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'Seven Hundred Chess Problems', by Mrs. W. F. Baird, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1902, quarto, publisher's blue cloth and gilt, text in blue with diagrams printed in red & blue, frontispiece portrait of the author. Together with 'The Twentieth Century Retractor, Chess Fantasies, and Letter Problems', Mrs. W. F. Baird, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1907, quarto, publisher's red cloth and gilt, photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. (2)
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'The Turner Gallery: A Series of Sixty Engravings from the Principal Works of Joseph Mallord William Turner with a Memoir and Illustrative Text by Ralph Nicholson Wornum', London: James S. Virtue, no date but circa 1862 according to WorldCat. Folio, morocco leather binding with gilt lettering/decoration, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate, gauffered gilt page edges, complete with all sixty engraved plates plus engraved frontispiece portrait of Turner.
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Theology / Church of England interest: 'An Exposition of the Creed', John, Bishop of Chester, tenth edition, London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for J. Nicholson at the King's-Arms in Little-Britain, 1715. Cambridge style panelled calf, rebacked incorporating original title label, engraved frontispiece portrait, red & black title page, woodcut vignettes.
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'Desiderata Curiosa: Or, A Collection of Divers Scarce and Curious Pieces Relating Chiefly to Matters of English History', by Francis Peck, in two volumes, London: Printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand, 1779. Folio leather bindings with central gilt arms of Sir Simon R. B. Taylor, Baronet to upper and lower boards, armorial bookplates for the same, engraved frontispiece portrait and further plates throughout the text, marbled endpapers, rebacked, black title labels with gilt lettering and date to spines. (2)
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Decorative leather bindings: Collection of three books, comprising: 'The Railways of England', W. M. Ackworth, London: John Murray, 1889, black leather binding with gilt lettering/decoration, marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt; 'A Grammar of British Heraldry', W. Sloane Sloane-Evans, London: John Russell Smith, 1854, half-leather and marbled boards with gilt title/date/decoration, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, lithographic frontispiece portrait; 'The Romance of a Tudor House', Col. J. C. B. Statham, London: Routledge, 1929, tree-calf binding, morocco title label with gilt lettering, all page edges gilt. (3)
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John Ruskin (1819-1900), leading English art critic of the Victorian era, collection of four autograph letters, two on paper headed 'Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire' (dated 1878 and 1879), one on paper headed 'Denmark Hill, S.' (dated 1867), and one on plain paper (which Ruskin excuses, 'Pardon this scrap of paper'). The headed letters bear a 'Joynson Superfine' manufacturer's watermark. The letters are enclosed in a sheet of paper bearing a watermark portrait of Ruskin, accompanied by the text 'Ruskin Linen' (with an old auction sticker). In the letters, Ruskin discusses books, drawings and payments; the letters mention Henry Shaw, Joseph Moses, and W. King. An example of the content (from a letter dated 6th August 1879): 'I put off as usual - from day to day, my directions about the drawings I left - but now I want some things as quickly as you can manage it. First. Books. 1 Phillips geology of Yorkshire in bookcase next window behind me. I think - quarto. 2 Millers mineralogy. Bookcase in corner…These I want sent here as soon as may be'; Ruskin goes on to describe bindings, 'octavo bound in green, with illuminated red and yellow letters'; he requests a mount for a drawing, providing the dimensions, plus 'small golden frames', to be sent 'with the dog and parrot, and all other drawings'. Each letter signed 'J Ruskin'. Each measuring 23cm x 18cm (unfolded), with the exception of the 'scrap of paper', which measures 11cm x 18cm. (4)
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'Plans, Elevations, Sections, and other Ornaments of the Mansion-House, Belonging to the Corporation of Doncaster', by James Paine, London: Printed for the Author, 1751. First and only edition, complete with all engraved plates as called for. Very rare and historically significant 18th-century English architectural book. Printed at Paine's own expense, the work records his designs and effectively promotes his architectural practice to prospective clients (this book launched Paine's career). The title page bears an engraved portrait of Paine after Francis Hayman. All plates are present, the double-page plates carrying two numbers each. Folio, untrimmed page edges, quarter green leather with paper covered boards, printed on laid/chain-lined paper, contemporary inscription to upper and lower boards (the title of the work to lower, the original owner to upper), owner inscription repeated to front paste-down endpaper (Richard Beaumont), more recent ownership inscription to one of the blank endleaves, and 'Rd Bt 1752' inscription to title page.
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Yeats (William Butler) 'Selected Poems Lyrical and Narrative', London: Macmillan and Co., 1929. Portrait of Yeats by John Singer Sargent to title page. First edition, containing some previously unpublished material, only 1500 copies printed. Octavo blue cloth with elaborate blind embossed design to upper board designed by Charles Ricketts. Top edge gilt. Neat owner inscriptions to front free endpaper, one of which is dated 1930.
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Birmingham & Warwickshire History Interest: 'A Description of Modern Birmingham, Whereunto are Annexed, Observations Made during an Excursion round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington', Charles Pye, Birmingham: W. Talbot, no date but circa 1820, with folding map frontispiece showing 'Birmingham in the Year 1819', original paper boards; 'The Picture of Birmingham', James Drake, Birmingham: Printed for J. Drake, New Street, 1825, with hand-coloured folding map frontispiece showing 'A New Plan of Birmingham', with further etched plates showing buildings and coaches, publisher's paper covered boards; 'A History of the Holtes of Aston, Baronets; with a Description of the Family Mansion, Aston Hall, Warwickshire', Alfred Davidson, with illustrations from drawings by Allan E. Everitt, Birmingham: E. Everitt, 1854, lithographic frontispiece portrait and further chromolithographic plates throughout, gilt crest to upper board; 'Modern Birmingham and its Institutions: A Chronicle of Local Events, from 1841 to 1871', John Alfred Langton, in two volumes, Birmingham: E. C. Osborne, New Street, 1873, cloth & gilt; 'A Century of Birmingham Life', John Alfred Langton, Vol.II only, Birmingham: Osborne, 1868; 'Old and New Birmingham', Robert K. Dent, in two volumes, Birmingham: Houghton and Hammond, 1880; 'Birmingham', J. H. B. Masterman, London: 1920; 'History of the Birmingham Library', Charles Parish, Literary Association, 1966. a/f (10)
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Motor Sport / Automobilia interest: Collection of four original press photographs relating to Major Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), British racing motorist who gained world speed records with his Blue Bird vehicle, comprising: a panoramic photograph of 'Bluebird' (various stamps to verso, including 'First Filed 4 Mar 1935'); a photographic portrait of Campbell in his car (press notes to verso relating to his death, stamped 3 Jan 1949); a photograph of Campbell playing with toy car (press notes to verso stating 'Sir Malcolm shows Daytona kiddies how he'll "burn" up track', also bearing stamps stating 'Original Print to be returned to Keystone Press Agency Ltd'); a photograph showing Duchess of Devonshire, Sir Malcolm Campbell, Countess Howe, and Earl Howe examining Sir Malcolm's famous "Bluebird" at the Exhibition of Racing Motor Cars (press notes to verso providing details, dated 5th December 1947). (4)
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Collection of 16 volumes of 'The Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art: Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements of the Past Year', London: Tilt & Bogue. A volume for each year from 1839 to 1852, including 'The Great Exhibition' volume for 1851, plus two further volumes for 1870 and 1871. Publisher's green cloth and gilt bindings, engraved frontispiece portrait to each volume with vignette to title page. (16)
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A 19th-century lithographic rebus, 'The Art of Making Money Plenty in every Man's Pocket; by Doctor Franklin', published by John C. King, London, depicting portrait of Benjamin Franklin in upper section. American interest. Framed & glazed. Approx. 35cm x 25cm (including frame). Together with a framed satirical print relating to Midlothian/Scotland, dated 1883. (2)
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Joseph E. Worrall (19th century) - portrait miniature of three children in an interior, one holding a doll another holding crocus and the third holding a rattle, signed watercolour on ivory, 6" x 4.5" shaped top corners **contained within an elaborate gilt plaster frame decorated with flowers and foliage within a velvet lined box type outer wooden frame - ** Joseph E. Worrall was a Liverpool based miniature painter
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Daniel Gardner R. A. (1750-1805) - 'Portrait of Lady Augusta Corbett and her young son' (Daughter of John 3rd Earl of Bute) married 1773, died 1778, inscribed on label verso, also inscribed on the original frame, gouache and pastel, oval 23" x 18.25" - ** Provenance, The Ruskin Gallery Ltd., 11 Chapel Street, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, prior to 1800 as The Palser Gallery, King Street, St. James's, London. SW1, and ex.collection, Dr J. F. Wallace and Mrs M.E.Wallace, Alcester, Warwickshire
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English School (18th century) - portrait of a gentleman half length wearing a blue coat and red waistcoat with silver coloured embroidered edges, with a cream cravat, inscribed on a label verso, 'Earl of Arran, April 16th 1885', oil on canvas, 25.5" x 21", gilt frame - ** Provenance Brett Fine Art & Antiques, Avon Lodge, Aston Somerville, Broadway, Worcestershire, December 1976, the original cost price being £330 from Brett Fine Art in December 1976
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•Robert Norman Hepple R.A.,R.P (1908-1994) - Beach scene with children amongst rocks and sand, signed, oil on ply, 25" x 30" - ** The artist studied at Goldsmiths College of Art and then at the Royal Academy Schools under Sir Walter Russell where he achieved a scholarship in engraving. He illustrated many books and went on to become a leading portrait painter producing several of the Royal Family, including three of Queen Elizabeth II, others of Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and the Queen Mother who sat for him for four separate commissions. He served as President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters from 1979 to 1983
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Brant (Sebastian) Aff-ghebeelde Narren Speel-schuyt, verciert met meer als Hondert Schoone Figureren..., Gothic letter, title in red and black with engraved ship of fools vignette, engraved portrait, 105 woodcut illustrations, one full-page, rather soiled and browned, title laid down, portrait reinforced at edges, marginal water-staining to last few leaves, a little cropped, modern calf, small 4to, Leiden, Henrick van Haestens, 1610.⁂ Rare Dutch translation of the famous "ship of fools" by the German humanist Sebastian Brant.
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Cyrano de Bergerac (Savinien) Les Oeuvres Diverses, 2 vol. in 1, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, titles in red and black and with woodcut ornament, engraved full-page illustrations, preliminaries water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spotted, [Genesis of Flight 50], 12mo, Amsterdam, Daniel Pain, 1699.⁂ Includes Histoire comique des estats et empires de la lune, and, Histoire Comique contenant les empires du soleil, which are imaginary voyages to the moon and sun respectively.
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Carracci (Annibale) Pensieri Diversi Lineati et Intaglaiti, engraved throughout, pictorial title by Bloemart, portrait of Caracci, 38 plates by Bellavia Marcantonio after Carracci, title water-stained and spotted, portrait spotted, elsewhere some spotting or mostly light foxing, contemporary limp mottled wrappers, modern paper label to spine, creased, 4to, [Rome], Venanzio Monaldini, [c.1780].⁂ A collection of engraved plates after mythological and religious subjects by Carracci. This edition by Venanzio Monaldini (who also issued engraved suites after Carracci's designs for the Palazzo Farnese) has the addition of Carracci's initials within the platemark.
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Charles I.- Malvezzi (Virgilio) Il Davide Perseguitato David Persecuted..., translated by Robert Ashley, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall of Charles I as King David, title within ornamental woodcut border, ink signature partially removed from head of title, browned, later endpapers, 19th century boards, rubbed, paper label on upper cover, [Wing M357], 12mo, Humphrey Mosely, 1647 [1648].
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Slavery.- Brown (William Wells) Three Years in Europe, or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met, first edition, lacking portrait frontispiece, half-title, patch of browning to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a little rubbed, g.e., an excellent copy, 8vo, 1852. ⁂ Scarce. William Wells Brown (1814-84) was a prominent Africa-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist and historian. He was born into slavery in Kentucky but escaped the North in 1834. He journeyed to London in 1849 and remained there until 1854, also travelling throughout Europe during this period. Three Years in Europe provides his account of this period including his confrontation with American slaveholders in the grounds of Crystal Palace. A year after the publication of Three Years in Europe, Brown made history by becoming the first African-American to publish a novel, Clotel (1853).
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Porta (Giovanni Baptista della) De distillatione lib. IX, first edition, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf, epigrams in Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean, Arabic, Slavonic, and Armenian, each with Latin translation, full-page engraved portrait of the author within elaborate frame by Giacomo Lauri, woodcut ornaments and initials and 35 illustrations in text, contemporary ink inscriptions to foot of title, portrait and facing leaf, portrait slightly shaved, browned, title spotted and stained with some marginal holes, worming to second leaf of Proemium (causing hole) and R3-S2 with slight loss, water-staining to beginning and end, engraved bookplate of George C.Harvey, old half vellum, spine with red and black roan labels, rubbed and soiled, [cf.Ferguson II 216, Strasbourg edition of 1609, "the Roman edition is much the finer book"], small 4to, Rome, Camera Apostolica, 1608. ⁂ Important treatise which represents the most comprehensive view of the applications of distillation in the sixteenth century. The distillation process, as applied to every conceivable substance, was the basis of alchemical research and as such was the beginning of experimental chemistry. The nine parts of this work deal with the various kinds of distillation, including methods of extraction, the preparation of scented distilled waters, oils distilled from resins, oils distilled from woods, the distillation of corrosive mineral acids, the properties of these acids, distillation of alcohol from wine, and the preparation of various ointments.
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Fishes.- Salviani (Ippolito) Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus, cum eorumdem formis, aere excusis, collation: X, A-Z, AA-II8, first edition, engraved architectural title incorporating portrait of the author (dated 1554), 98 engravings of fish and marine animals on 81 sheets (numbered 1-99, no 54 as usual), woodcut initials and printer's device on verso of final leaf, engravings on O8v, R2r, V4v, AA8v & BB2r all with letterpress cancel slips pasted over engraved labels, contemporary ink inscription at foot of title, water-stained throughout, sometimes heavily, title with tear to upper outer corner (repaired), O1, 3 & 6 all shorter and loose (supplied from another copy but stained so some time ago), bookplate of Baron Hambro pasted over printer's device at end, contemporary vellum, worn and stained, upper cover detached, lower becoming so, spine defective, [Adams S190; Mortimer 454; Nissen ZBI 3555], folio, Rome, Ippolito Salviani, 1554 [colophon Jan.1558]; sold not subject to return⁂ Important work on ichthyology by a professor of medicine at Rome, illustrated with fine engravings of fish, octopus, squid etc., and with tables of the names in Latin, Greek and the vernacular. It is one of the earliest uses of engraving for scientific illustration; Salviano is supposed to have collected the specimens in the fish markets of Rome.
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Jardine (Sir William) The Naturalist's Library, 40 vol., half-titles, 40 engraved portrait frontispieces, additional engraved vignette titles (some hand-coloured) and 1280 engraved plates (of 1282, lacking one from vol.1 Entomology, but another duplicate plate inserted, and lacking one from vol.3 Ichthyology), the vast majority hand-coloured, a few loose, all with tissue-guards and thus generally clean, original cloth, some hinges broken and bindings loose, two spines defective, several others worn or torn, 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1833-43.
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Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, Baron) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles, 7 vol., photogravure portrait frontispiece, 422 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates, mainly after Archibald Thorburn and J. G. Keulemans, mounted on linen stubs, vol. 4 with additional unnumbered plate, occasional faint foxing and off-setting, one or two plates with faint surface abrasion, plates and pages numbered in pencil by hand, contemporary half morocco by R. W. Porter, lightly faded spines, 8vo, 1885-97 .
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Medicine.- Digby (Sir Kenelm) Choice and Experimented Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery, as also Cordial and Distilled Waters and Spirits, Perfumes, and other Curiosities, first edition, with the rare longitudinal title but without engraved portrait, a little soiled and browned, some stains, particularly to C2, near contemporary calf, ruled in blind, a little rubbed, rebacked, lower edges of boards repaired, [Wing D1423a], 8vo, for the Author, 1668.⁂ Collection of medical remedies, assembled by George Hartmann, Digby's laboratory assistant, from Digby's papers after his death. There are several variant title-pages, but not all variants or copies appear to have been issued with a portrait. This variant on ESTC mentions a portrait but lacks the half-title.
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Americas.- Benzoni (Girolamo) La Historia del Mondo Nuovo, collation: A-Y8, Z4, second edition, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut portrait medallion of the author, ornaments, initials and 18 illustrations in text, with final colophon leaf, contemporary ink inscription at foot of title crossed out, A-H signatures a little browned, a few stains, cropped affecting some head-lines, later tree sheep, spine gilt with red roan label, slightly rubbed, [Adams B688; Sabin 4791], 8vo, Venice, Pietro & Francesco Tini, 1572.⁂ Account of the Spanish New World by an Italian merchant, first published in 1565, with descriptions of the customs and religions of the native Americans. Benzoni spent fourteen years travelling through the Caribbean, Central America and Peru and was critical of the Spanish treatment of the inhabitants. The woodcuts include natives in canoes, growing cacao for drinking chocolate (which he found distasteful), making bread and wine, dancing, fishing, worshipping the sun atop a pyramid, and gold- & silver-smithing.
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Food & Drink.- [Kettilby (Mary, compiler)] A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery, first edition, half-title, rather browned, light water-staining, contemporary calf, worn, joints split, spine slightly defective, [Maclean p.79; Oxford p.54; Simon BG 904 (note)], for Richard Wilkin, 1714 § Barra (Pierre) L'Usage de la Glace, de la Neige et du Froid, title with woodcut device, browned, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript, Lyons, Antoine Cellier, 1675 [Wooley (Hannah)] The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight, in Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery, seventh edition, engraved portrait and additional pictorial title, lacking D4, D6 & E1, browned and stained, cropped with occasional loss, modern half calf, [Wing W3273], by B.Harris, 1696; and 2 others, cookery, 8vo et infra (5)
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Americas.- Mackenzie (Alexander) Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Lawrence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans..., first edition, half-title, engraved portrait, 3 folding engraved maps, one with routes supplied by hand in red and yellow, errata leaf at end, portrait offset on title, browned, occasional spotting, two folding maps a little creased or frayed at edges, one with tear, handsome contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, very slightly rubbed, upper joint split at head, small stain to lower cover, [Sabin 43415], 4to, 1801.⁂ Important account of the first expedition across North West America, including a history of the fur trade and vocabulary of several native languages.
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Middle East.- Chardin (Sir John) The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies..., first edition, engraved portrait by D.Loggan and additional pictorial title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and initials, folding engraved map and 16 plates, most double-page and/or folding, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of main text and half-title to Coronation of Solyman III, some light soiling or browning, folding map and plate of Kashan torn, marginal tear to plate of Teflis at fold, plate of Sultanie shaved at edges, engraved bookplate, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing C2043], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1686.⁂ Published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was born in Paris but emigrated to England with the persecution of the Protestants, where he became court jeweller to Charles II.
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Africa.- Caillié (René) Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and Across the Great Desert to Morocco, 2 vol., first edition in English, mounted lithographed portrait frontispiece on india paper, folding aquatint view, 2 folding lithographed maps and 4 wood-engraved plates, half-title in vol. I only, slightly foxed and browned, plates slightly stained, occasional spotting, vol. I some text a little creased, both vol. head of front free endpapers torn or cut at head, vol. I ink inscription at head of title, original boards, corners worn, joints splitting, printed paper labels on spines, spines splitting and rubbed, 8vo, 1830.
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Africa.- Drummond (William Henry) The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa, first edition, plates, map and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, neatly recased with repairs and restorations to joints, corners and spine ends Edinburgh, 1875 § Hindlip (Lord) Sport and Travel: Abyssinia and British East Africa, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, contemporary half calf, spine faded, rubbed, [Czech p.76], 1906 § Davey Cooper (Reginald) Hunting and Hunted in the Belgian Congo, first edition, folding map, plates, half-title browned, modern half morocco, [Czech p.40], 1914; and another, East Africa, 8vo (4)
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Africa.- Junker (Dr. Wilhelm) Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878 [1879-1883; 1882-1886], 3 vol., first edition in English, half-titles to vol. 2 & 3, 3 portrait frontispieces, 4 folding maps, plates, illustrations, a few splits to folds of maps, modern red crushed morocco, gilt spines in compartments, 8vo, [1890-1892].
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Africa.- Simpson (William) A Private Journal kept during the Niger Expedition, first edition, very lightly browned, marginal tear to dedication (no loss), original brown cloth, spotted, 1843 § Burton (Capt. Richard Francis, translator & editor) The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798, folding map with routes supplied in colours (torn and repaired), original blue cloth, small stains to upper cover but a good copy, 1873 § Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley..., chromolithographed frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, plates and illustrations, contemporary tree calf prize binding, gilt, spine gilt, joints rubbed, 1896 § Baker (Sir Samuel W.) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 colour maps, one folding, plates, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed and stained, rebacked in morocco, corners repaired, 1868, all but the last first editions; and a Stanford's map of West Africa, 8vo (5)
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Alps.- Leschevin (Philippe-Xavier) Voyage a Genève et dans la Vallée de Chamouni, en Savoie, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait of de Saussure after St.Ours, pp.21-22 slightly defective at outer margin where carelessly opened with loss of a couple of letters (neatly repaired), modern morocco-backed boards, uncut, [Meckly 111; Perret 2646], 8vo, Paris, A.A.Renouard, & Geneva, Guers, 1812.⁂ Travels of a mineralogist, describing early attempts on Mont Blanc and with a bibliography of works relating to the Savoie, including item XXVIII (p.17): an account by Dr. Paccard of 1786 (probably never published) of the first ascent of Mont Blanc.
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Alps.- Stumpf (Johann Rudolph) Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschafft Stetten, Landen und Völckern Chronicwirdiger thaaten beschreibung, 13 parts in 1, collation: **8, †-††6, †††4, ††††6, a-z, A-Z, Aa-Zz, AA-ZZ, AAa-ZZz, AAA-GGG6, third edition (second folio edition), title in red and black with woodcut printer's device, with blank **8, 5 double-page woodcut maps of Europe, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Eydgnoschafft mounted on stubs, 13 part-titles with woodcut armorial borders, numerous woodcut illustrations in text (maps, town views, military scenes, portrait medallions, animals & birds, coats-of-arms etc.), some light soiling and browning but generally clean, title a little soiled and with small holes not affecting text, ink stain to g2, contemporary ink inscriptions to front pastedown, some crossed out or erased, contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, elaborately stamped in blind with central panels surrounded by borders of the Christian virtues, with brass clasps, paper label on spine in ink manuscript, a little rubbed and soiled, [Perret 4160; Not in Adams], folio, Zurich, Froschauer, 1586.⁂ An excellent copy of the important Swiss chronicle, first published in 1548, also by Froschauer (plus an abridged 8vo edition titled Schwytzer Chronika in 1554). A large part of the work is devoted to the Valais, with some descriptions of valleys and mountains.
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India.- Pearce (Robert Rouiere) Memoirs and Correspondence of the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley. K.P.; K.G.; D.C.L., 3 vol., half-title to vol.3 only, offsetting, engraved portrait frontispieces, these foxed, contemporary polished calf, gilt, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red and green morocco labels, some fading, a scarce set, 8vo, 1846. ⁂ Wellesley was Governor-General of India between 1798-1805, and later Foreign Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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Levant.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, 6 vol. in 3, tinted lithographed portrait frontispiece, 6 tinted lithographed titles, 241 tinted lithographed plates, 2 maps, plate guards, plates 112 and 126 margins cut down, some foxing but mostly clean, new endpapers, contemporary half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, gilt panelled spines, g.e., 4to, 1855-56.
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