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Lot 180

Freher,M.: Germanicarum rerum scriptores aliquot insignes, hactenus incogniti. 2 Tle in 1 Bd. 10 Bl., 426 S., 11 Bl., 34 S., 1 Bl.; 16 Bl., 442 S., 8 Bl. Frankfurt am Main, C. Wechel Erben, C. Marne und J. Auber, 1600-1602. Folio. Mit mehreren Druckermarken. Prgt. d. Zt. BM, German Books 319. Graesse II, 638. Wegele 366 und 564. Nicht bei Adams. Erste Ausgabe. Zusammenstellung verschiedener Autoren zu einzelnen Ereignissen der deutschen Geschichte. Freher gehörte zu den wichtigsten Herausgebern mittelalterlicher Quellen. - Meist geringfügig gebräunt.

Lot 2018

Stumpff, J.: Gemeiner Loblicher Eydgnoschaft Stetten, Landen und Völckern Chronic würdiqer thaaten beschreibung. Zum anderen mal in den truck gäben. Zürich, Froschauer l586. Folio. Mit 5 doppelblattgr. Holzschn.-Ktn., zahlr., tlw. blattgr. Textholzschn. u. Druckerm. 30 nn. (Bl. 8 weiß), 732 num. Bll. Blindgepr. Schweinsldrbd. d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln mit 2 Messingschl. (Nur gering berieben u. Ecken bestoßen). VD 16, S 9865. Leeman-van Elck S. 106 ff. u. Abb. 51 ff. Heller IV, 396. Feller-Bonjour I, 180 ff. Zweite Folio-Ausgabe (die 3. insgesamt) von Stumpfs großer Schweizer Chronik, von seinem Sohn ediert u. bis 1586 fortgeführt. - "Stumpffs Werk qehört zu den bedeutendsten Sprachdenkmälern der Schweiz im 16. Jh. Er zeigt den Ubergang vom alemannischen Dialekt zur neuhochdt. Schriftsprache. Was St.'s Werk bes. auszeichnet, sind die vortrefflihen Lankarten, die er selbst zeichnete . Für das damalige histor. Wissen ist das Buch repräsentativ. Bis ins 18. Jh. hinein genoß (es) geradezu kanonisches Ansehen" (Feller-B.). Erste u. letzte 3 Bll. am Bund mit leichten Wurmspuren. Tit. mit altem Besitzvermerk u. größerem Tintenfleck durch Löschung eines weiteren. Gleichmäßig etwas gebräunt bzw. stockfl. Insgesamt gutes Exemplar in dekorativem, intaktem zeitgenöss. Einband. - With 5 double-page woodcut maps, numerous, partly large text woodcuts and printer's mark. 30 not num. (pp. 8 white), 732 num. pp. Blindstamped pigskin covers of the time over wooden boards with 2 brass slits (only slightly rubbed and corners bumped). First and last 3 pages with slight worm marks. Title with old ownership mark and larger ink spot due to deletion of another one. Uniformly somewhat browned resp. foxed. Overall a good copy in decorative, intact contemporary binding.

Lot 891

Shakespeare,W,: (Works). Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, being a reproduction in facsimile of the first folio edition 1623. Hrsg. von Sidney Lee. Faksimile-Ausgabe. Oxford, Clarendon Press 1902. Folio. XXXV., 908 S. Wildledereinband (Tls. stärker schmutzfl., kl. Läs.). Jaggard, S. 556. - Eins von 1000 numerierten (Nr. gelöscht) u. vom Herausgeber signierten Exemplaren. - Ohne den Suppl.-Bd.

Lot 1678

Braunbeck,G. (Hrsg.).: Motor. Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Automobilismus, Motorbootwesen und Luftfahrt. (1.) Jahrgang. Januar-Juni 1913. 6 Hefte in 1 Band. Berlin, Selbstverlag 1913. Folio (35 x 27 cm.). Mit zahlr. teils farb. Abb. u. Werbeanzeigen. Grüner Ohln. mit Rückentitel (Vordere farbig illustr. Orig.-Umschläge beigebunden; Berieb., vord. Gel. unten eingerissen). Vollständiges erstes Halbjahr der seltenen und frühen Automobil-Zeitschrift. - Besonders interessant wegen der zahlreichen dekorativen Anzeigen aller wichtigen Automobil- und Autoteile-Hersteller. - Vorsätze u. Schnitt etwas stockfleckig, die Hefte nur im unteren Blattrand vereinzelt leicht fleckig, sehr gut erhalten.

Lot 198

Grotius, Hugo.: Epistolae quotquot reperiri potuerunt. Amsterdam, P. & 1. Blaeu für Waesberg, 1687. Folio. 4 Bl., 977 S., 1 Bl, Leder d. Zt. mit Rschild. (Berieb. u. etw. best.). Ebert 8979. Erste allgemeine Sammlung der Briefe des Klassikers des modernen Völkerrechtes. - Teils stärker stockfleckig. St.a.T.

Lot 362

Rabus, Ludovicus.: Historien der Martyrer. Ander Theil. Darinn das Dritte, Vierdte und Fünffte Buch von den Heyligen, Außerwehlten Gottes Zeugen, Bekennern und Martyrern (und nemlich deren so von Johann Hussen zeit an, biß auff dise jetzige unsere letzte Zeit, gewesen) ... Straßburg, J. Rihel, 1572. Folio. 8 nn., 778 num. , 3 (statt 10) nn. Bl. Mit großer figürlicher Titelbordüre in Holzschnitt, großem Wappen der Stadt Straßburg, blattgroßem Holzschnittporträt des Verfassers sowie mehreren Textholzschnitten von Tobias Stimmer. Folio. Blindgepr. Schweinslederband d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln (Angestaubt und teils etwas berieben bzw. mit Läsuren und ohne die Messingschließen). BM, German Books S. 722. Kat. der Stimmer-Ausst., Basel 1984 Nr 56 (mit Abbildung der Titelbordüre). Der vorliegende Teil enthält die Viten von Opfern der Reformation, darunter figuriert auch diejenige von Luther. Die Illustrationen und Einrahmungen zu den Historien der Märtyrer von Rabus gehören zu den frühesten Arbeiten, die Stimmer für den Straßburger Verleger anfertigte. - Das Titelblatt angestaubt und mit Randläsuren. Das erste Drittel wasserrandig. Meist etwas gebräunt und besonders im Schnitt fleckig. - Gekauft wie besichtigt.

Lot 873

Fitzwilliam Book of Hours.: Ms. 1058-1975 des Fitzwilliam Museums in Cambridge. Description The Fitzwilliam Book of Hours. Ms. 1058-1975 aus dem Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Faksimile und Kommentar. 2 Bände (mit Kommentarband). London, Folio Society, 2009. 19,5 x 13,2 cm. Mit Goldfaden durchwebter OSeidenband mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt bzw. Ohalbleinen mit goldgeprägtem Rtitel in Olwd.-Schuber mit goldgeprägtem Rtitel.

Lot 300

Luther,M.: Der Erste (-achte) Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften. 8 Bände. Jena, Rödingers Erben (Tle. 1 und 4: C. Rödinger; Tl. 5: D. Richtzenhain), 1555-60. Folio. Mit 8 großen Holzschnitt-Titelvignetten (wdh., 2 leicht abweichend) und 11 Textholzschnitten (7 wdh. blattgroß). Pergamentbände der Zeit. VD 16, L 3323, 3335, 3348, 3326, 3330-31, 3336-37.- Goedeke II, 151. - Vgl. Knaacke 17. - Jenaer Gesamtausgabe von Luthers Werken, mit den berühmten Holzschnitten Papstesel und Mönchskalb sowie der Weltkarte Daniels Traum. Der Titelholzschnitt zeigt Luther und Kurfürst Johann Friedrich von Sachsen, der blattgroße Holzschnitt mit Brustbildern der drei sächsischen Herzöge mit ihren Wappen, monogrammiert "P G". Die übrigen Holzschnitte zeigen Papstese l (wdh.), Mönchskalb und Weltkarte (Daniel's Dream Map , vgl. Shirley 65A). - Erste Auflage, lediglich Bde. 2 und 3 in zweiter Auflage (1558/60). Ohne den erst 1864 erschienenen Registerband. - Bde. 1, 2 und 8 stellenw. mit Feuchtigkeitsspuren; die übrigen Bde. tls. etw. wasserrandig und vereinz. mit Wurmspuren, einige Bll. gebräunt oder stockfleckig. Einbde. etw. fleckig, Kantenbezug tlw. gelöst. - 8 volumes. Jena edition. With large woodcut title border (rep., 2 varying) and 11 partly full-page woodcuts (rep.), among them the worldmap "Daniel's Dream Map" (cf. Shirley 65A). Contemp. vellum. - Without the later published index volume. - Vols. 1,2 and 8 partly with traces of damp, the other vols. partly somewhat waterstained, here and there worming, some leaves browned or foxed. Some staining to bindings, covering partly detached at edges.

Lot 360

Psalterium Romanum,: decretis SS. Concilii Tridentini, Summorumque Pontificum, Pii V., Clementis VIII. & Urbani VIII. conforme, magno hoc charactere & folio, usui eorum... 2. ed. Köln, Cöllen u. Huisch 1725. Fol. 2 Bl., 728 S., 2 Bl., 64 S. Blindgepräg. Schweinsldr. d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln mit 10 Messing-Beschlägen. (Fehlen die Schließen, Gebrauchsspuren, Bibl.-Rsch.). Seltenes Psalterium des Franziskanerordens. Druck in Rot und Schwarz. - Angebunden einige Bl. in Hs. Zahlr. Blattweiser. - Zahlr. Bl. mit unterl. Randläs. (tls. ger. Textverlust). Bibl.-St. u. hs. Besitzverm. a.T. - (Liturg. 3)

Lot 552

Melzo,L.: Kriegs Regeln Deß Ritters Ludwig Meltzo Malteser Ordens Wie eine Reuterey zu regieren / vnd was man für einen sonderbaren Dienst von derselben haben könne ... Frankfurt, Rödtel "in Verlegung Peter Mareschals" 1625. Folio. Gestochenes Titelblatt, gestochenes Wappen auf Widmungsblatt, 10 doppelseitige und 5 gefaltete gestochene Tafeln. 162 S. Prgt. d. Zt. - Cockle 723. vgl. Lipperheide 2066.

Lot 1907

Ludewig, Johann Peter von.: Scriptores rerum episcopatus Bambergensis. 2 Teile in 1 Band. Frankfurt und Leipzig 1718. Folio. Mit 2 gestochenen Titel- und 2 Textvignetten. 2 Bl., VIII, 14 (st. 15) S., Sp. 5-1285, 30 Bl.; 1 Bl., 8 S., 679 Sp., 17 Bl. Lederband d. Zt. mit reicher Goldprägung (verblasst) und geprägter Deckelwidmung. Graesse 4, 290. - Erste Ausgabe der reichen Sammlung meist mittelalterlicher Schriften und Urkunden. Widmungsexemplar für Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels (1682-1736) in einem für ihn angefertigen Einband. - Es fehlen das gestochene Frontispiz und die 27 Kupfertafeln sowie das letzte Bl. des Vorwortes; 3 Bll. stark beschädigt (in Fragmenten erhalten).

Lot 614

Gueriniere,(F.R.)de la.: Ecole de Cavalerie, contenant la connoissance, l'instruction, et la conservation du cheval. Paris, Huart u.a. 1751. Fol. Mit gest. Front., 4 gest. Vign. u. 23 (von 24, davon 3 dplblgr.) Kupfertaf. 4 Bl., 318 S., 5 Bl. Ldr. d. Zt. (Starke Gebrauchsspuren, Rckn. u. Gelenke beschäd.). Brunet III, 769. Menessier de la Lance II, 27. Lipperheide Tc 45. - Zweite Folio-Ausg. des Standardwerkes der Reitkunst. Die schönen Kupfer mit ausführlicher Darst. der Anatomie des Pferdes, Hufe, Zaumzeug, Sättel, versch. Dressurfolgen u. Reiterportraits. - Meist etw. fleckig u. wurmstichig, eine Tafel mit unterl. Randläs.

Lot 276

Joan Wanklyn: a folio of "Sandhurst Sketches", text by General Sir Cecil Blacker with extra prints and plates, and "A Midsummer Night's Dream", one vol illust Arthur Rackham (extensive foxing)

Lot 281

A folio of 18th century scroll engravings and three signed limited edition prints, unmounted

Lot 273

A quantity of hardback and paperback books to include a 1909 edition of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, Persuasion by Jane Austen illus. by Joan Hassell, a Folio Society book circa 1961, Shakespeare books, various children's books to include A A Milne Toad of Toad Hall, a play 1st edition 1929, Kenneth Grahame's Dream Days and Wind in the Willows early editions, The Bull Calf and other Tales by A B Frost, and others Location: A4F

Lot 134

COLLECTION OF WWII-PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS AND BANKNOTES,predominantly from Nazi Germany, including a selection of photographs depicting ships, crashed planes, architecture and townscapes, cards featuring the 1936 Berlin Olympics, a of prints folio titled Kampf unter der Kriegsflagge, a broad selection of continental notes including a 1921 Stadtsparkasse Bielefeld 15 Juli 1921 silk 100 Mark note, and postcards dedicting Adolf Hitler including a 13 Marz 1938 Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Fuhrer

Lot 385

JOHN VARLEY (1778-1842). WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND THE ABBEY BEYOND. Bears inscription `By Varley`, pencil, 6.5 x 15.5cm; with an ink drawing in the style of Thomas Girtin, `Landing Place, Weymouth` inscribed and numbered `39`, ink, 8 x 14.5cm. (2) Provenance: London, Folio Fine Art Ltd. * Each needs a light clean. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8

Lot 573

A FOLIO OF ENGRAVINGS. Comprising nine subjects by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Palazzo fabbricato sul Quirinale per le Segreterie de Brevi e della Sacra Consulta.., 37.5 x 60.5cm.; Avanzi del Tempio del Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli, 44.5 x 58cm.; Veduta interna del Tempio della Tosse, 62 x 45.5cm.; Veduta interna dell Antico Tempio di Bacco, 40 x 60cm.; Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore, 42.5 x 67.5cm.; Veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate, 47 x 62cm; Arco di Settimio Severo, 35.5 x 58.5cm.; Veduta di Piazza a Navona.., 38.5 x 54cm.; Veduta della Basilica di S. Sebastiano, 41 x 65cm.), two by Domenico de Rossi (Disegno e Prospetto del Romano Campidoglio Moderno.., 48 x 65cm; and Piazza e Tempio di Santa Maria della Rotonda Gia l'Antico Panteon, 47 x 66cm.) and one by Gomar Wouters (Prospetto del Palazzo Pontificio nel Quirinale, 40 x 69cm), all unframed (12). * Fair only; generally stained, grubby, worn, cut down etc; one laid down. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8

Lot 577

FRANCIS DODD, RA (1874-1949). A FOLIO OF NINE ETCHINGS. Comprising `Gavin Bone` (three impressions); `The Garden Door` (Susan Isabel Dacre), damaged lower right; `Muirhead Bone Drawing`, signed by artist and sitter; `Miss Ingle`; Child sketching; Man and Newspaper; and a unique impression of the artist's mother, each signed in pencil, various sizes (9). * Fair; generally with some staining, foxing or other faults. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8

Lot 581

SIR MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953). A FOLIO OF SKETCHES AND BRIEF STUDIES. (d) Approximately 40 leaves, comprising Folkestone, Portsmouth, Mull, Provence, Venice and Torcello, Sweden, Algiers, Spain (Merida, Arevalo, Avila, Medina and Santiago,a gift to Gertrude in 1933); and a signed etching `Rhenish Evangelarium`, some very slight. * Generally satisfactory condition. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8

Lot 588

GAVIN BONE (1907-1942). A FOLIO OF VARIOUS DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS AND PRINTS. Comprising approximately 43 portraits, landscapes, still lifes etc in watercolour, pencil, pastels etc; and approx.10 woodcuts and etchings. * Fair; some handling marks, foxing etc. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8

Lot 591

STEPHEN BONE (1904-1958). CANTERBURY. (d) Inscribed CANTERBURY APRIL 1920, watercolour and pencil, 24.5 x 34.5cm.;, with a small folio of assorted sketches and writings (2 items). * Canterbury a little faded; folio fair condition. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8

Lot 814

Collection of Medical Books Large collection of books including; Storck, Dr. An Essay on the Medicinal Nature of Hemlock, 1760 bound in the same volume as a medical dictionary, both incomplete, half calf; Atlas of Surgical Operations, 1941, folio, petrol blue cloth; Kleen, Massage and Medical Gymnastics, 1921; Bendelack Hewetson, The Localization of Headaches and Sick Headaches, 1897, presentation copy signed by the author; Eccles, McAdam, the Imperfectly Descended Testis, 1903; Combe's Physiology, 1860, half calf, including many other medical texts and journals, a lot

Lot 106

Hasted (Edward). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Canterbury: Printed for the Author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-99, large engraved folding map of Kent, 98 engraved maps, plans and plates (of which 38 double-page & 12 folding), occasional light toning and minor spotting, armorial bookplate of Gerald Gascoigne Lynde to upper pastedowns, 19th century dark green half morocco, terracotta red labels to spines, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, contained together in wooden slipcase with divisions for each volumeQTY: (4)NOTE:Upcott I, p.358-368.

Lot 108

Hyde (Ralph). The Regent's Park Colosseum..., Ackermann, 1st November 1982, additional half-title, subscribers list, contents and preface, six colour collotype plates each with a tissue guard printed with descriptive text, numerous black and white illustrations, index bound at rear, limited edition of 200, this copy un-numbered, signed in pen by the author, all edges gilt, publisher's green crushed morocco gilt, folio, contained in a purpose-built green cloth book box, a little bumpedQTY: (1)

Lot 11

Buy de Mornas (Claude). Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et l'Histoire, Dédié a Monsieur le Président Hénault..., 1st. edition, Paris: Chez l'auteur... et chez Desnos son associé, ingénieur géographe pour les glôbes et sphères, 1761-62, uncoloured engraved allegorical title page, calligraphic title page, 37 engraved plates of globes, armillary spheres, celestial plans and maps, additional classical half-title (dated 1762), a plate of 'historical trees' showing timelines, and a further 84 engraved maps, tables and biblical illustrations, many with contemporary outline colouring, slight marginal staining, a few plates trimmed along the fore-edge margin, 19th century half morocco, but retaining the original boards, rubbed and worn, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Phillips 628.The first edition of this atlas was published in separate parts - thus the first and second volumes have their own title pages and dates. The first volume deals with the historical development of cosmography, geology, astronomy, oceanography and winds, and illustrates this with a series of plates of globes, spheres, continents and astronomical systems. The second volume is dedicated to historical geography and mapping, having 84 maps and illustrative plates. The next volume to be published covered contemporary geography, but this is not present here. Desnos announced a final volume but this was never published.

Lot 116

Leigh (Samuel). Leigh's New Atlas of England & Wales [1820], frontispiece of a table of the price of posting, decorative title, 55 uncoloured engraved maps by Sidney Hall, a general folding map of England & Wales with contemporary outline colouring bound at rear, contemporary calf gilt, re-backed but retaining the original spine, 12mo, together with Mogg (Edward). Mogg's Pocket itinerary of the Direct and Cross Roads of England and Wales with Part of the Roads of Scotland, circa 1833, decorative title, an engraved folding map of England & Wales and publisher's advertisement bound at rear, contemporary calf gilt, re-backed but retaining the original spine, 12mo, with Osbourne (E. C. & W. publisher). Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction, or Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester Railway..., 1838, decorative title and a frontispiece of a folding engraved map, near contemporary ownership signatures to the front endpaper, contemporary blind-stamped cloth gilt, small 8vo, with another copy similar, plus Mogg (Edward). Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and principal Cross Roads in England and Wales..., 16th edition, 1822, frontispiece of a folding engraved map of England & Wales, eight additional regional folding maps, bound at the rear, later endpapers, modern half morocco gilt, 8vo, with another copy similar of the 18th edition (1826), and Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales..., volume 7 (only), 1797, engraved frontispiece, decorative title, uncoloured engraved folding map of England & Wales, eleven engraved Welsh county maps, all with sparse contemporary outline colouring, numerous engraved topographical views, marbled endpapers, upper board near detached, contemporary diced calf gilt, 8vo, with Virtue & Co. (publishers). The National Gazetteer..., 3 volumes, circa 1870, additional decorative half-title, 65 double-page colour lithographic maps, contemporary half morocco gilt, re-backed, rubbed and worn, 8vo, and Bartholomew (John). The Survey Atlas of England & Wales..., 2nd edition, 1939, title page with four old ink library stamps, 81 colour lithographic double-page maps, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, worn at extremities, folioQTY: (11)

Lot 12

Cantemir (Demetrius). The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 1st edition in English, 2 parts in 1, London: James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734-35, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, folding engraved plan of Constantinople, 22 engraved plates, lacking 4pp list of subscribers, bookplate of R M Burrell to front pastedown, damp-stained to lower margin throughout (affecting text and plates), hinges repaired, contemporary speckled calf gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, boards water damaged, worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Atabey 190; Blackmer 281. ESTC T136520. 'Nicholas Tindal translated this history of Turkey into English from Cantemir's Latin manuscript brought to England by his son Antiochus, who was Russian ambassador to England. Cantemir himself served as Hospodar of Moldavia in 1710. His history was considered authoritative, and it was only superseded by von Hammer's monumental history of the Ottoman Empire'. (Atabey)

Lot 121

Skelton (Joseph). Skelton's Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from original drawings by F. Mackenzie, large paper copy, Oxford: J Skelton, 1823, engraved frontispiece, engraved title, map and 49 plates (tissue-guards to each), further engraved illustrations to text, subscriber's list, near-contemporary ownership inscription 'Job Lansley's book Hampstead Norris Berks 1843' to dedication leaf, armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett to front pastedown, broad gilt turn-ins, spotting, contemporary calf, green morocco title label, boards with gilt foliate borders, spine separated into 6 compartments by raised bands finished in gilt, compartments with elaborate gilt foliate devices, some wear, folioQTY: (1)

Lot 133

Fuchs (Leonhart). New Kreüterbuch, 1st edition in German, Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1543, 517 full-page woodcut illustrations, woodcut portrait of Fuchs on verso of title, woodcut portraits of the artists to rear, woodcut printer’s device on title and last leaf, three historiated woodcut initials, early inscriptions to title lower margin 'Presentem monstrat quae liber herba Deum' & 'Erechielis Falckysii et amicorum constrat...', early references in German to rear pastedown, small concomitant wormhole to lower outer margin of last few gatherings, occasional light spotting and dust-soiling (but generally clean), some gatherings with faint old damp-stains to upper margin, a few plates stained, a few leaves with small closed marginal tears, near-contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, dated 1578 in blind to front board, brass cornerpieces, faded title in manuscript to spine, lacking brass clasps, lacking headcap, base of spine worn and showing, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams F1107; Nissen BBI 659; Hunt 48; PMM 69. First edition in German of "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published' (PMM). Only preceded by the Latin edition of 1542, this edition was expanded to include 5 new woodcuts, "Hunerbis," "Spitziger Wegerich," "Klein Schlangen kraut," "Knabenkrautweible, das mittel," and "Kuchenschell.As stated in the preface, Fuchs wished to reach a wider audience with the German edition, believing that the Latin edition had been restricted to purely academic use. He however wanted to make the work accessible to anyone interested in plants and the remedies they produced. In keeping with this, Fuchs took the opportunity to augment this edition with an index of illnesses treatable with herbs. Albert Meyer produced the drawings, mainly based on plants in Fuchs's garden at Tubingen. These were transferred to woodblock by Heinrich Fullmaurer and cut into wood by Viet Rudolph Speckle.

Lot 147

Braun (Georg, and Hogenberg, Frans). Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 3 volumes, [1572 - 1618], facsimile edition, with an Introduction by R. A. Skelton, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1964, numerous uncoloured prints including some folding, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jackets frayed and worn, folio, together with Mercator (Gerard, Hondius H. & Jansson J.). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 2 volumes [1636], facsimile edition, with an introduction by R. A. Skelton, Rand McNally & Company Chicago, George Philip & Son London and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd, Amsterdam, 1968, numerous uncoloured maps, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jackets worn and frayed, folio, with Coronelli (Vicenzo). Libro dei Globi [1693 - 1701], facsimile edition with an introduction by Helen Wallis, Rand McNally & Company Chicago, George Philip & Son London and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd Amsterdam, 1969, numerous uncoloured maps, publisher's cloth gilt, folio, plus Ogilby (John). Ogilby's Road Maps of England and Wales from Ogilby's 'Britannia', 1675, Facsimile Edition, Osprey, 1971, 100 black & white maps, publisher's cloth gilt, with another copy similar, with another three facsimile atlases similar, and Jones (Harry Longueville). Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of those Snowdonian Mountains: Accompanied by a Description, Topographical and Historical of the County of Caernarvon, 1829, 14 (only of 15) uncoloured lithographic plates, some staining and spotting, later endpapers, contemporary half calf gilt, re-backed but retaining the original spine, worn and rubbed, slim folioQTY: (12)

Lot 17

Dalvimart (Octavien). The Costume of Turkey, illustrated by a series of engravings; with descriptions in English and French, 2nd edition, London: William Miller, 1804, 61 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates after Dalvimart (plate 40 duplicated), each with leaf of descriptive text in French and English, titles in English and French (English title with hand-coloured vignette), bookplate of William John Mahon to front pastedown, occasional light dust-soiling and offsetting, damp-stained to lower margin throughout (however often faintly, not affecting images), contemporary green morocco gilt, all edges gilt, boards with gilt border incorporating gilt foliate rolls, further blindstamped foliate rolls incorporated by central panel, water damage to board lower margins, rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 370; Atabey 314; Lipperheide 1422 for 1st edition.

Lot 18

[Dalvimart, Octavien]. The Military Costume of Turkey, 1st edition, London: Thomas McLean, 1818, hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece by Thomas Charles Wageman, hand-coloured aquatint additional vignette title and 29 plates by J.H. Clark, occasional light damp stains, all edges gilt, near contemporary maroon half morocco, gilt decorated spine, cloth sides with title in gilt to upper cover, covers detached from text block, damp mottling at foot of covers and cloth sides lifting, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Colas 2059; Lipperheide 2388; cf. Abbey, Travel, 373 & Blackmer 1125.

Lot 219

Bunbury (Henry). Twenty-Two Plates, Illustrative of Various Interesting Scenes, in the Plays of Shakespeare, engraved by Bartolozzi, Tomkins, Cheesman, Meadows &c. &c., The Late T. Macklin and others, circa 1810, title printed in red & black with small ink ownership stamp, twenty-two uncoloured mixed-method engravings, heavily waterstained and marked, a few leaves detached, contemporary half morocco gilt with additional title label to upper siding, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily worn, frayed and rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Lot 230

Illustrated London News. 11 volumes, a broken run, 1860-68, wood-engraved illustrations throughout (including double-page), folding chromolithograph, spotting, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, worn, folioQTY: (11)

Lot 259

Gathorne-Hardy (Alfred Erskine, 1845-1918). British politician, barrister, railway executive and naturalist. A pair of personal scrap albums, c. 1898/1916, one album largely containing letters to Gathorne-Hardy on a variety of subjects including politics, fishing and field sports, publishing, railway matters, etc., correspondents including John Buchan, G.W. Balfour, George Edward Lodge, Horace Walpole, George O. Trevelyan, Lord Salisbury, Lord Lansdowne, C.B. Stuart Wortley, Knollys, George Earle Buckle, Earls of Cadogan, Derby, et al, the second album largely comprising news cuttings relating to Gathorne-Hardy and his published works, including reviews and correspondence from Westminster Gazette, Eastern Daily News, Daily Telegraph, Scotsman, The Field, Army and Navy Gazette, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, plus a few publisher's agreements from Longmans, 4 printed proof illustrations with detailed pencil notes for alterations in the margins by George E. Lodge (two initialled), plus a small quantity of other ephemera including 2 photographs, all pasted and tipped on to rectos and versos throughout, a total of approximately 150 autograph letters signed (mostly c. 1907-10) and a total of 260 pages, alphabetic thumb indexes at front of each volume, contemporary half calf, heavily rubbed, two covers detached and both spines deficient, folio (36 x 24 cm), together with:Gathorne-Hardy (Alfred E.), Gathorne Hardy, First Earl of Cranbrook: A Memoir with extracts from his Diary and Correspondence, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1910, 12 plates, occasional spotting, bookplates of the Earl of Cromer and John Ellison to front pastedowns, half calf gilt by Bickers & Son, rubbed and partly faded, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and the third son of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, and Jane Orr. Gathorne-Hardy was an observant naturalist, a keen shot and fisherman. Besides the memoir of his father, Longmans also published The Salmon (1898), Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod & Gun (1900) and My Happy Hunting Grounds: with Notes on Sport and Natural History (1914).

Lot 262

Irish Manuscript Pedigree. The Pedigree of O'Kelly, 2 volumes, 18th/early 19th century, comprising approximately 77 leaves in total, one volume with general title written in a fine calligraphic hand followed by a leaf bearing the armorial bearings of the family in pen, ink and watercolour, volumes contain detailed early 19th century manuscript notes, with ten mounted leaves of 18th century notes & a related letter compiled by the Irish antiquary Chevalier Thomas O'Gorman (1732-1809) relating to the lineage and pedigree of the O'Kelly family, several leaves with manuscript pedigrees including some double-page, one folding (with closed tears) and also a seven leaf manuscript genealogical tree (two leaves having a series of small hand-painted armorials to one side), two large late 18th century folding vellum pedigrees of the family bound-in, one titled to verso 'Pedigree of the Family of Castle Kelly', all edges gilt, contemporary calf with inset cloth side panels to boards, upper board to one volume detached, light wear and few marks, large folio (approx. 57 x 45 cm) QTY: (2)NOTE:Tomás, Chevalier O'Gorman or Thomas O'Gorman (1732-1809) was an Irish soldier and genealogist. He was born in Castletown, County Clare, the son of Patrick O'Gorman with his first language being Irish. He was educated as a Medical Doctor at the Irish College, Paris and served with the Irish Brigade in the French army. He was created Chevalier by Louis XV. O'Gorman married a daughter of Count d'Eon, and from him inherited vast vineyards, which were lost in the French Revolution whereupon he retired to Ireland, where he pursued his antiquarian studies. From about 1764 he corresponded with the Irish antiquary Charles O'Conor (1710-1791) and compiled an impressive collection of Irish manuscripts. He also compiled pedigrees of Irish expatriates and also personally arranged for the Book of Ballymote to be given by the Irish College to the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.

Lot 263

* Joseph Appleby & Sons Ltd, millers. A presentation photograph album for Joseph Appleby & Sons, 1890s, 15 albumen print photographs, c. 1867-91, printed 1890s, images include Enfield Mill - Old view, 1867, House front, 1892, Canal front, 1891, Yard view, 1891; Blackburn Mill - Front view, 1891, Canal front, 1891, Old view, 1877; Bootle Mill - Carolina Street, 1891; Bridgewater Mill - Bridgewater front, 1891, Jamaica Street, 1891; Wiltshire Grange - Exterior view, Billiard room, Drawing Room; Enfield Cotton Mill 1891 - Exterior view, images 24 x 29 cm or the reverse, mounted to album leaf rectos with neat ink captions to lower mounts, some spotting throughout, original half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, some loss at head and foot of spine, oblong folio, together with an archive of related ephemera including an accounts ledger, c. 1879-1901 with Edgar Appleby's name gilt-titled to upper cover, a manuscript and typed copy letters book, c. 1900-1918, covers badly damp stained, plus an assorted collection of legal papers and related, c. 1900-1930 including 2 small accounts books for the executors of Edgar ApplebyQTY: (a carton)NOTE:The history of this family milling empire goes back to 1841 when Joseph Appleby settled at Enfield Mills. After Joseph's death in 1878 the business of the firm was continued and enlarged by his two sons, Edgar and Arthur, under the name of Joseph Appleby & Sons.

Lot 265

Lincoln Tax Rates. A large manuscript volume recording tax rates and payments for the parishes of the City of Lincoln, 1852, initial leaf states "A rate made levied and assessed by the Commissioners for putting into execution an Act of Parliament intituled: 'An Act for paving, lighting, watching and improving the city of Lincoln and the Bail and Close of Lincoln in the county of Lincoln and for regulating the Police therein' being a rate of eight pence in the pound for the year commencing the fifth day of August 1851 and ending on the fifth day of August 1852 - dated this sixth day of January 1852", with signatories beneath, a summary sheet of rates by parish for lighting and paving, with 119 pre-printed manually numbered leaves (1-38, 41-121) following, arranged by parish, with manuscript insertions in columns listing house numbers with descriptions of properties, names of proprietors and occupiers, tax rates payable and payments made and scattered sundry notes, etc., versos blank except one leaf with pasted-on printed broadside for the Speech of Mr Charles Seely, at the Nomination for Lincoln City Election, 9 November 1861, signed by two Justices of the Peace at end, sewing broken and all leaves loose, occasional closed tears, spotting, dust-soiling and marks throughout, in memoriam cards and other cuttings pasted at front and rear of album, a few mostly later manuscript items loosely inserted, contemporary half sheep, lacking spine and boards detached, worn, folio (54 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)

Lot 269

* Railway Postcards. An album containing approximately 330 sepia real photo postcards by E. Pouteau, early 20th century, largely featuring stationary and moving trains and locomotives, plus 39 Pouteau printed railway postcards and 39 real photo postcards of warships, largely postally unused, corner-mounted three to a page throughout, contemporary padded morocco postcard album, rubbed, spine defective, narrow folioQTY: (1)

Lot 270

* Railway Postcards. An album containing approximately 450 real photo postcards of railway interest, early 20th century, featuring early locomotives, station views, railway staff, etc., corner-mounted three to a page and mostly postally unused, contemporary velvet-backed stained green boards, heavily rubbed, narrow folioQTY: (1)

Lot 272

* Railway Photographs. A group of 4 photograph albums of railway interest, late 19th and 20th century, one album containing approximately 70 photographs of locomotives, various sizes including full plate, a second album with approximately 55 half-plate gelatin silver print photographs of Caledonian, Highland, North British, etc., another album with approximately 110 half-plate mostly gelatin silver print photographs of GNR, locomotives, wagons, etc., all with images mounted singly and occasionally as multiples to rectos and versos throughout, plus a fourth album of approximately 130 late Victorian and Edwardian full and half-plate photographs of locomotives, trains, accidents, etc., mounted to rectos of a thin paper ledger, a total of approximately 350 images, contemporary full/half morocco bindings, some wear, oblong folio/4toQTY: (4)

Lot 275

* Spanish Lawsuit. A manuscript document concerning an ongoing lawsuit involving the village of Herreros, in Soria, Spain, 1588, the cover sheet translating roughly as follows, 'Herreros, Soria. Certification issued at the request of the village of Herreros, by an escribino de camara of the Real Chancilleria at Valladolid, 27 June 1588, 'No. 16'', the first page of main text begins: 'En la villa de Valladolid a veinte e cinco dias del mes de junio de myll e quinientos e ochenta e ocho años estando los señores presidente e oydores de la audiencia del rrey nuestro señor en audiencia publica Andres de Vallejo en nombre del concejo e vecinos del lugar de Herreros e por ante mi [...] de Rrocas escriuano de camara de la dicha audiencia presento una peticion firmada de su nombre del tenor syguiente: Muy Poderoso Señor: Andres de Vallejo en nombre del concejo e vecinos del lugar de Herreros en el pleito que trata con el consejo de la Mesta y [...] vecinos del lugar de Abejar (?) digo que para presentar ante un juez executor que executa una executoria...', the opposition apparently being the Mesta and the village of Abejar (pp. 2 & 3), the final page a receipt for payment for a land transaction at Herreros, dated 5 February 1588, a total of 100 leaves including 3 blanks, written in a neat but difficult hand to rectos and versos throughout, laid paper (one leaf with watermark 'CATALYUNA'), some spotting and damp staining, occasional marginal fraying with a little text loss, partly stitched and loosely contained in the remains of a contemporary vellum wrapper with heavily rubbed rubricated text, identified 'No. 3' to upper wrapper, folio (31 x 21 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:An unusual manuscript document seemingly written shortly before the Spanish Armada expedition that took place 21 July to August 1588. A large part of the municipal archives for Abejar were destroyed in a fire in the nineteenth century. The Mesta was a very important organisation which protected livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile but was incorporated in the thirteenth century and dissolved in 1836. The Mesta was best known for its organisation of the annual migration of transhumant sheep, particularly those of the merino breed. The flocks and herds of all species of livestock in Castile and their owners were under the oversight of the Mesta, including both the transhumant and the sedentary ones.

Lot 323

Charles I. Basilika. The Works of King Charles the Martyr: with a Collection of Declarations, Treatises, and other Papers Concerning the Differences Betwixt His Said Majesty and His Two Houses of Parliament. With the History of His Life; as also of His Tryal and Martyrdome, 2nd edition, London: Ric. Chiswell, 1687, additional engraved title, without frontispiece and also lacking all three double-page plates, 19th century endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, old reback preserving spine and red morocco title label, upper board near detached, extremities worn, folio, together with:[Godbolt, John], Reports of certain cases, arising in the severall courts of record at Westminster; in the raignes of Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and the late King Charles ... Collected by very good hands, and lately re-viewed, examined, and approved of by the late learned Justice Godbolt..., London: Printed by T.N. for W. Lee, 1653, occasional early marginalia, some toning and spotting throughout, contemporary calf, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, 4to,Degge (Simon), The Parsons Counsellor, with the Law of Tithes or Tithing..., 2nd edition, corrected, London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Henry Twyford, 1677, fore-margin of title browned, some light dust-soiling, contemporary sheep 8vo, Dudley and Ward (John Ward, Viscount), The Law of a Justice of Peace and Parish Officer: containing all the Acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 3 volumes, London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan ... and sold by W. Griffin, 1769, occasional light toning, contemporary calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints cracked and light wear, 4to,Sanderson (Robert), A Preservation against Schism and rebellion, in the most trying times..., 3 volumes, London: Charles Rivington, 1722, contemporary panelled calf, joints lightly cracked, 8vo, plus other 17th and 18th century antiquarian including 3 odd volumes of Historical Collections by John Rushworth, 1680-1721QTY: (16)

Lot 324

Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum, or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, in England and Wales. With divers French, Irish, and Scotch Monasteries formerly relating to England, 3 volumes in one, London: Sam. Keble & Hen. Rhodes, 1693, title in red & black, 15 engraved plates, some browning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of James Frampton to upper pastedown, cloth hinge repairs, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, some wear to board corners, folio, together with:Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes including supplement (vol. 2 third edition), Dublin: A. Rhames for R. Gunne, J. Gunne & W. Bruce, 1730-33, imprimatur leaf to first volume, additional engraved titles to volumes 1 & 2, few engraved portrait plates, letterpress titles of volume 1 and supplement in red & black, armorial bookplate of Charles Walford to upper pastedowns, contemporary blind panelled calf, without spine labels, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, folio, plus an incomplete copy of The Works of Joseph Hall Doctor in Divinitie, and Deane of Worcester..., 1625, lacking all before p.381 and all after p.1266, 19th century half morocco, worn, folioQTY: (5)

Lot 325

Dryden (John, translator). The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, translated into English Verse by Mr Dryden and several other eminent hands, together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, 1st edition, London: Jacob Tonson, 1693, half-title, ownership inscription of 'J G Webster' to front pastedown, ownership inscription of 'Ann Le Clere' in addition to a further notation to title upper margin, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco label lettered in gilt, front joint cracked, some wear, folio, together with:Regnier (Mathurin). Satyres et autres oeuvres de Regnier, accompagne'es de remarques historiques, new edition, London: Jacob Tonson, 1733, engraved frontispiece, vignette title, engraved vignettes to text, armorial bookplates of Henry Curwen & Holland House to front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Percy L Babington (St John's College Cambridge) & later ownership inscription of J.W. Cantwell, Christ's College Cambridge to front free endpaper, lightly spotted, contemporary calf, front board detached, worn, 4to, withJemmat (Catherine). Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 1st edition, London: Printed for the author, 1766, list of subscribers, catchwords, a few damp-stains to margins, contemporary half calf, front joint cracked, worn, 4to with Virgil, Opera 1701 QTY: (4)

Lot 328

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches, Oxford: John Baskett, 1717/1716, additional engraved general title by Du-Bose representing Moses writing the first words of Genesis, general letterpress title and calendar printed in red and black, general title with engraved illustration by G. Vander Gucht depicting view of Oxford, and vignette to New Testament depicting the Annunciation, with numerous engraved head & tail-pieces and initials after Thornhill, Cheron, Laguere and others, generally illustrating incidents from the Bible, Apocrypha present, borders ruled in red throughout, lower outer blank corner of 3S6 torn away (not affecting text), lower blank margin of leaf G4 in New Testament with closed tears and long closed tear to lower blank margin of S1, few old neat marginal repairs, marbled endpapers with light wear, bookplate of Thomas Estcourt to pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated calf, upper board detached, lower joint split and some wear to extremities, folio (50.8 x 31.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Thomas Estcourt (1748-1818) and thence by descent. Thomas Estcourt of Estcourt House, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire was an English member of Parliament. He was the eldest surviving son of Matthew Estcourt of Cam, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Lydiah. Thomas was educated at St John's College, Oxford, from 1766 and later succeeded to the Estcourt estate. He was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1774–75 and returned unopposed as MP for Cricklade from 20 March 1790 to 1806. He married in 1774, the Hon. Jane Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston and had 2 sons and 2 daughters. His eldest son Thomas Grimston Estcourt also became an MP.Herbert 942; Darlow & Moule 735.A magnificent edition, printed in large type. This edition became known as the Vinegar Bible from the misprint in the headline above Luke XX, The parable of the vinegar (for vineyard) to verso of G6 in the New Testament. The book contained many misprints, and earned the nickname A Baskett-ful of Errors. See Acts iii 24 ... and the prophets ... and all those ... for and all the prophets ... and those ... and iv 24 had for heard, etc. Two distinct varieties of the Vinegar Bible occur, this example being variety A with the engraved general title by Du-Bose rather than version B with the engraved title by Sturt and the other engravings differing considerably from those in A.

Lot 330

Commerce. The Case of the Gunpowder-Makers, and of the Merchants, Exporters of Gun-Powder, [London, 1730?], single sheet with docket title to verso, folio (ESTC T80444; Hanson, 4190), together with four others similar including:The Case of the Drugists, Grocers, and other Dealers in Coffee, Tea, &c. in relation to the bill now depending concerning those Comodities [sic], [London, 1724], single sheet with docket title to verso, folio (ESTC T17398; Goldsmiths’, 6282; Hanson, 3293),Reasons humbly offered against the bill for repealing part of the Act of Navigation, [London, 1720], single sheet with docket title to verso, folio (ESTC T17280; Goldsmiths’, 5704; Hanson, 2700);Reasons for the Wardens of the Apothecaries being joined with the Censors of the College in their viewing, judging, and destroying of defective and corrupted drugs and medicines, [London, 1724?], single sheet with docket title to verso, folio (ESTC T17399),Some Considerations relating to the Importation of Snap and Bay Yarn from Ireland to Bristoll, &c. humbly offer’d to the Honble the House of Commons. By a person wholly indifferent, and no way concern’d either on one side or other, [London, 1731?], single sheet with docket title to verso, folio (ESTC T80454; Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature, reel 427, no. 6855),QTY: (5)

Lot 331

Economics. Observations on the state of gold and silver in Great-Britain, both in coin and bullion; and the reason why so little has been coined at His Majesty’s mint, with a method for encouraging the coinage and keeping it within due bounds, [London?, 1730?], [2]p., drop-head title, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC N68029. Only two institutional locations found (Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland and also Harvard University Graduate School of Business, Baker Library).

Lot 332

America. The Case of the British Northern Colonies, [London, 1731?], 3,[1] p., docket title, neat strengthening repair to hinge at gutter, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Hanson, 4223.In this edition first line of text: "These colonies consist of a large tract of land on the northern continent of America,". The case regards a protest against a bill to restrain the northern colonies from trading with the French and Dutch sugar islands.

Lot 334

Spence (Joseph). Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman Poets, and the remains of the Antient Artists, being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another, in ten books, 1st edition, London: R Dodsley, 1747, engraved portrait frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, armorial bookplate of Robert Bristow to front pastedown, spotting, contemporary speckled calf gilt, lacking title label, worn, folioQTY: (1)

Lot 349

Worsley (Richard). Museum Worsleyanum: or a Collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues, and Gems; with views of places in the Levant taken on the spot in the years MDCCLXXXV, VI and VII, 2nd edition, 2 volumes in 1, London: Septimus Prowett, 1824, 2 engraved frontispieces, 149 numbered engraved plates (several double-page or folding), further illustrations to text, titles with engraved vignettes, damp-stained throughout (including damp-mottling to preliminary and rear leaves), some light spotting, contemporary black morocco gilt, broad gilt turn-ins, some water damage to boards, rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Blackmer 1842.'According to Michaelis printed in only 250 copies... The plates of views of the Levant have been etched and engraved after drawings by Revely and by William Pars, who was well known for his work on the Ionian Antiquities. In fact the Museum Worsleyanum was felt by Michaelis to rank in importance with both these scholarly productions (Stuart & Revett - Antiquities of Athens)'. (Blackmer)

Lot 357

Fashion. The Ladies, a journal of the court fashion and society, 3 volumes, [all published], London: Office of the Ladies, March-December 1872, 18 hand-coloured plates, additional uncoloured lithographs and further illustrations to text, a few spots to preliminaries, contemporary half calf gilt over red marbled boards, some wear, base of front joint of one volume split, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:A scarce complete run of this fashion periodical. Copac can only trace three institutionally held copies in the UK (British Library, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford).

Lot 360

Alva. Images Sérigraphies Originales D'Alva, introduction de R. V. Gindertael, New York: Serigraph Galleries, 1954, 12 colour screen prints, original brown cloth, black dust jacket, lightly marked, folio, 88 of 160 copies, together with:Collis (Maurice). Alva, paintings and drawings, London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1942, presentation copy signed by the author to front free endpaper, illustrations throughout (a few colour), light marginal toning, original brown cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 4to, withWilczynsky (Katerina). Daphnis and Chloe, twelve drawings, Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, [1943], 12 signed etched plates, lightly toned, contained in green pictorial quarter morocco folder, folio and another relatedQTY: (2)

Lot 367

Dean (George Alfred). A series of selected designs for country residences, entrance lodges, farm offices, cottages, &c. Which have been erected for H.R.H. the late Prince Consort, the Earl of Leicester, Lord Harris, Hon. G.W. Fitzwilliam, &c., &c., Worthing, York & London, 1867, hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece (detached), lithograph plates & plans, (including one coloured and few double-page), light toning, original cloth, spine detached, worn, folio, together with:Small (John Wiliam), Scottish Woodwork of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Edinburgh: David Douglas, [1878], numerous lithograph plates, front blank with the signature & address of Edward Burgess (Architect 1850-1929), original morocco-backed printed boards, worn, folio (limited edition 110/250),Ahlberg (Hakon), Swedish Architecture of the Twentieth Century, London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1925, photogravure plates, original cloth in torn dust jacket, 4to,Lloyd (Nathaniel), A History of the English House, Architectural Press, 1931, monochrome illustrations and plans, original cloth, 4to, volume loosely containing a small series of photographs etc. partly relating to proposed minor extensions to Coleshill House, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) by the architects Burgess, Holden & Watson, dated 1951 (with later research documentation dated 1979), plus other architecture and design related including Tanner (Henry), English Interior Woodwork of the XVI, XVVII & XVIII centuries, Batsford, 1902; Documents classés de l'art dans les Pays-Bas du Xe au XVIIIe siècle / recueillis et reproduits par J.J. van Ysendyck, 9 portfolio volumes, mixed set, circa 1880s; Blumer (George B.), Architectural Studies in Yorkshire, Jubilee Edition, 1887; Smith (Bernard), Sketches Abroad in Germany, Spain, Italy & France, Batsford, 1883, etc.QTY: (23)

Lot 370

Hughes-Stanton (Blair, illustrator). The Beast in the Jungle. A Psychological Novel by Henry James, Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1963, wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, polychrome text, prospectus loosely-inserted, bookplate of Donal Lee Williams, original boards, acetate wrapper (torn with loss), folio, limited edition of 130, together with Epithalamion. A Poem by Ida Graves with Associate Wood-Engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton, Colchester: Gemini Press, 1934, wood-engravings, original boards, slipcase (a few chips), slim folio, limited edition, 127/330 QTY: (2)

Lot 373

Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament. Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament, 1st edition, Day and Son, 1856, title-page printed in red and black, 101 mainly chromolithographic plates including additional title-page, many plates heightened in gold, a few plates tinted only, wood-engraved vignettes in text, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, ink library stamps to the verso of plates and on chapter headings, hinges strengthened, contemporary decorative half morocco gilt with inlaid gilt design and title to the upper siding, some wear and fraying but largely confined to the extremities, large folio, 575 x 390 mmQTY: (1)

Lot 377

Morgan (John Pierpont). Pictures in the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan at Princes Gate & Dover House, London. Modern schools. With an introduction by T. Humphrey Ward and biographical and descriptive notes by W. Roberts, London: Privately Printed, 1907, half-title, hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece, 21 uncoloured photogravure plates, printed captions to tissue guards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt remainder untrimmed, modern gilt panelled and decorated maroon morocco by Keith Wintersgill of Oxford, green morocco title label to spine, large folio (54.2 x 43.5 cm)QTY: (1)

Lot 379

Phillips (Philip, James A. Brown). Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings, from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, 6 volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979, colour illustrations throughout, original light green cloth, a few marks, folioQTY: (6)

Lot 381

Rothenstein (William). The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein 1889-1925, an iconography by John Rothenstein, with a preface by Max Beerbohm and 101 collotype plates, London: Chapman & Hall, 1926, 101 collotype plates with captioned tissue-guards, errata slip, leaves toned, original black cloth gilt, rubbed, folio, 382 of 520 copies, together with:Brangwyn (Frank). The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn, London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1924, 33 colour plates (some double-page), black and white plates throughout, some occasional light spotting, original salmon cloth, 4to, withThe Art of H. Davis Richter, Benfleet: F. Lewis, 1935, mounted colour frontispiece, illustrations throughout (some colour), some light dust-soiling, original green half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, rubbed, 4to, 12 of 200 copies, with 9 others related QTY: (12)

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