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1982 FIFA WORLD CUP ENGLAND Rare official programme for the other three group four matches played in England's group by France, Czechoslovakia & Kuwait at the Estadio Jose Zorilla in Valladolid from 17 June to 24 June. These were the only three games played in Valladolid during the 1982 World Cup tournament. Light fold, some marks to cover. Generally good
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Strawberry Hill Press.- Gray (Thomas) Odes, first edition, half-title, title with engraved vignette, book label of Estelle Doheny, later attractive crushed green morocco, gilt by Birdsall, spine faded, light rubbing to extremities, [Hazen 1; Rothschild 1067], 4to, Stawberry Hill, 1757.⁂ An attractive copy of the first book printed at Strawberry Hill.
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Art.- Impartial Hand (An) The exhibition: or, a candid display of the genius and merits of the several masters, whose works are now offered to the public, at Spring Gardens, title trimmed at foot and with band of soiling to outer margin, some spotting or light foxing, modern boards, no printer, 1766.⁂ Exceedingly rare verse work on art and exhibitions, with ESTC listing only two copies (BL and Yale). Includes mention of Benjamin West and Zoffany.
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Ireland.- Scale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, first edition, engraved title, dedication, index and 36 only of 37 hand-coloured engraved maps (1 plate supplied in facsimile), without engraved advertisement for Scale & Co. facing title, light offsetting, a few ink marks, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, gilt key pattern border, marked, slight stains, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, [Chubb VIII], 4to, for Robert Sayer and John Bennet, 1776; sold not subject to return.
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Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., first edition, vol. 1 second state with 2 cancels, vol 2-6 with cancels as called for, half-titles (some misbound after contents), errata to vol. 1, 2 & 3, errata to vols. 4, 5 & 6 at end of vol. 6 as called for, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, 3 engraved folding maps, 3C3 lower corner neatly restored (vol. 2), some very occasional light spotting, bookplate of Philip Sassoon of Port Lympne, ink signatures to title head, later half calf, lightly rubbed spines, [Rothschild 944], 4to, W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776-88.⁂ Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), a patron of the arts was Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery (1933-35) and Minister for Works in the 1930s, giving both private and public commissions to artists such as Rex Whistler, Edwin Lutyens and John Singer Sargent.
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Burns (Robert) Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, third [first London] edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait, some occasional light spotting, partially erased ink ownership inscription of Rev. Thomas Hammond Foxcroft to title, bookplates, contemporary half calf, recornered in vellum, rubbed, 8vo, 1787.
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Art supplies advertisement.- Smith, Warner & Co. Important Discoveries. New Invented Colours, engraved vignette at head, 205 x 247mm., chipped at edges, a few light stains, n.p., c.1800. ⁂ An rare early advertisement for this Piccadilly firm of art suppliers, who here are advertising a method for fixing soft crayon and chalk drawings, and their range of fine water and oil colours
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James (M.R.) A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost Stories, first edition, neatly repaired tear to pp.121-124, some minor splitting to gutter but gatherings and joints holding firm, some very occasional light foxing, original cloth, lettered in brown, spine slightly faded, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, spine rubbed and lightly faded with 1/2" portion of loss to head affecting title and chips to foot affecting imprint, corners chipped, some very light creasing to head and foot, but still a very good example of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1925.⁂ M.R. James' last collection, and one of his bleakest, rare in the macabre dust-jacket. We can trace no other copy at auction in the last 30 years.
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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Collected Works, 34 vol., Centenary Limited Edition, original vellum, gilt, occasional light yellowing to vellum, g.e., slip-cases, 8vo, 1973-76.⁂ A good example of this handsome production. Originally projected to comprise 3,000 sets, the company responsible collapsed before they could be completed, meaning around 1,750 to 2,000 sets likely exist.
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Mathematics.- Euclid. The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements, by Edmund Scarbrugh, half-title, title with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, woodcut diagrams, title a little soiled, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Oxford, at the Theater, 1705.
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Aldrovandi (Ulisse) De animalibus insectis libri septem, first edition, engraved title, woodcuts within text, lacking engraved portrait of author, water-stained, later binding using an early ms. leaf over limp boards, remains of silk ties, short split to head of spine, some light staining, [Nissen ZBI 66], folio, Bologna, J.B. Bellagamba, 1602.
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Miller (Philip) Figures of Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners' Dictionary, 2 vol., 300 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, 2 folding, occasional light spotting and soiling, generally clean and crisp, modern black half morocco over marbled boards, uncut, [Great Flower Books p.121; Henrey 1387; Nissen BBI 1378], folio, 1809.⁂ A lovely clean copy of this reissue of Miller's acclaimed work, first published in 1760.
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America.- Carver (Jonathan) Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, first Dublin edition, folding engraved map, 2 engraved plates, some light soiling, a few stains, contemporary calf, a little worn and stained, [Sabin 11184], 8vo, Dublin, for S. Price [& others], 1779.⁂ Carver travelled as far west as Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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America.- Carver (Jonathan) Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, second edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved plates, some light soiling and offsetting, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, for the Author, 1779; and a copy of the 1796 Philadelphia edition, 8vo (2)
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America.- [Crèvecoeur (Michel Guillaume St. Jean de)], "J. Hector St. John". Letters from an American Farmer; describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners and Customs...and Conveying Some Idea of the Late and Present Interior Circumstances of the British Colonies in North America, first Dublin edition, 2 folding engraved maps of Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard, old ink signatures of Paul and Samuel Naylor to title and first leaf of text respectively, maps a little browned, light water-staining to text, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, 12mo, Dublin, by John Exshaw, 1782.⁂ Rare and influential work by a French colonial who had his frontier farm destroyed in the War of Independence, including some of the earliest maps and descriptions of Nantucket & the whale industry and Martha's Vineyard. ESTC lists only 2 copies of this Dublin edition in the UK (BL and Trinity College Library), and 7 in America.
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America.- Hennepin (Louis) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico..., 3 parts in 1 (second part misbound after third part), first English edition, first issue with "Bon-" at end of first line of imprint, engraved frontispiece and 6 folding plates, lacking the 2 folding maps (supplied in facsimile), some light browning to text, paper flaw to lower margin of 2I8, bookplate of Sir Charles Cave, Bart., contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, spine and corners a little worn, [Sabin 31371; Wing H1450], 8vo, for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T.Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.⁂ Early account by a French missionary of his travels in the North American interior exploring the basin of the Mississippi River, and including the first printed description and engraving of Niagara Falls.
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America.- Michaux (Francois A.) Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains, in the States of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the year 1802, folding engraved map, 1805 § Perrin Du Lac (François Marie) Travels through the Two Louisianas and among the Savage Nations of the Missouri ... in 1801, 1802, & 1803, 1807, uniform modern morocco-backed cloth, light fading to spines, [Sabin 48706 & 6103], 8vo (2)
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South America.- Burton (Capt. Richard Francis) Letters from the Battle-fields of Paraguay, first edition, first issue, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title with vignette, folding map at end, contemporary ink inscription to title "...in which the Briton who is hugging his chains may read of Liberty and Equality to his heart's content..." with name crossed out, with pencil sketch to verso of additional title and ink underlinings & notes to verso of final leaf, some marginal spotting or soiling, modern blue morocco-backed cloth, with blue cloth from original binding mounted on pastedowns and rear free endpaper, [Penzer p.84], 1870 § Charlevoix (P. F. X. de) The History of Paraguay, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, light browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, Dublin, 1769 § Muratori (L.A.) A Relation of the Missions of Paraguay, first edition in English, folding engraved map, some water-staining, later tree calf, spine gilt, for J. Marmaduke, 1759, 8vo (4)
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South America.- Graham (Maria) Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823, first edition, 11 fine aquatint plates after the author and Augustus Earle, wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some very light foxing or offsetting but generally a good clean copy, engraved bookplate of Ferguson of Raith, original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and spotted, spine chipped at head, upper cover detached, [Abbey Travel 708; Sabin 28235], 4to, 1824.
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South America.- Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, Prince. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1815, 1816, 1817, first edition in English, half-title, engraved portrait and folding map with routes in red, yellow and green, 6 engraved aquatint plates, some light browning and offsetting, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, stain to lower cover, spine worn, [Abbey, Travel 705; Sabin 47021], Henry Colburn, 1829 § Waterton (Charles) Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (foxed), some other spotting, contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked preserving part of old gilt spine, [Sabin 102094], 1825, 4to (2)
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Middle East.- Shaw (Thomas) Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition, half-title, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, 32 engraved maps and plates on 29 leaves (3 printed on both sides), several folding or double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, tear to lower margin of O2 of Supplement, occasional light browning or soiling but generally a very good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked and repaired, [Blackmer 1533], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1738-46.⁂ "Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa...[The work] is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, in addition to the information Shaw imparts on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited." (Blackmer). The supplement was issued in response to Richard Pococke's attack in his Description of the East, published 1743-45.
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Canada.- Cartwright (George) A Journal of Transactions and Events, during a Residence of nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador..., 3 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author visiting his fox-traps (lightly offset on title), list of subscribers, 2 large folding engraved maps (some tears neatly repaired), light staining to a few leaves, 3D1 with paper flaw tear to lower margin, unobtrusive embossed library stamp to a couple of leaves, a good uncut copy on large paper with wide margins, bound in handsome modern dark blue straight-grain morocco with gilt-tooled borders of Greek key and leafy sprays, spine gilt in compartments with five double raised bands, uncut, [Sabin 11150], 4to, Newark, 1792. ⁂ Cartwright was a British officer who made six expeditions to Newfoundland and Labrador between 1770 and 1786, hunting and trapping. His account includes descriptions of the animals, particularly foxes and beavers, and the native Indians and Eskimos. Please note: Lot 183 – this appears to be a made-up copy with the frontispiece portrait, title and folding maps mounted on stubs, and the portrait (which is on thicker paper) and the ‘Explanation of the Frontispiece’ leaf being shorter
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Egyptology.- Mariette-Bey (Auguste) Album du Musée de Boulaq, first edition, 40 albumen prints by Emile Béchard and Hippolyte Délié mounted on thick card leaves (photographs c. 250 x 190mm.), some light spotting to mounts and text, title creased and reinforced at upper and lower edges, a few other leaves repaired at edges, original morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, folio, Cairo, Mourès & Cie., 1871.⁂ Important photographic record of the first Egyptian public museum, founded by Auguste Mariette in 1858 in a former warehouse on the banks of the Nile. Unfortunately the river flooded in 1878 damaging the museum and the contents were moved in 1892 to a palace in Giza and then again in 1902, to the current museum in Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The magnificent photographs by Béchard and Délié of Egyptian statuary, funerary artefacts, sarcophagi etc. won a Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1878.
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Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, 1503-1540) The Entombment, etching, a delicate impression, on laid paper with small watermark of a flower (not in Briquet, but 16th century), sheet 275 x 210 mm. (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in), trimmed on the platemark with some still showing, inset at edges onto paper support, two areas of loss in the upper right quadrant with old restoration with printed facsimile, small nicks and tears to extremities, scattered ink spots in the upper centre, light horizontal fold and minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1503-1540].Literature:Bartsch 8cf. Popham, A.E., 'Catalogue of the drawings of Parmigianino', 1971, I, pp.13-17 ⁂ Previously thought by Bartsch to be a copy by Guido Reni after Parmigianino.
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Cantarini (Simone, 1612-1648) The rest on the flight into Egypt in a hexagonal frame; The rest on the flight into Egypt; The Virgin and Child seated on a cloud, a group of three works, etchings, on various laid papers without watermarks, sheets each 81 x 124 mm. (3 1/4 x 4 7/8 in), 177 x 265 mm. (7 x 10 1/2 in), and 128 x 84 mm. (5 x 7 1/4 in), respectively, all trimmed on or just in the platemarks, the second mentioned with red chalk and graphite show-through copied drawing verso, each with minor areas of abrasion and restoration to loss, some occasional surface dirt and light browning, all unframed, [circa 1630-1648] (3).Literature:Bartsch 7, 6, and 19; Massari 31, 19, and "ommited", respectively.
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Chess.- Twiss (Richard, editor) Chess, 2 vol. in 1, engraved titles and 2 plates, errata slip, light foxing to second title, later half morocco, by Walker & Son of Plymouth, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, G. G. J. & J. Robinson, 1787-89.⁂ Including 'The Morals of Chess' by Benjamin Franklin (pp.141-148 in vol.1), first published in The Columbian Magazine in December 1786. As one of the first Americans to play chess he advocates playing the game to develop skills, "The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions...".
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Printing plate.- Schulze (Christian Gottfried, 1749-1819) Portrait of Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Beloselsky, after Giovanni Battista Casanova (1728-1795) and Jacob Seydelmann (1750-1829), original copper plate with etching and engraving, plate 630 x 420 mm. (24 3/4 x 16 1/2 in), light abrasion in places, unframed, [circa 1770-1800].
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Repton (Humphry) Odd Whims and Miscellanies, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, large paper copy, lacking half-titles, with stipple-engraved title-vignettes and 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Repton, with 2 engraved portraits of the author bound in at beginning and additional material (cuttings etc.) tipped in, some light soiling and offsetting, one plate a little stained, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rather worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Abbey, Life, 247], 8vo, 1804.
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Cipriani (Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785) Roman Centurion looking to the right; Two Roman Centurions, a pair, red conté crayon on cream laid paper, without watermarks, both bear pencil attributions to Cipriani in lower right corners, each sheet approx. 170 x 205 mm. (6 3/4 x 8 1/8 in), some minor cockling, light spotting and surface dirt, unframed (2).Provenance:Joseph Wilton R.A., London (1722-1803);Sir Bruce Ingram, London (1877-1963);Sabin Galleries Limited, London [nos. 15 and 16, 1965] (label on reverse);Sale. Phillips London, Old Master Paintings, Drawings and Icons, April 20th 2000, lot 262.⁂ Another sheet with a study of a Centurion, presumably from the same sketchbook, was sold as part of the 'The Ingram Collection: Drawings & Watercolours from the Collection of the late Michael Ingram', offered at Sotheby's London in 2005 (part lot, see lot 55).
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Rowlandson (Thomas).- More Miseries!! Addressed to the Morbid, the Melancholy, and the Irritable. By Sir Fretful Murmur, Knt., second edition, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink signature at head of title, foxed and soiled, extra-illustrated with 11 folding hand-coloured etchings by Rowlandson, many cropped, some torn/defective at edges, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, old roan label, 1807 § [Britton (John)] The Pleasures of Human Life...by Hilaris Benevolus and Co., second edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title, 5 hand-coloured etched plates by Thomas Rowlandson, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, foxing and soiling, Duff Cooper's copy with his bookplate by Rex Whistler, modern cloth, [Abbey, Life 260], 1807 § Annals of Sporting, by Caleb Quizem Esqr. and his Various Correspondents, first edition, folding etched frontispiece, vignette title and 27 plates by Rowlandson after Bunbury and Woodward (uncoloured), light offsetting from plates, cropped slightly affecting a few captions, bookplate of Courtenay F.Wilson, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with roan label, a little rubbed, [Schwerdt II p.119], Thomas Tegg, 1809, 12mo (3)
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Rilke (Rainer Maria) Das Stunden-Buch enthaltend die drei Bücher: Vom moenchischen Leben/ Von der Pilgerschaft/ Von der Armuth und vom Tode, first edition, number 71 of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by the author "Meinem lieben Jakob Wassermann herzlich gegeben. Rainer Maria Rilke Meudon-Val-Fleury (Auf. 1906)" on front free endpaper, printed in red & black with title-vignette, head-piece of monk in a scriptorium and initial in red by Walter Tiemann, light foxing or browning to one or two leaves, original cloth-backed printed limp grey boards, uncut, slightly rubbed and marked, corners a little worn, 8vo, Leipzig, 1905.⁂ Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) was a German writer and an important influence on Rilke, introducing him to German literary society. It was at Wassermann's Munich apartment, in 1897, that Rilke first met Lou Andreas-Salomé, the Russian psychoanalyst who became his lover and life-long friend and confidante.
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Mexia (Pedro), Francesco Sansovino & others. The Treasurie of Aucient and Moderne Times [&] Archaio-Ploutos [graece]..., [translated by Thomas Milles], together 2 vol., first editions, vol.1 lacking initial blank, vol.2 lacking additional engraved title (as often), blank A2, A8 (Contents) and final blank 4O8, vol.2 with contemporary signature of Henry Shirley at head of title and Epistle Dedicatory in second state (unsigned), woodcut device on titles and initials, vol.2 with woodcut coats-of-arms and engraved illustrations, 3 full-page including enthroned James I and the King with Parliament, titles a little soiled, L10 of vol.1 (final leaf) with small tear, some spots and stains and minor marginal defects but generally clean, especially vol.2 (apart from light water-staining to a few leaves), modern calf ruled and stamped in blind, roan labels, red edges, a few scuffs, [STC 17936& 17936.5], folio, William Iaggard, 1613-19.⁂ ?Henry Shirley (d.1627), playwright.
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Aesop. Fabulae, edited by Bonus Accursius, collation: α-δ8, ε6, double column, parallel text in Latin and Greek, 36ff (of 38, lacking α1 and α8), Roman and Greek letter, initial spaces with guide letters, light abrasions to final f., damp-stain to lower edge, δ8 and ε1 with damp-staining towards gutter, affecting some text and causing some adhesion, 19th century calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, 4to (212 x 152mm.), Reggio Emilia, Dionysius Bertochus, 1497⁂ The second edition of Aesop printed in the original Greek, the selected fables used in this edition were reprinted from the first and complete edition published by Bonus Accursius c.1480. This was the first book printed in Greek in Reggio Emilia, the type used by Bertochus was an imitation of Aldus Manutius's first Greek type.Literature: BMC vii, 1091; Goff A, 104.
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Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli elementi di Euclide libri quindici, collation: *2, **4, ⁂2, A-Z4, AA-ZZ4, AAa-ZZz4, AAAa2 woodcut initials, diagrams throughout, occasional ink notes to margin, erased ink ownership inscription to title, occasional light foxing, but generally a clean and excellent copy, bookplate to pastedown, 17th century calf, gilt, spine ends and corners neatly and sympathetically repaired and restored, rubbed, [Adams E-995], folio (304 x 205mm.), Urbino, Domenico Frisolino, 1575.⁂ Rare deluxe copy on blue paper of the first edition of the Italian translation of Euclids' Elements. Copies of sixteenth-century scientific works on blue paper are unusual and most likely intended for presentation.Provenance: erased ink ownership inscription to title; Costa della Trinità family (bookplate).
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Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso, collation: a8, A-Z8, Aa-Ll8, Mm10, 2A-E8, F6, title and printer's device within woodcut architectural border, beginning of each canto within ornate woodcut borders, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, lacking final ? blank f., title laid down, 19th century vellum, 2 purple morocco labels to spine, some staining and spotting, light browned, 4to, (254 x 180mm.), Venice, Giorgio Angelieri, 1585.⁂ Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 2809.
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17th century leather box, light wooden box, lined with printer's waste (identified as Samuel Collins' "Epphata to F.T., or, The defence of the Right Reuerend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of Elie... concerning his answer to Cardinall Bellarmines apologie, 1628"), original blind-stamped calf, slightly rubbed, small wormholes in upper cover, leather ties for attaching to belt, 130 x 130mm., no later than 1628.⁂ Probably produced by a bookbinder or printer to keep small devotional books safe while travelling. The printer's waste was for a work by Samuel Collins, either an edition printed at Cambridge University Press in 1617, or by Hugh Perry in London in 1628.
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L. (Sr. T.) Remarques on the Humours and Conversations of the Town, first edition, light browning, paper flaw to lower margin of E1 just touching a couple of letters, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine wormed and slightly defective at head, [Wing R932B], 12mo, for Allen Banks, at the sign of St. Peter at the West end of St. Pauls, 1673.⁂ "Contrasting the merits of rural life with the vices of the city." ESTC
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Prout (Samuel, watercolour painter, 1783-1852) Hints on Light & Shadow & Composition as Applicable to Landscape Painting, autograph manuscript, 2 parts, Part I Hints..., 17pp., Part II Remarks..., 24pp., mainly written on the rectos with some notes and comments in another hand, unbound, loose, folio & sm. 4to, n.d., [c.1836].⁂ Prout was a prominent author of 'teach-yourself' painting manuals. His first book, Rudiments of Landscape in Progressive Studies (1813), demonstrated how to draw and to add sepia wash. Later art manuals such as Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition etc. (1836) were illustrated in the new technique of lithography, of which Prout was a pioneer. Their readership was large among the legions of amateur artists of the day. Part I of the manuscript is a fair copy of the first part of Prout's publication with only a few minor differences in the text towards the end. In the case of Part II, which was designed to be read inconjunction with a series of plates (not present), the text is very much a working draft, being heavily corrected and amended throughout.
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Morris (William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-96) Original membership card of the Socialist League, Hammersmith Branch for Mrs. Catterson-Smith, signed by Morris and Emery Walker, 1sheet, 114 x 76mm., folded to make 4pp., printed in sanguine on light yellow card, January 1890 § Catterson-Smith (Robert, artist, socialist, principal of the Birmingham School of Art and Director of Art Education in that city, worked with William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones on the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1853-1938) Speech on socialism, manuscript, 11pp. (incomplete at end), foxed and browned, folds, page 3 torn at edges slightly affecting text, loose, 280 x 160mm. & smaller, n.d. [c. 1890]; and a small quantity of others, socialist flyers including Independent Labour Party - London District, Hammersmith Socialist Society - RSVP, 1892, Statement of Principles of the Hammersmith Socialist Society etc., v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
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Joyce (James) Autograph Card signed to Tullio Silvestri, in Italian, on verso of Joyce's card-de-visite, light soiling and creasing, 67 x 109mm, 9, rue de l'Universite, [Paris], [c.autumn 1921].⁂ An excellent card from Joyce discussing the impending publication of Ulysses. Joyce refers to "un articolo sul mio Ulisse nel Secolo" [an article on my Ulysses in the Secolo" and asks that Silvestri seek out and reserve him two copies. Tullio Silvestri (1880-1963), impressionist painter. He met Joyce in 1913 whilst the two were living in Trieste. Silvestri painted portraits of both Joyce and his wife Nora (famously referring to her as the most beautiful woman he had ever seen). He was also witness to the public falling out of Joyce and Roberto Prezioso and was even at points financially supported by the writer.
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Miniature Book.- Officium B. Mariae Virg. nuper reformatum, et Pii V. Pont. Max. iussu editum..., printed throughout in red & black, title with woodcut vignette, occasional light foxing or soiling, untrimmed sheets with wide margins, old patterned-paper boards, uncut and unopened, a little rubbed and spotted, 32mo (c.110 x 80mm.), Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana, 1677.
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Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated by Charles Jarvis, 2 vol., first edition of the Jarvis translation, engraved frontispiece and 68 plates (including a portrait of the author by George Virtue) most by Gerard van der Gucht after John Vanderbank, includes 'A Supplement to the Translator's Preface' by William Warburton and 'Advertisement concerning the Prints' by John Oldfield, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, joints cracked, rubbed and rather worn, [Palau 52479], 4to, for J. and R. Tonson, and R. Dodsley, 1742. ⁂ 'bella y sumptuosa edicion' (Palau). A richly illustrated edition, which 'is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original.' (ODNB).
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