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A 20TH CENTURY PITCH PINE PLAN CHEST with laminate top over ten narrow folio drawers on plinth base, 91cm high x 124cm wide x 92cm deep Condition Report:Available upon request

A 20TH CENTURY PITCH PINE PLAN CHEST with laminate top over ten narrow folio drawers on plinth base, 91cm high x 149cm wide x 92cm deep Condition Report:Available upon request

Six Folio Society works of E M Forster: "The Longest Journey", "A Room With A View", "Where Angels Fear To Tread", "Maurice", "A Passage To India" and "Howards End", 1996, in slip case

Seven Folio Society publications in slip cases, including Frances Wood, "The Silk Road", 2002; Winston S Churchill, "My Early Life. A Roving Commission", 2007, etc

The Foulis Homer: Iliados. Odysseias. [in Greek]. Glasgow: Robert and Andreas Foulis, 1756-58, first edition, four volumes bound in two, text edited by Glasgow professors James Moor and George Muirhead, the book was printed in a new font of Greek type noted for its beauty and regularity, designed and cut by the Glasgow typefounder Alexander Wilson, marbled endpapers, binder's blanks of laid paper with Pro Patria watermark, later vellum, gilt, over thick boards, morocco labels titled in gilt on spines, raised bands, all edges gilt, folio (2). Professors James Moor (Robert Fouliss brother-in-law) and George Muirhead, from the University of Glasgow, proof-read the sheets multiple times and made the proofs available for public inspection at the University with a cash reward for anyone spotting a typo (purportedly never claimed). Thomas Jefferson, in a letter dated April 1, 1818, praises the perfection of the Foulis edition of Homer above all others. Described by Edward Harwood as "One of the most splendid editions of Homer ever delivered to the world. its accuracy is equal to its magnificence" (Harwood, 4-5). Condition Report: light marks to vellum boards, light foxing to preliminaries, tightly bound and overall good conditions.

Perrault, Charles, 'Contes: La Belle au Bois Dormant - Cendrillon - Barbe-Bleu - Peau d'Ane - Les Oeufs, illustres de seize eaux-fortes originales de Drian', Verlag: Paris, La Roseraie, (1922). With 16 original etchings by A. Drian, of which 5 in the text and 11 on plates, large folio, contemporary vellum over 5 raised bands, gilt title to spine and front board, end papers with original watercolours by Pierre Schmidt, original printed wrappers bound in, in private slipcase, from a limited edition of 20 copies. Provenance: from the collection of Baron de Meyer.Condition Report: The volume features four original colour watercolour drawings to the end papers at the front and back; the remainder of the images are monochromatic etchings, with duplicates in some cases. More generally, the volume bears some signs of wear, including fading and discolouration to the boards (visible in photography).

Childrens Illustrated and others: Twelve hardback books -BANNERMAN (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo. Grant Richards, 1900. The Dumpy Books for Children series No. 4, third edition, 27 full-page colour illustrations, original publishers green striped cloth, engraved and printed at the Racquet Court Press; Eliot (T.S.). Old Possums Book of Practical Cats first illustrated edition, eighth impression, Faber and Faber, 1957. full-page colour illustrations by Nicholas Bentley, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 12s 6d, original pictorial cream cloth, lettered in red on spine, 8vo; GRISET (Ernest). Aesops Fables. Cassell Petter & Galpin, (n.d. c. 1888). new and enlarged edition with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and LEstrange, 162 wood-engraved illustrations after Ernest Griset, 54 being full-page, new endpapers, contemporary half leather, titled in gilt on spine; THOMPSON (Kay) and Georg Hallensleben. Eloise in Moscow, revised jacket edition, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000; SCARRY (Richard). Busy, Busy World, first edition, second impression, Paul Hamlyn, 1967; Best Word Book Ever, first edition, second impression, Paul Hamlyn, 1965; Storybook Dictionary, eighth impression, 1975; GUTMAN (Anne). Lisa in New York, Knopf Books for Young Readers (2002); ALIGHERI (Dante). New Life (La Vita Nuova), translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London: George Harrap (n.d. c. 1918). first Evelyn Paul edition, Deluxe issue, new endpapers with presentation prize bookplate, illuminated title-page and half-title, eight full-page colour plates, plus eight tipped-in colour illustrations and gothic style decoration in-text after Evelyn Paul, music by Alfred Mercer, original faux leather, gilt, 8vo; Redlich, Monica. (1909-1963). Return to London. Copenhagen: Carit Anderson, 1947. first edition, b/w. illustrations throughout by Ebbe Sadolin, original publishers marbled boards, lettered in red on labels to upper board and spine, limited edition of 1700 copies, tall 8vo; together with, IRELAND (John). Hogarth Illustrated. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1884; LEAR (Edward). Complete Book of Nonsense, illustrated by Quentin Blake, within slipcase, Folio Society, 1996. v.s. (12) Condition Report: The Story of Little Black Sambo - light marks and staining to boards, binding loose, boards cocked and almost detached, some rubbing to corners and spine ends, small tear to cloth tail of spine, occasional light marks internally, otherwise a clean copy.Old Possums Book of Practical Cats - light marks to boards, spine ends bumped, some signs of wear to dust-jacket with chips head of spine, internally clean and bright. Aesops Fables - rubbing to boards, some loss to leather on spine, corners and spine ends rubbed, foxing to title-page, further occasional foxing internally not affecting the plates.New Life (La Vita Nuova) - spine ends and corners rubbed, internally clean and bright. Return to London - light rubbing to boards, corners and spine ends rubbed, internally clean and bright.Hogarth Illustrated - boards rubbed, spine ends and corners rubbed, some loss to paper label on spine, edges untrimmed, a few joints cracked, occasional foxing. Storybook Dictionary - some signs of wear to boards and spine.Others - overall good conditions.

Wyatt (M. Digby), Metal-Work and its Artistic Design, London: Day & Son, 1852, chromolithographic plates, ex-library copy (boards detached), folio; Weale (John), Divers Works of Early Masters in Christian Decoration, volume 2 only, chromolithographic plates, heavily foxed, detatched from binding, ex-library copy, folio; Waring (J.B., editor), Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, London: Day & Son, 1858, chromolithographic plates, worn calf, gilt, quarto; and two others with plates (5) [not collated].

An Early 20th Century Oak Canvas and Leather Folding Folio Stand, 92cm wide

dating: 1962 provenance: Milan, 'Le Armi da Fuoco Portatili Italiane dalle origini al Risorgimento,' Bramante Editrice, Milan, 1962; folio with 527 pages, 227 b/w plates and 69 color plates. One of the first center unnumbered copies signed by the author. Hardcover in green cloth and leather spine. In original slipcase. Very rare. height 31.5 cm.

Folio of prints

Folio of prints

Hurd (William) A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World..., engraved frontispiece, and numerous engraved plates, list of subscribers and 4pp. advertisements at rear, title with two closed tears and tape repairs, some marginal browning and soiling, new endpapers, modern calf, folio, Alexander Hogg, [1788].

Jones (Owen) The Grammar of Ornament, second edition, chromolithographed additional decorative title and 109 plates only (of 111, lacking plates 4 & 72), some heightened with gold, illustrations, some soiling and staining, some plates a little frayed at edges, a few misbound, original decorated cloth, gilt, worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, Day & Son, [1865] § Froissart (Jean) Les Chroniques, edited by Mme. de Witt, née Guizot, 2 vol., plates and illustrations including 10 chromolithographed plates, part-titles and initials printed in colours and gold, double-page map, contemporary morocco-backed brocade, spines gilt, a little rubbed at edges, Paris, 1881, small folio & 4to; sold not subject to return (3)

Matisse (Henri) Jazz, original black cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed at extremities, a couple of tears to lower panel edges, New York, 1983 § Avedon (Richard) and Truman Capote. Observations, photographic illustrations, original white glazed boards, light spotting to upper cover edges, rubbing to hinges and spine ends, New York,  1959, light water-staining to spines; and 4 others, similar, 4to and folio (6)

Champagnac (J.B.J.) Les Images, ou Scènes Morales... pour servir à l'Instruction et à l'Amusement des Enfans qui sont bien Sages, additional engraved title and 23 plates by Martinet, all hand-coloured, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some light foxing and spotting, morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, oblong small folio, Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1826.*** A rare and charming moral book aimed at children, with finely coloured scenes of families amidst French landscapes and interiors. Only one previous appearance at auction at Sotheby's, 1968. 

Rowe (Nicholas) Lucan's Pharsalia, engraved frontispiece and folding map, scattered ink library stamps, frontispiece and title uniformly browned, lighter thereafter, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, and with all edges supplied in modern ?morocco, folio, for Jacob Tonson, 1738. 

Josephus (Flavius) The Whole Works, translated by Charles Clarke, engraved portrait frontispiece and plates, title with closed tear, initial ff. creased, some marginal spotting, repairs to hinges, contemporary tree calf, worn, folio, by J. Walker, 1785. 

Europe.- Hartland (Frederick) Tapographia Or A Collection of Tombs of Royal and Distinguished Families, one of 12 copies privately printed, half-title, title, dedication leaf, index and 86 leaves, lithographed throughout, light occasional spotting, small ownership label to rear pastedown, contemporary red half morocco, lettered and edged in gilt, g.e., rubbed, folio, [Cheltenham], lithographed and printed by the author, 1856.

Shakespeare (William) The Dramatic Works, 100 engraved plates published by Boydell, most with tissue-guards, illustrations, scattered spotting and staining, upper hinge strengthened, contemporary morocco, border in gilt and blind, joints beginning to split at spine head, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, 1832.

Moore (Thomas, poet, 1779-1852) Small archive of correspondence and ephemera on relations between the Irish poet, Thomas Moore and Samuel Carter Hall, including: (1). Autograph Letter signed to Mr Power, his London publisher of "Irish Melodies", sm. 4to, 2nd February 1825, concerning a duel in Calais involving a neighbour (not published in the collected letters) § (2). 5 long manuscript folio pages of Hall's account of editing the "Beauties" and ownership/whereabouts of the original paintings; (3). A telegram expressing anxiety about the non-arrival of the painting; (4). A condolence letter from Hall to Moore's widow; (5). A long, printed account from an unspecified newspaper, of Hall's pilgrimage with a journalist called Hunt to Moore's grave in 1885, with Hall's hand-written comments alongside it, all tipped-in on front free endpaper (loose), inserted in a large folio of proofs of "Beauties of Moore" ("of which few were printed"), half morocco, rubbed, upper cover detaching, 1846; and 9 others, comprising: a good copy of Lalla Rookh, 1817 and 9 vol. of Stevenson & Moore's A Selection of Irish Melodies, scarce proof set, original wrappers, worn and defective, n.d., 4to & folio (11 and a small qty of papers). *** The archive is a combination of Ireland's most successful 19th century poet, Thomas Moore; Carter Hall, a Victorian literary editor who, with his wife had written more than 400 items over their years of literary activity; and the Goss family in the Potteries who established a famous line of ceramics, one of whom had been a painter for the "Beauties of Moore" many years before. Goss in his letter of his relationship with Hall, notes that Hall had carefully excised all but one of his accompanying textual pages of comments printed opposite each engraved "Beauty", unwilling to retain them, except for one which Goss puts down to its reference to spiritualism. Samuel Carter Hall (1800-89), Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality.  

Britain.- Camden (William) Britain, Or a Chorographical Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland..., first English edition, translated by Philemon Holland, engraved additional title, lacking all maps and last leaf of index, contemporary ink description of book to front free endpaper, first few leaves laid down, some corners and edges neatly repaired, some water-staining and light spotting, endpapers renewed, later calf expertly laid down preserving backstrip and covers, decorated in gilt, rubbed, spine gilding faded, [USTC 3004367], folio, George Bishop and John Norton, 1610; sold not subject to return.

Daniell (William) A Voyage Round Great Britain 1814-1825, 8 vol., one of 90 sets, edited by Iain Bain, facsimile plates after Daniell, loose as issued, all preserved in sealed publisher's glacine wrapping, housed in 2 original drop-back boxes (a little soiled), folio, Tate Gallery in association with Editions Alecto, 1978.

Burnet (Gilbert) Bishop Burnet's History of his Own Time, 2 vol., contemporary armorial blind-stamped calf, rather rubbed and warn, endpapers detached, joints split, for Thomas Ward, 1724 § Etched Portraits of Celebrated Painters, portrait plates, light spotting, contemporary calf, worn, spine defective, joints split, [?1893] § Boutell (Rev. Charles) The Monumental Brasses of England, title in red and black, illustrations, foxing, ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks, contemporary half red morocco, worn, corners defective, joints split and covers working loose, 1849, and 9 others, mostly 18th century works, folio & 8vo (12) [sold not subject to return] 

Mineralogy & Geology.- Agricola (Georgius) De Re Metallica, translated by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover, first edition in English, woodcut illustrations, endpapers foxed, original vellum, small split upper joint foot, unopened along top edge, others uncut, folio, The Mining Magazine, 1912.*** First edition in English of this classic of mining technology, translated from the Latin first edition of 1556.

Chatsworth copy.- Arnobius, of Sicca. Disputationum adversus gentes libri octo, editio princeps, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, a4 blank, lacking blank R8, &1&2 (errata ff.) misbound at start as often, title lightly soiled, some water-staining to lower corners, occasional spotting, some light browning, 18th century speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, foot of spine little worn, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams A1994; EDIT 16 CNCE 3083], folio, Rome, Francesco Priscianese, 1542. *** The well-margined Chatsworth copy of the editio princeps of this work composed in response to Diocletian's persecution of the Christians. Arnobius was a Christian who lived and preached in North Africa in the 3rd century AD. His work attacks pagan beliefs and practices, in order to promote Christianity. Provenance: Dukes of Devonshire (Chatsworth bookplate, Bookcase 25, Shelf D).   

Botany.- Mee (Margaret) Flowers of the Brazilian Forests, one of 500 copies, this copy inscribed 'personal  copy of Edmund Fisher, ex series', colour plates, tissue-guards, the odd light spot, original green morocco-backed boards, decorated in gilt with lizard motif, The Tryon Gallery, 1969 § Jones (Paul) Flora Superba, one of 406 copies signed by the illustrator, this copy inscribed 'file copy only, ex series', colour frontispiece and 15 plates, tissue-guards, the odd light spot, contemporary cloth, decorated in gilt with flower motif, a few spots around upper hinge, Tryon Press, 1971 § Toulouse-Lautrec (Henri de) Elles, one of 1250 copies, membership certificate of the 'Toulouse-Lautrec Circle' for Edmund Fisher and additional plate loosely inserted, 11 tipped-in colour lithographed plates, all numbered in pencil, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some very light spotting, 1969, original cloth slip-cases, slightly rubbed or spotted; and 4 others, mostly botany, folio (7)

Colonna (Marco Antonio, Duke de Tagliacozzi, Duke and Prince of Paliano, general and admiral, 1535-84) Letter signed to Cardinal Commendone, 1p. with conjugate blank, in Italian, with superscription and blind seal, folio, Naples, 4th April 1577, in reply to a letter of recommendation by Cardinal Commendone of Claudio Gonzaga and offering his full co-operation, folds, a few short tears / splits, some staining, lightly browned.   

Nonesuch Press.- Herodotus. The History..., translated by G. Rawlinson, edited by A.W. Lawrence, number 12 of 675 copies, half-title with wood-engraved vignette, title in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by V. Le Campion, 9 maps at end, most double-page, original blue-stained vellum-backed cloth, gilt, spine a little faded, as usual, t.e.g., others uncut, small folio, The Nonesuch Press, 1935. 

Baldessari (John) Mayonnaise, poster for Prima Facie (Fifth State) exhibition, [4 copies], each signed and dated by the artist at foot, 525 x 840mm, one or two very slightly browned or creased at edges, 2006; and 5 others, posters, including 2 for Alex Hubbard exhibition signed by the artist, large folio (9) 

Blank paper.- An album of c.120 sheets of mid-late 19th century blank paper, one sheet with an anonymous watercolour, no watermarks, each sheet approx. 535 x 430 mm (21 x 16 7/8 in), calf lacking backstrip but holding firm, brass corners and clasps with broken lock, label to upper cover that reads 'Watercolour Drawings 1862', very worn and rubbed, folio, [circa 1860s]

Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Decem, engraved additional pictorial title, woodcuts within text, some full-page, bookplate of Robert & Helen Kime, additional title with a few very short tears to lower margin, title with loss to blank lower corner, title lightly foxed and soiled, light browning, mainly marginal, some spotting, a few light stains, but generally good, without front free endpapers, upper hinge broken, later vellum, yapp edges, remains of manuscript title to spine, small loss to spine ends, rubbed and soiled, [Fowler 417; Berlin Katalog 1817; Cicognara 726; Willems 1097 'Magnifique édition, ornée de nombreuses figures sur bois dans le texte'], folio, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1649. *** One of the most important editions of Vitruvius. It is a compendium of architecture, and the arts of building embellishment. It also contains a Latin translation of Henry Wotton's 'Elements of Architecture', edited by Joannes De Laet.

Jewellery.- Jaffer (Amin, editor) Beyond Extravagance. A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels, one of 600 deluxe copies, publisher's limitation card mounted to title verso, colour illustrations throughout, original indigo-coloured silk with gold metallic threads in a Tibetan style brocade, g.e., housed in original velvet hinged box (a little rubbed), folio, New York, Assouline, 2013. *** A fine example of this sumptuous work published by Assouline. Exploring the Al Thani collection of Indian jewellery, which spans over four hundred years from the royal courts of the Moghul Empire to 21st century innovations, this work catalogues and analyses the uniquely sophisticated tradition of jewellery within India, and its evolution of style and technique.

Cooke (Edward, translator) Magna Charta, Made in the Ninth Year of K. Henry the Third..., marginal repair to C2, 20th century ink inscription on endpapers, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked with red morocco spine label, printed by the Assignees of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires, for Thomas Simmons, 1680 § Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry...to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil, 3 parts in 1, general title in red and black, 122 plates, many with engravings on both sides, numerous armorial woodcuts to text, one or two plates with later hand-colouring, some marginal repairs, occasionally to plates, modern half calf, lightly rubbed, 1679; and 2 others, including another 17th century work, and a 1573 Biblia Sacra, folio & 8vo (4)

Europe.- Prout (Samuel) A Series of Views of Rural Cottages in the West of England, 12 aquatint plates, contemporary pink paper wrappers, rebacked, printed paper label to upper cover, previous owner's ink signature to upper cover, short tear to bottom edge, a little rubbed, chipping to corners and extremities, [Abbey, Life 174], 1819 § Stretton (Henry) Original Sketches, 10 tinted lithographs, list of subscribers, spotting, contemporary cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; folio & oblong folio (2).

Geology.- Scrope (George Poulett) Considerations on Volcanos...Leading to the Establishment of a New Theory of the Earth, first edition, 3 folding plates (2 lithographed), illustrations, cancelled library ink-stamp to head of title, foxing and browning, original blind-stamped cloth, some wear to spine ends, lightly rubbed and browned, 1825; and a defective copy of the 1839 report on the selection of stone for the new Houses of Parliament, 8vo & folio (2) *** Scrope's first book, considered the earliest systematic treatise on volcanology.

Horses.- Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) Méthode et Invention Nouvelle De Dresser Les Chevaux, second edition, engraved double-page title and 39 double-page engraved plates only (of 42), by Pieter de Jode the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, mounted on stubs, a few small marginal tears, some light water-staining to upper edges, the odd spot, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, repair on edge, hinges beginning to split at ends but holding firm, worn, folio, J. Brindley, 1737.

Kolovouris (Stefanos, bookbinder).- Shakespeare (William) Antony & Cleopatra, one of 300 copies signed by the artist, printed in blue and black, colour illustrations by Ronald King, in a designer binding by Stefanos Kolovouris of sanded goatskin with title in blind on upper cover, spine with exposed sewing, in a box made from buffalo skin secured with a piece of balsa wood, around which the title is engraved, folio, Guildford, Circle Press, 1979.*** Accompanying the lot is a catalogue for the 2019 Society of Bookbinders international competition, in which this binding featured.

Mineralogy.- Agricola (Georgius) De re metallica libri XII, fourth Latin edition, woodcut title-vignette, 2 folding plates and c.270 illustrations attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch and Blasius Weffring, many full-page, e1 small paper-flaw hole affecting extreme upper corner of woodcut and a few letters to verso, few ff. with chips or tears to edges but no text loss, browned and foxed, often heavy, disbound, spine defective with many leaves loose, old blind-stamped vellum covers present but loose and very worn, [Wellcome II, p.18; cf.PMM 79, first edition], Basel, Emanuelis König, 1657; and a defective copy of Christoph Entzelt's De re metallica, rare 1557 edition, folio & 8vo (2); sold not subject to return.  *** "The first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times" (PMM). First published in 1556, this became the standard work on the subject for several generations of miners. The extraordinary quality and number of woodcuts give a wonderful graphic account of industrial activity in the mid-sixteenth century, eg. the use of waterpower, furnaces etc., and include a very early depiction of a railway.

Mineralogy.- Kurr (Johann Gottlob Von) The Mineral Kingdom, 24 lithographed plates, 23 hand-coloured or partly so, one or two heightened with gold or silver, others with gum arabic, captioned tissue-guards, ink-stamp of Royal Society of Edinburgh to pastedown and title lower margin (ink-stamp to pastedown crossed through in pencil with "Sold by auction 1983" beside), a few plates with margins very slightly trimmed, plates offset onto tissue-guards, scattered spotting, heavier to first uncolored plate, occasional light marginal soiling, staining to front free endpaper, original morocco-backed cloth, spine worn with portions of loss, extremities little rubbed, folio, Edinburgh, 1859.

Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), X1-3 torn and frayed at lower outer corner with slight loss to catchwords, small stain to inner margin of last few leaves, gilt-stamped morocco label "Scottow. Norf: 1763." to front pastedown, etched bookplate of Bryan Hall, contemporary red morocco, tooled in gilt with central lozenge made up of crowns, suns, double-headed birds, acorns etc. and border of flowers and other ornaments, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., rather scuffed and stained, corners worn, folio, Cambridge, Joseph Bentham, 1762.*** Bought for Scottow church, Norfolk in 1763.

Arden (John, playwright and author, 1930-2012) Soldier, Soldier: A Television Play, typescript in English and French, 172pp., original printed wrappers, upper cover working loose, creased, folio, 1960; and a small quantity of printed matter relating to Arden, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***  Passports.- Canning (George, Prime Minister, 1770-1827) Passport for James Calvert to travel to Malta signed by Canning as Foreign Secretary, 1p. engraved with coat of arms and manuscript insertions, folds, creased, folio (355 x 255mm.), 18th December 1826; and 6 other passports, including 1 signed by Lord Aberdeen, 1 Russian, 1 Papal States etc., folio (7).

Hieronymus (Eusebius) Divina Bibliotheca [Opera Omnia], 5 vol., engraved frontispiece to vol. 1, ha;f-titles, titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved folding map of the Holy Land, large tear into image, engraved head-pieces and initials, occasional water-staining and worming, most to blank lower margins, ex-library with usual ink-stamps to front free endpapers and titles, cracked hinges, later calf, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Paris, 1693-1706.

FOLIO SOCIETY 18 titles

Wilde (Oscar), The Importance of Being Earnest, 1960, Folio Society and others by the Folio Society (qty)

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, lst Duke. Letter signed,, “Wellingtonâ€, partly printed and completed in manuscript, 1p., folio, lightly browned, small split at fold, Paris, 28 March 1816. Informing Major General Sir Edward Barnes that “The Prince Regent having been graciously pleased...to command that a Medal should be struck for the Officers, and Men, who fought at the Battle of Waterloo, I have the honor to forward the one destined for youâ€. Major General Sir Edward Barnes is described in the Waterloo Roll as 'our fire eating adjutant-general'. He commanded Brigades at the battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive and Orthes. M.P. for Sudbury he has a long and distinguished career and is generally credited as cofounder of the Army and Navy Club.Some repaired splitting to corners, paper evenly browned.

John Speed. The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous woodcut illustrations in text of coins, medals, crests, etc., contemporary reverse calf, engraved bookplate of Edward Sacheverell Sitwell, folio, London: John Dawson for George Humble, 1632.Light browning throughout, last few leaves oiled, calf worn, joints cracked, some surface loss.

The Works of that faithful and painful Preacher... third edition, wood-engraved title border, occasional contemporary ink annotation, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, folio, London: Samuel Man, 163; Sylvester, Matthew. Reliquiae Baxterianae, portrait frontispiece, a few leaves with contemporary ink annotations, modern half morocco, folio, London: T. Parkhurst, 1696 (2).The Works of that faithful and painful Preacher... third edition, wood-engraved title border, occasional contemporary ink annotation, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, folio, London: Samuel Man, 163; Sylvester, Matthew. Reliquiae Baxterianae, portrait frontispiece, a few leaves with contemporary ink annotations, modern half morocco, folio, London: T. Parkhurst, 1696 (2).

Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu, Duc de Dalmatie, French Marshal. Letter signed “Mal. Duc de Dalmatie†to Marshal Berthier, Prince de Wagram, 3pp., folio, in French, Llerena, 4 June 1811. Together with 1p. list of English officers taken prisoner at the battle of Albuhera, signed on verso by General Mocquery “au Bivouac devant albuheraâ€, 17 May 1811. In 2 card mounts. Giving an account of French losses at the battle, recommending promotions and honours and telling him of the escape of English prisoners. (2) From the Crawford collection.Original light folds, slight spotting, mounted.

Thomas Shepard. The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened & Applied: Being the Substance of Divers Sermons on Matth. 25. 1,--13..., title in black, folio, modern binding, London: re-printed, and carefully corrected in the Year, 1695.scattered browning throughout, some pages with neat repairs, new endpapers.

Giorgio Bonsanti. Giotto, English edition, one hundred and eighty-seven colour plates, original publishers cloth, slipcase, elephant folio, Padua: Piccin Editore, 1986. Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Slipcase lightly soiled.

Joseph Bibby. Bibby's Quarterly, An Illustrated Journal of Country and Home Life, Vol 4: No. 1, numerous colour and b/w plates and illustrations, original publishers pictorial cloth, 4to, Liverpool: J. Bibby & Sons, 1901; Bibby's Quarterly, An Illustrated Journal of Country and Home Life, Vol 6: No. 1, numerous colour and b/w illustrations, original publishers pictorial cloth, 4to, Liverpool: J. Bibby & Sons, 1904; Country Life Illustrated, The Journal for All Interested in Country Life and Country Pursuits, numerous b/w illustrations throughout, contemporary cloth, folio, London: Country Life, 1905 (3).(i) hinges split with sewing showing, boards marked and corners bumped (ii) hinge split with sewing showing, boards marked and faded, corners bumped (iii) boards marked and faded, head and foot of spine torn with loss.

Roger Tory Peterson & Virginia Marie Peterson. Audubon's Birds of America, The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio, first edition, 435 colour plates (some folding/double page), folio, original buckram, dust wrapper, London, William Heinemann, 1981.dust jacket marked to spine.

Henry Francoise. The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, 126 colour plates, 75 further b/w plates, original publishers cloth gilt, slipcase, folio, London: Thames and Hudson, 1977. Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Slipcase with some scuffs and marks.

Nicholas Byfield. An exposition upon the Epistle to the Colossians, second edition, contemporary calf rebacked, folio, London: printed by E. G. for Nathaniel Butter, 1617.occasional light foxing or soiling, light damp stains at corners, otherwise clean and tight given age.

Thomas Adams. A Commentary or, Exposition upon the Divine Second Epistle Generall written by the blessed Apostle St Peter, 2 Vols, modern full old style calf by George Bayntun, folio, London: printed by Richard Badger and Felix Kingston for Jacob Bloome, 1633.pages generally clean with some small stains, tears, repairs and losses occasionally affecting text particularly to page 269, rebound with new end papers.

Lt. Col. William Mudge. The Second Part of the General Survey of England and Wales Containing the Whole of Devon and a Portion of the Adjoining Counties, done by the Surveyors of His Majesties Ordnance under the Direction of Lt. Col. Mudge of the Royal Artillery, F.R.S., large scale map in eight sections, numbered XX to XXVII with engraved piano key border (to perimeter sheets only), contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards rebacked, folio, 1809.occasional light spotting and browning, end papers with creases, spine rebacked and extremities scuffed.

Mario Salmi & others. The Complete Work of Michelangelo, over 1000 colour and b/w plates and illustrations in text, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, folio, New York; Reynal and Company in association with William Morrow and Company, n.d.; Redig De Campos Deoclecio. Reffaello Nelle Stanze, numerous coloured plates, original publishers cloth, dust jacket and slipcase, 4to, Firenze: Giunti Martello, 1983; Ronald Lightbown. Piero Della Francesca, numerous coloured and b/w plates and illustrations in text, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 4to, New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1992; and 34 others, similar, mostly relating to Italian Renaissance Art, v.s. (37) Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Mixed condition.

James Morris. Pax Britannica, 3 volumes, original publishers cloth, slip case, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1992; Reay Tannahill. Paris in the Revolution: A Collection of Eye-witness Accounts, original publishers cloth, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1966; R. H. Bruce Lockhart. Memoirs of a British Agent, original publishers cloth, slip case, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 2003; Lytton Strachey. Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr Arnold, and General Gordon, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1967; Walter De La Mare. Ghost Stories, with lithographs by Barnett Freedman, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1964; Jerome K Jerome. Three Men in a Boat, with drawings by Ian Ribbons, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1964; Sir Vivian Fuchs. Scott's Last Expedition, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1965, and four others, similar to include Jane Austen and R. L. Stevenson (13).Largely as published although some volumes have some slight fading and wear to spines and slipcases.