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Lot 223
Twining, Elizabeth. Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants with Groups and Descriptions, 2 volumes, first octavo edition, half-titles, 160 colour-printed plates, small hole to leaf b1 in volume 2, not affecting text, spotting, later morocco-backed cloth boards, 8vo, London: Sampson Low, 1868
![[Lambert, W.H.] The Ghost of Dunboy Castle... by Huberto, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, light spotting, contemporary](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/a629c908-e715-4977-aaba-aaac0122851e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 41
Gillray, James. The Works... edited by Thomas Wright, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, some spotting, publisher's original cloth gilt, neatly rebacked, 4to, London: Chatto and Windus, [1873]; Cruickshank, George. George Cruickshank's Omnibus, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, some spotting, publisher's original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842; and 6 others, similar (8)
Lot 414
Milnes, Richard Monckton. The Poems... 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed 'Edith Coleridge, from her dear Uncle [Hartley Coleridge] 1879', spotted, a few pencil annotations by Hartley Coleridge, contemporary full vellum gilt, 8vo, London: Edward Moxon, 1838; Coutts, Francis. Psyche, contemporary full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, London: John Lane, 1912 (3)
Lot 36
Dodgson, Charles. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue, with 'wade' on p.21, half-title, signed in pencil, frontispiece, tissue guard, some soiling and light staining, original cloth, shaken, surface soiled and pitted, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co., 1872
Lot 311
Fowles, John. A Maggot, first edition, signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1985; Miller, Arthur. Salesman in Beijing, first English edition, signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Methuen, 1984; Seth, Vikram. Two Lives, first edition, signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Little Brown, 2005; and 6 others, many signed, including works by Margaret Atwood, Robert Harris, John le Carre and Patrick Leigh Fermor, v.s. (9)
Lot 27
Carey, David. Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire..., first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates after George Cruikshank, wood-engraved title vignette and wood-engraved illustrations in text, the 'Directions to the Binder' leaf at end, a few plates with margins shaved, some light soiling, late nineteenth century red full morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, joints weakened, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: John Fairburn, 1822
Lot 347
Marryat, Frederick. Mr. Midshipman Easy, 3 volumes, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of volume 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1836; Masterman Ready; or, The Wreck of the Pacific, 3 volumes, mixed edition, wood-engraved illustrations, London: Longman, Orme, et al., 1841, 1842 and 1845; The Mission: or, Scenes in Africa, 2 volumes, first edition, frontispieces, map, without publisher's catalogue, London: Longman, Brown, et al., 1845, together 8 volumes, uniformally bound in late nineteenth century green half morocco gilt, 8vo
Lot 9
Jones, Owen and Jules Goury. Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details of the Alhambra, 2 volumes, first edition, frontispiece, additional chromo-lithographed titles, 101 plates, including 2 hand-coloured plates and 70 chromo-lithographed, rather spotted, a few leaves loose with margins frayed, contemporary half morocco, worn, boards detached, folio, London: Owen Jones, 1842-1845
![[Westmacott, Charles Molloy] The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous, 2 volumes, first edi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/de9456ad-cbd6-494b-80c1-aaac011f5e8a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 64
[Westmacott, Charles Molloy] The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous, 2 volumes, first edition, first issue, engraved frontispiece and 70 aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, Robert Cruikshank and others, all hand-coloured, light spotting and soiling, late nineteenth century red full morocco, spines tooled gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, joints rubbed, 8vo, London: Sherwood Jones & Co., 1825 The first issue has vol.1, p.88 blank, the plate at p.388 dated '1284', vol. 2, p.222 blank and p. 288 with an errata note.
![[Jeffreys, Thomas] Jeffrey's Itinerary; or Traveller's Companion, through England, Wales and Part of Scotland, first edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/787ed7ff-0f0f-4132-a8ec-aaac012061be/468x382.jpg)
Lot 354
Morier, Janes Justinian. Ayesha: The Maid of Kars, 3 volumes, first edition, spotted, contemporary half calf by Porter and Custard, 8vo, London: Richard Bentley, 1834; [Hook, Theodore] Sayings and Doings, 3 volumes, second edition, contemporary half calf, 8vo, London: Henry Colburn, 1824; [Scott, Sir Walter] The Fortunes of Nigel, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, contemporary half calf, 8vo, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822; [Pread, W.M.] The Etonian, 3 volumes, third edition, contemporary half calf, 8vo, London: Henry Colburn, 1823; Edgeworth, Maria. Popular Tales, 3 volumes, sixth edition, contemporary half calf, 8vo, London: R. Hunter, 1817; and 18 others, all 3 volume novels of the nineteenth century, bookplate of Coker Court, 8vo (33)
Lot 145
Ireland, Samuel. A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and Part of France; made in the Autumn of 1789, 2 volumes, first edition, half-title to volume 2 only, 2 sepia aquatint titles, that for volume 2 with imprint cropped, 42 [of 43] sepia aquatint plates, some staining, nineteenth century tree calf gilt, 8vo, London: T. and I. Egerton, 1790 [Abbey: Life, 184] Lacking plate 10, Entrance to the Hague from Delfte.
![[Combe, William] Doctor Syntax in Paris, or A Tour in search of the Grotesque, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint title an](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/62ce933e-ed98-48b5-8ca5-aaac011f1cd4/468x382.jpg)
![[Beckford, Peter] Thoughts on Hunting, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, occasional light](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/2477730f-ea8c-447c-94a1-aaac01208ea8/468x382.jpg)
![[Combe, William] and Thomas Rowlandson. The Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, second edition, additional title](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/5d42ed6d-eb25-49ff-832a-aaac011f1ae0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 28
[Combe, William] and Thomas Rowlandson. The Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, second edition, additional title and 30 aquatint plates, all hand-coloured, additional title browned, some spotting throughout, 8vo, London: R. Ackerman, 1812; The Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation, first edition, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 8vo, London: R. Ackerman, 1820; The Third Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of a Wife, first edition, additional title and 24 aquatint plates, all hand-coloured, some browning, 8vo, London: R. Ackerman, [1821], together 3 volumes, a few plates with imprints shaved, later blue straight-grained full morocco by S. Kaufmann, dentelles gilt, extremities scuffed, volume 3 especially so, all edges gilt (3) [Abbey: Life, 266, 267]
Lot 156
Sterne, Laurence. Sterne's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, with Twelve Illustrative Prints Designed and Etched by Richard Newton, first edition, 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light offsetting, occasional browning throughout, contemporary half calf, foot of spine lacking, 8vo, London: William Holland, 1795 RARE.
Lot 241
Hort, John Josiah. The Horse Guards, by the Two Mounted Sentries, first edition, 11 hand-coloured lithographed plates, one loose, tissue guards, spotting, original publisher's boards, the upper cover with hand-coloured vignette, extremities chipped, 8vo, London: J. and D.A. Darling, 1850; another copy, contemporary calf gilt (2) Somewhat unusually, the list of illustrations calls for the image on the upper board, titled, 'The Horse Guards.' The calf bound copy above is therefore lacking.
![Grose, Francis. The Antiquities of England and Wales, 3 volumes, volumes 1-3 [of 4] only, first edition, LARGE PAPER, 3 engra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/0404cfa7-6302-42f5-99ca-aaac011fc701/468x382.jpg)
Lot 107
Grose, Francis. The Antiquities of England and Wales, 3 volumes, volumes 1-3 [of 4] only, first edition, LARGE PAPER, 3 engraved frontispieces and titles, 7 full-page engraved plates and 302 engraved illustrations in text, contemporary speckled calf, spines rubbed, folio, London: S. Hooper, 1773-1775
![[Sneyd, Walter] Portraits of the Spruggins Family, arranged by Richard Sucklethumkin Spruggins, Esq., first edition, frontisp](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/e0da3ee2-3823-44d0-a319-aaac011f5bda/468x382.jpg)
Lot 62
[Sneyd, Walter] Portraits of the Spruggins Family, arranged by Richard Sucklethumkin Spruggins, Esq., first edition, frontispiece, 46 lithographed plates, light browning and spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, 4to, [London: Privately Printed], 1829 PROVENANCE: Dr. A.N.L. Munby, with a manuscript note in his hand, '[By Walter Sneyd] & not, as sometimes attributed, by the Countess of Morley. See photostat inscription in Bodleian copy & correspondence with Desmond Neill in my second copy.'
Lot 315
Gay, John. Fables, 2 volumes, volume 1, fifth edition, volume 2, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and numerous engravings after H. Gravelot, W. Kent, J. Wootton, et al., light spotting, contemporary mottled calf gilt, engraved bookplate of George Wm. Gent, 8vo, London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1737-8
Lot 368
Rushworth, John. The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, signed 'William Legge 1690' and on the title 'Dartmouth', occasional light browning, modern calf-backed boards, folio, London: John Wright, 1680 [Wing R2333] PROVENANCE: William Legge (1672-1750), 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.
Lot 293
Dickens, Charles. Bleak House, 2 volumes, first edition in book form, half-title, frontispiece and additional engraved title, 37 [of 38] engraved plates after Hablot Knight Browne, lacking 'Friendly Behaviour of Mr Bucket', pp.193-4 with loss of pagination, some spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853; and 5 others Dickens, being a collection of plates and advertisements from the original parts for Bleak House, Little Dorrit, Dombey & Son, Nicholas Nickleby and Pickwick Papers, 8vo (7)
Lot 342
Lever, Charles. Luttrell of Arran, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 30 plates after Hablot Knight Browne, later green half morocco by J. Larkins, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Chapma and Hall, 1865; Barrington, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 24 plates after Hablot Knight Browne, later green half morocco by J. Larkins, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1863; and 9 others, similar (11)
![[Forrester, Alfred Henry] Absurdities: In Prose and Verse... by A. Crowquill, first edition, 13 hand-coloured plates, later s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/7e4481c5-52b5-47ab-a0fd-aaac011f33b0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 40
[Forrester, Alfred Henry] Absurdities: In Prose and Verse... by A. Crowquill, first edition, 13 hand-coloured plates, later straight-grained red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine defective, 8vo, London: Thomas Hurst, 1827; [Bunbury, Henry] An Academy for Grown Horsemen, 29 hand-coloured engraved plates, some browning, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, London: Vernor, Hood and Sharp, 1809; Stevens, Alex. A Lecture on Heads, some spotting, nineteenth century half roan, rubbed, 8vo, London: Vernor and Hood, 1802; and 8 others, similar (11)
Lot 329
Heath, James. A Brief Chronicle of the Late Intestine Warr in the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, 4 parts bound in one, second impression, engraved allegorical frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits, 2 engraved plates, browned and spotted, heavily to earlier leaves, a few leaves with margins shaved, not affecting text, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, London: J. Best, 1663; [Wing H1320]; [Gerbier, Balthazar] The None-Such Charles, His Character, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, browned, contemporary calf, upper board detached, 8vo, London: R.I., 1651; and 5 others, similar (7)
Lot 284
Charles I, King of England. A Large Declaration concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, imprimatur leaf at end, EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED by a contemporary owner with references, notes and decorative marginalia, eighteenth century half calf, bookplate of Coker Court, folio, London: Robert Young, 1639 [STC 21906]
Lot 361
Philips, Katherine. Poems By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips The matchless Orinda, 2 parts in one volume, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional browning and spotting, Ccc with paper flaw, not affecting text, lacks final blank, title partly torn along gutter, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, some surface loss, bookplate of Coker Court, folio, London: H. Herringman, 1667 [Wing P2033] The title is inscribed, 'Rach. Helyar. her Book gift of Anne Proctor.' Rachel Helyar, nee Wyndham (d.1678) was the wife of William Helyar (1621-1697), Sheriff of Somerset.
Lot 249
Kinglake, Alexander William. The Invasion of the Crimea, 8 volumes, first edition, except volumes 1-2, second edition, General Sir William Codrington's copy, volume 2 inscribed thus and dated 'Gibraltar, March 1863', with an ALS from the author loosely inserted, half-titles, 64 plates, maps and plans, many folding, numerous notes, clippings, etc. loosely inserted, original publisher's cloth gilt, 8vo, London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1863-1887 ASSOCIATION COPY. General Sir William Codrington (1804-1884) was Commander in Chief at Sebastopol 1855-56, later Governor of Gibraltar 1859-65. The 4pp. ALS from the author to Codrington notes, 'My dear Sir William, Many thanks to you for your words of congratulation' and discusses his work on the book.
Lot 2
Barker, Nicholas. The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1478-1978, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975; [Anon] Catalogue of the Books in the Library at the Assay Office, Birmingham, original buckram, 4to, London: Chiswick Press, 1914; Lowe, Robert. English Theatrical Literature 1559-1900, A Bibliography, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: Society for Theatre Research, 1970; and 20 others, bibliography, v.s. (23)
Lot 235
Duberly, Mrs. Henry. Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858, first edition, 2 folding maps, light spotting, 24pp. of publisher's advertisements at end, original publisher's cloth gilt, slightly shaken, joints cracked, 8vo, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1859; and one other (2)
Lot 276
Caius, Thomas. Assertio Antiquitatis Oxoniensis Academiae..., first edition, title repaired with slight loss to marginal notes verso, soiled, some staining to lower margin, nineteenth century half calf, upper cover detached, bookplate of Coker Court, 4to, London: Johannis Day, 1574 Thomas Caius (died, May 1572) was an Oxford academic and administrator. This treaty was inspired by the visit to Oxford of Queen Elizabeth I in 1564 and gave strength to the idea that King Alfred founded University College in particular and Oxford University in general.
Lot 46
Lewis, George. A Series of Groups, Illustrating the Physiognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France and Germany, first edition, engraved dedication and 52 engraved plates on India paper, spotted, contemporary red half straight-grained morocco, 8vo, London: Published for the Author, 1823
![[Anon] The Loyalist; or, Anti-Radical: Consisting of Three Departments: Satyrical, Miscellaneous, and Historical, 8 original](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/e02968d0-4e90-4612-977b-aaac01216b4c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 261
[Anon] The Loyalist; or, Anti-Radical: Consisting of Three Departments: Satyrical, Miscellaneous, and Historical, 8 original parts, as issued, first edition, 9 [?of 10] engraved plates, including 3 by George Cruikshank, hand-coloured, some browning, original wrappers, some lacking, with later chemise and slipcase, 8vo, London: William Wright, 1820-1821, sold as a periodical, not subject to return RARE. This publication by William Wright was intended to agitate support for Caroline of Brunswick, then wife of George IV and future Queen of England. The attempts by George IV to obtain divorce were thwarted by Caroline's popularity with the British people. The pagination runs consecutively, but Part 3 appears to have been issued last, in January 1821.
![[Britton, John] The Pleasures of Human Life, first edition, additional title and frontispiece, both hand-coloured, 4 [of 5] h](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/a3296eec-60be-4311-8bde-aaac011f17c3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 26
[Britton, John] The Pleasures of Human Life, first edition, additional title and frontispiece, both hand-coloured, 4 [of 5] hand-coloured engraved plates by Thomas Rowlandson, later calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, top edge gilt, 12mo, London: Longmans et al., 1807.N.B. This volume is lacking a plate between pages 42 and 43 ‘Mr Ego’s Marvellous Story’
Lot 234
Crimean War. Russell, William Howard. The British Expedition to the Crimea, revised edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 plates, 10 folding maps and plans, including 4 in pocket at end, original cloth gilt, spine repaired with some loss, 8vo, London: George Routledge, 1858; [Bushby, Henry Jeffreys] A Month in the Camp Before Sebastopol, first edition, contemporary half calf, 8vo, London: Longman, et al., 1855; [Money, A. and George Henry] Sevastopol. Our Tent in the Crimea; and Wanderings in Sevastopol, first edition, folding map, contemporary half calf, 8vo, London: Richard Bentley, 1856; [Drummond, Major Hugh] Letters from the Crimea, original cloth gilt, London: Printed by Norris & Son, 1855; Cornwallis, Major Fiennes. Letters from the Crimea, original cloth, 8vo, Privately Printed, 1868; Stanford, Edward. Stanford's New Map of Sebastopol, second edition, hand-coloured folding lithographed map in 18 sectioned, backed on linen, cloth wallet, December 1854; and 6 others, similar (12)
Lot 356
Nalson, John. A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice, for the Tryal of K. Charles I, first edition, engraved frontispiece, portrait and plate of the Court, advertisement leaf at end, T1 partly loose, some spotting, contemporary mottled calf, extremities slightly rubbed, bookplate of Coker Court, folio, London: H.C. for Thomas Dring, 1684 [Wing N116]
![[Marsh, Henry] A New Survey of the Turkish Empire and Government, in A Brief History deduced to the present Time, and the Rei](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/8df0f5cd-7715-4b38-8251-aaac01201110/468x382.jpg)
Lot 148
[Marsh, Henry] A New Survey of the Turkish Empire and Government, in A Brief History deduced to the present Time, and the Reign of the now Grand Seignor Mahomet the IV, 2 parts in one volume, ?first edition, 1 [of 2] engraved plates, errata leaf, some browning, a few leaves creased, contemporary calf, rubbed, 12mo, London: Printed for Henry Marsh, 1663 [cf. Wing M729] RARE. This copy has several irregularities. The imprint makes no mention of the printer, unlike the copies cited in Wing. However, the title does not appear to be a cancel. Most copies call for 72 pages to the first part, others 76. This copy has 76 pages, but the text (which opens with a copy of a letter 'coming newly to Hand by a person of quality') does not correspond across pp.73-74 and pp.75-76.
Lot 111
Jones, Inigo. The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain, first edition, 7 wood-engraved double-page plates, 3 folding, one with upper margin cropped, shaving image, lacking portrait frontispiece, A1-D4 stained, contemporary reverse calf, repaired and rebacked, corners worn, folio, London: James Flesher for Daniel Pakeman, 1655 [Wing J954]
![[Coleridge, Samuel Taylor] The Devil's Walk; by Professor Porson, first edition, 6 wood-engraved designs by Robert Cruikshank](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/f0f325d5-514f-408a-8447-aaac01232bf3/468x382.jpg)
![[Mitford, John] The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, 2 parts in one volume, first edition, 16 hand-coloured aquatint](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/43931b84-b4a5-4fdb-b994-aaac011f4528/468x382.jpg)
Lot 50
[Mitford, John] The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, 2 parts in one volume, first edition, 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, occasional offsetting, title soiled, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1818 [Tooley 331]; [Roberts, David] The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, first edition, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, imprints cropped, portion of title-page missing, affecting text, contemporary half calf, boards detached, 8vo, London: Patrick Martin, 1815 [Tooley 418] (2)
![[Payne, Charles Johnson] My Sketch Book in the Shiny, first edition, illustrations, some spotting, original cloth, dust-jacke](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/47c7cb12-b155-4998-9c22-aaac0120cad1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 65
Woodward, George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions or Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales, first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 99 engraved plates on 98 leaves after G. M. Woodward, all hand-coloured, frontispiece loose, many plates shaved, occasionally affecting captions, browned, spotted, title stained, contemporary morocco, extremities rubbed, 4to, London: Allen and West, 1796
Lot 360
Paulet, William, Marquess of Winchester. The Lord Marques Idleness: Conteining manifold matters of acceptable deuise; as sage sentences, prudent precepts, moral examples, sweete similitudes, proper comparisons, and other remembrances of speciall choise, first edition, wood-engraved title border, dedication, initial and head-piece, fore-edge shaved, occasionally touching upon marginal notes verso, contemporary annotations in ink, ?lacking first and final blanks, nineteenth century half morocco, bookplate of Elwin Millard, 4to, London: Arnold Hatfield, 1586 [STC 19485] RARE. This work is reputed to have been privately printed by the author and presented as gifts. It is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I. Among 'Pretie sayings in common places' we find the following, 'Men that reade much and worke little are as bells, which do sound to call others, and they themselves never enter into the church.' And on 'Women' he advises, 'I know not what justice this is, that they kill men for robbing and stealing money, and suffer women to live and steale men's harts.'
Lot 371
Shakespeare, William. The Dramatic Works... revised by George Steevens, 9 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 96 engraved plates, tissue guards, spotting and browning, particularly adjacent to plates, contemporary full morocco, tooled elaborately gilt, all edges gilt, occasional scuff marks, bookplate of Charles Augustus Wild, folio, London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1802 A FINE COPY.
![Butler, Charles. The Principles of Musik, in Singing and Setting: with The two-fold Use Thereof, [Ecclesiastical and Civil.],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e548628d-15c9-459c-9b26-aaa10043e2fb/25e3f230-93d4-4cc2-945f-aaac0120a201/468x382.jpg)
Lot 206
Butler, Charles. The Principles of Musik, in Singing and Setting: with The two-fold Use Thereof, [Ecclesiastical and Civil.], first edition, wood-engraved title vignette, wood-engraved music on F1-2 shaved on outer margin, small rustmark on a8, slightly affecting text, a few leaves with contemporary marginal notes, lightly browned throughout, but the early leaves heavily so, late nineteenth century half morocco, lightly rubbed, bookplate of Elwin Millard, 4to, London: John Haviland, for the Author, 1636 [STC 4196]
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