Books and Works on Paper

Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) Pharsalia...cum commentariis, edited by Georgius Versellanus, Filippo Beroaldo, and others, title in red and black and wi...

Latin language.- Valla (Laurentius) De linguae Latinae elegantia libri sex, jam tertium Emaculati, second Colines edition, title within woodcut co...

Chatsworth copy.- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Brutus, seu De claris oratoribus, liber, title within attractive woodcut criblé historiated border, wood...

Terentius Afer (Publius) Comoediæ sex, tum ex Donati commentariis, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, ruled t...

Annotated rhetoric.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII, declamationum liber, 3 parts in 1, woodcut architectural ti...

Missal.- Binding.- Missale carthusiense, double column, printed in red and black, Gothic type, woodcut full-page arms to A2r, 2 full-page illustra...

Livius (Titus) Ex XIIII decadibus historiae romanae ab urbe condita, decades, prima, tertia, quarta, & quinta dimidium, 2 parts in 1, woodcut hist...

Bible, Latin.- Biblia, double column, title with first word in filet and charming woodcut historiated georgic border and with large woodcut printe...

Visconti family.- Giovio (Paolo) Vitae duodecim Vicecomitum Mediolani principum, first edition, woodcut printer's basilisk device, 10 large woodcu...

Fables.- Aesop. Fabulae elegantissimis eiconibus veras animalium species ad vivum adumbrantes, first de Tournes edition in Greek and Latin, text i...

Antiquarianism.- Numismatics.- Strada (Jacopo) Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, hoc est, imperatorum Romanorum orientalium et occidentalium iconum, ...

Biography.- [Rouillé (Guillaume)] Prima [-secunda] pars promptuarii iconum insigniorum a seculo hominum, subjectis eorum vitis, 2 vol., first edit...

Herodianus. L'histoire...traitant de la vie des successeurs de Marc Aurele a l'Empire de Romme, translated by Jacques de Vintimille, first edition...

Sunderland copy.- Caesar (Gaius Julius) De bello Gallico commentarii VII, title with woodcut printer's device, 8pp. woodcuts at start, ¶¶4, S6 and...

Coins & engraved gems.- Le Pois (Antoine) Discours sur les medalles et graveures antiques, principalement Romaines, edited by Nicolas Le Pois, fir...

Heraldry.- Du Tillet (Jean) Recueil des roys de France, leurs couronne et maison. Ensemble, le rengs des grands de France, first edition under thi...

Mythology.- Cartari (Vincenzo) Le imagini de I dei de gli antichi, title with woodcut printer's device, numerous full-page woodcut illustrations,...

Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De architectura libri decem, edited by Guillaume Philandrier, second de Tournes edition, title within woo...

Binding.- Ronsard (Pierre de) Les quatre premiers livres de la Franciade, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut portraits, head- and tail-p...

Immortality of the intellect.- Nifo (Agostino) De intellectu libri sex. Eiusdem De demonibus libri tres, double column, Gothic letter, woodcut his...

Early Britain.- [Paris (Matthew)], "Matthew, of Westminster". Flores historiarum per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti: praecipue de rebus Bri...

Bosse (Abraham) Sentimens sur la Distinction des diverses manieres de Peinture, Dessein & Graveure..., engraved additional pictorial title and 2 p...

NO RESERVE Printed on vellum.- Fountains engineer.- Certificate of appointment to Master fountains engineer, printed document on vellum, historiat...

Economics.- Gaito (Giovanni Domenico) Tractatvs De Credito Ex Libris, Epistolis, Cambiis, Apochis, Instrumentis publicis, Obligationibus penes act...

Royal infighting.- [Laceda (Fernando Correia de)], "Leandro Dorea Caceres e Faria". Catastrophe de Portugal, na deposição d'el rei D. Affonso o ...

Genesis, Hebrew.- Sēfer berēšit sive Genesis Hebraicé Exscripta editaque seorsim, in Gratiam Studiosæ Juventutis, text in Latin and Hebrew, lackin...

Divine Grace.- [Boursier (Laurent-François)] De l'action de Dieu sur les creatures: traité dans lequel on prouve la premotion physique par le rai...

Bluteau (Rafael) Prosas portuguezas, recitadas em differentes Congressos Academicos, 2 parts in 1, first edition, double column, double-page lette...

Spanish Portugal.- Sousa de Macedo (Antonio de) Flores de España excelencias de Portugal, en que brevemente se trata lo mejor de sus historias, 2 ...

Theft, fraud & corruption.- Vieira (Antonio) Arte de furtar, espelho de enganos, theatro de verdades, mostrador de horas minguadas, gazua geral do...

Witchcraft.- Tartarotti (Girolamo) Del Congresso Notturno delle Lammie Libri Tre, first edition, title in red and black and with woodcut ornament,...

Bread riot.- Sebastian y Latre (Thomas) Relación individual y veridica del sucesso acontecido en la ciudad de Zaragoza el dia 6 de abril 1766 y d...

Statue dedication ceremony.- Academia celebrada pelos religiosos da ordem Terceira de S. Francisco do Convento de N. Senhora de Jesus de Lisboa no...

Silk manufacture.- Sá (José António de) Dissertações philosophico-politicas sobre o trato das sedas na comarca de Moncorvo, first edition, title w...

Delille (Jacques) L'Homme des champs, ou Les Géorgiques françaises, poëme en IV chants, new edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 4 pl...

Theatre.- Castelo Branco (Camilo) Espinhos e flores, drama original, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author, ...

Koenig (Général) Assises Nationales de Nancy: Rapport sur la Défense Nationale, signed by the author, original paper wrappers, lightly browned, sm...

Suffolk, Little Thurlow.- Charter, grant by Simon Franceys of Great Thurlow and Alan le Barber of Little Thurlow to John le Non, chaplain of Littl...

Burton-on-Trent.- Charter, grant by John Norton of Nedwrode [?Needwood]confirming and conceding to John Brereton gent, Hugh Carley, Thomas Walker,...

London.- Stone (Sir William, Master of the Clothworkersʼ Company, d. 1607) & Sir Arthur Ingram, financier and politician, b. before 1571, d. 1642)...

Court of Charles II.- Fraser (Sir Alexander) Autograph Letter signed to John Maitland, earl of Lauderdale, as Lord High Commissioner of Scotland, ...

Norfolk, Essex, Plymouth & elsewhere.- Shelly family (merchants of Great Yarmouth, members of the Congregational Church) Archive of correspondence...

Scotland.- Instrument of sasine of the tenement of houses in Borrowstouness [Bo'ness] in favour of Geills Mather and John Blair her son, standing ...

Jacobite Minister.- Middleton (Charles, styled second Earl of Middleton and Jacobite first Earl of Monmouth, politician, 1649/50-1719) A True Copp...

Mnemonic.- Mr. Crooks system of Mneumonic Hieroglyphics, manuscript, 9pp., within a commonplace book of poetry, c.90pp., occasional spotting or li...

Wales, England, Belgium & Holland.- Roberts Family (originally Lords of the Manor of Abergavenny and later living in London & England) Commonplace...

Poetry.- [Poems], manuscript, c.35pp., including 'To a Butterfly in the city', 'The Poets' Castle', 'To a frog in a well', and 'Will o'the Wisp', ...

Cheshire.- Brushfield (Thomas Nadauld, lunacy specialist, antiquary and author, 1828-1910) Cheshire Scraps, autograph manuscript signed, c. 280pp....

Dickens (Charles).- Scotland, London, Warwickshire & elsewhere.- Kershaw (Rev Edmund Dickie, son of Samuel Kershaw, domestic chaplain to Lord Lami...

Mary Queen of Scots, (1542-87).- W[ingfield] or W[ynkfield] (R[obert], Lord Burghley's nephew, c. 1558-1609) A true Declaration of the Execution o...

NO RESERVE South America & England.- [Blackburn (John, resident engineer to the Colne Valley Water Works, Bushey, Herts., 1846-1916)] The Law and ...

Welsh Jurist.- Williams (Glanville, jurist and law reformer, 1911-97) 2 Photograph albums with diary entries, 2 vol., photographs and manuscripts ...

Aldenham Estate (near Elstree, Hertfordshire).- Gibbs (Vicary, genealogist and gardener, 1853-1932).- Aldenham Estate Accounts Book, manuscript, c...

Leeds.- Wilkinson (Albert Edward, Lord Mayor of Leeds, Managing Director of the Acme Engineering Co., of Holbeck, Leeds, 1873-1959) Album of event...

Anglican Missionary during the Japanese attack on Papua New Guinea in the Second World War.- Redlich (Vivian) Autograph letter signed "Vivian" to ...

[Howes (Edmund)] The Abridgement of the English Chronicle, first collected by M. John Stow..., woodcut border to title, some leaves with extensive...

Qur'an, English.- The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French; by the Sieur du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, first octavo edition of ...

Milton (John) Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, aliàs Salmasii, Defensionem regiam, title with woodcut arms of the Commonweal...

[Hobbes (Thomas)].- [Thucydides]. [The History of the Grecian War: in Eight Books, translated by Thomas Hobbes], second edition, lacks engraved ad...

Blackmore (Richard) Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. In Ten Books, third edition, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to title, B1 lower outer ...