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Lot 102
Jekyll (Gertrude). Lilies for English Gardens. A Guide for Amateurs. Compiled from information published lately in "The Garden," with the addition of some original chapters, 1st edition, 1901, numerous black & white plates from photographs, half-title inscribed by the author "J. T. Bennett-Poe with kind regards from G. Jekyll, Nov 1901", some spotting mostly to first & last few leaves, original cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Colour in the Flower Garden, 1st edition, 1908, black & white plates from photographs, and few diagrams (some folding), top edge gilt, near contemporary dark green half morocco gilt by Henderson & Bisset, 8vo, plus five other Gertrude Jekyll related There is a Triandrus Daffodil named "J.T. Bennett-Poe", which was introduced in 1904. Rev. George H. Engleheart, Rector of Dinton, Wiltshire named a cross between 'Emperor' and Narcissus triandrus albus for his friend and fellow clergyman J.T. Bennett-Poe. (7)
Lot 103
Jekyll (Gertrude). Wood and Garden, 1st edition, 1899, together with five other Jekyll titles including Wall and Water Gardens, 1st edition, [1901]; Roses for English Gardens, 1st edition, 1902; Old West Surrey, 1st edition, 1904; Home and Garden, new edition (3rd impression), 1901; and Children and Gardens, 1st edition, 1908, numerous black and white plates, mostly from photographs, original cloth gilt, last title in later cloth, 8vo (6)
Lot 108
Loudon (Mrs. Jane). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals, London: William Smith, 1844, title page and contents lists, forty-eight hand-coloured lithographed plates (complete), with tissue guards, occasional spotting (mostly to margins), all edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed to joints and extremities, 4to (1)
Lot 114
Paxton (Joseph). The Horticultural Register and General Magazine, volumes 1 - 5, 1832 - 36, decorative title, folding engraved plates of gardens, one (only) engraved plate with contemporary hand colouring, a.e.g., contemporary half morocco gilt, 8vo, together with, Johnson (George W. & Hogg Robert),The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Garden and Country Gentleman, volumes 10, 24 & 25 (only), 1866 - 73,wood engravings to text throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, damp stained, 8vo, with, Harrison (Joseph),The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine, volume 16 (only), 1848, nine colour lithographic plates, some spotting and soiling throughout, later quarter calf gilt, rubbed at extremities, 8vo, plus, Adlard (Alfred, publisher),The Florist's Journal for the Year 1842 and 1843 2 volumes (bound in one), additional decorative title, thirty chromolithographic plates, contemporary diced calf gilt, upper board detached, spine partially detached, rubbed and worn, 8vo, with another forty-four volumes similar relating to horticulture, farming and husbandry, various sizes and condition Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (54)
Lot 118
Robinson (William). Gravetye Manor, or Twenty Years' Work round an Old Manor House. Being an Abstract from the Tree and Garden Book of Gravetye Manor Sussex..., 1st edition, John Murray, 1911, monotone illustrations, edges untrimmed, original cloth, lightly marked to lower board, folio, together with Jekyll (Gertrude & Hussey, Christopher), Garden Ornament, 2nd ed. (revised), Country Life, 1927, title printed in red & black, numerous monotone illustrations from photographs, original gilt decorated cloth, slightly marked, folio, with Tipping (H. Avray), English Gardens, 1st edition, Country Life, 1925, monotone illustrations from photographs, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, faded, folio, plus Phillipps (E. March & Bolton, Arthur T.), The Gardens of Italy. With Historical and Descriptive Notes, 1st edition, Country Life, 1919, tipped-in coloured frontispiece, monotone illustrations from photographs, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, folio (4)
Lot 119
Robinson (William). Flora and Sylva. A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower, 3 vols., 1903-05, 65 chromolithograph plates with tissue guards, numerous wood engraved illustrations and few from photographs, occasional scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, minor wear to upper joint of volume 1, large 4to (3)
Lot 134
Worlidge (John). Systema Agriculturae; the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered. Treating of the several new and most Advantagious Ways of Tilling, Planting, Sowing, Manuring, Ordering, Improving of all sorts of Gardens, Orchards, Meadows, Pastures, Corn-lands, Woods & Coppices. As Also of Fruits, Corn, Grain, Pulse, New-Hays, Cattle, Fowl, Beasts, Bees, Silk-Worms, Fish... To which is Added Kalendarium Rusticum: Or, the Husbandmans Monthly Direction... and Dictionarium Rusticum..., 3rd edition, published Thomas Dring, 1681, additional decorative title with closed tear, stained and frayed, duplicate title page, lacking plates, some staining and spotting throughout, near contemporary notes and marginalia, mostly to preliminaries and titles, occasional closed tears to page margins, last page of alphabetical index at rear worn and frayed, book plate of John Lumsden, hinges and joints weak, near contemporary quarter sheep, worn and frayed, 4to, together with, Miller (Philip),The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, as also the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory and Vineyard..., 2nd edition, 1783, decorative frontispiece, title and dedication, one engraved plate (only), rear endpaper detached, contemporary calf, upper board detached, rubbed and frayed, folio, with, Rennie (James, editor),The Magazine of Botany & Gardening, British & Foreign. Comprehending Figures carefully coloured from Nature of Flowers, Fruits & Cryptogamia with Desciptions thereof..., 2 volumes, published G.Henderson, 1833 - 36, decorative title to volume 1, fifty-three plates with contemporary hand colouring, volume 2 lacking title and with first leaf torn with loss, near contemporary marginalia throughout, one plate in volume 2 with fore-edge margin torn and dust soiled, ink ownership signature and address to front endpaper, contemporary cloth, worn and bumped, 8vo, together with another twenty volumes on botany, gardening and husbandry, various sizes and condition (25)
Lot 243
*Architecture. Ponce (Nicolas), Eleven plates originally published in 'Description des Bains de Titus', published Paris, circa 1815, hand coloured engravings, each approximately 380 x 250 mm, together with another sixteen eighteenth century engravings of architectural prospects, elevations and garden plans and designs, eleven with hand colouring, various sizes and condition (27)
Lot 244
*Architecture. A mixed collection of approximately forty-five prints and engravings, mostly 18th & 19th century, engravings and prints of architectural prospects and elevations, details and garden plans, including some large scale, several with hand colouring, with examples by Miller, Piranesi, Hulsbergh, Herisset and Lotha, various sizes and condition (approx.45)
Lot 311
Attributed to James Buckman (1814-1884). A watercolour album of fungi, a collection of sixty numbered leaves with watercolours of fungi on rectos (plus one loosely inserted), some folding, many of the drawings annotated in pencil, with botanical names and places, chiefly Worcestershire (e.g. Nunnery Wood, The Holt, Henwick), several dated 1861 and one dated 1848, preliminary blank with newspaper cutting mounted with adhesive tape (offset to first two leaves) and pencil inscription above 'James Buckman 1814-1884', sheet size approximately 25.5 x 6.75cm (10 x 17ins), bound into near contemporary half calf gilt, spine label gilt lettered 'Fungi J. Buckman', extremities slightly rubbed, large 8vo James Buckman was professor of geology, botany and zoology at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester from 1848 to 1863. He founded the college's botanical garden, and conducted a number of important botanical experiments, some of which were mentioned in Darwin's 'Origin of Species'. James Buckman was a friend of botanist Edwin Lees (1800-1887) who, with Buckman's encouragement, founded the Worcestershire Naturalists' Club. Lees proposed that the club compile a much-needed flora of the county, which was eventually published as 'The Botany of Worcestershire', and it was his suggestion that the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club initiated in 1868 the annual fungus forays in Herefordshire for which it became nationally famous. (1)
Lot 313
*Covent Garden. A commemorative programme for the Gala Performance by Command of His Majesty the King in honour of the visit of His Majesty the King of Spain, Thursday 8 June 1905, printed on silk by Finden Brown & Co with coloured border and tassel edge, 42 x 32cm (16.5 x 12.5ins), framed and glazed, together with another similar framed silk programme commemorating a gala performance in honour of the visit of the King and Queen of Denmark, 11 June 1907 Both featuring performances by Caruso and Melba. (2)
Lot 314
*Hoadly (Benjamin, 1676-1761, Bishop of Winchester). Declaration of Trust from Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester, 6 April 1747, concerning ,000 bank annuities held by trustees on behalf of his second wife Mary n‚e Newey, the trustees being Benjamin Avery, Doctor of Laws, and Edward Short of the Tower of London, folding vellum deed, endorsed with appointments of Doctor Benjamin Hoadly, doctor in physic, as trustee after the death of Edward Short, 26 May 1748, and of Edmund Anguish of Hatton Garden, after the death of Dr Benjamin Hoadly, 13 September 1758, with signatures of Benjamin and Mary Hoadly, both with episcopal seal, on main deed, also both signing the subsequent appointments, and with Dr Benjamin Hoadly signing the deed of his appointment as a trustee, overall 62 x 74 cm Benjamin Hoadly was Bishop of Winchester 1734-1761 and according to ODNB 'was arguably the most famous churchman of his generation... [who] exercised a profound influence over political and religious thought in eighteenth century England'. His second son, Benjamin (1706-1757) was a physician and playwright who acted as physician to both the King's and Prince of Wales' households. Benjamin Avery (died 1674) was a Presbyterian minister and physician and an influential public advocate for dissenters. He was trustee of Dr Williams Trust 1728-64 and governor of Guy's Hospital 1729 and later treasurer. (1)
Lot 319
Opera. An operatic archive, late 19th and 20th century, including a scrap album of '150 opera programmes' 1895-1931, mostly Wagner productions at Covent Garden and Bayreuth, mostly letterpress broadside programmes including small format mounted singly and as multiples to rectos of 50 leaves, manuscript index at rear, contemporary cloth, rubbed and soiled, second album containing further opera programmes circa 1912-25, plus cuttings and real photo postcards of operatic performers, contemporary cloth, rubbed and soiled, leather label to spine, plus an assorted collection of mostly 20th-century opera programmes, photographs, etc., loosely contained in a modern ring binder, folio (3)
Lot 372
Ryotai (Tatebe, 1719-1774). Kanga shinan 'Guide to Chinese Painting', 2 volumes, circa 1802, woodblock printed, illustrated throughout, some dust-soiling, original embossed paper wrappers, labels deficient, resewn, 26.5 x 19cm (10.5 x 7.5ins), (See BM 1979,0305,0.137.1 for the Hillier copy), together with Morikuni (Tachibana, 1670-1748), Honcho gaen 'Garden of Pictures of Our Country', 6 volumes, 2nd impression, 1797,woodblock printed, illustrated, a little dust-soiling, original blue paper wrappers, printed label to upper cover of each, slightly rubbed and scuffed, sewing intact, contained within chemise, 26.5 x 19cm (10 x 7.5ins) (3)
Lot 389
Bindings. Ros Rosarum ex Horto Poetarum, Dew of the Ever-Living Rose Gathered from the Poets' Gardens of Many Lands by E.V.B., 2nd edition, Elliot Stock, 1896, half-title, title-page printed in red, letterpress illustrations, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Eveline Miller on front pastedown, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary green crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, signed on front turn-in, spine sunned, spine and covers with all-over rose and leaf stem ogee pattern, gilt double fillet on edges, leaf sprays on turn-ins, 8vo, together with Our Gardens, by S. Reynolds Hole, J.M. Dent, 1901, colour frontispiece, black & white plates and letterpress illustrations, bookplate of Sheila Ann Day on front pastedown, all edges gilt, near contemporary crushed green morocco by Bumpus, signed on front turn-in, spine faded, dot decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder with maple leaf sprays, date lettered at foot, covers with gilt double fillet border and maple leaf cornerpieces, 8vo, plus Home and Garden... by Gertrude Jekyll, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, 1900, black & white plates, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Bryan Hall on front pastedowns, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, contemporary green half morocco by Kelly & Sons, with their ink stamp, faded spines with onlaid gilt decoration of roses and astors, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plus others, mostly leather-bound, including Memoirs of John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, 5 volumes, 1827, etc. (18)
Lot 491
Langley (B. & T.). Gothic Architecture, Improved by Rules and Proportions. In many Grand Designs of Columns, Doors, Windows, Chimney-Pieces, Arcades, Colonades, Porticos, Umbrellos, Temples, and Pavillions &c. with Plans, Elevations and Profiles, Geometrically Explained. To which is added An Historical Dissertation on Gothic Architecture, 1st edition, printed for I. & J. Taylor, [1742], engraved title and sixty-four engraved plates (numbered I-LXII, A, B), 4pp. folding publisher's catalogue at rear, front free endpaper with decorator's oval ink stamp, and a couple of pencil drawings, contemporary sheep, worn, with upper cover detached, 4to, together with Smith (George), The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide..., 1826, additional engraved title-page, 152 engraved plates, thirty-eight hand-coloured, generally toned and some spotting, one plate with closed tear repaired on verso, final few plates water-stained, endpapers renewed, book ticket on front pastedown, contemporary calf, sometime, rebacked, rubbed and some slight wear to extremities, recornered, 4to, plus a bound collection of twenty-eight engraved plates (plus engraved general title and letterpress title for part III) from New Designs for Chinese Temples Triumphal Arches, Garden Seats, Palings &c. by William Halfpenny, 1750, some browning, spotting, and one of two repairs, hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, plus a defective and stained copy of The Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer and Complete Decorator, 1826, by Peter Nicholson, with numerous engraved plates, many hand-coloured, 4to Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (4)
Lot 553
Crane (Walter, illust.). A Masque of Days, From the Last Essays of Elia, 1st edition, Cassell, 1901, colour illustrations throughout, first and final pages and edges spotted, patterned endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, and corners showing, 4to, together with Flora's Feast, 1st edition, Cassell, 1889, colour illustrations throughout, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, patterned endpapers, upper hinge splitting, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, somewhat rubbed and soiled, small 4to, plus Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden, a Posy from the Plays, 1st edition, Cassell, 1906, colour illustrations throughout, first and final leaves spotted, patterned endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, small 4to, plus eight other books illustrated by Walter Crane, and one by Kate Greenaway, some with the bookplate of Gwendolen Grotrian on front pastedown, and two with the bookplate or signature of Jane McBryde Gwendolen Grotrian married James McBryde, M.R. James's illustrator; after McBryde's premature death, the ghost writer maintained a lifelong friendship with Gwendolen and was named legal guardian of her daughter Jane who was born six months after her father's death. (12)
Lot 628
Gotch (J. Alfred). The English Home from Charles I to George IV. Its architecture, decoration and garden design, circa 1920, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting and marks, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Richard (A.E. & Eberlein, H. Donaldson), The English Inn Past and Present, a review of its history and social life, 1st edition, 1925, numerous black and white illustrations plus colour frontispiece, some minor toning, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Fulleylove (John, [illust.] & Masson, Rosaline), Edinburgh, 22 colour illustrations with tissue-guards, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other early 20th-century illustrated British topographical reference and related, including Highways & Byways series, 23 volumes, circa 1920s, and publications by Batsford, A. & C. Black, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Lot 639
Willis (Peter). Charles Bridgeman and the English Landscape Garden, 1st edition, 1977, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to head, large 4to, together with Hussey (Christopher), The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens, reprint edition, 1984, numerous black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Jekyll (Gertrude), Garden Ornament, reprint edition, 1984, numerous black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern architecture and landscape design reference and related, including publications by Antique Collectors' Club, Penguin, Batsford, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Lot 653
Hayward (Allyson). Norah Lindsay, The Life and Art of a Garden Designer, 2007, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original grey cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Hunt (John Dixon), Garden History, Issues, Approaches, Methods, USA, 1992, numerous black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, 4to, and other modern gardening reference, including publications by Antique Collectors' Club, Garden Art Press, H.M.S.O., all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Lot 658
McVean (Donald N. & Ratcliffe, Derek A.). Plant Communities of the Scottish Highlands... , 1st edition, H.M.S.O., 1962, contemporary inscription to front pastedown, original green cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Solly (V.N.), Gardens for Town and Suburb, 1st edition, 1926, 40 colour and black and white plates including frontispiece, 15 black and white illustrations, original black cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed, 4to, plus Bunyard (Edward A.), Old Garden Roses, 1st edition, 1936, 33 colour and black and white plates including frontispiece, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded, 4to, plus other early to mid 20th-century gardening, horticultural and miscellaneous reference, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Lot 660
Moss (C.E.). The Cambridge British Flora, volumes 2 (text & plates) & 3 (text & plates), 1st editions, 1914-1920, numerous black and white illustrations from drawings by E.W. Hunnybun, volume 2 publisher's original gilt-decorated green quarter morocco, volume 3 uniform contemporary boards with cloth spine, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, folio (4 volumes in total), together with Mawson (Thomas H.), The Art & Craft of Garden Making, 1st edition, 1900, numerous black and white illustrations, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some light marks, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly faded, large 4to, plus Jekyll (Gertrude), Wood And Garden... , 1st edition, 1899, frontispiece detached, plus Home and Garden... , 1st edition, 1900, Lilies for English Gardens, 1st edition, 1901, Children And Gardens, 1st edition, 1908, Old English Household Life, 1st edition, 1925, numerous black and white illustrations, some contemporary inscriptions and spotting, all original gilt-decorated cloth, some spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, (5 volumes in total), plus other late 19th and early 20th-century gardening and horticultural reference including W. Robinson, Robert Thompson, all original cloth, some decorative bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
![Curtis (William). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed, 10 volumes, nos. 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 [and] 14 - 17, 1792](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea36b011-2df7-4bfe-b658-a5d301078b15/2acf7604-3b65-48ef-af22-5734aa115ca9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 89
Curtis (William). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed, 10 volumes, nos. 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 [and] 14 - 17, 1792 - 1803, title pages and 389 (only) engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, each with a page of descriptive text, very occasional spotting and offsetting, matching contemporary tree calf with gilt decorated spines, some wear and rubbing to spines, a little bumped, 8vo Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (10)
Lot 90
Curtis (Samuel and Hooker, Sir William Jackson). Curtis's Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Dispayed..., Volume seven of the New Series, 1833, eighty-three engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring (including twelve folding), contemporary half calf, upper board detached, worn and frayed, 8vo, together with, Hanson (H.C. editor),The Florist and Horticultural Journal, volumes 2, 3 & 4 (only), published Philadelphia, 1853 - 55, thirty lithographic plates, twenty-nine with contemporary colouring (including four folding), some spotting and staining throughout, contemporary half morocco gilt, some boards detached, rubbed and worn, 8vo, with, Smith (J.D.),Flora Britannica, volume 1 (only of 2), 1800, additional half title with near contemporary ownership signature, contemporary calf, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, 8vo Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (5)
Lot 94
The Garden, An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in all its Branches, a broken run, 1872-1876 (no. 2 only), 1978 (no. 2 only)-1879, 1883 (no. 1 only), 1888 (no. 2 only), 13 volumes in total, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, mixed gilt-decorated green cloth and blue cloth bindings, boards and spines slightly marked and rubbed, large 4to, together with Gardening Illustrated for Town & Country, a broken run, 1880-90, 1892 (volume 1-11, 13), plus duplicate of volume 1, 13 volumes in total, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth except volume 13 in later blue cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed, folio (26)
Lot 97
Hale (Thomas). Eden: Or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the Several Useful Products of a Garden, Fruits, Roots, and Herbage; from the Practice of the most Successful Gardeners, and the Result of a long Experience..., 1st edition, published T.Osborne, T.Tyre, S.Crowder & H.Woodgate, 1757, decorative engraved frontispiece, title and dedication to the Earl of Bute, sixty (complete as list) uncoloured engraved plates, publisher's notice bound at rear, endpapers and preliminaries detached, contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine, worn and frayed, folio Nissen BBI 880, Henrey 776. (1)
Lot 98
Hale (Thomas). Eden: Or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the Several Useful Products of a Garden, Fruits, Roots, and Herbage; from the Practice of the most Successful Gardeners, and the Result of a long Experience..., 1st edition, published T.Osborne, T.Tyre, S.Crowder & H.Woodgate, 1757, decorative engraved frontispiece detached and a little frayed at margins, title and dedication to the Earl of Bute, sixty (complete as list) uncoloured engraved plates, four plates with closed tears affecting image, some water staining throughout, endpapers, titles and first few leaves and index detached with some fraying and creasing, contemporary calf, lacking spine, boards detached, heavily worn and frayed, folio Nissen BBI 880, Henrey 776. (1)
Lot 279
A Liverpool, Seth Pennington tea bowl and saucer, c.1785, painted in underglaze blue in the "Cannonball" pattern and clobbered in red and gilt, a Seth Pennington tea bowl and saucer painted with the "Profile Bud" pattern and clobbered in red and gilt and a Seth Pennington bowl painted with the "Oriental Garden " pattern, clobbered in red and gilt, diameter of slop bowl 15.8cm, diameter of saucers 13.5cm, tea bowl 8.7cm and 8.5cm (5). CONDITION REPORT Cannonball tea bowl and saucer: some light surface scratches, but overall OK. Slop bowl has surface scratches and some small foot rim chips as well as a blemish in the glaze of the foot rim in production. The Profile Bud saucer has some light surface scratches as well as the tea bowl.
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