World.- Martin (Robert Montgomery) The British Colonies; their History, Extent, Condition and Resources, 6 vol. in 3, engraved additional title, 37 engraved plates and 40 double-page engraved maps by J.Rapkin, hand-coloured in outline, occasional light scattered foxing, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, spines rubbed and chipped, corners bumped, 4to, [c.1851].⁂ Martin's extensive and comprehensive account of the British Empire, covering British North America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, The West Indies, India, South East Asia and the Mediterranean.
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London Panoramas.- Maitland (William) A View of London about the Year 1560, bird's-eye view looking north over the Thames, from Westminster Abbey to the Tower of London, with title banderole and armorials in the sky, and key below, engraving, 310 x 480 mm. (12 1/4 x 18 7/8 in), central vertical folds, some surface dirt and light browning, minor nicks and tears, unframed, 1738; with an anonymous bird's-eye view of London from the south bank, with Whitehall at the left to beyond the Tower on the right, with Southwark Cathedral in the foreground, numerbed key to 43 locations in German, lower right, engraving, platemark 230 x 360 mm. (9 x 14 1/4 in), central vertical folds, light surface dirt, minor stains, unframed, [circa 1650] § Belleforest (François de) La Ville de Londres. Londinium Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis, bird's-eye view of London from the south bank with Elizabethan figures in the foreground, woodcut, on laid paper, sheet 365 x 545 mm. (14 1/4 x 21 1/2 in), central vertical fold, large areas of loss to lower left and lower right corners, repaired tears, some surface dirt and browning, [Howgego 3], unframed, [Paris, 1575], (3).
Botany.- Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first collected edition, large paper copy on thicker paper with Strasbourg lily watermark, imprimatur leaf signed by Christopher Wren, 83 engraved plates, 5 double-page (4 detached from stubs), very occasional light soiling to a few leaves but an exceptionally clean copy, tiny paper flaw hole to foot of Oo2 just touching one letter, contemporary ink inscriptions to front free endpaper "The gift of Dr John ?Contee" and "Josias Calmady ex dono Edward Griffyn March 1699" with other Calmady book-labels/bookplates, endpapers stained, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco label, rubbed, spine ends a little worn and chipped, abrasions to boards, [Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758; Wing G1945], folio, by W.Rawlins, for the Author, 1682. ⁂ The birth of the microscopic anatomy of plants. Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens. The work was published in two formats, with ordinary copies on foolscap and the large paper copies on thicker paper.
Insects.- Merian (Maria Sibylla) Histoire des Insectes de l'Europe, translated by Jean Marret, first edition in French, half-title, additional hand-coloured engraved title by Merian, letterpress title in red and black with small engraved vignette by B.Picart, 184 hand-coloured plates of flowers and insects on 93 sheets and hand-coloured engraved tail-piece (no plates numbered 170 or 172 but these make up the tail-piece so all plates present), light spotting and browning or soiling but mostly marginal, engraved bookplate of Marmaduke Tunstall of Wycliffe, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with gilt spine and morocco label, a little worn, especially spine ends and corners, some splits to joints, [Hunt 483; Nissen BBI 1341; cf. Great Flower Books p.119], folio, Amsterdam, Jean Frederic Bernard, 1730.⁂ "Though Maria Merian's first concern is with the insects that she portrays, the plates also show the plants upon which these insects live; these plants are drawn with the same delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately be considered a florilegium also". Great Flower Books p.30.Marmaduke Tunstall (1743-90) of Wycliffe, Co. Durham, ornithologist and collector. He was the author of Ornithologica Britannica published in 1771, probably the first British work to use binomial nomenclature.
Birds.- Gould (John) A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, first edition, first issue, early issue bound from the parts and hence without text, list of subscribers, 80 superb hand-coloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould after sketches by John Gould and printed by Hullmandel, with backgrounds uncoloured, many heightened with gum arabic, light foxing to a few plates but generally clean, modern bookplate of Peter Tate, handsome contemporary green morocco, gilt, subscriber's copy with central gilt arms of George James Welbore, Lord Dover on both covers and crest at head of spine, spine gilt, g.e., very slight mottling to boards and with small unobtrusive repair to upper cover, joints and edges a little rubbed, [Fine Bird Books p.77; Nissen IVB 374], folio, [for the Author], [1831]-1832.⁂ The first issue has the backgrounds to the plates uncoloured. The list of subscribers to this, Gould's first folio work, numbers 298 names, including J.J.Audubon, Baron Cuvier, Sir William Jardine, Edward Lear, Sir Thomas Phillipps, P.J.Selby, William Swainson, William Yarrell and the subscriber of this copy, Rt. Hon. Lord Dover, M.A., F.R.S., F.A.S. &c.
New Naturalist Library (The), 122 vol., comprising nos. 1-13, 15-24, 26-29, 31-43, 45-48, 51-57, 59-63, 65-70, 72-82b, 88, 90-92, 94-103, 105-113, 115-118, 121 & 125 from main series and nos. 1-6, 9-12 and 14-22 of the Monographs, first editions, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, some occasional light fading to spines, occasional light rubbing or creasing to spine ends, but a remarkably sharp, near-fine set overall, 1945-2014; and 18 others, reprints or first paperback edition of some of the missing numbers, in similarly bright condition, 8vo (140)⁂ A superb if broken run of this important and attractive series. Scarce in such good condition.
Angling.- Kelson (George M.) The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and How to Use It, first edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 8 chromolithographed plates of flies, tissue guards, illustrations, 45pp. advertisements at end, very light spotting at beginning, original pictorial maroon cloth, gilt, t.e.g., spine a little faded but still a very good copy, [Thacher p.295], 4to, by the author, 1895.⁂ The bible of salmon fly books.
Angling.- Walton (Isaac) The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, fourth edition, R. Marriot, title with engraved vignette, engraved illustrations in text, p.215 printed upside down, B1 & M3 misbound, B1 with tear and small historical repair, title laid down, occasional light browning, modern morocco, [Wing W664], 1668; and an incomplete copy of the third edition, 8vo (2)
Tennis.- Photographically illustrated.- Fournier (Édouard) and Eugène Chapus. Le Jeu de Paume, half-title and title printed in red and black, 14 albumen prints mounted on grey card, some spotting, occasional foxing (mostly to preliminaries), original red pictorial cloth, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original backstrip, some light staining, a very good copy, 4to, Paris, Didier & Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, 1862.⁂ The rare first photographically illustrated tennis book, and indeed one of the most important early histories of the game. Noel and Clark in their history of the game say of Fournier's preface that 'nothing more valuable as a contribution to the history of tennis in early times has ever been written' (pp.289-291). The photographs include Raymond Masson (paumier to Louis XV); J. Edmond Barre (paumier to Emperor Napoleon III); Charles Delahaye ('Biboche') and England's Edmund Tomkins. Provenance: Alderson Burrell Horne (pencil inscription and a typed article by him loosely inserted), owner of a miniature court at Ditton Place, Balcombe, which was home to the Penthouse Club.
Flamsteed (John) Atlas Céleste publie en 1776 par J. Fortin ..., troisieme edition, 30 double-page engraved plates, light spotting at beginning and end, slightly browned, engraved bookplate of Elizabeth Templeton on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, corners and edges worn, gilt label on spine, spine rubbed, [Brunet II, 1280], 225 x 160mm., Paris, Lamarche, 1795.⁂ Second edition in French, the third edition after the first in English of 1729.
Newton (Sir Isaac).- R[obinson] (B[ryan]) A Dissertation on the Aether of Sir Isaac Newton. first edition, title in red and black, folding engraved plate at end, [Gray 227; ESTC lists 4 copies only], Dublin, For Geo. Ewing and Wil. Smith, 1743 bound with another edition of the same title, [Gray 228], Dublin, 1745, together 2 vol. in 1, engraved bookplate of Robert Wright Cope Cope on front pastedown, handsomely bound in full contemporary calf, corners slightly bumped, ornate gilt panelled spine, 8vo.⁂ Bryan Robinson (1680-1754), physician and author. Robinson "greatly admired Newton, and he tried to account for animal motions by Newton's principles and to apply the latter to the rational treatment of diseases. He attributed the production of muscular power to the vibration of an ethereal fluid pervading the animal body. In his chapter on respiration he cited experiments to show that the 'acid parts' of the air were necessary for a candle to give light, a coal to burn, and a dog to breathe. He was therefore aware of the nature of oxygen, in anticipation of the discoveries of Priestley and Lavoisier in 1775." - Oxford DNB.
Gregorius IX. Decretales, [edited, and with commentary by Hieronymus Clarius], collation: [*4] a-z8 ד8 ɔ8 □8 A-E8 EE8 F-L8, double column, printed in red and black, 307 ff. (of 308, lacking final blank), 82 lines of gloss surrounding text, Gothic type, red Lombards and paragraph-marks, woodcut printer's device to red to foot of final verso, contemporary ink marginalia (including a few fingerposts), a few instances of contemporary inter-linear notes, marginal repair to first f., a few ff. with small areas of worm traces, some spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, 18th century red straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, spine ends repaired, corners restored, some marking, rubbed, g.e., folio (412 x 276mm.), [Venice], [Baptista de Tortis], 10 October, 1496. ⁂ A scarce edition at auction of this compilation of papal decrees, concerning points of canon law. Provenance: 'hic liber est Monasterii Sancte Dorothee virginis in Vienna Emptus...Anno do' 1506' and ms. coat of arms (ink inscription to a1); 'hic liber monasterii Sancte Dorothee in Vienna' (16th century ink inscription to foot of Z7v); 'J J Murphy Esq., Old Forge, Dunminny', Joseph John Murphy (1827-1894), Belfast critic and author. Literature: BMC V, 329; Goff G-474; Hain 8035*; BSB-Ink G-360.
Heliodorus (Emesenus, Bishop of Tricca) Historiae Aethiopicae libri decem, collation: a-z A-G4 H6, title in Greek and Latin, dedication in Latin, text in Greek, title and verso of otherwise blank final f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated initials, occasional spotting, a few light stains, 17th century speckled calf, rebacked, preserving majority of original gilt backstrip in compartments, new red leather label, small 4to (189 x 139mm), Basel, Heirs of Johann Hervagius, 1534. ⁂ Editio princeps of the earliest Greek romance. The Aethiopicae was first brought to light during the Renaissance in a manuscript from the library of Matthias Corvinus, which was found at the sack of Buda in 1526. The French dramatist Racine listed it amongst his favourite books, and when his copy was taken away from him at the Jansenist retreat of Port-Royal he was rumoured to have said that he did not care as he had already memorised it.Provenance: 'coll: per: Editio princeps, H. Drury Harroviae 1818, empt: a Hayes. C.295.2.; 'J.T. Coleridge, Park Crescent, Decr 30 1853, From the Library of Dr. Butler, Dean of Peterborough' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper). Sir John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876), judge and nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Literature: Adams H174.
Bakhtiari gol farangi rug, possibly Fareh Donbeh village, Chahar Mahal Valley, west Persia, circa 1940s-50s, 7ft. 9in. X 5ft. 2.36m. X 1.52m. Dark blue and ivory centre medallion on a light red field; dark blue and ivory main border. All over gol farangi design in a rich palette and with good pile. cf. Wilborg, P. Chahar Mahal Va Bakhtiari, pp. 183-190, pls. 142 & 144.
Saruk rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 5ft. 1in. X 3ft. 5in. 1.55m. X 1.04m. Some wear in places with corrosion to dark brown; tiny areas of old moth damage; slight loss to ends. Light terracotta centre medallion on an ivory field with dark blue spandrels; dark blue main border and pale green outer guard. An exquisite little rug with close clipped, velvety wool and rich palette.
Kurdish rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 5in. X 3ft. 8in. 1.96m. X 1.04m. Overall wear; fraying to sides. Dark brown field with diamond shape medallions in soft yellow, pale blue; light terracotta and ivory within an ivory rosette main border. Lustrous wool, soft palette and soft handle.
Indian carpet, mid-20th century, 232ft. X 12ft. 3in. 7.01m. X 3.73m. Some surface marks, especially at the top end.. Pale sand yellow field with ivory, pink and light brown central floral medallion; floral sprays in each corner; ivory floral main border and pink floral outer guard. Robust handle.
Ziegler Mahal carpet, Arak (Sultanabad), north west Persia, late 19th century, 17ft. 9in. X 11ft. 11in. 5.41m. X 3.63m. Overall fairly even wear; small areas of reweaving; fireplace cut to right side centre now rejoined. Superb all over design on a dusky mid-blue field; wide light terracotta main border within green/gold and ivory floral guards and a wider outer dusky mid-blue plain border. Rich palette and soft handle.
Heriz carpet, north west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 13ft. 9in. X 11ft. 5in. 4.19m. X 3.48m. Overall wear, slightly heavier in some places; small crease marks on left side. Slight losses to ends. Dark blue centre medallion with jewelled pendants on a light terracotta cartouche shape field; large pale blue spandrels with light terracotta and pale blue quarter medallions; dark blue main border and pale yellow guards. A splendid carpet with a powerful design, enlivened with an abundance of pale blue details. Relatively soft handle.
Ushak carpet, west Anatolia, early 20th century, 13ft. 6in. X 11ft. 1in. 4.12m. X 3.38m. Overall wear, heavier in some places; cobbled repair/patch to centre; hole and damage top end left side, 24in. X 16in. 0.61m. X 0.40cm. approx. Small hole lower end of the field with fabric patch verso; other small repairs. Slight loss to ends. All over palmette design in soft red, light blue and green; wide greeny/blue main bo0rder. All over soft palette.
European machine made carpet, mid-20th century 11ft. 6in. X 8ft. 3.50m. X 2.44m. Slight wear in places; surface/water marks top end outer borders. Light red cartouche shape field with dark blue central medallion and main border. Printed label lower right corner verso bearing a Frankfurt address, possibly with cleaning instructions. For a carpet of identical construction see Lot 180.
Mahal carpet, north west Persia, circa 1920s 10ft. 8in. X 7ft. 6in. (lower end) to 6ft. 7in at top end. 3.25m. X 2.29m. To 2.01m. Top end. Slight wear in places. Note: this carpet is wider at the lower end. All over flowers on a light terracotta field; pale blue corners; dark blue main border. Lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle.
Khotan rug, Xinjiang, east Turkestan, early 20th century, 7ft. 8in. X 4ft. 6in. 2.34m. X 1.37m. Overall wear; small areas of old moth damage; slight loss to ends. Pale blue field with all over stylized pomegranate design within a light terracotta main border of intertwined strapwork; pale yellow guards. Soft handle.
Two Chinese rugs, the first: Tianjin rug, north west China, circa 1940s-50s, 5ft. X 2ft. 6in. 1.52m. X 0.76m. Small spots of old moth damage; Slight loss to lower end.. Central floral medallion and sprays of flowers on a light beige field; pale blue floral main border. The second Baotou-Suiyuan, north west China, circa 1930s-40s, 4ft. 11in. x 3ft. 7in. 1.50m. x 1.09m. Overall wear. Yellow field with central dragon.(2)
Caucasian silk brocaded 'zileh' flatweave rug, possibly Shirvan, south east Caucasus, first half 20th century, 7ft. X 4ft. 5in. 2.13m. X 1.35m. Slight wear in places. Ivory field with three central medallions with four squares surrounding the middle medallion; peacocks, other birds and animals in the field with other small filler ornaments; light red main border; dark blue/black rosette guards.
Unusually large Zejwa 5-medallion rug, north east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 11ft. 9in. X 7ft. 3.58m. X 2.13m. With inscription(?) in top right corner main border. Overall even wear with corrosion to browns in places; surface marks lower end border left side; small repairs and fraying/slight damage to selvedges. Dark blue field with mid-blue and light red typical medallions each with small ivory centre medallions; ivory main border. Cf. Bennett, I. Op cit. Pp. 304-305 for similar examples.
Two Caucasian rugs, the first: Perepedil, Kuba area, north east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 6ft. 10in. X 5ft. 2.08m. X 1.52m. Overall wear with losses and damage to ends; crease marks. Mid-blue field with traditional design within an ivory inner frame; ivory main border. The second a Sumac rug, Kuba, north east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 6ft. 2in. X 4ft. 11in. 1.88m. X 1.50m. Overall wear, heavy in places; some damages; losses to ends; fraying to selvedges. Three large octagons on a light red field. (2)
Shulaver Kazak long rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 8ft. 1in. X 3ft. 11in. 2.46m. X 1.20m. Slight wear in places; few crease marks; small hole lower right corner main border; small repair to second medallion left side; slight losses to flatweave ends. Dark blue field with typical central column of hooked diamond shape motifs; various filler ornaments including striped animals; ivory main border; light terracotta and pale green guards. Lustrous wool; soft palette and soft handle. See Bennett, I. op. cit. pp. 70-71 for similar.
Bordjalou Kazak rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 7ft. 8in. X 5ft. 2.34m. X 1.52m. Slight wear in places with corrosion to dark brown. A few small crease marks to sides. Slight unravelling to braided finish at top end in one place. Attractive blue/green field with three central hooked medallions; ivory hooked motif main border within light terracotta and pale blue/green running dog guards. Cf. Bennett, I. Op. Cit. Pp. Pp. 56-57; pl. 39. For similar typical example. Lustrous wool with exceptional palette; soft handle.
Two north west Persian rugs, early 20th century, the first, Feraghan area, 5ft. 7in. X 4ft. 5in. 1.70m. X 1.35m. Overall wear, heavier right side top end and slight losses to ends. Dark blue field with all over herati design. The second, Bijar area, 4ft. 2in. X 3ft. 1in. 1.27m. X 0.94m. Slight wear in places; fraying to sides and losses to ends. Light red field with all over flowerhead design; dark blue main border. Robust handle. (2)
Rug by the Arab-cherpanlu tireh of the Qashqa'i Confederation, Fars, second half 19th century, 9ft. 2in. x 5ft. 2in. 2.80m. x 1.58m. Overall even wear with some small repairs with fabric patches verso; surface mark to top spandrel; losses to chequered ends. Dark blue field with triple centre pole medallion in ivory and terracotta; surrounded by many filler ornaments including pecking chickens; small animals, flowering trees and other motifs; ivory spandrels and narrow light blue main border. Lustrous wool and soft palette. Cf. Parham, C. Masterpieces of Fars Rugs, p. 51, pl. 4 for an almost identical rug.
Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 5ft. X 3ft. 1in. 1.52m. X 0.94m. Some wear with corrosion to dark browns. Fabric binding to both ends. The field of similar design to the previous lot, within a wide light rust red main border of latchhook design. Velvety wool and soft handle.
Afshar carpet, Kerman area, south west Persia, late 19th century, 10ft. 7in. x 5ft. 11in. 3.23m. x 1.80m. Overall wear consistent with age; small repairs and small areas of re-piling. Ivory field filled with all over floral sprays, tiny animals and various other filler ornaments; light red spandrels. cf. Opie, J. Tribal Rugs, p. 217, pl. 12.7 for an Afshar rug with very similar design in the spandrels and up each long side of the central diamond shape medallion which in the published example is dark blue.
Pair of Esfahan rugs, central Persia, early 20th century, each 6ft. 7in. X 4ft. 2.01m. X 1.22m. One with some wear and corrosion in places with repair to centre; the other with overall wear and corrosion, heavier in some places; repair to top end. Dark blue elliptical centre medallions on a light red field with dark blue spandrels and dark blue main border. Very finely woven with velvety wool.
Hamadan rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 6in. X 3ft. 2in. 1.37m. X 0.97m. Overall even wear; corrosion to dark brown in places; outer guard missing lower end. Well drawn herati design on a light terracotta field with pale green spandrels; ivory meandering boteh main border and pale blue guards. A very pretty rug.

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