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Lot 502
AN EDWARD VII SILVER CIGAR BOXby William Comyns, London 1911, of plain design, 6cm high x 20cm wide x 9.5cm deep, wood lined interior, 14 tr. ozs gross, the lid engraved 'Bath & County Harriers Point to Point / Hinton 1910 / Subscribers Light Weight Race / Won by Pady's Pride / R.G. Gordon Up'
Lot 86
A pair of Chinese famille rose millefiori plates, 9 1/2" dia, a pair of blue and white ginger jars and covers, on stands, a similar polychrome ginger jar and cover, on stand, two egg cups and a satsuma circular vaseCondition:One of the blue and white jars has chips to the top rim and the covers finial has losses to the glaze.Other blue and white jar and cover are fine.Other jar and cover is fine.Egg cups are fine.Satsuma bowl/basket has a chip to the base.One of the pair of Millefiori dishes has shallow chips to the foot rim. Other dish is fine. Both dishes have some small decoration losses and light surface scratches.
Lot 133
Yarrell (William). A History of British Fishes, 3 volumes (including 2 Supplements), large paper edition, London: John van Voorst, 1836-40, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting to endpapers, bookplate to rear pastedowns, Henry Sotheran ticket to front pastedowns, contemporary green half morocco gilt, one or two light stains, royal 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell pp. 243-4: 'Indispensable in every English angler's library as a work of reference.'Large paper edition, one of 150 copies.
Lot 110
Macgillivray (William). The Natural History of Dee Side and Braemar, edited by Edwin Lankester, London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1855, folding engraved map printed in colours and one other folding map printed in blue, six wood engraved plates including frontispiece and several vignette illustrations, occasional light spotting, front pastedown with presentation bookplate 'This work printed by command of the Queen, is presented to Sir John Forbes by H.R.H. Prince Albert', hinges split, original red cloth, gilt royal armorial to centre of each board, upper joint worn, head and foot of spine frayed, 8vo, together with:Woodforde (James). A Catalogue of the Indigenous Phenogamic Plants, growing in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh; and of certain species of the Class Cryptogamia: with reference to their localities, Edinburgh: John Carfrae; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1824, modern boards, 12mo,Patrick (William). A Popular Description of the Indigenous Plants of Lanarkshire, with an Introduction to Botany, and a Glossary of Botanical Terms, Edinburgh: Daniel Lizars; Glasgow: W. R. Mcphun and A. Lottimer; Hamilton: James Thomson, 1831, scattered spotting, 19th-century half calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints rubbed, 12mo, and other antiquarian botany and related including William Withering, Thomas Martyn, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, James Lee, etc., all leather bound, various sizesQTY: (12)NOTE:Sir John Forbes (1787-1861), physician and medical journalist.
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Lot 277
New Testament [English]. The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithfully translated out of Greeke, London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1592, title with woodcut vignette, several woodcut initials, some soiling to title and pale water stains to first few leaves, occasional light soiling and light water stain to final few leaves, margins intact, 20th century black calf, spine lettered in gilt, 32mo (sheet size 75 x 45 mm)The volume collates as follows: A1-A8, C1-C8, B1-B8, D1-2M8, 2R1-2T8.With gathering B bound after gathering C. Bound without leaves between 2M8 and 2R1.QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Ralph Ewart Ford (1897-1974), precision engineer and founder of Fords (Finsbury) Ltd. In Bedford. A member of the Bibliographical Society, he formed one of the largest collections of English Bibles in England. During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, a selection of the rarest and most important early English Bibles from Ralph Ford’s collection went on display in a touring exhibition across England, including the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey.Darlow & Moule 163; STC 2891.Translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and others, with Laurence Thomson's revision of the New Testament. The smallest edition of the New Testament issued in the 16th century.The volume collates as follows: A1-A8, C1-C8, B1-B8, D1-2M8, 2R1-2T8.With gathering B bound after gathering C. Lacks a series of leaves from 2N1 to 2Q8 (32 leaves).
Lot 22
Shackleton (Ernest). South, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: Heinemannm, 1919, colour frontispiece after Frank Hurley, folding map at rear, black and white illustrations (many after photographs), light occasional spotting, original blue cloth decorated in silver, slight wear to lettering on spine, headcap frayed, a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)
Lot 304
Charron (Pierre). De la Sagesse, Trois livres par Pierre Charron, Parisien, Docteur es Droicts. Suiuant le vraye copie de Bourdeaux, Leiden: Jean Elzevier, 1656, armorial engraved plate to verso of title, some light water staining and spotting, ownership stamp to front free endpaper, blue pencil notation to front pastedown, contemporary full vellum with later gilt morocco title label to spine, 12mo, together with:Lenfant ([Jaques]). L'Innocence du Catechisme de Heidelberg demontre?e contre deux libelles d'un Jesuite du Palatinat. Amsterdam: Pierre Humbert, 1723, title printed in red & black with vignette, neat early manuscript annotation to verso of front free endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, corners a little bumped, small 8vo, plus Mayer (Charles Joseph). Lisvart de Grece, Roman de Chevalerie; ou Suite d'Amadis de Gaule, Amsterdam: 1788, half-titles, several engraved leaves of music notation printed to both sides, original pink boards slightly sunned, light wear to extremities, 12mo, plus Cunaeus (Petrus). De Republica Hebraeorum, Libri III, Editio Novisima, Cum Privilegio Electoralis Saxoniae, Johannis Brendelii & Gottofredi Minzolii, 1666 , bound with Beyerus (Andreas). Siclus sacer et regius appensus et ostensus, Leipsic: Frid. Lanckisch, 1667, woodcut vignette to title pages, type in multiple languages, previous ownership inscriptions removed from title of first work and verso of front free endpaper, front free endpaper and front pastedown with inscriptions, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spine,12mo, plus Catechesis Davidis Chytraei, Editio Postrema., Ab ipso Auctore Recognita, & muliis in locis correcta. Greifswald: augustini Ferberi Jun, 1611, woodcut portrait and ownership signature to title page, some light water staining to leaves, later ownership signature to front pastedown, 19th-century marbled boards with paper title label to spine, spine faded, extremities a little rubbed, small 8vo, plus 27 others, some leather bound, various sizes QTY: (36)
Lot 87
Darwin (Charles). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: John Murray, 1868, woodcut illustrations to text throughout, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear of volume one, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear of volume two, contemporary black ink ownership inscriptions to front blanks, occasional spotting, original publisher's blindstamped green cloth gilt, rubbed, some light soiling to extremities, 8voQTY: (2)
Lot 454
Johnson (Samuel). The New London Letter Writer containing the compleat art of corresponding..., London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1948, monochrome wood engravings by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve, signed by the artist to the limitation page, original quarter red morocco to marbled boards, spine very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, limited edition 23/500, together with:Sandford (Lettice), Wood Engravings, Pinner: David Chambers, 1986, signed by the artist to the limitation page, monochrome wood engravings, original gilt decorated red quarter morocco in slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 73/100, plusBates (H. E.), Through the Woods, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1936, Down the River, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1937, both with monochrome wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, some light marginal toning, both original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned & spotted with some small tears to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern engraved literature & engraving reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo QTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 257
* Caxton (William, printer). A single leaf from the Polycronicon of Ranulphus Higden, Liber Septimus, [Westminster: William Caxton, between 2 July and 20 November, 1482], folio CCCxxxiii, signature 42/3, 40 lines plus headline to recto and verso, red paraphs added in Caxton's printing shop, some light marginal water stains, small tear to upper outer corner touching red paraphs, folio (267 x 190 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 13438; Pforzheimer 489; Goff H267; Hain-Copinger 8659.A single leaf from the first edition of Higden's Polycronicon in English, printed by Caxton. The text forms part of the account of the reign of William the Conqueror and includes references to the politics of the church, Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury (b.1005 - d.1089) and colourful descriptions of the monks: 'Also in his tyme the monkes of Caunterbury as well nyghe al other monkes in englond weren't vnlyk to secular men say that they left not they chastyte but they visyd haukynge and hunting and playeng at dees and greet drinkers also'. The character of William the Conqueror is also described: 'Kyng William was sterne and dradde no man & ruled both temporalyte & spiritualyte at his own wyll. he toke no man fro the pope in his lande but he come & plesyd hym, he suffered no conseyll made in his own country without his own level. Also he wold no thyng suffer to be ordeyned in such a counsel but as he wold assente Also no lord of his londe should be punysshed but at his own heest'.
Lot 281
Chapman (George). The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets. Never before in any languag truely translated, with a Coment uppon some of his chiefe places; Donne according to the Greeke by Geo: Chapman, 1st edition, London: printed for Nathaniell Butter, [1611?], engraved title by William Hole (trimmed to margins and lined to verso), lacking initial leaf A1 (blank?), C2 (page15/16) lacking, leaves 2G4-2G7 misbound at front of volume before B1, errata leaf (A6) bound at rear of volume and lacking final blank 2G8, several woodcut head- and tail-pieces, occasional light toning and minor damp-staining, 19th-century half calf, blind decorated spine, rubbed and light wear, with upper cover detached, small folio in 6s (leaf size 26 x 17 cm) fQTY: (1)NOTE:Pforzheimer 169; Grolier, Langland to Wither, 35.
Lot 336
Guibert (Jacques Antoine Hippolyte de). Defense du Systeme de Guerre Moderne, ou refutation complette du systeme, 2 volumes, Neuchatel: no publisher, 1779, half-title to volume 1, bookplates of the United Service Club to front pastedown, light dust-soiling, top edge gilt, 19th-century blue half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with:Le Cointe (M). La Science des Postes Militaires, 1st edition, Paris: Desaint & Saillant, 1759, 10 engraved folding plates, contemporary mottled calf gilt, some wear to extremities, foot of upper joint cracked but holding, 8vo, plusRay de Saint Genie?s (Jacques-Marie). L'art de la Guerre Pratique, 2 volumes, 1st edition, paris ch. a. jombert, 1754, bookplates of the United Service Club to front pastedown, modern small ownership inscriptions in blue ink to head of front free endpapers, lightly dust-soiled, top edge gilt, early 20th-century half calf gilt, black morocco title labels lttered in gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, 12mo, with 5 others related including Le Sieur de Folard's Nouvelles Decouvertes sur la Guerre (1724) and M. de Cessac's Le Guide des Officiers Particuliers en Campagne (2 volumes, 1785)QTY: (10)
Lot 330
Folard (Jean Charles de). Histoire de Polybe, nouvellement traduite du grec par dom Vincent Thuillier. Avec un commentaire ou un corps de science militaire, enrichi de notes critiques et historiques, 7 volumes (including supplement), Amsterdam: Chatelain et Fils, 1753, titles printed in red and black, half-titles to volumes 2-6, engraved frontispieces to volumes 1 and 7, 3 engraved folding maps (of Sicily, Greece and Italy), 132 engraved plates (many folding), smaller illustrations in-text, very occasional light dust-soiling, edges stained red, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines with elaborate gilt decoration, lightly rubbed, 4to QTY: (7)
Lot 344
Crabbe (George). Poems, 1st edition, London: J. Hatchard, 1807, half-title, some light spotting, untrimmed, early ownership signature to front endpaper of Harriet Hersent Lovell, original plain boards, with some marks and edge wear, modern matching reback with paper spine label, 8vo, together withBudgell (Eustace). Liberty and Property: a pamphlet highly recommended to be read by every Englishman, who has the least Regard for those Two Invaluable Blessings. Containing several curious stories and matters of fact... and some observations upon the present state of the nation, London: Printed for W. Mears, 1732, title, 162, 7pp., plus three pages of advertisements at end, modern plain boards with paper label to spine, 8vo, plusDe Lolme (J. L.). The Constitution of England; or, an account of the English Government, new edition, corrected, London: G. G. and J. Robinson, J. Stockdale and Murray and Highley, 1796, engraved portrait frontispiece, faint armorial blindstamp to title, some spotting, original publisher's paper-backed boards, title in manuscript to spine, covers spotted, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th and 19th century literature and related, including Stultifera Navis; or, the Modern Ship of Fools, London: William Miller, 1807, Earl of Mulgrave, An Essay on Poetry, 1709, Pomponius Mela, De Situ Orbis, 1722, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Final Memorials of Charles Lamb, 2 volumes, 1848, Lamartine Travels in the East, 2 volumes, Edinburgh, 1850, James Greenwood, The Adventures of Reuben Davidger; seventeen years and four months captive among the Dyaks of Borneo, 1865, etc., many bound in original publisher's cloth, mostly in very good condition, all 8voQTY: (35)
Lot 118
Pritt (T. E.) An Angler's Basket, filled in sunshine and shade through the space of forty years: Being a collection of stories, quaint sayings, and remembrances, with a few angling hints and experiences, 1st edition, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, 1896, portrait frontispiece, some light spotting, small red stains to pastedowns, original cloth gilt, some fading to spine, small water stain at foot of covers, 8vo, together with English (Thomas H.) A Memoir of the Yorkshire Esk Fishery Association, 1st edition, Whitby: Forth & Son, 1925, folding sketch map tipped-in at rear, half-tone illustrations, original cloth, edges a little rubbed and bumped, 4to, presentation copy to W. F. Wilson, January 1926 from the author, plus 2 others: Yorkshire Anglers' Guide, by Tom Bradley, 3rd edition, 1896, and Northumbrian Anglers' Federation. Official Guide to North Country Streams, also rules and regulations of angling clubs, Newcastle, 1909QTY: (4)
Lot 323
Newton (Isaac). Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Auctore Isaaco Newtono, Eq. Aurato. Perpetuis Commentariis illustrate, communi studio PP. Thomae Le Seur & Francisci Jaquier Ex Gallicana Minimorum Familia, Matheseos Professorum, Geneva: 1739-1760, half-titles (volumes 1 & 2 only), titles of volumes 1 and 2 printed in red & black with engraved vignettes, in-text diagrams, index and errata leaf bound to rear of volume 2, 14p. of index to rear of volume 3, Royal Society of Edinburgh purple ink stamp to title and *3 to volume 1, title and A1 to volume 2 and title, *4 and A1 to volume 3, Orrock & Son printed ticket with manuscript note to rear free endpaper of volume 1, occasional toning to each volume, endpapers renewed, small areas of worming to front and rear pastedowns and first few leaves of volume 3, contemporary speckled dark calf rebacked, gilt lettering to spines with morocco title labels, heads of spines chipped with loss, hinges and joints cracked in areas with some minor loss, light grazing to boards, corners bumped, volume 3 with library sticker to upper cover, 4to QTY: (3)NOTE:Wallis 13-14 respectively.Volumes 1 & 2 published by Barrillot & Filii, 1739 and 1740 respectively. Volume 3 published by Philibert, 1760.
Lot 274
Elyot (Sir Thomas). The Boke, named The Governour devised by sir Thomas Elyot, Knight, London: Imprinted at London, by Thomas East, 1580, title within decorative woodcut border (dust-soiled, frayed to margins and lined to verso), black letter text with few woodcut initials, lacks final preliminary leaf (final leaf of 'Tabula Alphabetica' [superscript pi]A8) and also bound without leaves 2B4 & 2B5, some light dust-soiling, light water staining to first half of the volume, and occasional marks, all edges gilt, modern marbled endpapers, modern antique-style full calf gilt with red morocco gilt title label to spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S100451; STC 7642.First published in 1531 and dedicated to Henry VIII, Sir Thomas Elyot’s Book of The Governor, on the education and training of statesmen, is generally considered the first educational treatise published in England. The work went through seven editions between 1531 and 1580.
Lot 4
Cardew (Major F. G.) Hodson's Horse 1857-1922, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1928, folding maps and monochrome plates, some light spotting, bookplate of Frank Walter Messervy (1893-1974, British Indian Army General, and officer 9th Hodson's Horse from 1914), top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, together with Wylly (Colonel H. C.) History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1849-1926, 1st edition, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1929, portrait frontispiece, 6 folding maps contained in rear pocket, bookplate of I. W. Ross, original cloth gilt, light flecked marks to covers, 4to, plus Tennant (Lieutenant-Colonel E.) The Royal Deccan Horse in the Great War, 1st edition, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1939, colour frontispiece, folding maps, bookplate of I. W. Ross, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco over original boards, spine faded, 4to, with 4 others: History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers... 1858-1921, by General Sir H. Hudson, 1st edition, 1937, Regimental History of the 36th Royal Battalion (Scinde) 13th Frontier Force Rifles 1843-1934, 1st edition, 1935, Historical Record of the 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles, compiled by Brigadier-General J. Evatt, volume I only, 1922, and The Burma Police Manual. Containing Orders and Rules made for the Burma Police with the sanction of the Governor-in-Council, 4th edition, 1926QTY: (7)
Lot 9
Laing (Samuel). The Heimskringla; or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway. Translated from the Icelandic of Snorro Sturleson, with a preliminary dissertation, 3 volumes, 1st English edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844, one or two light spots, bookplates of John Gretton, Stapleford, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, light fading and spotting to spines, 8vo, together with Vigfusson (Gudbrand, editor). Icelandic Sagas and other historical documents relating to the settlements and descents of the Northmen on the British Isles, 4 volumes (volumes III-IV translated by Sir G. W. Dasent), 1st English edition, London: HMSO, 1887-94, titles printed in red and black, folding facsimile frontispiece to volume I, 2 facsimile leaves, a few short closed tears, some toning to textblocks, library presentation labels at front, original cloth-backed boards, shelf labels to spines, some edge wear, 8vo QTY: (7)
Lot 76
Bretonnerie (Marie Jean de la). L'Ecole du Jardin Fruitier: ouvrage fait pour servir de suite à l'Ecole du Jardin Potager, et dans lequel on trouve l'origine des arbres fruitiers..., nouvelle èdition, revue, corrigée et augménte par l'Auteur de l'Almanach du Bon Jardinier, 2 volumes, Paris: Onfroy, 1808, occasional light spotting, bookplate of William Fullarton Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie & Boysack, contemporary tree calf gilt, volume I spine label torn, 8vo, together with Combles (Charles-Jean de). L'Ecole du Jardin Potager, 2 volumes, Paris: Delalain Fils, 1802, a few light spots, Carnegie bookplates, uniformly bound in contemporary calf gilt, small chip to one spine label, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Valmont de Bomare (Jaques-Christophe). Dictionnaire Raisonne Universel d'Histoire Naturelle, 9 volumes, 3rd edition, Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset,1776, occasional minor spotting, bookplates of Henri de Juvenel, contemporary mottled calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (13)
Lot 78
Brisseau-Mirabel (Charles-Francois) Traite d'Anatomie de Physiologie Vegetales, suive de la nomenclature methodique ou raisonnee des parties exterieures des plantes, et un expose succinct des systemes de botanique les plus generalement adoptes, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: F. Dufart, an X [1801-1802], half-titles, 17 engraved plates including large folding plate in volume I, folding tables, p. 337 at end of volume II lower corner insect predated, a few light spots, contemporary tan calf gilt, small wormtrack to volume Ii upper joint, 8vo, together with Linnaeus (Carl von). Abrege du Systeme de la Nature Histoire des Mammaires ou des Quadrupedes et Cetacers, Lyon: Matheron, an X [1802], engraved portrait frontispiece, 27 engraved plates (a few with small marginal insect predation), occasional light toning, contemporary calf-backed boards, small shelf label at head of spine, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:First work scarce. The author's seminal work on plant anatomy and physiology 'earned him recognition as a founder of plant cytology and plant physiology. His most notable contribution to plant cytology was his observation (1809) that each plant cell is contained in a continuous membrane.' (Brittannica).
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Lot 296
New Testament [English]. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly translated out of the Originall Greek : and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majeststies special commandment, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker... and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1640, title within woodcut border, bound dos-à-dos style with Book of Psalms. The Whole Booke of Psalmes: collected into English Meeter by Tho. Sternhold, Jo. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others..., Newly set forth, and allowed to bee [sic] sung in all Churches..., London: Imprinted by I. L. for the Company of Stationers, 1640, ornamental border to title, free endpapers with early 19th-century ownership signature Mary Williams, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary embroidered binding on off white/cream silk, with embroidered floral motifs to boards and spine, with silver threadwork, embellished with sequins, light wear, 24mo in 12s (10.5 x 5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Ralph Ewart Ford (1897-1974), precision engineer and founder of Fords (Finsbury) Ltd. In Bedford. A member of the Bibliographical Society, he formed one of the largest collections of English Bibles in England. During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, a selection of the rarest and most important early English Bibles from Ralph Ford’s collection went on display in a touring exhibition across England, including the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey.Herbert 551.There are two varieties of the 1640 edition which occur. In this example, the words The New Testament occupy three lines (in Herbert 550 the words occupy two lines only). The variant text to 1 Tim. iv. 16 appears to differ from Herbert in this example. In this volume, 1 Tim. iv. 16, has thy (usually listed for Herbert 550, variant A) rather than the (usually listed for Herbert 551, variant B).
Lot 247
Vanity Fair. The Vanity Fair Album: A Show of Sovereigns, Statesmen, Judges, and Men of the Day, volumes 1, 20 & 27, 1869, 1878 & 1882, three half-year volumes complete with 77 chromolithographic plates, some light spotting, uniformly bound in green cloth gilt, rubbed and bumped, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Volume 20 includes Spofforth 'The Demon Bowler'.
Lot 483
Macgillivray (William). A history of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory including their organization, habits and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature…, 5 volumes, 1st edition, London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1837, previous owner ink inscription to front endpaper of volume 1, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting to front free endpaper, original cloth re-backed with original spine relayed, covers and spine lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with; Blackburn (Hugh), Birds drawn from Nature, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1862, illustrated title page plus 22 lithographic plates, title page spotted and lightly toned, some occasional spotting throughout, original pictorial boards, covers rubbed to head and foot with occasional marks, worn extremities, folio, plus Maxwell (Herbert), British fresh-water fishes, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & co., 1904, previous owner name to front endpaper, 12 colour plates, occasional light spotting, publishers original gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt, shine lightly rubbed to head and foot, rear cover marked, large 8vo and other 19th and early 20th century natural history reference and related including, Notes on British birds of Herefordshire by H. C. Bull, A history of British birds by William Yarrell, and lloyds natural history series, mostly original cloth, 8vo/folio, G/VGQTY: (3 shelves )
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Lot 294
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible conteyning the Old Testament and the New, newlie translated out of ye originall tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Maiesties speciall commandement. Appointed to be read in churches, Printed at London by Robert Barker printer to ye Kings most excellent Matie. and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1639, engraved general title lined to verso (cropped/torn to margins, torn to lower left corner with loss), New Testament title within decorative woodcut border and with imprint dated 1638, Apocrypha present, colophon dated 1639, some decorative woodcut initials, first leaf of Genesis (A1) with long closed tear and outer corners torn with slight loss, few leaves in gathering 2A in Old Testament cropped to margins, small hole to 4H3 affecting few letters of text, 4Q1 torn with slight loss and repaired, lower outer corner of 4V5 torn with slight text loss, occasional minor closed tears to few leaves, bound with at rear Concordance. A Concordance, or Table to the Bible of the Last translation..., carefully perused and enlarged by Master John Downame, B. in Divinitie..., London: Printed by the Assignes of Clement Cotton, 1639, woodcut device to title and armorial to verso, bound with Book of Psalms. The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins and others..., London: Printed by E. Griffin and I. Raworth, for the Company of Stationers, 1638, woodcut device to title, verso of final leaf bearing the inscription 'Mr Jo. Middleton of Chealy bd. ca: 6s Feb. 21 1707', with small repair to lower margin, bound with an incomplete Common Prayer at front, lacking title and with first leaf of Calendar (A2) repaired, colophon dated 1639, Bible general title at front of volume, some toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, modern endpapers with retained portion of earlier endpaper bearing ownership inscription 'Richard Middleton 1708 R R Given by my father John Middleton Senr.' and with 20th-century bookplate of Christopher Rowe to upper pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and board corners refurbished, folio (33.6 x 22 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 2335; Herbert 538.Herbert and Darlow & Moule mention 'with Genealogies and Maps' which are not present in this copy.
Lot 34
Buchanan (George). The History of Scotland, faithfully rendered into English, London: Edward Jones, 1690, engraved portrait frontispiece, one or two short closed marginal tears, occasional light spots and stains, modern calf-backed marbled boards, a few light spots to spine, folio, together with Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for S. Hooper, 1789-91, engraved titles, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 190 engraved plates, illustration at end of volume I, plate 82 bis volume II with a closed marginal tear, occasional browning and light spotting and offsetting, modern morocco-backed boards, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:First work Wing B5283. First published in Latin in 1582.
Lot 106
Lightfoot (John). Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement in the Linnaean Method of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for J. Dickson, G. Mudie and others, 1792, additional engraved titles, 35 engraved plates, a few folding (one or two small tears along folds), some offsetting and spotting, modern cloth, 8vo, together with Hooker (William Jackson). Flora Scotica: or a description of Scottish plants, arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1821, occasional light spotting, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, plus The Flora of Uig (Lewis). A Botanical Exploration, edited by M. S. Campbell, Arbroath, 1945 (2 copies)QTY: (5)
![[Bonnet, Charles]. Essai de Psychologie; ou considerations sur les operations de l'ame, sur l'habitude et sur l'education, 1s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0226bcfa-17bf-4201-b0e6-b17f00aed699/216fc157-6c4f-46ee-a379-b1dc00abcf4c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 331
[Bonnet, Charles]. Essai de Psychologie; ou considerations sur les operations de l'ame, sur l'habitude et sur l'education, 1st edition, London: no publisher, 1755, armorial bookplate of William Reed to front pastedown, lightly dust-soiled to margins, small engraved illustration of a horse and carriage mounted to front free endpaper recto, hinges cracked, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, some wear, upper joint cracked, 12mo, together with:[Baillet, Adrien]. Auteurs Deguisez, sous des noms etrangers; empruntez, supposez, feints à plaitir, chiffrez, renversez, retournez, ou changez d'une langue en une autre, Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1690, woodcut vignette title, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, neat early notations in brown ink to preliminaries, edges stained red, contemporary calf gilt, some wear, headcap lacking, 12mo, plus[Apuleyo, Lucio]. L'Espirit Familier de Socrate, Paris: Augustin Brunet, 1702, woodcut vignette title, bookplate of Claës Uggla to front pastedown, neat early brown ink notations to front free endpaper, light spotting, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, some wear, 12mo, with 22 others relatedQTY: (25)
Lot 411
Eragny Press. Emile Verhaeren. Les Petits Vieux, London: Hacon & Ricketts, 1901, text printed in pale red and black, full-page wood-engraved frontispiece printed in colours, and large decorative initials printed in red, all designed by Lucien Pissarro, and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro, some light scattered spotting, original floral patterned-paper boards, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt, oblong 8vo, together withPissarro (Lucien). Notes on the Eragy Press, and a letter to J. B. Manson, edited with a supplement by Alan Fern, Cambridge: privately printed, 1957, colour and monochrome illustrations, original patterned cloth, 8vo, printed in an edition of 500 copiesQTY: (2)NOTE:Tomkinson 63. Printed in an edition of 230 copies.
Lot 12
Low (Charles Rathbone). Her Majesty's Navy including its Deeds and Battles, 3 volumes, London: J. S. Virtue & Co., [1890-1893], half-titles to volumes 1 & 3 only, chromolithograph frontispiece and additional title to each volume, 40 chromolithograph plates, advertisements bound to rear, volume 3 misbound between pages 236-253, publisher's original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, rubbed and some marks with minor wear to extremities, upper cover to first volume detached along inner hinge, 4to, together with:Richards (Walter). Her Majesty's Army, A descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's Forces, from their first establishment to the present time [&] Her Majesty's Army, Indian and Colonial Forces, A descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's Forces in India and The Colonies, 3 volumes, London: J. S. Virtue & Co., [1888-1891], half-titles, chromolithograph frontispiece and additional title to each volume, 40 chromolithograph plates, ownership inscriptions to verso of half-title and verso of frontispiece to volume 1, advertisements bound to rear, light spotting and frontispiece loosening to volume 3, volumes 1 & 2 in publisher's original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, rubbed and spines marked with some discolouration, volume 3 bound in original red quarter morocco, rubbed and scuffed with some wear to extremities, 4to QTY: (6)
Lot 443
Knight (Thomas Brown). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received Tenents and commonly presumed Truths, 6th edition, London: printed by J. R. for Nath. Ekins, 1672, bound with a duplicate title page to the rear, as well as Religio Medici, 7th edition, printed by Andrew Crook, 1672, Annotations upon Religio Medici, 1672, modern endpapers, lacking frontispiece, some minor toning & wear throughout, modern morocco spine retaining circa 19th Century full calf embossed boards, some loss, 8vo, together with:Russel (M.), View of the System of Education at present pursued in the Schools and Universities of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Moir, 1813, some minor toning & light offsetting, contemporary paper boards, modern spine label, slightly rubbed, with 5 further 19th Century education pamphlets, plusThe Laws respecting Tithes. Comprizing all the cases and statutes on the subject of tithes:..., by the author of The Laws of Landlord and Tenant, &c., London: printed for W. Clarke, 1800, some light marginal toning, gutters slightly split, contemporary quarter calf to marbled boards, hinges slightly cracked, lghtly rubbed, slim 8vo, and other miscellaneous 17th to 19th Century literature, some leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)
![[Pennant, Thomas]. Arctic Zoology, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed by Henry Hughs, 1784-85, engraved frontispiece to](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0226bcfa-17bf-4201-b0e6-b17f00aed699/ff2a0e90-0446-4f23-95d2-b1dc00ab303d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 116
[Pennant, Thomas]. Arctic Zoology, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed by Henry Hughs, 1784-85, engraved frontispiece to volume I, titles with engraved vignettes, 23 plates (of which plates X, XII, XIV, XVI & XXI supplied in photocopy facsimile in volume II), p. iii in volume lower corner insect predated, a little light spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, spines neatly repaired, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Hewitson (William C.) Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, with descriptions of their nests and nidification, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: John van Voorst, 1856, 149 hand-coloured lithograph plates, occasional light spotting, bookplates of John William Pease and Thomas Westwood, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, spines faded to brown, 8vo, plus Adams (H. G.) Humming Birds Described and Illustrated, 1st edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, [1856], , 8 hand-coloured plates, advertisements at rear, some light offsetting, final advertisement leaf verso browned, original cloth, a little rubbed with small stains, with other natural history including A Conchological Manual, by G. B. Sowerby, Jun.,1839, A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants, by William Withering, 4 volumes, 5th edition, Birmingham, 1812, and Descriptions of the Rapacious Birds of Great Britain, by William Macgillivray, 1836 QTY: (20)NOTE:First work Arctic Bibliography 13291; Sabin 59757.
![Grafton (Anthony). Joseph Scaliger a study in the history of Classical Scholarship [Oxford - Warburg Studies], 2 volumes, 1st](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0226bcfa-17bf-4201-b0e6-b17f00aed699/e71b454d-d0ee-42dd-97bd-b1dc00ac1f45/468x382.jpg)
Lot 481
Grafton (Anthony). Joseph Scaliger a study in the history of Classical Scholarship [Oxford - Warburg Studies], 2 volumes, 1st editions, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983-93, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned with minor rubbing to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Robbins (Robin, editor), Sir Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981, original cloth in uniform dust jackets, some minor toning to the covers, 8vo, plusFraser (P. M.), Ptolemaic Alexandria, 3 volumes, reprinted, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984, monochrome frontispiece to volume 1, some light marginal toning, original uniform blue cloth, lacking dust jackets, 8vo, and other scholarly publications by Oxford University Press & The Clarendon Press, all original cloth/boards, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)
![Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Olde and New Testament: Translated according to the](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0226bcfa-17bf-4201-b0e6-b17f00aed699/38791fab-ec33-4cf7-aac4-b1dc00aba6cd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 278
Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Olde and New Testament: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Majestie, 1595, general title and New Testament titles present, both with woodcut headpiece and printer's device (general title leaf trimmed to fore-margin, repaired to gutter margin and lined to verso), few woodcut illustrations, woodcut tailpiece to verso of final leaf of tables, without initial blank before general title, single wormhole to at head of gutter margin to first half of volume, light damp staining to few leaves mostly at front of volume, bound with Book of Psalms. The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English meetre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrue, with apt notes to sing them withall..., London: Printed by John Windet for the Assignes of Richard Day, 1594, woodcut device to title, verso of leaf bearing 18th-century ownership inscriptions and signatures 'John Hobbses hand and pen', 'John Hobbes Book' and 'Thomas Hobbs his book', margin of leaf A7 inscribed 'Thomas Hobbses book may 1 1772', fore-margin of C7 inscribed 'John Hobbs was borne ye 20th of November 1758', few other similar marginal inscriptions, few leaves in first gathering misbound, lacking leaf E3, woodcut armorial to final leaf with show-through from inscriptions to verso, lined to verso, some light dust-soiling throughout volume, occasional spotting and few marks, contemporary calf, later 17th-century marbled endpapers, late 17th-century blind panelled calf, some loss of leather to upper board, joints split, worn, 4to (21 x 15.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 174; Herbert 226; STC 2166.
Lot 478
Gropius (Walter). Apollo in the Democracy. The Cultural Obligation of the Architect, 1st edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968, presentation copy signed & inscribed by the authors wife, Ise Gropius for the 'Gropius Exhibition in London...1974' to the front endpaper, half-tone illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a few small chips and tears to the covers, 4to, together with:Glaeser (Ludwig), Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, drawings in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1969, 31 colour & monochrome plates, some light toning, original boards with ring binder spine, boards slightly rubbed & marked, oblong folio, plusYorke (F. R. S. & Frederick Gibberd), Modern Flats, 1st edition, London: The Architectural Press, 1958, some light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 4to, andother modern architecture & art reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)
Lot 335
Ariosto (Ludovico). Roland Furieux, Poeme Héroique, de L’Arioste. Traduction nouvelle par M. D’ussieux , 4 volumes, Paris: Chez Brunet, 1775-83, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume by Fiquet after Eisen, engraved plates by Ponce, Delaunay and others after Cochin, Eisen and others, lacking approximately 15 plates, later bookplate of Charles Taboris to front pastedown, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary uniform full mottled calf, gilt decorated spines, a little rubbed with slight wear to extremities only, 4to, together with Huttich (Johann). Imperatorum et Caesarum Vitae, cum imaginibus ad vivam effigiem expressis, [Strassburg:Wolfgang Kopfel], 1535, title within woodcut border, woodcut portraits of Roman emperors, lacking leaves B2-3, Y3-4 & 6 and all after bb4 at rear (most missing leaves supplied in photocopy facsimile), some light toning and stains, textblock broken, contents detached, later vellum, manuscript title, some worming and loss at foot of spine, 8vo, plus 2 others: Titus Maccius Plautus's Comoediae, accedit commentarius ex variorum notis & observationibus, quarum plurimae nunc primum eduntur, ex recensione Joh. Frederici Gronovii, 2 volumes in 3, Leiden and Rotterdam, 1669, and Medicina Statica. Being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius,,, by John Quincy, 4th edition, 1728 QTY: (8)NOTE:First work Cohen-De Ricci 98.
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