Barclay (Rev. James). A Complete and Universal Dictionary of the English Language..., London: James S. Virtue, circa 1855, portrait frontispiece, additional decorative title, 48 uncoloured engraved maps by Thomas Moule and one comparison plate, the maps of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire water stained, 11 uncoloured engraved portraits of monarchs and historical scenes, later endpapers, contemporary half calf gilt, re-backed but retaining the original spine, worn at extremities, 4toQTY: (1)
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Grose (Francis). Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, 2 volumes, London: S. Hooper, 1788, engraved frontispiece and title to each volume, numerous engraved plates, some toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, with modern half calf spine and corners, 4to, together with:Fuller (Thomas). The History of the Worthies of England ... first printed in 1662, 2 volumes, new edition, with a few explanatory notes by John Nichols, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne, Wilkie and Robinson [et al.], 1811, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 with offsetting to title, scattered spotting, modern dark brown calf with black skiver spine labels, blind roll border decoration to boards, 4to,Froissart (Jean). Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany, Flanders, and the adjoining Countries; translated from the original French, at the command of King Henry the Eighth, by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. Reprinted from Pynson's edition of 1523 and 1525; with the names of places and persons carefully corrected..., 2 volumes, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne, Wilkie and Robinson [et al.], 1812, occasional scattered spotting, bookplates of Charles Whitley to front endpapers, contemporary blind and gilt decorated calf, extremities lightly rubbed, 4toQTY: (6)
Harris (John). The History of Kent, volume one [all published], 1st edition, London: Printed and Sold by D. Midwinter, 1719, engraved portrait frontispiece (cropped to image and lined to verso), folding linen-backed engraved county map (detached), 40 engraved plates (including 29 double-page, 8 folding and 3 single-page, many after Kip, folding plates of Broome and Deane cropped to lower edge and both linen-backed, folding plate of Rochester linen-backed), 2 double-page maps and 1 folding, pages 251-254 cropped to upper and lower margins, damp-stain to lower outer corners of several leaves, occasional light spotting, upper pastedown with bookplate of Arthur Stuart Beazley, ownership label Henry Wood of Lewisham and modern ownership label of Douglas G. Bancroft, all edges gilt, early 19th-century calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, board corners worn and showing, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Upcott p. 354-357.
Walton (Izaak & Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, 2 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1836, half-titles, portrait frontispiece and additional title to volume I, titles printed in red and black, plates and illustrations, occasional light offsetting, spotting and small stains, previous owner inscription to volume I half-title, gauffered gilt edges, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, spines faded to brown, joints and edges a little rubbed, royal 8vo, together with Pritt (Thomas Evan). The Book of the Grayling. Being a description of the fish, and the art of angling for him, 1st edition, Leeds: Goodall and Suddick, 1888, folding colour lithograph frontispiece, 2 colour lithograph plates, advertisement leaf at rear, original cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus The Angler's Souvenir, [by William Andrew Chatto], 1st edition, 1835QTY: (4)
Eyre-Todd (George, editor). The Autobiography of William Simpson, R.I. (Crimean Simpson), London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903, monochrome portrait frontispiece plus 24 further illustrations, bookplates to the front pastedowns, original vellum spine to blue paper boards, spine label toned, some minor marks, 8vo, limited edition 20/100, together with:Automobile Association of Eastern India, publisher, Motoring Guide of India, 1st edition, Calcutta, 1961, colour folding map, monochrome advertisements throughout, red plastic Dunlop book mark, 2 colour folding maps to the rear pocket, some light toning throughout, original blue cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plusSheppard (Samuel T.), The Byculla Club 1833-1916, a history, 1st edition, Bombay: Bennet, Coleman & Co., 1916, colour frontispiece with tissue paper guard plus 16 further monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning & spotting, original cloth spine to paper boards, slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other early 20th Century India reference, including Bengal Past & Present, 12 volumes, a broken run, 1907-17, contemporary leather bindings, 4to, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Jones (George). The Battle of Waterloo, also of Ligny, and Quatre-Bras, described by the series of accounts published by authority, with circumstantial details. By a near observer, 2 volumes in one, 10th edition, enlarged and corrected, London: printed for John Booth and T. Egerton, 1817, engraved frontispiece portrait of Wellington and Blucher on India paper, 34 engraved plates on India paper, 7 folding linen-backed hand-coloured maps, folding hand-coloured panorama on 2 sheets, some light offsetting and spotting, contemporary green half calf gilt, upper cover detached, some edge wear, 4to QTY: (1)
Topham (Edward). The Life of the Late John Elwes, Esquire, member in three successive parliaments for the county of Berks. First published in the paper of The World. The twelfth edition, corrected and enlarged. To which is added, an appendix, entirely new, by the author, London: James Ridgeway, 1805, stipple engraved frontispiece, folding family pedigree, all edges gilt, bookplate of Syston Park, and additional oval gilt label of Mark Masterman Sykes to front pastedown, contemporary straight-grained red full morocco, some marks and small stains, 8vo, author's presentation copy, inscribed to front blank 'To Sir Mark M. Sykes Bart. of Sledmere; as a Tribute of Friendship from the Author. August 1805', together withDaniel (Reverand William B.). Rural Sports, 4 volumes (including Supplement), London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807-13, engraved titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to Supplement volume, engraved plates (lacking a few plates and some text including Beagle plate at p. 397 in volume I, Setter & Grouse plate at p. 104, Gamekeeper plate at p. 135, Snipe plate at p. 175, Quail plate at p. 188, text leaves pp. 181-194 all in volume III), some spotting and toning, 19th century red half morocco, gilt decorated spines, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th-century leather-bound literature, including Pictures and Royal Portraits, illustrative of English and Scottish History, 2 volumes, London: Blackie and Son, 1883, all edges gilt, original uniform elaborately gilt-decorated brown morocco, large quarto, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 volumes, 1822, Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, 1812, etcQTY: (3 shelves)
Ariosto (Lodovico). Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, by Sr John Harington of Bathe Knight, Now thirdly revised and amended, with the addition of the authors epigrams, London: Imprinted by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634, engraved title with indistinct annotation to upper margin (verso repaired and strengthened at head and foot), 46 engraved full-page illustrations (illustration to verso of H3 printed upside-down), separate title to 'The Most Elegant and Wittie Epigrams of Sir John Harington' with printer's woodcut device, woodcut tailpieces and initials, A3 with lower third of leaf torn away with text loss and repaired, lower blank margin of A4 torn and repaired, hole to V5 affecting text, 2C3 torn to upper margin with loss to running title, several other leaves with closed tears, marginal tears and repairs, toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, recent endpapers, contemporary calf upper board, 19th-century brown sheep covered lower board, modern morocco reback, folio (28.5 x 18.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 748. The third edition of Harington's 1591 translation. The engraved title also includes a portrait of Harington's dog Bungy in the lower left corner - referred to in the note at the end of Canto XLIII: "Marrie for the shaghaird dog, that could dance to please Ladies so well, and had such pretie qualities, I dare undertake my servant Bungy (whose picture you may see in the first page of the booke, and is knowne to the best Ladies of England) may compare with any Pilgrims dog that served such a saint this seven year..."
Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books. Containing a short treatise of the five orders and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building; as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections and uprights. Revis'd, Design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian; Architect to His Most Serene Highness, the Late Elector Palatine, translated from the original in two volumes, volume 1 only (of 2), 2nd edition, London: printed by John Darby for the author, and all plates by John Vantack, 1721, 2 parts in one volume, engraved portrait of Palladio, engraved frontispiece, 92 engraved plates by B. Picart, M. Vander Gucht, J. Harris and T. Cole, 13 engraved illustrations to text, browning and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine (worn), upper board detached and lower joint cracked, rubbed and some wear, folio (leaf size 45.7 x 28.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: by descent from John Leonard Moore, Architect of Battersea & Birmingham Dogs' Home.Berlin Kat. 2598; ESTC T22366; Fowler 224.The second edition in English, first published in 1715, using the same plates. Both editions are important for introducing Palladianism, or the neo-classical architectural style, in Britain.
Halford (Frederic M.) Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889, frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 25 plates, a few colour, advertisement leaf at rear, plate XXI with small marginal abrasion and marks, one or two light spots, top edge gilt, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine a little faded, royal 8vo, together with Kelson (George M. ) The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and How to Use It, 1st edition, London published by the author, 1893, half-title with portrait of the author to verso, advertisement leaf at front laid down, 8 chromolithograph plates, illustrations, advertisements leaves at rear (one or two with frayed fore-edges), some light spotting, top edge gilt, modern tan calf gilt, spine faded, 4to, plus Sparrow (Walter Shhaw). Angling in British Art, 1st edition, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1923, colour and monochrome plates, occasional light spotting, Henry Sotheran ticket, top edge gilt, modern green half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to QTY: (3)
Salmon (William). Seplasium. The Compleat English Physician: or, the Druggist's Shop Opened..., 1st edition, London: Matthew Giliflower and George Sawbridge, 1693, some browning and dust-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, modern reback, 8vo, together with:[Wedel, Georg Wolffgang]. An Introduction to the Whole Practice of Physick. Shewing the Natures and Faculties of Medicines..., London: William Thackery and Thomas Teate, 1685, A2 torn to lower outer corner with text loss and repaired, light dust-soiling and few marks mostly to final leaf, contemporary sheep, repair to spine and foot of lower board, 8vo,Tardin (Jean). Disquisitio physiologica de pilis, Tournon: Guilielmum Linocerium, 1609, title with woodcut device, early ownership inscription and later ink stamp, ink stamp armorial to verso, woodcut initials, few head- and tail-pieces, light toning and occasional spotting, contemporary limp vellum with worn and broken ties, 8vo,Oliver (William). A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters..., to which is added, a Relation of a very Extraordinary Sleeper near Bath, London: A. Bell, 1707, light damp-stain to upper outer corners of few leaves, contemporary panelled calf, recent title labels to spine, joints slightly cracked and strengthened at head and foot of spine, 8vo,Fuller (Thomas). Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea: or, A Body of Medicines ... Answering most Intentions of Cure, to which are added Useful Scholia, a Catalogue of Remedies..., 4th edition, London: W. Innys, 1730, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, dust-soiling, light damp-staining and few marks, modern half calf, 8vo,Lewin (Robert). Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, quaedam de Ranunculi Dotibus complectens; quam, Annuente Summo Numine, Ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, D. Georgii Baird, S. S. T. P. Academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti..., Edinburgh: Robert Allan, 1798, 1 plate printed in black ink from nature(?), 19th-century tree calf gilt, spine lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, Allen (Benjamin). The Natural History of the Chalybeat and Purging Waters of England, with their particular Essays and Uses. Among which are treated at large the Apoplexy & Hypochondriacism. To which are added, some Observations on the Bath Waters in Somersetshire..., 1st edition, London: Printed and sold by S. Smith and B. Walford, 1699, title strengthened to margins, A2 and A3 repaired to lower outer corners, lacking leaves K2-K7, some light damp-staining, modern brown morocco, morocco title label to spine, small 8vo,Quincy (John). Medicina Statica: Being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius, translated into English..., 5th edition, London: T. Longman and J. Newton, 1737, engraved frontispiece, one folding plate, short worm trail to fore-margin of several leaves, contemporary panelled calf, modern reback with gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Quincy (John). Pharmacopoeia Officinalis Extemporanea. Or, A Complete English Dispensatory, in four parts..., 9th edition, London: J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1733, portion of title excised with loss to bookplate adhered to verso (some browning), contemporary calf, red morocco title label to spine, 8voQTY: (9)
Sidney (Philip). The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, 13th edition, London: Printed for George Calvert, at the Golden-Ball in Little-Britain, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece (guarded, possibly from another copy), upper margin of general title with early ownership signature 'Ann Darcy', numerous errors in pagination, 'A sixth book to the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' by Richard Bellings has separate dated title page, without 3K2 (final blank), browning and some scattered spotting, 20th-century maroon crushed morocco, gilt decorated spine, folio (28.8 x 19 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing S3770.
Jardine (William). The Naturalist's Library, 42 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1833-43, engraved portrait frontispieces, engraved vignettes on title pages, over 1200 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few volumes with hinges cracked and separated, original brown cloth gilt, occasional faded to spines, lightly marked, a few volumes with loose boards and backstrips, a few spines chipped with loss, 8voQTY: (42)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 4708; Wood 405; Ayer/Zimmer 223-228.A scarce near-complete run, lacking the final volume of the entomology series. This set includes duplicate volumes of volumes 3, 4 and 11 of the ornithology series (Gallinaceous Birds, Game Birds and British Birds).
Dunton (John, editor). The Young-students-library: containing extracts and abridgments of the most valuable books printed in England, and in the forreign journals, from the year sixty five, to this time, London: John Dunton, 1692, engraved frontispiece, worm track to foot of table at rear (affecting text), small faint damp-stain to head of preliminaries (mostly confined to blank margin), contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, spine label chipped with loss, joints cracked but holding firm, a little edge wear and light marks, folio, together with:Pearson (John). An Exposition of the Creed. By John Lord Bishop of Chester, 6th edition, London: J. M. for J. Williams, 1692, engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette title, neat early brown ink notations to head of front pastedown, contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, worn, joints cracked but holding, 4to, plus[Adams, John]. Index Villaris: or, An Exact Register, Alphabetically Digested, of all the Cities, Market-towns, Parishes, Villages, the Hundred, Lath, Rape, Ward, Wapentake, or other Division of each County, London: T. Sawbridge and M. Gillyflower, 1690, a few early brown ink notations to blank margins of title, toned and a little spotted, contemporary calf, worn, joints cracked but holding, folio, plusWeston (James). Stenography Compleated, or The Art of Short-Hand Brought to Perfection, 1st edition, London: For the author, 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, ownership inscriptions of Walter Dovey to head of front free endpaper, contemporary calf, worn, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Wing D2635 for first work.
Evelyn (John). Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662..., together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves..., with notes by Dr. Alexander Hunter, 1st Hunter edition, York: printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley, T. Cadell [et al.], 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, 40 engraved plates (including 1 folding, pencil note to front flyleaf 'lacks plate at p. 90, has 2 extra plates at p. 502'), list of subscribers, with blank *c1, folding letterpress table at rear, light toning and occasional spotting, front flyleaf with ownership signature Sam Fox dated 1795, marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of Samuel Fox to upper pastedown, hinges split, contemporary marbled calf, modern neat reback retaining original spine with morocco title label, wear to board corners, large 4to, together with:Forsyth (William). A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees..., 4th edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806, title with ownership inscription 'W. Powell bought of J. Norton (1806)...', 13 engraved plates (including 11 folding), some offsetting, contemporary marbled sheep, black morocco title label to spine, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Henrey 137; Keynes 47; Nissen BBI 615.An influential work on forest trees, which was first published in 1664 but greatly expanded by Alexander Hunter.
Virgil. The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, translated, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations, by John Ogilby, London: Thomas Warren, 1654, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne after Peter Lilly, additional engraved title (trimmed to outer margin just touching image), printed title in red and black, double-page engraved map, 101 full-page illustrations or plates after Franz Cleyn by Wenceslaus Hollar and Pierre Lombart, engraved initials and head-pieces, old damp-staining to lower blank margin of some gatherings, early 19th-century calf gilt, some wear, folio (410 x 255 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing V610.
Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with notes and appendices by Alexander Napier, 6 volumes, new edition, London: George Bell and Sons, 1884, engraved frontispieces to each, folding map to final volume, bookplate of S. E. Beddington to front pastedowns, modern full calf gilt, 8vo, together with:The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 4 volumes, 3rd edition, London: H. Baldwin and Son, 1799, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, armorial bookplate of Clive Behrens to front pastedowns, further inked or pencilled inscriptions to preliminaries, lightly toned and spotted, contemporary mottled calf gilt, some wear, upper board of volume 4 detached, 8vo, plusThe Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 6th edition, London: T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece, book ticket of A. Beatrice J. Thicknesse to front pastedown, front free endpaper loosening, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, joints cracked but holding, some wear (especially to head of spine), 8vo, with 9 leather bound volumes related to Johnson and BoswellQTY: (20)
* Attributed to Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Composite Still Life, original wood engraved boxwood printing block of a still life incorporating an oval head and shoulders portrait of a bearded man, lyre, putto, books, scrolls and drapery with a castle shown in the right background, label to side reads 'T. Bewick Feriots Hospital etc. A Gem', surface size 84 x 92 mm, old 19th century printed paper backing to verso, accompanied with an impression taken from the block printed on modern good-quality handmade paperQTY: (1)
Darwin (Charles). A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia, with figures of all species, 1st edition, London: The Ray Society, 1851, ex-library with Greenwich Society stamps to a few leaves (including foot of title) and bookplate to front pastedown, folding plate at front, 10 engraved plates at rear, small ink notation to title, original green blind stamped cloth gilt, rebacked with green cloth, some wear, 8vo, together with:Darwin (Francis, editor). Charles Darwin, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1892, portrait frontispiece, ownership ink stamp to J. H. Black to head of preliminaries (including title), further ink notations to front blank, some spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, 8vo, plusLyell (Charles). Life, Letters and Journals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1881, frontispieces, bookplate of Charles Spackman to front pastedowns, hinges cracked or tender, original blue cloth gilt, spines soiled, rubbed, 8vo, with 2 cartons of related, mostly modern volumes on Darwin and related subjectsQTY: (2 cartons)
General Bon de Marbot. Mémoires du Général Bon de Marbot, 3 volumes, 32nd edition, Paris: Librairie Plon, circa 1891, monochrome frontispieces, ex-libris ink stamp to the front endpaper of volume 1, some light toning & water marks, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red quarter morocco, spines very lighty faded, 8vo, together with:Rabelais (François), Les Cinq Livres de F. Rabelais, avec une notice parl le Bibliophile Jacob, 4 volumes, Pairs: Librairie des Bibliophiles, circa 1900, some marginal toning throughout, op edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated quarter calf, 8vo, plusWordsworth (William), The Poems of William Wordsworth, edited by Thomas Hutchinson, London: Henry Frowde, 1911, monochrome portrait frontispiece, period inscription to the front endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated three quarter red morocco bound by Hatchards, front board lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly late 19th to early 20th Century French language literature, mostly contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8voApproximately 260 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de). Histoire Naturelle, General et Particulaire, 43 volumes bound in 21, Paris: Sanson & Compagnie, 1785-87, comprising Histoire Generale, volumes I-XIII bound in 6 volumes, with engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, 4 engraved maps on two folding sheets, 1 folding map of mountains and 24 engraved plates, Quadrupedes, volumes I-XII only (of 14) bound in 6 volumes, with 138 engraved plates, Oiseaux, volumes I-XVIII bound in 9 volumes, with 111 engraved plates only (of 114), all with contemporary hand-colouring, occasional small mainly marginal water stains, bookplates of Lewis Way, Stansted (1772-1840, barrister and clergyman), contemporary tan half calf, spines gilt with olive and dark green labels, a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (21)NOTE:The full set includes minerals, not present here. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
* Bouverie (Maria Pleydell, 1818-1903, owner). An album of watercolours and drawings, mostly mid-19th century, including watercolours of The Kremlin, Moscow, from the corner of the bridge, by Miss Montague, 17 x 26 cm; two views of Brymore, [Bridgwater, Somerset] by M.P. B., 3 & 20 September 1849, 18 x 27 cm; Rotunda at Rome [and] Temple of Antoninus, by Hon. C. Waldegrave, each 17 x 25 cm; Juno [head of a dog], by E. P. Bouverie, 1881, 26 x 19 cm; courtyard of Longford Castle by Lady Jane Ellice, 23 x 16 cm; head of an angel, after Philippe de Champaigne, by J. P. B., June 1851, 19.5 x 19.5 cm; unidentified memorial by Hon. Harriet Waldegrave, 24 x 17 cm; mussel pickers on a shoreline with figures and a boat, by C. C., 14 x 18 cm; plus approximately 20 other watercolours and drawings including various views, plants and 10 small studies of an infant and other human figures, (pen and ink and wash), by M. Buscombe Poole, mostly pasted singly to rectos of album leaves (one detached), ownership inscription of Maria Pleydell Bouverie Jr. from St Petersburgh to front flyleaf, contemporary gilt and blind-stamped brown morocco with decorative onlay design to both covers, gilt metal corners and clasp (defective), oblong folio (20 x 28 cm), together with a half-length portrait of Maria’s mother, Maria Pleydell-Bouverie (née à Court, 1782-1862), by Thomas Overton, watercolour on card, image size approx. 10 x 10 cm, sheet size 19 x 17 cmQTY: (2)
Wagner (Richard). Parsifal, a Stage Consecrating Festival Play, New York: G. Schirmer, circa 1910, Tannhauser and the Tournament of Song at Wartburg, [G. Schirmer's Collection of Operas], New York: G. Schirmer, circa 1910, monochrome portrait frontispiece, sheet music to both volumes, top edges gilt, both original gilt decorated red half morocco with marbled boards in slipcases, 8vo, together with:Graham (Harry & Jean Gilbert), "Katja, The Dancer", a musical play in three acts, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, circa 1925, signed to the front endpaper by 5 of the listed cast members (Lillian Davis, Gene Gerrard, Bobbie Comber, Ivy Tresmand, Rene Mallory), sheet music throughout, all edges gilt, publishers gilt decorated red full morocco in slightly rubbed original gilt decorated red cloth book-box, large 8vo, plusPraetorius (Michael), De Organographia Syntagma Musicum II. Teil, facsimile edition, Kassel: Im Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1929, numerous facsimile leaves, original binding, slightly marked, 8vo, and other modern opera, classical music, & instrument reference, including publications by Oxford, Cambridge, Victor Gollancz, Faber and Faber, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Portraits of Cartographers. Four Engraved Portraits, 16th - 18th century, comprising Ortelius (Abraham). Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib orbem Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. Papius, Antwerp: [1579 or later], engraved portrait of Abraham Ortelius with contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, slight text show through, 325 x 220 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Winter (Wilhelm). Joannes Baptista Homann Sac. Caes Regq Cath Maj..., Nuremberg: circa 1740, uncoloured engraved portrait after Joannes Kenkel, some fraying with slight loss to the margins, professionally restored and repaired on the verso, with Lambart (P.). Johannes Ogilvius, London: circa 1660, uncoloured engraved portrait after P. Lilly, some marginal fraying and slight creasing, the whole backed with later paper, 330 x 240 mm, plus Houbraken (J.). Mr Romein de Hooghe..., 1733, uncoloured engraved portrait after H. Bos, trimmed to the image and laid on later paper, 220 x 170 mm QTY: (4)
Evelyn (John). Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, 2 volumes, 5th edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1825, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, 45 engraved plates, some offsetting, light spotting and toning, contemporary presentation inscription to Francis Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford (1812-1884) from his brother on half-titles, his bookplate, contemporary tan calf gilt, some edge wear and small patches of worming to spine and covers, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Henrey 141.
* Gauci (Maxim, 1774-1854). Portrait of a Shorthorned Bull, after J. H. Carter, 1836, lithograph by Gauci after J. H. Carter, some light marks and toning to sheet edges, with additional toning and minor stains to lower edge of the sheet, minor loss to extreme lower right corner, period gilt moulded frame, glazed, image size 440 x 568 mm, sheet size 550 x 650 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Boalch, Prints and Paintings of British Farm Livestock 1780-1910: A Record of the Rothamsted Collection (1958), 57.The print shows Sir Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar (1792-1875) presenting a Shorthorned bull to King William IV and his bailiff John Engall, with Tredegar House in the background.
Bacon (Francis). Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning of the Partitions of Science IX Bookes, 1st edition in English, 2nd issue, Oxford: Leon Lichfield for Rob. Young & Ed. Forrest, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title by William Marshall, woodcut headpieces and initials, leaf 3A3 with blank lower corner insect predated, variable water stain throughout, contemporary panelled calf gilt, old reback, joints and edges rubbed, lacking ties, folio, 28 x 18.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 1167. Second issue, with the colophon dated 1640, of the first expanded edition in English of De Augmentis Scientiarum (1605).
Tans'ur (William). The Elements of Musick Display'd: or, its Grammar, or Ground-Work made Easy:..., 1st edition, London: printed for Stanley Crowder, 1772, engraved portrait frontispiece with repaired loss, examples of sheet music & notation, modern endpapers, some toning & spotting throughout, modern gilt decorated half calf to marbled boards, 8vo, together with:Dalyell (John Graham), Musical Memoirs of Scotland..., 1st edition, Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson, 1899, 40 monochrome plates, gutters cracked, period inscription to the head of the front endpaper, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, original red cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & marked, large 4to, plusWilkinson (C. H.), Harmonic and Keyboard Designing..., London: L. Upcott Gill, 1898, 39 folding plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, ex-library ink stamps to the front endpapers, some loss to plate 5, some further marks & light toning, original brown cloth, boards & spine lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, folio, and other 18th to early 20th Century classical music, opera, instrument reference & sheet music, some contemporary leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
* Havell (Robert & Son). View of the Port and Town of Newcastle upon Tyne from the Rope Walk Gateshead, Newcastle: T. M. Richardson Feby. 1819, aquatint after T. M. Richardson, with bright contemporary hand colouring, the hand-colouring attributed to John Linnell, 425 x 600 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:The mount board has a manuscript annotation "Tinted by John Linnell" on the lower border. Parker Gallery label to the verso of the frame.John Linnell (16 June 1792 – 20 January 1882) was an English engraver, portrait and landscape painter. He was also a naturalist and a rival to the artist John Constable. He had a taste for Northern European art of the Renaissance, particularly Albrecht Dürer. He also associated with the amateur artist Edward Thomas Daniell and with William Blake, to whom he introduced the painter and writer Samuel Palmer and others of the Shoreham Ancients.
Bacon (Francis). Sylva Sylvarum: or a naturall historie. In ten centuries, published after the authors death by William Rawley, 2 ;parts in one, 3rd edition, London: printed by J. H. for William Lee, 1631, engraved portrait and additional engraved title bound after letterpress title, 2nd part 'New Atlantis' title with woodcut device and separate register, woodcut initials and headpieces, V4 with wormhole affecting one word, light dust-soiling to titles occasional light water stains and a few small other stains, contemporary previous owner inscription of Thomas Andrewes to first title dated 1633, small booklabel of Kenneth James Hill, modern tan calf gilt, folio, 27.5 x 18 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S106935; STC 1171.
Ellis William Roberts (1860–1930) Portrait of The Hon Alice Bennett Sidebottom (née Partington) (1862-1933), half-length, wearing a white dress, seated in a landscapeSigned Ellis/Roberts (lower left)Oil on canvas76 x 63.6cm; 30 x 25inProvenance:By family descent from the sitter;Property of a deceased estate
J. Harrison (act.1845-1865)Portrait of a lady, full-length, wearing a pink dress, standing in a gardenSigned and dated J Harrison/Pinxt/1847 (lower right)Oil on canvas80.4 x 54.8cm; 31¾ x 21½inProvenance:Sotheby's, London, Victorian Paintings, 3 October 1984, lot 144, where purchased by the previous private collector;And by descent
λ Robert Henderson (1826-1904)Portrait miniature of a young lady wearing a white dressSigned with initials, dated and inscribed Dickinsons/R.H.1891 (centre left)Oval, in a gilt metal frame, the glazed back revealing a silk reverse, in a red leather case170 x 90mmProvenance:Rev Mother Abbess of the Convent of Poor Clares, Sclerder, Cornwall (according to card)
After Jan van RavesteynPortrait of a noblewoman, probably Jeanne-Marie Doublet, wearing a black dress, lace ruff, and a red ribbon in her hairOil on canvas, octagonal88.8 x 93.7cm; 35 x 36¾inUnframedProvenance:Purchased in Antwerp by the previous American private collectors, early 1980s;By whom sold Case Auctions, Tennessee, 27 January 2018, lot 307The present work derives from van Ravesteyn's original in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (inv.104).
Attributed to Joseph Slater (1782-1837)Portrait of a young man wearing a blue coat and white waistcoat; Portrait of a young man wearing a blue coat with gold buttons and a black stockA pair, both coloured chalks with watercolourEach 21.4 x 17.5cm; 8½ x 6¾in (2)Provenance:Trim Bridge Galleries, Bath

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