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Preisdatenbank abonnierenAn Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Serving Tray, together with assorted items including A Brass Carriage Timepiece, in travelling case, A Miniature Portrait on Porcelain after Guido Reni, A Limoges Style Enamel Plaque of an urn of flowers, Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Vessel with Egyptian figures, Sunderland Glass Dump, A Tunbridge Inlaid Bookslide and An Armorial Carved Coconut Bowl etc
French School (19th Century)Portrait of a gentleman, bust length, wearing a high collar, neck tie and medal Oil on canvas, together with a British pastel portrait of a lady wearing a mobcap, 46.5cm by 38cm (unframed) and 22cm dia. (oval)From the Estate of Stephen Hamilton Rawlings, Scarborough.
Polar Exploration.Amundsen (Roald) and Ellsworth (Lincoln), The First Flight Across the Polar Sea. Hutchinson, no date, portrait frontis, plates as called for, folding chart at rear, gutter gaping in places, original cloth with some wear to spine;Amundsen (Roald). My Polar Flight.Hutchinson, no date, frontis, plates as called for, worn original cloth;'Scout Marr', Into the Frozen South ... of the Quest Expedition.Cassell, 1923, first edition, frontis and plates as called for, original cloth;With seven others on polar exploration. (10)
A 19th Century Goldscheider Painted Terracotta Head and Shoulders Portrait Bust, together with A 19th Century Spelter Figure Group of a Highlander with Hounds, on wood base, A Bronzed Composite Mounted Huntsman and An Earthenware Portrait Bust of a Gentleman (4)From the Estate of Stephen Hamilton Rawlings, Scarborough.
A Late Victorian Memorial Diorama, well modelled with a facade of four stonework arches festooned with climbing roses and clematis, possibly worked in cork and metal, each arch containing a cabinet card showing the portrait photograph of one of four brothers, one holding a violin, one wearing the uniform of a private with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion East Surrey Regiment, one wearing a similar uniform to the East Surrey Regiment with Corporal's cuff chevron and rifleman's skill-at-arms badge, one wearing a civilian suit, all housed in a glazed pine case, 43cm by 75cm by 10cm
GEORGE BEST / BEN SHERMAN Limited edition Ben Sherman unopened boxed shirt with George Best Limited edition and Ben Sherman labels and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. The shirt is white with "George Best" signature woven into a pattern, some signatures are coloured Blue, some, black, red and grey with Ben Sherman signature also interwoven. Comes with George Best tags and the box has a portrait of George and a replica signature on it with the title "Limited Edition George Best shirt" printed upon it. Good
Suckling (Sir John) Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, first edition, engraved portrait by William Marshall, 17th and 18th ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked, some staining to covers, corners a little worn, [Pforzheimer 995; Wing S6126B], 8vo, for Humphrey Moseley, 1646.⁂ Third state of the general title-page with the first line set in capital and lower case letters, but with the first state of "Churchyard" with an unbroken "d" and with a rule under the date, with the corresponding second state of page [vi] with "allowred" corrected to "allowed."
Cartwright (William) Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with other Poems, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title trimmed at fore-edge just touching a few letters, leaf b2 with part of fore-margin cut away and the rest folded in, some soiling and staining, bookplate of Bibliotheca Piscatoria Lynniana, contemporary sheep, repaired, rubbed, [Wing C709], Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1651; and another 17th century poetry, 8vo (2)⁂ The numerous laudatory verses at the beginning of the first work include one by Izaak Walton entitled "On the Death of my dear Friend Mr William Cartwright, relating to the fore-going Elegies" - hence its inclusion in the important angling library of J.C. Lynn.
Women poets.- Cavendish (Margaret, Countess of Newcastle) Poems and Fancies, first edition, title with engraved vignette, A8 in facsimile, lacks engraved portrait frontispiece, marginal worming occasionally affecting sidenotes, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing N869], Printed by T. R. for J. Martin and J. Allestrye, 1653 § Philips (Katherine) Poems..., engraved portrait frontispiece, first few leaves frayed at lower edge, worming, mostly marginal but occasionally slightly affecting text, A1 small hole with slight loss of text, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, [Wing P2035], Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1678, folio (2)⁂ Provenance: First work, Anne Weckerlin and susequently by her second marriage Anne Delawne (ink inscription on title and front free endpaper respectively). Her first husband Georg Rudolph Weckerlin was an Undersecretary of State to Charles I and later was appointed by Parliament to assist John Milton when his eyesight began to fail. Second work, Noel Lawson (ink inscription to front free endpaper); Ann Adcock (ink inscription beneath the former, dated 1722); Ge? Burnaby (ink inscription beneath both the previous); John York (ink inscription on rear free endpaper).
First English Poetess.- Philips (Katherine) Poems By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda, first authorised edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, small hole to Xx2 with loss of catchword on verso, tears to 3A1 and 4A1, with final blank leaf 4M2, near contemporary calf, a little scuffed, [Wing P2033; Grolier 669], folio, Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667.⁂ The daughter of a London merchant, Katherine Philips was probably the first English female poet to have her work published. She was best known by her pseudonym 'Orinda.' This is the first authorised edition of this work, following a 1664 pirated edition. This is perhaps the most famous English collection of poems by a woman prior to 1700.Provenance: Eliza Gray (ink name on title and inscription on front pastedown)
Brome (Alexander) Songs and other Poems, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (fore-margin closely shaved), title within typographic border with ornament and small trimmed crest laid down, V3 with loss to lower corner affecting 1 or 2 words of text, some slight paper flaw or weakness to head of some ff. with occasional tearing and 1f. chipped without significant loss, closely trimmed, modern antique-style calf, spine gilt in compartments, [Wing B4854], 8vo, for Henry Brome, 1668.⁂ The last and best of the early editions.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, third edition, revised and augmented by the same author, engraved frontispiece portrait after Dolle, closely shaved at head, touching a few printed headlines, occasional light marginal damp-staining, lacking final blanks, book label or Ormond Smith to front pastedown, attractive crushed red morocco gilt by Riviere & Sons, spine gilt in compartments, light rubbing to joints, light marking to covers, g.e., [Pforzheimer 719; Wing M2145], 8vo, Printed by S. Simmons, 1678.
Shakespeare (William).- Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, second collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall after J. Berkenhead, small burn-hole to Ss4 with loss to a couple of letters, lacking final blank, modern panelled calf, [Wing B1582; Pforzheimer 54], folio, Printed by J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679.⁂ This edition includes the first folio publication of The Two Noble Kinsmen, attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. The play was first published in quarto format in 1634 but not included in any of the of the folio editions of Shakespeare's works or in the first folio of Beaumont and Fletcher's works (1647). This second edition includes eighteen additional plays which did not appear in the first folio edition.
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, largely printed in black letter, double column, engraved portrait frontispiece, c1 (mis-signed d1) with large woodcut arms on recto, 7-line cancel slip pasted over bottom right-hand stanza on p. 42, later panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing C3736; Pforzheimer 179], folio, 1687.⁂ "This is the last black-letter edition and is, except for the then recently discovered conclusions of the Cook's and Squire's Tales, verso [4S2], a reprint of the 1602 edition .. without any additions" (Pforzheimer).Provenance: William Benson (bookplate and pencil name on front free endpaper).
Rawlet (John) Poetick Miscellanies, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (some creasing and fraying to margins), damp-staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, surface abrasion to covers, front free endpaper renewed, [Wing R358], 8vo, Printed for Samuel Tidmarsh, 1687.⁂ Scarce. Rawlet (1642-86) was a curate in Wigan, Lancashire before holding the lectureship at St. Nicholas's in Newcastle.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd [&] Samson Agonistes, first illustrated edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 12 engraved plates by Michael Burghers, Peter Paul Bouche and others, upper corner of title cut away and repaired with loss to printed ruled border, water-stained throughout, marginal worming to first few ff., some foxing, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Wing M2146; Shawcross 345; Turnbull 93c; Pforzheimer 720; Wither to Prior II, 607], folio, Printed by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob Tonson, 1688.
Quarles (Francis) Emblemes, engraved title, ink lettering to title, verso and dedication, ink ownership inscriptions on slips laid down to front pastedown and endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, browned, some spotting and foxing, some creasing and small nick to title edges, contemporary calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, small worm hole to upper joint foot, William Freeman, [1709]; Divine Fancies, seventh edition, engraved portrait frontispiece laid down to front endpaper verso, small ink ownership inscription to title, woodcut device to title and head-pieces, book-label, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, [Wing Q68], for John Williams, 1675; Argulus and Parthenia, engraved title, ink stain to title and front endpaper, light marginal browning, nineteenth century calf-backed boards, [Wing Q39], for John Marriott, 1647; and 4 others by the same, small 8vo and 4to (7)
[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver..., 4 parts in 2 vol., The Second Edition [vol. 2, second edition, corrected], 5 titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Gulliver, 5 maps and 1 plate, advertisement leaf preceding title to vol. 2, *1-2 (fifth preliminary poem) misbound after title rather than b4, 2 plates trimmed at fore-edge with slight loss, some light spotting or browning but overall a crisp set, armorial bookplate of Samuel Wall Armiger, contemporary calf-backed boards, rebacked with original spine laid-down, rubbed, [Teerink 293], 8vo, Benj[amin] Motte, 1727.⁂ The first Motte edition, with the the 24-page setting of the Verses (which include the additional fifth poem 'The Words of the King of Brobdingnag', now ascribed to Pope).
[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)], "By the Author of 'Mary Barton', 'Ruth', &c.". Cranford, Chapman & Hall, 1853; Ruth, 3 vol., 33pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol. 1, 1853; The Life of Charlotte Brontë, 2 vol., portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, book-label to front pastedown, foxing to titles, plates and endpapers, contemporary half calf, with red and black morocco labels to spines, small tear vol. 2 spine head, Smith, Elder and Co., 1857, all three first editions, the first two works uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, t.e.g., and with original cloth covers and spines bound-in at end of each vol.; and an first American edition of the first, 8vo (7)
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) A Selection from the Works of Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., ?possible presentation copy, signed by the author on front free endpaper, possible presentation inscription in secretary hand, additional ink inscription below in different hand, portrait frontispiece, contemporary red morocco, covers and spine gilt, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, gilt on upper cover a little faded, extremities with some very light scuffing, 8vo, Edward Moxon & co., 1865.⁂ Possible presentation copy in special binding; presentation inscription below author's signature reads: "Presented to John Collins Francis (with the autograph) January 1865". This is probably John Francis (1838-1916) the literary newspaper publisher; the inscription further below reads: "Louise Anne Martel, Sept. 11 1866. 'Songs of what the world will be, when the years have died away'", who would appear to be the wife of the afore mentioned Francis.
Camden (William) Annales, or the Historie of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title, lacking Z2 (but with duplicate of Z1) and final blank, [STC 4501], Printed by Thomas Harper, 1635, bound with Ligon (Richard) A True & Exact History Of the Island of Barbadoes, second edition, engraved map, 6 plates of natural history, 2 folding plates of sugar processing only (of 3) with the accompanying explanatory leaf bound at end, map and 1 folding plate torn and repaired with minor loss, some paper repairs with early ink manuscript visible to verso, 1 plate chipped at fore-margin with tiny loss to image, [Wing L2076], by Peter Parker...and Thomas Guy, 1673, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplate of Vane Londonderry, a few instances of near contemporary ink marginalia, the odd small hole or short tear, occasionally affecting text, some light spotting or staining, particularly to plates, attractive later panelled calf, rubbed, joints starting with upper joint repaired at foot, folio.
Marvell (Andrew) Miscellaneous Poems, first edition, edited by Mary Marvell, engraved portrait frontispiece, later 'fanfare' binding of olive green morocco, gilt, by Riviere, with inlays of green purple and tan morocco to a design of ribbons and floral sprays from a central gilt-lettered red morocco title panel, g.e., spine very slightly discoloured, [Wing M872; Grolier, Wither to Prior 536; Pforzheimer 671; Hayward 126], folio, for Robert Boulter, 1681.⁂ A sumptuous copy of the first and only early edition of Marvell's poems, complete with portrait and with a distinguished provenance. Every poem appears here in print for the first time, making this work arguably one of the greatest original single-volume collections of English verse of all time. Without, as usual, leaves R2-T1 and U2-T4 (suppressed poems on Cromwell), missing in all known copies save one in the BL.Provenance: Roderick Terry (bookplate); Abel Berland (bookplate).
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales...Modernis'd by several Hands, 3 vol., lacking portrait, engraved armorial bookplate of Lord Kinnaird, vol. 2 I7 and U5 with short tear at inner margin, affecting text but with no loss, occasional light foxing or slight browning, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, lightly rubbed with a couple small chips to spine ends, a few joints splitting but covers holding firm, 8vo, Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 1741.
Broadside.- 'Machine for taking likenesses'.- Pinion (Raphael) Limomachia. By His Majesty's royal letters patent, the new-invented machine for taking likenesses, by which the usual objections to the art, viz. time, trouble, and expence, are entirely removed, etched vignette at head, folds, these strengthened verso with tape, some marginal chipping and spotting, lightly browned, hinge mounted onto card at head only, 405 x 260mm., no printer, [c.1750].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only two copies at Harvard, and WorldCat seemingly not adding to our tally. We can add a BM copy. Pinion is described as a 'portrait-grinder, at his manufactory, in Liecester [sic]Square, opposite the aequestrian [sic] statue of the King'. Also offered are 'portraitures in worsted, human-hair, and hot poker'.
Clare (John) The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vol., first edition, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements to vol.2, portrait frontispiece to vol.1 replaced from another copy, contemporary ink ownership inscription to vol.2 pastedown, neat repair to vol.1 hinge, original boards, spine papers and endpapers to vol.1 renewed, 8vo, 1821.
Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, first edition, publisher's "A" and seal to copyright p., original blue cloth, light sunning to spine, faint spotting to covers, first issue dust-jacket with portrait of Hemingway in blue tint on back panel and no mention of Nobel Prize, very light toning to spine and rear panel, small neat repair to head of spine, light rubbing to extremities, a near-fine example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Hanneman A24a], 8vo, New York, 1952.
Wilde (Oscar) The Writings of Oscar Wilde, 12 vol., large paper edition, one of 575 copies, title in blue and black with small engraved portrait vignette of author, half-titles, original boards, gilt with paper label to spine, vol. 10 significant bump to upper corner with resultant creasing to upper cover and spine head a slightly torn, a couple of vol. with creases to spine label, spine ends a little bumped, t.e.g., others un-cut, dust-jackets with paper labels to spines, spines sunned, vol. 1 sunning to lower cover, most with very minor nicks or small tears, mainly to spine ends, overall an excellent set, New York, Gabriel Wells, 1925.
Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graece], or The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, 1 folding, list of subscribers, F1 with small hole affecting signature and just touching odd letter, front free endpaper becoming detached, previous owner's ink note to front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, slight bumping to corner and spine extremities, for the Author; and Sold by N.Thorley, 1744 § Warder (Joseph) The True Amazons: or, the Monarchy of Bees, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, scattered spotting and staining, frontispiece and final free endpaper with neat tissue-strengthening to fore-edges, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, bumping to corners and extremities, 1765; 8vo & 12mo (2).
Newton (Sir Isaac) The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy...translated into English by Andrew Motte...new edition...by William Davis, 3 vol., engraved portrait and 54 folding plates, 2 folding letterpress tables, light foxing, portrait lightly offset onto title of vol.1, contemporary half green calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, some spine labels renewed, together in modern cloth slip-case, [Babson 21], 8vo, 1819.⁂ The second issue of the second enlarged edition of Motte's translation of Newton's Principia. The translation was first published in 1729 and updated by William Davis in 1803. It includes De mundi systemate, originally intended by Newton as the third book of Principia, but which was omitted from the 1729 translation. This is therefore the first complete English translation as intended by Newton, almost identical to that of 1803 but with a few minor alterations such as the preliminaries reset etc.
Tennis.- Sambucus (Johannes) Emblemata, cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis, first edition, collation: A-P8, woodcut title, portrait on verso of A4, 166 fine woodcut emblems within ornamental borders and 16 circular cuts of medals on last four ff., all by Arnold Nicolai Cornelis Mueller and Geeraard Jansen van Kampen, after Lucas d'Heere, Geoffrey Ballain and Pieter Huys, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, 8vo (180 x 119mm.), Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1564.⁂ First edition, of at least five, of this celebrated collection of moral epigrams, the first new emblem book to appear outside Italy or France and highly influential. The image on p.133 is one of the earliest to depict tennis players, with the net shown as a single length of rope. The title of the epigram is 'Temporis iactura' (waste of time) and the verse is addressed 'Ad pilulam' ('To the tennis ball'), treating the ball as the deceiver of the young men who waste their time chasing after it.Provenance: Francis Bernard of County Cork, first Earl of Bandon (ink inscription on title "Captain Bernard" and bookplate; Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow (book-label on front free endpaper).Literature: Adams S218; Fairfax Murray, German, 391; Praz pp.35-36 & 486.
Rabelais (François) Oeuvres, 3 vol., half-titles, vol. 1 & 3 with additional engraved titles by B. Picart, vol. 1 with engraved portrait, vol. 2 with allegorical frontispiece, 17 engraved plates (4 of which folding), title vignettes and head- & tail-pieces, vol. 1 F gathering misbound, occasional light foxing, bookplate of Baron Howard de Walden, bound in full calf by F. Bedford, gilt, lightly rubbed, some light mottling to covers but still handsome copies, joints split but covers holding firm, 4to, Amsterdam, Jean Frederic Bernard, 1741.
Holy Land.- Zuallart (Jean) Il Devotissimo Viaggio Di Giervsalemme, first edition, collation: a-b4, c2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Eee4, Fff2, lacking preliminaries b1-4 and c1-2 (including portrait of the author), first edition, engraved title in architectural border (trimmed and window-mounted with few small holes repaired), engraved maps, plans and illustrations, foxing and staining, heavier at start, ink inscriptions, early 19th century half vellum, spine darkened, a little rubbed, 4to (220 x 150mm.), Rome, Domenico Basa, 1587.⁂ Literature: Adams Z190; Blackmer 1873 (1595 edition).
Matthieu (Pierre) The Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of the Most Christian King Henry the Fourth, first edition in English, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut portrait to A4 verso, C2 & 3 loosely inserted from another copy (with fore-margins shaved), light browning, some staining towards end, contemporary calf, rebacked, [STC 17661], George Eld, 1612 § Carleton (George) Vita Bernardi Gilpini, first edition, title torn at head and with a few ink blots, [STC 4646], William Jones, 1628 bound with a defective copy of a later edition of the same work, together 2 works in 1 vol., 19th century half calf, rubbed and worn § North (Roger) The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North, Baron of Guilford, engraved portrait frontispiece, ink inscriptions on title, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracked, rubbed, for John Whiston, 1742; and 2 others, biography, 8vo & 4to (5)
Fletcher (Giles) Christs Victorie and Triumph in Heaven and Earth, over and after Death, second edition, with A1 blank except for ornament, crushed brown morocco gilt by Stoakley late Hawes, [STC 11060], Cambridge, Francis Greene, 1632 § Quarles (John) Fons Lachrymarum: or a Fountain of Tears, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title (both a little shaved), corner of A5 torn away with loss of catchword, light foxing, contemporary sheep, [Wing Q130], for Obadiah Blagrave, 1677 § Teobald (Lewis) The Cave of Poverty, a poem. Written in imitation of Shakespeare, half-title and final p. a little foxed, 20th century boards, browning to spine, [Foxon T138], for Jonas Browne, 1715; and 5 others, poetry, 8vo (8)
Powell (Robert) The Life of Alfred, or Alvred: The first Institutor of subordinate government in this Kingdome, and Refounder of the University of Oxford, first edition, lacking final imprimatur as well as blank ff. A1, A12 and E7, abrasion to title obscuring 1 letter, contemporary sheep, upper cover detached, worn, [STC 20161], by Richard Badger, 1634 § [Joyner (William)] Some Observations upon the Life of Reginaldus Polus, Cardinal of the Royal Bloud of England, first edition, lacking A1 (?blank), title closely shaved at foot, light browning, later sheep, upper joint cracked, rubbed, [Wing J1160], for Mathew Turner, 1686 § Cellini (Benvenuto) The Life of Benvenuto Cellini: A Florentine Artist... Written by Himself in the Tuscan Language, 2 vol., first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate of Calwick Library to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, for T. Davies, 1771; and another, biography, 8vo (5)
China.- Kircher (Athanasius) China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata..., engraved portrait, 2 folding maps and 19 plates only (of 23), 59 engraved illustrations in text, a clean copy generally with good margins, contemporary vellum, gilt stamps of Signet Library to covers, light soiling, folio, Amsterdam, J de. Meurs, 1667.⁂ Lacking the engraved plates of the Emperor and of Adam Schall at p. 112, the second picture of the Chinese lady at p. 114 and the "Turris Novizonia Sinesium" at p. 134.
Raleigh (Sir Walter) The Historie of the World, 'Minde of the Front' leaf and engraved title trimmed and mounted, printed title with engraved portrait vignette laid down, 6 folding engraved maps and plans only (of 8), A1 creased, A2 holed with loss, F5 with tears along edge of text-block, 2R3 corner defective with loss to sidenotes, last leaf with margins repaired causing slight loss to a few words, some light water-staining, several leaves with ink splatters, later half vellum, soiled, [STC 20641], Printed for Walter Burre, 1614 [ but colophon Printed for G. Lathum, and R. Young, 1634]; and a copy of Heylyn's Mikrkosmos, Oxford, 1625 (lacking folding table), folio and 4to (2)
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry The Seventh, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne, woodcut title, a few marginal defects one small burn-hole very slightly affecting text, some foxing and marginal staining, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving some of original spine, corners repaired, rubbed, [STC 1160], folio, Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622.
Hubert (Sir Francis) The Deplorable Life and Death of Edward the Second, surreptitious first edition, lacks frontispiece and initial and final blank leaves, some foxing and staining, later panelled sheep, worn, [STC 13900], Printed for Roger Michell, 1628 § [May (Thomas)] The Reigne of King Henry the Second, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, worming throughout, sometimes single hole sometimes small track, later calf, gilt, by Bedford, upper joint repaired, lower cover detached, [STC 17715], Printed by A. M. for Benjamin Fisher, 1633; and 4 others, v.s. (6)
Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, eighth edition, fine woodcut title, I4 torn with loss, final leaf with repaired tear and inner margin strengthened with slight loss of text, later tree calf, rubbed, some abrasions to upper cover and nicks to spine ends, [STC 22549], Printed for Simon Waterson and R. Young, 1633 § Brown (Sir Thomas) The Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, engraved illustration, lacks 2 index leaves at end, contemporary calf, repair to corner of upper cover, a little rubbed, [Wing B5150], Printed for Tho. Basset [&c.], 1686; and 5 others, 17th century, folio (7)
Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, 2 parts in 1, translated by Sir John Harington, engraved title incorporating portraits of Ariosto and Harington, 46 full-page engraved illustrations, typographical border to the argument for each chapter, woodcut initials, a few sidenotes trimmed with slight loss, some other repairs occasionally slightly affecting text, some soiling, foxing and light staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, metal clasps repaired, rather worn, [STC 748], folio, Printed by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634.⁂ Third edition of Harington's 1591 translation. The engraved title also includes a portrait of Harington's dog Bungy in the lower left corner - referred to in the note at the end of Canto XLIII: "Marrie for the shaghaird dog, that could dance to please Ladies so well, and had such pretie qualities, I dare undertake my servant Bungy (whose picture you may see in the first page of the booke, and is knowne to the best Ladies of England) may compare with any Pilgrims dog that served such a saint this seven year..."Provenance: Captain Anderson H.M. 19th Regt. (bookplate); Bedford College for Women, Tate Library (small ink stamp to title).
Herbert (George) The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (not called for, supplied from a later edition), A12 holed with loss to 2 or 3 letters of text, B4&8 and E11 torn and repaired, affecting a few letters of text, occasional worming affecting some text, final f. laid down, contemporary sheep, rebacked, [STC 13187], Cambridge, T. Buck and R. Daniel, 1635; A Priest to the Temple.Tor, the Country Parson His Character, and Rule of Holy Life, third edition, with initial imprimatur and blank L12 ff., 4pp. advertisements, modern calf-backed boards, [Wing H1514], by T. R., 1675; and 3 others, 17th century poetry, 12mo & 8vo (5)
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