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A FRENCH BRASS CASED CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE with white enamel dial, 11cm high; a reproduction wax silhouette portrait of John Flamsteed (1646-1716) - First Astronomer Royal after Le Marchand in ebonised frame, 24 x 22cm overall; and a pair of Regency papier maché wine coasters with gilded chinoiserie decoration, 13cm diameter (4)
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A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL AND BRASS INLAID DRESSING BOX said to be formerly the property of Lady Mary Stanhope Countess Beauchamp (1844-1876) of Madresfield Court, the purple velvet and leather lined box fitted twelve silver mounted glass bottles and boxes, each with engraved coat of arms and hallmarked for London 1867 by Williamson & Horton retailed by Halstaff & Hannaford, 228 Regent St, the lock stamped S Mordan & Co, together with a printed portrait of Lady Beauchamp and a copy of the New Testament inscribed to Mary Stanhope and dated February 9 1856, box 32.5cm wide x 25cm deep (some losses and damage)
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Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, presentation copy from author with ink inscription "Saml Hinton ex dono Authoris Jany. 4th 1656 Litchfeildis" on title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Hollar, title printed in red & black, 5 engraved double-page maps mounted on stubs, 10 plans & plates, other illustrations throughout, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, a little cropped, frontispiece trimmed to plate mark and laid down, light water-staining to inner margins, some spotting and soiling, old marbled boards, rebacked in calf with gilt spine and morocco label, corners repaired, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.
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Congreve (William) The Works, 3 vol., first Baskerville edition, engraved portrait and 5 plates, light foxing to first few leaves of 'The Old Bachelor' in vol.1 but otherwise a lovely clean copy, engraved bookplate of Francis Longe of Spixworth Park, Norfolk, contemporary calf, covers with Longe crest in gilt, a little rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spines with roan labels, Birmingham, John Baskerville, for J. & R. Tonson, 1761 § Cibber (Colley) An Apology for the Life..., first edition, engraved portrait by G. Vander Gucht after Vanloo, a little soiled and browned, modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, by John Watts for the Author, 1740 § Ruggle (George) Ignoramus, Comoedia, engraved frontispiece, woodcut plate, lightly browned, modern cloth, 1787; and 5 others, drama, 4to & 8vo (10) ⁂ Francis Longe (1689-35) or his eldest son and heir, also Francis (1726-76). The latter was an undergraduate at St Catherine's Hall in Cambridge where he met Richard Gardiner who later wrote the scandalous novellaThe History of Pudica, a Lady of N-rf-lk. With an Account of her Five Lovers... published in 1754. It includes an account of life at Spixworth Park. The house contained an extensive and notable library.
![[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue with 4 mounted plates, hand-coloure](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/6c9a7a2d-1bcf-4ddf-b508-10ab9688314a/468x382.jpg)
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[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue with 4 mounted plates, hand-coloured engraved additional title with vignettes, portrait and 34 plates by Henry Alken, 4 trimmed and mounted as issued, extra-illustrated with two original states of two of the mounted plates (untrimmed and with original captions and imprints dated 1838), one with short marginal tears, plate at p.348 'The Tandem' in second state, 10pp. advertisements at end, some spotting, mostly to tissue guards, bookplate of Joel Spitz featuring portrait of Henry Alken and with his pencil note re the additional plates on front free endpaper, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed, recased, new endpapers, preserved in cloth drop-back box (spine faded), [Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842. ⁂ "Considered by many to be the premier coloured plate sporting book in the 19th century." Tooley The two additional plates, both dated 1838, prove that the work was planned some time earlier but publication was delayed until 1842. The four plates already produced were then trimmed and mounted with new captions.
![[Simond (Louis)] Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain...by a French Traveller, 2 vol., first English edition, 21](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/d5992aa5-2dd1-4c00-fe85-0ce30a6542ac/468x382.jpg)
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[Simond (Louis)] Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain...by a French Traveller, 2 vol., first English edition, 21 hand-tinted aquatint plates by J. Clark after the author, 2 folding tables, engraved illustrations in text, 8pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, light cockling to beginning of vol.1 from damp but faint staining only affecting front endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Edinburgh, George Ramsay, 1815 § Butcher (Rev. Edmund) An Excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, contemporary half calf, red roan labels, 1805 § [Goldsmith (Oliver)] the Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq., first edition, engraved portrait, 2 advertisement leaves at end, contemporary calf, joints split, 1762 § Gostling (W.) A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury, third edition, title in red and black, signature at head, folding engraved map (lightly foxed), N gathering bound in preliminaries, modern cloth-backed boards, uncut, old paper label preserved on upper cover, Canterbury, 1799, slightly rubbed; and 3 others, topography, 8vo et infra (9)
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Pope (Alexander) The Works, 6 vol., engraved frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with harps and red & green morocco labels, a little rubbed, for C.Bathurst..., 1788; Essai sur l'Homme, engraved frontispiece by Soubeyran after Delamonce, title in red and black with engraved portrait vignette, text in English and French, engraved portrait, 4 plates and head- & tail-pieces, browned, modern russet calf, gilt, by Bernard Middleton, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., Lausanne and Geneva, M.-M. Bousquet, 1745; and 3 others, Pope, v.s. (10)
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Ireland.- Petty (William) Hiberniae Delineatio..., first edition of the first atlas of Ireland, engraved portrait frontispiece of Petty by Edwin Sandys, double-page engraved frontispiece and contents leaf (the second state, with the wording "Cum Privilegio Regis" added), and 37 engraved maps on 36 double-page or folding sheets, frontispiece laid down, some maps folds strengthened, Mayo County map with slight stain, a few maps with slight creasing to edges, slightly foxed and browned in places, book-ticket of Dupplin Castle on front pastedown, new endpapers, modern half calf, [Shirley, British Library T.PETTY-1b], folio, [Dublin], [1685]. ⁂ Produced by William Petty after his "Down" Survey of the 1650s.SALEROOM NOTICES: This is not the first edition of 1685 but the c.1732 edition.
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Africa.- Höhnel (Lt. Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie: a Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, 2 vol., first English edition, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 3 maps (2 colour and folding, partially strengthened), foxing, ex-library (The Leys Institute, Auckland) with labels, ink-stamps and markings to front pastedowns and titles, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 2 small splits to upper joint (vol. 1), slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.78], 8vo, 1894.
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Yorkshire.- Whitaker (Thomas Dunham) An History of Richmondshire..., 2 vol., 45 engraved portraits, plates and plans including some after Turner, 4 hand-coloured, tissue guards, genealogical tables, some double-page, with publisher's lithographed note to subscribers loosely inserted at beginning, extra-illustrated with 4 original watercolour views, 7 engraved portraits and one view, most tipped into blank leaves, watercolours captioned in pencil, foxing to plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, corners repaired, London & Leeds, 1823; An History of the Original Parish of Whalley..., engraved plates, 2 folding, and folding engraved map, light browning, contemporary mottled calf, red roan label, repairs to lower joint, Blackburn, 1801; The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven..., engraved portrait and plates, folding genealogical tables, some foxing, modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, uncut, 1805, first editions, folio & 4to (4) ⁂ The watercolours in the first depict Redmire Chapel, Redmire, Low Bolton Farm and Thornton Rust; the additional engravings include a rare folio broadside of 1752 about Henry Jenkins "who lived to the surprizing Age of 169" with an etched portrait by Thomas Worlidge.
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Lamb (Lady Caroline, novelist, 1785-1828) Autograph Letter third person to Mr. Glossop, 1p., 8vo, n.p. [Brocket Hall in another hand], n.d. [c. 1820s], "Lady Caroline Lamb presents her Compliments to Mr Glossop and begs to inform him a letter she has received from Mr. Jones. She also wishes much to ask him whether he suffered for his good nature or whether Mr Kinnaird has shaken hands as he ought and forgive his having attended to Lady Caroline's request", tipped-in on album leaf § Byron (Lady Noel, wife of Lord Byron, 1792-1860) Autograph Letter third person to J.B. Sale, 1p. with conjugate blank and address panel, sm. 4to, 4 New Norfolk Road, 28th January 1829, apologising for not meeting him but that she has "a severe cold" and acknowledging "her good and singular obligations to him", old newspaper cutting laid down on letter, tears along folds, browned; and 3 others, comprising letters from Jane Porter, Eliza Cook and Sarah Austin, an an engraved portrait of Eliza Cook, folds, v.s., v.d. (6 pieces).
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Africa.- Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley, first edition, colour frontispiece, 20 plates, 2 folding maps, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription, original decorative cloth, rebacked, abrasion mark to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken pp.87-88], 1896 § White (Stewart Edward) The Rediscovered Country, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, with small tear, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, c.1915 § Wilson (Lady Sarah) South African Memories, portrait frontispiece, portraits, cracked hinge, occasional light spotting, 16pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, bumping and splitting to spine (repaired), bumping to extremities, 1909; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (11)
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France.- Disderi (Andre Adolphe-Eugene, 1819-1889) An album of carte-de-visite portraits, 25 albumen prints mounted on card, all by Disderi with his printed credit on versos, good tones, loosely inserted in card leaves, contemporary green morocco, covers elaborately blind-stamped, two gilt metal clasps, a.e.g., small 4to, Paris, 1860s; with another album of Second Empire carte-de-visite portraits, 24 albumen prints mounted on card, with printed credits for Alexandre Ken (12), Augustin Le Jeune (5), Levitsky (3), Disderi (2) and Nadar (2), loosely inserted in card leaves, contemporary purple blind-stamped morocco, upper cover and backstrip faded, metal clasp, a.e.g., small 4to, Paris, 1860s, (2). ⁂ Disderi originated the carte-de-visite (visiting card) format of portrait photographs and patented it in 1854.
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Stevenson (H.) The Birds of Norfolk, 3 vol., portrait, 4 hand coloured plates (one of feathers), 4 tinted lithographic views, contemporary crushed green morocco, spines faded, London & Norwich, 1866-90 § Babington (Churchill) Catalogue of the Birds of Suffolk, presentation inscription from the author, A.L.s. from the author tipped-in at front, bookplates of Joseph Symonds Hooker and others, original cloth, 1884-86 § Lewis (Stanley) The Breeding Birds of Somerset, plates, bookplate of Peter Tate, original cloth, dust-jacket, n.d. § Walpole-Bond (John) A History of Sussex Birds, 3 vol., plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, 1938; and 8 others, British birds, 8vo (16)
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Utopias & imaginary heavens & hells.- Doni (Anton Francesco) Mondi Celesti, Terrestri et Infernali, de gli Academici Pellegrini..., collation: a8 A-Z Aa-Dd8, italic type, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut portrait of the author and historiated initials, final f. blank, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, lightly soiled, Venice, Domenico Farri, 1567. ⁂ Doni's description of imaginary worlds, heavens and hells, including a utopia influenced by Thomas More. Literature: Adams D826; Gibson 665; EDIT 16 CNCE 17713. Provenance: Johann Lerchenfeld (an inscription describing the purchase of this volume, dated Padua, 1569).
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Voyages.- Hondius (Jodocus) Franciscus Draeck nobilissimus Eques Angliæ ano æt sue 43, portrait of Sir Francis Drake, half-length, second state, engraving, on laid paper with indistinct text-based watermark, sheet 395 x 307 mm. (15 1/2 x 12 1/8 in), trimmed just within the platemark, small repaired tear to lower margin, minor surface dirt and light browning, reworked and published by George Vertue, [1538, but later impression from first half of the 18th century]. ⁂ A particularly fine, contemporary portrait of Sir Francis Drake, celebrating his circumnavigation of the World. The portrait is understood to have been engraved by Jodocus Hondius during his residency in London, but with additional shading to the background by George Vertue added to the copper plate in the early 18th century.
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Johnson (Samuel).- Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with "give" in vol.1 S4r line 10, with all cancels, engraved portrait and 2 plates of facsimiles, vol.2 lacking initial blank, portrait spotted, some foxing, 2U3 in vol.2 frayed at fore-edge and 2Q3(cancel) with small stain, 1791; The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, first edition, title and 42pp. printed in double column, 1793, together 2 works in 2 vol. (second work bound at end of vol.2 of the first), modern bookplate of Richard Hatchwell, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines preserving old red roan labels, corners repaired, [Rothschild 463-465 & 466], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly
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Baskerville (John).- Addison (Joseph) The Works..., 4 vol., first Baskerville edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller, 3 engraved plates after Hayman, woodcuts of medals, without the rare 'Directions to Binder' leaf as usual, contemporary russia, gilt, a little rubbed, joints repaired, Birmingham, by John Baskerville, for J. and R.Tonson, 1761 § Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of) Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 3 vol., fifth edition, engraved portrait by Gribelin after Closterman, general title in vol.1 and volume titles in each vol., all with engraved vignette by Gribelin, also engraved head-pieces, portrait offset, titles lightly foxed, modern half calf, by Bernard Middleton, spines gilt with red and green labels, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1773; and 2 others (not Baskerville), 4to & 8vo (9)
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Archer (Sir Geoffrey) and Eva M. Godman. The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden, 4 vol., 28 colour plates after Archibald Thorburn, folding maps, bookplate of Peter Tate, original cloth, dust-jackets, light fading to spines, otherwise a fine set, 1937-61 § Chapin (James P.) The Birds of the Belgian Congo, 4 vol., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History vol.LXV, LXXV, 75a & 75b, vol.2 with colour frontispiece after G.E.Lodge, plates and illustrations, folding map, occasional ink notes to margins, titles a little browned and spotting, modern red crushed half morocco, spine gilt with bird motifs, New York, 1932-54 § Jackson (Sir Frederick John) The Birds of Kenya Colony and The Uganda Protectorate, 3 vol., portrait frontispiece, folding colour map and 24 colour plates after G.E.Lodge, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, 1938; and 5 others, birds of Africa, 8vo (16)
![[Aquinas (Thomas)] Tertia pars philo[sophiae] cursus co[n]tinens questiones in octo libros... Thoma sentenciam..., 194pp., 17](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/4b1ec7aa-afd3-4d08-f4f7-30f713b69ca9/468x382.jpg)
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[Aquinas (Thomas)] Tertia pars philo[sophiae] cursus co[n]tinens questiones in octo libros... Thoma sentenciam..., 194pp., 1761 bound with Aristotle. Tractactus... juxta mentem Aristotelis..., 209pp., 1761, manuscript in Latin, pen and ink illustrations, 2 engraved plates (including a portrait of Thomas Aquinas), some blanks removed, slightly browned, inscribed on fly-leaf by John Soler, original vellum, yellowed and slightly soiled, remains of tags, sm. 4to, [?Spain], 1761.
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Bannerman (David Armitage) Birds of the Atlantic Islands, 4 vol., colour plates by D.M.Raid-Henry and others, illustrations, bookplate of Howard H. Davies, original cloth, dust-jackets, very slightly rubbed but an excellent set, Edinburgh & London, 1963-68 § Elliot (D.G.) The Wild Fowl of the Unites States and British Possessions, number 90 of 100 copies, portrait frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, original pictorial cloth, lightly spotted, t.e.g., others uncut, New York, 1898; and 9 others, birds of the Americas and the Atlantic, 4to & 8vo (14)
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Maitland (William) The History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time, first edition, 20 engraved plates, one folding, but lacking engraved double-page plan, occasional light browning or soiling, one plate torn and repaired, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, Edinburgh, printed by Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, for the Author, 1753 § Ducarel (Dr.) The History and Antiquities of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth, first edition, engraved portrait and 9 plates, light spotting and offsetting, old bookplate of Grosvenor Gallery library, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and green morocco label, corners repaired, by and for J.Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1785, folio & 4to (2)
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Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, & insularum adjacentium... descriptio, title with woodcut device, divisional half-titles, and 46 regional and county maps engraved by Pieter van den Keere (2 folding), errata at end, without portrait of Camden, 2 maps with small tears, S12 small tear in lower margin, Sig. Y & Z misbound, 2X3 corner torn away not affecting text, slightly browned, modern ink inscription on front free endpaper, contemporary calf, corners repaired, edges rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spine rubbed, lacks tail of spine, [Skelton 12; cf Chubb X], 8vo, Amsterdam, Ex Officina Guilielmi Ianssonii [i.e. Willem Janszoon Blaeu], 1617.
![[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver..., 4 parts in 2 vol., The Seco](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/8446598b-b346-4551-b0f4-cd368021a030/468x382.jpg)
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[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver..., 4 parts in 2 vol., The Second Edition [vol. 2, second edition, corrected], 4 titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Gulliver (edges very slightly chipped), 5 maps and one plate, advertisement leaf preceding title to volume 2, vol. I splash mark, lower endpapers a little stained, slightly browned, contemporary ink signatures of the Webber family on fly-leaves, Clement K. Shorter's copy with his bookplate and later Shane Leslie's copy with his ink signature, notes and a bookplate, new endpapers, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, gilt, corners a little bumped, rebacked, preserved in a modern slip-case, [Teerink 293], 8vo, Benj[amin] Motte, 1727. ⁂ The first Motte edition, with the the 24-page setting of the Verses (which include the additional fifth poem 'The Words of the King of Brobdingnag', now ascribed to Pope). Clement King Shorter (1857-1926), journalist and magazine editor; Shane Leslie (1885-1971), author.
![Alberti (Leon Battista) L'Architettura [and La Pittura], translated and edited by Cosimo Bartoli, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/ea6603f7-ba12-4d8e-e302-d6e3f43a3578/468x382.jpg)
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Alberti (Leon Battista) L'Architettura [and La Pittura], translated and edited by Cosimo Bartoli, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z6, aa-dd6, ee-ff4, gg6, first title with woodcut printer's device recto and portrait of the author recto, 3 woodcut plates, including 1 double-page of the Baths of Diocletian, woodcuts within text, most full-page, second title with woodcut printer's device, some spotting or light foxing, occasional light staining, 20th century vellum, gilt spine in compartments, folio (333 x 219mm.), Mondovi, Leonardo Torrentino, 1565. ⁂ Second folio edition of Bartoli's translation and the second edition (first to be issued with L'Architettura) of Lodovico Domenichi's translation of La Pittura. Literature: Fowler 8; Cicognara 375; Millard IV, 6; Mortimer, Italian, 12.
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Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., engraved portrait and 3 folding maps, contemporary mottled calf, red and green morocco labels, some spines repaired at head, Dublin, for Luke White, 1789 § Hyde (Edward, Earl of Clarendon) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England..., 3 vol. in 6 and 'Appendix to the History of the Grand Rebellion', together 4 vol. in 7, half-titles in vol.3, 5 & 7, engraved portraits, a little browned, old manuscript notes to front endpapers of vol.1, similar contemporary panelled calf, Oxford, At the Theater, 1712 & [Appendix] London, by H.P. for John Wilford, 1724, rubbed; and another, 8vo (14)
![[Beckford (William)] Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, first edition, engraved portra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/8779b3c0-7a0c-4421-b2dd-e35d1e00d05d/468x382.jpg)
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[Beckford (William)] Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, first edition, engraved portrait (lightly offset on title),William Borlase's copy with his stamp to title and bookplate, contemporary half russia, rebacked, 1835 § Thicknesse (Philip) A Year's Journey through France, and part of Spain, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispieces, plates and folding sheets of music, offset, contemporary tree calf, red and black roan labels, 1778, a little rubbed; and 3 others including Templeman's New Survey of the Globe... lacking 2 plates, 8vo & oblong folio (6) ⁂ Sir William Borlase (1696-1772), Cornish antiquary, geologist and naturalist.
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Conjuring Posters.- Albini (Lieutenant, 1851-1930) Broadside: Engagements Fulfilled, 1881 to 1883, advertisement for the British illusionist, colour wood-engraving and letterpress, on buff wove paper, not backed, sheet approx. 870 x 270 mm. (34 1/4 x 10 5/8 in), handling creases and folds, some surface dirt and browning, not backed on linen, hinged into mount, unframed, circa 1883; together with another advertisement featuring a large portrait of Albini, lithograph printed in black, by W. Mallyon, on cream wove paper, not backed, sheet approx. 470 x 340 mm. (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in), handling creases and fold, some spotting and browning, unframed, [probably circa 1890]; and another broadside advertising Albini, which reads: 'Important Special Engagement and First Appearance of Lieut. Albani. The Marvelous Thought Reader, Modern Deceptionist, and Talented Royal Humorist', colour wood-engraving and letterpress, one wove paper, not backed, sheet approx. 655 x 240 mm. (25 3/4 x 9 1/2 in), folding and handling creases, minor spotting and browning, unframed, [circa 1883], (3).
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Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, seventh edition, first Bagster edition, wood-engraved pictorial half-title, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates by Audinet only, one of music, engraved illustrations of fish in text, light foxing, later half morocco, Samuel Bagster, 1808; another edition, edited by Sir John Hawkins, fifth edition, engraved portrait and 11 plates, 2 of music, engraved illustrations, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine in compartments and green morocco label, corners repaired, 1792; another edition, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, limited edition, engraved portraits, hand-coloured illustrations of fish, original morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little spotted, spine browned, Nonesuch Press, 1929, 8vo (3)
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Cruikshank (George).- Raspe (Rudolph Erich) The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece portrait, 22 engraved plates and 5 wood-engraved illustrations, all after George Cruikshank, some double-page, Beeleigh Abbey copy with leather book-label of W.A.Foyle, [cf.Cohn 584, 1867 & 1869 editions], William Tegg, 1868 § Jerrold (Douglas) Cakes and Ale, 2 vol., first edition, etched frontispieces and additional vignette titles by Cruikshank (lightly foxed), bookplate of David. M.Ritchie, [Cohn 451], 1842, both similar later calf, gilt, the first by Morrell, the second Root & Son, spines gilt with morocco labels, g.e., the first with original pictorial gilt red cloth covers and spine bound in at end (spotted and soiled), 8vo (3)
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Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispieces, 32 plates,10 maps including 2 large folding in pockets at end (1 with small tears to fold lines), original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189] 1878; and 8 others, Stanley, 8vo (10). ⁂ Scarce in the original cloth
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Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 4 vol., engraved frontispieces, rather browned, handsome contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, upper joint of vol.1 repaired, 1782 § Richardson (Samuel) Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady, 8 vol., sixth edition, engraved frontispieces and folding sheet of music in vol.2, contemporary ink inscription "Ann Berney 1771" to front free endpapers, some light browning, contemporary sprinkled calf, roan labels, boards slightly splayed, small repairs to joints, 1768; The History of Sir Charles Grandison, 7 vol., sixth edition, half-title and engraved portrait in vol.1, some light spotting, old ink signatures and ownership stamp to front free endpapers, bookplate of Charles Cammell, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black roan labels, spines slightly chipped at head, 1770, all a little rubbed; and a later 3 vol. set of Amelia, 12mo (22)
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Johnson (Samuel) The Lives of the most eminent English Poets, 4 vol., third edition, engraved portrait, some spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, for C.Bathurst..., 1783; The Rambler, 4 vol., seventh edition, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black roan labels, for A.Millar..., 1767; A Dictionary of the English Language...Abstracted from the Folio Edition, 2 vol. in 1, first 8vo and first abridged edition, spotting at beginning and end of each vol., cropped, old ink inscriptions, later half calf, red morocco label, rubbed, for J.Knapton..., 1756; A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, second printing with 6-line errata leaf following title, spotted, engraved bookplate of Doddington Library, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, for W.Strahan; and T.Cadell, 1775; The Prince of Abissinia, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary calf, rebacked, Dublin, 1787; another edition, eighth edition, engraving mounted as frontispiece and captioned in manuscript with note on verso of title, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, 1790; and 5 others, Johnson, 8vo et infra (17) ⁂ The dictionary has a new preface by Johnson.
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Thomson (James) The Poetical Works, 2 vol., list of subscribers at end of vol.1, contemporary ownership inscription at head of titles, one or two minor marginal tears, otherwise an excellent clean copy in the original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and spotted, rebacked, Glasgow, Andrew Foulis, 1784; The Works, 4 vol., mixed set, half-titles in vol.2-4, engraved plates, almost uniform contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green labels, A.Millar, 1766-62; The Seasons, engraved portrait, additional title and plates after Catton and others, some foxing, later mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt, g.e., Perth, 1793; another edition, engraved frontispiece, title, plates and illustrations, contemporary tree calf, gilt, A.Hamilton, 1793; another edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick, foxed, contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving old spine, 1805, a little rubbed; and another, Thomson, v.s. (10)
![[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue with 4 mounted plates, hand-coloure](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/c66e50af-1bf6-4e40-8f3f-6347025410b2/468x382.jpg)
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[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue with 4 mounted plates, hand-coloured engraved additional title with vignettes, portrait and 34 plates by Henry Alken, four trimmed and mounted as issued, plate at p.348 'The Tandem' in second state, without 10pp. advertisements at end, a few plates trimmed with loss to imprint, some light soiling, mostly marginal, bookplate of James Keith Fraser, contemporary red morocco, g.e., slightly rubbed and marked, rebacked with gilt spine, [Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842.
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Galilei (Galileo) Opere, edited by Carlo Manolessi, 19 parts in 2 vol., half-titles, fine engraved frontispiece by Stefano della Bella and a portrait of Galileo by Francesco Villamena, folding engraved plate, woodcuts and diagrams within text, woodcut ornaments, head-pieces and initials, some worming, occasional staining, some light browning, attractive 19th century polished tree calf, spines gilt and with black leather label, spines uniformly faded, small nick to head and foot of vol.1, vol.2 lower cover with a few small scuff marks, 4to, Bologna, Heirs of Dozza for Carlo Manolessi, 1656-1655. ⁂ First collected edition of the works of Galileo, dedicated to Grand Duke Ferdinand II. Literature: Carli and Favaro 251; Cinti 132; Honeyman 1418; Houzeau and Lancaster 3386; Riccardi I, 518
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Walpole (Horace) The Works, 5 vol., first collected edition, first issue with half-titles watermarked 1797, engraved portrait, title vignettes and 164 plates (?of 165), 9 folding, with additional p.*549-50 in vol.1 and pp.*221-252 in vol.2, the Earl of Bradford's copy with his ink signature at head of titles and bookplate of Weston Park, some foxing and browning, Oo2 in vol.4 with small wax stain and Eee3 with tear to upper margin, contemporary tree calf, a little rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines and red and green morocco labels, 1798; A Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors of England, 2 vol., second edition, ruled in red, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green labels, a little rubbed, 1759; Anecdotes of Painting in England, vol.1 & 2 only (of 5), engraved title vignettes and 40 plates, old ink signature "Nic. Bonfoy" at head of titles, contemporary calf, rebacked, by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry Hill, 1762 § Richardson (Jonathan) The Works, with half-title ' Supplement to the Hon. Horace Walpole's Anecdotes...', engraved title vignette, 11 engraved plates on pink paper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with gilt spine, [not printed at Strawberry Hill], 1792, all a little rubbed; and 6 others, Walpole, v.s. (14)
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Flamsteed (John) Atlas Coelestis, engraved portrait by George Vertue after T. Gibson, engraved vignette on title, headpiece, tail-piece and initial, and 27 double-page engraved star maps (on 28 sheets, map 14 in 2 sheets), without the list of subscribers, some slight foxing to edges, Warren de la Rue's copy with his bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, corners bumped, rebacked in modern calf, [cf. Warner pp.80-82], folio, Printed for C. Nourse, 1781. ⁂ The most important star atlas of the eighteenth century. "John Flamsteed, our astronomer royal, was the author of the most important star-atlas published during the period covered by this chapter (1675-1800), and one which satisfied the needs of astronomers generally for almost a century." - Brown. Astronomical Atlases, p. 47. Warren de la Rue (1815-89), chemist and astronomer.
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Pennant (Thomas) The Journey from Chester to London, first edition, engraved vignette title and 22 plates, lightly foxed, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked preserving gilt spine, B.White, 1782; The Literary Life..., stipple-engraved portrait after Gainsborough, 2 engraved plates, one hand-coloured and folding, some with marginal spotting, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Carysfort of Elton Hall, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red and green morocco labels, upper joint repaired, 1793; A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor, half-title, 27 engraved plates, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary half calf, t.e.g., others uncut, 1801, first editions, a little rubbed; and 2 others, Pennant, 4to & 8vo (5)
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White (Robert, 1645-1703) Patricius Comes de Marchmont, or Portrait of Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, after Godfrey Kneller, engraving, an excellent clean impression, on ivory laid paper, with watermark of a fleur de lis within a shield, platemark 463 x 345 mm. (18 1/4 x 13 1/2 in), with good margins (5-10 mm.), very minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1698-1700]; together with John Baptist Jackson's (1701-1780) 'Portrait of Algernon Sidney, after Justus van Egmont', chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in brown, grey and ochre, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 340 x 225 mm. (13 1/2 x 8 7/8 in), [Kainen 33], circa 1720-1780; with Abraham Bloteling's (1640-1690) 'Portrait of Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury', after John Greenhill, engraving, on laid paper without watermark, platemark 420 x 310 mm. (16 1/2 x 12 1/4 in), sheet 620 x 480 mm. (24 1/2 x 18 7/8 in), even browning, [Hollstein 42.II], circa 1670-1680; and with Lucas Vorsterman's 'Portrait of Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk' after Holbein, engraving, sheet 275 x 197 mm. (10 7/8 x 7 3/4 in), all unframed (3). Provenance: (Robert White) ex-collection of Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1818-1878) [inscribed on mount].
![Baskerville (John).- Milton (John) Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd, together 2 vol., engraved portrait, some light foxing](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/346374f0-0132-4d0e-d5b5-48125d2b66de/468x382.jpg)
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Baskerville (John).- Milton (John) Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd, together 2 vol., engraved portrait, some light foxing or soiling, near-uniform contemporary tree calf, gilt, spines gilt with fleurs-de-lys and red roan labels, a little rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, corners a little worn, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1759; and a 1758 8vo edition of the same, 4to & 8vo (4)
![Tyndale's Bible.- Bible, English. [The newe Testament of our Sauiour Jesu Christe], The Leicester Harmsworth copy, [Tyndale's](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/a7554f83-cbfa-4e4d-b81b-f5e5ee6dd7b6/468x382.jpg)
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Tyndale's Bible.- Bible, English. [The newe Testament of our Sauiour Jesu Christe], The Leicester Harmsworth copy, [Tyndale's version], black letter, numerous 79 woodcuts and numerous woodcut initials and decorations, 274ff. only of 340ff., lacks title (supplied in later facsimile) and all before C3, lacks C8-D1, D8, 2N7, P5-8, and all after R1, C3 extensively soiled, edges torn and repaired, 2 woodcut with holes, other ff. with some some tears (a few repaired), mostly in margins, browned, some blotching, a few ff. with small ink stains, early signature in lower margin, but most ff. in good condition, later endpapers, old bookseller's description on front pastedown, numerous inscriptions on front endpapers relating to provenance, 17th century panelled calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, re-backed in modern calf, new slip-case, [Herbert 99; STC 2867. Luborsky & Ingram, English Illustrated Books 2867], 4to, [London, Richard Jugge], [1552]; sold not subject to return. ⁂ First edition of Tyndale's version with Jugge's revisions and the first of 3 illustrated quarto editions of Tyndale's version. "This handsomely printed revision by the publisher, Richard Jugge, is lavishly illustrated with nearly sixty new cuts in the Gospels and a large title-page portrait of the young king, who awarded the publisher a license to print the book . . . The narrative cuts in the Gospels are apparently the first made specifically for the text of an English Bible"--Luborsky & Ingram, English Illustrated Books. Provenance: Inscription, "R.E. Ford Bedford 1947. bought Harmsworth sale [Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, first Baronet (1870-1937), businessman and Liberal MP]."
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Africa.- Bruce (James) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, 8 vol. including Atlas, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1 and frontispieces to vol. 4 and 5, vol. 8 with 79 engraved plates and 3 folding maps, 2 with tears, occasional spotting, vol. 7 with small worm damage (title-O6), 8pp. publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine labels, vol. 4, 5 and 8 with cracked joints, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, overall a very good set, 8vo & 4to, Edinburgh, 1804-5.
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Strutt (Joseph) The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, edited by William Hone, illustrations, occasional spotting, signature of G.F.I.Schwerdt (son of C.F.G.R.Schwerdt the sporting collector and bibliographer) on front free endpaper 1838 § [Surtees (Robert)] Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, first edition, etched frontispiece and 11 plates by Phiz (rather browned and oxidised, frontispiece with marginal staining), 1838 § [Apperley (C.J.)], "Nimrod". The Chace, the Turf, and the Road, first edition in book form, engraved portrait (foxed), 13 plates, 18pp. advertisements at end, some oxidisation to edges of title and plates, 1837, all original cloth, the last two pictorial gilt, rubbed, recased; and 6 racing calendars for 1780, 1813, 1828, 1835, 1841 & 1867-68, 8vo (9)
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Hogarth (William).- Ireland (John) Hogarth Illustrated, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait, vignette titles and plates, 3pp. list of Hogarth's works at end of vol.2, bookplate of Charles Francis Wyatt and his note of acquisition "From the Tyrrell-Schutz Library sold at Shotover House, Oxon. 1855 C.F.W." on front free endpaper of vol.1, handsome contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, one joint repaired, J. & J.Boydell, 1793 § Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth, from Pictures, Drawings, and Scarce Prints in the possession of Samuel Ireland, 2 vol., first editions, mixed set, half-titles, 79 engraved plates, vol.1 cropped, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving old red label, corners repaired, vol.2 original boards, uncut, rebacked, 1794-99, some foxing, a little rubbed; and 7 others, Hogarth, 8vo (11)
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London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with first plate in vol.2 signed A.Pugin, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved portrait and plan, 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light browning and offsetting, very occasional spotting, modern half red morocco, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 213], 4to, for R.Ackermann, 1812.
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Africa.- New (Charles) Life, Wanderings, and Labours in Eastern Africa. With an Account of the First Successful Ascent of ... Kilima Njaro, and Remarks upon East African Slavery, first edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 tinted lithographed plates, folding map (small tear), original pictorial cloth, spine faded, bumping to spine extremities, [Neate N14], 8vo, 1873. ⁂ "New made the second serious attempt on Kilimanjaro in 1871, reaching c.15,000 ft at the then snowline; he described the snow as 'lying on ledges of rock in masses, like large sleeping sheep." Neate
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A George III oak and mahogany longcase clock, 39cm oval painted dial inscribed Wm. Nicholas, Birmingham, the arch painted with a titled portrait of Lord Nelson, rolling moon phase flanked by two ships of the line, spandrels with Britannia and Minerva, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, twin-winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the substantial case with swan neck pediment, shaped rectangular door to waist, flanked by brass-mounted reeded Corinthian columns, canted base, 239cm high, c. 1805 William Nicholas was apprenticed to his father Charles and by the time of the latter's death in 1785, was in partnership with him. He continued in business on his own account until about 1825. There is a clock by Nicholas in a very similar case (but without the commemorate decoration to the dial) in the collections of the National Trust at Little Clarendon, Wiltshire. Condition Report: Good
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