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Alken (Henry) Driving Discoveries, first edition, bound without title, 7 hand-coloured  aquatints, modern half-burgundy morocco, label tooled in gilt to upper cover, [Bobins 749], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, 1817. 

Planché (J.R.) Souvenir of the Bal Costumé, given by Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, at Buckingham Palace, May 12, 1842, first edition, additional chromolithograph title, 52 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates after Coke Smyth, each with decorative floral border printed in gold, text printed in blue, occasional foxing (including to plate of Prince Albert), upper hinge broken and front endpaper torn, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, [Colas 2403; Bobins 899], folio, Colnaghi and Co., 1843. *** The fine plates depict the elaborate costumes designed for and worn by the hosts and guests, royalty and aristocracy, at the fancy-dress ball given by Queen Victoria in May 1842.  

Seymour (James) Twelve Prints of Hunters & Running Horses, taken in various Actions, 12 engraved plates after Seymour, untrimmed with good margins, the first a little browned with chip to foot of margin, held together with neat stitching, preserved in custom drop-back box with label to upper cover, [Bobins 787; Schwerdt 160], oblong folio, Bowles & Carver, [c.1800]. *** A rare set of horse prints that did much to popularise sporting art.

[Harding (Edward)] Costume of the Russian Empire, second edition, additional engraved title and 72 plates, all hand-coloured stipple-engravings, titles and text in English and French, some foxing (mostly to text) and light offsetting, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, [Colas 704; Lipperheide 1342; Bobins 194] small folio, Printed by T. Bensely...for John Stockdale, 1810. *** A handsome copy of this second edition, Colas remarking that the impressions of these plates are as good as the first edition of 1803. Provenance: N.C. Colthurst of Ardrum, Co. Cork (bookplate). 

Hassell (John) A Series of Original Specimens Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hassell after Dewint, Turner, Prout, Payne, Cartwright and others, some restoration and light finger-soiling to margins, original printed wrappers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, repair and restoration to extremities, light rubbing and creasing, preserved in morocco-backed drop-back box, [Bobins 656; not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, Thomas McLean, 1818. *** Rare issue of this work that appeared in an expanded form as Hassell's Aqua Pictura. We have been unable to trace any institutional copies of this work.

Atkinson (John Augustus) Atkinson's Characteristic Groups, Scenery and Costumes of Great Britain,16 hand-coloured aquatint plates, loose as issued, stab wholes present to margins but without stitching, occasional faint spotting and soiling, contemporary drab wrappers, also with stab holes, original printed orange label to upper wrapper, a little soiled and creased, housed in modern blue cloth portfolio with ties, [Bobins 1206], folio, William Miller, [c.1808] *** A scarce suite remarkably preserved, displaying beautiful details of contemporary costume and topography.

Könitzer (Georg) Gewerbe-Festzug zur Feier des funfzig jahrigen Jubilaums der Vereinigung der Stadt Hof mit der Krone Bayern am 30. Juni 1860, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates by A. Heinrich and E. Bauer after Könitzer, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, repaired tears to extremities, patch of staining to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1238; not in Colas], large folio, Leipzig, Gisecke & Devrient, 1860. *** Rare fête book recording the procession held on 30th June 1860 to commemorate the union of the town of Hof with the Kingdom of Bavaria. King Ludwig I commissioned Könitzer, a local artist, to commemorate the event.

[Newdegate (C. N.)] Sketches from the Washington Races in October 1840 by An Eye Witness, 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates by C.N.Newdegate, each with quatrain printed beneath, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, a fine, fresh copy, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 783], folio, [1840]. *** A fine copy of this rare work depicting African-American jockeys competing at the Washington race course in Charleston, South Carolina.

Erinnerungen an Tyrol und Ober-Bayern, lithographed title and 10 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates, foxing, original cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, wear to spine tips and corners, rubbed, folio, Vienna, J. Rauh für L. T. Neumann, [c.1850]. 

Stack (Frederick Rice) Souvenir of the Emperor Napoleon. Consisting of Six Drawings made in the Island of Saint Helena, large paper copy, lithographed dedication and 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Charles Haghe after Stack, each neatly mounted on think card, descriptive text (with light offsetting and foxing and the occasional short marginal tear), original half morocco with gilt lettering and Napoleonic emblem to upper cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, small patch of discolouration to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Bobins 114; cf. Abbey, Travel 319 (ordinary paper copy with tinted plates)], folio, E. Gambart & Co., [1859]. *** The large paper issue with fine hand-coloured plates. These views were taken by an army officer thirty years after the death of Napoleon. The text is by Mrs. Ward, a one-time resident of the island.

Souvenirs de la Suisse, 75 fine tinted and hand-coloured lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic, mounted as issued with printed caption mounted to foot of lower margin, plate-guards, light vertical crease to inner margin of first few plates, scattered foxing, mostly marginal but straying into the odd image, publisher's book-label "F. Charnaux, Maison des Trois Rois, Genève" to front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, [Bobins 1682], oblong folio, Geneva, F. Charnaux, [c.1840]. *** The handsome deluxe issue of this work containing extensive landscape and urban views of Switzerland, including Chamonix, Mont Blanc, Lausanne, Zürich and Geneva.

Pollard (James) Scenes on the Road: a Trip to Epsom and Back, 4 hand-coloured aquatints, 2 with long marginal tears, one with marginal loss to bottom corner, bookplate, original printed paper wrappers laid down and bound-in, tear to upper cover (neatly repaired), modern black morocco-backed boards, modern green buckram, [Bobins IV, 1405; Siltzer p.222], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, 1838. *** Provenance: Joel Spitz's copy with his bookplate. Last sold as Lot 97 at Christie's on 27 May, 2015.

Parrocel (Charles) Differentes attitudes de la cavalerie et de l'infanterie, engraved title and 139 hand-coloured plates, Paris, c.1725, bound with, Recueil de differentes attitudes de cavaliers et de dragons, engraved title and 11 hand-coloured plates, Paris, [c. 1730], together 2 vol. bound as 1, most plates numbered, some by hand, occasional pencil marginal notes, one or two plates with faint marginal staining, bookplates, 19th-century half-calf, Sachsen-Teschen copy with their monogram in spine compartments, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Bobins V, 1588; Brunet IV, 387. Mennessier de la Lance II, 288], folio. *** Provenance: Duke Albrecht von Sachsen-Teschen with his monogram to spine, and early label to front pastedown. F.C. Koch, Rotterdam, with his bookplate; sale Hamburg, 11 December 1974.

Mankell (Julius) Anteckningar Rörande Svenska Regementers Historia, 32 chromolithographed plates by Nordmann, Salmson, Abraham Lundqvist and others, all within elaborate sepia lithographed borders, some occasional light offsetting, original cloth lettered in gilt on upper with inset chromolithographed illustration, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, a little spotted and rubbed, [Bobins 409; Colas 1961], folio, Stockholm, Fritze, 1864. 

Alken (Henry) A Few Ideas being Hints to All Would-Be Whips, set of 6 fine hand-coloured etched plates, some light marginal finger-soiling, ink stamp to endpaper,19th century half calf, original printed upper wrapper featuring title within decorative border bound in, [Bobins 761; Schwerdt I, p. 14; Tooley 27], folio, Thomas McLean, 1827. *** Among the rarest of Alken's works to be found published separately.  Provenance: Ex Bibiotheca Pruggensi (ink stamp).

[Browne (Hablot K.)], "Phiz". How Pippins Enjoyed a Day with the Fox-Hounds, first edition, 12 chromolithographed plates by Browne finished by hand, some light marginal spotting or finger-soiling, pencil ownership inscription to endpaper, half morocco over pictorial boards, repaired vertical crack to upper cover, rubbed, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, [Bobins 1394; Schwerdt, I p.84] oblong folio, Fores, [1863]. 

Alken (Henry) Symptoms of Being Amused , vol.1 (all published), first edition, soft-ground etched pictorial title and 41 plates, all hand-coloured, several with repaired tears, one backed, all with tissue guards, some marginal soiling, contemporary cloth, recased, oblong folio, [Schwerdt I, p.27; Tooley 57; Bobins 755], Thomas McLean, 1822. 

[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Do and Some Don't; It is all a Notion, first edition, one leaf of letterpress, 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, original printed upper wrapper with title bound in (reinforced at inner margin), modern full red morocco, gilt, [Schwerdt I, 22a; Siltzer p.70; Tooley 50; Bobins 752], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1821]. *** Rare suite of humourous sporting prints under the pseudonym of Ben Tally-Ho. Provenance: Baron Nathan of Churt (bookplate).   

de Sotto (Serafín María, Third Count of Clonard) Album de la Caballeria Española, desde sus primitivos tiempos hasta el dia, hand-coloured lithographed half-title and title (title heightened with gold) and 69 hand-coloured lithographed plates by D.J. Villegas, heightened with gum arabic, occasional light soiling,19th century half roan, lettered in gilt on upper cover, extremities rubbed, some splitting to joints, [Bobins 1277; Colas 632; Lipperheide 236; Palau 55713], oblong folio, Madrid, Imprenta y Litografia Militar del Atlas, 1861. *** An illustrated history of Spanish cavalry costume up to 1861. de Sotto was a nobleman who served as Spanish Prime Minister for one day in October 1849.

[Hayez (Francesco)] Costumi, Vestiti alla Festa da Ballo data dal Nobilissimo Sig. Conte G. Batthyany la sera del 30 gennaio 1828, first edition, 60 hand-coloured lithographs, lacking engraved title, occasional marginal staining, occasional spotting (mostly marginal), contemporary marbled boards, chipping to spine extremities, a little rubbed, housed in red cloth folding box, [Not in Colas or Lipperheide. Bobins IV, 1232], folio, Milan, Giuseppe Elena, 1828. *** During the Milan Carnival of 1828, the Hungarian Count Antonio Giuseppe Batthyany invited the Milanese aristocracy to a ball in his palace in Porta Orientale. He employed the Italian painter Francesco Hayez, a leading artist in mid-nineteenth century Milan renowned for his grand historical paintings and exceptionally fine portraits, to record the sumptuous event. Among the portraits illustrating the various costumes worn by the guests, Hayez included a portrait of the Count and a self-portrait. Very few complete copies are recorded in libraries, probably because many of the characters portrayed were able to keep the plate with their illustration.

Chalon (Henry Barnard) Six original preliminary drawings for 'Passions of the Horse'; [together with] the suite of six "proof" prints, [drawings] pencil, black chalk and stumping, some white heightening, each signed and dated, on wove papers, various sizes between 265 x 475 mm (10 1/2 x 18 3/4 in) and 370 x 480 mm (14 1/2 x 18 7/8 in), some signs of careful restoration and each tipped onto conservation tissue support, some large repaired tears within the images, each neatly hinged into uniform mounts tipped onto stubs, modern blue cloth boards, black morocco label to upper cover, gilt, c.1825-1827; [prints] Passions of the Horse: an entirely New Work Described in Six Subjects, lithographs on chine collé, each inscribed "proof", excellent bold impressions, each sheet approx. 450 x 530 mm (17 3/4 x 20 7/8 in), some minor marginal repairs, each neatly hinged into uniform mounts tipped onto stubs, modern blue cloth boards, black morocco label to upper cover, gilt, Ackermann & Colnaghi & Co. et al., 1826, [Bobins 771], oblong folio (2) *** The six Passions of the Horse include: Rage & Agony; Love; Joy, or Gladness of an old favourite hunter; Affection; Courage; Terror

Wengen (Gottfried Durst von) Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833., 28 hand-coloured lithographs, untrimmed and loose as issued, contemporary brown paper wrappers, light spotting, housed in modern grey box, [Bobins IV, 1250; Lipperheide Sn 27 (27 plates only); not in Colas], folio, Verlag der Drausnicksche Buch und Kunsthandlung, Bamberg, [1833]. *** Rare to find complete and in original untrimmed state.

Pinelli (Bartolomeo) Raccolta de' costumi di Roma e suoi contorni, 50 hand-coloured etched plates by Pinelli, foxing and light browning, 19th century red half morocco, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, rubbed, some wear to corners, [Bobins, 595; Colas 2386], oblong folio, Rome, Scudellari, 1819. 

C. (W.) Portraits of Brood Mares Belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court, 24 hand-coloured lithographs, several plates and ff. with short tears (neatly repaired), one plate with small marginal loss to corner, occasional light spotting, original upper wrapper bound-in, modern half-morocco, [Dejager 350; Mellon/Podeschi 155; Mellon/Snelgrove, p.197], folio, 1837. *** A fine and rare series of horse portraits at the Royal Stables at Hampton Court, including Arabian horses from Oman. 

Alken (Henry) [A Trip to Ascot Races], 8 hand-coloured engraved panoramas on 4 leaves, each window-mounted, light marginal spotting and staining, small abrasion mark to one plate, housed in modern burgundy cloth folder, ribbon ties, fractional rubbing to corners and extremities, [Bobins IV, 1297], oblong folio, [1827].

Lysons (Samuel) A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, one of 12 large paper copies, engraved title page and 111 plates, all but 5 hand-coloured with line and wash borders, plate 84 in 2 states, title-page and first f. foxed, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, [Bobins 1697; Lowndes 1425], large folio, T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. *** "The plates which I have etched from my own drawings do not pretend to the character of finished engravings, I nevertheless flatter myself that the manner in which they are executed will not be thought wholly inadequate to the subjects. These etchings are sometimes assisted by the roulette." Samuel Lysons. *** Provenance: Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledeclune and Morar; Lindsay Fleming; W.R. Jeudwine (bookplates)

Semple (Miss) The Costume of the Netherlands, first edition, half-title (bound after engraved title), engraved title with hand-coloured aquatint vignette and 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates, text in English and French, occasional scattered spotting and light finger-soiling, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, joints a little rubbed, [Bobins 430; Tooley 449; not in Abbey], folio, Ackermann, 1817. 

Bamberg Carnival procession.- Lachmuller (John Baptist) Die grosse oeffentliche Maskerade zu Pferde und zu Wagen in Bamberg am Fastnachts Montage 1837, 28 hand-coloured lithographs, some watermarked 'M. Muller', loose as issued, contemporary blue paper wrappers, tiny tears to folds with neat restoration, housed in modern grey box, Bobins IV,1240, folio, Bamberg, Johann Baptist Lachmüller, 1837. *** Rare. The twenty-eight plates depict carnival figures on horseback and riding in horse-drawn wagons; each plate with a descriptive caption, signed J. B. Lachmüller. They show the people of Bamberg disguised as Greeks, Tartars, Chinese, and Jews; as characters from the Commedia dell’Arte; Harlequin, Pantaleon, Pierrot, and Polchinello; caricatures of people from all levels of society, including people dressed up as animals, cats and bears and monkeys; as apothecaries; 'Lord Cockborn und sein Jockei'; as characters from folklore, such as the clown Hanswurstansky, Pumpernickel, Quasimodo, etc.

[Alken (Henry)] [Collection of seven drawings], later printed title, 7 pencil drawings, some captioned in ink and pencil,  two with Alken's pencil annotations to verso, all window-mounted, tiny chip to one plate affectings odd letter of caption, 2 plates a little rubbed with faint abrasion marks to corners, light spotting, modern half-morocco, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, oblong folio, [c.1815-30].

Russia.- Owen (Major Charles Henry) Sketches in the Crimea, lithograph title and 6 tinted lithographs with hand-colouring, one folding, title with short marginal tear and neat repair, occasional light spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, rebacked retaining original backstrip, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Bobins I, 207], oblong folio, Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, 1856.

Ackermann (Rudolph) The Royal Navy, 6 hand-coloured aquatints, Ackermann blind-stamp to lower corner of  2 plates, 2 plates with short tears, occasional marginal finger-soiling, slight bumping to lower corners, half-dark blue morocco by Riviere and Son, g.e., a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Not in Abbey, Colas or Lipperheide. Bobins II, 338; Ogilby 23], folio, 1848-49.

[Peake (Richard Brinsley)] The Characteristic Costume of France..., first edition in book form, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 18 plates by Peake, plate-guards, some offsetting onto title, light foxing, bookplate to front pastedown, crushed red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spine a little darkened, some light rubbing to joints, g.e., [Abbey, Travel 87; Bobins 544; Colas 2297], folio, William Fearman, 1819. *** Depicting a variety of scenes including arriving at Calais, fishermen, the interior of a coffee house, the Palais Royale, a gambling table, street characters, the catacombs and a morgue. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Godsmid-Stern-Salomons (armorial bookplate).

Moro (C., editor) Episodios de la Guerra de Africa 1859-1860, first edition, 2 lithograph vignette titles, one printed in sepia, the other in blue, 24 tinted lithograph plates, extra-illustrated with 4 lithograph portraits, one with marginal repair, all leaves guarded, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Bobins 1587], oblong folio, Madrid, C. Moro, [1860]. *** Rare pictorial account of the war between Spain and Morocco, which culminated with victory for the Spanish at Tetuan. Several artists and lithographers were involved in the production of this "patriotic and propagandistic work" (Bobins): Carlos Mugica, Vicente Urrabieta, Eusebio Zarza, Jose Villegas and Bernardo Blanco. 

Buckler (E. H.) Illustrations of the Collegiate Church of Southwell... with an Architectural Description by the Rev. J. F. Dimock, 9 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue-guards, original printed wrappers, spine neatly reinforced with green cloth (a little frayed at spine ends), light rubbing and creasing to covers, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1428; not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, Simkin, Marshall, and Co., [1835]. *** Rare, we can trace no other hand-coloured examples at auction.

Bunbury (Henry William) Fac similes of Sketches... Never Before Published, No.1 [all published], set of 7 hand-coloured lithographed plates by W.Hunt after Bunbury on 5 sheets, light marginal soiling, stitched in original buff printed wrappers, a little soiled and creased, slightly frayed at edges, preserved in folding chemise and custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1322; not in Abbey], folio, printed by C.Hullmandel for R.Ackermann, 1825. *** Scarce. Intended as a series of 4 issues, each with 5 plates, but only this first issue was published. Subjects include 'Dose-ing the Squire' and 'The Complete (April 1st) Angler'. Only two copies recorded at auction.

Alken (Henry) [Hunting Discoveries], 7 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates, each dated March 1 1817, first 2 plates with repaired marginal tears, some light foxing (mostly marginal), modern brown half morocco over marbled boards with green morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 750; c.f. Schwerdt I, pp.22/23], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, 1817. *** A later issue of Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Hunting, which was published a year earlier. 

France.- Riguad (Jacques) [A Sett of Views in and about the City of Paris and other Palaces in France], 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, numbered by hand in upper corner, without letterpress title, light marginal soiling, original paper wrappers, rubbed and worn, chipping and small loss to corners and extremities, housed in modern cloth portfolio, [Bobins IV, 1466], oblong folio, [c.1770]. *** A rare suite of views of Paris and the Royal Palaces. 

[Hauslab (Franz von)] Darstellung der K.K. Oesterreichischen Armee mit allen Chargen in XXXVI Heften, 2 vol., lithograph title with hand-coloured vignette, 205 hand-coloured lithographs, each trimmed and pasted to blue paper with printed military decorations, scattered spotting, damp-staining at end vol. 1 (not affecting images), bookplate, near contemporary green morocco, g.e., publisher's printed wrappers pasted to boards, richly gilt spines, a little rubbed, [Bobins V, 1578], 4to, Vienna, Joseph Trentsensky, [1823]. *** The work was issued in thirty-six parts and features lithography by Franz von Hauslab, a major innovator of chromolithography in cartography and the printing of topographic maps. Some copies also include a separately numbered 24-plate folio supplement that is not present here.

Alken (Henry) [Coursing], a set of 6 hand-coloured etched plates, some light spotting or toning and neat restoration, window-mounted with a modern letter-press title added, modern red crushed morocco, gilt, [Bobins 1376; Schwerdt pp. 19-20; Tooley 43], oblong folio, 1824. *** Comprising plates 20-25 from the 50-plate series The National Sports of Great Britain.

[Bowyer (Robert)] The Campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and other principal scenes of action, first edition, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates on 4 sheets (1 fodling), engraved plan and 2 plates of portraits, wood-engraved illustration, original boards, rebacked with later cloth, printed label to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, later endpapers, [Abbey, Life 354; Bobins 1134; Tooley 98], folio, by T. Bensley and Son, 1816. 

[Pettenkoffer (August) & Josef Anton Strassgschwandtner]. Die k. k. Österreich‘sche Armée nach der neuesten Adjustirung, lithograph title and 36 hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic, scattered spotting, one or two faint abrasion marks, modern cloth, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, slight chipping to spine, [Bobins II, 381; Colas 2337; De Ridder 60; Hale p.705; Lipperheide Qc 21 (illustrated); Vinet 2172], folio, Vienna, Verlag der Kunsthandlung Alois Leykum, [n.d. but c.1854]. *** Complete with the rare lithograph title. Karl August von Pettenkofen became a student at the Viennese Akademie der bildenden Kunste in 1834. A decade later he joined the military and served in the Dragon Regiment of Louis I of Bavaria. During this time the artist found inspiration in the uniforms of the Austrian army and dedicated the following two decades to producing watercolours and lithographs of military garb. Anton Strassgschwandtner equally was a student of the Viennese Art Academy (1843-5). In a similar fashion to his collaborator, his main artistic focus was depicting military and hunting scenes.

Egerton (Daniel Thomas) The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion, first edition,12 hand-coloured engraved plates, light scattered spotting, contemporary half calf with red morocco label to spine, upper cover detached, extremities rubbed, original upper wrapper bound in, [Abbey, Life 286; Bobins 642; Tooley 204], oblong folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [watermark 1824] *** Rare first edition; illustrating the essential qualities of a fashionable beau, the captions below providing ironic commentary on the foibles of the time.

Barenger (James) [New Invented Borders for Rooms...Representing Field Sports in Great Variety], 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates with aquatint grey wash borders, plates 5-15 loose, captions to plates 4 and 6 trimmed with loss, marginal tear to plate 21, tear within plate to plate 22, some marginal foxing and staining, contemporary roan-backed marbled wrappers, covers repaired and torn, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Mellon, p.43; Siltzer, p.79; Bobins 1176], long oblong folio, C. Random, 1809-10. *** The title comes from the plate captions with no letterpress issued. The suite of plates represent various sporting subjects intended for decorating a room - hunting, racing, coursing and shooting - and were engraved by J. Sutherland and H. Merlee after Barenger, a successful sporting artist, who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1807 and 1831. Rare at auction with no copy bar this one traced. 

Frankland (Sir Robert) The Southern Hounds, first edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, original dark brown wrappers bound in at end, later dark green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere, g.e., [cf. Schwerdt II, p.168 for later issue; Siltzer p.121; not in Jeanson or Tooley; Bobins 1180], oblong folio, C. Turner, 1813-15. *** The fine plates bear different imprints from those cited by Schwerdt, although many of the dates correspond. This copy with all plates reading "by C. Turner Warren Street [or 50 Warren Street] Fitzroy Square". Plate 2 is dated "October 21, 1814" and plate 5 "July 1st, 1813", both undated in the Schwerdt copy. 

Dighton (Robert) [Caricatures], album of 50 hand-coloured etchings, on wove paper, some with subject identified in faint contemporary hand in ink or pencil at foot (either within platemark or lower margin), stab-holes, some plates with light soiling or offsetting, first plate a little stained and with small hole to edge not affecting image, final plate a little spotted, one or two short marginal tears, later half morocco, uncut, rubbed, oblong folio, 1794-1815. *** A good collection of caricatures of figures of the day including Mother Goose of Oxford [Rebecca Howse, flower-seller], 1807; Old Q-uiz the old Goat of Piccadilly [Duke of Queensberry], 1796; Members of the Whig Club, 1798; John Bellingham, 1812; The Classical Almamater Coachman, Oxford [Mr Bobart], 1808; Agamemnon a great General, [Gen. Dalrymple] 1804; The Specious Orator [James Christie], 1794; A View of Norfolk [Duke of Norfolk], 1796; George the IIIrd, 1810.

Smith (Charles Hamilton) Costume of the British Army, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, engraved dedication leaf, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates by I.C. Stadler after Smith, lacking title, original upper wrapper to part 1 of Ancient Costume of England erroneously bound in at beginning, modern red half morocco, [Colas 2754; Tooley 456; Bobins 391], folio, 1812-15. *** Provenance: Robert M. Rosenbaum (bookplate) 

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Alexander II (Emperor of Russia) Giostra corsa in Torino addi XXI di Febbraio, M DCCC XXXIX, nel passaggio di sua altezza imperiale e reale Alessandro Gran-Duca Principe Imperiale Ereditario di Russa., title printed in gold an silver, within decorative border incorporating the arms of Savoy, 7 hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum Arabic, signed f. Gonin 1839, occasional spotting, mostly marginal, occasional faint finger-soiling, bookplates, contemporary printed boards, bumping to corners, light soiling, weak joints, [Bobins II, 574], folio, Turin, Tipografia Chirio e Mina, 1839. *** Provenance: Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, Milano; bookplate of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1816-88), full name Eugenio Emanuele Giuseppe di Savoia Principe di Carignano. 

Alken (Henry) Hunting Recollections, the set of 6 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings with series title to head and captions and imprint below, neatly mounted into album, without letterpress title, bookplate to front pastedown, pigskin-backed green buckram gilt by The Lakeside Press, Chicago, morocco label to upper cover, slip-case (a little frayed at extremities), [Bobins Mellon/Snelgrove 31; Schwerdt III, p. 4 (this copy)], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, 1 January 1829. *** Schwerdt-Spitz copy of this rare series.  Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (purchased from his collection 15 March 1939); Joel Spitz, sold his sale (bookplate and ink stamp, sold his sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 114). 

Alken (Henry) [Sporting Anecdotes], 16 hand-coloured etchings, Alken's original pencil drawing of 'plate 4' bound-in, Alken's original watercolour sketch of 'plate 12' bound-in, interleaved with blanks, one with ink annotations, 5 plates with marginal tears (repaired), disbound, housed in modern red morocco-backed box, [Bobins IV, 1384; Siltzer, p.62 calls for 18 plates, but also some with different titles than cited in this copy], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, [1833-37].

Kunike (Adolf Friedrich) Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes von seinem Ursprunge bis zu seinem Ausflusse in das schwarze Meer, forward by Dr. Georg Rump, 264 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, light damp-staining, occasional foxing and very light toning, creasing to letterpress leaves, ink inscription to foot of title, linen-backed map of the Danube loosely inserted, 20th century boards with 19th century spine, spine rubbed, [Bobins 1445], oblong folio, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. *** A complete set of this superb sequence of lithographs by Kunike following the course of the Danube from its source to the Black Sea.  The commission for producing the original drawings on which Kunike based his lithographs was initially undertaken by Rudolf Alt until his fear at the dangers inherent in the later reaches of the Danube as it entered the Ottoman Empire caused him to resign at the mid-point, leaving Ludwig Erminy to complete the sequence. We can trace no other complete hand-coloured set appearing at auction.

Pollard (James) [Epsom], 6 colour aquatints, heightened with gum arabic, paper watermarked 'Whatman' and dated 1835 or 1837, light marginal finger-soiling, bookplate, contemporary roan-backed boards, number '12' to upper cover, upper cover sunned, rubbing to corners and spine extremities, housed in modern morocco-backed box, joints beginning to split, rubbed, [Bobins IV, 1402; Mellon/Snelgrove 23, p.134; Siltzer, p.222], oblong folio, [1835-36]. *** Provenance: Joel Spitz's copy with his bookplate and ink-stamp. 

[Dibdin (Thomas Colman)] [Scenery of Torquay and Babbicombe], 6 hand-coloured lithograph plates by William Gauci after Dibdin and Edward Vivian, tissue guards, foxing, lacks title, original roan-backed limp cloth, lettered in gilt "Environs of Torquay" on upper cover, spine splitting, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with black morocco label to upper cover, [cf. Abbey, Scenery 332; Bobins 1427], oblong folio, Torquay and London, Cockrem, Eliot & Barrett, and Ackermann & Co., [c.1841]. *** Rare, with only one copy at auction (2016) listed on RBH. Abbey calls for 5 plates only; our copy has "Torquay, from the summit of Park Hill" by Day & Haghe after E. Vivian bound as plate 5.  

Alken (Henry) [Fores's Hunting Sketches: the Right and Wrong Sort, or a Good and Bad Way of Going Across Country], 6 hand-coloured aquatints, heightened with gum arabic, without title, occasional light marginal spotting and staining, bookplate, near contemporary half-calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, lightly sunned, [Bobins II, 763; Dixon 121; Schwerdt I, pp.179-80; Siltzer p.65], oblong folio, [1859].

Schetky (J. C.) A series of four sketches, illustrative of various situations of His Majesty's Ship Pique, on her homeward voyage, from the moment of her coming off the rocks on the coast of Labrador, until her being docked at Portsmouth, 4 hand-coloured lithographed plates, original printed wrappers, stitched spine renewed, some light creasing, preserved in custom chemise, [Abbey, Life 343; Bobins 62], oblong folio, Portsea, Trives & Maynard, 1835. *** Rare, WorldCat lists one copy only (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Ottawa). The H.M.S. Pique ran ashore in the Strait of Belle Isle near the Labrador Peninsula. She crossed the Atlantic without her rudder and taking on water, reaching Portsmouth a month later. On arrival the vessel was repaired and a large rock, which had plugged a hole in her hull and prevented her taking on more water, was removed. The rock remains on display in Portsmouth today.

L'Allemand (Fritz) Die Kaiserlich Koniglich Oesterreichische Armee in Laufe Zweyer Jahrhunderte, lithographed title (lightly foxed) and 40 hand-coloured lithographed plates by L'Allemand, 19th century calf-backed boards, lettered in gilt on upper cover, light rubbing to extremities, repairs to corners, [Bobins 364; Colas 1742], oblong folio, Vienna, J. Bermann & Sohnn, [c.1846]. *** The pictorial history of Austrian uniform, displaying 240 outfits from 1600 to 1840.

[Browne (Hablot K.)], "Phiz". A Run with the Stag Hounds, first edition, 12 chromolithographed plates by Browne finished by hand, a very good, clean copy, book label to front pastedown, original pictorial boards, sympathetically rebacked and recornered in modern morocco, [Bobins 1393; Schwerdt, I p.84], oblong folio, Fores, [1863]. 

[Alken (Henry)] [Six Drawings of Sporting Notions], later printed title, 6 pencil drawings, one with ink annotations to verso, light spotting, occasional light marginal staining, bookplate, modern half-morocco, fractional rubbing to corners and extremities, oblong folio, [1815-30]. *** Provenance: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's copy with his bookplate. Last sold as Lot 622 at Christie's, South Kensington on 30 October 2012. These sketches are preliminary drawings for Alken's famous 'Sporting Notions' series. 

Alken (Henry) [Thoughts while Fox Hunting], first edition, 6 hand-coloured etched plates after Alken, plate 1 with short tear and slightly soiled at lower edge, plate 4 torn and repaired along inner plate-mark, a few trimmed to just within plate-mark at lower edge but captions and imprints all intact, later green half morocco, gilt, lettered "Going a Pace" on upper cover, spine slightly faded, [Siltzer p.73; Bobins 1625; not in Abbey, Mellon or Tooley], oblong folio, Thos. McLean, 1833. 

Alken (Henry) Sporting Notions, first edition, complete set of 36 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings or etchings with aquatint, on thick paper with good margins, 1 plate ("Notions") with repaired tear running into plate margin, occasional very slight toning and some light finger-soiling to margins, title taken from upper wrapper, trimmed and laid onto card with ruled border, contemporary half morocco, morocco label to upper cover, gilt, extremities a little rubbed, g.e., [Bobins 1381; Schwerdt I p.23; Siltzer p.73; Tooley 54], folio, T.McLean, 1832-33. 

Isenring (J.B.) Thurgegenden. Eine Sammlung Malerischer Landschaften an und in der Naehe der Thur, engraved title with oval vignette, 4 explanatory otline plates, 20 fine hand-coloured aquatints and map, tissue-guards, some foxing to title and some margins, plate 14 rather stained, contemporary tree sheep, rubbed, [Bobins 1440], oblong folio, Luetisburg im Toggenburg, 1825. *** Fine series of Swiss views with delicate colouring. Provenance: Bernet Mittelholzer (bookplate).