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Lot 119
OGILBY (John)The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse, first edition, London: Thomas Roycroft 1665, folio, title in red and black, frontispiece and 77 plates of 80 (missing plate 1, 7 and 57; plates numbered 1-81 but plates 14/15 as a single plate), frontispiece plate trimmed and remounted, title and first few leaves repaired without loss of text, some pencil marking to text, recased old calf.
Lot 128
Two rare 18th century catalogues. SECOUSSE. Catalgoue des Livres de la Bibliotecheque de M. Secousse, 1755, 8vo, rebacked calf, gilt arms to covers, bound without the separately published index (this only appeared during the auction sale. SENEBIER (Jean) Catalogue raisonne des Manuscrits conserves dans la Bibliotheque de la Ville et Republique de Geneve, first edition, Geneva 1779, 8vo (2)
Lot 754
Royal Doulton Figure Of The Year 1993 And Christmas Edition 2000 Two figures in total, the first titled ' Patricia' Marked model no. HN 3365 to base, designed by V. Annand, a limited edition for the year 1993. Depicts a femal figure in red frothy dress with wide brimmed feathered hat. Also Christmas 2000 edition, model no. HN 4242 to base,designed by N. Pedley, depicts a female figure in green dress and red ermine trimmed jacket and muff. Approx height 8 inches.
Lot 409
Cyclopedia of Costume by James Robertson Planche , First Edition, published Chatto and Windus in two volumes dated 1876 and 1879 in quarter Morocco leather bound cloth boards. In reasonable condition, covers a little loose, index pages loose, covers stained and tooled leather scuffed, but otherwise binding tight and complete.
Lot 184
Aristophanes. Facetissimi Comoedie novem, edited by Jean Chéradame, 9 parts in 1, titles in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, titles within handsome woodcut historiated borders by Geoffrey Tory, woodcut historiated initials and printer's devices (the latter to 4 final ff.), 3 parts with early ink inter-linear notes, occasional spotting, particularly to final part, light marginal water-staining at head, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps, 19th century paper label to foot of spine, some soiling and staining, [Adams A1707; Mortimer, French, 38], small 4to, Paris, Pierre Vidoue for Gilles de Gourmont, 1528. ⁂ A very good copy of the handsomely printed first edition of Aristophanes to be printed in Paris. The editor Jean Chéradame was professor of Greek at the Collège du Roi. Each of the nine plays has a striking woodcut title by Geoffrey Tory, each incorporating the Adoration of the Magi, Gourmont's name and arms. There are separate dedicatees to each play, including Pierre Danes (first professor of Greek at the Collège Royal), Jean Ruel (botanist and physician and author of De Natura Stirpium, 1536), John Clerk (Bishop of Bath and Wells, chaplain of Cardinal Wolsey) and Thomas Winter (Wolsey's son). Provenance: 'Joh Jacobi...Linden...' (17th century ink inscription at head of title); Joseph von Lassberg (18th century ink inscription to front free endpaper); The Donaueschingen copy (shelf mark to foot of spine and head of inner pastedown).
![[Macchiavelli (Niccolo)] De migrationibus populorum septentrionalium, translated by Hieronymus Turler, collation: A-M8, title](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/52148dd5-9a86-464f-ee83-9c8a6257ce05/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1
[Macchiavelli (Niccolo)] De migrationibus populorum septentrionalium, translated by Hieronymus Turler, collation: A-M8, title in red and black with woodcut device, woodcut initials, rather browned and stained, title frayed at upper edge, modern calf ruled in blind, [Adams M13], 8vo, 165 x 100mm., Frankfurt, heirs of Christian Egenolph, 1564. ⁂ Scarce; first edition in Latin of the first book of the Istoriae Fiorentinae.
![Hardy (Thomas) Wessex Poems and other verses, first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-title, frontispiece, plates and illust](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/1a0b9d55-c83c-4409-fea5-2d5170437288/468x382.jpg)
Lot 407
Hardy (Thomas) Wessex Poems and other verses, first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by the author, light foxing, mostly marginal, bookplate of Tristan Buesst, original dark green ribbed cloth with central gilt monogram on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed and marked, spine a little darkened, [Purdy p.96], London and New York, Harper Brothers, 1898; Satires of Circumstance, 1914; Moments of Vision, 1917; Human Shows Far Phantasies, 1925; Winter Words, 1928, the last four all first editions, half-titles, all but the last with advertisements at end, the last with imprint leaf, the third and last with light spotting, uniform original light green cloth, gilt, uncut, some unopened, some spines a little faded, [Purdy p.160, 193, 234 & 252], Macmillan and Co. Ltd., all 8vo (5)
![Games & Conjuring.- [Paris (Dr John Ayrton)] Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/62d589b2-2420-410f-8c86-5e9f35d16098/468x382.jpg)
Lot 81
Games & Conjuring.- [Paris (Dr John Ayrton)] Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 12pp. publishers' catalogue at beginning of vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, wood-engraved title-vignettes and illustrations by George Cruikshank, occasional spotting, tear to E4 in vol.3 repaired, contemporary signature erased from front pastedowns, original green boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, corners bit worn, rebacked preserving old paper labels, [Cohn 626], 8vo, 1827. ⁂ Early conjuring work; a collection of short stories demonstrating scientific principles using toys and magic tricks, including the "traumatrope", a precursor of motion pictures and animation.
![Smith (Adam).- Philological Miscellany (The), vol.1 only [all published], containing: Adam Smith's 'Considerations concerning](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/741af01a-e186-4f80-beb7-97c3e01f0190/468x382.jpg)
Lot 18
Smith (Adam).- Philological Miscellany (The), vol.1 only [all published], containing: Adam Smith's 'Considerations concerning the first formation of Languages, and the different genius of original and compounded Languages', pp. 440-479, first edition, a little foxed and browned, small paper flaw tear to lower margin of 2H1, ex-Board of Education Library copy with blind and ink stamps on title, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, [Alston III 271, 823], 8vo, for the Editor; and sold by T,.Beckett and P.A.Dehondt, 1761. ⁂ Very rare; including the first appearance in print of Smith's influential essay on language and 40pp. of miscellaneous essays by Maupertius. Smith's essay was an expanded version one of his university lectures on rhetoric given at the University of Glasgow in 1762 and was included as an appendix in the third edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments published in 1767. ESTC lists 6 locations in the UK (BL, 3 Cambridge colleges, National Library of Scotland, and Oxford) and 3 in America (Harvard, Library Company of Philadelphia, and University of Kansas). COPAC lists a further 5 locations. We have been unable to find any record of it having been sold at auction.
Lot 11
Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain, first edition, half-title, engraved pictorial headpiece to dedication, 21 maps (5 double-page) and 83 plates (?of 84), light marginal soiling, 3G2 torn without loss, bookplates of Jeffery Ekins and Sir Lambton Loraine, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine (browned), folio, John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.
Lot 301
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, with a Preface by George Saintsbury, frontispiece, title, illustrations, head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations all by Hugh Thomson, occasional light spotting, mostly at beginning and end, original pictorial dark green cloth, gilt, with peacock design on upper cover, spine gilt with peacock feathers, g.e., very slightly rubbed at edges but a very good bright copy, [Gilson E78], 8vo, George Allen, 1894. ⁂ With the magnificent peacock design binding. The first extensively illustrated edition of Pride and Prejudice; previous editions had only contained a frontispiece and a couple of plates. It includes a total of 160 line drawings by Hugh Thomson, the only work by him to feature head- & tail-pieces and decorations.
Lot 94
China.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks: Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China, first edition, half-title, plates, some colour, some folding, folding colour map, advertisement leaf at end, later ink inscription to front endpaper, original terracotta cloth, gilt medallion on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, small nicks to spine ends, [Yakushi S723a], 8vo, 1933.
![London.- [Hole (William)] The Ornaments of Churches Considered, with a particular View to the late Decoration of the Parish C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/f0879aa7-1400-4635-938f-47d276a4bcbb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 127
London.- [Hole (William)] The Ornaments of Churches Considered, with a particular View to the late Decoration of the Parish Church of St.Margaret Westminster, edited by Thomas Wilson, first edition, lacking half-title, with 2 engraved plates, later ink inscription at head of title, rather browned at end, modern half calf, 4to, Oxford, W.Jackson, 1761.
Lot 432
Thomson (Hugh).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, first issue with suppressed illustration on p.95 of girl sitting on a man's back, 1890 § Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, third edition, fine engraved bookplate of Constance Wrigley by ?M.V.Wheelhouse, 1892 § Old English Songs, 1894 § Dobson (Austin) The Story of Rosina..., Kegan Paul, 1895 § Reade (Charles) Peg Woffington, George Allen, 1899 § Thackeray (W.M.) The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., 1905 § [Evans (Mary Anne)], "George Eliot". Scenes of Clerical Life, 1906, most first Thomson editions, all with plates and/or illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original pictorial/decorated dark green cloth, gilt, g.e., some slightly rubbed but generally good, bright copies, all but the fourth and fifth Macmillan and Co.; and 8 others similar, mostly Macmillan, with illustrations by Charles E. Brock, Randolph Caldecott (2), Edmund J.Sullivan (2), J.Lockwood Kipling and others, 8vo (15)
Lot 92
China.- Duthuit (Georges) Mystique Chinoise et Peinture Moderne, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to Princess Antoine Bibesco "...en hommage de respect et de profond dévouement..." on half-title, plates, original wrappers, glacine wrapper, rubbed, spine ends a little frayed, oblong 8vo, Paris and London, 1936. ⁂ Scarce.
Lot 156
China.- Ricci (Matteo) and Nicolas Trigault. De Christiana expedidone apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Jesu. Ex P. Matthaei Riccii eiusdem Societatis Commentariis, Libri V... auctore Nicolai Trigautio, second Latin edition, engraved title incorporating map of China, folding plate, some light marginal water-staining, closely trimmed at head, 3A2 with portion of loss to margin, not affecting text, 19th century ink ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary vellum, lettering to spine, wear to foot of spine, light spotting and browning, [Cordier, Sinica, 2095], 4to, Lyon, Jean Jullieron for Horace Cardon, 1616. ⁂ The second Latin edition of the most important Western description of the Orient since Marco Polo's 13th century account. "The appearance of Trigault's book in 1615 took Europe by surprise. It reopened the door to China, which was first opened by Marco Polo, three centuries before, and then closed behind him by an incredulous public, who received the greater part of his fabulous narrative as the beguiling tales of a capricious traveller... [It] probably had more effect on the literary and scientific, the philosophical and religious, phases of life in Europe than any other historical volume of the seventeenth century... It opened a new world..." China in the sixteenth century: the journals of Matthew Ricci, 1583-1610, translated and edited by Louis J. Gallagher, New York, 1653, pp. xvii-xix. See also Bernard Quaritch Ltd., The Society of Jesus, 1548-1773, no. 184.
![[Abbott (Edwin A.)], "A Square". Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, first edition, half-title, illustrations by the auth](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/936b6958-8b2d-4d19-b0f0-b8fd0e20535d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 51
[Abbott (Edwin A.)], "A Square". Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, first edition, half-title, illustrations by the author, some light foxing at beginning and end, bookplate, original card wrappers, uncut, pictorial dust-jacket, soiled and browned, spine frayed and chipped at head, small 4to, 1884.
![Only known copy of one of the earliest substantial Elizabethan prayer books.- [Bull (Henry)] [Christian Praiers and Holy Medi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/d1ec42c3-8033-474e-e601-846c56f2f18f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 281
Only known copy of one of the earliest substantial Elizabethan prayer books.- [Bull (Henry)] [Christian Praiers and Holy Meditations], black letter, calendar and errata printed in red and black, text within double filet borders, woodcut decorative initials, lacking all but 1 leaf before A1 (including title), N1, 7&8, O1, and R1-8, first 2 ff. loose, final f. loose and with lower margin trimmed to border, a few stains, loose in 19th century calf, upper cover almost detached, area of leather missing form upper cover, 8vo, [Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the George nere to Sainct Dunstons Churche by William Powell], [in or before 1567]. ⁂ Aside from this copy this edition is only known in a reprint of 1842 by Cambridge University Press for The Parker Society, for which the present copy was used. It is interesting to note that for the reprint the title page of the 1570 edition had to be used due to the lack of the title herein. Our date of 'in or before 1567' is reached by the fact that William Powell ceased printing in 1567, with his name last appearing in the Registers in 1568, when his son was apprenticed to the printer H. Bynneman. This therefore makes our copy the earliest edition extant. The earliest edition recorded by ESTC is that of 1568 printed by Thomas East for Henry Middleton (STC 4028). During the reign of Queen Mary many of the protestant books for private worship were destroyed. The early years of the reign of Elizabeth saw the need for new printings of this type of work, and moreover, the need for them to be extended and improved. The present work is one of the earliest in this genre. Provenance: Rev. William Wilson (?1783-1873), Canon of Winchester (see p.vi of Parker reprint, Cambridge, 1842), presented by him to The Parker Society (their bookplate present and the signature of Aubrey Townsend, an editor at the society).
Lot 237
Colossal statue of Hercules.- Cappellari (MIchele) Herculis Colossus Mantuæ Benavidiæ Patavii, title with woodcut printer's device, half-page engraved illustration of the statue of Hercules by F. Bertelli, marking and small repair to last f., lightly foxed, modern red morocco-backed marbled boards, small 4to, Padua, Pasquati, 1657. ⁂ Rare first and only edition of this poem in praise of the colossal statue of Hercules carved by Bartolomeo Ammanati for the courtyard of the Palazzo Mantova Benavides at Padua. Literature: Not in Cicognara or Gamba.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, second American edition, 1p. advertisements, occasio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/bf8878b1-dbe0-48a1-c4e4-5795029036ee/468x382.jpg)
Lot 356
[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, second American edition, 1p. advertisements, occasional light foxing, ownership inscriptions to endpaper and bookplates to pastedown, original cloth, spine a little discoloured, spine ends and corners bumped, small chip to upper joint, a little rubbed, still an excellent copy overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Smith 2 p.48], 8vo, Boston, Wilkins, Carter & Co., 1848. ⁂ The first American edition to be published in cloth, scarce. Provenance: Henry Frederick Phinney (bookplate); Silas Kinne (library label and pencil inscription); Elsee L.K. DOubleday (ink inscription).
Lot 177
Gastronomy.- Negri Stefano. Elegantissime e Greco Authorum subditorum Translationes, 5 parts in 1, collation: AA4, A-P4, Q6, A-M4, N6, O-X4, Z6; [4], LX; XCIII, [3] ff., title within woodcut border, repeated on four other subtitles, decorated initials, extensive ink annotations in an early hand, contemporary limp boards, spine with original reinforcing, 4to (222 x 160mm.), Milan, Giovanni Castiglione, August 1521. ⁂ First edition, first issue (without the errata) of the collected essays and translations of Greek authors by the prominent hellenist Stefano Negri or Stephanus Niger (1475-1540), a disciple of Demetrius Chalcondyles. The collection includes the Commentarioli in aurea carmina Pythagorae, the Praefationes, devoted by Niger to Homer, Pindar and Titus Livius, and three short writings which had a lasting influence on gastronomic literature: the De victo Pythagorico, the De vino, and the De nimia obsoniorum appetentia. Provenance: "Bibl. Sem. S. Sulp.": ink stamp on verso of first title Literature: Argelati, II, 2137-2138; Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, pp. 238 and 252; Sander 4984.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Shirley. A Tale, 3 vol., first edition, vol.1 with 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated Oct](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/4c1ee20a-92a1-4a94-f2d0-8cc26221bbfc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 368
[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Shirley. A Tale, 3 vol., first edition, vol.1 with 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated October 1849, vol.3 with 3pp. Opinions of the Press at rear, vol.1 with ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, bookplates to pastedowns, original cloth, a little shaken with some minor shelf-lean, spines slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped and worn, some splitting to joints, light rubbing and marking, preserved in custom half morocco boxes with hinged lids, spines gilt, [Smith 5 pp.112-117], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1849. ⁂ Charlotte had begun writing Shirley in the spring of 1848, still buoyed by the success of Jane Eyre. Writing though would not come as easily to her as it did previously and progress was ultimately stalled by the crushing tragedy of loosing her three siblings in less than a year. Charlotte persevered however and the novel was published in October 1846. Provenance: Oliver Brett, Viscount Esher (armorial bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate; sold his sale, Sotheby's New York, 30 April 1990, lot 2655)
![Middlesex.- [Bowack (John)] The Antiquities of Middlesex, Parts I & II [all published], first edition, spotted and browned, c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/a266b943-8336-4455-e139-4e48f690fef7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 140
Middlesex.- [Bowack (John)] The Antiquities of Middlesex, Parts I & II [all published], first edition, spotted and browned, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, split to upper joint, folio, by W.Redmayne for S.Keble..., 1705-06. ⁂ Scarce first book on Middlesex by a writing-master at Westminster School. The two parts published included Chelsea, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith, Chiswick and Acton.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Villette, first American edition, lacking advertisements, occasional soiling, modern clo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/d6d17b19-642e-42e7-b44f-37be9797af3c/468x382.jpg)
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