Binding, Fine -Bayntun) CHIVALRY by Gautier, Leon; Translated by Henry Frith - 1891

London. Lockwood & Company and Richard Bentley. 1865-1868. Elegantly bound by Riviere in 3/4 gilt ruled morocco, gilt ruled spine compartments, gilt tooled embellishments, gilt tooled raised bands, gilt titles. Marbled end sheets. teg 12mos. First Editions. This uniformly bound set of Timbs' classic works on London is comprised of the following titles: The Romance of London [3 volumes/1865.] , Walks and Talks About London [1 volume/ 1865], Club Life of London [ 2 volumes/ 1866], London and Westminster [2volumes/1868]. A Very Fine set.Featured Sets.

London. W. Clarke, J. Carpenter and H.D. Symonds. 1807. Elegantly bound in full gilt ruled speckled calfskin. Elaborate gilt tooled spine compartments with fleural motifs. Gilt titled morocco labels. Marbled endsheets. 12mo. (4" x 6.5"). Illustrated with approximately 500 full page plate engravings. A stunning collection of plates and text depicting the pastoral and architectural wonders of Britain. Various mild rubbing to covers. Corners gently bumped. Several head and tail pieces very lightly chipped. An extremely crisp and bright, Very Good set.Featured Sets.

E Typographeo Clarendoniano. Sumptibus Academiae. Oxonii. 1763. FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION. 4to in 2's. (12.2 x 9.7 inches). Half title, Title page, 415pp. One of 500 copies printed, using the fine Baskerville Greek type. A clean and crisp copy in a very good contemporary leather binding of full diced dark brown calf boards, with floral gilt roll borders. Professionally re-spined at a later date with a matching coloured Morocco spine, ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Board edges ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges marbled. A small patch of rubbing to the front free endpaper and some rubbing and bumping to the edges but overall a very good copy of this beautifully printed book in an attractive 18th century binding.

Complete suite of 380 fashion plates covering six centuries of French costume by the artist Hippolyte Lecomte. With lithographed title page in Volume 1 (Pl. 1), and 379 finely handcoloured plates of French male and female fashion from 1230 to 1820 in three volumes.Volume 1 with plates 1 to 127, 1230 to 1572.Volume 2 with plates 128 to 254, 1572 to 1723.Volume 3 with plates 255 to 380, 1723 to 1820.First Italian edition with the plates newly lithographed by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello. The handcolouring is regarded as superior to the original French edition Costumes civils et militaires de la monarchie française, Delpech, Paris 1820. This extensive and important collection testifies to the keen interest in the history of the kingdom of France during the period of the Bourbon Restoration. The plates document the history of French clothes from about 1230 to 1820. Civilian clothes of all social classes are shown together with military uniforms, starting with medieval crusaders in armour and… Read More

Methuen & co. Ltd. London. 1920. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Portrait frontis and five line diagrams within the text. Complete with the 8pp publishers adverts at back of book. Overall a clean, bright copy in recent fine binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed with rough edges. ------ This important translation, apart from being the first English edition, also contains new text written by Einstein specially for this edition-- Appendix III, The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity.

, , 1829-1846.. 4° and 8º, unbound. Written in ink, in a small, even, legible hand. Foldlines. Very fine. 16 letters, a total of 60 pages of text on 31 leaves. The final three letters lack at least one leaf each. *** Collection of 16 letters from the Barão (later Conde) de Rendufe, a high-ranking diplomat, to the Visconde (later Conde) de Carreira, a friend and contemporary in a similar position, with frank comments on the Portuguese scene during the Lutas Liberaes and their aftermath, 1829-1846. Rendufe provides witty, energetic eyewitness accounts of military actions, debates in the Portuguese parliament, a society wedding, and much more.By 1829, when the first letter of this collection was written, Simão da Silva Ferraz de Lima e Castro (1795-1857), Barão de Rendufe, was a rising star in the Portuguese diplomatic corps due to his dramatic actions during the battles between liberals and absolutists. In 1823, as corregedor for the Rossio neighborhood of Lisbon, Silva Ferraz supported D.… Read More

1808 1ed Pinkerton VOYAGES Exploration Illustrated MAPS Europe Stonehenge 6v

'A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages' is a monumental and important early 19th-century historical account of world voyages by Scottish historian John Pinkerton. Pinkerton includes European voyagers as well as essays and treatises on voyages.

The European section of 'Voyages' is a six-volume set that covers a wide variety of voyages including some of the following:
· Dutch voyages to the North
· Hugh Willoughby voyages to Siberia and Russia
· Pontanus dissertation on the North East Passage
· William Bray tour of Derbyshire
· Skrine, Malkin tours of Wales
· Thomas Pennant tour of Scotland
· Horace-Bénédict deSaussure's attempts to reach Mont Blanc
· Spallanzani travels in Italy
· William Coxe travel chronicles – Denmark, Norway, Russia, Switzerland

This set is profusely illustrated with impressive, full-page engravings of many iconic… Read More

1786 ENORMOUS 1ed Zurlauben Geography Switzerland Swiss Alps Castles Cathedrals

Beat Fidel Zurlauben was an 18th-century Swiss military officer and historian who published a work on the geography, topography, and history of Switzerland. 'Tableaux De La Suisse' is filled with 20 impressive illustrated views of castles, mountains and glaciers, villages, city life and public baths, cathedrals, and much more.

Item number: #8569
Price: $1950
ZURLAUBEN, Beat Fidel
Tableaux De La Suisse, Ou Voyage Pittoresque Fait Dans Les Treize Cantons Et Etats Allies Du Corps Helvetique : Représentant les divers Phénomenes que la nature y rassemble, & les beautés dont l'art les enrichis ; suivis de la description topographique, physique, historique, morale, politique & littéraire de ce Pays; tome deuxieme
A Paris: chez Lamy, 1786. First edition.

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1730 1ed History of GENEVA Switzerland Spon Illustrated Swiss City Views 2v SET

Jacob Spon was a 17th-century French archaeologist and historian who had a special interest in antiquarian studies. Spon traveled throughout Europe stopping in Greece, Constantinople, the Levant, as well as Switzerland. He found impressive treasures, coins, and handwritten manuscripts which inspired his famed book 'The History of the Republic of Geneva'.

This book features impressive folding views of Geneva as well as engravings of coins and medallions. And while the illustrations are valuable, the importance of this book comes from that this book was the first published history of the city of Geneva.

Item number: #8568
Price: $1500
SPON, Jacob
Histoire de Geneve : Rectifiée & augmentée par d'amples notes; Avec les actes et autres pieces servant de preuves à cette Histoire
Genève : Fabri & Barrillot, 1730.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. 1 – [4], XV, [1], 556
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1597 Cooking & Cuisine FEASTS Stucki Antiquitatum Convivialium Greek Ceremonies

Johann Wilhelm Stucki was a 16th-century Swiss historian and theologian who published an important treatise on the development and history of ancient ceremonies and banquets. 'Antiquitatum Convivialium' was a study on the art of banqueting and ultimately stated that ceremonies of all types were a necessary and significant part of all cultures. This work was so ground-breaking, that it was solely responsible for all other accounts written on the subject. Nicolas Popper states that
"Stucki devoted nearly four hundred folio leaves to the feasts of the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Latins."
Item number: #9397
Price: $1950
STUCKI, Johann Wilhelm
Antiquitatum convivialium libri III.: In quibus Hebraeorum, Graecorum, Romanorum aliarumque nationum antiqua conviviorum genera, mores, consuetudines, ritus ceremoniaeq́[ue] conviviales atque etiam alia explicantur; & cum ijs, quae hodie cúm apud Christianos, tum apud alias gentes,… Read More