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Christmas Special Numbers. Three bound volumes containing approx. fourteen original Christmas issues of Pear's Annual, West End Review, Graphic, Illustrated London News, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Bibbys Annual, etc. c. 1890s-1916, num. chromos. and col. plts., b & w illusts. and ads., etc., including three by Kirchner, one double-page monochrome illust. by Louis Wain, a series of six good double-page glamour chromos. after Hal Ludlow, c. 1896, etc. etc., contemp. cloth/contemp. quarter morocco (broken on spine), folio. (3)

* Natural history. A collection of prints and engravings, mostly 19th century, including folio encyclopeadia engravings, numerous plates from Buffon, hand coloured wood engravings, etc. (300+)

* Portraits. Wilhelm Hertzog von Newcastle. Guillaume Duc de Newcastle, 17th century uncoloured portrait on horseback, 325 x 400 mm, framed and glazed, together with other good quality mezzotint and engraved 17th and 18th century portraits of clergy, academics, merchants, etc., many folio size. (approx. 60)

* Prints & engravings, 18th & 19th century, a mixed collection including engravings from Cook's voyages, Moore's voyages, folio and quarto format encyclopeadia plates of tools, scientific instruments, etc., anatomical plates including some large format, etc. (approx. 500+)

Sacre (L.H.). Sidelights, Being an Official Series of Caricature Portraits, Military (First Series), pub. Constable & Co., 1918 [all pub.], sixteen fine tipped-in chromo. plts., together with an extra suite of the plates, each signed in ink by the artist, loosely contained in pocket, orig. cloth, badly dampstained and broken on spine, folio. (1)

Bunbury (Henry William, pseud. Geoffrey GambadoÓ). Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Correspondents..., 1st ed., 1791, sixteen of seventeen eng. plts. (lacking plt. 10 Me, my Wife and Daughter), scattered foxing, some water-staining and finger-soiling, frontis. close-trimmed beyond platemark, several text leaves and plts. with paper-repairs to frayed fore-margins, marbled endpapers and edges, hinges neatly strengthened, 19th c. morocco, skilfully rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spine, gilt double fillet and palmette roll border to covers, folio. (1)

Doyle (John, H.B.Ó). Political Sketches, vols. II-IX, pub. Thomas McLean, 1830-48, 800 b&w and tinted litho. caricatures (numbered 101-900), printed contents leaf to each vol., occn. foxing (contents generally in clean condition), a.e.g., contemp. uniform half plum morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed to joints and extrems., vol. 9 with upper cover detached and spine loose along upper joint, folio, together with An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H. B., from no. 601 to no. 800, pub. Thomas McLean, 1844, a.e.g., contemp. matching half plum morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed with some minor wear to extrems., 8vo, and a photocopy of the Companion Index Volume for numbers 1-600, (10)

Doyle (John, H.B.Ó). A collection of twenty-nine lithograph caricatures, pub. T. McLean, 1837-38, includes, Satan Playing at Chess with Man for His Soul; The Quuen in Danger!; The Rival Quacks; The Royal Cosset; Auction Extraordinary..., etc., some plts. with few marks, loosely bound in contemp.cloth, boards detached, oblong folio. (1)

McLean (Thomas). The Looking Glass, or, Caricature Annual, vol. 3 (nos. 25-36), 1832, hand-coloured litho. title, printed preface leaf, and thirty-nine leaves of hand-col. litho. caricatures, one plate torn across without loss, several plates loose at front of vol., a.e.g., contemp. dark green half morocco, heavily rubbed and some wear to corners, folio. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 1, 1869, forty-seven of forty-eight chromo. caricatures, close-trimmed, some plts. with loss of caption to lower margin, first and final leaves with corners creased, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec., disbound, folio. (1)

Boswell (Henry). Historical Decriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales, [1786], engraved frontis., fifty uncoloured engraved maps, numerous engraved views, many two to a page, a few engraved views excised, list of subscribers to rear, modern utility cloth, folio. (1)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols., 2nd Gibson edition, 1722, portrait frontis. and 51 uncoloured engraved maps mostly by Robert Morden (complete), a few maps trimmed into engraved border, 9 plates of coins, some minor spots and stains, modern library binding, folio. Ex-libris Prinknash Abbey with bookplate to each. (2)

Camden (William). Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland..., 1637, additional engraved title incorporating map of Great Britain, 54 uncoloured engraved maps only (of 57), lacking maps of Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire and Pembrokeshire, a few short tears to central fold on some maps, three maps with a little loss to emgraved image (Cambridgshire, Gloucestershire & Middlesex), eight plates of coins, text leaves with some creasing and a few minor marginal worm trails, contemp. panelled calf, worn with spine defective and many leaves loose, folio. Skelton 23. The last edition of Camden's Britannia to have the maps engraved by William Hole and William Kip which were based on the county maps of Saxton, Norden and others. (1)

Chamberlain (Henry). A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent; from the Earliest Accounts, to the Year 1770, [1770], eng. frontis., sixty-three eng. plts. (closed tear to one plt.), two folding eng. maps, list of subscribers present, contemp. calf, joints cracked, slight wear to extrems., folio. Bookplate of Prinknash Abbey Library. (1)

Chamberlain (Henry). A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent; from the Earliest Accounts, to the Year 1770, [1770], eng. frontis., sixty-three eng. plts. (inc. 2 folding eng. maps, one with closed tears), list of subscribers present, few pages detached and frayed, contemp. half calf, binding detached and adhesive tape to spine, some wear, folio. (1)

Cole (G. & Roper, J.). The British Atlas; comprising a Complete Set of County Maps, of England and Wales; with a General Map of Navigable Rivers and Canals; and Plans of Cities and Principal Towns, 1810, 58 engraved maps with original outline colouring, 21 uncoloured engraved city plans, some light staining and toning, all maps complete as listed, 20th century half morocco preserving part of orig. spine, folio. Chubb CCCXXXIX. (1)

Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, from its Original to the Present Times. Together with the History of the Cathedral Church, and the Lives of the Archbishops of that See..., 2 parts in one, 1736, numerous plts. and plans, including some folding, (some crudely hand-coloured), lacks port. frontis., list of subscribers, few plts. slightly shaved, contemp. mottled calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine, joints cracked, folio. (1)

Dugdale (Sir William). The Antiquities of Coventre..., Carefully Collected from his Edition of the Antiquities of Warwickshire, Published in the Year, 1656, printed by J. Jones, Coventry, 1765, eng. frontis., eng. map and six eng. plts. (many after Hollar), eng. armorials to text, contemp. calf, joints worn, slim folio, together with Parkes (Joseph), The Governing Charter of the Borough of Warwick, 1827, a.e.g., modern half calf, 8vo, with West (William), The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire..., Birmingham, 1830, lacks folding map, numerous eng. plts. and adverts, contemp. cloth, boards detached and lacks spine, thick 8vo, plus three others. (6)

Dugdale (Sir William). The History of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, from its Foundation..., 2nd ed., 1716, eng. port. frontis. (by W. Hollar), thirteen eng. plts. (inc. 10 double-page), twenty-nine full-page eng. illusts., list of subscribers present, some slight yellowing to text pages, contemp. diced calf, crude reback and inner joints repaired, board edges worn, folio. Bookplates of Theodore H. Broadhead and Prinknash Abbey Library. (1)

Dugdale (Sir William). Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales..., 3 parts in one, 1718, addn. eng. title, numerous eng. plts. contemp. panelled calf, rebacked, folio. Bookplate of Prinknash Abbey Library. (1)

Dugdale (Sir William). Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches..., vols. 1 & 2 (of 6), 1849, title printed in red & black, eng. frontis. and addn. eng. title to vol. 1, numerous eng. plts. (inc. some double-page), endpapers renewed, t.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, cover to vol. 2 detached, folio. (2)

Duncan (James, publisher). A Complete County Atlas of England & Wales... Divided into Hundreds, with the District Divisions, and other Local Arrangements Effected by the Reform Bill, [1838], one double-page statistical table, one double-page map of England and Wales, forty-three uncol. double-page county maps, some dust-soiling and offsetting, disbound, folio. (1)

Fosbroke (Thomas Dudley). An Original History of the City of Gloucester, pub. Nichols, 1819, addn. eng. title, vign. title, eng. plan, twenty leaves of eng. plts., views and memorials etc., some old waterstaining to plts., occasional ink annotations to margins, recent half leatherette, folio, together with Britton (John), The History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Gloucester..., 1829, twenty-two eng. plts. and plans, orig. printed boards, wear to spine, 4to, with Buckman (Professor & Newmarch, C.H.), Illustrations of the Remains of Roman Art, in Cirencester, The Site of Antient Corinium, pub. Cirencester & London, 1850, twelve plts. (inc. some hand-col.), orig. cloth gilt, lacking spine, extrems. rubbed, 4to. (3)

Horwood (Richard). Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark, and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, 24 sheets only (of 32), [1792-99], 24 uncoloured engraved sheets, lacking sheets E3, E4, F3, F4, G3, G4, H3 & H4, some light spotting and finger soiling, 2 sheets with some minimal outline colouring, contemp. half calf, worn with boards detached, folio. Howgego 200 (1). A finely engraved map of London on a scale of 26 inches to one mile. (1)

Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, 1st ed., 1804, 110 eng. plts (a few hand-col.), plus twenty extra (suppressed or cancelled) plts. at rear, some minor scattered spotting, mainly to margins, contemp. half calf, recently rebacked, tall folio. (1)

Maitland (William). The History of London from its Foundation to the Present Time, 2 vols., 1756, folding eng. view of London, 120 eng. plts. and ward plans etc., one plt. trimmed at margins and laid-down, occasional spotting and staining, hinges partly cracked, upper hinge to first vol. with a few wormholes, contemp. half calf, some scuffing and wear, folio. (2)

Nash (Joseph). The Mansions of England in The Olden Time, 4 vols., 1869-72, tinted litho. plates, inner hinges cracking and contents loosening (as usual), orig. decorative cloth, sl. rubbed, together with an odd volume from the earlier series in a contemp. binding, folio. (5)

Philipott (Thomas). Villare Cantianum, or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated... to which is added An Historical Catalogue of the High-Sheriffs of Kent, collected by John Philipott, pub. William Godbid, 1659, three engs. and one woodcut to text, lacking folding map (as often), one or two minor ink annotations, 18th c. full tree calf, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., upper joints partly cracked, folio. Ex-libris John Tolhurst F.S.A., with his bookplate to front pastedown. (1)

Sammes (Aylett). Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: Or, The Antiquities of Ancient Britain, derived from the Phoenicians: wherein the original trade of this Island is discovered, the names of places, offices, dignities, as likewise the idolatry, language, and customs of the primitive inhabitants are clearly demonstrated ..., vol. 1 [all published], 1676, vignette title printed in red and black, double-page eng. map of Europe, engs. to text, contemp. half calf, upper board detached, slight wear to extrems., folio. Bookplate of Charles Bathurst, Lydney Park. Wing S535. (1)

Seymour (Robert). A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, 2 vols., Printed for J. Read, 1734, eight eng. plts. (some folding), engs. in the letterpress, lacks the folding map, but extra-illustrated with eight large folding eng. plts., vol. 2 without the list of Subscribers, ink scoring on the title-page of vol. 2, some text soiled and browned, damage to the top corners at the beginning and end of vol. 1, 19th century half morocco, a trifle rubbed, cloth sides stained, folio. The extra illustrations comprise views of Bridewell, South-Sea House, Admiralty Office, Buckingham House, St. Mary le Strand, Powis House, and ten City Gates, all with the imprints of Sutton Nicholls or Thomas Bowles; and a fine unsigned view of Grovenor [sic] Square. (2)

Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie..., pub. Oxford, 1823, eng. frontis. and vign. title, single-page map and forty-eight eng. plts. on india paper, numerous eng. illusts. to text, list of subscribers, occ. scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half morocco, gilt dec. spine, cloth sides slightly damp mottled, folio. (1)

Smeaton (John, Civil Engineer). A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: to which is Subjoined, an Appendix, giving some account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, built upon a Sand, 2nd ed., 1813, eng. vign. title, twenty-three eng. plts., diags. and charts at rear, occ. minor spotting, contemp. half morocco, boards detached and most of spine lacking, binding worn, tall folio. (1)

Smith (John Thomas). Antiquities of London and it's Environs...containing Views of Houses, Monuments, Statues, and other curious remains of Antiquity engraved from the original subjects and from Original Drawings..., 1791, engraved title and 96 engraved plates with tissue guards, scattered spotting, later endpapers, a.e.g., 19th century half morocco, somewhat worn with upper cover detached, folio. (1)

Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica: or an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, heretofore in England and Wales, and also of all the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL, 1744, eng. port. frontis and three heraldic plts., some foxing and light browning throughout, contemp. mottled full calf, rubbed and a little wear, joints partly split, folio. Ex libris Prinknash Abbey with bookplate to front pastedown. (1)

Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica: or an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, heretofore in England and Wales, and also of all the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL, 1744, eng. port. frontis and three heraldic plts., some spotting and light browning throughout, worm hole to fore-edge margin of initial 30 leaves and worm trail to fore-edge margin of final 50 leaves, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, rebacked, board edges rubbed, folio. (1)

Thornton (William). The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, and the Parts Adjacent..., by a Society of Gentlemen, the Whole revised, corrected & improved..., 1784, eng. frontis., two folding maps (one torn with loss), 102 eng. plts. & plans (2 torn with loss), p.487/488 torn with slight loss, some spotting and light dust soiling to few leaves, contemp. calf, boards detached and lacks spine, folio. (1)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford..., 2 vols. in one, 2nd ed., corrected & enlarged, 1721, titles printed in red & black, contemp. calf, joints and spine split, extrems. worn, folio. (1)

Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Third Edition, corrected, augmented, and improved, by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, 4 vols., 1861-70, num. eng. plts. and plans, some of them double-page, double-page and other pedigrees, ink inscriptions on the title-page of vol. I, some soiling and staining, a few plts. frayed at the fore-edge, contemp. half red morocco, gilt, rubbed at joints and corners, red morocco-grain cloth sides marked, t.e.g., folio. Collated against G.D. Squibb The Plates in Hutchins History of DorsetÓ, in vol. 68 of the Proceedings of the Dorset Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. The plates called for by Squibb all appear to present, although what must be the plate showing the Rampisham Cross is bound in vol. 3 rather than in its correct place in vol. 2. The set also includes two additional plates not called for by Squibb, who confirms that the county map, called for on the title-page, was not issued. The third edition of Hutchins is textually the best. (4)

Shaftesbury Election. Minutes of the Examination taken before the Select Committee who were appointed to try and determine the Merits of the Petition of Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esquire, Complaining of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Shaston, otherwise Shaftesbury, in the County of Dorset, Printed... 1775, 154 pages , some light browning, recent boards, printed paper label, edges untrimmed, folio. Shaftesbury was a scot and lot Parliamentary Borough returning two M.P.'s, and for most of the eighteenth century the Earls of Shaftesbury and Ilchester nominated a candidate each: the two candidates being duly elected. For the election of 1774, when dissatisfaction with the Earl of Shaftesbury as Lord of the Manor had reached a peak, some Shastonian voters put up a third candidate, Hans Winthrop Mortimer, against Sir Francis Sykes and Sir Thomas Rumbold. Mortimer was defeated but he instituted proceedings against Sykes and Rumbold on charges of bribery and corruption. The Parliamentary Enquiry found in favour of Mortimer, who was seated in place of Sykes. Mortimer then began a lawsuit on twenty-six charges of bribery against the two, and was awarded £11,000 damages. (1)

Bonnor (T., engraver). Illustration of the Engraved Subjects which Compose the First Number of the Copper-Plate Perspective Itinerary; or, Pocket Port-folio. Consisting of Ten Views, the Interior of Gloucester Cathedral, Published for the Author, [1796], ground plan, and ten eng. plts. of the interior of Gloucester Cathedral, 20pp. of text, bound with Illustration of all the Engraved Subjects which Compose the Second Number of the Copper-Plate Perspective Itinerary .... Consisting of Ten Views of Goodrich Castle, its Environs ... To which is added, a Description of Copped Wood Hill, Published for the Author, [1798], ten eng. external views, plus a folding plt. showing the floor plan, artefacts, etc., 46pp. of text, incl. an eight-page list of subscribers, a little light foxing, two volumes in one, contemp. calf, spine gilt, red leather label, minor damage to the upper cover, 8vo. According to Hyett and Bazeley, Vol. 1 p.270, after the Second Number an Appendix to No. 1 was issued, which consisted of a folding plate bearing seven views of the exterior of Gloucester Cathedral, after which publication was discontinued. The present volume contains the single-sheet announcement that Queen Charlotte had become a subscriber, dated Sept. 28, 1799. (1)

Howitt (William and Mary). The Wye: its Ruined Abbeys and Castles ... The Photographic Illustrations by Bedford and Sedgfield, A.W. Bennett, 1863, five mounted orig. photos. in the text, and one on the upper cover, narrow strip excised from the head of the title-page, orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., together with Taylor (John), Tintern Abbey and its Founders, 1869, twenty-four orig. photos., each mounted within a red-ruled frame, slight foxing in the text, contemp. green roan, spine gilt, rubbed, sides almost det., a.e.g., and Howitt (William and Mary), Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain. The Photographic Illustrations by Bedford, Sedgfield, Wilson, Fenton, and others, A.W. Bennett, 1862, twenty-seven mounted orig. photos. in the text, and a circular photo. on the upper and lower covers, some foxing, stitching weak, some leaves frayed at the fore-edge, orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt, rubbed at extrems., and An Album, containing 135 mounted photos., late 19th c., mostly albumen prints, many titled in the negative, various sizes, but mostly good large images, showing buildings, antiquities, and views, twenty-two of them of Wye scenery (Ross, Goodrich, Symonds Yat, Monmouth, Tintern, Chepstow, etc.), the others showing views of Chester, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Hereford, Gloucestershire, and Somerset, in a late 19th c. half morocco album, cloth sides, unletted, folio, the other three vols. 8vo. (4)

[Naylor (Sir George)]. A Collection of Coats of Arms Borne by the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Glocester, Printed and Sold by J. Good, 1792, William Bazeley, the Gloucestershire bibliographer's, copy, interleaved throughout, sixty-two eng. plts., showing 370 coats of arms, with a few genealogical notes by Bazeley, eng. title-page, but without the 49 pages of letterpress sometimes present, 19th Century black leather, rubbed, rebacked in black buckram, 4to, together with Bigland (Ralph), Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections, relative to the County of Gloucester, Printed by John Nichols, for Richard Bigland, 1786, a part of the first volume only, containing pp. 1-296, Parishes I-LXI, Abbenhall-Charfield, seven eng. plts. only, other engs. in the letterpress, half of U2 torn away, half calf, marbled board sides, slightly rubbed, folio, and Victoria County History, Gloucestershire, vol. 2, edited by William Page, 1907, folding map, plates, orig. red cloth, spine slightly faded, t.e.g., folio, and Victoria County History, Gloucestershire, Vol. 5, The Forest of Dean, edited by N.M. Herbert, 1996, forty-four plts., maps and text figs., orig. red cloth, d.j., folio, and three others, Gloucestershire topography. (7)

Tithe Maps. Wood (Wm. Bryan), surveyor, Banbridge, Chippenham. A collection of 6 Monmouthshire parish plans, surveyed by Wm. Bryan Wood and lithographed by Standidge & Co., London, on the scale 6 chains to an inch, comprising the Parishes of Llansoy, 1842; Micheltroy (on 2 sheets), 1845; Raglan (on 2 sheets), 1843; Gwernesney (mounted on linen), 1843; Llangeview, 1843; and Bettws Newidd, 1843; plus an additional original pen-and-ink plan, believed to be of Monkswood; various sizes, the sheets varying between 1090 x 760 mm and 760 x 550 mm, some soiling and creasing at the edges, four of the maps with the accompanying manuscript tabular reference books, giving details of land owners, occupiers, reference number on the map, names and description of the land, state (arable, pasture, wood, garden, etc.) and quantity; two books per map, one listed numerically by map reference, the other alphabetically by landowner, with the books only relating to the Parish of Llanishen, without the map, one of the books in printed form, with a printed title-page with imprint of Shaw & Sons Printers and Publishers of the Books and Papers of the Tithe and Factory Commissions, with the indelible stamp of the Tithe Commission, repeated in one other book, the volumes generally stained, with some wear, in wrappers, small folio. (-)

Atkinson (George Francklin). The Campaign in India, 1857-58. From Drawings made during the Eventful Period of the Great Mutiny, by George Francklin Atkinson, Captain, Bengal Engineers, Illustrating the Military Operations before Delhi and its Neighbourhood, pub. Day & Son, 1859, twenty-six tinted litho. plts. on twenty sheets, including title (correct as list), some minor scattered spotting and marginal dampstains, lower margin of several plts. repaired, slightly affecting printed captions, contents loose in contemp. quarter morocco gilt, soiled and some wear, tall folio. (1)

Atkinson (James). Sketches in Afghaunistan, 1842, tinted litho. title and twenty-two of 25 tinted litho. plts. (lacks nos. 8, 9 & 25), lower margin of many plts. badly dampstained and paper rotted, occasionally affecting printed captions, contents loose in orig. quarter morocco gilt, soiled and worn, folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Black (Adam & Charles, publishers). Black's General Atlas: A Series of Fifty-four Maps from the Latest and most Authentic Sources, by Sydney Hall, pub. Edinburgh, 1841, 45 (of 54) eng. maps, hand-col. in outline (on 44 leaves, inc. 9 double-page), brown marks to maps of France and Denmark, upper outer corner of leaves H1 & H2 of index torn away, few tissue guards with pencil drawing, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed to joints & extrems., folio. (1)

Chardin (Sir John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia, 1686, lacks port. and eng. title, seventeen mostly folding eng. plts., one or two with defects, some fraying and marks to edges, some occ. minor soiling, contemp. calf, upper cover replaced with modern board, spine restrengthened, folio. Sold with all faults. (1)

Cluverius (Philippus). Germaniae Antiquae, libri tres ... Adjectae sunt Vindelicia et Noricum ejusdem auctoris, 4 parts in 1 vol., Lugduni Batavorum, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1616, the half-title present, eng. title-page (creased), eleven double-page eng. maps, twenty-six eng. plts., of which four are double-page, one plt. with the bottom corner torn away, parts 2-4 with divisional title-pages, blank leaf present at the end of part 3, lacks the blank at the end of part 4, some staining at the head, old mottled sheepskin, worn, covers det., folio. First edition. Willems 108. Ex libris Prinknash Abbey. (1)

Dodgson (Lt. Col. D.S.). General Views & Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow, from Drawings made on the Spot, pub. Day & Son, 1860, uncol. plan and twenty-eight tinted litho. views on twelve sheets, correct as list, including title, some scattered spotting, a few minor marginal tears, contents completely loose, orig. cloth gilt, soiled and broken on spine, slim folio. (1)

Ebers (G.). Egypt, Descriptive, Historical and Picturesque, trans. Clara Bell, 2 vols., Cassell, c.1880, numerous wood-eng. plts. and illusts., contemp. half morocco, some wear, joints weak, folio. (2)

France. Paris et ses Environs, n.d., c. 1850, fifteen fine hand-col. litho. views, some heightened with gum arabic, with four similar views loosely inserted, orig. cloth, upper cover lettered and blocked in gilt, a little soiled and some minor wear to extrems., inner joints cracked, oblong folio, together with Paris and its Environs. An Illustrated Handbook, edited Thomas Forester, pub. Bohn, 1859, num. steel engs., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little worn on spine, thick 8vo, plus Galignani's Illustrated Paris Guide for 1884, num. steel eng. views, commercial ads. both front and rear, lacks folding map from rear pocket, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., small 8vo. (3)

Gestel (Cornelius van). Historia Sacra et Profana Archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis; sive Descriptio Archi-Diocesis illius; item Urbium, Oppidorum, Pagorum, Dominiorum, Monasteriorum, Castellorumque sub ea, 2 vols. in 1, Hagae Comitum, apud Christianum van Lom, 1725, half-title present, title-page to vol. 1 printed in red and black, large folding map, thirteen eng. plts., seven of them folding, and nine eng. ports., errata leaf present at the end, some staining in the upper margins, slight dust-soiling, contemp. sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, folio. Ex libris John Basil Lowder Tolhurst. (1)

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1861, 48 double-page maps, orig. half morocco gilt, somewhat worn with boards detached, folio. (1)

Ludolf (Hiob). Iobi Ludolfi alias Leutholf dicti ad suam Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius in quo Multa Breviter dicta Fusius Narrantur..., Johannis David Zunneri, Frankfurt, 1691, title printed in red & black and with eng. illust., two eng. ports. (inc. 1 mezzotint) and six eng. plts. (inc. 4 double-page), initial few leaves with small worm hole to fore-edge margins, contemp. vellum, slightly marked, folio. Bookplate of Prinknash Abbey Library. (1)

Payne (John). Universal Geography Formed into a New and Entire System... , vol. 1 only (of 2), 1792, hand-col. frontis., detached and frayed at edges, eleven folding eng. maps, hand-col. in outline, uncol. eng. plts., some marginal dust soiling, contemp. half calf, worn, covers detached, folio, sold with all faults, not subject to return. The maps comprise double-hemisphere world map (slightly torn, without loss), Asia, China, India (torn without loss), Persia, Ottoman Empire, Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Barbary, Pacific Ocean, North & South Poles, together with Johnston (Alexander Keith), The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1871, forty-eight double-page litho. map sheets, coloured in outline, several split along centre-fold, title soiled and creased, a.e.g., orig. half morocco gilt, soiled and worn, with one other. (3)

Picturesque America. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil, 4 vols., [1872-74], numerous engraved plates and wood engravings to text, orig. decorative cloth, worn and dampstained, folio. Sold as a collection of plates. Not subject to return. (4)

Sams (William). A Tour Through Paris, n.d., c. 1825, seventeen (of twenty-one) hand-col. aquatint plates, lacks eng. title and plts. 4, 7, 10, & 19, some minor marginal soiling, and sl. foxing to text leaves (plates generally in clean condition), orig. morocco-backed printed boards, soiled and worn, rear cover det., backstrip crudely repaired with adhesive paper, oblong folio. Abbey, Travel, 113. (1)

Wilson (Harry). Fugitive Sketches in Rome, Venice, &c., pub. F. G. Moon, 1838, tinted litho. title, list of plates, and twelve tinted litho. views, some light foxing, many to margins, a few leaves at front of vol. partly loose, a.e.g., orig. morocco-backed cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, some wear to joints and corners, large folio. (1)

Broinowski (Gracius J.). The Birds of Australia, vols. 1-3, & 5 (of 6), Melbourne, 1887-91, 303 chromo. plts., contents in clean condition, contemp. half red morocco, rubbed and a little scuffed, some marks to covers, folio. Ferguson 7458. (4)

Delacour (Jean). The Waterfowl of the World, 4 vols., 1st eds., Country Life, 1954-64, all signed on half-title by the author, col. illusts. by Peter Scott, b & w illusts. and maps to text, all orig. cloth in slightly frayed and chipped d.j.s., 4to, together with Hancock (James and Elliott, Hugh), The Herons of the World, 1st ed., 1978, num. fine col. illusts. after paintings by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman, orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, folio, plus Winans (Walter), The Art of Revolver Shooting, together with Information Concerning the Automatic and Single-Shot Pistol and How to Handle them to Best Advantage, new ed., revised, New York & London, 1911, photogravure frontis., num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 4to, and others of natural history and sporting interest. (28)