1717-35 The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope

A handsome sixteen volume set of illustrated works by Ainsworth in half red morocco. Sixteen volumes. Complete in sixteen. 'Author's copyright edition' stated to the title page to some of the works. Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Raised bands and gilt details to the spine. Illustrated by various artists including the renowned 'Phiz', best known for his illustrations for Charles Dickens. Also illustrated by George Cruikshank, John Franklin and John Gilbert. With frontispieces, vignettes and; 39 plates to 'Tower of London', 7 to ' Star-Chamber', 14 to 'Auriol', 16 to 'Crichton', 15 to 'Boscobel', 18 to 'Windsor Castle', 26 to 'Jack Sheppard', 20 to 'Old St Pauls', 7 7o 'Ovingdean Grange', 7 to 'Spendthrift', 21 to 'Guy Fawkes...

A superb set of mostly first editions of the novels of R. D. Blackmore, a nice set uncommon to see of the late Victorian's writings. Fourteen works by R. D. Blackmore in thirty-five volumes. Very scarce to see Blackmore's works in a set. Smartly bound in a half morocco binding by W. J. Mansell. This smart set includes almost the complete works of Blackmore. Blackmore was one of the most famous novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century, best remember today for his 'Lorna Doone'. This set includes; 'Clara Vaughan', complete in three volumes, published in 1864. The very scarce first edition. Half-title is present to each volume. Original publisher's cloth bound in the rear of each volume. Two pages of adverts to the rear of Volume III. 'Cradock Nowell', complete in three volumes, published in 1866. The uncommon first edition. 'The Maid of Sker', complete in three volumes, published in 1872. The very scarce first edition. Half-title is present to each volume. 'Alice Lorraine', incomplete in two volumes, being Volumes II and III of a total of III volumes, thus lacking Volume I. Published in 1875. 'Cripps the Carrier', complete in three volumes, published in 1876. The very scarce first edition. 'Erema', complete in three volumes, published in 1877. The uncommon first edition. Half-title is present to each volume. 'Mary Anerley', complete in three volumes, published in 1880. The uncommon first edition. Half-title is present to Volume I. 'Christowell', complete in three volumes, published in 1882. The scarce first edition. 'Tommy Upmore', complete in two volumes, published in 1884. The spine of Volume II mistakenly numbered it as Volume III. The uncommon first edition. 'Springhaven', complete in three volumes, published in 1887. The fourth edition. Half-title is present to Volumes II and III. 'Springhaven', complete in one volume, published in 1889. A new and cheaper edition with illustrations by Alfred Parsons...

A smart Morrell bound set of the collected works of Bishop George Berkeley, alongside a life of the Bishop, and a selection of his letters. Complete in four volumes. Bound by Morrell. The collected works of George Berkeley, alongside a short biographical account of his life, and a selection of his letters. George Berkeley was an Anglo-Irish philosopher and Bishop, who advanced the theory of immaterialism through his writings, and also critiqued abstraction. These volumes include the most important writings of Berkeley, such as 'A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge', 'Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous', 'An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision', and 'De Motu', in which he argues against Isaac Newton's theories on absolute space, time, and motion. The views expressed in 'De Motu' were a precursor to the views of Albert Einstein. This edition was collected and edited, with prefaces and annotations, by Alexander Campbell...

A truly beautiful limited edition set of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated throughout and with a number of volumes signed by the artists. The twelve vo...

Antique map Israel titled 'Tabula Geographica Terrae Sanctae'. Rare edition made after a map of the Holy Land by J. Bonfrerius. The map is oriented ...

Antique religious print titled 'De Tabernakel, en Tempel van Ezechiel, met de verdere Heiligdommen en H. Gereedtschappen'. Original antique print of the Sacred Vessels, the Tabernacl...

Antique print titled 'The Elevation of Richard Rooth his House at Epsom in Surrey (..)'. Elevation of the house of Richard Rooth, The Elms. This print ori...

Antique print titled 'Section of the Great Dining Room at Wilton (..)'. View of the great dining room of Wilton House, also known as the 'Double Cube Room' this room was part of a design for a series of state rooms by the architects Inigo Jones (1573-1652) and his niece's husband John Webb (1611-1672) in the southern wing of Wilton House after a fire in c.1653; The room was built to house the family portraits of the Earls of Pembroke...