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Lot 257
Two emerald and diamond pendant necklaces The first pendant modelled as a cluster of heart-shaped emeralds, set intermittently with round brilliant and baguette-cut diamonds, fancy-link chain, stamped 14K 585; the second claw-set with an oval-cut emerald in a surround of round brilliant and tapered baguette-cut diamonds, to an integral flattened-link chain, stamped 10k (2) Length of pendants: 3.0cm & 1.8cm
Lot 144
Raquel Welch - Signed / Autographed photos mounted. Raquel Welch (née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although Welch had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini became bestselling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970), Hannie Caulder (1971), Kansas City Bomber (1972), The Last of Sheila (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Wild Party (1975), and Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976). She made several television variety specials.
Lot 50
BILLY JOEL - 52nd Street Tour 1978 Original Vintage T-shirt. In excellent condition. Made by the T-Shirtery, It measures to fit approx 36 inch chest. Billy Joel was born on May 9, 1949 in the Bronx and shortly after moved to the Levittown section of Hicksville, Long Island, New York where he started playing piano at the age of 4.In 1964, inspired by the Beatles, he formed his first band "The Echoes", which became "The Lost Souls" in 1965 and then "The Emerald Lords" in 1966.In 1967 he joined The Hassles and recorded two albums, which were not successful.Billy Joel and Jon Small, the drummer of The Hassles then formed the psychedelic duo Attila (5) and released one album without success. In 1971 Billy Joel started his solo career with the album "Cold Spring Harbour" and finally achieved fame in 1973 with his song "Piano Man".
Lot 358
* Worldwide playing cards. Globe playing cards, USA, Boston (68 Cornhill): Globe Card Co., circa 1879, 51 (of 52, without jack of clubs) plus joker colour lithographed circular playing cards (French suits), no revoke deck: spades black, clubs green, hearts red, diamonds yellow, ace of spades with maker's details, joker with information text, lightly soiled and marked, few minor creases, versos golden brown ornamental pattern on blue with imprint, each card 76 mm diameter, orignal two-part box (darkened and lightly marked & rubbed), remains of both a 2 cents and a 3 cents tax stamp, together with: Cartes Royales, Germany, Frankfurt: C.L. Wüst, circa 1875, the complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, JC with maker's details, AH with bavaria tax stamp, lightly bowed, otherwise apparently unused, no indices, square corners, versos blue flowers and dotted curly lines, each card 90 x 60 mm, original tuck-flap box for Franz Anton Prantl of München (as usual), plus: Luxus Bridgekort, England: Universal Playing Card Co., for Warburg of Denmark, circa 1930, the complete deck of 52 colour printed playing cards (French suits), joker apparently from another deck (identical but with gilt corners), double-ended Art Deco courts designed by Barbara MacDonald, Danish indices, soiled and lightly worn, a couple of creases, joker heavily rubbed, rounded corners, versos red, black and gold ornamental pattern, each card 90 x 62 mm, with original box (lacking lift-off lid), with another approximately 221 packs, mostly 20th century, countries including Denmark, USA, Netherlands, Germany, England, Norway, Mauritius, Portugal, Morocco, Peru, Lebanon, Lithuania, etc., many with original box, some incomplete (none checked for completeness or condition)QTY: (a carton)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Hochman O13 (III page 38).Second item: Shaw & Symons (Playing Cards from the Factory C.L. Wüst ...) Set 90.
Lot 194
Ireland. Mercator (Gerard), Irlandiae regnum, circa 1630, uncoloured engraved map, orientated to the west, large margins, slight staining and spotting, 335 x 420 mm, French text on verso, together with Bonne (Rigobert). Carte d'Irlande Projettee et Assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques..., Paris: 1771, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, floriate cartouche, 310 x 435 mm, with Lizars (Daniel). Ireland, Edinburgh: circa 1853, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, printed on two sheets, not conjoined, slight staining, each sheet approximately 435 x 530 mm, plus Walker (J. & C.). Ireland, London: Edward Stanford for the Society for the Diffusion of Christian Knowledge, circa 1860, colour printed lithographic map on two sheets, not conjoined, each sheet approximately 330 x 485 mmQTY: (6)NOTE:The first described item, Andrew Bonar Law. The Printed Maps of Ireland to 1612, number P148.
Lot 31
Camden (William). Britannia. Sive Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio, 4th edition, London: [Printed at Eliot's Court Press] impensis Georg. Bishop, 1594, large woodcut royal arms to title and early manuscript ownership 'Tho: Brydgema[n] Ex dono xposeri Meryeke: 26 July 1597', woodcut decorative initials, head & tailpieces, G8 loosely inserted from another copy, lacking final 20 leaves after 2Y8 (p.704), some dust-soiling mostly to first and last leaves, modern calf, 4to, together with:Leigh (Edward). England Described: Or the several Counties & Shires thereof briefly handled. Some things also premised, to set forth the Glory of this Nation, 1st edition, London: printed by A. M. for Henry Marsh, 1659, fore-margin of E2 repaired, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, lacking front free endpaper, 20th-century light brown sheep, spine and upper joint torn, light wear to extremities, 8vo,Hentzner (Paul). Travels in England, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, translated by Horace, late Earl of Orford, and first printed by him at Strawberry Hill: to which is now added, Sir Robert Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia; or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth's Times and Favourites; with Portraits and Views, London: Edward Jeffery, 1797, 11 engraved portraits and plates (including portrait frontispiece, some printed in colour), toning, light offsetting and occasional spotting, bookplate of Buddle Atkinson to upper pastedown, 19th-century brown half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:STC 4506; ESTC S107385.
Lot 82
Evelyn (John). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions...To which is annexed Pomona; Or, an Appendix concerning Fruit Trees in relation to Cider... Also Kalendarium Hortense... Second Edition much inlarged and improved, London: for Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, 1670, engraved title vignette, 5 engraved vignettes in-text (1 full-page), errata leaf at rear, 19th-century bookplate of 'J. G.' to front pastedown, a few neat early brown ink notations to title, final blank torn with loss, early 19th-century half calf gilt, upper cover detached, some wear, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 1152; Henrey 133; Wing E3517. The first edition was published in 1664.
Lot 353
* Pictorial Souvenir playing cards. Paris Exposition pack, USA, Denver: Tom Jones (printed by USPCC), 1900, the complete deck of 52 plus joker/title card colour printed playing cards (French suits), each card with captioned photograph of the exposition, joker with date and copyright information, soiled, some minor creases and wear, gilt edges (rubbed), rounded corners, versos 'The Modern Parisienne' figure, each card 88 x 62 mm, original slipcase box (worn), gilt title to front, together with: Vistas de Lima: Peru, USA, Chicago: Standard Playing Card Co., circa 1910, the complete deck of 52 plus joker colour printed playing cards (French suits), imported by Luis Sablich, Callao, Peru, each with captioned and tinted photograph of Lima, lightly soiled, some creases, two cards with small surface loss to image, gilt edges, rounded corners, versos Peruvian coat of arms on red, each card 88 x 63 mm, original slipcase box (some wear), title to front, with another 67 pictorial souvenir packs, comprising: 1 each France, Ireland, Egypt, Norway, Mexico; 4 South Africa; 17 Canada; 29 USA; 2 England (made in Belgium); 10 Spain, the packs including New York City & Hudson River (1901, Edward H. Mitchell), and The American Indian (1903, P. Lazarus & Co of Los Angeles), all believed complete (none checked for completeness or condition), most with original box, a quantity of cards from each deck inserted into plastic album sleeves, or mounted with photo corners onto album leaves, contained in two ring binders, the remainder in plastic bagsQTY: (69)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Hochman SX17.
![[Gerard, John]. [The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes..., 1st edition, Imprinted at London by John Norton, 1597], [18]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f72d162-49ca-4af5-aa3c-b26600f99130/abb7f6d7-cc0a-43d7-b3ad-b28b00b1a120/468x382.jpg)
Lot 85
[Gerard, John]. [The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes..., 1st edition, Imprinted at London by John Norton, 1597], [18], 1392, [46] pp., woodcut illustrations throughout, lacks final leaf of preliminaries (B6, end of To the Reader, with portrait to verso) and final 13 leaves of indexes (5F4, 5G-5I4), all preliminary leaves present but with significant damage and repairs, several leaves (4F5, 4P5-8, 4Q2-5) cut down and re-hinged with repaired margins, final five leaves of index damaged and repaired with some text loss and reduced margins, old hand colouring of woodcuts on pp. 299, 633, 1165 & 1320, woodcut on p. 1369 excised and repaired with blank paper (and consequent text loss to verso), frequent ink marginalia in several hands, both contemporary and later in English and Latin, some occasional soiling and marks, several neat closed tear repairs, lower blank margin of 2I3 torn with loss, recent antique-style speckled tan calf with five raised bands and old gilt-titled leather spine label in second compartment, folio (33 x 22.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Henrey 154; Hunt 174; Nissen 698; STC 11750.The first edition includes the first recorded illustration of a potato, plus discussion and illustrations of tobacco and the tomato, which is said to have originated in Italy and Spain.Sold with all faults not subject to return.
![* Rowlandson (Thomas). Three caricatures: Crimping a Quaker, Kicking up a Breeze or Barrow Women Basting a Beadle [and] Macas](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f72d162-49ca-4af5-aa3c-b26600f99130/473db357-d909-4492-b816-b28b00b24d13/468x382.jpg)
Lot 342
* Rowlandson (Thomas). Three caricatures: Crimping a Quaker, Kicking up a Breeze or Barrow Women Basting a Beadle [and] Macassar Oil an Oily Puff for Soft Heads, Thomas Tegg, circa 1819, three etchings on wove, all with contemporary hand-colouring, each approximately 350 x 240 mmQTY: (3)NOTE:Three caricatures of London Street Scenes. The first shows prostitutes trying to entice a Quaker into a brothel, the second depicts female butchers assaulting a beadle and the third one represents a barber selling quack treatments to gullible customers. One caricature is watermarked Charles Wise 1819.
Lot 354
* Playing cards. Crimean War pack, Germany or Belgium?, circa 1860, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts portraying named leaders of the involved countries, including Russia, Turkey, Sardinia, France and England, each ace depicting two relevant scenes (with blue colouring only), generally toned and soiled, some cards rubbed, occasional stains, 5D with small (not quite full-thickness) loss, corners lightly worn, edges gilt, versos red dotted pattern, each card 85 x 57 mm, together with: Swedish standard pattern, Stockholm: Alexander Boman, circa 1880, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended Scandinavian type courts, named kings & queens, AH with maker's ink stamp and Swedish tax stamp, soiled, lightly toned, pip cards a little bowed, AD with small corner loss, rounded corners, versos blue fibres, each card 89 x 61 mm, with lower half (only) of original two-part box (somewhat soiled and worn), bearing maker's name and advertisements, plus: Russian Historical pack, 2nd edition, St. Petersburg; Imperial Orphanage Printing Plant, 1898, the complete double deck set of 2 x 52 chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts designed by Nikolay Karazin, both AD with printed stamp of the Imperial Foundling Hospital, couple of corner creases, one 3D creased, rounded corners, versos swallows on blue or pink, contained together in original two-part box, inner sleeve lacking base, outer sleeve darkened and somewhat soiled, with one join split, titled front panel with emblem of pelican feeding its young, with 26 other decks: 12 Russian (mostly 20th century); 5 Swedish, (2 circa 1875 - one incomplete, the others 20th century); 3 Belgian (one circa 1880 by van Genechten with wrapper, the others 20th century); two Belgian or German decks - Circus Rummy (20th century) & Paris pattern unusual variant (circa 1870, two kings holding a harp); 4 further 20th century decks - 2 East Africa souvenir decks (by Modiano of Italy, and Nintendo of Japan), and 2 Japanese (one Yamaha, one Suntory Whisky), plus 6 courts from a Belgian sample book, named in Bulgarian, with a Bulgarian wrapper, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 17 display boards (one double and folding), some encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, some with original box or part box, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cm and smallerQTY: (30)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: See Cary GER 402 for a deck with two cards (of the three cards illustrated) almost identical to this pack, except the characters are not named. Third item: The jacks and kings, except the king of clubs (a stray from XP5 pattern?), are from the most frequent type of XP1 pattern. The queens are non-standard.
![Morrison (Robert). Translations from the Original Chinese, with Notes, Canton [but Macao]: printed by Order of the Select Com](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f72d162-49ca-4af5-aa3c-b26600f99130/2db2c12b-347c-4c82-ba20-b28b00b17667/468x382.jpg)
Lot 19
Morrison (Robert). Translations from the Original Chinese, with Notes, Canton [but Macao]: printed by Order of the Select Committee; at the Honorable East India Company's Press, by P. P. Thoms, 1815, [2], [1]-8, 11-42 pp., without B4 blank? (as usual), bound with Davis (John Francis, translator), San-Yu-Low; or The Three Dedicated Rooms, a Tale, translated from the Chinese, Canton: Printed by Order of the Select Committee; at the Honorable East India Company's Press, by P. P. Thoms, 1815, [2], 56 pp., bound with [Collie, David, translator]. [The Chinese classical work commonly called the Four books, translated, and illustrated with notes, by the late Rev. David Collie, [Malacca]: printed at the Mission Press, 1828],1 preliminary leaf, vi, [2], 14, [2], 31, [1], 98, 185, [1] pp., bound without title, 6 pages of preliminaries and 6 pages of text, lower half of first leaf of preface torn with text loss (also with some dust-soiling and marks), endpapers renewed, 19th-century cloth, modern reback, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:1. Three UK institutional locations (British Library, University of Cambridge Libraries, and SOAS Library, University of London).The text is chiefly from reports in the Peking Gazette.2. One UK institutional location (SOAS Library, University of London). A revision of San-Yu-Low, titled 'The three dedicated chambers,' was published in London in 1822 in a collection entitled 'Chinese novels, translated from the originals' (pp. 153-224).3. Five UK institutional locations (British Library, Royal Asiatic Society, University of St Andrews Library, SOAS Library, University of London and Ushaw College, Durham).There appears to be some variation in the collation and content of examples found, with some examples comprising 1 preliminary leaf, xiv, 14, 31, 98, vi, 185 pages. This copy of the title contains Ta Heo, Chung Yung, Shang Lun, Hea Lun, Shang Mung and Hea Mung.
Lot 120
Stephenson (John). Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy; or illustrations and descriptions of the animals and minerals employed in medicine, and of the preparations derived from them: including also an account of animal and mineral poisons, London: John Churchill, 1838, 46 lithograph plates, of which 44 hand-coloured, 3 plates (numbers 2, 17 & 44) repaired to lower margins with some loss of captions, one or two short closed tears, some light spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:First published in 1832.
Lot 420
Ware (Issac). Complete Body of Architecture. Adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs, London: T. Osborne & J. Shipton, J. Hodges, L. Davis, J. Ward & R. Baldwin, 1756, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with engraved illustration, 114 irregularly numbered engraved plates & plans (including 14 folding), some creasing to frontispiece, title and initial few leaves, closed tear to leaf 8B2 (pages 647/648), some damps-stains, armorial bookplate of Emo Park Library, Ireland to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints split and some wear to extremities, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Katalog 2283; Fowler 436; Harris 906.The first edition of Ware's 'massive and compendious' work (ODNB). 'Most of Ware's designs were as Palladian in character as might be expected from an architect of his background and credentials. However, as a prominent member of the St Martin's Lane Academy he was also a colleague of such rococo artists as Hogarth, Roubiliac, and Francis Hayman: this is reflected not only in the surprisingly latitudinarian views occasionally found in the pages of the Complete Body but also in the dazzling interiors of his most important work, Chesterfield House, Mayfair (1748?9; dem. 1934), designed in a full-blooded French rococo idiom for the francophile fourth Earl of Chesterfield.' The plates were irregularly numbered 1-122, with numbers 38,43, 44, 46, 97, 100, 108 & 109 omitted (Harris).
Lot 397
Auction catalogue. British Portraits. A Catalogue of a Genuine and Extensive Collection of English Portraits Consisting of the Royal Families, Peers, Gentry, Clergy, Lawyers, Military, Literary, Artists, Actors, Writing-Masters, Musicians, Female Sex, Phenomena, Convicts, Monsters & c., from Egbert the Great to the Present Time... by an Eminent Collector... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, No. 31, the corner of Villiers-Street, in the Strand. In two parts, the first on Monday Feb. 3 and the seventeen following days; the second part on March 3, and the twelve following days..., 2 parts in one, London: printed by T. Burton, [1800], 323 pp., 'Days of Sale' leaf at front with sale total prices in ink, interleaved throughout with prices achieved for each lot in manuscript, ruled in red and totalled at foot, occasional light spotting, neat ink inscription of William Upcott, 1823, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed with some worming to lower cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: 'Sir W. Musgrave's Catalogue of British Portraits. 1800. Priced. Auctioneer's Copy.', lettered in gilt to spine.Sir William Musgrave (1735-1800) was an antiquary and collector of portraits. He was a trustee of the British Museum to which he bequeathed a large part of his library. The sale of his collection of engraved portraits, some 10, 000 was conducted by auctioneer William Richardson over 31 days from February to March 1800. Another annotated copy by William Richardson is held in the British Library (BL, C. 191. a. 36).The ownership inscription is possibly that of William Upcott (1779-1845), antiquary and autographs collector.
Lot 282
* Payne (Charles Johnson 'Snaffles'). The Worst View in Europe "Oh Murther! The drink died out of me and the wrong side of Beechers", circa 1922, colour lithographic print heightened with body colour, uncoloured printed remarque to lower right of a man flagging for first aid over a fallen rider, whilst a policeman holds his horse's bridle, signed in pencil by the artist and with a crossed snaffle bit blind stamp to the lower left, slight spotting, overall size 410 x 665 mm, backing card a little toned, framed and glazedQTY: (1)
Lot 101
Miller (John). An Illustration of the Sexual System, of Linnæus, by Iohn Miller, 2 volumes, London: Robert Faulder, 1794-89, engraved hand-coloured frontispieces and engraved titles to each volume, 189 hand-coloured engraved plates of flowers, armorial bookplate of W. Basset Holmes and crimson gilt calf bookplate of Arpad Plesch to front pastedown, 20th-century quarter calf, gilt decorated spines, corners bumped, 8vo, together with: Lettsom (John Coakley). The Naturalist's and Traveller's Companion, 3rd edition, London: C. Dilly, 1799, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece (laid down) and engraved hand-coloured title (ownership inscription 'Fredric Iremonger Septr 8th 1801' to upper margin), 1 folding black & white plate, gatherings loosening, 18th-century half calf, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, McIntosh (Charles). The Practical Gardner and Modern Horticulturist..., 2 volumes, London: Thomas Kelly, 1828 & 1829, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to volume 1, coloured engraved plates to volume 2, front free endpapers and verso of title in volume 2 with extensive manuscript annotations, contemporary half calf, spines relaid, with loss, rubbed, 8vo, Markham (G). Markham's Farewel to Husbandry: or, the enriching of all sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Nation..., London: George Sawbridge at the Sign of the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, 1676, slightly trimmed with minor loss to some marginal printed notes, damp staining to outer margins resulting in some loss, old limp vellum, a little soiled, small 4to, Thornton (Robert John). A Grammar of Botany; Containing an Explanation of the System of Linnaeus, London: B. and R. Crosby and Co, 1814, engraved coloured plates, library stamp to verso of title, library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary green morocco, corners bumped, 12mo, Mason (George). An Essay on Design in Gardening..., London: C. Roworth, 1795, contemporary gilt calf, worn and rubbed, 8vo, Lawrence (John). The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit Of the Art of Gardening..., 6th edition, London: Bernard Lintot, 1726, bookplate Royal Meteorological Society to front pastedown, contemporary panelled boards, crudely repaired, 8vo, Baxter (W.). British Phaenogamous Botany..., Oxford: J. H. Parker: 1834, coloured engraved plates, publishers buckram binding, rubbed, 8vo, plus 3 other volumesQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. Basset Holmes, Árpád Plesch (1889 -1974) for the first work.
Lot 356
* Swiss playing cards. Zürcher Festspiel 1903, Zürich: verlag des Lesezirfels Hottingen, 1903, the complete deck of 36 colour printed playing cards (Swiss suits), designed by Robert Hardmeyer, all bell suit signs have faces, flowers are red roses with thorny stems, shields are the arms of the canton of Zürich, single-figured titled courts with faces of real people from art and politics, all 3 flowers courts are female, the daus cards have a quote or proverb, also designer's monogram to each daus, except daus of shields which has 'RHardmeier: 03', a couple of pale lithographic ink smudges, ober of shields very slightly rubbed, corners slightly rounded, versos pattern of green clover leaves on pale green, each card 85 x 54 mm, with original card clamshell box, covered in same clover leaf paper, lid with title label, inside with copyright label stating 'printed by Gebr. Fretz, Zürich', upper hinge splitting (with previous repair, using the same clover paper, to one end), together with: Swiss Playing Cards (No.123), Hamburg: Sp.F. [i.e. Spielkartenfabrik] A.G., circa 1885, a complete deck of 36 colour lithographed playing cards (Swiss suits), bells are cow bells rather than hawk bells, flowers are red roses, single-figured titled courts, maker's details on daus of bells, suit signs on shields pip cards are arms of the Swiss cantons with the date of their accession to the confederacy, soiled with some stains and marks, few creases, rounded corners, versos central Swiss cross with arms of the cantons in brown, each card 86 x 56 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Schweizer Spielkarten (1978) #175.Second item: Schultz & Büchler (Hamburger Spielkarten) #31; Schweizer Spielkarten (1978) #62. Where their packs have the name of a St. Gallen company on the daus of shields, this pack has a blank space.
Lot 379
Bacon (Francis). Scripta In Naturali et Universali Philosophia, Amsterdam: Ludovico Elzevir, 1653, engraved additional pictorial title, folding letterpress table, upper hinge cracked, bookplate of Maurice B Worms to front pastedown, contemporary calf boards, rebacked, corners bumped, 12mo, together with: Bacon (Francis). Novum organum scientiarum, Leiden: Adriaen Wijngaerden and F. Moiardum, 1645, engraved pictorial frontispiece, old vellum spine over marbled boards, faded and stained, 12mo, Burnet (Thomas). The Theory of the Earth, for Walter Kettilby, 2 volumes bound in 1, London: printed by R. N. for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1697, lacking portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title-page (spotted), two engraved folding maps of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres (California shown as an island), in-text illustrations (including a map of Europe and Asia with Noah's Arc during the Great Flood), occasional spotting and damp-staining, contemporary panelled calf, spine relaid with loss, folio, Aikin (Arthur). The Natural History of the Year..., 2nd edition, London: J. Johnson, 1799, folding engraved frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription of Caroline Taylor to verso of half-title, original boards, rebacked, small 8vo, Hues (Robert). Tractatus de Globis Coelesti Terrestri c eorum usu, Frankfurt: Daniel & David Aubry, 1627, woodcut engraving to title, contemporary vellum with repairs to spine, a little soiled, 12mo, Douglas (James). A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth, London: Logographic Press and sold by George Nicol, 1785, engraved vignette to title, 8 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, small folio, Mathias (Thomas James). The imperial epistle from Kien Long. Emperor of China, to George the Third King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. In the year 1794..., London: printed for R. White, [1795?], light damp staining, later marble wrappers, 4to QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Maurice Benedict Worms (1805-1867) for the first work.
Lot 84
Gerard (John). [The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, London: Printed by Adam Islip, John Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1633], lacking title and first and last blacks, with numerous botanical woodcuts throughout (few with old colouring), several preliminary leaves torn with loss and repaired, several leaves of index with torn or trimmed margins repaired, several other leaves with marginal repairs, occasional damp-staining to few leaves, 20th-century brown half morocco, folio (34.5 x 21.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Henrey 155; Hunt 223; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11751.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Lot 67
Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physitian Enlarged; with Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs..., London: Hannah Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgate Hill, 1684, lacking C3, U2-U8 inclusive, V1, and all leaves after Bb6, some light staining, a few leaves chipped with minor loss, minor worming to inner margin to last few gatherings, early 20th-century ownership inscription of 'A. E. Castle, 64 Victoria S, Aylesbury' to front free endpaper, modern grey and cream paper covered boards, paper label to spine, small 8vo, together with:Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physician Enlarged; With Three Hundred and Sixty Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs..., London: J. Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Paster-Noster-Row, 1714, lacking all leaves after S6, some areas of light toning, some leaves chipped, 18th-century ownership inscription 'Wm Mawen 1781' to title page and to B1, 17th-century planetary charts and ownership inscriptions 'Elizabeth Smithe, Her Book Anno Domini living In Boxhill 1743/4' and 'George Smith His Book' to front free endpapers, modern half calf, gilt decorated spines with title labels, 12mo Culpeper (N. & E. Sibly). Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal. To which are now first added, Upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Properties, Physically Applied to the Cure of all Disorders incident to Mankind, to which are Annexed, Rules for Compounding Medicine According to the true System of Nature, forming a Complete Family Dispensatory and Natural System of Physic, 4 parts in one, London: Printed for the Author, and sold at the British Directory Office, Ave-Maria-Lane, and by Champante and Withrow, Jewry-Street, Aldgate, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece and hand-coloured engraved plates, damp staining to margins of title (with extensive repairs to margins), modern half calf, gilt decoration to spine, 4to QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: A. E. Castle for the first work, Wm Mawen, George Smith & Elizabeth Smithe for the second work.ESTC No: R218185 for the first work, ESTC No: T67000 for the second work.
Lot 380
Culpeper (Nicholas). Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or The London Dispensatory further adorned by the Studies and Collections of the Fellows, now living of the said Colledg. Whereunto is added, 1. The Vertues, Qualitites, and Properties of every Simple. 2. The Vertues and use of the Compounds. 3. Cautions in giving all Medicines that are dangerous. 4. All the Medicines that were in the Old Latin Dispensatory, and are left out in the New Latin one, are printed in this fourth impression in English with their Vertues. 5. A Key to Galen's Method of Physick, containing thirty three Chapters. 6. What is added to the Book by the Translator, is of a different Letter from that which was made by the Colledg., London: printed for Peter Cole, 1653, lacking portrait frontispiece, closed tears to title and following leaf (B1) mostly at gutter, final leaf also with closed tears at gutter, some fraying mostly to first and last leaves (particularly final leaf), some toning and light dust-soiling, few marks, damp-staining (mostly to margins, contemporary sheep, worn at head and foot of spine, joints and extremities rubbed, small folio, together with:Fisher (George). The Instructor, or Young Man's Best Companion..., 25th edition, London: Toplis & Bunney; Gainsbrough: J. Mozley, 1780, engraved frontispiece (with offsetting from title), folding engraved plate (detached), some toning and few marks, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Henry Milward, Pershore, his Book', contemporary sheep, joints cracked and some wear, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Wing C7525.Provenance: Miss Elizabeth Apletree Davis (b. 1887), Woollas Hill Farm, Eckington, Bredon Hill, near Pershore, Worcestershire. The daughter of Frederick Davis (b. 1848) and Emma Davis (b. 1847). Her father was a farmer and horse trainer for Colonel Hanford Flood, of Woollas Hall, where the poet John Masefield (1878-1967) frequented in his younger days enjoying the books in the library.
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Moll (Herman). A New Description of England and Wales with the adjacent Islands. Wherein are contained diverse useful observations and discoveries in respect to natural history, antiquities, customs, honours, privileges &c..., 1st. edition, London: printed for H. Moll by T. Bowles, C. Rivington and J. Bowles, 1724, title page printed in red and black, title with two near-contemporary ownership signatures to the upper margin, frontispiece of a historical double-page engraved map of England & Wales, preface, list of the counties of England & Wales, 48 (of 49) uncoloured engraved maps (including four folding), lacking Sussex (replaced in facsimile), occasional slight staining, index bound at rear, contemporary panelled calf, re-backed, bumped at extremities, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CLX. Hodson 173. A copy of the first issue of the first edition without the plate numbers to the maps. Only half a dozen examples of this rare edition are known to exist, probably because a lack of advertising contributed to its commercial failure or possibly because it was in direct competition with a new edition of William Camden's 'Britannia' with a re-set text and fine large maps by Robert Morden re-issued in 1722. Paradoxically much of Moll's atlas was based on the maps of Robert Morden, a fact he acknowledged in his preface, but he claimed - not without some justification - to have corrected many errors in Camden's text.
Lot 98
Mattioli (Pietro Andrea). Commentarii Secundo Aucti, in Libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medici Materia. Adiectis quam plurimis plantarum, & animalium imaginibus quae in priore editione non habentur, eodem authore, 2 parts in one, Venice: Officina Erasmiana, Vincentii Valgrisii, 1558, titles and final leaf verso with publisher's large woodcut device, 703 woodcut illustrations by Giorgio Liberali and Wolfgang Meyerpeck, a few eighteenth-century annotations in English, first title trimmed and laid down, following leaf with marginal repair, some lower corners to index leaves at front with marginal losses from biopredation, woodcut (Pickerel frog?) on 2R1 verso obscured with ink, marginal toning and stains, mainly to first title and following few leaves (main body of text generally in clean condition), one or two small burnholes, later crimson half morocco, spine and edges a little rubbed, a few stains to covers, folio (30 x 19.5 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams D667; Durling 3009; Nissen BBI 1305; Wellcome 4139.A number of editions of Mattioli's commentary on the work of Greek physician Dioscorides were printed, the present 1558 edition had an additional 133 new woodcuts and the medium-size woodcuts by the same artists served as a model for a larger series, and much influenced later herbals.
Lot 145
* English School. Jack the Giant Slayer, mid 17th century, original woodcut printing block carved on boxwood in four conjugate sections showing; a giant carrying away a human, a giant shooting a bow and arrow, a giant riding a horse and a two-headed giant reaching for a club, handwritten label in pencil (late 19th or early 20th century) to side reading 'Jack the Giant Queller, White collection circa 1600 6/', surface size 85 x 8mm, together with: Tom Thumb on a Horse, from The History of Tom Thumb, later 17th century, original woodcut printing block carved on boxwood showing a tiny figure riding an elaborately dressed horse within a circular border with floral motifs, some loss to horse's face, label to side reading 'Early block..., White [collection]', surface size 75 x 70 mm, plus Tom Thumb on a Hunt, from The History of Tom Thumb, later 17th century, original woodcut printing block carved on boxwood showing a crowned figure on a horse running with dogs chasing deer, a tiny Tom Thumb rides behind on a cat, handwritten label in pencil (late 19th or early 20th century) to side reading '1640 White collection', surface size 26 x 74 mm, each accompanied with an impression taken from the blocks printed on modern good-quality handmade paper QTY: (3)NOTE:An almost identical version of the second item appears as an illustration on page 19 in The Famous History of Tom Thumb. Wherein is declared, His Marvellous Acts of Manhood. Full of Wonderful Merriment. Part the first, Printed and Sold in London, 1775.
Lot 270
* Hunt (Charles). This View representing the Triennial Ceremony of the procession AD MONTEM is respectfully dedicated to the Noblemen & Gentlemen educated at Eton..., London: R. Ackermann & Co., December 1st. 1838, aquatint after G. B. Campion, contemporary hand-colouring with some later enhancement, descriptive text below the image, 445 x 585 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Dolby (J.). Six Views of Eton College, printed by Messrs. Day and Hague, Eton: T. Ingalton and Son, circa 1839, six (complete) hand-coloured lithographs, each approximately 350 x 255 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, one lithograph with the contemporary paper title wrapper laid on the verso of the frame QTY: (7)NOTE:The first described item shows a crowded and slightly chaotic scene of a procession at Eton, called the Montem. The ceremony, which was celebrated on Whit Tuesday, was to raise funds - by donation - for the senior scholar leaving Eton for University. The Montem was initially an initiation ceremony for new pupils and evolved into a somewhat exuberant and rowdy event, with dubious behaviour on the part of the pupils and the spectators. Etonians processed in elaborate ceremonial and military dress from the College to Salt Hill in Slough. Huge crowds flocked to see the procession, hoping to glimpse attending royalty and participate by giving money in exchange for a pinch of salt or, later, a paper ticket. The poor behaviour resulted in the procession being permanently cancelled in 1844.
Lot 351
* Patience playing cards. German deck, Frankfurt: Johann Anton Steinberger, circa 1830, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), single-figured courts, JD with maker's details, some finger-soiling, several pip cards creased, JD with light horizontal crease, corners a little rounded from wear, versos red dotted pattern, each card 56 x 39 mm, with near contemporary two-part leather box (with compartments for 2 packs), inner lip with gilt lettered 'Pr. Breul Jr, Frankfurt & Munchen', together with: Swiss deck, Schaffhouse: J. Muller & Cie, circa 1890, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts are children in medieval costume, JC with maker's details, generally toned, a couple of pip cards wtih small edge stain, versos pale red ornamental pattern (small surface loss to JC verso), each card 59 x 40 mm, with approximately 89 other patience and miniature sized decks, 19th and 20th century, some double packs, publishers include: Titze & Schinkan, Schneider & Co., B.P. Grimaud, Josh Reynolds & Sons, C.L Würst, Cremer, Jean Muller, etc., a few cards from several packs mounted with photo corners onto 9 display boards (4 boards encapsulated in clear plastic), 29 packs part-mounted (using photo corners) into a ring-binder, remainder of each pack and remaining packs in individual bags, mostly in good condition, many with original box, (none checked for completeness)QTY: (Approx. 91)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Bube Dame König (1982) #122.
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Lot 302
* Sweert (Emanuel, 1552-1612). Fifteen Botanical Engravings [1612 or later], hand-coloured engravings, each approximately 335 x 220 mm, in good conditionQTY: (15)NOTE:Originally published in the Florilegium tractans de variis floribus...,. Emanuel Sweert (1552-1612) was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally intended as a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs from Sweert's gardens, to be sold at fairs in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, but sadly he died in the same year.
Lot 20
Russell (John). A Complete Atlas of the World Comprised in Thirty-Four maps, engraved from the best authorities, and the most recent discoveries, London: The Caxton Press by Fisher Son & Co., circa 1840, frontispiece of an Armillary Sphere, title page with index and 33 engraved maps (complete as list) all with contemporary wash colouring, 3 folding, map of England & Wales with a closed marginal tear, near-contemporary dated ownership inscription to the first front blank, text block and hinges cracked and partially split, contemporary cloth with gilt title to the upper siding, boards worn, stained faded and rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)
Lot 207
Northamptonshire & Surrounding Counties. Saxton (Christopher), Northamton, Bedfordiae, Cantabrigiae, Huntingdoniae et Rutlandiae, Comitatuum Vicinarumq. Regionum partium adiacent nova veraq. Descriptio. A. D. 1576, [1579], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring and some later enhancement (the map shows signs of having been cleaned and 'washed'), strapwork title cartouche surmounted by the royal arms to the upper left, arms of Thomas Seckford lower left, mileage scale surmounted by dividers, very faint old circular lines affecting the image can be detected, 'crossed arrows' watermark, 400 x 520 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Harold Whitaker. A Descriptive List of the Printed Maps of Northamptonshire, number 1. The first printed map of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon and Rutland.
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Lot 124
W[orlidge] (J[ohn]). . Systema Agriculturae, the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered… to which is added, Kalendarium Rusticum, or the Husbandmans Monethly Directions..., by J. W. Gent…, 1st edition, London: Printed by T. Johnson for Samuel Speed, 1669 additional engraved title, with preceding printed leaf of 'Explanation of the Frontispiece' within typographic border (full page hand-stitched closed tear repair), some damp staining and soiling to both leaves, woodcut illustrations to text, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting or soiling, some worm tracing and pin holes to blank lower outer corners throughout, large florid ink ownership inscription of Richard Stafford to front and rear endpapers (dated 1694 and 1695), later ownership signature of William Wilson to front endpaper and further ink arithmetic calculations to endpapers and pastedowns at front and rear, contemporary calf, rubbed and some edge wear, neat repairs at head and foot of spine, new gilt-titled spine label, folio (29.5 x 19 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing W3598.Provenance: Richard Stafford, William Wilson.The first edition of this useful husbandry work which ran to five editions during Worlidge's lifetime.
Lot 394
Grose (Francis). Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, 2 volumes, London: S. Hooper, 1788, engraved frontispiece and title to each volume, numerous engraved plates, some toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, with modern half calf spine and corners, 4to, together with:Fuller (Thomas). The History of the Worthies of England ... first printed in 1662, 2 volumes, new edition, with a few explanatory notes by John Nichols, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne, Wilkie and Robinson [et al.], 1811, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 with offsetting to title, scattered spotting, modern dark brown calf with black skiver spine labels, blind roll border decoration to boards, 4to,Froissart (Jean). Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany, Flanders, and the adjoining Countries; translated from the original French, at the command of King Henry the Eighth, by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. Reprinted from Pynson's edition of 1523 and 1525; with the names of places and persons carefully corrected..., 2 volumes, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne, Wilkie and Robinson [et al.], 1812, occasional scattered spotting, bookplates of Charles Whitley to front endpapers, contemporary blind and gilt decorated calf, extremities lightly rubbed, 4toQTY: (6)
Lot 377
Wilkins (John). The First Book. The Discovery of a New World. Or, A Discourse tending to prove, that ’tis probable there may be another habitable World in the Moone. With a Discourse concerning the possibility of a Passage thither. The third impression. Corrected and enlarged, 2 parts in one volume, London: John Maynard, 1640, engraved additional title showing Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and the solar system by W. Marshall (with erased ownership inscription to top margin and to verso), separate title and pagination to second part, ruled borders throughout, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, errata leaf to book one present (R2), lacking errata leaf (R4) at end of book two, scattered marginalia, some spotting and light damp staining, mostly to upper margins at front and rear, P7 to part two printed without illustration to verso (as usual) and with old adhesion residue to blank space, some paper flaws with resultant closed tears (the largest to fore-margin of C3 of part two), ink ownership inscription of N. Newcomsen, University College, Oxford, dated 1698, to front free endpaper, later ink ownership stamp of R. H. Robbins to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper joint and head of foot of spine neatly refurbished, gilt-decorated spine, small 8vo (160 x 100 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 25641; Macclesfield 2125.Wilkins’s first work, and his attempt to prove that the moon was habitable. 'The central argument was borrowed from Galileo: the moon is not a shining disk or whatever else men might have imagined, but a world with natural features much like the Earth. And if so then the moon might also be inhabited, although Wilkins does not find sufficient grounds to say what sort of beings the inhabitants are, thus neatly avoiding the touchy question of whether they are descendants of Adam', (DSB XIV, p. 346).
Lot 344
* English playing cards. Cabinet playing cards, Chas. Goodall & Son, 1905, a deck of 52 colour printed playing cards (French suits, without joker), published by Jarrold & Sons Ltd for F.L. Ames, ace of clubs portraying A.J. Balfour, Prime Minister, the courts and aces representing various members of Balfour's Cabinet, each with their name and role, dusty, some very slight edge wear/soiling, rounded corners, versos red ornamental pattern, each card 90 x 64 mm, together with: No. 106 L'Hombre, John Waddington, circa 1930, for S. Salomon & Co, Holmblads Spillekort-Forretning, Copenhagen, a complete deck of 40 colour printed playing cards (French suits), double-ended Danish Holmblad pattern courts, publisher's details on JC, Danish tax stamp on AD, dusty, rounded corners, versos blue ornamental pattern, each card 89 x 58 mm, with original tuck-flap box, plus: 'Premiers', Goodall & Son, circa 1880, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts (no indices), ornate AS stating Goodall's "Premiers", lightly soiled, 1 pip card with small corner crease and 1 with small surface loss to pip sign, square corners, floral versos (Water Forget-Me-Not?), each card 92 x 65 mm, with approximately 80 English decks, late 19th-20th century, including standard, non-standard and advertising decks by De La Rue, Woolley, Goodall, Empire Card Co, Mardon Son & Hall, Waddington, Universal, and others, many with original box, also including 2 packs of playing card-related cigarette cards, all believed complete except as detailed above, also 2 packs missing one pip card and one missing its joker, a quantity of cards from most decks mounted with photo corners onto 46 display boards (54.5 x 40 cm and similar), some encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags QTY: (approx. 83)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: EPCS Newsletter vol 23, no. 83, June 2005 (pp. 53-55): EPCS Newsletter vol 15, no. 57, August 1997 (p. 74).
Lot 105
Plinius (Secundus Gaius, "Pliny, the Elder"). The Historie of the World: Commonly called The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke, 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition in English, London: Adam Islip, 1635-34, titles with large woodcut device, advertisement leaf with errata information bound at rear, small repair at head of volume I title, small burnholes to G5 in volume II affecting a few letters occasional light spotting and water stains, bookplate of Marshall Laird (1923-2007, New Zealand-born mosquito biologist), contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, a little rubbed with some minor worming to covers, folio, 33 x 21.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC 103160; Pforzheimer 496; PMM 5 (for the 1469 Venice first edition); STC 20030. Volume I title is a variant re-issue of the 1634 edition, with the title reset and addition of bookseller John Grismond in the imprint, volume II is dated 1634.The second edition in English (the first English monumental translation was published in 1601) with the dedication to Robert Cecil, by Philemon Holland, the great Elizabethan translator of classics. 'The 'Natural History' of Pliny the Elder is more than a natural history: it is an encyclopaedia of all the knowledge of the ancient world... When he died the 'Natural History' (the sole extant work out of one hundred and two volumes from his pen) was still incomplete. It comprises thirty-seven books dealing with mathematics and physics, geography and astronomy, medicine and zoology, anthropology, philosophy and history, agriculture and mineralogy, the arts and letters.' (PMM).
Lot 41
Lewis (Samuel). Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales, comprising a General Map of England, a Plan of London and Maps of the counties..., 1848, title page and 54 engraved maps, all with contemporary outline colouring (excluding the folding map of London) including 16 folding, the map of Worcestershire detached with fraying to the foredge, slight marginal spotting, first and final few leaves detached, later ownership signature to the front pastedown, upper hinge cracked, contemporary gilt blind stamped cloth, frayed and worn, 4toQTY: (1)
Lot 119
Stephens (James Francis). Illustrations of British Entomology; or a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food and economy, as far as practicable, 12 volumes (including Supplement) bound in 5, 1st edition, London: Baldwin and Craddock for the author, 1828-46, 95 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting, spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, most covers detached, a few losses to spines, some wear, 8vo, together with volumes 6-9 in parts only (of 11) of The Lepidoptera of the British Isles, by Charles G. Barrett, 1900-03QTY: (9)NOTE:First work Nissen ZBI 3994.
Lot 23
Thomson (Joseph). Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration Among the Snowclad Volcanic Mountains and Strange Tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Being the Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza, 1883-1884, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low & Co, 1885, half-title, 2 folding coloured lithographed maps (one geological), 15 wood-engraved plates, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, edition statement to title erased, folding maps reinforced with cloth, hinges cracked, a few gatherings loose, blue ink notations to half-title and title, original pictorial green cloth gilt, a little marked and rubbed, 8vo, including a 1-page autograph letter from Thomson to Edward Clodd, together with an incomplete first edition copy of David Livingstone's Missionary Travels and Researches in South AfricaQTY: (2)NOTE:Czech p. 282 for the first work.
Lot 410
Goodwin (Francis). Domestic Architecture, Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs' Lodge, Gardener's Lodge, Game-Keeper's Lodge, Park Gate Lodges etc. In the Grecian, Italian, and Old English styles of Architecture. With observations on the appropriate choice of site; the whole designed with strict reference to the practicability of erection, and with due attention to the important consideration of uniting elegance, convenience and domestic comfort with economy. The whole being the result of upwards of thirty years professional experience with accurate estimates appended to each design, 2 volumes (First and Second Series), London: printed for the author, 1833-34, 83 engraved plates and plans, of which 40 hand-coloured aquatints, volume 2 frontispiece and title detached (title frayed at foot), some offsetting and spotting, original boards, paper labels to upper boards, volume 2 lacking spine and upper cover detached, tears to volume I spine, some edge wear, 4to, together with Cottage Architecture: Being a Supplement to the First Series of Goodwin's Rural Architecture... and Second Series, 2 volumes in one, 1835 (with a further 16 uncoloured plates), another copy of the Second Series of Domestic Architecture, 1834 (with 42 uncoloured plates), A Dissertation of the Pageants or Dramatic Mysteries Anciently Performed at Coventry, by Thomas Sharp, Coventry, 1825, Pugin's Gothic Furniture, Ackermann edition, circa 1828, and one otherQTY: (7)NOTE:Abbey Life 20 & 21 for first two works.
Lot 370
Stow (John). [The Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England, begun first by maister John Stow, and after him continued and augmented with matters forreyne, and domestique, auncient and moderne, unto the ende of this present yeere 1614 by Edmond Howes, gentleman, London: [printed by Thomas Dawson] Thomas Adams, 1615], [20], 430, 432-576, 578-815, [1], 816-957, [4], 961-968, 967-988, [30] pp., lacks title and following 2 leaves which are provided in modern neat facsimile, black letter text in double column, several decorative woodcut initials (some at front of volume with modern neat hand-colouring, final leaf with colophon repaired to upper outer corner and lower margin, professional modern panelled calf with blind decoration to boards, folio (32.7 x 20.7 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S117596; STC 23338.
Lot 453
Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings, 1st edition, 4th/2nd/1st impression, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955, folding maps at rear of each volume, first and final volume with a little red ink bleeding to margins of a few preliminary leaves, small blue ink ownership inscription J Perkins to front pastedown of the first volume, a little toning, original red cloth, ring mark to upper cover of final volume, cloth overall a little marked, second and third in dust jacket (3rd impression on the second title), heavily worn (with loss), final volume detached at lower joint, 8vo, together with:The Hobbit, 7th impression, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, preliminary gathering loosening, blue ink ownership inscription to head of front free endpaper, original pictorial green cloth, head and foot of spine a little soiled, dust jacket (8th impression), worn and chipped with loss (foot of spine lacking), portion of jacket laid-down, adhesive tape repairs to spine, 8vo, QTY: (4)
Lot 229
Tunnicliffe (William). A New Map of Wiltshire by Willm. Tunnicliffe, Land Surveyor, 1791, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, old folds, 490 x 370 mm, supplied with a triangular mileage table for Wiltshire and 24 pages of descriptive text, tables and heraldic shields, together with Kitchin (Thomas). Bowles's Reduced Map of Sussex [1769 - 74], an uncoloured engraved map, large margins, old folds, 160 x 320 mm, with Blome (Richard). A Mapp of Hantshire [1673], an uncoloured engraved map, very slight marginal toning and creasing, 305 x 265 mm, plus Kitchin (Thomas). Untitled map of Hampshire [1769], uncoloured engraved map, first state before the addition of a title, 235 x 210 mmQTY: (4)
Lot 424
Binding - Clarkson (Christopher, 1938-2017). Bindings in Cambridge Libraries, by Geoffrey Dudley Hobson, Cambridge: University Press, 1929, colour frontispiece, monochrome and colour plates, doublure endpapers decorated with rubbings taken from a German Gothic blind-stamped binding, all edges gilt, modern yellow ochre Nigerian goatskin by Christopher Clarkson, intricate blind decoration design based on the Cambridge Colleges, each identified by a platinum-tooled shield with finely painted coat of arms to each, gilt and blind decorated path or large roundel effect encompassing whole binding bringing together design, title to spine in platinum, folio (37.3 x 23.5 cm), contained in book box, together with 26 brass finishing tool heads designed and made by Clarkson to undertake the decoration on the binding, and 34 brass type heads which were used on the binding, contained together in small hardwood stand, plus a selection of original artwork, designs, practice blind-work samples and mounted exhibition photo boards relating to the binding QTY: (-)NOTE:Provenance: Christopher Clarkson (1938-2017); thence by descent.This publication was produced in a limited edition of 230 copies for sale.Christopher Clarkson (1938-2017) was one of the world's leading authorities in the conservation of medieval manuscripts and early printed books and a highly respected historian on the subject. Christopher was born in Blackheath from an early age showed an interest in art, attending art classes at the Whitechapel Art Gallery on Saturday mornings, before attending the Junior Art School at Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts at the age of 13, progressing to the Senior Art School at the age of 15. At 17 he gained his National Diploma in Design and took a part-time position at Camberwell assisting Frank Martin in teaching wood engraving, lettering and illuminating under Vernon Shearer. He later attended the Royal College of Art from 1960-1963, additionally studying fine binding for his last two years there. Whilst there he had to complete twelve bindings for his final diploma show (the bindings by Clarkson in this auction are understood to date from this time). At the same time, he assisted Howard Nixon at the British Museum with his bookbinding rubbing project. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1963 with an ARCA Diploma in Graphic Art and as a result, was invited by Jeff Clements to teach at the Plymouth School of Art and Design. In 1964 he worked under Tony Cains at Douglas Cockerell & Son which was run by Sydney Cockerell. In late 1966 he joined the English Government team in Florence to help conserve the flood-damaged volumes and manuscripts, working with Tony Cains, Peter Waters, Don Etherington and Roger and Rita Powell. It was during this time that he and fellow binders formulated the principles of book conservation. In 1972 he was appointed Head of Rare Book Preservation at the Library of Congress, Washington. He later held a position at The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, being the first conservator of their manuscript collection, before, in 1979 accepting the post as the first Conservation Technical Officer at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. From 1987-1998 he taught at West Dean College and on his return to Oxford set up in private practice, working as a consultant to the Bodleian Library, The Wordsworth Library and Hereford Cathedral Mappa Mundi Trust and Chained Library. In 2004 Christopher was awarded the Plowden Gold Medal of the Royal Warrant Holders Association in recognition of his contribution to the conservation profession.
Lot 389
Buonanni (Filippo). Numismata summorum pontificum Templi Vaticani fabricam indicantia : chronologica ejusdem fabricae narratione, ac multiplici eruditione explicata, at que uberiori numismatum omnium pontificiorum lucubrationi veluti prodromus proe missa..., Rome: Sumptibus Felicis Caesaretti, & Paribeni, Typis Dominici Antonii Herculis,1696, engraved vignette to title, 86 plates (13 folding) of coins, architectural plans and diagrams, some light toning to a few leaves, small wormhole beginning at P2 to end of volume causing minor loss to a few plates, together with:Buonanni (Filippo). Numismata pontificum romanorum, quæ aÌ€ tempore Martini V. usque ad annum M.DC.XCIX. vel authoritate publica, vel privato genio in lucem prodiere, explicata, ac multiplici eruditione Sacra, & Prophana illustrata A P. Philippo Bonanni Societatis Jesu, Tomus Secundus..., Volume 2 (only, of 2), Rome: Ex typographia Dominici Antonii Herculis, 1699, woodcut vignette to title, 51 plates (6 folding) of coins, architectural plans and views, some light toning to a few leaves, some plates with spare spotting, both volumes uniformly bound in modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spines, both spines lightly and evenly sunned, minor scuff mark to foot of spine to the first work, tall 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Filippo Bonanni (1638–1725) was an Italian Jesuit scholar, naturalist, and historian, best known for his work in conchology. He was one of the earliest scientists to systematically classify mollusc shells and published Recreatio mentis et oculi in observatione animalium testaceorum (1681), the first comprehensive books on shells.
Lot 391
The Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer, 158 volumes, a near unbroken run, volumes I-XLVIII, L-LXX, LXXII-LXXX, LXXXIII-LXXXVIII, CX-CIII, New Series, volumes I-III, V, VII-VIII, X, XVI, XXIII, XXV & XXXV-XXXVII, London: 1731-1852, lacking only volumes XLIX (1779), LXXI (1801), LXXXI-LXXXII (1811 & 1812), LXXXIX (July-December 1819), and New Series, volumes IV, VI, and IX (July-December 1835, July-December 1836, and January-June 1838), profusely illustrated with engraved plates and maps, including many folding, woodcut illustrations to text, almost all bound in contemporary half calf, the first twelve volumes rebound in good-quality antique-style modern uniform lighter brown half calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, occasional wear and a few covers detached (bindings generally in better than usual condition), one or two with later rebacks or repairs, together with four volumes only of The Gentleman's Magazine Library: being a classified collection of the chief contents of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868, edited by George Lawrence Gomme, English Topography, Parts IV, VI, X and XII only, 1893-1900, bound in original cloth, all 8vo QTY: (158)NOTE:Provenance: Many of the earlier volumes bear the early 19th-century bookplate of Toft Hall, Cheshire, the seat of Ralf Leycester (1763-1835), MP for Shaftesbury (1821-1830). The house contained a library which was added during the renovations made between 1810 and 1813 by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell. Several other volumes contain 19th-century bookplates from different owners.A near-complete run of the Gentleman's Magazine from its commencement in 1731 to the early 19th century, complete with the majority of the required maps and plates. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.This impressive run contains many of the important maps and plans relating to the American Wars of Independence, and also includes one of the earliest reports of the Boston Tea Party (volume 44, 1774), and one of the earliest British printings of the Declaration of American Independence (volume 46, 1776). Engraved American maps present in this lot, as listed in David Jolly, Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800 are, according to his numbered listing: 3-10, 17, 26, 32-33, 36, 44, 45 (some fraying to left and right margins with slight loss to lower right edge), 46 (bound opposite page 123), 53-55, 65 (central horizontal closed tear without loss), 69-70, 82, 83 (slight offsetting), 118-122, 164-165, 186-190, 219-222, 242, 244 (bound facing page 513), 245, 247-248, 257, 258 (bound opposite page 264), 259-260, 286 (slight offsetting), 287, 290 (slight offsetting), 309, 319-321, 336, 357 (short closed tear at head), 409, and 427. Amongst these are: An Accurate Map of the West Indies (no. 3, 1740), New Map or Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean (no. 10, 1740), Plan of the Harbour of Chebucto and Town of Halifax (no. 36, 1750), Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent (no. 45, 1753, with slight loss), Map of the British and French Settlements in North America (no. 54, 1755), Map of that Part of America which was the Principal Seat of War in 1756 (no. 69, 1757), Accurate Map of the British Empire in Nth. America as settled by the Preliminaries in 1762 (no. 190, 1762), Louisiana, Virginia, & Carolina (no. 220, 1763), Map of the New Governments of East & West Florida (no. 221, 1763), The British Governments in Nth. America laid down Agreeable to the Proclamation of Octr. 7, 1763 (no. 222, 1763), Map of Part of West Florida, from Pensacola to the Mouth of the Iberville River (no. 247, 1772), Plan of the Town and Chart of the Harbour of Boston (no. 257, 1775), Map of 100 Miles round Boston (no. 258, 1775), New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston (no. 260, 1775), Map of Connecticut and Rhode Island (no. 290, 1776), Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent (no. 309, 1777), Map of Hudson's River (no. 319, 1778), Map of the Island of Dominica (no. 320, 1778), Map of the Island of Tobago (no. 321, 1778), Plan of the Harbour of Omoa (no. 336, 1780), and Map Shewing the Communication of the Lakes and Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America (no. 427, 1790).The engraved maps not present are New Chart of the Coast of New England (no. 23, 1746), Map of the British American Plantations (no. 47, 1754), Map of the World on Mercator's Projection (no. 56, 1755), Physical Planisphere (no. 71, 1757), Map of the Country round Philadelphia (no. 288, 1776), Sketch of the Country Illustrating the Late Engagement in Long Island (no. 289, 1776), Map of the Progress of His Majesty's Armies in New York (no. 291, 1776), and Plan of St. Lucia in the West Indies (no. 328, 1779). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
Lot 200
London. Leake (John), An Exact Surveigh of the Streets Lanes and Churches, Comprehended within the Ruins of the City of London, first described in six Plats, 10 Decemr. Ao. Domi: 1666 By The Order & Directions of the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor Aldermen, & Common Councell of the Said City. Iohn Leake, John Jennings, Willm. Marr, Willm. Leybourn, Thomas Streete, Richard Shortgrave, Surveyors. & Reduced Into One Intire Plat, By Iohn Leake, For The Use of the Commisioners, For Regulation of Streets, Lanes &ct. 1723, uncoloured plan of London on two sheets (not conjoined), eight inset vignettes of views in London including a map of London and Westminster, slight offsetting and creasing, each sheet approximately 535 x 630 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:J. Howgego. The Printed Maps of London, number 21 derivative (a.). The map illustrates the destruction in London after the Great Fire of 1666 and was published by George Virtue.
Lot 361
* Worldwide playing cards. The House of Cashmere pack, Vienna, Austria: Ferd. Piatnik & Sons, for USA: Bernhard Altmann of New York, 1950, a complete deck of 52 plus 2 jokers colour printed playing cards (French suits), designed by Hans Lang, suits representing Indians (hearts), Mongols (diamonds), Persians (spades), and Chinese (clubs), double-ended courts representing their rulers, warriors and women who were involved in the cashmere trade, imprint on AS, designer's details and date on AH, rounded corners, versos with the Seal of Khans in ancient Mongol script and the name of the pack, each card 92 x 62 mm, contained in original (double) box, with explanatory leaflet and glassine wrapper with USA stamp, box lid with image of cashmere goats, together with: Circus Transformation Playing Card Deck, Belgium: Carta Mundi, 1988, the complete deck of 52 plus 2 jokers colour printed playing cards (French suits), limited edition (353/1000), fully transformed cards designed by F. Robert Schick, single-figure courts, gilt edges, rounded corners, versos double-ended clowns in red & white on black, with imprint, each card 100 x 65 mm, with limitation card, gilt-edged explanatory booklet, and commemorative golden medal, contained together in original wooden box with sliding lid, box underside with ink stamp of Florin Box and Lumber Co., Sacramento, California, the lid with image from card versos, plus another 62 20th century decks, all in either double or large-size packs, countries include England, Austria, Germany, France, Spain, etc., all apparently in original box (some defective), none checked for condition or completeness (most presumed complete)QTY: (64)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: apparently John Berry had the second of the double packs from this box.
Lot 473
Topham (Edward). The Life of the Late John Elwes, Esquire, member in three successive parliaments for the county of Berks. First published in the paper of The World. The twelfth edition, corrected and enlarged. To which is added, an appendix, entirely new, by the author, London: James Ridgeway, 1805, stipple engraved frontispiece, folding family pedigree, all edges gilt, bookplate of Syston Park, and additional oval gilt label of Mark Masterman Sykes to front pastedown, contemporary straight-grained red full morocco, some marks and small stains, 8vo, author's presentation copy, inscribed to front blank 'To Sir Mark M. Sykes Bart. of Sledmere; as a Tribute of Friendship from the Author. August 1805', together withDaniel (Reverand William B.). Rural Sports, 4 volumes (including Supplement), London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807-13, engraved titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to Supplement volume, engraved plates (lacking a few plates and some text including Beagle plate at p. 397 in volume I, Setter & Grouse plate at p. 104, Gamekeeper plate at p. 135, Snipe plate at p. 175, Quail plate at p. 188, text leaves pp. 181-194 all in volume III), some spotting and toning, 19th century red half morocco, gilt decorated spines, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th-century leather-bound literature, including Pictures and Royal Portraits, illustrative of English and Scottish History, 2 volumes, London: Blackie and Son, 1883, all edges gilt, original uniform elaborately gilt-decorated brown morocco, large quarto, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 volumes, 1822, Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, 1812, etcQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 373
Ariosto (Lodovico). Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, by Sr John Harington of Bathe Knight, Now thirdly revised and amended, with the addition of the authors epigrams, London: Imprinted by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634, engraved title with indistinct annotation to upper margin (verso repaired and strengthened at head and foot), 46 engraved full-page illustrations (illustration to verso of H3 printed upside-down), separate title to 'The Most Elegant and Wittie Epigrams of Sir John Harington' with printer's woodcut device, woodcut tailpieces and initials, A3 with lower third of leaf torn away with text loss and repaired, lower blank margin of A4 torn and repaired, hole to V5 affecting text, 2C3 torn to upper margin with loss to running title, several other leaves with closed tears, marginal tears and repairs, toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, recent endpapers, contemporary calf upper board, 19th-century brown sheep covered lower board, modern morocco reback, folio (28.5 x 18.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 748. The third edition of Harington's 1591 translation. The engraved title also includes a portrait of Harington's dog Bungy in the lower left corner - referred to in the note at the end of Canto XLIII: "Marrie for the shaghaird dog, that could dance to please Ladies so well, and had such pretie qualities, I dare undertake my servant Bungy (whose picture you may see in the first page of the booke, and is knowne to the best Ladies of England) may compare with any Pilgrims dog that served such a saint this seven year..."
Lot 450
Rowling (J. K.). The Harry Potter novels, 7 volumes, deluxe edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1997-2007, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt with mounted colour illustrations, 8vo, all in original wrapping (apart from the first and second title which are in later shrink wrap)QTY: (7)NOTE:Errington A1(d); A2(e); A7(c); A9(b); A12(c); A13(b); A14 (aaa) respectively.The Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets are first impressions, the remainder unexamined.
Lot 112
Samouelle (George). The Entomologist's Useful Compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, 1st edition, London: printed for Thomas Boys, 1819, 12 hand-coloured engraved plates (light toning to 2 plates), some light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription of William Sparrow, 1819, small ink stamp, contemporary sprinkled calf, small splits to upper joint, 8vo, together with Wood (William). Illustrations of the Linnaean Genera of Insects, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. and A. Taylor for William Wood, 1821, 86 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus 2 others including An Introduction to Entomology or Elements of the Natural History of Insects, by William Kirby and William Spence, 4 volumes, mixed editions (volumes I--II & IV 5th edition, volume III 1st edition), 1826-28 QTY: (8)NOTE:First work Nissen ZBI 3558.
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