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Click here to subscribePoli (Matthaei). Synopsis Criticorum aliorumque S. Scripturae Interpretum, 5 vols., London, 1669-76, contemp. calf, several covers detached, folio, together with The Dore Gallery... with Memoir of Dore, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress, by Edmund Ollier, vols. 1-3 (only?), n.d., c. 1870s, num. full-page. wood-engs., contemp. red half morocco, gilt-dec. spines, a little rubbed, folio, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, etc. (3 shelves)
Weaver (Lawrence). Houses & Gardens by Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A., 3rd imp., Country Life, 1925, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, folio, with other miscellaneous books, mostly 20th c. art and antiques reference, and Tolkien related titles, mostly G/VG (6 shelves)
Art Nouveau books. The World of To-Day. A Survey of the Lands and Peoples of the Globe as seen in Travel and Commerce, by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, 6 vols., pub. Gresham, 1907, b&w illusts. and photos., folding maps, orig. art nouveau style dec. cloth (by Talwyn Morris), a trifle rubbed on spines, folio, with other similar early 20th c. art nouveau case-bound books, including a few odd vols. (3 shelves)
Ayrton (M. Chaplin). Child-Life in Japan, and Japanese Child-Stories, new and cheaper edition, [1888], b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth, worn on spine, slim 4to, together with Ponting (Herbert G.), In Lotus-Land Japan, new and revised ed., 1922, eight col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, 4to, plus Moerdowo (Dr. R.), Reflections on Indonesian Arts and Culture, pub. Sourabaya, [1958], col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., folio, plus others of China and Japan interest, mostly 20th c. hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (3 shelves)
Pledger (Maurice and Coles, Charles). Game Birds, 1981, full-page col. plts., orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, slim folio, together with Hancock (James and Elliott, Hugh), The Herons of the World, London Editions, 1978, fine full-page col. plts. after paintings by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman, b & w illusts. after drawings by Robert Gillmor, orig. cloth in d.j. and publisher’s cardstock slipcase, folio, with other ornithology and natural history, mostly 20th c. hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (6 shelves)
McNeill (John T., ed.). Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion, Translated and Indexed by Ford Lewis Battles, 2 vols., Library of Christian Classics series, pub. Philadelphia, 1960, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Butler (Rev. Alban), The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other Principal Saints, 5 vols., n.d., c. 1950s, col. illusts., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed, small folio, plus The Vatican and Christian Rome, 1975, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, 4to, and other theology, a mixture of late 19th c. and early 20th c. hardback publications, some in d.j. (6 shelves & a carton)
Smith (Jessie Willcox, illust.). The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, pub. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., c. 1919, twelve tipped in col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, one or two with juvenile hand colouring, orig. dec. cloth, a little worn at head and foot of spine, large 8vo, with other children’s and illustrated books, annuals, modern literature etc., including Terry Pratchett, Folio Society, etc. (6 shelves)
NASH, John and BRAYLEY, Edward, W, Illustrations of Her Majesty`s Palace at Brighton; formerly the pavilion; executed by the command of King George The Fourth, under the superintendence of John Nash, Esq, Architect, complete with 31 plates, (2 colour and 1 folded cross section of the palace), title vignette, published by J. Nichols, London, 1838, green cloth boards with gilt lettering, front board detached, spine and joints weak with repairs, some damp staining and brown spotting, elephant folio.
BUTLER, Arthur. G, British Birds with their nests and eggs, 6 vols, with colour and black and white plates by Frohawk, published by Brumby & Clarke, London, circa 1898, binding of vols I, II, III, V & VI illustrated gilt green cloth, vol IV illustrated gilt mustard cloth, hinges and joins weak of all vols, overall wear, folio (6)
HARRIS, John, Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca Or, a complete collection of Voyages and Travels, 2 vols, titles printed in red and black, 57 engraved maps, plates and portraits (15 folding), published by T. Woodward, London, 1744, embossed frame calf boards, rubbing and ware, corners bumped, elephant folio (2)
WILLIAMS, G, Seven Golden Candlesticks, engraved biblical frontpiece, 1624, vellum, worm tracks to binding and text, ware to edges of text,12mo, together with a handwritten manuscript, titled `A Rich Cabinet or Common Place Booke`, circa 17th century, vellum, extensive ware to binding, folio (2)
[Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius)] Scriptores Historiae Augustae, edited by Bonus Accursius, 297 ff. only (of 303, lacking fol. 2 (first f. of text, supplied in facsimile) and blanks 1, 110, 253, 302 and 303), 40 lines, Roman type, capitals supplied in red or blue, red or blue paragraph-marks, most ff. with early ink name of the Emperor concerned with that page at head, occasional early ink marginalia, some in Greek in red ink, a few small wormholes, mostly marginal, but within text of ff. towards end, affecting part of a few letters on some ff., some spotting, soiling or water-staining, mostly marginal, one or two capitals slightly smudged, 20th century brown crushed morocco-backed marbled boards, red morocco label to spine, rubbed, [BMC VI, 702; Hain 14561], folio, Milan, Philippus de Lavagnia, 1475. ***A history of the first twelve emperors of Rome. Bonus Accursius was to receive 60 gold ducats from Lavagnia for correcting the manuscript. Petrarch gave much praise to Suetonius and listed this history among his favourite books.
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) De Institutione Oratoria LIbri XII, 2 parts in 1, italic letter, title with woodcut printer`s device, woodcut portaits of the author within text and initials, title foxed and with early ink initials, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, but occasionally within text, 17th century red panelled morocco, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Not in Adams; Censimento 16 CNCE 31715], folio, Venice, apud Hieronymum Scotum, 1546. *** An attractive edition with commentary by leading scholars, including Pierre Galland and Joachim Liebhard.
Archimedes. Des unvergleichlichen Archimedis Kunst Bücher, oder heutigs Tags befindliche Schrifften aus dem Griechischen in das Hoch-Teutsche ubersetzt, edited by Johann Christoph Sturm, 2 parts in 1 vol., From the Library of King George III, with his gilt monogram to head of spine, and ink stamps of the Royal Engineers Artilery and Military Libraries of Hanover to title, fine engraved additional pictorial title, printed title in red and black, woodcut diagrams, additional title laid down, small loss to lower corner of image, some light browning, a few minor marks, but generally crisp and clean, 18th century half calf, spine in compartments with gilt monogram to head, date `1772` to foot and a citron leather label, rubbed, folio, Nuremberg, Paulus Fürstens and Christoph Gerhard, 1670, 1667. *** A rare work with a distinguished provenance. Sturm`s edition was the most complete German collection of Archimedes` main mathematical works. The second part is `Archimedis Sand-Rechnung oder Tiefsinnige Erfindung einer mit verwunderlicher Leichtigkeit ausprechlichen…`, which asks the questions `how many grains of sand could the entire universe hold?`.
Guicciardini (Francesco) The Historie…Containing the Warres of Italie and other Partes, with first and final blanks, large woodcut device to title, woodcut initials and head-pieces, small hole to L6, affecting a few letters, but with no loss of sense of text, 2R4 ink spotted, some light browning, a few small stains, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with a red leather label, joints splitting, but holding firm, some wear to extremities, [STC 12459], a good copy, small folio, Richard Field, 1599.
Estienne (Henri) World of Wonders: or, an Introduction to a Treatise Touching the Conformitie of Ancient and Moderne Wonders, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, lacks initial blank, P3&4 margins strengthened, Bb2-Cc2 holes with some loss, Bb4 large tear partially repaired and with some loss, Dd2-Dd4 repaired in margin, slightly browned throughout, the Macclesfield copy with bookplate on front pastedown, eighteenth century russia, gilt, upper joint splitting at tail, [STC 10554], folio, Edinburgh, Andrew Hart and Richard Lawson, 1608.
Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Annales, fourth edition, woodcut initials, lacking first and last blanks, title frayed and with 2 holes, not affecting text, corners of final text f. frayed, water-stained, modern panelled calf, gilt, [STC 23646], small folio, [Arnold Hatfield for John Norton], 1614.
FULL Full and True Account (a), of a Dreadful Fire That Lately Broke Out in the Pope`s Breeches, 6pp., some soiling, Boies Penrose II bookplate to inner cover, modern wrappers, folio, J.Baker, 1713. *** ESTC lists only 7 copies of this racy pamphlet. It concerns the rumoured affair between the famous soprano Catherine Tofts and Pope Clement XI. Catherine Tofts (?1680-1756) rose to prominence as a soprano in London before retiring in 1709 and marrying Joseph Smith, later the British consul to Venice. Both Pope and Swift featured her in their writings.
Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, vol. 2 only (of 2), first edition, title printed in red and black, 19th century ink ownership insciption to title, water-stained, causing a large area of fraying and holing to 30P2, 31B1&2 and 31C1&2, with loss of text, 30Q and R2 small hole within text, loss of a few letters, a few others ff. frayed or with short tears, contemporary calf, lower cover detached, worn, folio, W. Strahan for J, and P. Knapton, 1755, sold not subject to return.
[Aquila (Franceso)] [Raccolta di Vasi Diversi Formati da Illustri Artefici Antichi], lacking title page, double page plates numbered 2-18, occasional spotting, light water staining to a few leaves, later half vellum, browned, [cf. Berlin Kat.1140], folio, Rome, Lorenzo Filippo de Rossi, 1713.
Sbonski de Passebon (Henri) Plan de Plusieurs Bâtimens de Mer avec leurs Proportions, engraved title/dedication within elaborate pictorial frame of mermen, merhorses, tridents, flags, a globe and other nautical instruments by Simonneau, 15 large folding engraved plates only (of 17) by Randon, title soiled and creased,light stain to lower margin, plates generally a little soiled, 1 stained, some tears and repairs (mostly to folds, one or two more severely), first plate slightly defective at lower edge, 20th century pencil inscription on front free endpaper, contemporary half vellum, uncut, rubbed, spine a little worn, folio, [1690].
Bianchi. Les Cinquante Deux Tableaux representant les faits les plus Célèbres du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, engraved title, dedication and 52 plates by Bianchi after Raphaël, dedication laid down and with a few small marginal holes, some marginal damp-staining, occasionally encroaching within platemark, short repaired tears to plate 52, just within platemark, Rome, chez Jean Scudellari, 1788 bound with Roccheggiani (Lorenzo) [Raccolta di cento tavole rappresentanti i costumi religiosi civili degli antichi Egiziani, Etruschi Greci, e Romani tratti dagli antichi monumenti], 22 plates only, 2 trimmed to within platemark and laid down, a few reapirs, some staining and soiling, [1804], later half morocco, rubbed, oblong folio
Vanity Fair. 10 volumes of Vanity from 1896 to 1902, vol LV, LVII, LVIII, LX, LXI, LXII, LXIV, LXV, LXVII and LXVIII, with 6 of the 7 double-page frontispieces called for ("Rennes" lacking from LXII) and with 253 caricature plates, complete, including Queen Victoria, the Emperor of Abyssinia, Czar Nicholas, Lord Kitchener, Baden Powell, Winston Churchill, Edward VII, President Roosevelt and other politicans, statesmen, judges and sportsmen including jockeys, cricketers and oarsmen, most by Spy, others by Sic, Stuff, Imp Quiz and others, 259 chromolithographs and colour-printed offset lithographs, including 6 double plates, generally clean, slight marginal spotting in vol LV, one plate working loose, a few corners corners creased none affecting images, uniformly bound in green cloth gilt, aeg, a few spines with short splits or tears, some corners bumbed, rubbed, folio, 1896-1902; with the prospectus and specimen plate for The Book of the Bench loosely inserted (10).
Viollet-le-Duc Peintures Murales des Chapelles de Notre -Dame de Paris, 62 chromolithographed plates, many heightened with gold, some spotting, dampstaining to lower edge of second half of book, not affecting images, with a few other plates from another work by the same author loosely inserted at front, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, soiled and lightly rubbed, Paris, 1870; Entretiens sur L`Architecture, plate vol. only, loose as issued in original wrappers, worn, in original cloth-backed boards with 3 ties, 1 defective, rubbed and worn, Paris, 1864, folio & oblong 4to (2) (2)
Huxley (Aldous) Prisons…With the “Carceri” Etchings By G.B. Piranesi, one of 212 copies, inscribed by the author to endpaper, etched frontispiece and 18 plates, loose as issued, cloth-backed portfolio, silk ties, upper board detached, folio, [1949]. *** The inscription reads "For Hal Stebbins/with all good wishes,/Aldous Huxley/1951"
Fowler (William) Engravings of the Mosaic Pavements [Engravings of Several Subjects in Stained Glass], 15 fine hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 25), 11 mosaic pavements, 4 stained glass windows, all mounted on thick card, 1 pavement damp-stained, staining to mounts of final 2 plates, but generally plates in bright and clean condition, engraved bookplate of William Wyatt, later half red morcco, spine and corners worn, but holding firm, a few small stains, marked, folio, Winterton, 1804-[9]. *** A handsome production. Also bound in are William Stukeley, Copy of a Letter containing a Description of a Roman Pavement found near Grantham, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, W. Brooke, [c.1801]; A Subscription notice leaf for `A Copper-Plate Engraving taken from the original drawing and Coloured upon the Spot by W. Fowler, from the Mosiac Pavement, at Mr. Worthington`s Leicester`, Winterton, April 23, 1801, printed by W. Cowley, Hull.; A Subscription notice leaf for `An Engraving from an original drawing, taken and Coloured upon the Spot by W. Fowler, from the curious Roman Pavement, in Prior Crawden`s beautiful Chapel, in the College at Ely, Cambridge, M. Watson, May 20, 1801.
Camden (William) Britannia: vol.2 only (of 2), second edition of Gibson`s translation, later issue, 15 double-page maps, most by Robert Morden, engraved and woodcut illustrations, one full-page, a little browned at edges, map of Channel Islands torn without loss, one or two other tears, ex-library copy with label but unstamped, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, upper cover detached, folio, for James and John Knapton, [c.1730]; sold not subject to return
[Kilner (Rev. Joseph)] The Account of Pythagoras`s School in Cambridge as in Mr. Grose`s Antiquities of England and Wales…, first edition, with the "Something Supplementary", 9 engraved plates, 2 folding, some with light spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, covers detached, spine rather worn and chipped at head and foot, folio, n.p., [c.1790]. *** Pythagoras`s School was a mediaeval building in Cambridge owned by Merton College, Oxford, through the endowment of its founder, Walter de Merton. This account was written by a Fellow of Merton College.
[Sweeting Scenery in West Somersetshire, (Miss) Scenery in West Somersetshire, 12 tinted lithograph plates, some spotting, bookplates of Boies Penrose and Boies Penrose II inside front cover, original limp green cloth, gilt lettering, front cover detached, spine worn, [Abbey, Scenery 314], oblong folio, [1840]. *** A rare set of views.
[Alexander (William)] Costume of the Russian Empire, text in English and French, hand-coloured stipple-engraved frontispiece and 71 plates, light offsetting, endpapers foxed, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, faded, rubbed and worn at edges, [Abbey, Travel 244; Colas 702], folio, 1803 [but plates water-marked 1821 & 1822].
Egypt - Ebers (Georg M.). Egypt: descriptive historical and picturesque 2 vols. original decorated cloth ends of spines bumped folio [1880-83] (2)* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
Green (Thomas). The Universal Herbal second edition 2 vols. engraved frontispieces additional titles and 110 engraved plates of which 2 are hand-coloured some browning leaf of text in vol. 2 crudely repaired with sellotape half roan rubbed 4to [1824] - British Sports and Sportsmen: Hunting one of 1000 copies original roan gilt folio [c.1930]; sold not subject to return (3)* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
Jekyll (Gertrude) & Christopher Hussey. Garden Ornament second edition illustrated from photographs original buckram gilt folio [1927] - and 4 others on gardening including a second edition of Jekyll`s Lilies for English Gardens (5)* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
Simkin (Colin). Currier and Ives` America 80 coloured plates original cloth frayed dust-wrapper oblong folio [1952] - and 9 others including the Ariel Press Redouté Roses 2 and works by Rex Whistler (10)* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
Manuscript Music - Drinkell (John. Divine Musick being a collection of Anthems ... from the most eminent masters viz ... Handall ... Purcell etc. mostly transcribed from the original c.699pp. musical notations throughout some dampstaining title slightly soiled and creased original reverse calf spine defective folio 1768* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
Bibliography - Shirley (Rodney W.). The mapping of the world. Early printed world maps 1472-1700 original cloth dust-wrapper folio Holland Press [1987] * Mint copy* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
A folio of prints and engravings including works After Francis Wheatley J. Hassell Thomas Barker 3 Asian prints and architectural works for Harrison`s History of London (approx. 62)++Various - as seen* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Miroir de la Tauromachie with three lithographs in colours (lacking the portrait), 1990, on Arches paper, each signed in pencil, with title, text by Michel Leiris and justification copy number 100 from the edition of 150, published by D Lelong, Paris, the lithographs apparently in good condition, unexamined out of the frame, the paper wrappers, text and canvas covered box in good condition 510 x 385 mm. (folio) View on Christie's.com
* British School, mid 19th century, `Dykwynkyn`, pseudonym for Richard Wynne Keene, British 1825-1887- "Frontispiece for Deitrichsen and Hanway`s Royal Almanack, 1860"; watercolour on paper, a folio of caricatures, most signed `Dykwynkn, 29x22cm (largest) (10): Attributed to John Massey Wright, British, 1777-1866- " Captain Wattle and Miss Rome, Captain Wattle was fond of a bottle!"; watercolour on paper, stuck on card, 20x20.5cm., (unframed) (11) (folio)
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