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Preisdatenbank abonnierenLouis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Alma PM. Golden brass hardware, brown interior with slot and patch pockets, vachetta handles. Dustbag included. Labeled appropriately. Serial #BA0010. Measures 12" x 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Condition: Good pre-owned condition, with toning, wear and light stains on vachetta from use. Domestic Shipping: $58.00 Min Est. $400.00 Max Est. $500.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Cite MM Bag. Golden brass hardware, brown interior with patch pockets, vachetta handles. Dustbag included. Labeled appropriately. Serial #TH0043. Measures 10" x 6" x 4-1/4". Condition: Pre-owned condition with toning, light staining and wear on vachetta from use. Domestic Shipping: $56.00 Min Est. $450.00 Max Est. $550.00
Five (5) Piece Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Pointed Antique Tea Set. Includes: coffee pot 9-1/2" H, tea pot, sugar, creamer, waste bowl. Signed. Total weight approx. 88.28 troy ounces. Condition: Very good condition with light surface scratches, tea pot with loose handle. No dents, dings or monogram. Domestic Shipping: $105.00 Min Est. $1000.00 Max Est. $2000.00
Louis Vuitton Black Epi Leather St-Jacques Shopping Tote GM. Golden brass hardware, gray suede interior with zippered pocket. Labeled appropriately. Serial #AS0976. Measures 10-1/2" x 11-3/4" x 7". Condition: Gently used pre-owned condition with light wear to bottom edges. Domestic Shipping: $62.00 Min Est. $350.00 Max Est. $450.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Looping MM Bag. Golden brass hardware, beige suede interior. Labeled appropriately. Serial #MI0041. Measures 9-1/2" x 8-1/4" x 4-1/4". Condition: Good condition with light stains and toning on handle, lightly soiled interior. Domestic Shipping: $54.00 Min Est. $350.00 Max Est. $450.00
Vintage Gucci Gold Plated and Enamel Ladies Watch in Associated Dust Bag. Roman numeral, logo and makers mark on dial, genuine lizard band. Face measures 1-3/8" Dia. The gallery does not warranty the running condition of watches. Condition: Needs batteries, light wear to band Domestic Shipping: $32.00 Min Est. $100.00 Max Est. $150.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Coated Canvas Damier Ebene Naviglio Bag. Golden brown hardware, brown cloth interior, canvas straps. Labeled appropriately. Serial #SR1172. Measures 10-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 3". Condition: Gently used, pre-owned with light wear to edges. Domestic Shipping: $58.00 Min Est. $450.00 Max Est. $550.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Coated Canvas Monogram Viva Cite MM Bag. Golden brass hardware, red suede interior with patch pockets, vachetta straps and piping. Labeled appropriately. Serial #DU0074. Measures 11-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 4-3/4". Condition: Gently used, light wear to bottom corners. Light staining on handle from use. Domestic Shipping: $56.00 Min Est. $400.00 Max Est. $500.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Looping MM Bag. Golden brass hardware, beige suede interior. Labeled appropriately. Serial #FL0061. Measures 9-1/2" x 8-1/4" x 4-1/4". Condition: Good condition with light stains and toning on handle. Domestic Shipping: $54.00 Min Est. $350.00 Max Est. $450.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Monogram Keepall 50 Travel Bag. Golden brass hardware, brown interior, vachetta handles. Luggage Tag, Handle Strap, Keys, Cadenas included. Labeled appropriately. Serial # SP0965. Measures 19-3/4" x 24 x 8-1/2". Condition: Pre-owned good condition with light staining to vachetta from use. Domestic Shipping: $95.00 Min Est. $550.00 Max Est. $650.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Monogram Coated Canvas Trouville Bag. Golden brass hardware, beige interior with patch pockets, vachetta handles. Labeled appropriately. Serial #VI1014. Measures 11" x 8-1/2" x 4-1/2". Condition: Pre-owned condition with toning, wear and light soiling to vachetta from use. Domestic Shipping: $58.00 Min Est. $400.00 Max Est. $500.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Looping MM Bag. Golden brass hardware, beige suede interior. Labeled appropriately. Serial #FL0011. Measures 9-1/2" x 8-1/4" x 4-1/4". Condition: Gently used with light wear to bottom edges, toning to handle from use. Domestic Shipping: $58.00 Min Est. $350.00 Max Est. $450.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Coated Canvas Damier Ebene Naviglio Bag. Golden brown hardware, red/orange cloth interior, canvas straps. Labeled appropriately. Serial #SR1172. Measures 10-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 3". Condition: Pre-owned, light soiling on interior, light wear to edges. Domestic Shipping: $58.00 Min Est. $450.00 Max Est. $550.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Looping MM Bag. Golden brass hardware, beige suede interior. Labeled appropriately. Serial #FL0061. Measures 9-1/2" x 8-1/4" x 4-1/4". Condition: Good condition with light stains and toning on handle. Domestic Shipping: $54.00 Min Est. $350.00 Max Est. $450.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Keepall 50 Travel Bag. Golden brass hardware, brown interior, vachetta handles. Luggage Tag, Handle Strap included. Labeled appropriately. Serial # SP0954. Measures 19-3/4" x 24 x 8-1/2". Condition: Pre-owned condition, with light stains and toning to vachetta. Domestic Shipping: $95.00 Min Est. $450.00 Max Est. $550.00
Louis Vuitton Brown Canvas Monogram Speedy 25 Bag. Golden brass hardware, brown interior with slot pocket, vachetta handles. Cadenas, Keys included. Labeled appropriately. Serial #SP0994. Measures 9-3/4" x 7-1/4" x 5-3/4". Condition: Pre-owned Gently used condition with light wear to corners, toning to vachetta. Domestic Shipping: $56.00 Min Est. $350.00 Max Est. $450.00
A 1969 Daimler 250 V8 automatic saloon, registration number YHN 448G, Sable. This has covered a believed 87,000 miles from new, and has recently been re-commissioned after a 19 year slumber. Prior to its hibernation, some welding and body preparation was carried out but never completed. We are advised that the crows feet and the rest of the underbody are in sound condition, with a light covering of underseal. The interior is original with the driver's seat in need of localised repair. Coming to auction with receipts and old MOTs. V5C, MOT and tax exempt See illustration
A 1973 Jaguar XJ6 Series II, registration number DBY 772M, chassis number 2N1905BW, engine number 7L74112S, Greensand. This well presented Jaguar was originally supplied by Henlys Ltd, Hendon, London to its first owner a Mr L L Lee was registered with Mr Lee's personal registration number LLL 1. The Jaguar cost Mr Lee £3,843.50 which included the fitting of the optional extras of electric windows £51.50, underbody protection £23.10 and front and rear mudflaps £14.86. Mr Lee was the owner of APT Controls Ltd the manufacturer of a traffic control light system who would own the Jaguar until 1997. The car changed hands and the private plate was retained and the Jaguar was registered DBY 772M. There is an extensive history file accompanying the XJ6 with the original Henly's bill of sale, receipts from Mr Lee's ownership, an advert for Mr Lee's company where the Jaguar featured, MOTs from September 1977 to March 2007 which confirms the mileage at just over 110,700 miles, receipts, the original owner's wallet with the Passport to Service, previous tax discs and spare keys. DBY 772M is still finished in its original colour scheme of Greensand with olive green leather interior. In remarkable original condition, this early Series II with continuous owner history offers a tremendous opportunity to purchase a still undervalued Jaguar. V5C, MOT and tax exempt See illustrations
Gould (John). A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America, 1850, 32 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Gould and H.C. Richter, printed by Hullmandel and Walton, slight fraying to a few fore margins, a few small marginal repairs, some light spotting, a couple of small holes to text leaf for first plate, 19th century Henry Sotheran bookseller label to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine relaid, edges a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (sheet size 55 x 36.5 cm) Anker 176; Great Bird Books, page 78; Nissen IVB 346. First edition of Gould's first monograph on game birds, dedicated to the ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, author of American Ornithology. Gould added 24 new species to the 11 American partridges previously recorded, many of which are illustrated and described here for the first time. (1)
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and the Isles thereof..., Revised, Corrected, and Inlarged by the Author himself immediately before his Death, London: Philip Chetwind, 1670, additional engraved title (with stain to lower margin and ink stamp to verso, with light show-through), letterpress title printed in red and black, four folding engraved maps only (of 5, includes map of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with California shown as an Island), lacking double-hemisphere map, each map with ink stamps to verso and ink stamp to upper margin of B1, occasional browning and spotting, endpapers renewed, front pastedown with bookplate and partially removed library label, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, library gilt stamp and classification number at foot of spine, folio Wing H1693. (1)
Vegetius Renatus (Flavius). De re militari libri quatuor, [edited by Gottschalk Stewech], Leiden: Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1592, 2 parts in one, [16], 320; [16], 480, [31] pages, title with printer's woodcut device, numerous woodcut illustrations showing siege equipment and tactics, fortifications, weaponry, battle formations etc., including one folding at end, some light spotting, contemporary full calf gilt, later red morocco spine label, rubbed and slight wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo Adams V337. Second edition with Stewech's commentary. (1)
Ramsay (David, of South-Carolina). The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Trenton, Isaac Collins, 1785, five folding engraved maps by Thomas Abernethie (with a couple of short closed tears), Sketch of the Operations before Charleston map in the second state (with 'Approatches' corrected), lacking volume II title and both half titles, some light offsetting and spotting, light marginal water stain to a fw leaves in volume II, endpapers renewed, contemporary tree calf, modern calf rebacks, red stain to volume I lower cover, a little rubbed, 8vo Howes R36; Sabin 67690. Ramsay's account of the Revolutionary War in the South was mainly derived from the British Annual Register, the maps being amongst the earliest examples of indigenous American cartography. This work, and Ramsay's History of the American Revolution (1789) were the first two books to receive copyright in the United States (in 1790). (2)
Denham (Major Dixon & Captain Hugh Clapperton). Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823 and 1824, 1st edition, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map and 36 engraved maps and plates (one hand-coloured), some light spotting and offsetting, a few small library blindstamps, bookplate, modern calf, spine with black label and gilt decoration, 4to Lowndes I, page 629. Oudney and Clapperton set out from Tripoli in 1822 to discover the course of the Niger, later joined by Denham, whose "arrogance, malice and contempt for his colleagues from the start soured relations between them" (ODNB). They reached as far south as Lake Chad and Kuka (later Kukwa), captital of Bornu. (1)
Bentley (Charles & Robert Hermann Schomburgk). Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana: From Drawings Executed by Mr. Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society of London, and aided by Her Majesty's Government, Ackermann & Co., 1841, additional hand-coloured title, dedication with gold printed coat of arms of the Duke of Devonshire, list of subscribers, engraved map with outline colour, 12 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, wood-engraved vignettes, a little light spotting and a few short closed tears and one or two small chips, original pictorial wrappers, rebacked, lightly rubbed and stained with some edge wear, contained in later cloth portfolio, cloth ties, folio (545 x 355 mm), with two loosely inserted manuscript letters from Sir Robert Schomburgk, one dated 1847 (both declining invitations to visit due to previous engagements) Abbey Travel 720; Sabin 77796; Tooley 447. "Schomburgk, who in a subsequent expedition laid down the Schomburgk line, dividing British Guiana from Venezuela, was knighted in 1844" (Abbey). During the expedition, Schomburgk discovered the Victoria Regia giant water lily (depicted on the front cover and additional title) and was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal for his scientific work. (1)
Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, from drawings made on the spot, with historical descriptions by George Croly, 6 volumes bound in 4, 1st edition, F. G. Moon, 1842-9, 6 tinted lithographic vignette titles and 241 full- or half-page tinted lithographic plates by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, all with fine later hand-colouring, lithographic portrait by Baugniet, 2 maps, bound in a different order from Abbey and Tooley's copies; 2 text leaves lacking in The Holy Land ('Description of title-page vignettes of Volumes II and III' and 'Bethlehem'), all plates, text and maps mounted on linen guards, interleaved throughout, expertly washed, very light residual spotting or damp-staining to margins of The Holy Land plates 10, 20, 25, 45, 52 and Egypt & Nubia plates 2 (vignette title) and 11, stronger spotting to Egypt & Nubia plate 8, margins and text of plates 15, 17 and 19, and versos of 9 and 10 (Abbey's numbering), discreet marginal repairs to Holy Land plate 45 and Egypt & Nubia plate 52, Egypt & Nubia plate 89 offset onto facing text leaf ('Idumea'), all edges gilt, 20th-century green crushed half morocco gilt by J. May, matching leather-entry slipcases (slightly rubbed), elephant folio (60 x 46 cm) Abbey Travel 385 & 272 (coloured issue), Tooley 401-2. A bright and attractive set of a work considered 'one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and ... the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph' (Abbey). (4)
Andrews (W.S.). Illustrations of the West Indies, Description of the Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Florida, volume II only, Day & Son, [1861], title and 80 pages of text, 22 tinted lithographed plates, mostly after Thomas Dutton, including two double-page, one plate detached, first few leaves of text a little chipped to fore-edges, some light spotting and one or two small repairs to letterpress, one or two plates with minor loss to outer blank corners, presentation inscription to front endpaper 'Sarah Gilford from her brother Jacob, April 3rd 1868', all edges gilt, original blindstamped brown cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a few light stains, oblong folio Sabin 1517. The second volume of Andrews' rare views of the West Indies (volume one containing only 8 uncoloured lithographic profiles of islands, aside from text). Only 3 copies have appeared at auction since 1981 (two of which were sold by Dominic Winter in 2012 and 2013). The author was a captain in the Royal Navy. (1)
Bowler (Thomas William). The Kafir Wars and the British Settlers in South Africa. With descriptive letterpress by W.R. Thomson, 1st edition, 1865, chromolithographed frontispiece and 19 tinted lithographed plates, a few detached, a few light marginal spots, 1882 presentation inscription to front endpaper, original blindstamped cloth, light wear at spine ends and corners, 4to Not in Abbey or Tooley. Bradlaw & Gordon-Brown, pages 195-198. Mendelssohn I, 176-77. This work is considered to be amongst Bowler's finest, particularly the views of Port Elizabeth and its harbour. From a geographical point of view, Bowler's Kaffir War series cannot be overestimated, containing as it does views of Port Elizabeth, Graham's Town, Kowie, Fort Beaufort, Waterkloof, Blinkwater Drift, Wolf River, King William's Town and elsewhere. (1)
Lily (George), Britanniae insulae quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Bibernia adiacente nova descriptio, Rome, 1558, uncoloured engraved map with the Sebastiano de Re da Chioggia imprint, orientated to the west with Ireland in the north, two panels with Latin text describe Ireland and Britain with a third containing the title, borders trimmed with new margins added, 400 x 550 mm R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, 63. This map is a close copy of the first separately printed map of the whole of the British Isles produced twelve years earlier by George Lily. Its overall scale is reduced by about a third from the 1546 state. The outline of England and Wales is based on a map of 1540 by Sebastian Munster. Many more place names and distinct topographical features are included. Ireland is still largely shapeless but Scotland is depicted with remarkable accuracy. This precise geographical depiction of Scotland is possible because Lily was able to consult a map of Scotland drawn by John Elden and presented to Henry VIII in 1538. Elden is known to have been in Rome in 1538. It is also possible that Lily had access to Hector Boece's Scotorium Historiae and a map thought to have been made by Alexander Lindsay while accompanying James V of Scotland of a tour of the kingdom. A striking feature of this map is that it uses distinctive and conventional signs to show county capitals and towns and the status of archepiscopal and episcopal sees. Oddly neither Oxford, Gloucester or Peterborough are marked as an episcopal see even though they were made so between 1541 and 1542. Shirley speculates that this omission could suggest that a pre 1541 map was used as a source, but could also betray the author's reluctance to acknowledge the newly created sees in light of the recent conflict between Rome and the English Crown. A rare map in remarkably good condition. (1)
Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio...., Nunc postrem• recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title with small tear and loss to fore margin, woodcut Royal arms to letterpress title, additional title and two folding engraved maps by William Rogers (a little frayed at margins), eight full-page engraved illustrations, several woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, lacking final blank 3N4, early leaves close-trimmed at top margin with water stains, some light soiling and a few annotations, endpapers, modern panelled brown calf, small 4to STC 4507. The fifth edition and the first with maps. (1)
Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum. Or, an Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ'd in Travels thro' Great Britain. Illustrated with Copper Prints. Centuria I, 1st edition, 1724, engraved frontispiece and 100 engraved plates, including four double-page (plate 53 cropped to plate number), closed tear to gutter margin of title at head, occasional light spotting and toning to plates (generally in very good condition), all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf, elaborate gilt and blind decorative border to boards and gilt decoration to spine, upper joint cracked, folio Upcott xxx. (1)
Borlase (William). The Natural History of Cornwall, 1st edition, Oxford: for the author, 1758, engraved folding map, 28 engraved plates, errata leaf, faint spotting and offsetting, engraved bookplate of Paul Panton to front pastedown and contemporary annotation to front free endpaper (see note), contemporary reversed calf, blind panels to sides, joints superficially split but firm, light stripping and wear, a few small marks, folio (35.5 x 22 cm) Provenance: Paul Panton (1731-1797), Welsh barrister and antiquary, one of the subscribers to the work, with his armorial bookplate and annotation to front free endpaper. Paul Panton was educated as Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Through marriage, he inherited the estate of William Jones as Plas Gwyn, Anglesey. He took a keen interest in the development of local lead mines and collieries at Holywell, and became Sheriff of Flintshire in 1770, and of Anglesey in 1771. Like his friend Thomas Pennant, he was a keen antiquarian, and student of early Welsh literature. His extensive collection of Welsh manuscripts were contained in nearly 100 volumes, and included those left to him by the Welsh poet and antiquary Evan Evans. Upcott 86-8. (1)
Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum: Or, An Account of the Antiquities, and Remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, Observed in Travels through Great Britain, 2 parts (Centuria I & II) in 2 volumes, 2nd edition, with large additions, 1776, engraved frontispiece to first volume only, 2 folding engraved maps, 206 engraved plates (including two folding & one folding), light stain to upper margin of 2C2 (verso) of first volume, contemporary calf gilt, contrasting green & red morocco labels to spines, joints a little cracked, folio Upcott xxx. The work contains a mezzotint plate of the appearance of the total solar eclipse from Haradon Hill on May 11, 1724. (2)
Cary (John, and Smith, William), A New Map of Durham divided into Wards exhibiting its roads, rivers, parks &c, 1831, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, engraved vignette of Durham cathedral, table of explanation, and geological identification code, some light staining, 495 x 550 mm, contemporary green cloth boards with gilt title to upper siding, boards faded and a little stained The noted cartographer, engraver and publisher John Cary (1755-1835) collaborated with William Smith, 'the father of English geology', on a number of his geological projects, notably the 1815 Map and geological sections (1817-1819). Cary had previously produced large, topographical county maps for his New and Correct English Atlas and the plates which were being prepared for a new edition were instead adapted to accommodate Smith's detailed geology, the first set of geological maps being issued in 1819. This is the second state which although coloured using William Smith's geology, gives no acknowledgement to Smtih at all. Scarce. (1)NB: Two engraved railway lines appear on this map, (north-west from Hartlepool towards Durham and north-west from Stockton and Darlington towards Hamsterley), suggesting that this revised, and possibly unrecorded, issue of the map which most likely dates from the early 1840s.
Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 1st edition, Cambridge, 1639, additional engraved title, 'A declaration of the Frontispiece' leaf present, folding engraved map, a few marginal wormtracks and holes, occasional light toning, small bookplate, later calf, a little rubbed, folio STC 11464. (1)
English Civil War. A Discoursive Coniecture upon the reasons that..., by Calybute Downing, L.L.D. Pastor of Hackney, London: Printed by Richard Hearne for John Partridge, 1641, [2], 42 pages, few short closed tears to first and last leaves, lacking final blank (G2), light dust-soiling, (Wing D2103), together with The Petition of the Lords and Commons in Parliament, delivered to His Maiesty the 16 day of July 1642. Together with His Maiesties Answer thereunto..., London: Printed by Edward Griffin, 1642, 8 pages, margins frayed, some dust-soiling and spotting, (Wing E2172), with New Observations dedicated to the Kings most excellent Majestie, from all his Loving Subjects concerning Peace. And Humbly Presented to the Honorable House of Commons for their incouragement to the perfection of that good worke of Peace and Union in the Church and State. By J.B. Ca.Pe., [London]: Printed for George Tomlinson, 1642, 8 pages, dust-soiled, (Wing B116), plus four other similar pamphlets, all disbound 4to (7)
English Civil War. A Sermon Preached to the Honorable House of Commons; at their late solemne fast, December, 28. Wherein is described 1. The church her patience: 2. Her hope. In the exercise of both which graces, she is enabled to waite upon God in the way of his judgements: in which divers cases are propounded and resolved. That the soul sick of love, doth with more difficulty endure the absence of Christ, then the present evils of this world. By Thomas Valentine, Rector of Chalfont in Buckinghamshire, printed for Samuel Man, 1643, [2],50pp., early signature and light dampstain to upper blank margin, (Wing V26), bound with Two Sermons Preached: one before the Right Honorable House of Lords, on their publick fast, May 26. 1647. The other, before the Honorable House of Commons, on their publick fast, in Margarets Church in Westminster, Septemb. 29. 1647. By Thomas Valentine one of the Assembly of Divines, and Minister in Chalfort in the County of Bucks, printed by M.S. for John Rothwell, 1647, [2],30pp., title torn with loss to upper outer corner, B1 torn at foot with slight loss and B4 torn to lower outer corner with loss, some browning and spotting, bound with Christs Counsell to Poore and naked Soules, that they might bee well furnished with pure Gold, and richly clad with white Raiment. Delivered in a Sermon before the Honourable House of Commons at their publique fast, in Margarets Church in Westminster, Septemb. 29, 1647. By Thomas Valentine, one of the Assembly of Divines, and minister of Chalfout [sic] in the Countie of Buckingham, John Rothwell, 1647, [4],22,[2], final leaf blank, dampstained, (Wing V25), bound with Parsley (Henry), A Sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Whitchurch, October the 15th. 1691. at Chalfont St. Peter's. By Henry Parsley, A.M. Rector of Hodgerley, in the County of Bucks, printed by W. and J. Wilde, for G. Conyers, 1692, [4],28pp., thick line border at foot of title shaved, dust-soiled, (Wing P559C), together 4 17th century pamphlets bound in late 19th century dark brown half sheep, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, slim 4to (1)
Davila (Enrico Caterino). The Historie of the Civill Warres of France, 1st English edition, 1647, imprimatur leaf, title with large woodcut device, bound without dedication (removed by parliamentary order as often), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, errata leaf at end, occasional early marginalia, a couple of lower corners torn away, some light water stains and soiling, presentation inscription stating the book was a gift from Lady Margaret Scudamore [1640-1715] in 1684, endpapers sometime renewed, contemporary calf, old reback, a little rubbed, folio Wing D413. (1)
Sanderson (William). A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles from His Cradle to His Grave, 1st edition, 1658, engraved portraits of King Charles and William Sanderson, a little light spotting and a few burn marks, one or two closed marginal tears, contemporary previous owner signature of Marianne Milles at head of title, armorial bookplate of Lady Frances Scott, contemporary calf, modern calf reback, a little rubbed, small thick folio Wing S646, ESTC R5305. (1)
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). Les Dix Livres d'Architecture de Vitruve, edited and translated by Claude Perrault, Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1684, engraved additional title, 68 plates including 8 double-page, engraved head- and tail-pieces, woodcuts to text, scattered spotting or light browning, small closed tear to foremargin of 2Q1 not affecting text, contemporary ink ownership name of 'Jonat. Richardson' to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, some edge and corner wear, modern morocco reback with red morocco spine label and seven raised bands, folio (430 x 285mm) The second Perrault edition, and Brunet argues, with Perrault's scholarly commentary and translation is more complete than the first edition of 1673 and therefore preferable. Fowler 418 (notes). Provenance: Believed to be Jonathan Richardson the Younger (1694-1771), collector and son of the famous painter of the same name. (1)
Picinelli (Filippo). Mundus symbolicus, in latinum traductus a Augustino Erath, Cologne: Hermann Demen, 1687, 2 volumes in 1, half-title, engraved allegorical title page, engraved vignette to letterpress title, 41 further vignettes in the text, with the final blank, light browning, marginal spotting, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, rubbed and dust-soiled, folio (35.5 x 21.5 cm Landwehr, German Emblem Books 480, VD17 23:000499N. First published in Italian as Mondo simbolico, in 1653. (1)
Fabretti (Raphaele). De Columna Traiani Syntagma, 2nd edition, Rome, 1690, title with woodcut device, two double page plates (one browned, as often), woodcut illustrations, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary annotation at foot of title, all edges red, contemporary vellum, red label to spine with small shelf number stamps at ends, light soiling, folio Cicognara 3710. (1)
Sale (George). The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse, 1st edition, 1734, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map of Arabia, folding plan of Mecca, three engraved genealogical tables (two folding), occasional light soiling and toning, fading previous owner signature at head of title, modern panelled calf gilt, 4to First edition of Sale's Qur'an, the first English translation to be made direct from the Arabic. It is preceded only by Alexander Ross's attempt in 1649, which used a French translation by the Sieur du Ryer published the previous year. (1)
Virgilius Maro (Publius). Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes, by John Martyn, F.R.S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, 2 volumes, R. Reily for T. Osborne, 1749, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and letterpress title in red & black, four hand-coloured engraved maps (including one folding and one double-page double-hemisphere map), 12 hand-coloured or printed colour engraved plates, occasional light toning & spotting, armorial bookplates, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Hunt 517 (original edition of the Georgics only). Latin text of Virgil's pastoral and agricultural poetry with English translation and natural history notes by the botanist John Martyn (1699-1768), of which the Georgics first appeared in 1741 and the Bucolics in 1749. "The notes discuss in considerable detail the proper identification of the plants mentioned by the poet . . . It was one of the works on which the reputation of John Martyn rested". (2)
Ensched‚ (Joannes). Proef van letteren, welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche lettergietery van J. Ensched‚, 1st edition, Haarlem: Joannes Ensched‚, 1768, 32 pp. introduction ('Voor-bericht'), 79 leaves of type specimens printed rectos only ('including the 'Canon Hebreeuwsch' and 'Text Armenisch' leaves), section-title ('Oude Hollande letteren') preceding the final 3 type-specimen leaves (see note), 8 pp. 'Lyst der Prizen' to rear, 7 engraved plates by Adolf van der Laan or Cornelis van Noorde, including frontispiece and folding view of the Ensched‚ type foundry, light spotting and browning to a handful of leaves, later engraved armorial bookplate of Robert W. Webb, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco richly gilt, spine sunned and rubbed, short crack to head of front joint, light wear to tips, light rubbing to rear board, 8vo (21.1 x 12.3 cm) Bigmore & Wyman, A Bibliography of Printing, I page 202 'A very interesting and fine specimen book', Lane & Lommen, Dutch Typefounders' Specimens, 10. A crisp copy in a fine contemporary binding, notably retaining the 'Canon Hebreeuwsch' leaf, often lacking, and all seven engraved plates. A few commercial records call for 80 specimen leaves, a figure which appears to include the section-title 'Oude Hollande letteren'. (1)
Eichhorn (Johann Gottfried). Monumenta Antiquissimae Historiae Arabum, post Albertum Schultensium collegit ediditque cum Latina versione et animadversionibus Jo. Gottfr. Eichhorn, 1st edition, Gotha, C.G. Ettinger, 1775, [8] + 216 pages printed in latin and arabic, complete with 13 genealogical tables printed on 12 sheets, some spotting to title and preliminary leaves and light spotting to tables at end, bookseller's ticket of Arthur Probsthain, London to front pastedown, 19th century half calf gilt, rubbed to joints and extremities, 8vo See Sotheby's, Library of Camille Aboussouan, lot 304. Important first edition of the German orientalist and theologian Johann Eichhorn's text, based on the writings of Albert Schultens and containing extracts from the work of early Islamic scholar Ibn Qutaybah (828-889 CE), printed with Arabic types. (1)
French Revolution - The Marseillaise. Bulletin de la Convention Nationale. S‚ance du 26 messidor, l'an III de la R‚publique francaise une et indivisible, [14 July 1795], 8 pages of printed text, some light marks and minor soiling, untrimmed, stitched in modern plain wrappers, slim 8vo The first printing of the text of the French national anthem, following its adoption as the chant national by the Revolutionary Convention. The Marseillaise was written by Rouget de Lisle during the night of the 25th April 1792 in Strasbourg, and adopted as a marching song by Marseille volunteers on 10th August 1792 when the constitutional monarchy was revoked. The song quickly took hold across the country and became known as the Marseillaise. First chosen by the National Convention as Hymne officiel in 1793, it was declared the national nathem on 14th July 1795. The text of Rouget de Lisle's words as well as the text of Voltaire's Choeur Patriotique are transcribed in full, and is preceded by the stated wish of the National Convention to sustain 'l'‚nergie des vrais r‚publicains, en proclamant solemnellement les principes sacr‚s qui ont renvers‚ les bastilles le 14 juillet, et la royaut‚ le 10 Ao–t'. (1)
Racinet (Auguste). Polychromatic Ornament ... comprising upwards of Two Thousand Specimens of the Various Styles of Ancient, Oriental, and Medieval Art, and including the Renaissance and the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 1st edition in English, Henry Sotheran and Co., 1873, 100 chromolithographic plates, many heightened with silver or gold, light spotting to initial text leaves, a few plates faintly oxidised or marked in margins, all edges gilt, contemporary crushed red morocco by Francis Bedford, titles and decorative quatrefoils gilt to spine compartments, foliate cornerpieces gilt to boards within gilt and blind frames, small section of wear to top edge of front board, folio (38.5 x 26 cm) An exceptionally bright copy of Racinet's magnificent pattern book, in full red morocco gilt by Francis Bedford (1799-1883), the leading English bookbinder of his time. (1)
Qur'an. Illuminated manuscript Qur'an, Ottoman territories: colophon signed 'Abdullah Rushdi, AH 1260 [1844/5 AD], Arabic manuscript in black ink on burnished and sized laid paper, 304 unfoliated leaves + 2 blanks, 16 lines of naskh script to the page, opening spread with floral border in blue, purple and gold, the rest of the text within simple black and gold frames, surah-headings in white on gold ground, rubricated recitation markers throughout the text, polychrome rosettes to margins, catch-words, occasional light marginal soiling, a few smudges to text, a handful of chips and closed tears to edges, old marginal repairs to initial blank and leaf 10, narrow tear in leaf 242 affecting frame only, marbled endpapers, contemporary red morocco, envelope flap, gilt filigree decoration, slightly rubbed, matching red morocco slipcase, rubbed, with green cloth pull (split), 8vo (17.8 x 11.2 cm) Provenance: Private Collection, England. The Qur'anic text ends on the penultimate leaf; the final leaf contains a closing prayer and a colophon signed by an 'Abdullah Rushdi, who describes himself as a pupil of Hafiz 'Ali al-Fahmi. (1)
Qur'an. Illuminated manuscript Qur'an, Qajar Iran, early 19th century, Arabic manuscript in black ink on burnished and sized laid paper, 377 unfoliated leaves + 11 blanks, mainly 15 lines of naskh script to the page, 3 spreads (including opening spread) with full gilt and polychrome illumination comprising elaborate lobed panels enclosing floral scrolls, text panels ruled and framed in gilt and colours, rubricated recitation markers and gilt roundel verse-markers throughout the text, gilt medallions and rubricated ruku' and other divisional markings to margins, surah-headings in white on blue ground within orange frames, catch-words, occasional smudging, light finger-soiling to lower outer corners as often, a few old repairs in gutter, short closed tears in gutter of first and last leaves, contemporary and slightly later marginalia in Arabic and Persian, first leaf recto and final leaf verso (both blank) with contemporary annotations in Persian and Turkish and ink-stamps of one Muhammad 'Abbas (dated AH 1272, i.e. 1855/6) and Ibn Muhammad 'Abbas, contemporary Qajar floral lacquer binding with envelope-flap and doublures, red sheep backstrip, faint craquelure, a little wear to extremities, superficial cracks to leather on spine, joints sometime reinforced, 8vo (20.7 x 14 cm) Provenance: Private Collection, England. (1)
Camers (Joannes). Commentaria in C. Iulii Solini Polyhistora, et Lucii Flori De Romanorum rebus gestis, libros, ac Tabulam Cebetis ... praeterea Pomponii Melae De orbis situ libri tres, cum commentariis Ioachimi Vadiani, Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1557, woodcut initials, toning, occasional light spotting, ink-stamps of the Cabinet du marquis de Montpeyroux and related inscriptions to title page and colophon leaf, related inscription and effaced label to front pastedown, title page with additional ink-stamp 'Museum Rem. Faesch, Basil' verso, bound using leaf from a late 13th/early 14th-century vellum manuscript copy of Jacobus da Viragine's Legenda Aurea, decorated with puzzle initials in red and blue bodycolour, slightly rubbed and soiled overall, later manuscript spine-title and manuscript shelf-mark label, loss to spine-ends, some wear on raised bands, faint ink-stamp to foot of front cover, pastedowns lifting to reveal flesh-side, folio (31.5 x 19.5 cm) Adams S1395, VD16 S6970. The late 13th or early 14th century vellum manuscript leaf used to bind this copy contains sections from chapters 70, 72 and 82 of Jacobus da Viragine's Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), respectively 'De letania maiori et minori', 'De Adscensione Domini', and 'De sanctis Vito et Modesto'. (1)
*Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703). A Clerk's copy letter, signed 'S. Pepys', 1 February 1695/6, to Cousin [Major Thomas] Aungier, concering affairs relating to Christ's Hospital, beginning, 'I thank you for yours by ye Penny-Post this day, & for ye Enclosed Papers of News. Of which latter, I send you back ye Written one ab[ou]t ye Act for Garbling, together with that which you lately sent me ab[ou]t ye Demands at ye Parish of Christ-church make of ye Hosp[ita]l as not knowing but you may have future use for both. Let me only observe one new Instance therein, of ye Effects of our late extravaganeys in Building, with reference to ye Parish-Houses call'd down for ye sake of ye Mathe[matica]l. & of ye Shops & Houses new-built under ye Cover of our New Writing-Schools. When ye whole hereon & the other Points shall be adjusted betw[ee]n them & us, I shan't forget to call for a Copy of it', continuing in the same vein, with names mentioned including Mr Oxwick, Plumb, Dr Sloane and (?)Iverso, then writing, 'I don't doubt but Capt. Stapleton (now he hath found ye way to you) will visit you again. If not, what I told you I would propose to him, of setting an Example to all others of ye Children of ye King's Foundac[i]on, who shall come to Advancem[en]t in ye King's Service, of wearing their Founders cognizance or Badge, after their so coming in to ye Service of ye Crown; which I should be very glad he might have the honour of beginning, & my selfe have the pleasure of presenting him with ye first that shall be so born, as having been my Child. I say, if he should not in a little time give you an opportunity of proposing it to him, I shall apply my selfe elsewhere first; I think it not only in itselfe so honourable, but a means, likely (beyond any thing else) to be of use to ye whole Found[acio]n it, by distinguishing them from ye Herd of Com[m]on Mariners: And thereby manifesting ye Title they have by their Education, to Preference in ye King's Service before any other not so related thereto; besides ye Necessity it will alsoe in a great measure bring upon them of endeavouring to distinguish themselves by their merits & vertues, in proproc[i]on to ye honour they receive from that Badge, in Conjunction with their Com[m]iss[io]ns; that I shall unwillingly lose any time in me getting it (for their sakes) putt in Executions. And knowing him descended of so eminent a Family as he is, I should think it much more desirable for him, as a Gent[lema]n to have ye honour of begin[n]ing it, than be driven to take it up, when begun by others of less Quality than himselfe', suggesting he may communicate this to Lady Vavasour and Mr Topham, neatly written in a brown ink in a clear hand on three pages and three lines at the top of the fourth page, with Pepys's distinctive signature beneath sentiment, two sheets of laid paper with watermark of the City of London arms on one sheet and 'EB' on the other, some overall light browning, folio (300 x 190mm) The letter is accompanied by a photograph of a typed letter from R.W. Ladborough, Pepysian Librarian at Magdalene College, Cambridge, 19 January 1967. The letter is addressed to Roger Goodenough concerning the letter and noting: '1. Full information about the connexion of the Angiers with Pepys is given by W.H. Whitear's More Pepysiana, London, Simpkin Marshall, 1927, at pp. 9-12. (There is a copy in the Pepys reference Library). 2. The enclosed letter is a copy, probably written by Pepys's clerk, but signed by Pepys himself, the recipient was, I think, John Angiers who would appear to have been governor of Christ's Hospital. (See Whitear, opposite p. 12). There is other correspondence between this Angiers and Pepys at the British Museum (Add. MSS 20732). So far as I can ascertain, this letter has not been published.' The letter is it appears addressed not to John Angier but to (Major) Thomas Aungier, described as both 'nephew' and 'cozen', and a member of the School Committee of Christ's Hospital. The letters held by the British Library are those between John Angiers and Samuel Pepys, 1694-95, and relating to Christ's Hospital. In 1673 Pepys was involved with the establishment of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, which was to train 40 boys annually in navigation, for the benefit of the Royal Navy and the English Merchant Navy. In 1675 he was appointed a Governor of Christ's Hospital and for many years he took a close interest in its affairs. Among his papers are two detailed memoranda on the administration of the school. In 1699, after the successful conclusion of a seven-year campaign to get the master of the Mathematical School replaced by a man who knew more about the sea, he was rewarded for his service as a Governor by being made a Freeman of the City of London. (1)
Henry VII Year Books. [Anni Regis Henrici Septimi. Quibus accesserunt annus primus et secundus de noua et valde bona collatione. Ac etiam, annus decimus, undecimus, decimus tertius, decimus sextus, et vigesimus, nunquam ante hac ‘diti. Anno Domini 1555, Richard Tottell, 1555], [i.e. 1563?], law reports from 1-16, 20 and 21 Henry VII, separate paginations with continuous register, black letter, woodcut initials, lacks title-page, occasional contemporary and later ink marginalia and underscoring, peppered wormholes (mostly at front and rear), a few mostly marginal closed tears, some light old damp-staining, 23 lines of manuscript verse quotations [from William Bullein's Dialogue Against the Fever Pestilence] in brown ink in an unidentified contemporary hand to first front free endpaper recto (watermark of hand with a flower on laid paper), contemporary blind-stamped calf over boards, with central lattice panel of diamonds within a rolled border of repeated motifs of female heads within roundels and floral decoration, ownership monogram blind stamp of 'F.B.' to centre of both covers, remains of one brass clasp only, some rubbing and wear with scattered worm holes, neatly rebacked with remains of spine relaid, folio (280 x 190mm) Provenance: An unidentified 16th century English collector, here quoting from William Bullein's Dialogue against the Fever. Beale R408; STC 9223.5. The Year Books are the earliest law reports of England, forming a continuous series from 1268 to 1535, and covering the reigns of King Edward I to Henry VIII. Richard Tottel produced the majority of sixteenth-century printed Year Books, a great many being published between the years 1556 and 1572. William Bullein (c. 1515-1576), physician, published his last and most popular work, A Dialogue Against the Fever Pestilence, in 1564. 'This work saw him move away from the overwhelmingly medical concerns of his previous writing, and extend his use of dialogue beyond the didactic to a more lively style in which he mixed medicine, morality, and entertainment. Like the authors of many plague tracts, Bullein takes the epidemic as his starting point for a broad criticism of the sins of society, attacking engrossing and enclosure in the countryside and the sudden charity of the afflicted, and parodying hypocritical and atheistic physicians and apothecaries, and the desperation of usurious merchants when faced by death.' (Oxford DNB). The manuscript verses begin: 'How the cardinal came of nought / and his prelacie sold and bought / And where such prelate be, springe of love degree, / And spirituall dignitee / farewell begninitee, / farewell simplicitee, farewell humanitee, farewell good charitee'. The final two lines are: 'but or thei enter if they have lerned nought / afterward is vertue the least of theyr thought'. The quotations are taken from one long speech by the character Crispinus who recounting his visit to Parnassus, repeats some verses he heard spoken by a number of famous poets from the previous two hundred years. The four poets 'quoted' here are John Skelton (an attack on Cardinal Wolsey), Geoffrey Chaucer, John Lydgate and Bartley. The small variations in wording between the early editions suggests that this, if not copied from a manuscript, was transcribed from the first edition of 1564, rather than the later editions of 1573 or 1578: See Mark W. Bullen & A.H. Bullen (editors), A Dialogue against the Fever Pestilence by William Bullein, from the Edition of 1578, Collated with the Earlier Editions of 1564 and 1573, Trbner, 1888, pages 16-18. All editions are rare and only three copies of the first edition are located: two imperfect copies at the British Library and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and a possibly unique complete copy at the Huntington Library, California. That copy, used by the editors of the (fourth) 1888 edition had been part of the Britwell/Heber Collection, acquired by Huntington from the Britwell Court library sale in 1919. (1)
*Wellesley (Arthur, Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852). An unpublished autograph dispatch signed 'Wellington', Cea, 17 April 1810, 'No. 23', to Admiral Nathaniel Berkeley, in full, 'Sir, there is a man by the name of Stephen Bromley who had deserted from the 4th Dragoons now in charge of the Provost Marshal at Lisbon; and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me know whether you will receive him into one of His Majesty's ships, if he should be discharged from the Service. He is a stout man, and has not been guilty of any crime which renders him infamous. I shall be much obliged to you if you will send to England by the first opportunity one officer, four Sergeants and sixty Privates of the 28th Light Dragoons respecting whose passage the Assistant Quarter Master General will apply to the Agent of Transports', Admiral Berkeley's 4-line manuscript reply written vertically at foot of page 2, 'That we will receive the man on board H.M.S., and that if the officers and men of the 23rd Lt. Dr. are ready they shall proceed to England on Wednesday morning', 2 pages with integral blank, laid paper with Whatman watermark date of 1808, folio After halting the French advance in Portugal at Busaco, 27th September 1810, Wellington and his army retreated behind the defensive Lines of Torres Vedras. Wellington had his headquarters at Viseu from 17th February 1810, but on 14th April 1810 moved them to Cea, in order to improve communications with his front line troops. Wellington himself reached Cea on 15th April, but it was immediately apparent to him (letter to General Crauford, 15th April) that Cea was inadequate for the needs of both himself and those of his headquarters staff, with the result that Wellington moved his headquarters back to Viseu on the day this dispatch was written and was back in Viseu himself by 19th April. The recipient of this dispatch, Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818) was Royal Navy commander on the coast of Portugal, 1808-1812. He worked tirelessly for Wellington in support of the army in Portugal, with the result that Wellington was full of praise for his abilities, writing in 1810 of Berkeley that 'his activity is unbounded, the whole range of the business of the Country in which he is stationed, civil, military, political, commercial, even ecclesiastical I believe, as well as naval, are objects of his attention', and also described Berkeley as the best naval commander he had ever cooperated with. Berkeley, who had previous to the Napoleonic Wars seen service afloat during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars, retired from active service in 1812. The Corporal Stephen Bromley who had been court-martialled for desertion was by 1810 a soldier of some considerable experience, having originally enlisted into the 4th Dragoons on 10th September 1799. His regiment landed at Lisbon on 24th April 1809 and prior to Bromley's desertion saw action at Talavera, 27-28 July 1809, Busaco, 27 September 1810, and during the subsequent retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras. Bromley would appear to have been convicted of the simple crime of desertion, since had he been guilty of desertion to the enemy he would have faced a firing squad on recapture. The 28th Light Dragoons landed at Lisbon on 23rd June 1809, and subsequently saw action at Talavera. On the second day of the action at Talavera, 28th July, the regiment took part in a disastrous series of charges. Initially going in to action as a unit, the officers of the 23rd lost control of the men under their command. Charging far too fast, they failed to see a steeply banked dry river bed in front of them, into which the bulk of the regiment's men and horses fell headlong. After the survivors had extricated themselves from the river bed, the regiment split into two wings, the smaller wing launching a suicidal attack against a French square, and being beaten off with heavy losses. The other, larger wing, some 200 strong, launched an equally forlorn charge against the leading brigades of a French cavalry division, taking on odds of five to one. Although the 200 men managed to fight their way through the first line of French cavalry, they were eventually fought to a standstill, surrounded and overwhelmed. During this series of charges the 23rd sustained heavy casualties, losing some 207 from its original strength of 459 officers and men, and ceased to exist as a fighting unit. As a result, Wellington ordered the 23rd home to England to recruit and rebuild. Ian Fletcher, Wellington's Regiments (Spellmount, 2005) records the regiment as having arrived back in England in January 1810. However, as this dispatch indicates, surviving members of the regiment were still being repatriated as late as April 1810. It took some time to train recruits and bring the regiment back up to strength, with the result that it did not return to the Peninsula and did not see action again until Waterloo, 18th June 1815. This dispatch is not among those published by Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood in his 7-volume Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington (1836), who records a total of six dispatches only from Cea by Wellington during his brief stay there; April 15th (3) and April 17th (3), this dispatch bringing the known total of despatches to seven. (1)
Walton (Izaak). The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing, and Instructions how to angle for a Trout of Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton, with Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, William Pickering, 1836, half-titles, 14 engraved plates with tissue-guards and numerous engraved vignettes and headpieces in the text, mainly by Augustus Fox after Stothard or Inskipp, additional facsimile title page facing volume 1 p. 4 (as issued), some light offsetting from vignettes, occasional pale spotting in margins, the engraved title (meant to face the Epistle Dedicatory in volume 1) bound to front of volume 2, 19th-century green straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Robert Tyndall Hamilton Bruce (1846-1899), his monogram and horse and thistle devices gilt to spine compartments, and his large gilt arms blocked to covers on lighter green morocco onlays, extremities very lightly rubbed in places, volume 2 spine very slightly sunned, all edges gilt, pale green silk doublures, embossed gilt lion rampant motifs gilt to initial blanks, folio (27.7 x 18.5 cm) Coigney 44; Wood pages 62-3. First Nicolas edition. A handsome copy in a deluxe binding done for Scottish businessman and arts patron Robert Tyndall Hamilton Bruce (1846-1899). The dimensions correspond to those Coigney provides for the large-paper issue, but the engravings are printed direct rather than on india paper. (2)
Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756–1827) A lady driving a high perch phaeton drawn by four grey horses watercolour, unframed 19 x 20cm (7 x 8in) The owners of these sporty, open-air and lightning fast carriages actually drove the vehicle, as there was no place for a coachman. Phaeton seats were built high off the ground, the sides of the vehicle were open to the elements (a top could be pulled over as a screen from sun or rain), and the back wheels were larger than the front wheels. However, these light, airy, well-sprung vehicles were prone to tipping over when turning around corners too fast, thus a driver had to be skilled in order to move at high speed. The phaeton, therefore, was extremely popular with the rakish set. Unframed and stuck down with sellotape. One small tear along the top edge. Three little white spots on the left-hand side.
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