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![* Fishing. Messrs. Fores (publishers), Two Fishing Scenes: A Strong Stream and a Lively Fish [and] With the May Fly, March 1s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/3a354f35-114a-44e2-9052-b11e011e8812/468x382.jpg)
Lot 159
* Fishing. Messrs. Fores (publishers), Two Fishing Scenes: A Strong Stream and a Lively Fish [and] With the May Fly, March 1st 1886, two hand-coloured lithographs after R. M. Alexander, slight marginal spotting to the second image, each approximately 370 x 470 mm, uniformly framed and glazed, together with Giles (J.). To the Lovers of Angling, This Print of a Veteran of the Angle is with Respect, Dedicated by one of their Brethren, Isaac Walton, Thos. Mclean, September 1st. 1845, tint stone lithograph after James Inskipp, very slight staining, 365 x 455 mm, framed and glazed in a contemporary birds-eye moulding, with Tabertier (J.). Falls of the Cummel, A Fishing Scene in the Highlands, E. Gambert June 1st. 1852, tint stone lithograph after J. D. Harding, proof before title, 410 x 530 mm, framed and glazed in a near-contemporary stained oak moulding, plus Whymper (Charles). Six etchings of Fishing scenes, Leggatt Bros. 1891, six uncoloured etchings by Frank Paton on India wove, signed below the image by the artist and the etcher, slight spotting to the margins, each approximately 225 x 290 mm, uniformly framed in near-contemporary stained oak mouldings, with Clark (J.). Fishing in a Punt [and] Pike Fishing, Thomas McLean 1820 [ but later 19th-century impressions], two lithographs after H. Alken with contemporary hand-colouring, slight staining and spotting, each approximately 220 x 300 mm, framed with verre eglomisé glass, plus another six fishing related engravings and lithographs by or after Thomas McLean, R. Seymour and Newton Fielding, one duplicate, various sizes and condition, all framed and glazedQTY: (18)
Lot 448
The Golden Cockerel Press. Mademoiselle de Maupin, by Gaiutoer Theophile & translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers, 1938, 8 engraved plates including frontispiece by John Buckland Wright, occasional minor spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter vellum bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, blue cloth boards lightly toned, 4to in 8s (limited edition 375/500), together with:Saadi. Le Jardin des Roses et des Fruits, Traduit du Persan par Franz Toussaint, Paris: Editions Claude Aveline, 1927, coloured plate, decorative initials, head and tail pieces, edges untrimmed, original printed wrappers, 4to (limited edition 81/450),Frazer (James George). The Golden Bough, a study in magic and religion, 13 volumes (including supplement), 3rd edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1936, uniform original green cloth, 8vo,Morris (Francis Orpen). A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Bell and Daldy, 1870, numerous colour plates, some leaves detached and frayed, front free endpapers with upper outer corner excised, original cloth gilt, worn, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books including science, medical and topography related including Balfour (Francis M.). A Treatise on Comparative Embryology, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1880, wood engraved illustrations, ink stamps to titles, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 8voQTY: (a carton)
Lot 37
Cornwall. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the County of Cornwall from an Actual Survey, made in the Years 1826 & 1827, by C. & J. Greenwood. Most Respectfully Dedicated to the Nobility, Clergy & Gentry of the County, published Greenwood & Co. 1827, large scale engraved map on three sheets, sectionalised and laid on linen, bright contemporary wash colouring, inset map of the Scilly Isles, calligraphic cartouche, engraved vignette of St. Michaels Mount, table of explanation and compass rose, faint offsetting, each sheet approximately 605 x 1845 mm, each sheet edged in green silk, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary tree calf book box with a contrasting red morocco gilt label to the spineQTY: (1)NOTE:R. C. E. Quixley (2nd edition expanded by J. M. E. Quixley). Antique Maps of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, number 76. A fine copy in very good condition.
![[Bonnefons, Nicolas de]. The French Gardiner: Instructing how to Cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and Herbs for the Garde](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/a75de516-870a-4865-a8f7-b11e0120281a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 496
[Bonnefons, Nicolas de]. The French Gardiner: Instructing how to Cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and Herbs for the Garden: Together with directions to dry and conserve them in their Natural; An accomplished piece, Written originally in French, and now transplanted into English, by John Evelyn, 2 parts in one, 2nd English edition, London: Printed by J. M. for John Crooke, 1669, without frontispiece and all plates lacking, gutter margin of general title repaired (with slight loss of few letters) and dark damp-stain at head, following two leaves also strengthened at gutter margin, I2 with tear to lower outer corner, separate title and pagination to 'The English Vineyard Vindicated', light dust-soiling and few marks, endpapers renewed, 20th-century sheep preserving contemporary sheep sides to boards, 8vo, together with:Austen (Ralph). A Treatise of Fruit-Trees, Shewing the manner of Grafting, Planting, Pruning, and Ordering of them in all respects, according to new and easy Rules of Experience. With divers divine, and humane arguments, of the dignity of Fruit-Trees, and Art of Planting..., part 1 only (of 2), 2nd edition, Oxford: Printed by Henry Hall Printer to the University, for Thomas Robinson, 1657, [22], 140 pp., lacking additional engraved title, bound without second part 'The Spirituall use of an Orchard...', letterpress title close-trimmed at foot shaving imprint, blank fore-margin of A3 torn, damp-staining to last few leaves mostly to upper outer corners, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked, small 4to,Worlidge (John). Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered. Treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of Tilling, Planting, Sowing, Manuring, Ordering, Improving of all sorts of Gardens, Orchards, Meadows, Pastures, Corn-lands, Woods & Coppices. As also of Fruits, Corn, Grains, Pulse, New-Hays, Cattle, Fowl, Beasts, Bees, Silk-Worms, Fish, &c...., by J. W., 4th edition, corrected and amended, London: printed, and are to be sold by John Taylor, 1698, frontispiece lacking, title with imprint slip pasted over 1697 imprint, one engraved plate, long closed tear to 2L1, small hole to 2T1 with small area of text loss to index, lacking final leaf of index 2T2, some dust-soiling, marks and occasional spotting, later endpapers with cloth hinges, contemporary speckled calf, old reback, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, spine and board edges worn, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).1. Henrey 146; Hunt 312; Keynes, Evelyn 8; Wing B3600.2. Henrey 6; Wing A4239.3. Wing W3602A.
![Charles I. [Eikon Basilike]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings..., [London]: Printed [](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/ce029708-ca66-438f-a542-b11e011f45fe/468x382.jpg)
Lot 312
Charles I. [Eikon Basilike]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings..., [London]: Printed [by T. Newcomb for H. Seile] in the Yeer, 1649, double-page engraved frontispiece (fold split and strengthened to verso), explanation leaf present facing frontispiece, first two words of title printed in Greek characters, early annotation to verso of K9, wanting leaf K10 (blank), damp-staining and toning, 19th-century half calf, boards detached, 12mo, together with:Taylor (Jeremy). A Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measure of Friendship. With rules of conducting it. In a Letter to M. K. P. To which are added, Two Letters to Persons changed in Religion. Also Three Letters to a Gentleman that was tempted to the Communion of the Romish Church, London: R. Royston, 1671, engraved portrait frontispiece (torn to lower blank margin, some toning and scattered spotting, lacking free endpapers, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown bearing the motto 'dat cura quietem' (possibly for the Medlicott family), all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated brown morocco, joints worn, 12mo, (Wing T318), and Avaux (Claude de Mesmes, comte d'). Lettres de Messieurs d'Avaux et Servien, ambassadeurs pour le Roy de France en Allemamagne [sic], concernantes leurs differents & leurs responses de part & d'autre en l'année 1644, published 1650, damp-staining to front endpaper, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, upper joint and spine split, small 8vo, plus three other 17th-18th century antiquarian volumes, including one defectiveQTY: (6)
Lot 311
Powell (Robert). A Treatise of the Antiquity, Authority, Uses and Jurisdiction of the Ancient Courts of Leet, or view of Frank-Pledge ... together with additions and alterations of the Moderne Lawes and Statutes inquirable at those Courts, untill this present Yeare, 1642. With a large Explication of the old Oath of Allegiance, and the Kings Royall Office of Protection annexed, London: Printed by Richard Badger, 1642, title with early signature John Jurnor, without A1 (blank?), separate title page to 'Explanation of the old Oath' with imprint dated 1641, some light toning and spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked preserving morocco title label, 4to, together with:Hughes (William). Hughes's Quaeries, or, Choice Cases for Moots, containing several points of Law, not resolved in the books. Being very useful for the Students of the Common Lawes, London: George Dawes, 1675, imprimatur leaf present, upper margin of title bearing signature M. A. Slaney, main text in black letter, four leaves of publisher's book list at rear, occasional early annotations and markings, light toning, modern calf, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing P3067 and H3329.
Lot 380
Dortu (M. G). Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, volumes 1-4, & 6, New York: Collectors Editions, 1971, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex-library copies with associated stamps, top edges gilt, original uniform blue cloth, spines slightly faded, large 4to, limited edition 485/1450, together with:Rewald (John), The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, a catalogue raisonné, 2 volumes, New York: Harry. N. Abrams, Inc., 1996, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in slipcase, large 4to, plusSiegfried (Susan L.), The Art of Louis-Léopold Bolly, modern life in Napoleonic France, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other French art reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 8vo/4toQTY: (51)
Lot 421
Krivenko (Vasily Silovich). Les Solennités du Saint Couronnement ouvrage Publié Avec L'Autorisation de Sa Majesté L'Empereur Par La Ministére de la Maison Impériale sous la direction de M. V. S. Krivenko...., planches hors texte de MM. A. Benois, C. Levedew, V. Makovsky, E. Répine..., Traduction française de M. G. Korsow, 1st edition, Saint-Pétersbourg: Éxpedition Pour La Confection des papiers de L'etat, 1899, over 100 full-page illustrations (some chromolithographs and photographic) with printed tissue guards, several leaves detached, sewing loose, original boards with elaborate colour and gilt details including heraldic crest and floral decoration plus metal commemorative medallion to top board, boards scratched and frayed with loss, spine faded with loss, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:The French issue of Nicholas II of Russia's coronation album with lavish illustrations of ceremonies, photographic portraits of the Royal family and facsimiles of the menus and programmes of festivities.
Lot 438
Somerville (Edith OEnone & Martin Ross). The Real Charlotte, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Ward and Downey, 1894, half-titles for volumes I & II only (lacking in volume III), pages 17 & 43 in volume I, 113 in volume II & 111 in volumes III detached and frayed to inner margins from where stitched, one or two small tears, stitching weak in places, a few light marks, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, lacking spines, 8vo, together with An Incorruptible Irishman. Being an account of Chief Justice Charles Kendal Bushe, and his wife Nancy Crampton, and their times, 1767-1843, 1st edition, London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1932, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, endpapers a little toned, contemporary presentation inscription, original cloth, spine and cover margins faded, 8vo, signed to title by Edith Somerville, plus 10 others by the authors including 1st editions All on the Irish Shore. Irish Sketches, 1903, Further Experiences of an Irish R. M., 1908, Mount Music, 1919, and Stray-Aways, 1920 QTY: (14)NOTE:First work Sadleir 3127; Wolff 6480. The Real Charlotte is regarded a classic of Irish literature and written by the collaborative Anglo-Irish writers and cousins Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross (writing as 'Martin Ross'), their first book An Irish Cousin was published in 1889.
Lot 338
Sechelles (Herault de). Voyage a Montbar, contenant des details tres-interessans sur le caractere, la personne et les scrits de Buffon, 1st edition, Paris: chez Solvet, 1801, half-title (with short closed tear), errata leaf, a few light creases and spots, modern cloth, 8vo, together with [Bourgelat, Claude]. Nya Newcastle eller afhandling om Ridkonsten, ester de nyaste och basta grundsatser. Oversatt ifran fransyskan, 1st Swedish edition, Stockholm: Tryckt uti Komngl. Tryckeriet, 1752, 146 pp., D1 lower corner torn away, previous owner signature, original marbled wrapper, some wear to spine, 8vo, plus Ludvigs (Daniel). Korta afhandling om fait-suikor ofwersatt pa Svenska, Stockholm, 1742, black letter, tyopographical headpieces, woodcut initial, some light spotting, contemporary half sheep, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with others, 18th and 19th century, mainly in Swedish and French including Suite de l@introduction a l'Histoire des principaux etats de l'Europe, by Samuel Pufendorf, Utrecht, 1703, Projert till Exercis-Reglemente fur Ridande Artilleriet, Christianstad, 1841, Resume de l'Histoire de St. Domingue (republique d'Haiti), Paris, 1805, Manuel Portatif du recrutement de l'Armee, Paris, 1832, and Le Nouveau Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois ou Cuisinier Moderne, par M. Massialot, volume I only (of 2), Paris, 1748 QTY: (approximately 60)
Lot 397
Conrad (Joseph). Within the Tides, 1st edition, London & Toronto: J. M. Dent Ltd, 1915, title printed in red and black, a little light spotting, partial offsetting to endpapers, original green cloth gilt, covers some usual fading to yellow, dust jacket, joints vertically splitting, spine toned with small nicks, one or two folds with small tears, 8vo QTY: (1)
Lot 598
Newton (James). A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M. D. containing the Prints and the English Names of several thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, &c., London: Printed by E. Cave... and sold by Mr Watson..., 1752, engraved portrait frontispiece with long diagonal repaired closed tear, 190 engraved botanical plates, few plates and text leaves very lightly shaved, light dust-soiling and offsetting, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints rubbed, 8vo, together with:Miller (Joseph). Botanicum Officinale; or a Compendious Herbal: Giving an Account of all such Plants as are now used in the Practice of Physick. With their Descriptions and Virtues, London: E. Bell, J. Senex, W. Taylor, J. Osborn, 1722, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, Meyrick (William). The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Physician..., Birmingham: Printed by Thomas Pearson, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1790, engraved frontispiece, 14 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates at rear, armorial bookplate of Thomas Botfield to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked, spine and extremities rubbed, 8vo,Quincy (John). Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea. Or, a complete English Dispensatory..., 11th edition, enlarged and corrected, London: Thomas Longman, 1739, advertisement leaf before title, light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, joints split, 8voQTY: (4)
![Raleigh (Walter). The Historie of the World..., [London: Printed [by Robert Young] for G. Lathum, and R. Young, 1634], additi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/ee27bf8a-5f72-459c-9d8e-b11e011f4358/468x382.jpg)
Lot 310
Raleigh (Walter). The Historie of the World..., [London: Printed [by Robert Young] for G. Lathum, and R. Young, 1634], additional engraved title (frayed with loss to edges, stained), letterpress title with engraved portrait (edges frayed and some staining), six double-page engraved maps and two double-page engraved battle plans (few with light trimming), imprint from colophon, leaf T4 torn to fore-margin and lower margin, occasional light dust-soiling and minor spotting, few leaves slightly sprung, final leaf creased and margins frayed, front endpaper with 19th-century ownership signature M. A. Renoux and gift inscription to his brother Fred Reynoux dated August 1840, bookplate of D'Arcy Power to front pastedown and related name ink stamp to front free endpaper, later cloth hinges, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine worn and without title label, old joint repairs, boards detached, worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 20641.
![[Heresbach, Conrad]. [Foure Bookes of Husbandry, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, counseller to the hygh and mightie pr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/ec1e6b81-b1c6-4317-b495-b11e012021be/468x382.jpg)
Lot 492
[Heresbach, Conrad]. [Foure Bookes of Husbandry, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, counseller to the hygh and mightie prince, the Duke of Cleue: conteyning the whole arte and trade of Husbandry, with the antiquitie, and commendation thereof. Newely Englished, and increased, by Barnabe Googe, Esquire, 2nd English edition, London: Printed [by John Kingston] for John Wight, 1578], 893 [i.e. 193], [1] leaves, lacking title and also lacking following 11 preliminary leaves, black letter text throughout, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, upper inner corner of first leaf (A1) of first Book torn with text loss, gathering F from another copy (smaller margins at head and foot), G6 torn with slight loss, some marginalia, occasional close-trimming, some dust-soiling, light damp-staining and few marks, modern brown buckram, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).STC 13197.The final 20 leaves cover the subject of Bees.
Lot 527
Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world, 2nd edition, corrected, with additions, London: John Murray, 1845, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without half-title and advertisements, title with some light toning, a few minor spots and stains, modern red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 14.
Lot 319
Locke (John). An Essay concerning Humane Understanding, 2 volumes in one, 6th edition, with large additions, London: A. and J. Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1710, titles with early inscription of Thomas Ludlow dated December 6th 1736, first title with few holes at head (without text loss), some toning and light spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with:Herbert (George). The Temple, Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, London: Pickering, 1844, engraved portrait frontispiece, front free endpaper inscribed "Charlotte Mildred Darwin Nov. 29 1900. A Mark of the parting of the ways from L. M. Forster 'An old friend is a new house' ", decorative textile endpapers, top edge gilt, late 19th-century/early 20th-century calf, some spotting mostly to upper board, 8vo, Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem..., Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1759, spotting and some browning, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, corners repaired, 4to, plus other miscellaneous 17th-19th-century antiquarian, including few defectiveQTY: (approx. 45)
Lot 526
Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1845, lacking half-title, wood-engraved illustrations in-text, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, original publisher's blindstamped red cloth gilt, upper joint split with upper cover and backstrip detaching, rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)
Lot 240
Conway (William Martin). Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, volume 2 only, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, numerous monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the head of the front endpaper, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original cloth with morocco spine labels, boards & spine slightly marked & toned, 8vo, together with:Whymper (Edward), Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, 5th edition, London: John Murray, 1900, monochrome illustrations & maps, some minor toning & spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusRendu (M. Le Chanoine), Theory of the Glaciers of Savoy, 1st English Language edition, London: Macmillan and Co.,1874, monochrome maps, period inscription the top corner of the front endpaper, front & rear gutters cracked, some marginal toning & spotting, original cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other mountaineering reference & related, including Himalayan Journals..., by Joseph Dalton Hooker, volume 2 only, new edition, London: John Murray, 1855, original gilt decorated blue cloth, 8vo, The Eastern Alps..., Handbook for Travellers, by Karl Baedeker, 12th edition, Leipzig, 1911, original red cloth, 8vo, some modern reference in original dust jacketsQTY: (32)
Lot 523
Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N. during the years 1832 to 1836, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844, folding map of Ascension Island by J. Walker, dated 1825, 14 wood-engraved maps and illustrations in text (including the Galapagos Archipelago to p. 98), 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear dated January 1844, pp. 41-48 and 129-168 unopened, slight offsetting from map to margins of title, small light stain to outer margin of rear endpaper, small previous owner inscription in blue ink 'L. R. Wager, 1949' to front endpaper (faint damp stains to inner margin of front endpaper, original blue blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt and priced at 10/6, spine and upper margins of covers faded to green, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 272; Norman 587.'The three parts of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage were separately published over a period of five years, but they were intended, and described on the title pages, as parts of one work. They were all published by Smith Elder, with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, some of the £1,000 given for the publication of the results of the voyage going towards the cost of at least the first part... A publisher's advertisement of 1838 announced the preparation of a work in one volume octavo entitled Geological observations on volcanic islands and coral formations, but this plan was abandoned and the first part, Coral Reefs, appeared in May 1842, at a cost of 15s. The second part, Volcanic islands, was published in November 1844, at a cost of 10s. 6d. The one folding map is of Ascension Island and is dated 1825.' (Freeman p. 57).
Lot 525
Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1845, half-title (with advertisements to verso), wood-engraved illustrations in-text, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, a few leaves damp-stained at foot, hinges repaired, original publisher's blindstamped red cloth gilt, some light wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)
Lot 366
* French playing cards. Cartes Historiques, Paris: Mlle Hautot & M. Paris, circa 1865, a complete deck of 52 chromolithographed and gilt playing cards (modified French suits), heart and diamond suit signs as gilt outlines containing birds or fruits respectively, clubs gilt with overprinted violas, pike-heads instead of spades, single figure courts in historical costume, with traditional Paris pattern names, KD with B.S.G.D.G. to bottom corner, dusty, some toning and (generally minor) marks or spots, JH with faint edge crease, square corners, gilt edges, versos plain pale green, each card 98 x 62 mm, 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Playing-Cards of the World [499]; Cartorama 63 #71; Cary, FRA 348; Verame (1989), illustrated p.70.Verame calls these cards Jeu de l'Antiquité et de la Légende. Berry details how the booklet which accompanies the pack he lists enables him to date their production to around 1865, and also how the patent (BSGDG) associated with this design was registered in 1863. Apparently they were printed by Hangard-Maugé.
Lot 334
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 volumes, 5th edition, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789, x, 499, [1]; vi, 518, [6]; v, [1], 465, [51] pages, some scattered spotting and old light marginal damp staining at front and rear of each volume, bookplates of T. & M. James, contemporary tree calf, gilt-decorated spine with title labels (volume 2 chipped), lacking volume number spine labels, rubbed, some wear to spine ends and cracked on joints, edge and corner wear, 8vo (209 x 122 mm)QTY: (3)
Lot 152
* Caricatures. A collection of approximately 100 caricatures, late 18th - early 20th century, etchings, engravings, lithographs and prints, many hand-coloured, including examples by or after Robert and George Cruickshank, W. Hogarth, G. Woodward, William Heath, Thomas Rowlandson (Dr Syntax series), Henry Alken, W. Davison, Tom Merry, H. M. Bateman and John Doyle, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 100)
Lot 341
Hebraica. Tehillm und neb'm aharnm, London: Gedruckt Bey A. Macintosh, Great New Street, 1823, ex-library with stamps to title and endpapers, lightly spotted, contemporary vellum, lightly marked, 8vo, together with:Imbonati (Carolo Giuseppe). Adventus Messiae a Judaeorum blasphemis, ac haereticorum Calumniis vindicatus, Rome: Natale Christi, 1694, contemporary library ownership inscription to title, with small stamps to recto and verso of title, edges stained red, contemporary half calf, some wear to spine, library shelf label at foot of spine, 4to, plusWagenseil (Johann Christoph). Sota. Hoc est, Liber Mischnicus de uxore adulterii suspecta una cum libri En Jacob, excerptis Gemaræ, versione Latina, & commentario perpetuo, in quo multa sacrarum literarum, ac Hebræorum scriptorum loca explicantur, horum etiam emendantur, longe plurima ex MSS, Nuremberg: Johannis Andrae & Wolfgangi Endteri, 1674, title printed in red and black, additional engraved title, further engraved plates (a few full-page), contemporary library ownership inscription to title, with small stamps to recto and verso of title, portion of title excised touching text, lightly spotted, bound with De Loco Classico, Nuremberg: Johannes Henricus Schönnerstaede, 1676, 132 pp., Virum et Theologum Celebratissimum, 1693, 143 pp., and Seu Noviluniiinitiatio, quam rectore magnificentissimo, 1703, all bound in contemporary vellum, paper title label and library shelf number to spine, marked, thick 4toQTY: (3)
Lot 239
Colomb (Philip Howard). Slave-Catching in the Indian Ocean, a record of naval experiences, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1873, half-title, 8 wood-engraved plates, folding lithographed map, small ownership stamp to head of preface, rear hinge cracked, all edges gilt, original publisher's red cloth gilt, some wear to extremities, backstrip marked, 8vo, together with:Stanley (Henry Morton). How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; including four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low, 1872, half-title, mounted photographic frontispiece, 6 maps (4 folding), 28 full-page plates, further illustrations to text, 8 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, edition statement to title erased, occasional spotting, frontispiece damp-stained, tear to large folding map repaired to verso with clear tape, original red pictorial cloth gilt, recased with new endpapers, lightly rubbed with a few marks, 8vo, plusThe American Testimonial Banquet to Henry M. Stanley, London: no publisher, 1890, 6 photographs and the text on blue paper laid down on thick card, some spotting, original relievo-style calf with American eagle armorial to upper cover, some wear, spine lacking, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:The first work includes a discussion of the East African slave trade, and of the general conditions under which the traffic proceeded or was suppressed; it includes chapters on Muscat and Oman, and the Persian Gulf, as well as Zanzibar and Madagascar (pp. 154-160).
Lot 329
Almanacs. A sammelband volume containing 12 Almanacs, London, 1767, comprising:1. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1767..., London: Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black with woodcut portrait, Law Society ink stamp,2. The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1767..., London: Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black, 3. [Olympia domata]. Or, an Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, 1767..., by Tycho Wing, Philomath, London: Printed by T. Parker, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black with first two words of title in Greek characters,4. Parker's Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1767..., the seventy-eighth impression, London: Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black with woodcut portrait,5. Merlinus Liberatus. Being an Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1767..., to which is prefixed, The Protestant Remembrancer. Calculated for the Meridian of London ... by John Partridge, London: Printed by M. Reily, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black,6. Vox Stellarum: Or, a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption, 1767..., with a Treatise of Comets, and a particular judgment of a Comet seen in April 1766, by Francis Moore, Physician, London: Printed by J. Bettenham for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black,7. Remarkable News from the Stars: or, An Ephemeris for 1767. With Observations upon the Eclipses, Solar Ingresses, and Configurations of the Heavens happening therein..., Wherein you have an Account of many things concerning the Heavenly Bodies, and their Portents, in the same Year. With some other very Considerable Matters. By William Andrews, Student in Astrology, London: Printed for Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black,8. The English Apollo; or, Useful Companion ... Particularly applied to this Present Year 1767..., by Richard Saunders, Gent., London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black,9. The Coelestial Diary: or, an Ephemeris for the Year of our Blessed Saviour's Incarnation, 1767..., the forty-ninth impression, by Salem Pearse, Student in Physick and the Coelestial Sciences, London: Printed by J. Bettenham, for the Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black,10. Speculum Anni: or, Seasons on the Seasons. Being an Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1767..., by Henry Season..., the Author's thirty-fourth impression, London: Printed by T. Parker, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black,11. [Atlas ouranios] The Coelestial Atlas; or, a New Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1767..., by Robert White, Teacher of the Mathematicks, 18th impression, London: Printed by T. Parker, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black with first two words in Greek characters,12. Poor Robin. 1767. An Almanack after the Old, but yet very agreeable to the Newest Fashion..., written by Sir Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Island: but an hearty Well-wisher to the Mathematics, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black, Law Society ink stamp to verso of final leaf, each almanac with thin vellum strip divider bearing single-word title name in manuscript, front flyleaf with ownership inscription 'John King's 29th Sept. 1835' and Law Society ink stamp to recto and early manuscript contents list to verso, Dutch gilt endpapers with the bookplates of Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1743-1805, the third son of George II) to each pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco incorporating crown motifs to board corners, slightly darkened to spine, joints lightly cracked and minor rubbing to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)
Lot 253
Wilson (Henry, foreword). An Examination of the Cause of the Outbreak in Mesopotamia, with an indication of some of the main factors underlying the disturbed state of the whole Middle East, London: H. M. Government, October 1920, folding map at rear, a few light spots, original red wrappers, staples perished with small portion of wear to upper cover, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Exceedingly scarce. The foreword states 'It is hoped, however, that the paper may serve as a basis from which to examine Near and Middle Eastern developments as a whole and as a definite unit in world politics'.
Lot 114
St. Petersburg. Unvertzagt (G. I.), Plan der Kayserl Residentz Stadt St Petersburg, published by The Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, circa 1745, uncoloured city plan engraved by Unverzagt for J. N. De L'Isle, title in Cyrillic and German, descriptive text below the map identifying 98 separate locations in Russian and German, slight creasing, one repaired closed tear, 470 x 630 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:A scarce plan of St. Petersburg that was copied by M. Seutter and T. C. Lotter.
Lot 479
Speke (John Hanning). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863, numerous engraved illustrations, folding map to the rear pocket, later endpapers, some spotting & light toning, rebound with red cloth spine retaining original gilt decorated brown cloth boards & spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Stanley (Henry M.), Through the Dark Continent..., 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Sampson Low, et al, 1878, monochrome illustrations & colour maps, bookplate to the front pastedowns, gutters re-enforced with tape, some light toning & spotting throughout, rebound with later brown cloth spines retaining original gilt decorated brown cloth boards & spines, slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, 8vo, plusNorris-Newman (Charles L.), With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State in 1880-1, 2nd edition, London: Abbot, Jones & Co., circa 1890, colour & monochrome folding maps & plans, minor marginal toning, original green cloth, boards & spine very lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th century history & travel reference, all original cloth/boards, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 275
White (Lieutenant George Francis). Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains. Edited by Emma Roberts, 1st edition, London & Paris: Fisher, Son, and Co., 1838, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved vignette title, 36 full-page engraved views, each with tissue-guard, pale water stain to title and final engraved plate, penultimate plate with short closed tear to blank fore-margin, occasional light water stains to plates towards rear of volume, owners bookplate of Thomas Brushfield, M. A. to front pastedown, and contemporary gilt inscription in brown ink to front blank 'S, E. Prideaux. May 4th 1840, for my dear daughter S. T. Douglass', all edges gilt, blind-decorated green cloth, rubbed and some wear, with tear to head of spine, some discolouration, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Yakushi W65.Some of the plates are from watercolours by J. M. W. Turner after White's original sketches.
Lot 285
Finden (W.). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, Illustrated by Views taken on the Spot by W. H. Bartlett..., 2 volumes, George Virtue, 1842, additional decorative half-titles to each volume, 123 (of 124) uncoloured engravings, lacking 'Berwick Lighthouse from the Pier, each with tissue guard, marbled endpapers, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spines, slight wear to extremities, 4to, together with Turner (J. M. W.). An Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour round the South Coast of England..., M. A. Nattali, 1849, decorative title page, advertisement, 49 uncoloured steel engraved plates, each with tissue guard and numerous engraved vignettes on India to the text throughout, some spotting and staining throughout, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, later half morocco but retaining the contemporary gilt decorated spine, 4to, with Stanfield (Clarkson ). Stanfield's Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel, Smith Elder and Co. 1836, additional decorative half-title, dedication and preface, 40 engraved plates (complete as list) including the frontispiece and half title vignette, some spotting throughout, later endpapers, early 20th-century half calf gilt, worn at extremities, small 4toQTY: (4)
Lot 686
Tatti (Giovanni, pseudo Francesco Sansovino). Della agricoltura di m. Giovanni Tatti Lucchese. : Libri cinque. Ne quali si contengono tutte le cose vtili, & appartenenti al bisogno della villa, tratte da gli antichi & da moderni scrittori. Con le figure delle biaue, delle piante, de gli animali & delle herbe cosi medicinali, come comuni & da mangiare, 1st edition, Venetia: Appresso F. Sansovino et Compagni, 1560, [4], 186, [1] leaves, lacking leaf Ii4 (p. 128), previous ownership inscription to foot of title page, illustrated with woodcuts in-text throughout, woodcut printer's devices to title and final leaf, lightly spotted and dust-soiled, contemporary manuscript annotations to preliminaries, margins and colophon, bookplate of Marcus Crahan and early manuscript annotation to front pastedown, contemporary vellum with gilt detail to spine, early manuscript shelf mark to foot of spine, head of joints split, 4toQTY: (1)
Lot 578
Huxley (Leonard). Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1918, portrait frontispieces. folding map of Sikkim and Eastern Nepal, half-tone illustrations, a little minor spotting, bookplates of Maurice Francis Yorke, original navy cloth gilt, one or two small bumps, 8vo, together with Darwin (Francis, editor). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1887, portrait frontispieces, facsimile letter, some minor toning and spotting, hinges tender, bookplates of Sir John Lubbock, original cloth, spines a little darkened, a few damp stains to covers, residue from label removal to volume IIi upper cover, 8vo, plus More Letters of Charles Darwin. A Record of his work in a series of hitherto unpublished letters, edited by Francis Darwin, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1903, photogravure and half-tone illustrations, a little light spotting and toning, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with other biography, letters etc including Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences, by James Marchant, 2 volumes, 1916, and T. H. Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake, edited from the unpublished ms. by Julian Huxley, 1st edition, 1935 (2 copies)QTY: (20)NOTE:The second work is from the library of Sir John Lubbock (4th Baronet, 1834-1913), politician and polymath, who received a letter from Charles Darwin in July 1870 regarding the Census and consanguineous marriages (letter published on p. 129 in volume III).
Lot 447
Ephemera & Antiquarian. A collection of 18th-early 20th century ephemera, literature, prints, photographs, plans, including The Articles of the Union as they Pass'd with Amendments in the Parliament of Scotland..., London: printed for Andrew Bell, 1707, Double Marriage. A Tragedy, by M. Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, London, printed for J. T., 1717, The Weesils. A Satyrical Fable:...London, 1691, a Plan Shewing the Proposed Street from St. Paul's Cathedral to Blackfriars Bridge, some leather bindings, mostly disbound pages & individual sheets, overall condition is generally fair to goodQTY: (4 cartons)
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