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![*Northumberland. Saxton (Christopher), Northumbriae Comitatus (Scotiae contiguae) nova veraw descriptio, [circa. 1579], engra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/b792048a-344b-49aa-851e-d1d3904fe3ef/468x382.jpg)
Lot 109
*Northumberland. Saxton (Christopher), Northumbriae Comitatus (Scotiae contiguae) nova veraw descriptio, [circa. 1579], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, elaborate strapwork cartouche, with the coat of arms of Thomas Seckford, 385 x 460 mm, mounted, framed and glazed The first printed map of Northumberland. (1)
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Holman (James). Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Cracow, Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover... undertaken during the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, while suffering from total blindness..., 2 volumes, 4th edition, 1834, monochrome lithographed plates, some browning to first few leaves of second volume, bookplate of George Tuck to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary half calf gilt, with armorial crest of George Beck to foot of spine of each volume, rubbed and upper joint of each volume partly cracked, 8vo, together with Brydone (Patrick), Voyage en Sicile et A Malthe, traduit par M. Demeunier, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, E. van Harrevelt, 1776, half title to each volume, folding engraved map of the two islands, single engraved plate to second volume, contemporary quarter calf gilt, rubbed, 12mo, plus Bulwer (Edward Lytton), Athens, Its Rise and Fall with views of the literature, philosophy, and social life of the Athenean people, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Saunders and Otley, [1837], without half-titles, errata slip pasted at front of first volume, light spotting to preliminary leaves, marbled edges and endpapers, 19th century half calf, gilt-decorated spines, with contrasting red and green morocco labels, joints and edges slightly rubbed (generally a very good copy), and Wordsworth (Christopher), Athens and Attica: Journal of a residence there, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1837, 2 folding maps, 3 lithographed plates, and one folding plate of inscriptions, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Sir George Douglas, Bt. and library label of Springwood Park, Kelso to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus other travel interest, including James B. Fraser, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1834, Sir Francis B. Head, The Emigrant, 1846, Thomas Nujent, The Grand Tour, or, A Journey Through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France, volumes 1-3 (of 4) only, 2nd edition, 1756 & L. Lanier, L'Europe (sans la France), Choix de Lectures de Geographie, 2nd edition, Paris, 1886, all leather-bound, generally in good condition, 8vo (13)
![*Battle of Waterloo. A manuscript account of Colonel [Frederick Cavendish] Ponsonby's ordeals at the Battle of Waterloo, no d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/d3520cc4-5ed9-4ffc-ff8b-4f8245a52e5c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 170
*Battle of Waterloo. A manuscript account of Colonel [Frederick Cavendish] Ponsonby's ordeals at the Battle of Waterloo, no date, addressed to Lady Bessborough [1761-1821, Ponsonby's mother] in an unidentified hand, beginning 'You have often wished for some written account of the adventures & sufferings of your son Col. Ponsonby in the Field of Waterloo - The modesty of his nature is however no small obstacle in the way. Will the following imperfect sketch serve in any degree till you can presume something better? The battle was alluded to one morning in the Library at Althorp, and his answers to many of the questions which were put to him are here thrown together as nearly as we could remember in his own words', then continuing in quote marks to give Ponsonby's account of his involvement in the battle, '...I was almost instantly disabled in both my arms, losing first my sword and then by ecui ... I was carried along by my horse till receiving a blow on my head from a sabre, I fell senseless on my face to the ground ... when a Lancer passing by cried out "Tu n'es pas mort, Coquin!" and struck his lance through my back. My head dropped, the blood gushed into my mouth, a difficulty of breathing came on, and I thought all was over...', continuing to give an account of his robbery and then assistance, etc., 4 pages in a neat hand decreasing in size, bracketed note at head of first page 'Drawn up by Mr [Samuel] Rogers, the Poet' [though not in his hand], long splits to centre folds, a little soiled, 4to Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783-1837) fought with the 12th Light Dragoons at the Battle of Waterloo. The account in this unsigned letter to his mother ties in with the known history. The morning after the Battle he was carried away in a cart and a surgeon tended to his seven major wounds. He convalesced under the supervision of his sister Lady Caroline Lamb. (1)
Lot 176
*Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Two brief typed letters signed, 'Winston S. Churchill', 22 October & 19 November 1950, to A. L. Cranfield, editor of 'The Star', the first thanking him for his letter of 17 October and 'I am indeed complimented to learn of the story that The Star is going to publish, starting on Monday. I shall read the installments with great interest as they come out each day', the second, 'I have been reading every day the all-too-complimentary articles about me which have been appearing in The Star. I hope this series has not done any harm to the circulation of your newspaper', the first signed with sentiment, the second with typed sentiment, both with ink now somewhat faded, both sheets a little toned and with light creases and marks, 1 page, 4to, pasted to card as a pair with window mount and caption 'The Churchill Story Oct 23-Nov 17 1950' to label at foot, overall 31 x 47 cm Arthur Leslie Cranfield (1892-1957) was editor of the Star from 1941 to 1957. (1)
Lot 19
Southey (Robert). History of the Peninsular War, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1823-32, contemporary uniform sprinkled full calf, gilt-decorated spines, first volume with slight split to foot of upper joint, generally in very good condition, 4to Provenance: Library of Clifton Castle, Mashamshire, North Yorkshire. Handsome set. (3)
Lot 20
Tuckett (Francis Fox). A Pioneer in the High Alps, Alpine Diaries and Letters of F.F. Tuckett, 1856-1874, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1920, monochrome plates, original brown cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Whymper (Edward), Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 volumes, including Supplementary Appendix, 1st edition, John Murray, 1892/91, numerous wood engraved illustrations, full-page map of Ecuador, folding plan, two folding maps (one contained in pocket at rear), original gilt-decorated pale green cloth, first volume a little rubbed and with some light soiling (second volume generally in clean condition), 8vo, plus Coolidge (W.A.B.), Swiss Travel and Swiss Guide-Books, 1st edition, Longmans, 1889, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and other mountaineering interest, all 20th century publications, including David Wall, Mike Banks, Malcolm Slesser, Joe Brown, William Holgate, etc., mostly 1st editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo (24)
![Bible [Latin]. Biblia. Breves in eadem annotationes, ex doctiss. interpretationibus, & Hebraeorum commentarris, Paris, Robert](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/4ed67aae-65b4-4a76-da22-b868280430df/468x382.jpg)
Lot 204
Bible [Latin]. Biblia. Breves in eadem annotationes, ex doctiss. interpretationibus, & Hebraeorum commentarris, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1534, title with woodcut device with old paper restorations (not affecting printed text), text in small roman type in double-column, ruled in red throughout, old cloth divisional tabs to latter portion of text, all edges gilt, 18th century gilt-decorated red morocco, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, outer corners showing, 8vo Darlow & Moule 6114. The first Estienne octavo edition. (1)
![Bible [German]. Biblia, Das ist: Alle die Bucher der Heil. Schrift des Alten und Newen Testaments aus hebreischer und griechi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/6a349a11-dea7-4aa8-f0b6-a3e6ade92cdf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 205
Bible [German]. Biblia, Das ist: Alle die Bucher der Heil. Schrift des Alten und Newen Testaments aus hebreischer und griechischer Spraach..., aufs new verteutscht durch J. Piscator...., Bern: A. Huguenet, 1684, additional engraved title, letterpress general and New Testament titles present (NT title imprint dated 1683), holes to letterpress general title and following three leaves at front of volume, lacking final leaf of text at rear, first & last few leaves frayed and some torn to margins (particularly final leaf), browning, spotting and some marginal dampstaining, front free endpaper torn, lacking rear endpaper, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, with blind rollwork decoration, central brass boss to upper board and one corner piece to lower board only, lacking clasps, strong fabric adhesive tape repair at head of spine and strip down and around lower board, some wear, folio (1)
![Bible [German]. Biblia mit der Ausslegung. Die gantze heilige Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments... D. Martini Lutheri. Mit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/cb0b0fc2-b636-43f8-ef78-d6ce21977629/468x382.jpg)
Lot 206
Bible [German]. Biblia mit der Ausslegung. Die gantze heilige Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments... D. Martini Lutheri. Mit einer kurtzen jedoch grundlichen Erklarung des Textes ... Summarien ... aus des ... D. Lucae Osiandri..., Luneburg: Gedruckt und verlegt durch Johann und Heinrich, die Sterne, 1650, additional engraved general title, letterpress general title with large woodcut initial and printer's device (both lined to verso), engraved New Testament title present, one single-page engraved map and one double-page engraved table only (of 7 leaves of plates in total, lacking portrait of Lucas Osiander etc.), text in three columns throughout, engraved table with repaired closed tear, 2T3 torn at rear with major loss and lacking final leaf 2T4 (tables), marginal fraying to first & last leaves, some dampstaining throughout, some toning and occasional spotting, recent endpapers, modern morocco with near contemporary blind decorated & diced calf covers and spine overlaid, folio (1)
Lot 208
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New; with the Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, with Annotations, Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, 1769, general and New Testament titles present (NT title with imprint dated 1771), engraved frontispiece and nine plates, all edges gilt, bookplate of Ken Tomkinson to upper pastedown, 20th century half calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (with binding invoice dated 2.3.1967), red morocco title label to spine, light fading to spine, folio Herbert 1210; Gaskell 35. The volume was issued in parts, starting in January 1769, the earlier state of the title-page being issued in the first part; it was probably reprinted in 1772 for use when the book was sold complete. (1)
![Bible [Cree]. [Old and New Testaments in Native American Cree language], 2 volumes bound in one, [translated by William Mason](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/56f1e9b4-ac3f-47bb-fe7c-41a9d17cab87/468x382.jpg)
Lot 209
Bible [Cree]. [Old and New Testaments in Native American Cree language], 2 volumes bound in one, [translated by William Mason], British and Foreign Bible Society, 1861-62, [4], 855, [1]; 292 pages, title page to each volume, text in two columns, printed entirely in Cree, all edges gilt, original yellow chalk-glazed endpapers (some light staining to edges), contemporary blind patterned full morocco, rubbed and some wear to spine and edges, covers detached, and leather vertically split to spine, and chipped with slight loss to extreme head and foot, outer corners bumped, thick 8vo Darlow & Moule 3130. Ayer, Indian Linguistics, Cree 5. Presentation copy from William Mason, with handwritten inscription to verso of blank leaf facing title initialled H.V. and dated July 1862, 'The Bible in the language of the Cree Indians in North America - Given to me, June 1862, by the Rev. William Mason, Missionary among the Cree Indians - The translation was the work of Mr Mason & his wife - Mr Mason attended our Missionary Meeting in 1861. H.V. July. 62'. The first edition of the complete bible entirely printed in the Cree, prepared by the Methodist (later Anglican) Minister William Mason and his wife Sophia Thomas Mason while on missionary work in Prince Rupert's land, with the assistance of several native speakers. (1)
Lot 215
Blackstone (William). Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 volumes, mixed editions (volume 1 2nd edition, volume 2 3rd edition, volumes 3 & 4 1st editions), Oxford, 1766-69, engraved Table of Consanguinity and Table of Dissents, occasional light spotting and offsetting, armorial bookplates of Lord Grey de Wilton to front pastedowns, recent antique-style half calf with red morocco gilt spine labels and raised bands, 4to A handsome set. PMM 212 (first edition); Rothschild 407. (4)
Lot 217
Camerarius (Philipp). Operae Horarum Succisivarum sive Meditationes Historicae, [20] leaves, 524 pages, [39] index leaves, title with engraved border, woodcut initials, occasional early annotations and underlying in brown ink, with ownership signature of Caroli Fr. Orlik at head, and other old inscriptions crossed out, light dampstain to inner margins towards rear of volume, with final leaf partly stuck to rear cover, old limp vellum with vellum ties, rubbed and some staining, small 4to The second edition, following its first appearance in 1591 of a work containing a variety of essays and obsversations on history and myth, and which includes reference to the story of Faust. (1)
Lot 218
Caradoc (Saint, of Llancarfan). The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language above two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd Gentleman: corrected, augmented, and continued out of Records and best approoved Authors, by David Powel Doctor in divinitie, 1st edition, [Imprinted at London by Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584], pp.[14],22,1-48,65-356,365-401,[10], title within decorative woodcut border (torn to lower third with loss, and repaired), woodcut illustrations to letterpress including portraits & shields, text mostly in black letter, few initials and one shield hand painted, occasional old marginalia, D1 torn to fore-edge blank margin (with slight loss to marginal note), lacking 13 leaves of text including last leaf of 1st gathering, F1-8, 2C3-2C6 and also final blank, some dust-soiling, light dampstaining and few marks, 19th century marbled endpapers with split hinges, late 17th/early 18th century blind panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn, small 4to STC 4606, ESTC S121940, Sabin 40914. The first printed history of Wales, it was probably first written in Latin rather than Welsh (the original is not known). This English version was assembled and translated by Humphrey Llwyd from various Welsh sources and expanded by David Powell. "A special interest in this work for American collectors consists in its relation of the most ancient 'Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170'" (Sabin). (1)
Lot 219
Charles I. The Acts made in the First Parliament of our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles..., Holden by Himselfe, present in Perso, with his Three Estates, at Edinburgh, upon the twentie eight day of June, Anno Domini 1633, Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1633, title cropped at foot touching lower line of imprint, bound with The Acts Done and Past in the First Session of the Third Parliament of our Soveraigne Lord Charles..., Holden at Edinburgh, and beginning the fourth of June 1644, and ending the 29 day of July the same year 1644, Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1644, bound with The Acts Done and Past in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sessions of the First Triennall Parliament..., Holden at Edinburgh, Stirling, Pearth, and S. Andrews... seventh of January 1645. and ending... fourth of February 1646..., Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1646, bound with Acts Done and Past in the Sixth Session of the First Triennial Parliament..., Holden at Edinburgh... third of November 1646. and ending the twenty seventh of March 1647, Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1647, bound with Acts Done and Past in the Second Session of the second Triennal Parliament of our Soveraign Lord Charles the I..., and in the First Parliament of our Soveraign Lord Charles the II..., Holden at Edinburgh, beginning the 4 of January, and ending the 16 of March 1649, Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1649, some soiling, dampstaining, browning and marks throughout, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and some dampstaining, folio, plus Charles II, State Tracts: Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, London: Printed in the Year, 1689, initial few leaves dampstained, front free endpaper loose, creased & dampstained, armorial bookplate of James Marquiss of Carnarvon to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, folio (2)
Lot 220
[Charles I]. An Exact and most Impartial Accompt of the Indictment, Arraignment, Trial, and Judgment (according to Law) of Twenty nine Regicides, the Murtherers of His Late Sacred Majesty of most Glorious Memory: begun at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday, the 9th of October, 1660. And continued (at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayley) untill Friday, the nineteenth of the same Moneth. Together with a summary of the Dark, and Horrid Decrees of those Caballists, Preparatory to that Hellish Fact. Exposed to view for the Reader's Satisfaction, and Information of Posterity, London: Andrew Crook and Edward Powel, 1660, [2], 48 p., 49-56 leaves, 57-148, 153-287 pp., verso of first leaf: Imprimatur; J. Berkenhead, 19th century signature to title, some toning and spotting, few marks, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, old rebak, joints cracked, rubbed and worn, 4to Wing N1403A, ESTC R222299. This work is an anonymous work, compiled by Heneage Finch, Earl of Nottingham. In this edition signature V has 2 leaves. (1)
Lot 222
Corelli (Arcangelo). Concerti grossi, con duoi violini, e violoncello di concertino obligati, e duoi altri violini, viola, e basso di concerto grosso, ad arbitrio, che si potranno radoppiare, Opera sesta XII great concertos, or sonatas, for two violins and a violincello: or for two violins more, a tenor, and a thorough-bass: which may be doubled at pleasure, Being the sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli, J. Walsh and I. Hare, 7 volumes (parts, as issued), first English edition, light dust-soiling and marginal marks, without portrait (as often), stitched as issued without covers, folio Smith 466. (7)
Lot 224
Descartes (Rene). L'Homme et la Formation du Foetus..., 2nd revised and corrected edition, Paris: Theodore Girard, 1677, woodcut illustrations throughout, a little spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little loss at head and foot, corners worn, 4to The first edition appeared in Latin in 1662, the first French edition appearing in 1664. (1)
Lot 226
Dioscorides (Pedanius). De Medicinali Materia libri sex, Joanne Ruellio Svessionensi interprete..., Additis etiam Annotationibus... Gualtherum H. Ryff..., Frankfurt, Christoph Egenolph, [1543], two parts bound in one (the second part being a commentary by Johann Lonicer, with Narburg imprint, and dated 1543 to colophon), title to each part with printer's woodcut device, second title with woodcut head-piece, numerous woodcut illustrations of plants and animals, etc., to first part, some restoration to lower margins at front of volume, affecting a few words, one or two minor worm tracks to upper and lower margins towards rear of volume, not affecting text, old plain boards with spine label, rubbed and some wear Adams D663. Wellcome 1784. The first Egenolph edition, containing Ruel's latin translation of Dioscorides, with a new commentary by Lonicer and annotations by Ryff. (1)
Lot 229
Engelgrave (Hendrik). Lux Evangelica sub Velum Sacrorum Emblematum Recondita in Anni Dominicas Selecta Historia et Morali Doctrina variŠ Adumbrata per Hen. Engelgrave Societatis Jesu, Cologne: Jacobum … Meurs, 1655, engraved title, fifty-two engraved emblem illustrations to text, first few leaves with closed tear at gutter, some slight toning, near-contemporary calf, spine faded, edges rubbed, 12mo (1)
Lot 233
Gendre (Antoine). De Febre Epidemica in Montis-Albani obsidione grassata, medica dissertatio, 1st edition, Lyons, Antoine Chard, 1626, title printed in red and black, with early signature of Bernhard Rottendorff med: Doct: and I. Cleghorn, 1791, to head and foot, minor marginal staining to first few leaves, bound with Camerarius (Joachim, editor), Synoposis Commentariorum de Peste. Autoribus Hieronymo donzellino, Joanne Philippo Ingrassia, Caesare Rincio, Joachimo Camerario, Nuremberg, Catharinae Gerlachin & Haeredum Johannis Montani, 1583, title with printer's woodcut device, 17th century vellum, rubbed and darkened to spine, 8vo (1)
Lot 237
Great Fire of London. Lex Ignea: or The School of Righteousness. A Sermon Preach'd before the King, Octob. 10. 1666. At the Solemn Fast appointed for the late Fire in London. By William Sandcroft, D.D. Dean of S. Pauls, London: R. Pawlett, [1666], 36pp., title with engraved image of St. Pauls Cathedral in flames, upper margin of initial four leaves with burn hole, bound with [Sancroft, William Archbishop of Canterbury], A Sermon Preached in S. Peter's Westminster, on the first Sunday in Advent, at the Consecration of... John [Cosin] Lord Bishop of Durham [and others], 1660, 39pp., stain & some worming to fore-margin of first two pamphlets, bound with twenty other late 17th century sermons, including A Sermon at the Funeral of Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey, One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace, Who was Barbarously Murthered. Preached on Thursday the last day of October 1678. In the Parish Church of St. Martin in the Fields, by William Lloyd D.D. Dean of Bangor, 1678; Gods Providence in the midst of Confusions. Set out in a Sermon Preach'd at the Savoy, January the 30. 1681. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I, by Anthony Horneck, 1682; A Sermon Preached at St. Mary Le Bow, Novemb. 27. 1682. Being the Day of the Wiltshire-Feast, by Edward Pelling, 1683; A Discourse of the Soveraign Power, in a Sermon Preached at St. Mary Le Bow, Nov. 28. 1682. Before the Artillery Company of London..., by George Hickes, 1682; A Sermon Taken out of an Oxford Scholar's Pocket, Who was found Dead in Bishop's Wood, Near High-Gate, on Munday, Feb. 15. 1685/6. Together with a True Relation of the Manner of his being Discovered there, 1688, few sermons with occasional dust-soiling, minor marks and one or two closed tears, lacking front free endpaper, library bookplate to upper pastedown, late 17th/early 18th century blind panelled calf, joints cracked and worn at head & foot of spine, 4to (1)
Lot 241
Hansard (George Agar, Gwent Bowman). The Book of Archery, being the Complete History and Practice of the Art, Ancient and Modern, Interspersed with Numerous Interesting Anecdotes, and an Account of the Existing Toxophilite Societies, 1st edition, 3rd issue, 1841[1845], engraved frontispiece, additional title (dated 1845), and thirty-seven plates, first and final leaves spotted, hinges split, bookplate of J & U Brass on front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, extremities rubbed and spine a little darkened, 8vo (1)
Lot 242
Herwart von Hohenburg (Hans Friedrich). Von der Hochberhmpten, Adelichen vnd Ritterlichen Kunst der Reyterey, 1st edition, Tegernesee, 1581, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, 38 leaves of woodcuts including 7 folding, old manuscript notes in German to 3 blank leaves at rear, some old dampstaining, light browning and spotting throughout, title-page with 2 tiny holes and a little marginal worming not affecting illustrations or text, minor marginal fraying, old limp vellum with flap and leather tie, some soiling and wear, folio A rare work on horsemanship, one of very few books printed by the monastic press at Tegernesee and first issued in 1577. (1)
Lot 248
Le Grand (Antoine). Institutio Philosophiae secundum Principia D. Renati Descartes: Nova Methdo adornata & explicata, ... in usum juventutis academicae, Nuremburg, Johann Zieger, 1679, 1200 + [66] pages, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front blank Ex Libris Magistri Roberti Stewart pastor, contemporary blind ruled full calf, thick 8vo, together with Seneca (Lucus Annaeus), L. Annaei Senecai Philosophi, et M. Annaei Senecai Rhetoris Opera quae extant omnia, Cologne, Samuel Crispin, 1614, 1276 pages, title with woodcut device, some marks and soiling, old annotation in ink to verso, contemporary calf, rubbed and some marks, thick 12mo An early edition of Le Grand's compendium of the philosophy of Descartes, first published by Samuel Roycroft in 1694. (2)
Lot 252
Morgagni (Giovanni Battista). Adversaria anatomica omnia..., 6 parts in one, Leiden, Johannem Arnoldum Langerak, 1723, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 11 engraved plates, including one folding, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, joints cracked with a little wear to extremities, 4to The first edition in one volume of the celebrated anatomist Gian Battista Morgagni's six anatomical investigations, containing important new medical understanding of the larynx, trachea, urethra, and genitalia. (1)
Lot 255
Philidor ( Francois Andre Danican). Analysis of the Game of Chess..., with critical remarks and notes by the author of The Stragems of Chess, translated from the last French edition... by W.S. Kemmy, 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, engraved plate, woodcut diagrams in text, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, slightly rubbed, small 8vo First edition of this translation. (1)
Lot 256
Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, lacks first and final blanks as usual, early ownership name of 'Jno:Benthall' to first title, another name at head crossed out, some occasional spotting and light marginal old dampstaining, lower margin of leaf 2A5 of volume 1 torn away without affecting text, small hole from paper thinning to centre of leaf 3F6 of volume 1 with loss affecting lettering of 3 lines recto and verso, 2 small holes to leaf 3N6 of index to volume 2 affecting lettering in 6 lines, marginal worm tracing to index leaves of volume 2 not affecting text, armorial bookplate of J.A. Knowles Renshaw to front pastedown, contemporary calf with gilt lozenge design to centre of both covers, old calf reback with leather label and raised bands, corners restored, somewhat rubbed and upper cover detached, folio (320 x 215 mm) The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. (1)
Lot 257
Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, woodcut initials and ornaments, volume 1 title with marginal hole and dampstains, following few leaves with marginal dampstains, leaves A4-5 at front detached with frayed fore-margins, leaves A2-B3 from volume 2 repaired (some loss of text), a few leaves in first volume affected at gutter by insect damage, armorial bookplate, later calf gilt, rubbed, folio The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)
Lot 260
Rousseau (Jean-Jacques). Emile, ou De l'Education, 3 volumes, Amsterdam, Jean Neaulme, 1762, engraved frontispiece to each volume, titles printed in red and black, later half calf gilt, first two volumes with some damp staining to covers, 8vo, together with Marsollier (M. de), Vie de Saint Francois de Sales, 2 volumes, Paris, 1826, engraved plates, some light spotting, contemporary full tree calf gilt, a little rubbed and some marks, plus other 18th and 19th century French literature and history, various, including Rollin, Trait‚ des Etudes, 4 volumes, 1821, Rousseau, Confessions, 4 volumes, Leipzig, 1804, Oeuvres de Beranger, 4 volumes, Brussels, 1828, Leon Guerin, Le Tour du Monde, 2 volumes, Paris, 1841, Madame de Genlis, Les Veill‚es du Chateau, 3 volumes, Paris, 1804, Vertot, Histoire des Revolutions Suede, 2 volumes, Paris, 1795, De Jouy, L'Hermite de la guiame, ou Observations, sur les moeurs et les usages parisiens au commencement du XIXe siecle, 3 volumes, Paris, 1818, Malvina, par Madame [Cottin], 4 volumes, Paris, 1800, etc., all leather-bound, generally in good condition, mostly 8vo, including some 12mo (80)
Lot 278
Boydell (John & Josiah, publishers). A Collection of Prints from the pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain, 2 volumes bound in one, 1803[-05], printed dedication, introduction and list of plates, 100 engraved plates, including vignette title page to each volume, portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte, and 97 fine stipple engraved plates after Henry Fuseli, George Romney, Joseph Wright, Francis Wheatley, Angelika Kauffman, Robert Smirke, John Opie, James Barry and others, generally good strong impressions, some minor marginal marks and light spotting, a few plates with some light browning, and one or two short closed marginal tears, minor fraying to first and last leaves, both covers missing, large folio (690 x 540 mm) (1)
Lot 28
Black (Adam & Charles, publishers). A collection of seventy-one volumes, mostly relating to the British Isles, early 20th century, mostly from the '20 shilling series' with publisher's decorative cloth bindings, a few with dust jackets, some first editions, occasional duplicates, including:- The Wye, Bonnie Scotland, Ireland, Birds of Britain, Edinburgh, Happy England, Yorkshire, The Heart of Scotland, The English Lakes, British Castles, Sussex, Lancashire, Warwickshire, The Fowl, Red Cap Tales [and] British Floral Decoration, some spines faded and a little worn, with occasional fraying to head and foot of spines, mostly large 8vo (71)
Lot 283
Keynes (Geoffrey). William Blake's Laocoon. A Last Testament..., Trianon Press, 1976, black & white frontispiece and plates, publisher's brown morocco gilt, 4to, contained in original slipcase, (special copy no. XVI of 32, signed by Geoffrey Keynes, in an edition of 438 copies), together with Hewitt (Graily), The Pen and Type-Design, London: The First Edition Club, 1928, Ken Tomkinson bookplate, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red morocco with Art Deco gilt design, large 8vo, contained in original drop back box, (limited edition of 250 copies), with Morison (Stanley), On Type Faces, Examples of the use of type for the printing of books..., London: Medici Society & The Fleuron, 1923, edges untrimmed, original cloth-backed marbled boards, folio, (limited edition 111/750), with Godman (Ernest), Norman Architecture in Essex, published by the author at Sunnyside, Banstead, Surrey, 1905, etched frontispiece, black & white plates and illustrations, signature of Elizabeth Ashbee, 1906 to front free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, plus other private press and printing reference related etc. (20)
Lot 284
Lewis (Wyndham). The Enemy: A review of art and literature, numbers 1-3 [all published], 1927-29, colour and monochrome plates, advertisements at front of each issue, original pictorial wrappers with designs by Wyndham Lewis to each, rubbed and some wear, with covers to first volume detached, upper cover to second volume detached, and some fraying with a little loss, the first volume signed by Wyndham Lewis to head of title (3)
Lot 29
Britton (John). Cathedral Antiquities. Historical and descriptive accounts, with 311 illustrations..., 5 volumes, M.A. Nattali, 1836, numerous engraved plates by Le Keux, Cattermole, Cresey, Gandy, Bartlett, etc, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform red half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, upper cover to first volume detached, 4to, together with Dugdale (Sir William), Monasticon Anglicanum, volume 1 only, 1st edition, Richard Hodgkinson, 1655, numerous etched plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Daniel King, some soiling and staining to lower fore-margin throughout, a few marginal tears and one folding plate loose, contemporary calf, worn with covers detached, folio (sold with all faults) (6)
Lot 293
Watelet (C.H. & Levesque, P.C.). Dictionnaire des arts de peinture, sculpture et gravure, 5 volumes, Paris, L.F. Prault, 1792, folding table to first volume, modern half morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Dufresnoy (C.A.), The Art of Painting: by C.A. Dufresnoy: with remarks. Translated into English, with an original preface, containing a parallel between painting and poetry, by Mr. Dryden. Also a short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern: by Richard Graham, printed for Henry Lintot, 1750, engraved frontispiece by Samuel Gribelin, modern calf, 8vo, plus Burke (Edmund), A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, 8th edition, with an introductory discourse concerning taste, and several other additions, printed for J. Dodsley, 1776, bookplate of Henry Augustus Leicester to front pastedown, with his ownership inscription in ink to head of title, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed with joints partly cracked at head and foot, 8vo (7)
Lot 300
Ashendene Press. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1935, black and white plates and illustrations including some tipped-in specimens and 2 errata slips, ex-public library with numerous stamps and marks, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco, spine heavily rubbed with some loss at head and foot, stamped classification number at foot of spine, slipcase, (signed limited edition, 175/390 copies), together with Limited Editions Club, Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications in the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club, New York, 1959, colour and black and white plates and illustrations including some tipped in, original quarter morocco in worn slipcase, 4to, (limited edition, 1906/2250 copies), plus Dreyfus (John), A History of the Nonesuch Press, 1981, some illustrations in red and black, original cloth in dust jacket, some slight soiling and browning, folio, plus other private press and literary reference (12)
Lot 301
*Schubert (Franz). Sonata in A Minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D.821, Frank Bridge, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Mstislav Rostropovitch on Cello and Benjamin Britten on Piano, Decca SXL 6426 Stereo, record in excellent/near mint condition on both sides, label also in excellent condition, record sleeve in excellent/near mint condition with Clarifoil lamination completely intact, original inner sleeve Rare original UK first pressing with Wideband ED3 label (ED1 and ED2 versions do not exist for this record). (1)
Lot 302
*Music from Bohemia. Smetana, Suite from The Bartered Bride, Dvorak, Scherzo Capriccioso Op.66, Weinberger, Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Kempe, record is in excellent condition with just a few light scratches, record cover is in excellent/near mint condition with lamination completely intact, original inner sleeve HMV ASD 449 Stereo. Original UK first pressing with White/Gold ED1 label. Rare promotional copy ("Factory Sample - NOT FOR SALE" sticker on label). (1)
Lot 303
*Stravinsky. The Rite of Spring (Ballet) with Ernest Ansermet conducting L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Decca SXL 2042 Stereo, record is in excellent condition on both sides with just a few very light marks/scratches, label also in excellent condition with just a few spindle marks visible on one side, record sleeve in very good condition, some loss of lamination on both sides, some edge wear, and sellotape repair on the back, original inner sleeve present in good condition Rare original UK first pressing with Grooved Wideband ED1 label. (1)
Lot 304
*Portal (Michel, 1935-). Our Meanings and Our Feelings with guest artists Joachim Kuhn, J.F. Jenny Clark, Aldo Romano and Jacques Thollot, EMI PATHE 2C 054-10.525 Stereo, record is in excellent/near mint condition with no visible marks or scratches of any kind, record cover is in excellent condition, with just a minor blemish on one corner, label is also in excellent condition Rare original French first pressing 12" LP with maroon label. Born in 1935 in Bayonne, France, reedman Michel Portal is one of the architects of modern European jazz and has had a hand in some of the most significant shifts in modern classical music. Portal, along with pianist Francois Tusques, trumpeter Bernard Vitet, drummer Charles Saudrais and tenor man Barney Wilen, embraced and expanded upon the innovations of Ornette, Cecil, Coltrane and Shepp as part of the nascent French free jazz movement. (1)
Lot 305
*Neveu (Ginette, 1919-1949). The Complete Recorded Legacy of Ginette Neveu, box set of 4 records including The Early Recordings, The First English Recordings, Works for Violin and Piano and The Collaboration with Issay Dobrowen, EMI/HMV Treasury - RLS 739 (HLM 7168-71), box set of 4 mono records with late semi-circle Dog label (6th series) with His Master's Voice printed inside the semi-circle, this is generally regarded as the best sounding pressing of this recording, complete with original booklet (creased), all four records are in excellent/near mint condition without any visible marks or scratches and stored in their original liners, box is in very good undamaged condition with minor wear in places Ginette Neveu was a famous French classical violinist who was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30. At age 16, Ginette Neveu achieved worldwide celebrity status when she won the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition over 180 contestants, including the future virtuoso David Oistrakh, who finished second, and Henri Temianka, who finished third. Neveu was immediately signed to an extensive touring contract that over the next two years saw her give solo performances at the leading concert halls of Germany, Poland, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Canada. dith Piaf wrote of Neveu in her autobiography, The Wheel of Fortune: "I would have traveled thousands of miles to hear the great Ginette Neveu....". (1)
Lot 311
*10" Classical Records. A collection of 27 classical 10" records on Parlophone/Odeon, Columbia, Decca, Philips, London, Fontana and HMV record labels, including a rare UK first pressing of Bach (Six Sonatas) and Telemann (Suite in D Major) with Karl Haas conducting the London Baroque Ensemble (Parlophone/Odeon PMB 1004), in near mint condition Sample check indicates the majority of these records would appear to be in excellent condition. (27)
Lot 326
*Jazz/Blues Records. A collection of approximately 250 jazz and blues records (12") featuring many of the popular artists of the 1940s and 1950s, including The Red Garland Trio, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Thelonious Monk, Buddy Rich, Charlie Mingus, Charlie Christian, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Charlie Parker, Wild Bill Davis, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Bix Beiderbecke, Buck Clayton, Lionel Hampton, Bessie Smith, Herbie Mann, Jay McShann and many others, the majority of these records would appear to be in very good or excellent condition Examples of records included are Nothin' But The Blues (Fontana TFL 5123, original 1959 UK mono first pressing), A Garland of Red (Esquire 32-046), The Modern Jazz Quartet (London LTZ-K 15136), Thelonious Monk (Riverside RLP 12-226), Sound track of Anatomy of a Murder (film) by Duke Ellington (Philips BBL 7338), Quintet of the Year (Vogue LAE 12031), Charlie Christian (Columbia CL 652), Clark Terry - Duke with a Difference (Riverside RLP 12-246), Blues and Roots by Charlie Mingus (London LTZ-K 15194). (approx. 250)
Lot 33
Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum, sive Pandectae Coenobiorum Benedictinorum, Cluniacensieum, Cisterciensium, Carthusianorum, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Richard Hodgkinson, Alice Warren & Thomas Newcomb, 1655-73, titles printed in red and black, additional etched title to first volume by Hollar, 109 full-page etched plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Daniel King, including some folding or double-page, plus 1 half-page etched illustration, (volume 1 has frontispiece, 62 plates plus folding map, volume 2 has 18 plates, volume 3 has 28 plates plus 1 half-page etched illustration), linen-backed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 19th century gilt-decorated crushed full red morocco, rubbed and scuffed to joints, with a little wear, upper joint to third volume partly cracked, outer corners bumped, folio Ex libris Henry Parry Liddon (1829-1890), Church of England clergyman and theologian, and a leading member of the Oxford Movement. He was canon of St. Paul's Cathedral from 1870 to his death, and was a close friend of Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. (3)
Lot 347
Potter (Beatrix). The Story of Miss Moppet, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour plates and fourteen leaves of text bound concertina-style, rubbed in places, original wallet-form grey cloth, lettered and blocked in dark blue, with oval pictorial panel to upper cover, lightly soiled, tab closure worn, 16mo, together with a first edition of The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, free endpapers toned, original salmon pink cloth gilt, spine and upper return faded, 8vo, plus three titles by Cicely Mary Barker (Flower Fairies of the Spring, Summer & Autumn), all original boards in dustjackets Linder, p.426; Quinby 11. (5)
Lot 349
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1st edition, [1922], 24 plates including 16 tipped-in colour plates, 1 plate detached, scattered minor spotting, original red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, spine slightly faded, heavy marks to lower board, together with Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, with drawings by Arthur Rackham, 2nd impression, 1905, 51 tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, fore-edges and lower edges of boards heavily dampstained, both 4to, plus Aesop's Fables..., illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 1912, colour plates and black and white illustrations to text, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo, plus other illustrated books and first editions, mostly early 20th century (27)
Lot 35
Greenwich Hospital Estate Plans. Plans of the Several Estates and Farms Belonging to Greenwich Hospital, in the Counties of Cumberland, Northumberland, and Durham. From Actual Surveys, 1805, 171 engraved plans by J. Walker, some folding, one or two short closed tears, occasional marginal soiling, ex-libris The Law Society (inkstamps and shelf numbers at front), hinges reinforced, contemporary green half calf, upper joint splitting, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Collection of estate plans granted to the Greenwich Hospital by the Crown in 1735, from estates seized from the Earl of Derwentwater who was executed for treason during the first Jacobite uprising of 1715. (1)
Lot 370
Moore (George). Peronnik the Fool, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933, engraved frontispiece, title, two plates and few illustrations by Stephen Gooden, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original full vellum gilt, 4to, (limited editon 215/525, signed by author & illustrator), together with Folio Society, The Getty Apocalypse, facsimile of MS Ludwig III in the J. Paul Getty Museum, with Commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan, 2011, together 2 volumes, colour facsimile pages heightened in gilt, and black & white plates, original quarter morocco and full maroon buckran, folio, contained together in original drop back box, (limited edition 143/1020), with Worcester (Edward Somerset, Marquis of), [A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected: (which my former Notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the Year 1655, Glasgow: printed by R. and A. Foulis, 1767], lacking title, some light dampstaining and dust-soiling, contemporary marbled sheep, joints cracked, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, modern first editions and art reference etc. including, Diary of Travels in France and Spain, Chiefly in the Year 1844, by Rev. Francis Trench, 2 vols., 1845, Vathek: An Arabian Tale, by William Beckford, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, (limited edition 426/450), Scoop by Evelyn Waugh, 1st edition, 1938, Keynotes by George Egerton, 1893, and Water-Colour Painting in Britain, by Martin Hardie, 3 vols., mixed editions, 1967-68 (a carton)
Lot 38
Meyrick (Samuel Rush, and Smith, Charles Hamilton). The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Isles, From the Earliest Periods to the Sixth Century; To which is Added, that of the Gothic Nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic, the Ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes, 1st ed., 1815, additional hand-coloured aquatint title with contemporary signature to upper blank margin, twenty-four hand-coloured aquatint plates, bound without half title or sub title, some light offsetting and spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th century dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spine, folio, together with Loutherbourg (P.J. De), The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales..., 1805, facsimile edition, published Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, 1979, colour plates., contemporary brown half morocco gilt, folio For first title see Abbey Life 427. (2)
Lot 407
Modern fiction. A large collection of late 19th-century and modern first edition fiction and literature, including Kingsley Amis, Marina Lewycka, Peter Ackroyd, Laurens van der Post, some signed by the authors, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Lot 410
Brandes (Rand & Durkan, Michael J.). Seamus Heaney, A Bibliography 1959-2003, 1st edition, 2008, original black cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Morrow (Bradford & Lafourcade, Bernard), A Bibliography of the Writings of Wyndham Lewis, advanced review copy, USA, 1978, original illustrated wrappers, covers slightly toned, 8vo, plus Peacock (Jila), Ten Poems from Hafez, 2006, 10 illustrations by the author, original wrappers in slipcase, 4to, plus other modern first edition fiction and literature reference including Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, Philip Larkin, J.G. Ballard, Len Deighton, John Updike, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Lot 42
Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire. Comprising the Topography, Antiquities, Curiosities, Produce, Trade and Manufactures of that County..., also the Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military History of the City of Gloucester from its first foundation to the present time..., published Cirencester 1779, title page creased, folding engraved map of Gloucestershire by J.Bayly, two further single page maps of the Home Park estate near Cirencester and Oakley Great Park, thirteen uncoloured engraved folding plates of stately homes and a single page engraving of a cross section of Pen-Park hole, ownership signature of Thomas S. Bazley (1797 - 1885) to front endpaper, decorative etched bookplate of Gardner S. Bazely, the bookplate is a play on his name as it depicts a gardener standing under an arbour, with a later Hatherop Castle library stamp, modern half calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, but retaining contemporary marbled boards, folio Thomas Bazley was a cotton merchant and MP who aquired estates in Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire eventually settling at Eyford Park near Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire. His widow the Dowager Lady Bazley died at the Vicarage in Bibury aged 93 in 1897. (1)
Lot 427
Norman (Dorothy). Nehru, The First Sixty Years, volumes 1 & 2, 1st edition, 1965, black and white frontispiece and map, later inscription to front endpapers, original plum cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Souza (George Bryan & Turley, Jeffery S.), The Boxer Codex, Transcription and Translation of an Illustrated Late Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript, 1st edition, 2016, original illustrated boards, 8vo, and Rungta (Radhe Shyam), The Rise of Business Corporations in India 1851-1900, 1st edition, CUP, 1970, original blue cloth in dust jacket, plus other modern India reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 441
[Mills, Alfred]. The Elements of Geography, Embellished with Thirteen Beautifully Coloured Engravings, Dean and Munday, circa 1840, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and twelve hand-coloured letterpress engravings with text beneath, printed on one side of the leaf only (facing versos and rectos), modern marbled boards titled on upper cover, slim 8vo, together with Tom Thumb's Alphabet; or, New ABC, J. Fairburn, circa 1838 [cover-title], letterpress engravings, manuscript ownership name at head of first page dated 1838, spotted, and some closed tears at gutter, original printed yellow wrappers, soiled and worn, slim 8vo, plus Holmes (Thomas, publisher), Holmes's Nursery Library, Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty-Three Engravings, circa 1852, letterpress engravings throughout, contemporary ownership names on front endpapers, hinges split, original blindstamped green cloth, lightly soiled, gilt lettered spine faded, 8vo, plus fifty other 19th century school books, primers, pamphlets, chapbooks etc., and seventeen copy/drawing books, including Vere Foster and John Jackson (70)
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