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London: Pine, 1733-1737. 2 volumes, 9 inches tall. A wonderful 18th century full crushed morocco, as fresh as the day it was bound. With gilt raised bands and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt rolls and corner tools to the boards. Dentelles and all edges gilt. The first edition of both volumes. One of the finest examples of 18th century English book production in which the text and illustrations are entirely engraved. With exquisite rococo decoration to almost every page. The bookplate of Hans Furstenberg. The condition of the binding and text is pristine. In the original Latin. A remarkable set.

London: H.S. Nichols, 1895. 28 volume set, 7.25 inches tall. A neat half morocco binding with gilt raised bands, fleur de lis centre tools to the panels and gilt top edge. The remaining edges are deckled. Limited to 1000 sets on hand made paper of which this is set number 2. Illustrated throughout. A superb and highly readable edition in English of which Les Miserable takes up 10 volumes and Notre-Dame of Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) takes up 4. This set is in pristine condition inside and out.

London: Cadell and Davies et al., 1814. 12 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A splendid full regency calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and delightful gilt tooled panels featuring a gilt 'horn of plenty' or cornucopia centre tool. The boards are framed with a double gilt fillet. From the library of the Earl of Lisburne and with his armorial bookplate. Henry's History was innovatory in that it looked at history through the development of important themes. Although controversial it proved very popular. A Lovely bright set.

Augsburg (Augustae Vindelicorum): Sumptibus ignatii adami & Francisci Antonii Veith, 1759. 6 volume set, 14.5 inches tall. Full vellum, dating from the middle of the 18th century with gilt tooled labels and unusual pink and green edges. The Codex Regularum, created in Aachen in 817, was designed by Benedict to restore the strict observation of monastic life which had been relaxed over recent centuries. Complete sets in contemporary bindings are scarce. There is some scuffing and staining to the vellum, in particular at the tails of each volume but there is no splitting and the bindings are in excellent condition. 2 bookplates. In the original Latin.

Cambridge (Massachusetts): The Riverside Press, 1899. 14 volume set, 8 inches tall. Half calf, with ornate twin labels and floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt top edges. One of Boston's Fireside Poets, acclaimed by the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James Russell Lowell as one of the greatest writers of his day. An exceptionally good looking set of his works including 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table', 'The Professor at the Breakfast-Table' and 'The Poet at the Breakfast-Table'.

London: Onwhyn, (1822-1824). 4 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A most attractive set of this rare and entertaining periodical. Half calf with gilt bands, finely tooled panels and labels. Slightly rubbed and scuffed. In 118 parts. The last dated December 29th 1824. The first part only is 'second edition'. With engraved title pages and illustrations. By the second part the title has become: The Hive, or Weekly Register of Remarkable Events, in Domestic Occurrences, Literature, the Arts, and Manufactures, the Drama, Public Exhibitions, Life and Manners.

London: William Miller, 1809. Full calf, 9.75 inches tall. A delightful Regency full calf with gilt and inked raised bands, twin labels and exceptionally delicate gilt tooling to the panels and blind pallets. The boards are framed within gilt fillets and roll. Gilt dentelles. Illustrated with 200 splendid engraved plates by Henry Moses. Slight abrasions to the boards but overall a very fine copy. With the bookplate of M. General Sir Charles Stewart, British nobleman and soldier, the fourth son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

Paris: Garnier Freres, 1844. Full morocco, 10.5 inches tall. A splendid 'Gothic' binding with raised bands and blind tooling to the panels and boards. There is a recessed panel with vellum onlays on both boards with 'Paris 1844' on the lower board and 'a slightly smudged 'Victor Hugo. Notre Dame de Paris' on the upper, both with fine caligraphic flourishes. Blind dentelles and all edges gauffered and gilt. With an armorial bookplate. This is the first issue with these illustrations comprising engraved title and 54 engraved plates. In the original French. A fine edition of this classic French novel in a suitably sombre binding.

London & Edinburgh: Cadell & Blackwood, 1839. 7 volume set, 6.75 inches tall. Full hard grain morocco with wide gilt raised bands, gilt lettering dentelles and all edges. The panels are framed by blind pallets. The portraits and engraved title pages are hand coloured. Bookseller's tickets. A delightful set of the works of Felicia Hemans, the most considerable woman poet of the Romantic period.

Chapman and Hall, London, 1848. 2 volume set, 18 inches tall. A rather magnificent tall set in full hard grain morocco with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels, dentelles and all edges gilt. The binding is rubbed, scuffed and marked with a dark in stain on the lower board of volume II, but it is not splitting and is firm, solid and impressive. There are 72 splendid full page lithographs by J. D. Harding, C. Cattermole, S. Prout, W. Muller, J. Holland and other eminent Artists. With the armorial bookplate of F.W. Tetley.

London: Rivington, 1832. Full morocco, 8.25 inches tall. Full morocco with wide raised gilt bands, very fine gilt tooling to the panels and a remarkable wide gilt roll to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges gilt.

Paris & London: Goupil, 1904. Full morocco,13 inches tall. Deluxe volume in superb signed binding by Riviere. With raised bands, gilt titles and fine gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Top edge gilt and wide dentelles. Illustrated throughout. Armorial bookplates of The Fairfax Rhodes Library. Slight variation of the blue on the boards. One of the luxuriously produced series of celebrated biographies printed by Goupil in Paris (in English). Limited to 200 copies on Japanese paper.

London: Jeremiah How, 1842. 2 volume set, 10.25 inches tall. A stunning full morocco binding with with gilt and blind raised bands, extra gilt panels and very fine gilt and blind tooling to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Slight rubbing. The charming selection of old ballads and legends are lavishly illustrated on every page by some of the great artists of the period.

London: John Murray, 1854. 3 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A superb Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and delicate and fine gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within a series of gilt fillets. Gilt dentelles and all edges. A little marking to the boards but overall an exceedingly smart set of this classic history.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans and Roberts, 1858. 4 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A splendid full calf by Bickers with gilt raised bands, triple labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Armorial bookplate. A fine set by this celebrated English 'man of letters'.

London: John Murray, 1854. 3 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A superb mid-Victorian full tree calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt panels. A Greek key roll frames the boards. With the bookplate of William Preston of Ellel Grange. A most attractive set of this classic work on the Literature of Europe in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Centuries.

London: William Pickering, 1848. Full calf, 8.25 inches tall. An extraordinary binding with raised bands and blind centre tools to the panels. Gilt lettering and blind tooling to the boards around a deeply grooved cross. Gauffered edges. An owners ticket on the paste down endpaper. Some rubbing but no splitting or loss. A superb copy of this beautifully printed work.

London: Saunders & Otley, 1836. Full morocco, 9 inches tall. An exceptionally finely tooled volume by Wright 'a binder of the highest order' (Ramsden, London Book Binders). With gilt raised bands, dense gilt tooling to the panels and extraordinary elaborate tooling to the boards. Slightly sunned spine and some foxing, severe on a few pages. An anthology of British poetry illustrated by the artists of the period.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1776. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. Splendid full 18th century speckled calf with raised bands, gilt pallets and label. Some scuffing to the boards. A slip 'To Lieut General Melvill at John Balfour's Esq in the Advocate's Close Edinb.' is enclosed. This would appear to refer to General Robert Melvill, inventor of the carronade and Governor of Guadeloupe. A superb set of Bishop Horne's most celebrated work. From the library of the Farquharson family at Invercauld Castle.