Herbal.- Hill (John) The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raised for Beauty, engraved frontispiece by Roberts after Samuel Wale, engraved title-vignette and coat-of-arms of Duke of Northumberland at head of dedication, 75 engraved plates after Darly & Edwards and others, printed in double-column, title a little browned and soiled, frontispiece and first 6 gatherings with worming to outer margin, touching image, plate 70 frayed at margin and becoming loose, final plate with sheet laid down to verso providing 19th century provenance, bookplate to title verso, 19th century ink ownership inscription to frontispiece recto and verso of some plates, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, covers reattached with old leather hinges, rubbed and worn, [Henrey 799; Hunt 557; Nissen BBI 881], folio, T. Osborne and J.Shipton..., 1756.
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Adams (George) Essays on the Microscope, second edition, half-title, engraved allegorical frontispiece, slightly browned, some scattered foxing, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spine, rubbed, morocco label on spine, for the Editor; and for W. and S. Jones, 1798; Plates for the Essays on the Microscope, first edition, 32 engraved plates, new endpapers, modern morocco-backed boards, label on spine, Printed for the author, by Robert Hindmarsh, 1787, 4to and oblong folio (2).
Astronomy.- Leadbetter (Charles) Uranoscopia: or, the Contemplation of the Heavens..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, pp.87 & 450 blanks, advertisement leaf at end, slightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, corners a little bumped, [Houzeau & Lancaster 12129; Taylor, Hanoverian 84], J. Wilcox, 1735.
Mineral Waters.- Rutty (John) A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, first edition, title in red and black, numerous tables, 1 misbound, ink library nos. on front pastedown, slightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down, spine re-gilded, original red morocco label, 4to, William Johnston, 1757.
Landor (Walter Savage) Dry Sticks, Fagoted, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Esther Hare with autograph corrections to c.50pp., half-title, bookplate and book label, original cloth, covers and spine detached, rubbed and browned, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, 1858.⁂ An excellent presentation copy with extensive autograph corrections to the text. The corrections which range from minor typographical alterations to the removal of entire poems (and the addition of new verses to others) seem to be in preparation for a new edition of the work which never transpired. Esther Hare (1814-64), wife of Julius Hare, writer, instrumental in persuading John Taylor to publish Landor's Imaginary Conversations.
Wilkinson (Sir John Gardner) On Colour and on the Necessity for a General Diffusion of Taste Among all Classes, first edition, 8 lithographed plates and 3 hand-coloured, illustrations, errata slip, contemporary calf, prize binding with inscription, rubbed, rebacked, 1858 § Spender (Michael) Visions of Venice, number 40 of 250 signed by the author, illustrations, original morocco, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1990 § Shay (Frank) Iron Men & Wooden Ships, first edition, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson, some hand-coloured, double-page plate signed by the artist, original boards, gilt, spine a little browned and chipped, slipcase, rubbed and faded, New York, 1924; and others, similar, v.s. (c.25)
Blake (Quentin) Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road, signed by author, illustrations, original pictorial boards, 2003 § Yeoman (John) The Do-It-Yourself House that Jack Built, illustrations by Quentin Blake, signed by Blake, original pictorial wrappers, 1996 § Hoban (Russell) How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, previous owners ink inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, faint rubbing, 1974; The Marzipan Pig, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original pictorial boards, lightly faded spine, 1986; and 15 others, mainly illustrated by Quentin Blake, v.s. (19)
Hunt (Leigh) The Descent of Liberty, A Mask, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-titles, Sadleir and Nowell-Smith copy with book labels to pastedown, original boards with printed paper label to spine, spine splitting along upper joint, 1815; Foliage; or Poems Original and Translated, first edition, Bradley Martin copy with bookplate to pastedown, original boards with printed paper label to spine, 1818; The Months, half-title, scattered spotting, nineteenth century half morocco, gilt, 1821; Juvenilia; or a Collection of Poems: Written between the ages of twelve and sixteen, second edition, engraved folding frontispiece, half-title, late nineteenth century half morocco, spine faded, 1801; and 2 others by Hunt, 8vo (6)
Hemans (Felicia) Records of Woman, first edition, 1828 bound with The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy, second edition, trimmed at head, Oxford, 1816 and Dale (Rev. Thomas)The Widow of the City of Nain; and Other Poems, sixth edition, 1824, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf § [Carne (John)] Poems: containing The Indian, and Lazarus, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, 1820 § Magill (Rev. Robert)The Thinking Few, a Poem, some scattered foxing, modern wrappers, Belfast, 1828 § Banim (John) The Celt's Paradise, book labels, contemporary half calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, 1822; and 8 others, poetry, 8vo (12)⁂ An interesting group of 19th century works, the second includes a poem centring on a Native American warrior, the last 2 are rare with COPAC listing only 2 copies of the first (BL and Cambridge) and 1 copy of the last (Oxford only, not in BL).
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, first edition, first issue, with p.91 misnumbered 19 and with "carcanet" correctly spelled on p.72, errata leaf after title, advertisement leaf at end, scattered spotting, book label of Estelle Doheny, original boards, paper label to spine, upper joint split with upper cover becoming loose, rubbing and some staining, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, Effingham Wilson, 1830.⁂ Tennyson's first book published under his own name, scarce in original boards.
Wade (Thomas) Mundi et Cordis: De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets., first edition, some scattered spotting, half-title original boards, sympathetically rebacked, 1835 § Thurlow (Edward Hovel, Lord) Select Poems, half-title, occasional light foxing, attractive contemporary green morocco, gilt by Hayday, light rubbing, Chiswick, 1821 § Milnes (Richard Monckton) The Poems, 2 vol., ink ownership inscription to head of half-titles, book labels, contemporary red half morocco, gilt by Maclehose, 1838 § Bartley (Robert) Short Essays in Verse, presentation inscription from the author to his sister to endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, 1839; and 6 others, poetry, 8vo (11)
Tupper (Martin Farquhar) Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, first edition, presentation inscription "Laura Cornwallis, a kind present from the Author, Jan 3, 1838" to head of title, scattered spotting, Nowell-Smith and Cornwallis bookplates to pastedown, original cloth, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, short split to head of upper joint, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1838.⁂ The scarce first edition of this work which ran into over 40 editions in the following 30 years. Presentation copies are especially rare.
Patmore (Coventry) Poems, first edition of the author's first book, signed presentation inscription from the author to Thomas Watts to half-title, bookplate and book labels, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Edward Moxon, 1844.⁂ A lovely association copy of Patmore's first book, rare, especially inscribed. Thomas Watts was Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, where Patmore worked as his assistant.Provenance: Harry Buxton Forman (bookplate); Joseph L. Lilienthal (book label); James Gilvarry, sale of his library at Christie's, 2nd July 1986, lot 202.
Patmore (Coventry) Tamerton Church-Tower and Other Poems, "second" edition, 2 page A.L.s. from the author to Edmund Gosse discussing illustrations by Bertha, the author's daughter, and recommendation of Zaehnsdorf bindery tipped in at front, title a little browned, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Gosse to pastedown, original ribbed cloth, paper label to spine, spine a little browned, minor bumping to spine ends, 8vo, John W. Parker and Son, 1854.⁂ The so-called second edition, in fact a reprint of the first edition with the dedication page removed, a new title page, revisions to two gatherings with two poems removed and four others added and a divisional title after preliminaries, rare. Edmund Gosse, see also next lot.
Patmore (Coventry) Principle in Art etc., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Alfred Austin dated Jan 8 1890 to half-title, bookplates of Alfred Austin and Lewis Kennedy Morse, original cloth, paper label to spine, spine faded, spine ends and corners slightly bumped, light fading to covers, 8vo, 1889.⁂ A good presentation inscription to the future poet laureate Alfred Austin.
Cornish imprints.- Hunt (Robert) The Mount's Bay; a Descriptive Poem, modern half calf, Penzance, 1829 § Martin (Alfred Tobias John) The Remains of the lat Tobias Martin of Breage, in Cornwall, ink ownership inscription, original boards, a little worn, Helston, 1831 § Moore (William) Poetic Effusions, half-title, original cloth, paper label to spine, spine a little worn, London and Truro, 1828; and another printed in Truro, 8vo (4)⁂ All rare, COPAC lists 4 copies of the first and 2 copies each of the remaining 2.
Derby and Nottingham imprints.- Newman (Cardinal John Henry) Lyra Apostolica, first edition, half-title, original cloth, spine faded and lacking label, Derby, Henry Mozley, 1836 § Mundy (Francis Noel Clarke) Needwood Forest, and the Fall of Needwood, with Other Poems, ink ownership inscription, contemporary half calf, Derby, 1830 § Atkin (John) Jonah Tink, a Poem, A.L.s. from the author tipped in at front, original boards, Newark, 1823 § Millhouse (Robert) Vicissitude. A Poem in Four Books, lacking ?front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, Nottingham, [1821], 8vo (4)⁂ The first an important early poetry collection to which Newman contributed 109 of the 179 pieces. One of Henry Mozley's sons married Newman's sister in 1836; and this accounts for the Derby imprint.
![East Anglian imprints.- [Abington (William James)], "Trinitarius". Pensive Musings on the Pleasures of Melancholy, lacking ?h](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/33ea53be-1946-4bbd-a219-a8c40111b435/422e261a-0bea-4fad-fdbd-bb4f013d2653/468x382.jpg)
East Anglian imprints.- [Abington (William James)], "Trinitarius". Pensive Musings on the Pleasures of Melancholy, lacking ?half-title, contemporary cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt, London and Cambridge, 1836 § Bird (James) Framingham: A narrative of the castle. In four cantos, engraved frontispiece, occasional spotting, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, London [printed in Yarmouth], 1831 § [Hugman (John)] Original Poems in the Mora, Historic, Pathetic and other Styles, ninth edition, original boards, printed paper label to upper cover, Halesworth, 1829 § Sewell (Robert) An Essay in Rhyme, ?original cloth, label to spine (rubbed), Halsted, 1834; and 2 others, Suffolk printing, 8vo (6)⁂ The first with only the BL copy listed on COPAC, the last with only the BL and Stanford copies (a note in the front speculates that it may be the first book printed in Halstead).
![Provincial imprints.- [Kaye (Sir John William)] Poems and Fragments, first edition, signed by the author on title, occasional](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/33ea53be-1946-4bbd-a219-a8c40111b435/09a91a2e-fd9d-4bbc-9ef4-13843f37f04d/468x382.jpg)
Provincial imprints.- [Kaye (Sir John William)] Poems and Fragments, first edition, signed by the author on title, occasional soiling, front free endpaper detached, original cloth, spine worn, rubbed and soiled, Jersey, Privately Printed, 1835 § Moorhouse (William Vincent) The Thrasher and other Poems, woodcut vignette to title, 2pp. advertisements, original cloth-backed boards, upper cover becoming loose, spine worn, Wellington, Salop, 1828 § Thurlow (Edward Hovel, Lord) Select Poems, presentation inscription "with Lord Thurlow's compliments" to endpaper, original boards, extremities rubbed, Chiswick, 1821 § Williams (Taliesan) Cardiff Castle: a Poem, Merthyr-Tydfil, 1827 bound with The Doom of Colyn Dolphyn. A Poem, London, Merthyr and Cardiff, 1837 together two works in one vol., contemporary cloth, spine faded; and another, Shrewsbury printed, 8vo (5)⁂ The first written by a political secretary to the India office and includes poems on the death of Shelley and Coleridge, only 3 copies listed on COPAC (BL, Oxford and Durham).
Scottish imprints.- Galt (John) The Dream of Destiny; and other poems, half-title, original green cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked, extremities chipped, Greenock, 1839 § Strachan (John) Walter and Emma, or A tale of Bothwell Bridge; with other poems, scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, spine ends chipped, Forres [printed in Elgin], 1829 § Arnott (David) The Witches of Keil's Glen, light soiling, ink ownership inscription, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Cupar, 1825, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of scarce Scottish provincially imprinted works, the first is the rare final work by the Socttish novelist and commentator John Galt who died in Greenock in the year of publication.
Scottish imprints.- MacQueen (Thomas) My Gloaming Amusements, ink notes in a contemporary hand regarding the author, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and faded, Beith, 1831 § Davis (H.) The Tee-totaller's Album, charming engraved frontispiece, hinges weak, book label, original cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover, Carlisle, 1838; Chalk (John) Original Poems on Various Subjects, half-title, scattered spotting, later cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Carlisle, 1822; Dixon (John) The Twin Brothers: Being the lives of John and James Dixon, in Epistle, Sermons and Poems, second edition, engraved frontispiece, some light finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, later stitching, Carlisle, 1823, 8vo & 12mo (4)⁂ An excellent group of rare works, the first with 2 copies listed on COPAC (BL and National Library of Scotland), the second and third with only the BL copies listed, the last appears to be the earliest recorded copy of this work.
Sussex imprints.- Crocker (Charles) Kingly Vale and other poems, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded, Chichester, 1837; The Vale of Obscurity, the Lavant, and other poems, engraved portrait of the author laid-down facing title, light foxing, modern half calf, Chichester, 1830 § Reed (Thomas Robert) Hastings, a Rural Descriptive Poem, list of subscribers, original boards, lacking backstrip, Hastings, 1824 § Busby (C.S.B.) Poems, original cloth, upper cover detached, rather worn, [not in BL], London and Brighton, 1834; and another, Chichester, 8vo (5)⁂ COPAC lists only 2 copies of the first (Bl and National Library of Wales), 3 copies of the third (BL, Oxford and Durham) and 1 copy of the last (Trinity).
Yorkshire imprints.- Jefferson (George) Theatrical Eccentricities, original stiff printed wrappers, wear to spine, lower cover becoming loose, [not in BL], Northallerton, 1823 § Herd (Richard) Scraps of Poetry. An Essay on Free Trade, half-title, small ink ownership inscription, original cloth with paper label to upper cover, spine worn, Kirkby Lonsdale, 1837 § [Greenwood (William)] The Vale of Apperly, modern half calf, Malton, 1822; Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse; by Pupils of the West-riding Proprietary School, half-title, Bradford Library perforated blindstamp to title, original cloth, sympathetically rebacked, London and Wakefield, 1838, 8vo (4)⁂ All scarce with only a handful of copies listed on COPAC, the first especially so with only copies in York and Oxford listed.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost, revised by John Hawkey, first Dublin edition, ink inscriptions to pastedown, contemporary calf, Dublin, by S.Powell for the Editor, 1747; Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regained, revised by John Hawkey, together 2 vol., 2 A.L.s. to Kenelm Henry Digby, Kenelm Digby bookplates, contemporary morocco, gilt, spine rubbed, Dublin, by S.Powell for the Editor, 1747-52; Paradise Regain'd, trimmed close at head, 19th century morocco, Glasgow, Robert Foulis, 1747; and another edition, printed in Nottingham, 8vo & 12mo (5)
First frigate built in England.- Pett (Peter, naval administrator and shipwright, b. 1610, d. in or before 1672) Letter signed to the Commissioners of the Navy, ½p. with conjugate blank and address panel, folio, Chatham, 27th May 1653, "This morning the Paragon, Elizabeth and Warwick arrived here. I desire to know what order is given touching their men, whether they shall be laid off and when, that accordingly I may dispose of them. The Reserve and Phoenix will suddenly be ready for victuals", part of conjugate blank torn away, folds, creased and browned.⁂ The ship Warwick quoted in the letter was the Constant Warwick, built in 1646, at Ratcliffe. Samuel Pepys wrote, "The Constant-Warwich was the first frigate built in England. She was built in 1649, by Mr. Peter Pett, for a privateer for the Earl of Warwick...Pett took his model of a frigate from a French frigate he had seen in the Thames; as his son Sir Phineas Pett, acknowledged to me."
Committee of the Admiralty.- Shovell (Sir Cloudesley, naval officer, drowned in the ship Association off the Scilly Isles, bap. 1650, d . 1707) & others. Order to Lambert Western at Portsmouth Dockyard "to cleare the machine vessels there in order to their being refitted", Ds. "Clowd: Shovell", "Edward Dummer", "Captain Thomas Willshaw", "M. Aylmer" & 4 other signatories, manuscript, 1p., folds, browned, folio, 6th April 1694.⁂ Matthew Aylmer, first Baron Aylmer of Balrath (d. 1720), naval officer and politician.
![Quinziano Stoa (Giovanni Francesco) De Syllabarum quantitae epographiae sex, collation: A-B8, C6, A-Q8, R10; [22], cxxxviii f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/33ea53be-1946-4bbd-a219-a8c40111b435/2e7439b7-4c80-4451-af20-b2829579d760/468x382.jpg)
Quinziano Stoa (Giovanni Francesco) De Syllabarum quantitae epographiae sex, collation: A-B8, C6, A-Q8, R10; [22], cxxxviii ff., woodcut portrait of the author on title, decorated initials, early ink annotations, worming to first 16 leaves, affecting text, contemporary boards alla rustica, fragments of re-used manuscript or printed leaves to pastedowns, spine worn and defective, numerous wormholes to covers, 4to (200 x 155mm.), Venice, Guglielmo de Monteferrato, June 1519. ⁂ Rare early edition of this popular Latin grammar by Giovanni Francesco Conti (1484-1557), which first appeared in Pavia in 1511. The author, better known under his humanistic name, Quinziano Stoa, was a disciple of the grammarian Giovanni Britannico, and taught Rhetoric and Greek at the University of Pavia. The title-page bears a fine woodcut depicting the author writing at his desk. Provenance: early ownership 'Ad usum Innocentij Phollij liberalitate Rudolphi Rici eius avunculi'.Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 37659
![Philoponus (Joannes) Contra Proclum de Mundi Aeternitate, collation: A4, B-L8; [84] leaves, large woodcut printer's device on](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/33ea53be-1946-4bbd-a219-a8c40111b435/686f7958-58cc-4584-87de-5dde8779b471/468x382.jpg)
Philoponus (Joannes) Contra Proclum de Mundi Aeternitate, collation: A4, B-L8; [84] leaves, large woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut decorated initials and head-pieces, upper corner of title missing, slight tears along impression of woodcut device, early ink notes '118' and '83' on title, later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, folio (302 x 200mm.), Venice, in aedibus Bartholomaei Casterzagensis (Bartolomeo Zanetti), aere Ioannis Francisci Trincavelli, 1535.⁂ The exceedingly rare editio princeps of this influential scientific work by Philoponus - a severe criticism of Proclus' belief in an eternal world - edited by the Venetian philosopher Vittore Trincavelli (1491-1563). The printing of this handsome volume was financed by another member of the Trincavelli family, Giovanni Francesco. The present edition is one of the first books published in Venice by Bartolomeo Zanetti from Casterzago, near Brescia; the title-page bears his fine device, with the larger putto's figure holding an olive branch, said to be after Titian. In the space of three years, from 1535 to 1537, Zanetti printed at least thirteen Greek books, as part of the publishing programme financed by the Trincavellis.Literature: Staikos, Printers' & Publishers' Marks in Book for the Greek World, 89; Hoffmann II, 440; Layton, Greek Book , p. 517; F. Martini, "Chi era il copista di Camillo Veneto", La Bibliofilia, 15 (1913), pp. 41-45; G. Castellani, "B. Zanetti: un tipografo per tutte le stagioni", La Bibliofilia, 108 (2006), pp. 233-250.
Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z8, aa-nn8, A-Z8, AA-DD8; 576; 432 pp., woodcut device on both titles, sig.y-z slightly water-stained, first title slightly soiled, later calf, rebacked preserving old morocco lettering piece, 16mo (118 x 54mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1560.⁂ John Gay's copy of Estienne's edition of Pindarus. Gay, poet and dramatist, was a member of the Scriblerus Club, and perhaps best known as the author of the ballad The Beggar's Opera (1728). In this copy Gay's ownership inscription, neatly written on a stub preceding the first title, is dated '1714', the year in which he published the pastorals The Shepherd's Week, a parody of arcadian life and poetry. Provenance: John Gay (1685-1732); two other early ownership inscriptions on first title, erased in ink; William Franks (ex-libris on front pastedown). Literature: Adams P1227; Renouard, Estienne, 117.2.
Death .- Guichard (Claude) Funerailles, & diverses manieres d'ensevelir des Rommains, Grecs, & autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes, first edition, collation: ¶4 A-Z, aa-zz, AA-BB4, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative illustrations, some early ink marginalia and underlining, small worm trace at head, occasionally affecting the odd letter, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 17th century polished calf, sympathetically rebacked, small 4to (236 x 156mm.), Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1581.⁂ Important study of death and funeral rituals from Greek and Roman times to the date of publication, including those of the Native Americans. Literature: Adams G1545; Alden, "European Americana", A581/1 (vol.1, p.262); Cartier, De Tournes 616. Not in Sabin.
Isidorus Pelusiota. Epistolarum amplius mille ducentarum libri tres, 2 parts in 1, collation: †4 ††4 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa6 Bbb4 A-C6; a6 A6 B4 C-I6 K4, [16], 672, [36]; [12], 96, [20] pp., first title in red and black, woodcut device to both titles, first part double column Greek and Latin text, A1 with short tear, 18th century vellum, spine torn, folio, 311 x 210mm., Paris, Guillaume Chaudiere, 1585.⁂ Editio princeps of the letters of the prolific Alexandrian letter writer on matters of the church.Provenance: "Ex libris Cong.nis Missionis in Monte Cit.vio" (ink inscription at foot of title); small circular ink stamp (unidentified) on title.Literature: Adams I 207; Hoffmann II, 614; Graesse III, 433
Isocrates. Orationes et Epistolae, 3 parts in 1, collation: †4, *6, **4, a-z6, aa-mm6, nn4; AA-LL6, A-C6, D4; α-δ4, a4, b6; [28], 427 [i.e. 425], [1], 131, [1], XXXIIII, [10], 31, [21] pp., text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, woodcut head-pieces including the famous cherub-head, foxed and browned, first 2 leaves shorter, contemporary French calf, single gilt fillet with central gilt laurel wreath, spine with seven raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt, later endpapers, joints and corners worn and repaired, folio (343 x 227mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1593. ⁂ Remarkable bilingual edition printed by the great and learned printer Henri Estienne. The texts were edited by the German humanist Hieronymus Wolf, and supplemented with Estienne's masterful dissertations In Isocratem Diatribae VIII Diatribae. The volume also includes the Oratio Panathenaica and In Romam oratio by Aristides, the Oratio in Helenam by Gorgias, and the Vita Isocratis by Plutarchus. The Isocrates of 1593 "represents Henri's last major work [...] and constitutes his last folio edition of a classical text. It is also the only book to issue from his press that year. Estienne nostalgically recalls more prosperous days in his preface, addressed to Marcus Fuggerus, whom he reminds of his family's former generosity towards him" (Schreiber, p. 181). Provenance: illegible contemporary ownership inscription on title; Pier Luca Bencini (ex-libris on front pastedown).Literature: Adams I 1219; Renouard, Estiennes, 155.1; Schreiber 224; Hoffmann II, 473.
Virgilius Maro (Publius) L'Eneide, translated by Annibale Caro, first illustrated edition of Caro's translation, double column, fine engraved architectural title, portrait of Caro and 12 full-page illustrations, some spoting or foxing, occasional staining, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, front edges nibbled, small 4to, Padua, Paulo Tozzi, 1608.
![Greek Book of Hours.- Horologion, 716 (Greek numerals), [20] pp., printed in red and black, title with vignette depicting Vir](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/33ea53be-1946-4bbd-a219-a8c40111b435/1d7b35b6-e71b-404f-b838-35d18921e8d2/468x382.jpg)
Greek Book of Hours.- Horologion, 716 (Greek numerals), [20] pp., printed in red and black, title with vignette depicting Virgin and Child, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 8 full-page woodcuts and numerous vignettes in text, occasional light browning, a few manuscript notes on recto of front flyleaf, 20th-century brown morocco, covers within blind fillets and richly tooled border, central gilt vignette of cross (upper) and Virgin praying (lower), metal clasps intact, spine with two raised bands, compartments decorated with small gilt floral device, g.e., 8vo (125 x 83mm.), Venice, Andrea Giuliani, 1676.⁂ One of the rarest Greek liturgical editions printed in Venice in the 17th century. Responsible for this fine illustrated book, intended for the Greek community, was Andrea Giuliani, heir of Francesco, and active in Venice between 1656 and 1690. "Towards the end of the sixteenth century, from 1590, we hear of an extremely productive Venetian publishing house belonging to the Giuliani family, which concentrated on Greek liturgical books [...] this firm established itself firmly as a publisher of Greek books and maintained the tradition until the early decades of the eighteenth century" (K. Sp. Staikos, Greek Philosophical Editions in the First Century of Printing, Athens 2001, p. 87).Provenance: ownership inscription dated '1694' on title, barely legible.
NO RESERVE Europe.- Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d') États formés en Europe après la chute de l'Empire Romain en Occident, first edition, large folding engraved map by Guillaume-Nicolas de la Haye, hand-coloured in outline, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, occasional spotting, modern calf, 4to, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1771.
Elegant Entertainer (The), first edition, ?lacking initial blank, small portion of loss restored at head of title, occasional browning, modern calf-backed boards, Thomas Reddish, 1765 § Kelly (James) A Complete Collection of Scotish Proverbs, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, William and John Innys, 1721 § [Marryat (Thomas)] Sentimental Fables. Designed chiefly for the use of the ladies, title printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations, scattered spotting, ink ownership inscriptions, contemporary boards, rebacked, rubbed, for the Author, 1772; and 4 others, proverbs and fables, 8vo (7)⁂ The first especially rare - this first edition is unrecorded on ESTC, with only one copy each of the second and third editions listed.
![Bodoni.- Hesiod. Ta Euriskomena [graece]; Opera Omnia, edited and translated by Bernardo Zamagna, 2 parts in 1, half-title, 2](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/33ea53be-1946-4bbd-a219-a8c40111b435/3aedf641-5c04-466e-9d0b-d0a7a4a5c8d7/468x382.jpg)
Bodoni.- Hesiod. Ta Euriskomena [graece]; Opera Omnia, edited and translated by Bernardo Zamagna, 2 parts in 1, half-title, 2 titles with engraved portrait vignette, text in Greek and Latin, first title very lightly soiled, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, corners, joints and head of spine a little worn, a few wormholes to spine, 4to, Parma, Giambattista Bodoni, 1785.
Demons.- Whiston (William) An Account of the Daemoniacks, and of the Power of Casting out Daemons, first edition, E2 small tear in upper margin, slightly browned throughout, ink initials "R.A." on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, John Whiston, 1737.⁂ "Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed." - ESTC.
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[Landor (Walter Savage)] The Dun Cow; an Hyper-Satirical Dialogue in Verse. With Explanatory Notes, first edition, half-title (inscribed J.Bartlam and with small portion of loss to head, internal closed tear to title, a few scattered spots, bookplate and book labels, contemporary half calf, 8vo, 1808.⁂ A rare work by Landor with an interesting association, COPAC lists the BL copy only. The Dun Cow was written as a response to attacks on Landor's friend Dr. Samuel Parr in Guy's Porridge Pot (most likely by Landor's brother Robert Eyres, see next lot). John Bartlam (1771-1823) was Parr's pupil who later became his companion and amanuensis.Provenance: Warwick Castle (bookplate, Guy's Porridge Pot is a reference to a real life pot located within the castle); Simon Nowell-Smith and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith (book labels)
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[Shelley (Percy Bysshe)] "The Hermit of Marlow", "We Pity the Plumage. But Forget the Dying Bird." An Address to the People on the Death of the Princess Charlotte, 16 pp., light browning, slight chipping to the lower corners of the first and last leaves, disbound with original stitching, 8vo, Reprinted for Thomas Rodd, [c.1843].⁂ Scarce. It was claimed by the publisher that this edition was reproduced from one of 20 originals produced in 1817. However there is no evidence to suggest that the 1817 edition ever existed.
Phillipps (Sir Thomas, baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872).- De conquestu Angliae per Hispanos tempore Elizabethae reginae, presentation copy from Sir Thomas Philipps with his ink inscription at head of first f., Augustus Jessopp's copy with his ink inscription on front pastedown, drophead title, 24pp., foxed and browned, original cloth-backed boards, worn, lettered direct on upper cover, folio, n.d., [c. 1869].⁂ Augustus Jessopp (1823-1914), schoolmaster and historical writer.
NO RESERVE Graves (Robert) Fairies and Fusiliers, cracked hinges, lightly browned spine, a little rubbed, 1917; Poems 1938-1945, ink owner's inscription to front free endpaper, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping to edges, 1946; Collected Poems, frontispiece, fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, 1 small tear, 1959, first editions, occasional faint spotting, original cloth; and an exhibition catalogue, 8vo (4)
Albania.- Lear (Edward) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, map and 20 tinted lithographed plates, 2 bookplates on front endpapers, [Abbey, Travel 45], 1851; Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, 2 parts in 1, half-titles, 2 lithographed maps and 20 tinted lithographed plates, [Abbey, Travel 175], 1852, first editions, some foxing and browning, heavy in places, original blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt spines, slightly dulled, edges uncut, 8vo (2).
Brazil.- Gardner (George) Travels in the Interior of Brazil ... and the Gold and Diamond Districts, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, map, damp-stain to upper corner, light spotting and soiling, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, 1846 § Smith (Herbert H.) Brazil: the Amazons and the Coast, folding map, small tape repairs, illustrations, ex-library with small ink-stamp to title verso, occasional spotting and finger-soiling, occasional ink marginal markings, pp.15-16 foredge strengthened, new endpapers, original cloth, browned spine, a little rubbed, c.1879; 8vo (2)
Two 1822 pattern swords, one by Henry Wilkinsons for the Grenadier Guards serial number 5971 to blade and scabbard, made in 1855, the blade marked 'Waterloo, Peninsula, Barrosa, Corunna, Lincelles' as well as 'Alma Inkermann', the second sword with VR monogram, Rifle Brigade markings retailed by Cross Brothers mill Bay Plymouth, (2) 98cm long Condition report: Overall heavy pitting to the first sword. Tarnishing to the grip. The second has pitting to the scabbard. The sword is generally good with small pitting patches. No major damages.
Books The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London: Country Life Limited, 1950 first edition, 3 volumes, folio, limited edition, number 117 of 250 copies, signed by Edward Lucas and Victor Sassoon, coloured frontispiece and 224 plates, original half vellum, green cloth, top edges gilt, each contained in a original green cloth slipcase. 3
A Chinese white and emerald green jadeite pendant pierced and carved as a fish and lotus plant with pod and flowers, gold coloured mount and another mottled green jade rounded narrow chop-shaped pendant, pierced and carved with bird and fruits amidst foliage, with jade bead and silver mount, first pendant 5.4cm long (2)
A Chinese leaf green jade archaic bronze style ting 19th Century the rectangular body on four cylindrical feet and with arch shaped handles, the body with raised ribs forming panels engraved with taotie masks, cover with Taijitsu symbol supporting on cloud finial, 11cm across x 19cm high Provenance: Bought in the first half of last century by the present owner's grandparents
A well-engineered gauge 1 model of a live steam LNER 2-6-2 tender locomotive No 4771, built by Mr Ron Cook of Tyne and Wear to D Hewson plans. The silver soldered copper boiler having fittings including water sight-glass, pressure gauge, regulator, direction control and checker plate cab floor. The chassis with twin outside cylinders, fluted motion and Walschaert s valve gear, six wheel tender. The model finished in apple green lined livery with polished brightwork, fitted steps and hand-rails. Display track and carrying case. Please note some pipework has been removed for pressure test purposes. * This locomotive is based on the LNER Class V2 tender locomotive Green Arrow being the first of its class and designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. Only one of these full size locomotives has survived into preservation. Built in June 1936 at Doncaster and used for Express mixed traffic work.
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