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Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart, engraved panorama extending over 3 plates and 56 engraved plates & plans, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, 1753; The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria, 47 engraved plates & plans, 11 double-page and folding, engraved inscription to text, 1757, together 2 vol. in 1, first editions, most plates by Fourdinier or Thomas Major after G.B.Borra, some light foxing or browning, particularly to central fold of second work, light water-staining to lower margin of a few plates, most notably plate XII of Balbec (also with short tear to margin), handsome modern half vellum, spine titled in gilt and with elaborate gilt tooling, slightly rubbed at lower edges, [Berlin Kat. 1884 & 1887; Blackmer 1834 (French edition) & 1835; Fowler 443 & 444; Harris 939 & 936; Millard British 92 & 93], folio⁂ Handsomely-bound pair of works, the result of the author's travels in the Levant in 1750-51 accompanied by the draughtsman Giovanni Battista Borra. The "Ruins of Palmrya...was by all accounts a triumph such as no English architectural book had ever before achieved. Here was the first of a new breed of archaeological works presenting the results of on-the-spot investigations of ancient monuments, with ostensibly accurate measured drawings of the ruins, precise descriptions of the state in which they were discovered, and exact copies of what inscriptions there were". (Harris).

Zabaglia (Niccola) Castelli, e Ponti...con la Descrizione del Trasporto dell'Obelisco Vaticano...del Domenico Fontana, first edition, engraved frontispiece of the author demonstrating pulleys and title-vignettes, title, preface leaf and text in Italian & Latin (on facing pages printed on one side only), 54 engraved plates, 4 double-page and/or folding and mounted on stubs, a good clean copy, modern calf-backed speckled boards, spine gilt with red calf label, spine a little rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2755; Millard Italian 166], folio, Rome, Niccolo & Marco Pagliarini, 1743.⁂ Account of Zabaglia's engineering feats and equipment, particularly in the construction of St.Peter's Basilica in Rome; with a description of Fontana's transportation of the Vatican obelisk, one of the greatest engineering feats of the Renaissance and a project requiring some 900 men, 150 horses and 47 cranes.

Zeiller (Martin) Topographiae Galliae, oder Beschreibung und Confrafaitung der vornehmsten...Frankreich, 13 parts in 2 vol., first edition, additional engraved allegorical title, Gothic letter,18 folding engraved maps and 304 plates & plans by Caspar Merian, 83 folding or double-page mounted on stubs, some browning to text (mostly vol.2) but plates and much of text very clean, modern calf, spines ruled in gilt with red morocco labels, [Millard N.European 84-92], folio, Frankfurt, Caspar Merian, 1655-61.⁂ An almost complete set of this magnificent topographical work, lacking only some engraved titles and a handful of plates, and including panoramas, birds-eye and other views of Paris and other cities and towns.

Z[eiller] (M[artin]) Topographia Germaniae inferioris. Das ist Beschreibung und Abbildung der der Vornehmsten Stätten Vöstungen und Ohrter...in den XVII Niederlandischen Provintien..., ?second edition, engraved allegorical title (no letterpress title), Gothic letter, 12 double-page engraved maps and 108 plates & plans by Caspar Merian mounted on stubs, 43 double-page or folding, title and text lightly browned, plates clean and bright, two modern bookplates, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed, corners and head of spine slightly worn, [Millard N.European 83, 1670 edition], folio, Frankfurt, Caspar Merian, [?1659].⁂ With folding panoramas of Amsterdam, Leiden, Rotterdam and others and all other plates as listed except for view of Lille. Millard points out that this appeared in the first edition only.

Zonca (Vittorio) Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per varie et sicure operationi, second edition, title with woodcut architectural border, 42 full-page engraved illustrations, old ink inscription to title and with a couple of contemporary ink marginalia, some light spotting and water-staining at end, Bibliotheca Mechanica book-label, modern morocco-backed paste-paper boards, spine faded, slip-case, [Berlin Kat. 1775], folio, Padua, Francesco Bertelli, 1621.⁂ Interesting work with fine plates of machines such as cranes, mills, and hydraulic devices but also for paper-making, printing and spinning. It contains the first illustration of a gig-mill for raising nap on cloth.

Bosse (Abraham) Traité des Manieres de Dessiner les Ordres de l'Architecture Antique..., engraved throughout, lacking frontispiece but with title, dedication to Colbert and 44 plates including text, stain to lower margin of plate VII and small ink stain to plate XVI, light marginal soiling to a few plates, 1664; Des Ordres de Colonnes en l'Architecture..., engraved throughout with architectural title and 20 plates including text, 1664; Representations Geometrales de plusieurs parties e Bastiments faites par les Reigles de l'Architecture Antique, engraved throughout with title, 2 leaves of text and 10 plates, lacking folding plate of Corinthian orders but with additional plate of doorway bound in at end, 1659, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink inscription to foot of first title, some leaves reinforced at edges, modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, [Berlin Kat. 2378, 2379 & 3858; Fowler 57, 60 & 63], folio, Paris

Brees (Samuel Charles) The Portfolio of Rural Architecture, a Series of Drawings in the Italian Style, for Villas, etc..., first edition, 16pp. text (stitched), 15 hand-coloured lithographed plates loose as issued, final plate slightly torn and creased at one corner, ex-Donaueschingen library copy with old ink oval stamp to title and another to front pastedown, original roan-backed embossed cloth folder with ties, upper cover titled in gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn and torn, [Not in Abbey], folio, 1841.⁂ According to Hugh Pagan, "the rarest British colour plate architectural pattern book of the first half of the nineteenth century". Catalogue 36, item 16, 2000. Six designs are featured: the first five each with two plates, one depicting a view and another with elevations and plans; the final design for "a fashionable villa reisdence" has 5 plates of two views, plans, and two of elevations. Library Hub records 3 UK copies (BL, University of Wales and V & A) although the last has a slightly different title and is dated 1843. WorldCat lists 3 more of the 1843 edition. Brees is more well-known as an engineer and author of Railway Practice of 1837-40 (see previous lot).

Brettingham (Matthew) The Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Leicester, to which are added, the Ceilings and Chimney-pieces..., second edition, 66 engraved plates & plans on 65 sheets, 7 folding and/or double-page, without the 4 additional plates sometimes found at end (as in the Millard copy), old ink signature of John P.Boileau to head of title and another later pencil inscription "James Fletcher Watson 18 April 1957", a few plates lightly browned or with marginal soiling but generally clean, some lightly water-stained at upper edge, contemporary half calf, uncut, rubbed, spine worn at foot, [Berlin Kat. 2336; Harris 48; Millard British 8], folio, T.Spilsbury for B.White and S.Leacroft, 1773.⁂ Greatly enlarged second edition of this architectural record of Holkham Hall, Norfolk, the seat of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, built by Brettingham to designs by William Kent under Lord Burlington's supervision. It was first published in 1761 in a similar format to Isaac Ware's work on Houghton Hall (see lot 285), but omitted to mention Kent as the architect. After Brettingham's death in 1769 his son Matthew issued this second edition in which he admits that Holkham was designed by William Kent, and not his father as had been claimed in the first edition. It includes many more plates, mostly of ceilings and chimney-pieces.Sir John Peter Boileau, Bt., FRS, DL, JP (1794-1869), of Norfolk, archaeologist.James Fletcher-Watson (1913-2004), watercolourist and architect.

Britton (John) The History and Description with Graphic Illustrations of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire: the Seat of the Earl of Essex, first edition, one of 170 copies, this one of 150 on small paper, presentation copy inscribed "To Allan Cunningham Esq. from the Author as a mark of esteem July 24 38" on slip mounted on front pastedown, list of subscribers, 2 engraved portraits of the author on one sheet (not called for in list of plates) and 20 engraved plates & plans, some aquatint, some soft-ground etching, 4 after Turner and 5 after Pugin, 8 wood-engraved vignettes of estate cottages to title and as head- & tail-pieces, title lightly foxed, plates with light foxing and marginal water-staining, bookplates of John Cheape and ?C.Mallord W.Turner, original cloth, rubbed and water-stained, rebacked in cloth, [cf.Abbey, Scenery 412, large paper copy], folio, Chiswick Press for the Author, 1837.⁂ Neither the list of plates nor Abbey call for the 2 portraits of Britton but Abbey also lists mezzotint portraits of George Earl of Essex and George Viscount Malden & Lady Eliz. Capel. These were presumably only issued with the large paper copies.Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scottish poet and author.

Buchanan (Robertson) Practical Essays on Mill Work and other Machinery, edited by George Rennie, 2 vol. including Atlas (8vo & folio), third edition, 64 engraved plates on 42 sheets, one folding, foxing, text modern half morocco, Atlas contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rubbed and stained, 1841 § Rankine (W.J.Maquorn) The Cyclopaedia of Machine and Hand-Tools...and an Essay on the Puddling of Iron by St.John Vincent Day, first edition, 100 plates, many double-page, 2 folding letterpress tables, some light foxing, hinges broken, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1869 § Engineer and Machinist's Assistant (The), 2 vol. including plate vol., plate vol. with title in engraved decorative border, engraved plates, many double-page, some foxing, a few browned, bookplate of John William Pease, contemporary half roan, rubbed, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, 1854 § Engineer and Machinist's Drawing-Book (The), engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 70 plates on 68 leaves, 2 double-page, 2 printed in colours, modern green morocco-backed cloth, red roan label, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, 1864, v.s. (6)

[Cabinet du Roi].[Les Vues des Maisons Royales et des Villes conquises par Louis XIV], first edition, 47 etched and engraved plates & plans by Israel Silvestre, Jean Marot, Sebastien le Clerc and others (3 full-page, 26 double-page and 18 also folding), all mounted on stubs, a few spots, mostly marginal but one or two affecting image of Stenay plate, some light marginal soiling but generally very clean, modern Artium Genio bookplate, handsome contemporary French red morocco, covers with gilt roll borders and ornamental star-shaped centrepiece, spine gilt in compartments with eight raised bands and green morocco label, g.e., rubbed, spine a little faded and worn at ends, [Berlin Kat. 2474; Millard French 47], folio, Paris, [1668-82].⁂ A handsome copy of this spectacular collection of plates from volumes 4 and 14 of the Cabinet du Roi, formed by Colbert to record the glories of Louis XIV. The magnificent plates depict royal chateaux, important civic structures or huge birds-eye views of towns conquered by France, including the Louvre, Palais Royal, Arc de Triomphe, Vincennes, Fontainebleau, and Monceau.

Campbell (Colen), Woolfe (John) and James Gandon. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., vol.1-2 ?later editions, vol.3-5 first editions, engraved titles in all but vol.3 (that printed in red & black), vol.1 & 2 both with title to vol.2 and with text correct in each volume but plates exchanged (i.e. plates to vol.1 in vol.2 and vice versa), all titles in English and French but text in English only in vol.1-3, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 & 3, lists of subscribers in vol.2-5, 491 engraved plates on 388 sheets only (of 493 on 390, lacking double-page plates of Standlinch and Sandon in vol.5 and without the double-page plate of Umberslade at end of vol.3 but not called for), including 97 double-page plates and one quadruple, a few printed on thicker paper, occasional spotting or light browning but generally clean, final few plates of vol.4 with stain to upper margin (concealed with portion of paper to final 2 plates), vol.1-4 contemporary russia, gilt, spines gilt, rubbed, a few scuff and gouges, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, vol.5 contemporary half calf, worn, [Berlin Kat. 2329; Fowler 76, vol.1-4 only; Harris ?100 & 945; Millard, British 10 & 94], [1725]-25-67-71 with Richardson (George) The New Vitruvius Britannicus, 2 vol., first edition, titles and text in English & French, 142 fine aquatint plates and plans on 115 sheets, 27 double-page, titles and one or two text leaves a little browned, a few plates in vol.1 with small stain, contemporary half calf, uncut, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines, [Abbey Life 60; Millard British 70], 1802-08, folio (7)⁂ Campbell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Rare to find all 7 volumes together, the later Richardson volumes are particularly scarce.

Carletti (Niccolo) and Giuseppe Aloja. Mappa Topografica della citta di Napoli et di suoi contorni, 35 double-page engraved sheets incorporating large cartouche with dedication to Charles III of Spain, family tree of coats-of-arms, panorama of Naples and index, all mounted on stubs, some light marginal foxing, small tear to fore-margin of final sheet repaired, later Dampierre bookplate, contemporary half mottled calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, short split to upper joint, spine ends and corners repaired, rubbed, folio, Naples, 1775.⁂ Magnificent map of Naples commenced in 1750 under the direction of Giovanni Carafa and completed by Giovanni Pignatelli, Prince of Monteroduni.

Adam (Robert) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved frontispiece and 60 plates on 54 leaves by Francesco Bartolozzi, [Francesco, Antonio & Giuseppe] Zucchi, Francis Patton, Paolo Santini and others, 14 double-page and/or folding, list of subscribers, title lightly soiled and with faint trace of stamp removed from verso at foot, occasional spotting or faint browning to plates, one or two shaved at edges, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat 1893; Fowler 2; Millard British 1; Harris 4], folio, for the Author, 1764.⁂ Superb architectural record of Diocletian's palace at Split, inspired by the success of Wood's Ruins of Palmyra which had established Wood's reputation and which Adam hoped to emulate. The plates were mostly drawn by Charles-Louis Clérisseau who acted as Adam's tutor and guide to Roman architecture.

Cataneo (Pietro) I Quattro primi libri di architettura, first edition, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final leaf, woodcut historiated initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, some full-page, some light foxing, mostly to title and first few leaves, trace of library stamp to title, a good copy with wide margins, later half vellum over marbled boards, a little rubbed, rebacked in vellum preserving green roan label, new endpapers, [Adams C1024; Ahmanson-Murphy 463; Berlin Kat. 2576; EDIT 16 CNCE 10234; Fowler 82], folio (c.350 x 240mm.), [Venice], [Son of Aldus], 1554. ⁂ Important architectural treatise with particular focus on the planning of fortified towns.

Chambers (Sir William) A Treatise on Civil Architecture, second edition, 50 engraved plates, title with ink inscription "Samuel Angell June 1817" to head and creased, also frayed at inner margin and corners (repaired), rather soiled in places, some light browning and offsetting, occasional foxing, old marbled front free endpaper repaired at edges and mounted on stub, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat. 2286; Harris 123; cf.Fowler 86 & Millard British 13, first edition], folio, J.Dixwell, 1768.⁂ Samuel Angell (1800-66), British architect and archaeologist, surveyor to the Clothworkers' Company.

Clark (John, artist & engraver) Panorama of the Thames, from London to Richmond, folding hand-coloured etched and aquatint continuous strip view on conjoined sheets, c.21.5 x 1800cm., split along one fold towards end, with 'View of London (from the Adelphi)', folding hand-coloured etched and aquatint continuous strip view on conjoined sheets, c.22.5 x 172cm, some wear and repairs to folds, each loose in facing cloth-edged red paper wallets with flaps and paper labels to flaps within original cloth folder with large printed illustrated label to upper cover and ties, rubbed, ties renewed, some splits to cloth edges of wallets (the one containing larger panorama with cloth renewed), [c.1824]; Description of the most remarkable places between London and Richmond intended to accompany the Panorama of the Thames, 29pp., 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original red wrappers with printed label to upper cover, spine a little worn, loosely inserted in panorama folder, [c.1824], preserved in modern morocco-backed marbled board drop-back box, spine gilt, [Abbey Scenery 494], oblong folio, Samuel Leigh ⁂ Magnificent 18 metre hand-coloured panorama showing both sides of the Thames over a 15 mile stretch from Westminster Bridge to Richmond, issued both coloured and uncoloured. Very rare to find in the original binding with both the additional 'View from the Adelphi' and the even scarcer accompanying text booklet. Abbey notes that the text is usually missing.

Columbani (Placido) Variety of Capitals, Freezes, and Corniches...Chimney-pieces, first edition, engraved throughout with title in ornamental cartouche and 11 plates, title lightly soiled, some spotting and water-staining (mostly marginal but extending into platemark of a couple of plates although not touching actual image), modern marbled boards, rubbed and soiled, upper cover faded, label defective, [Not in Berlin Kat.], oblong folio, I.Taylor, 1776.⁂ Rare; Library Hub records only 4 copies (BL, National library of Scotland, University of St.Andrews, Wellcome); WorldCat adds 4 in the Americas.

Cooke (Edward William) & George Rennie. Views of the Old and New London Bridges, first edition, fine etched frontispiece and 11 plates by Edward William Cooke, paper guards, some foxing to plates, bookplate of Sir James Whitehead Bt., contemporary half dark green calf, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine in compartments, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, folio, 1833.

Amiens and Boulogne Railway. Elevations and sections of the Hardelot Tunnel, pen and ink manuscript title, 'Quantities of Material used in Tunnel' page, and with 61 technical diagrams, including views of the tunnel, cross sections, equipment used including wagons and brackets, and a folding longitudinal section of the tunnel in its entirety, pen and ink with watercolour, on uniform thick wove paper, each mounted on stubs, scattered spotting and browning throughout, minor surface dirt, contemporary blue morocco, spine gilt, rubbed and worn, oblong folio, [c.1850].⁂ The Northern Railway of France originally consisted of a main line from Paris to the Belgian frontier, with branches to Calais and Dunkirk. In 1847 amalgamation was effected with the Creil to St. Quentin Railway, and in 1851 with the Amiens to Boulogne Railway.

De l'Orme (Philibert) Le Premier Tome de l'Architecture, first edition, second issue, Roman type, title with woodcut architectural border, woodcut head-pieces and ornamental initials, 205 woodcut illustrations and diagrams, many full-page, 7 folding or double-page, with blank leaf e6 at end of Table of contents, privilege leaf at end, title lightly soiled and frayed at edges, staining to first few leaves (mostly marginal and to preliminaries), small ink stain to G1 and lower edge of H gathering, some light marginal soiling but generally a good clean copy, later morocco-backed boards, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, new morocco label, [Millard French 105; cf.Berlin Kat. 2362 & Fowler 99, first issue of 1567, same collation], folio (c.385 X 250mm.), Paris, Federic Morel, 1568.⁂ The only part published of a projected encyclopaedia of architecture by "the most important architectural theorist of northern Europe in the sixteenth century". (Millard). "Of the three leading early French architectural writers, De Lorme is the most interesting and original, but is less distinguished as an artist than Jean Bullant...and is less versatile as a draughtsman than Du Cerceau...[He] has been called the first modern architect because of his original contributions to construction and his skill as an organizer". (Fowler).

Decker (Paul) Fürstlicher Baumeister, oder Architectura Civili, vol.1 only (of 3), engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red & black, 59 large engraved plates on 60 leaves (plate 39 on two sheets), a few folding at edges, one or two lightly browned, one folding plate with short tear to edge repaired, frontispiece and final plate laid down, title and text leaves with portion added along lower edge to conform to size of plates, contemporary sprinkled calf with elaborate gilt-tooled border, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, boards repaired at edges, [Berlin Kat. 1990; Fowler 97; Millard N.European 23], large folio, Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, 1711.⁂ A good large copy of the first part of this splendid work on the exterior and interior of German Baroque palaces, with the text and plates as large single unfolded sheets (usually found as double-pages). A supplement and a second volume were published posthumously, in 1713 and 1716 respectively.

Desgodetz (Antoine) Les Edifices de Rome..., first edition, engraved title within elaborate foliate frame, head-pieces, initials and 137 full-page illustrations by De Chastillon, Le Clerc, J. & P.Le Pautre, N.Guerard and others, 22 double-page, contemporary engraved bookplate pasted to verso of title, one or two leaves very lightly browned but generally an excellent clean copy, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms within rococo surround (as on bookplate), spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, rubbed, a few slightly worn patches or gouges, corners and spine ends a little worn, [Berlin Kat. 1863; Fowler 102; Millard French 62], folio, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1682.⁂ Superb study of the ancient monuments of Rome financed by Colbert to whom the work is dedicated. Desgodetz was sent by the French Academy to measure and draw the great buildings of antiquity and produced a work which was not surpassed in accuracy until the nineteenth century. It became the model for many subsequent similar publications and was reprinted many times.

[Dumont (Gabriel Martin)] Receuil de plusieurs parties d'Architecture de Differents Maitres tant d'Italie que de France, 4 suites of plates bound in 1 vol., engraved throughout with general title, 4 titles to individual suites, 55 plates (3 folding) and advertisement leaf at end, some light browning, a few stains, contemporary blue paste-paper boards, rubbed, rebacked, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2416 & Millard French 66], oblong folio, [Paris], [c.1765].⁂ Comprising: Manière d'accoupler les Colonnes et Pilastres de l'Ordre Dorique..., title and 11 plates; Parallele de Grands Entablements et de Charpentes a l'Italienne, title and 11 plates, 2 folding; Suite Croisèes des Plus Beaux Palais de Rome, title and 9 plates, one folding; Suite de Ruines d'Architecture, pictorial title and 26 plates on 24 sheets; Etat de l'Oeuvre de Gravures..., advertisement leaf with prices, dated 1765. The last suite includes two views of Mount Vesuvius erupting.

Dupin (Charles) Voyages dans la Grand-Bretagne. Force Militaire [Navale; Commerciale] Parts I-III bound in 1 vol., plates only, without text vol., second edition, 36 engraved plates, foxed, titles browned, ex-library copy with label to front pastedown but no stamps, contemporary half roan, Paris, [c.1825] § Cottingham (Lewis Nockalls) The Smith and Founder's Director containing a Series of Designs and Patterns for Ornamental Iron and Brasswork, second edition, lithographed pictorial title and 83 plates (plate LIX not issued), title slightly smaller and tipped to first plate at inner margin (creased), some light staining, mostly to lower margin but affecting first and last few plates, original decorative printed boards, rubbed and stained, lower cover lacking upper outer corner causing fraying to last few leaves, rebacked in cloth, [c.1824]; and 6 others, folio & 4to (8)⁂ The final part of the first item depicts bridges, docks and lighthouses, including Vauxhall and Southwark bridges in London, Kelso suspension bridge, the docks of London and the port of Dundee. The second work is an influential pattern book first issued in 1823 as The Ornamental Metal Worker's Directory, with designs for gates, balcony railings, fanlights, lamps, brackets, candelabras etc. The author was an architect who lived in Waterloo Bridge Road with his collection of medieval woodwork and Gothic carvings; this later became the core of the Royal Architectural Museum in Tufton Street (the predecessor of the Victoria & Albert Museum).

Erasmus (Georg Caspar) Seülen-Buch. Oder Gründlicher Bericht von den fünff Seülen..., 3 parts in 1, engravings only (without text), first edition, 3 engraved titles and 39 plates only, 11 folding, a few slightly shaved at edge, light soiling, a few small tears and repairs, contemporary paste-paper boards, a little worn, spine defective, [Berlin Kat. 1962, first edition of 1666], folio, Nuremberg, Johann Hofmann, [1670].⁂ Scarce ornamental pattern book for architects, sculptors, cabinetmakers, silversmiths etc. by a Nuremberg cabinetmaker, republished several times and rarely found complete.

Falda (Giovanni Battista) Le Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze, e Luoghi Publici dell Citta, con li Loro Prospetti..., engraved throughout with 4 titles, 4 pictorial dedications and 98 numbered plates only (of 99, lacking plate 27 in Part I), 2 folding, plate 6 in Part II ?supplied from another copy (slightly wider and frayed at fore-edge), on ivory wove paper without watermarks, some light marginal foxing but generally clean, bookplate of Emily Mercer Lansdowne, Countess of Shelburne and later Marchioness of Lansdowne, late eighteenth century half vellum, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, new endpapers, [cf.Berlin Kat.3603; Fowler 117; Millard Italian 36], oblong folio, Rome, Gio.Giacomo de Rossi, [1675-89 but later].⁂ "This collection of plates is the most charming that has ever appeared on the fountains of Rome and its environs". (Fowler).

Falda (Giovanni Battista) Li Giardini di Roma con le Loro Piante Alzate e Vedute in Prospettiva..., engraved throughout with title and 19 plates & plans (numbered 1-20), with 8 additional unnumbered plates of gardens with de Rossi imprints bound at end, on uniform 18th century laid paper without watermarks, title creased, some light marginal foxing, bookplate of Emily Mercer Lansdowne, Countess of Shelburne and later Marchioness of Lansdowne, late eighteenth century half vellum over blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, new endpapers, [cf.Berlin Kat.3492], oblong folio, Rome, Gio.Giacomo de Rossi, [1683 but probably later].⁂ The Berlin Katalog calls for a dedication (not present here); as the title is numbered 1 and the plates 2-20 it would suggest that this is a later printing. The 8 additional plates often seem to be included.

Augustinus (Aurelius, Saint) De civitate dei, collation: [a b8 c-z A-H10], 306ff., including blanks a1, b8 and H9&10, double column, 46 lines and headline, Gothic letter, major initials in blue (one red) with red penwork decoration, other initials and paragraph-marks alternately in red and blue, occasional later ink marginalia and underlining, later still occasional pencil markings, water-stained at head to varying degrees, some marginal foxing, occasional spotting or staining, vellum endpapers, the rear being a German document Freiburg, 1434, contemporary panelled calf over wooden boards, ornately blind-stamped with bands of filets, floral sprays and cable-work, upper cover with brass clasps (lacking those of lower cover), professionally rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, repaired, rubbed and marked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with morocco label to spine and "B-P-H" in gilt to lid (a little rubbed at edges), [BMC V, 175; Goff A-1235; HC *2051; GW 2879; Bod-Inc A-522; BSB-Ink A-858; ISTC ia01235000; cf. PMM 3], folio (285 x 201mm.), Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 2 October, 1475.⁂ The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (J.R. Ritman) copy of the second Venetian edition of Augustine's magnum opus. "...both Luther and Calvin took Augustine as the foundation of Protestantism next to the Bible itself." (PMM).Provenance: Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, acquired from Bernard Quaritch, 1989 (bookplate to front inner board).

Ferrerio (Pietro) & Giovanni Battista Falda. Palazzi di Roma de piu Celebri Architetti... [&] Nuovi Disegni dell'Architteture, e Piante de' Palazzi di Roma..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved throughout with 2 pictorial titles and 101 plates & plans, one folding, with an additional engraved view 'Prospettiva del Giardino Pontificio su'l Quirinale' by Falda mounted on sheet bound in at end, occasional light marginal foxing, folding plate with short tear along platemark repaired, upper hinge broken, contemporary half russia over glazed speckled boards, rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, [Berlin Kat. 2665; Millard Italian 37], oblong folio, Rome, Gio. Giacomo Rossi, [1655-70 but later].⁂ "This is the first publication to provide systematic, measured, and uniformly scaled illustrations of Roman palaces built in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries". (Millard). It features the work of architects such as Michelangelo, Vignola, Fontana, Bramante, Raphael, Borromini and others. The number of plates appears to vary according to which issue it is, itself difficult to determine.

Fontana (Carlo) Utilissimo Trattato dell'Acque Correnti..., first edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, 80 engraved illustrations as chapter headings, 2 folding engraved plates by A.Specchi after Fontana, with register leaf at end, some light browning, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, spine repaired at head, [Berlin Kat. 3613; Fowler 123, lacking the 2 folding plates; Millard Italian 39], folio, Rome, Gio.Francesco Buagni, 1696.⁂ Elegantly-illustrated work on hydraulic engineering, from aqueducts to fountains.

Francine (Alexander) A New Book of Architecture...set forth by Robert Pricke, first English edition, engraved architectural frontispiece incorporating portrait of the author (date 1674 at foot) and 38 engraved plates only (of 39, lacking plate IV), title and list of plates mounted on stub, title with slip pasted over 1669 imprint, frontispiece frayed at edges with slight loss to imprint (repaired), some light soiling and water-staining, mostly marginal, a few other leaves frayed and repaired at edges, contemporary manuscript note to front free endpaper noting imperfect collation, modern half calf, [Harris 229; Wing F2056; cf.Fowler 126, first edition, Paris, 1631], folio, for Robert Pricke, 1669 [but with slip dated 1679].⁂ Rare work by the Ingénieur Ordinaire du Roi in charge of the fountains at Fontainebleau. "His gates and arches reveal an imaginative artist who knew how to combine the traditions of French and Tuscan mannerism....His interest was focused on designs of portals in the style rustique which is familiar from Italian sixteenth-century gardens". (Harris).ESTC cites only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, and Chatsworth).

Fréart (Roland, Sieur de de Chambray) Parallèle de l'Architecture Antique et de la ..., first edition, fine engraved additional pictorial title incorporating dedication to and an oval portrait of François Sublet de Noyers (the author's cousin and impetus for the book) by Tournier, letterpress title with large engraved vignette, 40 full-page engraved illustrations by Charles Errard, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, some light soiling (mostly to engraved title), James Gibbs's copy with his bookplate (engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron used as title-page vignette to second edition of 'Rules for Drawing'), modern bookplate of P. & L.Waterhouse, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat. 2374; Fowler 127; Millard French 76], folio, Paris, Edmé Martin, 1650.⁂ First edition of this important comparative study of the orders but for an amateur readership. "It is the first architectural treatise of the seventeenth century to propose a fresh look at earlier architectural treatises...Fréart's interest in abstract principles, universal laws, and their connection with beauty and geometry suggests neoclassical developments in the eighteenth century, as does his insistence on a set of underlying principles applicable to all the arts." (Millard).

[Fréart (Roland, Sieur de Chambray)] Parallele de l'Architecture Antique et de la Moderne, engraved allegorical frontispiece by P.Dannoot after C.Errard, title vignette, 44 full-page illustrations and 10 double-page plates, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, frontispiece a little foxed, some other light browning or spotting, mostly marginal, the Chatsworth copy with engraved bookplate and shelf-label, later half calf, spine with tan morocco label and gilt coronet to head, rubbed, [Fowler 129; cf.Berlin Kat. 2374 & Millard French 76, first edition of 1650], folio, Pierre Emery, Michel Brunet et la veuve Daniel Horthemels, 1702.⁂ Using the same plates from the first edition of 1650 with shades and shadows added to the line engravings and with 10 additional double-page plates depicting details of the pedestal of Trajan's column.

Gaitte (?Antoine Joseph) Recueil des plus belles maisons et des plus belles Edifices de la Ville de Paris, engraved throughout with calligraphic title and 25 plates of multiple vignettes of Paris, many oval, some spotting, mostly marginal, small ink stamp and bookplate of library of Abbey Val-Dieu to front endpapers, contemporary half green vellum over paste-paper boards, spine titled in gilt, a little rubbed and marked, folio, Paris, Jean, [c.1800].⁂ Rare suite of plates depicting 140 town houses and public buildings by architects of the day, and interesting for the inclusion of several designs by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, for whom Gaitte worked during the 1790s. These were Ledoux's first published designs and show several buildings or details which never came to fruition such as the circular entrance to a farm building in plate 16.WorldCat lists only 2 copies in France.

Galli da Bibiena (Ferdinando) L'Architettura Civile preparata sú la Geometria, e ridotta alle Prospettive..., 5 parts bound in 2 vol., first edition, full-page engraved portrait and 72 plates, woodcut ornaments and initials, errata leaf bound after portrait, contemporary ink inscription "Ippolito Matteini pittore e Teodoro suo figlio pittore" to head of title, some soiling and staining, plates trimmed close at left-hand edge (a few frayed with slight loss) and mounted on stubs and/or reinforced, later half sheep, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2628; Fowler 134, variant title mentioning Bologna; Millard Italian 45], folio, Parma, Paolo Monti, 1711.⁂ "The five parts of this work treat of geometry, civil architecture in general, perspective, painting, theatrical scenes and the mechanics of lifting and moving objects. As an author Ferdinand is perhaps the most important of the five members of the great Italian architectural family of Galli da Bibiena, known for their theater designs and decorations in the full baroque style". (Fowler).

Georgian satire.- Heath (William, 1794-1840) and others. Fine scrap album compiled circa 1829 with over 60 caricatures, including 26 by William Heath [see selected list below], and others by or published by Theodore Lane, McLean, Cruikshank, Spratt, and many others, all neatly tipped onto album leaves with full contemporary hand-colouring, with many further pages filled with ephemeral scraps, smaller caricatures, prints and newspaper cuttings, each album leaf approx. 425 x 270 mm (16 3/4 x 10 1/2 in), some offsetting and surface dirt to caricatures, some coloured papers bleeding on to a few prints, all trimmed within the platemark to image borderlines, marginal nicks and creases, the leaves with handling creases and rough edges, scattered spotting and surface dirt, half calf, marbled boards, green morocco label to spine 'Scrap Book, c. 1829', worn, folio, [c.1829].⁂ An excellent well preserved collection of late Georgian caricatures by leading artists of the 1820s. The album includes the following selected works by William Heath, among many others: Magazin des Modes [not in BM Satires]; A Chancery Suit [not in BM Satires]; It is the very fashion of the time [not in BM Satires]; The March of the Intellect [cf. BM 15604+]; The Bustle [cf. BM Satires 15611]; The Dress Circle [not in BM Satires]; A Desert. Imitation in Modern Fashion [cf. BM 15611]; An Election Ball [not in BM Satires]; A Correct View of The New Machine for Winding up the Ladies [not in BM Satires]; State of the Giraffe [BM 15839]; Town. Country [cf. BM 15611]; Much Ado about Nothing !!! [not in BM Satires]; Ancient and Modern Ladies [not in BM Satires].

Gibbs (James) A Book of Architecture containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments, first edition, [one of 550 copies], list of subscribers, 150 engraved plates by H. Hulsbergh and others after Gibbs, 4 double-page, title a little soiled and creased, paper flaw creases to plate 53, a few with pencil sketches to margins, marginal water-staining to a few plates (mainly to last couple just touching corner of final plate), slight worming to fore-margin of plates 130 to end, old ink inscription "Thomas Rasell Chichester" to front free endpaper, modern bookplate, modern half vellum, tan morocco label, [Berlin Kat 2334; Fowler 138; Harris 257; Millard British 22], folio, [William Bowyer], 1728.⁂ "The first book by a British architect consisting entirely of his own designs, executed and projected". (Harris). An enormously influential pattern book, reaching far beyond the country gentlemen at whom it was aimed, to India, South Africa, the West Indies, and America, where it was a primary source for the builders of the White House. There was also a copy in Thomas Jefferson's library.

Gibbs (James) Rules for Drawing the several Parts of Architecture, 64 engraved plates, W. Bowyer for the Author, 1732; Bibliotheca Radcliviana: or, a short Description of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford, engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron after Hogarth (bound as frontispiece to previous work), engraved portrait of Radcliffe by Fourdrinier after Kneller and 21 plates, for the Author, 1747, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, extra-illustrated copy with another smaller engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron (?Gibbs's bookplate, issued as title-page vignette to second edition of the first work) mounted on front pastedown, also bookplate of the Radcliffe library, with an additional version of the Hogarth portrait (with architectural background and octagonal frame, lightly soiled & browned) loosely inserted, and engraved plan of the library and plan of a banquet in the library on June 14 1814 both tipped into second work, washed, modern half vellum, tan morocco label, [Berlin Kat. 2334 & Fowler 139, second work only; Harris 259 & 256; Millard British 23 & 24], folio

SCOTLAND & IRELANDBLAEU (WILLEM & JAN) [Le Grand Atlas] Geographie Blaviane, contenant les livres xii. & xiii. de l'Europe, 2 parts in 1 vol., printed title with wood-engraved device and 54 engraved maps, comprising 48 double-page maps of Scotland (of 49) and 6 maps of Ireland (5 double-page), wanting engraved title and the map of Aberdeen & Banff, some browning and damp-staining at edges (occasionally just touching map edge), a few creases, contemporary boards, worn, rebacked in pigskin, folio (538 x 345mm.), Amsterdam, Jan Blaeu, 1667Footnotes:NotesWide-margined copy of the French edition of Blaeu's atlas of Scotland and Ireland, issued as volume 6 of the Atlas major.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BROWN (GEORGE MACKAY) and othersCold Kye, Curlew Cry, GEORGE MACKAY BROWN'S OWN COPY, BEING NUMBER 3 OF 30 COPIES SIGNED BY ALL EIGHT CONTRIBUTORS in pencil on the title-page, with four printed poems and four accompanying original prints, each signed, numbered, captioned and dated by the artist, loose bifolia in original portfolio case with ties, folio, [Stromness], Orkney, Solisquoy Printmakers Workshop, 1989Footnotes:'Poetry and Prints from Orkney': poems by George Mackay Brown, Deborah Godding, John Aberdein and Pam Beasant, illustrated by Christina Smith, John Cumming, Erlend Brown and Jeremy Baster.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ELGIN – MANUSCRIPTSGroup of deeds and manuscripts pertaining to Elgin dating from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, comprising: record of transactions between the town of Elgin and Patrick Balfour ('maister of the grammar school' and later minister of Alves and Urquhart), one page, folio (380 x 295mm.), 1566; Carta feodifirma issued by provost Robert Tulloch of Tannachie of the burgh of Forres, in favour of William [Scot] burgess of Forres, son of Thomas Scot commendator, signed by Tulloch and several others, vellum, red wax seal of the burgh of Forres depicting St. Lawrence with his griddle encased in white wax attached by vellum tag, folio (c.475 x 530mm.), 30 August 1592; document issued by Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie (lord president of his Majesty's College of Justice and provost of the burgh of Elgin), and Mr. Alexander Douglas, minister, appointing John Mow, son of John Mow burgess of Elgin, to the office of master of music and singing at the kirk of Elgin, and granting him possession of the preceptory of ?Messinden next to the burgh of Elgin, with responsibility for the maintenance of a hospital for the poor, signed by Fyvie and others, one page, 200 x 310mm., Elgin, 1603; with a pocket book containing accounts of Colin Dunbar of Moy (mentioning names of John and Donald Campbell), notes on his family (beginning 'My faither John Dunbar was cabsman at the milny of Fores the zeir of God [...] 1656'), mentioning Robert Dunbar, sheriff of Elgin and Forress and his brother Patrick of Balnaferry, other notes on religion and business, c.30 leaves, some loose, dust-stained and creased, original vellum with remains of leather thong, 8vo (165 x 105mm.), seventeenth century/early eighteenth century; with two others including grant of admission as a freeman, burgess and Guild Brother of James Dick, formerly of Jamaica, signed by William Dunbar, 8 October 1783 (6)Footnotes:Among the signatories to these documents is Alexander Seton, first earl of Dunfermline (1556-1622), created Lord Fyvie by James VI in 1598, who became president of the court of session in 1593 and lord chancellor of Scotland in 1604. James Dick (1743-1828), here admitted as freeman burgess of Forres, a wealthy merchant lately returned from Jamaica, became a great benefactor, setting up a fund to benefit schoolteachers and schools in Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray, known as the Dick Bequest.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HISTORY OF SCOTLANDPICKERTON (JOHN) The History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary...2 vols, gilt calf, C.Dilly 1797--MAJOR (JOHN) Historia Majoris Britanniae Tam Angliae quam Scotiae, Editio Nova gilt calf, red label, Robert Freebairn Edinburgh 1740--LESLEY (JOHN) The History of Scotland, half gilt morocco, Edinburgh 1830--BUCHANAN (GEORGE) The History of Scotland, engraved portrait frontispiece, later gilt calf binding, original boards, folio, Awnsham Churchill 1690--SCOTT (DAVID) The History of Scotland, engraved armoriall frontispiece, rebound, folio, Cluer and Campbell, Westminster 1728 (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SLEEZER (JOHN)Theatrum scotiae. Containing the Prospects of their Majesties Castles and Palaces, FIRST EDITION, 32 engraved armorial head-pieces, 56 double-page engraved plates (only, of 57, lacking no. 34), some soiling and occasional stains (mostly in margins), a few small wormholes at lower edges of sheets, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked, spine with gilt tooling and red leather label [ESTC R19602], folio, London, Abell Swalle, 1693Footnotes:Provenance: 'Al. Dunlop/ London, Decr. 14. 1697/ V. Bp Nicholson's Scottish Hist. Library, p.25, 26', inscription on front free endpaper; Barnard Harman[?], signature on front paste-down.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROBSON (GEORGE FENNELL)Scenery of The Grampian Mountains...Representing the Hills from Such Points as Display their Picturesque Features, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates, one hand-coloured engraved folding map, list of subscribers, contemporary half gilt morocco, folio, Longman, 1819For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SCOTTISH HISTORYFORDUN (JOHN OF) Scotichronicon, cum Supplementis et Continuatione Walter Boweri, 2 volumes, speckled calf with ridged gilt spine, label ex libris Bibliothecam S.Emerami, folio, Edinburgh 1759--CHALMERS (GEORGE) Caledonia or An Account Historical and Topographic of North Britain..., 3 volumes, speckled half calf with ridged gilt spine, fold-out map in first volume, Caddell and Davies London 1807--GORDON (SIR ROBERT) A Genealogical History of The Earldom of Sutherland From Its origin to the Year 1630, half calf with gilt ridged spine, marbled endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece, ex libris Alexander Cunighame, folio, Constable Edinburgh 1813--General Post Office Annual Directory 1812-13--Herman Moll's 'Atlas of Scotland' publisher's gilt cloth with calf spine, Limied edtion 147 of 500, with slip case, folio, Heritage Press (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SCOTTISH BESTIARYBROWN (GEORGE MACKAY) The Scottish Bestiary, GEORGE MACKAY BROWN'S OWN COPY, NUMBER III OF 15 COPIES reserved for the publisher, artists and author, from an overall edition of 75 copies, signed in pencil by the author and artists on the justification page, 20 full-page prints, each on a separate bifolia with the text facing, loose as issued in green cloth folder and slip-case, with original prospectus, large folio, Paragon Press, 1986Footnotes:NotesThe artists represented in this production include John Bellany, Steven Campbell, Peter Howson, Jack Knox, Bruce Maclean, June Redfern and Adrian Wiszniewski,This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Croydon Advertiser: three folio bound volumes dating from January to June in the years 1955, 1957 and 1958

A fascinating late 19th century Japanese folio of high-definition colour plates depicting figures, street scenes and landscapes to include Main Street and Missisippi Bay, Yokohama; Uyeno, Tokio; the Sacred Bridge, Horimono and Sanjinko at Nikko; Shiba, Asakusa and Uyeno at Tokio etc. Bound in a black lacquer hardboard: the front depicting Fujiyama with pine trees and an eagle and crane; the reverse decorated with insects and sprigs. (Damage to spine of folio and the back board detached.) (40 x 32 cm)

A Folio of books, fairy tales- shakespeare etc published by Odhams Press Ltd

Robert Heal - Staples & Co Ltd - A teak Ladderax modular system on the louvre type teak ladder supports, incorporating various cabinets and shelves to include two 90cm wide fall-front writing cabinets, a 90cm wide sliding double door cabinet and twelve various shelves including a folio or reading shelf, S/D

Schreiber (Lady Charlotte). Fans and Fan Leaves, English/Foreign, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1888-1890, half-titles present, 161 and 153 plates respectively, very occasional light finger marks (plates generally clean), printed in double-column, both volumes with oval ink library stamp to verso of title-page, head of B1, verso of plate leaf at rear, and pastedowns, top edges gilt, volume 1 in original red morocco-backed gilt and blind decorated bevel-edged cloth, rubbed spine frayed at ends, upper joint splitting at foot, covers a little finger-soiled in places, volume 2 rebound in red library buckram, finger-soiled and partially faded, some fraying to extremities, upper joint worn and splitting at foot, folio (57 x 40 cm/22.5 x 15.75 ins) QTY: (2)NOTE:Scarce set of both volumes of this landmark work on the subject of fans.

Cotman (John Sell, 1782-1842). Etchings by John Sell Cotman, London: Published for the author by Messrs. Boydell & Co., Colnaghi & Co.; York: Todd & Co.; Edinburgh: Mr White, 1811, etched title, etched dedication leaf and 24 plates, one leaf of descriptive index with signature of Thomas Boys to upper margin, 4 page subscriber's list, and publisher's advertisement leaf, browning and spotting, sewing partly broken and leaves detached, front pastedown with early 20th-century bookplate of Frederick H. Wood of Chew Magna, 19th century half morocco, boards detached and lower half of spine lacking, folioQTY: (1)

Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881, & Others). A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club, London: Joseph Cundall & Thomas Bosworth, 1865, 12 original etchings by Samuel Palmer, J. E. Millais, Thomas Creswick, Frederick Tayler, Richard Ansdell, William Holman Hunt, Richard Redgrave, John C. Horsley, George B. O'Neill, C. W. Cope, James C. Hook and Seymour Haden, including Palmer's The Weary Ploughman, 1858, (Lister E8, viii/viii), etching on chine appliqué, the eighth state (of 8), a strong, dark impression, numbered 4 to centre of lower blank margin, Millais's Happy Spring-time (Goldman 33), Holman Hunt's A Day in the Country (Bronkhurst Appendix B21), Seymour Haden's A Study in Kensington Gardens (Schneiderman 31, iii/iii), all printed on chine appliqué, tissue-guard to each plate, pale waterstain to outer margin of plates 1-5, 9 & 12, spotting to title and contents leaf, yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, with 19th-century bookplate of Cyril Flower to front pastedown, neat presentation inscription to front endpaper 'Cyril Flower from R.C.J.', original publisher's maroon morocco-backed cloth gilt, rubbed and scuffed with some marks, and a little wear to extremities, large folio (sheet size 45 x 32 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea (1843-1907), Liberal politician and patron of the arts.The other etchings are: Thomas Creswick, A Roughish Road by a Lochside, Frederick Tayler, A Day's Hunting in the Fens, Richard Ansdell, The Park, Richard Redgrave, Summer Woods, John C. Horsley, The Duenna's Return, George B. O'Neill, The Portrait, C.W. Cope, The Spring Flood, and James C. Hook, Gathering Eggs from the Cliff.

* Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). A Warning for Aviators, 1913, monochrome pen and wash, heightened with bodycolour, depicting a young boy talking to an older gentleman seated on a bench, the younger boy raising his arm towards an aircraft flying past, signed lower left and dated '13', 33.8 x 24 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 ins), contemporary ink inscription on verso with title and 'Boy, "I say father - if the last day has to come and destroy the Earth, suppose a fellow was up in his aeroplane at the time - what would he come down upon?"', mounted, framed and glazed (47.5 x 37.4 cm), together with:Thackeray (Lance, 1867-1916). Savage Club House Dinner, 1911, pencil, depicting a menu card design for the Savage Club House Dinner Saturday June 17-1911 'Lance Thackeray in the Chair', signed lower left, on the opposite page a study of a female's head and shoulders, also signed to lower margin, vertical fold crease in the middle, 26.5 x 39 cm (10 1/2 x 15 1/4 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (29 x 41.6 cm), plusMay (Phil, 1864-1903). Me, pencil, depicting a self portrait of Phil May, from the collection of V.W. Newman, sheet size 17.8 x 10.5 cm (7 x 4 1/8 ins), mounted (40.6 x 30.5 cm), The Folio Society Collectors' Corner label to verso, and five other pencil illustrations including: Edward Tennyson Reed, A Christmas Greeting, (monogrammed), Tom Browne, Types of 'Savages', (signed), Dudley Hardy, A Ship's Rescue, (signed), E.M Platts, an original cover illustration for Winson & Newton Ltd for their Catalogue of Artists' Colours and Materials, (signed) and Harry Rountree, For the Pot, oil on board, marked, on verso a cartoon entitled Yus I Dunt Think, (signed), a label 'For The Pot' Harry Rountree £10-10-0, 5. Piazza Studios St Ives, on versoQTY: (8)

Picasso (Pablo, 1881-1973). La Pique, Le Picador II, Jeu de la Cape, Les Banderilles (from Toreros, by Jaime Sabartés. Picasso: Toreros, 1st English edition, London & Monte Carlo: Anton Zwemmer & André Sauret), 1961, 4 original lithographs by Picasso, including one in colour, as issued in the published volume, bound in original pictorial red cloth, a little fading to spine, pictorial card slipcase, oblong folio (24.5 x 32 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Bloch 1014, 1015, 1016 and 1017.

Hockney (David, 1937-). Fourteen poems by C. P. Cavafy, chosen and illustrated with twelve etchings by David Hockney, translated by Nikos Stangos and Stephen Spender, London: Editions Alecto, 1966, 12 etchings on hand-made Crisbrook Waterleaf paper by Barcham Green, each with publisher's neat ink stamp to verso 'Edition B', and numbered 362 to 373, signed by the artist to colophon at rear, and numbered 340/500, tissue-guard to each print, original magenta cloth, a few minor marks and spine lightly faded, in original publishers black cloth slipcase, rubbed and marked, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition of 600 copies in total (Editions A-E), this being one of 250 copies of Edition B, numbered and signed by the artist.

Scott, Peter, Wild Chorus, 1st edition, 24 colour plates and numerous black and white vignette illustrations and plates throughout, endpapers with flying geese silhouettes, limited edition 1169/1250, signed by the author, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's cloth gilt, contained in a contemporary card slipcase, folio, Country Life Limited, London, 1938; together with another by the same author; Morning Flight, quarter cloth bound and gilt lettered, signed limited edition 500 of 750, Country Life Limited, London, 1935 (2)Please refer to department for condition report

Strang, William, British, 1859-1921, a limited edition folio containing twelve etched plates from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, unnumbered copy of 50, frontispiece to cover, London: Robert DunthornePlease refer to department for condition report

A collection of 20th century books, comprising: John Milton, Comus A Mask, with a frontispiece and the six characters in costume designed and engraved on wood by Blair Hughes-Stanton, limited edition 126 of 250, the first book arranged by William MacCance and completed on the hand press, Newton: The Gregynog Press, 1931; together with Max Beerbohm, The Poet's Corner, folio of twenty illustrations of poets, London: William Heinemann, 1904; Francoys Rabelais, Gargantua, red cloth bound, Paris: La Sirene, 1919; and Pantagruel, red cloth bound, Paris: La Sirene, 1920; The Idyls of Theocritus and The Idyls of Bion & Moschus, translated into English by Andrew Lang with illustrations after W. Russell Flint, London: The Medici Society, 1922; Edward MacCurdy, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, 2 Vols., green cloth bound with gilt lettering and tooling, London: Jonathan Cape, 1938; John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, blue cloth bound, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958; A.A. Milne, Nalle ille Pu. Selegit et traduxit Alexander Lenardius., a Latin translation of Winnie-the-Pooh, Stockholm: Societas Librorum Edendorum Suecan, 1959; and a gilt tooled full leather bound book cover with vellum label to interior "Libro di Sugg: DI 4 dall'anno 11: IND: 1687: E: 1788", 38cm x 30cm (11)Please refer to department for condition report