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[SALVART, J.F., BEZA, Theodore]. An harmony of the confessions of the faith of the christian And Reformed Churches, which purelie professe the holy doctrine of the Gospell in all the chiefe Kingdomes, Nations, and Provinces of Europe: the Catalogue and order whereof the Pages following will declare...Newlie translated out of Latine into English. Also in the end is added the Confession of the Church of Scotland. [Cambridge]. Imprinted by Thomas Thomas, Printer to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1586. First English edition. 8vo. [36], 111, 202-593pp [i.e. 609], [41], [4]. Early, likely seventeenth-century vellum, yapp edges, faded manuscript titling to spine. Slightly rubbed, marked, upper joint split (and blank-fly leaves loosening) revealing three early manuscript vellum fragments beneath, lower joint starting. Small marginal rectangle removed from base of title, marginal loss to M4; two neat but now unintelligble manuscript notes to title, one likely an early name now ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28368
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SAPPHO. WHARTON, Henry Thornton. Sappho: memoir, text, selected renderings and A Literal Translation by henry thornton wharton m.a. oxon. London. David Stott, 1887. Second edition. Quarto. [2], xvi, 213pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's gilt-stamped vellum, lettered in red and black. A trifle rubbed, lightly discoloured, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. Limited edition, inked inscription to verso of title page: 'Twenty-five copies of this book have been printed on Large Paper. Each one is numbered and signed by me, this Copy being No. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26570
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[SCOTTISH COINAGE]. A short account of scotish money and coins, with tables of their value at different periods, and the price of commodities, &c. Together with tables of the revenues of the archbishoprics, bishoprics, abbeys, nunnerys, &c. at the reformation. Very necessary for understanding scotish history. Edinburgh. Printed for D. Webster, 1817. First edition. 16pp.

[Bound with:] A critical enquiry into the legality of proceedings consequent of the late gold act. Reflections on the said act; explanations respecting debasement; and casual remarks on the nature, par value, and apportionment of our gold and silver coinage. London. Printed for W. Owen, 1774. First edition. [2], 50pp. ESTC T87685. ESTC records copies at just seven locations (Boston, BL, Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31022
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SCOTT, J[ohn]. Glasgow illustrated in a series of picturesque views drawn and engraved by j. scott with Historical & Descriptive Illustrations by john cullan esq. Glasgow. J. Scott, 1834. First edition. Quarto. [4], ii, 68pp. With an engraved title page and 24 engraved plates, executed in aquatint. Handsomely bound in twentieth century navy half- morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, short closed tears to leaf I1 and contiguous plate. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33283
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The masque of anarchy. A Poem...A type-fac-smiile reprint of The Original Edition, first published (together with a Preface by Leigh Hunt) in 1832. Edited by thomas j. wise. [London]. Published for the Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner, 1892. 12mo. Limited edition of 100 copies. xix, [1], xxx, 47pp. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's printed green paper boards. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33079
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[SINCLAIR, Malcolm]. LEENBERG, Axel Daniel. Minnes-Runor Öfwer Kongl. Maj:ts af Swerige, Tro-Tienare och Major, Wälborne Herr Malcolm Sinclair, Som Then 17. Junii År 1739. i Schlesien, genom et Försåteligt och grymt Mord blef af daga tagen, när han uti Kongl. Maj:ts Höga Ärender war stadd på hemresan ifrån Constantinopel. [Stockholm]. Tryckt uti thet Kongl. Tryckeriet, [1739?]. Quarto. [4]pp. Modern marbled paper wrappers. Recent bookplate of Peter Stewart Young to verso of upper wrapper. Lightly dampstained. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27669
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SMET, Henrich. Prosodia in novam formam digesta. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]. Joannem Janssonium, 1658. 8vo. [16], 526pp, [6]. With an additional engraved title page. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, staining to top edge, light damp-staining to lower board. Rear pastedowns sprung. Later inked ownership inscription of Michaël à (?) Westranen and naive ink-sketch to RFEP. Endpapers slightly browned, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33464
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[SMITH, Frederick]. An account of a religious society in norway, called saints: with a few letters written by some of them. Also, some interesting particulars relating to Several Prisoners on Board a Danish Ship, who were convinced of the principles of friends, from the year 1812 to 1814. London. Printed and Sold by Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1814. First edition. 12mo. 36pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's buff wrappers. Rubbed and spotted, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Martha Knight to upper wrapper. Leaves dog-earred. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32939
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SOMERSET, [Edward Adolphus Seymour] Duke of. Alternate circles and their connexion with the ellipse.. London. Printed by Richard Clay, 1850. First edition. 8vo. [4], 71pp, [52]. Bound by Hering in contemporary gilt-tooled turquoise calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Marbled edges. . Lightly rubbed and marked, light wear to joints. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, and associated shelf-label to FEP, bookplate of the Turner Collection, The Library, University of Keele to FFEP. Light scattered spotting throughout. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33470
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[SOUP KITCHEN]. Leicester square soup kitchen & refuge, ham yard, great windmill street, st. james's, w. Founded by the late Charles Cochrane, Esq., 1846. For the relief of destitution, and prevention of mendicancy... London. Printed by Geo. Witt, 1875. 11pp, [1].

[Bound after:] A LAYMAN. Lord selborne's letter to "the times" and an answer paragraph by paragraph. London. Basil Montagu Pickering, 1874. First edition. 16pp.

[Bound before:] Letter from the right reverend the lord bishop of orleans to m. minghetti, minister of finance to king victor emmanuel, on the Spoliation of the Church at rome and throughout italy. Together with the brief of the ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33169
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[STEVENSON, Alan]. The british pharos: or a list of the lighthouses on the coasts of great britain and ireland, descriptive of the appearance of the lights at night. For the use of mariners. Leith. Published and sold by W. Reid & Son, 1828. First edition. 12mo. xiv, 111pp, [1]. With half-title. Original blue sail-cloth with printed label (pricing the volume at 2/6) to upper board. Rubbed and marked to spine and extremities, joints starting. The author's brother's copy, recently dispersed from the remains of the Stevenson family library, boldly inscribed 'Thomas Stevenson' to head of blank fly-leaf; further short notes in a later manuscript hand to front pastedown, pointing out that ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31286
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STEVENSON, Alan. Biographical Sketch of the late Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh. W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First illustrated edition. Quarto. 32pp. With two finely engraved plates; a portrait frontispiece of the subject, and a fine dramatic view of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, originally drawn by Miss Stevenson. Original publisher's gilt-tooled and titled buckram. Spine a trifle faded, light shelf-wear and few indents to lower board, else a fine copy. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Tolbooth Chuch Library, From Mesr. Stevenson' to head of title, and in a ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31291
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STEVENSON, Alan. Report to the committee of the commissioners of northern lights, appointed to take into consideration the subject of illuminating the lighthouses by means of lenses. Edinburgh. Printed by Neill & Company, 1835. First edition. Quarto. [2], 41pp, [3]. With six engraved plates (one of which folding). Original publisher's green roan-backed brown cloth boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, else internally immaculate. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To Admiral Sir David Milne with The Author's Respects'. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31602