Craig (Edward Gordon) Scene, With a Foreword and an Introductory Poem by John Masefield, number 78 of 100 copies signed by the author, from an edition limited to 1000, 21 plates after etchings by Craig, the author's own copy with his small circular monogram book-label and inscribed by his son Edward "Teddy" Craig "Ex EGCs Library - now mine Edward Craig" and with his book-plate on front pastedown, with prospectus and reproductions of portrait of Craig by William Rothenstein and Masefield by William Strang loosely inserted, also scrap of notes by Craig with small sketch, prospectus for the Portfolios of Etchings and an engraving of Fingal's Cave loosely inserted, original buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, torn and defective dust-jacket loosely inserted, 4to, 1923.⁂ A wonderful association copy of the embodiment of Craig's ideas on theatre design. He envisaged a moveable theatre with floor and roof composed of cubic columns which could move up and down individually, an ever-changing space using screens and lighting to create mood and setting rather than standard set designs. In this work he attempted to portray changing scenes using developing states of prints, each one depicting a moment of arrested motion. His son, Teddy Craig, realised the idea behind the plates and, trying to help his father, built a simple wooden model with rising and falling cubes using pulleys. At first Craig was thrilled that his idea actually worked but when Teddy mentioned that he had discussed the scheme with an engineering friend his father was furious, imagining his great idea was lost and accusing Teddy of betrayal. The model was banished to the cellar and never developed.
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Roycroft.- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Will o'the Mill, one of 100 copies on Imperial Japan vellum signed by the printer and illuminator, Harriet Robarge, ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half blue morocco, by the Roycroft bindery, spine gilt with leafy spray, t.e.g., others uncut, 1901 § [Hubbard (Elbert)], "Fra Elbertus". Ali Baba of East Aurora, one of 620 copies signed by Ali Baba with a "X" and by the illuminator, Harriet Robarge, original suede-backed boards, uncut, 1899; A Message to Garcia..., one of 450 copies signed by the author and illuminator Emma Johnson, with ink manuscript note "This book contains sheets of my original Mss. Fra Elbertus Oct. 5th 1901" and with 2 manuscript sheets in pencil tipped in, original limp reversed calf, worn and frayed at edges, 1901, all with portrait, decorative titles, initials and decorations, most coloured by hand, East Aurora, N.Y., Elbert Hubbard; and 3 others, Roycroft, small 4to & 8vo (6)
![Caradoc Press.- [Walton (Isaac) & Charles Cotton.] The Compleat Angler, number 101 of 350 copies on paper, etched portrai](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d9da0331-26fb-4764-bfa8-a9bf0171c9e5/7133d0bb-8ac8-4b50-b56b-a9c30105f231/468x382.jpg)
Caradoc Press.- [Walton (Isaac) & Charles Cotton.] The Compleat Angler, number 101 of 350 copies on paper, etched portrait frontispiece, additional title and illustrations by H.G.Webb (the portrait signed in pencil), original brown blind-stamped sheep, spine rubbed and faded, 1905 § [Goldsmith (Oliver)] The Vicar of Wakefield, number 57 of 360 copies on paper, engraved portrait by Webb signed in pencil, original limp vellum, 1903, both printed in red and black, uncut, Caradoc Press; and another from the press, 8vo (3)
Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass with Sands at Seventy & A Backward Glance o'er Travel'd Roads, one of 300 copies signed by the author on title, albumen portrait of Whitman with a paper butterfly mounted as frontispiece, tissue guard almost detached, portraits, original roan wallet with flap, g.e., rubbed, slight damage to front endpapers, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1889.
Neil Cawthorne Limited Edition Print. The print entitled 'Red Rum - In The Stable Yard'. Signed in the margin Brian Fletcher approx 39 x 33 cms, glazed and framed. Published by Marlborough Prints, 46 Churchgate, Loughborough together with a limited edition print by S.L Crawford entitled 'Runnings Face' a portrait of Red Rum, nr 441 signed in the margin by the artist, approx 29 x 25 cms, framed and glazed. (2)
A Quantity of Portrait Miniatures. The miniatures relate to the Agassiz family, most notably two portrait miniatures of Mr Vallothou of Kensington Maternal Grandfather to Charlotte Agassiz, Jean Gabriel Agassiz 2nd wife and mother of Louise Agassiz and step-mother to Charlotte Agassiz, portrait miniature of Charlotte Agassiz as a toddler and one of possibly Charlotte Agassiz as a young woman together with a portrait of a Charlotte's great-aunt Sarah. (7)Note: The portrait miniatures relate to the English branch of the Swiss/French Agassiz family and thus the miniatures have remained in the family by descent.
Naval Interest Pictures and Prints. Jellicoe John (1859-1935) 1st Earl Jellicoe. British Admiral of the Fleet who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during WWI. The photograph depicts Jellicoe standing in half-length pose wearing his naval uniform. The photograph inscribed in pencil 'With all good wishes from your old team mate' Jellicoe. This lot includes a portrait miniature of Admiral Nelson depicted half-length in naval uniform approx 9 x 7 cms and eight miniature black and white profile portraits of military personnel, framed and glazed. Furthermore four marine prints of ships and four black and white prints entitled 'A History of Naval Architecture' published by Whittaker & Co including 'The Royal George', The Waterloo', 'The Howe' and Genoese Carrack' all prints framed and glazed.
Contarini (Gasparo). La Republica, ei Magistrati di Vinegia, Venice: appresso Girolamo Scotto, 1544, 70 leaves numbered in roman numerals, title with printer's woodcut device, decorative woodcut initials, bound with Symeoni (Gabriello), Commentarii sopra alla Tetrarchia di Vinegia, di Milano, di Mantova, et di Ferrara, Venice, Comin da Trino di Monferrato, 1548, title with woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut initials, colophon to recto of final leaf, bound with Giannoti (Donato), Libro de la Republica de Vinitiani, Rome, 1542, 100 leaves, lacking E6-F2 (leaves 38-42), small repair to inner margin of final three leaves at foot, not affecting text, bookplate of William Stirling to front pastedown, 19th century vellum, gilt decorated spine, very slightly rubbed, small 8vo (1)
Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662, York, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece (with light water stain), 40 engraved plates (one folding), folding table, some light spotting and offsetting, page 517 with small marginal insect damage at foot, armorial bookplate of George de Ligne Gregory (1740-1822), contemporary tree calf gilt, joints cracking, spine a little rubbed, 4to George de Ligne Gregory, of Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire was appointed High Sheriff of Nottingham in 1793, his pastel portrait by the artist John Russell was painted in the same year and is now exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. (1)
Heims (Steve J.). John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener, From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death, 3nd printing, MIT Press, 1981, a few illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and discoloured on spine, 8vo, together with Fairbanks (Ralph W.), Successful Office Automation, 1st edition, Prentice-Hall, 1956, original boards, large 8vo, Oxford University Press, 1965, library stamp and marks to front endpapers, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus Paley (Raymond E.A.C. & Weiner, Norbert), Fourier Transforms in the Complex Domain, 1st edition, New York, American Mathematical Society, 1934, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled with a little wear at spine ends, plus other mostly cloth-bound computing, maths and science interest (6 shelves)
Pogany (Willy). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1910, 24 tipped-in colour illustrations, minor toning, original illustrated boards, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Sett (Mera Ben Kavas), Omar Khayyam, privately printed by Galloway & Porter, Cambridge, 1914, black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated black cloth, rear board and spine lightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Fitzgerald (Edward), Works of Edward Fitzgerald, translator of Omar Khayyam, 2 volumes, 1887, black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, plus other black and white illustrations, ex library copy with blindstamps, some minor marginal toning, uniform original blue cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other volumes of Omar Khayyam and related reference, including The Quarto, an artistic literary and musical quarterly, 2 volumes, 1896, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo (approximately 240 volumes) (6 shelves)
Curtis (William). Lectures on Botany, 3 volumes, 1805, 119 hand-coloured engraved plates, bound without portrait frontispiece, one or two marginal tears and losses to text, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 2 volumes (volume 10 of the new series & volume 1 of the third series), 1836 & 1845, 154 hand-coloured lithographed plates, one uncoloured plate, a few plates with some offsetting from text, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spines relaid, rubbed, 8vo, plus William Curtis's Practical Observations on the British Grasses, 5th edition, 1812 (6)
[Wilkes, John]. The North Briton, from No. I [-C] ... with Several useful and Explanatory Notes... Corrected and Revised by a Friend to Civil and Religious Liberty, 2 volumes, W. Bingley, 1769, comprising volumes 1 parts 1 & 2, includes appendix for nos. 1-46 at end of first volume, occasional toning, modern maroon buckram, folio, together with A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the case of John Wilkes, Esq. Elected Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex March XXVIII, MDCCLXVIII, Berlin, [n.p.], 1769, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), includes supplement to the North Briton no. 45, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of John Shaw Leigh, contemporary calf, gilt decorated soine with red morocco title label, slight wear to extremities, 8vo (Kress 6622) (3)
Furetiere (Antoine). Dictionnaire Universel, contenant generalement tous les mots francois, tant vieux que modernes, et les termes des sciences et des arts..., corrig‚ and augment‚ par M. Basnage de Beauval: et en cette nouvelle edition, revu, corrig‚, & considerablment augment‚ par M. Brutel de la Riviere, 4 volumes, The Hague, 1727, half-title to each volume, titles printed in red and black, mottled edges, contemporary uniform mottled full calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some wear, with one or two joints slightly cracked, folio, together with Bacon (Francis), Works, 3 volumes, to which is prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Mr. Mallet, printed for A. Millar, 1753, engraved frontispiece to each volume, including portrait of the author to first volume, titles printed in red and black, contemporary full calf, spines gilt, somewhat worn with several covers detached, plus Gibson (Edmund), A Preservative Against Popery, in several selected discourses upon the principal heads of controversy between Protestants and Papists, written and published by the most eminent divines of the Church of England, chiefly in the reign of King James II, 3 volumes, 1738, later half vellum gilt, gilt stamp of the Athenaeum Library to foot of spine of each volume, a little rubbed and joints partly split at extremities, all folio (10)
Johnson (Samuel). The Lives of the English Poets; and a Criticism on their Works, 3 volumes, 1st separate edition, Dublin: for Whitestone [and others], 1779-81, occasional damp-staining in lower margins of volumes 1 and 3, bookplates of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan (1870-1937), contemporary tan calf, gilt roundels and twin morocco labels to spines, some stripping and marks to covers, 8vo (21.5 x 13 cm), together with: The Rambler, 3 volumes, 18th edition, for F. C. and J. Rivington [and others], 1823, bookplates dated 1886, later 19th-century tan calf, richly gilt spines with twin morocco labels, gilt arms to covers, joints rubbed, small chip to volume 3 headcap, 8vo (21.4 x 13.4 cm), Boswell (James), The Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 volumes, 9th edition, revised and augmented, for T. Cadell [and others], 1822, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding leaf of manuscript facsimile, light spotting (stronger to endpapers), near-contemporary pink diced calf, richly gilt spines with twin morocco labels, spines sunned, joints and extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 12.6 cm, and 1 similar Chapman & Hazen (1984) pp. 141-2 for the Lives of the Poets. (11)
Hayley (William). The Life and Letters of William Cowper, 4 volumes, new edition, 1812, monochrome portrait frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, red biro to front endpapers of volume 3, some minor toning and offsetting, uniform contemprary gilt decorated mottled full calf, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Broome (William), Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd edition, 1750, monochrome portrait frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, some light marks, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Congreve (William), The Works of Mr. William Congreve, 3 volumes, Birmingham, 1761, monochrome illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some offsetting and minor marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century literature and works, including The Dramatick Works of the late Sir Richard Steele, 1732, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (72 volumes) (3 shelves)
![Boccaccio (Giovanni). Le D‚cam‚ron, 5 volumes, 1st edition in French, London [i.e. Paris: Prault], 1757-61, 127 engraved plat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf4911eb-d0e9-428e-a339-a9d900e12ae8/a57fc518-af90-4009-90fe-a9d9011bb118/468x382.jpg)
Boccaccio (Giovanni). Le D‚cam‚ron, 5 volumes, 1st edition in French, London [i.e. Paris: Prault], 1757-61, 127 engraved plates after Gravelot and others, including volume titles ('frontispieces' in Cohen-de Ricci), portrait to volume 1, and one unsigned and unnumbered erotic plate to volume 2 (probably from the suite 'Estampes galantes de Contes du Boccace'), numerous head- and tailpieces, tissue-guards, all edges gilt, contemporary tan calf decorated in gilt and blind, refurbished, joints and inner hinges consolidated, 8vo (19.5 x 11.5 cm) Cohen-de Ricci 160-2; Ray 39-41. Cohen-de Ricci describes the first edition, printed in Italian earlier the same year, as 'one of the most accomplished illustrated books of the entire 18th century', while noting that the French translation is 'more sought-after'. (5)
Einstein (Albert). The Collected Papers, edited by John Stachel et al, volumes 1 & 2 only, Princeton University Press, 1987-89, original cloth in dust jackets, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Born (Max), Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Translated by Henry L. Brose, 1st English edition, 1924, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus Einstein (Albert), Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement, Edited with Notes by R. Furth, Translated by A.D. Cowper, 1st English edition, 1926, a few heavy pencil notes and calculations to text and margins, original cloth, 8vo, plus Smyth (Henry DeWolf), Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945, 1st book edition, Princeton University Press, 1945, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus others related by and about Einstein, relativity, atomic energy, etc. (3 shelves)
Feyerabend (Paul K. & Maxwell, Grover). Mind, Matter, and Method. Essays in Philosophy and Science in Honor of Herbert Feigl, 1st edition, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1966, portrait frontispiece, original cloth in dust jacket, a little frayed at head and foot of spine, a few small chips to upper margin, together with Nobel Lectures. Physics, 1901-1921, published Elsevier, 1967, some illustrations, original cloth in slightly worn dust jacket, faded on spine, plus Cortada (James W.), Before the Computer. IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry they Created, 1865-1956, 2nd impression, Princeton University Press, 1993, black & white plates, original cloth in dust jacket, all 8vo, plus other modern computing and science interest, all cloth-bound and many in dust jackets, generally VG (6 shelves)
Calvin (John). The Institution of Christian Religion..., translated into English according to the authors last edition; with sundry tables to finde the principall matters intreated of in this booke, and also the declaration of places of Scripture therein expounded: by Thomas Norton. Whereunto there are newly added in the margin of the booke, notes conteining in briefe the substance of the matter handled in e[a]ch section, London: John Norton, 1611, title within decorative woodcut title, torn to fore-edge, upper & lower outer corners and repaired, first and last few leaves torn and frayed to outer margins and repaired, final leaf of tables provided in facsimile, 20th century half morocco, maroon morocco title, upper board slightly faded at head, folio (STC 4424), together with Wotton (Henry), The State of Christendom: or, a most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages, and Hidden Mysteries of the Times, 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary sheep, joints split at head & foot and some wear, slim folio, with Foulis (Henry), The History of Romish Treasons and Usurpations..., 2nd edition, 1681, half-title, contemporary calf, upper joint split, worn at head & foot of spine, folio, with Sleidan (John), The General History of the Reformation of the Church, from the Errors and Corruptions of the Church of Rome: begun in Germany by Martin Luther, with the Progress thereof in all Parts of Christendom, from the Year 1517, to the Year 1556..., to which is added, a continuation to the end of the Council of Trent, in the Year 1562 by Edmund Bohun, 1689, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, 5 engraved portrait plates, light dampstaining, large bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell, 19th century calf, blind decoration to spine, ruled line borders to covers with embossed monogram & armorial to centre of each, folio, and Lhuyd (Edward), Archaeologia Britannica... volume 1: Glossography [all published], Oxford: M. Bateman, 1707, engraved illustration to title, imprint close trimmed at foot and ownership inscription to gutter margin, some soiling and marks throughout, near contemporary diced calf, rebacked, folio, plus one other (6)
Ramesey (William). Helminthologia. Or, some Physical Considerations of the Matter, Origination, and Several Species of Wormes, 1st & only edition, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece (laid down), advertisement leaf and errata at end, lacking engraved plate, some soiling and light spotting, 19th century presentation inscription at front, 18th century calf, upper cover detached, spine and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with The English Malady: or a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds; as spleen, vapours, lowness of spirits, hypochondriacal and hysterical distempers &c, by George Cheyne, 4th edition, 1734, publisher's list at end, some spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus Commentaries of the use and necessity of Lavements in the correction of habitual constipation, and in the treatment of those diseases, by James Scott, 1st edition, 1829, advertisement leaf and manufacturer's catalogue at end, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, most of original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, with six others including William Salmon's Synopsis Medicinae. A Compendium of Physic, Chirugery, and Anatomy, 2nd edition, 1685 (lacking plates? heavily annotated), The Medical Works of Richard Mead, 1762 and William Kitchiner's The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. and peptic precepts, 3rd edition, enlarged, 1822 (9)
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1837, etched frontispiece, additional title-page (with 'Weller'), 41 etched plates, 4 plates with a short edge tear (one with associated chip), half-title discarded, spotting and toning (mainly to plates), a few minor marks, front hinge cracked after endpapers, contemporary brown half calf (worn), joints slightly splitting, 8vo, together with The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, with Illustrations by Phiz, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece (toned and spotted), and 39 etched plates, variable spotting to plates, half-title discarded, title with ink annotations, front hinge cracked, 19th century half morocco gilt, a trifle rubbed, some wear to extremities, front joint splitting, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus The Personal History of David Copperfield, with Illustrations by H.K. Browne, 1st edition, 1850, etched frontispiece and additional title, 38 etched plates, variable toning and spotting to some plates, half-title discarded, front hinge cracked, all edges gilt, 19th century half morocco gilt (worn), both joints split, 8vo, and a 1st edition copy of Little Dorrit, 2 volumes in one, 1857 Pickwick Papers: Eckel, pp.17-58; Gimbel A16. Later state, with additional title page showing 'Weller' instead of 'Veller', and lacking the two 'Buss' plates, but still with two Chapters III. (4)
Pemberton (Henry). A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy, reprinted, Dublin: John Hyde for John Smith & William Bruce, 1728, 12 folding engraved plates, includes subscriber's 4 page list, errata slip pasted to verso of final leaf, armorial bookplate of the Downfield family to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, morocco title label, 8vo, together with Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de), El‚mens de la Philosophie de Neuton, mis … la port‚e de tout le monde. Amsterdam: Etienne Laedet, 1738, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, 8 engraved plates (including portrait & one folding), numerous engraved illustrations and headpieces, some toning & scattered spotting, modern cloth, spine faded, 8vo (2)
[Smith, Charles]. Three Tracts on the Corn-Trade and Corn-Laws... , to which is added, a Supplement... , 1st edition, printed for the Author, 1766, intermittent spotting, one leaf with marginal tear associated with paper flaw, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed with wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Register of the Arts and Sciences, Containing a Correct Account of Several Hundred of the Most Important and Interesting Inventions, Discoveries, and Processes, 4 volumes, various publishers, 1824-1827, numerous engraved letterpress illustrations (some offset to text), folding diagram in volume 2 with short closed handling tear, volume 3 final printed leaf with repair, scarce spotting, intermittent toning, contemporary red half calf gilt, a little wear to extremities, spines darkened and somewhat rubbed, volume 1 spine with minor mark at tail, 8vo, plus De Witt (John), The True Interest and Political Maxims of the Republick of Holland and West-Friesland, in Three Parts..., 1702, engraved portrait frontispiece, generally toned with some light spotting, preliminary blank lacking lower corner, rear pastedown with early ink name 'Fletcher', both hinges cracked, contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, rubbed in places, extremities worn, joints splitting, 8vo, with approximately 60 other similar, including: The Poor Man's Friend, an Address to the Industrious and Manufacturing Part of Great Britain, [Dalrymple, Alexander], 1st edition, Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1793; The Present State of the Nation, Particularly with Respect to its Trade, Finances, &c. &c...., [Knox, William], 2nd edition, 1768 (approx. 67)
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Napper (Robert Peters). Views in Wales. The Vale of Neath, 1st edition, [London?]: British and Foreign Portrait Company, [1864], 13 albumen prints (20.5 x 15.5 cm) mounted rectos only on card leaves with printed captions (the first of these constituting the title page), 13 leaves of descriptive letterpress (including 'Introduction' to accompany title), variable spotting to mounts, prints faded along edged but retaining their strong tonal range, text-leaves browned, initial blank inscribed 'Fred[eric]k & M. A. Sturge from their affect[ionat]e friend, R. P. Napper, May 1864', original purple cloth gilt, spine faded, headcaps frayed, a few pale marks to sides, tips bumped and worn, folio (37.5 x 27.2 cm) No other copies traced at auction, five complete copies located in libraries world-wide (British Library, Cambridge, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, and Oxford); the National Library of Wales has two additional incomplete copies and an apparent nonce volume of twenty photographs by Napper. Napper (1819-1867), from Newport in Wales, traded in partnership with Thomas Miller McLean and Arthur James Melhuish as McLean, Melhuish, Napper and Co. at 26 Haymarket, London, from 1859 to 1861 (Hannavy, Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, pp. 919-20). He travelled to Spain at the request of Francis Frith (a fellow Quaker) circa 1862-3 and exhibited a small collection of Welsh and Spanish photographs at the Photographic Society, London, in 1864, having previously exhibited a single photograph of Raglan Castle in 1860 (Taylor, Photographs Exhibited in Britain 1839-1865 p. 553). He is also recorded as a member of the Blackheath Photographic Society; the 'British and Foreign Portrait Company' is traced only in connection with the present work. The descriptive text is by Welsh amateur photographer Charles Henry Waring (1818-1887, for whom see Taylor & Schaaf, Impressed by Light, British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860, pp. 387-8). (1)
Maseres (Francis). Scriptores Logarithmici; or, A Collection of Several Curious Tracts on the Nature and Construction of Logorithms..., 6 volumes, 1st edition, 1791-1807, half-titles to volumes 3-6 only, folding plate in volume 2 and two folding plates in volume 4, engraved portrait plate in volume 5, autograph letter signed from James Glenie to Francis Maseres tipped in to volume 5, 20 April 1799, being the cover letter giving permission 'to publish the enclosed letter [not here present] exactly as I send it to you with such observations thereon of your own', 3 pp., 4to, the letter tipped in before the part-title of the printed letter containing 'A demonstration of Sir Isaac Newton's binomial theorum'. Ex libris Inner Temple Library with ink stamps to titles and occasionally elsewhere, three original large armorial bookplates of Inner Temple Library loosely inserted and 5 volumes with preserved remains of original front endpapers with presentation inscriptions to the library from Maseres, modern quarter calf gilt, 4to Uncommon complete, the six volumes include works of Kepler, Napier, Snellius, et al, interspersed with original tracts on related subjects. (6)
![Locke (John). Works, 3rd edition, for Arthur Bettesworth [and others], 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved epitaph](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf4911eb-d0e9-428e-a339-a9d900e12ae8/96f9a60e-9341-4fe1-8fd2-a9d9011bc5c0/468x382.jpg)
Locke (John). Works, 3rd edition, for Arthur Bettesworth [and others], 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved epitaph plate, volume 1 leaves Y2-3 transposed, short closed tear in volume 2 leaf 4K3, bookplates of Robert Raikes (English banker, 1765-1837), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, covers scuffed, tips worn, folio (31.7 x 19.8 cm) (3)
Brown (George). Arithmetica Infinita, or the Accurate Accomptant's Best Companion..., 1718, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved tables throughout, ink library stamps to frontispiece, title verso and several other leaves and margins, some browning, title-page chipped at lower right corner, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked and restored, oblong 16mo, together with Wilson (John), An Introduction to Arithmetic..., 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 172, some light browning, contemporary calf, rubbed and slight edgewear, 8vo, plus Simson (Robert), The Elements of Euclid, viz the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth..., 21st edition, 1825, some spotting, contemporary sheep, some wear, calf reback, 8vo, plus Ferguson (James), Select Mechanical Excercises: shewing how to construct differenct clocks, orreries, and sun-dials..., 3rd edition, 1790, eight folding engraved plates, some spotting, uncut, modern quarter leather, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th-century maths interest, many with defects and mostly in worn leather bindings (24)
![[Burke, Edmund & William]. An Account of the European Settlements in America, 2 volumes, 6th edition, with improvements,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf4911eb-d0e9-428e-a339-a9d900e12ae8/ee3572af-8ae0-49a3-b84a-a9d9011b4078/468x382.jpg)
[Burke, Edmund & William]. An Account of the European Settlements in America, 2 volumes, 6th edition, with improvements, printed for J. Dodsley, 1777, engraved folding map frontispiece by Emanuel Bowen to each volume (spotted and offset), contemporary sprinkled calf, extremities rubbed, volume 1 front joint cracked but holding, 8vo (21 x 12.2 cm), together with: Hunter (John D.) Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen, new edition, Longman [and others], 1823, lithographic portrait frontispiece facing right (see Howes), ownership inscriptions to title page, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine, slightly marked, scorch-mark to rear board, tips worn, 8vo (21.6 x 12.6 cm), Warden (David Bailie), A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America, from the Period of their First Colonization to the Present Day, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1819, half-titles, folding hand-coloured map to volume 1 (splits, tears and partial repairs), folding plan of Washington, DC to volume 2 (torn and browned), covers detached, rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 13.5 cm), Kendall (George Wilkins), Narrative of the Texan Santa F‚ Expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844, 4 engraved plates including frontispieces, 1 lithographic plate, folding map, pale damp-staining to first 100 or so pages of each volume, volume 1 spotted, map repaired, contemporary ownership inscriptions of one William Fulton to title pages, modern half morocco, large 12mo (19.6 x 12 cm), and 8 others, 19th-century Americana, including Thomas Hamilton's Men and Manners in America (1st edition, 1823, presentation copy) and similar, leather bindings, 8vo and folio Sabin 9282 (Burke), 33921 (Hunter), 101366 (Warden), 37360 (Kendall); Howes B974 (Burke), H813 (Hunter; this is the first edition to contain the portrait), W98 (Warden, mentioning a first issue with colophon dated 1818; this copy dated 1819), K75 (Kendall). (18)
![Strada (Famiano). Famiani Stradae Romani e Societate Jesu de bello Belgico decas prima [-secunda]..., 2 volumes, [Antwerp: ap](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf4911eb-d0e9-428e-a339-a9d900e12ae8/3fc34599-54e9-4e93-beb3-a9d9011bd05b/468x382.jpg)
Strada (Famiano). Famiani Stradae Romani e Societate Jesu de bello Belgico decas prima [-secunda]..., 2 volumes, [Antwerp: apud viduam et haeredes Ioan. Cnobbari, 1648-1649] [volume 1, 1649], two engraved maps of the Low Countries in the form of a lion (Leo Belgico), numerous portrait plates, second volume with few loose leaves and text block split in two, some browning and spotting, fraying mostly to first & last leaves, volume 1 in contemporary calf, boards detached and worn (bookplate of Lord Foley to upper board), volume 2 disbound with calf spine, worn, 8vo, together with Majus (Johann Heinrich), Vita Jo. Reuchlini Phorcensis, primi in Germania Hebraicarum Graecarumque, & aliarum bonarum literarum instauratoris..., Frankfurt: Christophori Olffen, 1687, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, some browning and spotting, bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell (1818-1878), 19th-century calf, blind emboassed armorial and monogram to boards, extremities rubbed, 8vo, with Alba (Fernando Alvarez de Toledo), Sententien en indagingen van den Hertog van Alba, Uitgesproken en Geslagen in zynen Bloedtraedt..., Amsterdam: Hendrik Vieroot, 1735, engraved frontispiece, dampstaining to upper margins mostly at rear of volume, 20th century half cloth, 8vo, plus four other 17th & 18th century continental antiquarian (8)
Speed (John). The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, London: John Sudbury and George Humble, 1614, engraved title page (trimmed and mounted with slight loss along fore edge), woodcut portraits and coins throughout by Christoph Schweitzer, light browning, moderate soiling, repaired tear in 4A2[superscript 2], closed tear in 5F1, lacking errata leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, folio (42 x 26.5 cm), together with: Charles I (King of England), Basilika. The Works of King Charles the Martyr, 2nd edition, for Richard Chiswell, 1687, engraved armorial frontispiece, engraved additional title page, 3 double-page plates ('The Parable of Jotham', 'The goodly Cedar', and the additional frontispiece to the Eikon), 18th-century mezzotint portrait of Charles by Smith after van Dyke mounted to engraved title verso, related pamphlet and manuscript notes laid in, contemporary panelled calf, covers detached, folio (42 x 27 cm), Hughes (John, & White Kennet, editors), A Complete History of England, 3 volumes, 1st edition, for Brab. Aylmer [and others], 1706, 28 engraved portraits including frontispieces (of 30?: lacking plate of Elizabeth I and one other), volume 2 frontispiece and title page detached, frayed and water-stained, occasional damp-staining elsewhere, contemporary boards with leather removed (partly extant on spines), worn, folio, Loggan (David), Oxonia illustrata, 1st edition, 1675, engraved title, index leaf and 3 text leaves (all loose), 19 double-page engraved plates (of 40), damp-staining to corners occasionally touching images, engraved bookplate of John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (1750-1842), contemporary mottled calf, worn, joints cracked, large folio (51 x 38.5 cm) Josephus (Flavius), The Works which are Extant ... translated from the Original Greek, according to Dr. Hudson's Edition, by John Court, 1st edition, R. Penny and J. Janeway, 1733, 9 engraved maps and plates including frontispiece (of 12?), many folding, frontispiece laid down, map of Jerusalem with crude repairs, quires 9M-O torn and repaired affecting text, modern half calf, folio, and 1 other STC 23046 (Speed); Wing C2076 and Madan, Eikon Basilike, 68 (King Charles I); Wing L2838 (Loggan). (8)
Burnet (Gilbert). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time..., 4 volumes, printed for A. Millar, 1753, monochrome engraved portrait frontispiece, some minor toning to margins, bookplates to front pastedowns, uniform contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Folkes (Martin), A Table of English Silver Coins..., reprint edition, 1763, 25 monochrome plates, some marks and light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf, boards slightly marked, spine rubbed with minor loss, large 4to, and Home (John), The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745, printed by A. Strahan, 1802, monochrome engraved frontispiece and 4 maps, some light offsetting, contemporary marbled calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 4to, plus other 18th and 19th century history and heraldry reference, including A Compendious History of the Reformation in France..., 6 volumes, by Stephen Abel Laval, 1737-61, all leather bindings, some gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (66 volumes) (3)
Nalson (John). A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice, for the Tryal of King. Charles I., as it was Read in the House of Commons, and Attested under the Hand of Phelps, Clerk to that Infamous Court, with a Large Introduction, 1st edition, Thomas Dring, 1684, engraved frontispiece and facing explanation leaf, engraved portrait plate and engraved plate of the trial (foremargin shaved) with facing explanatory leaf of letterpress (shaved heading and small split, some spotting or browning throughout, contemporary manuscript note to front free endpaper, concerning [Christopher] Whichcot[e], Governor of Windsor Castle, and a grave for King Charles I, near-contemporary ownership signature of (?)G.W. Hill to front pastedown and preliminary leaf foremargin, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached, folio Wing N116. (1)
Newton (Isaac). Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 3rd edition, Guil & John. Innys, Regiae Societatis typographos, 1726, [34], 530, [8]pp., half-title, title printed in red and black, licence leaf (dated 25 March), advert leaf at end, ink ownership name of David Sandeman, dated August 1853, to title, woodcut illustrations to text, lacks portrait frontispiece, some spotting, ex-Bradford Public Libraries with perforated stamp to title foremargin, ink stamps to title and dedication versos, plus a further perforated and ink stamp to foremargin of O2, not affecting text, remains of adhesive library label to title verso with slight see-through, some slight dust-soiling at front and rear, modern library buckram with usual marks to spine and pastedown, slightly rubbed and soiled, 4to (24 x 18.5cm) This was the last edition published during the author's lifetime, becoming the basis of all subsequent editions and contains a new preface by Newton and a substantial number of alterations, 'The most important being the scholium on fluxions, in which Leibnitz is mentioned by name' (Babson 13); Wallis 9. (1)
Smith (Eliza). The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion..., 6th edition, with very large additions, 1734, six engraved folding bills of fare at rear (complete), occasional light damp stain and spotting, contemporary panelled calf, lower joint slightly cracked at head, wear to head of spine and board corners, 8vo (Bitting p.438; Vicaire 794), together with Raffald (Elizabeth), The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written purely from Practice, new edition, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece and three folding plates, some dampstaining, browning & spotting, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, morocco title label, 8vo, plus [Kitchiner, William], The Cook's Oracle: containing Receipts for Plain Cookery on the most Economical Plan for Private Families..., 3rd edition, 1821, closed tear to title, marginal dampstains mostly to initial leaves, contemporary half calf, rebacked, morocco title label retained, board edges worn, 12mo (3)
Wyndham (Henry Penruddocke). A Tour Through Monmouthshire and Wales, made in the Months of June, and July, 1774 and in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777, 2nd ed., Salisbury, 1781, sixteen engraved plates after S.H. Grimm (including frontispiece), errata leaf present at rear, some slight offsetting to text, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, recent gilt decorated spine, 4to, together with Gastineau (Henry), Wales Illustrated, in a Series of Views, comprising the Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Seats of the Nobility & Gentry..., London: Jones & Co., 1830, engraved title, 72 engraved views on 36 plates, some dampstains and spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and extremities rubbed, 4to, with Pennant (Thomas), The Journey from Chester to London, 1st edition, 1782, additional engraved portrait trimmed to image and mounted on flyleaf (repaired closed tears to inner margin), engraved vignette title, twenty-two engraved plates (correct as list), occasional annotations to text, contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spine and contrasting morocco labels, 4to, plus an incomplete copy of The Journey to Snowdon [by Thomas Pennant], London: Printed by Henry Hughes, 1781, plus two others related (6)
Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 volumes in three, 1855-56, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, 6 pictorial titles and 241 tinted lithographed plates, some light spotting and one or two marginal water stains, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine bands and edges rubbed and scuffed, 4to Abbey Travel 388; Tooley 401, 402. The first quarto edition. (3)
![[Wood, John Philip]. The Antient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond... comprehending a sketch of the Life and Projects](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf4911eb-d0e9-428e-a339-a9d900e12ae8/5626579a-bf75-4651-afd0-a9df00e2fb1c/468x382.jpg)
[Wood, John Philip]. The Antient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond... comprehending a sketch of the Life and Projects of John Law of Lauriston, 1st edition, Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1794, folding engraved map, lightly spotted with 3 closed tears, 3 folding pedigrees, 10 engraved plates (portrait of John Law in two states), 2nd preliminary blank with mounted oval watercolour and pencil drawing of Muirhouse Castle, mid 19th century tree calf gilt, by Riviere, rebacked, spine with gilt-lettered label, corners showing, 4to, together with Walker (John), An Economical History of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: University Press, 1808, one leaf with short corner tear, intermittent spotting and toning, modern quarter calf, minor rubbing to extremities, 8vo, plus Grose (Francis), The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1789-1791, engraved frontispiece and title to each, hand-coloured folding engraved map, closed tear (repaired to verso), 188 engraved plates (some offset to text), intermittent spotting, each pastedown with armorial bookplate of The Right Hon. Sir John Newport, volume 1 front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Joseph Greene Esqr., contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, volume 1 joints splitting, volume 2 both boards near detached, 4to, with 19 other titles Scotland related (26)
Schoolcraft (Henry R.). Historical and Statistical Information respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, 6 volumes, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company [volumes 5-6: J. B. Lippincott & Company], 1851-7, half-titles, additional engraved title pages to volumes 1-5, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 6, 326 (of 330) lithographic, chromolithographic or engraved plates and maps, mainly after Seth Eastman, one folding table, including 58 chromolithographic plates by Ackerman, Bowen or Duval in volume 1, many of the lithographic or engraved plates and maps hand-coloured, occasional tissue-guards, lacking volume 1 plate numbers 40, 42, 52 and 70 (but plates 42 and 70 are reprinted in volume 6 as numbers 27 and 15), variable spotting, browning and offsetting, volume 1 plates 24, 44 and 45 dog-eared, secretarial presentation inscriptions to Buckingham Smith from Luke Lea as Commissioner of Indian Affairs (volume 1 front pastedown), Henry Schoolcraft (volumes 2 and 4 front pastedowns), Seth Eastman (volume 3 front pastedown), and Charles E. Mix (volume 5 front free endpaper), gift inscription from Smith to 'John Cunningham of Sevilla' dated 1864 to volume 1 half-title, ink-stamps of Michelina Gorgolini, Rome, to engraved title page and p. 22 of each volume, modern book-labels of Jay Snider, contemporary ownership inscription to volume 6 title page, volumes 1-5 edges untrimmed in original pictorial cloth gilt, recased, rubbed, wear and restoration to extremities, volume 1 endpapers renewed, volume 6 in modern cloth, large 4to (32.5 x 24.5 cm) Howes S-183; Sabin 77849; cf. Field, Indian Bibliography 1379 (with a later issue of the first volume, dated 1853). Presentation set of Schoolcraft's monumental and profusely illustrated survey of the Native American tribes, volumes one to five variously inscribed on behalf of the author, the illustrator Seth Eastman, and two Commissioners of Indian Affairs to Buckingham Smith (1810-1870), diplomat, historian of Spanish exploration in Florida and the Americas, and the first surveyor of the Everglades following Florida's accession to the United States in 1845. Volume one is a first issue, retaining the chromolithographic plates with the imprints of Ackerman, Bowen or Duval, and the unabbreviated title page.An excellent association. In volume three Schoolcraft acknowledges his use of Smith's transcripts of documents held in the Archivo-General, Mexico City, which Smith made during his posting as secretary of legation (1850-2), and of Smith's translation of the 16th-century narrative of Alvar N£¤ez Cabeza de Vaca. In fact, Smith privately supported the criticism directed against Schoolcraft by archaeologist E. G. Squier (1821-1888) from 1854, but Schoolcraft nevertheless helped secure Smith's next posting as secretary of legation in Madrid (1855-8; see Dippie, Catlin and His Contemporaries, p. 254).Inconsistencies in the numbering of the plates have led to records' also calling for 327 or 332 plates, this last figure counting 'plates' 17, 32, 33 and 36 in volume five as individuals, although they appear on two sheets.Provenance: Buckingham Smith (1810-1870; presentation inscriptions); given by Smith to 'John Cunningham of Sevilla' in 1864 (gift inscription to volume one); library of Michelina Gorgolini, Rome (ink-stamps); Jay T. Snider (bookplates; his sale, 'The Jay T. Snider Collection of Historical Americana', Christie's New York, 21 June 2005, lot 264). (6)
Dasent (George Webbe). A Grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse Tongue translated from the Swedish of Erasmus Pask, 1843, period inscription to front endpaper, some spotting, contemporary cloth, boards and spine marked and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Llorente (D. Jean Antoine), The History of the Inquisition of Spain..., 1826, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Gibbon (Edward), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 volumes, new edition, 1848, monochrome portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half calf, boards and spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian literature and history reference, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (approximately 170 volumes) (6 shelves)
Camena d'Ameida (Pierre & Jongh, Francis de). L'Arm‚e Russe d'aprŠs photographies instantan‚es ex‚cut‚es..., Paris, [1896], heliogravure portrait, mounted chromolithograph plates, black & white illustrations from photos, sewing broken and contents loose, original wrappers, detached, lacking spine, slim folio, together with MacMunn (G.F.), The Armies of India, 1911, numerous colour plates (few loose), top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, 4to, with Reports, Correspondence and Original Papers..., connected with the duties of the Corps of Engineers, Madras Presidency. Arranged and printed for private circulation by Captain J.T. Smith, volume 2 only, Madras, 1859, and Plates for Major Straith's Treatise on Fortification and Artillery, 6th edition, 1852, linen-backed engraved plates and plans, some with juvenile marks and drawings Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (4)
Locke (John). A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester, Concerning some Passages relating to Mr. Locke's Essay of humane understanding: in a late discourse of his Lordships, in Vindication of the Trinity, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1697, half-title present, A2 (title) in cancelled state (stub of original title present), book label of John Evelyn library and early manuscript shelf number to front endpaper, contemporary panelled speckled calf, joints slightly cracked, and slight wear to corners, 8vo, (Wing L2749; Pforzheimer 604; Yolton A 248B), together with Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke..., 1706, light spotting to first & last leaves, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper joint split, extremities worn, 8vo, and The Life of John Locke, from Extracts from his Correspondence, Journals, and Common-Place Books, by Lord King, 1829, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), some spotting, contemporary calf, blind decoration to spine, spine and extremities rubbed, 4to, plus one other related (4)
Russell (Bertrand & Whitehead, Alfred North). Principia Mathematica, volumes 1 & 2 (of 3), 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 1925-27, some soiling and pencil marginalia to early leaves of volume 1, ink library stamp to title-page and front endpaper of volume 2, original cloth gilt, both slightly rubbed and soiled with small paper library label at foot of spine of volume 2, large 8vo, together with Pearson (Egon Sharpe), The Selected Papers, Issued by the Biometrika Trustees to Celebrate His 30 Years as Editor, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1966, portrait frontispiece, original buckram gilt, small library stamp and ticket to spine and label and stamp to front pastedown, a little rubbed, large 8vo, plus Grattan-Guinness (Ivor), Companion Encylopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London & New York, 1994, original printed boards, large 8vo, plus other mostly 20th-century cloth-bound mathematics and related (6 shelves)
Seally (John & Lyons Israel). A Complete Geographical Dictionary or Universal Gazetteer of Ancient and Modern Geography: Containing a full, particular and accurate description of the known world..., 2 volumes, published John Fielding, circa 1790, engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume 1, portrait frontispiece of George III to volume 2, title page with near contemporary manuscript signature (Samuel Wesley), 47 uncoloured engraved maps including 40 folding, occasional closed tears to maps, and 29 engraved topographical views including one folding, occasional spotting throughout, later ownership stamp to verso of some maps and occasionally to text margins, later endpapers, letter from The British Museum pasted to front endpaper confirming (almost) that the signature of Samuel Wesley appears genuine, modern cloth but retaining original morocco gilt labels to spines, 4to, together with Keith (Thomas), A short and easy introduction to the science of geography, 3rd edition, published J. Scatcherd & C. Law and Longman & Rees, 1799, frontispiece of a folding hemispheral map of the world by Thomas Bowen, one folding engraved plate, contemporary cloth with manuscript paper label to spine, small 8vo Sold as a collection of maps and prints, not subject to return. Samuel Wesley (24 February 1766 - 11 October 1837) was an English organist and composer in the late Georgian period. Wesley was a contemporary of Mozart and was sometimes referred to as "the English Mozart". (3)
Caradoc of Llancarfan (Saint). The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, a part of the most Famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language... trans. into English by H. Lloyd... corrected, augmented & continued... by David Powel, reprinted for J. Harding, 1811, woodcut illustrations to text, armorial bookplate of Richard Snead Cox of Eaton Bishop, contemporary red straight grain morocco, gilt decorated spine gilt, crest of James Stuart (1775-1849) to centre of upper & lower board, 4to (limited edition of 250 copies printed), together with Yorke (Philip), The Royal Tribes of Wales, Wrexham: Printed by John Painter, 1799, half-title, 12 engraved portrait plates, offsetting, browning and spotting mostly to text, armorial bookplate of the Earl of Derby, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, spine and extremities worn, slim 4to, and Evans (Evan), Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards, translated into English..., London: R. and J. Dodlsey, 1764, inscription to title, manuscript notes to verso of last leaf of text and first & last blanks, some soiling and marks, recent endpapers, contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, slim 4to, plus other Welsh related including Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus: being a British, or Welsh-English Dictionary..., to which is prefix'd a compendious and comprehensive Welsh Grammar, with all the rules in English..., by Thomas Richards, 3rd edition, Dolgelley: R. Jones, 1815, and Barddoniaeth Dafydd Ab Gwilym, o Grynhoad Owen Jones, a William Owen, 1789 (6)
Einstein (Albert). Ueber die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitaetstheorie (Gemeinverstaendlich), ('Heft 38 Sammlung Vieweg'), 5th & 10th editions, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1920, second volume with a portrait frontispiece and a third Appendix added, original printed wrappers, heavily chipped at edges, first volume with upper wrapper detached and plain paper reback, second volume with wrappers detached, some leaves loose and backstrip deficient, both slim 8vo, together with 'Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung', [extract from:] Physikalische Zeitschrift, volume 18, no. 6, 15 March 1917, pp. 121-128, whole issue (pp. 117-152) disbound and stab-stiched, holes and fraying to inner margins, large slim 8vo, plus Vier Vorlesungen ueber Relativitaetstheorie, gehalten im Mai, 1921, an der Universitaet Princeton, 1st edition, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1922, original printed wrappers, a little soiling and slightly frayed at foot of spine, plus the first French edition of the same work, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1925, original printed wrappers, some stab-stitch marks, wrappers detached and some tears to spine, both slim 8vo Weil 90 (two copies), 91, 124 & 124e. (5)
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