*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Levant.- Belon (Pierre) Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Iudaea, Arabia..., collation: *8, A-Z, a-h8, woodcut illustrations of fauna, flora etc., some full-page, 1589; De neglecta Stirpium Cultura, atque earum cognitione Libellus, collation: A-E8, F4, 1589, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles with woodcut printer's device, first title with faint old ink signature, light water-staining to first few leaves, lacking the 2 folding plates, bookplate of Col. Cooper, later sprinkled calf ruled in blind, morocco label, rubbed, split to upper joint, [Adams B566 & 556; cf. Blackmer 115, French edition; Nissen ZBI 305, first title only], 8vo, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin *** First editions in Latin of Belon's travels in Greece, Asia Minor, the Holy Land and Egypt between 1546 and 1549, and his treatise on the cultivation of exotic trees and plants, first published in French in 1553 and 1558 respectively. Saleroom Notice: This lacks the 2 folding engraved plates
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Satirical printing in Stuart Britain.- Elstrack (Renold, attributed to, 1570-1625?) Whilst maskinge in their folleis all doe passe, though all say nay yet all doe ride the asse, broadside poem with 32 lines of verse below large satirical engraving on laid paper without watermark, platemark 300 x 430 mm. (11 3/4 x 17 in), sheet 440 x 560 mm. (17 1/4 x 22 in), central vertical fold, minor handling creases, light spotting and browning, mainly to margins, unframed, published by John Garrett, 1607 but probably printed circa 1680.Literature:Hind I pp. 290-292⁂ Scarce. A general satire on human folly. ESTC lists only one other copy, the Huntington Library. Another copy does survive in the British Museum (acc. no. 1855,0114.189), and Anthony Griffiths suggests another is in the Houghton Library, but this may be confused with the Huntington Library copy ('The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.90).
The First Bishops' War.- Hollar (Wenceslaus, 1607-1677) The Severall formes How King Charles his Armey enquartered in the feilds being past New Castle, on the march toward Scotland Anno Domini 1639, broadside with portrait of the King within an oval of palms, tablets with inscriptions above and below, and at right, encampments of various regiments in four compartments, etching on laid paper with indistinct watermark, sheet 393 x 322 mm. (15 1/2 x 12 3/4 in), minor handling creases, light surface dirt and browning, unframed, 1639.Literature:New Hollstein (Hollar) 265; Pennington 544⁂ Detailed plan illustrating Charles I and the camps of his army during the Scottish campaign of 1639. The portrait is based on Van Dyck's painting, now kept in the collection of the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle.
*** Please notice, the description of this lot has changed *** New Zealand.- Polack (Joel Samuel) Manners and Customs of the New Zelanders; with Notes corroborative of their Habits, Usages, etc. and Remarks to Intending Emigrants, 2 vol., half-titles, folding engraved map, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-vignettes and illustrations, foxing and offsetting to map (as usual) and facing title of vol.1, bookplates and ink shelf-marks of Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall on front pastedowns, original green cloth, spines gilt, a little rubbed and stained, spine ends slightly worn, [Hocken p.85, "illustrations and observations valuable and original"], 1840 § [Maning (Frederick Edward)] Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times. By a Pakeha Maori, first English edition, light water-staining to front endpapers, original brown cloth elaborately blocked in blind, rubbed and slightly damp-stained, [Hocken p.224], 1863, 8vo (3) ⁂ The first item is by the son of a Jewish painter who emigrated to England as a child and became a successful businessman in New Zealand in the 1830s, being the first Jewish settler in New Zealand. He wrote this book about the Maoris and their customs to encourage further emigration. The second is by another Maoriphile who moved to New Zealand from Tasmania in 1833 to work, eventually becoming a judge of the Native Land Court in 1865. Saleroom Notice: This is a first edition of this title but consists of an expansion of the Maori chapters in the author’s earlier work on New Zealand of 1838.
Circus.- Scottish Acrobatics.- Bull (Fenwick, publisher, active 1750s) Duncan Macdonald, of the Shire of Caithness Gent. the Celebrated Scotish Equilibrist, broadside with large etching and engraving after a drawing by Louis Philippe Boitard showing MacDonald performing, with two columns of letterpress text below, on cream laid paper with indistinct watermark, sheet 425 x 285 mm. (16 3/4 x 11 1/4 in), minor nicks at extremities, handling creases, light surface dirt, 1753.⁂ 'One of the more remarkable illustrations of an entertainer ever recorded' [Ricky Jay]. ESTC records no other copies, but one copy is held in the British Museum (see acc. no. 1851,0308.444). Another copy was used as the front cover illustration to Ricky Jay's 'Extraordinary Exhibitions: Broadsides from the Collection of Ricky Jay', 2005. Jay suggests that 'it is thought that the famous description of a wire walker in Tobias Smollett's novel Humphrey Clinker was inspired by this engraving. The character Winifred Jenkins reports: "I saw such tumbling and dancing on ropes and wires that I was frightened and ready to go into a fit. I tho't it was all enchantment, and believing myself bewitched, began to cry. You knows as how the witches in Wales fly on broom-sticks; but here was flying without any broomstick or thing in the varsal world, and firing of pistols in the air and blowing of trumpets and singing, and rolling of wheelbarrows on a wire (God bless us!) no thicker than a sewing thread; that to be sure they must deal with the Devil." [Jay, op. cit. p. 34]
Curiosities.- Fairburn (John, fl. 1789-1840) Fairburn (Senior's) Portrait of the Pig-Faced Lady, of Manchester Square, broadside with title and descriptive text below stipple-engraving, on thin laid paper with early hand-colouring heightened with gold, sheet 358 x 275 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/4 in), inset at edges into paper mount with ruled ink border, small repair to loss in lower right corner, minor handling creases and light surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1814-1815]. ⁂ Scarce. ESTC records no other copies, but a trimmed and cut-down version is held in the British Library (see shelfmark G.2188.(2.)). "This most extraordinary female is about twenty years of age, she was born in Ireland, and is of high family and fortune [...] Her body and limbs are of the most perfect and beautiful shape, but her head and face resembles that of a Pig."
Curiosities.- Cruikshank (George, 1792-1878) The Mermaid! - Now exhibiting at the Turf Coffee-house - 39 St. James's Street, etching with original hand-colouring on wove paper without watermark, platemark 250 x 175 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in), sheet 290 x 215 mm. (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in), good margins, minor cockling and handling creases, light surface dirt, unframed, George Humphrey, 1822; together with Isaac Cruikshank's A group playing at cards interrupted by a beadle and watchmen to arrest them for playing past midnight, and A long headed assembly!!, etchings with hand-colouring, each approx. 240 x 350 mm. (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in), unframed, 1807 (3).Literature:(The Mermaid!) BM Satires 14431
Pacific.- Shillibeer (Lt. John) A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island; including an Interesting Sketch of the Present State of the Brazils and of Spanish South Americia, second edition, 12 etched portraits and plates, 2 folding, one printed in sanguine, some light spotting, original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, [Ferguson 697; Hill 1563; Sabin 80484], 8vo, 1817.⁂ The Briton set sail from England on New Year's Eve 1813, visiting Rio de Janeiro, St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope before arriving at Pitcairn in September 1814. "A very interesting narrative including some curious details regarding the mutiny of the Bounty, and the meeting with the last survivor, John Adams..." Hill. There is also a portrait of "Friday Fletcher October Christian", the son of Fletcher Christian and the first child born on the island to the mutineers, and views of Rio, Pitcairn and the island of Juan Fernandez. This second edition was issued the same year as the first which was published in Taunton.
Bible, English. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, 2 parts in 1, Geneva version, black letter, double column, General and New Testament titles within woodcut historiated borders, lacks [*] 2, G8 small tear at tail, 2D5 and 2M8 pieces of corners torn away, 2N7 tear affecting side notes, margins cropped affecting some headlines, some light staining, browned, without Book of Common Prayer, Book of Psalms etc., extensive ink notes of various families dates of birth on endpapers and in text, including "Jonathene Rauenes oueth this bocke... His age Bourth was the 20 of Aprell In the year of our Lord: 1588", 17th century panelled calf, worn, ink signature of Robert Prentice of North Walsham, Norfolk on upper cover, joints splitting, spin e worn but intact, head and tail of spine chipped with loss, [Herbert 330], sm. 4to, London, Robert Barker, 1614-13; sold not subject to return.
French Rogue (The): or, The life of Monsieur Ragoue de Versailles. Containing his parentage; monstrous birth, early rogueries, pleasant and witty pranks, not only in France, but in divers other countries, woodcut frontispiece, 2 advertisement ff. at end, frontispiece chipped and laid down, B1 repair with loss of several letters, a few ff. with narrow marginal repairs, affecting the odd letter, closely trimmed at head, occasional spotting or light staining, attractive 19th century dark green calf, gilt, Printed for J. Clarke, 1740.⁂ This edition not recorded by ESTC.
Austen (Jane) Mansfield Park, some light foxing, a couple of leaves with small tape stains, contemporary half morocco, [Gilson E10], Belfast & London, Simms and M'Intyre etc., 1846; Emma, occasional foxing, contemporary half roan, spine slightly faded and a little rubbed, [Gilson E15], Simms and M'Intyre, 1849; Emma, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Gilson E25], G. Routledge and Co., 1857, 8vo (3)⁂ Three quite scarce mid-19th century editions.
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Austen (Jane) [Works], 6 vol., "Steventon Edition", [one of 375 sets on handmade paper], printed in brown, half-titles, engraved frontispieces (those in vol.1-5 from Bentley's 'Standard Novels' series, portrait in vol.6), advertisement leaf at end in vol.1, 3 & 5, light marginal foxing to frontispieces, ex-library set with stamps to half-titles or verso of titles, later cream cloth, uncut, a little soiled, light staining to spines of vol.4 & 6, [Gilson D13], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1882.⁂ Jane Austen's great-nephew Cholmeley Austen-Leigh, son of the writer of the Memoir, was at that time a partner in the firm Spottiswoode & Co. who printed this set for Bentley.
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Austen (Jane) [Novels], 6 vol., Bentley's 'Favourite Novels' series, engraved frontispieces (those in vol.1-5 from Bentley's 'Standard Novels' series, portrait in vol.6), most with light marginal foxing, Clement K.Shorter's set with his bookplate in 'Emma' and pencil signature in 'Lady Susan', original dark green blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt, very slightly rubbed, [Gilson D8-12, notes, originally issued in 1870], 8vo, Richard Bentley & Son, 1885-86.⁂ Clement K.Shorter (1857-1926), journalist and literary critic, author of several works on the Brontë sisters.
Wilde (Oscar).- Programme from the first production of An Ideal Husband, 4pp., folds, hole-punches to head, light creasing, 165 x 185mm., 25th January, 1895.⁂ Scarce, Wilde was arrested for gross indecency during this production and the actors called to testify as witnesses against him. The production continued but Wilde's name was dropped from the programme.
Voyages.- Vancouver (Capt. George) A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World..., 3 text vol. (without folio Atlas), first edition, half-titles, engraved map and 17 plates by J. Landseer and others after W. Alexander, 3pp. errata at end of vol.3, occasional spotting or soiling, light marginal water-staining to plates, vol.2 with list of plates becoming loose, marginal tear to L4 and final leaf creased, contemporary ink manuscript lending list to front pastedown of vol.1, a good clean copy with wide margins, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, worn and stained, spines a little frayed and partly covered with old marbled paper (defective), [Ferguson 281; Hill 1753; Sabin 98443], 4to, for G. G. & J. Robinson, 1798.⁂ Vancouver had accompanied Cook on his second and third voyages and was sent on this expedition to explore the Pacific northwest coast of America to try and find a possible passage through to the Atlantic. "This voyage became one of the most important ever made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver sailed by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Australia, where he discovered King George's Sound and Cape Hood, then to New Zealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America. In three seasons' work Vancouver surveyed the coast of California, visited San Francisco and San Diego and other Spanish settlements in Alta California... investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered the Strait of Georgia, circumnavigated Vancouver Island, and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and Hudson Bay.'' Hill
Strachey (Lytton) Queen Victoria, 2 vol., extra-illustrated, with c.100 engraved plates and autograph letters and notes, including one each from Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Lord Russell and Lytton Strachey, 20th century red crushed morocco, gilt by Zaensdorf, very light fading to spines, 8vo, New York, 1921.⁂ In his letter Lytton Strachey writes "My name is pronounced "Stray-chy" - with the accent on the first syllable. I hope this makes the distressing question clear".
Woolf (Virginia) The Common Reader, first edition, occasional light foxing, endpapers browned, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, light browning to head and foot, dust-jacket, spine a little browned with 1" portion of loss to foot, some minor creasing and chipping to head, still a very good example of scarce and fragile jacket, 8vo, 1925.⁂ Virginia Woolf dedicated her first collection of essays "To Lytton Strachey." According to Woolf's diary, Strachey said The Common Reader "was divine, a classic."
Horror & Supernatural.- Blackwood (Algernon) and Wilfred Wilson. The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories, first edition, the odd spot, small ink mark to title, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few very short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, still an excellent example of a scarce and fragile jacket, 8vo, 1921.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. "Of the quality of Mr. Blackwood's genius there can be no dispute; for no one has even approached the skill, seriousness, and minute fidelity with which he records the overtones of strangeness in ordinary things and experiences, or the preternatural insight with which he builds up detail by detail the complete sensations and perceptions leading from reality into supernormal life or vision." - H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature.
Horror & Supernatural.- Crawford (Francis Marion) Uncanny Tales, first edition, title printed in red and black, light browning to endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, rubbed, [Lovecraft p.70; Tymn 3.63], 8vo, 1911.⁂ Published in the U.S. as Wandering Ghosts, this collection includes the classic ghost story The Upper Berth as well as the excellent vampire short story For the Blood is the Life. "The Upper Berth... is Crawford's weird masterpiece; and is one of the most tremendous horror-stories in all literature." H.P.Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature.
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Horror & Supernatural.- [Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan, contributor)] Ghost Stories and Presentiments, first edition, light foxing to title, advertisements and fore-edges, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, spine a little darkened, minor rubbing to tips of spine and corners, other wise a sharp, near-fine example overall, [not in Tymn], 8vo, [1888].⁂ Rare. A repackaging of volume 3 of the scarce triple-decker Dreamland and Ghostland which includes five of the seven Conan Doyle short stories found in that collection (the first appearances by Conan Doyle in book form). The sales were of the initial collection were poor and the publisher repackaged the sheets in separate volumes with new titles and bindings. We can trace only one other copy of this collection at auction.
Horror & Supernatural.- Landon (Percival) Raw Edges, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Lady Headfort to front free endpaper, 4 plates, occasional light scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, some very minor bumping to spine ends and faint discolouration to spine, but a remarkably sharp and excellent copy overall, [Tymn 8vo, 1908.⁂ Rare signed and in such excellent condition, includes the much-reprinted classic ghost story. "The little-known Percival Landon was capable of suspense, terror, wit, and insight into Edwardian technology." - Tymn.
Horror & Supernatural.- Leroux (Gaston) The Phantom of the Opera, first English edition, 6pp. advertisements, very light browning to endpapers, original red cloth, lettered in gilt with design to upper cover, spine slightly faded, minor bumping to spine ends, light finger-soiling to covers, but a sharp, excellent example overall, 8vo, 1911.⁂ A sharp copy of Leroux's classic gothic horror.
Horror & Supernatural.- Lindsay (David) The Haunted Woman, first edition, spotting, bookplate, original cloth, spines slightly faded, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, some light surface soiling, still and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1922.⁂ An excellent copy of this metaphysical fantasy novel, that centres around the strange goings on at a stately home in Sussex.
Horror & Supernatural.- Marryat (Florence) The Blood of the Vampire, first edition, half-title a little browned, occasional light finger-soiling, modern antique-style half calf, gilt, g.e., [not in Tymn], 8vo, 1897.⁂ Rare, Marryat's tale of a female vampire which sucks the life force from her victims was unfortunately overshadowed by Bram Stoker's much better known vampire novel that was published the same year.
Horror & Supernatural.- Mee (Huan) A Diplomatic Woman, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, very light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, some very light rubbing, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1900.⁂ A rare collection of short stories centring on the exploits of a female spy, these include a horror story set on a submarine.
Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de) and others. The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle, first English edition, folding engraved map and 9 folding plates, charming engraved head-piece of sled being pulled by a reindeer, title a little soiled, light water-staining to lower outer corner at beginning and end, generally a crisp clean copy, contemporary signature of W.Dawker at head of front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, slight staining to lower cover, 8vo, T. Cox [& others], 1738.⁂ Account of the French expedition to Lapland made to measure a degree of meridian at the North Pole, thereby verifying the Newtonian hypothesis that the earth was flatter towards the poles.
Horror & Supernatural.- Stoker (Bram) The Mystery of the Sea, first edition, title spotted, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to joints and corner tips, a sharp, near-fine example otherwise, 8vo, 1902.⁂ Stoker's acclaimed supernatural thriller, rarely found in such bright and sharp condition.
Horror & Supernatural.- Waring (D.G.) The Oldest Road, first edition, original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, a very very short closed tears to head and foot and some minor creasing, but a bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1938.⁂ A rare work, especially so in the extraordinarily bright dust-jacket. Waring's novels were often set in a semi-fictionalised Ireland, frequently featuring the British Secret Service and the occult.
Saleroom notice: The dates of publication should read 1908-09.Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., vol.1 second edition, the rest first editions, vol. 1 with a signed presentation inscription from the author to "Mrs Daly" dated 1949 to front free endpaper, the rest with printed facsimile inscriptions tipped in at front, folding maps, occasional spotting, some hinges starting, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jackets, spines faded, some chipping and rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1949-54.
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*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Graham (Winston) [The Poldark novels], 11 vol., first editions, comprising Ross Poldark, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, tape repair to lower joint verso, extremities rubbed, 1945; Demelza, later issue jacket price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, minor tape repairs to verso, chips and creasing to head and foot, 1946; Jeremy Poldark, jacket price-clipped, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to lower panel, minor creasing to head, 1950; Warleggan, jacket with light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and creased, 1953; The Black Moon, signed by the author, jacket price-clipped, 1973; The Four Swans, shelf-lean, jacket price-clipped, 1976; The Angry Tide, small ink ownership inscription, jacket price-clipped, 1977; The Stranger from the Sea, jacket price-clipped, 1981; The Miller's Dance, 1982; The Loving Cup, slight shelf-lean, 1984; The Twisted Sword, jacket with very light fading to spine, 1990; Bella Poldark, 2002, occasional light browning, original cloth, some fading, dust-jackets, mostly excellent or near-fine unless where mentioned; and a copy of Make Poldark by Robin Ellis, 8vo (13)⁂ An excellent run of the classic series, with many of the earlier titles especially hard to come by.
Hodgson (William Hope) The Night Land, first abridged edition, light browning to text margins, original boards, some light abrasion to spine, dust-jacket, closed tear to foot of spine and both panels with accompanying creasing, split to lower fore-edge, white marking, 8vo, 1921.⁂ "One of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written." - H.P. LovecraftScarce in the dust-jacket, a large and somewhat impenetrable work in the first edition, the abridged edition is often the one used by many readers of this classic work of fantasy-horror.
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James (Henry) [The Novels and Tales], 24 vol., "New York Edition", photographic frontispieces by Alvin Langdon Coburn, tissue-guards, some occasional light spotting or browning to endpapers, original green cloth with gilt design to upper cover, spines lettered in gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, but a sharp and excellent set overall, 1907-09; and a copy of David McWhirter's book on the publication of this set, 8vo (25)⁂ The first collected works of Henry James, a monumental edition for which the writer undertook substantial rewrites of his novels and contributed entirely new prefaces, many of which constitute important critical essays in their own right. Without the 2 volumes published posthumously.
Milne (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, first issue, with contents p. unnumbered, initialed presentation inscription from E.H. Shepard to front free endpaper, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, very light fading to spine, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1924.
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, number 116 of 200 copies signed by author and illustrator, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light toning to text margins, commemorative stamp card signed by Christopher Milne loosely inserted, original half buckram, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, margins a little browned, dust-jacket, browned, chipped at head and foot, creasing, upper flap detached, 4to, New York, 1927.
NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried).- Siegfried Sassoon's hat and glasses, the hat soft felt by G. A. Dunn & Co. Ltd., hat band worn, light soiling, the glasses half-moon tortoiseshell, contained in green box with autograph label "Siegfried Sassoon" in the author's hand, v.s., [20th century].⁂ Provenance: Gifted to the owner by George Sassoon in appreciation of the help given when moving out of Heytesbury House in September 1994.
Woolf (Virginia) Granite & Rainbow, first edition, light browning to margins, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, still an excellent copy in the original publisher's wraparound band (foreshortened at fore-edge and faded at spine), 8vo, 1958.
Yeats (William Butler) The Wild Swans at Coole, first edition, one of 400 copies, charging unicorn device by Robert Gregory at beginning and colophon at end printed in red, ink gift inscription to Robert Lynd on day of publication from Sylvia Lynd, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, spine browned, label a little retouched, light fading to margins of covers, 8vo, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1917.⁂ Robert Lynd (1879-1949), writer, journalist and Irish nationalist.
Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 2 vol., first edition, Teerink's "A" edition, engraved portrait frontispiece in first state, 4 engraved maps and 2 plans, additional later plate after Stothard bound in to part 1, contemporary ink verse in lower margin beneath portrait, some light water-staining to vol.1, occasional soiling, contemporary panelled calf, black morocco spine labels perhaps a little later, a little rubbed and joints starting to crack, head of spine vol.2 very slightly chipped, [Teerink 289; Grolier, English 42; Rothschild 2104; PMM 185], 8vo, Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726.⁂ A very good copy in a contemporary binding, of Swift's masterpiece of satire and one of the greatest works of English literature. Conforms to all Teerink's "A" small-paper points and the portrait has the inscription "Captain Lemuel Gulliver, of Redriff Aetat, suae 58."Provenance: Robert Callaghan (ink name on titles, dated 1732). C. Fox (ink name to front endpaper/pastedown, dated 1865/66)
Automaton Chess Player.- Mechanical Illusion.- Reynell (H. printers in Piccadilly) The Famous Chess-Player, No. 14, St. James's-Street, next Brooks's, broadside advertisement for "The famous Automaton", letterpress, on laid paper with large watermark of coat of arms, sheet 314 x 190 mm. (12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in), light folds and handling creases, unframed, [ESTC records two copies, BL and NY Public Library], 'Printed by H. Reynell, (No. 21) Piccadilly, near the Hay-Market', [1784].⁂ "The Turk", also known as the Mechanical Turk or Automaton Chess Player, was a fake chess-playing machine that was constructed in 1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen (Hungarian author and inventor, 1734-1804). It was initially constructed to impress the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and following a second exhibition of it to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, Kempelen was reluctantly encouraged to begin a European tour in 1783. It stayed a year in London in 1784, where as the present advertisement notes, it could be viewed for 'five shillings'.
Italy.- Rome.- Uggeri (Angelo) Journées Pittoresque des Edifices de Rome Ancienne, vol. 1 only, engraved title and folding map, 20 engraved plates with fine contemporary sepia hand-colouring, green wash borders, occasional light browning, original plain wrappers, oblong folio, Rome, 1800; sold not subject to return.
Brewing.- Long (John) A treatise on malting, Dedicated to the Right honorable and honorable the Dublin Society, half-title, some mostly marginal and light damp-staining, modern boards, 8vo, Dublin, printed by William Sleater, No. 28, Dame-Street. (printer to the Dublin Society.), 1800.⁂ Rare. ESTC lists only three copies, of which only one in the UK (BL).
Burroughs (Edward) Essays on Practical Husbandry, and Rural Economy, 3 parts in 1, ink inscription to title, some water-staining at foot, occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary half, richly gilt spine in compartments, rubbed at extremities, 1820 § Hints for the Cultivation of the Peat-Bogs in Ireland, ...In a letter to the Rev. T. Malthus, first edition, lightly browned, modern marbled wrappers, 1816 § Fagan (James) Waste Lands of Ireland: suggestions for their immediate reclamation, as a means of affording reproductive employment to the able-bodied destitute, modern marbled wrappers, 1847; and 14 others, Agriculture, v.s. (17)⁂ The second mentioned contains a proposal to drain the bogs and resettle convicts and former soldiers there as an alternative to Botany Bay.
Hamilton (John) Irish Agricultural Magazine, numbers 1-4 in 1 vol., 14 (of 15) engraved plates (see second mentioned below), some offsetting, spotting and light staining, modern half red morocco, gilt, Dublin, Printed by T.M. Bates, 1799; and another copy of the same, with the missing plate, 8vo (2)
Poor.- Robinson (Samuel) Remarks on the Culture and Management of Flax; proposed as a menas to assist the Irish Poor, by giving them Employment, some spotting, later morocco-backed cloth, cloth slightly faded, Dublin, 1824 § The Farmers of Ballyachron, residing on Mr. Cromie's Estate, in reply to a pamphlet published and circulated by Colonel Cairnes, little spotting and light staining, modern marbled wrappers, no place, 1843; and 10 others, poverty in agriculture & similar, v.s. (12)
Americas.- Diereville (N. de) Relation du Voyage du Port Royal de l'Acadie ou de la Nouvelle France, second edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with woodcut device, 8pp. bookseller's catalogue at end of preliminaries, light marginal staining, D5 defective at lower outer corner, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Sabin 20128], 12mo, Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1710.⁂ Acadia was a French colony in northeastern America, the capital being Port Royal. The work, in verse and prose, describes the fauna and flora of the region, the beaver trade, and customs of the native tribes, of particular interest being their culinary practices making it one of the earliest gastronomical works of Canada. At the end of the work is a 7pp. appendix describing the unsuccessful attack on Port Royal by the New Englanders in 1707. The first edition of 1708 did not include the engraved frontispiece of Indians hunting deer and building a canoe.
Poor.- Trimmer (Joshua Kirby) Further Observations on the Present State of Agriculture and condition of the lower classes of the people in the Southern Parts of Ireland..., errata slip tipped-in, preliminaries foxed, some spotting and water-staining, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 1812 § "Eight Seven". Propserity of the Labourer. The Foundation of Universal Prosperity, some spotting or light foxing, original green printer wrappers, spine ends and corners worn, spotted, Dublin, 1827; and a copy of Thornton, A Plea for Peasant Properietors, 1848, in original cloth, 8vo (3)
Trees.- Boutcher (William) A treatise on forest-trees: containing, not only the best methods of their culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful discoveries, the result of many repeated Experiments, first Dublin edition, advertisement f. at start, 1 engraved plate, advertisement and contents f. misbound before title, occasional spotting, bookplate of Earl of Annnesley, contemporary polished calf, head of spine chipped, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 477], Dublin, printed for William Wilson, No. 6, and John Exshaw, No. 86, Dame-Street, 1776 § Speechly (William) A treatise on the culture of the vine, exhibiting new and advantageous methods of propagating, cultivating, and training that plant, so as to Render it abundantly fruitful, half-title, 5 engraved plates (1 large folding), 2 explanation of plates ff. (these misbound), folding plate with tear, small hole and light ink stain, some spotting or light staining, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 1377], Dublin, printed for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, A. Grueber, W. Jones, and R. White, 1791; and 5 others, mostly trees, 8vo et infra (7)
Sowerby (James) English Botany, 36 vol. plus Index and 5 vol. Supplement, 2,995 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 2,998, lacking final 3 plates and accompanying text leaves), a few folding, occasional spotting or foxing, some vol. with light water-staining, mostly to lower (occasionally upper) margins, but occasionally heavier and affecting plates though often affected plates with just some cockling, original wrappers to supplementary vol. bound in at end of Supp. vol.5, uniform later brown half calf, t.e.g., others uncut, [Nissen BBI 2225; Henrey 1366-68], 8vo, 1790-1865.⁂ An almost complete set of this important botanical periodical. The missing 3 plates and the accompanying text leaves were issued in part 83 in June 1866, but Henrey says "Few copies of No.83 appear to exist. This number contains the description of plate 2995 (the plate having been published in No. 82) the descriptions and plates 2996-8, and the descriptions only of plate 2999." Our copy has all plates up to 2,995 and the wrappers for the first 82 supplements.
Coulomb (Charles Augustin) Theorie des Machines Simples, second (first collected) edition in book form, half-title, 10 folding engraved plates, occasional light foxing, uncut in original pink wrappers, spine a little faded and chipped at ends, printed paper label starting to peel, [Norman 528; Gillmor, Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in 18th-Century France, 1972], 4to, Paris, Bachelier, 1821.⁂ Superb copy in original condition of the rare second edition in book form of the most famous work by Charles-Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806), in which the French physicist founded the science of friction. "Coulomb's work in friction remained a standard of theory and experiment for a century and a half, until the advent of molecular studies of friction in the twentieth century" (DSB III, p. 442)Coulomb had first presented his fundamental Théorie des machines simples orally to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1781, winning the prestigious 'Prix double de l'Académie des Sciences pour l'Année 1781'. The first appearence in print followed in 1785 in the Mémoires de Mathématique et de Physique Présentés à l'Académie Royale des Sciences (vol. X, pp. 161-332), while the first edition in book form was published in Paris in 1809. The second edition of 1821 also includes other papers by Coulomb on friction, mechanics and ergonomics.
D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Traite de Dynamique, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 4 folding engraved plates, some light foxing and browning, [Honeyman 803; Norman 31; PMM 195], Paris, chez David l'aine, 1743; Traite de l'Equilibre et du Mouvement des Fluides. Pour servir de suite au Traite de Dynamique, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 10 folding engraved plates, some foxing and browning, some worming to preliminaries and errata leaf at end, with loss to text, worming to margin of plates, [Bibliotheca Mechanica 7; Honeyman 805; Norman 33], Paris, chez David l'aine, 1744, both in contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, paper label to upper compartment of first mentioned, slightly rubbed, 4to (2)⁂ The first edition of d'Alembert's most famous scientific work, which includes the first statement of what is known as d'Alembert Principle. The Traité de Dynamique is "a landmark work in the history of mechanics, reducing the science to its primary laws and principles. It consists of two parts: the first defining the general laws of motion and equilibrium, and the second covering general principles of the movement of bodies. Its statement that 'the internal force of inertia must be equal and opposite to the forces to produce the acceleration' is still known as d'Alembert's principle'. This principle is applied to many phenomena and, in particular, to the theory of the motion of fluids. It has become useful in the practical solution of many technical and mechanical problems, and is as important for the motion of bodies as is the principle of virtual velocities for their equilibrium" (PMM). The second work is a highly important treatise on fluid mechanics: "A companion volume to Traité de dynamique in which Alembert used his principle to describe fluid motion, dealing with the current major problems of fluid mechanics. Alembert's treatment of fluid mechanics was an alternative to that already published by Daniel Bernoulli [...] and he and Bernoulli often arrived at the same conclusions" (Norman). This copy in its second state, with pp.47-48 (fol. F4) entirely rewritten and reset in order to acknowledge the theories, among others, of Huygens, Newton, and Maupertius.
D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Essai d'une Nouvelle Theorie de la Resistance des Fluides, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, without blank leaf f4, occasional light foxing, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label and paper label to upper compartment, very slightly rubbed and scuffed, [Norman 35; Wellcome II, p. 28], 4to, Paris, chez David l'aine, 1752.⁂ First edition of this fundamental work by the outstanding French mathematician, in which "the differential hydrodynamic equations were first expressed in terms of a field and the hydrodynamic paradox was put forth" (DSB). Along with Euler and Bernoulli, d'Alembert is considered one of the founders of modern fluid mechanics.
D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Recherches sur Differens Points Importans du Systeme du Monde, 3 vol., first edition, 6 folding engraved plates, vol.2 without blank leaf a4 at end of preliminaries, occasional foxing and light browning, contemporary French mottled sheep, spines gilt in compartments with double red morocco labels, paper labels to upper compartments, a little rubbed and scuffed, small worm track to lower cover of vol.2, [Houzeau & Lancaster 1210], 4to, Paris, Chez David l'aine, 1754-56.⁂ First edition of one of the major contributions to the study of the motion of the Moon, which led to a major controversy with the mathematician and astronomer Alexis Clairaut (1713-1765). "Devoted primarily to the motion of the moon (volume III included a new set of lunar tables), it was written at least partially to guard d'Alembert's claim to originality against those of Clairaut. As was often the case, Alembert's method was mathematically more sound" (DSB).
Euler (Leonhard) Elemens d'Algebre, 2 vol., first French edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut device, woodcut decorations, some light foxing and browning, contemporary French mottled sheep, a little rubbed and scuffed, a few small worm-traces, spines gilt in compartments with double red morocco labels and old paper label to upper compartment, 8vo, Lyon, Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1774.⁂ Euler's authoritative work was first printed in a Russian version in St. Petersburg in 1768-1769 in a handful of copies; the first German edition followed in 1770, under the title Vollständige Anleitung zur Algebra. The famous Swiss mathematician Johann Bernoulli jr. (1744-1807) was responsible for the French translation from the German. For the first time Euler's work is supplemented with the lenghty additions by Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736-1813).The work was finished when Euler was blind, and the text was therefore dictated to his valet.
Fourier (Jean Baptiste Joseph) Theorie Analytique de la Chaleur, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and browning, uncut in original wrappers, paper spine label with small chip, spine ends chipped, [Dibner, Heralds of Science 154; En francais dans le texte 232; Honeyman 1358; Norman 824; Sparrow, Milestone of Science 68], 4to, Paris, chez Firmin Didot, 1822.⁂ Exceptional large-paper copy of the first edition in the original wrappers, of the most important and influential work by the French mathematician and physicist Fourier (1768-1830), which represents a landmark in the history of physics, founding the study of heat diffusion on analytical or mathematical principles. "Fourier's application of new methods of mathematical analysis to the study of heat extended rational mechanics to fields outside of those defined in Newton's Principia, enabling the systematization of a wide range of phenomena. To further his study of heat, Fourier introduced the Fourier series and Fourier integrals. Fourier's mathematics are most widely used in problems of vibration such as in heat, sound and fluid motion" (Norman). Fols. 3/4 (with cancel and cancelled leaf), 4/3, 53/4, 59/3, 63/2, 64/3, 64/4, 65/1 are cancels.
Laplace (Pierre Simon, Marquis de) Theorie Analytique des Probabilites, 1 vol. plus 4 Supplements in 3, third edition, half-title, occasional spotting and light browning, uncut in original pink wrappers, spines faded, chipped at head and foot, paper label just starting to peel, Paris, Mme. Ve. Courcier, 1820; Exposition du Systeme du Monde, third edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning, uncut in original pink wrappers, upper cover torn and detached, lower cover defective, spine cracked, torn and faded, [PMM 252], Paris, chez Courcier, 1808, 4to (4)⁂ First mentioned is the third and definitive edition, corrected by the author, of a work of the greatest importance in the history of mathematics. Laplace (1749-1827) is considered one of the founders of probability theory, and this is the most important contribution to this branch of mathematics. He "published the first edition of 'Théorie analytique' in 1812, at the age of 63 years. It represented the culmination of a professional lifetime of concern for the topic, and all of its text consisted of reworked versions of his earlier work. Laplace's prodigious abilities in the mathematical sciences were recognized early on, by his teachers in Normandy and by Jean d'Alembert in Paris when he was only 20" (S.M. Stigler, P.S. Laplace, Théorie analytique des probabilités, p. 329). Second mentioned is the third edition of Laplace's celebrated work on the origin and formation of the solar system. In comparison with his Celestial Mechanics (see lot 000), it is "a more popular book, with most of the mathematics left out: the Exposition du Système du Monde [...] includes a footnote on his famous 'nebular hypothesis'" (PMM). The first edition appeared in Paris in 1796.
Mechain (Pierre) and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre. Base du Systeme Metrique Decimal, ou Mesure de l'Arc du Meridien compris entre les Paralleles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 28 folding engraved plates, occasional foxing and browning, uncut, vol.1 and 2 in original marbled boards, vol.3 in original marbled wrappers, vol.1 and 2 with printed paper spine labels (rubbed and torn), vol.3 with manuscript spine lettering, spines worn and torn, board corners and extremities worn, [Norman 1481; PMM 260], Paris, Baudouin, 1806-07-10 § Biot (Jean Baptiste) and Dominique Francois Jean Arago. Recueil d'Observations Geodesiques, Astronomiques et Physiques, first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates, occasional foxing and light browning, first few leaves partially frayed and stained to upper edge and corner owing to lack of top half of upper wrapper, uncut in original wrappers, paper spine label rubbed, spine worn, Paris, Mme. Ve. Courcier, 1821, 4to (4)⁂ First edition of the work which marked the introduction of the international metric system. In 1792 the pre-eminent astronomers Pierre Méchain (1744-1804) and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre (1749-1822) were charged with measuring an arc of the meridien from Dunkirk to Barcelona. The results were presented in this ground-breaking publication. "The length of a metre [...] was marked on a platinum bar, and the unit of weight was also constructed of platinum [...] These original bars remained the basic standards until 1875 and are still preserved in Paris" (PMM).The Recueil of 1821, compiled by Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) and François Arago (1786-1862) on behalf of the French Bureau des Longitudes, contains the extension of the arc to the Balearic Islands, and represents the supplement to the Méchain-Delambre mesaurements. The complete four-volume set rarely appears on the market, and is offered here in a particularly desirable copy in its original wrappers. Contemporary ticket on upper cover of the first 3 volumes of the bookseller and publisher Matteo Margaillan, originally from Briançon (Dauphine), active in Neuchâtel and later in Milan.
Minton Secessionist Ware Art Nouveau Ceramic Vases. The first vase tube lined cream ground with green, blue and red stylised foliate decoration, approx 14 cms nr 17 together with a small tube lined cream ground vase with stylised yellow, red and green foliate decoration, approx 10 cms nr 7. (light crazing evident)
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