18th Century – SYMONDS RARE BOOKS

Early Printed Books, Manuscripts and Decorative Prints

[JOHNSON, Samuel]. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.

[JOHNSON, Samuel]. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775 £ 500 8vo (210 x 120 mm); [iv], 384 pp.; six-line errata leaf after the title. Contemporary sprinkled calf, single […]

PINE, JOHN. The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords

18 ENGRAVED DOUBLE-PAGE PLATES

Botanical Drawings

Anonymous. Album of 42 original studies of plants and flowers. England, late 18th century, by hand in watercolour and gouache £ 1,200 4to, album of 44 original studies of plants and flowers, watercolour and gouache over pencil, […]

RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas François. Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes

The expanded Geneva edition of Raynal’s most influential work, a compilation of treatises concerning the commercial dealings of European powers and their colonial domains.