Alexander (William, Earl of Stirling). Recreations with the Muses, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Thomas Harper, 1637, later mounted engraved portrait frontispiece by William Richardson dated 1795, title within ornamental woodcut border, lacking front and rear blanks, one or two leaves at front with small marginal insect damage, a few leaves towards end with corners repaired, a little light soiling and water stains, all edges yellow, later sprinkled calf gilt by Cecil & Larkins, spine with red and green labels, small splits at foot of joints (Qty: 1)NOTESPforzheimer 5; STC 347. A few copies were issued with a portrait of Alexander by William Marshall, but these may have been added only to presentation copies. A handsome copy.
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Austen (Jane). Works, 6 volumes, Steventon Edition, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1882, half-titles, engraved frontispieces (those in volumes 1-5 engraved by Greatbatch after Pickering as in Bentley's 'edition of 1833, and portrait in volume 6 as in the Memoir of 1870), bound without advertisement leaves, short closed tear to centre of volume 1 title repaired, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th century red half morocco gilt, 8vo (Qty: 6)NOTESGilson D13; Keynes 31. One of 375 sets printed on John Dickinson & Co. handmade paper (not numbered). Jane Austen's great-nephew Cholmeley Austen-Leigh, son of the writer of the Memoir, was at that time a partner in the firm Spottiswoode & Co. who printed this set for Bentley. The Steventon Edition was the last complete edition of Jane Austen's works to be published by Bentley, it was however the first set issued by that firm in which the novels appear in the order of first publication.
Bembo (Pietro). Opere, ora per la prima volta tutte in un corpo unite, 4 volumes, Venice: Francesco Hertzhauser, 1729, signatures pi2 *2 a-b6 (-b6, cancelled) A-2Y4 (2Y4=blank), *4 A-2F4 2G1-2 pi1 2G3-4 2H-2N4 2O6 a6 (-a5, cancelled) b-h4 a-2d4 2e3, a4 A-3B4 (-2A4, cancelled) 3C6 3D-3R4 3S5, *4 A-S4 T2 V-2X4 2Y5, engraved portrait frontispiece by Francesco Zucchi, engraved vignette to each title-page, volume 1 title-page printed in red and black, engraved headpieces and initials, a few very light tide-marks in margins, volume 3 signature M4 with repaired closed tear in fore margin, all volumes uncut in contemporary 'carta rustica', contemporary manuscript spine-titles, large folio (41 x 29 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Gamba 145 ('splendida edizione').
Bindings. [The Divine Comedy], by Dante Alighieri, 2 volumes (of 3): The Purgatorio of Dante Alighieri, and The Paradiso of Dante Alighieri, J. M. Dent and Co., 1904, from the Temple Classics series, half-titles and titles printed in red & black, frontispiece to each volume, gilt floral endpapers, contemporary Florentine style painted vellum, the front covers with decorative initials and designs painted in red, green, pink, blue and yellow, heightened with gold, the spines with painted manuscript titles, somewhat dust-soiled, extremities rubbed, Purgatorio with small loss to foot of spine, Paradiso front joint cracked with short tear to spine covering, 12mo in 8s, together with: The Spirit of Anecdote and Wit, by John Seward, 4 volumes, London: Walker and Co., 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, variable spotting and toning, each front pastedown with book ticket, most hinges cracked after/before endpapers, binding to 3rd volume nearly detached at rear hinge, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, some scuffs and mottling to covers, 12mo in 6s, with 2 others (Qty: 14)NOTESFirst item: The 'Florentine style' of painted vellum bindings was created in the late 19th century by the Giannini family, who produced a range of beautifully decorated books for the art-loving English community. Other local binders quickly followed suit, and these volumes from Dante's Divine Comedy closely follow the Giannini style.
Book of Common Prayer . The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, London: engraven and printed by the permission of Mr. John Baskett, by J. Sturt, 1717, xvi 166 pp., engraved throughout, text within ornamental borders, decorative initials, allegorical vignettes, portrait frontispiece, volvelle to verso of title-page, spotting and browning, gift inscription dated 1778 to blank p. xvi, engraved bookplate, all edges gilt, later 18th-century red morocco gilt, 8vo (22.8 x 14.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThis collation not matching any of those found in ESTC: sold as a binding, not subject to return.
* Commonwealth of England. By the Protector. A Declaration of His Highnes with the Advice of the Council, in order to the Securing the Peace of this Commonwealth, London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1655, single broadside, woodcut arms and initial, black and roman letter, browned, creased from folding, a few chips and tears to extremities, framed and glazed (not inspected out of frame), 36.6 x 28.4 cm, [English School], [Portrait of a Royalist gentleman], 19th century, head-and-shoulders portrait facing left, probably depicting James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607-1651), dressed in plate armour with blue sash of the Order of the Garter, water- and bodycolour on card, 18 x 15 cm, Smith (John, mezzotinter), Carolus 1th, [London]: sold by J. Smith in Russel Street, [c.1700?], mezzotint after Philip Fruytiers on wove paper, trimmed shaving imprint, adhesive staining to corners, 32.8 x 23.4 cm, and a copy of John Selden, Titles of Honor, 2nd edition, 1631 (with spurious, probably 18th-century signature 'O Cromwell' to initial blank, contemporary calf, binding broken, covers detached, several leaves loose, folio, not collated) (Qty: 4)NOTESFirst item: ESTC R211676; Wing C7075. The First Protectorate Parliament orders royalists to surrender all arms and to cease to employ any 'sequestered or ejected ministers' for the education of their children; such ministers themselves are forbidden from 'keep[ing] any school, either publick or private', public preaching, and 'administer[ing] Baptism, or the Lords Supper, or marry[ing] any persons, or us[ing] the Book of Common-prayer'.
Drake (James). Anthropologia Nova; or, a New System of Anatomy, volume 1 only [of 2], 1st edition, London: for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1707, engraved portrait frontispiece, 61 engraved plates (10 folding), closed handling tears to a folding plates (repaired in plates 8 and 9), modern leatherette, 8vo (19.5 x 11.5 cm), together with: [Lebrun-Desmarettes, Jean-Baptiste], Concordia librorum regum et paralipomenon, complectens historiam regum Israel at Juda, 1st edition, Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1691, light browning, old library markings to front endpapers and title page, contemporary French sprinkled tan calf, gilt spine, 4to (24.6 x 18 cm), and 1 other (Qty: 3)NOTESDrake: ESTC T63784; Wellcome II p. 485. Sold as seen. 'Not long before [Drake's] death his scientific interests appear to have revived and he wrote Anthropologia Nova, or, A New System of Anatomy . It was said to have been published by his wife, the author and medical practitioner Judith Drake. It was a very popular treatise and ran to three editions in the next twenty years. It is a sad reminder of the great talent that Drake sacrificed to politics' (ODNB).
Evelyn (John). Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper, '2nd' edition, London: J. Murray, 1769, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plate, folding mezzotint plate, frontispiece and title-page browned, contemporary sprinkled sheep, joints split, extremities worn, 8vo (17.6 x 11.5 cm), together with: Piles (Roger de), The Art of Painting, and the Lives of the Painters, 1st edition in English, London: J. Nutt, 1706, engraved frontispiece, marginal hole in 2D1, contemporary manuscript slip tipped to front free endpaper containing biographical notices of painters from Da Vinci to Kneller, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (18.5 x 11.3 cm), Dryden (John, translator), The Art of Painting by C. A. Du Fresnoy, 2nd edition ('corrected, and enlarg'd'), London: for B. L. and sold by William Taylor, 1716, engraved frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and somewhat tightly sewn, restoration to extremities, 8vo (17.6 x 10.4 cm), and 9 others, 18th-century treatises on art and painting, French and English, contemporary bindings, some rebacked, 8vo (Qty: 13)NOTESProvenance: Patricia Milne Henderson (1935-2018), British art historian, with bookplates. ESTC T134297 (Evelyn, this edition in fact 'a reissue of the second edition of 1755, with a cancel title-page'), T10568 (Piles), N14579 (Dryden).
Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 volumes , London: John Murray, 1838-39, few engraved folding maps, some browning & offsetting, uniformly bound with: Hilman (Henry Hart) , The Life of Edward Gibbon, London: John Murray, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece spotted and offset to title, uniform contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, mark to spine at foot of volume 9, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Forster (Edward, translator) , The Arabian Nights, 4 volumes, 4th edition, London: William Miller, Reprinted by Assignment for Thomas Tegg, 1815, half-title, engraved frontispiece to each and additional engraved title to volume 1, numerous plates, some browning and spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines, extremities rubbed, 12mo, Chapman (George, translator) , The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts [sic] in his Iliads, and Odyses, Translated according to the Greeke, 5 volumes, mixed editions, 1874-88, engraved frontispieces and decorative general title, bookplate of Geoffrey Granville Whiskard (1886-1957, civil servant & diplomat) to upper pastedowns, contemporary dark green half morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and Marius the Epicurean, His sensations and ideas, by Walter Pater, 2 volumes, reprinted, London: Macmillian, 1907, bookplate of Geoffrey Granville Whiskard to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary green calf gilt prize binding, morocco labels to spine, Wadham College armorial to upper board of each, spines slightly faded, 8vo (Qty: 24)
Grey (Elizabeth, Countess of Kent). A Choice Manual, or Rare and Select Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery: Collected, and practised by the Right Honourable the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the virtue of Gascon pouder, and Lapis contra Yaruam by a Professor of Phisick. As also most exquisite ways of Preserving, Conserving, Candying, &c., 2 parts in one, 16th edition, London: Printed by A.M. for Margaret Shears at the Sign of the Blew Bible in Bedford Street in Covent Garden, 1670, engraved portrait frontispiece (A1) with closed tear to gutter margin (image slightly cropped at fore-edge), the second part "A true gentlewomans delight" has separate title page dated 1671 and pagination, with continuous register throughout, sewing broken throughout and leaves detached, light dust-soiling, contemporary sheep, leather torn and with loss to upper quarter of spine, worn, 12mo (Qty: 1)NOTESWing K315B for the first part (gives the date of the sixteenth edition as 1671). Oxford p.22/23 for 1653 & some later editions. Wing K317C for the second part. The title to the second part: - A True Gentlewomans Delight. Wherein is contained all manner of Cookery: Together with Preserving, Conserving, Drying, and Candying. Very necessary for all Ladies and Gentlewomen. Published by W.G. Gent. London, Printed by A.M. for Margaret Shears at the Sign of the Blew Bible in Bedford Street in Covent Garden, 1671.
Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). [Opera] cum erudito Laevini Torrentii commanterio, nunc primum in lucem edito, 1st edition, Antwerp: ex officinia Plantiniana, apud Joannem Moretum, 1608, engraved title vignette, 2 engraved portraits in text, toning, title-page soiled, fraying to lower outer corners of quires *-** and F (final quire), a few other marks, 19th-century vellum, soiled, front inner hinge gone, 4to (24 x 16 cm), together with: Bouchout (Alanus), Lux SS. Rosarii proponens varia in ejus propagationem ac pluribus conceptibus ex variis auctoribus desumptis ornata, 1st edition, Leuven: Hieronymus Nempe, 1669, additional engraved title-page, licence leaf, contemporary vellum, 4to (20 x 15.5 cm), Braun (Christoph), Vitis mystica ... hoc est conciones floridae, 1st edition, Cologne: Hermann Demen, 1677, engraved title-page, letterpress title-page in red and black, spotting, browning and damp-staining, ink-stamps to front pastedown and p.521, contemporary vellum, soiled, ties gone, 4to (20.7 x 16.7 cm), Ovidius Naso (Publius), Opera omnia ... cum integris Nicolai Heinsii, lectissimisque variorum notis ... studio Borchardi Cnippingii, 3 volumes, Amsterdam: Waesberg, Boom, & Goethals, 1702, engraved title-page to each volume, engraved portrait to volume 1, 15 engraved plates to volume 2, later vellum, dust-soiled, 8vo (18.6 x 11.4 cm) (Qty: 6)NOTESVD17 23:305782R (Braun). This work by Bouchout appears to be different from his Lux sanctissimi Rosarii continens conciones de SS. Rosario , printed in Bruges in 1668.
Irenaeus (Saint). [Greek title]. Contra omnes Haereses libri quinque ... omnia notis variorum, et suis illustravit Joannes Ernestus Grabe, Oxford: e theatro Sheldoniano, 1702, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title vignette, headpiece and initial, occasional damp-staining, marginal burn-hole to T2, worm-track in lower margin of final few quires, contemporary ink marginalia, ownership inscription 'Tho. Foulkes' to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked but firm, wear to spine-ends, folio (40.1 x 24.5 cm), together with: Bull (George), Opera omnia Latine conscripta, London: William Bowyer, 1721, engraved portrait frontispiece (shorter, possibly supplied from another copy at an early date), marginal worming to gutter of first few quires, contemporary panelled calf, spine defective at head, tips bumped and worn, folio (40 x 24.5 cm), and 2 others (A Practical Family Bible, London: J. Wilkie, 1772, engraved plates, modern sheep to style, folio, and The Holy Bible ... with Notes and Practical Observations by the Rev. John Brown, London: J. McGowan & Son, 1833, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, folio, collations unknown) (Qty: 4)NOTESESTC T139640 (Irenaeus), T101051 (Bull: Bowyer's ledgers record 500 copies printed).
O'Donovan (John) . Annala Rioghachta Eireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters, form the earliest period to the year 1616, 7 volumes, Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1851, each title with ink library stamp, contemporary tree calf gilt, rubbed with some wear, 1st volume rebacked with original spine relaid, remaining volumes joints cracked, with 4 boards detached, large 4to, together with: Gibbon (Edward) , The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 volumes, mixed editions, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777-88, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 3 folding engraved maps (offset, 2 with minor handling tear), volume 1 dampstained at front,variable spotting, contemporary tree calf, rubbed and worn, joints cracked, volumes 1-3 dampstained, large 4to (Qty: 13)NOTESDecline and Fall: volume 1 is 3rd edition; volumes 2 & 3 are 2nd edition; volumes 4-6, 1st edition.
Rostrenen (Grégoire de). Grammaire françoise-celtique, ou françoise-bretonne, 1st edition, Rennes: Julien Vatar, 1738, contemporary sprinkled sheep (probably English), loss to spine-ends, 8vo (16 x 10 cm), together with: Love (Christopher), Grace: the Truth & Growth, and Different Degrees thereof. The Summ and Substance of the Last XV. Sermons, London: by T. M. for John Rothwell, 1654, [12] 217 [9] pp., browning, fraying to outer leaves, A2 tipped to A1 with consequent paper disruption and short closed tear, contemporary sheep, relined, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, 8vo (15.6 x 10 cm), Book of Common Prayer, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, Cambridge: by Joseph Bentham, 1766, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary greek goatskin richly gilt, rubbed, spine-ends perished, 8vo (17 x 10 cm), Radcliffe (Alexander), Ovid Travestie, a Burlesque upon Ovid's Epistles, 4th edition, London: by J. T., 1705, spotting, lacking advertisement leaf, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked and relined, front board near-detached, 8vo (17.5 x 11 cm), and 1 other (Qty: 1)NOTESSold as seen; this edition of Love's work is not in ESTC and it is not known whether a portrait is required.
Shakespeare (William) . The Plays of William Shakspeare, 10 volumes, London: T.Davison (volume 1); J. McCreery (volumes 2-4); T. Bensley (volumes 5-10), 1804-1807, 1st volume with engraved portrait frontispiece, each volume with vignette title, each play with additional vignette title, occasional spotting or toning, several (mostly front) free endpapers lacking, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, several joints cracked, volume 2 with some loss to spine and label, 8vo, together with: Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau de) , Oeuvres de Maupertuis, 4 volumes, nouvelle edition corigée & augmentée, Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1768, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half-titles (each with early ink manuscript library inscription), that to final volume partly detached, titles printed in red & black, with ink library stamps at foot, that to final volume with early ink manuscript library inscription, letterpress illustrations and decorative head- and tail-pieces, some light spotting, volume 3 textblock split centrally, contemporary sprinkled calf, some marks, extremities worn, 3 boards detached, 4 joints cracked, 8vo, with a defective copy of An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, by George Staunton, 2nd edition corrected, in 3 volumes, London: G. Nicol, 1798, with 3 folding maps and 1 folding table, but lacking plates and frontispiece (Qty: 17)
Cotman (John Sell). Architectural Antiquities of Normandy ... accompanied by Historical and Descriptive Notices by Dawson Turner, 2 volumes in one, London: John & Arthur Arch and Yarmouth: J.S. Cotman, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece of Cotman (spotted), wood engraved armorial to titles, mounted portrait of Dawson Turner, 96 etched plates (including some double-page), occasional spotting, all edges gilt, front blank inscribed to Mary Anne Turner from her father Dawson Turner on the occasion of her birthday 7th February 1842 and with three manuscript notes and related cutting pasted-in, all edges gilt, old cloth hinges split, contemporary blind panelled and decorated calf, rebacked preserving remnants of original spine compartments, large folio, together with: Haghe (Louis). Sketches in Belgium and Germany, London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840, tinted lithograph title, dedication and 25 tinted lithograph plates, scattered spotting, cloth hinge repairs, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rebacked preserving remnants of original spine, large folio, Seroux d'Agincourt (Jean Baptiste Louis Georges) , Sammlung der vorzuglichsten Denkmalern der Architectur, [Sculptur & Malerei] vorzugsweise in Italien vom iv bis zum xvi jahrhundert, 3 parts in one, Frankfurt: G.W. Mettenius, [1840], numerous engraved plates, some scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, worn, large folio, Willson (Edward James) , A Glossary of Technical Terms, Descriptive of Gothic Architecture ..., to accompany the Specimens of Gothic Architecture, by A. Pugin, 2nd edition, London: J. Taylor, J. Britton & A. Pugin, 1823, etched plates by J. Le Keux, title inscribed 'for my dear ... F.P. 28 July 1845' (possibly in the hand of antiquary John Britton, 1771-1857), front free endpaper with manuscript note in John Britton's hand 'Preparations for a Dictionary of the Antient Architecture of Great Britain. Words with corresponding words in different languages - Etymology - derivation - explanation - description of parts illustrated by numerous engravings by J. Le Keux. In one vol royal 8vo, by J. Britton' and with signature to upper outer corner, contemporary red hald morocco, boards detached, worn, slim 4to, and a volume entitled to spine 'Cotman's Etchings', 19th century cloth-backed boards, rebacked, large 4to, and Turner's Picturesque Views in England & Wales, 3 volumes (Landscapes, Coast Scenery, Castles & Abbeys), London: Bell & Daldry, 1873, gutter percha perished and contents loose in each volume, original cloth gilt, 4to (Qty: 8)
Cotman (John Sell). Specimens of Architectural Remains in Various Counties of England, but principally in Norfolk ... with descriptive notices by Dawson Turner and Architectural Observations by Thomas Rickman, 2 volumes, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1838, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, additional etched title to each and 240 etched plates (including dedication), occasional light scattered spotting, few leaves of text browned, armorial bookplate of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave to upper pastedowns, cloth hinges splitting, top edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco, rebacked preserving remnants of original spines, covers slightly marked, large folio (Qty: 2)NOTESSir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827–1919), economist, knighted 1909, author of Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy, and editor of Palgrave's Collected Historical Works. He married in 1859 Sarah Maria Brightwen, daughter of George Brightwen.
Hooker (William Jackson). Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, with additions, London: J. Keymer, Yarmouth for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & John Murray, 1813, half-titles present, 8 engraved plates (including hand-colour frontispiece & 3 folding uncoloured folding maps & 1 folding plate), half-title to volume 1 inscribed 'To John Brightwen Esq. with the author's best compliments', occasional scattered spotting, cloth hinge repairs, armorial bookplate of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave to upper pastedowns, contemporary straight-grain calf, old rebacks preserving original gilt decorated spines, joints split and spines worm with some loss, 8vo, together with: Allan (Mea) , The Hookers of Kew 1785-1911, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1967 (two copies), colour frontispiece and monochrome plates, original cloth in worn & torn dust-jacket, with loosely inserted greetings card from the author, Hooker (Joseph Dalton) , A Sketch of the Life and Labours of Sir William Jackson Hooker, late Director of the Royal Gardens of Kew, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903, photogravure portrait frontispiece, half-title inscribed by the author, original printed wrappers, torn & frayed with loss to margins, slim 8vo (Qty: 5)
Palgrave (Francis Ephraim, 1788-1861). Sir Francis Palgrave's Letters from Turin, 1841, 2 etched portrait frontispieces of Sir Francis and his wife Lady Elizabeth (heavily spotted), etched by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave) after drawings by Thomas Phillips and John Phillip Davis respectively, followed by 18 contemporary fair copy letters from Sir Francis to his wfe, written continuously on 46 numbered pages, written in a neat unidentified family hand, offsetting from frontispiece to first page, bound with the accompanying series of copy letters written by Sir Francis to his father-in-law Dawson Turner, a total of 15 unnumbered pages in a second neater hand, annotated at head by Dawson Turner, 'The original in my correspondence' and with some further proof corrections and amendments in his holograph, contemporary half morocco, gilt-titled spine, rubbed, folio (32.5 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)
Stanley (Henry M.) Through the Dark Continent or the Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: Harper Brothers, 1878, portrait frontispieces, folding map contained in each rear pocket (with closed tears), maps and illustrations, contemporary brown half morocco, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 2)
[Turner, Dawson]. Account of a Tour in Normandy; undertaken chiefly for the purpose of investigating the architectural antiquities of the Duchy, with observations on its history, on the country and on its inhabitants, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. & A. Arch, 1820, 50 engraved plates, some spotting, closed tear at foot of volume I title, presentation inscription at head of titles, contemporary half calf, volume I spine defective, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with: Wyttenbach (John Hugh). The Stranger's Guide to the Roman Antiquities of the City of Treves... edited under the direction of Dawson Turner, 1st edition, London: John W. Parker, 1839, portrait frontispiece, 14 engraved plates, including some plates in two states, illustrations, advertisements at end, some offsetting and spotting, leaf of sketches loosely inserted, bookplate of R.H. I. Palgrave, original blindstamped cloth, spine faded with splits and chips, 8vo, inscribed by Dawson Turner, 1839, with three others including Dawson Turner's Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Yarmouth, 1842 and Sepulchral Reminiscences of a Market Town, Yarmouth, 1848 (lacking spine) (Qty: 6)
Turner (Mary Dawson, 1774-1850). A bound collection of 71 letters of condolence addressed to Dawson Turner on the death of his wife Mary, 1850, folding lithographic portrait frontispiece of Mrs Turner (spotted and detached), 71 autograph letters sent from family and friends bound chronologically and mounted on guards, including members of the Turner, Palgrave, Rigby, Hooker and Gurney families, mostly one to four pages, a little spotting, 8vo/16mo, bound with the 24-page manuscript sermon preached in Great Yarmouth parish church on Easter morning 1850, versos blank, contemporary half roan gilt, 12 annotated envelope seals laid in to front pastedown, worn, upper cover detached, 4to (25 x 19.5 cm), together with a bound collection of letters, copy letters and correspondence mostly relating to Sir Francis Palgrave's work with the Municipal Corporation Commission (England and Wales), circa 1833-34, a total of approximately 150 mostly manuscript items including letters, notes and some accounts, etc., modern buckram with wax letter seals laid into front and rear pastedowns, thick 4to, plus a scrap album of mostly late Victorian chromolithographic religious illustrations, an illustrated juvenile manuscript compiled by Elsie, goddaughter of Eliza Brightwen, 1860s (Qty: 4)NOTESWhile the letters of condolence concentrate largely on the sentiments of sympathy, comfort and reminiscence, there is one letter included from Elizabeth Phillips [widow of Thomas Phillips RA] to Dawson and Mrs Turner's daughter Mary, an artist, thanking her for the portrait of her mother.
Turner Family. A volume of etched portraits entitled to front cover "Chiefly Miss Mary Turner's Etchings", late 18th/early 19th century, containing 44 etched & engraved portrait plates including some duplicates (few loose & cut down, some mounted), printed ownership label of T. & H.S. Brightwen to upper pastedown, contemporary half vellum, covers detached, worn, slim folio (Qty: 1)NOTESPortrait sitters include Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Charles Blagden, Rev. Charles Burney, Antonio Canova 'Il Cav Canova', Francis Palgrave, W.P. Burchell, Thomas William Coke, John Sell Cotman, R.O. Cambridge, John Flaxman, Hudson Gurney, William Turner, Miss Fraser & Miss Phillips, William Lort Mansell, Sir William Scott and Charles Heath etc. Mary Dawson Turner (1774-1850) was the daughter of William Palgrave of Coltishall. She married Dawson Turner in 1796. Her set of a Hundred Etchings were bound and presented to the Athenaeum Club by her husband. Twelve sets of her collection of Fifty Etchings were specially bound by her husband in 1823, as presents for his friends. In most of the plates she was assisted by her teacher, William Camden Edwards.
Moses (Henry). Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield, London: printed for Rodwell and Martin, [1820], engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, 39 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), some light spotting, previous owner inscription, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, spine faded, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with: Taylor (J., publisher). Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, containing an historical account of the five orders, with their proportions, and examples of each from antiques, 3rd edition, enlarged, 1804, title with engraved vignette, 11 engraved plates, some offsetting and light spotting, original boards, lacking spine, covers detached, 8vo, with four others: Benjamin Ralph's The School of Raphael; or the student's guide to expression in historical painting, 2nd edition, 1782 (with 54 plates only, of 102), Thomas Hope's Costume of the Ancients, 2 volumes, new edition, 1812, and Achille Deville's Essai Historique et Descriptif sur l'Eglise et l'Abbaye de Saint-Georges-de-Bocherville, 1827 and Histoire de Chateau-Gaillard, 1829 (Qty: 7)
* Lawson (John, 1932-2019). A large archive of the antiquarian bookseller John Lawson's professional correspondence and invoices, circa 1950s-2000s, including approximately 250 autograph letters and notecards from his friend the legendary English surgeon, bibliographer and bibliophile Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982), c. 1958-68, this correspondence largely archived by year in old manila envelopes, the remaining miscellaneous correspondence with book collectors, institutions and librarians partly sorted into folders, and including one further folder relating to the valuation of Geoffrey Keynes's library, plus a small signed photograph of Geoffrey Keynes and a full-length bronze portrait, with green patina, of the seated Keynes with his initials, titled 'Books L---', dated 1982 and numbered 2/12, 26 cm tall, base 21 x 7.5 cm (Qty: 2 cartons & a bronze)NOTESJohn Lawson joined E.M. Lawson & Co., the firm that his father had started at Sutton Coldfield in 1921, after he was demobbed from National Service in the RAF in 1952. For nearly 70 years he traded as a bookseller, issuing hundreds of catalogues on subjects including 17th-century English literature, science, medicine and travel. John travelled widely making book friends nationally and internationally while garnering a reputation for his knowledge, accuracy and fairness. Most notable of his customers was Sir Geoffrey Keynes, whose tastes and enthusiasm as a book collector had a great impact on John's own bookselling interests. John was an active member of the ABA committee and served as its President in 1976-8. A remarkable archive offering insights into the working methods of an erudite bookdealer and the changing patterns of the antiquarian book trade over a 60-year span.
Keynes (Geoffrey). Bibliotheca Bibliographici, A Catalogue of the Library formed by Geoffrey Keynes, 1st edition, Trianon Press, 1964, black & white plates, signed presentation inscription to 'John Lawson, with gratitude from Geoffrey Keynes, 10 July 1964', on front free endpaper, original buckram-backed cloth gilt, small folio, (one of 500 copies), together with Bibliography of William Hazlitt, 1st edition, Nonesuch Press, 1931, portrait frontispiece, signed by author to title verso, uncut and largely unopened, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus Religio Bibliographici, offprint, Bibliographical Society, 1953, signed presentation inscription from the author Geoffrey Keynes to John Lawson dated 1958 to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, slim 8vo, plus other Geoffrey Keynes and Keynes family bibliography, history and interest including a packet of approximately 50 sheets of Keynes' manuscript proof for his Siegfried Sassoon bibliography (Qty: approx. 35)
Keynes (Geoffrey) . A Bibliography of the Writings of William Harvey, MD, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1928, black & white plates including portrait frontispiece, author's presentation inscription to John Neville Keynes dated May 1928 to front free endpaper and 'Now for John Lawson, August 1959' inscribed below, a related ALS from Keynes loosely inserted, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed, 4to, (one of 300 copies), together with: A Bibliography of Dr Robert Hooke, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1960, some black & white plates, signed by author to half-title, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, John Ray: A Bibliography, 1st edition, Faber and Faber, 1951, some plates, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, (signed limited edition of 650 copies), 8vo, The Library of Edward Gibbon, A Catalogue of His Books, with an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes, 2nd edition, Bibliographical Society, 1950, some plates, uncut and largely unopened, signed by Keynes to half-title, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, and other books and pamphlets by Keynes, many inscribed (Qty: approx. 20)
Soulsby (B.H., editor). A Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus (and publications more immediately relating thereto) Preserved in the Libraries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury) and the British Museum (Natural History), (South Kensington), 2nd edition, British Museum, 1933, portrait frontispiece and collotype facsimile plates, original cloth gilt, 4to, together with Chute (Robin) , Shooting Flying, A Bibliography of Shooting Books 1598-1950, Winchester: Foxbury Press, 2001, colour and plain plates, original cloth gilt, (signed limited edition 391/500 copies), plus Dunthorne (Gordon) , Flower & Fruit Prints of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries, Holland Press reprint, 1970, colour plates, original cloth in dust jackets, all 4to, plus other natural history and botany reference works and bibliography including Hunt, Blanche Henrey, Fussell, etc. (Qty: 28)
[Griffith, Acton Frederick]. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: or, A descriptive catalogue of a rare and rich collection of early English poetry, in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical, printed by Thomas Davison, for the proprietors of the collection, 1815, title printed in red and black, wood engraved illustrations, occasional minor spotting, 19th century half brown calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and scuffed, bookplate of the Duke of Bedford and H.W. Edwards to front pastedown, 8vo, together with Corser (Rev. Thomas). Collectanea Anglo-Poetica: or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a collection of early English poetry, with occasional extracts and remarks biographical and critical, 11 volumes (parts 1-11), Chetham Society, 1860-83, original near-uniform blindstamped cloth, spines gilt, very slightly rubbed to extremities, first 2 volumes somewhat sunned to spines, 8vo, plus Maskell (William). A History of the Martin Marprelate Controversy in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1st edition, William Pickering, 1845, author's faint ink signature dated 1845 to half-title, some marginal annotations in ink (by the author?), 20th century signature of Geoffrey Bullough to front pastedown, original blue cloth, with remains of paper label to spine, rubbed and lightly faded to spine, 8vo, and [Yeats, G.D.]. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Writings of Patrick Colquhoun, printed by G. Smeeton, 1818, engraved portrait frontispiece, 64 pp., light waterstain to lower outer corner of frontispiece, inscribed in ink to front blank 'To James Ewing Esq. with Mr. J. Colquhoun's best regards. 17 July 1824', contemporary half black morocco, heavily rubbed, slim 8vo, plus other 19th century interest, mostly cloth-bound (Qty: 30)
Cohn (Albert M.). George Cruikshank: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Work Executed during the Years 1806-1877... , 1st edition, The Bookman's Journal, 1924, numerous plates including portrait frontispiece, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to, (limited edition, 257/500 copies), together with Tattersfield (Nigel) , Thomas Bewick: The Complete Illustrative Work, 3 volumes, 1st edition, British Library, 2011, numerous illustrations including colour portrait frontispiece to volume 1, original cloth gilt, 4to, plus Knappe (Karl-Adolf) , Dürer, The Complete Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1st edition, Thames and Hudson, 1965, numerous plates, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly rubbed, small folio, plus Tolnay (Charles de) , Hieronymus Bosch, 1st edition in English, Methuen & Co., 1966, colour and black and white plates, original cloth in pictorial card slipcase, slightly rubbed, 4to, plus other art reference and related (Qty: 35)
Slade (Bertha Coolidge). Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849, A Bibliographical Tribute, 1st edition, Constable, 1937, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter dark blue cloth gilt over marbled boards (in bright condition, with dust wrapper, and slipcase, 8vo, limited edition of 250 copies, together with Keynes (Geoffrey). Jane Austen: A Bibliography, Nonesuch Press, 1929, portrait frontispiece, untrimmed, original boards with paper label to spine, with pale blue dust wrapper (in very good condition), with Errata Leaf for Jane Austen: A Bibliography, Nonesuch Press, 1931, loosely inserted, small 8vo, limited edition 790/875, with presentation inscription by the author to front endpaper 'For John Lawson, Geoffrey Keynes', plus Penzer (Norman M.). An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1923, monochrome plates, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original brown cloth gilt, 4to, and other bibliographies of 19th century English literature, including Thomas James Wise, Bibliographies of Byron, 2 volumes, John Ruskin, 2 volumes, Algernon Charles Swinburne, 2 volumes, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrettt Browning, 2 volumes, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Bronte family, all reprinted by Dawsons, original cloth in dust wrappers, etc., all 8vo (Qty: approx. 70)
Foxon (D.F.). English Verse 1701-1750. A Catalogue of Separately Printed Poems with Notes on Contemporary Collected Editions, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1975, original cloth in slightly chipped and soiled dust jackets, 4to, together with Ehrenpreis (Irvin) , Swift: The Man, His Works, and the Age, 3 volumes, 1983, original cloth in dust jackets, plus Swift (Jonathan) , Journal to Stella, edited by Harold Williams, 2 volumes, Oxford University Press, 1948, portrait frontispiece to each, contemporary ownership signature of William L. Cuttle to both volumes, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, all 8vo, plus other mostly 18th-century reference and criticism (Qty: 3 shelves)
Lindbergh (Charles A., 1902-1974). Spirit of St. Louis. Den första atlantflygaren berättar, 1st edition in Swedish, Stockholm: Alber Bonniers Förlag, 1954, half-title, 5 halftone photographic plates including portrait frontispiece, leaf of manuscript facsimile, gilt edges, original blue morocco gilt, original slipcase, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESNumber 284 of an unspecified number of copies, signed by Lindbergh on an initial blank.
Ratchford (Fannie E.) . Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn, a further inquiry into the guilt of certain nineteenth-century forgers, 1st edition, 1944, New York, black & white portrait frontispiece & facsimiles, some light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with minor chipping & loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Sterling (Louis) , The Sterling Library a catalogue of the printed books and literary manuscripts, 1954, privately printed, presentation copy, period inscription by the author to front endpaper, some minor toning & marks, original red quarter morocco, spine & hinges slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Archer (Caroline) , The Kynoch Press the anatomy of a printing house 1876-1981, 1st edition, 2000, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other early 20th century & modern bibliography, book & private library reference & related, including publications by The Whittington Press, Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)
Newton (Helmut) . SUMO, 20th Anniversary edition, 2019, Taschen, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, as new in original plastic wrap, folio, together with: Chong (Alan & Noriko Murai) , Journeys East, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia, 1st edition, 2009, numerous sepia & colour illustrations, original decorated black cloth, large 4to, and Bourdin (Guy) , Exhibit A, 1st edition, 2001, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus Shing (Liu Heung [editor]) , China, Portrait of a Country by 88 Chinese Photographers, 2008, Taschen, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned to head & foot, large 8vo, and other modern photography reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves )
Boswell (James). Letters of James Boswell, collected and edited by Chauncey Brewster Tinker, 2 volumes, OUP, 1924, portrait frontispiece and facsimile letter to volume i, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jackets, spines a little toned with small chips, 8vo, together with: Cole (G.D.H. & Margaret, editors). Rural Rides... by William Cobbett, 3 volumes, Peter Davies, 1930, illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, limited edition 320/1000, with others, letters, Johnsoniana etc, including The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, edited by Frederick Pottle, 4 volumes only (of 6), 1951-57 limited editions of between 400 and 1050 copies, George Hill's Letters of Samuel Johnson, 2 volumes, 1st US edition New York, 1892, Jane Austen's Letters to her sister Cassandra and others, edited by R.W. Chapman, 2 volumes OUP, 1932 (rebound in later cloth) and Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay, with preface and notes by Austin Dobson, 6 volumes, 1904-05 (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 50 volumes
Carter (Howard & Mace, A.C .). The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 2 volumes , 1st edition , 3rd impression, Cassell & Co., 1927, numerous monochrome plates, inscriptions to half-titles, printed endpapers, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with: Breasted (James Henry) , A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, bound in 3 volumes, 2nd edition, reprinted, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, all edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to in 8s, Petrie (Flinders) , Seventy Years in Archaeology, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., [1931], monochrome portrait frontispiece and plates, slight spotting, near-contemporary brown half morocco, 8vo, and other Egyptology related, mostly 20th century publications, including Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, edited by Paul T. Nicholson & Ian Shaw, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 2000; Egypt of the Pharaohs an Introduction, by Sir Alan Gardiner, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962; First Steps in Egyptian, a book for beginners, by E.A. Wallis Budge, London, 1895; The Great Pyramid, its Spiritual Symbolism, by Morton Edgar, 1st edition, Glasgow, 1924 (Qty: 30)
Daniel (W. B.). Rural Sports, 4 volumes (including supplement), 1807-13, calligraphic title to volume 1 and the supplement, additional half titles and allegorical frontispieces to volumes 2 & 3, portrait frontispiece to supplement, 75 engraved plates and tables (complete as lists) including one with contemporary hand colouring, scattered light spotting, bookplate of H. T. H. Taylor, contemporary morocco with gilt decorated spines, worn at extremities, supplement with some scratching to front board, 4to (Qty: 4)
Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, etc., 4 volumes, London: for the author, 1743-51 [i.e. 1776], 208 hand-coloured etched plates (of 211: lacking frontispiece, unnumbered, and plates 130-1), engraved uncoloured portrait plate (‘Un Samojeed’) to volume 2 (unnumbered), engraved vignette to general title-page in volume 1, lacking text-leaf H1 in volume 3 and D1-2 in volume 4, but volume 1 with list of subscribers (A1-2) not called for in this issue, plates offset, general title-page and volume-titles in volumes 2-4 spotted and browned, discreet contemporary manuscript numbering to foot of a few unnumbered plates, closed transverse tear through plate 21, a few other minor spots and marks, each volume with French translation (Histoire naturelle de divers oiseaux) bound in at rear, volume one including Robson (publisher), Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards (1776) and Linnaeus, A Catalogue of the Birds … in Edwards’s Natural History (1776) as issued, Some Memoirs containing 4 uncoloured engraved plates extra to the above count (of which 3 folding), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, joints splitting, spine worn with loss of labels, 4to (28 x 22.8 cm), together with: ibid., Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc., volumes 1-2 (of 3), London: for the author, 1758-60, 100 hand-coloured etched plates numbered 211-310, engraved vignette to volume 1 title-page, lacking portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and text-leaves *a1-2 (dedication) in volume 2, offsetting, variable generally light spotting and browning mainly to volume 1, contemporary mottled calf uniform with the Natural History, joints partially split, volume 1 lacking one label, 4to (28.2 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: 1) Nathaniel Nicholls of Odiham, Hampshire (ownership inscriptions to Natural History part two initial blank and Gleanings general title, the latter dated 1823); 2) Frederick Baring (engraved bookplates with motto 'probitate et labore'). Anker 124 ( Natural History ), 126 ( Gleanings ), 127 (Robson, Memoirs ), 311 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ); Fine Bird Books p. 93; Lisney 190, 195, 198, 201 ( Natural History ), 192, 197, 200, 203 (French translation: Histoire naturelle ), 282 (Robson, Memoirs ), 288 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 205 ( Gleanings volume 1), 208 ( Gleanings volume 2); Nissen IVB 286 ( Natural History ) & 288 ( Gleanings ); Sitwell Zimmer pp. 194-6 ( Natural History ), 198-9 ( Gleanings ), 401-2 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 529 (Robson, M emoirs ) pp. 197-8 (French translation). First editions. A Natural History volumes one and two are Lisney’s third issue, published in 1776 by James Robson who in 1769 had acquired from Edwards all the remaining copies of the work, together with the plates and letterpress; Robson presumably reissued volumes three and four at the same time, though these copies are indistinguishable from those originally published in 1750-1. His reissue of 1776 is notable for the inclusion of two supplementary texts, Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards , and Linnaeus’s Catalogue . Both volumes of Gleanings in this set are first issues. Lisney provides the most detailed and convincing account of the publication of this splendid work, identifying second and third issues of the first two volumes of A Natural History and a second issue of the first two volumes of Gleanings which Zimmer in each case erroneously subsumes under a misidentified ‘second’ edition (pp. 194-6 and 199-200): the true second edition is that of 1802-6, which was printed in a larger format with the text entirely reset and almost all the plates reversed.
[Court, Pieter de la]. The True Interest and Political Maxims of the Republick of Holland and West-Friesland ... written by John De Witt and other Great Men in Holland, 1st edition in English, London: [no publisher], 1702, engraved portrait frontispiece (with half-title recto), one or two minor spots, contemporary panelled calf gilt, a little rubbed, joints cracked at ends, corners bumped, 8vo (19.5 x 11.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland (1661-1733), army officer and politician (engraved bookplate to title-page verso); Sutherland commanded an infantry regiment in Flanders in the 1690s and was awarded the Order of the Thistle by George I for his role in suppressing the Jacobite rebellion of 1715-19. ESTC T105638; Kress 2344. Important economic survey by Dutch economist Pieter de la Court (1618-1685).
Seebohm (Henry). Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, edited (after the Author's Death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 1st edition, Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 68 chromolithographic plates, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, near-contemporary Jansenist-style red crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, pale discolouration to sides, 4to in 8s (26 x 16.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESMullens & Swann p. 518; Wood p. 561; Zimmer p. 570. 'The plates, in chromo-lithograph, represent typical examples of the eggs of the various species and are very good' (Zimmer).

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