1846. Roma: 1846. 12mo, engraved title and 36 plates, printed on one side only and handcolored, title-page engraving of Pope I.X. heightened in gold. Accordion-fold, secured to plain red pebbled cloth boards by the verso of the final leaf, with plain matching slipcase. An internally fine copy printed on good..... More

1633. Rembrandt inventor et feecit [sic]: 1633. Large 4to, 255 x 207 mm. A fine impression with ample margins outside the plate mark, on paper with a foolscap watermark. Archivally framed. § This etching depicts the final scene in the parable of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) in which the..... More

1577. Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1577. 4to, (4), 301, (8, index)pp. Architectural woodcut title border with Ziletti's device, woodcut of an astrologer and 100 woodcut illustrations by Verdizotti. Early Italian polished calf, central blindstamp probably just decorative, gilt supralibros on upper cover of crossed keys (Papal?). A little worn and scuffed..... More

1973. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1973. 2 volumes, 8vo, 280; 122 pp. With 68 hand-colored woodcuts in volume one. Original vellum boards stamped in gilt, green morocco backstrips, in flawless condition as issued in slipcase. § Limited to 160 copies, this is #42. This book has become hard to find..... More

1796. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1796. 12mo, viii, (iv), 155, (1, ad) pp. 6 engraved plates by William Blake. Early tree calf, backstrip plain with pairs of horizontal rules, joints a little worn, bookplate of William Gent. Wood, Devizes, 1797. § Second edition to contain William Blake’s characteristic illustrations..... More

1797. London: R. Noble, 1797. Large 4to, viii, [1], 95, [2] pages; with 43 full-page engravings by Blake after his own designs surrounding the letterpress text. Half black morocco, marbled boards, a bit worn, internally very good despite some offsetting or show-through from the plates. § First edition with Blake’s..... More

1900. New York: McClure’s Magazine, Vol. XVI, No. 2, December 1900 to Vol. XVII. No. 6. October 1901. 8vo, various pagination, the portions of the magazine covering the complete serialization extracted and bound, including illustrations, in half red crushed morocco with marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, backstrip pannelled with title..... More

1851. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 12mo, (i-viii), (9)-344 pp. Original blind-stamped publisher’s cloth, yellow endpapers, cloth lightly stained, worn at board tips, headcap chipped, hinges cracked, old description tipped onto title page. Former owner’s name in faded ink on front pastedown; monogram bookplate of Annie Burr Jennings on..... More

1852. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo, [3]-273 pp. Original blind-stamped publisher’s cloth, yellow endpapers, lacking ads and rear free endpaper, endpapers foxed, cloth lightly stained, worn at board tips and ends of backstrip, binding sound. Monogram bookplate of Annie Burr Jennings on front free endpaper with motto “Otium..... More

1913. London: Macmillan and Co., Limted, 1913. 8vo, (iv), 436, (1, announcement), (1, blank), (2, ads), (2, blank) pp. Photogravure frontispiece. Unopened. Blue cloth, covers with horizontal blind rules, backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt. Author’s inscription on front free endpaper, gift inscription to titlepage, bookplate to front pastedown. Monogram..... More

1809. [London: 1809-1817]. 925 x 300 mm., with large margins. Recently cleaned, in fine condition. § "Much has been written concerning Thomas Stothard’s Pilgrimage to Canterbury and the later, remarkably similar, composition by his one-time engraver, William Blake. This large engraving and the painting upon which it was based were..... More

1927. London: Methuen and Co., 1927. 8vo, x, (2), 103 pp. with frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Shepard. Original red cloth, boards stamped and panelled in gilt, backstrip gilt lettered, top edge gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. Cloth bright, upper tip of lower board bumped, endpapers clean, lightly-penciled..... More

1994. San Francisco: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, 1994. Each leaf is contained in a cloth-backed boards portfolio with an inserted 4-page essay printed at the Arion Press. The leaf is loose so it can be removed for framing or display. Portfolio boards a little soiled, leaf fine will some minor..... More