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Lot 90

NO RESERVE Oxford.- Wood (Anthony) Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their education in ... Oxford, 2 vol., titles in red and black, list of subscribers, rather browned in places, bookplate of Ham Court, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, slight bumping to corners, 1721 § [Parker (John Henry)] A Handbook for Visitors to Oxford, first edition, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, illustrations, folding map at end, spotting, original pictorial cloth, Oxford, 1847, 8vo (3)

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Lot 110

NO RESERVE Catullus (Gaius Valerius) Catullus et in eum Isaaci Vossii observationes, edited by Isaac Vossius, title in red and black and with woodcut ornament, woodcut decorative initials, errata f. at end, some spotting, lightly browned, 19th century blind-stamped panelled calf, upper cover all but detached, rubbed at extremities, [Wing C1526], small 4to, [Leiden], Isaac Littlebury, 1684.⁂ The Leiden printed first edition edited by Issac Vossius, this being the issue intended for sale in London with a new title-page. Scarce in commerce.

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Lot 91

NO RESERVE Wales.- Climbing in Snowdonia.- Thomson (J.M.Archer) & A.W.Andrews. The Climbs on Lliwedd, first edition, slight browning to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy in original cloth wallet with flap, slightly soiled, [Neate Q247], 1909 § Guide (A) to Beddgelert and Snowdon, with Rambles and Mountain Ascents..., stapled in original printed wrappers, a little browned, signature to upper cover, lower with small tear to bottom corner, Manchester, Abel Heywood & Son Ltd., and London, [c.1900] § Carr (Herbert R.C.), George A.Lister & Paul Orkney Work. A Walker's Guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District, revised edition, 2 folding maps (light staining from glue), one leaf chipped at edge, original cloth, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1949 § Carr (H.R.C.) & G.A.Lister. The Mountains of Snowdon..., first edition, remainder issue, original cloth, spine faded, gouge to upper cover, [Neate C16; Perret 0840], 1925 § James (Ron) Rock Climbing in Wales, first edition, original pictorial boards, [Neate Q222], 1970, maps, plates and illustrations, light foxing to the last two; and 10 others on Snowdonia including New Naturalists no.13 & 47 and some climbing guides, 8vo & 12mo (15)

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Lot 125

Lisbon.- [Transcript of will of Beatriz Dornellas wife of Dr Christovão de Farias concerning three chapels and bequeathing them and a house in Cintra to her administrator Da. Joanna de Farias [&] Information for the lawyer about the chapels belonging to Beatriz Dornellas and Ignes Telles], manuscripts in Portugese, first document 10pp. and second document 9pp., folds, slightly browned, later wrappers, folio, Lisbon, 2nd January 1563 & after 1755.⁂ Second document recording some lands having been sold, some houses in Lisbon destroyed in the earthquake of 1755, and that the obligation to say masses is ended.

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Lot 194

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Works of ..., 4 vol., first collected edition, engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, list of subscribers, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, for A. Millar, 1740.

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Lot 24

NO RESERVE Libri (Guillaume) Monuments Inédits...qui se rapportent à l'Histoire de l'Ornamentation..., second edition, lithographed portrait (marginal spotting) and 65 plates, most chromolithographed and heightened with gold or silver, some hand-coloured, tissue guards, contemporary half russia, rebacked, 1864 § Jeidels (J. & C.) Erzeugnisse der Silber-Schmiede-Kunst...Collection, 2 vol., text in German & French, mounted photogravure plates, contemporary half morocco, Frankfurt, 1883 § Frauberger (H.) Die Kunstsammlung des Herrn Wilhelm Peter Metzler in Frankfurt am Main, chromolithographed frontispiece heightened with gold, photogravure plates, original cloth, Frankfurt, 1897, rubbed; and 8 others, art collections, folio & 4to (12)⁂ The first contains magnificent plates of mostly bindings in Libri's library.

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Lot 64

Raynal (Guillaume Thomas Francois, Abbé) A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, 5 vol., third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 folding maps, the first torn at left margin with no loss, occasional staining, contemporary calf, rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, [Sabin 68088], 8vo, T. Cadell, 1777.

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Lot 133

London.- ?Lawyer's account book, manuscript, 28pp., first f. small piece of corner torn away, small hole in last f., slightly browned, 130 x 100mm., Tuesday 1st January - Saturday 23rd March 1771.⁂ Mentions Tom's Coffee House in Devereux Court, and problems with accomodation, "NB My Landlady ?scratched poor Kelly out of Bed, she begd to come to my Room."

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Lot 235

NO RESERVE Wordsworth (William) Peter Bell: a Tale in Verse, first edition, engraved frontispiece, without half-title, occasional faint spotting, later manuscript note to blank, modern half-morocco, very slight bumping to corners, [Healey 44; Reed A24a], 8vo, 1819.⁂ The Prologue was amended in later editions. The additional verse is added in manuscript to a blank. Four additional sonnets are added at the end.

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Lot 204

NO RESERVE Mortimer (Thomas) The Student's Pocket Dictionary, first edition, half-title, water-staining to last few leaves (blanks), contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, 1777 § Lavater (J. C.) Physiognomy, first edition, translated by Samuel Shaw, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, short tear to final leaf, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf-backed boards, cracked joints, rubbed, 1809; and 6 others, 12mo & 8vo (8)

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Lot 268

NO RESERVE Doré (Gustave).- Balzac (Honoré de) Les Contes Drolatiques, illustrations by Gustave Doré, original paper wrappers bound in, contemporary half-vellum, illustrated spine, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, Paris, 1926 § Sassoon (Siegfried) The Old Century, first edition, signed and dated by original owner Michael Redgrave, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1938 § Langley (Noel) The Inconstant Moon, first edition, illustrated by Ronald Searle, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1949; and 6 others similar, including the first three parts of 'Nicholas Nickleby', 8vo (9)

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Lot 30

NO RESERVE Sculpture.- Flaxman (John) Lectures on Sculpture, first edition, lithographed portrait and 51 plates (no plate 18 as issued), portrait with light marginal water-staining, later cloth, new endpapers, [Blackmer 606], 8vo, John Murray, 1829.⁂ In 1810 Flaxman was appointed the first professor of sculpture at the Royal Academy, where these lectures were given.

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Lot 186

NO RESERVE Callières (François) Characters and Criticisms, upon the Ancient and Modern ... Together with a Poem (in blank verse) intitled: The Age of Lewis the Great, first edition in English, engraved folding plate, previous owner's ink initials to title verso, occasional very faint marginal staining. contemporary calf, upper joint broken, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, John Nutt, 1705.⁂ The poem 'The Age of Lewis the Great' was presumably not part of Callière's book. It seems to be an unironic translation of a panegyric to Louis XIV, something rather unusual in Queen Anne's England.

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Lot 174

NO RESERVE Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum annotationibus diversorum, William Robertson's copy, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, contemporary sheep, worn, [Wing S6144; Madan III, 2575], Oxford, William Hall for R. Blagrave, 1661 § Battle of Epsom (The). A New Ballad, first edition, disbound, scarce, with ESTC recording only 5 copies, printed for J. Williams, near the Mitre Tavern, Fleet-Street, 1763; and another, 18th century poetry, 12mo & small 4to (3)⁂ William Robertson (1721-1793) Scottish historian and writer on the Americas. The second mentioned is rare, with ESTC recording only five copies, of which only two in UK.

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Lot 21

NO RESERVE Islamic & Indian Art.- Calvert (Albert F.) Moorish Remains in Spain, colour plates, some heightened with gold or silver, 1906 § Untracht (Oppi) Traditional Jewelry of India, 1997 § Bhushan (J.B.) Indian Jewellery, Ornaments and Decorative Designs, Bombay, 1964 § Meen (V.B.) & A.D.Tushingham. Crown Jewels of Iran, Toronto, 1968 § Kürkman (Garo) Ottoman Silver Marks, Istanbul, 1996, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the first soiled and faded, the rest with dust-jackets, some rubbed; and 4 others on Islamic art, 4to & folio (10)

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Lot 289

NO RESERVE Osten (Gert von der) & Horst Keller, editors. Kunst der Sechziger Jahre Sammlung Ludwig im Wallraf-Richartz Museum, second, enlarged edition, tipped-in colour illustrations, original embossed plastic wrappers fastened with two large screws, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Cologne, 1969 § Anfam (David) & Julian Barnes. Howard Hodgkin, colour illustrations, some folding, price list loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket (folding out to become poster), New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2003; and 3 others, 4to & 8vo (5)⁂ The first is an important catalogue of the art of the 1960s featuring the work of Warhol, Lichtenstein and many others.

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Lot 66

NO RESERVE Greece.- [Lockman (John)] The History of Greece, first edition, occasional spotting, contemporary sheep, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, 12mo, 1743.⁂ Scarce, only 3 on ESTC (BL, Bryn Mawr and, Chicago).

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Lot 201

Gerrard (John) Poems, first edition, 1769, bound after, Scott (John) Amwell, 1776 and Keate (George) The Monument in Arcadia, 1773, together 3 works bound in 1, occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed § [Wolcot (John)] "Peter Pindar" The Works of ..., 2 vol., occasional spotting, occasional faint marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, Dublin, 1793 § [Ireland (William Henry)] The Sailor Boy, first edition, engraved frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary calf, 1809; and 4 others, similar, v.s. (8)

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Lot 238

Cobbett (William) Advice to Young Men, and (Incidentally) to Young Women, first edition, occasional pencil annotations, contemporary half-roan, a little rubbed, by the author, 1829-[30]; The Woodlands: or, a Treatise, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, advertisement bound at end, cracked hinges, original paper backed boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, by William Cobbett, 1825-[28]; A Year's Residence, in the United States of America, folding engraved map, some small tears (one neatly repaired), later half-calf, rebacked, for J. M. Cobbett, 1822 § Huish (Robert) Memoirs of the Late William Cobbett, 2 vol. bound in 1, additional engraved titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and 4 plates, occasional spotting, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 1836; and 5 others by or on Cobbett, 8vo (9)⁂ The first and second were published in 14 and 7 numbers respectively, with these bound from the original parts.

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Lot 152

NO RESERVE Qur'an, manuscript, ?in Arabic, c. 250pp., incomplete at beginning and end, ff. torn at beginning and end, numerous ff. damp-stained and stuck together, edges with tears, some repaired, stains, browned, disbound, 8vo, n.d. [?late 19th century]; sold not subject to return.⁂ With accompanying note: "I think this manuscript was foujnd by H E Short in a cave in ?Persia ?Mesopotamia during first World War... Philip Stewart."

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Lot 81

Voyages.- Cook (Captain James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 4 vol., first abridged edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 49 engraved plates (2 folding, 1 with tear, neatly repaired), large folding maps (tear, neatly repaired), list of subscribers, tear neatly repaired (vol. 3, P2), occasional spotting and marginal damp-staining, modern half-morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, for John Stockdale ..., 1784.

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Lot 243

NO RESERVE King (Rev. C. W.) Antique Gems: their Origin, Uses, and Value, first edition, plates and illustrations, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, near contemporary decorative red morocco, gilt, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1860.

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Lot 190

NO RESERVE Poetical Miscellany.- Collection (A) of Divine Hymns and Poems upon several occasions, third edition, engraved frontispiece, trimmed, contemporary and near contemporary inscriptions to early blank, ink signature to title, later owner's inscription at end, lacking marbled front free endpaper, light browning to first and last few leaves, contemporary panelled morocco, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1719.⁂ Ink inscription to blank reads, "Eliz. Alicia Brooke her booke the gift of my Dear Brother Richard Brooke. Elizabeth-Alicia Brooke (later Wilbraham, d.1737), daughter of Sir Thomas Brooke (1664-1739), of Norton Priory, Cheshire. She had an older brother, Richard, who died in 1720, which suggests that this must have been given to her very close to publication.

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Lot 189

Abelard (Peter) Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefix'd, a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes, extracted chiefly from Monsieur Bayle, ?first edition in English, engraved frontispiece depicting the castration of Abelard, title in red and black, F1 lower corner torn, F6 small section torn out, both with with loss of a few words, F10 tear without loss of text, preliminaries stained, some spotting or light staining elsewhere, contemporary calf, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 12mo, Printed for J. Watts, 1713.⁂ Rare, with only four copies recorded by ESTC.

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Lot 171

[Taylor (John)] [All The Workes...], first collected edition, woodcut illustrations, lacks title and preliminary ff., lacks 3C5-F6, H3-6, O2-6, 2D6, 2M1, 2M5-6, 2R1, 2R4-2S2, and all after 3K5, 3P2 & 2 3K3 extensively torn with loss, numerous other tears, some affecting text but with little loss, browned, some soiling, numerous 18th century ink inscriptions and doodling, late 18th century boards, worn and creased, spine defective, [Pforzheimer 1006; STC 23725], folio, [by J.B. for James Boler; at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Churchyard], [1630]; sold not subject to return.

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Lot 167

Australia.- Bible, English.- The Bible, 2 parts in 1, titles within woodcut pictorial borders, woodcut illustrations and maps in text, OT title trimmed to border and laid down with some loss. lacking [par.]2, and pp.130-196, and 1-187, preliminaries frayed, stained and light browned throughout, 19th century calf, rebacked, preserving majority of backstrip, corners, worn, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 2190], small 4to, Robert Barker, 1603. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Provenance: 'Small token of remembrance to Captain John Kell on his first voyage in the Prima Donna from London to Swan River from his affect. friend John Smithies, April 27th, 1840, "Search the Scriptures", John 5:39'. The Rev. John Smithies was a Wesleyan Methodist missionary who served in the Swan River Colony of Western Australia. He travelled there aboard the Prima Donna with his wife and four children, landing near Freemantle on 22nd June, 1840.

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Lot 34

NO RESERVE Silver.- Forbes (H.A.Crosby) & others. Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885, Milton, Ma., 1975 § Pinn (Keith) Paktong: The Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680-1820, Woodbridge, 1988 § Jenyns (R.Soame) & William Watson. Chinese Art: The Minor Arts: Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonné, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, Wood, Fribourg, 1963, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth with dust-jackets, the first and last slightly rubbed; and 4 others, Chinese art, v.s. (7)

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Lot 188

[Swift (Jonathan)] Mr. C-Ns's discourse of free-thinking, put into plain English, by way of abstract, for the use of the poor, first edition, 1p. advertisements at end, trimmed at foot with loss of signatures or final line of text, final f. loose, browned, disbound, [Teerink-Scouten 587'; Rothschild 2045], Printed for John Morphew, 1713; and a defective copy of the same, 8vo (2)

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Lot 267

NO RESERVE Briggs (Raymond) Ethel & Ernest: a True Story, first edition, signed and dated by author, colour illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, very slight creasing to edges, 8vo, 1998.

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Lot 254

NO RESERVE Military.- Bindings.- Fortescue (Hon J.W.) A History of the British Army, 9 vol. only (of 14) and 3 vol. of maps only (of 6), together 12 vol., first editions, numerous folding maps, bookplates, g.e., handsomely bound in contemporary crushed blue morocco for William Henry Smith, signature in gilt inside lower covers, gilt, 1899-1917.⁂ Comprises of vols 1-8, vol. 4 in 2 parts, and map companions to vols. 4, 7 & 8.Provenance. Bookplate of William Henry Smith, Viscount Hambledon. Foyle copy with the Beeleigh Abbey bookplate.

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Lot 76

South America.- Stedman (John Gabriel) Voyage à Surinam, et dans l'intérieur de la Guiane, contenant la Relation de cinq années de Courses et d'Observations faites dans cette Contrée intéressante et peu connue; Avec des détails sur les Indiens de la Guiane et les Nègres, first French edition, 4 vol., including Atlas vol., 44 engraved plates, maps and views, some plates after William Blake (though not signed as in the English edition), some spotting and staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt and with red and black morocco labels, some spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Sabin 91083; Rochedieu p.312], Paris, F. Buisson, [1799].⁂ A translation of Stedman's Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, 1796. Stedman took part in the campaign against the negro rebels, although he had sympathy for them. The book is famous for its description of the cruelties practiced against the negroes and for its condemnation of slavery. This French edition is enlarged with a supplement of over 200 pages on French Guiana by C. Lescallier.

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Lot 32

NO RESERVE Silver.- Church Plate.- Collins (A.Jefferies) Jewels and Plate of Queen Elizabeth I: The Inventory of 1574, 1955 § § Jeavons (Sidney A.) Church Plate of Warwickshire, Cheltenham, 1963 § Peplow (W.A. & W.R.H.) Church Plate of the Archdeaconry of Worcester and the Cathedral Church, Stourbridge, 1967 § Morgan (Octavius) On a Chalice and Paten belonging to the Church of Nettlecombe, Co.Somerset, 2 chromolithographed plates, cloth, 1870 § Freshfield (E.H.) On the Sword-Stands in the Churches of the City of London, contemporary half roan, 1894, the last two offprints from 'Archaeologia', plates and illustrations, the first three original cloth with dust-jackets, rubbed and soiled; and c.35 others on church, college and corporation plate, 4to & 8vo (c.40)

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Lot 259

NO RESERVE Muirhead (Arnold) Grace Revere Osler: a brief memoir, limited edition of 500 copies, presentation copy from the author, frontispiece, original paper-backed boards, Oxford, for private circulation, 1931; Portrait of a Bibliophile IX. John Farquhar Fulton, 1899-1960, taken from The Book Collector, original paper wrappers loosely inserted and inscribed 'Sydney from Arnold', bookplate, modern half-morocco, [Winter 1962]; and another, also inscribed by Muirhead, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is inscribed "Sydney Broad. dd. Arnold M. Muirhead. Sept 29. 1931"

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Lot 187

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Bindings.- Norris (John) A Practical Treatise concerning Humility ..., first edition, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplates, loss to front free endpaper, neatly restored, faint spotting to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 1707 § Jacob (Giles) Essays Relating to the Conduct of Life, occasional faint spotting, contemporary sheep, spine ends somewhat crudely repaired, rubbed, 1730 § Pusey (E. B.) An Historical Enquiry into the Probable Causes of the Rationalist Character, first edition, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, contemporary half-calf, a little spotted, 1828 § Rousseau (Jean Jacques) Letters on the Elements of Botany ..., folding letterpress table, lacking half-title, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary calf, cracked upper joint, 1787; and 17 others, 8vo & 12mo (18)

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Lot 277

Egan (Beresford).- Baudelaire (Charles) Fleurs du Mal in Pattern and Prose, limited edition of 500 signed and numbered by Egan, colour frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page) by Egan and C. Bower Alcock, original patterned boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, The Sophistocles Press, 1929 § Egan (Beresford) & P. R. Stephenson, Policeman of the Lord: A Political Satire, full-page illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original paper wrappers, a little faded at edges, The Sophistocles Press, [c.1928]; and 2 others, 'The Sink of Solitude' and an invitation to a Beresford Egan private view, 4to & c100 x 205 mm., (4)

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Lot 236

NO RESERVE Wordsworth (William) Peter Bell: a Tale in Verse, second edition, half-title with advertisement to verso, engraved frontispiece, advertisements at end, occasional spotting, contemporary paper wrappers, contemporary ink signature to upper cover, remnants of spine covering, chipping to extremities, housed in a later calf-backed chemise, rubbed and worn, 1819; Ecclesiastical Sketches, first edition, half-title, without advertisements, occasional spotting, near contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1822, [Healey 47, 67; Reed A24b, A33]; and others by the same, 8vo (5)

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Lot 291

Vases.- Taylor (I. & J. Taylor, publishers) [A collection of works on vases], comprising: A New Book of Vases, engraved title and 2 plates, J.Taylor & Wm. Darling, 1773; Columbani (P.) Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates, engraved title and 11 plates, n.d.; Eighteen Vases, Modern & Antique, engraved title and 11 plates, n.d.; Fourteen Vases from the Antique, engraved title and 10 plates only (lacking plate XI), n.d., together 4 works in 1 vol., engraved throughout, first title lightly soiled, small stain to foot of final plate, later half calf, by E.Riley & Son, rubbed, 4to, I & J.Taylor, [late 18th century]. Provenance: The Birmingham Assay Office Library

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Lot 73

Polynesia.- Melville (Herman) Typee: a Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas, 2 parts in 1 vol., first American edition, map frontispiece, spotting, faint damp-staining, lacks advertisements, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, New York, Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

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Lot 215

Godwin (William) Enquiry concerning Political Justice, also its Influence on Morals and Happiness, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, modern half morocco, 8vo, 1796.⁂ This was extensively revised for the second edition, and again for the third edition. This revised edition has a new preface in which Godwin claims that of the eight books that constitute the work, all of the first four, and the very last, have been rewritten.

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Lot 116

[Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von)] Werther, 2 vol., first French edition, translated by Georges Deyverdun, engraved vignette titles, previous owner's ink inscription to titles, bookplate, contemporary calf, ink spots to vol. 1, slight bumping to spine extremities, 12mo, Maestricht, Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, 1776.⁂ Inscription to both titles by Edward Cotsford (1740-1810), who made a large fortune in India in the 1760s and 1770s, and was MP for Midhurst in the 1780s.

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Lot 178

Orrery (Roger Boyle, Earl of) Parthenissa. That most Fam'd Romance, first edition, title in red and black, occasional very faint staining, small marginal paper defects (Y4 & 4X1), 4 short marginal tears (4X4 & 4Z2), lacking final blank (as usual), contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio, [Wing O490], T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676.

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Lot 57

NO RESERVE Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding colour maps, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, foxed, 2 maps loose in pockets at beginning, one with small tears at folds repaired, hinges worn, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, cockling to lower cover of vol.1, 8vo, 1890.

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Lot 72

Middle East.- Fraser (James Baillie) A Winter's Journey (Tatar) from Constaninople to Tehran, first edition, engraved frontispieces, titles lightly browned and spotting, occasional spotting elsewhere, modern half calf, spines richly gilt and with black and red morocco labels, [Not in Blackmer or Atabey], 8vo, 1838.⁂ Account of Fraser's extensive travels in Persia; one of a few books by the author on Persia and surrounding countries

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Lot 192

Cross-dressing spy's copy.- Abū al-Fidā'Ismā'īl ibn 'Ali. Ismael Abu'l--Feda, de vita, et rebus gestis Mohammedis, Moslemicæ religionis auctoris, et imperii Saracenici fundatoris, parallel text in Arabic and Latin, half-title, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to title, marginal worming, water-stained, modern half-calf, small folio, Oxford, At the Sheldonian, 1723.⁂ Life of Mohammed in Latin and Arabic written by Ismael Abu-l-Feda, Syrian prince, historian and geographer (1273-1320), of which parts are translated and published here for the first time by the French orientalist John Gagnier. Provenance: 'De La Bibliotheque de la Chevaliere d'Éon. (ink inscription to foot of title). Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (1728 -1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat, spy and soldier. He claimed to be assigned female at birth and from 1777 d'Éon lived as a woman. A betting pool was started by the London Stock Exchange to confirm that the chevalier was in fact a woman by birth but d'Éon refused to submit to an examination, although doctors who examined d'Éon's body after death discovered 'male organs in every respect perfectly formed'. He is buried in St Pancras Old Church and his possessions were sold by Christie's in 1813.

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Lot 176

NO RESERVE Howe (John) The Vanity of this Mortal Life: or, of Man, Considered only in his Present Mortal State, first edition, longitudinal title bound at end, manuscript notes to imprimatur recto and final leaf, occasional faint spotting, trimmed occasionally affecting marginal notes, contemporary calf, rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, [Wing H3045], 12mo, A. Maxwell, for Sa. Gellibrand, 1672.⁂ Scarce. ESTC lists only 4 copies in the UK (Birmingham Central, BL, Cambridge, Oxford Bodleian) and 4 in North America. Later editions were expanded and retitled 'The Blessedness of the Righteous.'

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Lot 60

Australia.- [Macarthur (James)] New South Wales; its Present State and Future Prospects, first edition, half-title, folding hand-coloured map, folding table, occasional spotting, bookplate and inscription of 'Delapré Abbey', original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, browned spine, bumping to corners, 8vo, 1837.

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Lot 234

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Zapolya: a Christmas Tale, first edition, lacking half-title, 1817; "Blessed are ye that sow beside all Waters!": A Lay Sermon, Addressed to the Higher and Middle Classes ..., first edition, small marginal tear (pp.iii-iv), neatly repaired, later drab boards, cracked upper joint, 1817; Remorse: a Tragedy in five acts ..., second edition, browned title, loss to top edge, neatly restored, 1813, occasional spotting, the first and last uniformly bound in modern morocco-backed boards, browned spines, 8vo (3)

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Lot 173

NO RESERVE Regicide.- Bradshaw's Ghost; A Poem: or, A Dialogue between John Bradshaw, Ferry-man Charon, Oliver Cromwel, Francis Ravillack, and Ignatius Loyola. 1660, first edition, ink number '26' to upper corner, one or two faint spots, modern roan-backed boards, a little rubbed, folio, [Wing B4163], 1660.⁂ A satirical attack on John Bradshaw, the judge who was president of the court that sentenced Charles I to death. Here the newly triumphant Royalist sentiment makes its appearance, duly characterising Bradshaw and Cromwell as driven by oride, ambition and cruelty rather than principle or belief.This does not appear to be related, except in title, to another poem called 'Bradshaw's Ghost', published in 1659.

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Lot 263

NO RESERVE Austen (Jane) Persuasion, translated by Andre Belamich, first French edition, one of 100 copies, original wrappers, extremities rubbed, uncut and unopened, glycene dust-jacket, 8vo, Paris, [1945].

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Lot 77

Switzerland.- Spon (Isaac) The History of the City and State of Geneva, first English edition, additional engraved title, 3 engraved plates (one folding), woodcut plate of seals, occasional spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, cracked joints, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Wing S5017], folio, for Bernard White, 1687.

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Lot 112

La Roche-Guilhem (Anne de) Histoire des Favorites, Contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable sous plusieurs régnes, par Mademoiselle D⁂, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates, ownership inscription erased from title, some mostly light staining, occasional spotting, contemporary panelled vellum, backstrip worn, lightly soiled, Amsterdam, Paul Marret, 1687 § Prechac (Jean de) La Valize Ouverte, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, some light staining, modern calf, gilt, spine faded, Paris, Widow of Olivier, 1680; and 9 others, Continental, v.s. (11)

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Lot 191

Addison (Joseph) Poems on Several Occasions with a Dissertation upon the Roman Poets, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, contemporary ink signature to front free endpaper, ink signature to title, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, small loss to spine head, 1719 § Bowles (Rev. William Lisle) The Grave of the Last Saxon, 1822 bound before A Final Appeal to the Literary Public, relative to Pope ..., presentation inscription "John Montgomery Traherne from the Author, Jun 1st 1823," occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1825 § Mickle (William Julius) The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India, an epic poem, 2 vol., folding engraved map frontispiece, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, without half-titles, later half-calf, rubbed, 1798 § Southey (Robert) Poems, first edition, occasional faint spotting, modern cloth backed boards, 1797; and 13 others, poetry, v.s. (18)

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NO RESERVE Archaeology.- Lothrop (S.K.) & others. Pre-Columbian Art: Robert Woods Bliss Collection, 1957 § Aldred (Cyril) Jewels of the Pharaohs, 1971 § Venedikov (I.) & Todor Gerassimov. Thracian Art Treasures, 1975 § Hartley (E.) & others. Constantine the Great, York, 2006 § Marks (T.) & Paul Williamson. Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547, 2003, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the third frayed, the first with slip-case, rubbed; and c.30 others, ancient art and treasures, v.s. (c.35)

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Lot 62

China.- Complete View of the Chinese Empire (A), first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece a little browned, occasional light foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, G. Cawthorn, 1798.⁂ The title continues: "Exhibited in a Geographical Description of that Country, a Dissertation on its Antiquity, and a Genuine and Copious Account of Earl Macartney's Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China."

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Lot 13

NO RESERVE Gaussen (A.) Portefeuille Archéologique de la Champagne, 2 vol., chromolithographed plates, some heightened with gold, a few double-page, Bar-sur-Aube, 1861 § Barrière-Flavy (C.) Les Arts Industriels des Peuples Barbares de la Gaule du Vme au VIIIme siècle, 3 vol., plates, Toulouse & Paris, 1901 § Engelhardt (C.) Thorsbjerg Mosefund..., engraved plates, Copenhagen, 1863 § Lindenschmit (D. L.) Die Alterthümer Unserer Heidnischen Vorzeit, vol.1-4 (?of 5), plates, a few chromolithographed and heightened with gold, original cloth-backed printed boards, Mainz, 1864-1900, occasional spotting, all but the last contemporary half morocco, the first with gilt spines, rubbed; and 4 others, 4to; sold not subject to return (14)

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Lot 115

Lubersac de Livron (Charles-François de) Discours sur les monumens publics de tous les âges et de tous les peuples connus, suivi d'une description de monument projeté a la gloire de Louis XVI, Discours sur les monumens publics de tous les âges et de tous les peuples connus, suivi d'une description de monument projeté à la gloire de Louis XVI, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece with explanation f. opposite, 2 large folding engraved plates, occasional staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, covers with triple gilt filet borders and fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine in compartments and with fleur-de-lys and crown decorations, joints starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Cohen-de Ricci 661], folio, Paris, Royal Printers, 1775.⁂ On the projected monument to the glory of France and Louis XVI, which was never built.

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Lot 184

NO RESERVE Tate (Nahum) A Congratulatory Poem on the New Parliament assembled on this great conjecture of affairs, first edition, contemporary owner's ink signature to title, loss to title edges (neatly restored), staining, modern calf-backed boards, [Foxon T52], folio, for W. Rogers, 1701.

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Lot 52

NO RESERVE Industry and mining.- Freshfield (Douglas W.) The Life of Horace Benedict De Saussure, first edition, plates and maps, contemporary half morocco, gilt, spine faded, 1920 § Hamilton (Henry) The English Brass & Copper Industries to 1800, plates and illustrations, original cloth, 1926 § Mathias (Peter) The Brewing Industry in England 1700-1830, upper hinge weak, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped, Cambridge, 1959 § Schubert (H. R.) History of the the British Iron and Steel Industry, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipping to head, 1957; and c.60 others, industry and mining, 8vo & 4to (c.65)

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Lot 217

NO RESERVE [Bernard (Sir Thomas)] The First Report of The Society, for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor, first edition, half-title, scattered faint spotting, later half-calf, 8vo, 1797.⁂ Scarce. ESTC lists only 3 copies in the UK (Department of Health, NLS and Rylands), and 6 in North America.

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Lot 206

Education.- [Jones (William)] Letters from a Tutor to his Pupils, first edition, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, modern cloth backed boards, 1780 § Brereton (Rev. J. L.) "County Education" a Letter ..., first edition, bookplate, original paper wrappers bound in, ink-stamp of 'Charlton Club' and ink inscription 'presented' to original upper cover, a little soiled, modern morocco-backed boards, 1861; and 6 others similar, 8vo (8)⁂ The first was reprinted in an altered and completely reset text in 1784, as well as several times during the nineteenth century. This is probably the only edition of the original text.

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