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Lot 927
An extensive and interesting collection of books about equestrian subjects and including an edition of Thoroughbred Racing Stock by Lady Wentworth 1938 First Edition, The Authentic Arabian Horse by Lady Wentworth 1962 Second Edition, The Swift Runner also by Lady Wentworth 1957 First Edition, etc
Lot 14
TWO BOXES OF COINS, MEDALS AND COMMEMORATIVES, to include two albums of the Statehood quarters collection, USA along with four special edition quarters, nine silver proof Royal Mint boxed commemoratives, one without COA and four metallic First Day Covers of Great Britains in sterling silver proofs, etc
Lot 121
A collection of 4x Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast model aeroplanes. All from the ' Military ' series. Comprising of; 47306 Avro Lancaster, 47204 Avro York 'First Issue,' 48203 First Issue Boeing 299, and 47506 Lockheed Constellation RAF. All as new, unused, within the original boxes. Note: From a large private collection of Corgi Aviation Archive (and other diecast model planes). All are unused, 100% complete (including certificates) and never removed from the boxes. Purchased by a collector upon release, many are Limited Edition or ' 1st Issue ' sets.
Lot 740
A large collection of approx 207x largely first edition Konami Yu - Gi - Oh ! cards to include; Enemy Controller, Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, Black Luster Ritual, Magical Stone Excavation, Cure Of The Masked Beast, Barrel Dragon, Lava Golem, Buster Blader, Dark Necrofear, Jinzo, Crush Card Virus, Toon Table Of Contents, Anti Magix Arrows, Juragedo, The Masked Beast, Foolish Burial, Embodiment Of Apophis, Archfiend Of Gilfer, Insect Queen, King's Knight, Jack's Knight & many others. All appear to be mint.
Lot 745
A rare Marvel Comics ' Classic Marvel ' series solid silver limited edition ' Fantastic Four 35th Anniversary ' mint-card. Limited edition of 500, the first 250 supplied with certificates hand signed by Stan Lee. This one being 125/500. Mint, with certificate. Within its original presentation case.
Lot 796
My Life As A 10 Year Old Boy; Nancy Cartwright; The Voice Of Bart Simpson . Hardcover book, first edition. Signed to the title page in red ink (bookplate) by Cartwright - famous for her work on The Simpsons. Obtained by a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press, with exclusive Press Agency bookmark requesting The Simpsons get nominated for a Golden Globe.
Lot 421
Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin First Moonlanding. Signed American first edition of Buzz Aldrin's latest book, No Dream Is Too High. Unread and opened only for signing. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Lot 232
Royal Doulton Winnie the Pooh Collection Figures:- I've Found Somebody Just Like Me, WP22, limited edition No 2735/5000, on wooden plinth; Pooh Counting the Honey Pots, WP12; Winnie the Pooh and the Fair Sized Basket, WP19; Eeyore's Birthday, WP14; Piglet Picking Violets, WP13; together with a Hummel First Edition Annual Bell 1978. (6)
Lot 1133
ENGLAND AUTOGRAPHS Five 10" X 8" colour photographs signed by John Barnes all relate to England's 2-0 win v Brazil in Rio in 1984. Includes an action photo, scoring the first goal, the scoreboard showing England winning 1-0 and Barnes the scorer, Barnes and Hateley, the goalscorers, holding the trophy for winning the match and signed by both and Barnes playing football on the beach. A b/w 10" X 8" signed photo of Nobby Stiles in Man. Utd. Kit, a 10" X 8" colour photo of Bobby Moore being chaired holding the trophy, signed by Geoff Hurst, 1970 World Cup programme, red English edition, 1970 World Cup First Day Cover signed by Geoff Hurst, a white card signed by Jimmy Armfield and 6 silver gelatin prints showing Moore being chaired and holding the trophy, a teamgroup with Moore holding the trophy, Ken Bailey the official England supporter holding a banner and Ramsey and Moore in suits holding the trophy X 3. Good
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Lot 33
Atlases.- [Collins (Capt. Greenville)] [Cartes et Plans de plusieurs parties des Côtes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande], maps only, lacking letterpress title and contents leaf, with 19 engraved charts, all but one double-page, rather water- & damp-stained, contemporary mottled sheep with central gilt arms of ?French naval ministry, spine gilt, rubbed, edges a little worn and stained, folio, [Paris, Jacques Bellin], [1757]; sold not subject to return⁂ Collins surveyed the British coast between 1681 and 1688 and issued his Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, the first such systematic survey, in 1693. This French edition was published by Bellin in anticipation of a French invasion during the Seven Years War.
Lot 11
Africa.- Gardiner (Capt. Allen F.) Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country, in South Africa, first edition, 26 lithographed plates, 3 hand-coloured or partly so, 2 folding maps hand-coloured in outline, foxing to some plates, with loosely-inserted A.L.s. from the chief Librarian of Durban Public Library presenting the book from his own private library to the Governor, original cloth, a little rubbed, spine very slightly faded, [Abbey, Travel 332], 8vo, 1836.⁂ Gardiner established the first mission at Port Natal.
Lot 50
Australasia.- Australia.- Warburton (Col. Peter Egerton) Journey across the Western Interior of Australia, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved portrait, title-vignette of Warburton beetle and 8 plates, folding map with route supplied in red, 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end, faint ink inscription at head of title and another to half-title, map with short tear to fold repaired with sticky tape, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, bookseller's ticket Angus & Robertson of Sydney to inside front board, bookplate removed, very slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Ferguson 18187; Wantrup 201], 8vo, 1875.⁂ Warburton suffered enormous hardship on his journey, having got lost in the Great Sandy Desert, and was unable to prepare his journals for publication. The scientific results were presented for him by others including Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Gould.
Lot 14
Africa.- Owen (Capt. William Fitzwilliam Wentworth) Narrative of Voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; performed in H.M.Ships Leven and Barracouta, edited by Heaton Bowstead Robinson, 2 vol., first edition, 5 lithographed plates, 4 folding engraved maps, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary ink inscription at head of titles, with long loosely-inserted A.L.s. to the mother of Lt. Henry Gibbons relating the news of his death (envelope rather crudely tipped to head of p.152 of vol.1) and note by Gibbons's sister (Mrs. J.H.Pinder) tipped in at beginning, some foxing to plates and maps, bookplate of Rev. John Hethersall Pinder, contemporary half green calf, rubbed, spines browned, one label defective, preserved together in modern green calf-backed cloth drop-back box, red morocco labels, 8vo, 1833. ⁂ Survey of the East and South East African coastline. Lt. Henry Gibbons served on H.M.S. Leven and died on 26th December 1822 of fever, one of many who succumbed to tropical disease on the expedition including Charles William Browne who wrote the letter.
Lot 195
Aldine.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propetius, edited by Aldus Manutius and Girolamo Avancio, collation: A-E8 F4, A-D8 E4, a-i8, initial spaces with guide-letters, penultimate f. with colophon otherwise blank, final f. with amended title otherwise blank, occasional early ink marginalia (trimmed), occasional light staining or spotting, some light browning, 18th century French brown morocco, richly gilt spine in compartments, covers with borders of 4 gilt filets with floral corner-pieces, neat repairs to spine, g.e., 8vo (157 x 91mm.), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [January, 1502].⁂ A very good copy of the first Aldine edition, first state, with the incorrect spelling 'Propetius' on title. The work is dedicated to the book collector and scholar Marino Sanuto.Provenance: 'Ioannis Galaudi' (early ink signature within foot of text on i6).Literature: Adams C1137; Ahmanson-Murphy 52; Renouard, Alde, 39:16; EDIT 16 CNCE 10356.
Lot 70
Polar.- Arctic.- Parry (Capt. William Edward) Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper...with an Appendix, first edition, 20 engraved maps and plates, some aquatint, 4 folding, folding letterpress table, errata slip at end, 1821; A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage...1819-20, containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History, half-title, 6 engraved plates, 1824, together 2 works in 1 vol., tissue guards, some foxing to plates, contemporary diced calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with ship motifs and red roan label, 1821-24; Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage...in the Years 1821-22-23..., 31 engraved or lithographed plates and plans, some aquatint after Capt. George Lyon, and 8 large folding engraved maps and panoramas at end, some light foxing and wrinkling from damp (but no staining), contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, green roan labels (one renewed), 1824; Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage...in the years 1824-25..., errata leaf, 10 engraved maps and plans, one folding, and large folding map at end (tear repaired), ex-Board of Trade library copy with ink stamp at head of title, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, 1826; Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole...in the year MDCCCXXVII, errata leaf, 6 engraved plates and plans, large folding engraved map at end, marginal foxing and damp-staining, original boards, uncut, corners worn, rebacked, 1828 § Sabine (Edward, editor) The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle, half-title, woodcut coat-of-arms as title-vignette (repeated at head of each issue), title lacking small portion at lower edge not affecting text, lightly browned with occasional spotting, modern cloth-backed boards, uncut, 1821, together 6 works in 5 vol., first editions, [Sabin 58860, 58861, 58867 & 58868 & 55714], 4to (5) ⁂ Complete set of Parry's Arctic voyages and including The North Georgia Gazette which was produced by the crew on the first voyage when they got stuck in the ice. The second voyage includes detailed descriptions and plates of the native inhabitants and the third voyage made many important scientific discoveries. The final voyage was an unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole via Spitsbergen using sledge-boats and reindeer.Saleroom Notice: This is not a complete set; it does not include the scarce Appendix to the Second Voyage published in 1825
Lot 26
Americas.- South America.- Mawe (John) Travels in the Interior of Brazil; with...Account of the Gold and Diamond Districts, second edition, half-title, engraved map and 8 hand-coloured plates on 5 sheets, most aquatint (1 hand-coloured), tissue guards, advertisement leaf at end, light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, spine worn and slightly defective at head, [Sabin 46992; cf. Abbey, Travel 709, 1825 edition], 8vo, 1821.⁂ Scarcer than the first edition of 1812, now in 8vo format but with the plates hand-coloured; contains some of the earliest descriptions of the gold, diamond and topaz mines of Brazil.
Lot 37
Australasia.- Australia.- Field (Barron) Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales; by Various Hands..., first edition, 4 folding engraved maps, 3 engraved plates (one aquatint view of Campbell river after J.W.Lewin and 2 botanical), maps and plates a little foxed and offset, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 571; Ferguson 1009; Wantrup 108], 8vo, 1825.⁂ Important collection of works on the exploration of New South Wales, edited by a judge of the Supreme Court, and including Surveyor-General John Oxley's 'Report of an Expedition to Survey Port Curtis, Moreton Bay, and Port Bowen, with a view to form Convict Penal Establishments there', on which he discovered the Brisbane River and selected the site of the future city of Brisbane (not separately published). Also including John Uniacke's account of the same expedition, the only published account of Allan Cunningham's 'Journal of a Route from Bathust to Liverpool Plains...', Field's 'On the Aborigines of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land' and 'On the Rivers of New South Wales' across the Blue Mountains, Capt. Mark Currie's 'Journal of an Excursion to the southward of Lake George in New South Wales', and the first trade publication of 'First Fruits of Australian Poetry' (the first book of poems published in Australia, previously only issued privately, Sydney, 1819), as well as others on the aborigines and timber, geology and meteorology etc. of the area.
![[Goodman (Godfrey)] The Fall of Man Proved by Reason, title within wide ornate woodcut border, first and last ff. blank, wood](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46142c27-9756-41a8-8d56-a84f00b4fee4/d97e4144-f6c5-44b7-a7e7-d1f6db7e424d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 285
[Goodman (Godfrey)] The Fall of Man Proved by Reason, title within wide ornate woodcut border, first and last ff. blank, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, titles of first edition of 1616 used as endpapers, various 18th century ink signatures of William Turtle, [STC 12025], small 4to, Printed for, Robert Wilson, and Richard Boulton, 1618.⁂ Rare. ESTC records only 3 copies. A reissue of the first edition, with a new title.
Lot 229
Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius, edited by Simon Abbes Gabbema, engraved additional pictorial title, printed title with woodcut printer's device, N3 lower corner torn away, with minor loss, some foxing and spotting, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, Utrecht, Gisbert à Zyll & Thedor ab Ackersdyk, 1659 § Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius, edited by J.G. Graevius, engraved additional pictorial title, printed title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, 19th century black straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed at extremities, g.e., vellum bookplate of E.V. Utterson, Utrecht, 1680; and 3 others 17th century Low Countries editions of Catullus and a Leiden edition of Callimachus, with a distinguished scholarly provenance, v.s. (5)⁂ The first mentioned is the first Gabbema edition, with commentaries of Scaliger, Statius, Muret, Meleager, Palladius Fuscus, Parthenius, Dousa the younger, Lipsius, Passerat, Turnebus, and Salmasius.
Lot 310
Dickens (Charles, editor) The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands, 3 vol., first edition, 14 etched or lithographed plates by George Cruikshank, 'Phiz' and others, some a little browned at edges, contemporary tan calf, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, one or two endpapers detached or becoming so, with original cloth spines mounted on blank leaves at ends, 8vo, 1841.
Lot 225
Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, commentary of Janus Dousa, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-R8, a-k8, Roman and some Greek type, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, closely trimmed, occasionally affecting printed side-notes, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip with modern gilt title and filets, covers with contemporary gilt double filet borders, rubbed, Leiden, House of Plantin, 1592; and the rare 1587 small format Plantin edition of these poets bound with Horace and Juvenal, 16mo (the mentioned 113 x 73mm.) (2)⁂ First edition to contain the commentary of Janus Dousa the younger ('Coniectanea et notae') separately paginated. 'This edition, according to Barthius, . . . leaves every preceding one far behind by its accuracy and emendations. Heinsius calls it the most correct of all the editions of these poets' (Dibdin I, p. 375).Literature: Adams C1160.
![Hieremias de Montagnone. Epytoma Sapientie, collation: [α]8 *4 *A-*H8 **HH6 *I-*R8 *S10, double column, Gothic type, woodcut](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46142c27-9756-41a8-8d56-a84f00b4fee4/9de80105-d701-4a06-e049-2ac35ded24a0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 197
Hieremias de Montagnone. Epytoma Sapientie, collation: [α]8 *4 *A-*H8 **HH6 *I-*R8 *S10, double column, Gothic type, woodcut decorative initials, final verso with large woodcut printer's device printed in red and black, occasional early ink marginalia and passage marking, sewn, but unbound, housed in a modern morocco-backed cloth slip-case, small 4to (214 x 154mm.), [Venice], [Peter Liechtenstein], [May, 1505].⁂ First edition of this early fourteenth-century miscellany compiled by the Paduan lawyer Hieremias de Montagnone. It contains passages from the Bible and various classical authors, including, rather surprisingly, Catullus, for whom it is an important source book. (See Gaisser, Catullus and His Renaissance Readers, p.19). It is rare at auction. Literature: Adams H540; EDIT 16 CNCE 20704.
Lot 373
Eluard (Paul) Liberté J'Ecris ton Nom, second edition, printed on one side only and folding concertina style, c.290 x 1115mm., silkscreen illustrations and decorations by Fernand Léger, very light browning or offsetting, small abraded patch at head of first page just touching edge of decoration, with the original brown paper envelope with cut-out for author's name (a little creased with a few short tears at edges), 4to, Paris, Éditions Seghers, [?1953].
Lot 48
Australasia.- Australia.- Stokes (John Lort) Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43, 2 vol., first edition, 26 engraved or lithographed plates including 11 of natural history, 8 folding engraved maps, 6 in pockets at front, one with route supplied in red, illustrations, errata leaf in vol.1, with advertisement slip for Eyre's Central Australia' tipped into vol.2 but without that of Dutton in vol.1, advertisements tipped to endpapers at beginning and end of each vol.(some varying to those in Wantrup), light foxing and browning, M1 in vol.1 creased, ink signature of ?Willm. Beauchamp Proctor on front pastedowns, first issue binding of original blue ribbed cloth with elaborate grecian borders stamped in blind, spines gilt with kangaroos and emus at foot, rubbed, light stains to upper cover of vol.2, spines faded and worn at head and foot, corners bumped and worn, [Ferguson 4406; Wantrup 89a], 8vo, 1846.⁂ John Lort Stokes served on H.M.S.Beagle from 1824-41, from midshipman to commander, including the famous voyage of 1831-36 with Charles Darwin on board. This work of 1846 describes the completion of the survey of the coast of Australia including the Torres and Bass Straits and the approaches to Adelaide and the Swan River near Perth. The expedition also discovered new rivers in the Gulf of Carpentaria on the north-west coast.
Lot 346
Milne (A. A.) Winnie the Pooh, first edition, signed by the author on title, presentation inscription "Nancy and Joan Bond, from the author's brother K.J.M. to endpaper, light marginal soiling, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, a little rubbed, 1926; Now We Are Six, first edition, signed by the author on title, presentation inscription "Mrs W.H.Bond from J.V.Milne, the author's father to endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original limp pictorial morocco, spine faded, spine and extremities rubbed, 1927, illustrations by E.H.Shepard, pictorial endpapers; and 2 others titles from the series, 8vo (4)Saleroom Notice: Winnie the Pooh has a tear to p.33
Lot 343
Joyce (James) Collected Poems, one of 800 copies, portrait frontispiece, original boards, glacine jacket, torn and repaired, slip-case, New York, The Black Sun Press, 1936; Chamber Music, first authorised American edition, second printing, scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original boards, some bumping to spine ends and corners, slip-case, New York, 1923 § Beckett (Samuel) and others. Our Exagmination Round his Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original printed wrappers, browned, upper cover mounted on stub, extremities chipped, slip-case, Paris, 1929; and 5 others, Joyce, including first Irish Gaelic editions of his works, v.s. (8)
![C[orbet] (R[ichard], Bishop of Oxford and Norwich) Poëtica Stromata or a Collection of Sundry Peices in Poetry: Drawne by the](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46142c27-9756-41a8-8d56-a84f00b4fee4/afead041-5fc0-401f-9332-418ef26d7caf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 94
C[orbet] (R[ichard], Bishop of Oxford and Norwich) Poëtica Stromata or a Collection of Sundry Peices in Poetry: Drawne by the known and approved Hand of R.C., second edition, with final contents leaf, contemporary ink signature of Ann Dutton at head of title and author's name supplied in manuscript (at first mistakenly), old ink annotation to foot of pp.40-41, cropped, inscriptions erased from pastedowns, later half calf, green roan label, rubbed, [Wing C6272], small 8vo, n.p. [France or Holland], 1648.⁂ First edition under this title, originally published as Certain Elegant Poems in 1647, and with several poems added. It was published posthumously and probably printed on the Continent.
Lot 255
Gemology.- Geology.- Boodt (Anselmus Boetius de) Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, edited and with commentary by Adrian Toll, second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations within text, 2 folding letterpress tables, water-stained, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, ink number to foot of spine, spine spotted, [Sinkankas 779; Hoover 146], 8vo, Leiden, Joannis Maire, 1636.⁂ The first edition of this important work on Gemology to include the commentary of Adrian Toll, and the second edition overall. 'the first edition [is] an impressive work by any standard, but succeeding editions, augmented by additional information are even more impressive' (Sinkankas). Includes much on gem cutting and mineralogy.
![Ballet.- [Ivchenko (Valerien I.)], "V.Svetlov". Sovremennyi Balet [The Modern Ballet], first edition, text in Russian, plates](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46142c27-9756-41a8-8d56-a84f00b4fee4/11df98d4-f7f0-4940-838e-2b651ccffb83/468x382.jpg)
Lot 379
Ballet.- [Ivchenko (Valerien I.)], "V.Svetlov". Sovremennyi Balet [The Modern Ballet], first edition, text in Russian, plates, illustrations and decorations, many by Bakst, some colour, many tipped in, original decorated cloth, uncut, rubbed, spine faded, joints split, corners a little worn, [Magriel p.113; Niles & Leslie p.504; cf. Beaumont p168 & Derra de Moroda 2453, French edition], 4to, St. Petersburg, 1911.⁂ Scarce Russian first edition of one of the most important 20th century ballet books, published in French the following year as Le Ballet Contemporain. The work covers Petipa and the development of the Imperial Russian Ballet, Fokine, Isadora Duncan and other modern dancers, up to Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.
Lot 77
World.- Teixeira (Pedro) The Travels of Peter Teixeira from India to the Low Countries by Land; with a short Account of a Voyage from India to Spain, by way of the Philippine Islands and the Kingdom of Mexico, first edition in English, general title to collection of works (often lacking), drop-head title 'The Travels of Peter Teixeira from India to Italy by Land', wide margins, main title with contemporary ink signature & reference no. at head and very lightly soiled, later half calf, worn patch near foot of spine, cloth boards damp-stained, 4to, for J.Knapton...A.Bell [& others], March 1710.⁂ Part 5 (of 7) of A View of the Universe: or, A New Collection of Voyages and Travels into all Parts of the Worlds published monthly from 1708 to 1710 and reissued as a 2 volume set in 1711 edited by John Stevens. Complete sets of the monthly parts are very rare but individual parts are also scarce and often lack the general or monthly part title.Pedro Teixeira (d.1641) was a Portuguese explorer who was the first European to travel the full length of the Amazon River in 1637 but this narrative is of an earlier journey through the Middle East. Although it finishes with his arrival in Venice he then continued to Antwerp where he wrote this account, explaining the contrary destinations given on the general and drop-head titles.
Lot 254
Cyprus.- Association copy.- Graziani (Antonio Maria) De Bello Cyprio Libri Quinque, engraved architectural title incorporating the arms of Cardinal Francesco Barberini by Claudio Mellan after Antonio Pomeranci, woodcut decorative initials, water-stained at foot, some light browning, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers with central arms of the Barberini family, enclosed within double filet borders with inner floral and outer bee corner-pieces, all within a wide floral border, itself bordered by double gilt filets, spine richly decorated with floral and bee tools, rebacked, preserving the original backstrip, upper joint just starting at foot, water-stained, [Blackmer 726], folio, Rome, Alessandro Zanetti, 1624.⁂ First edition of this posthumously published work on the Turkish conquest of Cyprus in 1572. It is dedicated to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, nephew of Pope Urban VIII, and the binding bears the arms of this noble family. Provenance: 17th century Barberini family (arms to binding); John Stafford Reid Byers (armorial bookplate).
Lot 184
Leonardo da Vinci. A Treatise of Painting, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 34 engraved plates, 4 folding, 3pp. advertisements at end, old ink signature and monogram stamp of Thomas Baskerfeild at head of title and with his engraved bookplate and notes on front pastedown, early cuttings tipped in at beginning and end, an excellent clean and bright copy, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, joints split, 8vo, for J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1721.⁂ Originally written in 1480 but not published until the mid 16th century in France.
Lot 35
Australasia.- Australia.- Collins (Lt.-Col. David) An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801, second edition, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps, 23 plates and 8 illustrations in text, 3 of the plates and 2 illustrations hand-coloured (all natural history), with advertisement leaf and 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end, pencil signature at head of title, some plates slightly cropped at foot with loss to imprint, one almost detached, stain to lower margin of D1, otherwise a very clean copy in the original boards, uncut, bookseller's ticket of Bristow & Cowtan of Canterbury inside front board, rubbed and marked, spine a little worn, corners bumped, [Ferguson 390; Wantrup 21], 4to, 1804.⁂ The last of the First Fleet journals, originally published in 2 volumes in 1798 & 1802 and abridged into one volume by the author's wife Maria. Despite omitting some information regarding the development of the colony it includes all the plates from the first edition and an additional portrait of the author. These fine plates are probably after sketches by the convict artist Thomas Watling and depict early views of Sydney and Parramatta, and scenes of aboriginal customs. In this issue the 3 natural history plates and 2 illustrations are hand-coloured and feature a lyre bird, a wombat and a duck-billed platypus.
Lot 8
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Wit and Wisdom in West Africa; or, a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms, first edition, half-title (small nick to upper edge), light spotting at beginning and end, ex-library copy with stamp on title and label with borrowing details on front pastedown, variant binding of original orange-brown cloth with blind-stamped border on boards and spine titled as usual but with gilt-stamped illustration of negro at foot, a little rubbed, spine faded, library label pasted on upper cover and small sticker at foot of spine, [Penzer 75], 8vo, 1865.⁂ Important work on West African languages with the information recorded in printed form for the first time.According to Penzer the first issue binding is in red cloth with blind-stamped border and no illustration on spine; the second issue or "remaindered" binding is in plum cloth with the spine titled "Negro Wit and Wisdom" and illustration at foot. This copy appears to be a mixture of the two.
Lot 374
Futurism.- Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) Les Mots en Liberté Futuristes, first edition, typographical illustrations including 4 folding plates, 4pp. advertisements at the end, original wrappers printed in red and black, a little browned, spine worn and slightly defective, becoming loose, 8vo, Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 1919.⁂ A typical futurist work of "mots en liberté" [words in freedom] using typography to create striking visual effects.
Lot 5
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring, 12 chromoxylograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, light foxing to some plates, map with tear at fold, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed, contemporary tan calf, gilt, spines gilt with roan labels, a little rubbed, [Penzer p.65], 8vo, 1860.⁂ Account of the Royal Geographical Society expedition with John Hanning Speke in search of the source of the Nile in 1858-59. They started at Zanzibar and travelling through East Africa discovered Lake Tanganyika. After Burton became ill Speke carried on without him, as he did not believe that their location was the source. He was the first European to discover what he named Lake Victoria and claimed it to be the source but Burton disputed it, leading to a long-running bitter feud between them (see also lot 17).
Lot 121
Italy.- Hakewill (James) A Picturesque Tour of Italy, from Drawings made in 1816-1817, first edition, large paper copy with plates on india paper, engraved additional pictorial title by Henry Moses and 63 plates, mostly views, by J.Landseer and others after Hakewill (several finished by J.M.W.Turner), all mounted, occasional foxing to mounts and light offsetting from plates, engraved bookplates of Lewis John Berger and Earl of Cromer, handsome near-contemporary burgundy morocco with elaborate gilt borders and central gilt arms, spine gilt in compartments, very slightly rubbed at edges, an excellent copy, folio, 1820.
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