Paris: Gustave Havard, 1846. E. de Beaumont, Laisne, et al. Hardcover. Quarto size, 554 pp., in French. Illustrated edition, note that text is entirely in French. Two interesting prior owner bookplates, on the front pastedown is a bookplate belonging to George Paget (1818-1880), a British soldier during the Crimean War..... More
London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies et al, 1820. Full leather. 5 Volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 4000 pp. Richard Burn (1709-1785) received his LLD at Oxford University; he was the vicar of Orton and later the justice of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and..... More
London: Printed by Order of The Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, 1819. Hardcover. Octavo size, 416 pp. This volume comprises the trial of several men for conspiring to commit piracy, originally transcribed in shorthand by William Brodie Gurney, Esq.; the text is a fascinating look at the implementation..... More