This work contains 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself. His Natural history of British birds ([1770-]1775) contained 40...

First edition . This is the first of three editions written by Richard Ford. Ford's work on Spain is considered to be one the great works on the co...

Extremely rare botanical drawings of australia with fine provenance. One of six scientists chosen by Sir Joseph Banks to accompany Matthew Flinders...

Important account of the First Opium War. Includes a fine map of Hong Kong. The Nemesis was designed to draw only six feet of water, enabling her ...

First edition, 8vo, viii, 87pp., original printed wrappers, a fine copy.

Includes two views of Hong Kong.Second edition. 8vo., xviii, 532pp., double page map of China, hand-coloured in outline, 12 lithographed plates, o...

Rare. COPAC lists BL and Cambridge only.The first Anglo-Chinese centennial calendar, covering the period 1776-1876. 'Calendars in somewhat similar...

The author was the artist on Colonel Sosnovsky's scientific expedition across Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the ...

An important, early description of Mongolia; first edition. A lovely example of this rare book, with hand-coloured plates and interesting provenan...

Pavel Piasetskiy (1843 - 1919) was only a respected doctor but also talented artist and writer. These versatile abilities ensured his participatio...

Report 415 in the series Reports on subjects of general and commercial interest. A valuable document compiled by Consul Jamieson to be presented t...

The second opium war. Scarce parliamentary paper dealing with the Second Opium War. Includes papers by Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir John Davis, the Ear...

A monumental compilation and comparison of the knowledge available in European languages in the late nineteenth century. Howorth used, among other...

"[The author] travelled through the Belgian Congo, then on through both British and German East Africa. His narrative recounts the difficulties of...

The author was the artist on Colonel Sosnovsky's scientific expedition across Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the ...

The rare Russian first edition.Pavel Piasetskiy (1843 - 1919) was not only a respected doctor but also talented artist and writer. These versatile...

An exceptional example of a remarkable survival . A large collection of 589 plates of Eckert's European military costumes in the original printed w...

First edition of Levi's Hebrew-English Pentateuch, which came to be the best known bible translation by a Jew of its time. Published together with...