From "Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des poissons".Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799), a doctor of medicine and famou...

From "Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des poissons".Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799), a doctor of medicine and famou...

Contemporary presentation copy, from the library of oliver sacks. First edition of this collection of philosophical essays by one of the founders o...

'A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Pa...

Fine example of the first edition of this popular work, in a decorative publisher's gift binding. Issued by one of the best publishers of the time...

The major medical book of the 17th-century, translated for the general public. The sixth edition of William Salmon's popular English translation of...

An important work. Baron de Tott (1733-1793) went to Constantinople in 1755 and stayed until 1763, at first with his father and then with de Verge...

A fine set of Patersen's iconic views of St Petersburg. A collection of some of the most celebrated 18th century views of Russia's Imperial city, i...

Underappreciated taxonomic work on fossils. First edition of this taxonomy of fossils, including both mineral specimens and organic fossils, by the...

A FINE GROUP OF THESE RARE FLOWER PLATES, the complete volume of 40 being part of Le Jardin d'Eden, which was intended as the supplement to the Co...

First Edition of the commentary by the famous Kabbalist Rabbi Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (also known as the Ramaz, c.1625-1697). The Ramaz was a Ra...

A fine album of four works by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), 'the great engraver who was the interpreter and virtua...

An early edition in English of Epicurus' (341-270 BC) moral teachings, comprising his 'Wise Man' sayings, Letter to Menoeceus, and excerpts from h...

A beautiful record of English butterflies and moths, incorporating all the stages of the life cycle for each, positioned on the plants on which th...

An attractive example, in an unusual contemporary morocco binding of The Book of Common Prayer, the third and last octavo edition from the press o...

First edition of this illustrated description of peoples governed by the Russian Tsar, Alexander I. Christian Heinrich Geissler (1770-1844) was a ...

The first part of La Roque's Voyage to Arabia Fœlix describes Yemen and Mocha. Mocha at this time was a considerable trading centre. The second pa...

Superb Regency binding. An exceptionally handsome set of this stalwart of the traditional library, with finely engraved illustrations.Third edition...

Galileo rehabilitated. The first collected edition of Galileo's (1564-1642) works to include his famous Dialogo defending Copernicus' heliocentric ...

Blackmer copy. Fraser was Resident at Surat from 1730-40 and then returned as Factor for the East India company, 1743-9. This work is important for...