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Lot 634
van Gogh, V. VINCENT VAN GOGH: THE SKETCHBOOKS Folio Society and the van Gogh Museum First edition, numbered 72/1000 There are four intact sketchbooks, and a number of loose leaves. The earliest sketchbook in the collection dates back to Van Gogh’s time in Nuenen in the Netherlands, and the last is the sketchbook he used in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, where Van Gogh spent his final days. The other sketchbooks contain work from Nuenen, Antwerp and Paris. The reproduction of these fragile originals is in the hands of The Folio Society, who have extensive expertise in the creation of facsimile editions of medieval and modern masterpieces. Folio case
Lot 2901
Pebbles on a Beach written and illustrated by Simon Palmer, Royall Fine Arts Publication, Tunbridge Wells, 1990, limited edition 124/750 and signed by the author, a first edition of The Green Man by Jane Gardam, illustrated by Mary Fedden, The Windrush Press, Gloucestershire, together with further mixed books (13)
Lot 298
Huxley, Aldous - Eyeless in Gaza, 1st edition, 8vo, cloth, Chatto and Windus, London 1936; Whistler, Laurence - Who Live in Unity, London 1944; Grahame, Kenneth - First Whisper of "The Wind in the Willows". 1st edition, London 1944; Masefield, John - The Hawbucks, one of 275, with dj, London 1929 (4)
Lot 302
Isherwood, Christopher - 5 Works, all first editions: Down There on a Visit (2 copies), one without dj, London 1962; A Single Man, with library stamps, London 1964; A Meeting by the River, London 1967, People One Ought To Know, 1st UK edition, with dj, London 1982 and Finney, Brian - Christopher Isherwood - A Critical Biography (6)
Lot 325
Brocklehurst, Capt. H.C. - Game Animals of the Sudan; their habits and distribution ..., 12 coloured plates by W.H. Riddell, numerous text illustrations and a folded map, gilt pictorial cloth, 1931; Wolhuter, Harry - Memories of a Game-Ranger, 6th edition, portrait frontis and 16 plates, numerous text illustrations, map on endpapers, gilt pictorial cloth, (Johannesburg 1958); together with 13 others on foreign travel and natural historyCONDITION: Brocklehurst-v.sl. wear/marks on cloth, spotting on half and title pages and slightly elsewhere; Wolhuter - sl. 'knocked' on spine, otherwise good copy; Others include Younghusband's Kashmir/Black's Colour Books, repr. 1911, 70 col. plts and folded map, good condition, Seton Thompson's Chinese Lanterns (N.Y. 1924), many photo plts, Very good copy, Roosevelts The Wilderness Hunter (Ist trade edition, 1883), 24 plts, 'edition-de-luxe' notice tipped in, reddish-brown chapter heads (? denotes first issue), gilt pictorial cloth (some wear and marks), few marks etc. inside-with 'used' feel
Lot 521
Number 21 of the 349 Morris Minors finished in lilac with a white leather interior built to celebrate the production of One Million Morris Minors.In recent years this car has formed part of a large collection and as such has received little or no use and an element of recommissioning is to be expected to return it to the road once again. Your inspection pre-sale is welcomed and encouraged to appreciate the potential of this rarely offered motor car which is strictly sold as seen.In 1961 for the first time, a million cars of the same model had been produced by a British manufacturer. To celebrate this achievement, BMC decided to produce a special edition, a concept not tried beforeThe project was to produce 350 Minor Millions in a special lilac paint was chosen, with white leather seats trimmed black. Other treats were front and rear over-riders, wheel trim embellishers and Morris 1,000,000 badging04/01/1961 was the launch date with one car being allocated to each dealer. They are the most prized of the Morris Minor modelsMA2S31000021 was the 21st of these special cars off the line You can now book a one to one appointment (up to one hour) to view this lot at our central location between 11th and 17th September. Please contact Simon Langsdale on 07496 556 325 / simon@classiccarauctions.co.uk to secure your appointment or to discuss the car in more detail. The health and safety of both our customers and team remains the utmost priority, we are therefore operating to strict COVID-19 guidelines and full instructions for arrival and inspection protocols will be given when making your appointment.Click here for more information, condition report and additional photographsSpecification:Registration: 141 KDEYear: 1961Make: MorrisModel: Minor MillionRHD/LHD: RHDChassis Number: MA2S31000021Odometer Reading: 19479 milesEngine Capacity: 948ccEngine Number: 489064Body Colour: LilacInterior Colour: White
Lot 1374
Britannia Volume the First: Or An Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales.... by John Ogilby Esq, a facsimile of the 1675 edition, pub. Alexander Duckham & Co. 1939, with 100 landscape colour plates, fawn cloth, red title label; Sixty Years a Queen and two poetry editions. (4)
![Bond [Michael]; Paddington Marches On, second impression May 1965, Pub. Collins, London, in dustjacket; 'Paddington Abroad' b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/82a2e6c8-5720-4d3d-a8c7-ac1e00db5090/0d5337d8-d8c2-4600-bab2-ac3200f7f1a1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1396
Bond [Michael]; Paddington Marches On, second impression May 1965, Pub. Collins, London, in dustjacket; 'Paddington Abroad' b the same author, third impression August 1966, in (laminated) dustjacket; Nicolai Poliakoff 'Coco The Clown' 1941, pub. Dent & Sons Ltd and Richard Gordon 'Doctor in Love' first edition 1957, pub. Michael Joseph, in dustjacket. (4)
Lot 100
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).
![NO RESERVE [Taylor (Thomas)] A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Calculi and other Animal Concretions contained in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/132de7f1-1056-4962-a730-ac30010906c1/f48f4628-6175-4161-96ad-ac3100c860f7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 102
NO RESERVE [Taylor (Thomas)] A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Calculi and other Animal Concretions contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, Part I only (of 2 and a later supplement), 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates, original cloth, a little rubbed and faded, rebacked, 1842 § Catalogue of the Works in Medicine and Natural History contained in the Radcliffe Library, contemporary morocco, gilt, g.e., a little worn, Oxford, 1835 § Stillingfleet (Benjamin) Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick. To which is added the Calendar of Flora, second edition, 11 engraved plates of grasses, contem;oraryy calf, gilt, rubbed, spots to upper cover, spine ends worn, R. & J.Dodsley, 1762, 4to & 8vo (3)⁂ The first concerns stones formed in the body from mineral salts.
Lot 105
Roman Gaul.- Champollion-Figeac (Jacques-Joseph) Nouvelles Recherches sur la Ville Gauloise d'Uxellodunum, first edition, half-title, 6 folding engraved plates and plans, contemporary calf-backed boards, Paris, 1820 § Seguier (Jean-Francois) Dissertation sur l'Ancienne Inscription de la Maison-Carrée de Nismes, first edition, folding engraved plate of inscription, old ink stamps of Royal Library, Berlin in red and black to verso of title, old book-label of Paul Wallich, contemporary vellum, Paris, N.M.Tilliard, 1759 § Bast (M.J.de) Recueil d'Antiquités Romains et Gauloises, trouvées dans la Flandre, half-title, 3 engraved plates, errata leaf, signed by printer on verso of title, inscription to half-title crossed out, contemporary half sheep, corners and head of spine worn, Gand, 1804, a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (3)⁂ The first is an account of the site of Uxellodunum, and the last revolt of the Gauls against Rome which culminated in a famous siege of this formidable iron-age fortress by Julius Caesar himself in 51BC. The author was the elder brother of Jean-François Champollion-Figeac, decipherer of the Rosetta Stone. The second is the earliest monograph on the Maison-Carrée of Nismes, the best preserved Roman temple in Gaul. Seguier deciphered the inscription revealing the dedication to two grandsons of Augustus who died young. The temple inspired Thomas Jefferson in his design for the Virginia State Capitol.
Lot 106
Visconti (Ennio Quirino) Lettera...intorno ad una antica supelletile d'argento scoperta in Roma, second, enlarged edition (first illustrated), 25 engraved plates, title with red pen mark to outer margin, occasional light foxing, handsome contemporary green straight-grain morocco with acanthus leaf border in gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed at edges, Rome, 1825 § Benigni (Fortunato) Lettera sugli scavi fatti nel circondario dell'antica Treja..., first edition, engraved vignette title and 15 plates on 13 sheets, 2 folding, with 16pp. offprint by A.L.Millin (the dedicatee of the main work) reviewing the book bound in at end, some foxing and marginal water-staining, abrasion to one plate, original printed wrappers, Macerata, 1812 § De Lama (Pietro) Iscrizioni Antiche collocate ne'muri della Scala Farnese, engraved illustrations, light spotting, original wrappers, uncut, broken, rubbed, Parma, 1818, 4to (3)⁂ The first describes the extraordinary hoard of late Roman silver-gilt found on the Esquiline Hill, comprising a silver coffer containing vases, spoons, basin, bowls, jugs, mirror and other utensils. The second is a scarce archaeological survey of the excavations at Treja in the Marche; Library Hub lists 3 copies (British School at Rome, BL, & Bodleian).
![[Edmondson (Joseph)] An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Greville...and some Account of Warwick Cas](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/132de7f1-1056-4962-a730-ac30010906c1/9f7103e8-604e-41be-a33c-ac3100c81fac/468x382.jpg)
Lot 108
[Edmondson (Joseph)] An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Greville...and some Account of Warwick Castle, first edition, engraved folding frontispiece, title with coat-of-arms, head- & tail-pieces and 7 plates including 2 folding genealogical tables and 3 folding plans, lightly browned, handsome near contemporary diced russia, gilt, spine gilt, 1766 § Prosser (G.F.) Select Illustrations of Hampshire [&] The Antiquities of Hampshire, together 2 works in 1 vol., lithographed titles, plates and illustrations of country houses, all on india paper and mounted, some foxing, bookplate of John Harris, contemporary half morocco, rebacked preserving old spine, 1833 § [Brydges (Sir Samuel Egerton) and Rev.Stebbing Shaw.] The Topographer, 4 vol., 48 engraved plates (vol.1 with correct 11 plates, not 12 as listed on title), bookplates of John Harris, contemporary polished calf, gilt arms of Marquess of Tweedale, spines slightly faded, 1789-91, some light browning or foxing, a little rubbed; and 8 others including some architectural treatises in modern boards, 8vo & 4to (14)
![Gardens.- Langley (Batty) New Principles of Gardening: Or The Laying Out and Planting [of] Parterres, Groves, Widernesses, La](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/132de7f1-1056-4962-a730-ac30010906c1/2de2c5eb-dfb8-47ca-b91d-ac3100c849b0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 109
Gardens.- Langley (Batty) New Principles of Gardening: Or The Laying Out and Planting [of] Parterres, Groves, Widernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c., first edition, title in red & black, 26 folding or double-page plates and plans only (of 28, lacking plates 16 & 17), contemporary ink signature "Mr Mayor" to head of title with plates numbered in contemporary manuscript on verso, several creased or torn, some repairs, occasional soiling, bookplates of John Rowden Freme, Francis Gray Smart and John Harris, contemporary calf, rubbed, old reback, covers detached, [Berlin Kat. 3414; Harris 462; Henrey 927], 4to, for A. Bettesworth and J. Batley [&c.], 1728 [1727].⁂ Langley disliked formality in garden design and favoured planting in what appeared a natural manner. He is particularly known for his labyrinths and this work includes many plans of mazes, also much on kitchen and physic gardens. In this issue, there is an 'Advertisement to the nobility and gentry of Great Britain' printed on the verso of the title, and there are four contents leaves inserted after the introduction. Pages iv and v in the preliminaries are mis-numbered xi and x.
Lot 111
Lugar (Robert) The Country Gentleman's Architect; containing a Variety of Designs for Farm Houses and Farm Yards..., first edition, modern ink inscription to head of title, 22 engraved plates, 8 double-page, some foxing and offsetting, original boards, rubbed, loser cover spotted, rebacked, new endpapers, split to lower joint, [cf. Abbey, Life 32, 1823 reprint], 4to, 1807.
Lot 114
Vinci (Gianbattista) Saggio d'Architettura Civile..., lacking initial blank/half-title but with final blank, contemporary ink inscription of Gio.Landesio on title and with his extensive annotations and sketches to margins (slightly cropped), also inscription of the military architect Baltazar Cronstrand (1794-1876) to head of title, light marginal water-staining, nineteenth century half vellum, spine gilt with red roan label, Rome, Antonio Fulgoni, 1795 § [Avril (Louis, Abbé)], "M.L.M.". Temples Anciens et Modernes; ou Observations...sur les...Monumens d'Architecture Grecque et Gothique, half-title, 7 engraved plates of the Pantheon, St.Peter's, Hagia Sophia and the Colosseum, all but one folding, woodcut head-pieces, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, corners a little worn, Londres, et se trouve a Paris, 1774, 8vo (2)⁂ The first concerns the philosophy of architecture and is the first Roman edition; it was also published in Venice in the same year.
Lot 117
Dutens (Louis) Mémoires d'un Voyageur qui se repose, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, lightly browned, attractive oval stipple-engraved bookplate of Carl Gustaf Lievens, contemporary half Swedish calf, corners slightly worn, Paris, 1806; Recherches sur le Tems le plus reculé de l'Usage des Voûtes chez les Anciens, English annotations in ink and pencil, bound after 1835 offprint by George Saunders on Westminster, modern half cloth, 1805 § Bullemont (A. de) Catalogue Raisonné des Peinturess, Sculptures...qui décoraient l'Hotel-de-Ville de Paris, 2 etched views by A.Brunet-Debaines, contemporary cloth-backed boards, Paris, 1871 § Engel (C.L.) Richtige Anweisung zur Heitzung der Gebäude mit erwärmter Luft, 3 folding plates, a little stained, contemporary marbled boards, Berlin, 1830 § Engel (Friedrich) De Kalk-Sand-Pisebau, second edition, 8 folding plates, contemporary boards, Wriezen, 1856, rubbed; and another, 8vo & 4to (8)
![NO RESERVE [Hagedorn (Christain Ludwig von)] Lettre à un amateur de la peinture avec des eclaircissemens historiques sur un](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/132de7f1-1056-4962-a730-ac30010906c1/931b230d-2934-424e-a3e6-ac3100c7f628/468x382.jpg)
Lot 118
NO RESERVE [Hagedorn (Christain Ludwig von)] Lettre à un amateur de la peinture avec des eclaircissemens historiques sur un cabinet et les auteurs des tableaux qui le composent. Quvrage entremêté de digressions sur la vie de plusieurs peintres modernes, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title ornament, head-piece and decorative initial, episcopal ink stamp with initials C.L. v. B.P. to title, light offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary German marbled boards, rubbed, little scuffed, [Cicognara 1162], 8vo, Dresden, Georg Conrad Walther, 1755.⁂ Hagedorn was director of the royal picture collection in Dresden, and himself a collector of German painting.
![Longhi (Giuseppe) La Calcografia..., vol.1 [all published], first edition, engraved title, plate of profiles and portrait, er](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/132de7f1-1056-4962-a730-ac30010906c1/6ee9a6d3-8081-4041-b020-ac3100c8b4f7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 120
Longhi (Giuseppe) La Calcografia..., vol.1 [all published], first edition, engraved title, plate of profiles and portrait, errata leaf at end, some light foxing, contemporary marbled boards uncut, Milan, 1830 § Sculptura Historico-Technica: or, the History and Art of Engraving, fourth edition, 10 engraved plates, title browned and with marginal staining, bookplate of Allan Heywood Bright, later half calf, J.Marks, 1770, a little rubbed; and another on etchings, 8vo et infra (3)
Lot 123
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 124
NO RESERVE Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Versuch einer Allegorie, besonders für die Kunst, first edition, 1766; Abhandlung von der Fähigkeit der Empfindung des Schönen in der Kunst..., second edition, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-piece, 1771, together 2 works in 1 vol., Gothic letter, browned, old ink stamps of Royal Library, Berlin to verso of first title, contemporary boards, rubbed and stained, spine a little worn, Dresden; Remarques sur l'Architecture des Anciens, half-title, engraved plate at end, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, Paris, Barrois, 1783, 4to & 8vo (2)
![Chinese Art.- [Wesdin (Johann Philipp)] Monumenti Indici del Museo Naniano..., engraved plate of Amita Buddha figure, lightly](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/132de7f1-1056-4962-a730-ac30010906c1/3a09edf9-4d03-4758-892e-ac3100c7ed16/468x382.jpg)
Lot 125
Chinese Art.- [Wesdin (Johann Philipp)] Monumenti Indici del Museo Naniano..., engraved plate of Amita Buddha figure, lightly water-stained, modern paste-paper wrappers, Padua, 1799 § Langdon (William B.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection...at St.George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, London, first English edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, some light spotting, slightly browned, original blind-stamped green cloth titled in gilt, a little rubbed and stained, spine faded, [Cordier 79], 8vo, 1842.⁂ The first is a scarce monograph on the Eastern antiquities in the collection of the brothers Bernardo and Jacopo Nani in Venice, mostly concerning the iconographically complex Chinese Amita Buddha figure carved in soapstone illustrated in the plate.The collection of "Ten Thousand Chinese Things" was formed by Nathan Dunn, an American tea-trader in China, with the aim of educating Westerners in the ways and arts of China. It was first exhibited in Philadelphia and then in London, to rave reviews and vast audiences, but when it was brought over here again to coincide with the Great Exhibition of 1851 it was not so well-received and most of it ended up being auctioned at Christie's.
Lot 127
NO RESERVE Engraving.- Duplessis (Georges) Histoire de la Gravure, first edition, extra-illustrated with 13 original engravings and 34 reproductions, plates, illustrations, Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons' copy with his bookplate and pencil annotations throughout, contemporary half morocco, 4to, Paris, Hachette, 1880.⁂ Bound in at end are Joseph de Laborde et ses Fils, Paris, 1858 by Paul Lacroix (a presentation copy in original wrappers) and Catalogue of the Etched Works of Charles Merton, New York, 1886.
Lot 13
Explorer.- Hedin (Sven) Through Asia, 2 vol. second edition, frontispieces, plates, 2 folding maps, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, 1899; Across the Gobi Desert, frontispiece, plates, folding maps, occasional faint spotting, modern calf backed boards, 1931; My Life as an Explorer, first edition, colour frontispiece, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1926; and 12 others by the same, 8vo (16)
Lot 131
Arnobius, of Sicca. Disputationum adversus gentes libri octo, first edition, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, errata ff. &1&2 bound in sig. a, as often, lacking blanks a4 & R8, occasional spotting and staining, 17th century calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed and a little scuffed, [Adams A1994; EDIT 16 CNCE 3083], folio, Rome, Francesco Priscianese, 1542.⁂ Composed in response to Diocletian's persecution of the Christians. It refutes the idea that Christianity was the cause of many terrible afflictions which had troubled the Roman empire, including pestilence, droughts, wars, storms and famine. It is one of very few books from this Roman press. Provenance: Royal Library Copenhagen, duplicate (ink stamp to title and inventory number 249, changed to 98 in pencil to front pastedown).
Lot 138
NO RESERVE Cookery.- Woolley (Hannah) Frauen-Zimmers Zeit-Vertreib, oder Reiches Gemach von ausserlesenen Experimenten und Curiositäten : betreffend die rechte Præservir- und Candier-Kunst, first edition in German, Gothic letter, lacking additional engraved title and all after O12, O12 torn and repaired with substantial loss to text, a little worming, mostly marginal, some staining, lightly browned, modern half morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [cf. Cagle 525 and Weiss 4289 (1688); VD 17 14:710926H], rare, Hamburg, Gottfried Schultzens Kosten, 1674; and a 19th century French work on the production of Eau de Vie, 12mo (2) sold not subject to return.
Lot 14
NO RESERVE India.- Hobday (Major E. A. P.) Sketches on Service during the Indian Frontier Campaigns of 1897, first edition, frontispiece, full-page illustrations, occasional faint marginal staining, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898 § Hedin (Sven) Overland to India, 2 vol., first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, 3 folding panoramas only (of 4), 2 folding colour maps, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1910; and 4 others, India, 8vo (7)
Lot 140
NO RESERVE Wigs.- Thiers (Jean-Baptiste) Histoire des Perruques, first edition, with blank Z6 and final leaf of privilege (old ink stamp to verso), slight worming to lower margin at beginning, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed and marked, spine repaired at head and foot, split to upper hinge, 12mo, Paris, aux dépens de l'Auteur, 1690.⁂ The first comprehensive history of wigs.
Lot 141
Medals.- Menestrier (Claude François) Histoire du Roy Louis le Grand par les Medailles, Emblêmes, Devises, Jettons, Inscriptions, Armoiries, et autres Monumens Publics, second edition, engraved title and 61 plates or full-page illustrations including large folding plate of the Place des Victoires and another folding, occasional light spotting towards end but a good copy, with additional engraved portrait of Menestrier by Desroches of 1705 loosely inserted, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, spine ends worn, [Landwehr, Romanic 519], folio, Paris [Amsterdam], I.B.Nolin [Mortier], 1691.⁂ Fine medallic history of the reign of Louis XIV, with the addition of five plates of satirical medals on religious persecution, relations with the Pope, Turks and Algeria, etc. This is a Dutch counterfeit edition following the first edition published in Paris in 1689.
Lot 143
Austro-Turkish War.- Höchste Welt- und Krieges-Häupter, welche den Fried-brüchigen Türckischen Hochmuth..., first edition, Gothic letter, half-title, title in red and black, 11 engraved plates by Jacob Andreas Fridrich only (of 12, lacking frontispiece), title creased and torn at foot touching ornamental rule and one letter (repaired), some light soiling or browning, a few tears to inner margin repaired, contemporary half pigskin over paste-paper boards, rubbed and soiled, a couple of wormholes to spine, folio, Augsburg & Dillingen, Johann Caspar Bencard, 1718.⁂ Descriptions of European leaders in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-1718 including Pope Clement XI, Emperor Charles VI, Prince Eugene of Savoy and Prince Alexander of Wurttemberg. Most of the engraved plates feature portraits surrounded by allegorical figures, arms, and battle scenes.
Lot 144
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Chevillard (Jacques) Dictionnaire Heraldique..., second edition, engraved throughout including 194pp. of coats-of-arms (9 to a page), a few ink annotations to text and blank leaves at end including a few coats-of-arms in pen, ink & watercolour to verso of 'Avertissement', marginal water-staining, mostly to first few leaves, contemporary calf, rubbed and stained, spine worn, lacking label, Paris, chez l'Auteur, 1723 § Imhof (J.G.) Recherches Historiques et Genealogiques des Grand Espagnes, first edition, title in red & black, folding engraved map, 20 engraved plates of coats-of-arms, 2 folding genealogical tables (1 with short tear), advertisement leaf at end detached with tipped-in leaves of contemporary manuscript index, notes also to front free endpaper, small hole to D12 with loss of a few letters, some spotting, ex-College of Arms copy with stamps and 2 labels regarding provenance from the libraries of various heralds including Sir Isaac Heard, Garter Principal King of Arms and James Pulman, Clarenceux King of Arms 1860, contemporary sheep, worn, Amsterdam, Zacharie Chastelain le fils, 1707; and a stained and defective copy of Freschot's Li pregi della Nobilta Veneta with engraved plates, 8vo et infra (3)
Lot 146
Greek antiquities.- Corsini (Eduardo) Notae Graecorum sive vocum et numerorum compendia quae in aereis atque marmoreis Graecorum tabulis observantur, 2 parts in 1, including appendix, first edition, part 1 double column, text in Greek and Latin, half-title, title in red and black and with fine large engraved vignette, folding woodcut plate, fine engraved head-pieces and historiated initials, contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, and with red morocco label, spine faded, corners worn, rubbed, [Cicognara 2664], a good copy, folio, Florence, Imperial Printers, 1749.⁂ Provenance: 'L.Kulenkamp, 1760' (ink signature to front free endpaper recto); 'Christianus Gottl. Wernsdorf, Helmst. clɔlɔccxcviii' (ink inscription to front free endpaper verso).
Lot 151
NO RESERVE Political economy.- Agazzini (Michel) La Science de l'économie politique, ou Principes de la formation, du progrès, et de la décadence de la richesse; et application de ces principes a l'administration économique des nations, first edition, half-title, engraved plate (numbered 1) and 12 folding engraved tables (numbered 2-13), occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century straight-grain morroco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, scarce, 8vo, Paris, Bossange, 1822.
Lot 153
NO RESERVE Prisons.- Tocqueville (Alexis de) Rapport... a l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politique sur le livre de M.R. Allier intitulé sur le système pénitentiaire et les sociétés de Patronage, first edition, folded as issued in original printed wrappers, rare, Paris, [Boulé], 1842; and a first edition of his speech on joining the Académie Française, 8vo (2)
Lot 16
Middle East.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Land of Midian (Revisited), 2 vol. in 1, first edition, colour lithographed frontispiece, plates (some colour), folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, ex-library with occasional ink stamps, modern half morocco, a little rubbed, [Penzer pp.96-97], 1879; Vikram the Vampire, Memorial Edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, faint spotting to first few leaves, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1893; Wanderings in Three Continents, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 4 plates, occasional spotting, bookplate, occasional faint marginal staining, 1901; and 14 others on or by the same, 8vo (17)
Lot 17
Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) The Mint ... By 352087 A/c Ross, first edition, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1955; Oriental Assembly, first edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, 1939; The Letters of T. E. Lawrence, first edition, frontispiece, maps and plans, previous owner's pencil inscription, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little stained, chipping to corners and extremities, 1938; The Home Letters of T. E. Lawrence and His Brothers, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to edges, Oxford, 1954; and 16 others, on or by Lawrence, 8vo & 4to (20)
Lot 18
Mountaineering.- Conway (Sir William Martin) Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, folding map, bookplate, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1894 § Workman (Fanny Bullock) and William Hunter Workman, In the Ice World of Himalaya ..., first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 folding maps, tears, neatly repaired, previous owner's ink inscription, bookplate, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-morocco, sunned spine, 1900; and 6 others, Himalayas, 8vo (8)
Lot 19
Mountaineering.- Conway (Sir William Martin) The Alps: from End to End, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Westminster, 1895 § Smythe (F. S.) An Alpine Journey, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, bump to spine, dust-jacket, loss to edges, tape repairs, 1934 § Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, second edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding maps, 1 in pocket at end, ex-library with ink-stamps, modern calf backed boards, 1892; and 46 others, mountaineering, 8vo (49)
![NO RESERVE Osborn[e] (Francis) The Works...Divine. Moral. Historical. Political. In Four several Tracts, "seventh edition", d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/132de7f1-1056-4962-a730-ac30010906c1/d687c67b-c533-4ca8-b50b-ac3100c7c505/468x382.jpg)
Lot 195
NO RESERVE Osborn[e] (Francis) The Works...Divine. Moral. Historical. Political. In Four several Tracts, "seventh edition", divisional titles for all but second part of 'Advice to a Son', old calf, rubbed, a little worn at edges of boards, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing O505], 8vo, for R.D....to be sold by Allen Bancks, 1673.⁂ Designated the seventh edition but actually the first edition of the collected works and the seventh edition of 'Advice to a Son'. ESTC notes that "each part has separate title page dated 1673, except 'Advice to a son. The second part' which is dated 1672", the latter not being present here.
Lot 196
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Carter (Matthew) Honor Redivivus: or, the Analysis of Honor and Armory, third edition, engraved frontispiece, additional architectural title and 9 plates, woodcut coats-of-arms, modern bookplates, modern calf, spine gilt, g.e., [Wing C661], for Hen.Herringman, 1673 § [Caraccioli (Charles A.)] The Antiquities of Arundel; the Peculiar Privilege of its Castle and Lordship..., first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, light foxing, a few minor marginal defects, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little worn, upper cover detached, for the Author, 1766; and 2 others on the British nobility, 8vo et infra (4)
Lot 198
Quakers.- Penn (William) A brief examination and state of liberty spiritual, both with respect to persons in their private capacity, and in their church society and communion, first edition, some staining and spotting, disbound, [Wing P1260], printed by Andrew Sowle, and sold at his shop in Devonshire Buildings, without Bishops-Gate, 1681; and 2 others, 17th century Quakers, by Penn and Penington, small 4to (3)
Lot 199
NO RESERVE Law.- A guide to English juries: setting forth their antiquity, power, and duty, from the common-law and statutes. With a table. By a person of quality, first edition, second issue, errata f. and 2 advertisement ff. at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, [Wing G2184D], 12mo, printed for Thomas Cockerill, at the Three Leggs over against the Stocks-Market, 1682.⁂ Rare second issue, with ESTC recording only three copies (Queen's, Oxford, Folger and Huntington).
Lot 2
Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War. An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vol., first edition, second state, with typographical correction to p.459 vol. 2, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, maps, several folding, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, ex-W.H. Smith library with labels to pastedowns, original cloth, very rubbed and worn, split to spine covering (vol. 2), 8vo, 1899.
Lot 20
Mountaineering.- Howard-Bury (Lieut.-Col. C. K.) Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 folding maps, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1922 § Bruce (Brigadier-General Hon. C. G.) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, occasional faint spitting, bookplate, pencil inscription, original cloth, staining to upper cover, rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, 1923 § Norton (Lieutenant-Colonel E. F.) The Fight for Everest: 1924, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map, occasional spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, 1925; and 34 others, Everest, 8vo & 4to (38)
Lot 204
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Cleaveland (E.) A Genealogical History of the Noble and Illustrious Family of Courtenay, first edition, 12 genealogical tables, some contemporary ink annotations, particularly to verso of one table concerning Benjamin Smith Jones and his family, rather browned and stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, Exeter, Edw.Farley, 1735 § Dithmar (J.C.) Commentatio de honoratissimo ordine militari de Balneo, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title in red & black with engraved vignette, part-title with engraved double vignette, engraved head-pieces, 20 plates of coats-of-arms, and portrait of Prince William, text in double column, a little browned, old ink stamp to title partly erased causing wear (reinforced on verso), paper flaw hole to one plate (p.53) but not affecting image, modern ink inscription, contemporary boards, rubbed and stained, spine worn, Frankfurt, J.G.Conrad, 1729 § Betham (Rev. William) Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World, half-title, contemporary calf, arms in blind to boards, rather worn, rebacked in vellum, green roan label, for the Author, 1795, folio (3)⁂ The second is an account of the Order of the Bath, founded by George I in 1725.
Lot 208
NO RESERVE Smuggling.- Scotland.- The present state of Scotland consider'd: and its declining and sinking condition charged upon the conduct of the landed gentlemen, &c....That the only mean of relieving their estates, of suppressing destructive trades, and saving Scotland from impending ruin, is by their joining together to promote home manufacture, first edition, some water-staining, including title, some margins foxed, disbound, [Kress S.3733; Hanson 5862], Edinburgh, Printed by W. and T. Ruddimans, 1745; and another, working class of Scotland, 8vo (2)⁂ An attack on the smuggling trade in brandy, wine and tea, written by a former smuggler.
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