Surrey. Speed (John), Surrey Described and Divided into Hundreds, John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset views of Richmond and Nonsuch palaces, very slight spotting, light overall toning, upper right corner with repaired closed tear, central fold strengthened on verso, 385 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with Morden (Robert). Surrey [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, slight mount staining, one short repaired closed marginal tear, 355 x 420 mm. with Greenwood C. & J.). Map of the County of Surrey from an Actual Survey made in the years 1822 & 1823, Greenwood & Co. July 4th 1829, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, calligraphic cartouche, compass rose, tables of reference and explanation, uncoloured oval vignette of Lambeth Palace & Church, slight offsetting, 570 x 680 mmQTY: (3)
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Hawkesworth (John) Cook (James). An Account of the Voyages undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, plates only, 2nd edition, London: W. Strahan and T. Caddell, 1773, 52 engraved plates (many folding, bound out of sequence), some plates toned to margins, occasional light spotting, front free endpaper with early manuscript list of plates, each plate numbered in an early hand, contemporary brown half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label lettered in gilt, worn and marked, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Hill p. 139. Sabin 30934.
Victoria (1819-1901). Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1837-1901. Autograph note on personal stationery, Balmoral Castle, c. 1880, a note relating to a gift, '1 of 7 Asseguis sent the Queen by General Crealock to whom they had been surrendered by Zulu Chiefs', embossed stationery with monogram and crest at head, slightly dust-soiled, one page, 8vo, contemporary wooden picture frame, glazed, 22 x 15.5 cm overallQTY: (1)NOTE:Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.Lieutenant-General Henry Hope Crealock (1831-1891) was a British soldier, artist and author. In the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 he commanded the first division, and for his services was created CMG and received a medal with a clasp. This would appear to be a wall display note for the artefact mentioned. An assegai was a Zulu weapon, usually a light spear or javelin made up of a wooden handle and an iron tip. Queen Victoria clearly became familiar with assegais and mentions them a number of times in her journal between 1879 and 1891. The Royal Collection Trust has six assegais sent to the queen by Sir Bartle Frere in 1878 (RCIN 67872).
Victoria (1819-1901). Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1837-1901. Autograph New Year's card signed, 'VRI', 1897, a mounted photograph of Osborne House, Isle of Wight, on stiff light blue card with cut decorative edges and gilt greetings at foot, autograph inscription in black ink to verso, 'For Viscount Cross, wishing him a happy new year from VRI, 1897', 105 x 165 mm, together with the original stamped and postmarked envelope with black mourning border and black wax seal (rubbed) to verso, signed 'The Queen' lower left, a little soiledQTY: (2)NOTE:Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.
Victoria (1819-1901). Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1837-1901. Autograph Christmas card signed, 'VRI', 1899, printed message 'With all hearty greetings and good wishes from' in raised gold, red and purple within blind-stamped border on off-white card, inscribed and signed 'To Lord Cross, 1899, VRI' above and below the printed message, verso blank, some spotting and light old dampstain at foot away from message and signature, 140 x 95 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.
Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Malvern, 5th December 1897, to Novello & Co., 'Enclosed I return proof of title-page: it, i.e. the inside cover looks rather a mixture: I have suggested on the proof that the name Chanson de Nuit shd. be divided from the rest of the matter which might possibly be in English: if this will not do please follow your usual plan. I am sorry to have been so dull over the title of this piece but I had hoped we might have kept to English', 2 pages, light vertical crease, 8voQTY: (1)
Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). La Capricieuse. Morceau de genre pour le violon avec accompagnement de piano par Edward Elgar, Op.17, 1st edition, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1893, 12 pages, original light green printed wrappers, stapled as issued, some very light soiling and fraying to edges, composers presentation copy inscribed to head of front wrapper in ink 'Reginald Bailey from Edward Elgar. July 24 1893', slim folio (34 x 27cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Reginald Hugh Bailey was one of Elgar's pupils in the 1890s and 1900s when the composer needed to earn a living as a violin teacher. A group of 12 autograph letters from Elgar to Bailey was sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 18 June 2014, lot 256.
Gordon (Charles George, 1833-1885). British Army officer and administrator. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘C.E. Gordon’, 21 Cecil Street, Strand, no date, c. 1870s, to Miss Brown, saying he hopes to be at her house at 5.30pm on Friday, and asking for the London addresses of Arthur White and Ridley, a few light marks and creases, old adhesion marks along fore-edge where previously tipped into an album, not touching text or signature, 1 page, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the family of Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. His daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901). More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, from 1862 to 1882, 5th edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1884, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, textblock a little toned, front hinge broken, original cloth gilt, small abrasion and light flecked marks to lower cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy. Inscribed by Queen Victoria to front endpaper: "Pour Signor V. Brandi de la fort de Victoria R.I. Juillet 1885".
Book of Hours (Use of Rome). Illuminated manuscript on prepared parchment in Latin, Northern France, circa 1450, leaf size 150 x 103 mm, 170 folios: 14 leaves at front (2 leaves of manuscript prayers in brown ink, and 12 leaves of manuscript calendar), 156 leaves of text and illuminations, including two full-page illuminated miniatures and one smaller miniature to verso of final leaf, 16 pages with illuminated border decorations, three additional blank leaves separating calendar and main body of text, calendar written in French with 17 lines per page in red and brown ink, and small illuminated initial to each month, upper outer blank corners of initial 14 leaves (calendar) repaired, occasional light dust & finger-soiling, all edges gilt, 19th century marbled endpapers, mid 16th century calf, gilt embossed roundels to centre of each board depicting the Crucifixion to upper cover, and Annunciation to lower, rebacked and board corners repaired, extremities rubbed, 8vo, binding 155 x 110 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Northern France, probably Paris or Rouen, given the preponderance of names of saints (or bishops) in the calendar associated with towns in Normandy, Brittany and Northern France, including the feast days of, amongst others, Saints Amador (16 January), Metran (January 31), Blaise (3 February), Bridget (1 February), Opportune (22 April), Petronille (31 May), Bernard of Clairvaux (20 August), Bishop Hubert of Liege (6 September), Lambert of Liege (17 September), Saint Remy or Remigius of Rheims (1 October), Denis (9 October), Bishop Martin of Tours (11 November), and Saint Eloi or Eligius (1 December). Eligius for example was appointed Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in 642, and worked for twenty years to convert the pagan population of Flanders to Christianity.Carys Roberts (1946-2020), Trumpington, Cambridge; purchased in the 1980's, thence by descent.
Justinus (Marcus Junianus). Nelle historie di Trogo Pompeio, novamente in lingua toscana tradotto, et con somma diligentia et cura stampato, Venice: Nicolo Zopino, [1524], woodcut foliate border to title (torn to gutter with border loss), decorative woodcut initials, S3 lacking, K1 torn along fore-edge with text loss from head to foot of leaf, worming to upper margins (mostly to leaves H6-M8, occasionally affecting running titles & few letters to first line of text), A2-B1 with early marginal annotations (some cropped), contemporary inscriptions to verso of final leaf including 'Este libro es del Senor' (This book is from the Lord), some scattered spotting and light damp staining, lacking front free endpaper, ownership label of G. Harold Culshaw, Exeter College, Oxford to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, cover attachment partly broken and loosening, 8vo, together with:Caesar (Julius & Henricus Glareanus), Commentariorum. libri VIII, Basel: Per haeredes Nicol. Bryling, 1575, woodcut printer's device to title, two double-page woodcut maps, five full-page woodcut illustrations, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early annotations mostly to margins, light worming to final leaf, damp staining, scattered spotting and few marks, early notation to rear pastedown 'cell cammerarius callery venis possessor', contemporary blindstamped pigskin, rubbed and marked, lacking one brass clasp, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Adams J741 and C62.
Cato (Marcus Porcius, Barrow, Marcus Terentius, Palladiius & Columeaa). De Re Rustica...Priscaium vocum im libris ve re rustica e narrationes, per Georgium Alexandrinum. Philippi Beroal. in liv. XIII Columellae annotationes..., [edited by Georgius Merula, Köln, Johann Gymnich, 1536, printers woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, contemporary neat ink annotations to margins, a few minor marks and light water stain to top margins of final few leaves, early brown speckled calf with outer borders blind-decorated, modern reback, a little wear to edges and outer corners, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:CLC C766; Adams S815. Four works on wine-making and agriculture by Cato, Varro, Palladius, and Columea.
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Maximus of Tyre. Maximi Tyrii Philosophi Platonici Sermones sive Diputationes, [Geneva]: Henrici Stephani Parisiensis typographi, 1557, [8], 363 (i.e. 263), collation: *4, a-q8, r4, Greek text, engraved printer's device to title, contemporary ownership signature in ink to front blank: 'ffran. Plomer', early (circa 1700) ownership annotation in ink to title: 'In Usum Scholae Guilsburiensis Hund Librorum Legavit. Jos. Worting, No. 172', contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript, some marks amd light soiling, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams M 939; Renouard, Estienne, 115:2.First edition of the ethical and philosophical writings of Maximus of Tyre (circa 125-185 A.D.), the reputed teacher of Marcus Aurelius.This volume was beqeathed, according to the title annotation, to the Guildford Free School. The school dates its founding to the death of Robert Beckingham in 1509 who left provision in his will to 'make a free scole at the Towne of Guldford'; in 1512 a governing body was set up to form the school. The school's Old Building, constructed between 1557 and 1586, is the home of a rare example of a chained library. It was established on the death of John Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich, in 1575. Although defined as a 'free' school, the first statutes of governance, approved in 1608, saw the introduction of school fees at the rate of 4 shillings per annum, along with the school's first admissions test.
Jewel (John). A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a certaine Booke lately set foorth by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation &c., Imprinted at London in Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry Wykes, 1st edition, London: Henry Wykes, 1567, [24];742;[18] pp., black and roman letter text, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut decorative initials, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Sum R. Pagetii' (other words partially rubbed out), additional early ownership annotations to title (including E. Langford, Dordrecht?), a few leaves towards end lightly waterstained to gutter, green stained outer edges, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, title in early manuscript to spine, some light soiling and marks, folio (265 x 190 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC 14600.Part of an ongoing theological debate with Thomas Harding, A Defence of the Apologie ensured that Jewel was recognised as "the champion of, and for a time the most famous bishop in, the English reformed church." (ODNB).
Quintiliani (M. Fabii). Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri Duodecim, Lyon: Antonio Gryphium, 1575; bound with, ... Declamationes Undeviginti,... Lyon, 1575, together 2 works in one, each with woodcut printers device, woodcut initials, early annotations to first title and final leaf (dated 1659), some underlining and occasional light soiling, near contemporary calf gilt, covers stamped with oval gilt medallion, spine torn with losses, some edge wear, 8vo, together with Manuzio (Paolo). Epistolarum Pauli Manutii Libri Decem, Lyon: Clementem Bavdin, 1574, bound with Crato (Joannes). Oratio Funebris Diuo Maxaemiliani II. Imperatore Caesare Augusto, Frankfurt: Andreas Wechelus, 1577, woodcut device to titles, early annotations at front occasional light toning and light marginal water stain, William Reynolds book label, later calf-backed boards, joints cracking, 8vo, with two others: Ioannis Marianae Hispani e Socie. Iesu de ponderibus et mensuris, Toledo, 1599, and M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia..., Amsterdam, 1643 QTY: (4)
Lambard (William). Eirenarcha: or of the office of the Justices of Peace, in two bookes: gathered 1579. and now revised, and first published, in the 24. yeere of the peaceable reigne of our gratious Queene Elizabeth, London: Imprinted by Ra. Newbery, and H. Bynneman, by the ass. of R. Tot[tell] and Chr. Bar[ker], 1582, title with woodcut border, woodcut armorial to title verso (frayed and torn to blank margins), woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf and with early forenames William, James & John, worm trail and few wormholes throughout much of text block, final nine leaves torn at fore-edge with loss affecting text, frayed margins at front and rear, light spotting and dust-soiling mostly to margins, Kenny Collection label and ownership label of Andrew & Carys Whybrow to upper pastedown, contemporary calf with blind-stamped arabesque to centre of each board with initials W.R. in blind, rebacked, corners & board edges repaired, extremities rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with:James I. Apologia pro Juramento fidelitatis, primu?m quidem ano?nymos: nunc vero? ab ipso auctore, serenissimo ac potentiss. principe, Jacobo dei gratia? Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ Rege, fidei defensore denuo? edita. Cui præmissa est præfatio monitoria sacratiss. Cæsari Rodolpho II. semper Augusto, cæterisq[ue] Christiani orbis sereniss. ac potentiss. monarchis ac regibus: illustris. celsissimi?sque liberis principibus, rebuspublicis [sic] atque ordinibus inscripta, eodem auctore, 2 parts in one, London: John Norton, 1609, woodcut royal armorial to verso of titles, woodcut headpieces to general title and text, contemporary signature of William Stephenson to verso of G8 and second part title, final leaf of text signed 'W. Stephenson['s] Booke, 1631', lacking final three blank leaves (F10-12), close trimming at head and fore-edge with slight loss to ruled fore-edge borders and also running titles of second part, light fraying to fore-edge of initial leaves, occasional dust-soiling mostly to general title, later front pastedown, late 17th century calf, later maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and some wear, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:STC 15164a and STC 14406.
Foxe (John). An Abridgement of the Booke of Acts and Monumentes of the Church: Written by that Reverend Father, Maister John Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctor of Phisicke, for such as either thorough want of leysure, or abilitie, have not the use of so necessary an history, 2 parts in one, Imprinted at London by I. Windet, at the assignment of Master Tim Bright, 1589, [12], 504, 288, [64] p., signatures: [par.]? (-[par.]1 & 8) A-Hh? Ii? AA-SS? TT? VV-YY? ZZ?, woodcut illustration to title (blank fore-margin and upper outer blank corner torn and frayed, manuscript notes to verso, title detached), black letter text, few decorative woodcut initials and tailpieces, abridgement of the second volume with separate pagination, and register re-commences with AA, with 32 final contents leaves at end, printer's woodcut device to recto of final leaf, without preliminary leaf (par.1, as called for) and lacking one preliminary leaf (par.8), some marginal fraying to preliminary leaves, first part with small hole to G1 & Cc1 touching few letters of text and short tear to upper blank margin of Cc3, light toning throughout, occasional spotting and few marks, text block split and gathering 2H of first part detached, later endpapers, armorial bookplate and signature of Walter Thomas Beeby to upper pastedown, 17th century mottled calf, old reback, upper board detached (with title adjoining), leather torn at corners of upper board with loss, worn, 4to (17.2 x 13.2 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:STC (2nd ed.), 11229; ESTC S102503.This copy has the variant title page "Doctor ... thorough".
Tasso (Torquato). La Gierusalemme Liberata, Geneva, Girolamo Bartoli, 1590, engraved title, 20 full-page engraved illustrations by Giacomo Franco and Agostino Carracci after Bernardo Castello, woodcut cartouches and ornaments, a few burn marks, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplate of Sir William Burrell (1732-1796, 2nd baronet) pasted to title verso, hinges breaking, all edges green, early 18th century red morocco gilt, lower cover detached, joints cracked, spine and edges rubbed, small folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Adams T243; Cicognara 1112. First illustrated edition of Tasso's epic Siege of Jerusalem.
Galle (Theodor). Vita et miracula S.P. Dominici Praedicatorii Ordinis Primi Institutoris. Antwerp: Th. Gallaerum, 1611, engraved title page (incorporating 9 portraits in medallions), one engraved portrait plate and 32 numbered engraved plates by Theodor Galle after J. Nys & Petrus de Jode (plates with engraved Latin verse beneath image), 2 leaves of text, occasional minor spotting and light marks mostly to margins, 18th century sheep-backed marbled boards, joints split at head & foot, spine ad board corners worn, slim 4to (14 x 19cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:BCNI 5724. Simoni (BL London) N-329. NUC (1). Not in Funck, Matagne (Namur). Pictorial biography ( life and miracles) of St Dominicus (1170-1221).
Hayward (John). The Lives of the III. Normans, Kings of England: William the first. William the second. Henrie the first. Written by I.H., Imprinted at London by R.B[arker], 1613, [8], 32, 41-139, [1], 140-314, [1] p., woodcut head- & tail-piece to title, some running titles cropped (mostly to initial leaves), bound with, Hayward (John), The First Part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne. Written by I.H., Imprinted at London by Iohn Wolfe [i.e. Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet], 1599 [i.e. 1629?], [8], 149, [1] p., small rust hole to L2, without final blank leaf (V4), pencil markings throughout volume, light dust-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary speckled calf with initials NL to centre of each board (initials to upper board inverted), old reback, upper joint split, extremities rubbed & worn, board corners worn and showing, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:1. STC (2nd ed.), 13000; ESTC S103916; Pforzheimer, 460. "King Harold about the closing of the evening, as he was busie in sustaining his armie, both with voyce and with hand, was strooke with an arrow through the left eye into his braines, of which wound hee presently died." p.732. STC 12997; ESTC S103910; Pforzheimer, 458. This edition has a square of fleurons on the title page. A2r, line 22 has "Teucer" with the first "e" inverted.
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Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1614, general title and New Testament titles present (NT title dated 1613), both with decorative woodcut borders, black-letter text in double-column, few woodcut decorative initials, red-ruled borders, with The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures... by J[ohn] S[peed] bound-in after first preliminary of Bible and before first leaf of Genesis (genealogies in woodcut, without map), bound without Apocrypha, bound with an incomplete Common Prayer and Psalms at rear, margins close-trimmed throughout volume with some shaving at head & foot, some toning and occasional light dust-soiling, 19th century marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate to upper pastedown bearing the motto 'virtus tutissima cassis', 19th century calf over bevelled wooden boards, worn and boards detached, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 330; Darlow & Moule 256; STC 2232. Geneva version.This particular volume of the Bible has been bound without the Apocrypha. Leaf F1 & F2 of the Bible is slightly torn to the upper outer corners with some slight loss to the running title. There is also a closed tear to 2C1. The text block is close-trimmed at head and foot with occasional loss/shaving to running titles, signatures & catchwords.
Lambarde (William). Eirenarcha, or of the Office of the Justices of Peace, in foure bookes, Revised, corrected, and enlarged, in the eighth yeere of the peaceable Raigne of our most gracious King James. First collected by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne gent, London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Companie of Stationers, 1614, title within ornamental border, some early underscoring, bound with, Lambarde (William), The Duties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, and such other lowe and Lay Ministers of the Peace. Whereunto be adioyned, the severall offices of Church Ministers, and Churchwardens, and Overseers for the Poore, surveyours of the highwaies, and distributors of the prouision against noisome fowle and vermine. First collected by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne gent. and enlarged in the yeare. 1610, London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Companie of Stationers, 1614, without final blank, few worm holes to last few leaves, some damp staining and scattered spotting throughout volume, later endpapers (lacking front free endpaper), contemporary calf, old reback with loss of lower spine panel, lower board detached, board edges and corners worn (board corners showing), 8vo, together with:London, The freemen of London’s necessary and useful companion: or, the citizens birth-right, With The Foreigners and Aliens best Instructor..., London: Printed by W. Pearson for J. Baker, 1707, light dust-soiling, damp staining and browning, contemporary half calf, joints and extremities worn, 12mo (ESTC T139506, A reissue of the 1706 London edition, with the title page partially reset),Marine Society, The Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Marine Society, incorporated in MDCCLXXII, with the several instructions, form of indentures, and other instruments used by it, 5th edition, London: Printed by Strahan & Preston, 1809, half-title and engraved frontispiece, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and extremities rubbed, 12mo,Court of Chancery, Observations upon the power exercised by the Court of Chancery, of depriving a father of the custody of his children, London: John Miller, 1828, half-title, contemporary half calf, spine rubbed, slim 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Lambarde - STC (2nd ed.) 15173; ESTC S108212 and STC (2nd ed.) 15159; ESTC S108250.
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Bible [English]. The Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by his Maiesties Special Commandement, Imprinted at London: by Robert Barker, 1614 (i.e. 1615), general title and New Testament title within decorative woodcut borderst, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, New Testament title imprint and colophon dated 1615, short worm trail to upper outer corners of 22 leaves of New Testament, bound with at rear Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample tables alphabeticall..., collected by R.F.H., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, black letter text, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Company of Stationers, 1617, some damp staining to Concordance and Psalms, bound with at front The Genealogies by John Speed, defective with title & following leaf torn with loss (second leaf also lined to recto obscuring Adam & Eve woodcut), without map, and also bound with an incomplete Common Prayer at front (lacking title), final leaf of Common Prayer with genealogical manuscript entry 'Thomas Willis sonne of John Willis was baptised ... 21 daie of Februerye anno dom 1577 [&] Anne Eliz ... was baptised the 8 dai of December 1573' and also with later (18th/early 19th century) signature of a Miss Evelina Croft, occasional close trimming to few letterpress marginal notes within volume, some browning and light dust-soiling throughout, early 19th century endpapers (front free endpaper discarded) with ownership signatures of Caroline and Evelina Croft and with rebinding inscription dated 1811, also bearing an old Worthing public library stamp, early 19th century calf, red morocco title label to spine, joints a little cracked and light wear to extremities, covers rubbed and scuffed, 4to (21.5 x 16cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 339. This edition with the omission of the word ‘Holy’ in the general title and both titles omit the words ‘Appointed...’. The text ends on Sss8a. With Ruth iii 15 ‘she’.
![[Walkely, Thomas]. A Catalogue of the Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons of the Kingdomes of England, Scot](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/679c58e8-9858-4914-b2fa-aea700c8a835/468x382.jpg)
[Walkely, Thomas]. A Catalogue of the Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons of the Kingdomes of England, Scotland and Ireland, with their names, sirnames, and titles of honour. Whereunto is added a perfect list of the Lords, and others of his Majesties most honourable Privy Counsell; Knights of the Garter, the names of the Judges, the Baronets of England and Scotland, with the dates of their patents, the Knights of the Bath from the first of King James. With an addition of the knights from the first of King Charles to this present. Collected by T.W., London: Thomas Walkely, 1635, [2],91,[1]p., front blank A1 present, A3 torn to lower outer blank corner, old ink scribbling to blank verso of final leaf, bound with at front [Heath, James], A Brief Chronicle of all the chief Actions so fatally falling out in these three kingdoms; viz. England, Scotland & Ireland, from the year, 1640. to this present twentieth of November, 1661. Containing the unhappy Breaches, sad Divisions, the great Battels fought, number of men, with the Eminent Persons of Honor and note slain, with several Debates and Treaties. Also, the happy Escape by a Wonderful delive-verance of His Majestie at Worcester, more fully expressed then hitherto: with His Majesties happy return, together with what passages of note hapned to this present November, 1661. The like exact account hath not as yet been printed, London: William Lee, 1662, [4], 64 [i.e. 68] p., Pages [65-68] misnumbered: 49, 56, 57, and 64, lacking portrait frontispiece, *B8 torn with text loss and loss to engraved illustration on verso, few other tears to margins etc., dust-soiled and few marks, lacking endpapers, contemporary sheep, boards detached and lacking spine, worn, 8vo (Walkely - STC 2nd ed. 24977; ESTC S112622. Heath - Wing H1318A; ESTC R19419), together with:Benefield (Sebastian), A commentary or exposition upon the first [-third] chapter of the prophecie of Amos. Delivered in XXI. [-XVII.] sermons in the parish church of Meysey-Hampton in the diocesse of Glocester, London: Printed by John Haviland, and are to be sold by Hugh Perry at the Harrow in Britaines Burse, 1629, title to first part torn to fore-edge with text loss and repaired, without initial blank(?), some browning and few marks including staining to fore-edge, disbound 4to,Sherlock (William), A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at Guild-hall-Chappel, on Sunday, Nov. 4. 1688, London: William Rogers, 1689, [6], 29, [1] p., imprimatur on leaf [A]1 verso, margins frayed and some light dust-soiling, late 19th century marbled wrappers, spine worn, slim 4to (Wing S3348; ESTC R21594),[Scott, John], Certain Cases of Conscience Resolved, concerning the Lawfulness of Joyning with Forms of Prayer in Publick Worship, part I. only of 2, London: Printed by Henry Hills, Jun. for Fincham Gardiner, 1683, [2], 56p., lacking initial leaf (first leaf with advertisements to verso), some fraying to margins, dust-soiling mostly to first and last leaves, disbound 4to (Wing S2039; ESTC R30551),Ludlow (Edmund), Memoirs of E. Ludlow, Esq; Lieutenant General of the Horse, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland, one of the Council of State, and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640, 3 volumes, Switzerland: Printed at Vivay in the Canton of Bern, 1698-99, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, two leaves in final volume torn to lower outer blank corners, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco title label (loss to volume 2 label), some joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 8vo, plus three single-sheet issues of The Observator, vol. 3, issue numbers 10-12 only, Saturday, February 28, 1684/5, Wednesday, March 4, 1684/5 & Thursday, March 5, 1684/5, disbound folioQTY: (9)
Williams (John). The Holy Table, Name & Thing, more anciently, properly, and literally used under the New Testament, then that of an altar: Written long ago by a Minister in Lincoln-shire, in answer to D. Coal, a judicious divine of Q. Maries dayes, [London]: Printed [by Eliots Court Press] for Diocese of Lincoln, 1637, [2], 1, [1], 234 p., signatures: pi² A-2F? 2G1, page 234 last line begins 'votions', light dust-soiling mostly to title, short closed tear to final leaf, contemporary mottled sheep, lower board near detached, board corners worn and showing, 4to, together with:Hall (Joseph), The Olde Religion: A Treatise, wherein is laid downe the true state of the difference betwixt the Reformed, and Romane Church; and the blame of this schisme is cast upon the true authours. Serving for the vindication of our innocence, for the setling of wavering mindes, for a preservatiue against Popish insinuations. The third edition, with an advertisement now added, for such readers as formerly stumbled at some passages in the booke. By Jos. Hall, B. of Exon., London: Printed [by William Stansby] for Nathaniel Butter, and Richard Hawkins, 1636, [24], 217 [i.e. 215], [1] p., decorative woodcut initials, tiotle with ownership name Swayne to upper blank margin, contemporary limp vellum, cover attachment partly broken, light dust-soiling to covers, lacking ties, 8vo,Carleton (George), A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercie. In an Historicall Collection of the great and mercifull deliverances of the Church and State of England, since the Gospell beganne here to flourish, from the beginning of Queene Elizabeth. Collected by Geo: Carleton, Doctor of Divinitie, and late Bishop of Chichester, 4th edition, revised, London: Printed by Aug. Math. for Robert Mylbourne, and Humphrey Robinson, 1630, [10], 292 p., engraved portrait frontispiece with repaired closed tear to fore-edge, engraved illustrations, without final blank (2P4), occasional light dust-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary calf, old reback, upper board detached, wear to extremities, 4to,[Dring, Thomas], A Catalogue of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen that have compounded for their Estates, 1st edition, London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1655, ownership signature to upper margin of title M. Newton, manuscript sum totals at foot of pages, early 19th century calf, gilt & blind panelled boards, gilt decorated spine, extremities lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, plus two other 17th century antiquarian volumes (one lacking title page)QTY: (6)NOTE:Williams - STC 25724; ESTC S114007.Hall - STC 12691.5; ESTC S103760.Carleton - STC 4643; ESTC S107519.Dring - Wing D2187; ESTC R20399).
Sanderson (William). A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles from his cradle to his grave, London: Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, George Sawbridge, 1658, engraved portrait frontispiece of King Charles I by G. Faithorne, lacking portrait of Sanderson, few very short closed tears to title, light toning, occasional minor spotting, front blank free endpaper with repeating manuscript signature of James Dearden, endpapers renewed retaining armorial bookplate of James Dearden (1798-1862), contemporary brown calf, gilt armorial of James Dearden to front board, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing S646.James Dearden (1798 -1862), of Rochdale Manor, Lancashire was descended from John Dearden who in 1677 married Jane Ingham of Cleggs. Born in 1798, he was the eldest son of James Dearden, of Rochdale, and Frances, third daughter of Thomas Ferrand Esq., of Thornhill in Yorkshire. Educated at Richmond in Yorkshire and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted 7 October 1817, he became a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1823 and was called to the bar in 1834. He succeeded his father in 1828 and the following year married Jane Griffith, eldest daughter of the Reverend William Griffith, Rector of Llandwrog in Caernarvonshire. James served as a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire and was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Woolley (Hannah). The Queen-Like Closet, or, Rich Cabinet: stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying, and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex. To which is added, A supplement, presented to all ingenious Ladies, and Gentlewomen, 4th edition [supplement from 5th edition], London: R. Chiswel and T. Sawbridge, 1681 [-84], license leaf present (small tear at head), lacking engraved frontispiece (facsimile loosely inserted), supplement from the 5th edition with imprint dated 1684, 2G11 torn to lower outer corner with slight text loss, lower half of final leaf of supplement (2G12) torn away with some loss of text (facsimile leaf loosely inserted), marginal fraying to final few leaves, light toning and occasional spotting, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary sheep, cracking and some wear to leather, spine worn with loss at head, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing W3285 & W3288; Cagle 1064 (for 4th edition); Oxford, p.35, in note.
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[Sandys, George]. Anglorum speculum, or The Worthies of England, in Church and State. Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein, London: John Wright and William Thackary, 1684, [8], 224, 369-596, 739-974, [20]p., light toning, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, 8vo (Wing S22A; ESTC R7882), together with:Sacheverell (Henry), The Tryal of Doctor Henry Sacheverell, before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors; upon an impeachment..., Dublin: Re-printed by A. Rhames and F. Dickson, for E. Dobson, P. Campbell, J. Gill, [& others], 1710, light toning and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and maroon morocco title label, board edges rubbed, folio,Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of), The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor’s Life from his Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the same, and of his History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his Banishment in 1667..., 3 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Printing House, 1759, front endpaper with Hobart crest bookplate and armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint of first volume weak and few others cracked, 8vo,Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount), Letters on the study and use of history, 2 volumes, London: A. Millar, 1752, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints split and board corners worn, 8vo,Lowhen (Baron von), The analysis of nobility, in its origin; as military, mercantile, and literary; proofs, privileges, duties, acquisition, and forfeiture thereof, interspersed with several curious Monuments of History, relating to Laws of Chivalry, Creations, Degradations, Justs, Tournaments, Combats, &c. Translated from the original German of Baron von Lowhen. With Notes collected from the best English Antiquarians, and other Authors, London: J. Robinson, 1754, some toning and spotting, endpapers renewed and with armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, maroon morocco title label, board edges worn, 8vo,[Leake, Stephen Martin], Nummi Britannici Historia: Or an Account of English Money, from the Conquest to the Uniting of the two Kingdoms by James I. and of Great Britain to the Present Time, 1st edition, 1626 [but 1726], four engraved plates, armorial bookplate of Sir John Rushout Bt. to upper pastedown and armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, red morocco title label, 8vo, and seven other 18th & 19th century antiquarianQTY: (16)
![[James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766]. A Letter from a Gentleman at the Court of St. Germains, to one of his friends in England](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/5a463ae9-4994-4c94-a253-aea601030c6a/468x382.jpg)
[James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766]. A Letter from a Gentleman at the Court of St. Germains, to one of his friends in England; containing a memorial about methods for setting the Pretender on the throne of Great Britain. Found at Doway, after the taking of that Town. Translated from the French copy, printed at Cologne by Peter Marteau, London: [s.n.], 1710, 47,[1]p., some water staining and browning, bound with: [Prussian officer], A remarkable dialogue, which lately happened in the gardens of Luxembourg at Paris, between an old impartial English Whig, and a nonjuror of the Church of England, concerning the Young Chevalier; ... By a Prussian officer, Edenburgh [sic, i.e. London]: printed in the year 1748. Sold in London, Dublin, Paris, and Holland, 1748, [4],103,[1]p., half-title in the form of a title page (repair to upper left blank corner), dust-soiled mostly to half-title and final leaf, bound with, [James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766], Memoirs of the Chevalier de St. George: with some private passages of the life of ... King James II. Never before Publish’d., London: Printed in the year, 1712, 62 [i.e.78]p., half-title discarded, signature R. Watts at head of title, occasional underscoring, light water staining, bookplate of David Murray to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th century dark green morocco with elaborate gilt decorations, covers incorporating repeating coronet motifs, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:1. ESTC T66275; Moore 189. Variously attributed to Pierre Des Maiseaux, Daniel Defoe, and Arthur Maynwaring. For authorship controversy see Moore 189 and Snyder in Literatur als Kritik des Lebens (Heidelberg, 1975) p.123. Moore suggests that Des Maiseaux was only responsible for the French translation, but this undoubtedly appeared first - it is possible that he was the author. The Cologne imprint of that edition, however, is probably false.2. ESTC T71919. The imprint is false on the evidence of the ornaments, also found in a similarily made up pamphlet bearing a 1748 London imprint, and entitled ’A familiar instructive dialogue, which happened last week’.. The imprint is false on the evidence of the ornaments, also found in a similarily made up pamphlet bearing a 1748 London imprint, and entitled ’A familiar instructive dialogue, which happened last week’.3. ESTC N61382. Pp.27-34 are correctly numbered; the word "publish’d" in title is capitalized, and the rule on the title page is straight.
![[Defoe, Daniel]. The History of the Wars, of his present Majesty Charles XII, King of Sweden, from his first landing in Denma](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/0895ab06-8523-4309-9507-aea601030d4f/468x382.jpg)
[Defoe, Daniel]. The History of the Wars, of his present Majesty Charles XII, King of Sweden, from his first landing in Denmark, to his return from Turkey to Pomerania, by a Scots gentleman in the Sweedish Service, 1st edition, London: A Bell, T. Varnam, J. Osborn, W. Taylor and J. Baker, 1715, title page with armorial bookplate of Robert Lowndes dated 1702 to verso, approximately 35 leaves with blue ink stain to tips of right blank corners, 20th century manuscript reference not to front free endpaper, contemporary blind panelled calf, morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 8vo (Moore 322; ESTC T65952), together with:Erasmus (Desiderius), Moriæ Encomium; or, a Panegyrick upon Folly ... Done into English [by W. Kennet], and illustrated with above fifty curious cuts, designed and drawn by H. Holbeine. To which is prefix'd, Erasmus's Epistle to Sir Thomas More, and an account of H. Holbeine's pictures, etc. and where to be seen, London: J. Woodward, 1709, engraved portrait frontispiece, 46 engraved illustrations to 28 plates and four illustrations to text, title page with early signature Wm. Wyce(?), some light dust-soiling and occasional damp stains throughout, contemporary panelled calf, morocco reback with gilt and blind decoration, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Bailey (Nathan), An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, 2nd edition, with large additions, London: E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth [& others], 1724, old ink spot to a4, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper board detached, lacking title label to spine and with wear at head & foot, board edges worn, 8vo,Shakespeare (William), The Works of Shakespear in Nine Volumes. With a Glossary. Carefully printed from the Oxford Edition in Quarto, 1744, 9 volumes, London: J. & P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman [& others], 1751, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, imprint to volumes 2-8 dated 1750, ownership inscription to front free pastedowns 'Messrs. Brown & Stockhouse, Stainforth, 1796' and first volume with manuscript provenance note to front free endpaper 'these volumes were formerly in the possession of the Ingleby family at Lawkland Hall, William Addison 1931', contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed with some title labels lacking, 12mo,Malden (Henry), An Account of King's College-Chapel, in Cambridge ..., including a Character of Henry VI and a Short History of the Foundation of his two Colleges, King's and Eton..., Cambridge: printed for the author, by Fletcher & Hodson, 1769, etched portrait frontispiece and single engraved plate, front free endpaper with ownership 'T. Kerrich M.C.C. 1800', contemporary dutch gilt floral wrappers, spine worn, 8vo, plus other 18th and early 19th century antiquarian, including a defective and worn copy of [Dodsley, Robert, compiler], The Preceptor: containing a general course of Education: Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth, 2 volumes, London: R. Dodsley, 1748, 32 engraved plates and maps (of 33), many torn with loss, heavy dust-soiling and fraying particularly to plates, title with the ownership inscription of the literary critic and author Rose of Kilravock (1747-1815) and with her armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo (this work contained contributions by Samuel Johnson)QTY: (23)
Lediard (Thomas). The Naval History of England, 2 volumes, 1st edition, John Wilcox and Olive Payne, 1735, engraved portrait frontispiece, some worm-tracing and repairs to lower blank margins of volume 2, light dampstaining to lower outer corners of final leaves, armorial bookplates of William Morton Pleydell, contemporary calf, some old corner restoration and modern antique-style calf gilt rebacks with leather spine labels, folioQTY: (2)
Castiglione (Baldassarre, conte). Il Cortegiano, or The courtier: written by the learned Conte Baldassar Castiglione, and a new version of the same into English. Together with his other celebrated pieces ... To which is prefix'd, The life of the author. By A. P. Castiglione, London: H. Slater, F. Noble, W. and T. Payne, T. Wright and J. Duncan, 1742, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light dust-soiling, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon, contemporary speckled calf, neat modern reback with red morocco title label, corner and board edge repairs, 4to, together with:Langhorne (John & Langhorne, William), Plutarch's Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch, 6 volumes, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1770, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to each (offset to titles), front endpapers with armorial bookplates of John Bowdler and Baron de Spon, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels (some labels recent), few joints cracked, 8vo,Junius, Stat nominis umbra, 2 volumes, London: Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1772, engraved titles (closed tear to vol. 2 repaired to verso), armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, 8voSheridan (Thomas), A Course of Lectures on Elocution, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan for A. Millar [&c.], 1762, title with early 19th century ownership signature, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled sheep, rebacked, 4to,[Smith, James & Horatio], Rejected Addresses: Or the New Theatrum Poetarum, 1st ed., 1812, half-title, advert leaf at rear, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, 12mo, and others including Dr. Webster's Complete Dictionary of the English Language, thoroughly revised and improved, by Chauncey A. Goodrich & Noah Parter, London: Bell & Daldy, c.1864, and also A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 2 volumes, facsimile of 1755 edition, London: Longman, [1990], with information booklet, contained together in original slipcase, folioQTY: (15)
Delany (Patrick). Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift [by J. R., i.e. Patrick Delany], containing several singular anecdotes relating to the character and conduct of that great Genius, and the most deservedly celebrated Stella. In a series of letters to his Lordship. To which are added two original pieces of the same author (excellent in their kind) never before publish'd, 1st edition, London: Printed and sold by W. Reeve and A. Linde, 1754, [16], 310p., some light toning, front pastedown with contemporary ownership of John Denne dated 1754, hinges split, contemporary calf with morocco title label to spine, spine worn and joints split at head and foot, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Teerink 1343; Rothschild 789.This work contains the first publication of Swift's 'On Good Manners and Good Breeding', and 'To a Friend who had been much abused in many inveterate Libels'.John Denne D.D. (1693–1767) was born at Littlebourne, Kent, the eldest son of John Denne. He was educated at Sandwich grammar school, King's School, Canterbury, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1712, M.A. 1716, D.D. 1728. He was tutor and fellow of his college. Denne was ordained in 1716, and presented to the perpetual curacy of St Benedict's Church, Cambridge. He became rector of Norton-by-Daventry, Northamptonshire, in 1721, exchanging the living in 1723 for the vicarage of St Leonard's, Shoreditch. From 1725-28 he delivered the Boyle lectures. In 1728 he became archdeacon and prebendary of Rochester and also held the vicarage of St Margaret's Church, Rochester. In 1731 Denne resigned his Rochester parish for the rectory of St. Mary's Church, Lambeth. He was for some time prolocutor of the lower house of convocation. From about 1759 he suffered from ill-health and died on 5 August 1767, and was buried in Rochester Cathedral.
Swift (Jonathan). The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: A. Millar, 1758, contemporary signature 'Leeds' to upper blank margin of title, leaf Z3 is signed Z2 and Aa3 is signed Aa4, light marginal browning to first and last leaves from turn-ins, contemporary calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and extremities rubbed, 8vo (Rothschild 2186; Teerink 809), together with:Swift (Deane), An Essay upon the Life, Writings, and Character, of Dr. Jonathan Swift..., to which is added, that sketch of Dr. Swift's Life, written by the Doctor himself, which was lately presented by the author of this essay to the University of Dublin, 1st edition, London: Charles Bathurst, 1755, half-title present, publisher's book list at rear, contemporary calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo (Rothschild 1989; Teerink 1345),Johnson (Samuel), Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. and published from his manuscripts, by George Strahan, A.M. Vicar of Islington, Middlesex; and Rector of Little Thurrock, in Essex, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell, 1785, cropped signature at head of title page, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Joshua Paul, 3rd Bt. (1848-1898) of Paulville, Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland to upper pastedown, 19th century mottled half sheep, green morocco title label to spine, light wear, 8vo,Swift (Jonathan), A Tale of a Tub..., 4th edition, corrected, London: John Nutt, 1705, some dust-soiling, spotting and marginal fraying, without free endpapers, ink marks to pastedowns, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked at head & foot, some wear, 8voQTY: (4)
Typography. Épreuve des Caractères de la Fonderie de la veuve Hérissant, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roi, des Cabinet, Maison & Bâtimens de Sa Majesté, Académies des Arts & Manufactures Royales, Paris, 1772, title, single leaf avis, and 58 leaves of specimens of printing (to one side only, including one folding), and eight of music (including three folding), a few light spots to extremities, bound with four similar specimen books: Épreuve des Caracteres de la Fonderie de la veuve Decellier, successeur de Jacques-Francois Rosart, Troisieme Edition augmenteé, Brussels: Ditte Vincket, 1779, 89 leaves (including two of music) and three folding leaves of specimens of printing, title words 'de la veuve' crossed out in dark brown ink; Epreuve de Caractéres qui se fondent dans la Nouvelle Fonderie de Lettres de J. Enschedé, Harlem, 1768, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette and decorative woodcut border, five engraved portrait plates and one folding plate, 85 leaves (including three of music); Épreuves des Caracteres de Rolland et Jacob, a Strasbourg, [1788], 32 leaves; & Épreuves des Caracteres de la Fonderiea de J. L. Joannis, Fondeur & Graveur en Caracteres d'Imprimerie, Paris, 1776, 31 leaves (including initial blank), bound collection of five works in one volume, occasional minor spotting to extreme margins (generally in clean condition), contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, upper joint split and some wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The volume contains several scarce and unrecorded editions. Titles 2, 4 & 5 appear to be unrecorded as no location could be found:1. Four institutional locations found: Cambridge University Library, New York Public Library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and National Library of Sweden.2. No institutional location found.3. Nine institutional locations found: Cambridge University Library, Glasgow University Library, Royal Library Collection, Université de Lille, Bibliothèque d'Art et d'Archeologie, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. Collections Jacques Doucet, Bibliothèque d'Art & d'Archeologie-RCON (Paris), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Munich), & National Library of Sweden.4. No institutional location found.5. No institutional location found.
Hunter (William). Medical Commentaries. Part I. Containing a Plain and Direct Answer to Professor Monro Jun. Interspersed with Remarks on the Structure, Functions and Diseases of Several Parts of the Human Body, 2nd edition, S. Baker, G. Leigh et al, 1777, advert leaf at rear, some spotting, bookplate of Shropshire Infirmary, early 19th-century half calf over marbled boards, hinges worn, 4to, together with Andral (Gabriel), Clinique médicale, ou choi d'observations recueillies a l'Hopital de la Charité, 5 volumes, Brussels, 1837-38, half-titles, some spotting, later gilt-decorated calf-backed contemporary boards, spines faded, 8vo plus:Gaubius (Hieronymous David), The Institutions of Medicinal Pathology, 1st edition in English, Edinburgh: Printed for the Translator & Sold by C. Elliot & T. Cadell, London, 1778, some spotting and a light damp stain to pp. 225 onwards, area of paper torn from upper inner margin of pp. 339/340 not affecting text, large completely untrimmed copy in modern boards, 8vo, plus 2 others related, and:Peyer (Johann Conrad). Merycologia sive de ruminantibus et ruminatione commentarius quo primum exponuntur ruminantium species et differentiae... , 1st edition, Basel: Koenig & Brandmyllerum, 1785, 12 plates on 6 sheets, title in red and black, some foxing particularly to title, 18th-century speckled calf, spine ornately gilt, front hinge cracked, plus: Alpinus (Prosperus), De praesagienda vita et morte aegrotantium libri setptem. In quibus ars tota hippocratica praedicendi in aegrotis varios morborum eventus, cum ex veterum medicorum dogmatibus, tum ex longa accurataque observatione, nova methodo elucescit. Cum praefatione Hermanno Boerhaave, Frankfurt: Officina Fleischeriana, 1754, title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, early neat library stamp on title, near-contemporary mottled calf, hinges split but firm, both 4toQTY: (11)
Simpson (William, 1823-1899). Rock cut tomb,Ancient Kherson, Crimea, 1869, pen and ink and pencil and monochrome wash en grisaille with a few bodycolour highlights on thin light buff card, titled, signed and dated to upper margin, 16 x 26 cm, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:Lots 20-36, which mostly concern the Crimean War of 1853-56 and include direct reportage on the war, are being sold in aid of Ukrainian journalism in the current war in Ukraine, the funds donated to journalists located with the support of British-Ukrainian Aid (Charity Registered in England and Wales 1164472).
Burke (Edmund). Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain societies in London relative to that event. In a letter intended to have been sent to a gentleman in Paris, 1st Dublin edition, Dublin: W. Watson, R. Cross, E. Lynch, W. Wilson, P. Wogan [and 22 others] 1790, 20th century antique style half calf gilt, marbled sides, 8vo (Todd 53aa; ESTC T46574), together with:Mackintosh (James), Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and its English admirers against the accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke including some structures on the late production of Mons. De Calonne, London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1791, scattered spotting and light dust-soiling mostly to title and final leaf, front blank with signature Arthur Calthorpe, endpapers renewed retaining bookplate of Lord Calthorpe to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, upper board detached, board corners repaired & worn, 8vo,Booth (John), The Battle of Waterloo, containing the accounts published by authority, British and Foreign..., by a near observer, 4th edition, London: J. Booth and T. Egerton, 1815, folding hand-coloured engraved battle plan, two folding hand-coloured aquatint plates (one with short closed tear), head of title page torn with slight loss and repaired, scattered spotting to plan and plates, bookplate of Herbert Standen to upper pastedown, 20th century half calf, morocco title label to spine, 8voQTY: (3)
Addison (Joseph, & others). The Spectator, 8 volumes, London: Printed by H. Baldwin; for Messrs. Longman, Dodsley, Law, Robson [& others], 1797, titles with engraved illustration (some lightly spotted), title pages to volumes 5-8 bear the imprint: "London, printed by T. Bensley, [etc.]", all edges gilt, together with:Addison (Joseph, & others), The Tatler, 4 volumes, London: Printed by Bye and Law; for Messrs. Longman, Dodsley, Law, Johnson [& others], 1797, titles with engraved illustration (some lightly spotted), all edges gilt, contemporary uniform panelled and gilt decorated calf by Edwards of Halifax (unsigned), dyed decorative motifs to boards including urn within radiating sunburst effect to central panel, contrasting morocco labels to spines, occasional light cracking to joints, upper joint of volume 4 of The Tatler neatly repaired, large 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:ESTC T123111 & T99975 respectively.
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Delille (Jacques). The Gardens, a poem. Translated from the French of the Abbé de Lille by Mrs. [Maria H.] Montolieu, 2nd edition, London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1805, half-title, two engraved plates and three vignettes by F. Bartolozzi, front blank with contemporary signature of Elizabeth Aston, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Robert Burnard of Plymouth, dated 1891, all edges gilt, contemporary blind panelled and decorated black straight-grain morocco, 8vo (22.6 x 14 cm), together with:[Armstrong, John], The Oeconomy of Love. A poetical essay, new edition, London: M. Cooper, 1749, half-title discarded, light toning and spotting at front and dust-soiling to verso of final leaf, bound with Akenside (Mark), The Pleasures of Imagination. A poem. In three books, London: R. Dodsley, 1744, half-title, title page in red and black with engraved vignette, bound with Armstrong (John), The Art of Preserving Health: A poem. In four books, 3rd edition, London: A. Millar, 1748, spotting towards rear of volume, contemporary calf, morocco title label worn with loss, joints split, head & foot of spine worn, 8vo,Genlis (Ste?phanie Fe?licite?, comtesse de), The Tales of the Castle: or, Stories of instruction and delight. Translated ... by Thomas Holcroft, 4 volumes, new edition, London: Scatcherd & Letterman, 1819, stipple engraved frontispieces to each volume, title of first volume with contemporary signature of Elizabeth Brewster to upper blank margin, some damp staining mostly to frontispieces and titles, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with maroon morocco labels, board edges slightly worn, 12mo,Bloomfield (Robert), The Farmer's Boy; A rural poem, 9th edition, London: Vennor, Hood, Sharpe [& others], 1806, half-title, wood engraved frontispiece, 11 plates and few vignettes to text, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine and borders to boards, joints cracked and light wear, small 8voQTY: (7)
Almanacks. The Ladies' Diary: or, Woman's Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1814 ... Containing new improvements in arts and sciences, and many entertaining particulars: designed for the use and diversion of the fair sex. The hundred- & -eleventh Almanack published of this kind, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by J. Adlard, [1814], title in red & black with woodcut illustration and faint duty stamp, edges untrimmed, original wrappers stitched as issued, 12mo, together with, The Ladies' Diary: or, Woman's Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1826, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by J. and C. Adlard, [1826], title in red & black with woodcut illustration and faint duty stamp, occasional contemporary annotations, some finger-soiling, edges untrimmed, original wrappers stitched as issued with contemporary writing to covers, 12mo,Moore (Francis), Vox Stellarum; or, a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1820..., London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by G. Woodfall, [1820], title in red & black and with duty stamp, few woodcut illustrations, light spotting, original printed wrappers stitched as issued, dust-soiled, 12mo, plus similar almanacks for 1823 and 1824, in original printed wrappers, 12mo,Miniature Almanacks, Smith's Miniature Almanack for 1825..., Dublin: Brett Smith, [1825], duty stamp to title, manuscript notes to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original salmon pink plain wrappers, light wear, 24mo (7 x 4 cm), and The Princess Royal's Almanack, for (Leap) 1856 (Year), London: Kent & Co, [1856], original violet-blue printed wrappers, marked, 24mo (6.3 x 3.5 cm)QTY: (7)
Byron (George Gordon). Hebrew Melodies, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1815, 53 pages plus 2 pages of John Murray catalogue rear, some light spotting, toning & watermarks throughout, original blue paper wrappers, covers slightly toned, half-title and leaves after p. 48 partly detached, rubbed & chipped with some loss to head & foot, 8voQTY: (1)
![Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrated). The English Dance of Death [by Thomas Combe], 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. Ackermann,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/7f9df15a-d315-4498-8634-aea601031617/468x382.jpg)
Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrated). The English Dance of Death [by Thomas Combe], 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. Ackermann, 1815-16, 75 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispieces and vignette title-pages (imprints dated 1815-16, and includes an additional plate of Chiswick House from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1823), one or two leaves of text with small repairs to margins, occasional light dust-soiling (mostly to margins), minor scattered spotting, top edge gilt, later 20th century purple straight-grain morocco by Bayntun of Bath (spines faded), gilt decoration to spines with skull & crossbone motif to spine compartments, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Abbey Life 263; Tooley 411.Tooley considered The English Dance of Death 'indispensable to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson'.
![[Cruikshank, George]. The Humourist: A collection of entertaining tales, anecdotes, repartees, witty sayings, epigrams, bon m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/4428bfee-02e0-465a-954d-aea60103177e/468x382.jpg)
[Cruikshank, George]. The Humourist: A collection of entertaining tales, anecdotes, repartees, witty sayings, epigrams, bon mots, jeu d'esprits &c., 4 volumes, London: J. Robbins and Co., 1819-20, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and additional titles to each, 32 hand-coloured etched plates by George Cruikshank, original wrappers laid down and bound in at end of each volume, one or two small light stains, bookplates of John Herbert Bankes, top edge gilt, later handsome crimson morocco gilt by Root & Son, small chip and abrasion to upper cover of volume I, 8vo QTY: (4)NOTE:Cohn 419.
![[Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator). The Tour of Doctor Syntax, [by William Combe] 4 volumes, mixed editions, London: R. Ackerm](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/63eea0d8-e16f-4dac-92ea-aea601031868/468x382.jpg)
[Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator). The Tour of Doctor Syntax, [by William Combe] 4 volumes, mixed editions, London: R. Ackermann, 1819-21 comprising The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, 9th edition; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation, 3rd edition; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, 1st edition; Doctor Syntax in Paris, or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque, 1st edition, 98 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, including frontispieces and additional titles, p. 276 text leaf in volume III with marginal repair, some offsetting and light spotting, a few short closed tears, later half calf gilt, 8voQTY: (4)
![[Combe, Willam]. The History of Johnny Quae Genus The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax. A Poem by the Author of the](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/0eea4705-af32-4587-a4e6-aea6010319b2/468x382.jpg)
[Combe, Willam]. The History of Johnny Quae Genus The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax. A Poem by the Author of the Three Tours, London: R. Ackermann, 1822, 24 hand-coloured lithograph plates including frontispiece, very light offsetting from plates to text, all edges gilt, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, 20th century terracotta morocco by Riviere & Son, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, 8voQTY: (1)
Taylor (Martha). The Housekeepers' Guide; or, a system of Modern Cookery, containing directions how to prepare every thing necessary for the table; To cure hams, bacon, &c. How to make gravies, sauces, fricasees, and various other dishes. Particularly adapted to the middle class of Society. By Martha Taylor, Late cook to the Earl of Shaftsbury, Reading: Printed by W. Conibear, Friar Street, 1831, 59,[1]pp., scattered spotting and occasional light dust-soiling throughout, corners dog-eared, original printed wrappers, worn, spotted and dust-soiled, slim 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. Only one institutional location found (Glasgow University Library). Not in Cagle etc.
Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, some spotting, toning and offsetting, previous owner signature to title, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1844, half title, etched frontispiece and additional title, 38 etched plates by H.K. Browne, one or two small marginal chips to plates, some browning and light spotting, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, 8vo, with three others: Bleak House, 1st edition, 1853, Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes in one in original cloth, later edition (lacking volume II title and first plate), and David Copperfield, later Chapman & Hall issueQTY: (5)
Dickens (Charles). Bleak House, 20 original parts in 19, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, March 1852-September 1853, additional etched pictorial title and 39 plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), with 'The Village Pastor' booklet in part 15, lacking advertisement leaf at end of part XVI?, usual browning to plates, occasional light toning and soiling, original publisher's blue pictorial wrappers after "Phiz", some losses to spines, a few chips, tears and creases, contemporary cloth portfolio, lacking some ties, 8vo, together with Eliot (George). The Mill on the Floss, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860, 16 pp. advertisements at end of volume III, contemporary previous owner inscription to volume III, some light spotting and soiling, hinges tender, original blindstamped cloth, Mudie's Library label remnants to upper covers of volumes I-II (label intact to volume III), spines a little darkened with small chips and tears at ends, some wear to corners, 8vo QTY: (22)NOTE:First work Eckel pp. 79-85.
![[Edwards, Annie]. The Morals of Mayfair. A Novel. By the author of 'The Creeds.', London: Ward & Lock, [1863], 320pp., oc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/d919988c-df7f-4149-be28-aea6010bb9e3/468x382.jpg)
[Edwards, Annie]. The Morals of Mayfair. A Novel. By the author of 'The Creeds.', London: Ward & Lock, [1863], 320pp., occasional very light spotting, endpapers with some discolouration, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed, small 8vo, together withShoberl (Frederic, editor). Forget-me-knot; A Christmas, New Year's, and Birthday Present, for MDCCCXXXVII, London: Ackermann & Co., 1837, engraved plates (part two loose, and with some light water stains), all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated plum morocco, a little rubbed, small 8vo, plus Paul Preston's Voyages, Travels, and Remarkable Adventures; as related by himself, 1st edition, London: John Harris, 1838, viii + 237p., plus 8pp of advertisements at end, 17 wood-engraved plates, and numerous wood-engraved illustrations to text, two plates loose and slightly frayed to edges, a few scattered spots, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed and somewhat worn, with backstrip deficient, small 8vo, and other various mainly 19th-century small-format children's books, chapbooks etc., including, Emma de Lissau, new edition, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., circa 1860, Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for children, circa 1890, Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1883 (two copies), Kate Greenaway's Alphabet, six Japanese crepe paper books, including two Japanese Fairy Tales series (numbers 11 & 18), Japanese Jingles by Mae St. John Bramhall, Tokyo, 1891, etc., many in original cloth, some leather-bound, occasional wear, mainly small 8vo/12moQTY: (25)
Heraldry. A manuscript volume by Agnes Lambert of armorials and charges etc., 1863, illuminated title 'Heraldry, Agnes Lambert 2nd Class Course of Studies, Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, St. Leonards Sea, 1863', 27 leaves of illuminated armorials, ordinaries, sub-ordinaries, charges, hatchments, coronets & regalia etc., followed by three leaves of tables at rear, some offsetting, ownership label of Pamela and Raymond Lister to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, initials A.L. to upper board, extremities rubbed, oblong 8vo (15.5 x 22 cm), together with:Album. An album notebook containing manuscript verse, anecdotes and few mounted prints, early 19th century, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, hinged brass clasp, covers scuffed, 8vo,Walton (Izaak). His Wallet Booke, London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1885, numerous hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, blank leaves to rear headed 'fysshe stories', some light toning and offsetting, original captioned pocket to front and rear pastedowns, original pictorial vellum gilt with ties, rubbed and marked, 8vo,Cobbett (William), Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex..., Norfolk, and Hertfordshire..., 1st edition, London: William Cobbett, 1830, some toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Rt. Hon. Earl of Haddington to upper pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo,Charlton (W.H.), Burghley. The life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley..., Stamford: W. Langley, 1847, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, three plates and one folding pedigree, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th century red half morocco by Bumpus, 8voQTY: (approx. 30)
Jefferies (Richard). After London; or Wild England, 1st edition, London: Cassell & Company, 1885, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting to title, original cloth, tears at spine ends, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Bevis. The Story of a Boy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882, 32 pp. advertisements at end of volume III, several leaves roughly opened with some loss of a few words, volume I lacking front free endpaper, bookplate partially removed from volume I, original brown cloth, spines a little darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Wood Magic: A Fable, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881, 8 pp. advertisements at end of each volume with code 6G-581, volume I front hinge broken, original green cloth, some wear at spine ends, edges a little rubbed, slight lean, 8vo, with others by the author including Hodge and his Masters, 2 volumes, 1880 (rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), Greene Ferne Farm, 1880, The Story of My Heart, 1883, and The Open Air, 1885QTY: (20)
Browne (Alexander). Ars Pictoria; Or an Academy Treating of Drawing, Painting, Limning and Etching, 1st edition, London: J. Redmayne, 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 engraved plates (complete), mostly by Arnold de Jode, small library stamp to title and lower outer corner of each plate, verso of title with manuscript library number, light damp stain to gutter margin of title and lower margins of initial few leaves, some light spotting, minor marginal tears and dust-soiling, front free endpaper with early signature Wm. Beauchamp and later signature of William Goddaire dated 1827 (repair to upper outer corner), modern calf-backed cloth, library blind-stamp to upper board, joints rubbed and scuffed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing B5097.Alexander Browne (d. 1706) was a miniature painter and auctioneer and one of the first publishers of mezzotints. He was variously a 'practitioner of the art of limning' (although none of his paintings or miniatures survives or can be identified); a drawing master (to Mrs Pepys among others); a colourman; the author of drawing manuals (the first in 1660) and of a treatise on art (Ars Pictoria, 1669); an art auctioneer (conducting sales later at his own premises in Gerrard Street, Soho), and a print publisher and printseller. His shop at 'ye Blew Balcony' in Little Queen Street near Lincolns Inn Fields would have contained quantities of prints, books and artists' materials. After Browne died in 1706 his widow quickly sold his collections at auction.
![Dresser (Christopher). Principles of Decorative Design, 1st edition, London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1873], two chromo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21b22f34-a274-4e72-bd63-aea600d93d9e/54b5fc11-9751-473c-b48c-aea601032080/468x382.jpg)
Dresser (Christopher). Principles of Decorative Design, 1st edition, London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1873], two chromolithograph plates, illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end, small previous owner ink stamp to frontispiece verso, a few minor spots, hinges a little tender, original cloth gilt, joints splitting, 4to, together with Japan: Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufactures, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882, half-title, vignette title in red and black, monochrome plates and illustrations, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original decorated cloth, top edge gilt, a little rubbed, spine slightly browned, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:The second work is a comprehensive account by the first European designer to visit Japan after the opening of the country in 1854. Dresser was inspired by the Japanese section in the 1862 International Exhibition and visited the country in 1876-77, travelling nearly 2000 miles and visiting approximately 75 potteries and porcelain makers. He also examined the manufacture of bamboo, basketry, furniture, lacquer, textiles, embroideries, enamels, toys and paper, resulting in a simplicity of design in his own subsequent work. Cordier 653.
Rhys (Ernest). Sir Frederic Leighton Bart., P.R.A., An Illustrated Chronicle, with prefatory Essay by F. G. Stephens, 1st edition, London: George Bell and Sons, 1895, photogravure and monochrome plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original white cloth gilt, some soiling and light discolouration, 4to, together with Baldry (Alfred Lys). Albert Moore, His Life and Works, 1st edition, London: George Bell & Sons, 1894, monochrome photogravure plates, several lithographic reproductions, and other illustrations, upper inner hinge cracked, original straw yellow cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed in original publishers cloth-backed book box (somewhat worn), large 4to, plus Bemrose (William). The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called 'Wright of Derby', 1st edition, London: Bemrose & Sons, 1885, two etchings by Seymour Hayden after Joseph Wright, monochrome plates and illustrations, original pale red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with some fraying to head of upper joint, folio, limited signed edition, no. 149 from an unspecified total, signed by the publishers, folio, plus others similar including A. L. Baldry, Hubert von Herkomer, 1901, A. G. Temple, The Art of Painting in the Queen's Reign, 1897, Wilfrid Meynell, editor, Some Modern Artists and their Work, 1883, etc., mostly original cloth, 4toQTY: (15)
Loudon (John Claudius). Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture. With analytical and critical remarks and the designs, new edition, edited by Mrs Loudon, London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1846], wood engraved illustrations throughout, contemporary burgundy red half sheep, joints cracked and extremities worn, thick 8vo, together with:Audsley (William), Cottage, Lodge, and Villa Architecture, London; Glasgow; Edinburgh: W. Mackenzie, [1868], title in red & black, numerous engraved plates and plans, light toning and scattered spotting, contemporary cloth with recent calf spine and corners, gilt decorated spine, 4to,Kerr (Robert), The Gentleman's House; or, how to plan English residences, from the parsonage to the palace; with tables of accommodation and cost, and a series of selected plans, 2nd edition, revised, London: John Murray, 1865, wood engraved vignette to title, numerous folding lithograph plans, original cloth, chipped at head & foot of spine, 8vo,Fagan (Louis), The Reform Club: its founders and architect, 1836-1886, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1887, photogravure frontispiece and two portrait plates, illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, scuffed and marked, slim folio, plus three others including The Builder's Practical Director or buildings for all classes..., Leipzig & Dresden: A. H. Payne; London: J. Hagger, [1855-57]; The New Guide to Carpentry, General Framing, and Joinery..., edited Robert Scott Burn, [1868-72]; and Decoration & Furniture of Town House, by Robert W. Edis, 2nd edition, 1881QTY: (7)
Michel (Walter). Wyndham Lewis, Paintings and Drawings, 1st edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original coth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with;Thames and Hudson, Victor Pasmore, with a catalogue raisonné of the paintings, constructions and graphics 1926-1979, 1st edition, London, 1980, numerous colour & monochrome illstrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed, folio, plus,Cory, Adams & Mackay, Gaudier-Brzeska, Drawings and Sculpture, 1st edition, London, 1965, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, large 4to, andIngleby (Richard et al), C. R. W. Nevinson, The Twentieth Century, 1st edition, London: Merrell Holberton, 1999, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern British & European art reference books, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 8vo/folioQTY: (Approximately 85 )
Paine (James). Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Houses, and also of stabling, bridges, public and private, temples and other garden buildings; executed In the counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York. By James Paine, Architect, One of the Directors of the Society of Artists of Great-Britain. Part the first. Illustrated by seventy-four large folio plates, London: Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Mr. Brotherton, Cornhill; Mr. Webley, near Chancery-Lane, Holborn; and at the author’s house, Salisbury-Street, Strand, 1767, [4],iv,[6],11,[1],12-16[i.e.17],[5]pp., 55 engraved plates numbered I-LXXIV (complete, comprising 36 single-page and 19 double-page which are given 2 numbers each), title with letters of word 'of' worn through with loss, list of subscribers present, double-page plate (number 18/19 South Front of Gosforth in Northumberland) torn & damp frayed to fore-edges affecting image slightly, some light offsetting, marbled endpapers (front free endpaper detached), all edges gilt, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine and board borders, joints split, binding rubbed and worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T135969; Archer 243.1; Fowler 207; Harris 664.The first edition of architectural designs by James Paine (1717-1789), including Chatsworth, Sandbeck, and Axwell Park. Volume two appeared in 1783, accompanied by the second edition of volume one.
Piper (John). John Piper's Stowe, Hurtwood Press in association with the Tate Gallery, 1983, colour and monochrome illustrations, original marbled cloth, light stain to upper board, large slim 4to (49 x 39 cm), contained in original corrugated card packagingQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 111/300, signed by the artist.
Fish (Anne Harriet, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, London: John Lane, 1922, 20 colour plates, heightened in gold and silver, slight toning to half title and last leaf, original cloth-backed decorative boards, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Keynes (Geoffrey, editor). The Writings of William Blake, 3 volumes, plus The Life of William Blake, by Mona Wilson, Nonesuch Press, 1925-27, monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, original vellum-backed boards, some toning to spines, 4to, limited edition 276/1500 & 506/1480, plus Morris (William). A Book of Verse. A facsimile of the manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Scolar Press, 1980, original cloth-backed boards, accompanying notes and prospectus (with Blackwell's bookshop red ink stamp) loose, all contained in original solander box, 4to, limited edition 263/300, with others including The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1950, Laurence Housman's A Farm in Fairyland, 1894 (a bright copy), Eleanor Farjeon's Nursery Rhymes of London Town, 1916, and More Nursery Rhymes of London Town, 1917 (with inscription from the author dated 1925), Walter Crane, Alison Uttley etcQTY: (20)
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