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Sandford (Francis). The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II. and His Royal Consort Queen Mary: Solemnized in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in the City of Westminster, Thursday the 23 of April, Being the Festival of St. George, in the Year of Our Lord 1685, [1st ed.], pub. 1687, imprimatur leaf present, title printed in red and black with armorial vignette (imprint with printer’s name Thomas Noecomb printed in red), thirty double-page eng. plts. and plans and one single-page plt., repaired small hole to title & following leaf, few repaired closed tears to blank margins of text and to few plts., some occasional dampstaining mostly to margins, some dust-soiling and marks, early 20th c. panelled calf, boards detached (with imprimatur leaf and final leaf of text), old reback, rubbed and slight wear to spine ad extrems., folio. Wing S652. This volume contains a double-page engraving of the Coronation Banquet inside Westminster Hall, a double-page engraved plan of the place settings of the tables and a full list of all the food that was served. Also included is the double-page fireworks plate. (1).

Shakespeare (William). The Works of Shakspere, Imperial Edition, Edited by Charles Knight, 2 vols., Virtue & Co., [1873-76], addn. eng. titles and numerous eng. plts., contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco title labels, light dampstain to spines and boards of vol. 1, folio (2).

State Trials. A Complete Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings for High-Treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours; from the Reign of King Richard II to the End of the Reign of King George I, 6 vols., 2nd ed., with great additions, 1730, titles printed in red & black, contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting title labels (one label with some loss), some cracking to joints, folio (6).

Wise (Francis). A Letter to Dr Mead concerning some Antiquities in Berkshire, Particularly shewing that the White Horse, which gives name to the Vale, is a Monument of the West-Saxons, made in memory of a great Victory obtained over the Danes A.D. 871, Oxford, 1738, two folding plates, bound with Further Observations upon the White Horse and other Antiquities in Berkshire. With an Account of Whiteleaf-Cross in Buckinghamshire. As also of the Red Horse in Warwickshire, and some other Monuments of the same kind, Oxford, 1742, three engraved plates (one folding), also bound with Stukeley (William), Palaeographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain, part 1 only (of 3), 1743, three engraved plates (including two folding), marbled edges, contemp. diced calf, rubbed with a little fraying to extrems, 4to, together with Wild (Charles), Twelve Etched Outlines, selected from the Architectural Sketches made in Belgium, Germany, and France, 1st & 2nd series, 1833-36, 24 etched plates, t.e.g., contemp. cloth, split to upper joint, folio, and Verein Nurbergischer Kunstfreunde (ed.). Die Nurnbergischen Kunstler, geschildert nach ihrem Leben und ihren Werken, parts 1-4 [all published], Nuremberg, 1822-1831, 16 engraved plates, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, upper joint of backstrip split, 4to, plus Men of Mark. A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, parts 3 & 5 only (of 7), 1878-1881, mounted portrait photographs, a.e.g., occ. light foxing, attractive gilt dec. full calf, rubbed to extrems, 4to, plus Barnard (Henry), School Architecture; or Contributions to the Improvement of School-Houses in the United States, 2nd ed., New York, 1849, numerous wood engraved plates, orig. cloth gilt, some fraying to extrems, 8vo. (6).

Wroth (Mary). The Countesse of Montgomeries Urania, 1st ed., printed for John Marriott & John Grismand, 1621, lacks A1 (engraved title by Simon van de Pass), B1-3 with some marks and light soiling, and frayed to fore-edges, with a little loss (not affecting text), final two leaves (Ffff3-4) with some similar fraying to fore-edges, with minor loss (not affecting text), 18th century calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and a little wear, with upper joint partly cracked at foot, folio. STC 26051. Rare. ESTC locates 14 institutional copies. First edition of the first work of English prose fiction by a female writer. Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653) was the daughter of Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester and beloved niece of the wealthy Earl and Countess of Pembroke. At the age of 13 she danced before Elizabeth I. She is known to have attended plays by Shakespeare. Urania is a collection of tales of love and romance, and incorporates the author’s personal experience and opinions as a woman in Jacobean society. (1).

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England., 1st ed., vols. 1 & 2 only (of 3), Oxford, 1702-1703, half-titles, eng. frontis. to each vol., with ink stamps to frontispieces and few other leaves, few paper repairs, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, rubbed, folio, together with [Hughes, John & Kennet, White], A Complete History of England: with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens thereof., 3 vols., 1706, eng. port. frontis., endpapers renewed, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, with Smith (H. Clifford), Buckingham Palace, its Furniture, Decoration & History, pub. Country Life, 1931, b & w plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth in slightly torn d.j., folio, plus other misc. books etc. (a carton).

Dan (Horace and Willmott, E.C. Morgan). English Shop-Fronts, Old and New, Batsford, 1907, fifty-two half-tone plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Heal (Sir Ambrose), The Signboards of Old London Shops, 1st ed., Batsford, 1947, 2 copies, numerous b & w illusts. to text, orig. two-tone cloth in sl. soiled and frayed d.j.s, 4to (limited edition of 1,000 copies), plus Lewin (F.G. and Savory, J.H.), Rhymes of ye Olde Sign Boards, Bristol & London, [1911], numerous uncol. illusts., orig. linen-backed boards with ties, tall slim folio (approx. 41 x 18cm), and other miscellaneous books, mostly London interest (3 cartons).

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Deluxe Collector Editions, vols. 2-5, 7, 8 & 10-12, ed. Mike Higgs, pub. Hawk Books, 1987-1995, col. illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. laminated boards, folio, together with The Dan Dare Dossier, ed. Mike Higgs, 1990, col. illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, folio, plus Cheetham (Nicolas Cheetham), A Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos, [2006], col. illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards in d.j., 4to, plus other science fiction related (2 cartons).

Erasmus (Desiderius). Colloquia, cum notis., Corn. Schrevelio, Leiden, 1655, eng. title, early ink ownership inscription to front endpaper for A. Pomeroy and Johannes Pomeroy, both of Trinity College, Dublin, dated 1660 and 1692, contemp. calf, modern reback, 8vo, together with Isla (Jose Francisco de), The History of the Famous Preacher Friar Gerund de Campazas: otherwise Gerund Zotes, translated from the Spanish, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1772, contemp. full calf, rubbed and marked, spines with some restoration and title labels renewed, 8vo, plus Petrie (George), The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Dublin, 1845, b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, contemp. half dark green calf gilt, large 8vo, and Leader (R. E.), History of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, in the County of York, 2 vols., Sheffield, 1905, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, sl. rubbed, large folio, plus other misc. books, mostly 19th c. and early 20th c., including Hertfordshire Families, ed., Duncan Warrand, 1907, Thomas Inman, Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1872, Rapin de Thoyras, The History of England, trans. N. Tindal, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1732, The Holy Bible, with illustrations by Gustave Dore, 2 vols., pub. Cassell, n.d., 1870s, a defective copy of R. Hindry Masons’ History of Norfolk, 1884, lacking plates, a Victorian album, containing printed and handwritten verse, some prints and drawings, etc., issued by W. & H. Rock, c. 1840, an incomplete copy of Stieler’s Schul-Atlas, etc. (3 cartons).

Mill (Adair, trans.). Islam Sanatinda Turkler. The Turkish Contribution to Islamic Arts, pub. Istanbul, 1976, col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., rubbed, small folio, together with Hawley (Sir Donald), Oman & its Renaissance, 1987, num. col. illusts., col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., large 4to, plus Lewis (Bernard), num. col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., large 4to, plus others, mostly travel related (3 cartons).

Ogilby (John). Britannia, Volume the First. or an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales., 1675, facsimile edition, pub. Osprey, 1971, add. half title, 100 uncoloured double page road maps, pubs. cloth gilt, folio, together with Sch?ler (C.J.),Mapping the World, 2010, text in English, Dutch and German, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, pubs. cloth gilt, d.j., folio, with Westwood (T. & Satchell T.),Bibliotheca Piscatoria, 1883, contemp. gilt cloth, 8vo,Mackenzie (Ian), British Prints, Dictionary and Price Guide, pub. Antique Collectors Club, 1998, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, pubs. cloth gilt, 4to, plus Hill (Gillian),Cartographical Curiosities, pub. the British Library, 1978, add. half title, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, pubs. limp card, oblong 8vo, with Nevill (Ralph),Old English Sporting Prints and their History, 1923, addn half title numerous b & w and tipped in colour plts. throughout, contemp. cloth gilt, spine faded, folio, together with other map, book and print reference books, important auction catalogues and periodicals (3 cartons).

Prince (John, Vicar of Berry-Pomeroy). Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, the Worthys of Devon. A Work, wherein the Lives and Fortunes of the most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers, and other Eminent Persons, Natives of that most Noble Province., are memoriz’d in an Alphabetical Order., 1st ed., Exeter, 1701, woodcut armorials to text, occ. marks and minor soiling, later full calf, rubbed and marked with some wear, joints cracked with upper cover det., folio, together with Maxwell (Sir Herbert). Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, pub. 1908, b&w port. frontis., num. b&w plts., some dampstaining to endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, covers dampstained, 4to, plus Page (R. P., ed.), Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club, 1908-1931, col. and b&w plts., orig. cloth, covers heavily dampstained, 4to, and Francis (Francis), Hot Pot; or, Miscellaneous Papers, 1880, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, 8vo, plus five others, incl. a duplicate of Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, 1908 (a carton).

Ali (Salim and Ripley, S. Dillon). Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1987, numerous distribution maps to text, 104 col. plts. at rear, orig. cloth gilt in sl. frayed d.j., folio, together with Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands. Priority Sites for Conservation, Edited Lincoln D.S. Fishpool and Michael I. Evans, 2001, col. illusts. from photos, illusts. and sketch maps to text, orig. laminated pict. boards, folio, plus Forshaw (Joseph M. and Cooper, William T.), Parrots of the World, 3rd (revised) ed., 1989, numerous col. plts. and distribution maps to text, orig. boards in d.j., folio, and other ornithology, mostly recent publications, G/VG (3 shelves).

Armengaud (J.G.D.). Les Galeries Publiques de l’Europe (Rome), pub. Paris, 1859, numerous wood-engs., a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped and gilt-dec. quarter morocco, rubbed and some wear at extremities, folio, together with Leitch (R.P.), A Course of Sepia Painting, [1886], twenty-four sepia plts., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, plus Wright (Thomas), Caricature History of the Georges; Or, Annals of the House of Hanover, Chatto & Windus, 1876, hand-col. frontis., uncol. eng. plts., numerous illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, and other Victorian cloth-bound publications and similar (3 shelves).

Ruskin (John). The Stones of Venice, 3 vols., 1st eds., 1851-53, numerous eng. plts., some col. or tinted, spotting throughout, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, worn on spines, large 8vo, together with Pupin (Michael J., editor), South Slav Monuments. 1), Serbian Orthodox Church, 1918, col. and b & w illusts., folding map at rear, orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed and marked, folio, with other miscellaneous books, mostly late 19th/early 20th-c. hardbound publications, including history, literature, art reference, etc. (6 shelves).

Dance (F. Peter). The Art of Natural History. Animal Illustrators and Their Work, 1st ed., Country Life Books, 1978, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slipcase, folio, together with Lyseght (A.M.), The Book of Birds. Five Centuries of Bird Illustration, 1st ed., Phaidon, 1975, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus Elliott (Brent), Flora. An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower, with a Preface by Sir Simon Hornby, 1st ed., Royal Horticultural Society, 2001, numerous fine col. illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, with other natural history and related, including Gerald Durrell, mostly G/VG (3 shelves).

Richardson (Sir John, and others). The Museum of Natural History; Being a Popular Account of the Structure, Habits, and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom: Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and Insects, 8 orig. divs., n.d., c. 1860s, eng. plts., some hand-col., wood-engs. to text, a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped cloth, a little rubbed, slim folio, together with Lydekker (Richard), The Royal Natural History, 6 vols., 1893-96, seventy-two chromos., numerous wood-engs. to text, contemp. green half calf, gilt-dec. spines, rubbed and faded, royal 8vo, plus Lloyd’s Natural History series, 15 (of 16) vols., 1896, numerous col. plts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spines, 8vo, and other similar late 19th-c. cloth-bound natural history (3 shelves).

Walker (Nick). Rolls-Royce 20HP, 20/25, 25/30 & Wraith in Detail, pub. 2009, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos by Simon Clay, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to (printed label to f.e.p., signed by the author), together with Frankel (Mervyn and Strang, Ian), Bentley. The 1938/1939 Overdrive Cars, pub. 1994, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, plus Fifty Years of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club, 1957-2007, pub. 2008, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. mock morocco gilt in d.j., thick 4to, plus Nisbet (Alexander), A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical, 2 vols., Facsimile Edition, 1984, b & w illusts., orig. mock morocco gilt, in plastic d.j.s, folio, and Foster (J.J.), Concerning the Portraiture of Mary Queen of Scots, pub. Dickinsons, 1904, collotype plts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. quarter morocco gilt, rubbed, faded and damp-marked, folio (limited Edition De Luxe 6/175, initialled by the author), and other miscellaneous books, mostly history and biographies, etc. (6 shelves).

Richards (Walter). His Majesty’s Territorial Army. A Descriptive Account of the Yeomanry, Artillery, Engineers, and Infantry with the Army Service and Medical Corps, Comprising ‘The King’s Imperial Army of the Second Line’, 2 vols. in 1, n.d., [1910], sixteen col. plts. by R. Caton Woodville, some minor scattered spotting, later cloth gilt, a little rubbed and darkened, 4to, together with Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane’s Castings, 6th ed., vol. 2 only, n.d., c. 1870s, numerous wood-engs. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, tall 8vo, plus Recent Locomotives. Illustrations, with Descriptions and Specifications and Details, of Recent American and European Locomotives, Reprinted from the Railroad Gazette, Enlarged Edition (including a Chapter on Compound Locomotives), New York, 1886, numerous wood-engs. and diags., commercial ads at rear, orig. quarter morocco gilt, backstrip deficient, folio, with others of military and technical interest, etc. (3 shelves).

Goode (George Brown and Bean, Tarleton H.). Oceanic Ichthyology, A Treatise on the Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, Based Chiefly Upon the Collections made by the Steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the Northwestern Atlantic, 2 vols. (Text/Plates), Smithsonian Institution Special Bulletin, Washington, 1895, 123 uncol. plts., ex-lib. copy with usual marks, orig. cloth, worn on spines, folio, with others on fish and fisheries, etc. (6 shelves).

Sacheverell (Dr. Henry). The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, Before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeaors; Upon Impeachment by the Knights, Citizen and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled, in the Name of Themselves. , 1710, contemp. blind-panelled calf, upper cover detached, folio, together with Campbell (John), A Political Survey of Britain: Being a Series of Reflections on the Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Revenues, Colonies, and Commerce of this Island, 2 vols., 1774, half-titles present, later quarter calf gilt, some wear, 4to, plus Swinton (John), An Abridgment of the Public Statutes In Force and Use Relative to Scotland, from the Union, in the Fifth Year of Queen Anne, to the Twenty-Seventh Year of His Present Majesty King George III Inclusive, 2 vols., Edinbugh, 1778, half-titles present, contemp. half calf gilt, upper cover of vol. 1 detached, some wear, 4to, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, including a collection of late 19th/early 20th-c. government reports and printed pamphlets etc. relating to education (some in foreign language) (3 shelves & 4 cartons).

Gunther (Albert C.L.G.). An Introduction to the Study of Fishes, Edinburgh, A. & C. Black, 1880, numerous b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, thick 8vo, together with Pietsch (Theodore W., editor), Fishes, Crayfishes, and Crabs. Louis Renard’s Natural History of the Rarest Curiosities of the Seas of the Indies, 2 vols. (Text/Plates), John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, 1995, col. illusts., orig. cloth in slipcase, folio, with others of fish and fisheries interest (3 shelves).

British Museum (Natural History) London. Forty Drawings of Fishes Made by the Artists Who Accompanied Captain James Cook on His Three Voyages to the Pacific, 1768-71, 1772-75, 1776-80, Some Being Used by Authors in the Description of New Species, Text by P.J.P. Whitehead, pub. 1968, thirty-six plts., orig. cloth gilt in sl. frayed d.j., tall folio, and others of fish and fisheries interest (3 shelves).

Geddie (John and Brown, Joseph). The Home Country of R.L. Stevenson, Being the Valley of the Water of Leith from Source to Sea, Edinburgh & London, 1898, photogravure port. frontis., half-tone plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to head and foot of spine, folio, together with Illustrations of the Scenery of the River Tay, Reproduced in Photogravure by T. & R. Annan from Watercolour Drawings by Sir Wm. Fettes Douglas, R.B. Nisbet, Charles H. Mackie and James Paterson, with an Introduction by John Geddie, Edinburgh, 1891, thirteen half-tone plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, some wear, slim folio, plus Bryce (William Moir), History of the Old Greyfriars’ Church, Edinburgh, with a Chapter on the Subscribing of the National Covenant, by D. Hay Fleming, Edinburgh & London, 1912, half-tone plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little marked, 4to, and other Scottish history, topography and related (6 shelves).

Gibbings (Robert). The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with Some Reflections by the Artist, Edited Patience Empson, Introduction by Thomas Balston, 1959, numerous b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt with orig. glassine d.j. lettered in gilt, 4to, together with Drake (Maurice), A History of English Glass-Painting, With Some Remarks upon the Swiss Glass Miniatures of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 1912, thirty-six col. and b & w plts. from drawings by Wilfred Drake, orig. parchment-backed boards, a little soiled and some wear, folio, with other miscellaneous art and antiques reference, children’s and illustrated works, etc. (3 shelves).

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers, to Which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, 2 vols., 9th ed., corrected and revised, 1806, half-titles present, port. frontis. to vol. 1, recent full black leather, spines lettered in gilt, thick 4to, together with The Works of Tacitus, Volume I: Containing the Annals, to which are Prefixed, Political Discourses Upon that Author, London, 1728, title a little stained, recent two-tone full morocco, folio, with other miscellaneous antiquarian, all recent amateur bindings (6 shelves).

Miscellaneous books, including history, biographies and literature, some South American interest, Folio Society publications, etc., mostly 20th-c. hardback publications, many in d.j. (6 shelves & a carton).

Johnson (Samuel). The Works, with an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, 12 vols., new edition, 1801, port. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. tree calf, gilt-dec. spines with contrasting labels, rubbed, scratched and a little chipped, 8vo, together with Lodge (Thomas), The Famous and Memorable Works of Josephus, A Man of Much Honour and Learning Among the Jews, Faithfully Translated out of the Latin and French, By Tho. Lodge, Doctor in Physick, 1655, title damaged and extensively repaired, some browning, marginal repairs to last few leaves, contemp. calf, rebacked, folio, with other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves).

Bougard (Rene). The Little Sea Torch: or True Guide for Coasting Pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily; The Isles of Malta, Corsica, Sardinia and others in the Straits; and of The Coast of Barbary from Cape Bon to Cape de Verd. Enriched with Upwards of One Hundred Appearances of Head-Lands and Light Houses together with Plans of the Principal Harbours, also a Table of Soundings and Various Explanatory Remarks., Translated from the French of Le Sieur Bougard with Corrections and Additions by J.T.Serres, published for the Author by J.Debrett, 1801, title page, dedication and list of subscribers, 130 pps. of descriptive text with occ. near contemp. pencil marginalia, pp. 134 with repaired closed tear, 137 hand coloured aquatint plates of land profiles on twenty sheets, half title with list of charts on verso, twenty-four engraved maps with contemp. hand colouring (on twelve sheets), complete as lists, table of soundings and index at rear, contemp. marbled boards with modern half calf, gilt dec. spine, boards rubbed and worn, folio. Abbey Life. 344. The first and only English edition translated by Serres from Rene Bougard’s ‘Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer’. (1).

Hounsell (George C.). Flags and Signals of All Nations, pub. Field & Tuer, c.1870, col. litho. title, five leaves of preliminary text, seventy-one col. litho. plts., containing over 200 illusts. of flags, hinges cracked, orig. dark green cloth gilt with bevelled edges, slight dampstain at head of upper board, folio. Contains colour illustrations of 237 flags from countries around the world, including the Commercial Code for ships, Signal Flags authorised by the British and French Admiralties, American marine signal flags, yacht club flags, etc. (1).

Levasseur (Victor). Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departements et des Possessions de la France, pub. A.Combette, Paris, 1854, dec. engraved double page title and table of statistics, 100 double page engraved maps (complete), including two folding (France and The World), all with contemp. outline colouring, occ. marginal spotting, upper hinge weak, contemp. gilt half morocco, rubbed and worn, folio (1).

Methven (Robert). The Log of a Merchant Officer; Viewed with Reference to the Education of Young Officers and the Youth of the Merchant Service, pub. John Weale, Smith Elder & Co. [and] Ackermann and Co., 1854, addn. half title, dedicated title page inscribed in contemp. ink manuscript ‘With the Author’s Comps.’, dedication and preface, eighteen litho. plates including two printed in colour and two with addn. near contemp. hand colouring, ten litho. sample tables and logs, one folding litho. map and three wood engravings to text, t.e.g., upper joint cracked, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn at extrems., slim folio. Uncommon. (1).

Ortelius (Abraham). Abrahami Ortelii Theatri Orbis Terrarum Parergon sive Veteris Geographiae Tabulae Commentariis Geographicis et Historicis Illustratae: Editio Novissima, Tabulis aliquot aucta et varie emendat atq innovata, Cura et Studio Balthasaris Moreti, pub. Plantin & Moretus, Amsterdam, 1624, title page with contemp. hand colouring, some marginal fraying and staining, large uncoloured heraldic woodcut armorial of Philip IV on verso, dedication and . 3 detached, thirty-nine uncoloured double page maps and five double page plates, all with Latin text on verso, one map (France) with closed tear affecting image, woodcut printers device to final leaf, occ. spotting and creasing, later re-guarding with occ. wormholes, front free endpaper torn, near contemp. vellum, old reback and some other later repairs to spine, folio, contained in early 20th century vellum gilt book box. Koeman C. (Atlantes), Ort.46 (1).

Ptolemaeus (Claudius). Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, 2 parts bound in one, pub. Hugo a Porta & Gaspar Trechsel, Lyon & Vienna, 1541, letter press title with printers woodcut device, later manuscript ownership signature, slight worming to first few leaves, pp.128 trimmed with slight loss to image (chart of the winds), numerous large woodcut initials, fifty (complete) wood engraved maps (including forty-nine double page), slight marginal water staining, a few small splash stains, 18th century calf with gilt dec. spine, few worm holes to spine, a little rubbed, folio. Sabin 66485. Adams P2221. The second edition of Ptolemy by Servetus. Map 28 with an account of the discoveries of Colombus to verso. A fine early atlas in very good condition. (1).

Seller (John). The Coasting Pilot: Describing the Sea-coasts, Channels, Soundings, Sands, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers: The Bayes, Roads, Harbours, Rivers, Ports, Buoyes, Beacons and Sea-marks upon the Coasts of England, Holland, Flanders & France, with Directions to bring a Shipp into any Harbour on the said Coasts., Collected and Published by John Seller, Hydrographer in Ordinary to the King, Pub. John Seller, William Fisher, John Thornton & James Atkinson, c.1690, dec. eng. title page with slight creasing and slight worming, 54 pps. with eng. horizon profiles to text, some staining and spotting throughout, modern end papers, modern half calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, slim folio, together with a separate portfolio containing eleven (only) folding b & w engraved sea charts by John Seller, some charts frayed with slight loss, several strengthened on verso, some spotting and staining, each approx. 390 x 530mm, contained in modern marbled card portfolio with four linen ties, slim folio. The charts consist of :- ‘Chart of the West Part of England from Portland to Silly’ [on sheet with] ‘A Draught of the Landsend of England and Islands of Silly’, ‘The River of Humber/ The River of Tyne’, ‘A Chart of the North Coast of England from Yarmouth to Cocket Island’ [on sheet with] ‘A Description of the East Coast of Scotland’, ‘A Chart of the Maes’ [on sheet with] ‘The Coast of Holland between Maes and the Texel’, ‘A Chart of the Eemes Elve’ [on sheet with] ‘A Chart of the Coast of Jutland’, ‘A Chart of the South Sea Texel and Fly-Streame’ [on sheet with] A Chart of the Fly and Amelander’, ‘A Chart of Flanders’ ‘A Chart of the Sea Coasts of England Flanders & Holland’, ‘ A Draught of the Sands Channels Buoyes Beacons and Sea-Marks upon the Coast of England’, ‘A Chart of ye Narrow Seas’ [and] ‘A Chart of the Brittish Chanel’. (2).

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes, 1st ed., pub. Thomas Warren, 1656, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, containing port frontis. and fifteen engraved plates and maps as called for (mostly engraved by Hollar), numerous engravings to text throughout, with much additional engraved material bound-in including maps of Warwickshire by Charles Smith, Richard Blome, Bowen/Kitchin, Seller/Grose, an Ogilby road map of Oxford to Coventry, three large engraved Kip views, an aquatint etching after Sandby of Kennilworth Castle published by Boydell, a mezzotint of Shakespeare’s bust by William Ward, two small Buck views, and several others, title relaid, some of the additional prints also relaid or with fold tears, contemp. mottled calf, modern reback, folio. Upcott p. 1247. (1).

Smith (Charles, Cartographer). Smith’s New English Atlas. Being a Complete Set of County Maps, Divided into Hundreds. Preceeded by a General Map of England and Wales., 1st ed., 1804, calligraphic title, 39 (of 46) hand-coloured engraved maps on 43 sheets (lacking Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland), occasional spotting and offsetting, one or two tears and marginal repairs, water stains to title and contents leaves, manuscript numbers, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, folio. Chubb CCCXI. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. (1).

Brodtmann (Carl Joseph). Naturhistorische Abbildungen der Saeugethiere, pub. Zurich, 1824, dec. litho. title, eleven uncoloured litho. ethnological plts. and 135 (only) uncoloured litho. plts. of mammals, four plates torn with crude repairs, stained throughout, later half calf, 4to, together with Tröthan (V.),Naturgeschichte das Thierreich Erste Classe Saeugethirer., pub. Vienna, 1837, calligraphic title page, sixteen uncoloured ethnological litho. plts. and eight-eight (only) uncoloured litho. plts. of wild and domestic mammals, contemp. half morocco gilt, bumped and worn at extrems., folio, plus Brodtmann (Carl Joseph),Naturhistorische Bilder Gallerie aus dem Thiereiche., c.1840, twelve uncoloured litho. ethnological plts. and approx. ninety (only) uncoloured litho. plts. of mammals, birds and insects, some staining and spotting throughout, text block partially split and several leaves detached, some marginal fraying, later qtr. cloth, rubbed, worn and frayed, folio. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return (3).

Everard (Anne). Flowers From Nature, With the Botanical Name, Class, and Order; and Instructions for Copying, pub. Joseph Dickenson, 1835, thirteen fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, including frontispiece, some light overall spotting to frontis., bookplates 11 & 12 with some light scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. embossed patterned cloth, rubbed and some wear to spine, with loss to head and foot, outer corners bumped, folio (375 x 270mm) (1).

Jardine (Sir William). British Salmonidae, reprint, Decimus, 1979, twelve colour plates, introductory booklet loosely inserted, marble endpapers, orig. half morocco in cloth slipcase, large folio. Limited edition 62/500. (1).

Jones (Paul Osborne, 1921-1998). Camelia “White Nun”, gouache on paper, signed, 34 x 24cm (13.5 x 9.5 in), framed and glazed, together with Flora Magnifica: Selected and Painted by the Artist, Text by Wilfrid Blunt, Tryon Gallery, 1976, number 335 of a limited edition of 500 signed by the artist, sixteen colour plates after Paul Jones, t.e.g., orig. half vellum gilt by Zaehnsdorf, contained in orig. cloth slipcase (slightly rubbed), folio (2).

Loehneyss (Georg Engelhard von). Neu-Eroffnete Hof-Kriegs und Reit-Schul, [Nuremberg, 1729], half-title present, lacks main title, thirty-eight fine full-page engraved plates (of sixty two), including several double-page, text for parts 5 & 6 (of 6) only, one leaf of text loose, contemp. half calf gilt, with volume label to spine marked Zweyter Band, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., folio (40 x 24.5cm), together with Andrade (Manoel Carlos de), Luz da liberal, e nobre arte da Cavallaria, Lisbon, Regia Officina Typografica, 1790, eng. port. frontispiece, lacking most of the ninety-three plates (plates of geometric figures present only), one or two leaves partly loose, contemp. cats-eye paw full calf, gilt-dec. spine with morocco title label re-lettered, rubbed, folio. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (2).

Loudon (John Claudius). A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences. in Constructing or Improving Mansions and Other Rural Building, so as to Combine Architectural Fitness with Picturesque Effect; and in Forming Gardens, Orchards, Farms, Parks, Pleasure Grounds, Shrubberies, all Kinds of Useful or Decorative Plantations and every Object of Convenience or Beauty Peculiar to Country Seats., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1806, half titles, 32 engraved plates (one with overslip), p.477, vol. II with marginal repair, some offsetting and browning, contemporary diced calf gilt, joints cracking , a little rubbed, 4to, together with Miller (Philip). The Gardener’s Dictionary: Containing the Best and Newest Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower Garden, and Nursery, 7th ed., 1759, engraved frontispiece, 18 (of 19) engraved plates, one repaired, two holes in text leaves 13G1 & 2, a few spots and marginal wormtracks, bookplate, contemporary reverse calf over boards, some wear, folio (3).

Verneuil (P.). Etude de la Mer, Faune et Flore de la Manche et de l’Ocean, 2 vols., new ed., Paris, 1924, fifty col. plates and numerous illusts. to text by Mathurin Meheut, orig. cloth, joints slightly frayed, spines faded and some dust-soiling, folio (2).

North America. A collection of approx. 300 prints and engravings, mostly 19th century, including approx. 270 steel engraved views of Connecticut and Rhode Island and approx. thirty folio engravings and lithographs of historical, natural history, topographical and genre scenes, some duplicates, various sizes and condition (approx.300).

Portraits. A good early 19th century album of portraits of European royalty, military and political leaders, together forty-three mezzotints, lithographs and engravings, each with tissue guard, including portraits of George III, Victoria, The Duke of Wellington, Prince Charlotte and Prince Leopold, The Duchess of Kent, Napoleon Bonaparte, Frederick II of Prussia, Charles X of France and Prince Albert, with examples by Lewis, Doo, Taylor, Clint, Say, Pichler, Townley, Maile, Skelton, Dawe, Reynolds and Cardon, various sizes and condition, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and worn, folio. Bookplate of Elizabeth Anne Hippisley, Ston Easton. (1).

Illustrated London News, 6 half-yearly vols., Jan 1889-Dec 1890 & Jan-Dec 1892, num. engs. to text, several leaves missing, hinges broken to first two vols., orig. cloth gilt/contemp. cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear, together with Graphic, An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, Jul-Dec 1894, num. engs. to text, contemp. half morocco gilt, scuffed and stained, folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (7).

Illustrated London News, 14 half-yearly vols., May 1842-Dec 1843, Jan-Dec 1848, Jan-Jun 1852, Jan-Dec 1862, Jan-Dec 1866, Jan-Dec 1869, Jan-Jun 1878 & Jun-Dec 1914, num. engs. to text, occ. spotting, several leaves missing, orig. cloth gilt/contemp. cloth gilt, several spines worn with loss, folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (14).

Diplomatic, Consular and Military. A group of approx. forty autograph letters signed and similar, mostly 19th c., many diplomatic and consular official letters, signatories including Elliot (Constantinople), Lord Derby, Lord Stafford, Edward Thornton, Lord Dufferin (all St. Petersburg), Lord Cowley (Vienna), Evelyn Baring, Lord Napier, Sir Henry Bulmer, Sir Gerald Portle, G.E. Pollock, Sir John Kirk, Carl Peters, H.P. Just, Earl of Lytton, C.F. Adams, military autographs including George S. White (x5), Lord Kitchener, E.R. Fremantle, Henry Brackenbury, and Lord Napier of Magdala, various lengths and sizes, together with a lengthy and chatty autograph letter initialled from Lady Elizabeth Lyttleton (1749-1795), London, 26th April 1782, to her friend Lady Hamilton (ie. Catherine Barlow, d. 1782), at Naples, 6 pp. including integral address panel, split along several folds but all pieces present, folio (approx. 40).

Say (Jean-Baptiste Leon, 1826-1896). Autograph letter signed ‘Leon Saye’, 21 rue Fresnel, Paris, 5th June 1891, to Lord Goschen, in French, introducing Gilbert Boucher, 3 pp., together with Thiers (Louis Adolphe, 1797-1877), Autograph letter signed ‘A. Thiers’, Boulevard Malesherbes 48, 13 June, no year, to M. de Cardaillac, a short note in French, 1 p. plus integral blank, both 8vo, plus Ebers (Georg, 1837-1898), Autograph letter signed ‘Georg Ebers’, Munich, 17 March 1892, to Lord Marquis recommending names of those who have served Egyptian science, W. Golenishuff (?) and Edouard Nadille, 1 p. plus integral blank, folio (3).

Stanley (Henry Morton, 1841-1904). Autograph letter signed (twice), ‘Henry M. Stanley’, Camp at Mikesse, 26th November 1889, to Messrs. Smith, McKenzie &c towards the end of the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, ‘We have been able to advance much more rapidly than I thought we would have done. If nothing happens to disturb the arrangement our movements hence will be as follows.’ and giving a list of places including MSWA, Bagamoyo as arrival in Zanzibar expected on 5th December, continuing, ‘We are all disappointed at not having any letters or newspapers, or any kind of greeting from you at Zanizbar. We know that Wissman must have reached the coast about the 1st November - and by the 10th November we should have heard from you - but it is now the 26th November but three days march of for couriers. We have been indebted to Capt. Wissman for bountious supplies of good things, but we have been unable to get even a newspaper from you, what is the matter? Every mail you send to Africa has been lost and now then when we are within touch of you we cannot get a word. 2 years and 11 months are a long time to wait.’, with an initialled ps. in gratitude for Wissman’s gifts of meats and wines, with an ensuing longer ps. dated 27th November making amends for the ‘above scrawl’, ‘2 hours beyond Mikesse your four couriers handed me one letter from Mr. C. S. Smith and one from Mr. Nicol. The contents have been understood. Another mail lost! It does not matter - we hope to be at Zanzibar before we die. But we looked eagerly through your list - a noble list it is too - to see if you had shoved in a packet of old newspapers, even a lot of old advertisements, any ancient printed matter, a dime novel, or a penny dreadful - would have answered. You have heard of the traveller’s parched with thirst pointing to his naked throat for water - but you perhaps have never heard of the dessicated brain. Well we suffer from that complaint. Wissman has sent champagnes and beers. and a princely supply of animal food, but the Samaritan to relieve charitably the stress of the mind has not appeared. we all rejoiced to hear that the good Queen reigns yet, and that Europe has refrained from suicide, but a thousand and thousand incidents of her life we have yet to learn. Our Pasha is all in a quiver that something good said to him by Mr. Portal.’, 3 pp., strong vertical fold, split along leaf fold, 4to, together with a related draft of a telegram from Stanley to the Queen on his arrival at Zanzibar, 6th December 1889, probably in the hand of Charles Stewart Smith (1859-1934, second son of Archibald Smith), ‘Please tell the Queen that Mr. Stanley and his officers thank Her Majesty for her remembrance of them and that Emmin Pasha is rather better though badly hurt. It is thought his skull is not fractured’, beneath which is written the text of the telegram sent (?), ‘Please inform Her Majesty - message given to Mr. Stanley. He wishes me to say he and officers are profoundly touched by it and sent most devoted thanks. Emmin’s condition is much better. Surgeon Parke who was left in attendance at Bagawoyo with German surgeons is sanguine as to his recovery. Even the German surgeons who yesterday feared the worst are more hopeful’, one page on light blue paper, watermarked 1888, folio (2).

Cookery and Lotteries. An unusual scrap album, 18th century and later, the album originally used for accounts plus Irish and English lotteries, late 18th and early 19th century, giving dates, names and sums paid, the album later reused with some of the ‘less interesting’ entries pasted over and including manuscript and printed cookery receipts from the late 19th and early 20th century, a total of approx. 150 pp. including manuscript index of recipes, some spotting and soiling, contemp. reversed calf, broken and worn with contents loose, remains of the label ‘Private Accounts’ to spine and upper cover, folio. The original compiler may have been from the family of Robert Shaw (1749-1796), founder of the Royal Bank of Ireland and MP. There are handwritten references to members of this family including Edward Briscoe, William Shaw (brother), Bernard Shaw and Mary Shaw (son and daughter?). The sums of money listed as loans and debentures for the Irish lottery are huge, one totalling over 544,000 pounds (30 million pounds today). The recipes were possibly added by Lady Eleanor Hester Shaw, wife of Sir Frederick Shaw of Bushey Park. Several letters containing recipes and a postcard are addressed to Lady Shaw at Bushey Park, Terenure. A note signed by E. Shaw in 1897 on the second leaf states ‘The receipts in this book are stuck over those pages only, of which the entries are quite uninteresting’. (1).

Guinea, West Africa. A series of ten letters by and related to Major John Peddie in connection with the English expedition into West Africa, 1816-17, including two autograph letters signed, one autograph letter unsigned, one letter signed and one letter in the third person unsigned, plus three related letters in French and one letter giving terms for the Expedition to Mr. Kommer, naturalist, dated 24th October 1816, the correspondence generally concerning Adolphe Kommer, mostly one or 2 pp., some spotting or toning, 4to/folio. The letters deal with the preparations of the Expedition including the participation of the German naturalist Adolphe Kommer who died with Major Peddie during the exploration of the Congo River. (10).

Heraldry. A pair of albums containing original heraldic artwork, 18th and early 19th c., each vol. with approx. thirty-five leaves, containing between them approx. 200+ drawings plus numerous smaller designs, for coats-of-arms, crests, supporters, shields, animals, borders, etc., in pen & ink or pencil, many with watercolour and some illuminated, in various hands, mounted and loose, ms. index at front of first vol., with other related material loosely inserted, occn. finger-marks and dust-soiling, first vol. with bookplate of Sir George Naylor (1764-1831), Garter, on front pastedown, second vol. with bookplate of Sir William Woods (1785-1842), Garter, on front pastedown, with eng. label beneath ‘This Book was given by Sir William Woods, Garter, to his Son Albert Wm. Woods, Portcullis, 16th April 1841’, signed in ink ‘Wm. Woods Garter’, early 19th c. half vellum, rubbed and worn, with some loss to extrems., spines stencilled in ink ‘Heraldic Sketches’ and ‘I’ and ‘III’, folio. An attractive pair of albums, containing a profusion of heraldic designs, for example for Baron le Despencer Francis Dashwood, Lord Sandwich, Lord Clive, Lord Mexborough, Lord March, the Duke of Norfolk, Sir Henry Havelock, Lord Clare, Lord King, Sir John Griffin Griffin. (2).

Manuscript Accounts. A manuscript accounts day book, c. 1720s/1816, a total of approx. 250 pp., the earlier part of the book relating to one Mr. Collins and accounts relating to the family, a jump from the year 1748 to 1815, name index at rear, contemp. vellum, some soiling and wear, tall narrow folio, together with eleven misc. deeds and documents, 17th/19th century, all but one vellum (12).

FOX`S BOOK OF MARTYRS, LONDON 1811, ILLUSTRATED, LARGE FOLIO, LEATHER BINDING, DEFECTIVE

CLERC Nicolas-Gabriel. Histoire physique, morale, civile, politique de la Russie. Paris, Versailles, 1783-1794 ; in-folio, cartonnage ancien défraîchi, entièrement non rogné., Atlas seul magnifiquement exécuté de l`un des livres anciens les plus sérieux sur la Russie., Sans le feuillet de titre cet exemplaire est au demeurant complet : 3 cartes (mer Caspienne, mer d`Azov), 9 planches (objets, costumes…), 9 plans (Saint-Pétersbourg, Moscou, Kronstadt) et 17 SUPERBES VUES PANORAMIQUES REPLIÉES LE TOUT GRAVÉ SUR CUIVRE (Saint-Pétersbourg, Moscou, Novgorod, Cazan, Tobolsk…). Il y a aussi 16 tableaux imprimés repliés. - Reproduction ci-dessus.

COMMUNE, LA GUERRE ET LA. 1870-1871. Dessins par les principaux artistes. Texte par A. Darlet. Paris, M. Lévy, 1872 ; in-folio, percaline rouge de l`éditeur, fer spécial doré. Reportage par l`image suivant de peu les événements : Plus de 100 illustrations gravées sur bois, certaines à pleine page.

DAVID D`ANGERS, L`ŒUVRE DE P.-J. Croquis d`après nature par Eugène Marc son élève. Notice par Edmond About. Paris, A. Lévy, 1873 ; 2 vol. très grand in-folio percaline de l`éditeur fatiguée. Avec 128 planches lithographiées tirées en sanguine sur papier de Chine appliqué sur carton. - Joint :, LES MÉDAILLONS DE DAVID D`ANGERS réunis et publiés par son fils. Paris, Lahure, 1867 ; fort vol. in-folio demi-chagrin rouge de l`éditeur, tranches dorées, accid. à une coiffe. - Recueil de 53 planches à 9 sujets, de photographies collées totalisant 477 médaillons.

DUMONTIER Ernest. Étoffes d`ameublement de l`époque napoléonienne. Paris, Vve Ch. Schmid, 1909 ; , gr. in-folio demi-chagrin à coins, dos frotté. Belle publication accompagnée de 70 planches hors texte dont 24 en couleurs. - Joint du même auteur :, Étoffes et tapisseries d`ameublement des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paris, Ch. Massin, s.d. ; gr. in-folio en ff. sous portefeuille à rabats. - Avec 80 planches hors texte. - Dédicace de l`auteur à Frédéric Masson l`historien de l`Empire.