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Lot 28
Max Švabinský (1873-1962)KAREL HYNEK MÁCHA1936Heliogravüre auf Papier, 355x290 mm, gezeichnet im Druck „MŠvabinský 1907“ und signiert in Bleistift rechts unten „MŠvabinský“. Zum 100. Jubiläum der 1. Ausgabe des Gedichtes Mai von Karel Hynek Mácha wiedergegeben von S.V.U. Mánes.Max Švabinský (1873-1962)KAREL HYNEK MÁCHA1936Heliogravure on paper, 355x290 mm, marked in print „MŠvabinský 1907“ and signed in pencil lower right „MŠvabinský“. To the centennial anniversary of first edition of Karel Hynek Mácha’s Máj issued by S.V.U. Mánes.
Lot 1394
Tennis Interest Two Framed Limited Edition Wimbledon Prints Each framed and mounted under glass, the first titled, 'The Centre Court' by Edward Dawson, pencil signed and numbered 42/850 to bottom. Secondly, 'The Championships Wimbledon' by Graeme W Baxter, pencil signed and numbered 118/850 with blindstamp to bottom left.
Lot 420
Moorcroft Stunning and Large Limited and Numbered Edition Signed Vase 'Hidcote Manor' Pattern. Designer Philip Gibson, date 2004. This vase is numbered 49 of 75 only. Signed in gold by Phillip Gibson to base. Stands 18 inches tall. First quality and mint condition. Complete with box, papers, booklet , receipts etc
Lot 555
The Tower Of London; A collection of antique publications relating to The Tower Of London. Comprising; ' The Tower - A Series Of Etchings With Vignettes ' by CRB Barrett, pub. Catty & Dobson 1889. First edition, in stiff red cloth boards, featuring 13 full page tissue guarded etchings, each of which is followed by a page or more of text. Along with ' Authorised Guide To The Tower Of London,' by WJ Loftie, London, 1894 - second revised edition in soft paper covers with illustrations and plans, 'Authorised Guide To The Tower Of London,' 1937 and a Tower Of London etching print signed by the artist HG Hampton (1889-1943). Largest measures 38.5 cm.
![East Indies.- [Dellon (Charles)] Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa, second edition, title with engraved device, 3 engraved hea](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/bb25cdd9-58d0-4d7f-c7c6-ba7a8435f784/468x382.jpg)
Lot 10
East Indies.- [Dellon (Charles)] Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa, second edition, title with engraved device, 3 engraved head-pieces and 6 plates by Vermeulen after Sevin, 3 folding, one shaved at foot with loss to names but not affecting image, slight marginal staining to title and following leaf, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, corners worn and spine ends chipped, 12mo, Paris, Daniel Horthemels, 1688.⁂ The author was a French physician who fell into the hands of the Inquisition while travelling in the East Indies and later wrote this account of his experiences, which included imprisonment and torture. It was first published in Leiden the previous year (without plates) but placed on the Index in May 1690.
Lot 102
Holinshed (Raphael) The firste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. Conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest..., vol.1 only (of 2), 3 parts in 1, first edition, black letter, double column, titles within ornate woodcut borders, woodcut arms of author to verso of each title, numerous woodcuts within text, decorative initials, lacking *b*6, 2E3 and E6-8 cancels, r1 errata to first part misbound at end of preliminaries, old ink inscriptions to first title (both sides), soiled and stained throughout, some tears, a few holes and many leaves frayed at edges with some loss but 4F7, I2 and K1 of final part severely defective, extensively repaired some time ago with most leaves reinforced at edges and a few laid down or partly so, later blind-stamped morocco, a little rubbed, [STC 13568a, one of four variant imprints of this edition], folio, Imprinted [by Henry Bynneman] for George Bishop, 1577; The Description of Scotland, black letter, double column, 2 titles with ornate wood-engraved borders, lacking Hh1 (pp.325-326) and cancel leaf for Rr3 & 4 paginated 438/431, disbound, broken and loose, a few leaves creased or frayed at edges, title lacking small portion from outer margin, [STC 3569], [by Henry Denham], 1585 [1587], folio; sold not subject to return⁂ The second item is part 2 only (of 3) of vol.2 of the second edition of Holinshed's Chronicles, published in 1587, and comprises Holinshed's translation of Boethius's Historia Gentis Scotorum.
Lot 103
[Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in al Ages and Places discovered, from the Creation unto this present...], third edition, woodcut initials, lacking title and first leaf of Epistle Dedicatorie, 4B2 and 5C4, with old manuscript title of first edition tipped in at beginning (detached with next leaf), photocopies of missing title, Epistle Dedicatorie and 5C4 loosely inserted (but not 4B2), old ink inscription of "Samuel Hope...1794" at head of first leaf of text, some other ink inscriptions or marginalia, cropped affecting a few head-lines, browned, some stains, burn to C signature affecting 3 lines and causing hole to 3 leaves, a few tears (some repaired), ex-Liverpool library copy with small stamp to manuscript title, later half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, [STC 20507], folio, [William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone], [1617]; sold not subject to return⁂ Samuel Hope, cotton-broker and banker of Liverpool.
Lot 105
Dugdale (Sir William) The Baronage of England, 3 vol. in 2, first edition, title to vol.1 in red and black, 5 folding genealogical tables, contemporary ink inscription "Jo. Aubrey his book 1686" to front free endpaper and with engraved bookplate of Sir John Aubrey of Lantrithyd 1698 pasted onto verso of first dedication, small holes to dedication of vol.2 just touching a couple of letters, a few spots and slight staining to last few leaves but generally a good copy, some foxing, later russia, gilt, g.e., rebacked with glt spine, rubbed, [Wing D2480], folio, by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper [&c.], 1675-76.Condition report: Please note that the title page for volume 2 is a nineteenth century facsimile.
Lot 111
Gypsies.- Grellmann (Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb) Dissertation on the gipsies, being an historical enquiry, concerning the manner of life, oconomy, customs and conditions of these people in Europe, translated by Matthew Raper, first edition in English, half-title, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked corners worn, 4to, Printed for the editor, by G. Bigg, 1787.
Lot 112
Prisons.- Howard (John) An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe, with Various Papers relative to the Plague, first edition, half-title, 22 engraved maps and plates, most folding, large engraved table, 'Directions to Binder' leaf at end, some offsetting and spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with old red morocco label, 4to, Warrington, Printed by William Eyres, 1789.
![Fireplaces & Chimneys.- G[auger (Nicolas)] La Mecanique du Feu...contenant le Traité de Nouvelles Cheminées, first edition, 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/1d6dc8f3-6a3f-4296-8607-2d5069e02b98/468x382.jpg)
Lot 12
Fireplaces & Chimneys.- G[auger (Nicolas)] La Mecanique du Feu...contenant le Traité de Nouvelles Cheminées, first edition, 12 folding engraved plates, Hopetoun bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, two wormholes to spine, 12mo, Paris, Jacques Estienne & Jean Jombert, 1713.⁂ The earliest work on domestic heating, including sections on ventilation and heating, ways of increasing heat supply and preventing chimneys from smoking.
Lot 123
NO RESERVE Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) Life and Works of the Sisters Brontë, 7 vol., Thornfield Edition, one of 150 Édition De Luxe copies signed by the publisher, frontispieces and plates, facsimiles of first edition titles, bookplates, original cloth backed boards, black and red paper spine labels, very faint browning to joints, dust-jackets, browned spines, a little rubbed, 8vo, New York, 1899-1900.
Lot 13
Hydrotherapy.- Richardot (Camille) Nouveau Système des Eaux Chaudes de Plombiere en Lorraine, only edition, contemporary ink inscription "Du Monastere de Lande. de Nancy" at foot of title and another to front pastedown, light spotting, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, worming to head of upper joint, 8vo, Nancy, chez l'auteur, 1722 § [Jaquin (Abbé)] De la Santé..., half-title, 4pp. approbation/privilege at end, contemporary boards, spine gilt, a little rubbed, Paris, Durand, 1762, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a scarce work on the medical benefits of the hot springs at Plombières in the Vosges mountains, a spa dating from the Roman era and still in use today. COPAC lists only 2 copies (BL and Wellcome); there are also a handful on the Continent but none in America.
Lot 131
Art Deco.- Shayo (Alberto) Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor, very slight creasing to top edge, Woodbridge, 2005; Camille Fauré, Limoges Art Deco Enamels, first edition, Woodbridge, 2007 § Atterbury (Paul) and John Benjamin, Arts and Crafts to Art Deco, The Jewellery and Silver of H. G. Murphy, Woodbridge, 2005 § Duncan (Alastair) American Art Deco, ink inscription, New York, 1986 § Brunhammer (Yvonne) and Suzanne Tise, The Decorative Arts in France 1900-1942, small tear to upper cover, New York, 1990, illustrations, original cloth or boards, dustjacket; and 15 others, similar, 4to (20)
Lot 14
Thomas (Artus, Sieur d'Embry) Description de l'Isle des Hermaphrodites, nouvellement decouverte..., second edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with device, a little browned, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, wear to head of spine and lower edge of upper cover, 8vo, Cologne, heirs of H. Demen, 1724.⁂ Account of an imaginary journey to the island of the hermaphrodites, a satire on the effeminacy of members of the French court of Henri II. The work was first published in 1605.
![NO RESERVE D[augis (Antoine-Louis)] Traité sur la Magie, le Sortilege, les Possessions, Obsessions et Malefices, first editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/61094219-0b21-4363-a783-13b92e26c9f8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 16
NO RESERVE D[augis (Antoine-Louis)] Traité sur la Magie, le Sortilege, les Possessions, Obsessions et Malefices, first edition, with 18pp. supplement and 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some light marginal worming or water-staining, contemporary marbled wrappers, uncut, spine a little worn, Pierre Prault, 1732 § Manuel des Sorciers ou cours de Récréations Physiques, Mathématiques, tours de Cartes et de Gibecière, sixth edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, woodcut diagrams, contemporary cloth, faded, 1825 § Calvi (F. de) Histoire Generale des Larrons..., 3 parts in 1, lacking pp.113-128 of part 3, tear to final leaf of part 2, contemporary limp vellum with ties (most lacking), soiled, Rolin Baragnes, 1631, some soiling or browning, all rubbed, 8vo & 12mo, Paris (3)⁂ The second is about card games and other forms of legerdemain, the last is a history of thieves, pickpockets etc.
![[Rousseau (Jean Jacques)] Discours qui remporté a l'Academie de Dijon, en l'année 1750, first edition, issue with "horloges"](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/a6c3fd78-9ace-4233-97ba-d248b06c03ab/468x382.jpg)
Lot 17
[Rousseau (Jean Jacques)] Discours qui remporté a l'Academie de Dijon, en l'année 1750, first edition, issue with "horloges" at beginning of line 18 of p.35, engraved frontispiece by Baquoy, staining to pp.45-49, Geneva, Barillot & fils [?Paris, Pissot], [1750] bound with Voltaire (F.m.A. de) La Merope, Tragedie, Nouvelle Edition, title in red and black, 2 engraved plates, some soiling, mostly marginal, Amsterdam & Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1744; L'Orphelin de la Chine, Tragédie, small stain to foot of final leaf, 12mo, "Londres", Jean Nourse, 1756, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, uncut, a little rubbed, 8vo⁂ The first is Rousseau's first major published work and the one which established his reputation, a prize-winning essay claiming that the arts and sciences corrupted, rather than morally benefitting, mankind.
Lot 18
NO RESERVE Rousseau (Jean Jacques) Lettres Écrites de la Montagne, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, title with engraved vignette, contemporary ink inscription "Wm. Sandys Augt. 18. 1772 Berne" at head of title and with annotations and markings in ink and pencil, staining to upper margin of a couple of leaves, original boards, uncut, 12mo, Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1764.
![NO RESERVE [Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] La Défense de Mon Oncle,136pp., ?first edition, n.p. [?Netherlands], 1767;](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/756d49f1-3ce4-4739-c404-30e4ad02d062/468x382.jpg)
Lot 19
NO RESERVE [Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] La Défense de Mon Oncle,136pp., ?first edition, n.p. [?Netherlands], 1767; Contes de Guillaume Vadé, édition augmentée par l'Auteur d'un Supplément au Discours aux Welches, Geneva, 1765, together 2 works in 1 vol., light soiling, contemporary half calf, spine ends worn, split to upper joint; Lettres Secrettes de Mr. de Voltaire, publiées par Mr. L.B., half-title, foxing and soiling, old ink stamp of John Brymer on title and with his manuscript note in Latin on half-title, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, Geneva [Amsterdam], 1765, rubbed, 8vo (2)
Lot 22
NO RESERVE Thümmel (Moritz August von) Wilhelmine, ein prosaisch komisches Gedicht, "fourth" edition, engraved frontispiece, title-vignette, 6 plates and head-pieces by G.G.Endner, contemporary boards, a little worn, Leipzig, Weidmanns Erben & Reich, 1777 § Kotzebue (August von) Almanach Dramatischer Spiele zur geselligen Unterhaltung auf dem Lande...Funfzehnter Jahrgang, engraved title and 5 hand-coloured plates, most a little browned, title foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, lacking label, Leipzig, P.G.Kummer, 1817, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ The first is the first edition with the fine engravings by Endner. The second is an annual of plays with plates of the characters.
Lot 24
NO RESERVE Wigs.- Nicolaï (Friedrich) Recherches Historiques sur l'Usage des Cheveux Postiches et des Perruques, first edition in French, half-title, engraved title with vignette, errata leaf, 2 large folding engraved plates with 65 figures (light water-staining to lower outer corners), foxed, contemporary pink boards, uncut, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, Paris, L. Collin, [1809].
![America.- Lewis & Clark Expedition.- [Phillips (George)] Travels in North America, first edition, first issue with illustrati](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/dfc5feff-cf5f-4709-c541-1fe25997dc33/468x382.jpg)
Lot 26
America.- Lewis & Clark Expedition.- [Phillips (George)] Travels in North America, first edition, first issue with illustration of tortoise on title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 4 full-page illustrations of mining, inside a native hut, Niagara Falls, icebergs and meeting Esquimaux, with duplicates of all 4 leaves with illustrations bound in, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, with "Education Society" in gilt on upper cover, spine gilt, a little worn, spine browned and worn at ends, joints split, [Sabin 624456], 12mo, Dublin, Christopher Bentham, 1822.⁂ Fictitious account of an imaginary Irishman's experiences on the Lewis and Clark expedition. One of the scarcest Lewis & Clark related items with only one copy listed on COPAC (Cambridge, not in BL).
Lot 28
Wallace (Alfred Russel) The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 8 plates, 2 folding maps (one printed in colour, one with "volcanic belts" outlined in red), illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1 (partly detached with endpaper), some foxing and soiling, hinges weak, original green gilt pictorial cloth, worn, 1869; and a poor copy of Hutton's Angami Nagas, 8vo (3)
Lot 29
Australasia.- Carnegie (Hon. David W.) Spinifex and Sand; A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia, first edition, presentation copy from the Marquess of Queensberry inscribed on front free endpaper, 4 folding maps (2 in pocket at end), 14 plates (3 photographic), some maps with short tears, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, [Ferguson 7960; Wantrup 196a], 1898 § Wade (William Richard) A Journey in the Northern Island of New Zealand, first edition, ink nos. on title and dedication, some foxing, lacks front free endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, old manuscript label to upper cover, rubbed and marked, Hobart Town, 1842 § Clavers (Mrs. Mary) The Settler's New Home, or Glimpses of Western Life, wood-engraved frontispiece and additional title, slightly browned, modern red morocco, g.e, 1845; and 2 others, 8vo (5)⁂ Queensberry, the son of the notorious ninth Marquesss of Queensberry who called Oscar Wilde, a 'sondomite' [sic]. The marquess accompanied Carnegie on his travels through Western Australia.
![[Boucher (Jean)], "François de Verone". Apologie pour Iehan Chastel Parisien, execute a mort, et pour les peres & eschollier](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/5d7f43c1-a80e-42df-e5cc-65d46797bf29/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3
[Boucher (Jean)], "François de Verone". Apologie pour Iehan Chastel Parisien, execute a mort, et pour les peres & escholliers, de la Societé de Iesus, bannis du Royaume de France..., first edition, a little browned and soiled, cropped, later olive morocco, spine gilt, g.e., [Adams B2569], [?Paris], 1595 § [Bougeant (G.H., Abbé)] Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes, 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-title to each part, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, Paris, Gissey, Bordelet & Ganeau, 1739 § [Pascal (Blaise)] Les Provinciales ou les Lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial de ses amis, et aux RR. PP. Jesuites, tenth edition, browned, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, modern cloth, spine faded, Cologne, N.Schoute, 1699, 12mo (2)⁂ The first is a defence of Jean Chastel, a Jesuit student and member of the Catholic League, who attempted and failed to assassinate the Protestant Henry IV in 1594. These sermons by Boucher were publicly burned and forced his exile from Paris. The second is a satire on Descartes' theories regarding animals and souls, resulting in the author's incarceration. It includes 'Lettre a Madame la Comtesse D⁂ [by Fr. La Chesnaye des Bois] pour servir de Supplément à l'amusement Philosophique sur le langage des Bêtes'. The last is a vehement attack on the Jesuits which first appeared in 1656-57 and was ordered to be burnt on the orders of the Congregation of the Index.
![NO RESERVE Gardening.- S[tevenson] (H[enry]) The Young Gard'ner's Director, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/05a1fa58-d3c5-4113-96ce-741c06a2df43/468x382.jpg)
Lot 32
NO RESERVE Gardening.- S[tevenson] (H[enry]) The Young Gard'ner's Director, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate of knot gardens, 3pp. catalogue of books at end, contemporary ink inscription "S.Pulleyn 1748" on verso of title, some light spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, a little worn and wormed, rebacked, [British Bee Books 77; Henrey 1387], 12mo, for Anthony Barker, 1716.⁂ Rare manual for planting and cultivating gardens, with a section on the management of bees. Several subsequent editions were issued from 1744 onwards, all of which are scarce, but ESTC lists only 6 copies of this first edition.
Lot 33
NO RESERVE Lamb (Charles) The Works, 2 vol., first collected edition, one or two leaves browned or soiled at edges, later burgundy calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1818; Tales from Shakespear..., 2 vol., second edition, 20 engraved plates, rather browned, some soiling, modern half calf, g.e., 1810, spines faded § [Sherwood (Mary) 'The Milner Toys' series], comprising: Master Henry's Arrival; Master Henry's Lesson; Master Henry's Visit; Master Henry's Walk; Master Henry's Green Bag and Master Henry's Rabbit, 6 vol., a complete set, wood-engraved illustrations, original printed wrappers of different colours, Troy, NY, Merriam & Moore, 1850, 8vo & 12mo (10)
![NO RESERVE [Mozeen (Thomas)] Young Scarron, first edition, half-title, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/26a17c2b-1df8-4f5d-8ba5-22308123a3cf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 34
NO RESERVE [Mozeen (Thomas)] Young Scarron, first edition, half-title, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine ends chipped, 8vo, by T.Trye...and W.Reeve, 1752 § Sherston (Peter) The Months...A Poem, descriptive of Rural Scenes and Village Characters, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, list of subsribers, light foxing, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, rebacked, Bath, 1809 § [Dunton (John)] Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand Paradoxes Merrily Argued..., first edition, half-title, contemporary ink signatures on title (one crossed out), browned, engraved bookplate of Wolfe de Forenaughts, contemporary panelled calf, worn, 1707 § Shepherd (Thomas H.) Bath and Bristol...A series of Views, plates only, engraved vignette title and 46 engraved views on 23 sheets only (of 48 on 24), some on india paper and mounted, some spotting, modern cloth, [1829]; and a small quantity of others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.35)⁂ The first is a scarce satirical theatrical novel.
Lot 37
NO RESERVE Sporting.- Fortin de Grandmont (François) Les Ruses Innocentes..., engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black, 66 engraved plates, 9 folding, lightly browned, slight worming to inner margin and wormhole to lower margin affecting a few folding plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, corners and spine ends a little worn, Amsterdam, Pierre Brunel, 1695 § Wickede (F. van) Kanari-Uitspanningen of nieuwe verhandeling van de Kanari-Teelt..., ?first edition, engraved frontispiece and title-vignette, woodcut ornaments and initials, musical notation, ink signature on verso of title, E1 torn across without loss, contemporary floral wrappers, Amsterdam, Steven van Esveldt, 1750; and another on bird-keeping, 8vo & 12mo (3)⁂ The first is on trapping fish, game and vermin; the second on song-birds.
Lot 4
Tasso (Torquato) Le Sette Giornate del Mondo Creato, first complete edition, title with engraved portrait of the author, woodcut initials and ornaments, errata leaf at end, old ink inscription of Charles Herbert 1691 on front free endpaper, some light soiling or browning, engraved bookplate of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, 17th century gilt-panelled English calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, rubbed, spine ends chipped, 8vo, Viterbo, Girolamo Discepolo, 1607.⁂ Published posthumously.Thomas Philip de Grey (2nd Earl de Grey, KG, PC, FRS 1781-1859), politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1841-44. He was also an amateur architect, who rebuilt his seat Wrest Park at Silsoe, Beds. in the French style, advised on the development of both Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, and in 1834 he became the first president of the newly established Royal Institute of British Architects.
Lot 41
Atlas.- Bromme (Traugott) Atlas zu Alex. v. Humboldt's Kosmos, first edition, 40 maps and cross-sections printed in colours and finished by hand and 3 engraved plates with multiple views (numbered 1-42, plate 6 doubled), occasional light foxing but generally bright and clean, contemporary half roan, rubbed, spine faded, oblong 4to, Stuttgart, 1851.⁂ Including celestial, geological, hydrological and meterological maps etc. as well as geographical. The plates depict meteorological, geological and physical phenomena.
Lot 42
Ceylon.- Forbes (Major Jonathan) Eleven Years in Ceylon. Comprising Sketches of the Field Sports and Natural History of that Colony, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved frontispieces and 4 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, browned, occasional spotting, vol. I front free endpaper loose, contemporary half calf, corners worn, rubbed, rebacked, gilt, [cf. Czech p.81], 8vo, 1840.
Lot 5
Gilles (Pierre) De Bosporo Thracio Lib. III, first edition, first issue with "LXV menses" in last line on p.379, engraved pictorial title featuring the abduction of Europa and vignettes of the Bosphorus, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf elaborately stamped in gilt, g.e, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, corners worn, [Willems 366, "jolie"], Leiden, [Bonaventure & Abraham] Elzevier, 1632 § Gölnitz (Abraham) Compendium geographicum succinta method adornatum, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding tables (one or two minor tears), light water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, [Willems 1000], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1643; and another, Elzevier, 12mo (3)⁂ The first is one of the earliest works on the topography and antiquities of the straits of the Bosphorus.
Lot 52
England.- Mudge (Capt. William), Isaac Dalby and Capt. Thomas Colby. An Account of the Operations carried on for accomplishing a Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales, 4 parts in 3 vol., lacking half-titles in vol.1 & 2 (not called for in vol.3), with engraved armorial dedication to the Master General and Principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordnance, 51 engraved plates, maps and plans, most folding, 2 folding letterpress tables, errata leaf at end of vol.3, occasional spotting or browning, some offsetting, handsome modern mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with black roan labels, 4to, printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for William Faden, 1799-1811.⁂ The first edition in book form of the history of the Ordnance Survey, the first part of which first appeared in Philosophical Transactions. Between 1799 and 1820 Mudge surveyed most of England and Wales on the military scale of one inch to a mile. Many of the plates show the instruments designed for the project.Provenance: From the estate of Dr. Ian Mumford FRGS, FBCarts, one of the founders of the British Cartographic Society and contributor to the official history of the Ordnance Survey.
![Norfolk.- [Badeslade (Thomas)] The history of the ancient and present state of the navigation of the port of King's-Lyn, and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/756a789f-f37c-4eed-daf8-797b3177cd48/468x382.jpg)
Lot 54
Norfolk.- [Badeslade (Thomas)] The history of the ancient and present state of the navigation of the port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge, and the rest of the trading-towns in those parts, first edition, 7 engraved maps and plans (3 folding or double-page), all but 1 partially hand-coloured, occasional staining, little worming in gutters, some spotting, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, folio, Printed by J. Roberts, for the author, 1725.⁂ Provenance 'Presented to Mr Richd. Sears by The Rev. J. W. Greaves 1843' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
![Staffordshire.- [Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire], first edition, lacking all before a1 (engraved title &](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/685b39f0-b718-48ad-c2fd-158cc01a8332/468x382.jpg)
Lot 55
Staffordshire.- [Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire], first edition, lacking all before a1 (engraved title & 'Copy of the Proposals' leaf), map and final 2 leaves (list of subscribers) but with the rare 'Armes Omitted' plate and 4pp. 'Directions for a right understanding of the Map' (both often missing) plus the 37 engraved plates by Burghers, most double-page and/or folding, several with tears to fold, plate V frayed with slight loss to one corner, plates XXVIII & XXXIV defective at left-hand edge, a little soiled and stained, hole to b1 (signed b2) with loss to 4 lines of text, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, corners repaired, [Wing P2588], folio, Oxford, At the Theatre, 1686; sold not subject to return⁂ With two chapters on minerals and stones, including fossils; by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.
![Astronomy.- H[arris] (J[ohn]) Astronomical dialogues between a Gentleman and a Lady wherein the Doctrine of the Sphere, Uses](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6bc7eec9-6cda-49a3-91ef-a8b7012366be/86ff9e0f-cdf3-406a-c767-4496aafc36ac/468x382.jpg)
Lot 56
Astronomy.- H[arris] (J[ohn]) Astronomical dialogues between a Gentleman and a Lady wherein the Doctrine of the Sphere, Uses of the Globes and the Elements of Astronomy and Geography are Explained, first edition, 6 engraved plates (4 folding), ink signature of Dorothy Hooper and crossed out nos. on front pastedown, fly-leaf torn with small loss, contemporary panelled calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, by T. Wood, for Benj. Cowse, 1719.
Lot 57
Astronomy.- Keill (John) An introduction to the true astronomy: Or, Astronomical lectures; read in the Astronomical School of the University of Oxford, first edition in English, 28 folding engraved plates, some light browning and spotting, offsetting, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, 8vo, printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-Keys, between the Temple-Gates, in Fleet-Street, 1721.
Lot 58
Botany.- Sowerby (James) and James Edward Smith. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, vol.1-22 & 27-36 only (of 36) bound in 16, first edition, c.2298 hand-coloured plates, lacking only a few plates and one or two titles, some spotting or browning but generally clean, contemporary half calf, most vol. rebacked and a little rubbed, 4 vol. with spines very worn and covers detached, [Nissen BBI 2225], 8vo, 1790-1814.
Lot 6
Le Metel (Antoine, Sieur d'Ouville) Les Contes aus Heures Perdües, first edition, slight marginal worming to a few leaves, later half calf, spine worn and broken, joints split, Toussainct Quinet, 1643 § [Mere (Antoine Gombaud)] Les Avantures de Renaud, et d'Armide, first edition, contemporary sheep, rebacked, Claude Barbin, 1678 § [Lesconvel (Pierre de)] Le Prince de Longueville, et Anne de Bretagne, 19th century morocco-backed boards, spine gilt and faded, Jean Guignard, 1697 § [Imbert de Bourdeaux (Guillaume)] La Chronique Scandaleuse..., 2 vol., second edition, original wrappers, uncut, spines rather worn, 1786, occasional soiling, rubbed, Paris; and 5 others, 8vo et infra (10)⁂ The first is a scarce collection of comic stories; it was republished the following year with an additional volume.
Lot 60
Matteucci (Carlo) Traité des Phénomènes Électro-Physiologiques des Animaux...suivi d'Études Anatomiques sur le Système Nerveux et sur l'Organe Électrique de la Torpille par Paul Savi, first edition, half-ttile, folding table, 3 engraved and 3 lithographed plates, all folding, light foxing, contemporary sheep-backed boards, a little rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, Paris, 1844.⁂ Key work on the study of electric current on the nervous and muscular systems of animals, with an anatomical study of the torpedo fish.
Lot 63
Hebraica.- Bibliander (Theodore) Institutionum grammaticarum de lingua Hebraea liber unus, first edition, lacking c8 but with blanks o4 & p4, contemporary ink signature at foot of title and a few marginalia, a little damp- or water-stained causing fraying to head of title and following leaf but no loss of text, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and stained, lacking ties, [Adams B1981], 8vo, Zurich, Froschouer, 1535.⁂ Hebrew grammar by the Swiss orientalist, linguist and theologian born Theodor Buchmann.
Lot 7
Native Americans.- Horn (Georg) De originibus Americanis libri quatuor, first edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, water-stained, title slightly frayed at fore-edge, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, upper joint split at head, [Sabin 33014], 8vo, The Hague, Adrian Vlacq, 1652.⁂ Learned work concerning the origins of the Native Americans and challenging the ideas of Hugo Grotius who, based on linguistics, had claimed descent of Central Americans from Norsemen, Peruvians from the Chinese and the people of the Yucatan from the Ethiopians. In contrast Horn suggested that those on the eastern side of the continent were descended from the Scythians, Phoenicians and Carthaginians, and those on the western side from the Chinese. There is also information on customs such as marriage and burial, tales and legends, and mention of California, Mexico, Florida, New England, Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua.
Lot 73
Florence.- Poggio Bracciolini (Gian Francesco) Historia Florentina, edited by J.B.Recanati, first Latin edition, title with engraved vignette of allegorical figures of Venice and the river Arno with the Duomo of Florence in the background, engraved portrait and folding genealogical table, old ink inscription to front free endpaper and book-label of Ioannes Geffcken, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, 4to, Venice, J.G. Hertz, 1715.
Lot 9
NO RESERVE Anglo-Dutch War.- Swinnas (Willem) Engelse, Nederlandse en Munsterse Krakkeelen, 3 parts in 1, second edition of part 1, first editions parts 2 & 3, with final blank at end of parts 1 & 3, part 3 with half-title, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine a little soiled, 8vo, Rotterdam, Joannes Naeranus, 1668; and 2 others, one on Dutch politics, the other a defective copy of Maggi's De Tintinnabulis [&] De Equuleo of 1664, 8vo & 12mo (3)
Lot 216
(BEARDSLEY, AUBREY.) MALORY, SIR THOMAS. LE MORTE D'ARTHUR JOHN KEPPIE'S COPIES Limited edition in two volumes, London: Printed by Turnbull & Spears for J. D. Dent at Aldine House, 1893 & 1894, set in original pictorial cloth. (4to) 24 x 19 cm, one of 1500 copies of the regular issue, from a run of 1800, each bearing the bookplate of John Keppie, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, to the inside cover, and with bookseller's label Hugh Hopkins, 17 West Regent Street, Glasgow (2) Note: Despite his short-lived career, Beardsley's creative output over six years significantly shaped the development of the Art Nouveau style in Britain. His first major commission, at the age of twenty, was to produce a series of illustrations for an edition of Le Morte D'Arthur for J.M. Dent & Co. This particular copy was owned by John Keppie, the Glasgow-born architect and colleague to Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who designed his bookplate, pasted into each of these editions. Sinuous lines, extenuating plant forms and stylised figures characterise the work of Beardsley, easily the most influential draftsman of his time.
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