September 20, 2016
Download PDF of A Selection of 30 Antiquarian Titles
Holland in the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars [Holland]. Staats Almanak Voor den Jare 1820. The Hague: Gebroeders van Cleef, [1820]. 502 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary green straight grained morocco, patterned gilt decorations to boards, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt. Gilt lettered spine with old private library..... More
Historic Study of Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, the Nature, Antiquity, and Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations, Both Pleasant and Profitable to be Known of Kenting-Men and Others, Especially Such as..... More
First American Edition of Stephens's New Commentaries Stephen, Henry John [1787-1864]. New Commentaries on the Laws of England (Partly Founded on Blackstone). New-York: Halsted & Voorhies, 1841-1846. [Imprint varies: Volumes II-IV state New-York: John S, Voorhies.] Four volumes. Folding tables of descents and consanguinity. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Contemporary law..... More