Maggs Bros. Ltd.

LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph, 1926.

THE GARNETT COPY OF THE SUBSCRIBERS, OR "CRANWELL" EDITION, ONE OF 170 COMPLETE COPIES INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE

£120,000

MATISSE (Henri) & MALLARMÉ (Stephane)

Poésies, 1932.

MATISSE'S FIRST LIVRE D'ARTISTE

£82,500

NEWCASTLE (William Cavendish, Duke of).

Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux… 1737.

THE GREATEST ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOK ON HORSEMANSHIP IN A MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY BINDING

£65,000

PLUTARCH

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

FINELY BOUND & RARELY FOUND COMPLETE

£12,500

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

Antigone, 1945.

A STUNNING TYPOGRAPHIC BINDING

£12,000

CHELONIIDAE PRESS & BROCKMAN (James) [Binder]

Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990.

A MASTERFUL BINDING BY JAMES BROCKMAN

£12,000

DIPLOMA

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

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

£9,500

DANTE

Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.

THE SIGNET LIBRARY COPY

£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

SHAKESPEARE (William).

The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by Israel… 1899.

A stunning set of Shakespeare's complete works

£7,500

LULL (Ramon)

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS

£7,500

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.

A DE THOU BINDING, WITH HIS WIFE'S ARMS

£7,500

ROBINSON (Ivor) [Binder] & BULL (René) [Illustrator]

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1913.

AN EARLY BINDING BY THE GREAT MASTER

£7,000

[CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Missale Romanum, 1660.

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

£6,500

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

Of Gardens, 1993.

DOMINIC RILEY BINDING INSPIRED BY GARDENS

£6,000

TASSO (Torquato)

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

"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION

£5,750

MELANCHTHON (Philip)

Initia doctrinae physicae, dicta in academia Vvitebergensi. Wittenberg: J.… 1549.

EDUCATIONAL SAMMELBAND IN HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY BINDING

£5,750

MANNEVILLETTE (after).

Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes… 1819.

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

£5,500

STENGEL (Georg)

Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio… 1635.

CHARMING, EGG-SHAPED EMBLEMS, WITH EARLY DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS

£5,500

MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)

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

A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION

£5,000

GOLTWURM (Caspar)

Biblische Chronica, darinn die fürtrefliche Geschicht der heiligen… 1558.

NO COPIES OUTSIDE GERMANY

£5,000

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY SARTRE, IN A REVORIM BINDING BY JEAN DE GONET

£5,000

MATTHEWS (William)

Bookbinding. A Manual for those interested in the… 1929.

WILLIAM MATTHEWS BINDING ON HIS OWN MANUAL OF BOOKBINDING, INSCRIBED TO HIS WIFE

£5,000

ALLIX (Susan)

Colours of Persia, 2007.

ONE OF SUSAN ALLIX'S FINEST BOOKS

£4,500

PHILANDRIER (Guillaume)

In decem libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura… 1544.

EARLY CRITICAL RECEPTION OF VITRUVIUS

£4,500

BROCKMAN (James), FRANKLIN (Colin), BROCKMAN (Stuart) & TURNER (Decherd)

The Mystique of Vellum, 1984.

BOUND BY FATHER AND SON

£4,500

UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins], 1750.

A very fine draft scroll with excellent provenance

£4,500

RABELAIS (Francois)

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

UNCOMMON EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING

£4,000

BIBLE

(King James Version). The Holy Bible. Contemporary red… 1768.

£4,000

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Jagatarabumi [Letters from Jakarta], 1941.

The half-Japanese diaspora in Jakarta

£4,000

CHINESE REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.

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

£3,800

NATALIBUS (Petrus de)

Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER

£3,500

FLETCHER (William Younger)

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

£3,000

PARRY (Robert Williams) & GWASG GREGYNOG

Cerddi. Edited and with an Introduction by Sir… 1980.

£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

JUSTINIAN & [HALOANDER (Gregorius)]

Institutionum D. Iustiniani sacratissimi principis libri IIII (bound… 1551.

HANDSOME BINDING, UNRESTORED, FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN BALLESDENS

£2,500

OVIDIUS NASO

[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV, 1547.

RARE POCKET EDITION OF OVID

£2,500

GUIRAND DE SCÉVOLA (Lucien Victor) & DIDEROT (Denis)

Les Bijoux Indiscrets, 1928.

THE ARTIST'S COPY, WITH FOUR ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS

£2,500

ALLIX (Susan)

Attitudes, 2024.

An artist's book by Susan Allix

£2,500