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PAUL ELUARD (1895-1952)Ensemble de 5 livres Comme Deux Gouttes D'eauEdition originale, un des 175 exemplaires sur papier vert, seul grand papier (n°95)Paris, Editions Surréalistes, chez José Corti, 1936First edition, one of 175 copies on green paper, the only large paper (no. 95)Paris, Editions Surréalistes, published by José Corti, 1936Le Poète Et Son OmbreEdition originale du tirage de tête, un des 75 exemplaires sur papier Vergé de Hollande (n°9)Illustrée de nombreux documents, reproductions, photographies.Textes inédits présentés et annotés par Robert Valette.UnopenedParis, Editions Seghers, 1963First edition, one of 75 copies on Vergé de Hollande paper (no. 9).Illustrated with numerous documents, reproductions and photographs.Unpublished texts presented and annotated by Robert Valette.UnopenedParis, Editions Seghers, 1963Les Dessous d'Une Vie ou La Pyramide HumaineEdition originale, non numérotéeBel envoi d'Eluard en page de garde, « à Victor Llona, en témoignage de toute ma sympathie »Reproduction d'une œuvre de Max ErnstAchevé d'imprimer du 12 décembre 1926Marseille, Les Cahiers du Sud, 1926First edition, unnumberedBeautiful letter from Eluard on the flyleaf, « à Victor Llona, en témoignage de toute ma sympathie »Reproduction of a work by Max ErnstApproved for printing on 12 December 1926Marseille, Les Cahiers du Sud, 1926Les Yeux FertilesEdition originale, un des 1440 exemplaires sur Alfa teinté (n°627)Avec un portrait et quatre illustrations par Pablo PicassoAchevé d'imprimer du 15 octobre 1936Paris, Editions GLM, 1936First edition, one of 1440 copies on tinted Alfa (n°627)With a portrait and four illustrations by Pablo PicassoApproved for printing on 15 October 1936Paris, Editions GLM, 1936Poésie Involontaire et Poésie IntentionnelleEdition originale, un des 1800 exemplaires sur vélin (n°410)couverture désolidariséeVilleneuve-les-Avignon, Editions Poésie 42, 1942First edition, one of 1800 copies on vellum (n°410)cover detachedVilleneuve-les-Avignon, Editions Poésie 42, 1942Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, Paris.Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ## A reduced TVA rate of 5.5% will be charged on Buyer's Premium. This is subject to government change and the rate payable will be the rate in force on the date of the sale.Pour les livres, la commission acheteur est soumise à un taux de TVA réduit de 5,5 %. Ce taux est susceptible à être modifié par les autorités françaises et le taux à payer sera celui en vigueur à la date de la vente.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966)Flagrant Délit : Rimbaud devant la conjuration de l'imposture et du truquage Edition originale, un des 100 exemplaires sur papier vergé de Hollande, tous signés par l'auteur (n°60)Avec une reproduction d'une lithographie d'Henri Rousseau, « La guerre », parue dans l'Ymagier en 1895Exemplaire non coupéEditions Thésée, Paris, 1949First edition, one of 100 copies on Hollande laid paper, all signed by the author (n° 60)With a reproduction of a lithograph by Henri Rousseau, 'La guerre', published in l'Ymagier in 1895UnopenedEditions Thésée, Paris, 1949Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, Paris.Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ## A reduced TVA rate of 5.5% will be charged on Buyer's Premium. This is subject to government change and the rate payable will be the rate in force on the date of the sale.Pour les livres, la commission acheteur est soumise à un taux de TVA réduit de 5,5 %. Ce taux est susceptible à être modifié par les autorités françaises et le taux à payer sera celui en vigueur à la date de la vente.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918)Les Mamelles de Tiresias Edition originale, non numérotée, avec sept reproductions hors-texte de Serge FeratReliure cartonnée par Desaux, couverture et dos conservésAchevé d'imprimer du 1er janvier 1918Paris, Editions SIC, 1918First edition, unnumbered, with seven hors-texte reproductions by Serge FeratHardback by Desaux, cover and spine preservedApproved for printing on 1st January 1918Paris, Editions SIC, 1918Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, Paris.Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).C'est dans ce drame surréaliste que le mot fut employé pour la première fois, si l'on met à part la notice qu'Apollinaire avait rédigé en tête du programme de Parade où le terme est orthographié en deux mots (sur-réalisme). C'est sept ans plus tard qu'André Breton lui donnera son sens actuel. Il avouera dans son Manifeste que c'est pour rendre hommage à Apollinaire qu'il avait précisément choisit ce mot.It was in this surrealist drama that the word 'Surrealism' was used for the first time, apart from the note that Apollinaire wrote at the head of the Parade programme, where the term is spelt in two words (sur-réalisme). However, it was only seven years later that André Breton gave it its current meaning. In his Manifesto, he admitted that he had chosen the word precisely to pay tribute to Apollinaire.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ## A reduced TVA rate of 5.5% will be charged on Buyer's Premium. This is subject to government change and the rate payable will be the rate in force on the date of the sale.Pour les livres, la commission acheteur est soumise à un taux de TVA réduit de 5,5 %. Ce taux est susceptible à être modifié par les autorités françaises et le taux à payer sera celui en vigueur à la date de la vente.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MAX ERNST (1891-1976)La Femme 100 Têtes Edition originale, un des 900 exemplaires sur papier vélin teinté (n°954), troisième grand papier après 12 exemplaires sur Japon Impérial, et 88 exemplaires sur Hollande PannekoekPréface d'André Breton. 146 collages par Max Ernst.Paris, Édition du carrefour, (20 décembre) 1929. 1 vol. (185 x 245 mm) non paginéExemplaire non coupéLe premier des « livres-collages » de Max Ernst.First edition, one of 900 copies on tinted vellum paper (n°954), third large paper after 12 copies on Japon Impérial, and 88 copies on Hollande Pannekoek.Preface by André Breton. 146 collages by Max Ernst.Paris, Édition du carrefour, (20 December) 1929. 1 vol. (185 x 245 mm) unpaginatedUnopenedThe first of Max Ernst's 'livres-collages'.Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, Paris.Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ## A reduced TVA rate of 5.5% will be charged on Buyer's Premium. This is subject to government change and the rate payable will be the rate in force on the date of the sale.Pour les livres, la commission acheteur est soumise à un taux de TVA réduit de 5,5 %. Ce taux est susceptible à être modifié par les autorités françaises et le taux à payer sera celui en vigueur à la date de la vente.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Yosy (Ann) Switzerland, as now divided into Nineteen Cantons...with Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 50 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates of costumes, paper guards, 2pp. engraved musical notation, most plates very clean but light soiling to plate 16 and slight smudge to plate 20, some foxing to text, pp.73-82 and plates 29 & 30 misbound after p.100, H.Bradley Martin's copy with his bookplate, original blind-stamped cloth, t.e.g., a little rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving original spines, new endpapers, [Bobins 507; Colas 3102, erroneously calling for 50 plates in vol.2 and therefore 70 plates in total], 8vo, 1815. *** Including a 6pp. 'Short Guide to Travellers' at end of vol.2.

Alken (Henry) The Beauties & Defects in the Figure of the Horse, first edition, engraved pictorial title and 18 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates by Alken, light spotting and browning, mostly to text, a few small stains, bookplate of Maxine & Joel Spitz of Glencoe IL., contemporary diced russia, gilt, a little worn, rebacked with gilt spine, corners repaired, [Tooley 20; Schwerdt I p.12], small 4to, [1816].

[Combe (William)] Doctor Syntax in Paris or A Tour in search of the Grotesque, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, title vignette and 17 plates by Charles Williams after Thomas Rowlandson, some offsetting and occasional foxing, uncut in modern red crushed morocco by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, joints slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 109; Tooley 432; Lipperheide 3555; Bobins 1364 ], 8vo, 1820. *** Provenance: Ralph Edward Lambton (bookplate); H. Harvey Frost (bookplate). 

Martin (Charles & Leopold) The Civil Costume of England, from the Conquest to the Present Time, first edition, additional hand-coloured etched title and 60 hand-coloured plates, many heightened with gold and/or gum arabic, occasional light foxing and some soiling to edges, original blind- and gilt-stamped cloth, a little rubbed and scratched, [Colas 1995], 4to, Henry G. Bohn, 1842. 

Alken (Henry) Illustrations to Popular Songs, first edition, second issue, additional pictorial title and 42 plates, all hand-coloured soft-ground etchings, the plates with multiple images, borders with water-colour wash, with letterpress title and 'Address' leaf, extra-illustrated with 3 original drawings that were used to prepare the soft-ground printing plates, each of which is imprinted verso with melted ground transfer from the prepared plate, with ink or pencil captions and signs of red chalk under-drawing on the original drawings (slightly cropped, some small repairs to tears or chips at edges, lightly browned from previous mounting), light spotting to pictorial title, some soiling and light staining to plates, mostly marginal, endpapers creased, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's copy with his bookplate, contemporary half red straight-grain morocco with gilt-stamped label to upper cover, rubbed, spine with small nick at head and chip at foot, [Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 37, 1822 first issue], oblong folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [plates water-marked 1821-23]. *** The three additional preparatory drawings are tipped to blank leaves facing the relevant plate. 

Marta (Luigi) Costumi della data da S. Maesta il di 20 Feb. 1854. Nella Reggia di Napoli, first edition, tinted lithograph pictorial title incorporating numerous coats-of-arms, lithograph dedication leaf (heavily foxed and browned), 31 hand-coloured lithograph plates, one leaf of letterpress (also foxed), some other mostly marginal foxing and soiling, one plate with repaired tear, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, [Colas 1994; Lipperheide 2781; Bobins 589], oblong folio, Paris, 1854. *** A scarce work on Neapolitan costumes dedicated to the Infante di Spagna D. Sebastiano Gabriele.  

Rowlandson (Thomas).- Markwell (Marmaduke, pseudonym) Advice to Sportsmen, Rural or Metropolitan..., first edition, half-title, 16 etched plates by Rowlandson, rather browned, text foxed, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, [Bobins 1193; Schwerdt II p.14; Tooley 407], 12mo, Thomas Tegg, 1809. *** "An attractive book with humorous plates by the foremost caricaturist of this date". (Schwerdt).  

Roberts (David) Military Instructions: including each particular motion of the Manual and Platoon Exercises, first edition, half-title, 24 hand-coloured engraved plates after Robert Ker Porter, occasional foxing and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, Printed for T. Egerton, 1798. 

Crawfurd (John) Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava, in the Year 1827... With an Appendix, containing the Description of Fossil Remains, by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift, first edition, lacking half-title, with 5 aquatint plates (3 hand-coloured, 2 with sepia or grey wash), 5 lithographed plates of fossils, engraved plan, folding engraved map, wood-engraved illustrations, some light foxing to lithographed plates, map and plan, map also offset and with small hole at fold, text very clean and bright, contemporary calf, very slightly rubbed, a few minor scratches, rebacked preserving old roan label, new endpapers, [Abbey, Travel 405], 4to, 1829. *** Account of a successful mission to Burma to establish a trade treaty.

[Egerton (Michael)] "Peter Pasquin". A Day's Journal of a Sponge, first edition, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, first 2 with marginal repairs, original printed upper wrapper bound in (but heavily darkened and with corner torn away and repaired), endpapers foxed, later red half morocco, gilt, with gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover, upper joint a little rubbed, [Abbey, Life 289; Bobins 854], oblong folio, Published for the Propietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. 

Aure (Antoine Cartier d') Traite d'Equitation, first edition, half-title, lithograph frontispiece and 26 plates by Frey after Ledieu, all hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations, errata leaf at end, colour in a few plates oxidised, repairs to a few text leaves at end, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary brown half roan, rubbed, head of spine nicked, [Bobins 1391; Nissen, ZBI 165], 4to, Paris, 1834. *** Rare work by the riding master at the Ecole de Versailles and, later, Saumur. Provenance: Gaston Guitton (1825-91, sculptor, his small ink stamp on title)  

Cruikshank (Robert) Lessons of Thrift, first edition, hand-coloured engraved title and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Cruikshank, advertisement leaf at end (often lacking), some light soiling and browning, plates a little offset, original cloth, paper spine label, uncut, rubbed, spine faded, corners bumped, [Abbey, Life 276; Bobins 846; Tooley 165], 8vo, 1820.

[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". Memoirs of the late John Mytton, Esq., second edition, additional engraved title with aquatint vignette, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Henry Alken and T.J.Rawlins, tissue guards, without 8 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, lightly browned, occasional spotting or soiling, later green morocco, gilt, by Morrell, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., with original pictorial cloth gilt upper cover and spine bound in at end, spine slightly rubbed and faded, a couple of marks to lower cover, [Abbey, Life 385; Bobins 769; Tooley 67], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1837. *** Including six more plates than the first edition and with three others replaced.

Lange (Edouard) and Wilhelm Frenzel. Das Hoffest zu Ferrara, in den Saelen des Koeniglichen Schlosses zu Berlin, first edition, 42 hand-coloured lithograph plates, heightened with gum arabic, some trimmed a little short, some foxed, contemporary half roan, rubbed, upper cover worn and stained at top, [Colas 1758; Lipperheide 2545; Bobins 585], folio, Berlin, C.G. Luederitz, 1846. *** Rare, no copy traced at auction. "The plates herein represent fancy-dress costumes for this 1843 recreation of a celebration at the Court of Ferrara, bedecked in Renaissance splendour." (Bobins).  

Alken (Henry) Driving Discoveries, first edition, bound without title, 7 hand-coloured  aquatints, modern half-burgundy morocco, label tooled in gilt to upper cover, [Bobins 749], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, 1817. 

Planché (J.R.) Souvenir of the Bal Costumé, given by Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, at Buckingham Palace, May 12, 1842, first edition, additional chromolithograph title, 52 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates after Coke Smyth, each with decorative floral border printed in gold, text printed in blue, occasional foxing (including to plate of Prince Albert), upper hinge broken and front endpaper torn, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, [Colas 2403; Bobins 899], folio, Colnaghi and Co., 1843. *** The fine plates depict the elaborate costumes designed for and worn by the hosts and guests, royalty and aristocracy, at the fancy-dress ball given by Queen Victoria in May 1842.  

[Harding (Edward)] Costume of the Russian Empire, second edition, additional engraved title and 72 plates, all hand-coloured stipple-engravings, titles and text in English and French, some foxing (mostly to text) and light offsetting, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, [Colas 704; Lipperheide 1342; Bobins 194] small folio, Printed by T. Bensely...for John Stockdale, 1810. *** A handsome copy of this second edition, Colas remarking that the impressions of these plates are as good as the first edition of 1803. Provenance: N.C. Colthurst of Ardrum, Co. Cork (bookplate). 

Rowlandson (Thomas).- [Combe (William)] Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, first edition, later issue, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, without 4pp. of advertisements at end as usual, a little offsetting but plates clean, bookplate of F.Reddaway, original blind-stamped orange cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, an excellent copy, [Abbey, Travel 89; Tooley 415], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1821 [but later, some plates dated 1822].

Meyer (Felix) Collection de Costumes Suisses originaux/ Costumes Suisses en mignature, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece of arms of the cantons printed in blue, additional title with hand-coloured aquatint vignette, 23 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue-guards, some plates lightly browned, one or two with small marginal stains, foxing to text, original brick red boards with decorative gilt border and title to upper cover, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, rebacked in red calf and titled in gilt, corners neatly repaired, [Bobins 1053; Colas 2049], small 4to, Zurich, H.F.Leuthold, 1836. 

Lisch (Georg Christian Friedrich) Meklenburg in Bildern, 4 parts in 1, first edition, general title printed in gold with embossed arms at head (frayed at edges and mounted on stub), 4 engraved vignette titles and 96 hand-coloured lithographed plates (80 views, 16 costumes, portraits etc.), some foxing (mostly to titles and costume plates), p.63 in part 2 torn at fore-edge affecting border but not text, broken and becoming loose, contemporary cloth, rubbed, spine faded, [Bobins 1048; Colas 1881], 8vo, Rostock, J.G.Tiedemann, 1842-45.  *** Colas calls for only the 16 costume plates to be coloured.

Cruikshank (George).- Combe (William) The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, text lightly browned with offsetting from plates but a good copy bound in handsome crushed crimson morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., [Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], 8vo, T.Tegg, 1815.

[Surtees (Robert Smith)] Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, second edition, additional engraved pictorial title and 14 plates, all hand-coloured aquatints by Henry Alken, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 8vo, Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. *** The first edition with Alken's plates. 

Busby (Thomas Lord) The Fishing Costume and Local Scenery of Hartlepool, in the County of Durham, first edition, 6 fine hand-coloured etched plates, slight offsetting onto one text leaf, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, with gilt-lettered morocco label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 154; Tooley 125; Bobins 625], 4to, 1819. *** Rare work with charming plates depicting various people involved in the booming fishing industry set against backdrops of views of the town. Only 2 copies at auction since 1965. 

Hentzy (Rodolphe) Promenade Pittoresque dans l'Eveche de Bale aux Bords de la Birs, de la Sorne, et de la Suze, 2 vol., first edition, 44 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates, some shaved close just touching caption, occasional foxing and light offsetting, upper hinges strengthened, contemporary blind-stamped calf, joints skilfully repaired, vol.1 upper cover scuffed, The Hague, G. Bakhuysen, 1808-09. *** Rare coloured copy of this charming work by the author of Vues remarquables des Montagnes de la Suisse, 1785. Provenance: Mary Addington (bookplate, one defective) 

Egan (Pierce) Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and...Corinthian Tom, first edition, third issue with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music numbered, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates by Robert & George Cruikshank, wood-engraved vignettes, 6pp. engraved musical notation on 3 folding sheets (a little foxed), 8pp. advertisements and smaller 16pp. catalogue at end, some spotting and offsetting, mostly to tissue guards, with 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted, original pictorial printed boards with 5 vignettes on each cover and 2 on spine, uncut, very slightly rubbed but an excellent copy, preserved in later red calf-backed cloth drop-back box, spine gilt with roan labels, rubbed, [Abbey Life 281; Cohn 262; Tooley 196], 8vo, 1822.

Rowlandson (Thomas).- Combe (William) The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax, first edition, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, errata slip re pagination bound in, some very occasional marginal soiling or staining to plates and light offsetting but generally an excellent clean copy in later crushed olive green morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., spine a little faded, [Abbey Life 268; Tooley 413], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1822.

[Browne (Hablot K.)], "Phiz". How Pippins Enjoyed a Day with the Fox-Hounds, first edition, 12 chromolithographed plates by Browne finished by hand, some light marginal spotting or finger-soiling, pencil ownership inscription to endpaper, half morocco over pictorial boards, repaired vertical crack to upper cover, rubbed, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, [Bobins 1394; Schwerdt, I p.84] oblong folio, Fores, [1863]. 

Alken (Henry) Symptoms of Being Amused , vol.1 (all published), first edition, soft-ground etched pictorial title and 41 plates, all hand-coloured, several with repaired tears, one backed, all with tissue guards, some marginal soiling, contemporary cloth, recased, oblong folio, [Schwerdt I, p.27; Tooley 57; Bobins 755], Thomas McLean, 1822. 

Osterwald (Georg) Abbildungen des Koeniglich-Hannoverschen Militairs in characteristischen Gruppen dargestellt, first edition, 24 superb hand-coloured lithograph plates tipped into ruled and captioned mounts, mounts on paper guards and some with short tears at foot of guards, publisher's embossed stamp in lower margin of mount, original grey printed wrappers bound in, upper wrapper slightly creased, later morocco-backed marbled boards by Lemardeley, extremities rubbed, [Colas 2257; Bobins 378], large 4to, Hannover, Schrader, [1840]. *** Rare work with exceptionally fine illustrations of men from the Royal Hannoverian Army, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers and bandsmen. Provenance: Unidentified armorial bookplate engraved by Agry, Paris; Marquess of Cambridge (ownership stamp on right hand corner of each mount); N.M. (ownership stamp on verso of each mount). 

[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Do and Some Don't; It is all a Notion, first edition, one leaf of letterpress, 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, original printed upper wrapper with title bound in (reinforced at inner margin), modern full red morocco, gilt, [Schwerdt I, 22a; Siltzer p.70; Tooley 50; Bobins 752], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1821]. *** Rare suite of humourous sporting prints under the pseudonym of Ben Tally-Ho. Provenance: Baron Nathan of Churt (bookplate).   

[Hayez (Francesco)] Costumi, Vestiti alla Festa da Ballo data dal Nobilissimo Sig. Conte G. Batthyany la sera del 30 gennaio 1828, first edition, 60 hand-coloured lithographs, lacking engraved title, occasional marginal staining, occasional spotting (mostly marginal), contemporary marbled boards, chipping to spine extremities, a little rubbed, housed in red cloth folding box, [Not in Colas or Lipperheide. Bobins IV, 1232], folio, Milan, Giuseppe Elena, 1828. *** During the Milan Carnival of 1828, the Hungarian Count Antonio Giuseppe Batthyany invited the Milanese aristocracy to a ball in his palace in Porta Orientale. He employed the Italian painter Francesco Hayez, a leading artist in mid-nineteenth century Milan renowned for his grand historical paintings and exceptionally fine portraits, to record the sumptuous event. Among the portraits illustrating the various costumes worn by the guests, Hayez included a portrait of the Count and a self-portrait. Very few complete copies are recorded in libraries, probably because many of the characters portrayed were able to keep the plate with their illustration.

Kronbiegel (Carl Friedrich) Ueber die Sitten, Kleidertrachten und Gebräuche der Altenburgischen Bauern, second edition, 15 hand-coloured engraved plates by Hoppe after Kronbiegel & Ullrich, one large and folding, 2 folding engraved sheets of music at end, title browned, some light offsetting from plates, old bookplates and labels to front endpapers, original cream boards, a little rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, [Bobins 465; Colas 1673], 8vo, Altenburg, C.F.Petersen, 1806. *** Charming work on the customs and costumes of Altenburg, Saxony including a large scene of carousing with a band in a beer hall. First published in 1796. 

Semple (Miss) The Costume of the Netherlands, first edition, half-title (bound after engraved title), engraved title with hand-coloured aquatint vignette and 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates, text in English and French, occasional scattered spotting and light finger-soiling, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, joints a little rubbed, [Bobins 430; Tooley 449; not in Abbey], folio, Ackermann, 1817. 

[Peake (Richard Brinsley)] The Characteristic Costume of France..., first edition in book form, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 18 plates by Peake, plate-guards, some offsetting onto title, light foxing, bookplate to front pastedown, crushed red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spine a little darkened, some light rubbing to joints, g.e., [Abbey, Travel 87; Bobins 544; Colas 2297], folio, William Fearman, 1819. *** Depicting a variety of scenes including arriving at Calais, fishermen, the interior of a coffee house, the Palais Royale, a gambling table, street characters, the catacombs and a morgue. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Godsmid-Stern-Salomons (armorial bookplate).

Moro (C., editor) Episodios de la Guerra de Africa 1859-1860, first edition, 2 lithograph vignette titles, one printed in sepia, the other in blue, 24 tinted lithograph plates, extra-illustrated with 4 lithograph portraits, one with marginal repair, all leaves guarded, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Bobins 1587], oblong folio, Madrid, C. Moro, [1860]. *** Rare pictorial account of the war between Spain and Morocco, which culminated with victory for the Spanish at Tetuan. Several artists and lithographers were involved in the production of this "patriotic and propagandistic work" (Bobins): Carlos Mugica, Vicente Urrabieta, Eusebio Zarza, Jose Villegas and Bernardo Blanco. 

Egan (Pierce) The Life of an Actor, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 26 plates by and after Theodore Lane, illustrations, one or two plates with marginal foxing, lightly offset but generally clean, original pictorial boards with 2 vignettes to upper cover and 3 to lower, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, spine torn and repaired, preserved in later cloth folder and drop-front box, slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Life 414; Tooley 195], 8vo, 1825. *** Rarely found in the original boards.

European Delineator (The): containing brief, but interesting descriptions of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway &c, first edition, 20 hand-coloured engraved costume plates, p.17 torn and repaired, original printed wrappers bound in, later calf, spine gilt, [Bobins 1516; not in Abbey or Colas], 8vo, Leeds, S. & T. Topham, 1815. *** Lovely copy of a scarce work with only two appearances at auction -1977 (missing one plate) and 1901.  

[Bowyer (Robert)] The Campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and other principal scenes of action, first edition, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates on 4 sheets (1 fodling), engraved plan and 2 plates of portraits, wood-engraved illustration, original boards, rebacked with later cloth, printed label to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, later endpapers, [Abbey, Life 354; Bobins 1134; Tooley 98], folio, by T. Bensley and Son, 1816. 

Robertson (Archibald) A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, 2 vol., first edition, without half-title in vol.1, with 65 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 11 engraved maps (all but one double-page), errata leaf at end of vol.2, very occasional light offsetting, one plate in vol.1 with small nick to outer margin repaired, a fine copy in handsome later green calf, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, g.e., upper cover of vol.2 a little faded, very slightly rubbed at edges, rebacked, spines tooled in gilt and blind with red roan labels, [Abbey, Scenery 24, uncoloured; Bobins 714], 8vo, for the author, 1792. *** Rare to find the plates coloured.

Rowlandson (Thomas) Petticoat Loose: A Fragmentary "Tale of the Castle", first edition, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by Rowlandson, occasional foxing, later calf, gilt, g.e., 4to, Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1812. *** A poem on the fall of an under-petticoat at a ball at Dublin Castle. The Albert M. Cohn copy with bookplate.  

Egerton (Daniel Thomas) The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion, first edition,12 hand-coloured engraved plates, light scattered spotting, contemporary half calf with red morocco label to spine, upper cover detached, extremities rubbed, original upper wrapper bound in, [Abbey, Life 286; Bobins 642; Tooley 204], oblong folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [watermark 1824] *** Rare first edition; illustrating the essential qualities of a fashionable beau, the captions below providing ironic commentary on the foibles of the time.

Onwhyn (Joseph & Thomas) Costumes of the time of George II designed for Her Majesty's State Ball, first edition, lithographed throughout with pictorial title and 11 hand-coloured plates of ladies of the court, original red cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, a little rubbed and soiled, recased, [Bobins 696; Colas 2249], 8vo, John Lee, [1845]. *** Library Hub lists only 2 copies (BL and V & A).

Frankland (Sir Robert) The Southern Hounds, first edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, original dark brown wrappers bound in at end, later dark green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere, g.e., [cf. Schwerdt II, p.168 for later issue; Siltzer p.121; not in Jeanson or Tooley; Bobins 1180], oblong folio, C. Turner, 1813-15. *** The fine plates bear different imprints from those cited by Schwerdt, although many of the dates correspond. This copy with all plates reading "by C. Turner Warren Street [or 50 Warren Street] Fitzroy Square". Plate 2 is dated "October 21, 1814" and plate 5 "July 1st, 1813", both undated in the Schwerdt copy. 

Dawe (George, engraver) The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates, no title or letterpress as issued, slight marginal soiling, later red morocco, gilt, by Riviere, t.e.g., [Abbey, Life 310], 4to, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. *** Lovely suite of plates which follow a nobleman through his inheritance to gambling, partying, womanising and borrowing money to a duel and his death-bed. Rare at auction with only one copy, in the original 3 parts (2015) since 1968. 

Aikman (James) An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton, revised and corrected by Several of the Knights, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 4 double-page hand-coloured lithographed plates by Nichol after W. Gordon, scattered spotting, ink name to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine and corners, spine ends a little chipped, [Bobins 1633], 4to, Edinburgh, Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1839. 

[Browne (Hablot K.)], "Phiz". A Run with the Stag Hounds, first edition, 12 chromolithographed plates by Browne finished by hand, a very good, clean copy, book label to front pastedown, original pictorial boards, sympathetically rebacked and recornered in modern morocco, [Bobins 1393; Schwerdt, I p.84], oblong folio, Fores, [1863]. 

[Bunbury (Henry William)] "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen, first 8vo edition, 29 hand-coloured etched plates by Thomas Rowlandson, some foxing, browning and offsetting, uncut in original drab boards, rebacked preserving original paper spine label, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [not in Abbey or Tooley; Bobins 1190], 8vo, 1809. 

Alken (Henry) [Thoughts while Fox Hunting], first edition, 6 hand-coloured etched plates after Alken, plate 1 with short tear and slightly soiled at lower edge, plate 4 torn and repaired along inner plate-mark, a few trimmed to just within plate-mark at lower edge but captions and imprints all intact, later green half morocco, gilt, lettered "Going a Pace" on upper cover, spine slightly faded, [Siltzer p.73; Bobins 1625; not in Abbey, Mellon or Tooley], oblong folio, Thos. McLean, 1833. 

Reinhardt (Joseph) A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, titles and text in English and French, 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates, paper guards, occasional light marginal spotting or soiling but generally clean, English text leaf to plate XIV torn but no loss, original half red straight-grain morocco, paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, [Bobins 496; Colas 2531; Not in Abbey], 4to, James Goodwin, [1828].  *** Colas regards this edition as superior to the first of 1822, the paper is heavier and the colouring "plus beau".

Alken (Henry) Sporting Notions, first edition, complete set of 36 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings or etchings with aquatint, on thick paper with good margins, 1 plate ("Notions") with repaired tear running into plate margin, occasional very slight toning and some light finger-soiling to margins, title taken from upper wrapper, trimmed and laid onto card with ruled border, contemporary half morocco, morocco label to upper cover, gilt, extremities a little rubbed, g.e., [Bobins 1381; Schwerdt I p.23; Siltzer p.73; Tooley 54], folio, T.McLean, 1832-33. 

Horn (Wilhelm) Maehrens ausgezeichnete Volkstrachten, first edition, title printed in various colours, 30 hand-coloured lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, one plate a little smaller than rest, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, upper cover a little wormed and abraded, extremities rubbed, [Bobins 1043; not in Colas or Lipperheide], folio, Bruenn, R. Rohrer, 1837. *** Striking costume plates of the different regions of Austria. 

Roberts (Peter) The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, an Account of some Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions, of Wales..., first edition, lacking half-title, with 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates and one engraved plate, tissue guards, without advertisements at end, plates a little browned, text rather foxed, tear to L8 repaired, later half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 520; Bobins 713; Tooley 403], 8vo, 1815.

[Combe (William)] The Tour of Doctor Prosody, first edition, frontispiece and 19 plates, all hand-coloured aquatints, the frontispiece by George Cruikshank, the others by Charles Williams and William Read, the plates bound together immediately after the 'advertisement to the reader' leaf and before the text, occasional spotting, frontispiece slightly offset on title, uncut in original drab boards, spine chipped and repaired, neatly titled in manuscript on spine, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Abbey, Life 277; Cohn 675; Tooley 433; Bobins 1328], 8vo, London, Edinburgh & Glasgow, 1821. *** Provenance: Henry C. Taylor (bookplate) - who bequeathed a large part of his library to the Beinecke Library. 

[Lachmuller (John Baptist)] Die grosse öffentliche Maskerade zu Pferde und zu Wagen in Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1837, first edition, 27 hand-coloured lithographs, loose as issued, faint spotting to plates 16 & 17 only, original printed paper wrappers, marginal finger-soiling, small repairs to top edge, housed in modern green clamshell box, morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins IV, 1240; Lipperheide Sn 27], folio, Bamberg, J.B. Lachmüller, [n.d. but 1837] *** This event was held to celebrate the Fastnacht, the German equivalent of carnival which was celebrated at the beginning of Lent. This was a highly significant event in the Germanic calendar and the present suite offers a beautifully detailed insight into the costumes and the pageantry of  the public procession, capturing the local people riding on either horseback, wagons, or in carriages, as they parade through the town of Bamberg. 

[Collier (John)], "Tim Bobbin". The Passions, Humourously Delineated, second edition, later issue, engraved portrait, hand-coloured engraved pictorial dedication and 25 hand-coloured engraved plates, some soiling to plates and a few small stains, spotting and light offsetting to text, pictorial dedication slightly frayed and chipped at edges (repaired), near contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, 4to, Edward Orme, 1810 [plates water-marked 1825]. *** Written and illustrated by the self-styled "Lancashire Hogarth" this satirical poem was first published in 1773. This is the first coloured edition, dedicated by the publisher to the "Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Tradesmen of Lancashire; more particularly of Manchester".

Eric Henri Kennington R.A. (British, 1888-1960)Ruined Buildings signed 'E.H. KENNINGTON.' (lower right)pencil, gouache and chalk on paper46 x 58cm (18 1/8 x 22 13/16in).Footnotes:The present lot appears to be one of a series of landscape works executed by Kennington whilst working as an Official War Artist in World War One. Kennington's career as a War Artist began in the latter half of the war, after the artist received an honourable medical discharge in June 1915 due to a wound in the left foot. Initially, Kennington was affiliated with the Department of Information, and under their employment returned to France as an artist in 1917. It was in this period that Kennington began to execute his landscapes and 'hut-scapes', which depict the abandoned buildings and ruined countryside in Ribecourt, Havrincourt and Bourlon. These works, primarily executed in pastel, were in the words of the artist, a documentation of the 'oddity and sadness and compete novelty' of the decimated landscape in France during the conflict (J. Black, Eric Kennington and William Rothenstein and the Landscape of the Western Front, 1917-1919, in S. McDougall ed., William Rothenstein and His Circle, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 2016). Many of these drawings, of which more than fifty were produced, were shown at the Leicester Galleries in an exhibition titled The British Soldier', which took place in June and July 1918, and at a show at The Alpine Club in July 1920. Although critical attention during and after the war from fellow artists such as Orpen and art critics such as Frank Rutter, focused only on the artist's mastery as a portraitist, these haunting, unpopulated landscapes, which, in the words of Jonathan Black, give 'the impression of having only just been vacated by combatants whose fate was unknown', are as powerful in their illustration of the cost of war as his best known portrait works, such as Gassed and Wounded (J. Black, Eric Kennington and William Rothenstein and the Landscape of the Western Front, 1917-1919, in S. McDougall ed., William Rothenstein and His Circle, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 2016). As outlined by Emma Notfors, one of Kennington's primary aims as an Official War Artist was 'communicating the dire conditions' faced by soldiers on the Western Front (E. Notfors, An Outside View: Illustrations to the 1926 Subscribers' Edition of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, in Textual Cultures, vol. 10, no. 2, 2016, p. 12). Works such as the present lot, in addition to similar examples held in the Imperial War Museum collection including A Camouflaged Tent, A Shattered House and A Tree-Stump, form a vital part of Kennington's documentation of the reality of life as a British Tommy. Unlike many of the artists who were commissioned to depict the conflict, Kennington worked on or near the front-lines, and was of a similar age and service experience to the soldiers serving in combat positions. For this reason, Kennington was well acquainted with the realities of war, and throughout his career constantly strove to depict the true nature of the conflicts he documented, frequently at the expense of his own professional development. Often executed in-situ, and in less than forty-five minutes, these landscape works epitomise Kennington's focus on direct observation and objective documentation of life on the frontlines, a focus that was at odds with the overtly patriotic tone propounded by the Ministry of Information in this period.Formally, Ruined Buildings is a striking example of Kennington's mastery of the pastel, which remained one of the artist's primary mediums throughout his lifetime. In one of the only comprehensive studies of the artist's landscape works, Eric Kennington and William Rothenstein and the Landscape of the Western Front, 1917-1919, Jonathan Black describes how the pastel drawings suggest 'the forensic precision of Dürer's intense studies of the natural world combined with the lyrical Romanticism and mania for detail of the early Pre-Raphaelites' (J. Black, Eric Kennington and William Rothenstein and the Landscape of the Western Front, 1917-1919, in S. McDougall ed., William Rothenstein and His Circle, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 2016). The present lot showcases this meticulous attention to detail in its rendering of the semi-destroyed architectural structure, which dissolves into a landscape suggested by expressive swathes of colour. World War One heralded a change in Kennington's artistic style, which in 1914 was decidedly traditionalist (J. Black, Reading Behind the Lines: War Artists, War Poets, Reading and Letter Writing, 1917-1919, in E.G.C. King and S. Towheed ed., Reading and the First World War: Readers, Texts, Archives, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2015, p. 171). Kennington first rose to critical attention with his pre-War painting Costermongers (La Cuisine Ambulante), which was purchased by William Nicholson. The experience of working as an Official War Artist led Kennington to be more adventurous with medium and composition post-war, a change which can be seen when comparing this 1914 work with the ambitious reverse glass painting The Kensingtons at Laventie. Ruined Buildings, as a more casual study produced during the conflict, provides a unique insight into this artistic development. There is no doubt that Eric Kennington is best remembered as a portraitist. Laura Brandon's Art and War and Joanna Bourke's comprehensive survey of the field, War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict, both include references to Kennington as a painter of portraits, with no reference to his proliferation of landscape studies (L. Brandon, Art & War, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, London, 2012, p. 43; M. Bohm-Duchen, The Two World Wars, in J. Bourke ed., War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict, Reaktion Books, London, 2017, p. 112). Brandon goes so far as to use Kennington as a foil to Paul Nash, characterising Nash's focus on the landscape of war as a departure from tradition in comparison to the work of Kennington. Both authors overlook the artist's numerous depictions of the effect of war on the natural world, a preoccupation which prefigures the turn towards de-populated landscapes in 21st century war art. Often overlooked due to their small size and humble medium, pieces such as Ruined Buildings remain a reminder not just of the destruction of war, but of how, in spite of this, the natural world continues to flourish.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com