Antiquarian & Rare from Ariel Books

London: W Richardson at the Royal Exchange , 1793. Full Leather bindings, blind embossed decoration to both bds, pp vi 245 [1 Ads]. Bds curving with splits at spine joints, small nick to rear bd top, buffed through leather at cnrs first blank missing, name at top of title page, bright and clean internally apart from brown splatter drips … Read more about this item

Germany, 1848. Bound illustrations with ex-libris plate of noted Oxford historian Francis Pierrpont Barnard with name and note stating ex Don York Powell (Don of Modern History Oxford) with pencil note in Barnards hand stating "c1848 I believe never used" with his initial beneath. He thought that these were prior to the 1850 Stuttgart edition in colour. The… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition under the title of Monks and Demons, and including Cantos III & IV. The poem was published in 1813, in two cantos, two additional cantos were added in 1818.. In style and stanza, Frere's "Specimen" was imitated in Byron's Beppo, and is thus regarded as a seminal influence on Byron's Don Juan. CONDITION Half… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co, 1817. French man Louis Simond (1767-1831). This is noted for its very early illus done by the Author of the Welsh and the Scottish poor. CONDITION Vol 1 only. Ex University Library with only spine marking and filing details to verso of title page. Half Leather with Papered bds, Pp xiv 508 with 2 fold… Read more about this item

Mainz, Germany : Antonii Boetzeri , 1618. Summa de Virtutibus et Vitiis. Principles in Latin. Part 1 are Virtues, Part 2 are Vices. Original Vellum wraps, Pp 48 Prolog, Pt 1, Pp 404 plus 12 page index, Pt 2, Pp 346 plus 7 page index. CONDITION Very good for age, all present, a few insect pin holes along bottom edge… Read more about this item

Brescia, Italy : Apud Societatum Brixiensem , 1602. Memorial of Carlo Borromeo who was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Ugento1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Pozzuoli.He served as Bishop of Pozzuoli until his death in 1540. DESCRIPTION Each Separately numbered, Liber Memorialis [1603] pp 228… Read more about this item

Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Apud Philippum Bonk , 1745. Johannes Columbus 1640 - 1684 Sweden greatest Latin scholar of his era, Prof. Uppsala University. Text in Ancient Greek and Latin, originally published 1678. Fine bindings signed Rel[ieur] P. Bozerian, gold-tooled on the spine heel. The famous binder Bozerian who worked for Napoleon, Renouard and all the great bibliophiles of his time.… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: M J Godwin at the Juvenile Library, 1915. Printed by B McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden in colophon. Written by the publishers daughter, a then 10 year old Mary Godwin (Shelley) adapted a jaunty vaudeville song into a children's rhyme, ''Mounseer Nongtongpaw,'' which makes spirited fun of English bigotry and greed. Godwin published it, the first work… Read more about this item

Netherlands: F Bohn, 1878. 2nd Edition Revised. Author only named as Maria to preface. Text in Dutch. Marbled bds with Burgundy leather embossed cloth to cnrs and spine (mild wear) Blue end pages, pp 196 with 24 plate illus. Some minor foxing with bright text block, a couple of old repairs to minor damage using archival paper tape. Copy slightly… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Board of Agriculture, 1807. 1754-1835. Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language. CONDITION Needs rebinding, damp staining to page edges through out, pp xi 392. All pages present and readible with many uncut to rear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

Cythere (Brussels): Anon, 1864. "retirez-vous, censeurs alrilaires; fuyez, devots, hypocrites ou fous; prudes, guenons, et vous, vielles megeres : nou doux transports ne sont pas faits pour vous." Text in French. This title was condemned for outrages against good morals, and destruction ordered by the Cour d'assises de la Vienne on December 12, 1838 and banned for many years afterward.… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: George Routledge/Piper, Stephenson & Co, 1850. Omoo, Early Edition. Brown Marbled bds with Black Leather spine and cnrs, bright Gilt title in Burgundy flag to spine, pp ix 242.. BOUND with The Post and the Paddock, Nice frontis engraving by H. Beckwith, pp vii 232. CONDITION Very nice copy with mild wear to bds, named to both… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: John Murray, 1847. "Adventures on the Road to Paris" by Henrich, Norwegian-born German philosopher, scientist, poet and Rector of the University of Berlin. First English edition 1848, originally published in German 1844-45. pp viii 167. "Story of the Battle of Waterloo" First Edition 1847. Gleig was a noted soldier and chaplain, appointed Chaplain-General of the Forces in… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: David Bogue, 1847. Not Dated (1847 BL) Blue bds with blind embossed decoration and bright Gilt spine title (cloth at spine ends sl chipped and cnrs sl buffed, bds have dark marks from transfer from neigbouing books on shelf) pp 285 with 12 nice steel engraved illus bound in (internally tight and very bright, edges to all… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1824. The very scarce book of proverbs. John Wade was the British political reformer who published the notorious and influential Black Book (1819), a litany of British political and industrial abuses. CONDITION Contemporary professional rebound in Black cloth with Gilt spine title, with new antiqued eps, pp xxiv pp… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1883. "Proctor was inspired by a passage in the neo-Platonic philosopher Proculus's commentary on Plato's Timaes, which mentioned that before the Great Pyramid was completed it was used as an observatory. Based on his reading of the account he surmised that when the Pyramid was completed to its fiftieth course, i.e. to the level… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: W B Whittaker, 1827. Original text first published 1819, assumed 2nd edition with the addition of "Together with Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences, and of Civilisation in Europe, to which is added, a Compendious Table of Chronology, from the Creation of the World to the Present Time." CONDITION Professionally rebount in Brown Calf with… Read more about this item

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1824. A new edition. Vol I Part II. Ex University library copy with only small stamps to top and bottom edge and one to verso of title page. Else copy is excellent in Fine bindings of Tan Calf with Gilt tooled border and tooled edge. Has Professional restoration with a new calf… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Macmillan, 1903. Fine bindings in full Burgundy calf with Gilt tooled spine with 5 raised bands, School Crest tooled in Gilt of St William's College, Isle of Mann, (top rear cnr sl bruised) tooled dentille edging to inside of bds, marbled to all edges, marbled eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, nice steel engraved portrait frontis with… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: John Murray, 1886. Green bds with bright Gilt title and palm decoration (fresh with mild wear, 2cm fray to spine head) Black eps with gutter crack to paper (mull very tight) pp xvi 318 with 11 nice wood cut illus and one fold out map, named to first black and resudue where pasted in note to preface… Read more about this item