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Lot 100
NO RESERVE Furniture.- Album containing photographs, sketches and letters relating to furniture design, approx. 240 photographs, some removed from books or magazines, a few with autograph captions in ink or pencil, with a few sketches and letters, most tipped-in to corner mounts, some loose, on approx. 145 album leaves, light marginal toning, bookplate of French photographer A. Giraudon to final leaf, contemporary morocco-backed blue cloth, rubbed with some staining, folio, [c.1900].
Lot 130
Agriculture.- Worlidge (John) Systema Agriculturae, first edition, engraved frontispiece and "The Explanation of the Frontispiece" leaf preceding, advertisement leaf at end, woodcut illustrations, margin of K3 cut away with slight loss to some side-notes, a few small holes with slight loss of text, some marginal worming, some light water-staining, ink annotations to front endpaper, contemporary sheep, rebacked, rubbed, [British Bee Books 43; Kress 1251; Wing W3598], Printed by T. Johnson for Samuel Speed, 1669; and another by Worlidge, folio and 8vo (2)
Lot 135
Gardens.- Hill (Thomas) The Gardeners Labyrinth, 2 parts in 1, black letter, first title supplied in facsimile, second title with woodcut vignette, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, woodcut initials, lacking C2 and 3, final leaf defective and repaired at foot with slight loss of text, modern morocco, [Henrey 267; Hunt 186; STC 13489], Printed by Henry Ballard, 1608; and a rather distressed but largely complete copy of Dodoens' A Niewe Herball, 1578, small 4to and folio (2)
Lot 138
Herbal.- Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum: the Theater of Plants, first edition, engraved title, 3 index leaves and errata leaf at end supplied in facsimile, printed title laid down, preliminaries, sig.B, Hh, Qq, Nnnn and a few other individual leaves supplied from a smaller copy, Mm2 with large partially repaired tear, 4Q2 with smaller repaired tear, 7H3 and 4 with marginal fraying and repairs, some ink annotations, some toning throughout, modern panelled calf, spine sunned, [STC 19302; Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490], folio, Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.⁂ Monumental English herbal listing some 3800 plants.
Lot 140
Trees.- Evelyn (John) Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial licence leaf, title in red and black with engraved arms of the Royal Society, part 3 printed in red and black, with the "Animadversion" and "Sir Paul Neiles second paper" leaves, a few woodcut illustrations, errata leaf at end, without cancel leaf H1 as usual, some splitting at gutter or pages starting to work loose, some light marginal browning or spotting, a few instances of minor soiling, eighteenth century panelled calf, spine ends chipped, lower joint cracked, [Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Hunt 296], folio, by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664.⁂ Important and still relevant work on trees and their management. Keynes calls it 'Evelyn's most celebrated horticultural work'. It was originally delivered to the Royal Society in 1662 in concern at the deforestation of England. The second part concerns fruit trees and cider.Provenance: "Thomas Weddell Esq of Waddow" dated 1773 (ink inscription front endpaper) and another inscription "Ex Dono Roberti Smith de Waddington in Comitatu Eboraci"?. Possibly Robert Waddington, mathematician, astronomer and navigator of the Royal Society, most famous for his observation of the transit of Venus from St. Helena in 1761.
Lot 156
Dante Alighieri. La Commedia, single leaf only (OO5 of Paradiso), double column, Gothic type, initial in red, paragraph-marks in red or blue, some offsetting from rubrication, couple of short marginal tears at head, 1 edge chipped, lightly soiled / browned, [BMC V, 248; Goff D-27; GW 7964], folio (325 x 220mm.), Venice, Vindelinus de Spira, 1477.
Lot 185
Commines (Philippe de) The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton, translated by Thomas Dannett, first edition in English, title within elaborate woodcut historiated border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, genealogical tables to pp. 379-396, final errata f., title with lower corner neatly cut away (with loss to image) and soiled, repaired marginal hole to errata f., worming to lower margins, occasionally just touching the odd / a few letters of text, without loss of sense, stained, lightly browned, modern calf, gilt spine in compartments and with leather label, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 190; STC 5602], small folio, By Ar. Hatfield, for I. Norton, 1596.⁂ Dedicated to Lord Burghley, Commines' Historie is essentially a memoir of his diplomatic experiences, along with some thoughts on the prerogative of princes.
Lot 192
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh, engraved frontispiece portrait by William Marshall (trimmed and mounted on later blank leaf facing title), title within elaborate woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, lacking initial blank leaf, with contemporary ink signature of W. Bohun at head of title and annotations and underlinings to text, lightly browned, title mounted on stub, later ink ownership inscription and extensive note to front free endpaper, engraved Gilman bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, upper corners worn, lower repaired, [Pforzheimer 33; Wing B298], folio, by R[obert] Y[oung] and R[ichard] H[odgkinson] and are sold by R. Meighen..., 1641.
Lot 198
NO RESERVE Fables.- Phaedrus. Phædri Aug. liberti Fabularum Æsopiarum libri quinque; item fabulæ quædam ex MS. veteri à Marquardo Gudio descriptæ, text in Latin & Greek, engraved frontispiece showing Aesop at work, title in red and black, charming woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, later pencil trials and drawings to endpapers, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with a red leather label, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and marked, Jacob Tonson & John Watts, 1713; and an 18th century act relating to spirits, salt and lotteries, 12mo & small folio (2)⁂ Provenance: Thomas S. Bolton, Queen's College, Oxford, a gift from Joseph Simpson, of the same college (contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Lot 204
Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language:..., 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, vol. 1 4Z with small marginal tear affecting catch-word (no loss), vol. 1 7R2 with tear to fore-edge blank margin and blue tape repair to verso, multiple ff. lightly browned, mainly within vol. 1, some foxing and spotting through both, contemporary calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, joints cracked but firm, spine and covers rubbed, spine ends, joints and corners worn, folio, by W Strahan, for J and P Knapton et al., 1755.
Lot 257
Glasse (Hannah) The Art of cookery, made plain and easy; which far exceeds any thing of the kind ever yet published, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, list of subscribers, A1 'To the Reader' misbound after title, title, 'To the Reader' and list of subscribers detached, title with lower corner torn and repaired, with loss of 'China-shop' of imprint, and repaired holes with loss of letter 'Y' and partial loss of letter 'E' of 'Cookery', a few marginal repairs, title and last few ff. water-stained (obscuring a few letters on final verso), some staining and spotting elsewhere, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, covers detached, worn, [Bitting pp.186-187; Maclean pp.59-61; Oxford pp.76-77; Vicaire 48], folio, Printed for the author; and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's, a China-Shop, Corner of Fleet-Ditch, 1747.⁂ A cornerstone for any collection of English cookery books. Our copy conforms to Marcus Crahan's description of the first issue (16pp. preliminaries rather than 20, without notice of second place of sale, without O2 and with the price of 6 [pence] entered by hand on title). The work includes one of the first English recipes for 'Currey the India Way'.
Lot 49
Marpon & Flammarion.- Florian (Jean-Pierre Claris de) Fables Choisies, 2 vol., colour woodblock illustrations by Kadji-ta Han-ko, Kawa-nabe Kiyo-soui, Oka-koura Shiou-soui, Kano Tomo-nobou, bound and stitched Japanese-style, some separating along fore-edge, original pictorial wrappers, chipping and soiling, light creasing, oblong folio, Paris, Marpon & Flammarion, 1895.⁂ A charmingly illustrated work that includes a number of anthropomorphised animals engaged in illustrative activities such as a cat fixing her makeup and a monkey operating a magic lantern to a spectating group of animals dressed in kimonos.
Lot 73
Allen Press.- Caxton (William) The Mirrour of the World, 3 vol., one of 130 copies, gatherings loose as issued, woodcut illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials with hand colouring, vol. 1 book label, original wrappers, uncut, together housed within presentation cloth drop-back box, a little scuffed, folio, The Allen Press, 1964.
Lot 76
Book Club of California.- Hall (Basil) The Great Polyglot Bibles including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17, one of 400 copies, printed in red and black, illustrations, original leaf tipped-in, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, San Francisco, The Allen Press, 1966 § Fussel (Stephan) The Gutenberg Bible, 3 vol., 2 vol. illuminated manuscript facsimile, original printed cloth, 1 vol. Commentary, illustrations in colour, original pictorial wrappers, spine sunned, Taschen, 2018, folio (2)
Lot 79
Folio Society.- Birds.- Sharpe (Richard Bowdler) Monograph of the Paradise or Birds of Paradise..., 2 vol., from an edition limited to 1000 copies, with a foreword by David Attenborough, 79 whole-page colour illustrations, original pictorial cloth by Neil Gower, t.e.g., presentation cloth slipcase, gilt, text vol. original cloth, slip-case, The Folio Society, 2011 § Perrot (C.L.E.) A selection of British Birds, 2 vol., one of 250 copies, 5 colour plates, plate vol. half goat, text vol. goat-backed boards, together housed in original drop-back presentation box, The Folio Society, 1979, folio and 8vo (3)
Lot 80
Folio Society.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, one of a limited edition specially bound, black and white illustrations, original decorative goat by Real Lachenmaier, t.e.g., with The Art of Narration, original wrappers, together housed within original presetation drop-back box, 8vo, The Folio Society, 2007.
Lot 81
Folio Society.- Botany.- Jacquin (Nikolaus von) Plants of the Americas, 2 vol., from an edition limited to 750 copies, 264 whole-page colour illustrations, 2 folding colour plates tipped-in, commentary by Christopher Mills, plate vol. original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, text vol. original pictorial cloth, gilt, with 3 loose whole-page illustrations as issued, preserved in paper envelope, together housed in original cloth drop-back box, gilt, The Folio Society, 2016 § Singer (Jonathan M. Singer) Botanica Magnifica, photographic illustrations in colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, original presentation slip case, 2009, folio (2)⁂ The first facsimile of one of the great books of botanic art, produced from the copy held in the library at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Lot 82
Folio Society.- Dalí (Salvador).- Tales from the One Thousand and One Nights, 2 vol., from an edition limited to 750 copies, 50 illustrations in colour by Salvador Dalí, text translated by Malcolm C. Lyons, plate vol. original morocco backed cloth, gilt, text vol. original cloth with mounted paper onlay, together housed within original cloth drop-back box, folio and 8vo, The Folio Society, 2016.
Lot 83
Folio Society.- Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, one of 1980 copies, illustrated by Eric Gill, original black goatskin, gilt, by G. Lachenmaier, accompanying commentary vol. by Peter Holliday in original cloth-backed boards, together in original cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2010.⁂ An excellent facsimile of Gill's masterful magnum opus for the Golden Cockerel Press in four volumes, 1929-31.
Lot 84
Folio Society.- Hugo (Victor) Les Misérables, one of a limited edition specially bound, black and white frontispiece and illustrations, original goatskin by Real Lachenmaier, t.e.g., with Commentary, original wrappers, together housed in original presentation drop-back box, 8vo, The Folio Society, 2008.
Lot 85
Folio Society.- Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile.- Liber Bestiarum, 2 vol., one of a limited facsimile edition, illustrations, original Nigerian goatskin by Brian Settle of Ludlow and blocked with a design by David Eccles, The Folio Society, 2008; de Hamel (Christopher) and Richard Barber, Translation and Commentary, original cloth, gilt, The Folio Society, 2008, together housed as issued in original presentation cloth drop-back box, 8vo
Lot 86
Folio Society.- Kipling (Rudyard) Just So Stories, one of 1000 copies, introduction by Michael Morpurgo, mounted colour plates and illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat, with an original etching also signed and numbered by the artist, original vellum-backed pictorial boards with vellum tip corners, housed in original cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2012.
Lot 88
Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Luttrell Psalter (The), one of 1480 copies, colour illustrations, prospectus etc loosely inserted, original royal blue goatskin by Smith Settle with blocked design by David Eccles, accompanying commentary vol. by Michelle P. Brown in original cloth-backed boards, together in cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2006.
Lot 89
Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Liber Bestiarum. MS Bodley 764, one of 1980 copies, facsimile volume with colour illustrations, original orange goatskin blocked with design by David Eccles, g.e., with accompanying commentary/translation vol. by Christopher de Hamel and Richard Barber in original cloth, together housed in original cloth drop-back box, small folio, Folio Society, 2008.
Lot 90
NO RESERVE Folio Society.- Manuscript Facsimile.- Getty Apocalypse (The), one of 1000 copies, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed pictorial parchment by Smith Settle with a blocked design by David Eccles, accompanying commentary vol. by Nigel J. Morgan in original cloth, together in original cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2011.
Lot 91
Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle (The), one of 980 copies, colour illustrations, original red Indian goatskin with blocked design by Joe McLaren, accompanying commentary vol. by Kristine Edmondson Haney in original cloth, together in original cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2015.
Lot 92
Folio Society.- Merian (Maria Sibylla) The Surinam Album, 2 vol., from an edition limited to 1000 copies, 91 whole-page coloured plates, tipped-in, commentary by Julie Harvey, text vol. single page lightly soiled (p.21), plate vol. original goat-backed pictorial cloth, text vol. original cloth, with 3 loose duplicate plates as issued, held in paper sleeve, all three together housed in original drop-back cloth presentation box, folio and 8vo, The Folio Society, 2006.
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Lot 99
Van Gogh (Vincent).- The Sketchbooks, from an edition limited to 1000 copies, 4 vol. facsimile sketchbooks, illustrations, 1 vol. text commentary by Marije Vellekoop and Renske Suijver, colour illustrations, all original cloth or boards, with 14 loose facsimile sketchbook leaves as issued, in card envelope, together housed in original drop-back cloth presentation box, small folio, The Folio Society and Van Gogh Museum, 2013.
Lot 58
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) Naniwa Okita Admiring Herself in a Mirror Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), 'Naniwa Okita Admiring Herself in a Mirror' from the series 'Seven Women Applying Make-up Using a Mirror' (Sugatami Shichinin Keshō) Ukiyo-e woodblock print on a pink ground. Only one print from the presumed series is known and is believed to be of the tea-house girl Naniwa O-Kita. Unframed in paper presentation folio with accompanying text overleaf.40cm x 27cm
Lot 1016
FOLIO SOCIETY. 'Aurora Australis,' by Ernest Shackleton and the members of the Nimrod expedition, facsimile, half calf, beechwood ventesa boards, Ceylon paper leaves, with separate commentary booklet, The Folio Society, 2021; 'South Polar Times,' facsimile of the magazine produced by the Terra Nova expedition 1910-13, decorative blocked cloth, card slip, illustrated throughout, The Folio Society, 2018. (2)
Lot 1017
FOLIO SOCIETY. 'Everest: From Reconnaissance to Summit, 1921 to 1953,' two vols, original pictorial cloth, card slip, b+w photographs from the Royal Geographic Society, The Folio Society, 2021; PETER MATTHIESSEN. 'The Snow Leopard,' original cloth, card slip, colour photographs, The Folio Society, 2018; (3)
Lot 1019
FOLIO SOCIETY. 'The Tomb of Tutankhamun,' two vols, decorative cloth, card slip, b+w photographs, The Folio Society, 2013; 'Lives of the Mongols,' three volumes, decorative cloth, slight staining to front of card slip, 2005; 'The Pharaohs,' by George Hart, two vols, decorative cloth, colour photographs, 2010. (7)
Lot 1040
THE FOLIO SOCIETY. 'Vincent Van Gogh: The Sketchbooks,' issued by the Van Gogh Museum with commentary by Marije Vellekoop and Renske Suijve, four variously bound facsimile sketchbooks, buckram clam case, The Folio Society, 2013.Apart from the slipcase label, which has a light amount of soiling, the slipcase and the books are in a fine condition.
Lot 1083
BIBLE Interest. 'The Book of Common Prayer.....,' folio, debound front board, red and black title page, 19th century ink inscriptions, printed by the Assigns of His Majesty's Printer, and of Henry Hills, Deceased, London, 1730. 'The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments,' full contemporary leather, rubbed and bumped, Mark and Charles Kerr, Edinburgh, 1793. (2)
Lot 1172
DYLAN THOMAS. 'The Doctor and the Devils,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, J. M. Dent, London, 1955; 'Under Milk Wood,' first Folio edition, lithographs by Ceri Richards, card slip, Folio Society, London, 1972; HENRY TREECE. 'Dylan Thomas: Dog Among The Fairies,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Lindsay Drummond, 1949. (3)
Lot 1202
JOHN SPEED. 'John Speed's England,' four volumes, facsimile, card slipcase, folio, Phoenix House Limited, London, 1954; Two original title pages of works by John Speed, 1646.Slipcases are bumped and sun-bleached. Sun bleaching to cloth spines. Some light spotting to pastedown and endpapers. The textblocks are crisp and clean, with the illustrations being bright and colourful. There does not to seem to be any missing leaves or loose pages.
Lot 1253
BOTANY and HORTICULTURE INTEREST. 'The Botanical Garden,' signed by authors Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, two volumes, in card slip, coloured illustrations throughout, MacMillian, 2002; 'Art in Nature,' over 500 hundred coloured illustrations from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, unclipped, folio, Studio editions, London, 1991; 'An English Florilegium,' paintings by Mary Grierson, unclipped dj, folio, Thames and Hudson, London, 1987; Plus five others. (9)
Lot 1274
'Works of Art from the Egyptian Museum at Cairo,' explanations by Ludwig Borchardt, card case with loss to cloth joints, forty-nine b+w photographs mounted onto individual card, folio, separate essay, F. Diemer, Cairo; ARLETTE DAVIDS Illustrations,' Flowers,' text by Princess Bibesco, full colour plates, folio, rubbed boards, rusted ring binding, The Hyperion Press, Paris, 1946; AUSTUTUM MEINEKE. 'Poetarum Comicorum Graecorum,' original cloth, bound by B. H. Blackwell of Oxford, Editore Ambrosio Firim Didot, Paris, 1855. (3)
Lot 322
BIBLE INTEREST. 'The Bible in Englyshe of The Largest and greatest volume..,' a defective copy housed in a glazed bible cabinet, mostly debound with no boards or title page, several tears and nibbles affecting text to first nine leaves, some finger soiling, toning throughout as expected, lacking first two woodcut historied part-titles, New Testament title within a broad woodcut border with angel supporters and Elizabeth I, black letter, double column, Richard Carmarden, Rouen, 1566.One of two folio editions published in response to the 1559 injunction of Queen Elizabeth I, ordering copies of this Bible to be set up in churches. Can be posted without the case on request.
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