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Click here to subscribeSpain.- Inquisition, Royal Council orders the inquisitors at Murcia to absolve the local alcade mayor of the crime of which they have found him guilty, and to lift the excommunication of several others, and 2 other supporting documents, manuscript in Spanish, together 10¼pp., folds, browned, edges chipped, folio, no place & Murcia, 1575 & 1577; and a small quantity of others, mostly photographs of various mineral specimens, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
Spanish Netherlands.- González de Salcedo (Pedro) Examen de la verdad en respuesta a los tratados de los derechos de la Reyna Christianissima sobre varios estados de la Monarchia de España, fine engraved pictorial title by Villafranca, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, V6 short tear at head, touching headline, but without loss, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with later (but to style) red morocco label (chip at foot, not affecting lettering), some worming to spine ends, rubbed and scuffed with some loss of leather, stained, [Palau 105834; Salvá 3685; Maggs Spanish Books 425], small folio, [Madrid], no printer, [1670].⁂ A thorough study of the claims of Queen Marie Thérèse to certain duchies and counties connected with the Netherlands, which were in abeyance on the death of Philip IV of Spain. The writer considers that the claims put forward on behalf of Louis XIV are untenable.
Spanish Netherlands.- González de Salcedo (Pedro) Examen de la verdad en respuesta a los tratados de los derechos de la Reyna Christianissima sobre varios estados de la Monarchia de España, engraved pictorial title by Villafranca, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, the odd instance of contemporary ink marginalia, lacking final blank, title trimmed and with a chip at outer margin and a few very small wormholes, some water-staining / staining, mostly at head and lower corners, occasional spotting (including some damp-spotting to 2D6), lightly browned, purple ink ownership stamp of 'Fernán-Núñez' to lower margin of title, hinges split, but holding, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, couple of horizontal splits to spine, creased and stained, scarce, [Palau 105834; Salvá 3685; Maggs Spanish Books 425], small folio, [Madrid], no printer, [1670].⁂ A thorough study of the claims of Queen Marie Thérèse to certain duchies and counties connected with the Netherlands, which were in abeyance on the death of Philip IV of Spain. The writer considers that the claims put forward on behalf of Louis XIV are untenable.
Azores.- Cordeyro (Antonio) Historia Insulana das Ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano Occidental, first edition, woodcut floral ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, marginal worm trace to first and last few ff., some water-staining, mostly from sig. 2L to end, causing some marginal damp-staining in last sig., occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with modern (but to style) richly gilt decoration and red morocco label, [Azevedo-Samodães 889 'da máxima importância'; Innocêncio I, 114, Leclerc 632; Palha 3890; Sabin 16759], small folio, Lisbon, Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1717.⁂ Rare in commerce. 'Ouvrage important et fort estimé pour l'histoire des Açores et des principales familles de cet archipel' (Leclerc).
Azores.- Geysers.- Freitas (Bernardino José de Senna) Uma viagem ao Valle das Furnas, na ilha de S. Miguel em junho de 1840, first edition, half-title, 3 lithographed plates, lithographed vignettes printed on backgrounds of different colours (including one to title), some spotting or mostly light foxing, text lightly browned, large bookplate of Sebastião Alberto Centeno Fragoso to front pastedown, original blue pictorial wrappers bound in, contemporary half roan, head of spine and corners worn, joints starting, but holding, rubbed, [Ameal 2215; Innocêncio I, 365; Sacramento Blake I, 406], Lisbon, National Press, 1845; and 2 others, Azores, small folio & 8vo(3) ⁂ An account of the highly volcanic Furnas valley on the west of the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The area is know for its caldeiras, or natural geysers.
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Wagner (Richard) The Ring of the Niblung, 2 vol. in 1, 48 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, book-label to front endpaper, scattered light foxing, original cloth, lightly rubbed, scattered marking to lower cover, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed, small chips or short tears to edges with longer tear to foot of upper panel, neat paper repairs to verso, some surface soiling, mainly to lower cover, 1939; and 4 others illustrated, including a Limited Editions Club printing of The Castle of Otranto signed by the editor W.S. Lewis, 4to & folio (5)⁂ The first mentioned combining The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie and Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods.
NO RESERVE Yorkshire.- Walker (George) The Costume of Yorkshire Illustrated by a Series of Forty Engravings Being Fac-Similes of Original Drawings, one of 600 copies, chromolithographed frontispiece and 40 plates, tissue guards, text in English and French, faint damp-stain to a couple preliminary leaves, some minor offsetting, scattered marginal foxing, a couple tissue guards with short tears (one repaired with tape), original morocco-backed cloth, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, worn at extremities, endpapers renewed, folio, Leeds, 1885.⁂ First published in 1814.
Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiae Latinae linguae, woodcut device to title, eighteenth century ink ownership inscription to title, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device to final leaf verso, initial c.50ff. with small scattered worm holes and occasional others similar throughout (affecting letters, but no major losses), 2ff. in gathering 3N with small marginal defects at gutter, pastedowns defective or lacking (boards showing), contemporary blind-stamped pig skin, with brass clips, some toning and a few stains, lower corners lightly worn, [VD16 M 1166], folio, Basel, Johan Walder, 1536.
Strabo. Strabonis Geographicorum Lib. XVII, title within woodcut architectural border, with manuscript shelfmark in ink, woodcut decorations and initials, rear endpaper verso with later ink stamp in imitation of printer's device, lacking final blank (2B6), light browning, damp-staining and spotting, later vellum-backed boards, light wear to extremities, [VD16 S 9347], folio, Basel, Johann Walder, 1539.
Clement of Alexandria (Pope, Saint) Omnia quae quidem extant opera..., title within ornate woodcut architectural and figurative border, light spotting and lower edge cut away, ornate woodcut initials, occasional light foxing, small amounts of worming to inner blank margin at sporadic intervals, contemporary vellum, hole and repair in vellum to upper cover, [Adams C 2105; CNCE 12689], folio, Florence, Laurentius Torrentinus, 1551
Erasmus (Desiderius) Adagia quaecumque ad hanc diem exierunt, Pauli Manutii studio, woodcut device to title and colophon, woodcut initials, damp-staining to upper and lower edge, particularly to spine head, browning to multiple ff., some light spotting, contemporary vellum, toning, [Adams E-443; Edit16 CNCE 18245], folio, Florence, Bernardo Giunta, 1575.
Anti-Jacobite.- Anne (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714).- Address to George Earl of Northampton Custos Rotulorum of Tower Hamlets and area, "That since Papists and Non-Jurors were so Insolent as... to support the Pretenders Claim to Her Majesties Royal Crown... to put the Laws in Execution... by taking... horses and Armes and Confining them to their usual habitations..., D.s. "Buckingham P", "Shrewsbury", "Dartmouth" and 2 others, manuscript, 4½pp., last f. tear with small loss not affecting text, tears along folds, slightly browned, folds, folio, 1714; and another, a manuscript bill, v.s., v.d. (2).
Legal.- Churchill (Samuel, "Bound Clerk to Mr. Greenwood 11th January 1763, for 5 ys.") Collection of transcripts of leases, mortgages etc, c.430pp. excluding blanks, first c.20pp. loose and chipped at extremities, some light soiling, upper hinge weak but holding, original vellum, "SC 1763" to upper cover and "precedents" to spine in contemporary ink manuscript, worn, loss to spine ends, folio, 1763.
Liverpool Merchant.- Rathbone (William, merchant and ship owner, 1726-89) An account of the last illness & some expressions of William Rathbone of Liverpool who departed this life of the 11th of the 8th month 1789 [& a small group of related material], manuscript, 9pp., folds, browned, folio, [c. 1789]; and a small quantity of other miscellaneous letters (including 4 letters from Benjamin Flower (1755-1829), political writer) and 2 accounts concerning fever epidemics in America, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
England to India.- [Mouat (Barbara, sister of Cordelia Campbell, wife of Frederick Campbell)] [Voyage from Madeia to Calcutta on the ship Warren Hastings, 1 July - 1 December 1811], manuscript, 29pp., folds, browned, disbound with contemporary stitching, final leaf verso docketed blan), old clear tape repairs to spine, folio, 1811.⁂ A contemporary copy in the hand of Frederick Campbell (1779-1816) of the 42nd Highlanders, husband of Cordelia Mouat (1788-1921), for whom the journal was intended, Trevor Hall, New Llangollen, Denbighshire, "I promised you my much loved Cordelia that I would keep a journal and from this day I will begin and try to give you as exact an account of all that passes as I possibly can, what your fond Barbara relates may serve to amuse you sweet girl and with that idea she study to recollect all that happens tho' I am afraid the my Delia's' patience will be exhausted long before she reaches the end of her Barbara's journal."
Lincolnshire.- [Commonplace book with tables of Tithe Rent Charges in the Stow, Normanby, Bransby, Sturton region], manuscript, 458pp., on thick paper, a few ff. with a single crease, some slight browning, original reverse calf, red morocco label on spine, rubbed, folio, variously dated 1819-60.⁂ Subjects, include: history of England (Thomas Becket, Henry III, Bishop Ridley, Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, battle of Naseby, Prince Rupert, Battle of Waterloo, Lord Nelson etc.); history of Axholme, copies of Acts relating to Charles I and Cornelius Vermuyden's draining of the Isle of Axholme; "An Account of the Dutch that Cornelius Vermuyden Imployed in the Draining of Hatfield Chase..." (on the border of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire); tables of Tithe Rent Charges relating to Normanby, Bransby, Sturton, Stow (Stow Park); Prebendary of Corringham; drainage at Epworth 1776; Owston [Ferry]; tables of archdeacons of England from the Clergy List etc.
Fabric.- Beraud (Jean) Théorie de Fabrique, title, name "Jean Beraud" marked with blue ink, pp.(4)+title+271+(44)+8+(10), text in French manuscript, printed table at p.2, fabric samples, some offset, pages toned, marbled endpapers, original green quarter calf over cloth boards, gilt title "Cours de Théorie" to spine, rubbed at extremities, spine wearing loose, folio, [Lyon], 1870.⁂ Treatise on fabric production and patterns, containing over 200 fabric samples and 300 images and diagrams, as well as an introductory chapter defining numerous technical terms.
Fabric.- Guyer (Hans) Zürcherische Seidenwebschule Zürich. Kurs 1930/31. Bindungslehre und Dekomposition, printed title-page, ff.135 in German manuscript, numerous fabric samples, some spotting, patterned endpapers, contemporary half morocco and cloth folder with hole punch binding, slightly rubbed at extremities, with title gilt to upper cover, edges toned, folio, Zurich, 1930/31.⁂ Displaying over 130 fabric examples, with numerous images and diagrams, this text is a transcript of a course taught at the Zurich Silk-Weaving School, established in 1881. This work contains samples and diagrams of the thread run, called 'patronenpapier', of fabrics including Pongé navy, Honan imprimé, Shantung écru, Marceline, Taffetas, Sicilienne blanc, Bengaline rayé, Mogadors barré, Poult de Soie, Georgette, Moire musique, Crêpe de Chine, Crêpe satin, Ratzimir, Surah, Serge anvers, Pekin moiré, satin Duchesse, gabardine, atlas, plush and gauze, and would have been used to program weaving looms, forming the basis of modern digital programming.
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet...newly Printed, black letter, double column, lacking title (supplied in facsimile) and all before A2 (preliminaries), also lacking A5-6, signature P, 2K6, 2V3, 3Z3-4 and all after 3Z6 (glossary etc.), with woodcut initials, divisional titles to 'Romaunt of the Rose' & 'Siege of Thebes' and illustration at head of Knights Tale, contemporary and old ink signatures of Richard Allen, Barbara Aston and Thomas Add and a few marginalia/pen trials, some light soiling and marginal staining, title to 'Romaunt of the Rose' with portion torn away from outer margin just touching edge of woodcut border, a few other marginal tears and defects, later half russia, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, corners worn, [STC 5078; cf.Pforzheimer 177, variant printing], by Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton, 1598; and a copy of Milton's Paradise Lost of 1692 lacking portrait and some plates, folio; sold not subject to return (2)⁂ The sixth edition and the first by Thomas Speght which would become the preferred edition over the following centuries.
NO RESERVE Contemporary annotations.- [Morton (Thomas)] A Catholike Appeale for Protestants, title with woodcut vignette, 2 later ink signatures on title, defective with the loss of c. 62pp., numerous contemporary annotations in the text, some water-staining, remains of newspaper cuttings on later front endpaper, lacks other endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt diamond centrepieces, worn, spine defective, [STC 18177], folio, Georg. Bishop & Joh. Norton, 1610; sold not subject to return.
Selden (John) De iure naturali & gentium, juxta disciplinam Ebraeorum, libri septem, first edition, title printed in red and black, lacking half-title and a3-b3 of preliminaries (preface), with errata leaf, contemporary ink signature to title (crossed out) and inscription at foot (2 holes with some loss to inscription, repaired), another later signature of B. de Saumaise, some browning, a few ink stains, contemporary vellum, boards with arabesque ornament in blind, rubbed and soiled, upper joint split, tear to edge of upper board, [STC 22168], folio, Richard Bishop, 1640; sold not subject to return
Birch (Thomas) The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, 2 vol., engraved title-vignettes by Gravelot, list of subscribers, 108 engraved portraits by Houbraken and Vertue, each with 2pp. of descriptive letterpress, some light foxing or browning, mostly marginal, plates generally clean, John & Paul Knapton, 1743-51 bound with Vertue (George) Heads of the Kings of England (The), proper for Mr. Rapin's History..., 62 engraved portraits and plates by Vertue (as listed), 3 folding or double-page, with a duplicate of de Heere's portrait of Henry Darnley loosely inserted, James, John & Paul Knapton, 1736; Prints. King Charles I. and the Heads of the Noble Earls, Lords, and others, who suffered for their Loyalty in the Rebellion and Civil-Wars of England, letterpress title, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates by Vertue after Van Dyck and others incorporating portraits and text, all trimmed and tipped into blank leaves, some mounts lightly browned, J.Ryall & R.Withy, [plates dated 1757], together 3 works in 2 vol., later maroon straight-grain morocco with borders and spines in gilt and blind, g.e., rather rubbed and scuffed, spine ends worn, old paper sticker to upper cover of vol.1, vol.2 with fading to lower cover and split to joint, folio⁂ The first incudes portraits of Geoffrey Chaucer, Francis Drake, Ben Jonson, William Harvey, John Milton, Robert Boyle, John Locke, Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare, and Alexander Pope.Loosely inserted is an undated A.L.s. from T.Cubitt of Thomas Cubitt (of Norwich) booksellers to W.Robinson Esq. recommending the use of Kiwi boot polish (Oxblood tint) for maintaining the binding of the book. He continues, "A friend who stood aside when I was bidding (Messrs Rimell of Duke St. St.James) told me that this copy was worth £25 & one day your son will find that is so, being in so crisp in condition...".
NO RESERVE 18 century blank paper.- Volume of 109 sheets of thick blank paper, ruled in red in left margins, each sheet 295 x 235mm., 8ff. at beginning in manuscript copies of letters of Lord Torrington, Earl of Bradford bookplate on front pastedown, original patterned calf, rubbed, corners bumped, upper cover detached, spine worn, fleur-de- lys watermarks, folio, 1787.
Brazil.- Carvalho e Melo (Sebastião José de, Marquis of Pombal, Portugese statesman and diplomat, 1699-1782) Documents concerning the recapture of the Lagoa dos Patos and the loss of the Island of Santa Catarina, sent to Luis de Almeida and others, Ds.s. "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo,", Marquis of Pombal, together 19 documents (all but 3 from Pombal), manuscripts in Portugese, together 70pp., loose, housed in a modern half red morocco case, folio, January 1776 - March 1777.⁂ An important series of documents concerning the territorial disputes between Spain and Portugal in South America.
Sale Catalogues.- Catalogue of the De Vere, Disney, Mildmay, Hacker and Fynes Papers ... by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson, interleaved with blanks, one or two neat marginal notes, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, original wrappers bound-in, near contemporary half-morocco, paper labels to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1873 § The Bowes Museum, Liverpool. Catalogue of the Magnificent and Unique Collection of Japanese Art Objects ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Branch and Leete, cracked hinge, scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed printed paper wrappers, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1901 § Illustrated Catalogue of China, Porcelain, and all Classes of Pottery, Century Pottery Co., Burselm, illustrations, marginal water-staining, one or two faint spots, original paper wrappers, detached, short tear with tape repair to upper cover, rubbed and worn, n.d.; and another, similar, 8vo & folio (4)
NO RESERVE Simpson (Christopher) The Division-viol, limited edition, title printed in red and black, illustrations, ex-library with ink-stamp and remnants of labels, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1955 § Weigel (Johann Christoph) Musicalisches Theatrum, plates, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1961 § Greaves (Thomas) Songes of Sundrie Kindes 1604, edited by David Greer, illustrations, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, modern cloth, 1978; and 3 others, music, folio & 8vo (6).
Brazil.- Smith (Sir Sidney, naval officer, 1764-1840).- Cunningham (Andrew, later Deputy and Acting Consul General in Rio de Janeiro) Autograph Letter signed to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, 6pp., folio, Rio de Janeiro, 8th April 1815, concerning Smith's estate at Praya Grande (modern day Niterói) near Rio de Janeiro gifted to him by the Prince Regent of Portugal for evacuating himself and the Royal family from Portugal to Brazil, and various legal problems with either selling it or letting it, browned; and another, an ALs from Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, to a member of the Russian Royal family, 1876, v.s., v.d. (2).
Hogarth (William) The Works of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates restored by James Heath, with essay and explanations by John Nichols, 2 engraved portraits, 153 etched and engraved plates on 114 sheets, on wove paper, occasional surface dirt and spotting, some staining to lower left corner, not affecting plates, some nicks and tears to extremities of leaves, title, portrait frontispiece, covers and endpapers detached, lower marbled pastedown missing, first few pages very worn, original half morocco over marbled boards, heavily scratched and worn, gilt spine detached at head and foot, red morocco label wearing loose, Baldwin and Cradock, large folio, [1822].
Raphael. Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele... in Vaticani palatii xystis mira picturae elegantia expressae, engraved throughout with pictorial title incorporating portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden, plate of Raphael's tomb and 53 plates by Pietro Aquila and Cesare Fantetti after Raphael, light marginal spotting, contemporary half roan, gilt-stamped green roan label to upper cover, spine gilt, rubbed, split to upper joint, spine ends and corners worn, oblong folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1674.⁂ Depicting scenes from the Old Testament, and a few from the New, from Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Loggie painted c.1519.
NO RESERVE Japanese Prints & Drawings.- Hillier (Jack) Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection, 3 vol., 1976; The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings, 3 vol., 1970-73 § Tamba (Tsuneo) The Art of Hiroshige, introduction by B.W.Robinson, signed presentation copy from Tamba to Robinson in English and Japanese to front free endpaper, text in English & Japanese, Tokyo, 1965 § Robinson (B.W.) Kuniyoshi|: Ein Meister des japanischen Farbholzschnitts, Essen, 1963 § Speiser (Werner) Kuniyoshi, signed and inscribed by B.W.Rosinson "from Walter Exner Februrary 1970" on front free endpaper, Bad Wildungen, 1969 plates and illustrations, many colour, some folding, original cloth with dust-jackets and/or slip-cases, the first with small tear to fold of one dust-jacket; and 6 others on Japanese prints & drawings, 4to & folio (15)⁂ Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Birds.- Gould (John) Humming-Birds. Ten Lithoraphs coloured by hand, "centenary edition", one of only 350 copies, 10 lithographed plates, hand-coloured by D. Peterson, manuscript calligraphic text by A. Hutchison, original green morocco-backed cloth, spine with tiny nick to head, slipcase, folio, [c.1970].
NO RESERVE Botany.- [Coles (William)] [Adam in Eden: or, Natures Paradise. The History of Plants, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers...], [first edition], lacking title, lacking final blank, many ff. loose, browned, some damp-staining, edges frayed, nineteenth century half calf, upper joint split, rubbed, [Hunt 269; Wing C5087], folio, [by J. Streater], [1657].
Italy.- Rome.- Rossi (Giovanni Giacomo de) Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque..., engraved throughout with title incorporating dedication to Cardinal Gaspari by Blondeau, frontispiece of St.Peter performing his first miracle by Manelli (bound after title), 68 plates and plans only (of 70), some double page, buy Bufalini, Collin, Venturini et al., some light off-setting, occasional instances of minor soiling or spots, contemporary vellum, slightly toned, folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1684.⁂ Engravings of elevations, plans and interiors of Roman churches.
Italy.- Rome.- Fontana (Giacomo) Raccolta della Migliori Chiese di Roma e Suburbane, 4 vol. in 1, half-title vol. 1, engraved title vignettes, engraved plates, some minor foxing, mainly marginal, contemporary half morocco, extremities a little rubbed, Rome, G. B. Marini, 1833-55; and another the same, 3 vol., folio (4)
Italy.- Rome.- Nuova Collezione di Vedute di Roma, Antiche e Moderne, 2 folding engraved maps, 75 engraved plates, the vast majority of views and plans, and a few of medals, some light foxing, mainly to borders, margins of first couple of ff. slightly soiled, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, Rome, Pietro Piale, [c.1815] § Lumisden (Andrew) Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and its Environs:... engraved maps and plates, many folding, some light uniform browning, contemporary half morocco, spine and corners worn, 1797, olbion folio and 4to (2) ⁂ Provenance: the first mentioned, from the library of Westport House [bookplate]
Italy.- Rome.- Raccolta delle Principali Vedute di Roma, engraved pictorial title and 39 engraved plates by Domenico Amici, foxing to boarders and occasionally within platemark, contemporary red morocco, rebacked, toned and scuffed at extremities, G. Raffaelii, 1835 § Ruspoli (Ippolito) Avanzi e Ricordi del Monte Palatino, signed presentation inscription from the author in pencil to title, lithographed title, 40 lithographed plates, coloured plan, title and text f. spotted, some spotting to many plates, later cloth-backed boards, extremities scuffed, Rome, [1846]; and another C19th Rome, folio and oblong folio (3)
NO RESERVE World.- Schliemann (Dr. Henry) Troja: results of the latest Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Homer's Troy, colour map frontispiece, 3 folding colour maps detached and loosely inserted at end, illustrations, some full-page, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, modern cloth, 1884 § Brown (R. A.) The Road to Ulundi: the water-colour drawings of John North Crealock (the Zulu War of 1879), limited edition, illustrations, original flyer advertisement loosely inserted, remnants of dust-jacket loosely inserted, ex-library with label and ink-stamp to title verso, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, Pietermaritzburg, 1969; and 2 others, 8vo & ob. folio, (4)
Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, translated by Edmund Gibson, 2 vol., second edition of Gibson's translation, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles in red and black, 9 engraved plates of coins, 50 engraved general and county maps by Robert Morden only (of 51, lacking Surrey), 2 folding, woodcut & engraved illustrations, one full-page, short tear to lower margin of *b repaired, one or two other marginal tears, a little worming to lower edge and gutter (mostly marginal but slightly affecting foot of a few maps), occasional soiling, contemporary panelled calf, worn, covers detached or becoming so, [Chubb CXV], folio, by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, 1722; sold not subject to return
Britain.- Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain, first edition, 1 vol. in 3, half-title, 105 engraved maps and plates, 5 of which double-page, interleaved throughout with watermarked blank paper, 1 map trimmed at fore-edge affecting image, vol. 1 with horizontal crease in text towards start, vol. 2 with small worming to upper margin towards end, occasional spotting or finger-soiling, but generally a bright set, modern morocco-backed cloth, preserving old spine labels (a little chipped at edges), a couple small marks to covers, folio, for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.
India.- Freire de Andrade (Jacinto) Vida de Dom Ioão de Castro, Quarto Viso-Rey da India, *4 licence f., 1 full-page woodcut illustration, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, a few ff. with an area of marginal loss, occasionally repaired (see in particular 2G6), some water-staining, spotting or foxing, browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, some worming to spine ends, corners little worn, rubbed, [Innocêncio III, 239; Pinto de Mattos 23; Scholberg DC 15; Welsh 4787], small folio, Lisbon, Heirs of Miguel Delandes, 1703.⁂ Rare edition in commerce of this life of one of the most celebrated Viceroys of Portuguese India. He took a great interest in Indian culture and religion, and collaborated on a book on Indian art with the humanist André de Resende.
Logic & mathematics.- Azevedo Fortes (Manoel de) Logica Racional, Geometrica, e Analitica, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee the Infante António of Portugal by Olivarius Cor after Vieira Lusitano, title printed in red and black and with small woodcut ornament, engraved head-piece and historiated initial to dedication, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title with repaired tear in lower margin, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, decorative endpapers printed in blue, contemporary mottled calf, upper cover with empty gilt circular frame for arms or similar, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, [Azevedo-Samodães 258; Innocêncio V, 369-370; Soares 517], small folio, Lisbon, Jozé Antonio Plates, 1744.⁂ The author was Chief Engineer of Portugal from 1719 until his death in 1749.
Mining.- New Spain.- [Galvez (Josef de), compiler] Reales Ordenanzas para la Direccion, Regimen y Gobierno del Importante Cuerpo de la Mineria de Nueva-Espana y de su Real Tribunal General de orden de su Majestad, first edition, initial f. with engraved royal arms by Fabregat recto, otherwise blank, woodcut crowned monogram to title, ink signature beneath printed name of compiler at end, mostly marginal worming throughout, some repaired, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, antique style mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Medina 5040; Palau 251937; Sabin 56260], small folio, Madrid, [?Royal printers], 1783.⁂ First edition of this 'rare and valuable compendium of the old mining laws and mineral customs' (Sabin) for New Spain. Only miners born in Spain were allowed to own copies.
Music.- Camões.- Bomtempo (João Domingos) Messe de requiem à quatre voix, choeurs, et grand orchestre avec accompagnement de piano à défaut d'orchestre. Ouvrage consacré à la Mémoire de Camöes. Oeuvre 23, engraved throughout, large ink ownership inscription to verso of title, showing through, pp.101/102 small piece from upper blank corner, some water-staining, spotting, and finger-marking, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine richly so and with red morocco label, spine and upper corner of lower cover repaired, small piece out of leather of upper cover, corners little worn, water-stained, rubbed, [New Grove III, p.844; Vieira I, pp.129-132; Vasconcellos I, pp.22-23 & 29], small folio, Paris, Auguste Leduc, [c.1819-1820].⁂ Rare copy in commerce of what is considered by many to be Bomtempo's masterpiece. This memorial to the great Portuguese poet Luís de Camões was composed and performed (in private) for the first time during a brief stay in Paris in 1819. Provenance: Antonio Manoel Marques, Villa S.João da Pesquina, 1856 (ink inscription to verso of title); Manuel Ferreira, Alfarrabista, Porto (modern bookplate to front pastedown).
Olives.- Dalla Bella (Joaõ Antonio) Memorias e observações sobre o modo de aperfeiçoar a manufactura do azeite de oliveira em Portugal, first edition, folding engraved plate of olive presses, [Azevedo-Samodães 996; Innocêncio III, 288 & X, 153; Palha 443], Lisbon, Printers of the Academy of Sciences, 1784; Memoria sobre a cultura das oliveiras em Portugal, offerecida á S.A.R. o serenissimo principe do Brasil, half-title, [Simon BG 430], Coimbra, University Printers, 1786, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, couple of wormholes / small trace to lower margins, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with leather label, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends worn, the head with basic repair, corners worn, rubbed; and an 18th century Spanish work on the non-payment of taxes on olives & olive oil, small 4to & small folio (2) ⁂ On the cultivation of olives and production of oil. The author recommends picking the olives by hand, rather than shaking the tree.
NO RESERVE Orphans.- Pavia e Pona (António de) Orphanologia practica, em que se descreve tudo o que respeita aos Inventarios, partilhas, e mais dependencias dos pupillos, 3 parts in 1, second edition, double column, half-title, title printed in red and black and with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink notes to endpapers, browned (as often), some spotting or staining, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy morocco label, rubbed, [Innocêncio I, 218], Lisbon, Manoel Antonio Monteiro, 1759; and another, Orphans, small folio & 8vo (2)⁂ On orphans and their inheritances.
Argentina.- Real Ordenanza para el establecimiento é instruccion de Intendentes de Exército y Provincia en el Virreinato de Buenos-Aires. Año de 1782, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial f. with fine engraved royal arms recto, otherwise blank, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, worming, mostly to first part, [Palau 202982; Rich 43; Sabin 68245], Madrid, Royal printers, 1782-1783 bound with 3 18th century copy letters relating to the Philippines, 23pp. in total, excluding blanks, contemporary limp vellum lightly soiled, small folio⁂ First edition of this important document in the colonial history of Argentina. The viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata was created in 1776 in order to provide more effective government and more conscientious administration to the region, hitherto neglected by the Spanish authorities. Provenance: Convent of San Nicolas de Tolentio, Manila (ink inscription to verso of general title).
NO RESERVE Portugese diplomat.- Pereira (Francisco, diplomat, d. 1578) Letter to Raymond de Rover, Baron de Fourquevaux, Ambassador to Spain, in Portugese, 2pp. with conjugate blank and address panel, folio, Lisbon, 5th February 1571, on a variety of subjects, including the health of his wife and family, his pleasure at receiving the news from Fourquevaux of the king's marriage and as the ambassador's secretary is coming to Lisbon asks for news from France; promises to convey news of Antonio d'Almeida if he has any ; and comments flatteringly on Fourquevaux's great discretion and zeal in his official duties, a few small tears along folds, slightly browned.
Reconstruction after Lisbon earthquake.- Plano que sua Magestade mandou remetter ao Duque Regedor para se regular o allinhamento das ruas e reedificaçaõ das casas que se haõ de erigir nos Terrenos que jazem entre a Rua Nova do Almada e Padaria..., 2 wormholes, occasionally affecting the odd letter, but without loss of sense, tipped-in to modern wrappers, computer printed label to upper wrapper, [Lisbon], [Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo], 1758 § Abolition of slavery.- Alvará com força de ley, porque Vossa Magestade he servido prohibir, que se possam carregar, nem transportar escravos pretos de hum, e outro sexo dos pórtos da America, Africa, e Asia, para os destes reinos de Portugal, 4pp., large woodcut initial incorporating royal arms, lightly browned, tipped-in to modern card wrappers, computer printed label to upper cover, [Lisbon], no printer, 1761; and c.45 others, similar, relating to Indians, trade, commerce, mining, diamonds, and gypsies, etc., a few 19th century, folio (c.47)
Rome.- Memorial for King Philip V of Spain.- Marcolini (Marco Antonio) Relacion de las exequias hechas en Roma a la Magestad Catolica del Rey nuestro Señor Don Phelipe V., title printed in red and black and with engraved printer's device, 7 fine folding engraved plates by Giuseppe Vasi, Claude Olivier Gallimard, and others, fine engraved head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, final f. of text section blank, very small hole within image of plate 6, text spotted / foxed, plates with some mostly marginal spotting / light foxing for the most part, some staining to both text and plates, modern speckled half calf, gilt spine in compartments, [Berlin Katalog 3262; Cicognara 1512], folio (400 x 260mm.), Rome, Juan-Maria Salvioni, Vatican Printer, 1746.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this record of the memorial ceremony for King Philip V of Spain at the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome, now Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore.
Collection of vintage books to include Burke's Landed Gentry Vols 1 and 2 1898, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Armorial Families, 4 volume of Ogilvie's Imperial Dictionary Of The English Language, Folio Society books to include The Prisoner Of Zenda, 3 Men In A Boat The Tragedy Of Macbeth, The Wit Of Oscar Wilde and As You Like it. Also included Picturesque Australia, various artist guides, Common Prayer and Communion book, A Sketch Of The Life And Writings Of Fenelon by The Archbishop Of Cambray (printed 1810) etc. 2 boxes
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