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Grant of Arms fine and decorative document on a single leaf of parchment dated 1893 being the Grant of Arms to George Ambrose de Lisle Lee featuring a depiction of the Coat of Arms with the Coats of Arms of the Clarenceaux and Garter Knights at Arms seals in original ormalu skippets one detached (easily restored in our view) housed in original blue morocco covered casket bearing the blind stamp devices of Queen Victoria
Dumont d`Urville. Corvette l`Astrolabe. Atlas bound in 5 vol. vignette title (7 copies) printed list of plates (omits the entomology) double engraved “Tableau synoptique” portrait 580 lithographed plates and maps 173 coloured or partly coloured the total including 3 plates in two states faint blind-stamp (signed with the publisher`s initials) which guarantees the paper in most lower margins (found in several of the great French voyages about this date) a trifle of foxing but a very nice copy in contemporary full French scarlet leather spine gilt with contents and small tool of the Astrolabe minor wear to joints the J.W. Six copy with his booklabel in the hydrography bought from Lawson in 1973 for £1300 with invoice inserted folio Paris 1833. ***Lacking the 8vo text but a complete set of the magnificent folio plates ; conforming to the BM (NH) cat. II 603. As well as the bis plates called for in the table des planches this copy has three plates (176 177 & 189) in the Histoire du Voyage in two states lithographed by Lermercier or (probably the cancels) one by A. Belin & two by Richebois aine. J.W. Six van Vromade had a library of natural history distinguished by its fine condition; it was sold in two sales The Hague 1932 & Amsterdam 1936.
Meymott (Jane Carolina) An attractive album of wat 57 very attractive watercolours mostly of butterflies and flowers (34 comprising the first two divisions; each of these has a lettered title in black) the remaining plates comprise flowers (12) and animals (11) one illustration signed ECM and dated 1831 the early drawings with elaborate ms. captions some suggesting a West Indian or other exotic provenance contemporary pink calf tooled in gilt and blind g.e. gilt green leather label with artist`s name and date on front pastedown quotation from Traylen (£105; 1965) inserted 4to 1834. ***Following the first title are two watercolours; the first perhaps an unfinished presentation plate initials I.F. surmounting trompe l`oeil drawings and flowers the second a coat-of-arms presumably that of the Meymott family. There is a possible connection with Charles Meymott 1813-67 homeopathic doctor and cricketer; in 1855 a Miss Meymott attended a fund raising Bazaar at the London Homeopathic Hospital.
[Wonnecke (Johann] [Gart der Gesundheit] 246 leaves only (of 248) 2 columns 40 lines lacking the first leaf with full-page woodcut (supplied in reasonable facsimile) and the final blank some 400 text woodcuts based on those in the 1485 first edition coloured in a contemporary hand a somewhat soiled copy (the index leaves are most used) with a few minor defects (k3 short but stains agree; corner torn from q1 with loss of a few words a few repairs without loss (eg q6) 16th century blind-stamped pigksin 2 rolls with portrait medallions outer with the great men of the reformation (Erasmus Luther Huss Melanchton) quite likely bound in or near Lindau which went reformed in 1528 some wear and old repairs clasps intact ownership inscription at the end of Phillip Bausle Burger of Lindau 1564 on front flyleaves 19th century notes on the history of the text with reference to Miltitz etc. by G.H.Peurbaund (?) of Dabroth bei Lauend (?) 1873 printed label of “Bibliotheca Julinska” the library of Alfred Potocki (1817-89 politician and Austrian minister of agriculture; he seems to have had a number of herbals; a Tabernomontanus of 1613 with the same provenance is currently on the market) partly pasted over this bought from Francis Edwards in 1971 for £1800 with invoice inserted [BMC II 535-6; Hunt 6; Goff G103] folio Ulm Conrad Dinckmut 31-Mar 1487. ***The British library copy lacks 2 leaves and Hunt 8 leaves; both are without the frontispiece also missing here. ISTC lists 17 copies in Germany but about two thirds are imperfect some consisting of a few leaves only. Of the 4 copies in the US 3 are imperfect and the 4th is made up. No copy of this edition at auction in the last 35 years. First published in Mainz in 1485 “indisputably the most splendid and important of the incunabula herbals...one of the first incunabula on a scientific subject written in the vernacular.” Blunt & Raphael p. 115.
Greene (W.T.) Parrots in Captivity 3 vol. first editions 81 wood-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand tissue guards small ink stamp on reverse of plates some gatherings slightly sprung with occasional tape reinforcement to gutters later ownership inscription on preliminary blank ff. original blind-tooled cloth with gilt illustration to upper covers worn at corner-tips otherwise externally very good large 8vo 1884-87.
Daniell (William) A Voyage round Great Britain 8 vol. in 4 first edition aquatint vignette dedication leaf 308 hand-coloured aquatint plates by and after Daniell each within grey wash border plus one uncoloured aquatint plate of Kemaes Head in vol.1 without the map errata leaf at end of vol.1 vol.1 with 2 leaves (pp.123/4 and pp.125/6) on thicker paper vol.2 corner of one leaf torn (no loss of text) occasional light soiling and offsetting but generally very clean internally contemporary diced russia stamped in gilt and blind rebacked but attractively gilt-decorated spines edges rubbed corners worn [Abbey Scenery 16; Tooley 177] 4to 1814-25. ***”The most important colour plate book on British Topography” (Tooley). An index chart was also published but is not usually included the work being complete without it (Tooley).
Buonaiuti Italian Scenery 1806 text in English and French 32 fine hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates 1 engraved sheet of music some light offsetting occasional spotting (mostly to text) a few small stains engraved bookplates to front pastedown handsome contemporary olive straight-grain morocco blind-stamped floral centre-pieces within wide dcoartive scrolling borders spine in compartments gilt slightly rubbed [Abbey Travel 164] a very good copy folio 1806.
Bouquet Parlant (Le) du Fleuriste Amateur. engraved throughout on both sides of sheet hand-coloured portrait frontispiece of Mme. du Barry hand-coloured view and 48 full-page illustrations of flowers with verse below and song opposite all by Chevalier light soiling and staining mostly marginal contemporary sheep rather worn [only 1 other copy found in Bibliothèque Nationale] Paris Lamy 1780 § Del[anglard] (C.-F.-P.) Oracles de Flore engraved title with hand-coloured vignette of rose 2 engraved plates listing flowers and 6 hand-coloured botanical plates (each with 6 flowers) names at head of title another cut away from head of first leaf of text text lightly foxed contemporary black calf elaborately stamped in blind g.e. rubbed joints split repairs to spine ends Paris Janet [c.1850] 12mo(2)
Blakey (Robert) Old Faces in New Masks 1859 first edition half-title etched frontispiece and additional pictorial title by George Cruikshank (foxed) occasional light spotting to text bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox and bookseller`s ticket of William George`s Sons Ltd. of Bristol original blind-stamped claret cloth spine pictorial gilt spine faded and worn at head [Cohn 75; Westwood & Satchell p.34] 8vo 1859. ***The last and most elusive book by the angling writer including chapters on pike and eels as well as a long account of trout and salmon fishing on the Tweed during the 1790s.
Fielding.Picturesque Description of the River Wye 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates tissue guards all neatly numbered in ink in contemporary hand ink signature at head of title marginal staining to one or two plates original blind-stamped cloth a little rubbed spine faded and slightly worn at ends [Abbey Scenery 550; Tooley 218] 4to 1841.
Honan.Andalusian Annual for MDCCCXXXVII first edition 12 hand-coloured lithographed costume plates by Gauci and Hullmandel some heightened with gum arabic musical notation some spotting and soiling mainly affecting text original pink cloth covers with title and figure of dancing girl in gilt within elaborate blind-stamped border g.e. rubbed and faded a few small stains to upper cover corners worn rebacked [Colas 1476; Palau 11860] 4to 1836. ***The plates include bullfighters and bandits.
Paris et ses Environs. Promenades Pittoresques half-title engraved title with hand-coloured vignette and 10 hand-coloured engraved plates tissue guards text a little foxed contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper contemporary calf elaborately stamped in blind with architectural design around a central blank medallion spine gilt g.e. slightly rubbed 12mo Paris [c.1820].
Sotheby.Tour through Parts of Wales first edition presentation copy from the author “To Miss Stables A.D. 1814” inscribed at head of title half-title 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates by S.Alken most after J.Smith some plates rather browned one torn across corner affecting image (repaired) David Lloyd George`s copy with his etched bookplate on front pastedown contemporary straight-grain morocco ruled and stamped in gilt and blind g.e. a little worn [Abbey Scenery 513; Tooley 462] 4to 1794.
Bible French. manuscript 15th cent illuminated manuscript on vellum in French 104 ff. collation: i-v8 vi6 vii 8 viii10 ix-xiii8 including blank (except for ruling) final ff. in vi and viii original foliation on most of first 18 ff. 23 lines written in brown ink in a handsome lettre bâtarde 30 2- or 3-line initials in gold on blue and white backgrounds many 1-line initials in gold on red or blue and white and a few on brown and gold 3 large miniatures (c.130 x 120mm.) with 4 lines of text beneath ruled in red staining heavy in places seriously affecting the last miniature and a number of other ff. wrinkling throughout small hole in lower border of the second miniature signature `Larochefoucauld` at foot of first p. armorial bookplate on first fly-leaf of H.C.Embleton sixteenth-century brown morocco covers with double blind-stamped roll paste-downs made up of fragments of an early liturgical book printed in red and black rubbed rebacked covers repaired 4to c.240 x 160mm. Northern France late 15th century. ***A fine manuscript though sadly affected by water-damage of three of the `sapiental` books of the Bible associated with King Solomon: Proverbs Ecclesiastes and Wisdom in the bible historiale version by Guyart des Moulins based on Peter Comestor`s Latin Historica Scholastica. The miniatures depict (f. 1r) Solomon enthroned with a group of courtiers beside him insructing his son Rehoboam in an architectural setting with a glimpse of a hilly landscape visible through an open door; (f. 47r) Solomon enthroned between two groups of courtiers (or students?). behind them a wall and behind that glimpses of landscape; (f. 64r) Solomon seated at a large desk writing on a scroll in an architectural setting with shelves of books high up on either side with lansdcape visible through a window above. The three miniatures are in similar architectural borders predominantly in gold with coloured pillars on either side and a tasseled cord on the right on which a small golden manikin is climbing at the foot a gilt pedestal on which is a panel or scroll with 4 lines of text. Provenance: from the La Rochefoucauld family library with signature at foot of first page very similar to that found in books in the Bibliothèque du Château de la Roche-Guyon sold by Sotheby`s in Monaco 9th Dec 1987 (cf lot 753) though unlike the books in that sale this manuscript has neither the library stamp on title nor the family arms on the covers.
Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine first edition blind-stamped `presentation copy` on title author & francophile William Henry Helm`s copy with his pencilled name and occasional highlighting original printed wrappers browned and torn with some loss preserved in modern cloth drop-back box [Wells 4] 8vo 1895. ***Wells` sci-fi classic reflecting many of his own socialist leanings and the increasing anxiety at industrialisation and the yearning for a more atavistic lifestyle. Some speculate that several of the characters contained are caricatures or representations of fellow socialists of renown including William Morris possibly as `the Silent Man` alongside other Fabians. Scarce to survive this intact in the wrappers; this edition was published simultaneously with the first issue cloth edition.
Cranmer (Thomas Archbishop) Catechismus for the synguler commoditie and profite of children and yong people title within pictorial border large illustration of Edward VI on verso 26 illustrations in text one signed in full by Hans Holbein another with initials two repeated one in text the other above colophon the third and fourth leaf supplied in facsimile contemporary inscription on previous page noting their omission other annotations in Latin and presentation inscription on endleaf a later note on the author around margin of title repeated passage on L1 deleted in red a few other contemporary markings small library stamp on four leaves erased contemporary panelled calf tooled in gilt and blind rebacked lacking ties various pieces of bibliographical information and translation of the Latin inscriptions inserted [STC 5994] small 8vo [N. Hill for] Gwalter Lynne 1548. ***This is the third issue listed in STC all printed in the same year. The work is a translation of Justus Jones` Latin version of the Kinderpredigt and one of the earliest illustrated books for children.
[Perrault (Charles)] Histoires ou Contes avec des Moralitez first state of the second edition engraved pictorial title “Contes de ma Mere Loye” preceding letterpress title 8 engraved pictorial headpieces small hole in lower margin of A8 another in C6 slightly affecting one letter of text small piece torn from upper margin of G11 and G12 contemporary calf covers with blind-tooled lining at edges and fleurons at corners compartments of spine and edges of covers with gilt decoration small 12mo [Amsterdam Jacques Desbordes] Suivant la Copie à Paris 1697. ***An excellent copy of the unauthorised printing issued the same year as the first edition published by Claude Barbin with the pictorial title and headpieces copied from the original engravings of Antoine Clouzier printed in reverse. Both 1697 editions are extremely rare with only six copies in all offered at auction in the last thirty years. The eight stories by Perrault include six of the most popular fairy tales ever written: Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood Bluebeard Puss in Boots Cinderella and Tom Thumb. .
Pullman (Philip).- Scutt (David) 3 original giclée prints depicting the cover designs by David Scutt for Pullman`s trilogy each one of 150 signed by both the artist & the author from an overall limitation of 495 each blind-stamped Charlock Editions containing limitation details all actual images c.390 x 265 mm. n.d. ***The double-signed limitation of 150 copies is not currently on general release.
R M BALLANTYNE: THE WORLD OF ICE OR THE CRUISE OF THE “DOLPHIN”, [1875], orig blind stpd decor cl gt + COLUMBUS [ALAN HERBERT HOWLAND]: GOOD AFTERNOON CHILDREN, ill Morton Sale [1932], orig cl worn and soiled + EDWARD BLISHEN (ed): JUNIOR PEARS ENCYCLOPAEDIA, 1965, orig cl gt + THE BROTHERS GRIMM: THE STORY OF SNOW-WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, 1973, orig pict bds + MICHAEL FOSS: TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES AND CHILDREN’S VERSE, 1981, orig cl gt + KENNETH GRAHAME: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, ill Ernest H Shepard, 1977, orig cl gt, d/w + Y Y COTTERELL: THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF WORLD FABLES, 1979, orig cl gt, d/w + NORMAN COLLINS: CHILDREN OF THE ARCHBISHOP, [nd], orig cl, d/w (8)
PATRICIA WENTWORTH, 4 ttls: THE BLIND SIDE, 1939, 1st edn, orig cl worn; THE WATERSPLASH, Phila and NY 1951, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE GAZEBO, 1958, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE ALINGTON INHERITANCE, 1960, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR: THE ACEY MAYO TRIO, The Crime Club, 1946, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (tatty) + EMMA LATHEN, 7 ttls: MURDER MAKES THE WHEEL GO ROUND, 1966, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; PICK UP STICKS, 1971, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE LONGER THE THREAD, 1972, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; MURDER WITHOUT ICING, 1973, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; SWEET AND LOW, 1974, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, 1975, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; DOUBLE DOUBLE OIL AND TROUBLE, 1979,1st edn, orig cl, d/w (12)
GEORGE WILLIAM MANBY: A SUMMARY OF SERVICES RENDERED TO THE STATE IN SAVING THE LIVES OF ITS SAILORS FOR SHIPWRECK AND PROVIDING CLOTHING AND NECESSARIES AND FOR ASSISTING THEM TO THEIR HOMES AFTER THEIR PRESERVATION LIKEWISE IN INVENTIONS FOR THE RESCUE OF HUMAN LIFE FROM DROWNING BY BREAKING OF THE ICE AND FROM HOUSES ENVELOPED IN FLAMES WITH APPEALS TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC TO UNITE AND RESIST THE INSULTING THREAT OF INVASION ALSO FOR REPRESSING THE ARROGANT PAPAL ASSUMPTION FOR DISTURBING THE ESTABLISHED RELIGION OF THE COUNTRY – ANASTATIC DRAWINGS OF GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS PRESENTED BY SOVEREIGNS AND PUBLIC BODIES TO CAPT GEORGE WILLIAM MANBY FRS ……, Yarmouth 1851, 1851, 1st edns, 2 works in 1, 1st work engrd port frontis, 1 plts, full pge ill; 2nd work 12 plts, orig blind stpd cl gt worn, rear jnt split
MORDECAI CUBITT COOKE: RUST SMUT MILDEW AND MOULD AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MICROSCOPIC FUNGI, ill J E Sowerby, 1870, 2nd edn, 16 plts as list, orig blind stpd cl gt + WILLIAM PHILLIPS: A MANUAL OF THE BRITISH DISCOMYCETES WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE SPECIES OF FUNGI HITHERTO FOUND IN BRITAIN INCLUDED IN THE FAMILY AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENERA, 1893, 2nd edn, 12 litho plts, some annots, orig cl worn, inner jnts weak + CARLETON REA: BRITISH BASIDIOMYCETAE A HANDBOOK TO THE LARGER BRITISH FUNGI, Cambridge 1922, 1st edn, some annots, ffep and hf ttl loose, orig cl worn and soiled, inner jnts split + WORTHINGTON GEORGE SMITH: SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH BASIDIOMYCETES, 1908, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig cl gt worn + GEORGE MASSEE: EUROPEAN FUNGUS FLORA AGARICACEAE, 1902, 1st edn, orig cl (5)
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