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  • A General View of London and Westminster.

    BUCK, Samuel and Nathaniel.
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    The most Important Panorama of London of its period. The magnificent grand panorama of London.Samuel Buck and his brother Nathaniel are among the f...

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  • [Works] Honore de Balzac Now For The First Time Completely Translated Into English.

    BALZAC, Honoré de.
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    Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) is best known for a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie Humaine, which presents ...

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  • The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures. [The Hebrew Bible].

    LEESER, Isaac (translator).
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    First English translation of the entire Hebrew Bible by a Jew. First edition of the first English translation of the entire Hebrew Bible by a Jew.B...

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  • [A Group of 10 Watercolours of Flowers & Butterflies.

    [CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
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    A fine group of Chinese export watercolours showing flowers and butterflies.Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for s...

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  • Group of 14 copper engraved plates.

    RAPHAEL SANZIO da Urbino and others.
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    With contemporary hand colour. Beautiful plates, scarce with vibrant original hand-colour: a complete set of pilasters from the first part of the L...

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  • Manuscript travel diary, 1913-23.

    [ABYSSINIA].
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    Slavers, hunters and murderers; Abyssinia travel diary 1913-23. An exciting and detailed diary recording the exploits of an unknown employee at the...

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  • Select views of London;

    PAPWORTH, John.
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    John Papworth was the architect responsible for the design of Ackermann's showroom at 101 Strand. He adopted the second name of Buonarroti after h...

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  • Anna Livia Plurabelle.

    JOYCE, James.
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    Signed limited edition. A very good first edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce, the text that was to become chapter eight in Finnegans W...

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  • The life and adventures of...

    PEARCE, Nathaniel.
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    On the departure of Henry Salt in 1810, his servant Nathaniel Pearce remained in Ethiopia until 1819, becoming fluent in Tegrenya and Amharic. 'A ...

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  • [Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...

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  • [Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...

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  • Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...

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  • [Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.A fine group o...

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  • [Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth-century China.A fine group o...

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  • Picturesque tour of the River Thames.

    WESTALL, William; OWEN, Samuel.
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    Large paper copy with plates in two states. Fine set of classic Thames views. Large paper copy with the plates in 2 states, and superior colouring....

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  • [The Rabbit Quartet].

    UPDIKE, John.
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    Signed by Updike on each title page. A great set of this classic of modern American literature, uniformly signed by John Updike to the title-page o...

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  • Maurolycus Werner Sacrobosco.

    LOEWY, Moritz; PUISEXU, Pierre-Henri.
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    Deemed worthy of exhibition at the Paris World's Fair 1900. The finest and most meticulous images of the moon until the 1970's.The Atlas photograph...

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  • The True History of Cara Mustapha,

    [PRECHAC, Jean de].
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    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....

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  • Prostoe kak mychanie. [Simple like mooing].

    MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich.
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    From the library of avant-garde artist Mikahil Larionov . Simple like mooing was Maykovsky's first major collection of poetry to be published and a...

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  • Voyage de La Troade, fait dans les annees 1785 et 1786.

    LE CHEVALIER, Jean Baptiste.
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    This edition contains many plates and material not published earlier.The atlas includes plates of Corfu, Zante, Ithaca, and Athens, in addition to...

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  • Recueil des dessins de differens batimens construits a Saint-Pétersbourg, et dans l'intérieur de l'Empire de Russie.

    RUSCA, Louis [Luigi].
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    Excellent copy with wide margins . an interesting architectural record of Imperial Russia's vigorous building programme before the invasion by Napo...

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  • Theatrum Scotiae.

    SLEZER, John.
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    First published in 1693 ,Slezer's book was the earliest series of town prospects to be published in Britain.John Slezer, a German military enginee...

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  • Album of 30 photographs.

    [ATHENS]. MARION & CO.
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    The photographs include: The Acropolis, Temple of Jupiter, Gate of Adrian, Theatre of Herodes Atticus, Propylea, Temple of Nike Apteros, Parthenon...

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  • Album of gouaches depicting the manufacture of tea.

    [CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
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    Tea cultivation. An excellent example of rare Chinese album on pith paper on tea cultivation depicting each process in detail. Pith seems not to ha...

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