Exceptionally early and important authorial manuscript on paper - the author's own copy. Al-Sharif al-Radi (970-1015 AD) was a celebrated poet and ...

An exceptionally fine impression of Hollar's panorama of Jerusalem.Wenceslaus Hollar contributed engraved plates to numerous Bibles, showing relig...

A superbly bound example in fine condition.In 1869, Baker, one of the greatest explorers of Africa, was appointed by the Khedive Isma'il to a four...

Rare. Translated from the original Persian by Assad Yacoub Kayat. An account of the residence in England, and journey there from Syria and the sub...

Pieter Van Loo (or Loon), Haarlem 1731-1784, was a noted flower painter who spent the whole of his life in Haarlem. His paintings are sought after...

First French edition of Zuallart's important work. Giovanni Zuallart (a.k.a. Giovanni Zuallardo or Jean Zuallart, 1541-1634) was a Belgian Judge, T...

The first coloured illustrations of birds in a book which attempted to list and portray all of the British species, many of them life-size. The bi...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject. This magnif...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject.This magnifi...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject.This magnifi...

Scarce early account of North Africa. The first book on Africa written by an African. The woodcut illustrations include personifications of Africa...

An outstanding example. An exceptional example. Most copies were issued uncoloured. A few were sold with hand-colouring and a smaller number were i...

On original watercolour - given by King Charles X to the Duchesse de Berry. a beautiful example of the work of 'the Raphael of flowers', the most c...

An important panorama of Leiden from the drawing by Claude Rivet executed in 1640, and originally published by the engraver Jacob Savery. This sec...