2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus.

2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus. The learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior with three dissertations. Bound in full brown calf, raise...

4 Volumes. Percy Macquod. A History of English Furniture. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco with linen boards. Covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled. Top edges gilt. Color plate fro...

2 Volumes, Campan, Jeanne L.H. Memoirs Of The Private Life Of Marie Antoinette. With Illustrations. Bound in full orange morocco, ornate gilt on covers and spines, top edges gilt, ra...

10 volumes. Henry Fielding, The Novels of Henry Fielding. Large Paper Edition. Bound in 3/4 red morocco. Linen boards. Raised bands. Top edges gilt. 520...

A beautiful fine set of the collected first editions works of Cuthbert Bede, pen name of Edward Bradley, a set of his scarce novels uniformly bound by Bickers. A very smart first ed...

This is a large 2 volume antique reference book set, Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the Geo...

This is Gilpin's third in his series of works tracing picturesque beauty in British natural landscapes. In it he portrays the landscapes of Scottish Highlands, and describes them lyrically in his text. Prefacing the list of Prints at the end of the second volume, the author says "With regards to the prints, which adorn these volumes, I can only say..... that few of them pretend to be 'exact portraits.' They in general 'only characterize the countries,' through which the reader is carried." The illustrations, based on Gilpin's sketches, were etched by his nephew William Sawrey Gilpin using the newly invented aquatint process. This volume also includes a technical discourse about drawing and the mixing of colors, including a chart (vol. 1, p. 131-134) William Gilpin (1724 – 1804) was an English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is best known as a travel writer and as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque. Gilpin's tour journals circulated in manuscript to friends such as the poet William Mason and a wider circle including Thomas Gray...

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called " Sermons ". These beautiful books are perfect...