Rare Books

A beautiful unsophisticated copy of the rare second edition in English of Erasmus' Apophthegmes.

A tall copy of the third edition - the first published in Paris - of Montaigne's Essais.

First edition of the first separate English printing of the New Testament in Arabic.

First edition of the comprehensive depiction of the Viennese summer palace of Eugene of Savoy together with the rare suite on his menagerie.

Rare collection of Roman 'vedutini' including some of Piranesi's earliest works.

A complete copy of Le Rouge's expansive and virtually unobtainable publication on gardens in the Anglo-Chinese manner, uncut and retaining all deckle edges.

A fine copy of the first issue of the first edition of the designs of the Adam brothers in a contemporary binding.

An exceptional contemporary mosaic binding with slipcase, undoubtedly for presentation, on one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays.

First edition of Repton's first book on landscape gardening with an original watercolour with overslip of the Duke of Portland's Welbeck Abbey.

A very good set of the two monumental woodcut series produced in celebration of the achievements of Maximilian I.

Mayer's three works on the Middle East in stunning contemporary red morocco.

This beautiful and rare collection of prints after the work of George Morland was collected by Francis Blagdon and published by Edward Orme.

First edition, the de luxe issue with the plates of birds coloured by hand.

A rare survival: an unsophisticated contemporary collection of Gothic bluebooks or Sixpenny Shockers.

First edition, one of 300 copies, of Catherwood's fine illustrations of ancient monuments in Central America.

A rare early album of views in Seville, bound for presentation, by the French photographer Masson.

A fine copy of Jones' masterpiece of chromolithography, the Jeudwine copy, in contemporary red morocco.

One of ten édition de tête copies with an original signed watercolour by Mucha in a binding by Marius Michel.

The rare Architektur portfolios, Olbrich's important contribution to Secessionist architecture.

Lobel-Riche's copy with original drawings and the plates in several states in a stunning cuir ciselé binding by Charles Meunier.