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[MISCELLANEOUS] Eighteen works, comprising Tylden, Major G. Horses and Saddlery. An account of the animals used by the British and Commonwealth Armies from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day with a description of their Equipment, reprint, Allen & Co. / Army Museums Ogilby Trust, London, 1980, boards, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, quarto; Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row, first edition, The Viking Press, New York, 1945, original yellow cloth, octavo; five Noddy titles; and assorted others.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. EXMOOR & OTHER Assorted works, comprising Marshal, H.J. Exmoor, Sporting & Otherwise, first edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1948, blue cloth, dustjacket, text illustrations, octavo; Pring, James Hurly. The Briton and the Roman on the Site of Taunton, Cheston, Taunton, 1880, original dark brown cloth, plate illustrations, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo; MacDermot, E.T. History of the Great Western Railway, Volumes 1 & 2, G.W.R., London, 1927 & 1931, original brown cloth, illustrations, maps, octavo; and others, (eleven volumes, including one duplicate).

A mixed lot of small interesting books, to include Michael Joseph; 'Charles: The Story of a Friendship', Miaou The Cat in Pictures, 91 Unique plates, London: 1947; Tom Fleming 'Miracle at Midnight', Epworth Press, 1954; John Dighton, 'The Happiest Days of your Life'; Out into Space, A series of 50 picture cards on Astronomy; Paul Gallico, 'Snowflake', first edition, London, 1952; Rev C.B Scott, 'The Golden City: Its Joys, Scenes and Citizens', gilt page edging, London, 1853; together with numerous train and bus booklets

Beardsley (Aubrey), a set of eight engravings to illustrate Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Beardsley's fin-de-siècle erotic masterpiece.The first edition of Lysistrata was published in 1896 in an edition of only 100 copies, with several subsequent pirated editions, and a collotype reissue of the plates in 1929. Beardsley remarked in a letter 'I think they are in a way the best things I have ever done'.'Beardsley had studied Greek vase painting in 1894 at the British Museum, and the Lysistrata drawings reflect something of the Greek vase spirit, including the bawdiness, without perhaps much of the spontaneity of Greek draughtsmanship. The absence of backgrounds, as in the Salome illustrations, makes the designs of closed outlines and bold dots and rare decorated blacks, all the more dramatic' (Reade). Lasner 107; Ray 318; Reade, Aubrey Beardsley, pp.360-361.Condition: mount staining, some light foxing on some printsChristie's label en verso

A group of eight first edition Dick Frances hardback books to include Straight, Silks, Longshot, Shattered, Field Of Thirteen, 10-lb Penalty, Dead heat and Decider. Together with a selection of other books to include first edition Jeffrey Archer 'twelve Red Herrings', Mary Berry, And it goodnight from him etc. 

Robert Ballagh (b.1943) Portrait of J.P. Donleavy Oil on canvas, 89 x 68.5cm (35 x 27'')Signed lower right Born to Irish immigrants in New York, James Patrick Donleavy (1926-2017) served in the US Navy during WWII and moved to Ireland in 1946 to attend Trinity College, which he did for several years, leaving without a degree. Invigorated by the work of Jack B Yeats, he took up painting, which was gradually supplanted by writing. His first novel, The Ginger Man, published in 1955 (its caddish title character generally thought to be based on one of his college contemporaries), established his literary reputation and was an enormous commercial success. It financed his purchase of a country estate on Lough Owel near Mullingar. Donleavy never gave up painting or drawing and began to exhibit more in the early 21st century. To mark his 60th birthday, the dealer Damien Matthews commissioned a portrait by Robert Ballagh.Ballagh visited Donleavy at his home and took a number of reference photographs. His outstanding portrait positions the writer seated with relaxed formality before a window flanked by white-painted shutters. The composition subtly references Edward McGuire’s iconic 1974 portrait of Seamus Heaney, seated at a table and holding a book. In the Ballagh painting, a small stack of books on the floor is topped by a first edition of The Ginger Man. Outside, budding montbretia add a dash of warm colour, though while a wry smile plays at the edge of Donleavy’s lips, his reflective gaze is cool and slightly sardonic - rather like his literary style. Soon after completion, the portrait was included in a retrospective of Ballagh’s work at the RHA Gallagher Gallery.One of the best-known and popular contemporary Irish artists, Ballagh is renowned for his portraiture, in which the detailed realism of his style is often leavened by wit. A Dubliner, he initially studied architecture at Bolton St but then diverted into playing bass guitar for a group called The Chessmen. A friend, artist Micheal Farrell, took him on as an assistant when he won a large commission. Ballagh’s natural facility, drafting skill and enthusiasm for Pop Art won him over to the visual arts and launched him on a remarkable and versatile career. Apart from many ambitious, large-scale subject paintings, his output has included more personal, autobiographical works, portraits, photographic work and design projects, from stamp design to book jackets and theatre sets - the latter including, most famously, Riverdance.Aidan Dunne, November 2019.

1979 First Edition A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day. Unsigned. Published in 1979. Hard-back with dust jacket which is slightly torn. Large book, 287 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

First Edition The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming published in 1965. Hard back with dust jacket in good condition. 152 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

First Edition The Witch is Dead by Colin Dexter, an Inspector Morse Novel. Published in 1989. In good condition with dust jacket. 200 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

First Edition John Le Carre hard-back book Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Hard-back with a couple of tears on dust jacket. 355 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

First Edition 2003 The Wars Against Saddam wrote by John Simpson. Hard-back book with dust jacket. In good condition. Has been inscribed on the inside page, however unlikely it's the author as it's been signed Jon for Richie. 415 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

First edition hard-back The Encyclopaedia of North American Indian Tribes A comprehensive study of tribes from the Abitibi to the Zuni. Published in 1986. 191 pages. A large book in good condition with dust jacket. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

First Edition The Mystery of The Hidden House by Enid Blyton hard-back book. Published in 1948. Book in decent condition without a dust jacket, and a bit of foxing on opening pages. 198 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

Michael Flatley signed on the title page of his book Lord of the Dance. This book is a first edition and is in good condition with a dust cover. 320 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

Stephen Fry signed The Hippopotamus hard-back book. Signed on the title page. Book without the dust cover, however it’s in good condition with 259 pages. This edition first published in 1994. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

David Roberts signed First Edition Hollow Crown hard-back book. Signed on the title page. Good condition with dust jacket, label stuck to front cover. 309 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

Winston Graham signed first edition of The Twisted Sword hard-back book. It is signed on a card on the title page with the date 22nd August 1990 to prove first edition. Small foxing to some pages and small creases to top of dust jacket. 510 pages. This lot is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice. Est.

First edition The Desert Rat Sketchbook by Clifford Saber Sketchbook Press New York 1959

ARCHITECTURESMEATON (JOHN) A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, 23 engraved plates and plans (one folding, one plan trimmed within platemark but not affecting neatline), light toning mostly at edges, a few faint spots, modern red morocco gilt, g.e. [Skempton 1338], folio (520 x 350mm.), for the Author, by H. Hughes, 1791This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

ARCHITECTURESOANE (JOHN) Sketches in Architecture. Containing Plans and Elevations of Cottages, Villas, and Other Useful Buildings with Characteristic Scenery...[with] Six Designs for Improving and Embellishing Grounds. With Sections and Explanations by an Amateur [George Parkyns], 2 parts in 1 vol., second edition,54 engraved and aquatint plates, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, some spotting, half calf over marbled boards [Abbey Life 74; Harris 844], folio (412 x 283mm.), J. Taylor, 1798; Designs for Public and Private Buildings, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved pictorial title, 55 engraved plates, some spotting, 'The North Devon Atheneum, Barnstaple' stamp on title, spotting, modern half calf over marbled boards [Fowler 338], folio (488 x 290mm.), Priestley and Weale, 1837 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

PATERSON (DANIEL)Paterson's British Itinerary. Being a New and Accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved hand-coloured double-page engraved frontispiece, engraved title-pages, dedication leaf and 358 strip maps on 180 engraved pages, contemporary green morocco, gilt-tooled Greek key pattern border ons sides, g.e., FINE COPY, Carington Bowles, 1785--GOSTLING (WILLIAM) A Walk In and About the City of Canterbury, second edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, folding engraved plan of the city with a facing printed folding 'key' plate, 22 engraved plates and maps (2 folding), some light off-setting, straight-grained red morocco gilt by Kalthoeber (with his ticket), gilt corner-pieces, g.e., gilt bookplate of George Harwood, Canterbury, Simmons and Kirkby, 1777--HUTTON (WILLIAM) A History of Birmingham... Third Edition, With Considerable Improvements, folding engraved map as frontispiece, 16 engraved plates (one folding), contemporary calf, gilt morocco spine label, slightly rubbed, Birmingham, Thomas Pearson, 1795, 8vo (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[BAKER (THOMAS)]Tunbridge-Walks: or, the Yeoman of Kent: a Comedy, FIRST EDITION, half-title, browned throughout, one or two tears and repairs, modern morocco-backed boards [ESTC T16483], 4to, Bernard Lintott, 1703; idem, another edition, engraved frontispiece, modern calf [ESTC T53729], 8vo, Bernard Lintot, 1736--[LEWKENOR (JOHN)] Metellus his Dialogues. The First part containing a Relation of a Journey to Tunbridge Wells, lacking imprimatur leaf, some worming in lower corners (affecting a few letters), contemporary calf, rebacked [ESTC R10938], 8vo, Thomas Warren, for N. Rolls, 1693--BURR (THOMAS BENGE) The History of Tunbridge-Wells, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered [ESTC T144255], 8vo, M. Hingeston, 1766--The Tunbridge and Bath Miscellany for the Year 1714, disbound, 8vo, E. Curll, 1714--BRITTON (JOHN) Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Claverley Estate, 2 double-page engraved maps, 10 lithographed plates, publisher's cloth, rebacked, 8vo, Longman, 1832--SCUDAMORE (CHARLES) An Analysis of the Mineral Water of Tunbridge Wells, later boards, 8vo, Longman, Hurst, for the author, 1816--Tunbridge Epistles, from Lady Margaret to the Countess of B**, without half-title, modern boards [ESTC T52000], 4to, J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1767; and 10 others (18)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

FUSSELL (L.)A Journey Round the Coast of Kent, folding engraved map, extra-illustrated with a total of 16 engraved plates (some mounted), later cloth, Baldwin, 1818--BOWEN (EMANUEL) An Accurate Map of the County of Kent Divided into its Lathes, folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, dissected and laid on later linen, slipcase, 530 x 710mm., J. & C. Bowles and Sayer, [c.1750]--IRELAND (W.H.) England's Topographer, or a New and Complete History of the County of Kent, 4 vol., engraved title to volume 1, folding engraved map and numerous plates, occasional foxing, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, G. Virtue, 1828-1830--SOMNER (WILLIAM) The Antiquities of Canterbury. Or a Survey of that Ancient Citie, with the Suburbs, woodcut arms on verso of title, folding map and 2 plates (one repaired), some dampstaining, small hole in title just affecting imprint, last leaf repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked [ESTC S121902], 4to, J[ohn] L[egat] for Richard Thrale, 1640--KILBURNE (RICHARD) A Topographie, or Survey of the County of Kent, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait, A3 and much of 3H2 supplied in manuscript facsimile, one or two marginal tears and repairs, ownership signatures of John Austen and Arthur Hussey (1847), later calf gilt, rebacked [ESTC R11347], Thomas Mabb for Henry Atkinson, 1659, 8vo unless otherwise stated; and a quantity of others on Kent, and occasionally Sussex (quantity)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[GOLDSMITH (OLIVER)]The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq., Extracted Principally from his Original Papers, FIRST EDITION, C6 a cancel as usual, engraved portrait, some soiling and browning, contemporary sheep, covers detached [Rothschild 1022], J. Newbery & W. Frederick, Bath, 1762--FORSTER (T.F.) Flora Tonbrigensis: or, a Catalogue of Plants Growning Wild.., 3 hand-coloured plates, captions pasted below (one cropped), nineteenth century half calf, J. & A. Arch and J. Sprange, 1816--JENNER (EDWARD) A Flora of Tunbridge Wells, 2 copies, each with 2 hand-coloured plates and list of subscribers, the second copy interleaved with blanks as issued, publisher's brown and green cloth respectively, Tunbridge Wells, J. Colbran, [c.1845]--CAREY (GEORGE SAVILLE) The Balnea: or, an Impartial Description of All the Popular Watering Places in England, second edition, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed, W. West, 1799--POWELL (ROBERT HUTCHINSON) A Medical Topography of Tunbridge Wells, folding map, 2 plates, publisher's cloth, Tunbridge Wells, John Colbran, 1846--SCUDAMORE (CHARLES) A Chemical and Medical Report of the Properties of the Mineral Waters of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells..., later boards, for the author, 1820, 8vo; and 8 others on Spa Towns, Mineral Waters etc. (15)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

ROWZEE (LODOWICK)The Queenes Welles. That is, a Treatise of the Nature and Vertues of Tunbridge Water. Together, with an Enumeration of the Chiefest Diseases, which it is good for... and the Manner and Order of Taking it. By Lodwick Rowzee, Dr. of Physicke, practising at Ashford in Kent, FIRST EDITION, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some soiling, repairs to corners of first and last few leaves (with loss of letter S in 'Queenes' on title), stitched in a contemporary limp vellum manuscript (indenture with text on inside covers), soiled, preserved in linen solander box [ESTC S116278], small 8vo, John Dawson, 1632This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[SPRANGE (JASPER)]The Tunbridge Wells Guide; or an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place, FIRST EDITION, dated 1780 on title and on part title following p.68, engraved title, dedication and 3 plates (of 4?), tipped-in manuscript note concerning the Trust for the Preservation of Mount Sion Grove, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, Tunbridge Wells, J. Sprange, & London, T. Beecroft, 1780; idem, 2 further copies, one with 3 plates (untrimmed, dated 1782 on spine), the other lacking the plates, both modern calf; idem, another edition with part title following p.78 dated 1785, on large paper, 5 engraved plates, bookplates of William Cock, 1897, and Sir Thomas Neame, later half morocco, 1780 [but 1785?]; idem, another copy, 8 engraved plates (some folding), later half calf; and 8 other editions with varying numbers of plates, dated 1786 (3), 1797, 1801 (2, one with booklabels of Thomas Mantell and Siegfried Sassoon), 1811 and 1814, 12mo; sold not subject to return due to uncertainty of collation (13)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

TUNBRIDGE WELLSAMSINCK (PAUL) Tunbridge Wells, and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions, FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY, half-title, 31 engraved plates by Letitia Byrne, several engraved vignettes, extra-illustrated with 38 mostly engraved plates and illustrations, full polished calf gilt by Tout, sides with elaborate panel decorations, spine richly tooled in compartments within raised bands, g.e., upper joint slightly tender, large 4to, William Miller, and Edmund Lloyd, 1810This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

ALEXANDER OF APHRODISIAS??? ?? ?????? ????????????, ??????????.... In topica Aristotelis, commentarii, FIRST EDITION, title and colophon in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, woodcut printer's device at end, initial spaces with guide-letters, without the usually-cancelled blank A9, traces of inscription washed from title, turn of the nineteenth century red straight-grained morocco, covers gilt with broad border formed of interlocking drawer handles, g.e., marbled slipcase [Adams A665; Renouard 62:5; not in Ahmanson-Murphy], folio (300 x 190mm.), [colophon:] Venice, Aldus & Andrea Torresani, September 1513This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

ARISTOPHANES???????? ?????... Comoediae novem. Plutus. Nebulae. Ranae. Equites. Acharnes. Vespae. Aves. Pax. Contionantes, second edition, text in Greek (part of title, and dedication in Latin), printer's device at end, some initials and border of title decorated in manuscript, blank lower corner of first 2 leaves repaired, modern morocco gilt [Adams A1705], 8vo, Florence, F. Giunta, 1515This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

JEHANNOT (GUILAUME)Voyage de Constantinople, pour le rachapt des captifs, FIRST EDITION, folding engraved map of Troy, contemporary French dark green morocco gilt, covers with wide elaborately tooled border enclosing central Royal arms of Louis XV, spine tooled within 6 compartments, one lettered 'Voyage de Constant', g.e., gilt and polychrome patterned endpapers of flowers and birds [Atabey 617, lacking map; Blackmer 871, lacking map; Weber 508], 8vo, Paris, La V. Delormel, and René Josse, 1732This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[RAMBERTI (BENEDETTO)]Libri tre delle cose de Turchi. Nel primo si descriue il viaggio da Venetia à Costantinopoli, con gli nomi de luoghi antichi & moderni, FIRST EDITION, with 2 final blank leaves (Ev & vi), Aldine dolphin and anchor device on title and final leaf, guide letters in initial spaces, early twentieth century green morocco gilt, covers with 2-line gilt fillet border enclosing gilt-blocked Aldine device, spine gilt tooled in six compartments within raised bands, g.e., uneven fading to sides but a very good copy [Adams T1136, listed under Turkey; Ahmanson-Murphy 285; Renouard 117.1, 'très rare et presque inconnue'; not in Atabey or Blackmer], 8vo, [Venice, Paul Manutius, 1539]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

TRIPPAULT (LEON)Dictionaire François-Grec, FIRST EDITION, text in French and Greek, red crushed morocco, by Hardy (signed in gilt on upper dentelle) [not in Adams], 8vo, Orleans, Eloy Gibier, 1577This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

FOSSE (CHARLES LOUIS FRANCOIS)Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 11 folding colour-printed plates tipped onto letterpress explanations, later manuscript biographical notes bound in, contemporary speckled calf, wormholes at joints, 4to, Paris, F.A. Didot l'Ainé chez A. Jombert, 1783This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

GRAZIO (ANTONIO)Corona florida medicinae, sive De conservatione sanitatis, FIRST EDITION, 126 leaves (including 2 blanks), Roman type, 55-57 lines, 2 columns, the title printed in red, printer's woodcut device at end, ?later floral cartouche in coloured inks, large opening initial 'D' and ornamental circular heraldic panel on title, index rubricated, capital spaces filled in blue, ink and silver in a later hand (some off-setting of ink onto facing pages), lower margin of title strengthened, short tear repaired to margin of ai, 2 small wormholes in lower margin of final few leaves, small repair to corner of one blank and errata leaf, a few marginal annotations in an early hand, eighteenth century Italian half calf over boards, flat spine with blue and brown morocco lettering labels and portrait medallion device, small losses to worming [ISTC ig00111000; BMC V 341; Goff G111; GW10563; HC7501*], folio (315 x 218mm.), [colophon:] Venice, Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 20 June 1491This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

HUGO (VICTOR)Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 vol., 'second edition' published simultaneously with the first (see below), wood-engraved vignettes on titles, dark blue crushed morocco gilt by R. Petit, upper covers with gilt ciphers of MB, g.e., 8vo, Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1831This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

RUSSIA - ZVENIGORODSKOI COLLECTIONKONDAKOV (NIKODIM PAVLOVICH) Histoire et monuments des emaux Byzantins [Collection de Mr. A. W. Zwenigorodskoi], FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES printed in French, this copy number '34', introduction by A. Zvenigorodskoi, chromolithographed dedication to Tsar Alexander III printed on an embossed silver foil ground, engraved portrait frontispiece on india-proof paper, additional chromolithographed pictorial title, title printed in red and black within a decorative chromolithographed border, 31 chromolithographed plates, chromolithographed divisional titles, decorative initials and ornaments throughout, limitation leaf printed in gilt and black, decorative endpapers, very light spotting to a few plates, original white morocco, sides and spine with elaborate embossed design blocked in gilt and black, edges printed in various colours, page edges gauffered and richly ornamented in gilt, silver gilt, red and green, original bookmark of multi-coloured and gilt threads attached by thread, very small scuffmark to extreme edge, contemporary cloth-backed silk-lined solander box, red morocco gilt lettering label on spine (some wear at extremities) [Fekula 6705, 'magnificent'; Vengerov, Old Russian Books, 77], folio (358 x 265mm.), Frankfurt, [A. Osterrieth], 1892This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

VULCANIUS (BONAVENTURA, EDITOR)Jornandes... De Getarum, sive Gothorum origine et rebus gestis. Isidori chronicon Gothorum, Vandalorum, Suevorum, & Wisogothorum; De literis & lingua Getarum, sive Gothorum. Item de notis Lombardicis, 2 works in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, lower fore-corner of 2 leaves (pp.13-16) torn away resulting in loss to one word of printed text, woodcut printer's device on titles, without the final blank in second work, eighteenth century vellum over pasteboards, ink title ('Jornandes et al de Rebus Gothor)' on spine, soiled with some spots on upper cover [Adams J321 (including 'De Literis' as a third part), and V1024], 8vo, Leiden, Ex Officina Plantiniana, 1597This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

ATHENAEUS OF NAUCRATISDeiphosophistae, in Greek, FIRST EDITION, edited by Marcus Musurus, Greek italic type, 45 lines and 2 headlines, capital spaces with guide-letters, dolphin and anchor device on first and last pages, last blank leaf of preliminaries lacking as often, occasional light soiling (mostly in margins and to first and last 2 or 3 leaves, these with some small chips or repairs), early ink marginalia in Greek and Latin (extensive at first) and some underscoring, eighteenth century panelled calf, sides with gilt rule and ornamental blind-tooled borders, gilt panelled spine with raised bands (neatly rebacked), inner gilt dentelles [Ahmanson-Murphy, 105; Renouard p.67; Vicaire 50], folio (313 x 205mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius and Andreas Torresanus, August 1514This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE (ALEXANDRE BALTHAZAR DE)]Almanach des gourmands, servant de guide dans les moyens de faire excellente chère. Premiere [-huitième] année; Nouvel almana-ch des Gourmands. Premiere [-troisième] année... par A.B. de Périgord, together 11 vol., third edition of volume 1, second edition of volume 2, the remainder FIRST EDITIONS, 11 engraved frontispieces after the author, volume 5 of first series with 6-page calendar printed in blue, second series with 24-page prospectus (in volume 1) and folding 'carte gastronomique de la France' on pink paper (in volume 2), some oxidisation, without half-titles to volumes 2-4 of first series, uniformly bound in later half morocco, spines in compartments with gilt lettering and small repeated tool [Oberlé 133, first series; Vicaire 424-427], 12mo, Paris, Maradan, Baudouin frères, 1804-1812-1825-1827; together with 3 further copies, comprising first and second editions of volume 2, and a first edition of volume 1, BOOKPLATES OF ANTON MOSIMANN, uncut in original wrappers, 1804-1805; Manuel des Amphitryons; contenant un traité de la dissection des viandes à table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux pour chaque saison, et des élémens de politesse gourmande, half-title engraved frontispiece (title cropped) and 16 plates (some trimmed at head), without the 26-page index and errata leaf as often, ownership inscription on title of a 'Chef de Cuisine, Uster, Zurich, 1915', half calf, rebacked preserving most of original spine [Bitting 203; Cagle 233; Oberlé 135; Vicaire 427], 8vo, Paris, Capelle et Renard, 1808 (15)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

LA VARENNE (FRANÇOIS PIERRE DE)Le vrai cuisinier françois, enseignant la manière de bien apprêter & assaisonner toutes sortes de viandes, graisses et maigres, légumes & pâtisseries... nouvelle édition, engraved frontispiece, folding woodcut plate (part torn away) and illustrations, occasional ink stains, one or two tears and repairs, nineteenth century half calf [Vicaire 500, 1712 edition], Brussels, George de Backer, 1711--[MARIN (FRANÇOIS)] Les dons de Comus, ou les délices de la table, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece supplied in facsimile, title repaired in upper margin, modern boards [Bitting 309; Vicaire 285], Paris, Prault, 1739--Dictionnaire portatif de cuisine, d'office et de distillation, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, half-title, approbation leaf at end, some browning and foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt panelled spine, morocco-edged slipcase [Vicaire 276], Paris, chez Vincent, 1767--[MENON] La cuisinière bourgeoise... nouvelle édition, half-title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt panelled spine, Brussels, François Foppens, 1756, 12mo--Les classiques de la table a l'usage des practiciens et des gens du monde, 9 engraved portraits and 6 plates, illustrations, some foxing, contemporary half morocco, covers near detached [Vicaire 177], Paris, au dépot, 1843--MACHET (J.J) Le confiseur moderne, ou l'art du confiseur et du distillateur, contenant toutes les opérations du confiseur et du destillateur... parfumeur et du limonadier... quatrième édition, half-title, some staining, contemporary tree calf, 8vo, Paris, Maradan, 1821; and 6 others, nineteenth century French cookery (12)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[MENON]Cuisine et office de santé, propre à ceux qui vivent avec oeconomie & régime, FIRST EDITION, half-title, some spotting, slight dampstain to lower outer corners, corners worn, spine repaired at head [Oberle 119; Vicaire 591], Paris, Le Clerc, Prault & Babuty, 1758; La cuisinière bourgeoise suivie de l'office à l'usage de tous ceux qui se mêlent de dépenses de maisons, third edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR at foot of Ai as usual, dampstain in outer margins of first few gatherings, some scuffs [Oberle 114; Vicaire 236], Paris, Guillyn, 1750, both in contemporary French mottled calf, gilt panelled spines with floral tools, 12mo (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

PASTEUR (LOUIS)Études sur la bière, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, procédé pour la rendre inalterable, avec une théorie nouvelle de la fermentation, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 12 engraved plates, illustrations, 4-page publisher's catalogue at end, untrimmed and partially unopened in publisher's printed orange wrappers with price label on lower cover, one or two small nicks at edges [Cagle 378; Duveen p.461; Garrison-Morton 2485; Milestones of Science 158], 8vo (240 x 154mm.), Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1876; Études sur le vin, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 32 coloured plates, illustrations, some foxing, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, gilt panelled spine [Bitting 358; Cagle 380; Duveen 460; Garrison-Morton 2479; Oberlé 985; Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria, p.23], 8vo (226 x 145mm.), Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1866 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

CATALOGUES - COLLECTIONS[VILLIERS (GEORGE] A Catalogue of the Curious Collection of Pictures of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. In Which is Included, the Valuable Collection of Sir Peter Paul Rubens. With the Life of George Villiers... by Brian Fairfax, 2 additional engraved portraits of Villiers, off-setting onto title, armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, early twentieth century green straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e., W. Bathoe, 1758--Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens, engraved title-page, 32 engraved plates and plans (a few folding, one strenthened on verso), contemporary half morocco, J. Seeley, 1797--FORSTER (HENRY RUMSEY) The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated, David Bogue, 1848--The Hamilton Palace Collection. Illustrated Priced Catalogue, Remington, 1882--LANGDON (WILLIAM B.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, Now Exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, first English edition, 8 wood-engraved plates, for the Proprietor, 1842--SMITH (CHARLES ROACH) Catalogue of the Museum of London Antiquities, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to Mr. Joseph Parish (September 25 1855), 16 plates, for the Subscribers, 1854--Third Annual Report of the Regents of the University, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History... Revised Edition, 27 plates (17 coloured, 2 loose, some spotting), Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850--Catalogue of the Bradford Exhibition of Specimens of Natural History, Paintings, Sculpture... for the Benefit of the Building Fund of the Mechanic's Institute, second thousand, drop-head title, some spotting, modern boards, [?Bradford, no date]--MERSON (MARION DU) Histoire du cabinet des médailles, antiques et pierres gravées, half-title, contemporary half red morocco, Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1838--LANDON (C.P.) A Collection of Etchings from the Most Celebrated Ancient and Modern Productions in Painting... Preserved in the Louvre, Paris, 72 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbedW.T. Gilling, 1821--ROTH (HENRY LING) Great Benin. Its Customs, Art and Horrors, 275 (mostly) photographic illustrations, Halifax, F. King, 1903--BRITISH MUSEUM. [Meeting of the Committee... Report], drop-head title ('Private'), 6 folding hand-coloured photolithographed plans, lithographed letter of invitation to a BL committee meeting signed in ink by Antonio Panizzi, Principal Librarian, dated 4 February 1862, loosely inserted 2-page letter (dated 17 March 1795) from John Parkinson of the Leverian Museum, contemporary calf, [no publisher, 1862], unless otherwise stated publisher's cloth, some rubbing, 8vo and small 4to; and 3 others (15)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[CHATTERTON (THOMAS)]The Auction a Poem: A Familiar Epistle to a Friend, FIRST EDITION, tear to title and final 2 leaves repaired with old paper, modern marbled wrappers, 4to, George Kearsley, 1770This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

FREART (ROLAND)An Idea of the Perfection of Painting: Demonstrated from the Principles of Art, first English edition, translated by John Evelyn, shaved touching signature mark on one leaf, short tear to margin of another leaf, rebacked in calf [ESTC R8804], Henry Herringman, 1668--FRESNOY (CHARLES ALPHONSE DU) The Art of Painting. Translated into English Verse by William Mason, M.A. With Annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds, binder's label of Mckenzie, spine elaborately tooled with red morocco lettering label, Dublin, Whitestone, 1788--[MARTYN (THOMAS) The English Connoisseur; Containing an Account of Whatever is Curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, l. Davis and L. Reymer, 1766, all contemporary calf, 8vo (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[FRERE (WILLIAM OR HENRY)]A Short History of Barbados, from its First Discovery and Settlement, to the End of the Year 1767, FIRST EDITION, J. Dodsley, 1768--RICHARD (JOHN) A Tour from London to Petersburgh, and Thence to Moscow, engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial engraved title, lacks printed title, [Dublin, M. Wilson, 1781]--[COCHIN (CHARLES NICOLAS)] Observations Upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, 42 engraved plates, 1753; Idem, second edition 'with additions', lacking plates, 1756, 2 works bound in 1 vol., D. Wilson and T. Durham--CHANDLER (RICHARD) Travels in Asia Minor, half-title, Dublin, R. Marchbank, 1775; Travels in Greece... Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Dublin, Price, Whitestone, 1776, spines of last 2 fire scorched, dried--WADDINGTON (GEORGE) A Visit to Greece, in 1823 and 1824, second edition, folding engraved map, split at head of joints, John Murray, 1825, contemporary calf, some rubbing, 8vo; and 5 others, travel (11)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

GRAY (THOMAS)Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, second or third issue, half-title ('Designs, &c.'), printed on rectos only, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials, 4pp. 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole bound at end, occasional light spotting, short tear to margin of one plate, dark green straight-grained morocco gilt by Clarke & Bedford, spine elaborately tooled within compartments, g.e., slightly rubbed at extremities [Rothschild 1061], folio (380 x 265mm.), R. Dodsley, 1753; Odes, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved vignette on title, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked [Hazen 1; Rothschild 1067], 4to, Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - BINDINGDas Buch des heiligen römischen reichs unnderhalltung, FIRST EDITION, third variant (see footnote), 90 leaves (including blank A8), 39 lines, gothic letter, large woodcut of the Imperial arms on the title, and woodcut of Bavarian Ducal arms on the colophon leaf, contemporary Southern German (?Augsburg) blindstamped deerskin over wooden boards, the fore-edge bevelled, sides with pairs of triple fillets enclosing a wide Forest Deer Hunt roll, each cover with differing central panel, that on the upper including the device of an Imperial Eagle clutching a Cross, and with the legend 'Newe Gesatzt' in upper border, spine in 4 compartments decorated with a double-rose tool, gilt metal catches and clasps (without strap), one corner repaired, old cracks on spine repaired with loss to head and foot, preserved in cloth solander box [VBD D688], folio (265 x 185mm.), [Munich, Hans Schobster, 3 February, 1501]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

ITALY - ANTIQUITIESBARTOLI (PIETRO SANTI) Le antiche lucerne sepolcrali figurate. Raccolte dalle cave sotteranee, e grotte di Roma... con l'osservationi di Gio. Pietro Bellori, 3 engraved parts titles, 116 engraved plates (plates 33-46 of part 2 bound at the end of part 1), caption in ink in margin of each plate, light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed [Berlin Cat. 889; Cicognara 3609], folio (322 x 205mm.), Rome, Gio. Francesco Buagni, 1691--VENUTI (RIDOLFO) Antiqua numismata maximi moduli aurea, argentea, aerea ex Museo Alexandri S.R.E. Card. Albani in Vaticanam Bibliothecam, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on titles, engraved plates, numerous large engraved vignette views, contemporary calf gilt, large gilt arms on sides, spine worn [Cicognara 3043], folio (404 x 263mm.), Rome, Calcographei Cameralis, 1739-1744--LA CHAUSSE (MICHEL ANGE) Le grand cabinet romain our recueil d'antiquitez romaines... que l'on trouvé à Rome, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 43 engraved plates (most illustrating 4 images), small dampstain just touching image of frontispiece, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio (355 x 240mm.), Amsterdam, Francois l'Honoré, & Zacharie Chastelain le fils, 1706 (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

JAPANKAEMPFER (ENGELBERT) The History of Japan, Giving an Account of the Ancient and Present State and Government of That Empire, 2 vol. bound in 1, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved additional title in volume 1 (dated 1727), titles in red and black, letterpress list of subscribers, 45 engraved plates and maps (including large map of Japan, mostly double-page or folding, one shaved just touching image), short tear repaired to title of second appendix, light dampstaining to first half, calf antique [Cordier, Japonica 414-415], folio (347 x 225mm.), [Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis], 1727[-1728]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

GRANDVILLE (J.J.)Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, frontispieces, numerous plates throughout by Grandville, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., Paris, J. Hetzel & Paulin, 1842--[DELORD (TAXILE)] Un autre monde, half-title and title printed in red, engraved frontispiece, 36 hand-coloured plates and numerous illustrations by Grandville, publisher's decorative morocco gilt, g.e., Paris, H. Fournier, 1844 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

KENT - TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORYBOYS (WILLIAM) Testacea minuta rariora... A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, lately Discovered in the Sand of the Sea Shore near Sandwich, FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved plates of shells 'accurately drawn, as magnified with the microscope, by Geo. Walker,... at Faversham', contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, scuffed [Nissen ZBI 524], 4to, J. March, for J. White [and others], [1784]--PACKE (CHRISTOPHER) Ankographia [in Greek] sive Convallium descriptio... Explanation of a New Philosophica-Chorographical Chart of East Kent, FIRST EDITION, without the map (as usual), light spotting, modern half cloth over marbled boards, 4to, Canterbury, J. Abree, for the Author, 1743--The Kentish Traveller's Companion, in a Descriptive View of Towns... Situated in or Near the Road from London to Margate, Dover and Canterbury, second edition, 3 folding engraved maps (2 frayed with minor losses at fore-edge), contemporary calf, spine gilt, 8vo, Canterbury, Simmonds and Kirkby, 1789 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

LAISNÉ (ÉLIE)Commentaire sur le Prophete Isaye, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black with woodcut ornament, several woodcut ornaments and initials, some toning and occasional light spotting, front free endpaper (with inscription) near detached, contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with 2-line fillet border enclosing large central oval of leaves enclosing a cross, fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine tooled in seven compartments within raised bands, folio (324 x 220mm.), Paris, Pierre de Bresche, 1654This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

LELAND (JOHN)The Itinerary... To Which is Prefix'd... a Discourse Concerning Some Antiquities Lately Found in York-Shire, 9 vol., FIRST EDITION, edited by Thomas Hearne, one folding engraved plate, several engraved illustrations in the text, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, lacking most spine labels, 8vo, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1710-1712--STUKELEY (WILLIAM) Palaeographia Britannica: Or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain. Number I[-II], 9 engraved plates (several folding), R. Manby, 1743[-Stamford, A. Rogers, 1746]; PARKIN (CHARLES) An Answer to Remarks upon Dr. Stukeley's, Origines Roystonianae, 3 engraved plates, for the Author, 1744; A Reply to the Peevish, Weak, and Malevolent Objections, Brought by Dr. Stukeley..., 4 engraved plates (several folding), Norwich, for the Author, 1748, 4 works bound in 1 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, contemporary calf, joints slightly weakened, 4to (10)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

LONDON MERCHANTS[LEE (SAMUEL)] A Collection of the Names of the Merchants Living in and About The City of London; Very Useful and Necessary, FIRST EDITION, licence leaf before title, red morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, g.e. [ESTC R19915], 16mo, Sam. Lee, 1677This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

[LOVE (MARY) OR LUCY LYON)]A Peep at the Esquimaux; or, Scenes on the Ice. To Which is Annexed, a Polar Pastoral... By a Lady, FIRST EDITION, 40 hand-coloured woodcut illustrations (20 full-page), 4pp. of advertisements at end, some off-setting, later calf gilt, by R. Wallis, spine tooled within raised borders, red morocco lettering label, g.e., slightly rubbed [Lande 2066; Osborne I, 75], 8vo, H.R. Thomas, Juvenile Repository, 1825This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

HOPPUS (EDWARD)Practical Measuring Now Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, FIRST EDITION, author's certification signature (worn) on verso of title, one engraved plate (without blank stub), part loss to one letter of imprint, early ink ownership struck through on title, pencil inscription of J.B. Purser (1869) on front free endpaper [ESTC T179483, 4 copies only; Harris 359], 1736; idem, second edition, author's certification signature on verso of title, folding engraved plate, without advertisement leaf, armorial bookplate of Peter Peckard (c.1718-1797, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge), later bookplate of Philip Samuel, rebacked [ESTC T133665; Harris 360], 1738; idem, third edition '... Greatly Improved', author's certification signature on verso of title folding engraved plate (slightly shaved touching rule border), ownership inscription of Thomas Mitchell (1757) on title, small loss to extremities of spine [ESTC T133676, BL and Private Collection only; Harris 361], 1751; idem, fifth edition, folding engraved plate, lower cover detached, upper joint repaired [ESTC T44136, 2 copies only; Harris 363], 1759; idem, eighth edition, folding engraved plate, ownership inscription of Ino. Adcock, Leicestershire (1771) on front free endpaper [ESTC T174202], 1767; E. Wicksteed; idem, another edition, folding engraved plate, early inscription of Edmund Kitching, and later inscription of W. Rambord? on half-title, [ESTC T128241, 3 copies], for Messrs. Hawes, 1765; idem, another copy, ninth edition, variant with date on title-page, folding engraved plate, binding scuffed and worn [ESTC T78261; Harris 366; Kress 6798], J. and F. Rivington, 1771; idem, ninth edition, variant without date on title-page, folding engraved plate [UNRECORDED VARIANT, NOT ON ESTC], J. and F. Rivington, [?1771]; idem, tenth edition, variant with no date on title-page, folding engraved plate, ownership inscriptions ('Nov. 5th 1776, Matthew Bellen', and 'Johnson How, July 31 1815') on front free endpaper, small loss to head of spine [ESTC N20506, 2 copies], J. and F. Rivington, [?1776]; idem, tenth edition (variant with date on title-page), folding engraved plate, covers worn [ESTC T117426], J. F. and C. Rivington, 1777; idem, twelfth edition, variant with no date on title, folding engraved plate, ownership inscription of Josiah Barrat (1787) on front free endpaper [ESTC T133672], J. and F. Rivington, [?1780], idem, twelfth edition, folding engraved plate, rebacked [ESTC N20676; Harris 369], J.F. and C. Rivington, 1790; idem, thirteenth edition, folding engraved plate, ownership stamp of N. Hudleston, of Malton inside upper cover [ESTC N20485], A. Law [and others], 1792; idem, thirteenth edition (variant imprint and date), folding engraved plate (creased), rebacked [ESTC T128240; Harris 371], T. Longman, 1795, contemporary calf, worn, narrow 8vo; and 56 others, Hoppus' Practical Measuring, printed in London, Derby, Manchester, Edinburgh, York, Denbigh (in Welsh, 1816) and elsewhere, ranging from 1803 into the twentieth century (70)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

OECOLAMPADIUS (JOHANNES)Annotationes piae ac doctae in Evangelium Joannis, FIRST EDITION, woodcut devices on title and at end, fore-margin of first 2 leaves slightly wormed, contemporary German blind- and gilt-stamped brown calf over bevelled wooden boards, by the Breslau/Wroc?aw binder 'H.B.', the upper cover impressed in gilt with the title and date (1535), a roll-border and an oval panel of St. John the Baptist (patron Saint of Wroc?aw), the lower cover decorated in blind with Johann Hess's heraldic roll and small tools (including rampant lion with 'I.H.' initials), lacking one clasp, neatly refurbished at extremities of spine, preserved in black morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman [Adams O93], 8vo, Basel, Cratander & Bebel, June 1533This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

ORDER OF THE BATHStatutes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, half-title, woodcut device of the Order of the Bath on title, contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with elaborate border incorporating single fillet, Greek Key pattern roll and floral tool, spine flat with repeated design in 6 compartments, g.e., London, [no publisher], 1772--PENNANT (THOMAS) The Literary Life of the Late Thomas Pennant, Esq. by Himself, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait and 2 plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt with morocco lettering label, Benjamin and John White, 1793, 4to (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •

RAY (JOHN)A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages... to which are added, three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs grow in the Levant, 2 vol. in one (including third part), FIRST EDITION, imprimatur leaf, half-title to volume 2, gilt morocco spine label [ESTC R17904; Blackmer 1397; Hunt I, 390; Keynes 93; Röhricht 758], S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693--PETIS DE LA CROIX (FRANCOIS) The History of Genghizcan the Great, First Emperor of the Antient Moguls and Tartars, translated by P. Aubin, one folding engraved map, J. Darby, 1722, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo; and 2 others (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •