Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

West Yorkshire.- Indented grant and quitclaim by Margeria de Wetelaia [Wheatley] to John de Weledun, of the dower which she may claim in the land...

Persian manuscript.- Leaf from an illustrated Shahnameh, commissioned by the library of Qiwam al-Dawla wa'l-Din Hasan, the vizier of Fars, with a ...

Derbyshire, Shirley.- Shirley (Beatrice, widow of Hugh Shirley knight, Peter de la Pole and Geoffrey Poutrell, c. 1366-1440).- Charter, grant by R...

Bedfordshire, Luton.- Archive of 33 charters from the reign of Henry VI relating to Luton and environs, manuscripts in Latin, on vellum, in charte...

NO RESERVE Illuminated manuscript.- The Massacre of the Innocents, square miniature on a leaf from a devotional manuscript on parchment, single le...

Derby, Chaddesden.- Charter, William Mason relative and heir of Richard le Knyght deceased grants to John Dethyk [Dethick] of Breydeshall [Breadsa...

Illuminated manuscript.- Single leaf from a Book of Hours with young male and female saints in the initials, in the hand of the Renaissance master...

Charles I's Army.- Astley (Jacob, first Baron Astley of Reading, royalist army officer, 1579-1652) A muster booke of the Kyngs Majesty's army... t...

Parliament, House of Commons.- [Commons' Journals... Fr[om] 21 June to 15 August 1645], manuscript, 466pp., 42pp. tabulated thumb index, ruled in...

Milborne Family (of Lincoln) The Pedegree of ye Millbornes hth came out of Lincone..., manuscript in English and Latin, 1p., laid down on paper, s...

Legal.- ?Gape (William, son of Thomas, attended Magdalen Hall and the Middle Temple, b. 1647) [Legal Dictionary], manuscript, 273pp., many ff. par...

17th century English Army.- James II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1633-1701).- An Establishment of His Majesty's Guards, Garrisons, & ...

[Addison (Joseph, writer and politician, attributed to, 1672-1719)] To the [Memory] of Mr. Nicholas Newcomen, manuscript poem, 1p., damp damaged w...

A Stranger in Distress.- Wilkinson (Thomas, lawyer and schoolmaster) A Paraphrase on Hor: Lib: 3. Ode 16, autograph manuscript, title, introductio...

Religious notes.- [Commonplace book of religious notes], manuscript in Latin and English, in several hands, extracts including Thomas Tully (Colle...

Book Catalogues.- Eden (Sir Robert-Johnson, of Windlestone Hall, Co. Durham, 1774-1844) Catalogue of Books belonging to Sr. Rt Johnson Eden Bt 182...

Chess.- Johannes Gallensis Summa collationum, sive communiloquium, ?first edition, collation: [a-z8 A-I8 K6], 262 ff., 27 lines plus headline, got...

Appianus, Alexandrinus. Historia Romana; De Bellis Civilibus, translated by Petrus Candidus Decembrius, 2 parts in 2 vol. (mixed set), collation: ...

Geography.- Dionysius Periegetes. De situ orbis, translated by Antonius Beccaria, first edition, collation: a-d8 e10, 42 ff., the last blank, 24-2...

Aldus.- Statius (Publius Papinius) Statii Sylvarum Libri quinque Thebaidos libri duodecim Achilleidos duo... with blank leaf i8, occasional ink ma...

Woodwose.- Tuberinus (Johannes) Carmen ad gravem: santumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgiis corporis Christi publici assertoris, first edition, colla...

Greek printing.- Lucian of Samosata. Deorum dialogi numero 70, first edition translated by Ottmar Nachtgall, collation: a-x4, text in parallel Gre...

Clairvaux (Bernard de) Melliflui ac devotissimi patris beati Bernhardi primi Abbatis Clarevallensis egregia [h]omelia non solum fidei doctrina sed...

Xenophon. De factis et dictis Socratis memoratu dignis Bessarione Cardinale Niceno interprete, first edition, collation: A-N4 O6, woodcut title, p...

Erasmus (Desiderius) Precatio Dominica in septem portiones distributa, first illustrated edition, collation: a-b8 c4, woodcut device on title and ...

Weiditz (Hans, the younger).- Brunfels (Otto) Precationes Biblicae Sanctorum Patrum, first edition, ff. [8], 91, [1], woodcut title in red and bla...

Education.- Baerland (Adriaan van) Iocorum veterum ac recentium libris tres, collation: a-e8 f10 (lacking final blank), Cologne, Eucharius Cervico...

Lucian, of Samosata. Parasitus, ubi artem esse parasiticam astruit, collation: α-β8 γ4, printed in Greek, woodcut device on title, modern black bl...

Homer. Homeri poetarum omnium, 2 vol., translated by Andrea Divo, collation: A*8 **8 A*a12 b-z aa-mm8; A-Z AA- CC8 DD10 EE-GG8 HH10 [cross]8, wood...

Lamoignon-Gaisford copy.- Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Epigrammaton libri xiiii, summa diligentia castigati, collation: a-z8 A-C8 (missing final b...

Emblemata.- Alciatus (Andrea) Emblemata, collation: A-O8 P4, woodcut allegorical title, woodcut illustrations with text beneath and elaborate wood...

Arabic studies.- Clenardus (Nicolaus) Peregrinationum, ac de rebus Machometicis, epistolae elegantissimae, collation: A-K8 L4 (but lacking blank l...

Leibniz.- Nizzoli (Mario) De veris principiis et vera ratione philosophandi contra pseudophilosophos libri IIII, first edition, collation: *6 A-Z ...

Art of translating.- Fausto (Sebastiano) Dialogo...del modo de lo Tradurre d'una in altra lingua, first edition, collation: A-G8 (complete with bl...

Tennis.- Sambucus (Johannes) Emblemata, cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis, first edition, collation: A-P8, woodcut title, portrait on verso of A4,...

Parodies of classical verse.- Estienne (Henri, compiler) Parodiae morales, first edition, collation: *8 a-i8 k4 A-M8 (complete with all blanks), p...

Ancient shipbuilding.- Meibom (Marcus) De fabrica triremium liber, first and only edition, woodcut device on title, fine folding engraved plate by...

Rabelais (François) Oeuvres, 3 vol., half-titles, vol. 1 & 3 with additional engraved titles by B. Picart, vol. 1 with engraved portrait, vol. 2 w...

Lucian, of Samosata. Opera, 4 vol. (including Index), Greek and Latin text, titles in red and black, vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece and plate, ...

Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Matthaei...Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Adolph Bernhard Marx, first ed...

Dumas fils (Alexander) Théatre Complet, 7 vol., number 51 of 52 copies on Hollande, engraved portrait frontispiece, signed presentation inscriptio...

Gumuchian & Cie. Catalogue de Reliures du XVe au XIXe Siècle, number 31 of 100 copies on Hollande, from an edition limited to 1100, plates, some c...

Rolewinck (Werner) Les fleurs et manieres des temps passez et des faitz merveilleux de Dieu tant en l'ancien testament comme ou nouveau, collation...

Claudianus (Claudius) Opera Quam Diligentissime Castigata, Quorum Indicem in Sequenti Pagina Reperies, first Aldine edition, collation: a-y8, wood...

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera Vergiliana, edited by Badius Ascensius, 2 parts in 1 vol., collation: ɫ8 a-t8 v10 ; ɫɫ6 A-Z. AA-II8 KK6, Roman type...

Prudentius Clemens (Aurelius) Opera, commentarijs Aelij Antonij Nebrissensis, atque Ioannis Sichardi scholijs illustrata, collation: A-Z8; a-k8, t...

Hosius (Stanislaus) Dialogus de eo, num calicem laicis, et uxores Sacerdotibus permitti, ac divina officia vulgari lingua peragi fas sit, first ed...

Strozzi (Ciriaco) Libri duo de republica, illis octo additi scriptos reliquit Aristoteles, collation: a4, b2, Α4, Β4, Γ4, Δ4, Ε4, Ζ2, text in Gree...

Cooper (Thomas) Thesaurus Linguae Romane et Britannicae, 2 vol., first edition, partly black letter, woodcut device on title, lacking blanks 6S6 a...

Paris (Matthew) Monachi Albanensis, Angli, Historia Major a Guilielmo Conquaestore ad ultimum annum Henrici tertii, first edition, titles within w...

Nowell (Alexander) Catechismus sive prima institutio, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, title repaired at foot without loss, C2 wi...

[Salvart (Jean Francois, editor)] An Harmony of the Confessions of the Faith of the Christian and Reformed Churches, first edition in English, woo...

Holy Land.- Zuallart (Jean) Il Devotissimo Viaggio Di Giervsalemme, first edition, collation: a-b4, c2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Eee4, Fff2, lacking prel...

Hero of Alexandria. De gli automati, overo machine se moventi, engraved and woodcut illustrations, title and first few ff. with short tear to inne...

Pied Piper of Hamlin.- [Rowlands (Richard)], "Richard Verstegan". A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities, first edition, title in r...

[Hayward (Sir John)] A Reporte of a Discourse concerning Supreme Power in affaires of Religion, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, lackin...

Andrewes (Lancelot) Tortura Torti: Sive Ad Matthae Torti Librum Responsio, qui nuper editus contra Apologiam, first edition, with final blank, tit...

Matthieu (Pierre) The Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of the Most Christian King Henry the Fourth, first edition in English, woodcut initials an...

Fletcher (Giles) Christs Victorie and Triumph in Heaven and Earth, over and after Death, second edition, with A1 blank except for ornament, crushe...

Powell (Robert) The Life of Alfred, or Alvred: The first Institutor of subordinate government in this Kingdome, and Refounder of the University of...