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Lot 243
CHARLES WEST COPE (British, 1811-1890) A portrait of Reverend Temple Chevallier, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Durham University, monogrammed and dated `CWC 1869` lower left, oil on canvas, 29 1/2" x 24 1/2" (see illustration) Note: Temple Chevallier (1794-1873) was a clergyman, astronomer and mathematician and the study of Astronomy at Durham University dates back to his election to the Professorship of Mathematics in 1835. Between 1847 and 1849, he made important observations regarding sunspots and was the first British astronomer to do so. He was also instrumental in establishing the Durham University Observatory (1839), from where he made significant observations of Jupiter`s moons and he also discovered a mountain on the moon. The lunar crater Chevallier is named after him. Chevallier was a great Victorian polymath, having come from Cambridge with a reputation of a scholar in Mathematics, Theology, Classics, English Literature and French and Italian languages. He served as Reader at Durham in Hebrew 1835-1871, Registrar 1835-1865, and from 1834-1835 also assisted with lectures in Divinity. From 1835 until his death, he also served as Parish Priest at Esh, just outside Durham, where he founded the village school and restored the church. Charles West Cope got to know Chevallier when he and his wife travelled to Durham in June 1869. He described him as a strong character, lively, affectionate and a man of hearty cordiality, who was always at great pains to grant the warmest reception to his guests. Cope painted him as a scholar for the dining hall at the University and this portrait can still be seen in the Great Hall of Durham Castle. Lot 243 is a smaller version of this painting which was painted for his son-in-law, the Reverend Doctor Peace. Literature: Charles Henry Cope, Reminiscences of Charles West Cope, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1891, pp. 270-271
Lot 197
Zouch (Thomas). The Life of Isaac Walton Including Notices of his Contemporaries, 1823, half title, steel eng. frontis. of river scene, title page with wood eng. vignette, nineteen eng. plts., slight staining to some plts., contemp. full sheep gilt with contrasting morocco label to spine, 8vo (Westwood & Satchell, p.245.), together with Westwood (T. & Satchell T.), Bibliotheca Piscatoria, A Catalogue of Books on Angling, The Fisheries and Fish-Culture, 1883,half title and title page, book sellers stamp to first prelim., occ. pencil annotations to margins, hinges weak, t.e.g., contemp. cloth gilt, 8vo (2)
Lot 230
World. Mount (William & Page Thomas, pub.), A Correct Chart of the Terraqueous Globe, According to Mercator`sor more Properly Wright`sprojection, 1756, hand col. eng. map on three sheets conjoined, four decorative strapwork cartouches, inset semi-circular map of the North Pole, slight profesional restoration on verso, left hand margin strenghtened, 520 x 1430 mm. This map is often credited to Edmund Halley who first published this large world map in 1702. The engraver was William Mountaine and although the map underwent several amendments and alterations including editions by Pierre Mortier, R and J Ottens and Laurie and Whittle, it remains scarce. (1)
Lot 235
* Chivers. Smyth (Dorothy Carleton, 1880-1933), A collection of three original illustrations for vellucent bindings by Cedric Chivers, together three watercolours with calligraphic text below, illustrating scenes from Mark Twain: "In the budding grace of her twelve years"; "The pilgrims broke off"; "The difference between papa and mama is, mama loves morals and papa loves cats", all initialled, each approx. 155 x 75 mm (6 x 3 ins), mounted, framed and glazed. Dorothy Carleton Smyth was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a jute manufacturer. She studied art in Manchester and then attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1895 until 1905. Her stained glass piece "Tristan and Iseult" was exhibited at the International Exhibition in 1901, and in 1903 an anonymous female patron paid for Smyth to study in Europe. At first Smyth was best known as a portraitist, particularly for her sketches of theatre personalities. Later she specialised in theatre costume working in London, Paris and Sweden. She designed costumes for several of the Shakespearean Festivals held in Stratford-upon-Avon, beginning in 1906. Smyth was appointed Principal of Commercial Art at Glasgow School of Art in 1914, and in 1933 was appointed as the first woman director of the School of Art, but died before she could take up the post. Smyth was a particular favourite of Cedric Chivers, whom she worked for in his large Bath bindery. Chivers employed five women "to design, illuminate, and colour vellum for book decoration, and to work on embossed leather... but the woman most frequently employed for this kind of work was probably Dorothy Carl[e]ton Smyth" (Marianne Tidcombe, Women Bookbinders 1880-1920, p.86). (3)
Lot 240
* Hiroshige (Ando, 1797-1858). The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, pub. Tokyo News Service, n.d., c. 1960s, printed title and contents leaf, fifty-five mounted colour plates, a few marks and minor foxing to first plate only, otherwise in clean condition, together with a 24 pp. separately bound booklet of introductory text by Seiichiro Takahashi, bound in yellow wrappers, all loosely contained in orig. pubs. cloth slipcase, with bone fasteners, oblong folio (1)
Lot 268
Illustrated London News, vol. 13, July-December, 1848, vols. 18-21, May 1851-December 1852, vols. 23-27, July 1853-December 1855 & vol. 53, July-December 1868, num. wood-engs., some folding (Including interior of the Crystal Palace Hyde Park, 1851; Exterior of the Crystal Palace erected in Hyde Park for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (south-east view); London in 1851; Map of Paris, with the latest Improvements, 1855; Funeral of the Duke of Wellington in St. Paul`sCathedral, November 18, 1852; Wellington`sFuneral Car; The British Fleet at Spithead in July 1853; Sebastopol - First Day`sAttack by the Allied Fleet and Armies of France and England; and a few others), together with a bound vol. of The Pictorial Times, vols. 7-9, April 1846-April 1847, all contemp. half calf gilt, some wear, folio (12)
Lot 291
* Stamps. A collection of miscellaneous World and GB stamps, mostly 20th c., but including some late Victorian issues, contained in six various albums (some with dampstaining), together with a quantity of GB commemorative sets, some First Day Covers, etc., including United Nations commemorative medallic First Day Covers, the 1973 Royal Wedding, an album of World Wildlife Fund First Day Covers, and a quantity of loose miscellaneous stamps in small boxes (a carton)
Lot 299
WWI. King Albert`sBook, pub. Daily Telegraph, 1914, plates and illustrations, some spotting and browning, front hinges breaking, original cloth, a few stains, 4to. Inscribed and signed by Private Charles Edward Dewsall, 8th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 1915. First blank leaf addressed to his mother: "In my letter I cannot put where I am whether firing line or base so I am writing you a sort of code such as this...", on the half title is an account where he was presented with the book by "Sister" Collins of A2 Ward, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, signed and dated; the verso of the portrait leaf poignantly recounts 9 weeks in the firing line: "We were marching along a road towards the famous fighting quarter called "Ypres" when the Germans shelled the road knowing there was something going on there, our fellows were falling in the rear in dozens..., We eventually got to the firing line and the snipers were very busy, bullets were flying over us like rain and we lost a good few this way..., the Germans started shelling us and five of our fellows rushed up to the end of our trench because the middle of the trench had been knocked about so much and thought it would be safer, so down they went to the end but a shell came over just where they were and they were buried alive the same as thousands more are at "Ypres". With a photo postcard of Private Dewsall. His name is inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France, dated 07/07/1916. (1)
Lot 311
Berkeley (George). The Works, to which is added, An Account of His Life; and Several of His Letters to Thomas Prior, Esq. Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope &c., 3 vols., 1820, folding eng. plan, folding eng. mathematical chart, occn. foxing, mainly to first and final leaves, hinges repaired, contemp. diced calf, extrems. rubbed, rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spines, 8vo (3)
Lot 314
Bible [Latin]. Biblia sacra, ex. postremis doctorum vigiliis ..., [Lyons: G. Rouillium, 1562 or 1567], 1176 pp. + unpaginated index, woodcuts throughout, lacks 28 leaves including title, some browning and waterstaining throughout, closely trimmed at upper and outer margins, occn. shaving running heads and side-notes, first leaf (a2) near det. and with loss of running head and part of lettering of first line of text, later calf, worn and spine def., thick 8vo (1)
Lot 316
Bible [Hebrew]. Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, cum Variis lectionibus, ed. Benjamin Kennicott, 2 vols., Oxford, 1776-80, list of subscribers, partly ruled in red, occn. foxing to some leaves, later half calf, raised bands to spine of each vol., rubbed and scuffed, rear cover to first vol. det. and upper joints to second vol. partly cracked, large folio. Darlow & Moule 5160. The earliest attempt to provide a large scale critical edition of the Old Testament, from collations of all the known Hebrew manuscripts and printed editions of the Bible, which took Kennicott and other participating scholars ten years to complete. (2)
Lot 322
Bronte (Charlotte, "Currer Bell"). Villette, 1st ed., 3 vols., Smith, Elder, 1853, without half-titles, vol. 1 with 12pp. pubs. cat. dated January 1853 at rear, hinges neatly repaired, first vol. with oval ink stamp of E.A. Wilkinson on pastedowns, orig. blindstamped brown cloth gilt, rebacked preserving orig. spines, covers with some faint markings, corners a little rubbed, 8vo. Parrish, p.95; Sadleir 349. (3)
Lot 330
[Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in print before... , compiled by Jhon Lidgate, 5th ed., edited by John Stowe, 1561], black letter double-column text with woodcut initials throughout, lacks all prelims. (fourteen or ten leaves depending on issue which is otherwise not determinable), final leaf of text with colophon supplied as modern facsimile, old neat manuscript copy of the final leaf signed by Thomas Cox bound in at end (dampstained), some old soiling and dampstaining and scattered contemp. marginal inscriptions, two closed tear repairs to first leaf including one archival tissue repair touching running head and woodcut of the knight on his horse, the woodcut with neat old ink addition to right border of the image and a few doodles to the left, a few marginal tears, four defective and repaired prelims. [from the 1598 edition] inserted at front, recent calf by Period Bookbinders, folio. STC 5075. (1)
Lot 332
Civil War. An Exact Collection of All Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes, Orders, Ordinances, Proclamations, Petitions, Messages, Answers and other Remarkable Passages betweene the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and his High Court of Parliament beginning at his Majesties return from Scotland, being in December 1641 and continued untill March the 21, 1643. Which were formerly published either by the Kings Majesty`sCommand or by Order from one or both Houses of Parliament, printed for Edward Husbands, T. Warren, R. Best, 1643, engraved frontis., title with woodcut decorative border, some underlining to one or two leaves at front of vol., two pages of contemp. index notes in ink to blanks at end, contemp. ownership signature of Fitzwilliam, and price 02s:06d in ink to front blank, 19th c. bookplates of General Fitzwilliam and Joseph Watson to front endpaper and front pastedown respectively, contemp. speckled calf, double lined rule to outer border of each cover, modern reback with raised bands and morocco title label, small thick 4to. Wing E1533. Enlarged edition of contemporary printed documents relating to the English Civil War, first published the previous year. (1)
Lot 334
Clichtove (Josse, ed.). Contenta. Guilhelmus Parisiensis de claustro anime, Hugonis de sancto victore de claustro anime libri quatuor, Paris: Henri Estienne, 1507, guide letters throughout, some browning and damp staining, old ink underscoring to first leaves, title (Contenta) torn with small hole with some loss of lettering of first word of leaf verso, old ownership inscription erased, contemp. vellum, rubbed and partly dampstained, 8vo (1)
Lot 338
Cruikshank (George, illust.). Punch and Judy, with illustrations... Accompanied by the Dialogue of the Puppet-Show, an Account of its Origin, and of Puppet-Plays in England, [by John Payne Collier], 1st ed., printed for S. Prowett, 1828, twenty-four etched plts., vign. title (browned), woodcuts to text, scattered foxing, fore-edges with water-stain (penetrating blank margin of a few plts., most notably frontis.), orig. blindstamped brown cloth, spine a little rubbed and frayed at head, upper cover with gilt vign., 8vo. This was the first serious study of the history, phenomenon and performance of Punch and Judy puppet shows. (1)
Lot 341
Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st ed., Chapman and Hall, 1839, half-title, eng. port. frontis., and thirty-nine etched plts. by Hablot K. Browne, with marginal browning, port. frontis. in 1st state with pubs. imprint (but first four plts. without imprint), lacking front free endpaper, untrimmed, shaken and stitching partially broken, orig. green fine diaper-grain cloth (first issue), spine sl. rubbed and frayed at ends, 8vo (Smith I, 5), together with The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1st ed., Bradbury & Evans, 1850, half-title, etched frontis. and addn. title, and thirty-eight etched plts. by Hablot K. Browne, foxed, hinges repaired, contemp. half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving orig. spine, 8vo, plus Little Dorrit, 1st ed., Bradbury & Evans, 1857, etched frontis. and addn. title, and thirty-eight etched plts. by Hablot K. Browne, browned and foxed, letterpress title with piece excised from upper blank margin, hinges repaired, book ticket, 20th c. half calf, rebacked, 8vo, plus Master Humphrey`sClock, 3 vols. in 2, 1st ed., 1840-41, contemp. half calf, and some Dickens part issues in poor condition, incl. Edwin Drood, Mrs. Lirriper`sLegacy, and Doctor Marigold`sPrescriptions (approx.16)
Lot 354
Fournier (Simon Pierre). Manuel Typographique, Utile aux Gens de Lettres, & ? ceux qui exercent les differentes parties de l"Art de l"Imprimerie, 2 vols., Paris, Barbou, 1764-66, vol. 1 with half-title present (that to vol. 2 discarded), eng. frontis. to each vol., vol. 1 with sixteen folding eng. plts. of tools etc., vol. 2 with examples of typography and musical notation (five folding and one printed in red and black) on letterpress, occn. marks and staining, vol. 1 with sl. loss to lower blank margin A8, vol. 2 with stitching partially broken, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. mottled calf gilt, rubbed, joints cracked (first vol. with upper joint sometime repaired), 8vo. Bigmore & Wyman I, p.228. Rare. (2)
Lot 355
Foxe (John). Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall history of the same. Wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles and great persecutions against the true Martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by Heathen Emperours, as now lately practised by Romish Prelates, especially in this Realme of England and Scotland. Now againe, as it was recognised, perused, and recommended to the studious reader by the Author Maister John Foxe, the fift time newly imprinted, 2 vols., printed by Peter Short, 1596-97, woodcut title to each vol., the first trimmed to woodcut border, and relaid, second title relined, black letter text, numerous woodcut illusts., occn. minor archival repairs, final leaf of index to second vol. with lower outer corner repaired and replaced in facsimile, additional large folding engraving entitled A Most Exact and Accurat Table of the First Ten Persecutions of the Primitive Church under the Heathen Tirants of Rome ..., sould by William Riddiard, n.d., c. 1625, (STC 11227.5), bound in at front of second vol., some repaired tears and marks, minor loss to extreme margins, relined, modern antique-style two-tone blind-panelled and decorated "Cambridge style" full calf (by Paul Tronson, Period Fine Bindings, Wottoon Wawen), marbled end papers, elaborately gilt dec. spines with morocco title label to each, folio. STC 11226 (and 11226a for the second volume). A handsome copy of the 1596-97 edition of Foxe`sBook of Martyrs, the first produced following his death in 1583, and containing the six-verse encomium in memory of the author by John Hopkins, included at the end of the preliminary leaves to volume 1. The woodcut table of persecutions missing from the early part of volume one is here supplied in the 1625 remodelled engraving bound at the front of volume two. (2)
Lot 356
Foxe (John). The Book of Martyrs: Containing an Account of the Sufferings & Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First, pub. H. Trapp, 1776, two engraved frontispieces, engraved title, thirty-six copper-engraved plates, one or two leaves with marginal repairs, insect damage to half title lower nargin, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and stained, folio (1)
Lot 359
Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vols., 1776-1788, engraved portrait frontispiece, three folding engraved maps (one with short closed tear), neat previous owner signature to vol. I title, some spotting and browning, one leaf with small marginal annotation, later red buckram, spines with gilt lettering with Foyle at foot, faded and a little rubbed, 4to. Volume I is a second edition, the others first editions. Gibbon`s"masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style" (PMM). (6)
Lot 364
Harvey (Gideon). Archelogia Philosophica Nova, or New Principles of Philosophy, containing Philosophy in General, Metaphysicks, or Ontology, Dynamilogy, or a Discourse of Power, Religio Philosophi, or Natural Theology, Physicks, or Natural Philosophy, 2 parts in 1 vol., 1st ed., 1663, separate title to second part and first part paginated as two, part-titles, lacks port. frontis., eng. illusts. to text, some manuscript marginalia and indexing, a little spotting or soiling, modern quarter calf gilt, 4to. Wing H1053. (1)
Lot 387
Lilly (William). Englands Propheticall Merline, foretelling to all Nations of Europe untill 1663. the Actions depending upon the influence of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, 1642/3. The Progresse and motion of the Comet 1618. under whose affects we in England, and most Regions of Europe now suffer ..., printed by John Raworth, for John Partridge, 1644, title with woodcut decorative border (some soiling), woodcut astrological charts and tables, some marks and marginal soiling, bound with Annus Tenebrosus, or The Dark Year. Or Astrologicall Judgements upon two Lunar Eclipses, and one admirable Eclips of the Sun, all visible in England, 1652. Together with a short method how to judge the effects of eclipses. A true type of the sun`sgreat eclipse, 1652, numerous woodcut astrological illusts. to text, some marginal finger-soiling, final leaf supplied in facsimile, 18th century full calf, restored and repolished, elaborately gilt dec. spine, small 4to. Wing L2221 for the first work. (1)
Lot 389
Lingard (John). A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans..., 4 vols. (of 8), 1819-20, contemp. half calf, sometime rebacked, contrasting labels to spines, rubbed and some wear, 4to, together with Worlidge (T.), A Select Colection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems..., vol. 2 only (of 2), 1768, ninty-one eng. plts., spotting, a.e.g., near-contemp. full green straight grained morocco, rubbed and wear to extrems., 4to, plus Huish (Robert), The Historical Gallery of Celebrated Men of Every Age and Nation; Exhibiting a Splendid Series of Authentic Portraits..., 1829, eng. plts. throughout, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. full red straight-grained morocco, rubbed and some wear, 4to, plus forty-seven other 19th and 20th c. antiquarian, incl. Waverley Novels, by Sir Walter Scott, 24 vols. (of 25), 1871 (53)
Lot 393
Mameranus (Nicolaus). Catalogus familiae totius aulae saesareae per expeditionem adversus inobedientes usque Augustam Rhetica... , bound with Catalogus omnium generalium, tribunorum... , both pub. Cologne: Henricus Mameranus, 1550, printer`swoodcut device to titles, old ink stain and deletions to first title, final blanks to both works present, some browning throughout and marginal dampstaining to early leaves, gilt gauffered edges, contemp. blind-stamped calf with gilt-stamped panels and corner fleurons to both covers, leather ties present, rubbed, rebacked and some corner restoration, remains of orig. spine relaid, 8vo, preserved in modern cloth book-box with leather labels to spine, rubbed and partly faded. Adams M307 & M308. (1)
Lot 396
Milton (John). The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton. Containing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain"d, Sampson Agonistes, and his Poems on Several Occasions. Together with Explanatory Notes on each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table Never Before Printed, 1695, engraved portrait frontispiece (small hole in image), twelve engraved plates, first few leaves detached, occasional dampstaining and soiling, some marginal wormtracks and minor tears, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, some wear, folio (1)
Lot 400
New Testament [Spanish]. El Testamento Nuevo de Nuestro Se?or Jesu Christo..., Richard Field, 1596, title-page with eng. device, dust-soiled, trimmed to edge of letterpress and laid down, 2 blanks present, a few short edge-tears to first few leaves (one with neat paper repair on verso), a.e.g., front free endpaper detached, early 19th c. blue straight-grained morocco gilt, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo. Darlow and Moule 8473. (1)
Lot 407
Plinius Secundus (Gaius). Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII ..., Paris: Nicolaum de Pratis, 1516, wood eng. title with decorative border, woodcut initials throughout, occn. old ink underscoring and marginalia, some spotting and dampstaining throughout, some browning of leaves towards rear, single worm hole running through first half of volume and touching letterpress, fore margins of title and prelims. somewhat soiled, dampstained and restored without loss of text, title with browning, soiling and old ink annotations, modern vellum, folio. Adams P1555. (1)
Lot 408
Plinius Secundus (Gaius). Historia mundi ..., Basel, 1535, printer`swoodcut device to title and final leaf verso (Froben), some woodcut initials, old ink inscription to title upper margin partially erased, horizontal paper crease to title with small resultant paper flaw to margin, not affecting text, scattered minor spotting or soiling, old ink drawing of a labrynth with four lines of latin text on a folio sheet pasted to rear pastedown, somewhat spotted, hand-coloured large bookplate with name partially erased to front pastedown, contemp. blindstamped pig skin over wood boards with two clasps in working order, some rubbing and soiling, small splits at head of upper joints, stained red library mark to lower compartment, slight corner wear with wood showing through upper corners, folio. This is the first printing with notes by Sigmund Galen and contains a preface of Erasmus, reprinted from his edition of 1525. (1)
Lot 416
Rhodes (Alexandre de). Tunchinensis Histori? libri duo, quorum altero status temporalis hujus regni. Altero mirabiles Evangelic? Pr?dicationis progressus referuntur. Coept? per patres Societatis Jesu, ab Anno 1627 ad Annum 1646, 2 parts in one, 1st Latin ed., Lyon, Joan Bapt Devenet, 1652, vign. title-page, folding eng. map, eng. head-pieces and initial letters, lightly browned and foxed, 18th c. calf, rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spine (rubbed), corners showing, sm.4to. This important early work on Vietnam was first published in French in Rome in 1650. Jesuit priest Alexandre de Rhodes (1591-1660) devoted most of his life to missionary work in Vietnam. Not only did he convert many of the people to Christianity, he also wrote the first Vietnamese catechism and had a lasting effect on Vietnamese writing. A gifted linguist, he mastered Vietnamese in only six months, compiled the first Portuguese-Latin-Vietnamese dictionary, and was one of the first to attempt to Romanize the Vietnamese alphabet. Today the national language of Vietnam, Quoc Ngu, is based on his original transliterations and phonetic work. Rhodes`smissionary work was constantly at odds with the local pagan priests and he was exiled twice and nearly sentenced to death for his teachings. Rhodes said in his reports that he converted more than 6,000 Vietnamese, almost certainly an inflated number, but nevertheless he did win converts. He also worked as a missionary in China, Macao and Persia, but his true love was for the Vietnamese people. (1)
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Lot 428
[Heraldry]. Theses des principes du blason ou de l"art heraldique, lesquelles sous la presidence de Monsiuer le docteur Jean Christoffle Wagenseil ..., soutiendra Jean Jacques Sturm ..., [Altdorf:] Guillaume Kohles, 1719, 16 pp. with five armorial woodcuts to text, contemp. ink marginalia in French, additional large engraved armorial mounted as a plate on blank leaf facing p.13, bound with Rink (Eucharius Gottlieb), De eo quod iustum est circa galeam ..., Altdorf University Dissertation, 1st ed., Helmstedt, 1726, 51 pp., engraved plate, bound with two contemp. manuscript sections as second and fourth items of vol., the first headed "Ad Praefationem", 46 pp. with two blank leaves before and one blank leaf after, the text in French, German and Latin with numerous heraldic shields in sepia ink, the second manuscript section in the same hand and multiple languages titled "Scripta Arti Heraldicae Inservientia", 28 pp. in two columns with right (notes) column largely blank, blank leaf at front and rear of vol., some spotting and sl. soiling throughout, modern roan gilt, 4to. The first work by Sturm was published in 1690 and has the same pagination. (1)
Lot 439
Vergilius Maro (Publius). L"Eneide di Virgilio Mantuano Commentata in Lingua Volgare Toscana da Giouanni Fabrini da Fighine, & Filippo Venuti da Cortona, Venice, 1576, bound with Sopra L"Ottavo Libro Del L"Eneide di Virgilio, Venice, 1575, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, wormtrack affecting lettering in first few leaves, previous owner signature to title, occasional light spotting and soiling, later calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, joints splitting, rubbed, folio (1)
Lot 444
Whitelock (Sir Bulstrode). Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the Beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration..., new ed., 1732, inner hinges neatly repaired, contemp. half sheep, recent calf spine, folio, together with Swift (Dr. Jonathan), The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick`s, Dublin, 8 vols., pub. A. Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1761, contemp. speckled calf gilt, joints cracked and some wear, 12mo, with Pope (Alexander), The Works of Alexander Pope, 20 vols., 1760, few eng. plts., contemp. speckled calf gilt, later spine labels, joints cracked and few boards detached, slightly worn, binding & sewing to vol. 7 broken and with loss to spine, 8vo, and Gray (Thomas), The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life and Writings by W. Mason, 2nd ed., 1775, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, blind embossed amorial to both boards, upper board detached (with frontis. & title-page attached), lower joint cracked, binding slightly dampstained and worn, 4to, plus thirteen other antiquarian volumes (43)
Lot 452
Burnet (Thomas). The Theory of the Earth, containing an account of the original of the earth, and all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, til the consumation of all things, 2 vols. in one, 1st English eds., 1684-90, eng. frontis. and printed title to each, two double page plates, eng. illust. to text, a little spotting, prelims. a little browned and dampstained, with paper repairs to upper margins of first six leaves just touching one letter of running head to fourth leaf verso, ownership inscription of Robert Allen dated 1750 to frontis. recto and title verso, contemp. calf, some wear and joints weak, folio. Wing B5950. (1)
Lot 462
Davis (David Daniel). Syllabus of the Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, and on the diseases of women and children delivered in the University of London, 1st ed., 1831, interleaved with blanks throughout, one blank leaf with contemp. ink annotations, ownership signature of G. F. Higman, London University College, dated 1836 to head of title, light waterstain to top margins of first few leaves, contemp. plain cloth, rubbed and marked, together with Percival (Thomas), Essays Medical and Experimental, 2nd ed., revised, and considerably enlarged, 1772, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed and marked and some wear to joints and edges, both 8vo (2)
Lot 464
Faraday (Michael). Faraday`sDiary. Being the Various Philosophical Notes of Experimental Investigation made ... during the Years 1820-1862 and Bequeathed by Him to the Royal Institution of Great Britain, now ... printed and published for the first time, ed. Thomas Martin with a Foreword by Sir William H. Bragg, 8 vols., 1st ed., 1932-36, some b & w plts. including frontis. to each, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, large 8vo. Fine. (8)
Lot 465
Faraday (Michael). Thoughts of Ray-Vibrations [contained as pp. 345-50] in The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, series 3, vol. 28, no. 188, May 1846, a little soiling and first leaf chipped at margins, recent wrappers, 8vo, together with fourteen other items by Faraday including four disbound extracts from Philosophical Transactions (1838/57), a few later items on Faraday including an obituary in The Lancet (31st August 1867) (15)
Lot 471
Leybourn (Thomas). The Mathematical Repository, vols. 1 (2nd ed.) and 2 (of 3), 1799/1801, twenty-seven folding eng. plts., speckled edges, contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines rubbed and with sl. loss at ends, joints cracked, 12mo in 6s (scarce; volumes 2 and 3 [1804] appeared without edition statements), together with Simson (Robert), The Elements of Euclid, viz. the First Six Books, together with the Eleventh and Twelfth... also the Book of Euclid`sData..., 8th ed., Edinburgh, 1791, three folding eng. plts., numerous letterpress diagrams, armorial bookplate with ms. ownership name above, contemp. speckled calf, rubbed, spine a little worn, with sl. loss at ends and upper cover just holding on the cords, 8vo, plus Maclaurin (Colin), A Treatise of Algebra, in Three Parts. Containing I. The fundamental Rules and Operations. II. The Composition and Resolution of Equations of all Degrees; and the different Affections of their Roots. III. The Application of Algebra and Geometry to each other. To which is added, An Appendix, Concerning the general Properties of Geometrical Lines, 4th ed., 1779, twelve folding eng. plts., early ms. note on prelim. blank, front free endpaper detached, lacking rear free endpaper, contemp. sprinkled calf, rubbed and worn, with spine label missing and covers detached (final plt. attached to rear board), 8vo (4)
Lot 479
Newton (Isaac). The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To which is Prefix"d, a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, 1st ed., 1728, three folding engraved plts. at rear, dampstained to fore-margins at front of vol. with consequent fraying and loss to blank margins only of first few leaves, contemp. calf, worn with upper cover det., 4to. Babson 214. (1)
Lot 507
Fashion. The Lady`sMonthly Museum, or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction... 7 vols., 1798-1817, a broken run, numerous hand-col. eng. fashion plts., some folding, some marks and browning, mainly to text, occn. tears and marginal fraying, first six vols. uniformly bound in contemp. half calf gilt, remaining two in contemp. half roan gilt, all rubbed and worn, one vol. with upper cover detached, 8vo, together with The Ladies Museum, 6 vols., 1822-1830, a broken run, occn. foxing, five vols. uniformly bound in diced calf, rubbed and worn, with one board detached and another near-detached, the sixth vol. in half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus nine other vols. similar, incl. The Lady`sMagazine, Journal des Femmes, The Ladies Pocket Magazine, with fashion plts., embroidery patterns, etc. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (22)
Lot 508
Flower arranging. The Realm of the Queen of Flowers, Rational Entertainment, German, c.1830s, four hand-col. slotted sheets, 310 x 240 mm (12.25 x 9.5 ins), each depicting a vessel for holding flowers, with fifty hand-col. litho cut-out flowers, each with a numbered tab, together with 4pp. instruction guide (browned and creased), contained in orig. portfolio with moire flaps (one detached), orig. cloth-backed boards, extrems. a little worn, with hand-col. pictorial label on upper cover (dusty), ties broken, 4to. Very rare complete with all the parts. "The several flowers are placed on one of the 4 Cartons in the incision made for this purpose; thus the most elegant bouquets and garlands are produced either according to free choice of the flowers, or the time of the year in which they bloom, or their symbolic signification as given here. For the latter purpose is used the motto attached to the name of each flower in the text. From the first letters of the flowers, words and names can be composed, the unriddling of which affords most agreeable amusement. The numbers on the stalks of the flowers refer to the name and signification of the same in the text and to the same number. - Such a composition made with taste and elegance will serve as a model for drawing and painting; and even for embroidery." (1)
Lot 524
Shannon (C.H. & Ricketts, C., ed.). The Dial, 2 vols., 1889 & 1897, lithos. and woodcuts by C.H. Shannon, C. Ricketts, Lucian Pizzarro, T. Sturge Moore, etc. (as list), rough-trimmed, orig. cloth/orig. printed wrappers, rubbed, folio (First and last in the series.), together with The Apple (of Beauty and Discord), 3 orig. issues (vol. 1 no. 2, two copies & no. 3), 1920, illusts. throughout, orig. col. printed wrappers, rubbed, folio, plus Spare (A. O. & Davies, W. H., ed.), , Form, A Monthly Magazine, vol. 1, nos. 1-3, 1921-22, num. b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, 4to, plus six other related, comprising The Golden Hind, Quarterly Magazine, 1922, Hyperborea, by Norman Lindsay, [1928], The Neolith, no.1, 1907, The London Aphrodite, nos. 2-4, 1928-29 (14)
Lot 568
Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Sign of Four, being an adventure of Sherlock Holmes, 1st serialisation beginning 29 October 1892 in tit-bits, nos. 548-612, 16 April 1892-8 July 1893 bound as one, wood eng. ads., etc., "The Sign of Four" complete plus other Sherlockiana material contained within, some old dampstaining and cloth dye staining to lower margins of first and last leaves, contemp. cloth with leather label to spine, rubbed and soiled, 4to (1)
Lot 593
Putnam (Samuel). The World of Jean de Bosschere, Fortune Press, [1932], colour woodcut frontis., numerous plates and illusts., untrimmed, orig. white cloth gilt, 8vo, limited ed. 660/900, this copy also containing the signed colour etching, numbered 24/100, normally reserved for the first 100 copies only, together with Nonesuch Press. The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, illust. Reynolds Stone, 2 vols., 1938, wood eng. illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. tan goatskin morocco, spines darkened with slipcase, 8vo, limited ed. 86/800, plus Detmold (Edmund J., illust.), Fabre`sBook of Insects, New York, Tudor Publishing Co., 1937, tipped in colour plates, orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and sl. creased to extrems., in orig. pubs. card bookbox, and other illustrated literature and first editions, including Isabella or The Pot of Basil by John Keats, illust. W. B. MacDougall, 1898, Pilgrimage by Dorothy M. Richardson, 4 vols., 1938, Sung to Shahryar, Poems from the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night by E. Powys Mathers, pub. Casanova Society 1925, with limited ed. 31/50 large paper copies, signed, The Hieroglyphic Tales of Hermes Trismegistus by Horace Walpole, decorated by The Duchess, pub. Cypher, 1996, in an edition of six copies, etc. (21)
Lot 647
Posey (William Campbell and Spiller, William G., editors). The Eye and Nervous System. Their Diagnostic Relations by Various Authors, pub. Lippincott, Philadelphia & London, 1906, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, damp stain to foremargins of first few leaves, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, large 8vo, with other medical textbooks, mostly ex-lib. (3 shelves)
Lot 654
Swift (Graham). Waterland, 1st ed., 1983, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Heller (Joseph), Something Happened, 1st ed., New York, 1974, orig. cloth in d.j., plus Le Carre (John), A Perfect Spy, 1st ed., 1986, orig. cloth in d.j., with other modern first editions and similar, all G/VG (3 shelves)
Lot 676
Labedoyere (Count). Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte; with copius historical illustrations and original anecdotes, 2 vols., pub. George Virtue, n.d., c. 1840s, some hand-coloured plates, occn. soiling to margins, later half calf, 8vo, together with Sarcastic Notices of the Long Parliament ..., reprinted verbatum from the excessively rare original, pub. John Camden Hotten, 1863, 49 pp., + 4 pp. pubs. ads. at rear, modern green cloth with morocco label to spine, 8vo, plus Warnery (Major), Remarks on Cavalry, 1798, b&w plts., some leaves supplied in facsimile, a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. red full morocco, rubbed and some discol., 4to, and other military history, English county history interest, including Navy Records Society, The First Dutch War 1652-54, 5 vols., 1898-1911, Warwick County Records, Wiltshire Records Society, etc (3 shelves)
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[Adrichomius, Christianus]. A Briefe Description of Hierusalem and of the Suburbs therof, as it florished in the time of Christ. Wherto is annexed a short commentarie concerning those places which were made famous by the Passion of Christ, and by the Actes of holye men, confirmed by certeine principall Histories of Antiquity ..., Hereunto also is appertaining a lively and beawtifull mappe of Hierusalem, with Arithmeticall directions ..., trans. Thomas Tymme, printed by Peter Short, for Thomas Wight, 1595, xvi + 112 pp., plus 4 pp. index, title relined, library stamp to verso, and single small library stamp to foot of first leaf of text, some light soiling to first and last few leaves and occn. to margins, disbound without covers, 4to. STC 152. (1)
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Benson (Robert). Sketches of Corsica: or a Journal Written During a Visit to that Island in 1823, pub. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825, half title, first prelim. with ink ownership inscription, eng. aqua. frontis., title page with eng. vignette, four aqua. engs., one with orig. hand col., some spotting to eng. plts., marbled paste downs and end papers, contemp. calf with gilt dec. boards, rubbed, 8vo. Abbey Travel, 76. (1)
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