The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

McTear’s is delighted to offer at auction the contents of 19 St Bernard’s Crescent, Edinburgh – The Private Collection of William Mowat-Thomson.

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The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

McTear’s is delighted to offer at auction the contents of 19 St Bernard’s Crescent, Edinburgh – The Private Collection of William Mowat-Thomson.

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SMITH ( William) - DICTIONARY OF GREEK AND ROMAN BIOGRAPHY AND MYTHOLOGY, gilt tooled calf, 1844, 3 vols Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Col...

SCOTT (Sir Walter) - THE WAVERLEY NOVELS, Melrose Edition, half calf, ND, 25 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

SCOTT (Sir Walter) - THE POETICAL WORKS, half calf, 1857, 12 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

SCOTT (Sir Walter) - THE POETICAL WORKS, Illustrated with frontis. port. and vignette, tooled calf gilt, Edinburgh 1823, 10 vols Provenance: The W...

SCOTT (Sir Walter) - WAVERLEY NOVELS AND OTHERS, a group of various leather bound works by Scott including Part sets of Waverley Novels, Memoirs a...

SCOTT (Sir Walter) - THE NOVELS, tooled calf, 1846, 5 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Illustrated, New and Revised Edition, published by W. and R. Chambers, half calf, 1855, 6 volumes Provenance: Th...

GRAY (Thomas) - POEMS, Illustrated with port. and vignettes, Ex. Librus W. T. R. Houldsworth, Eton College prize 1893, cloth gilt, 1887 Provenance...

TYTLER ( Patrick Fraser) - HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, calf, Edinburgh 1828, 9 vols Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

O’MEARA (Barry E) - NAPOLEON IN EXILE,4th Edition, illustrated with port., vol 1 lacking title page, half calf, 1822, 2 vols also The Life of Napo...

HUTCHISON; GREGORY and LYDEKKER - LIVING RACES OF MANKIND, Illustrated, half morocco, ND, 2 vols also Belgium the Glorious, Her Country and Her Pe...

BURNET (Bishop) - HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME, from the Testoration of King Charles II to the Conclusion of the atreaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Re...

JONES (Owen) (Illustrated by) - THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, Illuminated by Owen Jones, tooled morocco, published by Longman & Co., 1844 Provenance: T...

CHAMBERS (Robert) - THE THREIPLANDS OF FINGASK, Illustrated with etched port. Frontis., half morocco, 1882 also a new edition of Chambers History ...

POWER (WILLIAM) - PRINCE CHARLIE, Illustrated, cloth, 1912 also a group of other volumes relating to Charles Edward Stuart (small quantity) Proven...

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, Eleventh Edition, half morocco, 1911, 32 vols plus Index (33) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

BURKE’S PEERAGE, 1846, also Burke’s Peerage, 1939, Burke’s Landed Gentry and Vol. 1 of Burke’s History of the Colonial Gentry, 4 vols Provenance: ...

DEBRETT’S PEERAGE, 1947 and 1950 also a 1950 Kelly’s Handbook and three Who’s Who, 1939, 1957 and 1974, 6 vols Provenance: The William Mowat-Thoms...

LOT OF LEATHER BOUND POETICAL WORKS, various authors and dates Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

LOT OF LEATHER BOUND CLASSICAL WORKS, Including part sets, various authors and dates Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

LOT OF LEATHER BOUND AND OTHER CLASSICAL WORKS, Including French Historical and others, various authors and dates Provenance: The William Mowat-Th...

LARGE QUANTITY OF LEATHER, CLOTH AND CARD BOUND BOOKSProvenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection ...[more]

LOT OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS (12) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

Lot 1139

SMOLLETT'S WORKS

SMOLLETT (T.) WORKS, Calf, 6 volumes (6) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

NINE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, Guthrie's History, calf, (9) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

LOT OF FIVE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS (5) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

LOT OF SIX LEATHER BOUND BOOKS (6) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

LOT OF TWELVE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS (12) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

SET OF SIX LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, Pope's Works, along with two volumes of Fairbairn's Crests (8) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

DANTE (ALIGHIERI) LA DIVINA COMEDIA, Gilt tooled vellum Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

Lot 1146

PAYEY'S WORKS

PALEY (WILLIAM) WORKS, calf, 1822, 4 volumes (4) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

Lot 1147

MILTON'S WORKS

MILTON'S WORKS, published 1834, calf with gilt tooled spine Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

SHAKSPEARE (WILLIAM) WORKS - COMEDIES; TRAGEDIES and HISTORIES Half calf, 3 volumes (3) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

SCOTT (SIR WALTER) WAVERLEY NOVELS, The Centeniary Edition, cloth, 1891, 25 volumes (25) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

SIMMS (W. GILMORE) WORKS, Half calf with marbled boards, 1856, 19 volumes (19) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

THE HOLY BIBLE, published 1814, bound in leather, another published 1831, also Life of Christ, published 1813, and Bunyan's Works (4) Provenance: ...

SCOTT (SIR WALTER) WAVERLEY NOVELS, half calf, published various 1830s, 39 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

HEPPLEWHITE THE CABINET MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE Facsimile edition, bound in gilt tooled cloth, along with other books relating to furntiure ...

HULME (FREDERICK EDWARD) FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS, half calf, published c.1900, 2 volumes along with Wild Flowers as they Grow, cloth, five volumes (...

CARLYLE (THOMAS) WORKS, half calf, c. 1869, 18 volumes (18) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

THE PLAYS OF J.M. BARRIE, The Uniform Edition, published 1929, 14 volumes (14) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA, half calf 1862, 10 volumes (10) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

19TH CENTURY CARVED OAK DRESSER, the high back with guilloche carved frieze, open shelves below supported by turned uprights, the back board carve...

19TH CENTURY ITALIAN WALNUT COURT CUPBOARD, of 17th Century design, the moulded dentil cornice with cupboard below enclosed by three panels carved...

LATE 19TH CENTURY GILTWOOD DEMI LUNE CONSOLE TABLE OF LOUIS XVI DESIGN with a grey veined marble top, laurel guilloche moulded frieze, with wide m...

19TH CENTURY CARRARA MARBLE BUST OF ANTINOUS, with socle base and on a pink marble cylindrical column and square base, 186 cm high overall Antinou...

GRAND TOUR CARRARA MARBLE TORSO OF APOLLO, on a marble rectangular base with concave sides, on a simulated scaglio marble plinth, 173cm high overa...

VICTORIAN WALL MIRROR, the multiple plates contained in an embossed brass frame, with floral vase cresting and similar base, 110cm high Provenance...

REGENCY MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE, the top with reeded edge, two frieze drawers, on a turned ringed pillar, on quadruple splayed legs, terminating with ...

VICTORIAN WALNUT CIRCULAR OCCASIONAL TABLE, on turned legs, joined by a cross stretcher, 61cm diameter Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Colle...

MAHOGANY CIRCULAR TRIPOD WINE TABLE, with turned vase shaped pillar, the splayed legs with bun feet, 30cm diameter Provenance: The William Mowat-T...

19TH CENTURY CHILDS' YEW-WOOD AND ELM WINDSOR ELM ROCKING CHAIR , with central pierced splat within spindled sides and arm supports, on turned leg...

VICTORIAN WALNUT DWARF OPEN BOOKCASE, with adjustable shelving, on a box base, 75cm wide along with a selection of leather and cloth bound books P...

MAHOGANY NEST TABLE AND A ROSEWOOD NEST TABLE, on turned supports, the larger 46cm wide (2) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BEDPOST FLOOR LAMP, the spiral moulded column, on a square stepped base, with green and gilt shade, 185cm high overall Provenan...

GEORGE III MAHOGANY CIRCULAR TILT TOP TEA TABLE, on a turned vase shaped pillar, the scroll legs on pad feet, 73cm diameter Provenance: The Willia...

NEAR PAIR OF ATTRACTIVE GEORGE III CHINESE CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY ELBOW CHAIRS, the shaped back with octagonal trellis moulded rails within outset a...

REGENCY MAHOGANY PEDESTAL SIDEBOARD, the raised back with moulded shell cresting, recessed shelf with moulded frieze drawer, imposing outset pedes...

GEORGE III CHILDS' ELM AND OAK ARMCHAIR, with pierced vase shaped splat, outswept arms, with solid seat on square chamfered legs, 61cm high Proven...

REGENCY MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE, the rectangular top with rounded corners, pull out action with five additional leaves, on turned tapering...

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