Catherine II, Empress of Russia. Instruction...pour travailler à la rédaction d'un nouveau Code de Loix..., engraved title vignette, engraved portrait of Catherine by C.-A.Boily, Lausanne, François Grasset & Comp., 1769 bound after Jaquet de Malzet (Louis-Sébastien) Le Militaire Citoyen, ou l'Emploi des Hommes, first edition, one or two rust spots, Amsterdam, et se trouve a Paris, N.B.Duchesne, 1760 bound with Bourguignon d'Anville (Jean-Baptiste) L'Empire Turc considéré dans son Établissement et dans ses Accroissemens successifs, first edition, with initial and final blanks, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1772, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt with spider's web motif and green roan label, slightly rubbed, a couple of wormholes to foot of spine, 8vo⁂ The first mentioned is Catherine the Great's famous "Great Instructions", originally published in 1767 in Moscow. Catherine appointed a commission consisting of representatives from all ranks and provinces to create a new code of law in Moscow, which was dismissed without success in 1768. The present instruction for the commission reflected some progressive ideas adapted from the texts of Montesquieu and Beccaria. Library Hub lists only one copy in the UK (National Library of Scotland).
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Matthieu (Pierre) The Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of the Most Christian King Henry the Fourth, translated by Edward Grimeston, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut portrait to A4 verso, a few rust-spots (one causing small hole with loss of a letter to 2P1), title and final leaf lightly soiled but generally a good clean copy, modern half blue morocco, slightly rubbed and faded, [STC 17661], small 4to, by George Eld, 1612.⁂ Matthieu (1563-1621) became the semi-official historian to the court of Henry IV of France and enjoyed special access to the king.
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh, engraved frontispiece portrait by William Marshall (trimmed and mounted on later blank leaf facing title), title within elaborate woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, lacking initial blank leaf, with contemporary ink signature of W.Bohun at head of title and annotations and underlinings to text, lightly browned, title mounted on stub, later ink ownership inscription and extensive note to front free endpaper, engraved Gilman bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, upper corners worn, lower repaired, [Pforzheimer 33; Wing B298], folio, by R[obert] Y[oung] and R[ichard] H[odgkinson] and are sold by R. Meighen..., 1641.
NO RESERVE Annotated.- Gadbury (John) Genethlialogia. Or, The doctrine of nativities, containing the whole art of directions and annual revolutions, first f. blank, engraved diagrams in text, tables, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking portrait frontispiece, title, 2 preliminary ff., and all after p.294 at end, ink diagrams and calculations to front free endpaper, and some margins and blank pages, 3T1 torn and with large repair with loss of text, repairs, especially to preliminaries, a few margins trimmed, tears, spotting and staining, browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, [Wing G84], folio, [printed by Ja: Cottrel, for Giles Calvert], 1658. sold not subject to return.⁂ Provenance: John Allason, 1686; Wm. Brown, 1781; Wm. Janes, 1797; Frederic Shearing, 1872 (ink inscriptions).
Regicides.- Barkstead (Col. John) and others. The speeches, discourses, and prayers, of Col. John Barkstead, Col. John Okey, and Mr. Miles Corbet; upon the 19th of April, being the day of their suffering at Tyburn, ink pagination, occasional spotting, some water-staining, modern calf, red morocco label to length of spine, [Wing B817], no printer, 1662 § Law.- Burnett (Gilbert) The life and death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with remains of red leather label, joint split, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [B5827], Printed for William Shrowsbery, 1682; and c.15 others, most 17th English Literature & History, including a defective Ligon on Barbados, some odd vol., v.s. (c.17) sold not subject to return.
NO RESERVE Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva sylvarum: or A natural history, in ten centuries. Whereunto is newly added the history natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life, tenth edition, engraved additional pictorial title and portrait, portrait with 20th century ink names verso, both engraved plates repaired with marginal loss, Dd1 repaired, spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, [Wing B332; Gibson 180], small folio, printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. and B. Griffin for Thomas Lee, 1676.
NO RESERVE Wycherley (William) Love in a Wood, or, St.James's Park. A Comedy, browned, H2 & 3 frayed at foot (paper flaw) with loss of a few words, slight worming to inner margin, later half morocco, a little worn, [Wing W3748], by T.Warren for Henry Herringman..., 1694 § [Havard (William)] King Charles the First: An Historical Tragedy, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, with 2 advertisement leaves at end, title with old ink signature at head and lightly soiled, ex-Harvard College Library copy with embossed stamp to title and ink stamp to verso, modern cloth, for J.Watts, 1737 § Prior (Matthew) The Poetical Works, edited by Thomas Evans, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece (lightly browned) and small portrait to first leaf, later bookplates of Edward Dewitt Taylor, later half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., spines faded, for W.Strahan [& others], 1779, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first was first published in 1672; the second is mistakenly identified by a contemporary hand on the title as being by Alexander Fyfe.
NO RESERVE Economics.- Fleetwood (William) Chronicon preciosum: or, An account of English gold and silver money; the price of corn and other commodities, 2 parts in 1 vol., including appendix, 12 engraved plates, lacking final advertisement f., inter-leaved, occasional staining, lightly browned in places, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, Printed for T. Osborne, 1745 § Erasmus.- Knight (Samuel) The life of Erasmus, more particularly that part of it, which he spent in England; Wherein an Account is given of his Learned Friends, 2 parts in 1, including appendix, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue after Holbein, 19 engraved plates, occasional spotting, a few small stains, antique style panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, Cambridge, printed by Corn. Crownfield, 1726; and c.20 others, 18th century English, including a few odd vol., 8vo (c.22)⁂ In the case of the second mentioned ESTC erroneously calls for 16pp. of index at end. We have a contents f. and 3 index ff.; our copy collating with the digitalised version found via ESTC.
Dictionaries.- Ash (John) The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol. in 1, occasional light foxing or browning, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, joints cracked but firm, light rubbing, some wear to extremities, 1775 § Sheridan (Thomas) A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, second edition, half-title, lacking portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf-backed boards, upper joint cracked but firm, some rubbing and scuffing to covers, for Charles Dilly, 1789, 8vo & 4to (2)
Paine (Thomas) Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, ninth edition, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, title working loose, one or two pencil annotations, for D. Jordan, 1792; The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, 2 parts in 1, contemporary manuscript note "parts 1&2" to title, some light surface dirt, for the Proprietor, 1796, both lacking covers and spines, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Women.- Smith (Elizabeth) Fragments, in prose and verse: by Elizabeth Smith, lately deceased. With some account of her life and character by H.M. Bowdler, 2 vol., half-titles, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, final advertisement f., foxed, heavily so in a few places, signatures and bookplates of Anne Isabella Kevill, contemporary calf, gilt, spine richly so and with double black morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Bath, Richard Crutwell, 1809; and 2 others, Women, 8vo (4)
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Napoleonic Wars.- [Southey (Robert)] A Summary of the Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington ... to his Invasion of France, and the Decisive Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815, linen-backed folding map frontispiece, abrasion mark to B1 where ?label removed, ex-library with occasional ink- and blind-stamps, occasional spotting and soiling, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, later morocco-backed boards, blind-stamp to upper cover, a little rubbed, Dublin, George Mullens, 1816; and a cast-iron embossed portrait of Wellington, and a defective copy of 'The Battle of Waterloo', 8vo & c.335 x 300 mm (3)
NO RESERVE Shakespeare (William).- Boaden (James) An Inquiry into the Authenticity of Various Pictures and Prints ... offered to the Public as Portraits of Shakespeare, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 4 engraved portraits, lacking half-title, first few ff. detached from text block due to cracked upper hinge, water-staining, Robert Triphook, 1824 bound with Wivell (Abraham) An Inquiry into the History, Authenticity & Characteristics of the Shakespeare portraits [and supplement], 2 parts, including supplement, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 21 engraved plates, directions to binder / errata f., 1 plate with tear to margin at foot, some spotting and offsetting, By the Author, 1827, together 3 works in 1 vol., new endpapers, contemporary half morocco, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo
Koran; commonly called The Alcoran of Mahomet (The), engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate of Drayton-Grimké family to pastedown with ex-libris stamp to endpapers, lightly browned throughout, later cloth, faded, 8vo, 1824.⁂ Interesting provenance from the library of the Magnolia Plantation in South Carolina, USA. Upon his death in 1825, Thomas Drayton, the great grandson of Magnolia's first Drayton, willed the estate successively to his daughter's sons, Thomas and John Grimké. As he had no male heirs to leave it to, he made the condition in the will that they assume their mother's maiden name of Drayton. A stamp on the front endpaper reads "This book is part of the old Grimke and Drayton library at South Bay House So. Ca. which was sent over to Golborne Hall, Lancashire, England in Autumn 1889."
NO RESERVE Navy.- Field (Colonel Cyril) Britain's Sea Soldiers: a History of the Royal Marines, 2 vol., frontispieces, plates, original cloth, slight staining to edges, rubbed, Liverpool, 1924 § Blumberg (General Sir H. E.) Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marine's during the War 1914-1919, portrait frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, staining, rubbed, Devonport, [?1927], and 7 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (10)
British Antiquities.- Davies (Edward) Celtic Researches, on the Origin, Traditions & Language, of the Ancient Britions, for the Author, 1804; The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, folding engraved plate, 1809, together 2 vol., first editions, engraved bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft, uniform contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints split § Fairholt (F.W.) & Thomas Wright. Miscellanea Graphica: Representations of Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Remains in the Possession of Lord Londesborough, additional engraved pictorial title with hand-coloured vignette, 45 plates, some chromolithographed and heightened with gold, guards, final leaf defective with loss to 'Finis' at foot, some foxing, 1857 § Smith (C.R., editor) Inventorium Sepulchrale..., engraved portrait and 20 plates, 7 hand-coloured, illustrations, marginal water-staining at beginning and end, ex-library copy with one or two stamps, for subscribers only, 1856, the last two original cloth, rubbed, the last damp-stained and lacking spine; and 6 others on British antiquities, 8vo & 4to (10)
Marie, Queen of Roumania. The Story of Naughty Kildeen, illustrations by Job throughout, some hand-coloured through stencil, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, an excellent bright copy, [1922] § Newell (P.S.) Topsy & Turvys, colour illustrations with text at head and foot so that it can be read both ways round, some light marginal soiling, shaken, hinges weak, original pictorial boards, rubbed, spine and corners a little worn, New York, The Century Co., 1893 § Lorne (Marquis of) V.R.I. Her Life and Empire, colour portrait, decorative title in purple, green and gold, illustrations, original decorated blue cloth, gilt, spine rubbed and faded, stain to lower cover, [1901]; and a volume of oblong folio wood-engraved "Cartoons of the Season" featuring the Boat Race, R.A.Exhibition, Derby etc. from 1869, v.s. (4)
NO RESERVE Theatre.- Reynolds (Sir Joshua), After. Portrait of David Garrick (1717-1779), "The Prologue Portrait", oil on canvas, 300 x 260 mm (11 3/4 x 10 1/4 in), craquelure and rubbing, areas of restoration visible to face and hair, framed, [circa 1800].⁂ Several versions, as well as copies by other artists, of the present portrait are known. It shows Garrick composing a prologue to be delivered at the start of a performance. The original painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776, and is now held at Knole House, part of the National Trust Collection.
Bindings.- Descaves (Lucien) Flingot, one of 130 copies on arches vellum with plates in 3 states, from an edition of 350, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 18 etched plates and illustrations by Georges Jeanniot, each in 3 states, occasional spotting, original wrappers bound in, contemporary brown and blue morocco with extensive inlays and gilt tooling by René Kieffer, housed in a contemporary slipcase, a little rubbed, Paris, [1907].
Australia.- Westgarth (William) Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne & Victoria, signed presentation inscription from the author to contents page, portrait frontispiece, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, lightly dented, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, Melbourne and Sidney, George Robertson & co., 1888.⁂ Inscribed to J. G. Foxton, Antarctic explorer (1811-1903).
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Dickson (H. R. P.) The Arab of the Desert, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 11 folding maps and plans at end, chipping to edges, ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso, modern cloth, 1949 § Martineau (Harriet) Eastern Life, Present and Past., 3 vol., presentation inscription from author to vol. 1., half-titles, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, abrasion mark to front free endpaper where labels removed, later morocco-backed boards, blind-stamp to upper covers, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1848, 8vo (4)
Palestine.- Reland (Adriaan) Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, folding engraved portrait frontispiece (torn), additional engraved title to vol.1, printed titles in red and black, 13 engraved maps and plates, some folding, engraved illustrations and decorations, some browning to plates, first few leaves detached and with strengthening to inner margin, contemporary vellum, [Blackmer 1406], 4to, Utrecht, Guilielm Broedelet, 1714.⁂ "His description of Palestine is a remarkable work for its time" (Blackmer).
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London.- [Henry (David)] An Historical Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, 3 parts in 1, half-title, contemporary vellum-backed boards, corners worn, splits to joints,Thomas Carnan, 1785 § Peter Parley's Visit to London, during the Coronation of Queen Victoria, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates, frontispiece detached, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1838 § Visit (A) to Uncle William in Town..., first edition, engraved plates with multiple views, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end, old ink library stamp to front free endpaper, original roan-backed pictorial boards, J.Harris, 1818 § Abbott (J.W.) A History of London...with some account...of its most important buildings, engraved portrait, original boards, uncut, worn, lacking spine, 1821, some spotting or soiling, rubbed; and 6 others on London, 8vo et infra (10)
London.- Architecture.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, second edition, list of subscribers, 12 engraved plates (10 double-page) and c.30 full-page engraved illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar and J.Harris, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, errata/binder's f., lacking portrait, spotting or foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, antique style panelled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, folio, Printed by George James, for Jonah Bowyer, 1716.
Manner of David BombergPortrait of a woman oil on board 66 x 53cmCondition report: Oil on hardboard. There is some water staining at the lower edge of the board at the reverse, but overall it is sound and in plane. The paint layer is thinly applied with a matte surface. There are a few scuffs and scratches to the surface. In some areas brown spots are visible across the surface and there is a general layer of dust across the work. The canvas surface of the frame is stained and dirty and there is abrasion to the white painted finish.
§ Robert Salmon (British 1939-2020)A collection of six unframed works, to include: a still life of flowers in a vase, oil on board, 25.5 x 25.5cm; two figures in a fantasy landscape, watercolour and pencil, 48.5 x 40cm; Adam and Eve, oil on canvas, 23 x 17.5cm; Portrait of a man and woman, oil on canvas, 30.5 x 20.5cm; Portait of a seated woman, oil on board, 35 x 26cm; and Angels in a Landcape, oil on board, 18x 43.5cm
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