Baldwin (William). A Treatise of Morall Philosophie: wherein is contained the worthy sayings of philosophers, emperours, kings and orators...and now the ninthtime since inlarged by Thomas Palfreman, gentlemen, London: printed by William Stansby, circa 1635, some marginal worming to title and at end, affecting a few letters, some light soiling and water stains, lacking front endpaper, front hinge broken, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary limp vellum, ties, some soiling, wear to one corner, 8vo, together with Raleigh (Walter). The General History of the World, being an abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a continuation from the best historians to the present times, 4 volumes, London: printed for A. Bell, R. Smith & J. Round, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black, a little light soiling and stains, bookplates, D.L. Cumming owner signature, later calf gilt, a little rubbed with light stains, 8vo, plus Heylyn [Peter, i.e. Robert Hall]. Eroologia Anglorum:or, an helpe to English History containing a succession of all the Kings of England, and the English Saxons, the Kings and Princes of Wales, the Kings and Lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight, 1st edition, London: R. Cotes for Abel Roper, 1642, title laid-down with marginal loss and manuscript date of 1642, erratic pagination (i.e. pp1-204, 241-379) D.L. Cumming signature, a little light toning, later calf, joints cracking, 12mo, with others including Thomas Lanquet's An Epitome of Cronicles, [1569], defective, lacking about half of title (laid down) and all after ff. 286, Thomas Brown's Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or Enquiries into very many received tenentsand commonly presumed truths, 5th edition, 1669 (bound with Hydriotaphia Urn-Burial or a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns lately found in Norfolk, together with the Garden of Cyrus, 1669) and other antiquarian, some defective etc Qty: (18)
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Serres (Jean de). La Vie de Messire Gaspar de Colligny, Segneur de Chastillon, Admiral d France. A Laquelle Sont Adiouste ses Memoires sur ce qui se passa au Siege de S. Quentin, Leiden: Chez Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier (Elzevier Press), 1643, 2 volumes bound in 1, 'Robert J. Hayhurst' bookplate to the front endpaper, later inscriptions to the front pastedown & title page, some light marginal toning throughout, small tear to the rear pastedown, contemporary full velllum with hand written spine labelling, boards & spine lightly rubbed with some minor loss to the head of the spine, a scarce copy, small 8vo, together with;Chez Pierre ab Egmont, Memoires de Monsieur Chancelier de L'Hospital,..., Cologne, 1672, bookplates to the front pastedown & endpaper, some light toning throughout, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine lightly toned, small 8vo, plusChez Pierre du Bosch, Relation du Siege de Maestrick, Paris, 1676, some worming to the front & rear endpapers, period inscription to the foot of the title page, some toning & offsetting throughout, contemporary full vellum, boards slightly wormed & toned, small 8voQty: (1)
![New Testament [Greek]. Tes Kaines Diathekes hapanta, En te Kantabrigia: Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou, tou tes Akademias](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/cb6c2be2-8c3a-4220-b573-ae6000e89b34/468x382.jpg)
New Testament [Greek]. Tes Kaines Diathekes hapanta, En te Kantabrigia: Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou, tou tes Akademias typographou, Etei apo t[es] theogonias (Cambridge: John Field), [1665], [2], 419, [1]pp., woodcut device to title, title and text in Greek characters, some underscoring to text, bound with at front Book of Common Prayer [Greek], Biblos te?s de?mosias euche?s kai teleseo?s muste?rio?n kai to?n allo?n thesmo?n kai teleto?n te?s ekkle?sias, kata to ethos te?s Agglikane?s ekkle?sias, En te?i Kantabrigiai: exetupo?the? par' Io?annou Phieldou (Cambridge: John Field), [1665], [36], 126, [2]pp., title and text in Greek characters, bound with Psalms [Greek], Psalte?rion tou Dabid: kata tous Hebdome?konta..., 'En Kantabrigia: 'e typo?the? par' Io?annou tou Phieldou, tou te?s Akade?mias typothetou, etei apo te?s theogonias (Cambridge: John Field), 1664, [2], 115, [3], 117-171, [1]pp., woodcut device to title, title and text in Greek characters, red-ruled borders throughout volume, some light toning, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine and red morocco title label (with some wear), upper board detached, lower joint cracked, 12mo in 6s (138 x 70 mm)Qty: (1)
Almanacs. A collection of 12 almanacs, bound in one volume, all 1672, including Merlini Anglici Ephemeris, or Astrological Judgements for the year 1672, by William Lilly, 96 pp., [ESTC R28239]; Olympia Domata, or, an Almanack and Prognostication for the year of our Lord, 1672, by Vincent Wing, 48 pp., [ESTC R38468]; Pond. An Almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1672, 48 pp., [ESTC R30690]; News from the Stars: or an Ephemeris for the year 1672, by William Andrews, 22 pp., pp. 11-14 torn at gutter with small losses [ESTC R27098]; Calendarium Astrologicum: or an Almanack for the year of our Lord 1672, by Thomas Trigge, 40 pp., [ESTC R34324]; 1672. Apollo Anglicanus, the English Apollo, by Richard Saunders, 48 pp., [ESTC R33192], together with others by James Bowker, Charles Atkinson, Henry Coley, John Gadbury and Poor Robin, printed in red and black, portraits and woodcut illustrations, a few annotations, a little light soiling, lacking rear endpaper, previous owner signature and blindstamp of Richard Bartlelot (1868-1947, Vicar of Fordington, Dorset), earlier signatures erased, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, covers with corner volutes, vertical split to spine, 8vo Qty: (1)
Burnet (Gilbert). The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes including Supplement, 2nd edition, corrected, London: T.H. for Richard Chiswell & J. Churchill, 1681-1715, half titles with imprimatur statement to verso in volumes I & II, additional engraved titles in volumes I & II, titles printed in red and black, 21 engraved portraits, occasional small burnholes and light toning, bookplates of Edward Wynne-Penndarves (1775-1853, MP), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf gilt, a few splits to joints, a little rubbed and scuffed, folioQty: (3)Footnote: Wing B5798A. Provenance: ownership inscription of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), noted annalist, politician and bibliophile, dated 1681 to front endpapers of volumes I & II. Luttrell was twice member of parliament for different Cornwall seats (1679-1680 and 1691-1695), during which time he kept an important parliamentary diary, while his chronicle of contemporary events was used by Macaulay for his History of England and in 1857 published as A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. He also formed one of the most impressive private libraries of his time, which was especially strong in poetry and Elizabethan literature; usefully for book historians he often annotated his books with the price he had paid for them. After his death the library was eventually sold by Leigh and Sotheby in a twelve-day sale commencing on 6 March 1786, while his manuscripts were bequeathed to All Souls, Oxford. Many of his books were acquired by the great collectors James Bindley and Richard Heber, who subsequently loaned a number of them to Sir Walter Scott for his edition of Dryden, which appeared in 1808, Scott remarking in his preface that 'the industrious collector seems to have bought every poetical tract, of whatever merit, which was hawked through the streets in his time, marking carefully the price and date of the purchase. His collection contains the earliest editions of many of our most excellent poems, bound up, according to the order of time, with the lowest trash of Grub Street'.
Panvinio (Onofrio). De ludis circensibus, libri II. De triumphis, liber unus. Quibus universa fere Romanorum veterum sacra ritusque declarantur, ac figuris aeneis illustrantur, cum notis Ioannis Argoli I.V.D. et additamento Nicolai Pinelli I.C., adiectis hac novissima editione ... Joachimi Joannis Maderi notis... Padua, Pietro Maria Frambotti, 1681, half-title printed in red and black, engraved title, 31 engraved plates, complete as list (two separate plates representing plate 6 in the list), mostly folding, a few light marks, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to front endpaper, later full vellum (probably early 18th century), some minor marks, folio, 370 x 245 mmQty: (1)Footnote: Cicognara 3819; Brunet IV, 350.Panvinio's history of the circuses of ancient Rome, first published in Venice in 1600, which remained the fundamental work on the subject for two centuries. The plates include a birds-eye view of Rome, buildings, gladiators and animal sacrifice.
Almanacs. A collection of 13 almanacs bound in one volume, all 1688, including William Lilly's Merlinus Anglicus Junior: or an ephemeris for the year 1688, 78 pp., [ESTC R407]; John Gadbury's Ephemeris [title in Greek] Or, a Diary Astronomical, Astrological, Meteorological, for the year of our Lord, 1688, 48 pp., {ESTC R15691]; A Catholic & Protestant Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, 1688, 36 pp., leaves laid down, [ESTC R36746]; Henry Coley's Nuncius Sydereus: or, the Starry Messenger for the Year of our Redemption, 1688, 48 pp., [ESTC R15440]; Richard Saunders' 1688. Apollo Anglicanus, the English Apollo: Assisting all persons in the right understanding of this years revolution..., 48 pp.,[ESTC R25239]; Daniel Woodward's Vox uraniae: An Almanac Astronomical, Astrological, Meteorological for the year of our Lord God, 1688, 48 pp., [ESTC R230105] plus others by William Davis, William Andrews, John Hayes (printer), John Wing, John Partridge and 'Poor Robin', printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, one or two leaves close-trimmed, a couple of small tears, some light soiling and damp stains, 2 pp. manuscript index at front (one torn with loss, a few blindstamps of Richard Bartelot (1868-1947, Vicar of Fordington, Dorset), endpapers lacking, small octagonal calf book label with crown & 'Cambridge' in gilt to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary red calf, covers with crowned monogram of King James II in gilt to corners and spine compartments, upper corners a little bent, one corner with some worming, a little rubbed with stains, 12mo Qty: (1)
Ozanam (Jacques). Recreations Mathematiques et Physiques, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Jean Jombert, 1694, 84 engraved plates, 4 pp. advertisement leaves and annotations at end of volume II, occasional light spotting and toning, previous owner inscriptions to volume I title, later calf gilt, rebacked, spines with red and green labels and gilt decorations, 8voQty: (2)Footnote: First edition of Ozanam is popular science compendium covering card games, fireworks, conjuring, sundials, water clocks, rocketry and other subjects.
Aa (Pieter van der). Les delices de Leide, une des ce?le?bres villes de l'Europe, qui contiennent une description exacte de son antiquite?, de ses divers aggrandissemens, de son academie, de ses manufactures, de ses curiosite?s, & ge?ne?ralement de tout ce qu'il y a de plus digne a? voir, Leiden: Pierre Vander Aa, 1712, double-page engraved additional title, letterpress title in red & black, double-page engraved dedication, four folding plans (one lined to verso) and 28 engraved plates (26 folding), bound with at rear Catalogue des livres, des cartes geographiques, des villes tant en plan qu'en profil, & d'autres estampes ou tailles douces qui se trouvent, Leiden: Pierre van der Aa, [1712?], light toning throughout, modern gilt panelled speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with:La Fontaine (Jean de), Fables choisies. Mises en vers pars Monsieur de La Fontaine, 2 parts in one, Amsterdam: Daniel de la Feuille, 1693, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, paper/printing fault to **6, numerous engraved illustrations, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with recent morocco title label, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo,Crébillon (Claude Prosper Jolyot de), Tanza?? et Neadarne?, Histoire Japonoise, 2 volumes, A Pekin [i.e. Paris]: Chez l'imprimeur de l'Empereur, 1749, half-title present in volume one, some toning and spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous 17th-19th century continental antiquarian, including some odd volumesQty: (21)
![[Prior, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions, London: Jacob Tonson & John Barber, 1718, engraved frontispiece, engraved t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/e63174e9-e3ea-42ba-bb01-ae6000e8a418/468x382.jpg)
[Prior, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions, London: Jacob Tonson & John Barber, 1718, engraved frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, decorative headpieces & initials, contemporary panelled calf, old reback with gilt decoration to spine, maroon morocco title label, joints split and torn to head & foot of spine, folio, together with:Knowler (William), The Earl of Strafforde's letters and dispatches, with an essay towards his life, by Sir George Radcliffe..., 2 volumes, Dublin: Robert Owen, 1740, light damp stains to initial leaves in first volume, light toning, contemporary calf, upper boards detached, lacking spines, board leather torn, worn, folio, and Gibbon (Edward), Miscellaneous Works, 3 volumes, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell jun. (& others), 1796-1815Qty: (6)
Aubrey (John). Miscellanies, upon the following subjects. I. Day-Fatality. II. Local-Fatality. III. Ostenta. IV. Omens. V. Dreams. VI. Apparitions. VII. Voices. VIII. Impulses. IX. Knockings. X. Blow's Invisible. XI. Prophecies. XII. Marvels. XIII. Magick. XIV. Transportation in the Air. XV. Visions in a beril or glass. XVI. Converse with Angels and Spirits. XVII. Corps-Candles in Wales. XVIII. Oracles. XIX. Exstasie. XX. Glances of Love or Envy. XXI. Second-Sighted Persons. XXII. The Discovery of Two Murders by an Apparition, 2nd edition, with large additions, London: printed for A. Betterworth, J. Battley and others, 1721, engraved plate, some light spotting and toning, bound with at front Bourne (Henry). Antiquitates Vulgares; or the Antiquities of the Common People. Giving an account of several of their opinions and ceremonies...1st edition, Newcastle: printed by J. White for the author, 1725, some light spotting and soiling, front hinge breaking, bookplate of Richard Grosvenor Bartelot, Rector of Fordington, Dorchester 1907-1936, later half calf by C. Lewis, joints and edges rubbed, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: ESTC T89806 & T114283 respectively. Aubrey's collection of supernatural events and the origin of the magic phrase 'Abracadabra'.
Alber (Erasmus). L'Alcoran des cordeliers. Tant en latin qu'en françois, 2 vols., new edition, Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1734, engraved frontispiece to each, titles in red & black, 20 engraved plates (including one folding with repaired closed tear), armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Neave Bt. to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, light cracking to joints, 12mo, together with:Burton (Richard), Historical Remarks on the Ancient and Present State of the Cities of London and Westminster..., new edition, Westminster: Machell Stace, 1810, woodcut frontispiece, title in red & black, woodcut illustrations, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving black morocco title label, 4to,Burton (Richard), Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland..., new edition, Westminster: Machell Stace, 1811, woodcut frontispiece, title in red & black, woodcut portrait illustrations, armorial bookplate of Matthew Lewis and bookplate of Earl Cowper of Panshanger to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, black morocco labels to spine, joints slightly cracked, 4toQty: (4)Footnote: Cohen de Ricci 5. The first edition to include Picart's illustrations.
Stanyan (Temple). The Grecian History, from the original of Greece, to the death of Philip of Macedon, 2 volumes, London: J. and R. Tonson, 1751, frontispieces, folding map to volume 2, armorial bookplates of Hugall to front pastedowns, light spotted and toned, a few leaves marginally damp-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, 8vo, together with:Major (George). Sententiae Veterum Poetarum..., Barcelona: Lelij Marini Veneti, 1596, engraved title vignette, contemporary notations to front free endpaper, worming and marginal damp-staining affecting some leaves, contemporary vellum, sticker to backstrip, worn and marked, 8vo, withPatterson (John Brown). On the National Character of the Athenians, Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1828, lightly spotted, rear free endpaper with small tear, poem in pencil to front pastedown, contemporary brown calf over marbled boards, worn, 8vo with 17 others relatedQty: (21)
Hume (David). The History of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1st edition, volume I, Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour and Neill; volume II, London: A Millar, 1754-57, some light spotting, marginal toning to volume II title and final leaf, bookplates, D.L. Cumming owner signature, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines repaired, joints cracking, 4to, together with: Wits (Herman). Aegyptiaca, et Dekaphulon. Sive de Aegyptiacorum Sacrorum, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Geradus Borstius, 1696, additional engraved title, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary blindstamped vellum, some light soiling, small 4to, plus Serres (Jean de). Inventaire General de l'Histoire de France, 3 volumes in 2, Paris: Abraham Saugrain, 1599-1600, 2 engraved titles (part 2 title in volume I with lower corner excised, some light soiling, volume I lacking endpapers, D.L. Cumming signature, contemporary vellum (volume II limp vellum with later ties, 12mo, with others including Richard Verstegan's Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities, concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation, 1673, and Torquato Tasso's Aminta Favola Boscareccia, Paris, 1745, Le Noble, Mylord Courtenay, Paris, 1697, [John Leake], Nummi Britannici Historia, 1726, Dugdale, Antient Usage in Bearing of... Arms, Oxford, 1682, Nouvelle Description de la Ville de Constantinople, 1721, Ehestandsalmanach fur das Jahr, 1800, (in original slip case) Histoire Generale et Impartiale des erreurs, des fautes et des crimes commis pendant la Revolution Francaise, 4 volumes, 1797-94, & An Impartial History of the late Revolution in France, from its commencement, to the death of the Queen, and the execution of the deputies of the Gironde Barty, London, printed for the authors, 1794, all except almanach leather-bound, 8vo/12moQty: (17)
![The Annual Register. or a View of the History, Politicks and Literature, a complete run of 31 volumes [1758-89], mixed editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/62c44f16-1918-4124-9bca-ae6000e8a93f/468x382.jpg)
The Annual Register. or a View of the History, Politicks and Literature, a complete run of 31 volumes [1758-89], mixed editions, London: printed for R. And J. Dodsley, 1764-92, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf with green & black calf spine labels, boards & spines slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8voQty: (31)
Baker (Henry). The Microscope Made Easy..., 5th edition, London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1769, 15 engraved plates, several folding, folding table, plate numbered IX with marginal tear and loss, A1 with torn with loss at head, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, previous owner signature retained to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed with stains, 8voQty: (1)
Führer (Alois Anton). The Sharqi Architecture of Jaunpur; with notes on Zafarabad, Sahet-Mahet and other places in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co, 1889, 74 black and white plates (some folding, some after photographs), largely uncut, some marginal dust-soiling, light offsetting, lightly spotted to preliminary leaves, original brown blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed, folioQty: (1)Footnote:Scarce. Only one copy traced at auction in 1895.
![[Trusler, John]. The Honours of the Table, or, Rules for Behaviour during Meals; with the Whole Art of Carving, illustrated b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/979a8c3d-c5a2-4ec3-80e1-ae60010fb15e/468x382.jpg)
[Trusler, John]. The Honours of the Table, or, Rules for Behaviour during Meals; with the Whole Art of Carving, illustrated by a variety of cuts. Together with Directions for going to market, and the method of distinguishing good provisions from bad; to which is added a number of hints or concise lessons for the improvement of youth, on all occasions in life. By the author of Principles of Politeness, &c. For the use of young people, London: Printed for the Author, at the Literary Press, 1788, numerous woodcut illustrations, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, together with:Weatherley (Henry), A Treatise on the Art of Boiling Sugar, Chrystalizing, Lozenge making, Comfits, gum goods, and other processes for Confectionary, &c..., London: Printed by A.G. Harston, 1864, advertisement frontispiece with wood engraved illustration, upper blank margin of title inscribed 'with the authors compliments', illustrated adverts at rear, some toning and marginal spotting, modern speckled half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 8vo,Nutt (Frederic), The Complete Confectioner, or the whole art of Confectionary, made easy; with Receipts for Liqueurs, Home-made Wines, &c. the result of many years experience with the celebrated Negri and Witten, 6th edition, London: Mathews & Leigh, 1809, without frontispiece, early signature to title, ten engraved plates of bills of fare (including 3 folding), light toning and occasional scattered spotting, modern speckled half calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, and Reboul (Jean-Baptiste), La cuisinière provençale, 15th edition, Marseille: Tacussel, circa 1930, monochrome portrait frontispiece, browning throughout, upper hinge strengthened, original printed wrappers, joints splitting and some browning, 8voQty: (4)
Merian (Matthaeus). La Danse des Morts, comme elle est depeinte dans la louable et celebre Ville de Basle, pour servar de miroir de la nature humaine. Dessinée et gravée sur l'original de feu Mr. Matthieu Merian. On y a ajouté une description de la ville de Basle, & des vers a chaque figure, Basle: Jean Rod. Im'Hof & Fils, 1789, additional engraved allegorical title in German, dated 1744, 43 engraved plates, including 41 for the Dance of Death, one depicting Adam and Eve, and a final engraved plate featuring an anamorphic portrait of a man/death's head, all engraved by Jacque-Antony Chovin, after Merian's engraved illustrations for the 1744 German edition, a few minor marks and some intermittent dark brown discolouration to upper outer corners, woodcut head and tail-pieces, 19th century marbled boards, with handwritten paper title label to spine, rubbed and some light wear, small 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Sander 424.
Montgomery (James, James Grahame and E. Benger). Poems on The Abolition of the Slave Trade;, London: printed for R. Bowyer, 1809., black & white engraved half-title, bookplates to the front pastedown, modern endpapers, some water marks & light toning throughout, modern calf spine retaining contemporary half calf marbled boards, original boards slightly rubbed, large 4to, toegther with;printed for J. Wright, Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, London, 1799, later inscription to the head of the title page, later endpapers, some minor marginal toning, later quarter morocco, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusFowler (J.), The Last Guinea; A Poem, 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Jauncy, 1720, 18 pages plus a catalogue to the rear, later endpapers, later quarter morocco, slim 8vo, andprinted for J. Walthoe, A Collection of Epigrams. To which is Prefix'd, A Critcal Dissertation o the Species of Poetry, London, 1727, some light spotting & toning, later endpapers, later blue quarter morocco, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, plus other 18th & 19th-century poetry, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toQty: (38)
Cruikshank (George, illustrator). The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax [William Combe], 2nd edition, London, T. Tegg, 1817, hand-coloured aquatint title and 30 plates, some light offsetting from plates to text, some toning to text and occasional spotting, slight skinning to small area of upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th century red morocco by Bumpus Ltd. of Oxford, scuff to lower board, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Tooley 152; cf. Abbey Life 356. This volume is a reissue of the first edition of 1815.
Fashion. La Belle Assemblée 1817, or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, volumes 15 & 16 bound as one, J. Bell, 1817, 24 hand-coloured fashion plates, 11 (of 12) plates of embroidery, sporadic spotting, lightly toned, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine re-laid, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Journal des Demoiselles, Paris: Au Bureau du Journal, 1845, 11 yellow folding plates, numerous lithographs, sporadic spotting, some light marginal toning, front hinge tender, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, 8vo, with Belle Assemblée 1835, no publisher, c. 1835, 10 double-page hand-coloured fashion plates, numerous additional black and white plates, lightly spotted, front hinge repaired, final leaf pasted down to rear pastedown, contemporary half calf, some wear to joints and extremities, plus a carton of 24 others, mostly 19th-century, some related to fashionQty: (27)
Barron (Edward). The wrongs of Royalty; being a continuation of The Royal Wanderer, or, Memoirs of Her Present Majesty Queen Caroline, London: H. Rowe, 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece (reattached) and few other plates, bound with: Barron (Edward), The Legislatorial Trial of Her Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of England ... for the alleged crime of adultery with Bartolomeo Bergami, London: H. Rowe, 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece, few other plates including folding etched plate after Cruikshank, occasional scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with:Bindings, British Classics, 16 volumes only, London: printed by C. Whittingham for John Sharpe, 1804-10, (comprising The Tatler, 4 vols., The Guardian, 2 vols., The Rambler, 4 vols., The Adventurer, 4 vols. and The Idler, 2 vols.), engraved frontispiece, title and plates to each volume, contemporary half morocco gilt, small 8vo,Cook (James), The Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World; with an account of his unfortunate death at Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands, London: Thomas Hughes, 1823, engraved frontispiece and plates, light toning and occasional dust-soiling, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 12mo in 6s,Bury (Charlotte & Hall, S.C.), The Divorced [&] Tales of Woman's Trials, Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co., 1837, half-title, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, gilt decorated spine, light wear to extremities, 8voQty: (19)
Bindings. Rambles in the Pyrenees, by Frederic W. Vaux, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838, half-title with contemporary signature, engraved frontispiece and folding map, few light marks, modern tan calf, gilt decorated spine, brown morocco title label, 8vo, together with:Edgeworth (C. Sneyd), Memoirs of the Abbe Edgeworth; containing his narrative of the last hours of Louis XVI, London: Rowland Hunter, 1815, engraved portrait frontispiece, upper margin of title inscribed 'from the editor to his sister Sophia Edgeworth, June 1818' and later annotation to verso, some spotting mostly to frontispiece and title, top edge trimmed with remainder untrimmed, 20th century dark brown half morocco, 8vo,Nodier (Charles), La Seine et ses bords par C. Nodier; vignettes par Marville et Foussereau; publie?s par M. A. Mure de Pelanne, Paris: Au Bureau de la publication, 1836, half-title, decorative title with wood engraved vignette, folding engraved map, 40 wood engraved plates only (of 46) with tissue guards, bound with La Saône et ses bords, album dessiné par MM. Foussereau et Marville, gravé par M. Poret, publié par M. A. Mure de Pelanne, Paris: chez l'Éditeur, [1836], three folding engraved maps, 20 wood engraved plates only (of 22) with tissue guards, and three additional plates, some toning and light scattered spotting, 20th century calf-backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century bindings, mostly French works, including French erotic fiction etc.Qty: (60)
Surtees (Robert Smith). Sporting novels, 5 novels (of 6), all 1st editions, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853-1865, decorative titles and numerous hand-coloured plates with tissue guards, occasional light toning and minor spotting to few leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, novels 2-5 with original cloth covers mounted and bound-in at rear of each, uniform 20th century gilt decorated red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, 8voQty: (5)Footnote: Titles comprise: Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, 1853; Handley Cross or Mr. Jorricks's Hunt, [1854]; "Ask Mamma" or, The Richest Commoner in England, 1858; Plain or Ringlets? 1860; and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, 1865. Without Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire.
Tyndale (William). The Prophete Jonas, with an introduction before teachinge to understonde him and the right use also of all scripture... reproduced in facsimile. To which is added Coverdale's version of Jonah, with an introduction by Francis Fry, facsimile edition, London: Willis and Sotheran, 1863, facsimile leaves, 4 pp. advertisements at end, D.L. Cumming owner signature, contemporary morocco-backed boards, upper joint cracked, lacking spine tips, 8vo, together with Berners (Dame Juliana). A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496. With an introduction by Rev. M.G. Watkins, M.A., London: Elliot Stock, 1880, fascimile leaves and illustrations, some toning to endpapers, D.L. Cumming signature, original blindstamped vellum, small area of upper joint rubbed, a few light marks, 4to, plus The Boke of Saint Albans, by Dame Juliana Berners, containing treatises on hawking, hunting and cote armour: printed at Saint Albans by the schoolmaster-printer in 1486, reproduced in facsimile with an introduction by William Blades, London: Elliot Stock, 1881, facsimile leaves and illustrations, endpapers toned, original blindstamped vellum gilt, spine a little dust-soiled, 4to, with 3 other facsimiles including A New Biblia Pauperum... by John Wiclif, London, Unwin Brothers at the Gresham Press, 1877, limited edition 154/200, and The Kalender of Shepherdes, edited by H. Oskar Sommer, 3 volumes in 1, London, 1892, limited edition of 300 Qty: (6)
Tyndale (William). The Prophete Jonas, with an introduction before teaching to understonde him and the right use also of all the scripture... reproduced in facsimile to which is added Coverdale's version of Jonah, with an introduction by Francis Fry, facsimile edition, London: Willis and Sotheran, 1863, facsimile leaves, 4 pp. advertisements at end, occasional slight toning, D.L. Cumming owner signature, bookplate, contemporary morocco-backed boards, joints and edges a little rubbed, slight soiling, 8vo, together with [Fawkes, Richard]. [The Battle of Flodden, 1513] Hereafter ensue the trewe encountre or Batayle lately don betwene Englade and: Scotlande..., facsimile edition, London: printed by J. Smeeton under the revise of Mr Haslewood, 1809, 4 facsimile leaves, , bound with 13 pp. 'Notes and Illustrations' , 1822?, hinges reinforced, bookplate of Robert Pitcairn, writer to the signet, D.L. Cumming owner signature, contemporary calf-backed boards, modern cloth reback, small 4to, plus Skelton (John). A Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge, reproduced in facsimile with an historical and bibliographical introduction by John Ashton, London: Elliot Stock, 1882, title printed in red and black, facsimile illustrations, endpapers a little toned, D.L. Cumming signature, original vellum gilt, light soiling to upper cover, small 4to, with 5 other facsimiles including An Older Form of the Treatyse of Fysshnnge with an Angle, attributed to Dame Juliana Barnes, London, 1883, limited edition of 200 copies, The Secrets of Angling, by J[ohn] D[ennys] Esquire, 1613, A reprint with introduction by Thomas Westwood, London, 1883, and The Life and Death of the Merry Deuill of Edmonton, by Thomas Brewer, 1631, London, 1819 Qty: (8)
The Brewers' Journal. A Monthly Trade Circular, a broken run of 26 volumes, London, 1871-1906, black & white advertisements, period previous owner inscriptions & ink stamps to some of the front endpapers & title pages, some light spotting & toning, contemporary uniform plum half morocco, gilt monogram 'H. H. W.' (Henry H. Whiteford) to all of the front boards, boards & spines rubbed with done minor loss, large 8voQty: (26)
Stevens (Benjamin Franklin). Christopher Columbus. His Own Book of Privileges 1502. Photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English and an historical introduction, London: B.F. Stevens, 1893, half title, chromolithograph arms of Christopher Columbus frontispiece (light offsetting to title), facsimile leaves, front hinge broken, original morocco-backed oak boards, brass clasps in the form of an anchor and chain, joints rubbed, folio, 355 x 212 mmQty: (1)Footnote: Author's presentation copy. Inscribed at front "To myself, B.F. Stevens, 19 Febry. 1894. The first bound copy. 19 May published this day, B.F.S."
Charles II (1630-1685). King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland (1660-85). A fine Letter Signed, ‘Charles R’, with holograph subscription, Paris, 31 October 1652, to Baron de Serteville, in French, the King expresses gratitude to his correspondent for their goodwill and the favourable reception of his ships and men of war at the ports of Normandy near Cherbourg, where de Serteville has all power and authority, the King further explains that the bearer of the letter, Chevalier Brun, his representative with ‘my dear Brother the very Christian King’ will testify ‘to you more particularly to which I beg you to add faith in everything he tells you’, 1 page with integral address leaf, small area neatly excised from the base and two light stains caused by the original seal, 4toQty: (1)
Italy. Raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma disegnate dal vero ed incise da Domenico Amici, Rome: Giovanni Raffaelli, 1835, 43 engravings, some mould damage to outer margins only of plates, some spotting and toning, lacking boards and spine, bound with Trenta Vedute degli Obelischi, Scelte Fontane, e Chiostri di Roma, Rome: Giovanni Raffaelli, 1839, engraved frontispiece, 29 engravings, light marginal spotting, occasionally heavier spotting to verso of some plates, plus Raccolta delle Vedute dei contorni di Roma, Rome: Giovanni Raffaelli, 1847, engraved frontispiece, 12 engravings, final plate torn with loss affecting image, similar marginal mould damage affecting most plate margins, spotting, oblong 4toQty: (1)Footnote:Three of Amici's works bound in one, complete with all plates, depicting ancient and modern monuments drawn from life.
George III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland. Document signed, 'George R', St James's, 1 October 1795, a pre-printed commission on vellum, completed in brown ink and appointing Philip Shepherd to be Captain of the Hampton Corps of Gentlemen and Yeomanry, 'but not to take rank in Our Army except during the time of the said Corps being called out into Actual Service', papered wax seal and duty seal to left margin, a few ink burn spots and light dampstaining lower right, counter signatures now somewhat indistinct, some wrinkling, 28.5 x 39 cm, framed and glazedQty: (1)
Henrietta Maria (Queen & Consort of Charles I, 1609-1669). Large vellum document signed 'Henrietta Maria R', 16 January 1666, folded vellum indenture, being a lease of fields at Caldecott in Northamptonshire in the county of Northampton, to Robert Lambe, yeoman, at a cost of thirty-two pounds, large title cartouche including portrait of Henrietta Maria, the first three words supplied in large gold script, signed Henrietta Maria R to upper right, additionally signed by Sir John Wintour (twice), Principal Secretary, Sir Charles Harbord, Surveyor Generall, Sir Henry Wood, Treasurer to Henrietta Maria, and Sir Peter Balls, Attorney Generall, with remains of large Royal seal attached at foot, and six additional smaller seals, some marks and generally light soiling, one or two small holes, not affecting legibility, overall size approximately 63 x 71 cmQty: (1)
Hugo (Victor, 1802-1885). Autograph quotation signed, by Victor Hugo, brown ink on cream wove paper, 'la mer, c'est le Seigneur, le Vent, c'est le Seigneur, le navire, c'est l'homme. Victor Hugo', some light spotting, 70 x 87 mm, mounted below a large wood engraved portrait of the author Victor Hugo after D. Laugée, dated in the image 1884, late 19th century oak frame, glazed (59 x 39.5 cm)Qty: (1)
James II (1633-1701). King of England and Ireland and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-1688. Document Signed, ‘James R’, as King, at the head of the second page, Court at Whitehall, 11th May 1685, the first page of the manuscript document, dated February 1683, is an order to pay unto Sir John James the sum of ‘Fifteen hundred ninety nine pounds, fifteen shillings two pence’ as the balance, of £29,099.15.02, ‘of the Principall account of the New Forest’ and is signed in the margin by various Lord High Treasurers comprising Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712, 1st Earl of Godolphin, British politician who served as First Lord of the Treasury 1700-01 and as Lord High Treasurer 1702-10), John Ernle (1620-1697, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1676-89), Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English politician, Paymaster of the Forces 1661-76, 1679-80), Dudley North (1641-1691, English merchant, politician and economist, a writer on free trade) and Henry Frederick Thynne (1644-1705, Clerk of Privy Counsellors) and further signed at the foot by Robert Howard (1626-1698, English playwright and politician who fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War), the second page of the document is a warrant addressed to the Lord High Treasurer and stating, in part, ‘Whereas the Summe of five hundred Pounds wch. remaines due upon….the written Order and to compleate the Payment of the whole Summe of Twenty Nyne thousand & Nynety Nyne Pounds, fifteen shillings & two pence therein menconed cannot by reason of the Death of Our late Royall Brother of blessed memory be paid to the within named Sir John James without Direccon & Authority from us. And it being Our Royall Pleasure that the Said Summe….shalbe paid unto them….’, countersigned twice at the foot by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) English statesman and writer, uncle of Queen Anne, and originally a supporter of King James II, although later supporting the Glorious Revolution in 1688, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, extensive splits to folds (integral leaf almost completely detached) and some light staining, tears and areas of paper loss to edges, slightly affecting text and some signatures, folioQty: (1)
Buchan (John, 1875-1940). British novelist, historian and Governor General of Canada. Autograph Letter Signed, 'John Buchan', 41 High Street, [Oxford], 23 November 1898, to Sir James [Fergusson], thanking him for the gift of his poems, 'I enjoyed the reading of them, very much. I was pleased to find so many fine old stories in so pleasant a form: and also I liked many of your lyrics', saying that he sees Louis pretty often and that the first Caledonian Club dinner 'comes off next week, and we hope it may be a success', inviting him to be a guest of the Club in the future and asking to be remembered to Lady Fergusson and the children, 'I have a very pleasant recollection of my visit to Spitalhaugh', embossed stationery of Brasenose College, Oxford, a little light creasing and minor marks at head and foot of inner margin of first page from old album hinges, two pages on first and third page of a bifolium, 8voQty: (1)Footnote:Lots 234-247 are from the Collection of Lady Mary Colyer-Fergusson (1871-1964).Provenance: Sir James Ranken Fergusson (1835-1924), barrister, published Poems and Ballads in 1876. Thence by descent through the family of the second son of his first marriage, Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951).John Buchan went to Glasgow University in 1892 where he published poems in the Glasgow University Magazine. He went on to Brasenose College, Oxford in 1895 and during his time studying there published his first novel, Sir Quixote of the Moors.
Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). British Prime Minister 1940-45 & 1951-55. Letter Signed, ‘Winston S. Churchill’, Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, 19 August 1908, to [Rt Hon. Arthur] Cohen, ‘I hope you will forgive me when you find that the object of this letter is to ask whether you could possibly spare Mr Webster from the beginning of October to act as one of my private secretaries. I do not for a moment suggest that he should entirely give up his work in the Royal Commission on Shipping Rings, but I think, if you agree, that he might arrive at an arrangement for sharing his services…’, continuing to apologise but explaining that he asks because he had lost one of his own secretaries, and suggesting that it would be a good thing for Webster’s career ‘which I am sure you would view with satisfaction’, and further suggesting he might recommend a barrister called James Wylie to help Webster in the work of the Commission, and that he will write to him at once should Cohen approve of his idea, light marking from adhesion marks to left edge of first page where previously tipped into an album but well away from all text, 4 pages on Board of Trade stationery, in a secretarial hand with salutation and signed sentiment in Churchill’s hand, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of the recipient Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. Cohen had been appointed chairman of the royal commission on shipping rings in 1906. Cohen’s daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.
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Darwin (Charles Robert, 1809-1882). Letter signed, 'Ch. Darwin', Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E., 15 July [1866], to [Charles] Kingsley, written in the hand of Darwin’s wife Emma, thanking Kingsley for telling him where his lectures are published as ‘living in the country I might not have heard of their publication’, and that based on an abstract he saw in a newspaper he expects the lectures to much interest him, the rest of the letter being on the subject of the migrating eye in flatfish, ‘I can form no opinion about the wonderful case of the migration of the eye in flat-fish; whether Steenstrup is right who seems to think that the eye itself moves by absorption on one side and growth on the other; or whether Thompson [sic] is right who thinks that the eye itself does not move, but thinks that the adjoining parts are developed in a wonderfully unequal manner on the two sides of the head. The power of development on either side seems to me one of the most curious points of the case. When I read the paper I speculated how the unequal development c[oul]d have originated, and imagined that a fish feeding on the ground with its body held laterally might be benefited by the eye on the lower side becoming deeper and deeper imbedded in the skull, and instead of becoming blind and useless, travelling to the upper side, but this is all baseless speculation’, light creasing and one short split at upper margins, old tape adhesion marks at head and foot of first page (with some see-through) not affecting text, boldly signed ‘Ch. Darwin’ at foot of final page, 4 pages, 8voQty: (1)Footnote:Provenance: By family descent from the estate of Lady Mary Colyer-Fergusson (1871-1964) of Ightham Mote, Kent; and gifted to her by Mary Harrison in 1930. Mary Harrison (1852-1931), novelist and daughter of Charles Kingsley. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) novelist, Church of England clergyman, social reformer and science populariser.An important, unpublished letter concerning the evolutionary problem of the migration of the eye in flatfish. It was written in response to the Rev. Kingsley's letter (12 July 1866), referring to the article by Charles Wyville Thomson, 'Notes on Prof. Steenstrup's views on the obliquity of flounders', published in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for May 1865, in which Thomson gave an abstract, with commentary, of a paper by Japetus Steenstrup on the migration of the eye of flounders.Kingsley's letter is published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14 and at The Darwin Correspondence Project (DCP-LETT-5154], where it is noted that it was acquired from [Kingsley’s daughter] Mary Harrison in 1930 (as the letter offered here). 'The DCP do not have knowledge of Darwin's reply yet. The DCP do not have any letters from Darwin on the migration of eyes in flatfish’.The two lectures delivered by Kingsley at the Royal institution that he draws Darwin’s attention to are ‘Superstition’ and ‘Science’, both published in Fraser’s Magazine, vol. 73, June 1866, pp. 705-16 & vol. 74, July 1866, pp. 15-28.Charles Darwin and Kingsley began to correspond soon after the publication of Origin of Species in 1859. Kingsley was a great science populariser and, arguably, as important as ‘Darwin’s bulldog’ Thomas Huxley in promoting Darwin's ideas, in spite of his own theistic beliefs. Indeed, Kingsley was one of 90 men to whom Darwin had asked his publisher John Murray to send an advance copy of his work. Kingsley was quick to respond and told Darwin that from his familiarity with the breeding of domestic animals he was quite prepared to embrace its thesis of transmutation. He added that he found it ‘just as noble a conception of Deity, to believe that he created primal forms capable of self development… as to believe that he required a fresh act of intervention to supply the lacunas wh[ich] he himself had made. I question whether the former be not the loftier thought’ (Kingsley, letter to Darwin, 18 November 1859; DCP-LETT-2534). Darwin went on to add an edited version of Kingsley's remarks to the second edition of his book published in 1860. For a longer description of this lot please see the virtual or PDF formats of the catalogue online or contact the auctioneers.
Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). Novelist. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Charles Dickens’, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, 13 April 1869, to [Walter] Thormbury, ‘I think that the crow is now in full feather, and could not be better. The three additional papers on the popular chemistry of cooking will be welcome. And more welcome yet will be anything that arises in your own mind’, a little paper wrinkling and a few minor marks and some minor ink smudge spots from where originally folded, several horizontal fold marks, torn at foot of leaf with minor loss to Dickens’s trademark squiggled flourish, light adhesion marks to verso, 1 page, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. His daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.(George) Walter Thornbury (1828-1876) was an author and a frequent contributor to the monthly magazines. He contributed to the later volumes of Household Words and from the inauguration of All the Year Round he became one of Dickens's most valued contributors. The allusion in the first sentence of the letter is to a series of English travel articles Thornbury wrote under the running title ‘As the Crow Flies’.
Gordon (Charles George, 1833-1885). British Army officer and administrator. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘C.E. Gordon’, 21 Cecil Street, Strand, no date, c. 1870s, to Miss Brown, saying he hopes to be at her house at 5.30pm on Friday, and asking for the London addresses of Arthur White and Ridley, a few light marks and creases, old adhesion marks along fore-edge where previously tipped into an album, not touching text or signature, 1 page, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. His daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.
Roosevelt (Theodore, 1858-1919). American President 1901-1909. Bold fountain pen ink signature, 'Theodore Roosevelt’, on official White House card, the address printed in blue in the upper right corner, a few minor marks, light creasing to upper right corner not affecting signature, 69 x 105 mmQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. His daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.
Puccini (Giacomo, 1858-1924). Italian composer. Photograph signed, 'Giacomo Puccini', Naples, 25 January 1894, albumen print photograph by A. Ferrario, Milan, three-quarter length, seated and in profile facing right, blind-stamped G. Ricordi &c. lower left, some chemical imperfections with resultant light lines visible on the composer's jacket, image 215 x 160 mm, original card mount with photographer's embossed name stamp beneath image lower right, signed presentation inscription to Vincenzo Lombardi, inscribed, signed and dated upper right with signature and place partly on the image, some slight spotting, 33.5 x 24.5 cm overallQty: (1)Footnote:Provenance (lots 256-260): Vincenzo Lombardi (1856-1914), Italian conductor, teacher and voice coach. This would have been signed and presented by Puccini to the conductor during the run of performances of Manon Lescaut at Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The opera had its premiere in Turin on 1 February 1893, being Puccini's third opera and his first great success. It was then revived going first to Hamburg, then Bologna, then at the beginning of 1894 to Naples where it had its first performance on 21 January. Puccini devoted himself to the rehearsals and coaching the singers, among whom were Eva Tetrazzini, Fernando Valero and Arturo Pessina, under the conductor Vincenzo Lombardi.
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Embroidered map. Oval map of England & Wales by Eu.[nice Denton] Birch (1777-1877), 1784, map of England and Wales divided into counties, plus the edge of Scotland, Ireland, and France, top right corner with title and maker's name within a bow-tied foliate wreath, county outlines finely worked in chenille on linen, in blue, red, green, and yellow, text worked in cross-stitch in black thread, border of sinuous flower stems worked in polychrome silks, depicting carnations, rosebuds, lilies, heartsease, and morning glory, some minor toning and colour run (mostly marginal), light stain over north Wales, 50 x 40.5 cm, gilt oval mount, framed and glazed (62.5 x 52 cm), with manuscript label on backboard pertaining to the history of the pieceQty: (1)Footnote: An attractive map sampler in unusually bright condition.The manuscript label on the verso of the frame reads: 'Inscription by Samuel Bagster on back of Eunice's map of England: "This map of England and Wales was worked by Eunice Birch at Fortescue House Boarding School, Enfield, Middlesex, in the seventh year of her age 1784. The mounting(?), the tracing of the Counties, and the embroidery round entirely done by herself"'. The inscription could be by Eunice's husband, Samuel Bagster, but it is perhaps more likely that is was by her eldest son, also named Samuel.Eunice Birch was born in St Giles, Middlesex, on 23rd August 1777, married Samuel Bagster on 19th December 1797 at St Giles in the Field, London, and died in Old Windsor, Berkshire, on 22nd August 1877 - the day before her 100th birthday. She is buried in the family grave at Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney.
Orlich (Leopold Von). Travels in India, including Sinde and the Punjab, 1st edition in English, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845, half-titles, frontispieces, wood-engraved illustrations to text, folding tables, advertisements to rear of both volumes, front hinges cracked, remnants of stickers to front pastedowns, a few marginal damp-stains, light toning and spotting, original green blindstamped cloth, backstrips chipped with loss (part of the cloth loosely inserted in book), rubbed, 8voQty: (2)
Parkinson (Sydney). A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship The Endeavour, 2nd edition, London: Charles Dilly and James Phillips, 1784, [2], xxiii, 22, 4, 212, lxxi, [213]-353, [2] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 engraved double-page map of the world, 27 engraved plates, errata leaf to rear, rare Gomeldon supplement present, contemporary notation to front pastedown, light spotting, offsetting from plates, some marginal toning to preliminary and rear leaves, occasional light dust-soiling, hinges repaired, contemporary marbled calf gilt, spine separated into 7 compartments (6 decorated with gilt devices), title label lacking, joints repaired, head and tailcaps lacking, extremities worn and rubbed, folio (320 x 270mm approximately)Qty: (1)Footnote: Hill 1309. Mitchell Library Cook 714. Sabin 58788.Greatly expanded from the first edition of 1773. "Considered the best edition" (Hill).Large Paper copy, with the extremely scarce four-page Gomeldon supplement present. The supplement addresses a dispute between Joseph Banks and Stanfield Parkinson over the return of drawings and specimens to Sydney Parkinson, who had promised them to his cousin Mrs Gomeldon and others. Scarce. Only three copies with the supplement traced at auction (Brooke-Hitching copy - Sothrby's 2014, Maggs 1949 & 1984).
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The Artist. An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts, Crafts and Industries, volumes 19-[28], (bound in 8 volumes, 30, 32 -33, January 1897-December 1899, 1900 (part), September-December 1901 & January-April 1902, together 11 volumes, the first seven bound in contemporary olive green cloth gilt, 1899 volume bound in contemporary half stained vellum, remaining 3 volumes bound in maroon cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, together withThe Portfolio. An Artistic Periodical edited by Philip Gilbert Hamilton, 1890, photogravures and other monochrome plates, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary plum half calf, rubbed and somewhat worn, folio, plusMilton (John). Le Paradis Perdu, traduction de Chateau Briand précédé de réflexions sur la die et les écrits de Milton par Lamartine, et en richi de vingt-sept magnifiques est ampes originales, Paris, Amable Rigaud, 1868, engraved portrait of Lamartine as frontispiece, numerous full-page steal engraved plates by Lalaisse and others after Lemercier, Flatters, and Melin, some marks and light spotting, mainly to margins, one or two marginal closed tears, all edges gilt, original dark green morroco-backed cloth, some wear mainly to joints and edges, large folioQty: (13)
Cahiers d'Art. Revue d'Art, directeur: Christian Zervos,14 original issues: numbers 1-2, 1932, 5-6 & 7-10, 1935, 1-3, 1937, 3-10, 1938, sole issue for 1945-1946, sole issue for 1947 and 1948, numbers 1 & 2, 1950, 1 & 2, 1951, & sole issue for 1955, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, some colour illustrations, original cover design by Braque to 1947 issue (rubbed and some marks and some loss to head of spine), Yves Tanguy to number 2,1950, Victor Brauner to number 2, 1951, etc., all original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and occasional marks (generally in good condition), 4to, together withMinotaure. Review Artistque et Litteraire, number 3-4, Paris 1933, a few colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, rubbed, darkened and some light wear to spine, plus two other French art periodicals (L'Amour de l'Art, number 10, Octobre, 1925 & Arts et Metiers Graphiques, number 1, Septembre, 1927), both original printed wrappers, second item with some wear to spine, 4toQty: (13)
Cahiers d'Art, numbers 1 & 2, Paris: Editions "Cahiers d'Art" 1949, colour stencil and lithograph in issue 1, colour stencil in issue 2, monochrome illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, a few light spots, 4to Qty: (2)Footnote: Issue 1 contains a colour stencil after Fernand Léger and colour lithograph after Joan Miro, issue 2 contains a colour stencil after Max Ernst.
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Krafft (Jean-Charles). Maisons de Campagne. Habitations Rurales Chateaux, Fermes Jardins Anglais, Temples. Chaumieres, Kiosques, Ponts etc, 3 parts in 1, Paris: Maison Bance Aine, 1849, general title, 3 part titles, 291 numbered engraved plates only (of 292, lacking plate 85), plate 121 not printed?, some plates double-page and numbered twice on one sheet, pale water stain at front and towards end, occasional light spotting, later calf-backed boards, some edge wear and marks, folio Qty: (1)Footnote: Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Langley (Batty). The Builder's Director, or Bench-mate: Being a pocket-treasury of the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic orders of architecture, made easy to the meanest capacity by near 500 examples, improved from the best authors, ancient and modern..., proportioned by minutes and by equal parts. Engraved on 184 copper plates. Wherein the orders of Andrea Palladio are truly laid down..., London: Printed and sold by I. Taylor..., and by all booksellers in town and country, [1790?], 184 engraved plates on 92 leaves, fore-margin of one plate with marginal annotation overlaid with paper strip, some light toning, browning to fore-margins of few leaves, without free endpapers, contemporary sheep, boards detached, some wear, small 8voQty: (1)
Rudbeck (Gustaf). Broderade bokband från äldre tid in svenska samlingar, Stockholm: Föreningen för Bokhantverk, 1925, half-title, 39 monochrome and colour plates, modern burgundy half calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, folio, together with:Devauchelle (Roger), La Reliure en France de ses origines à nos jours, ouvrage couronné par l'Institut de France. Prix Calenacci 1959, volume 3 only (of 3), Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1961, mounted colour frontispiece, colour & monochrome plates, monochrome illustrations, original printed stiff wrappers bound in, modern dark brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 4to (limited edition of 900 copies printed),Christian (Arthur), De?buts de l'imprimerie en France. L'imprimerie nationale, l'Hôtel de Rohan, Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1904, monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, 4to (no. 27 of undisclosed limited edition),Hugo (Thomas), The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick..., London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1866, numerous wood engraved illustrations, modern light brown half calf, gilt decorated spine with skiver title label, 8vo, plus Zaehnsdorf (Joseph W.), The Art of Bookbinding, a Practical Treatise, Technological Handbooks series, 2nd edition, 1890, facsimile reprint, 2nd impression, Farnborough: Gregg International, 1969, monochrome plates and illustrations, modern maroon half sheep, gilt decorated spine, small 8voQty: (5)
Spielmann (Sir Isidore). Royal Commission, St Louis International Exhibition 1904, The British Section, 1906, numerous monochrome illustrations, light spotting to preliminary leaves, top edge gilt, original pale green cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and joints frayed at head and foot, folio, together withThe British Government Exhibit at the New Zealand International Exhibition (1906-1907), British Government committee, 1908, Souvenir of the Fine Art Section, Franko-British Exhibition 1908, British Art Committee, circa 1908 & International Fine Arts Exhibition, Rome, 1911, Souvenir of the British Section, issued under the auspices of the board of Trade, circa 1911, together three volumes, numerous monochrome plates, mostly after photographs to each volume, top edge gilt, original blue or green-blue cloth, rubbed and some marks, 1908 Franco-British Exhibition with some soiling and heavily frayed to upper joint, all large 4to, plusArts Decoratifs de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irland, Exposition organisée par le Gouvernement Britannique, Paris Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Avril-Octobre 1914, monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original light bllue cloth gilt, in very good condition, 4to, andReports on the Present Position and Tendencies of the Industrial Arts as indicated at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Paris 19025, with an introductory survey, Department of Overseas Trade, [1927], monochrome plates, original cream cloth with morocco title label to spine, little rubbed, 4to, plus others on important historical exhibitions, including, Lectures on the results of the Great Exhibition of 1851, Second Series, 1853, Illustrated Souvenir of the Palace of Arts, British Empire Exhibition 1925, Illustrated Souvenir, The Royal Academy Exhibition of British Art in Industry, 1935, The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, 1928, (original printed wrappers), Jeffrey A. Auerbach, Decorate Exhibition of 1851, A Nation on Display, 1999, etc.Qty: (26)
A & C Black. Edinburgh, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), advertisements to rear, lightly spotted and toned, original white pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, backstrip faded, a few light marks to boards, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, number 240 of 250 copies together with:The Alps, described by W Martin Conway, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), hinges cracked, spotted to preliminaries, original white pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, backstrip faded, a couple of small water-stains to boards, binding lightly marked and worn, 4to, number 274 of 300 copies, with Egypt, Painted and Described by R Talbot Kelly, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1902, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), lightly spotted, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, faintly rubbed to extremities, 4to number 30 of 500 copies, with 21 other works published by A & C BlackQty: (24)
Bindings. A Large Selection of Vellum Bindings, c.1900, extremities slightly rubbed in places, some with light scattered spotting, most full or half vellum bindings, many gilt, some spines toned, extremities often rubbed, mostly 8vo & 12moQty: (65)Footnote: An excellent collection of vellum bindings, in pleasing condition. With works by Dickens, Browning, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Eliot to name a few.
Bolitho (Hector). Victoria, the widow and her son, London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1934, colour portrait frontispiece and few plates, front blank inscribed by the author with manuscript poem "Mrs Richmond [subscriber], The Georges died: no one cried. General jubilation! Victoria reigned and regained virtue for the nation. Hector, July 11. 1934", top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's near-contemporary terracotta morocco, lightly marked, 8vo (limited edition of 40 copies produced, of which 30 were for sale numbered 1-30 and signed by the author. This copy is number 29/30, subscriber copy of Mrs Richmond, signed by the author), together with:Bolitho (Hector), Albert the Good, London: Comden-Sanderson, 1932, colour portrait frontispiece with flap, colour plates, folding pedigree, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's near-contemporary light terracotta brown morocco, gilt embossed armorial of HRH the Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha to upper board, some spotting, 8vo (limited edition of 70 copies produced, signed by the author)Qty: (2)
Seymour (H.D). Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof..., 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1855, lithographic frontispiece, folding map to rear, 4 plates, advertisements to rear, lightly spotted, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, original beige blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light stain to spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Leigh (W.H). Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels with Adventures in the New Colonies of South Australia: A Particular Descriptions of the Town of Adelaide and Kangaroo Island; and An Account of the present state of Sydney and parts adjacent,..., 2nd edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1840, frontispiece, vignette to title, 6 plates, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, edges finished in yellow, preliminary leaves spotted, contemporary brown half calf over blue marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, worn, 8vo, withA Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1816, contemporary notations to title and rear pastedown, preliminary leaves damp-stained, spotting, contemporary marbled sheep, spine lettered and bordered in gilt, front joint cracked, worn, 8vo, with 7 other travel volumesQty: (10)
Hodson (V. C. P.). Historical Records of the Governor-General's Body Guard, 1st edition, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1910, 7 colour & 13 monochrome illustrations, ex-library/museum ink stamp to the foot of the front endpaper, some marginal toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full red morocco, boards & spine faded & slightly rubbed, 4to, together with;Cannon (Richard), Historical Record of The Forty-Sixth, or The South Devonshire, Regiment of Foot:..., London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1851, 2 colour illustrations, some toning & spotting, contemporary marginal annotations to pp.24 & 25, modern endpapers with previous owner inscription, modern half claf to marbeled boards, 8vo, plusRudd (R), The Early Historu of the 17th (North) Middlesex Volunteer Rifles (formerly the 29th) 1859 to 1889, London: R. and J. Widdicombe, 1895, black & white illustrations, front gutter cracked, rear gutter re-enforced with tape, some light toning, contemporary black quarter calf, 8vo, and other regimental histories, including A History of the Formation and Development of The Volunteer Infantry,.., by Robert Potter Berry, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1903, 8vo, Hiistorical Records of teh 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment), by H. Walrond, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897, 8vo, plus others similar, 8voQty: (18)
Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], decorative title, twenty-five tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece (complete), captioned tissue guards, monochrome illustrations to text, pictorial endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated blue cloth, occasional light rubbing to extremities, 4toQty: (1)
Pixies. Minotaur, limited deluxe edition, Artist in Residence (record label), 2009, a box set compilation that includes CD & vinyl versions of the albums Come On Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe Le Monde, DVD & Bluray, books of artwork, 1 giclee print, a bookmark signed by the band, in the publishers original blue faux fur box with embossed 'Pixies' logo on the front, some light damp marks, 479/3000Qty: (1)
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