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  • CLASSIC HISTORY IN SMART VICTORIAN FULL CALF
    The Works of Lord Macaulay. (Bound uniformly with) The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. by MACAULAY, Lord. TREVELYAN, George Otto.
    MACAULAY, Lord. TREVELYAN, George Otto.
    The Works of Lord Macaulay. (Bound uniformly with) The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay.

    London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875 & 1877. 10 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very handsome Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and finely gilt panels around a pomegranate centre tool. A splendid set of the Works complete in 8 volumes and the Life complete in 2 volumes. There is some minor rubbing and the engraved frontispiece of the Life is offset, otherwise a clean and pristine set of this great history.

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  • SCARCE TITLE IN A NEAT VICTORIAN HALF CALF
    History of the Life and Times of Edmund Burke. by MACKNIGHT, Thomas
    MACKNIGHT, Thomas
    History of the Life and Times of Edmund Burke.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1858. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A rather jaunty Victorian half calf binding by Henry Young of Liverpool with gilt raised bands, twin labels and gilt tooling to the panels. A scarce and thorough life of Edmund Burke, the founder of the social and cultural philosophy of conservatism.

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  • SCARCE HISTORY IN AN ELEGANT HALF CALF
    A History of England during the Reign of George the Third. by MASSEY, William.
    MASSEY, William.
    A History of England during the Reign of George the Third.

    London: John W. Parker, 1855. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome set of this scarce history in a mid Victorian half calf by Henry Young of Liverpool. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and elegant gilt tooling to the panels. Some scuffing to a couple of corners, otherwise fine. Bookplate. A History of George the Third whose momentous reign covered the Independence of the United States of America and the French Revolution.

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  • VERY SMART FULL CALF BY HAYDAY
    The Miscellaneous Works of The Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh. by MACKINTOSH, Sir James
    MACKINTOSH, Sir James
    The Miscellaneous Works of The Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh.

    London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 3 volume set, 6 3/4 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf binding by the great firm of Hayday with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. Armorial bookplate. Sir James Mackintosh was a politician and liberal philosopher most remembered for his views on the French Revolution.

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  • SPLENDID FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RAMAGE
    The Poetical Works of Hector Macneill, Esq. by MACNEILL, Hector
    MACNEILL, Hector
    The Poetical Works of Hector Macneill, Esq.

    Edinburgh: Silvester Doig et al. and London: Longman et al., 1812. 2 volumes bound in 1, 7 inches tall. A lovely full crushed morocco by Ramage with gilt raised bands, superb extra gilt panels and a gilt 'Cambridge ' panel to both boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. With the armorial bookplate of Robert Kirk M.D.. On the dedication page and the title page of volume II is the neat ink stamp of Hill (booksellers of) Perth. Embellished with 2 portrait frontispieces and a further 6 engraved plates.

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  • CLASSIC VICTORIAN FULL CALF
    Critical and Historical Essays. by MACAULAY, Lord
    MACAULAY, Lord
    Critical and Historical Essays.

    London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1870. 3 volume set, 9 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf by Bickers with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt tooling to the panels. With the bookplate of Charles J. Dobson. Foxing to the preliminaries, otherwise perfectly clean.

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  • FINE ENGRAVINGS IN COLOSSAL FULL MOROCCO BY LEIGHTON
    Die K. Bayer. Gemälde-Galerie Pinakothek München. (The Munich Gallery). by BAYER, K. REBER (text in German and French by). RAAB (engravings by).
    BAYER, K. REBER (text in German and French by). RAAB (engravings by).
    Die K. Bayer. Gemälde-Galerie Pinakothek München. (The Munich Gallery).

    Munich: P. Kaeser, 1881. Full morocco, 26 1/2 inches tall. A colossal and superb full morocco binding by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street from the library of Alfred de Rothschild, but without his bookplate. With twin gilt raised bands and wonderful gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With 50 engraved plates, as called for. Some scratches to the lower board, otherwise in fine condition. A huge and very heavy volume in German and French.

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  • EDITION IN ENGLISH IN VERY HANDSOME VICTORIAN HALF CALF
    Works of Michael de Montaigne. by MONTAIGNE, Michael. HAZLITT, W. (Essays Etc.). WIGHT, O. W. (Edited by).
    MONTAIGNE, Michael. HAZLITT, W. (Essays Etc.). WIGHT, O. W. (Edited by).
    Works of Michael de Montaigne.

    New York: Derby and Jackson, 1859. 4 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. A very bright Victorian half calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt panels. There is some foxing to, and facing, the engraved portrait in volume one, the rest of the text in all four volumes is perfectly clean. Slight rubbing and scuffing. A very handsome set of the Works, in English, of this great 16th century French philosopher.

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  • 17th CENTURY HISTORY IN SPLENDID REGENCY HALF CALF
    Memoirs of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. by GRAHAM, James, Marquis of Montrose. WISHART, George (translated from the Latin By).
    GRAHAM, James, Marquis of Montrose. WISHART, George (translated from the Latin By).
    Memoirs of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose.

    Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1819. Half calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A splendid Regency binding on half 'Russia' calf, with gilt raised bands, blind pallets and ornate, dense extra gilt panels. Particularly interesting marbled paper on the boards. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without the bookplate. Some foxing on the engraved frontispiece, otherwise clean. A tear on one leaf, not affecting the text. Romanticized by Sir Walter Scott and John Buchan, 'The Great Montrose', Seventeenth century Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier, fought for Charles I in the Civil War.

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  • DELIGHTFUL VOLUME IN FULL MOROCCO
    Rime e Lettere. by BUONARROTI, Michelagnolo (MICHELANGELO).
    BUONARROTI, Michelagnolo (MICHELANGELO).
    Rime e Lettere.

    Florence: G. Barbèra, 1887. Full morocco, 4 inches tall. A beautiful little binding by Zaehnsdorf, with their stamp obscured, with gilt raised bands, superb extra gilt panels ans ornate gilt corner tooling to the boards. Gilt top edge and dentelles. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Portrait. Light Foxing. The poetry, letters and Life of the great Renaissance Florentine painter, sculptor and architect, in the original Italian.

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  • DELUXE LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC TALES IN SUPERB FULL MOROCCO
    The Novellino of Masuccio. by MASUCCIO, Salernitano
    MASUCCIO, Salernitano
    The Novellino of Masuccio.

    London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. A superb full citron morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands, simple but most elegant gilt pallets to the panels and a series of gilt fillets framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges, the remaining edges untrimmed. One of a deluxe limited edition of just 210 copies printed on Japanese vellum. The spines are slightly darkened but are still bright, otherwise pristine. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey and with the bookplate of Ernest G. Mocatta, his bookplate in the second edition has been partially removed. This translation, by W.G. Waters, is the first into English. With 20 plates by E.R. Hughes.…

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    London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. A superb full citron morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands, simple but most elegant gilt pallets to the panels and a series of gilt fillets framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges, the remaining edges untrimmed. One of a deluxe limited edition of just 210 copies printed on Japanese vellum. The spines are slightly darkened but are still bright, otherwise pristine. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey and with the bookplate of Ernest G. Mocatta, his bookplate in the second edition has been partially removed. This translation, by W.G. Waters, is the first into English. With 20 plates by E.R. Hughes. Masuccio Salernitano is most famous for these 50 short stories which, in 1557, were included in the first Index of Prohibited Books. One of these tales, the 33rd, 'Mariotto and Ganozza', is apparently the source material for 'Giulietta e Romeo', which is the basis for Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. A superb set.

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  • RARE LIMITED EDITION IN SUPERB FULL MOROCCO BY J. WRIGHT
    Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae: or, The Muses Recreation. Conteining Severall Pieces of Poetique Wit. By Sr.J.M.and Ja:S. 1656. and Wit Restor'd, in Several Select Poems, not Formerly Publish't. 1658 etc etc. by MENNIS, Sir John & SMITH, Dr. James
    MENNIS, Sir John & SMITH, Dr. James
    Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae: or, The Muses Recreation. Conteining Severall Pieces of Poetique Wit. By Sr.J.M.and Ja:S. 1656. and Wit Restor'd, in Several Select Poems, not Formerly Publish't. 1658 etc etc.

    London: Longman et al., 1817. 2 volume set, 7 3/4 inches tall. A superb full crushed morocco by J. Wright, one of the greatest binders of the period. With gilt raised bands, smart labels and extra gilt panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Vice Admiral Sir John Mennis (or Mennes), was an English naval officer, who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy. He was also considered a wit. His comic and satirical verses, written in correspondence with James Smith, were published in 1656. He figures prominently in the Diary of Samuel Pepys, who reported directly to Mennes at the Navy Office and thought him an incompetent…

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    London: Longman et al., 1817. 2 volume set, 7 3/4 inches tall. A superb full crushed morocco by J. Wright, one of the greatest binders of the period. With gilt raised bands, smart labels and extra gilt panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Vice Admiral Sir John Mennis (or Mennes), was an English naval officer, who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy. He was also considered a wit. His comic and satirical verses, written in correspondence with James Smith, were published in 1656. He figures prominently in the Diary of Samuel Pepys, who reported directly to Mennes at the Navy Office and thought him an incompetent civil servant, but a delightful social companion. Pepys stated that Mennes's skills as a poet and mimic made him the best of company. He describes a memorable evening when Mennes and John Evelyn engaged in a mimicry contest. Mennes's highly entertaining verses first appeared in 1656 as Musarum Deliciæ or the Muses's Recreation. They appear here in a scarce Regency edition.

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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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  • CONTROVERSIAL WORK IN SUPERB HALF MOROCCO BY ZAEHNSDORF
    Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death. by MYERS, Frederic W. H.
    MYERS, Frederic W. H.
    Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death.

    London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A superb half crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf with raised bands and splendid gilt tooling in the Art Nouveau style and gilt top edges. Some rubbing to the edges and bumps to the corners but still an impressive set. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. This very scarce work has been controversial since its publication with vociferous critics for and against. Myers was a British poet and a founder of the Society for Psychical Research whose conception of human self and its survival of bodily death was influential up to the present day. Aldous Huxley considered this work to be "an amazingly rich, profound and stimulating book."

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  • DELUXE LIMITED EDITION WITH COLOURED PLATES IN HALF MOROCCO
    D'Horsay or The Follies of the Day by MILLS, John. A Man of Fashion
    MILLS, John. A Man of Fashion
    D'Horsay or The Follies of the Day

    London: Doewney & Co., 1902. Half morocco, 8 3/4 inches tall. Half straight grain morocco binding by L. Broca, one of the finest and most interesting binders of his day. With gilt raised bands and superb gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt top edge. This deluxe reprint is limited to 100 copies, of which this is numbered 83 and has the 12 plates and engraved title page hand coloured. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A satire on English society and specifically the Count d'Orsay. A lovely copy.

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  • MOST ATTRACTIVE SET IN VICTORIAN FULL CALF, EXTRA GILT
    History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783. by MAHON, Lord
    MAHON, Lord
    History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783.

    London: John Murray, 1858. 7 volume set, 7 inches tall. A most attractive Victorian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt panels. Gilt corner tools and fillets and a blind fillet frame the boards. A couple of edges are badly scuffed, otherwise in fine condition. Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, Viscount Mahon was a politician, antiquarian and historian, this history of England being his greatest work.

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  • NAPOLEONIC MEMOIRS IN SUPERB FULL MOROCCO
    Mémoires du Général Baron de Marbot. by MARBOT, Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin, Général
    MARBOT, Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin, Général
    Mémoires du Général Baron de Marbot.

    Paris: Librairie Plon, 1892. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A splendid full morocco by Birdsall with wide gilt raised bands and very ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Decorative gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Frontispieces. The binding is sound and highly decorative on the shelf with no splitting but there is heavy rubbing and scuffing to the edges. Monogram and coronet on the bookplate. Marbot is celebrated for his memoirs depicting the Napoleonic age of warfare. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Austerlitz before serving in the Peninsular War under Marshals Jean Lannes and André Masséna. He then showed himself to be a dashing leader of light cavalry in the Russian…

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    Paris: Librairie Plon, 1892. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A splendid full morocco by Birdsall with wide gilt raised bands and very ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Decorative gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Frontispieces. The binding is sound and highly decorative on the shelf with no splitting but there is heavy rubbing and scuffing to the edges. Monogram and coronet on the bookplate. Marbot is celebrated for his memoirs depicting the Napoleonic age of warfare. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Austerlitz before serving in the Peninsular War under Marshals Jean Lannes and André Masséna. He then showed himself to be a dashing leader of light cavalry in the Russian campaign of 1812. After taking part in the Battle of Waterloo alongside Emperor Napoleon I he served a period of exile before returning he was promoted to the rank of maréchal de camp (brigadier general) under King Louis Philippe I. In the original French.

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  • RATHER SPLENDID FULL MOROCCO BY ZAEHNSDORF
    Poems Written in Early Youth, Poems from 'Modern Love' and Scattered Poems. by MEREDITH, George
    MEREDITH, George
    Poems Written in Early Youth, Poems from 'Modern Love' and Scattered Poems.

    London: Constable and Company, 1909. Full morocco, 7 3/4 inches tall. A very neat binding by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands, framed gilt panels and ornate gilt tooling to the boards within a series of gilt fillet panels. Gilt dentelles and top edge. Before establishing himself as a very successful novelist Meredith's first emphasis was as a romantic poet, Oscar Wilde described his poetry as "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning".

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  • ENGLISH LANGUAGE PARIS PRINTING IN FULL ROAN
    The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq. by MOORE, Thomas
    MOORE, Thomas
    The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq.

    Paris: Printed by Fain, 1821. 4 volume set, 7 inches tall. A scarce Paris English language edition of these influential and popular works in full roan with gilt bands, twin labels and distinctive gilt tooling to the panels including a roll of vines at the tail. Bumped corners and a couple of nicks on the head caps. Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist famed for his Irish Melodies.

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  • A SPLENDID SET OF THIS AMUSING BIOGRAPHY
    Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian. by MATHEWS, Mrs. Anne Jackson
    MATHEWS, Mrs. Anne Jackson
    Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian.

    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.

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