Poetry and Fiction
London: Macmillan and Co., 1866. 8vo (194 x 128 mm). [12], 192 pp., half-title, electrotyped frontispiece protected by tissue guard, and 42 illustrations from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel. Original publisher's pictorial red cloth ruled in gilt, covers with gilt vignettes (Alice on front, Cheshire Cat on rear)..... More
Brusselas: por Roger Velpius, inpressor de sus Altezas, en l'Aguila de oro, cerca de Palacio, 1607. 8vo (161 x 104 mm). [24], 592, [8] pp. Signatures: *8 **4 A-2O8 2P4. Title with small typographic vignette, text with woodcut initials and tailpieces. The book was rebound in early 19th-century in plain..... More
Paris: Compagnie des libraires, 1716. 12mo (162 x 93 mm). [16], 447 [1]; [8], 509, [3] pp., engraved frontispiece facing title-page in each volume and 18 engraved plates by Antione Clouzier (8 in vol. I and 10 in vol. II), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, errata leaf to each volume..... More
Brusselas: por Huberto Antonio, 1625. 8vo (168 x 103 mm). [16], 608 pp. Woodcut initials in text. Contemporary calf, spine with 4 raised bands, titled and richly gilt in compartments, boards with single gilt ruling (slight wear to extremities), red-sprinkled edges, endpapers browned at outer margins by binder's glue. Light..... More
London: Printed for C. Ward and R. Chandler, Booksellers; and J. Wood, and C. Woodward, 1741. Two volumes. 12mo (161 x 95 mm). [4], 284; [4], 291 [1] pp., including engraved frontispiece of Cervantes in volume I, publisher's advert leaf before title in vol. II, woodcut ornaments and capitals. Contemporary..... More
Dresden: Walther, 1830. 8vo (174 x 103 mm). xii, 207 [1]; [4], 292; [4], 250, [2] pp., including half-title to each volume, colophon at the end of volume III. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt (light rubbing to extremities, worm track to..... More
Cologne: Ulrich Zell, 1470. Cologne: Ulrich Zell, c. 1470. 4to (210 x 145 mm). 262 unnumbered and unsigned leaves (complete). Collation: [a-z8 A-I8 K6]. Gothic Type in 27 lines. Red-painted lombards. Contemporary South German calf binding over wooden boards with fine single stamps (flower pot, two-headed eagle, krowned Maria initials)..... More
London: [Eliots Court Press] for Edward Blount, 1620. 8vo (163 x 108 mm). [8] 1-222, [4] 223-324, [2] 325-417 [1], [2] 419-503 [1], [2] 505-542 pp. Signatures: A4 (B-X)8 Y4 Z8 (Aa-Kk)8 (Ll-Mm)4 (Nn-Oo)8, P8 a blank, errata on A8v. Includes separate title-pages for the following sections: A discourse upon..... More
![Works in Greek] Ilias and Ulyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni XXXII, 2 volumes. HOMER](/pictures/thumb/001958_1.JPG?v=1542146457)
Venice: Heirs of Aldus the Elder, 1524. [Works in Greek] Ilias and Ulyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni XXXII, 2 volumes. Venice: Heirs of Aldus the Elder, April 1524. 8vo (162x100 mm), [1-8] 9, 20-26, [1-40], [1-2] 3-277 [1]; [1], 2-251 [1] leaves; signatures (1-7)8 (A-Z)8 (AA-LL)8 MM6; (a-z)8 (A-H)8 I4; titles in..... More
London: William Crook, 1676. Homer's Iliads in English / By Tho. Hobbes of Malmsbury. To which be added Homer's Odysses Englished by the same author. London: Printed by J. C. for W. Crook, at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar, 1676. [12], 384 pp. Signatures: A-Z6, Aa-Kk6 (A4-6, advertisements; U1 incorrectly..... More
Hannover: Schmidt, 1788. Zwei Teile in einem Band. 8vo (153 x 97 mm). 2 Bl., VIII S., 6 Bl., 270 S.; 8 Bl., 336 S. Gesamttitelblatt mit gestochener Vignette, Titelblatt zu Teil 2, jeweils ohne das weisse Blatt am Ende von Teil 1. Halbledereinband der Zeit (berieben, Rücken mit kleinen..... More
Bologna, Rome: Franciscus Plato de Benedictis for B. Hector, 1489. 1. April 1489. 64 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: a4 b-c8 d-i6 k8. 25 lines, type 1:113R. Colophon on A4v ('Romae die. XX octobris M.cccc.lxxxvii') and on K8r. 4to (195 x 136 mm). Bound in 18th-centruy full vellum, spine with gilt-lettered morocco..... More
La Haye [i.e. Paris]: Coustellier, 1742. 12mo (160 x 96 mm). [6], 137 [1] pp. Signatures: *4 A-E12 F8 G2 (-G2). Title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, 9 engraved vignettes by Fokke after De Sève, bound without the final blank leaf G2. Contemporary French mottled calf, plain spine..... More
Exeter: Printed by S. Farley, for Philip Bishop and Edward Score, 1704. 8vo (184 x 110 mm). [16], 183 [i.e. 184] pp. Signatures: A-M8 N4. Title within double-line border, pages 182-184 misnumbered 181-183, a few mispaginations elsewhere. Bound in contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and recent gilt lettering piece..... More
London: various, 1733. POPE, Alexander. I. An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend, Corrected by the Author, Epistles I-IV. London: printed for J. Wilford, [1733]. [7] 8 5-17 [1]; [7], 6-18; [5] 6-20; [5] 2-18, [2] pp. Half titles for Epistles II & III only as called for..... More
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, chez Didot le jeune/ Néé de la Rochelle/ De Senne, 1792. 1790-1792. 12mo (165 x 98 mm). Fourth edition of vols. I to IV dated 1791 (vol. I-III) and 1790 (vol. IV); first edition of vol. V, dated 1792. Vol. I: [4], xxxvi, 648 pp...... More
London: Isaac Jaggard, Edward Blount and others, 1623. San Francisco: printed by the Grabhorn Press for David Magee, 1935. Folio (370 x 247 mm). [30] pp. With an original leaf from each of the four folios tipped in; and facsimiles of the titles of the four folios. The original leaves..... More
London: Benjamin Motte, 1726. 8vo (193 x 120 mm). xii, 148, [6], 164; [6], 154, [8], 199 [1] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece by Sheppard after Sturt in volume 1, 5 engraved maps and 1 engraved plate of the automatic writing machine, woodcut head and tail pieces, plus other small decorations..... More
New York: Works Publishing Company, 1939. 8vo (229 x 152 mm). viii, [2], 400 pp., including half title. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt-lettered spine and front cover, including the original first issue dust jacket (light rubbing and soiling of cloth, dust jacket with some paper restorations of former tears..... More
