Jerome, St. Epistolae. Venice: Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 7 January and 12 July 1496, folio, ff. (i-xiv) 15-398 (numbered ix-390), contemporary calf over boards, Paduan in style, lacking clasps, rebacked, some wormholes, lower outer corner of first gathering a bit soiled, wormholes in the first gatherings, some marginal spotting, little tear without loss on f.174, few early marginal annotations Note: A substantial collective edition of the letters (and a few homilies) of St. Jerome, one of the Fathers of the Church. Jerome was the preeminent Christian scholar of his age, indeed he is one of very few examples of canonisation on grounds of exemplary service to the church rather than exemplary sanctity. In between his more substantial compositions, including the first bibliographical author catalogue, Jerome wrote letters on every subject under the sun but particularly anything controversial. Luther complained that Jeromees letters were only about fasting and virginity, but this is unfair. He was a pioneer in all fields of patrology and Biblical archeology. BMC V 419. Goff H-175. Hain III 8563. Provenance: Contemporary ex-libris on titlepage of ÔMonasterii Sancti Andree [Vercellarum]e, early of ÔP. Massimi a Taurino Ordinis Minorum Regularis Observanti[is] S. Patris Franciscie, later of ÔP. Clodoveo [...]e and on f. (vii) of ÔGregorii Vercell[ensi] post cuius obitum erit Monasterii Sancti Andree de Vercellise
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Lefevre, deEtaples, Jacques Musica libris quatuor demonstrata. Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1552, 4to., ff. 44, italic letter, large printeres device on title, white on black woodcut initials, extensive printed tables and diagrams, modern maroon morocco, spine, borders and inner edges gilt, very minor waterstain to extreme upper outer corner of first four leaves, signed ÔGodin 1731e on the title-page Note: BM STC French Books. p. 259; Adams F 28. First separate edition of a very early and important work of musical theory. It had been printed previously in a now unfindable collective edition of 1496 and an almost equally rare Estienne of 1514. This edition has a variant form of the title-page in which the date appears as 1551. Cavellat in his preface states that he is republishing the text because of the almost complete absence of works on the science and method of music compared with all other subjects. "Many music theorists from the 16th century to the 18th either referred to Faber or quoted him" (Grove Dictionary of Music).
Major, Johannes - Heinsius, Nicolaus Historia maioris Britanniae, tam Anglie quam Scotiae. [Paris]: Jodocus Badius Ascencius, 1521, first edition, 4to, large woodcut of a printing shop dated 1520 on title, woodcut coat-of-arms on title verso, crible initials, occasional early underlining and marginalia, seventeenth century vellum. Provenance: From the library of Nicolaus Heinsius (1620-1681), eminent Dutch classical scholar, sold in 1683 [inscription on front free endpaper]. Note: A good clean copy. John Majores Historia "takes the story of Scotland and England as far as the marriages of Henry VIIes children. Majores political theory has drawn attention to it... and it was possibly in order to propagate the idea of union between Scotland and England that he undertook the work. ... He holds that the first law of the historian is to write the truth, and this anxiety for truth appears again and again in the course of his book. He applies scholastic technique to the material at his disposal, accepting nothing without examination... not afraid to disagree even with Bede (whom he regards as the chief of English historians), on occasion, freely admitting his inability to offer a definite judgment" - Rev. Anthony Ross: "Some Scottish Catholic Historians", in The Innes Review, I, 1950, p. 6; Adams M228, Renouard III, p. 62
Marcello, Pietro. De vita, moribus et rebus gestis omnium ducum Venetorum. Frankfurt: Paulum Reffeler inpensis Sigismondi Feyerabent, 1574, 8vo. ff. [viii] 218 [i], Printeres flame device on titlepage, 83 woodcut portraits of Venetian Doges (some repeated) by J. Amman, 20 cuts of tombs (some repeated), contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, titlepage bit dusty, lower blank margin torn away Note: In 1574 Reffeler published two editions: a folio in German, and the present, which is the first illustrated edition in Latin. Both contain numerous half-page woodcut portraits of the Doges of Venice and smaller cuts of their tombs, attributed to the illustrious German engraver Jšst Amman (1539-1591). BM STC Ger. C16th p. 593. Adams M 532. Brunet Suppl. I p. 939. Provenance: ÔJoanni Angstenberg 1630e inscribed on titlepage.
Martialis, Marcus Valerius M. val. Martialis epigrammaton libri. London: F. Kingston, 1615, first English edition, small 8vo, nineteenth century half calf, [STC 17492], slight worming affecting text, rubbed; Pindar Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. [Geneva]: Paulus Stephanus, 1600, 16mo, 576pp., modern calf, raised bands; [Lubrano, Giacomo] "Brinacio, Paolo" Scintille poetiche o poesie sacre e morali. Naples: ad instanza deAndrea Poletti stampatore in Venetia, [1692], 12mo, engraved title, contemporary boards, boards lightly soiled; [Mount Carmel] Constitutiones fratrum discalceatorum congregationis teliae ordinid Bmae. Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo. Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1632, 8vo, woodcut coat-of-arms on title, woodcut device on final leaf, eighteenth century calf, early ownership inscription on title, lacking signature A, rebacked; [Bouhours, Dominique] Pensees ingenieuses des anciens et modernes. Paris: S. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1692, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette, contemporary calf, rubbed; [Anon.] Les nouveaux rudimens de la langue latine. Amsterdam: deE. Roger, 1715, 12mo, contemporary sheep, joints slightly split; and a quantity of miscellaneous printed works (quantity)
Medicine, Acupuncture-Dujardin, Franois Histoire de la chirurgie, depuis son origine jusqueˆ nos jours. Paris: leImprimerie nationale, 1774, volume 1, 4to, 4 engraved plates, later quarter calf, marbled sides, red morocco label, title-page supplied in sympathetic facsimile Note: Garrison and Morton says Dujardin was the first European to discuss acupuncture within its historical context as an ancient remedy still found to be of practical value in a section on Chinese and Japanese surgery. A second volume was published posthumously in 1780. Garrison & Morton 6374.12.
Norzi, Raphael Marpe Lanephesh. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1579. Small. 4to. ff. 26, Hebrew letter, title within splendid architectural border, censores autograph at end, modern boards Note: BM STC It. p. 549. Vinograd 638. Habermann, di Gara 638.. One of three tracts on ethics originally issued, but now rarely found, together. The first edition of this work came out in 1561. The work posits rational ethical answers to religious questions.
Perrault, Charles Histoires ou contes du temps passe. Suivant la copie ˆ Paris. [Amsterdam: Jacques Desbordes], 1697, 12mo (12.5 x 7cm), [vi], 174, engraved frontispiece, 7 small engraved illustrations by Antoine Clouzier, eighteenth-century panelled calf, lacks final leaf, frontispiece and title with brown stain towards inner margin, & frontispiece with small red ?sealing wax drop and upper blank corner torn away, rust-hole to F1, upper corner of lower board very worn with some loss of board and corner of last few leaves slightly frayed, other corners rubbed Note: Very scarce. This unauthorised edition was one of the three published before the end of 1697 and was probably printed in Amsterdam by Jacques Desbordes. It has the errata corrected and the frontispiece and illustrations reversed from the first authorised edition published the same year in Paris by Claude Barbin. Cf. Pierpont Morgan Library: Early childrenes books and their illustration, 104. The book is dedicated to "Mademoiselle", who was Elizabeth Charlotte deOrleans, niece of Louis XIV, and is signed P. Darmancour, third son of the academician and poet Charles Perrault. Pierre, who took the name Darmancour, was sixteen or seventeen at the time and it is unclear, despite various theories, whether the young man composed the tales, or whether they were a father-son collaboration. The Bibliotheque Nationale copy [FRBNF32519146] has p.76 numbered 78 by mistake and page 168 misnumbered 268. The present copy has both pages numbered correctly. This copy has the pagination error (p.03 for 30) noted in the Pierpont Morgan copy which does not occur in the Osborne copy. Osborne catalogue II: 608; Brunet, Supplement, Vol II, p. 205.
Petrasanta, Silvester De symbolis heroicis libri IX... Antwerp: Plantin, 1634, 4to, pp. lxxx, 480, xxxvi, engraved title page after Rubens, portrait of Cardinal Aloysius Carafa, 8 engraved plates, 268 engraved devices, 13 other illustrations, contemporary vellum, later label on backstrip, some slight staining to first few leaves Note: Praz p.455, Vinet n.867
Picerli, Silverio. Specchio secondo di musica, nel quale ... Canto figurato, e fermo. Naples: Matteo Nucci 1631. First edition, 4to. pp. (viii) 196 (viii), frontispiece engraving of Apollo (?) added, printeres dragon woodcut device within red-printed Cardinales hat on titlepage, musical scores throughout, contemporary limp vellum gilt, stamped in gilt on coves with eight hedgehogs within ornate oval frame, gilt border with one hedgehog at each corner, lower outer margin of D2-E4 slightly chipped, tears to two leaves [no loss], light lamp-oil stain to one gathering, occasional early manuscript annotations, a few leaves unopened Note: Second song manual written by Fr. Picerli and dedicated to Cardinal Boncompagno, Archbishop of Naples. The year before, Fr. Picerli had presented Cardinal Boncompagno with the first ÔSpecchio di musicae. A third one was expected to be published soon, as the Apostolic censor noted in his imprimatur on verso of titlepage, but no copy has been located. Fr. Silverio Picerli was a C16 Italian music theorist, a theologian and a Franciscan friar. He was successively Superior of the monastries of S. Maria Maddalena and of S. Chiara, in Naples. The depiction of hedgehogs (Ôriccie in Italian), on the binding, implies that the first owner belonged to an Italian family with this surname, perhaps the ÔRiccie family of musicians from Naples. BM STC It. C17 II p. 683. ÔLibrary of Congress. Catalogue of Early Books on Musice p. 209.
Primasius Briefue et fructeuse exposition sus les Epistres Sainct Paul. Paris: pour Estienne Rosset, 1540. First edition, 8vo., ff. 251 (i), contemporary French calf gilt, triple ruled central panel with gilt florets at each corner, larger floret in centre, five smaller on spine, some very light spotting of printeres ink, mostly marginal., two bands very slightly holed at upper joint Note: First edition of the first French translation of Primasiuse commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul, by Jean de Gaigny, who had published the Latin text, also for the first time only three years earlier. The volume is a lovely example of early Renaissance French book production with the repeated use (technically difficult and laborious) of elegant and contrasting types. Not in BM. STC Fr. or Adams. Brunet IV 876. Provenance: Printed record, Prat, 5 Soldi 1771 on endpaper.
Rennefort, Urbain Souchu de Histoire des Indes orientales. Paris: A. Seneuze & D. Hortemels, 1688, first edition, 4to, 3 larged engraved vignettes after Sevin, woodcut on title, Privilege leaf at end, modern vellum, spine gilt with morocco lettering pieces, cut a little close just trimming vignettes Note: Rennefort, secretary of the Conseil de la France Orientale, travelled to Madagascar in 1665 and was captured by the English on his return. The work is devoted in large part to Madagascar, but also to Ceylon, Surat, St. Helena, Brazil, and Calcutta and includes the first account of the city of Recife after the expulsion of the Dutch. Borba de Moraes II, p.189. The scarce first issue with the original title and privilege leaf noting that the book should have been called "Memoires pour servir ˆ lehistoire des Indes Orientales".
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques ƒmile, ou de leeducation. The Hague: Jean Neaulme, [i.e. Paris, Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne], 1762, 4 volumes, 8vo, first edition, presentation copy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau with autograph letter from the author tipped in at beginning, title-pages printed in red and black, 2 privilege leaves and one errata leaf for vols. 3-4 bound at the end of vol. 1, half-title in volume 2-4 as called for, 5 engraved plates after C. Eisen by J. D. de Longueil, L. le Grand and J.-J. Pasquier, volume 3 with blank leaf Z4, with the four usual cancels in volumes 1 and 2, variant Thetis plate with no title (added by hand), contemporary French mottled calf, triple gilt fillet on sides, spines gilt, g.e., rubbed, upper cover of volume 1 detached, corner of H6 volume 3 burnt not affecting text Note: With an unrecorded letter from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Monsieur de Muly [Maley], Superieur de leOratoire ˆ Mommorenci [Montmorency]: "J.J. Rousseau prie Messieurs de leoratoire de Mommorenci de vouloir bien accorder ˆ ses derniers ecrits une place dans leur bibliotheque; comme accepter le livre deun auteur neest pas adopter ses principes, il a cru pouvoir sans temerite leur demander cette faveur. A Mommorenci 29 Mai 1762", with a short note at foot in a later hand With a near contemporary transcript of a letter dated 16 Jan. 1763 from Rouseau to Baudoin-Cyprien-Antoine Dumoulin, published in Correspondence Complet de Jean Jacques Rousseau, Tom. 15, p.41, the original in Avignon, Bibliotheque Calvet, MS2702, folio 52-53. A rare presentation copy of the first octavo edition printed in Paris, published in late May 1762, concurrently with the 12mo edition. According to Jo-Ann McEachern the greater part of the duodecimo was imposed and printed before the octavo printing. However the preface and titles were printed initially in the octavo format, and it was the octavo that Rousseau received first and was the first to be distributed on 23 May 1762. Rousseaues educational treatise expounded his personal deist views, earning him the wrath of both clergymen and philosophers. The Parlement of Paris condemned both book and author, forcing Rousseau to flee France. However, despite the religious controversy it provoked, Emilefostered the Romantic movementes heightened appreciation of nature and strengthened the concept of the "noblesse sauvage." J.A. McEachern Bibliography of the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, vol. 2:1a; cf. Tchemerzine 10.46 Provenance: Three titles with contemporary inscription "Oratorii Montesmor, ex dono authoris, Catal. invent. 1774, Tab. O11, 16, E1.131"
Rycaut, Paul. Histoire de leetat de leempire Ottoman. Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1670, 4to, first French edition, additional engraved pictorial title and 21 engraved illustrations in text, engraved initials, contemporary calf, spine gilt, head and tail of spine and corners worn Note: Atabey 1069; Blackmer, 1464 (ed. of 1671, second issue).
Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin Vie, poesies et pensees de Joseph Delorme. Paris: Delangle frres, 1829, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title "Madame ƒmile Deschamps, hommage respectueux, Ste-Beuve", 12mo, contents leaf bound after the title-page, contemporary half calf, flat spine decorated in gilt to a romantique design, signed by Thompson Note: The book was published anonymously by Sainte-Beuve, who presented it as the posthumous work of a young poet friend, Joseph Delorme.
Soumille, Abbe Bernard Laurent Le grand trictrac, ou methode facile pour apprendre sans maitre la marche, les regles, & une grande partie des finesses de ce jeu. Avignon: Alexandre Giroud, 1756, second edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, 288 woodcut illustrations in text, half-title, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt in panels, raised bands, red morocco label, corners rubbed Note: The first important modern work devoted to Tric-Trac or backgammon, first published in Avignon in 1738.
Stencilled colour printing-Griffie, E. et Chaffary, P. Livre contenant des antiennes pour tierces des divers tems de leannee, des messes de solemnites, des Benedicamus [&c.]. Ville-moustausson, 1802, large folio (47.5 x 31cm.), one leaf, title-page and text stencilled in red, blue, black and gold, numerous two-line initials in colour, many with coloured borders, musical staves ruled in MS, panelled mottled calf, rubbed, corners soft, some margins thumbed, a little light soiling Note: Stencils were used, in the Low Countries and the South of France, for printing service-books in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. These were usually produced for a single church of abbey, in limited numbers, requiring minimal mechanisation, in the scriptorium. The implication of the title of this work however is that it was intended for wider publication but at the same time it is intended to resemble a manuscript. The title has capitals in red and blue in two sizes with three typographic ornaments in red. The first chant, for Jan. 1st, has eight lines of MS stave with stencilled text and music and two four-line initials in red with red & blue ornamental borders. As the work proceeds different borders appear and yellow is added to the intitials. The contents follow the churches year, but there is also a Messe Republicaine, Messe Imperiale and the work finishes with Lame[n]tationes Jeremiae. No copy has been traced.
Stigliani, Tomaso Del Mondo Nuovo. Piacenza: per Alessandro Bazarchi, 1617. First edition, 12mo., woodcut decorations and initials, title with engraved vignette map of the Americas, contemporary vellum boards, some general paper discolouration, a little foxing, a few small wormholes in blank spaces at very beginning, title-page loosening at tail, tears in A7 and last (without loss), some early sepia colour to title-page etching and first woodcut initial, outer edge cut close (removing no letters) in first few pages, contemporary ex libris on title, 19th century ms.note on blank of one leaf Note: BM STC 17th century Italian Books II p. 878; Alden 617/142; Sabin 91728; Graesse VI 497 (1628 edition only). Not in Brunet, Gamba or Fontanini. In this heroic and fantastical poem, the bard sings "del trouator del Mondo Nouo" i.e. Christopher Columbus. Stigliani tells the story of Columbuse and companionse discovery of the Americas in an account full of factual errors, historical and geographical contradictions and sheer impossibilities. Subjects of particular interest include the Carib Indians.
Vanini, Giulio Caesare Amphitheatrum aeternae providentiae divino-magicum. Christaino-physicum nec non astrologo-catholicum. Lyons: Antoine de Harsy, 1615, first edition, 8vo, eighteenth century red morocco gilt, title dust-soiled, binding worn Note: Thorndike VI, pp. 568- 573. Wellcome 6485. "Extrmement rare"-Caillet 11028.
Zeiler, Martin Itinerarium Galliae. Strasbourg: Inverlegung Lazari Zetzners S. Erben, 1634. First edition, 8vo., Black letter, text in German, portrait of the author and cityscape on engraved first title, printeres woodcut device on second title, topographical headpieces and ornaments, contemporary vellum over boards, edges rubbed, late 17th century presentation inscription and early shelfmark on upper pastedown, library stamp on title-page, very slight fraying on first two leaves in blank margins, some browning and foxing, light waterstaining in lower outer blank corners, very small tear in M1, edges somewhat soiled Note: BM STC 17th century German Books Z81. Not in Brunet or Graesse. This German guidebook to France forms the first part of a combined work on both France and Britain; the present copy contains a second title-page headed ÔItinerarii Galliae, et Magnae Britanniae, pars prima.e The second part, devoted to Britain, was again published separately in 1674.
Cookery-M, W. The Queens closet opened: incomparable secrets in physick, chyrugery, preserving and candying &c. which were presented unto the Queen London: printed 1664, 12mo, 3 parts in one volume, period style blind-stamped calf, raised bands, lacking frontispiece and O6, E4 repaired with loss of a few letters Note: The work, first published in 1655, comprises three volumes usually bound together, with three separate title-pages: The Queens closet opened or The pearl of practise, the second titledA Queens Delight: or the art of preserving, conserving and candying, and the third The compleat cook, expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether Italian, Spanish or French, for dressing of flesh and fish. The first two volumes are continuously paginated, the third separately. Cf. Bitting p.595; Vicaire 184 Provenance: Elizabeth Comber, her book, 1666, inscription on endpaper.
Artillery-Siemonovich, Casimir The great art of artillery. London: J. Tonson, 1729, first English edition, folio, translated by George Shelvocke, engraved frontispiece and 22 folding engraved plates, title printed in red and black, fine modern period style panelled calf, raised bands, red morocco lettering piece, some spotting and light discolouration, small holes to 3U1 affecting a few letters Note: The only English translation of this important early work on artillery, fireworks and gunpowder, which for more than 150 years was the standard work on the science of artillery. This milestone of 17th century science contains the first known treatise on the rocket in military history.
Brougham, Henry Lord Historical sketches of statesmen who flourished in the time of George III. London, 1839, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges; Cockburn, Lord Life of Lord Jeffrey. Edinburgh, 1852, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, offsetting; Braybrooke, Richard Lord Memoirs of Samuel Pepys. London, 1828, second edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate; Walpole, Horace Letters of Horace Walpole... to Sir Horace Mann. London, 1834, third edition, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, 3 volumes, interiors clean; Gleig, Rev G. History of the life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. London, 1858, 8vo, 4 volumes, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, some foxing; Ibid. Essays... London, 1858, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges, interiors clean; Aiken, John Memoirs of the court of King James the First. London, 1822, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, foxing; Bethune, Maximilian de Memoirs of... London, 1763, fourth edition, 8vo, 6 volumes, portrait frontispiece to vol. I & II, folding map, modern quarter calf gilt; and approx 96 other 19th century historical works (qty)
Declaration - Robert Freebairn - King James III His Majestyes most gracious declaration to his subjects of England, James III. Perth: Robert Freebairn, 1715, approx 40 by 31.5cm, previous folds, torn at folds, framed and glazed Note: Robert Freebairn was the first printer of Perth. He fled from Edinburgh in 1715 and, with a press commandeered in Aberdeen, began to print Jacobite propaganda in the city.
Hallam, Henry The constitutional history of England. London, 1842, fourth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, some patches of wear on boards, ink inscription on front endpaper; Hume, David The history of England under the house of Tudor. London, 1759, 4to, 2 volumes, half titles, contemporary calf, rubbed, cracking, foxing and worm damage; Hume, David The history of England. London, 1807, new edition, 8vo, 8 volumes, portrait frontispiece, later half calf gilt, rubbed, hinges cracking, some foxing; Robertson, William The history of the reign of the emperor Charles V. Dublin, First Irish edition, 1769, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, red label, bookplates; and another (16)
![Jacobite Rebellion-[Gordon, Thomas] Four letters taken from the General Evening Post, relating to the present rebellion. 174](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2727666/265-92-10121_468x382.jpg)
Maurice, Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick The history of the Scots Guards from the creation of the regiment to the eve of the Great War. London: Chatto & Windus, 1934, 2 volumes, 8vo, first edition, coloured frontispieces, plates and maps, some coloured or folding, original blue cloth; Erskine, David The Scots Guards 1919-1955, first edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket torn with loss, slight fading to spine; Wauchope, Maj.-Gen. A.G. A history of the Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in the Great War, 1914-1918, 1925, first edition, plates, folding maps, original decorative cloth, very slight wear at head of spine (4)
Lang, Andrew The blue fairy book. London, 1890, fourth edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, foxing, bookplate; Ibid. The red fairy book. London, 1891, third edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative red cloth gilt, backstrip sunned, corners bumped, spotting, bookplate and owneres ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid. The green fairy book. London, 1892. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, foxing, bookplate of Hamilton of Carnell; Ibid. The yellow fairy book. London, 1894. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original yellow cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, corners worn, foxing, bookplate and a 1901 copy with heavily faded and discoloured binding; Ibid. The pink fairy book. London, 1906, new impression, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative pink cloth gilt, backstrip and edges faded, foxing; Ibid. The grey fairy book. London, 1900. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original grey cloth gilt, corners bumped, some spotting, bookplate; Ibid. The violet fairy book. London, 1901. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, edges of boards stained, head and tails chipped, bookplate; Ibid. The crimson fairy book. London, 1903. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, backstrip sunned, some rubbing, bookplate; Ibid. The brown fairy book. London, 1904. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, some rubbing to head and tail of spine, bookplate; Ibid. The olive fairy book. London, 1907. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, owneres ink inscription on reverse of frontispiece; Ibid. The lilac fairy book. London, 1910. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, backstrip sunned, bookplate and 11 others by Andrew Lang; Kirk, R. The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns and fairies. Stirling, 1933, 8vo, presentation copy from R. Cunninghame-Graham, frontispiece by D.Y. Cameron, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped and stained; Halifax, John & Goble, Warwick The fairy book. London, 1913, 8vo, 32 colour plates, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing to gilt on boards, foxing; Ozaki, Yei Theodora The Japanese fairy book. London, 1903, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, worn, hinges weak (26)
Milne, A.A. Now we are six. London, 1927, First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, sellotape repair to inside head of backstrip, backstrip discoloured, interior clean; Ibid. The house at Pooh Corner. London, 1928, First edition, 8vo, original pink cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at head and tail of backstrip, backstrip faded, interior clean (2)
Acts of Parliament The laws and acts of parliament made by King James the First and his royal successors. Edinburgh: for David Lindsay, 1681-1702, 12mo, 4 volumes [including Index], contemporary speckled calf gilt, brown labels, some slight rubbing to edges, bookplate (4) Provenance: Bookplates from the library of Charles Tennant.
Arnot, Hugo A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland from A.D. 1536 to 1784. Edinburgh: printed for the author, 1785, first edition, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, red label, edges rubbed, bookplate of A.C. Clathick; Hume, David Commentaries on the law of Scotland respecting trial for crimes. Edinburgh, 1800, 4to, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened (3)
Burns, Robert Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787, 8vo, second (first Edinburgh) edition, with "Boxburgh" on p. xxxvii and "stinking" on p. 263, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title, list of subscribers, nineteenth century blue morocco gilt, g.e., with autographed phrase "for ae that" on slip of paper pasted in at head of frontispiece, foot of frontispiece and title with manuscript notes in ink relating to Burnse life, spine slightly rubbed
![Denham, Sir John Poems and translations with the Sophy. London: H. Herringman, 1668, [part 2: H. Herringman, 1667], first ed](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2727666/335-92-10121_468x382.jpg)
Dickens, Charles The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman & Hall, 1839, first edition in book form, engraved portrait and 39 plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, rubbed, joints splitting; Ibid The mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870, first edition, engraved title, portrait & 12 plates, early cloth, slightly rubbed; Ibid The cricket on the hearth. for the author, 1846, 12mo, additional title and frontispiece, original cloth, rubbed and somewhat soiled; Ibid The battle of life. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846, first edition, fourth issue, 12mo, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, upper joint fraying; Ibid Our mutual friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, 40 plates, contemporary half calf (not uniform), rubbed; Ibid Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857, first edition in book form, additional etched title and 39 plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, slightly rubbed; and volumes 1-2 only of Master Humphreyes Clock (9)
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Hardy, Thomas Far from the madding crowd. New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1874. First American edition, 8vo, published in the ÔLeisure Hour Seriese, frontispiece and 11 plates, original cream cloth lettered and decorated in black, red advertising endpapers dated 2 April 1875, collectores cloth folding box, light spotting to title-page, traces of label removed from verso of title, binding somewhat soiled, some wear to extremities Note: Purdy, pp.17-18 The first American edition of Far From the Madding Crowd "has sometimes been described as the true first edition of the novel, but the claim to priority rests solely on the evidence of advertising endpapers, dated in a few instances 17 November" (Purdy). The novel was first published in England on 23 November 1874, having been first printed anonymously in the Cornhill Magazine from January to December 1874.
Hardy, Thomas A Laodicean, a story of to-day. London: Macmillian and Co, 1903, 8vo, 8vo, volume XI of Macmillanes reprint of The Wessex Novels, inscribed by Edward Dugdale to his daughter Florence Dugdale (later Hardyes wife) ("F.E. Dugdale. | From E.D. | January 12th 1906"), map of Wessex and advertisements at the end, original dark blue cloth, TH monogram medallion in gilt on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, light browning to endpapers, extremities rubbed Provenance: Florence Hardy (nee Dugdale), presentation inscription from her father on upper pastedown. Florence Emily Dugdale (later to become Hardyes second wife), was one of the five daughters of the schoolmaster Edward Dugdale, who ran a small bookshop in Enfield for a time and encouraged his daughteres early love of literature. She had been an admirer of Hardyes novels for some time before their first meeting in August 1905 (initiated by her), and scarcely a week before she received this book from her father on 12 January 1906, she had received an encouraging letter from Hardy: "...I do not think you stayed at all too long, & hope you will come again some other time...". "From the very first Hardy felt attracted to Miss Dugdale by her quiet seriousness, her large solemn eyes, her literary ambitions, and, not least, her open admiration of him as a great author" (Michael Millgate, Thomas Hardy: A Biography Revisited, p.410). Edward Dugdale was one of only three people present at the marriage ceremony of his daughter and Thomas Hardy on 10 February 1914.
Hardy, Thomas Far from the madding crowd [in] The Cornhill Magazine. Vol. XXIX. January to June 1874 [and] Vol. XXX. July to December 1874. London, 1874, 2 volumes, first printing, in 12 anonymous instalments (January to December 1874), 12 full-page illustrations and vignette initials by Helen Allingham, contemporary purple cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt, [Purdy, p.14], spines faded; Ibid The return of the native [in] Harperes New Monthly Magazine. Volume LVI. December 1877 to May 1878, [Volume LVII. June to November 1878]?[Volume LVIII. December 1878 to May 1879]. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878-9, 3 volumes, first American serialisation, in 12 instalments (February 1878 to January 1879), contemporary half-morocco over marbled boards, [Purdy, p.26], extremities worn; Ibid Hearts insurgent [Jude the obscure] [in] Harperes New Monthly Magazine, December 1894-November 1895, first printing of Jude the Obscure, in 12 instalments entitled "Hearts Insurgent" (the first entitled "The Simpletons"), 12 illustrations by W. Hatherell, contemporary half-morocco, [Purdy, pp.89-90], extremities worn; [together with:] How I Built Myself a House [in] Chamberses Journal, 18 March 1865, first printing of the authores first published piece, pp.161-4 bound in red cloth, label on upper cover "First Writing of Thomas Hardy 1865", [Purdy, pp.293-4], very light browning; Ibid Wessex folk [in] Harperes Monthly Magazine. European Edition. December 1890 to May 1891 [and] June 1891 to November 1891. London, 1891, 2 volumes, first printing, in four instalments (March-June 1891), headpiece by Alfred Parsons and seven illustrations by Charles Green, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt in compartment, slipcase, [Purdy, pp.82-83], covers slightly rubbed; Ibid "The science of fiction" [in] The New Review, April 1891, vol. IV, no. 23, pp315-9, original wrappers, [Purdy, p.300]; Ibid The pine-planters [in] The Cornhill Magazine. New Series. Vol. XIV. January to June 1903. London, 1903, first printing, pp.721-2 contemporary red cloth with design in blind and lettered in gilt, [Purdy, p.145-6], light spotting, spine faded; Ibid The preservation of ancient cottages. An Appeal by the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P. With a note by Thomas Hardy. The Royal Society of Arts, [1927], original wrappers, [Purdy, p.323]; and 6 others; chiefly 8vo (18)
Hazlitt, Willam A view of the English stage. London, 1818, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, owneres ink inscription on title; Ibid Lectures on the English comic writers. London, 1819. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, bookplate; Ibid Characters of Shakespeares plays. London, 1818, second edition, 8vo, original boards, rebacked, some browning to page edges; Ibid Lectures on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth. London, 1821, second edition, 8vo, later half calf gilt, some foxing; Ibid. Lectures on the English poets. London, 1819, second edition, 8vo, modern quarter calf, foxing and another volume (6)
Hazlitt, William The round table, a collection of essays on literature, men and manners. London: printed for Archibald Constable, 1817, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt by Bedford, rebacked, bookplate; Ibid. Liber amoris. London, 1823. First edition, 8vo, half title, vignette title, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, corners worn, repair to half title, some water staining (3)
Hazlitt, William Political essays with sketches of public characters. London, 1819. First edition, 8vo, modern quarter calf, some slight spotting; Ibid Conversations of James Northcote. London, 1826, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, bookplate and ink inscription of Lord Carlingford [Chief Secretary for Ireland], original cloth gilt, inner hinges weak,some foxing; Ibid. Table-talk or original essays on men and manners. London, 1824, second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, rebacked, foxing; Ibid. The spirit of the age. Paris, 1825, 8vo, 2 vols in 1, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, foxing and 5 others (10)
Pullman, Philip The subtle knife. London: Scholastic Press, 1997. First edition, 8vo, full number line, original green cloth gilt with gilt stamp of dagger on upper board, dustwrapper, slight creasing to head of backstrip, interior very clean, bookplate of The Childrenes Book Award on front free endpaper
[Randolph, Thomas] Cornelianum dolium. London: Thomas Harper for T. Slater and L. Chapman, 1638. First edition, 12mo, engraved frontis title by W. Marshall, representing Cornelius in a sweating tub, woodcut initials, contemporary calf, worn on rear cover and edges, a couple of worm-trails on front, occasional marginal red ink splashes, very minor worming not affecting text, contemporary scribbling on fly, contemporary autograph on verso of rear free endpaper Note: STC 20691; Brunet II p. 288 A Ôwitty but indelicate Latin comedye [DNB] traditionally assigned to Thomas Randolph (1605-1635), poet and dramatist.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the philosopheres stone. 34th thousand; Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, 34th thousand; Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkhaban, 34th thousand; Harry Potter and the goblet of fire, 2000, 27th thousand; Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix, 2003, 6th thousand; Harry Potter and the half blood prince, 2005, first edition; Harry Potter and the deathly hallows, 2007, first edition; all original boards with dust-jackets, the first five in a single five volume publisheres card slipcase (split at lower bottom); the first five signed by the author on the half-title, the last two on the title Note: With a typed statement on J. K. Rowlinges headed paper stating "This complete set of Childrenes Edition Harry Potter Hardback Books consisting of all seven titles and been donated and signed by J.K. Rowling to be used for fundraising for the Portobello Rugby Club, signed Fiddy Henderson, P.A. to J.K. Rowling."
Gidon, Louis Autograph letter signed, to an unknown correspondent about the journey from Petit Goave to Cartagena, Cartagena, 22 November 1735, single sheet folded with 2 pages of text, the second leaf blank (220 x 170mm.), slight foxing, trace of former guard, later pagination at head of first page in red ink ; Richter, Hans Collection of manuscript and typescript documents concerning probability theory and kardioide (6)
Fox, C.J. A history of the early part of the reign of James the Second, 1808, 4to, engraved frontispiece, contemporary diced calf; Pindar. Odes, 1753, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; More, Thomas Utopia, Glasgow, Robert Foulis, 1743, 8vo, contemporary sheep, rubbed; Somervile, William The chace, a poem, 1757, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary calf, some spotting, rubbed; Church, Thomas A sermon written and preached in 1750, 1778, 8vo, mezzotint frontispiece, contemporary green morocco with gilt floral border to sides, spine gilt, g.e.; [Music] The musical miscellany, 1730, 8vo, volume 4 only, engraved frontispiece, printed music, modern calf; Byron, G.G.N., Lord The corsair, 1814, first edition, first issue with 100 pages, contemporary calf, rebacked; Persius. The satires, translated by William Drummond, 1797, 12mo, inscribed on the first blank "from the author", with pencil note "from the library of C.J. Fox, bought at Saint Annees sale, 26.11.1924", contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco label; Ovidius Naso, P. Ovides epistles. London: J. Tonson, 1701, 8vo, 7(of 8) engraved plates, contemporary calf, frontispiece stuck to front endpaper, joints split at head; Freind, John. An account of the Earl of Peterborowes conduct in Spain, 1707, 8vo, contemporary calf, upper board detached; Vertot, abbe. Vertotes miscellanies, 1723, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, bookplate of David Smyth of Methven, and various others, miscellaneous
Boutcher, William A treatise on forest-trees. Edinburgh: sold by the Author, by J. Murray, 1775, first edition, 4to, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, bound without the additional engraved title Provenance: C. Watson of Saughton, armorial bookplate. James Watson of Saughton is listed as one of the original subscribers.
Culpeper, Nicholas The English physician enlarged with three hundred and sixty nine medicines made of English herbs. London: T. Norris, A. Bettesworth &c., 1725, 12mo, contemporary sheep, first and last gathering loose, lacks spine, boards detached; Wilson, James The principles and practice of the water cure. London: J. Churchill, 1854, second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, modern calf, (2)
Jeffreys, John Gwyn British conchology, or an account of the mollusca. London: J. van Voorst, 1862-69, first edition, 5 volumes, 8vo, 5 hand-coloured frontispieces, 142 uncoloured plates, contemporary brown half morocco, uncoloured plates damp-stained, rubbed Provenance: Norfolk & Norwich library bookplate noting "This book is part of the Salvage from the fire which occurred on August 1st, 1898"
Sowerby, James and James Edward Smith English botany, or coloured figures of British plants. London: for the author, 1790-1846, volumes 1-36 bound in 18 volumes , 4 supplementary volumes and index volume, first edition, 8vo, 2960 hand-coloured engraved plates, and an additional 20 plates (numbered 1-20) bound in volume 2 of the Supplement, contemporary green half calf, brown morocco lettering pieces, very slight offsetting to some plates in volumes 13-14 and 27-32, plate 1257 misnumbered 1256, spines slightly faded and very slightly rubbed Note: A very clean, soundly bound, set with only a little light offsetting to a few plates.
Grotius, Hugo. The truth of the Christian religion. London: Richard Royston, 1680, first edition, 8vo, translated by Symon Patrick, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed; [Simon, Richard] The history of the original and progress of ecclesiastical revenues. London: H. Faithorne, J. Kersey, S. Smith, 1685, 8vo, contemporary calf, spine gilt, head of spine and two corners rubbed (2) Note: Wing G2128 and S3802.
Egypt and the Holy Land A pair of albums containing albumen prints of Egypt and the Holy Land; Bonfils, Felix First album with 56 albumen prints of Jersalem and the Holy Land [6 loose at rear], c. 1870es, majority signed in negative, captioned on mount, approx 22 by 28cm, some fading and spotting, with 7 loose prints of Roma, approx 19 by 25cm; Zangaki & Bonfils, Felix Second album with 43 albumen prints of Egypt [3 loose], circa 1880es, approx 21.5cm by 27.5cm, some fading and spotting, captioned and signed in negative, pasted onto both side of leaves, contemporary full morocco gilt, rubbed at edges (2)
Scottish Aviation - Drexell, J. Armstrong A collection of 5 silver prints from the first Scottish International Aviation Meeting, Lanark Air Show August 1910, approx 18.5cm by 24cm, one captioned "Drexell on his record altitude flight" with another the same, two prints of monoplane number 12 , single print of Farman biplane number 11 in flight, four prints pasted onto mounts, some foxing to images, one image of Drexell monoplane stained (5) Note: The first flying meeting in Scotland took place at Lanark racecourse in August 1910, attended by over 200,000 people. 22 aviators competed in the 11 events for speed, distance, height, cross country, lifting capacity etc. The circuit was 1.75 miles marked out by pylons and special hangars were erected to house each competitores aircraft. £8,060 was paid in prize money to 12 competitors. The first UK measured mile speed record of 75.94 mph was recorded and a world record height of 6,750 ft was reached by J. Armstrong Drexel, the American aviator, in his Bleriot monoplane.
USA - Watkins, Carleton An album of albumen prints containing; Watkins, Carleton 16 albumen prints of Yosemite, circa 1860es, approx 12 by 20cm & 15 by 10cm, all captioned in ink below, one [possibly three] showing Galen Clark; Niagara Falls 5 prints of Niagara falls, c. 1860es, approx 14 by 19cm; various other prints of India and Europe, all pasted onto both sides of leaves, contemporary morocco gilt, gilt insignia on boards Note: Galen Clark was Carleton Watkins guide around Yosemite in the early 1860es. His role in the history of Yosemite is significant; discovering Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and becoming the first Guardian of the Yosemite National Park from 1864.
Anson, George & Walter, Richard A voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. London: printed for W. Bowyer, 1776, 15th edition, 4to, 42 engraved maps and plans, later half calf gilt, water damaged at outer edge of boards, title page laid down, water staining to edge of first 5 leaves, remainder of volume clean, plate 36 torn at edge [some loss to border, does not effect image]; Labillardiere, M. Voyage in search of La Perouse. London: printed for John Stockdale, 1800, 4to, folding map [torn and repaired at inner hinge], 19 of 45 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, later endpapers, water stains to page edges, some foxing, ink inscription on front paste down (2)
Dalton, Richard Antiquities and views in Greece and Egypt with the manners and customs of the inhabitants from drawings made on the spot, A.D. 1749. London: Thomas King and Henry Chapman, 1791, folio, 79 plates on 76 sheets [some folding], contemporary half red morocco gilt, marbled boards, rubbed, some wear to edges, foxing and water staining to edges of some plates Note: In 1749 Dalton was invited to join James Caulfield, the first earl of Charlemont, as a travelling draughtsmen. The party travelled to Malta, Turkey, Egypt and, finally, Greece. Some of the drawings completed by Dalton are the earliest visual records of a number of monuments. The 79 views were published several times after their first appearence in 1751, with the definitive issue published in 1791. [Oxford DNB] Colas 779; Atabey 311
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