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[Warton, Thomas, editor]. The Oxford Sausage; or Select Poetical Piece, written by the most Celebrated Wits of the University of Oxford, new edition, 1814, woodcut portrait frontispiece (with linen strip reattachment to verso), woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, large paper copy with edges untrimmed, original boards, old reback, joints cracked and some wear, small folio, together with The Uptonian, Complete in one volume, (No. 1-4 December 1833-June 1836), Upton-Upon-Severn, 1836 [1833-36], some spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, 8vo (only one UK institutional location found at British Library), plus [Heberden, Charles Buller, editor], Brasenose Ale. A Collection of Verses annually presented on Shrove Tuesday, by the Butler of Brasenose College, Oxford, revised, with additions..., Oxford, 1901, black & white frontispiece, original cloth gilt, a little marked, 8vo (3)

Williamson (Captain Thomas). Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East..., 2 volumes, published for Edward Orme, 1808, additional decorative title to each volume, dedication and preface, thirty-nine (of forty) aquatint plates, lacking 'A Tiger prowling through a village', plate 1 with contemporary hand colouring, the remainder uncoloured, slight toning throughout, volume two wormed, near contemporary half calf gilt, worn and rubbed at extremities, boards with worming, 8vo, together with Archibald Constable and Company (publisher), Illustrations of Indian Field Sports..., 1892, additional half title, ten chromolithographic plates, publisher's cloth with decorative upper board of a resting tiger, a little worn at extremities, oblong 8vo, with Williamson (Captain Thomas), Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East..., from the Drawings of Samuel Howett, published for Edward Orme, 1807, additional decorative title with contemporary hand colouring, one (only of forty) aquatint plate remaining (Shooting at the edge of the jungle), contemporary hand colouring, contemporary morocco gilt to spine and edges, both sidings with colour images of a resting tiger, worn and frayed, oblong folio Sold as a collection opf prints, not subject to return. (4)

Bennett (Terry). Photography in Japan 1853-1912, 1st edition, Tuttle Publishing, 2006, colour and black & white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Bukers (Alan & others), Exotic Postcards, The Lure of Distant Lands, 1st edition, 2007, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, both 4to, plus Worswick (Clark & Embree, Ainslie), The Last Empire, Photography in British India, 1855-1911, 1st edition, 1976, black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly rubbed and soiled with a few marginal splits, oblong folio, plus others related (25)

Cork (Richard). Vorticism and Abstract Art in the First Machine Age, 2 volumes, 1975-76, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed and marked, large 8vo, together with Grigsby (Leslie B.), The Henry H. Weldon Colletion, English Pottery 1650-1800, 1st edition, 1990, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 8vo, and Hoet (Jan), Fetting, 1st edition, 2009, inscribed by the artist to the title page, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards to organge cloth spine, large 8vo, plus other modern art and antique reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (38)

Dresser (Christopher). Studies in Design, 1st edition, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1874-76], lithographed title-page and sixty lithographed plates, of which fifty-seven chromolithographed, with captioned tissue guards, occasional spotting and stains (mostly to margins), lacking one text leaf (pp.7/8), marbled endpapers, hinges reinforced with fabric tape, contemporary burgundy half morocco, rubbed and some edge-wear, upper cover a little marked, folio (1)

Gilbert (Christopher). The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1st edition, Studio Vista, 1978, numerous monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, thick 4to, together with Joy (Edward), Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Antique Collectors' Club, 1980, numerous monochrome illustrations, original brown cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, plus Ramond (Pierre), Masterpieces of Marquetry, 3 volumes, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2000, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrappers, with slipcase, folio, VG, and others on the history of furniture, including Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1979, Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, 1979, etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, mainly 4to (25)

Kenna (Michael). Easter Island, 2001, limited edition 469/1000, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 4to, together with Frajndlich (Abe), Penelope's Hungry Eyes, 1st edition, 2011, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards in dust jackets, lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, and Riboud (Marc), Istanbul, Paris, 2003, inscribed by the artist to the title page, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, large 4to, plus other modern photography reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 4to/folio (38)

Pergolesi (Michelangelo). [Original Designs of Vases, Figures, Medallions, etc., Published by the Author, 1779-92], 62 engraved plates only including 2 plates numbered 56 presented here as frontispiece and dedication leaf (offset and long closed horizontal tear), some plates numbered in manuscript upper right, plates 10, 13-15, 20, 31-33, 46, 47, 49, 61, 62, 64, 66 and 68 laid down or tipped on to added blank rectos, plates 34 and 51-57 rehinged, lacks plates 30, 35, 36, 40, 63, 65, 67 and 69-70, some occasional browning, soiling, dampstaining and marginal splits and tears, an additional 6 leaves at rear with 26 related engraved strips of designs and 2 19th-century pencil and watercolour designs (24 x 30 cm and slightly smaller) pasted to rectos, 19th-century red half morocco over marbled boards, heavily rubbed, folio (495 x 345 mm)Harris, British Architectural Books and Writers 1556-1785, 699: 'The number of plates varies, seventy-three in George III's in the BL is the greatest number found'. This lot sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Sandier (Alex). Les Cartons de la Manufacture Nationale de Sevres, Epoque Moderne, Paris: Ch. Massin, circa 1900, twenty-eight plates, all but four with pochoir colour, some light toning, and occasional minor spotting, loosely contained as issued in original quarter cloth portfolio, rubbed and marked, and some minor edge-wear, folio, together with Belet (Emile), Modeles & Documents Modernes pour La Ceramique, la Bijouterie & les Arts appliques, Paris: Armand Guerinet, circa 1900, twenty-four (of 26) pochoir plates (lacking plates 11 and 26), some adhesive tape remains and stains to edges (not affecting images), loosely inserted as issued in original cloth-back printed boards, slightly marked and faded, folio, plus eight others related The second item is scarce. (10)

Wood (Robert). The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart, London: printed in the year 1753, 3 engraved plates of inscriptions by T. Gibson, 57 engraved plates, including folding panoramic view by Thomas Major, and other views, plans, and elevations, by Fourdrinier and Muller, after Giovanni Battista Borra, title with light overall spotting, occasional light marginal spotting elsewhere, bookplate to front pastedown removed, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, rubbed and scuffed, old reback, large folio (56 x 38 cm, 22 x 15 ins) Fowler 443. Harris 939. Wide-margined copy. A pioneering work of archaeological rediscovery, Woods' Palmyra exercised an important influence on British architecture and design. (1)

Wyatt (Matthew Digby). Metal-Work and its Artistic Design, printed in colours, and published by Day & Sons, 1852, 50 chromolithographed and tinted lithographed plates, including additional title, large folio (51.5 x 35 cm, 20.3 x 14 ins) (1)

Alloway (Lawrence, House, Gordon & Turnbull, William, editors). Gazette, numbers 1 & 2 [all published], 1961, single folded folio printed sheet, monochrome illustrations, texts by Caro, Bernard Cohen, Richard Smith, Kitaj, etc., horizontal crease where previously folded, some marks, slim folio, together with Painting Towards Environment, numbers 1 & 2, [December 1963], 8-page folded folio sheet, monochrome illustrations, texts by or on Malcolm Hughes, Tess Jaray, Michael Kidner, and Michael Tyzack, etc., horizontal crease where previously folded, some minor marks, slim folio, plus other exhibition catalogues and related ephemera, including approximately 100 private view invitation cards, etc., relating to post-war British artists of the 1950s and 60s, including Tim Wallis, James Meller, George Coral & Raymond Wilson, New Vision Centre, February 8-27, 1960, with 5 various printed sheets loosely contained in original brown paper wrappers with photographic illustration to upper cover, slim square 8vo, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Marlborough Fine Art, July 1968, colour and monochrome illustrations, cover with gold, silver and clear plastic overlay (designed by Toni del Renzio), small square 4to, mostly all original printed wrappers, mostly stapled as issues, slim 8vo (approx. 250)NB. The quantity of this lot has been amended from approx. 150 to approx. 250.

Royal College of Art. Art/Politics: Theory/Practice, Conference, Wednesday 1-4 May, [1974], printed newsprint poster in red and black, creased where previously folded, some browning to central horizontal crease, 76 x 50.5 cm, together with Hanover Gallery. Norman Stevens, 5-30 November 1968, colour screenprint exhibition poster, printed by Sergio Tosi, Milan, creased where previously folded, sheet size 84 x 57.5 cm, plus Tummers (Nic, and Tjebbe van Tijen), Osaka: Progress and Harmony of Mankind, [1967 or 1968], newsprint poster, inviting opinions and suggestions for the next World's Fair in Osaka in 1970, creased where previously folded, 60 x 44 cm, and other similar broadsides and posters, including Bibliotheque Universitaire d'Orleans, Occupation booklet, 1969, 3 sheets of printed typed text, 27 x 21 cm, Bernard Aubertin (1934-2015), Aubertin 9 Textes, 1968, printed broadside, proposing a happening involving giant matchsticks, single folio sheet, creased where previously folded, 50 x 33 cm, etc The 1974 RCA Conference was organised by an Anglo-Dutch Marxist student group called Alternative Directions, with Stuart Hood as Chairman, and speakers including Peter de Francia, Roger Taylor, Toni del Renzio, John Stezaker, Peter Smith and Peter Fink. (9)

Tapie (Michel). Esth‚tique, Centro Internazionale di Ricerche Estetiche Torino, 2 volumes, 1967-68, monochrome illustrations, both original printed wrappers, contained in original printed over wrapper, with author's presentation inscription to Nicholas Tresilian to the inside cover of the outer wrapper, some fraying and discolouration to outer wrapper, folio, together with others on modern European art, including a catalogue for the XXVII Venice Biennale, 1954, in original printed wrappers, rubbed and some wear, thick 8vo, the Cinquieme Biennale de Paris, 29 Septembre au 5 Novembre 1967, Galerie Denise Ren‚, Paris, Soto, Mai/Juin, 1967 (with kinetic cover design), Asger Jorn Luxury Paintings, Arthur Tooth, 30 May-24 June 1961, Jean Dubuffet, Elements Botaniques, Arthur Tooth, 31 May-18 June 1960, etc., mostly original printed wrappers, all printed in French (and some in German), various sizes (40)

The Book of Kells. Facsimile edition of MS 58 in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, & Faksimile Verlag Luzern, Lucerne, 1990, sumptuous facsimile bound in original full cream kid by Burkhardt Bookbinders of M”nchaltorf, Zurich, contained in a black leather presentation box designed by Ernst Ammering, embellished with silver-plated mountings and gold embossing after medieval Irish ornamentation and the Book of Kells, large 4to, together with original commentary volume in slipcase, folio Limited edition, 1474/1480 copies. (2)

Domesday Book. Cornwall/Devon/Dorset/Shropshire/Surrey/Sussex, Introduction & Translation, Studies and Folios & Maps, 6 county sets of 3 volumes each, published Alecto Historical Editions, 1987, numerous black & white illustrations and maps, original cloth in slipcases, folio (18)

Folio Society. The Getty Apocalypse, 2011, limited edition 239/1000, numerous colour facsimiles, publisher's original gilt-decorated maroon quarter morocco to illustrated boards, includes commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan, contained in original gilt-decorated maroon cloth book box, VG, folio (1)

Folio Society. The Complete Entertainments, 6 volumes, by Graham Greene, 1996, The Icelandic Sagas, edited by Magnus Magnusson, 1999, Ghost Stories and Other Horrid Tales, by Charles W. Stewart, 1997, Mistress Masham's Repose, by T.H. White, 1989, together with 92 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (101)

Folio Society. The Complete Novels of Miss Ann Radcliffe, 6 volumes, 1987, The Baburnama, by Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, 2013, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, by Anita Loos, 1985, The Father Brown Stories, volumes 1 & 2, 1996, Poems, 2007, both by G.K. Chesterton, together with 87 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, and 6 volumes without slipcase, G/VG, 8vo (104)

Folio Society. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1996, The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton, 2000, with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 1995, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, 1998, Tangleweed Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2002, both illustrated by Edmund Dulac, The Little Grey Men, A Story for the Young in Heart, by 'B.B.', 2008, together with 64 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, 23 as new in original plastic wrapping, VG, 8vo/folio, together with Berry (Frank), Whittington, Memories of a Cotswold Village, The Whittington Press, 1982, limited edition 183/350, signed by the author to the limitation page, 10 black & white tipped in plates, original brown cloth, 8vo (71)

The Lindisfarne Gospels. Facsimile edition of Cotton MS Nero D.IV in the British Library, published British Library & Faksimile Verlag Luzern, Lucerne, 2002-2003, sumptuous facsimile bound in velvet over boards, the upper cover with a frame made of silver, with delicate filigree work and specially manufactured glass stones mounted on the cover to match the original 37 gemstones in colour and shape, thick folio, contained in original black leather book box with clear perspex to upper lid, together with two cloth-bound commentary volumes in slipcases Limited edition, 82/290 copies in replica of the current Victorian treasure binding, from a print run of 980 copies. (3)

Atkyns (Sir Robert). Tha Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 2nd edition, 1768, printed title and preface, epitaph to the author, eight engraved plates of heraldic shields, double page engraved map, thirty-nine (only) double page uncoloured engraved prospects, some spotting, bookplate of Earl Beauchamp, near contemporary speckled calf with gilt decorated spine, boards detached, worn and rubbed at extremities, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Birch (George H.). London Churches of the XVIIth & XVIIIth Centuries, Batsford, 1896, decorated title and 64 photogravure plates, loose as issued in original gilt-decorated green cloth portfolio, with ties, rubbed and some fraying and wear to joints, large folio, together with other various architectural folios, including Arthur F.E. Poley, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, measured, drawn and described, printed for the author 1927, large folio, plus Gotch (J. Alfred), Architecture of the Renaissance in England, 6 parts, Batsford, 1891-1894, numerous plates, including many after photographs, loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed portfolio boards, rubbed and some marks, large folio, and others similar, including Belcher & MacCartney, Later Renaissance Architecture in England, 2 volumes, Batsford, 1901, Arnott and Wilson, The Petit Trianon Versailles, 3 parts, 1908, Martin & Enlart, L'Art Gothique en France, 2 volumes, 1913, all large format (20)

Butler (A.S.G.). The Lutyens Memorial. The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens..., with the Collaboration of George Stewart & Christopher Hussey, 3 volumes, Country Life, 1950, numerous black & white plates and illustrations, mostly from photos, original green cloth gilt, folio, together with Hussey (Christopher), The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Country Life, 1950, black & white plates, original green cloth gilt, upper board slightly marked, 4to (4)

Eyland (Edward S., Lightbody, Francis & Burn, Robert Scott). Working Drawings & Designs in Architecture and Building, A. Fullarton, circa 1860s, numerous lithographed plates and illustrations, some spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and marked, with joints and edges scuffed, large folio, together with others related, including H. Inigo Triggs, The Art of Garden Design in Italy, 1906, James Newlands, The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant, Blackie & Son, circa 1860s, 3 bound volumes of The Builder, 1912, 1913 & 1914, Charles Latham, The Gardens of Italy, 2 volumes, 1905 & In English Homes, 1904, Theodore A. Cook, Twenty-Five Great Houses of France, circa 1910, Thiollet & H. Roux, Nouveau Recueil de Menuiserie, Liege, 1848, Red Triangle Cement Organisation, Ideal Houses, 1928, Daily Mail Designs for Ideal (Workers') Homes, 1919, etc., all large format (17)

Gibbs (John). English Gothic Architecture; or, Suggestions relative to the designing of Domestic Buildings, Ornaments, Church-yard Memorials, Chimney Pieces, and Alphabets, Manchester & London, 1855, chromolithograph frontispiece, title in red & black, 19 lithograph plates, occasional scattered spotting, bound with at front, Property sale particulars, Moor Park Estate, Near Harrogate, Particulars and PLans of a Valuable Residential Estate, Distinguished and Well-known as Moor Park: To be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Hardwick, Best & Young, 28th December, 1866, tinted lithograph plate and two plans, original cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear, slim folio (1)

Jekyll (Gertrude and Christopher Hussey). Garden Ornament, 2nd revised edition, Country Life, 1927, numerous half-tone illustrations, all edges gilt, original green cloth, dust jacket, one or two small tears, folio, together with Lawrence Weaver's Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens, 1914 (2)

Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret). La DeuxiŠme Collection Salubra par Le Corbusier, Basle, 1959, text printed in French, English and German, monochrome illustrations to text, 14 double-page marbled colour wallpaper samples and 20 single sheet colour wallpaper sheet samples, colour chart to inside rear cover, 3 colour photographic plates of interiors, printed price list in English tipped-in after introductory text, 2 card window mounts cased in clear plastic at end (as issued), original pale blue publisher's cloth, with glazed pictorial board upper cover, oblong folio (250 x 400 mm) Le Corbusier was commissioned by the Swiss wallpaper manufacturer Salubra to produce designs, the first collection of which was issued in 1932. This second collection of his "colour keyboard" allows up to 400 colour scheme variations for the architect, decorator or client. (1)

Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building: as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, Xystes, and temples... revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, Third Edition, corrected. With notes and remarks of Inigo Jones: now first taken, from his original manuscript in Worcester College Library, Oxford, 2 volumes bound in one, printed for A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, etc., 1742, printed title to each volume (first title printed in red and black), engraved portrait frontispiece and allegorical frontispiece by Bernard Picart, 230 copper engraved plates on 207 sheets, including several double-page by John Harris, Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht and John Cole engraved portrait and first title with some light spotting and marginal fraying, with a few closed marginal tears, occasional spotting elsewhere, 3 plates (XIV-XVI) with some marginal fraying and tears, with minor loss, modern antique-style half calf, contrasting red and green spine labels, large folio (465 x 290 mm) Harris 685. Wittkower, Palladio and Palladianism, pages 79-83. Described by Wittkower as the "most lavish and most famous English Palladio", the present work was the first to contain the notes and remarks of Inigo Jones, taken from Jones's copy of Palladio's Quattro Libri, which had been bequeathed to Worcester College, Oxford, by Dr. George Clarke, M.P. for the University, and an amateur architect. This edition also contains translations of Palladio's texts on the Antiquities of Rome, and Discourse of the Fires of the Ancients. (1)

Palladio (Andrea). I Quattro Libri dell'architettura, 4 parts in one, Venice, Bartolomeo Carampello, 1601, four engraved woodcut titles within architectural borders, 221 woodcut illustrations, some full and double page by G. & C. Chrieger, C. Coriolano and others after Palladio, printer's woodcut device to colophon, first title with repairs to verso, a few small marginal repairs, some light water stains and soiling, D3 with manuscript note to margin, previous owner signatures at head of title (one crossed-through), endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a few repairs and light soiling, folio Fowler 214. Third edition, a reprint of the 1581 edition by the same printer, with the illustrations from the original plates of the 1570 edition. (1)

Richardson (A.E.). Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland during the XVIIIth & XIXth Centuries, Batsford, 1914, numerous monochrome illustrations, original gilt-decorated blue cloth in bright condition, with original dust wrapper (restored and restrengthened), together with Stratton (Arthur), The English Interior, Batsford, 1920, and others on the history of British architecture, including Aymer Vallance, The Old Colleges of Oxford, Batsford, 1912, George J. Oakeshott, Detail and Ornament of the Italian Renaissance, Batsford, 1888, Francis T. Dollman, Examples of Antient Domestick Architecture, 4 parts, Bell & Daldy, 1858, Field and Bunney, English Domestic Architecture of the XVII and XVIII Centuries, 1905, Richardson & Eberlein, The Smaller English House of the Later Renaissance 1660-1830, 1925, etc., mostly original gilt, folio & 4to (20)

Rossi (Domenico). Studio d'Architettura Civile sopra gli Ornamenti di Porte Finestre tratti da alcune Fabbriche insigni di Roma con le misure piante modini, e profili, opera de pru celebri architetti de nostri tempi, 2 volumes, Rome, Domenico de Rossi, 1702-11, engraved title to each, 142 and 62 copper engraved plates respecitvely, including some folding and double-page (first volume numbered 1-142 with plate 3 being the single leaf of printed introduction), some light marks and minor waterstains (contents generally in clean condition), each title inscribed in a small hand at head, Ex Libris Burton ex dono Sam Burton, with early 19th century bookplate of William Burton to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary full vellum, rubbed and some marks, minor wear to extremities, large folio (48.5 x 36 cm, 19.3 x 14.5 ins) Berlin, Ornamentstichsammlung 2681. A comprehensive survey of Italian architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries, including the work of Michelangelo, Raphael, Cortona, San Gallo, Bernini, Borromini, Fontana and others. A third volume of plates was published in 1721. Ex Libris William Burton of Longner Hall, near Shrewsbury. (2)

Serlio (Sebastiano). Regole generali di Architettura di Sabastiano Serlio Bolognese sopra le cinque maniere de gli edifici, cioe, Thoscano, Dorico, Ionico, Corinthio, e Composito... concordano con la dottrina di Vitruvio, 3rd edition, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1544, woodcut title printed in red and black, 118 woodcut illustrations, including 57 full-page, large printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, early ownership inscription to foot of title, dated 1631, occasional light soiling, penultimate leaf (T3) with small printed decorative slip pasted to verso at foot, and a few worm holes archivally repaired, pages numbered in ink to upper outer corner in an old hand, modern antique-style full calf, folio (35 x 24 cm, 13.75 x 9.5 ins) Fowler 314 (for the second edition of 1540). Cicognara 662. Third Italian edition of Serlio's Book IV on the architectural orders. This edition contains a dedication by the publisher to the Venetian man of letters, architect and patron of the arts Alvise Cornaro (1484-1566), in which he is praised for his fine buildings, including the Casa Cornara at Padua, and the Villa dei Vescovi at Luvigliano, both designed by the important architect Giovanni Maria Falconetto. (1)

Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes, Period II, Volume 1 (Early Tudor, 1485-1558), Period III, Volumes 1 & 2 (Late Tudor & Early Stuart, 1558-1649), Period IV, Volumes 1 & 2 (Late Stuart, 1649-1714 & The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh and His School, 1699-1736), & Period V, Volume 1 (Early Georgian, 1714-1760), Country Life, 1921-29 (including three 1st editions), numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs to each volume, all edges gilt, original uniform blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and several spines somewhat faded, folio, together with English Gardens, 1st edition, Country Life, 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and spine somewhat faded, all folio (7)

Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da, 1507-73). Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura, Rome: Andreas Vaccarius, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1607-1610, engraved title and 45 numbered engraved plates including title to second part, some spotting and dust-soiling throughout, old dampstain to foremargins of final 5 plates, contemporary ownership inscription of abbot Leonardo Spinola to first title lower margin (partly trimmed away), contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine, some edge wear, upper joint cracked and weak, spine label defective, folio (382 x 259 mm) Part 2 (leaf [XXXVIII]-XXXXV) has a special title-page engraved by Giovanni Battista Montano: Nuova et ultima aggiunta delle porte d'Architeta di Michel Angelo Buonaroti. The title-page and plates I-XXXVII are from the same plates as those of the 1563 edition except for plate III (the five architectural orders) which does not appear there. Berlin Kat. 2581. (1)

Wickes (Charles). Memorials of English Mediaeval Churches; Being Studies from the Finest Existing Examples of the Ecclesiastical Steeples of Great Britain, 1857, additional title, 71 lithographed plates, some light spotting, original cloth, old reback, rubbed with a few stains, folio, together with Architectural Parallels; or the Progress of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England, through the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, by Edward Sharpe, 2 volumes in 4, 1848, numerous lithographed plates, scattered spotting, library presentation label, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed with some stains, folio, plus History of Art by its Monuments, from its Decline in the Fourth Century to its Restoration in the Sixteenth, translated from the French of Seroux d'Agincourt, 3 volumes in one, 1847, 328 engraved plates, some light spotting and offsetting, modern cloth-backed boards, tear at head of spine, folio (6)

Wild (Charles). Select Examples of Architectural Grandeur in Belgium, Germany, and France: A series of... Sketches Drawn on the Spot..., 2 parts in one, 1837, engraved plates on india paper, bookplate 'Augusta Thornton. Presented by Mrs Eliza Ford, of Clifton, 1848', original morocco backed cloth, morocco title label to upper cover, damp mark to upper cover, slim folio, together with Nesfield (Weden), Specimens of Mediaeval Architecture Chiefly Selected from Examples of the 12th and 13th Centuries in France & Italy..., 1862, decorative title and numerous lithograph plates, hinges repaired, all edge gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, sheep reback, folio, plus Shaw (Richard Norman), Architectural Sketches from the Continent, 1872, lithograph title and numerous plates, slight dampstaining at head & foot of initial leaves, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, sheep reback, folio (3)

Allason (Thomas). Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola, Austria, 1st edition, John Murray, 1819, half title, 10 engraved plates by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, Henry Moses and Cosmo Armstrong, 4 half-page engraved vignettes, minor wormtrack to extreme upper outer corners at front of volume, pale water stain (generally a good copy with wide margins), modern antique-style half calf incorporating original marbled boards, folio (48.5 x 33.5 cm, 19.2 x 13.4 ins) Blackmer 25. Dedicated to the Society of Dilettanti, Allason's careful archaeological survey, based on drawings made in 1814 on a journey to Greece in the company of John and Edward Spencer Stanhope, were intended as an update on the account of the area given in Stuart and Revett's Antiquities of Athens. (1)

Campbell (Colen). Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, Containing the Plans, Elevations and Sections of the Regular Buildings both Publick and Private in Great Britain... 3 volumes in 2, 1717-1725, volume I 2nd edition, engraved titles and dedication to volume I, volume III title printed in red and black, subscribers lists, 137 engraved plates and plans only (of 231), several double page, one plate detached in volume III, some light spotting and soiling, previous owner signatures to volume I title, modern half calf by Blair Jeary, edges a little rubbed, folio Fowler 76. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (2)

Blaeu (Johannes). Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas..., published Amsterdam, 1645, decorative title page heightened in gilt, four (only) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, hinges and joints weak, contemporary vellum gilt, soiled and worn, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. The maps consist of:- Berkshire, Essex, Suffolk, The Inundated Regions and Lincolnshire. (1)

Freart (Roland). A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern..., Written in French by Roland Freart, Sieur de Chambray, Made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added an Account of Achitects and Architecture, in an Historical, and Etymological Explanation of certain Tearms particularly affected by Architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise of Statues. By John Evelyn Esq. Fellow of the Royal Society, 1st edition, Tho. Roycroft for John Place, 1664, imprimatur leaf present, engraved vignette title, head & tailpieces, 40 full-page engraved illustrations, without additional engraved title with portrait, B2 of text mis-bound after C2, occasional short worm trails & peppered holes mostly to upper outer corners and fore-edge margins, slight toning mostly at rear of volume, inscribed 'William Lindsey Joyner in Stamford 1746' to front pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary blind panelled reversed calf, joints split, spine and extremities worn with some surface skinning to boards, slim folio BAL 1133; Fowler 128; Harris 230; Wing C1923. (1)

Fritach (Adam). L'Architecture Militaire ou la Fortification Nouvelle, augmentee et enrichie de forteresses regulieres, irregulieres, et de dehors; le tout a la practique moderne, 3 parts in one, 1st French edition, Elzevier, Leiden, 1635, engraved title, 35 double page engraved plates, eight double page tables, occasional small mainly marginal wormtracks and light soiling, small ink stamp of Lord Clifford and shelf number to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, lacking one tie, some stains, folio, together with Goldman (Nicolas), La Nouvelle Fortification, 1st French edition, Elzevier, Leiden, 1645, engraved title, numerous engraved illustrations, leaf L2 misbound after L3, occasional marginal wormtrack, a little light soiling, marginal damp stain to first few leaves, bound without front endpaper?, small booklabel of Vallardi, Milan to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a few light stains, folio Willems 425 & 587 respectively. (2)

Linperch (Pieter). Architectura Mechanica, of Moole-Boek van eenige Opstallen van Moolens, nevens hare Gronden, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, 1727, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 32 engraved plates on 31 sheets, most double page, re-guarded, bound with Groot Volkomen Moolenboek; of Naauwkeurig Ontwerp. Van Allerhande tot nog toe bekende soorten van Moolens..., by Leendert van Natrus, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, 1734-36, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 52 engraved plates on 49 sheets, most double page or folding, some light offsetting and soiling, front endpaper repaired, contemporary half calf, rebacked, most of original spine relaid, rubbed, folio (550 x 335 mm), together with Zyl (Johannis van), Theatrum Machinarum Universale of Groot Algemeen Moolen-Boek, Behelzende de Beschryving en Afbeeldingen van allerhande soorten van Moolens, der zelver Opstallen, en Gronden, volume I [all published], 1st edition, Amsterdam, 1734, half title, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 62 double page engraved plates on 61 sheets (56 plates on 55 sheets plus six supplementary plates at end), sometine re-guarded, occasional light water stains and light soiling, later calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, folio (570 x 355 mm) The mechanics of windmills. Pehr Lindberg (or Linperch) visited the Netherlands to study Dutch windmills and his book contains technical drawings and text on various types of windmills and their mechanics. (2)

Palladio (Andrea). The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture: wherein, After a short Treatise of the Five Orders, Those Observations that are most necessary in Building, Private Houses, Streets, Bridges, Piazzas, Xisti, and Temples are treated of, 4 parts in one, published by Isaac Ware, 1738, three engraved architectural title pages only (lacking first title), list of subscribers, 212 engraved plates, including the first seven numbered in the text, first few leaves detaching, occasional wormtracks affecting some plates and text, a couple of plates with marginal tears and losses, some light spotting and soiling, disbound, folio Fowler 229. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Pistolesi (Erasmo). Il Vaticano Descritto ed Illustrato..., con Disegni dal Pittore Camillo Guerra, 8 volumes, Rome: Tipografia della Societa editrice, 1829-38, half titles, engraved titles, numerous engraved plates (few folding), occasional light spotting and offsetting, library inkstamps of St. Peter's College Library, New Kilpatrick to titles or half titles, contemporary brown half morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed, some worming to a few labels, folio (8)

Schubler (Johann Jacob). Erste[-Neunzehende] Ausgabe seines vorhabenden Wercks krafft dessen er gesonnen die von Leonhard Christoph Sturm neu herausgegebene... Goldmannische Bau-Kunst..., Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, [1715-circa 1735], comprising 20 parts (nos. 1-19 plus supplement to the first part), each with printed title and 6 fine copper-engraved plates by Corvinus, Steidlin and Lichtensteger, after Schubler, first printed title in German, with remaining titles in German and Italian, occasional light spotting, mostly to margins, contemporary half plain vellum, rubbed and marked with some soiling, folio (39 x 24 cm, 15.25 x 9.5 ins), together with Belidor (Bernard Forest de), Architechtura Hydraulica. Oder: Die Kunst, das Gew„sser zu denen verschiedentlichen Nothwendigkeiten des menschlichen Lebens zu leiten, in die Hohe zu bringen, und vortheilhaftig anzuwendem, volume 1 (of 4) only, first German edition (except first part, second edition), 1764, 1740-42, 6 parts bound in 1 volume (from the total of 24 parts), 44 folding copper-engraved plates (from the total of 219), text printed in black letter, title to each part, with title to first part printed in red and black (with old ink stamps mostly erased), occasional minor marks and one or two small marginal tears with insignificant loss, not affecting text, contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed and marked with some wear to edges and extremities, folio Berlin Ornamentstichkatalog 98. Attractive collection of 20 (from the total of 24) suites of 120 engraved baroque designs for French beds, clocks, writing desks, garden ornaments and fountains, organ cases, confessionals etc. by Johann Jacob Schubler (1689-1741). (2)

Smeaton (John). A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: To which is subjoined, an Appendix, giving some Account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, built upon a sand, 2nd edition, corrected, 1793, title with engraved vignette, 23 engraved maps, plates and plans, water stain throughout, bookplate of Sir John Smith, contemporary half calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio (1)

Stuart (James, & Nicholas Revett). The Antiquities of Athens, volumes I-III, 1762-94, titles with engraved vignettes, 222 engraved plates only (of 224, lacking plate 29 in chapter I, volume II & plate 4, chapter III, volume III), plus an engraved portrait and seven engraved maps, plates and plans, a few plates misbound, some spotting and water stains, volumes I-II bound in contemporary tree calf (rebacked), volume III rebacked in original boards, some edge wear, folio (560 x 380 mm) Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857. Two supplementary volumes were published posthumously in 1816 and 1830. (3)

Vasi (Guiseppe Agostino). Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna, Books 6-10 bound in one, Rome, Nella Stamperia di Niccolo, e Marco Pagliarini Mercanti di Libri a Pasquino, 1756-61, title with engraved vignettes, 99 engraved plates numbered 101-200, 10 engraved illustrations and plans in text (illustration to p. XXXI in volume 10 trimmed and pasted), occasional light toning and minor spotting, mainly to margins and text, occasional small light marginal water stains, one or two lower corners torn away, vertical crease to first title, contemporary mottled half calf, upper cover detached, tear to first panel of spine, a little rubbed, oblong folio (295 x 400 mm) Vasi's magnum opus was published in 10 volumes from 1747-1761 with a total of 200 numbered engravings. (1)

Venuti (Ridolfino, and Amaduzzi, Giovanni Cristoforo). Vetera Monumenta quae in Hortis Caelimontanis et in Aedibus Matthaeiorum adservantur nunc primum in unum collecta et adnotationibus illustrata, 3 volumes, Rome, Monaldini, 17776-1779, engraved title to each volume by Johann Cassini after Vincenzo Brenna, engraved dedication leaf to first volume, and 270 engraved plates of antiquities by Mazzoni, Morgagn, Baroni, Giardoni, Carloni, Gregori, Giordano, and others, numbered in roman numerals, several double-page, and many with two or more images to each page, engraved head- and tail-pieces, and initials, contemporary uniform full vellum gilt, with morocco title label to spine of each volume, a few minor marks (generally in very good condition), folio (42.5 x 29 cm, 16.75 x 11.5 ins) Cicognara 3898. Fine copy of the handsome catalogue of classical antiquities formed by the Italian nobleman and senator Ciriaco Mattei (1545-1614), a close friend and patron of Caravaggio. (3)

Ville (Chevalier Antoine de). Les Fortifications du Chevalier Antione de Ville, contenans la maniere de fortifier toute sorte de places tant regulierement, qui'irregulierement en quelle assiete qu'elles soient; comme aussi les ponts, passages, entrees de rivieres, ports de mer: La construction de toutes sortes de forts & citadelles; le moyen facile de tracer sur le terrain. Le tout a la moderne, comme il se practique dans la meilleures places de l'Europe, demonstre & calcule par les sinus & logarithmes, Philippe Borde, Lyon, 1640, additional engraved title (dated 1641), engraved portrait (to verso of last contents leaf), 53 engraved plates, including 10 double-page, lacking rear endpaper, a little light spotting and soiling, small marginal damp stains, Croxteth Library bookplate, 18th century sprinkled calf, joints cracking, small loss at foot of spine, a little rubbed with small stains, folio (1)

Gilpin (William). Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. Made in the Year 1772, On Several Parts of England; particularly the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland, volumes 1 & 2 (bound in one), printed for R. Blamire, 1786, black and white plates (lacking 5 plates), modern endpapers, some light spotting and offsetting, modern gilt decorated tan calf spine retaining contemporary marbled boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Clouston (K. Warren), The Chippendale Period in English Furniture, 1897, numerous black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, modern endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated brown cloth, lightly rubbed, 4to, and Phaidon Press (publisher), 10 x 102: 100 Architects, 10 Critics, numerous colour illustrations, original white boards in dust jackets, oblong 4to, plus other art and architecture reference and related, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (4 cartons)

Jones (William). The Works of Sir William Jones, volume 1 only (of 6), 1799, numerous black and white plates including portrait frontispiece, some light spotting, modern endpapers, modern gilt decorated blue half calf, large 8vo, together with Morell (Charles), The Tales of the Genii, translated from the Persian, 1824, black and white illustrated title page and frontispiece, some marks and spotting, modern endpapers, all edges gilt, modern gilt decorated blue half calf, small 8vo, and other 19th century and modern India and miscellaneous reference, some odd volumes, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (a carton)

Miscellaneous books, mostly late 19th and early 20th century, including travel, military, caricatures and periodicals, various bindings, mostly folio and other large-format sizes (4 cartons)

Smith (John Thomas). Antiquities of Westminster; The Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel..., 1807, 38 uncoloured aquatint and engraved plates, including some hand-coloured, bound with Sixty Two Additional Plates to Smith's Antiquities of Westminster, [1809], occasional marks, and some leaves with marginal damp marking, contemporary calf, worn with cover detached, large 4to, together with other miscellaneous antiquarian interest, including A Complete System of Geography, volume 1 only, 1747 (lacking all maps), bound in modern antique-style gilt full calf, folio, George Stubbs, The Anatomy of the Horse, Heywood Hill, 1938, Batty & Thomas Langley architectural work (defective, lacking one or two leaves at front and rear, disbound), etc. (a carton)

Sewel (William). The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress, of the Christian People called Quakers; with several Remarkable Occurrences intermixed, 3rd edition, printed by Isaac Collins, Burlington, New-Jersey, 1774, some toning and light spotting, front board and endpaper partially detached, contemporary full reverse calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, large 8vo, together with Harris (William Cornwallis), The Wild Sports of Southern Africa..., 3rd edition, 1841, 26 hand-coloured plates plus black & white folding map to rear, some light spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf bound by F. Bedford, all edges gilt, front board detached, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Davies (Edward), Celtic Researches, on the Origin, Tradition & Language, of the Ancient Britons..., 1804, some minor water damage to the front, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, boards detached, spine and boards slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century literature and reference, some foreign language, some odd volumes, mostly contemporary leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio [approximately 155 volumes] (6 shelves)

Aviation. A large collection of early to mid 20th-century and modern aviation reference and related, including publications by Airlife, Schiffer Military History, Ian Allan, Pen & Sword, Blandford, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Suckling (John). Poems &c., printed by Thomas Warren for Humphrey Mosely, 1648, later inscription to head of title-page, some light toning and minor spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, modern endpapers, modern quarter plum morocco to marbled boards, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, slim 8vo, together with Whiston (William), The Works of Flavius Josephus..., volumes 1-4 (complete), 1806, later inscriptions to heads of title-pages, some light offsetting and spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated mottled calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 17th to 19th century literature and reference, including Memoirs of the Reign of George III, volumes 1-4, by W. Belsham, 3rd edition, 1796, some foreign language and odd volumes, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio [approximately 155 volumes] (6 shelves)

Aviation. A large collection of modern aviation history and reference, including publications by Paladwr Press, P.S.L., Ian Allan, Airlife, Jane's, H.M.S.O., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback publications, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Marillier (H.C.). The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1899, numerous black and white plates, some light spotting, front and rear gutters, reinforced with white tape, original decorated white cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed, large 4to, together with Alexandre (No‰l), The Unknown Modigliani, drawings from the collection of Paul Alexandre, 1st edition, 1993, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt decorated red cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, folio, and Rubin (William), "Primitivism" In 20th Century Art, volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, 1985, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, uniform original blue cloth in dust jackets and slipcase, large 8vo, plus other modern art and photography reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)