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Click here to subscribeMadness of George III.- A New Copy of Verses On his Majesty's happy Recovery; Written by Mrs. Jane Day, printed broadside, folds, small tear along fold at tail, creased and soiled, 310 x 230mm., E. Richardson, in Duck-Lane, Westminster, 1789-90; and another broadside, a satire on the General Election of 1784, [both broadsides not in ESTC], folio (2).
NO RESERVE Leitner (Quirin von) The Chief Works of Art of the Treasury of the Imperial House of Austria, bound from the original 10 parts, number 9 of 20 copies with plates on Japon, titles and lists of plates in English and German, 100 etched plates, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., original upper wrappers bound in at end (one soiled and frayed, laid down), folio, Vienna, 1870.⁂ Fine plates depicting the Imperial regalia, jewels, gold, silver, crystal, clocks, and sacred relics.
Kircher (Athanasius) Turris Babel, sive Archontologia, first edition, Amsterdam, Janssonio-Waesbergiana, additional engraved title after Gerard Lairesse, 10 engraved plates only (of ?12), 7 folding and/or double-page, 4 with tears, double-page engraved map, illustrations, several full-page, v2 & v3 misbound, browning and spotting, worming (not affecting text), later calf, rubbed and worn, loss to spine extremities, bumping to corners, folio, 1679.
Cartoons.- [St. Stephen's Review: Presentation Cartoon], collection of 94 double-page lithographed plates taken from St. Stephen's Review bound together, many colour, occasional spotting, occasional short marginal repairs (one or two neatly repaired), later cloth, rubbed, cracked lower joint, defective spine covering, 1885-87 § Rowlandson (Thomas) Medical Caricatures, limited edition, set of 12 facsimile caricatures, each in paper mount, housed in original grey clamshell box, a little rubbed, New York, [1971], folio (2)⁂ The first comprises; 70 plates by Tom Merry, 21 by Matt Morgan and 3 by Phil May.
NO RESERVE Photography.- Aubenas (Sylvie) & Guillaume Le Gall. Eugène Atget's trees: Newly Discovered Photographs from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, limited edition, tipped in plates, original wrappers within original boards, one or two small splits to joints, New York, 2003; ana another on Teynard's calotypes of Egypt, folio & 4to (2)
World War I aviation.- The Douglass Whetton Collection of British World War I aviation, 22 scrap album vol., numerous pp., a few original manuscript notes and letters, mostly duplicated typescripts and photographs, original plastic or cardboard covers, folio, n.d., 1919 & [collected c. 1960s - 70s].⁂ Includes a Scrap books including: History of 60 Squadron RFC; Ian Donald Roy Macdonald RFC - RAF; 70 Squadron etc.
Lisbon.- [Transcript of will of Beatriz Dornellas wife of Dr Christovão de Farias concerning three chapels and bequeathing them and a house in Cintra to her administrator Da. Joanna de Farias [&] Information for the lawyer about the chapels belonging to Beatriz Dornellas and Ignes Telles], manuscripts in Portugese, first document 10pp. and second document 9pp., folds, slightly browned, later wrappers, folio, Lisbon, 2nd January 1563 & after 1755.⁂ Second document recording some lands having been sold, some houses in Lisbon destroyed in the earthquake of 1755, and that the obligation to say masses is ended.
NO RESERVE Libri (Guillaume) Monuments Inédits...qui se rapportent à l'Histoire de l'Ornamentation..., second edition, lithographed portrait (marginal spotting) and 65 plates, most chromolithographed and heightened with gold or silver, some hand-coloured, tissue guards, contemporary half russia, rebacked, 1864 § Jeidels (J. & C.) Erzeugnisse der Silber-Schmiede-Kunst...Collection, 2 vol., text in German & French, mounted photogravure plates, contemporary half morocco, Frankfurt, 1883 § Frauberger (H.) Die Kunstsammlung des Herrn Wilhelm Peter Metzler in Frankfurt am Main, chromolithographed frontispiece heightened with gold, photogravure plates, original cloth, Frankfurt, 1897, rubbed; and 8 others, art collections, folio & 4to (12)⁂ The first contains magnificent plates of mostly bindings in Libri's library.
Lisbon.- Account book of the Caza Pia das Convertidas in Lisbon, manuscript in Portugese, title and 22pp., corners frayed with small loss, a few small stains, slightly browned, original vellum, yellowed and soiled, folio, 1650.⁂ Accounts for this institution, wheat received, amounts received of customs duties, rights on meats, alms received, rents from houses etc.
NO RESERVE Stothard (C.A.) The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, engraved plates and maps, some with partial hand-colouring, contemporary half roan, uncut, worn, for the author, 1817 § Ormerod (George) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 vol., second edition, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, 1882 § Scott (William B.) Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England, original cloth, rebacked, Newcastle, n.d. § Creeny (W.F.) Illustrations of Incised Slabs on the Continent of Europe..., original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 1891 § Robinson (J.C.) The Art Wealth of England, mounted albumen prints by C.Thurston Thompson, contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, 1863, plates and illustrations, some foxing or soiling, rubbed; and 10 others, folio & 4to; sold not subject to return (17)
NO RESERVE Islamic & Indian Art.- Calvert (Albert F.) Moorish Remains in Spain, colour plates, some heightened with gold or silver, 1906 § Untracht (Oppi) Traditional Jewelry of India, 1997 § Bhushan (J.B.) Indian Jewellery, Ornaments and Decorative Designs, Bombay, 1964 § Meen (V.B.) & A.D.Tushingham. Crown Jewels of Iran, Toronto, 1968 § Kürkman (Garo) Ottoman Silver Marks, Istanbul, 1996, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the first soiled and faded, the rest with dust-jackets, some rubbed; and 4 others on Islamic art, 4to & folio (10)
[Taylor (John)] [All The Workes...], first collected edition, woodcut illustrations, lacks title and preliminary ff., lacks 3C5-F6, H3-6, O2-6, 2D6, 2M1, 2M5-6, 2R1, 2R4-2S2, and all after 3K5, 3P2 & 2 3K3 extensively torn with loss, numerous other tears, some affecting text but with little loss, browned, some soiling, numerous 18th century ink inscriptions and doodling, late 18th century boards, worn and creased, spine defective, [Pforzheimer 1006; STC 23725], folio, [by J.B. for James Boler; at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Churchyard], [1630]; sold not subject to return.
NO RESERVE Bindings.- Nixon (Howard M.) Broxbourne Library. Styles and Designs of Bookbindings from the Twelfth to Twentieth Century, one of 300 copies, mounted colour frontispiece, numerous illustrations, a few full-page colour and mounted, perforated stamp to upper corner throughout, bookplate removed from front pastedown, clean and bright internally, apart from a few marks to front endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, ink number to foot of spine, marked, For the Broxbourne Library by Maggs Brothers, 1956; and a facsimile edition of Chaucer's Works, 1532, 4to & small folio (2)
Chapbooks.- Tom Thumb's Folio; or, a new Penny Play-thing for Little Giants, York, J. Kendrew, c.1820 § The History of Whittington and His cat, York, J. Kendrew, c.1825 § Adventures of the Beautiful Little Maid, Cinderilla, York, J. Kendrew, 1822 § The History of Little Tom Tucker, York, J. Kendrew, c.1820, woodcut illustrations, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed; and 7 others similar, including 2 duplicates, 16mo (11)
London.- Planning.- Salway (Joseph) Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge, letterpress title and 31 chromolithographed plates by W.Griggs & Son, title with blank section missing from foot, plates with the odd short marginal tear or split, loose in original board and cloth printed portfolio, rubbed and soiled, London Topographical Society, 1899-1903; and 2 others maps, large folio (3)⁂ The superb and finely-detailed plates show both the plan and north elevation along the 2.5 mile road running from St.George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner to the dividing line between Kensington and Fulham, including the Cannon Brewhouse, Knightsbridge, Kensington Gore, High Street Kensington, Phillimore Place and Earl's Court Terrace. If joined together the plates would stretch for nearly 57 feet.
Rome's Urban Planning.- Gregory XIII (Pope, 1502-85) Gregorii Papae XIII Constitutio De Aedificiis & Iure congrui, title and 6pp., woodcut arms of Gregory XIII on title, slightly browed, small foxing on title, folds, some early ink underlining, [EDIT16 CNCE 42455; 2 copies recorded on WorldCat], folio, Rome, apud Haeredes Antonii Bladii, 1574. ⁂ Scarce. Issued by Pope Gregory XIII - a landmark in urban planning law, which established new regulations to enhance the urban environment in Rome.
Orrery (Roger Boyle, Earl of) Parthenissa. That most Fam'd Romance, first edition, title in red and black, occasional very faint staining, small marginal paper defects (Y4 & 4X1), 4 short marginal tears (4X4 & 4Z2), lacking final blank (as usual), contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio, [Wing O490], T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676.
Cross-dressing spy's copy.- Abū al-Fidā'Ismā'īl ibn 'Ali. Ismael Abu'l--Feda, de vita, et rebus gestis Mohammedis, Moslemicæ religionis auctoris, et imperii Saracenici fundatoris, parallel text in Arabic and Latin, half-title, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to title, marginal worming, water-stained, modern half-calf, small folio, Oxford, At the Sheldonian, 1723.⁂ Life of Mohammed in Latin and Arabic written by Ismael Abu-l-Feda, Syrian prince, historian and geographer (1273-1320), of which parts are translated and published here for the first time by the French orientalist John Gagnier. Provenance: 'De La Bibliotheque de la Chevaliere d'Éon. (ink inscription to foot of title). Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (1728 -1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat, spy and soldier. He claimed to be assigned female at birth and from 1777 d'Éon lived as a woman. A betting pool was started by the London Stock Exchange to confirm that the chevalier was in fact a woman by birth but d'Éon refused to submit to an examination, although doctors who examined d'Éon's body after death discovered 'male organs in every respect perfectly formed'. He is buried in St Pancras Old Church and his possessions were sold by Christie's in 1813.
NO RESERVE Regicide.- Bradshaw's Ghost; A Poem: or, A Dialogue between John Bradshaw, Ferry-man Charon, Oliver Cromwel, Francis Ravillack, and Ignatius Loyola. 1660, first edition, ink number '26' to upper corner, one or two faint spots, modern roan-backed boards, a little rubbed, folio, [Wing B4163], 1660.⁂ A satirical attack on John Bradshaw, the judge who was president of the court that sentenced Charles I to death. Here the newly triumphant Royalist sentiment makes its appearance, duly characterising Bradshaw and Cromwell as driven by oride, ambition and cruelty rather than principle or belief.This does not appear to be related, except in title, to another poem called 'Bradshaw's Ghost', published in 1659.
Switzerland.- Spon (Isaac) The History of the City and State of Geneva, first English edition, additional engraved title, 3 engraved plates (one folding), woodcut plate of seals, occasional spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, cracked joints, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Wing S5017], folio, for Bernard White, 1687.
NO RESERVE Titanic.- Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship "Titanic".) Report of a Formal Investigation into the circumstances ..., 1912 bound before Gibbs (Philip) The Deathless Story of the "Titanic.", illustrations, browned, occasional marginal tears, n.d., modern cloth, a little rubbed, folio. ⁂ The concise report on the formal investigation into the circumstances of the loss of the Titanic. This includes a detailed report of the journey from Southampton to the point of the disaster, as well as the rescue. It ends with safety recommendations for the future.
Holy Land.- [Adrichem (Christiaan van)] Theatrum Terræ Sanctæ et Biblicarum Historiarum , engraved title, engraver details scored out, 11 folding engraved maps only (of 12), several with tears and tender edges, browned and spotted, some marginal loss (neatly restored), contemporary vellum, accounting notes to upper cover, spine titles in manuscript, rubbed, a little stained, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Cologne, Henricum Kramer, 1682.⁂ Scarce. Only 3 copies of this edition on Library Hub.
NO RESERVE Aretin (C.M. von) Alterthumer und Kunst-Denkmale des bayersichen Herrscher-Hauses, bound from the original 9 parts, chromolithographed plates, some heightened with gold, one plate with 2 embossed gold panels, some foxing, Munich, 1854-71 § Rosenberg (Marc) Die Kunstkammer im Grossherzoglichen Residenzschlosse zu Karlsruhe, photogravure plates, Karlsruhe, 1892 § Arneth (J.) Die Antiken Gold- und Silber-Monumente des K.K. Münz- und Antiken-Cabinettes in Wien, engraved plates, Vienna, 1850 § Kunst (Die) und Kulturgeschichtlichen Denkmale des Germanischen Nationalsmuseums in Nürnberg, 6 vol. in 4, photographic plates mounted on thick card leaves, Nuremberg, [c.1880] § Schauss (Dr. Emil von) Die Schatzkammer des Bayerischen Königshauses, 5 vol. in 3, photographic plates mounted on card, Nuremberg, [c.1880], some foxing or soiling, contemporary half morocco, rubbed; and 12 others, German, folio & 4to; sold not subject to return (22)
Peninsular War.- Siege of Almeida.- Journal du Siege of Almeida, manuscript in French, 13pp., folds, slightly browned,stitched, folio, [c. 1810].⁂ In the Siege of Almeida, the French corps of Marshal Michel Ney captured the border fortress from Brigadier General William Cox's Portuguese garrison.
Lubersac de Livron (Charles-François de) Discours sur les monumens publics de tous les âges et de tous les peuples connus, suivi d'une description de monument projeté a la gloire de Louis XVI, Discours sur les monumens publics de tous les âges et de tous les peuples connus, suivi d'une description de monument projeté à la gloire de Louis XVI, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece with explanation f. opposite, 2 large folding engraved plates, occasional staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, covers with triple gilt filet borders and fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine in compartments and with fleur-de-lys and crown decorations, joints starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Cohen-de Ricci 661], folio, Paris, Royal Printers, 1775.⁂ On the projected monument to the glory of France and Louis XVI, which was never built.
NO RESERVE Hungary.- Radisics (Eugene de) Le Pavillon Historique de la Hongrie a l'Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1900, contemporary half morocco, Paris, [c.1900] § Riegl (Alois) Die Spätrömische Kunst-Industrie nach den funden in Österreich-Ungarn, marginal waterstaining, original cloth, gilt, Vienna, 1901 § Gyula (Forster) III.Béla: Magyar Király Emlékezete, original cloth, Budapest, 1900 § Pulszky (Dr. Carl v.) & Friedrich Fischbach. Ornamente der Hausindustrie Ungarn's, contemporary half morocco, Budapest, 1878 § Imre (H.) Monumenta Hungariae Archaeologica, vol.1 & 2, contemporary half roan, Pest, 1869, plates and illustrations, some photogravure, some chromolithographed or colour, a few heightened with gold, rubbed; and 3 others, folio & 4to; sold not subject to return (9)
Copland (William, printer, d. 1569).- [Lefèvre (Raoul)] [The recuile of the histories of Troie... translated out of Frenche in to Englishe by Wyllyam Caxton Mercer of London], double column, black letter, 2 woodcut illustrations only, lacks all before B3, lacks G3, H1-2, H4-6, I1-3, ?I4 ?I6, 2C6, 2I1-8, and lacks all after e6, all ff. margins nibbled slightly touching a few words of some text, browned, margins soiled, some ff. with tears, some ff. stained and creased, near contemporary ink inscription in margin: "mathew pratt is my name and with my hand...", and later inscriptions "Thomas Lees.... 1655" etc., disbound, [STC 15378], folio, [London] [Novv imprynted anno domini. M.CCCCCliii by Wyllyam Copla[n]d dwellyng in Fletestrete at the signe of the Rose Garlande nyghe vnto Fletebrydge], [1553]; sold not subject to return.⁂ Extremely scarce in any state. "Because of his connection with Robert Copland, and Robert's with Caxton's heir, Wynkyn de Worde, William Copland represents the fourth in a direct line of succession from England's first printer. He provided a connection between popular reading taste of the late fifteenth century and that of the seventeenth, continuing to make available works such as Caxton's translation of Le Fevre's Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye (1475?) which first appeared at Bruges... ." - Oxford DNB.
Pierre-Jacques Goetghebuer (1788-1866): 'Choix des monumens, Ždifices et maisons les plus remarquables du Royaume des Pays-Bas', Ghent, 1827--Folio: [8] - 81 - [12] pp., 115 pl. (of which two double pages). Cardb. covers, gilt flat spine with leather label. Ê Ê Printed by 'Imprimerie de A.B. StŽven, Quai des Dominicains'.Ê About Goetghebuer and his oeuvre, read UGent Memorie by Inge Misschaert (link).Ê Ê -- Please request condition reports by e-mail on info@coronariauctions.com. They're being made on demand and added to the description on our website. High resolution pictures are also available on our website at www.coronariauctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@coronariauctions.com
Octave Du Sartel (1823-1894?): 'La porcelaine de Chine. Origines, fabrication, dŽcors, marques, imitations, contrefaons', Paris, 1881--Folio: [4]-iv-231 pp., 32 pl. (some chromolithographed) and numerous in-text illustrations.Ê Edited by Ve. A. Morel & Cie, Žditeurs. Ê Ê -- Please request condition reports by e-mail on info@coronariauctions.com. They're being made on demand and added to the description on our website. High resolution pictures are also available on our website at www.coronariauctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@coronariauctions.com
Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales, translated by Neville Coghill and profusely illustrated by the illustrator and graphic designer Charles Mozley, an unsewn bi-folio Atlas Folio set. A limited edition of 1000 sets were produced of which less than 200 complete sets survive. Privately commissioned by John Deuss printed on handmade paper, Westerham Press and Pennington Fine Art Lithographers of London. Each set comprises eight tales cased in four gilt titled cloth covers with quarter cloth spines tied by matching ribbons. Each cover is 590 mm (23.5 inches) tall and 420 mm (16.5 inches) wide.Volume 1 - The Prologue and The Wife of BathVolume 2 - The Miller's Tale and The Reeve's TaleVolume 3 - The Merchant's Tale and The Shipman's TaleVolume 4 - The Summoner's Tale and The Clerk's Tale
Fenning, Daniel and Collier, Joseph - A New System of Geography: or, A General Description of the World, 3rd edition, vol 1 (of 2), folio, old black calf, 17 plates, 8 maps, some folding, loss to head and foot of spine, loss to titling label, boards generally scratched, J. Payne, London, 1770List of maps:1. The World2. Asia3. China4. India (folding)5. Persia (folding)6. Turkey (folding)7. Africa8. Negroland and Guinea
Gould, John - Humming Birds, facsimile edition, vols 1 and 5, folio, gilt titled blue cloth, 1994-1996; Toucans, facsimile edition, folio, blue cloth, 1998; Birds of Asia, vol 7, facsimile edition, folio, blue cloth, 1991; and Monograph of the Pittidoe, facsimile edition, folio, blue cloth, 1991, all Hill House, Melbourne, with publisher's original boxes (5)
Sandys, George, 1578-1644. - Relation of a journey begun an: Dom: 1610 ... description of the Turkish Empire, 4th edition, calf, folio, pictorial title page, engraved by Francisco Delaram, with further illustrations in text, with vignettes and maps, including a folding double page map, bookplate of Geroge Dunn, Woolley Hall, Maidenhead, printed by [Thomas Cotes] for Andrew Cooke, London, 1637
A large collection of hardback "Classic" novels to include: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, A Folio Society of Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, Washington Square by Henry James and many others.
Art Prints - Bradshaw, Percy. The Art of the Illustrator, nineteen volumes, The Press Art School, London, no date [circa 1920], uniform grey stiff paper covers, comprising works on Harry Rountree, F. Matania, C.A. Shepperson, Bert Thomas, W. Heath Robinson, Louise Wright, W. Hatherell, Dudley Hardy, Bernard Partridge, Lawson Wood, C.E. Brock, Spencer Pryse, Warwick Reynolds, E.J. Sullivan, Balliol Salmon, H.M. Bateman, F.H. Townsend, Frank Reynolds, and Cyrus Cuneo, each with loosely inserted multi-stage tipped-in plate illustrations, folio. Measures 28 cm x 42 cm.
Petrarca (Francesco) Canzoniere e Trionfi, 158 ff. (of 176), 30 lines (variable), Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, other initials set into inner margin, the odd early ink fingerpost or instance of annotation, stained, upper inner gutter wormed or with repairs / holes, 1 f. upper margin cut away and with hole, affecting guide-letter, a few ff. little gnawed in outer margin, 20th century wrappers, spine ends worn, with wide margins, folio (286 x 186), [Northern Italy], [Printer of Jacobus de Forlivio, 'Expositio'], [c.1475]. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare, with ISTC recording only five copies, of which only two seemingly complete, and one recorded as a 'fragment'. Literature: Goff Suppl. P377a; Hain 12750; GW M31677.
Foulis Press.- Homer. Iliados [&] Odysseais [graece], edited by Jacob Moor and George Muirhead, 4 vol., Greek text with Latin dedication, preface and index, half-titles in vol.2 & 4 only, some light spotting, mostly at beginning and ends, 3p2 with short tear to margin repaired, later ink signature of J.E.R.Oldfield to front pastedowns, contemporary calf with borders ruled in blind, spines gilt in compartments with five raised bands and brown roan labels, red edges, a little rubbed and marked with a few scuffs but a handsome copy, [Gaskell 319], folio, Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1756-58.⁂ The magnum opus of the press, for which it was awarded the Silver Medal of the Select Society of Edinburgh in both 1756 and 1757. The Foulis brothers had the Greek font cut by Alexander Wilson, and its setting in the Homer shows it to splendid effect.
Leone (Ambrogio) Novum opus quaestionum, collation: a4, A-P4, Roman type, title in red and within woodcut frame printed in blue, woodcut diagrams, woodcut printer's device to verso of penultimate f., final f. blank, marginal water-staining, fragments of medieval manuscripts used in binding, contemporary limp vellum, upper cover with ink title within 4 concentric circles, lacking ties, folio (315 x 217mm.), [Venice], [Bernardino & Matteo Vitali], 1523.⁂ Scarce first edition of this miscellany by this Italian physician, mathematician, historian, and philosopher. 'The 'New Work of Questions' includes four hundred and four problems of very miscellaneous character. The majority deal with medicine and natural philosophy... Leone's longest discussion of any single question is that of the seventieth, which inquires why quicksilver, dissolved in oil or fat and used to anoint the heels or palms, within a week affects the gums and saliva. In this connection Leone gives a very good account of syphilis which deserves publication along with the other early tracts on that disease' (Thorndike).Literature: Houzeau-Lancaster 2389; Riccardi I/2, 33; Sander 3915; Wellcome I, 3726; Thorndike V, 143; EDIT 16 CNCE 38060.
Portraits.- Giovio (Paolo) Elogia virorum literis illustrium, collation: );(6 a-s6 t8, first sig. misbound, Basel, Petrus Perna, 1577 bound with Giovio (Paolo) Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium, collation: α4 a-z aa-Ll6, lacking final blank, Basel, Petrus Perna, 1575, together 2 works in 1vol., titles within woodcut architectural titles, woodcut portraits within ornate architectural frames, woodcut historiated initials, lightly foxed throughout, lightly browned, 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, folio (332 x 216mm.)⁂ Handsome biographical productions with numerous portraits, including Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez, Thomas More, Machiavelli, and Petrarch, as well as a number of Turkish dignitaries. Literature: I: Adams G648 II: Adams G644; Atabey 502; Sabin 36773; cf. Blackmer 691.
δ Brockman (Stuart, binder).- See-Paynton (Colin) Of a Feather: Avian Collective Nouns & Terms of Assembly..., number 79 of 135 copies from an edition limited to 150, printed in pale green and black, title with feather vignette in gold, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by the author, many full-page, bound in dark red goatskin, by Stuart Brockman, covers with design of "wings" of thin onlaid parallel lines in blue goatskin and airbrushed calf shaded in blue and yellow and background with grid of lines tooled in gilt and black, spine titled in gilt with horizontal lines, multicoloured silk double endbands, g.e., binder's ticket to top corner of front free endpaper, with prospectus and related ephemera, together in black goatskin-backed black cloth drop-back box lined in blue velvet, folio (c.370 x 280mm.), Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2008.⁂ Superb binding commissioned by Anthony Dowd in 2010."The design represents birds in flight/flapping wings, the parallel lines represent feathers...The birds are supported and restricted by the outer frame representing the Earth. The variation in thickness of the gold lines as well as combining blue with black gives an indication of perspective and shade...". From design specification by the binder (loosely inserted).δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Buckland-Wright (John).- Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 2 vol., number 4 of 7 special copies for sale with the original aquatints and an additional suite of plates, this copy one of only 4 sets with an artist's trial proof and signed by Christopher Buckland-Wright, 20 plates in two states (original aquatints and collotypes), bound in red morocco-backed boards, by the Chelsea Bindery, t.e.g., prospectus and invoice loosely inserted, each volume with additional suite of aquatint plates for that volume printed on Whatman paper, vol.1 with an additional early state of one plate (copper-engraving before aquatint), loose as issued in 2 cloth sleeves, together in cloth slip-case, 8vo & 4to, Folio Society, 1954-55.⁂ Note in pencil on verso of vol.1 title reads: "Number 8 of fourteen two-volume sets of the first edition containing a complete suite of original aquatints bound in and preceding each collotype reproduction...The volume and prints all come from the artist's studio and their binding was undertaken by the Chelsea Bindery in 2001. This set contains an artist's trial proof before aquatinting. No 4/7. Christopher Buckland-Wright".
Gregynog Press.- Lamentations of Jeremiah (The), number 37 of 250 copies on Japanese vellum, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved title, initials and illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, 5 full-page, with an additional half-page wood-engraving from Chapter I loosely inserted, original dark blue Hermitage calf, title and device in black on upper cover, very slight rubbing to edges and fading to spine as usual but an excellent copy, board slip-case (a little worn), [Harrop 29], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933.
Hermes (Gertrude).- Gosse (Irene) A Florilege chosen from Old Herbals, number 32 of 150 copies, 20 wood-engraved plates by Gertrude Hermes, with Christmas card of plate XX from Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press loosely inserted, endpapers lightly browned, original half cloth over green roan boards, uncut, very slightly rubbed and faded, small folio, Chelsea, Swan Press, 1931.
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