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Lot 557

Graphic USA, Edition Plus, Baden-Baden. Complete set of eight serigraph prints, 1967-68. Each numbered 99/100, pencil signed, and dated. Distributed by Trois Anges, Inc., New York. Published by Edition Plus, Suzanne L. Fischer, Baden-Baden. Including:Allan D'Arcangelo (American, 1930-1998). Serigraph depicting two red and yellow striped lines crossing on a blue background with two small trees.Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018). Serigraph titled "German Love" depicting the artist's iconic "Love" symbol in the national colors of Germany.Mario Yrisarry (American, b. 1933). Serigraph titled "Stern 1967" depicting a series of black lines in a grid-like pattern.Marvin Israel (American, 1924-1984). Serigraph titled "Handiwork" depicting a face with a hand and a grid of red dots.Alfred Jensen (Guatemalan/American, 1903-1981). Serigraph titled "Squaring of the 260-Day Calendar" depicting a grid of colors with annotations throughout.Richard Lindner (German/American, 1901-1978). Serigraph titled "1+1=2" depicting two brightly dressed figures.Ad Reinhart (American, 1913-1967). Serigraph depicting a black square in three shades of black. As noted along the verso of this print, Reinhardt died during the production of the portfolio but approved of the proof in a letter dated shortly before his death.Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004). Serigraph titled "Seascape (Tit)" depicting a nude breast in front of an ocean.(Folio) Height: 31 in x width: 25 in. (Sheet, each) height: 29 1/2 in x width: 23 1/2 in. />Condition: The portfolio is in overall good condition. There are no rips, losses, or restorations. A few of the prints have very light surface marks. The "Love" print has a slight smudge to the graphite signature. Some of the prints have extremely light wear along the extreme edges, possibly from minimal handling. The front sheet containing all the artist's names has a few small marks to the surface in the upper half. Some very light wear to the cloth-bound portfolio.

Lot 129

Harrods luggage in black comprising a wheelie bag 28" x 18", a holdall 27" long, another holdall 24" long and a folio case, all keys within each case. Location:LWB

Lot 373

LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD, AND GONCALO ALVES MARQUETRY ARCHITECT'S DESK, BY EDWARDS & ROBERTS LATE 19TH CENTURY the hinged banded top with ratchet adjustment above three short frieze drawers, the centre drawer fitted with a leather slope, above a recess with a pair of doors with artist trophy inlaid oval reserves, enclosing deep shelves, flanked by doors with urns inlay enclosing folio compartments, on a plinth base, stamped EDWARDS & ROBERTS to the drawerDimensions:122cm wide, 82cm high, 76cm deep

Lot 406

FRENCH MAHOGANY FOLIO STAND, L'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS LATE 19TH CENTURY of scrolled X form with foliate gilt metal mounts, stamped on the undersideDimensions:75cm wide, 77cm high, 51cm deep

Lot 120

BUCHANAN, George, Opera Omnia. Folio, vol 2 only, Edinburgh 1715, two parts in one vol, containing all his Latin poems. Engraved title, old calf rebacked

Lot 124

SHAKESPEARE, William, The Merry Wives of Windsor. A leaf from the Second Folio of 1632, pages 49/50. From the end of act III scene i, all of scene ii and part of scene iii. Good margins, 333mm x 225mm (13 1/8 inches by 8 7/8 inches). Contains the lines 'I cannot tell what the dickens his name is' in scene ii

Lot 128

L'ARTISAN PRACTIQUE. 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934. 4 vols, folio. Numerous double page colour plates (4)

Lot 132

THE KAMA SUTRA of Vatsyayana. 4to, Folio Society 2018. One of 750 numbered copies. Frontis and 7 further tipped-in colour plates by Victo Ngai;With the companion volume of Essays and a print signed by the artist. Housed in a clam-shell box.

Lot 18

WILKINSON, Robert, publisher, Atlas Classica, being a collection of Maps of the Countries Mentioned by Ancient Authors. Folio, [1798-1814]. With 7 engraved tables and 46 hand-coloured maps. Half morocco, sometime neatly rebacked, marbled boards

Lot 19

PHILIP, George, publisher. County Atlas. Folio, 51 coloured maps, circa 1870. Maps are linen backed. No title page or text. Full brown morocco.

Lot 29

WHITE, Gilbert, A Nature Calendar, Folio, The Selborne Soctiety, 1911. One of 250 copies. With other books (2 boxes)

Lot 30

CROSLEGH, Charles, Descent and Alliances of Croslegh, or Crossle, or Crossley of Scaitcliffe; and Coddington of Oldbridge; and Evans of Eyton Hall. Folio, privately printed 1904. One of only 12 copies on Large Paper. Half red morocco, front hinge broken, binding in poor condition. Some soiling and damp-marking to the contents.

Lot 33

WAIN, Louis, Cats. Folio, Sands & Company [1901]. Versed by 'Grimalkin'. 48pp. Blue pictorial covers.With Louis Wain's Summer Book for 1903 (defective, lacks title);Louis Wains Nursery Book (lacking covers) andLouis Wain's Annual for 1902 (lacking lower cover) (4)

Lot 34

WAIN, Louis, In Cat and Dog Land. Folio, Raphael Tuck & Sons. No date, circa 1905. 36pp including 12 full page chromo illustrations. Red pictorial covers. Nice copy of a rare Wain title: only the Opie copy on Copac

Lot 39

YORKE, James, The Union of Hanover. Folio 1640 (engraved title dated 1641). Many coats of arms with early hand colour. Contemporary calf. Bottom corners of leaves affected by damp. A few leaves with holes or slight loss. Sold with all faults.

Lot 4

ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher). History of The Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster. 2 vols, folio, 1812. 1st edition, 2nd issue as usual. With portrait, plan and 81 coloured plates. Contemporary calf, marbled boards, front board of vol 2 detached.

Lot 47

MANUSCRIPT, EARLY 18TH CENTURY. MS title on front cover: 'Record of the British Chapel in Danzig begins 1706'. Folio, circa 131 hand-written pages, almost all in English, with a dozen or so other hand-written letters and documents tipped in or loosely inserted. Contains entries from 1706-1935. Includes a list of original subscribers with the amount subscribed towards building the church. Much detail on the appointment of successive ministers. Minutes include many references to current events, eg January 1797 mourning for the late Dowager Queen of Prussia; 1813 'the town became completely blockaded from 24 January but an amnesty being agreed on the Belligerent Powers & a Congress held in Prague things have remained quiet'; 1885 'The chapel is tolerated by the Prussian Government and is in the keeping of the British residents or rather mainly their descendants'.A loosely inserted letter from the BM in 1938 acknowledges the receipt of an offprint of an article by Martha Dunsby, 'Die Englische Kirke in Danzig'. Contemporary full vellum.

Lot 6

ARCHER, John Wykeham, Vestiges of Old London. Folio 1851, 37 plates; withSMITH, John Thomas, Antiquities of Westminster, the Old Palace and St Stephen's Chapel. 4to, 1807, 34 plates (of 36), some hand coloured. Binding worn, lower board detached;PARTON, John, Some Account of the Hospital and Parish of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex. 4to, 1822. Spine defective, front board detached;FEASY's Westminster Abbey, folio, portfolio of plates only; andILN Coronation Number, 1937 (5) (box)

Lot 70

SCOTT, Walter Sidney (1900-80) sometime Vicar of Selborne, Hants and Frensham, Surrey. Book collector and author. Copies of some of his own books which he has had specially bound. Many contain notes and letters and are extra illustrated. Bygone London 1948, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, extra illustrated; Little Chelsea, extra illustrated; Worship & Drama 1948; The Trial of Joan of Arc, Folio Society 1956; A War-Time Compline, and Little Chelsea, with additional illustrations (6)

Lot 92

LEIGHTON, Clare, The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry, oblong folio, 1st edn 1933. Engravings by Clare Leighton. In dust wrapper. Not price clipped. Small repairs to verso.

Lot 120

Teesdale (Henry, publisher). New British Atlas, Containing a Complete set of County Maps, on which are Delineated all the Principal Cross Roads, Cities, Towns & most Considerable Villages, Parks, Rivers, Navigable Canals & Railways, Preceded by General Maps of England, Ireland, Scotland, North & South Wales....., 1829, calligraphic title with contemporary manuscript ownership signature, folding maps of England & Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 43 (only) engraved maps with contemporary wash colouring, several maps with closed tears, marginal fraying and occasional loss, tears crudely repaired with sellotape, a few maps torn with severe loss, map of Yorkshire with juvenile scribbling, text block detached with contents shaken and loose, contemporary half calf, very heavily worn and frayed, spine crudely repaired with tape, slim folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Lot 121

Thomson (John). A New General Atlas, consisting of a series of geographical designs on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the Globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the empires, kingdoms, and states in the World. Constructed from the best systematic works, and the most authentic voyages and travels. With a memoir of the progress of geography, a summary of physical geography, and a consulting index to facilitate the finding out of places, Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin, 1817, printed title with some spotting, dedication to Alexander Keith of Dunottar and Ravelston, a 'Memoir of the Progress of Geography', uncoloured engraved double-page comparison plate with two small holes and some marginal closed tears, list of maps and charts, 23 pages of introductory text and 22 pages of a consulting index, several preliminary leaves frayed. torn and detached, 65 (only of 74) double-page and folding maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, some off-setting and slight spotting, some staining throughout, a few maps frayed at the margins, map of the Western hemisphere torn in half, maps of Europe and the British Isles with long closed tear, map of England split in half with frayed margins, Africa with small area of juvenile scribbling, Southern Provinces of the United States split and frayed along old fold, map of Caraccas and Guiana heavily stained and spotted, frayed with slight loss and laid on later stiff paper, hinges broken, contemporary half calf, lacking spine, boards near detached, heavily worn and frayed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Lacking the maps of:- The World on Mercator's projection, The North Horizontal Hemisphere, Ireland, Remote British Islands, sheets 3 & 4 the four sheet map of Europe, General Map of Asia, Hindostan, Atlantic Islands and South America. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Lot 143

Cruikshank (George). Monstrosities [titled on upper cover], Thos. McLean, circa 1835, eighty-one uncoloured etched and aquatinted caricatures, printed on 68 sheets, including the 'medical ailment' caricatures, the set of ten 'Sailor's progress' and the series of six 'London Nuisance' etchings, one plate with long closed tear affecting the printed image, each sheet with a manuscript number to the upper right corner, slight spotting throughout, hinges and joints cracked and weak, rear board near detached, contemporary half morocco gilt, lacking spine, heavily worn and frayed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Lot 145

* Dubost (Antoine). A Collection of Eleven Plates, executed in lithography, representing a View of Newmarket and the Life of the Race Horse. Paris: J. Smith for the author, 1818, letterpress title in English and French, lithographic frontispiece (a few closed marginal tears), 8 lithographic plates (of 10), accompanying text leaves (describing plates I-X plus 'addition' leaf), lightly dust-soiled (mostly confined to margins), a few faint marginal damp-stains, some fraying, disbound, elephant folio (68 x 50 cm)QTY: (21)NOTE:Mellon/Podeschi 106. Scarce early lithographs of racehorses, based upon Dubost's paintings of 1809.

Lot 183

* Prints & Engravings. A collection of approximately 325 prints, 18th - 20th century, engravings, lithographs and prints, including British and foreign topographical views, ephemera, portraits, photographs, natural history, genre and juvenile, with Van der Werff (Adrian, after). An album containing 28 portraits, early 18th century, uncoloured engraved historical portraits and reliefs on laid, by Valck, Gunst, Pitaut and Vermeulen, large margins, each approximately 315 x 185 mm, near contemporary quarter vellum over marbled boards, rubbed and frayed, slim upright folioQTY: (approx. 325)

Lot 190

Scrap Album. An album of engravings and prints, early - mid 19th century, a large album of 69 leaves containing engravings and lithographs, including many military and marine scenes of the Napoleonic era, together with portraits, genre and topographical views, a few prints excised, contemporary half morocco gilt, upper board detached, heavily worn and frayed, oblong folioQTY: (1)

Lot 198

Smith (John Thomas). A Book for a Rainy Day: or Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766 - 1833, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, circa 1900, printed title, extra-illustrated, the original 8vo pages of text inlaid with an additional approximately 460 engravings, etchings, mezzotints and lithographs, all 'window mounted' on folio pages, a few pages with multiple images to a sheet, the images are primarily portraits and topographical views (mainly of London), bookplate of 1st Baroness Angela Burdett Coutts (1814 - 1906), contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, stained and worn, upper board of volume two detached, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Lot 210

Vanity Fair. The Vanity Fair Album: A Show of Sovereigns, Statesmen, Judges and Men of the Day, Volume XXXI, 1899, 51 (of 52, lacking the Comte de Dion) lithographic caricatures, but retaining the folding 'special issue' of The Trial of Captain Dreyfuss at Rennes, including jockeys, fox hunters, musicians, rowers and soldiers, each with a tissue guard and a page of descriptive text, all edges gilt, publisher's green cloth gilt, slight scuffing to the upper board, folio, together with a scrap album containing approximately 215 Vanity Fair caricatures, mostly 1869 - 73, each excised and pasted on to an album page, slight dust soiling and spotting throughout, hinges and joints weak and frayed, contemporary half morocco, boards near detached, lacking spine, rubbed and worn, folio, plus another scrap album containing 30 Vanity Fair caricatures, all creased and overstamped with 'Vanity Fair', 'Specimen' and the title of the portrait in black and purple ink, bound with other portraits and historical scenes, contemporary cloth gilt, folio QTY: (3)NOTE:Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Lot 222

* Early printed leaves. Original Leaves from Famous English Books, London: The Folio Society, [1963], 12 single printed leaves, 7 loosely contained in thick card window mounts (remainder without mounts), with single leaf of descriptive text (one paragraph skinned to printed surface), loose in original cloth book-box with torn maroon sheep label to spine, foot of box spine with classification number in white manuscript, hinges strengthened with adhesive tape, large folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Compiled by the Folio Society. The original leaves comprise Pynson's Froissart, 1523; Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1575; The King James Bible, 1611; The Second Folio Shakespeare, 1632; Clarendon's History, Oxford, 1701-4; Dr Johnson's Dictionary, 1756; The Baskerville Virgil, 1757; The Foulis Press Pope, 1785; Balmer's History of the River Thames, 1794-6; Chiswick Press: Book of Common Prayer, 1844; Kelmscott Press: The Well at the World's End, 1896; The Doves Press Milton, 1902-5.

Lot 224

Couteau (Nicolas, publisher). [Le premier [-second] volume de la mer des histoires. Auquel le second ensuyua?t Est contenu ... toutes les Hystoires..., 2 parts in one, Paris: Nicolas Couteau, 1543], numerous woodcut illustrations to text, one full-page, one 3/4 page illustration of the crucifixion, many full-page woodcut genealogical tables, numerous criblé initials, a couple of woodcuts hand-coloured (one on 'to the reader' leaf crudely partially coloured in brown), ink staining to initial 3 leaves, general title lacking (replaced by title to Ludolphus' Vita Jesu Christi, Paris: Rembolt, with crudely hand-coloured woodcut of the crucifixion to verso), folio 199 misbound before folio 193, lacking the 2 woodcut maps and final leaf (?blank), some damp staining and soiling, later vellum, worn, folio (32.7 x 21 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Brunet III, 1642.

Lot 225

[Chaucer, Geoffrey]. [The Workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyuers workes whiche were neuer in print before, London: by Nicholas Hill, 1550?], double column, black letter, B1r with woodcut of the Knight before castle, E6v with woodcut of the Squire, woodcut decorative initials, 'The Romau[n]t of the Rose' with separate divisional title within woodcut architectural border, lacking all 8 preliminary leaves before f. 1 (B1), and last 9 leaves, ff. 348-55 plus blank (3P4-3Q6), some mostly marginal browning and old dampstaining and fraying to lower margins throughout, occasional closed marginal tears, first leaf rehinged and paper repairs to lower margins of B1-3, 3F3-4 and 3P1-3, with only small loss to letters of a few words at lower outer corner of final leaf, minor worm trail to blank upper margin of several early leaves, a few old brief, marginal ink inscriptions and pen trials, remains of old front endpaper relaid with 19th-century manuscript brief title giving the date as 1546, modern brown morocco with five raised bands, gilt title and date ‘1546’ at foot, folio (310 x 195 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 5071, 502, 5073 or 5074. This is one of four variants of the updated fourth collected edition, edited by William Thynne which was published simultaneously by four London booksellers (William Bonham, Richard Kele, Thomas Petit, and Robert Toye), each variant bearing a different colophon.

Lot 226

Law. Regis pie memorie Edwardi tertii a quadragesimo ad quinquagesimum, anni omnes a mendis quibus miserrime scatebant repurgati et suo nitori restituti, London: Richardi Tottel, 1565, title within woodcut architectural border slightly frayed to edges and lower outer blank corner torn, black letter text, woodcut initials, some contemporary early marginalia, occasional short marginal tears to few leaves, outer blank corners of few leaves torn with slight loss (not affecting text), toning, light dust-soiling, minor damp staining to last few leaves, modern brown half morocco, folio (27.7 x 18.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 9583. Beale R44.A good copy of the second edition of the year books from the 40th to the 50th, and last year of the reign of Edward III (1367-77). The year books are the first English law reports and are not just one of the foundations of English law but of every legal system in the world which has taken the common law as its model.

Lot 227

Bible [English]. The Holy Byble, conteynyng the Olde Testament, and the New. Set foorth by aucthoritie, Imprinted at London by the assignement of Christopher Barker, Her Maiesties prynter, 1578, general title with woodcut border (only original left-hand third of leaf present, remainder supplied in facsimile, lined to verso and remargined), New Testament title present with decorative woodcut border (some manuscript annotations, repaired at head with slight loss of decorative border and repaired to lower blank margin), double-column black letter text, few woodcut illustrations and initials, 'order of bookes' leaf and few other leaves with numerous annotations, several initial leaves with repairs mostly to margins, final 4 leaves repaired with last 2 leaves torn with text loss, occasional damp stains and few marks, modern panelled sheep, gilt decorated spine, folio (35 x 23.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Sold with all faults, not subject to return.Herbert 155; Darlow & Moule 116; STC 2124.Bishops' version. This edition, though the book was entirely reset and issued by another printer, agrees closely with No. 137 (the 1574 printing of the Bishop's version which is the 3rd folio edition).

Lot 233

Mercuriale (Girolamo). Praelectiones Pisanae Hieronymi Mercuralis Foroliviensis medicinam Pisis loco supraordinario vocato profitentis in epidemicas Hippocratis historias, non minus ad theoricam, atque practicam medicinam utiles, quàm ob eruditionem incundae. Nec non tractatus primo, De hominis generatione, secundo, De balneis Pisanis, tertio, De vino & aqua. Cum indice copioso eorum quae in his operibus continentur, 1st edition, Venice: Apud Juntas, 1597, text in double column, woodcut vignette to title, woodcut initials, errata leaf, final leaf unsigned, early ownership inscription 'Octaviani Galleppini?' in brown ink to title, small damp-stain to head of inner margin (affecting text to some leaves), first few gatherings with outer margin frayed with slight loss, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, old paper label with shelf number beneath, a few marked, lightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams M1333; CNCE 34142.First edition of a collection of lectures given at the University of Pisa by the Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606), best known for his work on gymnastics, edited by Marco and Orazio Cornacchini. The greater part of the book contains a history of epidemics based on Hippocrates, and remarks on plague. Three shorter lectures deal with conception, the baths and mineral waters of Pisa, and the medicinal qualities of wine and water.

Lot 236

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, 1617], general title lacking, New Testament title present with decorative woodcut border (slightly loose and short closed tear at gutter), Apocrypha present, black letter double column text, decorative woodcut initials throughout, Ruth 3:15 reading 'She went into the citie', leaves 2F6, 2U4 and 5S1 torn to lower outer corner with very slight loss to border, closed tear to 5B2, hole to fore-margin 5H5, lower outer corner of 5O6 torn with slight loss to printed marginal note, Genealogies by John Speed present, with several woodcut genealogies including one incorporating an image of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, verso of title to genealogies with contemporary ownership inscription 'Hunc libyu Franciscus Morrice de Huntercumb Armiger dono dedit in ... Parochia Bornham die 25 Decembris die natali salvatoris nostrii Jesu Christi, Anno Dom. 1617 ... Johannes Wryght', occasional short worm trails to gutter margins of few leaves within volume, sewing weak in places and contents loosening in places, occasional light dust-soiling and damp stains, few marks, some marginal fraying mostly to leaves at front and rear, pencil note to front pastedown ' Bt at sale of part of contents of Helperby Hall, Yorkshire, seat of Milnes-Coates family, June 1989', contemporary blind panelled reversed calf, upper board with very indistinct blind label ('Burnham'? dated 1725) with gilt foliate decoration, spine lifting from text block and torn with some loss, worn, folio (41.7 x 27.7 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 273; Herbert 353; STC 2247.The third distinct folio edition, printed in large black letter, of King James' version (Herbert, Darlow & Moule).

Lot 241

Church of England. Certaine Sermons or Homilies appoynted to be read in Churches, in the time of the late Queene Elizabeth of famous memory, London: Printed by John Norton, for Joyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1633, title within decorative woodcut border, black letter text, few decorative woodcut initials, light marginal fraying to initial leaves, final leaf with colophon lined to verso, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, joint splitting, small folio QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 13660.

Lot 243

Heywood (Thomas). The Hierarchie of the blessed Angells. Their Names, Orders and Offices the fall of Lucifer with his Angells, London: Adam Islip, 1635, title and 5 preliminary leaves provided in facsimile, 9 full-page engraved plates and illustrations (including frontispiece), few minor marks, early inscription to retained front free blank endpaper 'John Copleys book after ye death of mes. Christian Thorndike', modern endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Grolier, Langland to Wither 143; STC 13327. Contains a reference to Shakespeare on page 206.

Lot 247

Bochart (Samuel). Geographiae sacrae pars prior Phaleg, seu de dispersione gentium et terrarum divisione facta in dedificatione turris Babel, 2 parts in one, Caen: typis Petri Cardonelli. Et vaeneunt Rothomagi, apud Joannem Berthelin, 1651, title in red and black with woodcut illustration (old ink stamp to verso 'Bibliothek D. Mecklenb Ritter U. Landschaft'), 4 double-page engraved maps, 2nd part title 'Geographiae sacrae pars altera Chanaan, seu de coloniis et sermone Phoenicum' with imprint dated 1646, continuous pagination, some browning (mostly light) and occasional spotting, upper pastedown with hand-painted engraved armorial bookplate of French politician Pierre de Maridat (1613-1689, Councillor at the Grand Conseil 1640) bearing the motto 'Curae numen habet justu move 40 Eneid.', contemporary calf, gilt decoration to spine and morocco title label, upper joint split, leather torn at head and foot of spine, worn, folio (33.7 x 21.5 cm) QTY: (1)

Lot 249

Saunders (Richard). Saunders Physiognomie, and Chiromancie, Metoposcopie, the symmetrical proportions and signal moles of the body, fully and accurately explained; with their natural-predictive significations both to men and women. being delightful and profitable: with the subject of dreams made plain: whereunto is added the art of memory, 2nd edition very much enlarged by Richard Saunders, student in astrology and physick, London: Printed by H. Brugis, for Nathaniel Brook, 1671, [28], 160, [2], 155-156, 161-377, [13] pp., portrait frontispiece not present, woodcut illustrations to title and throughout volume, separate part titles present, 2 full-page engraved illustrations (one hand-coloured and the other with few ink marks and hole to image), one engraved plate, general title and following two leaves detached, with closed tear at gutter, frayed and torn margins, table to verso of leaf L1 with late manuscript entries in blue pencil, leaf 2Z1 with closed tear at head of gutter, without final blank 3E4, some browning, dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, boards detached, rubbed and worn, folio (29 x 19.2 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing S755.'The second part, or second book: wherein is treated of physiognomy, metoposcopy, oneirocracy' and 'A treatise of the moles of the body of man & woman,' each have separate title page, with imprint 'for Nathaniel Brooks, 1670.', on leaves [Y]1r and 2S2r, respectively. With table of contents and advertisements at end of text.

Lot 25

Pierotti (Ermete). Jerusalem Explored, 2 volumes (text and plates), London: Bell and Daldy; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1864, half-titles, 63 lithograph plates, maps and plans, some tinted (including 4 folding, with some strengthened to folds at verso), text in French and English, damp stain to fore-margins of some plates, half-title to volume 1 with long closed tear, first and last few leaves in volume 1 with repairs to margins, top edge gilt, modern brown half morocco, contained together in slipcase, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Blackmer 1309.

Lot 251

Burton (Robert). The Anatomy of Melancholy, what it is, with all the kinds causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & severall cures of it..., 8th edition, corrected and augmented by the author, London: Peter Parker, 1676, engraved title (small repair to lower outer blank corner), letterpress 'The Argument of the Frontispiece' present, advertisement leaf at rear, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco title label to spine, board corners worn and some showing, folio, together with:[Burton, Robert]. [The anatomy of melancholy..., 7th edition, London: H. Cripps, 1660], lacking title, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, upper joint split, light wear to extremities, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing B6184 and B6183.

Lot 258

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry, to which is added A Treatise of Honour Military and Civil..., 6th edition, London: printed by T. W., 1724, 69 engraved armorial plates & portraits, numerous in-text examples of heraldic arms, lacking frontispiece & original endpapers, some water damage to the foot of the text block, some marginal toning & light spotting throughout, contemporary embossed & gilt decorated red full calf, spine slightly faded, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, folioQTY: (1)

Lot 261

Luyken (Jan). Histoire les plus Remarquables de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament, Amsterdam: Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, 1732, half-title, letterpress title in red and black, 62 double-page plates (numbered 1-62 including additional pictorial title and plan of Jerusalem), 5 double-page engraved maps, 30 illustrations, light toning and occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, armorial bookplate of John Waldie to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, extremities worn, folioQTY: (1)

Lot 262

Paoli (Sebastiano). Codice Diplomatico del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolimitano oggi di Malta ... illustrato con una serie cronologica de'Gran Maestri, ... con alcune notizie storiche, genealogiche, geografiche, ed altre osservazioni, volume 1 only (of 2), Lucca: Salvatore e Giandomenico Marescandoli, 1733, half-title, title in red and black (with old ink stamps to lower blank margin), folding engraved map, folding table and 8 engraved plates, some worming to blank margins, light toning and occasional spotting, contemporary sheep, gilt decorated spine, worn, folio, together with:Surius (Bernardinus). Den godtvruchtighen pelgrim ofte Jerusalemsche reyse, Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen, 1705, engraved title, 8 plates and engraved folding map (short tear to fore-margin of map), illustrations and plan to text, some light damp staining, contents sprung, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, torn to upper compartment of spine, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:The 2nd volume of the first title was published in 1737.

Lot 271

Bachiene (Willem Albert). A Biblical atlas containing 11 maps and one plan by Bachiene mostly of the Holy Land during different historical periods, engraved by J. van Jagen, Gorinchem: Nicolaas Goetzee, 1748-50, comprising 11 double-page maps and one double-page plan of Jerusalem, each interleaved with 2 explanatory text leaves in Dutch, occasional light dust-soiling and few marks, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, folio (map sheet dimensions 41 x 52 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The Biblical atlas displays a series of 12 engraved maps of the Holy Land during different historic periods. The maps were drawn by Willem Albert Bachiene, a Dutch preacher, astronomer, and geographer. Each double-page map is inserted between pages of explanatory text and has a decorative vignette of an appropriate event and a baroque title cartouche.

Lot 279

Gray (Thomas). The Poems of Mr. Gray, to which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason, York & London: Printed by A. Ward and sold by J. Dodsley and J. Todd, 1775, mounted engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed to plate mark), errata leaf at rear, bookplate of Frederick J. O. Montagu to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled calf, morocco reback with gilt decoration, 4to, together with:[Prior, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions, London: Jacob Tonson and John Barber, 1718, engraved frontispiece, vignette to title, list of subscribers present, few engraved decorative head and tailpieces, modern panelled calf, black morocco labels and gilt decoration to spine, some fading mostly to spine, folio,[Peacock, Lucy]. The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon, in their travels to the Temple of Virtue: An Allegory. Dedicated, by permission, to her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, London: Printed for the Author, by T. Bensley, 1785, half-title with signature of Bonnell Thornton and final leaf bearing name (signature?) of lucy Peacock, list of subscribers present, occasional light spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 4to, Johnson (Samuel). Rasselas, London: Willliam Miller, 1805, 4 engraved plates and one vignette, occasional light spotting, modern calf with maroon morocco title label to spine, 4to, plus Castiglione (Baldassarre). Il Cortegiano, or, The Courtier..., London: W. Bowyer, 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, all edges gilt, 19th-century calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 4toQTY: (5)

Lot 3

D'Avity (Pierre d'). The Estates, Empires, & Principallities of the World, Represented by ye Description of Countries, Maners of Inhabitants, Riches of Provinces, Forces, Government, Religion; and the Princes that have governed in every Estate. With the Begin[n]ing of all Militarie and Religious Orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, Sargeant at Armes, 1st English edition, London: Printed by Adam Islip for Mathewe Lownes and John Bill, 1615, engraved title (with discreetly repaired closed tear, margins frayed), leaves 3L6 and 5H1 torn at head with small area of text loss (pp. 672/673 & 1177/1178, with photocopies of missing text loosely inserted), without blank leaf at front and rear, occasional light damp stains, early manuscript annotation to verso of final leaf, contemporary calf, joints split and board attachment weak (upper board attachment strengthened), worn to spine and extremities, folio (30.5 x 20 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 988.The work was first published in France in 1614.

Lot 321

Morphy (Paul). Morphy's Games: A selection of the best games played by the distinguished champion, in Europe and America, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860, portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations to text, contemporary ownership inscription of Charles Laister to head of dedication leaf, original green cloth gilt, a few marks, 8vo, together with:The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1899, London: Longmans Green and Co, 1900, illustrated throughout, ownership inscription to head of front pastedown, preliminary and rear leaves spotted, original brown cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed, 8vo, withLandseer (Edwin). Works, London: J. S. Virtue, circa 1875, 44 engraved plates, further illustrations to text, modern green faux leather, gilt title to spine, folio, with 5 other antiquarian volumesQTY: (8)

Lot 328

Chinese Porcelain. The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, 2 volumes, Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1987, colour illustrations after photographs throughout (many full-page), original blue cloth, spines lettered in silver gilt, some wear to spines, small folio (35 x 25 cm), in slipcaseQTY: (2)

Lot 331

Garnier (Édouard). The Soft Porcelain of Sèvres, with an historical introduction, 1st edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1892, half-title, title printed in red and black, 50 chromolithograph plates heightened in gold, a few light spots, hinges repaired, all edges gilt, early 20th-century half calf gilt, small portion of leather to tailcap lifting, rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

Lot 336

Mongez (Antoine). Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs et Camées, de la Galerie de Florence, et du Palais Pitti, dessinés par Wicar, peintre, et gravés sous la direction de Masquelier, Graveur; avec les explications, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: L. J. Masquelier, 1789-1807, engraved frontispiece to volume one, 192 engraved plates (many two per page, each with tissue-guards), occasional light spotting, two large closed tears to title of volume two, a few small closed tears to plate margins, untrimmed, contemporary red paper over boards, spine lettered in gilt, covers with gilt border incorporating foliate roll, gilt ornamental devices to 5 spine compartments, some wear (with occasional loss), folio (57.5 x 40 cm)QTY: (4)NOTE:A scarce complete set of this comprehensive work documenting paintings and sculptures held in Florence.

Lot 34

Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; shewing the immediate Route to every Market and Borough Town throughout the Kingdom..., 1817, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents leaf, 43 (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring (complete), including folding map of Yorkshire (Yorkshire with long closed tear), index of market towns bound at rear, bound with Cary's New Itinerary: or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales: with many of the Principal Roads in Scotland..., J. Cary, 1817, calligraphic title and dedication, folding engraved map of England and Wales with long closed tear, six engraved folding regional maps with contemporary outline colouring, further tables and indices, endpapers with later pencil annotations and notes, contemporary 'envelope style' black morocco binding, 8vo, together with Cary's New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland. with Part of Scotland, on which are carefully laid down all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and the Navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests &c &c, 1st edition, June 11th 1794, title and dedication, general map of England & Wales and table of explanation, and 76 (complete) engraved map sheets (numbered 1 - 81 and omitting 62/63, 71/72 & 80 as intended), all with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, some offsetting, text block cracked and partially split, contemporary sheep in an 'envelope style' heavily worn and frayed, 4to, with Fordham (Sir Herbert George). John Cary. Engraver, Map, Chart, Print-Seller and Globe Maker 1754 to 1835, Wm. Dawson & Sons Ltd, 1976, additional half-title, publisher's gilt cloth, 8vo, plus Barber (Peter, editor). The Map Book, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2005, additional decorative half-title, numerous colour plates throughout, publisher's gilt cloth, dust jacket torn with slight loss to the spine, folioQTY: (4)

Lot 342

Waring (John Burley). Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Day & Son, 1863, additional chromolithograph title pages and 301 chromolithograph plates (including frontispiece), occasional scattered spotting, one plate in volume 1 with tissue guard partially attached to image, recent blank free endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco over bevelled edged boards, gilt and blind roll work border to boards, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines, board edges repaired and covered with recent morocco leather, folioQTY: (3)

Lot 343

Warner (George F.). Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum. Miniatures, Borders and Initials Reproduced in Gold and Colours..., series I - IV (bound in one), printed by order of the Trustees and sold at the British Museum,1903, printed title and preface, 60 chromolithograph plates, limited to 500 copies, hinges cracked, contemporary morocco gilt, slight wear to joints, folio, together with Warner (George F. editor). Facsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts British Museum, series I - IV, printed by order of the Trustees and sold at the British Museum, 1899, title and general preface, numerous monochrome facsimiles, contemporary half morocco gilt, rear board stained, folio, with Herbert (J. A.). Illuminated Manuscripts, Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1911, additional half-title, colour printed frontispiece, numerous monochrome facsimiles, slight spotting, top edge gilt remainder uncut, publisher's cloth gilt, large 8voQTY: (3)

Lot 344

Wilkins (William). The Antiquities of Magna Graecia, 1st edition, Cambridge: Printed at University Press, by Richard Watts, 1807, engraved vignette title, 73 engraved plates (20 aquatints), subscribers list, contemporary gift inscription to head of front free endpaper 'George Waddington, the gift of Bishop Maltby', light marginal dust-soiling and scattered spotting, a few gatherings with old marginal damp-staining, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary black half morocco gilt, some light wear to extremities, boards with a few small marks, folio (57 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 128; Blackmer 1797.A landmark work in the Greek Revival style in English architecture. Wilkins spent four years in Greece, Italy and Asia Minor from 1801 to 1805 producing works that these plates are based upon. Subscribers included Sir Joseph Banks, John Nash, and Humphry Repton. Views include fine sepia aquatints of Paestum and other temples.

Lot 349

Folio Society. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1987, Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779, by Glyndwr Williams, 1997, Chekhov: A Life in Letters, edited by Gordon McVay, 1994, The Trial, by Franz Kafka, 1967, The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford, 4th printing, 1995, together with 66 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8voQTY: (71)

Lot 35

Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York ..., London: Printed by William Bower for the author, 1736, 60 engraved plates, plans and maps (few folding, one folding map and 2 folding plates trimmed and lined to verso), engraved illustrations to letterpress, without portrait frontispiece (not called for in plate list), some repaired closed tears and marginal tears to few leaves text and plates, all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, folio, together with:Langdale (Thomas). A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire..., 2nd edition, Northallerton: J. Langdale, 1822, hand-coloured folding engraved map frontispiece, 2 folding tables, contemporary calf, morocco title label, light wear to to extremities, 4to,Bawdwen (William). Dom Boc. A translation of the Record called Domesday, so far as relates to the County of York..., with an introduction, glossary, & indexes, Doncaster: Printed by W. Sheardown, 1809, upper margin of title with signature John Lee, some browning mostly to first and last leaves, endpapers renewed with armorial bookplates of Heytesbury House and Chapman-Purchas to upper pastedown retained, near-contemporary straight-grain light brown morocco, gilt decorated spine and roll decoration to boards, 4to, plus other 19th and early 20th-century Yorkshire topography related, including guides, tours etc.QTY: (16)

Lot 354

Warhol (Andy). Andy Warhol at Christie's, 3 volumes, London: Christie's, 2012, full-page colour illustrations throughout, original pictorial paper wrappers, folio, enclosed in folding card box, together with:The Duke & Duchess of Windsor. The Public and Private Collections, 3 volumes, New York: Sotheby's, 1997, colour illustrations throughout, pictorial paper wrappers, 4to, contained in original slipcase, withHirst (Damian). Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, 3 volumes, London: Sotheby's, 2008, full-page illustrations throughout, original pictorial paper wrappers, 4to contained in original pictorial slipcaseQTY: (3)

Lot 357

* Albums & Sketchbooks. A selection of 21 brand new albums and sketchbooks by the Bindery Shop, Ludlow, comprising five photograph albums, one in white morocco and one in red morocco both with the word 'wedding' in gilt, and the other in brown calf, oblong folio, with two other albums bound in distressed calf, oblong 4to, together with two address books in distressed calf, 8vo, blank volume bound in limp vellum, large 8vo, and a selection of sketchbooks in distressed calf or morocco bindings, various sizesQTY: (a carton)NOTE:Provenance: Shop stock from The Bindery Shop, Ludlow.

Lot 358

* Albums & Sketchbooks. A selection of 21 brand new albums and sketchbooks by the Bindery Shop, Ludlow, comprising four photograph albums, one in white morocco with the word 'wedding' in gilt to upper cover, one in green calf and another in distressed calf, both with the word 'photographs' blocked to upper cover, and one other in brown calf, oblong folio, with one other album bound in distressed calf, oblong 4to, together with two address books in distressed calf, 8vo, blank volume bound in limp vellum, large 8vo, and a selection of sketchbooks etc. in distressed calf or morocco bindings, various sizesQTY: (a carton)NOTE:Provenance: Shop stock from The Bindery Shop, Ludlow.

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