Antiquarian literature Collection of English and continental books, 16th-18th century

Antiquarian literature Collection of English and continental books, 16th-18th century comprising: Hooker (Richard). The Works, in Eight Books of Ecclesiastical Polity. London: for Thomas Newcomb for A

1780 Great British Poets Somervile Thomas Gray Roscommon Mallet Pitt 9v Leather A rare collection of popular literature from 18th-century editor John Bell. Bell, one of the most prominent English publ

1767 Joseph Addison The Spectator English Literature Enlightenment Philosophy 8v ‘The Spectator’ was a daily periodical in the early 18th-century England designed to provide humor, satire, wit, an

1786 English Theatre Collection of Esteemed Farces Henry Fielding British Plays A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces is a rare, late 18th-century collection of English plays. Notable playwrights f

1777 History of Tom Jones Henry Fielding English Literature RARE 4v French ed Henry Fielding was an 18th-century English novelist known for his satirical works of humor. Fielding’s most famous works

1777 History of Tom Jones Henry Fielding English Literature RARE 4v French ed Henry Fielding was an 18th-century English novelist known for his satirical works of humor. Fielding’s most famous works

1783 Fables of John Gay English Literature Poetry Illustrated Thomas Bewick John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece ‘The Beggar’s Opera’. Whil

1793 FABLES John Gay Illustrated William Blake ART English Literature Poems John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece The Beggars Opera. While he is m

1796 1ed James Hervey English Literature Meditations & Contemplation Illustrated James Hervey was an 18th-century English writer primarily known for his first work ‘Meditations and Contemplations’

1711 RARE 8 Book Lot Homer Iliad Voltaire Jewish Letters Erasmus Colloquies 10v A fine collection of 18th century literature including Homer’s ‘Iliad’ edited by Dacier, works of Voltaire and Era

1719 Rare Book Lot Cicero Popes de Sacy BIBLE Caraccioli Clement XIV A fine collection of 18th-century literature including works of de Sacy on the New Testament, Cicero, Rochefoucauld, as well as Car

1684 10 Rare Book Lot Inca Empire Adventures of Telemachus MAPS Armorial A fine collection of 17th & 18th-century literature including Marmontel’s account of the Incan Empire, Fenelon’s Adventures

1691-1700s RARE Book Lot 15v Cicero French Literature Theatre Music Fontenelle A fine collection of 15 beautifully bound 18th-century tomes including the works of Cicero, Philippe Gerard, and Marc-Ant

1739 1st ed English Civil War Irish Massacre Charles I Thomas Carte 2v Set Thomas Carte was an early 18th-century English historian who composed a collection of letters and papers that were written in

1799 Hannah More Strictures of Female Education Women’s Rights Feminism 2v SET A rare and important collection of the complete works of Hannah More, an 18th-century English author. She played a crit

1797 RARE 9 Book Lot BINDINGS Shakespeare da Vinci Napoleon Cowper Robert Burns A fine collection of 18th century and 19th-century works of literature including that of William Shakespeare, William Co

1834 Hannah More Strictures of Female Education Women’s Rights Feminism A rare and important collection of the complete works of Hannah More, an 18th-century English author. She played a critical ro

1799 1st ed Poetry of Anti Jacobin French Revolution Poems Government English ‘Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin’ is a late 18th-century collection of political poems, written to denounce the Jacobin par

1785 The English Spy Secret Correspondence Pidansat Mairobert French Literature Mathieu-François Pidansat Mairobert was an 18th-century French author known for his work ‘The English Spy’ and work

1814 Practical Piety Hannah More Women’s Rights Feminism Prayer Devotional RARE A rare and important collection of the complete works of Hannah More, an 18th-century English author. She played a cri

1824 Elegant Extracts English Poetry Literature Shakespeare Milton Dryden Byron “Elegant Extracts” is a rare, early 19th-century collection of famous English poetry and literature. This 18

1870 English Literature Shakespeare Swift Longfellow Dickens Spenser Edgar Poe ‘The Book of Elegant Extracts’ is a fine 19th-century collection of extracts from famous poems and works of literatur

1854 EXQUISITE Gift of Friendship English Literature Shakespeare Sonnet Poetry “The Gift of Friendship” is a charming, mid-19th-century collection of short stories and poems. Most of the pieces in

A Collection of Nine English and Continental Boxes 18th Century and Later comprising a continental silver and tortoise-shell mounted snuff box, an enamel on copper bonbonniere in the form of love bird