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Lot 440
Barrow (John) A Voyage to Cochinchina first edition 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates and plans 2 folding folding engraved map with routes and boundaries supplied in red and green (a little offset) very light offsetting from plates bookplate of Thomas Munro contemporary calf rubbed upper joint split spine ends worn [Abbey Travel 514; Tooley 86] 4to 1806. ***This is the first illustrated English work on what was then Cochin China and is now known as Vietnam. The voyage visited Madeira the Canary Islands and Rio de Janeiro; a description of that city and of Brazil in general is given. Touching at Tristan da Cunha the ship rounded the Cape and eventually reached 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.
Lot 445
Bouquet Parlant (Le) du Fleuriste Amateur. engraved throughout on both sides of sheet hand-coloured portrait frontispiece of Mme. du Barry hand-coloured view and 48 full-page illustrations of flowers with verse below and song opposite all by Chevalier light soiling and staining mostly marginal contemporary sheep rather worn [only 1 other copy found in Bibliothèque Nationale] Paris Lamy 1780 § Del[anglard] (C.-F.-P.) Oracles de Flore engraved title with hand-coloured vignette of rose 2 engraved plates listing flowers and 6 hand-coloured botanical plates (each with 6 flowers) names at head of title another cut away from head of first leaf of text text lightly foxed contemporary black calf elaborately stamped in blind g.e. rubbed joints split repairs to spine ends Paris Janet [c.1850] 12mo(2)
Lot 455
Cervantes.Don Quixote de la Mancha translated by Charles Jarvis 4 vol. half-titles 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.Clark occasional light spotting original boards uncut original paper label mounted on front pastedown of vol.1 a little rubbed corners bumped rebacked preserving old paper labels preserved in modern cloth drop-backed box [Abbey Life 238; Tooley 140] 8vo 1819.
![[Combe (William)] A History of Madeira first edition hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece title vignette and 26 plates 4pp. ad](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/461-201057135254_468x382.jpg)
Lot 461
[Combe (William)] A History of Madeira first edition hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece title vignette and 26 plates 4pp. advertisements at end some light soiling mostly marginal tear to upper margin of title and to fore-edge of final plate just touching image original red roan-backed boards spine gilt rubbed corners bumped upper joint split and spine worn at foot (crudely reinforced with tape) [Abbey Travel 189; Colas 1455; Tooley 150] 4to Ackermann 1821.
Lot 475
Cruikshank.Lovers` Panorama; or Cupid`s Vagaries 24pp. engraved title 12 hand-coloured vignettes by George and Robert Cruikshank including one on title some light spotting contemporary blue wrappers uncut preserved in burgundy silk folder and slip-case (rubbed) [Cohn 510] 12mo Hodgson & Co. n.d. ***A second issue of the work previously published as Cupid`s Vagaries or the Lover`s Panorama on St.Valentine`s Day.
Lot 477
Cruikshank.Points of Humour 1823 Parts I & II in 1 vol. second issues etched plates and wood-engraved illustrations by Cruikshank all on india paper and mounted some light offsetting bookplate of Robert Pinkney later dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf spine gilt t.e.g. very slightly rubbed at edges [Cohn 176] 8vo 1823-24.
Lot 480
Forrester. “W.F.von Kosewitz”. Eccentric Tales first edition 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by George Cruikshank after Alfred Crowquill (Alfred Henry Forrester) one or two with light marginal soiling one with small tear to fore-edge one becoming loose original cloth-backed boards uncut rubbed corners bumped paper spine label chipped [Cohn 471] 8vo 1827.
![[Cruikshank (George) A Comic Alphabet] 24 hand-coloured etched plates all mounted on stubs some light foxing or soiling conte](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/485-201057135321_468x382.jpg)
Lot 496
Blakey (Robert) Old Faces in New Masks 1859 first edition half-title etched frontispiece and additional pictorial title by George Cruikshank (foxed) occasional light spotting to text bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox and bookseller`s ticket of William George`s Sons Ltd. of Bristol original blind-stamped claret cloth spine pictorial gilt spine faded and worn at head [Cohn 75; Westwood & Satchell p.34] 8vo 1859. ***The last and most elusive book by the angling writer including chapters on pike and eels as well as a long account of trout and salmon fishing on the Tweed during the 1790s.
![[Cruikshank (Isaac Robert)] Lessons of Thrift first edition hand-coloured engraved title and 12 plates by Robert Cruikshank w](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/499-201057135338_468x382.jpg)
Lot 499
[Cruikshank (Isaac Robert)] Lessons of Thrift first edition hand-coloured engraved title and 12 plates by Robert Cruikshank with advertisement leaf at end (often lacking) some light soiling and browning plates a little offset original cloth paper spine label uncut rubbed spine faded corners bumped [Abbey Life 276; Tooley 165] 8vo 1820.
Lot 502
Westmacott.Points of Misery first edition half-title 20 wood-engravings by Robert Cruikshank including 10 hand-coloured plates a few with light marginal soiling or staining modern half mottled calf by Bayntun g.e. spine gilt 1823; The Punster`s Pocket-Book...by Bernard Blackmantle engraved portrait wood-engraved plates by Robert Cruikshank nineteenth century half green morocco by Worsfold spine gilt 1826 both spines a little faded 8vo(2)
Lot 505
Davenport.Hist.Portraiture..Life of Ali Pacha first edition half-title 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by G.Hunt after W.Davenport advertisement leaf at end some light spotting and offsetting a few small adhesion spots to plate V original boards paper label on spine a little rubbed [Abbey Travel 206; Atabey 325; Blackmer 454] folio 1823.
Lot 506
Dawe (George)Life of a Nobleman c.1925 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates no title or text as issued light marginal soiling faint creasemark across one corner of first plate later red morocco gilt by Rivière & Son spine gilt in compartments t.e.g. one or two marks to lower cover [Abbey Life 310] 4to [c.1825]. ***Depicting a young nobleman`s decline from his inheritance to ruin through women the turf cards moneylenders and a duel.
Lot 507
Dibdin (Charles) Life in London 1822 an Extravaganza in three acts. second edition hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Isaac Cruikshank text foxed first two leaves frayed and reinforced at fore-edge later half calf t.e.g. others uncut spine faded 1822 § Moncrieff (W.T.) Tom and Jerry...an Operatic Extravaganza hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece by Robert Cruikshank (marginal soiling) some light spotting original pink printed wrappers uncut soiled and creased spine defective preserved in old cloth portfolio 1826 8vo(2)
Lot 512
Egan.Life in London + w`col. of Egan & patch first edition second issue with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music unnumbered half-title hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates by Isaac Robert & George Cruikshank wood-engraved vignettes 6pp. engraved musical notation on 3 folding sheets (lightly foxed) title washed at head and spotted some light offsetting plates a little cropped with loss to a few imprints a good copy in later blue morocco gilt by Rivière & Son spine gilt in compartments t.e.g. joints and corners a little rubbed spine very slightly faded [Abbey Life 281; Cohn 262; Tooley 196] 8vo 1821; with watercolour oval portrait of Egan captioned in ink below margins a little soiled and creased at one edge image c.135 x 110mm. and a circular patch box with hand-coloured engraving of Life in London on lid based on `Tom and Jerry “masquerading it” among the Cadgers` plate opposite p.346 but in reverse lacquered a few small scratches 90mm. diameter(3)
Lot 514
Ellis (Henry) Journal..Embassy to China first edition engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 maps (1 large and folding) 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates errata leaf at end maps foxed some very light offsetting to plates text a little foxed and soiled ex-library copy with stamp on verso of portrait and folding map contemporary half calf rubbed corners worn rebacked in morocco spine a little faded [Abbey Travel 536; Tooley 208] 4to 1817.
Lot 515
Engelbach.Naples and the Campagna Felice hand-coloured aquatint additional decorative title with vignette of Vesuvius 3 hand-coloured maps and plans (1 folding) and 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson and others with list of plates at end occasional light spotting and soiling tear to fore-edge of Cc2 (repaired no loss) later half blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf spine gilt g.e. [Abbey Travel 166; Tooley 228] 8vo R.Ackermann [1815].
Lot 523
Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson with 3 duplicate plates (trimmed 1 mounted at beginning the other 2 bound in) some light spotting and browning bookplate of S.A.Thompson Yates later green morocco gilt by Rivière & Son g.e. spine gilt and faded [Tooley 436] 8vo Ackermann 1817.
Lot 524
Grasset De Saint-Saveur.Costumes..Peuple Membres des deux Conseils du Directoire Exécutif. hand-coloured aquatint additional pictorial title and 15 plates by Labrousse after St.Sauveur advertisement leaf at end text foxed and with light marginal water-staining but plates generally clean contemporary printed paste-paper boards with printed pink paper label mounted on upper cover also manuscript note of St.Sauveur`s address uncut rubbed rebacked [Colas 1294] 8vo Paris Deroy 1795.
Lot 531
March of Intellect (The) 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Robert Seymour each with six vignettes some light foxing or browning original blue wrappers uncut upper wrapper foxed lower renewed preserved in modern cloth portfolio [Not in Abbey or Tooley] oblong folio Thos.McLean 1829. ***The subjects of the plates are Fashionable Mechanical Philosophical Philanthropical Professional and Political.
Lot 532
Seymour (R.) A Search after the “Comfortable:” being the adventures of a little gentleman of small fortune 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Robert Seymour each with many vignettes some light soiling mostly marginal original printed wrappers uncut rather soiled and marked lower wrapper a little frayed at edges becoming loose preserved in modern cloth portfolio [Abbey Life 318] oblong folio Thos.M`Lean 1829. ***The subjects of the plates are Frolic & Fashion Rural Retirement Arts & Sciences Travelling I & II Courtship.
Lot 534
Hogarth.An Account..Five Days Peregrination first edition 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Hogarth and others title a little browned plates with light marginal staining to fore-edge just affecting border of final plate modern half tan morocco with gilt-stamped calf label on upper cover [Abbey Life 307] oblong folio for R.Livesay 1782. ***Account of Hogarth`s jaunt with his friends from the Bedford Arms Tavern in Covent Garden to the Isle of Sheppey.
Lot 545
Johnson.Lives/Adventures. Highwaymen hand-coloured engraved frontispiece engraved title with decorative vignette border depicting robberies drinking scenes and executions and 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates some light spotting contemporary half red morocco spine gilt t.e.g. others uncut very slightly rubbed at edges 8vo [1822].
![[Johnson (Charles)] Chrysal 3v 1821 3 vol. first edition half-titles 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates advertisement leaf at e](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/546-201057135439_468x382.jpg)
Lot 546
[Johnson (Charles)] Chrysal 3v 1821 3 vol. first edition half-titles 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates advertisement leaf at end occasional spotting light offsetting from plates but a good copy bookplate of Frederick Greenwood handsome contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco gilt spines gilt g.e. a little rubbed spine of vol.1 worn at head [Tooley 283] 8vo 1821.
Lot 553
Lory.Picturesque Tour through the Oberland hand-coloured engraved map and 17 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates occasional light marginal soiling original roan-backed boards uncut rubbed corners and spine ends worn [Abbey Travel 57; Tooley 26] large 8vo R.Ackermann 1823. ***Including an account of the first ascent of the Jungfrau and Finsteraarhorn by the Meyer brothers in 1812 (p.60).
Lot 554
Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians first edition 23 engraved plates 14 aquatint of which all but one hand-coloured including folding panorama of the Kremlin 3 others folding and large folding engraved map of Moscow (torn and repaired) some light foxing mostly to uncoloured plates and map later half morocco spine gilt [Abbey Travel 227] 4to 1823.
Lot 555
M`leod.Voyage of His Majesty`s Ship Alceste second edition half-title engraved portrait frontispiece 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates 4pp. catalogue at end occasional light spotting engraved bookplate of Erskine of Dun original boards uncut paper spine label a little rubbed corners bumped [Abbey Travel 559] 8vo 1818.
Lot 557
Malcolm.Anecdotes..Manners/Customs of London 3 vol. first edition 50 engraved plates including 12 hand-coloured costume plates some light spotting and browning original printed label mounted on rear free endpaper engraved bookplate handsome later mottled calf spine gilt with black morocco labels t.e.g. others uncut very slightly rubbed at edges cloth slip-case 4to 1808.
Lot 577
Spilsbury.Picturesque Scenery..Holy Land/Syria second edition 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates light offsetting from plates frontispiece and title loose engraved book-label of James Baldwin Brown of the Inner Temple on front pastedown original boards gilt-stamped red morocco label on upper cover slightly rubbed rebacked and recornered in red straight-grain morocco [Abbey Travel 383; cf.Tooley 464 1819 edition] 4to 1823.
![[Surtees] “Ask Mama” 13 parts 1858 first edition first issue in the original 13 parts 13 hand-coloured etched pla](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/582-201057135531_468x382.jpg)
Lot 582
[Surtees] “Ask Mama” 13 parts 1858 first edition first issue in the original 13 parts 13 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech wood-engraved illustrations with all advertisements/slips as called for (some on yellow paper) some light spotting or soiling original red printed wrappers with advertisements a little rubbed edges slightly frayed with one or two chips spines a little worn preserved in later cloth slip-cases spine faded [Schwerdt II p.233; Tooley 472] 8vo 1858.
![[Surtees] Mr. Facey Romford`s Hounds 12 pts first edition in the original 12 parts 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Lee](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/584-201057135534_468x382.jpg)
Lot 584
[Surtees] Mr. Facey Romford`s Hounds 12 pts first edition in the original 12 parts 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Hablot K.Browne wood-engraved illustrations with all advertisements/slips as called for (some on coloured paper) except slip for `The Belle of the Village` in part VII some light spotting a good set in the original red printed wrappers with advertisements all upper wrappers titled “Mr.Romford`s Hounds” very slightly rubbed preserved in later cloth slip-cases spine faded [Schwerdt II p.237; Tooley 475] 8vo 1864-65.
Lot 607
Marx (Karl) A.L.s. + carte-de-visite sgd 1p. English & French some light folds marginal browning 8vo [London] 14 October 1871 mentioning an enclosed carte-de-visite (see below) briefly referencing the then editor of the Pall Mall Gazette Frederick Greenwood with a short section in French quoting Voltaire and intimating an imminent visit from Jenny Marx (née von Westphalen) to Professor Beesly`s wife; with Karl Marx`s carte-de-visite signed & inscribed by him to `Madame E.S.Beesly” 100 x 60 mm. London 15 October 1871(2) ***The French section reads “Ce n`est pas Frederic le Grand. Vous savez que Voltaire dans sa retraite suisse avait auprès de lui un jésuite nommé Adam qu`il était accoutumé à representer à ses visiteurs en disant: ce n`est pas le premier des hommes!”.
Lot 613
Barthou (Louis) La Vie amoureuse de Richard Wagner manuscript 104pp. not including blank leaves written in blue ink on recto only except for one page on light blue paper large margin to each page for corrections each leaf mounted on guards contemporary full tan morocco by Marius Michel leather doublures patterned silk free endleaves marbled endpapers lettered in gilt bookplate of Louis Barthou on front endpaper 4to [ Paris 1925]. ***Barthou was Prime Minister of France in1913 and he also held a number of ministerial positions before and after WW1. His biography of Richard Wagner was also translated into English by Henry Irving Brock as The Prodigious Lover: New Aspects in the life of Richard Wagner.
Lot 614
Wollstonecraft. Vindication Rights of Woman with strictures on political and moral subjects vol.I (all published) first edition very light marginal browning to a few ff. but overall internally very good contemporary marbled boards with 19th century half calf [PMM 242] 8vo for J.Johnson 1792. ***A powerful yet rational essay on the dynamic of the relationship between men & women and how equality is a right of all women but is repressed through the lack of education available to them. Sadly it was the author`s personal life that garnered more interest than her role as a proto-feminist largely due to the well-intentioned but somewhat damaging Memoir published by her husband William Godwin in 1798 following Wollstonecraft`s death after delivering their only child together Mary Shelley.
Lot 615
Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For these Times first edition in book form half-title internally very good original primary green moiré cloth binding with `Price 5/-` to foot of spine spine browned light circular mark to uper cover but overall a very good copy 8vo 1854. ***”[Hard Times] stamps and records the reality of Dickens`s emotion on a great many things that were often considered unphilosophical grumblings but which since have swelled into the immense phenomena of the socialist philosophy. To call Dickens a Socialist is a wild exaggeration...” G.K. Chesterton Charles Dickens 1903.
![[Fitzherbert (Sir John)] Surveyinge woodcut architectural border black letter marginal worming not affecting text tape repair](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/632-201057135635_468x382.jpg)
Lot 632
[Fitzherbert (Sir John)] Surveyinge woodcut architectural border black letter marginal worming not affecting text tape repair to margin of sig.C7 light water-stain to lower margin some other light soiling late 19th century morocco-backed boards upper cover detached lower third of backstrip missing [STC 11008] Thomas Berthelet 1539. ***Includes a chapter on the laws and tenures relating to angling entitled “Of mylnes severall fishyng and commen fyshyng what they be worth in the yere.”.
Lot 653
Stoker (Bram) Dracula first edition first issue inscribed from the author to Mrs W.S. Gilbert on front fly-leaf minor spotting to endpapers otherwise internally fine original canary-yellow cloth with lettering and single-roll borders & rules in red some very light surface marking but overall an excellent clean & sharp copy housed in custom-made black buckram drop-back box felt-lined lettered in gilt 8vo Archibald Constable 1897. ***A wonderful completely unsophisticated copy of the scarce first issue published in May 1897 with no advertisements as issued and printed on slightly thicker stock. The contemporary inscription reads “To Mrs. W.S. Glibert with Bram Stoker`s very warm regards 12/7/97”. Mrs W.S. Gilbert who was the wife of William Schwenck Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan fame was a friend of Stoker. Some mild controversy was attached at the time to the friendship that existed between Gilbert and Stoker`s young wife Florence as they often socialised together and the former was seen by some as something of a “decadent”.
Lot 660
Poem of the Month Club collected edition comprising all 48 broadsides from the four folios limited editions signed by the poets Betjeman`s with autograph correction fine and loose as issued together in original half sheep portfolio with printed boards cloth ties light marking & staining folio 1970-77. ***Poets present include Seamus Heaney W.H.Auden Philip Larkin Robert Graves Ruthven Todd Brian Patten Kathleen Raine Kingsley Amis and Fleur Adcock.
![Lewis (C.S.) [The Narnia chonicles] 7 vol. comprising The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe contemporary ink ownership inscript](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/680-201057135739_468x382.jpg)
Lot 680
Lewis (C.S.) [The Narnia chonicles] 7 vol. comprising The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper jacket with light partial browning 3 chips from top edge spine ends and corners slightly worn 1950; Prince Caspian contemporary ink ownership inscription on half-title jacket slightly damp-affected at lower edge a few small splits with slight loss 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader light foxing to earlier ff. small ink name and bookseller`s small sticker to front endpapers light foxing to jacket minor chipping to corners and spine ends 1952; The Silver Chair small ink name to head of front free endpaper jacket spine faded neat restoration work to spine ends and corners 1954; The Horse and his Boy small ink name and bookseller`s small sticker to front endpapers fraying with small splits and slight loss to corners and spine ends spine slightly sunned 1954; The Magician`s Nephew ink inscription on front free endpaper otherwise very good 1955; The Last Battle jacket slightly rubbed at spine edges and fore-corners overall a very good copy 1956 first editions plates illustrations and maps by Pauline Baynes original cloth/boards dust-jackets 8vo.
![Milne (A.A.) [The Christopher Robin books] 4 vol. comprising When We Were Very Young second issue with roman numeral present](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/683-201057135744_468x382.jpg)
Lot 683
Milne (A.A.) [The Christopher Robin books] 4 vol. comprising When We Were Very Young second issue with roman numeral present on contents p. slightly torn to head of jacket spine with minor loss and tape-burn on inside spine darkened and rubbed 1924; Winnie-the-Pooh map endpapers by Shepard small closed tear to head of spine 1926; Now We Are Six pictorial endpapers by Shepard jacket spine slightly darkened 1927; The House at Pooh Corner pictorial silhouette endpapers by Shepard very light discolouration near jacket spine 1928 first editions first impressions illustrations by E.H. Shepard original gilt-pictorial cloth fine sharp copies t.e.g. dust-jackets by Shepard some minor rubbing to extremities but overall a very good set housed in modern cloth slip-case 8vo.
Lot 690
Pogány (W.A. “Willy”).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) number 237 of 525 copies signed by the artist printed in black and colours and elaborately ornamented throughout 20 tipped-in colour plates by Willy Pogány several creased at corner original pictorial calf gilt t.e.g. others uncut some light spotting and rubbing at edges and surface at corners also tail of spine rubbed with small loss otherwise a good copy 4to [1910].
Lot 705
Clérisseau (Charles-Louis) Roman Ruins drawings in pen black ink with grey and occasionally brown wash over etched outlines six 355 x 294mm. (14 x 11.5in.) to 395 x 315mm. (15.5 x 12.25in.) remainder 175 x 175mm. (7 x 7in.) one circular to 288 x 193mm. (11.3 x 7.6in.) light browning to two drawings a few old creases and very small rubbed spots; with 3 drawings of geological features by another(?) hand and a group of engraved studies of the human body from an 18th century drawing book mounted on large folio sheets of laid paper a disbound section of a larger album 1760s or 1770s(14) ***Provenance: from the collection of the architect James Paine 1717-1789. Paine visited Rome in 1755. (Ironically as a confirmed Palladian he was to lose commissions in 1765 at both Nostell Priory and Kedleston Hall to James Adam who completed the houses in neo-classical style.) Charles-Louis Clérisseau artist architect and archaeologist won the Prix de Rome in 1746 and studied under Pannini at the French Academy in Rome from 1749 to 1754. There he absorbed the influence of his close friends Piranesi and Winckelman and after 1754 became tutor in architectural drawing and theory first to William Chambers then to Robert Adam with whom he travelled widely between 1754 and 1757. His influence on the Adam brothers` developing neo-classical style was immense. McCormick (op. cit.) concludes an account of their relationship thus: “Therefore the true beginning of the Adam style with its wealth of delicate ancient-inspired decorations vaulted ceilings screens of columns niches and rooms in a great variety of shapes derives from Clérisseau.” The present group of drawings all appear to be vedute di fantasia imaginative works incorporating elements drawn from observation. Drawing over an etched outline was a not uncommon technique for 18th century artists but the circular drawing of a mausoleum or sepulchral hall illustrated here appears to be Clérisseau`s only composition over an etching to be hitherto recorded. Two other examples are known. One is in the vast collection of Clérisseau`s drawings bought by Catherine the Great in 1779 and now in the Hermitage St. Petersburg. It is illustrated as no.59 in the Louvre catalogue (see below) and described as the only example of a drawing over etching in that collection. The other with minor variations of detail and shading is in the Fitzwilliam Museum. A version in gouache - Clérisseau`s more usual medium - is in Sir John Soane`s Museum (Inv. P.97). The dating of his drawings is problematic since he produced many with only minor variations over a period of more than three decades. He was selling drawings to Grand Tourists by 1753 exhibited his architectural capricci in London in the early 1770s and continued to work in similar style in St. Petersburg and Paris well into the 1780s. A date between 1760 and 1780 for the present group appears most probable. References: Thomas J. McCormick Charles-Louis Clérisseau and the Genesis of Neo-Classicism 1990; Charles-Louis Clérisseau: dessins du musée de l`Ermitage Saint-Petersburg Musée du Louvre 1995.
Lot 706
Diesel.Erlustierende Augenweide..Garten und Lustge Part I (of 3) engraved throughout with pictorial title and 50 plates of garden views title with light soiling and staining to fore-edge just affecting border [Berlin Kat. 3330] Augsburg Jeremias Wolff [c.1720] bound with a further 39 engraved plates by Wolff Engelbracht Weigel and others from a variety of series including views of Venice Switzerland Bavaria and the four seasons a little browned at edges together in contemporary half calf worn folio
Lot 709
Speckle (Daniel) Architectura von Vestungen. first edition title in red & black with engraved architectural border by Matheus Greuter woodcut coat-of-arms of Julius Herzog von Braunschweig (the dedicatee) tail-pieces and initials 21 engraved plates all but one double-page but many bound with text between two parts with additional R1 &2 leaves following signature R and errata leaf at end with typographical border a few contemporary ink annotations title a little soiled and water-stained some other light soiling and staining a little wormed affecting hinges but intact eighteenth century half vellum over marbled boards spine titled in manuscript and split at head rubbed [Berlin Kat. 3516; Cockle 789] folio Strasbourg Bernhart Jobin 1589. ***Advanced treatise on fortification and town planning by the architect responsible for the fortification of Gibraltar.
Lot 718
Boydell.Views and Scenery on the River Thames. 2 vol. engraved frontispiece of Father Thames 2 large folding engraved maps by J.Cooke 75 hand-coloured aquatint plates after J.Farington only (of 76 lacking plate 10 View of Blenheim at p.86) 3 double-page pp.5-6 in vol.2 creased foxing to a few leaves & plates and some light offsetting but plates generally clean bookplate of Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton on front pastedowns contemporary red straight-grain morocco elaborately gilt g.e. a little rubbed vol.1 rebacked preserving old gilt spines extremities rubbed [cf. Abbey Scenery 432 & Tooley 102] folio printed by W.Bulmer & Co. n.d. [some plates watermarked 1808]. ***A reissue of Boydells` History of the River Thames of 1794-96. With A.L.s. to Ganderton from F.W.Cooper loosely inserted presenting him with the work “...as a memento of our ten years work together. Hard work made light by our most happy friendship.” They were both involved in the 1947 negotiations leading to the naturalisation of railway wagons.
Lot 725
Carter/Mace.Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen 3v Ist d-js 3 vol. first editions plates some light foxing upper hinge of vol.2 & 3 reinforced with sticky tape original cloth with panel of gilt scarab mounted on upper covers vol.1 very slightly rubbed at edges dust-jackets rubbed and frayed at edges with slight loss (vol.3 edges reinforced with sticky tape on verso causing slight discolouration) 8vo 1923-27-33.
Lot 732
Gerning-A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine first English edition 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates one with small marginal stain double-page engraved map hand-coloured in outline list of subscribers some offsetting and light browning a few small stains modern leather-backed boards new endpapers [Abbey Travel 217] 4to R.Ackermann 1820. ***An attractive copy with plates in early state i.e. without plate numbers in top right corner and with good impressions and colouring.
Lot 753
Watson (James D.) The Double Helix first English edition signed by the author on front free endpaper diagrams very light spotting and staining to fore-edge towards end original boards dust-jacket price-clipped very slightly frayed at edges 8vo 1968. ***The first appearance in book form of Watson`s account of the discovery of the structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid in which he explains the discovery with Francis Crick of the double helix. This model was largely based on work Rosalind Franklin had been doing on DNA using x-ray diffraction techniques which her associate Maurice Wilkins had passed on to Watson & Crick. “Like nothing else in literature it gives one the feel of how creative science really happens. It opens a new world for the general non-scientific reader”. C.P. Snow.
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