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Preisdatenbank abonnierenStaffordshire figure, John Liston as Van Dunder, Enoch Wood & Sons, circa.1830, the figure standing wearing a steeple hat, large bow tie and pantaloons, holding a manuscript, printed title 'Read It Indeed! That's very easily sad, read it!!', some restoration, 19cm.Footnote: John Liston played Van Dunder in T'would Puzzle A Conjurer, a comic drama in two acts by J. Poole at The Haymarket in 1824.
A fine Victorian illuminated manuscript presentation book by Howard Morton, given to the Rev. Riland in Sutton Coldfield on his retirement by his parishioners, with watercolour illustrations from around Sutton Coldfield church, landscape and town centre. With informative calligraphy text within decorative borders and with list of contributors to the rear. In heavy carved wood cover with metal decorative clasps. Sold together with a limited edition book 'Three Hundred Years of a Family Living' being a history of the Rilands of Sutton Coldfield 1889
A Quantity of 19th Century Books. This lot includes Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) 'The Oeconomy of Human Life' translated from the Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. The manuscript was discovered in a letter from an English gentleman in China, to the Earl of ..... This is the 9th edition published London 1795. The lot also includes a leather -bound copy of 'The Poetical Works' of Sir Walter Scott complete in one volumne, with notes, intro's and readings by J.G Lockhart Esq published Edinburgh Adam & Charles Black. together with a copy of Hans Christian Andersen with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, published by GDH New York and several volumes of The Spectator by A. Chalmers Volume III, V,VI,VII, VIII,IX and X.
Miniatura. Medieval and Renaissance book illuminationD'Ancona Paolo - Aeschlimann Erhard. Dictionnaire des miniaturistes du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance dans les différentes contrées de l'Europe... 2. éd. revue et augmentée contenant un Index ordonné par époques, régions, écoles. Milan: Hoepli, 1949.Pagine X, 239, con [155] tavole. Invio autografo di Aeschlimann.X, 239 pages, with 155 unnumbered plates. Aeschlimann's manuscript dedication
A George III silkwork oval picture, embroidered by Ann Davison [...] 1800 in the 15th year of her age, with a man of fashion paying court to a peasantess during the summer harvest, the field with wheat sheaves and a stile fence, inscribed manuscript label to verso, 30cm wide, ebonised oval frame with gilt-brass inset, c. 1800
WELSH HERALDIC MANUSCRIPT on vellum. Pedigree of Francis Vichan or Vaughan, 1591, beginning with Kradog, Earle of Herefourde, Lord of Radnor and Knight of ye Round Table in King Arthur' time. "This is the Pedegree and Atchyvement of the Right Worshipfull Francys Vychan (Vichan or Vaughan) of the Countye of Yorckshyre , Esquire. And how that he is desendid of Many Honourable and Noble Houses of ye British race and others of ye bloode red of Englonde as this Pedegree mentioneth. And set forth by me Thomas Jones of Fountaine G ate in the Countye of Cardigan. Finished ye 3 daye off Decembre 1591". 2 metres long by 0.58 m wide. Some damp staining
HERALDIC MANUSCRIPT on vellum of the Beresford or Barford family, 1647. "A True and Perfect Pedegree of the auntient and worthy familie of Beresford alias Burford, originally descended from Berford in the County of Warwick and since transplanted into Leicestershire, from whence John Barford of the said county, Gent, is lineally descended, exactly continued to ye year 1647". 3.2 metres long by 0.82m wide, decorated in full colour with 103 coats of arms showing the pedigree of John Barford from the Norman Conquest to 1647. In very good condition with vibrant colours. Together with a manuscript pedigree of Edward William Jeffreys, Esquire, 1860, on paper backed with pink silk, 2 metres long. In a custom made black morocco box with gilt tooling. With a printed pedigree of the family of Barton, compiled by the Rev T S Hill and printed by Mitchell and Hughes; a large hard coloured coat of arms on vellum; and a small collection of related ephemera including photographs and letters.
Britain.- Hasted (Edward) The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vol., engraved frontispieces (vol. 11 & 23 folding), vignette titles, 36 engraved folding maps (1 hand-coloured), 22 plates (1 folding) and illustrations, faint off-setting, occasional marginal tears, vol. 1 lacking Z1 (?blank), cracked hinges, contemporary half calf, gilt, spine labels in manuscript, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, Canterbury, W. Bristow, 1797-1801 § Robertson (William) The History of Scotland, 3 vol., bookplate, contemporary diced calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 1817; and another, Sussex, 8vo (16)
Italy.- Rome.- Duperac (Etienne, 1525-1604) I Vestigi dell' Antichita di Roma, title and 33 plates only (of 40), etchings on laid paper with various 17th century watermarks, each sheet approx. 265 x 400 mm. (10 1/2 x 15 3/4 in), title trimmed to platemark with significant loss and damp-staining, most plates with rough edges and small tears, browning and light damp-stains, one or two plates with large tears running into the images, in limp vellum, leaves detached with partial loose manuscript paste down, very worn, oblong 4to, Gottfried de Scaichi, 1575 but printed 1621.Literature:cf. Robert-Dumesnil 1-41; LeBlanc 11-50
Northumberland Excise.- Bradshaw (R.) Northumberland Collector - Wooller... Entry Book, manuscript, title and 48pp., some staining and browning, some ff. loose, many edges torn and chipped, original vellum, later ink inscription on upper cover, rubbed and soiled, folio, 1726-36.⁂ "Bewick Cuth Collingwood Doe make entry of one Brew House one Seller Situate at the Back Side of my Dwelling House... Wm Carr... Cuth Collingwood"; Wooller 7 br: 28: 1725 I Geo: Smith Doe Enter one Brewhouse and Two Sellers Situate in the Dwelling House where in I now live... Wm Carr... George Smith."
Donellan (John, poisoner, 1737/8-81).- Boughton (Lady Anna, mother of Sir Theodosius Boughton, poisoned by John Donellan) 12 Autograph Letters signed to Edmund Harris, Attorney at Law, Rugby, 21pp., 8vo & 4to, Lawford Hall, 30th January 1775 - 27th January 1781, relating to the financial affairs of her daughter, Theodosia Donellan and her husband, John Donellan, "Mr Donnallan is very desirous of having my Daughters fortune placed in Government Security now Stocks are so very low as much as we can; as soon as possible therefore if you go to Town soon will you be so good as to bye into the 3 per cent reduced Annuities: the Seven hundred pound which was paid into Mr Clays hands by Mr Pearson and take care the stock is bought, in the names of Sir William Wheler Bart: and myself as trustees and Guardians for the same", and occasional personal news, "my Grand Daughter has got the Smallpox", creased and browned, some tears where opened, some along folds ; Poor Law Statute for Bilton, Rugby, "for the setting to work all the Poor within your Parish", D.s., printed with manuscript insertions, 2 small wax seals, 17th April 1746; and 3 other letters, 2 from William Cardale and 1 from Thomas Skipwith relating to the trial of Donellan, pasted down and bound with a printed work by Joseph Gurney, "The Trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the Wilful Murder of Sir Theodosius... Boughton", 1 page torn with small loss, all manuscript items tipped-in, foxed and browned, ink signatures of two later members of the Harris family on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, remains of tape along spine, v.s., v.d., folio.
Music, Medical etc.- Behnke (Dr Emil, voice trainer, 1836-92) & Dr Lennox Browne, founder of the Central London Throat and Ear Hospital, 1841-1902.- Soden (Florence Nightingale, of Larkbere, Thornton Road, Clapham Park, married in 1890 Harry Benn Borradaile, army officer, wounded at the battle of Loos, 1860-1948, b. 1866) Diary including a visit to Italy, autograph manuscript, c. 220pp., a few ff. excised and some cut, a few botanical speciments tipped-in, slightly browned, original half morocco, paper label on upper cover, remains of 3 wax seals on covers, sm. 4to, 1883-84.⁂ Dr Emil Behnke & Dr Lennox Browne. "Mr. Behnke commenced his lecture on "Science and Singing". We saw numbers of photos of his larynx taken by himself & Dr. Lennox Browne some of them quite untouched but merely enlarged from the negatives. He also explained the method of taking them & showed two or three pictures illustrating it. I don't think I ever heard a lecturer more scientific who at the same time so thoroughly understood the art making himself clear to his auditers we were all sorry when he brought his lecture. to a close, as it seemed a topic on which he might have spoken much more. Dr. Lennox Browne made a very good speech about the interest they took in each others work & their love for their science which they had studied together for so many years when engaged in writing their book that no one could but feel they were no "charlatans" or "quacks" but clever new roughly understanding this business." - Soden.Soden includes an account of tonsillectomy operated by Dr Lennox Browne (1841-1902), and voice and singing lessons from Dr Emil Behnke. The rest of the diary comprises a visit to Cannes (Chateau Garibondy), Florence (Uffizzi, Duomo, fire in her father's bedroom), Fiesole, Rome (Quirinal etc.), Pompei, Vesuvius, Capri, Amalfi, Naples, Perugia, Ravenna, Venice (Hotel Britannia, "we have two horrid little rooms at very top of the house..."), Paris (Salon saw Bouguereau, La jeunesse de Bacchus, 1884, Versailles).
Music.- Herz (Henry) Bravura Variations for the Piano-Forte... in the Opera of Joseph, engraved music, slightly browned, manuscript list of contents on front free endpaper and ink signature "M.J.G. Graves" on front pastedown, original half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, red leather label "M.I. Graves" on upper cover, corners bumped, folio, R. Cocks and Co., [c. 1830].
THACKER JOHN. The Art of Cookery. text illus. Old calf, well worn cond. with annotations. 1762 ("The only book of its kind to have come out of an English religious community", the author was employed by the Dean of Durham Cathedral & the recipes are his own). Condition Report. See additional images. No blank free endpapers at front.Title to Errata 16pp. P1-P318 (p320 if correctly numbered, 2 leaves are number p143/144). 1 leaf (?) missing from main text?Bills of Fare - 32pp; then 4 pages manuscript recipes and inside back board.
Dolls House Miniature Accessories, including an oak cabinet with glass top by the Miniature Display Company, with green baize lining, enclosing assorted 'Harry Potter' style related items including owls, faux books and books with contents, skull, manuscript, modern bronze type figures, candlesticks, and a white owl in a bird cage etc
Three (3) Piece Judaica Lot. Includes Silver frame with illuminated manuscript on vellum, framed torah pointer, framed torah shield. Unsigned. Torah pointer frame measures 7-1/2" x 24-1/2". Domestic Shipping: Third party. Min Est. $100.00 Max Est. $150.00 Condition: Wear consistent with age.
A George III silkwork oval picture, embroidered by Ann Davison [...] 1800 in the 15th year of her age, with a man of fashion paying court to a peasantess during the summer harvest, the field with wheat sheaves and a stile fence, inscribed manuscript label to verso, 30cm wide, ebonised oval frame with gilt-brass inset, c. 1800
Library Sale Catalogues. Catalogue of a Selected Portion of the Famous Library principally of Fine Bindings, Rare Engravings, Illustrated Books and French Literature formed by the late Mortimer L. Schiff..., Sotheby & Co., Wednesday, the 23rd of March, 1938, together with the catalogue for the second portion, 5th July, 1938, photogravure and chromolithograph plates, some prices realised in manuscript to margins, uniform modern green buckram, 4to, together with Syston Park Library, Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive & Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart...., Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 12th December, 1884, title provided in facsimile, prices realised in manuscript throughout, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, joints rubbed, 8vo, with Perkins Library, A Catalogue of the very Valuable and Important Library formed by the Late Henry Perkins..., Gadsden, Ellis & Co., in the Great Library at Hanworth Park, on Tuesday, June 3rd, and Three folowing days, [1873], lithograph plates (one folding), few manuscript prices realised to margins, bookplate of W. Frank Perkins, near contemporary cloth, 8vo, plus other early 20th century and later book auction and book dealer catalogues, including early Maggs catalogues etc., plus The Surveiors Dialogue very profitable for all men to peruse..., [by John Norden], 4th edition, 1738, title provided in facsimile, leaf B1 repaired, some dampstaining, library bookplates and stamps to endpapers, modern black buckram, 8vo in 4s (24)
Bindings. Nature Poetry from John Clare (1793-1864), with an introduction by Mark Franklin, Sutton Mandeville: Perdix Press, 1982, tipped-in black & white portrait frontispiece, modern tan quarter morocco gilt, incorporating stems of wheat design in gilt to leather on boards, slim 8vo (limited edition 107/110, signed by Mark Franklin & Walter Partridge), together with Poems from William Barnes, Selected and edited by Walter Partridge, with a preface by Mark Franklin, [Sutton Mandeville]: Perdix Press, 1981, wood engraved frontispiece, modern green quarter morocco gilt, slim 8vo (limited edition 69/100, signed by Robert Tilleard & Walter Partridge), with another copy of the same work in unfinished binding, and The Water Colley by Richard Jefferies, Market Drayton: Tern Press, [1984], wood engraved illustrations and decorative borders, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, small slim 4to in 8s (limited edition 36/90) together with The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: including the Rural and Domestic Recreations..., new edition, 1850,wood engraved illustrations, signature at head of title and manuscript numbers to verso, occasional spotting, marginal browning to first & last leaves, modern terracotta brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, by Izaak Walton, with illustrations by James Thorpe, new edition, T.N. Foulis, 1925, numerous colour plates, modern dark green quarter morocco gilt, cloth title label (from original binding) to upper board, 4to, with Morning Flight, A Book of Wildfowl, Written and Illustrated by Peter Scott, 2nd impression, Coutry Life Ltd., 1936, numerous colour and black & white plates, modern blue qurter morocco gilt, spine faded, 4to, plus other botany and natural history related, in modern leather bindings Bound by Doreen Hedger, Bookbinder & Restorer, Romsey, Hampshire (all unsigned). (16)
Stockton (Frank R.). The Lady, or the Tiger, 1st edition, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884, half-title present, 8pp. advertisements at rear, toned throughout, contemporary inscription on preliminary blank, floral patterned endpapers, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed and dusty, orange tiger-stripe spine a little darkened and a trifle frayed at foot, 8vo, together with Rooper (George) Thames and Tweed, 1st edition, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [1870], half-title inscribed by Roper 'The Honble Mrs. Pepys With the Authors kind regards, Nov: 1872' (becoming detached and with later manuscript notes on verso), advertisement endpapers, upper hinge split, original green cloth gilt, spine darkened and slightly rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Ricketts (C.S., illustrator), Poems Dramatic and Lyrical: by John Leicester Warren, Lord de Tabley, 1893, six plates, generally toned, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, free endpapers browned, original green cloth gilt, spine faded and slightly frayed at foot, plus a copy of Poems by Tabley, Second Series, 1894, similarly bound, plus other 19th century cloth-bound books, including Hawker, E.V. Lucas, Andrew Lang, etc. (55)
Camden (William). [Britannia] Britain, or a Chorographicall description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotlnad, and Ireland, and the Islands adjoining, out of the depth of Antiquitie..., Translated newly into English by Philemon Holland Doctour in Physick: finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author, [3rd edition], London: Printed by F.K.R.Y. and I.L. for George Latham, 1637, lacking additional engraved title, all maps also lacking, letterpress title with woodcut headpiece and armorial, few woodcut illustrations, letterpress title and following leaf lined to verso and repaired, one other leaf of preliminaries repaired at foot without loss of text, occasional dampstains and spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, old spine repair preserving original, upper joint splitting, folio, together with Winchester Gaol, County of Southampton. Rules, Orders, and Regulations, for the Government of the Gaol, and Bridewell or House of Correction, at Winchester, in and for the said County: Made at the Easter Sessions 1822, and allowed and confirmed by his Majesty's Judges at the Summer Assizes following, Winchester: Printed by James Robbins, 1822, 67pp., half-title present, index at rear laid down to lower board, some toning and spotting mostly at rear, original publisher's boards, spine torn at foot, some dampstaining and few marks, slim 8vo, with Manuscript exercise book, manuscript volume of practice calculations for trade and business, written in a neat copper plate hand throughout with ownership of Henry Way, February 8th, 1831 to first leaf, occasional light dampstains etc., contemporary half sheep, worn and some loss to marbled sidings, slim 4to, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian etc. (a carton)
Boissard (Jean-Jacques, & others). Topographia Romae, 2nd edition, Frankfurt, 1627-8, parts 1-3 only (of 6), in 1 volume, engraved title to volumes 2-3, lacking in volume 1, 4 portraits in text, folding map of Italy, 148 plates of which 7 folding, occasional damp-staining in lower margins, part 2 browned, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, slightly soiled, front joint partially split, folio, together with Vroom (Henricus de; also known as Henricus Sedulius), Historia Seraphica, vitae Francisci Assisiatis, illustriumque virorum et feminarum, qui ex tribus eius Ordinibus relati sunt inter sanctos, 1st edition, Antwerp: Martinus Nutius heirs, 1613, title page with engraved border containing portraits of Franciscan saints, mild toning, a few trivial marks, bequest plate to the Bishopric of Cornwall dated 1883 to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, tawed ties, soiled, spine slightly defective, folio, plus Benitez de Lugo (Cajetano), Concursus Dei praevius, et efficax necessario cohaerens cum libero arbitrio humano à necessitate libero, 1st edition, Rome: Rochi Bernabo, 1730, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, toning, marginal spotting and browning, ink-stamps of St. Joseph's College, Mill Hill, contemporary vellum, rebacked to style, soiled, folio, and Plutarch, Comoediae, ex recognitione Francisci Guieti Andini, opera et studio Michaelis de Marolles, cum eiusdem Interpretatione Gallica, Paris: Pierre l'Amy, 1658, 1st edition, engraved title page to each volume, contemporary and later ownership inscription to front free endpapers and engraved and letterpress titles, mild damp-staining to first few leaves in volumes 1 and 3, contemporary vellum, contemporary manuscript spine-titles, 8vo, and others, classical texts and devotional Catholic works, 17th-19th centuries, all vellum-bound, various formats (3 shelves)
Carlo (Agustin Millares). Corpus de códice visigoticos, 2 volumes, Tenerife, 1999, uniform original green cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, together with Mateu Ibars (Josefina & Dolores), Colectanea Paleografica De La Corona De Aragon, Siglos IX-XVII, University of Barcelona, Spain, 1980, numerous black and white facsimiles, contained loose in original cloth book box, some light marks, large 8vo, and Williams (John & Shailor, Barbara A.), A Spanish Apocalypse, The Morgan Beatus Manuscript, New York, 1991, numerous colour facsimiles, original red cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, folio, plus other modern Spain reference and related, many Spanish language, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
*Midland & South Stafford Railway. Session 1872. Plan of Sutton Park shewing Projected Lines of Railways, oversize manuscript plan, pen and ink and watercolour on two linen-backed paper sheets with wooden runners, captioned at head and showing three railway lines for Wolverhampton, Walsall & Midland Junction Railway plus Midland & South Staffordshire Railway with proposed station, also detailing Streetly Wood, Westwood Coppice, Cumslade Valley Wood and Holly Hurst, etc., minor marks and some heavy soiling at head and foot not affecting legibility or image, 260 x 204cm (3)
Second Boer War. Two commemorative plates, comprising one commemorative pressed glass plate lettered 'Roberts, Pretoria, entered June 5 1900' with decoration of crossed Union flags, floral badge and royal cipher, diameter 26 cm, and one commemorative pottery plate with transfer-printed profile portrait of Lord Roberts, repaired transverse crack, diameter, 23 cm, together with:Kruger (Paul), Photographic portrait, silver gelatin print facsimile signature in the negative, framed and glazed, 10 x 12.5 cm;Amery (Leo), Greek Mountaineering Association membership certificate, manuscript in black ink on paper, on a ground of blue wash with mountainscape in pencil, and the association's coat of arm's in blue bodycolour, framed and glazed, 27 x 38.5 cm (4)
Manuscript. Antiphonary leaf on vellum, probably 15th century, manuscript in red and black ink, large puzzle initial in red and blue each side, vellum slightly eroded within in the lettering in places (as often with iron-gall inks), light soiling and toning, glazed both sides and framed, 66 x 46 cm (1)
Manuscript - Indian. Palm-leaf manuscript, possibly Malayalam, southern India, 19th century, approximately 260 leaves (dimensions 5 x 37 cm), text incised on both sides, leaves brittle and wormed, some with loss, string-bound through 2 holes between 2 polished wooden planks (strings renewed) (1)
Qur'an. Manuscript Qur'an, Ottoman territories, 19th century, Arabic manuscript, black ink on laid paper, 297 leaves, naskh script, mainly 15 lines to the page, decorative frames and roundels, worming, smudging and soiling, frequent paper disruption along frames, repairs, some leaves replaced in near-contemporary manuscript facsimile, final leaf loose, contemporary goatskin with enveloped falp, some light wear, 8vo (16 x 10 cm), together with Anselm, Ludolph of Saxony, & Vincent Ferrier, Enchiridion vere aureum piarum et Christianarum meditationum ac praecum de vita et passione Christi, ex D. Bernardi Clarevall., Anselmi Cantuarensis, et Ludolphi Carthus. scriptis iam primum concinnatum et in lucem aeditum, Cologne: Ludwig Alectorius and heirs of Jacobus Soter, 1578, small worm-holes in text, damp-staining in gutter, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, worn, front joint cracked, 12mo The second item contains three texts: De vita spirituali by Saint Vincent Ferrier, Meditatio redemptionis by Anselm, and Orationes in librum vitae Jesu Christi by Ludolph of Saxony; despite the title it does not contain a work by Bernard of Clairvaux. (2)
Sa'di. Gulistan, India, 19th century, Persian manuscript in black ink on burnished and sized laid paper, 331 leaves + 6 blanks, nasta'liq script, 7 lines to the page, interlinear Hindustani translation in red, text framed in red and black, illuminated headpiece to first page, marginal worming, paper-repairs and damp-staining throughout, a few small worm-holes in text of earlier leaves, damp-staining encroaching on bottom line of text towards rear, contemporary annotations in Persian to blanks, contemporary sheep, rebacked to style, corners restored, folio, and 1 other (2)
Burnet (Gilbert). History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for Thomas Ward [volume 2: for the editor], 1724-34, woodcut title vignettes, head- and tailpieces and initials, editor's manuscript note to volume 2 title verso, complete with advertisement leaf to volume 1 and list of subscribers to both volumes, title pages slightly marked, edges untrimmed, contemporary half calf, extremities worn, sides rubbed, volume 2 front joint cracked but holding, other joints split but firm, folio (36.5 x 23 cm) An untrimmed copy with wide margins. (2)
Crinitus (Petrus). Honesta Disciplina libri XXV. De Poetis Latinus eiisdem libri V. Poematum quoq illius libri II., Basel, 1532, title and rear blank verso with woodcut device, woodcut initials, title with small hole just affecting device, imprint erased from foot, some light water stains and toning, a few ink splashes, small marginal wormholes to first few leaves, a few leaves with ink crossings through, previous owner signatures to title and front endpaper (front endpaper dated 1617), contemporary vellum, spine with manuscript title, a little stained with small wormholes and tracks, 8vo, together with Terentius. Comoedia sex, tum ex Donati Commentariis..., R. Stephani, Paris, 1529, Estienne woodcut device to title, lacking leaves b1-b8, r8 and final leaf of index, title and front endpapers detached, a few early annotations a little light spotting and soiling, later half calf, upper cover detached, rubbed with some edge wear, folio (2)
Josephus (Flavius). Works ... the Whole newly translated from the Original Greek by Ebenezer Thompson and William Charles Price, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for Fielding and Walker, 1777-8, 69 engraved plates after Luyken and others (complete), some folding, additional engraved title pages, light toning, occasional light spotting and soiling, damp-staining to final few leaves of volume 1 affecting 1 plate, contemporary bookplates of Richard Dayrell Esq. and related gift inscriptions to initial blanks, contmeporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, volume 1 rear board renewed in good-quality facsimile, 4to, together with:Herbert (Edward, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury), A Dialogue between a Tutor and his Pupil, 1st edition, for W. Bathoe, 1768, half-title, bookplates removed from pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt spine, red morocco label, gilt frame to boards, front joint cracked but firm, tips worn, 4to;Reynolds (Sir Joshua), Works ... to which is prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Edmond Malone, 1st edition, for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1797, 2 volumes in 1, half-title (restored in corner), engraved portrait frontispiece by Caroline Watson after Reynolds (spotted and faintly damp-stained), contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, sides scuffed, 4to; Wilmot (Sir John Eardley), Memoirs of the Life ... with some Original Letters, 1st edition, T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies, 1802, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Reynolds, offset onto title page, spotting, contemporary half calf, 4to;Churchill (Charles), Poems, containing The Rosciad, The Apology, Night, The Prophecy of Famine, An Epistle to William Hogarth, and The Ghost, in Four Books, printed for the author by Dryden Leach, 1763, half-title, 19th-century bookplate of James Hunter of Thurston, contemporary sheep, black morocco spine label, front joint split but firm, 4to;Roscoe (William), The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, corrected, for A. Strahan, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1797, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignettes, light spotting mainly to outer leaves, contemporary streaked calf, rebacked, corners restored, 4to;Hutchinson (Lucy), Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson ... now first published from the Original Manuscript by Julius Hutchinson, 1st edition, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, 2 engraved portraits including frontispiece (both spotted and offset), leaf of manuscript facsimile, aquatint view, engraved plan, folding genealogical table, contemporary half calf, rebacked to style, 4to;Cumberland (Richard), Memoirs, written by himself, 1st edition, for Lackington, Allen, & Co., 1806, 4 engraved portrait plates including frontispiece, slight offsetting, contemporary bookplate of the Hope baronets of Craighall, ownership inscription of John Hope (presumably the 11th baronet, 1781-1853) to title page, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, 4to;and 2 others Rothschild 621 for Churchill; a second volume appeared in 1765, completing the first collected edition of his poems. (12)
Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; shewing the immediate route to every market and borough town throughout the kingdom...., 1814, engraved title page, advertisement and contents list, forty-three (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, map of Yorkshire folding and sectionalised and laid on linen, bound with Cary's new Itinerary or an accurate delineation of the great roads both direct and cross throughout England and Wales..., 1815, folding engraved map of England & Wales with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, split along old fold, with six folding engraved regional maps with contemporary outline colouring, contemporary manuscript ownership name and address to verso of front endpaper, book plate of John Harris, upper hinge cracked, contemporary red morocco 'envelope style' binding, worn and split and crudely repaired with black tape to spine, 8vo, with another copy similar, with the folding maps of Yorkshire and England & Wales contained in a pocket at front of binding, with a folding mileage table for Lancashire, four small city plans printed on card and two 'coaching travelling cards', contemporary brown morocco 'envelope style' binding, 8vo, with another copy of Cary's Itinerary (1806), two copies of Paterson's Roads, 3rd and 18th edition, Grays's New Book of Roads (1824) and Ogilby and Morgan's Book of the Roads, 2nd edition, mostly defective, various sizes and condition Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (7)
Presinger (Rupert). Novitius Benedictinus, juxta verba et mentem Benedicti, 1st edition, Salzburg: Mayr, 1729, light browning, Ramsgate Abbey bookplate, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal catches, manuscript shelf-mark in white ink to spine, rubbed and dust-soiled, 12mo, and 1 other Uncommon handbook for Benedictine monks, no copies in British or Irish institutional libraries. (2)
Rockstroh (Heinrich). Das Mikroskop, oder Anweisung zur näheren Kenntniss und zum Gebrauche desselben, behufs einer belehrenden und nützlichen Beschäftigung in den Stunden der Musse; nebst angabe, wie die interessanten mikroskopischen objekte aus den drei naturreichen aufzufinden, Berlin, Wilhelm Schüppel, 1835, xii + 263 pages, 12 engraved plates, including 6 hand-coloured, old oval library stamp to title, some light scattered spotting, contemporary inscription in brown ink to foot of title and manuscript notes to endpapers, original printed boards with handwritten shelf label to head of spine, some wear to joints and other marks to boards (generally in good original condition), 12mo Sole edition. Rare (only 1 copy on COPAC, British Library). (1)
One volume "Piccolo Trattato Di Ortografia Italiana Ad Vso Dei Nobili Convittor Di S. Pietro In Vincoli 1830", a manuscript of 54 pages in pen and ink with hand-printed paper boards, together with one volume "Buchholzens In Italien" by JULIUS STINDE, published Freund & Jeckel, with numerous hand-written notes and illustrations throughout, mainly conducted in Simla circa 1891, possibly by the owner Walter G Young of Marberg, Calcutta, Simla, Brussels, etc, tooled cloth board bound
Algeria.- Parkhill (D.) Adventures in Algeria, autograph manuscript, 66pp., 7 watercolour scenes and a pen and ink map of Algeria, slightly browned, original boards, soiled and creased, 165 x 105mm., 1894.⁂ A 19th century juvenile story about being taken prisoner by the Turks in Algeria. The above manuscript is captioned "Book 2", but this story is complete.
Hebrew Manuscripts.- Golden Haggadah (The): a Fourteenth-Century Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript in the British Museum, 2 vol. including commentary by Bezalel Narkiss, facsimile number 82 of 520 copies, colour illustrations, many heightened with gold, Yablon copy, original calf elaborately stamped in blind, by Zaehnsdorf, spine slightly faded, cloth slip-case, commentary with illustrations, original cloth, spine faded, split to upper joint, 4to, Eugrammia Press, 1970.
Hebrew Manuscripts.- North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS 11639): An Illuminated Manuscript from Thirteenth-Century France in facsimile, 2 vol. including companion volume edited by Jeremy Schonfield, number 99 of 330 facsimiles, illustrations, some colour and heightened with gold, original calf, gilt, spine gilt, t.e.g., illustrated facsimile in original vellum, calf label, cloth slip-cases, 8vo, Facsimile Editions, 2003.
Hebrew Manuscripts.- Rothschild Miscellany (The): The Israel Museum Jerusalem MS, 180/51, 2 vol. including commentary, number 150 of 500 facsimiles, colour illustrations, many heightened with gold, original blind-stamped calf, facsimile with four clasps, uncut, spines a little rubbed, original cloth slip-cases, facsimile with leather strap, slight scuffin to strap and edging, small 4to, Facsimile Editions, 1989.⁂ Fine facsimile of the lavish Hebrew manuscript executed in Northern Italy in 1479.
Hebrew Manuscripts.- Sarajevo Haggadah (The), 2 vol. including commentary by Eugen Werber, facsimile with colour illustrations, original rexine, dust-jacket, commentary original wrappers, together in slip-case, Beograd & Sarajevo, 1983 § Early Passover Haggadahs, 3 facsimile vol. comprising Prague Haggadah of 1526, Offenbach Haggadah of 1722 & Trieste Haggadah of 1864, limited editions, original decorated boards, together in original cloth drop-back box, Jerusalem, 1973 § Copenhagen Haggadah (The), commentary booklet loosely inserted, original rexine, slip-case, New York & Tel Aviv, 1986 § Passover Haggadah (The) Venice 1609, limited edition, commentary booklet loosely inserted, original rexine, slip-case, Jerusalem, 1974 § Goldstein (David, editor) The Ashkenazi Haggadah: A Hebrew Manuscript of the mid-15th Century..., original cloth, slip-case, 1985 § Loewe (Raphael, editor) The Rylands Haggadah: A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in Facsimile, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1988, facsimile reprints, plates and illustrations, many colour, one or two a little rubbed; and 7 others, facsimiles of haggadot, v.s. (16)
Hebrew Manuscripts & Books.- Goldschmidt (Lazarus) The Earliest Illustrated Haggadah, one of 200 copies, 1940 § Yerushalmi (Yosef Hayim) Haggadah and History, Philadelphia, 1975 § Luzzatto (A.) & L.M. Ottolenghi. Hebraica Ambrosiana, one of 650 copies, Rome, 1972 Narkiss (Bezalel) Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Isles, vol.1: The Spanish and Portuguese Manuscripts, 2 vol., Jerusalem & London, 1982 § Kaz (Elias) Machsor Lipsiae: 68 Facsimile Plates of the Mediaeval, Illuminatated, Hebrew Manuscript in...Leipzig University Library, signed presentation copy from Bezalel Narkiss inscribed on title, modern cloth, Leipzig, 1964, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the last original cloth, the second & third with dust-jackets, the fourth with slip-case, some a little rubbed; and 15 others on Hebrew manuscripts and printing, v.s. (21)
NO RESERVE Rabbula Gospels (The). Facsimile Edition of the Miniatures of the Syriac Manuscript Plut. I, 56 in the Medicaean-Laurentian Library, edited by Carlo Cecchelli & others, limited edition, illustrations, many colour, original pictorial sheep, upper cover blocked in blue, a little rubbed, folio, Olten & Lausanne, 1959.
Alexander (Jonathan) & others. The York Gospels: a facsimile with introductory essays, edited by Nicolas Barker, limited edition, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, 1986 § Millar (Eric, editor) The Lindisfarne Gospels, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded and ends worn, 1923 § Gollancz (Sir Israel, introduction) The Caedmon Manuscript of Anglo-Saxon Biblical Poetry, Junius XI in the Bodleian Library, colour frontispiece, illustrations, foxing at beginning, ex-Dartington Hall Library copy with label and stamp to front pastedown, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, Oxford, 1927; and 2 others, vol.18 & 21 of Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile, 4to & folio (5)
Brown (Michelle P., editor) The Luttrell Psalter: A Facsimile, 2006 § Panayotova (Stella) The Macclesfield Psalter, 2008 § Sandler (Lucy Freeman) The Psalter of Robert de Lisle in the British Library, one of 1000 copies, 1983; The Lichtenthal Psalter and the Manuscript Patronage of the Bohun Family, 2004 § Joslin (M.C.) & C.C.J.Watson. The Egerton Genesis, London & Toronto, 2001 § McKitterick (David) & others. The Trinity Apocalypse (Trinity College Cambridge, MS R.16.2), London & Toronto, 2005 § Lewis (Suzanne) The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora, Cambridge, 1987 § Morgan (Nigel) The Lambeth Apocalypse: Manuscript 209 in Lambeth Palace Library. A Critical Study, 1990, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, all but the second and last with dust-jackets, the second with slip-case; and 9 others on 14th & 15th century English illuminated manuscripts, v.s. (17)
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