A gentleman's stainless steel 'Seamaster Cosmic 2000' automatic bracelet watch by Omega, the circular silvered dial with baton markers, centre seconds hand and day/date display, on a tapered brick-link bracelet, dial, case and bracelet signed, with possibly associated guarantee, case width 3.75cmCondition report: Minimal surface wear to dial, light surface wear to glass with scattered nicks/chips to edge. Scuffs, scratches, nicks and chips to case and bracelet, commensurate for use. The bracelet clasp is tight fitting, numbered 1153/138. The case back has not been removed and the movement has not been viewed. The movement runs, but is untested for working order, which cannot be guaranteed.
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A gentleman's automatic 'Constellation' wristwatch by Omega, the circular gilt 'pie-pan' dial with black insert baton markers and date display, to a calibre 561 automatic movement, numbered 24456032, the case stamped '18K 0,750' and numbered 168004/14, on a later unassociated 9ct gold mesh-link bracelet, signed Viscount, dial, movement and case signed, case width 3.5cmCondition report: Light surface wear and spotting to dial, light surface wear to glass. Surface scuffs, scratches and nicks/chips to case. The movement is currently running but working order has not been tested and cannot be guaranteed. The unassociated bracelet has general wear throughout, with snags/splits to the edges of some links and a solder repair to one shoulder. Some of the links have possible solder repairs. Both of the shoulder bars are nicked and chipped. The clasp is heavily worn but functioning. Combined gross weight approx. 70.2gm.
A gentleman's stainless steel automatic calendar 'single red' 'Submariner' bracelet watch by Rolex, the circular black dial with luminous dot hour markers and baton quarters, white outer minute divisions, magnified date aperture at 3, Mercedes hands with luminous inserts and centre seconds hand, to a stainless steel case with black insert bezel, the calibre 1570 movement numbered D294667, model ref. 1680, serial no. 3179936, on a later Oyster link bracelet numbered 93150, clasp numbered MA11, dial, case, movement and bracelet signed, bezel width 3.9cmFootnote: Accompanied by maker's box and Rolex UK service receipt (for time keeping check) dated 26 February 2007.Condition report: Dial appears to be 'Mark V', with minimal signs of wear. Luminous markers and luminous inserts to hands are off-white, with patchy light discolouration and spotting. Light scuffs and spotting to polished outer sections of hands. Circular chip to glass between 6 and 7, further light scuffs and scratches to remainder of glass and smaller nicks/chips to outer edge of glass. Glass protrudes at a depth of approximately 2.5mm from bezel (excluding raised date aperture). Light surface wear and scuffs to bezel insert, which may be a later service replacement. Fitted with 'triplock' crown which has light nicks and scuffs, crown may or may not be original. Crown appears to be functioning and operates hands/date display when deployed. Inner case back numbered '1680' and 'III 71'. Case and case back have scuffs, scratches and nicks, commensurate for use. Wear and scuffs to underside of shoulder lugs, possibly caused by later bracelet. Scuffs, scratches, nicks and surface wear to bracelet, commensurate for use. Shoulders of bracelet also numbered 501B. Foldover clasp is functioning and secures tightly. Movement is currently running but is untested for working order, which cannot be guaranteed. Originality of parts to this watch cannot be guaranteed.
A mid-size wristwatch by Ebel, the circular silvered dial with gilt baton markers and centre seconds hand, to a jewelled manual wind movement, the case numbered 8110002 17 and stamped '18K 0,750', dial, movement and case signed, on an unassociated strap, case width 3.15cmCondition report: Light surface wear, occasional spotting and light dust residue to dial. Surafce wear, scuffs and nicks/small chips to glass, deeper scuff/fracture to centre of glass. Surface wear, scuffs, scratches and nicks throughout case, patchy wear to marks. The winder appears to be functioning but is not signed. The movement winds and runs but working order has not been tested and cannot be guaranteed. Gross weight, including strap, approx. 28gm. Case diameter 3.15cm.
A pink sapphire and diamond dress ring, the oval mixed-cut pink sapphire in foiled closed-back setting, to an earlier scroll decorated mount with table-cut diamond set shoulders, ring size approximately P - QCondition report: The ring mount is possibly Georgian in date, with later repairs to the setting, shoulders and shank, and the pink sapphire appears to be later replaced. The pink sapphire has light surface wear and nicks, probably with a coloured foil backing, and measures approx. 8mm width x 5mm length. Diamonds have a dull yellowish-greyish apeparance, with discolouration of the foil backing, and both are chipped. The ring mount is heavily worn and one of the scrolled shoulders has discoloured, due to repair. The back of the shank has been re-sized with a later added panel. Gross weight approx. 2.6gm.
An Arts and Crafts pendant, the circular panel decorated with a wreath of foliage and flowerheads, centred with an amazonite cabochon in ropetwist collet setting, bordered by oval amazonite cabochons to the cardinal points, suspended from a curb-link chain, pendant length 5.5cmCondition report: Surface wear, scuffs, nicks and chips to the pendant mount, chain and cabochons, commensurate for use. The cabochons contain surface-reaching fractures that are visible to the unaided eye. Shallow dings/dents and impressions to the sides and tips of the collet settings. Wear to top of pendant loop, which is split. Lion passant mark to pendant loop. Patchy light tarnishing to the pendant panel, area of filing and possible testing to the reverse. The chain appears to be later in date and the clasp is functioning. Width of pendant 4.5cm. Combined gross weight of pendant and chain approx. 13.8gm.
A silver collar necklace by Lapponia, designed as a series of shaped rectangular panels of textured abstract form and part-frosted finish, signed, with silver convention mark and Finnish date code for 1996, length approximately 45cmCondition report: Light surface wear, nicks and scuffs throughout, commensurate for occasional use. Marks are clearly struck. The tongue clasp is stamped 'MET', suggesting that it is base metal, and has deeper scuffs to the base. It is tight fitting. Gross weight approx. 65gm.
A 9ct gold collar necklace, modelled as a ribbon of textured and articulated design, with crossover clasp to front, with Birmingham hallmark, maker's mark JG&S, in fitted Garrard & Co. Ltd. retailer's case, length 43cmCondition report: Surface wear and light tarnishing throughout. Patchy wear to marks. Gross weight approximately 34.5gm.
A pair of gem set ear clips, each designed as a cornucopia, issuing a spray of rectangular step-cut green gemstones, on hinged clip fittings, yellow precious metal mounted, length 3.4cmCondition report: Light surface wear, scuffs and nicks/chips throughout. The mounts are not marked and are untested for metal standard. Gemstones are too small to test, all are of light to mid yellowish-green hues. The hinged clips are tight fitting. Gross weight approx. 12gm.
HIGGINS GODFREY. The Celtic Druids. 2 litho titles, many double page & other litho plates & text illus. Quarto. Calf. Pres. copy from the author, 1829.Condition report:All plates present as called for plus two pictorial titles,p1.43 bound in before 42. Some light foxing and browning. Light pencil anotation. Slight wear to binding. Condition as images.
AINSLIE JOHN. Plan of the Old & New Town of Edinburgh & Leith with the Proposed Docks. Hand col. eng. fldg. plan in slip case. Edinburgh, 1804; also 6 vols., Edinburgh interest. (7). Condition report: Some light browning overall, especially visible along folds. Linen browned but no holes or tearsSize: 44 1/2" x 31 1/2"
MACKENZIE MURDOCH (SNR.). A General Chart of the West Coast & Western Islands of Scotland from Cantire to Cape Wrath & Butt of the Lewis. Folded eng. chart, 1775; also 12 other Mackenzie charts of the West & North Scottish coast. (13).Condition report:Condition and titles as images. Some splitting(especially along folds), small holes and tears, light staining, browning, offsetting and foxing overall. some with taped repairs.
KIRKWOOD J. & SONS. Map of Scotland. Hand col. eng. fldg. linen map in well worn orig. slip case. 1804; also 4 other antique fldg. maps of Scotland. (5).Condition report:Kirkwood Map of Scotland - some staining and browning overall. Linen thinning along folds with small hole. Case worn and poor condition.Small map of Scotland by J. dover Pentonville London - Browned, binding discoloured.Stanford Map of Scotland - Faded spine, inscribed label. Browning overall.James Wyld Roads of Scotland - case split and worn. Map slightly browned with light offsetting.Cary's New Sheet Map Scotland - Worn case, map browned with light foxing overall.
Three Durham Light Infantry Cap badges, four shoulder pips and a quantity of J R Gaunt & Sons, Kings Royal Rifle twelve large brass buttons, twelve medium Royal Engineers and seven Kings Royal Rifle Corps small brass buttons and four Royal Engineers together with a County Sussex The British Red Cross Society badge in the original tin.
Two Montblanc pen cases and two key fobs, the Sienna leather three division pen cases both in original black card boxes, one with light abrasions the other apparently unused, the key fobs in black leather and chrome. (4) ‡. The receipt sold with the previous lot recording the pouches purchased George Pragnell, Stratford On Avon dated 9-11-1996, £112.
Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). Histoire d'Angleterre, contenant ce qui s'est passé depuis l'Invasion de Jules Cesar, jusqu'à la Conquete des Normans [l'avenement de George I a la couronne. Contenant les dix dernieres Annees du Regne d'Anne], volumes 1-12 only (of 13), The Hague: Alexandre de Rogissart, 1724-35, half-titles, titles with engraved vignette, frontispiece to volume 1, seven folding engraved maps, 2 portrait plates, numerous tables and genealogies (some folding), engraved head & tailpieces, some light toning and spotting, armorial bookplate to upper pastedowns of volumes 1-10, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines (volumes 11 & 12 spine decoration near matching to other volumes), upper joint of volume 6 repaired, slight wear to head & foot of spines, slightly rubbed, 4toQty: (12)
Reid (Thomas). Essays on the Active Powers of Man, 1st edition, Edinburgh: John Bell; London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1788, [7], 493, [2] pp., half-title present, early ownership signature A. Leslie to upper blank margin of title, light damp staining mostly to lower outer corners, some light dust-soiling and occasional scattered spotting, adhesive smudge to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th century red half morocco, gilt panelled and decorated spine, light wear to lower outer corner of upper board, red cloth sides slightly scuffed, 4toQty: (1)NOTESESTC T109117. Thomas Reid (1710-1796) succeeded Adam Smith in the chair of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh in 1764, and his later admirers included Dugald Stewart and Schopenhauer. This is his second major work, following Essays on Intellectual Powers of Man, and likewise derived from his lectures.
Revenue & customs. An Act for continuing of the excise till the five and twentieth day of December, One thousand six hundred and sixty, London: Printed by John Bill & Christopher Barker, 1660, bound with An Act for preventing frauds, and regulating abuses in His Majesties Customs, London: Printed by John Bill & Christopher Barker, 1662, bound with An Act for establishing an additional revenue upon His Majesty; His heirs and successors, for the better support of his and their crown and dignity, London: Printed by John Bill & Christopher Barker, 1662, bound with An additional Act for the better ordering and collecting the Duty of Excise, and preventing the abuses therein, London: Printed by John Bill & Christopher Barker, 1663, bound with An additional Act for the better ordering and collecting the Revenue arising by Hearth-Money, London: Printed by John Bill & Christopher Barker, 1663, together five Acts of Parliament, some toning, damp staining and spotting, light dust-soiling, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco title label to spine, slim folio, together with: Fox (Charles James), Fox and Pitt's speeches in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, June 8, 1784. These speeches (which are an abridgement of all the arguments of both parties, upon (the business of the Westminster scrutiny, and contain the accusation of government by the former, and the defence of it by the latter leader ) are preceded by a brief impartial detail of the progress and proceedings in this affair..., London: J. Debrett, 1784, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, [Nugent, Robert Craggs, 1st earl], Farther considerations upon a reduction of the land-tax: together with a state of the annual supplies of the sinking-fund, and of the national debt, at various future periods, and in various suppositions, London: R. Griffiths, 1751, half-title, light toning and occasional light spotting, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, 8vo, [Kington, John Barnett], Thirty letters on the trade of Bristol, the causes of its decline and means of its revival; by A. Burgess [i.e. J. B. Kington]..., Bristol: John Wright, 1834, folding table, bound with Ibid., City and port of Bristol: letters, essays, tracts and other documents, illustrative of the municipal history of Bristol and of the trade of its port..., Bristol: W. Browne, M. Bingham, J. Wright, et al., 1836, bound with ten other similar Bristol related pamphlets, modern half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, 8vo, and seven othersQty: (11)
Scott (Sir Walter), Scott's Waverley Novels, 48 volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1854-55, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to each volume, few initial leaves loosening to volume 9, all edges gilt, together with: Ibid., Scott's Miscellaneous Prose Works, 28 volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black [& Robert Cadell], 1848-53, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to each volume, all edges gilt, Ibid., The Poetical Works, 12 volumes, Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1851, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to each volume, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary light brown calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, front boards of volumes 3, 6 and 8 of Poetical Works detached, volume 30 of Waverley Novels with slight stain to upper outer corner or upper board (staining continuing through to fore-edge of initial leaves), some light wear at head & foot of spines and to extremities, all 8voQty: (88)
[Scott, Walter]. [Works], 32 volumes, Edinburgh & London, 1819-1827, comprising: Novels and Tales of The Author of Waverley, 12 volumes, 1819; Historical romances of the author of Waverley, 6 volumes, 1822; Novels and romances of the author of Waverley, 7 volumes, 1824; Tales and romances of the author of Waverley, 7 volumes, 1827, engraved vignette title to each volume (spotted), some (generally light) spotting, mainly at front & rear and to margins, uniform near contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with a little wear in places, one volume with dint to top edge of front cover, a few spine labels with chips of minor losses (one with larger detached fragment loosely inserted in book), 8vo, together with: Johnson (Samuel), A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, London: T. Tegg and Son [et al], 1837, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (a trifle spotted), volume 1 front hinge cracked after p.2, contemporary diced calf gilt, rubbed with some stains and marks, 4toQty: (34)
Segur (Phillippe Paul de). History of the Expedition to Russia, undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the year 1812, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, 1825, 7 portrait and plates, folding map, occasional light soiling, a few small repairs, presentation inscription, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracked, edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Goldsmith (Lewis). The Secret History of the Cabinet of Bonaparte, 4th edition, 1810, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, spine repaired and a little wormed, 8vo, plus others related including P.M. Laurent de l'Ardeche's Histoire de l'Empereur Napoleon, Paris, 1840, William Hazlitt's The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1852, The History of Napoleon, edited by R.H. Horne, 2 volumes, 1840, and The Napoleon Gallery; or, illustrations of the Life and Times of the Emperor of France, 1837Qty: (12)
[Wilson, John, Catholic priest]. The Key of Paradise, Opening the Gate to External Salvation. The last edition much corrected, St. Omers: [s.n.], 1675, [24], 460pp., title in red & black with Jesuit woodcut device (torn to lower margin with loss of final digit of publication date, repaired to verso), quire A¹² printed in red and black, divisional title page on N7r, "Devout and godly petitions, commonly called The Jesus Psalter", bears imprint: Anno Dom. 1673, worm holes to lower blank margins of A2 & A3, few leaves including title close trimmed at head, damp staining mostly at front of volume, light dust-soiling throughout, late 18th/early 19th century decorative endpapers, later 18th/early 19th century sheep, insect damage to lower joint, head of spine worn, 18mo gathered in 12s and 6s (10.9 x 6.7 cm), contained in 18th/19th century card slipcaseQty: (1)NOTESESTC R10544; Wing K384. Only five UK locations found (British Library; Oxford University Bodleian Library & Corpus Christi College; Downside Abbey and Lambeth Palace Library).
Winwood (Ralph). Memorials of affairs of state in the reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I, collected (chiefly) from the original papers..., by Edmund Sawyer..., 3 volumes, London: Printed by W.B. for T. Ward, 1725, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, upper pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Lord Viscount Lymington, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, light wear to head & foot of spines, folioQty: (3)
Giovio (Paolo). Dialogo dell' imprese militari et amorose…, Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1574, 280, [14] pp., Rouillé’s woodcut device to title (an eagle perched on a pedestal, wings outspread, flanked by two snakes), oval woodcut portrait of Giovio to title verso, several large initial capitals, 102 oval woodcut emblems, lacks final blank, title dust-soiled and professional paper strip repair beneath imprint, scattered light browning, armorial bookplates of Wrest Park and John L. Nevinson, all edges gilt, 19th-century blind-stamped red morocco, gilt-titled spine with five raised bands, a little rubbed, 8vo (173 x 113mm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Not in Adams; Landwehr 345. Giovio’s dialogue was the first treatise on devices, originally published without illustrations in Rome in 1555. Rouillé issued the first illustrated edition in 1559.
Martin (Cornelius). Les genealogies et anciennes descentes des Forestiers et Comtes de Flandre, avec brieves descriptions de leurs vies et gestes…, edited by Petrus Baltazar, 1st edition, Antwerp: Andre Bax for Pierre Baltazar, circa 1580, [6], 119, [3] pp., engraved title, 40 engraved portraits, numbered 1-7 and 1-33, three other full-page plates, woodcut coats-of-arms in text, closed tear to lower margin of M1, bound with: Barlandus (Hadrianus). Hollandiae comitum historia et icones…,2 parts in one, 1st edition, Leiden: Christopher Plantin, 1584, [8], 127, 31 pp.,printer’s device to both titles, 34 full-length portrait plates by Ph. Galle after Wilhelm Thibaut, scattered minor soiling to both works, light old damp-stain to foremargin of final leaves, ink ownership inscription of ‘Guglielmi Regemortr’ri 1675’ to front free endpaper and bookplate of John L. Nevinson to pastedown facing, contemporary calf with gilt centre-pieces, old neat gilt-decorated calf reback to match, slightly rubbed, folio (30.5 x 19.5cm)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Adams M717 & B211. The Barlandus work is the first illustrated edition of the Low Countries and one of the first humanist histories of any European country. It was printed in an edition of 400 copies and was the first work published by Plantin's Leiden establishment, although it was at least partly printed in Antwerp. Of the 36 portraits published by the artist in 1578 only 34 have been used for this edition of 1584 (nos. 1-27 & 29-35).
Nicolay (Nicolas de, sieur d’Arfeville). Le navigationi et viaggi fatti nella Turchia [translated by François Flory], Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1580, woodcut device on title, 67 full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, mis-paginated at pages 50 and 143-144 as issued, some see-through from plate impressions, light scattered spotting and old damp-staining, occasionally trimmed close to engraving borders at lower margins or foremargins, lacks final blank M8, bookplate of John L. Nevinson, modern vellum with leather spine label, folio (30 x 19cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Adams, N253; Blackmer 1196; Colas II, 220. Nicolay accompanied Gabriel d'Aramont, French diplomat and ambassador, on a mission to Constantinople in 1551. While there he wrote this account and sketched his remarkable figures of Ottomans, Arabs, Armenians and islanders in costume. The engravings are close copies of those made for the 1567 Lyon edition of the French text, with seven additional images made for this Ziletti edition.
Jacob (William). Travels in the South of Spain, in letters written A.D. 1809 and 1810, 1st edition, London: J. Johnson and W. Miller, 1811, folding plan of Cadiz (with aquatint panorama below), and 12 uncoloured aquatint plates, occasional minor spotting and light offsetting from the plates to facing leaf, mottled edges, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Matthew White, Viscount Ridley 2nd Baron Wensleydale to front pastedown, with small shelf mark below label, contemporary gilt-decorated diced full calf, some light marks and hairline split to head of upper joint, 4toQty: (1)NOTESAbbey, Travel 145; Palau VII, 122598. William Jacob (1762-1851), English merchant, ship owner and parliamentarian. Arriving at Cadiz on a diplomatic mission in September 1809, he stayed in Andalusia for 6 months, during which time he wrote the present work. The illustrations include views and buildings in Seville, Malaga, Granada including the Alhambra, and Gibraltar.
Pluvinel (Antoine de). L’Instruction du Roy, en l'exercice de monter a cheval, Paris: Macé Ruette, 1629, [8], 253 pp., text in French and German, 3 (of 4) engraved portraits, 55 (of 58) double-page engraved plates by C. de Passe (1-27, 31-56, 2B and one unnumbered), lacks additional double-page engraved title and 2(?) preliminary leaves including portraitof Roger Duc de Bellegarde with plates list to verso, scattered light browning or old damp-staining but generally clean, small brown stain to plate 9, closed tear paper repair to left margin of plate 22 and two closed tears to lower margin of plate 40, bookplates of Earl of Roden (with shelf label) and JohnL. Nevinson, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, slightly rubbed and soiled, folio (35.5 x 24.5cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Collation: [A]4 A-3R2 3S1.
Laroon (Marcellus, the Elder). The Cryes of the City of London, drawne after the life, printed and sold by Henry Overton, [1711?], 73 (of 74) copper-engraved plates by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon, including 2 engraved titles (plates 1 & 37), each plate with captions in English, French and Italian, lacks plate 61 [New River Water], professional paper repair to lower outer corner of first title not affecting image or text, closed tear to lower margin of plate 20, pinhead hole to lower area of plate 44,a little spotting and scattered light browning, bookplate of John L. Nevinson, 18th-century diced calf gilt with gilt arms of James Harris, Ist Earl of Malmesbury (1746-1820) to both covers, upper joint cracked but firm, slightly rubbed at extremities, folio (31.5 x 19.5cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Colas 1793; Lipperheide 1019. First issued circa 1688, this undated Overton edition, published 1711 or perhaps later, has numbers added to the lower outer corners of each plate.
Montfaucon (Bernard de). Les Monumens de la Monarchie Francoise, 5 volumes, Paris: Julien-Michel Gandouin & Pierre-Francois Giffart, 1729-33, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half-titles to volumes 2-5, titles in red & black, 306 engraved plates (including 114 double-page & one folding), engraved headpieces, one double-page plate in volume 4 with small hole to image, occasional offsetting, light browning and light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with bookplate of John L. Nevinson to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels (few labels lacking, joints cracked, upper board of volume 1 detached, extremities worn, folioQty: (5)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Brunet, III, 1862; Lipperheide Fa 12. The plates illustrate historical scenes of after paintings, portraits, ceremonies, costumes, monuments, illuminated manuscripts, jewellery and silverware, etc. In particular, there is the integral representation of the tapestry of Bayeux.
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: Ibid., 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, Ibid., 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, Ibid., 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)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020).
Pyne (William Henry). The Costume of Great Britain, William Miller, 1808, [plate 18 watermarked 1817], half-title, hand-coloured vignette to title, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates with partially coloured backgrounds, occasional offsetting to accompanying text leaves (some light browning), bookplate of John L. Nevinson, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated blue straight-grained morocco, a little rubbed, folio (36.5 x 26cm)NOTESProvenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Abbey, Life 430; Tooley 388.
Auction advertisement flyer. To be Sold at Auction in this Town, by Messrs. Horner, and Co. this day, at the Sign of the Kings Arms in Halsted..., circa 1800, single leaf printed to one side, location of sale written in brown ink, light dust-soiling, few marks and old folds, 12.3 x 19.2 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe advertisement flyer states, "The remainder of a quantity of goods sent to the fair by a person under misfortunes, what is left is to be absolutely sold as above, without the least reserve, to the highest bidders, consisting as follows; good beaver, felt and other hats, sundry silver handle and other knives and forks, plated buckles on copper, and sundry metal ditto, yard-wide, 7-8ths, 3-4ths, and other Irishes, Dutch, Irish, Gulicks and other Hollands, table cloths of different breadths and qualities, counterpanes, carpets, bedticks, blankets, worsted breeches pieces, black velvets and velverets, quilted petticoats, variety of muslins, muslin neckloths, variety of silk and other handkerchiefs, great choice of worsted and other stockings; a neat common stage cart and harness, a stout bay mare, upwards of 15 hands high, 5 years old..., Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale. The goods are all lotted in small lots for the better accommodation of house-keepers. This will be an excellent opportunity for any persons that chuse [sic] to become purchasers".
Jesuits. Lettres e?difiantes et curieuses e?crites des missions e?trange?res, [edited by Yves Querbeuf], Nouvelle e?dition, orne?e de cinquante belles gravures, 14 volumes, Lyon: J. Vernarel, libraire, E?t. Cabin ..., 1819, 22 folding engraved maps (including Kino's map of California in volume 5), 27 engraved plates & plans (including 15 folding), one folding diagrammatic table, closed tear to single leaf in volume 2 (pp.213/214), some browning & scattered spotting, occasional light damp stains (mostly to volume 7), ex-library with ink stamps to endpapers, early 20th century cloth by Speakman of Liverpool, slight fading to spines, 8voQty: (14)
Broadside. The last dying speech and confession of Mary Cook, aged 20, who was excuted [sic] at Abbingdon, Berkshire, on Thursday last, August 5, for the murder of her own father..., reprinted by Fowler, Melton Mowbray, circa 1800, single-sheet broadside, woodcut illustration depicting the execution, stain to upper margin, some light toning and minor dust-soiling, 38 x 16 cm, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESScarce. No location found. The broadside provides a detailed narrative of the events leading up to and after the execution, "Giving a particular account of her applying to her father to give his consent for her to marry a young man with whom she was deeply in love, and on her father's refusal she formed the horrid resolution of murdering him... At our late Assizes came on a very singular trial, that of a young woman for the murder of her own father. It appeared she kept company with a young man at Pershore Mill, where they both resided; he was by trade a wood turner, and she a farmer's daughter. They were very fond of each other, and the day was appointed for their marriage, and the wedding ring was bought. She thought it her duty to acquaint her father with her intentions; but instead of finding him agreeable to her wishes, he was quite the reverse, and declared that if she did marry him she would never have a shilling of his money... The night of the horrid deed, she took care to mix his liquor stronger than usual, to make him sleep sounder, and when he had retired to bed ... and gone to sleep, she entered the room, and with a shape knife nearly separated his head from his body... The next morning she alarmed the neighbours, saying the house was robbed and her father murdered... The following day the daughter was found to vary in her accounts which she gave respecting her father going to bed, to one she would say he was drunk, and to another he was sober. One of the neighbours having occasion to go into the daughter's bedroom, found a handkerchief in the corner of the room very bloody; this being mentioned, and the different accounts she had given of her father, caused a suspicion to arise that she was not wholly innocent of the murder, when she was taken into custody, and she confessed the above facts. She was accordingly brought to trial... The judge immediately pronounced sentence of death upon her, to be executed, and her body to be given to the surgeons for dissection... She had received a good education by the liberality of an uncle, by the mother's side. Her mother died about two years ago, at which time she was called home to take care of her father's house. The following letter was found in her bosom after her execution, which shews how sincerely she was attached to the object of her wishes. Copy of a letter to her sweetheart. Dear James, The sad hour is near at hand when I must suffer (and justly suffer) for a crime which I have committed by loving you. I hope God will forgive me my offences. Had my father given consent to our union, we should have been happy, but by his refusal he has met his death by my hands, and brought myself to an untimely death. God bless you and may you be happy. Mary Cooke."
* Buckley (Cecil W., 1830-1872). British Royal Navy Captain, Victoria Cross winner for his actions on board HMS Miranda in the Crimea on 29th May 1855. A rare illustrated Autograph Letter Signed, 'C W Buckley', off Lisbon, 7-10 January 1847, to his mother, Buckley sends news of his journey from Malta to Gibraltar and informs her that they shall soon be at anchor with the rest of the fleet under Admiral Parker, explaining that Christmas Day was spent at sea ('we were upon salt provisions as all our fresh stores had been long exhausted, however we had as jolly a one as the circumstances would permit, being in a heavy gale at the time, and the ship strained by our heavy guns leaking like a sieve') and continuing to remark 'You will think me very expensive writing on gilt edged paper, but this is only a borrowed sheet as I am out of writing paper. At Gibraltar one of my mess mates, a midshipman whose leave was stopped in consequence of his having run into debt took it into his head to run away from us, and about six months ago a Clerk cut his lucky at Smyrna. These circumstances will add very much to the bad name which the ship already has. You have no idea what a dreadful name she has on this station. A person belonging to her is quite looked upon with compassion by people in other ships, and we believe the reason that we are now joining the Admiral is that a Court of Enquiry may be held on the Captain on account of the great number of punishments which have taken place in her', Buckley also describes the ship as being a splendid corvette and fast sailer, and continues with news that their Captain is to be tried by a Court Martial rather than the Court of Enquiry he supposed, further briefly referring to some skirmishes, his view of Lisbon from the river, a sighting of several Portuguese Men of War and, in concluding the letter, his hopes that his Captain will be acquitted ('From what I hear there is not much against him; the greater part of the blame rests on the last 1st Lieutenant who left six months ago'), to the head of the first page Buckley has drawn a fine pen and ink sketch of HMS Amazon at sea, a few neat splits at the edges of folds and some light age wear, 3 pages (the final page cross-written), 4toQty: (1)NOTESBuckley was the first winner of the Victoria Cross to be actually gazetted.
La Expedicion Malaspina. La Expedicion Malaspina 1789-1794, 9 volumes in 10, Madrid: Lunwerg Editores, 1987-1999, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting & toning, publishers uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with; La Expedicion Malaspina en Los Mare Americanos del Sur, la Colleccion Bauza 1789-194 por Bonifacio Del Carril, facsimile edition, Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, 1961, 25 colour & monochrome plates (duplicated to 50), Ex-Libris Kenn Back book plate to front pastedown, some light toning, loosely bound in publishers original half calf boards in slipcase, folioQty: (11)NOTESEx libris Eric Kenneth Prentice Back (1942-), meteorologist for the British Antarctic Survey, and descendant of the Arctic explorer Captain George Back. He served as base commander at Halley, Faraday, Rothera, and Station T (on Adelaide Island), over a twenty year period from 1963.
* Edward Jenner (1749-1823). Pioneer of smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology. An important unpublished Autograph Letter Signed, 'Edw[ar]d Jenner]', Bond Street, [London], 15 April 1802, to the Yorkshire physician Dr [John Glover] Loy, about vaccination and equination, being an enthusiastic and triumphant response to a pamphlet by Dr Loy [dedicated to Jenner] proving Jenner's own early assertions about the equine origin of cowpox, '… I know of no Production on the Vaccine subject which has afforded me more satisfaction, since it was first brought before the Public, than yours. It contains the Experimentum Crucis & has effectually put a stop to the sneers of those little minded Persons who think everything impossible which does not come within the narrow sphere of their own comprehension. I regret that your confirmation of the Fact I had adduced, is not more generally known. You will be surprised to hear that this day before a Committee of the House of Commons, Dr [George] Pearson exalted at having refuted my preposterous supposition respecting the origin of the Cowpox. This circumstance alone will, I trust, induce you to send some of your pamphlets to London where they have a long time been loudly call’d for and I hope too that you will fully advertise it in the London Papers. …', concluding the letter with indirect reference to true and spurious horsepox, 3 pages with further text written horizontally at head and foot of page 4 (inside folds of address panel), some age wear to folds, small contemporary light blue-green stain to one fold intersection in lower part of letter, with very slight acidic loss to paper but barely touching letters and with no loss of sense and away from signature, indistinct circular postmark and seal remains, address and outer panels soiled, 4to, together with a half-length oval albumen print portrait of Dr Loy as an elderly man, 1850s, 9 x 7 cm, passe-partout mount within decorative oval wooden wall frame, inscribed 'Dr Loy' in an old hand to backing paper, overall 27 x 23 cmQty: (2)NOTESFrom the family of Dr John Glover Loy (1774-1865) by direct descent. An important unpublished letter concerning the work of Dr Loy which proved Jenner's view that the origins of cowpox was a disease of horses known as 'grease' (horsepox), and supported the role of horsepox in the prevention of smallpox. W.R. LeFanu, A Bio-Bibliography of Edward Jenner 1749-1823 lists only 3 letters from Loy to Jenner, 26 December 1802 and two undated letters from 1803. See John G. Loy, An Account of Some Experiments on the Origin of Cow-Pox, Whitby, 1801. Dedicated 'To Edward Jenner, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., etc.'. 13 October 1801. [LeFanu, p. 151] José Esparza, Livia Schrick, Clarissa R. Damaso & Andreas Nitsche, 'Equination (inoculation of horsepox): 'An early alternative to vaccination (inoculation of cowpox) and the potential role of horsepox virus in the origin of the smallpox vaccine', Vaccine, 35:52, 19 December 2017, pp. 7222-7230: 'A little-known fact is that Edward Jenner himself considered that the preventative against smallpox which is present in cowpox lesions, in fact derived from a disease of horses known as “grease” (horsepox). Early in the 19th century, European physicians conducted experiments that seemed to confirm the hypothesis that horsepox could protect against smallpox. Because of the relative rarity of cases of spontaneous cowpox, matter obtained from either cowpox or horsepox was interchangeably used in the protection against smallpox. Congruent with the use of the word vaccination, the inoculation from the horse (Lat. equus) was referred to as “equination”.' (p. 7223). 'The first independent evidence in support of a horsepox role in the prevention of smallpox was published in 1801 by John Glover Loy, a Yorkshire physician. Loy described several cases of people who became infected while treating horses suffering from grease or of individuals inoculated with horse matter that had been passaged in cows. Loy reported that the lesions produced had exactly the appearance of genuine cowpox, and in many cases the individuals were shown to be protected from variolation. A most important observation made by Loy was that “two kinds of Grease exist, differing from each other in the power of giving disease to the human or brute animal”, an observation that mirrors Jenner’s description of “true” and of “spurious” cowpox, which could explain the lack of success of some earlier investigators who attempted to equinate. The work of Loy was not in total agreement with Jenner’s original hypothesis which required that the horse matter was first modified by a passage in the cow before it could fully function as a preventative of smallpox. Nevertheless, Jenner considered that Loy’s work “decisively proves (his) early assertions” about the horse origin of vaccinia, although Jenner never again adopted the horsepox theory in his publications. Additional confirmation of the horsepox hypothesis was provided by Luigi Sacco, an Italian physician responsible for the early introduction and widespread use of vaccination in Northern Italy. In a letter from Sacco to Jenner, dated 25 March 1803, he explains that after reading the book by John Loy, he was encouraged to continue his own experiments to try to obtain the vaccine from horses with grease.' (pp. 7224-5).
La Perouse (Jean-Francois Galaup, comte de). The Voyage of La Perouse Round the World, in the Years 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1788, 2 volumes, London: John Stockdale, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece and 50 engraved maps and plates, one folding map with reinforcement to verso, one or two imprints partly shaved, some offsetting and light spotting, light water stain to volume II frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, modern calf rebacks, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (2)NOTESFerguson 269; Hill 974; Howes L93; Sabin 38963. One of two English editions published in the same year. The other edition, published by J. Johnson in 3 volumes with less plates, is supposed to have slightly preceded this John Stockdale edition. La Perouse was commissioned by King Louis XVI to expand on Cook's discoveries in the Pacific. "The narrative of the enterprising but ill-fated Perouse, is full of interest in all portions, but his relations of the peculiarities he observed in the natives of the north-west coast of North America, are especially valuable. The mysterious fate of this distinguished navigator has never been satisfactorily cleared up. The above account was transmitted from Botany Bay, after leaving this place the expedition was never heard of again." (Sabin).
Lang (Andrew, editor). The Animal Story Book, with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1896, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, including many full-page, some light scattered spotting, modern presentation inscription to half-title, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, very slightly rubbed to extremities (generally in good or very good condition), 8vo, together with: Reade (Charles). The Cloister & The Hearth, A Tale of the Middle Ages, illustrated by Gordon Browne, circa 1912, colour plates, top edge gilt, original gilt-decorated pictorial cloth, a few marks, 4to, plus: Crane (Walter, illustrator). Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, London: Osgood McIlvaine & Co., 1892, colour plates, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, and a little wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and other children's illustrated books, including Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1910, Claire de Lune and Other Troubadour Romances, pictured by Evelyn Paul, London: George G. Harrup, 1913, Quality Street, A Comedy in Four Acts by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1910, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, Marie de Bosguerard, Nos Enfants, Ce qu'ils sont souvent, Ce qu'ils devraient etre, Paris, circa 1870s, The Horkey, a ballad by Robert Bloomfield, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, Macmillan & Co., 1882, etc., all late Victorian/early 20th century, original decorated cloth or boards, 4to/8voQty: (23)
Lawrence (T. E.). T.E. Lawrence to his Biographer Robert Graves, [and] T.E. Lawrence to his Biographer Liddell Hart, 2 volumes, limited edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1938, 2 black & white frontispieces, limitation pages signed by Liddell Hart & Robert Graves, top edges gilt, publishers original cloth in slipcase, spines slightly faded, 8vo, 175/1000 The Letters of T. E. Lawrence of Arabia, edited by David Garnett, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1938, black & white folding map & illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, minor spotting to the text block, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, The Home Letters of T. E. Lawrence and His Brothers, 1st edition, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1954, numerous monochrome illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper some light toning & marks, some light spotting to the top edge, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, spine lightly toned, 8vo, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph, 1st trade edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1935, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, together with approximately 20 further modern volumes of T. E. Lawrence reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8voQty: (approximately 25)
Lees-Milne (James). The Age Of Adam, 1st edition, London: B. T. Batsford, 1947, ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown, black & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, Baroque In Italy, 1st edition, London: B. T. Batsford, 1959, black & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, Another Self, 1st edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970, black & white wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, previous owner inscription to the half-title, original cloth in dust jacket, cover light rubbed & toned, 8vo, together with 34 further volumes by James Lees-Milne, including Ancestral Voices, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1975, Diaries, 11 volumes, mixed editions, 1977-2005, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 13 paperback edition, 8voQty: (37)

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