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Preisdatenbank abonnierenWard (Rowland). Horn Measurements and Weights of the Great Game of the World being a record for the use of sportsmen and naturalists, 1st edition, "The Jungle", 1892, additional half title, portrait frontispiece, tipped in errata slips, illustrations, appendix and index at rear, front endpaper with near contemporary ownership signature, front endpaper torn with slight loss, zebra-skin patterned boards, rubbed and worn, spine a little frayed, large 8vo (1)
[Howell, James]. Instructions for Forreine Travell. Shewing by what cours, and in what compasse of time, one may take an exact Survey of the Kingdomes and States of Christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the Languages, to good purpose, 1st edition, London: printed by T.B. for Humprey Mosley, 1642, additional engraved title with short closed tear at gutter, without portrait of Prince Charles, later front endpaper inscribed "Purchased at sale of the library of the Right Rev. Wm. Reeves D.D. Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore, Nov 2 1892, W.S.D.," lower hinge mostly broken, contemporary sheep, worn with loss to leather surface mostly on boards, 12mo Wing H3082. William Reeves (1815-1892) was an Irish antiquarian and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1886 until his death. He was the last private keeper of the 9th century manuscript known as the Book of Armagh which he had purchased for ú300 in 1853 from the Brownlow family. He sold the book for the same sum to Archbishop Beresford, who had agreed to present it to Reeves' alma mater Trinity, In 1891 he was elected President of the Royal Irish Academy, a position he held until his death. The sale catalogue of Reeves' library of 1892 contained sections relating to the Royal Irish Academy, Scotland, Ireland, the Athanasian Creed, the Utrecht Psalter, the Old Testament, and Household Furniture. (1)
*Jones (John). [William Thomas Lewis, 1792,] uncoloured full length mezzotint after M. Shee, good margins, proof before title, 600 x 380 mm, mounted, framed and glazed William Lewis was born in Ormskirk in 1748, but was educated in Ireland in Armagh. He went on to the stage at an early age appearing in both Dublin and Edinburgh before making his debut at Covent Garden in 1773. He died in Chesea in 1811. This image shows him as the Marquis in 'Midnight Hour'. The original portrait is in the National Gallery. (1)
*Nanteuil (Robert, 1623-1678). Francois de Vandosme Duc de Beaufort et Pair de France, uncoloured line engraving on laid after Jean Nocroit, decorative floral border, good margins, 430 x 340 mm, together with Francois de Harlay, uncoloured line engraving, slight spotting, 400 x 320 mm, mounted, with Rex Ludovicus XIII dei grata Francine et Navarrae, 1662, uncoloured line engraving on laid, thread margins, 400 x 330 mm, mounted, plus Petrus Poncet regi christianiss ab omnibus regni et aerarii consilis ordinarius, 1673, uncoloured line engraving on laid, slight spotting, good margins, 330 x 260 mm, with another sixteen line engraved portraits by Robert Nonteuil, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition Nanteuil was born in Reims in 1623. He initially studied philosophy but was already an engraver by the time he defended his thesis in 1645. He studied engraving under his brother-in-law, Nicolas Regnesson, whose sister he married in 1646. In 1647 he moved to Paris, where he worked with the engraver Abraham Bosse and the painter Philippe de Champaigne. His crayon drawings and prints quickly earned him a reputation as one of the most sought-after portrait artists of his time, and he was appointed designer and engraver of the cabinet of King Louis XIV. Nanteuil's clientele included the Sun King himself, Cardinal Richelieu, Queen Christina of Sweden and many other high-ranking aristocrats. He is recorded as having produced nearly three hundred engraved portraits in his lifetime. Most of this collection have modern biographies of the subject attached. (20)
*Nanteuil (Robert, 1623-1678). Jean Chapelain Conseiller du Roy en ses conseils, 1655, uncoloured line engraving on laid, small margins, 265 x 190 mm, mounted, together with Jean Francois Sarasin..., 1656, uncoloured line engraving, small margins, laid on later paper with a modern painted mount, 215 x 155 mm, mounted, with Ludovicus de Suze episcopas et comes vivariensis princeps duzerae &c., 1656, uncoloured line engraving on laid, trimmed to image, 315 x 240 mm, mounted, plus Michael Le Masle Prior des Roches praecentor et Canonicus ecclesiae Parisiensis, 1658, uncoloured line engraving on laid, good margins, 330 x 245 mm, with another ten engraved portrais by and after Robert Nanteuil, mostly small format, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition Nanteuil was born in Reims in 1623. He initially studied philosophy but was already an engraver by the time he defended his thesis in 1645. He studied engraving under his brother-in-law, Nicolas Regnesson, whose sister he married in 1646. In 1647 he moved to Paris, where he worked with the engraver Abraham Bosse and the painter Philippe de Champaigne. His crayon drawings and prints quickly earned him a reputation as one of the most sought-after portrait artists of his time, and he was appointed designer and engraver of the cabinet of King Louis XIV. Nanteuil's clientele included the Sun King himself, Cardinal Richelieu, Queen Christina of Sweden and many other high-ranking aristocrats. He is recorded as having produced nearly three hundred engraved portraits in his lifetime. Most of this collection have modern biographies of the subject attached. (14)
Knolles (Richard). [The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the First Beginning of tha Nation to the Rising of the Othoman Familie ... untill this Present Yeare 1603], 1st edition, Adam Islip, 1603, 28 engraved portraits and 1 battle scene to the letterpress, all by Laurence Johnson, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, lacking the initial blank, engraved title, signature 3D6 and final errata leaf, divisional title page of 'The Lives of the Othoman Kings and Emperors' (signature M5) with woodcut wreath bound as main title, general old staining and finger-soiling, a few marginal chips or closed tears (costing a few letters in H3), repaired closed tears to title page and A3 fore margins, 2Z2 frayed along fore edge, 4A6 with long closed tear in gutter, 5H7 (index leaf) corner restored with loss of a few words, damp-staining in quire 2M and from 4Y to end, 2Y3-4 tranposed, contemporary calf, rebacked in the 19th century, covers scuffed and scraped, restoration to extremities, folio Blackmer 919; Cox I p. 204; ESTC S112893; STC 15051. 'The greatest of English works of the Renaissance period dealing with Turkey' (Chew, cited after Blackmer). 'Knolles's was the first major work on the subject to appear in English, and was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of narrative synthesis' (ODNB). This copy with numerous contemporary inscriptions in black or brown ink, including verse inscription in margin of page 236 relating to Tamerlane (his portrait adjacent) and similar inscription in the same hand to 5H7 verso; caricature of Musa Celebi adjacent to his portrait on page 245; draft oath or similar to page 918, dated 1652 and signed Jonathan Harrison; and various further ownership inscriptions. (1)
*Reynolds (Samuel William, 1773-1835). Capt. John Sealy. From a portrait hanging in the club room of the Society of East India Commanders..., uncoloured mezzotint on laid after J. Opie, good margins, 380 x 280 mm, together with Ward (William), Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Durham, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Most Ancient Military Order of Merit of France &c. &c. published by Graves & Co., 1837, uncoloured mezzotint after Francis Grant, trimmed to plate mark and laid on later paper, slight marginal creasing and fraying, 420 x 310 mm, with McArdell (James), Charles Saunders Esq. Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet & Lieut. General of His Majesty's Marine Forces, circa 1770, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after J. Reynolds, good margins but with some fraying and wear to borders, backed with conservation tissue, 390 x 280 mm, plus Dickinson (William), Sir George Bridges Rodney, Bart. Admiral of the White, published Dickinson & Watson, 1780, uncoloured mezzotint after Sir Joshua Reynolds, laid on later stiff paper, small margins, slight spotting, 460 x 330 mm, and Turner (Charles, attrib), [Admiral John Willet Payne, published Colhaghi & Co., 1813], uncoloured mezzotint after John Hoppner on laid, proof before letters and title, with margins, 395 x 290 mm, with Smith (J. R.), Hyde Parker Esq. Vice Admiral of the Blue. Commander of His Majesty's Ships in the North Sea on 5th August 1781, uncoloured mezzotint after J. Northcote on laid, with margins, 385 x 280 mm and Murphy (John), To the King's most excellent Majesty, this portrait of Captn. John Harvey' late of His Majesty's Ship Brunswick..., published J. G. Wood, 1795, uncoloured mezzotint on wove after J. G. Wood, slight marginal creasing, with margins, 495 x 350 mm Each of these maritime portrait engravings is supplied with a printed biography. (7)
*Theatre. Young (John), The character of Puff in the Critic as represented by Thomas King..., 1803, uncoloured full length mezzotint after J. Zoffany, 580 x 425 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Lupton (Thomas), The Portraits of Madame Vestris, Miss P. Glover, Mr. Williams & Mr. Liston [in the comedy of Paul Pry..., Moon, Boys & Graves, 1818], uncoloured mezzotint after G. Clint, trimmed with partial loss to title, 480 x 365 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Ward (William), Portrait of the late Mr. Lovegrove of Drury Lane Theatre in the character of Storm in Ella Rosenberg, London: Colnaghi, 1817, uncoloured mezzotint after E. Bird, some spotting, trimmed to image on three margins but retaining title, 420 x 290 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (3)
*Watson (Thomas). [Prince Henry Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn], W. Shropshire & T. Watson, 1774, uncoloured full length mezzotint on laid, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, small margins and lacking title, a strong dark impression, 615 x 390 mm, together with Her Royal Highness Anne Duchess of Cumberland, James Watson, 1773, uncoloured full length mezzotint portrait on laid after Sir Joshua Reynolds, small margins, slight marginal creasing, 640 x 380 mm (2)
Krusinski (Judas Thaddaeus). The History of the Revolution of Persia, done into English, from the Original ... by Father du Cerceau, who has prefix'd a Map of Persia; and a Short History of the Sophies; with Curious Remarks on the Accounts given by Tavernier, Sir John Chardin, and Other Writers ... to which is added, a Short View of the Antient History of Persia ... not in the London Edition, 1st Dublin edition, printed by S. Powell, 1729, 2 volumes in 1, engraved folding map, woodcut head- and tailpieces, a few spots and marks, title page and first few gatherings damp-stained, modern calf, 8vo, together with Claustre (André de), The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan, (Afterwards Shah Nadir), Late Sovereign of Persia ... written in French, and rendered into English, with Improvements, printed for J. Brindley [and others], [1750], engraved folding map coloured in outline, lacking portrait frontispiece, mild soiling, contemporary verse inscription to blank verso of final leaf, modern quarter calf, 12mo, plus Prideaux (Humphrey), The True Nature of Imposture fully display'd in the Life of Mahomet, 4th edition, corrected, 1708, final advertisement leaf, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo ESTC N7925, T77914, T138494. (3)
Bristol. A manuscript album with original sketches of Bristol and Wales, by Augustin Prichard, 4 Chesterfield Place, Clifton, Nov. 1884[-1897], 98 pages numbered in manuscript, each with a mounted illustration in blue or black ink, of buildings, streets, landscapes, seascapes, and portraits, copied from other artworks, engravings, or photographs, including Bristol Cathedral, Redcliff Church, Redland Green Chapel, Southerndown Rocks, St. Donat's Castle, The Red Lodge, Colston's School, Foster's Almshouse, Back Street, The Old Black Boy Inn, Portrait of Mrs. Esttin, each with explanatory text in manuscript below, most initialled, toned and spotted, some dust-soiling, endpapers soiled and with remains of paper cover turn-ins, front free endpaper detached, original decorated cloth, sometime rebacked in vellum (lettered in a calligraphic hand), rubbed and extremities worn (with remnants of old paper cover to spine and lower return), 4to Augustin Prichard (1818-1898) was a surgeon specialising in ophthalmology, who had a large practice in Bristol. He was highly regarded in his field, having helped establish a number of pioneering practices, and he lectured and published on the subject. He was also interested in photography and was devoted to sketching. (1)
*Down House, Home of Darwin. A small archive of ephemera relating to Down House, circa 1920s/1930s, including nine autograph letters to Macleod Yearsley from G. Buckston Browne plus Browne's six-page manuscript inventory of Down House, staples rusted at inner margin, versos blank, plus a printed catalogue of Down House (and Addenda) produced by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, plus their related booklet, plus several related mostly printed items and a press photo of a gathering at Down House George Buxton Browne FRCS (1850-1945) was a British surgeon and pioneer urologist. In 1937 he bought Charles Darwin's former home from Professor Charles Galton Darwin, grandson of the naturalist, and transferred its possession to the British Association in 1928. In the inventory notes Browne writes: 'Entrance Hall. The coloured prints - hang as they did in Darwin's time. Central Hall. Darwin's actual snuff-jars. He kept them here - to make the obtaining of a pinch difficult. Note the portrait of General Rosas who saved Darwin's life in Argentina (voyage of the Beagle)'. (18)
Linschoten (Jan Huygen van). Navigatio ac itinerarium in orientalem sive Lusitanorum Indiam ... [volume 2:] Descriptio totius Guineae tractus, Congi, Angolae, et Monomotapae, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, The Hague, 1599, 2 engraved vignette titles, portrait of the author to verso of preface leaf, 1 plate bearing the engraved arms of the landgrave of Hesse, 31 double-page plates (of 35: lacking Urbs Goa, Insula S. Helenae, Insula Ascenscionis, and Urbs Angra), lacking the 7 maps, 3 Italian gift or institutional ownership inscriptions to first title, and a small area of repair not affecting vignette, frequent near-contemporary inked marginalia in Italian throughout (a note on volume 2 page 45 dated 1640), contents washed, occasional residual toning, small repaired hole to volume 2 signature Aa6 obscuring a few letters either side, otherwise a few trivial marks, edges untrimmed, contemporary vellum, sometime recased and relined with spine repaired at head and foot, yapp edges, covers slightly soiled, ties gone, folio Adams L735, Borba de Moraes I p. 488, Sabin 41366. First published in Dutch in 1596 as Itinerarium. (1)
Scrap Albums. A scrap album, circa 1800-1830, containing prints and illustrations, including a number of views of the Isle of Wight, small hand-coloured engravings of costume, two printed broadsides with hand-coloured oval vignette, published by S. & J. Fuller entitled The Old Batchelor's Thermometer, and The Old Maid's Thermomter, two hand-coloured aquatints titled 'February and August' from the series The Progress of Nature (trimmed to left and right edges), lithographic views by Villain of the Boulevard des Italiens, and the Champs Elisees, Paris, a lithographic portrait of Redchid Pacha by Senefelder after Levilly, etc., all mounted on album leaves, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with another smaller album compiled by M.M. Mence, dated July 19th 1843, containing several Chinese rice paper paintings of costume, engraved views, some watercolour and coloured ink drawings, pressed seaweed, Baxter prints, handwritten verse, etc., all edges gilt, original blind-decorated black full morocco, rubbed and scuffed to edges, small 4to, plus six other 19th century scrap albums, various sizes (8)
Terry (Dame Ellen, 1847-1928, actress). A collection of pictures, postcards and theatrical programmes relating to Ellen Terry, late 19th/early 20th century, including an opaltype oval portrait of Ellen Terry by G. Hasler, 1889, 21 x 16.5cm (8.25 x 6.5ins), mounted, framed and glazed, plus six other related photographs and portrait sketches, all framed and glazed, two portraits of Henry Irving (including Vanity Fair portrait), each framed and glazed, seven theatre programmes, and small selection of portrait postcards etc. (a carton)
Athanasius (Saint). Opera quae reperiuntur omnia, editio nova, Cologne, Weidmann, 1686, half-title to first volume, etched full-length portrait of Athanasius by J.C. Bocklin before title, both titles printed in red and black, with printer's engraved vignette to each by Bocklin, double-column text in Greek and Latin, some browning throughout, contemporary full vellum, rubbed and some marks, second volume torn to foot of spine without loss, folio, together with Lucian. The Works of Lucian, from the Greek by Thomas Francklin, 2 volumes, printed for T. Cadell, 1780, engraved vignette to each title, engraved bookplate of William Downes (1752-1826) to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some marks, with joints partly cracked, 4to, plus Caesar (Julius), C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey..., adorn'd with sculptures from the design of the famous Palladio, translated by Martin Bladen, 1705, folding engraved maps and plans, etc., wormtrack to lower blank margins at centre of volume (not affecting text), 20th century cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, and others related, mostly 18th and 19th century classical literature, including The Commentaries of Caesar, translated by William Duncan, 2 volumes, 1755, bound in contemporary calf, 8vo, another edition of Caesar's works with commentaries, edited by Oudendorp, 2 volumes, 1737, 4to, Odes of Anacreon, translated into English verse, with notes by Thomas Moore, printed for John Stockdale, 1800, Lucratius De Rerum Natura, in Aedibus Ricardi Taylor et socii, 1813, etc., all leather bound, 8vo/4to (28)
Beatty (William). Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson: with the Circumstances preceding, attending, and subsequent to, that event; the Professional Report on His Lordship's Wound; and several Interesting Anecdotes, 1st edition, 1807, engraved portrait frontispiece and 1 plate, both spotted and browned, the frontispiece offset, endpapers slightly marked, inscribed by Beatty on an initial blank, 'To John Houseman Esqr., with every sentiment of regard by his friend & humble servant, the author', contemporary tan calf, rebacked, worn Cowie 1239. Presentation copy on large paper. (1)
Benedict XIV (Pope). De servorum Dei beatificatione et beatorum canonizatione, editio secudna locupletior, Padua: Manfrè, 1743, engraved portrait after Pierre Subleyras, title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes after Francesco Zucchi, engraved headpiece and initial to each volume also after Zucchi, woodcut initials throughout, occasional mild soiling to upper margins, pale intermittent damp-staining to lower outer corners in volume 4, edges sprinkled blue, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, folio, together with Scalaboni (Lorenzo), Marianum decus, sive epithetorum, laudum, et encomiorum, quibus Sancti Patres, ecclesiaeque Catholice Doctores Deiparam Virginem Mariam honestarunt, enarratio, et explicatio, 1st edition, Ravenna, 1640, half title (with faint ink-stamp), woodcut title vignette, spotting and browning, edges dyed blue, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, folio, plus Elzevier (Isaac, printer), Acta synodi nationalis ... Dd. ordinum generalium foederati Belgii provinciarum Dordrechti habitae anno 1618 et 1619, 1st edition, Leiden: Isaac Elzevier, 1620, 2 parts in 1 volume (bound without part 3, 'Iucidica theologorum provincialium'), ink-stamp and contemporary ownership inscription to title page, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, ties gone, folio, and Cerda (Jose de la), Maria effigies, revelatioque Trinitatis, et attributorum Dei ... nunc secundum in Galliis prodit, Lyon: Laurent Anisson, 1662, half title, title page printed in red and black with large woodcut vignette, spotting and browning, damp-stain to first gathering, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, front joint partially split, folio Bibliotheca Augustinia p. 808 for Scalabonio's text, which appears to be very rare, with no copies otherwise traced in libraries; Willems 167 for the Acta synodi nationalis, which relates to the Synod of Dort. (7)
Bible [English]. The New Evangelical Family Bible; or a Complete Paraphrase, Exposition, and Commentary on the Holy Scriptures ... by the Reverend T. Priestley, 1st edition thus, printed and published under the immediate inspection of the author, sold wholesale and retail by Alex. Hogg, [1791], 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved frontispiece, 100 plates (91 called for in the Directions to the Binder, including a mezzotint portrait of Priestley, not present), list of subscribers, spotting to a few plates, marginal worming to 2 plates in the Apocrypha, 19th-century inscriptions and remnants of wax seals to pastedowns, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, joints cracked but holding, folio, and 2 others Scarce illustrated edition, not in Herbert. The preface is dated 1791; a 'new edition, revised' appeared in 1793 (or 1793-4). The plates are after Chalmers, Metz, Stothard, Old Masters including Rembrandt and Angelico, and others. (3)
Cooper (Thomas). [Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae, 1st edition, for Henry Wykes, 1565,] original title page replaced with 'faked' leaf from STC 5689, corresponding facsimile substituted for final text leaf ([superscript 2]R5), lacking 5 leaves of the initial gathering (*6) and the final blank ([superscript 2]R6), text otherwise collates A-6S6 [superscript 2]A-[superscript 2]R5 (6S6 not blank verso as in ESTC), first text leaf (*?) torn without loss of text, marginal spill-burn to quire A, final quire frayed, [superscript]2R4 torn with loss, and tipped in, some other stains and marks, inner hinges strengthened, ownership inscription of F. Leveson Gower to title page, 18th-century panelled calf, rubbed and scuffed, loss to spine ends, joints cracked but firm, corners restored, folio, together with Nizzoli (Mario), Thesaurus Ciceronianus, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1595, publisher's woodcut device to title page and colophon leaf, binder's blank loose, marginal damp-staining to first and last few leaves, very occasional minor worming to margins, bookplate of English clergyman and University of Cambridge vice-chancellor Edward Henry Perowne (1826-1906), front free endpaper with his gift-inscription, a further inscription relating to clothing ('jerkyns' etc.) in a 17th-century English hand, and an 18th-century ownership inscription, contemporary English speckled calf, rubbed, wear to spine-ends and to corners of boards with loss, front joint partially cracked, folio, plus Castell (Edmund), Lexicon Heptaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaritanum, Aethiopicum, Arabicum, conjunctim; et Persium, separatim, 1st edition, Thomas Roycroft, 1669, 2 volumes in 1, title page printed in red and black, bound without portrait and volume 2 title, light browning, title page frayed and laid down, a few marks, modern cloth, large folio, and Theocritus, [Opera] quae supersunt ... edidit Thomas Warton, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770, mild spotting, gilt edges, contemporary red-brown calf, gilt arms of John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790-1860) to front boards, spines darkened and dried, a few scuffs and marks to sides, 4to, and 3 others, various formats STC 5686 for Cooper; Wing 1225 for Castell; Nizzoli not in Adams. The 'faked' title page in this copy of Cooper was apparently printed in London after 1705, dated 1584, and issued with the mixed sheets of the second and third editions (STC 5687 and 5688); STC makes no mention of this leaf's being issued with sheets of the first edition, nor of a corresponding facsimile of the final leaf, present here. (8)
Dickens (Charles). Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by "Boz.", 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1838, half-titles present, engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank, volume 2 with 36 page publisher's catalogue at rear, spotted throughout and some offsetting from plates, original cloth with blindstamped floral design, gilt decorated spines faded and slightly frayed at head, lower joint of volume 1 splitting, some marks and dust-soiling, 8vo Cohn 237; Eckel, p.140. First issue, without the "grotesque" border to the final plate. (2)
Donizetti (Gaetano). Anna Bolena Tragedia Lirica di F. Romani posta in Musica dal Maestro Donizetti e dal medesimo Dedicata alli Signori Giuditta Pasta e G.B. Rubini. No. 27, de la Collection, Paris: Pacini, circa 1830s, engraved vocal and piano score, engraved title, lithographic frontispiece portrait of Luigi Lablache as Henry VIII, intermittent spotting, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed in places, folio, together with Saint-Saens (Camille), Henry VIII Opera en 4 Actes Poeme de Leonce Detroyat & Armand Silvestre... Partition Chant et Piano par Leon Delahaye, Paris: A. Durand & Fils., circa 1895, decorative title printed in green, gold and black, original cast list printed in red and black, printed music, front hinge partly split, 20th century quarter sheep, rubbed and scuffed, spine with 4cm ink blot, original decorative wrappers bound-in, large 8vo, plus Donizetti (Gaetano), La Fille du Regiment, Opera Comique en 2 actes... [cover-title], Paris: Schonenberger, [1850], vocal and piano score, some spotting and stains (mainly to margins), dust-soiled printed wrappers with some repairs and stains, bound with La Favorite Opera en 4 Actes..., Partition Piano et Chant arrangee par Richard Wagner [cover-title], 4th edition, Paris: A. Grus, circa 1858, vocal and piano score, generally spotted (mainly to margins), printed front wrapper dust-soiled, rear cover discarded, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed and stained, large 8vo, and two volumes of mixed sheet music, mainly for piano, both folio (5)
Goodwin (Thomas). The History of the Reign of Henry the Fifth, King of England, etc., in Nine Books, 1st edition, printed by J[ohn] D[arby], 1704, engraved frontispiece portrait, light spotting to margins and appendix, 19th-century ownership inscription to title, 19th-century marbled boards, red morocco backstrip renewed, vellum tips, together with Bacon (Francis), The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, 2nd edition, printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622, architectonic woodcut title, lacking portrait and initial blank, faint spotting and soiling, small chip to bottom edge of D1, long closed tear in Y3 (text intact), contemporary calf, spine repaired and label renewed, rubbed and scuffed overall, joints partially cracked but firm, plus Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, published after the Authors Death by William Rawley, 3rd edition, printed by J[ohn] H[aviland], 1631, lacking engraved title and portrait, woodcut headpieces and initials throughout, light browning, a few stains, front free endpaper coming loose, bookplates of Sir George Strickland, 5th Baronet (1729-1808) and his son Henry Eustatius (1777-1865), ownership inscription 'William Pratt A. M 1670' to title and related inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, slightly rubbed, head of spine chipped, and Bacon (Francis, & Francis Godwin), The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, 1st edition thus, printed by W[illiam] G[odbid], 1676, lacking portrait, some light soiling, final leaf tipped in, ownership inscription of English judge Sir Robert Chambers to initial blank (1737-1803, inscription reads 'Robt. Chambers Linc. Coll. Oxon 1756'), the leaf repaired, modern calf, all folio STC 1160 and 1171 for Bacon's Historie (1622) and Sylva Sylvarum; Wing B300 for Bacon and Godwin. (4)
Jonson (Ben). The Works, which were formerly printed in Two Volumes, are now reprinted in One, to which is added a Comedy called the New Inn, with Additions never before published, printed for Thomas Hodgkin, 1692, engraved frontispiece portrait, slightly creased with mild disruption to image, small spill-burns to a few leaves, generally affecting one letter if any, leaves 2Z2-3 and 3C1-2 spotted and browned (as usual: see Pforzheimer), occasional mild spotting elsewhere, a few marginal chips or tears, bookplate of the Earl of Minto, contemporary and slightly later inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original compartments laid down, covers pitted and slightly scuffed, corners worn, folio in 4s Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006. First complete collected edition, and the final folio edition. (1)
Kempelen (Wolfgang von). Le Mecanisme de la Parole, suivi de la description d'une machine parlante..., 1st French edition, Vienna: B. Bauer for J.V. Degen, 1791, engraved portrait frontispiece and 26 engraved plates, a little scattered spotting, lacks half-title and errata leaf at rear, old cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (18 x 11.5cm) Published in the same year as the first German edition, this rare work gives a description of an automaton and the technique of producing the sound articulation and phonation of European languages. The automaton here described was built in 1778 and the plates show partly the anatomical details of the human speech organs and the construction of the speaking machine. Kempelen is today best-known as the inventor of the infamous hoax automaton chess player, named 'The Turk', with which he toured the courts of Europe. (1)
Lucian of Samosata. Part of Lucian Made English from the Originall. In the Yeare 1638. By Jasper Mayne then Master of Arts, and one of the Students of Christ Church, [Part 1 of 2], 2nd issue, Oxford: R. Davis, 1664, engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning and old dampstaining throughout, several old marginal repairs to first and last leaves, touching headpiece and a few letters of final leaf (Table), several doodles and old ink ownership signatures to frontispiece recto, title-page and rear endpaper (Elizabeth Mallory, 1694; Thos. Hartropp, Ralph Willis, Elizabeth Willis), contemporary calf, old reback, rubbed, folio Wing L3435. Without part 2, 'Those Other Dialogues of Lucian as They Were Formerly Translated by Mr. Francis Hicks', which may have been issued separately (Wing L3425). (1)
Meibom (Johann Heinrich). Maecenas, sive De C. Cilnii Maecenatis vita, moribus & rebus gestis, liber singularis. Accessit C. Pedonis Albinovani... notis illustratum, Leiden: Elzevier, 1653, engraved vignette portrait to title, one engraved text engraving, errata leaf at rear, occasional spotting or browning, recent antique-style calf-backed marbled boards, 4to Willems 731. Early life of the famous patron of letters Maecenas by Johann Heinrich Meibom (1590-1655), German physician and humanist. With the errata leaf, missing in most copies. (1)
Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London..., 2 volumes, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece, four plates (including 3 folding) and one folding map, some toning and occasional spotting, contemporary calf, old reback, contrasting morocco labels, joints cracked and upper board of volume 1 loose, folio, together with Sewel (William), The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers, Intermixed with several Remarkable Occurrences..., now revis'd and publish'd, with some amendments, 1722, ownership inscription at head of title, light worming to lower blank margins at front of volume, dampstaining to first & last few leaves, contemporary calf, worn, folio, plus other 17th & 18th century theology related, including a defective 1609 edition of John Jewel's Works, all folio (7)
Raffald (Elizabeth). The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c... Consisting of Several Hundred Original Receipts..., new edition, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece, three folding engraved plates, contemporary sheep, upper board near detached and lower joint split, rubbed and some wear, 12mo (Bitting, p.387; Cagle 953; Oxford, pp.98-99), together with [Rundell, Maria Eliza], A New System of Domestic Cookery; formed upon Principles of Economy. And adapted to the use of Private Families, by a Lady, new edition, corrected, 1808, additional engraved title after letterpress title, nine engraved plates, some dust-soiling and spotting, light dampstaining to few leaves at head, edges untrimmed, modern cloth, 12mo, with Smith (Mrs), The Female Economist; or, a Plain System of Cookery, for the use of Families..., also the Housekeeper's Assistant... and a concise Gardener's Calendar, 9th edition, 1823, engraved frontispiece, 4 page publisher's adverts at rear, occasional spotting and some dampstaining to margins, edges untrimmed, endpapers renewed, original boards with modern cloth spine strip, 12mo (3)
Rushworth (John). The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, upon an Impeachment of High Treason, 1st edition, 1680, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking final blank, mild spotting and soiling, contemporary ownership inscriptions to frontispiece verso and title page, modern calf, together with Strafford (Thomas Wentworth, Earl of), Letters and Dispatches, with an Essay towards his Life by Sir George Radcliffe, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the editor by William Bowyer, 1739, engraved folding frontispiece and one similar plate, both by Vertue after Van Dyck, damp-staining to bottom edges of frontispiece, title and first two gatherings, modern half calf, plus Orrery (Roger Boyle, Earl of), A Collection of the State Letters ... together with ... the Life of the Earl of Orrery, by Thomas Morrice, 1st edition, 1742, occasional spotting and damp-staining, Ingestre Hall bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, richly gilt spine, joints partially cracked, some stripping and wear, and Temple (William), The Works, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for J. Round, J. Tonson [and others], 1731, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue after Lely, bookplate of Edward Greathed (1812-1881), British Army officer, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, restoration to extremities, all folio Wing R2333 for Rushworth. (6)
Seyler (George Daniel). Leben und Thaten Friedrich Wilhelms des Grossen, Churfurstens zu Brandenburg ... Aus den bewahrtesten Geschicht-Schreibern in beliebte Kurtze verfasset, durch glaubwurdige Urkunden bestatiget, und mit Medaillen und Muntzen erlautert, Frankfurt & Leipzig: George Marcus Knoch, [1730], title in red & black with manuscript date to imprint, some engraved illustrations of medal & coins, toning, 19th century half vellum, some wear to board edges, folio, together with Spanheim (Ezechiel), Dissertatio de Praestantia et usu Numismatum Antiquorum, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Daniel Elsevir, 1671, title printed in black and red with printer's woodcut device (with armorial bookplate of Sir John Anstrusther to verso), numerous engraved illustrations, loosely inserted cropped engraved portrait, contemporary calf, lacking upper board, lower joint cracked, 4to, together with Foy-Vaillant (Jean), Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumum et Tyrannos..., volume 1 only (of 2), Paris, 1694, engraved frontispiece and illustrations to text, title in red & black, upper hinge split, contemporary vellum, dust-soiled and few marks, 4to, with Neumann (Francisco), Populorum et Regum numi veteres inediti, volume 1 only (of 2), Vienna: Rudolph Graeffer, 1779, engraved vignette to title, seven engraved plates, some light toning and spotting, upper hinge split, 19th century marbled boards, crude reback, 4to, plus two others (6)
Shakespeare (William). The Plays, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, 8 volumes, 1st edition, printed for J. and R. Tonson [and others], 1765, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half titles to volumes 3-8, marginal worming towards rear of volume 3, scattered 19th-century gift- and ownership inscriptions, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines worn, a few labels chipped, joints splitting, volumes 1, 3 and 6 front boards detached, 8vo, together with Addison (Joseph, Richard Steele, & others), The Guardian, 2 volumes, for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750, woodcut vignette portraits to title pages, woodcut headpieces, volume 1 front free endpaper torn, contemporary calf, worn, 12mo, plus 2 others, various formats First edition of Samuel Johnson's Shakespeare. (12)
Story (Thomas). A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story: containing an Account of his Remarkable Convincement of, and embracing the Principles of Truth, as held by the People called Quakers, 1st edition, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1767, trustees' advertisement leaf, occasional mild staining, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary full calf, gilt spine, later label, morocco presentation label ('The gift of Thomas Story') to front board, rubbed and scuffed, spine-ends worn, together with Heylyn (Peter), Cyprianus Anglicus: or, the History of the Life and Death, of the Most Reverend and Renowned Prelate william, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 2nd edition, 1671, title page printed in red and black (laid down with partial loss of imprint), endpapers renewed, bookplate of Sir Robert Phillimore (1810-1885), judge, reimposed to front pastedown, contemporary calf, restored, plus Taylor (Jeremy), [Greek title] A Course of Sermons for all the Sundays in the Year, 5th edition, enlarged, 1678, title printed in red and black, lacking portrait, bookplate of Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), English bishop and nephew of the poet, contemporary calf, rebacked and restored, and 9 others, mainly 17th and 18th-century English theology, folio ESTC T139493, Howes S-1048 and Sabin 92324 for Story's work, of which this is the issue 'on large and thick paper printed at the expense of the author's estate' (Sabin). Provenance (Story): ownership inscriptions of Joseph Goad to the front pastedown and free endpaper; a Joseph Goad (1675-1760) is recorded as 'the first Quaker schoolmaster at Swarthmoor', where George Fox founded the Quaker movement (Penney, ed., The Household Account Book of Sarah Fell of Swarthmoor Hall, p. 535, n. 30). (12)
Tooke (John Horne). Epea Pteroenta [Greek title]. Or, the Diversions of Purley, 2 volumes, 2nd and 1st editions, printed for the author, 1798-1805, engraved frontispiece, 1 plate, dedication and errata leaf to each volume, occasional foxing, bookplates and ink-stamps of Grimsby Public Library, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked, slightly marked and light wear to extremities, 4to, together with Ramsay (Allan), Poems, 2nd edition, volume 1 only (as usual), Edinburgh: by Thomas Ruddiman, for the author, 1721, engraved portrait frontispiece, mild soiling, leaf I torn without loss of text, contemporary calf, gilt spine, light wear, 4to, plus Fox (Charles James), A History of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter, to which is added an Appendix, 1st edition, William Miller, 1808, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted and offset, faint damp-stain in margin), gilt edges, contemporary blue straight-grain blue morocco, slightly rubbed, 4to, large paper copy, and Southey (Robert), The Curse of Kehama, 1st edition, Longman [and others], 1810, half title, inscription to title page, mild spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 4to, and 16 others, 18th- and 19th-century poetry and biography, mainly in contemporary bindings, various formats Foxon p. 660 for Ramsay; a second volume did not appear until 1728. Tooke's work is considered the first complete edition. (27)
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