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Lot 17
Wynkyn de Worde.- Martinus 1523 (Saint Archbishop of Braga) Formula vitae honestae. Seneca moralissmus philosophus de quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus ?second edition black letter large woodcut of a schoolmaster and three scholars A1-8 only lacks B1-6 (16pp. only of 28 including colophon imprint) all ff. torn at head and repaired first and last ff. with loss of a few loss of words 2 corners torn and repaired and others creased and slightly soiled some foxing and browning some 17th century ink notes in faded brown ink on first 2pp. a few underlinings in faded brown ink at various pp. late 19th century half crushed and polished red morocco gilt slightly rubbed [?STC 17499 lists 1 copy only located Bodleian Library; cf. Hodnett 921] sm. 4to [Wynkyn de Worde] [?1523]. *** A rare work printed by Wynkyn de Worde. Both the first and second editions have the same collation A8-B6 and with the above edition lacking B1-6 are virtually indistinguishable. Hodnett 920 cites Saint Martinus`s Formula vitae honestae as the 1516 edition but the above copy corresponds more closely to Hodnett 921 and dated in its earliest use as 1520 and therefore suggesting that the above is a second edition. Either way both editions are extremely scarce. “Sometime attributed to Seneca and possibly based on a lost work by him.” - ESTC.
Lot 18
Selden (John) Titles of Honor second edition title in red and black a few engraved or woodcut illustrations with the final blank a little soiled and browned some light water-staining Q1 torn ex-library copy with old ink stamp to title and some other leaves modern calf ruled in blind [STC 22178] by William Stansby for Richard Whittakers 1631 § Yorke (Philip) The Royal Tribes of Wales first edition half-title 11 engraved portraits only (of 12) with errata leaf and advertisement leaf at end plates offset contemporary diced russia gilt joints worn printed in Wrexham [1799] § Markham (Clements R.) A Memoir of the Lady Ana de Osorio Countess of Chinchona and Vice-Queen of Peru... 2 chromolithographed coats-of-arms and map illustrations original morocco-backed cloth gilt t.e.g. 1874 rubbed; and 3 others v.s. (6)
Lot 20
Linguistics.- [Davies (John) Antiquae Linguae Britannicae... second edition lacking title (supplied in facsimile) without the leaf of commendatory verses at end of preliminaries as usual woodcut head-pieces and initials dedication frayed at edges with slight loss (repaired) soiled water-stained at beginning and end some slight worming contempoary calf rebacked corners repaired rubbed spine a little worn new endpapers [ STC 6347] R.Young for J.Davies 1632 § Chambaud (Lewis) A Grammar of the French Tongue first edition folding table old ink inscription on front free endpaper with some underlinings to text cropped with slight loss to one or two leaves modern half sheep A.Millar 1750 § Cobbett (William) A Grammar of the English Language foxed contemporary half calf rubbed spine worn at head 1829 v.s. (3)
Lot 21
Hobbes (Thomas) Philosophicall Rudiments concerning Government and Society first edition in English engraved additional pictorial title by Robert Vaughan and 3 engraved plates (all included as part of the collation) with Index leaf (?S4) bound after B8 as often engraved title browned small holes to inner margins where previously sewn on bands (just touching inner edge of engraved title) a few small stains slight worming towards end modern sheep spine gilt slighlty scuffed [Wing H2253] 12mo by J.G. for R.Royston 1651. *** Translation of Elementa philosophica de cive.
Lot 22
Law.- B[lount] (T[homas]) Fragmenta Antiquitatis. Antient Tenures of Land and Jocular Customs of some Mannors first edition imprimatur leaf errata leaf at end contemporary ink signature at head of title with note on verso of imprimatur leaf browned first and last few leaves slightly defective at corners (affecting signature on title errata leaf repaired) modern morocco ruled and stamped in blind [Wing B3333] Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins...for Abel Roper... 1679 § Hawles (John) Remarks upon the Tryals of Edward Fitzharris Stephen Colledge... lacking errata slip title and final leaf very soiled title with small hole and defective at fore-edge (reinforced at edges) some other soiling and water-staining modern half sheep [Wing H1188] Jacob Tonson 1689 § Wilmot (Sir John Eardley) Memoirs of the Life... first edition light foxing original boards uncut rubbed rebacked in cloth 1802; and another law v.s. (4)
Lot 23
Lloyd 1684 (William Bishop of St. Asaph) An Historical Account of Church-Government as it was in Great-Britain and Ireland first edition 2 pp. advertisments at end some staining name on flyleaf contemporary red morocco gilt rubbed rebacked preserving old spine [WIng L2681] for Charles Brome 1684 § Duck (Arthur) The Life of Henry Chichele Archbishop of Canterbury first edition in English engraved portrait on verso of half-title errata leaf at end marginal tear to foot of B1 small tears to O2 little spotting and marking contemporary calf rubbed rebacked new endpapers [Wing D2430] for Ri. Chiswell 1699 § [Aelfric (Abbot of Eynsham). An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory edited and translated by Elizabth Elstob engraved headpieces and initials Anglo-Saxon and English texts in double column 6 pp. subscribers` list at end lacks frontispiece and title both supplied in facsimile modern calf-backed marbled boards cracked internally W. Bowyer 1709; and 10 others 8vo (13).
Lot 25
Horneck (Anthony) 1686 The Happy Ascetick: or the Best Exercise second edition 4 pp. advertisments at end browning to title name on flyleaf modern blind-stamped calf [Wing H2840A] for Henry Mortlock and Mark Pardoe 1686; another edition fifth edition name at head of A3 contemporary panelled calf rebacked for Henry and George Mortlock 1711 § Brevint (Daniel) Missale Romanum or the Depth and Mystery of Roman Mass first edition lacks final blank leaf name on title contemporary mottled calf rubbed new endpapers [Wing B4420] Oxford at the Theater 1672 the first two with engraved frontispieces and titles in red and black; and 10 others 8vo (13)
Lot 28
[Tessin (Carl Gustav)] Letters from an Old man to a Young Prince translated by J. Berkenhout 2 vol. first edition in English spotting name at head of titles modern sheep-backed marbled boards R. Griffiths 1756 § Cobbett (William) Twelve Sermons spotting original boards rebacked with paper J.M. Cobbett 1823 § Teonge (Henry) The Diary of...Chaplain on board his Majesty`s Ships Assistance Bristol & Royal Oak; Anno 1675 to 1679 engraved title folding facsimile plate little spotting modern sheep-backed marbled boards Charles Knight 1825 § Walpole (Horace Earl of Orford) Letters...to Sir Horace Mann 3 vol. second edition half-titles engraved frontispiece portrait little browning bookplates contemporary half calf rubbed Richard Bentley 1833; and 28 others English prose 8vo (35)
Lot 32
Pope (Alexander) The Works 6 vol. engraved frontispiece plates some marking initials on titles modern calf-backed marbled boards C. Bathurst &c 1766 § [Richardson (Samuel)] The History of Sir Charles Grandison 7 vol. vol. I third edition others first edition names on flyleaves modern half sheep marbled boards for S. Richardson 1754 § Churchill (Charles) Poems 2 vol. third edition half-titles names on titles contemporary calf rebacked for John Churchill & W. Flaney 1766; and a quantity of others literature mostly 18th century v.s. (qty).
Lot 39
Ward (Catherine G.) The Cottage on the Cliff. A Sea Side Story engraved frontispiece additional pictorial title and plates offsetting modern half calf 1823 § Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century 2 vol. first edition in book form engraved frontispieces additional pictorial titles and plates occasional spotting modern calf-backed boards 1858-1859 § James (Henry) The Aspern Papers 2 vol. in 1 [one of 650 copies] half-title first title with faink ink stamp second half title with ink ownership inscription modern calf-backed cloth London and New York 1888; and c.30 others 19th century literature v.s. (c.34)
Lot 42
Aristophanes. A Metrical Version of the Acharnians the Knights and the Birds translated by John Hookham Frere 3 parts in 1 first Pickering edition device on title some spotting modern sheep-backed marbled boards WIlliam Pickering (printed at the Government Press Malta) 1840 § Lucretius Carus (Titus) De Rerum Natura Libri Sex second Taylor edition device on title Harrow School prize inscription to George Rushout (later third Baron Northwick) on flyleaf his name `Northwick` on endpaper little spotting contemporary calf spine gilt gilt rules on covers rubbed g.e. Richard Taylor 1824 § Livius Patavinus (Titus) Historiarum ...Libri qui Supersunt 4 vol. Warrington Museum bookplates contemporary half calf gilt numbers at foot of spines Oxford 1824-1825; and 11 others classics v.s. (17)
Lot 46
Gaskell (Elizabeth) Sylvia`s Lovers 3 vol. first edition vol.1 lacking half-title and imprint leaf at end vol.3 lacking 2 advertisement leaves at end light foxing contemporary ink inscription of “M.Smythe Methven Castle [Perthshire]” on front pastedowns with bookseller`s ticket of Morison & Duncan of Perth contemporary half green calf spines gilt rubbed spines rather scuffed [Parrish p.70; Sadleir 935; Wolff 2427] 8vo 1863.
![[Manning (Frederick)] The Middle Parts of Fortune 2 vol. first edition number 32 of 520 copies on handmade paper original buc](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2838240/52-2011524163210_468x382.jpg)
Lot 52
[Manning (Frederick)] The Middle Parts of Fortune 2 vol. first edition number 32 of 520 copies on handmade paper original buckram t.e.g. others uncut cloth slip-case very soiled and dusty Piazza Press issued to subscribers by Peter Davies 1929; and c.35 others modern first editions 8vo (c.40) *** The unexpurgated original edition of one of the classic works of war literature published a year later in an expurgated form under the title Her Privates We. Loosely inserted is a 1pp. leaflet printed on yellow paper Colonel Lawrence and others on “Her Privates We” by Private 19022 in which the publisher records a telephone conversation with T.E.Lawrence identifying his friend Manning as the author of the work.
Lot 61
Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom first edition fifth impression original blue morocco with title crossed swords and script in gilt on upper cover one of a few copies in the publisher`s deluxe binding rubbed and severely affected by damp 1935; T.E.Lawrence to his Biographer Liddell Hart [and] ...Robert Graves together 2 vol. first editions number 288 of 500 copies for Britain from an edition limited to 1000 and signed by Hart and Graves original buckram 1938; Revolt in the Desert first edition 1927 § Woolley (C.Leonard) and T.E.Lawrence. The Wilderness of Zin reprint 1936 § Thomas (Bertram) Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia with a foreword by T.E.Lawrence first edition signed and inscribed by the author to Sir Campbell Stuart on front free endpaper and with Stuart`s bookplate 1932 plates and illustrations all but the first original buckram or cloth rather soiled and dusty; and a small quantity of others by or relating to Lawrence and Arabia most bindings soiled and damp 4to & 8vo (c.50) *** The inscription in the last reads “To Sir Campbell Stuart who in the wisdom of Allah crossed the sea in a certain ship one April month when June was not far off and from it sprung a friendship which the author fondly cherishes. Bertram Thomas”
Lot 72
Bury (Thomas Talbot) Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway first edition 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates by H.Pyall and S.G.Hughes text lightly browned plates with occasional marginal soiling modern dark green morocco by Morrell spine gilt inner gilt dentelles a little marked and faded at edge of upper board [Tooley 120; cf. Abbey Life 400 1834 edition] 4to R.Ackermann 1831.
![[Chatto (William Andrew)] “John Careless.” The Old English `Squire first edition lacking half-title 24 hand-colou](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2838240/73-2011524163243_468x382.jpg)
Lot 75
[Crawhall (Joseph)] Olde ffrendes wyth newe Faces hand-coloured woodcut illustrations many on coloured paper lightly browned modern half calf spine gilt London & New York 1883 § Milne (A.A.) Now We Are Six first edition half-title illustrations by E.H.Shepard slight staining to a few leaves one leaf with slight damage to upper margin contemporary half morocco spine gilt 1927 § Browning (Robert) The Pied Piper of Hamelin illustrations and decorations by Harry Quilter original cloth-backed marbled boards 1898 § History of Reynard the Fox (The) translated by F.S.Ellis frontispiece and decorations by Walter Crane many hand-coloured 1897 § Stevenson (R.L.) A Child`s Garden of Verses illustrations by Charles Robinson 1912 the last two modern calf-backed marbled boards; and 17 others children`s v.s. (22)
Lot 76
Diderot (Denis) and Jean le Rond d`Alembert 1751 editors. Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers 35 vol. (a complete set comprising 17 vol. of text plus 4 vol. supplements 12 vol. plates and 2 vol. of index) first edition half-titles lacking engraved frontispiece but with 3129 plates (as listed in each plate vol.) c.320 folding (most counted as two plates) Chamoiseur plate IV Garnier VI & Hist. Nat. XCII all supplied in facsimile folding tables some light browning and marginal water-staining to a few text vol. plates generally clean but with some damp-staining to foot of final two plate vol. frontispiece to Chirurgie torn and repaired with sticky tape one or two other marginal tears contemporary calf rather worn rebacked [PMM 200] folio Paris Neuchatel & Amsterdam 1751-80; sold as usual not subject to return *** “A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason...and a classic example of how not to arrange a work of reference.” PMM
Lot 78
Jenkins (James) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815 first edition engraved vignette title (uncoloured as issued) hand-coloured engraved dedication with coat-of-arms hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 51 hand-coloured aquatint plates list of subscribers at end some light soiling and occasional staining (mostly marginal) later half red morocco spine gilt in compartments g.e. a little rubbed [Abbey Life 365; Tooley 281] 4to [1815]. *** An early issue the plates being fine impressions watermarked 1812 without the portrait issued with later bound sets (originally sold in 13 parts) the vignette title and armorial dedication both coloured and the vignette within the engraved title uncoloured as is correct.
Lot 79
Meyrick 1815 (Sir Samuel Rush) and Charles Hamilton Smith. The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands first edition hand-coloured aquatint additional pictorial title 2 half-titles 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates some light offsetting from plates otherwise a very clean copy engraved bookplate of Hermann Marx handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt spine gilt in compartments g.e. rubbed [Abbey Life 427; Colas 2051] folio 1815 [plates watermarked 1819].
Lot 81
Smith (Charles Hamilton) Costume of the Army of the British Empire according to the last regulations 1814 first edition engraved dedication with coat-of-arms aquatint frontispiece and 54 plates of costumes by J.C.Stadler after Smith all hand-coloured plus 6 hand-coloured plates of regimental colours occasional light marginal spotting or soiling but generally a very clean copy with Russian Imperial bookplate on front pastedown contemporary half calf over marbled boards uncut rubbed rebacked preserving old gilt spine new green morocco label corners repaired [Colas 2754; Tooley 456] folio W.Bulmer for Colnaghi & Co. 1815. *** Scarce. Possibly Tsar Alexander I`s copy ordered when he was in London for the peace negotiations and celebrations in 1814.
Lot 90
Lugar (Robert) Architectural Sketches for Cottages Rural Dwellings and Villas in the Grecian Gothic and Fancy Styles second edition 38 engraved plates and plans 23 hand-coloured aquatints [Abbey Life 30 uncoloured copy] 1823; Plans and Views of Buildings executed in England and Scotland in the Castellated and other Styles second edition 16 aquatint plates printed in sepia and 16 engraved plans some foxing and soiling [cf.Abbey Life 31 first edition of 1811] 1823 § Thomson (James) Retreats: a series of designs consisting of Plans and Elevations for Cottages Villas and Ornamental Buildings first edition half-title 41 engraved plates 31 hand-coloured aquatints [Abbey Life 76] 1827 together 3 works in 1 vol. some foxing and soiling to second work first and third with occasional marginal soiling but generally clean handsome contemporary purple straight-grain morocco with elaborate gilt-tooled borders g.e. skilfully rebacked with gilt spine in compartments slightly rubbed at edges and corners new marbled endpapers preserved in modern cloth slip-case (slightly marked) 4to J.Taylor *** The first features some designs in an Indian style influenced by Daniell`s views including a small Taj Mahal; scarce in coloured state.
Lot 92
Palladio (Andrea) I Quattro Libri dell`Architettura First Book only (of 4) second edition elaborate woodcut architectural title numerous woodcut illustrations many full-page contemporary ink inscription at foot of title browning and water-staining to some leaves hinges broken contemporary limp vellum with note in contemporary hand on upper cover rubbed and soiled tears to spine [Adams P101; Berlin Kat. 2594; Fowler 213] folio Venice Bartolomeo Carampello 1581.
Lot 95
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening second edition stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait by W.Holl after S.Shelley 11 hand-coloured aquatint plates (9 with overlays 1 folding) 12 engraved plates (mostly aquatint some tinted 3 with overlays 1 double-page) and 4 engraved plans (1 hand-coloured) 11 aquatint illustrations in text (2 with overlays) wood-engraved illustrations portrait lightly spotted plate of `Pavillion & Green House` cut to edge of wash border and mounted some light offsetting and marginal soiling but generally clean folding plate with two short tears a few creases to overlays contemporary calf with gilt borders spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label and five raised bands a little rubbed (particularly to head of spine) [cf.Abbey Scenery 390; Berlin Kat. 3431; Tooley 399 all first edition of 1803] 4to J.Taylor 1805.
Lot 99
Andrews (Henry C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths 4 vol. first edition half-titles 288 hand-coloured engraved plates some light foxing and browning mostly to text but affecting a few plates bookplates of Elizabeth Barnaby and Robert Biddulph Phillips shelf-label of Phillips Library St.Michael`s Monastery Belmont front free endpaper of vol.4 becoming loose contemporary green calf (not quite uniform vol.1 & 2 slightly smaller and with different gilt border) rubbed and marked corners a little worn all rebacked in crimson morocco spines gilt in compartments with floral motifs [Nissen 31] folio by the Author 1802-05.
Lot 100
Audubon (John James) The Original Water-Colour Paintings...for The Birds of America 2 vol. 1966 § Harting (J.E. editor) Bert`s Treatise of Hawks and Hawking facsimile reprint of 1619 edition 1969 § Robson (John) Canaries Hybrids and British Birds in Cage and Aviary 1910 plates and illustrations many colour original cloth or boards the first with slip-case the last rubbed; and 2 others on birds 4to & 8vo (6)
Lot 101
Brookshaw (George) Pomona Britannica or a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits at present cultivated in Great Britain selected principally from the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court 2 vol. in 1 second edition 60 stipple-engraved plates printed in colour and finished by hand title lightly soiled some foxing to text and tissue guards but plates very clean old ink inscription on front free endpaper “C.Mackenzie From her dear Brother Sir Harry N? Lumsden” and with old ink stamp of Clova House contemporary olive straight-grain morocco with elaborate borders in gilt and blind spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands g.e. a little rubbed (mostly at edges) one or two scratches [Great Flower Books p.81; Nissen BBI 244] 4to 1817. *** The first quarto edition with a new series of plates and text. For this reduced format edition Brookshaw narrowed his focus to 15 types of fruit and re-engraved the 60 plates (reduced from 90 in the folio edition). The present work is devoted to the strawberry raspberry currant gooseberry cherry plum apricot peach nectarine grape melon fig nut pear and apple. An index in Vol. II gives the location of each specimen many of them found in London. Clova House Aberdeenshire home of the Lumsden family.
Lot 104
[Hey (Rebecca)] The Spirit of the Woods first edition 26 hand-coloured engraved plates tissue guards contemporary half morocco gilt t.e.g. spine faded 1837 § Loddiges (Conrad) Botanical Cabinet Part LXVIII 10 hand-coloured engraved plates one folding original wrappers uncut 1822 § Florist Fruitist and Garden Miscellany (The) 11 hand-coloured zincograph plates only (of 12) a little stained cropped contemporary half calf label chipped 1860 § Farrer (Reginald) The English Rock-Garden 2 vol. original cloth 1919 § Miller (Wilhelm) The Charm of English Gardens later cloth n.d. plates and illustrations the first three rubbed and soiled; and 8 others botany v.s. (14)
![Jardine 1826 (Sir William) and Prideaux John Selby. Illustrations of Ornithology [First Series] 10 parts bound in 3 vol. firs](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2838240/105-2011524162957_468x382.jpg)
Lot 105
Jardine 1826 (Sir William) and Prideaux John Selby. Illustrations of Ornithology [First Series] 10 parts bound in 3 vol. first edition engraved titles and 154 hand-coloured plates by Jardine Lizars and Selby after Lear Jardine Selby Mitford and others all hand-coloured by Patrick Syme without the second uncoloured suite of plates modern plate guards lacking errata slip a very clean set in contemporary diced calf gilt spines gilt g.e. bookseller`s ticket of Thomas Brown of Newcastle at head of front free endpaper rubbed rebacked preserving old gilt spines (rather worn) [Anker 222; Fine Bird Books p.108; Nissen IVB 472] 4to Edinburgh [1826-35]. *** A second series of 9 parts was issued from 1837-43.
Lot 108
Salmon (William) Botanologia. The English Herbal: or History of Plants first edition additional engraved title by Michael van der Gucht after Eloas Knight title in red and black over 1500 woodcuts in text without the 6pp. “Index Morborum” at end (as usual) contemporary ink signature of Rich. George at head of title and another crossed out title lightly soiled browning to some leaves some worming (mostly to signatures 7O-R) with slight loss 8G & H signatures (final leaves of Index) frayed and slightly defective at edges (repaired final leaf laid down) contemporary reversed calf a little worn rebacked red morocco label [Henry 1308] folio I.Dawks for H.Rhodes and J.Taylor 1710.
Lot 115
Hutton (Charles) A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary 2 vol. first edition half-title in vol.1 37 engraved plates woodcut diagrams in text some foxing one leaf torn modern half calf 4to 1796-95. *** The first extensive English mathematical dictionary with biographical detail including balloons anemometers diving bells fire engines electrical machines microscopes steam engines and canals.
Lot 116
Boxing.- [Dowling (Francis L.)] The Championship of England being a continuation of “Fights for the Championship” to which is added a brief history of Tom Sayers and the Benicia Boy... first edition a little soiled and stained one or two small tears to fore-edge repaired contemporary half calf spine gilt rubbed [Hartley 538] 8vo 1860.
Lot 119
[Surtees (R.S.)] Mr. Romford`s Hounds n.d.; Jorrocks` Jaunts and Jollities third edition 1869; Hillingdon Hall 1888; “Ask Mamma” cropped modern calf-backed marbled boards 1858; Jorrocks`s Jaunts & Jollities chromolithographed plates after Alken and others [c.1900] all but the last with hand-coloured plates by Leech Alken and others occasional spotting all but the fourth original pictorial cloth gilt (not uniform) the first two rubbed the first rebacked in red calf with gilt spine; and another by the same 8vo (6)
Lot 123
Angas (George French) South Australia Illustrated first edition hand-coloured tinted lithographed additional pictorial title lithographed dedication 65 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates on 60 sheets list of subscribers tissue guards light foxing and damp-staining mostly marginal so plates themselves generally clean pictorial title slightly short and dedication with marginal staining (?both from other copies) Kimbolton Castle copy with shelf-label at head of front pastedown contemporary half morocco spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands new red morocco label t.e.g. boards rubbed and damp-stained [Abbey Travel 577; Ferguson 4458; Tooley 62] folio 1847. *** George Frederick Angas was the son of George Fife Angas one of the founders of South Australia. Tooley describes this and the following two lots as “amongst the most important of the illustrated travel books of their period”.
Lot 124
Angas (George French) The Kafirs Illustrated in a Series of Drawings taken among the Amazulu Amaponda and Amakoza Tribes first edition lithgraphed portrait of the author on india paper and mounted 35 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates on 30 sheets with the additional lithographed portrait of Maj.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith (the dedicatee) not usually present some plates lightly browned or foxed plate 2 trimmed affecting captions lightly damp-stained at beginning and end affecting portrait and last three plates (mostly marginal except for final plate of butterflies) modern half dark green morocco spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label and five raised bands t.e.g. very slightly marked [Abbey Travel 339; Colas 134; Mendelssohn I p.71; Tooley 60] folio 1849. *** According to Tooley this is the most uncommon of Angas` three works. “Among the plates promised is a portrait of Major-General Sir Harry Smith to whom the book is dedicated. This however does not appear to have been published.” Abbey
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