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Click here to subscribeGwasg Gregynog.- Walters (Gwyn, editor) Pennant and his Welsh landscapes: Selected readings from A Tour in Wales (1778-1784), number 47 of 170 copies, colour woodcut plates by Rigby Graham, some double-page, pictorial endpapers by Graham, original citron morocco-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, pictorial gilt cloth slip-case, folio, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2006.
Wood Lea Press.- Greenwood (Jeremy) The Graphic Work of Edward Wadsworth, number 47 of 50 specially-bound copies with an additional woodcut, from an edition limited to 500, additional woodcut 'A Black Country village' printed by the Fleece Press bound in at end, 2002; Omega Cuts, number 40 of 105 special copies with additional booklet of woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, Carrington & Roger Fry, from an edition limited to 555, booklet in original wrappers, 1998, illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original morocco-backed boards, original cloth drop-back boxes, folio, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press (2)
Africa.- Constitution of the Colony of Sierra Leone, and its Dependencies, William Henry Savage's copy with his ink annotations and his name on title, interleaved with blank leaves, some water-staining, one leaf with tear, contemporary half calf, worn, gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover, upper cover detached, folio, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Printed by Joseph Mitton, 1822.⁂ Savage was born in London to an African father and English mother. He was initially a slave trader but by 1820 had begun trading in produce for Freetown. He arrived in Freetown as a schoolmaster and later became a public notary. The annotations point to his involvement with the drawing up of the constitution and is particularly concerned with providing the nascent colony with a workable legal framework - "No Law made in the colony inflicting imprisonment 3 months shall be of force until approved by His Majesty."
Whittington Press.- Heaney (Seamus) & others. The Four Elements, Series 2-4 only (of 4), each series with 4 broadside poems limited to 125 copies and signed by the contributors, wood-engraved illustration printed in a different colour above a poem on each of the four elements, each numbered and signed by the poet, with 2 additional poems illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn loosely inserted in one folder, loose as issued in original paper folders, 1990-92; and 2 copies of another similar, folio, Whittington Press, for the Friends of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature (5)⁂ Produced each year for the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, the contributors are Seamus Heaney, Laurie Lee, Lawrence Sail and Jenny Joseph. The poets took it in turns to write on each element while a different illustrator was used each year, namely Gwenda Morgan, John O'Connor and Miriam Macgregor, here missing the first series of 1989 illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn. John O'Connor also illustrated the additional suite A Sense of Place with poems by P.J.Kavanagh, U.A.Fanthorpe, Peter Porter and Carol Ann Duffy.
Fleece Press.- Pellew (Claughton) Five Wood Engravings Printed from the Original Blocks with a biographical note by Anne Stevens, one of 150 sets, text booklet in original wrappers with illustration mounted on upper cover, uncut, wood-engravings each loose in card folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, 1987 § Chapman (Hilary) The Wood Engravings of Ethelbert White, one of 200 sets with 2 original engravings by White, original pictorial wrappers, uncut, engravings tipped into hinged card mounts, together in original cloth drop-back box, illustration mounted on upper cover, 1991 § Brett (Simon) Mr Derrick Harris 1919-1960, one of 280 copies, text in original cloth-backed patterned paper boards, uncut, additional plates in original wrappers, some colour and loose as issued, together in original cloth drop-back box, 1998, plates and illustrations, some colour, some folding, some tipped in, folio & oblong folio, Wakefield or Denby Dale, Fleece Press (3)
Hamilton (Sir William).- Hancarville (Pierre-Francois Hugues d') Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Hon.ble W.m Hamilton, vol.1 & 2 only (of 4), [one of 500 copies], 4 hand-coloured engraved titles in English and French, text in English & French, 3 engraved pictorial dedications and numerous elaborate head- & tail-pieces and initials, 218 engraved plates (?of 220), 92 hand-coloured, 32 double-page and/or folding and mounted on stubs, some with tissue guards, with a sheet of pen and ink drawings of "vases for ointments or perfumes" copied from Dennis's Etruria tipped in at beginning of vol.1 and an additional engraved plate of wall-paintings of Herculaneum bound in vol.2, water-staining at beginning and end of vol.2 affecting titles, dedications and text but only lower margins of plates, later library bookplate, contemporary calf, old reback preserving gilt spines (a little chipped), rather worn, joints split, [Berlin Kat. 890; Blackmer 845; Cohen-de Ricci 474], folio, Naples, Morelli, 1766-67 [but 1767-69]; sold not subject to return⁂ Magnificent record of Sir William Hamilton's superb first collection of antique vases, later sold to the British Museum. The designs were hugely influential on contemporary Neoclassical styles in pottery and porcelain, particularly on those of Josiah Wedgwood. Volumes 3 & 4 were published later in 1776, each one of only 100 copies meaning that complete sets are scarce.
Egypt.- Hieroglyphs.- Champollion (Jean Francois) Grammaire Égyptienne, first edition, lithograph hieroglyphs throughout, some printed in red, original printed wrappers, lower cover with paper restoration to inside, spine slightly toned, extremities a little chipped, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot Fréres, 1836[-1841].⁂ This monumental work of Champollion (1790-1832), known above all as the decipherer of the Rosetta stone, is the grand summation of his work in cracking Egyptian hieroglyphs and laid the foundations for all subsequent discoveries in Egyptology. It contains the first printed list of hieroglyphs; 260 in all. The printing, from Champollion's meticulous manuscript, was a complex process. It required a special combination of all the standard alphabetic languages (French, Latin, Greek, Coptic, etc.) to be set in the usual way in type, leaving blank spaces for the hieroglyphs. The typesetting was then transferred to lithographic plates where the hieroglyphs were engraved and then each page, including type and hieroglyphs, was reprinted lithographically. This was the first time such a technique was used in France. Rare in the original printed wrappers; RBH lists no other copy at auction.
Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, translated by Gilbert Murray, 2 vol., number 81 of 500 copies, titles in terracotta and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray after Greek vase paintings, original russet linen, gilt, uncut, 1931 § Herbert (Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury) The Autobiography..., number 224 of 300 copies, hand-coloured wood-engraved coat-of-arms on title, initials in red, wood-engraved illustrations by Horace Walter Bray, original buckram with coat-of-arms in gilt to upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges, 1928, [Harrop 18 & 10], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press (3)⁂ The first was the most expensive book produced by the press, bound in Sundour non-fade cloth. This is an excellent copy, without the usual rubbing to edges.
Geometry.- Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, translated by Sir Henry Billingsley, preface by John Dee, first edition of the first complete English translation, title within ornate woodcut allegorical border depicting Time bringing Truth and Antiquity to light, and with portraits of Ptolemy, Strabo, and others, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut historiated or decorative initials and tail-pieces and a large portrait of John Day above colophon, lacking folding letterpress 'Groundplat', overslips, and final blank, 1p. of early 18th century notes regarding the work mounted on front inner cover, title lower corner with some chipping (just touching border) and an ink inscription showing through from verso, QQq3 small hole within text at foot, with loss of several letters, SSs2 part of lower blank corner torn away, sigs. AAA and BBB some loss to upper margins, a few short tears, some spotting and light staining (including the odd ink stain, the most notable to upper edge), lightly browned, 17th century panelled calf, spine in compartments and with later, but to style, red morocco label, upper cover with hasp mark where formely chained, joints starting, but holding firm, corners little worn, some staining, marked and rubbed, [STC 10560; Thomas-Stanford 41; cf. PMM 25], a very good copy, folio, by John Daye, 1570.⁂ The Christ Church-John Rylands copy. John Dee's preface is considered by many to be his most important published work. It outlines the practical applications of Euclid's work, lays the foundations for later experimental science and hints at the use of magic and the supernatural in conjunction with the natural. In addition, Dee also contributed additional theorems and annotations. The translator Billingsley became Lord Mayor of London in 1596. Provenance: Ink inscription to verso of title recording the gift of the book to Christ Church College, Oxford by nine students on receiving their Master of Arts degrees in 1587; John Rylands Library (large engraved bookplate dated 1894 to front free endpaper and small label at end recording its withdrawal from stock April, 1988); sold Sotheby's 14th April, 1988 to Heath for £3,850 and again Sotheby's 1989 to Pearl for £1210.
NO RESERVE America.- Curtis (Edward Sheriff) A group of 8 photogravure plates of Native American subjects, on japon vellum or Van Gelder, printed by John Andrew & Son, plate margin with printed title, date, and plate number, also with Curtis' copyright and printers' credit, folio, 1902-21.⁂ Comprising the following prints with their numbers from the portfolio series: A Hilltop Camp - Jicarilla (24); At the Shrine - Navaho (30); Mohave Chief (57); The Lower Columbia (286); On Quinault River (297); Cowichan Canoes (325); Nimkish Village at Alert Bay (350).
Oak Knoll Fest 1994: The Poster Collection, 10 posters, 1994; Oak Knoll Fest 1995, 16 posters, 1995; Oak Knoll Fest X: A Collection of Broadsides, number 36 of 125 copies signed by Bob Fleck, c.30 broadsides, 2003, the first two each one of 50 sets, all loose as issued in original cloth portfolios with ties, New Castle, De.; and an envelope of broadsides, prospectuses etc. from American presses, folio & 4to (4)⁂ Featuring posters printed by a variety of presses including Bird & Bull, Midnight Paper Sales, Whittington, Alembic, Previous Parrot, Old Stile, and Caliban presses, with illustrations by Gaylord Schanilec, John DePol, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan and others.
Browne (Sir Thomas) Religio Medici, Urn Burial, Christian Morals, and other Essays, one of 310 copies on paper, wood-engraved vine border designed by Charles Ricketts, some light spotting, George Parker Winship's copy with his book-plate, original linen-backed boards, uncut, a little browned and spotted, spine label chipped, [Vale Press], 1902 § Revelation of Saint John the Divine (The), from the first printed English translation MDXXV, decorative borders, plates after Durer, signature of G.P.Winship, original half vellum, uncut, Cranbrook Press, 1901 § Tinker (C.B.) & Frederick Albert Pottle. A New Portrait of James Boswell, one of 425 copies printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers, with signed note by Rogers "One of the few (?15) 'author's copies' - with a date corrected in the List of Plates, by Bruce Rogers" to front free endpaper, with cancelled sheets pp.3-10 loosely inserted, plates, some foxing, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, Cambridge, Mass., 1927, all rubbed; and another, small folio & 4to (4)⁂ George Parker Winship (1871-1952), American author and librarian at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island and later the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard.
Bruel (François-Louis) Histoire Aéronautique par les Monuments Peints, Sculptés, Dessinés et Gravés, number 71 of 325 copies, half-title, title in red and black, plates, some hand-coloured, facsimile ephemera tipped- or bound-in, original wrappers bound at end, contemporary half-morocco over vellum boards by Bumpus, a little rubbed, folio, Paris, André Marty, 1909.
Parrot Presses & Artists' Choice Editions.- Bishop (Hal) The Wood Engravings of Frank Martin: A Selection...and a Catalogue of all the Relief Prints, number XIV of XXXVI special copies (actually 42) with an additional suite of 4 hitherto unpublished wood-engravings, from an edition limited to 360 signed by the author and artist, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, additional wood-engravings all titled, numbered and signed in pencil, loose as issued with card folder, together in slip-case, 1998 § Martin (Frank) Newhaven Dieppe, number 196 of 320 copies signed by the author/artist, original pictorial boards, uncut, 1996: Shadowland: Pictures from a Silent Screen, number 71 of 280 copies signed by the author/artist, original pictorial boards, 2002, illustrations by Martin, some colour, Church Hanborough; and another by the same, 4to & folio (4)⁂ Despite the colophon of the first stating that there were 36 special copies with 8 additional engravings there were in fact 42 copies in half morocco with 4 engravings, and a further18 specially-bound copies in full morocco with 8 engravings.
Gwasg Gregynog.- Roberts (Kate) Two Old Men and other stories, number 207 of 265 copies, linocut plates and illustrations by Kyffin Williams printed in black and grey direct from the blocks, original black morocco-backed grey cloth, pictorial panel after a Williams linocut mounted on upper cover, 1981 § [Mabinogion] Pryderi, [translated by Llewelyn Wyn Griffith], number 218 of 350 copies signed by the artist, linocuts by Kyffin Williams, original cloth, illustration mounted on upper cover, 1998 § Morgan (Derec Llwyd) Kyffin: a Celebration, number 122 of 360 copies, linocut illustrations from the original blocks, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, slip-case, 2007, all uncut, 8vo & folio, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog (3)
Folio Press & Society.- Barnes (William) Dorset Poems, 1989 § Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, 1989 § Crabbe (George) Peter Grimes, 1990 § Dickinson (Emily) Woman in White, 1991 § Michie (James, editor) The Folio Golden Treasury, wood-engraved illustrations, 1997 Barker (Christopher) Portraits of Poets, photographic illustrations, 1986 § Nash (Paul W.) Folio 50: A Bibliography of the Folio Society 1947-1996, 1997, illustrations, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, the first four with transparent wrappers, the last three with slip-cases, Folio Press or Society; and c.30 others, Folio Press & Society, 8vo & 4to (c.35)
Whittington Press.- Foden (Peter) The Fell Imperial Quarto Book of Common Prayer: An Account of its Production, number V of 50 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 200, printed in red and black, with 6 sample leaves, illustration, original half scarlet morocco, 1998 § Bidwell (John) Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press, number 10 of 300 copies, 1999 § McKitterick (David) A New Specimen Book of Curwen Press Papers, number 154 of 335 copies, 1987 § Butcher (David) British Private Press Prospectuses 1891-2001, number 221 of 350 copies, with 3 facsimile prospectuses in pocket at end, 2001 § Miscellany of Type (A), number 422 of 530 copies, 1990 § Harrison (Ski) Portraits of Presses: Photographs, number 104 of 500 copies, 1997 § Cave (Roderick) Chinese Ceremonial Papers: An Illustrated Bibliography, number 100 of 200 copies, with additional paper sample in card folder, 2002, illustrations, tipped-in samples, some colour, all but the first original half cloth or cloth-backed boards, all uncut with slip-cases, folio & 4to, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press (7)
Illustrated manuscript.- Kew Gardens.- Ford (Peter) Kew Gardens. A Study, decorative illustrated manuscript, in English, 50pp. (of which 7 blank), in a neat calligraphic hand, original illustrations and decorative boarders throughout, in watercolour and ink, original handmade pictorial cloth, covers slightly warped, oblong folio, [c.1960].
Gill (Eric).- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), number 25 of 80 specially-bound copies of the facsimile reprint of the 1931 Golden Cockerel Press edition, from an edition limited to 600, illustrations by Eric Gill, original tan morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, upper cover with cockerel device stamped in blind, black morocco spine label, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Wellingborough, September Press, 1988.
Gwasg Gregynog.- Parker (Agnes Miller) Wood Engravings..., 2 vol., number 35 of 200 copies, wood-engraved plates printed on Japon from the original blocks, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, slip-cases, folio, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1996-97.⁂ The first volume reprints the engravings from The Fables of Esope and the second those from XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales, originally published by the Gregynog Press in 1931 and 1933 respectively.
Altazimuth Press.- Chasseaud (Peter) Kings Cross, number 12 of 50 copies, 2004; Thames: The London River, number 9 of 50 copies, 2005; Afghanistan: A Journey, one of 100 copies, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, 2007, all signed by the author/photographer, maps & illustrations, many photographic, some folding or double-page, map endpapers, the first two original cloth with illustration and title mounted on upper cover, uncut, folio & oblong folio, Lewes, Altazimuth Press (3)⁂ The first is a photographic record of the Kings Cross and St.Pancras area prior to development and the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Eurostar Terminus.
Incline Press.- Nash (Paul) In Praise of Patterned Papers: A Collection of Essays, with an introduction by Tanya Schmoller, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 360, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, 1997 § Paucker (Pauline) New Borders: The Working Life of Elizabeth Friedlander, number 240 of 325 copies signed by the author, prospectuses loosely inserted, original half buckram over patterned-paper boards, 1998, tipped-in samples, some marbled, illustrations, uncut, slip-cases, 4to & small folio, Oldham, Incline Press (2)
Bawden (Edward).- Yorke (Malcolm) The Inward Laugh: Edward Bawden and his circle, one of 675 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2005 § Greenwood (Jeremy) Edward Bawden: Editioned Prints, one of 555 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2005 § McKitterick (David) Wallpapers by Edward Bawden printed at the Curwen Press, number 109 of 120 copies, printed in yellow and black, original cloth-backed decorative boards (Bawden's Bird's Nest paper), uncut, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1989, plates and illustrations, many colour, some tipped in, one or two folding, original cloth backed patterned-paper boards, the first two with slip-cases, the last card wrapper; and 2 others, Bawden, folio & 4to (5)
India.- Simpson (William) & Sir John William Kaye. India Ancient and Modern,. A series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories, first edition, chromolithographed decorative dedication heightened with gold, 50 fine chromolithographed plates after Simpson mounted on thin card, paper guards, with additional oval photographic portrait of Simpson mounted as frontispiece, plates 5 & 29 with small adhesions to plates from paper guards, plates 36, 42 & 45 with stain to fore-margin not affecting images, contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, large folio, Day & Son, 1867.⁂ Excellent copy of a scarce work. Simpson arrived in Calcutta in October 1859, having been commissioned to illustrate a work on India. Over three years he visited much of the subcontinent, including the Himalayas, Kashmir, Ceylon, Tibet and its Buddhist temples. In addition to landscapes the superb plates depict cave temples, street scenes, priests and monks, craftsmen and everyday activities such as grinding corn and collecting water.
Fleece Press.- Buckland Wright (John) Baigneuses, introduced by Christopher Buckland Wright, number 21 of 30 specially-bound copies and signed by Christopher Buckland Wright, from an edition limited to 240, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original vellum, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, folio, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 1995.
Whittington Press.- Wong (Judy Ling) Long Summer: Etchings & Poems, number 5 of only 50 copies, signed by the author/artist, signed presentation copy from her inscribed "Dear Barry McKay, May this always bring to you the vibrance of an English summer..." on verso of half-title, 10 etched plates, each numbered, initialled and dated in pencil, original Japanese wood veneer, by Hunter & Foulis of Edinburgh, sewn with cord in Japanese style, uncut, wood veneer slip-case, 1977 § Ayling (Alan) & others. A Folding Screen: Selected Chinese Lyrics from T'ang to Mao Tse-tung, translated by Duncan Mackintosh, number 68 of 200 copies signed by the author and translator, illustrations by Fei Ch'eng Wu, with A.L.s. from the translator loosely inserted, original patterned cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, 1974, folio & 4to, Andoversford, Whittington Press (2)
Adam De FriedelLes Grecs. Vingt Quatre Portraits des principaux chefs & figures les plus distingués de la Révolution grecque, 2 couvertures typographiques (en anglais et en français) conservées, 24 planches lithographiées, coloriées à la main, par Jules Bouvier d' après Friedel, légendes en anglais et en français, quelques rousseurs aux couvertures, reliure de l'époque en demi-cuir [Blackmer 633], folio (480 x 330mm.), London and Paris, Adam de Friedel, 182749 x 34 cm.The Greeks. Twenty-four Portraits of the Principal Leaders and Personages who Have Made Themselves Most Conspicuous in the Greek Revolution, 2 letterpress upper wrappers in English and French, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Jules Bouvier after Friedel, captions in Eng-lish and French, wrappers lightly foxed, contemporary panelled calf gilt, worn [Blackmer 633], folio (480 x 330mm.)Footnotes:Friedel's work – probably the most celebrated of those depicting the heroes of the Greek Revolution – first appeared in parts starting in 1824. According to Blackmer 'as edition followed edition the portraits became more refined... [There were] two editions published in 1827, one with no background or an extremely simple one, the other with a complex background to each portrait'. In the present copy, 13 plates have complex backgrounds, and 11 are simple. The work was issued without any letterpress except for the wrappers.Cet oeuvre de Friedel – probablement le plus celebre parmi des portraits des héros de la Revolution de la Grèce – apparut en 1824. Selon Blackmer, 'as edition followed edition the portraits became more refined... [There were] two editions published in 1827, one with no background or an extremely simple one, the other with a complex background to each por-trait'. Ici, on trouve 13 planches aux fonds detailés, et 11 aux fonds simples. L'oeuvre pa-rut sans texte typographique, sauf les couvertures qu'on manque souvent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FOLIO FROM A BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT, TIBET, 13TH / 14TH CENTURY gouache and gold on paper, of long horizontal rectangular form, five lines of alternating gold and umber Tibetan script on each side, three illuminations on one side depicting Samantabhadra with his consort, Maitreya Buddha and Heruka in yab-yum 11 x 32cm This folio is the introductory page of a work probably devoted to a mandala or mandalas.
A GILT-LACQUER MANUSCRIPT (KAMAWA-SA), BURMA, CIRCA 1900 the seven folios with applied brown lacquer in stylised Burmese script on sgraffito decorated gilt ground, each with twin piercings for binding, a pair of lacquered wood covers (kyan) decorated with a series of roundels 8 x 52.5cm (each folio)
Dillon (Viscount)An Almain Armourer's Album, Selections from an original manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, coloured lithographic plates, one folding, original vellum gilt, t.e.g. (minor foxing not affecting the plates), folio, LondonFootnotes:For another copy sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 31 July 2013, lot 499For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
J LEWIS: 'Original Designs in Architecture; consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections for Villas, Masions, Town-Houses...' 2 books in 1, 2nd edition 1797, London, [22 engraved plates in Book 1 and 41, engraved plated (1 folding) in Book 2, elephant folio, cont. boards detached, lacking spine. Est. £500 - £800.
A PALLADIO: 'First Book of Architecture... Printed in Venice... MDLXX; The Second Book... The Third Book... 1733, B Cole, London, [folio. cont. fl.cf. engraved title p. and 139 engraved plates (some folding, 1 with old repairs), and engravings in text, some worming to last 14 leaves (not affecting the text). Est. £200 - £300.
Bernucca (Francesco, publisher). [Viaggio pittorico e storico ai tre laghi Maggiore, di Lugano, e Como, Milan: Francesco Bernucca, c.1816-1818]. Oblong folio (248 x 320 mm), contemporary roan-backed boards (binding heavily worn), 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates mainly by Caroline Lose after Friedrich Lose (several by G. Zancon, L. Rados, G. Sasso or A. Biasioli after E. Adam, G. B. Bosio or G. Castellini), on wove paper (a few, e.g. 36, 'Pianello' and 54, 'Villa Passalacqua', watermarked 'J Whatman 1816'), many heightened in gum arabic, each with letterpress text-leaf (with post-horn watermarks), bound without title-page, plates not bound in numerical order, shallow damp-related paper-erosion to upper inner corners (never affecting images or text), variable damp-staining to lower margins of final 10 plates and text-leaves, a few instances of light marginal soiling elsewhere (qty: 1)Footnote: Bobins, The Exotic and the Beautiful, 1026; Brunet V 1168.According to Brunet the work was first published in 1815, with 50 colour plates. The plates in this copy are numbered up to 56 (with 5, 17, 20, 24, 44, 45 absent). Most copies to have appeared for sale have been dated 1818 on the title-page, and though the catalogue notes for these have generally suggested that 60 plates are called for, the actual counts have invariably been fewer (Christie's 2002, 49 plates; Sotheby's 2004, 40; Bonhams 2015, 50, uncoloured), and the Bobins copy has 46 plates only.
Bible (English; Authorised). [The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New ... London: Robert Barker, 1613]. Folio in sixes (385 x 225 mm), contemporary sheep (worn), signatures C6 D4 B4 A-4M6 (-E1, E6) 4N4 (-4N4), i.e. lacking 7 leaves (A1-4 including general title-page, E1, E6, and NT 4N4, i.e. final leaf; OT quire B, 'To the Reader', misbound after D), main text in black letter, double column, 72 lines, retaining New Testament title-page with historiated woodcut border (3T6), woodcut headpieces and initials, almanac and calendar printed in red and black, John Speed's genealogies bound in at front (34 pp., lacking pp. 5/6 and 9/10, pp. 3/4 loose and defective, 7/8 and 13/14 torn and frayed), side-notes frequently shaved, many leaves reinforced in gutter (probably in the 19th century), scattered marks and staining, marginal loss to A1, small holes in D3, T6, U5 and 2O, Y4, 2F3-4 and 3Q3-4 loose, tears with loss of text to 2P5, 3U5 and 4N3, closed tears to 2S4, 3H6 and 3I3, NT title-page (3T6) with closed tear in gutter and shallow chip to top edge, a few other flaws, manuscript genealogies to versos of 3T5 (Apocrypha final leaf) and NT title-page (qty: 1)Footnote: Darlow & Moule (1903 ed.) 249; ESTC S122066.Third folio edition of the King James Bible, 'easily distinguishable from the other large folio editions by its smaller type' (Darlow & Moule). This edition contains the reading 'and she went into the city' at Ruth III 15, as in the 'Great She Bible', but the reading of Judas for Jesus at Matthew XXVI 36 has been corrected.
Bible (English; Authorised). The Holy Bible ... with Notes Explanatory, Critical, and Practical, selected from the Works of several Eminent Divines, London: I. Moore and Co., 1774-6. 4 volumes, 8vo in half-sheets (223 x 134 mm), contemporary reversed calf, gilt-lettered red and black labels to spines, marbled edges, marginal spotting, volume 3 headcap chipped, signature 2B1 with hole through text, remains a very good set, together with 5 others similar, including Cornelius à Lapide, Commentaria in quatuor evangelia, editio absolutissima, Augsburg, 1767 (folio, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over reverse-bevelled wooden boards, bookplate of John William Willis Bund, 1843-1928, lawyer and legal writer), [John Reynolds], Vox coeli, or Newes from Heaven, Elisium [i.e. London], 1624 (ESTC S1671, disbound, headlines shaved), Samuel Hieron, The Sermons, London: John Legatt, 1620 (ESTC S119618, folio, contemporary calf, lacking at least pp.699/700), Fleetwood, Life of Christ, Halifax, c.1840 (4to, contemporary reversed calf), and The Illustrated Family Bible, London: James Sangster and Company, c.1850 (large 4to, contemporary blue calf, rebacked with original spine laid down) (qty: 9)Footnote: Darlow & Moule (1903 ed.) 916; ESTC T91161 (six sets in libraries world-wide; a fifth volume, containing the Apocrypha, was also published). The typeface is similar to that used by Baskerville for his 1763 Bible.
Bible (English; Geneva Version). [The Bible. Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, London: Robert Barker, 1615]. 4to (205 x 155 mm), contemporary calf (heavily worn, spine and cords split between signatures 3A1 and 3A2, front board detached), lacking general title-page, subsequent preliminary leaf and 2 of 4 preliminary unfoliated leaves in the New Testament, but retaining New Testament title-page (composed of woodcut portraits enclosing cordiform text-panel), Concordances bound in at rear (dated 1613 on title-page, 1615 on colophon), headlines shaved, a few narrow worm-tracks, New Testament title-page with repaired tear at head and marginal loss to lower fore corner, occasional damp-staining, a few other marks, together with Nicolas Fontaine, The History of the Old and New Testament, 'Fourth Impression', London, 1712 (folio, contemporary reversed calf, worn and with old repairs, numerous engraved plates, not collated) (qty: 2)Footnote: Darlow & Moule (1903 edition) 264; ESTC S102002.'Apparently the last black-letter quarto edition of this version printed by Barker' (Darlow & Moule).
Bindings. A collection of fine bindings, including:1) Poems by Thomas Gray, Eton: Eton College Press, 1894. Small folio, contemporary Eton College prize-binding of tan calf gilt, gilt edges, frontispiece offset onto title-page,2) Charles Baudelaire. Les fleurs du mal. Ving-sept compositions par Georges Rochegrosse gravées à l'eau-forte par Eugène Decisy, number 1015 of 1020 copies on vélin d'Arches, from the total edition of 1200, Paris: F. Ferroud, successeur, 1910. 4to, contemporary quarter morocco, spine gilt with floral morocco onlays, photogravure frontispiece and plates, hand-coloured woodcut vignette to title-page, 3) C. Sallustii Crispi, Opera, quae exstant, omnia, Leiden: Franciscus Hack, 1649. 8vo, later vellum, gilt spine, engraved title-page,4) The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, London: Henry Frowde, 1906. 8vo, contemporary quarter vellum, Art Nouveau design gilt to spine,and 26 others similar, English and French literature, all in leather bindings with gilt spines (mainly calf or vellum), not collated and sold as a collection of fine bindings (qty: 30)Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat, a few works containing his armorial bookplate.
Egypt. Three photograph albums of RAF service in Egypt, c.1937-8. 3 albums, oblong folio (various dimensions), one in simulated snakeskin (some wear), two in limp tan leather with coloured Egyptian-themed vignettes to front covers (the Pyramids of Giza and the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at Port Said), containing in total approx. 390 gelatin silver prints corner-mounted rectos and versos on black card album leaves, personal snapshots and studio prints, various dimensions (90 x 60 mm to 240 x 180 mm), manuscript captions in white ink to mounts throughout, a few RAF menus also included, and 10 related photographs and a gilt-braided RAF cap badge laid in (qty: 3)Footnote: The photographer was evidently stationed at RAF Abu Sueir near Port Said. The photographs depict views, street scenes and the photographer’s fellow officers in Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, Karnak, Lake Timsah, Ismailia; many show life on base in Abu Sueir. There are numerous photographs of crashed planes, two images captioned ‘Natives of the Ghikuyo tribe’, and two captioned ‘Headhunters and some native girls’. There are also coastal views of Malta.
Book of Common Prayer. A group of five editions of the Book of Common Prayer, 18th-19th century, comprising:1) [Sturt's edition], London: engraved and printed by the permission of Mr John Baskett, sold by John Sturt, 1717. 8vo (172 x 103 mm), early-19th-century straight-grain blue morocco gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, pp. xxii 166 [1], engraved throughout, vignettes, tailpieces and initials, red rules, volvelle on p. v without pointer, ownership inscription of Elizabeth Boyce Muriel dated 1833 to bookplate and p. v,2) London: John Baskett, 1734. Folio (388 x 242 mm), later straight-grain blue morocco gilt, recent morocco panels inset to covers, engraved frontispiece of St Paul's, gilt morocco bookplate (Mary Hutchins), A3-4 repaired, closed tears in 2O3 and 3A2, Psalms (London: John March, 1729) bound in at rear,3) Oxford: by T. Wright and W. Gill, 1772. 4to (266 x 205 mm), contemporary red morocco panelled in gilt, rebacked and recornered, Psalms (London: Richard Hett, 1768) bound in at rear,and 2 other BCPs (Mant's edition, 1820, 4to, contemporary diced russia gilt, repaired, and Bayley's edition, 1816, 8vo, contemporary straight-grain red morocco gilt, headcap repaired), together with a Bible (London: J. W. Pasham, 1776, 12mo, contemporary morocco, engraved title-page), and Friedrich Adolphe Lampe, Commantarius analytico-exegeticus ... Evangelii secundum Joannem (Amsterdam, 1724-6, 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary vellum, relined), these last 4 works not collated (qty: 9)Footnote: ESTC N/A (Sturt's edition), T198220 (Baskett: one copy only), N32792 (Wright and Gill: seven copies). This copy of Sturt's edition does not match exactly any of the variants mentioned in ESTC, other copies with this pagination having an ornamental border of cherubs on page v.
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Fifth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures [bound with:] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes, London: for Jacob Tonson [by R. E. and are to be sold by Randal Taylor], 1692 & 1688. 2 works in 1 volume, folio (325 x 197 mm), contemporary panelled calf (covers detached and worn), Paradise Lost with engraved portrait frontispiece, 11 engraved plates (of 12: lacking plate to face Paradise Lost Book I), the title-page, following text-leaf ('The Verse') and frontispiece all loose, creased and chipped, various closed tears and related old repairs throughout, partly obscuring a few words, catchwords or signature marks in places (qty: 1)Footnote: ESTC R356 (Paradise Lost: seven copies in UK libraries) & R2091 (Paradise Regain'd).Condition report: Closed tears in: PL Book V plate; PL f. 2O2 (extensive); margins of PL ff. 2E1, 2G1 (touching catchword), 2Q2; PR f. H1. Repaired closed tears to: PL ff. 2A1, 2D1, 2C2, 2F2, 2L1-4 (lower margins), 2T1. Hole in: PR f. H3.
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