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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description. 

We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description. 

For the Time Traveller: Early Printed Books

Step into a world where history breathes through every page. Our exclusive collection of early printed books is meticulously selected by Hannah Lessiter and Oliver Yarwood. Each book in our collection is a portal to the past; witness the evolution of ideas and marvel at the craftsmanship that has withstood the test of time.

Our range includes literary classics, historical treatises, and rare first editions, each with its own unique story to tell. Immerse yourself in the richness of history and own a piece of the past today.

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  • 111489_2 111489

    Moriae Encomium;

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

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  • Letters Concerning the English Nation.

    [PHILOSOPHY]. VOLTAIRE (pseud. AROUET, François-Marie).
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    'the first bomb hurled against the Ancien Régime'. The first edition of this interesting, outsider's take on English society and its people, precip...

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  • Cicero's Prince.

    CICERO, Marcus Tullius; [BELLENDEN, William (editor); RYMER, Thomas (translator)].
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    Rare edition in English. The first edition in English of these collected writings by Cicero on the origin and duties of princely government.The wor...

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  • 112659_2 112659

    The Holy Bible

    [BIBLE. KING JAMES VERSION].
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    Original silver 'furniture'. The King James Version, splendidly preserved in the original black morocco gilt binding furnished in silver. A handsom...

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  • 113305_2 113305

    The Plays of William Shakespeare.

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

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  • 112750_2 112750

    A Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible: Exodus XXXIX].

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

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  • 111880_4 111880

    The Holy Bible,

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

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  • 111308_2 111308

    Liber Cronicarum [Nuremberg Chronicle].

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

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  • 112496_2 112496

    The Book of Common Prayer,

    BASKERVILLE, John (printer).
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    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...

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  • 111912_2 111912

    The First(-Third) Parts of the Principles of the Art Military... 1637(?), 1638 and 1640

    HEXHAM, Henry.
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    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...

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  • 111595_2 111595

    The Holy Bible.

    [OGILBY BIBLE].
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    Restoration of King Charles II. An exceptional, well-margined copy of John Ogilby's imaginative reissue of the Field large folio bible, published f...

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  • 112326_2 112326

    I dieci libri dell'architettura.

    VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus; BARBARO, Daniele (translator); PALLADIO, Andrea (illustrator).
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    'the most significant Italian edition of the treatise'. First edition of Daniele Barbaro's (1514-1570) translation and commentary. This important p...

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