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A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION OF THE RIVER WYE FROM THE SOURCE TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SEVERN
Written by T.H. Fielding.
Stock no. 570371
Published by Ackermann & Co.. 1841. Very good condition.

Full polished brown leather binding with gilt borders and embossed decoration at corners. Red title label to spine. 12 beautiful mounted hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue guards. Endpapers browned. Light browning to contents. Professional paper repair to edge of one page, hardly visible. A truly handsome copy of this scarce book.

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LA MANIERE DE BIEN PENSER DANS LES OUVRAGES D'ESPRIT
Written by Dominique Bouhours.
Stock no. 988368
Published by Abraham Wolfgang. 1688. Good condition.

Small format. Pages: 6, 398, 24 Table Des Matieres. Contemporary full leather binding. Text in French Free endpapers missing. Endpapers and prelims browned. Some page edge browning throughout. Top and bottom of spine chipped with loss.

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LETTRE D'UN ITALIEN A UN FRANCAIS SUR LES DOCTRINES DE M. DE LAMENNAIS
Written by M. De Lamennais; Vincent Gioberti; D. Antonio Riccardi.
Stock no. 988294
Published by J.B. Ansiau; Meline, Cans Et Compagine; Debecourt; Mazzoleni. 1841. Very good condition.

Pages: 86, 42, 87, 105. Contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards with gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spine. Includes: Lettre d'un Italien a un Francais Sur les Doctrines de M. De Lamennais; Reponse A Un Article de la revue des deux Mondes, by Vincent Gioberti; Refute Par Lui-meme by Lamennais; Alla Gioventu Sullo Studio Della Filosofia by D. Antonio Riccardi. Text in French and Italian. Contents dated 1841, 1844, 1839. REDUCED from £195.

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RIDER'S BRITISH MERLIN FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1797
Written by Cardanus Rider.
Stock no. 987898
Published by J. Debrett. 1797. Very good condition.

Small format. Pages: iv, 60, 305. Modern brown leather spine, paperboards. Contains a complete list of all the members of parliament, a list of fairs, an army list, and other similar information. New Endpapers. Page browning throughout. Ink spots to text block.

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THE CARIBBEAN CONFEDERATION
Written by C.S. Salmon.
Stock no. 988464
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1888. Very good condition.

A Plan for the Union of the Fifteen British West Indian Colonies. Pages: 175. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Folding coloured map. Royal Statistical Society stamps to verso of map and title page. Contents very good indeed.

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CALENDARS OF GWYNEDD OR CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF LORDS-LIEUTENANT, CUSTODES ROTULORUM, SHERIFFS AND KNIGHTS OF THE SHIRE FOR THE COUNTIES OF ANGLESEY, CAERNARVON AND MERIONETH
Written by Edward Breese.
Stock no. 557491
Published by John Camden Hotten. 1st 1873. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Heraldic emblem and leek design to front cover. 161 pages. Large folding colour frontis. Chronological Lists of Lords-Lieutenant, Custodes Rotulorum, Sheriffs and Knights of the Shire for the Counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon and Merioneth and of the members for the boroughs of caernarvon and beaumaris. To which are added lists of the lords Presidents of Wales and the constables of the castles of Beaumris, Caernarvon, Conway, and Harlech. Contents very good indeed. A few foxspots throughout. Spine browned. Covers lightly rubbed. REDUCED FROM £120.

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GWEITHIAU
Written by Samuel Roberts.
Stock no. 988508
Published by Evan Jones. 1st 1856. Almost very good condition.

Text mostly in Welsh. Pages: 804. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Contents very good. Front joint slightly cracked.

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EINE AEGYPTISCHE KONIGSTOCHTER
Written by Georg Ebers.
Stock no. 988518
Published by Eduard Hallberger. 1879. Nearly fine condition.

Achte Auflage. 3 Volumes, Original dark green cloth with rich gilt decoration. Name in ink to front endpapers. Corners very lightly rubbed. A handsome set.

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SALMONIA: OR DAYS OF FLY FISHING
Written by Humphry Davy.
Stock no. 988552
Published by John Murray. 1832. Very good condition.

In a Series of Conversations with some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo by an Angler - Third edition. Pages: xiii, 335. Contemporary three-quarters blue leather binding; raised bands and gilt-lettered black moroco label on spine. 6 engraved plates plus 3 fly plates. No author named, but is Sir Humphry Davy. Contents very good. In handsome modern binding. REDUCED from £120.

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OEUVRES POSTHUMES DE MARMONTEL
Written by Jean-Francois Marmontel.
Stock no. 988703
Published by A Paris. 1805. Very good condition.

6 volumes, Small format. In later 19th century marbled boards with orange spine labels. Contains Memoires d'un Pere (4 vols) and Regence du Duc d'Orleans (2 vols). Text in French. Pages browned. Corners rubbed. Reduced from £180.

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A PORTFOLIO AND FRAGMENTS AND ANTIQUITIES OF LANCASHIRE
Written by Matthew Gregson.
Stock no. 900316
Published by G.H. Harris's Widow And Brothers. 1824. Very good condition.

The book consists of the book "Fragments" bound with other material in modern brown cloth with black and gilt title label. Consists of: A page of manuscript notes relating to the text. The "Notice of Publication Sheet" for the book dated 1817. Title Page for 1817 edition. Portrait of Matthew Gregson. Title Page for 1824 (second) edition. ix pages including updated subscribers list. Page vii repeated from original edition. Large folding map. 152 pages completes Part I. Part II dated 1817 continues the pagination through to page 302. Part III has cviii pages. One page prospectus for forthcoming fourth part. A coloured page titled "A List of the Sheriffs of Lancashire copied from Gregson's fragments of the History of that County" followed by pages 295 to 302 repeated but with all the heraldic shields hand coloured. A further document title "To the Freemen of Lancaster" seemingly one of 200 printed in 1780. 4 small pages with a review of Gregson's book. Two manuscript pages with notes relating to the book. One printed page which is a a letter from Gregson probably printed in a newspaper Titled "National Education in Drawing" and dated 1813. Numerous black and white illustrations and original card covers bound in. Bookplate to front pastedown. The contents are superb. Reduced from £350.

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LETTRES A CAMILLE SUR LA PHYSIOLOGIE DE L'HOMME
Written by Isidore Bourdon.
Stock no. 988419
Published by H. Dumont. 1834. Very good condition.

Small format. Pages: viij, 307. Leather spine, marbled boards; gilt decoration and lettering on spine. 6 b/w plates at end of volume showing the head and brain. Text in French. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine. A nice copy.

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