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Lot 502

Pigna (Giovanni Battista). Historia de Principi di Este ... cominciando dalle cose principali della rivolutione del Romano Imperio, infino al Mcccc.lxxvi, Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1572, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, full-page woodcut illustration of coats-of-arms before tables at rear, some light marginal foxing (generally in clean condition), contemp. vellum, thick 4to STC, Italian Books 1465-1600, page 519. See Adams P1204 for the first edition of 1570. (1)

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Lot 505

Restout (Jean). Galerie Francoise, ou Portraits des hommes et des femmes celebres qui ont paru en France, 2 vols., Paris, 1771-72, half titles, titles with engraved vignette, forty engraved portrait plates, occasional light browning, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, with edge wear, folio (2)

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Lot 512

[Smollett Tobias]. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the Author of Roderick Random, 1st ed., 3 vols., 1771, half titles, a few light spots, contemporary mottled calf, covers with central gilt floral motif, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, Rothschild 1925, variant A4, together with. Davy (Humphry), Consolations in Travel, or, the Last Days of a Philosopher, 1st ed., 1830, a few light spots, recent half calf, 8vo, together with a small quantity of literature, including, The Englishman: Being the Sequel of the Guardian, 1st ed., 1714, The Man of Feeling, 1778, Fables by the Late Mr. Gay, 1795 & 1821 and Robert Southey's Roderick, the Last of the Goths, 2nd ed., 1815, original boards (20)

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Sterne (Laurence). Voyage Sentimental suivi des Lettres D'Yorick a Eliza, 2 vols., Paris & Amsterdam, 1799, half titles, six

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Lot 513

Sterne (Laurence). Voyage Sentimental suivi des Lettres D'Yorick a Eliza, 2 vols., Paris & Amsterdam, 1799, half titles, six engraved plates, text in English with French translation on facing pages, scattered light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spines with calf lettering pieces, gilt in compartments, covers detached, 4to Large paper copy. (2)

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Lot 521

Beer (Georg Joseph). Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten, 2 vols., 2nd ed., Vienna, 1813-17, nine part-folding litho. plts., mostly hand-col., some spotting or light browning, contemp. boards, some spine wear, 8vo, together with Luisini (Luigi), Aphrodisiacus, sive de lue venerea..., enlarged corrected ed. [by Herman Boerhaave], 2 vols. in one, Leiden, 1728, titles printed in red and black, eng. plt. opposite col. 368, some marginal browning and light dampstaining at front and rear, ownership names to first title, contemp. calf gilt, sl. wear to extremities and short split at foot of upper joint, folio, plus other medical by Merkel and Stoll First and second items: Garrison Morton 5842 and 2372 (1566-67 edition). (10)

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Lot 525

Berkeley (George). Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, 2nd ed., 1744, scattered light spotting, [bound-in with] Hales (Stephen), An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Tar-Water: Wherein is Shown the Quantity of Tar that is therein, 2nd ed., 1747, bound with Prior (Thomas), An Authentick Narrative of the Sucess of Tar-Water, in Curing a Great Number and Variety of Distempers with Remarks and Occasional Papers Relative to the Subject, 1746, occasional light spotting, modern half calf, edges lightly rubbed, signed “H. H. Crippen” in another hand on ffep, 8vo (1)

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Lot 548

Nicholls (Francis). De Anima Medica praelectio ex Lumleii et Caldwaldi instituto ..., 1st ed., 1750, light spotting throughout, first and last leaf sl. browned, title a little chipped at inner and outer margins with archival repairs not affecting text, modern plain wrappers, slim 4to, together with Tachenius (Ottonis), Hippocrates chimicus ..., 3rd ed., Leidon, 1671, addn. eng. title, small brown spot to fore-margin of early leaves, minor spotting and soiling, lacks half title (?), modern calf, a little rubbed, small 8vo, plus Robinson (J., pub.), The Fundamental Laws of Physick, or, The Nobility and Gentry Cannot be Preserv'd by the Modern Practice in the Difficult and Dangerous Diseases, 1st ed., 1711, light browning, closely trimmed at foot of pp. 7-9 affecting lettering but not sense, modern sheep, a little rubbed, slim 8vo (3)

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Lot 550

Orr (William, ed.). Orr's Circle of Sciences. A Series of Treatises on the Principles of Science, 2nd ed., 9 vols., 1854-1856, two folding coloured maps, numerous illustrations, some leaves uncut, occasional light spotting, original blue blindstamped cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed, a little faded, 8vo (9)

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Lot 563

Bryan (Michael). A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, 2 vols., 1816, engraved portrait frontispiece, five plates of engravers monograms, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf gilt, spines worn, 4to, together with five other books: Walter Godfrey's The English Staircase (1911), Aymer Vallance's Old Crosses and Lychgates (1920), Old England's Worthies (1853), The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue's The Industry of all Nations 1851 (1851) and the Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition (1867) (7)

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Chambers (William). Desseins des Edifices, Meubles, Habits, Machines et Ustenciles des Chinois, London, 1757, eighteen engra

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Lot 567

Chambers (William). Desseins des Edifices, Meubles, Habits, Machines et Ustenciles des Chinois, London, 1757, eighteen engraved plates (of 21), lacking plates 1, 3 & 11, some occasional light spotting and dampstaining, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

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Lot 572

Eisen (Gustavus A.). The Great Chalice of Antioch, on which are Depicted in Sculpture the Earliest Known Portraits of Christ, Apostles and Evangelists, 2 vols., New York, 1923, forty-nine photogravure plates, eleven etched plates by Margaret W. Kinney, captioned tissue-guards, original morocco-backed boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly rubbed, t.e.g., folio (Limited edition, 95/1000 copies), together with Andrae (Walter), Coloured Ceramics from Ashur and Earlier Ancient Assyrian Wall-Paintings, 1925, twenty-nine coloured plates, uncoloured plates and illustrations, a few light spots, original cloth, folio (3)

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Lot 574

Fenaille (Maurice). Etat General des Tapisseries de la manufacture des Gobelins depuis son origine jusqu'a nos jours 1600-1900, 2 vols. only, Paris, 1912 and 1923, engraved titles printed in red and black, sixty-five engraved plates after Raphael, Boucher, Galland etc, illustrations, a few light spots, contemporary calf, covers with central ruled panel and corner volutes, spines with raised bands and calf labels, light scratches, folio Limited edition of 325 copies, 1912 unumbered, 1923 numbered 141. (2)

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Gerhard (Eduard). Coupes Grecques et Etrusques du Musee Royal de Berlin, Berlin, 1843, additional title in German, eleven ha

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Lot 577

Gerhard (Eduard). Coupes Grecques et Etrusques du Musee Royal de Berlin, Berlin, 1843, additional title in German, eleven hand-coloured lithographed plates only, of which seven double-paged, one b & w plate, occasional light spotting, loosely bound in original printed boards, some light wear, cloth ties, one missing, folio (1)

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Lot 578

Gibbs (James). Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, in a more exact and easy manner than has heretofore practised, by which all fractions, in dividing the principal members and their parts, are avoided, 3rd ed., 1753, sixty-four copper-engraved plates, final two plates with corner sections torn away affecting images, a few plates with short closed tears, some pencil scoring, occasional light marginal dampstaining and dusting, contemporary calf-backed boards, lower cover detached, somewhat worn, folio (1)

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Lot 584

Hall (S.C., editor). Gems of Euorpean Art: The Best Pictures of the Best Schools, 2 vols., 1st Series, 1846, 2nd Series, c.1840s, numerous steel eng. plts., scattered foxing, contemp. green half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, spines gilt dec., folio, together with Wilkie (David), The Wilkie Gallery: A Selection of the Best Pictures of the late Sir David Wilkie, R.A. Including the Spanish and Oriental Sketches, c.1850, port. frontis., addn. eng. title-page, and numerous eng. plts., scattered light foxing and occn. soiling, a.e.g., orig. maroon blindstamped morocco gilt, bevel-edged, extrems. rubbed, gilt to upper cover dulled, folio, plus Cunningham (Allan), The Gallery of Pictures by the First Masters of the English and Foreign Schools..., 2 vols., c.1830s, numerous steel eng. plts., scattered foxing, contemp. gilt dec. calf, rubbed and worn, first vol. with loss to foot of spine, 4to (5)

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Lot 587

Ireland (Samuel). Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth, from Pictures, Drawings, and Scarce Prints, 1st ed., 1794, fifty-seven engraved plates (all present), some aquatinted, a couple of plates cropped, occasional light spotting or offsetting, contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt, a.e.g., 8vo, together with. Mcdermott (Edward), The Merrie Days of England, Sketches of the Olden Time, 1st ed., 1859, twenty engraved plates after Joseph Nash, George Thomas, Birket Foster and Edward Corbould, occasional mainly light spotting, later half morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, t.e.g., 4to, plus three other books: Cornelius Brown's Worthies and Celebrities of Nottinghamshire, 1882; William Newcome's Observations on Our Lord's Conduct as a Divine Instructor: and on the Excellence of His Moral Character, 1782 and Francis Palgrave's The Treasury of Scared Song, Oxford, 1889 (5)

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Lot 592

Palladio (Andrea). The Four Books of Architecture: by Andrea Palladio..., Literally Translated from the Original Italian by Isaac Ware, Printed for R. Ware, [1755], pubs. ad. leaf facing title, three eng. divisional titles only (of 4), 201 eng. plts. only, eng. illusts. to text, some light damp staining to few plts., closed tears to inner margins of last two plts., contemp. calf, old reback, some wear to binding and joints cracked, folio (1)

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Lot 598

Catalogues. Collection Jacques Doucet, Catalogue des Dessins & Pastels du XVIIIe Sicle Dont la Vente Aura Lieu a Paris Galerie Georges Petit..., 3 vols., Paris, 1912, title-pages printed in black and red, numerous b & w and sepia plts., sprinkled edges, together with Catalogue des Tableaux Modernes... Objets d'Art & d'Ameublement, Appartenant ˆ Madame la Marquise Landolfo Carcano, Paris, 1912, printed in black and red throughout, numerous b & w and sepia plts., one detached, scattered light foxing, sprinkled edges, stitching partially broken, uniformly bound in contemp. qtr. speckled calf, gilt dec. spines with leather labels, extrems. sl. rubbed, first vol. damaged at foot of spine with loss, folio (4)

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Lot 599

Trade Catalogue. Silversmiths, Electroplaters and Cutlery Manufacturers. Illustrated Pattern-Book of Silver Goods, Electro-Silver Plated Goods and Cutlery. Also of Japanned Goods, Bronze and Ormolu Goods, Ironmongery, Lamps etc, London, c. 1880, illustrated throughout in b & w, apart from British Oak Goods leaf which is in brown and silver and Fenders, Fire Irons and Fire Iron Rests leaf, part coloured, a few light spots, original cloth, upper cover with double ruled gilt border, slight wear to spine ends, covers a little dampstained, a.e.g., folio Interesting trade catalogue with illustrations of silver and plate goods, cutlery, scissors and miscellaneous goods including corkscrews, tin openers, clocks, lamps, optical goods, bird cages, baths etc. (1)

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Lot 602

Blades (William). The Bibliography and Typography of William Caxton, 1st ed., 1877, eighteen plates, occasional light dampstains, library stamps, contemporary half morocco, joints and edges lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with. Carter (Thomas Francis), The Invention of Printing in China and its Spread Westward, 1st ed., New York, 1925, folding map and table, plates and illustrations, library stamps and remnants of label, hinges weak, original cloth, some wear to joints and edges, 8vo, plus a small quantity of other books, including Maggs Bros., 70th anniversary catalogue of A Collection of French XVIIIth Century Illustrated Books, London, 1930, Regalita di Torino, a cura di Valentino Brosio, Rome, 1972, Clive Bell's Twelfth Century Paintings at Hardham & Clayton, 1947, Neilonde's Egyptian Scrapbook c. 1860 and two 19th c anatomical books (14)

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Lot 663

Aldin (Cecil). Old Inns, London, 1921, sixteen coloured tipped-in plates, b & w illustrations, original vellum-backed boards, some wear to lower spine and lower cover, t.e.g., 4to, (Limited edition, 244/380 copies, signed by the artist), together with. Surtees (R. S.), Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt, 2 vols., n.d., c. 1910, twenty-four coloured plates by Cecil Aldin, illustrations, a few light spots, front hinge a little weak vol. 1, original cloth gilt, spines a little faded, lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 4to (3)

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Lot 667

Congreve (William). Works, 1st collected edition, 3 vols., 1710, woodcut head-and-tail pieces and initials, occasional light spotting or browning, a few leaves with marginal wormtracks, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, 1834 and Percy Fitzgerald's The Romance of the English Stage, 1874, 2 vols., (lacking V-VIII of preface leaves, vol. I) (6)

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Lot 668

Crane (Walter, illust.). Spenser's Faerie Queene, edited by Thomas Wise, 6 vols., 1895-97, plates & illustrations by Walter Crane, part wrappers bound-in, scattered light spots, original white cloth gilt, spines rubbed and discoloured, short tear to spine of vol. 1, t.e.g., 4to One of 1000 copies on handmade paper. (6)

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Lot 676

Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Stories from Hans Andersen, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, 1911, twenty-eight coloured tipped-in plates, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded, edges lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, pub. William Heinemann, n.d., thirteen coloured plates, a few light spots, original cloth gilt, spine and edges a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Robinson (William Heath, illustrator), Absurdities, a book of Collected Drawings, pub. Hutchinson & Co., [1934], ninety-six illustrations, a few light spots, original pictorial boards, spine lacking, edges rubbed, some discolouration, 4to, with two other books: Number Four Joy Street, c. 1926 and Helen Allingham's Happy England, 1903 (5)

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Lot 684

Legrand (Edy, illust.). Voyages & Glorieuses Decouvertes des Grands Navigateurs & Explorateurs Francais, Paris, Tolmer, [1921], colour pochoir plates and illusts., including two folding maps, pictorial endpapers, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards rubbed and marked, with some light overall soiling, slim folio, together with Laborde (Charles, illust.), Montesquieu, Lettres Persanes, illustrees d'eaux-fortes de Chas Laborde, Paris, Editions Litteraires de France, n.d., c. 1940, 272 pp., numerous hand-coloured pochoir illusts. by Charles Laborde, orig. printed wrappers bound in, t.e.g., near-contemp. full morocco, gilt spine with raised bands, with morie silk-covered slipcase, large 8vo, limited edition 83/250 copies on chiffon lana (2)

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Lot 689

Lindsay (Norman, illust.). The Antichrist of Nietzsche, A New Version in English by P. R. Stephensen, illust. Norman Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press, [1928], illustrated title, six full-page etched plates, titles and initials supplied in blue, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half dark blue morocco, rubbed and scuffed and some minor marks, folio, together with Lysistrata by Aristophanes Done Into English by Jack Lindsay, illust. Norman Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press, 1926, four full-page plates, and illusts. to text, some minor marginal soiling due to handling, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half dark blue morocco, rubbed and marked, some light soiling, folio Limited edition of 550 and 725 copies respectively, the latter signed by Jack Lindsay. (2)

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Lot 690

Lindsay (Norman, illust.). Women in Parliament by Aristophanes, done into English by Jack Lindsay, The Franfrolico Press, [1929], illustrated title, four full-page engraved plates, illustrations, original half calf gilt, spine faded, t.e.g., folio, together with. The Antichrist of Nietzsche, a new version in English by P. R. Stephensen, The Franfrolico Press, [1928], illustrated title, titles and initials printed in blue, six engraved plates after Norman Lindsay, original half calf gilt, spine faded, light scuff marks, t.e.g., folio. Limited editions, 316/500 and 86/550 copies respectively, the former signed by the translator. (2)

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Lot 694

Moliere (Jean Baptiste de). Oeuvres, Paris, 1866, portrait frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, a few light spots, prize-giving inscription on ffep, contemporary calf, upper cover with gilt-stamped armorial, spine gilt with lettering-piece, lightly faded, large 8vo, together with Lansdale (Maria Hornor), The Chateaux of Touraine, New York, 1907, illustrations after Jules Guerin, half-tone plates, contemporary half morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. t.e.g., 4to, (provenance: William A. Law, Chairman of First National Bank, Philadelphia. Bound-in at rear, various dinner invitations in honour of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, various correspondence, banquet speeches etc from the early 1920's), together with a small quantity of other books including Katherine Thomson's The Life and Times of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 3 vols., 1860, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, 3 vols., 1840, George Harris's The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, 3 vols., 1847, Helen Taylor's Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle, 3 vols., 1872 and Oeuvres Complettes, 8 vols., Paris, 1803 (33)

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Lot 697

O'brian (Patrick). Three Bear Witness, 1st ed., Secker and Warburg, 1952, a few light scattered spots, original green cloth in d.j., designed by Roy Sanford, lightly spotted, chips and neat repairs to head and foot of spine, 8vo. A good copy. (1)

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Lot 703

Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st ed., 1903, tweny-seven coloured plates, ink presentation inscription on title, occasional light fingermarks, original pictorial cloth, head of spine neatly repaired, 12mo (1)

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Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, new ed., Hodder & Stoughton, [1912], fifty tippe

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Lot 704

Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, new ed., Hodder & Stoughton, [1912], fifty tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, b & w illusts. to text, occn. light foxing, B2 with short tear in lower blank margin, plain endpapers and edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, marked, spine sl. faded, 4to, (Riall p.114: a reprint of the 1906 ed. but with a new coloured frontis. and an addn. seven full-page drawings), together with The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, 1st ed., 1910, thirty-four col. plts. tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, some scattered spotting, mostly to first and final leaves and to edges, pictorial endpapers, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus Some British Ballads, Constable, 1st ed., [1919], sixteen tipped-in plts., a few corners creased, scattered spotting, rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, some fading and marks, spine a little frayed to extrems., shaken and binding becoming detached at upper hinge, 4to (3)

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Lot 706

[Simpson, Wolley]. Professional Excursions, by an Auctioneer. Part 1 [all published], Essex, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent, pub. Alfred Greenland, 1843, occasional pencil scoring, bookplate of James Penderel, Count of Boscobel, original blindstamped cloth , upper joint splitting, a little rubbed, 8vo, (interesting account of a 19th century auctioneer, one copy recorded in the British Library), together with How to Farm Profitably; or, the Sayings & Doings of Mr Alderman Mechi, 1859, portrait frontispiece, three engraved plates, one leaf with burn mark and marginal loss, scattered light spots, contemporary morocco-backed boards, light soiling, 8vo, plus. The Naked Truth, or One Day's Advice to Landlords, Tenants and Operatives, and to all who Think, Derby, pub. Henry Mozley, 1836, a few spots, hinges weak, original boards, paper label on upper cover, lightly soiled, 8vo (3)

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Lot 720

Elzevir Press. Histoire du roy Henry le Grand. Composee par Messire Hardouin de Perefixe..., Amsterdam, 1661, addn. eng. title (dust soiled, detached & frayed to margins), some damp staining and light dust soiling, disbound 12mo, (Willems 1272), together with Pearson (John), An Exposition of the Creed, 2nd ed., 1662, title ruled in red, first and last few pages slightly frayed, slight dust soiling, contemp. calf, lacks spine and corners worn, plus other misc. 18th/19th c. theology etc. (a carton)

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Lot 727

Layton (G.). Castle-Barnard, A Poem, pub. Barnard-Castle, printed by and for J. Atkinson and for G. Atkinson, Darlington, 1823, half-title, wood-engraved frontis., wood-engraved vign. title, several wood-engraved illusts., orig. printed boards, rubbed and marked, a little wear to spine and edges, small 8vo, together with Cannon (Richard), Historical Record of the Seventy-First Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, 1852, three hand-coloured and tinted plates, orig. blind-stamped red cloth, a little rubbed and frayed to extrems., spine somewhat faded, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 19th c. (2 cartons)

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Lot 759

Decaux (H.). Chasses en Abyssinie, illust. R. de la Neziere, Paris, n.d., c. 1900, b & w wood eng. illusts., orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling and minor wear to extrems., large 8vo, together with Buxton (L.H. Dudley), The Eastern Road, 1st ed., 1924, b & w plts. after photos., orig. cloth, 8vo, plus Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646, trans and ed C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, pub. Hakluyt Society, 1954, folding plts., maps, etc., orig. light-blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, and others on travel interest, various (3 shelves)

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Alexander (Boyd). From the Niger to the Nile, 2nd impression, 2 vols., 1908, three folding maps with short marginal tears, half-tone plates, a few light spots, original cloth gilt, edges rubbed, spines a little faded, 8vo, together with Millais (John G.), Far Away Up the Nile, 1st ed., 1924, map, half-tone plates after Millais, occasional light spotting, original cloth , light edge wear, spine a little faded, 4to, plus Bent (J. Theodore), The Sacred City of the Ethiopians, being a record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893, 1st ed., 1893, nine plates, folding map, repaired, with short tears, occasional light spotting, recent half calf, spine gilt with lettering pieces, t.e.g., 8vo, together with the Rev. James Smith's A Pilgrimage to Palestine (Aberdeen, 1895), A Pilgrimage to Egypt (Aberdeen, 1897) and A Pilgrimage to Italy (Aberdeen, 1899) (7)

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Burton (Captain Sir Richard F.). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, 2 vols., 1893, portrait frontispiece of Isabel Burton, fourteen lithographed plates, of which thirteen coloured or tinted, three folding maps and plans, occasional light spotting, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and slightly cocked, 8vo, together with A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, 2 vols., 1893, frontis. to each, occasional light spotting, original cloth gilt, edges lightly rubbed, 8vo. First four volumes of the Memorial Edition. (4)

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Carne (John). Syria, The Holy Land and Asia Minor Illustrated, 3 vols. bound in one, Fisher, c.1840, eng. port. frontis., addn. eng. vign. title to each part, two single-page maps, 113 (of 117) steel-eng. plts., occn. light marginal foxing, endpapers renewed, contemp. half calf, rubbed, 4to, together with Beattie (William), The Castles and Abbeys of England, Virtue, c.1870s, eng. port. frontis., numerous eng. plts. and illusts., embossed circular lib. stamp to rear blanks, first vol. with front free endpaper glued to pastedown, a.e.g., contemp. morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, spines sl. faded, 4to, plus Goldsmith (Oliver), A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 vols., Blackie, c.1860s, numerous eng. plts., some hand-col., some folding, contents generally browned and stained, a few short tears in fore-margin, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, with some sl. wear to extrems., 4to, plus Wright's Gallery of Engravings, 2 vols. (7)

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Fogg (William Perry). Travels and Adventures in Arabistan: or The Land of “The Arabian Nights”. Being travels through Egypt,

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Lot 27

Fogg (William Perry). Travels and Adventures in Arabistan: or The Land of “The Arabian Nights”. Being travels through Egypt, Arabia and Persia, to Bagdad, 1st ed., [1881], frontispiece and twelve engraved plates, illustrations, a few light spots, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine and edges lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Blakesley (Joseph Williams), Four Months in Algeria: with a visit to Carthage, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1859, four maps or plans, three folding, four plates, large folding map torn along folds, a few light spots, original cloth, tears to spine, faded, 8vo, plus three other books: David Ker's On the Road to Khiva, 1st ed., 1874 (lacking map); Charles Koch's The Crimea and Odessa: Journal of a Tour, with an Account of the Climate and Vegetation, 1st ed., 1855 and George Rawlinson's The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy; or the Geography, History & Antiquities of Parthia, 1st ed., 1873 (5)

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Lot 29

Gibbons (Major A. St. H.). Africa from South to North through Marotseland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1904, portrait frontispiece, folding map, two large linen-backed folding maps in rear pockets, photogravure plates, occasional light spotting, bookplates, original pictorial cloth, paper number label on each spine, rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, together with Whymper (Edward), Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2nd ed., 1892, lacking supplementary vol., two folding maps, one in rear pocket, plates and illustrations, original cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, plus a small quantity of other books of African or South American interest (carton)

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Lot 33

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, pub. William Blackwood, 1865, forty-six maps, coloured in outline, lacking maps 2 and 35, a few leaves torn or frayed, hinges broken, occasional light spotting, original morocco-backed boards, somewhat worn, folio (1)

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Lot 38

Mackenzie (C.). The Geographical Encyclopeadia; or A Statistical Survey of the World, 2 vols., 1829, additional engraved titles, 30 uncoloured engraved maps including some folding, numerous engraved views, rough-trimmed, some light browning and spotting, modern half calf with marbled boards and leather spine labels, 4to (2)

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Lot 40

Marcoy (Paul). Travels in South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 vols., pub. Blackie & Son, 1875, ten maps, plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, hinges weakening, original pictorial cloth gilt, a.e.g., small folio, together with erstacker (Frederick), Western Lands and Western Waters, 1st ed., 1864, illustrations, occasional light spotting, prizegiving presentation inscription on ffep, original blindstamped cloth, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo, plus seven other books on American or South American interest, including Herndon and Gibbon's Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 1854, (vols. 1 and two copies of vol. 2, plus folding map, torn), House and Home or, The Carolina Housewife, 3rd ed., 1855 and Samuel Humphrey's Peruvian Tales, related in one thousand and one hours, by one of the select virgins of Cusco, to the Ynca of Peru, (vol. XXI of the Novelist's Magazine, 1786, 8vo) (10)

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Lot 51

Ouvry (Col. H.A.). Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from my Journal, pub. Lymington, 1892, b & w plts. and folding plan, upper pastedown inscribed by the author to Field Marshal Lord William Paulet, lacking front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Paget (Gen. Lord George), The Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea..., 1881, folding plan at rear with closed tears to folds, ink ownership stamp to title, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (1)

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Lot 56

Roosevelt (Theodore). African Game Trails, an account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist, London, 1910, portrait frontispiece, map, half-tone plates, a few light spots, presentation inscription, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, together with Schillings (C. G.), With Flashlight and Rifle, 1st ed., 2 vols., 1906, portrait frontispiece, half-tone plates, hinges a little weak, original pictorial cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, t.e.g., 8vo, plus eight other similar books including Abel Chapman's Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929 (London, 1930), Captain E. Dion Lardner's Soldiering and Sport in Uganda, 1909-1910, (London, 1912) and Sir Robert Baden-Powell's Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting (London, 1924, revised edition) (11)

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Lot 59

Santa Maria (Giuseppe di). Seconda Speditione all' Indie Orientali, 1st ed., Rome, Filippo M. Mancini, 1672, half-title, without folding map, a few woodcut decs. and initials, etc., brown stain to central portion of prelims. and some light embrowning throughout, later ink inscription to verso of front blank, 'Monte Carmelo in l'Egidio', contemp. vellum, with title in ink to spine, a little rubbed and some marks, small 4to. An important account of the Bishop of Hierapolis' second mission to the Malabar region of India between 1660 and 1665, during a period of Dutch Colonial expansion in India. (1)

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Usteri (Johann Martin). Das Vater Unser eines Underwaldners, Freiburg, [1814], mounted aquatint title, seven mounted aquatin

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Lot 64

Usteri (Johann Martin). Das Vater Unser eines Underwaldners, Freiburg, [1814], mounted aquatint title, seven mounted aquatint plates, occasional light marginal spotting, original printed wrapper, some light wear, 4to. Second edition of Usteri's anti-French series of illustrations, the plates depicting the bloody rebellion of the Swiss canton of Nidwalden, against invading French revolutionary troops in September 1798. The illustrations follow a Nidwald mountain shepherd and his young nephew, with the text based on the Lord's Prayer. (1)

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Lot 65

Valentia (George Annesley, Viscount). Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, vols. I & II only (of 3), 1809, forty-two engraved plates, maps, plans etc., Red Sea chart with a few short tears, occasional light spotting, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to (2)

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Lot 83

Coxe (William). An Historical Tour in Monmouthshire; illustrated with views by Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart., 2 vols., 1801, ninety-two engraved maps, plans and plates, short tear to folding maps, one or two plans cropped affecting imprint, occasional light spotting and dampstaining, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (2)

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Lot 84

Cross (Thomas). The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman, 1st ed., 2 vols, 1904, forty-three hand-coloured aquatinted plates, portrait, frontispiece loosening in vol. II, a few light spots, original cloth gilt, spines a little faded, edges lightly rubbed, 4to One of 500 copies. (2)

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Lot 88

Heron-Allen (Edward). Selsey Bill: Historic and Prehistoric, 1st ed., 1911, two coloured plates, three folding maps in rear pocket, photographic plates, occasional light spotting, lower hinge a little weak, original cloth with paper label to spine, soiled, 4to (1)

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Lot 100

Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 2nd ed., Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1791, title with wood-engraved vignette, wood-eengraved illustrations, scattered light spotting, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with Wetton (W., pub), The Natural History of Remarkable Trees, Shrubs and Plants, n.d., c. 1825, wood-engraved illustrations, a few light spots, contemporary calf, upper cover with blindstamped emblem of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, rubbed and scuffed, 12mo, with four other volumes of the same series, namely: The Natural History of Animals: Containing An Account of Remarkable Fishes; The Natural History of Remarkable Birds, with their Habits and Instincts; The Natural History of Reptiles and Serpents and The Natural History of Remarkable Insects, with their Habits and Instincts, uniformly bound, together with The Green-House Companion, 2nd ed., 1825 and Loudon's Hortus Britannicus, 2nd ed. (8)

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Lot 103

Blanchard (Emile). Les Poissons des Eaux Douces de la France, 1st ed., Paris, 1866, title with engraved vignette, illustrations, occasional light spotting, contemporary cloth, 8vo, together with (Montpetit, A), Les Poissons D'Eau Douce du Canada, 1st ed., Montreal, 1897, twelve hand-coloured chromolithographed plates, b & w illustrations, one text leaf with closed marginal tears, contemporary half calf, spine with calf labels, lightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Berg (Leo), Freshwater Fishes of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, 4th ed., 3 vols, Jerusalem, 1962-65, coloured folding map, illustrations, original cloth, d.j.'s, some edge wear, slightly grubby, 8vo (5)

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Lot 105

Darwin (Charles). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication , 2nd ed., 2 vols., 1875, wood-engraved illustrations, a few leaves uncut, a few leaves with repaired tears, scattered light spotting, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, joints and edges lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with. Darwin (Charles), The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2nd ed., 2 vols., 1888, wood-engraved illustrations, scattered light spots, original cloth, edges lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Mawe (John), Familiar Lessons on Mineralogy and Geology, 3rd ed., 1821, four hand-coloured engraved plates, recent calf-backed boards, small 8vo, together with two other books including Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgelscichte, Augsburg, 1810 (7)

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Lot 109

Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany, vols. 7, 10-11, 1854, 1857-58, forty hand-coloured lithographed plates, a few light spots, contemporary half calf, upper joint splitting, vol. 11, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (3)

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Lot 113

Hedrick (U.P.). The Plums of New York, Albany, 1911, b & w port. frontis., 107 col. plts. of plums, ink stamp to head of title-page and front endpapers, hinges split, orig. green cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed and some light markings, thick 4to (1)

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Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, 6 vols., Groombridge, 1863-64, 358 col. plts., scattered light foxing, edges

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Lot 121

Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, 6 vols., Groombridge, 1863-64, 358 col. plts., scattered light foxing, edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. cloth in printed d.j.s., frayed and torn, with some loss, spines darkened, 4to Exceptionally rare in the dustjackets, each jacket printed with a different illustration to the front panel, echoing the gilt decorated cloth design beneath. (6)

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Lot 122

Morris (F.O.). A History of British Butterflies, 8th ed., 1895, seventy-nine hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light spots, contemporary half green calf, rubbed, 4to, together with. Roberts (Mary), A Popular History of the Mollusca, 1st ed., 1851, eighteen hand-coloured lithographed plates, original cream blindstamped cloth, upper cover with gilt snail decoration, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus James Britten's European Ferns, c. 1880 (3)

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Sowerby (James). English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants..., edited by John T. Boswell Syme, 13 vols includin

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Lot 129

Sowerby (James). English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants..., edited by John T. Boswell Syme, 13 vols including supplement, 3rd ed., 1863-1899, at least 1935 hand-coloured engraved plates, two uncoloured, occasional light spotting to a few plates, a few plates loose in vol. 12, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed with some vols. split along joints, t.e.g., 8vo Nissen 2227. (13)

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Lot 130

Symonds (Henry). Runs and Sporting Notes from Dorsetshire, 1st ed., pub. Edward Derham, Blandford, 1899, b & w plts., title-page re-attached and frayed to fore-edge, front free endpaper with ms. ownership signatures of Ralph A. Radclyffe (son of Chas. J. Radclyffe pictured opp. p.73?) and Montague F. Radclyffe, upper hinge split, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and damp spotted, with a little wear to spine extrems., slim 8vo, together with Underhill (George F.), Hunting and Practical Hints for Hunting Men, 1st ed., 1897, 8pp. pubs. ads. at rear, endpapers foxed, untrimmed, orig. pictorial cloth, rubbed and dust-soiled, spine darkened, 8vo, plus Edwards (Lionel, illust.), Horse Sense & Sensibility by Crascredo, 2nd ed., 1927, col. frontis. and b & w plts., occn. light foxing, orig. cloth gilt, partially faded, 4to, plus twenty-one others related (24)

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