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  • FINE EDITION IN SUPERB HALF MOROCCO BY DAVID
    Lettres de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de Sévigné a sa Fille et a ses Amis. by SEVIGNE, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de
    SEVIGNE, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de
    Lettres de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de Sévigné a sa Fille et a ses Amis.

    Paris: J. Techener, 1861. 11 volume set, 8 inches tall. A superb half crushed morocco by David with gilt raised bands and exquisite gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt top edges. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. With 2 splendid portraits of mother and daughter as frontispieces to volume I. A fine edition printed on hand made paper. Madame de Sevigné was incomparably the most influential woman writer of French literature. Her letters are frequently found to be the most reliable source for important events of the Ancien Régime.
    A beautiful set in the original French.

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  • FULL MOROCCO SET FROM ROYAL COLLECTION
    The Works of William Shakespeare by SHAKESPEARE, William
    SHAKESPEARE, William
    The Works of William Shakespeare

    London: Chapman & Hall, 1866. 9 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. An exceptionally handsome set in full red morocco with gilt raised bands, gilt titles, panels and all edges. the boards are framed with gilt and blind tooling. With the Royal cipher of Marie Therese. A fine copy of the celebrated Dyce edition of the Complete Works of England's greatest playwright.

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  • CELEBRATED EDITION IN SUPERB FULL VELLUM
    Opera. Recognovit, Emendavit. Gabriel Brotier. by TACITUS, Gaius Cornelius (BROTIER, Gabriel, ed.)
    TACITUS, Gaius Cornelius (BROTIER, Gabriel, ed.)
    Opera. Recognovit, Emendavit. Gabriel Brotier.

    London & Paris: Ex Typographia Ludovici-Francisci Delatour via San-Jacobea. Londini apud Paulum Vaillant, 1771. 4 volume set, 11 inches tall. Superb 18th century full vellum bindings with most attractive blue gilt labels. Complete with all 4 folding maps and genealogy. With the bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford. A splendid set described by Brunet (V p.645) as the ...."Edition magnifiquement imprimee et qui a longtemps passe pour une des meilleures de cet historien".

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  • SPLENDID SET IN STRIKING TREE CALF
    The Works of Tobias Smollett. by SMOLLETT, Tobias
    SMOLLETT, Tobias
    The Works of Tobias Smollett.

    London: Law, Johnson et al., 1797. 8 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A fine edition in a later full tree calf with gilt bands, twin labels and elegant gilt centre tools. minor expert repair to the turn ins of the first volume. Portrait. From the library of Maurice Baring and with his curious bookplate. A splendid set of these great 18th century works.

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  • FINE EDITION IN EXCEPTIONALLY HANDSOME FULL 'RUSSIA' CALF
    The Holinshed Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. by HOLINSHED, Raphael
    HOLINSHED, Raphael
    The Holinshed Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland.

    London: J. Johnson, 1807-1808. 6 volume set, 12 inches tall. Exceptionally good looking Georgian full russia calf with blind tooled twin raised bands and splendid blind tooling to the panels, typical of the period. The boards have a series of blind rolls and fillets and single gilt fillet framing a central blind panel with corner tools. With the armorial bookplate of Lord Kinnaird of Rossie Priory. Some foxing but generally very clean. The books are in excellent condition but, as is so often the case with heavy russia calf, some joints are fragile and creased. This is an important new edition of this great work, first printed in 1577 that is the basis for many of Shakespeare's plays.

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  • CLASSIC HISTORY IN SUPERB MID VICTORIAN HALF CALF
    A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. by LUTTRELL, Narcissus
    LUTTRELL, Narcissus
    A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714.

    Oxford, The University Press, 1857. 6 volume set, 9 inches tall. A most attractive mid Victorian half calf by Morrell, with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels, Gilt top edges. Narcissus Luttrell (1657–1732) was an English historian, diarist, and bibliographer, and briefly Member of Parliament for two different Cornish boroughs. His Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714, a chronicle of the Parliaments of England and Great Britain, was distilled from his diary and published in 1857, after Macaulay had drawn attention to the manuscript in All Souls College, Oxford (Wikipedia). A very fine set of the first edition of this important work which also covers major events in diplomacy, literature and the arts.

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  • EARLY EDITION IN SUPERB 18TH CENTURY CALF
    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. by STERNE, Laurence)
    STERNE, Laurence)
    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

    London: Dodsley, 1772-3. 6 volume set, 6 1/4 inches tall. An exceptionally well preserved early edition in bright 18th century speckled calf with gilt raised bands, contrasting twin labels and delicate gilt floral tooling to the panels. Small loss to a couple of headcaps otherwise bright and clean inside and out. With the rather splendid armorial bookplate of Francis Pigott Esq.. Ninth Edition. First printed in 1759-67, through time, it has come to be seen as one of the greatest comic novels in English. Arthur Schopenhauer called Tristram Shandy one of "the four immortal romances". A fine early complete set.

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  • FINE SET IN CLASSIC VICTORIAN FULL CALF
    A New General Biographical Dictionary by ROSE, Hugh James
    ROSE, Hugh James
    A New General Biographical Dictionary

    London: Fellowes, Rivington et al, 1857. 12 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and most attractive floral gilt tooling to the panels. An exceptionally handsome set of this great work.

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  • CLASSIC HISTORY IN WONDERFUL CRUSHED MOROCCO
    The Histories. (Historian at Sozomen/ Historion ta Sozomena). by POLYBIUS
    POLYBIUS
    The Histories. (Historian at Sozomen/ Historion ta Sozomena).

    Amsterdam: Johannis van Someren, 1670. 3 volume set, 7.75 inches tall. A wonderful set in a full crushed morocco, unsigned but possibly by Clarke at the beginning of the 19th century. With raised bands, twin labels and superb gilt floral tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Armorial bookplate. Fine engraved title pages to the first 2 volumes. In the original Greek. Slightly faded spines but still a splendid set which describes the rise of the Roman Republic to the status of dominance in the ancient Mediterranean world. Famously it includes Polybius's eyewitness account of the Sack of Carthage and Corinth in 146 BC and the Roman annexation of the mainland Greece after the Achaean War.

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  • CLASSIC HISTORY IN WONDERFUL FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO
    Historiarum Quod Extat. Cum Perpetuis Gronovii et Variorum Notis. by LIVY (TITUS LIVIUS) Titti Livii
    LIVY (TITUS LIVIUS) Titti Livii
    Historiarum Quod Extat. Cum Perpetuis Gronovii et Variorum Notis.

    Amsterdam: Elzevir ( Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios), 1665. 3 volume set, 7.75 inches tall. A wonderful set in a full crushed morocco, unsigned but possibly by Clarke at the beginning of the 19th century. With gilt raised bands, superb gilt floral tooling to the panels. Gilt rolls, fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Fine engraved frontispiece to volume 1. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Sold at Sotheby's in December 1857. A fine set of this work by this great Roman Historian, in the original Latin.

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  • EXQUISITE SET IN SUPERB TREE CALF
    The Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England; With a Treatise on the Popular Progress in English History. by FORSTER, John
    FORSTER, John
    The Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England; With a Treatise on the Popular Progress in English History.

    London: Longman et al., 1851. 5 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. Exquisite little set with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels and triple labels. Note the spectacular volume label. The tree calf boards are framed within an ornate floral gilt roll. Each volume has an engraved frontispiece. From the library of Edward Nicholas Hurt, most of whose books were of this highest quality.

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  • ENLARGED EDITION IN GLORIOUS SPANISH CALF
    Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations. by CARLYLE, Thomas
    CARLYLE, Thomas
    Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. 3 volume set, 9 inches tall. A stunning full 'Spanish Calf' with gilt bands, twin labels and dense, and most unusual, gilt tooling to the spine. The boards are framed within gilt corner tools and twin fillets. Pink speckled edges. With the armorial bookplate of Christopher Turnor of the the magnificent Stoke Rochford Hall. There is quite heavy foxing, almost completely confined to the portrait and title page of volume I. This is the second, enlarged edition. A splendid set.

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  • FINELY ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN SPARKLING FULL MOROCCO
    The Complete Works of Shakespeare. by SHAKESPEARE, William (MEADOWS, Kenny (illustrator))
    SHAKESPEARE, William (MEADOWS, Kenny (illustrator))
    The Complete Works of Shakespeare.

    London: London Printing and Publishing Company, c 1870. 3 volume set, 11 inches tall. Sparkling full morocco with gilt raised bands and superb gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With Splendid vignettes and full page illustrations by Kenny Meadows. A pristine set of this entertaining edition.

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  • FINE PRINTING IN MAGNIFICENT MID 18TH CENTURY GOATSKIN
    Luciani Samosatensis Opera. (The Works of Lucian of Samosata). by LUCIAN, of Samosata
    LUCIAN, of Samosata
    Luciani Samosatensis Opera. (The Works of Lucian of Samosata).

    Amsterdam: Wetsten (& Hermann Besseling), 1743-46. 4 volume set, 11 3/4 inches tall. A very fine mid 18th century goatskin binding with gilt raised bands, exceedingly fine gilt tooled panels and gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Greek and Latin text, titles in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and plate in the first volume. With the bookplate of the Earls of Egerton of Tatton Park. A little rubbed and some light foxing. An impressive and complete set. Lucian of Samosata was a Greek Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal. (Wikipedia).

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  • THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION IN WONDERFUL FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO
    The Works of John Webster. by WEBSTER, John
    WEBSTER, John
    The Works of John Webster.

    London: William Pickering, 1830. 4 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. A beautifully bound set of the first collected edition. Full crushed olive morocco with gilt raised bands and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. Triple gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges gilt. 250 copies were printed (Keynes p.95). A wonderful set in pristine condition of the plays of John Webster, the English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, still frequently performed today.

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  • FINE EDITION IN ELEGANT 18TH CENTURY FULL SPECKLED CALF
    The Works of Alexander Pope. Esq.. (Bound uniformly with) An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. by POPE, Alexander. WARTON, Joseph (Essay by).
    POPE, Alexander. WARTON, Joseph (Essay by).
    The Works of Alexander Pope. Esq.. (Bound uniformly with) An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope.

    London: Law; Johnson; et al., 1797 & 1806. 11 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A very good looking set of this fine edition bound in 18th century full speckled calf. With raised bands, striking twin labels and delicate gilt and blind tooling in the panels. Armorial bookplate of Sir William Eden. Some rubbing and wear to the joints especially to the 2 volumes of 'Warton's Essay', which also have chips to the head caps, but all are still solid and firm. Alexander Pope was one of the greatest English poets of the early 18th century and also a celebrated translator and satirist of the Enlightenment era.

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  • REVISED EDITION IN VERY FINE REGENCY FULL 'RUSSIA' CALF
    The Life of Samuel Johnson. (Bound uniformly with). The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson. by BOSWELL, James
    BOSWELL, James
    The Life of Samuel Johnson. (Bound uniformly with). The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson.

    London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813-16. 5 volumes, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very finely bound set in full Regency 'Russia' calf with twin gilt raised bands and superb gilt and blind tooling to the panels and boards, so typical of the period. The celebrated image by Joshua Reynolds serves as frontispiece, which is offset onto the title page, otherwise a fabulous set in pristine condition of possibly the greatest of all biographies.

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  • VERY FINE SET IN CLASSIC EARLY VICTORIAN FULL CALF
    The History of Greece. by MITFORD, William
    MITFORD, William
    The History of Greece.

    London: Thomas Tegg, 1835. 8 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. A delightful little set in a classic early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt panels. Gilt and blind fillets frame the boards. Bound by Cleaver of Baker Street, Portman Square and with their ticket. Engraved title pages to all the volumes.

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  • HUGELY INFLUENTIAL ARTIST AND POET IN SUPERB FULL CALF
    The Writings of William Blake. by BLAKE, William
    BLAKE, William
    The Writings of William Blake.

    London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 3 volume set, 11 inches tall. A rather spectacular full calf executed shortly after the date of publication replacing the rather drab quarter vellum, which is bound in. With gilt raised bands, labels, fine and ornate gilt tooling to the panels and triple gilt fillets framing a 'Cambridge Panel' on the boards. Gilt top edges, the remainder deckled. Minor rubbing and marking. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Though neglected in his life time he has become probably the most influential English romantic poets. Blake's poetry, painting and printmaking exert a powerful influence to the present day.

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  • CLASSIC HISTORIES IN ELEGANT HALF MOROCCO
    History of England. From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles. 1713-1783. (Together with) The History of England. Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne until the Peace of Utrecht. by MAHON, Lord (STANHOPE. Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl)
    MAHON, Lord (STANHOPE. Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl)
    History of England. From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles. 1713-1783. (Together with) The History of England. Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne until the Peace of Utrecht.

    London: John Murray, 1853-54 & 1871. 8 volumes, 9 inches tall. The Earl Stanhope was styled Viscount Mahon between 1816-1855, the later volume precedes the text of the 7 volume set and is uniformly bound in an elegant half crushed morocco by Roger De Coverley, one of the greatest binders of the period. The bindings have gilt raised bands, splendid gilt centre tools and gilt top edges. There is some foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. Stanhope was an antiquarian politician and much respected historian.

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