The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. A vintage photograph of the 12 members of Sir Vivian Fuchs's party smiling to camera in front of a Snow-Cat, [1958], gelatin silver print, image size 24 x 24 cm, signed in the lower blank margin by all 12 members: V.E. Fuchs, Hal Lister, Ralph Lenton, Ken Blaiklock, George Lowe, Alan Rogers, Geoff Pratt, David Pratt, David Stratton, Jon Stephenson, Hannes la Grange and Roy Homard, various pens, light vertical crease to left margin from top of image to foot, heavier diagonal crease to lower blank area running across one signature only, framed and glazed, 34.5 x 29.5 cm overall, together with 4 related leaflets and a booklet titled 'Special Vessels for Ice-filled Waters', slim 4toQty: (6)Footnote: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's expedition and Scott's expedition in 1911 and 1912. Fuchs was knighted for his accomplishment. The second overland crossing of the continent did not occur until 1981, during the Transglobe Expedition led by Ranulph Fiennes.
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Birmingham. Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham, 1791, 8 aquatint plates by William Ellis after P.H. Witton jun., text in English and French, some light spotting, The London Chronicle, July 16-19 1791, with account of the riot bound-in at front, small booklabel with presentation inscription, contemporary half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, oblong 4to Qty: (1)Footnote: Abbey Scenery 48. The Birmingham Riots (also known as the Priestley Riots) occured from 14-17 July 1791, when rioters, fuelled by a mixture of anti-French Revolution and anti-religious dissenter (notably Joseph Priestly) sentiment, other grievances and liquor attacked and burned down several Dissenter chapels, businesses and houses including Joseph Priestley's house, Baskerville House, Bordesley Hall, Moseley Hall among others.
London. The Several Plans and Drawings referred to in the Second Report from the Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London, ordered to be printed 11th July 1799, 14 full-page or folding engraved plans and sections (correct as list), some with contemporary hand-colouring, most signed R. Metcalf, generally edge-frayed, chipped and dust-soiled, some light spotting in places, variable creasing, a few short closed edge tears, plate IV with several closed tears, plates XII & XIII with some loss to engraving at fore-edge, original blue wrappers, publisher's printed label to front cover (with early ink manuscript ownership name at head), dust-soiled and edge-chipped, front cover torn, slim atlas folioQty: (1)
Walker (John, engraver). The Itinerant: A Selection of Interesting and Picturesque Views in Great Britain and Ireland. Engraved from original paintings & drawings by eminent artists, London: printed for John Walker, 1799, engraved title, 180 half-page engraved views by Walker after J.M.W. Turner, E. Dayes, T. Girtin, F. Nicholson, and J. Nixon, one or two closed tears, some light marginal spotting or toning, contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, joints and edges rubbed, small area of worming to foot of upper cover, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Abbey, Scenery 5 (coloured copy).
![Bauhin (Caspar). [Pinax] Theatri Botanici . . . sive Index in Theophrasti, Dioscoridis, Plinii, et botanicorum qui a seculo s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/0b86e11b-8914-4e36-8bcd-ae6000e870fa/468x382.jpg)
Bauhin (Caspar). [Pinax] Theatri Botanici . . . sive Index in Theophrasti, Dioscoridis, Plinii, et botanicorum qui a seculo scripserunt opera, 1st edition, Basil: Sumptibus & typis Ludovici Regis, 1623, [24], 522, [24] pages, printer's woodcut device to title with first word in Greek (leaf frayed to edges and lined to verso), double-column text, errata leaf at rear (2Z1), marginal repairs to *2 & *3, printing faults to leaf 2B4, 2N1 torn to upper outer corner with loss to page number, browning and some light dust-soiling throughout, some ink splashes and staining mostly to lower margins (with some ink burn), occasional worm trails (mostly to margins) and damp stains, some marginal fraying especially to outer corners, modern speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Norman 139; Hunt 319; Nissen 104; PMM121.Bauhin's Pinax began the system of 'natural' plant classification based upon general morphology, and established the first scientific system of nomenclature", Norman 139.
Heath (Francis George). The Fern Portfolio, London: S.P.C.K., 1885, 15 chromolithographed plates, a little light marginal toning, front endpaper renewed, hinges reinforced, original boards, later cloth reback, some stains, 4to, together with Martyn (William Frederic). [A New Dictionary of Natural History or Compleat Universal Display of Natural History of Animated Nature, 2 volumes in one, 1785], 96 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 100), some with tears and repairs, lacking volume I title and all before B1 and all after 5D1 at end, some offsetting and light toning, later half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, folio, plus Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal, 2 volumes in one (15th & 13th editions), 1813 (defective, lacking 2 plates in volume II and 2 index leaves) Qty: (3)
![Houghton (William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 volumes in 1, London: William Mackenzie, [1879], 41 colour plates, some lig](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/9d31a2b6-f3eb-418c-9ba7-ae6000e8741a/468x382.jpg)
Houghton (William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 volumes in 1, London: William Mackenzie, [1879], 41 colour plates, some light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine rubbed and scuffed, a few stains to lower cover, 4to, together with Muybridge (Eadweard). Animals in Motion. An electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal progressive movements, London: Chapman & Hall, 1902, numerous half-tone illustrations, a few leaves at front with marginal water stain and archival repair, endpapers renewed, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, a few repairs and stains, oblong 4to Qty: (2)
Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). Opera [with the commentaries of Acron, Porphyroion and Christophorus Landinus, edited by Johannes Franciscus Philomusus], Venice, Georgio Arrivabene, 4 February 1490/91, lacking first leaf (title), [3 unnumbered leaves], 253 numbered leaves, lacking final blank at end, initials supplied in red (with a few supplied in blue), and a few in yellow, first three leaves with paper repairs, not affecting text, occasional near-contemporary and later marginal annotations in ink, light water stains to upper margins at front and rear of volume, final leaf of text with paper repairs, not affecting text, 18th-century vellum, with gilt decorated spine, some marks and light wear, folio (29.5 x 21.6cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Hain-Copinger 8887; Polain 1987; Goff H-454; BMC V 384.
![Ovidius Naso (Publius). De Fastis cum duobus, commentariis. Antonii de Fano et Pauli Marsi, [edited by Bartholomaeus Merula],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/67da4361-825a-4dd5-83a4-ae6000e87dbc/468x382.jpg)
Ovidius Naso (Publius). De Fastis cum duobus, commentariis. Antonii de Fano et Pauli Marsi, [edited by Bartholomaeus Merula], Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 12 June 1497, 226 leaves numbered I-CCXXVI (of 227 numbered leaves, lacking final text leaf C5 at end & also final blank C6), caption title, imprint from colophon, few decorative initials, leaf a1 and leaf number CCVIII torn to lower outer corner with slight text loss, occasional early underscoring, corrections and annotations, light damp stains mostly at front and rear, some light dust-soiling, initial leaves frayed to margins, recent free endpapers, upper hinge split, contemporary boards, upper joint split with old sewn strengthening repair, dust-soiled, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Goff O176; Copinger 12247*; Essling 1124; Sander 5300; Oates 2117; Proctor 5447; BMC V 531.
![Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). Opera cu[m] quibusdam Annotat[i]o[n]ib[us], Imaginibusque pulcherrimis, aptisque ad Odaru[m] conc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/5d0042f8-5053-4ecc-b8a5-ae6000e87e9d/468x382.jpg)
Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). Opera cu[m] quibusdam Annotat[i]o[n]ib[us], Imaginibusque pulcherrimis, aptisque ad Odaru[m] conce[i]tus & sente[n]tias, Strasborg, Johann Reinhard Gruninger, 12 March 1498, 219 leaves (of 220, without blank LL8 at end), collation: [*]6,A-Z6,AA-II6,KK8-LL7 (lacking final blank LL8 at end), text and commentary printed in triple column, 168 woodcut illustrations from 101 blocks by the Master of the Ulm Terence (many repeated), some light overall toning throughout, extensive contemporary ink marginalia throughout, now faded and in some places not legible, some leaves with repairs mainly to inner margins, but including several small excisions replaced with blank paper, and vertical closed tears (with consequent repairs with clear adhesive tape - main repairs are to signatures A, D4, E6, F1-4, O, P4-5, Q3-6, T-V, VV, FF1-5, and LL1-7), 19th-century half black morocco, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed and some marks, folio (29.3 x 20.5 cm), sold with all faults, not subject to returnQty: (1)Footnote: Hain-Copinger 8898*; GW 13468; BMC I,112; BSB-INK H-370; Goff H-461, BOD-inc H-214.First illustrated edition of the works of Horace, and the first printed in Germany, here edited by Jacobus Locher for the first time from a manuscript source, and with commentary by Nicolaus Perottus. One of the finest illustrated books produced in Germany during the fifteenth century, issued by the Strasbourg printer Johann Gruninger.
Alfonso I (Duke of Ferrara). Resposta Alla Invectiva Qvi Annexa Di Don Alphonso gia Duca di Ferrara, publicata contra la Sancta & gloriosa me. di Leone PP. X. sotto pretexto de una littera scripta alle Cesarea Maesta, [Rome, 1522], 48pp., small paper fault hole to lower blank corner of E3, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, title label to upper board, slim 8vo, together with:Estienne (Henri), Ciceronianum lexicon Graecolatinum. Id est, Lexicon ex variis Graecorum scriptorum locis a? Cicerone interpretatis collectum, [Geneva]: Ex officina Henrici Stephani Parisiensis typographi, 1557, printer's woodcut device to title and second part title, some light toning and occasional spotting, hinges repaired, 19th century diced calf, buckram reback, 8vo,Juvenalis (Decimus Junius), Junii Juvenalis, et Aulii Persii Flacci satyrae, Paris: Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi Regii, 1549, printer's woodcut device to title, some browning and light dust-soiling, 18th century mottled calf, old reback, upper board detached, 8vo,Maior (Georg & Mancinelli, Antonio), Sententiae veterum poetarum, per Georgium Majorem in locas communes digestae, ac tandem, post authoris supremam manum, multum auctae ... Antonii Mancinelli de poetica virtute libellus..., Paris: Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi Regii, 1551, printer's woodcut device to title, some browning and scattered spotting, late 19th century blank leaves bound-in at rear, late 19th century red half morocco, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, boards faded, 8vo,Boccaccio (Giovanni), L'amorosa Fiammetta ... di nuouo corretta..., Venice: Giorgio Angelieri, 1571, woodcut device to title and few decorative initials, some toning, late 18th/early 19th century dark green morocco, 12mo, and three other similar late 16th century antiquarian volumesQty: (8)
Vergil (Polydore). De la origine e de gl'invenori de la leggi. Costumi, scientie, arti et di tutto quello che a l'humano uso conuiensi, con la espostione dil paternostroz ogni cosa di Latino in volgar tradotto da Pietro Lauro Modonese, 1st edition, Venice: Gabriel Gioli di Ferrari, 1543, title and final leaf verso with woodcut device, italic type, occasional underlining in red, title with small marginal repair, a little light spotting, early signature at foot of title, D.L. Cumming signature, bookplate of John Betts, Pembury, later vellum, a few light marks, 8vo (Adams V441), together with Forerius (Franciscus). Iesaiae Prophetae vetus & noua ex Hebraico versio, Antwerp: Philippum Nutium, 1567, title with woodcut device, occasional light toning, D.L. Cumming signature, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, light soiling, 8vo, plus Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quinfratrem... Pauli Manutii in easdem epistolas scholia... 2 parts in one, Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543, titles with woodcut Estienne device, some light toning, D.L. Cumming signatture, later blindstamped vellum, some light soiling and stains, 8vo (Adams C1643), with 11 others including Jacobi Cuiacii I.C. Eminentissimi ad Africanum Tractatus VIIII, Cologne, 1574, De Providentia Divina et Eius Effectis... by Andrea Gorrutio, [Geneva] 1585, Theodore de Beze's Poemata Varia, [Geneva], 1599, and Thomas Murner's Nebulo Nebulonum, hoc est jocoseria modernae Nequitiae censura, Frankfurt, 1620 Qty: (14)
Greek Anthology. Epigrammatum Graecorum libri VII, annotationibus Joannis Brodaei Turonensis illustrati, quibus additus est in calce operis rerum ac vocum explicatarum Index diligentissime conscriptus, Basel, apud Hier. Frobenium et Nic. Episcopium, 1549, [8] 627, title with printer's woodcut device (a few marks), text printed in Greek and Latin, occasional minor soiling or marks to margins, contents generally in good condition, lacking twenty-one-page index at end, including the colophon, contemporary limp vellum with yapp fore-edges, manuscript title to spine, lacking ties, folio (Adams A1184), together with:Nizolius (Marius), Nizolius sive Thesaurus Ciceronianus, Caelli Secundi Curionis labore iam olim auctus, Marcelli subinde Squarcialupi studio mactus digestusque. Cum indice Ciceroniarum vocum barbaris substitutarum auctiore, & diversarum Ciceronis editionum fideli collatione, Lyon: Antonium de Harsy, 1587, printer's woodcut device to title, occasional worm holes, some light damp stains and marginal spotting, creasing to last few leaves, contemporary vellum, rebacked, folio, plus a defective copy of P. Ovidij Nasonis poete ingeniosissimi Metamorphoseos libri. xv, Venice: Bernardinum de Bindonibus Mediolane[m], 1540, and incomplete copy of Dictionarium Graecum cum interpretatione latina, by Johannes Crastonus, [Venice: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani Soceri Mense, 1524]Qty: (4)Footnote: Adams A1184.
Tauler (Johannes). Tam de Tempore quam de Sanctis Homilie, Operaq; eiusdem alia Pietati quam maxime infe inservientia, summo studio recens ab ipso interprete Laurentio Surio recognita, & Homiliis Epistolisque aliquot modo primum additis..., Cologne: exofficima Haeredum Joannis Quentel, 1553, title with printers woodcut device, 742pp (including 8 unnumbered preliminary pages of index at end), woodcut initials, including large woodcut initial to dedication leaf, light water stains to title, early (17th century) neat ownership inscription in ink to foot of title 'Ex libris Joh. Egolphi à Knoringen', and slightly later ink inscription to head of title 'Bibliothecae Academicae Ingolstad', neat 20th-century owners name DL Cumming to upper outer corner of title, front endpaper missing, contemporary blind-stamped pig skin over wooden boards, with brass clasps, in working order, a little rubbed and some light discolouration, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Adams T276.First edition of the sermons of the Dominican mystical preacher Johann Tauler (circa 1300-1361), translated from the German into Latin by Laurentius Surius (1522-1578), of the Charterhouse of St. Barbara, Cologne, who published several translations of the so-called Rhine land mystics, including Tauler, Henry Suso, and John of Ruysbroeck.
Langland (William, circa 1332-1386). [The Vision of Pierce Plowman: nowe the seconde tyme imprinted by Robert Crowlye... Whereunto are added certayne notes and cotations in the mergyn, gevying light to the reader. And in the begyning is set a brefe summe of the principal matters spoken of in the boke..., Imprinted at London by Robert Crowley, dwellyng in Elye rentes in Holburne, M.D.L. (1550)], black-letter text, lacking *1-4 and [para]1 at front, also I3, Ee1-2, and Ff2-4 and Gg1 at end, some soling and marginal repair to foot of first three leaves (para 2-4), ink inscription to head of B1 'Frances Wolfreston hor bouk' [Frances Wolfreston, 1607-1677, see note], small hole to lower blank margin of C3, approximately 25 pages with near-contemporary annotations in brown ink, several of which repeat the name Robert Aston (presumably an early owner of this volume), some marks and generally light soiling, mainly to margins (final few leaves with some light staining and general soiling), 20th-century ownership signature of D. L. Cumming to verso of front endpaper, top edge gilt, 19th century marbled endpapers, 19th century dark plum half morocco (unsigned) over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, lettered in gilt Piers Plowman and dated 1550 at foot, rubbed and joints scuffed with a little wear, small 4to (text block measures 19.5 x 14 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Robert Aston (16th century); Frances Wolfreston (1607-1677); presumably Sotheby's, 1856, lot 328; D. L. Cumming (20th century).STC 19907; Pforzheimer 798.Frances Wolfreston, who lived near Tamworth, north-east of Birmingham, is one of the earliest-recorded English female book collectors without aristocratic lineage. A large portion of her library was sold at auction by Sotheby's in 1856. The present work appears to be the copy listed as unlocated on https://franceswolfrestonhorbouks.com, although it is there described as 'imperfect; lacking the title, a 'portion' of A Brief Sum[m]e of the Principal Poyntes, and all after T4'. This copy however lacks all before B1, and four leaves at the end, in addition to three other leaves within the text.Over the past thirty years, Paul Morgan, Arnold Hunt, and Sarah Lindenbaum have identified over two hundred works, mostly literary, containing Wolfreston's standard ownership inscription: 'frances wolfreston hor bouk'. The bibliophile Wiliam Carew Hazlitt wrote about the Sotheby's auction in 1856 in his Four generations of a literate family: The Hazlitts in England, Ireland and America (1897): 'I can just recall the Wolfreston sale in 1856... I was not actually present, but I heard a good deal about it soon afterward. It was a small collection of early English books and tracts formed under the Tudors or early Stuarts; the copies were often uncut, and as often imperfect or dog's-eared. But there were among them a few startling rarities...'.The printer and controversialist Robert Crowley was the first to publish a printed edition of Langland's Piers Plowman, which had previously only existed in manuscript form. Crowley's introductory matter and printed marginal notes present the work in the context of his own radical anti-clerical Protestantism, as a prophetic account of the Reformist doctrine.The present copy is one of two versions of the second edition, both published by Crowley in the same year as his first edition, this copy with the word time spelt 'time' instead of 'tyme', and the signatures of the preliminary leaves, as well as the foliation, completely regularized. As Pforzheimer notes, 'The editions published by Crowley are of Skeats's so-called 'B-text' and are of interest and importance equal to that of the manuscripts which have survived.
Nannini (Remigio). Orationi in Materia Civile, e Criminale, tratte da gli Historici Greci, e Latini, antichi, e moderni, raccolte, e tradotte per M. Remigio Fiorentino ..., Venice: Gabriel Giolito de'Ferrari, 1561, [16], 483, [1] pages, woodcut printer's device to title and to verso of final leaf, woodcut ornaments and numerous historiated initials, text in very good, clean condition with good margins, small 19th century engraved bookplate with intertwined initials HFB to front pastedown, 20th century owner's name D.L. Cumming above, contemporary vellum with black morocco spine labels, small 4to, together with Levino (Lennio). De gli occulti miracoli, & uarii ammaestramenti delle cose della natura, con probabili ragioni, & artificiosa congiettura confermati, Venice: Lodovico Avanzi, 1567, [16] including integral blank, 156 leaves, printer's woodcut device to title, bookplate of G. Ashley Dodd, 1873, to front pastedown, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to head of front endpaper, contemporary vellum with black morocco title label to spine, lightly marked, 8vo, plus Accolti (Benedetto). La Guerra fatta da Christiani contra Barbari per la Ricuperatione del sepolcro di Christo et della Giudea, tradotta per Francesco Baldelli, First Italian edition, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1549, 127, [1] leaves, printer's woodcut device to title (with old partial colouring), and to verso of final leaf, some light spotting and marginal marks (generally a good copy), edges rough-trimmed, 19th century ink inscription to blank leaf facing title 'The War made by the Christians against the barbarians for the recovery of the Sepulchre of Christ & Judea. From this rare book Tasso gained the idea of his 'Jerusalem Delivered'.' ,19th century brown half morocco, spine deficient, light wear to edges, 8vo, andPetrarch. Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello, di novo ristampato con piu cose utili in varii luoghi aggiunte, Venice: Al Segno della Speranza, 1550, [8],316,[3]l, without final black, woodcut printer's devise to tile, some light water stains (otherwise in clean condition), early ownership inscription to foot of title, early 20th century patterned paper wrappers, with yapp edges, rubbed, 8vo Qty: (4)Footnote: First work: the first edition of a collection of Orations concerning civil and criminal affairs taken from classical and modern authors, including Xenophon, Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Appian, Titus Livius, Leonardo Aretino, Poggio Bracciolini, Paolo Giovio, Machiavelli and others.CNCE 29958; Graesse IV, 159 for the second work (Lennio).
Patrizi (Francesco). Il Sacro Regno del vero reggimento, e de la vera felicita del principe... tradotto da Giovanni Farbrini da Fighine, Venice: Domenico && Giovanni Battista Guerra, 1569, title with woodcut device, occasional marginal insect predation and light water stain, a few annotations, D.L. Cumming owner signature, manuscript label 'The Earl of Westmoreland 1856', later limp vellum, ties, some light soiling, 8vo, together with Domenichi (Lodovico). La Nobilta, corretta, & di nuovo ristampata, Venice: Gabriel Giolito di Ferrari, 1551, woodcut device to title and final leaf, historiated woodcut initials, occasional light water stains, a few small marginal wormholes, occasional underlining small ink stamp to title verso, D.L. Cumming signature, bookplate of John Betts, Pembury, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, light soiling, 8vo, plus Tacitus (Cornelius). P. Cornelli Taciti ab exccessu divi Augusti historiarum libri quinq..., Florence: Philippi Iuntae, 1527, title and A2 with marginal repairs, some early marginalia, some soiling and light spotting, D.L. Cumming signature, later vellum, 8vo, with 4 others including Il Petrarca con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello, Venice 1541 (lacking frontispiece), Lettioni Opra Dogmi Fatte da Francesco Panigarola minore osservante, 1584, and Libri delle osservationi di M. Lodovico Dolce, 1562 Qty: (7)
Benoist (Rene). Les Epistres de S.Paul. Les Epistres Catholiques de S. Iaques, S. Pierre, S. Iean & S. Iude. l'Apocalypse ou Reuelation de S. Iaen. Le tout en Francois & Latin, selon la version commune, Paris: Nicolas Chesneau, 1569, text commences on 2d2-3Q4 (i.e.folios 388-655), plus tables/index at end, ruled in red throughout, occasional slight soiling, later endpapers (lacking front endpaper), bookplate and blindstamp of Richard Grosvenor Bartelot (1868-1947, Vicar of Fordington, Dorset), explanatory 19th century note loosely inserted, later calf gilt, lacking spine tips, a little rubbed, 12mo, together with Horace. Poemata Secundum Optimas... Editio haec argumentis... a Guilielmo Xylandro, 2 parts in one, Heidelberg, 1575-76, titles with engraved devices, a few small tears, some early underlining and annotations, occasional light soiling, Richard Bartelot inscription at front, bookplate of John Bragge, all edges red, contemporary blindstamped pigskin over boards, lacking clasps, spine ends worn, a few small stains, 8voQty: (2)
Major (Georg). Cantica ex Sacris literis, in ecclesia cantari solita, cum Hymnis & Collectis, seu orationibus Ecclesiasticis, in usum Pastorum, Diaconorum, & iuventutis Scholasticae, iam postremum recognita et aucta, Wittenberg: in officina haeredum Laurentii Schwenck, 1574, 91, [4] leaves (a-f12, h11), title within decorative woodcut border, with woodcut illustration of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea to verso, 2 hymns with extensive contemporary annotations in brown ink (De Passione, and In die Pentecostes) to c3-4 and c9, some light waterstains, colophon to final leaf, with printer's woodcut device to verso, 19th century pale blue plain wrappers, now contained in modern drop-over book box, 12mo (128 x 76 mm), together with:Hoffmeister (Johann), Homiliae in Evangelia, quae in Dominicis, et aliis festis diebus leguntur per totum annum..., Antwerp: Joannis Steelsii, 1557, woodcut device to title and few illustrations, slight marginal fraying to initial leaves, light damp staining at front and rear, later free endpapers, armorial bookplate of John Dolben Bt. of Finedon in Northamptonshire to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf over wooden boards, later morocco title label to spine, lacking one brass clasp, joints cracked, 8vo,Psalms, Psalmorum Davidis et aliorum prophetarum : libri quinque : argumentis & Latina paraphrasi illustrati, ac etiam vario carminum genere Latine? expressi : nunc postremu?m recogniti & a? variis mendis repurgati [Theodoro Beza Vezelio auctore], London: Typis Thomae Vautrollerij and impensis Herculis Francisci, 1580, printer's woodcut device to title, light dust-soiling and damp stains to margins, all edges gilt, hinges repaired, 20th century half morocco over 19th century marbled boards (marked and worn), 8vo, Loosaeus (Cornelius), Illustrium Germaniae scriptorum catalogus, quo doctrina simul et pietate illustrium vita & operae celebrantur, Mainz: Casparum Behem, 1582, early manuscript to lower blank margin of title, woodcut to verso of title, light dust-soiling, late 19th century morocco covers over earlier boards, lower joint split and board near detached, 8vo,Bible [Prophets], Prophetæ, Isaias, Ieremias, Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel: cum Duodecim aliis minoribus, Antwerp: Arnoldi Bircmanni, 1569, woodcut device and early ownership signatures to title (lightly dust-soiled), light damp staining at rear, contemporary calf, 12mo in 6sQty: (5)Footnote: The first work comprises a finely printed collection of Lutheran hymns and canticles in Latin by Georg Major, or Meier (1502-1574), a Wittenberg preacher who studied under both Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon, was ordained by Luther, and who edited the Wittenberg edition of Luther's works.
Ovid. Le Metamorfosi di Ovidio, ridotte da Giouanni Andrea dell'Anguillara, in ottaua rime, impressione sesta, al Christianissimo re di Francia Henrico Secondo, Venice: Fabio & Agostino Zopponi fratelli, 1580, title with woodcut device, woodcut illustrations, main text in double column, final leaf laid down, a few marginal repairs and tears, some light soiling and dap stains, bookplate, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later vellum-backed marbled boards, 8vo, together with Ariosto (Lodovico). Orlando Furioso. Tutto Ricorretto, et di nuovo figure..., Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisio, 1558, 2 parts in one, engraved title (trimmed and laid down), 45 full-page woodcut illustrations, lacking leaf g1 (i.e. pp. 465-66), a few repairs at futter, some light toning and soiling, front hinge broken, D.L. Cumming signature, later vellum, a few small stains, 4to, plus Guevara (Antonio de). Libro Primo [-Quarto] dell Lettere, 4 volumes in one, Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1565, titles with woodcut device, a few leaves misbound in part 4, burnmark at head of part 1 title and dedication, small ink stamps to part 1 title, a few annotations, occasional light toning, D.L Cumming signature, later calf-backed boards, head of spine chipped, 4to, with two others: Concetti di Hieronimo Garimberto et altri degni autori, Venice, 1585, and Selva do Varia Lettione di Petro Messia, divisia in cinque parti, Venice, 1585 Qty: (5)
Cartari (Vincenzo). Imagines Deorum, qui ab Antiquis colebantur, Lyon: Stephanum Michaelem, 1581, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut portrait, illustrations and decorative initials, some minor tiny worm holes to lower blank margins, 19th century marbled endpapers, near-contemporary limp vellum, spine a little torn with slight loss, with worn 19th century morocco title label, 4to (Adams 785), together with:Drexel (Jeremias), De aeternitate considerationes : coram Sermo. vtriusq[ue] Bavariae Duce, S.R.I. Archidapifero, Electore, Maximiliano et Serma?. coniuge Elisabetha explicatae : eisdem inscriptae et dedicatae, Coloniae Agrippinae: Sumptibus Cornelii ab Egmondt et sociorum [i.e. Amsterdam: Blaeu], 1631, engraved title and illustrations, damp staining at head throughout volume, early 19th century half morocco, gilt decorated spine, 16mo in 8s,Virgil, P. Virgilius Maro Accurante Nic. Heinsio Dan. fil., Leiden: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1672, engraved title and full-page illustrations, some light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, gilts decorated spine, upper joint cracked and light wear, 16mo in 8s, and two other 17th century antiquarianQty: (5)
Josephus (Flavius). Di Flavio Givseppe, dell' Antichita' de Givdei Libri XX. Tradotto novamente per M. Franceso Baldelli, Venice: Gio et Gio. Paolo Gioliti de' Ferrari, 1582, title with woodcut device (small marginal repair to verso), historiated woodcut initials, italic type, occasional small light water stains, previous owner signature of D.L. Cumming, later vellum with morocco labels to spine, slight dust-soiling, small 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: John, Duke of Bedford armorial bookplate dated 1736 pasted to title verso; Woburn Abbey, small circular label to front pastedown.
Herodotus. Historiae Libri IX: Et de vita homeri libellus, Frankfurt: Andrae Wecheli, 1584, title with woodcut device, errata leaf at end, occasional small marginal wormholes, a little minor soiling, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later blindstamped calf, joints cracked, loss to compartment at foot of spine piece retained), 8vo, together with Plutarch. Vitae Parallelae, seu comparatae, Guilielmi Xylandri Augustani interpretatione postremo recognita, 3 volumes, Basel, 1579, volume I title with woodcut device, a few annotations and previous owner inscriptions to volumes II & III titles, a few light stains, hinges reinforced, later calf, gilt initials 'C P' stamped to covers, modern cloth rebacks, 8vo, plus several volumes of Cicero includingEpisolae Familiares, Lyon, 1536, and Philosophicorum, 3 volumes, Strasbourg, 1581Qty: (12)
Du Bellay (Guillaume). Discipline militaire de messire Guillaume Du Bellay, seigneur de Langey... premièrement faite et compilée par l'auteur, tant de ce qu'il a leu des anciens et modernes… que de ce qu'il a veu et pratiqué és armées et guerres de son tems, et nouvellement reveue et disposée…, Lyon: Benoist Rigaud, 1592, printer’s woodcut device to title and to recto of blank final leaf, 3 folding diagrammatic plans, scattered spotting and light browning, contemporary ownership inscription to title (‘Ex Biblioth. Gasp. Fromenty, 1604’) and marginal note to verso of one preliminary leaf, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and soiled, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Rare Lyon edition of the work originally published as Instructions sur le fait de la guerre (Paris, 1548). It is based on Machiavelli’s Dell’arte della guerra (1537), without however acknowledging the source.
Terence. Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetæ Terentii omnes Anglicæ factæ, & hac noua forma editæ: opera ac industrial R.B. in Axholmiensi insula Lincolnsherii Epwortheatis, 4th edition, London: Johannnis Leggatt, 1614, [8], 332, 335-428 pp., early manuscript signatures and markings to title, occasional underscoring and few light ink smudges, burn hole to R6 affecting few letters of text, toning and dust-soiling (mostly light), lacking free endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked and some corners repaired, joints cracked at head, 8vo (STC 23892), together with:Saavedra Fajardo (Diego de), Idea principis Christiano-politici: 101 sijmbolis expressa, Amsterdam: Ioh. Ianssonium Iuniorem, 1651, engraved title (dust-soiled), engraved illustrations throughout, 20th century brown morocco, spine and joints rubbed, 12mo, plusPetronius, Petronii Arbitri Massiliensis Satyrici fragmenta, restitvta et avcta, e bibliotheca Iohannis Sambuci, Antwerp: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1565, 63, [1] pp., printer's woodcut device to title (with light marks), late 18th century blank leaves bound-in at rear (13 with manuscript notes to one side), some toning and scattered spotting, 18th century calf, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, worn at head of spine, 8voQty: (3)
Ovid. Metamorphosis dat is: die herscheppinghe oft veranderinghe beschreven vanden vermaerden ende gheleerden poët Ovidius..., Antwerp: Guilliam Lesteens, 1619, printer's woodcut device to title and with early manuscript ownership, numerous woodcut illustrations, close-trimming at head touching some running titles, browning and some spotting, occasional damp stains, 20th century endpapers, antique style quarter sheep, marbled boards, 8vo, together with:Petrarca (Francesco), Il Petrarca con l'espositione di M. Alessandro Velutello. Di nuouo ristampato con le Figure a i Trionfi, con le apostille, e con piu cose utili aggiunte, 2 parts in one, Venice: Nicolo Beuilacqua, 1568, decorative woodcut title, woodcut illustrations, and decorative initials, initial 17 leaves with short worm trail to text (few repaired), few other short worm trails within volume, some light damp staining, endpapers renewed, bookplate of J. Eliot Hodgkin to upper pastedown, late 19th century quarter morocco, marbled boards with some discolouring, joints rubbed, 8voQty: (2)
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[Wateson, George]. A Rich Storehouse, or Treasurie for the Diseased. Wherein are many approved medicines for divers and sundry diseases, which have beene long hidden, and not come to light before this time. First set forth for the benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people, that are not of abilitie to go the Physicions. By G. W. And now seventhly augmented and inlarged by A. T. Practitioner in Physicke and Chirurgerie, London: Printed by Richard Badger, for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1630 [colophon at rear dated 1631], [12 leaves], 317p, with colophon to first and final leaf, some light browning mainly to outer margins, contemporary ink inscriptions to verso of title 'To the Right Honourable Sir James Pemberton', [probably copied from the head of the dedication leaf adjacent], 18th-century bookplate of George Edwards, Librarian to the College of Physicians London, contemporary blind-paneled calf, some wear to outer corners, and upper cover detached, small 4to, together withSalmon (William). Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Or, the New London Dispensatory..., 6th edition, corrected & amended, 1702, and Medicina Practica: or The Practical Physician: shewing the true method of curing the most usual diseases incident to humane bodies..., to which is added, the chymical works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid King of Persia, Geber King of Arabia, Artefius Longaevus the Jew, Roger Bacon, Nicholas Flammel's Hieroglyphiks, George Ripley's Marrow of Alchymie, and an account of their lives, London: Edmund Curll, 1707, some marks and second title with occasional ink annotations, first volume bound in contemporary calf, with 19th-century reback, second title bound in 19th-century calf, both somewhat worn with upper covers detached, 8voQty: (3)Footnote: Provenance: George Edwards (1694-1773), librarian to the College of Physicians London, naturalist and ornithologist, regarded as the father of British ornithology. Edwards was appointed Beadle to the College of Physicians London in 1733 (although he styled himself librarian of the College, as in the bookplate to this copy), a post he continued to hold until 1760. He was born in West Ham in 14694, and educated by local clergymen, and placed in business with a Mr Dod in Fenchurch street, where the library of Dr. Nicholas was kept, the contents of which became the young Edwards daily reading matter. Instead of going into business, he traveled widely on the continent and following which he made a living from sketches of animals. Taken up by James Theobald, F.R.S., he was introduced to Sir Hans Sloane. Between 1743 and 1751, he published A Natural History of Uncommon Birds in four volumes, with three subsequent volumes entitled Gleanings of Natural History issued between 1758-1764, the etchings for which were all made by the author. He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1757.STC 23610; Welcome 6195; ESTC S107712.
Baldwin (William). A Treatise of Morall Philosophie: wherein is contained the worthy sayings of philosophers, emperours, kings and orators...and now the ninthtime since inlarged by Thomas Palfreman, gentlemen, London: printed by William Stansby, circa 1635, some marginal worming to title and at end, affecting a few letters, some light soiling and water stains, lacking front endpaper, front hinge broken, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary limp vellum, ties, some soiling, wear to one corner, 8vo, together with Raleigh (Walter). The General History of the World, being an abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a continuation from the best historians to the present times, 4 volumes, London: printed for A. Bell, R. Smith & J. Round, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black, a little light soiling and stains, bookplates, D.L. Cumming owner signature, later calf gilt, a little rubbed with light stains, 8vo, plus Heylyn [Peter, i.e. Robert Hall]. Eroologia Anglorum:or, an helpe to English History containing a succession of all the Kings of England, and the English Saxons, the Kings and Princes of Wales, the Kings and Lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight, 1st edition, London: R. Cotes for Abel Roper, 1642, title laid-down with marginal loss and manuscript date of 1642, erratic pagination (i.e. pp1-204, 241-379) D.L. Cumming signature, a little light toning, later calf, joints cracking, 12mo, with others including Thomas Lanquet's An Epitome of Cronicles, [1569], defective, lacking about half of title (laid down) and all after ff. 286, Thomas Brown's Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or Enquiries into very many received tenentsand commonly presumed truths, 5th edition, 1669 (bound with Hydriotaphia Urn-Burial or a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns lately found in Norfolk, together with the Garden of Cyrus, 1669) and other antiquarian, some defective etc Qty: (18)
Serres (Jean de). La Vie de Messire Gaspar de Colligny, Segneur de Chastillon, Admiral d France. A Laquelle Sont Adiouste ses Memoires sur ce qui se passa au Siege de S. Quentin, Leiden: Chez Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier (Elzevier Press), 1643, 2 volumes bound in 1, 'Robert J. Hayhurst' bookplate to the front endpaper, later inscriptions to the front pastedown & title page, some light marginal toning throughout, small tear to the rear pastedown, contemporary full velllum with hand written spine labelling, boards & spine lightly rubbed with some minor loss to the head of the spine, a scarce copy, small 8vo, together with;Chez Pierre ab Egmont, Memoires de Monsieur Chancelier de L'Hospital,..., Cologne, 1672, bookplates to the front pastedown & endpaper, some light toning throughout, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine lightly toned, small 8vo, plusChez Pierre du Bosch, Relation du Siege de Maestrick, Paris, 1676, some worming to the front & rear endpapers, period inscription to the foot of the title page, some toning & offsetting throughout, contemporary full vellum, boards slightly wormed & toned, small 8voQty: (1)
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New Testament [Greek]. Tes Kaines Diathekes hapanta, En te Kantabrigia: Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou, tou tes Akademias typographou, Etei apo t[es] theogonias (Cambridge: John Field), [1665], [2], 419, [1]pp., woodcut device to title, title and text in Greek characters, some underscoring to text, bound with at front Book of Common Prayer [Greek], Biblos te?s de?mosias euche?s kai teleseo?s muste?rio?n kai to?n allo?n thesmo?n kai teleto?n te?s ekkle?sias, kata to ethos te?s Agglikane?s ekkle?sias, En te?i Kantabrigiai: exetupo?the? par' Io?annou Phieldou (Cambridge: John Field), [1665], [36], 126, [2]pp., title and text in Greek characters, bound with Psalms [Greek], Psalte?rion tou Dabid: kata tous Hebdome?konta..., 'En Kantabrigia: 'e typo?the? par' Io?annou tou Phieldou, tou te?s Akade?mias typothetou, etei apo te?s theogonias (Cambridge: John Field), 1664, [2], 115, [3], 117-171, [1]pp., woodcut device to title, title and text in Greek characters, red-ruled borders throughout volume, some light toning, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine and red morocco title label (with some wear), upper board detached, lower joint cracked, 12mo in 6s (138 x 70 mm)Qty: (1)
Almanacs. A collection of 12 almanacs, bound in one volume, all 1672, including Merlini Anglici Ephemeris, or Astrological Judgements for the year 1672, by William Lilly, 96 pp., [ESTC R28239]; Olympia Domata, or, an Almanack and Prognostication for the year of our Lord, 1672, by Vincent Wing, 48 pp., [ESTC R38468]; Pond. An Almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1672, 48 pp., [ESTC R30690]; News from the Stars: or an Ephemeris for the year 1672, by William Andrews, 22 pp., pp. 11-14 torn at gutter with small losses [ESTC R27098]; Calendarium Astrologicum: or an Almanack for the year of our Lord 1672, by Thomas Trigge, 40 pp., [ESTC R34324]; 1672. Apollo Anglicanus, the English Apollo, by Richard Saunders, 48 pp., [ESTC R33192], together with others by James Bowker, Charles Atkinson, Henry Coley, John Gadbury and Poor Robin, printed in red and black, portraits and woodcut illustrations, a few annotations, a little light soiling, lacking rear endpaper, previous owner signature and blindstamp of Richard Bartlelot (1868-1947, Vicar of Fordington, Dorset), earlier signatures erased, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, covers with corner volutes, vertical split to spine, 8vo Qty: (1)
Burnet (Gilbert). The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes including Supplement, 2nd edition, corrected, London: T.H. for Richard Chiswell & J. Churchill, 1681-1715, half titles with imprimatur statement to verso in volumes I & II, additional engraved titles in volumes I & II, titles printed in red and black, 21 engraved portraits, occasional small burnholes and light toning, bookplates of Edward Wynne-Penndarves (1775-1853, MP), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf gilt, a few splits to joints, a little rubbed and scuffed, folioQty: (3)Footnote: Wing B5798A. Provenance: ownership inscription of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), noted annalist, politician and bibliophile, dated 1681 to front endpapers of volumes I & II. Luttrell was twice member of parliament for different Cornwall seats (1679-1680 and 1691-1695), during which time he kept an important parliamentary diary, while his chronicle of contemporary events was used by Macaulay for his History of England and in 1857 published as A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. He also formed one of the most impressive private libraries of his time, which was especially strong in poetry and Elizabethan literature; usefully for book historians he often annotated his books with the price he had paid for them. After his death the library was eventually sold by Leigh and Sotheby in a twelve-day sale commencing on 6 March 1786, while his manuscripts were bequeathed to All Souls, Oxford. Many of his books were acquired by the great collectors James Bindley and Richard Heber, who subsequently loaned a number of them to Sir Walter Scott for his edition of Dryden, which appeared in 1808, Scott remarking in his preface that 'the industrious collector seems to have bought every poetical tract, of whatever merit, which was hawked through the streets in his time, marking carefully the price and date of the purchase. His collection contains the earliest editions of many of our most excellent poems, bound up, according to the order of time, with the lowest trash of Grub Street'.
Panvinio (Onofrio). De ludis circensibus, libri II. De triumphis, liber unus. Quibus universa fere Romanorum veterum sacra ritusque declarantur, ac figuris aeneis illustrantur, cum notis Ioannis Argoli I.V.D. et additamento Nicolai Pinelli I.C., adiectis hac novissima editione ... Joachimi Joannis Maderi notis... Padua, Pietro Maria Frambotti, 1681, half-title printed in red and black, engraved title, 31 engraved plates, complete as list (two separate plates representing plate 6 in the list), mostly folding, a few light marks, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to front endpaper, later full vellum (probably early 18th century), some minor marks, folio, 370 x 245 mmQty: (1)Footnote: Cicognara 3819; Brunet IV, 350.Panvinio's history of the circuses of ancient Rome, first published in Venice in 1600, which remained the fundamental work on the subject for two centuries. The plates include a birds-eye view of Rome, buildings, gladiators and animal sacrifice.
Almanacs. A collection of 13 almanacs bound in one volume, all 1688, including William Lilly's Merlinus Anglicus Junior: or an ephemeris for the year 1688, 78 pp., [ESTC R407]; John Gadbury's Ephemeris [title in Greek] Or, a Diary Astronomical, Astrological, Meteorological, for the year of our Lord, 1688, 48 pp., {ESTC R15691]; A Catholic & Protestant Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, 1688, 36 pp., leaves laid down, [ESTC R36746]; Henry Coley's Nuncius Sydereus: or, the Starry Messenger for the Year of our Redemption, 1688, 48 pp., [ESTC R15440]; Richard Saunders' 1688. Apollo Anglicanus, the English Apollo: Assisting all persons in the right understanding of this years revolution..., 48 pp.,[ESTC R25239]; Daniel Woodward's Vox uraniae: An Almanac Astronomical, Astrological, Meteorological for the year of our Lord God, 1688, 48 pp., [ESTC R230105] plus others by William Davis, William Andrews, John Hayes (printer), John Wing, John Partridge and 'Poor Robin', printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, one or two leaves close-trimmed, a couple of small tears, some light soiling and damp stains, 2 pp. manuscript index at front (one torn with loss, a few blindstamps of Richard Bartelot (1868-1947, Vicar of Fordington, Dorset), endpapers lacking, small octagonal calf book label with crown & 'Cambridge' in gilt to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary red calf, covers with crowned monogram of King James II in gilt to corners and spine compartments, upper corners a little bent, one corner with some worming, a little rubbed with stains, 12mo Qty: (1)
Ozanam (Jacques). Recreations Mathematiques et Physiques, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Jean Jombert, 1694, 84 engraved plates, 4 pp. advertisement leaves and annotations at end of volume II, occasional light spotting and toning, previous owner inscriptions to volume I title, later calf gilt, rebacked, spines with red and green labels and gilt decorations, 8voQty: (2)Footnote: First edition of Ozanam is popular science compendium covering card games, fireworks, conjuring, sundials, water clocks, rocketry and other subjects.
Aa (Pieter van der). Les delices de Leide, une des ce?le?bres villes de l'Europe, qui contiennent une description exacte de son antiquite?, de ses divers aggrandissemens, de son academie, de ses manufactures, de ses curiosite?s, & ge?ne?ralement de tout ce qu'il y a de plus digne a? voir, Leiden: Pierre Vander Aa, 1712, double-page engraved additional title, letterpress title in red & black, double-page engraved dedication, four folding plans (one lined to verso) and 28 engraved plates (26 folding), bound with at rear Catalogue des livres, des cartes geographiques, des villes tant en plan qu'en profil, & d'autres estampes ou tailles douces qui se trouvent, Leiden: Pierre van der Aa, [1712?], light toning throughout, modern gilt panelled speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with:La Fontaine (Jean de), Fables choisies. Mises en vers pars Monsieur de La Fontaine, 2 parts in one, Amsterdam: Daniel de la Feuille, 1693, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, paper/printing fault to **6, numerous engraved illustrations, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with recent morocco title label, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo,Crébillon (Claude Prosper Jolyot de), Tanza?? et Neadarne?, Histoire Japonoise, 2 volumes, A Pekin [i.e. Paris]: Chez l'imprimeur de l'Empereur, 1749, half-title present in volume one, some toning and spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous 17th-19th century continental antiquarian, including some odd volumesQty: (21)
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[Prior, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions, London: Jacob Tonson & John Barber, 1718, engraved frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, decorative headpieces & initials, contemporary panelled calf, old reback with gilt decoration to spine, maroon morocco title label, joints split and torn to head & foot of spine, folio, together with:Knowler (William), The Earl of Strafforde's letters and dispatches, with an essay towards his life, by Sir George Radcliffe..., 2 volumes, Dublin: Robert Owen, 1740, light damp stains to initial leaves in first volume, light toning, contemporary calf, upper boards detached, lacking spines, board leather torn, worn, folio, and Gibbon (Edward), Miscellaneous Works, 3 volumes, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell jun. (& others), 1796-1815Qty: (6)
Aubrey (John). Miscellanies, upon the following subjects. I. Day-Fatality. II. Local-Fatality. III. Ostenta. IV. Omens. V. Dreams. VI. Apparitions. VII. Voices. VIII. Impulses. IX. Knockings. X. Blow's Invisible. XI. Prophecies. XII. Marvels. XIII. Magick. XIV. Transportation in the Air. XV. Visions in a beril or glass. XVI. Converse with Angels and Spirits. XVII. Corps-Candles in Wales. XVIII. Oracles. XIX. Exstasie. XX. Glances of Love or Envy. XXI. Second-Sighted Persons. XXII. The Discovery of Two Murders by an Apparition, 2nd edition, with large additions, London: printed for A. Betterworth, J. Battley and others, 1721, engraved plate, some light spotting and toning, bound with at front Bourne (Henry). Antiquitates Vulgares; or the Antiquities of the Common People. Giving an account of several of their opinions and ceremonies...1st edition, Newcastle: printed by J. White for the author, 1725, some light spotting and soiling, front hinge breaking, bookplate of Richard Grosvenor Bartelot, Rector of Fordington, Dorchester 1907-1936, later half calf by C. Lewis, joints and edges rubbed, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: ESTC T89806 & T114283 respectively. Aubrey's collection of supernatural events and the origin of the magic phrase 'Abracadabra'.
Alber (Erasmus). L'Alcoran des cordeliers. Tant en latin qu'en françois, 2 vols., new edition, Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1734, engraved frontispiece to each, titles in red & black, 20 engraved plates (including one folding with repaired closed tear), armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Neave Bt. to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, light cracking to joints, 12mo, together with:Burton (Richard), Historical Remarks on the Ancient and Present State of the Cities of London and Westminster..., new edition, Westminster: Machell Stace, 1810, woodcut frontispiece, title in red & black, woodcut illustrations, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving black morocco title label, 4to,Burton (Richard), Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland..., new edition, Westminster: Machell Stace, 1811, woodcut frontispiece, title in red & black, woodcut portrait illustrations, armorial bookplate of Matthew Lewis and bookplate of Earl Cowper of Panshanger to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, black morocco labels to spine, joints slightly cracked, 4toQty: (4)Footnote: Cohen de Ricci 5. The first edition to include Picart's illustrations.
Stanyan (Temple). The Grecian History, from the original of Greece, to the death of Philip of Macedon, 2 volumes, London: J. and R. Tonson, 1751, frontispieces, folding map to volume 2, armorial bookplates of Hugall to front pastedowns, light spotted and toned, a few leaves marginally damp-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, 8vo, together with:Major (George). Sententiae Veterum Poetarum..., Barcelona: Lelij Marini Veneti, 1596, engraved title vignette, contemporary notations to front free endpaper, worming and marginal damp-staining affecting some leaves, contemporary vellum, sticker to backstrip, worn and marked, 8vo, withPatterson (John Brown). On the National Character of the Athenians, Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1828, lightly spotted, rear free endpaper with small tear, poem in pencil to front pastedown, contemporary brown calf over marbled boards, worn, 8vo with 17 others relatedQty: (21)
Hume (David). The History of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1st edition, volume I, Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour and Neill; volume II, London: A Millar, 1754-57, some light spotting, marginal toning to volume II title and final leaf, bookplates, D.L. Cumming owner signature, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines repaired, joints cracking, 4to, together with: Wits (Herman). Aegyptiaca, et Dekaphulon. Sive de Aegyptiacorum Sacrorum, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Geradus Borstius, 1696, additional engraved title, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary blindstamped vellum, some light soiling, small 4to, plus Serres (Jean de). Inventaire General de l'Histoire de France, 3 volumes in 2, Paris: Abraham Saugrain, 1599-1600, 2 engraved titles (part 2 title in volume I with lower corner excised, some light soiling, volume I lacking endpapers, D.L. Cumming signature, contemporary vellum (volume II limp vellum with later ties, 12mo, with others including Richard Verstegan's Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities, concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation, 1673, and Torquato Tasso's Aminta Favola Boscareccia, Paris, 1745, Le Noble, Mylord Courtenay, Paris, 1697, [John Leake], Nummi Britannici Historia, 1726, Dugdale, Antient Usage in Bearing of... Arms, Oxford, 1682, Nouvelle Description de la Ville de Constantinople, 1721, Ehestandsalmanach fur das Jahr, 1800, (in original slip case) Histoire Generale et Impartiale des erreurs, des fautes et des crimes commis pendant la Revolution Francaise, 4 volumes, 1797-94, & An Impartial History of the late Revolution in France, from its commencement, to the death of the Queen, and the execution of the deputies of the Gironde Barty, London, printed for the authors, 1794, all except almanach leather-bound, 8vo/12moQty: (17)
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The Annual Register. or a View of the History, Politicks and Literature, a complete run of 31 volumes [1758-89], mixed editions, London: printed for R. And J. Dodsley, 1764-92, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf with green & black calf spine labels, boards & spines slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8voQty: (31)
Baker (Henry). The Microscope Made Easy..., 5th edition, London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1769, 15 engraved plates, several folding, folding table, plate numbered IX with marginal tear and loss, A1 with torn with loss at head, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, previous owner signature retained to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed with stains, 8voQty: (1)
Führer (Alois Anton). The Sharqi Architecture of Jaunpur; with notes on Zafarabad, Sahet-Mahet and other places in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co, 1889, 74 black and white plates (some folding, some after photographs), largely uncut, some marginal dust-soiling, light offsetting, lightly spotted to preliminary leaves, original brown blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed, folioQty: (1)Footnote:Scarce. Only one copy traced at auction in 1895.
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[Trusler, John]. The Honours of the Table, or, Rules for Behaviour during Meals; with the Whole Art of Carving, illustrated by a variety of cuts. Together with Directions for going to market, and the method of distinguishing good provisions from bad; to which is added a number of hints or concise lessons for the improvement of youth, on all occasions in life. By the author of Principles of Politeness, &c. For the use of young people, London: Printed for the Author, at the Literary Press, 1788, numerous woodcut illustrations, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, together with:Weatherley (Henry), A Treatise on the Art of Boiling Sugar, Chrystalizing, Lozenge making, Comfits, gum goods, and other processes for Confectionary, &c..., London: Printed by A.G. Harston, 1864, advertisement frontispiece with wood engraved illustration, upper blank margin of title inscribed 'with the authors compliments', illustrated adverts at rear, some toning and marginal spotting, modern speckled half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 8vo,Nutt (Frederic), The Complete Confectioner, or the whole art of Confectionary, made easy; with Receipts for Liqueurs, Home-made Wines, &c. the result of many years experience with the celebrated Negri and Witten, 6th edition, London: Mathews & Leigh, 1809, without frontispiece, early signature to title, ten engraved plates of bills of fare (including 3 folding), light toning and occasional scattered spotting, modern speckled half calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, and Reboul (Jean-Baptiste), La cuisinière provençale, 15th edition, Marseille: Tacussel, circa 1930, monochrome portrait frontispiece, browning throughout, upper hinge strengthened, original printed wrappers, joints splitting and some browning, 8voQty: (4)
Merian (Matthaeus). La Danse des Morts, comme elle est depeinte dans la louable et celebre Ville de Basle, pour servar de miroir de la nature humaine. Dessinée et gravée sur l'original de feu Mr. Matthieu Merian. On y a ajouté une description de la ville de Basle, & des vers a chaque figure, Basle: Jean Rod. Im'Hof & Fils, 1789, additional engraved allegorical title in German, dated 1744, 43 engraved plates, including 41 for the Dance of Death, one depicting Adam and Eve, and a final engraved plate featuring an anamorphic portrait of a man/death's head, all engraved by Jacque-Antony Chovin, after Merian's engraved illustrations for the 1744 German edition, a few minor marks and some intermittent dark brown discolouration to upper outer corners, woodcut head and tail-pieces, 19th century marbled boards, with handwritten paper title label to spine, rubbed and some light wear, small 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Sander 424.
Montgomery (James, James Grahame and E. Benger). Poems on The Abolition of the Slave Trade;, London: printed for R. Bowyer, 1809., black & white engraved half-title, bookplates to the front pastedown, modern endpapers, some water marks & light toning throughout, modern calf spine retaining contemporary half calf marbled boards, original boards slightly rubbed, large 4to, toegther with;printed for J. Wright, Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, London, 1799, later inscription to the head of the title page, later endpapers, some minor marginal toning, later quarter morocco, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusFowler (J.), The Last Guinea; A Poem, 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Jauncy, 1720, 18 pages plus a catalogue to the rear, later endpapers, later quarter morocco, slim 8vo, andprinted for J. Walthoe, A Collection of Epigrams. To which is Prefix'd, A Critcal Dissertation o the Species of Poetry, London, 1727, some light spotting & toning, later endpapers, later blue quarter morocco, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, plus other 18th & 19th-century poetry, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toQty: (38)
Cruikshank (George, illustrator). The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax [William Combe], 2nd edition, London, T. Tegg, 1817, hand-coloured aquatint title and 30 plates, some light offsetting from plates to text, some toning to text and occasional spotting, slight skinning to small area of upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th century red morocco by Bumpus Ltd. of Oxford, scuff to lower board, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Tooley 152; cf. Abbey Life 356. This volume is a reissue of the first edition of 1815.
Fashion. La Belle Assemblée 1817, or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, volumes 15 & 16 bound as one, J. Bell, 1817, 24 hand-coloured fashion plates, 11 (of 12) plates of embroidery, sporadic spotting, lightly toned, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine re-laid, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Journal des Demoiselles, Paris: Au Bureau du Journal, 1845, 11 yellow folding plates, numerous lithographs, sporadic spotting, some light marginal toning, front hinge tender, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, 8vo, with Belle Assemblée 1835, no publisher, c. 1835, 10 double-page hand-coloured fashion plates, numerous additional black and white plates, lightly spotted, front hinge repaired, final leaf pasted down to rear pastedown, contemporary half calf, some wear to joints and extremities, plus a carton of 24 others, mostly 19th-century, some related to fashionQty: (27)
Barron (Edward). The wrongs of Royalty; being a continuation of The Royal Wanderer, or, Memoirs of Her Present Majesty Queen Caroline, London: H. Rowe, 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece (reattached) and few other plates, bound with: Barron (Edward), The Legislatorial Trial of Her Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of England ... for the alleged crime of adultery with Bartolomeo Bergami, London: H. Rowe, 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece, few other plates including folding etched plate after Cruikshank, occasional scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with:Bindings, British Classics, 16 volumes only, London: printed by C. Whittingham for John Sharpe, 1804-10, (comprising The Tatler, 4 vols., The Guardian, 2 vols., The Rambler, 4 vols., The Adventurer, 4 vols. and The Idler, 2 vols.), engraved frontispiece, title and plates to each volume, contemporary half morocco gilt, small 8vo,Cook (James), The Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World; with an account of his unfortunate death at Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands, London: Thomas Hughes, 1823, engraved frontispiece and plates, light toning and occasional dust-soiling, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 12mo in 6s,Bury (Charlotte & Hall, S.C.), The Divorced [&] Tales of Woman's Trials, Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co., 1837, half-title, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, gilt decorated spine, light wear to extremities, 8voQty: (19)
Bindings. Rambles in the Pyrenees, by Frederic W. Vaux, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838, half-title with contemporary signature, engraved frontispiece and folding map, few light marks, modern tan calf, gilt decorated spine, brown morocco title label, 8vo, together with:Edgeworth (C. Sneyd), Memoirs of the Abbe Edgeworth; containing his narrative of the last hours of Louis XVI, London: Rowland Hunter, 1815, engraved portrait frontispiece, upper margin of title inscribed 'from the editor to his sister Sophia Edgeworth, June 1818' and later annotation to verso, some spotting mostly to frontispiece and title, top edge trimmed with remainder untrimmed, 20th century dark brown half morocco, 8vo,Nodier (Charles), La Seine et ses bords par C. Nodier; vignettes par Marville et Foussereau; publie?s par M. A. Mure de Pelanne, Paris: Au Bureau de la publication, 1836, half-title, decorative title with wood engraved vignette, folding engraved map, 40 wood engraved plates only (of 46) with tissue guards, bound with La Saône et ses bords, album dessiné par MM. Foussereau et Marville, gravé par M. Poret, publié par M. A. Mure de Pelanne, Paris: chez l'Éditeur, [1836], three folding engraved maps, 20 wood engraved plates only (of 22) with tissue guards, and three additional plates, some toning and light scattered spotting, 20th century calf-backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century bindings, mostly French works, including French erotic fiction etc.Qty: (60)
Surtees (Robert Smith). Sporting novels, 5 novels (of 6), all 1st editions, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853-1865, decorative titles and numerous hand-coloured plates with tissue guards, occasional light toning and minor spotting to few leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, novels 2-5 with original cloth covers mounted and bound-in at rear of each, uniform 20th century gilt decorated red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, 8voQty: (5)Footnote: Titles comprise: Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, 1853; Handley Cross or Mr. Jorricks's Hunt, [1854]; "Ask Mamma" or, The Richest Commoner in England, 1858; Plain or Ringlets? 1860; and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, 1865. Without Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire.
Tyndale (William). The Prophete Jonas, with an introduction before teachinge to understonde him and the right use also of all scripture... reproduced in facsimile. To which is added Coverdale's version of Jonah, with an introduction by Francis Fry, facsimile edition, London: Willis and Sotheran, 1863, facsimile leaves, 4 pp. advertisements at end, D.L. Cumming owner signature, contemporary morocco-backed boards, upper joint cracked, lacking spine tips, 8vo, together with Berners (Dame Juliana). A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496. With an introduction by Rev. M.G. Watkins, M.A., London: Elliot Stock, 1880, fascimile leaves and illustrations, some toning to endpapers, D.L. Cumming signature, original blindstamped vellum, small area of upper joint rubbed, a few light marks, 4to, plus The Boke of Saint Albans, by Dame Juliana Berners, containing treatises on hawking, hunting and cote armour: printed at Saint Albans by the schoolmaster-printer in 1486, reproduced in facsimile with an introduction by William Blades, London: Elliot Stock, 1881, facsimile leaves and illustrations, endpapers toned, original blindstamped vellum gilt, spine a little dust-soiled, 4to, with 3 other facsimiles including A New Biblia Pauperum... by John Wiclif, London, Unwin Brothers at the Gresham Press, 1877, limited edition 154/200, and The Kalender of Shepherdes, edited by H. Oskar Sommer, 3 volumes in 1, London, 1892, limited edition of 300 Qty: (6)
Tyndale (William). The Prophete Jonas, with an introduction before teaching to understonde him and the right use also of all the scripture... reproduced in facsimile to which is added Coverdale's version of Jonah, with an introduction by Francis Fry, facsimile edition, London: Willis and Sotheran, 1863, facsimile leaves, 4 pp. advertisements at end, occasional slight toning, D.L. Cumming owner signature, bookplate, contemporary morocco-backed boards, joints and edges a little rubbed, slight soiling, 8vo, together with [Fawkes, Richard]. [The Battle of Flodden, 1513] Hereafter ensue the trewe encountre or Batayle lately don betwene Englade and: Scotlande..., facsimile edition, London: printed by J. Smeeton under the revise of Mr Haslewood, 1809, 4 facsimile leaves, , bound with 13 pp. 'Notes and Illustrations' , 1822?, hinges reinforced, bookplate of Robert Pitcairn, writer to the signet, D.L. Cumming owner signature, contemporary calf-backed boards, modern cloth reback, small 4to, plus Skelton (John). A Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge, reproduced in facsimile with an historical and bibliographical introduction by John Ashton, London: Elliot Stock, 1882, title printed in red and black, facsimile illustrations, endpapers a little toned, D.L. Cumming signature, original vellum gilt, light soiling to upper cover, small 4to, with 5 other facsimiles including An Older Form of the Treatyse of Fysshnnge with an Angle, attributed to Dame Juliana Barnes, London, 1883, limited edition of 200 copies, The Secrets of Angling, by J[ohn] D[ennys] Esquire, 1613, A reprint with introduction by Thomas Westwood, London, 1883, and The Life and Death of the Merry Deuill of Edmonton, by Thomas Brewer, 1631, London, 1819 Qty: (8)
The Brewers' Journal. A Monthly Trade Circular, a broken run of 26 volumes, London, 1871-1906, black & white advertisements, period previous owner inscriptions & ink stamps to some of the front endpapers & title pages, some light spotting & toning, contemporary uniform plum half morocco, gilt monogram 'H. H. W.' (Henry H. Whiteford) to all of the front boards, boards & spines rubbed with done minor loss, large 8voQty: (26)
Stevens (Benjamin Franklin). Christopher Columbus. His Own Book of Privileges 1502. Photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English and an historical introduction, London: B.F. Stevens, 1893, half title, chromolithograph arms of Christopher Columbus frontispiece (light offsetting to title), facsimile leaves, front hinge broken, original morocco-backed oak boards, brass clasps in the form of an anchor and chain, joints rubbed, folio, 355 x 212 mmQty: (1)Footnote: Author's presentation copy. Inscribed at front "To myself, B.F. Stevens, 19 Febry. 1894. The first bound copy. 19 May published this day, B.F.S."
Charles II (1630-1685). King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland (1660-85). A fine Letter Signed, ‘Charles R’, with holograph subscription, Paris, 31 October 1652, to Baron de Serteville, in French, the King expresses gratitude to his correspondent for their goodwill and the favourable reception of his ships and men of war at the ports of Normandy near Cherbourg, where de Serteville has all power and authority, the King further explains that the bearer of the letter, Chevalier Brun, his representative with ‘my dear Brother the very Christian King’ will testify ‘to you more particularly to which I beg you to add faith in everything he tells you’, 1 page with integral address leaf, small area neatly excised from the base and two light stains caused by the original seal, 4toQty: (1)
Italy. Raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma disegnate dal vero ed incise da Domenico Amici, Rome: Giovanni Raffaelli, 1835, 43 engravings, some mould damage to outer margins only of plates, some spotting and toning, lacking boards and spine, bound with Trenta Vedute degli Obelischi, Scelte Fontane, e Chiostri di Roma, Rome: Giovanni Raffaelli, 1839, engraved frontispiece, 29 engravings, light marginal spotting, occasionally heavier spotting to verso of some plates, plus Raccolta delle Vedute dei contorni di Roma, Rome: Giovanni Raffaelli, 1847, engraved frontispiece, 12 engravings, final plate torn with loss affecting image, similar marginal mould damage affecting most plate margins, spotting, oblong 4toQty: (1)Footnote:Three of Amici's works bound in one, complete with all plates, depicting ancient and modern monuments drawn from life.
George III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland. Document signed, 'George R', St James's, 1 October 1795, a pre-printed commission on vellum, completed in brown ink and appointing Philip Shepherd to be Captain of the Hampton Corps of Gentlemen and Yeomanry, 'but not to take rank in Our Army except during the time of the said Corps being called out into Actual Service', papered wax seal and duty seal to left margin, a few ink burn spots and light dampstaining lower right, counter signatures now somewhat indistinct, some wrinkling, 28.5 x 39 cm, framed and glazedQty: (1)
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