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Lot 867
A Late 19th Century Plan of the Palace View Estate, Upper Norwood, London, SE, published by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London Wall, London circa 1890, detailed plan/map with inset photographic vignette of the interior of the Crystal Palace, and various facsimile signatures; engraving laid down on canvas, scroll, 64x95cm., (scroll)
Lot 206
Stigliani, Tomaso Del Mondo Nuovo. Piacenza: per Alessandro Bazarchi, 1617. First edition, 12mo., woodcut decorations and initials, title with engraved vignette map of the Americas, contemporary vellum boards, some general paper discolouration, a little foxing, a few small wormholes in blank spaces at very beginning, title-page loosening at tail, tears in A7 and last (without loss), some early sepia colour to title-page etching and first woodcut initial, outer edge cut close (removing no letters) in first few pages, contemporary ex libris on title, 19th century ms.note on blank of one leaf Note: BM STC 17th century Italian Books II p. 878; Alden 617/142; Sabin 91728; Graesse VI 497 (1628 edition only). Not in Brunet, Gamba or Fontanini. In this heroic and fantastical poem, the bard sings "del trouator del Mondo Nouo" i.e. Christopher Columbus. Stigliani tells the story of Columbuse and companionse discovery of the Americas in an account full of factual errors, historical and geographical contradictions and sheer impossibilities. Subjects of particular interest include the Carib Indians.
Lot 237
Brougham, Henry Lord Historical sketches of statesmen who flourished in the time of George III. London, 1839, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges; Cockburn, Lord Life of Lord Jeffrey. Edinburgh, 1852, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, offsetting; Braybrooke, Richard Lord Memoirs of Samuel Pepys. London, 1828, second edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate; Walpole, Horace Letters of Horace Walpole... to Sir Horace Mann. London, 1834, third edition, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, 3 volumes, interiors clean; Gleig, Rev G. History of the life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. London, 1858, 8vo, 4 volumes, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, some foxing; Ibid. Essays... London, 1858, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges, interiors clean; Aiken, John Memoirs of the court of King James the First. London, 1822, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, foxing; Bethune, Maximilian de Memoirs of... London, 1763, fourth edition, 8vo, 6 volumes, portrait frontispiece to vol. I & II, folding map, modern quarter calf gilt; and approx 96 other 19th century historical works (qty)
Lot 238
Buchanan, George The history of Scotland. Glasgow, 1827, 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, folding map, calf-backed cloth, spines gilt; Burnet, Gilbert Bishop Burnetes history of his own time. Oxford, 1823, 6 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf, spines gilt; DeAubigne, J.H.M. History of the reformation. Glasgow, 1845, 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf, spines gilt, lightly rubbed (14)
Lot 247
Gordon, Alexander Itinerarium septentrionale or a journey throe most of counties of Scotland. London, 1727, folio, title in red and black, folding map, 66 plates [some folding], later half calf, original label gilt, new endpapers, ex-library stamps on title and last plate; Drummond, William The works of... Edinburgh, 1711, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, browning throughout (2)
Lot 258
Grose, Francis The antiquities of Scotland. London, 1797, 4to, 2 volumes, engraved vignette title pages, folding map, 190 plates, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, slight rubbing to edges; Pennant, Thomas A tour in Scotland and voyage to the Hebrides. London, 1776, second edition, 4to, 2 volumes, 89 plates, contemporary calf gilt, hinges rubbed and cracking on volume 1, volume 2 rebacked, worn, bookplates; Ibid. A tour in Scotland. Warrington, 1774, third edition, 4to, vignette title, 39 plates. contemporary calf, rebacked, some spotting; Ibid. Antiquities and scenery of the north of Scotland in a series of letters - Bamff. London, 1780, 4to, lacking 3 plates, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, bookplate; Forbes, Duncan Culloden papers. London, 1815, 4to, portrait frontispiece, lacking plate, contemporary calf gilt, bookplate (7)
Lot 262
Hutton, W. The history of the roman wall. London, 1802, 8vo, folding map, modern half calf gilt, new endpapers, ink stamp on original endpaper; Kennet, Basil Rome antique notitia. London, 1773, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, folding plates, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, bookplate; Adam, Alexander Roman antiquities. London, 1801, 8vo, fifth edition, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed at edges, some spotting, bookplate; DeArnay, M. The private life of the romans. Edinburgh, 1761, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, some cracking to hinges, some foxing; Crevier, John Baptist Lewis The history of the Roman emperors. London, 1814, 8vo, 10 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, hinges cracking, interiors clean; and 9 other 19th century volumes on Rome (23)
Lot 284
Stewart, Colonel David Sketches of the character, manners and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh: Constable & Co, 1822, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand coloured folding map [torn along folds], modern half calf gilt, some foxing; Scotland A journey through Scotland. London, 1732, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, one advert leaf at start, interior clean; Dalrymple, Sir James Collections concerning the Scottish history. Edinburgh, 1705, 8vo, later calf gilt, worn, two ink inscriptions on title; Crawfurd, David Memoirs of the affairs of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1767, third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, browning to page edges, ink inscription on front endpaper and another copy; Bond, Mr. Buchananes history of Scotland. London, 1722, second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt; and seven others (15)
Lot 285
Waterloo - Booth, John The battle of Waterloo. London: printed for J. Booth, 1815, 8vo, hand-coloured folding map, 2 folding plates, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, some foxing, bookplate; Maitland, Capt. F.L. Narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte. London, 1826, 8vo, folding map, later half calf, some foxing; Count de Saxe, Maurice Reveries or memoirs concerning the art of war. Edinburgh, 1759, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, hinges weak, lacking front and rear blanks (3)
Lot 345
Hardy, Thomas A Laodicean, a story of to-day. London: Macmillian and Co, 1903, 8vo, 8vo, volume XI of Macmillanes reprint of The Wessex Novels, inscribed by Edward Dugdale to his daughter Florence Dugdale (later Hardyes wife) ("F.E. Dugdale. | From E.D. | January 12th 1906"), map of Wessex and advertisements at the end, original dark blue cloth, TH monogram medallion in gilt on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, light browning to endpapers, extremities rubbed Provenance: Florence Hardy (nee Dugdale), presentation inscription from her father on upper pastedown. Florence Emily Dugdale (later to become Hardyes second wife), was one of the five daughters of the schoolmaster Edward Dugdale, who ran a small bookshop in Enfield for a time and encouraged his daughteres early love of literature. She had been an admirer of Hardyes novels for some time before their first meeting in August 1905 (initiated by her), and scarcely a week before she received this book from her father on 12 January 1906, she had received an encouraging letter from Hardy: "...I do not think you stayed at all too long, & hope you will come again some other time...". "From the very first Hardy felt attracted to Miss Dugdale by her quiet seriousness, her large solemn eyes, her literary ambitions, and, not least, her open admiration of him as a great author" (Michael Millgate, Thomas Hardy: A Biography Revisited, p.410). Edward Dugdale was one of only three people present at the marriage ceremony of his daughter and Thomas Hardy on 10 February 1914.
Lot 457
Malaya-Malaysia-Singapore photographs-Kleingrothe, C. J. Malay peninsula. Straits settlements & federated Malay States. Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1907, oblong folio, coloured map and 126 photogravures on 51 (of 63) sheets, loose as issued in original portfolio with photograph on upper cover, some spotting to mounts not affecting images, portfolio worn, joints splitting
Lot 477
Anson, George & Walter, Richard A voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. London: printed for W. Bowyer, 1776, 15th edition, 4to, 42 engraved maps and plans, later half calf gilt, water damaged at outer edge of boards, title page laid down, water staining to edge of first 5 leaves, remainder of volume clean, plate 36 torn at edge [some loss to border, does not effect image]; Labillardiere, M. Voyage in search of La Perouse. London: printed for John Stockdale, 1800, 4to, folding map [torn and repaired at inner hinge], 19 of 45 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, later endpapers, water stains to page edges, some foxing, ink inscription on front paste down (2)
Lot 478
Argyll & the Highlands - Campbell, Lord Archibald Records of Argyll. Edinburgh, 1885, 4to, number 403 of limited edition, plates, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded; Bede, Cuthbert Argylles highlands. Glasgow, 1902, 8vo, illustrated, inscribed by John Campbell on title, original green cloth gilt; Campbell, John Popular tales of the West Highlands. Edinburgh, 1860, 4 volumes, 8vo, original cloth gilt, backstrips faded, some light foxing; Mitchell, Dugald A popular history of the Highlands and Gaelic Scotland. Paisley, 1900, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt; Cameron Lees, J. A history of the county of Inverness. Edinburgh, 1897, 8vo, folding map in pocket, original red cloth gilt, foxing at page edges and 3 others (11)
Lot 483
Carr, Sir John Caledonian sketches or a tour through Scotland in 1807. London, 1809, 4to, folding frontspiece, 11 plates, modern half calf gilt, some foxing [especially to frontispiece]; Newte, Thomas Prospects and observations on a tour in England and Scotland. London, 1791, 4to, modern quarter calf gilt, faded backstrip, various leaves repaired including title and appendix, folding map in facsimile (2)
Lot 485
China & Asia - Taylor, Bayard A visit to India, China and Japan. New York, 1855, 8vo, vignette title, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, some foxing; Hong Kong Picturesque Hong Kong, a handbook for travellers. Hong Kong, 1911, 8vo, illustrated with photographs by J. Arnold, original decorative paper boards, some rubbing, interior clean; Shanghai The life of Shanghai. Japan, [no date], 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original black cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, interior clean; Medhurst, W.H. China: its state and prospects. London, 1838, 8vo, vignette title, colour frontispiece, 4 plates, folding map, modern quarter calf gilt, staining, rubbed; Norman, Henry The peoples and politics of the Far East. London, 1900, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, folding map, original black cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Curzon, Lord of Kedleston Tales of travel. London, 1923, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth, some rubbing and foxing; Treves, Sir Frederick The other side of the lantern. London, 1906, popular edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, frontispiece loose, rubbed and another copy; Collins, Gilbert Far eastern jaunts. London, 1924, 8vo, map, plates, original green cloth gilt, some foxing; Mossman, Samuel The great Taiping Rebellion. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrations in text, original decorative cloth, rubbed; and 36 others on China and Asia (45)
Lot 490
Edinburgh - Shepherd, Thomas Modern Athens! London, 1829, 4to, engraved title, 100 views on 48 plates, contemporary half calf, rebacked, new endpapers, foxing; Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts. Edinburgh, 1816, 8vo, folding map [repaired], contemporary calf, rebacked, foxing; Grant, James Old and new Edinburgh. London, [no date], 4to, 3 volumes, illustrated, contemporary tree calf gilt, hinges cracking, interiors clean; Wilson, Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh, 1848, 4to, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, faded backstrip, foxing, some loose leaves; Heron, Alexander The rise and progress of the company of merchants of the city of Edinburgh 1681-1902. Edinburgh, 1903, 4to, with compliment slip from The Master Treasurer and Assistants of the Edinburgh Merchant Company, modern quarter calf gilt, some foxing; Stevenson, R.H. The chronicles of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, [no date], folding map, modern half calf gilt, some repairs; Stevenson, Robert Louis Edinburgh. London, 1896, 8vo, frontispiece, 8 plates by Hamilton Crawford, modern half morocco gilt, interior clean; Maitland, William The history of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1753, folio, lacking map and plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, new endpapers, browning throughout; Creech, William Edinburgh fugitive pieces. Edinburgh, 1815, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original boards, rebacked, offsetting to title, spotting (12)
Lot 494
Grose, Francis The antiquities of Scotland. London, 1797, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved vignette titles, hand coloured folding map, 186 plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, foxing to several plates and titles; Wilson, Prof. Scotland illustrated. Edinburgh, 1860, 4to, plates, contemporary morocco gilt, gilt arms on upper board, rebacked, interior clean (2)
Lot 501
Japan - Bird, Isabella Unbeaten tracks in Japan... including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikk™ and Ise. London, 1880, second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, illustrations in text, original decorative green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, inner hinges weak; Ibid Unbeaten tracks in Japan. London, 1900, new edition, 8vo, folding map, original decorative blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Steinmetz, Andrew Japan and her people. London, 1860, 8vo, second edition, frontispiece [torn], illustrations in text, modern calf gilt, a.e.g.; Davidson, Augusta Present day Japan. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original decorative cloth, rubbed, bookplate; Menpes, Mortimer Japan, a record in colour. London, 1905, 8vo, illustrated with colour plates, original decorative cloth gilt, some slight rubbing to edges, interior clean and another copy; Norman, Henry The real Japan. London, 1892, second edition, 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original decorative black cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, rubbed, gutta a little weak and another copy; Clement, Ernest A handbook of modern Japan. London, 1903, 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original green cloth gilt, a good copy; Stopes, Marie A journal from Japan. London, 1910, 8vo, illustrated, original cream cloth, rubbed, ex-library bookplate; and 72 other 8vo volumes on Japan (83)
Lot 504
Martin, M A description of the Western Islands of Scotland. London: printed for A. Bell, 1716, second edition, 8vo, folding map, later panelled calf gilt, some browning to title page, bookplate; Hall, Rev James Travels in Scotland by an unusual route with a trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides. London, 1807, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, 26 plates, modern half calf gilt, some foxing and loose leaves; Boswell, James The journal of a tour to the Hebrides. London, 1807, fourth edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, half title, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, some foxing; [Johnson, Samuel] A journey to the Western Islands. London, 1816, new edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing to interior (5) Provenance: Bookplate of the Hon. John Sherard Esq.
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Lot 511
Stevenson, R.H. The chronicles of Edinburgh... Edinburgh [1851], 8vo, 4 plates, folding map, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, interior clean, contemporary ink inscripition on front blank; Mitchell, Peter The parish of Cockpen in the olden time. Dalkeith, 1881, small 8vo, [bound with] Aitchison, C. Lasswade parish & Loanhead in the olden time. Edinburgh, 1892, 8vo, later half calf gilt, interiors clean; and 2 others (4)
Lot 518
Tibet-Mannerheim, C.G. Across Asia from West to East in 1906-1908. Oosterhout, 1969, 2 volumes, 4to, numerous maps and plates, many from photographs, original cloth; Cobbold, Ralph P. Innermost Asia. Travel & sport in the Pamirs. London: Heinemann, 1900, first edition, 8vo, large coloured folding map, photogravure frontispiece, 28 plates, illustrations, 4 other maps, original red buckram gilt, spine faded (3)
Lot 519
Travel - Boswell, James An account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island. London, 1768, second edition, 8vo, half title, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, some staining to boards, slight foxing to page edges; Brydone, P. A tour through Sicily and Malta. London, 1790, new edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, backstrips rubbed, bookplates, owneres ink inscription on title; Wraxall, N. A tour through some of the Northern parts of Europe particularly Copenhagen, Stockholm and Petersburgh. London, 1775, second edition, 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, some rubbing; Beckford, William Italy, Spain and Portugal. London, 1840, new edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, modern quarter calf gilt, interior clean (5)
Lot 34
Johnson, Andrew A new map of the north part of Scotland, c.1722, hand coloured in outline, approx 36 by 46cm, previous folds, some foxing, framed and glazed; Ibid A new map of the south part of Scotland, c.1722, hand coloured in outline, approx 36 by 46cm, framed and glazed; Moll, Herman The isle of Mull, c. 1725, hand coloured in outline, approx 21 by 28cm, framed and glazed and another map unframed (4)
Lot 41
Smith, C. & Son, mapmaker Map of the northern parts of France and Germany, including Holland, Belgium and Switzerland, showing all the railways. London: C. Smith, 1859, engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, dissected and backed on linen, 106 by 85.5cm., original cloth slipcase with paper label
Lot 59
The Qurean, Qureanic commentary, Religious Science & Philosophy, etc. A collection of editions and translations of the Qurean, Qureanic commentary and religious science, to include: The Koran ... enriched with numerous explanatory notes; various readings from Savaryes version and a valuable preliminary discourse on the religious and political conditions of the Arabs before the days of Mohammed by George Sale. London: Tegg, [n.d., 1850?]. 8vo., folding frontispiece, 3 genealogical tables (2 folding), folding map, publisheres blind stamped cloth, rubbed and worn, inner joints broken, edges of plates dusty; Wherry, E.M, the Revd. A comprehensive commentary on the Quran: comprising Salees translation and preliminary discourse with additional notes and discourse ... Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1882-86. 4 volumes, 8vo., publisheres cloth, edges rubbed; The Qurean; translated with a critical re-arrangement of the Surahs, by Richard Bell. 2 volumes, 8vo., Edinburgh: Clark, 1939, publisheres cloth, spines repaired with tape; Bell, Richard Introduction to the Qurean. Edinburgh, University Press, 1953. 8vo., publisheres cloth, dustwrappers; Paret, Rudi Der Koran: Kommentar und Konkordanz. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1971. 8vo., publisheres cloth, dustwrapper; Al-Shahrastani The summa philosophiae ... Kitab nihayatu Ôl-iqdam fi Ôilmi Ôl-kalam; edited with a translation ... by Alfred Guillaume. London: OUP, 1934. 8vo., publisheres cloth, dustwrapper; Averroes On the harmony of religion and philosophy ... by George F. Hourani. (E.J.W. Gibb memorial series. New seies, XXI). London, Lezac & Co., 1961; Aviccena Lexique de la langue philosophie deibn Sina. 4to., Paris: Desclee de Brower, 1938 and 41 others (52)
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Lot 139
Goupil, Pierre E.A. Essai historique sur la vie privee de Marie Antoinette deAutriche. [No place or publisher], 1789; [Pidansart de Mairobert, M.F.] Anecdotes sur M. la comtesse du Barri. Londres, 1776, 8vo, 2 works bound in one, nineteenth century half calf, upper joint split, armorial bookplate of Lauder of Fountain Hall; Julien, Emperor Defense du paganisme. Berlin, C.F. Voss, 1764, edited by le marquis deArgens, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover loose, armorial bookplate of Sir Archibald Edmonstone; [Fitz-James, James, duke of Berwick] Memoires du marechal de Berwick. Suisse: Libraires Associes, 1778, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding engraved map, contemporary half calf, worn; [Brune, Jean de la] La vie de Charles V duc de Lorraine. Amsterdam: J. Garrel, 1691, 12mo, later calf, spine gilt, armorial bookplate of Sir James Primerose Bart. of Carrington; [Anonymous] Histoire de la vie de la reyne Christine de Suede. Stockholm: Jean Plein de Courage, 1682, second edition, 12mo, engraved portrait on verso of A2, contemporary sheep, rubbed, hinge split; Bongars, Jacques Lettres latines de monsieur de Bongars resident et ambassadeur sous le Roy Henry IV. Paris: P. le Petit, 1668, 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed (7)
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