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[BIBLE - N.T., Greek]. WESTCOTT, Brooke Foss. HORT, Fenton John Anthony.. The new testament in the original greek. Cambridge and London. Macmillan and Co., 1892. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 618pp, [2]. With half-title. Contents leaf bound at rear. Finely bound by Stoakley, late Hawes, for Macmillan & Bowes of Cambridge in contemporary black morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, with the supralibros of John Gott, Bishop of Truro to upper board. A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed. Prize bookplate of Joseph Harding White, with the signature of John Gott, to FEP. Manuscript notes listing ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34371
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[BIBLE - N.T., English]. The new testament Of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ... Imprinted at London by Robert Barker...and by the Assignes of John Bill. 1641. [528]pp. Title within ornamental woodcut border. ESTC R107604, Herbert 560, Wing B2645. ESTC records copies at just three locations (British and Foreign Bible Society, BL, and NLS).

[Bound with:] The whole booke of psalmes. Collected into English Meeter by T. Sternehold, J. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others: conferred with the Hebrew... Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1644. [22], 230pp, [16]. ESTC R231218, Wing B2403A. ESTC ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25531
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[BIBLE, Greek - Septuagint]. [Greek Title] Vetus testamentum graecum ex versione septuaginta interpretum juxta exemplar vaticanum romae editum. Cantabrigiae, [i.e. Cambridge]. Excusum Per Joannem Field, Typographum Academicum, 1665. Third English edition. 12mo. [2], 19, [1]; 755, [1]; 516pp. Lower corner of K6 torn away with some loss. Darlow & Moule 4701. ESTC R236848. Wing B2719.

[Bound uniformly with:] [BIBLE, N.T., Greek]. [Greek title]. [Cambridge]. [John Field, 1665]. 12mo. [2], 419pp, [1]. Small thumbnail sized piece torn away from margin of A4, with a little loss. ESTC R25629.

[And:] [PSALTER - Church of Scotland]. The psalms of david ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 28955
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[BIBLE - French]. La Sainte Bible, qui contient L'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament. A Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Mortier, [1699]. Nouvelle edition reveu sur les textes Hebreux & Grecs par les Pasteurs et Professeurs de Geneve. 12mo. Signatures: A-3O6, 3P2. Without the New Testament (A-S6, T10), clearly never bound into this volume. With an engraved general title page. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled black calf, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, margins closely trimmed - occasional shaving to chapter titles at head, horizontal tear and partial naive paper repair to leaf T4 - touching text without loss of sense. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30415
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[BIBLE - English, Polyglot]. The english version of the polyglot bible; containing the old and new testaments... London. Samuel Bagster and Sons, [s.d., c. 1860] 8vo. Finely bound in publisher's luxurious blind-decorated, gilt- titled brown morocco, gilt-metal corner bosses to beveled boards, gauffered edges, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, morocco label to FEP lettered in gilt 'FROM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION - 1862'. Lightly rubbed, gilt-metal clasp broken away and absent. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32799
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[BIBLE - English, Authorized Version]. The holy bible Containing the old testament and the new. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently Compared and revised. Cambridge. Printed by John Field, 1657. 8vo. [1354]pp. Title printed within an ornamental border, containing the seal of Cambridge University, signed: Rob. Vaughan sculp. The New Testament and the Psalms both have separate title pages dated 1657, the register is continuous. Handsomely bound by Gilmour of Salisbury in early nineteenth-century black panelled morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Armorial bookplate ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33174
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[BIBLE - English, Authorized Version]. The holy bible, containing the old and new testaments... Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co., 1823. Quarto. Unpaginated. With additional engraved title pages for both the O.T. and N.T., and a further 27 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-stamped black straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Manuscript records of births, deaths, marriages etc. of the Trueman family to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19315
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[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible, with notes, critical and explanatory by the rev. john styles, brighton. Lewes. Sussex Press, Printed and sold by John Baxter, 1811. Quarto. In two volumes. With an engraved title page to each volume and a further 30 of 32 plates. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplates of John Trotter, Royal Artillery to both FEPs, naive clear tape repair of head of leaf 4Z2 of Vol. I, small marginal hole to leaf 5N2, loss to lower ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33894
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BIANCO, Margery Williams. Poor cecco. London. Chatto & Windus, 1925. First edition. Quarto. 175pp, [1]. With a half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece, six further chromolithograph plates, and numerous in-text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (stamp-signed to front pastedown) in contemporary gilt-ruled tan morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Internally clean and crisp, overall, a fine copy. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32717
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[BESSE, Joseph]. A vindication Of A Book intituled, A Brief Account of many of the Prosecution of the People call'd Quakers, &c; The Evasions and Disingenuity of the Clergy of the Diocese of London in their Answers and Reflections; And the Falshood and Inconsistency of the Intelligences by Them published. To which are added, Remarks on the Poor Vicar’s Plea. With Bishop Burnet’s description of the ecclesiastical courts. London. Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, 1737. First edition. 8vo. [2], 138pp. Recent navy half-morocco, blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Slight discolouration to boards. Recent marbled endpapers, lightly browned. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 15122
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BERKENHOUT, John. Synopsis of the natural history of great-britain and ireland. Containing a systematic arrangement and concise description of all the animals, vegetables, and fossils, which have hitherto been discovered in these Kingdoms...Being a second edition of the Outlines, &c. Corrected and considerably enlarged... London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1789. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], xii, 13-19, [1], 334, [2]; [4], 380pp. Contemporary diced calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, 'Newall' lettered in gilt to foot of spines. Rubbed and sunned. Paper strips pasted to half-titles in order to obscure early ownership inscriptions, inked ownership inscription of Thos: Clifton to title page of Vol. II. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27397
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BERGUER, Lionel Thomas. Philip, king of spain: a tragedy, translated from the italian of count vittorio alfieri. London. Published by Robert Dutton...and John Agg and Co.., 1809. First edition in English. Quarto. x, [2], 94pp, [2]. With half-title, engraved frontispiece and the terminal blank. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. A trifle rubbed, with a small wormhole to upper joint at foot. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Presentation, inscribed (by the recipient) 'J.T. Coleridge Eton College Bucks. Given him (so bound) by the author. March 15th 1809' to the head of a blank fly-leaf. Further ink inscription (?'J.T. ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24998
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BELL, Thomas. A short essay on Military First Principles. London. Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1770. First edition. 8vo. [4], xii, 223pp, [1]. Sumptuously bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, a trifle marked, ink-stain to upper board. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplates of John Arthur Brooke and Ian Paton to FEP and FFEP respectively. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 15222
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BEHN, Mrs [Aphra]. All the histories and novels Written by the Late Ingeious Mrs. behn, Intire in Two Volumes. Published by Mr. Charles Gildon.. London. Printed by J.D. for M.P. and sold by A. Bettesworth...and F. Clay, 1722. Seventh edition, Corrected. 12mo. xii, 324; 336pp. With the half-title ('Mrs. Behn's Novels, In Two Volumes') and portrait frontispiece (with modern interleaf) engraving of the author (by Robert White, after John Riley) to Vol I, but without the six engraved 'Cuts' referred to on the title. Early twentieth-century gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G., by Stikeman. A little rubbed to extremities, especially upper joint of Vol. I., some browning to endpapers ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32495
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[BECKFORD, William]. Italy: with sketches of spain and portugal.. London. Richard Bentley, 1834. Second edition, revised. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], xvi, 371pp; xv, [1], 381pp, [1]. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, with surface wear to head and foot of dulled spines. Later armorial bookplates of Ronald Shukburgh Capron to FEPs, inked gift inscription to blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'J. A. G. Loughborough, from his sincere friend W. W. Haywood, On his leaving you xmas 1846', ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34470