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A Circa 1840's Chinese Carved Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, with plain central vignette for a monogram, the twenty i

Tennants Auctioneers

Lot 396

A Circa 1840's Chinese Carved Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, with plain central vignette for a monogram, the twenty inner sticks well carved with figures, animals and buildings, the lower guard carved mainly with figures, to the same depth. The upper guard missing, as is the button on the front rivet. No carving on the verso. Guard length 20cmUpper guard not present, first stick to the right missing half of its tip, second stick in from the left missing the very tip, nibbles to the sides of some sticks.

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Regency Brisés: Four Small Regency Brisé Fans, one in a period gold tube with lid, to include one plain ivory fan with slende

Tennants Auctioneers

Lot 457

Regency Brisés: Four Small Regency Brisé Fans, one in a period gold tube with lid, to include one plain ivory fan with slender sticks and shaped tips, having two guards and twenty-six inner sticks, Together with another virtually identical but only twenty-four inner sticks (guard lengths 17cm), Together with part of a carved and pierced ivory brisé comprising seventeen inner sticks, guard length 18cm, and a carved and pierced bone fan painted with blue, pink and yellow flowers, guard length 16cm, barrel rivet (5)The first 2 fans require new ribbon. The other two are for spares.

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1933-66 mint and unmounted mint collection on two Hagner sheets, nearing completion for basic stamps. 1933 set mint with some

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 119

1933-66 mint and unmounted mint collection on two Hagner sheets, nearing completion for basic stamps. 1933 set mint with some gum darkening; 1938 set and shades; 1954 set unmounted; 1961 decimal surcharges missing just the first 1r, unmounted save for the Type II 10ct which is very lightly hinged, the Type II 1r having two-tone gum; 1961 onwards unmounted, a very useful lot. Also three covers with KGV values and KGV ½d and 1d postcards unused

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1939-55 set in unmounted mint corner blocks of four, all Plate blocks save for the 2½d, 3d and 6d blocks which are the first

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 287

1939-55 set in unmounted mint corner blocks of four, all Plate blocks save for the 2½d, 3d and 6d blocks which are the first printings from the top right corner. The balance are from the SG reference collection and annotated as printings as follows; ½d 1955, 1d 1944, 1½ 1943, 2d 1954, 5d 1946, 1/- to 5/- 1943. A nice group for the specialist. SG 43-54/CW 1-12a

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1937-51 mint and unmounted mint collection with all perfs and shades of the definitive set perf CW except the second 10/- and

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 355

1937-51 mint and unmounted mint collection with all perfs and shades of the definitive set perf CW except the second 10/- and first two £1s (SG 113a, 114, CW 12 and 12a, 13 and 13a). We note 1948 1d red lightly hinged with R7/3 'DI' flaw; 1d green block of 12 with R7/3 'DI' flaw, unmounted but with a faint toned area on R8/3; 1951 5/- unmounted, and other minor varieties

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1955 Waterlow 10/- and £1 on plain neat hand-addressed envelope, Wantage CDSs I SP 55 (First Day). Some slight imperfections

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 48

1955 Waterlow 10/- and £1 on plain neat hand-addressed envelope, Wantage CDSs I SP 55 (First Day). Some slight imperfections but a scarce cover. SG 538-9

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1961 Tristan Relief Fund set in used blocks of four, CTO'd (with gum), each horizontal pair sharing a 12 OC CDS (first day of

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 569

1961 Tristan Relief Fund set in used blocks of four, CTO'd (with gum), each horizontal pair sharing a 12 OC CDS (first day of issue). The vendor states that just two sets of used blocks of four are known. Brandon Certificate (2008). SG 172-5 (£14000)

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1935 2d black and orange, perf 14. Mint marginal example with watermark inverted but, sadly, thinned. The first example we ha

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 586

1935 2d black and orange, perf 14. Mint marginal example with watermark inverted but, sadly, thinned. The first example we have seen, ex Cooper. SG 182aw (unpriced)

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1937 set used range with duplication, mainly very good quality with a couple of postmarks. Includes the full set plus 2d and

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 642

1937 set used range with duplication, mainly very good quality with a couple of postmarks. Includes the full set plus 2d and 3d Falls with Inyanga CDSs of 25 Nov. (first day for the definitives), and a (folded) copy of the Postal Notice announcing the issue, with Inyanga CDS of 26 Nov.

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1937-50 Airmails group of seven covers incl. 5/- and 6d on 240 x 105mm envelope to Detroit; 1938 230 x 105mm printed S. R. Da

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 644

1937-50 Airmails group of seven covers incl. 5/- and 6d on 240 x 105mm envelope to Detroit; 1938 230 x 105mm printed S. R. Daily Airmail envelope 1st day of service (Feb. 1st 38) with 1½d, Gatooma - Salisbury, and two other different covers from this service; 1945 I.R.C. printed envelope to Geneva with 3d Falls, 6d and 1/-, red boxed O.A.T. on front; 6d used on printed envelope for C.A.A. First Airmail Jo'burg - Dar-es-Salaam, 6d with Salisbury CDS 1 APR 50, Dar CDS of same date on reverse (this slightly foxed); Royal Visit pair plus 3d Falls and 2/6d on flown cover to Canada, this tatty

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1937 set various covers with various commercial usages incl. nice Indona Tea/Coffee advert cover to Sam Kelly; Salisbury - Te

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 646

1937 set various covers with various commercial usages incl. nice Indona Tea/Coffee advert cover to Sam Kelly; Salisbury - Tete second flight cover; First Daily Airmail flight Salisbury - Bulawayo; 1945 Heany Camp OAS cover; reg. cover to Bath with 8d, 9d, 10d and 1/6d; 2/- sole franking on commercial cover to Canada; 1947 reg. cover To Brazil (slightly aged); printed Birmingham Small Arms Co commercial envelope to USA (BSA Co.!) and further items (22 covers plus cheque)

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1889-1996 mint and unmounted mint collection in three stockbooks, vast majority unmounted. 1889-90 values to 6d mint, 1933 s

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 662

1889-1996 mint and unmounted mint collection in three stockbooks, vast majority unmounted. 1889-90 values to 6d mint, 1933 set mint (1/- toned, 5/- unmounted); KG VI first perfs mint; 1956 set with 5/- and 10/- unmounted; 1961 surcharges unmounted with some extras including 1r Type III but this with two-toned gum; 1961 new currency set unmounted; 1962 set mint. Thereafter appears unmounted, issues from 1980 usually with gutter pairs as well as singles; 1982 Wildlife strip noted and other better sets. Also two volumes of covers, mainly FDCs but with a few better

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1948 10/- Wedding, unmounted mint with Pl. 1 R1/3 distorted first 'S' in ASCENSION. SG 51

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 84

1948 10/- Wedding, unmounted mint with Pl. 1 R1/3 distorted first 'S' in ASCENSION. SG 51

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Literature. Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks, Derek Worboys and Roger West, RPSL/BPT, 1994. #428 of 500 of the first edition,

Stanley Gibbons

Lot 9

Literature. Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks, Derek Worboys and Roger West, RPSL/BPT, 1994. #428 of 500 of the first edition, as new

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MIXED LOT INCLUDING FIRST AID KIT, VINTAGE BOTTLE OF LANSEN BLACK LABEL AND DOLLS

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Lot 417

MIXED LOT INCLUDING FIRST AID KIT, VINTAGE BOTTLE OF LANSEN BLACK LABEL AND DOLLS

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WORLD WAR I TRIO TO 25755 PTE H FLOOD CHESHIRE REGIMENT, AND ALSO MINIATURE PAIR OF FIRST WAR MEDALS PLUS EMBROIDERED GREETIN

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Lot 426

WORLD WAR I TRIO TO 25755 PTE H FLOOD CHESHIRE REGIMENT, AND ALSO MINIATURE PAIR OF FIRST WAR MEDALS PLUS EMBROIDERED GREETING CARDS, ETC.

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VARIOUS SHEET MUSIC, JOSEPH BIBBY MAGAZINES, ANNUALS PLUS OTHER SUNDRIES INCLUDING MEGAPHONE, FIRST AID KIT, FLAT IRONS ETC

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Lot 378

VARIOUS SHEET MUSIC, JOSEPH BIBBY MAGAZINES, ANNUALS PLUS OTHER SUNDRIES INCLUDING MEGAPHONE, FIRST AID KIT, FLAT IRONS ETC

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QUANTITY OF LEWIS'S MEMORABILIA INCLUDING ADVERTISING POSTERS, PHOTOS, FIRST DAY COVERS, BROCHURES, DINNER MENU, ARCHITECTURA

Cato Crane Auctioneers

Lot 390

QUANTITY OF LEWIS'S MEMORABILIA INCLUDING ADVERTISING POSTERS, PHOTOS, FIRST DAY COVERS, BROCHURES, DINNER MENU, ARCHITECTURAL PLANS ETC

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Postage stamps from around the world in albums and loose and First Day covers

Bourne End Auction Rooms

Lot 336

Postage stamps from around the world in albums and loose and First Day covers

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THREE CHINESE GLASS INTERIOR PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES, ONE OF CAMEO GLASS OVERLAID IN BLACK, 5.6-10CM H, CIRCA FIRST HALF 20TH C

Mellors & Kirk

Lot 317

THREE CHINESE GLASS INTERIOR PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES, ONE OF CAMEO GLASS OVERLAID IN BLACK, 5.6-10CM H, CIRCA FIRST HALF 20TH C

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BLAEU (WILLEM JANSZOON) MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1649, handcoloured, 40 x 51cm, J Blaeu two maps of Worcestershire and Montg

Mellors & Kirk

Lot 491

BLAEU (WILLEM JANSZOON) MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1649, handcoloured, 40 x 51cm, J Blaeu two maps of Worcestershire and Montgomeryshire 1645-50 and c, hand coloured, lightly stained, the second somewhat more so and J Speed, two maps of Nottinghamshire and Caernarvonshire, 1610 or later, hand coloured, the first lightly browned, the second fresh and well coloured (5)

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Tartan ware - eleven pieces comprising a small snuff (Hay), 3.2cm, an oval section box (M'Farlane), 3cm, a dip pen, untitled,

Bleasdales

Lot 107

Tartan ware - eleven pieces comprising a small snuff (Hay), 3.2cm, an oval section box (M'Farlane), 3cm, a dip pen, untitled, two metal shuttles, (M'Pherson), an egg (M'Pherson), a circular stamp box, 4.5, a silk winder (Prince Charles), 4.7cm, a cylinder box (Prince Charlie/ Smelling Salts), 8cm, an acorn form Vesta (Forty Second) and a 12 ins cylinder ruler (M'Lean) all but first three generally worn or poor (11)

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Two educational sample books, the first inscribed to the inner cover in ink _Ž£These specimens were made with the attachments

Bleasdales

Lot 474

Two educational sample books, the first inscribed to the inner cover in ink _Ž£These specimens were made with the attachments on a Singer Sewing Machine by Rosamund Willis at the class held by Miss English at Singer's Sewing Machine Shop, 303 Westgate Road, Newcastle On Tyne, March 1931_Ž—, eight titled sample pages, 22.5cm x 16cm, the other of seven sample pages with linen cover, inscribed _Ž£E_Ž—, circa 1920, 27.5cm x 18cm (2)

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A boxed vintage game "My First Buddys"

Warren & Wignall

Lot 16

A boxed vintage game "My First Buddys"

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Some first day covers

Warren & Wignall

Lot 972

Some first day covers

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A First War period Military Cross medal, central GR monogram, undated and unnamed, original ribbon, together with a Greek ena

Burstow & Hewett

Lot 104

A First War period Military Cross medal, central GR monogram, undated and unnamed, original ribbon, together with a Greek enamelled silver Knight of Royal Order, a 1953 Coronation medal, a Russian 1882 miniature enamelled medal and a First War miniature medal, (5).

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A pair of First War period brown leather Officer's riding boots with wooden trees.

Burstow & Hewett

Lot 143

A pair of First War period brown leather Officer's riding boots with wooden trees.

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A First War bronze Memorial plaque for George Appleton and a Second War printed propaganda paper "A Last Appeal To Reason By

Burstow & Hewett

Lot 432

A First War bronze Memorial plaque for George Appleton and a Second War printed propaganda paper "A Last Appeal To Reason By Adolf Hitler 1940", (2).

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British Isles. Ptolemy (Claudius & Sylvanus Bernardus), Prima Europae Tabula, published Venice, [1511], woodblock map on a tr

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Lot 117

British Isles. Ptolemy (Claudius & Sylvanus Bernardus), Prima Europae Tabula, published Venice, [1511], woodblock map on a trapezoidal projection, printed in red and black, printed on two sheets, not conjoined, central fold professionally repaired on verso, trimmed along lower margin with loss to printed scaled border, upper margin trimmed with very slight loss, backed with Japan paper, 415 x 450 mm R. W. Shirley. Early printed maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.9. The first map of the British Isles to show a more correct north-south orientation with Scotland shown upright rather than swept at ninety degrees to the east. It is belived that Sylvanus worked from the manuscript 'portolan charts' of navigators and it is possible that had sight of the Gough map and used it as a basis for Northern England. Scarce. (1)

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British Isles. Ruscelli (Girolamo), Tabula Europae I, published Venice [1561 or later], uncoloured engraved 'Ptolemaic' map o

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Lot 119

British Isles. Ruscelli (Girolamo), Tabula Europae I, published Venice [1561 or later], uncoloured engraved 'Ptolemaic' map on a trapezoidal projection with Scotland orientated to the east, 190 x 260 mm, Italian text on verso, with another copy similar, together with Anglis et Hibernia nova, published Venice, [1561 or later], uncoloured engraved map, 190 x 255 mm, Italian text on verso, with Munster (Sebastian), Anglia, published Basle [1550 or later], uncoloured 'simplified' woodcut map of the British Isles, torn with slight loss to text but not affecting map, map size 80 x 135 mm, German text below and on verso of map, plus Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Jodicus), Anglia, circa 1608, uncoloured engraved map, 140 x 185 mm, French text on verso, and Jansson (Jan), Anglia, circa 1631, uncoloured engraved map, 145 x 200 mm, German text on verso The first two described maps. R.W.Shirley, Early printed Maps of the British Isles, nos. 67 & 68 (6)

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Churchill (Awnsham & John, publishers). A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some now first Printed from Original Manuscripts

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Lot 14

Churchill (Awnsham & John, publishers). A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some now first Printed from Original Manuscripts. Others Translated out of Foreign Languages, and now first Publish'd in English, [volume 3 only], 1st edition, 1704, 3 parts in 1 volume as issued (see note), each with own section title dated 1703 in addition to main volume title, pagination and register continuous, the third part (Baldaeus) with engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title page, 33 engraved folding plates including maps, plans, views and orthographical tables of the Tamil language, numerous engraved vignettes in the text, several full-page, volume title chipped and browned in upper outer corner, first section title (Ovalle) slightly marked, faint damp-staining in quires [pi]-B, contents otherwise clean and fresh, contemporary French mottled calf, richly gilt spine, mild wear to extremities, folio (31 x 19.5 cm Cox I p. 10 for the collection and p. 263 for Baldaeus; Sabin 13015 (specifying Ovalle and Monson); Borba de Moraes I p. 158 for the 1744 edition. This third volume of Awnsham and John Churchill's important collection of voyages contains three texts: 1) Alonso de Ovalle, An Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Chile, printed at Rome by Francisco Cavallo, 1649, Translated out of Spanish into English; 2) Sir William Monson, Naval Tracts: in Six Books ... The Whole from the Original Manuscript, Never Before Published; and 3) Philippus Baldaeus, A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, as also of the Isle of Ceylon ... translated from the High-Dutch printed at Amsterdam, 1672. (1)

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Dening (Walter). Japan in Days of Yore, volumes 2-4 [Wounded Pride and How it was Healed; The Life of Miyamoto Musashi Parts

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Lot 17

Dening (Walter). Japan in Days of Yore, volumes 2-4 [Wounded Pride and How it was Healed; The Life of Miyamoto Musashi Parts I-II], 1st editions, Tokyo: Hakubunsha, 1888, text printed on double leaves, 17 double-page coloured woodblock plates, stab-stitched in original pictorial card wrappers, rear wrappers lettered 'printed and published by the Hakubunsha. Tokyo, Japan', wrappers slightly spotted, 8vo Four volumes were published; the first volume, a discrete work titled Human Nature in a Variety of Aspects, appeared the previous year. There was a one-volume edition in 1906. (3)

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Dheulland (Guillaume). Th‚ƒtre de la guerre en Italie, ou Carte nouvelle des principaut‚s de Pi‚mond, R‚publique des Gˆnes, d

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Lot 19

Dheulland (Guillaume). Th‚ƒtre de la guerre en Italie, ou Carte nouvelle des principaut‚s de Pi‚mond, R‚publique des Gˆnes, duch‚s de Milan, Plaisance, et confins, 1st edition, Paris: Dheulland, Martin and Jullien, 1748, engraved title, 25 maps and 2 letterpress leaves, all folding and mounted on guards, nearly all the maps hand-coloured in outline, damp-staining to endpapers and title page, and to gutter and margins of letterpress leaves and first few maps, then receding to two small tide-marks to either end of the gutter, shallow splits to ends of folds, longer splits to folds of title page, general map (unnumbered) and maps 1 and 4, contemporary French marbled sheep, rubbed, front joint split at ends, corners worn, narrow folio (25.5 x 11 cm) (1)

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Shropshire. Saxton (Christopher), Salopiae comitatus summa cum fide cura et diligebtia descrtiptionem haec tibi tabula resert

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Lot 197

Shropshire. Saxton (Christopher), Salopiae comitatus summa cum fide cura et diligebtia descrtiptionem haec tibi tabula resert, [1579], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 'altar' cartouche surmounted by the royal coat of arms with an additional heraldic crest of Thomas Seckford, slight spotting, slight mount staining, central fold strengthened at top and base on verso, one printer's crease, 295 x 510 mm The first printed map of Shropshire. An early state with the 'bunch of grapes' watermark. (1)

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*Besler (Basilius). Colutea Vesicaria..., Helichryson Creticum..., Caryophyllus sylvestris... & Nepetella, [from Hortus Eyste

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Lot 229

*Besler (Basilius). Colutea Vesicaria..., Helichryson Creticum..., Caryophyllus sylvestris... & Nepetella, [from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613], together 4 large folio hand-coloured botanical copper engravings on laid paper, with watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield, printed without text to verso, each titled in Latin below the image, with contemporary manuscript translations into German below each caption, in brown ink, with margins, generally in good condition, the Caryophyllus with some offset text to the image, sheet size 55 x 41 cm (21.6 x 16.1 ins) or very similar The Colutea Tree, Cretan Daisy, Carnation and Catmint from Beslar's Hortus Eystettensis, or Garden of Eichstatt, first published in 1613. The watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield present on these sheets may represent the arms of Augsburg, which suggests that production of these plates was undertaken in the workshop of Wolfgang Kilian in Augsburg (see David Paisey, Review of Nicholas Barker's Hortus Eystettensis, The Library, 6th series, volume 17, pages 365-368). (4)

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*Bonington (Richard Parkes, 1802-1828). La Tour du March‚, Bergues, Vue Generale de l'Eglise de St. Gervais et St. Protais a

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Lot 230

*Bonington (Richard Parkes, 1802-1828). La Tour du March‚, Bergues, Vue Generale de l'Eglise de St. Gervais et St. Protais a Gisors, Croix de Moulin les Planches, Eglise St. Sauveur Caen, Rue du Gros-Horloge Rouen, & Elne, circa 1824, six uncoloured lithograph views by Bonington, the first listed (Bergues) on chine appliqu‚, the second and third on chine coll‚, sheet size 52.5 x 37 cm (20.5 x 14.5 ins), and smaller, each mounted (6)

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Fortavion (G. C. de). La guerre de Chine, grand panorama illustr‚, historique et anecdotique, 1st edition, Paris: Gu‚rin-Mull

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Lot 24

Fortavion (G. C. de). La guerre de Chine, grand panorama illustr‚, historique et anecdotique, 1st edition, Paris: Gu‚rin-Muller, 1862, 16 lithographic plates with accompanying text leaf, title page repaired along gutter and top edge, and creased and marked, some mild spotting and finger-soiling to text leaves and plate margins, only a handful of faint spots in images, short nick in top margin of first Tche-Fou plate, Combat du pont de Pa-Li-Kia-O plate slightly marked and facing text leaf repaired along top edge, inner hinges reinforced, original lithographic boards, front board hand-coloured as issued, cloth spine renewed, boards soiled, extremities worn, oblong folio Cordier Sinica 4146. (1)

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Lot 27

Hakluyt Society. Second Series, 28 volumes, 1st editions, 1969-2000, plates, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, works comprise: Barbour (Philip L., editor) The Jamestown Voyages under the First Charter 1606-1609, 2 volumes, ownership inscriptions; Morga (Antonio de), Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas; Quinn (David B. and Alison M.), The English New England Voyages 1602-1608; Barr (William, & Glyndwr Williams, Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1714-1741, 2 volumes; Ibn Battuta, The Travels ... volumes 4 and 5 only; La P‚rouse (Jean-Fran‡ois de Galaup de), The Journal, 2 volumes; Olaus Magnus, Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, 3 volumes; Bridges (R. C., & P. E. H. Hair), Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth, Studies in teh History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996, With a Complete List of the Society's Publications; Schuver (Juan Maria), Travels in North East Africa 1880-1883; Pennington (L. E.), The Purchas Handbook, Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas 1577-1626, 2 volumes; Seminov (Petr Petrovich), Travels in the Tian'-Shan' 1856-1857; together with volumes 1 to 10 of the Third Series of Hakluyt Society Publications, 1st editions, 1993-2003, plates, original blue cloth gilt, all 8vo (28)

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Sydney. Panoramic View of Sydney, New South Wales. First settled by Commodore Phillip, January 26, 1788 with 927 persons - po

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Lot 280

Sydney. Panoramic View of Sydney, New South Wales. First settled by Commodore Phillip, January 26, 1788 with 927 persons - population of the colony 1879, 712,019, published The Graphic, 1879, hand coloured panorama, old folds, one repaired closed tear, 235 x 1220 mm (1)

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Knolles (Richard). The Generall Histories of the Turkes ... together with The Lives and Conquests of the Othoman Kings and Em

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Lot 31

Knolles (Richard). The Generall Histories of the Turkes ... together with The Lives and Conquests of the Othoman Kings and Emperours ... untill this Present Yeare 1603, 1st edition, Adam Islip, 1603, engraved architectonic title page, 28 engraved medallion portraits and 1 engraved battle scene in the letterpress, all by Laurence Johnson, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, woodcut wreath border to The Lives and Conquests section title; intermittent pale tide-mark extending from bottom edges into text, quires A and 5F-H chipped in margins with engraved title (A2) largely torn away (but retaining most of the text) and partial loss of floral headpiece in the errata (5H8), repairs in leaves V4, 2N3, 3R6 and 5F3, small closed chip in X5 (portrait verso), small hole in 3A6 and spill-burn in 4B6 to minor loss of text and running head respectively, marginal worming from 4M to end, 17th- and 18th-century ownership inscriptions and pen-trials to initial blank and engraved title, occasional contemporary marginalia, contemporary calf, worn, front board detached, folio in 6s (31.5 x 22.5 cm) Blackmer 919; Cobham-Jeffery p. 31; Cox I p. 204; STC 15051. First edition of 'the greatest of English works of the Renaissance period dealing with Turkey' (Chew, cited after Blackmer). (1)

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Bagehot (Walter). The English Constitution, 5th edition, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888, rear inner hinge cracked, bookplate

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Lot 314

Bagehot (Walter). The English Constitution, 5th edition, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888, rear inner hinge cracked, bookplate of British prime minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) to front pastedown, original blue pebble-grain cloth, gilt titles and geometric decoration in black to spine and boards, spine faded and rolled, wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Blackstone (William), Select Extracts from Blackstone's Commentaries, carefully adapted to the Use of Schools and Young Persons ... by Samuel Warren, 2nd edition, A. Maxwell, 1837, bookplate of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), slip with his autograph inscription 'The Duke of Cambridge, Horse Guards' mounted to front free endpaper, his ink-stamp to title page, marginalia in his hand to p. 344, original cloth, spine-ends frayed, extremities bumped, 8vo; Bourget (Paul), Etudes et Portraits, 2nd edition, Paris: Alphone Lemerre, 1889, volume 1 only (of 2), browning, bookplate of Bourget's putative lover Jennie Spencer-Churchill, Lady Randolph Churchill (1854-1921), gilt edges, contemporary morocco, worn, front board paint-spotted, 8vo; Francillon (Robert Edward), Gods and Heroes, or the Kingdom of Jupiter, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1892, numerous colour plates, 2 related illustrations mounted to front pastedown and free endpaper, laid-in slip inscribed in pencil by William Rusell Flint 'Please return to W Russell Flint (Jan. 1959) Peel Cottage, 80 Peel Street, W8', frequent pencilled marginalia, original pictorial cloth, 8vo; Murdoch (John, editor), Yoga Sastra: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Examines, 1st edition, London and Madras: Christian Literature Society for India, 1897, wood-engraved frontispiece, bookplate of Serbian philosopher Dimitrije Mitronovic (1887-1953), original cloth-backed printed boards, 8vo; Symington (Maggie), Bonnie Boy's Soap Bubble, a Tale of the Adventures of a Boy and his Dog in Bubble Land, 1st edition, Biggs & Co., [circa 1890], 4 plates, bookplates of soap magnate W. H. Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925), original pictorial cloth, 8vo, and 12 others See Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, 77 for Blackstone (also referring to a first edition of 1836 which we have been otherwise unable to trace). Assortment of 19th-century books with notable provenance, including Neville Chamberlain's copy of The English Constitution; Copac traces four copies of the last-mentioned title (Bonnie Boy's Soap Bubble). (18)

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Baldinucci (Filippo). Notizie de' professori del disegno da Cimabue, 1st edition, Florence: Santi Franchi, 1681, and: Notizie

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Lot 315

Baldinucci (Filippo). Notizie de' professori del disegno da Cimabue, 1st edition, Florence: Santi Franchi, 1681, and: Notizie de professori del disegno da Cimabue in qua, parte seconda del secolo quarto che contiene tre decennali, dal 1550-1580, 1st edition, Florence: Piero Martini, 1688, volumes 1 and 4 (of 6), volume 1 with woodcut arms to title, tipped-in privilege leaf with woodcut arms of Charles II of Spain (see note), folding genealogical plate, closed tear in signature D3; volume 4 with engraved title arms, slip cancel pasted to signature F verso; both volumes with numerous historiated or floral woodcut initials, spotting and toning, a few other minor marks, uniform contemporary vellum, manuscript spine titles, yapp edges, 4to (27 x 20 cm), together with: Paciaudi (Paolo), Diatribe qua Graece anagylphi interpretatio traditur, 1st edition, Rome: ex typographia Palladis, 1751, half-title, engraved title vignette, woodcut and engraved vignettes to text, mild spotting to title page, modern half vellum, 4to; [Negri, Anton Maria], Solenni esequie nel duomo di Firenze per la morte dell' Augustissimo Imperatore Francesco Primo, Duca di Lorena, 1st edition, Florence: S. A. R, 1765, 2 parts in 1 volume, engraved headpiece and initial to each, contemporary patterned paper wrappers, section of loss to spine, 4to; Zabeo (Giovanni Prosdocimo), Elogio di Paolo Caliari, 1st edition, Venice: Parolari, 1813, 25 pp., mild spotting and soiling, edges untrimmed, sewn in original plain paper wrappers (held by top 2 cords only), 4to Cicognara 2195 (Baldinucci), 2690 (Paciaudi), 2407 (Zabeo). First editions of the first and fourth volumes in Baldinucci's six-volume biographical dictionary of Italian art and architecture; of the remaining volumes Baldinucci was himself only responsible for the second, as volumes three, five and six were completed by his son. This copy of the first volume is complete with the privilege leaf bearing the arms of Charles II of Spain, which is 'missing in a great many copies' (Cicognara). (5)

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Binding. Illustrium poetarum flores, per Octavianum Mirandulam collecti, Strasbourg: Josias Rihel, 1567, later ownership ins

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Lot 322

Binding. Illustrium poetarum flores, per Octavianum Mirandulam collecti, Strasbourg: Josias Rihel, 1567, later ownership inscription 'Sum Caspari Muhlenfort' and effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to title page, intermittent pale damp-staining, stronger towards rear, occasional contemporary underlining, minor worming in gutter, lacking final blank, bound at an early date using a leaf from a 13th-century vellum manuscript copy of Rupert of Deutz's De divinis officiis incorporating a large polychrome initial (see note), backed with a printed leaf from a copy of Johann Wigand's De antinomia veteri et nova (1571), rubbed and dust-soiled, and detached from text-block along front inner hinge (intact at rear), 8vo (15.7 x 10 cm) This edition not in Adams but see M1473 for the first edition of 1537, which was also printed in Strasbourg, by Wendelin Rihel. The vellum manuscript leaf used for the binding contains a section from Rupert of Deutz's De divinis officiis, in a German Prototogothic hand: see Migne (ed.), Patrologiae Cursus Completus (Paris, 1854), volume 170, columns 193-4. (1)

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Lot 328

[Carnan and Newbery, publishers. The Mother's Gift: or, A Present for All Little Children who are Good, Embellished with Cuts, 1769 or 1770], 11 woodcuts (of 14), A3 and both pastedowns with early juvenile ink trials, C1 detached and marked, lacking: A1-2 (title and preface/contents), A7-8 (pages 13-16), C8 (pages 47-48), and signature E (7 pages of text plus advertisements), stitching broken, contemporary Dutch floral boards, worn and dusty, lacking spine, 93 x 63mm (3.75 x 2.5ins), together with Harvey and Darton, publishers, Harry Beaufoy; or, The Pupil of Nature, by Maria Hack, 2nd edition, 1824, engraved frontispiece, page of publisher's advertisements at rear, title and frontispiece a little toned, pages 74-84 with variable brown mark to lower blank margin, front pastedown with remnants of early ink inscription, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed and extremities worn, spine toned, 12mo in 6's, plus John Harris, publisher, Nina, an Icelandic Tale, by A Mother, Author of "Always Happy," &c., 2nd edition, 1825, engraved frontispiece, some light spotting in places, front pastedown with early ink signature, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed and extremities worn, front board detached, spine toned, 12mo in 6's, with 47 other 19th century children's books, some defective First item: Roscoe J251. A rare early children's book in the original Dutch floral boards; not in Osborne or Gumuchian. The collation agrees with the first edition copy held by the Bodleian Library, although according to Roscoe, the second edition of 1770 is almost identical to the first edition of 1769, save for the edition statement and date on the title-page. (50)

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Cavendish (William, 1st Duke of Newcastle). Neu-er”ffnete Reit-Bahn, 1st edition in German, Nuremberg: Johann Zieger and Geo

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Lot 330

Cavendish (William, 1st Duke of Newcastle). Neu-er”ffnete Reit-Bahn, 1st edition in German, Nuremberg: Johann Zieger and Georg Lehmann, 1700, half-title, letterpress title in red and black, engraved arms, 5 text vignettes, 82 engraved plates including additional title, nearly all double-page, several also folding, engraved coat of arms; modern tape-repair in margins of letterpress title and text-leaves *2-3, a few folding plates (1-5, 10-11 and 60) with old repairs or modern tape-repairs mainly along versos of lower edges, plate 14 longitudinally repaired through image, plate 15 spotted, plate 69 restored in margin, modern marbled sheep, folio in 4s (32.5 x 20 cm) Nissen ZBI 852 (erroneously counting the engraved arms as a plate). First published in 1658 as La m‚thode nouvelle et Invention extraordinaire de dresser les chevaux. (1)NB: Revised estimate : Now £1200-1800

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Lot 331

Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His sacred Maiestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings, [London: printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston], 1648 [i.e. 1649], [8], 269, [3]pp., first two words of title in Greek characters, with final blank leaf, without portrait and folding plate, some light dust-soiling, late 19th century/early 20th century sheep, rubbed, 8vo, together with [Hickes, George], The Gentleman Instructed, in the Conduct of a Virtuous and Happy Life. In Three Parts. Written for the Instruction of a Young Nobleman. To which is added, a Word to the Ladies, by way of Supplement to the first part, 5th edition, 1713, light dampstaining, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, 8vo, with Bible [New Testament], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..., London: Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, 1694, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1693, titles and borders red ruled throughout, some browning and dust-soiling, lacking front free marbled endpaper, contemporary blind decorated black morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and Chamberlayne (Edward), Angliae Notitia: or the Present State of England, with divers remarks upon the Ancient State thereof, 21st edition, 1704, engraved portrait frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints split and worn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, plus other antiquarian, mostly 18th century For first work see F.F. Madan, New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike, 2; Almack, 4 and Wing E272. Identified by Madan as the "second edition", with two square blocks added to title page and text reset; epigram has mis-spelling "mali" for "mala" on title page. (13)

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Lot 334

Congregational Church. A Declaration of the Faith and Order Owned and Practised in the Congregational Churches in England; Agreed upon and consented unto by their Elders and Messengers in Their Meeting at the Savoy, October 12, 1658, 1st edition, printed for John Field, 1659, title in typographical border, generally lightly toned, some minor staining, mainly affecting upper margins, minor worm damage to some upper corners, front free endpaper with ink ownership name 'R.W. Dale' on verso, front pastedown with ink stamp of Mansfield College Oxford, and leather label with 'From the Library of Robert William Dale, 1895' in gilt lettering, 19th century quarter sheep, both boards detached, with some fading, losses to spine and joints, small 4to Robert William Dale was a Congregational Church pastor who served as Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in 1868 and President of the International Congregational Council in 1891. Mansfield College, Oxford, was founded in 1838 as Spring Hill College, Birmingham, a college for Nonconformist students, including Dale. In 1886, largely due to Dale's initiative, the college was moved and renamed, becoming Oxford's first Nonconformist college, where he became chairman of the council. (1)

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Lot 336

Defoe (Daniel). A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True Born English-man. Corrected by himself, 1st authorized edition, 1703, engraved portrait frontispiece by Van der Gucht after Tavener, contemporary signature J. Anstruther to title and with the bookplate of Sir John Anstruther to verso (overlaid on leterpress notice), contemporary panelled calf, upper board detached and lower board near detached, lacking title label to spine, some wear, 8vo, together with Paley (William), The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, 2nd edition, corrected, 1786, half-title, armorial bookplate of F. Luard to upper pastedown, contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, joints cracked and slight wear to extremities, 4to, with Gray (Thomas), Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems, London: J. Dodsley, 1789, engraved vignette to title, engraved plates and vignette illustrations, some dust-soiling and occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Henry Cholmondeley Jackson and with a series of autograph letters signed by the poet and artist Laurence Whistler (1912-2000) relating to the volume, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, 4to, and Scott (James & Green, Charles and others), A General Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: or, a Complete System of Literature, 2 volumes, 1765, engraved frontispiece to each, volume 1 title in red & black with repair to fore-edge, numerous engraved plates including some folding, slight toning, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, 4to, plus other antiquarian including Arithmetick; or, the Ground of Arts..., by Edward Hatton, 1699, and Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa... in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, by Mungo Park, 2 volumes, 5th edition, 1807 For first title see Furbank & Owens 1. A second volume was issued in 1705. This work was issued in response to a pirate edition of Defoe's works published in the same year by John How. (20)

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Dentistry - Bourdet (Bernard). Soins faciles pour la propret‚ de la Bouche, pour la conservation des Dents, & pour faire ‚vit

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Lot 337

Dentistry - Bourdet (Bernard). Soins faciles pour la propret‚ de la Bouche, pour la conservation des Dents, & pour faire ‚viter aux Enfans les accidens de la Dentition. Ouvrage ou l'on donne aussi les moyens de reconnoitre le Charlatanisme d'un grand nombre d'Op‚rations qui se pratiquent sur les Dents..., nouvelle ‚dition, consid‚rablement augment‚e, Paris: Jean-Th[omas] H‚rissant, 1771, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated dark terracotta morocco, slight wear at head & foot of spine, 16mo in 8s An uncommon reprint of a popular treatise on dental hygiene by a French doctor, first published 1759. (1)

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Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st edition, 1837, etched frontispiece, additional title and 4

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Lot 338

Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st edition, 1837, etched frontispiece, additional title and 41 plates by H.K. Browne, R. Seymour and R.W. Buss, some spotting and browning, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, together with Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1840-41, illustrations by George Cattermole and H.K. Browne, a little light spotting, contemporary half morocco, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus American Notes for General Circulation, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1842, half titles, advertisements at end of volume II, signature erased from titles, later calf-backed boards, spine ends slightly rubbed, 8vo, with other Dickens including first editions Martin Chzzlewit, 1844, Dombey and Son, 1848, Bleak House, 1853, Our Mutual Friend, 1865 and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870 (16)

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Dickens (Charles). Works, Chapman and Hall, Limited, [circa 1880], 21 works in 14 volumes, half-title with Dickens's facsimil

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Lot 341

Dickens (Charles). Works, Chapman and Hall, Limited, [circa 1880], 21 works in 14 volumes, half-title with Dickens's facsimile signature to each, etched frontispieces with tissue-guards, numerous etched plates (mostly 8 to each work), sporadic light spotting, damp-staining to plate margins in volume containing The Old Curiosity Shop and Oiver Twist and to rear free endpapers in the Christmas Books and Christmas Stories volume, contemporary ownership inscriptions to initial blanks, all edges gilt, contemporary hard-grain purple morocco, spines lettered and deocrated in gilt, gilt and blind fillets to covers enclosing geometric blind centrepieces, mild rubbing to extremities, spines slightly sunned, small section of wear to spine of Our Mutual Friend, scattered pale markings to covers, 8vo (17 x 11.5 cm) Cf. Gimbel D54. An attractive complete set of the Charles Dickens Edition, which first appeared in 1867. (14)

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Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood, 1858, half-titles pre

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Lot 344

Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood, 1858, half-titles present, occasional light spotting, volume 1 with tips of a few corners and blank fore-margin of X4 and X5 slightly creased, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Albert Gilbey, front free endpapers with contemporary ownership name of Mrs. W.P. Goode, original blindstamped maroon cloth gilt by Edmonds & Remnants, with binder's ticket on rear pastedown of first volume, faded spines rubbed to extremities and frayed at ends with slight loss, lower joint of volume 2 with short split, 8vo Sadleir 818; Wolff 2062. This, the author's first book, comprises three tales which first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine in 1857: 'The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton', 'Mr Gilfil's Love-Story' and 'Janet's Repentance'. The stories were widely praised for their domestic realism, pathos and humour, and Dickens himself was full of admiration for Eliot's writings, prompting much speculation about the identity of the author, who was widely supposed to be a clergyman or a clergyman's wife. George Eliot's rarest book and particularly so in the original cloth. (1)

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Fuller (Thomas). The History of the Worthies of England, 1st edition, 1st issue, printed by J. G. W. L. and W. G., 1662, engr

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Lot 345

Fuller (Thomas). The History of the Worthies of England, 1st edition, 1st issue, printed by J. G. W. L. and W. G., 1662, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials, 9 pp. index bound in at rear (see Pforzheimer), bound without the initial blank; mild browning, occasional spotting and staining, small chip in upper inner corner of frontispiece, ownership inscription to title page 'Robert Newton, 1772'), near-contemporary ink annotations to pp. 242-3, closed tears in signatures P3 and [superscript 3]3R1, small hole in I4 affecting a few letters recto, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with early gilt spine laid down, rubbed overall, board-corners worn, folio, together with: Felltham (Owen), Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political, with several new additions both in Prose and Verse, not extant in the former Impressions. In this Eleventh Edition, References are made to the Poetical Citations, heretofore much wanted, printed by M. Clark, for Charles Harper, 1696, with initial 'The Face of the Book Unmasked' leaf, additional engraved title page, letterpress title printed in red and black, occasional browning, 18th-century bookplate of one Richard Law to front pastedown, his ownership inscription and lengthy autograph poem titled 'To Mr Felltham on his Booke of Resolves' to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio; Ashburton (Charles Alfred), New and Complete History of England, from the First Settlement of Brutus, upwards of One Thousand Years before Julius Caesar, to the Year 1795, printed and sold by W. and J. Stratford, [1795], engraved frontispiece, 45 plates (of 80), chip to lower margin of frontispiece, contemporary calligraphic ownership inscription to initial blank, contemporary reversed calf, wear to extremities, short tear to foot of spine, folio; Bible [English], An Illustration of the Holy Bible, containing the Sacred Texts of the Old Testament and the New, together with the Apocrypha, Birmingham: printed by Brown and [Bentley], 1789, first few leaves ragged and creased affecting imprint, possibly lacking an index leaf at rear, contemporary reversed calf, worn, folio; and 1 other Pforzheimer 391, Lowndes p. 847, Wing F2440 for Fuller; Wing F658 for Felltham; cf. Darlow & Moule 892 for An Illustration of the Holy Bible. The index in this copy of Fuller does not conform to either of those noted by Pforzheimer, lacking a decorative headpiece on the first page. Ashburton's work is 'a reissue of the 1791-94 edition with the last two gatherings of the text reset and updated to 1795' (ESTC). (5)

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Lot 346

[Godwin, William.] The History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1st edition, for the author, 1783, with the final blank (T8), contemporary ownership inscription 'Robert G. Ayerst' on slip mounted to front pastedown, title page slightly browned, contemporary sprinkled tan calf, red morocco label, joints cracked but holding, 8vo, together with Hamilton (Robert), The Progress of Society, 1st edition, John Murray, 1830, spotting to blanks and outer leaves, ownership inscriptions including that of agricultural writing A. W. Menzies Kitchin (dated 1924) to initial blank, gilt edges, contemporary calf, gilt spine, broad decorative frames in gilt and blind to sides, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo Rothschild 1015 for the first work, which was Godwin's first published book. (2)

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[Gurney, Anna.] A Literal Translation of the Saxon Chronicle, 1st edition, Norwich: printed by Stevenson, Matchett, and Steve

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Lot 348

[Gurney, Anna.] A Literal Translation of the Saxon Chronicle, 1st edition, Norwich: printed by Stevenson, Matchett, and Stevenson; for John and Arthur Arch, London, 1819, very light spotting to outer leaves, 19th-century green half morocco, slightly rubbed, large 12mo in 6s (18.7 x 10.8 cm), together with: La Motte Fouqu‚ (Friedrich de), Sintram and his Companions: a Romance, from the German, 1st edition in English, C. and J. Ollier, 1820, half-title, mild spotting and soiling, small hole in D7, top edge gilt, 19th-century blue half morocco, slightly rubbed, large 12mo; [Smith, Horace], Brambletye House; or, Cavaliers and Roundheads. A Novel by one of the Authors of the "Rejected Addresses", 3 volumes, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1826, sporadic light spotting, bound without advertisements in volume 3, contemporary ownership inscriptions of one John Lawford and faint blindstamps to title pages, near-contemporary blue half calf by Edmund Worrall of Birmingham, very slightly rubbed, spines faded, large 12mo; and 1 other Lowndes (1864) p. 2197 for Gurney; Sadleir 3098 for Smith. Gurney's work was 'the first translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle into modern English to be printed' (ODNB), and according to the leaf bound after the title was printed in a 'very limited impression ... for private circulation'. (7)

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Hermes Trismegistus. The Divine Pymander in XVII books, translated formerly out the Arabick into Greek, and thence into Latin

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Lot 351

Hermes Trismegistus. The Divine Pymander in XVII books, translated formerly out the Arabick into Greek, and thence into Latine, and Dutch, and now out of the Original into English; by that Learned Divine Doctor Everard, 1st edition, by Robert White for Thomas Brewster and Gregory Moule, 1650 [1649], woodcut title border, headpieces and initials, several blank leaves bound in to front and rear and annotated circa 1900, browning, crude tape-repair and resultant staining to binder's blanks, leaves C3-4, D1, E2, F2-3, and rear inner hinge, the text remaining generally legible, contemporary sheep, worn, spine cracked, front board detached, 8vo (14 x 8.5 cm) DSB VI p. 306; Ferguson I p. 389; Wing H1565. First edition in English of 'the first and chief work of the Corpus [Hermeticum]' (DSB). (1)

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Lot 353

Kettilby (Mary). A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; For the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers and Careful Nurses, by Several Hands... To which is Added a Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c, 2 parts in one, 4th and 3rd editions, 1728, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initial letters, title with early ink manuscript remedies on blank verso, scattered minor marks and toning, first few leaves with pale dampstain to fore-margin, front endpapers with early ink ownership inscriptions, verso of front free endpaper with early ink manuscript silhouette, rear free endpaper with early ink manuscript annotations, front hinge split, contemporary calf, rubbed and lightly marked, some wear to extremities, lower back corner bumped, minor splitting to joints, 8vo (1)

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Musculus (Wolfgang). Common places of Christian Religion, gathered by Wolfgangus Musculus, for the use of suche as desire the

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Lot 359

Musculus (Wolfgang). Common places of Christian Religion, gathered by Wolfgangus Musculus, for the use of suche as desire the knowledge of Godly truthe. Translated out of Latine into Englishe. Hereunto are added two other treatises, made by the same Author, one of Othes, and an other of Usurye. With a moste perfecte and plentifull Table, London: [printed by Reginalde Wolfe], 1563, title in red and black and with printer's woodcut device (strengthened to width of gutter margin and manuscript note to lower right corner), woodcut armorial to verso of title, main body of text in black letter, few decorative woodcut initials, occasional early marginalia, some light dampstaining mostly at foot of leaves, rust holes to final three leaves, final leaf (d6) torn with loss of text and repaired, some peppered worm holes mostly towards rear of volume, later endpapers with old adhesive tape strengthening to hinges, later 18th century half calf, morocco title label to spine, joints split and covers worn, folio STC 18308. Variant 1 with first colophon, 4D2v, "Imprinted at London by Reginalde Wolfe. Anno Domini. 1563.". Colophon, b9v, "Imprinted at London by Reginalde Wolfe. Anno Domini. 1563.". This edition is a translation of "Loci communes sacrae theologiae". The additions are translated excerpts from his: In Davidis Psalterium sacrosanctum commentarii. (1)

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Photios I. Myriobiblon e Bibliotheke [Greek title] ... Graece edidit David Hoeschelius ... Latine vero redidit et scholiis au

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Lot 362

Photios I. Myriobiblon e Bibliotheke [Greek title] ... Graece edidit David Hoeschelius ... Latine vero redidit et scholiis auxit Andreas Schottus, [Geneva:] Paul Estienne, 1612, title page printed in red and black, large woodcut title device, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, Greek and Latin text in double column, faint browning to margins, light spotting to a handful of quires, ownership inscription 'Ed. Reynolds do. Braunston, 1643' to title page (see note) contemporary sprinkled calf, spine relaid, label renewed, covers scuffed and scored, corners worn, small section of front board and corners of rear board sympathetically restored, folio in 6s (34.5 x 20.5 cm) Renouard 197.21 (also noting copies dated 1611; further copies traced dated 1613). First bilingual edition of the Myriobiblon, with the ownership inscription of English clergyman Edward Reynolds (1599-1676), dated 'Braunston, 1643' to the title page: Reynolds was rector of Braunston in Northamptonshire from 1631 until his appointment as bishop of Norwich thirty years later. The Myriobiblon is valued for preserving several classical texts otherwise lost. (1)

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Rowning (John). A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy, for Samuel Harding, 1752, 4 parts in 2 volumes, collective title

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Lot 367

Rowning (John). A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy, for Samuel Harding, 1752, 4 parts in 2 volumes, collective title page to each volume dated 1743 (stated 'second edition'), separate title pages to each part, respectively dated 1752 ('fifth edition, with additions'), 1751 ('fifth edition'), 1752 ('third edition') and 1742 (no edition stated), 44 folding plates, worming in lower margins of volume 2, affecting title imprint and a few words in first few gatherings, a few mild spots, contemporary sprinkled calf, phoenix and flower devices gilt to spines, rubbed, wear to corners, volume 1 headcap chipped, 8vo, together with 3 others (incomplete sets of Brookes's Natural History, Pluche's Spectacle de la nature, and Watson's Chemical Essays, 18th-century editions, plates, contemporary calf) 'One of the most popular texts throughout the eighteenth century ... Chiefly distinguished for its clarity, the work should also be noted for its explicit rejection of Newtonian ether, its explanation of forces as the continuing action of God upon matter, and its proposal of alternating spheres of attraction and repulsion some twenty years before Boskovic's Philosophiae' (DSB XI pp. 579-80). (12)

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