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Click here to subscribeA fine Louis XV style walnut and marquetry ormolu mounted centre table, by Phillips of Bristol, inlaid to centre with musical trophies, within strapwork on a field of leafy scrolls, with tiger masks, drawer to frieze, blind to verso, tapered fluted legs, linked by an X stretcher, centred by a two handled urn, toupee feet, 127cm wide, 77cm high, c.1860
A Regency fiddle back mahogany sofa table, rounded rectangular, top with fall leaves, above a pair of frieze drawer, blind to verso, brass drum handles, u-shaped column, stepped canted rectangular base, outlined throughout with ebony stringing, downswept legs, brass socket castors, 151cm wide (open), 95cm wide (closed), 74cm high, c.1810
A Victorian walnut piano front davenport, the rectangular back with pop up section enclosing three short drawers flanked by pigeonholes, the front enclosing a leather writing surface raised on a ratchet fitted for inks and pens, four graduated drawers to side, blind to verso, scrolling supports, bun feet to casters, 99cm high, 57cm wide, c.1860
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY WRITING DESK, having a raised back with pierced gallery and shelf flanked by four small drawers, the inverted break front top over a centre drawer and kneehole, two drawers to each side with blind fret detail, on four cabriole legs with pad feet and brass castors, 121cm wide
A Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock. David Lestourgeon, London, early 18th century. The five finned -pillar inside countwheel bell-striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and fleur-de-lys half hour markers, the angles applied with twin cherub and crown pattern spandrels beneath shallow arch with oval boss signed David Lestourgeon, London within foliate engraved infill and herringbone upper border, the case with moulded cornice above blind fret infill and integral pilasters to hood, long trunk door and on plinth base with moulded skirt, case with some restoration, 231cm high. David Lestourgeon is recorded in Baillie, G. H.Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1698- 1731 and is described as a fine maker. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
GASTRONOMY. - E. WYTHE. A Complete Guide to the Housewife, &c. A Carefully Selected Assortment of Useful Family Receipts, in Cookery, Confectionary, Making Wines, Preserving, Pickles, &c. Ipswich: printed by J. Scoggins, [n.d. but circa 1830]. [bound with:] G. MILLSWOOD. The New Receipt Book. Liverpool: 1829.; [bound with a part work: ?Economical System of Cookery or The New Whole Art of Cookery. N.p.: n.d.] 3 works in one, 12mo (169 x 98mm.) (Some spotting occasionally heavy, third part-work lacking title-page and all text after E5, one leaf shaved with minor loss to page number.) Contemporary cloth blocked in blind to a foliate design, morocco lettering piece to spine (extremities slightly bumped, spine slightly faded).
PATON, Joseph Noël (illustrator). - William SHAKESPEARE. The National Shakespeare, a Facsimile of the Cert of the First Folio of 1625. London, Edinburgh, etc.: [n.d.] 3 vols., folio (402 x 238mm.) Title printed in red and black, frontispieces, numerous plates after Paton, all on india paper mounted. (Some spotting.) Original dark green morocco, elaborately blocked in gilt and blind, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (slightly faded, extremities slightly scuffed).
A common-place book, circa 1875, the hand-written text interspersed with original illustrations, greetings cards, and cuttings, elaborately blind-stamped dark brown leather (re-backed); a scrap-book, circa 1880; a scrap-book, circa 1896, comprising primarliy chromolithographic scraps, brown leather gilt; two crest and monogram albums; and three other assorted albums, (8). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
[SHERLOCK HOLMES]: DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. An exceptional A.L.S., A Conan Doyle, one page, 8vo, London, n.d. (February 1911), to 'Dear Sir' (O. P. Heggie, 1877-1936, Australian Character Actor), on the red monogrammed stationery of The Hotel Metropole. Doyle writes to Heggie, who at the time was performing in London as Sherlock Holmes, and announces 'I thought your performance very good indeed. Many thanks for it.' He continues to offer a suggestion, 'I wonder whether it would be possible as you exit at the end of Scene I Act III to remove your disguise with a sweep of your hand on the "Now then, Billy!". The disguise is so admirable that I fear many hardly realise that it is not a double.' Letters by Doyle associated with Sherlock Holmes are of the utmost rarity and highly desirable. Very minor age wear to the right edge, VG The actor O. P. Heggie, most famous for his role as the blind hermit who befriends Frankenstein's monster, Boris Karloff, in the 1935 film Frankenstein, portrayed Sherlock Holmes in a production of The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes at the Strand Theatre, London, from 6th-25th February 1911. Doyle had playfully listed in the programmes that 'C. Later' would perform the role of Peters, a Butler. In the play, Holmes disguised himself as the Butler and, of course, Heggie played both roles. Letters by Doyle referring to Holmes rarely appear on the market; the most recent example we are aware of being sold at auction was a letter signed with his initials, that also referred to Holmes by initials, which fetched around £8000.
PIUS XII: (1876-1958) Pope of the Roman Catholic church 1939-58. A good signed and inscribed 9.5 x 13.5 photograph of Pius XII seated in a three quarter length pose. Photograph by Louis Baumgartner of St. Gallen and bearing his blindstamp to the lower mount. Signed and inscribed by Pius XII in a typically neat hand in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, 'To Our dear son Edward D. McKim and to his family, we are very happy to impart a special Apostolic Benediction. Pius pp. XII' and dated 24th August 1945 in his hand. With blind embossed seal to mount. A very light area of minor staining appears at the lower edge, not affecting the image or signature. Otherwise VG Edward D. McKim-Chief Administrative Assistant to American President Harry S. Truman in 1945. McKim had been a close friend of Truman since serving under him in the 129th Field Artillery Regiment from 1917-19.
DEVEREUX ROBERT: (1566-1601) 2nd Earl of Essex, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Executed at the Tower of London. Rare L.S., yr. most assured frend, Essex', one page, 4to, n.p., 22nd August 1592, to Richard Bagot. Essex states, 'I pray yow geve order to the keepers of my Park at Chartley that they make this gentleman my good frend Mr Phillips all the sport they can. And if he shall have occasion to use a Brace of Bucks, or one Buck of this season, to require them to delyver the same unto hym.' With integral address leaf bearing a blind embossed paper seal. Some very light, minor staining and a little age wear to the edges, otherwise VG
WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. D.S., William R, in English, although in his capacity as Prince of Orange, one page, folio, in camp near St. Quintin's Lenneke, 8th September 1693, in Dutch. The manuscript document appoints Casper de Mauregnault to be Captain of the Company of Lt. Col. Alexander Theodorus de Mauregnault in the Regiment of Col. Caieu and charges 'the officers and private soldiers of that same Company to hold and acknowledge the said de Mauregnault as their Captain.' Bearing a blind embossed paper seal (faint impression) of William III as King of Great Britain at the foot. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear to the extreme edges, otherwise a clean and handsome document, VG
CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN HENRY: (1836-1908) British Prime Minister 1905-08. A.L.S., H. Campbell-Bannerman, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (London), 27th February n.y., to Mr. Simeon, on the blind embossed stationery of the House of Commons library. Campbell-Bannerman states that he is sorry not to have a better account of his correspondent's father in law's health, 'but I confess I did not like his look before he left England' and adds that he hopes he doesn't come home before improving. In concluding he comments 'I will certainly act on your hint and write to him with some Party gossip-taking care that I do not bring in any mention of your having suggested it.' With blank integral leaf. VG
CHAMBERLAIN NEVILLE: (1869-1940) British Prime Minister 1937-40. A.L.S., Neville Chamberlain, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 18th January 1917, to 'My dear George', on blind embossed stationery, marked Private. Chamberlain informs his correspondent that 'things are working better' than when he last saw him and continues 'I think the A. G. (Attorney General) understands now that I am out to help him all I can. There will however be plenty of difficulties and opposition elsewhere.' Chamberlain concludes by stating that he hopes to see his correspondent again when he is 'through the strenuous period of the next few days.' With blank integral leaf. VG Chamberlain was Director of National Service 1916-17.
BURKE EDMUND: (1729-1797) Irish Statesman, Orator, Political Theorist and Philosopher. D.S., Edm. Burke, two pages, folio, Council Chamber at St. James's, 21st June 1782. The manuscript document, issued by the members of the is addressed to George, Duke of Marlborough, and orders him to call upon the Justices of the Peace in Oxford to recruit 'all straggling seamen who are fit to serve on board His Majesty's ships' and to take them to the Clerks of the Checque at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth or Plymouth or to the Naval Officer at Harwich. The document states that the person entrusted in raising the men for the fleet shall be paid forty shillings for each able seamen and thirty shillings for each ordinary seamen with an allowance of sixpence for each mile they travel. Signed by Burke at the conclusion in his capacity as Paymaster of the Forces and countersigned by Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-1794, Lord President of the Council), John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset (1745-1799, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, a noted proponent of cricket), Earl Gower (1721-1803, British Politician), Charles James Fox (1749-1806, Foreign Secretary) and Henry Seymour Conway (1721-1795, British General and Statesman, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces). With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Two strips of tape affixed to reinforce folds to the verso, only lightly affecting the text and three signatures (just touching Burke and Gower's signatures and largely covering Fox's, all remain completely legible). Lightly neatly mounted at the head. G
BARBOUR JAMES: (1775-1842) American Lawyer and Senator, United States Secretary of War, 1825-28. D.S., J S Barbour, one page, 4to, Richmond, Virginia, 14th September 1813. The manuscript document certifies that William Robertson is given power of attorney of William Mewburn, a Notary Public in Richmond. Signed by Barbour at the conclusion in his capacity as Governor of Virginia. With large blind embossed Great Seal of Virginia affixed by a pale blue ribbon. With blank integral leaf. Lightly laid down at the left edge of the integral leaf, otherwise VG
FRANK HANS: (1900-1946) German Lawyer, a high ranking official in Nazi Germany. Frank was prosecuted, and later executed, at the Nuremberg Trials for his role in perpetrating the Holocaust during his tenure as Governor- General of occupied Poland. A.L.S., H. Frank, one page, 4to, Krakau, 23rd May 1940, to Adolf Hitler ('Mein Fuhrer!'), on the printed stationery of the Governor General, Occupied Polish Territories, featuring a blind embossed Nazi eagle and swastika. In this boldly penned letter, in German, Frank writes, in full, 'With your flattering and uplifting best wishes on my birthday, my Fuhrer, you bring me a pride-inspiring joy. I have only one wish in life: to devote myself to your service. Hail to you, my Fuhrer! Now and for ever.' With blank integral leaf. Two file holes to left edge, not affecting text or signature. A rare letter with excellent association. VG
FRICK WILHELM: (1877-1946) Nazi Politician, Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. Executed for War crimes. T.L.S., Frick, one page, 4to, Berlin, 9th January 1941, to SS Gruppenfuhrer Richard Hildebrandt, on the printed stationery of the Reich Minister of the Interior, featuring a blind embossed Nazi Eagle and Swastika, in German. Frick thanks his correspondent for the good wishes he had sent him at the turn of the year and very warmly reciprocates them. Very light age wear to the edges and two file holes to the left edge, not affecting text or signature. About VG. Richard Hildebrandt-Senior SS Police Chief in Danzig and West Prussia, Head of Race and Settlement Division of the SS.
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at St. James's, 29th September 1775. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Colonel Sir Robert Hamilton to be a Major General in the Army. Countersigned by 4th Earl of Rochford (1717-1781) Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1770-1775. Lacking blind embossed paper seal. Some slight creasing, about VG
VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th October 1859. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing James McGillivray to be a Lieutenant in the Coast Brigade of Artillery. With blind embossed blue paper seal affixed. Laid down and with light overall agewear, minor staining and foxing. Together with a printed oblong 8vo admittance card to the Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey, 28th June 1838. G to VG, 2
Brown (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents and Commonly Presumed Truths, together with the Religio Medici, 6th ed., 1672, lacks addn. eng. title(?), minor worming at head of gutter margins, 19th c. blind-panelled calf, upper cover detached, 4to, together with Fonseca (Fr. Ch. de), Devout Contemplations Expressed in two and Fortie Sermons... Englished by J.M. of Magdalen College in Oxford, 1629, eng. title, old marginal dampstains, contemp. calf, chipped at head of spine, folio, plus Fox (John), The Book of Martyrs: Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First, pub. 1760, sixty-one eng. plts., later rexine binding, folio, and other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)
Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, by George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas, Compiled... by Richard Walter..., 1st ed., printed for the author, 1748, forty-two folding copper eng. plts., maps, and charts, some minor spotting and off-setting, and a few short handling tears, title-page and one plt. sl. frayed to fore-edge, list of subscribers, without directions to the binder (as often), Cc1 with circular stain, two cuttings mounted on prelim. blank, recent sprinkled half calf, blind Greek key roll decorated raised bands, gilt lettered red morocco label in second compartment, remainder with floral quatrefoil tool in centre and volute cornerpieces, 4to. Sabin 1626. (1)
Clark (William George). Peloponnesus: Notes of Study and Travel, pub. John W.Parker and Son, 1858, five maps (one folding) complete as list, with publishers catalogue bound in at rear, small blind stamp to front prelim., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo. A good bright copy of an unusual book. Not in Blackmer. Atabey 252. (1)
Clarke (James Stanier & M’Arthur, John). The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. From his Lordship’s Manuscripts, 2 vols., 1809, engraved frontispiece, sixteen engraved plates, portraits and plans, engraved illustrations, one plate with frayed foredge, one with marginal wormtrack, scattered light spots, bookplates, loose typed letter dated 1935 from the Admiralty approving purchase of the book, old sellotape mark to fep vol. I, contemporary calf, covers with gilt corner tools within blind anthemion roll and gilt triple fillet border, rebacked, slightly rubbed with small surface abrasions, 4to (2)
Stein (Sir Aurel). Archaeological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Iran..., Macmillan, 1937, numerous maps, plts. and plans, correct as list, 2 folding maps in pocket at rear, Leicester Municipal Libraries blind stamp to upper outer corner of many leaves throughout, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a few marks to spine, 4to. A bright copy. (1)
Wyse (Right Hon. Sir Thomas). An Excursion in the Peloponnesus in the Year 1858, edited by his niece, Winifrede M. Wyse, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1865, half-titles present, double-page eng. map, twenty-four uncol. etched plts., including some folding, b&w woodcuts to text, some minor foxing to frontis. and title and second vol. only, bookplate of Shirley Atchley to front pastedown of second vol., and bookseller’s ticket for Zeno, London, to each vol., binder’s ticket of Day & Son to rear pastedown of first vol., orig. blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, sl. rubbed to extrems. (and spines lightly faded), generally a good copy, 8vo. Blackmer 1847. Sir Thomas Wyse (1791-1862), a distinguished Anglo-Irish politician, diplomat, linguist and travel writer, was appointed Ambassador to Athens in 1849 and from then on devoted himself to Greek affairs. His obversations on the economic and social conditions of the Peloponnesus were recorded in a remarkable series of journals, which he prepared for publication shortly before his death in 1862. (2)
Bartlett (W.H. & J. Stirling Coyne). The Scenery and Antiquites of Ireland, 2 vols., George Virtue, c.1840, addn. eng. vign. title to each, single page eng. map of Ireland, 118 steel eng. views, correct as list, tissue guards, marbled endpapers, bookplates of John C. Black, a.e.g., near contemp. maroon morocco, some rubbing to extrems., spines lightly faded, gilt line decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder with gilt shamrock tool surrounded by dots within a volute frame, covers with gilt double fillet and blind double fillet border, inner wide gilt border composed of pelmet roll, and scrolling floral roll between dot rolls and double fillets, with shamrock tool within square frame at the corners, inner panel of blind double and single fillets, with blind tulip tool at scalloped corners of latter, gilt milled edges, scalloped fuchsia and roundel roll on turn-ins, 4to (2)
Rudge (Thomas). The History of the County of Gloucester; Compressed, and Brought Down to the Year 1803, 2 vols., printed for the author, Gloucester, 1803, half-titles signed ‘e’Libris F. Rudge’, folding eng. map frontis. to vol. 1 & eng. frontis. to vol. 2, some offsetting and browning, endpapers renewed, contemp. mottled calf, rebacked, insect damage to covers, 8vo, together with The History and Antiquities of Gloucester, from the Ealiest Period to the Present Time..., pub. Gloucester, Hough & Pace, [1815?], half-title, folding eng. frontis., one folding eng. plan of Gloucester, two eng. plts., wood eng. illusts. to text, contemp. half sheep, blind and gilt dec. to spine, 8vo (3)
Tombleson (William and Fearnside, William Gray). Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, [1834], eng. frontis., addn. eng. title, folding map of the Thames (detached), 78 eng. plts., all plates and maps complete as list, occ. minor scattered spotting, scattered light spotting, a.e.g., contemp. blind-stamped calf gilt, later cloth backstrip fraying at head and foot, together with London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition, [1841], additional engraved title and 75 engraved plates, water staining throughout, a.e.g., contemp. red cloth gilt, spine defective, covers detached, both 4to (2)
Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, 4 vols. bound in 2, [1743 or later], eng. dec. frontis. with orig. hand col., title page with eng. portrait mounted on verso, a broken copy, sixty-seven eng. plates only, all with orig. hand col., a few plts. with library blind stamps, contemp. calf gilt, rubbed and frayed 4to, together with Gleanings of Natural History, vols. 1-3 bound in 1, 1758, uncoloured portrait frontis., title page, forty-five eng. plts. only, all with orig. hand col., a broken copy, some off-setting, contemp. calf gilt, joints weak, rubbed and frayed, 4to, with A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, 4 vols. [1743 or later], approx. 120 eng. plts. only, all with orig. hand col., several plts. with off-setting and spotting, a broken copy, contemp. calf gilt, hinges weak, 2 vols. with spine and text block split, rubbed and frayed, 4to. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (7)
* Oxford. Nicholson (William), Wadham College, Front Quad, pub. Stafford Gallery, c.1905, lithograph signed in ink in lower left margin, blind stamp in lower right margin, slight surface dirt 260 x 350 mm, mounted, together with Radclyffe (William), South East View of the Taylor Building & University Galleries, c.1840, hand col. eng., trimmed to image, 225 x 355 mm, framed and glazed, with a good etching of Brasenose College & Radcliffe Camera, titled, blind stamped and indistinctly signed in pencil, together with another eight etchings, prints and engravings of Oxford colleges and buildings, various sizes and condition, mostly framed and glazed. Not examined out of frames. (11)
* Charles (Prince & Diana, Princess). A group of twelve high quality colour Kodachrome slides of the wedding of HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 29th July 1981, including six close ups of the face of Lady Diana in wedding dress with veil (two with the veil over her face), three head and shoulders photos of the marrying couple (one in their wedding attire and two with Prince Charles in a suit and Lady Diana dressed in pink and white), one head and shoulders image of the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen Mother and one head and shoulders portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, the last image showing the wedding signatures of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer beneath the Archbishop’s, all in good condition without captions to mounts, each 5 x 5 cm overall. These are professional video or television screen prints, blind-stamped August 1981 on the card supports. (12)
. Hinton House as it is known today was built around 1700, at Hinton Charterhouse, near Bath and is believed to occupy the site of a monastic grange.. The library offered here is composed from the collections of several families who at one time or another were incumbents of the property, from the 18th century onwards. Many of the books contain autograph signatures and bookplates of the owners, the earliest being Stephen Skurray and his wife Mary, nee Jacobs. Their daughter Mary married Samuel Day in 1786. Sam Day was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1797, and died in 1806 as the result of a fall from the hustings at Bridgwater, during the nomination of a member of Parliament for the County. Samuel and Mary Day had two children - Mary, who died at the age of 6 (the not unnatural result of being planted in a garden bed, and watered by her brother to make her grow), and Samuel Skurray (born 1787) who succeeded his father at the age of 19, and adopted the name Samuel Skurray Day. In 1810 he married the Hon. Catherine Lister, eldest daughter of the 1st Lord Ribblesdale, when she was not quite 17. They met at the Bath Assemblies. The marriage proved unhappy, and after an abortive attempt to run away in a chaise from The Crown Inn she finally left him in 1813, and returned home to Gisburne in Yorkshire. It is said that she promised a Norton woman 5 if she could send irrefutable proof of her husband’s death, and that on the day of his funeral in 1816 she was seen hovering outside the Churchyard wall, in Vicarage Lane. While at Magdalen College, Oxford, Sam Day had made friends with Thomas Jones, son of his mother’s old friend and school fellow, nee Frances Foxcroft. The Jones family lived at Stapleton House, Bristol (demolished 1936). On Sam Day’s death in 1816, all his disposable property was left to his mother with the verbal request that after her death everything might go to his “Dear Friend, Tom Jones”. Mary Day survived her son by 30 years, during which time she lived quietly in order to pay off jointures and debts amounting to about 30000.. In 1835, Thomas Jones married the Hon. Margaret Nugent Talbot daughter of Lord Talbot de Malahide and inherited the Hinton House estate in 1846. Thomas Jones was High Sheriff of Bristol and died in 1848. His heir Edward Talbot Day Jones was only 11 years old at that time. In 1868 he reverted to the name Foxcroft, and the house remained in the family until the Second World War. Ackermann (Rudolph). The Microcosm of London; Or, London in Miniature, 3 vols., 1st ed., [1808-10], half-title, woodcut title and eng. dedication leaf to each vol., 104 fine hand-col. aqua. plts. by Bluck, Stadler and others, after Rowlandson & Pugin, many in first or early states, including the Admiralty plate (noted by Abbey in only one copy seen), an early issue with errata uncorrected except “custom” at vol. 1, line 218 (as in the Abbey set), with wide margins, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., contemp. polished calf, re-jointed (except for lower joint vol. 2 which is cracked), gilt rope roll dec. raised bands in pairs with gilt roll between, gilt lettered direct in second and fifth compartments, date lettered at foot, covers with gilt triple fillet border, inner blind border of drawer handle roll between blind fillets, enclosing hexagonal panel with alternating gilt and blind sections, tooled with a variety of heart, volute, palmette, roundel, and quatrefoil tools, edges gilt dec. with diagonal dot rolls at corners, turn-ins with gilt single fillet, and tulip and roundel cornerpieces, 4to. Abbey, Scenery, 212: “Original impressions of these splendid plates have a luminous quality entirely absent from later printings” (3)
Bindings. Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages, and proverbs, of all Ages and Nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie. With Illustrations Freely Rendered, from Designs Found in their Works, by John Leighton, F.S.A., the whole translated and edited, with additions, by Richard Pigot, 1860, eng. frontis., title printed in black and red, numerous letterpress engs., a.e.g., contemp. green morocco, extrems. sl. rubbed, gilt rule dec. raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder gilt panelled and filled with a profusion of fleuron, flower, seedhead, and volute tools, on a dot ground, covers with gitl triple fillet border, inner double fillet and wide pelmet roll border, large Greek urn tool in centre, sm. folio, together with The Seasons, by James Thomson, Illustrated by Birket Foster, F.R. Pickersgill, R.A., J. Wolf, G. Thomas, and Noel Humphreys, 1859, half-title, numerous letterpress engs., first and final leaves foxed, gauffered gilt edges, contemp. green morocco by Hayday, extrems. rubbed, raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder with double line circle surrounded by stars, covers with gilt double fillet border, inner wide gilt wavy-line border filled with stars and crosses, gilt roll on edges and turn-ins, 8vo, plus The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year, 1849, numerous leaves embellished with pen & ink decoration to the margins in an amateur hand, many with colours and illumination, mostly floral and foliate, some calligraphic, two prelim. leaves with hand-painted illuminated cross and mounted calligraphic gift inscription, marbled endpapers, gauffered gilt edges, contemp. purple crushed morocco, rubbed, blind rule decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder with gilt flower tool in centre and volute cornerpieces, covers with gilt border composed of bead and flower roll between single fillets, dotted line roll, and single fillets, scalloped cornerpieces, central rose window motif, 8vo in 4s, plus five others similar (8)
Bristol Riots. The Bristol Riots, their Causes, Progress, and Consequences, by a Citizen [i.e. John Eagles], pub. Bristol, 1832, litho frontis., contemp. half calf, blind & gilt dec. spine, dark green morocco title label, 8vo, together with Trials of the Persons Concerned in the Late Riots, Before Chief Justice Tindal, and Justices Bosanquet and Taunton, which Commenced Monday, January 2, and ended Saturday, January 14, 1832, at the Guildhall, in the City of Bristol, pub. Bristol, 1832, half-title, three wood-eng. ports. at rear, bound with The Courts-Martial Upon Lieut.-Col. Brereton and Capt. Warrington, for Imputed Neglet of Duty During the Bristol Riots, on October 29, 30, & 31, 1831, pub. Bristol, 1832, edges untrimmed, later qtr. brown morocco over orig. boards, 8vo (2)
Copper Plate Magazine. The Copper Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints, Consisting of Sublime and Interesting Views in Great Britain and Ireland, Beautifully Engraved by the Most Eminent Artists from the Paintings and Drawings of the First Masters, 5 vols. [all published], pub. Harrison & Co. and J. Walker, [1792- 1802], eng. titles to each, 250 eng. plts. each with tissue guards (complete), some minor scattered spotting, slight dampstaining to few plts. & leaves in vol. 5, edges untrimmed, inner hinges repaired, contemp. half calf, recent gilt & blind dec. spines, some wear to corners, oblong 4to. A handsome set. (5)
Corner (Julia). The History of China & India, Pictorial & Descriptive, new ed., enlarged, 1847, tinted litho. title, and thirty tinted litho. plts., incl. frontis., and two folding maps, contents shaken with some sections of text partly loose, a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt dec. spine, a little rubbed, and minor fraying to extreme corners, 8vo (1)
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