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A well illustrated 18th Century text by the Swiss Physiognomist, John Caspar Lavater (1741-1801). The illustrations contributed heavily to the book...

A smart copy of this epic historical Portuguese poem, by Camões, based on Vasco de Gama's 1497/98 discovery of the sea route to India. First publis...

A good copy of this important work 18th Century work by English apothecary, John Quincy, who trained in Edinburgh. His Pharmacopoeia, first publish...

A very nice example of this 18th Century guide for Young Men to give them all the necessary guidance they will need to get on in life. After readin...

Bibliography of Early English Literature, in eight volumes, complete. By William Carew Hazlitt. 1961 reprint of books originally published between ...

Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America; From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Da...

A handsome set of novels by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), English novelist, dramatist and essayist. This complete set comprises: Volume I: The Histor...

An attractively illustrated edition of this classic work. Tales from Chaucer; The Canterbury Tales. Done Into Prose by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated...

The first of the Shakspere Quarto Facsimiles produced on behalf of F.J. Furnivall, Founder and Director the New Shakspere Society by Mr. W. Griggs....

A volume with two of the plays of Terence (Publius Terentius Afer - c. 190-159 BC). He was a Roman playwright and the author of six plays based on ...

A scarce 18th Century Scottish publication of Shakespeare's work. Despite being only one volume, it is now rather uncommon to come across any copie...

The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performance of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work ca...

A beautifully produced book of the complete poetic works of George Herbert (1593-1633), a Church of England priest. First published in 1633. This v...

Julius Caesar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System, by W. Warde Fowler. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Knickerbocker Press, New Yo...

670670Two volumes bound as one; The Rules and Exercises of Holy Living; In Which are Described The Means and Instruments of Obtaining Every Vertue,...

The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote. (With an Introductory Memoir.) Edited by the Late William Cooke. Illustrated. Samuel Foote was born in...

Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose; Troilus and Creseide and The Minor Poems, with Life of the Poet, by Sir Harris Nicolas. In three volumes, complete. ...

A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse, with Historical Notes, and the Life of Dante. To Which is Added, A Specimen of a...

Miniature Painters British and Foreign, With Some Account of Those Who Practised in America in the Eighteenth Century. Illustrated by Numerous Exam...

A Treatise on the Epidemic Puerperal Fever as it Prevailed in Edinburgh in 1821-22, To Which is Added an Appendix, containing the Essay of the Late...

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (Il Boccaccio), now first completely done into English. The Stories which it has hitherto been the custom to cen...

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, A New Edition by Mr. Yorick & Voyage Sentimental en France et en Italie, par M. Yorick. Written...

Camden's Britannia 1695; A Facsimile of the 1695 Edition Published by Edmund Gibson. With an introduction by Professor Stuart Piggott, and a Biblio...

Lochleven, and Other Poems (also known as 'Life and Poems' from the half title page), Michael Bruce, Rev. William Mackenzie. Poetry by the Scottish...

Manners in Three Parts. Translated from the French:  SOLD Part I. Of Piety: including the love of God, and the Gratitude and Homage which we owe hi...

The Concurrence & Unanimity Of the People Called Quakers; In Owning and Asserting the principal Doctrines of the Christian Religion; Demonstrat...

The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert MacGregor, Three Sons of the Celebrated Rob Roy, Before The High Court of Judiciary, in the Years 1752, 175...

Index Poeticus, Exhibens Compendio Nomina Propria, Genealogiam, Mythologiam, Astrologiam, Geographiam, Poeticam, et Alia ad Eruditionem, Copiam &am...

Polyhistor Literarius Philosophicus et Practicus. Maximam Partem Opus Posthumum. Accurate Revisum, Emendatum, ex Autoris Annotationibus... Morhofii...

Tragedie Del Conte Vittorio Alfieri, 1749-1803. A single volume collection of the works of Italian dramatist, Count Vittorio Alfieri, said to be th...

Cyder. A Poem in Two Books, by John Philips (John Phillips). Author uncredited, as issued. Philips (1676-1709) was an English Poet, and Cyder his b...

The Whole Genuine Works of Virgil, The Famous Roman Poet: Including New and Complete Editions of The Aeneid, Georgics, and Pastorals, Bucolics, or ...

The Tryals of Thomas Walcot, William Hone, William Lord Russell, John Rous & William Blagg, for High-Treason, for Conspiring the Death of the K...

A New Account of the East Indies, by Alexander Hamilton. With Numerous Maps and Illustrations. Now Edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir Willia...

A Companion to the Temple; Or, A Help to Devotion in the Daily Use of Common Prayer: In Two Parts. Part II, containing The Litany, with the Occasio...

Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par Monsieur De La Fontaine. Bound in 2 Volumes; the second also containing Nouvelles Fables Choisies Mises en Vers, ...