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Click here to subscribeSpon (Jacobi)ÿMiscellanea Eruditae Antiquitatis: ... Folio London (Sumptibus Fratrum Huguetan & Soc.) 1685.ÿFirst Edn. red & bl. title with engd. vignette, plts. & engd. vignettes thro-out text, bottom right corner damp stained some corners dam, title loose, orig. blind tooled calf, covers detached, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. (1)
Elzevir Press: [Heinsius (Daniel) Ed.] Michaelis Apostolii Paroemiae: Nunc demun, post Epitomen Basiliensem, integrae, cum Petri Pantini Versione, ejusque & Doctorum Notis, in lucem editae. Sm. folio Leiden (Ex. Officina Elzeviriana) 1619. Wd. cut device on title, text in Greek & Latin, some cont. m/ss notes & corrections, cont. full vellum B.P. (1)
Art & Architecture: Ruskin (John) The Seven Lamps of Architecture, folio Lond. 1849, plts. etc; Howard (F.E.) & Crossley (F.H.) English Church Woodwork, sm. folio L. 1919; Baldry (A. Lys) Modern Mural Decoration, sm. folio L. 1902; Eastlake (Chas. L.) Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, etc, 8vo L. 1868, mor. backed boards; Robinson (J.C.) Italian Sculpture of the Middle Ages and Period of the Revival of Art, sm. folio Lond. 1862. Presentation Copy; Moore (Chas. H.) Character of Renaissance Architecture, roy 8vo N.Y. 1905; The Modern Gallery of British Artists, lg. 4to Lond. 1837. V. clean engd. ptls., cloth; & approx. 90 other vols. As a lot, w.a.f. Four Shelves. (a lot)
Album: A very good album of litho, sepia and other Prints, mostly French and Italian interest, some by Carol Vernet, C. Aubrey, Gericault, Bellange & others, include 46 (1 - 46) engraved plates from Chrn. de Mechel's, Le Triomphe de la Mort,... d'apres .. Jean Holbein, 12mo Basle 1780, approx. 90 oblong folio pages, mor. backed boards. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)
Children's Interest: Lang (Mrs.) The All Sorts of Stories Book, Lond. 1911; Graham (Kenneth) The Golden Age, 8vo Lond. 1900. Illus. by Maxfield Parrish, plts. etc., cold. pict. cloth; Henty (G.A.) Reskin and Cow-Boy, Lond. n.d., illus., pict. cloth; Arabian Knights Entertainment, folio Lond. n.d., illus. by Dalziel, pict. cloth; Milne (A.A.) When we Were Very Young, Lond. 1925; & approx. 40 others, as a lot, w.a.f. (1)
With Fine Coloured Platesÿÿ Robinson (W.) Editor - Flora and Silva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree and Flowers, ...ÿGarden Beautiful, Home Woods and Home Landscape,ÿ3 vols. folio London 1903 - 24 full page coloured plts., uncut, orig. hf. vellum, strongly bound. (3) * Contains an A.L.s. to 'Dear St. Lawrence,' pointing out mention of Howth, at p. 165 Vol. I., from E.M. Blackburn.
Howth Castle Demesne:ÿÿ List of Rhododendronsÿat HowthÿCastle,ÿc. 1939. folio typescript, approx. 65 pages, plus extra pages of m/ss notes, and annotations thro-out with additions, comments etc;ÿalsoÿList of Trees and Shrubs (Excluding Rhododendrons) at Howth Castle, c. 1939, folio typescript, approx. 103pp plus Index leaves, the entire annotated thro-out in pencil notes, amendments, comments etc., both orig. cloth. As a typescript, w.a.f. (2) * A Rare Collection.
Barufaldi (Girolamo)ÿDizionario Nuovo, e Copioso di Tutte le Rime Sdrucciole, Sm. folio Venice 1755. Engd. vign. title, wd. cut arms, unopened, cont. hf. vellum, mor. label;ÿBoerio (Giuseppe)ÿDuzionario del Dialetto Veneziano, lg. 4to Venice 1829. Hf. title, cont. hf. calf. B.P.'s. Good. (2)
With Fine Engraved Maps & Plates, etcÿ Du Bosc (Claude)ÿThe Military History of the late Prince Eugene of Savoy, and the late John Duke of Marlborough, Vol. II only, lg. folio Lond. 1737. Red. & bl. title, engd. heads & tails, initials, approx. 17 full page plts., & 21 fold. maps, town plans etc, all loose in binding, bind. dam. As a coll. of plts., w.a.f. (1) N.B. THIS LOT IS NOT IN THE CATALOGUE
Cureton (Wm.)ed.ÿFragments of the Iliad of Homer, from a Syriac Palimpsest. Folio Lond. (R. Taylor) 1851.ÿFirst Edn., 6 cold. plts., orig. full cloth.ÿPresentation Copy, inscribed by author to Thos. Gaisford, & with his bookplate;ÿArden (Joseph)ÿThe Orations of Hyperides for Lycophron and for Euxenippus, Ed. by Rev. Churchill Babington, folio Cambridge (Uni. Press) 1853.ÿFirst Edn., red & bl. title, cold. illus., errata slip, v. good mor. backed cloth boards. (2)
Bindings:ÿÿThe Connoisseur, An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors. Vols. 1 - X, and Vols. 15 - 22, together 22 vols. in 9 vols., folio London Sept. 1st 1901 - Aug. 1908. Profusely illustrated with cold. & other plts. cont. hf. crimson mor.; alsoÿChambers Encyclopaedia, 7 vols. only (ex. 10) folio L. 1888. cont. hf. crimson mor. As bindings, w.a.f. Good. (16)
Chandler (Richard) Inscriptiones Antiquae Pleraegne, nondum editae: In Asia Minori et Graecia, Praesertin Athenis, Colleatae., Cum Appendice. Folio Oxford (Clarendon press) 1775. First Edn., one engd. single pge plt., & 1 lg. fold. plt., some worm holes not affecting text, & lower rt. corner light damp stain, cont. calf, some wear, tooled gilt spine. B.P. (1)
Shaw-Sparrow (Walter)ÿJohn Lavery and His Work, 4to L. 1911.ÿFirst General Edn., cold. & other plts. cloth, gilt;ÿWaddington (Victor) Publisher,ÿTwelve IrishÿArtists, lg. folio D. (Three Candles) 1940.ÿFirst Edn., 12 lg. cold. plts. tipped-in, orig. cloth backed boards. (2) * Pres. Copy, inscribed by Publisher Colm O'Loughlin.
Canciani (F. Paulus)ÿBarbarorum Leges Antiquae, Cum Notis et Glossariis. Accedunt Formularum Fasciculi et Selectae Constitutiones Medii Aevi. 5 Vols. in 2.ÿLg. folio Venice (S. Coletium, & F. Pitterium) 1781 - 1792. Five hf. titles with wd. cut vignette, 2 lg. fold. plts. & engd. text illus. & vignettes thro.-out, 19th Century full vellum, mor. labels. B.P.'s. Very good clean set. (2)
The Navy: Clowes (Wm. Laird) The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, 7 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1897 - 103. Profusely illustrated, in orig. gilt decor. blue cloth, v. good; & 23 others of seafaring interest, biographies etc; also The Navy Lists, (include. a few "Army Lists") c. 1904 - 1914, 14 vols. 8vo, all orig. wrappers. As a lot, w.a.f. (37)
Gudio -ÿÿAntiquae Inscriptiones quum Graecae, tum Latinae, olim a Marquardo Gudio Collectae; Nuper a Joanne Koolio Digestae Hortatu Consilioque J. Georgii Graevii; nunc a Francisco Hesselio Editae cum Adnotationibus eorum. V. large folio Leovardiae (Typis et Impendiis Heredum Francisci Halmae) 1731.ÿFirst Edn., lg. engd. frontis signed A. van Buysen, red and bl. title with engd. vignette, fine engd. hd. piece, 16, [62], [6] dbl. page fac-simile, CCCLXXIV, CXII, VIII, & XXVII pp., wd. cut illus. thro-out, cont. calf backed boards. B.P. (1)
Wesselingius (Petrus)ÿHerodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX, ... Editionem curavit et suas itemque Lud. Casp. Valchkenarii. Lg. Atlas folio Amsterdam (Petri Schovtenii) 1763. Engd. frontis, red & bl. title with engd. vignette, wd. cut heads & tails, & initials, one full page plt. & engd. text vignettes, cont. full calf, joints weakening. B.P. (1)
Plantin Press: Pighii (Steph. Vinandi) Annales Romanorum; qui Commentarii vicem supplent in omnes veteres Historiae Romanae Scriptores. 3 vols. in 2, folio Antwerp (Ex Officiana Plantiniana) 1615. Titles with engd. printers device, & devices on final leaves, lg. engd. title for 1599, fine engd. vignettes & other text illus., cont. blind stamp vellum, raised bands. B.P.'s Good set. (2)
Horsley (John)ÿBritannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain. In Three Books. Lg. folio Lond. 1732.ÿFirst Edn., engd. frontis. fine engd. vign. headpiece, 5 fold. maps & 16 single page maps, & 83 single page plts., some cont. m/ss annotations thro-out, damp stain in lower rt. hand corner, mostly at front, later calf, upr. cover loose. B.P. (1)
Ringhieri (Innocenzio) Cento Givochi Liberali, et D'Ingegno, novelamente ritrovati, e in dieci libri descritti, 4to Bologna (Anselmo Giaccarelli) 1551. Lg. wd. cut device on title, a smaller device on end leaf, wd.-cut initial letters, [4], 162 folios plus final leaf with wd. cut device, title & first four folio somewhat soiled, otherwise a very clean copy, in 18th Century hf. green mor. décor. marble boards. B.P. Scarce. (1)
The Offington Library Catalogues Manuscript: Gaisford (Thos.) Catalogue of English Poetry, Drama, and Jest Books,.. made by Thos. Gaisford, at Offington [Worthing], Sept. 1868, also Catalogue of Italian, Spanish & French Belles Lettres,... made by Thos. Gaisford at Offington, Nov. 1876., 2 vols. 4to in manuscript containing approx. 3500 items, a.e.g., cont. straight grained crimson mor. gilt fillet borders, & titled in gilt in centre of front covers. B.P.'s. As manuscripts, w.a.f. (1) * Thomas Gaisford of Offington Worthing, was the eldest son of Dean Gaisford, of Christ Church, by his first wife Helen Margaret, daughter of the Rector of Salwarpe, Rev. Archibald Douglas. He was born in 1816, was educated at Rugby, and at Christ Church, and was formerly captain in the 79th Highlanders. He was a member of the Roxburghe Club & had assembled form an early age a very large and choice library, which comprised fine editions of the classics, the four folio editions and some quarto editions of Shakespeare's plays. The first library however was dispersed at Sotheby's in April 1890, when the 2218 lots realised almost £10,000. Gaisford remained a book collector, and possessed up to the time of his death another large library, much of which was removed to Howth Castle, on his marriage to Lady Emily, eldest daughter of the third Earl of Howth.
Chishull (Edmund)ÿAntiquitates Asiaticae Christianam Aeram Antecedentes;.. Folio Lond. (Guil. Bowyer) 1728. Greek and Latin text, title with engd. vignette, 2 plts., engd. vignettes, of coins, buildings, etc., with rare 8pp Supplement, [12], 207, (8), (2),pp, with inscription to Jupiter, but lacks head of Homer, of which only 50 copies were taken. Three leaves of m/ss notes in Greek by Dean Gaisford? or Richard Chandler, whose signature appears on front paste-down. cont. sprinkled calf, raised bands, label lacking. B.P. Good copy. Scarce. (1)
Ball (F. Elrington)ÿA History of the County of Dublin, Vols. 1 - 4, Dublin 1902 - 1906, together withÿHowthÿand its Owners, D. 1917; andÿSouthern Fingal, D. 1920. Together 6 vols. (complete) sm. folio D. 1902 - 1920.ÿFirst Edns., fold. & other illus. thro-out, cloth & orig. boards. clean Set. (6)
Baron (Caesar)ÿAnnales Ecclesiastici, 19 vols. folio Lucae (Leonard Venturini) 1738 - 1746; alsoÿAnnalium Ecclesiasticorum Caesaris Baronii... Apparatus, folio Lucae 1740, hf. title, red & bl. title with vignette; andÿIndex Universalis Rerum Omnium, quae in Baronii, ac Pagii Apparatibus, in Baronii Annalibus, Pagii Critica, Annalibus Raynaldi.... 3 vols. folio Lucae 1757 - 1759;ÿPlus,ÿRaynaldo (Oderico)ÿAnnales Ecclesiastici Ab Anno MCXCVIII, 15 vols. lg. folio Lucae 1747 - 1756, Vol. I red & bl. title with vignette, all other vols. with wd. cut printers device on titles. Together 38 vols., all uniform cont. vellum, mor. labels. B.P.'s.ÿVery good set.ÿ (38)
Watercolours: A tall folio Album of Original Watercolours of Flowers, mostly late 18th Century / early 19th Century, and all titled in Latin, approx. 25 full size examples, and painted on vellum, one drawing signed E.T.F. (Elizabeth Therese Fielding), the location of where the drawing was made is also listed, with same dated 1775, in a mor. backed boards bindings. As an Album, w.a.f. V. good. (1)
Millais (J.G.)ÿRhododendrons, ... An Account of All Species of the Genus Rhododendron (including Azaleas) and the Various Hybrids. First and Second Series,ÿLim. Editions of 550 Copies, 2 vols. lg. atlas folio L. 1917 - 1924.ÿFirst Edns., fine full page coloured & other plts. text illus. etc., orig. cloth. (2)
Original Watercolours & Drawingsÿ Album: Fine collectionÿof approx. 46 original watercolours and drawings, some of Endsleigh, Sherborne, Tawstock, etc., very attractiveÿexamplesÿPaysans des Montagnes de Nice, & others, one drawing of theÿSouth Gallery, Lacock Abbey, 1839, showing Horatia Feilding's Harp, etc, folio all c. 1830-1850, fine hf. greenÿmor. Horatia Feilding Album. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
Cochlaeum (Joannem)ÿHistoriae Hussitarum Libri Duodecim Per ... Artium ac Sacrae Theologiae Magistrum,... Folio Moguntiam (Francisci Behem) 1549.ÿFirst Edn., fine large wd. cut initials, & v. large wd. cut printers device on verso of last leaf, [24] 599pp., 17th Cent. mottled calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. B.P. V. good copy. (1)
Sextus - Sexti Empirici Opera Graece et latine: Pyrrhoniarum Institutionum Libri III, Cum Henr. Stephani versione et notis: Contra Mathematicos, ... cum versione Gentiani Herveti Graeca ... et toti operi notas addidit Jo. Albertus Fabricius, ... Folio Leipzig (John. Fred. Gladitschii) 1718. Hf. title, title in red and black (20) 735 (19), cont. calf, joints worn, gilt spine in panels, mor. label. B.P. (1)
Reimarus (Hermann Samue)ed. Cassii Dionis Coccaiani Historiae Romanae quae Supersunt, 2 vols. lg. folio Hamburg (Christiani Heroldi) 1750. Two hf. titles, & 2 red & bl. titles, 2 engd. ports. of J.A. Fabricus & H.S. Reimarus, text in Greek and Latin, in fine full blind stamp vellum, gilt spines with mor. labels. B.P.'s. V. good set. (2)
Oxford Academy - Marmorum, Arundellianorum, Seldanianorum, Aliorumque Academiae Oxoniensi Donatorum; Cum Varii Commentaris & Indice,... Folio London (Wm. Bowyer) 1732. Second Edn., lg. engd. coat of arms on title, list of Subscribers, engd. illus. & plts., uncut, orig. vellum backed boards, spine dam. B.P. (1)
Gronovius (J.)Ed.ÿManethonis Apotelematicorum Libri Sex, Nunc primum ex Bibliotheca Medicea editi... 4to Leyden (Fred. Haaring) 1698. Red & bl. title with wd. cut device, (18), 296pp. with Greek & Latin text;ÿBound with:ÿGronovius,ÿFragmentum Stephani Byzantini Grammatici De Dodone, Cum triplici numera Latina versione... 4to Leyden (Dan. a Gaesbeeck) 1681. Title with engd. vignette, [8] Folio 3 11, 1 - 64, 7pp;ÿBound with:ÿGronovius,ÿMemoria Cosoniana, Hoc est, Danielis Cossonii Vita Breviter descripta,... 4to Leyden (F. Haaring) 1695. Red & bl. title, 159pp. Together three works in one volume, full cont. vellum. B.P. (1)
de Montfaucon (D. Bernard) Palaeographia Graeca, Sive De Ortu et Progressu Literarum Graecarum. Folio Paris 1708. Full page engd. frontis., engd. heads, initials, numerous full page plts. some dble. page, engd. text illus. etc., [20] XXIX, [1], 574pp, cont. full calf, corners bumped, joints cracked, gilt spine, label dam. B.P. (1)
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