The first separate edition of Baudier's survey of the Chinese court, which supposedly he based on the narrative of a Jesuit who had travelled in t...

First great history of Rome's fall. A beautiful six-volume set of this classic work. Gibbon's (1737-1794) History of the Decline and Fall of the Ro...

A handsome set of Adam Smith's (d.1790) pivotal work of economic theory and political philosophy. The Wealth of Nations 'begins with the thought t...

Biography of the prophet muhammad. The first edition of Lancelot Addison's (1632-1703) biography of the Prophet Muhammad and examination of Muslim ...

Jonas Hanway's (d.1786) entertaining musings on various subjects, with the second volume given over to the author's eccentric views on the tea tra...

Jewish character debut on a London stage. First performed at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in May 1794, Richard Cumberland's (1732-1811) The J...

The Jewish community of the Barbary Coast. An interesting early account of life and customs of the Jewish community of the Barbary Coast.Lancelot A...

Political pamphlets. Four tracts published in the lead-up to the ill-fated Jewish Naturalisation Act of 1753. The act (or 'Jew Bill') sought to rem...

The first complete edition of Chaucer printed in roman letter, also the first to provide descriptions of the manuscripts of Chaucer's works and th...

Early history and guide to London. John Stow (1525?-1605), chronicler and antiquary, formed a considerable collection of documents, charters and ma...

A fundamental work for systematic ornithology. The most celebrated early English ornithology. 'It is difficult to underestimate what enormous labou...

An attractive copy of the standard county history of Cornwall, by the rector of Ludvagan, a man from an old Cornish family. Includes The Scilly Is...

First English edition. One of several novels by the French writer Jean de Préchac (d.1720) based on real historical figures. Kara Mustafa Pasha (d....

First English edition. The first edition in English of Fumée's Histoire des troubles de Hongrie (1594). In his address to the reader, the translato...

First edition. The 'beginning of the modern development in knowledge of crystal structure' (Fulton).Robert Boyle (1627-1691), a natural philosopher...

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

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...