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For the Time Traveller: Early Printed Books

Step into a world where history breathes through every page. Our exclusive collection of early printed books is meticulously selected by Hannah Lessiter and Oliver Yarwood. Each book in our collection is a portal to the past; witness the evolution of ideas and marvel at the craftsmanship that has withstood the test of time.

Our range includes literary classics, historical treatises, and rare first editions, each with its own unique story to tell. Immerse yourself in the richness of history and own a piece of the past today.

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  • Epigrams of Martial, Englished.

    MARTIAL; [KILLIGREW, Henry (translator)].
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    The thoughts of a Roman poet. The most complete seventeenth-century translation of Martial's Epigrams into English, bound with the first edition of...

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  • The Pilgrim's Progress

    BUNYAN, John; STURT, John (engraver).
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    Illustrated with 22 engraved plates. An excellent, well-illustrated edition of this indisputable classic, often considered the first English novel....

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  • Theatrum Orbis Terrarum...

    ORTELIUS, Abraham.
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    One of the largest & finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum. One of the largest and finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum, comprising 156 plat...

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  • A Dictionary of the English Language:

    JOHNSON, Samuel.
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    Last folio edition, and last edition revised by Johnson. The last lifetime edition of Johnson's Dictionary, and the only edition substantively revi...

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  • Nicholas Machiavel's Prince.

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo; DACRES, Edward (translator).
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    Unrestored contemporary sheepskin. The first edition in English of Machiavelli's extraordinary treatise on the art of government, widely acclaimed ...

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  • Moriae Encomium;

    ERASMUS, Desiderius.
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    Early edition in English. The first edition of John Wilson's English translation of this important work of humanist rhetoric, which satirised the c...

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  • The Holy Bible

    [BIBLE. KING JAMES VERSION].
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    Original silver 'furniture'. The King James Version, splendidly preserved in the original black morocco gilt binding furnished in silver. A handsom...

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  • The Plays of William Shakespeare.

    SHAKESPEARE, William.
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    A beautifully illustrated twelve-volume set of Shakespeare's plays in a handsome contemporary tree calf binding, comprising his 36 canonical works...

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  • A Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible: Exodus XXXIX].

    [GUTENBERG, Johann.
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    Extraordinary survival from the dawn of the printing press. An excellent, well-margined leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book p...

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  • The Holy Bible,

    [SEDGLEY BINDING].
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    Exceptional contemporary mosaic binding. An exceptional example of the Oxford folio Bible in a striking contemporary mosaic binding by Thomas Sedgl...

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  • Liber Cronicarum [Nuremberg Chronicle].

    SCHEDEL, Hartmann.
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    The most extensively illustrated book of the fifteenth century. A magnificent copy in contemporary hand-colour of the first illustrated encyclopaed...

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  • The Book of Common Prayer,

    BASKERVILLE, John (printer).
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    An attractive example, in an unusual contemporary morocco binding of The Book of Common Prayer, the third and last octavo edition from the press o...

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