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THE VALIDITY OF ORDINATION BY MEER PRESBYTERS
Written by Charles Owen.
Stock no. 987061
1715. Almost very good condition.

Pages: 6, 281, 3. Modern black cloth spine, grey boards. Prelims browned. Title page missing. Boards fine.

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LOS BAYEU
Written by Jose Luis Morales Y. Marin. Illustrated by Francisco Bayeu; Ramon Bayeu; Fray Manuel Bayeu.
Stock no. 987096
Published by Instituto Camon Aznar. 1st 1979. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in Spanish. A list of numbered plates and descriptions, with the plates mainly at the end of the volume. ISBN: 8450032725. Copy no. 196. Top of wrapper spine rubbed. REDUCED FROM £185.

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THESAURUS ECCLESIASTICUS
Written by John Lloyd.
Stock no. 987191
Published by Lockyer Davis. 1788. Very good condition.

An improved edition of the Liber Valorum containing an account of the valuation of all the livings in England and Wales. Pages: xi, 504. Original marbled boards; modern leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration. A small amount of annotation and pale foxing to contents. In general a very clean copy. Boards rubbed.

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PARIS AND ITS STORY
Written by Thomas Okey. Illustrated by Katherine Kimball; O.F.M. Ward.
Stock no. 987602
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Limited to 150 copies. Pages: xxii, 350. Original white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 50 coloured plates by O. F. M. Ward, numerous line drawings by Katherine Kimball. Large format. Copy no. 43. Free endpapers lightly browned. Spine slightly rubbed.

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EDINBURGH AND ITS STORY
Written by Oliphant Smeaton. Illustrated by Herbert Railton; J. Ayton Symington.
Stock no. 987623
Published by J.M. Dent. 1st 1904. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White cloth, gilt decorations. Limited to 250 copies. Colour plates. Copy no. 85. Endpapers lightly browned. Corners bumped. Spine somewhat darkened.

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LETTRE D'UN ITALIEN A UN FRANCAIS SUR LES DOCTRINES DE M. DE LAMENNAIS
Written by M. De Lamennais; Vincent Gioberti; D. Antonio Riccardi.
Stock no. 988294
Published by J.B. Ansiau; Meline, Cans Et Compagine; Debecourt; Mazzoleni. 1841. Very good condition.

Pages: 86, 42, 87, 105. Contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards with gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spine. Includes: Lettre d'un Italien a un Francais Sur les Doctrines de M. De Lamennais; Reponse A Un Article de la revue des deux Mondes, by Vincent Gioberti; Refute Par Lui-meme by Lamennais; Alla Gioventu Sullo Studio Della Filosofia by D. Antonio Riccardi. Text in French and Italian. Contents dated 1841, 1844, 1839. REDUCED from £195.

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LETTRES A CAMILLE SUR LA PHYSIOLOGIE DE L'HOMME
Written by Isidore Bourdon.
Stock no. 988419
Published by H. Dumont. 1834. Very good condition.

Small format. Pages: viij, 307. Leather spine, marbled boards; gilt decoration and lettering on spine. 6 b/w plates at end of volume showing the head and brain. Text in French. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine. A nice copy.

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SALMONIA: OR DAYS OF FLY FISHING
Written by Humphry Davy.
Stock no. 988552
Published by John Murray. 1832. Very good condition.

In a Series of Conversations with some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo by an Angler - Third edition. Pages: xiii, 335. Contemporary three-quarters blue leather binding; raised bands and gilt-lettered black moroco label on spine. 6 engraved plates plus 3 fly plates. No author named, but is Sir Humphry Davy. Contents very good. In handsome modern binding. REDUCED from £120.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUPS OF EMMINENT PERSONAGES
No author listed.
Stock no. 988675
Circa 1890. Very good condition.

Large red cloth folder (32 x 28 cm), with gilt decoration and lettering. 6 pages of montage photographs, each with a key page. The montages are Kings and Queens of England, Eminent Women, Historical Celebrities (2 plates), Military and Naval Celebrities, and British Poets. Very light foxing to endpapers. Reduced from £150.

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AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF BAPTISM
Written by Rev. Cornish.
Stock no. 988692
Published by J. Waugh. 1st 1757. Very good condition.

Pages: viii, 212. Contemporary full polished calf binding. In Which The Necessity of it is Proved, the Qualifications for it Explained and the Right of Infants to it Asserted. No author named but believed to be the Reverend Cornish of Sherborne in Dorset. An interesting bookplate states the book is from the Library of I. W. Horsley, first Pastor of the Ville at Dunkirk, and is left in trust to his Successors.

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OEUVRES POSTHUMES DE MARMONTEL
Written by Jean-Francois Marmontel.
Stock no. 988703
Published by A Paris. 1805. Very good condition.

6 volumes, Small format. In later 19th century marbled boards with orange spine labels. Contains Memoires d'un Pere (4 vols) and Regence du Duc d'Orleans (2 vols). Text in French. Pages browned. Corners rubbed. Reduced from £180.

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THE TRAVELLER VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988989
1901. Fair condition.

Large format. Three-quarter leather binding. Numerous b/w photos. 510 pages. "For Whom The World Is A Playground". A journal very much for the "upmarket" traveller in 1901. Including an ascent by an intrepid lady in her long dress! AS well as toboganning at St. Moritz and "Tours Through Toilet-Land"... Fascinating! Contents very good. Boards detached. Front endpaper creased.

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