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Click here to subscribeHIROSHIGE: 1- The colour prints. Cassell, 1925, 1st. edn.; 2- 100 Famous views of EDO. NY, 2001, 5th. print, dw. Folio, Fine; 3- The James A Michener collection, 2 vols. with slipcase. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1991, Fine; 4- Paysages célèbres des soixante provinces du Japon. Paris, 1998, dw, folio, Fine; 5- Ukiyoe. Volume 17, Hiraki Collection. Bird and Flower and Landscape. Mainichi Newspapers, Japan, 1971, dw. folio, VG; Plus 5 others. (10)
HOKUSAI: 1- Hiller, J: The art of Hokusai in Book Illustration . Sotheby, 1980, 1st. dw. Fine; 2- Morse, P: One Hundred Poets. Cassell, 1989, 1st. dw. Oblong folio; 3- Forrer, M: Hokusai: Prints and Drawings . Prestel, 1991, 1st. dw. 4to. VG; 4- Forrer, M: Hokusai, A Guide to the Serial Graphics. Philadelphia, Heron Press, 1974, Limited edition No. 145 of 350 copies. pictorial paper covers; Plus 10 others. (14)
USSR in Construction. [Set of 15 issues], January-November 1930, and January-October 1931, numerous sepia and other monochrome toned photographic illustrations, original printed wrappers, mostly dust-soiled with some edge-chipping or minor fraying, spines rubbed 1930 no.1: front cover & 1st 4 leaves detached, rear cover nearly detached (spine mostly deficient), folio (Qty: 15)NOTESSoviet art journal published from 1930-41 to promote the industrial achievements of the three Five-year plans, and published in Russian, English, French, German and from 1938 Spanish, the images taken by photo-journalists Max Alpert, Georgii Zelma and others.
Villani (Giovanni). Croniche ... nelle quali si tratta dell' origine di Firenze, 1st edition, Venice: Bartholomeo Zanetti, 1537, large printer's putto device on title-page (apparently after Titian), title-page toned, with remnants of early ink ownership annotations, and with fore edge softened with minor damage, occasional spotting or marks (mostly to margins), some margins with early ink manuscript annotations (trimmed at fore-edge), intermittent dampstaining (mostly to gutter or margins), lacking final leaf (blank except for repeated putto device), stitching showing in places, 18th century vellum, dust-soiled with some wear to extremities, rubbed spine with loss at foot, spine label deficient, small folio in 8s (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst edition of this famous chronicle by the foremost historical writer of the Middle Ages, giving an accurate description of the history and development of Florence, of its trade, industry, social classes, religious customs, relation to its neighbours, and its ceaseless and passionate domestic conflicts. This edition contains the first 10 books, the final two not appearing until the second edition of 1554.
Bacon (G. W. publisher). Bacon's Atlas of London and Suburbs with Supplementary Maps, Letterpress Descriptions and Alphabetical Index, circa 1910, additional half title, preface and contents list, long close tear to contents page, three sets of index and descriptive letterpress, fifty-four double page lithographic maps (complete as list) including regional, geological, railway and county maps, slight dust and finger soiling, some staining to pastedowns, contemporary cloth with gilt title to upper siding, worn and rubbed, folio (Qty: 1)
Cotman (John Sell). Engravings of the most remarkable of the sepulchral brasses in Norfolk; tending to illustrate the ecclesiastical, military, and civil costume of former ages, as well as to preserve memorials of the most ancient families in that county, 1st edition, London & Yarmouth: John & Arthur Arch et al., 1819, 114 etched plates, the majority hand-coloured at a later date with a green wash, some folding, early 20th century half morocco, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESUpcott, English Topography, 1485.
Cussans (John Edwin). History of Hertfordshire, Containing an Account of the Descents of the Various Manors; Pedigrees of Families Connected with the County; Antiquities, Local Customs..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1870-81, volume one with engraved portrait frontispiece, general title to each volume (without separate titles to hundreds), 22 plates, including chromolithograph and tinted, double-page hand-coloured lithograph map, scattered spotting and slight toning, marbled endpapers with removed label to upper pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green morocco by Sotheran & Co., volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, volume 3 with upper board & lower joint splitting at foot, lower panel of spines with faint manuscript library classification in white, extremities rubbed and a little worn, folio in 4s (Qty: 3)
Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies in England and Wales: also of all such Scotch, Irish and French Monasteries, as did in any manner relate to those in England, 3 volumes (including 2 supplement volumes by John Stevens with appendix), London, 1718-23, additional engraved title to first volume (trimmed to border and relaid), letterpress titles to each volume in red & black, numerous engraved plates (including some double-page), many after W. Hollar, occasional toning and scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate to front pastedowns of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-1794), hinges to first volume repaired, contemporary calf, each volume rebacked, preserving original spines of volumes 2 & 3 (supplement volumes), diagonal scratch mark/line to spine of third volume, folio (Qty: 3)NOTESThe Camden earldom was created in 1786, for the lawyer and Whig politician Charles Pratt (1714-1794). He was a supporter of civil liberties and a leading advocate of the supremacy of the jury system. He owned land to the north of London, and was granted permission to develop it for housing in the 1780s, which was later to become known as Camden Town.
Manship (Henry). The History of Great Yarmouth, edited by Charles John Palmer, Great Yarmouth: Louis Alfred Meall and London: J. Russell Smith, 1854, chromolithograph frontispiece, numerous plates (one folding) including some chromolithograph, occasional dampstains, bookplate of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave to upper pastedown, together with : Palmer (Charles John), The History of Great Yarmouth, Designed as a Continuation of Manship’s History of that Town, Great Yarmouth: Louis Alfred Meall, and London: J. Russell Smith, 1856, albumen print frontispiece, few lithograph plates, initial leaves spotted, bookplate of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave to upper pastedown, uniform green half morocco, rubbed and some wear, 4to, [Great Yarmouth], Repertory of Deeds and Documents relating to the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, Printed by Order of the Town Council, Great Yarmouth: Louis A Meall, 1855, albumen print frontispiece, book label of T. & H.S. Brightwen to upper pastedown, contemporary half vellum, lacking spine label, slim 4to (limited edition of 100 copies printed), Palmer (Frederick Danby), The Tolhouse Restored, Great Yarmouth: Printed by J. Buckle, 1887, title in red & black, few lithograph plates, original cloth-backed printed boards, toned and slightly rubbed, slim 4to, Ninham (John), Views of the Gates of Norwich, with an Historical Introduction ... contributed to the Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society by Robert Fitch, Norwich: Printed by Cundall, Miller & Leavins, 1861, title in red & black, numerous facsimile etched plates, original cloth gilt, slim 4to, and others including The Gates of Norwich, Drawn by J. Kirkpatrick, 1720, and Engraved by H. Ninham, 1864, Norwich & London: Jarrold & Sons, [1864], numerous engraved plates, original boards, spine torn, adhesive tape residue to spine and boards, slim folio and The Norwich School of Painting by William Frederick Dickes, London & Norwich, [1906], numerous monochrome plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, large 4to (limited edition 113/400) (Qty: 12)
Turner (J. M. W., & John Ruskin). The Harbours of England. Engraved by Thomas Lupton, from Original Drawings made Expressly for the Work by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., with Illustrative Text, by J. Ruskin, published Day & Son, circa 1870, additional half title, twelve uncoloured mezzotint plates each with tissue guard, some spotting, all edges gilt, re-backed but retaining original publisher's gilt decorated boards, some wear to extremities, folio, together with: Herdman (William Gawin). Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool..., subscriber's copy, published by the author, 1857, additional lithographic decorative half title, title page torn with loss, forty-eight (complete) lithographic plates including three folding, some toning and spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, rebacked, worn at extremities, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESHerdman: Abbey Scenery 202.
Evelyn (John). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions ... To which is annexed Pomona; Or, an Appendix concerning Fruit Trees in relation to Cider ... Also Kalendarium Hortense ... Second Edition much inlarged and improved, London: for Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, 1670, imprimatur leaf, engraved title vignette, 5 engraved vignettes in text (1 full-page), errata leaf, slightly browned, spotting to imprimatur leaf and title-page, a few spots and stains elsewhere, marginal repairs to a2, blind stamps of the Free Public Library, Wigan to [A]1 (title-page), Sylva signature C1, and Kalendarium signature 2E1, Kalendarium signatures 2B4 and 2C4 shaved at foot, earl ownership inscription ('Thomas Sandwith') to imprimatur, partly effaced early ownership inscription to upper outer corner of title-page, modern half calf, folio (28.7 x 17.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBritish Bee Books 39; Freeman 1152; Henrey 133; Keynes 41; Wing E3517. The first edition was published in 1664.
Frohawk (Frederick William). Natural History of British Butterflies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson and Co., [1925], preface dated 1914, 60 colour plates, 5 halftone plates, most plates with minor dampstain at top edge, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines, some soiling and marks, volume 1 rear cover dampstained, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESNissen ZBI 1452.
Millais (John Guille). The Natural History of British Game Birds, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909, half-title, 35 chromolithographic or photogravure plates after Thorburn or Millais, halftone plate, tissue-guards, halftone plate spotted and toned, strip of spotting across one corner of photogravure plate at p.14 from dog-earing of tissue-guard, marginal spotting to photogravure plates facing pp. 58 and 72, engraved armorial bookplate signed 'Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury', top edge gilt, contemporary reddish-brown crushed half morocco for Bumpus, spine gilt in compartments, raised bands, device of the earls of Shaftesbury (bull statant) to head, earl's coronet and monogram 'S' to foot, slight fading to spine and to section at head of front cover, folio (39.8 x 29.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869-1961), soldier and courtier. Nissen IVB 636; Mullens & Swann p. 406; Wood p. 464 ('This beautifully illustrated work'). Number 439 of 550 copies only.
Montes de Oca (Rafael). Ensayo Ornitologico de los Troquili de os o Colibries de Mexico, 1st edition, Mexico, Ignacio Escalante, 1875, tinted lithograph portrait of the author (some light spotting and stained to lower portion, with paper restoration to lower outer corner), 12 fine hand-coloured lithographs of hummingbirds by Hesiquio Iriarte after careful watercolour drawings from nature by the author as well as the Mexican landscape painter Josè Marìa Velasco (1840-1912), some light browning throughout, title, 3 colour plates and 5 final leaves of text with some paper restoration to outer edges, modern black crushed full morocco, retaining original green printed upper wrapper (chipped with a little loss to edges and now relined), folio (29.3 x 19.8 cm), contained in modern green cloth drop-over bookbox, with black morocco gilt label to spine (Qty: 1)NOTESFine Bird Books p. 95; Nissen IVB 643; Palau 178890; Wood p. 470. Only three copies in the UK (BM, Cambridge University, and Natural History Museum). Montes de Oca describes 48 species of hummingbird, of which 46 are here illustrated. The author worked as a naturalist for the Mexican Guatemalan Boundary Commission, and his collection of plant specimens now form part of the herbarium at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.The work is dedicated to the Mexican Society of Natural History (founded only 8 years earlier in 1868). Montes de Oca published several important papers in that society's scientific journal Naturaleza. The illustrations clearly owe much to the scientifically precise and highly accurate illustrations published by the famous British ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881) in his remarkable Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds, published in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861 (a copy of which was sold in these rooms in November 2019).
Rea (John). Flora: seu De Florum Cultura. Or, a Complete Florilege, furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. In III Books, 1st edition, London: by J. G. for Richard Marriott, 1665, [22] 174 [2] 175-239 [5] pp., engraved additional title-page by D. Loggan, accompanying text-leaf 'The Mind of the Front.', letterpress title in red and black, 8 engraved plates of garden designs, 2 letterpress section-titles (to Ceres and Pomona), occasional toning, old inked pen-trial to 'The Mind of the Front' recto showing through verso, old wax residue to margin of plate 1, plates 4 and 5 shaved along top and bottom edges, a few spots and marks,contemporary reversed calf, neatly rebacked, folio (28.7 x 17.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Henry Streatfeild (1706-1762), English landowner, of Chiddingstone, Kent, with his ownership inscription to head of engraved title-page, and engraved bookplate with Streatfeild family motto 'data fata sequutus' to front pastedown. ESTC R6376; Henrey 325; Tomasi, An Oak Spring Flora 31; Wing R421. A very good copy of ‘one of the most important gardening books to be published in England during the second half of the seventeenth century’ (Tomasi). The work was 'intended as a revision of John Parkinson's Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris (1629), and includes designs for gardens, and many pages on fruit and tulips' (ODNB). ESTC and Henrey's count of 24 preliminary pages appears to include the additional engraved title.
Borlase (William). Observations on the Antiquities and Monuments of the County of Cornwall, 1st edition , Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson, 1754, engraved map and 23 plates (one folding), engraved illustrated head & tail-pieces, list of subscribers, occasional light toning & spotting, later endpapers, contemporary mottled calf (pitted), old reback, joints slightly split, board edges worn & showing, folio, together with: Bray (Anna Eliza) , A Description of the part of Devonshire bordering the Tamar and the Tavy ... in a series of Letters to Robert Southey, 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1836, wood engraved illustrations and one additional mounted engraved plate, occasional spotting, upper corners of titles cropped, ink and blind stamps to titles and few other ink stamps, bookplate, top edge gilt, later 19th century half morocco, gilt decorated spines, 8vo, Marshall (William) , The Rural Economy of the West of England: including Devonshire. and parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall, 2 volumes, London, 1796, folding map provided in facsimile, some ink markings to margins, dampstaining, contemporary half calf, worn, 8vo (Qty: 6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I
Grew (Nehemiah). Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge. Whereunto is subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts. By the same Author, 1st edition, London: by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates (1 folding), slightly browned, title-page dust-soiled and marked, interlinear spill-burn to part 2 signature A1, part 2 signatures C2-3 more heavily browned, plate 4 damp-stained, tide-mark to top margins of a few plates just touching images in numbers 29-31, plate 31 slightly frayed along fore edge, a few other marks, contemporary manuscript corrections to pp. 62, 81, 181, 239, 312, 343, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, a few abrasions to covers, tips bumped and worn, folio (30.2 x 18.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I ESTC R23326; Freeman 1464; Garrison-Morton 297 (with erroneous imprint of H. Newman, from the 1694 edition); Heirs of Hippocrates 640; Nissen ZBI 1714; Norman 945; Wing G1952. 'Grew, secretary to the Royal Society, compiled this great illustrated catalogue of its museum, then housed at Gresham College. Published with the catalogue is Grew's study of the stomach organs, which is the first zoological book to have the term "comparative anatomy" on the title-page, and also the first attempt to deal with one system of organs only by the comparative method' (Garrison-Morton). 'The thirty-one plates are particularly fine' (Heirs of Hippocrates).
Hill (John). The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raise for Beauty, 1st edition: London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Newbery [and others], 1756, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved arms to dedication, 75 engraved plates, slight toning and offsetting, frontispiece and title-page faintly creased and dust-soiled, a few plates closely trimmed along top edges, into plate-mark in a few cases, cropping number in plate 28, images otherwise unaffected, faint tide-mark to top edges of several plates (e.g. 11, 28, 33, 34, 38, 39, 55), tear in text-leaves O2-Q2 with loss of text, interlinear closed tear in 3K1, plate 57 with 2 closed tears in image, closed tear to top edge of 6K2 touching text verso, marginal loss to final leaf 6U2, a few other nicks and marks, late-19th/early-20th century quarter sheep, cloth sides, folio (40 x 26.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Provenance: Joseph Wainwright (1741-1810), surgeon, with his ownership inscription 'Liber Josephi Wainwright, Dudley, 1782' to the initial blank. Wainwright is recorded as lieutenant-colonel of the Dudley Volunteer Infantry and a member of the Dudley Book Society. His obituary in the Monthly Magazine (volume 29, 1810, p. 292) drew attention to his literary interests, and he is depicted holding a book in his portrait painted by Thomas Phillips, now held by the Dudley Museums Service. ESTC T29713; Freeman 1675; Henrey 799; Nissen BBI 881; Roscoe A229.
Meinertzhagen (Richard). Birds of Arabia. Edition De Luxe, London: Henry Sotheran Limited, 1980, 12 photographic plates, 19 colour plates, all mounted (most at 3 corners only, apparently as issued), folding map, top edge gilt, original green crushed morocco gilt by Morrell, folio, number 7 of 295 copies (in addition to ten copies lettered A-K), together with: Salomonsen (Finn), Grønlands Fugle. The Birds of Greenland, 1st edition, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1950, Danish and English text in double column, 52 colour plates, folding map, publisher's prospectus laid in, edges untrimmed, modern green quarter morocco gilt, folio (33 x 22.8 cm), Peregrine Press, Eggs of Rare Limicolae and Variations. Herbert Massey Collection. Illustrated by Edna Bunyard, Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1993, 33 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, with a list of supplementary subscribers, 3 publisher's prospectuses and an autograph letter from the publisher to David Wilson laid in, top edge gilt, original green half leatherette, slipcase, 4to, number 31 of 50 copies only, Fuller (Errol), The Great Auk, 1st edition, Southborough: Errol Fuller, 1999, mounted colour frontispiece initialled in pencil by Fuller, photographic illustrations throughout, signed by auk egg collector Jack Gibson on both free endpapers, original green half leatherette, slipcase, 4to, number 74 of 400 copies signed by the author, without the additional loose print by Raymond Ching noted in some other copies, Seaton (A. V., editor), Journal of an Expedition to the Feroe and Westman Islands and Iceland, 1833, by George Clayton Atkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Bewick-Beaufort Press, 1989, colour plates, gilt edges, original quarter morocco, slipcase, 4to, number 84 of 875 copies only, signed by the editor (Qty: 5)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I
Millais (John Guille). The Natural History of British Game Birds, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909, half-title, 35 chromolithographic or photogravure plates after Thorburn or Millais, halftone plate, tissue-guards, one photogravure plate (facing p. 116) spotted, top edge gilt, original cloth, spine sunned, a few pale markings to rear board, a bright copy, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Mullens & Swann p. 406; Nissen IVB 636; Wood p. 464 ('This beautifully illustrated work'). Number 7 of 550 copies only.
Morton (John). The Natural History of Northampton-shire; with some Account of the Antiquities. To which is annex'd a Transcript of Doomsday-Book so fas as it relates to that County, 1st edition, London: R. Knaplock and R. Wilkin, 1712, p. iv with pasted errata slip, engraved folding map by John Harris, 14 engraved plates, damp-staining to first few leaves, map browned, plates slightly spotted, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, recornered and relined, gilt arms of Beriah Botfield to sides,rubbed and scuffed, wear to extremities, folio (35.1 x 21.9 cm), together with: Leigh (Charles), The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire and the Peak, in Derbyshire: with an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. Antiquities in those Parts, 1st edition, Oxford: for the author, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved plates showing coats of arms, double-page engraved map coloured in outline, 22 other engraved plates, variable damp-staining chiefly to margins, affecting images in several plates, frontispiece trimmed and mounted, neatly repaired closed tears in map and plates 8 and 14 touching image in map and skirting plate-mark in plate, plate 11 trimmed to image along fore edge and with extensive repaired tear through image, plate 12 with chip in fore margin repaired verso and fraying along bottom edge, plate 17 with partial loss of image and fore margin extended, plates 18-19 frayed along fore edges, marginal repairs to title-page and text-leaves X2 and 3C1, Postscript leaf following Book III frayed, contemporary marginalia in brown ink, modern half roan, folio (35.2 x 21.9 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Provenance (Morton): Beriah Botfield (1807-1863), antiquary, industrialist and bibliophile (armorial binding; see University of Toronto, 'British Armorial Bindings', stamp 2, online). ESTC T147393 & R20833; Freeman 2693 & 2211; Upcott pp. 1003-5 & 455-7; Wing L975 (Leigh).
Muirhead (George). The Birds of Berwickshire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, large-paper issue, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889-95, half-titles, 10 wood-engraved or etched plates, 2 plans, folding map, wood-engraved vignettes to title-pages and throughout the text, vignettes and 5 of the plates hand-coloured by the artist, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, modern red crushed half morocco, 4to (25.4 x 16.5 cm), number 76 of 100 copies, this copy hand-coloured by the artist John Blair, and inscribed by him 'These reproductions were coloured by me, John Blair' on the limitation page and volume 2 half-title, together with: Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron), Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1895, half-titles, frontispiece, 24 photogravure plates after Archibald Thorburn, 43 wood-engraved plates after G. E. Lodge, linen-backed folding map, light spotting to outer leaves and a few plates including map, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, modern red crushed half morocco, 4to (28.2 x 21.5 cm), Wallis (John), The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1769, signatures A4 pi2 a-c4 B-3K4, chi2 B-4E4 4F1, contemporary ownership inscriptions effaced from title-page, a few small worm-tracks towards rear of volume 1, closed tear in volume 1 3K3, 19th-century half calf, one label perished, 4to (26.4 x 20 cm), Hartert (Ernst, & Francis C. R. Jourdain), The Birds of Buckinghamshire and the Tring Reservoirs, (Reprinted from Novitates Zoologicae, Vol. XXVII.), Tring: Hazell, Watson & Viney Ld., 1920, 2 halftone plates, original wrappers bound in, another offprint (K. Price, The Birds of Buckinghamshire, from Records of Bucks, Vol. XV, Part 1, 1947) laid in, 20th-century quarter calf, folio (28.2 x 19 cm) (Qty: 7)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Freeman 3873 (Wallis); Mullens & Swann pp. 426 (Muirhead), 355 (Lilford). In the octavo issue of Lilford's work Lodge's illustrations are printed in the letterpress rather than as separate plates.
Rickman (Philip). A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches, 1st edition, [Holt]: published by Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests Limited, 1979, 31 mounted colour plates, mounted photographic portrait plate, all edges gilt, original green crushed half morocco gilt, slipcase (rubbed), folio, number 155 of 500 copies, signed by the artist, together with: Scott (Peter), Wild Chorus, 1st edition, London: Country Life Limited, 1938, 24 colour plates, mounted, all halftone plates as called for, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary dark blue full morocco gilt (possibly for presentation), 4to (31.5 x 24 cm), number 551 of 1200 copies signed by the author, from the total edition of 1250, Forshaw (Joseph), Parrots of the World. Illustrated by William T. Cooper, 1st edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1973, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, original dust jacket bound in, folio (37.5 x 25.3 cm), Cooper (William T.), The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Text by Joseph M. Forshaw and William T. Cooper, 1st edition, Sydney: Collins, 1977, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, original dust jacket bound in, folio (40.5 x 27.5 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I
Willughby (Francis, & John Ray). The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the County of Warwick Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society. In Three Books ... Translated into English, and enlarged with many Additions throughout the whole Work. To which are added three considerable discourses, I. Of the Art of Fowling ... II. Of the Ordering of Singing Birds. III. Of Falconry, by John Ray, London: by A. C. for John Martyn, 1678, title-page in red and black, 80 engraved plates, 2 inserted tables, light toning, title-page spotted and soiled, fore edge slightly chipped, repaired at lower outer corner verso, marginal chip to L3, small spill-burns in Y4, 2E1 and 2N1, closed tears in 2I4 and 3H2, repairs to lower outer corners of plates 1, 2, 23 and 58 and to both outer corners of plate 78, extensive closed tears in plates 8 and 14, a few nicks closed tears and other marks to plate margins, modern half calf, folio (35.3 x 21.3 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I ESTC R9288; Keynes 39; Mullens & Swann pp. 651-2; Nissen IVB 991; Wing W2880; Wood p. 629; Zimmer pp. 677-8. First edition in English, greatly enlarged from the Latin first edition of 1676 by the addition of Ray's three discourses. 'One of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time, being the first systematic classification of the birds of the world' (Wood).
Adams (Louis). Decorations Interieures et Meubles des epoques Louis XIII & Louis XIV, Paris: A Morel, 1865, 100 engraved plates, some spotting, dampstaining to lower margins, front pastedown inscribed 'George Jackson Sons, 49 Rathbone Place, W', and with Geo. Jackson & Sons business card attached, early 20th century half morocco, spine with paper label and manuscript number in white, upper board detached, lower joint split, worn, folio, together with: Daly (Cesar) , Motifs Historiques D'Architecture et de Sculpture D'Ornament (Deuxieme Serie) Decorations Interieures Empruntees a des Edifices Francais, 2 volumes, Paris: Ducher et Cie., 1880, numerous engraved plates and few chromolithograph plates, some dust-soiling, toning and dampstains mostly to margins, few leaves loose and marginal fraying, with Geo. Jackson & Sons business card attached to upper pastedowns, some marbled free-endpapers lacking, contemporary red quarter morocco, manuscript number in white to spines, leather to volume 2 torn with loss to upper board, both volumes worn, folio, and others similar (Qty: 10)NOTESThe London firm of George Jackson, founded probably in the 1760s by Thomas Jackson, was the pre-eminent supplier of decorative plasterwork in Britain through most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its commissions included major public buildings such as Buckingham Palace and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
Benesch (Otto) . Collected Writings, 3 volumes, edited by Eva Benesch, 1970-72, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, volume 3 spine partially detached at the title page, publishers original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot with minor tears, 8vo, plus a handwritten postcard from Eva Benesch, 'Dear Mr. Rowlands: Many thanks for your catalogue "The Graphic Work of Albrecht Dürer" Sincerely yours Eva Benesch, December 3rd, 1971', together with Hulton (Paul) , The Work of Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues, a Huguenot artist in France, Florida and England, 2 volumes, 1977, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers uniform original green cloth in slipcase, folio, and Eisler (Colin) , Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, European Schools excluding Italian, Phaidon Press, 1977, numerous black & white illustrations, ex-library copy with associated markings, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, large 8vo, plus other European art reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/4to (Qty: 34)
Bickham (George). The Universal Penman; or, the Art of Writing, made Useful to the Gentleman and Scholar, as well as the Man of Business, London: H. Overton, 1743, 215 engraved plates (frontispiece lacking), some with manuscript numbers to upper outer corner, final leaf detached, few worm holes to inner margins of leaves at front of volume, heavy worming and worm holes at rear of volume affecting some text, first & last few leaves with some tears mostly to margins and leaves creased, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Buchthal (Hugo) . Miniature Painting in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Oxford University Press, 1957, 155 black & white plates, some minor spotting & toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with: Marrow (James H. et al) , The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, 1st edition, New York, George Braziller, 1990, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Meiss (Millard) , French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry, 2 volumes, Phaidon Press, 1967, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head, large 8vo, plus other illuminated manuscript reference & related, including Gatherings in Honor of Dorothy E. Miner, edited by Ursula E. McCracken and others, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, 1973, The Book of Hours of the Emperor Maximilian the First, Decorated by Albrecht Durer, Hans Baldung et al, edited by Walter L. Strauss, Abaris Books, 1974, mostly original cloth, but including some paperbacks & Sotheby's auction catalogues, 8vo/folio (Qty: 32)
Chinese woodcuts. Shangdong Weixian Yangjiabu Muban Nianhua [New Year Woodcuts from Yangjiabu Wei District in Shandong Province], Beijing: Weixian Nianhua Yanjiusuo, 1983, 135 colour woodcuts, many folding, in traditional-style stitched Chinese binding of limp blue cloth, contained in cloth-covered presentation box (lacking 1 toggle), large folio, together with: Netto (C., & Wagener, G.) , Japanischer Humor, Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1901, 4 (of 5) chromolithograph plates, 2 folding plates, and numerous black & white illustrations to text, front hinge cracked, original pictorial boards, soiled and spotted, extremities worn, large 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESNianhua, or New Year prints, are a traditional Chinese folk art. These large, colourful woodcuts are used to decorate homes in celebration of the New Year and are one of the most popular types of Chinese folk art. The Shandong village of Yangjiabu has been an important centre for producing these brightly coloured, often symbolic prints since the late Ming Dynasty. This publication was produced alongside an exhibition of nianhua at the National Gallery of China (now the National Art Museum of China), and reproduces fine works from one of the best-known centres of New Year prints.
Clarke (C. Purdon, editor). Oriental Carpets. Published by the Imp. and Roy. Austrian Commerical Museum, by Order of the Imp. and Roy. Ministries of Commerce, Worship and Education, 1st English edition, Vienna, 1892, 101 chromolithographic and main plates, some plates with overlays, illustrations to text, text leaves with intermittent browning, some spotting to plate margins, original printed title-page within decorative border, some heavy crease marks and small chip at foot, armorial bookplate of Frederick Ducane Godman to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco gilt with marbled boards, minor rubbing and fading, atlas folio (65 x 50 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition, 243/400 copies. Handsome volume.
Earlom (Richard; Turner, Charles & Dunkerton, Robert). Fifteen Splendid Portraits of Royal Personages, London: Printed by J. M'Creedy, 1816, 15 mezzotint portrait plates, including Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, Emperor Maximillian, and William of Orange (Frederick, King of Bohemia plate with repaired long closed tear), top edge gilt, contemporary dark green straight grain morocco, gilt decorated spine and decorative border to boards, large folio, together with: Haghe (Louis) , Sketches in Belgium and Germany, London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840, tinted lithograph title, dedication and 25 tinted lithograph plates (one detached), some spotting, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, Harding (James Duffield) , The Principles and Practice of Art, London: Chapman & Hall, 1845, half-title, 24 engraved plates (including frontispiece), illustrations to text, scattered spotting, inscription to front free blank, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt decorated spine, Oxford Middle Class Examination West Riding Prize 1860 gilt embossed device to upper cover, joints rubbed, folio, and others including two copies of The Works of William Hogarth, 2 volumes, London: Jones & Co, 1833 (Qty: 13)
Falda (Giovanni Battista ). Il Terzo Libro del'Novo Teatro delle Chiese di Roma..., 1st edition, Rome: Giacomo de'Rossi, [1667-1669], engraved throughout with title, pictorial dedication and 50 plates (unnumbered), title lightly soiled & stained and with contemporary pen & ink sketch of military encampment to verso (slightly showing through to recto), occasional spotting and dust-soiling to plates, one dampstained to lower margin and another torn to lower outer blank corner and repaired, paste-paper endpapers, upper pastedown with attached business card of Geo. Jackson & Sons of 49 Rathbone Place, London, contemporary half diced calf, worn, spine defective with loss and with number applied in white & remnants of paper labels, upper board detached & lower joint split, worn, oblong folio (Qty: 1)NOTESFowler 116. The third volume of Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche, et Edifici, in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna..., normally found with only 38 plates. Included are several plates of church interiors, possibly from another volume or work by Falda and Rossi. The London firm of George Jackson, founded probably in the 1760s by Thomas Jackson, was the pre-eminent supplier of decorative plasterwork in Britain through most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its commissions included major public buildings such as Buckingham Palace and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
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