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Lot 26

[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, aquatint frontispiece, additional title with vignettes and 34 plates by Henry Alken, all hand-coloured, tissue guards, plate at p.348 in first state, advertisement leaf and 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, title soiled, some other marginal soiling, bookplate to pastedown, later red morocco with elaborate gilt border surrounding 5 gilt motifs of a sportsman with gun and dog, spine gilt in compartments with hunting motifs, g.e., [Bobins 768; Schwerdt I, 36; Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842.

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Lot 110

Giscard. Delineations of the most Remarkable Costumes of the Different Provinces of Spain, first edition, 40 hand-coloured lithograph plates after Giscard, tissue guards, some plates foxed and a couple stained, but mostly clean, later half morocco over marbled boards with original printed paper label to upper cover, spine gilt, [Bobins 1040; Colas 1255], 4to, Henry Stokes, 1823.⁂ Rare. RBH cites only one copy at auction, in 1970.

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Lot 141

Isaacs (Rev. A.A.) Four Views of the Mosques and Other Objects of Interest occupying the Site of the Temple at Jerusalem, first edition, 4 tinted lithograph plates, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, marginal repairs to some plates and wrappers, wrappers also rebacked, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 1711], folio, Day & Son, 1857.⁂ Rare set of plates "drawn and lithographed from photographs" with only 2 auction appearances in the last 50 years. "Albert Augustus Isaacs (1826-1903), a British clergyman, historian and anthropologist specialising in the Middle East as well as an amateur photographer who captured some of the earliest images of the Holy Land, travelled in Palestine between 1856 and 1857." (Bobins)

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Lot 192

Richter (J.) & C.G.H.Geissler. Sitten, Gebräuche und Kleidung der Russen aus den niedern Ständen.../Costumes, Moeurs et Coutumes des Russes, 2 vol. in 1, ?first edition, titles and text of vol.1 in German and French, vol.2 in German only, 68 fine hand-coloured engraved plates after Geissler (40 & 28), text foxed, occasional browning to plates but generally clean, plate 25 in vol.2 with worn patch to corner causing small hole but not affecting image, contemporary glazed marbled boards, rubbed, [Bobins 1926; Colas 1207 but calling for one volume with 40 plates only], 4to, Leipzig, [1801-04-n.d.].⁂ The painter and draughtsman Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geissler spent the years 1790-98 in Russia and worked as artist for the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas on his second scientific expedition to southern Russia. Colas calls for only one volume under this title, containing 40 plates and published in 4 parts from 1801-04. At the end of the preface to the second volume Richter states that the drawings for the second volume were executed in March 1805.

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Lot 143

Jones (Owen) and Jules Goury. Views on the Nile: from Cairo to the Second Cataract, first edition, additional tinted lithograph title and 39 plates on 31 sheets, printed title in red, blue and black, advertisement leaf at end, foxing and some water-staining, mostly marginal, some tears and repairs, likewise mostly marginal but occasionally into image, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, rebacked preserving original spine, [Blackmer 888; Bobins 1442], folio, Graves and Warmsley, 1843.⁂ Owen Jones visited parts of Greece, Alexandria, Cairo, Thebes, and Constantinople in 1833. Sixteen plates are after sketches by Jones and fifteen by the architect Jules Goury, who later died of cholera while collaborating with Jones on his study of the Alhambra at Granada.

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Lot 253

Westall (Richard) Victories of the Duke of Wellington, from Drawings, first edition, third issue (largest paper copy), wood-engraved title-vignette, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate-guards, light offsetting, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary black half morocco, morocco label to upper cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, [Abbey, Life 381; Bobins 397; Tooley p.265], folio, 1819.⁂ Provenance: William Netherwood; John Needles Chester (bookplates).

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Lot 96

Eyre (Lt. Vincent) The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the Retreat and Destruction of the British Army...with a Journal of Imprisonment in Afghanistan, fourth edition, folding lithographed plan, with the addition of 15 lithographed portraits and plates from Eyre's 'Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners' bound in, one folding, some on india paper and mounted, light spotting to one or two plates but a good clean copy in original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine rubbed and faded with a couple of small nicks, new endpapers, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label, spine faded, [Bobins 240], 8vo, 1843.⁂ Record of part of the debacle of the First Afghan War of 1839-42. Following the murder of Alexander Burnes in 1841 the British force was besieged in Kabul. They were eventually allowed to evacuate and began the retreat back towards India. On the way the Afghans demanded the surrender of the married officers and their families as hostages and they spent nine months in captivity in various forts, the experience being recorded by both Eyre and Lady Sale in diaries, before being rescued by General Sir George Pollock. The rest of the retreating column of 16,500 including women and children perished in the mountains due to the harsh winter and attacks from local tribesmen. Of the contingent only one British soldier, Dr. William Brydon, and a few sepoys managed to reach Jalalabad.Eyre's portfolio of the portraits of the prisoners was issued separately but was intended to be bound up with either Eyre's or Lady's Sale's journal of the ordeal, as here.

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Lot 35

[Durst von Wengen (Gottfried)] Die oeffentliche Maskerade in Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833, first edition, 28 hand-coloured lithograph plates, some double-page, all guarded, one trimmed at edge with partial loss of plate number, some browning to folds or edge with guard, later cloth-backed pictorial boards incorporating the upper wrapper of the first 'Lieferung', a little rubbed and soiled, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 1491], oblong 4to, Bamberg, [1833].⁂ Rare record of the Bamberg folk festival at the Theresienwiese showing all the participants.

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Lot 199

Rowlandson (Thomas).- Annals of Sporting, by Caleb Quizem, Esqr. and his Various Correspondents, first edition, hand-coloured folding etched frontispiece, vignette title and 27 plates by Rowlandson and Woodward, a little spotted and browned, plates offset, modern boards with original printed wrappers mounted on covers and original label to spine, uncut, a little rubbed, new endpapers, [Bobins 1192; Schwerdt II p.119], 12mo, Thomas Tegg, 1809.

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Lot 48

Breton (Lt. William Henry) Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece, vignette title and 16 plates, 5 hand-coloured of costumes, the rest on india paper and mounted, one double-page, folding lithographed map at end, some very light offsetting but overall a lovely clean copy, engraved bookplate of the art collector and benefactor John Sheepshanks, modern bookplate of Robert J.Hayhurst, later speckled calf, gilt, by Rivière, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Abbey, Travel 255; Bobins 1679], 8vo, [1835].

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Lot 55

Campbell (Lt. Col. James) Excursions, Adventures and Field-Sports in Ceylon, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 17 lithograph plates, of which 8 are hand-coloured, some folding, later calf, gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, [Bobins 228], 8vo, 1843.

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Lot 229

Terry (Daniel) British Theatrical Gallery, first edition, 20 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by R.Cooper after Harlowe, Clint, Sharp, De Wilde and Waldeck, tissue guards, some light foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, original title-label mounted to rear endpaper, later red half morocco, gilt, a little scuffed and lower cover slightly mottled, [Abbey, Life 418; Colas 2862; Bobins 727; Tooley 483], folio, H. Berthoud, 1825.⁂ Featuring the leading actors of the day in some of their most famous roles including Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth and Edmund Kean as Richard III.This copy with ink presentation inscription from Katherine Hepburn ("Kate") to "Bertie" on front free endpaper, apparently given at the end of the New York run of The Millionairess.

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Lot 231

Teupken (T.F.) Beschrijving Hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen en alle in Militaire Betrekking Staande Personen Gekleed, Geequipeerd en Gewapend zijn, 2 vol., first edition, subscriber's copy, vol.1 half-title, titles within decorative borders, signed as authentication by the author on versos, list of subscribers, engraved titles and 69 plates after B. van Hove, all but 3 of which are hand-coloured, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked preserving original spines, rubbed, [Lipperheide 2255 and 2256; Bobins 393], folio, The Hague & Amsterdam, Uitgegeven voor rekening van den Auteur [and] Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823-26.⁂ Superb copy of the finest Dutch colour plate work on military costume. Each volume with the ownership inscription of Baron Jules de Constant Rebecque, who is listed as a Lieutenant-General amongst the list of some 280 subscribers.

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Lot 31

Atkinson (J.) Incidents of British Bravery during the late Campaigns on the Continent, 4 original parts, first edition, 16 hand-coloured lithograph plates, some foxing and browning, uncut in original printed wrappers, some fraying and repairs to edges, spines worn, stitching renewed, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 344], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, 1817.⁂ Four parts, all published, from an originally intended six parts. Very rare in the original parts.

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Lot 84

Eckert (H.A.) Monten (Dietrich) and F. Schlever. Das K.K. Russische Militair aus dem grossen Werke Saemmtliche Truppen von Europa, first edition, 138 hand-coloured lithograph plates, comprising 2 coats-of-arms, 107 of uniforms and 29 schematic plates, the uniform plates tipped in and heightened with gum arabic, with captions beneath on mount, a few with slight creases at corners, occasional foxing, some ink annotations to schematic plates, later green half morocco over original printed boards, spine faded, boards slightly stained from leather, [Colas 935; Lipperheide 2120; Bobins 1137], large 4to, Wuerzburg, Christian Weiss, 1840 [but c.1842].⁂ Superb depictions of Russian military uniforms. There is debate about how many plates there should be (the Bobins catalogue says this copy has 144, including 35 schematic plates; Colas calls for a printed dedication and 144 plates but this may relate to another issue; Lipperheide calls for 128 plates), but this is nevertheless at least substantially complete and the plates, of an early issue by being mounted with the printed captions on the mounts, are generally in excellent and fresh condition.Provenance: Theodor Brauer (ink inscription); Franz Gaucher (ink inscription dated 6 May 1883); Sir George Francis Hugh, Marquess of Cambridge (bookseller's note).

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Lot 12

[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Will and Some Won't; or, A Lesson on Hunting, first edition, title and 4ff. text, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, text foxed, modern red half morocco over marbled boards, red morocco label to upper cover, [Schwerdt I, p..22; Bobins 753], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1821].⁂ "this is a fine set in Alken's best style" (Schwerdt).

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Lot 193

Ridinger (Johann Elias) [Vorstellung der Pferde, nach ihren Hauptfarben und derselben verschiedenen Abtheilungen, Complexion, und der daraus entspringenden Beschaffenheit], first edition, hand-coloured engraved pictorial title 'Hier zeigt sich Rapp Braun Fuchs Falch Schimel Scheck u: Tieger, und jeds nach seiner Art u: mancher änderung wieder', drop-head title and text in German and French printed in double-column, 50 superb finely hand-coloured engraved plates, light marginal soiling, some foxing and staining to plates, mostly marginal but affecting a few images, plate 1 with tear to lower margin just extending beyond platemark (repaired), title and a few other plates with small tears and repairs to lower edge, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, old paper label at foot, rubbed, [Bobins 1635; Nissen ZBI 3418; Schwerdt III:145; Thienemann 919-969], 4to, Augsburg, [1770].⁂ Rare work on horse colours and shade variations by the great equestrian artist Johann Elias Ridinger, published posthumously by his sons, Martin E. and J. J. Ridinger. It was one of only two of Ridinger's works which were intended for colouring.

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Lot 51

Burney (Fanny) Evelina: or The History of a Young Lady's Introduction to the World, hand-coloured aquatint additional title and 6 hand-coloured engraved plates after W.Heath and others, most with aquatint, rather browned, plates offset, 3A gathering a little short, contemporary red cloth, paper label to spine, with bookseller's ticket "A.Playter. Dealer in English Books...Amsterdam" to foot of front pastedown, uncut, rubbed and faded (particularly spine), a few stains, recased, preserved in later red cloth drop-front box (a little soiled and faded), [Bobins 1323; Tooley 118], 8vo, Edward Mason, 1821.⁂ The first issue of this scarce illustrated edition of Burney's epistolary novel; it was reissued the following year by Jones and Co. Library Hub cites one copy only, in the British Library.

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Lot 180

Picturesque Views on the River Exe, first edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates by D. Havell and E.C. Lewis after H. Haseler, L.E. Reed and Knight, text lightly foxed, uncut in original boards, rebacked in cloth, corners rubbed, preserved in modern cloth chemise, [Abbey, Scenery 117; Bobins 1435], 4to, Tiverton, Printed for J. Chaplin by T. Parkhouse, 1819.

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Lot 87

Egan (Pierce) Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their Pursuits through Life in and out of London , first edition, first issue with engraved title dated 1829 and woodcuts on pp.7, 40 & 42, bound from the original 12 parts, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates by and after Robert Cruikshank except for one plate by George Cruikshank, wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, some marginal soiling, one or two plates with small tears to edges (repaired), stab-holes, bookplate of George Seton Veitch, later crushed scarlet morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, with most of the very rare original printed front and rear pictorial wrappers to original parts bound in at end (lacking only upper wrapper to Part I, a little soiled, one or two small stains), spine very slightly rubbed and faded, [Abbey, Life 284-285; Bobins 1337; Cohn 264; Tooley 197], 8vo, 1830.

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Lot 126

Heideloff (Victor) Ansichten des Herzoglich Württembergischen Landsitzes Hohenheim, first edition in original 6 parts, engraved hand-coloured plan and 37 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light marginal marking or faint soiling but very clean generally, publisher's neat blindstamp to a few plate margins, original printed wrappers with printed labels to upper covers, part 6 with numbering altered by hand and with neatly repaired tear to head, part 1 with chipping and wear to spine and some staining and scuffing to covers, but a near-fine copy generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1436], folio, Nuremberg, Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, 1795-1800.⁂ A superb copy of this series of views from the Duke of Württemberg's estate in Hohenheim, one of the rarest and most desirable German colour plate books on gardens. Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728-1793), obtained the former manor of Bombast von Hohenheim for his mistress and later wife Franziska von Hohenheim in 1768. The estate was reconstructed along the lines of an English garden (one of the first in Germany) under the auspices of the court architect Reinhard F. Heinrich Fischer. Around 60 buildings, comprising follies and monuments in Baroque and antique styles, were added to the complex before the duke's death in 1793. Though much of the estate fell into disrepair, several of the buildings were ultimately preserved and the site now houses the botanical gardens of the University of Hohenheim. This appears to be the only complete copy to appear at auction, the last near-complete example being one with the plan and first 23 plates that was sold at Sotheby's in 1965.

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Lot 170

Nichol (Andrew) Five Views of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, first edition, 5 superb hand-coloured aquatints by J.Harris after Nichol, 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped inside rear wrapper, sewn in original printed wrappers, a little spotted and soiled, slight fraying to spine, preserved in modern half dark maroon morocco portfolio, spine slightly faded, [Bobins 1568; Not in Abbey], 4to, Dublin, William Frederick Wakeman, [plates dated and water-marked 1834].⁂ A superb copy of this great rarity, with only a handful of copies recorded at auction.The first railway in Ireland had difficulties to overcome. One opponent, Mr. O'Hanlon, told a Railway Committee of the House of Commons in 1833 that it "would be a monstrous thing that the solid advantages of commerce, manufactures, and all the blessings resulting therefrom, should he sacrificed to a few nursery maids descending from the town of Kingstown to the sea at Dunleary, to perform the pleasures of ablution." Storms also caused a delay as a vital bridge was destroyed. It was finally opened in December 1834 with two engines, the Vauxhall and the Hibernia, which were able to reach speeds of over thirty miles an hour.

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Lot 187

Pronay (Freiherr Gabriel von) Skizzen aus dem Volksleben in Ungarn, first German edition, half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette, 25 chromolithograph plates, tissue guards, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed, small mark on upper cover, [Colas 2430; Lipperheide 896; Bobins 444], folio, Budapest, Hermann Geibel, 1855.⁂ Lovely plates showing everyday life in Hungary with German text but German, Hungarian and French plate captions.

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Lot 77

[Diston (A.)] Costumes of the Canary Islands, first edition, 6 hand-coloured lithograph plates by W. Fisk after A. Diston, tissue guards, some foxing, stitching perished but one later strand present, original printed wrappers, chipped and repaired, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Abbey, Travel 75; Bobins 93], 4to, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1829.⁂ Rare costume work, not found in Colas. Plates include a 'Hat-Seller of Grand Canary, 'Natives of Fuerteventura' and 'Tapadas, or Walking Dress-Canaries'.

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Lot 54

Cambridge University.- Gradus ad Cantabrigiam; or New University Guide to...the University of Cambridge...By a Brace of Cantabs, first edition, with 8pp. advertisements printed on yellow paper at beginning, half-title, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates of university costumes and scenes, without woodcut portrait of Jemmy Gordon, some spotting and light offsetting from plates, original boards, uncut, paper label to spine (chipped), rubbed and spotted, [Abbey, Scenery 81; Bobins 839], 8vo, John Hearne, 1824.⁂ Includes customs and slang peculiar to the Cambridge University.

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Lot 81

Dura (Gaetano) Souvenir de la Tarantella Napolitaine, dirigée par Louis Puccinelli Maître de Danse, first edition, lithographed throughout with calligraphic title, sheet of music and 18 hand-coloured plates (one forming frontispiece), conjoined and folding concertina style, c.3620 x 135mm., frontispiece very lightly browned, modern Mountgarret bookplate, folding into contemporary half roan folder, spine gilt, a little rubbed and faded, a few minor stains, [Bobins 1597; cf. Colas 921, title in Italian & dated 1854], oblong 8vo, Naples, Gatti & Dura, [c.1840].⁂ Scarce panorama depicting the Southern Italian dance. WorldCat records only 3 copies, all in America.

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Lot 29

Atkinson (John Augustus) Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched, first edition, etched title with hand-coloured vignette and 16 finely hand-coloured etched plates by and after J.A.Atkinson, some with aquatint, one folding, light marking and surface soiling, folding plate with repaired tear, 1 leaf of text with repaired tear to foot, modern red crushed morocco, gilt, [Abbey, Life 259; Bobins 1321], small oblong 4to, 1807.

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Lot 13

Alken (Henry) Alken's New Sketch-Book, first edition, 40 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates, some with plate number trimmed, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, green morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, [Siltzer p.71; Bobins 1624], oblong 4to, S. and J. Fuller, [1823].⁂ The Duke of Gloucester copy of this scarce work depicting various often humorous hunting scenes and other sports mostly involving horses and/or dogs.

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Lot 121

Hardinge (Charles) Sketches in the Camp before Sebastopol, first edition, lithographed title with tinted vignette, and 19 tinted and hand-coloured plates by Vincent Brooks after Hardinge, some spotting and foxing, heaviest at start but mostly marginal thereafter, plate-guards, original morocco-backed cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, chipping to foot of spine, wear to corners, extremities rubbed, [Bobins 145; not in Abbey, Atabey, Blackmer, Colas or Tooley], folio, Henry Graves, 1855.⁂ The deluxe issue of this attractive series of views. Hardinge was best-known for his series of Indian views, published in 1847.

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Alken (Henry) [Military Discoveries], first edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some marginal dust-soiling, modern morocco-backed marbled boards with earlier burgundy morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 340; not in Abbey or Tooley], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, 1819.⁂ One of the rarest Alken titles with few auction appearances. The "Discoveries" comprise: "On getting into a love affair"; On recovering from a swoon"; "Going to dinner at a neighbouring villa"; "In tasting the joys of a Bivouac"; "Having been but little time on board the Transport"; "Having volunteered to carry dispatches through the Enemy's Country"; and "Being awoke by a violent noise, and rushing from your quarters".

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Lot 90

Egerton (Daniel Thomas) Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz, first edition, aquatint pictorial title and 12 plates, all hand-coloured, some light foxing and finger-soiling, a couple of short repaired tears, contemporary red half morocco with gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, [Abbey, Life 287; Tooley p.113; Colas 937; Bobins 643], oblong folio, W. Sams, 1824.

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Lot 254

Williams (Capt. John) An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Native Infantry, from its first formation in 1757, to 1796, first edition, 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates, a little offset, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, joints split, later endpapers, [Abbey, Travel 439; Bobins 275], 8vo, 1817.

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Lot 49

Broughton (Thomas Duer) The Costume, Character, Manners, Domestic Habits, and Religious Ceremonies, of the Mahrattas, first edition, half-title, 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light offsetting, 'Directions to the binder' leaf at end, 'landscape binding' of contemporary calf, with gilt- and blind-stamped borders surrounding an octagonal landscape view on each cover, rather faded, rebacked, rubbed, upper joint cracking, [cf Abbey, Travel 433 under "Letters written in a Mahratta Camp"; Colas 454; Bobins 225], 4to, Printed for John Murray, 1813.⁂ An unusual binding, the views appear to be of a British castle and house rather than relating to the subject-matter of the book itself.Provenance: Cahrles Earle (bookplate); Lt. Col. Arthur Campbell Yate (bookplate).

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Lot 200

Rowlandson (Thomas).- [Bunbury (Henry William)], "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen...The Annals of Horsemanship, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Rowlandson edition, 29 hand-coloured etched plates by Rowlandson after Bunbury, old ink inscription to head of title, lightly browned, text foxed and with light offsetting from plates, contemporary calf with border in gilt and blind, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old red calf label, corners repaired, [Bobins 1191], 8vo, 1809.

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Lot 188

Pyne (James Baker) The English Lake District, first edition, deluxe issue, lithograph pictorial title and 24 plates, all finely hand-coloured and mounted on thick card as issued, letterpress text with wood-engraved vignettes, occasional foxing, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, upper joint splitting, rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 196 (for 1859 edition); Tooley 387; Bobins 1702], large folio, Manchester, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1853.⁂ A monumental and magnificent production, with text by Charles Swain, a poet and engraver, to accompany the spectacular plates lithographed by William Gauci. The grandeur, beauty and romance of the English Lakes is perfectly captured by Pyne's illustrations.

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Lot 59

Clayton (B.) Costumes of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Guards, from 1660, second edition, lithograph title and 12 hand-coloured plates, occasional foxing, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, [Colas 630; Bobins 1276], oblong folio, Ackermann & Co., 1854.⁂ The first 6 plates were originally issued in 1853; this expanded edition with 6 additional plates was issued the following year. Provenance: William Thomas Markham (bookplate).

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Lot 226

Surtees (Robert Smith) The Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition in book form, early issue, half-title, aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 5 plates by J.Harris after Henry Alken, all hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations, 4pp. advertisements at end, some light foxing, sporting bookplate of Van Santvoord Merle-Smith, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, spine faded, wear to lower joint, recased, [Bobins 1320; Tooley 470], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1846 [but 1847].⁂ Tooley denotes the first issue as being in green cloth, with both titles, and the preface dated 1846. The preface here is dated 1847 but plates 3 & 4 are in the earliest state dated November 9th.

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Lot 111

[Goddard (T.)] The Military Costume of Europe, 2 vol., first edition, 96 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light offsetting and foxing, handsome contemporary olive green straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., a little rubbed, [Tooley 236; Bobins 353], folio, T. Goddard and J. Booth, 1812.⁂ A handsome set. The Bobins catalogue states that this copy has plate 9 in duplicate (making a total of 97 plates), but the duplicate has either been removed or the counting was erroneous.Provenance: Viscount Boyne (bookplate).

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Lot 259

Zienkowicz (Leon) Les Costumes du Peuple Polonais, first edition, half-title, 39 hand-coloured lithograph plates after J. Lewicki and A. Wittmann, lithographed by Simon fils, and 2 leaves of engraved musical notation, some foxing, mostly to text, later half calf, gilt, [Bobins 451; Colas 3115; Lipperheide Kb3], 4to, Paris, Strassburg & Leipzig, 1841.⁂ Most of the charming plates depict scenes of rural life and the traditional dress of ordinary people and the nobility, while the final 6 plates show military uniforms. The captions are in French, Polish, German and English.

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Lot 97

Fellowes (William Dorset) Paris; during the Interesting Month of July, 1815. A Series of Letters Addressed to a Friend in London, first edition, hand-coloured stipple-engraved frontispiece, engraved title with vignette portrait of Napoleon, 2 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates of soldiers, 3pp. publishers' catalogue at end, embossed stamp of K.S.Lycett to front free endpaper and final leaf of text, an excellent crisp and clean copy in the original boards, uncut, spine rubbed with paper label worn, joints split, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label, [Bobins 521], 8vo, 1815.

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Lot 118

Hacquet (Balthasar) Neueste physikalisch-politische Reisen...durch Dacischen und Sarmatischen oder Nordlichen Karpathen, parts 1 and 2 only (of 4), first edition, engraved frontispiece, engraved map vignettes to titles, engraved vignette illustrations, 13 hand-coloured engraved plates, one folding, foxing, later half vellum over white glazed boards, spines gilt with quadruple orange labels, [Bobins 1433], 8vo, Nurnberg, im Verlag der Raspischen Buchhandlung, 1790-91.⁂ Rare work on the Carpathian mountains, covering geology, mineralogy, palaeontology, botany and peoples of the area. Most of the plates in these 2 parts show local costumes. Hacquet (c. 1739-1815) was a surgeon in the mining town of Idrija and professor of anatomy and surgery in Ljubljana. Under the protection of Maria Theresa and Joseph II, he travelled around the Austrian Empire and was the first explorer of the Julian Alps.

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Lot 45

Bowyer (Robert) A Selection of Fac-Similes of Water-Colour Drawings, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists, first edition, first issue without titles below image, 12 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, 20th century blue half morocco, covers a little rubbed, [Abbey, Life 197; Bobins 618; Tooley 100], folio, Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1825.

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Lot 131

Hogarth (William) and others. An Account of what seemed most remarkable in the Five Days Peregrination..., first edition, 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Hogarth and others, title a little browned, plates with light marginal staining to fore-edge just affecting border of final plate, modern half tan morocco with gilt-stamped calf label on upper cover, [Abbey, Life 307; Bobins 863], oblong folio, Printed for Livesay, 1782.⁂ The rare coloured version of the account of Hogarth's jaunt with his friends from the Bedford Arms Tavern in Covent Garden to the Isle of Sheppey.

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Lot 178

Perkois (J.), J.H.Prins & Mattheus Sallieth. Verzameling van Verschillende Gekleede Mans- en Vrouwen-Standen..., first collected edition, engraved title-vignette by H.Kobell and 33 finely hand-coloured plates by Sallieth after Jakob Perkois and Johannes Huibert Prins, most stipple-engraved, one or two with aquatint, contemporary ink manuscript note of acquisition "acheté 20fr. le 28 Juillet [?]1825" to rear pastedown, a superb clean copy in contemporary glazed blue boards with decorative gilt roll border, slightly rubbed and marked, rebacked, small tear to spine, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label to spine, [Bobins 429; Colas 2311; Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates 389], folio, Rotterdam, J.Immerzeel, Jr., 1818.⁂ Rare coloured first edition of this artist's manual depicting street vendors and other workers, by Perkois (1756-1804), a teacher from the Drawing Academy in Middleburg, and Prins (1757-1806), secretary of the art society Pictura in The Hague. The engraver, Sallieth (1749-91), from Rotterdam, is known mostly for his maritime views. A few copies have appeared at auction but mostly of the later 1833 edition and all uncoloured, as is the only copy listed on Library Hub (V & A).

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Lot 139

Hunt (Capt. William Shapter) Brown's Sporting Tour in India. A Pictorial Journal of that Distinguished Sportsman's Doings in the East, first edition, letterpress title and dedication, hand-coloured engraved additional pictorial title and 41 plates, light marginal soiling, letterpress title slightly frayed at fore-edge (repaired), contemporary half green morocco, gilt-stamped red cloth label to upper cover (chipped), g.e., rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Bobins 1400; Czech, Asia p. 109; Schwerdt I p.257], oblong 4to, J.Hogarth, 1865.⁂ Satire of a keen but green gentleman sportsman in India. "An amusing series of well-coloured Indian sporting pictures" (Schwerdt).Library Hub lists only one copy in the UK (BL).

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Lot 19

Alken (Henry) The Qualification; A Series of Six Subjects...dedicated...to all Fox-Hunters, first edition, 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, modern green morocco by The Lakeside Press, Chicago, lettered in gilt on upper cover, cloth slip-case, [Mellon/Snelgrove 32; Schwerdt I, p.16 & plate 10; Siltzer, p.72 (dating set 1828); Tooley 33; Bobins 1379], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, Jun., [1829].⁂ A fine copy of what Schwerdt calls "one of Alken's most charming sets of its kind. The style of drawing is very minute and the colouring exquisite."Provenance: Joel Spitz (bookplate, this no.458 in his collection).

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Lot 221

Stackelberg (Otto Magnus von) Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, engraved title and 30 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional spotting, original red cloth, stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, rebacked in red morocco, corners worn, covers a little stained, [see Blackmer 1591 note; Bobins 164 (erroneously calling for 40 plates)], small folio, Rome, 1825.⁂ The rare first edition with engraved plates rather than the lithographed versions which appeared in contemporaneous pirated copies. "The plates of costumes constitute Stackelberg's first published work on Greece, where he travelled from 1810-14. He was in Athens with Byron and travelled and worked with Cockerell, Haller von Hallerstein, Gropius, Linckh...and Foster in excavating various archaeological sites, particularly Bassae." (Bobins).Provenance: P.G. Skinos (bookplate).

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Lot 115

Grant (John) The Penny Wedding, first edition, half-title, engraved vignette title and 6 plates, all hand-coloured aquatints on india paper, by Gleadah after Grant, advertisement leaf at end, some foxing and marginal browning/staining, later green half calf over marbled boards, [Bobins 650; not in Abbey or Tooley], 4to, 1836.

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Allen (Rev. G.L. & Mrs. [Sarah]) The Views and Flowers from Guzerat and Rajpootana, first edition, printed in red on thick leaves, 13 hand-coloured lithographed plates (7 botanical and 6 views), advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription dated 1859 to front free endpaper, some foxing and soiling, gutta percha perished and becoming loose, original pictorial cloth, gilt, floral endpapers printed in gold, rubbed and soiled, [Bobins 1639], 4to, Paul Jerrard & Son, [1859].⁂ Library Hub records only one UK copy (BL).

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Lot 241

[Verdy (Freiherr von)] Das Preussische Heer unter Friedrich Wilhelm IV, 36 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic, some light spotting, 1 plate with crease to upper corner another with short repaired tear to margin just touching image, bound with original upper printed wrapper for 5 of 6 parts each with ink ownership stamp, later half roan, spine chipped at foot, extremities a little rubbed, folio, [Bobins 393; Colas 2420; Hiler 722], folio, Berlin, L. Sachse & Co., 1843-45.⁂ Rare first and only edition of this attractive series of plates depicting the uniforms and arms of the Prussian army.

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Lot 27

Aspin (Jehoshaphat) The Naval and Military Exploits which have distinguished the Reign of George III, first edition, aquatint frontispiece and 35 circular plates, all hand-coloured, including the 2 additional hand-coloured plates of Vittoria and Pampeluna in same circular format (often absent), plates lightly offset, contemporary ink inscription of Adam Duncan to front free endpaper (loose), small later gilt-stamped roan book-label of Moncure Biddle and old bookseller's ticket W.Appleby of Bath to front pastedown, contemporary tree calf, gilt crest of Camperdown Library to upper cover, a little rubbed, corners slightly worn, rebacked in calf with black calf label, [Abbey, Life 350, frontispiece and 33 plates; Bobins 343; Tooley 70, noting the 2 additional plates sometimes included but "complete however without them"],12mo, for Samuel Leigh, 1820.⁂ An attractive copy with the 2 additional plates and a fine provenance.Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown (1812-67), grandson of Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, KB (1731-1804), the British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797, a victory regarded as one of the most significant actions in naval history.

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Lot 186

Postans (Marianne) Cutch; or, Random Sketches...in one of the Northern Provinces of Western India, first edition, half-title, lithographed additional pictorial title, 7 hand-coloured lithographed plates (one folding) and hand-coloured map, wood-engraved illustrations, one full-page, occasional light marginal foxing or soiling, modern half crimson morocco, spine gilt in compartments, uncut, [Bobins 1462; Colas 2414; Not in Abbey or Tooley], 8vo, 1839.

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Lot 173

Opiz (Georg Emanuel) [Die Schweizer nach ihrer Volksthuemlichkeit in sechs charakteristischen Gruppen], first edition, 6 exceptionally fine hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates by Hilscher after Opiz, each within border and with caption in panel beneath, tissue guards, near contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, modern paper spine label, [Colas 2251 'tres belles planches'; Bobins 495], 4to, [Dresden, Ludwig von Kleist], [c.1830].⁂ The title is taken from Colas, the original work originally being published in wrappers with title on upper cover. The plates depict characteristically dressed citizens with a background of a city or village within a border hand-tinted in light grey. Opiz (or Opitz) was born in Prague in 1775, studied at Dresden, worked in Paris and various German cities and ended up in Leipzig, where he died in 1841.Provenance: Prince of Hanau (bookplate "Bibliothek Ihrer Durchlaucht der Fuerstin von Hanau").

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Lot 236

Torrens (Lt.-Col. Henry d'Oyley) Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir, first edition, folding lithographed map and 12 chromolithographed plates including 2 folding panoramas, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slip tipped in, 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end, light foxing to some plates, particularly second panorama, generally a good clean copy, old book-label of Major C.F.Campbell, bookplate removed, original purple pebble-grain cloth, gilt, bevelled edges, a little rubbed and marked, spine faded, [Bobins 1655], 8vo, 1862.

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Lot 249

Warre (Lt. Col. H.J.) Sketches in the Crimea, first edition, decorative lithographed title with hand-coloured vignette, 16 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Dickinson Bros. after Warre mounted on stubs, one or two a little soiled, a few with short tear to lower margin at inner edge, ?original light blue cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, cockling to upper cover, spine faded, [Bobins 1164], oblong 4to, Dickinson Bros., 1856.⁂ Scarce. Library Hub lists 4 copies (UCL, V & A, Oxford, and BL) of which the first two state 16 colour plates and the last "fifteen lithographs".

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Lot 232

Thomas (Jean Baptiste) Un an à Rome et dans ses environs, first edition, half-title and lithographed vignette title, 72 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Villain after Thomas, occasional light toning, 2 plates with tide-mark to corner just straying into image, some scattered spotting to text, later red morocco, covers with fillet borders in gilt and blind, g.e., [Bobins 602; Colas 2872], folio, Paris, 1823.⁂ An excellent copy of this superb series of views of Rome and Roman life. a second edition followed in 1830 although Colas notes that the colouring for the later edition is, in his opinion, inferior.

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[Alken (Henry)] Military Sketches: Characteristic Traits of Old Stagers, Big Wigs, Staff, Martinets, Humbugs..., first edition, lithographed throughout with hand-coloured pictorial title and 14 plates incorporating text and multiple images, lightly soiled and browned, title slightly frayed and chipped at fore-edge (reinforced), interleaved, old pebbled cloth, rebacked and recornered in red calf, joints a little rubbed, [Bobins 1317; Not in Abbey, Colas or Tooley], 4to, T.McLean, 1823.⁂ Scarce.

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[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or The Reverse of Sporting Phrases, first edition, engraved title with a few short marginal tears, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, original printed upper wrapper with advertisements to verso bound in (several repairs to verso), modern red half morocco over marbled boards with red morocco label to upper cover, [Schwerdt I, p.20; Siltzer p.69; Tooley 44; Bobins 747], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1815].⁂ Alken's first satirical hunting colour-plate work. "Alken's colouring is seen at its best in books of this class." (Schwerdt).

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Lot 682

HALCYON DAYS NINE ENAMEL BOXES WITH ROYAL INTEREST To include: an oval box, painted with silhouette portraits of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, 6cm (2 1/4in) long; a limited edition rectangular box, no. 113, celebrating the birth of H.R.H Prince William of Wales, painted with flowers, 6.5cm (2 1/2in) long; five cylindrical boxes celebrating Prince William's first, second, third, fourth and fifth birthdays; and two other boxes Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 2026

Harold Riley (1934 - 2023): a set of four artist signed limited edition colour prints, The Deansgate Folio, c.1984, each signed and numbered within folder (also signed), together with a set of four greetings cards using the same images. each print, 21 x 29 cm. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots

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