The finest early survey of Palmyra. A tall well-margined copy, finely bound, of the finest early survey of Palmyra.Not only an important architectu...

Commentary on Sefer HaItur with responses, by Rabbi Yaakov Sasson (Shushan), brought to print by Rabbi Hayim Kimhi ben Rabbi Yitzhak.Sefer HaItur ...

Important contributions by Diderot. Best edition. Published at Geneva by Pellet in 1780 in two formats, the superior in quarto – as here – the othe...

An early travel account to St Helena, Java and China. Including plates of St Helena, Java (2) and Batavia amongst others. First edition. 8vo, illu...

. 'In 1783 the Antelope commanded by Captain Henry Wilson, ran onto a reef near one of the Palau Islands, a previously unexplored group, and was w...

The making and decoration of dials. William Leybourn (1627-1716) was a well-respected mathematician, surveyor, and private tutor. First published i...

While still containing various Prefaces, Essays and Criticisms, in short all the requisite scholastic Gravitas that one would wish for in a seriou...

Important assembly of three key texts on India. The first volume contains the geography of Hindustan by the Portuguese Jesuit missionary, Joseph T...

'Jean François Albanis Beaumont, (1755–1812), engraver and landscape painter, may have been a son of, or related to, the Piedmontese artist Claudi...

Book of kabbalistic readings and prayers for Friday nights, customarily recited in the Eastern cities of Morocco. Moshe Edrehi (c. 1774-1842) was ...

The secret language of Jewish horse traders. A German Horse Manual with a Jewish-Jargon-dictionary supplement. 'Rare first edition of this original...

First state. Robert John Thornton (?1786-1837) was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St Andrews University and licentiat...

Robert John Thornton (?1786-1837) was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Roy...

First state. Robert John Thornton (?1786-1837) was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St Andrews University and licentiat...

Fine early impression. First state. Issue A.Robert John Thornton (?1786-1837) was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St A...

Second state.Robert John Thornton (?1786-1837) was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St Andrews University and licentia...

Known to Benjamin Franklin. Magisterial work by the Benedictine monk Bernard de Montfaucon (1655–1741), one of the founders of modern archaeology.T...

Map engraved by Perrier, printed on 20 sheets, dissected and mounted on two sheets of linen, with slipcase (worn). Dimensions: 970 by 1140mm. (38 ...

Lovely set of uncommon military playing cards. The cards were drawn by Gilles de La Boissière (as shown on the later Daumont issue). Each card dep...

An attractive collection of fine plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.Weinmann (1683-1741) was a Regensburg apothecary wh...

A lovely sammelband comprising the Book of Common Prayer and a revised metrical psalter for use in church.24mo (14 x 8 cm); contemporary ownership...