Cologne : 1725. 12mo, [12], 312 pp, title in red and black, ink blot in margin of H2 recto, prelims. a little waterstained, stamped “Bond” and with the signature “Jean Bond son Livre 1737” on front fly, cont. sprinkled calf, gilt spine, head and foot worn with loss, joints sound.
This work, one of the earliest comparative studies of English and French customs and usage, was first published in 1725 and some authorities (e.g. Conlon) identify this one printed in Cologne as the first. However, it seems to us that the edition of 543 pages printed ‘without place’ (either Zurich or Geneva?) is a more likely candidate. They were followed, in 1726, by a second edition, enlarged to 3 parts totalling over 650 pages.
Reference: Barbier II 1302

Florence : 1724: 1724. 8vo, a4, A-I8, K12, the last blank,title in red and black with a fine vignette engraved by And. Mailar after Ant. Baldi, finely engraved headpiece and historiated initial on page 1, printed on strong paper, slightly browned throughout, cont. vellum covered boards, morocco title label to spine, a good sound copy.

Although not published until 1525, this collection was first put together towards the end of the 13th century. Several of them were borrowed and adapted by Boccaccio for his Decameron.

Hythe : Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Hythe, Kent. n.d. [1990]. Oblong folio, title + 2pp text + (eng.) title + 9 (eng.) plates, glazed printed paper wrappers, new.
A full size facsimile reprint of Filippo Morghen’s magnificent series of engravings “Raccolta delle cose pui notabili vedute da Giovanni Wilkins...nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna...”
First edition of Brian Aldiss’s introductory essay on the history and background of these fascinating prints.

Lyon : Chez Antoine Boudet, rue Merciere. 1695. 12mo, a6, A-I12, T12, L-O12, Ff6, [xii], 1-345, [3] pp, contemporary French mottled calf, 2-line blindstamped fillet borders, fully gilt spine, morocco label, edges stained red, corners slightly worn, otherwise sound.
A melange of gossip and anecdotes from the French theatre and “la vie galante” in Toulouse, Avignon, Montpellier as well as Italy and Spain.
The ‘privilege’ states that it was ceded to Michel Brunet (Libraire a Paris) who shared it with Hilaire Baritel of Lyon, who in turn shared it with “Sieur Plaignard, et audit Sieur Baudet[sic]”. All the 1695 editions are uncommon with only 3 copies from Lyons publishers located by CCFf, none of them by Antoine Boudet.

London : Printed for Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson, at Grays-Inn Gate... 1681. First Edition
Small 4to, A-K4, L1; [viii], 72pps, 1f (Epilogue leaf), upper margin cropped with loss of some headlines, modern 1/4 red morocco, marbled bds.
Reference: Wing L 852

Florence : For Niccolo Taglini... 1688. Second Edition
4to, Eng. front., 7ff, 545, [3] pp, 19c English tree calf, gilt spine, mor. label, joints cracked, cords sound, one corner dunched. Armorial bookplate of the Vyse family and signature of R.Vyse on front pastedown.
First published in 1676, and innumerable times since, this is one of the great heroi-comic poems of Italian literature, recognised by the Accademia della Crusca among the testi di lingua. Brunet calls the 1st. edition “assez rare”
Reference: Brunet V. 1536 (under Zipoli)

Paris : Chez La Veuve de Jean Baptiste Coignard... et Jean Baptiste Coignard, fils... 1681. First Edition 12mo, [-]4, A-H12, I2, 2 engraved headpieces by J. Mariette, folding plate (edge a little frayed just touching border) and many diagrams in the text, text browned throughout, contemporary French binding of red morocco, French fillet borders with a fleur-de-lys at each corner, spine on 5 raised bands, titled direct to the spine in second compartment, the rest gilt with foliage and a fleur-de-lys, the centre of each cover with the arms in gilt of an unidentified French count [oval escutcheon with 3 massues (clubs)], a.e.g. good condition.
Scarce. Ccfr locates 5 copies, Non in COPAC

London: Printed for R. Dodsley... 1739. First Edition, First Issue, with band of printer’s flowers below title on page [3].
Folio, A-D2, [E]1, (lacking the 1/2-title found in some copies) 17 pps, short tear in margin of A2, otherwise a good clean copy, modern grey paper bds.

Dodsley got into trouble with the authorities for publishing this poem, and was called before the House of Lords on 12. Feb. 1739. It is suspected that this was intended to serve as an ‘oblique’ warning to Pope, whom no-one was confident enough to challenge face-to-face.
Reference: Foxon W 417 [Williams: Points. 102]

Leiden : [Bonaventure & Abraham] Elzevier 1640. Third Elzevier Edition
12mo, [8], 536, [30], 47 pp, cont. limp vellum, a little soiled, front cords broken.
This issue has the misnumbered pages corrected, but no 7-line Omissum on p.536.
The author was professor of theology at Herborn and an acknowledged expert on N.T. lexicography and grammar. Willems 505 Copinger 3511

Augsburg : 1726. Large wallmap 1440 x 1680 mm, engraved by Michael Kauffer, dissected in 50 sheets, laid down on linen and folded into a full tree calf pull-off case in the form of a book (315x200mm), red morocco label, some foxing, minor leather loss at foot of spine, otherwise fine.
This is a re-issue by Wieland of Muller’s important survey of Bohemia (1722). Muller, who started his survey in 1712, did not live to see it published. He was succeeded as Austrian Surveyor by Johann Wolfgang Wieland.

Tubingen : J.G. Cotta... 1801. First Edition
[-]1, 1-14 in 8’s, 15 in 7 (first leaf of 15 being the title-page), title-page, 238pps, gothic letter, original grey paper boards, uncut, much of the paper missing from the spine, bottom cord severed, a completely unsophisticated copy preserved in a mylar chemise.
A powerful depiction of the psychological struggle between Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart; one in power, the other in prison.
Following a critically acclaimed run at the Almeida Theatre in December 2016 - January 2017, Robert Icke's new adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart transferred to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre from January 2018 and is currently on a UK tour.

London: By Cox, Fils et Baylis.... for J. Deconchy... 1804. 3 vols. 8vo, xv, 223 pp + vii, 232 pp, + [i], 211 pp, no half-titles (?called for), cont half calf, marbled boards, worn, bookplate of C.F.Smith.

London: Printed: And Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster. 1714. 8vo, A, a, B-R8, ST8, U-Z, Aa-Cc8, Dd2, xxx, 403 pp, cont. panelled calf, blind-stamped, short split to top of front hinge, otherwise fine.
Reference: ESTC N39674

London : Printed for A. Millar, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand. 1749. First Edition
8vo, A-E8, [viii], 72 pp, title and last leaf slightly dust-soiled, uncut, disbound.
Hill, a writer and energetic entrepreneur who was, for a time, stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, then director of opera at the Queen’s Theatre, Haymarket, died on 8 February 1750, the day before a benefit performance of Merope commanded by the prince of Wales. The play is an adaption from Voltaire.

Konigsberg: bey Friedrich Nicolovius 1803. 8vo. x + 188pp + 1f, modern grey paper bds.

Basel : Typis Genathianis, 1676. 8vo, [lxxvi], 336, [12] pp, engr. title, port., epitaph and 81 engravings in text, some tipped in and folding, d3&4 of the prelims have been excised and the two portraits of Holbein the Elder and Holbein the Younger they contained have been cut round (losing their titles which are supplied in facsimile) and mounted on blank pages at the end, 18th century plain vellum somewhat soiled, engraved armorial bookplate of Rev. J. Dell of New College, Oxford.
The First Edition with Holbein’s illustrations, offered at a cheap price because of the problem with the portraits.
Reference: Brunet II 1037