Illustrated with 22 engraved plates. An excellent, well-illustrated edition of this indisputable classic, often considered the first English novel....

One of the largest & finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum. One of the largest and finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum, comprising 156 plat...

Last folio edition, and last edition revised by Johnson. The last lifetime edition of Johnson's Dictionary, and the only edition substantively revi...

Unrestored contemporary sheepskin. The first edition in English of Machiavelli's extraordinary treatise on the art of government, widely acclaimed ...

Early edition in English. The first edition of John Wilson's English translation of this important work of humanist rhetoric, which satirised the c...

Original silver 'furniture'. The King James Version, splendidly preserved in the original black morocco gilt binding furnished in silver. A handsom...

A beautifully illustrated twelve-volume set of Shakespeare's plays in a handsome contemporary tree calf binding, comprising his 36 canonical works...

Extraordinary survival from the dawn of the printing press. An excellent, well-margined leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book p...

Exceptional contemporary mosaic binding. An exceptional example of the Oxford folio Bible in a striking contemporary mosaic binding by Thomas Sedgl...

The most extensively illustrated book of the fifteenth century. A magnificent copy in contemporary hand-colour of the first illustrated encyclopaed...

An attractive example, in an unusual contemporary morocco binding of The Book of Common Prayer, the third and last octavo edition from the press o...

Important contribution to the art of Early Modern warfare. A rare mixed edition issue of Henry Hexham's Principles of the Art Military, superbly il...