Search Results: Titles starting with I from MFLIBRA Antique Books

Author: INGOLDSBY, Thomas [BARHAM, The Rev.]. Title: The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth And Marvels. With illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech and John Tenniel. Publisher: London, Richard Bentley, 1870. Language: Text in English. Size: 9 " X 7 ". Pages: xiv-513 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good binding, finely bound in half morocco leather, title in gilt on spine, raised bands (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A beautiful binding| Content: Good to very good content (bright and tight, some light foxing and staining - as shown, ink stamp of a previous owner on the second blank and name of a previous 1872 owner on the 4th blank page - as shown, marbled endpaper nicely replaced by a previous owner - as shown). Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece and the beautiful plates by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. **** The book: Rare and attractive illustrated edition by Bentley of the Ingoldsby Legends - a… Read More

Author: John Barclay.Title: Io. Barclaii Argenis. Editio novissima. Cum Clave. Hoc est, nominum propriorum elucidatione hactenus nondum edita.Publisher: Amstelodami (Amsterdam), apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1655.Language: Text in LatinSize: 5" X 3.5".Pages: 569 pages + Index.Binding: Very good contemporary full-calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the nice illustrated title page.
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The book: Rare early 17th-century Elzevir edition of Barclay's best-known work, the Argenis, a political romance, resembling in certain respects the Arcadia of Philip Sidney, and the Utopia of Thomas More. The book was completed about a fortnight before his death, which has been said to have been hastened by poison.