped in photographs.