NO RESERVE Nash (John).- Greenwood (Jeremy) The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, one of 750 copies, portrait frontispiece, tipped-in, illustrations, a few in colour, laid down, original cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards, original slipcase, cloth, The Wood Lea Press, 1987 § Armitage (Simon) Hansel & Gretel. A Nightmare in Eight Scenes, first edition, signed by the author, illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins, original cloth, Design for Today, 2019 § Armstrong (Martin) St. Christopher's Day, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer, light browning to spine, spine tips and corners a little chipped, 1928 § Robinson (W. Heath) and K.R.G. Browne. How to be a Motorist, first edition, illustrations by Heath Robinson, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, [1939]; and 3 others, illustrated, v.s. (7)
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Theatre.- Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Le Droit du Seigneur, Comédie en cinq Actes, A3 small hole to head not affecting text, F1 ink correction in a contemporary hand, H4 horizontal tear to head with small loss to a few letters of headline, few ff. with faint damp-stain to fore-margin, Paris, Duchesne, 1763 bound with Favart (Charles-Simon) L'Anglois a Bordeaux, Comédie en un Acte et en Vers Libres, A2 short tear to head without loss, Paris, Duchesne, 1763 bound with 5 others similar, together 7 works in 1 vol., bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson loose, some browning and light spotting, contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised bands and red morocco label lettered 'Pieces de Theatre' in gilt, a few rather heavy bumps to edges, spine head little chipped, lightly rubbed, lower joint starting at head; and others, French theatre, 8vo & 12mo (c.30)
Wiltshire.- Kennedy (James) A Description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton-House, second edition, lacking half-title but with list of subscribers, 25 engraved plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends repaired, Salisbury, E.Easton, 1769 § Britton (John) An Historical Account of Corsham House, in Wiltshire...With a catalogue of his celebrated collection of pictures, only edition, engraved frontispiece with view & plan of the house, later roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth slip-case, for the author, and Joseph Barrett, 1806; and c.15 others on Wiltshire and its houses including a 1917 sale catalogue of prints from Wilton House, and guides to Wilton, Longleat, & Longford Castle, v.s. (c.20)⁂ Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (1664-1732) formed a celebrated collection of classical sculpture at Wilton House. Kennedy's description of his antiquities "is one of the few accounts which gives the principles upon which a collector formed his collection". Herrmann, The English as Collectors, p.96.
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[Johnson (Samuel)] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, second issue with 6-line errata, some light spotting, some passages marked in pencil with notes at end, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, red morocco label, rubbed, spine chipped at head, W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1775; and 7 others, Johnson & Boswell including an attractively-bound 5 vol. Life in green straight-grain morocco, gilt, 8vo et infra (8)
Berkshire & Oxfordshire.- Windsor Guide (The)...Town and Castle, folding engraved plate, Windsor, C.Knight, 1799 bound with New Pocket Companion for Oxford (A), folding engraved plan and 4 plates, title shaved at foot, Oxford, J.Cooke, 1799 and New Bath Guide (The), folding engraved plan and 4 plates, Bath, R.Cruttwell, 1792, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt preserving old red roan label "Pamphlets" § Description of Blenheim (A), thirteenth edition, engraved plates and folding map, light spotting, original limp printed boards, rubbed, rebacked, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, Oxford, [1836] § Hussey (Christopher) Eton College, second edition, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, 1926 § Betjeman (John) An Oxford University Chest, first edition, original cloth-backed marbled boards, 1938, the last two with illustrations, all a little rubbed; and 6 others on Berkshire and Oxfordshire, v.s. (10)
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) The Strange Gentleman; A Comic Burletta, facsimile of first edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece, printed slip "Miss Canavan's park (Mary) will be taken by Patience Gee" loosely inserted, original printed wrappers, unopened, some light surface soiling but a crisp and excellent example generally, 1837 [but 1871] § Browning (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems Before Congress, first edition, 32pp. advertisements dated February, 1860 at end, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light browning to spine, patches of staining to upper cover, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 1860; and 2 others, 19th century, 8vo (4)
Watts (William) The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the Most Interesting and Picturesque Views, engraved title and 84 engraved plates by William Watts after Sandby, Nates, Dalby &c., each with an explanatory leaf of text, index leaf at end, title a little soiled and creased, light offsetting from plates onto verso of text, plates with occasional marginal soiling but generally clean and bright, bookplate of Natl. Burton, contemporary olive green straight-grain morocco with decorative borders in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed and scuffed, [Millard, Britain 89], oblong 4to, John & Josiah Boydell, [text water-marked 1814 & plates 1818].
Dearn (Thomas Downes Wilmot) Sketches in Architecture consisting of Original Designs for Public & Private Buildings, first edition, 16 fine aquatint plates and plans, an excellent clean copy, trimmed shaving lower edge of final plate, [Berlin Kat. 2317; Not in Abbey], John Cawthorn for the author, [1806]; Sketches in Architecture; consisting of original Designs for Cottages and Rural Dwellings, first edition, 20 fine aquatint plates and plans, very occasional spotting, [Not in Abbey or Berlin Kat.], J.Taylor, 1807 bound after Plaw (John) Sketches for Country Houses, Villas and Rural Dwellings, first edition, 42 sepia aquatint plates & plans, title with signature cut away at head and laid down, some spotting and soiling, light marginal water-staining to a few plates, plate 16 with tear to inner margin repaired, [Abbey, Life 49], S.Gosnell for J.Taylor, 1800, together 3 works in 1 vol. (the last bound first), contemporary half morocco over cloth, rubbed, rebacked in morocco, 4to⁂ Dearn's first work features some interesting designs including buildings for a billiards room, public and private baths, a pyramidal private chapel & cemetery, a national mausoleum, and a naval museum for Greenwich Park.
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NO RESERVE [Sayers (James)] The Foundling-Chapel Brawl, a Non-Heroic Ballad, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to head of title, folding engraved frontispiece, one engraved vignette, title chipped and silked at upper corner, just touching inscription, a few instances of ink correction or annotation, seemingly in a couple of hands, later ink note to verso of frontispiece, lightly browned, a few small stains to fore-margin, some light spotting, modern wrappers, housed in a modern card folder, C. Roworth, 1804; and 6 others similar, all but one by Sayers, including Hints to J. Nollekens, Esq. R. A. on his Modelling A Bust of Lord G⁂⁂le with etched satirical frontispiece, 8vo & 4to (7)⁂ Scarce. A second part, advertised on the verso of the final leaf, was published the following year.
South America.- Byron (Hon. John) The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron ...Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia...also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, second edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title, occasional light spotting, engraved bookplates of Philip Hammond & Admiral R.M.Harbord-Hammond, contemporary calf, spine ruled in gilt with red & green labels, rubbed, joints split at head, [Sabin 9730], 8vo, for S. Baker and G. Leigh...and T. Davies, 1768.⁂ Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan." (Sabin)
Hertfordshire.- Grimston (Charlotte) The History of Gorhambury, first edition, etched frontispiece of Sir Nicholas Bacon, otherwise lithographed throughout with pictorial title, mounted portrait of the author on india paper, 90pp. text, 3 plans and 6 plates, text with coats-of-arms in margins, portraits foxed, title a little browned with offsetting from frontispiece, occasional light foxing to text, engraved bookplate of Leonard L.Hartley Esq., handsome contemporary diced russia with elaborate gilt border and fan corner-pieces, g.e., a little worn, rebacked in calf with ecclesiastical ornaments in gilt, corners repaired, 4to, [privately printed], [c.1821, water-marked 1820]⁂ "Probably the first [British] topographical book with its text lithographed...the most striking feature of the book is the discrepancy between the assurance of the writing of the main text and the naivety of the drawings...". Twyman, Early Lithographic Books, pp. 179-180 & 1.113.Charlotte Grimston was the wife of the first Earl of Verulam whose father commissioned Gorhambury House from Sir Robert Taylor. It replaced the ruined Old Grohambury House, home of the Bacon family including Sir Francis Bacon.
NO RESERVE Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, 6 vol. only, vol. 1, 2 & 6 with half-title, engraved plates, vol. 1 title with ink ownership name 'Dan. de la Cherois' to foot, some light foxing and browning, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments and with red morocco labels (several lacking or chipped), some chipping to spine ends, rubbed, particularly spines, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale [vol. 3 & 4 chez Panckoucke], 1770-75; and c.24 other odd vol. from the series Histoire Naturelle, some nouvelle edition, many with engraved plates, 8vo; sold not subject to return (c.25)
Gloucestershire.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) The History of Sudeley Castle, in Gloucestershire, first edition, etched aquatint frontispiece by Willyams printed in sepia (light water-stain to upper inner margin), tissue guard, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, uncut, [Millard, British 90], J.Robson, 1791 § Marklove (H.) Views of Berkeley Castle, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 9 plates by Marklove, list of subscribers, plates browned and rather water-stained, one or two tears and repairs, frontispiece laid down, modern half blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 409, coloured copy], printed by William Partridge of Nailsworth, 1840, folio (2)⁂ The first was written mainly to support the complicated claim of the author's genealogist friend Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges to the barony of Chandos of Sudeley. The plate depicts the castle in ruins before its partial restoration in 1837 by Sir George Gilbert Scott for the Dents.The second item is rare with only 2 copies recorded by Library Hub (BL & Oxford); WorldCat adds 3 in North America. The Abbey copy contains 11 plates but notes that the final plate is not by Marklove and is on thicker paper therefore probably an addition. Other copies all state 10 plates.
Carter (A. C. R.) The Year's Art: A Concise Epitome of All Matters relating to the Arts of Painting, Sculpture, Engraving and Architecture, 5 vol., a broken run, all but 1933, half-titles, plates, two typed letters signed by Joseph Duveen to the author loosely inserted, dated 1932 and 1934, very occasional light foxing, advertisement endpapers with margins lightly toned, contemporary uniform navy crushed morocco, gilt, very lightly rubbed, spines slightly sunned, g.e., 8vo, 1932-7.⁂ In the two letters, influential British art dealer Joseph Duveen thanks the author for sending 'the annual addition to your wonderful series of The Year's Art'. One letter is signed Joe Duveen, the other Joe.
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Ireland.- Milton (Thomas) [Select Views in Ireland; From Seats and Demesnes of the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom], lacking title (as usual), with 24 fine engraved plates by Milton after Francis Wheatley, John James Barralet, William Ashford and others, 3 on india paper and mounted (plates 1, 4 & 5), all with leaf of descriptive text, 4pp. lists of subscribers (Ireland & England) at end, light foxing to some plates, mostly marginal, one a little browned, with 4 additional later impressions of plates 6, 7, 9 & 18 with imprint of W.Marshall 1831 loosely inserted, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, a little rubbed, oblong 4to, J.Walter for the author, [c.1794, plates dated 1783-93].⁂ A rare work, originally issued in parts and very infrequently found with a title-page. ."[Milton] had a unique power of distinguishing the foliage of trees and the texture of all bodies, especially water, as it had never been done before and will never be done again." - William Bell Scott.
Wiltshire.- Witham (Rev. George, editor & printer) The History of Lacock Abbey or Locus Beatae Mariae, first edition, light staining to upper outer corner of title, cropped, modern half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, Lacock, by the Rev. G.Witham, 1806; and another on Lacock Abbey by Bowles & J.G.Nichols, small 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Rare privately-printed text taken mostly from Dugdale and Stevens with a few additions by the printer. In his dedication to the Countess Dowager of Shrewsbury he mentions, "the vacant Hours pleasingly employed in preparing and printing the Work, (my first Performance)". The additional item in the lot refers to this one in a footnote by J.G.Nichols on p.349: "a literary curiosity of great rarity".Library Hub records 6 copies and the collation calls for a final leaf but this is not present here nor in an online text.Listed by Harris in his Country House Index (second edition) but not by Holmes in The Country House Described: An Index to the Country Houses of Great Britain and Ireland, 1986.
Sussex.- Dallaway (James) & Edmund Cartwright. A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber..., 2 vol. in 3, mixed set, first edition, titles in red and black, 75 engraved portraits and plates (5 double-page, 4 hand-coloured), 8 engraved maps and plans (5 double-page or folding, 6 hand-coloured), 3 folding pedigrees, illustrations, some engraved, all volumes with numerous coats-of-arms with fine hand-colouring (including dedications), those in the first two vol. contemporary and in the last executed by Alastair Campbell of Airds (at one time Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Scotland) in 1990, vol.1 Lord Leconfield of Petworth's copy with his ink signature to head of title, vol.2 Part I with 2 original pen & ink drawings of Tortington Church, an additional portrait of the Duke of Norfolk trimmed & mounted on blank leaf with his cut signature and 21pp. manuscript index at end with 4 additional mounted engraved plates, vol.2 Part II with tipped-in A.L.s. from the author (Cartwright) to T.C.Medwin of Horsham requesting his help in compiling the work, some light foxing, vol.1 contemporary diced calf, gilt, rubbed and marked, rebacked, corners repaired, vol.2 Part I modern half straight-grain morocco over marbled boards, uncut, vol.2 Part II contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, 4to, 1815-30.⁂ Vol. 2 Part I is scarce as much of the stock was destroyed by fire.
Sandby (Paul) The Virtuosi's Museum; containing Select Views in England, Scotland, and Ireland, engraved title and 79 plates only (of 108, lacking plate 4 and all after 80), most after Sandby, also lacking all text, with a duplicate of plate 67 and an additional engraving of Addescombe Place by W.Angus (dated 1810), foxing, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed and spotted, joints repaired, G.Kearsly, 1778 [but later] § Angus (William) The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in Great Britain and Wales..., engraved title, half-title, 52 engraved views only (of 63, lacking 28, 38, 46, 50, 55 & 58-63) by Angus after Sandby, Turner, Nattes & others, each with explanatory leaf of text (including those to plates 28, 38 & 46), plates with light marginal foxing and a little offset onto facing text, bookplate of Charles J.B.Trappes, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, [Millard, Britain 7], W.Angus, [1787-1804], oblong 4to (2)⁂ Some of the views in the first were previously published in Kearsly's Copper Plate Magazine of 1778. The second item, Angus's Seats, was intended as a continuation of Watts's Seats... and was originally published in parts containing a total of 48 plates from 1787-97, at which point the half-title was issued. A second volume was planned but only 15 plates were completed by 1815. The work is important for depicting mainly lesser-known houses. It also includes a view of Oxenford Castle after Robert Adam (plate 14), and Bradwell Lodge by Malton with figures by Rowlandson (plate 35).
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Buckinghamshire.- Stowe.- [Seeley (J.)] Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens of the...Duke of Buckingham & Chandos, large paper copy, 24 engraved plates by and after Thomas Medland (one folding) & 7 plans, 2 folding, crested ink signature erased at head of title with contemporary manuscript notes loosely inserted, light foxing to plates and offsetting, frontispiece cropped close to image at foot, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, green morocco label, spine slightly faded, Buckingham, J.Seeley, 1827 § Forster (Henry Rumsey) The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated, mezzotint frontispiece of Rembrandt's Unmerciful Servant' (foxed), title in red & black, lists of both subscribers & purchasers, plates, advertisements at end, title soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), contemporary blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, 1848, 4to (2)⁂ The first is a guide to the house and delightful landscape gardens of Stowe, the work of Bridgeman, Vanbrugh, Kent, "Capability" Brown and Gibbs. This is the issue including engraved plates of the various temples and monuments and is rarely seen in large paper format.The second records the 1848 sale of the majority of the great art collection at Stowe following the bankruptcy of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, who was rumoured to have left for the Continent with debts exceeding £1,000,000. It totalled £75,562 4s 6d over 35 days, and included the famous "Chandos Portrait" of Shakespeare which sold to the Earl of Ellesmere for £372 15s. and in 1856 became the first donation to the newly-created National Portrait Gallery.
Robinson (P.F.) Vitruvius Britannicus. History of Woburn Abbey, engraved dedication, 2 plans and 7 plates, all on india paper and mounted, 1833; History of Hatfield House, engraved dedication, 2 plans and 7 plates, 1833; History of Hardwicke Hall, engraved dedication, plan and 9 plates, one hand-coloured (browned), 1835; History of Castle Ashby, lithographed dedication and plan, 10 plates (2 engraved, 8 lithographed), some tinted, tissue guards, a few heavily foxed, 1841, together 4 vol. in 1, the second and third with engraved coat-of-arms on india paper and mounted, bookplate of James Hunter of Hafton, contemporary half tan morocco, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed § Spicer (Charles William) Vitruvius Britannicus. History of Warwick Castle, lithographed additional pictorial title (foxed), plan and 8 plates, engraved or lithographed illustrations in text, most on india paper and mounted, engraved bookplate of George Chetwynd and with his small embossed stamp of Grendon Hall to title, contemporary half red morocco, spine titled in gilt, g.e., rubbed, 1844, first editions, generally text clean, light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, larg folio (2)⁂ A complete set of all 5 parts issued.
NO RESERVE Supernatural.- Crowe (Catherine) The Night Side of Nature; or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers, 2 vol., second edition, ex-library with ink-stamp removed to rear pastedowns (faintly visible to vol. 2 front pastedown), titles with pencil ownership inscription 'Mary L. Leslie 1943' to head, vol. 2 title and following f. spotted and browned, occasional spotting or light marginal soiling elsewhere, vol. 2 title with rather crude paper repair to gutter, front free endpapers renewed, vol. 1 rear hinge cracked, original blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt (rather faded to vol. 2), spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, rubbed, shelf-lean, [cf. Sadleir 666; Summers p.33 (first edition)], 8vo, 1849.⁂ Scarce. First published the preceding year.
NO RESERVE Valois (Marguerite de) Contes et Nouvelles, 2 vol., nouvelle edition, engraved additional title, numerous engraved illustrations, titles printed in red and black and with ink ownership name 'F Hutcheson', vol. 1 additional title and title with short tear at inner margin without loss, vol. 2 repaired horizonal tear to V4-5 without loss, occasional early ink correction or marginal annotation, some light browning, the odd spot or light soiling, vol. 1 small ink doodle to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, spines gilt in compartments and with double black morocco labels (working loose to vol. 1), small loss to spine, rubbed and worn, joints split but holding, Paris, aux depends de la Compagnie, 1740; and others, most French literature, some Italian or German, including Rousseau's Èmile in 4 vol. (La Haye, Jean Néaulme, 1762), v.s. (c.125)
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Agriculture.- Author's first book.- [Young (Arthur)] The Farmer's letters to the people of England: Containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman, on various subjects...particularly the exportation of corn...The present state of the poor..., first edition, title and verso of final f. browned at edges, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with brown leather label, joints just starting, but holding firm, lower corners worn, rubbed, [Fussell I, pp.70-78; Kress 6511; Goldsmiths' 10293], a good copy, 8vo, Printed for W. Nicoll, at the Paper Mill, No. 51, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1767.⁂ First book of this English agriculturist and social and political observer.
India.- Edwards (William) Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude, second edition, light spotting at beginning and end, small ink marks to front free endpaper, spine ends and corners bumped and very slightly rubbed, a couple small marks, 1858 § Domenech (Abbé Emmanuel) Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico, first English edition, half-title, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, map with a couple tiny tears at folds without loss, occasional very light spotting, one or two light marginal stains, small staining to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and a little rubbed, [Sabin 20559], 1858, publisher's advertisements at end, pencil ownership inscription of D. De la Cherois to head of titles, original blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt but slightly sunned; and others, travel related, some India, 8vo (12)
Hearne (Thomas) & William Byrne. Antiquities of Great-Britain, illustrated in Views of Monasteries, Castles, and Churches, now existing, 2 vol., first editions, mixed set, vol.1 with list of subscribers and additional engraved pictorial title, text in English & French, 83 engraved plates by Hearne & Byrne after Hearne, vol.1 with tissue guards and some light marginal foxing, contemporary diced russia with flower & ribbon border in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, a little rubbed, vol.2 lightly water-stained affecting some plates, contemporary panelled olive green straight-grain morocco with gilt borders and central vignette of ecclesiastical ruin, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, lower corners repaired, oblong folio, James Phillips for T.Hearne & W.Byrne; T.Cadell, 1786-1807.
NO RESERVE Australia.- Stanford (Edward) Map shewing the postal stations, main roads & telegraph lines in New South Wales, with two inset plans of postal stations surrounding Sydney and Newcastle, lithograph printed in colours, on thin wove paper, 555 x 680 mm (21 3/4 x 26 3/4 in), old folds, minor spottting and light surface dirt, unframed, [1871].
Neale (John Preston) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, First & Second Series, together 11 vol., first edition, additional engraved pictorial titles and 720 plates only (of 722), wood-engraved vignettes, subscriber's copy with contemporary ink inscription "N.Micklethwait Beeston 1819" to head of first title and with his engraved bookplate and ink correction to list of subscribers, plates all numbered in ink in top right-hand corner, some light foxing (mostly to tissue guards), water-staining to vol.1 of Second Series affecting a few plates, contemporary tan straight-grain morocco, gilt, spines gilt, rubbed, splits to joints, some repairs, [Millard, British 45], 8vo, 1818-29.⁂ Including details of architects, owners, and art collections. "The whole comprises the single most important early-nineteenth-century source of country-house architecture". (Millard) Rev. John Nathaniel Micklethwait (?son of the subscriber) inherited the Taverham estate in Norfolk in 1850 through his mother. He demolished the existing house and built a neo-Jacobean mansion; in 1920 it became a preparatory school.
Ireland.- Antient and Present State (The) of the County of Down, first edition, folding engraved county map, bookplate of Daniel De La Cherois and his ink ownership inscription to head of title, dated Dec. 1859, map creased and a little frayed at edges, with short tear into image without loss, a few side-notes shaved, a few marginal notes in pencil and red ink, tipped-in piece of De la Cherois related printed ephemera to Q6v (obscuring small portion of text), some other ephemera loosely inserted, light browning, some spotting, a few small stains, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco label to spine, very small hole to foot of lower joint, rubbed, Dublin, A. Reilly, 1744; and others, Ireland related, including another copy of the same, 8vo & 4to (8)
Essex.- Majendie (Lewis) An Account of Hedingham Castle, first edition, half-title, 5 engraved plates by Basire, light foxing, engraved bookplate of A.R.M., modern half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, folio, John Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1796.⁂ Scarce work on probably the best preserved Norman keep in England, built by the De Vere family in c.1140. We have been unable to trace a copy at auction.
Yorkshire.- Cooper (R., publisher) A Description of Duncombe Park, Rivalx Abbey, and Helmsley Castle..., second edition, engraved frontispiece and plan, light foxing and soiling, original printed green wrappers, rubbed, spine slightly worn at foot, preserved in modern board folder and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, Kirby Moorside, 1821 § Jewell (John) The Tourist's Companion, or the History and Antiquities of Harewood in Yorkshire, second edition, folding engraved frontispiece, folding letterpress pedigree, illustrations, original printed boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in morocco, spine gilt, Leeds, 1822 § Stainborough & Rockley..., plates, list of subscribers and 12pp. advertisements at end, original blind-stamped cloth, 1853 § Illustrated Hand-Book to Castle Howard..., plates, original cloth, Malton, 1857 § Wheater (W.) Some Historic Mansions of Yorkshire, 2 vol., one of 300 copies, etched plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Leeds, 1888-89, all a little rubbed; and 18 others on Yorkshire, 8vo & 4to (24)
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Suffolk.- Davy (Henry) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in Suffolk, Part I [all published], first edition, one of 65 large paper copies, 20 engraved plates by Lambert after Davy, each with descriptive leaf of text, without list of subscribers, light water-staining to upper inner margin of some plates, occasional marginal spotting, text foxed and with offsetting from plates, neat contemporary ink ownership stamp with crest of F.W.Campbell of Birkfield, Ipswich to front free endpaper (repeated on upper cover with signature), later bookplate of James Mason Martin, original boards, uncut, with original printed wrappers bound in, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in crimson morocco, spine gilt, 4to, Southwold, by the Author, 1827.
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Freind (John) The History of Physick..., Part I, first edition, water- & damp-stained causing fraying at beginning and end with some loss (repaired), contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, [GM 6378], for J.Walthoe, 1725 § Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar...with a List of the Medicinal Plants..., fourteenth edition, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription to verso of frontispiece at head slightly showing through, light marginal water-stain to fore-edge of first few leaves, contemporary calf, rubbed, red morocco label, for the Author, 1765; and another, medicine, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is the first history of medicine written by an Englishman; the second part was published the following year."Freind was the first Engish historian of medicine. [he] planned the above work while committed to the Tower of London on a charge of high treason...Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister at the time, suffered much from renal calculi and called in Mead, a great friend of Freind. Mead refused to treat Walpole until Freind was released...". (GM).
NO RESERVE New History (A) of the City of Edinburgh, fourth edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, folding engraved plan, advertisement f. at end, browning, some scattered spotting and occasional light soiling, abrasion causing very small loss to one plate and a few letters of headline to H3, original boards, much loss to backstrip, worn at extremities, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1800 § [Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Romola, new edition, half-title, 15 mounted albumen print plates, some scattered spotting, original vellum with black morocco onlays, richly gilt, cloth chemise and slip-case (rubbed and lightly soiled), 1895; and others, most literature, v.s. (c.150)
Theatre.- Bluestocking.- Montagu (Elizabeth) An Essay on the Genius of Shakespeare compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets, with remarks upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire, second edition, little worming to lower margins at end, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with later red morocco label, head of spine little chipped, corners worn, some staining, 8vo, Printed by J. and H. Hughs, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, 1770.⁂ Rare edition in commerce. Elizabeth Montagu (1718 -1800), author, literary hostess, social reformer, and "Queen of Bluestockings".
![Food & drink.- [Massialot (François)] Le Nouveau Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois, 3 vol. including Supplement, nouvelle edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/d5181f19-d297-4688-9b85-b0cf010e77c8/468x382.jpg)
Food & drink.- [Massialot (François)] Le Nouveau Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois, 3 vol. including Supplement, nouvelle edition, 26 engraved plates, many folding, titles in red and black, vol. 1 contemporary ink name 'Dan. de Lacherois Esq.' to front free endpaper and 'Sam De Lacherois' to title in faint red pencil, several plates trimmed with very small loss to caption, some a little creased or with very small tears to edges, once or twice into image but without loss, some light spotting and mostly marginal staining, some light water-staining, mainly at beginning of vol. 3, contemporary vellum, spines with title in early ink manuscript, vol. 1 & 3 with date beneath in a later hand, darkened and soiled, lightly rubbed, 8vo, Amsterdam, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1734.⁂ The supplementary third volume titled ''Nouvelle Instruction pour les Confitures, les Liqueurs, et les Fruits".
Theatre.- Betterton (Thomas) The History of the English stage, from the Restauration to the Present Time. Including the Lives, Characters and Amours, Of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Van der Gucht after Kneller, a few engraved portraits in text and one to title of second part, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 2 catalogues for books published by Curll at end (8 & 24pp.), occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments (with little loss at ends), corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Printed for E. Curll, at Pope's-Head in Rose-Street, Covent-Garden, 1741; and The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton...Tragedian, Robert Gosling, 1710, 8vo (2)⁂ The second part is Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield, 1741 by William Oldys, which is often found bound with the first work.
Harrison & Co., publishers. Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in England and Wales, engraved vignette title and 100 plates, each with explanatory leaf of text, index leaf at end, some light foxing to plates and offsetting to text, the Duke of Bedford's copy with Woburn Abbey bookplate dated 1873 to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, spine faded, oblong 4to, Harrison & Co., [c.1788].
London.- Shepherd (Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864) St James's Clerkenwell; St Margaret Pattens, Rood Land, two works on one sheet, pencil and brown wash on wove paper, both views signed, with double ruled ink borders, each image approx. 105 x 68 mm (4 1/4 x 2 5/8 in), the sheet 125 x 160 mm (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 in), some surface dirt and light browning, unframed, 1830; together with the original engravings after the drawings unframed, 1831 (2)Illustrated:Both views engraved and published in Jones & Co.'s 'London and its environs in the 19th Century: illustrated views from original drawings', 1831.⁂ Delicate studies showing London as it was.
NO RESERVE McArthur (John) The Army and Navy Gentleman's Companion; or, A New and Complete Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Fencing, new edition, engraved frontispiece, title and 19 plates, most folding, first few ff. loose (including title), first plate creased, chipped at edges and loosely inserted, P2 tear to fore-edge without loss, some very light offsetting, occasional light spotting or soiling, uncut in original boards, remains of label to upper cover, soiled and worn, upper cover detached, spine defective, for J. Murray, 1784; and 4 others, 18th century, various subjects, 4to & 8vo (5)⁂ The first edition published in 1780.
Theatre.- Shakespeare forgeries.- Malone (Edmond) An Inquiry into the Authenticity of Certain Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments, Published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV. And Attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth and Henry, Earl of Southampton, first edition, half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, 2 ff. 'Prospectus' at end, little offsetting from plates, occasional spotting, lightly browned, light brown crushed morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, some light fading, 8vo, Printed by H. Baldwin for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand, 1796.⁂ In 1794 William Henry Ireland claimed to have unearthed a quantity of Shakespearean manuscripts, which were pronounced as genuine by a number of scholars. However, here the great Shakespeare authority Malone conclusively proves that the documents in question were forgeries.
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[Harrison & Co., publishers]. The New Print Magazine being a Collection of Picturesque Views & Beautiful Scenes in Several Counties of England and Wales, engraved title and 58 engraved views, most with tissue guards, with accompanying text, index leaf at end, light foxing and soiling, contemporary ink inscription "T.Elwyn Portsmouth New Hampshire Oct. 1797" to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old spine, oblong 8vo, H.DSymonds [& others], [1796] § Fifty Picturesque Views of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, letterpress title incorporating index, 50 engraved plates, no text, slightly wrinkled by damp but no staining, modern half morocco, spine gilt, n.d., oblong 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ Both reissues of many plates from Harrison & Co.'s Picturesque Views of c.1788 with new or erased imprints (see previous lot).
![[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". [The Novels], 7 vol., new edition, half-titles, light foxing to first few pages, bookplat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/e7dd014c-d61d-4481-b12e-b0cf010e61a3/468x382.jpg)
[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". [The Novels], 7 vol., new edition, half-titles, light foxing to first few pages, bookplates, occasional faint spotting, contemporary crimson half morocco, spines gilt with decorative art nouveau-style floral motifs, in 2 compartments, light scuffs, mainly to joints, overall a very attractive set, 8vo, [c.1880]
Pluche (Noel Antoine) Le Spectacle de la Nature, 7 vol., titles in red and black, engraved frontispieces, c.200 engraved plates, most folding, occasional browning or staining, mostly margins, very occasional light worming, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, 12mo, Utrecht [and The Hague], Neaulme [and Jean Neaulme], 1736-47
NO RESERVE Tombeau (Le) des Amours de Louis le Grand & ses dernieres Galanteries, engraved frontispiece (trimmed at fore-edge with very small loss), contemporary ink ownership name to title (trimmed), A8 small rust-hole with loss to a couple of letters, B4 portion torn away with loss to much text, light browning, Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1695 bound with Amours (Les) d'Anne d'Autriche Epouse de Louis XIII, a few small pieces of marginal loss, some very faint damp-staining, the odd spot, Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1693, bound with 2 others, together 4 works in 1 vol., engraved bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, a few small portions of loss to spine, worn; and others, French, 17th century, v.s. (8)
Food & drink.- d'Aussy (Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand) Histoire de la Vie Privée des Français, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson with his ink ownership name to titles, vol. 1 E4-5 loose, vol. 1 a few instances of ink correction or contemporary marginal notes, occasional light soiling, vol. 1 faint water stain to upper corner near start, contemporary calf, spines gilt and with morocco labels, rubbed and worn in places, particularly vol. 1 upper joint, some other joints starting, 8vo, Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, 1782.⁂ A history of the gastronomic habits of the French.
De Quincey (Thomas) The Works, 15 vol., frontispieces, a little very light browning, contemporary green half calf, gilt, spines richly gilt with red and brown morocco labels, several brown labels chipped (vol. 10 nearly all missing), otherwise slightly worn at extremities, but still an attractive set overall, 8vo, Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1862-63
Somerset & Dorset.- Description of the Mansion, Marbles, and Pictures, at Ammerdown, in Somersetshire, fifth, enlarged & revised, edition, 4 lithographed plates, one chromolithographed and 3 tinted, light foxing, Chirk Castle copy with engraved bookplate, contemporary morocco, gilt, rather scuffed, 1863 § Jackson (Rev. J.E.) A Guide to Farleigh Hungerford, third edition, 2 mounted actual photographs, plates including 9 of hand-coloured coats-of-arms,some spotting, original cloth-backed limp boards, Chippenham, 1879 § Portman (Louisa Mary) Catalogue of the Pictures at Sherborne Castle, 3 room plans, folding table (creased and split in two), various ink inscriptions, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 1862 § Heath (S.) & W. de C.Prideaux. Some Dorset Manor Houses, plates, foxed, original buckram, gilt, some fading, 1907 § Lyte (Sir H.C.Maxwell) A History of Dunster and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell, 2 vol., Francis Mohun's copy with his signature and notes, cuttings etc. loosely inserted, plates, original buckram, gilt, 1909, all rubbed; and 5 others on the houses of Somerset and Dorset including guides to Ford Abbey (1846) and Montacute by Tipping (1933), v.s. (11)⁂ Ammerdown, in Kilmersdon, Somerset, was built in 1788 by James Wyatt for Thomas Samuel Jolliffe. It was enlarged in 1855 and 1877 and alterations made in 1901, possibly by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The plates include views of the house, the Ammerdown Column, and T.S.Jollife with Professor Cornillot and his balloon prior to them making their ballooning ascent at Seal in Kent in 1825.
Cornwall.- Condy (Nicholas) & Rev. Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell. Cothele on the banks of the Tamar, the ancient Seat of the Rt.Hon.ble the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title, lithographed dedication and plan, 16 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by Day & Haghe after Condy, a few leaves with small tears at edges repaired, light offsetting to verso of plates, Henry Fox Talbot's copy with presentation inscription "from his affectionate sister Caroline /Mount Edgcumbe 1st January 1847" to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed, original blue cloth with Mount Edgcumbe arms in gilt to upper cover, rather rubbed and faded, handsomely rebacked and cornered in blue straight-grain morocco, spine ruled in gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 414], folio, [c.1840].⁂ Excellent association copy of this work on Cothele, a medieval house with Tudor additions in Cornwall, which has changed little over the last five centuries.William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77), inventor and pioneer of photography. Through his mother's second marriage to Admiral Charles Feilding he had two half-sisters, Caroline Augusta (1808-81) and Henrietta Horatia (1810-51). Caroline married Lord Valletort, later 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, on 6th December 1831.
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Slavery.- [Newton (John)] An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ⁂⁂**...in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Mr.Thomas Haweis, ?first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of the coast of Guinea, 4pp. advertisements at end, light staining to title, contemporary ink signature of Mary Ann Johnson to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep with double gilt fillet border, rubbed, splits to joints, 8vo, R.Hett, for J.Johnson, 1764.⁂ Very rare. John Newton (1725-1807) was a captain of slave ships, who himself spent some time as a slave in Sierra Leone, but later repented of his deeds and became an Evangelical preacher and prominent abolitionist. With the support of Thomas Haweis he was appointed curate at Olney in Buckinghamshire and later rector of St.Mary Woolnoth in London where he associated with Hannah More and William Wilberforce. He is best known today for writing the hymn 'Amazing Grace'.Library Hub records several editions but most appear to be second editions or later, with only one printed copy (National Library of Scotland) of the first edition. WorldCat adds a copy in the British Library and one in the State Library of New South Wales. We have been unable to trace any copy of a 1764 edition at auction.
NO RESERVE Binding.- Chrysostomus (Johannes, Saint) In omnes D. Pavli epistolas commentarii, woodcut printer's device and seventeenth century manuscript ownership inscription in ink to title, bookplate, lacking OO5, second Z gathering mis-bound, scattered worm holes within text throughout, ornately blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, covers with eternal knot centre-pieces, borders composed of medallion profile portraits ?of peoples of different nations, gilt acorns (some dulling), and rosettes, amongst other decoration, gilt title to head of inner panel of upper cover, spine in compartments, remains of metal clasps, remnants of paper label to spine, some light wear in places, [VD 16 J 433], folio, Basel, Johann Herwagen, 1536.⁂ A previous owner's note suggests that the binding is by the 'Mauresken Meister of Basel', about whom we have found very little information.
Grose (Francis) Military Anecdotes respecting a History of the English Army, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces, vignette titles and 78 engraved plates, frontispiece of vol.2 creased and laid down, 1786-88; A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 62 plates, one an illustration in text, 1786-89, first editions, tissue guards, some light foxing, handsome contemporary tree calf, gilt, not uniform but similar, spines gilt in compartments with red & green or red labels, a little rubbed, the first with joints worn and split, the second rebacked preserving old spine and with small gouge to upper cover, S.Hooper; and another by the same, 4to & 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Bury (Richard de) Histoire de la Vie de Henri IV, Roi de France et de Navarre, 4 vol., all but vol. 1 with half-titles, 10 engraved portrait plates, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson with his ink ownership name to titles, some light spotting, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, spines with raised bands and red morocco label, quite worn, Paris, Saillant, 1756-66; and others, French histories, v.s. (c.55)
Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament, de nôtre Seigneur Jesus-Christ...Avec une Préface...par David Martin, additional engraved title, title in red and black and with engraved vignette, pencil ownership inscription 'S Delacherois Junior Donaghadee' to pastedown, a few gatherings near beginning starting to work loose, some spotting and light browning, some staining and soiling, heavier to verso of final f. and endpapers, lacking rear free endpapers, hinges cracked but holding, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, worn, Utrecht, Francois Halma & Guillaume van de Water, 1696; and others, Bibles or Christianity related, v.s. (c.25)
NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) The Formation Of Vegetable Mould, Through The Action of Worms, With Observations On Their Habits, early printing with "ninth thousand" on title, illustrations, light scattered spotting, endpapers with light damp-staining, original blind-stamped cloth, spine ends a little bumped and frayed, corners bumped, [Freeman p.165], 8vo, 1883.
Theatre.- Blount (Thomas) De Re Poetica: or, Remarks upon Poetry. With Characters and Censures of the most Considerable Poets, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, some spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, occasional light staining, modern calf-backed boards, green leather label to spine, a few spots, [Wing B3347], small 4to, Printed by Ric. Everingham, for R. Bently, 1694.⁂ A study of 67 ancient and contemporary poets, with biographical sketches and critical opinions by contemporary critics. Includes Shakespeare, Beaumont & Fletcher, Spenser, Donne, Sidney, Milton, and Katherine Philips.
Hampshire.- Hewetson (J.) Architectural and Picturesque Views of Noble Mansions in Hampshire, bound from the original 5 parts, no title but with original upper wrapper to Part 4 bound in as title, 25 lithographed plates after Hewetson including 15 proofs on india paper and mounted, printed by Hullmandel and others, each with leaf of descriptive text, some very light spotting, mostly marginal, bookplate of William Gascoigne Roy, nineteenth century half morocco, rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 400, all proofs and hand-coloured but later?], folio, James Carpenter & Son, [late 1820s, water-marked 1824].⁂ Rare work including fine views of The Grange (William Wilkins & C.R.Cockerell), Broadlands (Capability Brown and Henry Holland), Stratton Park (George Dance), Chawton House (home of Jane Austen's brother Edward Austen Knight) and the Duke of Wellington's seat Stratfield Saye.Library Hubs lists only 4 copies (BL 2 parts only; Oxford; University of Southampton 3 parts only; V & A]. We have been able to trace only one copy at auction (Bloomsbury Auctions 2010).
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