London: Hurst, Robinson & Co, 1824. Second Edition. Published in the same year as the First edition. Full leather with gilt spine decoration and title to a burgundy label. Good clean condition with a little cracking to the spine only. (holding well.) Frontis of the Devil (?) providing herbs to attract a woman's faithless lover's heart to be hers again. Engraved additional title with vignette of Florence. Title, 326 pages. The binding is a little tight, so the book does not fully open easily. 165 by 100mm (6½ by 4 inches). Romantic poetry. The authoress died after taking an accidental overdose of Prussic Acid at 36 years. She was known as 'The Female Byron.' She had influence on Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning and Christina Rossetti. Her influence can also be found in Alfred Tennyson and in America, where she was very popular. Poe regarded her genius as self-evident. In spite of these wide influences, due to the perceived immorality of Landon's lifestyle, her works were largely ignored or misrepresented after her death.

London: J. & P. Knapton, 1754. Second Edition. A very nice part set of this work. Full leather contemporary binding with burgundy labels. Internally clean and tidy with red and black titles, illustrations and plates. Volumes 8-9 revised and completed by J.B.L. Crevier; Volumes 10-16 by Crevier, being the continuation of Rollin's work.
[xii], 372., xliv, 340., [xxiv], 376., [xxxii], 352., [xvi], 406., [xx], 384., [xvi], 372.

Each volume has an engraved Frontis (so seven plates). There are also five engraved folding maps (the one of Gaul is hand coloured) and a engraved illustration of Caesar's bridge over the Rhine (both in Volume 12).

Externally, the bindings to these volumes are clean and tidy, but with some rubbing to the leather. The labels are clean, with a touch of nicking only. Volume 12 has a closed tear to leaf A⁴. Otherwise the books are internally remarkably bright and tidy, with just the occasional bit of foxing / darkening.

Charles Rollin (1661-1741) was a French academic and educationalist, in 1699 he was appointed principal of the Collège de Beauvais. His Jansenist principles led to limits on his progression, and Rollin's literary work dates chiefly from the later years of his life, when he had been forbidden to teach. His Roman history was in much part a compilation, and was a generally uncritical study.

Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie, s.d, [1895]. First thus. This beautiful style of colour illustrated binding (with a glued portrait to the front board) includes gilt stamped decorations and gilt titles to front and spine. Spine also has an image of a lighthouse. 80 illustrations by Léon Benett, including 12 full page chromolithographic plates, a colour map, and two other maps in b/w. All edges gilt. Text in French. Spine has some fading, and the cloth is just beginning to split at the head and tail. The half-title has some weakness to the inside. Light sporadic foxing throughout. A complete and very good copy. [iv], 423 pp., 8pp. (publisher's catalogue for 1895). 280 x 190 mm (11 x 7½ inches). D'abord ainsi. Ce beau style de reliure illustrée en couleurs (avec un portrait collé au recto) comprend des décorations estampées dorées et des titres dorés au recto et au dos. La colonne vertébrale a également une image d'un phare. 80 illustrations de L. Benett, dont 12 planches chromolithographiques à pleine page, une carte en couleurs et deux autres cartes en n/b. Tous les bords dorés. Texte en français. [iv], 423 p., 8 p. (catalogue de l'éditeur pour 1895). La colonne vertébrale a une certaine décoloration et le tissu commence tout juste à se fendre au niveau de la tête et de la queue. Le faux-titre a une certaine faiblesse à l'intérieur. Légères rousseurs sporadiques partout. Un exemplaire complet et très bon. 280 x 190mm