A quantity of ephemera relating to the Royal Women's Air Force Radar Division to include information leaflets, a 'Service of Thanksgiving' programme for the Women's Royal Air Force Officers' Association in the presence of Air Marshall HRH Princess Alice Duchess of Gloucester, dated 14th October 1989, letters written from France in 1945, a head scarf belonging to a Radar Operator during WWII at Carless Hampstead 17.07.1940, a boxed commemorative spoon for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Golden Jubilee, a quantity of Girl Guide and Boy Scout books to include 'The Third Girl Guide Book of Ideas', 'Hints on the First Class Test' and others and a quantity of mainly air travel ephemera to include BEA 'International Route Maps', BOAC 'Flight Companion', BOAC menus, Air France menus and Pan American World Airways 'Welcome Aboard Pack' etc.
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A 19th century miniature oil on tin, reputedly of Warren Hastings, in an ornate gilded frame, 8.5 x 6cm and an Edwardian watercolour miniature of a pretty young girl with blond hair and blue eyes in a leather case lined with silk and velvet, 7 x 6cm (2). Warren Hastings was born December 6th 1732, died August 27th 1818, he was the first General of British India, 1773-1785, known through liaisons with Jane Austen's family, who he was a benefactor of.
Six watercolours and prints to include J MacKay; a watercolour of river scene with children fishing, church in the distance, signed and dated lower-left, 23 x 34cm and an etching of a cathedral, signed in pencil Fridrich Gocht, an antique hand-coloured print of Chester, first published c1770, an engraving 'Genova. Parte Della Riviera Presa Dal La Xxaretto' and Greshan; a pair of watercolours of Highland moorland scenes, 21 x 12cm, all framed and glazed (6).
THE MARVELLOUS BOOK, Containing 100 Studies of Famous Chinese Porcelains, Star Talbot, 1930, Shanghai, inscribed on first endpaper: 'Presented by Mrs Emily Talbot on the occasion of the visit by H.M.S. Hart to Shanghai at X'mas 1946. Emily Talbot.. Shanghai'. Silk with gilt decoration over boards, rubbing to extremities, plates with tissue guards, a very good copy (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)
![W HEATH ROBINSON, A Song of the English, Rudyard Kipling [1909] Hodder and Stoughton, fine deep blue cloth with glassine wrap](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c5eef382-64fe-42a6-95d2-a7d60089ffea/42482180-f6d9-4fbf-b74b-5e4febdad926/468x382.jpg)
W HEATH ROBINSON, A Song of the English, Rudyard Kipling [1909] Hodder and Stoughton, fine deep blue cloth with glassine wrap (presumed original) 1909 gift inscription on first blank, cracking along upper joint between endpaper and half title. 30 tipped-in Heath Robinson plates. An excellent copy (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)
A FAMILY OF FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS, awarded to George Tranmer of the 1st Light Infantry comprising 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, an enamelled British Red Cross Medal and his spurs, together with his brother-in- law's death plaque, two sets of Second World War Medals awarded to both his sons with paperwork, bible, his son Roy Tranmer's last letter home and a British War medal awarded to Pte. H. Clough, Roy Tranmer's father-in-law (17) (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)
BLIND-STAMPED PIGSKIN, 16th century binding: Symbolorum Imperatoriorum, Nicholas Reusner, Frankfurt, 1588, the first edition, in dated blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with holes for clasps. Figures in central panels - upper cover wielding a sword; surmounted by initials 'C.R.' miniscule text below and dated '1588', the year of publication. Lower cover with blind-stamped figure wielding axe (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN TABLEWARE, 18th century and later, including a "Stand" pattern coffee cup and a similar cup painted with initials, together with a First Period Worcester Fence pattern coffee cup, crescent mark, and a Caughley faceted coffee cup (8) (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties speciall command, London: Printed by Robert Barker, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, general and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders (NT title with imprint dated 1636), Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, colophon dated 1634, without genealogies and map, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer: and Administration of the Sacraments..., London: Printed by Robert Barker, and Assignes of John Bill, 1637, and bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by A.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1637, occasional early annotations and ink markings, some fraying and closed tears mostly to margins of first and last few leaves, dust-soiling throughout and some dampstains etc., manuscript entries to free endpapers, disbound 4to (with remnants of sheep spine) Variants of Herbert 488-490. (1)
[Charles I]. Majesty in Misery, or, an Imploration to the King of Kings; Written by His late Majesty King Charles the First, in his durance at Carisbrook Castle, 1648, [colophon:] London: Printed Anno Domini 1681, 2pp., broadside printed on both sides, small neat old library stamp (& cancellation) to top blank margins, some fraying to margins, folio, together with Ecclesia & Factio. A Dialogue between Bow-Steeple Dragon and the Exchange Grasshopper, 1st edition, 1698, 16pp., with 'Blest' on p.3, three small holes and slight paper thining to title, fraying to margins, disbound folio (Wing 733), with Wild (Dr. Robert), Dr. Wild's Poem. In Nova fert Animus, &c., or, a New Song to an Old Friend from an Old Poet, Upon the Hopeful New Parliament, 1st edition, [1679], 4pp., disbound folio (Wing W2145), plus six other 17th-early 19th century similar pamphlets etc., mostly disbound folio & 4to First item: Wing C2422. Not actually written by Charles I, and often wrongly attributed to George Wither. A curious poem in rhymed triplets purporting to have been written by Charles I during his incarceration at Carisbrooke Castle, in the Isle of Wight prior to his execution. (9)
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 5th edition, 1691, engraved portrait frontispiece, 11 engraved plates only (lacking plate for Book V), biro annotation to title and to a couple of leaves, two leaves loosening at front, a few closed tears, holes and frayed fore margins, occasional light soiling, bound with Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes, 1688, 66 pp. & 57 pp., rear endpaper torn with loss, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, folio First work Wing M2149. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)
Dover (Thomas). The Anicent Physician's Legacy to his Country, Being what he has Collected Himself, in Fifty-Eight Years Practice, or, an Account of the Several Diseases Incident to Mankind..., 6th edition, 1742, half-title, a little spotting and soiling throughout, contemporary manuscript receipts and notes to endpapers at front and rear including to stop the bleeding of a nose, cure for rheumatism, etc., modern quarter cloth, some edge wear, 8vo The first manuscript entry dated 14 June 1748 notes that Mr John Norwood bought an orchard, William Sayer 'at one pound 16 shilling and one shilling recd and I am to have 3 codlings trees and two black Lauranc trees and 1 pound 15 shillings is to be paid at Mickelmas'. (1)
Mayerne (Theodore Turquet de). Opera Medica..., edited by Joseph Browne, 1700, half-title with near-contemporary ownership inscription to verso, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, the two books paginated as three, double column, some spotting and old damp staining, worsening at front and rear with some discoloration to paper, recent half morocco gilt, folio Rare first edition of Mayerne's Opera Medica. (1)
Goldston (Will). More Exclusive Magical Secrets, 1st edition, [1921], black and white illustrations throughout, scarce spotting, original cloth, gilt-lettered spine, rear cover and spine dampstained, 4to, together with Robert-Houdin (Jean-EugÞne), The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic, Or How to become a Wizard, translated and Edited... by Professor Hoffmann, 1st English edition, 1878, lacking frontispiece, scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original pictorial green cloth, slight fraying to extremities, 8vo, plus Cremer (W.H. ), The Magician's Own Book, by the Author of "The Secret Out"..., 1st edition, [1871], half-title, frontispiece, title vignette in red and white, black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's catalogue at rear and 2pp. publisher's advertisements at front, faint ink name to front free endpaper, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, 8vo, plus 23 others related including: Tricks with Cards, by Professor Hoffmann, circa 1890; Davenport & Co., Catalogue of Magical Apparatus, New Conjuring Tricks..., circa 1930; Magic and Its Professors, by Henry Ridgely Evans, 1st edition, 1902; mixed sizes, some defective First item: Limited edition, no. 781 of an unspecified number. (26)
Betjeman (John). Ghastly Good Taste, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1933, 1st issue with errata slip and 'Mowbray' poem on page 119, folding panorama at end, spare label, original cloth-backed pink boards, spine slightly darkened and rubbed, 8vo, together with Continual Dew, 1st edition, 1937, illustrations, original cloth gilt, all edges gilt, dust jacket by J. McKnight Kauffer, spine a little toned and chipped, 8vo, plus First and Last Loves, 1st edition, 1952, illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, light spotting, 8vo, with a presentation inscription to Frederick Etchell, F.R.I.B.A. from the author, with others by or on Betjeman including A Nip in the Air, 1974 (signed limited edition 83/175), A Garland for the Laureate. Poems Presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday, Celandine Press, 1981, limited edition 305/350 and A Catalogue of Works by Sir John Betjeman from the Collection of Ray Carter with an Unpublished Poem, 1983, limited edition 281/300 (18)
Walker (George). The Costume of Yorkshire, Illustrated by a Series of Fort Engravings, Being Fac-similes of Original Drawings. With Descriptions in English and French, 1st edition, 1814, hand-coloured frontispiece, 38 hand-coloured aquatint plates only, lacking three plates: XIX (Farmers, also lacking text, but with additional plate inserted in place), XXII (Thirty-Third Regiment) and XXVI (Riding the Strang), occasional minor soiling, later tan half calf gilt, 4to Abbey Life 432; Colas 3044. Includes the Collier plate with the first depiction of a steam-engine on rails, preceeding Stephenson's engine by two years. (1)
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language... Abstracted from the Folio Edition, by the Author..., To which is prefixed, A Grammar of the English Language, 2 volumes, 1756, occasional spotting, both front free endpapers with early ink ownership inscription, volume two lacking rear free endpaper and with worming affecting lower margins of last few leaves, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed and a little worn, 8vo First abridged octavo edition. (2)
Cary (John, Merchant of Bristol). A Discourse concerning the Trade of Ireland and Scotland, as they stand in Competition with the Trade of England, being taken out of an Essay on Trade, and Printed at Bristol, Anno 1695. Reprinted at London, 1696, [2],13,[1]pp., small hole to first two leaves touching few letters, light dampstain to upper outer corner, side sewn as issued, slim 4to (Wing C727), together with Ireland, An Answer to a Letter from a Gentleman in the Country, to a Member of the House of Commons: on the Votes of the 14th. Instant. Relating to the Trade of Ireland, London: George Huddleston, 1698, 39,[1]pp., stain to title, 20th century wrappers incorporating 18th century marbled paper, slim 8vo (Wing A3314), with [Clarke, George], A Treatise of Wool, and the Manufacture of it: In a Letter to a Friend. Occasion'd upon a Discourse concerning the great Abatements of Rents, and Low Value of Lands..., London: William Crooke, 1685, 31,[1]pp., some toning and spotting, modern boards, slim 4to (Wing C4445, Kress 1619, Goldsmiths 2584), and [Shebbeare, John], A Fourth Letter to the People of England. On the Conduct of the M____rs in Alliances, Fleets, and Armies, since the first Differences on the Ohio, to the taking of Minorca by the French, published M. Collier, 1756, [2], 49,[1]pp., some toning, light stain to final leaf, untrimmed, stitched as issued, slim 8vo, plus five other 18th & 19th century pamphlets (9)
Pott (Percivall). A Treatise on Ruptures, 1st edition, printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1756, title with contemporary ink inscription bearing the name 'R. Robertson', some spotting and soiling, endpapers renewed, with early ink shelfmark on verso of front free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, both covers bearing gilt coat of arms with 'Reg Hosp Gren' (Royal Hospital School, Greenwich), edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Astruc (John), A Treatise on the Fistula of the Anus, Written Originally in Latin..., 1st English Edition, 1738, engraved folding plate, close-trimmed, with ink library stamp, dated title-page to each section, early 20th century red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Misaurus (Philander, pseudonym), The Honour of the Gout..., 1735, title with early ink ownership name to head, disbound, 8vo, with three others: Jan Baptista Van Helmont's Deliramenta Catarrhi: Or the Incongruities, Impossibilites and Absurdities Couched under the Vulgar Opinion of Defluxions, 1650, George Cheyne's The English Malady: Or a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds, as Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypopochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, 1733, and Emmenologia, by John Freind, 1729 First work Garrison & Morton 3576. Includes the first description of a congenital hernia. (6)
Jardine (Sir William). The Naturalist's Library, 27 volumes, 1855-66, comprising Mammalia, Volumes I-IV, VI-XI, Ornithology, Volumes I, III-XII & XIV, & Entomology, Volumes I-II, IV & VI-VII, numerous hand-coloured engraved plates, all original publisher's red cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and discolouration, several volumes with some surface damp staining, together with The Naturalist's Library, Ichthyology, 2 volumes, Edinburgh, 1835/40, hand-coloured engraved plates, original publisher's cloth, rubbed and some wear, first volume torn to foot of spine, plus Martin (W.C.L.), A General History of Humming-birds, with a special reference to the collection of J. Gould, H.G. Bohn, 1861, hand-coloured engraved plates, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and light discolouration, all small 8vo (30)
Wellcome Library. A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, five parts in 5 volumes, 1962-2006, first 2 volumes ex library with paper label remains to front endpapers and classification marks in white ink at foot of spines, original cloth, slightly rubbed, small folio, together with Durling (Richard J.), A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, 1967, plus A Catalogue of Incunabula and Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine First Supplement, plus Blake (John B.), A Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, 1979, ex library with ink stamps at front and rear and to both covers, all 4to, plus a facsimle edition of the accompanying Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Printed Books by Peter Krivatsy, 1989, original cloth, thick 8vo, plus other medical history and related reference works (18)
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[Butler, Samuel]. Hudibras, the Third and Last Part, Written by the Author of the First and Second Parts, 1st edition, printed for Simon Miller, 1678, scattered spotting, lacks errata leaf but with neat early ink amendments to text, marbled endpapers, front pastedown with book ticket of Madame Bodichon, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-panelled morocco, extremities a little rubbed, upper joint slightly split, 8vo, together with D'Urfey (Thomas), Butler's Ghost: or, Hudibras, the Fourth Part, with Reflections upon these Times, 1st edition, 1682, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, scattered spotting, N1 with short closed tear associated with paper fault, armorial bookplates of John Peyto Verney and Robert John Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed, joints slightly split at head, 8vo, plus another copy of the same, scattered spotting, contemporary sprinkled sheep gilt, corners showing, joints slightly splitting, 8vo, plus [Butler, Samuel], Hudibras, the Second Part, by the Author of the First, 1664, early leaves dark-soiled, front and rear fly-leaves with early pale ink annotations, all edges gilt, modern red morocco gilt, by Riviere, small 8vo, and two others related (6)
Salteren (George). Of the Antient Lawes of Great Britaine, London: John Jaggard, 1605, 44 leaves, initial leaf A1 misbound at rear and with early manuscript notes, title and B2 with faint inkstamp, fore-edge blank margin of sopme leaves with worm holes & trail (occasionally touching a few letters), light dampstain to lower outer corners, dust-soiling, modern wrappers, slim 4to (STC 21635), together with [Protestant Converts], The Confession and publike recantation of thirteene learned personages, lately converted in France, Germanie, and the Lowe-Countreys, from Poperie, to the Churches reformed: wherein they have zealously and learnedly set downe the reasons that moved them thereunto. The names and degrees of the converts. 1. Godefrid Rabin ... 2. Simon Palory ... 12. Francis Goupil Angeuin .. 13. Lewys du Boys ... Translated out of the French and Dutch printed copies, by I.M., 1st edition, Imprinted at London for G.P., 1602, [120pp.], first word of title cropped and upper outer blank corner torn, some light dust-soiling and few makes, modern marbled boards, slim 4to (STC 1074.5) (2)
Hirschberg (Julius). The History of Ophthalmology, translated by Frederick C. Blodi, volumes 1-7, 8a & 8b, 11 (Part Two), Bonn, 1982-86, some black and white plates from photographs, original cloth in dust jackets, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to This part run covers the period from antiquity to the first half of the 19th century (Part Five); the final volume on optical instruments and postage stamps. (10)
Hill (John). Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden..., Compiled and Digested from the Papers of the late celebrated Mr. Hale, by the Authors of the Compleat Body of Husbandry..., 1757, fifty-six hand-coloured engraved botanical plates only (of 60, lacking plates 2, 20, 48 & 53), lacking frontispiece, plates 1, 7 & 8 detached, first & last few leaves a little creased with margins to title, dedication leaf & final leaf repaired to margins with tissue, light toning throughout, few marks, contemporary calf, late 19th century calf, joints cracked, stain to spine, covers marked and some wear, folio, plus four other related hand-coloured engraved plates from the same work Henrey 776; Nissen 880. The work was issued in 60 numbers from 28 August 1756 to 8 November 1757. (1)
Shakespeare (William, - Folio Society). The Norton Facsimile. The First Folio of Shakespeare Based on Folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection, Prepared by Charlton Hinman, 2nd edition, with a new introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney, New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996, top edge gilt, original halfmorocco gilt by Smith Settle of Otley, marbled paper sides, folio, contained in original gilt blocked slipcase The Folio Society Edition of the First Folio of Shakespeare in the Norton Facsimile, limited edition 187/1000. (1)
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*Americana - Kentucky. Account [for the] Trustees of Louisville & Harrodsb[ur]g with Simon & Campbell, Containing Sundry Papers, Receipts &c, Between the Years 1788 and 1791, original signed manuscript account and record with details of transactions written on both sides of one sheet, the first entry dated 9 June 1788 and showing that the two settlements then were or had been indebted to Simon and himself in the sum of 595 pounds 17 shillings and 8 pence, next crediting payments on account, aggregating 38 pounds 1 shilling and 10 pence, other payments following in the same year, at the end indicating that Louisville was in part paid by means of property on 5 July 1791, receiving 'Part Square No. 6' 50 pounds and 13 shillings, with a remainder due of 225 pounds 19 shillings and 8 pence, errors excepted, signed by John Campbell, some browning and original fold marks, discreet archival repair, 23 x 19 cm Provenance: The Library of Dr Frank P. O'Brien, Anderson Galleries, New York, 13 December 1920, lot 452. (1)
*Bewick (Thomas). Printed receipt for a copy of Aesop's Fables, dated Newcastle, January 1, 1824, single printed sheet, with printed handwriting in facsimile 'To Thomas Bewick & Son Dr. To A Demy Copy of Esop's Fables 8sd Received the above with thanks Thomas Bewick, Robert Elliot Bewick Mo. 168, Thomas Bewick his [fingerprint] mark', with the words Demy, 18, and 168 supplied in ink manuscript, with wood engraved vignette of a moonlit landscape with church and windmill to centre, overprinted with a spray of leaves printed in red, inscribed in pencil to verso 'Austin Dobson his property', together with 2 conjoined printed prospectuses for the first edition of Bewick's History of British Birds, [1797], each with a different wood engraved vignette to centre of a cockerel and a pheasant on a branch, a few marks and slight loss to extreme upper left corner, (from the collection of Austin Dobson), plus 7 wood engravings by Bewick's apprentice Henry Fulke Plantagenet Woolicombe Hole, being views of Liverpool from The Stranger in Liverpool, first published in 1816, of which 5 have been identified from the sixth edition of 1820, and some related printed ephemera, including a quantity of printed leaves and illustrations from Bewick's History of Quadrupeds, 6th edition, 1811 (-)
Mauriceau (Francis). Diseases of Women with Child, and in Child-Bed..., 7th edition corrected, and augmented..., translated by Hugh Chamberlen, 1736, 10 engraved plates including some folding (a few closed tear repairs), some spotting and dust-soiling, heaviest at front and rear, modern morocco with original spine label, lower cover partly darkened, together with White (Charles), A Treatise on the Management of Pregnant and Lying-in Women, and the Means of Curing, but more especially of Preventing their Principal Disorders to which they are Liable..., 3rd edition, revised and enlarged, 1785, 2 engraved plates (both with library ink stamps and both offset to facing text leaf), some spotting and soiling, inscribed 'For the Royal Medical Society from the author' to front free endpaper, and manuscript shelf mark at foot of endpaper and title verso, later calf, rubbed, 8vo Garrison & Morton 6147 & 6270 respectively (citing first editions). (2)
Gill (Eric, illustrator). The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Introduction by Hugh I'A. Fausset, Dent, 1938, four engraved plates, partial light offsetting to first and least leaves, original black cloth gilt, gold and black dust jacket, lightly spotted and rubbed, small losses to corners and spine ends, 8vo One of 550 copies, signed by Eric Gill. (1)
Ackermann (R., Publisher). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1812, half-titles discarded, additional hand-coloured engraved title in volume 2 (signed A. Pugin delt.), eighty hand-coloured aquatint and engraved plates, engraved portrait of William Vincent and single-page ground plan, list of subscribers present, offsetting, toning and spotting mostly to text, armorial bookplate of Edward Crocker of Ballynagarde to upper pastedowns, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, near contemporary full green morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, spine a little faded, joints and extremities slightly rubbed, bookseller's label of E. Madden, 7 Grafton Street to pastedowns, large 4to Abbey, Scenery of Great Britain, 213. Large Paper copy of the second or later issue, with the first plate in the second volume, 'Aymer de Valance', is signed: A. Pugin delt, which is usually considered as a point proving second or later issue then when signed: F. Mackenzie. Each volume contains a tipped-in presentation inscription 'Presented to Sir Nicholas Waterhouse by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster in grateful appreciation of his services as Auditor of Westminster Abbey 1916-1960' and signed by members of the Dean and Chapter Eric S. Abbott (Dean of Westminster), Adam Fox, Stephen J. Marriott, Edward Carpenter and Michael S. Stancliffe. (2)
Leybourn (William). Dialing: Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive. Shewing how to make all such Dials, and to adorn them with all useful Furniture, Relating to the Course of the Sun, Performed, Arithmetically, Geometrically, Instrumentally and Mechanically, 1st edition, 1682, engraved portrait frontispiece, 23 engraved plates, including 10 folding, previous owner inscription, 1774 to portrait verso, armorial bookplate of Sir Godfrey Copley, contemporary calf, rebacked, folio (Wing L1912), together with Speidell (John), A Geometricall Extraction or a Compendious Collectrion of the Chiefe and Choyse Problemes, Collected out of the best, and latest writers, 1st edition, variant re-issue, 1617, numerous diagramatic Illustrations, lacking front and rear blanks, some repairs to fore margins, one or two marginal holes, occasional light spotting and soiling, presentation bookplate from the University of Keele Library, modern panelled morocco, a trifle rubbed, small 4to, with a 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged of the same work, 1657 (STC 23062 for the first work, a re-issue of the 1616 first printing, with a new title page) (3)
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Betjeman (John). Mount Zion or in Touch with the Infinite, 1st edition, James Press, [1931], illustrations, slight marginal toning, original patterned boards with mounted illustration, lacking spine, a little rubbed with clear tape remnants to head and foot of covers, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "That clever chap Richard Jennings from that other clever chap John Betjeman. Two Days before Lord's Day. 1931". The author's first book. (1)
*Albemarle (George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670). Printed document, signed 'Albemarle' as Lieutenant General of the Forces to Sir Heneage Finch (1st Earl of Nottingham, 1621-1682), ordering a payment of 9 5s 2d by way of reward for procuring funds to pay the officers, seamen, mariners and souldiers of His Majesty's Navy on 30th September 1667, additionally signed by Sir Thomas Clifford (1630-1673), and at foot by Rob Long below the handwritten note 'Mr. Squibb I pray pay this bill out of the Royall Aydd', some paper damage and loss, with associated discolouration, affecting several printed words, and a third unidentified signature to the right margin, now laid down on 19th century pale blue paper, the original sheet size 26 x 21 cm (10.25 x 8.25 ins), together with a group of various printed historical documents: Return of the Lords of Session in Scotland, to an Order of the Right Honorable the Lord Spiritual and Temperal, in Parliament Assembled, of the 12th of June, 1739, printed by John Baskett, 1740 (some damp staining), slim folio, [William Martyn], The Successions of the Dukes and Earles of this kingdome of England: from the conquest untill the twelfth yeare of the famous raigne of the mightie monarch King James the First, printed by W. Stansby, 1615, [being the supplement to Martyn's historie and lives of twentie kings, 1651], 18 Acts of Parliament - 1794 (including acts relating to the Sinking Fund 1735, duty on foreign cambricks, 1742, duties upon malt, rum, cyder and perry, 1742, draining of Market Weighton, 1772, recovery of debts in Exeter, 1773, rebuilding of the bridge over the River Avon in Bristol, 1786, regulating the harbour of Dover, 1794, etc), and a printed broadside for the Theatre Royal, Hay-market, for the play Laugh When You Can, dated 18 May 1809, plus a facsimile of General George Washington's account with the United States, from 1775 to 1783, published by John Hutchings, Brooklyn, 1857 (approx. 20)
Gill (Eric). Clothing Without Cloth, an Essay on the Nude, 1st edition, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931, four wood engraved plates of nudes by Gill, light offsetting to free endpapers, head and fore-edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine faded, slim 8vo, together with Powys (T.F.), Uncle Dottery a Christmas Story, 1st edition, Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1930, with two wood-engravings by Eric Gill, title with short closed marginal tear, some offsetting to first and last leaves, original cloth-backed patterned boards, extremities lightly rubbed, boards lightly browned at head, slim 8vo, plus [Woellwarth, Mary Elise], Songs to Our Lady of Silence, 1st edition, Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, 1920, woodcut engravings by Eric Gill and Desmond Chute, original cloth-backed paper boards, spine lightly soiled, slim 8vo First two items: limited editions, 411/500 and 71/350 respectively. (3)
Searle (Mark). Turnpikes and Toll-Bars..., Special Introduction by the Right Hon. the Earl of Birkenhead, 2 volumes, [1930], colour and black & white illustrations, rear pastedowns with small ink shelfmark to left upper corners, all edges gilt, original half red morocco gilt, extremities a little rubbed, dust jackets with darkened spines, somewhat worn at extremities, 4to, together with Pinks (William), The History of Clerkenwell, with Additions by the editor, Edward J. Wood, 1st edition, 1865, hand-coloured folding map, with short closed tear, engraved portrait frontispiece (lightly spotted), numerous plates and illustrations, quarter calf, 4to, plus Kauffer (E. McKnight), The Art of the Poster, its Origin, Evolution & Purpose, 1st edition, 1924, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, with paper labels to front cover and spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, plus nine others First item limited edition, volume 1: 185/500 copies, volume 2: 90/500 copies. (1 carton)
[Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego]. Lazarillo: or the Excellent History of Lazarillo de Tormes, the witty Spaniard. Both parts. The first translated by David Rowland, and the second gather'd out of the Chronicles of Toledo by Iean de Luna a Castilian, and done into English by the same Authour, London: Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, 1655, extra-illustrated with engraved portrait and 15 plates from an earlier French edition (each trimmed to image and laid down on later paper), occasional annotations, browning and spotting, late 19th century half calf, later morocco title label, rubbed and some wear, 8vo (Wing L761A), together with Quevedo Villegas (Francisco de), Fortune in her Wits, or, the Hour of all Men... Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens, 1st English edition, 1697, slight worming to inner margin of initial 3 leaves, signature to upper & lower blank margin of title (cropped at head), late 19th century blind decorated calf, slim 8vo (Wing Q188) (2)
Illustrated Literature. A collection of modern illustrated and juvenile literature, including Giles, Daily Express and Sunday Express cartoons, 50 volumes, including First Series, The Saturday Book, a complete run, volumes 1-34, 1941-75, David Low, Low's Political Parade, 1st edition, 1936, & Low Again, 1st edition, 1938 (the latter with title torn and partly missing), all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, some in book boxes, plus others, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 cartons)
Godwin (William). Essay on Sepulchres: or, a Proposal for Erecting some Memorial of the Illustrious Dead in all Ages on the Spot where their Remains have been Interred, 1st edition, 1809, engraved frontispiece (short closed tear to blank fore-margin), lightly offsetting, 12pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, extremities rubbed, small 8vo, together with [Cobbett, William], A Bone to Gnaw for the Democrats. By Peter Porcupine..., To which is Prefixed a Rod, for the Backs of the Critics; Containing an Historical Sketch of the Present State of Political Criticism in Great Britain..., by Humphrey Hedgehog, J. Wright, 1797, half-title with early ink ownership name to head, O4 with small loss to blank fore-margin, modern quarter calf, gilt-lettered spine, single wormhole at top of front joint, 12mo, plus The Pride of Britannia Humbled; or, The Queen of the Ocean Unqueened, by "The American Cock Boats"...,Cincinnati: John R. Fletcher, William Pounsford, and Williams and Mason, 1817, some brown staining, mainly to blank margins, scattered spotting, B4 with early ink annotation to blank upper margin, edges uncut, with minor insect damage at tail of first few leaves, paper wrappers, 8vo in 6s, plus Advice to Young Men, and (Incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life..., published by the Author, 1829, a few spots, front pastedown with early ink inscription and bookseller's ticket, contemporary half calf, some wear, 8vo, plus four related including duplicates (8)
Franklin Library. 101 volumes, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Best of Sherlock Holmes, 1977, George Orwell, Animal Farm [and] 1984, 1978, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man [and] The War of the Worlds, 1982, Ernest Hemingway, The First Forty-nine Stories, 1977, with others similar, including volumes by James Joyce, Guy de Maupassant, D. H. Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Graham Greene, George Elliot, WIlliam Faulkner, Thomas Hardy and John Steinbeck, publisher's morocco gilt, mostly 4to, very good condition (101)
Euclid. Euclidis elementorum libri XV... a Federico Comandino Urbinate in Latinum conversi, 3rd edition, Pesaro: Flaminio Concoria, 1619, printer's woodcut device in red and black to title, woodcut initials and diagrams, printed marginal notes, some spotting, occasional marginal browning and dampstaining, some minor worm holes, mostly confined to upper and lower margin but affecting a few occasional letters to upper outer corners, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, worn and upper cover partly detached, folio (297 x 188 mm) This Latin translation (first published 1572) was made use of by subsequent editors for centuries and was the basis for Simson's famous English translation, and the basis of all English school texts. See Thomas-Stanford, p. 10. (1)
Ucay (Gervais). Nouveau TraitÚ de la Maladie Venerienne..., 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Daniel Pain, 1699, engraved frontispiece, ink name stamps to title verso, contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed, 12mo, together with Swediauer (Frans), Practical [Obser]vations on the more Obstinate and Inveterate Venereal Complaints, by J. Schwediauer, MD, 1784, some browning throughout, contemporary ownership name of Geo. French, Surgeon, Aberdeen, to title, small tear with loss to first line of title with missing letters supplied in manuscript, modern half morocco, 8vo, plus Fordyce (William), A Review of the Venereal Disease, and its Remedies, 2nd edition, 1768, half-title, modern quarter cloth with leather spine label, 8vo, plus others related in English and French (8)
Orczy (Baroness Emmuszka ). The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1st edition, Greening & Co., 1905, some spotting throughout, heavy at front and rear, contemporary ownership inscription of Evelyn Graham to front free endpaper, dated 21 Januayr 1905, original blue cloth gilt with black and red decoration to upper cover, rubbed, 8vo, modern cloth slipcase A good copy of an uncommon first edition of Baroness Orczy's most popular novel, inscribed in the month of first publication. (1)
Salvin (Francis Henry and Brodrick, William). Falconry in the British Isles, 1st edition, John Van Voorst, 1855, 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates after William Brodrick (complete), some light spotting, and light waterstain to lower margin of some plates, top edge gilt, later marbled endpapers, later dark blue half morocco gilt (by Hatchards), slightly rubbed to extremities and outer corners bumped, large 8vo Schwerdt, volume II, page 145). Harting 67. Nissen ZVB 147. Zimmer, page 541. Ex libris A.E. Knox (1808-1886), keen sportsman and amateur naturalist, and author of Autumns on the Spey (1872), Ornithological Rambles in Sussex (1849), and Game Birds and Wild Fowl (1850), with his autograph signature to head of title, 'A.E. Knox, Trotton House, Petersfield'. First edition of the best English book on falconry and a very attractive publication (Schwerdt). (1)
*Lynegar pedigree roll. Manuscript pedigree of Ralph Sampson, son of Michael Sampson of Kinduscarrick and Burt in Donegal (Colonel in the Army, alienated by King James II's Parliament in 1689 and killed in the Army of King William III in 1691), showing his descent from the Sampsons of Kent in 16 generations from Sir Horlovin Sampson, in narrative form, 1731, written in brown ink in hand of Charles Lynegar on vellum, with a painted A for achievement in strong colours, beginning with a preamble, it recites how 'Sr. Thomas Hawly Principall Herald and King of Arms of England in the 8th year of the Reign of King Henry the 8th' gave an account of this family 'in the 'antient and authentick annalls of England'. Transmitted to me by my Ancestors who were Chief Antiquaryies of Ireland', similar to an account by Patrick O'Luinin in 1632 at Ard-O'Luinin on Innismore, written in a clear hand and signed by Lynegar on 12 April 1731, some age toning, but the writing is clear and legible and the colours strong, a little chipped at margin extremities from when previously tacked, 650 x 320 mm Charles Lynegar (Siarles O'Luinin) of Trinity College Dublin, First Professor of the Irish Language there 1708-31, Irish Genealogist. Lynegar was a friend of Archbishop King and came from a noted family who, for many generations, were 'royal scribes and historians to the Maguire of Fermanagh' and 'ard-ollamh Eirann' or Chief Heralds or Antiquaries of Ireland. Of Lynegar's recorded pedigrees five were noted by transcript, reference or tradition only, in the 19th century, but are now lost or unknown. Five others have been acquired by the National Library and Public Record Office of Ireland and one was sold at the Towneley sale at Sotheby's in 1883 (whereabouts now unknown). The Sampson pedigree appears to be, at the present time, the only other known survivor, owned by the family from 1731 until the early 20th century. It was framed by Mrs Mary Scott, alias Sampson, in 1783 (ink inscription at base) and in the Irish tradition was probably hung in the hall or vestibule of the house in Ireland. It remained in the family until at least 1907 when it was owned by Mrs Trench, the last of the Irish Sampsons. (1)
Mason (Henry). The New Art of Lying, covered by Jesuits under the Vaile of Equivocation; Discovered and Disproved..., London: John Clark, 1634, blind embossed stamp to lower outer corner of first two leaves and one at rear, manuscript number to verso of title, final leaf lined to verso, worm holes & trails mostly to lower margins, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, old reback, upper joint split, 12mo (STC 17611), together with [Wanley, Nathaniel], The History of Man; or, the Wonders of Humane Nature, in Relation to the Virtues, Vices and Defects of both Sexes. With Examples Antient and Modern, Alphabetically digested under their Proper Heads. The whole Work being intermixt with Variety of Useful and Divertive Relations, never before Published, 1704, manuscript initials to title, few worm holes to fore-edge margins at rear, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, with Oldfield (Joshua), An Essay towards the Improvement of Reason; in the Pursuit of Learning, and Conduct of Life, 1707, browning and spotting to gatherings at front & rear, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, with [Bordelon, Laurent], The Management of the Tongue..., Done out of French, 1706, title dust-soiled at foot, some toning and scattered spotting mostly to first & last leaves, front endpaper renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, lacking title label, 8vo, and Taylor (Thomas), The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, Translated from the Original Latin, 1822, spotting at front & rear, contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo, plus Meier (George Frederick), The Merry Philosopher; or, Thoughts on Jesting..., 1764, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, small 8vo (6)
Thomson (Charles Wyville & Murray, John). Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, under the command of Captain George S. Nares and Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, 40 volumes bound in 50, 1st edition, London, Edinburgh, etc.: HMSO for Longman & Co. [and others], 1880-95, over 3,280 plates, charts and maps, mostly lithographed, many tinted and many hand-coloured, some double-page and folding, some plates and leaves detached, some spotting and occasional damp-staining mostly at front and rear of each volume, heavier water-staining to Zoology Volumes 12 (plate margins), 14 (particularly plates at rear and final plate adhered to plate guard) and 24 Text Volume (damp rot at rear affecting margins and final leaf), small circular ink stamp 'Presented by Her Majesty's Government' to half-title or title-page of all volumes, bookplate of Cardiff Free Library to front pastedowns of all volumes, all but three last published volumes with engraved presentation inscription in the bookplate: 'From the Library of W. Kitchen Parker, FRS, Purchased by Herbert M. Thompson, Esquire and Presented to the Cardiff Free Library, June 1891', most inner hinges cracked or near broken, original publisher's green cloth gilt, many with remains of printed paper labels at foot of spines, rubbed and a few volumes damp-marked (cloth to lower board of Zoology Volume 14 damp-frayed and peeling off), 4to An uncommon complete set of the official accounts of the most important nineteenth-century circumnavigation of the globe. HMS Challenger embarked from Portsmouth on 21 December 1872 under the direction of the Scottish professor Charles Wyville Thomson and his Canadian-born assistant and naturalist John Murray. This was the first time that physicists, chemists and biologists collaborated with expert navigators to map the sea. During the four-year voyage they circumnavigated the globe, travelling 69,0000 nautical miles across the Atlantic, Pacific and Antarctic oceans. They sounded the ocean bottom to a depth of 26,850 feet, discovered 715 new genera and 4,717 new species of ocean life forms, including many deep-sea specimens. Among their discoveries were many of the fish and marine creatures thought at that time to be of legend. Numerous specimens from the voyage are on view in one of the largest collections in the Natural History Museum. This fifty volume, 29,500-page report took twenty-three years to compile and publish. It includes many observations of other natural history subjects including faunae of the countries visited. The following is a selection of some of the papers included in the volumes: Birds, by P.L. Sclater, with 30 hand-coloured plates; Bones of Cetacea, by W. Turner, with 3 plates; Collections of Eggs described by P.L. Sclater; Essay on the Green Turtle by W.K. Parker, with 13 plates; Essay on Shore Fishes, with 32 plates and Deep Sea Fishes, with 73 plates, both by A. Gunther; Deep-Sea Fauna of New Zealand, by A. Hamilton. William Kitchen Parker FRS FRMS (1823-1890) was an English physician, zoologist and comparative anatomist. He became Hunterian Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in The College of Surgeons of England; elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1865, awarded the Royal Medal in 1866. From 1871-73 he was President of the Royal Microspical Society, and in 1885 he received the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians. Nissen BBI 2381; Nissen ZBI 4554; Spence 1198; Wood, p. 596. Sold as a periodical not subject to return. (50)
Surgical Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Illustrated Catalogue of Surgical and Scientific Instruments and Appliances..., 7th edition, circa 1930, engraved illustrations and prices throughout, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to, together with Gardner (J. & Son), Catalogue of Surgical Instruments and Aseptic Furniture, 6th edition, Edinburgh, 1929, illustrations throughout, original cloth, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo, plus Ashton and Parsons, Quarterly Bulletin and Wholesale Prices Current of Homoeopathic Medicines, Medicine Chests, Books and Accessories, 1876, lacking first preliminary leaf (title?), illustrations throughout, some marginal soiling, foremargins of first two leaves archivally repaired, modern cloth with original printed wrappers (soiled), pasted to covers, slim 4to, plus Ricci (James V.), The Development of Gynaecological Surgery and Instruments..., Philadelphia & Toronto, 1949, illustrations throughout, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, large 8vo, (Garrison & Morton 6310), plus other surgical instrument catalogues and related (28)
Laroon (Marcellus, 1653-1702). The Cryes of the City of London, drawne after the life, printed and sold by Henry Overton, circa 1711, 49 (of 74) copper engraved plates only, by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon, including one (of 2) engraved titles, each plate with captions in English, French and Italian, title dated March 1712 to head of title in ink in an early hand, and M. Laroon at foot, some marks and light soiling, a few short marginal closed tears, plate 52 with burn hole near centre of image, with some loss, sheet size 305 x 190 mm (12 x 7.5 ins), later 19th century dark brown half morcco, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed to joint and extremities, small folio Colas 1793. Lipperheide 1019. First issued circa 1688, this is the second edition with plate numbers to lower outer corners of each plate. Plates present are: 37 (title), 13-16, 18-23, 25-36, 38-49, 52, 54-61, 63 & 69-72. (1)
Lovell (Robert & Robert Southey). Poems: Containing the Retrospect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets &c., 1st edition, Bath, printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by C. Dilly, 1795, half-title present, light marginal discolouration to final few leaves, contemporary ink signature of F. Sellwood to front pastedown, and slightly later ownership signature of J. Field to front endpaper, contemporary sprinkled full calf, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked, outer edges with old damp marking, 8vo, together with [Gifford, William, editor], The Beauties of the Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly Examiner; containing every article of permanent utility in that valuable and highly esteemed paper, literary and political; the whole of the excellent poetry; together with explanatory notes, biographical anecdotes and a preforatory advertisement, by the editor, printed by J. Plymsell, at the Anti-Jacobin Press, 1799, light spotting to title and final leaf of text, untrimmed, early ink signature of Borlase Adams to front endpaper, original boards, soiled and somewhat worn, with upper cover detached, 8vo Tinker 1948. Wise, Two Lake Poets, 59-60. The first appearance in book form of both authors, the poem entitled The Faded Flower on page 68 was written by S.T. Coleridge, although signed in the text with Southey's nom de plume Bion. (2)
Macfall (Haldane). Aubrey Beardsley. The Man and his Work, 1928, illustrations, endpapers lightly toned, previous owner signature, top edge gilt, original cloth, a few light marks, 4to, limited edition 41/100 with six extra illustrations, together with Some Unknown Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, Collected and Annotated by R.A. Walker, 1923, numerous illustrations, partly unopened, original cloth, a few spots, 4to, limited signed edition 456/500, plus The Sphinx without a Secret, the Canterville Ghost, the Model Millionaire, by Oscar Wilde, privately printed, 1904, untrimmed in original wrappers, 4to, limited edition of 300 (this copy unumbered), with four others including The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Leonard Smithers, 1899, Grey Roses, by Henry Harland, 1895 (rebound in vellum), and Letters from Aubrey Beardsley to Leonard Smithers, First Edition Club, 1937 (7)
*Philipot Pedigree Roll - Capel Family of Cassiobury House. The Series, and Genealogie of the Auntient and Illustrious Family of the Capells; as likewise an [Ex]act Survey of the severall Branches, and Descents, of that Eminent, and Conspicuous Family of [the] Morison's of Caishbery [Cassiobury, Watford] in the Countye of Hertford, till the Heire Generall became united with the Capells: w[ith t]heire Severall Matches, interchangeablye made with divers of the most noble, and flourisheing Familye in [t]his Kingdome; All which, faithfully agree, and comply with the publicke Records, and Registers, [pr]eserved in the Office of Armes, and else-where. Diligently collected by John Philipott Esq: Somersett Herauld of Armes to his late Maiestye, circa 1640-1780, a very long manuscript pedigree roll on 12 membranes covering the period circa 1485-1775, arranged in 13 rows, a total of 124 hand-painted coats in gold, silver, red, blue, black and green, some featuring lions rampant, with 197 roundels (50 surmounted by hand-painted crowns or caps), the text giving details of births, deaths and marriages and sometimes referring to Weever [Ancient Funerall Monuments, 1631] and Vincent [A Discoverie of Errours in the First Edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, 1622], dust-soiling throughout, some heavy water stains including vertical streaks to left hand side and a dark tide mark at foot running across final row of roundels and coats, all with little loss of legibility or sense, overall 327 x 118 cm (131 x 47 ins), modern wooden batten at head and foot, verso blank A rare and important Philipot pedigree roll, apparently compiled in three sections: 1) The text of the title appears to be written in a mid-17th century hand (clubbed ascenders and descenders) and after 1649 (it refers to 'his late Maiestye'), but probably before the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. 2) The upper half of the pedigree down to the roundels below the seventh row of shields is likely to have been set down before 1660 because it shows the Baron's cap above the roundel for Arthur Lord Capell. After 1660 Charles II introduced the Baron's coronet (used in the lower half of the pedigree). The Baron's cap clearly shows the red velvet cap guarded with miniver, whereas the lower part uses gold circlets topped with four pearls. It is noted that Arthur Lord Capell was created a Baron in 1640 but there is no mention of the death (by beheading) in 1643. The upper half of the pedigree would therefore appear to have been compiled by Philipot and/or his assistants in the early 1640s. It is possible the pedigree ended here (temporarily), with the intention of finishing it off with the issue and an Achievement, but which was overtaken by the tumultuous events of the time and the death of John Philipot in obscurity in 1645 following his capture by Parliamentarians earlier in the year. Indeed, after the surrender of the garrison at Oxford he had the hard fortune to be plundered of his papers including pedigrees. 3) Based on handwriting, the lower half of the pedigree would appear to have been completed over a period of time from the earlier 18th century (the old calendar is used) up until around 1780, the last textual date being 1775. The distinctions between the upper half and the lower half are various: the silver paint is tarnished in the top half and absent from the lower half; the gold, red and blue are slightly different; matches in all rows up to row 7 are painted in blue and absent below. In the upper half the lions are leaner and with different tails; the crosses crosslet fitchy are better designs and shaded; the top corners of the shields are constructed differently and there are ornate devices and flourishes to some shields and descenders; the earl's coronet is different and the female coats are shown in different form in the two halves, appearing as half the shield in the upper half and as separate lozenges in the lower half. John Philipot or Philipott was born at Folkestone, Kent, the son of Henry Philpott, between 1587 and 1592. In later years he chose to add an 'i' to his surname. Philipot was appointed pursuivant-of-arms extraordinary, with the title of Blanch Lion, in October 1618, and in November of that year was created Rouge Dragon pursuivant-in-ordinary. His work brought him into contact with William Camden, who often nominated him as his deputy or marshall when carrying out visitations. In 1624 Philipott was created Somerset herald. During the civil war he served with king, and was created D.C.L. at Oxford in 1643. He died at London, and was buried on 25 November 1645. The Capel family owned the Cassiobury estate from the early 16th century until it was sold in 1922. Arthur Capel (1608-1649) inherited the estate via his wife, Elizabeth, the only surviving child of Sir Charles Morison, in 1628. However the Capels were already established at their Suffolk estate, Hadham Hall, and so didn't move to Cassiobury. With Arthur's death, the Cassiobury estate was sequestered and Elizabeth Capel lived at Hadham until the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. The estates were restored to the family and Arthur (1631-1683), the eldest son and heir was awarded the titles, Viscount Malden and Earl of Essex. In 1668 Arthur moved the family from Hadham Hall to Cassiobury whilst he developed his political career which included a spell as Ambassador to Denmark. (1)
Pomey (Francois Antoine). Indiculus Universalis; or, The Universe in Epitome. Wherein the Names of almost all the Works of Nature, of all Arts and Sciences, ... are in English, Latine & French ... Composed at first in French and Latine, for the use of the Dolphin of France by the learned F. Pomey. And now enlarged, with the addition of the English Language, and some other Supplements by A. Lovell, Printed by J. Macock for Robert Harford, 1679, double-column text partly in black letter, lower outer corner of title torn, contemporary speckled & pitted calf, rebacked, board edges worn, 8vo (Wing P2791), together with [Voltaire, F.M.A. de], The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket. Written in French by a Society of Men of Letters, and Translated into English from the last Geneva Edition, corrected by the Authors..., Printed for Thomas Brown, 1765, repaired closed tear to P2, occasional spots, 20th century sheep, joints rubbed, 8vo, with Taylor (Thomas), The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works, of Apuleius. Translated from the Original Latin, 1822, mid 19th century calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo (3)
Anon. The Orchard and The Garden: containing certaine necessarie, secret and ordinarie knowledges in grafting and gardening, Wherein are described sundrie waies to grasse, and diverse proper new plots for the garden. Gathered from the Dutch and French, printed by Adam Islip, 1597, black letter text, several woodcut illustrations, lacking 13 leaves (pages 29-54), 19th century quarter brown morocco gilt, small 4to, together with Stanhope (Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield), Letters to His Son, 4 volumes, 5th edition, 1774, later uniform gilt-decorated full calf (by Morrell), rubbed to joints and extremities, upper cover to first and fourth volumes detached, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian literature, history and related, mostly 18th and 19th century, all leather bound, mostly 8vo (approximately 90)
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