Voyages.- Barrow (John) A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793, first edition, preface misbound after other preliminaries, 19 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander and Daniell (1 double-page, 2 of fruit printed in colours and finished by hand), 2 double-page engraved charts with partial hand-colouring, both with offseting, light offsetting from plates, bookplate of Serjeantson of Hanlith, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with black roan label, slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 514; Tooley 86], 4to, 1806.⁂ The first illustrated English work on what was then Cochin China, now known as Vietnam. The voyage visited Madeira, the Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro and Tristan da Cunha, reaching Cochin China via Batavia on Java. The volume is also of Cook interest as it describes finding Captain Cook's Resolution transformed into a smuggling whaler under the French flag. The supplementary article covers an overland expedition from Cape Town to the interior of South Africa and the "Booshuana Nation".
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Voyages.- Bougainville (Louis-Antoine, Comte de) Voyage Autour du Monde, par la Frégate du Roi La Boudeuse et la Flûte L'Étoile, first edition, half-title, woodcut device on title, initials, head- & tail-pieces, 20 engraved maps (18 folding) and 3 plates, 3pp. errata/directions to binder/privilege at end, contemporary ink signature of H.Sloane to title, light staining to Oo1 and one plate, otherwise a very good clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, joints split and spine worn at head, [Sabin 6864], 4to, Paris, chez Saillant & Nyon, 1771. ⁂ Account of the first French circumnavigation of the globe, which began as an expedition by Bougainville to secure the Falkland Islands (Îles Malouines) and Patagonia for the French. The expedition was also notable for losing only seven out of the two hundred men who began the expedition and for carrying the first woman on a circumnavigation (the mistress of the ship's botanist, disguised as his valet).
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Botany.- Ornamental prints.- [Passe the Elder (Crispin van de, 1564-1637) and Crispin van de Passe the Younger (1593-1670)]. An album with sixty-one plates from "Hortus Floridus", early proof states before numbering and before text on verso, with landscapes, several variant impressions in reverse [?contemporary unrecorded copies], engravings, some excellent impressions with delicate plate tone, others weakly inked, on various laid papers with several watermarks [cf. Briquet 1364; 10556 and 10555, all datable to ca. 1580-1590], each sheet approx. 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), some printed unevenly and partially off the sheets, several with insects cut out, some minor later hand-colouring, three bear publisher imprint of Jan Sadeler I, [circa 1590-1614] bound with nine plates (of 24) by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618) from 'Landscapes with Old and New Testament scenes, after Hans Bol (1534-1593); bound with 11 Dutch landscape engravings, one after Jacob Grimmer (1526-1590), and 5 further plates by Abraham de Bruyn (1540-1587) of wild animals, including lions and elephants, engravings, all on sheets approx. 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), occasional loss to plates, nicks and tears, some handling creases, surface dirt and light browning, limp vellum, very worn, bears collector's ink inscription 'William Lowe/ His Book/ 1784', oblong 4to, [circa 1590-1620]. Literature:(Hortus Floridus) Nissen 1494 ii/vi; Hunt 199;
Africa.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) Africa, large folding map of the continent, with decorative allegorical title cartouche lower left with lions, elephants and Egyptian artefacts, and dedication upper right, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, 1270 x 1470 mm. (50 x 57 7/8 in), dissected into 24 sections and laid on linen, with turquoise silk border, folding with blue endpapers with Wyld's printed label, worn, some loss to endpapers, map with some light offsetting and browning, spotting and surface dirt, some corners slightly peeling off linen, James Wyld, 1 November 1802 § Juta & Co. (J.C.) Juta's Map of South Africa, from the Cape to the Zambesi, lithographed map printed in colour, 955 x 1240 mm. (37 1/2 x 48 3/4 in), dissected and mounted in linen, folding with yellow endpapers, in contemporary cloth-covered slipcase with printed label, rubbed, Edward Stanford, 8vo, 1899; and with A Map of Nyassaland, compiled for George Cawston, Esq., lithographed map printed in colour, 1330 x 520 mm. (52 1/2 x 20 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding into cloth covered boards with printed label, some loss, rubbed, Edward Stanford, 8vo, 1891; and with G.W. Bacon's New Map of The Balkan Peninsula, lithographed map folding into boards, small 8vo, [?early 20th century], (4).
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 vol., first edition, edition de luxe, number 74 of 250 copies signed by the author , 3 folding coloured maps, 2 linen-backed, 6 signed etched plates by Montbard, 40 further plates, one leaf of facsimile, illustrations, light browning to plates, occasional spotting, but generally crisp and clean, original half morocco over pictorial vellum, gilt, vellum marked and rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1890.
Alps.- Altmann (Johann Georg, editor) L'Etat et les Delices de la Suisse, 4 vol., folding engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, the first with engraved vignette, 9 folding engraved maps and 70 plates, 53 folding, Robert Southey's copy with his neat ink inscription "Robert Southey Paris 20 May 1817" in ink at foot of title to vol.1, several plates from vol.3 bound in vol.2, first map in vol.1 torn & repaired and frayed at fore-edge, first few leaves of vol.2 with light water-staining to lower margin slightly affecting first two maps, one or two tears repaired, one plate reinforced at inner margin, modern panelled calf, morocco labels, [Perret 3814], 12mo, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1730.⁂ Compiled by Altmann from two books published in 1714: Abraham Ruchat's Delices de la Suisse and Abraham Stanyan's An Account of Switzerland. Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet, who was travelling on the Continent in 1817 and in Paris met Annette Vallon and her daughter (the child of William Wordsworth). Southey left Paris on 21st May, the day after he bought this book. Following his death it was part of lot 812 in the sale of Southey's books in May 1844.
Alps.- Charpentier (Jean de) Essai sur les Glaciers et sur le Terrain Erratique du Bassin du Rhone, first edition, errata leaf, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 8 lithographed plates, 3 folding, light foxing, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and a little faded, [Perret 0955], Lausanne, 1841 § Murith (L.-J.) Le Guide du Botaniste qui Voyage dans le Valais, avec un Catalogue des Plantes..., first edition, errata leaf at end, contemporary boards, spotted, Lausanne, Henri Vincent, 1810 § Raoul-Rochette (D.) Lettres sur la Suisse, 3 vol., second edition of vol.1-2, vol.3 first edition, half-titles, engraved title-vignettes, folding aquatint frontispiece and 25 plates after König, Lory and others, occasional spotting or soiling, modern half calf, [Meckly 152; Perret 3585], Paris, 1823-26, the first two rubbed, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ Charpentier's pioneering work on glaciology was published a year after Louis Agassiz's Études sur les Glaciers of 1840 despite the latter being influenced by Charpentier and his theory of large rocks being moved by ice.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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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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.
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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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)
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
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.
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)
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.
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)
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
![Ireland.- Gaelic type.- [Dunlevy (Andrew)] The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, text in Englis](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6934ccb-7922-4e2b-a95a-a88f00e27afa/5b9f0cae-5748-4977-d1de-cd6373092366/468x382.jpg)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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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