3 Volumes. G.N. Wright, The People s Gallery of Engravings.

10 Volumes. Samuel R. Gardiner, History of England. Bound in full brown calf with the covers displaying borders, floral corner flourishes, and a central crest, all gilt-tooled. The s...

2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History. Bound in the publisher's pezux binding in full red morocco with the covers displa...

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. 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...

L'Illustration was started as a newspaper by Edouard Charton in Paris on March 4th, 1843. It was the first illustrated newspaper in the country and the first to use photographs. Foll...

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...

Two volumes 'Monumenti di tutti i popoli" written by Breton in Italian language. Quite good condition with some light traces of moisture between pages. Published in 1844 and 1846.

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called " Society for the History of French Protestantism ". Th...