Privately printed, 1808. 56p, 274p; 16p, 52p. Contemporary calf professionally rebacked with gilt ruled spine. One foldout plate. Complete in four parts. The Earl of Banbury title created in 1626 for William Knolly (1544-1632) became a centuries long legal battle regarding his sons paternity. Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition p870. The.....

La Haye: Adrien Moetjens, 1734. [10], 256p, [8]. Contemporary calf with a professionally rebacked spine retaining the original label and marbled end papers. Lacks the frontispiece but contains all the 61 engraved plates. Written by Jean de Saunier, who was the Inspector of the King of France High Stable. Edited.....

Copenhagen: Rosenkilde et Bagger, 1966. 9 volumes. Publishers green cloth over boards. A facsimile reprint of the original fifth edition published in Paris 1860. Still the standard reference of important and early printed books. Former ownership signature on the inside front board, otherwise a fresh clean set.

London: Published by Philosophical Transactions, 1667. Frontispiece, 433-448p. Disbound. An early issue of the Philosophical Transactions dealing with navigation. Partly stained on rear leaf and scattered foxing. Sir Robert Moray (1608-1673) was a Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy, and natural philosopher. Scarce.

London: Jacob Tonson, 1827. 2 volumes. Frontispiece, xxv, [10], 524p, [34]: Engraved frontispiece, 504p. Contemporary calf over boards. Paradise Lost is the 13th edition and Paradise Regain'd is the seventh edition. Neat underlining in and occasional marginal scholarly annotations in pencil. Paradise Lost is nicely illustrated with 12 full page.....

London: C. Hitch, L. Hawes and J. Hodges, 1757. Engr. front, (2), IX, (5), 200p. Contemporary full calf. English translation of Fontanelles famous work ?Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes?, published in 1686.The fourth edition. Corners bumped and rear hinge cracked but holding. Small brown ink spot on the title.....

London: T. H. for Walter Kettilby, 1705. [8], XIV, 167p, [3]. Contemporary red morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, boards with gilt frames and center pieces, all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. ESTC T88180. Second edition of this popular work, first published in 1704. A ninth edition was published in.....

Geneve: Chez Valade, 1752. 91p. 19th century marbled wrapper with front wrapper missing. First edition. There seem to be title page variants of this edition. A few minor chips along the edges of the title page and an old signature in brown ink. Light marginal foxing to the last leaf.....

London: Henry Bohn, 1855. Frontispiece, xxx, 584p: 585p-1133p. Original quarter calf over marbled boards with marbled end papers. A later edition published in two volumes of the very popular translation of Plutarch's Lives. Some light rubbing to the extremities and the boards otherwise internally clean. Small chip in the label.....

Amsterdam: Paul Marrat, 1701. 2 works bound in 1. [52], 351p, [1]: Engraved front, 3-104p. 3 folded maps and 5 engraved plates. Contemporary full vellum. BOUND WITH "A Discourse of Trade-Winds"; Traite des Vents alisez ou reglez, des vents frais De Mer & de Terre, des Tempetes, des Saisons de.....

[8], 56, 9-24, 73-82, 33-143, [1], 153-183, [1]. Professionally rebound in limp vellum with new end papers. p80-143 have woodcut illustrations of Italian badges. Francesco Liberati was an Italian author in Rome active during the mid-17th century (fl. 1639-1669). He is particularly known for his work on horsemanship. A small.....

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc, 1964. 2 volumes. xxviii, 332p: xxiv, 444p. Publishers blue cloth over boards. Includes selections from 16th and 17th voyages and travels. Bookplate on the inside front board. A fresh clean set.

Delmenhorst: Georg Jonzen, 1810. 2 volumes lxxxi, 368 columns: 369 - 2208 columns. Not uniform. First volume; contemporary parchment over marbled boards and end papers. Second volume; large paper copy in paper covered boards. Third volume of the original edition covering letters K-Kipping. Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund (1761-1848) was a Protestant.....