{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rare1770-edition-of-johnmiltons-paradise-lost-illustrated-by-e-hayman","title":"John Milton, 'Paradise Lost', Illustrated by E. 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Hayman (all present). 12mo format in contemporary brown leather binding with later spine repair. Early ownership inscriptions include “M. Oldfield” and “A. Frenck (1860)”. A highly collectable Georgian illustrated edition of one of the greatest works of English literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; margin: 5.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis is an original 18th-century book and shows signs of age and use, including wear to the leather binding, surface loss, hinge wear, spine repair, toning and light spotting to some pages, and minor handling marks. All plates are present, and the text is complete. Please study the photographs carefully as they form part of the description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; margin: 5.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe book has all plates present, retains period leather binding, and has documented early ownership with some binding wear and spine repair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; margin: 5.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eA scarce and desirable volume for collectors of antiquarian books, English literature, and 18th-century illustrated works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; margin: 5.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSize 7 x 4.3 x 1.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; margin: 5.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eA Treasured 18th Century Masterpiece in Contemporary Leather binding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; margin: 5.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; margin: 5.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #002060; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMost objects sold in our gallery are antiques, vintage or used; therefore, they will show signs of being antique, vintage or used. There may be signs of scratches, discolouration, chips, cracks, wear and tear, unknown manufacturers and\/or patterns. Please see the photographs as they form part of the description.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOverseas buyers in some countries may be required to pay any import duties, taxes, or fees. All items are meticulously wrapped and prepared for both UK and international shipping. Overseas buyers, please get in touch for courier charges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leans Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56219143471452,"sku":"BOK-LIT-MILT-001","price":575.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8945\/2380\/files\/Photoroom_20250506_101004am_e94e3b74-e051-40e5-8715-87170644687b.jpg?v=1772104469"},{"product_id":"complete-works-of-william-hogarth-c-1860-leather-bound-engravings-volume","title":"Complete Works of William Hogarth, c.1860 – Leather Bound Engravings Volume","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHogarth's Satirical Vision, Bound in Victorian Leather — A Library Statement Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen this volume, and you are looking at Britain through the eyes of its greatest social satirist. William Hogarth — painter, printmaker, and moral commentator — defined an era. This substantial Victorian edition of his \u003cem\u003eComplete Works\u003c\/em\u003e, published circa 1860 by the London Printing and Publishing Company, brings together approximately 150 finely executed steel engravings after his originals, housed in a binding that is itself a testament to Victorian craftsmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRich brown leather, ornate gilt tooling to the spine, a firm and structurally sound binding — this is a volume made to be seen as well as read. It belongs equally on the shelves of a serious collector, in the library of a period interior, or on the desk of someone who understands that the right book changes a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Complete Works of William Hogarth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London Printing and Publishing Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circa 1860\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Leather-bound folio volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 150 steel engravings after Hogarth's originals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy This Edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplete works format\u003c\/strong\u003e — covers the full breadth of Hogarth's output, from \u003cem\u003eA Rake's Progress\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMarriage A-la-Mode\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eBeer Street\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGin Lane\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVictorian steel engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e — finely detailed reproductions produced at the height of the engraver's art, far superior in quality to later photographic reproductions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDecorative leather binding\u003c\/strong\u003e — gilt-tooled spine and rich brown leather make this as much a display object as a reference volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncreasingly scarce\u003c\/strong\u003e — complete, well-preserved examples of this edition are seldom encountered in this condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition for its age. 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Open it, and you step into the coffee houses, taverns, and gentlemen's clubs of 18th and 19th-century London, guided by John Timbs, one of the Victorian era's most prolific chroniclers of English social life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Chatto \u0026amp; Windus — one of the most respected literary imprints of the period — this edition is illustrated throughout with engraved scenes of historic London locations, making it as visually compelling as it is historically rich. 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