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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
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The Housekeepers' Friend, or Manual of Cookery, by a Lady, 2nd ed., Norwich, printed by Fletcher & Son, c.1853, half-title, some spotting, a.e.g., orig. blue blindstamped lcoth gilt, sl. rubbed, marked on upper cover, slim 8vo, together with The Cookmaid's Complete Guide, new and correct ed.; Cookery Made Easy, by a Lady, 20th ed., with additions and improvements, 2 vols. in one, pub. Dean & Son, c.1865, eng. frontis. to first part, endpapers chipped, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed, 12mo, and The Pocket Guide to Domestic Cookery, by a Lady, Glasgow, McPhun, 1864, woodcuts to text, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 16mo, and two others (5)

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Hudson (Mrs., and Mrs. Donat). The New Practice of Cookery, Pastry, Baking and Preserving, being the Country Housewife's Best Friend, Edinburgh, for the Editors, 1804, errata leaf at rear, contemp. tree calf with gilt dec. spine, some wear to joints and spine ends, 12mo. Oxford, p.134. Possibly the first edition, "Watt gives 1798 as the date, but there is no indication that the 1804 edition is not the first". (1)

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Johnson (Mary). Madam Johnson's Present, or Every Young Woman's Companion, in Useful and Universal Knowledge, 7th ed., Law, 1777, four pp. pubs. ads. at rear, entirely lacking B5-B8, F5-F7 & G12 torn and frayed, some leaves detached or working loose, some old waterstaining, contemp. full calf, spine virtually perished with boards working loose, some wear to boards, 12mo, together with Kettilby (Mary), A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery, 2 parts in one, 2nd ed., 1719, title frayed with loss to lower margin, some other leaves frayed or browned, some old waterstaining, old boards, worn, covers detached, 8vo, and Powell (Mrs), The Guide to Preferment, or Powell's Complete Book of Cookery, Bailey, n.d., c.1800?. lacking frontis. of kitchen, lacking Z4 (final leaf of text), title and index leaves creased at head of gutter margin, lacking covers, 8vo. First volume Bitting, p.247; Oxford, p.83. Second volume Bitting, p.258. Third volume Bitting, p.379; Oxford, p.130. (3)

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Plumptre (James, and T. Lantaffe). The Experienced Butcher, shewing the Respectability and Usefulness of his Calling, the Religious Considerations arising from it, the Laws relating to it, and various Profitable Suggestions for the Rightly Carrying it on, designed not only for the Use of Butchers, but also for Families and Readers in General, pub. Darton, Harvey & Darton, 1816, eng. frontis. of butcher and a bull and six etched plts. of animals by Howitt, top corner of first plt. and pp.69-72 torn off but with no loss to image or text, occasional spotting or browning, recent cloth with morocco label to spine, 8vo (1)

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Rose (Giles). A Perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth, shewing the Whole Art of a Master of the Household, a Master Carver, a Master Butler, a Master Confectioner, a Master Cook, a Pastryman, printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1682, lacking title and all leaves prior to A2 ('To the Right Honourable.'), some leaves repaired or strengthened, principally at fore-edge, F9 with loss to text, numerous woodcuts to text, occasional spotting, contemp. calf boards with recent calf reback, boards rubbed, 12mo. Wing R1933; Bitting, p.407; Oxford, p.42; Vicaire, p.341. The first work in the English language to illustrate carving techniques. Translated from 'L'Žcole Parfaite des Officiers de Bouche' (Paris, 1662). (1)

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Simpson (Leonard Francis). The Handbook of Dining Or How to Dine Theoretically, Philosophically, and Historically Considered. Based Chiefly Upon the Physiologie Du Gout of Brillat-Savarin, 1st ed., 1859, 24 pp. pubs. ads. at rear, orig. pimpled and spotted cloth gilt, a little worn at head and foot of spine, together with [Whiting, Sydney], Memoirs of a Stomach, Written by Himself, That All Who Eat May Read, Edited by a Minister of the Interior, 4th ed., revised, with additions, n.d., c. 1860s, eng. frontis., vign. title, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, a little frayed at head and foot of spine, plus Kirwan (A.V.), Host and Guest. A Book About Dinners, Dinner-Giving, Wines, and Desserts, 1st ed., [1864], orig. dec. cloth in bright condition, and Hill (Benson E.), The Epiqure's Almanac; Or Diary of Good Living: Containing a Choice and Original Receipt or a Valuable Hint for Every Day in the Year. , 1841, 1842 & 1842 (First & Second Course), together four vols., all orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, some minor wear to extrems., and three others, all 8vo (10)

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Turabi Efendi. Turkish Cookery Book, A Collection of Receipts, dedicated to those Royal and Distinguished Personages, the Guests of His Highness the late Viceroy of Egypt, on the occasion of the banquet given at Woolwich, on board His Highness's Yacht the Faiz-Jehad, the 16th July 1862, [pub. London, 1864], orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and faded, slim 8vo Bitting, p.141. Blackmer 1684. Not only the first book on Turkish cookery in English but also a translation of the first Turkish printed cookbook, Mehmed Kamil's 'Melceu't-Tabbahin', 1844. This is the first issue of the first edition, with the title printed in both Turkish and English. (1)

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Volant (F., and Warren, J.R.). Memoirs of Alexis Soyer; with Unpublished Receipts and Odds and Ends of Gastronomy, 1st ed., W. Kent & Co., 1859, half-title present, pubs. ads. to f.e.p.s, (rear endpapers replaced), orig. pict. boards, rubbed and corners worn, recent paper backstrip, 8vo, with others related. First item not in Bitting or Vicaire. Written by Soyer's late Secretaries. (11)

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Broadside. Stratton and Crowder's Manufactory and Warehouse, Near the Magdalen, Blackfriers-Road, for the Following New and Patent Inventions First, The Patent Antifuelist Smoak-Jack., for a Laundry., for a Camp., The Patent Magic Stove., Copper Utensils for Cooking., Patent Alarums., c.1795, eng. illust. of a kitchen range, with text printed beneath, watermark dated 1795, left margin trimmed, approx. 400 x 230mm (1)

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Cogan (Thomas). [The Haven of Health: chiefly made for the comfort of students. amplified uppon five wordes of Hippocrates. now of late corrected and augmented. Hereunto is added a preservation from the pestilence: with a short censure of the late sicknesse at Oxford, imprinted by Thomas Orwin, for William Norton, 1589], [xvi] + 276 (misnumbered 275) + [xii], lacking title, and final leaf of index, some soiling and fraying to first and last few leaves, with minor loss to first leaf at front of vol., and all index leaves at end, with loss of text (final two leaves substantially defective), black letter text, some soiling and marginal stains, old vellum, worn, small 4to. STC 5480. A variant issue of the 1588 second edition of this early English work, first published in 1584. (1)

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Glasse (Hannah). The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy., 8th ed., 1763, upper margin of title torn with loss of letters to first word of title, modern marbled boards with morocco label, 8vo. Oxford p.76-77. (1)

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Grandi (Lazaro). Alfabetto di Secreti Medicinali, et altri curiosi, e dilettevoli d'ogni materia, con l'Arte Facile d'Uccellare, e Pescare, Bologna, 1671, 217 pp. incl. title, 22 pp. index at end, some minor marks and minor stains, mostly to margins, at front of vol., later calf-backed boards, rubbed and minor wear to extreme head and foot of spine, 18th c. morocco labels, small 8vo. The first edition was printed in Milan in 1666. A collection of medicinal and gastronomic recipes, including a section on birds and fish. (1)

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Smith (Eliza). The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion: Being a Collection of Upwards of Six Hundred of the Most Approved Receipts in Cookery, Pastry. and also Bills of Fare for Every Month of the Year. To which is Added, a Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts of Medicines., 11th ed., 1742, title torn with loss of first word and lined to verso, five folding eng. bills of fare, (last plts. repaired to upper & lower margins), some yellowing and minor staining, modern cloth, 8vo. Oxford p.60-61. (1)

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Twamley (Josiah). Dairying Exemplified, or the Business of Cheese-Making: Laid Down from Approved Rules, Collected from the Most Experienced Dairy-Wormen, of Several Counties. Digested Under Various Heads. From a Series of Observation, During Thirty Years Practice in the Cheese Trade, 2nd ed., corrected & improved, printed for the author by J. Sharp, Warwick, 1787, 144pp., half-title present, occ. minor spotting, bound with (at front) Boswell (George), A Treatise on Watering Meadows: Wherein are Shewn Some of the Many Advantages Arising from that Mode of Practice, Particularly on Coarse, Boggy, or Barren Lands; and the Method of Performing the Work. Also Remarks on a Late Pamphlet Upon that Subject, 3rd ed., 1792, six plts. printed on five folding leaves, some offsetting, signature of Joseph Priestley to front free endpaper, contemp. sheep, rebacked, rubbed to extrems., 8vo. Twamley's 'Dairying Exemplified' was the first English work on cheesemaking. The first edition was published in 1784. (1)

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Wolley (Hannah). The Gentlewomans Companion; or, a Guide to the Female Sex: containing directions of behaviour, in all places, companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age., whereunto is added A Guide for Cook-maids, Dairy-maids, Chamber-maids, and all others that go to service, by Hannah Woolley, [2nd ed.], 1675, [xxiv] + 262 + [12], including blank at end, eng. port. frontis. of Sarah Gilly, by W. Faithorne, very sl. frayed and some minor marks, title printed in red and black, early owner's name of Eliz. Quested in ink to head of title, contemp. sheep, scuffed and some minor wear, 8vo. Oxford, p. 36. The first edition was published in 1673. (1)

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*Chromolithographs. A group of three late 19th c. fine chromos. of food, including lobster on a bed of a spinach, oysters and pastry-topped pie dish, by A. Sauvage, a still-life of various fruits, including apples, pears, orange, grapes, nuts etc., by G. Falchetti, plus one other similar, the first two signed in the image, each approx. 37 x 49 cm, matching black and gilt wood frames, glazed. See front cover of this catalogue. (3)

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*Fragonard (Honore). Les Baignets, & Dites Donc S'Il-Vous-Plait, a pair of 18th c. copper engravings, by Nicolas De Launay, after Fragonard, pub. Paris, De Launay, the first showing a group of children by an open fire, with a woman cooking oysters, the other showing a group of children, with woman holding a large loaf of bread, etc., oval central image to each, with decorative and architectural border design, the second engraving a proof before dedication and imprint, each approx. 29 x 32 cm, matching frames, glazed. The second engraving is reproduced as plate 34 in Ralf Nevill's Old French Line Engravings. (2)

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David (Elizabeth). Cooking with Le Creuset, 1st ed., Cresta Press, 1963, illusts. to text, orig. printed card wrappers, 4to, together with ten others, mostly Elizabeth David Ltd. pamphlets, c.late 60s. First item Presentation copy signed by the author. With a chatty ALS from Elizabeth David on headed notepaper and dated November 13th 1963 loosely inserted. (11)

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Hiller (Elizabeth O.). The Calendar of Luncheons, The Calendar of Sandwiches & Beverages/The Calendar of Cakes, Fillings and Frostings, New Calendar of Desserts, n.d., pub. P.F. Volland Co., Illinois, c. 1920s, together four orig. recipe calendars, all orig. printed wrappers with silk ties (the first calendar contained in orig. cardboard box, somewhat broken), each approx. 28 x 14 cm. (4)

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Mellish (Katharine). Cookery and Domestic Management, including Economic and Middle Class Practical Cookery, 2 vols., Standard Art Book Company, n.d., c.1920, fifty-six col. litho. plts., illusts. to text, first vol. lacking half-title and with front free endpaper renewed, t.e.g., orig. blue cloth with gilt dec. spines, rubbed, tall 8vo (2)

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Northumberland (Henry Percy, Earl of). The Regulations and Establishment of the Household of Henry Algernon Percy, the fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his Castles of Wressle and Leckonfield in Yorkshire, Begun Anno Domini MDXII, new ed., with additional notes, Brown, 1905, half-title, ads. at rear, t.e.g., orig. linen-backed boards, spine a little darkened, 8vo, together with 15 Books of Old Recipes, as Used in the Pease and Gurney Households in the XVIIIth Century, pub. Newcastle, Reid, n.d., c.1900, light spotting, orig. cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, minor wear to upper cover, 8vo. First volume is the most comprehensive edition with additional notes by J.R.Boyle. (2)

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Crosfield (John F.). A History of the Cadbury Family, 2 vols., 1995, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth, together with Bird (Peter), The First Food Empire. A History of J. Lyons & Co., 1st ed., 2000, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Phillips (F. Taverner), A History of the Worshipful Company of Cooks, London, 1932, frontis., b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. crimson morocco gilt, 8vo, with other company histories and similar, mostly VG (3 shelves)

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Hy. Duke & Son
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A FIRST PERIOD WORCESTER BLUE SCALE PLATE, the rococo cartouche painted with polychrome flowers, highlighted with gilding, seal mark to base, 8" (def)

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A FIRST PERIOD WORCESTER PART TEA SERVICE comprising ovoid-shaped teapot, the whorl body with blue and gilt banded decoration, crescent "C"-mark, 6", sucrier and cover, slops bowl, assorted teabowls, cups and saucers, and three similar 18th century Derby plates (a lot)

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Marlborough (John Churchill, 1st Duke, 1650-1722). A twelve-page manuscript accounts receipt book, c. 1687-1704, incl. details of monies lent to Sir John Miller to pay a mortgage of lands in Hampshire for ,000, also Henry and George Hilleyard, Sir John Parsons, Thomas Hall, Robert Chaplin, all for mortgages and on separate leaves, each with notes of interest paid, one or more times each year on lines beneath, more than one hand noted, but including seventeen specimens of Marlborugh's signature and three specimens of his wife's signature (S: Marlborough), some spotting and soiling, approx. 19 x 15 cm, together with three autograph letters to the Duke or Duchess of Marlborough concerning money loans, one for the Lord Sunderland (5th October 1717), signed James Craggs, one for Mr. Parsons (3rd May 1718), signed B. Swete and one for Lord Cadogan (24th February 1722), signed George Clifford, the first two, two pages with integral blank, the last 4 pp., all 4to, plus a noteslip detailing interest received in 1717-1719 for South Sea shares against a stock value of £30,960, the money received from Mr. Hodges and Mr. Edward Northy, one page, 8vo, plus a later document (May 1765), signed by Purbeck Langham (6)

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Punch. Punch or the London Charivari, vol. 1, July to December 1841, wood eng. illusts. throughout, some closed tears and crude sellotape repairs to first few leaves, some spotting throughout and some leaves sprung, a.e.g., orig. pimpled cloth gilt, worn, 4to. Laid in the front of the volume is an albumen print [by London Stereoscopic Company, 11th May 1867], of the Green Room, group portrait of thirteen sitters including Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir John Tenniel, Ellen Terry, George Du Maurier, Mark Lemon (editor of Punch), Quintin Twiss and others, approx. 17 x 23 cm with arched top. On the following blank endpapers are a presentation inscription from the proprietors of Punch, 'presented to John Knowles Esq. on the occasion of the amateur performance in Manchester in aid of the "Bennett Fund", 29th July 1867', signed by W. H. Bradbury, F. W. Evans, and William, Thomas and J. Agnew. On the facing leaf underneath a small ink sketch of Mr. Punch and his dog [by John Tenniel?] are twenty signatures of those involved including Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, John Tenniel, Henry Silver, F. C. Burnand, Arthur S. Sullivan, Charles S. Keene, Kate Terry and others. Another copy of the photograph is held by the National Portrait Gallery. (1)

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Algarotti (Francesco). An Essay on the Opera Written in Italian by Count Algarotti, 1st English ed., 1767, half-title with publisher's book list to verso, first and last leaves sl. browned at margins from turn-ins, contemp. speckled calf, joints cracked and lower cover near det., 12mo (1)

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Bible [English], imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and John Bill, 1621, black letter text, lacks general title, four leaves of prelims. only (The Translators to the Reader), NT woodcut title present, Concordances, dated 1622, bound in at rear, some soiling and stains throughout, first and last leaf with some fraying and sl. loss, contemp. calf, lower portion of spine and upper cover replaced, 4to. Herbert 379. (1)

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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues... Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1800, first few gatherings lightly stained, inner hinges split, contemp. gilt morocco presentation label on front pastedown, a.e.g., contemp. red morocco, gilt dec., a little rubbed, spine sl. faded, 4to. A handsome binding. (1)

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Bruce (Robert). Sermons Preached in the Kirk of Edinburgh, 1st ed., Edinburgh: Robert Walde-graue, 1591, title torn with some loss to imprint, neatly repaired, a little soiling and a few minor marginal repairs not affecting text, lacks first two leaves (blanks), a.e.g., 19th-c. gilt-panelled morocco, cracked on joijnts, sm. 8vo. STC 3923. (1)

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Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of our Antient and Lerned English Poet, 6th (1st Speght) ed., 1598, lacking woodcut title, supplied in facsimile, lacking portrait leaf (bi), double-column black lettered text with small woodcut initials, some light browning and staining in places, first and final leaves sl. frayed at fore-edge, hinges split, early 19th c. eng. bookplate of Edward Bill, contemp. calf with gilt-stamped arabesque ornament in centre of sides, rebacked, folio. STC 5077; Pforzheimer vol. 1, 177. (1)

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Cotton (Charles). The Wonders of the Peak, pub. Nottingham, 1725, 71 pp., title printed in red and black within typographic border, minor paper repairs to upper corner of first few leaves, later blind panelled calf gilt, a little chipped at head and foot of spine, small 4to (1)

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Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vols., mixed eds., 1776-88, half-title and port. frontis. (lightly foxed) to vol.1, three folding eng. maps (two to vol. 2 and one to vol. 3), errata leaf at rear of vols. 2 & 3, occ. spotting and soiling, hinges split, except vol. 1 where endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, rubbed, rebacked, 4to. Volume one is a second edition, the remaining volumes are first editions. Printing and the Mind of Man 222 (first edition): 'A masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style'. (6)

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Gordon (Thomas, attrib.). A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling; Its Dignity, Antiquity, and Excellence, with a Word upon Pudding..., 4th ed., 1726, first and last pages dust-soiled, sm. tear with loss to upper margin of title not affecting text, modern cloth, rubbed and faded on spine, slim 8vo. A satirical imitation of Ambrose Philip's pretentious style of writing, sometimes attributed to Henry Carey. (1)

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Harris (William). An Historical Account of the Life and Writings of James the First, King of Great Britain. After the Manner of Mr. Bayle... 1753, front hinge split, contemp. calf, rubbed, sl. loss at head of spine, together with Halliwell (James Orchard) A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century, 2 vols., 1847, some foxing, t.e.g., contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus seven 18th c. and 19th c. works in contemp. bindings, mostly history-related, 12 vols. in all (15)

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Heraldry. A Synopsis of Heraldry, 1682; The Atchievements of the Kings of England, Since King Egbert of the Saxon Race, 1682; A Catalogue of the Nobility of England, with an Exact List of all the Knights of the Garter, c.1682; The Arms of all the Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Sees of England, c.1682, first and last items with numerous copper engs. plts., a few repairs to versos, some contemp. marginalia, all four items bound together in 19th c. half calf, sl. rubbed, small 8vo (1)

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Jones (Sir William). The Works..., With the Life of the Author, by Lord Teignmouth, 13 vols., printed for John Stockdale, and John Walker, 1807, two eng. ports., sixty-six eng. plts., incl. some folding, contemp. uniform full tree calf, gilt spines with green morocco label to each, rubbed and some marks to spines, 8vo. The first octavo collected edition of the works of the renowned oriental scholar Sir William Jones, founder of the Asiatic Society. (13)

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Liturgies. Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, Antwerp: Plantin, [1600], (2) + 907-1020 + 278 pp., wanting general title and first 906 pp., begins with sectional title 'Passio Domini Christi Secundum Quatuor Evangelistas' (with some contemp. ink scribbling), final sectional title reads 'Hymni per Totum Annum: item Orationes Dominicales, Feriales, ac de Sanctis...', text in red and black ink throughout, ten fine full-page copper engravings, five engraved tailpieces, contemp. sheep, worn with spine crudely strengthened, 4to (1)

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Les Modes Parisiennes, 2 vols., Paris, 1846 & 1847, 103 hand-col. fashion plts., contemp. qtr. stained sheep, rubbed and some marks, first vol. partly cracked along upper joint, 4to. (2)

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Picart (Bernard). The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World; together with historical annotations and several curious discourses equally instructive and entertaining, vols. I-III & IV, Part II only, 1733-34, 155 eng. plts., incl. fourteen double-page, one eng. head-piece to page 74 of first vol. with portion excised, three full-page eng. plts. missing upper or lower portion (vol. I page 80, vol. III page 200 & vol. IV page 478), some minor marks, contemp. full calf, contrasting green and red morocco labels to spines, heavily rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, large folio (4)

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Pope (Alexander). An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham, 1st ed., 1733, [4],13,[3]pp., half-title present with title "Of the knowledge and characters of men...", together with The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue Between Alexander Pope... on the One Part, and his Learned Council on the Other, 1st ed., 1733,19,[1]pp. with The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated, 1st ed., pub. L. Gilliver, 1737, [4],15,[1]pp., all stitched as issued, folio and each contained on matching portfolios (3)

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Prior (Matthew). Poems on Several Occasions, 2 vols., 5th ed., 1733, port. frontis. to first vol., contemp. full calf, gilt dec. spines, rubbed and partly cracked on upper joints, small 8vo, together with Paget (John), Hungary and Transylvannia; with remarks on their condition, social, political, and economical, 2 vols., new ed., 1850, folding map, b&w illusts. to text, contemp. full calf, worn with upper cover to both vols. detached, and spine to second vol. loose, 8vo, plus Sismondi (J. C. L. Simonde de), Histoire des Republiques Italiennes du Moyen Age, 10 vols., nouvelle ed., Paris, 1840, eng. plts., etc., occn. foxing, contemp. qtr. calf, spines sunned, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 19th c., incl. Brand's Popular Antiquities, 2 vols., 1813, and a copy of Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum, 10th ed., 1677, with facsimile portrait frontispiece, all leather-bound, mainly 8vo (41)

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Religious pamphlets. Two bound volumes of theological pamphlets, all later 19th c., one volume containing eight various pamphlets, dated 1866-68, and titled to spine 'Pamphlets. Roman Catholics', the other volume containing ten various pamphlets, dated 1888-99, and titled 'Miscellanea' to spine, contemp. half calf, spine faded and minor wear to extrems., 8vo and contemp. dark green cloth, small 4to. The first volume includes Rome's Tactics, or, A Lesson for England from the Past by William Goode, 1867, The Morals of the Church of Rome, by John Sinclair, 2nd ed., 1867, The Progress of the Church of Rome Towards Ascendency in England, by John Campbell Colquhoun, 1868, etc., the second volume includes A Voice from Ireland on the Home Rule Bill, Speeches Delivered... at a Special General Synod of the Church of Ireland, 14th March 1893, Report of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Conference, 1899, etc. (2)

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Sommer (H. Oskar). The Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances, edited from manuscripts in the British Museum, 7 vols., Washington, 1908-13, t.e.g., contemp. half morocco (by Gray of Cambridge), rubbed and scuffed, 4to, first vol. marked in pencil to front pastedown 'C. S. Lewis's copy', together with La Morte Darthur by Syr Thomas Malory, ed. H. Oskar Sommer, with an Essay by Andrew Lang, 3 vols. 1889-91, contemp. half maroon morocco gilt, a few minor marks, spine lightly faded, large thick 8vo, plus others on the Arthurian legend, mostly in French, including Faral, La Legende Arthurienne, 1969, etc., all bound in leather bindings, mostly large 8vo (24)

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[Stephens, John]. An Historical Discourse, Briefly Setting Forth the Nature of Procurations, and How They were Antiently Paid, with the Reason of Their Payment; and Somewhat Also of Synodals and Pentecostals: With an Appendix in Answer to an Opposer, 1661, imprimatur leaf present, some minor marginal dampstains, contemp. calf, worn, small 4to, together with Townson (Thomas), Discourses on the Four Gospels... To Which is Added, an Enquiry Concerning the Hours of St. John, of the Romans, and of Some Other Nations of Antiquity, pub. Oxford, 1778, contemp. calf, some minor wear to extrems., 4to, plus Bacon (Sir Francis, Baron Verulam), Letters of Sr. Francis Bacon... Written During the Reign of King James the First. Now Collected, and Augmented with Several Letters and Memoires... , 1st ed., 1702, presentation inscription from the editor, Robert Stephens, on flyleaf, ex-lib. copy with ink stamps to title and following leaf, later quarter morocco gilt, small 4to, and four others (7)

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Story (Thomas). A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story: Containing, an Account of His Remarkable Convincement of, and Embracing of the Principles of Truth, as Held by the People Called Quakers; And Also, of His Travels and Labours in the Service of the Gospel: with many other Occurences and Observations, 1st ed., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1747, contemp. calf, upper cover detached, folio. Story sailed to Pennsylvania in 1698 and at the request of his friend William Penn, stayed for the next sixteen years. He was chosen as the first Recorder of Philadelphia in 1701, he was a member of the Council of State, keeper of the Great Seal, Master of the Roles, and in 1706 was elected mayor of Philadelphia. This work includes an early account of the Southern Indians. (1)

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Tacitus (Gaius Cornelius). Opera quae exstant. Justus Lipsius quintum recensuit. Additi Commentarr meliores plenioresque, cum Curis Secundis, three parts in one, Leiden, Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1589, woodcut vign. to each title, first title with very minor fraying to centre of fore-margin, small English owner's ink inscription to upper outer corner of first title, dated 1591, old vellum, folio. Ex libris Sir Ronald Storrs, with his bookplate to front pastedown. (1)

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Temple Bar A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, vols 1-4, 6-99 & 101-133, 1861-1906, lacks only vols. 5 & 100, vols. 1-39 bound in publisher's orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, remainder bound in stout library buckram or half morocco (some a little worn), all 8vo. This monthly magazine was started by business-publisher John Maxwell, in the light of the success of the Cornhill Magazine. The first editor was George Augustus Sala (vols. 1-9, December 1860-November 1863), followed by Edmund Yates (vols. 10-21, December 1863-September 1867), then George Bentley, Richard Bentley and Gertrude Townshend Mayer. The magazine contains first appearances of novels by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Wilkie Collins, among many others. (132)

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Galton (Francis). Finger Prints, 1st ed., 1892, title with vignette of the author's finger-prints, sixteen plts., numerous tables, a little splitting to upper inner hinge, orig. burgundy cloth gilt, spine sl. faded with fraying at head and foot of spine, 8vo. Garrison-Morton 186; Printing and the Mind of Man 376. Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), a cousin of Charles Darwin, was one of the first men to realise that finger-prints remain constant from childhood to death. Although this work heralded the dawn of a new era in crime detection, it was not until 1901 that a finger-print bureau was established by Scotland Yard. (1)

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Hunter (John). A Treatise on the Venereal Disease, 1st ed., 1786, seven eng. plts., some heavy spotting and first leaf soiled, lacks first two leaves (title and dedication, both supplied in facsimile), later half morocco, rubbed, 4to (1)

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Huxham (John). An Essay on Fevers, and their Various Kinds, as Depending on Different Constitutions of the Blood: With Dissertations on Slow Nervous Fevers; on Putrid, Pestilential, Spotted Fevers; on the Small-pox; and on Pleurisies and Peripneumonies, 2nd ed., 1750, some light embrowning, contemp. half calf, covers detached, together with Libellus de Methodo Concinnandi Formulas Medicamentorum, by Hieronymi Davidis Gaubii, Naples, 1763, contemp. vellum, a little soiled, 8vo, plus Gaubio (H.D.), Institutiones Pathologiae Medicinalis, 2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1762, contemp. calf gilt, 12mo. The first volume in this lot includes the first use of the word 'influenza'. (3)

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[Leurechon, Jean]. Mathematical Recreations: or, A Collection of many problems extracted out of the Ancient and Modern Philosophers: as Secrets and Experiments in Arithmetick, Geometry, Cosmography, Horologiography, Astronomy, Navigation, Musick, Opticks, Architecture, Statick, Mechanicks, Chymistry, Water-Works, Fire-Works, &c...., whereunto is added, the Description and Use of the Double Horizontal Dyal, and the General Horological Ring: invented and written by William Oughtred, 2 parts in one, 3rd English ed., 1674, printed explanation leaf torn and repaired, with some soiling, additional eng. title with some minor soiling and close-trimmed to fore- and lower margins, just touching the image, num. small copper eng. vign. illusts. to text, one full-page eng. illust. to final leaf of first part, P1 torn with loss to upper outer corner, affecting a few words (with facsimile repair), occn. minor marks, 8vo. Wing L1790. (1)

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Locke (John). Essai Philosophique concernant l'Entendement Humain, ou l'on montre quelle est l'Etendue de nos Connoissances certaines, et la Maniere dont nous y parvenons... Traduit de l'Anglois par M. Coste, Amsterdam, 1742, the first French ed., vign. title in red and black, eng. port., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed and upper joint partly cracked, 4to (1)

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Maynwaring (Everard). Vita Sana & Longa..., two parts in one vol., 1670, folding port. frontis. (defective), some soiling and damp staining throughout, rodent damage to upper outer corners of first few leaves with sl. loss of text to title and following leaf, a.e.g., contemp. panelled calf, broken on spine and many leaves sprung, (Wing M1520), together with Colbatch (John), The Doctrine of Acids in the Cure of Diseases Farther Asserted, being an Answer to some objections raised against it by Dr. F. Tuthill of Dorchester..., 1698, heavy browning throughout, lacks leaf A8 (final leaf of prelims.), contemp. speckled calf, rebacked, plus Ruscelli (Girolamo), The Secrets of the Reverend Maister Alexis of Piemont..., parts 1 & 3 only (of 4), bound as one, 1580-78, first title heavily soiled with marginal damage, relaid, spotting and soiling throughout, some later rubrication to titles and text, old vellum with remains of brass catch, rebacked, rubbed and soiled, all 8vo, plus other non-English 16th & 17th c. medical interest, many with defects (25)

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Book and Magazine Collector, approx. 140 orig. issues, 1984-2002, num. b&w illusts., orig. col. printed wrappers, the first 85 issues bound in eight publisher's red mock leather bindings, 8vo (approx. 140)

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Campbell (Colin, et al). Vitruvius Britannicus, or, the British Architect, containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings, both Publick and Private in Great Britain, vols. 1 and 2 only (of 5), n.d., [1715-17], eng. titles, eng. dedication to vol. 1, 157 (of 158) eng. plts. incl. 31 folding and double-page, lacks plt. 60 to second vol., one or two minor tears to margins, not affecting text, eng. title to second vol. with fore-margin a little discol. and frayed with some loss (restrengthened to verso.), a few plts. with some embrowning (generally in clean condition), contemp. full panelled calf (second vol. sl. shorter than first vol.), recased with orig. spines laid down, outer corners restored, some marks, large folio (2)

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Boucher (Bruce). Andrea Palladio, The Architect in His Time, 1st ed., 1993, together with Saudan (Michel & Saudan-Skira, Sylvia), Coupoles, Geneva, 1989, plus Sutterwall (Ake, et al.), The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm, Malmo, 1974, all with colour and b&w illusts. from photos., the latter with some folding, orig. cloth, first two in d.j.s, 4to, plus other similar format publications, mostly on European architecture and design, all VG (20)

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Golden Cockerel Press. Chanticleer, A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, April 1921 - August 1936, Introduction by Humbert Wolfe, 1936, wood-engs. by Gill, Ravilious, Nash, Gibbings etc., t.e.g., orig. green morocco-backed patterned boards, 8vo, together with Pertelote, 1943; Cockalorum, 1949, Cock-A-Hoop, 1962, numerous wood-engs. to each, all orig. cloth (second and third vols. in d.j.s), 8vo. First volume limited edition 127/300. Signed by the partners, Christopher Sandford, Anthony Sandford, Francis Newbery and Owen Rutter. (4)

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Golden Cockerel Press. The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse, by Lucius Apuleius, transl. William Adlington, 1923, orig. linen-backed boards with very sl. chipped paper label to spine, boards a little browned, 4to. Limited edition 157/450. Signed presentation copy from Harold Taylor (founder of the Golden Cockerel Press). Inscribed on first blank: "To Edward Blandy(?), from the printer, Harold Taylor, 31.1.25". (1)

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Golden Cockerel Press. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald's Translation, reprinted from the First Edition with his Preface and Notes, 1958, eng. plts. by J. Yunge Bateman, t.e.g., orig. crimson full morocco gilt by Mansells, sl. marked, slipcase, folio. Limited edition 32/75, specially bound and with an extra set of the seven plates together with two more not printed in the book. (1)

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