Shrapnel (Henry, 1761-1842). Original pen and ink drawings of 6- and 3- pounder shells, annotated by Shrapnel and signed by him as Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Artillery, c.1804, paper undated but watermarked 1802, verso blank (Qty: 1)Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), army officer and inventor of the Shrapnel shell. Shrapnel, whose name was to become synonymous with his invention, had been commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1779, and served in Newfoundland. After his return to England in 1785 he began privately to develop his idea of an explosive shell which could be fired from existing ordnance but which was filled with small round pieces of shot to be dispersed lethally when the shell exploded, the timing determined by a fuse of variable length inserted through the base of the casing. He maintained an interest in his invention during this subsequent military career, during which he had been wounded at the siege of Dunkirk in 1793, and in 1799 proposed to the Board of Ordnance that his should be adopted by the military, approval being granted in 1803. It is from this period that the present document is dated. Shrapnel became the first assistant inspector of artillery at Woolwich on 10 February 1804, during which year the shell was used with some success at the capture of Surinam. Each drawing is accompanied by annotations of the exact dimensions, which in the case of the 3 pounder show signs of having been later altered. The note to the first drawing, i.e. the 6 pounder, evidently applies to both: 'NB These shells are to be case of the best No.1 Iron, or extremely soft gun metal, so as not to be in the least degree brittle. The casting to be finished as quick as possible, that the metal may not be increased in heat beyond what is proper.'...' Shrapnel's note at the foot, written less formally, adds the instruction that 'The whole of these shells should be cast in green sand, as the moulds make the iron brittle - the raised edges 3,R & 4,R are only intended as marks, & should be raised very little indeed.' Any autograph material by Shrapnel is very rare on the market, and the present document is a particularly rare survival relating to a military invention which could be said to have had a significant influence on the future direction of artillery.
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Titanic. Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Patron of Christian Youth, by Maurice Meschler S.J., Translated by a Benedictine of the Perpetual Adoration... B. Herder, 1911, three black & white plates, front free endpaper with contemporary inscription by Father Thomas Byles, and manuscript note below in a different hand, original gilt lettered blue cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, gilt on spine dulled, 8vo, (Qty: 1)Inscribed on the front free endpaper, just a month before the Titanic sank: "From Father Byles March 9th 1912", and with manuscript note beneath "who went down, heroically, on the Titanic April 15th 1912 Good Shepherd Sunday R.I.P." Father Thomas Byles (1870-1912) famously went down with the Titanic whilst praying for those about to perish with him, having helped many third-class passengers into life boats (twice refusing a place for himself), and having calmly ministered to more than a hundred other passengers who remained trapped on the ship. Pope Pius X later described Byles as a "martyr for the Church", and indeed, in April 2015 the first steps were made towards making him a saint. Strangely enough, two days before setting sail, Father Byles met with a friend, Edward Watson, who ominously spoke about the dangers of icebergs, and said "I hope you'll come back again". Furthermore, the day before the terrible tragedy Byles had used the analogy of a sinking ship when he preached a sermon on the need to have a lifebelt in the shape of prayer and the sacraments, to save one's soul in times of spiritual shipwreck.
Adamson (Patrick) . Poemata Sacra, cum aliis opusculis. Studio ac industria Tho. Voluseni I.C. Expolita & Recognita, 1st edition, London, John Bill, 1619-1618, woodcut printer's device to title, with royal coat-of-arms to verso, 4 other letter press section titles, each with woodcut device, and one with royal coat-of-arms to verso, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, all edges gilt, early 20th century, turquoise full crushed morocco (bound at the National Library of Wales), some minor marks, and spine a little darkened, 4to (Qty: 1)Provenance: Library of Lord Harlech, Brogyntyn Hall, Shropshire. STC 148.5:ESTC S100468. First edition, and large paper copy, including 4 additional leaves of Epigrammata following V4 (signature v 1-4), errata leaf at end, followed by a blank and 3 printed leaves of the Assertiones quaedam, present in only a few copies. Patrick Adamson, "gifted scholar and elegant Latin poet" (ODNB), graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1558, and later became Archibishop of the same city. His first publication was a poetical attack on the Roman Catholics in Aberdeen, published in Edinburgh in 1564. From the beginning of his tenure as Archbishop of St Andrews in 1576, Adamson came into conflict with the strongly presbyterian General Assembly (the ruling body of the Church of Scotland), so much so that he was eventually excommunicated after being accused of various alleged misdemeanours in his ministry including, it was claimed, the use of a witch to cure himself of illness. The witch, Alison Pearson was eventually apprehended after her escape from the castle at St Andrews, found guilty of acts of sorcery on the 28th April 1588, and burned at the stake. Further accusations against Adamson were made at the Assembly in August 1588, and in June 1589 he was found guilty of "falsehood, double dealing, erroneous doctrine" and other similar charges, following which King James was obliged to withdraw his primacy at St Andrews. By this time Adamson was in poor health and he died on the 19th February 1592. The present edition, edited by Adamson's son in law Thomas Wilson includes for the first time Adamson's 100-page paraphrase on the Book of Job. The work is dedicated to King James I, the same monarch, who as James VI had been forced to remove Adamson from office, and is an attempt to restore Adamson's reputation from the misrepresentations of the Scottish presbyterians.
Bacon (Francis). Novum Organum Scientiarum, Leiden, Adrianum Wyngaerde et Franciscum Moiardum, 1645, engraved title, a few woodcut initials, bound with Historia Naturalis & Experimentalis De Ventis, &c., Leiden, Franciscum Hackium, 1648, engraved pictorial title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, lightly rubbed to spine, 12mo (Qty: 1)Gibson 104 & 110a. The second edition of Bacon's Novum Organum , and the first to be printed on the continent.
Bell (Andrew). Anatomia Britannica, A System of Anatomy. Illustrated by upwards of Three Hundred Copperplates, from the most Celebrated Authors in Europe. In Six Parts. By Andrew Bell FSAS, the work approved of by Dr Alex. Monro... , and conducted by Andrew Fyfe, his assistant, three parts bound in one, Edinburgh: printed for Andrew Bell, engraver, 1798, general title with engraved vignette (browned and soiled with old ink inscription erased to upper right corner), two further titles (Parts I & II and III), 68 engraved plates, Part III separately paginated, some spotting throughout and occasional offsetting, old marginal light damp stains, old ink ownership inscription to first part-title, 'To Dr James Black with A.K. Mackie's hopes that he will find it light reading, April 20 1861', upper outer corner of same leaf torn away with loss affecting top of final letter of 'Britannica' uncut, contemporary linen-backed boards, worn and soiled with loss and frontispiece crudely hinged with sellotape to upper board, covers detached, folio (46 x 32cm) (Qty: 1)No more published. Parts I and II are a re-issue of: 'Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles ... by Bernard Siegfried Albinus ...', Edinburgh, 1777. Russell no. 45, noting two variants. Collation: [2],vi,32,[3],32-86; 16,110pp.,[68 plates].
Berkeley (George). The Analyst; or, A Discourse addressed to an Infidel Mathematician. Wherein it is examined whether the object, principles, and inferences of the modern Analysis are more distinctly conceived, or more evidently deduced than Religious Mysteries and Points of Faith. By the Author of The Minute Philosopher, 1st Dublin edition, printed by and for S. Fuller and J. Leathly, 1734, 86, [2], the final leaf being the bookseller's advertisement, several algebraic illustrations to text, single woodcut head-piece to first leaf of main text, some light soiling to title and verso of final leaf, disbound without covers, small waterstain to head of 5 leaves towards end (K1-4 & L1), 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T97136. An important text in the history of mathematics, Berkeley's Analyst is a critique of the foundations of differential calculus. 'Whether our concern be with Newtonian "fluxions" or with Leibnizian "infinitessimals".' Both... suffer from the fatal defect of demanding that certain 'increments' vanish in a result whose demonstration requires these increments to have a finite value... This difficulty formed the starting point of many discussions of the foundations of mathematics that continued in England until the 19th century' (Dictionary of Scientific Biography).
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligentley compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall commandement. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1613, general title and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut borders (small repair to verso of upper outer blank corner of general title), Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, early marginal note to verso of I2 cropped, bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, According to every Family and Tribe. With the Line of our Saviour Jesus Christ, observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary by J[ohn] S[peed], [1613?], lacking C1, includes double-page woodcut map of Canaan with short tear & slight loss to upper margin (touching ruled border), small tear hole to lower border and tear to right fore-edge blank margin, bound with at rear Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall..., London: Robert Barker, 1615, and also bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt Notes to sing them withall..., London: Company of Stationers, 1617, incomplete at rear lacking final three leaves, some dampstaining to map and few other leaves, general toning, some dust-soiling (mostly minor) and occasional spotting throughout volume, all edges gilt, albumen photograph of a manuscript genealogy of the Newman family (including families of Shelstone, Hall & Walker etc.) pasted to front free blank endpaper, 19th century vellum, gilt decorated spine with four black morocco band onlays, gilt decorated borders to boards, some dust-soiling, 4to, leaf size 211 x 157 mm (Qty: 1)Herbert 323; Darlow & Moule 250; STC 2227. The first black-letter quarto edition of King James' version. This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which proved so popular. Apparently a close reprint of the folio of 1611. Gen. x. 16, Emorite , Ruth iii. 15 he , etc. Both titles omit the words Appointed... (Herbert).
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Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised, By his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634], general title and following 3 leaves lacking (A1-A4), New Testament title present within decorative woodcut border, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, woodcut decorative initials, few leaves with early manuscript to lower blank margins, first few leaves frayed to margins and with few tears mostly to margins (B1 also creased and some tears with slight loss), printing fault to M6 where paper creased, closed tears to 5D5, 5R3, 5Y6, 6A3 & 6A5 (those to 6A3 & 6A5 running vertically up the length of each), leaves 6D1-6D4 torn at foot with some loss, lacking final two leaves of Revelation (6D5 & 6D6, with remnants of penultimate leaf 6D5 loosely inserted), few other leaves with marginal fraying and occasional tears, occasional dampstaining mostly to lower outer corners of few leaves, 19th century cloth-hinged marbled endpapers a little frayed to edges, contemporary blind panelled calf over wooden boards, with blind roll work decoration, embossed brass corner pieces and central bosses (lower board without upper inner corner piece), some lifting and wear to leather turn-ins, leather to board fore-edges a little torn and board showing, leather to lower board torn with some loss & board showing, old reback torn at head & foot of spine, without clasps, folio, leaf size 40 x 27 cm (Qty: 1)Darlow & Moule 376; Herbert 487; STC 2312. The fourth distinct folio edition, printed in large black-letter, of King James' version. This agrees very closely in all particulars with the folio of 1617. Provenance: St. James' Church, Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire. This Bible has for many years been kept in the fine 15th century perpendicular tower, which is the oldest surviving part of the church. The tower bears the scars of the bombardments made from nearby Jump Hill by the parliamentary forces of General Sir William Waller (1597-1668) during the English Civil War siege of Devizes in July 1643. Devizes was a Royalist stronghold throughout the English Civil War. A major battle took place just outside the town on Roundway Down on 13th July 1643, where the Royalists, under Sir Ralph Hopton (1596-1652), defeated General Waller.
Reland (Adriaan). Palaestina, ex monumentis veteribus illustrata, 2nd edition, Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1716, additional engraved title-page, engraved portrait frontispiece, letterpress title-page in red and black, 9 maps (3 folding, of which one opening to 56 x 49 cm), 5 plates (3 folding), engraved numismatic vignettes in text, text-leaves slightly browned, closed tear along fold of Lebanon map, contemporary Latin inscription to front free endpaper, ownership inscription 'Henry Ashington, 1841' to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, dust-soiled, 4to (22.2 x 16.2 cm), together with: Prideaux (Humphrey), Histoire des juifs et des peuples voisins ... traduite de l'anglois. Nouvelle édition corrigée et augmentée, 6 volumes, Amsterdam: Henri du Sauzet, 1728, 5 engraved frontispiece, title-pages in red and black with engraved vignette, 14 engraved maps and plates (of which 8 folding), one full-page engraving in text, lacking folding table noted in some copies, bookplates of Serafino Belfanti, contemporary vellum, volume 6 spine defective, 12mo (15.8 x 9.8 cm) (Qty: 7)Blackmer 1406 for the first edition of Reland's work (Utrecht, 1714), 'remarkable ... for its time'.
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Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible. containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesties speciall command, Amsterdam: C.P., 1644], without general title and also lacking first leaf of Genesis (A1) and B4, New Testament title with architectural border present and reinserted at front of volume (slightly cropped at fore-edge & lower edge, lined to verso), extra illustrated with 53 engraved plates (mostly red ruled to margins and one pasted to verso of letterpress NT title), few leaves detached, one torn (without loss), some cropping and fraying, few marks and soiling, all edges gilt, 19th century morocco gilt, slightly rubbed to extremities, 24mo (Qty: 1)Herbert 582; Darlow & Moule 452. The New Testament title with architectural border is lined to verso and with 18th/19th century inscription, 'My dear Elizabeth. I consider this Bible invaluable not only on account of its contents but as having been the property of a beloved Brother and afterwards of our dear Mary Ann but I give it you my dear child as a small token of my great affection for you with this request that you will keep it for my sake as long as you live and then leave it to one of the family. I am my dear child your affectionate Father J.M. Blower.'
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Bible [Hebrew]. [The Old Testament, Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1580-82], four parts bound as one, signatures 1-64 in 8s except 17 in 4 (last leaf blank), lacks first leaf (title, supplied in later manuscript) and final leaf (blank), pencil ownership signature of I. Vallat to repaired verso [Isaac Vallat, rector at Albury, Surrey, 1749-74], some old ink marginalia including very neat microscopic notes in Latin, soiling and old dampstaining throughout, heavy brown stain to signature 48, early leaves frayed at edges and crudely rehinged with tape, old deleted inscriptions to final page, bookplate of Philipe H. Samuel to rear pastedown, 19th-century blind-stamped morocco, some wear, cracked on joints, 4to, together with a Catherine the Great bible in Old Church Slavonic, published St Petersburg, no date, late 18th or early 19th century, [1], 374, 16 leaves, printed in red and black, heavy worming throughout, occasional spotting, soiling and a few marginal repairs, 19th-century blind-stamped morocco with remains of clasps to upper cover, some wear, backstrip partly deficient and wormed, folio (325 x 200mm) (Qty: 2)1) Adams B1234; Darlow & Moule 5104. 2) Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
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Bible [Latin]. Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti et sacrorum canonum: necnon & additionibus in marginibus varietatis diversorum textuum: ac etiam canonibus antiquis quattuor Evangeliorum. Novissime autem addite sunt concordantie ex viginti libris Josephi de antiquitatibus & bello judaico excerpte, Lyon, Jacques Mareschal, 10 March 1523, [14] 296 leaves, and 49 unnumbered pages of Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum at end, title printed in red and black within elaborate woodcut border, and with printer’s woodcut device (restrengthened with blank paper to all borders), black letter text, main text in double column, , 2 full-page woodcuts (the first facing the beginning of Genesis, depicting the Creation, the second depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds facing the beginning of the New Testament), one half-page and over 100 smaller woodcut illustrations, numerous decorative initials, 6-page concordance of the New Testament with decorative architectural layout printed in red, numerous decorative initials, decorative borders at head and foot throughout, early ink annotations underlining and pointing hands throughout, some light waterstains to inner margins, worm track to title and following 2 leaves affecting a few words, 4 different continental ownership inscriptions to title in brown ink, dated 1591, 1620, 1744 and 1767, 18 th century bookplate of Earl Gower to front pastedown, old vellum with black gilt morocco spine labels, some marks and soiling, generally minor wear, folio (Qty: 1)Provenance: Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower, Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803), of Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. Baudrier XI, 411. Gultlingen, Bibliographie des livres imprimés à Lyon, II, number 81. The first of Mareschal's illustrated folio edition of the latin Vulgate, including Apocrypha, with annotations by Alberto da Castello and Johannes de Gradibus.
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Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacra, ad optima quaeque veteris, et vulgatae translationis exemplaria summa, diligentia, parique fide castigata. Cum Hebraicorum, Caldaeorum & Graecorum nominum interpretatione, Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1566, [ 16], 1114, [115], title within elaborate woodcut border (lower outer corner restrengthened with blank paper, not affecting text, except partially covering the word Ad in the Ordo Librorum to verso), 269 woodcut illustrations to text, woodcut initials and head-pieces, text in double column, a few minor marks (generally in good, clean condition), marbled endpapers, with bookplate of Hiram Rockwell Bennett to front pastedown, 19th century calf, rubbed and some wear, with backstrip deficient, thick folio (Qty: 1)Not in Adams. Woodcuts by Pierre Vase. Handsome edition, first printed in 1547, with the text prepared by Jean Huntenius after the revisions by the Louvain theologians.
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Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacra juxta Germanam Hibraici idiomatis proprietatem, nunc primum adiectis in singula capita perbrevibus argumentis, atque locorum scripturarum concordantiis, summa fide, & non aestimandis laboribus impensisque excusa, Interprete Xante Pagnino Lucense. Accessit praeterea Liber interpretationum Hebraicorum, Arabicorum, Graecorumque nominum quae in arcanis sacrisque literis reperiuntur, ordine alphabetico in usum studiosorum digestus, eodem authore, Cologne, Officina Melchioris Novesiani, 1541, 6 unnumbered leaves, 364 numbered folios, 170 unnumbered leaves, large and numerous small woodcut initials throughout, small waterstain at foot of final few leaves, and final leaf relined, with a few short closed tears to inner margin, contents generally in clean condition, with good margins, armorial bookplate of George Ingram B.D. and printed bookplate of Reverend Joseph W. Reeks, St. George's Cathedral, Southwark to front pastedown, title with woodcut border around the word 'Biblia', and printer's woodcut device of Arnold Birckman below, contemporary blind-decorated full calf over wooden boards with brass clasps (lower clasp missing), somewhat worn on spine with label missing, and covers detached, thick folio (Qty: 1)Adams B1024; Pagninus' (or Pagnini's) edition of the Bible was first published in Lyons in 1528. Pagnini (1470-1541) claimed that he had spent 25 years translating the Old Testament directly from the Hebrew, having made the translation 'verbum verbo', or word for word, from the original. His text had an important influence on later 16th century translations of the bible, including Coverdale's 1534 English translation.
Bion (Nicolas). L'Usage des Globes Celeste et Terrestre, et des spheres suivant les differens systemes du monde. Précédé d'un Traité de Cosmographie..., Sixieme Edition, Revue, & corrigée, Paris, Jacques Guerin et Nyon fils, 1751, 49 copper engraved plates, including many folding (complete), copper engraved plates and maps, including many folding (complete), occasional toning, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, some wear with upper cover detached, rear joint cracked, outer corners showing, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Purchased by Desmond Burgess at Christie's London, 11 October 1978, lot 60. The sixth and final edition revised by the author and which was first published in 1699.
Bloomfield (William). The Servant's Companion; or Practical Housemaid's and Footman's Guide [cover-title], 1st edition, circa 1840, printed and published by J.R. Blonsell, 32pp. (including covers), pencil mark on first page of text, contemporary manuscript inscription on inside front cover 'Elizabeth Finch her Book, 6th August 1840, Winchcombe', untrimmed (two longer leaves frayed to fore-edge), title-page and final page forming sewn covers (toned and spotted), slim 8vo, together with How To Talk Correctly... by Professor Duncan, pseudonym, [i.e. Charles Platt], William Nicholson, circa 1880, lacking free endpapers, page block loose in original cloth (Qty: 2)Extremely rare: not in Cagle, Vicaire, Oxford, Maclean or Bitting; only British Library and Oxford University copies listed on COPAC (date given as circa 1860). Containing some wonderful receipts for those hard-pressed men and women in domestic service at the beginning of the Victorian era, including: "to give gloss to old wainscot"; "to make thirst balls for travelling" ("excellent for soldiers on a long march, in sultry weather, and where water is scarce"); "coachmen's liquid for harness"; "to cleanse foul teeth" (advocating a "thin piece of soft wood made into a kind of brush, and dipped into distilled vinegar"; "patterns for working muslin dresses"; and "an efficacious receipt for destroying bugs, by an eminent physician". There is a small section of wine recipes at the end, including: 'British Champaigne"; "Mulberry Wine"; "Turnip Wine"; and "Balm Wine".
Brantome (Pierre du Bourdeille , Seigneur de). Memoires de Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantome, contenans les vies des hommes illustres & grands capitaines estrangers de son temps [& les vies des dames illustres de France de son temps], 2 volumes, Leiden, Jean Sambix le Jeune, a la Sphere, 1665, 19th century of James Reynolds-Peyton to front pastedown, and slightly later bookplate of Alice Reynolds-Peyton to front endpaper of first volume, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, black morocco labels to spines, giving titles and Elsevier 1665 to foot of each spine, some light soiling, 12mo, together with Stradus (Famianus). De Bello Belgico decas prima, Leiden, Jacobi Marci, 1643, title with some marks and minor waterstain to inner margin, lower margin torn with a little loss to lower blank edge, contemporary calf with yapp fore-edges, rubbed and a few marks, 12mo (Qty: 3)Willems 1369 & 1735.
Beechey, Frederick William. A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command of Captain Buchan, R.N.,; 1818; to which is added, a summary of all the early attempts to reach the Pacific by way of the Pole, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1843, half-title present, folding lithographed map, 6 full-page plates, including 2 folding lithographed panoramas, spotting to first and last few leaves and to single-page plates, one or two short closed tears to the folding panoramas, without loss, presentation inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper 'Second Prize presented to John Hanbury by the Worshipful Company of Brewers as a Reward for General Proficiency in the Sixth Class. Xmas 1860', signed by the headmaster, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, with gilt coat of arms of the Brewers Company School in Islington, London, rubbed and some marks and waterstaining to covers, minor fraying to head of spine, 8vo, together with, Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 2 volumes (including Appendix), 1st edition, A.W. Webster, 1835, engraved frontispiece to each, folding uncoloured engraved map (some offsetting and a short handling tear), forty-eight plates and charts, fifteen coloured (volume one with three colour-printed mezzotints; Appendix with eleven hand-coloured lithographs and one hand-coloured engraving), some spotting and light toning, one or two short marginal tears, first volume with endpapers renewed and armorial bookplate of Aldennam House Herts on front pastedown, rough-trimmed, Appendix with stitching partially broken and some leaves starting, original patterned blue cloth, some marks and fading, first volume rebacked, 4to (Qty: 3)Beechey: Hill (2004) 97; Sabin 4349. Ross: Abbey Travel 636; Sabin 73381.
Caxton (William). The Game of the Chesse, by William Caxton. [A facsimile reprint of Caxton's second edition of the 1481], Edited, with “Remarks,” by V. Figgins. B.L., [London]: V. & J. Figgins [1855], title in red, 23 woodcut illustrations, checker-board patterned endpapers, bookplate of E. Homan to upper pastedown, contemporary brown morocco, with strapwork effect in relief and with small bosses, central raised panel with Caxton initials in blind, metal clasps at fore-edge, board edges slightly rubbed, neatly rebacked, 4to (Qty: 1)A reproduction of the first work published by Caxton at Westminster. The book was prepared to be as close as possible to the original, the woodcuts were traced from the 1482 Westminster copy in the British Library.
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Poems on Various Subjects, 1st edition, London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinsons, and J. Cottle, Bookseller, Bristol, 1796, xvi, 188, [4]pp., half-title with early signature M. Maurice to upper margin (fore-edge slightly chipped, light dust-soiling & leaf loosening), errata leaf and leaf of adverts for Coleridge's other works present, title a little marked, occasional spotting and minor marginal staining to few leaves, contemporary half calf, lacking upper board, lower joint cracked and spine worn with loss, small 8vo, contained in purpose-made book box (Qty: 1)ESTC T125613; Tinker 678; Hayward 206; Roth (Lamb), pages 3-10; NCBEL III, 215. The First edition of Coleridge's first published book of poetry.
Cotes (Roger). Harmonia Mensurarum, sive Analysis & Sythensis per rationum & angulorum mensuras promotae: accedunt alia Opuscula Mathematica, edidit et auxit Robertus Smith, 1st edition, Cambridge, 1722, [20], 249, [1]; [2], 125, [1] pp., half-title present, folding engraved table, numerous mathematical illustrations to text, old library stamps of Trinity College Lending Library, Dublin to title verso (now largely washed out), new endpapers, modern antique-style half calf, spine lettered in gilt, 4to (Qty: 1)Babson (Supplement) 29; ESTC T100930; Norman 519; Wallis 246. Roger Cotes (1682-1716) published only one scientific paper in his lifetime, and the present work is thus the major record of his mathematical achievements. He worked with Isaac Newton on the preparation of the second edition of Newton's Principia Mathematica (published in 1713). Harmonia Mensurarum is, according to Augustus de Morgan 'the earliest work in which decisiveness progress was made in the application of logarithms and of the properties of the circle of the calculus of fluents', and includes the first version of the Newton-Cotes formulas, the first introduction of Euler's formula, and the 'Cotes' theorum' of trigonometry. Cotes died from a fever in 1716 at the age of just 33.
Cotgrave (Randle). French-English Dictionary..., with another in English and French. Whereunto are newly added the Animadversions and Supplements, &c. of James Howell Esquire., London: Printed by W.H. for Octavian Pulleyn, 1650, hole to title and some dampstaining, armorial bookplate of 'The Right Honble. William Lord Craven, Barron Craven of Hamstead Marshall' to verso of title, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split and some wear to extremities, folio, together with Florio (Giovanni) , Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese: A Dictionary, Italian and English. First compiled by John Florio ... Whereunto is Added, a Dictionary, English and Italian ... by Gio. Torriano..., Now reprinted, revised and corrected by J[ohn] D[avis], London: Printed by R. Holt & W. Horton, for R. Chiswell, T. Sawbridge, G. Wells, & R. Bentley, 1688, occasional dampstaining, final leaf detached, contemporary calf, gilt crest to upper board, old reback with gilt decorated spine (lacking upper panel), boards detached, worn, folio, with Xenophon , Xenophontis De Cyri Institutione libri octo. Graeca recognovit, cum Codice MSto Oxoniensi & omnibus fere libris editis contulit, plurimis in locis emendavit, versionem Latinam reformavit, Observationibus suis, Tabula Geographica, binisque Dissertationibus praemissis auxit & illustravit; Notas H. Stephani, Leunclavii, AE. Porti & Mureti recensitas & castigatas..., Indicesque necessarios adjunxit Thomas Hutchinson, Oxford, 1727, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map, Greek & Latin text, modern dark green half morocco, 4to, plus three other antiquarian volumes including volume 1 only of An Universal History from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present, 1736 (Qty: 6)
Dalton (John). A New System of Chemical Philosophy, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Manchester: Printed by S. Russell, for R. Bickerstaff, Strand, London, 1808 & 1810, vi, [2], 220 ; [8], 221-560 pp., continuous pagination throughout, eight single-page engraved plates, Imprint varies: part 2: Printed by Russell & Allen, 1810, part 1 title with coloured pencil manuscript number to upper blank margin and diagonal closed tear with adhesive tape staining (also to gutter margin), frayed to upper inner margin, 10 leaves in part 1 also with long vertical closed tear with old adhesive tape repairs and consequent staining, gutter margin of H1 & H2 with old adhesive tape and staining, thin worm trail to to upper blank margins of four leaves of text and three plates, occasional spotting, dampstains & marks, manuscript & library ticket envelope to front free endpaper, lacking front free endpaper, later cloth over contemporary calf, covers detached, 8vo (Qty: 1)Dibner Heralds of Science 44; Duveen, p. 156; Grolier/Horblit 22; Norman 575; Partington III, pp. 799-813; PMM 261. The first edition of Dalton 's classic work on the atomic theory of matter. ' Dalton reconstructed New ton's speculations on the structure of matter, and, applying them in a new form to chemistry, gave Lavoisier's reformation of that science a deeper significance' (PMM). Dalton maintained that all matter was composed of indestructible and indivisible atoms of various weights, each weight corresponding to one of the chemical elements. These atoms remained unchanged during chemical processes, and their particular weight determined their identity. His New System presented the first chemical atomic theory giving significance to the relative weights of the ultimate particles of all known compounds. It also provided a quantitative explanation of the phenomena of chemical reaction. 'He developed a system of chemical symbols and a table [plate 4 in part 1] showing the relative weights of the atoms of a list of elements. From his principles he deduced the law of definite proportions and the law of multiple proportions' (Dibner). This, and, and pp.546-548 along with the 4 plates in part 2, in effect describe the first periodic table, which Mendelev was to refine later (see lot xxx). A second volume appeared 17 years later, by which time 'the theory had borne such widespread fruit that Dalton 's own conclusions were almost out of date' (PMM).
De Thou (Jacques Auguste). Historiarum sui Temporis, edited by Samuel Buckley, 7 volumes, London, Samuel Buckley, 1733, half-title to first volume, titles printed in red and black (except 7th volume printed in black only), list of subscribers to first volume, engraved head-pieces, woodcut initials, occasional minor spotting, and engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each volume bearing the motto Tuum Est, contemporary uniform sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco title and volume labels, rubbed and some wear, some joints cracked, folio (Qty: 7)The first critical edition of De Thou's History of His Own Times in English, edited by Samuel Buckley.
Fore-edge paintings. Poems, by Thomas Edward Hankinson, fourth edition, Thomas Hatchard, 1854, old ownership inscription, all edges gilt, contemporary blind-stamped green morocco, together with The Seasons and the Castle of Indolence, by James Thomson, second edition, William Tegg, 1850, engraved portrait frontispiece and four plates, contemporary pencil ownership inscription of Reverend Doctor Hook, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated green morocco, both a little rubbed, the first with a fore-edge painting of Radcliffe Library, Oxford, the second with a cruder fore-edge painting of a Victorian city street scene, both 8vo (Qty: 2)
Giovio (Paulo, Bishop of Nocera). Dell'imprese Militari et Amorose di Monsignor Giovio Vescuvo di Nocera et del S. Gabriel Symeoni Fiorentino, Lyon, Guglielmo Rouillio, 1574, title with woodcut device, engraved portrait to verso, numerous woodcut emblematic illustrations, lacking three leaves at end, title and a few leaves front and rear with archival tissue repair, occasional early marginalia and underlining, modern calf gilt, 8vo (Qty: 1)Praz p. 342. Not in Adams. First published without illustrations in 1555 in Rome, the first illustrated edition by Rouillio published in 1559. Provenance: William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649, Scottish Poet), his signature at head of title. Bound in at rear is a letter from the Keeper of Manuscripts of Edinburgh University Library, 1963 confirming the signature to be Drummond's and other information, plus pencil annotations at front from previous owner Herbert Dingwall.
Machiavelli (Niccolo). Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius Translated out of the Italian; With some marginall animadversions noting and taxing his errours, by E[dward]. D[avies]., London: Printed by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel Pakeman, 1636, lacking first and last blank leaves, with B1 cancelled (the correct text is printed on preceding (a)11-12) and facsimile of B1 attached, some worming at front & rear with occassional repairs, S12 (pages 407/408) torn to lower quarter of leaf and repaired with blank paper, some dampstains, modern calf, morocco title label to spine, 12mo (STC 17160), together with Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) , Lucans Pharsalia: or, the Civil Warres of Rome, between Pompey the great, and Julius Caesar. An Historical Poem being till the Death of Julius Caesar. Englished by Thomas May, Esquire, 2 parts in one, London: William Shears, 1659 & 1657, cancel general title, light dampstaining and occasional dust-soiling, contemporary sheep, neatly rebacked, red morocco title label, 8vo, with Lucretius Carus (Titus) , Titus Lucretius Carus His Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy, Done into English Verse, with Notes, 3rd edition, London: Thomas Sawbridge & Anthony Stephens, 1683, engraved frontispiece, verso of title with early signature of Elizabeth Stuart (some show through) and armorial bookplate of the Hon. Aleaxander Grant, contemporary speckled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine, joints cracked, 8vo, with Fanshawe (Richard) , Il Pastor Fido The faithfull Shepherd with an Addition of divers other Poems Concluding with a short Discourse of the Long Civill Warres of Rome..., London: Humphrey Moseley, 1648, engraved portrait frontispiece, dampstaining, later marbled wrappers with facsimile title page attached to upper cover, 4to, plus other miscellaneous 17th & 18th century antiquarian including The Works of Horace in Latin and English, by Thomas Creech, 2 volumes, 5th edition, 1718, and a incomplete & defective Barclay his Argenis. Or, The Loves of Polyarchus & Argenis, [by John Barclay], Faithfully Translated out of Latin into English by Kingsmill Long, 2nd edition, 1636 etc. (Qty: 16)
Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor: Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong of the Middle Temple Gentlemen, 1st edition English, printed Edm. Bollifant, B[ishop], 1598, title-page printed within decorative woodcut border with bull's head at the foot, some spotting, old damp staining and browning especially to margins, occasional old ink or pencil doodles or annotations, title-page dust-soiled and frayed at edges with ownership inscription at head, 'Rich. Hynmers March ye 30th 1689', lacks O2-3 (pp. 159-162), final two leaves dust-soiled, creased and frayed with loss of upper half of final leaf, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, folio (28 x 19cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC S122233; STC 18044. Collation: a4 A-2R6[-O2-3] 2S8. An early romance originally written in Portuguese and first published in its original language in 1559. An influential work, it popularised the theme of shepherd and shepherdess romances. Shakespeare is believed to have been a reader, the tale of Felismena (beginning on page 54) almost certainly the story of Proteus and Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Rickman (Thomas Clio). An Address to the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, on their excommunicating such of their members as marry those of other religious professions, printed by and for Thomas Clio Rickman and others, 1804, half title, 48 pp., advertisement leaf at end, stitching weakening, a few water stains and some light soiling, original wrappers, a few tears, water stain to lower wrapper, 8vo (Qty: 1)Scarce. Almost certainly the author of this work, Rickman married his first cousin in 1804, which was against the rules of the Society as it was outside the faith and he was disowned for this and earlier in 1783 for his friendship with Thomas Paine..
Spenser (Edmund). The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. Viz. The Faery Queen, The Shepherds Calendar, The History of Ireland, &c. Whereunto is added, an Account of his Life; with other new additions never before in print, London: Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, 1679, [12], 339, [1], 16, [8], 1-2, 10-11, 9-258, [2], 369-391, [1]pp., engraved frontispiece torn with loss, cropped and lined to verso, title in red & black, cropped and lined to verso, advertisement leaf 4K2 present, occasional worm trails to initial leaves at foot, dampstaining & mottling mostly to lower margins, endpapers renewed, 18th century half calf, 20th century sheep reback (worn) with 20th century printed marbled paper sides to boards, folio (Qty: 1)Wing S4965; Pforzheimer, 980. The third edition of the collected works, but the first edition to contain Brittain's Ida. The text is continuous despite numerous mispaginations.
The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politicks, and Literature..., 144 volumes plus Index, a run, 1758-1902, marbled edges, uniform 19th century full polished calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, the first volume with joints cracked, earlier volumes rubbed at head and foot of spines, Index volume at end rubbed and some marks with upper joint partly cracked, 8vo (Qty: 145)
The Complete Family-Piece: and, Country Gentleman and Farmer's Best Guide, 3rd edition improved, printed for C. Rivington; S. Birt; T. Longman; C. Hitch; and J. Clarke, 1741, xii, 4, 526, + 62 pp. index, title with slight fraying to lower outer corner, first and last few leaves lightly browned to edges, occasional marks, contemporary calf, rubbed and some wear with upper joint partly cracked, 8vo, together with Glasse (Hannah). The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy..., new edition will all the modern improvements, Dublin, printed by Brett Smith, for Gilbert and Hodges, 1804, occasional light spotting and minor soiling, contemporary calf, modern reback, 8vo, plus Raffald (Elizabeth), The Experienced English House-keeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, House-keepers, Cooks, &c. wrote purely from practice, and dedicated on the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as house-keeper, 3rd edition, Dublin, printed by J. Williams, 1772, folding engraved plate of a coal-burning stove, torn without loss, some marks and general soiling, title and following leaf with some browning, contemporary calf gilt, modern gilt spine label, rubbed, 8vo, and Stavely (Mrs.) , The Housewife's Guide: or, A Complete System of Modern Cookery containing directions how to roast and boil every thing necessary for the table; to cure hams, bacon, &c. how to make Gravies, Sauces, Fricassees, and various dishes for lent. Particularly adapted to the middle class of society, Liverpool, printed by G. Wood, 1828, 59 pages, with index to verso of final leaf, title and final leaf soiled and somewhat darkened, some marks and small stains elsewhere, contemporary ownership signature of Mrs R. Cross to head of first leaf of text, modern boards, with printed paper label to spine, slim 12mo, plus six others related, including G. Francis, The Dictionary of Practical Receipts, 1848, and five 19th century manuscript lists of kitchen accounts, various (Qty: 10)Bitting 534 & Oxford 68 for The Complete Family-Piece. Mrs Staveley's Housewife's Guide not in Oxford or Bitting.
Thomas Aquinas (Saint). D. Thomæ Aquinatis enarrationes, quas Catenam vere auream dicunt, in quatuor Euangelia : ex vetustissimorum codicum collatione, quantum licuit emendatiores qua?m hactenus in lucem edite?. Additus est index rerum scitu dignarum, Paris: Ex officina Iacobi du Puys, 1566, title with woodcut illustration and early signature, torn to lower outer blank corner and lined to verso, both title and a2 detached, a2 frayed to edges and with short closed tears, lacking leaf of tables at rear, some close trimming to margins affecting few marginal notes, occasional worm holes, toning, light dampstains and dust-soiling, last few leaves frayed to margins, late 19th century cloth, upper board detached and spine torn with loss, folio, together with Tacitus (Cornelius) , The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, [The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba], 2 parts in one, [London: Arnold Hatfield for John Norton], 1612, l acking A1 (blank), ink stamps to general title and with repaired closed tears to lower outer corner, few other repairs to initial leaves, some dampstaining, browning and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary blind panelled calf with rollwork decoration, rebacked, upper board corners repaired, lower board corners worn and showing, small folio, with Certaine Sermons or Homilies appointed to be read in Churches, in the time of the late Queene Elizabeth, 2 parts in one, London: Printed by John Bill, 1623, lacking general title and final colophon leaf, printed in black letter, first & last few leaves frayed and with short tears, contemporary blind panelled calf, lacking clasps, light wear to extremities, small folio, plus Wanley (Nathaniel) , The Wonders of the Little World: Or, a General History of Man, 1678, contemporary calf, boards detached with remnants of old reback repair, worn, folio (Qty: 4)
Sheppard (William) . The Court-keeper's Guide: or, A plaine and familiar Treatise, needfull and usefull for the helpe of many that are imployed in the keeping of Law-dayes, or Courts Baron. Wherein is largely and plainly opened the Jurisdiction of these Courts, with the learning of Mannors, Copyholds, Rents, harriots, and other Services and advantages belonging unto Mannors, to the great profit of Lords of Mannors, and owners of these Courts, 4th edition with additions by the author, printed by J.G. for M.M.Gabriel Bedel and Thomas Collins, 1656, title, dedication leaf, 254 pages, and 4pp. Table, 8pp. bookseller's catalogue at end dated 1656, contemporary manuscript index in brown ink to rear blank, title a little soiled, contemporary sheep, rubbed and a little wear, 8vo, together with other antiquarian law: The Landlords Law: or, the law concerning landlords, tenants, and farmers, 7th edition, 1727, Parish Law: or, A Guide to Justices of the Peace, Ministers, Church-wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, ..., by Joseph Shaw, 3rd edition, 1736, A System of the Law of Marine Insurances, by James Allan Park, 1787, The Spirit of Marine Law; or, Compendium of the Statutes relating to the Admiralty..., by John Irving Maxwell, 1804 (contemporary ownership signature to head of title of William Reeve, Royal Navy), An Exact Abridgment of all the Statutes in force and use, from Magna Charta, 9 H. 3. to the beginning of the reign of King George, 5 volumes, 1720 (with armorial bookplate to each volume of 'Sr. Robert Grosvenor of Eaton-Hall in the Couty Palatine of Chester... and of Millbank Westminster in ye County of Middx. Bart.', all bound in contemporary calf, rubbed and moderate wear, 8vo (Qty: 10)Wing S3180 for the first work.
Xenophon. Xenophontis, philosophi et imperatoris clarissimi, quae exstant opera, in duos tomos divisa ... opera Ioannis Leunclavii Amelburni, Paris: Typis Regiis, apud Societatum Graecarum Editionum (excudebat Antonius Stephanus), 1625, printer's woodcut device to title, double-column text in Greek & Latin, occasional spotting, marbled endpapers with 20th century bookplates of St John's Seminary, Wonersh to upper pastedown, late 18th/early 19th century full vellum, joints split, gilt crest of Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) of Stourhead at head of spine, few spots of sealing wax to upper board, folio (Qty: 1)Provenance: Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838), Stourhead Library, Wiltshire. With manuscript note to verso of front free endpaper 'Not in catalogue' believed to be in Richard Colt Hoare's hand. This edition was first printed in Frankfurt in 1595. Cf. Dibdin II, 567: "The latter of these publications, which is a very handsome reimpression of that of Frankfort, is a popular edition of Xenophon."
The Art Journal, 22 volumes, a run, 1848-69, the first volume titled The Art-Union Monthly Journal of The Arts, decorative title to each volume, numerous steel engraved plates, some with original tissue-guards, all contemporary green morocco or calf gilt, or brown full calf gilt (except 1866 in original publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth, spine faded), occasional wear, mainly to head and foot of spines, together with a duplicate volume for 1862 in publisher's gilt decorated cloth (lacking backstrip), and The Art-Journal Illustrated Catalogue, The Industry of All Nations, 1851, numerous wood engraved illustrations, all edges gilt, contemporary brown full calf gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, all folio (Qty: 24)
White (John). Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, 1st edition, for J. Debrett, 1790, engraved title-page with inset view of Port Jackson, 65 engraved plates of natural history subjects, most with old tissue-guards (some loose or renewed), dedication leaf, list of plates, list of subscribers, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, spotting to title-page and few plates, small stain to foot of title-page and fore margin of preliminaries, hole in 2C4 obscuring pagination, plate 7 (Wattled Bee-eater, Female), misbound to face p. 240 (not p. 145), modern green morocco gilt, 4to (29.5 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon. Borba de Moraes II p. 376 ('a sumptuous edition ... magnificent plates'); Cox II p. 315 ('an extremely interesting account'); ESTC T113529; Ferguson 97; Nissen ZBI 4390; Zimmer pp. 672-3. A tall, wide-margined copy of this important First Fleet narrative. John White was chief surgeon on the expedition and describes the first ten months of the settlement under Governor Arthur Phillip. His account contains omissions from Phillips, and is a valuable source of early descriptions of the natural history of the new colony.
Wills (Alfred). "The Eagle's Nest" in the Valley of Sixt; A Summer Home Among the Alps: together with some excursions among the great glaciers, 1st edition, Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1860, 2 partly folding maps, 12 tinted lithographed plates, 4 pp. adverts and 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, old ownership inscription to frontispiece recto offset to half-title verso, old adhesion stains to front and rear front endpapers, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, slightly rubbed, together with Wanderings Among The High Alps, first edition, Richard Bentley, 1856 , tinted lithographic frontispiece, some spotting and soiling to initial leaves, plate of midland association of mountaineers and ink named stamps to front free and paper, half-title and frontispiece recto, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, lower cover detached, 8vo (Qty: 1)Neate W93 & W94.
Serlio (Sebastiano). Tutte l'Opere d'Architettura, et Prrospetiva... diviso in sette Libri... , raccolto da M. Gio. Domenico Scamozzi, Venice: Heirs of Francesco d' Franceschi Erben, 1600, [24], 219, [1, blank], 27, [1, blank]ff.; [8], 243, [1, blank]pp., general title with large woodcut device and early ownership inscription deleted, some part-titles with ornamental woodcut borders, woodcuts throughout, some spotting and soiling throughout, evidence of old damp staining with resultant light purple stains, some spotting and soiling throughout, heaviest at front and rear, some scattered marginal paper repairs sometimes touching text, foremargins closely trimmed affecting some side notes in Book 6, old vellum, rubbed and soiled, 4to (225 x 165mm) (Qty: 1)Fowler 334; the second collected edition of Serlio's seven books on architecture, the first edition having appeared in 1584. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Allingham (Helen). Happy England, with Memoir and Descriptions by Marcus B. Huish, Adam & Charles Black, 1903, colour portrait frontispiece and 80 plates, together with Huish (Marcus B.) , British Water-colour Art in the First Year of the Reign of King Edward the Seventh... , 1st edition, Fine Art Society and Adam & Charles Black, 1904, 62 colour plates, both with top edges gilt, remainder uncut, original decorative off-white cloth lettered in gilt, minor rubbing and soiling, spine of first volume lightly browned, both 4to (limited edition, 141/750 copies signed by Helen Allingham and 74/500 copies, signed by Marcus Huish), plus four further A. & C. Black Colour Guides: The Durbar, 1903 (one of 1000 copies), Naples, 1904 (10/250 copies), The Clyde, 1907 (one of 400 copies) and Royal Palaces & Gardens, 1916 (161/200 copies), all with some spotting, top edges gilt, remainder uncut, original decorative cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, minor fraying to spine ends, Durbar and Royal Palaces volumes slightly browned on spines, all 4to (Qty: 6)
Archer's Register. The Archer's Register for 1897-[1913], 16 volumes, 1898-1913, black & white plates from photographs, advertisements at front & rear, later endpapers to volumes for 1901, 1903, 1911 & 1912, original green cloth gilt, some refurbished and repaired, few marked, 8vo (Qty: 16)The Archer's Register was published yearly from 1864 to 1915. It contained archery related competition results, society lists, adverstisements, poetry, songs, obituaries and original papers. The first editor was Fred T. Follett (1889 - 1897) followed by J. Sharp (1864 - 1888) and Col. H. Walrond (1898 - 1915). The final issue came out in 1914 - 1915. Col. Walrond died at the end of 1915 and "The Archer's Register" ceased to be published.
Rosenberg, Marc. Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, 3rd revised edition, 4 volumes, Frankfurt, 1922-28, numerous monochrome illustrations to text, all original dark blue cloth gilt in dust wrappers, 4th volume rubbed and a little frayed, 8vo, together with Sykes (Brigadier-General Sir Percy) , Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia, Argonaut Press, 1927, original quarter vellum gilt, a few minor marks, large 8vo, limited edition of 975 copies, this copy unnumbered, plus Wotton (Thomas) , The English Baronets. Being a genealogical and historical account of their families, printed for Thomas Wotton, 1727, 38 copper engraved plates printed back-to-back (title and numbers 1-37), engraved dedication leaf following title, 19th century brown calf gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed to edges, 16mo, and others various, including Persian Tales, written down for the first time in the original Kermani and Bakhtiari, and translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer, with illustrations by Hilda Roberts, Macmillan & Co., 1919, with separately issued Dedication and Prefaces to Persian Tales, privately printed 1919, loosely inserted, etc (Qty: A CARTON)
Shakespeare Head Press. The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe. Translated from the Greek of Achilles Tatius by William Burton, Reprinted for the first time from a copy now unique printed by Thomas Creede in 1597, Oxford Basil Blackwell Publisher to The Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford Upon Avon, 1923, title in red & black, uncut & untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to upper board and spine, small folio (limited edition 13/503), together with Cresset Press , The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ovidius Naso. Translated into English verse by George Turbervile, 1928, 10 black & white plates by Hester Sainsbury, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original two-tone cloth, folio (limited edition 131/375), with Golden Cockerel Press , Jeremy Taylor: A Selection from his works made by Martin Armstrong, 1923, top edge trimmed, remainder untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards, 4to (limited edition of 320 copies), and Broadside Ballads of the Restoration Period from the Jersey Collection known as the Osterley Park Ballads, with an Introduction and Notes by F. Burlington Fawcett, London: John Lane, Bodley Head, 1930, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original two-tone cloth, dust-jacket torn with loss, folio (limited edition 627/750), plus other private press volumes, including Nonesuch Press (Qty: 30)
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[Sherer, Joseph Moyle]. Sketches of India: Written by an Officer for Fire-side Travellers at Home, 1st edition, 1821, together with Recollections of the Peninsula, 3rd edition, 1824; Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and in Italy, 1824; Notes and Reflections During a Ramble in Germany, 1826, all with some spotting, contemporary uniform calf, rubbed, some joints cracked and some wear to spines, a fourth edition of the first work, contemporary half morocco, covers detached and lacking spine, plus Sherer (John Walter) , Daily Life During the Indian Mutiny, Personal Experiences of 1857, 1st edition, 1898, portrait frontispiece, some spotting, albumen print carte-de-visite portrait (creased) of Badul Khan, a small photograph of the author at Bath pasted to front free endpaper verso and presentation inscription from the author to John Corrie Sherer inscribed above, dated May 1898, plus an autograph letter to Sherer written on behalf of Lord Canning, Allahabad, 12 October 1868, conveying Lord Canning's great satisfaction on the completion of the bridge [see p. 116], some spotting and split along upper fold, tipped on to half-title recto, plus a gelatin silver print view from an older photograph tipped on to half-title verso, original buckram gilt, heavily rubbed and frayed at spine ends, plus a 1910 edition of the same work (title-page partly excised), plus 10 others by or with Sherer family association, all 8vo (Qty: 17)
Papworth (John B.) Rural Residences, consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings, 1st edition, 1818, 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 27, lacking plates 5-6, 11-12 & 17), light offsetting and spotting, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, large 8vo, together with The Beauties of Stow; or a description of the most noble house, gardens, and magnificent buildings therein, of the Right Honourable Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham, by George Bickham, 2nd edition, [1753], folding engraved plan (repaired to verso), 25 engraved plates only (of 32?), some light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo, plus Genera of Birds, 1781, [by Thomas Pennant] bound with Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, par le Comte de Buffon, 1786, engraved title and 15 engraved plates for first work, engraved additional title for second work, some spotting and toning, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, lacking one spine label,upper joint splitting, 4to, together with others including Samuel Hayes's A Practical Treatise on Planting and the Management of Woods and Coppices, 3rd edition, Dublin, 1822 and Jethro Tull's The Horse Hoeing Husbandry... to which is prefixed an introduction... by William Cobbett, 1822 (Qty: 2 cartons)
Bindings . The History of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar, 12 volumes, 5th edition, 1814, some light spotting & offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf bound by White, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry, 4 volumes, by Robert Stewart Castlereagh, 1848, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, minor offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue full calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, Memoirs of Maximillian De Bethune , Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry The Great, 5 volumes, 1805, Edinburgh, book plates to front paste downs, some light toning & spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th & early 20th century literature sets, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo. (Qty: 3 shelves)54 volumes.
Philo (Judeaus). Opera Exegetica in libros Mosis, De Mundi opificio, historicos, & legales quae partim ab Adriano Turnebo... partim a Davide Hoeschelio... edita & illustrata sunt, Cologne, Petrus de la Roviere, 1613, woodcut decorative title, double column text in Greek and Latin, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and some wear to joints and corners, folio, together with Lightfoot (John). Opera Omnia: hac nova editione operibus ejusd. posthumis, nunquam hactenus editis, locupletata; quorum syllabus, pagina post Vitam Auctoris ultima, exhibetur. Johannes Leusden Textum Hebraicum recensuit & emendavit, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Franeker, Leonard Strick, 1699, additional engraved title to first volume, titles printed in red and black, contemporary blind decorated vellum, soiled, folio, plus other antiquarian theology, including a few 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century works, bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, occasional inkstamps, folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)Hoffmann II, 67. First complete collected edition in the original Greek of Philo's Opera Exegetica.
St. Teresa of Avila. Opera S. Matris Teresae de Jesu Carmelitarum Discalceatorum et Discalceatarum Fundatricis in duas partes distincta, Studio et opera Mathiae Martinez Middelburgii ex Hispanico sermone in latinum conversa, Cologne, Joannem Kinckium, 1626, half-title, engraved title, with early ink inscription along fore-edge 'Ex dona de Conventus Coloniensis FF. Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Liber Cartusiensium in Ruramunda', [Roermond in the south east Netherlands], some browning and occasional discolouration, later vellum, rubbed and minor wear, with upper joint cracked, small 4to, together with Puente ( Luis de la). De Christiani hominis perfectione: in quolibat eius vitae genere, translated by Melchiore Trevinnio, 4 volumes, Cologne, Johann Kinckius, 1615-29, engraved pictorial title to first volume, some scattered spotting, contemporary uniform sprinkled calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some wear, small 4to, plus Petra (Vincentius). Commentaria ad Constitutiones Apostolicas, seu Bullas Singulas Summorum Pontificum, 4 volumes, Rome, Josephi Nicolai de Martiis, 1725-26, engraved vignette to each title, text in double column, contemporary vellum, some wear and marks to covers, folio, and other theology, some 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century, bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc, folio, 4to, and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)
Puente (Luis de la). Expositio moralis et mystica in Canticum Canticorum: exhortationes continens de omnibus Christianae religionis mysteriis atque virtutibus, 2 volumes, Paris, Dionysius de la Noue, 1622, half-title and engraved title to first volume, printed title in red and black to second volume, text in double column, occasional light browning, contemporary blind-decorated full calf, gilt spines, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with other antiquarian theology, mostly 17th and 18th century, bound in vellum, and calf, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc., folio, and 4to (approximately 70 volumes) (Qty: 4 shelves)
Bizzarri (Pietro). Pannonicum bellum, sub Maximiliano II. Rom. et Solymano Turcar. imperatoribus gestum, bound with: ibid., Cyprium bellum, inter Venetos, et Selymum Turcarum imperatorem gestum, 2 works in 1 volume, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1573, somewhat browned throughout, Pannonicum bellum with cancelled ink-stamp of the University Library of Genoa, retaining leaf 2X8 (blank but for publisher's woodcut device verso), Cyprium bellum quire 2E with faint marginal damp-staining and old repairs to margins of 2E2-3, lacking blank leaves 2S7-8, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, old Italian manuscript annotation (enumerating contents) to front cover, slightly marked, 8vo (15.6 x 9.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Adams B2087 & B2085; Atabey 110 & 111; Cobham-Jeffery p. 5 for Cyprium bellum (which is an account of the Fourth Ottoman-Venetian War, or War of Cyprus). First edition in Latin of Pannonicum bellum (first published in Italian in 1568), first edition of Cyprium bellum (a French translation appeared the same year). The works were also issued in one volume with Antoine Geuffroy's Aulae Turcicae. Bizzarri (or Bizari, 1525-c.1586) converted to protestantism around 1542-3 and spent most of the years between 1549 and 1572 in England, during which time he entered the service of Francis Russell, earl of Bedford, gained a pension from Elizabeth I through the mediation of Archbishop Parker, and eventually served as an intelligencer for William Cecil and later for Francis Walsingham.
Hodgson (John). A History of Northumberland, two parts in five volumes (of six), Newcastle: for the Author, 1820-1840, lacking Part II volume I, engraved portrait frontispiece, approximately 58 engraved plates (one in part 3 volume 1 with closed tear to fore-margin), numerous engraved vignettes and decorated initials to text, variable spotting, part 3 volume 2 page 321 with 6.5cm closed tear, recent uniform half calf gilt, 4to, together with Raine (James) , The History and Antiquities of North Durham , as Subdivided into the Shires of Norham, Island, and Bedlington, which, from the Saxon period until the year 1844, constituted parcels of the County Palatine of Durham , but are now united to the County of North umberland, 1st edition, 1852, portrait frontispiece (spotted, mainly to margins), single page map, ten engraved plates (some spotted), and two pedigrees (one folding), all correct as list, all plate leaves with worm damage to blank margins near foot of gutter (some repaired), and each with dampstaining to fore-margins and head (slightly affecting some plates), text with scarce marginal dampstaining, recent speckled half calf, blind-tooled spine with gilt-lettered label, tall folio (Qty: 6)First item: parts II and III, each in 3 volumes, form the original work by Hodgson. Part I (missing here, as often) was subsequently written by J.H. Hinde to complete the work, being published in 1858.
![Botero (Giovanni), Delle Relationi Universali di Giovanni Botero Benese, [Parte Prima], Parte Seconda, Parte Terza & Quar](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2da3ea41-cf74-4e58-a068-aa6500a3ac0b/79546748-4d6e-477b-a493-aa650124dab6/468x382.jpg)
Botero (Giovanni), Delle Relationi Universali di Giovanni Botero Benese, [Parte Prima], Parte Seconda, Parte Terza & Quarta Parte, 4 volumes in one, Venice, Appresso Giacomo Vincenti (Part II), Appresso Gio. Battista Ussio (Part III), & Appresso Giorgio Angelieri (Part IV), 1596, [xxx], 240, 80, [xx], 152, 183, [xviii], [xvi], 78, together 4 parts bound in one volume, lacking a1 at front (title to First Part), 4 folding engraved maps of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, part titles to second, third and fourth parts present, each with woodcut device, woodcut initials, occasional marks and a2 at front of volume lightly soiled and with small tear with loss to lower outer blank corner, map of Europe with small repair to foot of fold verso (without loss), map of Asia with repair to central vertical fold verso, with minimal loss, maps of Asia and America unblemished, title to second part with some restoration and restrengthening to verso, minor loss to blank fore-edge towards head, incomplete at end, the fourth part ending on E7 (page 78), later (17th or early 18th century) sprinkled calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and joints partly cracked, small 4to (19 x 12.7 cm, 7.5 x 5 ins) (Qty: 10)Not in Adams; Sabin 6803; Western Travellers in China 12. Botero's Geography, containing descriptions of the countries of the world according to their territory, constitution and religion, was considered the most authoritative universal political geography for over a century, from its first publication in Rome between 1591 and 1596. Woodcut illustrations by Hans Burgkmair and his workshop were only added in the edition of 1618. 'Botero's knowledge of China, which he had previously derived exclusively from Barros, Mendoza, and the Jesuit letterbooks, becomes more realistic and critical in the Relazioni, possibly because of the new information and perspective which he derived from the Jesuits' (Western Travellers in China).
Baker (E. C. Stuart) . Indian Snipe, from the Bombay Natural History Society's Journal, 1911, 4 offprints in 1 volume, general title-page, 4 chromolithographic plates after Henrik Grönvold, 3 halftone plates, marginal repair to first leaf, inscribed by the author 'F. Bodick Esq, With the authors love & Xmas wishes, E. C. Stuart Baker' on the general title-page, contemporary cloth, 8vo, together with: ibid., Indian Bustards, from the Bombay Natural History Society's Journal, 1912-13, 4 offprints in 1 volume, general title-page, 4 chromolithographic plates after Grönvold, 3 halftone plates, inscribed by the author, contemporary cloth, 8vo, ibid., A Hand-List of Genera and Species of Birds of the Indian Empire, reprinted from the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society together with a Foreword and Addenda and Corrigenda prepared by the author, Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, 1923, interleaved, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, 8vo , Ali (Salim), The Birds of Bombay and Salsette, 1st edition, Bombay: Prince of Wales Museum, 1941, pictorial title-page, 11 halftone plates, interleaved, pencil annotations, inscribed by the author 'Mrs D. N. Cowen, with compliments, Salim Ali, 17 xii 42' on initial blank, modern half leatherette, 8vo, Marshall (George Frederick Leycester), Birds' Nesting in India, 1st edition, Calcutta: Caltutta Central Press Co., 1877, 13 lithographic plates, bookplate of Robert Washington Oates, original cloth, 8vo, and 6 others, Indian ornithology, including further works by Baker or Ali, 8vo (Qty: 11)Wood pp. 219 (Baker, Hand-List), 452 (Marshall). Ali's work, The Birds of Bombay and Salsette , is rare, with only the British Library copy traced in UK institutions.
![Cotton (John). The Song Birds of Great Britain, 1st edition, 2nd issue, [privately printed], 1836, 33 hand-coloured engraved](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2da3ea41-cf74-4e58-a068-aa6500a3ac0b/2b9a5ea6-7a53-4bc6-a6bc-aa650124f5df/468x382.jpg)
Cotton (John). The Song Birds of Great Britain, 1st edition, 2nd issue, [privately printed], 1836, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light smudges and finger-marks, short marginal tear to Pettichaps plate, closed tear to tissue-guard, repaired c losed tears in following text-leaf, modern half leatherette, royal 8vo (23.5 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1)Freeman 825; Mullens & Swann pp. 148-9; Nissen IVB 206; Wood p. 301. 'Song Birds, of which only a few copies were printed for private circulation, is a work of the utmost rarity in its complete state, and is moreover much esteemed for the fidelity and beauty of its life-size hand-coloured plates' (Mullens & Swann). It was first published the previous year; this second issue has a cancel title-page to part one and no title-page to part two. Cotton later emigrated to Australia; his correspondence on Australian avifauna is now considered 'of great historical value' (ADB).
![Graves (George). British Ornithology: being the History, with a Coloured Representation, of every kown [sic] Species of Briti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2da3ea41-cf74-4e58-a068-aa6500a3ac0b/55b04390-343e-4d27-a3a5-aa650124f716/468x382.jpg)
Graves (George). British Ornithology: being the History, with a Coloured Representation, of every kown [sic] Species of British Birds, 3 volumes in 1, 2nd edition of volumes 1-2, 1st edition of volume 3, for the author by W. and S. Graves, 1821, 144 hand-coloured engraved plates heightened in gum arabic, text unpaginated, half-title to volume 2 only, light offsetting, a few other marks, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, modern straight-grain green morocco to style, spine richly gilt in compartments, pink morocco label, joints slightly rubbed, royal 8vo (24 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1)Freeman 1415; Nissen IVB 386; Mullens & Swann p. 247; Sitwell (1990) p. 102; Wood p. 366; Zimmer pp. 266-7. According to Wood the second edition is really a re-issue of the first edition (1811-13-21) with new title-pages, whereas Mullens and Swann state that volumes one and two have a different arrangement and were reprinted by W. and S. Graves to coincide with the first edition of the third volume. The plates in volume one are variously dated 1811-12-21, those in volume two 1811-12-13-21, suggesting the use of mixed sheets. Uncoloured copies of the second edition are also known; on publication coloured copies cost £7:16:6.
Hewitson (William C). Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, accompanied with Descriptions of the Eggs, Nests, etc., 2nd edition, John van Voorst, [1842]-1846, half-titles, 138 hand-coloured lithographic plates of eggs, extra-illustrated with approximately 365 original avian watercolours William Dickinson (see note), many heightened in gum arabic, all with manuscript captions incorporating date (1861-77) and occasionally details of the original specimen, 9 similar original watercolours signed 'J. Rooke' in Dickinson's hand, 39 hand-coloured engraved plates apparently by Edward Donovan (from his Natural History of British Birds, 1794-1819, or The Naturalist's Repository, 1822-7), 5 further hand-coloured engravings trimmed and mounted to text-leaves (one of these signed 'Jardine', in Dickinson's hand), and some 50 naive-style tailpieces also in watercolourdepicting a variety of rustic scenes and implements,Dickinson's watercolours variously on individual sheets (mostly bound in, a few on smaller sheets, tipped in), on rectos or versos of the original plates or the extra plates by Donovan, and in margins of the tex t, Dickinson's manuscript index to extra illustrations bound in after title-page of each volume, occasional marginalia and tipped-in annotated slips in his hand, relevant newspaper and other cuttings tipped to preliminaries and elsewhere, mainly light staining to a few Donovan plates previously overmounted by Dickinson using one of his own watercolours (the leaves since professionally separated and cleaned), spotting to a handful of other plates, armorial bookplates hand-coloured and with 'Wm Dickinson, Thorncroft' added in manuscript to front pastedowns, near-contemporary green half calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm) (Qty: 2)A profusely extra-illustrated and annotated copy of this important work, containing some 400 original watercolours by Cumberland antiquary William Dickinson (1798-1882). Known works by Dickinson include Cumbriana: or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life (1875) and A Glossary of Words or Phrases pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland (1878); after his death a selection of prose and verse was published as the Uncollected Literary Remains of William Dickinson (1888). He lived at 'Thorncroft', Workington. The house does not survive, but is memorialised in the name of a modern development, Thorncroft Gardens. Freeman 1659; Mullens & Swann pp. 293-4; Nissen IVB 442; Sitwell (1990) p. 107; Wood p. 385 ('a standard work'). First published between 1831 and 1838 with the title British Oology ; for this second edition the text and plates were substantially revised.
Hume (Allan O.). The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds. Second edition, edited by Eugene William Oates, 3 volumes, R. H. Porter, 1889-90, 12 mounted woodburytype portrait plates, free endpapers browned, light spotting to a few mounts, almost entirely unopened, original brown cloth, 8vo, together with: Baker (E. C. Stuart). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, 8 volumes, 2nd edition, Taylor and Francis, 1922-30, 39 plates (mainly colour), folding map (closed tear), ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, original maroon cloth, volumes 2 and 5 spines sunned, 8vo, and ibid., The Nidification of the Birds of the India Empire, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Taylor and Francis, 1932-5, 28 halftone plates, original maroon cloth, spines slightly sunned, 8vo (Qty: 15)Wood p. 394 (Hume), Zimmer pp. 314-15 (Hume), 37 (Baker, Fauna, volumes 1-2 only). The first edition of Hume's work, published at Calcutta in 1873-5, was announced in the title purely as a 'rough draft'.
Irby (L. Howard L.). The Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1875, 2 folding maps, partly unopened, original dark red cloth, 8vo, together with: Tait (William C.), The Birds of Portugal, 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1924, 10 halftone photographic plates, folding colour map, half-title spotted, largely unopened, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, a bright copy, dust jacket (tape-repair along top and bottom edges verso, spine sunned, restored at ends), 8vo, Slater (Henry H.), Manual of the Birds of Iceland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1901, 3 plates, folding map, original cloth, front board stained, 8vo, Buick (T. Lindsay), The Mystery of the Moa, New Zealand's Avian Giant, 1st edition, New Plymouth: Thomas Avery & Sons Limited, 1931, halftone frontispiece and plates, original red cloth gilt, a fine copy, dust jacket (faintly dust-soiled, tape-supports along top and bottom edges verso), 8vo, ibid., The Moa Hunters of New Zealand. Sportsmen of the Stone Age, 1st edition, New Plymouth: Thomas Avery and Sons Limited, 1937, halftone frontispiece and plates, original red cloth, slight fading to covers, dust jacket (slightly dust-soiled, spine faded and marked, repairs verso), 8vo and 8 others, mainly late-19th or early-20th-century North American ornithology in the original cloth, 8vo (Qty: 13)Provenance (Irby): John Eliot Thayer (1862-1933), American ornithologist (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate). Wood pp. 400 (Irby), 591 (Tait), 570 (Slater). A copy of the second edition of Irby's work (1895) was sold as part of the first instalment of this collection (6 March 2019, lot 73).
Meyer (Henry Leonard). Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs, 7 volumes, 1st octavo edition, G. W. Nickisson [volumes 3-7: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.,], 1842-50, 424 hand-coloured lithographic plates, 8 uncoloured lithographic plates, errata leaf to volume 7, inner hinges superficially split but firm, spotting to endpapers and preliminaries, intermittent generally light spotting to text and plates, occasional tissue-guards, contemporary maroon half morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm) (Qty: 7)Freeman 2563; Nissen IVB 628 (erroneously counting 432 coloured plates); Sitwell p. 123; Wood p. 462; Zimmer p. 433 (mixed editions); cf. Mullens & Swann pp. 403-4. Meyer's celebrated work was first published between 1835 and 1841 as Illustrations of British Birds , in folio format.
Mudie (Robert). The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Whittaker and Co.,1834, 19 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, Baxter-type vignettes to title-pages, title-pages spotted, volume 2 initial blank with 19th-century engraved bookplate (Burleigh James) and inscription 'Hugh Stewart Roberts, from a would-be brother naturalist, 1863', top edges gilt, 20th-century red half calf by Bayntun (Riviere), bird devices gilt to spines, joints slightly rubbed, small chip 2 headcap, of volume 2, large 12mo (19.5 x 12 cm), together with: Gray (Robert), The Birds of the West of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides, 1st edition, Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son, 1871, half-title, 15 tinted lithographic plates, toning, spotting to outer text-leaves and to plates margins, original cloth front cover and spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco by Morrell, gilt waterfowl and fish tools to spine, spine sunned, 8vo (22 x 13 cm), Saxby (Henry L.), The Birds of Shetland, with Observations on their Habits, Migration, and Occasional Appearance, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1874, 8 tinted lithographic plates, original cloth front cover and spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco, waterfowl tools gilt to spine, 8vo (22 x 13 cm), and Borrer (William), The Birds of Sussex, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1891, 6 chromolithographic plates by J. G. Keulemans, folding map, top edge gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco, swift devices gilt to spine, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm) (Qty: 5)Mullens & Swann pp. 424 (Mudie), 251 (Gray), 510-11 (Saxby), 87 (Borrer); Nissen IVB 654 (Mudie); Wood pp. 474 (Mudie, second edition), 368 (Gray), 552 (Saxby), 250 (Borrer); Zimmer pp. 446 (Mudie, fourth edition), 274 (Gray), 550 (Saxby), 82 (Borrer). 'The vignettes on the title-pages [of Mudie's work] are the first successful specimens of G. Baxter's polychromatic printing. This first edition is therefore sought after by ollectors of Baxter-types' (Mullens & Swann).
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