Maggs Bros. Ltd.

UNKNOWN ARTIST. & [TOKAIDO]

Edo yori Osaka made yado tsuki meisho kyushi… 1750.

The Tokaido: for private enjoyment

£12,500

WANSEY (Henry).

Thoughts on Poor-Houses, 1801.

"THE SICK HAVE FRESH MEAT AND BROTH"

£1,800

WHITTLE (R.P.)

Four Lithographic Views of Gillingham Church. Drawn from… 1840.

AN UNRECORDED SUITE OF PROVINCIAL LITHOGRAPHS

£1,500

WILDE (Oscar).

Pan A Double Villanelle. And Desespoir a Sonnet.… 1909.

A GREAT RARITY, ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES

£2,000

WILDE (Oscar).

A Woman of No Importance, 1894.

First edition, one of 50 large paper copies.

£5,750

WILDE (Oscar)].

The Trial of Oscar Wilde from Shorthand Reports, 1906.

THE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE JAPANESE VELLUM ISSUE

£4,000

WILDE, Oscar

Autograph Letter Signed ("Oscar Wilde") [to Colonel W.F.… 1882.

Written during Wilde's North American Tour

£12,500

[ACCOUNT BOOK]

Weiteren Register auf das 1663, 1663.

BOUND IN MANUSCRIPT WASTE

£1,250

[ANONYMOUS].

The Return of Peace. A Poem, 1802.

"MY LOSS OF FORTUNE, PARTNER, CHILD - MY ALL!"

£2,500

[ARISTOTLE].

Aristotle's Rhetoric;, 1686.

THE FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC

£8,500

[BANK OF ENGLAND]. & [GODFREY (William).]

A Short Account of the Bank of England, 1695.

A DEFENCE OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND BY ITS FIRST DEPUTY GOVERNOR

£5,500

[BUREAU GENERAL DE BONFAISANCE]

État général des répartitions de numéraire, farines ordinaries,… 1798.

PRECARIOUS WELFARE PROVISION IN REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE

£2,500

[GOLTZIUS (Hendrick) [Circle of]] & [CALDARA (Polidoro), called Da Caravaggio]

[Original pen and ink drawings] Four Olympian Gods… 1600.

INK SKETCHES AFTER GOLTZIUS, AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO

£2,000

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Missale Romanum, 1660.

'ALMOST HEDONISTIC': UNRECORDED ROMAN MISSAL, SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND IN RECYCLED SILK

£6,500

[CIRCLE OF BENEDETTO BORDONE]

Processional leaf with historiated initial C containing skull… 1520.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD

£5,500

[COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS]

A collection of seven broadsides warning the inhabitants… 1793.

"TRAITORS, REBELS AND SEDITIOUS PERSONS" IN 18TH-CENTURY YORKSHIRE

£12,500

[DIPLOMA]

Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.

DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY

£8,000

[ELLIOTT (Ebenezer)].

Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter, 1830.

THE PRIVATELY PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF "THIS HITHERTO OBSCURE POEM"

£5,000

[FRENCH EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE.]

Relation de l'Audience Publique, donnée par le Grand-Seigneur,… 1796.

FROM THE PRESS OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE

£7,500

[FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS].

Bank Meeting. February 6, 1798. In the Press… 1798.

"THE EYES OF THE WHOLE KINGDOM...ARE UPON YOU"

£1,250

[GILLRAY (James)].

Ladies Dress, as it soon will be, 1796.

"I HAVE SEEN LADIES IN A STATE OF UNDRESS"

£2,800

[UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST.] & [IRAN.]

[An album of twenty-eight watercolours depicting Qajar tradespeople.], 1842.

WATERCOLOURS OF QAJAR IRAN, WITH TWO RARE PORTRAITS OF AFRO-IRANIANS

£20,000

[LENIN]. [ULYANOV (Vladimir Ilyich).]

Zaria: sotsial'-demokraticheskii nauchno-politicheskii zhurnal. Nos. 1, 2-3 &… 1901.

CONTAINING THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT OF THE PSEUDONYM 'LENIN'

£3,000

[MARRIAGE]

The Folly, Sin, and Danger of Marrying Widows,… 1746.

"I THANK GOD, MY WIFE DIED A FEW WEEKS AGO"

£2,000

[MASTER OF MORGAN 947]

Book of Hours, Use of Arras & Tournai,… 1400.

A LONG-LOST MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, STRIKINGLY ILLUMINATED

£35,000

[PAINE (Thomas)].

Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody… 1792.

"THE GRAND CHORUS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN IS CHANGED INTO A CAZONETTA ON NAKEDNESS"

£5,000

[POOR APPRENTICES].

Register of Children Bound or Assigned by the… 1802.

PARISH RECORD OF POOR CHILD APPRENTICES IN RURAL DEVON

£2,500

[PSALTER]

Psalterium Davidis carmine redditum per Eobanum Hessum. Cui… 1591.

BOUND IN THE STYLE OF CASPAR MEUSER

£3,500

[PUBLIC EXHIBITION].

Bath, February 5th, 1780. Look Sharp! Or you… 1780.

A ZEBRA AMONGST THE SPOILS OF WAR AND EXHIBITED FOR "THE INSPECTION OF THE CURIOUS"

£1,250

[SWIFT (Jonathan)].

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 1731.

"WIT UNEXAMPLED!" AND "WHAT DAMN'D DRY HARD STUFF": READING, CORRECTING AND EDITING GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

£8,500

[TAHITI.]

E Piti Himene no te faa Arii Raa… 1824.

EARLY FRUITS OF THE WINDWARD MISSION PRESS

£5,000

[TAMAYA YAMASABURO]

Kitasato tsuzen [Yoshiwara Map], 1847.

Crowds flock to Yoshiwara

£1,750

[THE MOLASSES ACT.]

The Case of the British Sugar-Colonies, 1732.

BALANCING THE INTERESTS OF NEW ENGLAND AGAINST JAMAICA

£3,000

[UNKNOWN AUTHOR]

Tachimono hayashinan [A quick guide to sewing], 1850.

The construction of Japanese garments

£1,200