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Lot 296
NO RESERVE World.- Diplomatic and Consular Reports.- Africa. Summary of Congo Trade Returns, 1898, 1899 § Brazil. Report for the Years 1902-04 on the Trade of Santos, 1906 § Abyssinia. Report on the Trade of Adis Abbaba, folding map, chipped at extremities with small loss at inner margin, not affecting text, disbound and loose, 1897 § Trinidad and Tobago, 1900, disbound, 1902, first two with modern wrappers; and a large quantity of other reports on a variety of locations, folio (lg. qty.)
Lot 297
World.- Smith (Charles) Classical Atlas, containing Distinct Maps of the Countries described in Ancient History, both Sacred and Profane, engraved title, 14 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, 7 double-page, contemporary half-calf, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 1817 § Galton (Francis, editor) Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel, 3 vol., half-titles, maps and plans, illustrations, vol. 1 & 3 ex-Union Society with ink-stamps, vol. 3 with small hole to half-title and neat tape repair, vol. 1 & 3 uniformly bound in modern calf-backed boards, vol. 2 in contemporary half-morocco, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, Cambridge, 1861-64; and 2 others, travel, folio & 8vo (6)
Lot 47
Hooke (Robert) Micrographia Restaurata: Or, the Copper-Plates of Dr. Hooke's Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope, 33 engraved plates, some folding, with final two index leaves but lacking final blank, title, first and last few leaves with margins chipped and frayed, a few short marginal tears, occasionally affecting text or plate but without significant loss, plates 6, 24 and leaf G1 with small annotation in purple pen, folding plate 21 torn with some loss to image at fore-edge, plate 30 chipped at fore-edge (affecting image) with portion of loss to foot, some light spotting and surface soiling, final gatherings loose or working loose, disbound but retaining original worn spine, [Keynes 10], folio, Printed for and Sold by John Bowles, 1745.
Lot 58
Medicine.- Bonet (Théophile) Sepulchretum sive anatomica practica ex cadaveribus morbo denatis, 3 vol., vol. 1 with half-title, engraved portrait to verso, and title printed in red and black, each title with engraved vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, vol. 1 & 2 with little marginal worming towards end, some foxing or slight browning, vol. 1 & 3 with front free endpaper loose, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, upper covers detached, spines with loss to labels and ends chipped, worn, joints split, folio, Geneva, Cramer & Perachon, 1700.⁂ A pioneering work in the field of pathology, first published in Geneva in 1679.
Lot 61
Meteorology.- Goad (John) Astro-Meteorologica, or Aphorisms and Discourses of the Bodies Coelestial, first edition, with 6pp. errata/advertisements at end, some soiling and damp-staining particularly to Pp1 (torn and defective, repaired with some text supplied in facsimile), bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, spine ends repaired, new label, [Houzeau & Lancaster 5327; Wing G897], small folio, for J. Rawlins, 1686.⁂ A curious work on astrological weather prediction. "Goad's efforts comprised a consciously Baconian programme to reform astrology by using experimental natural philosophy to save its rational and useful core, and discard its superstitious accretions. He foresaw great potential gains, not only in terms of weather prediction but indirectly for agriculture, medicine, and so on... Goad's working assumption was that the planets (each with a specific and unique nature) influenced the earth's atmosphere." (ODNB).
![[Rathborne (Aaron)] [The Surveyor in Foure bookes], first edition, lacking engraved title and portrait of Prince Charles (bot](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1bc452bc-6d53-48a0-a003-af8600b43a80/f896b476-89d9-4d20-b8e5-af8600cbd738/468x382.jpg)
Lot 70
[Rathborne (Aaron)] [The Surveyor in Foure bookes], first edition, lacking engraved title and portrait of Prince Charles (both supplied in facsimile) but with engraved portrait by S.Passe at end, woodcut head-pieces, initials, illustrations and diagrams, O3 a cancel with "58 4/5" in line 5 on verso and mounted on stub (slightly frayed at lower edge), very occasional light soiling or staining, contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old spine, new endpapers, [Fussell I, pp.22-23; STC 20748], folio, by W. Stansby for W. Burre, 1616 § [Moxon (Joseph) A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography...], third edition, lacking half-title and letterpress title (both supplied in facsimile) but with additional engraved title, engraved and woodcut illustrations, occasional soiling, Foyle copy with leather book-label, modern half red morocco, [Wing M3024], Tho. Roycroft, for Joseph Moxon, 1674, folio & 4to; sold not subject to return (2)⁂ The first is the first comprehensive English textbook on surveying.
Lot 74
Blunt (Wilfrid) and Paul Jones. Flora Magnifica, number 133 of 506 copies signed by the artist, colour frontispiece and 15 plates by Paul Jones, tissue guards, prospectus and order forms loosely inserted, original half vellum, gilt, vellum lightly toned with a few spots, The Tryon Gallery, 1976 § Coats (Alice M.) The book of Flowers, number 72 of 100 de luxe copies, plates, original calf, Phaidon Press, 1973, cloth slip-cases (a little rubbed); and 3 others on flowers, folio (5)
![Birds.- Selby (Prideaux John) Purple Heron [Plate III], elephant folio print from 'Illustrations of British Ornithology', eng](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1bc452bc-6d53-48a0-a003-af8600b43a80/91f8fafb-e3be-461f-b593-af8600cbddd2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 77
Birds.- Selby (Prideaux John) Purple Heron [Plate III], elephant folio print from 'Illustrations of British Ornithology', engraving with full hand-colouring, on Whatman wove paper with watermark dated '1826', platemark 555 x 400 mm (21 7/8 x 15 3/4 in), sheet 665 x 530 mm (26 1/4 x 20 7/8 in), marginal tears and small losses, not effecting the plate, large damp-stain to right margin, minor handling creases, unframed, [circa 1819-1834]
Lot 78
Hailey (Clarence) Thoroughbred Sires, 100 photogravure plates on 64 thick paper sheets mounted on stubs, tissue guards, tables of pedigrees at end, occasional light foxing, heavier to first few leaves, rear endpapers browned, hinges tender but holding, original textured cloth, gilt, worn at spine ends and corners, otherwise lightly rubbed, Newmarket, 1908 § D'Allemagne (Henry-René) Sports et Jeux D'Adresse, plates, some hand-coloured, tissue guards (some creased), illustrations, bookplate of J. O. M. Clark, original decorative boards, spine sunned, a little rubbed and soiled, Paris, [1903], oblong folio & 4to (2)
Lot 87
NO RESERVE Music.- Rodgers (William) A Selection of Sonatas, Rondos, Waltzes, and Songs, from...the late Mr. William Rodgers, Private Organist to His late most Gracious Majesty George the III, engraved throughout, 2pp. list of subscribers, 7pp. catalogue for music publisher Preston bound in at end, dated 1828, ?family copy with ink ownership inscription "E. L. Rodgers" to foot of title, dust-soiling to title, first few leaves a little chipped and frayed at edges, offset, original paper wrappers, lacking spine with covers almost loose, chipped and worn, folio, Published...by Preston, [c.1828].⁂ Very rare, with no record on Library Hub. We also can trace no copy appearing at auction.
![[Savile (Sir Henry)] Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Post Bedam Praecipui ..., printer's device to title, tears to title without](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1bc452bc-6d53-48a0-a003-af8600b43a80/64a3ceec-c946-433d-9cca-af8600cbea20/468x382.jpg)
Lot 91
[Savile (Sir Henry)] Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Post Bedam Praecipui ..., printer's device to title, tears to title without loss, old repair to verso, lacking ?A1, engraved initials, occasional spotting, one or two marginal paper defects not affecting text, modern ca;f-backed boards, a little rubbed, folio, Frankfurt, Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & heredes Ioannis Aubrij, 1601.
Lot 104
Medieval manuscript leaves.- Two leaves from medieval manuscripts recovered from a later binding, comprising: a leaf from a manuscript in Latin on parchment of Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, double column, 40 lines but trimmed at foot with loss to at least one further line of text, heavy crease to left column, verso with abrasion and staining and remains of card from binding obscuring text, 318 x 223mm., France, [before c.1180]; and a leaf from a Missal, probably France, 15th century, folio (2)
![NO RESERVE Shakespeare (William) [Comedies, Histories and Tragedies], ?'The Second Folio', 2 ff. only (bifolium *2&3), na](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1bc452bc-6d53-48a0-a003-af8600b43a80/235f2580-45c7-4d88-977b-af8600caf353/468x382.jpg)
Lot 126
NO RESERVE Shakespeare (William) [Comedies, Histories and Tragedies], ?'The Second Folio', 2 ff. only (bifolium *2&3), namely Ben Jonson's 'To the Memory of my beloved, the Author Mr. William Shakespeare', and 'On Worthy Master Shakespeare and his Poems', signed I.M.S., woodcut head-pieces and initials, upper margins nibbled, stained, lightly browned, folio, [?Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot], [?1632]. sold not subject to return.
Lot 139
Moyle (Walter) The Works, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, faint spotting to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1726 § Barrow (Sir John) The Life of George Lord Anson, engraved portrait frontispiece, small loss to bottom corner, neatly restored, occasional marginal pencil marks, modern calf, 1839 § Brady (Dr. Robert) An Historical Treatise of Cities and Burghs or Boroughs, scattered spotting, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, 1777 § Abstract of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act ... intituled "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and the Increase of Diminuation thereof", ex-library with cancel stamp to title foot, marginal worming to first few leaves, not affecting text, scattered spotting, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, cracked upper joint, a little rubbed, 1802; 8vo & folio (5).
Lot 164
NO RESERVE Slavery.- Class A. Correspondence with Foreign Powers, relative to the Slave Trade, presented to both Houses of Parliament, light marginal spotting to title, dis-bound, small folio, R. G. Clarke, 1823.⁂ Correspondence with key powers such as The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, The United States, France, Sweden and Denmark, relating to treaties designed to combat the slave trade. Parliamentary papers prior to 1835, when they were made more generally available, are scarce.
Lot 165
Slavery.- State Papers, British and Spanish Claims; Relations between Great Britain and Portugal; and Correspondence respecting the Slave Trade, vol. XXVI, tape repairs at inner margin front endpaper and title, original cloth, spine gilt with black morocco label, some light surface soiling, folio, ex-libris Home Office, 1829.⁂ Covering correspondence with British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, The Havana, Rio de Janeiro and Surinam, as well as with foreign powers such as Spain, Brazil, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, Denmark and Sweden. Fascinating exchanges regarding British efforts to halt the slave trade from five years before slavery itself was abolished in the British Empire. Much detail about individual ships involved in the trade. Parliamentary papers prior to 1835, when they were made more generally available, are very scarce.
Lot 166
NO RESERVE Slavery.- Class B. Correspondence with Foreign Powers relative to the Slave Trade. presented to both Houses of Parliament, spotting to a few ff. (including title), dis-bound, small folio, by W. Clowes and son, 1836.⁂ Detail about British governmental correspondence with other key major powers to try to halt the slave trade. Covers contacts with Spain, Brazil Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria, Prussia, Russia, the Two Sicilies, Hansa towns, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Peru and Venezuela. Much detail about individual ships involved in the trade.
Lot 172
Periodical.- The Lady's Newspaper, 4 vol., vol. 3 with 2 hand-coloured etched plates, occasional "The Ladies Newspaper" red ink stamp, some light foxing, the odd short tear, original pictorial cloth, gilt, vol. 1 & 2 with spines working loose but holding, rubbed, spine ends chipped, joints splitting, 1847-48 § The Women's Supplement [to The Times], 3 vol. containing the first 15 issues, original pictorial wrappers bound in, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1920-21, illustrations, occasional light soiling; with 5 vol. of "The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's Magazine", covering 1924-27, folio & 4to (11) sold as periodicals not subject to return. ⁂ The Lady's Newspaper was one of the earliest produced for an exclusively female audience, running between January 1847 and June 1863, when it merged with The Queen & Court Chronicle. Here each of the four volumes covers six months of weekly publications.
Lot 215
Beardsley (Aubrey) The Lysistrata of Aristophanes, facsimile faithfully reproduced by photolithography from no.33 of the original 100 published in 1896, number 464 of 515 copies, frontispiece and 7 plates, loosely inserted UK publisher's distribution slip dated 1970, original boards with paper label to upper cover, original cloth drop-back box, lightly rubbed and soiled, New York, Odyssey Publications, 1967 § Ernst (Max) Histoire Naturelle, number B23 of 1200 copies, plates, original cloth, spine lightly darkened, slip-case, West Germany, 1972; and 2 others, folio (4)
Lot 216
NO RESERVE Beerbohm (Max) Cartoons "The Second Childhood of John Bull", 15 colour plates, scattered faint spotting, weak hinges, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed and worn, defective spine, folio, [1911]; together with a group of 20 English-interest cartoons, prints, and caricatures, including 2 original pen and ink drawings by Edward Reed Tennyson (1860-1933), two original cartoons by David Langdon, and others after prints by Beerbohm, Thomas Mclean, and others, all unframed, 19th and 20th century (21)
Lot 217
Birch (Thomas) The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, 1 vol. only (of 2), first edition, engraved title vignette, 80 engraved plates, 1 with short marginal tear, list of subscribers, scattered spotting and staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, 1743.⁂ Volume 2 was published later, in 1751.
Lot 218
Doré (Gustave).- Milton (John) Paradise Lost, half-title, title printed in red and black, plates, captioned tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, c.1870 § Alighieri (Dante) The Vision of Hell, n.d.; The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise, n.d., illustrated by Doré, titles in red and black, frontispieces, plates, scattered spotting, short tear to front free endpaper of the first, scattered spotting, contemporary half-calf, lightly sunned spines, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, and others illustrated by Doré, folio (60
Lot 225
NO RESERVE Morris (William).- A Portfolio of photographs and research on William Morris designs, c.280pp. excluding blanks, majority with laid down black & white photograph and sheet of manuscript notes to verso, some with images cut from books or catalogues, a few other pieces of Morris related ephemera loosely inserted, many photographs or notes loose or working so, occasional light foxing or staining, loose in original cloth portfolio, lacking spine, worn, folio, [c.1970s].⁂ Thought to be compiled by Fiona Clark in preparation for the publication of her book "William Morris: Wallpapers and Chintzes" in the early 1970s. The notes accompanying the photographs include the title, material, dimensions and location of Morris' original designs, among additional information.
Lot 229
Barattieri (Giovanni Battista) Architettura d'Acque, 2 parts bound as 1 vol., half-title, 2 folding plates and woodcut illustrations, many full-page, by Ferdinando Santi, 2 marginal ink annotations, worming to front pastedown, half-title, title and index, some with neat tissue repairs, lacking front free endpaper, scattered spotting and staining, occasional browning, contemporary vellum, old repair to spine head and corners, worming, most to spine, folio, Piacenza, Lialdo Liandro Bazachi, 1699.
Lot 235
Gwasg Gregynog.- Giraldus Cambrensis. Itinerary through Wales..., edited by Brynley F. Roberts, number 61 of 280 copies signed by the artist, printed in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations by Colin Paynton, with prospectus containing an additional wood-engraving 'The Journey' by Paynton (numbered 47/150 and signed in pencil) loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, 1989 § Kilvert (Rev. Francis) The Curate of Clyro..., number 143 of 250 copies, wood-engravings by Sarah van Niekerk, original cloth-backed marble boards, uncut, 1983, folio & 8vo, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog (2)
Lot 242
Whittington Press.- Nicholson (William) An Alphabet, number 102 of 150 sets, 38 plates including 2 versions of E & T and some unused designs, all but four printed from the original woodblocks, 1978; An Almanac of Twelve Sports [and] London Types, one of 150 sets, 34 plates including 4 unused versions, 1980, together 2 vol., each with separate introduction by Edward Craig (one of 300 & 225 signed copies respectively, original wrappers), loose as issued, the first in original cloth drop-back box, the second in modern cloth drop-back box, both with illustration mounted on upper cover (the first hand-coloured), folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press (2)
Lot 251
Gillray (James), Attributed to. Original study for a caricature, "What the Devil do you call that...", pencil on wove paper without watermark, inscribed in ink 'No Sir it is only' and below 'What the Devil do you call that, [?]/ Pedigree of your family?', sheet 200 x 132 mm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in), hinged into mount with attribution to Gillray below, some handling creases and surface dirt, exposure lines to extreme edges, unframed, [circa 1800]Provenance:The Folio Society, London (label to mount, stock no. D 2987)Private collection, London
Lot 284
India.- East India Company.- Papers Presented to the House of Commons from the East India Company, concerning the late Nabob of the Carnatic, ink number to foot of title, small tape repair to upper cover, June 1802 § Papers Relating to East India Affairs: viz. Regulations passed by the Governments of Bengal, Fort St. George, and Bombay, in the Year 1814, leaves numbered in upper right corner in ink, light foxing towards end, Ordered by the House of Commons, March 1816 § Papers on the Subject of the Bengal Cyclone and Storm-Wave of the 31st October - 1st November 1876; and the Subsequent Cholera Epidemic, folding colour map as frontispiece, For Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1877 § Statement Exhibiting the Moral and Material Progress and Condition of India during the Year 1894-95, a few minor chips to margins, Ordered by the House of Commons, June 1896, modern wrappers, all but last with printed label to upper cover, lightly rubbed; and other similar reports on India, folio, 19th - early 20th century (c.35)
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