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Botanik - - Reeves & Sons. Floral Studies, published by Reeves & Sons. Mappe mit 12 (inkl. Titel- bzw. Umschl.-Bl.) chromolithographierten Tafeln. London, Reeves & Sons, ca. 1880. Folio. 12 Bll. in Pp.-Umschlag d. Zt. (etwas fleckig u. berieben, fehlt 1 Mappenflügel). Seltenes Album mit 12 farblithogr. Blumendarstellungen. - Nicht bei Nissen, KVK u.a. - Möglicherweise Werbemappe der Fa. Reeves & Sons für ihre Aquarellfarben (ohne weitere Texte). Die Fa. Reeves & Sons gilt als Erfinder der löslichen Aquarellfarben und verkaufte überwiegend Aquarellfarben, Malkästen, Pinsel und Malereiutensilien. - Teils etwas bestoßen, teils kleiner Ecknick, 1 Bl. mit kleiner äußerer Randläsur, insgesamt gutes Exemplar der sehr seltenen Mappe. Botany - Rare album with 12 colour lithographs of flowers. - Not in Nissen, KVK a.o. - Possibly an advertising folder of the company Reeves & Sons for their watercolours (without further texts). The company Reeves & Sons is considered to be the inventor of soluble watercolours and sold mainly colours, brushes and other painting utensils. - Partly somewhat bumped a. with small corner crease, 1 leaf with small outer marginal tear, overall a good copy of the very rare portfolio.

Marcus Tullius Cicero. M. T. Ciceronis libri tres de officiis, una cum Hieronymi Wolfii commentariis ... addita sunt et scholia brevia eiusdem in Catonem, Laelium, Paradoxa, et Somnium Scipionis ... 4 Teile in 1 Band. Mit 2 Druckermarken. Basel, Ex Officina Hervagiana (Impressum: Basel : Episcopius, Eusebius), 1569. Folio. 6 Bll., 732 Sp., S. 733-750, 26 Bll., 262 Sp., 1 S. 10 Bll., 1 S., 134 Sp., 9 Bll., 60 Sp., 4 Bll., 62 Sp., 1 S., 6 Bll. Schweinsleder d. Zt. mit Rollen- u. Plattenstempeln (etwas fleckig u. beschabt, ohne d. Schließen). Sammlung der philosophischen Werke Ciceros, herausgegeben mit einem ausführlichen Kommentar des deutschen Humanisten Hieronymus Wolf. - VD16 C 3211 - Mit den Werken: Scholia ... in Laelium (VD16 C 2917) - in Paradoxa (VD16 C 3479) - in Somnium Scipionis (VD16 C 3657) - in Catonem (VD16 C 3742). - Titel etwas fleckig, mit Name u. Nr. von alter Hand, erste Bll. kleiner Wasserrand am Oberrand, insgesamt gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Beigebunden: Aristides, Aelius, Oratoris Clarissimi Orationum Tomi Tres, nunc primum Latine versi a Gulielmo Cantero. Mit zahlr. figürlichen Initialen. Basel, Perna, 1566. 9 Bll., 650 S., 6 Bll. - Adams I, A-1703 - Schweiger I, 45. - Hervorragend aus dem Griechischen übersetzte Ausgabe der Reden des Aristides durch Wilhelm Canter (Vgl. ADB 3, 767-68). - Am Unterrand mit Wasserrand, die letzten Bll. (vor allem Index) größer werdend). Interesting collection with works by M.T. Cicero and A. Aristides. - Pigskin of the time with roll and plate stamps (somewhat stained and scuffed, without clasps). - I. Title somewhat stained, with name a. no. in old hand, first few pages with small waterstains at upper margin, overall a good and clean copy. - II. Lower margin with waterstains, the last few fol. (especially index) getting larger.

Art Déco - - Henri de Régnier. Le miracle du fil. Seize sonnets de Henri de Régnier et seize planches en couleurs de Yan B. Dyl. Mit 16 Farbtafeln in Pochoirkolorit, meist gold- u. silbergehöht, von Daniel Jacomet nach Yan Bernard Dyl. Paris, Simon Kra, (1927). Folio. 19 nn. lose Bll. (die Textseiten mit kol. Vignetten u. Initialen) in illustr. OU in OHLwd.-Mappe (Mappe teils berieben u. etw. angeschmutzt). Eins von 334 nummer. Exemplaren auf Canson Montgolfier Papier. - Carteret V, 166 - Monod 9557 - Text u. Vignetten in schwarz u. blau gedruckt. - Die Tafeln zeigen im eleganten Art Déco-Stil Spitzen aus Venedig, Brügge, Mecheln, Chantilly, Teneriffa u.a., getragen von schönen Frauen. Dyl stellte seine Gemälde 1937 und 1938 auf dem Salon des Tuileries aus. 1943 wegen Beteiligung am Widerstand verhaftet und starb er am 4. Dezember 1944 im KZ Buchenwald. - Textseiten teils mit Abklatsch, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Dabei: Zwei Original-Zeichnungen bzw. Collagen von Dyl, davon 1 handsigniert. One of 334 numbered copies on papier Canson Montgolfier. With 16 colour lithogr. plates with added pochoir colouring. - 19 loose leaves (the text pages with coloured vignettes and initials) in illustr. wrappers in illustr. orig. half cloth folder with mounted title on front board (folder partly rubbed and somewhat shop-soiled). - Plates with Art Déco illustrations of laces from various parts of Europe. Dyl exhibited his paintings in 1937 and 1938 at the Salon des Tuileries. He was arrested in 1943 for participation in the resistance and died on 4 December 1944 in Buchenwald concentration camp. - Added: Two original drawings or collages by Dyl, including 1 signed by hand. - Text and vignettes printed in blue and black. Some text pages with offset, otherwise in very good condition.

Burgart-Presse - - Jan Volker Röhnert. Sonnenquartette. Mit 7 Radierungen von Max Uhlig. Rudolstadt 2006. 10 Bl. Folio. OPbd. (Handeinband von Ludwig Vater, Jena). 34. Druck d. Burgart-Presse. - Die großformatigen Radierungen von Uhlig bis 40 x 20 cm. Eines v. 40 nummerierten Exemplaren der Ausgabe C (GA 60). Druckvermerk vom Verfasser und Künstler signiert. - Dieses erste Buch mit originalgraphischen Arbeiten von Max Uhlig erschien anlässlich seines 70. Geburtstags. - "Die Texte sind eigens für dieses Buch entstanden, ausgehend von einer Zeile, die Baudelaires Sonett 'Le vin des amants' beschließt" (Jens Henkel). - Schönes Exemplar. With 7 etchings by Max Uhlig. Original cardboard binding (hand-bound by Ludwig Vater, Jena). - 34th printing d. Burgart-Presse. - The large format etchings by Uhlig to 40 x 20 cm. One of 40 numbered copies of edition C (total edition 60). Printing note signed by the author and artist. - This first book of original graphic works by Max Uhlig was published on the occasion of his 70th birthday. - Fine copy.

Rechtswissenschaften - - Joseph Laurentius Maria de Casaregis. Opera omnia cum additionibus. Discursus legales de commercio. 4 Bände (in 3). Titelbll. (Bd. 1 gedruckt in Rot und Schwarz) mit wiederholter Holzschn.-Vignette und ganzs. gest. Porträt des Autors. Venedig, Ex typographia Balleoniana, 1740. Folio. Ppbde. d. Zt. mit handschr. RTitel. Schönes Exemplar des bedeutendsten Werkes zum Wirtschafts- und Handelsrecht im 17. Jahrhundert. - Kress 1852. Goldsmith 7737. Adelung I, Sp. 1715 - Die Ausgabe umfasst u.a. alle 186 Diskurse, die zu versch. Zeiten zu seinen Lebzeiten erschienen sind und auch die 38 Diskurse aus dem Nachlass. Casaregis' Werk gilt zu Recht als Höhepunkt der Handelsrechtwissenschaft im 17./18. Jahrhundert. Im Gegensatz zu den Vorgängern erfasst Casaregi die Thematik sehr viel differenzierter und umfaßt alle Themen des Handelsrechts. Casaregi verwertet die gesamte Rechtsliteratur, insbesondere die Rota-Rechtsprechung, aber auch die Decisionen- und Konsilienliteratur. Er arbeitete sein ganzes Leben an dieser Gesamtbestandsufnahme des Handels- und Wirtschaftsrechts bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. - Exlibris verso Titelbll. (teils stärker braun durchschlagend), sonst sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar. Fine copy of the most important work on economic and commercial law in the 17th century. 4 vols. bound in 3. Title-pages (vol. 1 printed in red and black) with repeated woodcut vignette and full engraved portrait of the author. Folio. Cont. Cardboard covers with handwritten spine title. - Bookplate verso title fols. (partly more brown bleed-through), otherwise very nice, clean copy.

Rechtswissenschaften - Reichsabschiede - - Aller des heiligen Römischen Reichs gehaltener Reichstäg Ordnung, Satzung und Abschied, sampt anderen Keyserl. und Königl. Constitutionen als Güldin Bull, Religion, Landfried etc. vom Jahr 1356 biß auff das 1598. auffgericht. Von Newem mit Fleiß ubersehen, auch Keyser Carln deß V. Peinliche Halßgerichts Ordnung beygetruckt. Mit Wappen-Holzschnitt auf Titel in Rot- und Schwarzdruck. Mainz, J. Albin, 1599. 44 Bll., 830 S., 1 w. Bl. Folio. - Angebunden: Abschiedt der Röm. Kay. Mt. auch Churfürsten, deputirten Fürsten und Stände ... zu Speyer im Jar M.D.C. auffgericht. Mit Titelholzschnitt. Mainz, J. Albin, 1601. 1 nn. Bl., 25 (recte 26) num. Bll. Folio. Zusammen in blindgepr. Schweinsldr. d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln (Hinterdeckel leicht wurmstichig, gering bestoßen, ohne die Schließen). IA 152.609 - VD 16 D 720 - Pütter II, 438, 751.7 und 418, 737.18 - Letzte und umfangreichste Gesamtausgabe der Reichsgrundgesetze des 16. Jahrhunderts, ergänzt um einen Einzeldruck des Speyerer Reichsdeputiertentages von 1600. - Mit zeitgenöss. Besitzvermerken von A. & M. Bregenzer, des Franziskanerklosters Hedingen u. dem Namenszug F. v. Laßberg, Sigmaringen, 1823. - Wenige alte Marginalien, minimale Wurmspuren am Schluß. Nur leicht gebräunt u. vereinzelt braunfleckig, insgesamt schön. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards (very minor worming). - A very fine copy of the last and by far the most comprehensive 16th century edition of this collection of imperial laws, rare.

Rechtswissenschaften - - Wiguläus Xaverius von Kreittmayr. Anmerkungen über den Codicem Maximilianeum Bavaricum civilem, worinn derselbe sowol mit dem Gemein- als ehemalig- Chur-Bayerischen Land-Recht genau collationirt, sohin der Unterschied zwischen dem alt- und neueren Recht, samt den Urquellen, woraus das letztere geschöpft worden ist, überall angezeigt, und dieses dadurch in ein helleres Licht gesetzt wird. 5 Bände. München, Vötter, 1758-1768. Folio. Ldr. d. Zt. mit 2 farb. RSchild. Etw. berieben u. bestoßen, 1 unt. Kapital mit Fehlstelle, Deckel wurmspurig). Erste Ausgabe. - Pfister I, 76. Stintzing/L. III/1, 225f. Stobbe II, 444. - Enthält Familienrecht, Eigentums- und Dienstrecht, Bräu-Gerechtigkeit, Brücken-, Forst-, Gastwirts- und Metzgerrecht, Erb- und Handelsrecht, Schul-, Bürger- und Handwerksrecht u. v. m. - Komplettes Exemplar mit den noch 1768 erschienenen Zusätzen. - Teilw. leicht gebräunt und wenig stockfleckig. 5 vols. Cont. leather with spine labels (somewhat rubbed and bumped, one lower capital with missing part, cover worm-marked). - First edition. - Contains family law, property and service law, brewery law, bridge, forest, innkeeper and butcher law, inheritance and trade law, school, civil and craft law and much more. - Complete copy with the additions published in 1768. - Partly slightly browned and a little foxed.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux. Avec des éclaircissements historiques, donnez par lui-même. Nouvelle Edition revu�, corrigée & augmentée de diverses Remarques. Enrichie de figures gravées par Bernard Picart le Romain. Mit 40 Kupferstichen von Bernard Picart. Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1718. 2 Bde. 5 Bll., XVIII, 2 Bll., 450 S., 2 Bll. 4 Bll., VII, 1 S., 370 S., 19 S., 2 Bll. Folio. Prachtvolle rote Maroquineinbände mit reicher goldgeprägter Fileten- und floraler Verzierung im Stil der Werkstatt von Luc-Antoine Boyet. Steh- und Innenkantenfileten. (etwas berieben und minimal bestoßen.) Möglicherweise eine der wenigen Large Paper Ausgaben. - "First deluxe edition of this great poet. It is recommended both by its beautiful typographical execution and by quite good engravings or vignettes". Brunet, I, 1058. - "Superb frontispiece...Copies in large paper of this luxury edition are very rare...Only four are known to exist". Cohen, De Ricci, 165-166. - Prachtvoll, das allegorische Frontispiz von Picart und die gefaltete Portrait-Tafel von Guillelmine Charlotte Princess of Wales. Der Text gänzlich eingefasst von Bordürenrahmen, die Kupferstiche in konstrastreichen, gratigen Abzügen, Lediglich im zweiten Band die letzte Lage etwas wasserrandig, sonst wohlerhalten und nur vereinzelt etwas gebräunt bzw. fleckig. Breitrandig. - Prachtvoll gedruckte Ausgabe in zeitgenössischen Handeinbänden. With 40 copper engravings by Bernard Picart. Splendid red morocco bindings with rich gilt fillet and floral decoration in the style of Luc-Antoine Boyet's workshop. Standing and inner edge fillets. (Somewhat rubbed and minimally bumped.) Possibly one of the few Large Paper editions. - "First deluxe edition of this great poet. It is recommended both by its beautiful typographical execution and by quite good engravings or vignettes". Brunet, I, 1058. - "Superb frontispiece...Copies in large paper of this luxury edition are very rare...Only four are known to exist". Cohen, De Ricci, 165-166. - Splendid, the allegorical frontispiece by Picart and the folded portrait plate of Guillelmine Charlotte Princess of Wales. The text entirely framed by border frames, the engravings in impressions rich in contrast, burrs, Only in the second volume the last layer a little waterstained, otherwise well preserved and only occasionally a little browned or spotted. Wide margins. - Overall in good condition. Splendidly printed edition in contemporary hand bindings.

Rechtswissenschaften - - Johann Benedict Carpzov. Jurisprudentia forensis Romano-Saxonica, secundum ordinem constitutionum D. Augusti electoris Saxon in partes IV divisa. Editio V. Mit gestoch. Porträt und gestoch. Titelblatt. Frankfurt u. Leipzig, Ritzsch, 1668. 43 Bll., 1492 S., 70 Bll. Folio. Pgt. d. Zt. (etwas fleckig, Rücken mit Fehlstelle und Einriß). Hauptwerk Carpzovs zum Zivilprozess, dekorative Ausgabe mit dem prachtvollen Porträt und gestoch. Titelblatt. - ADB IV, 11 ff. - VD17 14:016480L - "Im Zivilprozeß haben seine 'Jurisprudentia forensis Romano-Saxonica' (Teil I, Frankfurt 1638) und der 'Processus juris in foro Saxonico' den beherrschenden Einfluß gebrochen, den die italienische Doktrin auf diesem Rechtsgebiet bis dahin noch ausübte. Carpzov hat hier ebenso wie im Zivilrecht ... auf den vortrefflichen Arbeiten älterer sächsischer Gelehrter (Matthias Coler, Bartholomäus Reusner, Modest, Pistoris, Matthias Berlich und so weiter) aufgebaut" (NDB III, 156 f). - Vord. Vorsatzbl. beidseitig mit Register beschrieben von alter Hand, insgesamt gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Carpzov's main work on civil procedure, decorative edition with the splendid portrait and engraved title page. - Cont. vellum (somewhat stained, spine with missing part and tear). - Front flyleaf written on both sides with register by old hand, overall good and clean copy.

Valerius Maximus. Valerius maximus cu duplici c�menta rio historico videlicet ac litterato Oliuerii Arzignaneñ. & Familiari admodu ac succincto Iodoci Badii Ascsii. Qui quattuor & viginti expla Aldino auspicio nuper inuenta simili c�mentatione declarauit Et totum opus gemina Tabella: altera titulorum altera litterarum ordine illustrauit. Paris, Badius, Josse und Petit, Jean sowie Nürnberg, Koberger, Anton d.Ä., 1510. 8 nn. Bll., 400 Bll. Folio. Schweinsleder d. Zt. auf Holzdeckeln mit Schließen (1 etw. beschädigt) (etwas fleckig u. beschabt, mit mod. RSchild, kleine Wurmlöchlein). Erste Ausgabe. - VD16: ZV 31600. - Nicht bei Adams (Adams V 90 Ausg. 1513). - Schöner, zweispalt. Druck mit zahlr. Holzschnittinitialen, Titelbl. mit Druckermarke, gedruckt in Rot und Schwarz. - Titelbl. stärker hinterlegt und restauriert, erste Bll. mit erg. Ecke, teils etwas gebräunt und fleckig, mit zahlr. Annotationen (teils mit verzierten Initialen) von alter Hand, kleine Wurmspuren (meist) im Außenrand. First edition. Beautiful two-column print with numerous woodcut initials. Title page with printer's mark, printed in red and black. - Pigskin of the time on wooden cover with clasps (1 somewhat damaged) (somewhat stained and scuffed, with modern spine label, small wormholes). - Title-page more heavily backed and restored, first few p. with added corner, somewhat browned and spotted, with numerous annotations (some with decorated initials) by old hand, small worm marks (mostly) in outer margin.

Zoologie - Conchologie - - Pierre-Louis Duclos. Histoire Naturelle Génèrale et Particulière de tous les genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographies, où Description et Classification méthodique de toutes les espèces connues jusqu'à ce jour, représentées en couleur avec la figure et l'anatomie d'un assez grand nombre de mollusques nouvellement découverts. Genre Olive. Genre Colombelle. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit 48 handkolorierten lithographierten Tafeln (35 Tafeln (nummer. 1-33, 4bis u. 18bis) zur Oliva u. 13 Tafeln zur Colombelle) mit insg. 679 Muscheldarstellungen. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères und privater Verlag (Institut de France?), 1835-1840. 4 Bl., Taf. 2 Bl., Taf. Folio. Marmor. Halbkalbsleder d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel u. RVerg. (berieben, etw. bestoßen). Seltene erste und vollständige Ausgabe dieser Publikation, die der Beginn einer vollständigen Abhandlung über die Meeresschnecken der Welt hätte werden sollen. Mit Ausnahme eines Teils, der nach einer fünfjährigen Verzögerung 1840 jeweils zur Oliva und zur Colombelle veröffentlicht wurden, war dies alles erschienene. - In Bibliotheken meist nur unvollständige Exemplare, der Olive-Teil oft mit nur 24 statt 35 Tafeln (Hinweis auf zwei Ausgaben?). - Dance, Shell Collecting 161. - Tomlin. Shell sales III. - BM 1254. - Caprotti 187. - Nissen, ZBI 1170. - Schierenberg cat. 82, 176 (inkompl. Kollation). - Kohn. Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean (2014), S. 209f. - Der französische Malakologe Duclos (1783-1853) war Schüler und Anhänger Lamarcks und beschrieb viele Olividae und andere tropische Mollusken von vergleichsweise großer Größe. Er hatte eine Vorliebe für glatte, polierte Meeresmuscheln, wie aus dem 1854 veröffentlichten Verkaufskatalog seiner Muscheln hervorgeht. Duclos Sammlung, die 80.000 Exemplare aus der ganzen Welt umfasst und alle Molluskengruppen repräsentiert, wurde 1854 von Henri Lecoq erworben. Heute wird sie im Museum für Naturgeschichte Henri Lecoq in Clermont-Ferrand aufbewahrt und enthält Referenzstücke, die die Beschreibung neuer Arten ermöglicht haben. - Die Tafeln von Jean Gabriel Pretre und Henry Legrand gehören in Form und Farbe zu den besten des 19. Jahrhunderts. - Mit Besitzerstempel von Roberto Massimo Lawley (1818-1881), italienischer Naturforscher u. Paläontologe, bekannt für seine "Lawley Collection" (Haifischzähne). - Durchgehend papierbedingt etwas gebräunt und stockfleckig, im Text zu Beginn u. Tafeln vereinzelt stärker, insgesamt gut. 2 parts in 1 vol. With 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates (35 plates (num. 1-33, 4bis and 18bis) on the Oliva and 13 plates on the Colombelle) with a total of 679 illustrations of shells. Contemp. marbled half calf with gilt spine title (rubbed, somewhat bumped). - Rare first and complete edition of this publication, which should have been the beginning of a complete treatise on the marine gastropods of the world. With the exception of one part each on the Oliva and the Colombelle, published after a five-year delay in 1840, this was all that appeared. - In libraries mostly incomplete copies, the Olive part often with only 24 instead of 35 plates (indication of two editions?). - The French malacologist Duclos (1783-1853) was a student and follower of Lamarck and described many Olividae and other tropical molluscs of comparatively large size. He had a preference for smooth, polished marine shells, as can be seen from the sales catalogue of his shells published in 1854. Duclos' collection, which comprises 80,000 specimens from all over the world and represents all mollusc groups, was acquired by Henri Lecoq in 1854. Today it is kept in the Henri Lecoq Museum of Natural History in Clermont-Ferrand and contains reference specimens that have enabled the description of new species. - The plates by Jean Gabriel Pretre and Henry Legrand are among the best of the 19th century in terms of shape and colour. - With owner's stamp of Roberto Massimo Lawley (1818-1881), Italian naturalist and palaeontologist, known for his "Lawley Collection" (shark teeth). - Throughout somewhat browned and foxed due to the paper, in the text at the beginning and plates occasionally stronger, overall good.

Rechtswissenschaften - - David Mevius. Codex Mevianus, Hoc Est Decisiones Summi Tribunalis Regii, Quod Est Wismariae Super Quaestionibus Forensibus Causarum Praecipuarum Ad Istud Delatis, Quondam Voluminibus Novem. 3 Bände. Hrsg. von C.L. Leucht, mit Annotationen von O.P. Zaunschliffer. Augsburg, Dillingen u. Frankfurt, Bencard, 1703. 3 Bll., 812 S., 1002 S., 97 Bll., 45 Bll., 332, 174 , 127 S., 110 Bll. Folio. Pgtbde. d. Zt. mit handschr. RTitel (Bd. 3 Rücken etwas rot verfärbt). Seltene Ausgabe des Codex Mevianus, komplett in 3 Bänden. - VD18 80100023, VD18 80100031, VD18 8010004X. - Pütter I, 241 u. ADB 21, 546 (zum Autor). - D. Mevius war ein Rechtspraktiker und einer der bedeutendsten Juristen des usus modernus. "... Noch weiter reicht die Bedeutung und der Einfluß von Mevius' berühmten "Decisiones"s ... Sein Inhalt besteht in den chronologisch geordneten Entscheidungen des höchsten Gerichts, dessen Vice-Präsident M. war. Allein keineswegs sind die Urtheile einfach abgedruckt; sondern aus jedem ist der darin zur Anwendung gebrachte juristische Gedanke ausgezogen und als "Decisio" formulirt. Hieran schließt sich die juristische Begründung in knapper Ausführung, am Schlusse ist die Proceßsache, in welcher das Urtheil ergangen, mit dem Datum angegeben" (ADB). - Titelbl. von Bd. 1 in Rot und Schwarz gedruckt. - Teils etwas gebräunt (gelegentlich einige Bll. stärker), Bd. 3 teils etwas wasserrandig, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Rare edition of the Codex Mevianus, complete in 3 vols. Cont. vellum with handwritten spine titles (vol. 3 spine somewhat discoloured red). - Partly a little bit browned (occasionally a few more), vol. 3 partly a little bit waterstained, overall a good copy.

Philip u. Adrian Self Dobree. Blank Page. Mit 24 signierten Originalgraphiken von Gottfried Honegger, James Juszczyk, Charles Bezie, Francisco Soto Mesa, John Carter, Yves Popet, Perry Roberts, Claude Pasquer, David Saunders, Elizabeth Willmott, Jaak Vuylsteke et Nico W. Pot, James Hugonin, Richard Bell, Ian Tyson, Marian Bruce, Rity Jansen Hejtmejer, Albert Rubens, Tam Giles, Clifford Singer, John Goodyear, David Rubello, Ray Masters, Opi Zouni. Folio. OPpbde. (mimimal am Einband bestoßen). Wichtige graphische Reihenpublikation, die in 6 Bänden halbjährlich fortlaufend erschien. Sie beinhalten minimalistische, formalistische Kunst, sowie Arbeiten der geometrischen Abstraktion, gepaart mit literarischen Originalbeiträgen. "Blank Page will span three years (December 1988 to June 1991) as a biannual project. The format will remain much the same with the contents varying at each edition. We will build up a portfolio of writing and art of 110 different contributors from around the world over the three years "Ohne die Grafik von Dora Maurer in Bd. 4. - Wohlerhalten und sauber. With 24 signed original prints. Important graphic series publication that appeared in 6 volumes on a semi-annual rolling basis. They include minimalist, formalist art, as well as works of geometric abstraction, paired with original literary contributions. Blank Page will be published for three years (December 1988 to June 1991) as a biennial project. The format will remain largely the same, although the content will vary with each issue. Over the three years, we will build a portfolio of writing and art from 110 different contributors from around the world "Excluding Dora Maurer's print in Vol. 4 - Well Preserved and Clean.

Antillen - - L. Stobwasser. Ansichten von Missions-Niederlassungen der evangelischen Brüder-Gemeinde. Vues des Etablissemens missionaires fondés par la Communauté évangelique des Frères-Unis. Nur Tafelband. 4 Aquatintatafeln von F. Hegi u. J. Hurlimann nach L. Stobwasser. Basel, Birmann & Fils, (ca. 1830). Quer-Folio. Lose in lith. ill. OUmschlag (mit Randläsuren, angeschmutzt). BM, Maps I, 636. - Brun II, 101, 14 (Hurlimann). - Seltene Folge von Ansichten von der Missionseinrichtung in St. Johns, von Gracehill, Gracebay und Cedarhall auf der Insel Antigua. - Unbeschnitten. Tafeln etwas stockfleckig im weißen Rand, verso mit kleinem Stempel versehen. - Wunderschöne Suite, die von der Mährischen Kirche in Auftrag gegeben wurde. Antilles. - 4 aquatint plates by F. Hegi and J. Hurlimann after L. Stobwasser. - Rare set of views of the mission facility at St Johns, Gracehill, Gracebay and Cedarhall on Antigua Island. - Original lith. ill. wrapper (marginal tears, soiled). - Uncut. Plates somewhat foxed in the white margin, verso stamped. - Beautiful suite commissioned by the Moravian Church.

Astronomie - - Sigismund Visconti. Tableaux du systeme planetaire par Sigismond Visconti et. Adolphe Auguste Dufour. Mit 7 farbig in Punktierstich gestochenen Karten. (Paris: Charles Simonneau, 1830). 12° u. Folio. Hldr. mit gold RTitel u. Hldr. d. Zt. mit goldenen RTitel und blauem Deckelschild (etwas berieben). Houzeau & Lancaster 8172 (Nur der Textband). - Prachtvoller und seltener Atlasband mit dem meist fehlenden Textband. - Die eindrucksvollen 7 wunderschönen doppelseitigen Farbtafeln, die von A. Gianni nach den Zeichnungen von Sigismond Visconti für die ersten 5, von Visconti überarbeitet von Auguste-Henri Dufour für die 6 und von Dufour für die letzte Seite gestochen wurden, zeigen das Sonnensystem, den Orbit der jährlichen Umdrehung der Erde um die Sonne mit Angabe der Jahreszeiten, die Phasen des Mondes, die Eklipsen der Sonne und des Mondesm Fluss und der Rückfluss. Querschnitt durch die Erde, aufgenommen am Äquator und von der Seite des Arktischen Pols aus gesehen. - sowie die Planisphäre. Minimal vor allem an Rand seltener fleckig, wenige Knickspuren. Insgesamt gutes Exemplar in kraftvollen farbigen Abzügen. Selten. Astronomy. - Splendid and rare atlas volume with the text volume mostly missing. - The impressive 7 beautiful double-page color plates engraved by A. Gianni from the drawings of Sigismond Visconti for the first 5, Visconti revised by Auguste-Henri Dufour for the 6 and by Dufour for the last page, show the solar system, the orbit of the annual revolution of the Earth around the Sun with indication of the seasons, the phases of the Moon, the eclipses of the Sun and the Moonm flow and reflux. Cross section of the Earth taken at the equator and seen from the side of the Arctic Pole. - and the planisphere. Minimally spotted especially at margins rare, few traces of creases. Overall good copy in powerful colorful prints. Rare.

Rechtswissenschaften - - Giovanni Domenico Gaito. Tractatus absolutissimus de credito. Es libris, epistolis, cambiis, apocis, instrumentis publicis, obligationibus penes acta, omnique alia publica inter vivos scriptura, pignore, & hypothecis, in quatuor principaliora capita distinctus ... quam accurate disputabuntur, & enucleantur. Mit großer Druckermarke auf Titel und mehr. Holzst.-Vignetten. Colonia Allobrogum (d.i. Genf), Gamonetus, 1662. Folio. 5 Bll., 564 S., 63 Bll. Pgt. d. Zt. mit handschr. RTitel (etwas fleckig u. bestoßen, Rücken mit Wurmspuren u. dadurch etw. mit Fehlstellen). Seltene Genfer Ausgabe des Werkes über Finanzwissenschaften, Hypotheken, Kredite etc. - Vgl. Goldsmiths'-Kress 00573.3 (EA) - Gebräunt, handschr. Exlibris-Namenszug auf Titel. Rare Geneva edition of the work on finance, mortgages, loans, etc. - Cont. vellum (somewhat stained and bumped, spine with worm marks and thus with some missing parts). Browned, handwritten ex libris name on title.

Jugendstil - - Ernst Haeckel. Kunstformen der Natur. Mit 100 teils chromolithographischen Tafeln. Leipzig u. Wien, Bibliographisches Institut, 1904. 2 Bll., 100 Bll., 51 S. (Supplement). Folio. Dunkelgrüne ill. OLwd. (berieben und bestoßen, Rücken fehlend). Erste Ausgabe. - Nissen 1783 und II, 336ff. - Mit dem eingebundenen Supplementheft (Allg. Erläuterung und systematische Übersicht ). - Das bedeutende Tafelwerk schlägt eine Brücke zwischen Naturwissenschaft und Gegenwartskunst und stellt in überaus ästhetischer Form Kleinstorganismen aus dem Pflanzen- und Tierreich dar. "Dagegen ist den meisten Menschen größtenteils aber ganz unbekannt jenes unermeßliche Gebiet der niederen Lebensformen, die versteckt in den Tiefen des Meeres wohnen oder wegen ihrer geringen Größe dem unbewaffneten Auge verschlossen bleiben .. Die vorliegenden Kunstformen der Natur verfolgen den Zweck, jene verborgenen Schätze ans Licht zu ziehen und einem größeren Kreise von Freunden der Kunst und der Natur zugänglich zu machen." (Vorwort). Haeckels Mitarbeiter Adolf Glitsch schuf die Lithographien für dieses Vorlagenwerk der modernen bildenden Kunst. Seine Untersuchung der Formenwelt der Natur hatte bleibenden Einfluss auf das mit dem Jugendstil aufblühende Kunstgewerbe. - Papierbedingt zart gebärunt. Stellenweise etwas fingerfleckig, vereinzelt fleckig. With 100 partly chromolithographic plates. Folio. Dark green ill. orig. cloth (rubbed and bumped, spine missing). - First edition. - With the bound-in supplement. - This important work of plates builds a bridge between natural science and contemporary art and depicts in an extremely aesthetic form microorganisms from the plant and animal kingdoms. Haeckel's collaborator Adolf Glitsch created the lithographs for this model work of modern visual art. His study of the world of forms in nature had a lasting influence on the arts and crafts that blossomed with Art Nouveau. - Paper moderately browned. Somewhat fingerstained in places, sporadically stained.

Inkunabeln - - Biblia Latina. Mit großer Eingangsinitiale in Blau und Rot auf Goldgrund und durchgehend mit eingemalten Initialen und Lombarden in Rot und Blau sowie Druckermarke. Zweispaltiger Druck, 56 Zeilen. (Basel). Nikolaus Kessler, 1487. 435 (von 436) Bll. (ohne das Titelbl. - dies in Fotokopie beigebd. und ohne das laut GW nachträglich beigebd. Doppelbl. mit der Prefatio). Folio. Halb-Schweinslederband auf Holzdeckeln mit (das Leder erneuerten) Schließen und (mod.) goldgepr. RSchd. (Pergamentbezug stärker beschabt, oberes Kapital mit kl. Fehlstelle, teils mit kleinen Wurmlöchern). Erste Biblia-Inkunabel bei Kessler. - GW 4262 - Hain-C. 3100 - BMC III 765 - Goff B-585 - Erstmals mit dem Anhang "Translatores bibliae". - Prachtvoller Bibeldruck mit einer Fülle von eingemalten, teils größeren Initialen, abwechselnd in Rot und Blau. - Teils etwas gebräunt und leicht fleckig, am Oberrand teils mit schmalem Feuchtigkeitsrand, wenige Notizen von alter Hand, Bl. a2 etwas gebräunt u. fleckig, mit Besitzvermerken und kleinem Wurmloch im Außenrand (a3 noch schwach betroffen), Innendeckel alt beschrieben, 1 Bl. mit Eckabriß (außerhalb des Textes). Ab Blatt B2 sind 10 Bll. mit abnehmendem Brandloch im rechten Außenrand mit Textverlust, Bl. B2 größer (ca. 11 x 1,5 CM), die übrigen 9 Bll. mit ca. 1,5 x 4 cm Brandloch (kleiner werdend). First Biblia incunabulum by Kessler. Splendid Bible print with very numerous painted initials (some of them larger) and lombards, alternating in red and blue. - 435 (of 436) ll. (without the title fol. - this in facs. added and without the double leaf with the Prefatio added later according to GW). Folio. Half pigskin on wooden boards with (leather renewed) clasps and (mod.) gilt-embossed boards. (Parchment cover more scuffed, upper capital with small missing part, partly with small wormholes). - Partly somewhat browned and lightly spotted, at the upper margin partly with a narrow margin of moisture, few notes in an old hand, leaf a2 somewhat browned and spotted, with ownership notes and small wormhole in the outer margin (a3 still slightly affected), inside cover with old writing, 1 leaf with corner tear (outside the text). From leaf B2 onwards, 10 fol. with decreasing burn hole in right outer margin with loss of text, leaf B2 larger (c. 11 x 1.5 CM), the remaining 9 fol. with c. 1.5 x 4 cm burn hole (decreasing).

Jugendstil - - Album de la Décoration. 3e volume. Mit 60 Tafeln überwiegend in Chromolithographie. Paris, Librairie des Arts Décoratifs A. Calavas, um 1900. 3 Bll. Folio. OLwd.-Mappe mit einer Deckel-Illustration von Emile-Allain Séguy und Schließbändern (etwas berieben und bestoßen, leicht fleckig). Dritter von drei Bänden. - Prachtvolle Sammlung von Dekorations-Entwürfen namenhafter französischer Jugendstil-Künstler. Enthalten sind Entwürfe für diverse Bereiche des Kunstgewerbes: u.a. Paravents, Tapisserien, Buntglas-Fenster, Fächer, Friesen, Stickereien und Schmuck. Unter den vertretenden Künstlern befinden sich u.a. Paul Jouve, Emile-Allain Séguy, Edmond Aman-Jean und Henri Simmen. Einige Tafeln wurden von Bertin & Cie. als Chromotypographie ausgeführt, andere gedruckt von Courmont Frères & Cie und R. Engelmann. - Papierbedingt teils gebräunt. Mit kleinen Randläsuren. Farben leuchtend und sehr gut erhalten. Art Nouveau - With 60 plates mainly in chromolithography. Folio. Original cloth folder with a cover illustration by Emile-Allain Séguy and closing bands (somewhat rubbed and bumped, lightly spotted). - Third of three volumes. - Splendid collection of decorative designs by renowned French Art Nouveau artists. Included are designs for various fields of arts and crafts: among others screens, tapestries, stained glass windows, fans, friezes, embroideries and jewellery. Among the artists represented are Paul Jouve, Emile-Allain Séguy, Edmond Aman-Jean and Henri Simmen. Some plates were executed by Bertin & Cie. as chromotypography, others printed by Courmont Frères & Cie and R. Engelmann. - Paper partly browned. With small marginal defects. Colors bright and very well preserved.

NO RESERVE Courtonne (Jean) Traité de la Perspective Pratique, avec des Remarques sur l'Architecture, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece by Lucas after Courtonne (bound at end) and 33 plates, all but one folding, one or two a little soiled and frayed at edges, a few creased, one torn and repaired, modern calf-backed marbled boards, green roan label, uncut, spine slightly faded, [Berlin Kat. 4729; Fowler 94; Millard 56], folio, Paris, Jacques Vincent, 1725.

NO RESERVE Dorset.- Pouncy (J.) Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, Parts 1-4 in 2 [a complete set], first edition, lithographed title and 79 tinted photolithographed views, one double-page, advertisement leaf with list of subscribers at end of each volume, some foxing (as usual), original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, a little rubbed and marked, spines slightly faded, oblong folio, London and Dorchester, [1857].⁂ The first book illustrated by photolithography, where photographs were transferred onto lithographic stones which were then enhanced with figures, animals and other details by drawing. "Pouncy's important work was a transitional stage between drawing and unretouched photography in book illustration". McLean, Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing, p.128."As far as we know Pouncy's rare book was not only the first but remained the only attempt in book form to reproduce photographic views from nature by photolithography" Gernsheim, History of Photography, p. 546.A further two parts were proposed but never issued; rare to find complete.

NO RESERVE Turkey.- Krausz (Wilhelm Victor) Die Turkei Im Weltkrieg: Bildnisse und Skizzen, first edition, 47 plates tipped into 34 aperture mounts, most colour, small ink library stamp to title, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth, gilt, folder with ties, a little spotted and soiled, folio, Vienna, 1916; and others, mostly on Turkish-British relations following WWI, folio & 8vo (c.15)⁂ Commissioned by the Austrian War Ministry to celebrate victory at Gallipoli and featuring notable Turkish leaders including Enver Pacha, leader of the Young Turks, and Mustafa Kemal, later Prime Minister Ataturk, as well as the Ottoman forces and landscapes.

NO RESERVE Caricatures.- Stubbs (George Townley) Refreshment at St. James's, after Charles Ansell, presumably a companion print to 'Refreshment at St Giles's', etching and stipple engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 230 x 250 mm (9 x 9 3/4 in), good margins, under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1789]; together with a large folio album of over 150 Vanity Fair caricatures, all neatly trimmed and mounted to leaves, and another folio containing German and Austrian caricatures relating to the Congress of Berlin 1878, and another, 19th century (4)

NO RESERVE Music.- Bach (Johann Sebastian) XV Simphonies pour le Clavecin, first edition, first issue with Vienna imprint, engraved throughout with title and 19pp. musical notation, foxed, title lightly water-stained, frayed at edges, stitching broken, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, paper label to upper cover, [BWV 787-801; Hirsch III 61; RISM B 495], Vienna & Leipzig, [1801]; and 2 later volumes of Bach, oblong folio & 4to (3)⁂ Widely circulated in manuscript in Bach's lifetime this is one of several of his works only to be printed posthumously.

NO RESERVE Fréart (Roland, Sieur de Chambray) A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern, translated by John Evelyn, 2 parts in 1, fourth edition, title in red & black with woodcut vignette, 40 full-page engraved illustrations, some other smaller engraved illustrations and head- & tail-pieces, title lightly soiled and laid down, F1 stained, p.69 soiled and torn at lower edge affecting foot of image, modern half calf, green morocco label, [Harris 236; cf.Fowler 128 & 130 and Millard British 19, 1664 & 1707 editions], by T.W. for J. Walthoe [& others], 1733 § Halfpenny (William) Practical Architecture... or a sure guide to the Rules...representing the Five Orders, fifth edition, engraved throughout with title, dedication, Preface and 48 plates and tables of measurements, some light browning, plate 4 with contemporary ink measurements added and with measurement rule drawn onto front free endpaper, old inscription to front pastedown partly erased, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine and repaired, [Harris 309; Millard British 28], Tho: Bowles [& others], 1736; folio & 8vo (2)⁂ The second is a reissue of Halfpenny's first book, a useful builder's pocketbook first published in 1724. Halfpenny was the first architectural writer to translate the modular proportions of the orders according to Palladio into feet and inches.

NO RESERVE Bibliography.- Mortimer (Ruth) Harvard College Library...Part II: Italian 16th Century Books, 2 vol., Cambridge, Mass., 1974 § Goldschmidt (E.P.) The Printed Book of the Renaissance, second edition, Amsterdam, 1966 § Clair (Colin) Christopher Plantin, 1960 § Hinman (Charlton) The Printing and Proof-Reading of the First Folio of Shakespeare, 2 vol., Oxford, 1963 § Moxon (Joseph) Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing (16830-4), edited by Herbert Davis and Harry Carter, second edition, 1962 § Lowry (Martin) The World of Aldus Manutius, Oxford, 1979; Venetian Printing: Nicolas Jenson and the Rise of the Roman Letter Form, original wrappers, Herning, 1989, illustrations, all but the last original cloth, the first with slip-case, the rest dust-jackets; and c.40 others on early printing, 4to & 8vo (c.45)

NO RESERVE Galle (Theodoor) and his Circle. An album of 77 architectural prints, with a sheet of three original drawings probably by a Follower of Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596-1675), many of the prints from 'Variae Architecturae Formae', and others by or published by Hieronymous Cock, Johannes Vredeman de Vries, Dominique Barrière, D. Custos, and Theodoor Galle, and includes a sheet with three fine original black chalk drawings, two probably being head-piece print designs for an as yet unidentified title page, or possibly designs for part of a funerary monument, each decorated with putto, skulls, and skeletal figures of Death, possibly by an artist working in the circle of Abraham van Diepenbeeck or Galle and showing the influence of Rubens, engravings, various sizes, each trimmed within the platemarks and inset at edges onto album leaves, glue stains and browning throughout, spotting, surface dirt and handling creases, the sheet of drawings irregular in size made of two conjoined sections, but approx. 330 x 240 mm (13 x 9 1/2 in) on thick laid paper without watermark, tipped into album, 20th century cloth, spine lettered 'Galle Theatrical Scenery', folio, [c.1601 and later].

NO RESERVE Horst (Tieleman van der) Theatrum machinarum universale; of Nieuwe Algemeene Bouw-kunde, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, mixed set, text with half-title, contemporary red-stained parchment-backed marbled boards, rubbed, Atlas engraved throughout with half-title, vignette title, dedication and 30 double-page plates by Jan Schenk mounted on stubs, modern book-label of Artium Genio, later half morocco, a little rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2253], folio, Amsterdam, P. Schenk, 1739.⁂ Practical guide to building staircases, bannisters and stairlights; with the rare text volume.

NO RESERVE Menard (M.) Traité de la Coupe des Pierres..., edited by M.Mangin, engraved architectural title and 46 plates, a few folding, title lightly soiled and stained at lower margin, some browning, a few plates shaved at edge, folding plate 8 part 5 with tear causing hole to inner margin affecting border, old half cloth, rubbed, folio, Paris, Jean, n.d.⁂ On the art of stonecutting for building.

NO RESERVE Patte (Pierre) Monumens Érigés en France a la Gloire de Louis XV, first edition, engraved title-vignette and head-pieces, woodcut tail-pieces, 57 engraved plates, 17 double-page and 7 folding, privilege/errata leaf at end, title creased, occasional light spotting, mostly marginal, tear (repaired) and small hole to plate V, plate XXIV shaved at edges, one or two slightly frayed at edges, contemporary calf with decorative gilt-roll border, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, rebacked, red morocco label, new endpapers, [Berlin Kat. 2516; Millard France 130], folio, Paris, the Author, Desaint & Saillant, 1765.⁂ Important work on urban planning in eighteenth century France including proposals for what is now the Place de la Concorde as well as practical concerns such as sanitation and conservation.

NO RESERVE Pitrou (Robert) Recueil de Differents Projets d'Architecture de Charpente et autres concernant la Construction des Ponts, edited by Tardif, first edition, engraved throughout with title, dedication, 8pp. text and 35 double-page plates and plans mounted on stubs, 8 also folding, plate XI forming large overlay to plate X, with engraved approbation pasted to p.9, light soiling and staining to title, plate I slightly frayed at lower edge, small scratch to plate XXIII and with border shaved at one side, marginal staining throughout, mostly to lower outer corner, contemporary tree sheep, spine gilt in compartments with urns & lattice and red morocco label, a little rubbed and stained, a few scuffs, some wear to joints, small repairs to spine ends, corners and upper cover, folio, Paris, the Author's widow, 1756.⁂ Competition design project for the Place Louis XV on the Île de la Cité and other schemes in Paris by the Inspecteur Générale des Ponts et Chaussées de France during the 1730s & '40s, edited posthumously by his son-in-law. Pitrou was particularly accomplished in arching.

NO RESERVE R.I.B.A. Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 20 vol. comprising A-Z in 8 vol., Cumulative Index, and individual volumes on Campbell, Jones & Webb, Gentilhâtre, Lutyens, Papworth, Pugin Family, Scott Family, Stevens, Visentini, Voysey, and Wyatt Family, illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, a few slightly rubbed, folio, 1969-89. ⁂ An almost complete set of this monumental catalogue, lacking only the volume on Palladio.

NO RESERVE Règemortes (Louis de) Description du Nouveau Pont de Pierre, construit sur la Rivière d'Allier a Moulins..., first edition, plates only, fine engraved pictorial title and 16 plates & plans, 12 double-page, one also folding, all mounted on stubs, several plates defective at inner or outer margins (repaired) but plan lacking portion to image at central fold and final two plates with margins torn and frayed, plate 15 with 2 small holes affecting image, old cloth with large gilt-stamped ornamental morocco label mounted on upper cover, rubbed, rebacked in morocco, folio, Paris, 1771.⁂ Account of the construction of Règemortes' bridge across the river at Moulins, the fourth such structure after the previous one by Hardouin-Mansart was swept away in a flood. Begun in 1753 and completed ten years later, the bridge was at that date the longest in France at 300 metres. This copy is without the explanatory leaves of text sometimes found with the plates.

NO RESERVE Scamozzi (Vincenzo) L'Idea della Architettura Universale, 2 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved architectural titles incorporating portrait of the author, letterpress titles with large woodcut device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, numerous full-page woodcut illustrations, some double-page, 44 full-page engraved illustrations, 5 double-page, with 2 blank leaves but lacking Register leaf (p.371) at end (as often), plate on p.62 of Book 6 not pasted over, first engraved title lightly soiled, otherwise an excellent clean copy, engraved bookplate of Thomas Worsley Surveyor General of His Majesty's Works, eighteenth century calf, rubbed, a few scuffs and gouges, rebacked in morocco, spine gilt, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Berlin Kat. 2605; Fowler 292; Millard Italian 123], folio, Venice, Giorgio Valentino, 1615.⁂ After Palladio's Quattro Libri this was the most influential architectural work of the early seventeenth century.Thomas Worsley (1711-78), of Hovingham Hall, Yorks., landowner, horse-breeder and amateur architect who was Surveyor of the Office of Works from 1760 until his death. He designed the stables at Marske Hall near Richmond, Yorks., for John Hutton and his own Hovingham Hall with its unusual entrance via a manège.

NO RESERVE Schübler (Johann Jacob) Nützliche Anweisung zur Unentbehrlichen Zimmermanns-Kunst, 44 engraved plates, Nuremberg, J.C.Weigel, 1731; Nützliche Vorstellung wie man...bequeme Repositoria, compendiose Contoirs und neu-façonirte Medaillen-Schräncke..., engraved frontispiece and 19 plates, Nuremberg, J.C.Weigel, 1730 bound after Heimburger (Jost) Neu-eröffneter Bau- und Zimmer-Platz, title in red & black (shaved and laid down, old ink library stamps), 20 folding engraved plates only (of 22, lacking plates 9 & 10), some torn and defective at edges (repaired/laid down), Frankfurt & Leipzig, J.G.Böttiger, 1729, together 3 works in 1 vol. (the last bound first), first editions, the plates of the last bound after preliminaries of the first work, washed, modern pigskin, gilt ornaments to corners and centre of boards, slightly rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2180, 2182 & 1184], small folio⁂ The first and last concern the construction of strut-frames for buildings, staircases, bridges etc.; the second item is on the design of cabinets for collectors and shopkeepers for storing coins, manuscripts, prints and books. Several include elaborate mechanical devices to rotate shelves and drawers.

NO RESERVE Soane (Sir John).- House of Commons. Papers...[&] Further Papers...relating to the Building a New Infirmary, and Leasing of Ground, at Chelsea Hospital, 3 parts in 1, first edition,12 folding engraved plans, 7 hand-coloured or partly so, the last 3 printed in sepia, with 2 contemporary manuscript leaves of copies of further letters between the Treasury and a Col.Gordon bound in at end, engraved bookplate of Ronal Ryall, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, some worn patches, rebacked preserving most of old red roan label, folio, 20th April,10th May & 8th June 1809.⁂ The government had purchased a site for an infirmary next to Chelsea Hospital, due to be executed by John Soane, then Clerk of Works to the Hospital, but sold off a portion on a long lease to Col.Gordon to build a house. These papers include Soane's proposals and reports. The additional letters bound in concern the boundaries.

NO RESERVE Boffrand (Germain) Description de ce qui a été pratiqué pour fondre en bronze d'un seul jet la Figure Equestre de Louis XIV...elevée par la Ville de Paris..., engraved frontispiece, head-piece by Cochin after Boucher and 19 plates, 12 double-page or folding, a few plates numbered in ink in contemporary hand, small ink stains to frontispiece and facing French title, 1743; Livre d'Architecture contenant les Principes Generaux de cet Art, engraved head-piece by Tardieu after Boucher and 68 plates by Blondel, Herisset, Tardieu & others (numbered I-LXX but plates XXI & XLVII omitted), all but one double-page, with extension to plate XLIX bound at end (usually pasted as flap) and plate LI misnumbered XXXIII and bound after plate XXXIII, 1745, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, both with titles and text in Latin & French (text printed in double column), the Marquess of Bute's copy with his engraved armorial bookplate of Luton Hoo library, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, [Berlin Kat. 2402 & Fowler 53, second work only; Millard French 30, 2 works bound together], folio, Paris, Guillaume Cavelier⁂ Two works by the one of most important French architects of the early eighteenth century, bound together as often. The first contains fascinating plates showing the casting of the great bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV for the Place Vendôme in 1699, the largest bronze statue to be cast in one piece to that date. The plates depict the model, mould and wax, armature, construction of the furnace, and casting and finishing of the statue, celebrating the technological achievement as much as the work of art. The second features examples of Boffrand's work in Paris, Nancy, at Malgrange and the Würzberg Reisdenz.

NO RESERVE [Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da)] [La ii Parte dell Architettura dell Vignola e'altri famossi Architetti...], 42 plates only (of 55), 3 folding, no title or text but letterpress descriptions of facing plate to verso of first 13 plates (in Italian, French, Dutch, German & English), plate 40 with ink stain, [Amsterdam, Jansson], [1642] bound with [Regnart (Valérian) & Domenico Parasacchi.] 9 engraved plates of half-facades in Rome, [cf. Millard N.European 106], [Amsterdam], [?1642] and Radi (Bernardino) Varie Inventioni per Depositi, engraved title and 8 plates, [cf.Millard N.European 104], Rome, 1625 and 6 unsigned engraved plates of altars, with an additional engraving of a church loosely inserted, first plate lightly soiled, some browning, later cloth-backed boards, rubbed, spine faded, [Berlin Kat. 2586; Fowler 362; cf.Millard N.European 132: Vignola Part I 1619 bound with Regnart & Radi engravings], folio; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return⁂ Collection of plates often found bound together, in various editions, including facades of Roman churches, fountains, facades of Dutch houses, mantelpieces, tombs, and altars.

NO RESERVE Wells-Cole (Anthony) and Barbara Walker. Wallpapers at Temple Newsam 1635 to the Present, Leeds, 2018 § Bristo (Ian C.) Interior House-Painting Colours and Technology 1615-1840, New Haven and London, 1996 § Cliff (Stafford) The English Archive of Design and Decoration, 1998 § Beard (Geoffrey) Upholsterers and Interior Furnishing in England 1530-1840, New Haven and London, 1997 § Bourne (J.) and Vanessa Brett. Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau, 1991 § Turner (Laurence) Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain, 1927, illustrations, original cloth or boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, the last a little marked and faded; and 7 others on interior decoration, some pamphlets, 4to & folio (13)

NO RESERVE Besson (Jacques) Theatre des Instrumens Mathematiques et Mechaniques...avec l'Interpretation des Figures d'icelluy par François Beroald, title with elaborate woodcut allegorical border, woodcut ornaments and initials, full-page diagram, 60 engraved plates by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau and René Boyvin, 2 old ink inscriptions to foot of title (one crossed out), plates 1-29 with contemporary ink annotations to head of fore-margin or upper margin forming tabs (reinforced), some light marginal staining, title frayed and reinforced at upper edge, dedication defective at upper outer corner not affecting text (repaired), one or two plates with small stain to images, B2 of preliminaries misbound after B3, small old ink library stamp to verso of title, later half calf, rubbed, lower corners repaired, [Adams B838; cf.Berlin Kat. 1769, 1579 edition; cf.Millard French 22, Latin edition], folio (c.395 x 270mm.), Lyons, Barthelemy Vincent, 1578.⁂ One of the earliest French books on machinery and engineering, first published in Latin in 1569. It depicts pumps and irrigation systems, furnaces, mills, fire-fighting equipment, lathes, saws, dredging equipment, carriage suspension, bridge- & ship-building etc. There are three editions with the date 1578, one in Latin, this in French, and a third with title in Latin and French (text in French). They all contain the same plates.

NO RESERVE [Emerson (William)] The Principles of Mechanics, second, enlarged, edition, 43 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink signature of John Perry of Watlington to front pastedown with annotation to one leaf and his bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, trace of old library stamp to upper cover, rebacked preserving old morocco label, corners repaired, [Bibliotheca Mechanica, p.101], 4to, J.Richardson, 1758 § Chambers (Ephraim) Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vol., seventh edition, double-page engraved frontispiece, titles in red black, 19 engraved plates (?of 20, no plate 5), some folding, folding Caslon type specimen, 3Q1 in vol.1 with short tear to fore-edge repaired, light marginal staining to vol.2, modern calf, folio, for W.Innys [& others], 1751-52 § Babbage (Charles) The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment, second edition, diagrams, 3 full-page, lacking final leaf of advertisements, later ink signature to head of title, some light spotting or marginal soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, John Murray, 1838; and vol. XLIII of The Quarterly Review of 1830 containing reviews of Babbage's Reflexions on the Decline of Science in England and Lyell's Principles of Geology, v.s. (5); sold not subject to return

CARR COL. R. E. & C. E.  The History of the Family of Werge of Northumberland. Port. & other plates. Folio. Half morocco. Newcastle, 1891; also vols. re. families of Mosley & Maitland.  (3).

Photographs. Algiers & North Africa. Worn dark half morocco oblong folio album cont. 62 sepia & other plate size photographs (20cms x 26cms & others) of Algiers & North African scenes incl. buildings, historic sites, tribesmen, genre etc. Some Etude Instantane, P. Famin et Cie etc., some titled in the print. Inscribed "This book of photographs of Algiers in 1892 is given to Cecilia who was there in 1900".

Photographs. Howard Family. Guests & Distinguished Persons. Well worn oblong folio album cont. 200 plus photographs, various sizes, very many of individual friends & guests, activities etc. Noted to incl. Stanley family, Gilbert Murray, Charles & Cecilia`s wedding, Giovanni Costa, Arthur Ponsonby, Benjamin Jowett (with pasted in letters), Basil Temple Blackwood, Viscount St Cyres, Sir Henry Acland, Gladstone, 9th Earl sketching, rooms at Balliol, university friends, cuttings ref. the obstruction of the Avon at Charlecote etc. Early 1890`s.

Photographs. India. Rubbed dark morocco oblong folio album cont. over 65 Victorian photographs of Indian interest, plate size (approx. 18cms x 23cms) depicting buildings & historic sites; also others of Indian interest, 2 family groups etc., uncaptioned, & a ship in the Suez Canal by Hippolyte Arnoux, no. 63.

Photographs. India. Dark half morocco oblong folio album cont. approx. 150 late Victorian/Edw. photographs, 13cms x 8cms, plus a few others, mostly smaller, genre, building, historic sites, colonial & local people, elephants etc. Uncaptioned.

Photographs. West Indies. Half dark morocco oblong folio album cont. 53 fine plate size sepia & other late Victorian topographical photographs, approx. 25cms x 19cms plus others, smaller (over 90 in all), views, buildings, botanical/jungle, a few genre etc. Some captioned. Incl. 5 images of trees by Norton Bros & Co., & Indian woman & orchard workers by Felix Morin. Views in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Grenada & Domenica; also 5 of Venezeula. Sir Henry Blake, governor of Jamaica at the time so 1888-1898.

Photographs. India. Oblong folio album, poor bdgs, brds. det. but present cont. approx. 75 plate size, 18cms x 24cms, sepia & other Victorian photographs plus a few others, smaller. Views, building & historic sites incl. Udaipur, Jaipur, Agra, Taj Mahal & Delhi.

Photographs. North Africa. Italy. Folio album in def. bdg. cont. 70 plus mainly 19th cent. sepia plate size photographs (20cms x 26cms etc.) of ancient ruins, historic buildings & works of art. Several by A. Beato, others by P. Sebah, Neapolitan ateliers etc.

BOURNE HENRY. The History of Newcastle upon Tyne. Fldg. map in facsimile, old reps. to title. Folio, Rebacked calf. Newcastle, 1736.

"Subject Matters of Lord Lonsdale`s Letters". Approx. 160 neatly written manuscript pages detailing the subjects of Lord Lonsdale`s letters from September 1807 to October 1813 & December 1827 to November 1838. The details are succinct but give sufficient information, sometimes with quotes, on the contents of many of the letters as to be interesting and useful to the researcher. Included within the text is the "Minute Book of the Executors of the Late Dr Satterthwaite ... died at Lowther Rectory ... 1827". Folio. Quarter calf in marbled brds.

HORSLEY JOHN.  Britannia Romana or The Roman Antiquities of Britain in Three Books. 5 double page eng. maps & many other eng. maps, plans, plates & illus. Folio. Old panelled calf, neatly rebacked, internal browning & mkg, mainly to upper margins. 1732.

Victoria History.  The County of Cumberland. 2 vols. Illus. Folio. Orig. red cloth, bright cond. 1901 & 1905.

Victoria History.  The County of Huntingdonshire. 3 vols. plus Index vol. Illus. Folio. Orig. red cloth. Ex Law Society lib., 1926-1938.

Victoria History.  The County of Bedford. 3 vols. plus Index vol. Illus. Folio. Orig. red cloth. Ex Law Society lib., 1904-1914.

Photographs. Various. Oblong folio album, worn cond., cont. approx. 100 photographs, various sizes, Castle Ashby (1869 etc.), small ports. (incl. Frederick Leighton), family groups at Ampthill (incl. G. Howard sketching), Lowther family, plate size interior & exteriors of Naworth  (1868 etc.), Rosalind Howard (1868), small photos. of Northumberland, others incl. Italy, reproductions of portrait paintings etc., incl. repros of Burne Jones, King's wedding, Alysa Belle performing The Lament.

Photographs. Various. India. Folio album, poor. cond. & lacking upper brd., cont. approx. 100 photographs, various sizes, family, topography, portrait, works of art etc. Also 56 sepia prints, 9cms x 11cms of native life in India incl. people, animals etc. (captioned).

WALKER JOHN.  An Attempt Towards Recovering an Account of the Numbers & Sufferings of the Clergy ... Who Were Sequester'd, Harrass'd &c in the Late Times of the Grand Rebellion. Folio. Rubbed brown half morocco. 1714.

LEIGH CHARLES.  The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire & the Peak, in Derbyshire, with An Account of the ... Antiquities in Those Parts. Eng. port. frontis & eng. plates. Folio. Def. calf with brds. det. but present. Oxford, 1700; also Gregson's Portfolio of Fragments ... Duchy of Lancaster, 1869 & 1 other.  (3).Condition report:Leigh - All plates there, as called for 26 in total including map (no plate list though). Pagination very random.  Condition not great, browning, foxing and damp staining, etc. 

MR BUDDLES REPORTS, WORKINGTON COLLIERY.  Manuscript folio vol. with some diagrams & plans reporting on named pits in the Workington area, commentary on the workings, with recommendations, etc. About 150 detailed pages dating from 1814 to 1823. At the end of the book is a copy lease of the mines of the Rectory of Workington to J. C. Curwen. John Buddle (1773-1843) "the leading mining engineer of his day" was manager of Wallsend Colliery until employed by John Christian Curwen to advise on the Workington mines. He was an expert on ventilation & introduced improved working practices. There was a Buddle Pit at Workington which closed in 1853 because of excessive flooding. A photocopy of this work (copyright protected) was provided to Whitehaven Museum by the late Mr Cole, in 1994.