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Macaronic Poetry.- [Folengo (Teofilo)] [Opus Merlini Cocaii], collation: A-Z, AA-MM8, lacking signatures A, M, MM (?index) and Ll4 & 5, with 52 full-page woodcuts only (of 54), browned and stained, wormed with some loss, trimmed shaving some side-notes, a few leaves loose, contemporary ink inscription below colophon (crossed out) and another to verso, later bookplate of Robert Weiss, 17th century sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rather worn, spine defective, [Adams F687; EDIT 16 CNCE 19359], small 8vo (121 x 79mm.),Toscolano, Alessandro Paganino, 1521; sold not subject to return⁂ First collected edition and the first edition to include this series of woodcuts. Folengo was the leading practitioner of macaronic poetry (the blending of the vernacular with Latin, often in burlesque writings), and here we find his master-piece Baldus. This tale was the inspiration for Rabelais' Panurge and Gargantua. It includes the merciless satirising of the clergy and a number of highly memorable scenes, such as the battle of the flying ants.
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Turning.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner..., first edition, engraved additional title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, Privilege leaf misbound after Preface, engraved head-pieces and 71 plates, one folding, plate 65 shorter and loose (supplied from another copy), one with marginal tear, title lightly soiled, some browning and marginal water-staining, staining to a few plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, spine a little worn at head, [Berlin Kat. 1246], folio, Lyons, Jean Certe, 1701.⁂ The first book on turning.
Strawberry Hill Press.- Gray (Thomas) Odes, first edition, half-title, title with engraved vignette, book label of Estelle Doheny, later attractive crushed green morocco, gilt by Birdsall, spine faded, light rubbing to extremities, [Hazen 1; Rothschild 1067], 4to, Stawberry Hill, 1757.⁂ An attractive copy of the first book printed at Strawberry Hill.
Ireland.- Scale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, first edition, engraved title, dedication, index and 36 only of 37 hand-coloured engraved maps (1 plate supplied in facsimile), without engraved advertisement for Scale & Co. facing title, light offsetting, a few ink marks, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, gilt key pattern border, marked, slight stains, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, [Chubb VIII], 4to, for Robert Sayer and John Bennet, 1776; sold not subject to return.
Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., first edition, vol. 1 second state with 2 cancels, vol 2-6 with cancels as called for, half-titles (some misbound after contents), errata to vol. 1, 2 & 3, errata to vols. 4, 5 & 6 at end of vol. 6 as called for, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, 3 engraved folding maps, 3C3 lower corner neatly restored (vol. 2), some very occasional light spotting, bookplate of Philip Sassoon of Port Lympne, ink signatures to title head, later half calf, lightly rubbed spines, [Rothschild 944], 4to, W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776-88.⁂ Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), a patron of the arts was Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery (1933-35) and Minister for Works in the 1930s, giving both private and public commissions to artists such as Rex Whistler, Edwin Lutyens and John Singer Sargent.
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Burns (Robert) Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, third [first London] edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait, some occasional light spotting, partially erased ink ownership inscription of Rev. Thomas Hammond Foxcroft to title, bookplates, contemporary half calf, recornered in vellum, rubbed, 8vo, 1787.
Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France, first edition, first impression, presentation inscription 'To The Rev.d D.r Kearney From the Author' to front free endpaper, [PMM 239], J.Dodsley, 1790 bound with Price (Richard) A Discourse on the Love of Our Country..., fourth edition, lacking half-title, George Stafford for T. Cadell, 1790, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or foxing, second work with browning to corners of final few ff., autograph notes by Kearney to front free endpaper "the spirit & vigour of his pursuit always gives delight; & the reader follows him, without reluctance, thro' his mazes, in themselves flowery & pleasing, & ending at the point originally in view", bookplate of Kearney and library label with shelf marks to pastedown, contemporary half calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, joints cracked but holding firm, a little rubbed, preserved in brown morocco pull-top box lettered in gilt (extremities a little rubbed), 8vo. ⁂ Presentation copy of Burke's masterpiece, one of the most influential works in modern English history. Michael Kearney (1733-1814), fellow at Trinity College Dublin, met Burke upon the author's return to Dublin in 1761.
Hunt (Leigh) The Descent of Liberty, a Mask, first edition, presentation inscription "To Signor Gaetano Polidori, with the author's thanks, in every sense of the word, for his translations of some of the minor poems of Milton" to half-title, hinges sympathetically strengthened and repaired, original boards, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, Paternoster Row, 1815.⁂ A very good presentation copy to the father of John Polidori.
Limericks.- History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women (The), first edition, 16 leaves, hand-coloured engravings with verse below, printed on one side only, slightly browned and marked, some colour show through, ink inscription dated 1823 on inside of upper cover, with later ink inscription 1921, original printed wrappers, soiled, slight wear, 8vo, 1821.⁂ Thought to be the first printed book of Limericks. "There was an Old woman named Towl; Who went out to Sea with her Owl: But the Owl was Sea-Sick; And scream's for Physic; Which sadly annoy'd Mistress Towl."
Mechanical Devices.- Grollier de Serviere (Gaspard) Recueil d'Ouvrages Curieux de Mathematique et de Mecanique, ou Description du Cabinet..., first edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, dedication with engraved coat-of-arms and initial, woodcut ornaments and initials, 85 engraved plates numbered to LXXXVIII (plates XXXIX, XLVIII & LXXVI not issued), errata leaf at end, title a little soiled and water-stained at inner margin, marginal tear to dedication, a few plates lightly browned, engraved bookplate of Bryan Faussett, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked preserving part of gilt spine, [Berlin Kat. 1784], 4to, Lyons, David Forey, 1719.⁂ A description of the collection of mechanical instruments formed, and predominantly made, by the author's grandfather, Nicolas Grollier de Serviere (1593-1686). He was a mirror-maker and descendant of Jean Grolier the bibliophile. The collection included clocks, bridges, locks, water-raising devices, mills, military engines, a revolving bookcase, wheelchair etc.
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[Baring-Gould (Sabine)] Mehalah A Story of the Salt Marshes, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisement f. at end of vol.1, occasional spotting, later dark blue half crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, spine in compartments and with floral decorations, [Sadleir 162; Wolff 271], 8vo, 1880.⁂ 'Truly rare book' (Wolff). The work is set on the 19th century Essex coast, with its marshes, smugglers, wildfowlers and local characters. Swinburne compared it to Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Beardsley.- Malory (Sir Thomas) Le Morte Darthur, 2 vol., one of 1500 copies, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, pastiche vellum boards, elaborately stamped in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1893-94; [The Morte Darthur Portfolio] Reproductions of Eleven Designs omitted from the First Edition...illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, number 69 of 300 copies, original tan calf-backed vellum, elaborately stamped in gilt to a design uniform with the first item, joints cracking, 1927, 4to (3)Please note: Lot 121 “The binding is a pastiche of the original vellum binding”
James (M.R.) A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost Stories, first edition, neatly repaired tear to pp.121-124, some minor splitting to gutter but gatherings and joints holding firm, some very occasional light foxing, original cloth, lettered in brown, spine slightly faded, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, spine rubbed and lightly faded with 1/2" portion of loss to head affecting title and chips to foot affecting imprint, corners chipped, some very light creasing to head and foot, but still a very good example of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1925.⁂ M.R. James' last collection, and one of his bleakest, rare in the macabre dust-jacket. We can trace no other copy at auction in the last 30 years.
Astronomy.- Scherffer (Karl) Institutiones Astronomiae theoreticae, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, 19 folding engraved plates, library markings to title, a few plates with margins repaired, some browning and spotting, contemporary vellum, rebacked in modern vellum, Vienna, Trattner, 1777; and 2 others, Astronomy & Optics, 4to et infra (3)
Mathematics.- Euclid. The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements, by Edmund Scarbrugh, half-title, title with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, woodcut diagrams, title a little soiled, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Oxford, at the Theater, 1705.
Medicine.- Samson (William, surgeon) Rational Physic; or, The Art of Healing..., to which is added, A Family Dispensary..., first Dublin edition, Dublin, for J. Exshaw and Tho. Ewing, 1765 bound with Godfrey (Boyle) A Treasure of Useful Discoveries, [ESTC cites the Library of Congress copy only; not in National Library of Ireland], Dublin, James Hunter, 1761 bound with Theobald (John) Every Man his Own Physician, half-title, B11 & 12 corners torn away not affecting text, [ESTC cites the BL and New York Academy of Medicine copies only], Dublin, Peter Wilson, 1764 bound with 2 other medical works, together 5 works in 1 vol., slightly browned throughout, small stain affecting last work, some soiling, contemporary patterned calf, 8vo.
Aldrovandi (Ulisse) De animalibus insectis libri septem, first edition, engraved title, woodcuts within text, lacking engraved portrait of author, water-stained, later binding using an early ms. leaf over limp boards, remains of silk ties, short split to head of spine, some light staining, [Nissen ZBI 66], folio, Bologna, J.B. Bellagamba, 1602.
Miller (Philip) Figures of Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners' Dictionary, 2 vol., 300 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, 2 folding, occasional light spotting and soiling, generally clean and crisp, modern black half morocco over marbled boards, uncut, [Great Flower Books p.121; Henrey 1387; Nissen BBI 1378], folio, 1809.⁂ A lovely clean copy of this reissue of Miller's acclaimed work, first published in 1760.
America.- Bradbury (John) Travels in the Interior of America...including a Description of Upper Louisiana..., first edition, errata slip, very occasional spotting, contemporary prize certificate from Belfast Academical Institution on front pastedown, contemporary half mottled calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, very slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Sabin 7207], 8vo, Liverpool, for the Author, 1817.⁂ Bradbury was sent by the Liverpool Botanical Garden to search for plants in America.
America.- Canada.- Keating (William H.) Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek..., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved folding map, 8 engraved plates including one of music, 3 folding meteorological tables and 10pp. vocabulary at end of vol.2, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, handsomely rebacked, red and black morocco labels, 1825 § Brown (James B.) Views of Canada and its Colonists, second edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, folding hand-coloured map, text lightly browned, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, Edinburgh, 1851, [Sabin 37137 & 8501]; and another on Canada, 8vo (4)
America.- Carver (Jonathan) Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, first Dublin edition, folding engraved map, 2 engraved plates, some light soiling, a few stains, contemporary calf, a little worn and stained, [Sabin 11184], 8vo, Dublin, for S. Price [& others], 1779.⁂ Carver travelled as far west as Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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America.- [Crèvecoeur (Michel Guillaume St. Jean de)], "J. Hector St. John". Letters from an American Farmer; describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners and Customs...and Conveying Some Idea of the Late and Present Interior Circumstances of the British Colonies in North America, first Dublin edition, 2 folding engraved maps of Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard, old ink signatures of Paul and Samuel Naylor to title and first leaf of text respectively, maps a little browned, light water-staining to text, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, 12mo, Dublin, by John Exshaw, 1782.⁂ Rare and influential work by a French colonial who had his frontier farm destroyed in the War of Independence, including some of the earliest maps and descriptions of Nantucket & the whale industry and Martha's Vineyard. ESTC lists only 2 copies of this Dublin edition in the UK (BL and Trinity College Library), and 7 in America.
America.- Emory (William H.) Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, 2 vol. in 3, 5 lithographed maps and tables, 3 folding and including the rare hand-coloured geological map not always present, 346 engraved or lithographed plates including 12 chromolithographs of views and Indians finished by hand and 25 hand-coloured lithographs of birds, some foxing or browning, ex-library copy with one or two stamps at beginning but plates unstamped, contemporary half sheep, rubbed, spine ends slightly worn, 4to, Washington, D.C., 1857-59.⁂ Important scientific survey of the Texan-Mexican border. The hand-coloured geological map is one of the first of the region; the majority of the plates depict geology & palaeontology, botany, cacti, mammals, birds, reptiles, and fishes.
America.- Featherstonhaugh (G.W.) A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor: with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country..., 2 vol., first edition, 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces, 2 folding lithographed maps in pocket at beginning of vol.1 (plus another folding engraved map of North America by Arrowsmith loosely inserted, with ink signature "Palmerston" on verso), some foxing, original green cloth, uncut and partly unopened, a little rubbed, a few small stains, [Sabin 2395], 1847 § North American Tourist (The), first edition, engraved frontispiece, plates and folding maps, foxed, original cloth, New York, [1839] § [O'Hanlon (John)] Life and Scenery in Missouri. Reminiscences of a Missionary Priest, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, lightly browned, modern green morocco, spine slightly faded, Dublin, 1890, 8vo et infra (4)
America.- Hennepin (Louis) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico..., 3 parts in 1 (second part misbound after third part), first English edition, first issue with "Bon-" at end of first line of imprint, engraved frontispiece and 6 folding plates, lacking the 2 folding maps (supplied in facsimile), some light browning to text, paper flaw to lower margin of 2I8, bookplate of Sir Charles Cave, Bart., contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, spine and corners a little worn, [Sabin 31371; Wing H1450], 8vo, for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T.Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.⁂ Early account by a French missionary of his travels in the North American interior exploring the basin of the Mississippi River, and including the first printed description and engraving of Niagara Falls.
America.- Juan y Santacilla (Jorge) and Antoine de Ulloa. Voyage Historique de l'Amerique Meridionale...et...une Histoire des Yncas du Perou, 2 vol., first edition in French, engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved head-pieces and 51 plates & maps only (of 53, lacking plates XIX/XX on one sheet and plate XXXVII but with large plate XXI of Quito on 3 conjoined sheets), plates numbered I-XLVI plus 8 unnumbered plates of the Inca civilisation, many folding, some folding plates in vol.2 browned, otherwise a good clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, rubbed and scuffed, corners and spine ends a little worn, [Sabin 36812], 4to, Amsterdam & Leipzig, Arkste'e & Merkus, 1752.⁂ Including the earliest recorded reference to the "Aurora Australis".
America.- Lewis and Clark Expedition.- Travels in The Interior Parts of America, Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring The Missouri, Red River, and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark..., folding table, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine slightly faded, [Sabin 40826], 8vo, Richard Phillips, 1807.⁂ First English edition of the first book regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition. This work was published the previous year as part of a senate report.
America.- French and Indian War.- Palairet (Jean) Description Abrégée des Possessions Angloises et Françoises du Continent Septentrional de l'Amérique, pour servir d'Explication à la Carte publiée sous le même Titre, 62pp., first edition, half-title, with final blank, stitched in original wrappers, uncut, very slightly soiled, [Sabin 58309], 8vo, "Londres", Dublin, The Hague, Amsterdam & Berlin, 1755.⁂ Scarce pamphlet issued to accompany Palairet's map of the British and French territories at the outset of the Seven Years' War in America.
South America.- Burton (Capt. Richard Francis) Letters from the Battle-fields of Paraguay, first edition, first issue, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title with vignette, folding map at end, contemporary ink inscription to title "...in which the Briton who is hugging his chains may read of Liberty and Equality to his heart's content..." with name crossed out, with pencil sketch to verso of additional title and ink underlinings & notes to verso of final leaf, some marginal spotting or soiling, modern blue morocco-backed cloth, with blue cloth from original binding mounted on pastedowns and rear free endpaper, [Penzer p.84], 1870 § Charlevoix (P. F. X. de) The History of Paraguay, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, light browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, Dublin, 1769 § Muratori (L.A.) A Relation of the Missions of Paraguay, first edition in English, folding engraved map, some water-staining, later tree calf, spine gilt, for J. Marmaduke, 1759, 8vo (4)
South America.- Frézier (Amédée François) A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714...with a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley..., first English edition, title in red and black, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of preliminaries, 37 engraved maps, plans and plates, 18 folding, browned (mostly text), later panelled calf, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 5338; Nissen ZBI 1433; Sabin 25926], 4to, for Jonah Bowyer, 1717.⁂ Frézier was a French engineer who mapped the west coast of South America while building forts for the Spanish against attack by the Dutch and English.
South America.- Graham (Maria) Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823, first edition, 11 fine aquatint plates after the author and Augustus Earle, wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some very light foxing or offsetting but generally a good clean copy, engraved bookplate of Ferguson of Raith, original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and spotted, spine chipped at head, upper cover detached, [Abbey Travel 708; Sabin 28235], 4to, 1824.
South America.- Graham (Maria) Journal of a Residence in Chile...and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823, first edition, 14 aquatint plates after the author, wood-engraved vignettes, very occasional spotting but an excellent clean copy, modern half blue morocco, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco labels, g.e., slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, [Abbey, Travel 714; Sabin 28234], 4to, 1824.
South America.- Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, Prince. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1815, 1816, 1817, first edition in English, half-title, engraved portrait and folding map with routes in red, yellow and green, 6 engraved aquatint plates, some light browning and offsetting, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, stain to lower cover, spine worn, [Abbey, Travel 705; Sabin 47021], Henry Colburn, 1829 § Waterton (Charles) Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (foxed), some other spotting, contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked preserving part of old gilt spine, [Sabin 102094], 1825, 4to (2)
Middle East.- Shaw (Thomas) Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition, half-title, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, 32 engraved maps and plates on 29 leaves (3 printed on both sides), several folding or double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, tear to lower margin of O2 of Supplement, occasional light browning or soiling but generally a very good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked and repaired, [Blackmer 1533], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1738-46.⁂ "Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa...[The work] is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, in addition to the information Shaw imparts on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited." (Blackmer). The supplement was issued in response to Richard Pococke's attack in his Description of the East, published 1743-45.
South Atlantic.- Webster (William Henry Bayley) Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30...under the command of the late Captain Henry Foster..., 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved maps, one folding, 5 engraved aquatint plates, most a little foxed, some offsetting, contemporary half roan, spines faded, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 11; Rosove 344.A1; Sabin 102429], 8vo, 1834.⁂ Account by the ship's surgeon of a scientific voyage undertaken to verify the Earth's shape by variations of the pendulum, and to measure the meridians with the aid of a chronometer. Includes accounts of Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town.
Africa.- Arkell-Hardwick (A.) An Ivory Trader in North Kenya: the Record of an Expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in East Equatorial Africa, first edition, frontispiece portrait and 15 plates, folding colour map, 40pp. advertisements at end, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.7], 8vo, 1903.
Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol., frontispieces (1 tinted lithograph), 2 maps (1 folding, tear, neatly repaired), bookplate, original decorative cloth, vol. 1 rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 1866; The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, engraved frontispiece, 2 maps (1 folding), original cloth to front pastedown, later half calf, 1868, first editions, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, [Czech pp.10-12]; and others by the same, 8vo (7)
Johnson (Samuel).- Ascham (Roger) The English Works, edited by James Bennet, first edition, first issue with 'Additional Subscribers' leaf, engraved coat-of-arms to dedication, list of subscribers, with several contemporary ink annotations including one on p.xvi "The Letters at the End, I gave, thro' Dr. Birch's hands, & the Editor has omitted the usual Acknowledgement", occasional spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf with central arms stamped in blind, red morocco label, rubbed, joints and corners a little worn, [Chapman & Hazen 145], 4to, for R. & J. Dodsley, 1761.⁂ The dedication and life of Ascham were written by Samuel Johnson, and many believe him to have edited the whole work. "Tom Davies's statement that Johnson was in reality the editor of this book gains weight from the fact (not mentioned in Courtney) that Davies was concerned in the publication; and is borne out by internal evidence...This neglected book must now rank among Johnson's major performances in editorial scholarship." Chapman & Hazen
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa, first edition, second issue, without Appendix IV, chromolithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 2 engraved maps, 24pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, ownership signature to pastedowns, cracked hinges, small abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [Hosken p.33, Penzer pp.60-63], 8vo, 1856.⁂ This is the second issue, without the suppressed Appendix IV on female circumcision.
Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) My African Journey, first edition in book form, half-title, frontispiece and plates (1 loose), 3 maps with routes in red (1 folding), publishers' advertisements at end, ink inscription to initial blank, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, spine a little faded, chipping to spine extremities, tiny loss to spine foot, [Czech p.37, Hosken p.46], 8vo, 1908.
Africa.- Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley, first edition, colour frontispiece, 20 plates, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, colour postcard of Lake Nakuru tipped in, newspaper clippings relating to Gregory's death pasted to endpapers, ink signature to initial blank, decorative endpapers, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed and scuffed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.67, Hosken pp.87-88], 1896; The Rift Valleys and Geology of East Africa, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 1921, 8vo (2)
Africa.- Hoskins (G. A.) Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile, first edition, lithographed frontispiece (laid down on thin tissue, with small marginal loss), and 52 plates, 2 hand-coloured, 4 chromolithographed, several folding or double-page, illustrations, folding engraved map, laid down with small areas of loss, occasional spotting and marginal damp-staining, occasional marginal loss (neatly restored), ink inscription to title, bookplate, modern speckled calf, 4to, 1835.
Africa.- James (F.L.) The Unknown Horn of Africa. An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River, first edition, first issue, ink inscription to half-title, plates and illustrations including 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates, colour folding map in pocket at end, sealing wax to front pastedown, occasional faint spotting, occasional faint marginal damp-staining, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.83], 8vo, 1888.⁂ This describes exploration and adventure in Somaliland, and is the first issue, with the hand-coloured plates. The author was killed by an elephant in West Africa in 1890.
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Africa.- Junker (Dr. Wilhelm) Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878 [1878-1883; 1882-1886], 3 vol., first English edition, half-titles to vol. 2 & 3, portrait frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps only (of 4), 1 map heavily repaired, occasional foxing, occasional marginal tears (vol. 1 only), modern morocco, [Hosken p.111], 8vo, 1890-92.
Africa.- Latrobe (Rev. Christian Ignatius) Journal of a Visit to South Africa, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in red and blue, 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional spotting, contemporary diced calf, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 325; Mendelssohn pp.886-87], 4to, 1818.
Africa.- Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa ..., first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved maps, 5 plates (2 folding), 2pp. of musical notation, browning, occasional spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, modern calf, gilt, [Hosken p.154], 1799 § Stanley (Henry M.) How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa, first edition, photographic frontispiece, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 5 maps (4 folding, with tape repairs), 8pp. advertisements at end, cracked hinges, pencil signature to blank prelim, [Hosken p.188-189], 1872; and 2 others, Africa, 4to & 8vo (4)
Science.- Hooper (William) Rational Recreations, in which the Principles of Numbers and Mathematics are...elucidated, 4 vol., first edition, 65 folding engraved plates, engraved bookplate of Francis Enys of Penryn, Cornwall, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco labels (two lacking), rubbed, joints split, 8vo, for L. Davis, J. Robson [&c.], 1774.⁂ Covering natural scientific phenomena and experiments, illusions and tricks including diving bells, fireworks, magic lanterns, card tricks etc.
Africa.- Powell-Cotton (Maj. P.H.G.) A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end, 12pp. publishers' advertisements at end, original zebra stripe endpapers, original cloth, gilt, very slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.133], 8vo, 1902.⁂ "Numerous hunting episodes dot this excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian hinterland" (Czech)
Africa.- Thomson (Joseph) To the Central African Lakes and Back, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, mounted photographic portrait frontispieces (vol. 1, laid down), 2 folding colour maps, both with small areas of loss and laid down, ink stamp erased from verso titles, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end vol. 2, original cloth bound in, modern half morocco, gilt, 1881; and another by the same, 8vo (3)⁂ Thomson was a Scottish geologist and explorer who accompanied Alexander Keith Johnston on his expedition to establish a route from Dar es Salaam to Lake Nyasa and Lake Taganyika. Johnston died during the trip and Thomson took over leadership of the expedition, travelling 3,000 miles in 14 months.
Canada.- Cartwright (George) A Journal of Transactions and Events, during a Residence of nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador..., 3 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author visiting his fox-traps (lightly offset on title), list of subscribers, 2 large folding engraved maps (some tears neatly repaired), light staining to a few leaves, 3D1 with paper flaw tear to lower margin, unobtrusive embossed library stamp to a couple of leaves, a good uncut copy on large paper with wide margins, bound in handsome modern dark blue straight-grain morocco with gilt-tooled borders of Greek key and leafy sprays, spine gilt in compartments with five double raised bands, uncut, [Sabin 11150], 4to, Newark, 1792. ⁂ Cartwright was a British officer who made six expeditions to Newfoundland and Labrador between 1770 and 1786, hunting and trapping. His account includes descriptions of the animals, particularly foxes and beavers, and the native Indians and Eskimos. Please note: Lot 183 – this appears to be a made-up copy with the frontispiece portrait, title and folding maps mounted on stubs, and the portrait (which is on thicker paper) and the ‘Explanation of the Frontispiece’ leaf being shorter
Ceylon.- Fellowes (Robert) and Robert Knox. The History of Ceylon, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map (with short repaired tear), 15 engraved plates (browned), occasional foxing, bookplate of E. Walcott, contemporary dark blue half morocco, gilt, spine gilt, 4to, 1817.⁂ A very good copy of this comprehensive history of the island from ancient times to 1815, with details of religion, laws, domestic economy, fauna and flora and a chapter on pearl fishing. Part 2, by Ronald Knox, include an account of the rebellion in which he was captured, imprisoned and later escaped.
Egyptology.- Mariette-Bey (Auguste) Album du Musée de Boulaq, first edition, 40 albumen prints by Emile Béchard and Hippolyte Délié mounted on thick card leaves (photographs c. 250 x 190mm.), some light spotting to mounts and text, title creased and reinforced at upper and lower edges, a few other leaves repaired at edges, original morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, folio, Cairo, Mourès & Cie., 1871.⁂ Important photographic record of the first Egyptian public museum, founded by Auguste Mariette in 1858 in a former warehouse on the banks of the Nile. Unfortunately the river flooded in 1878 damaging the museum and the contents were moved in 1892 to a palace in Giza and then again in 1902, to the current museum in Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The magnificent photographs by Béchard and Délié of Egyptian statuary, funerary artefacts, sarcophagi etc. won a Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1878.
Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 2 vol., first English edition, plates, folding maps, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, spines with some discolouration of flag motif, 8vo, 1912.⁂ A very good set of Amundsen's classic account of his reaching the pole some 34 days before Scott.
Voyages.- Annesley (George, Viscount Valentia) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed 'Presented to the Royal Institution by the Author, April 16, 1810', half-titles, 3 engraved vignettes, 69 engraved plates, maps and plans (11 folding), with 44 additional proof landscape engravings on India paper mounted, occasional faint spotting, modern half morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, [Abbey Travel 515], 4to, 1809.
French and Spanish engravers.- Reverdy (Georges, ca. 1529-1557) The Holy family, after Parmigianino, after Schiavone, engraving, an excellent impression on thin laid paper without watermark, sheet 118 x 87 mm. (4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in), trimmed on platemark, inset at edges onto paper support, small repairs to nicks and tears at extremities, old ink attribution verso, unframed, [circa 1530-1550] § Audran (Gérard, 1640-1703) Christ hands over the keys to St Peter, after Raphael, etching on laid paper without watermark, sheet 105 x 175 mm. (4 1/8 x 6 7/8 in), trimmed to image with thread margin around borderline, inset at edges onto paper support, some browning and stains, rubbing and handling creases, with 'very scarce' inscribed on mount and verso, unframed, [circa 1660-1700]; Sorello (Miguel de, ca. 1700-1765) Christ hands over the keys to St Peter, after Raphael, etching and engraving, 265 x 370 mm. (10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in), central vertical fold, inset at edges onto paper support, unframed, [early to mid-18th century]; together with a good mixed group of various old master prints, including Sebastiano Fulcaro's (ca. 1612-1640) The Last Judgement, after Michelangelo, an anonymous 16th century Adoration of the Shepherds, published by Lafrery, Battista Franco's (1510-1561) An antique subject depiciting three men, [B. 71], Camillo Cungi's (fl. 1597-1649) The Pietà, and three others, all unframed, mainly 17th and early 18th century (10).Provenance:(Reverdy) William Esdaile (1758-1837), London [L. 2617]⁂ A group of scarce and unusual prints. We have been unable to find any other records at auction for the first three mentioned. Initially considered to be Italian by Bartsch, Reverdy was infact French, and worked as a printer in Lyon during the French Renaissance. For another impression of the Reverdy etching, of inferior quality, see the Mariette Album, held in the Met Museum, New York (acc. no. 27.78.2(312)), and at the BM (acc. no. W,1.82).
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Arithmetic.- [Recorde (Robert)] [The Grounde of Artes: teaching the perfecte vvorke and practise of arithmetike, both in whole nu[m]bers and fractions, after a more easie and exact sort, than hitherto hath bene set forth...augmented by M. Iohn Dee. And now lately diligently corrected...By Iohn Mellis of Southwark, scholemaster], black letter, lacking A1 & 2, 7 & 8, D6, Yy1-3 & 6-8, with woodcut initials, diagrams and tables, with 17th & 18th century manuscript names and extensive notes & remarks to margins throughout (some relating to a constable), rather soiled and stained, some worming to inner margin towards end, leaves at beginning and end a little creased/frayed at edges, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, worn and stained, [STC 20802], 8vo, [Imprinted by I. Harison, and H. Bynneman], [1582]; sold not subject to return⁂ Very rare; one of the first English textbooks on arithmetic, first published in 1543 and running to many editions in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This edition is the first edited by John Mellis and contains a third part by him with a separate divisional title and, at the end, comparisons of values, weights and measures in London and continental commercial centres such as Antwerp, Nuremberg, Venice etc. The work also contains a full-page woodcut of the art of numbering by the hand.ESTC lists only 4 UK copies (Birmingham, BL, Cambridge University, & St. John's Oxford) and one in America (Folger).
Chess.- Twiss (Richard, editor) Chess, 2 vol. in 1, engraved titles and 2 plates, errata slip, light foxing to second title, later half morocco, by Walker & Son of Plymouth, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, G. G. J. & J. Robinson, 1787-89.⁂ Including 'The Morals of Chess' by Benjamin Franklin (pp.141-148 in vol.1), first published in The Columbian Magazine in December 1786. As one of the first Americans to play chess he advocates playing the game to develop skills, "The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions...".
Repton (Humphry) Odd Whims and Miscellanies, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, large paper copy, lacking half-titles, with stipple-engraved title-vignettes and 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Repton, with 2 engraved portraits of the author bound in at beginning and additional material (cuttings etc.) tipped in, some light soiling and offsetting, one plate a little stained, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rather worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Abbey, Life, 247], 8vo, 1804.
Rowlandson (Thomas).- More Miseries!! Addressed to the Morbid, the Melancholy, and the Irritable. By Sir Fretful Murmur, Knt., second edition, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink signature at head of title, foxed and soiled, extra-illustrated with 11 folding hand-coloured etchings by Rowlandson, many cropped, some torn/defective at edges, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, old roan label, 1807 § [Britton (John)] The Pleasures of Human Life...by Hilaris Benevolus and Co., second edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title, 5 hand-coloured etched plates by Thomas Rowlandson, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, foxing and soiling, Duff Cooper's copy with his bookplate by Rex Whistler, modern cloth, [Abbey, Life 260], 1807 § Annals of Sporting, by Caleb Quizem Esqr. and his Various Correspondents, first edition, folding etched frontispiece, vignette title and 27 plates by Rowlandson after Bunbury and Woodward (uncoloured), light offsetting from plates, cropped slightly affecting a few captions, bookplate of Courtenay F.Wilson, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with roan label, a little rubbed, [Schwerdt II p.119], Thomas Tegg, 1809, 12mo (3)
Rilke (Rainer Maria) Das Stunden-Buch enthaltend die drei Bücher: Vom moenchischen Leben/ Von der Pilgerschaft/ Von der Armuth und vom Tode, first edition, number 71 of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by the author "Meinem lieben Jakob Wassermann herzlich gegeben. Rainer Maria Rilke Meudon-Val-Fleury (Auf. 1906)" on front free endpaper, printed in red & black with title-vignette, head-piece of monk in a scriptorium and initial in red by Walter Tiemann, light foxing or browning to one or two leaves, original cloth-backed printed limp grey boards, uncut, slightly rubbed and marked, corners a little worn, 8vo, Leipzig, 1905.⁂ Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) was a German writer and an important influence on Rilke, introducing him to German literary society. It was at Wassermann's Munich apartment, in 1897, that Rilke first met Lou Andreas-Salomé, the Russian psychoanalyst who became his lover and life-long friend and confidante.
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