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Preisdatenbank abonnierenBRITISH SCHOOL (19th Century), portrait of a country parson, annotated verso possibly Dr Cottrey, unsigned, oils on canvas. 92 x 71cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Very grubby and generally crazed overall. Some paint loss in places. No obviously holed. 19th Century gilded gesso frame, similarly in poor condition.
19TH CENTURY CREAMWARE POTTERY BALUSTER SHAPED JUG transfer printed with a portrait panel of 'The Rt.Hble.Lord Visct. Wellington, K.B etc' (probably Liverpool). With coat of arms to the reverse. 21cm high approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: The jug has a significant crack, together with various chips and frits. Particularly round its base and spout.
SIR JOHN KYFFIN WILLIAMS KBE (Welsh 1918-2006), unusual cartoon type portrait study with inscription 'How I wish I did more and even flipped my lid more, I'd even earn a quid more than Mr Ian Skidmore!', signed with initials, pencil and wash. 21 x 23cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Good original condition, glazed frame.
An assorted collection of ceramics and glass to including porcelain and pottery models of birds, a selection of bisque portrait figures, a green jasperware cheese dome stand base, dressing table set painted with rustic landscape, Belleek teapot lacking cover, pink lustre teacups and ssucers, a pair of Ginori Italian porcelain table lamp bases, a further blue and florally decorated lamp base and a collection of glass to include a set of four brandy balloons engraved with animals in landscape and a green water carafe with six matching glasses etc (a large quantity)
[Corbett, Thomas]. An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily, in the Years 1718, 1719 and 1720. Under the Command of Sir George Byng, Bart..., collected from the Admiral's Manuscripts and other original papers, 1st edition, 1739, folding table, a little minor spotting, contemporary calf, head of spine chipped, a little rubbed, some worming to upper cover, 8vo, together with [ Barthelemy, Jean-Jaques] . Maps, Plans, Views, and Coins, illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger, of Greece, during the middle of the fourth century, before the Christian Era, 4th edition, 1806, portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved maps, plans and plates, most folding or double-page, a few partly hand-coloured, a few light spots, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus Charles Kellsall's Classical Excursion from Rome, re-printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1821 (Qty: 3)
Hakluyt (Richard). Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation... , with an Introduction by Ernest Rhys, 10 volumes, J.M. Dent, 1928, monochrome plates, map endpapers, original cloth in dust jackets, some spotting, 8vo, together with Scott (Robert Falcon) , Scott's Last Expedition... , Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Smith, Elder, 1913, 3 folding maps, black & white plates, publisher's adverts at rear of volume 1, pp. 617-620 carelessly torn when opened with some marginal paper loss to both leaves and loss of page number 617-618, occasional spotting, contemporary presentation inscriptions to front free endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, 4to, VG, plus Fleming (Peter) , Bayonets to Lhasa. The First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904, 1st edition, 1961, 12 black & white plates including portrait frontispiece and one double-page, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and spotted, 8vo, plus other 20th-century travel including T.E. Lawrence and Hakluyt reprints (Qty: 26)
Michie (Alexander). The Englishman in China during the Victorian Era as illustrated in the career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1900, portrait frontispieces, folding map at end of volume II, monochrome illustrations, bookplates of Ernest Everard Gates (1903-1984, Conservative MP), original red cloth gilt, spines faded, small stains, 8vo, together with Savage-Landor (A. Henry). China and the Allies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1901, colour and monochrome maps and illustrations, a little light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to half titles, original yellow cloth gilt, some fading to spines, short closed tear at head of volume I spine, 8vo, plus Casserly (Captain Gordon) . The Land of the Boxers or China under the Allies, 1st edition, 1903, half-tone illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end, some light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription to toned half title, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with others related including Andrew Wilson's The "Ever-Victorious Army" A History of the Chinese Campaign under Lt.-Col. C.G. Gordon and of the Suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion, 1868, Samuel Pasfield Oliver's On and Off Duty, Being Leaves from an Officer's Note-Book, 1881, and Clive Bigham's A Year in China 1899-1900 with some account of Admiral Sir E. Seymour's Expedition, April 1901 reprint, (Qty: 32)
Raleigh (Sir Walter). [The Historie of the World, in Five Bookes..., ], 1614 or later, lacking title and portrait, containing eight uncoloured folding engraved maps, all maps disbound, some maps with marginal fraying and closed tears, occasional marginal worming, some staining to index, pastedowns torn and frayed, 19th century morocco spine on old boards, worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.
Richardson (James). Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1848, volume 1 with portrait frontispiece (blank reverse with annotations by a family member, relating to the Goodsir and Richardson family connection), engraved plate to volume 1 and frontispiece to volume 2 spotted (affecting adjacent leaves), first volume title with contemporary ink inscription at head 'A. Goodsir, nephew of author, from Monica', folding map (some spotting), volume 2 hinges cracked, contemporary blue calf gilt, rubbed and marked, some corners showing, volume 1 rebacked with original spine relaid, spine labels chipped, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: From the Goodsir family by descent. Susanna Richardson, sister to the author, married Joseph Goodsir in 1834. This book was presented to one of their sons, probably Alexander David Goodsir (born 1838).
Sandwich (John Montagu, 4th Earl of). A Voyage performed round the Mediterranean in the Years 1738 and 1739. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Noble Author's Life, by John Cooke, 1st edition, London: for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1799, engraved portrait frontispiece, 25 engraved plates, folding hand-coloured map, spotting and offsetting, frontispiece with repaired closed tear in margin, closed marginal tears in U3 touching shoulder-note and 3D1 touching headline, contemporary book-label of Henry Holdsworth, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to (26.3 x 20.9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAtabey 828; Blackmer 1149; cf. Cobham-Jeffery p. 55 (1807 edition). Sandwich embarked on a cruise of the Mediterranean as a continuation of his grand tour, visiting Athens, the Greek islands, Constantinople, Smyrna, Egypt and Malta.
Schliemann (Henry). Tiryns. The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. The results of the latest excavations, 1st UK edition in English, 1886, folding frontispiece,folding map, 27 maps, plans and plates, a few folding and colour, a little minor spotting, bookplate of George Bennett, M.D., F.R.C.S. (1804-1893, English born Australian physician and naturalist), top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little rubbed with small repaired tear at head, 4to, together with Schuchhardt (Dr. C.) Schliemann's Excavations. An Archaeological and Historical Study, translated from the German by Eugenie Sellers, 1st edition in English, 1891, portrait frontispiece, maps, plans and illustrations, a few folding, press cuttings tipped-in at end, a little minor spotting, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo (Qty: 2)
Vaillant (Jean). Historia Ptolemaeorum Aegypti regum, ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Amsterdam: G. Gallet, 1701, half-title, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved arms to dedication leaf, engraved numismatic vignettes throughout the text, spotting and browning, contemporary vellum, folio (30.4 x 19.8 cm), together with: Della Chiesa (Francesco Agostino), Corona reale di Savoia, o sia relatione delle provincie, e titoli ad essa appartenenti, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Turin: Onorato Derossi, 1777, half-titles (woodcut portrait verso to that of volume 1), woodcut armorial devices throughout, errata leaf to volume 1, moderate browning, contemporary marbled sheep, gilt spines, 4to (25.5 x 19.5 cm), Paruta (Paolo), [Discorsi politici], 1st edition, Venice: Domenico Nicolini, 1599, damp-staining, loss to head of title-page, without *4 (blank), worming to quires A-F and final few leaves, light marginal worming to other quires, tape-repair and staining to 4G4, modern calf, 4to (22 x 16 cm), and Sansovino (Francesco), Historia universale dell'origine, guerre, et imperio de Turche. Accresciuta in questa ultima impressione di varie materie notabili, con le viti di tutti gl'imperatori Ottomani sino alli nostri tempi, dal conte Maiolino Bisaccioni, part 1 only [of 2], Venice: Sebastiano Combi and Giovanni La Nou, 1654, signatures pi4 a4 b8 A-3N8 (-pi1, half-title, and 3N8, blank), lacking the second part 'Viti di tutti gl'imperatori Ottomani ...', 19th-century paper boards, 4to (24.2 x 16.5 cm) (Qty: 5)NOTESAdams P363 (Paruta); Blackmer 1487 (Sansovino). Della Chiesa's extensive history of the House of Savoy and its associated territories was first printed at Cuneo in 1655-7. The author was Jesuit bishop of Saluzzo and 'one of the major Piedmontese historians of the seventeenth century' (Osborne, Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy, p. 76). Chapter 21 of the second volume (pp. 260-94) is dedicated to Cyprus.
Birmingham. A Poetic Survey round Birmingham; with a brief description of the different Curiosities and Manufactories of the Place. Intended as a Guide to Strangers..., by J. Bisset..., Accompanied by a magnificent Directory; with the Names, Professions, &c..., Birmingham: Printed for the author by Swinney & Hawkins, [1800], verso of half-title inscribed by the author to a Capt. Murray, engraved city plan frontispiece, 26 of 27 engraved plates (lacking plate V, Lloyd's New Hotel), edges untrimmed, endpapers renewed, original marbled boards, modern cloth spine, slim 8vo, contained in slipcase, together with Hutton (William) , An History of Birmingham, 3rd edition, Birmingham: Printed by Thomas Pearson, 1795, 2 folding engraved plans and 15 engraved plates, bookplate of Sarah Philtott to upper pastedown, mid 19th century half calf gilt, 8vo, plus Pye (Charles) , A Description of Modern Birmingham; whereunto are annexed, Observations made during an Excursion round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, including Warwick and Leamington, Birmingham & London: Printed by W. Talbot, for John Lowe, J.M. Richardson & Sherwood & Co., [1820], bound with Lackington (James) , Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of the Life of J. Lackington, Bookseller, Finsbury Square, London, Written by Himself, new edition, London: Printed by J.D. Dewick, for Lackington, Allen & Co., 1804, engraved portrait frontispiece, some offsetting and spotting, bookplate of Samuel Henry Hamer, top edge gilt, late 19th century half calf, contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, and Prosser (Richard B.) , Birmingham Inventors and Inventions, being a contribution to the Industrial History of Birmingham, Birmingham: The "Journal" Printing Works, 1881, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, hinges repaired, original cloth with modern dark green morocco spine, slim 8vo (one of fifty copies for Private Circulation), plus other British topography, mostly Birmingham related including History of the Staffordshire Potteries..., [by Simeon Shaw], Hanley: Printed for the author by G. Jackson, 1829; The Duty of the Respective Officers appointed by the Court Leet, in the Manor of Birmingham, Birmingham: Printed by E. Piercy, 1789; The Buildings of Birmingham Past & Present, Birmingham: Thomas Underwood & Walter J. Sackett, [1866]; Cornish's Guide to Birmingham, 9th edition, 1855; The Life of William Hutton, 1816; & Colbran's New Guide for Tunbridge Wells, edited by James Phippen, 1840 (Qty: 15)
Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, London: John Nichols for T. Payne and Son, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 57 uncoloured engraved maps by John Cary (including 52 double-page or folding), and 96 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 double-page), some maps trimmed with slight loss to printed margins, map of Lincolnshire trimmed along part of fold with slight loss, one double page table, occasional spotting, offsetting & toning, two leaves of text in volume 3 torn to lower outer blank corners, last few leaves in volume 3 lightly damp mottled, bookplate to each volume with motto Deo Ducente, contemporary diced calf gilt, upper boards of volume 1 & 2 and both boards of volume 3 detached, other joints cracked and weak, rubbed and worn to spines & extremities (particularly volume 1 spine), folio (Qty: 3)
Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire, Illustrated from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes and Armes: Beautified with Maps, Prospects and Portraictures, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1730, Large Paper copy, titles printed in red & black, 5 double page engraved maps (including county map and 4 maps of the county hundreds), 20 engraved plates (including 14 double page & portrait frontispiece to volume 1), numerous engravings to text, with many by Hollar, few minor marks, later endpapers, bookplates of Thomas Barrett of Lee and Herbert Louis Wade of Honiley to upper pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, both volumes neatly rebacked with contrasting red & green morocco labels, corners repaired, folio (leaf size 46.5 x 27 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESUpcott p.1259-1262. Large Paper copy.
Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 volumes, 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and few engraved plates, wood engraved vignettes and armorials, occasional spotting and toning, 20th century quarter diced calf, folio, together with Earwaker (J.P.) , East Cheshire: Past and Present; or a History of the Hundred of Macclesfield, in the County Palatine of Chester, 2 volumes, 1877, 2 albumen photograph plates and few lithograph plates, sewing to volume 1 broken at front of volume, original gilt blocked green cloth, frayed at head & foot of spines and some joints torn, large 4to, plus Baines (Thomas & Fairbairn, William) , Lancashire and Cheshire Past & Present, 4 volumes, London: William Mackenzie, [1868-1869], engraved plates, some spotting, all edges gilt, original cloth with gilt blocked decoration, slightly frayed to extremities, 4to (Qty: 9)
Smith (William, editor). Old Yorkshire, 8 volumes (1st & 2nd series), Longmans , Green, 1881-91, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, including portrait frontispieces and vignettes to title, top edges gilt, original gilt-decorated red cloth, some fading but generally bright, 8vo, together with Leader (Robert Eadon) , The Sheffield Banking Company Ltd., An Historical Sketch, 1831-1916, Sheffield, 1916, frontispiece, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf, rubbed and some wear to spine ends, 4to, plus Mayhall (John) , Annals of Yorkshire... , 2 volumes, Leeds: Joseph Johnson, 1861, engraved frontispieces and plates, some spotting and occasional dampstaining, upper blank margin of first title cut away, modern cloth with spine labels, 12mo, plus other mostly antiquarian Yorkshire topography and some travel (Qty: 44)
Whitworth (Richard). The Advantages of Inland Navigation; or, some Observations offered to the Public to shew that an Inland Navigation may be easily effected between the three Great Ports of Bristol, Liverpool, and Hull, 1st edition, London: for R. Baldwin, 1766, engraved portrait frontispiece (folding), 4 letterpress tables (folding), lacking map, closed tear in gutter of B6, contemporary sprinkled sheep, front joint cracked but firm, 8vo (20.2 x 12.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T138831. Uncommon: no other copy traced in auction records since 1981.
Bacon (Francis). Sylva Sylvarum : or a Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries..., Published after the Authors death, by William Rawley Doctor of Divinity, his Maiesties Chaplaine , 2 parts in one, 3rd edition, London: Printed by J.H. for William Lee, 1631, title with ownership signature 'Will. Pratt A.M. 1670' to upper margin, early annotation at end of A3, without portrait frontispiece, small ink stain to fore-edge margin of 5 leaves (Y3-Z1), small worm hole to final leaf, front free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'The Booke of Mrs Margaret Pratt', upper pastedown with bookplates of Sir George Strickland Bart. and Henry Eustatius Strickland, contemporary speckled calf, spine torn at head, slight wear, small folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe title to the second part: New Atlantis a Worke unfinished.
Balfour-Browne (V. R.). Stalking Letters and Sketches, published Antony Atha,1978, additional half title, publisher's note and introduction by Cuthbert FitzHerbert, one colour plate and numerous black and white illustrations, limited edition 31/950, tipped in Christmas card from the publishers giving notification of the impending arrival of the book and the limit number, all edges gilt, modern morocco gilt, contained in publisher's cloth gilt slipcase, oblong 8vo, together with Parker (Eric). Days on the Hill by an old Stalker, 1st edition, Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1926, additional half title, photographic portrait frontispiece, eleven illustrations and maps, some spotting, publisher's cloth gilt, 8vo, with McConnochie (Alex Inkson). Deer Forest Life, 1st edition, Alexander MacLehose & Co., 1932, additional half title, seven illustrations, slight spotting, publishers cloth with decorative portrait of a stag to upper siding, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Fitzherbert (Cuthbert). The Prince and the Pedlar, Stalking Memories, published Antony Atha,1977, additional half title, frontispiece of a reproduction cartoon by Raoul Millais and four colour illustrations after V. Balfour-Browne, signed by the author, limited edition 355/500, bookplate of Anthony Savile-Bailey, publisher's cloth gilt, contained in contemporary cloth slipcase, slim 8vo (Qty: 4)
Gerard (John). [The H erball or Generall H istorie of P lantes . Gathered by John Gerarde of London master in Chirurgerie, 1st edition, London: John Norton, 1597], general title lacking, engraved portrait (dated 1598) to verso of B6 with knife cuts to image, numerous woodcut botanical illustrations throughout, long closed tear to A2 & 4O3, holes to 2T4 & 2T5, leaves of initial half of volume with worm hole to lower blank margins, many leaves mostly at front and rear of volume frayed and some torn, index incomplete lacking 5D1, 5E2, 5G4, 5I3 & 5I4, with interleaved blanks bound-in at rear, occasional stains, dust-soiling and few marks, armorial bookplate of George Becher Blomfield (1801-1885) to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, later title label to spine and date at foot of spine, joints split at head & foot, light wear, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSTC 11750; ESTC S122353.
Wallace (Alfred Russel). Darwinism. An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications, 1st edition, 1889, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, folding colour map, advertisement leaf at end, previous owner signature, bookplates, original green cloth, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, together with Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th edition, fifty-sixth thousand, 1899, folding diagrammatic plate, advertisement leaf at end, a little light offsetting and spotting, original green cloth gilt, spine a trifle darkened, 8vo (QTY: 2)NOTESFirst work from the library of author John Fowles (his bookplate); second work Freeman 457.
Wallace (Alfred Russel). Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley, edited by George Thomas Bettany, Ward, Lock, circa 1900, portrait frontispiece, map and 10 plates, a few illustrations to text, title and frontispiece tissue-guard spotted, contemporary ink ownership of W.A.F. Balfour Browne, Glasgow, 4 April 1901 to half-title and later ballpoint pen inscription of Margaret Mee dated at London, October 1966 beneath, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Mee (Margaret Ursula) , In Search of the Flowers of the Amazon Forests, edited by Tony Morrison, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club for Nonesuch Expeditions, 1988, colour and black & white illustrations throughout, autographs of Margaret Mee's friends and admirers on blank versos of front and rear free endpapers and first and last leaves plus one loosely inserted sheet, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESThe first work is a reprint of the Minerva Library second edition of 1889. The association between the entomologist Balfour-Browne (1874-1967) is of note, since 'Unlike most of his contemporaries, Balfour-Browne ... was inspired less by Darwin than by the other great Victorian naturalist, A.R. Wallace ..., and his ideas about geographical distribution. This influence, his early interest in beetles, and a taste for studying organisms in their natural environment, led Balfour-Browne, after a restless start, to a lifelong study of the distribution of British water beetles' (ODNB). Margaret Mee sadly died in a car crash, in which her husband Greville (from whose library these books originate) was seriously injured, on 30 November 1988. This was the same month that her book was published, and this copy has been inscribed by many of Mee's friends and associates from Brazil. The reception was intended as a book launch and a homecoming party for Margaret, but after her death the reception went ahead as a homage.
Blackburn [Jemima]. Birds drawn from Nature, 2nd edition, Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1868, 45 lithographic plates including pictorial title-page, title-page spotted, a few later text-leaves strengthened with tape along fore edges, all edges gilt, original green cloth, recased, covers mottled, folio, together with: Campbell (Archibald James). Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, 1st edition, Sheffield: for the author by Pawson & Brailsford, 1900, 2 halftone portrait frontispieces, map, 28 chromolithographic plates, all halftone plates as called for, printed slip with date to title-page, a few plates slightly nicked or creased, plate facing p. 12 repaired, original cloth, recased, rubbed and marked, wear to extremities, 8vo, Pleske (Theodore), Birds of the Eurasian Tundra, 1st edition, Boston: for the society, 1928, 17 heliotype plates, 6 colour plates, library label to front pastedown, original green cloth, 4to, Arnold (E. C.), Birds of Eastbourne, 1st edition, Eastbourne: Strange the Printer, Limited, 1936, colour plates, autograph letter signed from the author tipped in, original cloth, 4to, Wrigley (John), Notes on the Bird Life of Formby, 1st edition Liverpool: for private circulation, [1892], 4 lithographic plates, original cloth, marked, 4to, and 1 other (Qty: 7)NOTESNissen IVB 170 (Campbell), 107 (Blackburn), 733 (Pleske); Wood pp. 242 (Blackburn), 277 (Campbell, with date 1901), 520 (Pleske: 'a very useful account'); Whittell p. 111 (Campbell); Zimmer p. 123 (Campbell). The list of subscribers for Wrigley's work records a total of 71 copies.
König (Alexander). Katalog der Nido-Oologischen Sammlung (Vogeleiersammlung) im Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn a. Rhein, Bonn: Alexander Koenig, [1932], 2 mounted photogravure portrait plates, 18 chromolithographic plates mounted on card, original red diced half calf, extremities slightly rubbed, a few faint marks to spines, 4to (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance: Leo von Boxberger (1879-1950), German explorer and naturalist (bookplate). Nissen IVB 523 (erroneous plate count).
Mosley (Seth Lister & Frederick Ormrod). An Account of the Birds of the Huddersfield District, 1st edition, [Huddersfield]: issued privately to subscribers only, [1912-15], [12] 7-64 64-103 [3] pp., halftone portrait frontispiece, 39 hand-coloured lithographic plates, 38 hand-coloured lithographic maps of bird distributions, occasional spotting to a text, a few trivial spots to plates, map CC slightly cockled, bookseller's ticket (J. Broadbent & Co., Huddersfield) to front free endpaper, contemporary red quarter sheep, spine sunned and scuffed, 8vo (21.5 x 13.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBallance p. 341; Nissen IVB 651; Wood p. 473; not in Mullens & Swann or Zimmer. 'This rare work was printed by the authors on a hand-press and issued in 20 parts, the 40 "crayon-watercolour plates" being prepared by a "new hand-process". The maps show the distributional areas of certain species - altogether a creditable and useful treatise on local ornithology' (Wood). Ballance, Nissen and Wood each cite 40 plates and 40 maps. However, the British Library cites 38 plates, and the maximal collation otherwise traced at auction is a copy with the frontispiece, 39 plates and 38 maps (in 2013), in addition to two copies with the frontispiece, 39 plates and 37 maps, and two more copies with 39 plates and 37 maps but the frontispiece unmentioned. With the exception of the final two plates, respectively the black-headed gull (numbered 38) and the red-necked grebe (unnumbered), and the map corresponding to the first of these, the plates and maps are tabulated in the text itself, with no apparent lacunae. OCLC identifies four institutional locations world-wide: British Library, McGill, Oxford, and Trinity College (Connecticut).Note: an additional copy has since been examined which contains a plate depicting the eared grebe, not present in this copy (4/11/2019).
* Horses. A collection of approximately 135 prints and engravings, mostly 19th century, engravings, etchings and aquatints of horses in various roles, including racing, hunting, Carriages, farriery, dressage, working and portrait studies, with examples by Mackerell, Hunt, Edy, Zobel, Havell, Harris, Howitt, Alken, 'Duke of Newcastle dressage engravings' , Diderot, Pass, Miller, Illustrated London News, Scott and De Buffon, various sizes and condition (Qty: approx.135)
* Moody (C.). The Prize Heifer Flower, at one year and four months old..., Thomas Moses, Boston, circa 1846, lithograph after B Hubbard with contemporary hand colouring, repaired closed tear and slight surface abrasion affecting image, occasional marginal closed tears, 460 x 540 mm, framed and glazed, together with Davis (William Henry). A Portrait of the Isle of Ely prize Ox of the Improved Shorthorn breed...., W. H. Davis, circa 1828, u ncoloured lithograph, some surface abrasion and scratching, one repaired closed tear, some overall toning, laid on linen and mounted on a contemporary wooden stretcher, 370 x 460 mm, framed and glazed in a contemporary stained oak frame (Qty: 2)NOTESRothamsted Collection, numbers 77 & 50
* Ward (William, 1766-1826). Portrait of John Cotes Esqr. M.P. for the County of Salop..., published Thomas Weaver, Shrewsbury, 1810, uncoloured mezzotint after Thomas Weaver, some staining and toning, trimmed to image on three sides, 595 x 725 mm, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESRothamsted Collection 178
Bindings. Oeuvres de Chateaubriand, 20 volumes in ten, Paris, 1857, engraved frontispieces, late 19th century dark blue quarter morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Historie de la Litterature de l'Europe..., Traduit de l'Anglais de Henri Hallam, par Alphonse Borghers, 4 volumes, Paris, 1839, scattered spotting, contemporary dark green sheep, gilt decoration to spines and blocked decoration to boards, 8vo, plus Memoires Complets et Authentiques du Duc de Saint-Simon sur le siecle de Louis XIV et la Regence, 20 volumes, Paris, 1856, engraved portrait frontispiece and few other plates, near contemporary quarter calf gilt, contrasting labels, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with France (Anatole). Thais, compositions de Paul-Alberts Laurens, Paris: Librairie de la Collection des dix, 1900, numerous vignette illustrations and eight etched plates after Paul-Alberts Laurens by Leon Boisson (including portrait frontispiece), original printed covers bound in, edges untrimmed, near contemporary maroon half morocco by E. Caravon, gilt decorated spine, large 8vo, (limited edition of 300 copies), plus Schiller (Friedrich von). Oeuvres Dramatiques, 6 volumes, Paris, 1821, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, contemporary mottled polished sheep, attractive gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, and Fontaine (Jean de la) , Oeuvres Complettes de J. La Fontaine, Precedees d'une nouvelle notice sur sa vie, 6 volumes, Paris, 1814, numerous engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo (Qty: 47)
Boissard (Jean Jacques). [IIII (-VI.) Pars antiquitatum Romanarum , parts 4-6 only (of 6), Frankfurt: apud Iohannem Feyrabend, impensis Theodori de Bry, 1598-1602], lacking title to first part and preliminaries incomplete, engraved titles to parts 5 & 6 present, 2 portrait illustrations to preliminaries, 353 engraved plates, initial leaves detached and torn to margins and last few leaves frayed to margins, few plates slightly cropped at fore-edge, dust-soiling, dampstaining and spotting throughout, upper outer corners & margins of some leaves with worming & damp mottling, old book label of the College, St. Mary's, Cork to upper pastedown, endpapers frayed, torn & lifting, contemporary blind panelled calf, gilt decoration to spine, upper joint split and some wear to extremities, small folio (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams B2338; B2339 & B2342. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
More (Thomas). Utopia: Containing an Impartial History of the Manners, Customs, Polity, Government, etc. of that Island. Written in Latin by Sir Thomas More..., Translated into English by Gilbert Burnet... to this Edition is added, a short Account of Sir Thomas More's Life and Trial..., the whole revis'd, corrected and greatly improv'd, by Thomas Williamson, Oxford: J. Newbery, 1751, engraved portrait frontispiece (cropped at head & print slightly adhered to gutter margin of title, some toning and spotting, bookplates of Joseph Henry Butterworth and Lt. Colonel Arthur Campbell Yate to front endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, joints split and extremities rubbed, 12mo (Qty: 1)
Sallust. Quae extant; cum notis ... [variorum]. Accedunt Julius Exsuperantius, Porcius Latro; et fragmenta historicorum vett. cum notis A. Popmae. Recensuit, notas perpetuas, et indices adjecit Josephus Wasse, 2 parts in one, Cambridge: Cornelium Crownfield, 1710, title in red & black, some browning, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint cracked, chipped at head of spine, 4to, together with Boyce (William B.) , A Grammar of the Kaffir Language, 2nd edition, Augmented and Improved, with Vocabulary and Exercises by William J. Davis, Wesleyan Missionary, London: Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1844, contemporary half calf gilt, joints cracked and slight wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Pattern (Robert) , The History of the Late Rebellion: with Original Papers, and the Characters of the Principal Noblemen and Gentlemen Concern'd in it, 2nd edition, 1717, some browning to margins , contemporary panelled sheep, worn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, and Livermore (Mary A.) , My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the Front, during the War of the Rebellion..., Hartford, Connecticut: A.D. Worthington & Company, 1888, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved and chromolithograph plates, some dampstaining, contemporary half morocco, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous 18th & 19th century antiquarian (Qty: 12)
Shelley (George). The Second Part of Natural Writing. Containing the Breakes of Letters..., Various Forms of Business ... and ... Variety of Ornament ... The Whole making a Compleat Body of Penmanship, London, [1714?], portrait frontispiece engraved by George Bickham (early inscriptions to verso 'Charles Fells his Book the Gift of his Father William George Graham Fells, March 9th, 1845, London' and ownership signature Abraham Harnwood), engraved title, 32 plates engraved Bickham (including 2 engraved dedication leaves, without plate 16 & 34), 6 pages of letterpress printed in double-column, dust-soiling, spotting, occasional dampstaining and some marks, plate 33 lined with rear free endpaper, modern boards, oblong folio (Qty: 1)
Stewart ( Dugald ). Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 2nd edition, corrected, 1802, half-title, scattered spotting, contemporary speckled calf gilt, morocco title label, joints cracked, spine rubbed, 8vo, together with Blair (Hugh) , Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Letters, 3 volumes, 5th edition, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (offset to title), contemporary calf gilt, spines rubbed, 8vo, plus Beattie (James) , An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism, 3rd edition, 1772, browning to first & last few leaves, bookplate of W. Priestley Lightcliffe to upper pastedown with red wax seal applied, contemporary calf, red morocco title label, 8vo, and Dubois (Jean Antoine) , Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India; and of their Institutions Religious and Civil, Translated from the French Manuscript, 1st English edition, London: Longman [&c.], 1817, heavy dampstaining particularly at front of volume, ink stamp to title, edges untrimmed, modern half sheep, 4to, plus other miscellaneous 19th century antiquarian (Qty: 15)
Wood (Lambert). The Life and Raigne of King Charles, from his Birth to his Death. Faithfully and Impartially performed, London: Simon Miller, 1659, engraved portrait frontispiece with long closed tear, dust-soiling and spotting, few marks, contemporary sheep, upper joint split at foot, rubbed and some wear, 8vo (Wing B3777), together with Andrews (Lancelot) , The Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine at Large: or a Learned and Pious Exposition of the Ten Commandments..., London: Roger Norton, 1650, engraved portrait frontispiece, signature of 'Tho Lambard 1653' to inside of front board, contemporary calf, spine torn with loss of leather to lower compartment, folio, plus Bible [English] , The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments; Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues..., Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham, 1762, engraved frontispiece, margins of dedication and first leaf of Genesis repaired, some dust-soiling and occasional spotting, dampstaining mostly at rear, hinges strengthened with cloth, 19th century calf, some wear to extremities, 4to, and a poor copy of XCVI Sermons by Lancelot Andrews, 2nd edition, 1631 (title torn with loss), plus six other miscellaneous 18th & 19th century antiquarian (Qty: 10)
Beattie (William). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 volumes in one, 1844, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved titles and numerous plates by W.H. Bartlett, some dampstains and spotting, all edges gilt, disbound 4to, together with Brandon (Raphael & J. Arthur) ,Parish Churches; being Perspective Views of English Ecclesiastical Structures..., 1848, numerous lithograph plates and plans, scattered spotting, contemporary green half calf, joints split, worn, large 8vo, plus Barrow (John) , Mountain Ascents in Westmoreland and Cumberland, 1886, frontispiece lacking, some illustrations, folding map, dedication inscribed by the author, lacking front free endpaper, original cloth, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and Cocks (Alfred Heneage) , The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire, London: Jarrold & Sons, 1897, lithograph frontispiece and plates, original cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, large 8vo (limited edition of 430 copies), plus other miscellaneous books including The Church Bells of Suffolk, by John James Raven, 1890; The Church Bells of Bedfordshire, by Thomas North, 1883; My Cricket Memories by J.B. Hobbs, 1st edition, 1924; Annals of Cricket by W.W. Read, 2nd edition, 1896, plus British topography, literature, travel, and reference etc. (Qty: 3 cartons)
Caxton (Pisistratus, i.e. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton). What Will He Do With It, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1859, a little light toning, bookplates, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Cox (Francis Augustus). The Life of Philip Melancthon, comprising an account of the most important transactions of the Reformation, 2nd edition, 1817, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), some light spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, covers with interesting geometric design in blind and gilt, 8vo, plus Alison (Archibald). History of Europe from the commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX to the restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV, 13 volumes including index, 9th edition, 1853-56, engraved plates, text in double column, some light spotting and small stains, previous owner signature, contemporary half calf, spines with red and green labels and gilt decoration, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others leatherbound including G.N. Wright's The Life and Reign of William the Fourth, 2 volumes, circa 1840, Thomas Hope's Costume of the Ancients, 2nd edition, 1809 and Don Quixote de la Mancha... illustrated by Tony Johannot, 3 volumes, 1837-40 (covers detached) (Qty: 3 shelves)
Blome (Richard) . Hawking or Faulconry, limited edition 294/650, 1929, Cresset Press Limited, black & white folding frontispiece plus further illustrations, top edge gilt, some minor marginal toning, publishers original quarter vellum, spine & boards lightly rubbed & marked, 4to, together with Seebohm (Henry) , Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds,..., later edition, 1896, monochrome portrait frontispiece & 59 colour plates, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Millais (J.G.) , Magnolias, 1st edition, 1927, 34 black & white plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting & toning, original blue cloth, spine & boards slightly faded, marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century natural history, sporting & topography reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 80 volumes
Latham (Robert & Matthews, William) . The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 11 volumes, 1971-83, black & white frontispieces, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot with minor tears, 8vo, together with Smith (Margaret [editor]) , The Letters of Charlotte Brontë, 3 volumes, 1996-2004, Oxford, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Burd (Van Akin [editor]) , The Ruskin Family Letters..., 2 volumes, 1973, Cornell University Press, black & white portrait frontispieces, uniform original red cloth in slipcase, 8vo, plus other modern correspondence & diaries, including Ezra Pound, William Wordsworth, Charles Lamb, William Cowper, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 3 shelves)
Cahn (Walter). Romanesque Bible Illumination, 1st English edition, Cornell University Press, 1982, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, with card slipcase, square 4to, VG, together with MacGregor (Arthur). Curiosity and Enlightenment, Collectors and Collections from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 2007, some colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, VG, plus Gernsheim (Helmut). The History of Photography from the Earliest Use of the Camera Obscura in the Eleventh Century up to 1914, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1955, monochrome plates and illustrations, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, some marks and minor fraying, with an original typewritten letter by Helmut Gernsheim to Michael Jaffe, dated 4 February 1957, responding to an enquiry by Jaffe regarding the early history of the photographic portrait, signed in ink, loosely inserted, 4to, and other various art history and reference including Payne and Macworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture from the Acropolis, 2nd edition, 1950, Haskell & Penny, Taste and the Antique, 1981, Bober & Rubinstein, Renaissance Artists & Antique Sculpture, A Handbook of Sources, 1986, etc., mostly original cloth, many in dust wrappers, mainly 4to and 8vo, mostly G/VG (Qty: 6 shelves)
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