![Music.- Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.- Hook (James) A Collection [-second collection] of Favorite Songs Sung by Mr. Dignum, Mr.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/590b44bf-8e48-4195-ae9e-adff0121b94c/78a68b2e-846b-4ae5-9d9c-adff0126da56/468x382.jpg)
Music.- Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.- Hook (James) A Collection [-second collection] of Favorite Songs Sung by Mr. Dignum, Mr. Denman, Mrs. Franklin, the Two Miss Howells, & Mrs. Mountain, at Vauxhall Gardens, 2 parts in 1, engraved throughout, titles with different engraved vignettes of Vauxhall Gardens, musical notation, part 1 repaired tear to final f. with minor loss, part 2 p.11 small piece from outer margin, both parts some spotting and lightly browned, 20th century red cloth, spine gilt, spine chipped, folio, A. Bland and Weller's, 1798.⁂ Rare, with these editions not found in ESTC. WorldCat records one copy for the first part and three for the second. Hook was the musical director and organist at Vauxhall Gardens from 1774-1820. Provenance: 'A.M. Broadley, The Knapp, Bradpole' - Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916), British barrister and bibliophile.
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Playbills.- Royal Circus and Surrey Theatre. The Vicar of Wakefield... Don Giovanni... Harlequin Patchwork..., 325 x 208mm., 1817 [&] 5. 6 7. Or, Pay Me My Wages... Three Talismans... Sir Lancelot Greaves... The Duke and the Devil!, 310 x 207mm., 1818, 2 printed playbills, folds, slightly creased and browned, folio (2).
NO RESERVE Harper (Charles G.) Half-Hours with the Highwaymen, 2 vol., illustrations, contemporary half-morocco, 1908; The Manchester and Glasgow Road, 2 vol., frontispieces, plates, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary half-morocco, gilt, 1907 § Felton (William) Felton's Carriages, number 4 of 250 copies signed by artist, full-page illustrations by Alan Osbahr, original morocco, gilt, housed in cloth slipcase, a little rubbed, 1962; and 4 others similar. 8vo & oblong folio (9)
Bibliography.- Hassall (W.O., editor) The Holkham Library. Illuminations and Illustrations in the Manuscript Library of the Earl of Leicester, half-title, 160 plates, of which 12 colour, some light spotting to rear endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth, uncut, folio, for presentation to The Roxburghe Club, 1970.
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette.- Placets de l'officer Desbans, illustrated by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, with a preface by Neil MacGregor, 23 leaves of colour facsimiles, original cloth, gilt armorial device, New York, for presentation to members of The Roxburghe Club, 2007; and another for The Roxburghe Club, folio (2) ⁂ 'This little book, made in Paris in 1775, was intended for two readers only: Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. It is an astonishing hybrid [...] It is an epitome of fashionable thought, feeling and taste in Paris of the mid 1770s' (Neil MacGregor, p.11). The coat of arms belong to Marie Antoinette. This edition was designed by Bruce Campbell and produced by Santiago Saavedra, Ediciones El Viso in Madrid.
NO RESERVE Curwen Press.- Windeler (Bernard) Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, one of 450 copies, additional engraved letterpress title, 18 engraved copper plates by Edward Wadsworth, most hand-coloured, engraved vignettes, some hand-coloured, small marginal tear to limitation page, very occasional spotting, endpapers a little browned, original pictorial cloth, uncut, folio, The Curwen Press, 1926.
![NO RESERVE [Duveen (Charles Joel)], "C.J.Charles". Elizabethan Interiors, third edition, one of 500 copies, signed & insc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/590b44bf-8e48-4195-ae9e-adff0121b94c/57eb923a-075c-4bba-9457-adff0127dafe/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [Duveen (Charles Joel)], "C.J.Charles". Elizabethan Interiors, third edition, one of 500 copies, signed & inscribed by the author "To Mr. & Mrs. Jansen Noyes Arpril 19. 1928 Charles J.Duveen" on front free endpaper, printed on rectos only, tipped-in plates, tissue guards, original half parchment, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, folio, New York, [c.1920].⁂ Charles Duveen was the younger brother of the art dealer Joseph Duveen. He operated as an interior designer and antique dealer under the name Charles of London, furnishing interiors in the popular Tudor and Jacobean styles, and worked for William Randolph Hearst and John D.Rockefeller amongst others. Jansen Noyes was an investment banker on Wall St. and was presumably another customer.
![Furniture.- Hepplewhite (A[lice]) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, second edition, 126 engraved plates, one double-](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/590b44bf-8e48-4195-ae9e-adff0121b94c/9bcd7261-b2bf-40f6-8793-adff0127dc4c/468x382.jpg)
Furniture.- Hepplewhite (A[lice]) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, second edition, 126 engraved plates, one double-page, advertisement leaf at end, title and Preface leaf creased and loose (stained at inner margin from old sticky tape), some spotting to plates, double-page plate lightly stained and torn at fold & fore-edge just extending into image, another torn at inner margin, one bound upside down, contemporary tree calf, worn, upper cover detached, traces of tape marks, [Berlin Kat. 1233], folio, by I. and J. Taylor, 1789.⁂ One of the three great furniture pattern books of the 18th century. This second edition includes an additional plate.
![[Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo)] [A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge], translated by Rich](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/590b44bf-8e48-4195-ae9e-adff0121b94c/13629860-4e10-419a-9a75-adff0127e197/468x382.jpg)
[Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo)] [A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge], translated by Richard Haydock, first edition in English, lacking engraved title-page and all the 13 plates, with woodcut initials and numerous typographical ornaments, colophon with large woodcut device, with several near contemporary manuscript notes on the book & the translator to front free endpaper and one or two leaves, first leaf of text with traces of old inscription at head (most cut away), H4 slightly short, Kk1 with small paper flaw tear affecting a few letters but not sense, one or two stains but generally very clean, modern bookplate of Donald Adair Pavey, later half roan, a little worn, spine torn, [Harris 519; STC 16698], small folio, [Oxford, by Joseph Barnes for R.H.], [1598]; sold not subject to return⁂ First English translation of Lamazzo's Mannerist treatise, dedicated to Thomas Bodley and one of the first works to be presented to the Bodleian Library. "It was the first book on the arts to be translated and the reason for its choice must have been its thorough treatment of painting...". Harris p.297.
Percier (Charles) & P.F.L.Fontaine. Raccolta di Decorazioni Interne; Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, translated by Francesco Lazzari, edited by Giuseppe Borsato, titles and text in Italian and French, titles with engraved vignette,120 engraved plates including the 48 supplementary plates after Borsato, some foxing (mostly to text) and light marginal water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine repaired, [Berlin Kat. 4057], folio, Venice, 1843.⁂ Important Empire style pattern book by the creators of the style and coiners of the term "interior decoration", featuring interiors and furniture executed for notable clients including Napoleon at the Tuileries. The work was first published in 1801 but this is the first edition to contain the supplementary plates.
Textiles.- Album of fabric swatches, over 300 textile samples mounted on 27 leaves, mostly floral, ink stamp "à Alsace Matérial France" to most leaves, glue stains to margins, a little brittle and frayed at edges, modern half cloth, uncut, manuscript label "20th century florals" taped to spine, folio, [mid-late 20th century].
Trade Catalogue.- Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co., Chicago. Paints, paint samples and advertising leaflets, ephemera etc. from the company, some paint samples glossy, mounted on 13 thick card leaves, interleaved with some letterpress and colour illustrations, some pamphlets creased and a few samples damaged, original cloth fastened with screws, rubbed, oblong folio, Chicago, [c.1900].
Wasmuth (Ernst) Neue Malereien, 64 chromolithographed plates on 68 sheets only (of 76 on 80), 4 double-page, with half-title but lacking title and list of plates, some marginal staining, contemporary half calf, worn and stained, lacking spine, Berlin, [c.1890]; and vol.3 of Haebler's Moderne Flächenkunst with 79 chromolithographed plates, folio & 4to; sold not subject to return (2)
Zahn (Wilhelm) Ornamente aller Klassischen Kunst-Epochen..., second edition, 100 chromolithographed plates, some heightened with gold, a few with tissue guards, from the reference library of M.Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. with stamp to verso of plates and some guards, plates a little brittle and chipped at edges, a few marginal tears, one stained at edge and mounted on stub, original cloth, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked in red morocco, oblong folio, Berlin, 1854.⁂ Fine examples of chromolithography displaying the ornamental decoration of Pompeii and Herculaneum.M.Lowensterin & Sons, Inc. was founded in New York in 1889 as a textile import business.
NO RESERVE Durham.- Raine (Rev. James) The History and Antiquities of North Durham, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 9 plates, 2 genealogical tables, 1 engraved map, scattered spotting, contemporary half-calf, gilt, a little rubbed, folio, 1852⁂ With a large section on Holy Island, which is now known as Lindisfarne.
Essex.- Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 vol., extra illustrated, c.232 engraved and lithograph plates and illustrations, many mounted or window-mounted, lacking 'Audley End' plate, 18 maps and plans, 16 folding, scattered spotting, occasional off-setting, cracked hinges, later half-morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrips, a little faded, folio, 1768.
London.- Clarke (Charles) Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini, or graphical survey of the Cathedral, Collegiate and Parochial Churches, in London, Southwark, and Westminster, with the Adjoining Parishes, 122 only of 123 engraved plates (lacks plate 102), 4 extra hand-coloured lithographed plates including "The Improvement in Fleet Street" (1 folding and linen-backed) at beginning, plates foxed in margins, text 2 small tears in lower margins, some margins creased, bookplate of Joseph Neeld on front pastedown, original cloth, modern half calf, gilt spine, folio, John Booth, 1820; sold not subject to return.
![Sussex.- [Scrapbook of Sketches, Plates and Maps], c.335 engraved or lithograph plates, 19 original pencil sketches or water](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/590b44bf-8e48-4195-ae9e-adff0121b94c/18c5c25a-5868-4758-9271-adff0128305e/468x382.jpg)
Sussex.- [Scrapbook of Sketches, Plates and Maps], c.335 engraved or lithograph plates, 19 original pencil sketches or watercolours, 27 engraved maps and plans, 8 plates and manuscript notes loosely inserted at end vol. 1., occasional dust marks, contemporary vellum, titles in manuscript to spine, a little rubbed, folio, c.1813.⁂ An interesting collection of plates, maps and sketches relating to Sussex, tipped- or pasted into the scrapbook which is watermarked 1813.
NO RESERVE Europe.- Seguin (L. G.) A Picturesque Tour In Picturesque Lands, one of 600 de luxe copies, wood-engraved frontispiece, 71 full-page plates and numerous illustrations mounted within text, scattered spotting and finger-soiling, some splitting at gutter, abrasion marks to endpapers, rear hinge cracked, but holding, original vellum-backed calf, coloured morocco inlays, gilt, quite rubbed, corners chipped, t.e.g., folio, 1881.
![[Duns Scotus (Johannes)] [Quaestiones in primum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi], 22 leaves from Book 4, double column, go](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/590b44bf-8e48-4195-ae9e-adff0121b94c/91341a3e-5a54-4ec0-a872-adff0128808f/468x382.jpg)
[Duns Scotus (Johannes)] [Quaestiones in primum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi], 22 leaves from Book 4, double column, gothic letter, red ink initials, rubricated throughout, some slight staining to a few ff., a little browned, edges chipped, 11ff. with engraved plates pasted to them, all loose, folio, [Germany or Italy], [c. 1500]; sold not subject to return.
NO RESERVE Binding.- Grotius (Hugo) Annales et historiæ de rebus Belgicis, title with woodcut printer's device, engraved full-page portrait of the author, woodcut decorative initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, lacking 2 preliminary ff., some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary armorial mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, 2 paper labels to upper cover, spine ends chipped, corners little worn, rubbed, small folio (binding 321 x 205mm.), Amsterdam, Joannes Blaeu, 1657. sold as a binding and not subject to return.
NO RESERVE Emblemata.- Trades.- Dilherr (Johann Michael) Augen- und Herzens-Lust, das ist, Emblematische Fürstellung der sonn- und festtäglichen Evangelien, letterpress title in red and black, engraved additional pictorial title, portrait of the author and numerous emblematic illustrations, lacking some preliminary ff., preliminaries frayed and loose, Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter, 1661 bound with a defective copy of the author's Heilig-Epistolischer Bericht, Licht, Geleit und Freud, 1663, together 2 works in 1 vol., staining, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, remains of metal clasps, worn and soiled, but holding firm, folio, sold not subject to return.⁂ Both works include a number of illustrations of trades.
W.W. Rouch & Co. (active c.1850s-c.1910s), Photographic album of racehorses, c.1880s-1913, completed with a reproduction of a painting. Silver gelatin prints (29), image size, 280 x 225mm, mounted on oblong folio album, (mount size, 400 x 290mm), dated and titled in ink in mount lower margin, inscribed on the front pace down and with ink description first page, with photographer's typed label affixed.
![Knight, Charles, editor - 'The Works of Shakspere' [sic] - Imperial Edition, published by Virtue and Co., London, undated, ci](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3a0ced38-4bc0-481c-bf21-adea0098cd8d/174638a7-3a37-4442-9033-ae1300c20a76/468x382.jpg)
The Rivers of Great Britain Descriptive, Historical and Pictorial published Cassell & Company 1901, comprising 2 volumes (bound in one) illustrated & with full-page plates, folio bound in half Morocco with gilt lettered leather label, A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Nobelmen & Gentlemen of Great Britain edited by Rev. Morris (c.1870) volumes 1 & 2 with colour printed titles and full-page colour plates bound in full gilt leather with raised bands (3)
Gothic Ornaments Selected from Various Ancient Buildings both in England & France by Augustus Pugin, Architect drawn on stone by J.D. Harding published Bohn 1844 first edition illustrated with 91 plates in leather backed cloth boards gilt title, Illustrations of Architecture & Ornament a series of 70 plates drawn & etched on Copper from his own sketches in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland and Belgium by J.B. Waring, published Blackie 1871 first edition in half leather (folio), An Analysis of Gothic Architecture Illustrated by a series of upwards of 700 examples of Doorways, Windows, Mouldings, Roofs, Arches etc by Raphael & J. Arthur Brandon 1903 New Edition in 2 volumes gilt lettered cloth (4)
![The Life & Explorations of David Livingstone LL.D., [The Great Missionary Traveller] Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sou](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/653c5cde-4c3a-4e6f-98f3-adec00b5bd90/28492c4c-b640-46f5-81fe-ae0100dede8d/468x382.jpg)
The Life & Explorations of David Livingstone LL.D., [The Great Missionary Traveller] Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources, published Adam & Co. (c.1880s) with colour printed title page, frontispiece and 13 chromolithographic plates and map in full Morocco with elaborate gilt decoration both covers & spine, gilt titles & banners, raised bands, bevelled boards and gilt page edging (folio)
![[Folio Society] Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet; Hamlet; King Richard II; Antony & Cleopatra and Julius Caesar (5 volume](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/653c5cde-4c3a-4e6f-98f3-adec00b5bd90/dffad8de-a767-4a64-864c-ae0100deba5c/468x382.jpg)
[Folio Society] Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet; Hamlet; King Richard II; Antony & Cleopatra and Julius Caesar (5 volumes), Pepys Diary 1660-1669 in 3 volumes, London Characters & Crooks by Henry Mayhew, The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes, The Plums of P.G. Wodehouse, The Pick of Punch and 3 others, all but one in original slipcases
A collection of topographical prints, 18th-19th century, including scenes of London, Florence and Rome published by R.Sayer of Fetter Lane, London; scenes of Rome, London, Malta etc. published by John Bowles at the Black Horse, Cornhill, together with BELL, Major James, 'Twenty Five Illuminated Synoptical Tablets of Chronological Ground Plans', 5th edition 1842, folio; a British school view of the Taj Mahal, watercolour on paper and an ink study titled 'Residence at Lucknow'. (a lot)
PLOT, Robert, Natural History of Staffordshire. Folio, Oxford, 1686. With large folding map, 37 plates as called for, plus the 'Armes omitted' plate, often wanting. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with old spine relaid. Staining to some plates, several plates have tears with old repairs
Childs, George. Woodland Sketches: A Series of Characteristic Portraits of Trees, London: Robert Tyas, 1839. Small folio, full contemporary morocco lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, complete with all lithographic plates as called for plus pictorial title. Contents with handling marks, creasing and wear to page edges; several plates detached (but present) with heavier wear to edges and some tape repairs; binding scuffed and marked with loss to the leather in several places, as found
![Nottingham. Boots, publishers - Fine Art Views of Nottingham and Environs, two editions, oblong folio [c1900], J Potter Brisc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5edd15ad-7796-4ada-98de-ae0700a21c1d/fefc8cf2-df4b-4cb3-aa29-ae0700ab8e24/468x382.jpg)
Nottingham. Boots, publishers - Fine Art Views of Nottingham and Environs, two editions, oblong folio [c1900], J Potter Briscoe - Old Nottinghamshire, second series, large paper edition, illustrated, library stamps 1884, George Fellows - Arms, Armour and Alabaster Round Nottingham, 1907 and about 130 others, many with bookplate of John Lock
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