We found 86082 price guide item(s) matching your search

Mathesius (Johannes ). Syrach Mathesii das ist Christliche, lehrhaffte, trostreiche und lustige Erklerung und Ausslegung des schonen Haussbuchs, so der weyse Mann Syrach zusammengebracht und geschrieben..., 3 volumes in one, Leipzig: Bartholomaei Voigt, 1597-1598, general title in red & black (manuscript notes to upper & lower blank margins, German gothic text throughout, decorative initials, volume 2 title in black with woodcut device, large printer's woodcut device of Haeredum Beyeri to final leaf (colophon dated 1598), continuous pagination, occasional marginalia, lacks B1 from volume 1 and 3G1 (title) from volume 3, some dust-soiling, browning and spotting throughout, occasional wear to margins, inscriptions to front endpaper (free endpaper detached), rear free endpaper discarded, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards with bevelled edges, blind roll work decoration incorporating blind embossed central portrait of Martin Luther to upper board and Lutheran reformer Philip Melanchthon to lower board, brass corner bosses, one clasp intact, few small worm holes to upper board, heavy dirt soiling and darkening, slight wear at head of spine, folio (1)

Antiquarian. A large collection of mostly 18th & 19th century literature and periodicals, including Gentleman's Magazine, 29 volumes, circa 1790-1824, mostly leather bindings, some foreign language and odd volumes, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio, approximately 120 volumes (6 shelves)

Homann (Johann Baptiste and Heirs of). Untitled atlas, circa 1790, lacking title and index, manuscript index tipped in after front endpaper, 58 engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, and one engraved triangular table of distance, some maps toned overall, front endpaper with later manuscript annotations, contemporary sheep, upper joint weak, worn, stained and bumped, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Perez Villaamil (Jenaro). Espa¤a Artistica y Monumental vistas y Descripcion de los Sitios y Monumentos mas Notables de Espa¤a..., Texto Redacladopor Don Patricio de la Escosura..., volumes 1 & 2 only (of 3), Paris, 1842-1844, 96 lithograph plates (including many sepia), double column text in Spanish & French, few tears to last leaf of text and final plate detached & torn to lower margin, dust-soiling mostly to first & last leaves, spotting throughout volume (particularly to text), toning to margins, contemporary half calf with non matching oversized upper board (detached), spine torn with loss, large folio The third volume was published in 1850. (1)

Escofet (Jose). The Auricula, 1990, limited edition of 500 copies, 6 tipped in colour plates, plus 13 loose plates, some duplicates, all signed and numbered by the artist, original gilt decorated blue half morocco plus book box, boards and spine lightly rubbed, folio, together with Waller (Martin, editor), Andrew Martin International Interior Design Review, volumes 2-9, 1998-2005, numerous colour illustrations, volume 2 in original wrappers, volumes 3-9 original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, and other modern art and interior decor reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, third edition, Cambridge, printed by Roger Daniel, 1647, additional engraved title (some soiling and fraying to margins), Declaration of the Frontispice present but loose and soiled with fraying, folding map of the Holy Land present (also frayed and soiled with closed tears), wood engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, occasional soiling elsewhere, early ownership inscriptions and doodles to front and rear endpapers, including one inscription dated 1660 to front endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed and somewhat worn, with upper cover detached, folio, together with Commines (Philip de), The History of Philip de Commines, Knight, Lord of Argenton, Fourth Edition, Corrected, with Annotations, printed for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn, and Henry Herringman, 1674, woodcut initials, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and joints cracked with some wear, folio, plus other antiquarian interest, various, including Walter Raleigh, History of the World, 7th edition..., to which is added, The Life of the Author, newly compil'd, 1733, etc (9)

Bible [Polyglot]. Biblia Sacra Polyglotta. Versionumque Antiquarum Crisin Literalem auctore Samuele Lee, published by Samuel Bagster, 1831, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated black morocco, slightly rubbed and faded, with short splits to joint ends, folio Darlow & Moule 1456. This polyglot, the most inclusive since the London Polyglot of 1657, contains the Old and New Testaments in eight languages; with the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Syriac New Testament added in an appendix. Bagster did originally publish a polyglot Bible in 1822 but the whole edition was destroyed by fire with the exception of 23 copies. (1)

Delisle (Guillaume, and others). Composite Atlas, Paris, circa 1710 - 1800, lacking title and preliminaries, a composite atlas containing 34 double page maps only, including maps by Delamarche, De Vaugondy, Jaillot and Du Roy, occasional marginal fraying, near contemporary green boards, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Lyra (Nicholas of ). Postilla super totam Bibliam, Rome, Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz, 1471-72, 2 folio leaves from Postilla super totam Bibliam (with the beginning of the Postilla on the Apocalypse of St. John), 1471-72, printed in Latin in single column, large gothic initials supplied in manuscript in red ink, sheet size 37 x 25 cm (14.5 x 9.75 ins), mounted side by side, framed and glazed Goff N-131. Hain 10363. Two fine leaves from the first printed commentary on the Bible, printed by the first printers outside Germany, and likely to be the first or possibly the second roman typeface ever used. The work, published in 5 volumes, and completed in May 1472, was the largest production of Sweynheym and Pennartz's workshop, with a total of over 1800 leaves. (1)

Arnobius (of Sicca). Arnobii Disputationum adversus gentes, libri octo, nunc primum in lucem editi, 1st edition, Rome: Franc. Priscianen, 1542, preface dated 1543, lacking blanks a4 & R8, some toning and scattered spotting, later vellum, folio Adams A1994. The first edition of Arnobius' apologetic work, written during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian, and his only surviving work. Being an apology of Christianity against the pagans whose ritual traditions were known to Arnobius prior to his conversion. The volume includes details regarding ancient cults. (1)

Swift (Jonathan). The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.D.S.P.D. in Eight Volumes..., volumes 1-8, printed by George Faulkner, Dublin, 1751-52, black and white frontispiece to volumes 1-4, bookplates to front pastedown, some split guttering, some light toning and marks, minor worming to front of volume 8, uniform contemporary gilt decorated embossed calf, boards and spines rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with Catcott (A.S.), A Sermon Preached before the Corporation of Bristol, And the Lord-Chief-Justice Hardwicke, At the Mayor's Chappel, On Sunday the 16th of August, 1735..., printed by H. Woodfall, 1736, complete in 38 pages, some spotting and marks, rebound in later boards, spine and boards slightly marked and rubbed, 4to, and other 18th & 19th century literature, including Bristol history and reference, pamphlets, some odd volumes, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio, approximately 120 volumes (3 shelves)

Sacabo (Josephine). Cante Jondo, Poems by Ana Cristina Rudholm y Balmaceda, edited by John Wood, published by Steven Albahari, Massachusetts, 2002, 11 original silver gelatin prints, each signed in pencil, and including one loose at rear, bound in original cream cloth, with printed title label to upper cover and spine, folio (46 x 38 cm, 18 x 15 ins), contained in original publisher's cloth drop-over book box, VG (1)

Waller (Edmond). Poem, &c. Written Upon Several Occasions, And to several persons, 7th edition, printed for T.W., 1705, black and white portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, front board partially detached, some spotting, later embossed mottled calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with Sylvester (Iosuah), Du Bartas, His Deuine Weekes and Workes Translated..., printed by Humphrey Lownes, circa 1611, black and white engraved title, some water marks and spotting, modern endpapers, ex libris bookplate to front pastedown, modern full brown morocco bound by Fleming, Glasgow, water marks to foot of boards, 4to, and Young (Arthur), A Six Months Tour Through the North of England..., volumes 1-4, 2nd edition, printed for W. Strahan, 1771, 28 black and white plates and 6 tables, some light spotting, uniform modern gilt decorated calf spines retaining contemporary calf boards, 8vo, plus other 17th-19th century reference and literature, including The Dramatic Works of George Colman, volumes 1-4, 1777, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some foreign language, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio, approximately 160 volumes (6 shelves)

DuNoyer (Anne Marguerite Petit). Lettres Historiques Et Galanthes, Par Madame de C***., volumes 1-4, Cologne, 1709-11, black and white frontispiece to volumes 1 & 2, some minor toning, uniform contemporary full calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed, small 8vo, together with Mozley (H., publisher), The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde - Moore Carew, commonly called The King of The Beggars... And A Dictionary of the Cant Language used by the Mendicants, printed for J. Brambles et al, 1806, period inscription to front endpaper, some light marks, contemporary full morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss to head, small 8vo, and other 17th-19th century literature and reference, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio, approximately 70 volumes (5 shelves)

Nash (Thomas). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1781-1782, folding engraved map frontispiece to volume 1, engraved vignette title to each volume, 83engraved plates & plans, numerous engraved illustrations to text and 20 folding pedigrees, supplement bound in at rear of volume 2, repaired horizontal closed tear to plate of "Monument of Rowland Berkeley", armorial bookplate of Richard Barton Dadgson, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, joints to volume 1 split and lower board loose, volume 2 with detached boards, rubbed and worn, folio (2)

*Charles II (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-1685). Letter Signed, 'Charles R' at the head, Whitehall, 22 April 1672, addressed to the attorney general, granting the rights and appurtenance of the office of keeper of the pall mall (or pallmall) to the three sons of Laurence Dupuy and settles on them the annual allowance of 00 and the use of a house or cottage, endorsed 'Warrant for a Grant of the Office of Keeper of ye Pallmall at St James to Mr Depuis [sic] & sons in reverc'ion', countersigned at the foot by Henry Bennet, 1st earl of Arlington, manuscript on paper, a little spotting, 2 pages plus integral blank bearing endorsements, folio The game of pall-mall, or pell-mell, played with a mallet rather like croquet, was popular with the aristocracy in the 17th century, and a court had been laid out in part of St James's near to the royal palace and close to what is now the road known as Pall Mall. Samuel Pepys described in his Diary having seen the Duke of York playing the game, and Charles II was himself a regular player. (1)

Phillips (Philip). The Forth Bridge in its Various Stages of Construction and Compared with the Most Notable Bridges of the World, Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son, [1889], lithograph title, numerous illustrations, plans and black & white plates from photographs etc. (printed to one side only), recent red buckram hinges, all edges gilt, original pale red cloth, gilt blocked title & image of the Forth Bridge to upper board, rebacked preserving original cloth spine, some fading & scuffing, oblong folio (1)

[Yokohama Nursery Co Ltd]. Rare Hardy Japanese Peonies, Iris, Maples, Magnolias &c [so titled on upper cover], circa 1890, a sample catalogue containing 93 leaves of fine colour lithograph plates with magnificent hand-coloured blooms on Japanese tissue paper, arranged in eight sections with printed paper label mounted as section title before each part, comprising tree peonies (10), hardy Japanese flowering cherries (6 illustrations on 3 leaves), Gauntlett's Japanese herbaceous peonies (27), hardy Japanese maples (31 illustrations on 4 leaves), hydrangeas (9), hardy magnolias (9 illustrations on 5 leaves) and new hardy Japanese irises (35), many with printed and numbered title and price slip pasted to inner or lower margins, a few touching illustrations, versos blank, small typed ticket 'Set 27' to inside front cover, near-contemporary limp morocco with stab-stitched cloth spine tie, gilt-titled upper cover and with importer's stamp in gilt at lower margin, 'V.N. Gauntlett & Co. Japanese Nurseries, Chiddingfold, Surrey', small printed adhesive label at upper margin, 'When returning, kindly see that the Book of Lilies in included', heavily rubbed and some wear to extremities, oblong folio (28 x 37 cm) The Yokohama Nursery Company was founded in 1890 and though Gauntlett's Japanese Nurseries moved to Chiddingfold in 1907 this catalogue must be of an earlier date as from 1900 the Yokohama Nursery catalogues contained chromolithographed illustrations. Very rare. (1)

Kingsley (Charles). The Water Babies, circa 1920, 12 tipped-in colour plates, plus black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, original illustrated orange cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with Dickens (Charles), The Personal History of David Copperfield, circa 1880, 61 black and white illustrations, by J. Barnard, some spotting and minor tears, contemporary gilt decorated plum half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 4to, and Beerbohm (Max), The Poets' Corner, 1904, 19 colour plates, some minor toning, original illustrated boards with red cloth spine, boards slightly rubbed and marked, folio, plus other early 20th century literature and modern bibliography reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Burden (Philip D.). The Mapping of North America, published Raleigh Publications 1996 [and] The Mapping of North America II, published Raleigh Publications, 2007, two 'de-luxe' edition volumes with numerous colour and black & white illustrations throughout, both signed by the author, both volumes limited edition, volume one 84/100 and volume two 12/50, uniform half burgundy morocco gilt, folio (2)

Cotton (Robert). An Exact Abridgment of the Records in the Tower of London, from the reign of King Edward II, unto King Richard III, revised, rectified... and supplied with a preface, marginal notes... by William Prynne, printed for William Leake, 1657, title with small excision towards lower outer corner, contemporary blind-ruled calf, modern reback, thick folio, together with Cowley (Abraham), Works..., now published out of the authors original copies, first collected edition, printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne (slightly trimmed and relined), 19th century half calf with gilt morocco spine label, a little rubbed, folio, plus Mundy (Captain), Pen and Pencil Sketches, being the journal of a tour in India, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1833, etched plates, some light spotting, school prize ink inscription to front endpaper of first volume dated July 1842, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, modern gilt rebacks, 8vo, and other various antiquarian interest, including a defective copy of William Guthrie's Geographical Grammar, 19th edition, 1801, John Jacob, Annals of Some of the British Norman Isles, constituting the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Part I [all published], Paris, 1830, lithograph plates and other illustrations, some scattered spotting throughout, early owners' presentation inscriptions to front endpaper, dated 1855 and 1877, Guy Mige, The Great French Dictionary, 1688 (some fraying with loss to fore-edge of early leaves), folio, etc. (a carton)

Charcot (Jean). The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic. The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910, 1st English edition, [1911], folding panorama frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription, small blindstamp to rear endpaper, rear hinge a little tender, original cloth, upper cover with vignette blocked in gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 4to (Spence 262), together with [Churchill, Awnsham & John]. Two Journals: The First kept by Seven Sailers in the Isle of St. Maurice in Greenland, in the Year 1633, 1634. Who pass'd the Winter, and all died in the said Island. The Second kept by seven other sailers, who in the Years 1633 and 1634. Winter'd at Spitzbergen; with an account of their adventures and sufferings, from the bears and whales, insuportable cold and storms &c. Done out of Low-Dutch, circa 1703, pages 415-430, double column, modern blue cloth, folio (extract from Churchill's Voyages, circa 1703), plus Captain Thomas James's Strange and Dangerous Voyage in his intended discovery of the North-West Passage into the South Sea: In the Years 1631 and 1632... with an Appendix concerning Longitude, by Mr. Henry Gallibrand... circa 1732, pages [479]-544, double column, a little light soiling, modern cloth-backed boards, folio (extract from Churchill's Voyages, volume II, circa 1732), and Amedeo (Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi), On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea... translated by William Le Quex, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, 1903, two folding maps contained in volume II rear pocket, occasional light water stain and soiling, endpapers renewed, original green cloth gilt, rebacked with original spines relaid, large 8vo (5)

Speed (John). [The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans: Their Originals, Manners, Habits, Warres, Coines, and Seales: with the Successions, Lives, Acts, and Issues of the English Monarchs, from Julius Caesar, to our most Gracious Soveraigne King James. The second edition revised, and enlarged, London: John Beale, for George Humble, 1623], lacking initial blank, title, R3 and last two leaves, erratic pagination, numerous woodcut illustrations, some staining, old repairs and creasing mostly to initial few leaves, final leaves creased and frayed, later boards, covers detached, worn, folio (STC 23047a), plus other miscellaneous antiquarian including odd volumes Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (small carton)

Homer. Ilias seu potius omnia eius quae extant opera. Studio & cura Ob. Giphanii I.C. quam emendatissime edita, cum eiusdem scholiis & indicibus novis, Strasbourg, Theodosius Rihelius, [1572], 893 + [73] pages, dedication dated XIIII Kalend Aprilis A.D. 1572, title with printer's woodcut device, a few minor marks, near-contemporary ink annotation to rear pastedown 'Joa. Spondani in Hom. Basil. in folio' (a reference to the classical scholar Johann Spondani, or Jean de Sponde, 1557-1595, and his 1583 edition of Homer published in Basel in folio), contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, rubbed and some marks, thick 8vo (1)

The British Library (publisher). The Luttrell Psalter, a facsimile, 2006, numerous colour facsimile pages, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with Panayotova (Stella), The Macclesfield Psalter, 2008, numerous colour facsimile illustrations, original illustrated blue cloth in illustrated slipcase, 4to, and Taschen (publisher), The Luther Bible of 1534, volumes 1 & 2, complete facsimile edition, 2002, numerous colour facsimile pages, uniform original gilt decorated brown cloth, large 8vo, plus 8 similar volumes of facsimile and illuminated manuscripts and related reference, all original cloth, some in slipcases and dust jackets, G/VG, 4to/folio (12)

Cunard White Star. A photographically illustrated scrap album of a cruise undertaken by W.A. Southgate aboard RMS Franconia, 1937, including Cunard menus and programme, postcards, photographs and snapshots, cuttings, telegram, etc., neatly pasted on to over 100 rectos, a few items loosely inserted, contemporary cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Scrap albums, Four Victorian scrap albuns, containing pencil drawings, watercolours, engravings and scraps, a few leaves excised, mixed bindings, 3 are 4to and one folio, various condition (5)

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous modern history, biography and literature reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio From the library of Richard Adams. (6 shelves + a carton)

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous modern history, biography and literature reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio From the library of Richard Adams. (6 shelves + a carton)

Folio Society. The Second World War, volumes 1-6, by Winston Churchill, 2000, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, volumes 1 & 2, by William L. Shirer, 1995, Between Silk and Cyanide, by Leo Marks, 2013, Mass-Observation, Britain in the Second World War, by Sandra Koa Wing, 2007, Five Days in London, May 1940, by John Lukacs, 2011, together with 9 further volumes, all World War II and military related, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (20)

Shahn (Ben, illustrator). Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, by John Berryman, With Pictures by Ben Shahn, 1st edition, New York, 1956, monochrome illustrations, original pictorial boards in price-clipped dust wrapper, 8vo, VG, together with November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three, Poem by Wendell Berry, Drawings by Ben Shahn, New York, 1963, one colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth with slipcase, a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, plus Ounce Dice Trice, by Alastair Reid, Drawings by Ben Shahn, 1st edition, 1958, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, 4to, and Hamlet, A Television Script, adapted by Michael Benthall and Ralph Nelson for presentation on the CBS Television Network by The Old Vic Company, February 25, 1959, monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers with glassine over-wrapper (a little loss to spine), with original printed red publisher's insert, 4to, plus other books illustrated by and on Ben Shahn, including Haggadah for Passover, 1965, folio, Ben Shahn, Paintings/Graphic Art, by James Thrall Soby, 2 volumes, 1963, Maximus of Tyre, On the Dispute About Images, 1964, Kuboyama and the Saga of the Lucky Dragon, 1965, etc., many in dust wrappers (some paperbound), mostly 4to/8vo (25)

*Miller (Captain James). [A Treatise on backsword, sword, buckler, sword and dagger, sword and great gaunlet, falchon, quarterstaff, 1738], lacking title, preliminaries and endpapers, portrait of the author with a list of plates and a brief explanation, fifteen (complete as list) uncoloured engraved plates by G. Scotin, some marginal closed tears, last plate torn with loss, portrait with dust soiling, slight spotting to margins, disbound, oblong folio Rare. Only one copy listed on Copac. No auction records found. (1)

Preston (T. & Thompson, G., publishers). A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice, with Introductory & Concluding Symphonies & Accompaniments for the Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncello, by Pleyel, Kozeluch & Haydn..., Airs including upwards of One Hundred New Songs by Burns, 2 volumes (of 3?), circa 1800, engraved frontispiece to each, some heavy offsetting of music to text leaves in first volume, second volume somewhat damp stained, both title-pages signed by G. Thompson, contemporary half calf, some wear to first volume and second volume covers partly defective and upper cover detached, folio, together with a large group of similar mostly 19th-century volumes of printed music scores, various bindings, some wear, 4to/folio (4 cartons)

Goldsmith (Oliver & Parnell, Thomas). Poems, printed by W. Bulmer And Co., 1795, 5 black and white plates, plus illustrations, some minor toning, front board and endpapers detached, rear board partially detached, boards and spine rubbed with some loss, large 4to, together with Wallace (D. Mackenzie), Russia, 2nd edition, 1877, 2 colour folding maps frontispieces, tears to both maps, both volumes partially disbound, uniform original gilt decorated orange cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th and 20th century literature and historical reference, including Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, volumes 1-6, 1807-08, some leather bindings, some original cloth, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous modern history, biography and literature reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio From the library of Richard Adams. (6 shelves + a carton)

Natalibus (Petrus de, Bishop of Equilio). Catalogus Sanctorum vitas, passiones, & miracula commodissime annectens, ex variis voluminibus selectus..., Lyon: Aegidium & Jacobum Huguetan, 1542, title in red & black with printer's woodcut device and within woodcut decorative border (with early inscription), numerous woodcut illustrations including full-page Nativity illustration of the adoration of Christ by Hans Springinklee (depicting Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus in the ruins of a classical building instead of the traditional stable), decorative woodcut initials, double-column black letter text, woodcut device to verso of final leaf, early marginalia to verso of bii, light toning and scattered spotting, modern antique style vellum, manuscript title to spine, folio Adams N51. An uncommon collection of saints' legends, first published in 1493 in Vicenza. Hans Springinklee (circa 1490/1495-circa 1540) was a German artist from Nuremberg, a pupil of Durer, and best known for his woodcuts. Springinklee's Nativity engraving first appeared several years earlier, in 1517, in a devotional prayer book known as Hortulus Animae (The Garden of the Soul), published in Lyon by Jean Clein. The image appears to have been used in various works including editions of the Latin Vulgate Bible printed in Lyon. (1)

Talwin Morris Bindings. The Modern Carpenter, Joiner and Cabinet-Maker, A Complete Guide to Current Practice, by G. Lister Sutcliffe, 8 volumes, Gresham Publishing Co., 1903, monochrome plates and illustrations, original uniform dark green cloth gilt, with Glasgow style design by Talwin Morris, a little rubbed and minor marks to extremities, folio, together with Modern Power Generators, by James Weir French, 2 volumes, Gresham Publishing Company, [1908], colour printed fold-out diagrams, monochrome illustrations, original green cloth gilt, with Glasgow style design by Talwin Morris, a little rubbed (generally in good condition), plus 2 other similar works with cover designs by Talwin Morris: Modern House Construction by G. Lister Sutcliffe, 6 volumes, 1900, & Science in Modern Life, by J.R. Ainsworth Davis, 6 volumes, Gresham Publishing Company, 1908, all in good condition, folio/4to (22)

Folio Society. History of The Conquest of Mexico, by William H. Prescott, 1994, A History of Chinese Civilisation, volumes 1 & 2, by Jacques Gernet, 2002, Touching the Void, by Joe Simpson, 2008, On Liberty..., by John Stuart Mill, 2008, Travels in the Interior of Africa, by Mungo Park, 1984, together with 68 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, plus 8 volumes without slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (85)

Beerbohm (Max). A Book of Caricatures, 1st edition, 1907, mounted colour frontispiece and monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt with paper label to upper cover, rubbed and marked and spine faded, folio, together with Menpes (Mortimer & Dorothy), Brittany, Adam & Charles Black, 1905, numerous colour plates, top edge gilt, original decorated cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, with some discolouration, large 8vo, limited edition 270/350 signed by Mortimer Menpes, plus other literature and illustrated books, including first editions, including Thomas Hardy, Jude The Obscure, 1896, James Agate, Their Hour Upon The Stage, Mandarin Press, 1930, one of 56 copies, inscribed by the author to his publisher Frank Whitworth, C.F. Tunnicliffe, Shorelands Summer Diary, 1st edition, 1952, etc. (3 shelves)

Folio Society. The Works of Charles Dickens, 16 volumes, by Charles Dickens, 1988, The Realm of the Unreal and Other Stories, by Ambrose Bierce, 2009, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, 1993, To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf, 1988, The Palliser Novels, 6 volumes, by Anthony Trollope, together with 13 further volumes, all fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (39)

Cambieri (Andrea). Italiae Illustratae seu rarum, urbiumque Italicarum scriptores varii, notae melioris. Nunc primum collecti simulque editi, Frankfurt, in Bibliopolio Cambieriano, 1600, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, text in double-column, 6 copper engraved plates (of which 4 are folding), including a view of the Bay of Naples, a bird's-eye view of the town of Nola, and a map of the island of Malta, some pale browning with associated marginal spotting, light waterstain to upper outer corners to first half of volume, contemporary full-calf stamped in black, with the letters IBULGS, and the date 1601 to upper cover, rear cover with central oval gilt blindstamp decoration, with remains of ties, spine with raised bands, joints discreetly restrengthened with split to head of rear joint and foot of upper joint, rubbed and some marked to edges, folio Adams I252. Fine copy in contemporary binding of this compilation of texts on the history of Italy, including Sabellicus on Venice, Paulo Giovio on Lake Como, Ambrosio Leoni on Nola, Claudio Maria Arezzo on Sicily, and a description of the island of Malta from Jean Quintin's Insulae Melitae descriptio amongst others. Provenance: Formerly Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C. (with small ink withdrawal stamp to rear pastedown). (1)

Reynolds (James, publisher). A Series of Popular Astronomical Diagrams Illustrting the Principal Phenomena of this sublime science on six sheets, beautifully coloured with descriptive notes..., circa 1865, six double sheet colour lithographs of the solar system after John Emslie, occasional marginal closed tears, publisher's printed paper wrappers with title to upper cover, covers with marginal fraying and closed tears and some dust soiling, slim upright folio, supplied with small eight page explanatory booklet, 8vo, together with Methods of Ascertaining the Longitude [and] Methods of Ascertaining the Latitude, published James Reynolds, circa 1850, two (from the series of Astronomical Diagram Cards) colour lithographs, some fraying to margins, each approximately 280 x 220 mm A set of six large-scale astronomical projections. The simplicity of the designs would suggest that they were intended to educate children. The six diagrams depict The Solar System, The Seasons, The Earth and its Atmosphere, The Phases of the Moon, Eclipses, and Tides. Not listed in Copac. We cannot find a copy appearing in auction although one other example is currently for sale in the United States. (3)

Bawden (Edward, illustrator). Adam and Evelyn at Kew or Revolt in the Gardens by Robert Herring, illustrated by Edward Bawden, 1st edition, 1930, colour plates and endpapers by Bawden, original cloth-backed patterned boards with matching dust wrapper, spine darkened and chipped with loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with BBC Year Book 1947, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper designed by Bawden, with glassine over-wrapper (a little loss), wrapper a little chipped with minor loss to head of spine, 8vo, plus The Voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput & Brobdingnag by Dean Swift, Folio Society, 1948, colour lithograph plates by Bawden, original cloth-backed marbled boards gilt in dust wrapper designed by Bawden, very slightly frayed to extremities (very good copy), and other works illustrated by Edward Bawden, including London A to Z, 1953, in original pictorial wrappers, The Walled City, by Elspeth Huxley, 1948, in dust wrapper, Mr Byculla, by Eric Linklater, 1950, in dust wrapper, Genevieve, by Jacques Lemarchand, translated by Rosamund Lehmann, [1950], with dust wrapper, The Hammering, by Hal Martin, 1960, with dust wrapper, Good Drinks by Ambrose Heath, 1939, with dust wrapper, Vegetable Dishes by Ambrose Heath, 1938, with dust wrapper, Review of Revues & Other Matters, edited by C.B., 1930 (with calendar designed by Bawden), with dust wrapper, A New Essay upon Tea, 1936, Gardener's Diary for 1937 (designed throughout by Bawden), original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some browning to edges, Official Guide to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, by Julian Huxley, 1938 (with colour lithograph map by Bawden at rear), bound in original printed wrappers, some marks, etc., mainly 8vo (20)

Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament, illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament, Bernard Quartich, 1910, 112 chromolithograph plates, tissue-guard to each, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated marooon cloth, very slightly rubbed to extremities (generally a very good copy), folio, together with Seguin (L.G.), A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Tyrol, Italy, Scandinavia, Strahan & Company, 1881, numerous wood engraved plates on japan paper, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original decorated vellum gilt, rubbed and some soiling and discolouration to spine, large folio, limited edition deluxe printed on handmade paper with proofs of illustrations on japanese paper, numbered 31, from a total edition of 600 (2)

Calligraphic Maths Manuscript. A mathematical exercise book, compiled by Robert Scantlebury, 1713/14, written in single and double columns in a very neat hand with many calligraphic headings and flourishes, covering basic arithmetic, reduction, fractions, rule of three, interest, annuities, barter, etc., a total of 96 leaves including two pages with seven receipts at rear, 'A drench for a horse', 'Balls for a horse', 'To make blacking for shoes', 'For horse subject to malanders', 'A powder for the seeth', 'A choice receipt for making salve', and 'Receipt for worms for children', evidence of several leaves excised at rear and a few leaves near detached, calligraphic ownership name to first leaf, contemporary panelled calf, worn, leather lifting from boards and spine deficient, folio Roberts Scantlebury, born 11 December 1700, son of John and Mary, a Quaker family from Falmouth, Cornwall. (1)

Sewter (A. Charles). The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, volumes 1 & 2, 1974, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, uniform original grey cloth, boards lightly marked, large 4to, together with Surtees (Virginia), The Paintings and Drawings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), A Catalogue Raisonn‚, volumes 1 & 2, Oxford, 1971, numerous black and white plates, uniform original red cloth in price clipped dust jackets, large 8vo, and Burd (Van Akin, editor), The Ruskin Family Letters..., volumes 1 & 2, Cornell University Press, 1973, 2 black and white frontispieces, uniform original red cloth in slipcase, 8vo, and other Pre-Raphaelite reference and related, including The Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, volumes 1 & 2, New York, 1909, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (approx. 75)

*Bonds and Share Certificates. A group of more than 200 certificates, mid 19th century to early 20th century, including pre-printed decorative certicates from UK, China, Russia, USA, France, Hungary, Romania, etc., many with attractive vignettes or coupons, folio sizes (approx. 200+)

Bearn (Louis Hector de). [Quelques souvenirs d'une campagne en Turquie, published Paris, 1839], lacking title, dedication and introduction leaf, 62 lithograph plates (complete), each with a printed page of explanatory text, water stained throughout, contemporary half morocco, lacking spine, boards detached, heavily rubbed and worn, folio (Atabey 77), together with Hassell (J.), Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Morland..., 1806, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title and six plates, some dampstaining, contemporary half calf, joints broken, worn, 4to, with Pinkerton (John), An Essay on Medals: or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Ancient and Modern Coins and Medals; Especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1808, six engraved plates, modern calf gilt, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books, including some antiquarian and partly bound volumes etc. (2 cartons)

Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Stafford-shire..., printed at the Theatre, Oxford, 1686, lacking title and preliminaries, title replaced in near contemporary manuscript facsimile, without folding map, 32 uncoloured engraved plates only (including 23 double page), with an additional six duplicate double page images loosely inserted, some closed tears and trimming to margins of engravings, front pastedown with book plate of Elizabeth Adams (wife of Richard Adams, author of Watership Down), a 20th century manuscript presentation inscription, the bookplate of Mainsforth Library and old book dealers description and price label, near contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and repaired at corners, worn, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Bligh (William). Log of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789, [Guildford]: Genesis Publications, 1975, fine facsimile with illustrations and folding charts, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, housed in original cloth book box with red morocco spine label, book box slightly rubbed and marked, folio Limited edition, 222/500 copies, this copy with Zaehnsdorf Edition limitation page and one of only 50 specially bound copies, each signed by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. (1)

Antiquarian. A large collection of mostly 18th and 19th century miscellaneous literature and reference, including foreign language, mostly leather bindings, some vellum and cloth bindings, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio, approximately 150 volumes (6 shelves)

Thomas (Aquinas, Saint). Super secundo libro Sententiarum Petri Lombardi (ed. Cornelius Sambucus), [Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 22 December 1498], [1]-157 leaves, double-column black letter text, decorative initials printed black on white, inscription to upper blank margin of second leaf, last (colophon) leaf provided in facsimile (printed to recto only & therefore without imprint details to verso), some dampstaining with damp soiling to upper outer corners to initial leaves and particularly towards rear of volume, final 20 leaves repaired to upper & lower outer corners with loss of some text to last 11 leaves provided in facsimile, modern vellum, folio Goff T165. (1)

*Lisbon Revolution. A manuscript eye-witness account of the Revolution in Lisbon in 1836, 7 pages of handwritten text in brown ink, dated Lisbon, November 3rd 1836, and apparently written by a member of the British Naval Forces present, folded where previously creased, and with title to blank side 'Novr. 3d 1836 Revolution at Lisbon Copy of Wms Report of it', together with a folio ledger containing a Register of Members of the Dimbula Valley (Ceylon) Tea Company Limited, 1896-1930, comprising shareholders names and addresses, transfers and acquisitions of shares, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and some marks and soiling, thick folio (2)

Culpepper (Nicholas). The Complete Herbal..., new edition, 1840, 20 hand-coloured plates to the rear plus black and white portrait frontispiece, modern endpapers, some toning and light spotting, modern gilt decorated tan half morocco, boards and spine lightly faded and marked, 4to, together with Barber (Noel), The White Desert, 1st edition, 1958, black and white illustrations with map frontispiece, some minor spotting, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked and rubbed, 8vo, and other early 20th century and modern Arctic reference and related, including approximately 70 volumes Australasian Antarctic Expedition, circa 1920s, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Hogarth (William). The Works of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath..., published Baldwin and Cradock, circa 1822, portrait frontispiece (detached), title page, introduction and contents list, 151 uncoloured engravings only on 113 sheets, with two additional engravings from the 'suppressed plates' loosely inserted, some closed tears, some spotting throughout, text block detached, contents shaken and loose, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spine, worn to extremities, large folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Bruyn (Cornelis de). Voyage au Levant, c'est-…-dire, dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie Mineure, dans les isles de Chio, Rhodes, & Chypre &c. De meme que dans les plus considerables villes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et de la Terre Sainte, Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1714, additional engraved title by J. Mulder after R. Du Val (some light browning), title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the author by G. Valck after Kneller, folding engraved map, 97 (of 98) folding or full-page engraved plates, including views, costumes, etc., lacking plate 3 facing page 21, many engraved illustrations to text, occasional light spotting and pale toning throughout (as usual), contemporary owner's annotation regarding purchase to title 'Emi 37: LL die 20 a. Jan. 1715. Bouchaud', contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, heavily rubbed and somewhat worn to edges and corners, upper joint partly cracked, thick folio Blackmer 225. Navari 225. Cohen-De Ricci 610. The second French edition, with large panoramic views of Alexandria, Constantinople, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Aleppo, Palmyra, and elsewhere. (1)

Nieuhof (Johan). Fourteen engraved plates from An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham or Emperour of China, 1669, 14 fine copper engravings, mainly by Wenceslaus Hollar, from Ogilby's translation of Nieuhof's Embassy, including one double-page plan of Canton, one or two short closed tears and minor marginal repairs (plates generally in good condition), bound together with 9 engraved plates from Ogilby's Asia (1673), including 3 double-page, 19 engraved views of battle scenes from Claude Du Bosc, The Military History of the late Prince Eugene of Savoy, and of the late John Duke of Marlborough, 1736-37, some loose and with margins trimmed, and a further 7 folding engraved maps from the same work, all bound together in 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, heavily rubbed and scuffed, folio (42 x 26.5 cm) Interesting collection of various engraved plates and views of foreign lands, including some of the famous illustrations by Hollar to Nieuhof's Embassy to China, including the portrait of the boy emperor Kangxi, portrait of the German mandarin Adam Scaliger, Matteo Ricci, prospect of the inner court of the Emperor's Palace at Peking, view of Nanking, plan of Canton, a Chinese pagoda, views of the city and castle of Batavia, Macao, etc. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). De Architectura libri decem, cum commentariis Danielis Barbari, Multis aedificiorum, horologiorum, et machinarum descriptionibus, & figuris, Venice, Francesco Senese & Johann Chrieger, 1567, title with publisher's woodcut device and full-page woodcut illustration to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, title and following two leaves with minor restoration to extreme lower outer corners, some minor marks to outer margins elsewhere, contemporary limp vellum, with ties, rubbed and some light soiling, folio Adams V909. Fowler 409. Mortimer, Italian Books 550. Cicognara 716. The influential first Latin edition of Vitruvius, with the commentary of Daniele Barbaro, translated from the Italian edition of 1556, and with the addition of the bird's-eye view of Venice. (1)

Barbo (Paolo). Questiones metaphysicales acutissime, novissime revise atque emendate, Venice: Heirs of Ottaviano Scoto, 1526, [16], 193, [1] leaves including final blank, bound with Boneto (Niccolo), Habes quattuor volumina: Metaphysicam videlicet naturalem phylosophiam praedicamenta necnon theologiam naturalem, Recognita nuper per magnificum dominum Laurentium Venerium, Venice: Heirs of Ottaviano Scoto for Boneto Locatello, 1505, 134 leaves, both works in double column, woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device at end of each, some old damp-staining at front and rear, some browning and marginal fraying to first and last leaves not affecting text, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary limp vellum with manuscript spine title, some soiling and damp-wrinkling, lacks ties, folio (305 x 215mm) 1) Edit 16, CNCE 4171; not in Adams; STC. 2) Adams B2414; Edit 16, CNCE 6951; STC 119. (1)

Daniell (William). A Voyage round the North and North-West Coast of Scotland and the Adjacent Islands with a series of Views Illustrative of their Character and most prominent features, published W. Lewis, circa 1820, printed title with large ownership signature, dedication to the Marchioness of Stafford, 42 aquatint plates with contemporary hand colouring (complete), some offsetting to text, later ownership stamp to front pastedown and front blank, near contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, folio (1)

Chinese School. An album of 272 watercolours, circa 1850, watercolours on paper, each tipped on to contemporary card boards, illustrating tools, furniture, fishing nets, clothes, jewellery, animals, weapons, dice, glasses and musical instruments, occasional spotting, a few images creased, each image approximately 85 x 85 mm, all edges gilt, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, minor wear, oblong folio (26 x 35 cm, 10.25 x 13.75 ins) Possibly produced as a merchant's catalogue, or sample book. The images have a naive charm and may well be simply a collection of Chinese objects commissioned by a foreign visitor. (1)