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GREAT EXHIBITION and W.H. FOX TALBOT Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on The Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided, 4. vol., ONE OF FIFTEEN COPIES GIVEN BY THE COMMISSIONERS TO WILLIAM FOX TALBOT. Sold for £216,000 inc. premium

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1• — ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vol.

2• — AGRIPPA (HENRICUS CORNELIUS) De occulta philosophia libri tres

3• — ALBUM AMICORUM

4• — ALEXANDER (WILLIAM) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese

5• — ALKEN (HENRY) The National Sports of Great Britain... with Descriptions, in English and French

6• — ALKEN (HENRY) The National Sports of Great Britain

7* — AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - BATTLE OF THE SAINTS

8• — ANSON (GEORGE) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

9 — BARNES (WILLIAM)

10• — BARTOLOZZI (FRANCESCO) Eighty-Two [-Seventy-Three] Prints Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, &c. From the Original Collection of Drawings of Guercino, in the Collection of His Majesty, 2 vol. bound in one

11• — BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and JOHN FLETCHER Fifty Comedies and Tragedies

12• — BEMETZRIEDER (ANTONIUS) Music Made Easy to Every Capacity, in a Series of Dialogues; Being Practical Lessons for the Harpsichord, Laid Down in a New Method

13• — BERGE (PIETER VAN DEN) Theatrum Hispaniae, exhibens regni urbes, villas ac viridaria magis illustria

14• — BIBLE, in English, Authorised Version [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New], FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, KING JAMES' GREAT "HE" BIBLE

15• — BIBLE, in English, Authorised version [The Holy Bible], KING JAMES' GREAT "SHE" BIBLE

17• — BIBLE, in English, Geneva-Tomson version The Bible, That is The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Old and New Testament

18• — BIBLE, in English, Matthew's Version [The Holy Bible]

19• — BIBLE, in manuscript shorthand "The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ [-The Psalms of David], London, December 12, Ano. Dno. 1682"

20• — BLAKE'S PATRON THOMAS BUTTS and GEORGE III

21• — BLIGH (WILLIAM) A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies

22• — BOECKLER (GEORG ANDREAS) Architectura curiosa nova, 4 parts in one vol.

23• — BOUCHARDON (EDME)] Etudes prises dans le bas peuple ou les cris de Paris, suites 1-5 [complete]

25• — BROWNING and WESTWOOD

26 — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)

27• — BUCHINGER (MATTHEW) The Book of Common Prayer

28• — CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS) [Commentaries] C. Juili Caesaris quae extant

29• — CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britannia

30• — CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britannia, 2 vol.

31• — CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britannia sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, insularumque adiacentium ex intima antiquitate descriptio

32• — CANADA LE ROUGE (GEORGES LOUIS) L'Isthme de l'Acadie, Baye du Beaubassin, en Anglois Shegnekto. Environs du Fort Beausejour

33• — CASSINI (GIOVANNI MARIA) Nuovo atlante geografico universale, vol. one only

34• — CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and His Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha, Now Made English According to the Humour of our Modern Language

35• — CHANDLER (ALFRED) and WILLIAM BEATTIE BOOTH Illustrations and Descriptions of the Plants Which Compose the Natural Order Camellieae, and of the Varieties of Camellia Japonica, Cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain, vol. one (all published)

36 — CHARLES I

37• — CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) Canterbury Tales

38• — CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) Canterbury Tales

39• — CHINA The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery"

40• — CLARK (SAMUEL) Reuben Ramble's. Travels Through the Counties of England

41• — CINDERELLA - MOVABLE BOOK Deans New Scenic Books. No 3. Cinderella

42 — COKE (Sir EDWARD)

43• — COLLECTION – LITERATURE AND ART

44• — COLLECTION – LITERATURE

45• — COLLECTION – STANLEY AND THE CONGO

46 — COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS Plan of ye Town of Pownall, MANUSCRIPT MAP ON PAPER showing the plots laid out for Pownallborough lying between the Kennebec River and Wiscasset Bay

47 — COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS An untitled map of the river and lake system from Penobscot and Passamaquoddy bays in the south and east, to the Chaudiere River (partly still unsurveyed), the St. Lawrence and Quebec in the north-west, MANUSCRIPT MAP ON VELLUM

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1^• —
ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vol.

2^• —
AGRIPPA (HENRICUS CORNELIUS)
De occulta philosophia libri tres

3^• —
ALBUM AMICORUM

4^• —
ALEXANDER (WILLIAM)
Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese

5^• —
ALKEN (HENRY)
The National Sports of Great Britain... with Descriptions, in English and French

6^• —
ALKEN (HENRY)
The National Sports of Great Britain

7^* —
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - BATTLE OF THE SAINTS

8^• —
ANSON (GEORGE)
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

9 —
BARNES (WILLIAM)

10^• —
BARTOLOZZI (FRANCESCO)
Eighty-Two [-Seventy-Three] Prints Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, &c. From the Original Collection of Drawings of Guercino, in the Collection of His Majesty, 2 vol. bound in one

11^• —
BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and JOHN FLETCHER
Fifty Comedies and Tragedies

12^• —
BEMETZRIEDER (ANTONIUS)
Music Made Easy to Every Capacity, in a Series of Dialogues; Being Practical Lessons for the Harpsichord, Laid Down in a New Method

13^• —
BERGE (PIETER VAN DEN)
Theatrum Hispaniae, exhibens regni urbes, villas ac viridaria magis illustria

14^• —
BIBLE, in English, Authorised Version
[The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New], FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, KING JAMES' GREAT "HE" BIBLE

15^• —
BIBLE, in English, Authorised version
[The Holy Bible], KING JAMES' GREAT "SHE" BIBLE

17^• —
BIBLE, in English, Geneva-Tomson version
The Bible, That is The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Old and New Testament

18^• —
BIBLE, in English, Matthew's Version
[The Holy Bible]

19^• —
BIBLE, in manuscript shorthand
"The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ [-The Psalms of David], London, December 12, Ano. Dno. 1682"

20^• —
BLAKE'S PATRON THOMAS BUTTS and GEORGE III

21^• —
BLIGH (WILLIAM)
A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies

22^• —
BOECKLER (GEORG ANDREAS)
Architectura curiosa nova, 4 parts in one vol.

23^• —
BOUCHARDON (EDME)]
Etudes prises dans le bas peuple ou les cris de Paris, suites 1-5 [complete]

25^• —
BROWNING and WESTWOOD

26 —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)

27^• —
BUCHINGER (MATTHEW)
The Book of Common Prayer

28^• —
CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS)
[Commentaries] C. Juili Caesaris quae extant

29^• —
CAMDEN (WILLIAM)
Britannia

30^• —
CAMDEN (WILLIAM)
Britannia, 2 vol.

31^• —
CAMDEN (WILLIAM)
Britannia sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, insularumque adiacentium ex intima antiquitate descriptio

32^• —
CANADA
LE ROUGE (GEORGES LOUIS) L'Isthme de l'Acadie, Baye du Beaubassin, en Anglois Shegnekto. Environs du Fort Beausejour

33^• —
CASSINI (GIOVANNI MARIA)
Nuovo atlante geografico universale, vol. one only

34^• —
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE)
The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and His Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha, Now Made English According to the Humour of our Modern Language

35^• —
CHANDLER (ALFRED) and WILLIAM BEATTIE BOOTH
Illustrations and Descriptions of the Plants Which Compose the Natural Order Camellieae, and of the Varieties of Camellia Japonica, Cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain, vol. one (all published)

36 —
CHARLES I

37^• —
CHAUCER (GEOFFREY)
Canterbury Tales

38^• —
CHAUCER (GEOFFREY)
Canterbury Tales

39^• —
CHINA
The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery"

40^• —
CLARK (SAMUEL)
Reuben Ramble's. Travels Through the Counties of England

41^• —
CINDERELLA - MOVABLE BOOK
Deans New Scenic Books. No 3. Cinderella

42 —
COKE (Sir EDWARD)

43^• —
COLLECTION – LITERATURE AND ART

44^• —
COLLECTION – LITERATURE

45^• —
COLLECTION – STANLEY AND THE CONGO

46 —
COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS
Plan of ye Town of Pownall, MANUSCRIPT MAP ON PAPER showing the plots laid out for Pownallborough lying between the Kennebec River and Wiscasset Bay

47 —
COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS
An untitled map of the river and lake system from Penobscot and Passamaquoddy bays in the south and east, to the Chaudiere River (partly still unsurveyed), the St. Lawrence and Quebec in the north-west, MANUSCRIPT MAP ON VELLUM