Historia das Antiguidades de Evora, Primeira Parte repartida em dez livros, Onde se relataõ as cousas, que acontecêraõ em Evora até ser tomada aos Mouros por Giraldo, no tempo Del-Rey Dom Affonço Henriquez; e o mais que dahi por diante aconteceo até o tempo presente, se contará na segunda parte, que para ficar mais desembaraçada, se poem no fim desta os Reys de Portugal, com suas geraçoens, e descendencias. Por Amador Patricio by [AZEVEDO, Martin Cardoso de] - 1739

Vernona: Antonio Portese, 1542. Octavo. 55 (1)pp. Woodcut printer's device on title page. Saraina was an Italian humanist, historian and patron. He was the author of the first printed book on the history and antiquities of Verona, published in 1540, with woodcuts after drawings by Giovanni Battista Caroto that are still extant After Torello completed De Orine et Amplitudine Civitatis Veronae, he pushed this volume on the history of Verona. Bound in full vellum, title on spine in brown ink. There are some light damp staining to lower corner of leaves(more so to last few leaves) lacks one front blank.

No. 108 of 150 large paper, hand-colored copies. Hand-colored inserted dedication page (to Don Caesar Frank Fiori); top-edge gilt; deckle edges; hand-colored plates; five distinctly raised bands; gilt decor to front, rear and spine compartments. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 4to; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lauren Ford. This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing about Joan of Arc. I think she is the winner in the whole of French history. The leading women of these days were more forceful and remarkable than the men." Profusely illustrated, this slim volume contains 17 illustrations by the distinguished artist Lauren Ford. Though 16 of these illustrations had previously been published as black and white drawings, this is their first appearance in color. The illustration on the dust jacket front cover and frontispiece is original to this edition. This little-known edition is scarce and thus missing from many collections. Many of the copies that do come on the market are ex-library with attendant flaws, very often including library stickers or… Read More

Naples: Francesco Savio, 1648. Leather_bound. Very Good. [8], 450 [i.e. 462], [10] p.; 22 cm. Signatures: a4 A-3N4 (4to). Contemorary limp vellum with handwritten spine title. Errors in pagination: p. 458-459 misnumbered 454-455; p. 462 misnumbered 450. Woodcut tail-pieces and initials; printed marginal notes. Includes index. The first edition of the first two parts of the author's history of Spain under the Goths and the Moors. The third and fourth parts of the history were published in 1653. In Very Good Condition: fore-edge of front cover curling up; occasional light soiling; some pages browned.

London, England: Smith, Elder & Co. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1848. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 611 pages: 5 x 8 in.: 2.4: KB#011175: No Jacket As Issued. "St. Paul's To St. James's. With Forty-Five Illustrations." per the title pages, but, besides quite a few small chapter head illustrations, the two books contain frontispieces in each volume, plus a total of 26 large illustrations engraved by C. Thurston Thompson, from drawings by J. W. Archer and C. T. Thompson. Volume 1 contains 300 pages and Volume 2 has 311 pages, followed by a 12-page catalog of other works published by Smith, Elder & Co. Boards are original blind stamped, dark orange cloth, with gilt lettering on spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (no writing, marks, or bookplates found at all), bright, tightly bound (except for beginning cracking of hinge in front of title page in vol. 1) and sharp cornered (except for some light wear at spine edges). Scarce, Out… Read More

B. F. French, 1830 Contemporary brown calf w/gilt title plates, rubbing at corners, top spine scuffed/chip Vol. 2 boards all tight. foxing, damp stains. Rare OCLC finds 0 copies of 4 volume edition. Nice solid set of classic work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good.

1811 1st ed Worthies of England Thomas Fuller History of Britain John Nichols 2v

Thomas Fuller was a 17th-century English historian who particularly notable for his historical accounts of English worthies and the Church of England. In 1662, Fuller's "Worthies of England" was published, a book which would become one of the most iconic books of English history even into the 19th-century. This book discusses the physical boundaries of English towns and counties, notable figures and martyrs, antiquities, buildings: cathedrals, and general observations.
In 1811, John Nichols reissued Fuller's masterpiece, updating the landscape of each of the British communities.
Item number: #13913
Price: $499
FULLER, Thomas
The history of the worthies of England
London: Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington ... [et al.] 1811. First Nichols edition.

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. I – xvi, 596
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Vol. II – 619, [1]
· References: Allibone II, 1425;
· Provenance:… Read More

1806 1ed Naval Chronicle Royal Navy Jamaica Port Royal MERMAIDS Ships Wrecks
'The Naval Chronicle' was a British periodical which began publication starting in 1799. Its focus was to provide information on the Royal Navy, particularly biographical sketches of important figures, histories, news, and other essays on nautical subjects, to the British public.
This illustrated 1806 issue features impressive views of ships, sea battles, castles, lighthouses, and portraits of admirals including a highly desirable view of Port Royal in Jamaica. This particular volume includes information on:
· Memoirs of Riggs Popham, capture of Buenos Aires
· Ship mutinies
· Thomas Jefferson ordering British ships out of US waters
· Wreck of the HMS Porpoise
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Sightings of mermaids!
· Indian trade and East India Company
Item number: #14809
Price: $550
various
The naval chronicle, a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United Kingdom… volume the sixteenth… Read More

1868 FASHION English Woman Domestic Magazine Illustrated Dresses Beeton Recipes
In mid-19th-century England, there was a growing demand for literature on home-making and female interests. Numerous magazines and periodicals were published to try to meet this demand. One such work was Sam Beeton's "Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine" – a magazine that, according to Diamond,
"targeted middle-class women and was an immediate commercial success, with its clever mix of French fashion plates, dressmaking paper patterns, designs for fancy-work, excellent recipes (by Mrs Beeton), and serialized novels."
This tome contains 23 full-page engravings illustrating dresses and high fashion.
Item number: #19722
Price: $499
BEETON, Sam
Englishwoman's domestic magazine
London : S.O. Beeton, [ca. 1868]. 1st edition

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1 tome
o Vol. I – vii, [1], 288
o Vol. II – vii, [1], 336
o 23 hand-colored plates + several in-text illustrations
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1809 BRITAIN Bertram ENGLAND MAPS Scotland Medieval monk Richard of Westminster

Charles Bertram was an 18th-century English historian best-remembered for his landmark book 'Description of Britain'. This book, based on the manuscripts and letters of 14th-century Benedictine monk Richard of Westminster (Cirencester), was the authoritative work on the history of England for decades.
This 1809 English edition was translated by Henry Hatcher and includes the commentary of Thomas Leman (per the BMC). It features editions of the maps in the style of the original 1750s maps.

Item number: #20106
Price: $550
BERTRAM, Charles
The description of Britain, translated from Richard of Cirencester: with the original treatise De situ Britanniae ; and a commentary on the itinerary
London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Company, 1809.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o xxiii, [1], 166, 127, [1]
o 2 folding maps
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – John Clerk Brodie
o Likely John… Read More