Clarke (Samuel). A mirrour or looking-glasse both for saints and sinners, held forth in some thousands of examples..., Whereunto are added a Geographical description of all the countries in the known world: as also the wonders of God in nature; and the rare, stupendious, and costly works made by the art, and industry of man. As the most famous cities, temples, structures, statues, cabinets of rarities, &c. which have been, or are now in the world, 2 parts in one, 3rd edition, very much enlarged, London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Tho. Newberry [Part II: printed by R.I. for Thomas Newberry], 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece (neatly strengthened to gutter and lower margins) and engraved title to second part (Geographical Description), both by R. Gaywood, without additional engraved general title, occasional light spotting, bookplate with viscount coronet and monogram W.G. to upper pastedown, ownership signatures and attached note to front endpaper, contemporary gilt panelled calf, gilt decorative devices to panel compartments of spine, red morocco title label, wear to upper joint and head & foot of spine, folio (27.8 x 19cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: ESTC R26027; Wing C4551; Sabin, 13447; McAlpin III, p.198. The second part containing the Geographical Description includes a section describing America (pp.169-190). Provenance: contemporary ownership signature 'P. Glenurchye Empr. Lond. 1659', and name of Patrick Campbell, ownership inscription of Irvine Masson 'bt. fr. John Grant, Edinburgh, 1926', and with tipped in note in his hand, with further details of Samuel Clarke and the engraved portrait, and thoughts on the earlier provenance '... suggests a possible Patrick Campbell on the line of Viscounts Glenorchy. The bookplate with initial W.G. could possibly be that of Willielma Campbell, Viscountess Glenorchy (1741-1786?).
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![[Daniel, Samuel]. The Collection of the History of England, printed for Simon Waterson, 1626, licence leaf, title within wood](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7f3d110-11d8-4af5-b517-adf200b763f9/f81e0ae1-34e9-45f4-a1d6-adf30105c5b8/468x382.jpg)
[Daniel, Samuel]. The Collection of the History of England, printed for Simon Waterson, 1626, licence leaf, title within woodcut border, bound with A Continuation of the Collection of the History of England, beginning where Samuel Daniell Esquire ended, with the raigne of Edward the Third, and ending where the honourable Vicount Saint Albones began...[by John Trussell], 1636, occasional light water stains and soiling, one or two small burnholes, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later half calf, small split to upper joint, folio, together with [Bentivoglio, Cardinal Guido]. The History of the Warrs of Flanders... Englished by the Right Honorable Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 1st English edition, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1654, bound with Historicall Relations of the United Provinces & of Flanders, 1652, folding engraved map by John Speed (a couple of small splits along folds), 23 engraved portraits only (of 24, lacking frontispiece), one detaching at gutter, a few small marginal wormtracks, some light spotting, contemporary signature of Henry Bradshawe to title, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, booklabel of William Reynolds, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked (upper joint splitting), a little rubbed, folio, together with two others: The History of Diodorus Siculus. Containing all that is most memorable and of greatest antiquity in the first ages of the world until the war of Troy [translated by Henry Cogan], 1653, and The Historie of Guicciardin: Containing the warres of Italie and other partes..., translated by Geffray Fenton, 2nd edition in English, 1599 (lacking leaves X3-4)Qty: (4)
Faraday (Michael). On the Alloys of Steel, 1st separate edition, signed by the author, London: William Nicol, 1822, signed to title (final word cropped), 18pp, occasional light spotting, later paper wrappers, 4to, housed in custom clamshell boxQty: (1)Footnote: Extremely scarce, we can trace no other copies at auction (signed or unsigned). A cornerstone work in the development of Steel. Chromium steel, invented by Faraday, was the first alloy steel.
Faraday (Michael). A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of the Candle, To Which is Added a Lecture on Platinum, 2nd edition, London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1865, stamps to title, verso of title & first page of preface, hinges cracked, original publisher's red blindstamped cloth, joints rubbed, boards faintly soiled, spine extremities worn, 8vo, together with: Lewis (William), An Experimental History of the Materia Medica, 4th edition, 2 volumes, London: J Johnson, 1791, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, boards rubbed, joints worn, spine extremities rubbed (volume 1 lacking portion of headcap), corners bumped, 8vo, with Darwin (Erasmus), The Botanic Garden, A Poem, 4th edition, 2 volumes, London: J Johnson, 1799, lacking one frontispiece & further plates, heavy damp-staining, hinges cracked, spotting, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked & worn, boards rubbed with loss, extremities worn, 8voQty: (5)Footnote: Provenance: The copy of Faraday belonged to Sir Hiram S. Maxim, his stamp to title & first leaf of preface.
Fuseli (Henry). Sorrows. Sacred to the Memory of Penelope, 1st edition, large paper copy, London: W. Bulmer and Co, 1796, frontispiece, 2 plates, illustrations to text, light spotting (mostly marginal), contemporary manuscript leaves tipped-in, manuscript annotations to verso of frontispiece & front free endpaper, contemporary ownership inscription & later pen markings to title, hinges cracked, contemporary half calf over cloth boards, joints worn & cracked to edges, boards worn & marked, backstrip worn with loss, lacking title label, folioQty: (1)Footnote: A scarce example of the large paper copy. Famous for its frontispiece after Fuseli, the portrait of Penelope is after Joshua Reynolds.
Harris (John). The description and uses of the Celestial and Terrestrial globes; and of Collins's Pocket Quadrant, 1st edition, London: printed by E. Midwinter for D. Midwinter & T. Leigh, 1703, engraved frontispiece with early manuscript to verso, 4 page publisher's book list at rear, light toning to lower blank margins throughout volume, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving spine, small slim 8voQty: (1)Footnote: ESTC T146887. This edition was offered by the bookseller Daniel Midwinter to those attending Harris's public mathematical lecture course at the Marine Coffee House in March 1703.
Hesiod. The Works of Hesiod translated from the Greek, by Mr. Cooke, London: N. Blanford for T. Green, 1728, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 4to, together with: Sophocles, Sophoclis tragoediæ septem schoiis veteribus illustratæ: cum versione et notis Thomæ Johnsoni..., 2 volumes, London: Jos. Pote, R. Manby, E. Wicksted & others, 1758, occasional light scattered spotting, bookplates of Lavington and Wilberforce Library Backsettown to front endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, 8vo, Seneca (Lucius Annaeus), Seneca's Morals by way of abstract, 2 parts in one, 5th edition, To which is added a discourse under the title of An After-Thought, by Sir R. L'Estrange, London: S. Manship, 1693, engraved frontispiece torn to outer corners with slight loss, early ownership inscription to upper blank margin of title, 20th century calf, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Pufendorf (Samuel, Freiherr von), De officio hominis et civis juxta legem naturalem libri duo, 8th edition, Cambridge: Jacob Knapton, 1715, front free endpapers excised at head, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, 12mo, Tacitus (Cornelius), C. Corn. Taciti Opera recognovit, emendavit, supplementis explevit, notis, dissertationibus, illustravit, Gabriel Brotier, 4 volumes, London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823, armorial bookplate of G.J. Allen, contemporary vellum with elaborate gilt & blind decoration, calf labels to spines, 8vo, plus three othersQty: (13)
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof ... With an accurate and an approved Index ... much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last Impression, Revised and Corrected by the Author himself immediately before his death, London: Anne Seile, 1666, imprimatur leaf not present, additional engraved title stating 3rd edition and with imprint 'London: Printed for Philip Chetwind, 1666' and early inscription to upper margin 'Thomas Knapp Queen's College Oxford' (engraved title torn to lower outer corner with loss and repaired), letterpress title in red & black, one folding engraved map of Asia only (of four, lacking map of Europe, Africa, and Americas), lower left corner of map torn away and short closed tears & fraying to margins, divisional titles present (with varying imprints Philip Chetwind 1665 & 1662), without leaf A6 (blank?), some leaves with short worm trail or hole to lower blank margins at gutter, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and light wear to extremities, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Wing H1691; Sabin 31655.
Holles (Denzil). The case stated of the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the point of impositions, London: printed in the year 1676, original wrappers stitched as issued, 8vo (Wing H2453), together with: Plutarch, Plutarch's Morals by way of abstract: done from the Greek, London: J. Nicholson, W. Newton, R. Knaplock, & D. Midwinter, & Benj. Took, 1707, title with contemporary signature Edm Pryce, contemporary panelled speckled calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label, 8vo, Dindsay (David), The tryal and condemnation of David Lindsay, a Scotch gent, late secretary to the Earl of Melford, for high treason, upon the statute made in the ninth year of of the late King William the IIIrd, for returning from France without license under the privy-seal of England. At the Queen's-Bench-Bar at Westminster, the 24th of April, 1704 with all the learned arguments of council on both sides..., London: Isaac Cleave, 1704, [2],24pp., ink stamp to title, close trimmed at foot of final leaf, light dust-soiling to first & last leaves, disbound folio, Dalcho (Frederick), Orations of the illustrious brother Frederick Dalcho Esqr. M.D., reprinted by permission of the author under the sanction of the ill. the College of Knights of K.H. and the original chapter of Prince Masons of Ireland, Dublin: printed by John King, 1808, engraved title, list of members, and four leaves of engraved music, contemporary gilt decorated marbled calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and board corners worn, 8vo, Fletcher (Andrew), The political works, reprinted, London: sold by A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch and J. Clarke, 1732, armorial bookplate of Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie Marrishall to upper pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, Ross (George), Leading cases in the commercial law of England and Scotland, 3 volumes, London: W.G. Benning & Co.; Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co., 1853-57, edges untrimmed, contemporary calf, large 8vo, plus eight othersQty: (15)
Johnson (Ben). The works of Ben. Johnson, 6 volumes, London: J.Walthoe, M. Wotton, J. Nicholson & others, 1716, 12 engraved plates including portrait (one plate detached), browning and scattered spotting, contemporary blind panelled mottled calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels (some labels with loss), light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: [Pascal, Blaise], The mystery of Jesuitism, discovered in certain letters, written upon occasion of the present differences at Sorbonne between the Jansenists and the Molinists, displaying the pernicious maximes of the late Casuists, with additionals, [3rd edition], London: Richard Royston, 1679, lacking engraved frontispiece, 19th century half calf, light wear to extremities, 8vo, Taylor (Jeremy), The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living..., together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian..., 13th edition, London: printed by Miles Flesher for Richard Royston, 1682, additional engraved title (torn to margins with slight loss), two engraved plates (reattached, one with loss), dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn, 8vo, à Kempis (Thomas), The Christian's Pattern: or a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ ... Written originally in Latin by Thomas a Kempis. Now render'd into English. To which are added, Meditations and Prayers for sick persons by George Stanhope, 12th edition, London: printed by J. Ilive for J.J. & P. Knapton, R. Knaplock and others, 1733, engraved frontispiece and one other plate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn, 8vo, Boccaccio (Giovanni), Decamerone, 3 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1825, half-titles, 20th century dark green morocco-backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century antiquarianQty: (19)
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755, titles printed in red and black, volume I title and a few Preface leaves with marginal repairs, one Preface leaf with tear and small hole with loss of a few letters, one or two leaves with small marginal tears, some vertical creasing of first few leaves of volume I, a few leaves, i.e. 19L-19N in volume 2 bound out of sequence, occasional light spotting and toning, later marbled endpapers, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, sometime rebacked with original spines relaid, somewhat rubbed and scuffed with some edge wear, folioQty: (2)Footnote: PMM 201; Rothschild 1237. First edition of one of the greatest scholarly achievements in literary history. "Dr Johnson performed with his dictionary the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography... Johnson introduced into English lexicography principles which had alre4ady been accepted in Europe but were quite novel in mid-eighteenth-century England. He codified the spelling of English words; he gave full and lucid definitions of their meanings... and he adduced extensive and apt illustrations from a wide range of authoritative writers." (PMM). Johnson was commissioned to write the dictionary by a consortium of London booksellers in 1746 and paid 1500 guineas. It took him seven years and contains over 42,000 words illustrated with over 114,000 literary quotations from Shakespeare, Milton and Dryden among others.
Justinian I. In quo Pandectae... Codex, & Caeteri Libri I... cum summariis, argumentis, epitomis, & indicibus CL. V. Dionysii Gothofredi, [Geneva]: Jahannem Vignon, 1620, 4 parts in one, each title within woodcut border, text in double column, additional engraved portrait of Gothofredius at front, a few tears and repairs, occasional light soiling, previous owner signature erased from title, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming and a few annotations at front, contemporary blindstamped pigskin over boards, later leather straps (one lacking), manuscript author name top spine, some light soiling, 4to, together with 4 others defective bound in pigskin, including Petrus Dorlandus's Viola Animee per modu dyalogi inter Raymundum Sebudium, [1501], La Mer des Histories, 1536?, and Dionysius Gothofredus' Corpus Juris Civilis, 1589Qty: (5)
Justinus (Marcus Junianus). Giustino historico nelle historie di Trogo Pompeo, tradotto per Thomaso Porcacchi, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1561, printer's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, decorative initials and headpieces etc., light damp stain to fore-margins of some leaves, bookplate of John T. Betts of Pembbury to upper pastedown, contemporary limp vellum, leather ties worn, slim 4to, together with: Malespini (Ricordano), Storia antica... dalla edificazione di Fiorenza per insino all'anno MCCLXXXI, con l'aggiunta di Giacheto... dal detto anno per insino al 1286, Florence: Filippo Giunti, 1598, woodcut device to title, scattered spotting, 18th century morocco-backed boards, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked and wear to board edges, 4to, Ruscelli (Girolamo), Epistres des princes, lesquelles, ou sont addressees aux princes, ou traittent les affaires des princes, ou parlent des princes. Recueillies d'Italien par Hieronyme Ruscelli, & mises en Francois par F. de Belle-forest, Commingeois, Paris: Jean Ruelle, 1572, engraved device to title, some light damp staining, armorial bookplate of Calwich Library to upper pastedown, late 18th/early 19th century half calf, joints cracked ans some wear, 8vo, Spain, Capitulos y leyes discedidos en las cortes que su mag, Valladolid, S. Martinez, 1558, woodcut armorial to title, drop title, upper outer corners of initial leaves torn and repaired, some repaired worming, 19th century red morocco-backed boards slim folioQty: (4)
Livy. En amics lector apportamus tibi summa diligentia post Germanam editionem. T. Livii Patavini Latinae Historiae principis quicquid hactenus editum fuit, sed aliquanto quam antea emaculatius..., Venice: Lucaeantonii Iuntae Florentini, 1532, woodcut printers device to title and final leaf verso, woodcut initials, a few lower corners trimmed towards end, occasional light spotting and soiling, lacking front endpaper, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary half vellum, a few splitrs to spine, some edge wear, folio (Adams L1328), together with: Flavius Josephus. Opera Josephi viri inter Judaeos doctissimi ac disertissimi quae adnostram aetatem pervenerunt, omnia, nimirum: De Antiquitatibus Judaicis libri XX, Frankfurt: Sigismundi Feyerabendt, 1580, title within large woodcut border, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, a few marginal worm tracks, one or two burn holes, some spotting and browning, previous owner inscription, 1639 at front, ownership name of D.L. Cumming, front endpapers renewed, later half vellum, a few stains, folio (Adams J367), plus 2 others: Gaius Julius Solinius' Commentaria... et Lucii Floride Romanorum rebus gestis, libros ac tabulam cebetis... praeterea Pomponii melae de orbis situ libri tres, cum commentariis Joachimi Vadiani, Basel, 1557, and Lucretius' Poeta Cometarii a Joane Baptista pioediti, Bologna, 1511 (defective, lacking 2A3 & 4)Qty: (4)
![Nannus Mirabellius (Dominicus). [Polyanthea]. Polyãthea opus suauissimus floribus exornatum..., [Saonae: Simone Bibllaqua, 15](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7f3d110-11d8-4af5-b517-adf200b763f9/2ac70240-cef5-4bb9-b88c-adf30105d7f0/468x382.jpg)
Nannus Mirabellius (Dominicus). [Polyanthea]. Polyãthea opus suauissimus floribus exornatum..., [Saonae: Simone Bibllaqua, 1514], title printed in red and black with woodcut illustration and border, leaf A1 printed in red and black within woodcut border, woodcut initials, some soiling and marginal worming to title, occasional light water stains occasional early underlining and annotations, endpapers renewed, eighteenth century calf with embossed paste paper over covers, manuscript title label to spine (with vertical split), joints and edges a little rubbed, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Adams N22.
Orsini (Fulvio). Familiae Romanae quae reperiuntur in antiquis neumumabis ab urbe condita ad tempora divi Augusti ex bibliotheca Fulvi Ursini, Rome, Francisci Tramezini, 1577, lacking the elaborate engraved title page (*1), three preliminary leaves (*2-4,403pp. of text, 10pp index, and separate colophon leaf at rear, with woodcut vignette, copper engravings to text, depicting groups of Roman republican coins, some early marginal annotations in brown ink, first and last leaf with some light browning, small brown water stain to centre of inner margins at front of volume, 20th ownership inscription of D. L. Cumming to front endpaper, early full sprinkled calf, rubbed and some light wear with joints partly cracked, folio, together with Lunno (Francesco). Le Ricchezze della Lingua Volgare, 1st edition, Venice: Aldus,1543, woodcut Aldine device on title and final leaf verso, italic text in double column, marginal hole to title, a little light soiling, bookplate of John Thynne, 3rd baron Carteret de Hawnes (1772-1849), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later mottled calf gilt, joints cracked, a few small worm tracks, some wear at spine ends and corners, folioQty: (2)Footnote: Adams A 842; Renouard Alde 151:7. First edition of renowned lexicographer and calligrapher Francesco Alunno’s glossary of Boccaccio’s Decameron together with appendices on etymology; he had also written glossaries on Petrarch and Dante. Brunet 29803; Cicognara 3027; Dekesel O4 (For Orsini); Mortimer, Harvaad Italian Books 330. 'Handsomely printed, Orsini's Familiae Romanae is full of erudite commentary and an enormous quantity of illustrations-223 engraved plates, each containing one to six Roman republican coins, showing obverse and reverse, a total of about 750 specimens (Jonathan Kagan, Numismatics in the Age of Grolier, 2001). The early annotations probably dating from the 17th century, are patently by a collector of coins, as the illustrations are frequently marked with a horizontal line touching the engraved coin in question, accompanied by the word Habeo [I have this].
![Ovidius Naso (Publius). Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished by G[eorge]. S[andys]., Imprinted at London: [by William Stansby], 162](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7f3d110-11d8-4af5-b517-adf200b763f9/28384aad-a814-4060-a305-adf30105d97a/468x382.jpg)
Ovidius Naso (Publius). Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished by G[eorge]. S[andys]., Imprinted at London: [by William Stansby], 1626, engraved title by T. Cecill (torn & frayed to margins, lined to verso), full-page engraved portrait by William Marshall, lacking initial leaf ("The minde of the frontispiece"), woodcut device to final leaf, early ink verse to blank margin of C4, small hole to F1 with minor loss of a couple of letters, small rust hole to G1, light damp staining to upper margins, 20th century half calf, marbled paper to boards, small folio, together with: Virgil, Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, ad optimorum exemplarium fidem recensita [edited by H. Laughton], Cambridge: Jacob Tonson, 1701, additional engraved title, engraved head & tailpieces, scattered spotting, armorial bookplates of F.W. Manaton, surgeon and Richard Prime, contemporary mottled blind panelled calf (rubbed), rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, morocco title label, 4to, Bell (John), Bell's New Pantheon; or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods, demi-Gods, Heroes and fabulous Personages of Antiquity, 2 volumes in one, London: J.Bell, 1790, 37 engraved plates, occasional spotting, contemporary diced calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spine, 4toQty: (3)Footnote: ESTC S121917; Sabin 76456. This first complete edition of Sandys' Ovid, which was composed by Sandys in part during his 1621-25 stay in Virginia, where he served as treasurer of the colony.
Plutarch. Les Vies des Hommes Illustres, Grecs et Romains, comparees l'une avec l'autre, Paris: Jaques du Puys, 1575, [colophon: Lausanne, François le Preux, 1574], title with woodcut device, colophon with woodcut device to recto of final leaf, woodcut medallion portrait illustrations, title laid down with small repair affecting a few letters, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, occasional light spotting and soiling, later calf, joints cracking, a little wormed and stained, folio, 35 x 22 cmQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian. Adams P1625. Translated from the Greek by Jacques Amyot and Charles de l'Escluse.
Pope (Alexander). The Works of Mr Alexander Pope, 1st quarto edition, 1st issue, 2 volumes, London: W Bowyer, 1717-35, half-titles, folding portrait of Pope to volume 1, titles in red & black, light marginal spotting, modern armorial bookplate to front pastedown of volume 2, near-contemporary pen sketches to 2nd blank, contemporary speckled calf gilt, joints worn, spine extremities rubbed, 4to together with: Letters of Mr Alexander Pope, and Several of his Friends, 1st edition, London: J. Wright, 1737, half-title, title in red & black, light spotting to preliminaries, contemporary calf gilt, front board detached, rear joint cracked to head & tail, extremities rubbed & worn, 4toQty: (3)Footnote: The first title is a first issue without Tonson named in the imprint.
Verhaeren (Emile). Images Japonaises, Illustrations de Kwasson,Tokyo: Takejiro Hasegawa, 1896, 6 poems in French, fine hand-coloured woodblock illustrations, some light spotting, original pictorial paper wrappers, light staining & spotting to covers, spine extremities rubbed resulting in some loss of paper backstrip, oblong 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Exposition Centenaire de Verhaeren, 41. The vibrantly coloured woodblock illustrations are by Munetaro Suzuki, published under the pseudonym of Kwasson.
Sabellico (Antonio Sabellico). Dell Historia Vinitiana, Venice: G. de' Rossi, 1558, woodcut printer's device to title, near-contemporary inscriptions to title, light marginal spotting, contemporary vellum, wormhole to rear cover, lacks ties, joints slightly rubbed, 12mo, together with: Dempster (Thomas), Antiquitatum Romanarum Corpus absolutifsimum, Geneva: Chouët, 1640, 2 folding plates, woodcut printer's device to title, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, small library stamp & early notations to title, occasional contemporary underlining & notations, a couple of leaves with stamps, contemporary vellum, front cover & spine stained, front cover with some worming, fore & bottom edge finished in red, 8vo, with: Scoto (Andrea), Itinerario, Overo Nova Descrittione de' Viaggi Principali D'Italia, 3 parts in 1, Padoa: Francesco Bolzerta, 1643, woodcut printer's devices to 3 titles, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, small early sticker to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, back strip soiled, covers worn with some marginal loss to rear cover, 12mo, with 2 other vellum bound 17th-century worksQty: (5)
Southcott (Joanna). A warning to the world. Joanna Southcott's prophecies, London: printed by S. Rousseau, and sold by E.J. Field, April 25, 1804, 100pp., caption title and imprint, some dust-soiling to first and last leaves, scattered spotting, disbound 8vo, together with: Whitaker (John, Rector of Ruan Lanyhorne, Cornwall), The real origin of Government, London: John Stockdale, 1795, occasional light damp staining, disbound 8vo, Oxford University, A collection of papers, designed to explain and vindicate the present mode of subscription required by the University of Oxford, from all young person at their matriculation, Oxford: J. & J. Fletcher, 1772, manuscript number at head of half-title, light dust-soiling, disbound 8vo, Donellan (John), The proceedings at large on the trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the wilful murder (by poison) of Sir The. Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart. Late of Lawford-Hall, in the County of Warwick. Tried before Mr. Justice Buller, at the Assizes at Warwick. On Friday the 30th day of March, 1781..., London: J. Almon and J. Debrett, [1781], light dust-soiling, disbound 8vo, Fleming (Robert), A discourse on the rise and fall of Papacy; wherein the Revolution in France, and the abject state of the French King, is distinctly pointed out, Edinburgh: John Ogle, 1792, light dust-soiling, stitched as issued, disbound 8vo, Rennie (Robert), Essays on the natural history and origin of peat moss..., Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co.; & London: John Murray, 1807, 234pp., edges untrimmed, original wrappers, rebacked, 8vo, Bailey (John & Culley, George), General view of the agriculture of the County of Cumberland..., London: printed by C. Macrae, 1794, disbound 4to, plus approximately 55 other similar 18th & 19th century pamphlets, mostly relating to politics and political matters, trade, theology and few agriculture etc., all disbound 8voQty: (small carton)
![Strutt (Joseph). A Complete View of the Inhabitants of England, 3 volumes, London: Benjamin White [& Walter Shropshire],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7f3d110-11d8-4af5-b517-adf200b763f9/a7bb51e3-9a9e-4d55-9f46-adf30105e02a/468x382.jpg)
Strutt (Joseph). A Complete View of the Inhabitants of England, 3 volumes, London: Benjamin White [& Walter Shropshire], 1775-76, 158 sepia engraved plates, occasional spotting, together with: The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England ... from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth, new edition, to which is now added a supplement, London: Benjamin & John White, 1793, 72 sepia engraved plates, occasional spotting, A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time, 2 volumes, London: J. Nichols for J. Edwards, R. Edwards, B. & J. White, et al., 1796-99, sepia engraved frontispiece to both volumes, 142 sepia engraved plates only of 153 (numbered 1-93 & 95-143), some offsetting and occasional spotting, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles..., London: T. Bensley for J. White, 1801, sepia engraved frontispieces and 39 plates, scattered spotting and light toning, contemporary uniform light brown calf (faintly diced), gilt decorated spines and ruled borders to boards, joints rubbed and few lightly cracked, 4toQty: (7)Footnote: Provenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020).
Tacite (Cornelius P.). Cornelii Taciti equitis Romani Annalium ab excessu Augusti sicut ipse vocat, sive Historiae Augustae, qui vulgo receptus titulus est, libri sedecim qui supersunt, partim haud oscitanter perlecti, partim nempe posteriores ad exemplar manuscriptum recogniti magna fide nec minore iudicio per Beatum Rhenanum… Basil: Officina Frobeniana, 1544, woodcut device to title, woodcut illustrations to text, marginal damp-staining to some leaves, light marginal spotting, contemporary inscription to title, hinges cracked, later sprinkled calf, lacking head & tail caps, joints cracked, boards worn, extremities rubbed (with some loss to spine extremities), 4to bound with Cvrtii Historiographi Lvcvlentissimi de Rebvs Gestis Alexandri Magni Regis Macedonvm Opvs, Ita Demvm Emendatvm Atqve, Basil: Frobeniana, 1545, with woodcut plate to verso of title, light marginal spottingQty: (1)Footnote: A scarce work, we can only trace two copies at auction.
Tasso (Torquato). Gierusalemme Liberata, poema heroico del Sig. Torquato Tasso ... tratta dal vero originale, con aggiunta di quanto manca nell'altre edittioni, & con l'allegoria dello stesso autore, Ferrara: [Vittorio Baldinj], 1581, title within woodcut border (cropped at head and early signature to lower blank margin), double-column text with faint manuscript number above verses, small worm trail/hole to first two leaves, some damp staining mostly at front, late 17th century calf, old reback, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, slim 4to, together with: Theodoret (Bishop of Cyrrhus), Theodo?re? tou episkopou Kyrou peri pronoias logoi deka. Theodoreti episcopi Cyri De prouidentia sermones X, Zurich: Excudebat Froschouerus, 1546, first part of title transliterated from the Greek, woodcut device to title (20th c. signature to upper margin), bound with Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, Theodoret Episcopi Cyri, uetustissimi scriptoris, de prouidentia sermones X. Latinitate donati, rodolpho Gualthero Tigurino interprete: nunquam antehac uisi nec editi, Zurich: 1546, woodcut device to title, occasional marginal notes and underscoring throughout volume, some marginal damp staining and scattered spotting, contemporary limp vellum, cover attachment weak, lacking ties, some soiling and light wear, 8vo, Sophocles, Sophocleous Trag?diai Z. Sophoclis Tragoediae VII. In quibus praeter multa menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio hactenus obscurior, nunc apertior proditur: operâ Gulielmi Canteri Ultraiectini, Leiden: Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium 1593, first part of title transliterated from the Greek, woodcut device to title, light toning and minor scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary green crushed morocco, gilt decorated spine, morocco title label, light wear to extremities, 16mo in 8s, Cocaius (Merlinus), [i.e. Teofilo Folengo], Opus Merlini Cocaii poetae Mantuani Macaronicorum. Totum in pristinam formam per me Magistrum Acquarium Lodolam optime redactum, in his infra notatis titulis diuisum..., Venice: apud Beuilacquam, 1564, woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, some damp staining throughout volume at head, occasional close trimming at head and fore-edge, fraying to lower outer blank corners at rear, short worm trail to inner upper margins of few leaves, 19th century calf, gilt decorated spine and blind decorated boards, joints rubbed, 12mo, plus two others similarQty: (6)
Themistius. Orationes XXXIII. E quibus tredecim nunc primum in lucem editae, Paris: Sebastianus Mabre-Cramoisy, 1684, engraved armorial to title, decorative headpiece, double-column text in Greek & Latin, scattered spotting, Chatsworth bookplate to upper pastedown, endpapers with later bookcloth hinges, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, recent morocco title label, folio, together with: Theophrastus, Graece & Latine opera omnia, Daniel Heinsius textum Graecum locis infinitus partim ex ingenio partim e libris emendauit..., Leiden: ex typographio Henrici ab Haestens, Impenses Johannis Orlers, And. Cloucq & Joh. Maire, 1613, title in red & black with woodcut device, double-column text in Greek & Latin, additional part title with woodcut device, marbled endpapers with Drayton Manor armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), calf hinges, all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf, recent neat reback with morocco title label, folio, Iamblichus, De mysteriis liber. Praemittitur epistola Porphyrii Anebonem Aegyptium, eodem argumento. Thomas Gale Anglus Graece nunc primum editi, Latine vertit, & notas adjecit, Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1678, engraved illustration of the Sheldonian Theatre to title, double-column text in Greek & Latin, errata leaf present at rear, occasional light damp staining to lower margins, without rear free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine & morocco title label, board edges worn, folio (ESTC R13749; Madan III, 3179)Qty: (3)
Vavesseur (Francois). De Indicra dictione..., Leipzig: Ioannis Christiani Martini, 1722, title in red & black, some browning mostly to initial leaves, occasional spotting and early underscoring, contemporary vellum, light dust-soiling and marks, small tears to head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with: Cooper (John Gilbert), The life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato..., London: R. Dodsley, 1749, library stamp to title, 20th century blue cloth, 8vo, Cicero, De Officiis libri tres..., London: J. Roberts, 1754, title in red & black, some browning mostly to margins of first & last leaves, free endpapers removed, contemporary speckled sheep, upper joint split, extremities rubbed, small 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian and later books etc.Qty: (10)Footnote: Appended to this edition of Vavassor's work on comedic style is a variety of supplementary material, including his 'Anntibarbarus', selected letters of J.L. Guez de Balzac, and letters and poems of Gilles Ménage. Vavassor (1605-1681) has been described as one of the best stylists and humanists of his time.
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Wordsworth (William [& Samuel Taylor Coleridge]). Lyrical Ballads, with other poems, 2 volumes, London: For T. N. Longman and O. Rees by Biggs & Co., Bristol, 1800, occasional light spots and minor marks, all edges gilt, later dark green full morocco gilt, (by Doves Bindery), spines gilt decorated between compartments, each volume with binder's gilt stamp to rear turn-in, dated 1894, a little rubbed and minor wear to extremities, the second volume with portion to head of spine lacking, together with Tennyson (Alfred, Lord), Poems, Volume I (of 2) only, 3rd edition, London: Edward Moxon,1845, some light damp spotting to endpapers, inside gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, late 19the century dark green full morocco gilt, spine gilt decorated between compartments, (by the Dove's Bindery), with binder's gilt stamp to rear turn-in, dated 1894, 8voQty: (3)Footnote: ESTC T146537: PMM 256; Reed A4; Rothschild 2603 (for the second volume). First complete edition, comprising of the second edition of volume 1, and the first edition of volume 2; Wordsworth's famous preface, 'The Revolutionary manifesto of the romantic poets' (PMM), appears here in the second edition of the first volume, for the first time. In volume 1, signatures [a]3andI3-4 are counsels (the new [a]3 being one of two variants, with the first volume 'TfV' in line 1 recto, some copies having 'The First Volume'; Reed refers to a first state of the first volume, with no counsels, which was 'probably not issued'. Volume two has signatures O1-2 in their uncounselled first state and page 210 consequently with ten lines only. Rothschild describes such copies as first issue. According to Reed there were 750 copies of Volume 1, and 1,000 copies of volume 2 printed. The Dove's Bindery had been set up by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson in 1893, and aimed to establish bookbinding as a fine art using the highest quality materials and the best manual binding techniques.
The Amateur Annual. A Symposium of Amateur Writings, edited by John R. Ellins, January 1926, pictorial hand-coloured manuscript title, ink manuscript contents leaf (detached and edge-frayed), 33 leaves with ink manuscript essays, poems etc. in a neat hand, numbered to upper corners (without pp.11-12: torn away), many with calligraphic pictorial titles and initials, some with decorative watercolour borders, 5 stiff paper leaves with one or more mounted and captioned photographs (one hand-coloured by the editor), including one page of photographs portraying several of the contributors, 2 stiff paper leaves each with a single captioned watercolour, most stiff paper leaves with decorative watercolour or pen & ink borders or decorations, small mounted photo to editorial page, presumably depicting the editor Ellins, all content on rectos only, at the rear a single leaf Circulation List (recto only), with the names and addresses of the various people who borrowed the Annual, plus the dates on which it was received and dispatched (either to the next on the list or returned to the editor), followed by 15 leaves with ink manuscript in various hands, on both rectos and versos, consisting of comments and criticisms by the borrowers, the final dated December 1928, generally lightly spotted throughout, the leaves bound together with (rusty) split pins, pastedowns spotted with dampstain to rear upper corner, ink manuscript label on front pastedown, giving instructions for circulation and other notes, original boards, front cover with ink manuscript title label, within decorative watercolour border, cover detached from textblock, each board lacking one corner, worn, large 8vo, together with: To Sylvia, a small bound volume of ink manuscript poems, comprising 10 thin card leaves, each with a poem in a neat hand (on versos only), the first poem titled 'To Sylvia', each with decorative title & initials, and watercolour borders and decorations, the leaves separated by tissue guards, some spotting (mainly at front), inside front cover with ink manuscript inscription 'To Sylvia, with all good wishes from "The Jester" 1924', original wrappers, tied at spine, rubbed with some light spots, oblong 8voQty: (3)Footnote: It appears that Syliva Mabbett, one of the contributors to the Amateur Annual whose photograph appears on the page of contributor's images, married the editor John R. Ellins in 1930. Possibly the poetry book 'To Sylvia' was produced by John R. Ellins for the same Sylvia, as the manuscript hand and decoration style looks very similar.
Britton (John). Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830, half-title, numerous etchings & engravings, spotting (mostly marginal), light offsetting, contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco gilt over marbled boards, boards marked, extremities worn, 4to, together with: Finden (William). Views of Ports and Harbours, Watering Places, Fishing Villages and other Picturesque Objects on the English Coast, 2 volumes, London: George Virtue, 1842, frontispieces, numerous steel-engraved plates, spotting, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, joints rubbed, boards worn, spine extremities rubbed with minor loss, 4to, with a copy of Jones' Views of the Seats 1829Qty: (4)
* Heraldry. Armorial bearings of Thomas Hanbury of East Mapledurham c.1634, 'The Armes & Creast of Thomas Hanbury of East Mapledurham in the parish of Buryton in the County of Southampton Esqr. eldest sonne and heire of Thomas Hanbury of Mapledurham aforesaid Esqr. and of Barbara his first wife, daughter & heire of Robert Wright of East-Meane in the said Countye of Southampton Gent. mentioned in the visitation of Hampshire that was made 1575 wch. Thomas Hanbury was sonne and heire of Thomas Hanbury of Mapledurham aforesaid one of the auditors of the revenews of the Crowne wch. Thomas Hanbury was sonne andheire of Henry Hanbury of Mitton and he was one of the sonnes of Richard Hanbury that had another sonne called Richard Hanbury of whom comes the Hanburies of Elmely Louett in Coun. Worcester and those of Glocester. And Richard Hanbury was sonne of John Hanbury that descended from Henry de Hanbury that lived in the 26th year of King Edward the 3d. who was sonne of Geffrey de Hanbury that lived in the 8th yeare of King Edward the second. Exemplefyed in the tyme of the visitation of Hampshire 1634 according as it is registered there, Jo Philipott Somersett', single vellum sheet with large illuminated armorial bearings to recto heightened in gilt with smaller pen & ink armorials adjacent, manuscript text to both sides, later manuscript annotation to verso 'This belongs to John Bowdler of Hayes in Kent 22d Decr. 1804', some light dust-soiling and creases, 33 x 19cm, framed and double glazed, together with a small will on vellum, for Olin Calcott, butcher, of Thame, Oxon, 29 December 1674, papered seal attached, in matching frame, glazedQty: (2)Footnote: John Philipott (1588-1645) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms and also sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. He successfully attained the position of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary and as an officer of arms, Philipott took part in the funeral of James I and the coronation of Charles I. In 1628 he was elected MP for Sandwich and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Philipott also acted as deputy to Garter Principal King of Arms Sir William Segar in 1633. From 1637, Philipott was registrar of the College. During the Civil War, he went to Oxford with the King and was created DCL at Oxford University on 18 July 1643. He was later captured near Oxford by Parliamentarians in 1645 and taken prisoner for a short time.
Howitt (Samuel, and others). Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes... Containing 100 Plates. With a Supplement of New South Wales, 1st edition, 2 parts in 1, London: Edward Orme, 1814, half-title, 110 hand-coloured aquatints, occasional light spotting and offsetting, hinges repaired, paper guards, contemporary half calf gilt, raised bands, joints repaired, spine extremities rubbed & worn, marbled edges,4toQty: (1)Footnote: Abbey Travel 2. An excellent copy of an early issue, the plates being watermarked 1811 and the text 1810.
Finden (William). Views of Ports and Harbours, Watering Places, Fishing Villages and other Picturesque Objects on the English Coast, London: George Virtue, 1842, frontispieces, numerous steel-engraved plates (lacking two plates), spotting (mostly marginal), some marginal damp-staining, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, elaborate gilt embellishments to boards & backstrip, all edges gilt, backstrips faded, extremities rubbed, boards marked, 4to Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Thames, 2 volumes, London: C. Clarke, 1851-52, frontispieces, 52 plates, 2 maps, bookseller's ticket & armorial bookplate to front pastedown, light offsetting, spotting, half calf over marbled boards, extremities slightly rubbed, a couple of marks to boards, 4to with a copy of Watering Places of Great BritainQty: (5)
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Thames, London: T and J Egerton, 1792, half-titles, 52 aquatints, errata leafs to rear, some light offsetting, spotting, near-contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, boards marked & rubbed, joints worn & split, volume 2 front board detached, spine extremities worn, 8vo, together with: Wright (Rev G.N.). Landscape Illustrations of the Waverly Novels, with Descriptions of the Views, London: Charles Tilt, 1832, numerous engraved plates, spotting, offsetting, 20th-century half morocco, spine extremities rubbed, joints worn in places, 8vo, together with 3 other 19th-century British Topography volumesQty: (7)
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, from its source at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury..., London: R. Faulder & T. Egerton, 1795, half-title, sepia aquatint frontispiece, 31 plates (mostly sepia aquatints) and single-page map, wood engraved illustrations, light toning and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo, together with: Strutt (Jacob George), Sylva Britannica; or, portraits of forest trees, distinguished for their antiquity, magnitude, or beauty. Drawn from nature, London: published for the author, [1830], additional vignette title on india paper & 49 etched plates by Strutt, all on India paper mounted, scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, bookplate removed from front endpaper with light adhesive staining, contemporary half straight-grain morocco, gilt armorial at foot of spine, extremities rubbed, large 8vo, Corry (John), The history of Bristol, civil and ecclesiastical..., 2 volumes, Bristol: W. Sheppard, 1816, half-titles, 10 engraved plates including frontispiece to volume 1, folding lithograph map (hand-coloured in outline), scattered spotting throughout and some toning, contemporary marbled calf (wear to leather surface on boards), rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo, [Fenton, Richard], A tour in quest of genealogy, through several parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire, in a series of letters to a friend in Dublin; interspersed with a description of Stourhead and Stonehenge..., by a barrister, London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1811, engraved frontispiece and five plates, browning and spotting, 19th century half morocco, 8vo, [Anstey, Christopher], The New Bath Guide: or, memoirs of the B-R-D family..., 6th edition, Cambridge: J. Dodsley, 1768, engraved frontispiece, front endpaper with contemporary ownership of James Smith 1769, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, small 8vo, plus four other topography relatedQty: (10)
Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Wales, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, London: Benjamin White, 1784, 62 plates (many folding, 10 additional), light spotting some marginal toning, armorial bookplates to front pastedowns, hinges cracked, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, raised bands, joints split, front board & front endpaper of volume 1 detached, spine extremities worn with some loss, boards marked, corners bumped, 4to, together with: Pugh (Edward). Cambria Depicta: A Tour Through North Wales, 1st edition, London: E Williams, 1816, 71 aquatints, ads to rear, 1 blank replaced, scattered spotting, some offsetting, marginal damp-staining to final few leaves, modern green half cloth, some rubbing, 4to, with 13 others on Welsh TopographyQty: (15)
Robertson (Archibald). A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, London: for the author, 1792, half-title to volume 1, 65 aquatint plates, 11 folding maps (10 folding), errata leaf, some light offsetting, some spotting & toning to folding maps, contemporary half calf, rebacked, boards marked, extremities worn, corners repaired, 8voQty: (2)
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Bookbinding & marbling. The Whole Art of Bookbinding, containing valuable Recipes for Sprinkling, Makbling [sic], Colouring, &c., 1st edition, Oswestry: for the author by N. Minshall, 1811, [12], 60p., half-title present, portion of first leaf of contents torn away and provided in facsimile, repaired closed tear to E1 & E2, some occasional dust and finger-soiling (mostly light), few light damp stains, later endpapers, original boards, neatly rebacked, old manuscript lot label to upper board (265), slim 12mo in 6sQty: (1)Footnote: The first edition of the first English book on bookbinding. "It is very much a working bookbinder's notebook" (Pollard and Potter), and gives instructions for sprinkling and marbling, gilding, tooling in gold, etc. Its author may be one of three candidates: Minshall the printer, Henry Parry, copyright holder for the book, or W. Price, a binder at Oswestry from c.1804-31. Pollard and Potter, Early Bookbinding Manuals, no. 89; Middleton, The Binder's Art, 12.
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[Hannett, John], "John Andrews Arnett". Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, in all its branches, 2nd edition, with considerable additions, London: Richard Groombridge, 1836, wood engraved frontispiece (torn & ink stained to lower outer blank corner), nine plates, some toning and spotting mostly to plates, front free endpaper with pencil ownership signature Ralph Smith, Preston, contemporary sheep, rubbed and light wear, 12mo in 6s, together with: Anstruther (G. Elliot), The Bindings of To-morrow. A record of the work of the Guild of Women-Binders and of the Hampstead Bindery, London: Guild of Women Binders, 1902, half-title (crease to lower outer corner), 50 chromolithograph plates (including frontispiece), adhesive tape stain to gutter margins of half-title, frontispiece & title, modern green morocco, 4to, British Bookbinder, The British Bookbinder: A journal for the book printer - the book illustrator - the book cover designer - the book binder - librarians, and lovers of books generally, vol. 4, London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., Ltd, 1891, numerous plates and illustrations (including mounted marbled paper samples), frontispiece attached to title with adhesive tape, sewing broken with some gatherings and pages detached, edges frayed, 4to, contained in purpose-made book boxQty: (2)
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[Hannett, John], "John Andrews Arnett". An inquiry into the nature and form of the books of the ancients; with a history of the art of bookbinding, from the times of the Greeks and Romans to the present day..., 1st edition, London: Richard Groombridge, 1837, wood engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, small ink stamp to lower outer corner of title, initial leaves neatly strengthened to inner margins, original green cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, small area of wear to front board, 12mo in 6s, together with: Hannett (John). Bibliopegia; or, Bookbinding: in two parts. Part I. The books of the ancients, and history of the art of bookbinding. Part II. The practical art of bookbinding, 6th edition, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1865, frontispiece, plates & illustrations, manuscript ownership to second part title and repaired to verso, toning and few marks, near-contemporary brown half morocco, spine rubbed, small 8vo, Hannett (John), The Forest of Arden, its towns, villages, and hamlets..., London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1863, half-title, folding map frontispiece, single-page map and wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional spotting and light dust-soiling, original green cloth gilt, slight wear at head & foot of spine, light fading, 8voQty: (3)Footnote: The first title is the first work on the history of English bookbinding.
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.
Bindings. Magnus (Philip). King Edward The Seventh, London: John Murray, 1964, light spotting to endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary crushed red morocco gilt by Harry Bailey of Salisbury and Raymond Whitaker, raised bands, gilt borders, gilt equestrian emblem to front board, gilt turn-ins, signed with initials and date HB & RW 1966 in gilt to lower margin of front pastedown, 8vo, together with: Bonham Carter (Violet), Winston Churchill As I Knew Him, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode and Collins, 1965, all edges gilt, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt by Harry Bailey of Salisbury and Raymond Whitaker, gilt borders, gilt embellishments to spine, gilt equestrian emblem to front board, gilt turn-ins, signed with initials and date HB & RW 1966 in gilt to lower margin of front pastedown, light dust-soiling to rear board, 8vo, Boyle (Andrew), Trenchard, London: Collins, 1962, spotting to pastedowns, contemporary two-tone crushed morocco, gilt title & date to spine, gilt borders to boards & turn-ins, light dust-soiling to boards, Order of Service for Trenchard's funeral at Westminster Abbey tipped-in, 8vo, and 51 other fine leather bindings (many signed by the binders Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker)Qty: (54)Footnote: An excellent collection of fine leather bindings, a large majority on military history & biography.
Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1st edition, Constable & Company, 1930, colour illustrations and decorations throughout by Gilbert Rumbold, without errata slip, light spots to first and last few leaves (generally in clean condition), decorated endpapers, original black cloth-backed pictorial boards in pale gold, green, grey and black, lightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)
Fawcett (Millicent Garrett). Women's Suffrage, A Short History of a Great Movement, 1st edition, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1912, small bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, small bookseller's stamp to half-title, some light spotting to pastedowns, original publisher's green cloth, a couple of faint marks to boards, 12moQty: (1)
Bewick (Thomas). A History of British Birds, 2 volumes in one (Land & Water birds), Newcastle: printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick, 1809, wood engraved vignette illustrations throughout, title with signature J.F. Leitch to upper blank margin, initial six leaves strengthened to margins, one other leaf strengthened to fore-edge margin, some toning, scattered spotting and occasional damp stains, together with: Bewick (Thomas), A General History of Quadrupeds, 6th edition, Newcastle upon Tyne & London: printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811, wood engraved vignette illustrations throughout, title with signature J.F. Leitch to upper blank margin, initial six leaves strengthened to some margins, some light toning and scattered spotting, uniform 20th century terracotta brown morocco, blind panelled decoration to boards and ornament to spine compartments, 8voQty: (2)Footnote: Roscoe 20. Land Birds: fourth edition, 1809 and Water Birds: third edition, 1809. These two editions were issued as one volume. Roscoe 6. Quadrupeds: sixth edition, 1811.
Cluver (Philipp). Mundus Chartaceus, sive Geographia totius mundi accuratissima Cluveriana. Das ist: Ausfuhrliche und grundliche Beschreibung desgantzen Erd-Kreyses und dessen4. Haupt theilen Europa, Asia, Africa und America, Nuremberg, Johann Leonhard Buggels, 1687, engrved forntispiece, 25 (of 26) folding engraved maps, lacking map of Spain, bound with Geographia Generalis, oder: Grundliche Beschreibung der Erd-Kugel..., Nuremberg: Johann Leonhard Buggel,1687, eleven engraved maps and plates, including eight folding, some light browning to endpapers, contemporary calf, sun marks, lacking one (of two) clasps, thick 12moQty: (1)
Bewick (Thomas). British Land Birds/British Water Birds/The Figures of Bewick's Quadrupeds, 3 volumes, Newcastle: printed by Edward Walker, 1824-25, British Land Birds with title vignette, 156 wood-engraved leaves only (of 157), each numbered in manuscript top right (134 numbered twice) and mostly named in English and Latin at lower margins in a neat contemporary hand, 6 wood-engravings with contemporary hand-colouring, a couple with additional information, i.e. wood-engraving numbered 148, Corncrake, 'Cold. from a fine specimen killed by W. Jordan Esq., wt. 8 oz. Tabley 2nd Sept. 1825', plate numbered 142 with some light offsetting, blank interleaves; British Water Birds with title vignette, 146 wood-engraved leaves only (of 157), most named in contemporary manuscript at lower margins, including 9 hand-coloured, blank interleaves; The Figures of Bewick's Quadrupeds, 2nd edition, 1824 with title vignette, 227 figures on 224 wood-engraved leaves (complete), blank interleaves, each volume without the text leaves as issued, occasional light spotting overall, some light offsetting to interleaves, bookplates of S.E. Widdrington, hinges reinforced, uniformly bound in contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, skillfully rebacked with original spines relaid, spines slightly faded, 4toQty: (3)Footnote: Roscoe 43, 44 & 12; Tattersfield TB1.11 & TB1.27. Each volume a limited edition of 100 copies. A handsome set. Roscoe quotes a letter from Bewick to J.F.M. Dovaston, dated 26 November 1825, in which he states 'I, last summer printed 100 Sets 4to of Birds & Quadrupeds, without Type for the sole use of Artists (& when interleaved) of Naturalists...'.
Macmillan (Harold). Winds of Change 1914-1939, 1st edition, London: Macmillan, 1966, half-tone illustrations, slight toning, original cloth, dust jacket, a few tears and small stains, 8vo, signed by the author, together with: Thatcher (Margaret), The Path to Power, later impression, London: HarperCollins, 1995, illustrations, previous owner signature, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author to label, 8vo, Churchill (Winston S., grandson), First Journey, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1964, illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, a couple of small tears, 8vo, inscribed by the author with letters and ephemera loosely inserted, with other signed and inscribed books including Henry Cooper. An Autobiography, 2nd impression, 1972, C.S. Forester's The General, 1936 reprint , Gordon Brown's Courage. Eight Portraits, 2007, Reveal. Robbie Williams, by Chris Heath, 2017 (signed by Williams to label), The Orient Flight LZ 127-Graf Zeppelin. A philatelic handbook, by Fred Blau and Cyril Deighton, 1980 (signed by Len Deighton), Arthur C. Clarke's The Treasure of the Great Reef, 1964, Christy Brown's A Promising Career, 1982, and David Farrer's The Warburgs, 1975 (both formerly in the library of Christy Brown), Al Stewart's Light... Camera... Folk Rock!, by Neville Judd, 2004, Gilbert & George's Twenty London East One Pictures, 2003, and John Arlott's Basingstoke Boy, 1990, Collector's Edition 161/200Qty: (17)
Miniature Books. (Horace). Quintus Horatius Flaccus, London: Gulielmus Pickering, 1824, frontispiece, lightly spotted, all edges gilt, crushed red morocco by Hawes of Cambridge, joints worn, corners scuffed, 86 x 51mm, together with: Quintus Horatius Flaccus, London: Gulielmus Pickering, 1824, frontispiece, lightly spotted, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, a couple of faint marks to boards, 83 x 50mm, Dante, La Divina Comedia, 2 volumes, London: Gulielmus Pickering, 1822, occasional light spotting, original buckram, title labels slightly chipped, 91 x 54mm with 36 other miniature books including works by Longfellow, Tennyson, Rossetti et alQty: (39)
Poe (Edgar Allan). The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, 4 volumes, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1874, light spotting (mostly marginal), marbled endpapers, near-contemporary brown calf gilt, marbled edges, extremities rubbed, joints slightly worn, 8vo, together with 6 others, 3 being 19th-century prize bindingsQty: (10)
Girton (Daniel). The Complete Pigeon-Fancier, or a new treatise od domestic pigeons, London: Alexander Hogg, circa 1790, folding engraved frontispiece of 12 pigeons, advertisement to title verso, some light spotting, front hinge broken, clear tape reinforcement, frontispiece and title detaching at gutter, previous owner signature, bookplate, contemporary half calf, spine rubbed with clear tape reinforcement, some edge wear, 8vo, together with Moubray (Bonington, i.e. John Lawrence). A Treatise on Domestic Poultry, Pigeons and Rabbits, with a practical account of the Egyptian method of hatching eggs by artificial heat; and all the needful particulars relative to breeding, rearing and management, 1st edition, London: printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1815, advertisements at rear, a little minor soiling, clear tape reinforcement at front hinge, original boards, paper reback,, some soiling and edge wear, 8voQty: (2)Footnote: Girton's complete Pigeon-Fancier is based on John Moore's Columbarium: or, The Pigeon-House, first published in 1785. First published in 1735.
Watkins-Pitchford (Denys 'B.B.') Wild Lone, The Story of a Pytchley Fox, 1st edition, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1938, together with: The Sportsman's Bedside Book, reprinted, 1948, original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed & marked with small tears to head & foot, Letters From Compton Deverell, 1st edition, 1950, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, rubbed with small tears & loss to head & foot, September Road to Caithness and the Western Sea, 1st edition, London: Nicholas Kaye, 1962, ex-library copy with associated stamps & marks, Summer Road to Wales, 1st edition, 1964, sticker to the front boards, Southern English, Reminiscences of Purbeck country and people, by Eric Benfield, 1st edition, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with loss to head & foot, black & white illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, some light spotting & toning, all in original cloth, 8vo, together with; Dixon (Charles), The Migration of Birds..., London: Chapman and Hall, 1895, 6 colour maps, front gutter cracked & spine loose, some light toning, publishers original decorated green cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern natural history reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, fair/good, 8vo/4toQty: (2 cartons)
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Shakespeare (William). The Works of William Shakespeare [The Henry Irving Shakespeare], 12 volumes, London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1906, 12 colour frontispieces & numerous monochrome illustrations, some marginal toning throughout, publishers original uniform gilt decorated green cloth designed by Talwin Morris, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with; Mitford (Mary Russell), Our Village, London: MacMillan and Co., 1910, 16 colour plates by Alfred Rawlings & 100 black & white illustrations by Hugh Thompson, some light toning throughout, front gutters cracked, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plus Wood (J. G.), Homes Without Hands,..., new edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884, numerous monochrome illustrations, prize bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters cracked, some toning & spotting throughout, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and late 19th & early 20th-century history & miscellaneous reference, including The Modern Baker, Confectioner & Caterer, 6 volumes, edited by John Kirkland, 1907, all in original gilt decorated cloth including some designed by Talwin Morris, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Company of Stationers. Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1776. Being the Bissextile, or Leap Year, London, 1776, contemporary ink stamp to the right corner of the title page, some light toning & offsetting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red full morocco with brass clasps lacking the rear of the bottom clasp, boards & spine slightly rubbed, small 8vo, together with; Sammelband, Letters chiefly written to comfort those bereaved of Children or Friends, collected from books and mss., by John Erskine, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: printed for Ogle & Aikman, 1803, An Address to those in Low Circumstances, Dublin: printed by Graisberry and Campbell, 1816, The Dairyman's Daughter; an authentic and interesting Narrative in five parts, London: printed by P. White, circa 1800, Hints for a general Union of Christians..., Dublin: printed for R. M. Tim's, 1821, A Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning, 9th edition, Dublin: printed for William Watson, 1813, some light toning & spotting, gutters cracked, contemporary full tree calf, rear board partially detached, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th-century literature & history reference, some French language, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )
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Heller (Michael). London Clerical Workers, 1880-1914, [perspectives in economic and social history], 1st edition, London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, publishers original boards, 8vo, together with; Harben (Henry A.), A Dictionary of London..., 1st edition, London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918, monochrome folding map frontispiece, 6 folding plans including 3 to the rear pocket, some light toning & spotting, publishers original green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, Woolven (Robin), The London Diary of Anthony Heap 1931-1945, [London Record Society volume LII], 1st edition, London Record Society, 2017, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other late 19th-century & modern London reference & related, including Analytical Index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia. Preserved among the archives of The City of London A.D. 1579-1664, London: E. J. Francis & Co., 1878, 8vo, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves & a carton)
Howard-Bury (C. K.). Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1922, 33 monochrome illustrations & 3 folding maps to the rear, period inscription & booksellers blind stamp to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, publishers original blue cloth, board & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Barns (T. Alexander), The Wonderland of The Eastern Congo..., 1st edition, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922, numerous monochrome illustrations, folding map to the rear, some toning & light spotting, some minor worming to the foot of the front pastedown to the half-title, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Stebbing (E. P.), Jungle By-Ways in India..., 2nd edition, London: The Bodley Head, 1911, numerous monochrome illustrations, previous owners name & address ink stamp to the front endpaper, some toning & light spotting, top edge gilt, publishers original decorated green cloth, boards & one slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century travel reference & related, including The Spirit of Paris, by Frankfort Sommerville, 1st edition London: Adam and Charles Black, 1913, contemporary inscription to 'Lady Shrewsbury with love from Rhona' to the front pastedown, 8vo, all original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )
Stephens (John L.). Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1843, 120 monochrome engraved illustrations including 2 folding frontispieces, folding map post-contents to volume 1 with a small tear to the bottom left margin, previous owner inscriptions to the head of both title pages, some spotting & toning throughout, publishers original uniform gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed, volume 2 spine partially detached, 8vo, together with; Cave (Henry W.), Golden Tips. A description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1900, 214 monochrome illustrations plus a map of Ceylon, lacking the front endpaper, small tear to the foot of the title page, some light toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated white cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, Brehm (Alfred Edmund), From North Pole to Equator: studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands, 1st edition, London: Blackie & Son, 1897, 82 monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the head of the half-title, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century travel reference & related, including The Baganda At Home by C. W. Hattersley, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1908, 8vo, all original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 volumes, London: printed for Hooper & Wigstead, 1797, numerous monochrome engraved plates, folding map frontispiece to volume 2, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light spotting & toning, gutters reinforced, later gilt decorated calf spine retaining contemporary tree calf boards, boards & spines rubbed with some loss, large 4to, together with; Pennant (Thomas), Tours in Wales, 3 volumes, London: printed for Wilkie and Robinson et al, 1810, numerous monochrome engraved plates, period inscriptions to the original front endpapers, modern front endpapers, some toning & spotting throughout, modern gilt decorated calf spines retaining contemporary full calf boards plus contemporary calf spine labels to volumes 1 & 2, boards rubbed, 8vo, plus Billings (Robert William), The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, 4 volumes, Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1852, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light offsetting & spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated blue three quarter morocco bound by Morrell, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head foot, boards slightly rubbed, large 4to, and other 18th & 19th-century British topography reference, including A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 volumes, edited by F. O. Morris, London: William Mackenzie, circa 1880, large 4to, some leather bindings, some original cloth, some volumes incomplete, sold as seen, overall condition is generally good/very, 8vo/4to 46 volumesQty: (3 shelves )
Lempriere (William). A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant; and thence over Mount Atlas to Morocco: including a particular account of the Royal Harem, &c., 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1791, folding map to B1, period inscriptions to the front pastedown & title page, some light spotting & toning, front gutter cracked, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf with red morocco spine label, front board partially detached, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Dickens (Charles), Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1860, monochrome illustrations by George Cattermole & Hablot Brown, modern endpapers, some light spotting, toning & marks throughout, modern uniform gilt decorated half calf, spines slightly toned, 8vo, Scott (Walter), Scott's Novels, 13 volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1862-67, some minor toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated green half morocco, spines very lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly 19th-century literature & reference, including An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq; into Abyssinia to discover the Source of the Nile,:..., London: 1790, 8vo, Patterson's Roads;..., by Edward Mogg, 18th edition, London: Longman, Rees et al, 1826, 8vo, many leather bindings including some modern, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio Approximately 105 volumesQty: (3 shelves )
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