NO RESERVE Field Sports.- Masefield (John) Reynard the Fox or the Ghost Heath Run, first edition, limited edition signed by author and artist, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates, 3 colour, by G. D. Armour, illustrations, one or two faint marks, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, a little rubbed, 1921 § Curling (B. W. R.) British Racecourses, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations by Lionel Edwards, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, chipping to edges, 1951 § Egerton Warburton (R. E.) Hunting Songs, first edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates by Lionel Edwards, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1925 § Duncan (F. Martin) and Lucy T. Duncan, The Book of the Countryside, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, school prize label to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, small loss to upper cover, n.d.; and 15 others, similar, v.s. (19)
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Shooting.- Millais (John Guille) The Wildfowler in Scotland, first edition, etched frontispiece, plates and illustrations, tissue-guards, previous owner's ink inscription, original half-vellum, a little rubbed, 1901; Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative buckram, browned as usual, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1894 § Chapman (Abel) The Borders and Beyond, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, 1924; Bird-Life of the Borders, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed, 1907 § Mackie (P. Jeffrey) The Keeper's Book: War Edition, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, newspaper clippings and manuscript medicinal recipes tipped and pasted in, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to spine extremities, 1917; and 33 others, similar, v.s. (38)
Thompson Seton (Ernest) The Biography of a Silver-Fox, plates and illustrations, previous owner's pencil signature, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 1909; Bannertail, plates and illustrations, spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1922 § The Hunting Diary for 1930-31, illustrations, diary partially filled-in in pencil, lacking pp.3-4 & pp.19-22 (advertisements), original pictorial cloth, faded spine, bumping to corners and extremities, [1930] § Pycraft (W. P.) Birds in Flight, first edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Roland Green, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed and worn, browned spine, staining to upper cover, 1922; and 21 others, similar, v.s. (25)
![Bewick (Thomas).- [Reay (Henry Utrick)] A Short Treatise on that Useful Invention called the Sportsman's Friend ..., first ed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/d2c475c1-c1e4-4dbc-b679-aafd00a23584/468x382.jpg)
Bewick (Thomas).- [Reay (Henry Utrick)] A Short Treatise on that Useful Invention called the Sportsman's Friend ..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates by Thomas Bewick, previous owner's ink inscription noting this was withdrawn from publication by the author, [Tattersall TB.2.594], Newcastle, Edward Walker, 1801, bound before, Jervis (John) The Horse and Carriage Oracle, part 2 only (of 2), third edition, previous owner's ink signature to title, 1828, bound before, Ram (F.) Breeding Horses for Use, 1883, occasional faint spotting, late nineteenth century half-calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo.⁂ For the first Tattersall says; "According to Newcastle bookseller William Garret, Reay, sensitive to criticism, 'withdrew the pamphlet from public sale when very few had been sold, and ... destroyed all the copies', but Garret may have been circulating this story to puff the price of existing copies."
Helvétius (Claude Adrien) De l'Esprit, first edition, early issue, half-title, title with large woodcut ornament of cornucopia, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some browning, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and some corners worn, 4to, Paris, Durand, 1758.⁂ Hugely controversial work which caused an outcry on its publication and was confiscated by the censors and burnt. This is an early issue (M in the date is directly above the second P but with "Dicours" in head-line of pp.67, 97, 179 & 237).
Birds.- Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds, 8 vol., 358 hand-coloured plates, previous owner's ink inscription, previous owner's signature partially erased, occasional pencil annotations, tear to 1 leaf, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, [?1888] § Alphéraky (Sergius) The Geese of Europe and Asia, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § The Museum of Natural History, 2 vol., chromolithographed title, hand-coloured vignette title (vol. 1), plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, William Mackenzie, n.d.; and 21 others similar, including a third edition of Thorburn's 'British Birds', v.s. (32)
Canterbury imprint.- Jarvis (Thomas) The Farmer's Harvest-Companion, first edition, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper and final leaf, short marginal tear (F1), contemporary calf, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Canterbury, for the Author, 1733 § Cowell (M. H.) A Floral Guide for East Kent ..., hand-coloured double-page map frontispiece, engraved map, occasional very faint spotting, later half-morocco, rubbed, small loss to upper cover, Faversham, 1839; 8vo (2)
Biology.- Hybrids.- Spallanzani (Lazzaro) Memorie sopra i Muli di Varii Autori, first edition, some spotting, contemporary decorative wrappers, little creased and chipped, [Prandi 1768; Stubbe, History of Genetics p.77], [Modena], no printer, [1768]; and 3 others, Plants and Agriculture, 8vo (4)⁂ Rare first edition of this work on the sterility of hybrids. It includes letters and articles from Charles Bonnet, the discoverer of parthogenesis.
NO RESERVE Caldicott (J. W.) The Values of Old English Silver and Sheffield Plate, first edition, plates, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1906 § Old English Porcelain, presentation copy with compliments slip loosely inserted, plates, tissue-guards, original boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Messrs. James Cornell & Sons., n.d.; and another similar, 4to & 8vo (3)
Greek antiquities.- Biagi (Clemente) Monumenta Graeca ex museo Equitis ac Senatoris Iacobi Nanii Veneti, first edition, 8 engraved plates, illustrations, E4 repaired tear to lower margin, affecting catchword verso, sigs. R-X stained at head with minor worming, original limp boards, 4to, Rome, Antonio Fulgoni, 1785.
NO RESERVE Shipp (Horace) Edward Seago: Painter in the English Tradition, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, subscribers list, occasional faint spotting, related cuttings and marked-up exhibition catalogues loosely inserted, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1952 § Hawcroft (Francis W.) Edward Seago: a Review of the Years 1953-1964, first edition, subscribers list, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, chipping and creasing to edges, 1965 § Borenius (Prof. T) Rembrandt: selected paintings, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, Illustrated London News cutting loosely inserted, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, areas of loss, 1942 § Raphael, first edition, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1941; and 5 others similar, folio (9)
Leonico Tomeo (Niccolà) Dialogi nun primum in lucem editi, italic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, errata at end, title little soiled, some staining or spotting, modern marbled boards, [Adams L507; EDIT 16 CNCE 52834], small 4to, [Venice], [Gregorio de Gregorii], [September, 1524].⁂ Handsomely printed first edition of ten dialogues by this aristotelian philosopher.
Venice.- Egnazio (Giovanni Battista) De exemplis illustrium virorum venetae civitatis atque aliarum gentium, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated initials, occasional staining, particularly in preliminaries, modern limp vellum, [Adams E81; EDIT 16 CNCE 18057], small 4to, Venice, [Nicolaus Tridentinus], 1554.⁂ First edition of these biographies of notable Venetians.
Heraldry.- Gritio (Pietro) Il Catiglione, overo dell'arme di Nobilità, title with woodcut printer's devicewoodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some water-staining and spotting, occasional browning, endpapers of engravings showing Brescian monuments, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and marked, [Adams G1273], small 4to, Mantova, Francesco Osanna, 1587.⁂ First edition of this work in dialogue form on heraldry and the symbolism of insignia.
Barberini (Maffeo, Pope Urban VIII) Poemata, first authorised edition, woodcut Barberini arms to title, engraved portrait of the author, attractive woodcut tail-pieces, including bees, some staining and light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, stained, [Cat. Vinciana 3157], 8vo, Rome, Vatican Press, 1631.⁂ Includes the Adulatio Perniciosa in honour of Galileo and three epigrams on Aldrovandi.
Milton's host.- Gaddius (Jacobus) Adlocutiones et Elogia exemplaria, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some foxing and staining, contemporary vellum, rebacked, Florence, Pietro Nesti, 1636 § Bentivoglio (Guido) Della Guerra di Fiandra Descritta, first edition, engraved pictorial title, some water-staining and foxing, contemporary limp vellum, gilt, lacking ties, [?Rome], 1632; and 5 others, Italian, 17th to 19th centuries, including works on trapping moles and Armenia, v.s. (7)⁂ The first mentioned is the scarce first edition of these eulogies in Italian and Latin. Gaddi had hosted John Milton at his house in 1638 and 1639.
Italian theatre.- Valaresso (Zaccaria) Rutzvanscad Il Giovine Arcisopratragichissima Tragedia, first illustrated edition, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and 9 full-page illustrations, some staining, contemporary limp floral wrappers, rubbed, Venice, Giuseppe Bettinelli, 1737 § Salio (Giuseppe) Salvio Otone Tragedia, title with woodcut ornament, small red ink stamp to foot of title, ink inscription stating that the volume was a gift from librettist Apostolo Zeno, contemporary vellum, spine worn, Padua, Giuseppe Comino, 1736; and 3 others, Italian Theatre, 8vo et infra (5)
La Font de Saint-Yenne (Etienne) Reflexions sur quelques causes de l'État Présent de la peinture en France, first edition, a few marginal repairs, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1747 § Musée Napoléon. Notice des tableaux des Écoles Française et Flamande, some spotting, contemporary calf-backed speckled boards, foot of spine chipped, rubbed, n.d.; and 3 others, Fine Arts, including another copy of second mentioned, 8vo & 12mo (4)
Art guides.- Church art.- Becci (Antonio) Catalogo delle Pitture che si conservano nelle Chiese di Pesaro, first edition, water-stained, original limp boards, head of spine chipped, Pesaro, Gavelli, 1783 § Carasi (Carlo) Le Pubbliche Pitture di Piacenza, first edition, title with engraved vignette, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary decorative limp wrappers, crudely rebacked, lightly soiled, rubbed, [Piacenza], [Giuseppe Tedeschi], 1780; and 5 others, similar, v.s (7)⁂ The second mentioned is the first guide to the paintings of Piacenza.
Fine art.- Grasselli (Giuseppe) Guida Storica sacra della R. Citta e sobborghi di Cremona per gli amatori delle belle arti, first edition, some staining and spotting, later cloth-backed marbled boards, Cremona, 1818 § Francesconi (Daniele) Discorso Letto alla reale Accademia Fiorentina, first edition, a little spotting or marking, contemporary stiff wrappers, spine worn, but holding, rubbed and marked, Florence, 1799; and 3 others, similar, 8vo et infra (5)⁂ The first mentioned is particularly interesting for the details of 24 collections in private hands, including the splendid library of Antonio Pallavicino Clavello.
Grimm (Friedrich Melchior) & Denis Diderot. Correspondance Littéraire, Philosophique et Critique, 26 vol., foxed and browned, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with black roan labels and initials "A.O." at foot, a little rubbed, slight wear to head of spines, small tear to head of vol.7 repaired, 8vo, Paris, 1829.⁂ First completely unexpurgated edition of Grimm's correspondence with various German sovereigns.
Heraldry.- Ferne (John) The Blazon of Gentrie: devided into two parts ..., first edition, woodcut illustrations, short tear (2D1 verso only), previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, occasional soiling, later calf, gilt, rubbed and worn, upper cover detached, lower cover lacking, [STC 10824], by John Windet, for Andrew Maunsell, 1586 § [Blome (Richard)] The Art of Heraldry, engraved illustrations, occasional soiling, previous owner's ink signature, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, cracked joints, rubbed and worn, 1730; and 6 others heraldry, including an incomplete copy of Peacham's 'The Compleat Gentleman', v.s. (8)⁂ In the first, the genealogical tree to 2D1 verso was printed upside-down. In this copy, the cancels were pasted in.
Ray (John) The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation, first edition, ink marginal note, browned, marginal loss (E1), small loss to top edge (I3), for Samuel Smith, 1691, bound after, Mackenzie (Sir George) The Moral History of Frugality with its opposite Vices ..., first edition, licence leaf at beginning, for J. Hindmarsh, 1691, spotting, marginal water-staining, modern morocco, [Wing R410; M1179], 8vo.
Magritte (René).- Mandiargues (A.Pieyre) Marbre, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to René Magritte with long ink inscription to half-title, 1953 § Arnaud (Noel) Les Métamorphoses Historiques de Dada, offprint from 'Critique' no.134, inscribed by the author "René Magritte Dada Amicalement N.A." in an acrostic to head of first leaf, stapled, July 1958 § Le Carré (John) L'Espion qui Venait du Froid, translated by Marcel Duhamel and Henri Robillot, first edition in French, signed and inscribed by the translators to Magritte on half-title, flyer loosely inserted, 1964, original wrappers, the first two browned (internally and externally) and frayed at spine, a little rubbed, the first with a few stains, 8vo (3)⁂ Three presentation copies to the great surrealist artist from others connected with the surrealist & Dada movements and Oulipo.
NO RESERVE Hoffmann (Dr. Heinrich) The English Struwwelpeter, or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures, colour illustrations, occasional marginal finger-soiling, original cloth backed boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, George Routledge & Sons, c.1909 § Keble Chatterton (E.) Q-Ships and Their Story, first edition, ALs by author tipped-in, frontispiece, plates, occasional pencil corrections, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1922 § Jerome (Jerome K.) Three Men in a Boat, first edition, half-title, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, lacking front free endpaper,. original cloth, a little soiled, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Bristol, 1889; and 16 others, 8vo (19)
Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, original cloth, slight bump to spine head, price-clipped dust-jacket, faint spotting, very very slight chipping to spine extremities, 1964 § Cundall (H. M.) Birket Foster, one of 500 De Luxe copies signed by publisher, etched frontispiece and portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1906 § Francis (Dick) Rat Race, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to extremities, 1970 § Mother Goose: the Old Nursery Rhymes, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, n.d. § Barrie (J. M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and 28 others, v.s. (33)
Browne (Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica..., second edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title spotted, some browning, cropped, modern half calf, [Keynes 74; Wing B5160], folio, by A. Miller, for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650.⁂ The first edition to include the entertaining "Table Alphabeticall" by the Rev. Whitefoot.
Rowlandson (Thomas).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield; A Tale, first Rowlandson edition, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, some offsetting and spotting, modern morocco-backed cloth, gilt spine in compartments and with double leather labels, [Tooley 436], 8vo, 1817.
Emblems.- Ripa (Cesare) Iconologia: or, Moral Emblems, edited by P.Tempest, first English edition, engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black, 324 emblems on 81 engraved plates, a little browned and soiled, frontispiece and final leaf slightly frayed at edges, modern panelled calf, 4to, by Benjamin Motte, 1709.
![[Pope (Alexander)] The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, first 8vo edition, engraved frontispi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/71d03ea6-745f-4080-ae0b-aafd00a28e58/468x382.jpg)
[Pope (Alexander)] The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, first 8vo edition, engraved frontispiece of ass and engraved plate of owl before Book II, with final errata leaf, browning at beginning and end, old ink signatures to front free endpapers, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, [Foxon P780], for Lawton Gilliver, 1729 § [Cambridge (Richard Owen)] The Scribleriad: An Heroic Poem, 6 parts in 1, first edition, general title and preliminaries bound after part 5, 7 engraved plates, light damp-staining to lower outer corner causing fraying to first few leaves, modern calf-backed marbled boards, R.Dodsley...M.Cooper, 1751, 8vo & 4to (2)
Aristotle's Book of Problems, with other Astronomers, Astrologers, Physicians, and Philosophers, twenty fifth edition, by J.W. J.K. G.C. D.M. A.B. E.M. R.R. J.O. and L.B.M. and A.W., [?1750]; Aristotle's Last Legacy, for R.Ware...C.Hitch...and J.Hodges, 1749, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut frontispieces, browned, cropped occasionally touching head-lines, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, 12mo⁂ Not by Aristotle. Both possibly issued as parts of Aristotle's Works Compleated, [c.1750]; the first is one of several issues with "twenty fifth edition" and is dated by ESTC as ?1710. The second is concerned with gynaecology and midwifery.
![Food & Drink.- [Rolleston (Samuel)] Oinos Krithinos [graece]. A Dissertation Concerning the Origin and Antiquity of Barle](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/503d6d70-f766-421c-afcc-aafd00a23ff4/468x382.jpg)
Food & Drink.- [Rolleston (Samuel)] Oinos Krithinos [graece]. A Dissertation Concerning the Origin and Antiquity of Barley Wine, first edition, variant without the imprimatur to verso of title, with half-title (lightly stained), title with engraved vignette, 3pp. advertisements at end, [Bitting p.403; Simon BG 1303], Oxford, printed at the Theatre for James Fletcher..., 1750 bound after King (William) Tres oratiunculae..., London, C.Bathurst, & Oxford, J.Fletcher, [c.1750]; Epistola objurgatoria ad Guilielmunm King, half-title, M.Cooper, 1744; Oratio in Theatro Sheldoniano..., half-title, engraved tail-piece, London, J.Clarke, & Oxford, J.Fletcher, [c.1750], together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary manuscript index at beginning, some spotting, modern half calf, 4to
Vulson de la Colombière (Marc de) La Science Heroique, traitant de la Noblesse de l'Origine des Armes, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved allegorical frontispiece, plates and coats-of-arms, some pasted onto blank leaves, coat-of-arms cut out of centre of p.441 leaving large hole, title soiled, browned, ex-library copy with a few stamps, modern half calf, folio, Paris, Sebastien & Gabriel Cramoisy, 1644; sold not subject to return
![Shakespeare vs. Bacon.- [Lawrence (Herbert)] The Life and Adventures of Common Sense: An Historical Allegory, first edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/4715eb0a-4d5b-4c43-bb0b-aafd00a21ec7/468x382.jpg)
Shakespeare vs. Bacon.- [Lawrence (Herbert)] The Life and Adventures of Common Sense: An Historical Allegory, first edition, author's name supplied in manuscript on title, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, for Montagu Lawrence, 1769.⁂ Scarce novel by a surgeon and friend of David Garrick. Pp.145-149 include an early appearance of Shakespeare in fiction and possibly the first printed assertion that Shakespeare's plays were written by Bacon. Although the work is complete in itself, and "Finis" appears at the end, a second volume covering George II and the early years of George III was published about a year later. ESTC lists 4 copies only (BL, Glasgow, National Library of Scotland, Bodleian).
Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord) The Life...Written by Himself, folding engraved portrait frontispiece, J.Dodsley, 1770; A Dialogue between a Tutor and his Pupil, first edition, half-title, W.Bathoe, 1768, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved bookplates of Philip Salter and John Church, contemporary diced calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, crack to spine, 4to
Bruce (Peter Henry) Memoirs of...a Military Officer in the Services of Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain, first edition in English, marginal browning at beginning and end, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old red roan label, [Sabin 8726], 4to, for the Author's Widow, 1782.⁂ Bruce was German and entered the service of Peter the Great in 1711, seeing action in Russia, Turkey, Persia and most of Europe. He later served in the Bahamas and South Carolina under the British. His memoir was originally published in German and he comments on social as well as military matters, particularly on the court of Peter the Great.
![Binding.- [Ritson (Joseph)] Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by John](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/a0cfeda7-cfc2-448d-b305-aafd00a22e23/468x382.jpg)
Binding.- [Ritson (Joseph)] Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by John and Thomas Bewick, occasional soiling, attractive contemporary calf Etruscan binding with gilt borders in the style of Edwards of Halifax, g.e., rubbed, spine ends and corners worn and chipped, [Tattersfield TB 2.465a], 8vo, by C.Clarke..., 1791.
Clothing.- Vaughan (Walter) An Essay, Philosophical and Medical, concerning Modern Clothing, first edition, lacking half-title but with errata leaf at end of preliminaries, a few leaves a little browned at edges, modern half calf, spine gilt, 8vo, Rochester, W.Gillman, 1792.⁂ Scarce work by a physician on the perils of contemporary clothing. ESTC lists only 6 copies in the UK: BL (2 copies), Cambridge University Library, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (but apparently sold in 2014), John Rylands Library, and the Wellcome Institute.
Sotheby (William) A Tour through Parts of Wales, Sonnets, Odes, and other Poems, first edition, half-title, 13 aquatint plates by S.Alken, most after J.Smith, some tinted by hand, light offsetting, [Abbey, Scenery 513; Tooley 462], 1794 bound after Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell, 5 wood-engraved plates and 8 vignettes by Thomas or John Bewick, title foxed, [Tattersfield JB50], by W.Bulmer & Co., 1795, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, bookplate of John Horsley Palmer, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked and recornered in sheep, rubbed, 4to
Southey (Robert).- Oceania.- Martin (John, editor) An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands...with an Original Grammar and Vocabulary...compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr.William Mariner, 2 vol., first edition, Robert Southey's copy with his small neat ink inscription "Robert Southey 1817" to foot of title of vol.1, engraved frontispiece (foxed and offset on facing title), spotted, ink inscription "E.Schunck 1871" to front free endpapers and with bookplate, contemporary Cottonian binding of patterned fabric over boards with manuscript paper labels to spines, uncut, a little rubbed, spines faded, labels chipped, vol.1 with upper joint repaired, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, red calf label, [Hill 1075], 8vo, 1817.⁂ Many of Southey's books are bound in this fashion, executed by his daughters or female friends using coloured cotton prints over the original worn boards. They filled a room in his house which became known as the "Cottonian Library".
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[Barham (Richard)], "Thomas Ingoldsby". Some Account of My Cousin Nicholas, 3 vol., first edition in book form, with half-titles for vol.2 & 3 as called for but that of vol.3 bound in vol.1 and with numbers erased, vol.3 lacking final blank, a little soiled and stained, label removed from head of 'Epistle Dedicatory' in vol.1 causing tear (repaired), modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Sadleir 157], 8vo, 1841.
![Burne-Jones (Edward).- [MacLaren (Archibald)] The Fairy Family, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial ti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/0ebe1e0c-866c-455e-a9a5-aafd00a1f130/468x382.jpg)
Burne-Jones (Edward).- [MacLaren (Archibald)] The Fairy Family, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and wood-engraved tail-piece by Edward Burne-Jones, tissue guard to title, 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end, no pp.81-96 as is correct, light spotting to title, small book-late of James Franck Bright, original purple cloth stamped in blind with small gilt wheels at corners (variant binding), a little rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, 1857.⁂ The first book illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones.
Cruikshank (George).- Angelo (Henry) Angelo's Pic Nic; or, Table Talk, first edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and title vignette by George Cruikshank, with 2 blank leaves bound in amongst preliminaries, title soiled and browned, bookplate of B.Williams Ball, contemporary half green calf, spine gilt with red roan label, slightly rubbed, [Cohn 31], 8vo, 1834.
Gardens.- Switzer (Stephen) An Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and Hydraulicks, Philosophical and Practical..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 61 plates, 41 folding or double-page, the latter mounted on stubs, plates 39 & 40 slightly shorter and possibly from another copy, frontispiece creased and soiled & frayed at upper edge, also tear to lower edge affecting caption (repaired), light browning to a few plates, G2 with tear to upper margin, modern ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and stained, a few gouges, rebacked preserving old red morocco label, [Berlin Kat 3614; Bibliotheca Mechanica p.309], 4to, for T. Astley [& others], 1729.⁂ Including the origin of springs, steam-engines for raising water, and fountains. Switzer worked on the designs of the gardens at Castle Howard, Blenheim and Kensington Palace.
![[James (Sir Henry, printer)] [Domesday Book or Great Survey of England of William the Conqueror], 2 vol. comprising Great Dom](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/5e5df0b6-5c8f-45cf-9775-aafd00a297c9/468x382.jpg)
[James (Sir Henry, printer)] [Domesday Book or Great Survey of England of William the Conqueror], 2 vol. comprising Great Domesday & Little Domesday, first facsimile edition, printed in red and black, original reversed calf, red edges, 4to (Great Domesday slightly larger), [Southampton, Ordnance Survey], [1862].⁂ Rare complete facsimile of the Domesday Book reproduced using the new process of photozincography invented by Sir Henry James. The work was taken to Southampton where it was taken apart and photographed, with the results being offered as individual county sections with introductory notes. This copy is one of only a small number with all the sections (less the introductions) bound together in a replica binding of the book at the time.
England.- Grosley (Pierre Jean) A Tour to London; or, New Observations on England, and its Inhabitants, translated by Thomas Nugent, 2 vol., first English edition, advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, browned, some soiling, Z5 in vol.1 torn and repaired, ex-library copy with a few small ink stamps to title and preliminaries but none to text, modern half, 8vo, for Lockyer Davis, 1772. ⁂ A Frenchman's observations of England and the English having spent a year living in London. It reputedly includes the first mention of the sandwich in print: "A minister of state passed four and twenty hours at a public gaming-table, so absorpt in play, that, during the whole time, he had no subsistence but a bit of beef, between two slices of toasted bread, which he eat without ever quitting the game. This new dish grew highly in vogue, during my residence in London; it was called by the name of the minister, who invented it." vol.1 p.149.
Kent.- Kilburne (Richard) A Topographie or Survey of the County of Kent, first edition, engraved frontispiece portrait (trimmed to border and laid down), woodcut head-pieces and initials, numerous contemporary ink annotations, cropped but some leaves with margins folded in to preserve marginalia (some a little frayed at edges), that on N2 torn away just touching edge of text, title lightly soiled, old sprinkled calf with later blind-stamped border, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing K434], small 4to, by Thomas Mabb, for Henry Atkinson, 1659.
Agriculture.- Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique...., edited by J.Marret, 4 vol. including 2 vol. Supplement bound in 2, third edition, titles in red and black, engraved dedication and 11 plates by B.Picart, 2 folding, one double-page, numerous engraved or woodcut illustrations in text, contemporary ink note at foot of titles, some browning, mostly light, small ink stain to upper edge of a few leaves first volume, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and black roan labels, rubbed, joints split, corners and spine ends worn and with some repairs, [Vicaire 172], folio, Amsterdam, Jean Covens & Corn. Mortier, 1732-1740.⁂ An important domestic dictionary with much on food and drink, agriculture, horticulture, and hunting, and with sections on bees, falconry and horses.
Germany.- Gerning (Johann Isaak von) A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne, first English edition, list of subscribers, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after C.G.Schutz, folding engraved map with routes hand-coloured at end, frontispiece and title browned, some spotting or light offsetting to or from plates, later half red morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 217; Tooley 234], 4to, 1820.
Canada.- Hazlitt (William Carew) British Columbia, and Vancouver Island, first edition, lacking half-title, with folding map, browned and torn at folds and laid down, modern half calf, [Sabin 31126], 8vo, 1858.⁂ Scarce early account of British Columbia with descriptions of the recently-discovered gold fields in the Fraser River area.
China.- Cobbold (Rev. R.H.) Pictures of the Chinese, Drawn by Themselves, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title and plates printed in brown, illustrations, one plate torn and repaired, some a little frayed at edges, original pictorial striped cloth, gilt, rubbed, recased, new endpapers, 1860 § De Quincey (Thomas) China, revised reprint of articles from 'Titan', advertisement leaf at end, spotted and soiled, original printed wrappers, ink presentation inscription from Joshua Fielden to his ?father-in-law Thomas Brocklehurst to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, rebacked, lacking lower cover but replaced with another similar, Edinburgh & London, 1857, 8vo (2)⁂ Joshua Fielden (1827-87), cotton manufacturer and politician, who married Ellen, daughter of Thomas Brocklehurst.
China.- Davis (John Francis) The Fortunate Union, a Romance...with...A Chinese Tragedy, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispiece, lithographed map, errata leaf at end of vol.1, foxing, ex-Royal Society of Ednburgh library copy with ink stamps to frontispiece and titles, original boards, uncut, spotted, spines worn and defective, 8vo, Oriental Translation Fund, 1829.
NO RESERVE China.- Fenellosa (Ernest F.) Epochs of Chinese & Japanese Art, 2 vol., reprint, colour frontispieces, plates, London & New York, 1921 § Davis (J.F.) The Chinese: a General Description of China and its Inhabitants, enlarged edition, illustrations, some spotting, hinges weak, 1840 § Hedin (Sven) Across the Gobi Desert, first edition in English, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, [1931], original cloth, the first with frayed dust-jackets, all a little rubbed, the second with faded spine and split to upper joint; and c.45 others on China and Buddhism, 4to & 8vo (c.50)
China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China, first 8vo edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, 2 folding maps, and 21 plates, with errata, 'Directions to the Binder' and 3 pp. advertisements at end, ownership stamp "W.Rose" to head of engraved title, a little browned and wrinkled, one map frayed at edge, modern bookplate of Sir Philip Rose, modern half calf, spine gilt, 8vo, John Stockdale, 1797.
NO RESERVE Japan.- Beaton (Cecil) Japanese, first edition, photographic illustrations, a few folding, original cloth-backed pink boards, very slight rubbing/fading to lower edges, dust-jacket, spotting, a little rubbed and soiled, 1959 § Markino (Yochio) My Recollections and Reflections, first edition, plates by the author, some colour, foxed, original cloth, 1913 § Sladen (Douglas) Queer Things about Japan, third edition, colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth, rubbed, spine with small hole and wear to ends, 1904; and a quantity of others on Japanese culture, customs and travel, 4to & 8vo (c.60)
![Japan.- [Crasset (Jean)] The History of the Church in Japan. Written Originally in French...translated into English. By N.N.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/56a10ac1-7959-4258-b394-aafd00a2365f/468x382.jpg)
Japan.- [Crasset (Jean)] The History of the Church in Japan. Written Originally in French...translated into English. By N.N. [George Webb], 2 vol., first English edition, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, 4to, 1705-07.⁂ Originally published in France in 1689.
Japan.- Fonblanque (Edward Barrington de) Niphon and Pe-che-li; or, Two Years in Japan and Northern China, second edition, folding map, 10 plates, 3 folding, 6 chromo- or tinted lithographs, light foxing, frontispiece creased across lower outer corner, 1863 § Macfarlane (Charles) Japan; an Account, Geographical and Historical, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, folding map (torn and repaired), a little browned, some spotting, 1852, both original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, recased, new endpapers, 8vo (2)
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