Le Neve, John: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or, an Essay towards deducing a Regular Succession of all the Principal Dignitaries in each Cathedral, College Church or Chapel (now in being) in those Parts of Great Britain called England and Wales, from the first Erection thereof, to this Present [London] in the Savoy, printed by J. Nutt: and Sold by Henry Clements [...] Charles King [...] and E 1716. First edition. Folio, pp. xii, 535, [v]. A little toned, some light foxing, a few wax spots, title-page a little grubby. Contemporary Cambridge panelled calf boards with simple modern reback in a slightly lighter shade, raised bands, burgundy and black morocco spine labels, endpapers renewed. Scuffed, a few light scrapes, corners bumped, very good. Library ink stamp to both sides of title-page, and to a few other pages seemingly at random. At head of title-page a crossed-through ownership inscription, just about legible as Thomas Beckwith of York, with a date possibly of 1768. Quite likely to be the painter, genealogist and antiquary Thomas Beckwith, born 1731 in Rothwell, West Yorkshire and died in 1786 in York. Some annotations and underlining in old hands (ink and pencil), small page of ms notes loosely inserted at p.115. First edition of this important biographical list of ecclesiastical dignitaries. The copy contains manuscript additions (including new names) in the hand of an eighteenth-century antiquarian. The next printing was in 1854. John Le Neve (1679-1741), of Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, also took holy orders, and was imprisoned for insolvency (CDNB). This was his principal work. Graesse IV 160. Lowndes 1841: "According to Browne WIllis, Le Neve has the name and credit of this work, yet Bishop Kennet was the real author of it". Ref: 55057show full image..
Le Roi, Adenet: (Morton, Anna Moore, trans.:) Bertha of the Big Foot. Berte as grans pi?s. A Thirteenth-Century Epic. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2013. 8vo., pp. 128. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 417 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series. Ref: 53703
Leigh, Charles: The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire: with an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. And Rom. Antiquities in those Parts. Oxford: printed for the author; and to be had at Mr. George West's, and Mr. Henry Clement's, booksel 1700. Folio, pp. [xxii], 4, [ii], 164, [xvi], 181-190, [ii], 1-97, [iii], 80, [iv], 81-112, [xxxvi] + portrait frontispiece, folding map, 2 plates of engraved arms of the subscribers and 22 further plates. Occasional very light spots and smudges, a few small marginal losses towards the rear not affecting text, final page a bit grubby. Sympathetically rebound in dark brown calf, raised bands, red morocco title label to spine, blind-tooled Cambridge boards, endpapers renewed. A little rubbed with a few scratches, endpapers a little toned and split at hinges, a very good, robust copy. Two illegible library ink stamps to title-page, and one to first leaf of dedication. Leigh (1662-1701?), a physician and naturalist, had some papers read before the Royal Society, and 'printed in Philosophical Transactions. He also published the following separate works: Phthisologia Lancastriensis, cui accessit tentamen philosophicum de mineralibus aquis in eodem comitatu observatis (1694, reprinted Geneva, 1736), Exercitationes quinque, de aquis mineralibus; thermis calidis; morbis acutis; morbis intermittentib.; hydrope (1697), and The natural history of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak in Derbyshire; with an account of the British, Phoenic, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. antiquities found in those parts (1700). He wrote three pamphlets in 1698 in reply to R. Bolton's Heat of the Blood and one in reply to John Colebatch on curing the bite of a viper. According to T. D. Whitaker, Leigh's 'vanity and petulance' were 'at least equal to his want of literature'. His Natural History is little more than a translation of his earlier Latin treatises.[?]' Leigh was thought to have died the year after the publication of this, his final work. However, 'there is some doubt on this point, as evidenced by Thomas Hearne, writing on 30 October 1705: 'I am told Dr Leigh, who writ the Natural History of Lancashire, has divers things fit for the press, but that he will not let them see the light because his History has not taken well' (MS diary, iv. 222).' (Sutton, rev. Bevan, ODNB). ESTC R20833; Wing L975. Ref: 55081show full image..
Leitao, Ruben Andresen: Vol. I: Documentos dos Arquivos de Windsor; Vol. II: Novos Documentos dos Arquivos de Windsor. Coimbra, 1955; 1958. 2 vols. 255 x 193mm, pp. lvi, 395 + plates; lxxii, 371 + plates. Cloth, gilt-lettered, spine of vol. I slightly cocked, shelf wear, some corners bumped, otherwise very good. No dust-jackets. Author- signed limited editions, vol. I number 380/1250, vol. II number 998/1000. Ref: 50807
Lemire, Eugene: A Bibliography of William Morris. Delaware & London: Oak Knoll Press / The British Library, 2006 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust-jacket. New, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 55073
Lenski, Noel: Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Large 8vo., pp. ix, 404. Maps and illustrations. Paperback. White covers, and edges, dust-marked, but an unused copy: very good. Ref: 54358
Lewis, Matthew: Rebellion in the Middle Ages: Fight against the Crown. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2021. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 269 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54446
Libanius: (Wolfius, J.C., ed.:) Epistolae. Quas nunc primum maximam partem e variis codicibus, manu exaratis, edidit, Latine convertit & notis illustravit. Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios. 1738. Editio princeps. Large folio, pp. [20], 865, [1], lacking final blank. With half-title, title page in red and black, engraved printer's device to title, double column in Greek and Latin. Half-title, title and a handful of other leaves slightly foxed, occasional toning. Contemporary Dutch vellum, traces of ties, gilt ruled to a panel design, gilt centrepieces with arms of Amsterdam, small gilt arms of Amsterdam to corners, raised bands, small gilt arms of Amsterdam to spine, title inked to spine, modern shelfmark label to upper cover. Corners a bit bumped. Modern stamp of Maastricht library to ffep. A sumptuously bound, large folio prize book - a clean and well-margined copy. The first collected printing of the letters of Libanius, the 4th-century AD rhetorician. More than 1500 of his letters survive, the largest extant collection from antiquity, and only brief selections had been previously edited. Wolf's magisterial volume not only prints as many as were known but also includes Latin translations for each letter; Smith called it 'the best edition' (Dict. Gr. & Rom. Bio.), and it is still cited in modern editions. Brunet III, 1050; Graesse IV, 195; Hoffman II; Spoelder, 493 (Amst. 12). Ref: 53359show full image..
Liebler, Naomi Conn (ed.): A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Early Modern Age London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. First edition. Large 8vo., pp. xvi, 214. Illustrations. Hardback, laminated decorative boards. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 55293
Lindsay, W.M.: Early Latin Verse: Oxford: Clarendon Press (Special edition for Sandpiper Books), 2000. 8vo., pp. ix, 372. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. First published by Oxford University Press in 1922. Ref: 55175
