Vercelli: Joseph Ceretti e Filio, [1816]. 8vo (168 x 100 mm). 71, [1] pages. Wodcut device on title, woodcut on p. [1]. Contemporary calf, covers richly gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, silk page marker. A fine Northern Italian binding.
Vercelli: Joseph Ceretti e Filio, [1817]. 8vo (160 x 100 mm). 72 pages. Wodcut device on title, woodcut on p. [1]. Contemporary calf, covers richly gilt, marbeled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine Northern Italian binding.
Milan: Giovanni Silvestri, 1820. Four volumes, 8vo. xxxii, 373, [1 ads]; 362, [1 index]; 327 ; 607 pp. Large letterpress folding table in vol. one detailing the Caesarian pedigree. Contemporary Italian black morocco-backed green boards, the smooth spines richly decorated with a semé of dotted lozenges, orange morocco lettering- and.....
London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. Large-paper copy of the first edition. Tall 8vo (10 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches). 341 pp. 27 engraved plates. Contemporary red morocco, covers with quadruple-fillet gilt border surrounding a wide gilt-floral-tooled border, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, a richly.....
London: William Pickering, 1836. 2 volumes, 4to (270 x 180 mm; 105/8 x 71/8 in.). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 61 steel engravings in two states, many printed on india paper. Contemporary dark green morocco by Hering, wide borders gilt, fish tool cornerpieces gilt, spines in 6 compartments.....
London: Edward Moxon, 1845. Two volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of the author by H. Robinson after Sir Thomas Lawrence. Contemporary green hard-grained morocco gilt, covers with dotted-circle roll centering a gilt urn on each side, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, a repeated gilt block.....
Bruxelles: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1846. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 7 volumes, small 8vo. Contemporary English half calf and marbled boards, red roan lettering-pieces, spine gilt in compartments, sprinkled red edges, by Hollings of Covent Garden (with ticket). First edition. One of approximately 350 different literary and theatrical works.....
New York: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1901. 2 volumes, octavo. Frontispiece and photographic plates. Contemporary plum morocco gilt, spine with acorn tool centered in 4 compartments, gilt-lettered in the remaining two, marbled boards, top edges gilt (slightly sunned, a few small chips at extremities). FIRST EDITION. An attractively-bound set.
Paris: Hachette, 1901. First edition. Folio (12 1/4 x 8 1//2 inches). 436 pp. 19 plates, some printed in color, black-and-white illustrations in text. Fine French binding by P. Affolter, three-quarter red morocco, marbled boards, smooth spine richly gilt with floral and other tools, top edges gilt. Slight touches to.....
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903. Small 4to. vii, 323 pages. Original half black morocco, marbled boards, gilt-lettered on spine, top edges gilt, red silk page markers.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1906. 2 volumes. 8vo. 237 and 230 pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Contemporary blue half morocco, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Provenance: W. Macdoland MacKay (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Mary Augusta was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.
London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society [by The Riverside Press, Edinburgh), 1924. 3 volumes, octavo. Printed in red and black. Frontispieces and plates. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated blue cloth, original purple silk page-markers preserved (slightest wear at extremities, generally clean and bright). Provenance: Walter Chrysler (morocco booklabel). A FINE.....
