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Lot 10
ELIZABETH HAINES oil on board - entitled 'November Light', signed, 40 x 40cms Comments: mounted and glazed in a grey frameElizabeth Haines has lived and worked on her hill farm in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire for 50 years. She trained as an illustrator and illustrated many books before moving entirely to painting.Elizabeth has been Artist in Residence at the National Eisteddfod and The Royal Academy of Music
Lot 39
Navy silk with embroidered floral design in pink, cream, sage and light blue on front and back. Water and dragon design on lower half and sleeves. Black edging around neck, side slits and sleeves. Cloth closures. Shoulder width 18". Length 43". Issued: 20th centuryCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 5021
CHANEL A rare-sized iconic classic chain, single-flap bag in black caviar grained Matelassé calf-leather with silver-tone hardware and interlocking "CC" turn-lock closure. Boxed with original packaging, authenticity card and original purchase receipt. Very desirable black leather interior with main compartment, side pocket and zipped compartment. Carrying serial number 5248367 originally purchased from Chanel Boutique, New York on May 1st, 1998 for $1223.23 (Approximately £2000) ( Approximate measurements Width 23cm x height 16cm x depth 6cm) Current RRP £8000. Certified authentic.Condition Report: Excellent gently used condition. Corners show very slight rubbing of shine on leather. No loose threads. No odour. No stitch fraying on strap. Very light hairline catches to interlocking CC logo clasp.. see photos. No scratches to leather or colour fading. Certified authentic.
Lot 5026
GUCCI ladies bi-fold chocolate brown suede and G-embossed leather purse/pocket book with half snaffle bit detail in gold tone. Seven card pockets, five compartments with gold press-stud fastening and original care card.Condition Report: Gently used with light signs of wear. Leather would benefit from a little brown wax polish.
![Buckinghamshire.- Stowe.- [Seeley (J.)] Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens of the...Duke of Buckingham & Chand](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/17415550-57fb-4525-ba88-b0cf010def9a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 10
Buckinghamshire.- Stowe.- [Seeley (J.)] Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens of the...Duke of Buckingham & Chandos, large paper copy, 24 engraved plates by and after Thomas Medland (one folding) & 7 plans, 2 folding, crested ink signature erased at head of title with contemporary manuscript notes loosely inserted, light foxing to plates and offsetting, frontispiece cropped close to image at foot, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, green morocco label, spine slightly faded, Buckingham, J.Seeley, 1827 § Forster (Henry Rumsey) The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated, mezzotint frontispiece of Rembrandt's Unmerciful Servant' (foxed), title in red & black, lists of both subscribers & purchasers, plates, advertisements at end, title soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), contemporary blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, 1848, 4to (2)⁂ The first is a guide to the house and delightful landscape gardens of Stowe, the work of Bridgeman, Vanbrugh, Kent, "Capability" Brown and Gibbs. This is the issue including engraved plates of the various temples and monuments and is rarely seen in large paper format.The second records the 1848 sale of the majority of the great art collection at Stowe following the bankruptcy of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, who was rumoured to have left for the Continent with debts exceeding £1,000,000. It totalled £75,562 4s 6d over 35 days, and included the famous "Chandos Portrait" of Shakespeare which sold to the Earl of Ellesmere for £372 15s. and in 1856 became the first donation to the newly-created National Portrait Gallery.
Lot 101
Yorkshire.- Westall (William) Views of Fountains Abbey and Studley Park, Yorkshire, 8 fine etched & aquatint plates by Westall, no text as issued,some very light marginal spotting but generally very clean, restitched in original printed wrappers, with late 19th century guide to Studley Royal in original wrappers, together loose in modern morocco-backed cloth portfolio with ties, spine gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 383], 4to, 1846.⁂ Rare, with only 3 copies listed by Library Hub (Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, and York; Not in the British Library).
Lot 109
Froissart (Sir John) Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining Countries, translated by Thomas Johnes, 2 vol., chromolithographed "illuminated" titles and plates by H.Noel Humphreys, some heightened with gold, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting, contemporary red morocco, gilt, by Ramage, upper covers with central onlaid Royal coat-of-arms in red & blue roan surmounted by gilt crown, borders of helmets, swords etc. in gilt, spines gilt with similar motifs, g.e., a little rubbed, spine ends repaired, 1868 § Byron (G.G.N., Lord) The Prisoner of Chillon...Illuminated by W. & G.Audsley, chromolithographed throughout with decorative title and text within highly decorative borders by W.R.Tymms on thick paper printed on rectos only, ink stain to fore-edge of most leaves, some light marginal spotting, with original watercolour of Chillon castle tipped to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, rebacked preserving original spine, 1865; and 7 others, illustrated, 8vo & 4to (10)
Lot 110
Grose (Francis) Military Anecdotes respecting a History of the English Army, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces, vignette titles and 78 engraved plates, frontispiece of vol.2 creased and laid down, 1786-88; A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 62 plates, one an illustration in text, 1786-89, first editions, tissue guards, some light foxing, handsome contemporary tree calf, gilt, not uniform but similar, spines gilt in compartments with red & green or red labels, a little rubbed, the first with joints worn and split, the second rebacked preserving old spine and with small gouge to upper cover, S.Hooper; and another by the same, 4to & 8vo (4)
![[Johnson (Samuel)] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, second issue with 6-line errata, some light s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/5e189314-bfab-4191-ac19-b0cf010e046b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 113
[Johnson (Samuel)] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, second issue with 6-line errata, some light spotting, some passages marked in pencil with notes at end, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, red morocco label, rubbed, spine chipped at head, W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1775; and 7 others, Johnson & Boswell including an attractively-bound 5 vol. Life in green straight-grain morocco, gilt, 8vo et infra (8)
Lot 115
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Freind (John) The History of Physick..., Part I, first edition, water- & damp-stained causing fraying at beginning and end with some loss (repaired), contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, [GM 6378], for J.Walthoe, 1725 § Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar...with a List of the Medicinal Plants..., fourteenth edition, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription to verso of frontispiece at head slightly showing through, light marginal water-stain to fore-edge of first few leaves, contemporary calf, rubbed, red morocco label, for the Author, 1765; and another, medicine, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is the first history of medicine written by an Englishman; the second part was published the following year."Freind was the first Engish historian of medicine. [he] planned the above work while committed to the Tower of London on a charge of high treason...Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister at the time, suffered much from renal calculi and called in Mead, a great friend of Freind. Mead refused to treat Walpole until Freind was released...". (GM).
Lot 118
Simpson (William) The Seat of War in the East, First & Second Series, 2 vol. in 1, lithographed vignette titles, lithographed dedication and 79 tinted lithographed plates, all with tissue guards, several with printed key to plate, first title a little soiled and damp-stained, some plates with light marginal soiling or water-staining but images clean, a few with plate number shaved, plate 22 of First Series and plate 1 of Second previously removed for framing but remounted on stubs (captions a little browned, key to first cut out from tissue), contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, rubbed and stained, spine ends and corners repaired, large [Abbey, Travel 237], folio, Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1855-56.
![Slavery.- [Newton (John)] An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ⁂⁂**...in a Se](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/ea929f70-076b-431d-b83e-b0cf010da05d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 119
Slavery.- [Newton (John)] An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ⁂⁂**...in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Mr.Thomas Haweis, ?first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of the coast of Guinea, 4pp. advertisements at end, light staining to title, contemporary ink signature of Mary Ann Johnson to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep with double gilt fillet border, rubbed, splits to joints, 8vo, R.Hett, for J.Johnson, 1764.⁂ Very rare. John Newton (1725-1807) was a captain of slave ships, who himself spent some time as a slave in Sierra Leone, but later repented of his deeds and became an Evangelical preacher and prominent abolitionist. With the support of Thomas Haweis he was appointed curate at Olney in Buckinghamshire and later rector of St.Mary Woolnoth in London where he associated with Hannah More and William Wilberforce. He is best known today for writing the hymn 'Amazing Grace'.Library Hub records several editions but most appear to be second editions or later, with only one printed copy (National Library of Scotland) of the first edition. WorldCat adds a copy in the British Library and one in the State Library of New South Wales. We have been unable to trace any copy of a 1764 edition at auction.
Lot 120
South America.- Byron (Hon. John) The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron ...Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia...also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, second edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title, occasional light spotting, engraved bookplates of Philip Hammond & Admiral R.M.Harbord-Hammond, contemporary calf, spine ruled in gilt with red & green labels, rubbed, joints split at head, [Sabin 9730], 8vo, for S. Baker and G. Leigh...and T. Davies, 1768.⁂ Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan." (Sabin)
Lot 129
De Quincey (Thomas) The Works, 15 vol., frontispieces, a little very light browning, contemporary green half calf, gilt, spines richly gilt with red and brown morocco labels, several brown labels chipped (vol. 10 nearly all missing), otherwise slightly worn at extremities, but still an attractive set overall, 8vo, Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1862-63
![Baths.- [Pöllnitz (Carl Ludwig von)] Amusemens des Eaux d'Aix-la-Chapelle, 3 vol., first edition, engraved additional title a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/99bd8f08-299f-4d4f-a19c-b0cf010e34ff/468x382.jpg)
Lot 150
Baths.- [Pöllnitz (Carl Ludwig von)] Amusemens des Eaux d'Aix-la-Chapelle, 3 vol., first edition, engraved additional title and 22 plates (all but one folding), folding map, a few engraved illustrations, titles printed in red and black, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson, vol. 3 early ink ownership inscription of James Thompson 32 Tyrone Street to rear free endpaper, folding map with closed tear into image without loss and portion reinforced with paper to verso, some spotting and light browning, some soiling, heavier to endpapers, contemporary calf, spines richly gilt in compartments and with red morocco labels, vol. 2 label chipped, vol. 3 early ink ownership name to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1736.
Lot 151
Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament, de nôtre Seigneur Jesus-Christ...Avec une Préface...par David Martin, additional engraved title, title in red and black and with engraved vignette, pencil ownership inscription 'S Delacherois Junior Donaghadee' to pastedown, a few gatherings near beginning starting to work loose, some spotting and light browning, some staining and soiling, heavier to verso of final f. and endpapers, lacking rear free endpapers, hinges cracked but holding, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, worn, Utrecht, Francois Halma & Guillaume van de Water, 1696; and others, Bibles or Christianity related, v.s. (c.25)
![Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". The Professor, A Tale, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/c46ada93-1275-4780-9d3a-b0cf010d8d74/468x382.jpg)
Lot 152
Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". The Professor, A Tale, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end vol. 1, 8pp. and 16pp. advertisements dated May 1858 at end vol. 2, half-title to vol. 1 lightly browned and with faint spotting, the odd spot or light patch of soiling elsewhere, upper hinge tender but holding, original blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt but lightly sunned, covers rather mottled and faded at extremities, lightly rubbed, [Smith p.162], 1857; and 2 others Brontë, Shirley (1858) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1859), 8vo (3)
Lot 153
NO RESERVE Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, 6 vol. only, vol. 1, 2 & 6 with half-title, engraved plates, vol. 1 title with ink ownership name 'Dan. de la Cherois' to foot, some light foxing and browning, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments and with red morocco labels (several lacking or chipped), some chipping to spine ends, rubbed, particularly spines, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale [vol. 3 & 4 chez Panckoucke], 1770-75; and c.24 other odd vol. from the series Histoire Naturelle, some nouvelle edition, many with engraved plates, 8vo; sold not subject to return (c.25)
Lot 154
NO RESERVE Bury (Richard de) Histoire de la Vie de Henri IV, Roi de France et de Navarre, 4 vol., all but vol. 1 with half-titles, 10 engraved portrait plates, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson with his ink ownership name to titles, some light spotting, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, spines with raised bands and red morocco label, quite worn, Paris, Saillant, 1756-66; and others, French histories, v.s. (c.55)
Lot 155
Cook (Capt. James).- Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages...for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, 3 vol., vol. 3 with advertisement f. at end, lacking folding chart at end of vol. 1 (seemingly seldom present), foxing, some browning and staining, contemporary calf, red and black morocco labels to spines, some staining, chipping to spine ends, quite worn, vol. 2 joints cracked but just holding, [Beddie 649], Dublin, for A. Leathley &tc, 1773 § Abridgement (An) of Captain Cook's First and Second Voyages...To which is Added a Narrative of Commodore Phipp's...Voyage to the North Pole, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, browning and light offsetting, scattered spotting, the odd small stain, contemporary sheep, red morocco label to spine, spine with remains of old paper label to head, rubbed and worn, joints split, [Beddie 30], for G. Kearsley, 1788; and others, voyages or travel related, 8vo (c.17)
Lot 158
NO RESERVE Duverdier (Gilbert Saulnier) Le Chevalier Hipocondriaque, title with engraved printer's device, lacking final 3ff. of Table at end, early and later ink ownership inscriptions to title and verso, title with small hole to gutter with loss to a letter of imprint, uneven browning, some soiling and occasional water-staining, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine, spine little chipped, portion of wear to upper cover, rubbed, Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1632 § Recueil des histoires galantes, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson, a couple instances of early ink correction and ownership inscription to head of A5, some very light surface soiling, occasional staining to lower margin, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine, corners bumped, rubbed, A Cologne [?but Netherlands, Jean le Blanc], [?1670]; and others, French literature, most 18th century, some odd vol. or incomplete sets, v.s. (c.100)
Lot 160
Food & drink.- d'Aussy (Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand) Histoire de la Vie Privée des Français, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson with his ink ownership name to titles, vol. 1 E4-5 loose, vol. 1 a few instances of ink correction or contemporary marginal notes, occasional light soiling, vol. 1 faint water stain to upper corner near start, contemporary calf, spines gilt and with morocco labels, rubbed and worn in places, particularly vol. 1 upper joint, some other joints starting, 8vo, Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, 1782.⁂ A history of the gastronomic habits of the French.
![Food & drink.- [Massialot (François)] Le Nouveau Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois, 3 vol. including Supplement, nouvelle edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/d5181f19-d297-4688-9b85-b0cf010e77c8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 161
Food & drink.- [Massialot (François)] Le Nouveau Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois, 3 vol. including Supplement, nouvelle edition, 26 engraved plates, many folding, titles in red and black, vol. 1 contemporary ink name 'Dan. de Lacherois Esq.' to front free endpaper and 'Sam De Lacherois' to title in faint red pencil, several plates trimmed with very small loss to caption, some a little creased or with very small tears to edges, once or twice into image but without loss, some light spotting and mostly marginal staining, some light water-staining, mainly at beginning of vol. 3, contemporary vellum, spines with title in early ink manuscript, vol. 1 & 3 with date beneath in a later hand, darkened and soiled, lightly rubbed, 8vo, Amsterdam, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1734.⁂ The supplementary third volume titled ''Nouvelle Instruction pour les Confitures, les Liqueurs, et les Fruits".
Lot 164
Hall (John Stevenson) Makarony Fables; Fables for Grown Gentlemen; Lyrick Epistles; and Several Other Poems, some light soiling and browning, endpapers lightly foxed, contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and red morocco label (chipped), light staining, heavily rubbed, Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1772 § Le Sage (Alain René) The Devil upon two Sticks, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, very light browning, the odd spot, contemporary calf, spine with raised bans and red morocco label, bump to fore-edge, rubbed, Edinburgh, A. Donaldson & J. Reid, 1762; and others, 18th century and leather bound, some incomplete sets or odd vol., 8vo & 12mo (c.45)
Lot 165
India.- Edwards (William) Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude, second edition, light spotting at beginning and end, small ink marks to front free endpaper, spine ends and corners bumped and very slightly rubbed, a couple small marks, 1858 § Domenech (Abbé Emmanuel) Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico, first English edition, half-title, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, map with a couple tiny tears at folds without loss, occasional very light spotting, one or two light marginal stains, small staining to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and a little rubbed, [Sabin 20559], 1858, publisher's advertisements at end, pencil ownership inscription of D. De la Cherois to head of titles, original blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt but slightly sunned; and others, travel related, some India, 8vo (12)
Lot 166
Ireland.- Antient and Present State (The) of the County of Down, first edition, folding engraved county map, bookplate of Daniel De La Cherois and his ink ownership inscription to head of title, dated Dec. 1859, map creased and a little frayed at edges, with short tear into image without loss, a few side-notes shaved, a few marginal notes in pencil and red ink, tipped-in piece of De la Cherois related printed ephemera to Q6v (obscuring small portion of text), some other ephemera loosely inserted, light browning, some spotting, a few small stains, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco label to spine, very small hole to foot of lower joint, rubbed, Dublin, A. Reilly, 1744; and others, Ireland related, including another copy of the same, 8vo & 4to (8)
Lot 169
NO RESERVE Levant.- Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de) Relation d'un Voyage du Levant, 2 vol. in 1, titles printed in red and black, 89 engraved plates, 4 of which folding, numerous engraved illustrations, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson to front free endpaper, with his ink ownership name to first title, lacking 3*1-4 (4ff. of "Lettre a Monsieur Begon"), 7 plates loose and frayed at edges to varying degrees, once causing very small loss to image at head, plate at Y4 browned along fold and with small loss to lower margin, most botanical plates captioned in early ink manuscript, some light soiling or spotting, endpapers frayed and worn, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments and with morocco label, spine with upper two compartments torn and working loose, worn, heavily to lower cover, 4to, Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1718; sold not subject to return. ⁂ Tournefort's botanical expedition to the Levant, covering Crete, Constantinople, Turkey, the Black Sea, Armenia, Persia, Georgia and Smyrna.
Lot 17
Cornwall.- Condy (Nicholas) & Rev. Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell. Cothele on the banks of the Tamar, the ancient Seat of the Rt.Hon.ble the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title, lithographed dedication and plan, 16 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by Day & Haghe after Condy, a few leaves with small tears at edges repaired, light offsetting to verso of plates, Henry Fox Talbot's copy with presentation inscription "from his affectionate sister Caroline /Mount Edgcumbe 1st January 1847" to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed, original blue cloth with Mount Edgcumbe arms in gilt to upper cover, rather rubbed and faded, handsomely rebacked and cornered in blue straight-grain morocco, spine ruled in gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 414], folio, [c.1840].⁂ Excellent association copy of this work on Cothele, a medieval house with Tudor additions in Cornwall, which has changed little over the last five centuries.William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77), inventor and pioneer of photography. Through his mother's second marriage to Admiral Charles Feilding he had two half-sisters, Caroline Augusta (1808-81) and Henrietta Horatia (1810-51). Caroline married Lord Valletort, later 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, on 6th December 1831.
Lot 170
NO RESERVE McArthur (John) The Army and Navy Gentleman's Companion; or, A New and Complete Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Fencing, new edition, engraved frontispiece, title and 19 plates, most folding, first few ff. loose (including title), first plate creased, chipped at edges and loosely inserted, P2 tear to fore-edge without loss, some very light offsetting, occasional light spotting or soiling, uncut in original boards, remains of label to upper cover, soiled and worn, upper cover detached, spine defective, for J. Murray, 1784; and 4 others, 18th century, various subjects, 4to & 8vo (5)⁂ The first edition published in 1780.
Lot 171
NO RESERVE New History (A) of the City of Edinburgh, fourth edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, folding engraved plan, advertisement f. at end, browning, some scattered spotting and occasional light soiling, abrasion causing very small loss to one plate and a few letters of headline to H3, original boards, much loss to backstrip, worn at extremities, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1800 § [Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Romola, new edition, half-title, 15 mounted albumen print plates, some scattered spotting, original vellum with black morocco onlays, richly gilt, cloth chemise and slip-case (rubbed and lightly soiled), 1895; and others, most literature, v.s. (c.150)
Lot 172
Philosophy.- Charron (Pierre) De la Segasse trois Livres, engraved additional title (very lightly dust-soiled), bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson, ink ownership inscription 'F H 1789' to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine, quite heavily rubbed, Amsterdam, Louys & Daniel Elzevier, 1662 § [Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] Dictionnaire Philosophique, Portatif, half-title, title with woodcut ornament, occasional very light spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine (with loss), rubbed, very small loss to upper joint at head, n.p., 1765, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson; and others, French, philosophy related, including Voltaire's Traité sur la Tolérance, 8vo & 12mo (c.25)
Lot 173
Pluche (Noel Antoine) Le Spectacle de la Nature, 7 vol., titles in red and black, engraved frontispieces, c.200 engraved plates, most folding, occasional browning or staining, mostly margins, very occasional light worming, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, 12mo, Utrecht [and The Hague], Neaulme [and Jean Neaulme], 1736-47
Lot 175
NO RESERVE Supernatural.- Crowe (Catherine) The Night Side of Nature; or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers, 2 vol., second edition, ex-library with ink-stamp removed to rear pastedowns (faintly visible to vol. 2 front pastedown), titles with pencil ownership inscription 'Mary L. Leslie 1943' to head, vol. 2 title and following f. spotted and browned, occasional spotting or light marginal soiling elsewhere, vol. 2 title with rather crude paper repair to gutter, front free endpapers renewed, vol. 1 rear hinge cracked, original blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt (rather faded to vol. 2), spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, rubbed, shelf-lean, [cf. Sadleir 666; Summers p.33 (first edition)], 8vo, 1849.⁂ Scarce. First published the preceding year.
Lot 176
Theatre.- Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Le Droit du Seigneur, Comédie en cinq Actes, A3 small hole to head not affecting text, F1 ink correction in a contemporary hand, H4 horizontal tear to head with small loss to a few letters of headline, few ff. with faint damp-stain to fore-margin, Paris, Duchesne, 1763 bound with Favart (Charles-Simon) L'Anglois a Bordeaux, Comédie en un Acte et en Vers Libres, A2 short tear to head without loss, Paris, Duchesne, 1763 bound with 5 others similar, together 7 works in 1 vol., bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson loose, some browning and light spotting, contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised bands and red morocco label lettered 'Pieces de Theatre' in gilt, a few rather heavy bumps to edges, spine head little chipped, lightly rubbed, lower joint starting at head; and others, French theatre, 8vo & 12mo (c.30)
Lot 177
NO RESERVE Tombeau (Le) des Amours de Louis le Grand & ses dernieres Galanteries, engraved frontispiece (trimmed at fore-edge with very small loss), contemporary ink ownership name to title (trimmed), A8 small rust-hole with loss to a couple of letters, B4 portion torn away with loss to much text, light browning, Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1695 bound with Amours (Les) d'Anne d'Autriche Epouse de Louis XIII, a few small pieces of marginal loss, some very faint damp-staining, the odd spot, Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1693, bound with 2 others, together 4 works in 1 vol., engraved bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, a few small portions of loss to spine, worn; and others, French, 17th century, v.s. (8)
Lot 178
NO RESERVE Valois (Marguerite de) Contes et Nouvelles, 2 vol., nouvelle edition, engraved additional title, numerous engraved illustrations, titles printed in red and black and with ink ownership name 'F Hutcheson', vol. 1 additional title and title with short tear at inner margin without loss, vol. 2 repaired horizonal tear to V4-5 without loss, occasional early ink correction or marginal annotation, some light browning, the odd spot or light soiling, vol. 1 small ink doodle to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, spines gilt in compartments and with double black morocco labels (working loose to vol. 1), small loss to spine, rubbed and worn, joints split but holding, Paris, aux depends de la Compagnie, 1740; and others, most French literature, some Italian or German, including Rousseau's Èmile in 4 vol. (La Haye, Jean Néaulme, 1762), v.s. (c.125)
![Gaguin (Robert) [Annales] De Francorum gestis annales..., edited by Humbert Vellay, title in red and black, printer's woodcut](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/728e56b5-04aa-4a59-9eeb-b0cf010de341/468x382.jpg)
Lot 179
Gaguin (Robert) [Annales] De Francorum gestis annales..., edited by Humbert Vellay, title in red and black, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, full-page woodcut illustration to versos of cc4 and Y7, with final blank leaf, a few manuscript annotations (including to title), some very light damp-staining at top edge, later green vellum with small shell stamps at corners in gilt, spine gilt but toned, joints cracked at foot, 8vo, Paris, [Jean Cornillau for Pierre Viart], 1521.⁂ Gaguin died in 1501, so his abridged history of France, first printed in 1495, was continued up to the reign of François I by Humbert Vellay.Provenance: Julius Charles Hare (1795-1855), archdeacon of Lewes and the owner of a substantial library [bookplate]; D.A. Freeman [bookplate]; D.L. Cumming [ink inscription].
Lot 18
Cornwall & Devon.- Twycross (Edward) The Mansions of England and Wales. County of Cornwall, number 25 of 175 facsimile reprints signed by the printer and publisher, with accompanying booklet loosely inserted, folding map, plates, original blind-stamped cloth, slip-case, Buckingham, Fountain Lake Press, [2019] § Pett (Douglas Ellory) The Parks and Gardens of Cornwall, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, Penzance, 1998 § Stockdale (F.W.L.) Excursions in the County of Cornwall, large paper copy, half-title, engraved portrait, additional vignette title, folding map and 47 plates only (of 48, lacking plate of Carclew and pp.59-60, supplied in loosely inserted facsimile), light foxing, mostly to tissue guards or text, bookplate of Sir Graves Sawle Bart. of Penrice (p.49), modern half morocco, spine gilt, by J.C.Avery for Allen Thompson, with binder's manuscript note bound in at end, 1824 § Britton (John) Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated, 2 vol. in 1, engraved maps, additional vignette titles and plates (each with two views) after Thomas Allom and W.H.Bartlett, rather foxed, light water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary half roan, gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover, rubbed, 1832; and another, v.s. (5)⁂ The first is a handsome reproduction of a notorious rarity. It was originally published in 1846 in a very limited number (probably only a few more than the 52 for subscribers), the first of a projected survey of the mansions of England and Wales. Five further volumes on Lancaster and Chester were produced in 1847-50 but none thereafter due to Twycross's death in 1852.
Lot 180
NO RESERVE Binding.- Chrysostomus (Johannes, Saint) In omnes D. Pavli epistolas commentarii, woodcut printer's device and seventeenth century manuscript ownership inscription in ink to title, bookplate, lacking OO5, second Z gathering mis-bound, scattered worm holes within text throughout, ornately blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, covers with eternal knot centre-pieces, borders composed of medallion profile portraits ?of peoples of different nations, gilt acorns (some dulling), and rosettes, amongst other decoration, gilt title to head of inner panel of upper cover, spine in compartments, remains of metal clasps, remnants of paper label to spine, some light wear in places, [VD 16 J 433], folio, Basel, Johann Herwagen, 1536.⁂ A previous owner's note suggests that the binding is by the 'Mauresken Meister of Basel', about whom we have found very little information.
Lot 184
Early religion.- Optatus, Milevitanus (Saint) De schismate donatistarum libri septem: ad manuscriptos codices et veteres editiones collati, et innumeris in locis emendati, half-title, title printed in red and black and with engraved printer's device, engraved folding map of North Africa (loose), engraved or woodcut head-pieces and initials, library ink stamp to lower margin of title, occasional spotting or light staining, later calf-backed mottled boards, spine in compartments and with red leather label, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Paris, André Pralard, 1700; and Tertullian, Venice, 1744 & Fulgentius of Ruspe, Venice, 1742, folio (3)⁂ Optatus was Bishop of Milevis in Numidia in the fourth century, and is remembered for his writings against Donatism.
Lot 187
Early religion.- Blind scholar.- Didymus, Alexandrinus. De Trinitate libri tres. Nunc primum ex Passioneiano codice Græce editi, editio princeps, parallel Greek and Latin text, title with engraved wolf printer's device, engraved facsimile 'Specimen Codicis' and tail-pieces, later pencil marginalia, some spotting or mostly light foxing, later vellum, rebacked preserving original backstrip with red morocco label and later ink date, some staining, folio, Bologna, Lelio dalla Volpe, 1769.⁂ Rare editio princeps of this work opposing Arianism by the theologian and teacher Didymus of Alexandria (c.313-398), who was blind from the age of four.
![[Cromwell (Thomas Kitson)] Ancient Reliques; or, Delineations of Monastic, Castellated, & Domestic Architecture, 2 vol.,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf58cd80-af82-4596-a690-b0cf00c91450/a234ef08-3c58-4280-ada2-b0cf010d958c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 19
[Cromwell (Thomas Kitson)] Ancient Reliques; or, Delineations of Monastic, Castellated, & Domestic Architecture, 2 vol., 1812-13; Excursions in the County of Norfolk [& Suffolk; Essex; Surrey; Kent; Sussex], 9 vol., 1818-22, together 11 vol., engraved frontispieces, additional pictorial titles, plates and folding maps, all neatly trimmed and tipped into larger leaves with contemporary ink calligraphic captions all within decorative engraved borders, some light foxing or browning but an attractive set, contemporary green roan with multi-ruled gilt border and Tudor roses at corners, g.e., spines rather faded and rubbed, 8vo
Lot 197
NO RESERVE Chateaubriand (François René de) Les Martyrs, ou le triomphe de la religion chrétienn, 2 vol., first edition, ex-library stamp to title verso, occasional light spotting to final few pages, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, corners worn, vol.2 spine joint splitting and chipped at foot, endpapers renewed, 8vo, Paris, le Normant, 1809.
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