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The Laboratory; or School of Arts
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The Laboratory; or School of Arts

by Smith, G[odfrey]

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Printed for James Hodges, at the Looking Glass, facing St Magnus Church, London Bridge. Fourth edition, with additional section on Perspective. 1755. 8vo. [6], 352, [8]pp. Unusual allegorical frontispiece engraved by James Hulett, 16 further copper plates of which 2 are folding (V mis-numbered VI). Later full calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, leather labels, gilt and blind tooling. Blind tooling to upper and lower boards. Repaired closed fold tear to one plate. Closed repaired tear to p.157/8. Slight chips to corners of frontispiece. Some toning, spotting and offsetting.
The Laboratory; or School of Arts: in which are Faithfully Exhibited, and fully Explained, A variety of curious and valuable Experiments in Refining, Calcining, Melting, Assaying, Casting, Alloying, and Toughening of Gold; with several other Curiosities relating to Gold and Silver. Choice secrets for Jewellers in the Management of Gold; in Enamelling, and the Preparation of Enamel Colours, with the Art of Copying… Read More
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Oeuvres choisies de Madame Deshoulieres, ornees des figures gravees par les soins des citoyens...
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Oeuvres choisies de Madame Deshoulieres, ornees des figures gravees par les soins des citoyens Ponce et Regnault

by Deshoulieres, Madame [Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde]

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De l'imprimerie de P. Didot L'Aine. L'An 111 de la Republique. 1795. Edition limited to 100 copies. Se vend chez Ponce et Regnault, graveurs, rue du Fauberg Jacques.In 18: 11x 17cm. Half title, x (in smaller state), 173pp. Eng. frontis by Rouchard, 3 double engraved plates after Marillier (in two states, & large paper). Occasional light spotting. Fine copy in the original full crushed red levant morocco, raised bands to spine, inner gilt dentelles, silk bookmarker, top edge gilt.
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Bookplate of Lord Stanley of Alderley. John Thomas Stanley (1766-1850), 7th Baronet and First Baron Stanley of Alderley of Alderley Park, Cheshire. He undertook learned expeditions to the cultural centres of Europe, becoming one of the first explorers of Iceland.
Amédée Rigaud (1819-1874), circular bookplate, black and gilt with elaborate initial R, motto "bona fide sine fraude". This volume is listed in the Catalogue de Beaux Livres Rare et Curieux… Read More
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Poems of Walt Whitman. Selected and edited by William Michael Rossetti.
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Poems of Walt Whitman. Selected and edited by William Michael Rossetti.

by Whitman, Walt

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First UK edition. John Camden Hotten. London. 1868. Small octavo. xii, 403pp. Half title, Frontispiece portrait. Title. Later full blue calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, leather labels, gilt rules and lettering. Lightly toned. Spine slightly darkened. Signature of Raisley Moorsom in pencil to ffep.
The first edition of Whitman published in the UK, the only time Whitman (reluctantly) allowed his writings and his portrait photograph to be censored.
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At home with the Patagonians. A year’s wanderings over untrodden ground from the Straits of...
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At home with the Patagonians. A year’s wanderings over untrodden ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro.

by Musters, George Chawarth

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Second edition. John Murray. London. 1873. Octavo. xix, 340pp. Engraved frontis., folding map (with closed tears and small hole), 9 further plates. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands and gilt lettering and blind motifs. All edges marbled. p.242 misnumbered 224. Light toning, occasional marks.
George Chaworth Musters (1841-1879) "The King of Patagonia" led a remarkable life. Born in Naples, he was orphaned by the age of four, and brought up by his uncle Hammond who had sailed with Fitzroy aboard "The Beagle". He lived and travelled throughout South America, and was recognised by the RGS for his contributions to the geographical knowledge of the continent.
His wife Mary is the ' Mary ' of Byron's poem, 'The Dream.'
"Commander R.N. Traveller and explorer in unknown latitudes of South America" [From his gravestone].
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The graphic works of Ceri Richards
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The graphic works of Ceri Richards

by Sanesi, Roberto (Burns, Richard transl.)

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Cerastico Editore, Milan. 1973. 4to. 152, (1)pp. Illus. Original paper covered boards, slightly chipped to spine. Minor spotting to edge of upper board. A crisp bright copy.
Ceri Geraldus Richards, CBE (1903-1971) Artist.
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Memoire sur les Iles Ponces, et catalogue raisonne des produits de l’Etna; pour server a...
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Memoire sur les Iles Ponces, et catalogue raisonne des produits de l’Etna; pour server a l’histoire des volcans: suivis de la description de l’eruption de l'Etna, du mois de Juillet 1787.

by Dolomieu, Dieudonne de Gratet de

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First edition. Chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue & hotel Serpente. Paris. 1788. 8vo. vi, 525, (2) pp. Folding table. Quarter morocco, marbled boards, raised bands to spine, gilt motifs and lettering in six compartments. Light shelf wear. Some occasional foxing/spotting. Paper fault to lower margin of 175/6, not affecting text. A crisp and handsome copy. First and only edition of this important book by Dolomieu (1750-1801) who gave his name to the Dolomites. The outline maps were not bound into this copy and are loosely inserted in facsimile.
(DSB IV, 150). Caminada, pp. 39-40; Lozzi II, 3785; Fera-Morlicchio 1101; Brunet, VI, 4644
Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801) Geologist. Knight of Malta.
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Port Arthur. The siege and capitulation
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Port Arthur. The siege and capitulation

by Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis

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William Blackwood. Edinburgh and London. 1906. Second edition (same year as the first). 8vo. xiv, 511pp. Frontis., 23 plates, 4 maps and plans, two folding in rear pocket. Original cloth, gilt. Faded and rubbed to spine. Hinges tender. Toned, with some spotting. Endpapers browned. Neat inscription to ffep.
Ellis Ashmead Bartlett (1881 - 1931) War correspondent. "I joined the Third Army at the commencement of August 1904, just before the first assault, remained attached to General Nogis headquarters until January 17, 1905, and entered the fortress with the victorious Japanese - one of my chief objects to place on record the obsolete method of fighting which characterised the siege - how men meet in masses to settle the disputes of their governments with bayonet, clubbed rifle and hand-grenade".
August 4, 1904 - January 2, 1905, the siege of Port Arthur on the Liaodong Peninsular of Manchuria was the longest battle of the Russo-Japanese War.
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Recollections of a Boer prisoner of war at Ceylon
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Recollections of a Boer prisoner of war at Ceylon

by Brink, Jan N.

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Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, v/h Jac. Dusseau & Co. Amsterdam-Cape Town. 1904. 8vo. (1), 220pp, frontis, 28 further plates + text illus. Original decorative green cloth, photo-illustration laid down to front cover, gilt lettering, blind stamped decoration to rear cover. Slightly rubbed to extremeties, rear hinge strained, spotting to edges.
Jan N. Brink adjutant of the Ladybrand commando under Crowther when Prinsloo surrendered to General Hunter. The prisoners of war were shipped to Ceylon where Brink had the opportunity to freely travel and explore the island. Written in English, this is a comprehensive contemporary study of Ceylon.
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Two Summers in Guyenne.  A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
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Two Summers in Guyenne. A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside

by Barker, Edward Harrison

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Richard Bentley and Son. London. 1894. First edition. Octavo. xii, 411pp. Engraved frontis. with tissue guard, 37 further engraved illustrations, folding map. Half morocco, marbled boards, bound by Mudie. Slight shelf wear, rubbing. Spine in six compartments with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers and edges. Spotting to free endpapers.
A cultural hike in the footsteps of Edward Harrison Barker has recently been created from his writings which chronicle his travels off the beaten path through the heart of the Dordogne and the Perigord, "the old English Duchy of Aquitaine as it was defined by the Treaty of Bretagny".
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Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from drawings by Captn. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards...
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Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from drawings by Captn. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards F.R.S. Member of the Imperial Russian Order of St Anne.

by Batty, Captain Robert

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Robert Jennings. London. 1826. First edition, Large Paper. Engraved title. Dedication to the Countess of Pembroke, 60 tissue guarded engraved plates with accompanying text, as indexed, vignette. Half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and motifs. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Light variable foxing. Spotting to engraved title page. A handsome copy with historic provenance.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (1789-1848) army officer and artist Batty compiled books illustrated with plates etched by himself. He served in the Peninsular War, in the Duke of Wellington's 1815 Campaign, at Waterloo, where he was injured in the thigh. "Following Wellington's victory, Batty entered Paris with the 3rd battalion on 7 July, having en route been at the storming of the fortress of Péronne on 26 June. Three days later, he became a lieutenant and captain in the first guards. He served in the army of occupation in France." He was elected FRS in 1822.… Read More
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Corsica in its Picturesque, Social, and Historical Aspects: The record of a tour in the summer of...
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Corsica in its Picturesque, Social, and Historical Aspects: The record of a tour in the summer of 1852. Translated from the German by Russell Martineau, M. A. In Three Parts.

by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

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Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. London. 1855. First English edition. Octavo. 493pp. Half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, leather label. All edges marbled. Neat signature (M.C.E.S. Douglas) to upper edge of first blank. Shelf wear to extremities and boards.

Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891) historian and writer.

Russell Martineau (1831 - 1898), Linguist, translator and librarian of Early Printed Books at the British Museum. The eldest son of James Martineau.

"The entrepot of all the surrounding nations of the continent"
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Rambles and studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dalmatia with an account of the Proceedings of the...
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Rambles and studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dalmatia with an account of the Proceedings of the Congress of Archaeologists and Anthropologists held at Sarajevo, August 1894.

by Munro, Robert

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Second edition revised and greatly enlarged. William Blackwood and Sons. London. 1900. Octavo. xxv, 452pp. Photo frontis., 40 plates, 4 sketch maps, illus. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to cover. Top edge green.

Extended sections, with the additional index lacking in the first edition.

Robert Munro (1835–1920) Scottish archaeologist.
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Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants. Containing I. Their names. Greek Latine...
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First edition. Folio. Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride Lane, in Fleet Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater Noster Row. 1710. Engraved title. Title page in red and black. 4pp dedication to Queen Anne, xxiv, 1296pp. Index Plantarum & Index Latinus [41pp]. Index Morbarum, erratum [6pp]. Numerous engravings. Full panelled calf, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, blind rules. Gilt lettering and floral tooling to second compartment. Blind tooling to boards
Small symbols inscribed to base of title page. Neat historic addenda to the margins. P22 'Angelica' in historic script to margin. P173 small portrait to margin. P180 note to lower margin re 'hen Bane'. P256 script to margin "Touch me not or Elaterium". P671 script 'Powder' to margin. P892 script to margin 'Extract'. Occasional drawn marginal manicules. P1162 script to margin 'Powder'. P312 misnumbered 351. Four leaves of index restored to margins, in slightly smaller state. P63 slight loss of text (4… Read More
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

by Scott, Sir Walter

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Frederick Warne & Co. London. nd. The Albion Edition. viii, 758pp. Contemporary fin de siècle full tree calf, with elaborate gilt tooling to borders, inner gilt tooling. Gilt lettering to spine. All edges richly gilded. Marbled endpapers. Negligible shelf wear. A lovely volume.
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Travels in Crete
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Travels in Crete

by Pashley, Robert

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First edition. Two Volumes. Large Paper Copy. Printed at The Pitt Press by John W. Parker, Printer to the University. Cambridge. John Murray. London. 1837. Imperial Octavo. 180mm x 275mm. Half-title, title, xl, 321pp. 5 tissue guarded litho plates Louis Haghe after Antonio Schranz [plus one supplied in facsimile: Megalo Kastron], Coins of Knossos plate, large folding plate: Inscription at Plu Monasteri (2 short closed attachment tears, creased to edges), 31 wood engravings, each mounted within the volume as indexed; half-title, title, ix, (1), (1), 326, errata (1)pp. 4 tissue guarded litho plates Louis Haghe after Antonio Schranz. (Closed tear to margin of mount of Rhythimnon plate - plate unaffected). Large folding litho map of Crete, a little toned, 25 wood engravings, each mounted within the volume as indexed, three of which have a dedicated full page. Original embossed cloth boards, spine renewed in maroon cloth with gilt lettering at some point in the past, when the endpapers were also renewed.… Read More
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