Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1893. Read More about Battle of Williamsburg. General Hancock's Charge May 5 1862. [Chromolithographic print

nd. [c. 1880-90s]. A remarkable collection of newspaper dispatches, maps, plans, portraits and illustrated scenes of battles and views. The run of dispatches provide a fascinating narrative of the Civil War from a decidedly anti-emancipation publication. The maps, portraits and illustrations are drawn from a variety of published sources, including..... Read More about The Civil War: dispatches and illustrations

London: Edward Orme, 1814. First Edition. Read More about An Historical Memento, Representing the Different Scenes of Public Rejoicing, which Took Place...

[London: T. McLean, 1834-1835]. First edition. 18 HAND-COLORED PLATES. A very fine series of humorous coaching scenes. Read More about Scenes on the Road]-cover title

Mainz: Joseph Schulz, [ca. 1855]. First edition. Twenty hand-colored lithographs depicting interactions between Christian missionaries and natives in ancient Briton, the Amazon, Africa, India, New Zealand, North America and China. The unconverted are often depicted as savage, violent and wild, undoubtedly meant to scare the children who were this book‘s..... Read More about Illustrations of Missionary Scenes, An Offering to Youth

London: Printed by J. Johnston, Cheapside, 1820. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. Syntax imitation. This title is one of the many parodies and imitations of William Combe's very popular series of "Tours" of Doctor Syntax (published respectively in 1812, 1820 and 1821) which were also illustrated by Rowlandson. "Both Rowlandson and... Read More about The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem

London: W. Wright, 1820. Williams, Charles. First edition. Syntax Spinoff. The plates of this rollicking Doctor Syntax spinoff are by Charles Williams, chief caricaturist for the printseller Fores, and they are as fully irreverent as the Rowlandson (and Gillray) plates which were his inspiration, and all the more so for... Read More about Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque

London: Harris & Son, 1821. Second edition (first printed 1820). Rare, with 16 Hand-Colored Plates. Rare in any condition. OCLC records only 3 copies of this second edition, and only three of the first. Read More about Sam Syntax's Description of the Cries of London as They Are Daily Exhibited in the Streets

London: R. Ackermann, 1828. Fourth miniature edition. The first miniature edition was 1823. Read More about The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of Consolation

Philadelphia: Published by A. Sherman. R. Wright, Printer, 1826. First American edition. Read More about Sir Astley Cooper's Lectures on the Principle and Practice of Surgery, with Additional Notes and...

Paris: Garnier Freres, 1877-79. Nouvelle Édition. With 20 hand-colored Portraits. Read More about Ouevres de P. Corneille. Théatre Complet Précédes de la Vie de l'Auteur, par Fontenelle et...

Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 28 bis, rue de Richelieu, 28 bis, 1893. First edition. Extra-illustrated. Read More about Le Corset à Travers les Ages

London: printed by J. Barfield for Colnaghi and Co, 1810. First London edition. Rare English issue of an Important Costume Book. A rare English edition of this popular work on the costumes and customs of Holland, a fine copy. Originally published from 1803-05 with a total of 16 plates, the... Read More about The Costume of the Kingdom of Holland, At the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century