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Click here to subscribeRapin de Thoyras (Paul) The History of England, translated and continued by N.Tindal, 4 vol. plus Summary in 5, mixed editions, titles in red and black, 24 folding engraved maps, 91 engraved portraits and plates, 10 plates of medals and 9 genealogical tables, engraved head-pieces, occasional light browning or foxing, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, a little worn, folio, J. and P. Knapton, 1743-51-45-51 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Sallengre (Albert Henri de) Novus Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum, vol.1 & 2 only (of 3), engraved frontispieces, titles in red & black with engraved vignette, engraved head-pieces, plates and illustrations, occasional browning, contemporary calf, spines gilt, lacking labels, a little worn, The Hague, H. du Sauzet, 1716-18; and another, folio (3) Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Scriptores historiae romanae, 3 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces and title-vignettes, plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials, signature of John Wilkes on half-titles partly erased in vol.1, a handsome copy in contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, a little rubbed, slight wear to extremities, folio, Heidelberg, J.J.Haener, 1743 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Skelton (Joseph) Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, large paper copy, list of subscribers, engraved pictorial title, map and 50 plates, all on india paper and mounted, numerous engraved vignettes in text, some foxing, loose in binding with title and first few leaves detached, contemporary green morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., joints worn, lower cover damp-stained, folio, Oxford, 1823 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Stow (John) A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, 2 vol., sixth edition, 129 engraved plates and maps only (of 132), many folding, some frayed or torn, a little browned, title vol.1 and some endpapers loose, contemporary reversed calf, spines gilt, worn, folio, for W.Innys and J. Richardson, 1754-55; sold not subject to return Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Stuart (James) and Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens, vol.1 only (of 5), first edition, list of subscribers, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces, 71 engraved plates including some views, one double-page, internally very clean, contemporary half sheep, uncut, worn, spine defective, folio, by John Haberkorn, 1762. *** Subscribers include Robert Adam, Lancelot ["Capability"] Brown, John Smeaton and Horace Walpole Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Tasso (Torquato) Godfrey of Boulogne: or the Recouerie of Ierusalem, translated by Edward Fairefax, title with elaborate woodcut architectural border, woodcut ornaments and initials, lacking portrait, fore-edge of title shaved, title and final leaf soiled, light water-staining to upper margin, later panelled calf, morocco label, a little rubbed, joints cracked, lower corners slightly worn, [STC 23699], folio, by John Bill, 1624 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Thucydides. De Bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo, half-title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding maps, printed in Greek and Latin in double-column, some spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little scratched and worn, folio, Amsterdam, R. & J.Wetsten and W.Smith, 1731 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
The Works of William Hogarth with essay and explanation by John Nichols 150 etched and engraved plates including the 2 portraits and a few plates containing several images on 116 sheets with 3 suppressed plates loosely inserted in pocket of lower board frontispiece portrait and title with surface dirt and a marginal dampstain occasional marginal surface dirt to other plates contemporary half red morocco worn spine gilt tooled in compartments folio Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1822.
Rubens.- An Album of Engravings after Rubens 28 plates including early proofs of Albert and Isabella of Austria printed before the plate was separated (to form the left and right panels of a triptych) engravings v.s. 2 proofs before letters some mounted most with reduced margins some spotting browning and surface dirt loosely inserted into a calf-bound album worn folio 17th century; with a series of 14 plates after Rubens by Cornelis Galle; and a further 14 plates of biblical and classicla scenes by or after Hayter Audran Frey Tardieu Reni Coypel and others(56)
Bartoli . Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac veteris sculpturae vestigia engraved title (dust-stained) and 92 engraved plates on 55 sheets several folding one plate cropped 19th century roan-backed boards worn gilt title label on upper cover oblong folio Rome Rossi 1693; sold as a collection of plates not subject to return
Cruger (Teodoro) Vita D. Joannis Baptistae ex archaetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. engraved title with dedication to Cosimo II de` Medici engraved portrait and the set of 12 plates engraved by Croger (or Kröger) after the Scalzo frescoes by Andrea del Sarto each trimmed close and corner-mounted on support sheets of laid paper light spotting to title occasional light browning small loss in title area of one plate Florence 1618 bound with Punt (Jean) [Ceiling paintings of the Jesuit Church at Antwerp] 24 (?of 36) plates drawn by J.de Wit and engraved by Punt from the paintings by Rubens 6 trimmed close and corner-mounted on support sheets of laid paper Amsterdam 1747-1759 half calf marbled boards worn upper cover detached bookplate of Earl de Grey Wrest Park oblong folio; sold as a collection of plates not subject to return ***Thomas Philip 2nd Earl de Grey (1781-1859) was the first president of the R.I.B.A..
Scrap album of mainly 18th century interest numerous portraits mostly naval and military figures a group of caricature portraits from the Carlton House Magazine architectural and topographical views mostly British a range of other natural history narrative caricature and romantic subjects woodcut ornament 2 series of processional plates of the funeral of John Duke of Rothes and the ceremonies of the Scottish Parliament by Thomas Sommers a few topographical watercolours and other subjects engravings mezzotints woodcuts and a few watercolours v.s. mounted on album leaves some surfacee dust other occasional minor details lacking boards folio 18th century.
Rouargue and Boys. Architecture Pittoresque 48 plates including vignette title lithographs some spotting throughout occasionally heavy bookseller`s inkstamp in upper right corner of title contemporary blue half-morocco over marbled boards edges slightly worn marbled endpapers folio (515 x 340mm.) Paris Delpech 1835. ***Dating from the latter part of his long sojourn in Paris when Thomas Shotter Boys came heavily under the influence of Bonington before he returned to London in 1837 this work was a precursor to his better known productions Picturesque Architecture in Paris Ghent Antwerp Rouen (1839) and London As It Is (1842)..
An early 19th century Midshipman`s Naval Log, by J B Hoodthorp, for HMS Briton circa May 1814 to August 1815, in a neat hand illustrated with amateur watercolour drawings. HMS Briton was a fifth rate frigate commanded by Sir Thomas Staines. This log details the ship`s travels from Chile northward to Peru and on to the Galapagos, Easter and Pitcairn Islands, accompanied for much of the time by HMS Tagus. Significant entries record the rediscovery of Pitcairn Island on 17 September 1814 `... found the Island Inhabited by the descendants of Mr F Christian and Mutinous Crew of the Bounty settled here A.D. 1788É`, and another for Saturday 29 July 1815, in Plymouth Sound, reads `...found lying here the Bellerophon with Buonaparte on board`. The log contains a few manuscript charts including the Galapagos Islands showing the track of the two ships; another coloured plan is of the harbour of `Tihuoy` in the Island of Nooaheevah or Sir Henry Martin`s Marquesas. Most entries simply record the ship`s position and navigation details. Some entries note punishments, firing of salutes, taking on provisions, etc. The log is illustrated with watercolours of island coasts. Written on watermarked laid paper, the leaves are bound into a folio volume with reverse calf binding, page size about 32.5 x 21.5cm.
Chapman.Architectura Navalis Mercatoria 1768 first edition fine engraved title with large view of Stockholm by Arre engraved dedication and 61 plates only (of 62) all double-page and mounted on stubs lacking plate 31 (supplied with old mounted photograph reduced in size a little faded) some light spotting and soiling letterpress Index and list of plates in English (2 leaves) laid down (latter with 2 small tears to fore-edge) small tear to plate 58 skilfully repaired R.C.Anderson`s copy with his bookplate and A.L.s. from him addressed to “Morgan” dated 1923 concerning the book tipped in at beginning overall a good copy in handsome nineteenth century red morocco by J.Leighton covers with elaborate gilt borders spine gilt in compartments with seven raised bands inner gilt dentelles g.e. a little scuffed mostly to joints and edges [Scott Coll. 337] folio Stockholm 1768. ***A fine association copy of probably the most famous work on shipbuilding. This is one of the rare flat copies with plates on strong paper. Chapman (1721-1808) explains for the first time the mathematical and scientific principles of naval construction in a manner comprehensible to the practical shipbuilder. The plates were drawn by his nephew Lars Bogman. R.C.Anderson (1883-1976) maritime author and expert on early sailing ship rigging and building. The letter reads “Dear Morgan Do you want a copy of Chapman`s `Architectura Navalis Mercatoria` of 1768? It is one of the classics of shipbuilding literature - althought it is only a series of plates - and is very rare. My copy has plate XXXI missing but replaced by a reduced photographic facsimile. It is a very tall copy with big margins &is bound in red morocco in splendid condition...During the last 10 years I have only heard of 3 copies for sale...I want £20 for it. It sounds a lot but I am sure I can get it from someone...”..
Chapman.Traité de la Construction des Vaisseaux first French edition woodcut ornaments and fine head-piece of Britannia type figure with putti 11 engraved plates 3 folding errata leaf and 8 tables on 7 sheets at end 1 folding Paris Saillant &Nyon... 1779 § Romme (Charles) Description de l`Art de la Mâture 8 engraved plates 1 large and folding n.p. 1778; L`Art de la Voilure 9 engraved plates [Paris] Moutard... 1781 together 3 works in 1 vol. some light foxing or browning title and first few leaves of the first work lightly water-stained nineteenth century leather-backed cloth rubbed joints worn and partly split spine worn at head and foot folio
Eyk.Nederlandsche Scheeps-bouw-kunst additional engraved pictorial title and 22 plates on 21 sheets 13 double-page engraved title lightly soiled some browning a few spots and stains but generally clean hinges reinforced contemporary vellum soiled upper cover a little warped [Berlin Kat. 1447] folio Amsterdam Ian ten Hoorn 1697.
Laurie &Whittle.Intro..Drawing Ships 1794 8 mezzotint plates with etching oblong folio 1794; Book 5th. Heads and Sterns of Ships 4 etched plates oblong 4to n.d.; New Book of Ornaments (A) for the Use of all...in Designing...Ships etched pictorial title and 8 plates by J.June some lightly browned stitched 4to 1799 the first two stitched in original blue wrappers uncut upper wrapper labelled in manuscript in contemporary hand the first a little soiled and creased at edges all with ink accession number on lower wrapper or verso of final plate together in modern cloth portfolio folio(3)
Lootsman.The Lightning Colomne 60maps 1670 2 parts in 1 letterpress title with fine engraved pictorial border depicting mariners with charts and scientific instruments and a vignette of ships at sea 60 double-page and/or folding engraved charts including 12 of the British Isles woodcut charts (including New-Deepe and St. Malo) and numerous woodcut illustrations in text including constellations instruments coastal profiles etc. (2 with volvelle) with 3pp. Almanach for 1668-79 title a little soiled and frayed at fore-edge 1 chart bound upside down 2 a little frayed at edges with slight loss (Sweden &Canarese/Lancerota) lightly browned charts generally very clean bound in later half pigskin over thick wooden boards with metal clasps spine with gilt rules and five raised bands morocco label a little rubbed [cf.Koeman IV Jac 41 collation very similar; Shirley British Library M.LTS-1f] folio Amsterdam by Jacob &Casparus Loots-man 1670. ***Very rare. This issue does not quite conform to any listed by Koeman although it is very similar to Jac 41 (dated 1668). Jac 42 is dated 1670 but the collation and pagination of this copy is different: A2-E1 (***)2 (a)-(m)4; A-L4; pagination 3-32 [4]; 1-96;1-88. Unlike Jac 41 this copy has map no.2 (general chart of the North sea) bound in the first part as it should be but is unnumbered and map W4 (Holland) is bound upside down in the first part instead of the second. The only copy sold at auction in the last 30 years was that dated 1676 in the Wardington sale (Sotheby`s 10th October 2006 no. 44 000) which also contained the later third part on the Mediterranean. Most of the charts are as listed under Jac 14; in this copy the charts of Zuyder-Zee Texel... Nieuwe-Diep and Haven de S.Malo (the last two appear in text as woodcuts) are not present but there is an additional chart of Eylandt/Spitsbergen..
Marestier.Mém..Bateaux..États-Unis d`Amérique 2 vol. including Atlas first edition text with errata leaf at end small stains to head of title contemporary half mottled calf spine gilt rubbed corners a little worn Atlas with 17 engraved plates 1 double-page title and first and last few plates foxed bookplate of Prince Eugene of Savoia Cargnano (1816-88) on front pastedown contemporary roan-backed cloth a little rubbed and marked 4to &folio Paris Imprimerie Royale 1824.
Nelson.-Margetts.Longitude Tables folding engraved frontispiece title and 73 plates n.d.; Horary Tables engraved title and 75 plates n.d. together 2 works in 1 vol. with a 19th century forged signature of Nelson at head of first title soiled and browned broken and loose large engraved advertisement for Time Keepers by James Hatton on front pastedown (stained at head) contemporary calf very worn covers detached spine torn and defective folio [c.1790].
Miller.Elevation..Triple Vessel A.Smith copy 1787 first edition large folding engraved plate (small tear at edge) front free endpaper with holes and traces of adhesive where item previously pasted in has been removed Adam Smith`s copy with his book-label on front pastedown contemporary russia by William Scott of Edinburgh covers with oval tree calf panel dark calf surrounds gilt tooled with classical urns at corners floral swags etc. a number clearly in Loudon`s list of tools others not found there gilt spine g.e. marbled endpapers joints rather worn and front joint splitting manuscript note on front free endpaper facing title “Bound by William Scott Edinburgh” (probably in his hand; for an almost identical inscription see Loudon WS8) folio 1787. ***An important association copy; an industrial work by an enthusiastic amateur engineer belonging to one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment the philosopher and social scientist Adam Smith [Bonar Catalogue No.116]. One of a number of presentation copies bound for Miller by William Scott all of which most unusually are to a different patten; see Loudon James and William Scott pp. 338-59. Patrick Miller (1731-1815) was a banker and businessman of Edinburgh also regarded as the inventor of practical steam navigation. “He spent much time and money in shipbuilding experiments his main idea being the construction of ships with two or three hulls propelled by paddle-wheels placed between the hulls and worked by men from capstans on deck. In January 1786 the Edinburgh a triple ship upon this plan was commenced at Leith and was launched in October of the same year. He published a description of this vessel at Edinburgh in February 1787 in a folio tract entitled `The Elevation Section Plan and Views of a Triple Vessel with Wheels with Explanations of the Figures in the Engravings and a Short Account of the Properties and Advantages of the Invention copies of which were sent to all the foreign governments and to the principal public libraries. The Leith Trinity House conferred upon him the freedom of the corporation for this publication in June 1787 (Scots Mag. xlix. 309). It has now become rare...” DNB. Miller was also the landlord and a benefactor of Robert Burns. Only 5 copies of this edition are listed by ESTC (4 in UK 1 in DuGolyer Library Dallas Texas). Another edition was published in the same year with parallel French and English titles and text..
Charles II (King of Great Britain and Ireland 16 manuscript documents in 1 vol. 39pp. most documents with dockets with autograph manuscript notes by Samuel Pepys on 2 documents many pp. ruled in red slightly browned contempoary gilt panelled vellum slightly soiled and yellowed folio January - December 1679 &1680. ***Admiralty documents on the costs and expenditure of the Royal Navy. Other documents and returns some relating to Anthony Deane (c. 1638-1720?) comprises: “A Distribucon of his Ma:ties Ships &c in these Severall Stacons...”; “The present Disposall of all his Maj:es Shipps in Sea Pay”; “A List of his Ma.ties Shipps in Sea Victualls...”; “The Number and Names of those Shipps and Vessells taken into the Charge of the Parliamt wch. have been paid off”; “An Estimate of the Debt of Wages to all his Ma.ties Shipps...”A Scheme representing the Progresse hitherto made on ye 30 Ships order`d to be built by the late Act of Parliament...”; A particuler Account of the Retrenchments made in the Ordinary charge of the Navy...”List of His Maties Shipps at Sea...[stations in the channel Barbados and across the world]”. Pepys contributions. First document notice on January 1679 a final note after the clerk`s hand beginning “Cost to ye 20 January 79 “... to “The monthly charge of the men in these shipps for victuals and wages amounts to £1 462.” Second document a docket on verso of last leaf. 1679 was a turbulent year for Samuel Pepys and Sir Anthony Deane. In May of that year both were arrested on the charge of leaking naval secrets to the French and Pepys was also separately accused of popery. The charges were motivated by hostility to the Duke of York (the future James II) whose men they both were and who was the subject of parliamentary attempts to exclude him from the throne..
North-American Pilot Pt 2 1776 Part the Second 10 double-page and/or folding engraved charts after Capt.John Gascoigne Joshua Fisher Jacob Blamey and others a very good copy with very minor soiling original marbled wrappers uncut spine a little rubbed folio by R.Sayer and J.Bennett 1776. ***Comprising charts of Boston Harbour Hudson River Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay Cape Fear River Charles-Town Bar and Harbour Port-Royal River and Sound of Dawfoskee Amelia Harbour and Bar..
North-American Pilot..Newfoundland 1777 22 double-page and/or folding engraved charts after James Cook Michael Lane Joseph Gilbert and others damp-stained affecting Cook`s letter title dedication index and the first 9 charts at fore-edge mostly affecting margins title slightly defective 1 chart loose contemporary calf-backed marbled boards uncut rubbed upper cover worn and frayed at edges by R.Sayer and J.Bennett 1777; and a very worn and defective disbound copy of The American Pilot Boston 1795 (with engraved title and 8 charts only) folio(2)
Paris.Essai..Constr.Navale..Peuples Extra-Européen 13 parts 133 engraved or tinted lithographed plates some foxed some browned most of those in the first part with light marginal water-staining to right/lower edge (not affecting images) loose as issued in the original printed yellow wrappers label with list of plates mounted on each part soiled a few split along edge but most still with wrap-around intact though often frayed part 6 lacking upper wrapper folio Paris Arthus Bertrand [1841].
Pâris.Souvenirs de Marine 6vol. 1882-08 6 vol. second edition of vol.1 &2 3 portraits and 360 plates mounted on stubs 1 colour and folding 1 portrait loose very slight water-staining to upper edge of last few plates of vol.4 hinges weak original green cloth preserved in wrappers large folio Paris 1910-1886-1908.
Ramusio.Delle Navigationi et Viaggi vol.3 only vol.3 only (of 3) second edition title with woodcut printer`s device 9 woodcut maps (7 double-page 2 full-page) and woodcut illustrations of indigenous people fauna flora etc. one full-page worming to inner margin towards end affecting all double-page maps at centre map of La Nuova Francia with a few small stains map of La Terra de Hochelaga with lower edge a little stained and frayed just affecting foot of map world map a little stained at edges not affecting image title lightly soiled a few spots but generally very clean (particularly maps) contemporary vellum boards a little marked and warped spine wormed and defective folio Venice Giunti 1565; sold not subject to return ***This volume of voyages is entirely concerned with America and contains double-page maps of Cuzco in Peru La Nuova Francia (Newfoundland second separate map of Northeast America) Brasil Sumatra (first map of any island in S.E.Asia) Parte de Lafrica La Terra Hochelaga nella Nova Francia (Montreal earliest printed plan of a settlement in North America) and Universale della Nuovamente Parte del Mondo Ritrovata (world map of the Western Hemisphere one of the most complete of its time); there are also full-page maps of Isola Spagnuola (Haiti) and the city of Temistitan in Mexico. .
Russell.Modern System..Naval Architecture 3 vol. in 4 first edition 168 engraved plates many folding and/or double-page occasional light offsetting but generally a very clean copy title to vol.2 and half-title to Part II of text cut and mounted contemporary half morocco t.e.g. rubbed spines and corners a little worn one spine torn at head some splits to joints large folio [1864-65]. ***A good copy of this monumental work one of the most important on naval architecture produced in the 19th century. Russell was manager of the large shipbuilding works at Greenock later owned by Caird &Co. where he designed the Wave the Scott Russell the Flambeau and the Fire King. Later he moved to the Thames where he built the famous Great Eastern launched in 1858 and the largest vessel afloat until 1903. Details and designs for this vessel as well as the Warrior the first sea-going armoured frigate are included in this work..
Sbonski de Passebon.Plan..Bâtimens de Mer 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
Serres (D &JT) Liber Nauticus 2v in1 1805-6 2 parts in 1 engraved Address with decorations in vol.1 and letterpress Address in vol.2 with engraved border of flags 41 etched plates many with aquatint 1 hand-coloured 3 printed in sepia title with printed letter `S` pasted over final letter `M` of `Nauticum` some light browning and offsetting plates in Part 2 spotted original boards with engraved pictorial label on upper cover (slightly defective) rubbed recased and edges reinforced in cloth new endpapers later slip-case (rubbed) [Abbey Life 345] folio Edward Orme 1805-06. ***Scarce work by father and son marine artists. Dominick was born in Gascony in 1722 and went to sea; he settled in England having been brought to Britain as a prisoner of war in 1752 becoming an artist and eventually in 1792 librarian to the Royal Academy. His son John became a marine draughtsman to the Admiralty in 1793. Plate 31 depicts A Schooner with a View of New York..
Bougard/Serres.Little Sea Torch 1801 translated and revised by J.T.Serres first English edition list of subscribers 134 hand-coloured aquatint coastal views after Serres on 20 plates and 24 hand-coloured engraved charts on 12 sheets title very lightly soiled and with trace of ink line across text dedication leaf with tear to fore-edge (repaired no loss) occasional foxing to text particularly at end but plates very clean later half morocco t.e.g. very slightly rubbed [Abbey Life 344] folio for the Author 1801. ***Important coastal marine guide originally published in French in 1684 as Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer but extensively revised by Serres. It covers Britian Spain Portugal Italy and France including the islands of Corsica Malta and Corfu and depicts numerous lighthouses cliffs forts and volcanoes..
Steel.Elements/Practice of Naval Architecture 2 vol. including Atlas first edition text with engraved frontispiece and 9 plates 2 folding a few illustrations/diagrams in text contemporary ink signature at foot of title frontispiece a little spotted and offset on title plates lightly water-stained contemporary russia gilt spine worn and defective (part loosely inserted) Atlas with 38 large engraved plates all but 5 double-page 1 with small stain to edge contemporary half russia spine gilt with urn motifs rubbed joints split a little worn at corners and spine ends 4to and oblong elephant folio 1805.
Witsen.Aeloude..Scheeps-Bouw en Bestier first edition additional engraved pictorial title by Romeyn de Hooghe engraved portrait title in red and black with woodcut device of ship with the list of plates 113 engraved plates only (of 114 lacking small plate B from Appendix) 1 folding without Ooo2 (pp.475-476) as often both titles with light marginal soiling otherwise generally clean later half sheep uncut rather worn joints split with upper cover almost detached spine frayed at head and foot [Scott Coll. 123] folio Amsterdam Caspar Commelijn 1671. ***According to Scott “this work is perhaps the most famous Dutch contribution to the literature of ship-building.” Witsen (1631-1717) studied at Leiden and became a doctor of law in 1664. In 1682 he was elected Burgomaster of Amsterdam a post which he held three times..
Witsen.Aeloude..Scheeps-Bouw en Bestier first edition additional pictorial title by Romeyn de Hooghe engraved portrait title in red and black with woodcut device of ship without the list of plates (*2) 114 engraved plates 1 folding without Ooo2 (pp.475-476) as often 3L misbound washed (probably a made-up copy with light water-staining to lower outer corner of a few leaves towards end) old neat ink inscription at head of front pastedown old Dutch customs form loosely inserted old limp marbled boards uncut rubbed rebacked in cloth preserving old manuscript label preserved in later drop-back box (rubbed and splits to joints) [Scott Coll. 123] folio Amsterdam Caspar Commelijn 1671.
East India Co. broadside.- A Short Abstract single leaf printed docket title to verso trimmed close but not touching text very good condition 295 x 165mm. [Wing A116] folio n.p. n.d. [1700]. ***Rare broadside complaining about the effects of imported East India goods on the sale of English products notably wool: “from the 20th of May 1699 to the 4th of September 1699 arrived in England from the East-Indies and China ten ships which have brought in above five hundred thousand pieces of manufactured goods which are by very intelligent persons computed to be worth about one million of pounds sterling which vast quantity has already reduced the manufactures of this kingdom...to a very low price which has in great measure ruined the manufactures in London Norwich and divers other places...”.
East India Co.- Proceedings relative to Ships 4 vol. in 1 contemporary reversed calf stamped in blind rebacked folio [1791-95]. ***Rare and detailed series of official records compiling all manner of information relating to the ships in the service of the East India Company from 1780 to 1795. Company letters relating to managing the vessels itemised costings for their fitting out lists of wages for those employed on board shipbuilding programmes and committee communications with owners and directors are all included..
[Mackpherson (Donald)] Information... 6pp. drop-head title last leaf folded at foot and trimmed with slight loss of text disbound folio ?Edinburgh February 15 1712. ***Apparently unrecorded. Not found in ESTC BL or NLS. This legal tract details a case in which Mackpherson claimed that he and his cattle had been unlawfully attacked. Allegedly 6 cattle were stolen 12 died from shock and one of his servants was attacked the accused “did almost cut off one of the said servant his fingers with a sheering-hook” then “lashing him with their horse-whips”..
River Hooghly.- Reports with Proceedings first and only edition 6 folding hand-coloured lithograph maps and plans (including Hooghly and part of the Ganges) and one plate old embossed library stamp of Bibliotheca Schlagintweit on title later cloth soiled folio Calcutta Thos. Jones Calcutta Gazette Office 1854. ***Rare. Not in BL and no copy on Copac. Detailed reports commissioned by the government to ascertain the feasability of navigation for mercantile use of the Hooghly and its tributaries. With no official records to use the compilers undertook numerous interviews with pilots of ships accustomed to navigating the river for their assessment of the various channels reefs flats and harbours..
Simpson.Sketches..Seat of the War in the East First and Second Series 2 vol. in 1 tinted lithograph vignette titles and 68 plates only (of 79) all with fine hand-colouring 27 outline key plates only (of 36 one defective) lacking dedication and list of plates titles foxed (the first with marginal tears) plates with some light spotting and soiling (mostly marginal) a few slightly soiled and frayed at edges with 2 additional hand-coloured lithograph portraits (Florence Nightingale and Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons) and 11 hand-coloured lithograph plates from Dolby`s `Sketches in the Baltic` loosely inserted also a hand-coloured lithographed view of Varna (torn and frayed at edges) loose as issued in original cloth-backed board folder with ties rubbed and marked ties defective [Abbey Travel 237] folio 1855-1856.
Berrettini (Pietro) Tabulae Anatomicae first edition title in red and black with engraved vignette woodcut decorations and initials 27 engraved plates by Luca Ciamberlano some spotting and soiling mostly to margins light water-stain to lower edge contemporary French mottled calf spine gilt in compartments with raised bands a little rubbed but overall a very good copy [Garrison-Morton 395.2; Heirs of Hippocrates 470] folio Rome Antonius de Rubeis for Faustus Amideus 1741. ***Superb engravings by this enormously important and infuential Italian artist who according to the World Encyclopaedia of Art “...among Italian painters [Berrettini] must be considered the most influential personality of his generation...” Twenty of the anatomical studies (plates I -XIX males and XXVII female) were originally drawn by Berrettini in about 1618 and depict their subjects in a variety of dramatic poses amongst columns plinths and arches derived from classical architecture. The remaining 7 plates show figures copied from Vesalius Vesling Casserio and others along with commentary supplied by Petrioli who published the work in 1741. Petrioli also had the plates embellished with numerous smaller anatomical figures taken from Vesalius Valverde and others “engraved in an incongruous manner wherever there was sufficient space on the plate” (Roberts &Tomlinson). It is these embellishments which were removed from the plates of the 1788 edition (see following lot)..
Freart (Roland) A Parallel of the Antient Architec second edition engraved title-vignette and illustrations including 40 full-page lacking final blank bound with; Evelyn (John) An Account of Architects and Architecture engraved vignettes armorial bookplate to front paste-down contemporary signature to title damp-staining contemporary panelled calf covers detached [Harris 232] folio for D.Brown etc. 1707 &1706.
[Gibbs (James)] [A Book of Architecture] 150 engraved plates title in facsimile dedication leaf introduction and plates 144-150 frayed at edges several tears (mostly marginal) soiling and staining 1 plate torn with repair modern full polished blind-stamped calf lettering label [Harris 257; Fowler 138] folio [1728].
Pain William The Builder`s Companion and Workman` second edition 88 engraved plates only (of 92) a few folding with repairs and reinforcements by Douglas Cockerell &Son (invoice tipped-in at back) some marking to margins title repaired at upper fore-corner modern morocco-backed marbled boards by Cockerell for Robert Sayer 1765 § Hepplewhite (A.) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer`s Guide third edition illustrations original decorated cloth B.T.Batsford 1897 folio(2)
Palladio (Andrea) The Architecture... in Four Book edited by Giacomo Leoni 2 vol. second edition of Leoni`s English edition list of subscribers engraved frontispiece portrait and 228 engraved plates some double-page or folding including engraved illustrations in text licence leaf and frontispiece loose contemporary calf covers and corners worn covers detached spines very worn with loss [Berlin Kat. 2598; Fowler 224; Harris 684] folio by John Darby for the Author 1721.
Palladio (Andrea) Architettura vol. I &II only in 1 vol. titles in Italian and French and printed in red and black with engraved vignettes engraved dedication 2 folding maps and 54 plates slight damp-staining to a few lower margins some plates and text loose or working loose ex-Brooklyn Public Library copy with perforated stamp at foot of title and last f. bookplate of Julius Franke on inside front cover front free endpaper working loose contemporary calf-backed boards worn and soiled folio Venice Angiolo Pasinelli 1740; sold not subject to return.
Perret (Jacob) Architectura et Perspectiva first edition in German engraved architectural title and 27 plates or full-page illustrations by Theodor de Bry 21 double-page lacking final two leaves of text (supplied in facsimile) ink inscription of a Jesuit college dated 1672 at head of title cropped with slight loss to one or two plates lightly browned contemporary limp vellum recased stained lacking ties new endpapers [Cockle 799; cf. Berlin Kat. 2368 1620 Paris edition] folio Frankfurt Wolffgang Richter for the widow of Dietrich de Bry 1602. ***First German edition of this famous visionary treatise on fortification and town planning first printed in Paris in 1601 but immediately pirated by Theodor de Bry and published with his own engravings simultaneously in German and French. The penultimate plate features a multi-storeyed building sometimes described as the `first skyscraper` and many of the plates are drawn from a fascinating bird`s eye perspective. Apart from lacking the final two leaves this is generally a good and clean copy of a rare book..
Ware (Isaac) A Complete Body of Architecture first edition engraved frontispiece title-vignette of Pantheon head-piece and 114 plates some folding fore-edge of title repaired loss to corner of title and following leaf 9Ei &9Eii repaired with large loss of text foxing and staining with the directions to the binder (not called for) loose frayed at top edge with loss to corner contemporary reversed calf covers detached rubbed at edges spine rubbed with loss [Fowler 436] folio T.Osborne &J.Shipton 1756.
Wilson (Hardy) New South Wales and Tasmania one of 1000 copies 45 tinted lithograph tipped-in plates only (of 50) all but title plate with captioned tissue guards as issued title torn at upper fore-corner original half vellum with gilt-stamped boards spine worn and lifting folio Sydney 1924.
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