Early 19th Century Books

A large set of forty-eight volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Bound by Morrell, London. Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vig...

AUTHOR: PARKER, Moses. TITLE: Trial of Moses Parker, James Buckland, Joseph Wade, William Walker, Cornelius Holly, Abra Ham Potts and Noah Doremus,... for the Murder of David R. La...

London, The Shakespeare Press for John Major and Robert Jennings, 5 Vol. set, 1828. Dark green leather with gilt. Gilt edges, red end papers, ribbon markers. Each volume published on...

London Stereotype Edition. Complete 16 vol. edition 1824. Black and gilt embossed leatherbound with marbled end papers and edges. The set comprised of 10 volumes with Humes on spine...

A complete, eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden, the first Scott edition, uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco. The collected works of John Dryden, with n...

1 Volume. General Henry Lee. Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson. Bound in 3/4 morocco with marbled boards. New York: Charles de Behr, 1822.

A scarce and sought after 'academic edition' of Robinson Crusoe, an extensively annotated edition with footnotes on a wide variety of subjects. A very unusual and scarce edition of ...

3 Volumes. (Various) History of Paris. Bound in 3/4 blue calf with the covers displaying open and gilt-tooling. The raised band spines display gilt-tooling with wine morocco labels. ...

A smartly bound complete collection of eighteenth century journals and periodicals from British essayists, compiled by James Ferguson. Complete in forty volumes. Second edition. Com...

Wonderfully distressed books with a lovely color of boards and equally beautiful fore edges. They are random volumes of The Encyclopedia Britannica...

A rare leatherbound three volume book set titled “Microcosm of London or London in Miniature” published by Rudolph Ackerman (1764 - 1834), illustrated with 104 aquatint plates after ...

Charles X dance card in mother of pearl with gilt bronze mounts. It is engraved with plants, flowery interlacing, and bouquets of flowers. An enameled pansy adorns the cover, a typic...

Handmade German silver book binding, circa 1804. Both covers pierced and chased with foliate scrollwork with ribboned flower, spine chased to match...

Charles X dance card in mother of pearl and ormolu, embellished with flowers and flowery interlacing. It is engraved with “Souvenir” and decorated with deli...

Technical Drawings for Swedish Furniture A set of two pamphlets dated 1926 which show drawings for Empire and Baroque furniture. The text is in Swedish and there are 53 plates in tot...

Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati, esistenti nella Imperial Regia Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia Venice: Tipografia di Gius...

Life in Paris; comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire of Corinthian Celebrity, and his Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O Shuttleton.... London: ...

This is a pair of antique books, Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions & Castles etc, printed in English, dated 1829. Full Title; Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions, Castles ETC. of No...

A wonderfully illustrated collection of important Roman views. Merigot, James A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity ; Recently Executed From Drawings Made ...

This is a set of 5 antique volumes, Lives of the British Admirals by Dr John Campbell et al. An English language, hard bound naval interest book, published in London, 1817. Includes...

Author: POLIDORI, John William. Title: The Vampyre; A Tale. Publisher: London: for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819. Description: First edition third issue and Michael Sadleir's copy. pp.[25]-84, with the half title, complete, 8vo., this issue with the preface set in 23 lines and misprint "lmost" for "almost," on last line of page 36, still in the original stitching, all edges uncut as issued, with the original brown/gray paper wrappers, housed in a green cloth chemise in an open ended slipcase, gilt lettered spine. Paper book label...

Ten book series of The works of Arnaud Berquin. The set was put together by hand, has leather spines and covers with gilded lettering, decoration, and a lacework design with a hand p...

This is antique copy of Ovid's Art of Love. An English translation of a Roman elegy, dating to the Regency period, dated 1824. Originally written in Latin in 2 AD, Ars Amatoria - A...

A RARE Caledonian Theatre pamphlet, with witty satirical color plates in the Cruikshank style. Tom, Jerry, and Logic or Life in London: A Musical Extravagan...

Brockedon, William, William Finden, and George Gordon, Lord Byron Finden's Illustrations for the Life and Works of Lord Byron; With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects ...

First Edition. In two Quarto volumes, with copious color illustrations. London: R. Ackermann, printed by L. Harrison & J. C. Leigh, 1814. 13 x 10.63...

Cruikshank, George (illus.), Apel (auth.) Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale...

This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the George III period, ...

This is a set of 3 antique fiction books, Popular Tales by Maria Edgeworth. An English language, hard bound 3 volume set of novels, dating to the Georgian period, published 1814. A prolific novelist of adult and children's literature, Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849) was born in Oxfordshire before moving to Ireland. Her best-known work Castle Rackrent was an Irish Catholic...

Combe, William (uncredited). Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France Shortly Before the Revolution; Embellished with Seve...

This is a large 2 volume antique reference book set, Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the Geo...

Set of eight French language book series titled "Letters of Madame de Sévigné", was printed in Paris in 1818. The spines are dark blue almost black sheepskin leather bindings with gi...

The Dance of Life, a Poem; by the author of "Doctor Syntax" William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson illustrations. London: R. Ackermann, 1817. FIRST EDITION. ...

This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the George III period, publis...

Egerton, M. & George Hunt Here and There over the Water: Being Cullings in a Trip to the Netherlands. (The Field of Battle and Monuments - Waterloo, &c.) by Omnium Gatherum. London: George Hunt, 1825. 4to; 10 x 8 3/8 in. (253 x 212 mm); (2), 34 pp, 28 plates by George Hunt after M. Egerton, including 24 hand-colored engraved and aquatint plates and four plates (21-24) of Waterloo memorials uncolored. Modern half morocco binding, title gilt, spine sunned. Occasional offsetting from plates, otherwise a fine copy. [Abbey Travel 188; Tooley 207]. An uncommon aquatint work, illustrating a regency excursion to the Low Countries. Egerton was a humorous designer and social satirist active in London between 1820 and 1829, who supplied drawings to members of the print trade (including the Hunts and Pyall) for engraving. For this project he begins his tour at Ostend, where he was stuck for a day as it was a Sunday. He took time to describe the people's custom-house hotel and the 'Purgatory Gate' attached to the church (destroyed in a fire later in the nineteenth century) before traveling the next day by 'Great Coach' and barge to Ghent, observing the 'Belgic Military' various 'Diligences' and peasant costumes before continuing onto Brussels. Here he examined the Market Pavilion of the Prince of Orange before traveling on the next leg of the journey, which takes the artist once more to Ghent, where he describes and illustrates the Exchange. Egerton then returns to Brussels to view the Palace of Schoonenberg and then on to the main reason for his excursion: a trip to Waterloo, taking in all the main sites of the battle, including graves and monuments. Michael Egerton flourished between 1821 and 1828 and produced a number of caricatures, mainly of social comedy, sporting scenes, and jokes on the weather; almost all his work was engraved by George Hunt. OCLC records six copies in North America at Harvard Yale New York Public Library, Brown Claremont College, and the Art Institute of Chicago. "A tourist (Egerton) soars high above birds and the Channel, a vignetted strip of water which a steam-packet and sailing vessel are traversing. He is propelled by steam from a big Patent kettle strapped to his back; from a large spout in the form of a bird's head black smoke drifts behind him. He holds out in his right hand a pair of lazy-tongs, in his left he holds up a plaid travelling-bag marked O.G. He wears a round flat peaked cap, with fashionable white cuffs and collar to his shirt, and white strapped trousers. His legs drift behind him." [The British Museum, number A tourist (Egerton) soars high above birds and the Channel, a vignetted strip of water which a steam-packet and sailing vessel are traversing. He is propelled by steam from a big Patent kettle strapped to his back; from a large spout in the form of a bird's head black smoke drifts behind him. He holds out in his right hand a pair of lazy-tongs, in his left he holds up a plaid travelling-bag marked O.G. He wears a round flat peaked cap, with fashionable white cuffs and collar to his shirt, and white strapped trousers. His legs drift behind him.] Plates in order: 1. Frontis. Patent. [Flying over the Channel]. 2. Quay, Custom House & Hotel - Ostend. 3. The Purgatory Gate, Ostend. 4. Post Office - Ostend. 5. [Dandy chimney sweeper...

AUTHOR: BRATHWAIT, Richard (Joseph Haslewood - editor). TITLE: Barnabae Itenerarium, or Barnabee's Journal. PUBLISHER: London: Np, 1820. DESCRIPTION: 2 vols., l6mo, 5-1/8" - 4-1/...

This is a large antique reference book, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published ...

This is a large antique reference book, Index To The Rolls of Parliament. Printed in English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published circa...

Author: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Title: Hellas. A Lyrical Drama. Publisher: London: Charles and James Ollier, 1822. Description: first edition the Huth copy. 1 vol., a large ...

Keating William H Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St Peter's River Lake Winnipeek Lake of the Woods &C Performed in the Year 1823 by Order of the Hon J C Calhoun Secretary of War Under the Command of Stephen H Long U S T E London, Geo B Whittaker, 1825. First English Edition Two volumes 8vo 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 220 x 140 mm. Vol. 1 pp. xvi, 458; Vol. 2 pp. vi, 248, 156, Appendix. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards; five raised bands, gilt rules, decorative motifs, and title on black morocco label spine; hinges and edges rubbed; front hinge of Volume 1 cracked internally; t .e. g., rest uncut. Pages are bright and bindings tight, light foxing on a few pages and typical offset opposite plates. Vol. 1 includes 3 copper engravings etched by R Fenner, a large folded map 12 3/8 x 21 in / 313 x 534 mm, engraved by R Penny. Two-inch tear to one fold, otherwise solid and some offset; and a page of sheet music with "Dog Dance of the Sioux" and "Chippewa Scalp Dance" Map of the Country Embracing the Oute of the Expedition of 1823, Commanded by Major S H Long. Vol. 2 includes four engravings by R Fenner, 2 of waterfalls and 2 of shells, plus three fold-out calendars and a 9-page "Vocabulary of Indian Languages" in the Appendix. Bookplate of William B Claflin Jr in both volumes with ink inscription "Legacy Grace E Reed Dec 20 1921" (Sabin 37137; Howes 5570; Field 949) The book is dedicated to James Monroe, 4th President of the United States, and its outstanding plates depict Native Americans their environment and customs. "The work is almost a cyclopædia of material relating to the Indians of the explored Territory Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition and their statement regarding the customs character and numbers of the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have of those people Six of the plates are representations of their practices habitations or features includes comparative vocabulary of the Sawk Sioux Chippeway and Cree languages. – Thomas W Field...

Rowlandson,Thomas & Combe, William The English Dance of Death; in Twenty-Four Monthly Numbers, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson accompanied by metrical illustrations by the author of "Doctor Syntax...

AUTHOR: FAIRBANKS, Jason. TITLE: Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks, on an Indictment for the Murder of Miss Elizabeth Fales. At the Supreme Court, Holden at Dedham, in the Cou...

Coleccion de libros del 1833, de "L'Histoire Universelle, Ancienne et moderne; A L'usage de la Jeunesse; Par M. Le Compte de Segur, Histoire de France"

This five volume set of leather bound 1st Edition encyclopedias were done by Weltall and Menschheit of Germany in 1900 in the period Art Nouveau style. This set is completely in Germ...

First edition of 'Guthrie's Geographical Grammar in Miniature'. 358 p. 13 fold. engr. maps, contemp. calf. Gilt spine. sm. 8vo. Upper hinge showing but strong; old bookplate "Ex Bibl...

This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi. Printed in Latin, a later bound House of Commons record, dating to the Georgian period, p...

This is an antique book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford. An English language hard bound compendium of sporting letters, dating to the Georgian period, published 1810. An En...

This is an early 20th century catalogue from a Munich based lighting company called Reinhold Kirsch. There are 45 loose plates, many of which have more that one illustration. Though ...

AUTHOR: WALTON, Izaak. TITLE: The Complete Angler - WITH - The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson. ...

2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus. The learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior with three dissertations. Bound in full brown calf, raise...

AUTHOR: BRUNTON, Mary. TITLE: Discipline: A Novel. By The Author Of "Self Control". PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: By George Ramsay & Co., for many, 1814. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION...

From Greece, to the conquest of Macedonia or ancient Germania you will find in these two books the universal history of Muller with his reflections. These books were very successful ...

3 Volumes. Reginald Heber, The Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-1825. Second Edition. Bound in full navy morocco. The raised b...

A new and revised edition of this translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, or Lives of Illustrious Men, in French. French. Complete in thirteen volumes. Part of a larger set of twe...

A very smart large paper edition of Daniel Defoe's important travelogue novel, a nice copy illustrated throughout by Thomas Stothard. The second Stockdale edition, a smart large pape...

A stunning full calf fine binding of the first editions of these important works by prolific and renowned writer Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott (177...

3 Volumes. D.B. Warden, Statistical, Political & Historical Account of the United States of America from the Period of their First Colonization to the Present Day. Bound in 3/4 tan c...

A new edition of the works of Henry Fielding in ten bright calf leather bound volumes. Henry Fielding was an eighteenth century English novelist known for his satires and comic nove...