A very attractive copy of he first European study of the origins and history of Wahabism.The book starts with an account of the conversion of Moha...

Ellis (1794-1871), was sent to Madagascar by the London Missionary Society to investigate the treatment of Christians on the island. The work cont...

Vignette IV. On 23rd August the expedition left Bethlehem and began their journey westwards to Mauch Chunk. They stopped briefly at the Delaware W...

From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

Plate XXXII. A fine atmospheric view by Bodmer sketched during the traveller's homeward journey. Having left Fort Clark on 18 April 1834, they ret...

From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

Vignette IX. On 18 March 1833 the party embarked on a steamer bound for Ohio. On the Missisippi, above the mouth of the Ohio, between the settleme...

One of only 500 copies. Rare: only 500 copies were printed. 'Burton's Falconry is today considered a classic, although it created little stir at th...

A beautifully bound set of Beveridge's history of India, profusely illustrated.3 vols, large 8vo, engraved titles, frontispieces, 19 coloured maps...

A charming selection of English lyrical poems from the time of Shakespeare, bound in publisher's vellum gilt. With examples from some of the most ...

Originally published in 28 parts between July 1825 and January 1830, each plate shows a single variety of Cistus, or Rock-rose, and is accompanied...

Miniature illustrated prayer book. Scarce Ashkenazic miniature Prayer Book.The volume contains prayers for the forty-nine days between Passover and...

Baker, after various adventures in Ceylon and the area around the Black Sea, went to Africa and embarked on his greatest adventure, namely to disc...

A fine image from the de luxe issue of Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio', one of the most important accounts of native-American lifeWi-ju...