The Antiquities of England and Wales ( Complete in 8 Volumes, 631 Engraved Plates Including 18 Folding, 54 Hand Coloured County Maps ) by Grose George - 1787

1849 British China Opium War Japanese China Sea Battle Siege Cannon Illustrated
A rare, 19th century Japanese woodblock print of "Kaigai Shinwa Shūi". Kaigai Shinwa Shūi is a semi historical text of the Japnaese view of the Opium War between China and Britain based on actual events with embellishments to appeal to a broad audience in Japan. The embellishments also depict the fear of foreigners from japan's isolation.
This rare text is written in a column format with furigana for easier reading and includes illustrations of Chinese warriors, burning of British ships and opium, map, cannons, weapons, ships, and much more!

Item number: #18547
Price: $950
Mineta Fuko
New Chats on Overseas, continued (kaigai shinwa shūi ni) 海外新話拾遺二（かいがいしんわしゅういに）
[Edo: Kaei 2, 1849]

Details:

· Collation: 5 volumes
o Illustrated throughout
o
single plate and text wanting in volume 5
· References:
o Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 16773
o Waseda University… Read More

1870 Vanity Fair ART Henry Bulwer Frederick III of Prussia Illustrated COLOR
A rare printing of the first volume of the Vanity Fair Album. Vanity Fair is best known for full-page, color lithographs of world celebrities and dignitaries including artists, athletes, royalty, , scientists, authors, and scholars. More than 2000 of these images appeared, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of the period. According to author and editor Jehu Junior,
"The Vanity Fair Portraits are and remain the only work of their kind ever attempted; and as such they must always hold a special and distinct place as a permanent record of men of eminence in the nineteenth century."
This 1870 edition includes 24 full page color plates of famous figures including

·
Marquis of Westminster
·
The Duke of Sutherland
·
Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox
·
Robert Montagu
·
Prince of Prussia, Frederick III
·
Henry Bulwer
Item number:… Read More

Frederick Warne & Co. London. 1908. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.5 inches). Fully illustrated with 24 wonderful full colour plates (XYZ appear together on one page) within a border and above a humourous verse, plus 2 double page decorative line drawings, printed in different shades of brown on parchment paper, for the endpapers. Colour pages are printed on one side only. A bright and clean copy throughout. Publishers original grey/dark green paper covered, bevelled edged, boards with lettering and illustration to the front board by Dulac, printed in Gold, white, orange and light green. Rear board with circular design printed in white, gold and green. Plain yellow cloth spine. Some minor marking to the spine but overall a lovely clean, tight, near fine copy. Among the artists best and most imaginative works, this title is also one of the scarcest books that he illustrated. The humour in his verse is far surpassed by the comical imagination of the plates and shows the lighter side of Dulac's nature.… Read More

1773 Don Quixote Cervantes Saint-Martin French NEW ENDING Illustrated 6v SET
Miguel de Cervantes's 'Don Quixote' is one of the most famous works of literature and is one of the most popular adventure tales to be written. This 1773 printing features François Filleau de Saint-Martin's French translation and is iconic for its full-page engravings depicting scenes from the famous story. Saint-Martin's edition was first published in 1678 who modified the original ending by making Don Quixote live at the end!
Item number: #20544
Price: $950
CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de
Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche.

La Haye : & se vend chez Bassompierre, père, libr. à Liege, 1773.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
o Vol. 1 – [4], xv, [5], 397, [1]
4 engraved plates
o Vol. 2 – [4], 400, [4]
2 engraved plates
o Vol. 3 – [8], 403, [1]
8 engraved plates
o Vol. 4 – [8], 488
10 engraved plates
o Vol. 5 – [8], 451, [1]
4 engraved plates
o… Read More

1814 Ferguson Physics ATLAS Inventions Astronomy Isaac Newton Optics Brewster

James Ferguson was a prominent Scottish physicist and astronomer known for his lectures and studies on mechanics, hydraulics, optics, and astronomy. These public lectures on experimental philosophy and physics were repeated throughout various towns in England and eventually transcribed for publishing.
This 1814 printing of the lectures of Ferguson includes impressive, folding engravings depicting mechanical inventions, gears, optics, hydraulics, clocks, and globes.

Item number: #40107
Price: $750
FERGUSON, James ; BREWSTER, David [edit.] ; PATTERSON, Robert [edit.]
Plates illustrating a new edition of Ferguson's lectures on mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, optics, geography, astronomy, and dialling.
Philadelphia : M. Carey, 1814.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete
o 48 engraved plates
·
Language: English
·
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
·
Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x… Read More

1849 British China Opium War Japanese China Sea Battle Siege Cannon Illustrated
A rare, 19th century Japanese woodblock print of "Kaigai Shinwa Shūi". Kaigai Shinwa Shūi is a semi historical text of the Japnaese view of the Opium War between China and Britain based on actual events with embellishments to appeal to a broad audience in Japan. The embellishments also depict the fear of foreigners from japan's isolation.
This rare text is written in a column format with furigana for easier reading and includes illustrations of Chinese warriors, burning of British ships and opium, map, cannons, weapons, ships, and much more!

Item number: #18547
Price: $950
Mineta Fuko
New Chats on Overseas, continued (kaigai shinwa shūi ni) 海外新話拾遺二（かいがいしんわしゅういに）
[Edo: Kaei 2, 1849]

Details:

· Collation: 5 volumes
o Illustrated throughout
o
single plate and text wanting in volume 5
· References:
o Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 16773
o Waseda University… Read More

1870 Vanity Fair ART Henry Bulwer Frederick III of Prussia Illustrated COLOR
A rare printing of the first volume of the Vanity Fair Album. Vanity Fair is best known for full-page, color lithographs of world celebrities and dignitaries including artists, athletes, royalty, , scientists, authors, and scholars. More than 2000 of these images appeared, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of the period. According to author and editor Jehu Junior,
"The Vanity Fair Portraits are and remain the only work of their kind ever attempted; and as such they must always hold a special and distinct place as a permanent record of men of eminence in the nineteenth century."
This 1870 edition includes 24 full page color plates of famous figures including

·
Marquis of Westminster
·
The Duke of Sutherland
·
Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox
·
Robert Montagu
·
Prince of Prussia, Frederick III
·
Henry Bulwer
Item number:… Read More

Frederick Warne & Co. London. 1908. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.5 inches). Fully illustrated with 24 wonderful full colour plates (XYZ appear together on one page) within a border and above a humourous verse, plus 2 double page decorative line drawings, printed in different shades of brown on parchment paper, for the endpapers. Colour pages are printed on one side only. A bright and clean copy throughout. Publishers original grey/dark green paper covered, bevelled edged, boards with lettering and illustration to the front board by Dulac, printed in Gold, white, orange and light green. Rear board with circular design printed in white, gold and green. Plain yellow cloth spine. Some minor marking to the spine but overall a lovely clean, tight, near fine copy. Among the artists best and most imaginative works, this title is also one of the scarcest books that he illustrated. The humour in his verse is far surpassed by the comical imagination of the plates and shows the lighter side of Dulac's nature.… Read More

1773 Don Quixote Cervantes Saint-Martin French NEW ENDING Illustrated 6v SET
Miguel de Cervantes's 'Don Quixote' is one of the most famous works of literature and is one of the most popular adventure tales to be written. This 1773 printing features François Filleau de Saint-Martin's French translation and is iconic for its full-page engravings depicting scenes from the famous story. Saint-Martin's edition was first published in 1678 who modified the original ending by making Don Quixote live at the end!
Item number: #20544
Price: $950
CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de
Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche.

La Haye : & se vend chez Bassompierre, père, libr. à Liege, 1773.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
o Vol. 1 – [4], xv, [5], 397, [1]
4 engraved plates
o Vol. 2 – [4], 400, [4]
2 engraved plates
o Vol. 3 – [8], 403, [1]
8 engraved plates
o Vol. 4 – [8], 488
10 engraved plates
o Vol. 5 – [8], 451, [1]
4 engraved plates
o… Read More

1814 Ferguson Physics ATLAS Inventions Astronomy Isaac Newton Optics Brewster

James Ferguson was a prominent Scottish physicist and astronomer known for his lectures and studies on mechanics, hydraulics, optics, and astronomy. These public lectures on experimental philosophy and physics were repeated throughout various towns in England and eventually transcribed for publishing.
This 1814 printing of the lectures of Ferguson includes impressive, folding engravings depicting mechanical inventions, gears, optics, hydraulics, clocks, and globes.

Item number: #40107
Price: $750
FERGUSON, James ; BREWSTER, David [edit.] ; PATTERSON, Robert [edit.]
Plates illustrating a new edition of Ferguson's lectures on mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, optics, geography, astronomy, and dialling.
Philadelphia : M. Carey, 1814.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete
o 48 engraved plates
·
Language: English
·
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
·
Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x… Read More