Maclean (G.L.) & Darroll (G.) DUCKS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Folio (430 x 325 mm) 150 pages, folio, frontispiece, 36 colour plates, pencil sketches in the text, green cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket. Ducks of Sub-Saharan Africa covers all thirty of the waterfowl species, both breeding and non-breeding found in Africa south of the Sahara. These species are individually described in a text that is not only scientifically accurate but delightfully informative, and illustrated by superb paintings of the adult birds in their habitats, as well as by some studies of ducklings in the nest. In addition, the text is embellished with attractive pencil-sketch vignettes of other waterside birds, mammals, insects and plants. The thirty six colour plates have been produced to the same size as the original watercolours, and show plumages and environmental features in an atmospheric blend of detail, colour and life. In his Foreword to the book Sir Peter Scott, renowned conservationist and bird painter, writes of the paintings: `As a bird painter for more than sixty years, I welcome and greatly admire the fine portraits of waterbirds by Miss Darroll`. Number 381 of the Subscribers` edition limited to 2500 copies. Very good Johannesburg Acorn Books 1986
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Stuart (John Sobieski Stolberg) & Stuart (Charles Edward THE COSTUMES OF THE CLANS. Large folio (580 x 525 mm) With observations upon the literature, art, manufactures, and commerce of the Highlands and Western Isles during the middle ages, and on the influence of the sixteenth century, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries upon their present condition. xix, lxii, 171 pages, additional chromolithographic title page, 36 plates engraved or lithographed plates – mostly hand coloured, publisher’s half red roan and patterned green cloth sides, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, marbled endpapers with cloth hinges, all edges gilt. The roan leather is worn and rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners. The green cloth is lightly insect scarred and with some staining, the second free endpaper is detached, plate 24 is loose and the protruding edge is frayed and soiled, the binding is a little loose. The plates and contents clean and bright. An edition limited to 500 copies. This copy is unnumbered. Fair Edinburgh, London, Paris, Leipzig & Sydney 1982
ENGLISH SCHOOL CIRCA 1780.’Perspective View of the Castle or Royal Palace at Windsor in Berkshire’, engraving (for Harrison’s History of London), unframed, 6 x 10 1/2 in; and a folio of miscellaneous including portrait and topographical subjects including ‘The Dropping well, Yorkshire; Pattingham Church;and ‘View of Hampton Court from the River’ (qty)
SANDYS OF TREGWORMOND. Archive relating to the Sandys family of Tregwormond at St. Minver, including: Manuscript Rent Book, 138pp excluding blanks, cont vellum, some ink stains, rubbed, narrow folio 1736 - 1807 vg; Manuscript Abstract tythe deeds etc. premisess bought by W. Sandys, clerk of Mrs Lewellen, 2pp, May 15, 1771 g; Letters patent and deed presenting William Sandys, Chaplain to Lord Craven, to Illogan church, vellum, manu remains of Great Seal Archbishop of Canterbury April 1772; Extract from general and valuation manuscript 49pp 1744; hand col in outline Estate Map, Tregwormond, vellum 370 x 430mm, 1809; Deed of Recovery (def) Henry VIII; Manuscripts, and other documents and letters relating Sandys family 50 plus 1720 - 1840; Manuscript Rent Book for Egloshayle Cottages, Wadebridge, Thomas Lobb 1877 - 1887.
CAREW (RICHARD). "Carew's Survey of Cornwall, to which we are added, notes illustrative of its History and Antiquities by the late Thomas Tonkin and now first published from the original Manuscripts, by Francis Lord de Dunstanville." engr. port, orig bds rebacked, folio, 1811vg (large paper copy).
Cox, Richard. Hibernia Anglicana: or, the Second Part of the History of Ireland from the conquest thereof by the English, to this present Time. By the Author of the First Part. London: Printed By Edward James for Joseph Watts et. al., 1690. First Edition. Folio. Hard Cover. Good Vol. 2. only of 2. Pp. (2), Title page, (38), 206, 72, 212. Pp. 9-12 & 4pp. of tables at the end of the volume are in mss. form. Small loss to bottom corner of last mss. leaf . Not in Wing. Rare.
Owen, Thomas; The Reports of That Late Reverend and Learned Judge, Thomas Owen Esquire; One of the Justices of the Common Pleas. Printed By T.R. For H.Twyford, T. Dring and J. Place. London. 1656. 1st ed. Good. Recent half calf with Marbled Boards. Small Folio. Wherein are many cases, most of them thoroughly argued by the Learned Serjeants, and after argued and resolved by the grave Judges of those times etc. Pp. [10]; 158, table. Some light internal foxing and marginal annotations.
Rockingham House Lough Key, Boyle, County Roscommon. An album with record of game and photographs relating to Rockingham House, Lough Key, Boyle, Co, Roscommon. Circa 1898. Oblong Folio. Hard cover, with mss. record of game on the estate. 30 photographs include hunting on the grounds and abroad. Rockingham House, outside of Boyle, designed by John Nash in 1809/10, was the home of the King family, Cromwellian settlers. The house was destroyed by fire in September 1957.
Doyle, Terence. Tullow Solicitor`s Record & Account Books 1922-48 Folio. Hard Cover. 2 vols: March 1922 - July 1924, daily entries for November-December 1926 and 1927-48 Terence Doyle operated his business from Tullow. There is considerable number of entries including reference to the Special Carlow Courts and a variety of legal matters pertaining to life in and around Carlow county over a quarter of a century. Mr Doyle was placed under military arrest in July, 1921 and released from Carlow military barracks with no charges. A valuable record as primary resource for local historians.
K. Wilhelm Diefenbach - Gottliche Jugend Ein Tag Aus Dem Sonnenlande (Divine Youth), published in 1914, a collection of black and white fine silhouette prints revealing the secrets of naturalistic beauty in an Art Nouveau style. The folio contains thirty three leaves, each measuring approximately 13"" x 9.5"".
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872 - 1898) A set of six, framed, c. 1920`s, signed in plate, prints from the 1897 illustrations for `The Lysistrata of Aristophanes`, including plate 1: `Lysistrata Shielding her Coynte`, plate 2: `The Toilet of Lampito`, plate 3: `Lysistrata Haranguing the Athenian Women`, plate 4: `Lysistrata Defending the Acropolis`, plate 5: `Two Athenian Women in Distress` and plate 6: `Cinesias Entreating Myrrhina to Coition`. A collection of these illustrations from the 1929 folio of reproductions, made from the original drawings, using the collotype process are in the V&A permanent collection, donated by Mr Vyvyan Holland, son of Oscar Wilde, whose play `Salomé`, was also illustrated by Beardsley. (6) 25.5cm x 18cm.
ADRICHOMIUS (CHRISTIANUS) THEATRUM TERRAE SANCTAE ET BIBLICARUM HISTORIARUM folio, eleven engraved and folding maps and fine large engraved plan of Jerusalem dated 1584, lacks binding, title and other faults, some of the maps fine, the plan detached with marginal losses and creases but very well printed, Cologne: Officina Birckmannica, 1628 and Flavius Josephus, Antiquitatum Judaicarum, 1590, both sold not subject to return (2)
![WAIN, Louis. Who Said Cats? London: Dean & Son, Limited, [n.d. but circa 1910.] Folio (379 x 256mm.) Chromolithographed i](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2902926/3104-2014219154147_468x382.jpg)
![FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN, 1951. – Ian COX. The South Bank Exhibition, a Guide to the Story it Tells. [London:] H.M.S.O., [n.](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2902926/3120-2014219154218_468x382.jpg)
SHAKESPEARE, William. Loves Labour’s Lost, Newly Printed from the Folio of 1623. London: 1924. Limited edition of 450 copies, 4to (318 x 240mm.) Title printed in red and black, 5 colour plates. (Light browning, occasional spotting, colophon with worm damage.) Original cloth-backed boards (discoloured and slightly scuffed). – And two others by Shakespeare published by The Limited Editions Club (3).
![AVEDON, Richard (illustrator). – Truman CAPOTE. Observations. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [n.d. but circa 1959.] F](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2902926/3132-2014219154243_468x382.jpg)
AVEDON, Richard (illustrator). – Truman CAPOTE. Observations. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [n.d. but circa 1959.] Folio (360 x 267mm.) Numerous illustrations by Avedon, many full-page. (Occasional minor browning.) Original boards (spine darkened and bumped at head and foot), acetate dust-jacket (torn with loss), slipcase (soiled).
HILL, John. The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees. London: 1756. Folio (398 x 237mm.) Title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, frontispiece misbound after title, 75 engraved plates. (Some browning or spotting, 6 plates shaved with loss, frontispiece, title-page, preliminary blank and two plates torn with loss, last few leaves including index torn with considerable loss). Disbound, contained within a modern cloth slipcase.
EROTICA. – Sylvie JONES. The Seven Deadly Sins (á Paris). London: 1996. Folio (297 x 210mm.) Decorative title-page and 7 plates, all hand-coloured and signed with initials by Jones. Loose as issued with two limitation leaves within original card portfolio (slightly soiled.) – And a quantity of others, all of erotic or pornographic interest (a quantity).
![FOLIO SOCIETY (publishers). – Charles DARWIN. [The Essential Darwin.] London: 1990. 4 vols., 8vo (245 x 150mm.) Portrai](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2902926/3150-2014219154318_468x382.jpg)
GIACCHIERI, Pietro. Commentario Degli Ordini Equestri Esistenti Negli Stati di Santa Chiesa. Rome: 1853. Vol. I only ?all published, folio (340 x 222mm.) 24 hand-coloured plates. (Some spotting and occasional soiling.) Near contemporary calf-backed paper-covered boards (extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Oblatorum S. Caroli Bibliotheca, Bayswater (bookplate and ink stamps to occasional leaves).
![FASHION PLATES. A collection of plates from ‘Les Modes Parisiennes’. [N.p. but Paris: n.d. but circa 1870.] Folio](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2902926/3180-2014219154419_468x382.jpg)
FASHION PLATES. A collection of plates from ‘Les Modes Parisiennes’. [N.p. but Paris: n.d. but circa 1870.] Folio (365 x 256mm.) 53 hand-coloured engraved plates (4 folding). (Some soiling, browning and occasional marginal tears.) Contemporary calf (worn, spine lacking, covers detached).
POLICE. – MIDHURST, SUSSEX. A conviction book with fifty-two entries from the Midhurst Police Office, dated 1870-1876. Folio (322 x 197mm.) Contemporary reversed half-calf (worn, spine lacking). Note: an interesting document mentioning the offences committed, mostly Larceny, but also including ‘Fowl Stealing’ and ‘House breaking’, also providing a description of the convict.
[PANORMITANUS DE TEDESCHIS, Nicolaus. Lectura Super Quato et Qurilo Decretalium. N.p but Lyon: ex Officiana Sebastini Gryphius, n.d. but circa 1524.] Folio (376 x 274mm.) (Lacking many leaves, some browning and damp-staining.) 18th Century calf. Note: a substantial fragment of over 100 leaves and an early example of printing by the French printer.
![THE SOMERFORD FAMILY. An account book relating to the Somerford family. [N.p. but Fordwich, Canterbury & Whitstable:] dat](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2902926/3185-2014219154429_468x382.jpg)
THE SOMERFORD FAMILY. An account book relating to the Somerford family. [N.p. but Fordwich, Canterbury & Whitstable:] dated 1814-1862. Folio (425 x 269mm.) Numerous manuscript inscriptions. (Some soiling and browning.) Contemporary vellum (somewhat soiled). Note: an interesting archive spanning three generations of the Somerfield family, of coal and grain merchants in Kent.
PETAU, Denis. Uranologion, sive Systema variorum authorum qui de sphaera, ac sideribus, Eorumque motibus graecè commentati sunt. Paris: Sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, 1630. Folio (355 x 219mm.) Title in red and black with engraved vignette. (Some spotting or minor light browning, 1 leaf torn with slight loss to margin, lacking Aii in second sequence.) Old French calf elaborately tooled in gilt, the covers with a wide decorative border enclosing a semé made up from a fleur-de-lys tool and a crowned ‘L’, the semé surrounding a centrally placed wreath containing the royal French arms, the spine in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with a repeat overall semé echoing the covers (scuffed, bumped and rubbed, spine torn with loss).
CLUTTERBUCK, Robert. The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford. London: 1827. Vol. III only (of 3), folio (473 x 296mm.) 9 plates (2 coloured), 2 plans. (Some offsetting, occasional spotting and damp-staining.) Contemporary half-calf (worn, spine lacking upper cover detached, first few leaves now loosely, inserted). Provenance: John Alliston (armorial bookplate); John Eustace Grubbe (armorial bookplate).
BACON, Francis. Sylva Sylvarum, or, a Natural History, in Ten Centuries… the ninth and last edition. London: 1670. Folio (297 x 181mm.) Frontispiece. (Some spotting and browning, frontispiece and final page laid down.) Later half-calf (worn, covers detached). Note: including manuscript notes by an unidentified hand who believed Bacon wrote Shakespeare.
MEYRICK, Samuel, and Joseph SKELTON. Engraved Illustrations of Antient Armour. Oxford & London: 1830. 2 vols., folio (379 x 257mm.) Frontispieces, portrait, additional decorative titles and 150 plates. (Some spotting and browning.) Modern cloth (extremities bumped). Provenance: ex public library (labels, ink stamp to titles and bindings).
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