London: printed for T. Durham, at Charing-Cross; and G. Kearsly, at No. 46, in Fleet-Street, 1777. First Edition. Quarter-bound Leather. First Edition, in English, of this novelized first-person account of a young English lord's debauched sojourn—prostitutes, gambling, horse-racing, drink—in the French capitol. Crown 8vo (206 x 121mm): [2],x,222pp. Contemporary leather..... more

London: printed for Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge; and Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Brittain, MDCLXXXV [1685]. Early Printing. Full Calf. The most popular of Salmon's numerous books, here in the greatly expanded fifth edition. Thick crown 8vo (186 x 109mm): [64],767,[1]pp, with..... more

London: Printed [by Thomas Cotes] for Ro: Allot, 1627. Early Reprint. Full Calf. Third Edition of the definitive English Renaissance work of travel to the Middle East, and one of the finest illustrated travel books of the first half of the 17th century. Small folio (285 x 190mm): [4],309,[3]pp, complete..... more

London: printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; J. Wilkie, St. Paul’s Church-Yard; E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and T. Davies, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCLXXV, MDCCLXXV [1775]. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. First Edition, in two parts (volumes): Part I. The art of reading prose. Part II. The art of reading verse..... more

Salisbury: printed for the author, and sold by E. Easton: sold also by R. Horsfield, No. 22, Ludgate-Street; and J. White, Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, London, MDCCLXXI. [1771]. Full Calf. First edition of one of the earliest astronomical analyses of Stonehenge, the Druid temple in Wiltshire. Medium 4to (295 x 232mm): vi,73,[1] pp..... more

London: Printed for Robinson and Roberts, No. 25, in Pater-noster Row, MDCCXLIX [but 1769]. First Edition. Full Calf. First Issue (with the erroneous date 1749 on title page). 12mo: [iii]-viii,227,[1]; [2 ],190pp. Half title in volume II only. A variant, with title page correctly dated [MDCCLXIX], is generally presumed (by..... more

London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1921. Limited Edition. Half-Morocco. Large Paper copies, each number 3 of 125 sets of which 60 were for sale, with printed prices and buyer’s names. Complete in two volumes (Printed Books and Old Engravings). Royal 8vo (277 x 182mm): [2],iv,62,[2],vii,[1], with portrait frontispiece and twelve..... more

London: [n.p.], Printed in the Year MDCCLXIX [1769]. Quarter-bound Leather. Three titles bound in one, all issued (no printer or publisher given) in 1769, complete in five volumes, continuously paginated in Arabic and Roman numerals. 12mo: 150,[3],cliv-clxvi,[1],168-306pp. "Yorick’s sentimental journey, continued . . . By Eugenius" (i.e., John Hall-Stevenson) comprises..... more

New York: Cos Cob Press, 1933. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Text, in French, by Max Jacob. Crown 8vo (180 x 133mm): 9,[1]pp. Publisher's original tan wrappers printed and decorated in red and black. Front wrapper inscribed: "love & faithfulness / Alfred / from / Virgil." "Alfred," according to a notation..... more

Paris [Lutetiae Parisiorum]: Apud Joannem Le Clerc, M. DCC. VII. [1707]. First Edition. Full Calf. 12mo: [6],268,[12], with engraved initials and head and tail pieces, and 10 charming full-page plates by Laurent Cars after Dumesnil, one at the beginning of each book. In Latin. Full speckled calf, contemporary to publication..... more

Bruxellis [Brussels]: Apud Franciscvm Foppens, M.DC.LXXXII. [1682]. Early Reprint. Full Calf. 4to: [8],205,[3]pp, with full-page engraved coat-of-arms, portrait of "Octavio Vaenius," and 103 engraved emblems with mottoes in Latin and stanzas in French below each plate and verses in Latin, Italian, Dutch and French on verso of preceding plate. Contemporary..... more

London: printed for I. Tonson in Ye Strand, MDCCXXIX [1729]. First Edition. Full Calf. Large 4to: [18],450,xci,[1]pp, with engraved title page, four full-page copper-engraved plates (including frontispiece portrait of Waller engraved by Vertu after Kneller), and numerous superb head- and tailpieces and historiated initials. Contemporary cambridge-style calf, sides decorated in..... more

London: printed for William Bathoe in the Strand, M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]. Early Reprint. Full Calf. 8vo: xxiv, 200pp. Beautifully rebound by Fitterer in period style, with chestnut calf spine in six compartments divided by raised bands ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece gilt, hand-marbled paper-covered boards, end papers renewed. A...... more