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Pardoe (Julia). Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France in the seventeenth century, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, The Court and Reign of Francis the First, 3 volumes, & The Life of Marie de Medicis, 3 volumes, together 9 volumes, 1847-90, engraved frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, illustrations and folding facsimile letters, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, later blue half morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, spines faded to green, 8vo, together with Williams (H. Noel). Madame de Montespan, London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903, half-title colour frontispiece, 16 photogravures, extra-illustrated with 33 plates, a few colour, slight marginal toning, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later maroon half morocco by Bayntun, Bath, upper joint and small areas of front cover rubbed, 4to, plus Madame du Barry, London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904, 16 photogravure plates, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt by Bumpus, spine slightly rubbed and faded, 4to, with 8 others including History of the Reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, by Eyre Evans Crowe, 2 volumes, 1854, Madame de Pompadour, by H. Noel Williams, 1902, Memoirs of Count Lavalette, 1894, limited edition 49/125, The Secret Memoirs of the Duc de Roquelaure, 4 volumes, privately printed in an edition of 1000, 1896, and The Favourites of Henry of Navarre, by Le Petit Homme Rouge, 1910 QTY: (26)

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Fore-edge paintings. Some Account of the Lives and Writings of Lope Felix de Vega Carpio and Guillen de Castro, by Henry Richard, Lord Holland, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Orme and Brown [et al], 1817, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to each volume and plate of facsimile letter, some light offsetting and minor spotting, front blank to each inscribed 'From the Author', red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt with fore-edge to each, fore-edge to volume 1 depicting a view of the White House, Washington DC with boats in the foreground (possibly from an engraving by Radclyffe after Bartlett), fore-edge to volume 2 depicting an Italianate harbour scene, contemporary straight-grain red morocco by B. Fargher (binder's blind stamp to verso of front free endpaper), elaborate gilt and blind decoration to covers, joints and spine ends rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title discarded, 3 engraved plates (of 4, includes 2 double-page plates) and folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, browning and some spotting mostly to text leaves, two additional leaves of manuscript index at rear of volume 2, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, together with:Ogborne (Elizabeth). The History of Essex, from the earliest period to the present time..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, 1814, engraved title, 11 engraved plates and numerous vignette illustrations, one folding plan, some browning, occasional damp-stains, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to, plus another copy of the same edition bound in modern full red morocco,Cromwell (Thomas). History and Description of the Ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in Essex, 2 volumes, London: Robert Jennings & Swinborne and Walter, Colchester, 1825, 25 engraved plates including frontispieces, 2 maps (including 1 double-page and 1 folding), 1 folding plate of facsimile manuscript, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, 20th-century dark blue half morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo, Bonney (Henry Kaye). Historic Notices in reference to Fotheringhay, Oundle: Printed by and for T. Bell; and for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London; and Archibald Constable, and Co, Edinburgh, 1821, engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century calf, 8vo,Chancellor (Frederic). The Ancient Sepulchral Monuments of Essex..., London: Printed for the Author, 1890, numerous lithograph plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary terracotta brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed, large 4to, Tanner (Thomas and Nasmith, James). Notitia Monastica; or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories, and Houses of Friers, formerly in England and Wales..., now reprinted with many additions, Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Joan Archdeacon, for John Nichols, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates or armorials, small library ink stamp of Leeds Reference Library to title, some offsetting, occasional spotting, bookplates to pastedowns, modern brown half morocco, folio,Carr (John). Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807..., London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809, uncoloured folding aquatint frontispiece and 11 uncoloured aquatint plates, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints split and some wear, 4to (Abbey, Scenery 488), plus other British topography related (mostly Essex related), including Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England..., volume 5 only (of 5), 3rd edition, London: S. Lewis and Co., 1835, 116 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, modern cloth, 4to, Wright (Thomas). Virtue's picturesque Beauties of Great Britain..., 1831; Barrett (C. R. B.). Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1892; Victoria County Histories of Essex and Sussex, etc.QTY: (56)

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Marshall (Joseph). Travels through Holland, Flanders, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, Russia, the Ukraine, and Poland, in the years 1768, 1769 and 1770. In which is particularly minuted, the present state of those countries, respecting their agriculture, population, manufactures, commerce, the arts and useful undertakings, 4 volumes, mixed editions (volumes I-III 2nd editions, volume IV, 1st edition), London: J. Almon & G. Corrall (volume IV) 1773-76, half-titles for volumes I & IV, occasional minor marginal worming and pale water stains, contemporary previous owner inscriptions of Edward Aubery, 1777 at head of titles, armorial bookplates of R. E. W. Maddison, Philosophical Doctor, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, a few stains to covers, 8vo, together with Henderson (Ebenezer). Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, during the years 1814 and 1815, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Wagh and Innes, London: T. Hamilton, J. Hatchard and L. B. Seeley, 1819, half-title, folding engraved map with outline colour, 16 engraved plates, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Tennant (Charles). A Tour through parts of the Netherland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy and France in the year 1821-2, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824, half-titles, extra-illustrated with 5 plates to volume II, occasional light spotting, cut ownership signature pasted at front of volume II, later half calf, spines faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, with 4 others: Journal of a Tour made in the years 1828-1829 through Styria, Carniola and Italy, whilst accompanying the late Sir Humphry Davy, by J. J. Tobin, 1st edition, 1832, Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria, by Charles Boner, 1st edition, 1853, Tales of Old Japan, by A. B. Mitford, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1871 and An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, by Edward William Lane, 2 volumes, 5th edition, 1871 QTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.

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Oliphant (Margaret). The Literary History of England in the end of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1882, Extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portrait plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate of F. E. Dinshaw and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, near contemporary calf by Riviere and Son, gilt decoration to spines with contrasting morocco labels, lightly scuffed, 8vo, together with:Hood (Thomas). The Works ... Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, 7 volumes, London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1862-63, photographic portrait frontispiece to first volume, near-contemporary calf by Bickers and Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Wilson (John). The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh, 4 volumes, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855, English and Latin titles to each volume, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf by Henderson and Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Brown (John). Horae Subsecivae, 3 volumes, new edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes 1 and 3, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf by Henderson and Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Tennyson (Alfred). Poems, 2 volumes, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883, monochrome frontispieces, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary green morocco, gilt decorated spines (faded to brown and slightly faded), 8vo (Large Paper limited edition 24/50), plus others in 20th-century half morocco bindings, all 8voQTY: (30)

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Montalembert (Charles Forbes Rene de). The Monks of the West from St Benedict to St Bernard, 7 volumes, authorised translation, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1867-79, half-titles, folding colour map in volume III, folding tables in volumes IV & V, occasional minor spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slight fading to spines, 8vo, together with Backmund (Norbert). Monasticon Praemonstratense id est historia circariarum atque canoniarum candidi et canonici ordinid praemonstratensis, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Straubing: Attenkofersche, 1949-56, some light toning, presentation inscription from the author on his stay at Beeleigh Abbey dated 1955, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, contemporary full maroon morocco gilt, slight fading to spines, 8vo, plus 4 others: another set of the same work by Backmund, Three Chapters of Letters Relating to the Suppression of Monastries, edited by Thomas Wright, 1843, Dissolution 1536-7 Suffered by Brother Ambrose, of Beeleigh Abbey, Temp. Henry VIII. Compiled from Ancient Records by A. E. G., Eastern Press, 1917, and The Monastic Order in England, by Dom David Knowles, 1950 reprintQTY: (16)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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Louvet de Couvray (John Baptiste). The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas. Founded on historical facts, interspersed with most remarkable narratives. A literal unexpurgated translation from the Paris edition of 1821, 4 volumes, London: privately printed for the Société des Bibliophiles, 1898, etched plates by Louis Monzies after Paul Avril, crimson morocco gilt bookplate to each volume of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary red half calf by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, some light fading to spines, 8vo, limited edition 16/100, together with Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin). The Plays of Moliere in French, with an English translation and notes by A. R. Walker, M. A., 8 volumes, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926, illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, contemporary blue half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines faded to green, a few light stains, 8vo, plus Gosselin (Louis Leon Theodore, i.e. 'G. Lenotre'). Romances of the French Revolution, translated by Frederic Lees, 2 volumes, London: William Heinemann, 1908, plates and illustrations, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, contemporary blue half morocco gilt by Hatchards, slight fading to spines, 8vo, together with 12 other works by Lenotre, uniformly bound in leather, all 8voQTY: (26)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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Meadows (Kenny, illustrator). Heads of the People or Portraits of the English, 2 volumes, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878, frontispieces and additional titles, engraved plates, a few with water stains, bookplates of Andrew Carnegie, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt by Henderson & Bisset, one or two spine bands a little rubbed, royal 8vo, together with Jerrold (Douglas). The Works of Douglas Jerrold, with an introductory memoir by his son, W. Blanchard Jerrold, 4 volumes, London: Bradbury, Evans and Co., circa 1855, half-title and frontispiece to each, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary blue half calf, spines faded to green with burgundy labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, plus The Old English Baron. A Gothic Story by Clara Reeve and The Castle of Otranto. A Gothic Story, by Horace Walpole, London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1883, half-title, 6 etched plates after A. H. Tourrier, a few leaves unopened, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary blue half calf, spine faded to green with maroon and brown labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, limited edition 88/150, together with others, literature etc including Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures, by Douglas Jerrold, 1st edition, 1866, The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tull Owlglass, newly collected... by Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie, 1860, The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley, 2nd edition, 1864, Trilby, by George Du Maurier 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1894, Thomas de Quincy. His Life and Writings by H. A. Page, 2 volumes, 1877, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, by Robert Paltock, 2 volumes, 1884 The Poetical Works of James Thomson. The City of Dreadful Night, edited by Bertram Dobell, 1895 and The Essays of Elia, by Charles Lamb, 2 volumes, 1926 QTY: (92)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates); Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919, Scottish-born US industrialist and philanthropist) bookplates for Meadows.

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* Bacon (Francis). Letters of Sr. Francis Bacon... , written during the Reign of King James the First... , the whole being Illustrated by an Historical Introduction and some Observations, and dispos'd according to the Series of Time, [edited by Robert Stephens], 1st edition, London: Benjamin Tooke, 1702, title within double-ruled border, errata/advert leaf at rear, lacks dedication leaf [A2], title a little spotted and preceding flyleaf near detached, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright and red morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and title label, rubbed and slight edge wear, 4to, together with:Waller (Edmond), Poems, &c. Written upon several occasions, and to several persons: The Seventh Edition with several additions, never before printed, London: printed by T.W. for the Assignes of H.H... J. Tonson and T. Bennet, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning, marbled endpapers with bookplate of H. Buxton Forman (with his pencil initials and date 29 April 1895 to flyleaf), leather monogram book label of Charles C. Kalfleisch and engraved bookplate of Robert S. Pirie, all edges gilt, old black morocco gilt with gilt-ruled panelled borders enclosing central rectangles with corner-pieces and gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, rubbed, 8vo, plus Collier (Jeremy), A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: Together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 3rd edition, London: printed for S. Keble... R. Sare & H. Hindmarsh, 1698, some spotting and browning, title a little ink stained, contemporary calf, some edge wear, modern antique-style calf reback, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:1) Gibson 245; Pforzheimer 34. Lacks the dedication leaf, as often: it was cancelled due to the death of William III before the publication of the work. 2) The binding of this work appears to be a remboitage, in which a text other than that originally present has been inserted: the headbands are fresh, the book is not quite proportionate to the corners, and the gilt lettering is superimposed upon some earlier blind impressions. This sophistication may well be the work of the accomplice of T.J. Wise. 3) Wing C5265.

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Mundy (Godfrey Basil). The Life and Correspondence of the late Admiral Lord Rodney, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1830, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, light spotting to endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, bookplates of Fitzroy Keith Chapman (1871-1953), all edges yellow, later tan polished calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, together with Hoste (Captain Sir William). Memoirs and Letters of Capt. Sir William Hoste, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle and armorial bookplates of Fitzroy Chapman, uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, plus Osler (Edward). The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1835, portrait frontispiece, 6 lithograph plates, plus an extra portrait not called-for, a little minor spotting, Foyle and Chapman bookplates, uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf, together with 20 other naval biographies etc, mostly uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf including Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, by Sir John Ross, 2 volumes, 1838, The Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent, by Edward Pelham Brenton, 2 volumes, 1838, The Life of Augustus Viscount Keppel, by Thomas Keppel, 2 volumes, 1842, Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, 2 volumes, 1849, Lives of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose and Captain James Trevenen, by Rev. John Penrose, 1850 (inscribed by the author), and Narrative of Services of the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, by Thomas, Earl of Dundonald, 2 volumes in one, 1859 QTY: (34)NOTE:W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey; Fitzroy Chapman (bookplates).

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Rogers (Samuel). Italy, a Poem, Large Paper copy, London: Edward Moxon, 1838, half-title, 55 steel-engraved plates after Turner and Stothard, advertisement leaf bound at rear, occasional light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription, bookplate of Horatio Noble Pym (1844-1896), book collector and editor of Quaker writer Caroline Fox's journal Memories of Old Friends, small bookseller description, all edges gilt, contemporary burgundy morocco, covers stamped with central Borghese vase in gilt, spine a little faded, joints and edges lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Poems, by Samuel Rogers, Large Paper copy, London: Edward Moxon, 1838, half-title, 63 steel-engraved plates, some spotting, uniformly boundQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.

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Campbell (Thomas). Life of Petrarch, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1841, engraved frontispieces, 3 other plates, some light offsetting, Eton leaving inscription dated 1860 at front of volume I, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), later tan polished calf, spines with green and red labels and gilt-decorated, slight partial fading to volume I upper cover, 8vo, together with Cary (Rev. Henry Francis). The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri, 3 volumes, 2nd edition corrected, London: Taylor & Hessy, 1819, a little minor spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later green straight-grained morocco gilt by H. Sotheran, slight fading to spines, a little rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Waters (W. G., translator). The Facetious Nights of Straparola, 4 volumes bound in 3, London: privately printed for members of the Society of Bibliophiles, [1898], illustrations by Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes, a little light toning, morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, later green half calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slight fading to spines, 8vo, with other mainly Italian-related including The Percorone of Ser Giovanni, translated into English by W. G. Waters, 2 volumes, circa 1898, The Book of Ser Marco Polo, newly translated and edited by Colonel Henry Yule, 2 volumes, 2nd edition revised, 1875, Stories from the Italian Poets with Lives of the Writers, by Leigh Hunt, 2 volumes, 1846, Dante and his Circle with the Italian poets preceding him (100-1200-1300), 1892, Large Paper copy 20/35, The Remains of Ancient Rome, by J. Henry Middleton, 2 volumes, 1892, the History of the Popes, their Church and State, by Leopold Ranke, 3 volumes, 1847-48, The Makers of Florence/The Makers of Venice, by Margaret Oliphant, 1891 & 1892, and The Roman Breviary: reformed by order of the Holy Oecumenical Council of Trent, 2 volumes, 1879 QTY: (44)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey; Alexander Stone (bookplates).

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Byron (George Gordon Noel). Lara, A Tale; Jacqueline, A Tale, 1st edition, London: J. Murray, 1814, with half-title but lacking the 2 final advertisement leaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century light blue calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, with contrasting morocco labels to spine, light fading to spine, 8vo, together with Manfred, A Dramatic Poem, 1st edition, 3rd issue, London: John Murray, 1817, half-title, all edges gilt, 20th-century navy morocco by Riviere & Son, slim 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Tinker 547; Wise I:101. 2. Tinker 565; Wise I:123.

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Berry (William). County Genealogies. Pedigrees of the Families of the County of Hants; collected from the Heraldic Visitations and other authentic manuscripts in the British Museum, and in the possession of Private individuals, and from the information of the present resident families, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1833, half-title, wood engraved armorials to genealogies, bookplate of Sir Thomas Baring, Bt., and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with:Bysshe (Edward). A Visitation of the County of Essex. Begun A.D. MDCLXIIII., Finished A.D. MDCLXVIII, edited by J. J. Howard, London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1888, half-title, wood engraved armorial frontispiece and one plate, with 'List of Disclaimers and Pedigrees' not present in ordinary copies, interleaved with blank leaves throughout, ink stamp to upper outer corner of half-title and page 63, advertisement leaf regarding this work tipped-in to front free endpaper and with related manuscript note signed by R[obert]. Hovenden dated November 10 1888, upper pastedown with armorial bookplates of Robert Hovenden, W. Harry Rylands and cancelled bookplate of Essex Archaeological Society, all edge gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, large 8vo, (one of six copies printed), Burke (John Bernard). A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain, 4 volumes, 1st & 2nd series, London: Colburn and Co., 1852-55, 96 tinted lithograph plates (including frontispieces), 69 engraved plates of armorials, bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library to upper pastedowns, some hinges cracked, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco by J. Larkins, gilt emblem of the Constitutional Club at foot of spines, some wear to joints and extremities, 8vo, plus Sloane-Evans (William Sloane). A Grammar of British Heraldry, consisting of Blazon and Marshalling; with an introduction of the Rise and Progress of Symbols and Ensigns, 2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith, 1854, hand-coloured lithograph portrait frontispiece, additional lithograph title printed in red and black (bound facing page 25), and 23 lithograph armorial plates, occasional light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, modern calf, 8voQTY: (7)

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Dugdale (Sir William). The Life, Diary, and Correspondance of Sir William Dugdale, Knight, sometime Garter Principal King of Arms. With an appendix, containing an account of his published works, an index to his manuscript collections, copies of monumental inscriptions to the memory of the Dugdale family, and heraldic grants, and pedigrees. Edited by William Hamper, Esq. F.S.A., 1st edition, London: printed for Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1827, viii, 529 pp., two full-page engraved portraits of Dugdale, one leaf of facsimiles, two folding genealogical tables, some light scattered spotting, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary red half morocco, spine elaborately gilt-decorated with raised bands, unsigned, board edges rubbed, large 4to (Large Paper copy)QTY: (1)NOTE:Only 250 copies printed.

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Greville (Henry). Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville, edited by the Viscountess Enfield, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1883-84, extra-illustrated with engraved portraits throughout, ALS from Viscountess Enfield bound-in at front, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century navy blue half morocco gilt by Riviere, a few light nicks to extremities, 8vo, together with:Sala (George Augustus). The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala, written by himself, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1895, portrait frontispieces, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt,8vo, withJekyll (Joseph). Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll with his sister-in-law, Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley, 1818-1838, London: John Murray 1894, portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portraits, armorial bookplate of a William Morris and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, bookplate of F. E. Dinshaw to front free endpaper recto, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark blue full morocco gilt by H. Wood, extremities lightly scuffed, 8vo, plusThoresby (Ralph). Letters of Eminent Men; The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, 4 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1830-32, portrait frontispiece to the first volume of the diary, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century blue half morocco gilt by Rivere & Son, spine lightly faded, 8vo, with 34 other leatherbound volumes QTY: (43)NOTE:Provenance: Andrew Carnegie (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Herve (Francis, editor). Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France. Forming an abridged history of the French Revolution, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Saunders and Otley, 1838, half-titles, tinted portrait frontispiece to volume I, extra-illustrated with numerous plates and portraits, a few colour, some light offsetting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, later crimson half calf gilt, some fading to spines, 8vo, together with D'Arblay (Madame, i.e. Francis Burney). Diary & Letters of Madame d'Arblay (1778-1840). As edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett, with preface and notes by Austin Dobson, 6 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1904-05, half-titles, plates and illustrations, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, contemporary tan half calf gilt by Morrell, spine with brown and green labels, a little faded, 8vo, plus Campan (Jeanne Louise Henriette). Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette. To which are added personal recollections illustrative of the reigns of Louis XIV, XV, XVI, 2 volumes, New York: Brentano's, 1917, half-titles, photogravure additional titles, plates and portraits, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), top edge gilt, contemporary blue morocco gilt by Brentano's, spines faded to brown, slightly rubbed at ends, 8vo, with 7 others including Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century, 2 volumes, 1850, The Duc de Lauzun and the Court of Louis XV, from the French of Gaston Maugras, 1895, The Duc de Lauzun and the Court of Marie Antionette, 1896, and Mirabeau's Love-Letters, 1900 QTY: (18)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates); Alexander Stone (bookplates).

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Spence (Joseph). Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men..., one volume in two, London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820, extra-illustrated containing over 220 window mounted engraved plates (mostly portraits), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century light green straight-grain morocco, with gilt decoration, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Astle (Thomas). The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, 2nd edition, London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece (browned), 32 engraved plates of script (few folding and some hand-coloured), some toning and light spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, modern black morocco, gilt decorated spine, 4to,Walpole (Horace). A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of their Works, 5 volumes, new edition, London: John Scott, 1806, 150 engraved plates (including frontispieces), armorial bookplate of E. H. Greene of Hinxton Cambsh to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Saintsbury (George). A Scrap Book [A Second Scrap Book; A Last Scarp Book], 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1922-24, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century half calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, burgundy morocco labels to spines, second volume with small scrape mark at head of spine, 4to (limited signed large paper editions, first & second volumes limited to 300 copies and third volume to 250 copies),Wise (Thomas J.). Verses, London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1883, front blank free endpaper inscribed 'William J. Kingsland. With kindest regards from his friend Thos. J. Wise 23/1.87', burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century half calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, slim 8vo, plus other literature and book/library history related including Slang and its Analogues Past and Present, by John Farmer and W. Henley, 7 volumes, revised edition, Printed for Subscribers, 1909; Phillipps Studies no. 1-5 by A. N. L. Munby, 5 volumes in two, Cambridge: University Press, 1951-60; At the Library Table by Adrian Joline, Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1910; Hours in a Library by Leslie Stephen, 3 volumes, mixed editions, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1877-92, etc.QTY: (39)

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Burton (John Hill). A History of the Reign of Queen Anne, 3 volumes, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1880, Extra-illustrated containing a total of 65 engraved portrait plates (few double-page and one folding), many plates window mounted, scattered spotting and some toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, near-contemporary full red morocco by Tout for H. Sotheran & Co., elaborate gilt decorated spines, 8vo, together with:Maxwell (Herbert, editor). The Creevey Papers. A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the Late Thomas Creevey, M.P., 2 volumes in four, London: John Murray, 1903, Extra-illustrated by the insertion of 166 engraved portrait plates (including 56 India paper proofs), many window mounted, occasional light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns (lacking bookplates to volumes 3 & 4), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, later crimson morocco by Morrell, gilt decorated spines, gilt rule borders to boards, 8vo,Smith (Sydney). A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by his daughter, Lady Holland. With a selection from his letters, edited by Mrs Austin, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855, occasional scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edges gilt, 20th-century red half straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spines, 8voQTY: (9)

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Harding (Silvester). The Biographical Mirrour, comprising a series of ancient and modern English portraits, of eminent and distinguished persons from original pictures and drawings, 3 volumes, London: S. and E. Harding, 1792-[?1802], engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignette to volume I, 151 portraits on 150 sheets, some light offsetting and spotting, bookplates of W. Hepworth, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco gilt, spines and edges rubbed, some fading, 4to, together with Hume (David). The History of England, 8 volumes, Oxford: Talboys and Wheeler, London: William Pickering, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, numerous engraved portraits of monarchs, some offsetting and light spotting, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), all edges gilt, later brown calf, covers with geometric design in gilt, spines with green and tan labels and elaborate gilt decoration, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Fisher (George). A Companion and Key to the History of England; consisting of copious genealogical details of the British sovereigns, 5 volumes, London: 1832, half-titles, numerous extra plates and portraits, a few folding and hand-coloured as issued, a little minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf,, joints and edges a little rubbed, royal 8vo, with 2 others: The History of Greece, by William Mitford, 8 volumes, new edition, 1829, and volumes I-II only (of 4) of The Roman State, from 1815 to 1850, by Luigi Carlo Farini, 1851QTY: (26)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates for Fisher).

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[Seymour, Aaron]. The Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Edward Painter, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, modern ownership inscription in purple ink to front free endpaper versos, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt for H. Sotheran, some light wear to joints and extremities, 8vo, together with:Morley (John). Oliver Cromwell, London: Macmillan and Co, 1901, portrait frontispiece, full-page black and white illustrations throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, mounted newspaper clippings at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Henry Young, 8vo, withCarlyle (Thomas). Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with elucidations, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1846, portrait frontispiece, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century maroon half morocco gilt by Roger De Coverly & Sons, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plusGibbon (Edward). The History of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 volumes, London: John Murray, 1855, engraved folding cartographic frontispiece to each, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpaper rectos, early 20th-century full calf gilt by W. Nutt, contrasting morocco spine labels, covers lightly marked, 8vo, plus 58 other leatherbound volumes QTY: (72)NOTE:Provenance: Alexander Stone (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Nonesuch Press. The New Testament reprinted according to the Authorized Version 1611, London: Nonesuch Press; New York: The Dial Press, 1927, engraved title and head and-tail piece by Stephen Gooden, printed on Japanese vellum, some light toning, spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, contemporary vellum gilt, upper cover with metal cross decorated with faceted amber glass and small pearls, some dust soiling and stains, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey; 'Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn, 1941' (ink inscription at front).Limited edition of 1000 copies.

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Schoelcher (Victor). The Life of Handel, one volume in four, London: Trübner and Co., 1857, extra-illustrated with some 340 engraved portraits, and views etc. and three tipped-in autograph letters signed from the author, bound with Messiah: An Oratorio. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Set to Music by Mr. Handel, London: Printed for the Administrator of J. Watts: and sold by T. Lowndes [1768], 16 pp., bound with Commemoration of Handel. First Performance, London: Printed by H. Reynell, 1784, 22 pp., bound with Grand Musical Festival, in Westminster-Abbey. Second Performance, June the 3d, 1786, London: Printed by H. Reynell, [1786], 31 pp., occasional light damp-stains to few leaves and plates within volumes, minor offsetting and scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark brown morocco, with gilt decoration, spines slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The additional plates include portraits of famous composers, such as Gluck, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Mozart, etc., views of theatres and opera houses in England and Germany, original playbills, portraits of singers, actors, actresses and playwrights.

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Ward (Thomas Humphry). The English Poets. Selections with critical introductions by various writers and a general introduction by Matthew Arnold, 5 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., mixed editions, 1880-1926, half-titles, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines a little rubbed with some fading, 8vo, together with Lamballe (Princess). Secret Memoirs of the Royal Family of France during the Revolution with original and authentic anecdotes of contemporary sovereigns and other distinguished pe4rsonages of that eventful period, published from the journal, letters and conversations of the Princess Lamballe by a lady of rank, 2 volumes, London: H. S. Nichols & Co., 1895, half-titles, frontispiece to each, occasional light toning, morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, contemporary blue half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines gilt with fleur-de-lys in compartments, faded to green, slightly rubbed, 8vo, limited edition of 500, with 2 others bound by Zaehnsdorf: The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell, 1852, and The Household of Sir Thomas More, by Anne Manning, illustrated by C. E. Brock, 1906QTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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Churchill (Charles). [Poems], 2 volumes, 1st collected edition, London: G. Kearsley, J. Coote, W. Flexney [et al.], 1764-65, without half-titles and general volume titles, containing 15 works, each separately paginated (including 8 1st editions), author's signature to title-pages of Gotham part III and The Times, some damp-staining in volume 2, contemporary calf, rebacked with contrasting morocco labels, 4to, together with:Dalrymple (John). Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-battle off La Hogue, 2 volumes, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, J. Bell and J. Balfour, 1771, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of William Danby to upper pastedowns (bookplate to first volume torn with loss), signature of W. Danby to front free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 4to,Stanhope (Eugenia). Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: together with several other pieces on various subjects, 4 volumes, 5th edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, half-titles to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary calf, morocco title label to each, some joints lightly cracked, head and foot of spines rubbed, 8vo,Uvedale (Thomas). The Memoirs of Philip de Comines: Containing the History of Lewis XI and Charles VIII of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to which Princes he was Secretary: as also the History of Edward IV and Henry VII of England..., 2 volumes, London: John Phillips, 1712, front free endpapers with the signature of Will. Plumer (one dated 1715), contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, Cowper (William). Poems, 2 volumes, 6th edition, London: J. Johnson, 1794, contemporary marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, Ramsay (David). Military Memoirs of Great Britain: or, A History of the War, 1755-1763, Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1779, engraved title and dedication leaf, 12 engraved portrait plates (including frontispiece), occasional spotting, bookplate of Alexander S. Finlay to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, recent morocco title label to spine, 8vo, plus other 18th-century antiquarianQTY: (28)

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Dickens (Charles). Sketches by Boz illustrative of every-day life, and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, complete, 1st 1-volume edition, first issue, London: Chapman & Hall, 1839, advertisement leaf following title dated May 15, 1839, all plates before page 120 without the Chapman & Hall imprint, page 526 with 'reeled before', half-title, frontispiece, additional pictorial title, and 38 etched plates by George Cruikshank, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front endpaper, pale spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, 20th century crushed red half morocco, small mark to spine, 8vo, together with Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall 1865, half-titles, additional title, 40 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, occasional light spotting, bookplate of J. Barnes, Brighton, later blue half morocco, spine faded to green with gilt decoration, 8vo, plus Borrow (George). Lavengro; the scholar - the gypsy - the priest, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1851, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, small marginal water stain to a few leaves front and rear of each volume, bookplates of Alexander Stone, top edge gilt, near-contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Being the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round, conducted by Charles Dickens, for Christmas, 1867 (in original wrappers and bound-in later crimson half morocco by Riviere & Son) QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Eckel pp. 14-15 Smith, Original Cloth, p16, note 4 (Sketches by Boz). 'When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839... In May 1839, Chapman & Hall published these complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations' (Smith).

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Hunt (Robert). Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall, 2 volumes, London: John Camden Hotten, 1865, Extra-illustrated with 2 double-page engraved maps (hand-coloured in outline), 5 engraved portrait plates and over 100 engraved plates of views (including some India proofs, and some window mounted), light damp-stain to gutter of initial leaves of volume 1, occasional spotting and light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns (offsetting to free endpapers), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century brown crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, 8vo, together with:Coleridge (Hartley). Biographia Borealis: or Lives of Distinguished Northerns, London: Whitaker, Treacher, and Co. and F. E. Bingley, Leeds, 1833, Extra-illustrated containing hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece, 20 plates (including 2 hand-coloured, some window mounted), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century brown crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt and blind panel decoration to spine compartments and boards, 8vo, plus Tomkins (Herbert W.). Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902, Extra-illustrated with 72 additional engraved plates (some window mounted), monochrome illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century marbled crimson calf by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine lightly faded, worn at head, 8voQTY: (4)

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Lysons (Daniel). The Environs of London: Being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, within Twelve Miles of the Capitol..., 6 volumes (including supplement), London: Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, 1792-1811, engraved titles to volumes 1-5, engraved dedication leaf, 4 engraved maps (1 folding), 74 engraved and etched plates and plans (including some uncoloured aquatint plates, 6 folding and 3 hand-coloured), few folding pedigrees, occasional damp-stains, some spotting occasional light browning and offsetting, recent endpapers, contemporary diced calf, each volume neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and maroon morocco title labels, 4to, together with:Dale (Samuel). The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, Topographical, Dynastical and Political. First Collected by Silas Taylor alias Domville, Gent. Keeper of the King's Stores there; and now much Enlarged in all its Parts with Notes and Observations Relating to Natural History, London: C. Davis and T. Green, 1730, additional mounted engraved portrait frontispiece by Virtue dated 1737, 14 engraved plates (including 3 double-page), some spotting and browning, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown half morocco, 4to,Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title to volume 2 only, 4 engraved plates (3 double-page), folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, old 'FH Museum Britannicum' and 'Duplicate B. M. 1818' ink stamps to verso of titles and leaf at rear, occasional spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decoration, joints splitting and some wear, folioQTY: (9)

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Mill (John Stuart). Considerations on Representative Government, second edition, London: Parker & Son, and Bourn, 1861, bound with Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform, second edition, with additions, London: John W. Parker & Son, 1859, & Utilitarianism, reprinted from 'Fraser's Magazine', London: Parker & Son, and Bourn, 1863, viii, 347pp, 58pp., and [iii], 95pp, some spotting to endpapers, with a few light spots to first title, together with Principles of Political Economy, 2 volumes, fifth edition, 1862, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, 2 volumes, fifth edition, 1862, An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, 1st edition, 1865, and Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philososophical, and Historical, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1859-67, small printed black owners mark to lower corner of rear endpaper of each volume, some spotting to endpapers, marbled edges and endpapers, modern bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform polished full calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting red and brown gilt-lettered spine labels, a little rubbed and some marks to joints and edges, second volume of Political Economy, with short split to head of upper and lower joint, 8voQTY: (9)

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Cosway-style binding. Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, engraved frontispiece & title, 38 steel-engraved plates, further woodcut illustrations in text, plates toned, occasional light spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, finely bound in a later Cosway-style blue full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath (signed to front turn-in), the upper cover with inset hand-coloured oval portrait of Thackeray, triple rule gilt border to covers, incorporating copious gilt foliate devices, spine separated into compartments by 5 raised bands finished in gilt, 4 containing gilt foliation, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Froude (James Anthony). History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth, 12 volumes, 3rd edition, revised, London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862-70, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform crimson full calf, gilt-decorated spines with green morocco labels and light brown morocco volume numbers, a little rubbed to extremities, generally a handsome set, 8vo, together withCampbell (John Lord). The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of King George IV, 8 volumes, 1st edition (except first three volumes, 2nd edition), London: John Murray, 1846-69, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, slightly later uniform brown half-calf (by Riviere & Son for H. Sutheran), gilt-decorated spines with contrasting red and light brown morocco labels, lightly rubbed to extremities, plus other English history, including Macaulay, History of England, 5 volumes, 1857-61, Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire with notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot, edited with additional notes, by William Smith, 8 volumes, 1862, (Tomline Prize, Eton, mid-summer 1870), and J. R. Green, A Short History of the English People, 4 volumes, 1892-94, all bound in contemporary full or half calf (Gibbon bound by Jenkin & Cecil, and Green bound by Bickers & Son), all 8voQTY: (37)

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Ennemoser (Joseph). The History of Magic, translated from the German by William Howitt. To which is added an appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated stories of apparitions, dreams, second sight, somnambulism, predictions, divination, witchcraft, vampires, fairies, table-turning and spirit-rapping. Selected by Mary Howitt, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854, a little light spotting and offsetting, top edge gilt, later crimson half calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, spines a little faded with small stains, 8vo, together with Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Myths and Legends of the Hindus & Buddhists, London: George G. Harrap, 1913, 32 colour illustrations supervised by Abanindro Nath Tagore, front hinge tender, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and Annie Pearson, Viscountess Cowdray (1860-1932, suffragist and nursing patron), top edge gilt, original blindstamped vellum, spine lettered in gilt, large 8vo, limited signed edition 15/75, plus Wood (Edward J.) Giants and Dwarfs, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1868, extra-illustrated with 20 plates and illustrations, slight toning to textblock, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle and Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861-1949, industrialist and politician), top edge gilt, contemporary brown half morocco, spine rubbed with some fading, 8vo, with 6 others including The Revelations of a Square, by the Rev. G. Oliver, 1st edition, 1855, The Constitution of Free-Masonry; or Ahiman Rezon... revised, corrected and improved, with additions, from the original of the late Lawrence Dermott by Thomas Harper, 1801, Cedulities Past and Present, by William Jones, 1880, and The Magic of Aleister Crowley, by John Symonds, 1st edition, 1958 QTY: (11)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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[Dubois, Edward], My Pocket Book; or, Hints for 'A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede' Tour, in quarto; to be called 'The Stranger in Ireland', in 1805. By a Knight Errant. New edition, London: printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe..., 1808, folding tinted aquatint frontispiece, four single-page tinted aquatint plates, title with some light browning, marbled edges, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked (endpapers renewed), 8vo, together withAnderson (Christopher). Historical Sketches of the Native Irish and their descendants; illustrative of their past and present state with regard to literature, education, and oral instruction, 2nd edition, enlarged, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, and Simkin & Marshall, 1830, half-title with contemporary ownership inscription to verso, marbled endpapers (a little spotted), contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus[Hole, Samuel Reynolds]. A Little Tour in Ireland. Being a visit to Dublin, Galway, Connemara, Athlone, Limerick, Killarney, Glengarriff, Cork, etc. by An Oxonian. With illustrations by John Leech, 1st edition, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1859, folding hand-coloured frontispiece depicting the social life of the Claddagh, Galway (blank fore-edge a little frayed), wood-engraved plates and illustrations to text, original gilt-decorated green cloth wrappers bound in at rear, marbled endpapers with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, later polished green full calf by Bayntun (Riviere), 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Abbey, Life 279 (Dubois); Prideaux P334.

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Sale (George, translator). The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with explanatory notes, taken from the most approved commentators. To which is prefixed a preliminary discourse, 2 volumes, new edition, London: Thomas Tegg, 1825, half-titles, folding engraved map, folding engraved view of Mecca, folding tables, a little minor spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later calf gilt by Morrell, spines with burgundy labels and elaborate gilt decorations, 8vo, together with Payne (John, translator)). Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night not occuring in the other printed texts of the work, 3 volumes, London: printed for the Villin Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation only, 1884, original limp vellum upper covers and spines bound at rear of each volume (with blank leaves partly adhered to covers), burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, contemporary green calf gilt by Bumpus, spines faded, some light stains to covers, 8vo, limited edition 304/500, plus volumes I & II only of the same work by John Payne and Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp, by John Payne, 1889, limited edition 230/500, uniformly boundQTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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[Madan, Martin]. Thelyphthora; or, a Treatise on Female Ruin, in its causes, effects, consequences, prevention and remedy; considered on the basis of the Divine Law: under the following heads, viz. marriage, whoredom, fornication, adultery, polygamy, divorce; with many other incidental matters; particularly including an examination of the principles and tendency of Stat. 26 Geo. II. c. 33. commonly called the Marriage Act. 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1780-81, occasional light spotting, contemporary previous owner signature of James Coman to volumes I & II titles, burgundy morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, spines with red labels and gilt decoration, small areas of worming and discolouration to covers, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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Hissey (James John). Works, 14 volumes, London: Richard Bentley & Son et al, 1884-1917, frontispiece to each, full-page engraved plates throughout, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco gilt by C. J. Sawyer, spines faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Lucas (Edward Verrall). A Wanderer in Rome; A Wandered in Venice; A Wanderer in Paris; A Wanderer in Florence, 4 volumes, London: Methuen & Co, 1925-28, half-titles, colour frontispieces, full-page illustrations throughout (including some full-page), top edge gilt, modern crushed cobalt blue half morocco gilt, spines lightly faded, 8vo, withD'Anvers (Nancy). Picturesque Brittany, with illustrations in colour by Arthur G. Bell, London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1906, half-title, colour frontispiece, 24 full-page colour illustrations, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th-century straight-grain full navy blue morocco by Bumpus, some light wear to extremities, 8vo, withMeldrum (David Storrar). Home Life in Holland, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co, 1911, half-title, frontispiece, 15 black and white illustrations, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown, ownership inscription in black ink to head of front blank, top edge gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco by Maclehouse, spine lightly faded, 8vo, with 8 other leatherbound volumes on travel including S. Baring Gould's The Deserts of Southern France (2 volumes, 1st edition, 1894) and Warwick Wroth's Cremorne and the Later London Gardens (1907) QTY: (28)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Tooke (John Horne). Eiiea Iitepoenta. Or, the Diversions of Purley, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for the author/for R. Hunter, 1798-1805, engraved frontispiece to volume I, engraved plate, errata leaf, occasional light spotting, later tan polished calf, covers with double fillet border in gilt, spines with red and olive labels and gilt-decorated in compartments, joints and edges a little rubbed, two small areas of worming to covers, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.ESTC T32791.Tooke's magnum opus on language and nominalism, greatly inspired by John Locke's Essay Concerning Humane Understanding and contended that 'The business of the mind, as far as it concerns Language, appears to me to be very simple, it extends no farther than to receive impressions, that is to have Sensations or Feelings. What are called its operations, are merely the operations of Language.' (volume I, p. 51).

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Kirk (John Foster). History of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1863-68, portrait frontispieces to volumes I-II, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and armorial bookplates of Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912, diamond magnate and art collector). all edges yellow, later tan calf, spines with green and maroon labels and gilt-decorated in compartments, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Smith (John Thomas). Nollekens and his Times: comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor; and memoirs of several contemporary artiists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth and Reynolds, to that of Ousell, Flaxman, and Blake, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1828, engraved portrait, extra-illustrated with approximately 100 engraved plates and portraits, some light offsetting and spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, , all edges gilt, later tan calf by Riviere, Bath, spines gilt with artist's easel and palette tools in compartments, slight partial fading to covers, 8vo, plus Smalley (George W.) London Letters and Some Others, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1890, half-titles, 1 pp. autograph letter from the author to the publisher bound-in at front of volume I, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, and publisher Frederick Macmillan (1851-1936), , top edge gilt, contemporary tan calf by Riviere & Son, spines with maroon and tan labels and richly gilt, 8vo, limited signed edition 8/9, with 3 others: The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by George Otto Trevelyan, 2 volumes, 1876, The Life and Works of Goethe, by G. H. Lewes, 2 volumes, 1855, and Our Peculiarities, by Viscountess Combermere, privately printed circa 1863QTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle (bookplates); 2nd work 'from the library of Sir Hugh Walpole, July/45' (pencil inscription at front of volume I).

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Mill (John Stuart). The Subjection of Women, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, half-title, modern bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf gilt, red morocco title label, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Dissertations and Discussions. Political, Philosophical and Historical, reprinted chiefly from the Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews, 2 volumes, London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859, contemporary gift inscription in black ink to head of front blank in volume one, early 20th-century calf gilt, contrasting morocco spine labels, covers marked, spines lightly faded, 8vo, withA System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: John W. Parker, 1856, a few light spots to preliminary and rear leaves, contemporary calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, withPacke (Michael St. John). The Life of John Stuart Mill, London: Secker and Warburg, 1954, black and white illustrations throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, modern blue crushed morocco gilt, 8voQTY: (6)NOTE:'The last of [Mill's] great political tracts' (ODNB) for the first work.

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[Hatfield, Edmund, editor]. The Legend of Saint Ursula and her Companions, with illuminated miniatures taken from the Church of S. Ursula, at Cologne, London: John Camden Hotten, 1869, 22 facsimile illuminated miniatures, illustrations, light water stain to last few leaves, some light spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, covers with elaborate panel and arabesque in red morocco and gilt decoration, spine with raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, 4to, together with Doyle (James E.) A Chronicle of England B. C. 55 - A. D. 1485, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864, half-title, numerous illustrations in colour, bookplate of W. A. Foyle,all edge gilt, later green straight-grained morocco gilt by Riviere, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to, plus Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. (Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel) with Pictures in Words by Tom Taylor, London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1864, 30 engraved plates, a little minor spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to, with 6 others illustrated including Recollections of a Rambler, by G. A. Simcox, 1874, Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul, 1906, The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, circa 1860, Kearton's Nature Pictures, 2 volumes, 1910, and Shades from Jane Austen, by Honoria D. Marsh, 1975, limited edition 70/300: QTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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Baskerville Press. Orlando Furioso di Lodovico Ariosto, 4 volumes, Birmingham: Da' Torchj di G. Baskerville: Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia Reale, e G. Molini, 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, 45 engraved plates (of 46, lacking plate to face stanza 10), title page to first volume with early ownership signature Helena OGrady to upper margin, some light dust-soiling, few marks, contemporary marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with red morocco labels, light wear to extremities, joints to volume 4 repaired, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Gaskell 48. Handsome copy.

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Terrific Register. The Terrific Register; or, Record of Crimes, Judgements, Providences, and Calamities, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., Edinburgh: Hunter, 1825, titles within wood-engraved architectural borders, wood-engraved illustrations, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, finely bound in later tree calf gilt by Morrell, spines with crimson and green labels and elaborate gilt decoration, 8vo, together with [Borrow, George Henry]. Celebrated Trials, and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the Earliest Records to the Year 1825, 6 volumes, 1st edition, London: Knight and Lacey, 1825, 35 engraved plates, including 4 folding, some light offsetting and spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, later green half calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, spines with burgundy and green labels and gilt decorated, slightly rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Rayner (J. L. & G. T. Cook, editors). The Complete Newgate Calendar, 5 volumes, London: privately printed for the Navarre Society, 1926, monochrome plates, partly unopened, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, crimson half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8voQTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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Francis of Assisi (Saint). Fioretti, Venice: per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia, 22 November 1484, 62 (of 64) unnumbered leaves, a1-h8, with a1 (recto blank, verso with full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion) and a8 supplied in later facsimile on matching pale cream laid paper, lacking leaves h2 and h3 towards end, colophon to final leaf 'A honore de Dio & de la gloriosa verzene maria e de miser sancto francesco e impressa questa devota opera in Venetia per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia. del Mcccclxxxiiii, a di. xxii. de novembrio', with printer's woodcut device, a2 with old partly erased oval library inkstamp to lower outer corner (not legible), and with later paper repairs to upper blank margin and lower outer blank corner, occasional minor marginal marks, burgundy gilt-decorated burgundy label of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th century antique-style blind- and gilt-decorated light brown full calf, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Pellechet 4812 (who records only the copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale, lacking a2); no copy in the British Museum or in America; Reichling, IV, 1214; L. Manzoni, I Fioretti di Sancto Franciescho (Rome: E. Loescher, 1902), p.125.Only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1954), when it was bought by Foyle (the present copy).The Fioretti, or Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi is the title given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions, being a translation into Italian of the latin text Actus B. Francisci et Sociorum Ejus (the earliest extant manuscript version of which is dated 1390). The Italian text, one of the most delightful literary works of the Middle Ages, is thought to be by the Tuscan friar Ugolino Brunforte.

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Bouchot (Henri). The Book: its Printers, Illustrators and Binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. With a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places. Edited by H. Grevel, Extra-Illustrated copy, expanded to 3 volumes, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1890, 172 monochrome illustrations to text (as issued), additional manuscript title to each volume inserted, in black ink with light blue wash (first volume retains the original printed title), and approximately 350 additional illustrations, including title pages, woodcuts, portraits, sample pages, printer's devises, colour reproductions of bindings and illuminated manuscripts (mostly in chromolithography), etc., dating from the 15th, 16th,17th,18th and 19th century, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary three-quarter red crushed morocco gilt, a little rubbed to joints and outer corners, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An exceptionally fine and carefully re-presented copy of Bouchot's classic work, significantly enhanced by the addition of 350 additional examples of early printing.A short typewritten description of the volume list the various types of illustrations added to this copy: 'about 87 old engraved portraits, about 35 other portraits, about 62 engraved title pages or other leaves from original old books, about 51 printer's devices from original books, about 60 original engravings and woodcuts from old books, about 14 reproductions of bindings, about 6 reproductions from illuminated manuscripts, about 34 other illustrations'. One of the earliest specimens is an early woodcut or xylographic illustration printed in brown, possibly depicting the Three Wise Men, inscribed in a 17th-century hand in brown ink to verso 'Mom Britium Mediolanensis' (a reference to the Italian humanist Boninus Mombritius (circa 1424-1502), who edited a number of early texts including the Santuarium seu Vitae Sanctorum).Early woodcut and engraved portraits include Lorenzo Coster by Larmessin after Van Campen. An engraved portrait of Burchiello by Ascanio Lucani, engraved portrait of Sebastian Brant, Pico della Mirandola by De Bry (1650), Maximilian of Austria by De Jode after Lucas van Leyden, circa 1620, woodcut colophon portrait John Day (1562), engraved portrait of Nicolaus Bruyant by Pontius after Van Dyck.Engraved title pages include De Ortu et Progressu Artis Typographicae (1639), the title page to the libro secondo of Reucelli's Imprese Illustri, a leaf from an incunable German hand-coloured illustrated bible, the title page to Abbot Rupert's Commentariorum in Evangelium Johannis, (Birkman, 1533, Sabelicus, Historie Vinitiane, Venice 1554, Drexelius, Rosae Selectissimarum Virtutum, Antwerp, 1636, Andreas de Novo Castro, Primum scriptum Sententiarum, Paris: Jean Granion, 1512, Arthur Lake's sermon preached at Paul's Crosse, London: William Stansby, 1629, Thomas Taylor, The Parable of the Sower, 3rd edition, 1634

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Winston (Charles). An Inquiry into the difference of style observable in Ancient Glass Paintings, especially in England; with hints on glass painting, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford and London: James Parker and Co., 1867, 75 full-page plates to plate volume, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, early 20th-century orange full morocco gilt, black morocco spine labels, lightly rubbed, spines slightly faded, 8vo, together with:A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture, 3 volumes (including supplement), 4th edition, enlarged, Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1841-45, frontispieces, 164 plates to plate volume, further engraved plates to supplementary volumes, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf gilt, black morocco spine labels, some light wear to extremities, 8vo, plusJameson (Anna). Sacred and Legendary Art, 2 volumes, new edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1890, frontispieces, full-page plates throughout (one folding at rear of volume two), bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century dark green crushed full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, a few small nicks to extremities, 8vo, with 39 other related leatherbound volumes QTY: (46)

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[Cole, Mrs Henry Warwick]. A Lady's Tour Round Monte Rosa: with visits to the Italian valleys of Anzasca, Mastalone, Camasco, Sesia, Lys, Challant, Aosta, and Cogne. In a series of excursions in the years 1850-56-58, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Lonbgmans and Roberts, 1859, half-title, title with hand-coloured rose vignette, folding map with outline colour, 4 chromolithograph plates after George Barnard, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without the 24 pp. publisher's catalogue, some light spotting to last few leaves, light marginal offsetting from map, small faded contemporary presentation inscription to half-title, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, attractively bound in crimson full morocco gilt by Carss, Glasgow, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Neate C88. 'Mrs. Cole was the wife of A. C. member Henry Warwick Cole, whom she accompanied on the tours described in her book, which was illustrated by George Barnard (c. 1807-90). Barnard was one of the first Alpine artists to draw mountains with any degree of accuracy, and also one of the earliest members of the A. C. to travel widely in the Alps.' (Neate).

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Greene (Robert). Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit; bought with a Million of Repentance. With a Preface, Critical & Biographical: by Sir Egerton Brydges, [Ickham]: printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory, by Johnson and Warwick, 1813, title in red and black with mounted wood engraved vignette, mounted wood engraved vignette to following limitation leaf, occasional light spotting, colour armorial bookplate of Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820-1872) and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (also with rubbed white label adhered below), all edges gilt, mid 19th-century mustard yellow morocco by Hayday, gilt panelled and decorated, gilt decorated turn-ins, joints and extremities rubbed, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820 -1872) and W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates). Limited edition of 61 copies printed. The first work in quarto printed at the Lee Priory Press.Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820 -1872), of Birmingham, Leamington and of 27 Elsham Road Kensington, was the fifth son of the the Reverend John Eyton, Rector of Wellington in Shropshire, and Anna Maria, sole daughter and heir of Edmund Joseph Plowden of Plowden Hall in Shropshire. The Rev. Robert William Eyton, Rector of Ryton in Shropshire, and author of The Antiquities of Shropshire was his brother. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, on the Council of which he served, he brought together a large collection of books which was dispersed in eleven sales at Sotheby's from 1842-48.

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Bumpus Binding. The Life of Edward Mountagu, K.G. First Earl Sandwich, by F. R. Harris, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1912, photogravure portrait frontispieces and monochrome portrait plates, front pastedowns with ownership signature 'Alex. Keiller of Morven 1916, rebound 1916', bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary light brown morocco by J. & E. Bumpus Ltd., elaborately decorated to covers incorporating onlay roundels and borders to spine compartments and border onlays to boards, gilt armorial of the Earl of Sandwich to centre of upper boards, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Alexander Keiller FSA, FGS (1889-1955) was born at Binrock House, Dundee and was the heir to the family marmalade business, James Keiller & Son which was established in Dundee in 1797. He is particularly remembered as an archaeologist, pioneering aerial photographer, businessman and philanthropist. He worked on the prehistoric sites at Windmill Hill and Avebury, Wiltshire and helped to ensure their preservation. He also founded the Morven Institute of Archaeological Research at Avebury, now the Alexander Keiller Museum.

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Percy (Sholto and Reuben). The Percy Anecdotes. Original and Select, 20 volumes, London: T. Boys, 1823, 2 parts to each volume with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark brown half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt decorated spines, 12mo, together with:Alom (John). The Letters of Junius complete: Interspersed with the Letters and Articles to which he replied..., 2 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1806, extra-illustrated mostly with portrait plates (some window mounted), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century brown half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spines slightly faded, light mottling to cloth sides, 8vo,Brown (John). Horae Subsecivae, 3 volumes, new edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes 1 and 3, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns of each, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, and [Taylor, John]. The Identity of Junius with a Distinguished Living Character [Sir Philip Francis] Established, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1816, Extra-illustrated with several engraved portrait plates including some window mounted, light toning and some spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century red half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus others including Sterling (John). Essays and Tales..., 2 volumes, London: John W. Parker, 1848, [Tegg, Thomas]. Eccentric Biography; or, Lives of Extraordinary Characters, London: Thomas Tegg [et al], 1826, and Griffin & Co. (Richard, publisher). The Book of Trades; or, Circle of the Useful Arts, 7th edition, Glasgow: Richard Griffen & Co., 1843QTY: (30)

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Fellowes (William Dorset). Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the principal personages of that period; including the King's Trial and Execution..., London: J. Murray, 1828, half-title, lithograph frontispiece, 48 lithograph plates (including 1 folding and 4 double-page), occasional toning and scattered spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (paper skinning to front marbled pastedown where previous bookplate removed), all edges gilt, late 19th/ early 20th-century red morocco by Riviere, elaborate gilt decoration to spine and gilt border to boards, gilt decorated turn-ins, 4to, together with:Kingston (Richard). A True History of the Several Designs and Conspiracies, against His Majesties Sacred Person and Government; as they were continually carry'd on from 1688 till 1697..., London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Abel Roper, 1698, initial blank (A1) present, browning and spotting throughout, contemporary mottled calf, upper board detached and lower, worn, 8vo, (Wing K615),[Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of]. The Secret Correspondence of Sir Robert Cecil with James VI. King of Scotland. Now first published, Edinburgh: A. Millar, 1766, toning and scattered spotting throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (light paper skinning to front marbled pastedown where previous bookplate removed), early 19th-century calf gilt, black morocco label to spine, 12mo,Dalrymple (David, editor). Memorials and Letters relating to the history of Britain in the reign of James the First. Published from the originals, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1766, repaired closed tear to final leaf, minor dust-soiling mostly to first and last few leaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf, black morocco title label to spine, slight wear to spine and corners, small 8vo, plus two others, [Disraeli, Isaac]. An Inquiry into the Literary and Political Character of James the First, London: John Murray, 1816, and Payne-Gallwey (Ralph). A History of The George Worn on the Scaffold by Charles I, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, both volumes with bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedownsQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Braddon (Lawrence). Essex's Innocency and Honour Vindicated, or, Murther, Subornation, Perjury, and Oppression justly charg'd on the Murtherers of that noble Lord and true Patriot, Arthur (late) Earl of Essex. As proved before the Right Honourable (late) Committee of Lords, or ready to be deposed. In a Letter to a Friend, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1690, engraved frontispiece with few neatly repaired closed tears mostly to margins, lower outer blank corner of A2 torn away, light dust-soiling mostly to initial leaves at front and rear, modern calf-backed marbled boards, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing B4101.

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Cescinsky (Herbert). English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, illustrated from drawings by the author and from photographs, 3 volumes, London: The Waverly Book Company, [1911], black and white illustrations throughout (some after photographs), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th century crushed full pale brown morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (signed to front turn-ins), fleur-de-lis cornerpieces to gilt triple-bordered panels to covers, a few light marks, 4to, together with:Cescinsky (Herbert, Malcolm R. Webster). English Domestic Clocks, illustrated from drawings and photographs by the authors, 2nd edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1914, colour portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout (some after photographs), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, bound uniformly with the other three volumes, 4toQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Somner (William & Battely, Nicolas). The Antiquities of Canterbury, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, London: R. Knaplock, 1703, engraved frontispiece by Kip, 13 engraved plates, 6 maps, city and ground plans by Kip, Hollar, Hill etc., errata leaf present at rear, minor toning and occasional light spotting mostly to margins, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, late 19th/early 20th-century maroon morocco by F. Bedford, elaborate gilt decorated spine and gilt panelled boards, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Cox III p. 187; Upcott pp. 388-390; Lowndes V 2442. Handsome copy.

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Fore-edge Painting. Original Topographical & Antiquarian Delineations of Great Britain; comprising views of Curious & Interesting Subjects in England, Scotland, & Wales, London: Published for the Proprietors, June 1817, 94 engraved plates by J. Grieg, some toning and spotting to margins, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edges gilt with fore-edge painting of Lincoln Cathedral, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spine, double-rule gilt and blind roll border to boards, 8vo, together with:Parkyns (George Isham). Monastic and Baronial Remains, with other interesting Fragments of Antiquity, in England, Wales, and Scotland, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, half-title to volume 1, 100 uncoloured aquatint plates (offset to text), some spotting to margins, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain maroon morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, and with another copy of the same work in contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain red morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo,[Cromwell, Thomas]. Excursions in the County of Essex: comprising a brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of every Town and Village; together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry..., 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [et al.], 1819, folding engraved map and plan, additional engraved titles and 96 plates, light scattered spotting, verso of front free endpaper inscribed 'To W. A. Foyle Esq. from the Society of an Antiquarian Booksellers Assistant's Society in memory of a very pleasant visit to Beeleigh Abbey July 8 1956, A. Savill president', burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain red morocco, extremities rubbed, 8voQTY: (7)

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Donovan (Edward). Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, in the Year 1804, and the four preceding Summers, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1805, 31 hand-coloured aquatint plates (complete as list), occasional light offsetting and minor scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century light brown calf by Root & Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, spines and extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:[Muilman, Peter]. A New and Complete History of Essex, from a late Survey; Compared with the most celebrated Historians..., By a Gentleman, 6 volumes, Chelmsford: Printed and sold by Lionel Hassall, 1769-72, 52 engraved plates (including 23 folding) and 3 folding engraved maps, early inscription to fore-margin of leaf 2S1 in final volume '10th May 1773, Reced. of Mrs Mary Hasell five shillings dury for the 69th no. of the History of Essex containing two sheets and an half ... Thos. Daniel Distribr. of stamps for county of Essex', some light offsetting and minor spotting, armorial bookplate of William Harrison and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary faintly diced calf gilt, gilt armorial and monogram of Theodore Williams (1785-1875) to centre of boards, volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, head of spine to volume 4 torn with loss at head, joints split at head of joints to volume 6, 8vo,Coker (John). A Survey of Dorsetshire. Containing the Antiquities and Natural History of that County. With a Particular Description of all the Places of Note, and Antient Seats..., London: J. Wilcox, S. Palmer and J. Huggonson, 1732, folding engraved map frontispiece, six engraved plates of armorials bearings, browning and spotting throughout (mostly to leaves of text), three leaves of late 19th-century manuscript pedigree notes tipped-in at front, bookplate of John Benett of Norton Bavant & Pythouse dated 1937 to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, early 20th-century dark green half sheep, red morocco title label to spine and simple gilt motif to each compartment, light wear mostly to joints, folio,Willis (Browne). A Survey of the Cathedral of St. David's..., London: R. Gosling, 1717, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Landaff..., London: R. Gosling, 1719, 3 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of St. Asaph..., London: R. Gosling, 1720, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Bangor..., London: R. Gosling, 1721, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional spotting, each volume with bookplate to front pastedown of Charles W. G. Howard, the gift of the Rt. Hon. Sir David Dundas Knt. of Ochtertyre 1877 and to front free endpaper the red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, each in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label to spine of each, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century topographyQTY: (15)

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Stevenson (Robert Louis). Poems, London: Chatto & Windus in association with Longmans, Green & Co., 1913, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary maroon crushed morocco gilt by Bumpus Ltd., 4to (Limited edition 482/500 printed on handmade paper), together with:Holmes (Oliver Wendell). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913, together 3 volumes, frontispieces, decorative titles, plates and illustrations by Henry Matthew Brock, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, uniform 20th-century half calf by Maclehose of Glasgow, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, 8vo,James (Henry). Fourteen Stories..., Selected by David Garnett, London: Rupert Hart-Davis,1946, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century navy half calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Burnett (Frances Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy, London: Frederick Warne and Co.,1899, frontispiece, plates and illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo, Houseman (Alfred Edward). A Shropshire Lad, reprinted, London: Grant Richards, 1908, 8 colour illustrations by William Hyde, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green half morocco gilt, spine faded to light brown, 8vo,Brown (Horatio F.). John Addington Symonds, A Biography compiled from his papers and correspondence, 2 volumes, London: John C. Nimmo, 1895, monochrome portrait frontispieces and plates, one colour armorial plate, light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century turquoise blue crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spines lightly faded, 8vo, Mitchell (Margaret). Gone with the Wind, reprinted, London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1938, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other literature, biographies and history related, bound in 20th-century full and half morocco and calf bindings, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Bayntun Riviere and Zaehnsdorf etc.QTY: (32)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

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Rowe (Nicholas). The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakepear's Style, 1st edition, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the Two Temple-Gates, in Fleet-street [1714], [viii],63,[1]pp, first issue with 'the Heart' (page 18, line 3), 'This trickling show'r of Teats' (page 19, line 17), and publisher's notice at end of last leaf of text, dated 'Jan. 28. 1713-14', some light browning, modern half-calf, spine lettered in gilt, together with:The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane, 1st edition, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys, between the Two Temple-Gates, in Fleetstreet, 1715, title, two (of 4) leaves of preface, lacking pages iii-vi, A2-3, prologue leaf trimmed with loss of blank outer fore-margin, 66pp, plus final leaf of Epilogue, modern half-calf over marbled boards, both small 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:First edition by the playwright and Shakespeare editor Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Jane Shore was first produced at Drury Lane in February 1714 and ran for 19 nights with Anne Oldfield as Jane Shore, Robert Wilks as Dumont, and Colley Sibber as the Duke of Gloucester.

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Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. The Translation called Dryden's. Corrected from the Greek and revised by A. H. Clough, 5 volumes, London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile) and Laurence Robertson, top edge gilt, later tan calf, spines with tan labels and gilt-decorated, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Baring-Gould (Sabine). The Tragedy of the Caesars. A Study of the Characters of the Caesars of the Julian and Claudian Houses, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Methuen and Co., 1893, illustrations, some light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary crimson half morocco gilt by Hatchards, some light edge wear, tall 8vo, plus Ferrero (Guglielmo). The Greatness and Decline of Rome, translated by Alfred E. Zimmern, 5 volumes, London: William Heinemann, April 1909 reprint, frontispiece to volume I, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle (lacking in volume II), top edge gilt, contemporary blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun, Bath, 8vo, with 2 others: The Natural History of Pliny, translated with copious notes and illustrations by the late John Bostock and H. T. Riley, 6 volumes, London, 1856-93, and History of the Romans under the Empire, by Charles Merivale, 7 volumes, 1850-62QTY: (25)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

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Drayton (Michael). The Battaile of Agincourt. Fought by Henry the fift of that Name, King of England Against the Whole Power of the French: under the Raigne of there Charles sixt, Anno dom.1415. The Miseries of Queene Margarite, the infortunate wife, of that most unfortunate King Henry the sixt. Nimphidia, the Court of Fayrie. The Quest of Cinthia. The Shepheards Sirena. The Moone-Calfe. Elegies upon sundry occasions, 1st edition, London: printed for William Lee at the Turkes Head in Fleete-Streete, next to the Miter and Phaenix, 1627, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light soiling and light water stains, later front blank with ownership signature of John Inglis, 1833 to recto and bibliographical note, presumably by the same owner, regarding the publication to verso, endpapers renewed, with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, early 20th century brown polished full calf, small folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870) of St. John’s Wood, and later, Hampstead Heath. He began collecting books at an early age and by the prime of his life he had amassed an important collection of incunabula and early printed works. Included among these were fine copies of works from the presses of Caxton, Machlinia, Wynkyn de Worde, Pynson, Julyan Notary and Verard.STC 7190; Grolier, Langland to Wither 85; Pforzheimer 301.

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Fox (Caroline). Memories of Old Friends. Being Extracts from the Journals and Letters, 1835 to 1871, Edited by Horace N. Pym, extended to 2 volumes, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1882, etched portrait frontispiece and extra illustrated with the addition of numerous engraved portraits, some spotting (occasionally heavy), bookplates of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, early 20th-century full green morocco by Tout, rubbed, spines browned, together with:Dobson (Austin), Horace Walpole, A Memoir, with an Appendix of Books Printed at the Strawberry Hill Press, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893, extra illustrated with the addition of approximately 30 portraits from contemporary sources, some occasional spotting, bookplates of Reginald Dalton Pontifex and W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, early 20th-century green crushed half morocco gilt by Horace G. Commin, spine partly darkened, 8vo, plusSmiles (Samuel), A Publisher and his Friends. Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray... , 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1891, with portrait and profusely extra illustrated with the addition of nearly 200 engraved portraits, some light browning, bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edges gilt, contemporary tree calf gilt, some rubbing and edge wear, rebacked to match with calf gilt and two contrasting spine labels, 8vo, and Martin (Benjamin Ellis), In the Footprints of Charles Lamb, Illustrated by Herbert Railton and John Fulleylove, with a Bibliography by E. B. North, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1891, extra illustrated with the addition of many portraits and views from contemporary sources, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red crushed half morocco gilt over cloth by Riviere & Son, minor rubbing, large 8vo, plus other extra illustrated 19th-century leather-bound English literature interestQTY: (20)

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