Historia das Antiguidades de Evora, Primeira Parte repartida em dez livros, Onde se relataõ as cousas, que acontecêraõ em Evora até ser tomada aos Mouros por Giraldo, no tempo Del-Rey Dom Affonço Henriquez; e o mais que dahi por diante aconteceo até o tempo presente, se contará na segunda parte, que para ficar mais desembaraçada, se poem no fim desta os Reys de Portugal, com suas geraçoens, e descendencias. Por Amador Patricio by [AZEVEDO, Martin Cardoso de] - 1739

B. F. French, 1830 Contemporary brown calf w/gilt title plates, rubbing at corners, top spine scuffed/chip Vol. 2 boards all tight. foxing, damp stains. Rare OCLC finds 0 copies of 4 volume edition. Nice solid set of classic work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good.

Half black morocco over marbled paper. Some wear along edges. Gilt particulars and decorations to spine. Small bookplate of Luis Bardon to front pastedown. Occasional foxing throughout. Moisture marks to top edges and corners of pages 197-224, not affecting text; a nice copy nonetheless.; 8vo ; xi, 626, [ii], [ii] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Bruxelles: Imprimerie Scientifque Charles Bulens, Ed, 1902. First Edition. Near Fine. In French, 8vo [10x6.75in]; [1-6], 7-94 pp., [2], frontispiece image of Gerlache, image of Belgica in ice on title page, 5 maps [1 full page color, 1 full page black and white, 3 in text], 14 full page photo illustrations, 36 photo illustrations in text, 1 ship plan and 2 sketches in text, red,yellow and blue silk ribbon bookmark; Three-quarter red cloth with yellow marbled paper covers, gilt lettering and crest on front left cloth panel and spine plain, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges, typical cracks between some signatures at spine; Tipped in Brussels Book seller card. [Taurus 15, Rosove 147.C1b]. This abridged edition was issued by Bulens after sales were lagging from the true first deluxe edition issued earlier in 1902. The Hachette and G. Lebègue editions were printed later in the same year. This smaller edition was, from the Taurus, "... extracted from his… Read More

1811 1st ed Worthies of England Thomas Fuller History of Britain John Nichols 2v

Thomas Fuller was a 17th-century English historian who particularly notable for his historical accounts of English worthies and the Church of England. In 1662, Fuller's "Worthies of England" was published, a book which would become one of the most iconic books of English history even into the 19th-century. This book discusses the physical boundaries of English towns and counties, notable figures and martyrs, antiquities, buildings: cathedrals, and general observations.
In 1811, John Nichols reissued Fuller's masterpiece, updating the landscape of each of the British communities.
Item number: #13913
Price: $499
FULLER, Thomas
The history of the worthies of England
London: Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington ... [et al.] 1811. First Nichols edition.

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Vol. I – xvi, 596
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1806 1ed Naval Chronicle Royal Navy Jamaica Port Royal MERMAIDS Ships Wrecks
'The Naval Chronicle' was a British periodical which began publication starting in 1799. Its focus was to provide information on the Royal Navy, particularly biographical sketches of important figures, histories, news, and other essays on nautical subjects, to the British public.
This illustrated 1806 issue features impressive views of ships, sea battles, castles, lighthouses, and portraits of admirals including a highly desirable view of Port Royal in Jamaica. This particular volume includes information on:
· Memoirs of Riggs Popham, capture of Buenos Aires
· Ship mutinies
· Thomas Jefferson ordering British ships out of US waters
· Wreck of the HMS Porpoise
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Sightings of mermaids!
· Indian trade and East India Company
Item number: #14809
Price: $550
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The naval chronicle, a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United Kingdom… volume the sixteenth… Read More

Naples: Francesco Savio, 1648. Leather_bound. Very Good. [8], 450 [i.e. 462], [10] p.; 22 cm. Signatures: a4 A-3N4 (4to). Contemorary limp vellum with handwritten spine title. Errors in pagination: p. 458-459 misnumbered 454-455; p. 462 misnumbered 450. Woodcut tail-pieces and initials; printed marginal notes. Includes index. The first edition of the first two parts of the author's history of Spain under the Goths and the Moors. The third and fourth parts of the history were published in 1653. In Very Good Condition: fore-edge of front cover curling up; occasional light soiling; some pages browned.

1745 London Magazine Portuguese Voyages in East Indies Siege of Ostend MAP Turks

A rare 1745 printing of the famed periodical, 'The London Magazine'. This volume includes notable topics such as:
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Voyages in the East Indies of the Portuguese
o Turkish sea battles
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Siege of Ostend : Eighty Years' War
o Military decisions, troop placement, fortress descriptions, Dutch ships
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Remarks on Captain Thomas Windham's English voyages to Barbary in the 16th-century

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Two impressive, full-page maps
Item number: #14502
Price: $550
periodical
The London Magazine 1745.
Dublin: printed for Edward Exshaw, 1745

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o Wanting: July, October, and November issues
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 14cm)
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1761 MEDICINE War of Austrian Succession Theobald Dispensatory Cures Surgery
John Theobald's "Medulla Medicinae Universae" is a rare 18th-century dispensatory. Throughout the War of Austrian Succession, there was a growing need for care for the sick and wounded. Theobald wrote this book for British soldiers in Flanders during the war. This particular 1761 edition was collected and edited by John Pringle who included some of the original recipes for medicines used during the war, including treatment of women and children. Curiously, this book also contains the cure for gonorrhea which was commonly contracted while in military hospitals.
Item number: #16049
Price: $550
THEOBALD, John
Medulla medicinae universae : or, a new compendious dispensatory, compiled at the command of His Royal Highness the Duke [of Cumberland] for the use of the military hospital abroad, during the late war

London : Printed for J. Whiston and B. White ... and R. Baldwin, 1761.

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The Folio Society, 2003. Book. Like New. Hard Cover with Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Eight hardcovers with slipcases. Books are bound with purple cloth spine with red labels with gilt lettering; boards covered in pictorial paper; red pictorial slipcases. Each book has an erasure on a blank page near the front, otherwise like-new. Slipcases very good to very good plus; a bit of streaking or scuffing, mostly on the bottom; one with a scratch to the side. Will require extra for shipping.

London: John Murray, 1857. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, full calf binding with marbled endpapers, with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Emblem of Trinity College in Oxford in gilt on front and back boards. From the collection of George Gilbert Ramsay of Glasgow University with his personal bookplate on the front pastedowns. Ramsay studied at Trinity College, Oxford and graduated with a First Class both in Classical Moderations and in the Final Classical School, before moving on to Glasgow University. All edges red. Vol. I xvii + 491pp, wear to spine, a couple of small cracks and some shelf wear, occasional pencil marks in text. These volumes are a continuation of Milman’s History of Christianity originally published in 3 volumes, of which we have a matching set.