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DUGDALE, Sir William - The History of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, 1st edition, London 1658, engraved frontispiece, 14 engraved plates (13 double page or folding) 30 engraved illustrations in text (29 full page), late 18th Century calf, title page discoloured, marginal discolouration, lacks one illustration (170 view of East End?) small folio.
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India. An album of fifty original watercolour sketches by P.M. Francis, 1830s/50s, incl. approx. fourteen views of India (Peranbaddy, Kautari Falls, Malabar Coast), plus views of Marseilles, Malta, Gibraltar, twenty view of Egypt, two of Cape Cormonia, Australia, few signed and dated, all tipped - in at corners and many captioned in ink, mostly approx. 15 x 24 cm or slightly smaller, a few images excised, disbound without covers, large folio (1)
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English School. Album of forty - six early 19th c. landscape studies, including thirteen drawings after Gainsborough, three after 'Mr. Jones', and eight after Thomas Brabazon Aylmer (fl. 1834 - 56), plus twenty - two various pencil landscapes, including several of Walton [Surrey], The Avon, Llangollen, Valle Crucis, Caernarvon, etc., each with monogram, mostly titled, and dated 1830s, approx. 200 x 280 mm and similar, contained in contemp. half green morocco album, rubbed and marked, square folio (1)
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English School. A 19th c. folio album of prints and drawings, c. 1840 - 70s, including twelve mounted b&w engs. from C. C. Henderson's Road Scrapings (1840), three etched plts. of animals by Edwin Landseer, seven orig. watercolour studies of Turkish costume, including two females, and one Greek soldier (each with pencil caption and dated 1854), a large pencil drawing of a hunting scene, attributed to Henry Alken, and dated 1822, a mid - 19th c. pencil study of a boy and dog, with watercolour detail to the face, two pen, ink & wash drawings of horses by Bourganoni, several watercolours and drawings of hunting scenes, each initialled 'B. B. R.', dated 1841 and 1871, four original sketches of hunting scenes by John Frederick Tayler, P. R. W. S. (1802 - 1889), etc, all mounted in contemp. morocco - backed album, rubbed and frayed, some wear to spine and outer corners, large folio (1)
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Pinelli (Bartolomeo), after. Album of fifty line drawings of Italian picturesque groups and figures, regional costume, etc., c. 1840s, pen & ink drawings on thin paper (including partly - used writing paper or similar), many leaves browned, each with contemp. caption in ink, several dated between April and June 1818, album size approx. 365 x 230 mm, disbound without covers, slim folio (1)
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Dupre de La Roussier (Emile). Album of forty fine landscape views in pencil, mostly Italy and Switzerland, c. 1837, forty carefully executed pencil drawings, mostly landscapes, including title page design and flower still life at end, including views of the Sistine Chapel, St. Peters, Rome, Castello Sant'Angelo, the Pantheon, Colossieum, Temple of Venus at Baia, Pozzoli, The Hermitage of Vesuvius, Villa Reale, Naples, Capri, Pompeii, Livorno, Milan, Pavia, Lake Como, Lake Lugarno, Lake Maggiore, The Isola Bella & Isola Madre, Simplon Pass, Sion, Martigny, Chillom, Vevay, Geneva, Fribourg, Neuchatel, Besancon, etc., with one watercolour view of the Grotto of Bausilippo, each signed or initialled, and carefully captioned, sheet size approx. 140 x 200 mm and slightly smaller, each carefully mounted in contemp. album, a.e.g., orig. full gilt - dec. purple velvet, with ducal coronet and initials C. B. in gilt to centre of upper cover, some minor marks and sl. fading to edges, rebacked with orig. spine laid down, metal clasp, oblong folio (1)
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Derriere Le Miroir. 10 Ans d'Edition 1946 - 1956, Paris, Maeght Editeur, 1956, two double - page col. lithographs by Chagall and Miró, and one single - page b&w litho. by Bazaine, two uncol. etchings by Giacometti and Miró, num. b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers with design to upper wrapper by Ubac, in glassine d.j. (a little chipped to edges), folio (1)
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Derriere le Miroir, nos. 29 - 30 and 57 - 58 - 59 (both Joan Miro), pub. Paris, 1950 - 53, first vol. with double - page col. litho., second vol. with 17pp. of col. lithos., first vol. with orig. col. litho. wrappers with old central fold, second vol. orig. col. card wrappers, minor wear, folio (2)
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Miro (Joan). Quelques Fleurs pour des Amis, avec un coup d'oeil sur le jardin par Eugène Ionesco, Paris, pub. Société Internationale d'Art XXe Siècle, 1964, three publisher's samples only of colour pochoir illustrations (by Daniel Jacomet) after Miro, each with autograph inscription and signature in pencil by Miro, each with light ink stamp to lower right corner 'Specimen Gratuit', some overall foxing to each (one only lightly affected), and damp discolouration (particularly affecting right margin of one print), each approx. 380 x 280mm, loosely contained in orig. printed card folder, with title and edition details to first leaf, slim folio. Three stencilled colour reproductions, issued as samples by the publishers, each of which is signed and inscribed by Miro, to André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Louis Broder, and Louis G. Clayeux. (1)
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Vertes (illust.). Guillaume Apollinaire, Ombre de Mon Amour, Paris, 1956, twelve uncol. etchings by Vertes, incl. illust. to front wrapper, contents untrimmed and loosely contained in orig. wrappers, with chemise and slipcase, one or two minor marks, folio. Limited edition 63/152 copies, signed by the President of the Société Les Cent Bibliophiles de France et d'Amérique. (1)
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ART REFERENCE A collection of works on artists and art history, to include: RUSKIN John. Modern painters, new ed., 6 vols. 8vo., 1897; THORPE W.A. A history of English and Irish glass, 2 vols., 4to., 1929; WOLTMANN A. & WOERMANN K. History of painting, 2 vols., large 8vo., 1880-87; STRAITON Arthur. The English interior, folio, [1920]; MUTHER R. The history of modern painting, 3 vols., 4to., 1895-96 and 7 others [21]
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BEEBE William A monograph of the pheasants ... 1st edition, 4 volumes, 90 chromolithographed plates, 88 photogravure plates by Thorburn, Gronwold, Lodge etc., 20 maps, plate 15 bound at the end of vol. 4, original cloth, t.e.g., small tear in the spine of vol. 1, lower cover of vol. 2 water stained, folio, London: Witherby, 1918-22 [4] Note: Nissen IVB 267. No 35 of 600 copies One of the last books to use the process of chromolithography.
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BIBLE. The "Vinegar Bible" The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesty's special command, appointed to be read in churches ... 2 volumes in 1, engraved frontis. by Thornhill, engraved vignettes on the titlepages to both parts, other engraved head and tail pieces by Thornhill, Cheron, Laguerre, etc. engraved by Dubosc, Vander Gucht, etc., decorative initials, ruled in red throughout, contemporary full black morocco, covers with three gilt panels, the inner panel comprising a richly tooled gilt border, surrounded by a panel with pyramids on the sides and devices at the corners, spine decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., a little wear at head and tail, edges a little rubbed, lower cover very slightly scuffed, one or two minor neat repairs to inner margins, large folio, Oxford: John Baskett, 1717. Note: D & M 942A; Herbert 942 variant ** Acclaimed for both the beauty of its typography and abundant illustration, this printing was also infamous as "A Baskett-ful of Errors" of which the misprint of "vinegar" for "vineyard" in the headline title above Luke chapter 20 v. 9 is an example and which has come to identify this particular printing.
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CAESAR Caius Julius [Opera] quae extant ... accesserunt annotations Samuelis Clarke ... 2 volumes, engraved head and tailpieces, decorative initials, with 87 engraved plates of which 62 are doublepage, including an engraved titlepage, portraits of Marlborough and Caesar, maps, battle plans, etc. and 9 doublepage plates after Mantegna by Huybert, contemporary full crimson morocco, covers with gilt filets, spines decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., corners a little rubbed and covers with a few minor scratches, small repair to inner margins of the engraved titlepage in vol. 1, tear to the last Mantegna plate very neatly repaired, folio on large paper, London: Tonson, 1712 [2]
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Les CAPITALS du monde Les CAPITALS du monde ... 1st edition, wood engravings, full crimson crushed morocco, gilt globe on the upper cover, spine decorated with the symbols of various cities in gilt within compartments, inner gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, Paris: Hachette, 1892. Note: No 10 of 10 copies printed on papier du Japon
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CURTIS William Flora londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London ... 1st edition, with 435 hand coloured engravings on 432 plates, 6 volumes, plates numbered by hand in ink throughout, contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, rubbed and with corners knocked, tear to plate 27 (no loss) in vol. 5 and with very neat marginal repair to the letter press of the Dog Rose in the same vol., a few prelim. index leaves creased, occasional spotting, otherwise a fine and completely uncut copy, folio, London: for the author, [1785-98] [6] Note: Nissen BBI 439 With "A catalogue of certain plants, growing wild, chiefly in the region of Settle, in Yorkshire" bound at the end of vol. 4, and "General observations on seeds of our best grasses" at the end of vol. 6. Vol. 1 with title with engraved vignette and 2 lists of subscribers, title to vol. 2 dated 1798 bound at end of vol. 6. Issued in 72 parts, the Flora Londinensis is much more comprehensive than its title might suggest, for it extends to most of the English flora. It could properly be regarded as the first colour-plate national flora. "Curtis adopted the novel plan of having specimens drawn to a uniform scale and to life size, and most of the plates display a high degree of accuracy. In the opinion of Salisbury, the majority of the figures 'represent the most successful portrayals of British wild flowers that have ever been achieved." (Henry II p. 67).
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FONTENAI Abbe de i.e. Louis Abel de Bonafous Galerie du Palais Royal grave d'apres les tableaux des different ecoles ... avec un abrege de la vie ds peinters & une description historique de chaque tableau ... par J. Couche ... 1st edition, 3 volumes, engraved titlepage to vol. 1, engraved dedication, 348 engraved plates (of 355) by Couche, later half light tan calf, marbled boards, with the bookplates of Sir Robert Peel, folio, Paris: Couche, 1786-1808 [3]
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FOXE John Actes and monuments of these latter and perilous dayes, touching matters of the Church, wherein are comprehended and described the great persecutions and horrible troubles that have bene wrought and practised by the Romishe prelates, speciallye in this realme of England and Scotlande ... 1st edition, Black Letter, doublepage wood cut of the burnings in front of Windsor Castle and 47 other woodcuts in the text, 19th century full morocco, panelled in blind, lacking titlepage and all save two prelims. with letters from Archbishop Beckett before H1 [i.e. f. 56], pp. 1029 removed, corners torn in about a dozen leaves (with some loss of text), some single worm holes and patches of water staining, some folio or page numbers cropped, sold with all faults, 4to., John Day, 1563. Note: STC 11222
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GARDENING A collection of works on plants and gardening, to include: ELGOOD G.S. & JEKYLL G. Some English gardens, new ed. (5th impression), folio, 1910; SOWERBY J.E. & JOHNSON C.P. British wild flowers, 8vo., 1902; WRIGHT W.P., editor. Cassell's dictionary of practical gardening, 2 vols., 4to., [n.d.]; BROWN J. & NISBET J. The forester, 2 vols., 6th ed, 8vo., 1894; THOMPSON R. The gardener's assistant, new ed. By William Watson, 6 vols., 4to., 1913 and [23]
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GRAY Robert The genera of birds comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species ... illustrated by David Mitchell ... 1st edition, 338 lithographed plates of which 185 are chromolithos finished by hand after David Mitchell and other artists including Joseph Wolf and Edward Lear, full crimson morocco, covers with gilt borders with central panel of gilt filets with fleuron ornaments at the corners and sides containing the arms of ***** , spines decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., some patches of spotting (chiefly to the uncoloured detail plates), folio, 3 volumes, London: Longman, etc., 1849. Note: Nissen IVB 388
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LEFROY W. Chambers The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire ... 1st edition, illus., frontis. and 11 other mounted etched plates by A. Brunet-Debaines and H. Toussaint in proof state, full brown morocco, the covers bordered with gilt filets, small shells and fleuron ornaments, the spine decorated gilt in compartments, inner doublures, t.e.g., others uncut, by Ramage, some offsetting and spotting, folio on large paper, London: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1883. Note: A pencilled note at the front records that only 50 copies were printed
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LIPSCOMB George The history and antiquities of Buckingham ... 1st edition, 4 volumes, illus., 38 engraved plates, 9 maps, with some 940 hand coloured coats of arms in the margins and on 9 plates, full brown pebble grain morocco, spines decorated gilt in compartments, inner doublures, t.e.g., others uncut, by Bedford, some instances of slight paper discolouration, on large paper, folio, London: Nichols, 1831-47 [4]
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MILLAIS J.G. Rhododendrons in which is set forth an account of all species of the genus rhododendron (including azaleas) and the various hybrids ... 1st edition, with 17 coloured plates by Beatrice Parsons, Winifred Walker, E.F. Brennand and Archibald Thorburn, 14 collotype plates and numerous photographic illustrations, publisher's cloth, edges slightly knocked, folio, London: Longmans, Green, 1917. Note: No 319 of 550 copies A second series was issued in 1924
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MILTON John The poetical works ... with a life of the author by William Hayley ... 3 volumes, 5 engraved portraits (including a mounted portrait engraved by Houbraken extra to the publication), 31 other engraved proof plates by Westall engraved by various hands, mostly mounted on india paper and with 3 in two states (i.e. trial and finished proofs), with the addition of a specially printed contents page, contemporary full crimson morocco, the covers with elaborate gilt borders incorporating acanthus leaves, the central panel with a diamond shaped lozenge formed by two filets within a rectangle formed by two further gilt filets, the corners filled in with gilt hatched and floral tooling, the spines decorated gilt in compartments, inner gilt doublures, heads, tails and corners a little rubbed, some instances of foxing normally in conjunction with the tissue guards, folio on large paper, London: printed by Bulmer, Shakespeare Printing Office, for John and Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol, 1794 [3] Note: This sumptuously bound and unique set was presented by the publisher George Nicol to his wife Mary, who was a Miss Boydel before her marriage, and her leather book label is at the front of vol. 1. Afterwards, it was in the possession of the Duke of Buckingham, whose bookplate is in vol. 3.
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