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ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vol., 1815
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£3,125
€3,649
US$ 4,881
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2
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ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., 1808-1810
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£3,250
€3,795
US$ 5,076
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4
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AGASSIZ (LOUIS) Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, atlas volumes 1-5 bound in 2, 1833-45, and another (3)
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£3,500
€4,087
US$ 5,467
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5
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AGASSIZ (LOUIS) Etudes sur les glaciers, Atlas vol. only, 1840
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£2,250
€2,627
US$ 3,514
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6
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ALEXANDER (WILLIAM) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese, 1814
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£875
€1,021
US$ 1,366
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7
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ALKEN (HENRY) The National Sports of Great Britain... with Descriptions in English and French, FIRST EDITION, 1823
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£6,250
€7,299
US$ 9,762
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8
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ALLESTREE (RICHARD) The Whole Duty of Man, Restoration binding, 1661
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£750
€875
US$ 1,171
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9
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ANNE OF DENMARK, Queen of James I. Autograph letter signed ("Anna R" at head) to the future Duke of Buckingham ("My king dog"), [1617]
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£2,250
€2,627
US$ 3,514
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10
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ASSHETON (WILLIAM, rector of Beckenham in Kent) A Discourse against I. Drunkeness. 2. Swearing & Cursing. Published (Pursuant to his Majesty's Injunctions) to Suppress Debaunchery and Profaneness, 1693; bound with another
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£1,062
€1,240
US$ 1,659
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11
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ARCHAEOLOGY – BRITISH MUSEUM EXCAVATIONS AT HALICARNASSUS
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£3,500
€4,087
US$ 5,467
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12
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ASTRONOMY and CHEMISTRY – TOWNELEY CIRCLE. Two volumes, comprising chemical notes in Latin, "Collegium Chymicum" and an astronomical handbook, seventeenth century (2)
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£2,750
€3,211
US$ 4,295
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14
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AUSTRALIA. Two early drawings of settlers and aborigines in New South Wales, both by Robert Dixon, with their corresponding later published lithographs; and 2 others, c.1833-1835 (6)
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£3,500
€4,087
US$ 5,467
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15
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B. (A.) Learn to Lye Warm, or an Apology for that Proverb Tis Good Sheltring Under an Old Hedge; Containing Reasons Wherefore a Young Man Should Marry an Old Woman, 1672
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£750
€875
US$ 1,171
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16
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BANKING – CLAYTON & MORRIS PAPERS. Collection of letters from the papers of the bankers Clayton & Morris, comprising an autograph letter by Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond, 'La Belle Stuart', etc, 1667-1688
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£2,125
€2,481
US$ 3,319
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19
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BAZ (GUSTAVO) Historia del Ferrocarril Mexicano. Riqueza de México en la zona del Golfo á la Mesa Central, bajo su aspecto geológico, agricola,manufacturero y comercial, 1874
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£1,125
€1,313
US$ 1,757
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20
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BEEBE (WILLIAM) A Monograph of the Pheasants, 4 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, NUMBER 179 OF 600 COPIES, 1918
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£2,125
€2,481
US$ 3,319
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22
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BIBLE. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament, and the New, 2 parts in one, FINE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 'COTTAGE-ROOF' STYLE BINDING OF BLACK MOROCCO, 1661
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£1,625
€1,897
US$ 2,538
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23
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BLACKER (WILLIAM) Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Comprising Most Essential Information, 1843
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£3,000
€3,503
US$ 4,686
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24
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BLIGH (WILLIAM) A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty... Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, 1792
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£2,125
€2,481
US$ 3,319
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25
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BOLÍVAR (SIMÓN) Letter signed ("Simon Bolivar"), to an unnamed correspondent ("Your Excellency"), in Spanish, 1825
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£5,000
€5,839
US$ 7,810
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26
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BONINGTON (RICHARD PARKES) Autograph letter signed ("RPBonington"), to the engraver W.B. Cooke, PROMISING TO HAVE HIS VIEW OF THE PIAZZETTA, VENICE, READY FOR EXHIBITION AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION, 1827
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£475
€554
US$ 741
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27
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BOSWELL (JAMES) - MOTHE-GUION (JEANNE MARIE de la) Opuscules spirituels, 1704; Regle des associés a l'enfance de Jesus, 1705, 2 works in one vol., JAMES BOSWELL'S COPY
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£1,062
€1,240
US$ 1,659
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28
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BOSWELL (JAMES) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 1791
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£1,062
€1,240
US$ 1,659
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29
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BOURSAULT (EDME) La metamorphose des yeux de Philis, changez en astres. Pastorale representée par la Troupe Royale, FIRST EDITION, contemporary binding, 1665
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£3,250
€3,795
US$ 5,076
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30
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BROWNING (ROBERT) Autograph letter signed ("Robert Browning"), to his friend Charlotte Moscheles, 1886
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£1,187
€1,386
US$ 1,854
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31
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BUCHANAN (GEORGE) Rerum scoticarum historia, 1582
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£475
€554
US$ 741
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33
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BULLER (WALTER LAWRY) A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., 1888
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£1,062
€1,240
US$ 1,659
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34
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BURTON (RICHARD FRANCIS) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "J. Grant Lumsden DD, R.F.Burton, August 1855" on title-page of volumes one and 2, 1855-1856
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£11,875
€13,869
US$ 18,548
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35
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CARLYLE, MAURICE, STERLING and STRACHEY. Correspondence of the religious and philosophical writer Edward Strachey (later third Baronet) of Sutton Court, near Bristol, nineteenth century
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£2,250
€2,627
US$ 3,514
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36
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CASAUBON (ISAAC) -- BRISSON (BARNABE) De formulis et sollemnibus populi Romani verbis librii VIII, CASAUBON'S COPY, 1592
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£5,000
€5,839
US$ 7,810
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38
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CHARLES I. Letter signed ("Charles R"), to "Mon Cousin", CHARLES I BESIEGED IN OXFORD DESPATCHES A SECRET AGENT TO THE CONTINENT, 1644
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£2,125
€2,481
US$ 3,319
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40
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CRIES OF LONDON. The Cryes of London. Engraved and Sold by J. Kirk, in St Paul's Church Yard. Also all sorts of English and Dutch toys.... a grotto and water works to be seen free, APPARENTLY UNRECORDED, [1754]
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£15,000
€17,519
US$ 23,430
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42
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CROMWELL (OLIVER) Document signed as Lord Protector ("Oliver P" at head), to the Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1657
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£4,750
€5,547
US$ 7,419
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43
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CROMWELL (RICHARD) Document signed ("Richard P" at head), as "Lord Protector of the Commonwealth", 1658
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£4,000
€4,671
US$ 6,248
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44
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CURTIS (WILLIAM) Flora Londinensis: or, Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vol. in 6 original parts
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£11,875
€13,869
US$ 18,548
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46
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DARWIN (CHARLES) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. 1859
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£45,650
€53,316
US$ 71,306
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47
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DARWIN (CHARLES), ROBERT FITZROY and PHILIP PARKER KING Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, 3 vol. bound in 4 (including the appendix to volume 2), 1839
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£9,375
€10,949
US$ 14,643
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48
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DEFOE APOCRYPHA – A CORNISH GHOST STORY. Early eighteenth-century manuscript headed "A Remarkable Passage of an Apparition/ 1665", [c.1720]
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£350
€408
US$ 546
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49
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DEL RIO (ANTONIO) Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, Discovered near Palenque, in the Kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America, 1822
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£687
€802
US$ 1,073
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51
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DENTISTRY. HOFFMANN (FREDERICK) A Treatise on the Teeth; their Disorders and Cure. In Which the Several Operations on the Teeth, and Such Things as Are Found Destructive to Them, are Particularly Considered, 1753
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£400
€467
US$ 624
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52
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DENTISTRY. LARINI (GIUSEPPE) Trattato sopra la qualita' de dente col modo di cavargli, mantenergli, e fortificargli, Florence, 1740
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£687
€802
US$ 1,073
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54
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DENTISTRY. TOLVER (A.) A Treatise on the Teeth. Wherein the True Causes of the Several Disorders to Which They Are Liable, Are Considered; and the Precautions Necessary to their Preservation Particularly Pointed Out. Together with Observations on the Practice of Scaling the Teeth... and on the Diseases of Children in the Time of Toothing, 1752
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£475
€554
US$ 741
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55
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DIAZ DEL CASTILLO (BERNAL) Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva-Espana, 1632
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£4,750
€5,547
US$ 7,419
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56
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DICKENS (CHARLES) Autograph letter signed ("CD"), to his solicitor and close friend, Thomas Mitton, lambasting his father, 1842
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£6,000
€7,007
US$ 9,372
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57
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DICKSON (WILLIAM, Lieutenant, 6th Bengal Cavalry) Cursory Remarks, Tending to Point Out the Probably Advantages of Castrating the Horses and Camels, Employed for the Military Purposes of India, FIRST EDITION, 1810
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£1,062
€1,240
US$ 1,659
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59
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DRESDEN ROYAL GALLERY. Die vorzüglichsten Gemälde der könighlichen Galerie in Dresden, vol. one and 2, 1836
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£4,500
€5,255
US$ 7,029
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60
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DUGDALE (WILLIAM) The Baronage of England, or an Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility in the Saxon Time, to the Norman Conquest... [to] the End of King Henry the Third's Reign, 3 vol. in 2, FIRST EDITION, WILLIAM BECKFOR'S COPY with his library mark, and a few pencilled notes, 1675-76
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£1,125
€1,313
US$ 1,757
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62
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ELIZABETH I, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS and THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. Elizabethan Privy Council Letter signed by the Earl of Leicester ("R. Leycester"), Sir William Cecil ("W Cecill") and other Councillors, 1659
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£9,375
€10,949
US$ 14,643
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63
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ENGLAND - HIGH TREASON. A Collection of the Several Statutes, and Parts of Statutes, Now in Force, Relating to High Treason, and Misprsion of High Treason, 2 parts in one vol., 1709
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£250
€291
US$ 390
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64
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ERCILLA Y ZUNIGA (ALFONSO DE) La Araucana, 2 vol. in one, 1733-1735
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£500
€583
US$ 781
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68
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GEORGE III and FAMILY. Collection of mementos presented to the royal wet-nurse, Anne, wife of the literary scholar Thomas Percy, RELIQUES OF THE ROYAL NURSERY, PLUS GARTER SASHES WORN BY GEORGE III AND THE PRINCE OF WALES, AND GLOVES WORN BY 'BUTCHER' CUMBERLAND, 1769-1771
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£6,000
€7,007
US$ 9,372
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69
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GOULD (JOHN) A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds... Completed after the Author's Death by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Supplement, 1880-1887
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£11,250
€13,139
US$ 17,572
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70
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GUIDOTT (THOMAS) De thermis Britannicis tractatus, HANS SLOANE'S COPY, 1691
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£600
€700
US$ 937
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71
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HALL (THOMAS) Comarum Aksomia [in Greek]. The Loathsomnesse of Long Haire: or, a Treatise Wherein You Have the Question Stated, Many Arguments Against it Produc'd... with an Appendix against Painting, Spots, Naked, &c., 1654
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£1,000
€1,167
US$ 1,562
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72
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HARRIS (JOHN) Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels Consisting of Above Six Hundred of the Most Authentic Writers, 2 vol., 1744-1748
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£4,750
€5,547
US$ 7,419
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74
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HENRIETTA MARIA and ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA. Autograph letter signed by Queen Henrietta Maria, 1645; and a letter signed and subscribed by Elizabeth of Bohemia, 1628
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£1,000
€1,167
US$ 1,562
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75
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HENRY VIII'S NAVY – THE ANTHONY ROLL. Thomas Kerrich's "Abstract of Mr Pepys's Abstract of Anthony Anthony's Navy Royall of England: composed A.D. 1546", 1782
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£1,000
€1,167
US$ 1,562
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76
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HERALDRY. Armorial containing emblazoned coats of arms, beginning with "The Manner & Armes of the five Conquerors of England", followed by the arms of England, c.1670
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£625
€729
US$ 976
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77
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HERBERT (GEORGE) The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations... Tenth Edition, 2 parts, 1674
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£2,125
€2,481
US$ 3,319
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78
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HOBBES (THOMAS) Leviathan, or, the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 1651
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£2,500
€2,919
US$ 3,905
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80
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HOOKER (JOSEPH DALTON) Illustrations of Himalayan Plants, Chiefly from Drawings Made for the late J.F. Cathcart, of the Bengal Civil Services
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£8,125
€9,489
US$ 12,691
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82
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ILLUSTRATORS OF THE 1860s. Album of original drawings, engravings, related letters and cheques compiled by the illustrator Henry Fitzcook, 1865-1866
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£937
€1,094
US$ 1,464
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83
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IRELAND. Collection of manuscripts, comprising four letters from the correspondence of the merchant and banker John Aylward, with one to his widow (1698-1702 and 1711); with further letters by a Liverpool merchant etc.
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£937
€1,094
US$ 1,464
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84
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JAMES I. Letter signed as James VI of Scotland ("James R") to George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal, discussing means whereby the King hopes to raise further funds, 1599
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£1,000
€1,167
US$ 1,562
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85
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JAMES I. Letter signed ("James R" at head), to Sir Oliver St John, Lord Deputy of Ireland, [1618]
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£2,000
€2,335
US$ 3,124
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86
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JOHNSON (SAMUEL) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 1755
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£7,500
€8,759
US$ 11,715
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88
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JONES (OWEN) and JULES GOURY Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details of the Alhambra: From Drawings Taken on the Spot in 1834 by the Late M. Jules Goury and in 1834 and 1837 by Owen Jones. With a Complete Translation of the Arabic Inscriptions, and an Historical Notice of the Kings of Granada, from the Conquest of that City by the Arabs to the Expulsion of the Moors, 2 vol., 1842-46
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£9,375
€10,949
US$ 14,643
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89
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KENT. Antiquarian collection relating to Kent, compiled principally by the antiquary John Warburton, late seventeenth to early eighteenth century
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£3,250
€3,795
US$ 5,076
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90
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KIRCHNER (ATHANASIUS) Toonneel van China, 1668
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£3,125
€3,649
US$ 4,881
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91
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KNIGHT (THOMAS ANDREW) Pomona Herefordiensis: Containing Coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits of Herefordshire
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£2,000
€2,335
US$ 3,124
|
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92
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LACE. Pattern book of designs, evidently for lace, comprising floral, nuptial an other motifs, 1830
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£750
€875
US$ 1,171
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94
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LIBRARIES - LEICESTERSHIRE. HANBURY (WILLIAM) A Plan for a Public Library, at Church-Langton, in Leicestershire, 1760
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£1,375
€1,605
US$ 2,147
|
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95
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LIBRARIES - Laws for the Regulation of the Suffolk Public Library, Bury St. Edmund's, Instituted 1790; Together with a List of the Subscribers; and a Catalogue of the Books, 1791
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£1,375
€1,605
US$ 2,147
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96
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LIVINGSTONE (DAVID) Autograph letter signed ("David Livingstone"), to Joseph Robertson, Chairman of Hamilton Council, agreeing to attend the forthcoming ceremony to mark his receiving the Freedom of the Borough, 1856; and related material
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£2,375
€2,773
US$ 3,709
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97
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LOCKE (JOHN)] Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693
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£3,250
€3,795
US$ 5,076
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98
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LOGGAN (DAVID) Oxonia illustrata, 36 (of 40) plates, 1675
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£2,750
€3,211
US$ 4,295
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99
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LONGUS. Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e di Cloe, [and in Greek], 2 works in one, Parma, Bodoni, 1786
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£6,875
€8,029
US$ 10,738
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100
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LOUDON (JANE WEBB) The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, 1848
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£750
€875
US$ 1,171
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102
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LYDIAT (THOMAS) Canones chronologici, JEAN-BAPTISTE COLBERT'S COPY, 1675
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£1,000
€1,167
US$ 1,562
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103
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MAPS AND ATLASES. ARROWSMITH (AARON) Map of America, 1804
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£1,625
€1,897
US$ 2,538
|
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104
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MAPS AND ATLASES. BELL (JOHN THOMAS WILLIAM) First [-Sixth] of a Series of Plans of th Great Northern Coal Field, [1843-1861]
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£1,750
€2,043
US$ 2,733
|
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105
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MAPS AND ATLASES. BRAUN (GEORG) and FRANZ HOGENBERG. Londinum feracissimi angliae regni metropolis, c.1572
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£5,250
€6,131
US$ 8,200
|
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106
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MAPS AND ATLASES. BRAUN (GEORG) and FRANZ HOGENBERG. Venetia, [1572, or later]
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£1,125
€1,313
US$ 1,757
|
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109
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MAPS AND ATLASES. MARTIN (ROBERT MONTGOMERY) Tallis's Illustrated Atlas, 1851
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£2,750
€3,211
US$ 4,295
|
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110
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MAPS AND ATLASES. MORDEN (ROBERT) Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World... Second Edition, Enlarged, 1688
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£2,750
€3,211
US$ 4,295
|
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111
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MAPS AND ATLASES. MORRIS (LEWIS) Plans of Harbours, Bars, Bays and Roads in St. George's-Channel, Lately Survey'd Under the Direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, 1748
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£875
€1,021
US$ 1,366
|
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112
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MAPS AND ATLASES. ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Abraham Ortelius his Epitome of the Theatre of the Worlde, c.1603
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£3,500
€4,087
US$ 5,467
|
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113
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MAPS AND ATLASES. THOMSON (JOHN) A New General Atlas, Consisting of a Series of Geographical Designs, on Various Projections, Exhibiting the Form and Component Parts of the Globe, 1817
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£2,000
€2,335
US$ 3,124
|
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116
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MARKHAM (GERVASE) The Young Sportsman's Delight and Instructor in Angling, Fowling, Hawking, Hunting, ordering Singing Birds, Hawks, Poultry, Conies, Hares, Dogs and How to Cure Themm 1712
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£6,250
€7,299
US$ 9,762
|
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117
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MILITARY – ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE and NAPOLEON'S INVASION THREAT. Collection of official papers, evidently compiled in about 1806 for Sir Harry Calvert
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£1,125
€1,313
US$ 1,757
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