A sequel to Vivian's volume on Spain, this series of lithographs is largely devoted to Portugal, including views of Lisbon, Cintra, Setubal, Arrab...

The finest and most important sporting book of the last two centuries. Very rare. The first and only edition of the finest and most important sport...

Inscribed presentation copy. An excellent example of of this extremely rare work on St Petersburg, inscribed to Secretary of State Vladimir Ivanovi...

One of 12 deluxe copies. A handsome large paper copy of Lysons' work of the antiquities of Gloucestershire; one of only twelve deluxe copies with n...

Fine panorama of Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840 at the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace, resplendent wit...

Valentini's delightfully illustrated treatise on the famous cast of characters from the Commedia dell'Arte, for example 'Arlechino' and 'Pantalone...

Rowlandson's superb record of the street traders of London now long disappeared: the night-watchman, the raree-showman, the sellers of poodles, ba...

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

Bull fighting in Spain. Rare issue hand-coloured on card. A handsome copy of a lively set of bull fighting plates.'A speaker of French, Italian, Sp...

Superb evocative plates of Constantinople, its people and their customs. A native of Malta, Preziosi first visited Istanbul in 1842; depicting the ...

Manz's scarce panorama of Munich. Designed for visitors, it contained 80 squares, streets and public buildings worth a visit, together with a plan...

Deluxe edition with the plates hand-coloured. During the Crimean War William Simpson (1823-1899), became a pioneer war artist: dispatched by the pr...

The complete series of attractive military costume plates of British, Russian and Prussian Armies.Three parts in one, large 4to (37 x 28.5 cm); il...

Very good example of this souvenir album published on the eve of the coronation in a limited edition, to be distributed among the nobility close t...

Eyre's record of part of the debacle of the First Afghan War of 1839-42. Following the murder of Alexander Burnes in 1841 the British force was be...

Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy. The Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was...

Hand-coloured issue. The rare hand-coloured issue of Daniel's classic compendium of field sports, with an additional hand-coloured engraved frontis...

The strikingly dramatized scenes depicted were evidently chosen by Davenport to give a romantic view of Ali Pacha's life. The text was taken from ...

Paul du Chaillu's copy of the special autograph edition of Stanley's American testimonial banquet.An exceptionally interesting copy of this scarce...

Deluxe edition of Stanley. The deluxe edition of Stanley's remarkable account of his expedition from the East Coast through the heart of Africa to ...