Search Results: Titles starting with G from Bull's Head Rare Books

London: William and John Leake, 1675. Second combined edition, sixth edition overall. 2 parts in 1. [28], 148, [16], 159, [1] pp. Collation: A-L^8 A-L^8. Woodcut initials, some light soiling and edge staining to first few leaves, a few paper flaws, contemporary speckled sheep, upper joint with split at top and small adjacent hole Macclesfield copy, comprising parts I & II of Hugh Plat’s Garden of Eden. First published in 1608, the year of the author’s death, as Floraes Paradise and first published under its new title, The Garden of Eden, in 1653. Further editions followed, along with a second part in 1660, taken from Plat’s unpublished notes. The first combined edition was published in 1660, followed by this final 17th-century edition, the sixth overall.Plat (ca.1552-1608), the son of wealthy brewer, had the means and leisure to pursue his varied interests in agriculture and science. “His chief work on gardening, Floraes Paradise Beautified (1608), with recipes and conceits for gardens and… Read More

London: Thomas Tegg, 1829. A New Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. xxxi, [1], 527, [1]; [4], 601, [1] pp. Publisher's textured green cloth, printed paper spine labels; cloth worn at extremities, evidence of labels removed from spines, occasional foxing, still an attractive set The standard artist biographical dictionary of its time, first published in 1770 as The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters. "[It] ranks as the first original treatment of the subject in English, giving special attention to the Italians (who were then at the height of fashion), to the Dutch and Flemish (who were not), and to the contemporary art market in both the British Isles and the Low Countries. Periodically expanded, revised, and retitled (as A Dictionary of Painters in Henry Fuseli's 1805 and 1810 editions, A General Dictionary of Painters after 1824) this held its own for nearly a century, the last edition appearing in 1857" (ODNB)

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1921. 2 vols. 4to. 112 plates (32 in color). xviii, 204; ix, [1], 228 pp. Publishers' blue cloth; light shelfwear, some foxing, previous owner's inscription on ffep of each vol.

London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First edition in book form. George Cruikshank. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates and 78 woodcuts to text by George Cruikshank, engraved portrait of Cruikshank by Wagstaff. vi, [4], 300 pp., with half-title. Later 19th-century full brown crushed morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Worsfold, wrapper from Part V periodical printing bound-in at rear; some scuffing and wear to spine, repaired closed tear to half-title First edition in book form following the first issue in 9 monthly parts, May 1841 to January 1842.PROVENANCE: Charles Cooper Townsend (armorial book-plate); Robert Leaming Montgomery (armorial book-plate); Robert Alexander Montgomery (armorial book-plate)REFERENCE: Cohn 184

London: Thomas Tegg, 1816. First edition. Thomas Rowlandson. Tall 8vo. Hand-colored engraved folding frontispiece (backed on linen, lightly soiled), title, and 25 plates by Thomas Rowlandson. x, 252 pp., with errata slip. Later full crushed red morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Morrell. Some toning and offsetting. Harry F. Marks bookseller's ticket REFERENCE: Abbey, Travel, 437; Tooley 412

London: Sampson Low, Martson, Sealre, and Rivington, 1881-1885. 12 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three-quarters red morocco, marbled boards, t.e.g., by R.W. Smith; spines darkened, some wear to spine ends Comprising: Handel, by Mrs. Julian Marshall; Mozart, by Dr. F. Gehring; Schubert, by H.F. Frost (second edition); Joseph Haydn, by Pauline D. Townsend; Purcell, by William H. Cummings; Sebastian Bach, by Reginald Lane Poole; Schumann, by J.A. Fuller Maitland; Richard Wagner, by Frances Hueffer (second edition); Rossini and His School, by H. Sutherland Edwards; Mendelssohn, by W.S. Rockstro; English Church Composers, by Wm. Alex. Barrett; Weber, by sir Julius Benedict (second edition)

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd, 1989. First edition, one of 300 copies. Folio. Frontispiece, 16 plates. xxi, [3], 446, [2] pp. Printed by Christos G. Manousarides at the Typographeio Manutius Publisher's gray cloth, titled stamped in black on front cover, by Sotiris Mavrikoglou; some sunning to spine and covers, else fine One of only 300 copies of this essential travel bibliography, containing 1947 detailed bibliographic descriptions. The American expatriate banker Henry Blackmer II (1923-1988) formed the most substantial modern collection of books concerning Greece and the Levant, filling his neoclassical Athens home with the spoils of his book- and art-hunting travels around the Mediterranean. The catalogue is an elegant piece of bookmaking by an all-Athenian team of craftsmen.