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PAIĆ, Moses. System einer Universal-Sprache sowohl durch die Schrift (Pasigraphie), als auch durch die Laute (Pasilogie) durch Begriffsfixirung mittelst arabischer Zahlzeichen und deren Lautfixirung für den internationalen Verkehr. Wien. In Commission bei Rudolf Lechner, 1864. First edition. Dimensions 660 x 780 mm, folded to 220 mm. Single sheet. A trifle creased. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32341

[PATMORE, Peter George]. Rejected articles. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 8vo. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Extremities worn, loss to spine. Pencilled ownership inscription of William St. Clair to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28214

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[PERPETUAL ALMANAC]. [Manuscript perpetual almanac]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1842] Dimensions 60 x 90 mm. Manuscript on paper. Two cards, housed in contemporary naive marbled paper wallet, the first a manuscript 'perpetual almanack', the other printed (on one side only) providing the dates of Feast and Saint Days. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Francis Henry Heyman Shepherd to wallet and verso of manuscript card. Wallet rubbed and marked. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24692

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PERRIN, Jean. Fables amusantes: avec Une Table Generale & Particuliere des mots, & de leur Signification en Anglois, Selon l'Ordre des Fables, Pour en rendre la Traduction plus facile a l'Ecolier. A Londres [i.e. London]. Chez B. Law...T. Cadell...P. Elmsly, 1781. Troisieme edition [i.e. third edition]. 12mo. xvi, 220pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and two terminal publisher's advertisement leaves. Contemporary sheep. Heavily rubbed, some surface loss to boards, loss to head and foot of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, several gatherings protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17453

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PORNY, [Marc Antoine]. Grammatical exercises, english and french...to which is added, An introduction to french poetry. Brussels. Printed by Adolphus Stapleaux, 1815. Fourth edition. 8vo. [8], xxxv, [1], 170pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Paper repair to gutter of title-page, first four leaves of text mounted on stubs, small paper repairs to lower corners of leaves M2 and N1. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18801

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[PORQUET, Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de]. De porquet's first italian reading book: or, Raccolta di Storie e di Novelle, veramente morali. London. Published for the Author, by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1853. New edition. 8vo. xix, 189pp, [3]. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Slight marking to extremities. First gathering protruding from text-block, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title-page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 16413

RASK, Erasmus. A grammar of the danish language for the use of englishmen, together with extracts in prose and verse. Copenhagen. Printed by J. H. Shultz, 1830. First edition. 8vo. xii, 184pp. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards. Extremities worn, loss to spine, boards held by cords only. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, very occasional short tears to margins, foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20304

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RASK, Rasmus. Frisisk sproglaere udarbejdet efter samme Plan som den islandske og angelsaksiske. Kobenhavn [i.e. Copenhagen]. Hofboghandler Beekens Forlag, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [4], 34, 138pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, heavily foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20309

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RAWNSLEY, Rev. H[ardwicke] D[rummond]. Literary Associations of the English Lakes. Glasgow. James MacLehose and Sons, 1901. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xi, [3], 236, [2]; vii, [3], 251pp. With half-titles and 32 plates. Extra-illustrated with 156 plates, primarily engraved landscapes views of the Lake District and portraits of the Romantics and their circle. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy crushed half-morocco, blue cloth boards, T.E.G.Slightest of rubbing. Bookplates of Brackenburn and morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle to front endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31072

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RERESBY, Tamworth. A collection of letters, Extracted from the most Celebrated French authors. Viz. The Chevalier de Mere, Boursault, Fontenelle, Balzac, Count Buffy, Voiture, Costar, Boileau. Adorn'd with that Variety of Subjects, as will not serve only for the entertainment of those who have made some advances in the French Language, but also for their Instruction in a polite manner of writing. Made English by Tamworth Reresby, Esq. London. Printed by T. Howlatt, for J. Graves, 1715. First edition. 8vo. [16], 309pp, [10]. With five preliminary contents leaves (Aa-5) bound at end. Contemporary panelled sheep. Rubbed, with some surface loss, short split to upper joint at head of spine. Early ink inscription 'Glynn' to FEP, some browning/marginal staining to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17083

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RICCIOLI, Giovanni Battista. Prosodia reformata duobus tomis comprehensa Quorum Prior continet Prosodiae Rudimenta, Prosodiam Majorem, Poetarum versus plures quàm vigintiquatuormille, & eorundem Poetarum Tempora... Bononiæ [i.e. Bologna]. Hæredis Victorii Benatii, 1655. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [22], 180, 492; [610]pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering- piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. The Macclesfield copy, with the armorial 'North Library' bookplate and typical armorial blind-stamps to title page and initial leaves of text, pencilled shelf-marks to front endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31930

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[ROYAL KALENDAR]. The royal kalendar; or complete and correct annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the year 1769... London. Printed for J. Almon et al., [1769]. xii, 277pp, [11]. With 48 engraved plates depicting 381 armorial bearings. ESTC N60818.

[Bound with:] RIDER, Cardanus. Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of our Lord God 1769... London. Printed by H. Woodfall, 1768. [60]pp. ESTC T155265.

12mo. Contemporary calf, gilt. Extremities worn, some surface loss, chipping and worming to spine, later naive glue repairs to foot. Hinges exposed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23901

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[SATIRICAL HERALDRY]. The Heraldry of Nature; or, instructions for the king at arms: comprising, The Arms, Supporters, Crests, and Mottos, both in Latin and English, of the peers of E--l--d. Blazoned from the Authority of Truth, and characteristically descriptive of the several Qualities that distinguish their Possessors. To which is added several Samples, neatly etched by an eminent Engraver. London. Printed for M. Smith, 1785. First edition. 8vo. [2],ii,1-4,3-119,[1]. Pagination irregular, text apparently continuous. Several leaves misbound. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Contemporary red calf-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, surface loss to spine. A majority of the anonymous peer titles completed in manuscript in an early hand. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26234

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SCAPULA, Johannes. Lexicon Graeco-Latinum novum: in quo ex primitivorum & simplicium fontibus derivata atque composita ordine non minus naturali, quàm alphabetico, breviter & dilucidè deducuntur. Basileae [i.e. Basel]. Per Sebastianum Henricpetri, [1600]. Editio ultima, priori locupletior & correctior. Folio. [5] leaves, 1856 columns, [62, 30] leaves, 188 columns, [1] leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Lightly rubbed and discoloured, corners bumped. Light damp-staining to upper corner of text-block, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25288

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SCUDÉRY, [Madeleine de]. Les conversations Sur divers sujets par mademoiselle de scudery. Amsterdam. Chez Daniel du Fresne, 1682. Third edition. 12mo. [28], 175, [1]; 210pp. With an additional engraved title page. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, upper joint starting, slight loss to foot of spine. Later armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19674

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SEWEL, Willem. A Compendious guide to the Low-Dutch Language... Amsterdam. Janssoons van Waesberge, 1725. Second edition, . 12mo. 168, 288pp, [72]. Parallel English and Dutch text. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, a trifle marked, some loss to lettering-piece. Modern book-label of Broughton Baptist Library and later bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to sprung FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22096

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SHAKESPEAR, John. A grammar of the hindustani language; to which is added a grammar of the dakhni. London. WM. H. Allen & Co., 1855. Sixth edition. xv, [1], 192pp. With an engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates depicting Hindustani characters. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and marked, some loss to head and foot of spine, substantial loss to lettering-piece. Hinges exposed, recent ink ownership inscription to FFEP, light foxing to plates. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 16015

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Shakspere: a study of his mind and art.. Shakspere: a study of his mind and art.. London. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. Ninth edition. 8vo. xvii, [3], 434pp. With half-title and a preliminary leaf of publisher's advertisements. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled polished tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, A.E.R. Very lightly rubbed. Prize inscription of 'The Grammar School, Macclesfield. July 1891. W. K. Beard' to first blank fly-leaf, accompanied by a short manuscript quotation from the 'Examiners Report'. Very light spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34402

SHAW, William. An analysis of the galic language. Edinburgh. Printed by W. and T. Ruddiman, 1778. Second edition. 8vo. xviii, [1], 20-171pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities worn, joints split, loss to head and foot of spine. Very occasional chipping to margins, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25537

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SIM, Frances M. Robert Browning (Mystic and Artist). London. The Golden Vista Press, [1931]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28101