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London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. A pristine and very good looking half mottled calf by the Geneva bookbinder Asper with gilt raised bands, maroon label, gilt framed panels and gilt top edges. Embellished with 18 full page plates by E. R. Hughes. A splendid English language edition of 1000 copies of the great work of the 15th century Italian poet best known for his 50 celebrated bawdy short stories, here first translated into English.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very smart early Victorian half dark blue calf with gilt raised bands, fine gilt tooling to the panels around a martial centre tool and contrasting label. Embellished with 48 engraved plates, including 3 vignettes to the title pages and further vignettes throughout. Many of the engraved battle plans have hand-colouring. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was one of the greatest British military leaders and political figures during the first half of the nineteenth century. He twice served as Prime Minister and was the British commander who ended the Anglo-Mysore wars in 1799 and the Napoleonic Wars with the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

London: Various, 1818-1823. 8 volumes, 6 1/4 inches tall. A delightful collection of works by Thomas Moore in Georgian half 'Russia' calf with gilt raised bands and superb extra gilt panels. A splendid selection of the works of Ireland's "National Bard" in a fine binding in pristine condition.

London: T. Caddell, 1822. 10 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very smart country house set in full Georgian blue straight grain calf with wide gilt raised bands and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. There is an armorial device on the boards, framed within a wide blind roll and twin gilt fillets. With the Fothergill bookplate of the library from which the books were recently dispersed. Although perfectly smart on the shelf and with no splitting and with a clean text, many of the boards have evidence of being nibbled by long defunct insects. An early octavo edition in a very good looking, though blemished, Georgian full calf binding.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848. 3 volume set, 9 inches tall. A remarkable Victorian full mottled extra gilt calf binding. We have never seen a binding quite like it, with gilt raised bands, twin labels, the volume labels being extraordinarily ornate and with very fine extra gilt panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. A neat ink inscription 'on leaving Eton, 1866' on the first black. Slight foxing to the preliminaries, otherwise clean, the bindings themselves are in pristine condition.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865-1861. 5 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A splendid Victorian full calf by Bickers with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. The title labels are slightly faded but still bright and good looking. With bookplate. Slight foxing to the preliminaries then clean. A most handsome set of this classic history of England.

London: John Murray, 1850. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A splendid binding with gilt raised bands, contrasting label and extra gilt panels. Some rubbing, foxing and slight fraying to the fore edge of one plate. With 12 colour plates and vignettes throughout.

London and Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1861; 1864. Nimmo, 1869. 3 volumes, 7 1/2 inches tall. Fine Victorian uniform full calf bindings with gilt raised bands, contrasting twin labels and gilt tooling to the panels by J. Maclaren of Edinburgh. A good looking run of these works by the great Scottish folklorist, paleontologist and geologist, Hugh Miller.

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816. 4 Volumes, 8 1/2" tall. A splendid half calf binding with all the typical Regency features on a smooth back. With gilt, inked and blind bands and an elaborate center tooling and a curious blind crest framing the volume number. Speckled edges. Each volume covers various centuries, and a fifth volume was published at a later date. This history is rarely found in such good condition.

Edinburgh & London: James Nichol & James Nisbet, 1853. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A very smart Victorian pink full calf by Bickers, with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. A readable edition 'With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes' by Gilfillan. Slight rubbing, but a clean set in excellent condition of the works of one of the greatest 17th century English poets.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1877. 2 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. A great history in a classic Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. There is a gilt prize block on the upper boards and a 'prize bookplate' on the inner paste down of volume 1. This is a popular edition of this history which covers the period "from the Accession of James the Second" to the Reign of Queen Victoria, and, as such, has very small type. Scratch on the lower board of the first volume but still a lovely looking set.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860: 2 Volume set, 8 3/4" tall. An elegant Victorian full calf binding with raised bands and floral gilt tooling framing the panels. Corner tools, twin fillets and one blind fillet frame the boards. Portrait. A very handsome set of these great essays.

London: John Murray, 1839. 3 volume set, 6 1/2" tall. Delightful set in a splendid half morocco binding with gilt raised bands and extra gilt panels. Armorial bookplate. A neat little set of the works of Henry Hart Milman, historian and professor of poetry at Oxford.

Edinburgh: Stirling & Slade et al., 1820. 7 volume set, 8 1/2" tall. A classic Regency full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt tooling to the panels. A simple gilt fillet frames the boards. Red speckled edges. Engraved portrait. Somewhat rubbed and scuffed, but overall a handsome set of the works of this 18th century writer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.