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Five bound volumes of Sessions Papers covering the period 1730-1743.

Five bound volumes of Sessions Papers covering the… 1730.

“NOT ONLY NECESSARY FOR ALL LAWYERS, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, CLERKS OF INDICMENTS…BUT ARE USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING TO THE GENRALITY OF READERS”

A View of the Vivarium, constructed principally with large masses of the Rock of Gibraltar, in the garden of Joshua Brookes Esq.

BROOKES (Joshua)., SCHARF (George) artist and lithographer, & HULLMANDEL (Charles Joseph), printer.

A View of the Vivarium, constructed principally with… 1830.

A PRIVATELY PRINTED IMAGE OF JOSHUA BROOKES'S VIVARIUM

A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings, Through which runs a River of Rich Rejoycing.

A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings, Through which… 1661.

"HERE ENDS WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN ROME-PRISON OF MAD-MEN"

Letters of Freeman, &c.

Letters of Freeman, &c, 1771.

"...ALL TRUE LOVERS OF LIBERTY THROUGHOUT AMERICA..."

A Letter from Dr. Rock,

[ROCK (Richard)].

A Letter from Dr. Rock, 1745.

"...IS NOT HIS LIXIVIUM A SORT OF LIQUID SOAP?": A MEDICAL SATIRE

An Essay towards the Probable Solution of this Question. Whence come the Stork and the Turtle, the Crane and the Swallow,

MORTON (Charles).

An Essay towards the Probable Solution of this… 1703.

"PROBABLY THE MOST REMARKABLE THEORY THAT HAS BEEN ADVANCED TO ACCOUNT FOR MIGRATION"

Micrographia Restaurata:

HOOKE (Robert).

Micrographia Restaurata:, 1745.

WITH CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS AND ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS BY A KNOWLEDGABLE READER

Some Thoughts Concerning Education.

[LOCKE (John).]

Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693.

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LOCKE'S PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

The Churches Lamentation for the losse of the Godly:

STOCK (Richard).

The Churches Lamentation for the losse of the… 1614.

MOURNING THE YOUNG JOHN HARINGTON

Regimen Sanitatis Salerni

PAYNELL (Thomas), translator.

Regimen Sanitatis Salerni, 1575.

THE REGIMEN OF THE SCHOOL OF SALERNO - A BRISTOL SURGEON'S COPY

LANDSCAPE GARDENING. SPENCER (John, III), of Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

"An Account of the Improvements in the Gardens…

LANDSCAPING THE GROUNDS AT CANNON HALL, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V.

BEDE , The Venerable, 673/4-735.

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V, 1566.

CAREFULLY COLLATED WITH THE OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND ANNOTATED THROUGHOUT BY THE SCHOLAR FRANCIS TATE

An apology for the conduct of Mrs. Teresia Constantia Phillips

MUILMAN (Teresia Constantia, née Phillips).

An apology for the conduct of Mrs. Teresia… 1748.

The Stock Exchanges of London, Paris, and New York. A Comparison.

GIBSON (George Rutledge).

The Stock Exchanges of London, Paris, and New… 1889.

THE EFFICIENT-MARKET HYPOTHESIS

La Nausée.

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY SARTRE, IN A REVORIM BINDING BY JEAN DE GONET

Seinan shoko hokoku-sho. [Report about Various Southern and Western Ports].

KANAI (Nobuyuki).

Seinan shoko hokoku-sho. [Report about Various Southern and… 1882.

The Chitral Campaign. A Narrative of Events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour.

THOMSON (H[arry] C[raufurd]).

The Chitral Campaign. A Narrative of Events in Chitral,… 1895.

Ventes en Denrées Coloniales ...

Ventes en Denrées Coloniales , 1809.

UNRECORDED HANDBILL OF FRENCH COLONIAL COMMODITIES

War and the Arme Blanche.

CHILDERS (Erskine)

War and the Arme Blanche, 1910.

Inquiries, Respecting The History, Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States

SCHOOLCRAFT (Henry Rowe).

Inquiries, Respecting The History, Present Condition and Future… 1847.

Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t l’histoire de Fleury et Blanchefleur, divisé en sept livres traduictz d’italien en françoys par Adrian Sevin.
Paris, D. Janot, 24 FebruarY 1542

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)

Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t… 1542.

OWNED BY A PICARDY COUNTESS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

Book of Hours, Use of Arras & Tournai, in Latin with some Picard French.
Illuminated manuscript on parchment. [Northern France, c.1400]

[MASTER OF MORGAN 947]

Book of Hours, Use of Arras & Tournai,… 1400.

A LONG-LOST MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, STRIKINGLY ILLUMINATED

Missale Romanum

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Missale Romanum, 1660.

'ALMOST HEDONISTIC': UNRECORDED ROMAN MISSAL, SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND IN RECYCLED SILK

Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens auteurs, anciens et modernes, bons et mauvais, ou si vous voulez, pot poury, en prose et en vers.

[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)]

Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens… 1713.

A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY

De sermone Latino, et modis Latine loquendi. Eiusdem venatio ad Ascanium cardinalem. Item iter julii. ii. Pontif. ro. Cum indice.

(Cologne: Hero Fuchs, October 1524)

CASTELLESI (Adriano)

De sermone Latino, et modis Latine loquendi. Eiusdem… 1524.

LAVISHLY GILT AND GAUFFERED

Heures en Francoys & Latin a l'usaige de Romme, corrigées & augmentées de plusieurs suffrages & oraisons. Avec figures nouvelles, appropriées chascune en son lieu.
Lyon, [Macé Bonhomme for] Guillaume Rouillé, 1549

BOOK OF HOURS (French & Latin)

Heures en Francoys & Latin a l'usaige de… 1549.

A MANNERIST BOOK OF HOURS

Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the most remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies, By the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French. Wherein are contained more especially, the unparallel'd

EXQUEMELING (Alexandre Oliver).

Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the… 1684.

THE GREATEST EARLY BOOK ON PIRACY

Overland, Inland, and Upland. A Lady's Notes of Personal Observation and Adventure. By A.U. (Calcutta, Madras, etc.)

Overland, Inland, and Upland. A Lady's Notes of… 1873.

Oeuvres philosophiques latines et françoises de feu Mr. de Leibnitz.

LEIBNIZ (Gottfried Wilhelm).

Oeuvres philosophiques latines et françoises de feu Mr.… 1765.

The New Essays – Leibniz’s greatest work

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago. With drawings of Costume and Scenery.

MARRYAT (Frank S.).

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago. With drawings of… 1848.

Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava, in the Year 1827. With an Appendix containing a Description of Fossil Remains, by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift.

CRAWFURD (John).

Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of… 1829.

Monomi yusan - Manga to bun [A Sightseeing trip: Manga and text].

OKAMOTO (Ippei).

Monomi yusan - Manga to bun [A Sightseeing… 1919.

Social change depicted by a manga artist

Mansuke no shakai kaizo [Mansuke's Social Reforms].

OKAMOTO (Ippei).

Mansuke no shakai kaizo [Mansuke's Social Reforms], 1924.

Taisho-period manga

Vernunft und Existenz.

JASPERS (Karl).

Vernunft und Existenz, 1935.

INSCRIBED TO HANS-GEORGE GADAMER

The Works.

DUMAS (Alexandre).

The Works.

Hassinim (The Chinese) Chinese life, manners and customs, culture and creeds, government system and trade; with an appendix: The Jews in China, being a complete record of their past history and present condition in the Celestial Empire.

PERLMAN (Saveli Maximovich).

Hassinim (The Chinese) Chinese life, manners and customs,… 1911.

Differenz des Fichte'schen und Schelling'schen Systems der Philosophie in Beziehung auf Reinhold's Beyträge zur leichtern Übersicht des Zustands der Philosophie zu Anfang des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1stes Heft.

HEGEL (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich).

Differenz des Fichte'schen und Schelling'schen Systems der Philosophie… 1801.

HEGEL'S FIRST BOOK, UNCUT WITH WIDE MARGINS

An Address: Issued by Caln Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, held 28th of 1st mo., 1847, to members and others.

WHITSON (Moses),

An Address: Issued by Caln Quarterly Meeting of… 1847.

By Authority from the Originals on Seven Imperial Sheets, presented by Vice Admiral Lestock, to the Hon: House of Commons; the Situations, Views & Positions, in the Late Engagement &c. near Toulon Between His Majesty's Fleet and the Combin'd Fleets Of Fra

By Authority from the Originals on Seven Imperial… 1745.

Five Autograph Postcards, comprising one letter, signed once (

Five Autograph Postcards, comprising one letter, signed once… 1907.

"We are busy studying new parts, busy reading, writing, motoring, talking & laughing."

Carte de visite of the famous nineteenth century actor and great friend of Dickens

[MACREADY, (William Charles)]

Carte de visite of the famous nineteenth century… 1860.

Gokuraku kara kita sashi-e shu [Illustrated Book: From Paradise]

SERIZAWA (Keisuke), illus. & SATO (Haruo), author.

Gokuraku kara kita sashi-e shu [Illustrated Book: From… 1961.

From a newspaper column to private press book