World.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Books..., 5 vol. including vol.5: Purchas His Pilgrimage, first edition of vol.1-4, vol.5 fourth edition, second issue, lacking additional engraved title (as often, supplied in old photographic facsimile), with 7 folding and/or double-page engraved maps of the Mogul Empire, China (duplicated in vol.5), Greenland (Spitsbergen), North America, New England and Virginia (the latter in Verner's state 7 of 12) , 81 half-page engraved maps after Hondius (58 in vol.1-4 and 23 in vol.5, the latter duplications of maps in vol.1-4), a few other engraved or woodcut illustrations including Aztec pictograms from the Codex Mendoza in vol.3, vol.1 with Hondius's 'Map of the Christian World' appearing twice at pp. 65 and 115 i.e. lacking 'Map of the Whole World', and with G3-4 uncancelled as usual, also 4M4-5 uncancelled and second state of 4M2, severe paper flaw to 3M6 in vol.1 with loss to 5 lines of text and side-notes, vol.4 with map of Virginia torn and creased (repaired) and final 2 leaves slightly defective at fore-edge with loss to edge of 'Map of Great Brittaine and Ireland', occasional soiling or browning, a few stains, some other minor tears and defects, some repaired, near uniform contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed, vol.1-4 lacking ties and with holes from ties and hasps for chains, rebacked, new pink morocco labels, endpapers replaced, [Hill 1402-3; Sabin 66682 & 66686; STC 20508-9], folio, by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-26. ⁂ An excellent tall set of this important collection of voyages, a continuation of Hakluyt's Principal Navigations, with fine impressions of the maps and in a contemporary (once chained) binding with a distinguished provenance. The map of the Mogul Empire by William Baffin is the earliest English map of the Mogul territories; the map of China is based on a Chinese original and one of the earliest such to be published in Europe; the map of Greenland (actually Spitsbergen) incorporates scenes of whaling and bear-hunting; the map of North America, by Elstracke after Henry Biggs, is the first to show California as an island; the map of New England was first published in 1624; the map of Virginia by William Hole after Capt. John Smith is one of the most important early maps of America and includes a large Indian figure and a vignette depicting the interior of Powhatan's hut.Provenance: vol.1-4 from the ancient chained library of Queen's College, Oxford, presented by Anthony Hawles. With contemporary ink manuscript presentation label pasted to head of titles of vol.2-4: "Ex dono Anthony Hawles in Artib. Com.m / Christophero Potter S.S Theol. D. Praeposito. 1629" (partly removed from vol.2 & 3), and engraved Queen's College bookplates to verso of titles of vol.1-4. The library contains a second set, the present set was probably sold as a duplicate with other works in 1938.A detailed collation and list of faults is available on request.Anthony Hawles (1609-1663), was chaplain to Charles II while in exile, Archdeacon of Salisbury 1657-63 and a canon of Windsor from 1660 until his death. Christopher Potter (1591-1646) was elected Provost of Queen's College in 1626. He was a chaplain to Charles I, a canon of Windsor and appointed Dean of Worcester in 1635, before being arrested in 1642 and having his Worcestershire properties sequestered.
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Boethius (Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus) De consolatione philosophiae, commentary ascribed to Thomas Aquinas, but by Thomas Waleys, collation: [a6 b8 c10 d e8]; [f-l10 m6 n o10 p8 q6], 137 ff. (of 140, lacking blanks 41, 106 and 140) 34 and 47 lines, Gothic type, the 2 large initials at the beginning of each part in red, blues and green, the first with a miniature of the author in prison (rubbed), both with full-length marginal flourishes, other initials (some with marginal flourishes), paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red or blue, first three and a half pp. with early ink inter-linear glosses, first f. lightly soiled and with some staining, elsewhere occasional staining or spotting, 18th century red morocco, richly gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine faded, spine ends, joints and corners worn, rubbed, folio (386 x 266mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 12 November, 1476.⁂ First edition to include this commentary. Boethius wrote the work while in prison at Pavia, which accounts for our first initial showing the incarcerated author. It was first published by Koberger in 1473. Provenance: Gifted to the present owner by Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton (1914-2003), British historian. Literature: BMC II, 413 (IC.7134-5); HC *3370; Goff B-771; GW 4526; Bod-Inc: B-392; BSB B-596.
Jerusalem.- Prado (Jeronimo de) and Juan Bautista Villapando. In Ezechielem Explanationes et Apparatus Urbis, ac Templi Hierosolymitani Commentariis et Imaginibus Illustratus, 3 vol., first edition, 3 engraved titles, portrait and 31 plates/vignettes only (of 32, lacking folding plate in vol.1 between pp.13 and 17), most folding or double-page, 8 folding tables (one printed in red and black), woodcut map and other small woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, a few plates with repairs, some foxing and light staining but generally a sound copy, later vellum, red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, extremities a little worn, folio, Rome, 1596-1605.⁂ A very good copy of this monumental work on the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.Provenance: St. Hugh's Parkminster (small ink stamp to titles).
Kelmscott Press.- Sparling (H.Halliday) The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman, first edition, photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris by Emery Walker, plates, leather book-label of Haven O'More, attractively-bound in green morocco, gilt, by Frank Garrett, upper cover with latticework panel in blind with title in gilt at head and author at foot within border of triple gilt rules and tudor roses at corners, lower cover with identical border, spine ruled and titled in gilt and with latticework in blind in compartments and five raised bands, signed at foot of rear turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, some fading to spine, 8vo, 1924.
Ambassadorial duties.- Pascale (Carlo) Legatus Opus Caroli Paschalii, collation: à8 è4A-Z Aa-Ll8 Mm4, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, ruled throughout in red, some spotting, contemporary olive morocco, gilt, flat spine and covers with double gilt filet borders, lacking ties, upper cover detaching, spine ends chipped, corners worn, stained, rubbed, [Adams P368], 8vo, Rouen, Raphael Parvival, 1598.⁂ Scarce first edition of this early and influential work on the duties and functions of an ambassador. An Italian by birth Pascale worked for the French court. By the time he had written this book he had been Henri III's envoy in Poland and been part of a successful mission to the court of Elizabeth I on behalf of Henri IV.
Weird & wonderful goings-on.- Goulart (Simon) Thresor d'Histoires Admirables et Memorables de nostre temps, 2 vol., vol.1 first edition, vol.2 second edition, titles with woodcut printer's device, final f. of vol.1 with woodcut device otherwise blank, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting, 19th century vellum, gilt, with the arms of The Signet Library, [Caillet 4664], 8vo, Geneva, for Samuel Crespin, 1620-1628.⁂ Satanic apparitions, werewolves, magic, and other extraordinary events.
Music.- Scholze (Johann Sigismund), "Sperontes". Singende Muse an der Pleisse in 2 mahl 50 Oden, der nuesten und besten musicalischen Stucke mit den darzu gehorigen Melodien zu beliebiger Clavier-Ubung und Gemuths-Ergotzung, double-page engraved additional pictorial title with a view of Leipzig, engraved pictorial title, engraved music throughout, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials and illustrations, Leipzig, [Breitkopf], 1741 bound with Scholze (Johann Sigismund), "Sperontes". Singende Muse an der Pleisse...in 2,mahl 25 Oden..., first edition, engraved title, engraved music throughout, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, index f. at end, C2 outer margin repaired, Leipzig, 1742, together 2 works in 1 vol., some spotting and finger-marking, occasional staining, lightly browned throughout the first work, later calf, rubbed, small 4to⁂ Two rare works by this Silesian anthologist and poet.
Sleidanus (Johannes) A Famouse Cronicle of oure time, called Sleidanes Commentaries, concerning the state of Religion and common wealth, during the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fift, first edition in English, black letter, woodcut coat of arms on title, woodcut initials, lacking blanks A6 and 3Q4, light marginal browning, occasional minor marking or soiling, occasional small marginal worming, but a clean, crisp copy generally, first 4ff. detached, engraved portrait of the author to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, extremities repaired, [STC 19848], folio, [by Ihon Daye, for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England], [1560].⁂ An important record of The Reformation from one of the foremost printers of the period. It chronicles the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and records the spread of Luther's ideology and other key events, including Henry VIII's break with Rome and the great conflict with the Turks.
Allingham (William).- Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Virginians, first edition in original 24 parts, ALs from author to William Allingham loosely inserted, plates and illustrations, tissue-guards, advertisements, occasional spotting, original yellow paper wrappers, previous owner's signature to some upper covers, a little rubbed, small chipping to corners and spine extremities, part 24 covers detached, housed in a modern drop-back box, 8vo, 1857-59.⁂ The ALs, dated 4th January 1860, is signed to the Irish poet William Allingham, on 'The Cornhill Magazine' headed notepaper.
Collins (Wilkie) The Moonstone, 3 vol., first edition, with vol. 1 pp. 10 & 11 transposed, vol. 2 with "treachesrouly" on p. 129 and vol. 3 with broken bracket at foot of title, lacking half-titles and advertisements, vol. 2 with occasional light soiling and a few nicks or tears to margins, vol. 3, all vol. with occasional creasing, contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt, vol. 1 lower joint repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed [Sadleir 598; Wolff 1368], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1868.⁂ Wilkie Collins' pioneering detective novel, rare to find all 3 volumes in first edition states.
Roosevelt (Theodore).- Wilson (Woodrow) When a Man Comes to Himself, first edition, signed inscription from Roosevelt "Let us shrink from [no] strife, moral or physical provided we are certain that the the strife is justified... Sept 1st 1916" to endpaper, lengthy ink inscription in another hand to endpaper, underlinings and markings to text, original cloth, extremities rubbed, 8vo, New York, 1915.⁂ First edition of a work by Wilson inscribed by a former president and rival to the Republican candidate beaten by Wilson in the 1916 election. The recipient was Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court and Republican Presidential candidate against Woodrow Wilson in the 1916 election. The book was handed down from him to his daughter Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, the 3rd patient to be treated with insulin in Toronto by Nobel Prize winner Dr Frederick Banting in 1922 three and half years after contracting juvenile diabetes at the age of 11, and thence by descent in the family.
Achebe (Chinua) Things Fall Apart, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine a little sunned, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, browning to lower panel, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. Achebe was one of the greatest Nigerian writers and Things Fall Apart his greatest work.
Asimov (Isaac) The End of Eternity, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, light wear to head and foot, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to foot of spine, horizontal split to spine and fore-edges, extremities rubbed and creased, 8vo, Garden City, 1955.
Cranach Press.- Rilke (Rainer Maria) Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino, translated by V. & Edward Sackville-West, first edition in English, number 182 of 230 copies on handmade Maillol-Kessler paper and signed by the translators, text in English and German, designed by Count Harry Kessler, printed in red and black in Edward Johnston italic cut by E.Prince & G.T.Friend, wood-engraved initials by Eric Gill, leather book-plate of Haven O'More, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, original wrapper (spine a little soiled), original board slip-case (rubbed and browned), a very good copy preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, roan label, 8vo, printed at the Cranach Press for the Hogarth Press, 1931.⁂ A typically-beautiful production from the press using craftsmen of the highest order, rarely found with both wrapper and slip-case.
Atwood (Magaret) The Edible Woman, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly dulled, short split to head of lower fore-edge, small chip to upper panel, light rubbing, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, Boston, [1969].⁂ The author's first novel, scarce, especially signed.
Ballard (J. G.) The Drought, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, jacket spine ends and corners with minor rubbing and chipping, small tear to upper joint, 1965; News from the Sun, number 72 of 100 copies signed by the author from an edition limited to 750, original wrappers, 1982; Myths of the Near Future, signed by the author on title, jacket spine very slightly faded, 1982; Memories of the Space Age, signed by the author on title, jacket with light browning to spine, Sauk City, WI, 1988; The Kindness of Women, signed by the author on title, jacket spine faded, 1991, first editions, all but the second in original boards and dust-jackets, generally near-fine overall, 8vo (5)⁂ A superb group of works by Ballard, all featuring his signature.
Ballard (J. G.) The Atrocity Exhibition, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, some light toning to head, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1970.⁂ Ballard's fifth novel and one of his most experimental. Controversy surrounding its contents led to the first American edition being cancelled and the copies destroyed.
Dahl (Roald) George's Marvelous Medicine, first American edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, remains of pricing sticker to upper panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, 4to, New York, 1982.⁂ Rare to find flat signed.
García Márquez (Gabriel) One Hundred Years of Solitude, first edition in English, first issue without the numerical code to p.422, original cloth, first issue dust-jacket, with the exclamation mark following Latin America to the front flap first paragraph, tips of spine and corners with light rubbing and minor chipping, spine creased at head with neat tissue repair to verso, light creasing to head, an excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, [1970].⁂ García Márquez's landmark work, a key magical realist work and central to the Latin American literary boom of the 1960s and 70s.
García Márquez (Gabriel) Innocent Eréndira, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Una flor de tu agradecido amigo" dated 1979 with a drawing of a flower to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head but a fine copy overall, 8vo, 1979.
King (Frank) Molly on the Spot, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket priced 8s. 3d., spine ends and corners a little chipped, discolouration to head of upper panel and foot of spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, laminate lifting to flaps, still a very good example overall, 8vo, 1940.⁂ Rare detective fiction title featuring Molly O'Rourke, "red-headed almoner of Royal Edward Hospital".
King (Stephen) Carrie, uncorrected proof copy, light abrasion and ink stamp to front free endpaper, original stiff printed wrappers with 'Special edition not for sale' at foot of lower cover, very light creasing to spine, some light discolouration to cover, light marking to head of upper cover, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1974.⁂ King's first novel in the rare proof edition.
Miller (Arthur) Death of a Salesman, first edition, first day cover signed by the author loosely inserted, some light foxing to fore-edge, ink ownership inscription to half-title, original cloth, first issue dust-jacket priced at $2.50 and with the 'D' of 'Death' partially within the patch of yellow, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short tear to head and foot of upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, but an excellent, crisp example overall, 8vo, New York, 1949.
Rand (Ayn) Atlas Shrugged, first edition, original cloth, uncut, dust-jacket, spine very slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little creased and chipped, a few small chips to head, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1957.⁂ The author's magnum opus that took her 13 years to complete, and one of the most influential books in America.
![[Rowling (J.K.)], "Robert Galbraith". The Silkworm, first edition, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on title with hol](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bb10b0b1-e524-449f-b40e-aaf5010d3b68/d63e74df-acb9-463a-aaf0-aaf50120789b/468x382.jpg)
Verne (Jules) From the Earth to the Moon...and a Trip Round it, first English edition, plates, ink name to front free endpaper, hinges very neatly repaired, original red pictorial cloth, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, preserving original backstrip, spine a little rubbed and faded, corners a little bumped, light discolouration to covers, still a bright and attractive example overall, t.e.g., 8vo, Sampson Low [&c.], 1873.
Wells (H.G.) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, first edition, Autograph Card initialled from the author to Frazier Hunt tipped onto pastedown, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated September 1895, scattered spotting to front endpapers, bookplate of F. .Wyndham Goldie to front free endpaper, original blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, light rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, upper cover a little rubbed and dulled, still an excellent copy overall, [Wells 6], 8vo, 1895.⁂ Wells' second science fiction work and his first collection of short stories.
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[White (T.H.)], "James Aston". First Lesson, first edition, original cloth, some shadowing to upper cover from jacket, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, very light surface soiling, light rubbing to extremities, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1932.⁂ T .H. White's second pseudonymous novel with its macabre dust-jacket designed by Cecil Walter Bacon.
Wodehouse (P.G.) Mike, first edition, first issue, without advertisements or date to title verso, half-title, frontispiece and 11 plates by T.M.R. Whitwell (a few a little creased and soiled), occasional light spotting or soiling, ink gift inscription, rear endpapers renewed, original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, repair to foot of spine, staining to foot of lower cover, patch of discolouration to upper cover, light rubbing, still a bright and attractive example overall, [McIlvaine A12a], 8vo, A & C Black, 1909.
Wodehouse (P.G.) Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, first edition, first issue, 8pp. advertisements, original turquoise cloth lettered in black, spine and fore-edges sunned, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine ends and corners chipped affecting lettering at head of spine, tears to spine with tape repairs to verso, chipping and creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, [McIlvaine A53a], 8vo, 1935.
Magic.- Welch Conjurer (The), engraved throughout on 16 facing leaves printed on one side only, each with hand-coloured illustration above 6 lines of text, light offsetting, a little soiled and stained, small tear to inner margin of final leaf, with contemporary ink inscription "Miss J.Trew 1824" inside front wrapper and on verso of first leaf, loose in binding, original glazed orange wrappers with hand-coloured engraved pictorial title mounted on upper cover, letterpress advertisement for 'Martin's Edition of Children's Coloured Books' inside rear wrapper, soiled and stained, rather worn with glazed orange paper frayed and defective, [Gumuchian 5816], G.Martin, [pre-1824]; with a finely-executed illustrated manuscript copy of the same in identical format of pen & ink watercolour illustrations above ink verses on facing leaves, foxed, short tear to edge of first leaf affecting edge of watercolour (repaired), ink inscription "Maud Wright, St. Peters" inside front wrapper, original glazed marbled wrappers with hand-coloured pen & ink pictorial title on upper cover (nick to one edge), rubbed and soiled, [late 19th century], 8vo (2)⁂ Very rare and charming tale of a publican who overcharged a traveller for his dinner, then got his come-uppance when the traveller turned out to be a conjuror who cast a dancing spell on the publican and his customers, preventing them from buying drinks at the bar. The manuscript copy is an almost exact facsimile including all the detail of the original engravings and the appearance of the printed text.Despite being cited in Gumuchian (giving the date as c.1815), the work is not recorded by Library Hub and only 2 copies are listed by WorldCat (Pierpont Morgan Library, and Indiana University).
Schwerdt copy.- Belany (James Cockburn) A Treatise upon Falconry, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, preliminaries lightly browned, some spotting, a little light staining, original cloth, splits to cloth of joints and spine, corners worn, rubbed, [Harting 64; Schwerdt I., p.58], Berwick upon Tweed, Printed for the Author, 1841; and a copy without frontispiece in later cloth, 8vo (2)⁂ With a 6pp. 'Terms in Falconry' at end. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate).
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Falconry in the Valley of the Indus, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, half-title inscribed in Arabic at head and with a pencil drawing of the author's head imposed on to the body of a cat walking across a roof, captioned beneath in ink 'a faithful sketch of the Author', light foxing to plate margins, occasional spotting elsewhere, original cloth, spine ends worn, soiled, [Harting 66; Schwerdt I, p.90; Penzer p.41], 8vo, 1852.⁂ 'Well written' (Harting).
Campbell (James) A treatise of modern faulconry: To which is prefixed, from authors not generally known, an introduction, shewing the practice of faulconry in certain remote times and countries, first edition, engraved plate, some foxing, occasional water-staining at head, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, central split to spine and joints splitting, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Harting 49; Schwerdt I, p.93], Edinburgh, Balfour & Smellie for the Author, 1773; and a copy of Laws concerning game, 1762, 8vo (2)⁂ The author was falconer to the Earl of Eglington.
Chenu (J.C.) and O. Des Murs. La fauconnerie ancienne et moderne, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers bound in, a little soiled and creased. [Harting 200; Schwerdt II, p.109; Thiébaud 192], Paris, Hachette, 1862; and 2 other copies of the same, 8vo (3)
![NO RESERVE [Delile de Sales (Jean-Baptiste)] Dictionnaire théorique et pratique de chasse et de pêche, 2 vol., first edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bb10b0b1-e524-449f-b40e-aaf5010d3b68/998508db-67f1-430e-b52d-aaf5011fed69/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [Delile de Sales (Jean-Baptiste)] Dictionnaire théorique et pratique de chasse et de pêche, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, spines in compartments, spines rather worn, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Schwerdt I, p.137; Thiébaud ], 8vo, Paris, J.B.G. Musier fils, 1769.
Demetrius Pepagomenus. Ierakosophion. Rei accipitrariae scriptores nunc primum editi. Accessit Kynosophion, liber De cura canum, ex Biblioth. regia Medicea, [edited by Nicolas Rigault], first edition, Greek letter, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, ink stamp to title, preliminaries stained and a little soiled, partially repaired tear to foot of 2D2, with loss of a few letters, occasional staining, some spotting, lightly browned, later vellum, [Harting 314 ('a work of some rarity and value'); Schwerdt II, p.136; Thiébaud 499-500], 4to, Paris, Jérôme Drouart, 1612.⁂ First edition of this early treatise on falconry and hunting with dogs, edited by the librarian to Louis XIII, to whom the work is dedicated. Demetrius Pepagomenus was physician to the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaeologos in 1270. Includes veterinary matters. Provenance: The Rt. Hon. Dodgson Hamilton Madden (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); 'Bibliotheca Capuccinorum Conceptionis Neapolis' (ink stamp to title).
Fisher (Maj. Charles Hawkins) Reminiscences of a Falconer, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, captioned paper guards, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, 1901 § Michell (E.B.) The Art and Practice of Hawking, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1900 § Fisher (A.K.) The Hawks and Owls of the United States in their relation to Agriculture, chromolithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue guards, some foxing, original cloth, rubbed, Washington, 1893; and 14 others, Hawks and Field Sports, including an 1881 edition of The Boke of St. Albans, v.s. (17)
Foye (G.) Manuel Pratique de Fauconnier au XIXe, first edition, 'Tiré a petit nombre', half-title. folding frontispiece, 2 plates, occasional foxing, original wrappers bound in at end, 20th century panelled calf, gilt, [Harting 218; Schwerdt I, p.183; Thiébaud 426], Paris, Pairault, 1886; and another copy of the same, 8vo (2)
Harting copy.- Freeman (Gage Earle) and Francis Henry Salvin. Falconry. Its Claims, History, and Practice, first edition, half-title, 4 wood-engraved plates, a few wood-engraved illustrations in text, occasional spotting, original brown pictorial cloth, gilt, a few nicks, rubbed, [Harting 68; Schwerdt I, p.188], 8vo, 1859.⁂ 'a work to be commended; by two practical falconers' (Harting).Provenance: James Edmund Harting (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown and signature to half-title).
Giorgi (Federico) Libro del modo di conoscere i buoni falconi , astroi, e Sparavieri, collation: A-G8, 'fourth edition' (identical to that of 1567, which Schwerdt describes as a fourth edition), title with first word within woodcut cartouche, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut head-pieces and historiated initials, some light foxing, early limp vellum wrappers bound in, 20th century half morocco, spine gilt, [Schwerdt I, p.206; cf. Harting 268; EDIT 16 CNCE 26559]; 8vo (152 x 88mm.), Venice, Gabriel Giolito, 1568.⁂ A rare edition of this work, to which 'Turbervile admitted his indebtedness' (Harting).
Schwerdt copy.- Gommer (Pierre de, Seigneur de Lusancy) De l'Autoursserie et de ce qui appartient au vol des oiseaux, edited by Henri Chevreul, one of 200 copies on papier a la cuve, half-title with justification verso, justification and title in red and black, woodcut illustrations, original printed wrappers bound in, 20th century dark blue half crushed morocco, gilt spine in compartments, t.e.g., [Schwerdt I, p. 211; Thiébaud 467-468], a very good copy, 8vo, Paris, Aubry, 1878.⁂ Rare reprint of the exceedingly rare first edition of 1594.
Hammer-Purgstall (Joseph von, editor) Falknerklee, bestehend in drey ungedruckten Werken uber die Falknerey... aus dem Turkischen und Griechischen verdeutscht, 2 vol., first and only edition, [one of 300 copies], text in German and Ottoman Turkish, frontispiece, Turkish text with decorative title, foxed (as often), contemporary (?original) brown cloth, vol.1 spine ends chipped, vol. 2 rebacked, preserving original backstrip, both vol. rubbed, [Harting 112; Schwerdt I, p.228], 8vo, Pesth, C. A. Hartleben, 1840.⁂ 'A book particularly important to lovers of falconry, its origin and history' (Schwerdt). Includes a list of books and manuscripts in many languages on falconry.
Hammer-Purgstall (Joseph von) Falknerklee, bestehend in drey ungedruckten Werken uber die Falknerey... aus dem Turkischen und Griechischen verdeutscht, first and only edition, [one of 300 copies], text in German and Ottoman Turkish, frontispiece, Turkish text with decorative title, foxed (as often), ?original pictorial wrappers bound in, 20th century speckled calf, gilt, rubbed, [Harting 112; Schwerdt I, p.228], Pesth, C. A. Hartleben, 1840; and Pomey's Ein sehr artig Buchlein von dem Weydwerck und Falcknerey, Stuttgart, 1886 (Harting 132), 8vo (2)
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Harting copy.- H[owlett] (R[obert]) The school of recreation: or, a guide to the most ingenious exercises of hunting, riding, racing...hawking..., engraved frontispiece, advertisement f. at end, some worming / chipping to outer margin of frontispiece, with a little loss, upper corner of title repaired, with part of 1 letter supplied, e11&12 outer margin repaired with loss of a few letters r&v on E12, trimmed at head, affecting the odd headline, woodcut head-pieces and music within text, occasional spotting, lightly browned in places, 20th century calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Harting 43 ('seldom to be met with'); W&S p.110 (note); cf. Schwerdt p.225 (first edition)], 12mo, printed for A. Bettesworth, 1732.⁂ ''a scarce and comprehensive booklet on a great variety of British sports' (Schwerdt). As well as field sports it includes fireworks, tennis, campanology, self-defence and music. Provenance: James Edmund Harting (1841-1928) English ornithologist and naturalist, founder of London's New Hawking Club, and compiler of Bibliotheca Accipitraria (engraved armorial bookplate).
Salvin (Francis Henry) and William Brodrick. Falconry in the British Isles, first edition, Brodrick's wife's copy, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates after William Brodrick, some spotting or foxing, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked in modern brown morocco, gilt, corners worn, edges of covers browned, little spotting, [Harting 67; Schwerdt II:145; Fine Bird Books, p. 103; Nissen IVB 147; Zimmer p.541], 4to, 1855.⁂ 'The best English book on Falconry and a very attractive publication' (Schwerdt).Provenance: 'Elizabeth Brodrick, October 10th 1855' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Schlegel (Hermann) and Abraham H. Verster de Wulverhost. Traité de Fauconnerie, first edition, tinted lithographed title with a pictorial border comprising 11 scenes of hawking by J.B. Sonderland, 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates of falconry equipment by Portman and von Wouw, 10 (of 12) hand-coloured lithographed plates of hawks by Wendel after Joseph Wolf, lacking 2 lithographed hawking scenes by J. Dillmann after Sonderland (another version of 1 of these from another work loosely inserted), 8 plates of hawks mounted on board, these with some browning, 'Le Tiercelet sors de l'autour' plate with section missing from upper margin, marginal tears and chips, some light browning and spotting, loose in original cloth-backed printed boards, lacking backstrip and ties, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Harting 194; Schwerdt II, p.150; Thiebaud 833; Nissen IVB 832; Fine Bird Books, p.105; Zimmer p.554], folio, Leiden & Dusseldorf, Arnz & Co., 1844-1853.⁂ 'The finest work on falconry that has ever been produced; not only on account of the beauty of the plates, wherein the hawks are depicted life-size and of the natural colours, but also for the general accuracy of the letterpress' (Harting). This opinion is supported by Schwerdt, who found the life-size illustrations of hawks 'by far the finest ever produced in any book on falconry'.
Sebright (Sir John Saunders) Observations upon Hawking, Describing the Mode of Breaking and Managing the Several Kinds of Hawks Used in Falconry, first edition, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Harting 61 (a practical and now scarce treatise'); Schwerdt II, p.156], 8vo, 1826.
Harting copy.- Thou (Jacques-Auguste de) Il Falconiere, 2 parts in 1, first Italian edition, parallel text in Latin and Italian, engraved frontispiece, title vignettes, portrait of the dedicatee François de Beauvau and vignettes, some water-staining and foxing, contemporary vellum, [Harting 284; Schwerdt p.261; Thiébaud 898 ('Belle édition')], 4to, Venice, Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735.⁂ 'First and best Italian edition' (Schwerdt) of de Thou's Latin poem on hawking. The second part is Pier Angelio Bargeo's L'Uccellatura a vischio. Provenance: James Edmund Harting (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); 'Ex dono Auctoris' (contemporary ink inscription to first title).
Turberville (George) The booke of falconrie or havvking; for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, second edition (issue with A1r catchword 'of'), black letter, title with large woodcut vignette of Earl of Warwick in hawking costume, full-page woodcuts in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, lacking final blank, [Harting 15; Schwerdt II, p.271; Nissen IVB 952; STC 24325], Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611 bound with [Gascoigne (George)] The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. Wherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fifteene sundry chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill euery one of them, second edition, title with large woodcut vignette of hunting with hounds, large woodcuts in text (with those on F6r and I3r altered so that James I has replaced Elizabeth I), 4pp. woodcut music for bugle calls at end, lacking initial blank, a few ff. with repair to lower margin, [Harting 15 (note); Schwerdt p.272; STC 24329], Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, some light staining, mostly in second work, attractive 19th century red crushed morocco, richly gilt, spine in compartments and with black leather label, little rubbed at extremities, g.e., small 4to (book block 184 x 138mm; binding 193 x 154mm.)⁂ Two of the most important early works on hawking and hunting, which are nearly always found together. The first work is an adaptation of the works of Giorgi, Carcano, Tardif and Artelouche; the second is to all intents and purposes a translation of Du Fouilloux's La Venerie, 1573.
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