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FOLIO OF 5 ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL, ALL BUT ONE IN COLOUR WITH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR VIEWS, 16” X 10” [5]

Phiz. Hunting Bits, folio of lithographic hunting prints, published by Chapman and Hall, London.

Folio Society books, comprising Nesbit (E) The Railway Children, Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, Austen-Leigh (J.E.) A Memoir of Jane Austen by her Nephew, More Pick of Punch, and The Folio Book of Days. (5)

Walker (George) The Costume of Yorkshire..., first edition, titles and text in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 40 plates by R. and D.Havell after George Walker, occasional spotting, plate 39 damp-stained at foot, original boards redbacked with modern morocco, spine gilt, covers spotted, some wear to extremities, [Abbey Life 432; Bobins 732; Colas 3044; Tooley 498], folio, 1814 [plates watermarked 1811 & 1813].⁂ Several of the images from this book have become icons as depictions of the working classes before the start of the industrial age, but the best known image is of the fledgling steam locomotive designed by John Blenkinsop hauling coal at the Middleton colliery. By 1815 Blenkinsop had built four engines of this type for the colliery. It was a rack engine, its drive wheel engaging a toothed rail for added traction; it could haul 90 tons of coal.

Ferrari (Filippo) Costumi No. XXX di Roma e di altri Paesi dello Stato Pontificio, engraved title with hand-coloured vignette and 30 hand-coloured etched plates, occasional marginal spotting and soiling, later dark green morocco over earlier green boards with gilt monogrammed panel on covers, front pastedown with mounted hand-coloured arms on paper, [cf. Colas 1046; Lipperheide 1276 for 1825 edition; Bobins 1222], folio, Rome, 1835.

[Cheny (John) and Thomas Butler, publishers]. [Horses & Their Pedigrees], 34 plates of racehorses engraved by H. Roberts, Parr and Canot after T. Spencer, each portrait surrounded by engraved text, some light surface creasing, autograph index to front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, rebacked, morocco label to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-back box with bookplate to inside lid, [Bobins 1196; Lane 168; Snelgrove, British sporting and animal prints, p. 157-170; Sparrow, p.77; cf. Siltzer 389; not in Schwerdt or Huth], oblong folio, [Cheny & Butler], 1740-1746 or 1751-1753.⁂ Rare. Sparrow notes its rarity in 1922, 'rare no doubt, because so many of the copies have been broken up in order that the prints might be sold one by one' (W.S. Sparrow, British Sporting Artists). The last auction record of a complete copy of this particular edition appears to be the sale of the H.R.H The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, held at Christie's, South Kensington (26th January 2006, see lot 599, which sold for £66,000 incl. premium). Yale Centre for British Art hold 3 copies, each with varying numbers of plates [see acc. no. Folio A 2011 88].Provenance: John Spencer Stanhope; Fermor Hasketh (bookplates).

Portraits des Hongrois, des Pandoures ou Croates, des Waradins ou Esclavoniens, et des Ulans, &c....Afbeelding van de Hongaren..., second edition, titles and text in French and Dutch, text printed in double column, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, modern bookplate of F.C.Koch of Rotterdam, stitched in original marbled wrappers, a little rubbed and faded, spine fraying, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 1124; cf. Colas 2410, first edition], 8vo, [The Hague], 1787.⁂ First published in 1742 in folio format, both editions are extremely rare with seemingly only one example of the first edition having appeared at auction and none of the second. WorldCat lists only 2 copies of the first edition and a few of the English editions of 1742 & 1743.

Backmanson (Hugo Karlovitch) L'Empereur Nicolas Alexandrovitch en tenue de 10 Regiments dont sa Majeste est chef, chromolithographed title and 10 chromolithographed plates, some light toning to edges, some light creasing or minor fraying to extremities, light creases to title, loose as issued, in original cloth portfolio, lettered in silver on upper cover, [Bobins 1483], oblong folio, St. Petersburg, Paetz, 1896.⁂ A rare and handsome souvenir set, commissioned to commemorate the coronation of Nicholas II and distributed to Russian nobility and friends of the Imperial family.

Terry (Laetitia Jervis), After. Panoramas of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the set of five, tinted lithographs with hand-colouring by A. Laby and J. Needham after sketches by Mrs Terry, wife of a British Colonial official, each sheet approx. 305 x 690 mm (12 x 27 1/4 in), one slightly larger, 305 x 740 mm (12 x 29 1/8 in), one small marginal repair to the lower left corner of first panorama, well outside the image, some even toning and spotting, each uniformly mounted, the mounts hinged on stubs within modern half burgundy morocco, gilt, gilt label to upper cover, [Bobins 1314], oblong folio, McLean & Co, [circa 1850]⁂ Laetitia Jervis Terry was an amateur topographical draughtswoman. She married Capt. George Wilkins Terry in 1841, who later became Superintendent of Sierra Leone. Panoramas include Freetown Church, the Colonial Office, Kroo Road, the Wesleyan Chapel, Signal Hill, Soldier's Hospital, and the East Battery.

Album Chinois, 20 hand-coloured lithograph plates by Formentin after Aubry-Lecomte, Deveria, Grevedon, Vidal &c., foxed, some plates also browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., [Bobins 1527], small folio, Paris, Victor Lecou, [1849].⁂ The plates mostly depict trades-people and costumes.

Rowlandson (Thomas) Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword...under the direction of Messrs. H. Angelo and Son, Fencing Masters to the Light Horse Volunteers., first edition, engraved title and 23 plates, all hand-coloured aquatints by I. Hill after Rowlandson, list of subscribers, title with corners and inner margin repaired, several other corners repaired, some marginal soiling and staining, modern red half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, [Colas 2587; Tooley 414; Bobins 386], oblong folio, H. Angelo, 1799.

Alken (Henry) The Right Sort, 6 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates by Hullmandel after Alken, interleaved with blank Whatman paper of the same date, modern green half morocco with green morocco label to upper cover, cloth slip-case, [Schwerdt III, p.83; Siltzer p.59; Bobins 1388], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, 1821-22.⁂ The Schwerdt-Spitz copy of this rare early series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was "One of the author's favourites". Few Alken prints are lithographic, and these have strikingly fresh colouring. Provenance: I.C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate and gilt monogram at foot of spine); Joel Spitz (bookplate and small ink stamp on verso of final plate).

Meyer (Johann Heinrich) Der Rigiberg in Zeichnungen nach der Natur, engraved title with oval sepia-printed aquatint vignette, sepia-printed aquatint head-piece, parallel text in German and French, engraved map in outline hand-colouring, 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates making up a larger panorama, 4 engraved key plates to the panorama on 2 sheets, 9 smaller hand-coloured aquatint plates on 8 sheets, some foxing (hand-coloured plates largely unaffected), contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, a little rubbed, [Bobins 1698], folio, Zurich, Fuessli, 1807.⁂ A rare and impressive work on the Rigi mountain and surrounding area. The plates were engraved after drawings by Johann Heinrich Fuessli and Heinrich Keller.

Sickelmores' Select Views of Brighton, printed leaf of explanation within a wide engraved border and 9 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by George Hunt after Edward Fox, S.A.E. Jones and H. Jones, all plates with two soft vertical creases, slightly affecting image on plate 8, some light marginal marking or soiling, bookplate to inside front cover, original printed wrappers, covers neatly backed with a few repaired nicks and tears to extremities, light surface soiling, preserved in custom drop-backed box, [Abbey, Scenery 63; Bobins 1471], oblong folio, Brighton, C. and R. Sickelmore, [c.1824].⁂ The Joel Spitz copy of this handsome series of views, this copy a variant of the first edition, the wrapper similar to Abbey 64 but without the part number indicated.Provenance: Joel Spitz (bookplate, sold his sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 9).

Cucinello (Domenico) and Lorenzo Bianchi. Descrizione e Disegni della Mascherata che Intervenne al Real Teatro di S. Carlo, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Cuciniello & Bianchi, including large (c.330 x 890mm.) folding plate featuring 84 hand-coloured costumed participants with the music for 9 dances printed in lower margin, occasional light foxing, inscription to front free-endpaper: "See portrait of Lady Julia Lockwood No. 48 in the Quadriglia di Petraca" and lightly in pencil: "Sent to me by order of the King of Naples", contemporary morocco-backed boards, extremities rubbed, [Bobins 1506], small folio, Naples, Stamperia Reale, 1827.⁂ Visual description of the 1827 ball at Teatro San Carlo, Naples, the height of which featured a lively masquerade with some guests dressed in the national dress of Scots, French or Tartars danced quadrilles while others dressed as famous Italian poets gave poetic tributes to the Court.

Ferneley (John) Count Sandor's Exploits in Leicestershire, the set of 10 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates heightened with gum arabic on india paper by Edward Duncan after Ferneley, neatly tipped into album, later red half morocco, gilt, gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 775; Siltzer 121], oblong folio, R.Ackermann Junior, 1833⁂ A bright and clean example of this rare set. Count Sandor was a Hungarian nobleman who spent a season at Melton Mowbray on a visit to Lord Alvanley. His daring horsemanship and mishaps were the subject of much merriment over the Melton dinner tables at the time and long afterwards. The prints are based on ten oil paintings which the Count commissioned from Ferneley and took back to his seat at Bais in Hungary.

Stroobant (Francois) La Galicie monumentale et pittoresque. Cracovie, [one of 100 copies], 30 chromolithographed plates by Stroobant, numbered but without captions, light foxing, contemporary half calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, [Bobins 1704], folio, Brussels, [1859].⁂ Superb series of views of Krakow, in the Galicia region of Poland. The publication of this work was financed by the noble Polish House of Potocki.

Hulley (T.) Six Views in Cheltenham, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates by H. Merke and J. Buck after Hulley, bookplate tipped onto inside upper cover, original printed wrappers featuring title and imprint on upper cover within decorative border, preserved in custom drop-back box with ink ownership stamps inside covers, some slight fraying to joints, [Abbey, Scenery 93; Bobins 1439; Tooley 274], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, 1813.⁂ Fine uncut copy of this rare series of views showing the spa town at the height of its fashion. Provenance: Maxine and Joel Spitz (bookplate and ink stamp, sold their sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 6).

Wakefield (Edward) New Zealand Illustrated. The Story of New Zealand and Descriptions of its Cities and Towns...The Natural Wonders of New Zealand, first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece and 14 plates (1 folding) after William Potts, 1 plain plate featuring 3 cave scenes, a few tears to text leaves, mostly marginal and touching text, one longer running through text with tape repair, folding plate with tear running into image, 2 other plates with short marginal tears, light finger-soiling, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, some wear to corners, oblong folio, [Bobins 1477], Wanganui, 1889.

Barenger (James) [New Invented Borders for Rooms...Representing Field Sports in Great Variety], 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates with aquatint grey wash borders, plates 5-15 loose, captions to plates 4 and 6 trimmed with loss, marginal tear to plate 21, tear within plate to plate 22, some marginal foxing and staining, contemporary roan-backed marbled wrappers, covers repaired and torn, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Mellon, p.43; Siltzer, p.79; Bobins 1176], long oblong folio, C. Random, 1809-10.⁂ The title comes from the plate captions with no letterpress issued. The suite of plates represent various sporting subjects intended for decorating a room - hunting, racing, coursing and shooting - and were engraved by J. Sutherland and H. Merlee after Barenger, a successful sporting artist, who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1807 and 1831. Rare at auction with no copy bar this one traced.

Richardson (John) and J. H. Nixon. The Eglinton Tournament, hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title, dedication and 21 plates, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed, light spotting to upper cover, g.e., [Abbey, Life 388; Bobins 1634], folio, Colnaghi & Puckle, 1843.⁂ Part of the Gothic revival and rise of Romanticism during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Eglinton Tournament was a re-enactment of a medieval joust. It was held in Scotland in August 1839, and was funded and organised by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton.Provenance: David Hunter Campbell (inscription); Frederick Perkins, Chipstead Place; Fattorini (bookplates)

Alken (Henry), Thomas Egerton et al. The Melange of Humour, first collected edition, 50 hand-coloured aquatint, etched and lithograph plates, tissue guards, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary maroon half roan, rubbed, [Abbey, Life 287; Colas 937; Tooley 51,203; Bobins 1319], folio, Printed by W. Lewis, [c.1835].⁂ A good, complete copy of "this acclaimed series of satirical illustrations depicting English life in the 1820s." (Bobins). There are six suites of plates, comprising: 6 after Henry Alken, published by Thomas McLean under Repository of Wit & Humour, 1823; 6 from W.H. Pyne's A Day's Journal of Sponge, 1824; title and 12 by Daniel Thomas Egerton under Fashionable Bores, 1824; 12 by Egerton originally published as The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion, 1823; 6 by Alken under Specimens of Riding near London, 1821; and 7 (lithographs) by Pigal and Boilly.Provenance: John M. Schiff (bookplate); William Morrison (ink inscription dated 1840 on front free endpaper).

Gillray (James) The Life of William Cobbett, written by himself..., the set of eight, etchings with original hand-colouring, printed text underneath each, on Whatman wove paper, one with watermark date '1808', sheets with good margins, approx. 410 x 260 mm (16 1/4 x 10 1/4 in), tipped onto stubs, occasional minor surface dirt, plate 1 with some signs of pale discolouration to paper, plate 7 with marginal nicks and small repairs, plate 8 with expert repairs to tears and loss, modern half morocco, morocco label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [BM Satires 11372-11379; Bobins 1614], folio, Hannah Humphrey, 1809.

Atkinson (John Augustus) A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain, vol.1 only [ all published], first edition, first issue, half-title, dedication, prospectus and text in English and French, 33 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light browning, mostly to text, modern half red morocco, gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, spine ruled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, lower corners a little rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 12; Bobins 1273; Colas 172; cf. Tooley 71], folio, W. Bulmer & Co. for William Miller and James Walker, 1807 [watermarked 1805].⁂ Originally intended as a three volume work with 100 aquatint plates, only the first volume was completed.

Goubarev. Vooruzheniia К Istorii Leib-Gvardii Gusarskago Ego Velichestva Polka [Cyrillic], [Pictorial History of His Majesty the Emperor's Imperial Hussars], 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Konrad after Goubarev, some light marking and damp mottling to margins, modern red cloth, original printed upper wrapper bound in, [Bobins 193; Colas 1269], folio, St. Petersburg, 1859.⁂ A rare and important series, depicting the costume of the Russian Hussars commencing from the reign of Catherine the Great.

de Sotto (Serafín María, Third Count of Clonard) Album de la Caballeria Española, desde sus primitivos tiempos hasta el dia, hand-coloured lithographed half-title and title (title heightened with gold) and 69 hand-coloured lithographed plates by D.J. Villegas, heightened with gum arabic, occasional light soiling,19th century half roan, lettered in gilt on upper cover, extremities rubbed, some splitting to joints, [Bobins 1277; Colas 632; Lipperheide 236; Palau 55713], oblong folio, Madrid, Imprenta y Litografia Militar del Atlas, 1861.⁂ An illustrated history of Spanish cavalry costume up to 1861. de Sotto was a nobleman who served as Spanish Prime Minister for one day in October 1849.

Isaacs (Rev. A.A.) Four Views of the Mosques and Other Objects of Interest occupying the Site of the Temple at Jerusalem, first edition, 4 tinted lithograph plates, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, marginal repairs to some plates and wrappers, wrappers also rebacked, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 1711], folio, Day & Son, 1857.⁂ Rare set of plates "drawn and lithographed from photographs" with only 2 auction appearances in the last 50 years. "Albert Augustus Isaacs (1826-1903), a British clergyman, historian and anthropologist specialising in the Middle East as well as an amateur photographer who captured some of the earliest images of the Holy Land, travelled in Palestine between 1856 and 1857." (Bobins)

Blagdon (Francis William) Orme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Horatio Nelson, 16 engraved plates, including portrait by J. Godby, 5 hand-coloured aquatints (4 double-page), and 4 uncoloured aquatint strip illustrations in text, plus additionally the 3 rare large separately published folding plates depicting Nelson's victories and death (all linen-backed), and a plate entitled "Proclamation of Lord Nelson" bound after p.66, with an additional leaf also bound in entitled "Lines, by H. Tresham" after plate 12, some foxing and offsetting, lacking the advertisement leaf at end, a couple of marginal tears, a few repairs to plate versos, front endpaper torn, modern half calf over old cloth, [Abbey, Life 328; Bobins 617], folio, Edward Orme, 1806.

Pinelli (Bartolomeo) and Charles Hullmandel. Roman Costumes, lithograph title and 24 han-coloured lithograph plates, title a little browned at edges, later red half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, [Colas 2382; Bobins 594], folio, C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, [c.1820, plates watermarked 1817]

Jones (Owen) and Jules Goury. Views on the Nile: from Cairo to the Second Cataract, first edition, additional tinted lithograph title and 39 plates on 31 sheets, printed title in red, blue and black, advertisement leaf at end, foxing and some water-staining, mostly marginal, some tears and repairs, likewise mostly marginal but occasionally into image, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, rebacked preserving original spine, [Blackmer 888; Bobins 1442], folio, Graves and Warmsley, 1843.⁂ Owen Jones visited parts of Greece, Alexandria, Cairo, Thebes, and Constantinople in 1833. Sixteen plates are after sketches by Jones and fifteen by the architect Jules Goury, who later died of cholera while collaborating with Jones on his study of the Alhambra at Granada.

Westall (Richard) Victories of the Duke of Wellington, from Drawings, first edition, third issue (largest paper copy), wood-engraved title-vignette, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate-guards, light offsetting, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary black half morocco, morocco label to upper cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, [Abbey, Life 381; Bobins 397; Tooley p.265], folio, 1819.⁂ Provenance: William Netherwood; John Needles Chester (bookplates).

Holbein (Hans) Recueil de XII costumes suisses civils et militaires, hommes et femmes, du seizieme siecle, hand-coloured aquatint title and 12 fine hand-coloured plates by Cretien de Michel after Holbein, handsome contemporary red morocco, gilt, inlaid dark green border with red and yellow dots and yellow corner piece designs, spine a little rubbed, g.e., preseved in slip-case (extremities a little rubbed and faded), [Bobins 490; Colas 1462; Lipperheide 899], folio, Basel, C. de Mechel, 1790.⁂ A finely bound copy of this handsome work. A very small number of copies with 13 plates but usually found with 12 as here.

Nattes (John Claude) A Graphic and Descriptive Tour of the University of Oxford, Parts I and II only [all published], engraved title with sepia aquatint vignette, 4 sepia aquatint plates and one illustration in the text in Part I by Merigot and F. C. Lewis after J. C. Nattes and C.A. Pugin, some light browning, later brown wrappers with original printed upper wrappers laid down, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Abbey, Scenery 274 & 275; Bobins 1456; Prideaux p.274; Tooley 341], folio, James Cundee, 1805.⁂ Rare and attractive series, originally intended to run to twenty-five parts. "Some of the finest aquatint plates in existence are those done from the drawings of John Claude Nattes... there is a very rare work entitled Oxford Delineated: a Graphic and Descriptive Tour of the University of Oxford... Had it been completed it must have ranked among the finest publications with coloured plates." - Prideaux.

Bonney (Thomas George) The Peaks and Valleys of the Alps, additional tinted lithographed title, 21 plates chromolithographed by J.H. Lowes after Elijah Walton, each mounted as issued with printed caption in margin, tissue guards, additional title with repair to fore-margin, patch of browning visible to additional title and first few ff. of text, patch of damp-staining visible at upper margin of later plates and text, original half morocco, lettered in gilt on upper cover, repair to upper cover affecting a few letters, a little rubbed, g.e., [Bobins 1419], folio, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868.⁂ A fine series of views, primarily of the Western Alps, including the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Viso, Aosta Valley, Dent Du Midi, and The Grivola. Walton was commissioned by William Matthews, founder of the Alpine Club, to capture a series of views of the Alps, a project that would occupy him for the next 5 years. The text was provided by the geologist T. G. Bonney, who would go on to become the president of the Alpine Club in 1881.

Chalon (Henry Barnard) Six original preliminary drawings for 'Passions of the Horse'; [together with] the suite of six "proof" prints, [drawings] pencil, black chalk and stumping, some white heightening, each signed and dated, on wove papers, various sizes between 265 x 475 mm (10 1/2 x 18 3/4 in) and 370 x 480 mm (14 1/2 x 18 7/8 in), some signs of careful restoration and each tipped onto conservation tissue support, some large repaired tears within the images, each neatly hinged into uniform mounts tipped onto stubs, modern blue cloth boards, black morocco label to upper cover, gilt, c.1825-1827; [prints] Passions of the Horse: an entirely New Work Described in Six Subjects, lithographs on chine collé, each inscribed "proof", excellent bold impressions, each sheet approx. 450 x 530 mm (17 3/4 x 20 7/8 in), some minor marginal repairs, each neatly hinged into uniform mounts tipped onto stubs, modern blue cloth boards, black morocco label to upper cover, gilt, Ackermann & Colnaghi & Co. et al., 1826, [Bobins 771], oblong folio (2)⁂ The six Passions of the Horse include: Rage & Agony; Love; Joy, or Gladness of an old favourite hunter; Affection; Courage; Terror

Terry (Daniel) British Theatrical Gallery, first edition, 20 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by R.Cooper after Harlowe, Clint, Sharp, De Wilde and Waldeck, tissue guards, some light foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, original title-label mounted to rear endpaper, later red half morocco, gilt, a little scuffed and lower cover slightly mottled, [Abbey, Life 418; Colas 2862; Bobins 727; Tooley 483], folio, H. Berthoud, 1825.⁂ Featuring the leading actors of the day in some of their most famous roles including Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth and Edmund Kean as Richard III.This copy with ink presentation inscription from Katherine Hepburn ("Kate") to "Bertie" on front free endpaper, apparently given at the end of the New York run of The Millionairess.

Teupken (T.F.) Beschrijving Hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen en alle in Militaire Betrekking Staande Personen Gekleed, Geequipeerd en Gewapend zijn, 2 vol., first edition, subscriber's copy, vol.1 half-title, titles within decorative borders, signed as authentication by the author on versos, list of subscribers, engraved titles and 69 plates after B. van Hove, all but 3 of which are hand-coloured, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked preserving original spines, rubbed, [Lipperheide 2255 and 2256; Bobins 393], folio, The Hague & Amsterdam, Uitgegeven voor rekening van den Auteur [and] Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823-26.⁂ Superb copy of the finest Dutch colour plate work on military costume. Each volume with the ownership inscription of Baron Jules de Constant Rebecque, who is listed as a Lieutenant-General amongst the list of some 280 subscribers.

Atkinson (J.) Incidents of British Bravery during the late Campaigns on the Continent, 4 original parts, first edition, 16 hand-coloured lithograph plates, some foxing and browning, uncut in original printed wrappers, some fraying and repairs to edges, spines worn, stitching renewed, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 344], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, 1817.⁂ Four parts, all published, from an originally intended six parts. Very rare in the original parts.

[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Will and Some Won't; or, A Lesson on Hunting, first edition, title and 4ff. text, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, text foxed, modern red half morocco over marbled boards, red morocco label to upper cover, [Schwerdt I, p..22; Bobins 753], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1821].⁂ "this is a fine set in Alken's best style" (Schwerdt).

Weber (Thomas) [Kaiserlich Russische Truppen Augsburg], 6 aquatint engravings with contemporary hand-colouring, after Weber, 304 x 201mm, mounted on boards, small library stamp to front endpaper, some stains and dust-soiling, mainly marginal, later morocco-backed boards, rubbed, [Bobins 1291; not in Colas or Lipperheide], folio, Augsburg, Thomas Weber, & G. Schleich, 1799.⁂ An extremely rare collection on the Russian Army, including regimental uniforms from the Lukashin Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Hussars, Baranovksy Tartars, Don and Ural Cossacks, as seen in Augsburg in 1799. Provenance: Baron de Noirmont [1816-1896; bookplate], an artist specialising in military subjects, publishing his Costumes Militaires Français [c. 1830-60].

Ruths (Johann Georg Valentin) Panorama der Landhäuser an der Alster bis nach Harvestehude, lithographed title heightened with gold and 9 hand-coloured lithographed plates, pencil annotations to lower margins, later vellum-backed boards, with label to upper cover, [Bobins 1312], oblong slim folio, Hamburg, Charles Fuchs, [1850].⁂ Panorama of the German villas lining the right shore of the River Alster, rare to find hand-coloured.

Beautes (Les) Architecturales de Londres. Edition Poliglotte. En Francais, Anglais et Allemand, hand-coloured engraved vignette title and 35 hand-coloured plates, all heightened with gum arabic, one plate smaller than rest, all guarded, some light marginal soiling, short repaired tear to foot of title, modern green half morocco, [Bobins 1432], oblong folio, Ackermann & Co., [c.1851].⁂ Ten of these fine plates depict the interior and exterior of the Crystal Palace.

Marryat (Frederick) Napoleons Aufenthalt,Tod und Begrabniss auf der Insel St. Helena, gothic letter, 3 hand-coloured etched plates after Marryat, some marginal soiling or browning, original printed wrappers, some splitting to spine, a little spotted and darkened, preserved in custom card chemise, [Bobins 1284], oblong small folio, Leipzig, Magazin fur Industrie und Literatur, [c.1821].⁂ Rare. The author and artist Marryat was appointed with taking the dispatches from St. Helena to Britain announcing the death of Napoleon. While there he made a number of sketches that were used as the basis of a number of lithographs and engravings both in Britain and elsewhere.

Heideloff (Victor) Ansichten des Herzoglich Württembergischen Landsitzes Hohenheim, first edition in original 6 parts, engraved hand-coloured plan and 37 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light marginal marking or faint soiling but very clean generally, publisher's neat blindstamp to a few plate margins, original printed wrappers with printed labels to upper covers, part 6 with numbering altered by hand and with neatly repaired tear to head, part 1 with chipping and wear to spine and some staining and scuffing to covers, but a near-fine copy generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1436], folio, Nuremberg, Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, 1795-1800.⁂ A superb copy of this series of views from the Duke of Württemberg's estate in Hohenheim, one of the rarest and most desirable German colour plate books on gardens. Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728-1793), obtained the former manor of Bombast von Hohenheim for his mistress and later wife Franziska von Hohenheim in 1768. The estate was reconstructed along the lines of an English garden (one of the first in Germany) under the auspices of the court architect Reinhard F. Heinrich Fischer. Around 60 buildings, comprising follies and monuments in Baroque and antique styles, were added to the complex before the duke's death in 1793. Though much of the estate fell into disrepair, several of the buildings were ultimately preserved and the site now houses the botanical gardens of the University of Hohenheim. This appears to be the only complete copy to appear at auction, the last near-complete example being one with the plan and first 23 plates that was sold at Sotheby's in 1965.

Pronay (Freiherr Gabriel von) Skizzen aus dem Volksleben in Ungarn, first German edition, half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette, 25 chromolithograph plates, tissue guards, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed, small mark on upper cover, [Colas 2430; Lipperheide 896; Bobins 444], folio, Budapest, Hermann Geibel, 1855.⁂ Lovely plates showing everyday life in Hungary with German text but German, Hungarian and French plate captions.

Gimenez. Album de la Cavalerie de l'Armee Espagnole, 12 hand-coloured lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, lacking title (called for by Colas), contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, edges rubbed, [Colas 57; Bobins 1279], large oblong folio, Madrid, J. Donon, [1850].⁂ Rare suite of large and striking plates depicting the uniforms of the Spanish army's cavalry units in the first half of the 19th century.Provenance: A. Balsan (bookplate).

Alken (Henry) [Hunting Discoveries], 7 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates, each dated March 1 1817, first 2 plates with repaired marginal tears, some light foxing (mostly marginal), modern brown half morocco over marbled boards with green morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 750; c.f. Schwerdt I, pp.22/23], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, 1817.⁂ A later issue of Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Hunting, which was published a year earlier.

Heideloff (Victor) Merkwürdigste innere Ansichten der Gebäude und Gartenpartien in Hohenheim, 3 vol., engraved titles and dedication to each part, 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, a few scattered spots but a very clean and bright generally, original silk-covered limp boards, with printed white silk label to upper covers bordered in gilt, some chipping to spines, slight bumping to corners, house in later patterned card drop-back box (some slight wear to extremities), [Bobins 1559], folio, Nuremberg, Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, [1795].⁂ Superb series of plates by Heideloff depicting the lavish interiors at the Duke of Württemberg's Hohenheim estate (see previous lot). We can trace no other sets of this series at auction.

Huber (Caspar) Album von St. Moritz in Oberengadin Ct. Graubunden, 2 hand-coloured vignette aquatint titles (one bound before text leaves at end and within hand-coloured decorative border), 12 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, each mounted and with gold printed border and captions, further plate with 3 hand-coloured engraved vignettes, lithograph map, titles and vignette plate foxed, first plate with mount quite extensively browned, other plates generally very clean, new endpapers, original red cloth, gilt, rebacked and corners repaired, [Bobins 1692], oblong folio, Zurich, Henri Fuessli, [c.1860].⁂ Superb views including St. Moritz (3), Samaden (2), Pontresina, Bernina (2) and Sils.

Ventimiglia (Domenico) Il Torneo di Caserta nel Carnevale dell'Anno 1846, 74 hand-coloured lithograph plates by Riccio after Giovanni Mariani, foxing, contemporary green morocco-backed cloth, rubbed, [Bobins 1266], folio, Naples, Filippo Cirelli, 1850.⁂ Scarce record of this "sumptuous celebration at the Bourbon court of Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies between 1830 and 1859, in the final days of the independent southern Italian kingdom shortly before its assimilation into a unified Italy in 1861." (Bobins). Mostly costume plates with a couple of views of the whole tournament. Rare at auction with only one copy in the last 50 years (2019) and that incomplete with only 65 plates.

Hardinge (Charles) Sketches in the Camp before Sebastopol, first edition, lithographed title with tinted vignette, and 19 tinted and hand-coloured plates by Vincent Brooks after Hardinge, some spotting and foxing, heaviest at start but mostly marginal thereafter, plate-guards, original morocco-backed cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, chipping to foot of spine, wear to corners, extremities rubbed, [Bobins 145; not in Abbey, Atabey, Blackmer, Colas or Tooley], folio, Henry Graves, 1855.⁂ The deluxe issue of this attractive series of views. Hardinge was best-known for his series of Indian views, published in 1847.

Lund (Frederik Christian) Danske Nationaldragter, lithographed title and 30 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates, each within gilt border, 20th century brown half morocco, gilt lettered in gilt, light rubbing to extremities, [Bobins 1244; Colas 1918], folio, [Copenghan], [C. W. Stinck], 1862.

Alken (Henry) [Military Discoveries], first edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some marginal dust-soiling, modern morocco-backed marbled boards with earlier burgundy morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 340; not in Abbey or Tooley], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, 1819.⁂ One of the rarest Alken titles with few auction appearances. The "Discoveries" comprise: "On getting into a love affair"; On recovering from a swoon"; "Going to dinner at a neighbouring villa"; "In tasting the joys of a Bivouac"; "Having been but little time on board the Transport"; "Having volunteered to carry dispatches through the Enemy's Country"; and "Being awoke by a violent noise, and rushing from your quarters".

[Nooms (Renier)], "Zeeman". Nieuwe en Eygentlycke Afbeeldinghe der Stadts-Poorten van Amsterdam in 't licht gebracht door R.N. Zeeman [Town Gates of Amsterdam], the complete set of 8 etchings, each c.176 x 303 mm., on paper with foolscap watermark, some neat repairs to inner margins, 2 plates with neat repaired tears to lower margin, 1617-38 bound with Het Pest-huis buiten Amsterdam [Quarantaine hospital for the plague-stricken, outside Amsterdam], c.200 x 339mm., on paper with Arms of Amsterdam watermark, n.d. and Het Pest-huis buiten Amsterdam [Quarantaine hospital for the plague-stricken, outside Amsterdam], c.200 x 333 mm., on paper with Arms of Amsterdam watermark, [Hollstein 86], 1651-54, together 3 works in 1 vol., etchings with some drypoint, all in fine contemporary hand-colouring, all but the last with letters heightened in gold, neatly mounted on stubs, some light creasing or cockling, some scattered spotting to margins, later vellum-backed boards, rubbed, new endpapers, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1700; Hollstein 21-28] & 87], oblong folio.⁂ Rare complete set of these Amsterdam views, seldom found with contemporary colouring.

Egerton (Daniel Thomas) Country versus Town, letterpress title (trimmed at foot, touching date), 12 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1 or 2 trimmed at foot just within platemark, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, contemporary half morocco, old morocco reback, chipping and wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, [Bobins 641; not in Abbey or Tooley], oblong folio, McLean, 1823.⁂ Among Egerton's rarest satires, contrasting the simple pleasures of the country with the noise and pageantry of the town. We can trace no complete set at auction since 1978.

Dames (Capt. T. Longworth) Views in the Crimea, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates (1 double-page), title extremities frayed and repaired, a few plates with repairs and reinforcement to fore-edge, light foxing, original cloth, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, rubbing and toning to covers, [Bobins 185; not in Abbey, Atabey or Blackmer], oblong folio, Day & Son, 1856.⁂ A good association copy of this rare series of views, inscribed to Major Charles Henry Owen, whose Sketches in the Crimea was also published in 1856.

Egerton (Daniel Thomas) Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz, first edition, aquatint pictorial title and 12 plates, all hand-coloured, some light foxing and finger-soiling, a couple of short repaired tears, contemporary red half morocco with gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, [Abbey, Life 287; Tooley p.113; Colas 937; Bobins 643], oblong folio, W. Sams, 1824.

Stucchi (Stanislao) Raccolta di Scene Teatrali eseguite o disegnate dai più celebri Pittori Scenici in Milano, 3 vol., engraved titles and 300 fine hand-coloured aquatints by Stucchi, Zucchi, Rossi, Carolina Lose and others, some very light finger-soiling to margins, but a clean, fine and bright example overall, light browning to endpapers, contemporary half diced russia, gilt, spine tips and corners a little bumped and chipped, gilt "E.A." monogram to covers, [Bobins 1263], oblong folio, Milan, Stanislao Stucchi ed i principali Negozti di Stampe, [c.1817-1826].⁂ Superb series of aquatints depicting stage designs for La Scala opera house in Milan, including numerous designs for operas by Rossini, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and others. Complete sets are rare at auction, hand-coloured issues rarer still.

Dutton (T.G.) Yachting: A Series of Twelve Celebrated Yachts, half-title, 12 tinted lithographic plates, colour printed flags within text, publisher's advertisements leaf at rear, bookplate, scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, original blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, recased, wear to spine ends, [Bobins 639], folio, John B. Day, [1877].⁂ Rare series of yachting plates by one of the most celebrated Victorian marine artists; The National Maritime Museum (Greenwich), holds an almost complete collection of Dutton's published lithographs.

Roussel (P.M.) Album Russe, lithograph title and 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates by Lemercier after Roussel, all heightened with gum arabic, some foxed, water-stain to corner throughout, original cloth, gilt, rebacked and recornered in red morocco, [Bobins 1259], oblong folio, Moscow & St. Petersburg, G. Daziaro, [c.1844].⁂ "Daziaro's shops in Moscow and Saint Petersburg...sold every type of lithograph with a Russian subject, but they had been printed in Paris by Lemercier, who was perhaps the most important lithographer in the mid-nineteenth century." (Hams p.94).Provenance: "Dr. Thomas N. Evans St. Petersburg 1857" (ink inscription to front pastedown).