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Edinburgh: Constable, 1821. Full calf, 8.5 inches tall. A most handsome Georgian binding with blind tooled raised bands, finely gilt tooled panels and a wide gilt roll framing splendid blind tooling on the boards. A lovely copy of the 4th edition of these celebrated poems in a contemporary binding in excellent clean condition.

Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein, 1712. 2 volume set, 5.25 inches tall. A superb little set in an early 18th century half calf with raised bands, twin labels and gilt floral centre tools. Pink edges. The work is in 12 parts, each having an engraved plate, some with slightly frayed fore edges. There is an extremely faint trace of an owner's stamp on the title page. This great parody of the Aeneid was written by the extraordinary Paul Scarron, first husband of Madame Maintenon, future wife of Louis XIV.

London: Alfred W. Bennett, 1866. Full morocco, 9.5 inches tall. An exceptional full hard grain morocco binding with raised bands, gilt and blind pallets and centre tools to the spine and delightful gilt tooling to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated with 15 photographs by Cundall and Fleming. Neat ink inscription dated 1867 on the first blank. The green has faded on the spine, the boards have a faint stain and there is some slight rubbing but this scarce deluxe edition is still a most attractive volume.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. Half morocco, 7 1/2 inches tall. A smartly bound volume of the 'thoroughly revised' fourth edition with raised bands, gilt 'sporting' centre tools and gilt top edge. With numerous illustrations by Stanley Berkeley. A lovely copy of this classic work.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. Half morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A handsome half morocco for Sawyers with gilt raised bands, neat gilt tooling to the panels and gilt top edges. A typically luxurious printing on hand-made paper by Humphreys in pristine condition. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Printed with parallel French and English texts. A delightful volume.

London: Dropmore Press, 1953. Three quarter morocco, 14 inches tall. A splendid volume with raised bands, gilt titles, embossed upper board and all edges. Number 8 of 99 signed copies. 8 colour and 32 monochrome plates.

Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Longmans et al, 1810. Full diced calf. 8.75 inches tall. A fine binding dating from the regency period, with raised gilt bands and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. The diced boards are framed within a wide gilt roll. Slight superficial loss to an ancient insect. A faint neat ink owner's inscription 'Eliza Smith' on the title page. A delightful copy. See our copies of 'Rokeby' and 'Marmion' in uniform bindings.

Edinburgh: Constable, Miller & Murray, 1811. Full diced calf. 8.75 inches tall. A fine binding dating from the regency period, with raised gilt bands and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. The diced boards are framed within a wide gilt roll. Slight superficial loss to an ancient insect. A faint neat ink owner's inscription 'Eliza Smith' on the title page. A delightful copy. See our 'Lady of the Lake' and 'Rokeby' in uniform bindings.

London: Printed by Whittingham at the Stanhope Press for John Sharpe, 1806. 2 volume set, 5 inches high. A sparkling little half calf with labels, wide gilt bands and gilt tooled panels. Pink speckled edges. 2 engraved plates. With the bookplate of W. Buck. A bright, neat set of the verse of this English 18th century poet.

Paris: Truttel et Würtz, 1801. 2 volumes, 8.25 inches tall. A beautiful tree calf with gilt bands and labels. Blue speckled edges. Folding portraits. The armorial bookplate of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo. A further 6 volumes were published.

London: Albion Press, 1804. Half calf, 7 inches tall. A delightful Regency half calf with label within delicate gilt tooling. Gilt top edge. Embellished with full page engravings and vignettes.

London: John Murray and William Tegg, 1853. Full navy blue calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A very bright full calf with raised bands, wonderful naval gilt centre tools, contrasting red label and triple fillets framing the boards. There is the prize bookplate of Bruce Castle, dated 1853, on the front paste down endpaper and a further bookplate facing it. Simple woodcut vignettes, including to the title page. A sparkling copy of this hugely popular Life of Nelson.

Edinburgh: Ballantyne, 1812. Full diced calf, 6.75 inches tall. Full diced calf, with black and gilt bands and delicate gilt centre tools. The armorial bookplates of Sarah Phillott. A delightful copy of this classic work.

London: Routeledge, 1888. Half morocco, 11.25 inches tall. With elegant gilt tooling to the spine and top edge gilt. Limited to 800 copies of which this is number 741. Illustrated throughout by Maurice Leloir. The blue of the spine has faded but still an extremely elegant copy in English of this classic French title.

Paris: Chez La V Duchesne et al, 1770. 3 vol set, 6.5 inches tall. A most attractive 18th century quarter binding with gilt raised bands, calf and inked labels, fine floral gilt tooling to the panels.

Paris: (Cosson for) Charles Gosselin, 1822. 4 volume set, 7 inches tall. Quarter calf with twin labels and gilt centre tools.This copy is of the edition printed for Gosselin's first collected Oeuvres completes.

London: John Sharpe, 1820. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A delightful full diced calf with wide gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. The diced boards are framed within gilt fillets and blind and gilt rolls. A charming and neat inscription, dated 1822 is to be found on the reverse of the free end paper and a neat ink former owner's name on the first blank. With five fine engraved plates. A little superficial loss to the lower board, otherwise in splendid condition.

London: T. Murphy, 1839. 2 volume set, 5 inches tall. A good looking early Victorian half calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilding to the panels. Engraved frontispiece and title page to both volumes. A neat set of the great work of this German author and theologian, an influence in his day, most famously on Beethoven.

London: Dove, 1814. Full calf, 5 inches tall. A charming little volume bound in Regency full calf with gilt bands, Greek lyre centre tools and elaborate corner tools and splendid blind and gilt rolls frame the diced centre panel on the boards. An engraved frontispiece and vignette to the tittle page. A neat ink inscription from the period on the first blank reading 'Mifs Laura Longman. A reward of Merit'. Some marks and a little fading but a nice little solid copy. Two oriental tales from the 18th centuries bound together.

London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1834. Half morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A pretty little binding with raised bands, gilt titles and top edge by Maclehose of Glasgow. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A pencil inscription on the reverse of the free end paper states: 'From Sir Theodore Martin's Library'. The extraordinary story of Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar of Protestant leanings who died aged just 29.