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Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1771-1772. 4 volume set, 5 inches tall. A Charming set in 18th century calf, in excellent condition with raised bands, gilt fillets and fine labels. Pink speckled edges. A slight nick to the head cap of the first volume and scuffs to a couple raised bands, overall a fine set. The first 2 volumes contain Paradise Lost, the remaining titles are found in the second 2 volumes.

Edinburgh: Mitchel, Williams & Smith, 1807. 8 volume set, 5 3/4 inches tall. A splendid little set bound in a Regency full 'malachite' calf with gilt bands, contrasting red labels and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. Thee are some creased pages, many folded corners and a couple of scuffs but it is still a delightful little set of Plutarch, the great first century Greek biographer.

Lipsiae (Liepzig), Sumptibus librariae Hahnianae, 1845. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome and charming binding by Budden of Cambridge with the title labels reading out the author's name. With gilt raised bands, delicate floral gilt tooling to the panels and twin labels. There is a degree of rubbing and scuffing to the shoulders and some foxing but still a solid great looking set. This is the complete section on Aristophanes from a much larger set of ancient Greek poetic works. Included are some the earliest and greatest works of comedy or 'Old Comedy', including 'The Clouds', 'The Wasps', 'The Birds', 'The Frogs' and Lysistra.' In the original Greek.

London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1822. 4 volume set, 6 3/4 inches tall. A very attractive Georgian full calf bound set with wide gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt and blind fillets frame the boards. With the celebrated engravings by Robert Smirke. There is a neat ink inscription on the first blank. Some foxing to the plates, otherwise a perfectly clean set of this hugely popular 18th century French novel, here translated into English.

Paris: Joseph Barbou, 1754. Full calf, 6.25 inches tall. A superb early nineteenth century binding possibly by White, with gilt raised bands, delightful dense pomegranate gilt tooling to the panels, double gilt fillet framing the boards, dentelles and all edges gilt. From the Sotheby sale of 29th April 1852. Engraved frontispiece. Phaedrus was a 1st century A.D. Roman fabulist, now known to be the first writer to compile entire books of fables, retelling the tales of Aesop. A wonderful copy in the original Latin.

Maestricht: Dufour & Philippe, 1778. 9 volume set, 7 inches tall. Full 18th century cat's paw calf with gilt bands, twin labels and a delightful gilt floral centre tool to the panels. Pink edges. Unusual green speckled endpapers. Bookplate. There are 2 small but nasty dents to the spines of volumes III and VIII, otherwise a very neat and clean set of this scarce collection. In the original French.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. 2 volume set, 10 inches tall. A smart early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels and twin labels. Twin gilt and a blind fillet frame the boards. Some bumps and scratches but an impressive set. Neat ink inscription on the first blank. Colour title in volume 1. Slight foxing. Illustrations throughout the text. John Froissart was a French speaking medieval chronicler who expressed the chivalric revival of the 14th century and is an important source for the first half of the Hundred Years War.

London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 4 volume set, 9 inches tall. A very good looking full Victorian calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. With the bookplate of Charles B. Cochran, the English theatrical producer. Embellished with 16 engraved plates, many folding. The life and career of Charles Mathews, celebrated English theatre manager and comic actor in theatre and entertainment in the 18th and 19th centuries.

London: John Murray, 1854. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf by the great firm of Hayday & Mansell, with gilt raised bands, twin labels and elaborate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets, a blind fillet and rose corner tools frame the boards. 4 engraved title pages. There is a neat ink inscription 'on leaving Eton, July 1862' on the first blank. A minor stain runs along the foredge of the plates. A handsome set of the works of Oliver Goldsmith, the great Anglo-Irish novelist, naturalist and poet.

London: John Murray, 1847. 2 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. An exceptionally handsome classic mid 19th century full calf binding. With gilt raised bands, twin labels, very finely gilt tooled panels and all edges gilt. An embossed prize block on the upper boards and a prize plate on the paste down endpaper dated 1850. A pristine set of this famous history.

London: John Churchill and W. Flexney, 1766. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A simple yet elegant binding with gilt bands and titles. Armorial bookplate. A neat owner's name dated 1821 on the title page and the publisher and executor, John Churchill, has signed his name at the end of the work. A fine edition of the works of this celebrated satirist and poet.

Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne for Longmans et al, 1809. 2 volume set, 6.5 inches tall. A very simple yet elegant Georgian full calf with gilt bands, delicate centre tools and titles. A lovely example of this very rare item of which only a few copies are recorded in institutions. With the armorial bookplate of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1885. 3 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt raised bands, twin labels and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and top edges. This work, complete in itself, constitutes the second part of Lord Greville's Memoirs which covers the first half of Queen Victoria's reign. A Handsome set.

London: Harrap, 1930. Full calf, 8.5 inches tall. A sumptuous full calf by Bayntun with gilt raised bands, twin labels, ornate floral gilt tooling to the panels, dentelles and all edges. With 16 colour illustrations by Rowland Wheelwright.

London: Tipper, 1808. Full calf, 6.75 inches tall. A delightful and extraordinary work in fine full late 19th century calf by Morrell. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. The scarce first edition of this collection of 13 irreverent ballads. Folding hand coloured frontispiece by Atkinson.

Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham, 1819. Full calf, 7.5 inches tall. A superbly bound volume with gilt raised bands and ornate blind tooling to the panels and boards, typical of the Regency period. Slight rubbing. Bookplate and Binder's Ticket for T.Sowler of St. Ann's Square, Manchester. A very curious and rare work containing 2 reprints, the first published originally by John Deane in 1609, the second by Thomas Thorp in 1612. Titled 'Ancient Humorous Poetry' on the spine.

La Haye (The Hague): Adrian Moetjens, 1682. 2 volumes bound in 1, 5.5 inches tall. A beautiful late 19th century full straight grain calf with raised bands, extra gilt panels and very fine and ornate gilt tooling to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Watered silk doublures and free endpapers. From the Robert J. Hayhurst collection. In the original French.

London: John Murray, 1831. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. Full early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin olive labels and exceptionally fine gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are marked and scuffed but with no splitting. A rather splendid, though somewhat worn set of this important and scarce work.

London: John Murray, 1822. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome Georgian full calf binding with raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within a wide blind roll. With armorial bookplate and Ben Damph Forest Library stamp of the Earls of Lovelace. A good looking early edition of this great History of the Middle Ages.

London: Becket, Cadell and Evans, 1774. 4 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. A good looking 18th century full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and elaborate gilt tooling to the panels. A single gilt fillet frames the boards, With bookplate of Ellen James. Some rubbing and cracks to the joints but overall a perfectly firm and solid set of this English language edition.