* Prints & Engravings. A collection of six prints, mostly 19th-century, including Williamson (Thomas). A Meeting of Connoisseurs, published by R. Cribb, Feby. 1807, satirical stipple engraving after John Boyne with contemporary colouring, title repeated in French, 450 x 525 mm, framed and glazed, together with Havell (R.). Grenadier of the First West York Militia [and] East York Militia, published by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Feby. 1st 1814, a pair of aquatints after George Walker, both with contemporary hand-colouring, title and descriptive text on the verso of the frame, each approximately 310 x 215 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, with a hand-coloured portrait of the Duke of Wellington, an unattributed naive watercolour of Shakespeare's Cliff near Dover and a photograph of 'Thelma & Louise' signed in felt pen by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, all framed and glazedQTY: (6)NOTE:The first described item, BM Satires number 10801.
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Mercure François. Mercure François, ou, l'Histoire de nostre temps, sous le regne du tres-Chrestien Roy de France & de Navarre, Luuys XIII, 5 volumes (volumes 10-13 & 15), Paris: Jean & Estienne Richter, 1625-31, engraved frontispieces to volumes 12 & 13, folding table to volume 11, volume 10 title repaired at foot, lower corners of pp. 25-32 in volume 12 excised, a few leaves close -trimmed at top margin, some toning and occasional light water stains, bookplates, later half calf, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (5)NOTE:First published annually in 1611 and continued until 1648, the periodical was the first to be written in French rather than Latin.
Cooper (Thomas Sidney). Studies of Cattle, drawn from nature..., Parts 1 & 2, New Edition, London: S. & J. Fuller, circa 1839, 70 lithographic plates (2 lacking in part II), overall spotting, later endpapers to part I, both with original cloth with gilt binding (part II with first three leaves and upper cover detached), faded, oblong 4to, together with Hills (Robert). Etchings of Horses, circa 1816, 36 etchings, minor spotting and some marks to blank margin, disbound, large folio, and a further 24 lithographs by E Purcell, London: Thomas Maclean, 1822, containing studies of figures set mainly in the countryside or in battle, (one missing lower right edge, another with closed tear to lower margin), contained loosely in two boards, 4toQTY: (4)
* James I. By the King. A Proclamation declaring His Maiesties grace to his subiects touching matters complained of as publique greeuances, Imprinted at London : By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill ... 1621, upper board decoration, royal coat of arms and caption title, large capital initial, black letter, 4 leaves, printed to rectos only, tear with blank loss to lower left corner of final leaf, contemporary endorsement note to final leaf verso, stitched at head as issued, 39.5 x 31 cm, together with an assorted group of 8 vellum manuscripts and fragments, comprising: Oxfordshire. Mandate of the Court of Wards and Liveries to Jeffery Warner, his councillors, attorneys, agents and solicitors; 11 July 1642, to stay his suit in the court of King’s Bench against Simon Coleman, tenant to Dame Katherine Ashcombe, mother and committee of the king’s wards Mary, Frances and Margaret Ashcombe, concerning Halloway Grange [in Swalciffe, Oxfordshire], until Warner has answered the information exhibited against him in the Court of Wards; issued by [Richard] Chamberlain, [registrar of the Court of Wards and Liveries], wax seal fragment appended to left margin; France. Montvilliers [north of Harfleur, Seine Maritime]; 16 January 1587, Recognition before Thomas de Vymont, escuyer, guardian of the seal of obligations of the Vicomté of Montvilliers, and Jehan Dubosc and Philipe Manger, notaries and tabellions, of the assignment of a mortgage-rent of £42 6 sous Tournois of land in Montvilliers, formerly the estate of Guillem Houllemare of Mannevillette now deceased, and to which his children are now entitled, granted by Jehan le Francoys of Buglise to Jehan Herault, seigneur of La Clinarderye, living in the parish of Fontenay, on 8 January 1574, and now to Guillaume Gossellin and Nicholas Prevost of Mannevillette for £615 Tournois, of which Herault acknowledges receipt, 6 pp. with integral blank, stitched as issued, slim 4to; France. Surville, Seine Maritime; 15 May 1804, Sale for 7000 francs of three pieces of land (described, with boundaries) in the commune of Surville, Charles Joachim Grente of Pont-l’Eveque [Seine Maritime], Augustin Gouy and his wife Marie Anne Grente, and Charles François Bazin of Norolles and his eldest daughter Jeanne, to Pierre Chillaye of Coudrey and his wife Marguerite Moisy; with letters of procuration; 15 May 1804; enrolled at Calvados, volume 18 number 2047, 16 May 1804, 20 pp., stitched as issued, slim 4to; Guernsey. Two documents, 1570 & 1599, the first a declaration concerning a piece of land in the parish of Manne, the second issued by Jehan esquire of Hardanville, councillor of the king, judge of the bailiwick of Gisors, both heavily soiled, 1 page, oblong narrow folio; plus a very poor condition bifolium from a Missal, c. 1400, subsequently used as a book coverQTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.First item: Goldsmiths'-Kress 00492.2; STC 8667.
Bradley (Eliza). An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Suffering of Mrs. E. Bradley ... Written by herself, wife of Capt. James Bradley, of Liverpool, Commander of the ship Sally, which was Wrecked on the coast of Barbary, in June, 1818. Written by Herself..., [2nd edition], Boston: Printed by G. Clark, No. 1, Dock-Square, for the Publisher, 1821, 108 p., folding woodcut frontispiece with tear to fore-edge with small area of image loss, one other woodcut plate, some toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary light brown sheep-backed paste paper covered boards, upper joint with few insect holes and slight wear at foot of spine, 12mo in 6s, together with:[Anstey, Christopher]. The New Bath Guide: or, Memoirs of the B-r-d Family. In a series of Poetical Epistles, 5th edition, London: J. Dodsley; Cambridge: Fletcher and Hodson, 1767, engraved frontispiece, light toning and scattered spotting, front blank free endpaper with ink stamp 'W. Blake', marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of Frederick J. H. Reeves to upper pastedown, contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo,[Henry, David]. An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, its Monuments and Curiosities..., designed chiefly as a Guide to Strangers, London: printed at the Minerva Press for A.K. Newman and Co. (successors to Lane, Newman & co.), 1809, engraved frontispiece, original printed boards, rebacked, 12moQTY: (3)NOTE:The First Boston edition of An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Suffering of Mrs. E. Bradley was published in 1820.
![Greenaway (Kate). Almanack for 1928, published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [1927], colour illustrations throughout, ori](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/174d7816-c9e5-468c-9cd2-b17f00ae0605/83030553-417d-4f5d-8017-b1c601440c68/468x382.jpg)
Greenaway (Kate). Almanack for 1928, published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [1927], colour illustrations throughout, original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, original printed glassine jacket, printed text to glassine wrapper 'The coloured illustrations are the actual first printing of the 1894 Almanack. The text for the year 1928 is now inserted', 12mo, together withAlmanack for 1886, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1885], colour illustrations throughout, original paper-backed gilt decorated boards, 12mo, plusGreenaway (Kate, illustrator). Starlight Stories told to Bright Eyes and Listening Ears, by Fanny Lablache, London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1886, 4 black & white plates, all edges gilt, decorative cloth binding, 8vo, and The New Forget-Me-Not, a calendar decorated by Rex Whistler, 1930-31, limited edition of 34/350 signed copies from a total of 360, 8voQTY: (4)
Hart (Joseph C.). A Modern Atlas of Fourteen Maps, 7th edition Revised and Corrected, published R. Lockwood New York, J. Grigg and A. Finley Philadelphia and Hillard Gray and Co. Boston, 1830, printed title and 14 double-page engraved maps with contemporary wash colouring, some staining and dust soiling throughout, later endpapers, modern cloth with old title label to the upper siding, slim 4to, together with Johnston (Keith). The Half-Crown Atlas of Physical Geography, W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh, circa 1890, 31 (complete as list) colour printed maps and charts, index and advertisements bound at rear, publisher's cloth gilt, worn at extremities, small 8vo, with Butler (Samuel). An Atlas of Ancient Geography, 1826, calligraphic title, index, 21 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some staining and off-setting throughout, contemporary and later ownership signatures and an old library label to the first front blank, bookplate of The Convent of the Assumption, Ramsgate to the verso of the front endpaper, joints cracked and worn, contemporary morocco gilt, 8voQTY: (3)
Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson..., 5 volumes, 7th edition revised and augmented, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811, engraved portrait frontispiece (faint damp staining) to first volume, folding facsimile of handwriting examples, near contemporary gift inscription to each half-title, light spotting to a few leaves, early 20th-century speckled half calf, gilt morocco labels to spines, 12mo, together withBest (Thomas). The Art of Angling, Confirmed by actual Experience..., London: B. & R. Crosby & Co, 1814, engraved frontispiece, light spotting to first few leaves, previous ownership inscription and bookplate to front pastedown and front free endpaper, hinges and joints cracked, contemporary tree calf, extremities a little rubbed and corners bumped, areas of loss to head and foot of spine, 12mo, plus Sowerby (John E., illustrator and Charles Johnson). The Ferns of Great Britain..., London: John E. Sowerby, 1855, 49 coloured engraved plates many with respective specimens of ferns (some pasted or tacked onto blank pages), spotting and damp staining to most plates, near contemporary ownership inscription of Charles Bass to front free endpaper, early 20th-century deep purple half morocco, spine rubbed and torn, joints cracking, boards worn corners bumped, small 4to, and 24 other volumes, some leather-bound, mostly early 20th-century QTY: (31)
Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus). Three Sonatas for Piano Forte, London: printed & Sold at Bland & Weller's Music Warehouse, 23 Oxford Street, [1793], engraved titlepage with large vignette of a mother and child weeping by a carved stone relief bust of Mozart, 40pp. of engraved music (numbered 2-41 with first page blank), some light marginal soiling, untrimmed, original blue plain wrappers, stitched as issued, some loss to lower quarter of upper wrapper, and to edges of rear wrapper, large slim folio, together with two other pieces of engraved music: Nicola Sampieri, Le Roi a La Chasse, a favorite piece of music composed by Signor Sampieri, [London: engraved vignette title to upper wrapper, depcting a hunt, two pages of engraved music (numbered 12-13), some soiling and fraying to edges, slim folio, and Hugh Dolphin, A Trip to Margate, a new comic song descriptive of the progressions of a Steam Packet, in her outward bound passage from the Tower Stairs to Margate Pier, London: printed & Published for the Proprietor by C. Mitchell, 13 Southampton Row, Russell Square, 4pp. of engraved music and text (the latter with marginal illustrations), unbound, slim folioQTY: (3)NOTE:First English edition of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major (K.280), Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat (K.282) and Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major (K.283).
Erni (Hans, 1909-2015). The Song of Songs. Text and Commentary by Robert Graves, Illustrated by Hans Erni, first edition, London: William Collins Sons & Co., 1973, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations to text, artist's signed and inscribed original pencil drawing of a young man’s head to half-title, with Erni’s signature lower right and inscription for John Field written vertically to left margin, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:The drawing is of the young bridegroom as portrayed in this version of the Canticles or Song of Songs.
![Johnson (J., printer). Lessons for Children from Two to Three Years Old, [by Anna L. Barbauld], Part 1, London: J.Johnson, 17](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/174d7816-c9e5-468c-9cd2-b17f00ae0605/fb883330-50f8-4038-a76e-b1c60143b736/468x382.jpg)
Johnson (J., printer). Lessons for Children from Two to Three Years Old, [by Anna L. Barbauld], Part 1, London: J.Johnson, 1797, 2 pages advertisements after title-page and one on final page, some spotting and toning to preliminaries, ownership inscription to front pastedown in brown ink 'Margaret Meux 1800', upper wrapper and title-page partly detached at lower edge, original printer's marbled wrappers, printed label to upper wrapper, lower part of spine wrapper lacking, 12mo, together withLessons for Children of Three Years Old, [part 2], London: T. Bensley, lacking title-page and final advertising leaf, bookplate of Elizabeth Meux to front pastedown, top corner of final page lacking corner with small loss to text, top margins closely trimmed affecting the first word 'Lessons', contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, remnants of red label to spine, plusLessons for Children., Part III being the second for children of three years old, [by Anna L. Barbauld], London: J. Johnson, 1798, ownership inscription in brown ink to front free endpaper 'Margaret Meux 1800', one page of advertisements to rear, original marbled wrappers, printed label to upper wrapper, slight loss to lower spine, and a duplicate, erroneously labelled 'part II' on printed label, 12 moQTY: (4)NOTE:Osborne, p. 108.
Maps. A collection of five maps, mostly 19th-century, including John & Ward. Johnson's New Military Map of the United States Showing the Forts, Military Posts &c. with Enlarged Plans of Southern Harbors from Authentic Data Obtained at the War Department, published Washington [1861 - 64], engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, nine inset maps of Baltimore, Washington, Hampton Roads and Norfolk Harbour, Charleston Harbour, Savannah River, Key West Florida, Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Mobile Bay Alabama [and] New Orleans and Delta of Mississippi, very slight spotting, slight marginal fraying, one closed repaired tear at the base of the central folds, 440 x 610 mm, mounted, together with De Vaugondy (Robert). Le Royaume D' Ecosse divisé en Shires ou Comtés [1751 - 68], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some water staining affecting the printed image, split at base of central fold, 495 x 585 mm, with Levasseur (Victor). Dept. de la Côte D'Or [and] Dept. des Alpes Maritimes, Paris circa 1855, two engraved maps with contemporary wash colouring and some later enhancement, each approximately 305 x 435 mm, the first item mounted, the second, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Flamsteed (John & Fortin Jean Nicolas). Le Taureau, Paris, circa 1795, hand-coloured engraved celestial chart, 195 x 240 mm, mounted, and Vanni (Nic. after). Five Classical Reliefs of Pompeian Frescos, circa 1765, five uncoloured engravings, each approximately 350 x 250 mm, uniformly mountedQTY: (10)
Clemens (Samuel Langhorne, 'Mark Twain'). Life on the Mississippi, 1st UK edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1883, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, publisher's 32 pp. advertisements at end dated March 1883, some leaves detached, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth gilt, s[pine faded, a few small stains, 8vo (precedes the first US edition by several days), together with Crompton (Richmal). William the Superman, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1968, illustrations by Henry Ford, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, slight fading to spine, a little rubbed with a few nicks, 8vo, plus Colfer (Eoin). Artemis Fowl, 1st edition, London: Viking, 2001, light toning to text block, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, with others by J. P. Donleavy, Eoin Colfer, Philip Reeve, Tom Sharpe, Spike Milligan et alQTY: (55)
Capper (Benjamin Pitts). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom..., 1808, frontispiece of a folding engraved map of the British Isles with contemporary wash colouring, title page, introduction and index, 44 engraved maps (complete as list) including five folding, all with contemporary hand colouring, text block near detached, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, 8vo, together with Pigot & Co. (publishers). [A Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England: With Historical and Statistical Descriptions..., volume 1 only, 1835], lacking title and preface, 24 (only) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each map accompanied by a mileage table with an ecclesiastical vignette, near-contemporary ownership signature to the first front blank, appears to lack the map of England and Wales, slight dust soiling throughout, contemporary cloth gilt, bumped and worn at extremities, 8vo, with Witts (publishers). Map of Gloucestershire shewing Ancient Camps, Roman Villas, Barrows and Road, circa 1880, folding zincographic map with contemporary outline colouring, the map surrounded by plans of Roman villas and burial mounds, laid on linen, 880 x 825 mm, bound in contemporary cloth boards with gilt title to the upper cover, spine faded and partially detached, bumped with slight wear, plus Greenwood (C. & J.). Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster from an Actual Survey..., published Pentonville Feby. 24th 1830, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, table of explanation, compass rose, reference to the hundreds and an inset uncoloured vignette of Lancaster Castle and Church, some staining, marbled endpapers, 635 x 695 mm, and Wyld (James, publisher). A Map of the County of Kent Drwan from the Topographical Survey taken by Order of the Honourable Board of Ordnance under the Direction of Lt. Col. Wm. Mudge, Royl. Arty. F. R. S. Reduced from the Large Map in Four Sheets by a Scale of one inch to two Statute Miles, new edition, 1842, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 620 x 890 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to extremitiesQTY: (5)
* Documents & Ephemera. An assorted collection of documents, letters and ephemera, mostly late 19th century, including 2 Victorian leather writing boxes, the first with the engraved name plaque for Sir Sydney Smith Saunders [1809-1884], dated 1864, with a broken Bramah lock, containing various related papers and documents and a loose fitted top drawer with a few seals and other personal stationery artefacts, the second writing box with the stamped initials of the judge Sir Matthew Ingle Joyce [1839-1930], containing legal and personal correspondence from the early 1900s, lock broken, plus other unrelated legal memoranda of agreements, assorted letters, etc., plus 10 volumes of mostly late 19th and early 20th century printed music scores, contemporary morocco or limp roan, all generally worn, five covers with gilt-stamped ownership name of Princess Victoria of Wales [1865-1935], folio/quartoQTY: (3 cartons)
Levinson (Andre). Bakst. The Story of the Artist's Life, London: The Bayard Press, 1923, number 239 of 315 copies, 68 plates (52 colour, tipped-in) after designs by Bakst, printed tissue guards, presentation inscription to front free endpaper dated 1926, spotting to endpaper, original vellum, lettered to upper cover and spine, spotted and damp stained to lower margins (with associated paper adherance to lower cover, and slight cockling to upper cover), foot of spine frayed, folio (37 x 27.5 cm), together withFashion. Gazette du Bon Ton. Art, Modes & Frivolites, vol. 1, Paris: Lucien Vogel, 1921, 11 full-page pochoir fashion plates (plate 4 lacking from Intérieurs Modernes), colour illustrations throughout text, commercial adverts including three full-page adverts, some spotting to first two leaves, loosley contained in original printed card cover, some spotting to upper cover, 4to, plus, La Decoration Nouvelle au Pochoir by L Durand, containing 9/14 plates (lacking 2,4,10,11 &13), loosely contained in a Tarif des Pochoirs cover, and Nouveau Modeles au Pochoir, with 7/10 plates (lacking 5,7 & 8), with 1 leaf of Tarif des Pochoirs, all loosely contained in cloth backed buff decorated boards with ties, 4to QTY: (3)NOTE:Leon Bakst (1866-1924) was a contemporary of Diaghilev and designed sets and costumes for Ballets Russes.
Fox (John). The Book of Martyrs: Containing an Account of the Sufferings & Deaths of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First, London: H. Trapp, 1776, engraved frontispiece (loose), engraved title, full-page engraved plates, occasional spotting with small damp-stains, a few plates and text leaves loose, all edges untrimmed, contemporary calf gilt, heavily worn, boards detaching, folio, together with:Bell (James). A New System of Geography, 6 volumes, Glasgow: Archibald Fullarton, 1832, engraved plates throughout, bookplate of Robert Dalglish to front pastedowns, spotting with occasional soiling, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus[Harte, Walter]. Essays on Husbandry, 1st edition, London: W. Frederick for J. Hinton, 1764, 5 engraved full-page plates, further smaller illustrations in-text, lightly spotted, bookplate of South-Eastern Agricultural College to front pastedown, front hinge cracked, contemporary mottled calf, some wear to extremities, 8vo, withThorley (John). The Female Monarchy, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1744, frontispiece, 3 plates (1 folding), light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, worn, 8vo, with 5 shelves of antiquarian books, mostly leatherboundQTY: (5 shelves)
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1927, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, stitching breaking, some leaves detaching, pale water stain to lower margin of first few leaves, a few light marks, some toning to half-title and last leaf verso, previous owner inscriptions, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine faded wmd rubbed at ends, small split to upper joint, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1928, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, one or two light spots, presentation inscription to half-title, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original salmon cloth gilt, spine faded, light fading to cover extremities, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with 15 others including The Christopher Robin Story Book, 1st edition, 1929, The Christopher Robin Verses, 1st combined volume, 1932, Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White, 1st UK edition, 1952, and 11 Beatrix Potter reprintsQTY: (17)
![Qur’an [English]. The Koran, Commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original A](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/174d7816-c9e5-468c-9cd2-b17f00ae0605/353fd403-3094-45e2-8166-b1c6014246e1/468x382.jpg)
Qur’an [English]. The Koran, Commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with explanatory notes…, by George Sale, 2 volumes, London: L. Hawes, W. Clarke and R. Collins, 1764, titles printed in red and black, 5 engraved plates including folding map of Arabia, three genealogical tables (2 folding), and a folding plan of Mecca (some dust soiling and fraying with slight loss to foremargin), scattered pencil notes, slight spotting and soiling, title margins browned from turn-ins, small blank paper loss to lower outer corners of first four leaves of main text in volume 2, early name inscription of James Campbell to titles, contemporary calf, joints weak, worn, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:This is the second edition of the George Sale translation.
![[Peacock, James], 'Jose Mac Packe'. Oikidia, or, Nutshells: Being Ichnographic Distributions for Small Villas; chiefly upon o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/174d7816-c9e5-468c-9cd2-b17f00ae0605/6e11a347-723b-437e-8989-b1c60143b3f2/468x382.jpg)
[Peacock, James], 'Jose Mac Packe'. Oikidia, or, Nutshells: Being Ichnographic Distributions for Small Villas; chiefly upon oeconomical principles, in several classes with occasional remarks, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1785, 27 engraved plans by Clarke, small scorch mark obscuring 3 letters to p. 21, a few faded letters on p. 80 renewed in neat manuscript, one or two small marginal tears, a little minor offsetting, bookplate of Mark Girouard, original paper-backed boards, some tears and loss to spine, some light marks, 8vo, together with:Britton (John). Graphic Illustrations, with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Toddington, Gloucestershire. The Seat of Lord Sudeley, London: by the author, 1840, lithograph frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, 28 etched plates by C. Kitton, some spotting to title and plates (as often), bookplate of Mark Girouard, original blindstamped cloth gilt, spine and extremities faded, small splits to joints, 4to 34 x 26.5 cm QTY: (2)NOTE:First item: ESTC T42147; Harris 694.
![Robson (William) [Atlas of the English Counties], published by William Robson, [1839 or later], lacking title page and prelim](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/174d7816-c9e5-468c-9cd2-b17f00ae0605/1c8fa7a7-4ee3-47f9-8ec6-b1c60144195a/468x382.jpg)
Robson (William) [Atlas of the English Counties], published by William Robson, [1839 or later], lacking title page and preliminaries, 43 (of 44, lacking the map of England & Wales) uncoloured engraved double-page maps, some spotting and light offsetting throughout, rear blank with tissue repairs to a closed tear, retaining contemporary endpapers but with additional later endpapers, modern cloth gilt, folio, together with Fisher Son & Co. (publishers). Fishers County Atlas of England and Wales..., [1845], frontispiece of a folding engraved map of England and Wales, title page and preface with contents list printed on the verso, 46 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including two double-page (Devon & Lincolnshire), very slight dust soiling and staining throughout, map of England and Wales and Gloucestershire with repaired closed tears, bookplate of Harold Egan to the front pastedown, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed at extremities, folio, with Heywood (John, publisher). The Travelling Atlas of England & Wales with all the Railways & Coachroads, the Cities, Towns, Parks & Gentlemen's Seats Preceded by General Maps of England & North & South Wales. The whole carefully Revised and corrected to the Present Time, published Manchester, John Heywood, circa 1873, title page with an allegorical vignette, forty-five uncoloured lithographic maps (complete), slight spotting to the general map of England & Wales, publisher's paper wrappers with the printed calligraphic title to the upper cover, slim 8vo, plus Cruchley (George Frederick). Cruchley's County Atlas of England & Wales Shewing all the Railways & Stations..., circa 1864, calligraphic title, and index and 47 (complete as list) lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, bookplate of P. H. Edwards to front pastedown, contemporary black morocco 'envelope style' binding with gilt title to the upper cover, skillfully repaired on spines, small 4to QTY: (4)NOTE:The first described item is rare, with only two known copies. One in a private collection and this example. There are no institutional copies recorded. The maps were originally published by T. Laurie Murray in 'An Atlas of English Counties' which was first issued in 1830. What happened to Murray's plates is not known and William Robson is not even listed in 'Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers'. He did publish commercial directories from 1819 to about 1842 and it appears that he issued some of Murray's maps separately. Several of the maps in this atlas have William Robson's imprint with all traces of the Murray publication line removed.
Valsalva (Antonio Maria). De Aure Humana Tractatus, in quo integra auris fabrica, multis novis inventis & iconismis illustrata, describitur; omniumque ejus partium usus indagantur. Quibus interposita est musculorum uvulae, atque pharyngis nova descriptio, et delineatio, 2nd edition, Utrecht: Guilielmi vande Water, 1707, 10 folding engraved plates, plate IV close-trimmed at foot shaving imprint, a little minor spotting, previous owner signature to title obscured in ink, small previous owner inscription, 1931 at front, bookplate of G. G. Pravaz M. D., contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Garrison & Morton 1546; Norman 2125 (both for the first edition of 1704).'Valsalva, a pupil of Malpighi and teacher of Morgagni, is best remembered for his work upon the ear, in which he described and depicted its most minute muscles and nerves. He divided the ear into "external", "middle", and "internal", his method of inflating the middle ear (Valsalva's manoeuvre) is still practised. The book includes a description of "Valsalva's dysphagia". (Garrison & Morton).
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J K Rowling, hardback, first edition, third issue, with dust jacket, published by Ted Smart The Book People Ltd, 1998, the title page with Bloomsbury Children's Books sheetlet pasted in bearing JK Rowling signature in blue ink (perhaps autopened, see images), the publishers page lists author copyright as Joanne Rowling, page 53 lists the wand only once.
A large Middle-Eastern painted miniature, of an architectural interior, unsigned, 125 x 80 mm, set within a heavily-carved ebony easel frame. Miniature has a split L-R towards centre, and some paint loss to lower edge. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)
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