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Lot 7
Ercol - An extending dining table with ten Goldsmith chairs, table 71 cm x 90 cm x 150 (222 when extended) cm. Condition Report: No significant damage, table has light surface scratching / knocks in areas, the two leaf extender is a slightly darker hue to the table, chairs in similar condition with light surface marks / knocks, good used condition overall.
Lot 153
A Beretta 12 bore over and under Special Skeet shotgun, mod 686, made in Italy. Section (2) firearm certificate required. Condition Report: Trigger pull approximately 38cm long. Has ejectors and appears to have fixed choke. Overall condition appears to be good, with light marks in places, mainly to the metal mechanism, commensurate with previous use.
Lot 8118
Early 20th century 9ct gold full hunter pocket watch by Syren, case by Benson Brothers, Chester 1922Condition Report:Approx 104.8gm, inner dust cover also hallmarked 9ct, movement currently functioning, case diameter = 50mm, fine hairline to enamel dial from enter to 9 o'clock, case light scratches otherwise good
Lot 100
Morier (Sir James Justinian) A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809 [&] A Second Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816, together 2 vol., first editions, vol.2 presentation copy from the author with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning, lacking half-titles and advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, with a total of 43 engraved plates (30 aquatint, 4 folding or double-page, 4 hand-coloured), 5 engraved maps (3 folding, one double-page), wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting and offsetting, vol.1 with light water-staining to lower margin of plates towards end, vol.2 with creasing to lower outer corner of last few leaves, bookplate of S.E.Widdrington of Newton Hall, uniform contemporary half russia, t.e.g., rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines and green morocco labels, [Abbey, Travel 357-358; Atabey 836-837], 4to, 1812-16. ⁂ Morier was born and raised in Smyrna. He was secretary to the mission of Sir Harford Jones to Persia in 1808-09, and again to that of Sir Gore Ouseley which resulted in the Anglo-Persian treaty of 1812, both as recorded here. Morier also wrote novels set in the East, most notably The Adventures of Haji Baba of Ispahan.
Lot 103
Niebuhr (Carsten) Travels through Arabia..., translated by Robert Heron, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, folding engraved map, 8 engraved plates, lightly offset, old ink and pencil inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints cracked, Perth, R.Morison junior, 1799 § Palmer (E.H.) The Desert of the Exodus, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 5 folding maps, some colour, 16 lithographed plates, one hand-coloured, some tinted, tissue guards, wood-engraved illustrations, some light spotting to plates, contemporary calf, gilt, prize binding, spines gilt with red & black roan labels, slightly rubbed, Cambridge, 1871, 12mo & 8vo (4)
![Schoberl (Frédéric, editor) The World in Miniature, 43 vol. [a complete set], 2 folding hand-coloured maps, 646 engraved plat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/d1204cac-5ed7-4c13-b909-ae4e0142c38e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 122
Schoberl (Frédéric, editor) The World in Miniature, 43 vol. [a complete set], 2 folding hand-coloured maps, 646 engraved plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, most stipple-engravings, some aquatint, some light offsetting, attractive contemporary panelled blind-stamped calf with gilt roll border, spines gilt in compartments, slightly rubbed at joints and one or two heads of spines, spotting to a couple of boards, [Abbey, Travel 6; Colas 2722-2737], 12mo, R.Ackermann, [1821]-1827.⁂ A superb set of this charming work, rarely found complete. The individual titles are as follows:Illyria and Dalmatia, 2 vol., 32 platesAfrica, 4 vol., additional vignette title, 2 folding maps and 44 plates, 7 folding, one uncoloured plate of musicTurkey, 6 vol., 73 plates, 18pp. publisher's catalogue at end, vol.1 & 2 text lightly foxed, vol.4 with spotting to a few leaves and a couple of platesHindoostan, 6 vol., 103 plates, 13 foldingPersia, 3 vol., 30 plates, with slip in vol.1 listing platesRussia, 4 vol., 72 platesAustria, 2 vol., 32 plates, 18pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1China, 2 vol., 30 platesJapan, 20 platesThe Netherlands, 18 platesSouth Sea Islands, 2 vol., 26 plates, one facsimile printed in sanguineAsiatic Islands and New Holland, 2 vol., 26 platesTibet and India beyond the Ganges, 12 platesSpain and Portugal, 2 vol., 27 platesEngland, Scotland, and Ireland, 4 vol., 82 plates including 'Doctor in Music Oxford' bound as frontispiece to vol.3 (not listed in Abbey which calls for only 81), errata leaf at end of vol.4Switzerland, 18 plates
Lot 125
Spratt (Lt. Thomas Abel Bremage) and Prof. Edward Forbes. Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 12 lithographed plates (mostly views, 2 double-page or folding), 15 plans (2 double-page) and folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring, wood-engraved illustrations, vol.1 with final blank, vol.2 with 2 advertisement leaves at end, light foxing to frontispiece of vol.2 and offset on title, modern half calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, [Blackmer 1589], 8vo, 1847.⁂ The first archaeological and geological survey and description of the area.
Lot 126
Spratt (Capt. Thomas Abel Bremage) Travels and Researches in Crete, 2 vol., first edition, 14 tinted lithographed plates after Spratt, mostly views, one folding, and 2 plates of inscriptions and one of coins, 2 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, numerous lithographed or wood-engraved illustrations on india paper and mounted in the text, some full-page, with advertisement leaf at beginning of vol.1, very occasional light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, slight wear to head of spines, [Blackmer 1590], 8vo, 1865.⁂ An excellent copy of this important survey of Crete, including an appendix comparing Cretan dialect to modern Greek by Viscount Strangford.
Lot 135
Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de) A Voyage into the Levant..., 2 vol., first English edition, folding engraved map by Senex (not present in the French edition) and 152 engraved plates & maps, 6 folding, folding map and one or two folding plates laid down on linen, a little browned, vol.1 with title creased and map of Thermia stained in lower margin, vol.2 lightly water-stained towards end, later half tan morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spines ruled in gilt with raised bands and green morocco labels, t.e.g., a little rubbed at edges and corners, light staining to vol.2, [Nissen ZBI 4156; cf.Atabey 959-961 & Blackmer 1318, other editions], 4to, D.Browne, A.Bell [etc.], 1718.⁂ Tournefort's botanical expedition to the Levant, covering Crete, Constantinople, Turkey, the Black Sea, Armenia, Persia, Georgia and Smyrna, published a year after the original French edition.
Lot 137
Walpole (Robert) Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, second edition, engraved aquatint title vignette, 4 engraved maps and 10 plates, some aquatint, 6 folding, slip with list of plates, preliminaries misbound, title spotted, 1818; Travels in various Countries of the East; being a continuation of Memoirs..., first edition, 2 engraved maps, 10 plates and vignette in text, some foxing at beginning and end, 1820, some light foxing or offsetting, modern half calf, spines gilt with russet morocco labels, uncut, 4to (2)
Lot 140
Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Oriental Field Sports...Wild Sports of the East, 2 vol., first 4to edition, 40 hand-coloured etched plates by J.Clark after Williamson and Samuel Howitt, some with aquatint, without the 2 additional engraved pictorial titles, occcasional light foxing but plates generally clean and bright, bookplate of Christopher Barber Collinson of Beltoft, handsome near contemporary green straight-grain morocco, with elaborate border in gilt & blind and central gilt arms of the Earl of Coventry, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, vol.1 with a few scuffs or gouges to covers, [cf.Abbey Travel 427, note], 4to, Edward Orme, 1807.⁂ A reissue, reduced in size from the large folio edition published in parts from 1805-07.
Lot 141
Winterbottom (Thomas) An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, 2 vol., first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, 5 plates (2 folding), and 2 folding engraved maps (one torn and repaired), frontispiece foxed, some light soiling or offsetting, staining to corners at beginnings and ends, old library stamp to title of vol.2 and verso of plates with shelf no. and contemporary circulating label to endpapers, contemporary marbled boards, uncut, rebacked in calf and corners repaired, cracks to upper joints, 8vo, 1803.⁂ Rare controversial account of the author's experiences as a surgeon to the Sierra Leone Company in West Africa. The first volume describes the geography and customs of the country, the second concerns the diseases which were rife, particularly dysentery and malaria. It also contains detailed information on venereal disease, childbirth, abortion, male and female circumcision etc. which led to the second volume being suppressed in some circles.
Lot 162
India & China.- Daniell (Thomas and William) A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China, first edition, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates with wash on stiff card, all plates and text leaves mounted on stubs, occasional chipping to corners or edges, some light foxing and toning, loswer corner to plates and some text leaves with oval embossed stamp of the Library of the Peabody Institute, text leaves watermarked 1808, modern red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Bernard Quaritch, t.e.g., [Abbey, Travel 516; Tooley 173; Colas 797], 4to 1810.⁂ Handsome copy of this important pictorial account of Thomas and his nephew William's voyage via Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java and then along the coast of China to India.⁂
Lot 170
Mountaineering.- Minney (R.J.) Midst Himalayan Mists, first edition, map frontispiece and 23 photographic plates, light foxing, ink ownership stamp and inscription to title, oiginal cloth, gilt, pictorial onlay to upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped rubbed, [Yakushi M409], 8vo, Calcutta, 1920.⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies at auction in the last 50 years. Minney (1895-1979) had a varied carrier as journalist, film producer and playwright and was a passionate traveller. The present volume recount a trek through the Himalayas on horseback.
Lot 187
Computing.- Babbage (Charles) On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, first edition, large paper presentation copy, with ink inscription 'For the Rev. Ch. Currie from the author' to front free endpaper, engraved title with vignette portrait of Roger Bacon, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, embossed stamp of Unitarian College to dedication leaf, light foxing to endpapers, title and dedication, marginal damp-staining to title and rear endpapers, hinges cracked, but holding, original purple cloth, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, rubbed and faded, a few small areas of loss to spine, [Einaudi 224; Goldsmith 27346; Norman 92], 8vo, 1832.⁂ First edition of Babbage's most popular work, described as 'at once a hymn to the machine, an analysis of the development of machine-based production in the factory, and a discussion of social relations in industry' (Hyman, Charles Babbage, p. 103). With the publication, Babbage established himself as an expert in political economy, the work influencing both John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx. A total of 3,000 copies of the first edition were issued in June 1832, selling out within two months.
Lot 19
Bowdich (Thomas Edward) Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee..., first edition, lacking half-title, with 2 engraved maps (one folding), plan, folding engraved facsimile in English and Arabic, 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates (2 folding), and 5pp. engraved music on 3 sheets, title with contemporary ink signature "J.M.Coad, Gloucester" to head and slightly creased (reinforced at inner edge), light offsetting from plates, bookseller's ticket of J.Needham of Gloucester, contemporary half black calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 279; Tooley 95], 4to, 1819.⁂ Account of a mission to the sophisticated kingdom of Ashantee in West Africa.
Lot 191
Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes, first edition, with author's thumbprint and ink inscription "For John Simpson, this unique signature has been printed by Stephen Hawking" on title, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, some light creasing to head and foot, but near-fine generally, 8vo, Bantam Press, 1988.
Lot 195
Physics.- Einstein's 'Annus Mirabilis'.- Einstein (Albert) Four of his most important papers, all in Annalen der Physik, comprising, 'Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt', Vol. 17, pp. 132-148, [Norman 689; Weil 6; cf. PMM 391]; 'Über die von der molekularischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flussigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen', Vol.17, pp. 549-560; 'Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper', Vol. 17, pp.891-921, [Norman 691a; Weil 8]; 'Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energiegehalt abhängig?', Vol.18, pp.639-641, [Weil 10], together 4 papers in 2 vol., ink stamps of the German Navy to front free endpapers, endpapers foxed, contemporary buckram-backed boards, paper spine labels, 8vo, Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1905.⁂ 'No one before or since has widened the horizons of physics in so short a time as Einstein did in 1905' (Abraham Pais). First editions, journal issues, of these important papers, the publication of which led to 1905 being called Einstein's 'Annus Mirabilis'. In the first Einstein 'suggested that light be considered a collection of independent particles of energy, which he called "light quanta". ... Subsequent investigation led Einstein to propose, in 1909, the theory of wave-particle duality in radiation. For this paper, and his paper on photoelectric effect ... Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921' (Norman). 'Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper' is Einstein's first paper on the subject of special relativity.
Lot 196
Optics.- Rubens (Peter Paul).- Aguilon (François d') Opticorum libri sex Philosophis iuxta ac Mathematicis utiles, first edition, half-title, fine engraved title and 6 head-pieces by Theodor Galle after Peter Paul Rubens, numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, final f. with large woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned throughout, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked in a modern light brown morocco in compartments, gilt and with a black morocco label, corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Norman 25; NLM/Krivatsy 92; Martin Kemp, The Science of Art, 1990, pp. 101-104], folio, Antwerp, widow and sons of J. Moretus in the house of Plantin, 1613.⁂ As well as providing a compendium of classical and modern works on optics, he describes his original theory of binocular vision (later disproved) and for the first time his invention of the horopter. This is one of only seven books known to have been illustrated by Rubens, a friend of the publisher Balthasar Moretus. D'Aguilon's colour theory and his prescriptions for the mixing of colours are known to have been used in Rubens's paintings.
Lot 20
Bruce (James) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved title-vignettes and coat-of-arms at head of dedication, 3 folding engraved maps, 58 engraved plates (most of natural history but including 3 folding engraved battle plans, each with explanatory leaf of text), 4 letterpress leaves of Ethiopian dialects in vol.1, with final blank in vol.2 but lacking list of plates at end of vol.5, some light spotting, 3Z in vol.2 lacking lower outer corner not affecting text, 2H2 in vol.4 with short tear to outer margin, a few plates shaved at foot affecting imprint, bookplate removed, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines ruled in gilt with red and green morocco labels, rubbed, spines a little faded and very slightly worn at head, splits to one or two upper joints, [Blackmer 221; Nissen ZBI 671], 4to, Edinburgh, J.Ruthven, for G.G.J. & J.Robinson, 1790.⁂ A good set of Bruce's account of his search for the source of the Nile. Much of the work concerns Egypt and Abyssinia, the latter being where he found the source of the Blue Nile, although this was disputed upon his return to Britain.
Lot 203
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, largely printed in black letter, double column, engraved portrait frontispiece, c1 (mis-signed d1) with large woodcut arms on recto, 7-line cancel slip pasted over bottom right-hand stanza on p. 42, very occasional light foxing or browning, but attractive and clean generally, contemporary panelled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, corners neatly repaired, [Wing C3736; Pforzheimer 179], folio, 1687.⁂ "This is the last black-letter edition and is, except for the then recently discovered conclusions of the Cook's and Squire's Tales, verso [4S2], a reprint of the 1602 edition .. without any additions" (Pforzheimer).
Lot 204
Defoe (Daniel) The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner... Written by Himself, third edition, issue with phoenix tail-piece and "Soci-" catchword on p.3, engraved frontispiece, lacking final 2 advertisement ff., 1719; The Farther Adventures ... Being the Second and Last Part, first edition, first variant with verso of A4 blank and p.295 correctly numbered, engraved folding map, 11pp. advertisements at end, 1719; Serious Reflections during the Life and Surprising Adventures ... with his vision of the Angelick World, first edition, engraved folding plan of the island, 2pp. advertisements at end, 1720, woodcut title vignettes, initials, head- and tail-pieces, the odd light marking or small patch of staining but a very good, clean set generally, bookplate of Hugh Perkins to pastedowns, polished calf, gilt, by F. Bedford for B. M. Pickering, spines gilt in compartments, vol. 3 with light fading to head, for W. Taylor, 8vo (3)⁂ A complete and handsome set of Defoe's classic tale of shipwreck and survival, often hailed as the first novel in the English language.
Lot 205
Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver, 4 parts in 2 vol., third edition, first issue, 5 engraved maps and 5 plates, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, a few ff. in vol. 1 closely shaved at head, occasional light browning, bookplate of James Plunkett, Earl of Fingall to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, spines gilt, covers rubbed, [Teerink-Scouten 294], 12mo, 1727 [but 1728].⁂ A charming early edition, printed before the "second edition" but published after it, early in 1728, though dated 1727. Teerink states that later copies carried the portrait in third state but early copies are found without it (as here).
Lot 206
Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 6 vol., second edition with vol.I Contents extended to c8 recto instead of errata leaf, vol. 1, 3 & 5 final blanks present, occasional light browning, Morland bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, some chipping to spine ends, vol.3 & 6 with splitting to upper joints but holding firm, [cf. Rothschild 850], 12mo, for A. Millar, 1749.
![[Smollett (Tobias)] The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, vol.1 lacking final blank, some lig](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/5fdd7607-776f-467c-8453-ae4e01435463/468x382.jpg)
Lot 207
[Smollett (Tobias)] The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, vol.1 lacking final blank, some light finger soiling to titles, hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt, [Rothschild 1912-13], 12mo, for W. Johnston, 1753.
Lot 208
Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., second edition, titles printed in red and black, titles laid down with marginal repairs, vol. 1 a2, H1, F1, M2, T1, 2N1, 4D2 and 6U1 and vol. 2 23U2 with repaired tears running into text without significant loss but occasionally affecting a few letters, several other repaired marginal chips or tears, vol.1 last few gatherings a little soiled and with marginal damp staining, occasional foxing or light browning, a few ff. creased, late 19th century half morocco, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners bumped, some light wear to extremities, folio, for J. and P. Knapton, 1755-56.
Lot 21
Burchell (William J.) Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.1 (lacking in vol.2.), errata slip, folding engraved map with routes supplied in red, 20 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 folding, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, without the 4pp. "Hints to immigration" sometimes found at end of vol.1, plates with light offsetting, map with a couple to tears to inner edge, occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving handsome gilt spines with black roan labels, together in modern cloth slip-case with divider, [Abbey, Travel 327; Tooley 116; Mendelssohn 1 p.224], 4to, 1822.⁂ "The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century...the illustrations are characterized by great beauty and accuracy." (Mendelssohn)
Lot 212
Smollett (Tobias) Travels through France and Italy... with a particular Description of the Town, Territory, and Climate of Nice, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional light browning, ink scribble to both titles, vol. 1 E3 lower corner restored, occasional light browning, armorial bookplate of Daniel Wier to front pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, [Rothschild 1921], 8vo, R.Baldwin, 1766.⁂ Smollett's account of his travels is acutely observed, foreseeing the potential of the Riviera, but also somewhat critical and acerbic; as a result he was lampooned by Sterne in A Sentimental Journey of 1768 as "Dr.Smelfungus".
Lot 213
Gray (Thomas) Poems, edited by James Beattie, advertisement f., some light scattered spotting, 19th century green morocco, gilt, covers lettered in gilt with roll borders, spine gilt in compartments, extremities a little rubbed, g.e., [Gaskell 475; Rothschild 1073], Glasgow, R. and A. Foulis, 1768; and 2 others, poetry, 4to & 8vo (3)
![[Sterne (Laurence)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, list o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/89bb0a69-f06c-46f0-9aeb-ae4e01441af0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 214
[Sterne (Laurence)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved coat-of-arms on vol.II D3, bookplate of Eric Quayle to vol.1 front pastedown, occasional light browning or soiling, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, vol.2 upper joint chipped at head, [Rothschild 1972, variant 2], small 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A. De Hondt , 1768.
Lot 216
Johnson (Samuel) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, second printing with 6-line errata leaf following title, occasional spotting or light browning, armorial bookplate of William Fraser, book label of Wilfred Merton, modern morocco-backed boards, for W.Strahan; and T.Cadell, 1775 § Boswell (James) The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, second edition, lacking half-title, advertisement f. ?and frontispiece, engraved title vignette, some staining to upper margin, 19th century half calf, spine a little faded, Henry Baldwin, 1785, 8vo (2)
Lot 218
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice: a Novel... By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility", 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 half-title supplied from vol. 3 second edition, vol. 2 with half-title, vol. 3 lacking half-title, vol. 1 title with short neatly repaired tear to fore-margin, vol. 2 K1 with small hole to lower margin, scattered foxing and some light browning, occasional light corner creasing but a very good set generally, bookplate of W. Goring Kerr to vol. 1 pastedown, polished calf, gilt, by Bumpus, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, g.e., slip-case, [Gilson A3], 12mo, Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813.⁂ A handsome set of Austen's most famous and best-loved novel. Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice between October 1796 and August 1797 (like her protagonist Elizabeth Bennet, the author was not yet twenty-one). Initially titled First Impressions, the novel was submitted to the publisher Cadell who rejected it by return of post. Over the following years the novel was substantially rewritten as well as undergoing a change of title, the latter likely precipitated by Margaret Holford's novel First Impressions published in 1800. The copyright was eventually published by Egerton for £110 in 1812 and published in January 1813 in an edition of approximately 1,500 copies.
Lot 220
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Austen (Jane) Mansfield Park: A Novel... By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", 3 vol., vol.1 first edition with half-title, vol. 2 and 3 second editions with titles possibly supplied in excellent facsimile on old paper, vol. 2 title watermarked 1815, vol. 3 watermarked 180-, vol.2 half-title supplied from vol.3 first edition, vol. 3 half-title supplied from vol.1 second edition, lacking blanks, vol.1 with several neatly repaired tears, mostly marginal but a few running into text without loss, vol. 3 F2 with portion of restoration to lower margin, some light creasing, speckled calf, gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spines gilt in compartments, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrips, g.e., slip-case, [Gilson A6&7], T. Egerton [and J.Murray], 1814 [-16].
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