![A sketch of the comparative beauties of the French and Spanish languages... Preceded by introductory remarks by Alfred Elwes, Esq.37, [3(blank)]p., family coat of arms on title-page, London: Trübner & Co., 1859.
Bound with:
IBID. A sketch of the comparati](https://api.maggs.com/image/f6897102-372a-40d2-a931-95abed64c773/616x770.webp)
MARTINEZ DE MORENTIN (Manuel)
A sketch of the comparative beauties of the…
£375
[DOWSON, Ernest, ed.]
Ben Jonson His Volpone: Or The Foxe, 1898.
ILLUSTRATED BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY
£2,500
![Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time].](https://api.maggs.com/image/0e9c77e8-a3a0-48bd-b1c3-aa623138be80/616x770.webp)
KAWAKAMI (Sumio).
Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time], 1967.
Bound with a reverse glass painting
£800
![Hirado genso [Hirado fantasy].](https://api.maggs.com/image/b73257a9-952a-4289-a3db-e8eb2aeb6565/616x770.webp)
KAWAKAMI (Sumio).
Hirado genso [Hirado fantasy], 1977.
The Dutch trading port of Hirado, Nagasaki
£450
KAWAKAMI (Sumio)
Cinderella, 1943.
The East-meets-West version of Cinderella
£1,000
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
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
BROCKMAN (James), FRANKLIN (Colin), BROCKMAN (Stuart) & TURNER (Decherd)
The Mystique of Vellum, 1984.
BOUND BY FATHER AND SON
£4,500
ROBINSON (Ivor) [Binder] & BULL (René) [Illustrator]
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1913.
AN EARLY BINDING BY THE GREAT MASTER
£7,000
SARTRE (Jean-Paul).
La Nausée, 1938.
INSCRIBED BY SARTRE, IN A REVORIM BINDING BY JEAN DE GONET
£5,000
SHAKESPEARE (William).
The Works of William Shakespeare, 1864.
£1,500
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
The Book of Common Prayer, 1788.
£1,800
MATTHEWS (Bill, binder).
Industrial Research and Development in the United Kingdom.… 1946.
£675
MANNEVILLETTE (after).
Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes… 1819.
BOUND FOR LOUIS-PHILIPPE, THE LAST KING OF FRANCE.
£5,500
PARRY (Robert Williams) & GWASG GREGYNOG
Cerddi. Edited and with an Introduction by Sir… 1980.
£3,000
MELANCHTHON (Philip)
Initia doctrinae physicae, dicta in academia Vvitebergensi. Wittenberg: J.… 1549.
EDUCATIONAL SAMMELBAND IN HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY BINDING
£5,750
ASCHAM (Roger)
Familiarum Epistolarum Libri tres, magna orationis elegantia conscripti,… 1602.
A DE THOU BINDING, WITH HIS WIFE'S ARMS
£7,500
RABELAIS (Francois)
Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais, Docteur in… 1588.
UNCOMMON EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
£4,000
OLIVER (Nicky) & GIONO (Jean)
The Man Who Planted Trees, 2015.
£1,000
![[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV.](https://api.maggs.com/image/5e7b5ebe-e5fe-4293-8e07-8390cb5bd34b/616x770.webp)
OVIDIUS NASO
[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV, 1547.
RARE POCKET EDITION OF OVID
£2,500
![English Bookbindings in the British Museum [with] Foreign Bookbindings in the British Museum](https://api.maggs.com/image/74bb0792-e275-4317-85f9-d3eaa81c6f7a/616x770.webp)
FLETCHER (William Younger)
English Bookbindings in the British Museum [with] Foreign… 1895.
£3,000
SANCHEZ DE AREVALO (Rodrigo)
Speculum omnium statuum totius orbis terrarum, 1613.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF A BOHEMIAN REBEL AND HIS WIFE
£2,250
![[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae extant opera, cum Latina intepretatione.
[Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1572](https://api.maggs.com/image/69cf4d82-8791-4851-ba64-62c557264d66/616x770.webp)
PLUTARCH
[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae… 1572.
FINELY BOUND & RARELY FOUND COMPLETE
£12,500
MACLAGAN (Philip Douglas) & RICKETTS (Charles)
Pages on Art, 1913.
£800
[DIPLOMA]
Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.
DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY
£8,000
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
Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641.
A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT
£9,500
![Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition.
Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734](https://api.maggs.com/image/4c8c5764-2f10-4637-870c-77185659fe72/616x770.webp)
MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)
Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734, 1734.
A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION
£5,000
![Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome egoyomi [Stencil-dyed calendar for the year of the tiger]](https://api.maggs.com/image/7bbd4dec-1445-439a-87c4-6d3513cde9ca/616x770.webp)
KAMISAKI (Sunao).
Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome… 1986.
BLENDING EAST AND WEST IN TWELVE MONTHS
£1,250
![Zongli fengan shilu. [A Record of the Prime Minister's Funeral].](https://api.maggs.com/image/c96fe685-93cd-4bb3-bf0c-e61ba2598d74/616x770.webp)
CHINESE REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
Zongli fengan shilu. [A Record of the Prime… 1929.
£3,800
![Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem universalem... pertinent. Ut et in eandem quorundam interpretum scripti commentarij [by Giordano Bruno, H. Cornelius Agrippa ]... Accessit index, etc.
Strasbourg, Lazarus Zetzner,](https://api.maggs.com/image/8ad9dd90-b07f-4ed7-ba8c-0023c2dd4b63/616x770.webp)
LULL (Ramon)
Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.
WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS
£7,500
TASSO (Torquato)
La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.
"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION
£5,750
PRUDENTIUS
Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina… 1562.
RARE PRINTED DONATION EX-LIBRIS
£2,500
JUSTINIAN & [HALOANDER (Gregorius)]
Institutionum D. Iustiniani sacratissimi principis libri IIII (bound… 1551.
HANDSOME BINDING, UNRESTORED, FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN BALLESDENS
£2,500
![Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé, par Longus. Double traduction du grec en françois, de Mr. Amiot et d'un Anonime [Antoine Le Camus] mises en paralelle, et ornées des estampes originales du fameux B. Audran, gravées aux dépens du feu duc d'Or](https://api.maggs.com/image/c4280234-f7d2-4cdd-9365-99bc11087ac8/616x770.webp)
LONGUS
Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé,… 1757.
PASTORAL ROMANCE WITH PARALLEL FRENCH TRANSLATIONS
£1,250
![Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, escrites en grec par Longus, & translatées en françois par Jacques Amyot.
Londres [Paris], 1779](https://api.maggs.com/image/90a0c73f-6119-463c-81ed-e43f352b813d/616x770.webp)
LONGUS
Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, escrites… 1779.
£750
NATALIBUS (Petrus de)
Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER
£3,500
[MONTERCHI (Giuseppe)]
Scelta de medaglioni piu rari nella Bibliotheca dell'… 1679.
BOUND FOR BIBLIOPHILE AND ART COLLECTOR PAULO VAN UCHELEN
£1,500
SAYENKO (Dmitry) & BODMAN (Sarah) [Text adaptation by]
The Royal Hunt. Selected historical observations, 2016.
POWERFUL & STRIKING LINOCUTS
£1,750
ALLIX (Susan)
In Paradise. Images from near the Andaman Sea,… 2012.
SUSAN ALLIX EXPLORES THE PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS OF AN IMAGINED PARADISE
£450
![Shonen shojo [Boys and Girls].](https://api.maggs.com/image/1a92af05-2af0-4df3-85da-0d66fb407cde/616x770.webp)
KAWAKAMI (Sumio).
Shonen shojo [Boys and Girls], 1952.
Reflecting on childhood and the passing of time
£850
![Kappa aijo-ki [Kappa love story].](https://api.maggs.com/image/415cccde-9c10-45be-b849-1c08e508182b/616x770.webp)
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
