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Lot 430

Alps.- Collection des Costumes de la Suisse, engraved title with hand-coloured floral border, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, contemporary morocco-backed glazed orange boards, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed, spine neatly repaired at head, Zurich, Keller et Fussli, [c.1820] § Eyriès (J.B.B.) La Suisse, ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Cantons Suisses, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, light spotting and soiling, contemporary roan-backed glazed red boards, rubbed, Paris, Gide Fils, [c.1825], [Colas 660 & 1017], 12mo & large 8vo (2)

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Alps.- Grüner (Gottlieb Sigmund) Histoire Naturelle des Glacieres de Suisse, translated by M.Kéralio, first French edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps and 18 plates, 4 folding, and folding table, with final blank leaf, occasional foxing, light water-staining to inner margin at beginning and end, bookplate of Oscar V.Viney, modern roan, spine gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, [Perret 2072], 4to, Paris, Pancoucke, 1770. ⁂ Originally published in 1760 as Die Eisgebirge des Schwezerlandes this was the first attempt to describe the Swiss Alps in detail and includes a section on glaciers and geology. According to Perret plate XIII features the earliest known panoramic view of Mont Blanc.

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Lot 435

Alps.- Roth (Abraham) The Doldenhorn and Weisse Frau, ascended for the first time by Abraham Roth and Edmund von Fellenberg, first English edition, half-title, 11 chromolithographed plates (1 double-page), 2 tinted wood-engraved plates and folding chromolithographed map, wood-engraved illustrations, some light foxing, mostly to text, without the additional wood-engraved title found in some copies but a good copy in the original printed wrappers, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine ends a little worn and chipped, [Neate R77; Perret 1602], 8vo, Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, London & Edinburgh, 1863.⁂ Including accounts of earlier attempts, particularly by von Fellenberg and Philip Gosset who both provided the sketches for the plates.

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Lot 439

Alps.- Studer (Gottlieb) Topographische Mittheilungen aus dem Alpengebirge, I. Die Eiswüsten und selten betretenen Hochalpen und Bergspitzen des Kantons Bern..., [all published], 2 vol. including Atlas, second edition, text with additional lithographed title with vignette, light foxing, Atlas with 8 folding lithographed panoramas, 4 tinted or colour, some browning, original pictorial blue boards, a little rubbed and marked, text with spine ends neatly repaired, Atlas lacking ties, [Perret 4157], 8vo, Bern & St. Gallen, Huber und Comp., 1844.⁂ Studer (1804-1890) was a pioneer of climbing and exploration in Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Alpine Club. This work was first published the previous year in 1843. It contains details of Studer's travels and ascents in the Bernese Alps with panoramas of the Jungfrau, the Aegischhorn and other peaks.

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Lot 440

Alps.- Stumpf (Johann Rudolph) Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschafft Stetten, Landen und Völckern Chronicwirdiger thaaten beschreibung, 13 parts in 1, collation: **8, †-††6, †††4, ††††6, a-z, A-Z, Aa-Zz, AA-ZZ, AAa-ZZz, AAA-GGG6, third edition (second folio edition), title in red and black with woodcut printer's device, with blank **8, 5 double-page woodcut maps of Europe, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Eydgnoschafft mounted on stubs, 13 part-titles with woodcut armorial borders, numerous woodcut illustrations in text (maps, town views, military scenes, portrait medallions, animals & birds, coats-of-arms etc.), some light soiling and browning but generally clean, title a little soiled and with small holes not affecting text, ink stain to g2, contemporary ink inscriptions to front pastedown, some crossed out or erased, contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, elaborately stamped in blind with central panels surrounded by borders of the Christian virtues, with brass clasps, paper label on spine in ink manuscript, a little rubbed and soiled, [Perret 4160; Not in Adams], folio, Zurich, Froschauer, 1586.⁂ An excellent copy of the important Swiss chronicle, first published in 1548, also by Froschauer (plus an abridged 8vo edition titled Schwytzer Chronika in 1554). A large part of the work is devoted to the Valais, with some descriptions of valleys and mountains.

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Lot 441

Alps.- Yosy (Ann) Switzerland, as now divided into Nineteen Cantons...with Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates of costumes, 2pp. engraved musical notation, occasional very light offsetting, Brent Gration-Maxfield's copy with his neat ink inscription and pencil notes, near contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Colas 3102], 8vo, 1815.⁂ Including a 6pp. 'Short Guide to Travellers' at end of vol.2.

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Lot 442

Americas.- Canada.- Hind (Henry Youle) Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula the country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, 2 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, 12 chomolithographed plates, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, some leaves becoming loose, upper hinge weak and lacking front free endpaper, original blue cloth, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed and marked, [Sabin 31933], 8vo, 1863.⁂ Interesting work with much information on the Native Americans illustrated with superb chromolithographs.

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Lot 443

δ Canada.- John (Augustus Edwin, 1878-1961) Study of a Canadian Soldier, black chalk on cream wove paper with watermark date of '1916', sheet 455 x 298 mm. (17 7/8 x 11 3/4 in), inscribed on reverse in pen and ink: 'I certify that this drawing is/ by Augustus John and from his studio./ Caspar John.', minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, circa 1917.⁂ After being deemed physically unfit by the British Army to become an Official War Artist, Augustus John volunteered with the Canadian War Memorials Fund. By 1917 John was in France behind the lines held by the Canadian forces. The present drawing would have been an original study for John's unfinished large-scale work 'The Canadians Opposite Lens', the cartoon of which is now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

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Lot 445

Americas.- Mexico.- Beaufoy (Mark) Mexican Illustrations..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed to Burr Jackson Esq. on front free endpaper, double-page engraved map, 6 plates, most engraved, wood-engraved illustrations, browned, some spotting, lacking rear free endpaper, original boards, uncut, rebacked in calf, 1828 § Lyon (Capt. G.F.) Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico..., 2 vol. in 1, a few illustrations, some spotting, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, paper label on spine (faded), 1828 § Ruxton (George F.) Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, first American edition, light foxing, contemporary half roan, New York, 1848, first editions, [Sabin 4169; 42852 & 74501], 8vo (3)⁂ The first includes observations on slavery and the West Indies, visited on the author's outward voyage.

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Lot 451

Central America.- Gage (Thomas) Nouvelle relation, contenant les voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne, ses diverses avantures; & son retour par la Province de Nicaragua, jusques a la Havane, 2 vol., 2 engraved frontispieces and 16 plates and maps (folding or double-page), a few plates / maps with short splits to folds and a little creasing, some spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spines in compartmentsand with red and black morocco labels, 1 label worn, vol.2 upper joint splitting, but holding firm, [Alden & Landis, 695 : 80; Chadenat, 74; Hill 665], 12mo, Amsterdam, Paulk Marret, 1695-1694.⁂ 'Gage spent twelve years in Central America : Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. The work was translated in French, Dutch, and German, but its purpose was to urge the English to seize the Spanish territories in the New World. During Cromwell's tenure, he was appointed Chaplain to the armed forces which captured Jamaica, where he died in 1656' (Hill).

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Lot 453

Europe.- Moryson (Fynes) An Itinerary...containing his Ten Yeeres Travell through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland, 3 parts in 1, first edition, double-page title, first word of title within woodcut entablature, second leaf of title in first state with contents of parts in roman and with imprimatur surmounted by royal arms on verso, 8 woodcut maps and plans within text, woodcut historiated initials and head- & tail-pieces, lacking initial and final blanks, contemporary ink signature of "Ric.Blount" on title, a few leaves slightly short and probably supplied from another copy (O3 & 4, S6, T2 & 5, X1, 2F2, 2Q1, 2R5, 2T5, 3A5, 3H6, 3K1, 3T2, 3Y6 & 3Z2), some light soiling or browning, first leaf of title torn and laid down, two small holes to K6 with loss to a couple of letters, 2Z6 defective at lower outer corner not affecting text (repaired), a few other marginal tears repaired, early nineteenth century diced russia, gilt, g.e., rubbed, joints worn and split, [Atabey 841; Blackmer 1159; STC 18205], folio, by John Beale, 1617.⁂ "Moryson was one of the most important of the Elizabethan travellers; he made two long journeys to various countries of Europe between 1591 and 1595, and to the Levant from November 1595 to July 1597."(Atabey). The woodcut maps depict Venice, Naples, Rome, Genoa, Paris, Jerusalem and Constantinople.

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Lot 454

Germany.- Gerning (Johann Isaak von) A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne, first English edition, list of subscribers, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after C.G.Schutz, tissue guards, folding engraved map with routes hand-coloured at end, some spotting or light offsetting, mostly to text or guards, frontispiece and title a little marked, contemporary half diced russia, rebacked, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 217; Tooley 234], 4to, 1820.

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Lot 466

Levant.- Hayes (James) Travels in Several Parts of Turkey, Egypt, and the Holy Land, engraved frontispiece and plate, very light offsetting, contemporary sheep, rather worn, [Koç 142; not in Atabey ], 8vo, for the Author, 1774.⁂ First and only edition of this scarce travel account.

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Lot 477

Polar.- Scott (Capt. Robert) The Voyage of the Discovery, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Dr. H. R. Mill to vol.1 half-title, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, frontispieces, plates, some double-page or colour, 2 folding maps in pockets at rear, publisher's printed slip tipped onto front free endpaper, scattered light foxing, ink stamps and deaccession stamps of the Scott Polar Instituted to titles and endpapers, original blue cloth with gilt stamped medallions to upper covers, recased, spine ends and joints repaired and restored, a little rubbed, 8vo, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905.⁂ A lovely association copy of Scott's account of his famous voyage.Hugh Robert Mill (1861-1950), Scottish geographer and meteorologist. Mill was secretary to the Royal Geographical Society during its involvement with British Antarctic expeditions, and a friend to Scott, Shackleton and Spiers Bruce. He also wrote the introduction to Shackleton's 1909 The Heart of the Antarctic , as a well as a biography of Shackleton in 1923.

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Lot 479

Pyrenees.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) A Map of the Pyrenees and the Adjacent Provinces by Roussel, and Blottiere with additions from Torfiño, and Lopez, map of the Pyrenees and envrions, orientated with north to the bottom right, published when the French army had been driven back through Spain to the borders of France during the Peninsular War, engraving, on two sheets, each approx. 1010 x 1090 mm. (39 3/4 x 42 7/8 in), both dissected and mounted on linen, minor offsetting and light surface dirt, folding into tree calf-backed book-style slipcase, with roan gilt title label to spine, rubbed 4to, January 1809.

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Lot 484

Tibet.- Bruce (C.G.) Twenty Years in the Himalaya, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, folding panorama and map, 20 pp. advertisements at end, occasional light foxing, presentation bookplate from the Ladies Apline Club to Miss Dalling in 1956 to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed, [Yakushi B591; Neate B199], 1910 § Wellby (Capt. M.S.) Through Unknown Tibet, half-title, frontispiece portrait, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps in pocket at rear, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving most of original backstrip, corners bumped, rubbed, 1898 § [Mazuchelli, Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah] The Indian Alps and How we Crossed them. Being a Narrative of Two Years' Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months' Tour into the Interior, folding map, 10 chromolithographed plates, spotting and offsetting, prize bookplate, contemporary red calf prize binding, gilt, rubbed and darkened, corners bumped, 1876, 8vo & 4to (3)

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Lot 485

Tibet.- Sherring (Charles A.) Western Tibet and the British Borderland, photogravure frontispiece of Mount Kailas, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, many full-page, light marginal spotting, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed at edges, an excellent copy, 1906 § Holdich (Sir Thomas) Tibet, the Mysterious, presentation copy from the author to William Hope Hall with the latter's bookplate, folding colour map, plates, spotting, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, uncut, [1904] § Kingdon-Ward (Capt. Frank) Plant Hunting in the Wilds, plates, ink inscription on front pastedown, bookplate of H.S.Dewar, original cloth, faded, [1931], first editions, 8vo (3)

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Lot 488

Voyages.- Cook (James) [Third Voyage] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 4 vol. (including separate Atlas), first Dublin edition, folding table in vol.3, Atlas vol. with portrait of Cook by Halpin after Dana (not called for in list of plates in vol.1), large folding engraved map on 2 sheets, and 25 other folding or double-page engraved maps, charts and views, bound tightly and a few with tears and/or soiling at folds, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spines, 8vo, Dublin, 1784.⁂ Unusual to find the maps bound separately.

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Lot 490

World.- Apianus (Petrus) La Cosmographia, corregida y añadida por Gemma Frisio, collation: A-Y4, title with large woodcut of globe, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials including 4 volvelles (C2v, D1v, I1v & P3r), woodcut on C3v lacking thread pointer, folding woodcut map of world, contemporary ink manuscript notes on verso of title, foot of first leaf, verso of final leaf and one or two margins, dedication (A2) misbound between A3 & A4, title with large holes either side of woodcut causing loss to notes on verso (repaired), title and dedication lacking small strip at head of each leaf not affecting text (repaired), a little soiled and browned, light water-staining towards end, later tree sheep, rubbed, slight worming to lower joint, [Not in Adams], 4to, Antwerp, Jan Verwithagen, 1575.⁂ Including material by Dr. Francisque Lopez de Gomara concerning America at end, and with folding woodcut map featuring North America as a strip, the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola very large and showing the mountains of the Moon as the source of the River Nile.

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Lot 492

World.- [Mair (John)] A Compendious Geographical and Historical Grammar, 13 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, 1795; A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, second edition, 6 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, folding engraved plate of solar system, 1795, together 2 vol., light offsetting, attractive uniform red straight-grain morocco, spines gilt, g.e., spines slightly browned, W.Peacock § Tavernier (J.B.) Les Six Voyages...en Turquie, en Perse. et aux Indes, 2 vol., engraved additional pictorial title, 33 engraved plates only (of 36), many folding, errata leaf at end of vol.2, one or two small stains or minor marginal defects, a few head-lines shaved in vol.2, handsome contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, red marbled edges, rubbed, joints cracked, Amsterdam, Johannes van Someren, 1678, 12mo (4)

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Lot 493

World.- Tavernier (Jean Baptiste) Collections of Travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies...a Relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin...[and] Description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, 2 vol. in 1, 6 parts, first collected edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 28 engraved plates (some printed on both sides), 15 folding, some engraved or woodcut illustrations, title to vol.2 only (bound as main title with "second volume" crossed out in contemporary hand), appears to have all text but lacking some preliminaries (only 12pp. at beginning rather than 18pp.) and the 4pp. inserted between pp.46 & 47 in part 5 (Tunkin), part 2 with title and first leaf of Index loose, some plates loose, also map of Japan (torn and frayed), some light browning and staining, old book-label of Thomas Jones of Enfield, contemporary calf, worn, [Blackmer 1632; Wing T251-2], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1684; sold not subject to return

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Lot 494

Ireland.- Archdall (Mervyn) Monasticon Hibernicum: or A History of the Abbeys, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland, first edition, folding engraved map and 18 plates, Earl Macartney's copy with his engraved bookplate on front pastedown, some slight browning, later bookplate on fly-leaf, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary tree calf, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, red morocco label on spine, Dublin, for Luke White, 1786 § Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of the different Rebellions in Ireland..., second edition, half-title, 10 folding engraved maps and plans, (all but 1 plate folding), light spotting and offsetting, bookplate on front pastedown, 19th century green morocco, gilt, spine browned, t.e.g., others uncut, Dublin, 1801, 4to (2).⁂ First mentioned: George Macartney, first Earl Macartney, KB (1737-1806), statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. Led the British Embassy to China in 1792.

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Lot 496

Ireland.- Bartlett (William Henry) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol. in 1, engraved additional titles, folding map and 118 plates, tissue-guards, occasional light foxing but a generally bright, clean copy overall, attractive contemporary green morocco, gilt, with Irish harp and shamrocks in gilt to covers and spine, g.e., [c.1842] § Newenham (Robert O'Callaghan) Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol., 113 lithographed views, occasional foxing, ?lacking engraved title, vol.1 title repaired at margins, contemporary half morocco, spine ends and corners repaired, rubbed, new endpapers, 1830; and 4 others, Irish views, 4to (7)

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Lot 499

Ireland.- Boates (Gerard) Histoire Naturelle d'Irlande, first French edition, contemporary calf, spine gilt, light wear to covers, 12mo, Paris, Robert de Ninville, 1666.

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Ireland.- Boates (Gerard) A Natural History of Ireland, 3 parts in 1 vol., 11 engraved plates, some folding, woodcut initials and illustrations, occasional light spotting to margins, short note in an early 19th century hand noting "a remarkable mild winter in the year 1806 Dec. 25" loosely inserted, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, rubbed, 4to, Dublin, Geo. and Alex Ewing, 1755.

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Ireland.- [Booth (W.J.)] Sketches at Moneymore and Drapers Town in the County of Londonderry on the Estate of the Worshipful Company of Drapers. Taken during the visit of the deputation in 1827, signed presentation inscription from W.J.Booth to pastedown, vignette title and 8 lithographed plates on india paper by T.M. Baynes after W.J.Booth, light spotting, surface soiling and damp-staining, largely restricted to margins, plate-guards, contemporary cloth, sympathetically rebacked, gilt morocco label to upper cover, rubbed and marked, slip-case, [not in Abbey], folio, C.Hullmandel, [c.1827].⁂ Rare, we can trace no other copy.Moneymore and Drapers Town were both invested in and expanded upon by the Worshipful Company of Drapers in 1817. The company sent a number of deputations to the two towns in the following years to check on their progress.

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Lot 506

Ireland.- Curwen (J. C.) Observations on The State of Ireland, Principally directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population, 2 vol., contemporary half russia, gilt, an attractive set, 1818 § Kütner (K.G.) Briefe über Irland, engraved folding plate, contemporary half calf, rebacked, Peipzig, Johann Philipp, 1785 § [Twiss (Richard)] A Tour in Ireland in 1775, aquatint frontispiece and engraved folding map, occasional light foxing, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, 1776 § Holmes (G.) Sketches of Some of the Counties of Ireland, 1 etched and 6 aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, 1801 § West (Mrs. Frederic) A Summer Visit to Ireland in 1847, lithographed frontispiece and 2 plates (a little damp-stained), illustrations, ink ownership inscriptions, original cloth, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, 1847; and 2 others, Irish tours, 8vo (8)

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Lot 509

Ireland.- Fisher (Jonathan) Scenery of Ireland illustrated in a series of prints of Select Views, Castles and Abbies, engraved title, list of subscribers and 60 fine sepia aquatint plates by Fisher, title imprint cut out and neatly supplied from another copy, 6 plates remargined, plates 15 and 34 with neat paper repairs to verso, occasional light foxing, largely restricted to margins, but a clean, bright copy overall, modern half morocco, gilt, g.e., slip-case, [Abbey, Scenery 452], oblong folio, J.Debrett, 1795 [plates dated 1792-95].⁂ One of the rarest and earliest collected views of Ireland. Jonathan Fisher (c.1740-1809), Dublin-born landscape painter. The success of his views contained in Scenery of Ireland was such that it engendered a new wave of tourism to the Irish countryside, with proprietors of some hostelries altering the prospects from their lodgings to best reflect the views depicted by Fisher.

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Lot 512

Ireland.- Hall (Rev. James) Tour through Ireland; Particularly the Interior and Least known Parts, 2 vol., first edition, engraved folding map, bookplate and ink ownership inscription and bookplate of William Greenwood, original publisher's boards, spine chipped, rubbed, 1813 § [Twiss (Richard)] A Tour in Ireland in 1775, engraved folding map, aquatint plate, occasional light soiling, modern half calf, for the author, 1776 § Holmes (George) Sketches of Some of the Southern Counties of Ireland, 1 etched and 6 aquatint plates, light scattered foxing, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine rubbed, 1801 § Chatterton (Lady) Rambles in the South of Ireland during the Year 1838, 2 vol., half-titles, lithographed frontispiece and 6 plates, modern half calf, 1839; and 3 others, Irish tours, 8vo (9)

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Lot 521

Ireland.- Milton (Thomas) Select Views in Ireland; From Seats and Demesnes of the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom, printed title and List of Subscribers in Ireland, 24 fine engraved plates by Milton after Francis Wheatley, John James Barralet, William Ashford and others, spotting, heavier in places, light offsetting,, contemporary tree-calf, rebacked and recornered, 1821 [plates dated 1783-93]; and the 1963 Dolmen Press facsimile of the same, oblong 4to, slip-case (2)⁂ A rare work especially so with the title-page with which we can trace no other like copy at auction.Thomas Milton (1743-1827), English engraver and governor of the Society of Engravers. "These engravings are works of singular beauty, engraved with great delicacy and strength, and constitute the most charming record of Irish scenery and places which have ever been published" - Desmond Guiness.""[Milton] had a unique power of distinguishing the foliage of trees and the texture of all bodies, especially water, as it had never been done before and will never be done again." - William Bell Scott.

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Lot 522

Ireland.- Milton (Thomas) Select Views in Ireland; From Seats and Demesnes of the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom, lacking printed title (as often), list of subscribers supplied in facsimile, 21 fine engraved plates by Milton only (of 24) after Francis Wheatley, John James Barralet, William Ashford and others, 5 additional plates engraved by W. & J. Walker after J.Nixon and F. Wheatley, spotting, heavier in places, light offsetting, modern half calf, oblong 4to, 1821 [plates dated 1783-93]⁂ Rare in any conditoin, see previous lot. The views of the additional plates comprise: Howth, Ennischerry, Londonderry, Belfast and Blarney Castle.

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Lot 527

Ireland.- Petrie (George) A. Nicholl and H. O'Neill. [Picturesque Sketches of some of the finest Landscape and Coast Scenery of Ireland], vol.1 [all published], 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Petrie, Nicholl and O'Neill, lacking half-title, title and preface, some very occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, mostly marginal, [Abbey, Scenery 465], [Dublin, W.F. Wakeman, 1835] bound after Nicholl (A.) [The Northern Coast of Ireland], lithographed dedication and 12 views, foxing, [Abbey 462], [Belfast, published by the artist, c.1830] together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary black half morocco, gilt, morocco label to upper cover, a little rubbed, g.e., preserved in slip-case, 4to.

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Lot 528

Ireland.- Petty (Sir William).- Lamb (Francis) A Geographicall Description of ye Kingdom of Ireland. Collected from ye actual Survey made by Sr. William Petty, third edition, engraved title, index, and 35 miniature engraved maps only (of 38, lacking general map of Ireland and county maps no. 3 and 29), hand-coloured in outline, 1 county map with chip to margin, not affecting image, some occasional light surfacing soiling or light spotting, largely restricted to margins, contemporary calf, spine ends a little chipped, corners bumped, slip-case, 12mo, by Francis Lamb et al., [1695].⁂ Rare.

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Ireland.- Plumptre (Anne) Narrative of a Residence in Ireland during the summer of 1814, and that of 1815, first edition, half-title, stipple-engraved portrait by Henry Meyer after James Northcote, 12 aquatint plates on 11 sheets including one folding of Giant's Causeway, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light marginal browning, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco, decorated in gilt and blind, [Abbey, Scenery 457], 4to, 1817.

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Lot 535

Ireland.- Scalé (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, first edition, engraved title, dedication, index and 37 hand-coloured engraved maps, engraved advertisement for Scalé & Co. facing title, light offsetting, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, [Chubb VIII], 4to, for Robert Sayer and John Bennet, 1776.

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Lot 536

Ireland.- Scalé (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas; or general description of the Kingdom of Ireland, engraved title vignette, dedication and 37 hand-coloured maps, offsetting, occasional light spotting, bookplate of John Bastard, modern calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, [Chubb X], 4to, Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1798.

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Lot 54

Hermannus (Hugo) The Siege of Breda, translated by Sir Henry Gage, fine engraved title, 15 engraved plates and maps, some double-page, occasional light spotting, contemporary vellum, gilt, covers slightly stained and a little bowed, g.e., [STC 13926; Cockle 110], folio, [Ghent, Jodocus Dooms], 1627.⁂ The plates are reused from the original Latin edition, published a year earlier. The author was chaplain to General Ambrogio Spinola and was present at the siege, his work being promptly translated into Spanish, French, English (twice) and Italian.The translator Sir Henry Gage (1597-1644) was captain of an English regiment of Horse which served under the Spanish during the siege. He later died fighting for Charles I at Abingdon.

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Lot 542

Ireland.- Taylor (George) and Andrew Skinner. Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed in 1777 and Corrected down to 1783, second edition, folding engraved general map with several repaired tears, engraved vignette title, dedication and explanation leaves and 289 hand-coloured road maps (printed on recto and verso) on 145 leaves, light surface soiling to leaves, ink ownership inscriptions of Lord Rossmore and William Copeland Trimble, modern half morocco, [Chubb, Ireland XII], 8vo, London & Dublin, for the Author, 1783⁂ William Copeland Trimble (1851-1941) editor and proprietor of the Enniskillen newspaper The Impartial Reporter.

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Lot 559

Ireland.- [Swift (Jonathan)] Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty Between Her Majesty and the States-General, first edition, title a little soiled, ink markings in an 18th century hand, modern half calf, John Morphew, 1712; A Letter to the Examiner, Suggesting Proper Heads, for Vindicating his Masters, half-title, light browning, modern boards, for J.Moore, 1714 § [Delany (Patrick)] Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, G6 repaired at margin, contemporary calf, Dublin, Robert Main, 1754, [Teerink 559; 1578; 1343]; and 17 others, Swift, including 13 vol., 1808 set of the works, 8vo (20)

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Ireland.- [Swift (Jonathan, contributor)] The Eyes of Ireland Open. Being, a short view of the project for establishing the intended bank of Ireland, second edition, light foxing and damp-staining, bookplate to rear pastedown, later boards, [Bradshaw 7302; Goldsmiths 6143; cf. Teerinck 909], 8vo Dublin, for J.Roberts, 1722.⁂ Scarce satirical pamphlet, credited to Swift by some sources. Includes a reprint of Swift's Subscribers to the Bank Plac'd according to Their Order and Quality.

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Ireland.- Gaelic type.- [Dunlevy (Andrew)] The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, text in English and Irish throughout, lacking final ?blank, occasional light damp-staining and minor fraying to outer margins, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper (repaired and laid-down), contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners and extremities repaird and restored, slip-case, 8vo, Paris, James Guerin, 1742.

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Ireland.- Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Women, vol.1 (all published), first Dublin edition, light foxing and browning, occasional staining, gathering H with patch of increased browning, [cf. PMM 242], Dublin, J.Stockdale, for James Moore, 1793 bound with [Williams (John)], "Anthony Pasquin". A Postscript to the New Bath Guide. A Poem, occasional spotting and damp-staining, light soiling to title and final f., old paper repair to title with loss to first 3 letters, Dublin, Richard White, 1790, together 2 works in 1 vol., ink inscriptions to rear pastedowns, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, endpapers supplied, slip-case, 8vo.⁂ Two scarce Dublin imprints, the Dublin edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Women is the likely the rarest of the 18th century editions.

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Britain.- Moll (Herman) A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands, 2 folding engraved general maps and 48 county maps by Herman Moll, 2 folding (Kent and Essex), many incorporating vignettes of coins, antiquities or views at sides, 2 folding maps soiled and creased at fore-edge, some light water-staining, text finishes on 2A1 (p.x of Index, Ystwyth River, ?lacking final leaf), contemporary tree calf, rubbed, small stains to upper cover, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, for J.Wilford...T.Bowles...C.Rivington...J.Bowles, 1733.⁂ Scarce atlas first published in 1724. The vignettes include scenes of the old and new Eddystone lighthouses, Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, Blenheim Palace, and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

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Lot 591

Devon.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) The Second Part of the General Survey of England and Wales Containing the Whole of Devon and a Portion of the Adjoining Counties, large scale map in eight sections, nos. XX to XVII with piano key border (to perimeter sheets only), with large ornate title in the lower right section laid over the sea area as issued [?], engraved maps, not joined, each section approx. 615 x 915 mm. (24 1/4 x 36 in), dissected and mounted on linen, each section trimmed with light-blue silk, occasional surface dirt and light offsetting, presented in modern green cloth drop-back box, 4to, 1809.

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Dorset.- Coker (John) A Survey of Dorsetshire, first edition, folding engraved map by John Wilcox, 6 engraved armorial plates, some light foxing, late 18th century calf, gilt, head of spine chipped, corners rubbed, folio, for J. Wilcox &c., 1732.

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Essex.- Chapman (John) and Peter Andre. A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey, engraved throughout, 26 double-page engraved sheets, including title, list of subscribers and key map, all linen-backed and in full contemporary hand-colouring, occasional light soiling, later red half morocco, gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, [Rodger 120], folio, Colchester, W. Keymer, 1785.⁂ This fine large-scale map shows the county in close detail, including the names of all country houses and cottages, as well as the owner's name in many cases. There are also small inset plans of Colchester and Harwich Harbour.

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Norfolk.- [Badeslade (Thomas)] The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge, first edition, 7 engraved hand-coloured maps and plans (3 folding or double-page), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, some occasional light spotting or marginal browning, but a very good, clean copy overall, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners bumped, rubbed, folio, by J.Roberts for the Author, 1725.

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Scotland.- Ainslie (John) Scotland Drawn and Engraved, engraved map in original hand-colouring on 3 sheets, folding in sections and linen-backed, some light browning and offsetting, imprint trimmed at foot, original marbled slip-case, each sheet 605 x 1645mm., Edinburgh and London, 1800.

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South East England.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) Ordnance Survey maps covering Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, four sections, engraved maps, each approx. 635 x 920 mm. (25 x 36 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding into blue morocco gilt-tooled and lettered book-style slipcase, rubbed, worn, 4to, [circa 1810-1820] § Mudge (Lt. Col. William) [An 'unfinished proof' ordnance survey map of Surrey, No. VIII], engraving, an excellent impression, 645 x 940 mm. (25 1/2 x 37 in), dissected and mount on linen, with blue silk edge, bears brown pen and ink inscription lower right that reads 'Unfinished Proof', some spotting and light browning, folding into contemporary blue morocco gilt-lettered book-style slipcase, rubbed, worn, 8vo, 1816, (2).

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Novels.- Chamberlen (Paul) Love in its Empire, Illustrated in Seven Novels, first edition, initial advertisement leaf, some light marginal staining, contemporary calf, 8vo, for B. Creake &c., 1721.⁂ Very rare, no copy seemingly at auction for over 35 years. ESTC cites only 5 copies (Bodleian, National Trust, Harvard Princeton and Yale)

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[Lamb (Charles and Mary)] Mrs. Leicester's School, first edition, engraved frontispiece offset on title, some light browning and foxing, contemporary ownership inscriptions of Louisa Gresley, Shenstone House to title and front pastedown, contemporary sheep, worn, [Gumuchian 3600; Osborne II, p.905], 12mo, for M.J. Godwin, 1809.

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Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first edition, lacking half-title and advertisement leaves, some light foxing, later full polished calf, gilt, by Root and Son, g.e., [Ashley 3:15; Grolier/English 167; Hayward 233], 12mo, for Taylor and Hessey, 1820.⁂ A very good copy of Keats's last and most important book, which includes some of his best-loved poems - "Ode to a Nightengale," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to Psyche," and "Ode to Melancholy." Lamia was published in July 1820, less than a year before his death from tuberculosis in Rome.

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De Quincey (Thomas) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, first edition, lacks half-title and advertisement leaf at end, some light foxing, later calf-backed cloth, 12mo, 1822.⁂ "The most famous account of drug addiction in English literature." (Norman).

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Dickens (Charles).- The favourite Burletta (written by BOZ) entitled Is She His Wife? [at] Theatre Royal, St. James's This Evening, Thursday, Jan. 18, 1838, and during the Week, printed playbill, appearing with performances of The Musician of Venice, The Culprit, Pascal Bruno, and others, light browning, small hole, not affecting text, minor creasing and chipping to margins, 410 x 210mm., 18th January, 1838.⁂ Is She His Wife? was the third and final play written by Dickens for the St. James's and had met considerable success. By 1838 however the fortunes of the St. James's Theatre had begun to decline and later that year the proprietor John Braham (advertised here as performing in The Musician of Venice) would be forced to close and flee the country to escape his debts.

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Dickens (Charles).- Amateur Performance... of Every Man in his Humour [and] The Merry Wives of Windsor [at] Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on Monday Evening, May 15th, 1848 [and] Wednesday Evening, May 17th, 1848, 2 printed playbills in red and blue ink with green printed borders, with performances of 'Mr Kenney's Farce of Love, Law, and Physic' and 'Mrs. Inchbald's Farce of Animal Magnitism', light browning or soiling, minor creasing and folds, 15th & 17th May, 1848.⁂ Rare playbills featuring Dickens and a number of friends and associates in amateur productions to raise money for a perpetual curatorship of Shakespeare's house.Dickens began performing amateur theatricals in 1845 in part to help raise money for good causes and in part to satisfy his long-held acting ambitions. The performers here include Dickens himself, his brothers Frederick and Augustus, John Leech, George Cruikshank, the Punch editor Mark Lemon and his friend and biographer John Forster. Dickens had long held an interest in the preservation of Shakespeare's birthplace and had assisted in raising the funds for its purchase in 1846, the two performances here were held to raise funds for a mooted perpetual curatorship of the house,.

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Dickens (Charles).- The Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature & Art, will have the honor of performing... a New Comedy in Five Acts, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., called Not So Bad As We Seem: of Many Sides to a Character.... The performance to conclude with... Mr. Nightingale's Diary, Tuesday Evening, May 27th, 1851 [-] Friday Evening, August 27th, 1852, 5 printed playbills, printed in red and black, folds, some light browning, minor creasing and chipping, each c.505 x 250mm., 1851-2.⁂ A superb collection of rare playbills advertising touring productions by Dickens and Bulwer Lytton to raise money for their Guild of Literature and Art, including that for the first performance of Mr. Nightingale's Diary. Dickens and Lytton first conceived of the Guild of Literature and Art in 1850 as a fund to support struggling artists and writers. Over the next decade they would devote a great deal of time and energy to promoting and raising money for the cause, each writing a new farce to be performed to that end. The performers here include Dickens himself, Wilkie Collins (who met Dickens for the first time in early 1851), John Tenniel, Augustus Egg, Charles Knight, Mark Lemon, John Forster and Douglas Jerrold.

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Dickens (Charles).- The Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature & Art, will have the honor of performing... a New Comedy in Five Acts, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., called Not So Bad As We Seem: of Many Sides to a Character.... The performance to conclude with... Mr. Nightingale's Diary, Monday Evening, July 21st, 1851 [-] Wednesday, May 12th, 1852, 3 printed handbills, 1 printed in red and black, the remainder in black, folds, a few minor chips or tears, light browning or surface soiling, 330 x 205mm. et infra, 1851-52.

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Dickens (Charles).- The Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature & Art... Will Have the Honour of Presenting... Used Up... to conclude with Mr. Nightingale's Diary, Friday Evening, September, 3rd, 1852, at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, playbill, printed in red and black, with a performance of 'the Historical Drama, in Two Acts, by J.R.Planche, Esq. called Charles XII, folds, light offsetting and browning, some light creasing and minor chipping to margins, 3rd September, 1852.⁂ Rare playbill for the only public performance by Dickens of Used Up by Dion Boucicault (the other being a private performance at Rockingham Castle). Dickens took a good deal of pride in his performance and a portrait of him in character by Augustus Egg hung in his dining room in Tavistock House. Other performers include John Tenniel, F.W. Topham, Mark Lemon, Augustus Egg, Wilkie Collins and Frank Stone.

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Dickens (Charles).- An Entirely New and Original Domestic Melo-Drama, in Two Acts, by Mr. Wilkie Collins, now first performed, called The Lighthouse [at] The Smallest Theatre in the World! Tavistock House. Lessee and Manager Mr Cummles. On Tuesday Evening, June 19th, 1855, playbill, printed in red and black, with a performance of Mr. Nightingale's Diary, light surface soiling, some minor creasing and chipping to left-hand margin, 385 x 280mm., 19th June, 1855.⁂ Rare playbill for the first staging Wilkie Collins' melodrama The Lighthouse, performed at Dickens' house and with both writers in leading roles. Wilkie Collins adapted The Lighthouse from an 1853 short story, Gabriel's Marriage; he sent the new play to Dickens in May 1855 who then took over the production with his usual energy. Dickens had constructed a small theatre at Tavistock House in 1851 in order to further indulge his love for amateur theatricals and this therefore became the obvious venue to stage the new play which ran for four nights from 19th June before it moved for a benefit performance at Campden House. As ever Dickens was closely involved with almost every aspect of the production: in addition to his performances he wrote a prologue as well as The Song of the Wreck, sung by his daughter Kate and printed for the first time on this playbill. In a self-referential nod Dickens credits himself throughout as 'Mr. Crummles' the name of the head of the theatre troupe in Nicholas Nickleby. Other performers include Mark Lemon, Augustus Egg, Charles Dickens Jr., Frank Stone and members of the Hogarth family.

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Dickens (Charles).- An Entirely New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, by Mr. Wilkie Collins, called The Frozen Deep, [at] Tavistock House Theatre under the management of Charles Dickens On Twelfth Night, Tuesday, January 6th, 1857... to Conclude with Mrs. Inchbald's Farce, in Two Acts, of Animal Magnitism, playbill, printed in red and black, light surface soiling, 2 small chips to right-hand margin, 385 x 280mm., 6th January, 1857.⁂ Rare playbill for the premiere for Wilkie Collins' play The Frozen Deep, performed at Dickens' house and starring both writers. Compared to The Lighthouse, Frozen Deep, based on Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition, was a far more collaborative affair between Dickens and Collins, indeed as John C. Eckel writes "The changes were so numerous that the drama almost may be ascribed to Dickens." Other performers include Mark Lemon, Young Charles [Charles Dickens Jr.], Augustus Egg and Dickens' duaghters, Kate and Mary. A dress rehearsal had been held the day before for an audience of servants and tradespeople.

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