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CHEEM, Aliph. Lays of ind. Second series. Bombay. "Times of India" Office, 1873. First edition. 8vo. [6], 132pp. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of R. Beauchamp Downall to FFEP and head of title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 34229

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BRUEYS, [David-Augustin de]. PALAPRAT, [Jean de]. L'avocat patelin, comedie en trois actes et en prose, Par MM. brueys et palaprat. Representee pour la premiere sois a Paris, par les Comediens Francais, le 4 juin 1706. A Paris. Chez Mad. George, [1798]. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. 36pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to title, printed paper slip bearing the imprint of Chez Mad. George pasted over the actual imprint of Chez Fages, slight loss to lower margin of leaf D2, light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19035

MAUPASSANT, Guy. La vie errante. Paris. Paul Ollendorff, Editeur, 1895. Vingtieme edition. Small quarto. [4], 233pp, [3]. Beautifully extra-illustrated with 13 vignette drawings, variously in ink and wash and pencil, and two further inserted plates, each ink on paper, all by J. Ernest Boilvin. Finely bound in contemporary gilt- tooled marbled blue 'Spanish Calf', gilt-tooled inner dentelles. Slightly rubbed, corners a little bumped, unobstrusive old scuff marks to lower board neatly refurbished. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33927

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Last poems. London. Chapman and Hall, 1862. Second edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 142pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed, spine sunned, corners bumped. Upper hinge cracked with board working loose, later ink inscription to head of half-title, occasional chipping to top margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13035

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Last poems. London. Chapmand & Hall, 1862. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 142pp. Contemporary red half-calf, red buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, some surface loss to boards, splitting to joints. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of celebrated poet and playwright Christopher Fry (1907-2005), with his ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19560

[THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE]. Last night but five of the season...Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. This Evening, wednesday, September 26th, 1827, Will be presented, (Seventh Time this Season) the Comick Piece, with additional Songs, called monsieur tonson...After which, (Thirty-eighth Time) the last new Comick Operetta, called lying made easy!...With mozart's celebrated overture to cosi fan tutte.... [London]. S. G. Fairbrother, [1827]. Dimensions 215 x 350 mm. Single leaf broadside. All edges uncut. Some spotting, very short tear to one margin. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21248

CONRAD, Joseph. Last essays. London & Toronto. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18286

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[DANTE, Alighieri]. LIBURNIO, Niccolò. La spada di dante Alighieri, Poeta fiorentino, per M. Niccolò Liburnio in tal modo raccolta; opera utile a fuggire il vizio, et seguitar virtù. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1850] Quarto. xx, [28]pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of classical scholar and dean of Thomas Gaisford of Offington, Sussex (1816-1898) to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25064

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BROWNING, Robert. La saisiaz: the two poets of croisic. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. First edition. 8vo. [8], 201pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32262

DIDEROT, [Denis]. La religieuse. Paris. P. Arnould, [1886]. 16mo. [2], 412pp. With an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate by P. Kauffmann. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, later bookplate of E. L. Allhusen to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP, leaves toned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27833

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[BYRON, Lord]. [ROGERS, Samuel].. Lara, a tale. Jacqueline, a tale.. London. Printed for J. Murray, 1814. First edition. 8vo. 128pp. With a half-title. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in modern gilt-tooled blue calf, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, joints creased. Very occasional light spotting. W. A. Foyle's copy, with his morocco bookplate to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31057

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VOLTAIRE. La pucelle d'orléans, poëme en vingt-un chants. Paris. [De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet], An VII [i.e. 1799] 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 223, [1]; [4], 243pp, [1]. With half-titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, and a further 21 engraved plates. Original publisher's pink paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces to spines. Rubbed, joints starting, spines sunned. Very occasional light spotting. Ink-stamps 'Se Vend Chez Marrot Receveur de la loterie-Nationale, à Rochefort' to half-title of Vol. I and FFEP of Vol. II. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29783

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LEMIERRE, [Antoine-Marin]. La peinture: poeme en trois chants. A Paris. Chez le Jay Librarie, [1769]. First edition. Quarto. [4], vii, [1], 94pp. With a half-title, an engraved titlepage, and three engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled sheep, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, some loss to foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, contemporary book-label of the Chez Bouvat Library, St. Petersburg to FEP, loss to gutter of front blank fly-leaf, contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, slight paper-flaw to border of one plate, twentieth-century Russian library stamp/label to ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20055

ARETINO, Pietro. La orazia: tragedia. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Nella Tipografia Bonducciana e presso Luigi Molini, 1855. Terza edizione [i.e. third edition]. 8vo. 106pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, green cloth boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25738

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LUSHINGTON, Henry. La nation boutiquiere and other poems chiefly political by henry lushington, with a preface. Points of war by franklin lushington. Cambridge. Macmillan and Co., 1855. First edition. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 87, [1], 16pp. With a half-title and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped orange cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt to spine. Rubbed and sunned, loss/tearing to spine. Early inked ownership inscription of Emily Butler to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32373

MACHIAVELLI, [Niccolò]. La mandragola commedia. [Verona]. Stampato per I Cento Amici del Libro, 1957. Quarto. Limited edition of 120 copies. 98pp, [4]. With seven full-page lithographed illustrations in the text by Amerigo Bartoli Natinguerra (1890-1971). Original publisher's limp cream paper boards, lettered in red, glassine wrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, loss to spine of wrapper. Internally immaculate. Signed by Sanminiatelli on the colophon. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27820

MILTON, John. L'allegro and il penseroso. [London]. The Art-Union of London, 1848. Quarto. [64]pp. With 30 engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Cuff brothers of Preston in contemporary dark green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, gilt, dentelles, binder's ticket to FEP, fosed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32514

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MOORE, Thomas. Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. Fourteenth edition. 12mo. [4], 376pp. With an additional engraved title page and three engraved plates by E. J. Portbury (1795-1885) after designs by Westall. Handsomely bound in contemporary straight-grain black morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page, occasional light spotting and ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20404

MOORE, Thomas. Lalla Rookh, an oriental romance. London. Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. Nineteenth edition. 8vo. viii, 397pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further 11 engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in later gilt-tooled brown morocco, T.E.G. Spine lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, plates and engraved title page foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23113

TASSO, Torquato. La gerusalemme liberata. Venetia [i.e. Venice]. Sarzima, 1625. Quarto. [24], 255pp, [1]. With an engraved title page and 20 full- page engraved illustrations in the text by Francesco Valesio and Giacomo Valegio. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, spine dulled. Later bookplate of the Gaddesden library (and therefore likely previously in the library of English courtier, diplomat and alchemist Thomas Henshaw (1618-1700), whose books had descended there via ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31763