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.
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.
Levant.- Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsiuer de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts. viz. Into I. Turkey II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, 1 sheet of 'Malabar Alphabet' and 1 sheet of 'Malabar Cyphers', some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, spine repaired, [Atabey 1217; Blackmer 1650 (first edition); Wing T887], folio, Printed by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687. ⁂ 'Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant' (Blackmer).
Tibet.- Bruce (C.G.) Twenty Years in the Himalaya, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, folding panorama and map, 20 pp. advertisements at end, occasional light foxing, presentation bookplate from the Ladies Apline Club to Miss Dalling in 1956 to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed, [Yakushi B591; Neate B199], 1910 § Wellby (Capt. M.S.) Through Unknown Tibet, half-title, frontispiece portrait, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps in pocket at rear, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving most of original backstrip, corners bumped, rubbed, 1898 § [Mazuchelli, Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah] The Indian Alps and How we Crossed them. Being a Narrative of Two Years' Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months' Tour into the Interior, folding map, 10 chromolithographed plates, spotting and offsetting, prize bookplate, contemporary red calf prize binding, gilt, rubbed and darkened, corners bumped, 1876, 8vo & 4to (3)
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Voyages.- Cook (James) [Third Voyage] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 4 vol. (including separate Atlas), first Dublin edition, folding table in vol.3, Atlas vol. with portrait of Cook by Halpin after Dana (not called for in list of plates in vol.1), large folding engraved map on 2 sheets, and 25 other folding or double-page engraved maps, charts and views, bound tightly and a few with tears and/or soiling at folds, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spines, 8vo, Dublin, 1784.⁂ Unusual to find the maps bound separately.
Ireland.- Carve (Thomas) Lyra sive Anacephalaeosis Hibernica in qua de exordio, sue origine, nomine, moribus, tiribusque gentis Hibernicae . . . tractatur, second edition, 5 engraved plates, including 2 folding and 1 additional portrait of Charles I after van Dyck, portrait of the author and Irish harp engraved in text, woodcut initials, neatly repaired tears to title and a4, 19th century green morocco by Bedford, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, rubbing to joints and extremities, g.e., slip-case, small 4to, Sulzbach, Michael Sumptibus & Johann Frederick Endterorum, 1666.⁂ A handsome copy of this important 17th century work on Irish history. Thomas Carve (1590-c.1672) served as chaplain to Walter Butler, then serving in an Irish regiment in the army of Ferdinand II of Austria, later to Walter Devereux in Germany. In 1640, he became chaplain-general to the English, Scottish and Irish forces, and seems to have settled in Vienna from about 1643 onwards.
La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol., "Fermiers Generaux" edition, half-titles, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces of the author and Charles Eisen after Rigaud and Vispre respectively, engraved title-vignettes, 2 head- and numerous tail-pieces by Choffard, 80 engraved plates by Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse and others after Eisen, some mostly marginal foxing, 19th century dark blue morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., [Cohen de Ricci 558-571], 8vo, Amsterdam [i.e. Paris], 1762.⁂ A stunning set of this masterpiece of 18th century engraving and one of the great French illustrated works. "Parmi les livres illustrés du XVIIIe siècle, cette édition...est le plus beau et le plus agréable; c'est, en outre, le chef d'oeuvre d'Eisen." (Cohen de Ricci).This copy has "Le Cas de Conscience" and "Le Diable de Papefiguière" plates both in uncovered state.
Ireland.- Plumptre (Anne) Narrative of a Residence in Ireland during the summer of 1814, and that of 1815, first edition, half-title, stipple-engraved portrait by Henry Meyer after James Northcote, 12 aquatint plates on 11 sheets including one folding of Giant's Causeway, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light marginal browning, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco, decorated in gilt and blind, [Abbey, Scenery 457], 4to, 1817.
Ireland.- Stafford (Thomas) Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced..., 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, folding map and 17 other maps, plates and plans (1 folding and 16 double-page), first frontispiece outer margin repaired and lower margin trimmed ?from another copy, second frontispiece and title inner margins repaired, title slightly creased, maps and plates trimmed to plate mark, browned, ink inscription: "Bibliotheca Colbertina" at head of title, later ink signature of Berkeley Vincent on fly-leaf, latedr endpapers, 19th century morocco, gilt, gilt panelled spine, g.e., Printed by A[ugustine] M[athewes], 1633.⁂ Provenance: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, (1619-83), the French statesman hired by Cardinal Mazarin to look after his financial affairs. The Bibliotheca Colbertina was the library owned successively by Jean Baptiste Colbert de Torcy, Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen (1655-1707), and Charles Eleonor Colbert, Comte de Seignely (d.1747). The Colbert Library was sold in Paris in 1728.Brigadier-General Sir Berkeley Vincent, KBE, CB, CMG (4 December 1871-1963) was a British Army officer and sportsman.
Ireland.- Siege of Londonderry.- Walker (George) A Vindication of the True Account of the Siege of Derry in Ireland, engraved mezzotint portrait frontispiece, ?lacking final blank, modern half calf, gilt, [Wing W354], 4to, for Rob. Clavel, 1689.⁂ Rare with the frontispiece, we can trace no other like copy.
Nostradamus (Michel de) The True Prophecies or Prognostications..., first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece by W.Dolle, title in red and black, text in English and French, lacking 3F2-3G4 and with 3M1 & 4 transposed, browned, marginal staining to title and dedication, a few minor marginal tears or defects, bookplate of William Chatteris, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked with gilt spine, rubbed, new endpapers, [Wing N1399], folio, by Thomas Ratcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672.
Dickens (Charles).- The Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature & Art... Will Have the Honour of Presenting... Used Up... to conclude with Mr. Nightingale's Diary, Friday Evening, September, 3rd, 1852, at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, playbill, printed in red and black, with a performance of 'the Historical Drama, in Two Acts, by J.R.Planche, Esq. called Charles XII, folds, light offsetting and browning, some light creasing and minor chipping to margins, 3rd September, 1852.⁂ Rare playbill for the only public performance by Dickens of Used Up by Dion Boucicault (the other being a private performance at Rockingham Castle). Dickens took a good deal of pride in his performance and a portrait of him in character by Augustus Egg hung in his dining room in Tavistock House. Other performers include John Tenniel, F.W. Topham, Mark Lemon, Augustus Egg, Wilkie Collins and Frank Stone.
The Royal Mint UNITED KINGDOM Elizabeth II the Fourth and Fifth Circulating Coinage Portrait Collection set, 2013 Definitive coin set, 50th Anniversary of the Death of Sir Winston Churchill two-coin set 2015, The Jubilee Mint Centenary of World War I gold plated penny collection, Elizabeth II 1953 Crown Commemorative cover 2015, Queen's 88th birthday gold plated colour £5 coin 2014, Westminster Mint COOK ISLANDS HRH George of Cambridge pad print 5 dollar 2013, COOK ISLANDS Coronation Jubilee pad print 5 dollar 2013, etc.
Two watercolour on ivory portrait miniatures, second half 19th century in the 18th century style, both of elegant ladies, oval, one half-length, signed 'A. Galieu', 8 x 6cm., the other unsigned, 6 x 4.6cm., both in ivory frames. (2)* Condition: Both have some fading to colours. No splits or cracks to ivory on portraits. One frame (the smaller) has a single split to top, the other has two cracks to lower right. Smaller portrait has large flake to exterior of glass and a glue mark to surface of portrait to lower left edge.
An Arts and Crafts oak wardrobe retailed by Morgan & Co, Cardiff, early 20th Century, the moulded cornice above two panelled doors with heart motifs, and inset with classical copper portrait roundels, enclosing hanging space, with mirror, cane holders and hanging hooks, on square bracket feet, applied retailers label to interior, Morgan & Co, The Hayes, Cardiff, 204cm high x 122cm wide x 50cm deep
A French La Courtille porcelain cabinet cup and saucer, late 19th/early 20th century, painted with a portrait of three young children inside a gilt border on a pale green ground, with three gilt paw feet and acanthus-moulded handle, height of cup, 11cm, a Dresden porcelain oval small tureen and cover, 20th century, painted with floral sprays and landscapes, 12cm high, and a painted porcelain figure of a young woman, 22cm high (3)
An early 19th century painted portrait miniature of a seated fashionable young lady her hair in ringlets she wears a coral necklace with a dog on her lap, 9.8 x 7cm oval. Condition report: Good condition. Negligible paint loss no cracks and chips. Unable to tell if warped in behind convex glass in frame.Having taken out of frame this could be a modern copy and there is a crease on the forehead.
R J Hamerton 'J. Ward, Huntsman to the Cambridgeshire Hounds on Forester' coloured lithograph by Day & Haghe published 1843 by J. Dimmock, 39 x 52.5cm (visible); together with two female portrait engravings after Van Dyck, and a small print 'The Sportsman' after Marshall of Newmarket, together with H. Pyall after J. Pollard A North East View of the New General Post Office coloured aquatint published by S. W. Fores 1832 and others
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