Skip to content

SEARCH : 'manuscripts'

1002 results
Filter
Sort by
  • The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English
    The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English

    TYNDALE, William; FRITH, John; BARNES, Robert; FOXE, John (editor).
    [The whole workes of W. Tyndall, An. 1573].
    First edition of the collected works of the Protestant martyrs in English.
    £12,500.00

  • Le temple de Vrij, a Chittore.

    [ANON.]
    Le temple de Vrij, a Chittore. [c.1880].
    £225.00

  • Патерик Киево-Печерский
    Патерик Киево-Печерский

    [Киево-Печерская Лавра] -
    Патерик Киево-Печерский [n.d., second half of XIX c.].
    £1,750.00

  • Limited edition of The Lake Isle of Innisfree by Willaim Butler Yeats, one of 450 copies.
    Limited edition of The Lake Isle of Innisfree by Willaim Butler Yeats, one of 450 copies.

    YEATS, William Butler.
    The Lake Isle of Innisfree. 1924.
    £475.00

  • First and only edition of Daniel Turner's uncommon work on exposing quackery and reforming the practice of surgery, Apologia Chyrurgica, published in 1695.
    First and only edition of Daniel Turner's uncommon work on exposing quackery and reforming the practice of surgery, Apologia Chyrurgica, published in 1695.

    TURNER, Daniel.
    Apologia Chyrurgica. 1695.
    £1,750.00

  • The first edition of Sir Matthew Hale's posthumously published Analysis of the Law, with extensive manuscript annotations by the barrister Maurice Johnson
    The first edition of Sir Matthew Hale's posthumously published Analysis of the Law, with extensive manuscript annotations by the barrister Maurice Johnson

    [HALE, Sir Matthew; JOHNSON, Maurice (manuscript notes)].
    The Analysis of the Law: 1713.
    The first edition of Sir Matthew Hale's posthumously published Analysis of the Law, with extensive manuscript annotations by the barrister Maurice Johnson
    £9,000.00

  • A collection of 90 finely hand-coloured plates published for the Georgi's famous ethnographical work.
    A collection of 90 finely hand-coloured plates published for the Georgi's famous ethnographical work.

    GEORGI, Johan Gottlieb.
    Description de toutes les nations de l'empire de Russie, ou l'on expose leurs moeurs, religions, usages, habitations, habillemens et autres particularites remarquables. [1776-77].
    £6,500.00

  • This highly unusual and impressive pair of watercolours depict some yellow grapes from Tokay ( a region in Hungary) and some late ripening white grapes.
    This highly unusual and impressive pair of watercolours depict some yellow grapes from Tokay ( a region in Hungary) and some late ripening white grapes.

    [KIENER]
    Le grand jaune de Tokay [and] La blanc doux bigarré. [ c.1830]
    £1,800.00

  • First edition of Charles Owen's An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents, an attractively illustrated book on the biology and cultraul relevance of snakes, published in 1742.
    First edition of Charles Owen's An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents, an attractively illustrated book on the biology and cultraul relevance of snakes, published in 1742.

    OWEN, Charles.
    An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents: In Two Parts. 1742.
    £1,500.00

  • Typed letter signed by Maynard Keynes to Sir Osbert Sitwell, dated 30th July 1943.

    KEYNES, John Maynard.
    Typed Letter Signed to Sir Osbert Sitwell. 30 July, 1943.
    £2,750.00

  • A VG first edition, first issue of 'Time and Western Man, perhaps [Wyndham] Lewis's single most important philosophical work...' (Morrow & Lafourcade)
    A VG first edition, first issue of 'Time and Western Man, perhaps [Wyndham] Lewis's single most important philosophical work...' (Morrow & Lafourcade)

    LEWIS, Wyndham.
    Time and Western Man. 1927.
    £500.00

  • Limited edition 6/124 reproduction of the original manuscript of the poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti, 48 page folio, with 2 original colour lithogrpahs by Hans Richter, that are numbered and signed.
    Limited edition 6/124 reproduction of the original manuscript of the poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti, 48 page folio, with 2 original colour lithogrpahs by Hans Richter, that are numbered and signed.

    UNGARETTI, Giuseppe; Hans Richter (artist).
    Il Taccuino del Vecchio: 1971.
    £750.00

  • A beautiful finely printed example of Thomas a Kempis' important devotional work, Of the Imitation of Christ
    A beautiful finely printed example of Thomas a Kempis' important devotional work, Of the Imitation of Christ

    KEMPIS, Thomas à.
    Of the Imitation of Christ. 1898.
    £500.00

  • The first edition of this Old English life of Pop Gregory the Great by the Anglo-Saxon abbot Aelfric, pritned with a side-by-side translation into modern English by Elizbaeth Elstob
    The first edition of this Old English life of Pop Gregory the Great by the Anglo-Saxon abbot Aelfric, pritned with a side-by-side translation into modern English by Elizbaeth Elstob

    AELFRIC, Abbot of Eynsham; ELSTOB, Elizabeth (translator).
    An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory: 1709.
    £1,500.00

  • [Colombo Harbour].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [Colombo Harbour]. [c.1880].
    £65.00

  • An exceptional example of a remarkable survival. A large collection of 589 plates of Eckert's European military costumes in the original wrappers.
    An exceptional example of a remarkable survival. A large collection of 589 plates of Eckert's European military costumes in the original wrappers.

    ECKERT, Heinrich Ambrose; MONTEN, Dietrich.
    Sammtliche Truppen von Europa. 1838-1842.
    £60,000.00

  • Views of Madagascar.
    Views of Madagascar.

    [MADAGASCAR].
    Views of Madagascar. [c.1900].
    £400.00

  • One of 100 copies of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, bound by Cedric Chivers, with 26 illustrations by John W Hales, in original full vellucant vellum, 1897
    One of 100 copies of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, bound by Cedric Chivers, with 26 illustrations by John W Hales, in original full vellucant vellum, 1897

    SPENSER, Edmund; FAIRFAX-MUCKELY, Louis (illustrator).
    The Faerie Queene 1897.
    One of 100 copies of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, bound by Cedric Chivers, with 26 illustrations by John W Hales, in original full vellucant vellum, 1897
    £9,500.00

  • The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. The most important work on China since Marco Polo.
    The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. The most important work on China since Marco Polo.

    RICCI, Matteo; TRIGAULT, Nicholas.
    De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas Susepta ab Societate Iesu, 1616.
    £7,500.00

  • [Barracks, Colombo].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [Barracks, Colombo]. [c.1880].
    £125.00

  • A collection of original materials from the writing of Mummy Laid an Egg by Babette Cole, including the author's hand-drawn book dummy, correspondence with her publisher, and a copy of the first edition.
    A collection of original materials from the writing of Mummy Laid an Egg by Babette Cole, including the author's hand-drawn book dummy, correspondence with her publisher, and a copy of the first edition.

    COLE, Babette.
    Mummy Laid an Egg! 1990-1993.
    £2,400.00

  • History of the thirteenth-century Church of England Bishop of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste and his complex relations with the local Jewish community, illustrated.
    History of the thirteenth-century Church of England Bishop of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste and his complex relations with the local Jewish community, illustrated.

    FRIEDMAN, Lee M.
    Robert Grosseteste and the Jews. 1934.
    £70.00

  • First edition of Boscovich's travel diary when he accompanied Sir James Porter, British ambassador to Constantinople from 1746 to 1762.
    First edition of Boscovich's travel diary when he accompanied Sir James Porter, British ambassador to Constantinople from 1746 to 1762.

    BOSCOVICH, Ruggiero Giuseppe.
    Journal d'un voyage de Constantinople en Pologne, 1772.
    £2,250.00

  • Shechom, Mount Ebal.

    [Photographer unknown].
    Shechom, Mount Ebal. [c.1880].
    £175.00

Cart
Your cart is empty
Have an account?
Log in to check out faster.