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Click here to subscribeAllan Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean half-title lithographed additional pictorial title heightened with gilt and 40 tinted lithographed plates wood-engraved illustrations a few plates with marginal foxing a few minor marginal repairs original brown blind-stamped and gilt cloth rebacked preserving original backstrip corners worn spine rubbed extremities frayed [Abbey Travel 200; Atabey 15; Blackmer 24] a good copy folio 1843.
Solis y Ribadeneyra Conquest of Mexico translated by Thomas Townsend first edition in English engraved portrait frontispiece 2 maps (1 double-page) and 6 plates modern half calf spine in compartments richly gilt and with red morocco label [Sabin 86487; Palau 318693] a very good copy folio T. Woodward J. Hooke and J. Peele 1724.
Finden Landscape Illustrations of the Bible 2 vol. engraved additional vignette titles and 95 plates all on india paper and mounted occasional spotting and finger-soiling a few water-stains contemporary blue calf richly gilt vol.1 upper cover detached corners worn rubbed 1836; and 2 others by the same 4to & folio(4)
Bayot Nos Souvenirs de Kil-Bouroun 1860 plate vol. only engraved plan and 15 tinted lithographed plates lacking title plates foxed later half cloth spine label chipped with loss folio [Paris] [c.1860]. ***The Battle of Kinburn/Kil-Bouroun was a naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War..
cost. Costume of the Russian Empire 1811 text in English and French hand-coloured aquatint additional pictorial title and 72 plates ex-library copy sadly with small ink stamp within image of every plate a few barely visible occasional finger-soiling contemporary black calf rebacked in modern black crushed morocco in compartments and richly gilt [Abbey Travel 244; Colas 703; Lipperheide 1342] small folio 1811.
Gail (Wilhelm) Erinnerungen aus Spanien 1837 lithographed additional title tinted lithographed dedication and 30 plates a few small marginal repairs to some plates and text ff. some spotting and finger-marking to plates modern boards [Palau 96533] folio Munich [1837]. ***Scarce. Includes a number of plates of bullfighting..
Gibbs (James) A Book of Architecture first edition 147 engraved plates only (of 150) lacking plates 1 110 and 131 last plate with marginal repair list of subscribers some soiling and mostly marginal staining modern half calf [Harris 257; Fowler 138] folio 1728. ***Subscribers included Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor..
Hearne (Thomas) Antiquities of Great-Britain vol.1 only engraved additional pictorial title frontispiece of Stonehenge (bound at end) and 50 plates list of subscribers some marginal water-staining occasionally encroaching within platemark a few short repaired tears 1 just within image but well repaired some foxing contemporary calf gilt rebacked and recornered oblong folio James Phillips for T. Hearne and W.Byrne 1786.
Le Pautre Oeuvres d`Architecture 1751 3 vol. half-title (torn and laid down) c.747 engraved plates (including 3 additional titles within architectural borders) some double-page a few with repaired tears occasional staining but the majority in good condition contemporary mottled calf rebacked spines gilt corners repaired folio Paris chez Charles-Antoine Jombert 1751; sold not subject to return.
Costume.- Trade Catalogue.- Gaillard Lecomte & 30 delicately hand-coloured lithographed plates of fashionable dresses and coats stock and serial number stamps some light foxing text in 5 languages printed on verso of front free endpaper (creased) original cloth lettered in red rubbed and stained folio Paris [c.1870].
Giustiniani Galleria Giustiniani 1631 2 vol. 2 engraved armorial titles 2 portraits of Giustiniani and 326 plates some damp-staining to lower margins of plates of vol.2 heavier to first few ff. causing a little fraying attractive contemporary mottled calf spines in compartments richly gilt and with double morocco labels [Brunet II 1453; Cicognara 3397] folio Rome [1631]. ***Giustiniani (1564 -1637) was an aristocratic Italian banker art collector and the patron of Caravaggio. The family art collection one of the best of its time contained over 300 paintings (15 by Caravaggio) and more than 1200 pieces of sculpture..
Waring. Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculp 3 vol. text in English & French chromolithographed additional decorative titles and 301 plates by W.R. Tymms Albert Warren and G. Macculloch printed by Day & Son plate guards occasional light foxing original red morocco gilt gilt decorated spines g.e. extremities a little rubbed spine ends repaired folio by Cox & Wyman for Day & Son 1863. ***A superb compendium of over 1000 objects that were presented at the International Exhibition 1862..
Edwards (George) d`Oiseaux Peu Communs 2 parts only (of 4) in 1 fine hand-coloured engraved frontispiece 105 plates and a map engraved portrait all numbered in contemporary ink in upper margin a few titled occasional marginal spotting or a few stains some offsetting modern half calf over old marbled boards fragments of original backstrip laid down on spine covers rubbed a rare edition folio à Londres for the author 1751.
Brookshaw (George) Groups of Flowers 1819 3 parts in 1 all second editions half-titles 6 stipple-engraved plates to each work each plate in 2 states (one plain the other hand-coloured) occasional light foxing mostly to text leaves a few marginal marks to plates contemporary dark green straight-grain morocco gilt a few scuff marks rubbed at extremities [Dunthorne 53-55] small folio 1819.
Knoop (Johann Hermann) Pomologia. 20 fine folding hand-coloured engraved plates (12 of apples and 8 of pears) water-staining to text ff. only text ff. E1&2 with tape repairs Leeuwarden [1758] bound with Fructologia of Beschryving der Vrugtbomen en Vrugten 19 fine folding hand-coloured engraved plates (including grapes berries apricots and cherries) text ff. water-stained Leeuwarden 1763 bound with Dendrologia of Beschryving der Plantagie-Gewassen some water-staining Leeuwarden 1763 modern half calf slightly rubbed at extremities [Nissen 1077 & 1078; Pritzel 4754 & 4755] folio
Aldrovandi (Ulisse) De piscibus libri V 1638 engraved title within ornate architectural border woodcut plate and illustrations throughout many full-page woodcut printers device to colophon f. at end very narrow area of water-staining to foot of many ff. a few ff. browned occasional spotting contemporary vellum sympathetically rebacked rubbed [Nissen ZBI 70; W. & S. p. 3; Petit 32] a good copy folio Bologna apud Nicolaum Thebaldinum 1638. ***When in Rome in 1545 countering a charge of heresy Aldrovandi met Guillaume Rondelet and accompanied the French physician to the fish markets in order to study the various species. In 1553 he obtained a medical degree at Bologna University and was soon after appointed professor of the history of "simples" which he extended to include animals and minerals as well as plants. .
Houghton (Rev. William) British Fresh-Water Fishes 2 vol. first edition half-titles 41 wood-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand some foxing plates generally clean water-stain to frontispiece vol.2 original pictorial cloth gilt slightly rubbed at extremities vol.2 upper cover stained [W&S supplement p.11] folio [1879].
Newcastle Methode pour Dresser les Chevaux text in German and French German title in red and black engraved folding additional pictorial title full-page arms (trimmed and laid down on verso of French title) and 81 double-page or folding plates a couple trimmed some offsetting but generally in good condition contemporary mottled calf with the gilt crowned chiffres of the Dauphin to foot of spine and the arms of René Maus de Froulay Comte de Tessé to covers spine in comaprtments and richly gilt repaired chipped at spine ends corners worn g.e. folio Nuremberg Jean Zieger & George Lehmann 1700. ***A rare edition with an excellent provenance..
Harris (Moses) Moths and Butterflies 1st first edition engraved frontispiece title vignette hand-coloured plate with `descriptions for the various parts of the Papilio` and 44 fine hand-coloured plates offsetting a few plates with minor marks contemporary calf rebacked in modern buckram calf covers worn [Nissen 1835] folio for the author 1766. ***`One of the most outstanding authors of entomological literature during the eighteenth century` (Lisney). This is a tall copy at 459 x 281mm (sheet size)..
Baudement (Emile) Les Races Bovines 1861 2 vol. text vol. with 5 hand-coloured engraved maps foxed some marginal water-staining plate vol. with 87 tinted lithographed plates of cattle divisional titles plate 2 `Vache de Durham` with large tear within image some spotting original morocco-backed cloth gilt corners worn rubbed some soiling oblong folio Paris 1861. ***Depicting cattle of Great Britain Holland Denmark and the Austrian Empire. .
Perrault l`Histoire Naturelle des Animaux 2 vol. in 1 first edition 1 (of 2) fine engraved frontispieces by Goyton after Sébastien LeClerc large engraved arms of Louis XIV to titles 29 fine engraved plates and half-page illustration engraved head- and tail-pieces by Leclerc a few red ink spots to margin below colophon of vol.1 [GM 295; Nissen 3123-24; Norman 1687] Paris Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy for the Imprimerie Royale 1671-1676 bound with [Picard (Jean-Felix)] Mesure de la Terre title with large engraved arms of Louis XIV 6 engraved plates 1 stained Paris Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy for the Imprimerie Royale 1671 new endpapers contemporary calf rebacked rather worn but holding firm folio ***The Mémoires which is one of the first publications of the Académie Royale des Sciences is considered to be `one of the most sumptuously produced of all early biological works`. The engraved frontispiece the first illustration of a meeting of a learned society shows a meeting of the Academy in the Royal Library at Versailles with Louis XIV and his minister Colbert present. The work describes 29 species among which `the new species described are the lynx the procupine the eagle the cormorant and the ostrich` (Norman). Jean-Felix Picard was the first person to measure the size of the Earth to a reasonable degree of accuracy in a survey conducted in 1669-70..
Burtin Oryctographie de Bruxelles 1st 1784 first edition fine engraved pictorial title and 32 hand-coloured plates aside from some water-staining to the outer margin of 4 text ff. (sigs. 2L&M) internally crisp and clean contemporary half calf red morocco label to spine joints starting but holding firm rubbed and scuffed folio L`Imprimerie de la Maire 1784. ***A very good copy of this important study..
Kurr Mineral Kingdom 1859 24 lithographed plates 1 chromolithographed and 22 hand-coloured or partly so one or two heightened with gold or silver others with gum arabic captioned tissue guards offsetting of plates on to tissue guards a few plates foxed occasional finger-soiling original cloth upper cover bound in at end modern burgundy crushed morocco-backed cloth folio Edinburgh 1859.
Perry (George) Conchology first edition 61 fine hand-coloured engraved plates one text leaf bound upside down lacking half-title a large uncut copy in original pink boards rebacked preserving original spine corners and joints worn [Nissen 3134] folio [1811]. ***The Bradley Martin-Pine Coffin copy with bookplates..
Ellis (George Viner) and G.H. Ford. Illustrations Atlas in 4 divisional vol. (i.e.lacking the 8vo text vol.) second edition 58 chromolithographed plates by Ford all plates and text leaves with protective varnish and linen-backed some soiling annotations and sketches in ink and pencil to some plate versos modern half morocco gilt lettered morocco labels to upper covers folio 1876.
Angelo (Domenico) L`Ecole des Armes 1763 47 engraved plates list of subscribers ink stain to upper magrin of title occasional staining to plates most marginal but encroaching on platemark in several instances modern black calf over old cloth part of original backstrip laid down on spine boards rubbed [Lipperheide 2974; Sander 23] R. and J. Dodsley 1763; with a separate cloth-bound vol. of the French text oblong folio(2)
Fontaine Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon half-title portrait frontispiece and 32 mounted lithographed plates on india paper after Raphael occasional spotting a few ff. browned contemporary red morocco-backed boards spine gilt corners worn rubbed Paris 1809; and an 1835 edition of the same folio(2)
Society Of Dilettanti.- Specimens of Antient Sculp vol.1 only (of 2) 75 engraved plates some foxing mostly marginal and marginal water-staining contemporary russia elaborately stamped in gilt and blind by Carpenter & Co. (with ticket) Greek key border surrounding an architectural design of two columns and base made up of crosses and interlocking small circles with an arch above made up of the same crosses circles spheres and gilt dots on a blind-stamped lozenge-patterned background rebacked a little rubbed g.e. folio 1809. ***Bookplate of Thomas Weld-Blundell..
ROCKEFELLER JOHN D.: (1839-1937) American Oil Magnate, often regarded as the richest man in history. D.S., J D Rockefeller, one page, oblong folio, New York, 20th February 1888. The attractive, partially printed document is a Standard Oil Trust share certificate issued to the International Navigation Co. for a total of one hundred shares. Signed by Rockefeller at the foot in his capacity as President of the company and also countersigned by the Treasurer and Secretary. With two neatly affixed associated documents, one to the verso, including a transfer certificate for the shares. VG
[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed folio Wanted poster issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 23rd June 1934. The poster features a portrait of Dillinger and offers a reward of $10,000 for his capture or $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. A description of the criminal is provided including details of his scars. Some overall staining and age wear and a few small tears at the edges. FR
STEPHENSON GEORGE: (1781-1848) English Civil Engineer who built the first railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. D.S., Geo. Stephenson, one page, folio, n.p., February 1848. The partially printed document is a Transfer form relating to the sale of Consolidated Stock in the Midland Railway Company by Stephenson to Joseph Sanders for the sum of £498.16.0. Signed by both Stephenson and Sanders with their names alone at the foot. With various official seals, stamps and annotations in the borders. A couple of very minor, slight tears at the extreme edges, not affecting the text or signatures, otherwise VG
MARCONI GUGLIELMO: (1874-1937) Italian Inventor who developed the radiotelegraph system. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1909. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Marconi in a head and shoulders pose. Signed (`Guglielmo Marconi`) in bold black fountain pen ink to the lower white border. Together with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed folio edition of The Times Everest colour supplement, London, 1953. Signed by Hillary with his name alone in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the colour front cover image showing him and Tenzing together on Mount Everest. Also signed to the image in fountain pen ink by the mountaineer George Band, the youngest member of the 1953 Everest Expedition team. Some light overall staining, age wear and a number of tears to the edges of the supplement (FR), Marconi`s signed photograph VG, 2
EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. D.S., Thos. A. Edison, three times (each bold examples of his umbrella signature), two pages, folio, New York, 13th January 1886. The manuscript document is the Annual Report of the Edison Spanish Colonial Light Company and states that the company has a capital stock of $100,000, of which $50,000 has `been issued in payment for property necessary for the business of the company`. Signed by Edison in his capacity as President and again as one of the four signatories of the majority of trustees of the company. Edison`s third signature appears on the second page at the conclusion of a statement confirming that the annual report is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. One small tear in a fold to the left edge and a couple of other minor splits at the right edge, not affecting the text or signatures. About VG The Edison Spanish Colonial Light Company was incorporated in New York on 13th January 1882. It controlled Edison`s electric light patents in Cuba, Puerto Rico and other Spanish American colonies.
ELIZABETH I: (1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland 1558-1603. A very fine, rare L.S., Elizabeth R, (an excellent example of her flourishing signature), as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, Windsor Castle, 31st August 1567, to Sir John Spencer. The Queen writes to Spencer with instructions for collecting revenue for the first public lottery in England, announcing `Where we have com[m]anded a ceratine carte of a Lotterie to be published by our Shirif of Countie in the principall townes of the same, of which we send you certen copies for the further execution thereof it is expedient to have somme persons appointed of good trust to receave such particular sommes as our subjects shall of their owne free disposition be ready to deliver upon the said lotterie who also shall w[it]hout faile be dewly authorised and their adventures shall happen w[it]hout either deceypt or delaye.` Spencer is required to confer with the bearer of the letter, and then to choose collectors. The letter states that out of every pound sterling he is to be allowed sixpence to pay the collectors and those who bring the proceeds to the Chamber of the City of London and to issue books of numbers and tickets. Elizabeth`s letter further provides assurances of the good use to which the proceeds will be put (`Anything advantagious is ordered to be employed to good and publique acts and beneficially for o[u]r Realme and o[u]r Subjects`) and orders to counter any accusations of misuse and to cause to be arrested and punished those who persist in `slanderous reports`. As a final incentive to Spencer, for every five hundred pounds sent to London a further 50 shillings will be allowed to him. With integral address leaf bearing a good blind embossed paper seal. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, overall a clean and attractive letter. VG The present letter was written as a result of Queen Elizabeth I chartering the first official recorded lottery in 1566, however a lack of public support delayed the first draw until 1569. In his History of English Lotteries (Leadenhall Press, London,1893) John Ashton states that `There were to be 400,000 lots, each costing 10 shillings with a top prize worth £5000. The prizes were to be paid in a combination of gold, plate and merchandise such as tapestries, linens and fine fabrics.
CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. Fine D.S., Charles R, (an excellent example), as King, at the head, one page, large folio, Court at Whitehall, 21st February 1677. The attractively penned manuscript document relates to the reinforcement of the Garrisons at Pendennis Castle and the Isle of Wight, `Wee have thought fitt and accordingly given Order for the Recruiting of the Company of that Guarrison with Fifty soldiers to compleat them to the number of one hundred….with addition of one Sarjeant and one Drummer to the said Company. And for as much as Our Governour of the Isle of Wight humbly represents to us, that the Inhabitants of the said Island are willing to Mount some of the Trained Forces and Voluntiers as a Troope of Dragoones for our service in the safety of the said Island….that Pay may be Established for a Captaine to Command the said Troope, who will imploy himself in the Training and exerciseing of them…` Countersigned at the foot by Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby (1631-1712, English Statesman, Lord High Treasurer) and Sir Joseph Williamson (1633-1701, English Statesman). The document has neat red ruled borders and the lower half sets out, in tabular form, the relevant salaries (totalling £900 per annum) to be paid to the military officers. Some light overall age wear and minor holes at the folds, overall a very clean and attractive document. About VG
WILLIAM IV: (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland 1830-37. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Windsor, 12th October 1832. The partially printed document is a naval commission appointing George Bruce Puddicombe to be a Captain in the Corps of Royal Marines. Countersigned at the foot by Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839) British Naval officer, Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson. Hardy commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, George Barrington (Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty) and John Barrow (1764-1848, English Statesman, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty). Lacking seal. VG
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