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Lot 663

[Dore (Gustave)] Coleridge (Sam. Taylor)ÿÿThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner, lg. atlas folio Lond. 1876. Illus. thro-out by Gustave Dor‚, hf. title, frontis & full page plts., orig. cloth, gilt , rebacked. Good. (1)

Lot 113

Knight (Chas.)ed.ÿLondon, 6 vols. sm. folio London 1841 - 1844. Illus. thro.-out, cont. hf. calf profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels, stamped 'Bound by Hering.' An attractive set. (6)

Lot 525

Anconitanus (Cyriaco)ÿInscriptiones seu Epigrammata Graeca, et Latina Reperta per Illyricum a Cyriaco Anconitano apud Liburnian Designatis locis, ubi quaeque inventa sunt cum Descriptione Iteneris. Folio rome (Greg. Roiseccum) 1747. Wd. cut decor. on title, wd. cut illus., orig. boards. B.P. (1) * Two m/ss owners signature, 'L. Kulenkamp, 1774,' and 'G. Werndork, Stelmst d. 13 Jul. 1797.'

Lot 754

Howth Castle Rent Book, 1766ÿ Manuscript:ÿ A large folio Ledger, containing approx. 140pp of full or partial manuscript entries of tenants, re rents etc., with dates, amounts owed etc., the last entries appear to be about 1780's, together with some m/ss documents related, loosely inserted. In orig. full panelled suede binding, brass bound, and with mor. label, lettered in gilt 'Rent Book 1766,' In very good condition, as a m/ss, w.a.f. An important document. (1)

Lot 658

El Escorial:ÿÿRepresentacion del Monasterio de S. Lorenzo el Real del Escorial,ÿFabrica del Prudentismo Rey. Philippo II, Coronada Con la Magestuofa Obra de la Campilla Insigne del Pantheon. Par El Rey Catholicis Philippo IV El Grande. Dedicada al Invicto Martir Esq. S. Lorenzo. Lg. Atlas folio. title lg. oval m/ss title within a fine engraved border, a lg. full page Portrait of Philip II, 8 lg. double page & 6 full page engd. views, plans & designs, mostly signed P.P or P. Perret, Antwerp, Sculp. Regis fe. 1598, together with 4 lg. cont. engravings by Titian & others, one dated 1569. As a collection, a contemporary compilation, in an early full vellum binding, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1079

Armstrong (Sir Walter)ÿTurner, lg. thick folio L. (T. Agnew & Sons) 1902.ÿLim. Edn. No. 65 of 1000 Copies on Special Paper;ÿSir Joshua Reynolds - First President of the Royal Academy, lg. thick folio, L. & N. 1901;ÿSir Henry Raeburn, lg. thick folio L. & N.Y. 1901; alsoÿGainsborough and His Place in English Art, lg. thick folio L. & N.Y. 1898 (some text loose). All with full page plts. & text illus., uncut & orig. cloth, spines faded. (4)

Lot 284

Muller (C. & T.)ÿFragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, 4 vols. sm. folio Paris (A. Firmin Didot) 1841. Cont. hf. calf, profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels (1 lacking),; alsoÿDindorfius (G.)ed.ÿPoetae Scenici Graeci, roy 8vo Leipzig 1830, calf, profusely gilt spine. B.P.s. attractive volumes. (5)

Lot 365

Aristotle:ÿÿPetri Victorii Commentarii in VIII Libros Aristotelis de Optimo Statu Civitalis, Positis ante singulas declarationes Graecis verbis Auctoris: iusdemque ad verbum Latine expresis. Folio Florence (B. Junta) 1576, Wd. cut device on title & on verso of end leaf, fine wd. cut initials, [8] 698pp [2], [32]pp., full blind stamp vellum, raised bands, mor. label. B.P.ÿVery good copy. (1)

Lot 142

Bentivoglio (Card. G.)ÿThe History of the Warrs of Flanders: Written in Italian.. Englished by Rt. Hon. Henry Earl of Monmouth, Folio L. (for D. Newman,.. and J. Edwin) 1678. Engd. port. frontis, red & bl. title, lg. fold. map (straight tear, no text missing), 23 engd. ports (3 mounted, cont. mottled calf, lacks label, upr. joint cracked. B.P. (1)

Lot 764

Log Books of Three British Warshipsÿ Manuscripts:ÿ Three folio Volumes,ÿcontaining meticulously arranged logs of the voyages of Royal Navy Ships from 1876 - 1881, with photographs of the ships and copiously illustrated with neatly dawn maps & diagrams of the ships. All bound in hf. mor., with anchor motif on spines. (1) Logs of "H.M.S. Duke of Wellington" 22 Dec. 1876 to 30 Jan. 1877"; H.M.S. Assistance 7 to 15 Feb. 1877; "H.M.S. Minotaur, Capt. Lord Walter Kerr, 19th Feb. 1877 to 1st July 1878. (2)ÿ ÿLots of HMS Minotaur, Capt. Rawson, 2 July 1878 to 18 Aug. 1879; and HMS Newcastle 19 Aug. 1879 to 7 Sept. 1880. (3)ÿÿ Log of HMS Minotaur, Capt. H. Rawson, 8 Sept 1880 to 3 April 1881. HMS Minotaur, the ship that features most prominently in these volumes, was a five-masted armoured frigate, completed in 1867; she formed the lead ship in a class of four ? ÿthe longest single-screw warships ever built.ÿ From 1875 she served as flagship of the Channel Squadron, and in 1876 became the first ship in the Royal Navy to be permanently equipped with an electric searchlight.ÿ Her commander from 1875 was Lord Walter Kerr, who later played an important role in modernising and rearming the Navy.ÿ He was succeeded in 1877 by Harry (later Admiral Sir Harry) Rawson, who is chiefly remembered for overseeing the Benin Expedition of 1895, regarded today as either a highly successful punitive expedition or a disgraceful episode of massacre and looting, depending on your point of view; in 1896 he was knighted for commanding in the Anglo-Zanzibar War, the shortest war in history (38 minutes). A unique set. As Manuscripts, w.a.f. (3)

Lot 895

Dean Gaisford's 'Magnum Opus' With Important Correspondence etc., included Gaisford (Dean Thomas)ÿEtymologicon Magnum, seu verius Lexicon saipissime vocabulorum origines indagans ex pluribus lexicis scholiastis et grammaticis anonymi cuisdam opera concinnatum. Lg. thick folio Oxford (e Typographeo Academico) 1848. Frontis fac-simile, engd. vignette on title, strongly bound cont. hf. calf, raised bands. With the Den's bookplate. The Etymologicum Magnum, compiled in Constantinople c 1150, is the largest Byzantine lexicon, collating and expanding the works of many previous scholars.ÿ It was first printed at Venice in 1499.ÿ Gaisford?s work, the fruit of much careful scholarship, remains the most recent complete edition. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ This copy has tipped in at back: table giving details of print run and costs, also a review and an obituary of Gaisford. Pasted at front: 1. 10 Dec. 1847.ÿ Note from B.P. Symons, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, offering Gaisford on behalf of the delegates of the OUP an honorarium of œ1000. 2. Draft reply from Gaisford declining the offer, suggesting he might be given 20 free copies instead, and commenting on the proposed price of the book. 3. 16 Dec. 1847.ÿ Note from Symons agreeing his proposal. 4. 15 June 1855 Note from Symons expressing the delegates? gratitude for Gaisford?s work (he had died on 2 June). Enclosures: ú Letter to Gaisford dated 22 March 1817 from Edward Everett, the 23-year-old Professor Greek at Harvard who was then studying at G”ttingen, discussing German projects to publish a text of the Etymologicum, and reporting in detail on the experiments of Carl Friedrich Sicker to unroll some of the papyri discovered at Herculaneum (he destroyed several in the process).ÿ Everett (1794-1865) continued his brilliant and multi-faceted career as politician, pastor, educator, diplomat and orator.ÿ Today he is best remembered as the featured speaker at the dedication of the military cemetery at Gettysburg in 1863; his learned oration, lasting over two hours, has been somewhat overshadowed by Lincoln?s 271-word address that succeeded it. ú M/ss of a long (11 pp, folio) discourse on Gaisford?s Etymologicum, published in the G”ttingen Literary Advertiser, 6 Nov. 1848. ú Draft petition of Gaisford to the Council of State of the Duke of Brunswick, 23 July 1846, requesting the transmission to England of the MS at Wolfenb?ttel of the Etymologicon Gudianum, on the grounds that the edition published at Leipzig is defective and he would like to consult the original as part of his research for a new edition of the Etymologicon Magnum. úÿ ?The advantages of a liberal education.?ÿ MS page of verses ?by Thomas Gaisford A.D. 179-.? ú Draft letter from Gaisford, 24 Oct [1843] wishing to purchase a copy of the Lexicon Etymologicum, listed in the catalogue of the Royal Library at Naples. ú Letter to Thomas Gaisford (junior) from Paul Butler of Down Ampney, Cricklade, 8 Aug 1872, enclosing preceding item (?) ú Draft proposal by Gaisford for a second edition of his Suidae Lexicon (2 vols, 1834).

Lot 752

Parkinson (John)ÿParadisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, Faithfully reprinted from the Edition of 1629. Tall folio Lond. (Methuen & Co.) 1904. Hf. title, & with reproduced orig. title & plts. thro-out, uncut, orig. oatmeal cloth backed blue boards, (some wear) paper label. (1)

Lot 28

Atlas:  Bartholomew (John) The Library Atlas of the World, V. lg. folio L. (Macmillan & Co.) 1890. 84 dbl. page cold. maps. Strongly bound hf. green mor., raised bands, gilt panels. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 654

Large Engraved Plates: ÿÿAntiquities of Ionia, Published by the Society of Dilettanti. Part The Fourth. Elephant folio Lond. (Macmilan & Co.) 1881. Engd. frontis & 29 full page plates, complete. Cont. crimson mor. backed cloth boards, gilt lettered. Clean Copy. (1)

Lot 907

Album:ÿÿÿA good folio Scrap Album,ÿof varied fine hand coloured and other prints, mostly early 19th Century in all approx. 72 items, all coloured, some in sets, various sizes, cont. hf. mor. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 910

Phillips (Edw.) The New World of Words: or Universal English Dictionary, Folio Lond. 1720. Seventh Edn., Revised by J.K. [John Kersey] Engd. frontis, cont. panel calf, worn. (1)

Lot 946

Collected by Henrietto Horatia Marie Fielding  Album: A very good oblong folio Scrap Album, containing mostly original drawings, watercolours, some litho prints etc., over 70 examples, varying sizes from full page to 2 x 4" approx., all of fine quality and mostly of England & the Continent, some by Lord de Grey, Lord Grantham, Lady Emily Cowper & Countess Cowper, Hon. J. Liddell & others, one large drawing in of 'North Side of Laycock Abbey,' home of Horatia Marie Fielding (Mrs. Gaisford), & home of W.H. Fox Talbot. Cont. hf. mor. worn and upr. cover detached. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1070

Pinelli (Bart.) Raccolta Di No 100 Soggetti li Piú Rimarchevoli dell Istoria Romana, oblong folio Rome (Presso Vincenzo Poggioli) 1821. 101 engd. full page plts.; also Raccolta di No 100 Soggeti ... dell Istoria Greca.., oblong folio Rome 1821, 100 full page engd plts., all illus. by Fulvia Bertocchi, cont. hf. green mor. Good. B.P.s. Charles Fielding. (2)

Lot 873

Genealogy:  Lodge -  The Lords of Howth, 1177 - 1806, lg. folio n.d. c. 1840. Probably extracted from lodges Peerage of Ireland, & printed for 3rd Earl of Howth., 12pp [LXXIV - XC], An offprint, in later red cloth; also Hutchinson's History of Durham, Pedigrees, lg. 4to Durham c. 1823, (26) some fold., plus Tables of Population of the County of Durham, 4to Durham 1823, (14)pp., cont. hf. calf, gilt mor. label on front cover. As a lot, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 135

With 6pp Manuscript Letter from the Author  Newton (C.T.) Travels and Discoveries in the Levant, 2 vols. sm. folio L. (Day & Son) 1865. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 fold. frontis, & 39 fold. & 1 other plts., lithos. orig. photos etc., some dust stains or browning, some newscuttings, loosely inserted, Presentation Copy, inscribed & with a 6pp A.L.s. from author to T. Gainsford also inserted.  Orig. cloth. (2) * C.T. Newton was an archaeologist and vase scholar, and was Keeper of this Department of Antiquities at British Museum. He was one of the first to photograph archaeological sites and publish them.

Lot 915A

Diadori Siculi:ÿ Wesselingius (Peter)ed.ÿDiodori Siculi Bibliothecae. Historicae Libri Qui Supersunt, 2 vols. lg. folio Amsterdam (J. Westenius) 1746.ÿFirst Edn., hf. titles, engd. full page port. & full page frontis., red & bl. titles with vignette, text in Greek & Latin, uncut, later hf. calf. Clean Copy. (2) * Inscribed on front paste down, 'T. Gaisford, Aed. Ch. Oxon, MDCCXCIX,' with T. Gaisford's B.P.

Lot 356

Rodriquez (Fr. Alonzo)ÿExercicio de Perfeccion, Y Virtudes Christianas, Divided in 3 Parts. Folio Madrid (Juan de Ariztia) 1721. Title within wd. cut border & with wd. cut vignette, [16], 600, [48]pp., orig. marbled calf, mor. label. B.P. (1)

Lot 884

Editio Princeps of Parallel Livesÿ Plutarch:ÿSapientissimi Plutarchi paralellum, Vitae Romanorum & Graecorum Quadraginta novem.ÿTitle in Greek and Latin. Large folio Florence (Filippo Giunta) 1517. Editio Princeps., 544ff., title page loose, text v. clean, later calf, spine lacking, front cover loose, needs rebinding. B.P. of Dean Gaisford. Greek text of Plutarch'sÿLives of the Noble Greek and Romans, arranged in 23 pairs (but this edition contains 49 lives). Latin dedication to Marcello Virgilio Adriani, humanist scholar and chancellor of Florence, and certificate from Pope Leo X, dated 15th Feb. 1516.ÿ The Giunti family established themselves as printers in Florence in 1489. Filippo Giunta (1450 - 1517) set up a separate press from his brother Lucantonio; this may be the last work from his press?? (1)

Lot 639

Illustrated Sporting Books:  Edwards (Lionel) My Irish Sketch Book, v. lg. 4to Lond. 1938. First Edn., fine mounted cold. plts., cloth & d.w.; Snaffles - A Half Century of Memories, folio Lond. 1949, First Edn., & Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances, folio Lond. 1951, First Edn., both orig. cloth & d.w.'s; & 8 others mostly illustrated by L. Edwards. A lot. (11)

Lot 1073

Engravings etc:ÿ A large folio Album, of over 140 large sepia, engraved and mezzotint plates, portraits, views etc., some hd. coloured, plus several smaller examples, all mostly late 18th Century to early 19th Century, mor. backed boards, as an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 145

Petrie (George)ÿThe Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, .. The Origin and Uses of The Round Towers of Ireland. Lg. 4to D. 1845.ÿFirst Edn., Text illus. thro-out, cloth, spine dam.;ÿChampneys (Arthur C.)ÿIrish Ecclesiastical Architecture, folio L. 1910.ÿFirst Edn., plts. & illus. thro-out, orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 487

Cotgrave (Randle) A French English Dictionary, ... with Another in English and French, whereunto are newly added ... of James Howell. Folio Lond. (W.H. for Luke Fawne) 1650. First Edn. Thus, text within décor. border, cont. calf, upr. cover loose. B.P. (1)

Lot 483

One of Dean Gaisfords Great Productionsÿ Gaisford (Thomas)ÿSuidae Lexicon Post Ludolphum Kusterum ad Codices Manuscriptos, 2 vols. + Index. Together 3 vols. lg. folio Oxford (Academy) 1834. Titles with engd. vignettes, text with corrections and marginalia thro.-out, manuscript notes at front, cont. heavy hf. calf, gilt spines. B.P.'s. of the author. (3) * Contains some orig. A.L.s., prosepcti etc., concerning the above volumes loosely inserted.

Lot 92

Wright (Thos.)ÿThe History of Ireland, From the Earliest Period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time, 3 vols., sm. folio L. n.d. Fold. hd. cold. Map of Ireland, engd. plts., cont. hf. green mor. mor. labels (2 lacking) & 1 other book of Irish history. As a lot. (4)

Lot 89

Dickens (Charles)ÿMaster Humphrey's clock, 3 vols. folio L. (Chapman & Hall) 1840.ÿFirst Edn., Illus. by Geo. Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Orig. embossed brown cloth, gilt clock decoration on front covers, good copy. (3)

Lot 4

Fauriel (M.C.)ÿHistoire de la Croisade contre les Heratiques Albigeois, ... Lg. 4to Paris (Imprim. Royale) 1837. Engd. plt., lg. fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, v. good cont. calf, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. label;ÿLa Croix (M. Paul) & Sere (M.F.)ÿHistoire de L'Orfevrerie - Joaillerie, sm. folio Paris 1850. Frontis, cold. plts., ports. etc., cont. full tan calf, gilt borders, profusely gilt spine, mor. label. Both v. good. B.P.'s. (2)

Lot 944

Werner (Chas.) & Amici (Dom.)ÿViews of the Siege of Rome in 1849, With 12 Plates drawn from nature by Charles Werner and engraved by da Domenico Amici. Lg. oblong folio [Rome] c. 1850. 12 full page plts., and orig. ptd. wrappers. V. clean copy. (1)

Lot 440

Poleno (Joanne)ÿUtriusque Thesauri Antiquitatum Romanorum Graecarumque Nova Supplementa..., 5 vols. lg. folio Venice (Jo. Bap0tista Pasquali) 1737. Hf. titles, Vol. I red & bl. title, all titles with engd. vignette after Jo. Bapta Tiepolo, wd. heads & tails, initials, engd. text vignette illus., numerous full page & lg. fold. plts., uncut, later hf. vellum. B.P.'s.ÿV. Clean Set. (5)

Lot 672

Scrap Albums:  Two very good large folio Scrap Albums of early 19th Century litho views, mostly of Continental interest, some English and some very attractive coloured items, approx. 120 examples altogether, cont. hf. mor. As a coll. of prints, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 664

Thorwaldsen (Alberto)ÿCollezione di Alcuni Statue e di Alcuni Basso-Rilievi, .. Con una breve illustrazione del Signor Angelo Carnevalini. Lg. Atlas folio Rome 1826., 22 full page engd. plts. (all clean), cont. hf. vellum. B.P. As a volume of plts., w.a.f. (1)

Lot 896

Chishull (Edmund)ÿTravels to Turkey and back to London, folio London (W. Bowyer) 1747.ÿFirst Edition, Large Paper, wd. cut device on title, 4pp list of subscribers, [VIII] 192pp, cont. sprinkled calf, rubbed and joints beginning to crack, raised bands, tooled flower in panels, mor. label. B.P. (1)

Lot 281

Symmachi,ÿQuinti Aurelii Symmachi V.C.ÿcons. Ordinarii, et Praefecti urbi Epistolarum Lib. X Castigatissimi, Cum auctuario Duo Libelli S. Ambrosii Episs ad Valentiniarum Imper. Eiusdemque Epistola ad Eugenium. Sm. folio Paris (Orriana) 1604. Red & bl. title, inscribed 'Collegii Paris Societ Jesu' wd. cut device on title, full calf, gilt spine, mor. label. B.P. Good. (1)

Lot 1044

Photographs:ÿ Howth Castle etc. An oblong folio Family Album of original photographs, inscribed on cover 'B. 1909 - 1913,' There are family groups, some outdoor shots of Howth Castle, Offington and other houses, group scenes, some interesting photos of Howth itself, the Pier, with Donegal girls salting the herrings, St. Mary's Abbey, etc., some very good interior views, some sporting views, review of the Troops in Phoenix Park, 1911, etc., and many others, some before and after alterations at the Castle, approx. 220 photos in all, varied sizes. An interesting historical record. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 532

Pollucis (Julii)ÿPnomasticum Graece & Latin, Post egregiam illam Wolfgangi Seberi editionem denuo immane quantum Emendatum, Suppletum, & Illustratum, ut docebunt Praefationes.... Cmmentarius doctissimus Gothofredi Jungermanni... Joachimi Kuhnii, ... Joh. Henricus Lederlinus... 2 vols. Folio Amsterdam (Ex Officina Westeniana) 1706. 2 hf. titles, only one title, Vol. I, red & bl., cont. blind vellum. B.P.s. V. good. (2)

Lot 970

With Folio Volume of Platesÿ De La Lande -ÿÿVoyage en Italie, 9 vols. 12mo Plus folio Vol. of Plates. Paris (Desaint) 1786.ÿSecond Edn., hf. title Vol. I, 35 engd. plts. (include. map, plans & views) mostly folding, all uniform hf. calf, marble sides. B.P.s. V. good. (9)

Lot 364

St. Bridgit of Swedenÿ Duranto (Consalvo) Revelationes S. Brigittae, Olim a Card. Turrecramata recognitae,..., Locis etiam quamplurimis ex Manuscriptis Codicibus restitutis, ac emendatis. Folio Rome (Stephanum Paulinmum)1606.ÿFirst Edn., red & bl. title with wd. cut coat of arms, fine wd. cut heads & initials, full page portrait, [36], 876, [82] index etc., & [2]pp errata, v. clean text, later full blind d‚cor. vellum, raised bands, mor. label. B.P. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 914

Photographs:ÿ A very good Album of original Photographsÿof various sizes, of travels by a member of the S.F. Lawrence family. c. 1877 - 1882. Some of Italy, Palermo, Messina, Syracuse, Rome, & France. Some of Cork Harbour, with Queenstown etc.; There are some good large views of Rome, Malta, Egypt and the Pyramids etc., c. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" and 8" x 10 1/2". There are several of Naval Interestÿ some of Greenwich, H.M.S. Minataur, H.M.S. Canada, H.M.S. Tenedos etc showing the crew on boards portraits of the ships, some groups of cricket teams, and other scarce views. Finally there are some very scarce views of American & Canadian interest, St. Johns Newfoundland, Quebec, Toronto, Niagara & Montmorency Falls, Halifax, Nova Scotia, St. Lawrence River, Canadian trains & ships, other views in Antiqua, St. Lucia, Georgetown, Martinique, Jamaica & Bermuda. Lg. folio Album, over 125 photos in all. As a coll. of photos, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 286

Graevio (Joanne Georgio)ÿThesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum, 12 vols. lg. folio Leyden 1694 - 1699. Hf. title Vol. I, red & bl. titles, with engd. vignettes, numerous full page engd. plts., lg. fold. engd. maps by Senex etc., engd. text illus. full blind stamp orig. vellum, raised bands, manuscript titles on spine. A very fine desirable set. (12)

Lot 753

"The Sportsman" Publisher:ÿBritish Sports and Sportsmen -ÿRacing and Coursing, 2 vols. lg. folio London 1911, alsoÿShooting and Deerstalking, lg. folio London 1913, together 3 vols.,ÿAll Limited Editions, lg. plts. & illus. thro.-out, orig. two-coloured buckram. (3)

Lot 137

All Presentation Copiesÿ Buckland (Prof.)ÿAddress Delivered at The Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London,... 21st Feb. 1840, sm. folio L. 1840.ÿFirst Edn., 66pp.ÿInscribed Pres. Copy from Author to Dean of Christ Church; bound with: 3 other similar addresses from Buckland, Sir Rob. Harry Inglis, & Sir. Rod Impey Murchison, all author's presentations, cont. full calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label;ÿBuckland (Rev. Wm.)ÿGeology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to NeutralÿTheology, 2 vols. L. (Wm. Pickering) 1836.ÿFirst Edn., 85plts., some fold.ÿInscribed Pres. Copy. In cont. full vellum, mor. labels. B.P.'s. (3)

Lot 625

Verne (Jules) Cinq Semaines en Ballon, Voyage de Decouvertes en Afrique, Par Trois Anglais. Folio Paris (Bibliotheque d'Education ... J. Hetzel & Co.) n.d.  Illus. by Riou et de Montaut; also L'Ile Mysterieuse, folio Paris (Bibliotheque .. Hetzel), n.d. [c. 1879] illus. by Ferat, uniform hf. crimson mor., mor. labels, v. good. (2)

Lot 892

Stobaeus:ÿÿKeras Amalthaias Joannou tou Stobaiou... Joannis Stobaei Sententiae ex thesaurus Graecorum delectae, quarum autores circiter ducentos & quinquaginta citat: et in Sermones siue Locos communes digeste A Conrado Gesnero Doctore Medico Tigurino in Latinum sermonem traductae, sic ut Latina Graecis e regione respondeant. Folio Basle. (Ex Officina Joannis Oporini, sumptibus Chris. Froschoveri) 1549, title with piece torn from fore-edge / not affecting text, wd. cut initials, annotated in margins in red & bl. through out, in cont. calf, rebacked, both paste-downs consists of leaves from a medieval musical manuscript, upr. cover detached. B.P.ÿ (1) * This Edition was edited by Swiss philologist Conrad Gessnar (1515 - 1565). This is the 2nd Edition (the first was published in Zurich in 1543); a Third appeared in Zurich in 1559. Thomas Gaisford produced a fresh edition in 4 volumes in 1822.

Lot 1080

Photographs: Two large folio Albums of Photographs, each c. 1870 - 1890's. One Album contains Photographs of the West Indies, include. lg. fold-out Panorama of Georgtown, some of South America, British Columbia, California, Mexico, Honolulu, Guatemala, Panama, New York, Washington, numerous photos of English interest, some French & other Continental views also in two Albums, folio, uniform hf. mor. As photographs, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 942

With 11 Fine Hand Coloured Plates   Pinelli, of Rome.  Events of the Life of Massaroni, An Italian Bandit, Lg. oblong folio London (Colnagni & Co.) 1823. Add. hand coloured title page & 10 full page hand coloured plates, title loose & frayed at edges, sm. clean tear, plates and text very clean, orig. mor. backed boards, cracked. (1)

Lot 146

Blue Book: Howth: Brewer (J.S.) & Bullen (Wm.)ed.ÿCalendar of the Carew Manuscripts, Containing The Book of Howth. Sm. folio L. 1871, orig. cloth backed boards; & 1 other, similar, cloth. As a lot, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 144

Parr (Richard)ÿTheÿLife of the Most Reverend Father in God, James Ussher, Late Arch-Bishop of Armagh, Primate and Metropolitan of All-Ireland, Folio L. (for Nath. Ranew) 1686. First Edn. red & bl. title, lacks port., late hf. calf;ÿWare (Sir J.)ÿThe History and Antiquities of Ireland, folio D. 1704. title repaired, some leaves frayed, later tree calf. B.P.'s. (2)

Lot 29

Caldecott (Randolph)ÿThe Complete Collectionÿof Pictures and Songs,ÿv. lg. folio L. (Geo. Routledge & Sons) 1887.ÿLarge Paper Edn., with Preface by Austin Dobson, full page cold. & other illus., orig. cloth; alsoÿThe Complete Collectionÿof ... Contributionsÿto 'The Graphic,'ÿlg. folio L. 1888, port. frontis cold. & bl. & white illus. thro-out, orig. cloth, stained; alsoÿBlackburn (H.)ÿRandolph Caldecott: A Personal Memoir of His Early Art Career, 4to L. 1886.ÿFirst Edn., bl. & white illus. thro-out, green cloth. All good. (3)

Lot 361

Potter (Joannes)ÿLycophronis Chalicdensis Alexandra, Obscurum Poema, Cum Graeco Isaacii, seu Potius Johannis, Tzetzae Commentario. Folio Oxford (Sheldoniane - Joannis Oweni) 1702.ÿSecond Edn., Lg. engd. frontis the Greek title with engd. vignette, [16] 183, [1], [28], [6], 174, [16] index plus advert. leaf at end, orig. full panel calf, raised bands, mor. label. B.P. V. good copy. (1)

Lot 163

Stanley (Thos.)ÿThe History of Philosophy: Containing The Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of Every Sect. Folio L. 1687.ÿSecond Edn., Engd. port. frontis, red & bl. title, 22 engd. portraits, cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label. B.P. (1)

Lot 643

The Encyclopedia Brittannica, 11th Edition, 1911, and also 14 Edition 1929, together 57 vols. folio, full mor. & cloth. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 198

Evans (Sir Arthur)ÿThe Palaceÿof Minos,... at Knossos, Vols. 1 - 3, in 4 vols., 4to L. 1921 - 1930.ÿFirst Edn., numerous fold. & other plts., some cold., orig. cloth, gilt, good;ÿFarrer (R. Ridley)ÿA Tour in Greece 1880, sm. folio Edin. 1882. Plts. d‚cor. cloth; & some other books, a lot. (1)

Lot 875

Paciaudio (Pauloo)ÿMonumenta Peloponnesia, Commentariis Explicata, 2 vols. in one, Folio Rome (Ex. Typo. Palladis, Nicolai et Marci Palearini) 1761, 2 hf. titles, 2 full page engd. frontis, 2 red & bl. title with engd. vignettes, some full page plts., & with numerous engd. vignettes thro-out text, uncut, unopened, orig. hf. mor. worn on spine, top of spine dam., but good clean copy. B.P. (1)

Lot 809

Hesiodus:ÿ Hesiodi Ascraei Opera et dies. Theogonia. Scutum Herculis, 4to Venice (Bart. Zanetti for Giovanni Francesco Trincaveli) 1537. Wd. cut printers device on title, folio one printed in red & bl., one full page wd. cut of farm implements tools etc., text in Greek only, final leaf, sm. repair not affecting text, 188 ff., in later full calf, blind tooled borders & decoration, lacks label, but v. clean copy. B.P. (1)

Lot 166

Illustrated Volumes:ÿ Paton (J. Noel)ÿTheÿDowie Dens O'Yarrow, lg. atlas folio Fine Arts Soc. in Scotland 1860;ÿBurns (Robert)ÿTam O'Shanter, lg. atlas folio Fine Arts Scotland 1855;ÿTennyson (A.)ÿElaine, lg. atlas folio L. 1868, illus. by Gustave Dor‚, and 2 others, all illustrated. As a lot. (5)

Lot 25

Association Copyÿ [Henry Fox Talbot] Moore (Thomas) & Stevenson (Sir John)ÿA Selection of Irish Music,ÿFirst, Second, Fourth & Sixth Numbers, bound as one, folio L. n.d. Engd. titles, plts. & illus. thro-out, cont. hf. green mor. (1) * Inscribed on front loose blank, 'Horatia Maria Fielding (later Mrs. Gainsford). The Gift of her brother Henry Fox Talbot (the inventor of photography). Genoa 1824.

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