Maggs Bros. Ltd.

CHAUCER (Geoffrey), BURNE-JONES (Edward) & KELMSCOTT PRESS

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1896.

'The finest book ever printed'

£95,000

MATISSE (Henri) & MALLARMÉ (Stephane)

Poésies, 1932.

MATISSE'S FIRST LIVRE D'ARTISTE

£82,500

PLUTARCHUS

[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae… 1572.

FINELY BOUND & RARELY FOUND COMPLETE

£15,000

LOUŸS (Pierre), CRETTÉ (Georges) & VERTÈS (Marcel)

Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 1930.

A STUNNING BINDING BY THE 'MASTER OF THE GOLD FILLET'

£12,000

GRAHAME (Kenneth), SHEPHARD (Ernest) & CHANDLER (Margaret) [Binder]

The Wind in the Willows, 1931.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST, MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND BY MARGARET CHANDLER

£12,000

CHELONIIDAE PRESS & BROCKMAN (James) [Binder]

Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990.

A MASTERFUL BINDING BY JAMES BROCKMAN

£12,000

GREGYNOG PRESS, ROSSETTI (Christina) & FISHER (George) [Binder]

Poems, 1930.

ONE OF THE FINEST GEORGE FISHER BINDINGS

£12,000

PÉCHEUR (Jane), ANOUILH (Jean) & ANTHOINE-LEGRAIN (J.)

Antigone, 1945.

A STUNNING TYPOGRAPHIC BINDING

£12,000

AENEAS SYLVIUS PICCOLOMINI (later Pope Pius II)

Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.… 1496.

HUMANIST LETTERS BY A FUTURE POPE

£10,000

DIPLOMA

Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641.

A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT

£10,000

OTANI (Sonyu). & IGUCHI (Kashu).

Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi emaki. [Handscrolls of the 53 Stations… 1922.

£9,500

KRULL (Germaine)

Études de Nu, 1930.

'Why make nudes? because it has always been beautiful and I liked it one summer morning'

£8,500

[DIPLOMA]

Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.

DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY

£8,000

CRANACH PRESS & VERGILIUS MARO (Publius)

The Eclogues of Vergil. In the original Latin… 1927.

One of the greatest achievements of 20th century fine printing

£8,000

RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & BARNFIELD (Richard)

Richard Barnfield's Sonnets, 2001.

A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL BINDING BY DOMINIC RILEY

£7,500

ASCHAM (Roger)

Familiarum Epistolarum Libri tres, magna orationis elegantia conscripti,… 1602.

BOUND IN RED MOROCCO FOR DE THOU

£7,500

LULL (Ramon)

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS

£7,500

MITCHELL (Margaret) & DELRUE (Paul) [Binder]

Gone with the Wind, 1936.

FIRST EDITION, BOUND BY PAUL DELRUE

£7,000

MARIETTE (Pierre-Jean)

Traité des pierres gravées par P.J. Mariette. Recueil… 1750.

SUMPTUOUSLY ILLUSTRATED, FROM A CONNOISSEUR'S LIBRARY

£6,500

Bacon (Francis), RILEY (Dominic) [Binder] & PENNELL (Betty)

Of Gardens, 1993.

DOMINIC RILEY BINDING INSPIRED BY GARDENS

£6,000

SAUVAGE (Slyvain) & DE LACLOS (Choderlos)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 1930.

EIGHT ORIGINAL WORKS AND FOUR COPPER PLATES BY SAUVAGE

£6,000

TASSO (Torquato)

La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.

"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION

£5,750

MANNEVILLETTE (after).

Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes… 1819.

BOUND FOR LOUIS-PHILIPPE, THE LAST KING OF FRANCE.

£5,500

WILLIAMS (Eric) [Editor], PALMER (Garrick) [Illustrator], OLD STILE PRESS & BROCKMAN (Stuart) [Binder]

Land, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

£5,000

MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)

Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734, 1734.

A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION

£5,000

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Jagatarabumi [Letters from Jakarta], 1941.

The half-Japanese diaspora in Jakarta

£5,000

ALLIX (Susan)

A Prospect of Gardens, 2015.

'THE GARDEN IS A CONSTANT PARTNER IN THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR LIVES'

£5,000

MIRÓ (Joan) & LÉVIS MANO (Guy)

Le Dedans & Le Dehors, 1966.

ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING BY MIRÓ

£5,000

BROCKMAN (Stuart) [Binder], GROSS (Philip) & REDDICK (Peter)

Abstract Garden, 1996.

FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN

£4,500

ALLIX (Susan)

Colours of Persia, 2007.

ONE OF SUSAN ALLIX'S FINEST BOOKS

£4,500

BRUGALLA (Emilio), JUVENAL & DE BECQUE (Maurice)

Satire Sur Les Femmes, 1923.

A FINE ART DECO BINDING BY THE CATALAN MASTER

£4,000

ALLIX (Susan)

Poems of Wyatt and Petrarch, Tudor poetry and… 1989.

PRINTED, ILLUSTRATED AND BOUND BY SUSAN ALLIX

£4,000

RABELAIS (Francois)

Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais, Docteur in… 1588.

UNCOMMON EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING

£4,000

CHINESE REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.

Zongli fengan shilu. [A Record of the Prime… 1929.

£3,800

LALANDE (Joseph de) & BOCEL (Joëlle)

The Art of Papermaking, 1976.

£3,500

ALLIX (Susan)

The Golden Temple, 2001.

SIX INDIAN EPISODES FROM SUSAN ALLIX'S DIARY

£3,500

NATALIBUS (Petrus de)

Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER

£3,500

VALE PRESS ., RICKETTS (Charles) & MARLOWE (Christopher)

Hero and Leander, 1894.

A FINE COPY OF RICKETTS' FINE BOOK

£3,000

FLETCHER (William Younger)

English Bookbindings in the British Museum [with] Foreign… 1895.

£3,000

[DOWSON, Ernest, ed.]

Ben Jonson His Volpone: Or The Foxe, 1898.

ILLUSTRATED BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY

£2,800

WAKAYAMA (Yasoji). & NAITO (Masakatsu), binder.

Kappa aijo-ki [Kappa love story], 1948.

Wakayama's first self-published book, one of 10 special copies

£2,600

OVIDIUS NASO

[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV, 1547.

RARE POCKET EDITION OF OVID

£2,500