New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. First American Edition from the British sheets. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in printed price-clipped dust jacket; xxvii,[1],692pp.; frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundreds of text illus. throughout. Jacket quite worn with substantial loss affecting nearly the entirety of rear..... More

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. First Edition. Octavo; 20th century black library cloth, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers; xvi,504pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Light dust-soil to cloth, frontispiece a bit foxed, ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy in serviceable and sturdy binding. HOWES Y14;..... More

London: R. Baldwyn, 1681. First Edition. Small quarto; removed pamphlet with perished stitching and gatherings subsequently loose; 40pp. (A-E4). Extremities rather toned and dust-soiled; Good overall. Scathing religious tract questionably attributed to the early Whig politician Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683). The tract excoriates what..... More

Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1981. Facsimile reprint of the 1674 edition. Octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers, yapp edges; [10],319pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature inside upper cover, else Very Good and sound. More

London: Evelyn, Adams & McKay, [1969]. Facsimile Reprint of the 1854 Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in decorative white dust jacket; xv,[5],647pp. Jacket extremities rather chipped with short closed tear to rear panel's top margin only just touching text, the whole rather dust-soiled, corners bumped; a Very Good, internally sound copy..... More

Philadelphia: George Barrie, [ca. 1900]. First Thus, Limited to 1000 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper of which this is no. 377. Two volumes; octavo; half green morocco over cloth, gilt spines in five compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; lxviii,202; vi,233pp.; double engraved frontispieces, seven illustrations bound in two..... More

University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, [1982]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white and purple pictorial dust jacket; xii,[2],249pp. Light wear, dust jacket very slightly wrinkled from exposure to damp, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the series "Studies in..... More

Twyford, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. First Thus, Limited to 325 copies of which this is no. 16. Octavo; publisher's parchment-backed paper-covered boards, front cover and spine embossed in gilt; 133pp. Parchment rather discolored and foxed with heavy smudging down spine, board margins toned, faint glue residue to front pastedown..... More

Amstelodami: Apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, 1658. Second Elzevir Edition. 12mo (14cm.); full contemporary vellum, red morocco gilt spine label (though manuscript title faintly visible as well); [24],490,[26]pp. (*12 A-X12 Y6); woodcut title piece, initials and head- and tail-pieces. Vellum a bit dust-soiled, small stain to rear cover, contemporary ownership..... More

New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1854. Small octavo; publisher's brown blind-ruled cloth, gilt spine; ix,[10],323pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Moderate wear to cloth extremities, most notably shallow chipping at spine crown, light finger soil to early leaves, contemporary pencil gift inscription to front free endpaper and 20th century rubberstamp to..... More

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., [1952]. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's grey cloth, green and gilt spine titling; 448pp. Minor scuffing at corners, quarter-inch tear and tugging at head of spine with nudging at tail, spine gilt rather dulled, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper and rather extensive but..... More

Hamburg: Verlag von Felix Meiner, 1966. Third Edition. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's green cloth, front covers and spines lettered in black, brown topstain; xi,[1],374; vii,[1],584pp.; folding chart bound in rear of Band I. Contemporary ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Near Fine set. More

Paris: Aubier - Montaigne, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's white card wrappers printed in blue and black; [8],248pp. Wrappers a bit dust-soiled and toned at extremities, small dampstains to spine, contemporary ownership signature to half title, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the series "Analyse et Raisons." More