Theatre and David Garrick.- Sayer (Robert) and John Smith of Cheapside. Dramatic characters, or different portraits of the English stage, two engraved titles in English and French, engraved dedication to David Garrick, contents leaf, 36 numbered plates only (of 38, lacking plate 5 and 38), hand-coloured engravings, by Charles Grignion, some after Johann Ludwig Wernhard Faesch and Zoffany, each plate approx. 95 x 75 mm. (3 3/4 x 3 in), each leaf 130 x 104 mm. (5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in), occasional spotting and light surface dirt, Robert Sayer and John Smith, circa 1770-75; [bound with] The Metamorphoses of Melpomene and Thalia, or Dramatic Characters of the French and Italian Comedies, two engraved titles in English and French, contents leaf in French, 19 plates only (of 30, lacking plates 5, 6, 9, 13, 14-18, 27-28), hand-coloured engravings, after Faesch, each plate approx. 95 x 80 mm. (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in), each leaf 130 x 104 mm. (5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in), occasional spotting and light surface dirt, half calf, spine split, rubbed and worn, 12mo, Robert Sayer, [circa 1773]. ⁂ A rare collection of theatrical engravings, still with full margins as issued.
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![[Walpole (Horace)] Aedes Walpolianae: or, a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk..., second](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/ea411f10-c40c-4e50-b3ea-e9c7ea466714/468x382.jpg)
[Walpole (Horace)] Aedes Walpolianae: or, a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk..., second edition, 2 engraved portraits, 2 folding engraved plates and 2 folding plans, a little browned, some light offsetting, modern half red morocco, by Bernard Middleton, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, 4to, [John Hughs], 1752. ⁂ Walpole's expanded description of his father Sir Robert Walpole's magnificent collection of paintings, the majority of which was sold to Catherine the Great of Russia after Sir Robert's death for over £40,000. The work includes 'A Sermon on Painting' by Horace Walpole and 'A Journey to Houghton..A poem. By the Reverend Mr. Whaley'.
![Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoseos Libri XV, ff. [40], 208, Italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/8de3caa1-281c-44f2-f11f-ebd23a5ef2af/468x382.jpg)
Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoseos Libri XV, ff. [40], 208, Italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, some light foxing, 19th century morocco, gilt, faded and rubbed, g.e., [Not in Adams; EDIT CNCE 28770], Venice, Heirs of Filippo Giunta I, September, 1522 § Bible, Latin. New Testament. Evangelium secundum Matthaeum secundum Marcum secundum Lucam secundum Johannem. Acta apostolorum. Breves variarum tralationum annotationes, adjecta veterum Latinorum exemplarium manuscriptorum diversa lectione, collation: a-z8, aa-cc8 dd4; A-T8 V4; à8, è8 (Adams calls for *4 after end of index, not present here or in another copy examined), title with woodcut printer's device, ruled throughout in red, a few passages or lines obliterated in ink, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary calf, covers with centre-pieces of twin dolphins surmounted by a coronet, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed and stained, [Adams B1729; Renouard, Estienne, 51:2], Paris, Robert Estienne, October, 1541; and another, Aretino, probably printed in London, defective at end, 8vo (3) sold not subject to return.
![[Simond (Louis)] Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain...by a French Traveller, 2 vol., first English edition, 21](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/d5992aa5-2dd1-4c00-fe85-0ce30a6542ac/468x382.jpg)
[Simond (Louis)] Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain...by a French Traveller, 2 vol., first English edition, 21 hand-tinted aquatint plates by J. Clark after the author, 2 folding tables, engraved illustrations in text, 8pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, light cockling to beginning of vol.1 from damp but faint staining only affecting front endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Edinburgh, George Ramsay, 1815 § Butcher (Rev. Edmund) An Excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, contemporary half calf, red roan labels, 1805 § [Goldsmith (Oliver)] the Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq., first edition, engraved portrait, 2 advertisement leaves at end, contemporary calf, joints split, 1762 § Gostling (W.) A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury, third edition, title in red and black, signature at head, folding engraved map (lightly foxed), N gathering bound in preliminaries, modern cloth-backed boards, uncut, old paper label preserved on upper cover, Canterbury, 1799, slightly rubbed; and 3 others, topography, 8vo et infra (9)
De Nobleville (Arnault) Aedologie ou traite du rossignol franc, ou chanteur, first edition, Bradley Martin copy with his bookplate, 2 engraved folding plates, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, upper joint cracked but holding firm, Paris, Debure, 1751 § Savigny (Jules-Cesar) Histoire naturelle et mythologique de l'ibis, engraved title vignette, 6 engraved plates (2 folding), occasional light spotting, bookplates "E. Bibl. Radcl." with "Sold by Authority" ink stamp at foot and of Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original backstrip, Paris, Allais, 1805, 8vo (2) ⁂ John Radcliffe (1650-1714), physician and philanthropist, he left the bulk of his estate to University College in trust for building and operating a library.
![[Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] Recueil des Faceties Parisiennes, Pour les Six premiers mois de l'an 1760, first editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/453bdf76-bd23-481c-875c-f53fee1131aa/468x382.jpg)
[Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] Recueil des Faceties Parisiennes, Pour les Six premiers mois de l'an 1760, first edition, divisional titles, errata f. at end, final f. blank, woodcut head - and tail-pieces and initials. some light browning and spotting, contemporary limp boards, lacking backstrip, later paper to covers, 8vo, [Cramer], [Geneva], 1760. ⁂ Rare first edition of a collection of Voltaire's (and others) defence of Enlightenment thought. It was a reaction to a speech by Jean-Jacques Lefranc at the Académie Française, which voiced counter-Enlightenment tendencies. Of particular note is Voltaire's passionate defence of Diderot and d'Alembert, against criticism by Pallisot. The work also includes contributions by De la Condamine and Morellet.
Mongolia.- Carruthers (Douglas) Unknown Mongolia. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria, 2 vol., first edition, John F. Baddeley's copy with his pencil note and marginalia, 4 folding maps, 162 photo illustrations on 128 plates, including 11 folding panoramas, some light foxing, original blue cloth, stained and rubbed, 8vo, 1913. ⁂ An excellent association copy. John Frederick Baddeley was a British traveller, journalist and scholar, best remembered for his works on the Caucasas region and Russia, particularly his monumental Russia, Mongolia, China, 1919 (see lot 121).The volumes were presented to him by Sir William Mather, the British industrialist and politician and to whom his 1919 work is dedicated, 'To my friend John Baddeley with the wish that the year 1914 may record the success of his Magnum opus on ancient Mongolia...'. Beneath this inscription Baddeley wrote in 1932 'Sir William Mather's writing. The war delayed publication of my book till 1919. I first met Carruthers at dinner at Mather's home in Kensington Palace Gardens, in, I think, 1913. John F. Baddeley, Oxford, 8 Sept. 1932'.
Gilpin (Rev. William) The Last Work published...representing the Effect of a Morning, a Noon Tide, and an Evening Sun, first edition, half-title 'Gilpin's Day', 30 hand-tinted aquatint plates after Gilpin, one or two plates with small spots, light marginal soiling, text lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, small folio, Edward Orme, 1810.
Italy.- Quadri (Antonio) La Piazza di San Marco in Venezia considerata come Monumento d'Arte e di Storia, engraved additional title and16 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, some heightened in gold, occasional light foxing, engraving of doge and horse statue retained from original boards and laid down to endpapers, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, oblong folio, Venice, Dalla Tipographia de Commercio, 1831. ⁂ A fine series of views, Quadri produced a number of similar works on Venice for visitors to his native city.
Yorkshire.- Whitaker (Thomas Dunham) An History of Richmondshire..., 2 vol., 45 engraved portraits, plates and plans including some after Turner, 4 hand-coloured, tissue guards, genealogical tables, some double-page, with publisher's lithographed note to subscribers loosely inserted at beginning, extra-illustrated with 4 original watercolour views, 7 engraved portraits and one view, most tipped into blank leaves, watercolours captioned in pencil, foxing to plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, corners repaired, London & Leeds, 1823; An History of the Original Parish of Whalley..., engraved plates, 2 folding, and folding engraved map, light browning, contemporary mottled calf, red roan label, repairs to lower joint, Blackburn, 1801; The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven..., engraved portrait and plates, folding genealogical tables, some foxing, modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, uncut, 1805, first editions, folio & 4to (4) ⁂ The watercolours in the first depict Redmire Chapel, Redmire, Low Bolton Farm and Thornton Rust; the additional engravings include a rare folio broadside of 1752 about Henry Jenkins "who lived to the surprizing Age of 169" with an etched portrait by Thomas Worlidge.
Africa.- Stigand (Capt. and Mrs. C.H.) Cooking for Settler and Trekker, illustrations, pencil annotations, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [1920] § Cranworth (Lord) A Colony in the Making, first edition, frontispiece, plates, large folding map, occasional light spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, 1912; Kenya Chronicles, uncorrected proof copy, occasional spotting, original paper wrapper with printed label to upper cover, rubbed, a little spotted, slight chipping to extremities, 1939; and 12 others, similar, 8vo (15) ⁂ The first is scarce with only 5 copies on COPAC.
White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, second edition, 2 half-titles with engraved vignette, folding engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates (one hand-coloured) and a tail-piece, frontispiece with short tear at edge repaired, plates a little foxed and offset, light water-staining to a few leaves towards end, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine and green roan label, 1813; The Works, in Natural History... [with] a Calendar and Observations by W.Markwick, 2 vol., lacking half-titles, with 4 engraved plates, 2 folding, 2 hand-coloured, some light foxing, engraved bookplate of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, attractive contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with red and blue morocco labels, very slightly rubbed at edges, 1802, 4to & 8vo (3) ⁂ Thomas Philip de Grey (2nd Earl de Grey, KG, PC, FRS 1781-1859), politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1841-44. He was also an amateur architect, rebuilding his seat Wrest Park at Silsoe, Beds. in the French style, advising on the development of both Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, and in 1834 he became the first president of the newly established Royal Institute of British Architects.
Africa.- Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley, first edition, colour frontispiece, 20 plates, 2 folding maps, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription, original decorative cloth, rebacked, abrasion mark to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken pp.87-88], 1896 § White (Stewart Edward) The Rediscovered Country, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, with small tear, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, c.1915 § Wilson (Lady Sarah) South African Memories, portrait frontispiece, portraits, cracked hinge, occasional light spotting, 16pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, bumping and splitting to spine (repaired), bumping to extremities, 1909; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (11)
London (Jack) Hearts of Three, first edition, bookplates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, minor chipping to spine ends nad corners, light creasing to head and foot, a little rubbed but excellent overall, 8vo, New York, 1920. ⁂ London's last finished novel, published posthumously and scarce in the dust-jacket.
Utopias & imaginary heavens & hells.- Doni (Anton Francesco) Mondi Celesti, Terrestri et Infernali, de gli Academici Pellegrini..., collation: a8 A-Z Aa-Dd8, italic type, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut portrait of the author and historiated initials, final f. blank, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, lightly soiled, Venice, Domenico Farri, 1567. ⁂ Doni's description of imaginary worlds, heavens and hells, including a utopia influenced by Thomas More. Literature: Adams D826; Gibson 665; EDIT 16 CNCE 17713. Provenance: Johann Lerchenfeld (an inscription describing the purchase of this volume, dated Padua, 1569).
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone, second edition, half-title (3 holes, repaired), photographic frontispiece (ink stamp to verso, water-stain to corner), 3 folding maps and plans only (of 5), 2 with small tear, some tender edges, occasional light finger soiling, 1872 § Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding frontispiece (tear, repaired), final plate torn and repaired, 1 folding map (small tear), occasional light spotting, 1857; The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 2 folding maps, marginal water-staining throughout, pencil annotations, 1874; plates and illustrations, later half-calf, [Hosken p.126]; and 3 others, by Livingstone or Stanley, 8vo (7)
Swayne (G.) Gramina Pascua: or,...The Common Pasture Grasses..., 6 ff. containing 19 actual samples of grasses, each with printed titles in Latin and English, some light offsetting, errata slip laid down on final f., bookplate, contemporary half calf, gilt, folio, Bristol, for the author, by S. Bonner, 1790. ⁂ An excellent copy of a rare provincially printed specimen book, allegedly only 200 copies were printed and the grass samples were picked and prepared by three of the author's daughters,
Williams (Charles, artist) Life High & Low. By the Author of The Greeks, Pigeons, Fashion..., fifth edition, 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Williams, lightly browned, A.M.Cohn's copy with his Cruikshank bookplate 'Connoisseurs at a Book Stall', later polished calf, gilt, by Morrell, spine gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, t.e.g., others uncut, J.J.Stockdale, 1819 § Stevens (G.A.) A Lecture on Heads, first edition, half-title with advertisement on verso, folding hand-coloured etched frontispiece of a theatre, 24 etched plates of heads, all by Thomas Rowlandson after G.M.Woodward, frontispiece soiled and cropped at foot with loss to imprint (laid down), light soiling and offsetting, later half blue morocco, spine gilt, g.e., joints slightly rubbed, 1808, 12mo (2) ⁂ The first is one of several editions but all are scarce. COPAC lists only 4 copies in total and only one of this fifth edition, in the British Library. Albert M.Cohn, collector and bibliographer of George Cruikshank.
Voyages.- Hondius (Jodocus) Franciscus Draeck nobilissimus Eques Angliæ ano æt sue 43, portrait of Sir Francis Drake, half-length, second state, engraving, on laid paper with indistinct text-based watermark, sheet 395 x 307 mm. (15 1/2 x 12 1/8 in), trimmed just within the platemark, small repaired tear to lower margin, minor surface dirt and light browning, reworked and published by George Vertue, [1538, but later impression from first half of the 18th century]. ⁂ A particularly fine, contemporary portrait of Sir Francis Drake, celebrating his circumnavigation of the World. The portrait is understood to have been engraved by Jodocus Hondius during his residency in London, but with additional shading to the background by George Vertue added to the copper plate in the early 18th century.
Middle East.- Bounieu (Michel Honoré, 1740-1814) L'Odalisque, or L'Amusement du Sultan, mezzotint, on thick laid paper without watermark, unlettered proof state, platemark 377 x 485 mm. (14 3/4 x 19 1/8 in), sheet 393 x 530 mm. (15 1/2 x 20 7/8 in), lower edge trimmed just within the platemark, some spotting and browning, with light damp-stain upper right, minor nicks and tears, unframed, [circa 1785-1790].
![[Burney (Frances)] Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, vol.1 with list of subscribers, and advertisement](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/bca39301-a535-45c5-f366-a622b1c0c733/468x382.jpg)
[Burney (Frances)] Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, vol.1 with list of subscribers, and advertisement leaf at end, contemporary ink inscription or signature at head of titles, some light foxing, mostly at beginning and end, a few minor tears and defects, most marginal but H3, 9 & 10 slightly affecting text, H10 lacking small portion of outer margin just touching edge of text, contemporary calf, new red morocco labels, slightly rubbed, spines browned, [Rothschild 550-551], 12mo, T.Payne, 1796. ⁂ Jane Austen, Sir Joseph Banks, Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Maria Edgeworth, Warren Hastings, Nevil Maskelyne, Hannah More, Mrs Piozzi, Mrs. Radcliffe and Humphry Repton all appear in the extensive list of subscribers. Austen refers to Camilla in Northanger Abbey.
![[Bunbury (Henry William)], "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen, fourth edition, lacking half-title,12 hand-col](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/bec6a3cc-6595-4adb-a814-a7ec8b3bf2f5/468x382.jpg)
[Bunbury (Henry William)], "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen, fourth edition, lacking half-title,12 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by W.Dickinson after the author, 1812; Annals of Horsemanship, half-title, 17 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates after the author, frontispiece shaved and folding at foot, 1812, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional light soiling, later red straight-grained morocco, gilt, by Wallis, spine gilt, g.e, very slightly rubbed at edges, 4to
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr Tod, first edition, first edition, first or second printing with date on title, dated by the author "Oct. 15th 1912" below the dedication, colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates, plain title vignette and illustrations in text, very light spotting and some finger-soiling, original grey boards with mounted colour illustration, slight shelf-lean, spine browned and chipped at head, light marking, [Linder p.429; Quinby 21], 16mo, 1912. ⁂ The dedication of The Tale of Mr Tod reads "For William Francis of Ulva - someday!". William Francis here refers to Francis William Clark (also the recipient of the inscribed copy in the next lot), the then two-year-old son of her cousin, Carolin Hutton who's husband was the Laird of Ulva. It is very unusual to find a copy inscribed by Potter in this manner and implies that this is the dedication copy.
![Fleming (Ian) [The James Bond Novels], 14 vol., first paperback editions, light browning to margins, original pictorial wrapp](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/31a4c3f3-50cf-4f0e-fff3-f7f2d0c5c2be/468x382.jpg)
Fleming (Ian) [The James Bond Novels], 14 vol., first paperback editions, light browning to margins, original pictorial wrappers, On He Majesty's Secret Service with "60c" price to upper cover, a few spine a little creased and browned, some light rubbing to extremities but excellent or near-fine examples overall, preserved in custom velvet-lined slip-case, 8vo, Pan, 1955-67.
Africa.- Hatton (Frank) North Borneo Explorations and Adventures on the Equator, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, large folding map (1 tear), 32pp. advertisements at end, ink inscription, occasional light spotting, a little rubbed, 1885 § Hall (R. N.) Great Zimbabwe Mashonaland, Rhodesia, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, folding colour map, ink inscription, occasional light spotting, 1905 § Lugard (Sir F. D.) The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa, occasional light foxing, light soiling to upper cover, 1922; first editions, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (12)
Archer (Sir Geoffrey) and Eva M. Godman. The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden, 4 vol., 28 colour plates after Archibald Thorburn, folding maps, bookplate of Peter Tate, original cloth, dust-jackets, light fading to spines, otherwise a fine set, 1937-61 § Chapin (James P.) The Birds of the Belgian Congo, 4 vol., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History vol.LXV, LXXV, 75a & 75b, vol.2 with colour frontispiece after G.E.Lodge, plates and illustrations, folding map, occasional ink notes to margins, titles a little browned and spotting, modern red crushed half morocco, spine gilt with bird motifs, New York, 1932-54 § Jackson (Sir Frederick John) The Birds of Kenya Colony and The Uganda Protectorate, 3 vol., portrait frontispiece, folding colour map and 24 colour plates after G.E.Lodge, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, 1938; and 5 others, birds of Africa, 8vo (16)
![[Bunbury (Henry William)], "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Rowlandson edition, 29](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/cfc64904-2aa7-4aae-f964-726a86870fcb/468x382.jpg)
[Bunbury (Henry William)], "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Rowlandson edition, 29 hand-coloured etched plates by Rowlandson after Bunbury, lightly browned, text foxed and with offsetting from plates, modern bookplate of Woods Price, later half morocco, uncut, spine slightly faded, rubbed, 1809; another edition, first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece and 16 plates by W.Dickinson after the author, light soiling, crease to lower margin of title, tear to outer margin of E2 (repaired), contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt, for W.Dickinson, 1787, 8vo & small folio (2)
Big Game.- Willoughby (Captain Sir John C.) East Africa and its Big Game, first edition, plates (3 loose), folding map (short tear), occasional light spotting, 1889 § Dickinson (Captain F. A.) Big Game Shooting on the Equator, first edition, plates, cracked hinges, slight shelf-lean, 1908 § Maxwell (Marius) Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, first English edition, limited to 500 copies, plates, folding map, 1925; frontispieces, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.175, p.48, p.109]; and 11 others, Big Game, v.s. (14)
Rackham (Arthur).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, number 93 of 575 copies for England signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 775, 12 colour plates, illustrations, original vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1929 § Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, 12 colour plates, captioned tissue guards, illustrations, light spotting to first few leaves, original green cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded, Philadelphia, [1931], all plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 4to (2)
Africa.- Patterson (Lt.-Col. J.H.) In the Grip of the Nyika, first edition, illustrations, maps, occasional light spotting, [Czech p.126] 1909 § Hattersley (C. W.) The Baganda at Home, first edition, frontispiece, plates (some loose), occasional spotting, ink inscription, 1908 § Fisher (Mrs A. B.) Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda, frontispiece, plates, n.d.; original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, n.d.; and 15 others, similar, 8vo (18)
Baskerville (John).- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition with J of "Johannis" positioned between B & I in imprint, list of subscribers, some light foxing, mostly at beginning and end, extensive ink manuscript notes in French on front free endpaper, early letterpress book-label of Samuel De Tournes and other old labels to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, especially corners, repairs to joints, preserved in modern board slip-case, [Gaskell 1], 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1757.
![Japan.- [Meiji Period Traveller's Map of Japan], folding colour woodcut map, on six conjoined sheets, overall c.710 x 1430mm.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/3a70f024-886b-4c57-94e7-355beefbb673/468x382.jpg)
Japan.- [Meiji Period Traveller's Map of Japan], folding colour woodcut map, on six conjoined sheets, overall c.710 x 1430mm., title and text in Japanese, some very light soiling and slight wear to folds, original wrappers with printed paper label, a little spotted and rubbed, folding to 4to, [late 1860s]. ⁂ Including a table with distances of towns from Tokyo and the services available to travellers, but not showing Hokkaido. The use of lines of latitude and longitude, a Western concept, suggest the map was made following the establishment of relations with the United States in the mid-1850s, while the depiction of Japan as a whole country is unlikely to have been created until after the Meiji Revolution in 1868 when the country was unified under the rule of the Emperor Meiji.
Shelley (Capt. G.E.) A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-Birds, first edition,121 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after J.G. Keulemans, many heightened with gum arabic, some light spotting mostly confined to text, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, corners and spine repaired and restored, later endpapers, g.e. [Nissen IVB 873; Fine Bird Books, p.108; Wood, p.566; Zimmer, p.588], by the Author, 1876-80.
Delille (Jacques) L'Imagination, Poëme, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces, light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green labels, Paris, Giguet et Michaud, 1806 § Rousseau (J.J.) Oeuvres Choisies, browned, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, Amsterdam, 1762, a little rubbed; and 4 others, French, in attractive uniform contemporary sprinkled calf from the library of Princess Amélie Christine de Bade, 8vo et infra (7)
Maitland (William) The History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time, first edition, 20 engraved plates, one folding, but lacking engraved double-page plan, occasional light browning or soiling, one plate torn and repaired, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, Edinburgh, printed by Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, for the Author, 1753 § Ducarel (Dr.) The History and Antiquities of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth, first edition, engraved portrait and 9 plates, light spotting and offsetting, old bookplate of Grosvenor Gallery library, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and green morocco label, corners repaired, by and for J.Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1785, folio & 4to (2)
Africa.- Gouldsbury (Cullen) and Hubert Sheane, The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end (small marginal tear), original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, [Czech p.65] 1911 § Rowley (Rev. Henry) Twenty Years in Central Africa, folding map (small tear), occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, slight shelf-lean, n.d.; and 13 others, 8vo (15)
Sullivan (Dennis) A Picturesque Tour through Ireland, first edition, 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate guards, very light browning to title, plates clean, contemporary half red straight-grain morocco, rubbed, red and gilt morocco label on upper cover, gilt spine, preserved in a modern slip-case, [Abbey, Scenery 460; Tooley 469], oblong 4to, 1824.
![[Combe (William)] [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], 3 vol., miniature edition, vol.1 & 3 with engraved titles with hand-col](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/94b5a69a-f9a1-4b28-9fa0-55eda8fda96e/468x382.jpg)
[Combe (William)] [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], 3 vol., miniature edition, vol.1 & 3 with engraved titles with hand-coloured vignettes, 78 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson, vol.3 with hand-coloured aquatint tail-piece, some soiling and light offsetting, handsome later red morocco, gilt, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight rubbing to joints, one repaired, [imprint on title of vol.1 dated 1828] § Poetical Magazine, 4 vol., first edition, 4 stipple-engraved vignette titles, the last by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, 52 aquatint plates after Rowlandson and others, all but 2 hand-coloured, woodcut vignette, without the 'To Readers' leaves and advertisement leaf in vol.1 as usual, rather foxed and soiled, plates offset, some cropped with loss to imprints, later navy blue morocco, by Root and Son, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., joints a little rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, [1809-11], [Abbey, Life 269 & 214; Tooley 430 & 421], 12mo & 8vo (7) ⁂ Including the original issue of the first tour of Doctor Syntax, under the title 'The Schoolmaster's Tour', with 28 plates after Rowlandson. Combe apparently wrote the poem around Rowlandson's sketches.
Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, Gimbel's third state, title printed in red & blue, half-title and verso of title printed in blue, 'Stave One' to head of p.1, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements, plates a little spotted and offset, yellow endpapers, ink gift inscription dated 22nd December 1843 to half-title, Dickens postage stamp to pastedown, original first issue cloth with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, slight shelf-lean, spine a little faded, spine ends chipped, a few light splash marks to covers, still a bright and excellent example overall, g.e., [Smith II 4], 8vo, 1843.
![[Burney (Frances)] The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.2 with final blank X2, vol.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/4c691d6c-1a8b-4863-d34b-66e7e5dcbb16/468x382.jpg)
[Burney (Frances)] The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.2 with final blank X2, vol.3 with final blank U4 used as pastedown, vol.4 with E6 & 7 (pp.83-86) misbound in following F signature (previously loose and tipped in), 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end of vol.5, some light browning, occasional water-staining, mostly marginal, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, paper labels on spines rather worn, [Rothschild 552], 12mo, 1814.
Africa.- Drake-Brockman (Ralph E.) British Somaliland, plates and illustrations, folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, 1912 § Saville (Frank) River of the Giraffe, 10 plates (2 loose), lacking frontispiece and map, ink inscription, occasional light spotting, 1925; first editions, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities; and 6 others, similar, 8vo (8)
![Alberti (Leon Battista) L'Architettura [and La Pittura], translated and edited by Cosimo Bartoli, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/ea6603f7-ba12-4d8e-e302-d6e3f43a3578/468x382.jpg)
Alberti (Leon Battista) L'Architettura [and La Pittura], translated and edited by Cosimo Bartoli, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z6, aa-dd6, ee-ff4, gg6, first title with woodcut printer's device recto and portrait of the author recto, 3 woodcut plates, including 1 double-page of the Baths of Diocletian, woodcuts within text, most full-page, second title with woodcut printer's device, some spotting or light foxing, occasional light staining, 20th century vellum, gilt spine in compartments, folio (333 x 219mm.), Mondovi, Leonardo Torrentino, 1565. ⁂ Second folio edition of Bartoli's translation and the second edition (first to be issued with L'Architettura) of Lodovico Domenichi's translation of La Pittura. Literature: Fowler 8; Cicognara 375; Millard IV, 6; Mortimer, Italian, 12.
Dodgson (Campbell) Contemporary English Woodcuts, number 435 of 550 copies, plates by John Nash, E.McKnight Kauffer, Robert Gibbings, Edward Wadsworth and others, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, a little soiled and rubbed at edges, 1922 § Guevara (Don Antonio de) The Praise and Happinesse of the Countrie-Life, translated by H.Vaughan, number 223 of 400 copies, wood-engraved vignettes by Reynolds Stone, light staining to front endpapers, original half red morocco, paper label on upper cover, dust-jacket, a little browned, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1938 § Hilton (John) & Joseph Thorp, editors. Change: The Beginning of a Chapter, 2 vol. [all published], illustrations by Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Lovat Fraser & others, some colour, some tipped in, original cloth-backed boards, light staining to boards, Decoy Press, 1919 § Georgics of Vergil (The), translated by R.D.Blackmore, one of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by the printer George W.Jones to Councillor Wiggin-Davies of Birmingham with accompanying T.L.s. concerning the sale of Jones's library and his regret that it would not be going to Birmingham for the benefit of printing students, woodcut plates by Edward Carrick (Teddy Craig, son of Edward Gordon Craig), original vellum-backed boards, slip-case, At the Sign of the Dolphin, 1931, all slightly rubbed; and 4 others, 4to & 8vo (9)
![Europe.- Chambers (William) Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surr[e]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/6bdde474-4a5a-4270-8fd0-7679a238ffc3/468x382.jpg)
Europe.- Chambers (William) Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surr[e]y, the Seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, first edition, 40 (of 43) engraved plates, 3 folding, lacking plates 18, 41 and 42, title creased, light marginal water-staining to preliminaries, lightly browned, some spotting, antique style panelled calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, slip-case, [Berlin Kat. 2337; Fowler 87; Harris 121], folio, Printed by J. Haberkorn...for the Author, 1763. ⁂ A survey of Kew, published at the expense of King George III. The plates show the original palace designed by William Kent, and garden buildings and temples designed by Chambers between 1757 and 1763. It includes the Aviary, the Chinese Pavilion, the Great Pagoda, the House of Confucius, and the Temples of the Sun, and Solitude.
Gay (John) Fables, 2 vol. in 1, engraved vignette titles and 68 plates, 12 by William Blake, tissue guards, list of subscribers at end, light offsetting, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, a few scuffs, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Bentley 460; Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England 1], tall 8vo, John Stockdale, 1793.
Mountaineering.- Fitzgerald (E. A.) Climbs in the New Zealand Alps, second edition, one of only 500 copies, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map in pocket at end, some small tears to folds, occasional spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown, original cloth, morocco spine labels, slight bumping to extremities, 1896 § Tilman (H. W.) Snow on the Equator, first edition, plates, maps, pencil inscription, occasional light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to top edge, 1937; and 6 others, mountaineering, [Neate F36 & T47], 8vo, (8)
Evans (John) Account of Excavations on the sites of two Roman villas as Box Moor, Herts., presentation copy with ink inscription "N.Hibbert Esq. with Mr Evans' compl." to upper cover, lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, original printed wrappers, light surface soiling to covers, wear to spine, folio, 1853. ⁂ A scarce illustrated account of the excavation, not in BL.
![Library catalogue.- [Oldys (William), Samuel Johnson and Michael Maittaire] Catalogus Bibliothecæ Harleianæ, 5 vol., vol.2 in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/ced564f4-a1b7-4197-b3b5-60bafa939be3/468x382.jpg)
Library catalogue.- [Oldys (William), Samuel Johnson and Michael Maittaire] Catalogus Bibliothecæ Harleianæ, 5 vol., vol.2 initial advertisement f. for exhibition of the library in Marylebone and 3pp. advertisements at end, lacking in vol.1 an advertisement f; vol.3 6pp. 'Proposals' and in vol.4 4pp. of imprimatur, 'Proposals' and advertisements, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original red morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Thomas Osborne, 1743-1745. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Catalogue of the magnificent library formed by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and their librarian Humphrey Wanley, compiled by Thomas Osborne. Shortly after the death of Edward his widow sold the books and some of the manuscripts to Osborne. In 1753 she sold the majority of the manuscripts to the nation, which are housed at the British Library. Our set lacks some preliminary leaves, as indicated, but the catalogue itself is complete.
Polar.- Scott (Captain Robert) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates (1 loose), 8 folding maps, of which 1 colour, occasional spotting and marginal water-staining, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1913 § Bergman (Sten) Through Kamchatka by Dog-Sled & Skis, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, maps, occasional light spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, 1927; and 3 others, Polar, 8vo (6)
Gilpin (Rev. William) Observations on the River Wye..., second edition, large paper copy, 17 hand-tinted aquatint plates, light staining to one or two leaves, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, [cf.Abbey, Scenery 546, 1800 edition], 1789; another edition, first edition, half-title, 15 hand-tinted aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old label, 1782; Observations, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty...particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 3 hand-coloured engraved maps and 27 hand-tinted aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red roan labels, [Abbey, Scenery 183], 1788; Remarks on Forest Scenery..., 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, hand-coloured double-page engraved map and 30 hand-tinted plates only (of 31, vol.2 lacking view of Beaulieu river), signatures cut away from front free endpapers, contemporary half red roan, spines faded, 1794, some foxing and offsetting, a little rubbed; and another by Gilpin, 4to & 8vo (7)
Grabhorn Press.- Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass..., number 335 of 400 copies, printed in red and black by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo, small ink inscription to front and rear endpapers, original morocco-backed wooden boards, by Hazel Dreis, publisher's device cut into lower outer corner of upper cover, uncut, a few light scratch marks to upper cover, spine a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, New York, printed by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco for Random House, 1930. ⁂ The greatest work produced by the press, Leaves of Grass took over a year to print.
Ralfe (P.G.) The Birds of the Isle of Man, 2 vol. including supplement, pictorial title, plates, ink ownership inscription, bookplate of Wiliam Saxtorth, vol.1 original cloth, gilt, (a little rubbed and bumped), vol.2 original printed wrappers, Edinburgh, 1905-24 § Lilford (Thomas Powys, 4th Baron) Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, presentation inscription "From the Author" to half-title, occasional ink notes to margins, original cloth, 1893 § McAldowie (Alexander M.) The Birds of Staffordshire, number 18 of 100 copies, plates, light browning to endpapers, bookplate, bookplate, original cloth, Stoke-Upon-Trent, 1893; and 16 others, British birds, 8vo (20)
Gray (Thomas) Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems, first edition, first issue with "Drawings, &c." on half-title, printed on rectos only, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials, 4pp. 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole bound at end, rather foxed and browned, light marginal water-staining to last few leaves, engraved bookplate of John Clevland, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine, [Hazen 42; Rothschild 1061], for R. Dodsley, 1753; and a copy of the second issue, folio (2)
Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, seventh edition, first Bagster edition, wood-engraved pictorial half-title, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates by Audinet only, one of music, engraved illustrations of fish in text, light foxing, later half morocco, Samuel Bagster, 1808; another edition, edited by Sir John Hawkins, fifth edition, engraved portrait and 11 plates, 2 of music, engraved illustrations, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine in compartments and green morocco label, corners repaired, 1792; another edition, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, limited edition, engraved portraits, hand-coloured illustrations of fish, original morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little spotted, spine browned, Nonesuch Press, 1929, 8vo (3)
Africa.- Reclus (Élisée) Africa and its Inhabitants, 8 vol., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, maps, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, [1889] § Pictorial Records of the English in Egypt, with a Full and Descriptive Life of General Gordon, chromolithographed frontispiece and additional title, plates and illustrations, ink inscription, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to extremities, c.1899; and 18 others, similar, v.s.(27)
Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, third issue with 'The Shoulder of Shasta' advertisement f. and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, light browning or finger-soiling to margins, ink ownership inscription to half-title, hinges repaired, original cloth, recased, spine ends strengthened and repaired, spine browned, covers rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, preserved in slip-case, 1897; and a copy of Dracula's Guest, 8vo (2)
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