The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.XLVI (46 stamped 43!). From July 3 to December 25, 1875. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including very early Lawn Tennis events one year after the game was invented, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
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The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.63? From January 5 1884 to June 28, 1884. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Quarter-bound boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear to spine, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference, no index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including very early Lawn Tennis events and an impressive page of Lawn Tennis Advertisements, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.XLVII (47). From January 1 to June 24, 1876. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including very early Lawn Tennis events, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.XLIX (49). From January 6 to June 30, 1877. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12”, superbly professionally rebound, quarter-bound green leather spine and board corners, full blue blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, superb condition. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including announcement of 1st. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship event, extracts from The Annals of Tennis - Julian Marshall, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.XLII (52). From July 6 to December 28, 1878. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Green over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including reports on the 2nd. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship event, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.LIII (53). From January 4 to June 28, 1879. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including very early Lawn Tennis events, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.LIV (54). From July 5 to December 27, 1879. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including notes on the 3rd. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship event, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.LV (55). From January 3 to June 26, 1880. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12”, loose boards, no spine poor but very readable condition, appears to be complete. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes, including Lawn Tennis, Shooting, Travel (The Tay Bridge Disaster) and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.LVI (56). From July 3 to December 25, 1880. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall very good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including the Wimbledon Championship and very early Lawn Tennis events, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.60?. From September 16 to December 30, 1882. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12”, loose boards, no spine poor condition, but appears to be complete. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations. Supplied with loose index.
Hon Chi Fun (Hong Kong, 1922-2019)SUMMER FOLIOscreenprint, 1982, signed in pencil, numbered 25/29image 52 x 57cm approximately, framed and glazedCondition report: Light paper cockling throughout, a little surface dirt, blue ink smudged a little bit. A possibly small ink lost from a small half-moon crease in blue section showing an orange line, possibly a few other half-moon creases in other places but difficult to tell as not seen out of frame. A small scuff in pink section. Not seen outside of frame. Provenance: originally purchased and framed at Art Forum Gallery, 03-13, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923.
NO RESERVE Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique, 2 vol. only (of 4) lacking 2 vol. Supplement, fourth edition, titles in red and black, 9 engraved plates, 1 double-page, numerous engraved or woodcut illustrations in text, worming to vol. 1, occasionally affecting text, marginal water staining (vol. 1), occasional spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, loss to spine extremities (vol. 2), folio, Commercy, 1741.
Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) A General System of Horsemanship in All It's Branches..., facsimile reprint of 1743 edition, one of 500 copies, double-page illustrations, original morocco, panelled in gilt, g.e., folio, housed in box, Nottingham Court Press, 1980.⁂ An attractive facsimile reproduction of this classic work on horses which was a highly significant landmark in the development of equestrian technique and literature.
Hunting.- Flower (Mark) & Donald Crawford. Charles Johnson Payne. Snaffles: Being a Selection of his Hunting and Racing Prints, limited edition numbered 81 of 750 copies signed by the publisher, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates, illustrations, original roan-backed cloth, original cloth drop-back box, oblong folio, Wellington, Millwood Press, 1983.
Natural History.- Amuchastegui (Axel) Some Birds and Animals of North America, number 7 of 505 copies signed by the artist, 16 coloured plates reproducing paintings by Axel Amuchastegui, original vellum, slipcase, rubbed, Tryon Gallery, 1971; Some Birds and Mammals of Africa, number 65 of 505 copies signed by the artist, 14 coloured plates reproducing plates by Axel Amuchastegui, original blue morocco-backed boards by Zaehnsdorf, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1979, folio (2)⁂ The first is one of very few that were bound in full vellum rather than the standard morocco-backed boards.
Anatomy.- Hunter (William) Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi ... The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, 34 lithographed plates, 18 double-page, scattered spotting, a few plates strengthened at margins, occasional minor damp-staining to margins, contemporary cloth, sympathetically rebacked, folio, Sydenham Society, 1851.
[Christie (James)] A Disquisition upon Etruscan Vases; displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, first edition, one of 100 large paper copies for presentation, this copy inscribed "To Wm. Morland Esqre. a memorandum of gratitude from the Author" on verso of title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and 16 plates, some offsetting, occasional foxing, mostly marginal, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-stamped calf label to upper cover, uncut, [Blackmer 347], folio, William Bulmer & Co. for T.Becket, 1806.⁂ Privately printed for the author's friends this handsome work describes vases in the British Museum and the collection of Thomas Hope. William Morland (1739-1815), banker, MP for Taunton 1796-1806, and art collector.
Fréart de Chambray (Roland) Parallèle de l'architecture antique et de la moderne, contenant les profils des plus beaux édifices de Rome comparés avec les dix principaux autheurs qui ont écrit des cinq ordres ; sçavoir Palladio et Scamozzi, Serlio et Vignole, D. Barbaro et Cataneo, first edition, fine engraved additional pictorial title incorporating an oval portrait of François Sublet de Noyers (the author's cousin and impetus for the book) by Tournier, printed title with large engraved vignette, 40 full-page engraved illustrations by Charles Errard, engraved head- and tail-pieces and a few initials, some spotting and mostly marginal staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Berlin Kat. 2374; Fowler 127; Cicognara 507; Avery 78], folio, Paris, Edmé Martin, 1650.⁂ First edition of this important comparative study which 'launched the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in architectural theory. His commentary identified sizable differences among the ''modern'' orders, despite the fact that all the Renaissance authors professed to follow the inviolable proportions of antiquity. Leaving his faith in the divine nature of proportion unquestioned, he attacked modern inventions and called for a return to the untainted forms of Greek classicism' (Avery). Provenance: 'De Legendre' (contemporary ink inscription to printed title); Theodore Besterman (bookplate).
Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly browned, occasional scattered spotting, later half calf sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, extremities a little worn, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.
[Rosini (Carlo Maria)] Dissertationis Isagogicae ad Herculanensium voluminum explanationem, Pars Prima [all published], title with woodcut floral ornament, 2 folding engraved maps and 20 engraved plates, 2 folding, some foxing to text, first map with tears to folds, old boards, rebacked in red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, Naples, ex Regia Typographia, 1797.
Woodworking.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner ou de fair en perfection toutes sourtes d'ouvrages au tour, double column, engraved additional pictorial title, device to title, vignette to head of dedication and 80 plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, 1 upper corner little worn, rubbed at extremities, a solid copy, [Singer IV, p.382], folio, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1749.⁂ Expanded edition of the first work devoted exclusively to the lathe, with much on ornamental wood turning.
NO RESERVE Blank albums.- Old master print collector's album, 'Oeuvr de la Belle', 57 blank leaves, wove paper without watermarks, probably late 19th century, bound in 17th century morocco, gilt, spine in compartments with six raised bands, gilt, spine splitting at ends with losses, scuffed and worn, folio, [17th century and later]
Elzevier.- Arabic.- Golius (Jacobus) Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, first edition, double column, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional ink marginalia, a few ff. loose, or working loose, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with large red morocco label, upper corners repaired, lower corners little worn, covers rubbed and marked, [Willems 723; Schnurier 79], folio, Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1653.⁂ A handsome production, in fact printed by Jean and Daniel Elzevier, but printed under their fathers' names as a tribute. Golius was an orientalist and mathematician at the University of Leiden. Provenance: Henry George Farmer, Bearsden, Scotland; 'Ex Bibliotheca Elzeviriana Jacobi Brovn Craven Kirkvallensis' (bookplates); J. Hollywood (19th century ink signature to head of title).
NO RESERVE Plague.- Verordnung von Pass-Oerten, Gesundheits-Attesten und Pass-Briefen der Reisenden und Waaren, woodcut initials, marginal spotting, Stade, 1738; and another, similar, folio (2)⁂ Control of travellers and goods entering ports on the Elbe and Weser from Poland and other countries affected by plague.
NO RESERVE Sappho, Bion & Moschus. Recueil de Compositions dessinées par Girodet, edited by P.A.Coupin, 40 line engravings by H.G.Chatillon after Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, some light foxing, contemporary half green-stained parchment, red roan label, uncut, rubbed, folio, Paris, Chaillou-Potrelle [& others], 1829.
Cavalry.- Melzo (Lodovico, Italian cavalry officer, a Knight of St John of Jerusalem, fought against the Turks at the Siege of Rhodes and with the Spanish against the Calvinists in the Low Countries, 1567-1617) Traitté de la cavallerie du cavalier Melze..., manuscript in French, 64pp., drophead title, ruled throughout in red, f.25 small hole near head, affecting a few letters verso, without loss of sense, dark water-stain on upper corners, lighter staining within text, although more pronounced on last few pp., lightly browned, modern antique style boards, folio, [France], [early 17th century].⁂ An early French abridgement of Melzo's influential military cavalry treatise, Regoli militari sopra il governo e servitio della cavalleria (Antwerp, 1611). Also published in French in 1615 as Des règles militaires du chevalier Melzo, this manuscript is not a copy of either edition but probably a version compiled by a French military student. The manuscript follows the arrangement of the five books of the printed versions, but without the illustrations. The five books comprise, I. The composition of a cavalry regiment; II. Accompanying other regiments and companies; III. Orders; IV. Combat; V. Generalities.
Calligraphic manuscript.- Gadd (C. J.) To Edward Caulfield, calligraphic testimonial manuscript, manuscript on paper, title and 6ff., frontispiece, and first few ff. with illuminated decorations in gold, blue, pink and other colours, original morocco, ornately blind-stamped and gilt with inset coat of arms of Pope Leo XIII, inner dentelles and silk doublures, folio, housed in blind-stamped box., bound by Palmer, Howe and co., 1895.
Royal Navy.- Wood (A.B., midshipman) Journal for the Use of Midshipmen, manuscript, title and 273pp., several maps and drawings of ships etc., slightly browned, original half buckram, slightly soiled, folio, printed paper label on upper cover, morocco label torn on spine, folio, 1938-39.⁂ Wood served on HMS Birmingham, HMS Enterprise and HMS Daring, travelling from Europe to Palestine and China, and took part in the China Fleet Annual Pulling Regatta, Palestine.
NO RESERVE Blank albums.- Folio album with 25 blank leaves of Whatman laid paper, watermarked 'J.Whatman' but without dates, each sheet approx. 655 x 480 mm (25 3/4 x 18 7/8 in), contemporary boards, very worn, folio, [probably circa 1790-1800]; together with 2 folio vol. of 19th century wove paper in 18th century bindings, worn, an album of black wove paper, probably 20th century, held in limp vellum, 4to, and a small group of marbled papers and loose album leaves, mainly 19th century (sm. qty.)
NO RESERVE London.- Illustrated London News (The), 13 vol., comprising vols. 2; 12-16; 22; 26-27; 34; 46-47, illustrations, some full or double-page, one or two chromolithographed, contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, some boards detached, 1843-60; and another containing Christmas numbers of the 1880's, folio (14), sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
NO RESERVE Literary criticism.- Forster (John) The Life of Charles Dickens, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispieces, engraved illustrations and plates, contemporary half morocco over vellum, rubbed, 1872 § Sassoon (Siegfried) The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston, 3 vol., illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slip-case, Folio Society, 1974 § Moore (Anne Carroll) The Art of Beatrix Potter, colour-printed illustrations, 1976; and c.75 others, literary criticism, author biographies and letters etc., v.s. (c.75)
NO RESERVE Papermaking.- Lalande (Joseph de) Art de faire le papier, facsimile edition, plates, original dark green morocco-backed boards, original printed paper label to upper cover, rare, Scholar Press, for private distribution only, n.d. [c.1970]; and 13 plates from the 'Maroquinier' and Parcheminier' sections of the Encyclopédie, folio (3)
NO RESERVE Folio Society.- Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisted, 1995 § Sir Gwain and the Green Knight, translated by Keith Harrison, 1983 § Briggs (Asa) [A Victorian Trilogy], 3 vol., 1996 § Doyle (Arthur Conan) The Complete Stories, 1993, some illustrations, original cloth or boards, most pictorial or decorative, slip-cases, Folio Society; and 79 others, Folio Society, v.s. (83)
Erotica.- ?De Musset (Alfred) Gamiani ou deux nuits d'excès, 20 lithographs by Berthommé Saint-André, many in colour, original wrappers, [Paris]; and a suite of loose lithographs, together housed in red morocco box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, c.1940; and another, Japanese erotica, folio & 4to (2)
Japan.- Gonse (Louis) L'Art Japonais, 2 vol., first edition limited to 1400 copies, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial silked boards, a little rubbed, corners and spine ends beginning to fray, remnant of dust-jacket loosely inserted (vol. 1), dust-jacket (vol. 2 only), rubbed, small hole to spine, small loss and tears to corners and spine extremities, folio, Paris, 1883.
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