Leadbetter (Charles) The Royal Gauger; or, Gauging made Perfectly Easy, As it is actually practised by the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue of Excise, sixth edition, 8 folding engraved plates (plate 1 in 2 parts), 3 partially hand-coloured, 2 folding letterpress vouchers, with final blank, occasional spotting or soiling, light water-staining to frontispiece and title, engraved bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine ends chipped, upper joint split, 1760 § Luckombe (P.) The History and Art of Printing, first edition, woodcut frontispiece of Gutenberg, type and ornament specimens, short tear to Zz1 repaired, modern half calf, uncut, spine gilt, W.Adlard & J.Browne for J.Johnson, 1771 § Whittock (N.) & others. The Complete Book of Trades, engraved additional vignette title and plates, illustrations, marginal water-staining, modern half roan, 1837; and another on gauging, 8vo (4)⁂ The first is a guide to regulating shipments of alcohol and other goods.
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Leupold (Jacob) Theatrum pontificiale, oder Schau-Platz der Brücken und Brücken-Baues, first edition, half-title, title in red & black, Gothic letter, 60 folding engraved plates mounted on modern stubs, rather water- & damp-stained, mostly affecting text and stubs but also a few plates, others lacking portion from outer margin (repaired), modern half calf, red morocco label, [Belin Kat. 3553; Millard N.European 59], folio, Leipzig, C.Zunkel for the author & J.F.Gleditsch, 1726.⁂ One of the foremost parts of the author's Theatrum machinarum, his ground-breaking series on engineering and technology. This volume concerns bridges and was the first book on bridge-building printed in Germany. The early plates depict ways in which to cross rivers including stilts, weighted shoes, diving bells & suits.
Baskerville (John).- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Opera, book-label of Lord W.Kerr, G.C.B. and bookplate of the Earl of Crewe, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, spine lacking labels and defective at head, 1772 § Terentius Afer (Publius) Comoediae, very light spotting at beginning and end, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked in morocco preserving old label, 1772, both good clean copies, [Gaskell 44 & 46], 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville (2)
Lewis (James) Original Designs in Architecture, Book II only (of 2), first edition, list of subscribers, 41 engraved plates, one folding, some light marginal soiling, short tear to fore-margin of title, final plate creased at corners, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, uncut, spine gilt, [Harris 494], folio, for the Author, 1797.⁂ The neo-classical architect's scarce second book, published some 17 years after the first, where he explicitly cautions against contemporary capriciousness, love of novelty, and a vain presumption of superiority over the ancients, while at the same time praising the work of individuals such as Jones, Wren and Vanbrugh. Among the subscribers are Catherine the Great (who had died the year before) and Paul I of Russia, as well as her Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi, and numerous British and Italian nobles, artists and architects.ESTC lists only 2 UK copies (BL and R.I.B.A.) and 4 more in America.
Lister (Martin) A Journey to Paris in the Year 1698, third edition, with initial blank, 5 engraved plates only (of 6), 2 folding, light water-staining, engraved bookplate of Blayney Townley Esq., contemporary panelled calf, rather worn, joints split, [Wing L2527], for Jacob Tonson, 1699 § Scott (John) A Visit to Paris in 1814, first edition, some light foxing, modern book-label of Ian Jack and other inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1815; and another on Paris, 8vo et infra (3)
Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge, translated by Richard Haydocke, first edition in English, engraved title and 13 full-page illustrations, some after Dürer, woodcut initials and numerous fine typographical ornaments, lacking final leaf (colophon), title with contemporary inscription at head (shaved) and rather soiled and frayed at edges with slight loss to outer corners (neatly supplied in ink and laid down), small stains to A2-3, B5 & D6, some other staining towards end particularly 2O1 & 2, a few leaves shaved at head at end, 2I1 defective at foot with slight loss to ornament and 3 lines of text on verso, a remboitage in later crimson straight-grain morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with wheel design, spine gilt in compartments, later paste-paper endpapers, rubbed, spine faded, [Harris 519; STC 16698; cf.Berlin Kat 4612 & Fowler 186, earlier Milan editions], small folio (c.250 x 180mm.), [Oxford, by Joseph Barnes for Richard Haydocke], [1598].⁂ Lomazzo's influential Mannerist treatise was the first treatise on art to be published in England. It was dedicated to Thomas Bodley and was one of the first works to be presented to the Bodleian Library. "It was the first book on the arts to be translated and the reason for its choice must have been its thorough treatment of painting...". Harris p.297.
Moxon (Joseph) Practical Perspective, or Perspective made easie, first edition, 60 engraved illustrations on 42 engraved plates, 2 folding, one with overlay, 2 engraved illustrations in text, one with overlay and window of mica (slightly damaged), contemporary ink signatures "J.Durant" and John Griffiths 1683" to front free endpaper, another later of George Jeffreys to head of title, worming to last few plates with slight loss, contemporary sheep, rather worn and scuffed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red morocco label, some repairs to boards, [Berlin Kat. 4721; Fowler 203; Wing M3018], small folio, by Joseph Moxon, 1670.⁂ The earliest book in English on perspective.
Nicholson (Peter) The New and Improved Practical Builder, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional woodcut architectural title, 183 engraved plates as called for, 2 folding, contemporary ink signature of Samuel Hocking to head of title, light water-staining, mostly marginal, modern roan-backed boards, uncut, Thomas Kelly, 1823; Practical Masonry, Bricklaying, and Plastering, 58 engraved plates, 4 folding, marginal foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, 1838 § [Elsam (Richard)] The Practical Builder's Perpetual Price-Book, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, light foxing, old marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, [1825]; and 3 others on building, 4to & 8vo (7)
Palladio (Andrea) I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, 4 parts in 1, fourth edition, each part with ornate woodcut architectural title, woodcut initials and illustrations throughout, the majority full-page or near full-page, with final blanks at end of Books II & IV, Lord Holland's copy with his ink inscription "Lord Holland Venice 1814" to front free endpaper and Holland House bookplate and shelf-mark, also book-label of Joyce Cary, light water-staining to first and last few leaves, stain to D3, some light marginal soiling but overall a good copy, later vellum-backed boards, red morocco label, with ink inscription "Holland House 1815 E.V.Holland" and sketch to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, light staining to upper cover, [Fowler 215; Millard Italian 67], folio, Venice, Bartolomeo Carampello, 1616.⁂ "Andrea Palladio, author of the most studied of the architectural treatises of the Renaissance, the third great work of the sixteenth century (after Sebastiano Serlio and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola), was the most distinguished practicing architect of the second half of the sixteenth century. The most effective representative of the new principles of architecture in northern Italy, his architectural practice and his architectural theory are equally balanced in his work, offering a coherent expression in its corpus of ideas and buildings. Superior to Vignola's in richness and importance, Palladio's treatise was the most popular publication by any architect." (Millard).Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig politician who served under Lord Grey and Melbourne. He married Elizabeth Vassall in 1797 and it was presumably Elizabeth who inscribed the upper cover. Joyce Cary (1888-1957), Anglo-Irish novelist, author of The Horse's Mouth of 1944 and others.
Parker (Thomas N.) Leaves out of the Book of a Country Gentleman, only edition, one of 100 copies, 14 double-page wood-engraved plates and 8 engraved plates on 4 sheets, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half roan, rubbed, folio, Oswestry, W.Price, 1847.⁂ Featuring designs and plans for a wine cellar, ink stands with adjusting floats, a potato house, glass wasp traps, gates, ice houses etc.
Belidor (Bernard Forest de) Architecture Hydraulique, ou l'Art de Conduire, d'Elever, et de Menager les Eaux pour les Differens Besoins de la Vie, 2 vol. in 4, first edition, titles in red & black, half-title and engraved portrait in vol.3, 2 engraved frontispieces and 219 folding plates & plans, engraved vignettes as chapter headings, woodcut ornaments and initials, plate 3 Book 2 chapter 1 in vol.1 torn and repaired, a few plates soiled and slightly frayed at edges, old ink signature of Lord Greenock to front free endpapers, an excellent clean and crisp copy in contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, a few worn patches to covers, rebacked with gilt spines, some volumes misnumbered, [Berlin Kat. 3555; Bibliotheca Mechanica p.29], 4to, Paris, Charles-Antoine-Jombert, 1737-53.⁂ A study of enormous value to 18th century engineers. Belidor's was the first work of its kind to apply integral calculus to practical problems. It concentrates on civil engineering including transport, shipbuilding, canals, locks, lighthouses, fountains, fire-engines, windmills etc., providing an important survey on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart, styled Lord Greenock (1783-1859), army officer who was Governor General of Canada 1845-47, and an amateur geologist.
Pocock (William Fuller) Architectural Designs for Rustic Cottages, Picturesque Dwellings, Villas, &c., second edition, 33 engraved plates and plans, 23 aquatints printed in sepia, 16pp. publishers' catalogue bound in at end, book-label of Sir Henry Hunloke of Wingerworth, an excellent clean copy in the original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and spotted, rebacked preserving part of old spine, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2318, first edition], J.Taylor, 1823; Modern Finishings for Rooms: A Series of Designs for Vestibules, Halls, Stair Cases, Dressing Rooms, Boudoirs, Libraries and Drawing Rooms, third edition, 86 engraved plates, 8vo bookseller's catalogue bound in at end, some light foxing, John & Myfanwy Piper's copy with their book-label, modern half calf, uncut, red morocco label, [cf. Abbey Life 50 & Berlin Kat. 2319, first edition], M.Taylor, 1837, 4to (2)⁂ Pattern books for exteriors and interiors, the second including doors, windows, staircases, fireplaces, bookcases etc.
Ramelli (Agostino) Le Diverse et Artificiose Machine..., first edition, engraved architectural title with portrait of the author on verso, both by Léonard Gualtier, text in Italian & French, mostly on parallel leaves, all within typographical border, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, 194 fine full-page engraved illustrations numbered I-CXCV (plate CXLVIII/CXLIX numbered as two), 20 double-page, contemporary ink inscription of Jesuit college in Lyons to head of title and traces of another to foot (frayed at edges and neatly repaired), with title written in French in neat ink manuscript facing engraved title, F1 & 2 bound after G signature, tears to upper margin of t3 & 4, along edge of text to H1 & 2 (just inside border) and to Gg5 (all neatly repaired), small abrasion to engraving on O2, washed, modern vellum-backed boards, red morocco label, [Mortimer French 452], folio (c.330 x 210mm.), Paris, for the Author, 1588.⁂ A tour de force of Renaissance book-design and one of the most beautiful of sixteenth century illustrated books. Celebrated both for its text and illustrations this extraordinary work on mechanical engineering was produced so handsomely in order to prevent piracy. The majority of engravings are concerned with raising water but also feature windmills, cranes, military devices, fountains, an ornamental feature with artificial singing birds, and a reading wheel.
Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening..., first edition, half-title, 16 aquatint plates of which 10 finely hand-coloured, 9 only with overlays (of 10), 3 double-page, one folding, and 6 uncoloured (4 with overlays), wood-engraved tail-piece, rather damaged by damp causing loss to lower outer corner sometimes affecting text, double-page plate bound at p.32 with slight loss to edge of image and border at lower left side (repaired and restored in pen, ink & watercolour) but also lacking the two overlays, occasional staining to lower margin, modern half red straight-grain morocco, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, [Abbey Scenery 388; Berlin Kat. 3427; Henrey 1269], oblong folio, by W.Bulmer & Co. for J. & J.Boydell and G.Nicol, [1794].⁂ The landscape architect's first book, compiled from his famous "Red Books" which were drawn up for prospective clients and included watercolours with overlays showing before and after scenes.
Richardson (George) A Treatise on the Five Orders of Architecture, first edition, title and text in English and French, text printed in double columns, list of subscribers, 22 aquatint plates, contemporary ink signature "John Peachey 1793" to head of title, some foxing, mostly marginal but particularly affecting plate XVIII, some plates offset, old Westdean library book-label, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked preserving old red roan label, corners repaired, rubbed, [Abbey Life 58; Berlin Kat.2297; Harris 744; Millard British 68], folio, for the Author, 1787.⁂ The list of subscribers includes several architects, notably William Chambers, George Dance, Henry Holland and John Soane, as well as an array of craftsmen such as builders, carpenters, painters, plasterers, cabinet-makers etc.
Rossi (Giovanni Battista) Palazzi Diversi nel Alma Cita di Roma, second edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title and 50 plates by Rossi after Giacomo Lauro, some light marginal soiling, a few marginal tears and repairs, modern book-labels of J.B. & Michael Bury, contemporary vellum, a little soiled and stained, cover slightly splayed, recased and repaired, [Berlin Kat. 2661; Not in Fowler or Millard], small oblong folio, Rome, G. de Rossi, 1638 [but 1655].⁂ Scarce second, greatly expanded, edition of these engravings first published in 1638 with only 22 leaves, after Giacomo Lauro's Antique urbis vestigia of 1612-28. The plates include views of the Vatican, the Farnese, Medici, Barberini and Adobrandini palaces, as well as view of St.Mark's Square in Venice and the Escorial in Madrid.
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Royal Navy.- [Copy book of of a naval officer], manuscript on thick paper, c. 500pp., c. 180 accomplished watercolours (some in colour, most monochrome wash), pen and ink charts and diagrams, all within pen and ink rule borders, a few ff. with slight offsetting, some foxing, slightly browned, later endpapers, 20th century half morocco, edges a little rubbed, gilt spine (incorrectly titled "Royal Academy"), 4to, dated in text 1759 and dated on spine 1779; and another, v.s. (2).⁂ A very fine naval copy book covering various subjects, including: arithmetic, surveying, altimetry and longimetry, fortification, gunnery, astronomy , geography, navigation etc.
Serlio (Sebastiano) Regole Generali di Architettura, second edition, title with woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and numerous illustrations, many full-page, woodcut printer's device in large cartouche to verso of final leaf, some light marginal soiling and staining, P1 torn just touching edge of image, slight worming to upper outer corner, a few small stains and tiny holes to leaves of Q & R gatherings (neatly repaired), modern calf, red roan label, [EDIT 16 CNCE 28611; Fowler 314], folio (c.350 x 240mm.), Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540.⁂ Book IV of this important Renaissance work on the five orders of architecture, one of eight books on architecture and perspective of which only five were published in the author's lifetime, the first being this in 1537. The present work is a reset and corrected edition of the1537 edition with illustrations taken from the original blocks. Serlio's monumental work represents the first treatise on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance, leading to its becoming one of the most important architectural books to disseminate knowledge of antique heritage and invention throughout Europe during the Italian Renaissance.
Serlio (Sebastiano) Libro Primo d'Architettura, second Italian edition, title with woodcut architectural border, contemporary ink inscription at foot and small wormhole to lower margin, browned, ink stain to D1v & D2r, a few other ink smudges and marginal soiling, Gio.Battista & Marchio Sessa, [1560]; Il Secondo Libro di Perspettiva, first Italian edition, large woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf (partly coloured red), Cornelio de Nicolini da Sabbio for Marchio Sessa, [1551]; Il Terzo Libro..., third edition, woodcut pictorial title with title in red & black, large woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf, Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio for Marchio Sessa, 1551, together 3 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and numerous illustrations and diagrams, some full-page, occasional light marginal soiling and a few small stains to Books II & III but generally clean and bright, modern etched octagonal bookplate of Ralph Kirkpatrick, eighteenth century vellum, spine titled in gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, [Fowler 306, 304 & 311; cf. Millard Italian 125], folio (c.355 x 240mm.), Venice⁂ A good set of early printings of Books I-III of Serlio's great work and including a particularly good copy of Book III. Books I & II cover geometry, perspective and stage design, Book III depicts the surviving buildings of ancient Rome and used most of the original blocks. It is curious to find mixed printings of Books I & 2 as they were issued together in both the 1551 and 1560 editions but they were obviously bound together some time ago.Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-84), American harpsichordist and musicologist.
Serlio (Sebastiano) Extraordinario Libro di Architettura, woodcut device to title and woodcut initials, 50 engraved plates, with late 16th/early 17th century ink manuscript note to foot of title (and alteration to date) and to all plates, also ink ornamental sketch to verso of final plate and list of Spanish names to rear free endpaper, damp-staining to title, text and first & last few plates, mostly to upper outer corner, some soiling, light marginal water-staining towards end, modern limp vellum, [EDIT 16 CNCE 36440; Not in Berlin Kat., Fowler or Millard Italian], folio (c.355 x 240mm.), Venice, Giouambattista, Marchio Sessa, 1566.⁂ Very rare edition of what came to be known as Serlio's Sixth Book, not cited by Fowler in his list of printings and with only 4 copies located by Magali Vène in her Bibliographia Serliana, Paris, 2007 (3 in Paris and one in Madrid). We can trace no copy at auction."This book on gates and doors was published in 1551 in Lyon with a dedication to Henry II, probably with the hope of Serlio that he could interest the new king in becoming his patron. It provides models that combine a manneristic expression and a coarsening of Michelangelo's designs by introducing Northern strap work and the influence of the Fontainebleau school. The designs had a great influence in northern Europe, especially France, and were a source of many later books on the application of the ornament of the orders to doors and gates. The Extraordinario Libro, which was never intended to be a part of the architectural treatise, replaced Serlio's unpublished Book 6 (on habitations) in standard editions of his work, beginning with 1563. Only after 1600 was the Extraordinario Libro titled as the sixth book." (Millard French 153).
Serlio (Sebastiano) Architecturae liber septimus...Il settimo libri d'Architettura, first edition, title and text in Latin and Italian printed in double column, woodcut printer's device to title and larger version to verso of final leaf, woodcut coat-of-arms to dedication and ornaments, numerous full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink signatures of A.Tabourot with motto to title and another inscription to front free endpaper, light water-staining and worming to lower margin, some light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and soiled, [Berlin Kat. 2568; EDIT 16 CNCE 38099; Fowler 326], folio (c.385 x 250mm.), Frankfurt, A.Wechel, 1575.⁂ Scarce work published posthumously; the only separate printing of Book VII and in folio format. The book is concerned with domestic architecture, with designs for villas and palaces, chimneypieces, doors, windows etc.Etienne Tabourot (1549-90), lawyer in Dijon, poet, writer of comic works and puzzles, and bibliophile.
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Serlio (Sebastiano) The first [-fift] Booke of Architecture, first English edition, mostly black letter, woodcut titles, lacking title to first book (supplied in facsimile), woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, a few double-page, with blank at end of Book II, trace of old ink inscription to foot of final leaf of Book I, some light soiling and staining, dedication and final 3 leaves defective at edges and repaired (final leaves with slight loss to woodcuts particularly penultimate leaf), a few other leaves frayed at fore-edge with occasional slight loss (repaired) and several leaves trimmed at inner margin and mounted on stubs, G2 in Book 2 torn and repaired, a few other minor tears and repairs, modern sheep with ornamental lattice in blind, rubbed, [Fowler 331; Harris 817; Millard British 74; STC 22235], folio, [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, 1611.⁂ The first major work on architecture in English. This is the first English edition of Books I-V, translated into English from the Dutch translation of Peter Cocke published in Amsterdam in 1606. Both used the woodcut titles and illustrations from the Antwerp edition of 1553.
Sheraton (Thomas) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, with Appendix at end but without the 'Accompaniment...', second edition, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, 89 engraved plates only (64 & 25 respectively), some folding or double-page, a few laid down or linen-backed, lacking final leaf of Appendix and a few plates, some soiling and staining, plate 23 in Appendix badly wormed but not affecting image, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, [cf.Berlin Kat. 1234 & Millard British 75], for the author, 1794-93; and a defective copy of Moses's Modern Costume, 4to; sold not subject to return (2)
Soane (Sir John) Plans, Elevations and Sections of Buildings executed in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire etc., first edition, list of subscribers, 47 engraved plates and plans, some spotting and offsetting, final leaf of text with a few ink spatters, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Berlin Kat. 2341a; Harris 842], folio, Messrs.Taylor, 1788.⁂ The architect's second work, illustrating eighteen designs for rural buildings, of which fifteen were actually built. While the book was in the press Soane was appointed surveyor to the Bank of England, following the sudden death of Sir Robert Taylor, thereby establishing his reputation.
Soane (Sir John).- Britton (John) The Union of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting...with descriptive accounts of the house and galleries of John Soane, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece by R.Havell after P.Williams marked proof, wood-engraved title-vignette and head-pieces, 22 engraved plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, plates lightly foxed, John Sparrow's copy with his book-label and earlier bookplate of Keverstone Library Leveson Scarth, original boards, paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed and spotted, rebacked, [Abbey Life 7; Fowler 70], 4to, 1827.
Blondel (Jacques François) De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la decoration des edifices en general, 2 vol., first edition, second issue (with Rue Dauphine in imprint and without half-title & errata), engraved allegorical frontispiece, head- & tail-pieces by Cochin, titles in red & black with engraved vignette, 155 engraved plates & plans, mostly by the author, 57 folding or double-page, engraved initials, light water-staining to plate 39 in vol.1, otherwise an excellent clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with morocco labels, [Berlin Kat. 2400; Fowler 49; Millard French 25], 4to, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-38.⁂ The first book by Blondel who greatly influenced architecture in France, and indeed Europe in general, during the period that experienced the flourishing of the Rococo and the beginnings of Neoclassicism. This book concerned the country house, its decoration and gardens.
Thomson (James) Retreats: A Series of Designs...for Cottages, Villas, and Ornamental Buildings, second edition, 41 engraved plates, 31 hand-coloured aquatints, all leaves mounted on stubs, some light offsetting from plates but plates clean and bright, John & Myfanwy Piper's copy with their book-label, with 16pp. publisher's 8vo catalogue bound in at end, modern half red morocco, spine a little faded, slightly rubbed at edges, [cf.Abbey Life 76, first edition], 4to, M.Taylor, 1840.⁂ An interesting association copy of this collection of charming designs for villas and garden buildings.
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Dece, translated by Bono Mauro da Bergamo and Benedetto Jovio da Comasio, commentary by Cesare Cesariano, first edition in Italian, large woodcut printer's device to title and smaller device to colophon, 117 fine woodcut illustrations including 10 full-page, woodcut historiated initials, several contemporary ink manuscript marginalia of pointing fingers or grotesques of birds, faces, bagpipes etc., cropped with a few pointers and headlines shaved, title lightly soiled, a few spots or small stains to text or margins, slight worming to lower margins, light water-staining at end, S5 torn and repaired, a few other minor marginal tears and repairs, old ink inscription "Dz Domco: Zaballi 1690" to front free endpaper, later vellum-backed boards, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, [Adams V914; Berlin Kat. 1802; EDIT 16 CNCE 49742; Fowler 395; Millard Italian 158; Mortimer Italian 544; cf.PMM 26], folio (c.370 x 260mm.), Como, Gottardo da Ponte, 15 July 1521. ⁂ The first vernacular edition of Vitruvius. Cesarino (1483-1543) was a pupil of Bramante and Leonardo and later became architect to the city of Milan. The illustrations, many of which are also by him, include plans and elevations of Milan cathedral, believed to be the first book illustrations of Gothic architecture."The Como edition of 1521 is the first in Italian...it has splendid new illustrations...and is the most beautiful of all the early editions". (PMM).
Wilme (Benjamin P.) A Hand-Book for Mapping, Engineering and Architectural Drawing..., first edition, folding frontispiece, additional zincograph title, 42 lithographed or engraved plates and maps, 16 folding, several hand-coloured or partly so, one with tracing paper overlay, illustrations, some light foxing, one or two small tears to folds, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with red roan label, for the Author, 1846; and 2 others by the same, 4to (3)
Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart, engraved panorama extending over 3 plates and 56 engraved plates & plans, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, 1753; The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria, 47 engraved plates & plans, 11 double-page and folding, engraved inscription to text, 1757, together 2 vol. in 1, first editions, most plates by Fourdinier or Thomas Major after G.B.Borra, some light foxing or browning, particularly to central fold of second work, light water-staining to lower margin of a few plates, most notably plate XII of Balbec (also with short tear to margin), handsome modern half vellum, spine titled in gilt and with elaborate gilt tooling, slightly rubbed at lower edges, [Berlin Kat. 1884 & 1887; Blackmer 1834 (French edition) & 1835; Fowler 443 & 444; Harris 939 & 936; Millard British 92 & 93], folio⁂ Handsomely-bound pair of works, the result of the author's travels in the Levant in 1750-51 accompanied by the draughtsman Giovanni Battista Borra. The "Ruins of Palmrya...was by all accounts a triumph such as no English architectural book had ever before achieved. Here was the first of a new breed of archaeological works presenting the results of on-the-spot investigations of ancient monuments, with ostensibly accurate measured drawings of the ruins, precise descriptions of the state in which they were discovered, and exact copies of what inscriptions there were". (Harris).
Zonca (Vittorio) Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per varie et sicure operationi, second edition, title with woodcut architectural border, 42 full-page engraved illustrations, old ink inscription to title and with a couple of contemporary ink marginalia, some light spotting and water-staining at end, Bibliotheca Mechanica book-label, modern morocco-backed paste-paper boards, spine faded, slip-case, [Berlin Kat. 1775], folio, Padua, Francesco Bertelli, 1621.⁂ Interesting work with fine plates of machines such as cranes, mills, and hydraulic devices but also for paper-making, printing and spinning. It contains the first illustration of a gig-mill for raising nap on cloth.
Bradshaw (George) Map of Canals, Navigable Rivers, Rail Roads &c., in the Midland Counties of England; Map of Canals, Situated in the Counties of Lancaster, York, Derby and Chester; Map of Canals, Navigable Rivers, Railways &c., in the Southern Counties of England, 3 large folding maps, the last mentioned presented in 3 sections, engravings with full-hand-colouring, various sizes, some offsetting, minor surface dirt, each trimmed with matching green linen edges, folding with marbled ends into two contemporary morocco uniform book-style slip-cases, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, 1829; included with the maps are two accompanying small books titled 'Lengths and Levels to Bradshaw's Maps' and 'Appendix to G. Bradshaw's Map of the Canals', presented in slipcase with the 'Southern Counties' map, 1829 (2)
Brees (Samuel Charles) The Portfolio of Rural Architecture, a Series of Drawings in the Italian Style, for Villas, etc..., first edition, 16pp. text (stitched), 15 hand-coloured lithographed plates loose as issued, final plate slightly torn and creased at one corner, ex-Donaueschingen library copy with old ink oval stamp to title and another to front pastedown, original roan-backed embossed cloth folder with ties, upper cover titled in gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn and torn, [Not in Abbey], folio, 1841.⁂ According to Hugh Pagan, "the rarest British colour plate architectural pattern book of the first half of the nineteenth century". Catalogue 36, item 16, 2000. Six designs are featured: the first five each with two plates, one depicting a view and another with elevations and plans; the final design for "a fashionable villa reisdence" has 5 plates of two views, plans, and two of elevations. Library Hub records 3 UK copies (BL, University of Wales and V & A) although the last has a slightly different title and is dated 1843. WorldCat lists 3 more of the 1843 edition. Brees is more well-known as an engineer and author of Railway Practice of 1837-40 (see previous lot).
Buchanan (Robertson) Practical Essays on Mill Work and other Machinery, edited by George Rennie, 2 vol. including Atlas (8vo & folio), third edition, 64 engraved plates on 42 sheets, one folding, foxing, text modern half morocco, Atlas contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rubbed and stained, 1841 § Rankine (W.J.Maquorn) The Cyclopaedia of Machine and Hand-Tools...and an Essay on the Puddling of Iron by St.John Vincent Day, first edition, 100 plates, many double-page, 2 folding letterpress tables, some light foxing, hinges broken, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1869 § Engineer and Machinist's Assistant (The), 2 vol. including plate vol., plate vol. with title in engraved decorative border, engraved plates, many double-page, some foxing, a few browned, bookplate of John William Pease, contemporary half roan, rubbed, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, 1854 § Engineer and Machinist's Drawing-Book (The), engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 70 plates on 68 leaves, 2 double-page, 2 printed in colours, modern green morocco-backed cloth, red roan label, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, 1864, v.s. (6)
Busby (Charles Augustine) A Collection of Designs for Modern Embellishments suitable to Parlours, Dining & Drawing Rooks, Folding Doors, Chimney Pieces, Varandas, Frizes, &c., engraved throughout with hand-coloured engraved aquatint pictorial title and 24 plates, many with aquatint, 14 hand-coloured, some light marginal soiling, plates 21 & 22 slightly smaller and mounted on stubs (plate 22 a little soiled), original green moiré cloth with paper label to upper cover, rubbed, rebacked, [Abbey Life 9; Berlin Kat. 4000], oblong 4to, Edward Lumley, [water-marked 1833].⁂ Attractive architectural pattern-book by the chief designer of Regency Brighton. Busby arrived in Brighton in 1822 and remained there until his death in 1834. In partnership with Amon Wilds he was responsible for the design and layout of the Kemp Town and Brunswick estates. As in the Abbey copy the title bears the imprint of Edw. Lumley but the plates that of J.Taylor who first issued the work.
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Dupin (Charles) Voyages dans la Grand-Bretagne. Force Militaire [Navale; Commerciale] Parts I-III bound in 1 vol., plates only, without text vol., second edition, 36 engraved plates, foxed, titles browned, ex-library copy with label to front pastedown but no stamps, contemporary half roan, Paris, [c.1825] § Cottingham (Lewis Nockalls) The Smith and Founder's Director containing a Series of Designs and Patterns for Ornamental Iron and Brasswork, second edition, lithographed pictorial title and 83 plates (plate LIX not issued), title slightly smaller and tipped to first plate at inner margin (creased), some light staining, mostly to lower margin but affecting first and last few plates, original decorative printed boards, rubbed and stained, lower cover lacking upper outer corner causing fraying to last few leaves, rebacked in cloth, [c.1824]; and 6 others, folio & 4to (8)⁂ The final part of the first item depicts bridges, docks and lighthouses, including Vauxhall and Southwark bridges in London, Kelso suspension bridge, the docks of London and the port of Dundee. The second work is an influential pattern book first issued in 1823 as The Ornamental Metal Worker's Directory, with designs for gates, balcony railings, fanlights, lamps, brackets, candelabras etc. The author was an architect who lived in Waterloo Bridge Road with his collection of medieval woodwork and Gothic carvings; this later became the core of the Royal Architectural Museum in Tufton Street (the predecessor of the Victoria & Albert Museum).
Erasmus (Georg Caspar) Seülen-Buch. Oder Gründlicher Bericht von den fünff Seülen..., 3 parts in 1, engravings only (without text), first edition, 3 engraved titles and 39 plates only, 11 folding, a few slightly shaved at edge, light soiling, a few small tears and repairs, contemporary paste-paper boards, a little worn, spine defective, [Berlin Kat. 1962, first edition of 1666], folio, Nuremberg, Johann Hofmann, [1670].⁂ Scarce ornamental pattern book for architects, sculptors, cabinetmakers, silversmiths etc. by a Nuremberg cabinetmaker, republished several times and rarely found complete.
Fournier (Daniel) A Treatise of the Theory and Practice of Perspective, first edition, list of subscribers, 39 engraved plates, 2 double-page mounted on stubs, 3 with movable flaps, worming to inner margin affecting some text and plates, old ink inscription "Willoughby J.E.Rooke B.N.C. Oxford" with pencil note "From this book I learned perspective - it beats all other books on the subject for clearness & simplicity. W.J.E.Rooke" to front pastedown, contemporary half sheep, rather worn, spine wormed and defective, 4to, for the Author, 1761.⁂ The list of subscribers features several architects, engravers, miniature painters, engineers and surveyors.
Francine (Alexander) A New Book of Architecture...set forth by Robert Pricke, first English edition, engraved architectural frontispiece incorporating portrait of the author (date 1674 at foot) and 38 engraved plates only (of 39, lacking plate IV), title and list of plates mounted on stub, title with slip pasted over 1669 imprint, frontispiece frayed at edges with slight loss to imprint (repaired), some light soiling and water-staining, mostly marginal, a few other leaves frayed and repaired at edges, contemporary manuscript note to front free endpaper noting imperfect collation, modern half calf, [Harris 229; Wing F2056; cf.Fowler 126, first edition, Paris, 1631], folio, for Robert Pricke, 1669 [but with slip dated 1679].⁂ Rare work by the Ingénieur Ordinaire du Roi in charge of the fountains at Fontainebleau. "His gates and arches reveal an imaginative artist who knew how to combine the traditions of French and Tuscan mannerism....His interest was focused on designs of portals in the style rustique which is familiar from Italian sixteenth-century gardens". (Harris).ESTC cites only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, and Chatsworth).
Fréart (Roland, Sieur de de Chambray) Parallèle de l'Architecture Antique et de la ..., first edition, fine engraved additional pictorial title incorporating dedication to and an oval portrait of François Sublet de Noyers (the author's cousin and impetus for the book) by Tournier, letterpress title with large engraved vignette, 40 full-page engraved illustrations by Charles Errard, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, some light soiling (mostly to engraved title), James Gibbs's copy with his bookplate (engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron used as title-page vignette to second edition of 'Rules for Drawing'), modern bookplate of P. & L.Waterhouse, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat. 2374; Fowler 127; Millard French 76], folio, Paris, Edmé Martin, 1650.⁂ First edition of this important comparative study of the orders but for an amateur readership. "It is the first architectural treatise of the seventeenth century to propose a fresh look at earlier architectural treatises...Fréart's interest in abstract principles, universal laws, and their connection with beauty and geometry suggests neoclassical developments in the eighteenth century, as does his insistence on a set of underlying principles applicable to all the arts." (Millard).
Gauger (Nicolas) Fires Improved: or a New Method of Building Chimnies, so as to prevent their smoking, second edition, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates, all folding, advertisement leaf at end, some spotting to frontispiece and title, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, red morocco label, [Harris 245], for J.Senex and E.Curll, 1736 § Accum (Fredrick) A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light..., fourth edition, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, 4 aquatint, 2 folding, 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, frontispiece soiled and torn along fold (trimmed and laid down), some spotting, modern half calf, uncut, spine slightly faded, [cf.Abbey, Life 436, first edition], R.Ackermann, 1818 § Richardson (C.J.) A Popular Treatise on the Warming & Ventilation of Buildings..., third edition, 17 folding lithographed plates, some tinted, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland's copy with red ink stamp to title and bound in red velvet blocked in gilt with ornamental border and crown to upper cover, g.e., ivory silk moiré endpapers, spine rubbed and faded, 1856; and 2 others on chimneys and coal fires, 8vo (5)⁂ The first item is "the earliest treatise on domestic heating and the basis of all eighteenth-century books on the subject in English...Desaguliers published a translation of Gauger's book, omitting what he thought superfluous and adding his own improvements to suit the burning of coal in England". (Harris). It was first published in Paris in 1713, and first in English in 1715.
Georgian satire.- Heath (William, 1794-1840) and others. Fine scrap album compiled circa 1829 with over 60 caricatures, including 26 by William Heath [see selected list below], and others by or published by Theodore Lane, McLean, Cruikshank, Spratt, and many others, all neatly tipped onto album leaves with full contemporary hand-colouring, with many further pages filled with ephemeral scraps, smaller caricatures, prints and newspaper cuttings, each album leaf approx. 425 x 270 mm (16 3/4 x 10 1/2 in), some offsetting and surface dirt to caricatures, some coloured papers bleeding on to a few prints, all trimmed within the platemark to image borderlines, marginal nicks and creases, the leaves with handling creases and rough edges, scattered spotting and surface dirt, half calf, marbled boards, green morocco label to spine 'Scrap Book, c. 1829', worn, folio, [c.1829].⁂ An excellent well preserved collection of late Georgian caricatures by leading artists of the 1820s. The album includes the following selected works by William Heath, among many others: Magazin des Modes [not in BM Satires]; A Chancery Suit [not in BM Satires]; It is the very fashion of the time [not in BM Satires]; The March of the Intellect [cf. BM 15604+]; The Bustle [cf. BM Satires 15611]; The Dress Circle [not in BM Satires]; A Desert. Imitation in Modern Fashion [cf. BM 15611]; An Election Ball [not in BM Satires]; A Correct View of The New Machine for Winding up the Ladies [not in BM Satires]; State of the Giraffe [BM 15839]; Town. Country [cf. BM 15611]; Much Ado about Nothing !!! [not in BM Satires]; Ancient and Modern Ladies [not in BM Satires].
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Gibbs (James) A Book of Architecture containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments, first edition, [one of 550 copies], list of subscribers, 150 engraved plates by H. Hulsbergh and others after Gibbs, 4 double-page, title a little soiled and creased, paper flaw creases to plate 53, a few with pencil sketches to margins, marginal water-staining to a few plates (mainly to last couple just touching corner of final plate), slight worming to fore-margin of plates 130 to end, old ink inscription "Thomas Rasell Chichester" to front free endpaper, modern bookplate, modern half vellum, tan morocco label, [Berlin Kat 2334; Fowler 138; Harris 257; Millard British 22], folio, [William Bowyer], 1728.⁂ "The first book by a British architect consisting entirely of his own designs, executed and projected". (Harris). An enormously influential pattern book, reaching far beyond the country gentlemen at whom it was aimed, to India, South Africa, the West Indies, and America, where it was a primary source for the builders of the White House. There was also a copy in Thomas Jefferson's library.
Gordon (Alexander) A Treatise upon Elemental Locomotion... and prospects of Steam Carriages, second edition, 13 lithographed plates, 5 folding, with final blank, occasional spotting, C.F.Dendy Marshall's copy with his signature, A.L.s. to him from another railway historian James F.McEwan and some other ephemera loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, rebacked, new endpapers, 1832 § Proceedings of the Public Meeting...for erecting a Monument to the late James Watt, title with contemporary ink signature of Richard Davey to head and light water-staining, photograph of list of contributors tipped in at end, original boards, roan label to upper cover, spine torn, 1824 § Galloway (Elijah) History and Progress of the Steam Engine, edited by Luke Hebert, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, illustrations, contemporary half morocco, 1836, all rubbed; and 8 others on steam engines, 8vo (11)⁂ The first is an early treatise on steam carriages, and their usage, with the engineers of the day reporting to the select committee trusted with examining the matter, and its ramifications. The high turnpike penalties dealt a lasting blow to this fledgling industry which was quickly overtaken by the spread of the railway network. Gordon states in his preface to the second edition, "I have added so largely to some parts of my work, and have made such changes in its arrangement, - advisable at this more advanced period of locomotive science.... that this edition may almost be considered a new book".
A George III silver two-handled cup and coverJohn Emes, London 1798 Plain urn form with ribbed borders and upright loop handles, with slender waisted pull-off cover with acorn finial, on a spreading foot, with an engraved laurel reserve inscribed on one side 'The Gift of His ROYAL HIGHNESS the DUKE OF YORK Commander in Chief to Mr THOS HOLLAND at Swinley, 3rd Septr 1798' the laurel reserve on the other side engraved with script initials 'T H'.Footnotes:'After a military review at Windsor, the Royal Family breakfasted with the Duke of York at Swinley Lodge. August 1798'Swinley Lodge was the Duke of York's house at Windsor.Also Swinley Lodge was the official residence of the Master of the Stag-hounds. A Thomas Holland and William Law, wrote a book in 1818 'A Forest Ramble: With a description of a Royal stag hunt....'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An unusual Chinese silver book-form snuff boxmaker's mark M K, Canton, circa 1860-90, The front 'cover' initialled J.T, length 2.9cm, together with an unmarked vinaigrette lacking grille, probably Chinese, the cover initialled J.T, length 5.4cm, a George I silver and pudding stone cartouche-shaped snuff box, London 1740, a silver snuff box, London 1823, two silver vinaigrettes, Birmingham 1813 and 1844, two further vinaigrettes lacking grilles, length 3cm, a French silver snuff box and a pot, stamped 800, diameter 5cm. (10)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of silver vesta casesvarious maker's and datesComprising: a combined sovereign vesta cases, interior also with a pull-out pencil and pick, William Neale, Sheffield 1898, another combined vesta and sovereign case, a Queen Victoria diamond jubilee case, Birmingham 1896, with young and old head portraits, a spherical case, Chester 1895, compressed form engraved with crossed golf clubs, three balls and C.D.G.C.1897, six varying English silver cases, two modern cases, one modelled as a book with golf clubs, the other with horse racing scene, a French example, two others stamped 925, and a silver match book holder, William Neale & Son, Birmingham 1934, applied roundel to the front and match booklet, with armorial of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers of London . (16)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver and 9 carat gold vesta case,incuse JH possibly Joseph Hawkins, Birmingham 1899 Rounded oblong form, chased with a diagonal foliate band and applied gold lower corner with chase leaves, with suspension ring attached, length 4.5cm; together with a silver and gold match book holder, Asprey & Co Ltd, London 1933, also stamped Asprey patent No21914, slide action opening, engine-turned cover and base, centred with an inset crest, with gold Greek key border, length 6.4cm, weight 3.1gms. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE JACOBITE 'EMPTY BUD' WINE GLASSCirca 1750The round funnel bowl decorated with an heraldic rose and a rare empty bud, set on a tall plain stem with large elongated tear, on a folded domed foot, 16.8cm high.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Mortimer CollectionBonhams sale, 16 December 2009, lot 44, where acquired by Peter LoleThe Peter Lole CollectionLiteratureIllustrated by Arthur Churchill Ltd, Glass Notes No.11 (1951), p.19, fig.23NotesIn his Glass Notes in 1951, E Barrington Haynes published seven examples of Jacobite glasses where a rose is accompanied by a distinctive empty bud. The roses are mostly the earlier multi-petalled versions and from this Barrington Haynes supposed the glasses featuring empty buds might pre-date 1745. He was unable to propose an explanation for the Empty Bud, except to say that it was clearly intended and must have had a hidden meaning. An identical example is in the collection of the National Museums of Scotland, (A.1955.47) Geoffrey Seddon in his 1995 book referred to Churchill's Glass Notes but he also did not offer an explanation. He did, however, increase the number of known examples to ten.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ELGIN – MANUSCRIPTSGroup of deeds and manuscripts pertaining to Elgin dating from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, comprising: record of transactions between the town of Elgin and Patrick Balfour ('maister of the grammar school' and later minister of Alves and Urquhart), one page, folio (380 x 295mm.), 1566; Carta feodifirma issued by provost Robert Tulloch of Tannachie of the burgh of Forres, in favour of William [Scot] burgess of Forres, son of Thomas Scot commendator, signed by Tulloch and several others, vellum, red wax seal of the burgh of Forres depicting St. Lawrence with his griddle encased in white wax attached by vellum tag, folio (c.475 x 530mm.), 30 August 1592; document issued by Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie (lord president of his Majesty's College of Justice and provost of the burgh of Elgin), and Mr. Alexander Douglas, minister, appointing John Mow, son of John Mow burgess of Elgin, to the office of master of music and singing at the kirk of Elgin, and granting him possession of the preceptory of ?Messinden next to the burgh of Elgin, with responsibility for the maintenance of a hospital for the poor, signed by Fyvie and others, one page, 200 x 310mm., Elgin, 1603; with a pocket book containing accounts of Colin Dunbar of Moy (mentioning names of John and Donald Campbell), notes on his family (beginning 'My faither John Dunbar was cabsman at the milny of Fores the zeir of God [...] 1656'), mentioning Robert Dunbar, sheriff of Elgin and Forress and his brother Patrick of Balnaferry, other notes on religion and business, c.30 leaves, some loose, dust-stained and creased, original vellum with remains of leather thong, 8vo (165 x 105mm.), seventeenth century/early eighteenth century; with two others including grant of admission as a freeman, burgess and Guild Brother of James Dick, formerly of Jamaica, signed by William Dunbar, 8 October 1783 (6)Footnotes:Among the signatories to these documents is Alexander Seton, first earl of Dunfermline (1556-1622), created Lord Fyvie by James VI in 1598, who became president of the court of session in 1593 and lord chancellor of Scotland in 1604. James Dick (1743-1828), here admitted as freeman burgess of Forres, a wealthy merchant lately returned from Jamaica, became a great benefactor, setting up a fund to benefit schoolteachers and schools in Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray, known as the Dick Bequest.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large 17th century Spanish tazzano maker's mark, Barcelona town mark, circa 1700 Conventional circular form with raised edges, hammered ground, on a pedestal trumpet foot embossed with decorative lobes, height 8cm, diameter 32cm, weight 26oz.Footnotes:Property of a private collector.LiteratureThe Barcelona town mark can be found in the following reference book: Alejandro Fernandez et al, 'Marcas de la Plata Espanola y Virreinal', (Madrid: Antiquaria, 1992), p.182, number 6For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Thirty-three assorted Continental porcelain half-dolls, late 19th and early 20th century, modelled in a variety of poses and clothing, including a bisque example with gilt necklace holding a book, impressed '5690', length 10cm, and an Art Deco style example with butterfly hat and jacket, length 8cm, various impressed and incised numerals, some printed 'Germany' or 'Foreign' (minor faults and restoration).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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