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The Humanities department takes its name and focus from the main programme of civic education in the Renaissance, the studia humanitatis, which encompassed the study of the classics, rhetoric, history, and philosophy.

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  • A handsome copy of this English translation of Heeren's History of the Political System of Europe, presented at Eton College to Michael Hicks Beach, the future Chancellor of the Exchequer
    A handsome copy of this English translation of Heeren's History of the Political System of Europe, presented at Eton College to Michael Hicks Beach, the future Chancellor of the Exchequer

    HEEREN, Arnold Hermann Ludwig.
    A Manual of the History of the Political System of Europe and its Colonies, 1846.
    £150.00

  • A near fine example of an English semi-sombre binding enclosing Thomas à Kempis' great spiritual meditation, De Imitatione Christi in English translation
    A near fine example of an English semi-sombre binding enclosing Thomas à Kempis' great spiritual meditation, De Imitatione Christi in English translation

    KEMPIS, Thomas à.
    [Imitatio Christi]. 1677.
    £2,250.00

  • A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding
    A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding

    ALLESTREE, Richard.
    The Whole Duty of Man, 1675.
    £2,500.00

  • A charming, mid-seventeenth century 'fan' binding of dark brown calfskin tooled in gilt, enclosing a scarce pocket edition of the Kind James Bible
    A charming, mid-seventeenth century 'fan' binding of dark brown calfskin tooled in gilt, enclosing a scarce pocket edition of the Kind James Bible

    [FAN-PATTERN BINDING].
    The Holy Bible 1657.
    £2,750.00

  • The first parallel text edition in English and Italian of Castiglione Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier
    The first parallel text edition in English and Italian of Castiglione Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier

    CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare.
    Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier: 1727.
    £1,500.00

  • A first UK edition of A Fight for God 1870-1939 by H. Daniel-Rops and translated by John Warrington.
    A first UK edition of A Fight for God 1870-1939 by H. Daniel-Rops and translated by John Warrington.

    DANIEL-ROPS, Henri; WARRINGTON, John (Translator).
    A Fight for God 1870-1939. 1966.
    £150.00

  • A signed first edition of Annigoni: Spanish Sketchbook by Pietro Annigoni and Alex Sterling.
    A signed first edition of Annigoni: Spanish Sketchbook by Pietro Annigoni and Alex Sterling.

    ANNIGONI, Pietro; STERLING, Alex (editor).
    Annigoni: Spanish Sketchbook. 1957.
    £150.00

  • A handsoem copy of the first edition of Pemberton's classic introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's natural philosophy, illustrated with engraved plates

    [PEMBERTON, Henry].
    A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. 1728.
    £1,850.00

  • This Island Race, Winston Churchill's abridged single volume edition of the earlier four-volume work; History of the English Speaking Peoples, with tipped-in signature
    This Island Race, Winston Churchill's abridged single volume edition of the earlier four-volume work; History of the English Speaking Peoples, with tipped-in signature

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
    The Island Race. 1964.
    £1,500.00

  • A handsome first English edition of My Life, The Rise and Fall of a Dictator by Leon Trotsky, who wrote it during his exile from Kazakhstan,, following his expulsion in 1929
    A handsome first English edition of My Life, The Rise and Fall of a Dictator by Leon Trotsky, who wrote it during his exile from Kazakhstan,, following his expulsion in 1929

    TROTSKY, Leon.
    My Life. The Rise and Fall of a Dictator. 1930.
    £1,500.00

  • Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.
    Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.

    [BIBLE].
    [Kitab'i Mukaddes]. 1827.
    £6,000.00

  • A handsome example of J.S. Mill's spirited defence of Utilitarianism, bound in tree calf gilt with the arms of Brasenose College, Oxford
    A handsome example of J.S. Mill's spirited defence of Utilitarianism, bound in tree calf gilt with the arms of Brasenose College, Oxford

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Utilitarianism. 1879.
    £500.00

  • A handsomely bound example of this encyclopaedia work by Joseph Haydn, A Dictionary of Dates
    A handsomely bound example of this encyclopaedia work by Joseph Haydn, A Dictionary of Dates

    HAYDN, Joseph.
    A Dictionary of Dates 1860.
    £150.00

  • The first edition in English of the Political and Military memoirs of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar
    The first edition in English of the Political and Military memoirs of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar

    Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar; BECK, Rupert (translator).
    Political and Military Observations, Remarks and Maxims, of Charles V. 1699.
    £900.00

  • A smart five volume set of Adam Ferguson's History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, illustrated with 6 folding engraved maps
    A smart five volume set of Adam Ferguson's History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, illustrated with 6 folding engraved maps

    FERGUSON, Adam.
    The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic. 1813.
    £675.00

  • A handsome copy of John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning account, Profiles In Courage
    A handsome copy of John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning account, Profiles In Courage

    KENNEDY, John F.
    Profiles in Courage. 1956.
    £11,500.00

  • The third edition, published one year after the first, of Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society
    The third edition, published one year after the first, of Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society

    FERGUSON, Adam.
    An Essay on the History of Civil Society. 1768.
    £750.00

  • The first facsimile edition of the second book printed in the English language, The Game of Chesse from the press of William Caxton
    The first facsimile edition of the second book printed in the English language, The Game of Chesse from the press of William Caxton

    CAXTON, William.
    The Game of the Chesse, 1855].
    £1,500.00

  • The third impression, printed the same year as the first of Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams
    The third impression, printed the same year as the first of Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams

    FREUD, Sigmund.
    The Interpretation of Dreams. 1913.
    £800.00

  • The first edition in English of the Baron de Sainte-Croix's Life of Alexander the Great, translated from the original French by Sir Richard Clayton
    The first edition in English of the Baron de Sainte-Croix's Life of Alexander the Great, translated from the original French by Sir Richard Clayton

    SAINTE-CROIX, Baron de; CLAYTON, Sir Richard (translator).
    A Critical Inquiry into the Life of Alexander the Great, 1793.
    £500.00

  • A late Victorian edition of Mill's great essay On Liberty, in the publisher's purple cloth
    A late Victorian edition of Mill's great essay On Liberty, in the publisher's purple cloth

    MILL, John Stuart.
    On Liberty. 1884.
    £275.00

  • The first edition, first issue of John Stuart Mill's Autobiography in the publisher's pebble-grain green cloth
    The first edition, first issue of John Stuart Mill's Autobiography in the publisher's pebble-grain green cloth

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Autobiography. 1873.
    £500.00

  • A scarce collection of maps and engraved plates illsutrating famous battles described in Livy's History of Rome
    A scarce collection of maps and engraved plates illsutrating famous battles described in Livy's History of Rome

    LIVY.
    Maps and Plans, Illustrative of Livy, [c.1830].
    £375.00

  • A signed first edition of John Major's autobiography, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997.
    A signed first edition of John Major's autobiography, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997.

    MAJOR, John.
    The Autobiography. 1999.
    £150.00

  • A scarce compilation of popular works on the Inquisition in Spain, Portugal and Italy, the first edition prnted in 1738, engravings by James Hulett
    A scarce compilation of popular works on the Inquisition in Spain, Portugal and Italy, the first edition prnted in 1738, engravings by James Hulett

    [INQUISITION].
    An Impartial Account of many Barbarous Cruelties exercised in the Inquisition in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. 1738.
    £1,500.00

  • A handsomely bound quarto King James Bible in contemporary calf, with gilt lozenge centrepieces
    A handsomely bound quarto King James Bible in contemporary calf, with gilt lozenge centrepieces

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The Holy Bible: 1639.
    £2,250.00

  • A handsome set of the collected works of Edmund Burke, widely regarded as the founding-father of modern Conservatism
    A handsome set of the collected works of Edmund Burke, widely regarded as the founding-father of modern Conservatism

    BURKE, Edmund.
    The Works and Correspondence 1852.
    £2,250.00

  • The first edition of Bertrand Russell's intellectual autobiography My Philosophical Development, in the unclipped dustjacket
    The first edition of Bertrand Russell's intellectual autobiography My Philosophical Development, in the unclipped dustjacket

    RUSSELL, Bertrand.
    My Philosophical Development. 1959.
    £175.00

  • The first edition in English of Francis Godwin's Rerum Anglicarum, a history of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary, translated by Morgan Godwyn.
    The first edition in English of Francis Godwin's Rerum Anglicarum, a history of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary, translated by Morgan Godwyn.

    GODWIN, Francis; GODWYN [GODWIN], Morgan (translator).
    Annales of England. 1630.
    £1,750.00

  • A signed first and only edition of an Eightieth Birthday Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill, one of only 3,000 copies containing a plethora of photographs
    A signed first and only edition of an Eightieth Birthday Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill, one of only 3,000 copies containing a plethora of photographs

    CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S.
    Eightieth Birthday Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill. 1955.
    £2,500.00

  • The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English
    The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English

    TYNDALE, William; FRITH, John; BARNES, Robert; FOXE, John (editor).
    [The whole workes of W. Tyndall, An. 1573].
    £12,500.00

  • The second edition of William Fulke's systematic rebuttal of the Rheims News Testament
    The second edition of William Fulke's systematic rebuttal of the Rheims News Testament

    FULKE, William.
    The Text of the New Testament of Iesvs Christ, 1601.
    £2,750.00

  • A small portable Latin Vulgate Bible on parchment, illuminated with 10 initial letters, produced in England between c.1260 and 1275
    A small portable Latin Vulgate Bible on parchment, illuminated with 10 initial letters, produced in England between c.1260 and 1275

    [VULGATE BIBLE.
    In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, c.1260-1275].
    £125,000.00

  • An excellent example of the second appearance in English of Paolo Sarpi's Historie of the Councel of Trent, bound in contemporary gilt panelled calf with the Royal Arms of King Charles I
    An excellent example of the second appearance in English of Paolo Sarpi's Historie of the Councel of Trent, bound in contemporary gilt panelled calf with the Royal Arms of King Charles I

    POLANO, Pietro Soaue (pseud. Paolo Sarpi); BRENT, Nathaniel (translator).
    The Historie of the Covncel of Trent. 1629.
    £3,500.00

  • The first edition of the defining doctrinal statement of the Edwardian Refomation, comprising his catechism and the Forty-Two Articles
    The first edition of the defining doctrinal statement of the Edwardian Refomation, comprising his catechism and the Forty-Two Articles

    [PONET, John].
    Catechismus brevis Chistianae disciplinae summam continens, Anno Do. M. D. LIII [1553].
    £12,500.00

  • A very well preserved folio King James Bible bound with Speed's Genealogies and map of Canaan, The Book of Common Prayer, and Sternhold and Hopkins' Pslames
    A very well preserved folio King James Bible bound with Speed's Genealogies and map of Canaan, The Book of Common Prayer, and Sternhold and Hopkins' Pslames

    [KING JAMES VERSION]; SPEED, John (Genealogies); STERNHOLD & HOPKINS (Psalms).
    The Holy Bible 1632[-1633].
    £6,500.00

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