One of 250 copies presented by Grand Duke Dmitriy. A rare publication, presenting the history of one the most prestigious Imperial regiments. Publi...

Sammelband of three works. A charming sammelband of three works from the press of John Baskerville (1707-1775), comprising the Book of Common Praye...

Rare suite of ten duo-tone prints. A rare suite of ten duo-tone prints in pink wash by Goldberg in his characteristically dark and sparse style.A J...

A first-hand account of the service of the detachment charged with the protection of the Emperor during the Russo-Turkish war. The Guard's Detachm...

Illustrated with engraved plates and maps. A handsome five-volume set of Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, rendered into English with commenta...

An interesting manuscript collection of French proverbs and maxims written in a legible, neat hand.8vo. Over 220 leaves of manuscript. Period she...

A collection of anecdotes, witticisms and facetiae of famous men, first published just a year before; it contains sayings, some serious and others...

Waddington and Hanbury, both Cambridge fellows, decided to embark on an antiquarian tour of Egypt. They were received by the Governor, Mohammed A...

A series of seven coloured lithographs showing an artist's take on the capital vices set in the environment of a kitchen in a wealthy house. Seve...

The father of 3d movies. Descriptive geometry is the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane. Gaspard Monge inv...

After the success of Layard's first expedition, the British Museum financed this second expedition during the years 1849-51. The expedition discov...

Dutch bird of prey. Nozeman's work, which he couldn't finish, became the first comprehensive account of the avifauna of Holland and was the most ex...

This is the second and last of the two editions. This title was only published in German and contains a description of a new arrangement of painti...

Scarce. Important first hand work on the Slave Trade at the time of Sierra Leone and Liberia signing the Anti-Slavery Trade Treaty.First edition. ...

Bertrandon de la Broquière (aka Brocquiere, c. 1400-1459) was a Burgundian spy and pilgrim to the Middle East in the years 1432–33. He wrote at th...

An uncommon account. M'Queen, the owner of plantations in Grenada in the West Indies, collected extensive information, principally from slaves but...

Vialla de Sommieres spent six years in Montenegro, circa1806-12, as governor of Cattaro, during the French occupation of Dalmatia in the Napoleoni...