Charming hand-coloured plates. A handsomely bound copy of this classic of British natural history, illustrated with 71 hand-coloured plates of butt...

A beautiful copy of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám with 16 colour-plate illustrations after the Hungarian artist Willy Pogany (1882-1955).This editi...

The grandest English gallery Bible. Macklin's sumptuous edition of the King James Bible 'Embellished with engravings, from pictures and designed by...

The ascendancy of the dutch nurseryman. First edition of this striking, hand-coloured Dutch botanical work, in beautiful contemporary calf.'Nederla...

Botfield copy, superbly bound. Rare. A superbly bound copy of La Chine by Malpiere, a work which is seldom found complete, and which consists 'of a...

Imperial octavo. A handsomely bound imperial octavo set, all first editions, of Yarrell's copiously illustrated British Birds and Fishes, including...

From the library of the last French Queen. A superb copy with royal provenance of van O. Fisscher's survey of Japan. van O. Fisscher worked in Japa...

The first british fish book in colour. A handsomely bound reissued set of this 'major contribution to ichthyology... the earliest work on British f...

A finely bound copy of Baker's Ismailia.In 1869, Baker, one of the greatest explorers of Africa, was appointed by the Khedive Isma'il to a four-ye...

Beautifully bound Victorian book on insects. Second edition, an expanded and improved version of the text originally published in 1835 as the Gramm...

A very handsome copy of William Wordsworth's complete poetical works in crushed green morocco gilt by Worsfold.8vo (19 x 13.5 cm); portrait fronti...

A beautiful English language edition of Comenius' allegory of Man's journey through life and the importance of a spiritual life. A classic of Czec...

One of 105 copies - signed by the artist with 8 extra plates. A beautifully produced edition of Herrick's poetry, illustrated by Sir William Russel...

A fine set of Jerome K. Jerome's comic masterpieces, all first editions, beautifully bound.First editions, first impressions (Three men without '1...

A near- fine example of the specially bound Golden Cockerel Press publication of Minxes Admonished, a mischievous work by Sir William Russell Flin...

The best of the 'jesuits' editions. The highly regarded first Glasgow edition of the 'Jesuits' text. This set handsomely bound with the gilt arms o...

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

Important mathematics and physics published by a leading italian intellectual society. The 5 complete volumes of the Miscellanea Taurinensis, all f...