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*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***'Elizabethan Bible'.- Bible, Church Slavonic. Bibliya siretch knigi vethogo I novogo zaveta, first edition of the Bible printed in St. Petersburg, engraved title bordered by nine lush cartouches with allegorical images, fine engraved portrait frontispiece of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, engraved illustration at head of Genesis depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, numerous woodcut decorations and initials, text leaves within typographic borders, first few ff. washed and cleaned, some marginal water-staining, mostly to last two dozen leaves, contemporary calf, upper cover blind-stamped central oval with imperial two-headed eagle with three crowns, framed with olive branches and flowers, lower cover with vignette of a floral motif, spine titled in gilt and with raised bands, marbled endpapers, faded gilt edges, rubbed, head of spine and one section restored (leather added, not recently), folio (408 x 258mm.), St. Petersburg, V Tipografii Alexandro-Nevskogo Monastyria, 1751.*** The first edition of the famous "Elizabethan Bible", the collective name for the translation of the Bible into Church Slavonic, published during the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The text was based on the translations to Church Slavonic done in Ostrog in 1570s (which resulted in the production of the Ostrog Bible in 1580) and Moscow in 1660s (Bible printed in 1663 in Moscow). The edition here was officially the third Bible, produced for Orthodox Christians of Russia.  It first appeared in print in 1751 in St. Petersburg after more than 10 years of preparation. The print-run was quickly sold out and was followed by 11 editions during the eighteenth century. Provenance: 18th century signature in ink: “M., Ushakov " on title verso. On the front cover, over the two-headed eagle the image of an anchor is scratched. These two signs of ownership might suggest some association to Admiral Fyodor Ushakov (1745-1817) the famous naval officer of 1780-1810s, commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Brewing.- Watkins (George) The Complete English Brewer; or, the Whole Art and Mystery of Brewing, in all its Various Branches, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, endpapers renewed, later half calf over orange marbled boards, spine with later (but sympathetic) blind-stamped decoration, gilt horizontal rules and red morocco label, head of spine little worn, rubbed, [Maclean p.149], large 12mo, Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's Head, in Paternoster Row, [c.1770]. *** A very good copy of this rare edition at auction. First published as The Compleat English Brewer in 1767. 

Gruel (Léon, binder).- Francis of Assisi, Saint. Petites Fleurs, translated from Italian by André Pératé, number 68 of 120 copies, wood-engraved illustrations and decorative borders by Maurice Denis, engraved by Jacques Beltrand and printed in colours, illustrated prospectus (one of 400 copies) bound in at end, fine tan morocco mosaic binding, by Léon Gruel for Charles J.Gillet, both covers inlaid with design of rose branches in dark russet morocco and flowers in various pinks & creams with shoots in green over a border of "basket-weave" impressed tan morocco edged in turquoise, spine with similar floral compartments and two russet morocco labels titled in gilt with five raised bands, dark russet brown morocco doublures with borders ruled in gilt & blind and inlaid roses in cream, pink & green to corners, yellow silk moiré fly-leaves, original cream wrappers titled in gilt bound in, t.e.g., others uncut, with "Ex-libris Charles J.Gillet" in gilt to foot of front turn-in and signed "Gruel" to foot of rear, russet morocco-backed marbled chemise with flaps (joints of flaps slightly worn), marbled board slip-case (rubbed), 4to (c.365 x 260mm.), Paris, Jacques Beltrand, 1913.

Blake (William).- Hayley (William) The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, 4 vol. in 3 including supplement, second edition, 5 engraved portraits and plates, 4 engraved by William Blake after others and one engraved by Caroline Watson, engraved tail-piece designed and engraved by Blake, second state of the "Weatherhouse" engraving as usual (only a few copies known of the first state), vol.3 a little browned, engraved bookplate of Mrs. Gosling, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, joints split, [Bentley 468], Chichester, J. Seagrave, 1803-06 § Blair (Robert) The Grave, a Poem, engraved portrait of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T.Phillips and engraved additional pictorial title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, tissue guards, list of subscribers, some light marginal soiling but generally a good clean copy, tissue guards a little browned, original blind-stamped black cloth, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Bentley 435E], T.Bensley for R. Ackermann, 1813 [but John Camden Hotten, 1870]; The Grave...transposed into Rhyme, by G.W.Bulkley, first edition of this version, signed and dated by Bulkley and with extensive ink manuscript corrections by him to the first four lines and a few others, book-label of J.O.Edwards, old blue cloth, cockled and lightly stained, spine faded, 1833, 4to & 8vo (5)

Binding.- Missale ad usum Cisterciensis, 2 parts in 1, collation: A8 a-o8 p4 : A-K8, printed in red and black, large woodcut device of Girault to title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page within ornate woodcut borders, woodcut criblé initials, woodcut musical notation, title with repair to upper and outer margin, affecting a few letters or numbers verso, first A6 mostly marginal repaired short tear, just within text, but with very minor loss, first A8 loose, o5 small piece torn from lower margin, a few small repairs, water-stained, some spotting or staining (including occasional ink), occasional minor worming, lightly browned, contemporary Spanish calf with plateresque decoration, covers with central cross of the Order of Alcántara with initials C.F.I.O., a smaller cross at corners, roll-tooled borders of military trophies and animals, stamps of a church, trees and animals, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with blind-ruled cross decoration, lacking ties, rubbed and scuffed, Paris, Ambroise Girault, Jean Petit, Enguilbert de Marnef & Jean Kerbriant, 8vo (184 x 124mm.; binding 186 x 128mm.), 1529.  *** The calendar has a single manuscript entry for St Mary of Alcántara. The Order of Alcántara used Cistercian regulations, and the church stamp on the cover suggests that this binding may have been made for the priory of the Order of San Benito de Alcántara. The trees on the binding may represent pear trees, as the Order was founded near a church dedicated to St Julian which had pear trees growing nearby, and was therefore known as San Julián del Pereiro. The printing of the work was shared by those listed and appears with variant title pages. Literature: Adams A1231; Weale-Bohatta 1765 (with Marnef’s device).

Russia.- Alexander (William) Costume of the Russian Empire, first edition, additional engraved title and 72 plates, all hand-coloured stipple-engravings, titles and text in English and French, plate XIV misbound before plate XIX, faint offsetting, contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, decorated in blind and gilt, spine richly gilt, g.e., rubbing to joints and extremities, a few small marks to upper cover, folio, Edward Harding, 1803.

Byroniana.- Gordon (Sir Cosmo) Life and Genius of Lord Byron, stipple-engraved portrait, title with engraved vignette of Newstead Abbey, contemporary newspaper clipping on Byron's posthumous return to England tipped onto inside upper wrapper ("The remains of his Lordship were removed on Monday from the brig Florida..."), uncut in ?original marbled wrappers, embossed stamp and small label to upper wrapper, small chip to spine head, joints split at head, housed in cloth folder, [Wise II, p.85], 1824 § Stowe-Byron Controversy (The): A Complete Résumé...Together with an Impartial Review of the Merits of the Case, dust-soiling to title and upper corners of first few ff., original printed wrappers bound in (embossed stamp to head of upper wrapper, dust-soiled), later morocco-backed cloth, blind-stamp to upper cover, joints rubbed, upper joint starting at head, [Wise II, p.108], Thomas Cooper & Co., [1871], ex-library copies with usual small ink-stamps (including to portrait of the first, also with bookplate to verso); and others relating to Byron, 8vo (11)

Gregory I (Pope, the Great) Moralia. Liber moralium in beatum Job, edited by Johanes La Grène, collation: AA BB8 1-[4] a-z8 A-N8 O10 aa bb8, title printed in red and black within woodcut architectural border, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, sigs. f and aa misbound (but complete), k7 upper corner torn with loss of some text, water- / damp-stained (with resulting aroma), some spotting or foxing, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, spine in compartments, floral and foliage stamps to covers and spine, lacking ties, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 4to in 8s (252 x 176mm.), [Lyon], Simon Vincent [& Jacques Mareschal], [1522].  *** Provenance: Monastic ownership inscription at foot of title, bought 1529; 'Petrus Ricci'; '?G. Terruoli' (early and 20th century ink inscriptions at foot of AA2). 

Bible, English. The Bible: Containing the Old Testament, and the New, 2 parts in 1, black letter, double column, general & NT titles within heart-shaped woodcut borders, NT and colophon both dated 1615, general title small chip and paper repair to upper corner, A8 portion at foot torn away and repaired with text supplied in ink manuscript, following f. with loss to fore-edge repaired (some printed side-notes supplied in manuscript), the odd other defect, tear or paper repair, affecting text or with small loss, trimmed at head, occasionally shaving headline, occasional early ink marginalia, lightly browned, some soiling and staining, [STC 2234; Herbert 339], Robert Barker, 1614 [but 1615] bound with a defective Book of Common Prayer and Speed's Genealogies (lacking map of Holy Land) at beginning, and RFH Concordances (1619) and an incomplete Sternhold and Hopkins Whole Book of Psalmes (1619) at end, together 5 works in 1 vol., later blind-stamped calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, rubbed, 4to; sold not subject to return.  *** Provenance: William Colling (contemporary ownership inscriptions to A8v and final leaf of NT); Archdeacon E. J. Nash (ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated Christmas 1919); Gilbert Bishop of Carpentaria (bookplate).

Erasmus (Desiderius) Colloquiorum familiarium opus, collation: A-Z a-z Aa-Ll8, italic type, title with small circular woodcut portrait of Erasmus, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, early and later marginalia in a few hands, title small piece neatly cut from outer margin seemingly to remove a name, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, spine in compartments, upper cover with central portrait of Lady Justice, lower cover with central portrait of Lucretia (in Roman legend the wife of Collatinus, first Consul of Rome; she committed suicide in 509 BC), both enclosed by a roll featuring medallion portraits of ?church reformers, lacking clasps, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (158 x 98mm.; binding 172 x 110mm.), Frankfurt, Heirs of Christian Egenolff, 1562.  *** Scarce edition at auction.Provenance: Wildius of Jena (early ink inscription to lower margin of title); ‘Hoercher, 1735’ (ink inscription to title).

Shoe Design.- A collection of shoe designs by the Dunbar Style Service, 320 monochrome printed shoe designs, most with printed collection name, date and style number, 240 with blind stamp of Dunbar Style Service, 80 tipped on to original printed green card with gilt lettering, each approx. 235 x 310mm (9 ¼ x 12 ¼ in.), occasional finger-soiling or marking, some surface soiling, some with pin holes to central upper or lower margins, occasional contemporary pencil or ink annotations but overall clean and bright, loose as issued, housed in 4 black sheepskin buttoned folders with modern inscription to spine in white ink, (rather rubbed), 1913-1916. *** An excellent collection of early 20th century American shoe designs by the Dunbar Style Service. The Service was originally part of the larger Dunbar Pattern Co., a footwear design and manufacturing company which was located in Boston. The pinholes suggest that the plates were used for display purposes and were likely to have been used by travelling salesmen responsible for promoting forthcoming styles. In this period women would wear boots during the day, and would often change into Oxford, Mary Janes or Louis heels in the evening for dinner, dancing and events. Dunbar's autumn and winter season designs are almost entirely made up of boots, while the spring and summer seasons include boots, pumps, and sandals with more elaborate embellishments, including examples of the Ribbon Tango Boot, The Hesitation Pump, The Baltimore Colonial, The Broadway Pump and others. The Dunbar Style Service also published Footwear Style Trend, a trade magazine of which only one volume is recorded. It notes that "style may be defined as a quality of distinction and correct style, or style in vogue, must possess a pleasing quality of distinction, otherwise it will not find favor with the public and thereby cease to be correct".

Catholic Church. Missale Romanum, collation: aa bb8 a-p8 pq8 q-z8 A-K8, double column, printed in red and black, title with later varnish ground (recto only), hand-colouring to woodcut of Agnus Dei and printer's device and a decorative gilt tail-piece, woodcut illustrations (some full-page), borders and musical notation, lacking final blank, small worm trace within hand-coloured printer's device, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, early 20th century ornately blind-stamped and gilt calf, joints just starting, corners worn, little rubbed, housed in a modern light red crushed morocco drop-back box, gilt, spine in compartments, 8vo (166 x 108mm.), Venice, Lucantonio Giunta, [22 January, 1504].  *** A rare edition at auction of this handsomely illustrated and printed work. The woodcuts were previously used in the 1501 Giunta Missal (Mortimer Italian 305).Literature: Sander 4791; Weale-Bohatta 978; EDIT 16 CNCE 11506.  

Byroniana.- Cornell (J.H.), translator. Manfred: A Dramatic Poem by Lord Byron...Adapted for the Use of the N.Y. Philharmonic Society, first edition, ex-library with embossed stamp to title and small ink reference to foot to verso, original wrappers bound in (dust-soiled), modern blind-stamped library cloth, New York, Torrey Brothers, 1869 § 'Don John,' or Don Juan Unmasked; Being a Key to the Mystery..., second edition, engraved portrait (offset), lacking half-title and 2ff. advertisements at end, ex-library with circular ink-stamps to portrait, title and a few ff. and small ink reference to foot of title verso, light spotting to portrait and title, later cloth-backed boards, paper labels to upper cover, for William Hone, 1819; and others relating to Byron, including a Narrative of Lord Byron's Voyage to Corsica and Sardinia (1824), 8vo (12)

Byroniana.- [Agg (John), attributed to] Lord Byron's Farewell to England; with Three other Poems, viz. Ode to St. Helena, To my Daughter, on the morning of her birth, and To the Lily of France, half-title, ex-library with usual small ink-stamps and markings, clipping of contemporary printed verse pasted to verso of final f. (obscuring advertisements), a couple instances of ink annotation in a contemporary hand, foxing near end, later blind-stamped library cloth, [Wise II, p.69], 1816 § Mazeppa Travestied: A Poem, ex-library with small embossed stamp to title and ink reference to foot to verso, some unobtrusive repairs to gutter, light toning, the odd spot or light finger-soiling, modern cloth, rare, 1820, first editions; and others relating to Byron, 8vo (11)  *** The first mentioned a pamphlet of spurious verse. "Byron repudiated them all in a letter to Murray dated July 22, 1816, and declared the pamphlet to be 'about the most impudent imposition that ever issued from Grub Street. I need hardly say that I know nothing of all this trash, nor whence it may spring. As to The Lily of France I should as soon think of celebrating a turnip.'" (Wise). 

Elizabeth I (Queen of England & Ireland, 1533-1603) & Charles I (King of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1600-49).- [Volume of speeches and tracts including Elizabeth I's Speech at Tilbury against the Spanish Armada in 1588 and the politics of the Short and Long Parliaments in the year 1640], manuscripts in a variety of hands (many in 1 hand), together 48 speeches and tracts in c. 695pp., a few blank ff., some vertical folds, 1 blank f. partly torn away,  some ff. slightly creased, slightly browned throughout, ink ownership signature of "Robr. Harington" on front free endpaper, original calf, double blind stamped borders, edges a little rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in modern calf, gilt panelled spine, front free endpaper pot watermark, other ff. a variety of watermarks including post horn and bunch of grapes, sm. folio (291 x 180mm.), 1640, 1647 & 1648.*** Two of the defining moments in British history.Speeches and tracts including:(1). [Elizabeth I] Queene Elizabeth hir Speech. Before hir Army at Tilbury when they looked every hower for ye Landing of ye duke of Parma whereupon she tooke occasion to deliver this Excellent Speech ye Earle of Essex Sr John Norris And  Sr ffrancis Drake wayting on hir Stirrup."I am come amongst you at this time... fully resolved in ye middest and heat of ye Battell to live and dye amongst you all, to lay downe for my God and my Countrymyne Honor and my blood even in ye dust and although I have ye body of a weeke and feeble woman yet have I ye heart and ye Courage of a King, and that of a King of England too... ," 1p., n.d., [c. 1640].A manuscript version of one of the greatest war speeches against foreign invasion in the English language. The speech has some variation and omissions from the fullest known text which was published for the first time in 1654. It is unclear whether Drake was present as intimated here, at Tilbury, on 9 August, as on 7 August he was at Gravelines, ordering the sending in of fire ships to attack the Armada in harbour. (2). [Henrietta Maria (Queen, consort of Charles I, 1609-69)] A Message from the Queen's Ma:tie to the House of Commons by Mr Comptroller...", 1p., [Rushworth iv 169], 6th February 1640.Henrietta Maria's message to the House of Commons on a variety of matters, including that she was willing to persuade the king to recall parliament, her acknowledgement that her approach to the pope to gain support for the king's northern wars was "distastfull to ye Kingdome...", and promising that she would not flaunt her Catholicism.(3). [Lenthall (William, lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons, 1591-1662)] Mr Lentall speaker of the Commons house his speech in the upper house of Parliament 5th November 1640, 14pp., [Rushworth iv 17], 1640.Lenthall's speech to the king in the House of Lords in which he accepts the Speakership of the House of Commons, with the king's affirmation.(4). [Charles I]. To ye Speaker of ye House of Peeres [e]xtempore to be Communicated to the Lords & Comons in p[ar]liam[en]t assembled at Westm[inste]r... Charles R, 1p., Holdenby, 6th March 1646 [1647].A letter from the king imprisoned at Holdenby Hall, Northamptonshire, to parliament asking for "some of my Chaplins whom I esteme & reverend". The request fell on deaf ears, "for the whole of his time at Newcastle and Holdenby (May 1646–June 1647) he was refused his own choice of chaplains and offered only rigid presbyterians, whose services he spurned. He attended no act of worship and denied himself the sacrament of holy communion throughout that time." - Oxford DNB.(5). [Charles I]. his maiesties resons against ye pretended jurisdiction of ye high court of Justice wch hee intend to deliver in writieng on monday Januarie ye 22th 1648 faythfully transcribed oute of ye originall coppie under ye Kings owne hand, 3pp., [Rushworth vii 403], 1648.Charles I's protestation against the legality of the court set to try him, "for houe can ainie freeborn subiect of England call life or any thing hee possesseth his owne, if power wth out righte daylie make newe, & abrogate ye olde fundamentalle lawe of ye land... ."(6). Pym (John, politician, 1584-1643) Mr Pyms speech in ye painted Chamber at ye Conference betwixt both the houses of pliamt ffebr. xxvith 1640, 28pp., [Rushworth iv, 199-202], 1640.Pym's speech in support of the charges against William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, covering both secular and religious matters, and which ultimately led to his imprisonment in 1641 and execution in 1645. *** The majority of these tracts are concerned with the febrile politics of 1640, the year of the Short and Long Parliaments, called by Charles I in the wake of his catastrophic war with the Scots, and their subsequent invasion of the north of England. The king had gone to war in Scotland without enough money and now faced the dilemma of calling on parliament, in abeyance since 1629, to make him a financial grant. The Short Parliament sat for only three weeks between April and May 1640, parliament being more interested in the redressing of its grievances with the perceived arbitrary powers of the crown. The Long Parliament, so called because it lasted intermittently from 1640 to 1660, proved to be equally intractable and eventually led to the king raising his standard at Nottingham in 1642, and to the start of the Civil War. The Scots and English wars were distinct, but both were inextricably entwined. The king had gone to war in Scotland in an attempt to impose changes in religious practice which brought about the Covenant and the expulsion of the bishops. The Civil War in England was about the governance of the realm, either through the authority of king or parliament. Both wars were ultimately about the sovereignty of the crown. These political tracts, many with folds, would have circulated in manuscript among the population, before being bound up later in the century.Provenance: Typed note of Roger Warner Antiques, Burford, "Purchased from sale of Library at Moccas Court, Herefordshire, property of Sir Geoffrey Cornewall, Bt. J.P., 1946"; Roger Warner (1913-2008), antiques dealer and collector. 

English ownership.- Annotated.- Terentius Afer (Publius) Comedie: cum famatissimorum oratorum commentis, collation: a-v8 x4 y8, title printed in red and black and woodcut vignette of Badius presenting book to dedicatee within composite woodcut border of portraits of religious figures, a few woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device to final verso, extensive early ink marginalia (in English and Latin), glosses, pen trials and underlining in more than one hand, small piece from blank upper corner of title, d1 short tear within text without loss at upper inner corner, i5 small hole within text with loss, a little marginal worming at start, water-stained, some spotting and staining (including ink), lightly browned, contemporary English blind-stamped panelled calf, spine in compartments and with modern red morocco label and gilt date), covers with arabesque centre-pieces, joints splitting, but holding firm, backstrip with original piece crudely reattached at head and lifting, corners worn, rubbed, 4to in 8s (244 x 162mm.), [Lyon], [Jean de La Place & Martin Boillon], [8 April, 1520].  *** A rare edition of Terence's comedies; here with extensive evidence of early English study. Provenance: Edward Euleston (17th century ink inscription to title); Hugh Haxley (17th century signed ink inscription to outer margin of s8v); Johnstone (later engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). Literature: Adams T315. 

Blake (William).- Blair (Robert) The Grave, a Poem, engraved portrait of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T.Phillips and engraved additional pictorial title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, tissue guards, list of subscribers, contemporary ink inscription "Gilbert Coleridge 1882" to head of title, very light water-stain and damp-crinkling to lower margin of first and last few leaves including portrait, engraved title & final plate, one or two minor marks but generally an excellent clean copy, original blind-stamped black cloth, a little rubbed, repairs to spine and corners, [Bentley 435E], 4to, T.Bensley for R. Ackermann, 1813 [but John Camden Hotten 1870]. *** Third quarto edition, printed from the same plates as the 1813 edition but actually issued by or for John Camden Hotten in 1870.

Byroniana.- [?Todd (Henry John)], "Oxoniensis". A Remonstrance addressed to Mr. John Murray, Respecting a Recent Publication, small embossed stamp to head of title, half-title with manuscript date in purple pencil, soiling to first and last f., later blind-stamped library cloth, paper label to upper cover, 1822 § Adams (Thomas) A Scourge for Lord Byron; or "Cain a Mystery" Unmasked, half-title with faded contemporary ink inscription to foot, title with small ink library reference to foot to verso, stab-holes to gutter, some spotting and soiling, half-title and final f. silked, modern half calf, small label removed from foot of upper cover, 1823, first editions, ex-library with usual small ink-stamps; and others relating to Byron, including the second edition of Roby's The Duke of Mantua, 8vo (12)  *** The second mentioned scarce, with WorldCat recording only two copies.

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Johnson (Captain Charles, pseud.) A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates..., first edition, first issue, 3 engraved plates, one folding, I3 slightly trimmed at margin, O4 missigned as O3, front free endpaper torn away, some very occasional spotting, a few small marginal tears, contemporary calf, stamped in gilt and blind, rubbed, spine gilt in compartments, morocco spine label, [Sabin 36287], 8vo, Rivington, 1724.*** The rare first edition of this foundational work in pirate mythology: wooden legs, eye patches and the Jolly Roger all make their first appearance here. Biographies of some of the most famous pirates such as Blackbeard, Calico Jack, and Bartholomew Roberts are included, as well as two female pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Some have attributed the authorship to Daniel Defoe.Sabin notes that the work "embodies many items relating to the Colonial history of British America, nowhere else extant, as the Adventures of Blackbeard, and his Capture by Lieut. Maynard in the James River..."Provenance: ink ownership inscription of "B.R. Barneby".

Farriery & household.- Montague (Peregrine) The Family Pocket-book: or, Fountain of true and useful knowledge. Containing the Farrier's Guide; or, the horse dissected..., first edition, a few woodcut illustrations, including ‘A Summer-House in the Chinese Taste’, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, without frontispiece (see note), D2 narrow piece from lower margin, affecting catchword, spotted / foxed and stained, browned (as often, but still a solid copy), 20th century blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments and with ?earlier double light brown leather labels, corners little worn, rubbed, [Maclean p.102 (erroneously dating it to c.1768); British Bee Books 105], 8vo, Printed by Henry Coote, and sold by George Paul, Bookseller near Gray’s-Inn-gate, Holborn, [c.1760].  *** Rare at auction (we can trace only two copies since 2005, one with a frontispiece and one without). With much on the horse, and including the breeding of game-cocks, the kitchen garden, cooking, pickling, preserving, bees, growing a tea tree, and printing on silk. Opinion seems to differ as to whether a frontispiece is called for in this first edition. Provenance: Cooks Books, T & M. McKirdy (small book label to foot of rear inner cover and their catalogue entry for a copy of the work loosely inserted (without a frontispiece)).  

Dickens (Charles) Sketches by "Boz": Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. The Second Series. Complete in One Volume, first edition, first issue without list of illustrations on p.viii, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 8 plates by Cruikshank, 20pp. publisher's advertisements at end, yellow-coated endpapers, some light offsetting, original blind-stamped rose pink speckled cloth, spine decorated in blind and lettered in gilt, covers slightly rubbed and soiled, spine sunned and ends bumped, upper joint slightly cracked but holding firm, leaves uncut, preserved in modern custom chemise and crimson morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, John Macrone, 1837. *** This, Charles Dickens' first published book, proved popular with four issues of the First Series being swiftly printed; however, the publisher's profits were ten times greater than those of Dickens. Therefore, with the publication of the Pickwick Papers proving a great success and Oliver Twist starting to appear in Bentley's Miscellany, Dickens realised he could do better with an alternative publisher. Backed by Chapman & Hall, he negotiated outright purchase of the copyright of Sketches by "Boz" leading to the publication in 1837 of this Second Series.Provenance: bookplate of George Barr McCutcheon; American Art Association, "First Editions of the Renowned Collection of George Barr McCutcheon Sale", 21st April 1925, lot 28.

Bible, English. The Text of the New Testament, third Fulke edition, title within fine woodcut architectural border, lacking initial blank, title with light stain/abrasion mark to verso (?where bookplate removed), E1 small paper-flaw affecting a few words, for John Bill, 1617 bound with Fulke (William) A Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue, [by Eliot's Court Press] for John Bill, 1617, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, light mostly marginal browning, some foxing, damp-staining, mainly to second work and increasing in severity towards end, later blind-tooled calf, rebacked, some staining to spine, rubbed and worn in places, [Herbert 360; STC 2918 & 11431], folio.  *** Third edition of Fulke's New Testament, including his Defense, which was "indirectly responsible for the marked influence which Rheims exerted on the Bible of 1611" (Herbert). This the variant with imprint for John Bill rather than Thomas Adams (Herbert 359). 

Law.- Justinianus I. Institutionum civilium libri quattuor, commentary by Franciscus Accursius, edited by Gilles Perrin, collation: †-†††8 ††††4 a-s8 t12 v-z8 A-K8 L4, double column (commentary surrounding text), printed in red and black, title with large woodcut printer's device, double-page woodcut illustration of the 'arbor civilis' on criblé ground to t6r&t7v, woodcut criblé initials, final f. blank, occasional early ink marginalia, 'arbor civilis' trimmed at foot, just within image, some mostly marginal worming (small holes, and with small traces to the upper gutter at end of sig. a and majority of sig. b), mostly at beginning and end, some water-staining at head to last few ff., occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, ornately blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal claps, sympathetically rebacked in modern dark brown blind-stamped morocco in compartments, lower corners worn, a few small wormholes, little marked, rubbed, 4to in 8s (261 x 175mm.), Paris, Claude Chevallon, 1533. *** A rare edition of this work of Jurisprudence, with no copies located by USTC. 

America.- Josselyn (John) New Englands Rarities Discovered: in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country, second edition, initial and final blank leaves present, folding woodcut plate and woodcut illustrations, small repair to title without loss of text, occasional light browning, modern blind-stamped calf, [Wing J1094; Sabin 36674 for first edition, this edition not cited], 8vo, Printed for C. Widdowes, 1675.*** An excellent copy of a rare work which first appeared in 1672. This second 'Addition' as it is called on the title-page, is only located by USTC at Yale's Beinecke Library and the John Carter Brown Library and seemingly has no auction appearance for over 100 years.Josselyn's work is "the earliest work on the natural history and Indian remedies of New England" (Vail), much of it forming a description of herbal remedies among the Indians. The work also includes a brief chronological history of New England from Columbus's arrival in America, the founding of colonies in Virginia (1606), Massachusets (1628), Connecticut (1636), New-Haven (1638, also the year of a "terrible Earth quake throughout the Country") and such events as "The whole Bible Printed in the Indian Language finished" (1664). Additionally, the 'Description of an Indian Squa' with an accompanying poem, praising black beauty above white, occurs on pp. 99-102.

Catholic Church. Missale Basiliense, collation: [*6] a–f10 g12 [16] h–k10 A–F10 G H8, 189 ff. (of 190, lacking [*1] (first f. of Calendar), [11] blank,  31 lines, printed in red and black, Gothic type, initials in red or blue (some with marginal flourish), initial-strokes in red, early (often extensive) ink marginalia in black and red, including a full-page to verso of blank f., some mostly marginal damp-staining, causing the need for repairs to some ff. (generally without loss of text, save for h7, where just touching the final letter of some lines, and head of final gathering (H), where some letters neatly supplied in ink), C1 lower corner torn, affecting ink marginalia, [13&4] chip to outer margin, h1 small piece torn from upper blank corner, the odd short marginal tear, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, later blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, spine in compartments and with manuscript paper title label at head, covers with small floral centre- and corner-pieces and foliage decoration, remains of metal clasps, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, some staining, little worming, rubbed and marked, folio (308 x 210mm.), [Basel], [Michael Wenssler, and/or Bernhard Richel, and/or Peter Kollicker with Johann Meister (Koch)], [c.1482-1483]. *** Rare, this being the only copy we can trace at auction. ISTC records 12 copies (and a fragment), of which five are imperfect. On the ascription to Wenssler and the date see Allan Stevenson, The problem of the Missale Speciale (London, 1967).Provenance: ‘Ch. ?Himais, 21 März 1951’ (ink inscription to outer margin of first f. of Calendar).Literature: Goff M-649; GW 24267; BSB-Ink M-420; Weale-Bohatta 156; ISTC im00649000.

Schedel (Hartmann) [Four leaves from the Liber Chronicarum, or Nuremberg Chronicle], namely fol. XXIIII, XL, CXXII, CCLXXVII, woodcut portraits and views, all but the second f. with later hand-colouring, fol. XL lower inner corner torn and repaired (affecting woodcuts) and with marginal water-staining and a couple of small chips, other ff. ?washed, all ff. lightly browned, modern grey ornately blind-stamped calf, folio (c.437 x 295mm.), [Nuremberg], [Anton Koberger], [1493].*** Views include Babylon. Literature: cf. BMC II, 437; Goff S-307; Bod-inc. S-108; BSB-Ink. S-195; & ISTC is00307000. 

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***America.- Wafer (Lionel) A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, first edition, folding engraved map and 3 folding plates, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine gilt, upper joint slightly cracked, [Wing W193; Sabin 100940], 8vo, Printed for James Knapton, 1699.*** A lovely copy. Bookplate of Hans Sloane probably that of Hans Sloane (1739-1827), the great-nephew of BM founder Sir Hans Sloane. Interesting work on the inhabitants and geography of central America.

Grenville Homer.- Homer. Iliav Kai Odduseia [The Iliad and the Odyssey], 4 vol., one of 25 large paper copies, the Marquis of Stafford's copy with presentation note bound-in, edited by Lord Buckingham, Lord Grenville and Mr. Grenville, half-titles, 2 engraved frontispieces (to vol. 1 & vol. 3), 3 engraved plates, ribbon markers, occasional faint off-setting, scattered faint spotting, handsome contemporary straight-grain red morocco, gilt arms to board centres, border tooled in blind with tiny gilt floral device to corners, spine lettered in gilt and tooled in blind with 5 double raised bands, gilt and blind inner doublures, g.e., joints fractionally rubbed, expert repairs to spine extremities, [Lowndes III, 109], 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, [1800]. *** A handsome copy of this scarce and sumptuously printed work with an excellent provenance. Dibdin describes this edition as "the most critical ... which the University of Oxford has published." Provenance: Presentation note reading "Lord Buckingham, Lord Grenville and Mr Grenville present their Compliments to The Marquis of Stafford and request his acceptance of a Copy of the Large Paper Homer. 20 April 1807." 

Verlaine (Paul) Romances sans Paroles, first edition, first issue with "Paris chez tous les libraires" on upper cover, [one of 300 copies], half-title, handsome black morocco mosaic binding, by Huser, covers with semé of small flowers inlaid in cream, fawn, green & deep pink morocco and tooled in blind, spine titled in gilt and with compartments of onlaid cream & deep pink morocco, cream calf doublures, black silk flyleaves, original pale grey printed wrappers bound in, g.e., signed "Huser" at foot of front doublure, small stain to front endpapers where label removed, black morocco-backed marbled chemise with morocco yapp edges, board slip-case (very slightly rubbed), 8vo (c.190 x 120mm.), Sens, 1874.

Luther (Martin) Omnium operum, 4 vol., collation: I: *6 ()6 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz Aaaa-Zzzz Yyyy6 II: *6 A-Z a-z AA-ZZ aa-zz AAA-GGG6 HHH8 III: *4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz Aaaa-Yyyy6 Xxxx8 IV: *4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz Aaaa-Zzzz Aaaaa-Zzzzz Aaaaaa-Xxxxxx6 Yyyyyy8, titles within woodcut historiated borders with Christ on the cross and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and Luther kneeling, vol.2-4 with full-page woodcut of the dedicatees Johann Frederick II, Johann Wilhelm and Johann Frederick III, vol.1 final f. with colophon recto otherwise blank, vol. 2-4 last f. blank, vol. 3 and 4 errata f. at end, vol.1 Y5 small hole in text, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense, all vol. some spotting or staining, mostly light browned, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, ornately variously blind-stamped with central panel of Jael killing Sisera (vol.1), rolls of palms, biblical figures and scenes, personifications of virtues, medallion portraits of Roman emperors, and floral decoration, vol.3 metal claps, other vol. remains of metal clasps, some marking and soiling, rubbed,  folio (c.301 x 191mm.), Jena, Donat Richtzenhan & Thomas Rebart (vol. 1&3) and Christian Rödinger & Heirs (vol. 2&4), 1564 [colophon 1579]-1557-1567-1558. *** A very good set of the works of this key figure in the Protestant Reformation, perhaps best remembered for his 'Ninety-five Theses', which discussed the practice of indulgences. Provenance: Johann Theodor Eckhart ‘Volkholfheimensis p.’ (ink inscription to vol.I); Johann Georg Sigward (1554-1618), Evangelic theologian and professor in Tubingen, who penned several treatises elucidating Lutheran articles of faith, including predestination (armorial bookplate dated 1607 and his engraved portrait by Lukas Kilian in vol.3); Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Senones (18th century ink inscriptions to vol. 1, 3, & 4). Literature: I: Adams L1738; VD 16 ZV 20512 II: VD16 L 3424 III: Adams L 1747; VD 16 L 3435 IV: VD 16 L 3427. 

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "Man taken Ill" Unsigned, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, published by Adam Collection Ltd., from the edition of 550, printed by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd., limited edition print.40.5 x 28cm (framed 60.5 x 48cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition. There are one or two minor creases across the sheet. The print is reframed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "The Two Brothers" Signed in pencil in the margin, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, from an edition of 850, published by Adam Collection Ltd, limited edition colour print.63.5 x 31.5cm (framed 88 x 54cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The print is framed and glazed. The original frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "Nursery Sketches" Unsigned, published by Adam Collection Ltd, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, from an edition of 850, the original drawings in the collection of Mr and Mrs Andras Kalman, London, printed by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd., Leeds, limited edition prints.36 x 14.5cm (47.5 x 25.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition. The paper has discoloured in areas and there is some light time staining and browning around the edges of the sheet near the mount board. The print is reframed and glazed. The frame has some scratches and scuffs commensurate with age.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "Crowd Around a Cricket Sight Board" Numbered 835/850 in pencil in the margin, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, limited edition colour print.35.5 x 86cm (framed 39.5 x 90cm)The print is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The print is framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "The Reference Library" Signed in pencil in the margin, with the Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, from the edition of 850, limited edition print.26.5 x 36.5cm (mounted 43.5 x 53.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The print is unframed but mounted. There are some minor scuffs and surface marks across the mount board.

Harold Riley (British 1934-2023) "York Minister - Winter" Signed, titled and dated '88 in ink in the margin, numbered 9/10, with artist's blind stamp, limited edition colour print.29.5 x 42cmArtists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in good, original condition. There are some minor spots of foxing and stains in the margins. The print is unframed but in its original folder of issue.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "Great Ancoats Street" Signed and numbered 465/850 in pencil in the margin, with publisher's blind stamp, limited edition print from an original pencil drawing.28.5 x 38.5cm (framed 47.5 x 57.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition. The paper has yellowed slightly across the sheet and there is a small bump in the paper towards the lower right-hand corner. The print is framed and glazed. The original frame has some minor scuffs and knocks.

Harold Riley (British 1934-2023) "York Minister" Signed, titled and dated '88 in ink in the margin, numbered 8/15, with artist's blind stamp, limited edition colour print.29.5 x 42cmArtists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in good, original condition. There are some minor spots of foxing and stains in the margins. The print is unframed but in its original folder of issue.

Harold Riley (British 1934-2023) "Manchester Cathedral" Signed, titled and dated '78 in pencil in the margin, with artist's blind stamp, hand-embellished print.29 x 16.5cmArtists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in good, original condition. There are some minor spots of foxing and stains in the margins. There is extensive staining and mould across the upper edge of the mount board and folder. The print is unframed but in its original folder of issue.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "Britain at Play" Signed in pencil in the margin, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, published by Mainstone Publications, Norfolk, printed by Beric Press, London, limited edition colour print.49 x 64cm (framed 77 x 95cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in good, original condition. The colours have faded across the print and the paper has slightly yellowed across the sheet. The print is ornately reframed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "His Family" Signed in pencil in the margin, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, from an edition of 500, limited edition colour print.55.5 x 72cm (framed 83.5 x 98.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition. There is some light time staining and browning around the edges of the paper near the mount board. The print is framed but not glazed. The frame has some knocks and losses.

Harold Riley (British 1934-2023) "Cokey Nolan" Signed and dated '79 in pencil, numbered 22/25, with publisher's blind stamp, limited edition lithograph.63 x 45.5cmArtists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in good, original condition. There are some minor spots of foxing and creases across the sheet with some areas of cockling along the upper and lower edges of the paper. The sheet appears to be laid down in each corner. The print is unframed but in its original folder of issue.

Harold Riley (British 1934-2023) "Mr Hall's Dancing Dog Band" Signed and dated '79 in pencil, numbered 6/25, with publisher's blind stamp, limited edition lithograph.63 x 45cmArtists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in good, original condition. There are some minor spots of foxing and creases across the sheet with some areas of cockling along the upper and lower edges of the paper. The sheet appears to be laid down in each corner. The print is unframed but in its original folder of issue.

L.S. Lowry R.A. (British 1887-1976) "The Football Match" Signed and numbered 256/850 in pencil in the margin, with publisher's blind stamp, limited edition print from an original pencil drawing.26.5 x 37cm (mounted 43.5 x 54cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The print is unframed but mounted.

British Modern Design - A pair of retro mid 20th century British furniture teak side occasional tables. Each table having straight tops over a single blind fronted drawer. Each raised on straight leg supports. Each measures approx. 71cm x 61cm x 41cm.

British Modern Design - A pair of retro mid 20th century British furniture teak side occasional tables. Each table having straight tops over a single blind fronted drawer. Each raised on straight leg supports. Each measures approx. 71cm x 61cm x 41cm.

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), 'Mill Scene', offset lithograph on paper, from an edition of 750, signed in pencil lower right, 30 cm x 39.5 cm with margins, framed and glazed, the frame 62 cm x 70 cm.Private CollectionSealed in the frame and glazed - not inspected out of the frame. Paper is trimmed and mounted onto black painted board or foam. No blind stamp, signs of previous mount burning around the edge and paper discoloured as a result, colours are a little faded.

Yosy (Ann) Switzerland, as now divided into Nineteen Cantons...with Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 50 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates of costumes, paper guards, 2pp. engraved musical notation, most plates very clean but light soiling to plate 16 and slight smudge to plate 20, some foxing to text, pp.73-82 and plates 29 & 30 misbound after p.100, H.Bradley Martin's copy with his bookplate, original blind-stamped cloth, t.e.g., a little rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving original spines, new endpapers, [Bobins 507; Colas 3102, erroneously calling for 50 plates in vol.2 and therefore 70 plates in total], 8vo, 1815. *** Including a 6pp. 'Short Guide to Travellers' at end of vol.2.

Martin (Charles & Leopold) The Civil Costume of England, from the Conquest to the Present Time, first edition, additional hand-coloured etched title and 60 hand-coloured plates, many heightened with gold and/or gum arabic, occasional light foxing and some soiling to edges, original blind- and gilt-stamped cloth, a little rubbed and scratched, [Colas 1995], 4to, Henry G. Bohn, 1842. 

[Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., 9 lithographed titles and 882 fine hand-coloured plates (only of 917), 9 printed contents leaves, all neatly window-mounted, plates with full inked boards, most with printed captions below, a few early plate with neat pencil annotations identifying subjects, some plates with publisher's or artist's blind-stamp to lower margin, occasional patches of foxing or scattered spotting but plates generally clean and bright, the odd plate with short, neat tear at margin, 1 or 2 mounts with creasing or repaired tears, bookplates to front pastedown, uniform 19th century red half morocco, gilt, spines richly gilt in compartments, gilt stamp to upper covers, joints repaired, some rubbing, g.e., [Bobins 1332], folio & 8vo, Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. *** The rare hand-coloured issue of one of the most important collections of caricatures of the 19th century. Despite his popularity, Doyle maintained his anonymity for much of his career, his gently witty style embodied much of the Victorian attitude to its ruling class and society at large.  Provenance: New Club, Edinburgh (bookplate and gilt stamps).  

[Harding (Edward)] Costume of the Russian Empire, second edition, additional engraved title and 72 plates, all hand-coloured stipple-engravings, titles and text in English and French, some foxing (mostly to text) and light offsetting, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, [Colas 704; Lipperheide 1342; Bobins 194] small folio, Printed by T. Bensely...for John Stockdale, 1810. *** A handsome copy of this second edition, Colas remarking that the impressions of these plates are as good as the first edition of 1803. Provenance: N.C. Colthurst of Ardrum, Co. Cork (bookplate). 

Rowlandson (Thomas).- [Combe (William)] Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, first edition, later issue, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, without 4pp. of advertisements at end as usual, a little offsetting but plates clean, bookplate of F.Reddaway, original blind-stamped orange cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, an excellent copy, [Abbey, Travel 89; Tooley 415], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1821 [but later, some plates dated 1822].

Souvenirs de la Suisse, 75 fine tinted and hand-coloured lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic, mounted as issued with printed caption mounted to foot of lower margin, plate-guards, light vertical crease to inner margin of first few plates, scattered foxing, mostly marginal but straying into the odd image, publisher's book-label "F. Charnaux, Maison des Trois Rois, Genève" to front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, [Bobins 1682], oblong folio, Geneva, F. Charnaux, [c.1840]. *** The handsome deluxe issue of this work containing extensive landscape and urban views of Switzerland, including Chamonix, Mont Blanc, Lausanne, Zürich and Geneva.

Hentzy (Rodolphe) Promenade Pittoresque dans l'Eveche de Bale aux Bords de la Birs, de la Sorne, et de la Suze, 2 vol., first edition, 44 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates, some shaved close just touching caption, occasional foxing and light offsetting, upper hinges strengthened, contemporary blind-stamped calf, joints skilfully repaired, vol.1 upper cover scuffed, The Hague, G. Bakhuysen, 1808-09. *** Rare coloured copy of this charming work by the author of Vues remarquables des Montagnes de la Suisse, 1785. Provenance: Mary Addington (bookplate, one defective) 

Ackermann (Rudolph) The Royal Navy, 6 hand-coloured aquatints, Ackermann blind-stamp to lower corner of  2 plates, 2 plates with short tears, occasional marginal finger-soiling, slight bumping to lower corners, half-dark blue morocco by Riviere and Son, g.e., a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Not in Abbey, Colas or Lipperheide. Bobins II, 338; Ogilby 23], folio, 1848-49.

Robertson (Archibald) A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, 2 vol., first edition, without half-title in vol.1, with 65 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 11 engraved maps (all but one double-page), errata leaf at end of vol.2, very occasional light offsetting, one plate in vol.1 with small nick to outer margin repaired, a fine copy in handsome later green calf, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, g.e., upper cover of vol.2 a little faded, very slightly rubbed at edges, rebacked, spines tooled in gilt and blind with red roan labels, [Abbey, Scenery 24, uncoloured; Bobins 714], 8vo, for the author, 1792. *** Rare to find the plates coloured.

Onwhyn (Joseph & Thomas) Costumes of the time of George II designed for Her Majesty's State Ball, first edition, lithographed throughout with pictorial title and 11 hand-coloured plates of ladies of the court, original red cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, a little rubbed and soiled, recased, [Bobins 696; Colas 2249], 8vo, John Lee, [1845]. *** Library Hub lists only 2 copies (BL and V & A).

Spain.- [Rodriguez (A. J.)] Coleccion General de los Trages que en la actualidad se usan en España, engraved title and 112 hand-coloured engraved plates only, without the 4 supplementary plates mentioned in Solas, faint off-setting, one or two odd marginal spots, marbled calf by Riviere, g.e., gilt ruled borders, raised spine bands, richly gilt spine compartments, small chip to spine foot, fractional rubbing to corners and extremities, [Bobins III, 1065; Colas 2566 (116 plates); Lipperheide Jc 5; Palau 56519; Rahir 617; Vinet 2223], small 8vo, Madrid, 1801. *** Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland, with their blind-stamp. 

A Chinese blue and white porcelain plate, circa 1800. Depicting eight children playing 'Blind Mans Bluff', diameter 21cm.The Vandekar family established their internationally renowned antiques dealership in Amsterdam before moving to London in 1916. They specialized in the decorative arts of the 17th-20th century with a particular interest in 18th-19th century European and Chinese ceramics. In the 1970s and 80s, Michael Beard worked as a ceramics expert in the London showroom of Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, travelling internationally to trade shows and antiques fairs, and helping with the launch of the New York branch of Vandekar in 1982. There is no surprise that he leaves in his estate some beautiful examples of porcelain, ceramics, and objets d’art. When Michael retired to Cornwall around 1988 he settled at first in St Ives, where he became a prominent patron of the arts and a devoted member of the Old Cornwall Society. On his death he has left a collection boasting some fine examples of Cornish painting, sculpture, studio pottery, and decorative chinoiserie.No condition issues.

* LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (BRITISH 1887-1976) 'STATION APPROACH' SIGNED PRINT, BEARS MEDICI SOCIETY BLIND STAMP, 63 X 71 CM, FRAMED AND GLAZED