Books Printed before 1800

La Vie de Gaspard de Coligny, Cologne 1686

La Vie de Gaspard de Coligny, Cologne 1686, for sale

Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien

La Vie de Gaspard de Coligny

Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1686. Read more about this item about La Vie de Gaspard de Coligny, Cologne 1686

Price: £185.00
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The Moral Practice of the Jesuits. From the John Evelyn library.

The Moral Practice of the Jesuits, 1670, for sale

Evelyn, John (translator)

The Moral Practice of the Jesuits. Demonstrated by many remarkable Histories of their Actions in all parts of the World.

London, Simon Miller, 1670

With the heraldic bookplate of Sir Frederick Evelyn, great grandson of the diarist John Evelyn, and the ’J E’ ticket inserted in the books of the John Evelyn library, when they were sold by Christies in 1977-8.

In the ‘Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature’ (1928), this translation is said to be by John Evelyn himself. This is, perhaps, the author’s own copy. Read more about this item about The Moral Practice of the Jesuits. From the John Evelyn library.

Price: £240.00
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Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq. British Civil War

Ludlow Memoirs, 1751, for sale

Ludlow, Edmund

Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq.; Lieutenant-General of Horse…

London, A. Millar etc., 1751

Folio (31x20cm), portrait frontispiece + xii +502 + 18 + pages + index.

Generally a clean, crisp copy internally, with a little browning and light marking to some pages. A brown mark on the back of the portrait and a narrow brown mark at the edge of the title page (approximately 3 millimetres wide and 8cm long). Read more about this item about Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq. British Civil War

Price: £180.00
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Unrecorded Eighteenth Century Book

Essays On the Old Testament, 1793, not in British Library, for sale

Essays on Select Parts of the Historical and Prophetic Books of the Old Testament

London, J. Johnson, 1793

Not in the British Library, or Library of Congress Catalogues, I have not traced another surviving copy. Read more about this item about Unrecorded Eighteenth Century Book

Price: £150.00
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Jacobean Drama

Beaumont and Fletcher, Works 1701

Beaumont and Fletcher

The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr. John Fletcher. Volume the Seventh.

London, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1701.

8vo. (20x12cm), title page + 476 + (2) pages. Some browning, particularly to the first 98 pages and a few other marks. The type sometimes tending to show through the paper in places, but always a readable copy. A small hole in a blank leaf before the title page. Read more about this item about Jacobean Drama

Price: £75.00
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Bell's British Theatre

Bell's British Theatre 1776
Illustration from Bell's British Theatre

Bell’s British Theatre Consisting of the Most Esteemed British Plays, complete in 20 volumes.

London, John Bell and York, C. Etherington, 1776 Read more about this item about Bell's British Theatre

Price: £595.00
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Bathurst, Elizabeth Truth Vindicated... An early edition of this female Quaker writer.

Truth Vindicated By the Faithful Testimony and Writings of the Innocent Servant and Handmaiden of the Lord Elizabeth Bathurst...
London, Assigns of F. Sowle, 1731
Read more about this item about Bathurst, Elizabeth Truth Vindicated... An early edition of this female Quaker writer.

Price: £65.00
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Wotton, Sir Henry Reliquiae Wottonianae: Or, A Collection Of Lives, Letters, Poems…

Reliquiae Wottonianae: Or, A Collection Of Lives, Letters, Poems…

Wotton, Sir Henry

Reliquiae Wottonianae: Or, A Collection Of Lives, Letters, Poems…

London, T. Roycroft for R. Marriot etc., 1672

The Third Edition, with large additions. Read more about this item about Wotton, Sir Henry Reliquiae Wottonianae: Or, A Collection Of Lives, Letters, Poems…

Price: £175.00
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Taylor, Jeremy Unum Necessarium Or, The Doctrine and Practice of Repentance…

London, James Flesher and R. Royston, 1655

8vo. (18x11.5cm), A complete copy: 48 unnumbered pages, folding engraving, 1-448, 8 unnumbered pages, 449-690, 8 unnumbered pages Read more about this item about Taylor, Jeremy Unum Necessarium Or, The Doctrine and Practice of Repentance…

Price: £275.00
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The Craftsman by Celab D’Anvers Volume 3

London, R. Franklin, 1731.
A very well preserved Eighteenth Century binding with its original red leather label on the spine.
The Craftsman, an influential periodical that opposed Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister, contained contributions by Bolingbroke and William Pulteney. Read more about this item about The Craftsman by Celab D’Anvers Volume 3

Price: £40.00
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