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Preisdatenbank abonnierenGay (John) Fables, 2 vol. in 1, engraved vignette titles and 68 plates, 12 by William Blake, tissue guards, list of subscribers at end, light offsetting, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, a few scuffs, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Bentley 460; Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England 1], tall 8vo, John Stockdale, 1793.
Mountaineering.- Fitzgerald (E. A.) Climbs in the New Zealand Alps, second edition, one of only 500 copies, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map in pocket at end, some small tears to folds, occasional spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown, original cloth, morocco spine labels, slight bumping to extremities, 1896 § Tilman (H. W.) Snow on the Equator, first edition, plates, maps, pencil inscription, occasional light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to top edge, 1937; and 6 others, mountaineering, [Neate F36 & T47], 8vo, (8)
Evans (John) Account of Excavations on the sites of two Roman villas as Box Moor, Herts., presentation copy with ink inscription "N.Hibbert Esq. with Mr Evans' compl." to upper cover, lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, original printed wrappers, light surface soiling to covers, wear to spine, folio, 1853. ⁂ A scarce illustrated account of the excavation, not in BL.
Library catalogue.- [Oldys (William), Samuel Johnson and Michael Maittaire] Catalogus Bibliothecæ Harleianæ, 5 vol., vol.2 initial advertisement f. for exhibition of the library in Marylebone and 3pp. advertisements at end, lacking in vol.1 an advertisement f; vol.3 6pp. 'Proposals' and in vol.4 4pp. of imprimatur, 'Proposals' and advertisements, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original red morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Thomas Osborne, 1743-1745. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Catalogue of the magnificent library formed by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and their librarian Humphrey Wanley, compiled by Thomas Osborne. Shortly after the death of Edward his widow sold the books and some of the manuscripts to Osborne. In 1753 she sold the majority of the manuscripts to the nation, which are housed at the British Library. Our set lacks some preliminary leaves, as indicated, but the catalogue itself is complete.
Polar.- Scott (Captain Robert) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates (1 loose), 8 folding maps, of which 1 colour, occasional spotting and marginal water-staining, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1913 § Bergman (Sten) Through Kamchatka by Dog-Sled & Skis, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, maps, occasional light spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, 1927; and 3 others, Polar, 8vo (6)
Gilpin (Rev. William) Observations on the River Wye..., second edition, large paper copy, 17 hand-tinted aquatint plates, light staining to one or two leaves, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, [cf.Abbey, Scenery 546, 1800 edition], 1789; another edition, first edition, half-title, 15 hand-tinted aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old label, 1782; Observations, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty...particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 3 hand-coloured engraved maps and 27 hand-tinted aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red roan labels, [Abbey, Scenery 183], 1788; Remarks on Forest Scenery..., 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, hand-coloured double-page engraved map and 30 hand-tinted plates only (of 31, vol.2 lacking view of Beaulieu river), signatures cut away from front free endpapers, contemporary half red roan, spines faded, 1794, some foxing and offsetting, a little rubbed; and another by Gilpin, 4to & 8vo (7)
Grabhorn Press.- Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass..., number 335 of 400 copies, printed in red and black by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo, small ink inscription to front and rear endpapers, original morocco-backed wooden boards, by Hazel Dreis, publisher's device cut into lower outer corner of upper cover, uncut, a few light scratch marks to upper cover, spine a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, New York, printed by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco for Random House, 1930. ⁂ The greatest work produced by the press, Leaves of Grass took over a year to print.
Ralfe (P.G.) The Birds of the Isle of Man, 2 vol. including supplement, pictorial title, plates, ink ownership inscription, bookplate of Wiliam Saxtorth, vol.1 original cloth, gilt, (a little rubbed and bumped), vol.2 original printed wrappers, Edinburgh, 1905-24 § Lilford (Thomas Powys, 4th Baron) Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, presentation inscription "From the Author" to half-title, occasional ink notes to margins, original cloth, 1893 § McAldowie (Alexander M.) The Birds of Staffordshire, number 18 of 100 copies, plates, light browning to endpapers, bookplate, bookplate, original cloth, Stoke-Upon-Trent, 1893; and 16 others, British birds, 8vo (20)
Gray (Thomas) Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems, first edition, first issue with "Drawings, &c." on half-title, printed on rectos only, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials, 4pp. 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole bound at end, rather foxed and browned, light marginal water-staining to last few leaves, engraved bookplate of John Clevland, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine, [Hazen 42; Rothschild 1061], for R. Dodsley, 1753; and a copy of the second issue, folio (2)
Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, seventh edition, first Bagster edition, wood-engraved pictorial half-title, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates by Audinet only, one of music, engraved illustrations of fish in text, light foxing, later half morocco, Samuel Bagster, 1808; another edition, edited by Sir John Hawkins, fifth edition, engraved portrait and 11 plates, 2 of music, engraved illustrations, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine in compartments and green morocco label, corners repaired, 1792; another edition, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, limited edition, engraved portraits, hand-coloured illustrations of fish, original morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little spotted, spine browned, Nonesuch Press, 1929, 8vo (3)
Africa.- Reclus (Élisée) Africa and its Inhabitants, 8 vol., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, maps, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, [1889] § Pictorial Records of the English in Egypt, with a Full and Descriptive Life of General Gordon, chromolithographed frontispiece and additional title, plates and illustrations, ink inscription, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to extremities, c.1899; and 18 others, similar, v.s.(27)
Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, third issue with 'The Shoulder of Shasta' advertisement f. and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, light browning or finger-soiling to margins, ink ownership inscription to half-title, hinges repaired, original cloth, recased, spine ends strengthened and repaired, spine browned, covers rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, preserved in slip-case, 1897; and a copy of Dracula's Guest, 8vo (2)
Africa.- Tucker (Alfred R.) Eighteen Years in Uganda, 2 vol., plates, folding colour map, occasional light spotting, cracked hinges (vol. 2), slight rubbing to corners and joints, 1908 § Cunningham (J. M.) Uganda and its Peoples, illustrations, map, cracked hinge, bumping to spine extremities, 1905; first editions, frontispieces, ink inscriptions, original cloth; and 6 others, Uganda, 8vo & 4to (9)
Ward (F. Kingdon) From China to Hkamti Long, first edition, plates, folding map, some light foxing, 1924 § Lanning (George) Wild Life in China, bookplate, Shanghai, 1911 § Taka-Tsukasa (Dr Nobusuke) The Birds of Nippon, 3 colour plates, illustrations, original slip-case (rubbed and surface soiled, ink inscription to cover), Tokyo, 1967, original cloth; and another, China, 8vo & 4to (4)
Hope (Thomas) Costume of the Ancients, 2 vol., engraved plates, etched bookplate of George Gilpin, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red roan labels, corners repaired, 1809 § Dallaway (James) Anecdotes of the Arts in England, first edition, additional engraved title with aquatint vignette, light foxing, contemporary half red roan, spine gilt, 1800 § Fielding (T.H.) On Painting in Oil and Water Colours, 10 engraved plates, 4 hand-coloured, the others foxed, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded and paper label chipped, 1839, rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)
Mathematics.- Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll". Formulæ. (Group C.), with Dodgson's manuscript corrections in purple ink, bifolium, 220 x 142mm., a little light spotting, Oxford, 1878. ⁂ A very good copy of this rare cyclostyled pamphlet with manuscript corrections by the author in his characteristic purple ink. Dodgson said of his 'electric pen', which he acquired in 1877 that it 'seems to be quite the best thing yet invented for taking a number of copies of MSS, drawings or maps. The "pen" consists of a needle, in a holder like a pencil: the needle is worked in and out with enormous rapidity by electricity and projects far enough to go through a thin sheet of paper... the paper thus prepared is placed in a frame with blank paper underneath, and an ink roller is passed [over it]... copies are easily worked off at a rate of 2 a minute'.
Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 4 vol., engraved frontispieces, rather browned, handsome contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, upper joint of vol.1 repaired, 1782 § Richardson (Samuel) Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady, 8 vol., sixth edition, engraved frontispieces and folding sheet of music in vol.2, contemporary ink inscription "Ann Berney 1771" to front free endpapers, some light browning, contemporary sprinkled calf, roan labels, boards slightly splayed, small repairs to joints, 1768; The History of Sir Charles Grandison, 7 vol., sixth edition, half-title and engraved portrait in vol.1, some light spotting, old ink signatures and ownership stamp to front free endpapers, bookplate of Charles Cammell, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black roan labels, spines slightly chipped at head, 1770, all a little rubbed; and a later 3 vol. set of Amelia, 12mo (22)
Somervile (William) The Chace. A Poem, first edition, engraved frontispiece after Gravelot (trimmed to edges of plate-mark and tipped into blank leaf), errata leaf at end, title lightly soiled and with small ink stain to inner margin, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red roan label (chipped), [Rothschild 1932], for G.Hawkins, and sold by T.Cooper, 1735; another edition, light browning at beginning and end, Mexborough bookplates, later green morocco, elaborately blocked in gilt, spine gilt, t.e.g., Birmingham, Robert Martin [with Baskerville type], 1767; another edition, edited by Edward Topham, engraved additional title and plates after Sartorius, light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt, Albion Press, 1804, all a little rubbed; and another copy of the first (cropped), 4to & 8vo (4)
Africa.- Craster (Capt. J.E.E.) Pemba, the Spice Island of Zanzibar, first edition, folding map, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Hosken o.52] 1913 § Younghusband (Ethel) Glimpses of East Africa and Zanzibar, folding map, later half calf, 1910 § Pearse (Major F. B.) Zanzibar, first edition, occasional light spotting, original cloth, browned spine, rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 1920; frontispieces, plates; and 12 others, Zanzibar, 8vo (15)
Big Game.- Bolton (Captain A. C.) Game Shooting in Africa, ink inscription, cracked hinge, bumping to spine extremities, Carlisle, 1919 § Foran (Major W. Robert) Kill: or be Killed, plates, occasional light spotting, splitting to joints and spine extremities, 1933 § Pease (Sir Alfred E.) The Book of the Lion, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, pencil inscription, slight bumping to extremities, 1913; first editions, frontispieces, original cloth, [Czech p.20, 59, 127]; and 16 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (19)
London.- Hollar (Wenceslaus) The Prospect of London and Westminster, taken from Lambeth..., etching, later state with rebuilt St.Paul's Cathedral, on three sheets only (of 4, lacking left hand sheet), laid paper with armorial watermark containing fleur-de-lis above the initials 'CR', sheet c. 345 x 1180 mm. (13 1/2 x 46 1/2 in), linen-backed, folding onto central sheet mounted on card, foxing and light soiling, vertical creases from previous additional folds, [circa 1647, but a later impression after 1697]. Literature: Pennington 1013.II
Aesop. The Fables..., first edition, Imperial Paper issue [one of 500 copies], Variant B with cut of 'Philosopher' and "candour and prudence" in last line on p.248, 'thumb-mark' receipt page with woodcut vignette over-printed with copper-engraved red seaweed spray, woodcut title-vignette and illustrations by or after Thomas Bewick throughout, occasional light marginal soiling, bookplates of Charles Hervey Hoare and Thomas Glenarthur, later dark green morocco, by Root and Co., uncut, small neat repairs to lower cover, [Roscoe 45a; Tattersfield TB 1.35], Imperial 8vo, Newcastle, 1818. ⁂ A good copy on the largest paper, rare in uncut state.
Greece.- Chandler (Richard) Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, first edition, 7 engraved maps and plans, 1 folding, errata leaf, offsetting, title foxed, some spotting and light foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding, spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Blackmer 319; Weber II, 554], 4to, Oxford, Printed at The Clarendon Press, 1776. ⁂ The first half of the work is devoted to Athens, and the second to various classical sites, including Marathon, Attica, Corinth and Olympia. During his time in Athens Chandler purchased fragments from the Parthenon frieze.
[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue with 4 mounted plates, hand-coloured engraved additional title with vignettes, portrait and 34 plates by Henry Alken, four trimmed and mounted as issued, plate at p.348 'The Tandem' in second state, without 10pp. advertisements at end, a few plates trimmed with loss to imprint, some light soiling, mostly marginal, bookplate of James Keith Fraser, contemporary red morocco, g.e., slightly rubbed and marked, rebacked with gilt spine, [Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842.
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, ink inscriptions, illustrated endpapers, frontispieces, 4 maps (3 folding, 2 with a small tear), spotting, 1890; In Darkest Africa, 6 vol., subscribers edition, 3 folding maps (2 with small tears), occasional light spotting, faded spines, slight bumping to extremities, 1890 § Peters (Dr. Carl) New Light on Dark Africa, first English edition, frontispiece (discreetly strengthened), lacking map, occasional light finger soiling, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbing to extremities, 1891; plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, [Hosken p.189; Czech p.128]; and another, by Stanley, 8vo (11)
Africa.- Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior of Africa, occasional light spotting, prize-label, spine a little faded, 1893 § Monson (Ronald A.) Across Africa on Foot, dust-jacket, small tears and chipping, small loss to extremities, 1936 § Kirkland (Caroline) Some African Highways, ink inscription, [Hosken p.116], 1908 § Roome (W. J. W.) Tramping Through Africa, occasional light spotting, folding map, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small tears and chipping to extremities, 1930; all but the first, first editions, frontispieces, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities; and 10 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (14)
Galilei (Galileo) Opere, edited by Carlo Manolessi, 19 parts in 2 vol., half-titles, fine engraved frontispiece by Stefano della Bella and a portrait of Galileo by Francesco Villamena, folding engraved plate, woodcuts and diagrams within text, woodcut ornaments, head-pieces and initials, some worming, occasional staining, some light browning, attractive 19th century polished tree calf, spines gilt and with black leather label, spines uniformly faded, small nick to head and foot of vol.1, vol.2 lower cover with a few small scuff marks, 4to, Bologna, Heirs of Dozza for Carlo Manolessi, 1656-1655. ⁂ First collected edition of the works of Galileo, dedicated to Grand Duke Ferdinand II. Literature: Carli and Favaro 251; Cinti 132; Honeyman 1418; Houzeau and Lancaster 3386; Riccardi I, 518
Africa.- Campbell (John) Travels in South Africa, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, 9 plates only (of 10), lacking map, occasional light off-setting, modern half morocco, [Abbey Travel 328] 1822 § Murray (Hugh) Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, engraved folding map, additional engraved title, illustrations, bookplate, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, Edinburgh, 1832; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (11)
Alken (Henry) The National Sports of Great Britain, large paper copy, 50 fine hand-coloured soft-ground etchings by and after Alken, tissue guards, 2 preliminary leaves and first plate ('The Race Horse') torn across and neatly repaired, some light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, by Bernard Middleton 2011, [cf. Tooley 43, 8vo edition], folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1825 [text watermarked 1822, plates 1822-25]. ⁂ Very rare large paper copy of the first edition with these plates. A previous work was published under the same title in 1821 but contained different plates and those were aquatints. It is more usually found in Royal 8vo format. The work includes scenes of horse-racing, hunting, coursing, shooting, angling, dog-fighting, cock-fighting, and bull-, bear- & badger-baiting, but is notable for Alken's preface which condemns the baiting of animals, depicted in the last few plates. The only plate not including animals is of prize-fighting.
Egypt.- Belzoni (Giovanni Battista) Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia, Atlas vol. only, 44 engraved or lithographed plates and plans on 34 sheets (without the 6 plates published as supplement), all but 4 coloured by hand, some plates creased, occasional light soiling to plate margins, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 268], oblong folio, 1820. ⁂ "These plates were intended to illustrate Belzoni's Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries ... in Egypt and Nubia, 4to ... As many as eight colours are used on one plate for the coloured illustrations, and the colouring is skilfully done" - Abbey.
Hickson (Sidney J.) A Naturalist in North Celebes, first edition, colour frontispiece, folding map, plates and illustrations, upper hinge starting, bookplate of Robert and Maria Travis, original cloth, gilt, chip to head of spine, 1889 § Verner (Colonel Willoughby) My Life Among the Wild Birds in Spain, plates and illustrations, endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt, 1909 § Mary Duchess of Bedford, Edited by John Gore, 2 vol, vol.1 lacking front free endpaper, original half calf, light wear to extremities, 1938; and 18 others, birds and other natural history and biography, 8vo (22)
Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding lithographed frontispiece, plates (1 folding), 1 folding map only (of 2), occasional marginal water-staining, pencil annotations, modern half calf, [Hosken p.126] 1857 § The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, chromolithographed frontispiece, additional title and 19 plates, occasional light spotting, original decorative morocco, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Reading and Bath, n.d.; and 14 others, Livingstone, 8vo & 4to (16)
Africa.- Gehrts (M.) A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland, first edition, plates, occasional light foxing, slight bumping to spine extremities, Philadelphia, 1915 § Wykes (Alan) Nimrod Smith: a Profile of T. Murray Smith, first edition, inscribed and signed by T. Murray Smith, plates, 1961 § Koenig (Oskar) Pori Tupu, plates, slight bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, small tear to top edge, chipping and small loss to extremities, 1955 § Lettow-Vorbeck (General von) Heia Safari! illustrations, spine a little browned, slight splitting to joints, Leipzig, 1920; frontispieces, original cloth; and 20 others, similar, 8vo (24)
Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds, 6 vol. second edition, 365 wood-engraved plates finished by hand, origianl pictorial cloth, gilt, vol.3 with minor worming to joints, light bumping to joints, but a sharp set overall, 1870 § Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., woodcut illustrations, light scattered spotting, bookplate, later crushed olive-green morocco, gilt, spines a little faded, but an attractive set overall, t.e.g., 1826; and 2 others, British birds and animals, 8vo (10)
Big Game.- Schillings (C.G.) With Flashlight and Rifle, 2 vol., first English edition, illustrations, 1906 § Roosevelt (Theodore) and Edmund Heller, Life Histories of African Game Animals, 2 vol., maps, occasional light spotting, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1915; frontispieces, plates, original pictorial cloth; and 5 others by Schillings or Roosevelt, 8vo (9)
Satirical Pamphlets.- [Arbuthnot (John)] A Complete Key to the Three Parts of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit, 8pp., this edition with 4 lines of motto on title, [ESTC lists 6 copies only; not in BL], [London], 1712 bound with [Arbuthnot (John)] Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplified in the Case of The Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who Spent all they had in a Law-Suit, 16pp., [this edition not in BL], Printed for John Morphew, 1712 bound with [Arbuthnot (John)] John Bull In His Senses: Being the Second Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit, 16pp., [this edition not in BL], Printed for John Morphew, 1712 bound with [Arbuthnot (John)] John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit, 32pp., [this edition not in BL], Printed for John Morphew, 1712 bound with S[peed] (R[obert]) The Counter-Scuffle... Whereunto is Added The Irish Entertainment. Written by W. & G., 30pp., woodcut royal coat of arms on title, small ink marks on title, [ESTC lists 2 copies only both located in Ireland; Wing S4897], Dublin, Printed by Andrew Crooke for Samuel Helsham..., 1684 bound with [Leslie (Charles)] A Short and Easie Method with the Deists. Wherein the Truth of the Christian Religion is Demonstrated..., 40pp., [ESTC lists 3 copies of this edition all located in Ireland; Wing L1155], Dublin, Andrew Crook, 1699 bound with An Account of a Conference Between His Grace George, Late Duke of Buckingham, and Father Fitz-Gerald an Irish Priest: Whom King James II. sent to His Grace in his Sickness, to endeavour to pervert him to the Popish Perswasion, 24pp., [this edition not in ESTC, ESTC lists editions for 1714 and 1726 only], Dublin, for J. Ware, 1705 bound with Hoadly (Benjamin) The Happiness of the Present Establishment, and the Unhappiness of Absolute Monarchy. A Sermon Preach'd at the Assizes at Hartford, March 22d. 1708, 16pp., B3 small piece of corner torn away not affecting text, [this Dublin edition not in ESTC], London Printed, and Re-Printed in Dublin for R. Pue in Skinner-Row, 1708 bound with Axford (John) Hidden Things Brought to Light, for the Increase of Knowledge in Reading the Bible, The Second Edition, A2 small piece of corner torn away not affecting text, [ESTC lists 2 copies only none located in the UK], London Printed: and Re-Printed in Dublin for G[eorge]. G[rierson], 1709 bound with Beveridge (William) A Sermon Concerning the Excellency and Usefulness of the Common Prayer, The Thirteenth edition, 56pp., [ESTC lists 4 copies only; Wing B2110], Dublin, Printed by J.B. and S.P.... for Jacob Milner, 1700 bound with A Letter to the French Refugees Concerning their Behaviour to the Government, 24pp., [ESTC lists 6 copies only], London Printed: And Re-Printed... Dublin... E. Waters, 1711 bound with [Hare (Francis)] The History of the Negociations for a Treaty of Peace, In 1709. In a Third Letter to a Tory Member, 32pp., London Printed for A. Baldwin: And M. Gunne... Dublin, 1711 bound with [Oldmixon (John)] Remarks on A False, Scandalous, and Seditious Libel Intituled, The Conduct of the Allies. And of the Late Ministry, &c., 32pp., [ESTC lists 5 copies of this edition only], for A. Baldwin, 1711 bound with D'Assigny (Samuel) Religion in a Trance: or, the Groans of the Church, only edition, 34pp., [ESTC lists 3 copies only], Dublin, 1711 bound with The Report of the Commissioners for... The Publick Accounts of the Kingdom of Great Britain, 16pp., [ESTC lists 4 copies only], [Dublin], 1711 bound with [Defoe (Daniel, attributed to)] No Queen: or, No General. An Argument, Proving The Necessity Her Majesty was in, as well for the Safety of Her Person, as of Her Authority, to Displace the D... of M..., 32pp., [Dublin], Sold by E. Waters, 1712 bound with A Station List for the City of Dublin, 4pp,, drophead title, [ESTC lists 5 copies only], 1711 bound with [Defoe (Daniel, attributed to)] Peace or Poverty. Being a Serious Vindication of Her Majesty and Her Ministers Consenting to a Treaty for a Peace, 16pp., last p. blank, [ESTC lists 4 copies of this edition only; not in BL], John Morphew, 1712 bound with [Dublin]. The Case of the City of Dublin In Relation to the Election of the Lord-Mayor and Sheriffs of the said City, 16pp., dophead title, [ESTC lists 5 copies only], n.p., n.d. [not before 1711], and 3 other defective pamphlets, together 22 pamphlets in 1 vol., some headlines cropped, some staining in places, some wear, browned, engraved bookplate of Caldwell of Castle Caldwell on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, corners bumped, 8vo. ⁂ A rare collection of pamphlets collected by a High Tory, mostly against the continuance of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Potatoes.- Kirkpatrick (Hezekiah) An Account of the Manner in which Potatoes are cultivated and preserved, and the uses to which they are applied in the counties of Lancaster and Chester, together with a description of a new variety of the Potatoe, peculiarly convenient for forcing in Hot-Houses and Frames, mounted errata slip at foot of final verso, final f. blank, [Henrey 899; Perkins 935], Warrington, Printed by W. Eyres, 1796 bound with Ringsted (Josiah) The Farmer. Comprehending the several most interesting objects and beneficial practices in the culture of wheat, rye, Barley, Oats, Buckwheat, Peas, Beans...Together with the Cultivation of Hops, Vines, Forest Trees, Fruit Trees, Kitchen and Flower Garden Productions. Likewise, directions in the breeding and improvement of Horses, Oxen, Cows, Calves, Sheep, Lambs, and Hogs...Also, rules for the treatment and rearing of Poultry,viz. Pheasants, Turkeys, Geese, Fowl, Tame Rabbits, Pigeons, &c. And the ordering of bees, and their Labors...third edition, [British Bee Books 128 and cf. 134, Samuel Cooke's The Farmers Wife, 'the wording of the 12 pages on bees is identical with that in The Farmer by Ringsted'], Printed for J. Smeeton, n.d. [?c.1790] and Fordyce (George) Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation...To which is added, an appendix, for the use of Practical Farmers, fifth edition, 3 engraved plates, for J. Johnson, 1796 and Holt (John) General view of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster: with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, first edition, engraved folding frontispiece map and 5 plates, 2 folding letter-press tables, [Perkins 815], for G. Nicol, 1795, together 4 works in 1 vol., some spotting or mostly light foxing, offsetting, occasional staining, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red morroco label, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The Kirkpatrick is rare at auction, as is the third edition of Ringsted, which is not recorded in ESTC.
Distant (William Lucas) Rhopalocera Malayana: A Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 2 vol., half-titles (vol. 2 repaired at outer margin), 46 chromolithographed plates, illustrations in text, light spotting to text, contemporary morocco-backed boards, neatly rebacked, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 1114], London & Penang, 1882-86. ⁂ Rare, we can trace no other copy at auction in the last 20 years.
Gay (John) The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals, ?fourth edition, 7 etched plates by Louis du Guernier, old faint ink inscription "Chris. Gunby Coll. Joh." on title, light soiling and staining, mostly to last few leaves, later wrappers, uncut, a little soiled and creased, preserved in later cloth folder and red morocco-backed cloth slip-case with pull-off top, book-labels and bookplates of the Braikenridge Collection (manuscript label), Alfred Matthew Hale, David & Lulu Borowitz, and Michael Curtis Phillips on inside of folder, [Foxon G73], R.Burleigh, 1714 [but possibly 1716]; another edition, fifth edition, 7 etched plates by du Guernier, stitched in original blue wrappers, uncut, preserved in later cloth folder, J. & R.Tonson, 1742, 8vo (2) ⁂ Satire on the pastoral poetry of Ambrose Philips first published in 1714; Foxon suggests that the date on the first is a misprint for 1716.
[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". Hunting Reminiscences, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, 9 maps and 4 plates, modern half green calf, spine gilt with hunting motifs, 1843 § Radcliffe (F.P.Delmé) The Noble Science, 2 engraved plates, wood-engraved additional pictorial title and 7 plates, later half red morocco, spine gilt, g.e., 1839; another edition, 2 engraved plates, wood-engraved additional pictorial title and 7 plates, all hand-coloured, modern half red morocco, spine gilt with hunting motifs, t.e.g., 1875 § Blew (W.C.A.) A History of Steeple-Chasing, 12 hand-coloured plates after Alken, modern half green calf, original pictorial cloth upper cover and spine bound in at end, 1901 § Browne (Hablot K.), "Phiz". Racing and Chasing: The Road, the River and the Hunt, graphotype plates, original pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in morocco, [1864], occcasional light spotting or browning; and another, 8vo & oblong folio (6)
δ Beerbohm (Max) Marquis Luis de Soveral, the Portuguese Ambassador in London, pen and black ink, brush, watercolour and grey wash, on cream wove paper, signed 'Max' centre right, and inscribed 'M. de Soveral' centre left, 320 x 195 mm. (12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in), under glass, some minor abrasions to sheet, light surface dirt, 1900. Provenance: The Piccadilly Gallery, London; R.M.M. Pryor, Esq. (purchased in 1972); Sale. Sotheby's, Olympia, 20th Century British and Irish Art, 15th September 2004, lot 2. Literature: John Hall, N., Max Beerbohm Caricatures, Yale, 1997, no. 184, illus. p. 193. Illustrated: Christmas edition of 'The World', The Portuguese Minister, 1900 (a copy is included with the present lot) ⁂ A favourite subject of the artist, who appeared in 20 caricatures. A close friend and confidant of Edward VII, Soveral's nickname was the "Blue Monkey" and he was said to have been "the most popular man in London". [Max Beerbohm Caricatures, op. cit., p. 193] δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Baskerville (John).- Milton (John) Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd, together 2 vol., engraved portrait, some light foxing or soiling, near-uniform contemporary tree calf, gilt, spines gilt with fleurs-de-lys and red roan labels, a little rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, corners a little worn, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1759; and a 1758 8vo edition of the same, 4to & 8vo (4)
Africa.- Harris (William Cornwallis) The Highlands of Æthiopia, 3 vol., half-titles, lithographed frontispieces (2 tinted, 1 hand-coloured), chromolithographed dedication, engraved folding map (loose, small tear, neatly repaired), ink inscriptions, occasional light spotting, original cloth, rebacked with original spines laid down, spines browned, slight bumping to corners, [Czech p.72; Abbey Travel 290] 1844 § Bland-Sutton (J.) Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to extremities, [Czech p.18] 1911; first editions; and another, similar, 8vo (5)
[Combe (William)] Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, first edition, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light spotting and offsetting, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt and a little faded, t.e.g., [Abbey, Travel 89; Tooley 415], 1821; The History of Johnny Quae Genus..., first edition, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, errata slip and 8pp. catalogue at end, text browned in parts, some offsetting from plates, book-label of Abel Berland, contemporary red crushed morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, , [Abbey, Life 268; Tooley 413], 1822 § [Papworth (J.B.) & others.] Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, second edition, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary russia, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Abbey, Scenery 297; Tooley 423], 1813, all plates by or after Thomas Rowlandson, slightly rubbed, R.Ackermann; and a third edition of the first tour of Dr. Syntax, 8vo (4)
Rawstorne (Lawrence) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; and an improved method of making Plantations and Covers..., first edition, half-title, 15 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.T.Rawlins heightened with gum arabic, errata slip at end, light foxing to tissue guards and some text leaves, plates generally clean and bright, contemporary olive green morocco with elaborate gilt-tooled border, g.e., slightly faded, spine ends and corners rubbed, [Abbey, Life 392; Tooley 393], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1837.
Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first edition, original pictorial cloth, light browning along upper joint, first issue dust-jacket with 'First Edition' to foot of upper flap, spine and margins of panel a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped affecting 'The' at head of spine, minor creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, still very good overall, 8vo, New York, 1939.
Plays.- Congreve (William) The Double-Dealer, A Comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal, By Their Majesties Servants, first edition, second issue, with G1 in cancelled state, some light browning and spotting, occasional staining, 20th century morocco-backed marbled boards, [Pforzheimer 194; Wing C5847], Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1694 § Sidley (Sir Charles) The Mulberry-Garden, A Comedy. As it is Acted by His Majestie's Servants at the Theatre-Royal, first edition, with initial blank, a few short tears, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 20th century morocco-backed marbled boards, [Pforzheimer 856; Wing S2402], Printed for H[enry] Herringman, 1668 § Banks (John) The Unhappy Favourite: or the Earl of Essex. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal By their Majesty's Servants, first edition, water-stained, [Wing B663], Printed for Richard Bentley and Mary Magnes, 1682; and The British Enchanters, 1706, small 4to (4) ⁂ A good group of 17th and 18th century plays. The Sidley is based on Molière's L'École des Maris.
Darwin (Erasmus) The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts... The Economy of Vegetation... The Loves of the Plants , 2 vol. in 1, first edition of Part I, third edition of Part II, half-titles, 2 engraved frontispieces and 18 plates including 5 by William Blake (one after Fuseli and 4 of the Portland Vase), 2 folding, errata leaf at end of each part, tear to upper margin of title repaired, light foxing to plates, spotting to one or two gatherings, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, J. Johnson, 1791 § Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar, thirteenth edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 folding plates, contemporary signature at head of title and inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, for the Author, 1762; and 3 others, science and natural history, v.s. (5)
Africa.- Fitzpatrick (Sir Percy) Jock of the Bushveld, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, ink inscription, original cloth, 1908 § Drummond (Henry) Tropical Africa, 5 folding colour maps (some with strengthening), occasional light spotting, half morocco, spine a little rubbed, small tear to spine foot, 1888 § Livingstone (W. P) Mary Slessor of Calabar, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, 1917; and 13 others, similar, 8vo (16)
Erasmus (Desiderius) Morias Enkomion [graece]. Stultitiæ Laus, commentary by G. Listrius, engraved additional title by Kaspar Merian after Holbein, engraved device on title, 3 full-page engraved portraits after Holbein (1 of Erasmus and 2 of Holbein), 1 full-page engraved transcription of Erasmus' memorial stone and 81 illustrations, of which 6 mounted and folding by Merian after Holbein, short repaired tear to F5, occasional spotting or light foxing, 20th century armorial brown morocco, gilt, rubbed, g.e., 8vo, Basel, Genathian, 1676.
δ Beerbohm (Max) Count D'Orsay (to Thomas Carlyle): "Tell me, oh tell me the secret of your waistcoats!", pen and brown-ish black ink, grey-brown and blue wash, on wove paper, signed and dated 'Max/ 1928' lower right, and with further dedication inscribed below, title inscribed upper left, sheet 256 x 204 mm. (10 1/8 x 8 1/16 in), laid onto support, some minor even browning, light surface dirt, under glass, 1928. Provenance: Sale. Sotheby's, Amsterdam, European Collections, 28th September 2006, lot 658 (part lot). ⁂ The 19th century dandy, Count D'Orsay, makes a request to the famous Scottish philosopher, Thomas Carlyle. In his autobiographical 'The Works of Max Beerbohm', the artist writes of Count D'Orsay that "[he] was a wayward excessive creature, too fond of life and other follies to achieve real greatness [...] All that is left of D'Orsay's art is a waistcoat and a handful of rings - vain relics of no more value for us than the fiddle of Paganini or the mask of Menischus!". δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with first plate in vol.2 signed A.Pugin, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved portrait and plan, 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light browning and offsetting, very occasional spotting, modern half red morocco, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 213], 4to, for R.Ackermann, 1812.
India.- Grindlay (Robert Melville) Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India, title with chromolithographed vignette, 36 chromolithographed plates, lacking imprint leaf before title, rubbed, occasional spotting or light marking, later half calf over contemporary marbled boards, folio, 1830 [but 1892]. ⁂ Scarce 19th century facsimile of the first edition of 1830. Includes views of Bombay, Calcutta, Benares, Delhi, Agra and Madras.
Ricketts (Charles de Sousy, artist and art collector, 1866-1931) Autograph Letter signed to the actress Stella Patrick Campbell, daughter of Mrs Patrick Campbell, 1p., 4to, Lansdowne House, Holland Park, [1921], giving precise instructions on how to move on stage to show the costume he has designed to maximum effect, "When you bring on Tyltis coat, keep it hidden by your cloak, it makes a dull patch against you and it is better 'Theatre' that we should only see it when he puts it on", with a PS, "I have praised you to Barker, Sutro, Collins, Edward, Grossmith", and with a watercolour sketch of Campbell's dress, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ Pencil inscription by Campbell, "From Charles Ricketts. Notes on how to use the exquisite dress he designed for me as 'Light' in the Betrothal. 1929."
Ireland (Samuel) [A set of Picturesque Views], comprising: Picturesque Views, with an Historical Account of the Inns of Court, in London and Westminster, half-title, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, errata leaf at end, one or two plates shaved at fore-edge, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, 1800; A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, 2 vol., first edition, engraved vignette titles and 45 plates, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red and green roan labels, [1790]; Picturesque Views on the River Thames, 2 vol., half-titles, additional engraved pictorial titles, 2 maps and 52 plates, errata leaf at end of each vol. and advertisement leaf end vol.2, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rebacked with gilt spines, 1792; Picturesque Views on the River Medway, leaf of verse, additional pictorial engraved title, map and 28 plates, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine and green morocco labels, 1793; Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, additional pictorial engraved title, map and 31 plates, errata leaf at end, short tear to upper margin of 2F4, contemporary blind-stamped red straight-grained morocco, spine gilt (slightly faded), upper joint repaired, 1795; Picturesque Views on the River Wye, lacking half-title but with errata slip, engraved map and 31 plates, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt, spine gilt (slightly faded), 1797 § Harral (Thomas) & Samuel Ireland. Picturesque Views on the Severn, 2 vol. in 1, 52 lithographed plates, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with green roan labels, corners repaired, 1824, together 7 works in 9 vol., first editions, most plates aquatints printed in sepia, wood-engraved illustrations, plates with marginal foxing or light browning, some offsetting, occasional spotting to text, a little rubbed, [second item Abbey, Travel 184, the rest Abbey, Scenery 207, 430, 428, 427, 544 & 429], 8vo (9)
Venice.- Albrizzi (Giovanni Battista) Forestiere Illuminato intorno le cose piu' rare e curiose, antiche, e moderne, della Citta di Venezia, first edition, engraved frontispiece with the arms of the dedicatee Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, surrounded by Putti, 43 engraved plates, most double-page, occasional light browning to central fold of plates, occasional spotting, 19th century calf, spine in compartments, rubbed, 8vo, Venice, Giovanni Battista Albrizzi , 1740.
Africa.- Churchill (Winston Spencer) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 3 folding maps (1 colour), 4 plans, ink inscription, 34pp. advertisements at end, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1900; My Early Life, frontispiece, plates, 1 folding map, ink inscription, small water-staining to top edge of first few leaves, occasional light foxing, rebacked with original spine laid down, spine faded, 1930; My African Journey, frontispiece, plates (lacking 2), maps, occasional spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown, cracked hinges, spine faded, chipping to extremities, 1908; first editions, original cloth; and another by the same, 8vo (4); sold not subject to return.
Newton (Sir Isaac) Opticks: or A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light, fourth edition, 12 folding engraved plates, advertisement f. at end, outer margins of title browned, spotted, some foxing, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine scorched, [Babson 136], 8vo, Printed for William Innys, 1730. ⁂ Fourth edition, 'carefully printed' from the third edition of 1721 and incorporating Newton's revisions.
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