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Leonhart Fuchs Den Nieuwen Herbarius, dat is, dboeck vanden cruyden, Basel, M. Isengrin o. J. [um 1545]. - Koloriertes Exemplar des berühmten Kräuterbuchs - Erste niederländische Ausgabe - Vollständiges und guterhaltenes Exemplar. - 'Mit den neu geschnittenen Bildern des Kleinen Fuchs von hervorragender Schönheit' (Karl Eugen Heilmann) Da die Erstausgaben seines Kräuterbuchs von 1543 wegen des großen Formats und teuren Preises nur geringen Absatz fand, veranlaßte Fuchs den Drucker und Verleger Isengrin, die Stöcke in verkleinertem Maßstab nachschneiden zu lassen. Diese 'sehr sauber geschnittenen Illustrationen machen einen ganz vorzüglichen Eindruck' (Schreiber) und wurden in der niederländischen Übersetzung seines Kräuterbuches abgedruckt. EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer Pergamentband. Folio. 32 : 20 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit ganzseitigem Holzschnitt-Porträt und 517 Pflanzenholzschnitten sowie 2 Holzschnitt-Druckermarken (wdh.), sämtlich koloriert. - KOLLATION: 18 röm. num., 260 nn. Bll. - PROVENIENZ: Mit einer eigenhändigen Postkarte des Bibliothekars und Naturwissenschaftlers Claus Nissen (1901-1975), datiert Mainz 27. Januar 1972. An einen Professor, dem er zu dem Erwerb des vorliegenden Kräuterbuchs gratuliert. 'Sie hätten bestimmt nichts besseres tun können als zuzugreifen .. Ich bin überzeugt, daß Sie Ihren Kauf nicht bereuen werden .. Unbedingt aber sollten Sie von Ihrem Fund in passender Umgebung (Librarium oder Philobiblon) eine etwas ausführlichere Beschreibung geben. Es wird in Bibliophilenkreisen bestimmt großes Interesse finden.' LITERATUR: VD 16, ZV 6280. - BM STC, German Books S. 326. - Schreiber S. XXXIX. - Heilmann S. 219. - Nicht bei Adams. - Finely colored copy of the first Dutch edition. With newly cut illustrations of the so-called 'Kleiner Fuchs', containing fullpage woodcut portrait and 517 woodcuts of plants as well as 2 woodcut printer's devices (rep.). Contemp. vellum. - Partly minor staining (mostly at beginning and end), few leaves with small marginal defects, here and there minor wormtrace in gutter, endpapers partly with damages, pastedowns detached. Else well-preserved and inside clean copy with carefully colored woodcuts, very scarce. Enclosed an autograph postcard by the bibliographer Claus Nissen from 1972, addressed to a professor, congratulating him on the purchase of this herbal book. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Hieronymus Bock Kreutterbuch darin underscheidt, Name(n) unnd würckunng der Kreutter, Stauden, Hecken und Beumen .. von Newem fleißig ubersehen, gebessert und gemehret. Straßburg, J. Rihel 1565. - Das populärste Kräuterbuch des 16. Jahrhunderts - Mit altkolorierten, teils figürlich belebten Holzschnitten von David Kandel - Schönes Exemplar. - 'Ein wahres Volksbuch' (Heilmann) Erschien erstmals 1539 bei Wendelin Rihel in Straßburg, zunächst ohne Illustrationen. Wegen mangelndem Verkaufserfolg folgte 1546 eine erste illustrierte Ausgabe, die dann so erfolgreich war, daß innerhalb weniger Jahre weitere Auflagen folgten. Die vorliegende ist bereits die sechste Auflage mit den Illustrationen Kandels. Nach Haebler ist zu vermuten, daß der schöne Einband mit breiter figürlicher Rolle im Jahr der Drucklegung entstanden ist. Die Rolle (216 : 21 mm) zeigt Salvator, David, Paulus und Johannes sowie 4 Köpfe (siehe Haebler II, 149, 1565, 1). EINBAND: Blindgeprägter Schweinslederband d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln mit 2 Messingschließen. Folio. 33 : 21 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit altkolorierter Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf dem Titel, altkoloriertem Porträt und ca. 500 altkolorierten Pflanzenholzschnitten, meist von David Kandel. - KOLLATION: 20 nn. Bll. (das 11. weiß), 413 röm. num. Bll., 7 nn. Bll. - PROVENIENZ: Fliegendes Vorsatzpapier mit Besitzeintrag von Johann Christoph Thanner, vermutl. Vogt in Süddeutschland, Mitte 17. Jahrhundert. LITERATUR: Index Aurel. 120.596. - VD 16, B 6020. - Muller II, 512, 63.- Nissen 182. - Stafleu/Cowan 575 Anm. - Heilmann S. 193. - The famous herbal with the woodcuts by David Kandel in old coloring. Contemp. blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards with 2 brass clasps. With woodcut printer’s device in old coloring on title, portrait in old coloring and ca. 500 old colored plant woodcuts. - Partly slightly foxed or browned, here and there minor fingerstained, the last leaf with entries by an old hand, 1 leaf with a small tear, endpapers renewed (the front flyleaf using the old one; the back flyleaf mounted on the empty verso page of the last sheet). Rear board with small scratches, corners bumped, 1 clasp - that was already replaced - has been loosened. Overall nice herbal book. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Antonio Gazio Frühe Diätetik Corona florida medicinae sive de conservatione sanitatis. Venedig, Johannes und Gregorius de Gregoriis, 20. Juni 1491. - Ratgeber für eine gesunde Lebensweise - Behandelt hauptsächlich Speisen und Getränke - Erste und einzige Inkunabelausgabe. - Behandelt neben Schlaf, Bewegung, Sex, Hygiene und Drogen vor allem die Ernährung, insbesondere die Qualitäten und Eigenschaften zahlreicher Lebensmittel, einschließlich ihrer Zubereitung. Obwohl es sich eher um ein populäres als um ein wissenschaftliches Werk handelt, stellt es eine Synthese aus wenig bekannten jüdischen und arabischen Lehren über Lebensmittel und allgemeineren westlichen Texten dar. Der Autor (1449-1528) war Medizinprofessor in Padua und ein Arzt, der in seinem Beruf beträchtlichen Ruhm und Reichtum erlangte. 'Important traité de dietetique et d'hygiene d'un celebre medecin de Padoue qui connaissant et aimait le vin. Les chapitres 42 a 63 sont consacres au choix des aliments et des boissons. L'auteur consacre une importante partie de son ouvrage au vin, a l'art de boire' (Simon). EINBAND: Halbpergamentband des 19. Jhs. mit Rückenschild. Folio. 31,5 : 21,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke am Ende. - KOLLATION: 117 (st. 126) Bll. Rom. Type. 2 Spalten. 55-57 Zeilen. LITERATUR: GW 10563. - Hain/Cop. 7501. - Goff G 111. - BMC V, 341. - BSB G-48. - Klebs 439.1. - Wellcome I, 2708 (inkomplett). - Simon, Bibl. Bacchica 283 Anm. - Vgl. Vicaire S. 396 (spät. Ausg.). - First and only incunabula edition of this guide to healthy living with emphasis on nutrition, the qualities and properties of a great number of foods (including their cooking and preparation.) With woodcut printer's device at end. 19th cent. half vellum with label on spine. 117 (of 126) leaves, lacking the 6 preliminary leaves (supplied in facsimile), the errata leaf at the end and 2 blank leaves, but textually complete. - Well-preserved and clean copy. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).

A. R. Penck 4 Werke. Aus den Jahren 1990-1993. 4 schöne Buchillustrationen des Künstlers, jeweils in numerierten Exemplaren einer kleinen Auflage. I: Reise durch Ireland. Reise durch Irland. Mit 1 sign. Orig.-Farbradierung und zahlreichen Illustrationen. Berlin, S. Anderson 1990. 1 von 200 num. Exemplaren. - II: Das blaue Huhn. Gedichte und Siebdrucke. Mit Orig.-Farbseriographien. Amsterdam, Aschenbach 1990. 1 von 100 num. Exemplaren, im Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert. - III: Sarah Kirsch, Wallenstein. Mit Orig.-Papiergüssen von Penck. Berlin, Anderson 1991. 1 von 30 num. Exemplaren. Arnold 1656. - IV: Adelbert von Chamisso, Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte. Mit Aquatinten und Ätzungen von Penck. München, Maximilian Vlg. 1993. 1 von 35 num. Exemplaren, im Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert. - EINBAND: Orig.-Einbände. Folio. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit zahlreichen Orig.-Graphiken und Illustrationen von A. R. Penck. - PROVENIENZ: Privatsammlung Süddeutschland. - 4 beautiful orig. book illustrations by the artist, each in numbered and signed copies of a small edition. - Orig. bindings. Folio. Some slight traces of use. - Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Biblia latina Nicolaus de Lyra, Biblia cum postilla Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering. Secunda (recte: tertia) pars (von 4). [Straßburg, Joh. Grüninger, 3. Nov. 1492]. - Straßburger Bibelausgabe - Schöner Scholiendruck mit Kommentar von Nicolaus de Lyra - In einem zeitgenössischen Holzdeckelband mit Blindprägung. - Dritter Band dieser im Handel fast nie komplett vorkommenden Bibel. Die Holzschnitte sind zum größten Teil seitenverkehrte und verkleinerte Kopien nach denen der Koberger-Ausgabe. 'Dargestellt sind dieselben Gegenstände wie in den anderen Drucken dieser Bibel in der Frühdruckzeit' (Schramm). Im vorliegenden dritten Band ist besonders die ganzseitige Maiestas-Domini-Darstellung auf Blatt TT8v hervorzuheben, weiterhin ein Grundriß des Jerusalemer Tempels und die Ansicht der Stadt Jerusalem. EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer blindgeprägter Schweinslederband über Holzdeckeln mit 6 (von 10) Messingbuckeln und 2 Messingschließen. Folio. 32 : 22 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 15 (4 ganzseitigen) Textholzschnitten und zahlreichen eingemalten roten und blauen Lombarden. - KOLLATION: 348 nn. Bll. Durchgehend rubriziert. - PROVENIENZ: Titel mit gelöschtem Besitzvermerk von alter Hand, erstes Textbl. im Fußsteg mit zwei Stempeln des Franziskaner-Klosters Kreuzberg (Rhön). LITERATUR: GW 4292. - Goff B-617. - BMC I, 108. - BSB B-468. - Schramm XX, S. 3, 22, und Abb. 128ff. - The third volume (of 4) of the Bible edition by Grüninger. With commentary by Nicolaus de Lyra surrounding the text, illustrated with 15 (4 fullpage) woodcuts in text and numerous red and blue painted lombards. Rubricated throughout. Contemp. blindtooled pigskin over wooden boards with 6 (of 10) brass fittings and 2 clasps. - Some slight staining, lower margin here and there with brownstain, last leaf with wormtraces in margins, ca. 6 leaves with backed marginal defects, movable parts of the clasps removed. Title with erased inscripton (16th cent.), first text leaf at foot with 2 monastery stamps. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Leonardo Bruni De primo bello Punico. Mit Beigabe des Guarinus Veronensis: Parallela ex Plutarcho. Brescia, Jacobus Britannicus, 24. Okt. 1498. - Brunis Geschichte des ersten Punischen Krieges - Einzige lateinische Inkunabelausgabe - Schöner und sauberer Antiqua-Druck. -  Leonardi Bruni aus Arezzo, der bekannte Humanist und Übersetzer (1369-1444), schrieb das vorliegende Werk auf Grundlage von Polybius' Weltgeschichte, zog aber auch weitere Quellen heran. Die Originalausgabe erschien 1471 in Italienisch. EINBAND: Neuer Pappband. Folio. 27,5 : 20,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit einigen Holzschnitt-Initialen. - KOLLATION: 32 nn. Bll. Rom. Type. 45 Zeilen. LITERATUR: GW 5603. - Hain/Cop. 13250. - Goff B 1254. - BMC VII 982. - BSB B-936. - Only Latin incunabulum edition. With some woodcut initials. Mod. cardboards. 32 nn. leaves. - Few leaves with minor wormtraces in margin. Some contemp. marginalia (partly trimmed). A clean fresh copy with wide margins. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).

Birgitta von Schweden Prachtwerk der Offizin Koberger - Das puch der Himlischen offenbarung. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger 1502. - Erste vollständige deutsche Ausgabe - Eines der einflußreichsten Werke der mittelalterlichen Visionsliteratur - Erstellt im Auftrag Kaiser Maximilians I. - Illustriert mit herausragenden Holzschnitten nach Entwürfen von Albrecht Dürer 'Die Revelationes sind in ihrer religiösen und künstlerischen Kraft das bedeutendste Literaturwerk aus dem skandinavischen Mittelalter.' (Kindlers Literaturlexikon) Erste vollständige deutsche Ausgabe und erste hochdeutsche Übersetzung. Auszüge in niederdeutscher Sprache waren um 1478, 1485 und 1496 in Lübeck gedruckt worden. Die Holzschnitte entsprechen denen der lateinischen Ausgabe von 1500. Florian Waldauf Ritter von Waldenstein (1450-1510), der den Auftrag für das vorliegende Werk von Kaiser Maximilian erhielt, veranlaßte die deutsche Übersetzung. Die eindrucksvollen Holzschnitte mit Szenen aus dem Leben der Hl. Birgitta von Schweden und der Päpste. Sie wurden von früheren Kunsthistorikern Albrecht Dürer zugeschrieben oder sie sahen ihn zumindest für die Entwürfe und Skizzen verantwortlich. In der neueren Forschung überwiegt die Zuschreibung an einen unbekannten 'Birgittenmeister'. Die 'Illustrationen des Birgittenbuches bilden bis heute den Angelpunkt eines lang umstrittenen, unzureichend geklärten Komplexes von Zeichnungen und Holzschnitten, die weder Dürer selbst noch seinen Schülern zugeschrieben werden konnten. Sie müssen weiter mit einem Notnamen auskommen' (Schoch). EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer Schweinslederband über abgeschrägten Holzdeckeln mit zahlreichen Einzelstempeln (Löwe, Adler, Einhorn, Rosette, Lilie, Granatapfel u. a.) sowie einigen Rollstempeln, ferner mit 2 Messingschließen; die zeitgenössischen Spiegel unter Verwendung zweier ganzseitiger altkolorierter Holzschnitte aus Fridolins Schatzbehalter (Nürnberg 1491, Fig. 53 und 55). Folio. 32,5 : 21 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit altkoloriertem Holzschnitt-Titel und 16 blattgroßen Textholzschnitten, davon 10 aus mehreren Stöcken zusammengesetzt und mit Begleittext. - KOLLATION: 347 nn. Bll. - PROVENIENZ: Süddeutsche Privatsammlung. LITERATUR: VD 16, B 5596. - Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum III, A 34. - Meder 278, XII. - Schreiber 3504. - Dodgson I, 263. - Muther 426. - Fairfax Murray 75. - First complete German edition, and first High German translation. With woodcut title in contemp. coloring and 16 fullpage woodcuts in text, 10 of which composed by several blocks and with accompanying text. Contemp. pigskin over bevelled wooden boards with 2 brass clasps, richly blindtooled with many single stamps (lion, eagle, unicorn, rosette, lily, pomegranate etc.) and some rollstamps; the pastedowns using 2 fullpage woodcuts in contemp. coloring from Fridonlin's 'Schatzbehalter' (Nuremberg 1491; fig. 53 and 55). - Partly some browning, here and there slightly waterstained and with minor worming, partly small marg. defects, few leaves somewhat stained, fore edge with ink stain. Spine ends chipped, edges partly unobtrusively restored, some cutting traces to covering. In general a well-preserved and complete copy in a fine late gothic binding from a South German workshop. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

A folio of miscellaneous prints and engravings

° ° C.S. Lewis - Narnia Folio Society book set

Francois Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824), folio of engravings (reprints), Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos 1810-11', 111 of 250, 26 x 36cm, unframed

Augustus Wells , Henry Tanworth Wells and G.P. Boyce (1841-1893), folio of assorted oil and watercolour sketches, together with works by other hands, mostly European scenes, largest 24 x 35cm, all unframed

Osbaldiston (William Augustus); 'The British Sportsman or Nobleman, Gentleman, and Farmer's Dictionary of Recreation and Amusement', folio, 1792, with black and white frontis and plates, rebound in gilt tooled leather.

Folio Society; 'A History of England', pub. 2000, eight Vols, no slip case, together with Gibbon; 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', eight vols in individual slip cases etc., (a lot)

Freart de Chambray (Roland); 'A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern, translated by John Evelyn, folio, printed by T.W for J.Walthoe et al., 1733, red and black title page lettering, full calf leather.

Prince (John); 'Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or, The Worthies of Devon', folio, printed Exeter, 1701, with handwritten page index, full calf leather.

Folio Society; A mixed collection, including E.H.Forster box set, short stories etc., approx 30, most in slip case (a lot)

Lambarde (William); 'An Alphabetical Description of the Chief Places in England and Wales', printed for Fletcher Gyles, 1730, folio, rebound in gilt tooled leather, with folded frontispiece portrait and red and black title lettering.

Folio Society; a quantity of mainly 20thC literature, including Victor Hugo 'Les Miserables', two vol set in slip case, 1976, Leo Tolstoy 'War and Peace', two vol set in slip case 1971, Harper Lee 'To Kill a Mockingbird', others by Rudyard Kipling, Aldous Huxley etc., approx. 33, most in slip cases (a lot)

Dugdale (Sir William); 'Monasticon Anglicanum or The History of the Ancient Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals,....' folio, printed for Sam Keble 1693, title page in black and red lettering, rebound tooled leather, together with Stillingfleet (ED); 'Origines Britannicae or The Antiquities of the British Churches', folio, printed by M. Flesher for Henry Mortlock, 1685, title in red and black lettering, rebound tooled leather (2)

Folio Society; An assorted quantity including 'War and Peace', two vols in slip case, 'The last Chronicle of Barset', 'English Eccentrics', 'The Voyage of the Frigate Pallada', etc., approx. 80, most in slip cases (a lot)

Folio Society; An assorted collection of titles, reference and fiction, approx. 26, (a lot)

Folio Society; A quantity of mainly historical reference interest, including 'Mapping the World', de Mendoza 'The War in Granada', Mary H. Kinksley 'Travels in West Africa', Einhard 'The Life of Charlemagne' etc., approx. 30, most in slip cases (a lot)

Whitelocke (Sir Bulstrode); 'Memorials of the English Affairs: or an Historical Account of what passed from the beginning of the Reign of Kind Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration', folio, printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1682, rebound in calf leather with page end repairs etc.,

Morant (Philip); 'The History and antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, the the County of Essex', folio, printed by W.Bowyer 1748, with fold out town map, in full gilt tooled leather.

'Cabala: sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State & Government in Letters..., folio, 2 parts in 1, titles printed in red and black, printed for G.Bedell and T.Collins, 1663, title page in red and black ink, rebound in gilt tooled calf leather.

Folio Society; Hodgkin (Thomas); 'The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire', seven vols, all in individual slip cases, together with Mardrus and Mathers 'The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night', four vols, no slip case, Runciman (Steven); 'A History of the Crusades', three volume set in one case etc., (a lot)

Peck (Francis); 'Desiderata Curiosa: or a Collection of Divers Scarce and Curious Pieces (relating chiefly to matters of English History)', folio, printed 1732, title in red and black lettering, together with 'Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, Moderniz'd by Mrs Stanley', folio, 1725, both rebound calf leather (2)

Vertue (George); 'Medals, Coins, Great-Seals, Impressions fromt the Elaborate Works of Thomas Simon, Chief engraver of the Mint, to K.Charles the 1st to the Commonwealth, the Lord Protector Cromwell and in the Reign of K.Charles ye IId to MDCLXV', folio, 'Invented and Published by Geo. Vertue according to act of Parliament Nov.r 17. 1753', rebound in tooled leather.

Folio Society; An assorted collection including Dickens 'Christmas Book', 'The Merchant of Prato', 'Metamorphoses', 'The Odes of Horace', approx. 29, most in slip cases (a lot)

Cox (Richard); 'Hibernia Anglicana or the History of Ireland from the Conquest thereof by the English, to this Present Time', printed by H.Clark for Joseph Watts, 1689, folio, with fold out map, full gilt tooled leather.

Folio Society; a mixed assortment of titles including Short Stories: 'The Father Brown Stories', 'Irish Short Stories', 'Somerset Maugham short Stories' etc., approx. 39, most in slip cases (a lot)

Folio Society; 'The Folio Jane Austen', seven vols in one slip case, others by Joseph Conrad, the Bronte Sisters, Thomas Hardy etc., approx. 25, most in slip cases (a lot)

Folio Society; A quantity of mainly 20thC literature including Mark Twain, Harper Lee, P.G.Woodhouse etc., others by Daniel Defoe, Thomas Hardy etc., approx 26, all in slip cases (a lot)

Guillim (John); 'A Display of Heraldry: Manifesting A more easie access to the Knowledge thereof than hath hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method, fifth edition, printed by S.Roycroft for R.Blome, 1679, folio, black and red title lettering, full gilt tooled leather.

Edwards, Ralph: (ed:) The Dictionary of English Furniture, vols I-III, 1954 Country Life Limited 2-10 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London W.C.2, in publishers red cloth with gilt titles, folio, together with Tipping, Avray: English Homes Period II vol I and Period III vol I, Country Life second editions with dust jackets and Latham, Charles: In English Homes, 1909 third edition. (6)

An early Victorian rosewood folio stand, having typical opposing hinged action, raised on lyre end cut supports to turned central stretcher, on gradual tapering scroll legs, h.113cm, w.70cmStands well and structurally sound.Hinged adjustable notched action is good.Patina nice and original, original finish.Very slight surface age related wear only.No signs of woodworm.Overall very good.

Folio Society - Including notable historical trials, Robin Hood, Enigma, The Ascent of Man, etc, together with Mid Point Press, The Library of Shakespeare, limited edition 170/7000, 31 volumes approx

Military Interest - Including Japan's Fight For Freedom, (3) Jonah's Feet are Dry, History of the Indian Mutiny, Folio editions including The Boer War, guns of August, etc, Manual of Naval Architecture, 30 volumes approx

J.R.R. Tolkien: a collection of Folio Society books all in slip case to include The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

A collection of books in slip cases comprising of John Buchan The Adventures Of Richard Hannay in five volumes The Thirty-Nine Steps, Green-Mantel, Mr Stand-Fast, Island Of Sheep and The Three Hostages. A set of three Folio Society volumes British Myths and Legends: History and Romance, Heroes and Saints and Marvels and Magic. The Best After-Dinner Stories, selected and introduced by Tim Heald.

A small quantity of books including 'The Boer War Folio Society Copy, Bengal Lancer' by F.Yeats-Brown, 'The War in The Peninsula Archive Series', Bibles,'The London Illustrated News Silver Jubilee Record' number 1910 - 1035.

A good quantity of Portfolio of Art plates by Virtue & Co. London with some folio information covers, some water damage to a few mounts but plates in good condition (69 in total).

Pitch pine artist or folio cabinet, fitted with three open shelves and vertical recess, reeded fronts, on square supportsDimensions: Height: 74cm  Length/Width: 107cm  Depth/Diameter: 68cm

Jonathan Richard Turner, A folio of mixed works including seven unstretched oils on canvas, blue geometric oil on panel, and various works on paper. Approx. 30.

Jonathan Richard Turner, A Folio of drawings and sketches, mostly figure studies and portraits, occasional abstracts. Many signed or initialled with dates in the 1960s. Approx 75.

Jonathan Richard Turner, A Folio of assorted works on paper, many figure sketches, also abstract designs, landscapes etc. Some signed, dated in the 50s and 60s.

The Tournament at Eglinton Castle August 30th 1839, in green cloth and gilt, London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840, first edition, folio, eight lithographed plates

Catherine David - Japanse Prenten - Japanese prints, illustrated throughout in colour, pub 2010, large folio, dust wrapper and Imperial Gallery of British Art pub Cassell & Co (2)

Scottish Law.- Mackenzie (Sir George) The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in matters Criminal, second edition, variant with "in" in title to Seton's 'A Treatise of Mutilation and Demembration divided in two Parts', main title in red & black, contemporary ink signature of Ja. Winsam to titles and his inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary calf, ex-Birmingham Law Society library copy with ink stamps, label and gilt lettering on upper cover and monogram on lower, [Wing M168 & S2649], Edinburgh, by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson...for Andrew Symson, 1699 § Steuart (Sir James) Dirleton's Doubts and Questions in the Law of Scotland, Resolved and Answered, first edition, engraved portrait, title in red & black, contemporary panelled calf, Edinburgh, James Watson, 1715 § Nicolson (William, Bishop of Carlisle) Leges marchiarum, or Border-Laws..., first edition, half-title, 2 advertisement leaves at end, contemporary panelled calf, [Goldsmiths' 4131], Tim.Goodwin, 1705, occasional light spotting or browning, all rubbed, all rebacked, the first with corners repaired, the last corners worn; and 4 others on Scottish Law, folio & 8vo (7)

Michelangelo.- Piroli (Tommaso) [Prophets and Sibyls of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, after Michelangelo], 14 etchings printed in black ink, on thick wove paper, some sheets watermarked with dates '?1821', each platemark approx. 375 x 270 mm (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in), sheets 560 x 410 mm (22 x 16 1/4 in), scattered foxing throughout, minor surface dirt, collector's label to inside upper cover 'de la Bibliotheque du Comté Nicolas d' Eszterhazy', contemporary limp marbled boards, blue morocco label with gilt title to upper cover 'Piroli/ Roma/ Propheti et Sibille/ di/ Michelangelo', folio, [circa 1800-1825].

NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Kuiper (G.P.) & others, editors. Photographic Lunar Atlas, 94 sheets of photographs, many large and folding, with text booklet (slightly soiled), ex-library set with small ink stamp to edge of plates, together loose as issued in original cloth drop-back box, rubbed, some joints repaired, folio, Chicago, 1960.

Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, 1819-1901) Pardon of various persons under sentence of transportation, D.s. "Victoria R" & "Melbourne", manuscript on paper, 2pp., blind-stamped paper seal, folds, browned, 1833; and 2 other documents signed by Queen Victoria, folio (3).

Parliamentary Privilege.- The protestations of the house of Commons entered into the Clerks book..., manuscript on paper, 1p. with conjugate blank, part of margin torn away and repaired, folds, browned and soiled, 18th December 1621; and another, a 17th century manuscript order for new dyes and puncheons for 10 and 5 shilling pieces, folio (2).

NO RESERVE Poetry.- Newman (John Duffield) Commonplace book of poetry, numerous manuscript poems, 74pp., in several hands, browned, edges torn or chipped, loose in original marbled card upper wrapper, lacks lower cover, lower cover supplied from another work, lettered direct on upper cover, covers detached, tears, lacks spine, folio and smaller, [early 19th century].

Flint (Sir William Russell).- Kingsley (Charles) The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children, one of 500 copies, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates by Russell Flint, captioned tissue-guards, original limp vellum, green silk ties, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, old tape repair to spine head, Philip Lee Warner for The Medici Society, 1912 § Flint (SirWilliam Russell) Drawings, number 26 of 500 copies signed by artist, plates and illustrations, additional signed plate, loose in envelope as issued, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, rubbed and worn, 1950; and 2 others illustrated by Russell Flint, 4to & folio (5).

Slavery.- State of South Carolina. Sale by John Blanton of Winnsborough to John Chesnut "One Negro Boy Slave, about eighteen years of Age, named Jacob", printed form with manuscript insertions, folds, browned, folio, 1790; and 2 others, slavery, v.s., v.d. (3).

NO RESERVE Public Health.- Houses of Parliament. Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, 3 vol. in 1, folding plate, folding tables, 1904; Fourth [-Ninth] Report of the Commissioners....[on] Treating and Disposing of Sewage, bound in 8 vol., folding maps, charts and tables, some colour, 1904-15, near uniform contemporary half morocco § Farr (William) Vital Statistics, edited for the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Noel. A Humphreys, first collected edition, portrait, tables, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 1885 § Simon (Sir John) English Sanitary Institutions, first edition, original cloth, recased, 1890, all but the last ex-library with ink stamp to titles, rubbed; and 17 others on public health, sanitation etc., most government reports, folio & 8vo (28)⁂ The reports on sewage disposal include the contamination of shellfish, and liquid waste from manufacturing processes in rural areas.

NO RESERVE Williamson (George C.) The History of Portrait Miniatures, 2 vol., one of 520 copies, titles in red and black, plates, captioned tissue-guards, one or two neat marginal pencil notes, ex-library with discreet neat ink-stamp to front pastedown, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, 1904.

Tillotson (John) The Works, 3 vol., vol. 1 ninth edition, vol. 2 & 3 fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, vol. 2 with marginal worming, ex-library with ink-stamp to titles, bookplate, scattered faint spotting, later calf, rubbed and worn, vol. 3 with cracked joints, vols. 2 & 3 lacking part of backstrip, 1728 § Pearson (John, Lord Bishop of Chester) An Exposition of the Creed, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, signature of Maria Lady Williamson dated 1814 to title, marginal worming, occasional faint spotting, damp-staining to endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, small stab mark to upper cover, by J. M. for John Williams, 1683 § Nicolson (W.) The English, Scotch and Irish Historical Libraries. Giving a short view and character of most of our Historians ..., bookplate, front free endpaper becoming detached, occasional light marginal soiling, near contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1736; folio (5)

Coal.- Taylor (T. John) Observations, addressed to the Coal Owners of Northumberland and Durham, on the Coal Trade of those counties, only edition, one or two contemporary ink marginalia, modern wrappers, [Goldsmiths' 34634; Kress C.6980], Newcastle, Wm.Heaton, 1846 § Dunn (Matthias) A Review of a Pamphlet entitled "Observations addressed to the Coal Owners of Northumberland and Durham..., first edition, signature of John Bell Simpson to front pastedown, old marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in russet morocco, [Goldsmiths' 34618], Newcastle-upon-Tyne, M.Ross, 1846 § Frauds and Abuses of the Coal-Dealers Detected and Exposed (The): In a Letter to an Alderman of London, third edition, lacking half-title, woodcut ornaments, one or two ink corrections in contemporary manuscript, foxed, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths 8287; Kress 485], M.Cooper, 1747; and 2 others on coal, 8vo & folio (5)⁂ The first two provide an interesting commentary on the state of the coal trade in the Northumberland and Durham coal fields. The second is by Matthias Dunn (c. 1788-1869), the mining engineer and from 1850 one of the first government mines inspectors under the Inspection of Mines Act. Both are rare with Library Hub listing only 3 printed copies of the first (LSE, Newcastle University and Goldsmith's/Senate House libraries) and only the Goldsmith's/Senate House copy of the second.The third is a useful portrait of London coal merchants in the mid 18th century, first published in 1743-44 with a second edition in 1745; all editions are scarce.