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Lot 123
Samoa Silver 10 Dollars 2017 'St Paul's Cathedral,' obv. Queen's portrait by Rank-Broadley, small shield with arms of Samoa below, rev. '4-layer' concave three-dimensional view of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral London viewed from below in minute & highly intricate detail; diameter 55mm, thickness 5mm, wt. 100g .999 silver, antique silver finish, limited edition of 999 coins; with certificate of authenticity, in fitted wooden case of issue, FDC as issued, together with New Zealand silver proof dollar 2015 'Longest Reigning Monarch' obv. wreath of roses around Queen's portrait by Rank-Broadley & rev. first Queen's portrait by Mary Gillick (1953), both portraits gold-plated; the silver proof coin (diameter 40mm, wt. 1 troy oz .999 silver) is encapsulated & swivel-mounted (allowing the coin to rotate) in a nickel-plated zinc alloy outer ring giving a total diameter of 59mm & total weight of 93g; with certificate of authenticity, in a leatherette display case FDC as issued
Lot 178
Australia Currency Set 2016 commemorating 50 years of decimalisation, an 8-coin set comprising 6 x cupro-nickel coins struck by the Royal Australian Mint - 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, 1 dollar & 2 dollars with reverses replicating the reverse designs of the first issue of decimal coins in 1966, together with 2 x silver proof 1 dollar coins struck by the Perth Mint (each 40.6mm diameter, 31.13g .999 silver) with reverses replicating the reverses of the bronze 1 & 2 cent coins issued in 1966; limited edition of 95 sets (this set No. 24) with certificate of authenticity, individually encapsulated in case of issue BU, together with Silver Kangaroo Set 2012 comprising 2 x 1 dollar, both 1oz .999 silver, one with diameter 32.6mm, 5mm thickness, struck in high relief on concave surfaces, other 40mm with frosted relief detail; with certificate of authenticity, individually encapsulated in fitted Westminster case, both prooflike BU & a silver 5 dollars 2015 '800th Anniversary of Magna Carta' 31.1g, .999 silver, rectangular shape 40mm x 28mm, antique silver finish, obv. Queen's portrait by Rank-Broadley, denomination '5 dollars' below, rev. original Magna Carta with King John's royal seal attached; with certificate of authenticity, in case of issue, UNC
Lot 105
David (Elizabeth) French Country Cooking, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1951; and Elizabeth David's Michelin map of Lyon, with her initials to upper corner, 8vo (2)
Lot 107
NO RESERVE Music.- Milne (A. A.) Songs from "Now We Are Six", first edition, music by H. Fraser-Simson, illustrated by E. H. Shepard, original cloth-backed boards, illustrated paper label to upper cover, extremities a little rubbed, 1927 § Grove (Lilly) Dancing, Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, plates, title foxed, original cloth, rebacked and recornered in roan, 1901; and 34 others, music, v.s. (36)
Lot 108
NO RESERVE Sports and pastimes.- Taylor (Samuel) Angling, first edition, half-title, lacking frontispiece, publisher's advertisements and index, some damp staining and soiling, 20th century calf-backed boards, for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800 § Radcliffe (F. P. Delmé) The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, engraved frontispiece and additional title, plates and illustrations, previous ownership signature to title, partially removed, some browning and spotting, 20th century calf-backed boards, 1839; and 25 others, sport, v.s. (27)
Lot 111
Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., sixth edition, 1826; History of Quadrupeds, eighth edition, 1824, title vignette and illustrations, bookplates to pastedown, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, vol.1 of the first is rebacked preserving contemporary spine strip, lightly rubbed, Newcastle § Swammerdam (Jan) et al. The Natual History of Insects...intended as a companion to Buffon's Natural History, contemporary calf, worn, for Perth, R. Morrison, 1792; and another edition of Bewick's Quadrupeds, 8vo (5)
![[Ellison (Rev. Cuthbert)] "Q.Z.". A Most Pleasant Description of Benwel Village, in the County of Northumberland ... by Q. Z.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e57fc01d-4601-4a97-bb27-ac5d00c4a35e/e033639d-9dff-4d13-80a3-ac5d010c9b60/468x382.jpg)
Lot 12
[Ellison (Rev. Cuthbert)] "Q.Z.". A Most Pleasant Description of Benwel Village, in the County of Northumberland ... by Q. Z., first edition, 2 parts bound in 1, title torn, neatly restored, 7pp. manuscript notes on Ellison and manuscript label reading 'Earl of Northumberland 1856' bound at beginning, lightly browned, additional title to vol. 2 in alternate setting bound at end, later morocco-backed boards, 12mo, [Foxon E298], Newcastle upon Tyne, John White, 1726.⁂ A description of two excursions from Newcastle to the inn at Benwell, in verses of doggerel, including much on food, drink, agriculture and current affairs.
Lot 123
Astronomy.- Bonnycastle (John) An Introduction to Astronomy. In a Series of Letters ..., first edition, 20 engraved plates, 7 folding, one with tear repaired with scrap of manuscript vellum, small marginal loss (E2), tape repair, occasional faint pencil marginal markings, previous owner's ink signature to title, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1786.
Lot 124
Astronomy.- Bryan (Margaret) A Compendious System of Astronomy, in a Course of Familiar Lectures, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by author, engraved portrait frontispiece and 17 plates, diagrams in text, list of subscribers including Astronomer Royal Rev. Dr. Maskelyne, corrections inserted by hand, lacking 2H2 (blank), occasional faint spotting, near contemporary straight-grain morocco, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1797.⁂ Margaret Bryan opened at school for girls near Hyde Park Corner in the 1790s, relocating to Blackheath in 1795. Unusually she focused her pupils' education on mathematics and science.
Lot 125
Astronomy.- Bryan (Margaret) Lectures on Natural Philosophy, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by author, engraved portrait frontispiece and 36 plates, occasional spotting, faint off-setting, yellow silk endpapers, front free endpaper becoming loose, contemporary straight-grain morocco, rubbed and worn, for the Authoress, 1806.⁂ Margaret Bryan opened at school for girls near Hyde Park Corner in the 1790s, relocating to Blackheath in 1795. Unusually she focused her pupils' education on mathematics and science.
Lot 127
NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Greig (John) Astrography, or the Heavens Displayed, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 3 plates (1 folding), illustrations, occasional underlining and marginal pencil notes, previous owner's stencilled initials to blank, occasional faint spotting and faint off-setting, contemporary calf, rebacked, slight bumping to corners, 8vo, 1810.⁂ Scarce. Only 3 on Library Hub, all in the UK (Manchester Public Libraries, British Library & National Library of Scotland).
Lot 132
Astronomy.- Whitwell (Catherine Vale) An Astronomical Catechism; or, Dialogues between a Mother and her Daughter, first edition, engraved hand-coloured folding frontispiece and 22 plates, 2 hand-coloured, 5 folding with one or two tears, ink signature to title, loss to title foot, errata bound in, corrections inserted by hand, occasional spotting, one or two short marginal tears, contemporary half-calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed, 8vo, for and sold by the author, [1818].
Lot 136
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Trousset (Etienne Berard) Histoire de la Fievre qui a régné épidémiquement a Grenoble..., first edition, with final two leaves bound before title, contemporary ink signature on title and with one or two annotations to lower margins, stitched into contemporary red wrappers, a little faded, Grenoble, J.L.A.Giroud, An VIII [1799] § Timbs (John) Doctors and Patients, second, revised edition, advertisement leaf at end, name erased at head of title, original cloth, light staining to fore-edge, 1876, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an account of the typhus epidemic which ravaged the south eastern French town of Grenoble at the end of the eighteenth century. It appears to have been spread by the military from Grenoble to Nice and into parts of Italy, affecting all ages and classes of society. Library Hub lists one copy only in the UK (Wellcome Library).
Lot 137
NO RESERVE Meteorology.- Bohun (Ralph) A Discourse Concerning the Origine and Properties of the Wind. With an Historcall Account of Hurricanes and other Tempestuous Winds, first edition, 3 engraved illustrations in text, 1 trimmed at plate mark, lacking preliminary blank and 9 ff. at beginning (Preface and most of Contents), corrections inserted by hand, occasional marginal spotting and staining, some leaves neatly strengthened at edges, title and final leaf with areas of loss, neatly laid down, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Wing B3463; Sabin 6146], 8vo, Oxford, W. Hall for Tho. Bowman, 1671; sold not subject to return⁂ One of the earliest works on winds in English. In compiling the text, Bohun gathered information from sea-captains and other travellers. Includes references to the West Indies, Florida and Guiana.
![Food.- ["Secundus (Dick Humelbergius)"] Apician Morsels; or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder, engraved frontispiece a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e57fc01d-4601-4a97-bb27-ac5d00c4a35e/e6e8fc7b-b2fd-4e50-9137-ac5d010dc19a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 14
Food.- ["Secundus (Dick Humelbergius)"] Apician Morsels; or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder, engraved frontispiece and one plate, light spotting to title, contemporary cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, 1834 § Doran (Dr.) Table Traits, with something on them, first edition, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1854 § Simmonds (Peter Lund) The Curiosities of Food, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1859; and another, similar, 8vo (4)
Lot 140
NO RESERVE Affo (Ireneo) Vita del graziosissimo pittore Francesco Mazzola detto Il Parmigianino, second edition, later small ink stamp of Dr. Hans Semper of Innsbruck at head of title, later vellum-backed boards, uncut, spine titled in manuscript, Parma, Filippo Carmignani, 1784 § Leoni (Michele) Pitture di Antonio Allegri da Corregio, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Modena, 1841 § Mengz (Antonio Raffaele) Lettera...Primo Pittor di Camera di S.M.C. a Don Antonio Ponz, wood-engraved title-vignette, contemporary mottled wrappers, Turin, 1777 § Quilliet (F.) Dictionnaire des Peintres Espagnols, half-title signed by author on verso, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Paris, 1816, some light foxing, a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first is one of the earliest biographies of the painter Il Parmigianino, by the ducal librarian at Parma, published a year after the first edition in Venice.
![[Christie (James)] A Disquisition upon Etruscan Vases; displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and th](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e57fc01d-4601-4a97-bb27-ac5d00c4a35e/d81dacac-fa4f-4919-8ae8-ac5d010c9c5b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 146
[Christie (James)] A Disquisition upon Etruscan Vases; displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, first edition, one of 100 large paper copies for presentation, this copy inscribed "To Wm. Morland Esqre. a memorandum of gratitude from the Author" on verso of title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and 16 plates, some offsetting, occasional foxing, mostly marginal, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-stamped calf label to upper cover, uncut, [Blackmer 347], folio, William Bulmer & Co. for T.Becket, 1806.⁂ Privately printed for the author's friends this handsome work describes vases in the British Museum and the collection of Thomas Hope. William Morland (1739-1815), banker, MP for Taunton 1796-1806, and art collector.
Lot 149
Fréart de Chambray (Roland) Parallèle de l'architecture antique et de la moderne, contenant les profils des plus beaux édifices de Rome comparés avec les dix principaux autheurs qui ont écrit des cinq ordres ; sçavoir Palladio et Scamozzi, Serlio et Vignole, D. Barbaro et Cataneo, first edition, fine engraved additional pictorial title incorporating an oval portrait of François Sublet de Noyers (the author's cousin and impetus for the book) by Tournier, printed title with large engraved vignette, 40 full-page engraved illustrations by Charles Errard, engraved head- and tail-pieces and a few initials, some spotting and mostly marginal staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Berlin Kat. 2374; Fowler 127; Cicognara 507; Avery 78], folio, Paris, Edmé Martin, 1650.⁂ First edition of this important comparative study which 'launched the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in architectural theory. His commentary identified sizable differences among the ''modern'' orders, despite the fact that all the Renaissance authors professed to follow the inviolable proportions of antiquity. Leaving his faith in the divine nature of proportion unquestioned, he attacked modern inventions and called for a return to the untainted forms of Greek classicism' (Avery). Provenance: 'De Legendre' (contemporary ink inscription to printed title); Theodore Besterman (bookplate).
Lot 152
Lehmann (Gottfried Arnold) Samlung Schöner Ansichten und Vorzüglicher Gebäude in und um Hamburg, suite of 4 fine engravings of country houses, plate-mark c.170 x 190mm., rich impressions with good margins, very light marginal foxing, loose as issued in original wrappers with engraved title on upper cover, uncut, lower wrapper a little spotted and with faint central crease, oblong 4to, Hamburg, 1799.⁂ Unrecorded. The suite was reissued by Karl Tauchnitz later in 1799 with 3 additional plates and the plates numbered 1-7. This is the first state with only 4 plates as called for on the cover and plates unnumbered. WorldCat lists only one copy of the Tauchnitz edition (Hamburg University Library) and that contains only 5 of the 7 plates.
Lot 154
Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly browned, occasional scattered spotting, later half calf sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, extremities a little worn, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.
Lot 156
NO RESERVE Webb (Daniel) An Inquiry into the Beauty of Painting..., second edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title and notes to front pastedown, contemporary calf, R. & J.Dodsley, 1761 § Watelet (C.H.) L'Art de Peindre. Poeme...sur les differentes parties de la peinture, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with vignette, engraved head-pieces and 2 plates (slightly shaved), old ink inscriptions, modern book-label of Pamela & Raymond Lister and bookplate of John Harris, pencil sketches to rear, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, Amsterdam, 1761 § Laugier (Marc Antoine) Maniere de bien juger des ouvrages de peinture, first edition, privilege leaf at end, light browning at beginning and end, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, Paris, C.-A.Jombert, 1771, rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)
Lot 157
Woodworking.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner ou de fair en perfection toutes sourtes d'ouvrages au tour, double column, engraved additional pictorial title, device to title, vignette to head of dedication and 80 plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, 1 upper corner little worn, rubbed at extremities, a solid copy, [Singer IV, p.382], folio, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1749.⁂ Expanded edition of the first work devoted exclusively to the lathe, with much on ornamental wood turning.
Lot 158
Faret (Nicolas) L'Honeste Homme, ou l'Art de Plaire a la Cour, second edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut ornaments and initials, light water-staining to title, minor repairs to free endpapers, old limp vellum, rubbed and stained, spine defective at head (repaired), 8vo, Paris, Nicolas & Jean de la Coste, 1639.⁂ Scarce collection of commonplaces from 16th century authors producing a new social etiquette for 17th century France. It was first published in 1630 and translated into English in 1632 by Edward Grimestone, who dedicated it to Richard Hubert, a courtier and Groom-Porter to Charles I. There were several 17th century editions, all of which are scarce; Library Hub lists one copy only dated 1639 (Wadham College, Oxford) but this has a different imprint.Faret (1596-1646) was one of the founder members of the Académie Française and the first occupant of seat number nine.
Lot 16
Griffith (Acton Frederick) Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title, woodcut portraits in text, short tear to final leaf, remnants of ink-stamps to title and final leaf, later half-calf, a little rubbed, 1815 § [Ritson (Joseph)] Bibliographia Poetica: a Catalogue of Engleish Poets, lacking chapter title to 'Poets of the Twelfth Century', small stain (B6-8), contemporary calf, rebacked, 1802; 8vo (2)
Lot 160
Elzevier.- Arabic.- Golius (Jacobus) Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, first edition, double column, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional ink marginalia, a few ff. loose, or working loose, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with large red morocco label, upper corners repaired, lower corners little worn, covers rubbed and marked, [Willems 723; Schnurier 79], folio, Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1653.⁂ A handsome production, in fact printed by Jean and Daniel Elzevier, but printed under their fathers' names as a tribute. Golius was an orientalist and mathematician at the University of Leiden. Provenance: Henry George Farmer, Bearsden, Scotland; 'Ex Bibliotheca Elzeviriana Jacobi Brovn Craven Kirkvallensis' (bookplates); J. Hollywood (19th century ink signature to head of title).
Lot 163
NO RESERVE Darrell (William) Il gentiluomo istruito nella condotta d'una virtuosa, e felice vita, first edition in Italian, half-title, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, library ink stamp to verso of title and at end, occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, little stained, large 8vo, Padua, Giovanni Manfre, 1746.⁂ Darrell (1651-1721) English Jesuit theologian and writer, who was a member of the Catholic Darrell family of Scotney Castle, Sussex. He died at St. Omer's College in Artois, France.
Lot 164
Condillac (Étienne Bonnot de) Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines, 2 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.2 only, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting and light browning, contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt and with red morocco labels, spine ends little chipped, vol.1 joints splitting, but holding firm, corners little worn, rubbed, III, p.474], Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1746; Psychology.- Traité des Sensations, a Madame la Comtesse de Vassé, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting and light staining, contemporary cat's paw calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with double red morocco labels, spine ends little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Tchemerzine III, 477; En français dans le texte 158; Garrison & Morton 4968], London & Paris, De Bure the elder, 1754, 12mo (4)⁂ I: Condillac's first work. II: 'The most extreme statement of the notion that the mind is a tabula rasa formed completely by experience. Condillac focused entirely on the sensations as the source of knowledge' (Rieber & Gach 114).
Lot 167
Klinger (Friedrich Maximilian) Les Aventures du docteur Faust et sa descente aux enfers, first edition in French, engraved frontispiece, additional portrait title and 5 plates, lacking half-title, some browning and staining, occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, spine gilt, Amsterdam, Les Libraires asssociés, 1798; and 2 19th century French novels from the library of the Duchesse de Berry at Brunsee, 8vo (3)⁂ Scarce. The plate at p.243 shows a lady viewing pornographic images on a type of magic lantern.
Lot 17
Grimod De La Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent) Almanach des Gourmands, 3 vol. only of 8, vol. 1 third edition, vol. 2 second edition, vol. 3 first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, occasional spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, Maradan, 1804-05; and others, duplicates of vols. 1 & 2, 12mo, (5)
Lot 171
NO RESERVE Music.- Wagner (Richard) Ueber die Auffuhrung des Buhnenfestspieles der Ring des Nibelungen. Eine Mittheilung und Aufforderung an die Freunde seiner Kunst, first edition, a copy given as a gift by the author, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers, chipped, housed in later cloth-backed boards, Leipzig, E.W. Fritsch, 1871; and another, Wagner, large 8vo & 8vo (2)⁂ An inscription to foot of upper wrapper reads 'Geschenk von R. Wagner, Mai 1871, R. Pohl'.
Lot 19
Hickes (George) Institutiones Grammaticæ Anglo-Saxonicæ et Moeso-Gothicæ, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title, blank at end of first part (P2), bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, small loss to spine head, 4to, [Wing H1851], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1689.⁂ Contains an Icelandic vocabulary and the first printed list of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts.
Lot 194
NO RESERVE Smith (John) Chronicon Rusticum-Commerciale; or, Memoirs of Wool, &c..., 2 vol., first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, 20th century half calf, a very clean set, [ESTC T99998], 8vo, T. Osborne, 1747.⁂ Written to oppose restrictions on the exportation of wool, Smith's work provides a historical compendium on the subject, particularly in Great Britain.
Lot 196
NO RESERVE Shooting.- Coote (Hon. Robert) The compleat marksman: or, the true art of shooting-flying: a poem, second edition, first two ff. stained, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd page number, some spotting and light staining, final 2 ff. detaching, 18th century parchment boards, parchment starting to lift at foot of spine, stained, rubbed, [Schwerdt IV, p. 23; Chute, Shooting flying: a bibliography, 127 ('very rare')], 8vo, Printed for C. Henderson, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill; and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, [1760].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only four copies. 'An amusing poem on the preparation for a day's walking up with pointers, largely a plagiarism of Markland (1727) but more charming.' (Chute).
Lot 197
NO RESERVE Burney (Fanny) Cecilia or Memoirs of an Heiress, 5 vol., first edition, contemporary calf, hinge repaired to vol.1, title to vol.2 restored, for T. Payne and son, 1782 § [Parsons (Robert)] The Jesuit's Memorial, for the Intended Reformation of England..., half-title, 18th century calf, rebacked, for Richard Chiswel, 1690; and c.65 others, mostly 17th and 18th century, v.s. (c. 70)
Lot 204
Herbert (William) Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery: Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 23 plates, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary calf, lightly speckled with paint, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, 1804.
![First naval novel.- [Davis (John)] The Post-Captain; or, The Wooden Walls well manned; comprehending a view of naval society](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e57fc01d-4601-4a97-bb27-ac5d00c4a35e/efd8e218-5ef0-438d-ac08-ac5d010cb9d6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 205
First naval novel.- [Davis (John)] The Post-Captain; or, The Wooden Walls well manned; comprehending a view of naval society and manners, first edition, wood-engraved vignette of a schooner to title, aquatint frontispiece (not called for), the odd instance of pencil marginalia, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 20th century navy blue half calf, gilt spine in compartments with anchor motifs and a white leather label, little rubbed, [Sadleir 678], 8vo, Thomas Tegg, 1806.⁂ A rare copy of what may be considered the first English language naval novel. Chapter XX (beginning p.112) is 'The Story of Mr. Keith's Captivity among the American Indians'. Davis's practical knowledge had been gleaned from his time at sea, first on an East Indiaman, and then Sir Edmund Nagle's frigate Artois in 1794. He rose to the rank of acting lieutenant, leaving the Navy when the Artois was wrecked in 1797. Post-Captain was published immediately after Trafalgar.
Lot 21
Indonesia.- Marsden (William) The History of Sumatra, containing an Account of the Government, Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Native Inhabitants ..., first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, tear, expertly repaired, 1 plate, previous owner's ink inscription to title and front pastedown, occasional marginal spotting and staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1783.
Lot 210
NO RESERVE Biographies.- Coxe (William) Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, 3 vol., first edition, engraved plates, plans and maps, some folding, bookplate to pastedown, 20th century buckram-backed boards, 1818; Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole..., engraved portrait frontispiece and plates, some offsetting, spotting and browning, contemporary ink ownership signature to title, original boards, 1802; and c.105 others, biography and letters etc., v.s. (c.110)
Lot 212
NO RESERVE First published work.- Macaulay (Thomas Babington) Pompeii, first edition of the author's first published work, initial 'Notes' f., additional wood-engraved vignette title by R. Austin, some spotting, lightly browned, charming red wrappers in imitation of red straight-grain morocco, gilt, neatly rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, J. Smith, 1819.
Lot 226
NO RESERVE Decorative bindings.- Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata, contemporary vellum, richly gilt, lightly faded, Firenze, 1846 § Montalembert (Charles Forbes comte de) The Monks of the West from St Benedict to St Bernard, first English edition, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, 1861; and 41 others, decorative bindings, v.s. (43)
Lot 241
Mitchell (J. A.) The Last American, deluxe edition, illustrated by F. W. Read and the author, colour frontispiece and 7 plates, bookplate to pastedown, previous owner inscription to front free endpaper, first few ff. a working a little loose, original decorative cloth, richly gilt, extremities a little rubbed but overall a near fine example, housed in a custom-made morocco-backed box, 8vo, New York, 1902.
Lot 249
NO RESERVE Jazz.- Carey (Dave) The Directory of Recorded Jazz and Swing Music, first edition, one or two faint spots, original paper wrappers, rubbed, small loss to spine head, Fordingbridge, 1949 § Davies (John R. T.) The Music of Thomas "Fats" Waller with Complete Discography, plates, newspaper clipping pasted inside upper cover, occasional red ink annotations, original paper wrappers, rubbed, n.d. § Autograph Book, c.60 signatures including Humphrey Lyttelton and Sid Phillips, one or two loose leaves, cracked hinges, original stiff card covers, rubbed and worn, loss to spine extremities, c.1948-50; and 11 others, jazz, v.s. (14)
Lot 25
Japan.- Bowes (James L.) Japanese Pottery, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, 16 plates, 1 folding map, illustrations, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed joints, bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1890; Japanese Enamels, first edition, colour frontispiece and 19 plates (1 colour), illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1884; Notes on Shippo: a sequel to Japanese Enamels, first edition, 3 plates, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; and another, similar, 4to (4)
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