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ELEVEN SHELVES OF BOOKS, TO INCLUDE ORWELL (GEORGE), NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, CLOTH, BLUE DUST JACKET, WORN, 1949, DICK (FRANCIS), BLOOD SPORT, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, WRAPPERS, 1967, A. PUGIN, SPECIMENS OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, ILLUS, COLOURED FRONTISPIECE, 1895, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, INCLUDING AGATHA CHRISTIE, FOLIO SOCIETY, TWO CASED SETS, ART REFERENCE, IN PARTICULAR DAVID HOCKNEY, T. SMALL AND C. WOODBRIDGE, ENGLISH WROUGHT IRON WORK A PORTFOLIO OF FULL SIZED DETAILS (2), THE ART JOURNAL, FOUR VOLS, 1902, 04 AND 07, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY

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[SOUTH-AFRICA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous South-African personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, the well-executed works depicting each personality in head and shoulders poses, one page each, large folio, various places and dates, comprising Koos de la Rey (1847-1914) Boer General during the second Boer war. Widely considered a leading figure of the Boer independence; Willem Johannes Leyds (1859-1940) State Attorney of the South African Republic 1884-89 and Richard Solomon (1850-1913) Attorney General of the Transvaal 1898-1902. VG, 3 £80-100

NO RESERVE Code civil reduit en tableaux synoptiques. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1822.In-folio (mm 448x330). Carte [17]. Esemplare in barbe in discreto stato di conservazione, alcune carte uniformemente brunite. Brossura coeva.Sintesi del codice civile francese, ad uso delle scuole e delle università. A una tavola esplicativa della divisione generale del codice seguono 14 tavole sinottiche dello stesso.Folio (448x330 mm). [17] leaves. Uncut copy, some leaves uniformly browned. Contemporary wrappers. An abstract from the French civil code, intended for schools and universities. With 14 synoptic diagrams.

NO RESERVE Ginnastica. Obermann Rodolfo. Atlante degli attrezzi di ginnastica educativa. Torino: Lit. Fratelli Doyen-Hummel, 1865.Album in-folio (mm 317x484). Frontespizio litografico illustrato e 14 tavole illustranti gli strumenti ginnici, corredate di legende esplicative al loro montaggio e utilizzo. Esemplare a fogli sciolti, piccole mancanze ai margini bianchi di alcune tavole, alcune gore.Album, folio (mm 317x484). Lithographic illustrated title-page, 14 plates depicting gymanstic tools, with captions. Loose leaves, minor losses to the blank margin of a few plates, some waterstains.

NO RESERVE Lasinio Giovanni Paolo. Il Tabernacolo della Madonna d'Orsanmichele lavoro insigne di Andrea Orcagna e altre sculture di eccellenti maestri le quali adornano la loggia e la chiesa predetta. Tavole dodici disegnate da Francesco Pieraccini e incise dal cav. prof. G. Paolo Lasinio con dichiarazione compilata da Giovanni Masselli. Firenze: Giuseppe Ferroni, 1874.In-folio grande (mm 580x434). Pagine [6], 14. 13 tavole incise su rame a piena pagina: la prima raffigurante la chiesa della Madonna di Orsanmichele, le altre 12 - numerate I-XII - raffiguranti il tabernacolo e le singole statue e pitture che lo compongono. Nel volume sono inserite 10 tavole litografiche e cromolitografiche raffiguranti la struttura di Orsanmichele, opera di Barocchi e Rossi in Firenze. Una gora al margine superiore bianco, alcune tavole con leggere fioriture. Legatura coeva in mezza pergamena, piatti in cartone. Abrasioni.Large folio (580x434 mm). [6], 14 pages. 13 full-page engraved plates, the first one depicting the Church Madonna of Orsanmichele, the others 12 plates - numbered I-XII - portraying its aedicule, sculptures and frescoes. 10 lithographic and chromo-lithographic plates showing Orsanmichele's structure, by the Florentine Barocchi and Rossi. Waterstain to the upper blank margin, a few plates slightly foxed. Contemporary half-vellum. Covers abraded in places.

NO RESERVE Lovatti Antonio - Gentilucci Romualdo. Progetto di un teatro municipale del conte Antonio Lovatti. Roma: Tipografia di Giuseppe Mengoni [s.d. ma 1853].In-folio (mm 458x319). Pagine 20. 4 tavole calcografiche a doppia pagina. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, leggere fioriture su alcune carte. Brossura editoriale verde stampata e illustrata. Dettagliato progetto artistico e architettonico del conte Lovatti per un teatro municipale che doveva sorgere tra via del Corso e piazza san Silvestro.Folio (458x319 mm). 20 pages. Double-page engraved plates. In excellent condition, a few foxing in places. Publisher's illustrated green wrappers. The detailed artistic and architectural project executed by Count Lovatti for a theatre which would have had to be built in Rome, between via del Corso and piazza san Silvestro.

NO RESERVE Valeriano Pierio. Castigationes et varietates Virgilianae lectionis. Per Ioannem Pierium Valerianum. (Al colophon:) Romae : impressit Ant. Blades Asulanus, 1521 mense Iunio.In-folio (mm 270x210). Pagine [28], lxxi, [1], 212, [2]. Carattere greco e romano. Spazi capitali. Legno a piena pagina recante le armi dei Medici, impresso a carta bb8v. Buon esemplare, macchie di inchiostro al frontespizio e alla carta successiva, qualche lieve gora, fioriture. Cartonato settecentesco 'a la rustica' con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Annotazione manoscritta di difficile lettura al frontespizio.Editio princeps dell'importante lavoro di Pierio Valeriano, nome umanistico del letterato bellunese Giovan Pietro Bolzani delle Fosse (1477-1558). Il testo del Valeriano rappresenta una fonte fondamentale per la storia dell'opera virgiliana.Valeriano Pierio. Castigationes et varietates Virgilianae lectionis. Per Ioannem Pierium Valerianum. (Colophon:) Romae : impressit Ant. Blades Asulanus, 1521 mense Iunio.Folio (270x210 mm). [28], lxxi, [1], 212, [2] pages. Greek and roman type. Blank spaces for capitals. Full-page woodcut showing Medici's coat of arms on fol. bb8v. A good copy, a few ink stain to the title-page and the subsequent leaf; slightly waterstained and foxed. 18th-century paperboards 'a la rustica', spine with inked title. Manuscript note on the title-page, barely legible.First edition of this important treatise by Giovan Pietro Bolzani delle Fosse (1477-1558), better known as Pierio Valeriano, which represents a relevant source for the history of Virgil's texts.

NO RESERVE Alighieri Dante - Zuccari Federico. Dante historiato da Federigo Zuccaro posseduto dal Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe degli Uffizi di Firenze. Edizione integrale in facsimile nel formato originale del volume manoscritto. Roma: Salerno editrice, 2004.In-folio oblungo (mm 496x650). Carte [90] che riproducono in facsimile le 88 tavole del Dante historiato eseguite nel 1586 dal pittore Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), alcune ripiegate. Esemplare intonso. Legatura editoriale in pelle decorata a secco e in oro. Esemplare n. 493 della tiratura di 699 copie stampate. Perfettamente conservato in scatola editoriale in tela figurata, e accompagnato dal piano dell'opera e dal Commentario.Superba edizione che propone per la prima volta nella sua interezza gli 88 disegni dedicati alla Commedia dantesca e realizzati a matita nera e rossa, penna e acquarello dal pittore Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), uno dei maggiori esponenti del manierismo italiano. Folio, oblong (496x650 mm). [90] leaves reproducing in facsimile the 88 plates executed for the Dante historiato, some of which are folded. Unopened copy. Publisher's binding, gilt-and blind-tooled leather. In excellent condition, in the original cloth case including the publishing plan, and the Commentary.Splendid edition which collects the 88 drawings dedicated to the Commedia by the painter Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), one of the leading figures of Italian Manierism, and executed in 1586. This is no. 493 of a limited edition of 699 copies.

NO RESERVE Bonnard Pierre. Verve. Volume V, Nos. 17 et 18. Paris: Verve, 1947.Folio (mm 354x261). Pagine [84]. In antiporta litografia originale a colori eseguita e firmata da Bonnard, e tirata da Mourlot. Testo in francese. Numerose riproduzioni fotografiche a colori e in bianco e nero nel testo. Esemplare in perfetto stato di conservazione. Legatura editoriale con sovraccoperta realizzata dallo stesso Bonnard. Piccola mancanza alla sovraccoperta in corrispondenza dell'estremità superiore del dorso, sbucciature agli angoli e alle estremità dei piatti.Quinto volume, contenente i numeri 17 e 18 di Verve, autorevole rivista illustrata dai più grandi artisti del Novecento. Il fascicolo riunisce le opere inedite di Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) ed è impreziosito dalla sua litografia originale Le soleil, nonché dalla sovraccoperta, realizzata dall'artista stesso. Folio (354x261 mm). [84] pages. Original coloured lithography as a frontespiece, executed and signed by Bonnard, and printed by Mourlot. Text in French. Numerous photographic illustrations in black-and-white in the text. In excellent condition. Publisher's binding, with dust jacket drawn by Bonnard. Minor loss to the dust jacket, at the top of spine; corners and board edges slighty rubbed. Fifth volume, which includes the issues 17 and 18 of Verve, the influential review which was illustrated by leading artists of the 20th century. The volume also contains the original lithography Le soleil by Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), increasing its import and value.

δ Chagall Marc. Chagall lithographe III 1962-1968; IV 1969-1973; V 1974-1979; VI 1980-1985. Monte-Carlo: Andrè Sauret, 1969-1986. Quattro volumi (di 6) in-folio (mm 315x240). III: Pagine 179, [3]; IV: Pagine 180, [4]; V: Pagine 250, [2]; VI: Pagine 223, [3]. Legatura editoriale in tela con titoli stampati in nero al piatto anteriore e al dorso, sovraccoperta editoriale originale illustrata, cofanetto cartonato. Minimi strappi ai bordi dei cofanetti.Il catalogo ragionato sull'opera grafica di Chagall è a cura e con contributi di Julien Cain, Fernand Mourlot, Charles Sorlier, Robert Marteau, Roger Passeron.Four volumes (of 6), (mm 315x240). III: 179, [3] pages; IV: 180, [4] pages; V: 250, [2]; VI: 223, [3] pages. Original publisher's cloth, with titles stamped in black on the upper covers and spines. Publisher's illustrated dust jackets. In slipcases (minor wears to the edges).The critical catalogue of the lithographs of Chagall, an artist who had been strongly interested in this medium of printmaking. The volumes are edited by Julien Cain, Fernand Mourlot, Charles Sorlier, Robert Marteau, Roger Passeron.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

NO RESERVE Dalì Salvador - Alighieri Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris, Editione D'Art Les Heures Claire, [1960].Sei volumi in-folio (mm 330x263). Pagine [2], 183, [5]; [2], 189, [3]; [2], 182, [4]; [2], 204, [12]; [2], 188, [8]; [2], 193, [9]. Cento xilografie a colori su disegni di Salvador Dalì. Legatura editoriale: fogli sciolti in barbe conservati entro brossure con titolo impresso in rosso al piatto anteriore e chemises cartonate con piatti con decorazioni astratte in oro e rosso (Inferno), viola (Purgatorio) e azzurro (Paradiso), eseguite anch'esse su disegni di Dalì. Ogni chemise è inserita in custodia cartonata con simile decorazione. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, numero 3614 sur vélin pur chiffon de Rives.Prima edizione della celebre Commedia illustrata dal pittore catalano Salvador Dalì (1904-1989). Per la realizzazione di questo ciclo iconografico, commissionato nel 1950 dal governo italiano per commemorare il settecentesimo anniversario della nascita di Dante Alighieri, l'artista lavorò dieci anni. Nel 1960 gli acquerelli originali furono esposti al Musée Galliera di Parigi e trasposti in silografia grazie alle cure del Maestro Stampatore Raymond Jacquet, che impiegò cinque anni per creare i 3500 legni necessari e ad imprimere in progressiva i 35 colori di ogni singola tavola. Immediatamente considerata l'opera grafica più importante mai realizzata da Dalí, questa serie di illustrazioni è caratterizzata dall'eleganza del segno, che si coniuga a un uso magistrale ed innovativo del colore.Six volumes (330x263 mm). [2], 183, [5]; [2], 189, [3]; [2], 182, [4]; [2], 204, [12]; [2], 188, [8]; [2], 193, [9] pages. With 100 woodcut stamped in colour, after Salvador Dalì. Original publisher's binding. Untrimmed loose leaves contained in original cloth-covered boards, and slipcases decorated with abstract motifs with different colouring (Inferno gold and red, Purgatory in purple, Paradise in blue). An excellent copy, no. 3614 on vélin pur chiffon de Rives.The first edition of the celebrated deluxe Commedia illustrated by the Catalan artist Salvador Dalí. (1904-1989). The publication was first commissioned to him by the Italian government in 1950, in celebration of the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. Between 1951 and 1960 Dalí created a set of 101 watercolours, which however was not considered appropriate for a publication financed by the Italian State. These watercolours were finally exhibited in Paris in 1960, at the Musée Galliera, and then issued by the publisher Les Heures Claires. The 'Maestro Stampatore' Raymond Jacquet spent five years for cutting the ca. 3,500 woodblocks necessary for transfer Dalí's watercolours to engravings in thirty-five different colours. These woodblocks were destroyed after the printing. The Commedia is generally considered the most relevant and impressive graphic work realized by Dalí.

NO RESERVE Maeterlinck Maurice. Pelleas e Melisenda [Versione italiana di Carlo Bandini. Xilografie disegnate ed incise da Charles Doudelet]. Spoleto: Claudio Argentieri Edizioni d'Arte, 1922. In-folio (mm 310x235). Pagine 165, [3]. Con frontespizio xilografico e numerose xilografie nel testo. Edizione di 1000 esemplari numerati a mano di cui il presente è il n. 948. Brossura muta con sovraccoperta editoriale illustrata. Piccoli strappi ai bordi dei piatti e al dorso, tracce di polvere. Folio (310x235 mm). 165, [3] pages. Woodcut title-page; numerous woodcuts in the text. Printed in 1,000 hand-numbered copies, this copy is no. 948. Publisher's soft cardboards, with illustrated dust jacket. Minor wear to the board edges and spine, slightly dusted.

NO RESERVE Possenti Antonio - Santini Piercarlo. Una sera d'autunno in casa del signor Domenico Toccafondo. Un racconto... Cinque litografie di Antonio Possenti. Pisa: Edizioni il Cherubino, 1977.In-folio (mm 512x355). Pagine 28. Due cartelle editoriali, una contenente il testo e 5 litografie originali, e una con la suite delle 5 litografie originali ripetute, in cartonato conservate dentro cofanetto in cartone. Mende alla custodia editoriale, rinforzata con nastro adesivo. Esemplare 80/150. Libro d'arte contenente cinque litografie originali di Antonio Possenti ed un racconto di Pier Carlo Santini. Le litografie originali nel testo sono siglate a matita A.P., quelle della suite sono invece firmate per esteso.Folio (512x355 mm). 28 pages. Two publisher's portfolios, the first including the text and 5 original lithographs, signed with the initial letters 'A.P.'; the other one containing the suite of 5 repeated original lithographs, with signature. In cardboard slipcase, with a few wears, and reinforced with adhesive tape. This is the copy 80/150. Portofolios containing five original lithographs by Antonio Possenti, and a short novel Pier Carlo Santini

NO RESERVE Scuola romana (Guttuso, Maccari, Vespignani, etc). Album Amicorum per Rossana Maddaloni. Disegni originali (1965-1981).In-folio piccolo, (mm 340x240) contenente 34 disegni eseguiti con differenti tecniche da pittori della seconda generazione della Scuola Romana e dedicati a Rossana Maddaloni. Legatura in mezza pergamena, piatti coperti da carta decorata. Uno splendido e affascinante volume.Un interessante album di disegni eseguiti dal gruppo di artisti della seconda generazione della cosiddetta Scuola Romana, formatasi intorno alla figura di Renzo Vespignani (1924-2011), co-fondatore nel 1956 dell'influente periodico Città Apert'. L'album raccoglie i disegni dei massimi rappresentanti del gruppo: Guccione, Maccari, Sernesi, Vacchi, Ceccotti, Guida e Gentili.Small folio (340x240 mm). 34 drawings executed in various techniques. Half-vellum, marbled covers. A fine and intriguing album, including 34 drawings by leading artists belonging to Roman School, and dedicated to Rossana Maddaloni. The drawings were executed, among others, by Guccione, Maccari, Sernesi, Vacchi, Ceccotti, Guida e Gentili.

A folio of unframed maps

FOLIO SOCIETY. A SELECTION OF SEALED EXAMPLES including; Pagans and Christians, 3 vol set, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Byzantium, 3 vol set, On The Eve, Turgenev, A peoples Tragedy 2 vols set. TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER SIX SEALED

A SELECTION OF VARIOUS FOLIO SOCIETY TITLES, 10 sealed including , MARTIN GILBERT, The First World War. Second World War, IAN STEWART Taming the Infinite, The Book of Common Prayer, Hobbes Leviatham etc... TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF Clean Fiction and non fiction titles

FLAXMANS ANATOMICAL STUDIES, engraved by Henry Landseer. Published M.A. Nattali, 1833, portrait frontis and 21 plates as called for, 13pp, folio, Clinical Lectures in The Manchester Infirmary by Edward Carbutt, Published Longman 1834. TOGETHER WITH THREE OTHER MEDICAL TITLES, anatomical plates etc...

BRONTE THE COMPLETE WORKS. Published by the Folio Society, WILLIAMSON, Tark the Otter. Published by Putman 1928 with D/J. Small selection of books relating to Oscar Wilde TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS OTHER FICTION works by the likes of John Braine, Virgina Woolf, Kipling, Huxley (Contents of two boxes)

ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ITS BACKGROUND, 2 vols. Published by The Dryden Press, Dover Painting Drawings and Prints. Published Folio Society 1969. TOGETHER WITH OTHER GENERAL FICTION AND NON FICTION (contents of 2 boxes)

Barrow, John Henry (ed) "The Mirror of Parliament", publ Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, quantity of vols starting vol 1 1834, February 3rd to March 2nd, 1828 through to 1835 not necessarily complete dates, uniformly bound half brown leather, gilt titles, raised bands, brown bds, large folio, 4 vols, 8vo (38)

Journals of the House of Lords publ Eyre & Spottiswoode, various dates, 1830's into 1840's including index, half brown leather, gilt titles, large folio (26)

Journals of the House of Lords publ Ayre & Spottiswoode, 1814, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and others including General Index, half leather, gilt titles, large folio (12)

Journals of the House of Commons 1805 through to 1834, large folio with general index to vols 75-92, rebound, half-brown leather, gilt titles (23)

Fine Bindings: Commons Journals 1890, 1901, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1919, etc, marbled boards, half leather pastedowns and gilt titles to backstrips, one rather worn, all a bit bumped and rubbed Erskine, John "An Institute of the Law of Scotland", 2nd edition Edinburgh, John Bell 1785, vols 1 and 2 only, contemporary marbled bds, half leather, red pastedown, gilt titles and one other volume Journals of the House of Commons 1905, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 14 and 20, half leather, gilt titles and raised bands, large folio (21)

Journals of the House of Lords, vols 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20 through to 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41, bound in brown cloth with gilt titles, large folio (27)

Quantity of bound music scores, printed, engraved and handwritten, one vol handwritten for the voice and piano, Verdi, Mendelssohn, etc, many annotations, half leather, marbled bds "Thorough Bass Simplified ... exercises applicable ... from the compositions of Handel, Corelli, etc by Josef Corfe, gentleman of His Majesty's Chapels Royal and late organist of the Cathedral of Salisbury", printed and published by Preston in his wholesale warehouse, 97 The Strand", lacking bds, oblong folio"Mozart's Celebrated Motet, Splendente Te Deus ... arranged from the full score ... organ or piano forte and respectfully inscribed to T Field Esq by Edmund Harris, Bath", printed for the author and sold by T Bossey & Co, Oxford Street "A Selection of Popular National Airs ...", Sir John Stevenson and the words by Thomas Moore Esq, publ James Power, The Strand, lacking backstrip, two engravings, front board attached, with tissue guards, music scores printed and sold by Birchall & Co, New Bond Street, various scores including music by Signor G Pacini, handwritten list of contents, contemporary half leather but very rubbed and worn and backstrip splitting, bound individual sheet music with covers, ie "The Chocolate Soldier", "The Whitney Opera", "Rememberence Valse" by Archibald Joyce, etc, contemporary marbled bds, bound music scores printed and sold by Birchall & Co including music composed by Signor G Rossini, half leather, marbled bds, bumped and worn and other music scores including a bound full leather Schumann trios for piano forte, violine and violinecell, publ Leipzig, full green calf, gilt decs and rules, front board with gilt name 'Hilda De Clifford' and other bound music scores (1 box) (bought as seen)

Journals of the House of Commons, vols 30 through to 45 covering the years 1765 through to 1790, publ middle 1700's, including Index to vols 35 to 45, half brown leather, raised bands, gilt titles, large folio (15)

Journals of the House of Commons vols 46 through to 59, including Index from 46 to 55, vols 51 publ 1795, vol 54 1798, etc, all half brown leather, gilt titles, raised bands, large folio (15)

Journals of the House of Commons, vols 1 through to 17, including 1711 to 1714, vol 1 only 1547 to 1628, publ 1802, vol 17 publ 1803 included is the General Index to vols 1 to 7, rebound brown morocco, gilt titles and raised bands, large folio (20)

Folio of WOP and prints, including works by Hardman and Lewis Graves, various sizes and mediums

A quantity of mixed books including four of The War at Sea by S W Roskill and a box set of Folio Society books by Winston Churchill - Malborough, His Life and Times, etc

Salvatore Cherubini (19th C.) folio of watercolour and pencil drawings Views of Egypt and Nubia, possibly studies for Ippolito Rosellini's Monuments of Egypt and Nubia Historical Monuments, 1832-1844 inscribed on the mounts Largest 17.5 x 12in. unframed.Watercolour works; 1. No.46 Les Cataracts du Nil 5.25 x 8.5in. 2. No.33 Thebes 6.5 x 9.5in. 3. No.15 Barque sur le Nil 5.75 x 8.5in. Pencil works; 4. No.25 Minich 8.5 x 12.75in. 5. No.30 Obelisques de Longsor 17.5 x 12in. 6. No.35 Thebes / Gouzuah 10 x 19in. 7. No.38 esneh 10 x 14.5in. 8. No.41 Ombos 8.25 x 13.75in. 9. No.44 Assounan 8.25 x 13.25in.

Henry L'Estrange Styleman Le Strange (1815–1862)folio of 16 watercoloursViews of Egypt and Nubia,many inscribed and dated 1839,Largest 13.5 x 19.75in.

William Shackleton (1872-1933)folio of etchingsPortraits and children in gardens, including Emily 1904,mostly signedLargest 16 x 10in. unframed.

William Shackleton (1872-1933)folio of pencil, chalk and oil sketchesNude studies,many signed,Largest 22 x 15.5in. unframed.

William Shackleton (1872-1933)folio of pencil and chalk drawingsFigure studies, 'early drawings', drapery and farm animals,many signed or inscribedLargest 22 x 15in. unframed.

May Furniss (Mrs W. Shackleton) Exh.1898-1940folio of watercoloursPastoral scenes, views of Yorkshire & othersmainly signedLargest 10.5 x 15in. unframed.

May Furniss (Mrs W. Shackleton) Exh.1898-1940folio of watercoloursStudies in Natal, Rondavel and Yorkshire,mainly signedLargest 22 x15in. unframed.

William Shackleton (1872-1933)folio of oil, pencil and chalk drawingsBotanical studiesmany signed,Largest 20 x 15in. unframed.

William Shackleton (1872-1933)folio of oil and pencil sketchesIncluding Fire at Night, Woodmen and Fountain at Malham,mostly signedLargest 21 x 17.5in.

Alan Powers (1955-)folio of eight lithographsSeaside Lithographs; Eight Views of the South Coast published by The Spectator 1986,signed and numbered 1/3009 x 11.5in.

Cothele Mansion; ' To The Right Honorable Earnest Augustas Earl Of Mount Edgcombe - These Illustrations Of His Ancient Mansion Of Cothele In The County Of Cornwall Are Inscribed As A Small Tribute Of Respect and Gratitude By His Lordships Ever obliged and Very Faithful Servant Nicholas Condy. A 19th century Folio relating to Cothele Mansion including various colour plates , information and plans. Rare. 

CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, Marie Gabriel August Florent. Voyage pittoresque de la Grece.Paris, [J.J. Blaise], 1782-1809-1824. Very good example of the first edition of one of the most celebrated Voyages pittoresques. Choiseul-Gouffier's masterpiece is the first publication of a travel voyage that is composed mainly of illustrations of places which are complementary to a narrative and descriptive text. This work established the model for later "Voyages pittoresques" not only in format but also by the employment of different artists. Notable artists used in this work include Saint-Aubin and Moreau le Jeune. Volume 1 contains a discourse on Greek history and the struggle for liberty. Primarily, though, it is an account of the author's travels through Greece and is heavily illustrated with maps, views of natural wonders and classical ruins. The first part of the second volume is a reconstruction of the Troad, that area of the Mediterranean associated with the "Iliad". It reflects the author's reduced circumstances and is sparsely illustrated. The second part, published after Choiseul-Gouffier's death by his friends from notes left by him, is a much more luxurious effort, probably as the result of subsidy, and is again heavily illustrated. First edition, third issue of first volume, 2 volumes in 3, large folio. Portrait, 3 engraved titles, 2 maps, 285 engraved plates, table, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, rebacked, scattered light foxing, a very good set. Atabey 241; Blackmer 342; Cohen-de-Ricci 238; Millard French Books, 51; Brunet, I, 1847; Koç, Constantinople I, 145.

DANIELL, William. Illustrations of the island of Staffa, in a series of views, accompanied by topographical and geological descriptions. London, Longman, 1818 Taken from "A voyage round Great Britian". Landscape folio (37 x 27 cm), 11pp., 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Daniell, original green morocco-backed drab boards, paper label to upper cover, light foxing, boards rubbed, a very good copy. Abbey Scenery 510.

DRUMMOND, James. Old Edinburgh by James Drummond, R.S.A. reproduced in facsimile from his original drawings now in the National Collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh, Waterston, 1879 First edition. Large folio, limited to 500 copies, this one of 50 copies on large paper. 103 plates on 81 sheets, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut,

GAIL, Wilhelm. Erinnerungen aus Spanien. Nach der Natur und auf Stein gezeichnete Skizzen aus dem Leben in den Provinzen Catalonien, Valencia, Andalusien, Granada und Castilien, mit Fragmenten Maurischer und Altspanischer Architectur und Veduten nebst erlauternden auzugen aus dem Tagebuche der Herausgebers. Munchen, [ca. 1837]. A fine copy of the first edition. Gail was a landscape painter and painter and engraver of architectural subjects. After studying at the Munich Academy he travelled abroad, visiting Spain in the early 1830's. He studied the Moorish architecture of Spain, and this collection of plates reflects this interest. Also included are a series of plates showing scenes of bull fighting. Folio, viii, 8pp., woodcut vignette on printed title, additional lithographed title, lithographed dedication leaf, 30 tinted lithographed plates, wood-engravings in text, original decorative wrappers bound-in, modern half calf gilt. Palau 965333.

HOWARD, Luke. Essay on the Modification of Clouds.London, John Churchill and Sons, 1865 The 'student of clouds' or 'father of meteorology' Luke Howard (1772-1864) was by profession an industrial chemist, but his great interest in meteorology led to his studies on clouds, and his devising of the system of Latin cloud names which was adopted internationally and is still in use. He introduced the three basic cloud names: cirus, cumulus and stratus. As a young man Luke Howard was one of a circle who in March, 1796, formed themselves into an Association called the Askesian Society, for the discussion of scientific questions. Among the Members were William Allen, William Phillips, Alexander Tilloch, and H. Pepys. The Society was merged into the Geological Society in 1806. He possessed a registering clock by which the variations of the barometer were recorded on the outer portion of the dial, which made one revolution in the twelve months. These diagrams were afterwards published, at great expense, under the name of Barometrographia. In Barometrographia, he noted down the atmospheric pressure readings from 1815 to 1834 at his homes in Tottenham, London, and Ackworth, Yorkshire, alongside accounts of the weather. "Howard's contributions to meteorology over half a century were profound. He had not limited himself to clouds but had looked at radiation, urban heat islands and wind flow. Fifty years before, at a lecture in Tottenham, he had even suggested that the rotation of the earth might deflect winds off course. He had explained to an audience that as the air travels north or south the earth is forever 'slipping away under it'." Peter Moore, The Weather Experiment, Chatto and Windus, 2015. Alfred Waterhouse was an English architect, famous in particular for designing the Natural History Museum of London. Only five copies are known in public libraries, and none are of have been on the market. Third edition, folio (28.5 x 22.5 cm), xvi, 37 pp., 6 plates. Green cloth gilt. Provenance: Alfred Waterhouse (ex-libris)

HOWARD, Luke. Papers on Meteorology, relating especially to the Climate of Britain, and to the Variations of the Barometer, Communicated to the Royal Society at Various Periods from 1821 to 1845. Being Part I. of the Appendix to Barometrographia. London, Richard & John E. Taylor, 1850-54. 2 volumes, being Part I & II (complete), folio (28.5 x 22.5 cm): Part I: [4], 76 pp., 6 diagram plates, 1 large folding sheet unbound; Part II: [4], 71 pp., 2 diagram plates, 1 folding table. Publisher's blind-tooled cloth lettered in gilt, second part lacking most of backstrip, first some fraying and minor splits. Inscription to both title pages: "The author to his friend Alfred Waterhouse. Ackworth, 26/ix-1854". Provenance: Alfred Waterhouse.

HULLEY, T. Six Views of Cheltenham.London, R. Ackerman, 1813 A renowned spa resort since the discovery of mineral springs there in 1716, Cheltenham is famed for its fine Georgian architecture, recorded in the present set of fine fresh plates. These hand-coloured aquatints were etched by H. Menke and J. Buck after drawings by T. Hulley, and depict the Montpellier Pump Room, the Assembly Room, Hygeia House, the Crescent, Well Walk, Old Wells and Pump Room. First edition. Landscape folio (37 x 29 cm). 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Modern half calf, marbled boards, morocco label to upper cover, original front wrapper with title, imprint and date surrounded by an acanthus border bound in. Abbey Scenery 93.

LUGAR, Robert. Plans and views of ornamental domestic buildings, executed in the castellated and other styles. London, M. Taylor, 1836 Robert Lugar developed a very widespread practice as a country-house architect, which extended to Scotland and Wales as well as throughout much of England. He also published a number of books of his designs, which doubtless served to publicize his name. He was a practitioner of the Picturesque after the manner of John Nash and Humphry Repton, working in a wide variety of architectural styles including the 'Grecian', the Tudor Gothic, and that of the cottage ornée as well as the castellated. Second edition, folio (39.5 x 18.5 cm), 33 pp., 32 engraved plates 16 hand-coloured, text and plain plates browned, colour plates clean and fresh, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, marbled boards, corners bumped, lightly rubbed, a very good copy. Abbey Life 33 (for first edition).

PAUSANIUS. Accurata Graeciae Descriptio.Hanover, Wechel for the heirs of C.Marnius, 1613 Folio, double column, text in Greek & Latin, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, small closed tear to upper fore-corner of 2 ff., contemporary vellum, initials 'B.C.R.' gilt-stamped on upper cover, some general rubbing, but overall a presentable copy. Provenance: Small bookplate of Knud Schwanenflugel on front pastedown.

PINELLI, Bartolomeo. Nuova Raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi.Rome, Nicola Di Antoni & Ignazio Pavon, 1816 Fresh copy of the first edition of this work by the prolific Pinelli (1771-1835), well representative of his charming style. Landscape folio (27 x 36.5cm), engraved title-page, 50 engraved plates; light spotting throughout. Contemporary vellum, spine with brown label. Colas 2378; Lipperheide 1263.

PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista; and others. Varie vedute di Roma: antica e moderna disegnate e intaglia te da celebri autori. Rome, Fausto Amidei Libraro al' Corso, 1748 [1750] Landscape folio (32.5 x 24 cm), 94 engraved plates (including title), 48 of which are signed Piranesi, title soiled, creasing and dust-soiling to last plate, later half calf. Provenance: Sir John Stuart Forbes (armorial bookplate).

STONE, Francis. Picturesque views of all the bridges belonging to the county of Norfolk in a series of eighty four prints in lithography. [London], Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co., [ca. 1830]. First edition. Landscape folio, lithograph title and eighty four lithograph plates by Engelman after Francis Stone, sporadic light spotting, contemporary half calf marbled boards, lightly rubbed and worn, red morocco label, a very good copy.

THUCYDIDES. Thoukydidou Peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto. Thucydidis De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo. Oxford, T. Bennett, Sheldonian Theatre, 1696 An excellent edition of Thucydides monumetal History of the Pelopponesian War. Text and footnotes in Latin and Greek. Folio, (36 by 23 cm). Title, 2 engraved folding maps, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, a very good copy. Provenance: fly leaf with contemporary ownership inscription of 'Joh: Woodward rector de West Grinstead.' Wing T1133

Willughby, Francis; John Ray (ed.). Ornithologiæ libri tres.London, John Martyn, 1676 "Ornithologiæ libri tres (referred to as the Ornithology) is one of the first truly scientific ornithological texts. It was published four years after the death of Francis Willughby (1635-1672) by his friend and collaborator John Ray (1627-1705). These two natural historians had met at Trinity College Cambridge in the 1650s and spent time travelling around Britain and Europe collecting and observing nature. Previous works concerning birds typically contained information gleaned from earlier sources such as Aristotle and Pliny with extra comments by the author. These works would usually describe the birds, where they might be found, whether they were edible, if they had any medicinal value, and what their human traits and characteristics were (for example Wrens are viewed as brave while Finches are dim-witted). It was also not uncommon to find mythical and fabled birds such as the phoenix and griffin amongst the pages of such works. As the study of natural history progressed the standards of ornithological works improved but they still lacked sensible and coherent organisation. Birds tended to be grouped together by habitat and then by their actions. Walter Charleton's (1619-1707) system, explained in his Onomasticon zoicon (London, 1668), involved looking at the birds' diets, whether they bathed (and in what water/sand) or sang. The way birds were ordered changed with the publication of the Ornithology. Firstly, they are classed here as land or water birds. The land birds are then divided into those with crooked beaks and claws and then those with straight beaks. The water birds are divided into those 'that wade in the waters, or frequent watery places, but swim not; The second, such as are of a middle nature between swimmers and waders, or rather that partake of both kinds, some whereof are cloven-footed, and yet swim; others whole-footed, but yet very long-leg'd like the waders: The third is of whole-footed, or fin-toed Birds, that swim in the water'. This is thought to be the first attempt to rationally classify birds. The 77 illustrations contained in the Ornithology come from various sources. Some are copies made from the collection of pictures and specimens owned by Willughby, others Ray had commissioned. The quality of the illustrations varies greatly; some are very lifelike and easily identified while others are not. Many of the birds have unusual postures for their species while those drawn from specimens (dead or alive) tend to be the more accurate. Ray himself puts the lack of quality down to the fact that he was unable to fully oversee the engravers' work as he was away from London and had to send instructions by letter. The illustrations credited to Thomas Browne (1605-1682) are of the best quality. These are thought to include the illustrations of the Shearwater, Little Auk, Razorbill, and Great Northern Diver" (Dawn Moutrey, University of Cambridge, Whipple Library). First edition. Folio (36.3 x 22.5 cm.), 2 folding letterpress tables, 77 engraved plates, lacking initial imprimatur leaf, browning to text leaves, title-leaf slightly frayed at fore-edge and with very small hole in centre, three plates with tears repaired, later vellum with arms tooled in blind on covers, a good example. Provenance: Sacchetti, armorial bookplate and stamp on title-page. Anker 532 (variant); Nissen IVB 991; Wing W2879 (with title-page variant recorded as ESTC R471002).