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Anon: Catalogue Books, Armour .. with inventory of Furniture, China, Museum with Remains of Extinct Animals as Attached to the Residence of the Late Charles Rooke MD, Belle Vue Cottage, Scarborough, published by The Trustees 1875. Blind stamped brown cloth together with Milner rev. John: A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England During the Middle Ages. 1835 Third edition. Rebound with leather spine, marbled paper covered boards and new end papers (2)
A quantity of assorted ceramics and glass, to include: a 19th century pearlware press moulded model of a ram with sponged decoration, quantity of coffee cans and saucers including a Royal Worcester Blind Earl example, Staffordshire models, a collection of Prattware plates and a quantity of blue and white crockery etc (one shelf)
Eight day longcase clock with five pillar movement, the 12" square brass dial signed Sam Aldworth (b.circa 1660- d.1725), Ivy, Strand, London on an oval silvered plate to the mated centre with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, the case with long door fitted with a circular lenticle and the hood surmounted by a flat moulded stepped cornice over a blind foliate fret carved panel, 79" high (pendulum, brass cased weights & winding key)
Oak eight day longcase clock, the 11" square brass dial signed Jonas Barber, Fecit on the silvered chapter ring enclosing a plain centre with ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, the associated case with long beaded door fitted with a circular lenticle and the hood surmounted by a flat stepped moulded pediment over a blind foliate fret carved frieze, 77" high (pendulum, two weights and winding key)
America.- Carpenter (Nathanael) Geography Delineated, 2 parts in 1, first edition, complete with all blank leaves, 4 folding letterpress tables, woodcut illustrations, front endpapers renewed, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed and repaired, upper joint cracking, [STC 4676; Sabin 10999; Wellcome I, 1319; Madan 554], 4to, Oxford, Printed by John Lichfield and William Turner..., for Henry Cripps, 1625.⁂ Superb copy of the first important treatise on theoretical geography written by an Englishman. Seldom found complete with all the folding tables and the leaf of verses "To my book" and the errata leaf. Pages 115-131 in the second part relate to America with discussion on the possibility of a north-west passage, the voyages and explorations of Columbus, Magellan, Drake, Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, Hudson etc and passages on Hudson's Bay and Newfoundland. Carpenter also mentions that, according to a Spanish chart taken by Hollanders, California has been discovered to be an island rather than part of the continent although the evidence "seems rather to cherish hope, than persuade consent."
Gentlemanly conduct.- [Caillieres (Jacques de)] The Courtier's Calling: Shewing the Ways of making a Fortune, and the Art of Living at Court, first English edition, initial blank leaf, engraved frontispiece, final errata leaf, contemporary blind-stamped sheep, spine a little rubbed and faded and with small hole, [Wing C207B], 12mo, Printed by J. C. for Richard Tonson, 1675.⁂ Very good copy of this scarce life-guide for 'noblemen' and 'gentlemen'. Provenance: Unidentified contemporary Ink inscription to front free endpaper: "I bought ye French book at an auction in Edinb." On initial blank leaf "Cost 8 pence from John Vallange March 1694" ?Dunbar family bookplate (motto 'In promptu'); Arnold Muirhead (bookplate).
Distemper.- Colbatch (John) A Physico Medical Essay, concerning Alkaly and Acid, so far as they have relation to the Cause or Cure of Distempers, first edition, near contemporary speckled and blind-stamped calf, slightly rubbed, [Wing C5003], 8vo, Printed for Dan. Browne, 1696.⁂ Scarce work which includes an astute observation on a vegetarian diet - "There is some reason to believe, That the People before the Flood did not eat Flesh, but liv'd altogether upon Vegetables, as Fruit, Herbs, and Roots; which I suppose, was one great reason of their Longevity. And it may be observed the in Herefordshire, and other Countries abounding with Fruit, the People are longer Liv'd than in those Countries that want them."
W. (J.) The Valiant Scot, first edition, woodcut device on title, modern crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, inner gilt dentelles, [STC 24910; Greg II, 520], 4to, Printed by Thomas Harper for John Waterson, 1637.⁂ A tragedy based on Blind Harry's life of William Wallace. Scots bookplate of the Clan Davidson.
Crahan copy.- Short (Richard) Peri psychroposias (graece), Of Drinking Water, Against our Novelists, that prescribed it in England...whereunto is added Peri thermoposias (graece) Of Warm Drink, 2 parts in 1, first edition, lacking final blank leaf M8, some faded early ink annotations, later calf stamped in gilt and blind, [Wing S3528; Krivatsy 11072; Norman 1943; Simon BG 1381], 8vo, Printed for John Crook, 1656.⁂ The Crahan copy of this scarce little work on the benefits of cold water versus hot water, beer and wine.Provenance: William Constable (bookplate); Marcus [and Elizabeth] Crahan (bookplate, this copy sold at Sotheby's NY, October 1984, lot 213 $425)
Ascham (Anthony) A Discourse: Wherein is examined, What is particularly lawfull during the Confusions and Revolutions of Government, first edition, some contemporary ink marginalia and underlining with some resultant staining, some light marginal water-staining, contemporary speckled and blind-stamped calf, lower cover soiled, [Wing A3920], 8vo, 1648.⁂ One of two variants of the first edition, this without "printed for Humphrey Moseley" in imprint.
Turkey.- Caoursin (William) and Rhodgia Afendy. The History of the Turkish war with the Rhodians, Venetians, Egyptians, Persians, and other Nations, first edition, marginal browning to first and last few ff., title with small hole to foot of imprint, touching date, blind-stamp to title and a few other ff., front free endpaper working loose, lacking rear endpaper, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, rubbed, [Wing B3824D; not in Blackmer or Koç], 8vo, for Will. Whitwood, 1683.⁂ Rare. ESTC lists 5 copies with only the BL copy in the UK.
English monasteries and convents abroad.- Owen (Lewis) The Running Register: recording a True Relation of the State of the English Colledges, Seminaries and Cloysters in all forraine parts, first edition, woodcut initials and decorations, final blank leaf present with offset facing text, later blind-stamped calf, spine gilt, upper joint split, lower starting, [STC 18996], 4to, Printed [by Felix Kingston] for Robert Milbourne, 1626.⁂ Anti-Catholic work exposing the iniquities of religious establishments on the continent. The title continues "with a briefe and compendious discourse of the Lives, Practices, Coozenage, Impostures and Deceits of all our English Monks, Friars, Jesuites, and Seminarie Priests in generall."Provenance: From the library of Hugh Grosvenor, first Duke of Westminster, with his arms on covers, and bookplate dated 1884.
Law.- Fulton (Ferdinando) An Abstract of all the penal Statutes which be general, in force and use, sixth printing, largely printed in black letter, woodcut device on title, lower corner of penultimate leaf holed and lower corner of final leaf repaired, just touching side-note, short tear in Y2, some soiling, browning and water-staining, some early ink annotations to title verso and a few places in text, modern blind-stamped calf, [STC 9529; Beale S75], 4to in 8s, Imprinted...by Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes Maiestie, 1581.⁂ "His is the earliest instance of the exertions of any individual, without the sanction of Parliament, towards making a collection of Statutes." (Marvin). The statutes cover felony, highways, revenues, murder & manslaughter, physicians, "tame beastes", marriage, wills etc.Provenance: Joshua Stonhewer [Stonehewer] (ink inscription on title verso, dated 1698 and on final leaf); William Stonhewer (ink inscription in outer margin of D2); Thomas Badeley (ink inscription on O3 and other leaves).
Economics.- W[arre] (J[ames]) The Merchants Hand-Maide: or, A Booke containing verie necessarie and compendious Tables, for the speedie casting up, and true valuing of any Commoditie whatsoever, first edition, initial blank leaf present, woodcut ornament on title, woodcut head-piece and initials, cropped affecting some side-notes, headlines, signatures and occasional parts of tables, lower corner of final leaf defective affecting 4 boxes of table, water-stain throughout, modern blind-stamped calf, [STC 24908; Goldsmiths' 525], 4to, Printed by William Jones, 1622.⁂ A trimmed example of a very rare work. ESTC locates only the Harvard copy in America plus 6 copies in British Isles. No copy at auction since this one last appeared in 1968 at Sotheby's as part of the H. C. Drayton collection of books by Defoe and Swift and relating to the City of London, Trade and Economics (then attributed to ?John Wheeler). The tables, "very behoovefull for merchants, gentle-men, trades-men, and all such as buy, sell, or deale in any manner of accounts", aid multiplication and long division in the complex English money system.
Treatment of tumours.- Browne (John) A Compleat Treatise of Preternatural Tumours, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White and 5 engraved plates, woodcut illustration, title and frontispiece margins a little chipped, occasional library blind-stamps, title a little browned with ink inscription to recto and faint ink stamp to verso, 1 plate with neatly repaired tear, small hole to T7 affecting 1 or 2 letters of text, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, [Wing B5125A], 8vo, by S. R. for R. Clavel, 1678.⁂ Browne's first published book, rare at auction, we can trace only one copy in the last 70 years. Provenance: St. Augustine College, Canterbury (bookplate and ink inscription to pastedown); John Marshall, 1848 (ink inscription); Wigan Public Library (blind-stamps).
Infamous impostors.- Rocoles (Jean-Baptiste de) The Lives and Actions of Several Notorious Counterfeits, engraved frontispiece with medallion portraits of the 12 subjects of the work, 2 advertisement leaves at end, upper edge trimmed with some loss to headlines, some light staining and browning, K4 with some marginal holes, later blind-stamped sprinkled calf, rebacked, [Wing R1767], 8vo, Printed for William Whitwood, 1686.⁂ "A reissue, with bifolium bearing frontis. and cancel title page, of the 1683 edition which has title: The history of infamous impostors. Or, The lives & actions of several notorious counterfeits (Wing R1766)." (ESTC). Quite uncommon with ESTC recording 6 copies in British Isles and a further 6 in N. America. The last copy at auction was in 1998.
Vegetarian cookery.- Tryon (Thomas) Wisdom's Dictates, or Aphorism's and Rules. Physical, Moral and Divine .... to which is added a Bill of Fare of Seventy-five noble Dishes of Excellent Food, far exceeding those made of Fish or Flesh. Which Banquet I present to the Sons of Wisdom, or such as shall decline the Depraved Custom of Eating Flesh and Blood, with initial advertisement f., browning throughout, a few ff. closely shaved at head, touching page numbers, small rust-hole to C8 affecting 1 or 2 letters of text, ink marking visible to title verso and erased from title recto, blind-stamp to advertisement f., modern blue wrappers, [Wing T3206; cf. Cagle 1033 (1691 edition); not in Bitting or Simon), 8vo, for John Salusbury, at the Rising-Sun in Cornhil, 1696.⁂ Rare, we can trace only one copy at auction in the last 60 years. Provenance: Wigan Public Library (blind-stamp).
Astrologer and Surveyor of New York.- Holwell (John) Catastrophe Mundi: or, Europe's many Mutations Until the Year, 1701. Being an Astrological Treatise, first edition, 5 engraved plates only (of 6), diagrams, lacking A1, some leaves trimmed with slight loss to catchword, pagination or signatures (and slightly affecting imprint and date on title), some early marginal maniculae and later annotations and calculations, later blind-stamped calf, a little rubbed, [Wing H2516], 4to, Printed for the Author, 1682.⁂ Scarce. In this edition, line 6 of title has "Triple"; another edition has "Tripple". Holwell (1649-?1686) was an astrologer and mathematician, friend of Halley, who became royal astronomer and surveyor of crown lands. Allegedly the government so feared his pen that he was sent to America to survey the city of New York, where he was poisoned.At the end of this work is bound Thomas Wall's A Second Christian Warning-Piece, 8pp., [?1681], trimmed with slight loss of signatures, last leaf soiled, similar marginal maniculae and inscription of Job Lousley, [Wing W487], excessively rare with ESTC locating only 4 copies, with BL copy the only one in British Isles.Provenance: Thomas Umfrevile (ink signature to title verso); Job Lousley (ink inscription round margins of title, dated 1845).
[Eachard (John)] Mr Hobbs's State of Nature Considered; In a Dialogue between Philautus and Timothy, first edition, M4-8 advertisements, endpapers torn or defective, contemporary sheep, rebacked preserving original spine, a little rubbed, one lower corner worn, [Wing E57], Printed by E. T. and R. H. for Nath. Brooke, 1672; Some Opinions of Mr Hobbs Considered in a Second Dialogue between Philautus and Timothy, first edition, initial and final blank leaves present, the former with early ink annotations, marginal defects to B1 just touching catchword, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing E64], Printed by J. Macock, for Walter Kettilby, 1673, 8vo (2)⁂ Second item provenance: L. Burton (ink name on initial blank).
Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Ende of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Fower Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus, first edition in English, translated by Sir Henry Savile, engraved illustration, penultimate errata leaf loosely inserted from another copy, name at head of title torn away, other names on title inked out, occasional foxing and soiling, good margins, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, one corner repaired, [STC 23642; Madan I, 5], folio, Oxford, Printed...by Joseph Barnes for Richard Wright, 1591.⁂ "In 1591 Savile's translation of four books of the Histories of Tacitus appeared. The book was dedicated to the queen, and the notes and a commentary on the history of Roman warfare served to confirm the author's growing reputation as a man of learning. Six editions appeared during the next fifty years, and the work won its author a compliment in verse from Ben Jonson." (DNB)Provenance: John Cradock (ink name on title).
A French Empire walnut marble topped console table, early 19th century, with a blind frieze drawer, 76cm high, 81.5cm wide, 41cm deep Condition Report: Please note- dimensions originally listed were fractionally incorrect- correct details as follows; 76cm high, 81.5cm wide, 41cm deep Top is fixed to frame, small traces of old worm visible to underside and top of a leg, some knocking to feet and margins Condition Report Disclaimer
Bible, "Breeches" version. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1598, 20 x 14.5cm, title soiled and damaged, toned throughout, cropped at head with loss of headings, corners rounded, waterstaining to the table at the end, various other stains and faults, repaired blind stamped calf, later library label and college stamp before title
KANE (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, '54, '55. Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856, 2 volumes, 8vo, portrait frontispieces and additional engraved titles, 2 folding maps/charts, 2 others, engraved plates, light foxing, original blind-stamped blue cloth gilt; McCLINTOCK (Captain) A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions, London 1859, 8vo, maps and illustrations, some staining, a little worn (3)
A 1.07m late 19th Century mahogany Chippendale style book cabinet by T. Simpson & Sons of Halifax with fretwork pediment and blind fretwork decoration, the top enclosed by a pair of beaded glazed panel doors over a base with two frieze drawers, central cupboard and further flanking cupboard doors, set on tapered legs with claw and ball feet
A very fine mid-19th century English figured credenza: walnut, marquetry and gilt-metal-mounted; the central blind door with scrolling marquetry centre against quarter-veneered boards enclosing shelves; flanked by two bow-fronted glazed doors enclosing further boxwood-strung shelves, the two outset stop fluted Corinthian-style columns terminating in gilt-metal acanthus capitals, raised on plinth base with squat bun feet (153cm wide x 45cm deepest point x 109cm high)Condition Report: The piece has come privately from a large Rectory, the marquetry is good, the gilt metal mounts are a little faded commensurate with age, there are some 'minor' dings and dents to the top and small scratches. There are two areas of polish damage (1-inch each) above the RH bow fronted door on the thumbnail-style moulding. Some scuffing to the lower base commensurate with age. Small darker area (possibly restored) on the LH bow-fronted door. Otherwise a good example of a piece of this age.
Ɵ TYNDALL, John. (1820 - 1893). Faraday as a Discoverer. Presentation copy. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1868. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (210 x 140mm), original brown cloth, bordered in blind, gilt lettering to spine, bookplate of Emily Belper to front pastedown, the author's presentation ink inscription to half title, 'To the Lady Belper/ presented by John Tyndall / March 1868', portrait plates after photographs, 171pp. First edition of the recently deceased Michael Faraday by the prominent 19th-century Irish physicist, John Tyndall, who succeeded him as superintendent at the Royal Institution. Lady Amelia (Emily) Belper, wife of Edward Strutt, a longstanding M.P. for the Liberal Party, and later elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Tyndall's initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859. (1) Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, complete plates, some spotting to first and last few leaves, Condition Report Disclaimer
A pair of pewter salts in the manner of Archibald Knox, late 19th or early 20th century, each of square based inverted dome form, with finned feet, blind traced square motifs and pierced square motifs, each 8.2cm high, with a wrythen lidded jug of large proportions, 42cm high (at fault), an associated set of three graduated measures, a wet mustard with blue glass liner, a James Dixon trinket box, an EPBM canister and cover, a continental style lidded jug, and a pepperette (11)
° Pezelius, Christophorus - Argumentorum Philippicorum.....pars ultima, 8vo, vellum, blind-stamped with a coat of arms to covers, monogrammed and dated 1593, the red stain edges gauffered gilt and blind with a fleur de lys guilloche, printers woodcut devices to title and colophon, Matthaeus Harnisch, Neustadt, 1589
° Agrippa, Henricus Cornelius (1486?-1535). Opera in Duos Concinnie Digesta,2 vols in 1, 8vo, contemporary blind stamped armorial vellum, vol 1 lacking title page and portrait, with 9 tables, vol 2 lacking pages 513-552, many leaves browned, a few pages and engraved devices with 19th/20thc ink annotations, Lyon, Beringo fratres, [but Strassburg? 1630?]
° Urceus, Antonius. [Sermones, Epistolae, etc.] Antonii Codri Urcei in Florentiorius Italiae Gymnasiis olim ...engraved title device; (16), 432pp.; contemp. blind-ruled and decorated panelled calf, sometime rebacked with panelled spine gilt-lettered direct, sm. 4to. Basle: Henricus Petri, 1540
° [Holy Bible. Gk. title] Novi Testamenti Omnia.engraved pictorial title (devices of the four Evangelists], historiated initials and headpiece decorations; (7), 382ff. and colophon; contemp. panelled pigskin, pictorially blind-stamped ovrall with religious and naturalistic motifs surrounding medallion portraits in centre panel, with upper cover dated 1538, 8vo. Basle: Thomas Platter, 1538
° Melanchthon, Philipp. Selectarum Declamationum ...Tomus primus. engraved title device; (7), 8-784, (15)pp.; contemp. pigskin, pictorially and decoratively blind-stamped overall - centre panel of upper board with half-length figure of Justice (with sword and scales), dates 1564 beneath and surmounted with monogram T.D.A., 8vo. (Strassburg: Samuel Emmelins), 1559
° Alberti, Leon Battista. De Re Aedificatoria dece(m), opus integru et absolutu...,engraved pictorial in red and black within decorated border, decorated initials, colophon device; (14), 174ff., old blind-ruled leather with panelled spine, 8vo. Paris: Berthold Rembolt & Ludovicus Horneck, 1512
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