(NIVARDUS) - The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox - 1706

AUTHOR: HABINGTON, William. TITLE: The Historie Of Edward The Fourth, King Of England. PUBLISHER: London: by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vo...

Author: Robinson, Mary. Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century. Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796. Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt. Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set. Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist. Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...

AUTHOR: HERBERT, Edward Lord, Of Cherbury. TITLE: The Life And Reign Of King Henry The Eighth. PUBLISHER: London: for many, 1683. DESCRIPTION: FOURTH EDITION. 1 vol., folio, 11-1...

AUTHOR: DIGGES, Sir Dudly. TITLE: The Compleat Ambassador or Two Treaties of the Intended Marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory; Comprised in Letters of Negotiation of Sir F...

This is a superb antique edition of 'The Fables' by Jean de La Fontaine, translated into English verse by Walter Thornbury and illustrated throughout by Gustave Doré. A fine, intact ...

A rare and complete first English edition of this seminal work. Pliny, Gaius Secundus / Plinius, Gaius Secundus (23­-79 AD) / Translated by Philemon Holland. The Historie of the Wor...

This is an antique mythology book, Days of King Arthur by Charles Henry Hanson. An English language, hard bound fictional work with illustrations by Gus...

1 Volume. Goodrich, Frank B. The Court Of Napoleon. Illustrated in color by Jules Champagne. Bound in full brown morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, blind tooling on covers and sp...