Schoelcher (Victor). The Life of Handel, one volume in four, London: Trübner and Co., 1857, extra-illustrated with some 340 engraved portraits, and views etc. and three tipped-in autograph letters signed from the author, bound with Messiah: An Oratorio. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Set to Music by Mr. Handel, London: Printed for the Administrator of J. Watts: and sold by T. Lowndes [1768], 16 pp., bound with Commemoration of Handel. First Performance, London: Printed by H. Reynell, 1784, 22 pp., bound with Grand Musical Festival, in Westminster-Abbey. Second Performance, June the 3d, 1786, London: Printed by H. Reynell, [1786], 31 pp., occasional light damp-stains to few leaves and plates within volumes, minor offsetting and scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark brown morocco, with gilt decoration, spines slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The additional plates include portraits of famous composers, such as Gluck, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Mozart, etc., views of theatres and opera houses in England and Germany, original playbills, portraits of singers, actors, actresses and playwrights.
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Ward (Thomas Humphry). The English Poets. Selections with critical introductions by various writers and a general introduction by Matthew Arnold, 5 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., mixed editions, 1880-1926, half-titles, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines a little rubbed with some fading, 8vo, together with Lamballe (Princess). Secret Memoirs of the Royal Family of France during the Revolution with original and authentic anecdotes of contemporary sovereigns and other distinguished pe4rsonages of that eventful period, published from the journal, letters and conversations of the Princess Lamballe by a lady of rank, 2 volumes, London: H. S. Nichols & Co., 1895, half-titles, frontispiece to each, occasional light toning, morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, contemporary blue half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines gilt with fleur-de-lys in compartments, faded to green, slightly rubbed, 8vo, limited edition of 500, with 2 others bound by Zaehnsdorf: The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell, 1852, and The Household of Sir Thomas More, by Anne Manning, illustrated by C. E. Brock, 1906QTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
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Churchill (Charles). [Poems], 2 volumes, 1st collected edition, London: G. Kearsley, J. Coote, W. Flexney [et al.], 1764-65, without half-titles and general volume titles, containing 15 works, each separately paginated (including 8 1st editions), author's signature to title-pages of Gotham part III and The Times, some damp-staining in volume 2, contemporary calf, rebacked with contrasting morocco labels, 4to, together with:Dalrymple (John). Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-battle off La Hogue, 2 volumes, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, J. Bell and J. Balfour, 1771, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of William Danby to upper pastedowns (bookplate to first volume torn with loss), signature of W. Danby to front free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 4to,Stanhope (Eugenia). Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: together with several other pieces on various subjects, 4 volumes, 5th edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, half-titles to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary calf, morocco title label to each, some joints lightly cracked, head and foot of spines rubbed, 8vo,Uvedale (Thomas). The Memoirs of Philip de Comines: Containing the History of Lewis XI and Charles VIII of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to which Princes he was Secretary: as also the History of Edward IV and Henry VII of England..., 2 volumes, London: John Phillips, 1712, front free endpapers with the signature of Will. Plumer (one dated 1715), contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, Cowper (William). Poems, 2 volumes, 6th edition, London: J. Johnson, 1794, contemporary marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, Ramsay (David). Military Memoirs of Great Britain: or, A History of the War, 1755-1763, Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1779, engraved title and dedication leaf, 12 engraved portrait plates (including frontispiece), occasional spotting, bookplate of Alexander S. Finlay to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, recent morocco title label to spine, 8vo, plus other 18th-century antiquarianQTY: (28)
Dickens (Charles). Sketches by Boz illustrative of every-day life, and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, complete, 1st 1-volume edition, first issue, London: Chapman & Hall, 1839, advertisement leaf following title dated May 15, 1839, all plates before page 120 without the Chapman & Hall imprint, page 526 with 'reeled before', half-title, frontispiece, additional pictorial title, and 38 etched plates by George Cruikshank, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front endpaper, pale spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, 20th century crushed red half morocco, small mark to spine, 8vo, together with Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall 1865, half-titles, additional title, 40 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, occasional light spotting, bookplate of J. Barnes, Brighton, later blue half morocco, spine faded to green with gilt decoration, 8vo, plus Borrow (George). Lavengro; the scholar - the gypsy - the priest, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1851, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, small marginal water stain to a few leaves front and rear of each volume, bookplates of Alexander Stone, top edge gilt, near-contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Being the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round, conducted by Charles Dickens, for Christmas, 1867 (in original wrappers and bound-in later crimson half morocco by Riviere & Son) QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Eckel pp. 14-15 Smith, Original Cloth, p16, note 4 (Sketches by Boz). 'When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839... In May 1839, Chapman & Hall published these complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations' (Smith).
Hunt (Robert). Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall, 2 volumes, London: John Camden Hotten, 1865, Extra-illustrated with 2 double-page engraved maps (hand-coloured in outline), 5 engraved portrait plates and over 100 engraved plates of views (including some India proofs, and some window mounted), light damp-stain to gutter of initial leaves of volume 1, occasional spotting and light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns (offsetting to free endpapers), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century brown crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, 8vo, together with:Coleridge (Hartley). Biographia Borealis: or Lives of Distinguished Northerns, London: Whitaker, Treacher, and Co. and F. E. Bingley, Leeds, 1833, Extra-illustrated containing hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece, 20 plates (including 2 hand-coloured, some window mounted), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century brown crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt and blind panel decoration to spine compartments and boards, 8vo, plus Tomkins (Herbert W.). Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902, Extra-illustrated with 72 additional engraved plates (some window mounted), monochrome illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century marbled crimson calf by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine lightly faded, worn at head, 8voQTY: (4)
Lysons (Daniel). The Environs of London: Being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, within Twelve Miles of the Capitol..., 6 volumes (including supplement), London: Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, 1792-1811, engraved titles to volumes 1-5, engraved dedication leaf, 4 engraved maps (1 folding), 74 engraved and etched plates and plans (including some uncoloured aquatint plates, 6 folding and 3 hand-coloured), few folding pedigrees, occasional damp-stains, some spotting occasional light browning and offsetting, recent endpapers, contemporary diced calf, each volume neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and maroon morocco title labels, 4to, together with:Dale (Samuel). The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, Topographical, Dynastical and Political. First Collected by Silas Taylor alias Domville, Gent. Keeper of the King's Stores there; and now much Enlarged in all its Parts with Notes and Observations Relating to Natural History, London: C. Davis and T. Green, 1730, additional mounted engraved portrait frontispiece by Virtue dated 1737, 14 engraved plates (including 3 double-page), some spotting and browning, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown half morocco, 4to,Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title to volume 2 only, 4 engraved plates (3 double-page), folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, old 'FH Museum Britannicum' and 'Duplicate B. M. 1818' ink stamps to verso of titles and leaf at rear, occasional spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decoration, joints splitting and some wear, folioQTY: (9)
Mill (John Stuart). Considerations on Representative Government, second edition, London: Parker & Son, and Bourn, 1861, bound with Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform, second edition, with additions, London: John W. Parker & Son, 1859, & Utilitarianism, reprinted from 'Fraser's Magazine', London: Parker & Son, and Bourn, 1863, viii, 347pp, 58pp., and [iii], 95pp, some spotting to endpapers, with a few light spots to first title, together with Principles of Political Economy, 2 volumes, fifth edition, 1862, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, 2 volumes, fifth edition, 1862, An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, 1st edition, 1865, and Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philososophical, and Historical, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1859-67, small printed black owners mark to lower corner of rear endpaper of each volume, some spotting to endpapers, marbled edges and endpapers, modern bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform polished full calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting red and brown gilt-lettered spine labels, a little rubbed and some marks to joints and edges, second volume of Political Economy, with short split to head of upper and lower joint, 8voQTY: (9)
Cosway-style binding. Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, engraved frontispiece & title, 38 steel-engraved plates, further woodcut illustrations in text, plates toned, occasional light spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, finely bound in a later Cosway-style blue full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath (signed to front turn-in), the upper cover with inset hand-coloured oval portrait of Thackeray, triple rule gilt border to covers, incorporating copious gilt foliate devices, spine separated into compartments by 5 raised bands finished in gilt, 4 containing gilt foliation, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Froude (James Anthony). History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth, 12 volumes, 3rd edition, revised, London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862-70, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform crimson full calf, gilt-decorated spines with green morocco labels and light brown morocco volume numbers, a little rubbed to extremities, generally a handsome set, 8vo, together withCampbell (John Lord). The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of King George IV, 8 volumes, 1st edition (except first three volumes, 2nd edition), London: John Murray, 1846-69, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, slightly later uniform brown half-calf (by Riviere & Son for H. Sutheran), gilt-decorated spines with contrasting red and light brown morocco labels, lightly rubbed to extremities, plus other English history, including Macaulay, History of England, 5 volumes, 1857-61, Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire with notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot, edited with additional notes, by William Smith, 8 volumes, 1862, (Tomline Prize, Eton, mid-summer 1870), and J. R. Green, A Short History of the English People, 4 volumes, 1892-94, all bound in contemporary full or half calf (Gibbon bound by Jenkin & Cecil, and Green bound by Bickers & Son), all 8voQTY: (37)
Ennemoser (Joseph). The History of Magic, translated from the German by William Howitt. To which is added an appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated stories of apparitions, dreams, second sight, somnambulism, predictions, divination, witchcraft, vampires, fairies, table-turning and spirit-rapping. Selected by Mary Howitt, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854, a little light spotting and offsetting, top edge gilt, later crimson half calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, spines a little faded with small stains, 8vo, together with Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Myths and Legends of the Hindus & Buddhists, London: George G. Harrap, 1913, 32 colour illustrations supervised by Abanindro Nath Tagore, front hinge tender, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and Annie Pearson, Viscountess Cowdray (1860-1932, suffragist and nursing patron), top edge gilt, original blindstamped vellum, spine lettered in gilt, large 8vo, limited signed edition 15/75, plus Wood (Edward J.) Giants and Dwarfs, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1868, extra-illustrated with 20 plates and illustrations, slight toning to textblock, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle and Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861-1949, industrialist and politician), top edge gilt, contemporary brown half morocco, spine rubbed with some fading, 8vo, with 6 others including The Revelations of a Square, by the Rev. G. Oliver, 1st edition, 1855, The Constitution of Free-Masonry; or Ahiman Rezon... revised, corrected and improved, with additions, from the original of the late Lawrence Dermott by Thomas Harper, 1801, Cedulities Past and Present, by William Jones, 1880, and The Magic of Aleister Crowley, by John Symonds, 1st edition, 1958 QTY: (11)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
![[Dubois, Edward], My Pocket Book; or, Hints for 'A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede' Tour, in quarto; to be called 'The Stranger](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/072d9a95-1f74-49ae-936c-b0c2011fb1aa/7a0c9a2f-6d1c-4f87-b0a2-b0f5011043aa/468x382.jpg)
[Dubois, Edward], My Pocket Book; or, Hints for 'A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede' Tour, in quarto; to be called 'The Stranger in Ireland', in 1805. By a Knight Errant. New edition, London: printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe..., 1808, folding tinted aquatint frontispiece, four single-page tinted aquatint plates, title with some light browning, marbled edges, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked (endpapers renewed), 8vo, together withAnderson (Christopher). Historical Sketches of the Native Irish and their descendants; illustrative of their past and present state with regard to literature, education, and oral instruction, 2nd edition, enlarged, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, and Simkin & Marshall, 1830, half-title with contemporary ownership inscription to verso, marbled endpapers (a little spotted), contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus[Hole, Samuel Reynolds]. A Little Tour in Ireland. Being a visit to Dublin, Galway, Connemara, Athlone, Limerick, Killarney, Glengarriff, Cork, etc. by An Oxonian. With illustrations by John Leech, 1st edition, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1859, folding hand-coloured frontispiece depicting the social life of the Claddagh, Galway (blank fore-edge a little frayed), wood-engraved plates and illustrations to text, original gilt-decorated green cloth wrappers bound in at rear, marbled endpapers with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, later polished green full calf by Bayntun (Riviere), 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Abbey, Life 279 (Dubois); Prideaux P334.
Sale (George, translator). The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with explanatory notes, taken from the most approved commentators. To which is prefixed a preliminary discourse, 2 volumes, new edition, London: Thomas Tegg, 1825, half-titles, folding engraved map, folding engraved view of Mecca, folding tables, a little minor spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later calf gilt by Morrell, spines with burgundy labels and elaborate gilt decorations, 8vo, together with Payne (John, translator)). Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night not occuring in the other printed texts of the work, 3 volumes, London: printed for the Villin Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation only, 1884, original limp vellum upper covers and spines bound at rear of each volume (with blank leaves partly adhered to covers), burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, contemporary green calf gilt by Bumpus, spines faded, some light stains to covers, 8vo, limited edition 304/500, plus volumes I & II only of the same work by John Payne and Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp, by John Payne, 1889, limited edition 230/500, uniformly boundQTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
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[Madan, Martin]. Thelyphthora; or, a Treatise on Female Ruin, in its causes, effects, consequences, prevention and remedy; considered on the basis of the Divine Law: under the following heads, viz. marriage, whoredom, fornication, adultery, polygamy, divorce; with many other incidental matters; particularly including an examination of the principles and tendency of Stat. 26 Geo. II. c. 33. commonly called the Marriage Act. 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1780-81, occasional light spotting, contemporary previous owner signature of James Coman to volumes I & II titles, burgundy morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, spines with red labels and gilt decoration, small areas of worming and discolouration to covers, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Hissey (James John). Works, 14 volumes, London: Richard Bentley & Son et al, 1884-1917, frontispiece to each, full-page engraved plates throughout, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco gilt by C. J. Sawyer, spines faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Lucas (Edward Verrall). A Wanderer in Rome; A Wandered in Venice; A Wanderer in Paris; A Wanderer in Florence, 4 volumes, London: Methuen & Co, 1925-28, half-titles, colour frontispieces, full-page illustrations throughout (including some full-page), top edge gilt, modern crushed cobalt blue half morocco gilt, spines lightly faded, 8vo, withD'Anvers (Nancy). Picturesque Brittany, with illustrations in colour by Arthur G. Bell, London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1906, half-title, colour frontispiece, 24 full-page colour illustrations, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th-century straight-grain full navy blue morocco by Bumpus, some light wear to extremities, 8vo, withMeldrum (David Storrar). Home Life in Holland, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co, 1911, half-title, frontispiece, 15 black and white illustrations, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown, ownership inscription in black ink to head of front blank, top edge gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco by Maclehouse, spine lightly faded, 8vo, with 8 other leatherbound volumes on travel including S. Baring Gould's The Deserts of Southern France (2 volumes, 1st edition, 1894) and Warwick Wroth's Cremorne and the Later London Gardens (1907) QTY: (28)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Tooke (John Horne). Eiiea Iitepoenta. Or, the Diversions of Purley, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for the author/for R. Hunter, 1798-1805, engraved frontispiece to volume I, engraved plate, errata leaf, occasional light spotting, later tan polished calf, covers with double fillet border in gilt, spines with red and olive labels and gilt-decorated in compartments, joints and edges a little rubbed, two small areas of worming to covers, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.ESTC T32791.Tooke's magnum opus on language and nominalism, greatly inspired by John Locke's Essay Concerning Humane Understanding and contended that 'The business of the mind, as far as it concerns Language, appears to me to be very simple, it extends no farther than to receive impressions, that is to have Sensations or Feelings. What are called its operations, are merely the operations of Language.' (volume I, p. 51).
Kirk (John Foster). History of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1863-68, portrait frontispieces to volumes I-II, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and armorial bookplates of Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912, diamond magnate and art collector). all edges yellow, later tan calf, spines with green and maroon labels and gilt-decorated in compartments, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Smith (John Thomas). Nollekens and his Times: comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor; and memoirs of several contemporary artiists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth and Reynolds, to that of Ousell, Flaxman, and Blake, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1828, engraved portrait, extra-illustrated with approximately 100 engraved plates and portraits, some light offsetting and spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, , all edges gilt, later tan calf by Riviere, Bath, spines gilt with artist's easel and palette tools in compartments, slight partial fading to covers, 8vo, plus Smalley (George W.) London Letters and Some Others, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1890, half-titles, 1 pp. autograph letter from the author to the publisher bound-in at front of volume I, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, and publisher Frederick Macmillan (1851-1936), , top edge gilt, contemporary tan calf by Riviere & Son, spines with maroon and tan labels and richly gilt, 8vo, limited signed edition 8/9, with 3 others: The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by George Otto Trevelyan, 2 volumes, 1876, The Life and Works of Goethe, by G. H. Lewes, 2 volumes, 1855, and Our Peculiarities, by Viscountess Combermere, privately printed circa 1863QTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle (bookplates); 2nd work 'from the library of Sir Hugh Walpole, July/45' (pencil inscription at front of volume I).
Mill (John Stuart). The Subjection of Women, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, half-title, modern bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf gilt, red morocco title label, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Dissertations and Discussions. Political, Philosophical and Historical, reprinted chiefly from the Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews, 2 volumes, London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859, contemporary gift inscription in black ink to head of front blank in volume one, early 20th-century calf gilt, contrasting morocco spine labels, covers marked, spines lightly faded, 8vo, withA System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: John W. Parker, 1856, a few light spots to preliminary and rear leaves, contemporary calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, withPacke (Michael St. John). The Life of John Stuart Mill, London: Secker and Warburg, 1954, black and white illustrations throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, modern blue crushed morocco gilt, 8voQTY: (6)NOTE:'The last of [Mill's] great political tracts' (ODNB) for the first work.
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[Hatfield, Edmund, editor]. The Legend of Saint Ursula and her Companions, with illuminated miniatures taken from the Church of S. Ursula, at Cologne, London: John Camden Hotten, 1869, 22 facsimile illuminated miniatures, illustrations, light water stain to last few leaves, some light spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, covers with elaborate panel and arabesque in red morocco and gilt decoration, spine with raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, 4to, together with Doyle (James E.) A Chronicle of England B. C. 55 - A. D. 1485, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864, half-title, numerous illustrations in colour, bookplate of W. A. Foyle,all edge gilt, later green straight-grained morocco gilt by Riviere, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to, plus Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. (Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel) with Pictures in Words by Tom Taylor, London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1864, 30 engraved plates, a little minor spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to, with 6 others illustrated including Recollections of a Rambler, by G. A. Simcox, 1874, Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul, 1906, The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, circa 1860, Kearton's Nature Pictures, 2 volumes, 1910, and Shades from Jane Austen, by Honoria D. Marsh, 1975, limited edition 70/300: QTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Baskerville Press. Orlando Furioso di Lodovico Ariosto, 4 volumes, Birmingham: Da' Torchj di G. Baskerville: Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia Reale, e G. Molini, 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, 45 engraved plates (of 46, lacking plate to face stanza 10), title page to first volume with early ownership signature Helena OGrady to upper margin, some light dust-soiling, few marks, contemporary marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with red morocco labels, light wear to extremities, joints to volume 4 repaired, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Gaskell 48. Handsome copy.
Terrific Register. The Terrific Register; or, Record of Crimes, Judgements, Providences, and Calamities, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., Edinburgh: Hunter, 1825, titles within wood-engraved architectural borders, wood-engraved illustrations, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, finely bound in later tree calf gilt by Morrell, spines with crimson and green labels and elaborate gilt decoration, 8vo, together with [Borrow, George Henry]. Celebrated Trials, and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the Earliest Records to the Year 1825, 6 volumes, 1st edition, London: Knight and Lacey, 1825, 35 engraved plates, including 4 folding, some light offsetting and spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, later green half calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, spines with burgundy and green labels and gilt decorated, slightly rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Rayner (J. L. & G. T. Cook, editors). The Complete Newgate Calendar, 5 volumes, London: privately printed for the Navarre Society, 1926, monochrome plates, partly unopened, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, crimson half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8voQTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Francis of Assisi (Saint). Fioretti, Venice: per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia, 22 November 1484, 62 (of 64) unnumbered leaves, a1-h8, with a1 (recto blank, verso with full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion) and a8 supplied in later facsimile on matching pale cream laid paper, lacking leaves h2 and h3 towards end, colophon to final leaf 'A honore de Dio & de la gloriosa verzene maria e de miser sancto francesco e impressa questa devota opera in Venetia per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia. del Mcccclxxxiiii, a di. xxii. de novembrio', with printer's woodcut device, a2 with old partly erased oval library inkstamp to lower outer corner (not legible), and with later paper repairs to upper blank margin and lower outer blank corner, occasional minor marginal marks, burgundy gilt-decorated burgundy label of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th century antique-style blind- and gilt-decorated light brown full calf, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Pellechet 4812 (who records only the copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale, lacking a2); no copy in the British Museum or in America; Reichling, IV, 1214; L. Manzoni, I Fioretti di Sancto Franciescho (Rome: E. Loescher, 1902), p.125.Only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1954), when it was bought by Foyle (the present copy).The Fioretti, or Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi is the title given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions, being a translation into Italian of the latin text Actus B. Francisci et Sociorum Ejus (the earliest extant manuscript version of which is dated 1390). The Italian text, one of the most delightful literary works of the Middle Ages, is thought to be by the Tuscan friar Ugolino Brunforte.
Bouchot (Henri). The Book: its Printers, Illustrators and Binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. With a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places. Edited by H. Grevel, Extra-Illustrated copy, expanded to 3 volumes, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1890, 172 monochrome illustrations to text (as issued), additional manuscript title to each volume inserted, in black ink with light blue wash (first volume retains the original printed title), and approximately 350 additional illustrations, including title pages, woodcuts, portraits, sample pages, printer's devises, colour reproductions of bindings and illuminated manuscripts (mostly in chromolithography), etc., dating from the 15th, 16th,17th,18th and 19th century, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary three-quarter red crushed morocco gilt, a little rubbed to joints and outer corners, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An exceptionally fine and carefully re-presented copy of Bouchot's classic work, significantly enhanced by the addition of 350 additional examples of early printing.A short typewritten description of the volume list the various types of illustrations added to this copy: 'about 87 old engraved portraits, about 35 other portraits, about 62 engraved title pages or other leaves from original old books, about 51 printer's devices from original books, about 60 original engravings and woodcuts from old books, about 14 reproductions of bindings, about 6 reproductions from illuminated manuscripts, about 34 other illustrations'. One of the earliest specimens is an early woodcut or xylographic illustration printed in brown, possibly depicting the Three Wise Men, inscribed in a 17th-century hand in brown ink to verso 'Mom Britium Mediolanensis' (a reference to the Italian humanist Boninus Mombritius (circa 1424-1502), who edited a number of early texts including the Santuarium seu Vitae Sanctorum).Early woodcut and engraved portraits include Lorenzo Coster by Larmessin after Van Campen. An engraved portrait of Burchiello by Ascanio Lucani, engraved portrait of Sebastian Brant, Pico della Mirandola by De Bry (1650), Maximilian of Austria by De Jode after Lucas van Leyden, circa 1620, woodcut colophon portrait John Day (1562), engraved portrait of Nicolaus Bruyant by Pontius after Van Dyck.Engraved title pages include De Ortu et Progressu Artis Typographicae (1639), the title page to the libro secondo of Reucelli's Imprese Illustri, a leaf from an incunable German hand-coloured illustrated bible, the title page to Abbot Rupert's Commentariorum in Evangelium Johannis, (Birkman, 1533, Sabelicus, Historie Vinitiane, Venice 1554, Drexelius, Rosae Selectissimarum Virtutum, Antwerp, 1636, Andreas de Novo Castro, Primum scriptum Sententiarum, Paris: Jean Granion, 1512, Arthur Lake's sermon preached at Paul's Crosse, London: William Stansby, 1629, Thomas Taylor, The Parable of the Sower, 3rd edition, 1634
Winston (Charles). An Inquiry into the difference of style observable in Ancient Glass Paintings, especially in England; with hints on glass painting, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford and London: James Parker and Co., 1867, 75 full-page plates to plate volume, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, early 20th-century orange full morocco gilt, black morocco spine labels, lightly rubbed, spines slightly faded, 8vo, together with:A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture, 3 volumes (including supplement), 4th edition, enlarged, Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1841-45, frontispieces, 164 plates to plate volume, further engraved plates to supplementary volumes, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf gilt, black morocco spine labels, some light wear to extremities, 8vo, plusJameson (Anna). Sacred and Legendary Art, 2 volumes, new edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1890, frontispieces, full-page plates throughout (one folding at rear of volume two), bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century dark green crushed full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, a few small nicks to extremities, 8vo, with 39 other related leatherbound volumes QTY: (46)
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[Cole, Mrs Henry Warwick]. A Lady's Tour Round Monte Rosa: with visits to the Italian valleys of Anzasca, Mastalone, Camasco, Sesia, Lys, Challant, Aosta, and Cogne. In a series of excursions in the years 1850-56-58, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Lonbgmans and Roberts, 1859, half-title, title with hand-coloured rose vignette, folding map with outline colour, 4 chromolithograph plates after George Barnard, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without the 24 pp. publisher's catalogue, some light spotting to last few leaves, light marginal offsetting from map, small faded contemporary presentation inscription to half-title, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, attractively bound in crimson full morocco gilt by Carss, Glasgow, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Neate C88. 'Mrs. Cole was the wife of A. C. member Henry Warwick Cole, whom she accompanied on the tours described in her book, which was illustrated by George Barnard (c. 1807-90). Barnard was one of the first Alpine artists to draw mountains with any degree of accuracy, and also one of the earliest members of the A. C. to travel widely in the Alps.' (Neate).
Greene (Robert). Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit; bought with a Million of Repentance. With a Preface, Critical & Biographical: by Sir Egerton Brydges, [Ickham]: printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory, by Johnson and Warwick, 1813, title in red and black with mounted wood engraved vignette, mounted wood engraved vignette to following limitation leaf, occasional light spotting, colour armorial bookplate of Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820-1872) and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (also with rubbed white label adhered below), all edges gilt, mid 19th-century mustard yellow morocco by Hayday, gilt panelled and decorated, gilt decorated turn-ins, joints and extremities rubbed, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820 -1872) and W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates). Limited edition of 61 copies printed. The first work in quarto printed at the Lee Priory Press.Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820 -1872), of Birmingham, Leamington and of 27 Elsham Road Kensington, was the fifth son of the the Reverend John Eyton, Rector of Wellington in Shropshire, and Anna Maria, sole daughter and heir of Edmund Joseph Plowden of Plowden Hall in Shropshire. The Rev. Robert William Eyton, Rector of Ryton in Shropshire, and author of The Antiquities of Shropshire was his brother. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, on the Council of which he served, he brought together a large collection of books which was dispersed in eleven sales at Sotheby's from 1842-48.
Bumpus Binding. The Life of Edward Mountagu, K.G. First Earl Sandwich, by F. R. Harris, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1912, photogravure portrait frontispieces and monochrome portrait plates, front pastedowns with ownership signature 'Alex. Keiller of Morven 1916, rebound 1916', bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary light brown morocco by J. & E. Bumpus Ltd., elaborately decorated to covers incorporating onlay roundels and borders to spine compartments and border onlays to boards, gilt armorial of the Earl of Sandwich to centre of upper boards, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Alexander Keiller FSA, FGS (1889-1955) was born at Binrock House, Dundee and was the heir to the family marmalade business, James Keiller & Son which was established in Dundee in 1797. He is particularly remembered as an archaeologist, pioneering aerial photographer, businessman and philanthropist. He worked on the prehistoric sites at Windmill Hill and Avebury, Wiltshire and helped to ensure their preservation. He also founded the Morven Institute of Archaeological Research at Avebury, now the Alexander Keiller Museum.
Percy (Sholto and Reuben). The Percy Anecdotes. Original and Select, 20 volumes, London: T. Boys, 1823, 2 parts to each volume with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark brown half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt decorated spines, 12mo, together with:Alom (John). The Letters of Junius complete: Interspersed with the Letters and Articles to which he replied..., 2 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1806, extra-illustrated mostly with portrait plates (some window mounted), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century brown half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spines slightly faded, light mottling to cloth sides, 8vo,Brown (John). Horae Subsecivae, 3 volumes, new edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes 1 and 3, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns of each, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, and [Taylor, John]. The Identity of Junius with a Distinguished Living Character [Sir Philip Francis] Established, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1816, Extra-illustrated with several engraved portrait plates including some window mounted, light toning and some spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century red half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus others including Sterling (John). Essays and Tales..., 2 volumes, London: John W. Parker, 1848, [Tegg, Thomas]. Eccentric Biography; or, Lives of Extraordinary Characters, London: Thomas Tegg [et al], 1826, and Griffin & Co. (Richard, publisher). The Book of Trades; or, Circle of the Useful Arts, 7th edition, Glasgow: Richard Griffen & Co., 1843QTY: (30)
Fellowes (William Dorset). Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the principal personages of that period; including the King's Trial and Execution..., London: J. Murray, 1828, half-title, lithograph frontispiece, 48 lithograph plates (including 1 folding and 4 double-page), occasional toning and scattered spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (paper skinning to front marbled pastedown where previous bookplate removed), all edges gilt, late 19th/ early 20th-century red morocco by Riviere, elaborate gilt decoration to spine and gilt border to boards, gilt decorated turn-ins, 4to, together with:Kingston (Richard). A True History of the Several Designs and Conspiracies, against His Majesties Sacred Person and Government; as they were continually carry'd on from 1688 till 1697..., London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Abel Roper, 1698, initial blank (A1) present, browning and spotting throughout, contemporary mottled calf, upper board detached and lower, worn, 8vo, (Wing K615),[Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of]. The Secret Correspondence of Sir Robert Cecil with James VI. King of Scotland. Now first published, Edinburgh: A. Millar, 1766, toning and scattered spotting throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (light paper skinning to front marbled pastedown where previous bookplate removed), early 19th-century calf gilt, black morocco label to spine, 12mo,Dalrymple (David, editor). Memorials and Letters relating to the history of Britain in the reign of James the First. Published from the originals, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1766, repaired closed tear to final leaf, minor dust-soiling mostly to first and last few leaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf, black morocco title label to spine, slight wear to spine and corners, small 8vo, plus two others, [Disraeli, Isaac]. An Inquiry into the Literary and Political Character of James the First, London: John Murray, 1816, and Payne-Gallwey (Ralph). A History of The George Worn on the Scaffold by Charles I, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, both volumes with bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedownsQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Braddon (Lawrence). Essex's Innocency and Honour Vindicated, or, Murther, Subornation, Perjury, and Oppression justly charg'd on the Murtherers of that noble Lord and true Patriot, Arthur (late) Earl of Essex. As proved before the Right Honourable (late) Committee of Lords, or ready to be deposed. In a Letter to a Friend, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1690, engraved frontispiece with few neatly repaired closed tears mostly to margins, lower outer blank corner of A2 torn away, light dust-soiling mostly to initial leaves at front and rear, modern calf-backed marbled boards, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing B4101.
Cescinsky (Herbert). English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, illustrated from drawings by the author and from photographs, 3 volumes, London: The Waverly Book Company, [1911], black and white illustrations throughout (some after photographs), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th century crushed full pale brown morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (signed to front turn-ins), fleur-de-lis cornerpieces to gilt triple-bordered panels to covers, a few light marks, 4to, together with:Cescinsky (Herbert, Malcolm R. Webster). English Domestic Clocks, illustrated from drawings and photographs by the authors, 2nd edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1914, colour portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout (some after photographs), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, bound uniformly with the other three volumes, 4toQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Somner (William & Battely, Nicolas). The Antiquities of Canterbury, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, London: R. Knaplock, 1703, engraved frontispiece by Kip, 13 engraved plates, 6 maps, city and ground plans by Kip, Hollar, Hill etc., errata leaf present at rear, minor toning and occasional light spotting mostly to margins, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, late 19th/early 20th-century maroon morocco by F. Bedford, elaborate gilt decorated spine and gilt panelled boards, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Cox III p. 187; Upcott pp. 388-390; Lowndes V 2442. Handsome copy.
Fore-edge Painting. Original Topographical & Antiquarian Delineations of Great Britain; comprising views of Curious & Interesting Subjects in England, Scotland, & Wales, London: Published for the Proprietors, June 1817, 94 engraved plates by J. Grieg, some toning and spotting to margins, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edges gilt with fore-edge painting of Lincoln Cathedral, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spine, double-rule gilt and blind roll border to boards, 8vo, together with:Parkyns (George Isham). Monastic and Baronial Remains, with other interesting Fragments of Antiquity, in England, Wales, and Scotland, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, half-title to volume 1, 100 uncoloured aquatint plates (offset to text), some spotting to margins, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain maroon morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, and with another copy of the same work in contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain red morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo,[Cromwell, Thomas]. Excursions in the County of Essex: comprising a brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of every Town and Village; together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry..., 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [et al.], 1819, folding engraved map and plan, additional engraved titles and 96 plates, light scattered spotting, verso of front free endpaper inscribed 'To W. A. Foyle Esq. from the Society of an Antiquarian Booksellers Assistant's Society in memory of a very pleasant visit to Beeleigh Abbey July 8 1956, A. Savill president', burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain red morocco, extremities rubbed, 8voQTY: (7)
Donovan (Edward). Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, in the Year 1804, and the four preceding Summers, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1805, 31 hand-coloured aquatint plates (complete as list), occasional light offsetting and minor scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century light brown calf by Root & Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, spines and extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:[Muilman, Peter]. A New and Complete History of Essex, from a late Survey; Compared with the most celebrated Historians..., By a Gentleman, 6 volumes, Chelmsford: Printed and sold by Lionel Hassall, 1769-72, 52 engraved plates (including 23 folding) and 3 folding engraved maps, early inscription to fore-margin of leaf 2S1 in final volume '10th May 1773, Reced. of Mrs Mary Hasell five shillings dury for the 69th no. of the History of Essex containing two sheets and an half ... Thos. Daniel Distribr. of stamps for county of Essex', some light offsetting and minor spotting, armorial bookplate of William Harrison and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary faintly diced calf gilt, gilt armorial and monogram of Theodore Williams (1785-1875) to centre of boards, volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, head of spine to volume 4 torn with loss at head, joints split at head of joints to volume 6, 8vo,Coker (John). A Survey of Dorsetshire. Containing the Antiquities and Natural History of that County. With a Particular Description of all the Places of Note, and Antient Seats..., London: J. Wilcox, S. Palmer and J. Huggonson, 1732, folding engraved map frontispiece, six engraved plates of armorials bearings, browning and spotting throughout (mostly to leaves of text), three leaves of late 19th-century manuscript pedigree notes tipped-in at front, bookplate of John Benett of Norton Bavant & Pythouse dated 1937 to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, early 20th-century dark green half sheep, red morocco title label to spine and simple gilt motif to each compartment, light wear mostly to joints, folio,Willis (Browne). A Survey of the Cathedral of St. David's..., London: R. Gosling, 1717, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Landaff..., London: R. Gosling, 1719, 3 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of St. Asaph..., London: R. Gosling, 1720, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Bangor..., London: R. Gosling, 1721, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional spotting, each volume with bookplate to front pastedown of Charles W. G. Howard, the gift of the Rt. Hon. Sir David Dundas Knt. of Ochtertyre 1877 and to front free endpaper the red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, each in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label to spine of each, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century topographyQTY: (15)
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Poems, London: Chatto & Windus in association with Longmans, Green & Co., 1913, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary maroon crushed morocco gilt by Bumpus Ltd., 4to (Limited edition 482/500 printed on handmade paper), together with:Holmes (Oliver Wendell). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913, together 3 volumes, frontispieces, decorative titles, plates and illustrations by Henry Matthew Brock, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, uniform 20th-century half calf by Maclehose of Glasgow, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, 8vo,James (Henry). Fourteen Stories..., Selected by David Garnett, London: Rupert Hart-Davis,1946, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century navy half calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Burnett (Frances Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy, London: Frederick Warne and Co.,1899, frontispiece, plates and illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo, Houseman (Alfred Edward). A Shropshire Lad, reprinted, London: Grant Richards, 1908, 8 colour illustrations by William Hyde, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green half morocco gilt, spine faded to light brown, 8vo,Brown (Horatio F.). John Addington Symonds, A Biography compiled from his papers and correspondence, 2 volumes, London: John C. Nimmo, 1895, monochrome portrait frontispieces and plates, one colour armorial plate, light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century turquoise blue crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spines lightly faded, 8vo, Mitchell (Margaret). Gone with the Wind, reprinted, London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1938, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other literature, biographies and history related, bound in 20th-century full and half morocco and calf bindings, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Bayntun Riviere and Zaehnsdorf etc.QTY: (32)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Rowe (Nicholas). The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakepear's Style, 1st edition, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the Two Temple-Gates, in Fleet-street [1714], [viii],63,[1]pp, first issue with 'the Heart' (page 18, line 3), 'This trickling show'r of Teats' (page 19, line 17), and publisher's notice at end of last leaf of text, dated 'Jan. 28. 1713-14', some light browning, modern half-calf, spine lettered in gilt, together with:The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane, 1st edition, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys, between the Two Temple-Gates, in Fleetstreet, 1715, title, two (of 4) leaves of preface, lacking pages iii-vi, A2-3, prologue leaf trimmed with loss of blank outer fore-margin, 66pp, plus final leaf of Epilogue, modern half-calf over marbled boards, both small 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:First edition by the playwright and Shakespeare editor Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Jane Shore was first produced at Drury Lane in February 1714 and ran for 19 nights with Anne Oldfield as Jane Shore, Robert Wilks as Dumont, and Colley Sibber as the Duke of Gloucester.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. The Translation called Dryden's. Corrected from the Greek and revised by A. H. Clough, 5 volumes, London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile) and Laurence Robertson, top edge gilt, later tan calf, spines with tan labels and gilt-decorated, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Baring-Gould (Sabine). The Tragedy of the Caesars. A Study of the Characters of the Caesars of the Julian and Claudian Houses, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Methuen and Co., 1893, illustrations, some light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary crimson half morocco gilt by Hatchards, some light edge wear, tall 8vo, plus Ferrero (Guglielmo). The Greatness and Decline of Rome, translated by Alfred E. Zimmern, 5 volumes, London: William Heinemann, April 1909 reprint, frontispiece to volume I, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle (lacking in volume II), top edge gilt, contemporary blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun, Bath, 8vo, with 2 others: The Natural History of Pliny, translated with copious notes and illustrations by the late John Bostock and H. T. Riley, 6 volumes, London, 1856-93, and History of the Romans under the Empire, by Charles Merivale, 7 volumes, 1850-62QTY: (25)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Drayton (Michael). The Battaile of Agincourt. Fought by Henry the fift of that Name, King of England Against the Whole Power of the French: under the Raigne of there Charles sixt, Anno dom.1415. The Miseries of Queene Margarite, the infortunate wife, of that most unfortunate King Henry the sixt. Nimphidia, the Court of Fayrie. The Quest of Cinthia. The Shepheards Sirena. The Moone-Calfe. Elegies upon sundry occasions, 1st edition, London: printed for William Lee at the Turkes Head in Fleete-Streete, next to the Miter and Phaenix, 1627, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light soiling and light water stains, later front blank with ownership signature of John Inglis, 1833 to recto and bibliographical note, presumably by the same owner, regarding the publication to verso, endpapers renewed, with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, early 20th century brown polished full calf, small folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870) of St. John’s Wood, and later, Hampstead Heath. He began collecting books at an early age and by the prime of his life he had amassed an important collection of incunabula and early printed works. Included among these were fine copies of works from the presses of Caxton, Machlinia, Wynkyn de Worde, Pynson, Julyan Notary and Verard.STC 7190; Grolier, Langland to Wither 85; Pforzheimer 301.
Fox (Caroline). Memories of Old Friends. Being Extracts from the Journals and Letters, 1835 to 1871, Edited by Horace N. Pym, extended to 2 volumes, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1882, etched portrait frontispiece and extra illustrated with the addition of numerous engraved portraits, some spotting (occasionally heavy), bookplates of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, early 20th-century full green morocco by Tout, rubbed, spines browned, together with:Dobson (Austin), Horace Walpole, A Memoir, with an Appendix of Books Printed at the Strawberry Hill Press, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893, extra illustrated with the addition of approximately 30 portraits from contemporary sources, some occasional spotting, bookplates of Reginald Dalton Pontifex and W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, early 20th-century green crushed half morocco gilt by Horace G. Commin, spine partly darkened, 8vo, plusSmiles (Samuel), A Publisher and his Friends. Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray... , 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1891, with portrait and profusely extra illustrated with the addition of nearly 200 engraved portraits, some light browning, bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edges gilt, contemporary tree calf gilt, some rubbing and edge wear, rebacked to match with calf gilt and two contrasting spine labels, 8vo, and Martin (Benjamin Ellis), In the Footprints of Charles Lamb, Illustrated by Herbert Railton and John Fulleylove, with a Bibliography by E. B. North, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1891, extra illustrated with the addition of many portraits and views from contemporary sources, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red crushed half morocco gilt over cloth by Riviere & Son, minor rubbing, large 8vo, plus other extra illustrated 19th-century leather-bound English literature interestQTY: (20)
Fore-edge Paintings. Poems by William Cowper, 2 volumes, London: Jones & Company, 1823, half-titles to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title to first volume (light spotting and offsetting), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt with fore-edge paintings depicting a scene of Medmenham Abbey by the River Thames, Buckinghamshire and Hurley Manor House by the river, contemporary gilt decorated olive green morocco, 16mo in 8s (9 x 5 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Bourchier (John, Lord Berners). The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. A new edition: with a series of plates, from illuminated drawings contained in a valuable ms. of the original romance, London: White, Cochrane and Co., 1814, half-title, 25 hand-coloured engraved plates, wood-engraved illustration, occasional light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and Charles Cowan, Logan House, top edge gilt, later burgundy full morocco, covers panelled in gilt with volute corner pieces and double fillet border, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt to compartments, slight fading to spine, edges slightly rubbed, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Limited edition of 175 copies.
Chambers (R., editor). The Book of Days. Illustrated with numerous portraits, views etc., relating to each month of the year. Collected from numberless sources, 12 volumes, London: printed by W. Davy at the Dryden Press for his friend James Gibbs, 1872, additional half-title and letterpress title printed in red and black to each volume, the two original printed titles (Chambers, 1869) bound in, extensively extra-illustrated with over 2000 engraved plates, portraits, wood-engravings, advertisements, playbills, pamphlets, press cuttings, periodical extracts, fashion plates and other illustrations, each volume representing a month of the year, mostly 17th, 18th and 19th century, but including a few earlier, some hand-coloured or printed in colour, some double-page or folding, the majority neatly trimmed, window-mounted and inlaid to uniform size, a few with manuscript annotations or captions, various sizes, one or two plates with slight repairs, a few light spots, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary uniform crimson half morocco gilt, each volume stamped in gilt to upper cover 'Cecil C. Balfour, light edge wear and some marks, thick 4to, 27.5 x 19 x 7.5 cmQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: Cecil C. Balfour (1849-1881); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Specially bound for Cecil C. Balfour (1849-1881), with his name stamped in gilt to the upper cover of each volume. His elder brother Arthur Balfour was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905, and is best known for the 'Balfour Declaration' of 1917, which ultimately led to the creation of the state of Israel.The wide range of unusual and entertaining extra illustrations include allegorical, pastoral, natural history, literary, social, sporting and political subjects.Amongst the earlier Old Master prints are Mercurius by Jan Sadeler and Maarten de Vos, 1585 (Hollstein 523), Hyems by Jacob Matham after Goltzius, 1589, January ('Dum glacialis...') by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585, a 15th century illuminated leaf on vellum with border decoration of flowers and 14-line illumination of a saint raising a man from the dead in gold and colours, Martius by Jan Collaert, circa 1609/10, Scaramouche, circa 1700, an early copper engraved version of Durer's Annunciation (from the Small Passion), probably late 16th or early 17th century, etc.Prints from the 18th and 19th centuries include a lithographic portrait of W. A. Mozart by Adoph Friedrich Kunike, circa 1820, a small stipple engraved oval portrait of Ignatius Sancho, by Bartolozzi after Gainsborough, an engraved portrait of Phillis Wheatley, nego servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, 1773, Gall & Spurzheim's Symbolical Head (in colour), a sepia aquatint view of the High Street from the Country Market Place, Philidelphia, a large colour aquatint entitled Boxing Match for One Hundred Pounds, 1818, etc.
Holinshed (Raphael). Holinshed's Chronicle of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 6 volumes, London: J. Johnson, F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne and others, 1807-08, occasional light spotting and toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, contemporary calf gilt, covers and edges a little rubbed and scuffed with a few stains, 4toQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).Cox III p. 382; Lowndes II p. 1087.
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[Herd, David]. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads etc., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: John Wotherspoon for James Dickson and Charles Elliot, 1776, titles with engraved vignettes, a little minor spotting, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), all edges gilt, later green straight-grained morocco gilt, spines faded to brown, 8vo, together with Cunningham (Allan). Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; with an introduction and notes, historical and critical, and characters of the lyric poets, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for John Taylor, 1825, a few light marks, bookplates of Alexander Stone, all edges gilt, later blue morocco gilt, spines and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Campbell (J. F.) Popular Tales of the West Highlands, orally collected with a translation, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860, half-titles, illustrations, a little minor spotting, volumes 1 & 2 half-titles signed 'Mrs Campbell', Alexander Stone bookplates, top edge gilt, later brown half morocco gilt by Bayntun, Bath, 8vo, with Scottish Songs, [by Joseph Ritson], 2 volumes, Glasgow, 1869, and English and Scottish Ballads, edited by Francis James Child, 8 volumes, 1861QTY: (20)NOTE:Provenance: W. A, Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
Rabelais (François). Master Francis Rabelais. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, 14 plates by Louis Chalon, light spotting to fore edges, bookplates of Raphael Bauer (1864-1947, German banker), top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines lettered in gilt and decorated with satyr head and quiver and flaming torch tools in compartments, 4to, limited edition 916/1000 together with The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by John Payne, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, illustrations by Louis Chalon, Raphael Bauer bookplates, top edge gilt, uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf, 4to, plus 3 others: The Nights of Straparola, now first translated into English by W. G. Waters, illustrated by E. R. Hughes, 2 volumes, 1894, limited edition of 1000 (this copy unnumbered), The Novellino of Masuccio, 2 volumes, 1895 (limited edition 960/1000), and The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, 1897 (limited edition 72/600), all uniformly boundQTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
Smollett (Tobias). The Works of Tobias Smollett, with an introduction by W. E. Henley, 12 volumes, London: Archibald Constable, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899-1901, half-title and frontispiece to each, light spotting to frontispiece and title of volume III, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later light brown half calf by Morell, spines with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Letters Conversations and Recollections of S. T. Coleridge, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Edward Moxon, 1836, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), top edge gilt, later brown half calf gilt, 8vo, together with Burns (Robert). The Works of Robert Burns; with An Account of His Life, and A Criticism On His Writings, 4 volumes, 4th edition, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one, vignette title page to each volume, some light spotting and toning, bookplates of C. W. Michel, Northerwood, Lyndhurst, contemporary tree calf gilt, spines rubbed with small loss of leather to foot of spine to volume 1, 8vo, plus Barnes (William). Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset Dialect Life. With a dissertation and glossary, 2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith, 1847, occasional light spotting, previous owner signature, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, and Ernest Ridley Debenham (1865-1952, of the Debenham Company), all edges gilt, later crimson morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, by George Eliot, 1st edition, 1874:QTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates for Barnes and Eliot).
Elzevir Press. De Imperio Magni Mogolis sive India vera commentarius, Leiden: Elzevir, 1631, engraved title, engraved illustration, a little minor spotting, bookplates and ink stamp at front, contemporary vellum, light soiling, 12mo, together with Somner (William). Julii Caesaris Portus Iccius Illustratus: sive 1. Gulielmi Somneri ad chiffletii librum de Porto Iccio, responsio; nunc primum ex MS. edita. 2. Carolo du Fresne dissertio de Porta Iccio. Tractatum utrumque Latine vertit, & nova dissertatione auxit Edmundis Gibson, 1st edition, Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1694, folding engraved map, a little marginal fraying and dust-soiling, manuscript initials to last leaf and bookplate of William Borlase (1696-1772, antiquary, naturalist and geologist), additional bookplate of Rev. Prebendary Hedgeland, later calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Menestrier (P. F. C.). La Nouvelle Methode Raisonee du Blason, pour l'apprendre d'une maniere aises, reduite en lecops, par demandes & par responses, Lyon: Jacques Lions, 1718, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 32 hand-coloured plates, illustrations, some coloured, ink annotations to table and final leaf verso, occasional water stains, previous owner signature of John Woodward, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, modern calf, spine faded, 8vo, with Solitudo Norbertina, sive Exercitia Spiritualia, by Friedrich Herlet, 1694QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates for the two last titles); Willems 354 for first title; Wing S4666 for the second.
Goldsmith (Oliver). The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith, new edition, London: Printed by T. Bensley, for F. J. Du Roveray, 1800, 6 engraved plates, publisher's advert leaf at rear, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Lord Kinnaird and 20th-century bookplate of John Porter, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain green morocco gilt, 8vo (22.8 x 14 cm), together with:Thomson (James). The Works of Mr. James Thomson, with his last corrections and improvements, to which is prefixed, The Life of the Author, by Patrick Murdoch, 3 volumes, London: R. Baldwin, J. Nichols and Son [et al], 1803, 12 engraved plates including portrait frontispiece to volume 1, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, 20th-century marbled half calf, gilt decorated spines to morocco labels, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo,Hunt (Leigh). A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1848, wood engraved illustrations by Richard Doyle, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1848, occasional light spotting, autograph letter signed by Leigh Hunt tipped-in to front free endpaper, addressed to the publisher Henry Colburn referring to poems Hunt wanted published, armorial bookplate Horace Noble Pym to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo,Northcote (James). One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected, 1st and 2nd series, London: Geo. Lawford, and John Murray, 1828-33, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, numerous wood engraved illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary calf by Pickering & Co., gilt decorated spines with green morocco labels (gilt rubbed), extremities rubbed, 8vo,Le Sage (Alain René). The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana, newly translated from the French of A.R. Lesage, by Martin Smart, 4 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1807, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates (including frontispieces), bookplate of William Brackenburn to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century mottled calf by Riviere & Son, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, joints slightly rubbed, 12mo,Ossian. The Poems of Ossian, Translated by James Macpherson, 3 volumes, London: William Miller, John Murray and John Harding, 1805, 12 engraved plates (including portrait frontispiece to volume 1), occasional light spotting, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns and front blank flyleaves, all edges gilt, mid 19th-century maroon morocco by Carss & Co. of Glasgow, gilt decorated spines, 8vo, plus other 19th-century publications in full and half leather decorative bindingsQTY: (31)
Janet (Louis, publisher). Sagas, Légendes des bordes du Rhin, orné de 8 gravures sur acier, d'après les dessins des peintres de l'Ecole de Dusseldorf, 1st edition, Paris: Louis Janet, circa 1830, half-title, colour aquatint frontispiece, and 14 fine colour aquatint views, each heightened with gum arabic, and tipped-on to brown paper, all 14 plates with handwritten caption in ink, marbled endpapers with gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later red half morocco gilt (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), 8vo (an attractive copy), together with an album of Swiss Costumes, circa 1830, 33 hand-coloured aquatint plates of reginal costumes of Switzerland, including Zurich, Berne, Oberhasli, Lucerne, Enflibuch, Canton d'Ury, Unterwalden, Appenzell, Geneve, etc., bound without text, first and last plate with some light overall toning, marbled endpapers with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later three-quarter red morocco gilt (by Bayntun Riviere), small 4to QTY: (2)
Balzac (Honore de). Comédie Humaine, edited by George Saintsbury, 40 volumes, London: J. M. Dent and Co., New York: Groscup & Co., 1895-98, half-titles, etched frontispieces to each, 159 etched plates, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco by Blackwell, spines with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt to compartments, uniformly faded to brown, 8vo QTY: (40)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Limited edition 7/1200.
Sidney (Philip). The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, 13th edition, London: Printed for George Calvert, at the Golden-Ball in Little-Britain, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous errors in pagination, 'A sixth book to the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' by Richard Bellings, has separate dated title page, without 3K2 (final blank), browning and spotting, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Bertrum Savile Ogle dated 1896, all edges gilt, 20th-century blind panelled and decorated light brown pigskin, folio (29 x 18.9 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Bertram Cavile Ogle (1846-1930) of Hill House, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, J. P. (bookplate).Wing S3770.
Watson (John). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, London: T. Lowndes, 1775, portrait frontispiece, 8 engraved plates (3 folding, plate of Halifax church is an early impression as it bears no date) and one folding plan, armorial bookplate of Rev. Geo. Scott of Betton to upper pastedown and his signature to front free endpaper dated July 16th 1775, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, maroon morocco title label to spine preserved, 4to, (Upcott 1393), together with:Rowlands (Henry). Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the ancient seat of the British Druids. In two essays. With an Appendix..., 2nd edition, corrected and improved, London: J. Knox, 1766, engraved map frontispiece and 12 plates, occasional light offsetting, front blank with early signature and date 'Wm. Vaughan 1766', contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, only half of morocco title label present, upper joint cracked, 4to (Lowndes IV p. 2136), Miller (Edward). The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity, with anecdotes of Eminent Men, Doncaster: Printed and sold by W. Sheardown, [1804], folding engraved map frontispiece (few strengthening repairs to verso), 11 engraved plates (lacking plate 9, Lady Gallway's Menagerie, but with plate of Passmore's Patent Machine for cutting straw and splitting beans', some damp-staining, offsetting and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Cornelius Heathcote Rodes to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, with recent morocco title label, board edges refurbished, 4to, (Upcott 1403-04),Torr (James). The Antiquities of York City, and the Civil Government thereof... Collected from the Papers of Christopher Hildyard..., York: Printed by G. White for F. Hildyard, 1719, armorial bookplate of John Bateman to upper pastedown, recent front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners refurbished, 8vo, (Upcott 1356),Hibbert [Samuel]. History of the Foundations in Manchester of Christ's College, Chetham's Hospital, and the Free Grammar School, 3 volumes, Manchester: Thomas Agnew and Joseph Zanetti, 1828-30, 32 engraved plates, extra plate of Northwest view of Chetham's College (not called for), 2 full-page wood engravings, 3 ground plans and several woodcuts to text, some toning, scattered spotting and few damp-stains, bookplate of Alfred Illingworth of Daisy Bank to upper pastedown overlaying bookplate of Thomas Burgess of Brighouse, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving contrasting morocco labels, 4to,Thoroton (Robert & Throsby, John). Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, republished, with large additions, 3 volumes, London: Sold by B. and J. White, 1797, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (without portrait frontispiece to volume 2), folding map engraved map frontispiece to volume 3, engraved title to each, 95 engraved plates, browning and scattered spotting throughout, contemporary half calf, each volume with modern rebacks and gilt decorated spines, 4to,Mastin (John). The History and Antiquities of Naseby, in the County of Northampton, Cambridge: Printed by Francis Hodson, for the Author, 1792, half-title with early ownership signature John Newcome, folding engraved frontispiece, bound with [Dyde, William]. The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... To which is added, some Account of the Medicinal Water, near Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury: Printed and sold by Dyde and Son, 1790, half-title and folding engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates and one folding leaf of letterpress, bound with Johnstone (James). Some Account of the Medicinal Water, near Tewkesbury; with thoughts on the use and diseases of the Lymphatic Glands..., 2nd edition, with additions, Tewkesbury: Printed and sold by Dyde and Son, 1790, 19th-century half calf, neatly rebacked, green morocco title label, 8vo,Gibson (William Sidney). The History of the Monastery founded at Tynemouth, in the Diocese of Durham..., 2 volumes, London: Published for the Author by William Pickering, 1846-47, half-titles, 19 etched, lithograph and engraved plates, including 6 hand-coloured (3 aquatint and 2 folding plates), hand-coloured decorative initials, occasional scattered spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, modern dark brown half morocco gilt, 4toQTY: (13)
Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, Oxford: J. Skelton, 1823, engraved title, 50 engraved plates (including frontispiece), text with engraved maps, plans and vignette illustrations, tissue guards, subscriber's list present, all edge gilt, contemporary gilt and blind decorated black straight-grain morocco, rubbed to joints and extremities, large 4to, together with:Lower (Mark Anthony). The Worthies of Sussex, Lewes: Printed for Subscribers only, by Geo. P. Bacon, Sussex Advertiser and Steam Printing Offices, 1865, extra-illustrated containing a total of 32 engraved, etched and lithograph plates (many mounted), one hand-coloured engraved plan, wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, light fading to spine and head of upper board, 4to,Bentham (James). The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely..., Cambridge: University Press, 1771, folding engraved frontispiece, 45 plates (including 5 folding, final three plates printed on one folding sheet), two folding plans, contemporary diced calf, modern reback with gilt decorated spine, original morocco title label preserved, 4to,Suckling (Alfred). Memorials of the Antiquities and Architecture, Family History and Heraldry of the County of Essex, London: John Weale, 1845, 34 lithograph plates including frontispiece (some tinted and coloured), hand-coloured woodcut armorial to title and numerous uncoloured woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco, folio,Dodsworth (William). An Historical Account of the Episcopal See, and Cathedral Church, of Sarum, or Salisbury..., Salisbury: Printed by Brodie and Dowding, for the Author, 1814, additional engraved title, 19 engraved plates (18 of which are proof impressions) and one plan (misbound upside-down), occasional spotting, few plates damp-stained to margins, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, folio,Smith (William). The Particular Description of England. 1588. With views of some of the Chief Towns and Armorial Bearings of Nobles and Bishops, by William Smith, Rouge Dragon. Edited, from the original MS. in the British Library, London: Printed for Subscribers only, 1879, 30 colour lithograph plates and plans (including 3 folding maps), Extra-Illustrated containing 49 18th/early 19th-century engraved plates (including full-page, some plates mounted two to a leaf and few pasted to verso of original plates), bookplate of William Brackenburn to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown morocco by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, gilt roll border and turn-ins to boards, 4to, (one of 250 copies printed for subscribers only), plus Stone (E. Herbert). The Stones of Stonehenge, London: Robert Scott, 1924, monochrome frontispiece, plates and plans including some folding, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, 4toQTY: (7)
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[Hempel, Charles William]. The Commercial Tourist; or, Gentleman Traveller. A satirical poem, in four cantos; embellished with colored engravings, second edition, greatly enlarged, London: G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1822, five hand-coloured etched plates by Isaac Cruikshank, including frontispiece, title remargined, light marginal spotting to plates, marbled endpapers, with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, later mottled full calf gilt (by R. Wallis), gilt-decorated spine with red morocco gilt title label, scratch to rear cover, a few minor marks (generally an attractive copy), 8vo, together with Bradley ( Edward, 'Cuthbert Bede'). Photographic Pleasures, popularly portrayed with pen & pencil, by Cuthbert Bede, B. A., author of "Verdant Green," 1st edition, London: Thomas McLean, 1855, 24 lithograph plates (including tinted lithograph frontispiece and additional title), some light spotting to plates, original gilt decorated blue cloth covers and spine bound in at rear, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, inside gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, later polished full calf gilt (unsigned), gilt-decorated spine with burgundy and dark green morocco gilt title and author labels, some light surface scratches or marks (generally an attractive copy), 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Abbey Life 305; Tooley 259 (Commercial Tourist);
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Binding - [Matthewman, John]. Considerations of the Present State of the Controversy between the Protestants and Papists of Great Britain and Ireland; Particularly on the Question How far the latter are entitled to a Toleration upon Protestant Principles. Being the Substance of Two Discourses delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Cleveland, in the Years 1765 and 1766, by Francis Blackburne, M. A. Archdeacon of Cleveland, London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1768, blank leaf following page 296 at rear of volume with foliage motif stamped (by Matthewman) in black ink bearing the author's initials F. B. beneath, occasional light toning and light spotting, marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of Hagley Hall to upper pastedown and with oval ink stamp of Hagley Library to front free blank endpaper, contemporary red morocco (by John Matthewman, unsigned), pointillé gilt line border to boards, upper board with central gilt tool of a seated Britannia and lower left corner with cockerel gilt tool motif (symbolising alertness or vigilance), lower board with central gilt tool of the figure of Athena (the Greek goddess of wisdom) and lower right corner with owl gilt tool motif (symbolising wisdom), spine with author's surname in gilt divided by gilt tool motif depicting the Rod of Asclepius, spine very slightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An example of the same title in matching binding by Matthewman is held at the National Library of Scotland (Nha.Misc.31).Thomas Hollis FRS FRSA (1720-1774) was a political philosopher, Dissenter and Republican and author. He was a wealthy man having inherited from his father, grandfather and uncle. Hollis advanced his views to others by having books that promoted his beliefs specially bound and presented to friends and institutions within the UK and abroad, notably to Harvard Library following the serious fire in 1764. The majority of volumes bound for Hollis were covered in red Morocco with specially cut emblematic decorative tools designed by the Italian painter and engraver Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785, who resided in London from 1755). His principal bookbinder from circa 1759 to 1769 was John Matthewman (and business partner John Bailey). In June 1764 a large fire broke out at the Matthewman and Bailey bookshop and bindery causing a great deal of damage and the loss of three lives. As a consequence of the fire new emblematic tools were cut by the engraver Thomas Pingo. In March 1766 the bindery workshop suffered severe financial difficulties and eventual bankruptcy which was announced in the newspapers at the time. The failure of the business was reported to have been caused by Matthewman’s business partner John Bailey. The business continued for a short while until 21 June 1769 when Matthewman absconded to avoid the debtor’s prison.
Bacon (Francis). The Essayes or Counsels Civil & Morall of Francis Bacon, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944, partly unopened, top edge gilt, contemporary green full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, limited signed edition 331/1100, together with Thoreau (Henry David). Walden or Life in the Woods, London: Chapman & Hall, 1927, 16 woodcuts by Eric Fitch Daglish, light spotting and toning to endpapers, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, a few small stains, 8vo, limited edition 86/100, signed by the artist, plus Haberly (Loyd). Mediaeval English Pavingtiles, Oxford: Basil Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1937, numerous illustrations of tiles in red by the author, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original half morocco gilt, some dust-soiling to covers, 4to, limited edition of 425, together with 20 others including 5 novels by Henry Williamson, 1945 illustrated editions by C. F. Tunnicliffe, uniformly bound in green half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies by the Seigneur de Brantome, 2 volumes, Paris, 1901-02, limited edition 28/750, The Golden Ass of Apuleius, with etchings by Martin van Maele, Imperial Press, 1905, limited edition 1/650, The Collected Poetry of Francis Thomson, 1913, limited signed edition 116/500, Collected Works of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, Nonesuch Press, 1926, limited edition 543/975, Essays of Elia, by Charles Lamb, 1885 (upper cover with multi-coloured onlay of a standing gentleman reading) and others illustrated QTY: (24)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Haldane (Richard Burdon). The Pathway to Reality, being the Gifford Lectures..., 1902-1903, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1903, autograph letter by the author addressed to 'My dear Mayne', tipped-in to front of first volume, contemporary half-calf, gilt decorated spines, one spine label to second label missing, 8vo, together with Woolnoth (Thomas). Facts & Faces, being an enquiry into the connection between linear and mental portraiture, with a dissertation on personal and relative beauty, 2nd edition, London: published by the author, 1854, engraved plates, some light scattered spotting, all edges gilt, near-contemporary half calf over marbled boards, large octavo, plusBabbitt (Edwin D.). The Principles of Light and Color, 2nd edition, New Jersey: published by the author at the College of Fine Forces, 1896, colour plates and monochrome illustrations to text, top edge gilt, near-contemporary full morocco, spines somewhat faded, and others various, including Percy Lubbock, The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man, 2 volumes, 1865-70, Herbert Spencer, Works, 19 volumes, 1861-1907, Fischel & Von Boehn, Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century, 4 volumes, 1927, and Fairholt, Tobacco: its history & associations, 1876 QTY: (24)
Sterne (Laurence). The Works of Laurence Sterne, 4 volumes, London: J. Johnson, T. Beckett, R. Baldwin and others, 1808, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, additional engraved titles and plates, occasional minor spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges yellow, later tan polished calf by Morrell, spines with crimson and tan labels and decorated in gilt, 8vo, together with Shakespeare (William). The Plays of William Shakespeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens and Edmond Malone, 8 volumes, new edition, London: Longman and Co. & others, 1847, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I (with some light spotting), bookplates of William Scurfield Grey (1808-1876), contemporary tree calf gilt, joints rubbed, a few small areas of worming to spines and covers, 8vo, plus Goldsmith (Oliver). The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, edited by Peter Cunningham, 4 volumes, London: John Murray, 1854, half-titles, engraved additional titles, engraved frontispiece to volume IV, later green polished calf, spines with orange and burgundy labels and decorated in gilt, with 5 others: The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, edited by Lord Wharncliffe, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, revised, 1837, The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, edited by Peter Cunningham, 4 volumes, 1854, Popular Tales and Fictions, their migrations and transformations, 2 volumes, 1887, The Poems of William Wordsworth, new edition, 1845, and The Life of Goethe, by George Henry Lewes, 2nd edition, 1864QTY: (27)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Hayden (Arthur). Old English Porcelain. The Lady Ludlow Collection, London: John Murray, 1932, mounted colour plates and photogravures, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon morocco, upper cover with monogram stamped in gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed in places, folio, limited signed edition 10/100, together with Hobson (R. L.) Worcester Porcelain. A description of the ware from the wall period to the present day, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1910, 17 chromolithograph plates, 92 collotypes, a few light spots, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, some fading to spine and lower cover, 4to, plus Symonds (R. W.) Thomas Tompion. His Life & Work, London: B. T. Batsford, 1951, colour frontispiece, half-tone illustrations, two folding facsimiles, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original crimson half morocco gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, limited signed edition 151/350, with 10 others including Antonio Stradivari. His Life and Work (1644-1737), by W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred F. Hill, 1902, The Book of Decorative Furniture, its form, colour & history, by Edwin Foley, 2 volumes, 1910-11, A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress, by James Robinson Planche, 2 volumes,1876-79, English Domestic Clocks, by Herbert Cescinsky & Malcolm Webster, 2nd edition, 1914, The Story of Snuff and Snuff Boxes, by Mattoon M. Curtis, 1935, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, by Andrew Ure, 3rd edition, 1846, The Toilet and Cosmetic Arts, by Arthur J. Cooley, 1866, and A History of Gold Snuff Boxes, by Richard and Martin Norton, 1938 QTY: (15)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Sotheby (William). A Tour through parts of Wales, Sonnets, Odes, and other Poems, with engravings taken on the spot, by J. Smith, 1st edition, London: J. Smeeton, 1794, half-title, 13 aquatint plates, ownership label of Simon Nowell-Smith to head of front pastedown, a few light spots, all edges gilt, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco gilt, gilt decorative roll incorporated by triple-rule border to covers, some wear to joints and extremities, 4to, together with: Batty (Robert). Welsh Scenery. From Drawings, 1st edition, Large Paper copy, London: R. Jennings, 1825, 35 engraved plates by Finden, neat near-contemporary ownership inscription to front blank, a few light spots, all edges gilt, contemporary green straight-grain morocco gilt, elaborate gilt foliate corner-pieces to covers, spine browned, extremities lightly rubbed, 4to, withMoule (Thomas). Great Britain Illustrated: A Series of Original Views from Drawings by William Westall, A. R. A, 1st edition, London: Charles Tilt, 1830, engraved plates throughout (each with two views per page), some spotting and soiling, contemporary half calf gilt over green marbled boards, worn, 4to, with Thomas Allom's Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland (1832-35), Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England (2 volumes, 1829), & John Parker Lawson's Scotland Delineated (circa 1854)QTY: (7)
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