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Click here to subscribeBritish School 18/19th Century- 'A View Near Peckham and A View Near Nunn head', published by Bowles & Carver, Map & Printsellers, No 69, In St Paul's Church Yard, London; hand-coloured engravings, a pair, 19x29cm., ea: together with other 19/20th century oil and print studies by and after various hands, (a lot)
Jodocus Hondius, Dutch 1563-1517- 'Hantshire, Described and Devided'; map of Hampshire, published by Thomas Bassett In Fleet Street And Richard Chiswell In St Paul's Churchyard; hand-coloured engraving, with inset town plan for Winchester, numerous coats of arms for Winchester and Southampton, showing part of the Isle of Wight, text verso, 38x50cm: together with four other hand-coloured maps depicting 'The North Riding of Yorkshir', published for T Osborne 1748, 16x17cm., Sussex, The Isle of Wight and China, (5)
Robert Morden fl.1668-1703- 'The Smaller Islands In The British Ocean'; published by Abel Swade, A Sham And John Churchill; hand-coloured engraved map, with seven inset maps showing the islands of Farne, Holy, Man, Scilly, Jersey, Alderney, Garnsey, Sarina and The Isle of Wight, 43x50cm: Richard Blome 1660-1705- 'A Map of Huntington Shire', published from Blome's 'Britannia' 1673; hand-coloured engraved map, with two cartouches, 32x26cm and one other 19th century engraved map depicting The Isle of Wight, after Thomas Moule c.1842, (3)
Fred Tucker (1860-1935). Applethwaite, Keswick. Watercolour. Rigned and inscribed lower right 24.5cm x 34cm. Together with. E. E. Turner. Cottage scene. Watercolour. Rigned;. K. Whitney. Views of Swanage. Two watercolours. Both signed with initials;. F. Walters. Babbacombe. Watercolour. Rigned and inscribed; . Martin Gallard Jacobs. Two harbour scenes and a beached boat, . Watercolours. All signed; . A map of the Isle of Wight and another of Wiltshire and a print of a Coaching scene in Ludgate. (11). (see illustration on our website)
Wine - Denman, James L. The vine and it fruit, more especially in relation to the production of wine. London, 1875, second edition, 8vo, map frontispiece, contemporary decorative cloth gilt, a.e.g., boards foxed, interior clean; Thomson, William A practical treatise on the cultivation of the grape vine. Edinburgh & London, 1862, second edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, ink inscription on title; Vegetables The instructive picture book or lessons from the vegetable world. Edinburgh, 1863, third edition, 31 coloured plates, original boards, lacking backstrip [tape repair], foxing throughout, some plates torn at centre fold (3)
Geology--Penn, Granville A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies. London: Ogle, Duncan, 1822-23, first edition, 2 parts [including Supplement] in one volume, 8vo, contemporary calf, title and [a2] loose and dust-soiled, spine worn, covers detached; Villefosse, H. de. De la Richesse Minerale. Paris, 1810, 3 volumes, 4to, lacking plate volume, folding map and tables, contemporary half calf, worn, lacking two backstrips; Phillips, J. Manual of Geology, 1855, 8vo, some spotting, publisher's cloth; [Campbell, J.F.] Frost and Fire, Edinburgh, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding plates, publisher's cloth, rubbed, two joints split; Richardson, G.F. Geology for Beginners, 1842, 12mo, frontispiece, half calf, covers detached, lacking backstrip; Page, D. Chips and Chapters, 1869, 8vo, publisher's cloth, soiled; The Past and Present Life of the Globe, 1861, 8vo, publisher's cloth, slightly rubbed; Spurzheim, J.G. A View of the Elementary Principles of Education, founded on the Study of the Nature of Man. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1821, half-title, 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached and 6 others (17)
Africa - Selous, Frederick C. A hunter's wanderings in Africa. London, 1895, fourth edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, very slight rubbing at edges, bookplate; Ibid Sunshine and storm in Rhodesia. London, 1896. First edition, plates and folding map, original cloth, backstrip discoloured, bookplate; Ibid Travel and adventure in South-East Africa. London, 1893, third edition, 8vo, illustrated, folding map, original cloth gilt, a very clean copy, bookplate; Millais, J.G. Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O. London, 1919, second edition, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges (4)
British Sports and Sportsmen Racing, Coursing and Steeplechasing. London, 1911, folio, two volumes, number 15 of 1000 copies, 109 photogravure plates, contemporary green and beige cloth gilt, bevelled boards, t.e.g., small section of wear to head of backstrip, interior clean; Shooting. Shooting and Deerstalking. London, 1913, folio, number 401 of 1000 copies, 105 photogravure plates, contemporary green and beige cloth gilt, bevelled boards, t.e.g., interior clean; Country Sports The Sportsman's Dictionary or, the Gentleman's Companion for Town and Country. London: Printed for Fielding and Walker, 1778, 4to, frontispiece, 15 engraved plates, half title, contemporary calf gilt, marble endpapers, heavily rubbed, hinges splitting, interior clean; Colquhoun, John Rocks and Rivers or Highland Wanderings. London: Murray, 1849, first edition, 8vo, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end, publisher's blindstamped green cloth, spine faded and worn at head and tail; Salmon Casts and Stray Shots. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1857, first edition, 8vo, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end, publisher's blindstamped blue cloth, rubbed; Younger, John. River Angling for Salmon and Trout. Kelso: Rutherford, 1864, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, publisher's blindstamped cloth blocked in gold, slightly rubbed; Liddell, Robert. The Lay of the Last Angler. Kelso: Rutherford, 1888, first edition, 8vo, photographic frontispiece, plates, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt; Stewart, W.C. The Practical Angler. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1857, second edition, 8vo, half-title, illustrations in text, bookplates of Thomas Burton Gabriel and Hon. John Wayland Leslie, some spotting and slight soiling, extremities rubbed; Parker, Maude. Fisherman's Map of Salmon Pools on the River Tweed, 1930, first edition, 8vo, folding lithographed map, publisher's cloth, paper label on upper cover; Stoddart, T.T. An Angler's Rambles and Angler's Songs, 1866; Lauder, T.D. Scottish Rivers, 1874; Roberts, R. The River's Side, 1866; Gill, E.M. Practical Dry-Fly Fishing, 1912; Armistead, W.H. Trout Waters Management, 1908; Ransome, A. Rod and Line, 1929; [Cox, I.E.B.] Facts and Useful Hints relating to Fishing and Shooting, 1867, lower hinge broken; Brown, W.S. Secrets of Border Angling, 1907; Woolley, R. Modern Trout Fly Dressing, 1939; Sheringham, H.T. Elements of Angling, 1908; Bernard, J. Fly-Dressing, 1932; Aflalo, F.G. Fishermen's Weather, 1906; Grey, E. Fly Fishing, 1899; Coston, H.E.T. Speckled Nomads, 1938, dust-jacket; Aston, G. Letters to Young Fly-fishers, 1926, dust-jacket; Durand, E. Wanderings with a Fly-Rod,1938; Sharp, A. An Angler's Corner, 1930; Lawrie, W.H. Border River Angling, 1939; plates, publisher's cloth, a few slightly spotted or binding slightly discoloured; and 16 others (46)
Grimble, A. Shooting and salmon fishing. London, 1892, 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, foxing, bookplate; Ibid Leaves from a game book. London, 1898, 8vo, one of 250 copies, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half vellum, rubbed, inner hinges strengthened; Ibid The salmon rivers of Ireland. London, 1913, second edition, 8vo, 2 folding maps, original green cloth gilt, some foxing; Ibid The salmon rivers of Scotland. London, 1913, third edition, 8vo, 3 maps, original green cloth gilt, some foxing; Ibid The salmon rivers of England and Wales. London, 1913, second edition, 8vo, map, original green cloth gilt, some foxing; and 6 others on shooting and fishing (11)
Africa - Baker, Sir Samuel The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia. London, 1867. First edition, 8vo, double portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, 23 plates, original blue decorative cloth gilt, gilt stamp of elephant chase on upper board, some rubbing to edges, bumping to corners, interior very clean; Selous, Percy. & Bryden, H.A. Travel and big game. London, 1897, 8vo, 6 plates, original cloth, a very clean copy, bookplate; Chaillu, Paul B. Du Explorations and adventures in Equatorial Africa. London, 1861, 8vo, folding frontispiece, folding map torn, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, interior clean; Livingstone, David Missionary travels and researches in South East Africa. London, 1857, 8vo, folding frontispiece, original cloth gilt, backstrip faded, inner hinges splitting (4)
India - Russell, William Howard My diary in India in the year 1858-9. London, 1860, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, 12 plates, volume one with Als from author dated July 21, '59 bound in and photograph of author pasted to verso of frontispiece, signed below, volume two with Als from author [dated May 2, '60] pasted to prelim, contemporary half calf gilt, red labels, foxing throughout; Murphy, Ray Edward Lear's Indian journal. London, 1953. First edition, 8vo, 9 colour plates, later half morocco gilt by Hatchards, a very clean copy; Brown, H. (ed.) The Sahibs. London, 1948, 8vo, later half morocco gilt by Hatchards, very clean; Kincaid, Dennis British social life in India 1608-1937. London, 1938, 8vo, illustrated, later half morocco gilt by Henry Sotheran; Aberigh-Mackay, George Twenty-one days in India. London, 1910, eighth edition, 8vo, frontispiece, later half calf gilt by Henry Sotheran, some light spotting (6)
Newton, Charles Thomas, Sir & Pullan, Richard Popplewell A history of discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae. London: Day & Son, 1862, folio & 8vo, 3 volumes including Atlas, Atlas volume containing lithographed title with 97 plates and plans, text volume with folding map and 14 plates, original cloth gilt, fading to backstrips and heads of boards, hinges splitting on Atlas volume, gutter percha weak, some foxing; Gouffier, Choiseul Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece. Paris, 1809, folio, volume 2 [part 1] only, engraved title, 12 plates and maps, later half calf gilt, rubbed, some foxing (4)
New York--Smith, J. Calvin The illustrated hand-book, a new guide for travelers through the United States of America. New York: Sherman & Smith, 1849, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, large folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline with inset map of New York, Boston and Albany, illustrations in text, advertisement leaf before title, original red cloth gilt, binding lightly soiled
Pennant, Thomas A tour in Scotland. London: printed for Benj. White, 1790, 4to, 3 volumes, folding map, 129 plates [volume I 41 plates, volume II 44 plates, volume III 44 plates], volume I lacking title and A signature, volume III lacking plate XLV, folding map linen backed and repaired, modern half calf, some foxing (3)
Rome-Overbeke, Bonaventura ab Reliquiae antiquae urbis Romae. The Hague: P. Gosse & D. Pinet, 1763, 3 volumes in one, large folio, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication plate with portrait of Queen Anne, portrait of Overbeke, double-page plan and 146 engraved plates, half-title to volume 1, contemporary calf, spine gilt, original red and green morocco lettering pieces, joints and corners repaired, upper joint cracked, some wear to edges, a few scrapes Note: A clean copy with wide margins. The Kissner copy had a frontispiece, map and 148 plates but other copies collate as with the present copy.
Stoddart, John Remarks on local Scenery & Manners in Scotland during the years 1799 and 1800. London: William Miller, 1801, 8vo, engraved titles, half titles, folding map, 32 tinted plates, full calf gilt extra, some fading to upper board of volume II and backstrips, rubbing at edges, bookplate, occasional offsetting and light spotting (2)
Travel - Baldwin, William Charles African hunting and adventure from Natal to the Zambesi. London, 1863, second edition, 8vo, folding map, illustrations, later calf gilt, brown label, some foxing to interior, ink inscription on front free endpaper; Livingstone, David Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. London, 1857, 8vo, folding frontispiece, illustrated, contemporary half green morocco gilt, slight fading to backstrips, some spotting; Ritchie, J. Ewing The pictorial edition of the life & discoveries David Livingstone. London, c.1880, 4to, 2 volumes, illustrated, later half morocco gilt, foxing; Lord Roberts, of Kandahar Forty one years in India. London, 1897, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated with portraits and maps, later half morocco gilt, t.e.g., interior clean; Kaye, John William Christianity in India, an historical narrative. London, 1859, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt by Hodgson of Liverpool, title page foxed, bookplate; Palgrave, William Gifford Narrative of a year's journey through central and eastern Arabia (1862-63). London, 1865, 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispiece, 5 folding maps and plans, later calf prize binding, some small scratches, foxing to endpapers; Robertson, William The history of Scotland. London, 1787, eleventh edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontsipiece, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, some foxing (11)
Travel - Denon, V. Planches du voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte. [London: Samuel Bagster], [1809], folio, portrait frontispiece, folding map, 109 engraved plates, full calf gilt, worn, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, foxing; Whittemore, J. A new historical and topographical picture of Brighton. Brighton, 1827, 16mo, 10 engraved plates, contemporary cloth, some foxing to plates, bookplates; Oulton, W.C. Picture of Margate and its vicinity. London, 1820, 8vo, 17 coloured plates [of 20], engraved title, later half blue morocco gilt, rubbed, some offsetting; Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North. London, 1898, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing, owner's ink inscription to endpapers; Justus The wrongs of the the Caffre Nation. London, 1837, 8vo, original boards, backstrip torn; Couchaud, A. Choix d'eglises bysantines en Grèce. Paris, 1842, 4to, 37 plates, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, rubbed at edges, some spotting (7) Provenance: Bookplate of R. Townley Parker, dated 1858, together with another of Reginald Arthur Tatton.
Ancient sculpture Incised markings on stone found in the county of Northumberland, Argyleshire. London: Privately printed, 1869, folio, 32 plates including frontispiece, contemporary half morocco gilt, a.e.g., worn at edges, staining throughout; Carter, John Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting now remaining in England... London, 1838, folio, 115 plates [33 coloured], contemporary morocco gilt, rubbed at edges; Stothard, C.A. The monumental effigies of Great Britain. London, 1817, folio, frontispiece, 150 plates [bound with] Kempe, A.J. Introduction and description for Stothard's Monumental effigies... London, 1832, later half morocco gilt, worn, interior heavily foxed and stained, worm damage in second half of volume; Pooley, Charles An historical and descriptive account of the old stone crosses of Somerset. London, 1877, 8vo, illustrated, map, original cloth gilt, some light rubbing at edges; Rimmer, Alfred Ancient stone crosses of England. London, 1875, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Styan, K.E. A short history of sepulchral cross-slabs. London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt, sunned; and 3 others on stone crosses (10)
Archaeology - Kemble, John Horae ferales; or studies in the archaeology of the Northern nations. London, 1863, 4to, 34 plates, some coloured, original cloth gilt, rebacked; Miles, William A description of the Deverel Barrow opened A.D. 1825. London, 1826, 8vo, two engraved titles, 8 plates, contemporary calf, worn, boards loose, foxing; Danish Archaeology Atlas de l'archeologie du nord... Copenhagen, 1817, folio, 22 plates [mainly coins], contemporary boards, worn at edges, foxing; Rowlands, Henry Mona antiqua restaurata, an archaeological discourse on the antiquities, natural and historical, of the Isle of Anglesey. London, 1766, second edition, 4to, map frontsipiece, 12 plates, contemporary calf gilt, hinges split, pencil notes on endpapers and in margins; Baye, Baron J. de The industrial arts of the Anglo-saxons. London, 1893, 4to, 17 plates, original decorative green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges; Miln, James Excavations at Carnac. Edinburgh, 1881, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Miln, James Fouilles faites a Carnac. Paris, 1877, 8vo, illustrated, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed; Worsfold, T. Cato The French Stonehenge. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, modern fold-over box; Lukis, W.C. Guide to the chambered barrows of South Brittany. Ripon, 1875, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, folding map, original cloth, modern fold over box; Maclagan, Christian The hill forts, stone circles and other structural remains of ancient Scotland. Edinburgh, 1875, 4to,39 plates, original cloth gilt, foxing; Evans, Sir John The ancient stone implements, weapons and ornaments of Great Britain. London, 1897, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, sunned; Fergusson, James Rude stone monuments. London, 1872, 8vo, illustrated, folding map, original cloth, sunned (11)
Baronius, Cardinal Caesar Annales ecclesiastici ex XII tomis...in epitomen redacti.... Paris: Dionysius de la None, 1613, folio, engraved title, lacking portrait, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked using original backstrip, repairs to corners, staining along upper edge; Bacon, Francis Opera omnia. Frankfurt: J. Baptistae Schonwetteri, 1665, folio, portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, paper covers, title page repaired along bottom edge [repair full width by 4cm high], public library stamp, pages heavily browned and weak at edges; Savile, Sir Henry Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipui. Frankfurt, 1601, folio, woodcut headpieces and initials, marginalia, 19th century morroco gilt, a.e.g., rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, some foxing; Lessius, Leonardo De ivstitia et ivre caeterisque virtutibus cardinalibus libri IV. Lovanii, 1605, folio, engraved title, contemporary vellum, discoloured, worn, title browned, wear to page edges, foxing; Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius Opera ad vetustissimorum exemplarium... Paris: J. du Puis, 1666, folio, title in red and black, later calf gilt, worn, hinges splitting, heavy foxing; Bona, Giovanni, Cardinal Opera omnia. Antwerp: Henry & Cornelius Verdussen, et al., 1694, folio, title in red and black, woodcut initials, later vellum gilt, rubbed, title repaired, bookplates; [Catholic church] Nova collectio conciliorum... Paris: Francis Muguet, 1683, folio, volume I [all published], vignette headpiece, engraved initials, later calf , rubbed, hinges cracking, bookplate; Hittorp, Melchior De divinis catholicae ecclesiae officiis et mysteriis. Paris, 1610, folio, title printed in red and black with large woodcut device, contemporary panelled calf, bookplate of George R. Adam and J.B.Lowder, Tolhurst, title slightly dusty, rebacked, worn; Gumpenberg, Wilhelm Atlas Marianus. Munich: J. Iaecklin, 1672, folio, additional engraved title, contemporary blind stamped and roll tooled pigskin over wooden boards, lacking one clasp; Marraccy, Hippolyte Polyanthea Mariana. Cologne: P. Ketteler, 1683, folio, additional engraved title, browned; Tirinus, Jacobus In s. scripturam commntarius. Antwerp: J.B. Verdussen, 1719, folio, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, folding map of Holy Land (torn without loss), folding tables, contemporary calf, foot of spine rubbed; and a defective volume (12)
Death, Suicide & Sacrifice - Dagley, R. Death's doings. London, 1827, second edition, 8vo, engraved title, 30 engraved plates, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, foxing; Taylor, J. The danger of premature interment. London, 1816, 8vo, frontispiece, modern half calf gilt, ink inscription on title; Drelincourt, Charles The christian's defence against the fears of death. London, 1719, 8vo, frontispiece, panelled calf, hinges splitting; Spinckes, N. The sickman visited. London, 1717, second edition, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, red label, hinges split; Piggott, Rev. S. Suicide and its antidotes. London, 1824, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary half calf, rubbed, inner hinges weak, browning; Dodd, William Reflections on death. London, 1763, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, lacking index; Norris, John A philosophical discourse concerning the natural immortality of the soul. London, 1708, 8vo, contemporary calf, red label, worn, hinges splitting, heavy foxing throughout, ink notes on endpapers; Myers, Eliab & Sullivan, F.A. The champion text book on embalming. Ohio, 1897, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, interior clean; Vrown, Capt. Thomas The taxidermist's manual. London, 1885, 8vo, 6 plates, original cloth, sunned; Greenhill, Thomas Nekrokedeia: or the art of embalming. London, 1705, 4to, 12 [of 14] plates including folding map, 19th Century half calf gilt, rubbed, hinges splitting, foxing throughout; Hartshorne, Albert Hanging in chains. London, 1891, 8vo, illustrated, original vellum, dustmarked, page 109 tape repaired; [Defoe, Daniel] The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665. London, 1819, 8vo, frontispiece, original boards, rebacked, foxed and stained throughout; Watts, Isaac The world to come. London, [1815], 8vo, portrait frontispiece, engraved title, 6 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked and heavily restored, browning throughout and 3 other editions; and a quantity of other material relating to death (qty)
Descartes, Réné Tractatus de homine et de formatione foetus. Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1686, 4to, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, woodcuts in text, [76], 239, some damp-staining, mainly marginal, early ink inscriptions on title of Josamis Szexenty, Stephani Miskolizi and Andres Marbosahi, two deleted; Forge, Ludovico de la Tractatus de mente humana, ejus facultatibus & functionibus. Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1688, 4to, woodcut device on title page, woodcuts in the text, [22], 241, [7], lacking a preliminary (?blank) leaf, some early scoring and underlining, somewhat damp-stained Gilbert, William, the younger De mundo nostro sublunari philosophia nova. Amsterdam: Ludovico Elzevir, 1651, first edition, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, folding map, woodcuts in the text, worming to G3, H3, I3, K3, L3, M3, N3, P3, Q3, R3, S3 &c affecting a few letters, lacking OO1, somewhat damp-stained, 3 works in one volume, contemporary Dutch blind-stamped vellum, upper joint split, tear to spine, lacking marbled free endpapers Note: Descarte's Tractatus is really a physiological appendix to his Discourse on Method. The first section of Gilbert's De mundo nostro contains an extension of the cosmological ideas Gilbert introduced into the last section of de Magnete. Goldsmid, p.23 [Descartes] and p.55 [Gilbert]
Devonshire - Polwhele, Rev. Richard The history of Devonshire. London, 1797-93-1806, folio, 3 volumes in 1, map, 16 [of 24] plates, contemporary half calf gilt, hinges split, some offsetting; and 3 other defective volumes of Polwhele; Lysons, Daniel & Samuel Magna Britannia... Volume VI Devonshire. London, 1822, 4to, 2 volumes, lacking map of Devonshire, contemporary cloth gilt, stained, foxing; Plot, Robert The natural history of Oxford-shire. London, 1705, folio, 16 plates, lacking folding map, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, browning to title; and 4 other British topographical volumes. Sold not subject to return (11)
Eschuid, Joannes Summa astrologiæ iudicialis de accidentibus mundi quæ anglicana uulgo nuncupatur Ioannis Eshcuidi niri [sic] anglici peritissimi scietiæ astrologiæ foelici sidere inchoat. Imprint: Venice: Ioannis Lucilii Sanctiter ... : Impensis ... Fracisci Bolani ..., 1489 nonis Iulii. Folio, ff. [ii], 306=219 (numerous mispaginations), signature n lacking n6 as usual, text in two columns, woodcut map of the world on f.44, other woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials, others left bank with guide letters, later polished calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, first two leaves supplied in facsimile, corners of first signature repaired, affecting some letters of text, worming at upper inner margin from signatures g to m (extending to some letters of text), some instances of marginal water staining, damp staining of last signature, slight damage to verso of 112 and facing leaf (affecting some letters of text) Note: Goff E-0109; GW 9329; Hain*6685 (with 222 leaves); Thorndike III chapter XXXI The first and only 15th century edition of this famous treatise on astrological prediction by the 14th century English astrologer John of Eschenden or John Estwood (fl. 1350). The work is of interest not only for the insight it provides into the world of mediaeval astrology, but also for astronomical, cosmographical and meteorological as well as medical information it contains. Having survived the Plague - which he predicted - he provides one of the earliest surviving accounts of the epidemic and remedies against it. The woodcut diagrams include a woodcut map of the world and a full page diagram of the world in which the globe is divided into sections each of which is particularly subject to the influence of a certain planet. The numerous woodcut initials are partly printed from blocks first used by Ratdolt.
Falkener, Edward Ephesus and the temple of Diana. London: Day & Son, 1862, 8vo, 23 plates, lacks folding map in pocket, contemporary cloth gilt, hinges splitting, some foxing; Sculpture Raccolta de statue antiche... nei Musei, Palazzi,e Ville di Roma. Rome, 1795, oblong 8vo, 43 plates [each with two illustrations], contemporary covers, sunned, foxing (2)
History Le grand theatre historique, ou nouvelle histoire universelle... Leiden: Pierre Vander, 1703, folio, 5 volumes in 3, engraved title, dedication, folding world map, 10 portraits, 2 folding plates, contemporary calf gilt, worn, hinges split, some light staining, occasional spotting, volume 5 bound as Tome II, Tome III contains volumes III & IV (5)
Holy Bible, English The Book of Common Prayer. London: B. Norton and J. Bill, 1629, folio, double-page map of Holy Land, title dust-soiled; [The Holy Bible. London: B. Norton and J. Bill, 1629] Old Testament lacking title, New Testament title within woodcut border; The whole booke of psalmes. London: R. Badger for the Company of stationers, 1632, final leaf repaired in lower margin, contemporary blindstamped calf, very worn, clasps; sold not subject to return Provenance: Anthony, Lord Biddulph, early inscription and bookplate
Lysons, Rev. Daniel & Samuel Magna Britannia being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. London, 1813-1817, 4to, 5 volumes, including Part I Bedfordshire, map, 12 plates; Part 2 Berkshire, 4 maps, 27 plates; Part 3 Buckinghamshire, map, 12 plates; Part 4 Cambridgeshire, 2 maps, 25 plates; Part 8 Derbyshire, map, 35 plates, uniform half morocco gilt, some rubbing to edges, some foxing (5)
Macrobius, Aurelius In somnium Scipionis, lib. II. Saturnaliorum, lib. VII. Lyons: apud Seb. Gryphium, 1550, 8vo, woodcut device on title, woodcut world map on p.154 and diagrams in text, nineteenth-century diced calf, red morocco label, title with traces of glue in extreme inner margin, six leaves with slight marginal damp-stain, very slightly rubbed Provenance: J.C., ex dono R.W.K, 1764, inscripton on title. Not in Adams.
Pococke, Richard A description of the east and some other countries. London: printed for the author, 1743, folio, volume I of 3 only [Observations on Egypt], 72 plates, contemporary calf, worn, upper board loose, lacking labels, lacking plate I map of Egypt and plates LXIV-LXV, plate XXXIII not asked for in plate list, title and dedication loose, worm from pp. 279 - 310 [marginal, no text loss, very small holes to plates LXXII-LXXVI] Provenance: Bookplate of Samuel Byam.
Maps-Europe--de l'Isle, Guillaume A map of the county of Flanders, The province of Artois, 1713; A map of old & new Castille, A new map of the provinces of Hainault, Namur and Cambray, 1710, Theatrum historicum, Regionum Italiae mediarum, 1712, A map of the provostship and vicounty of Paris, 1713, Tabula Italiae antiquae, all hand-coloured in outline, J. Senex, 54 x 68.5cm; some with split just extending into image; Tirion, Isaak Maps of Poland, Europe, Scotland, England, Italy and Ireland, all but Italy hand-coloured in outline; and c. 30 others, including 15 maps of Europe from the Atlas universel, c.1830, Greenwood's map of the county of Gloucester, 1831, hand-coloured, clean, and 4 maps of Ortlelius's Tabula itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum bibliotheca, each 52 x 61cm, slight browning at centre folds (43)
Rue, Philippe de la Sourie ou terre saincte moderne. Paris: P. Mariette, [c.1651], engraved map hand-coloured in outline, 41 x 57cm; Jaillot, A.H. Estats de l'empire du grand seigneur des Turcs, [Amsterdam, c.1730], hand-coloured engraved map, 52 x 64cm, creased at centre fold; Brué, A.H. Carte générale des Indes. Paris, 1821, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, from Atlas Universel, 53 x 68cm; Bowen, E. A new and accurate map of the empire of the great mogul, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, 37.5 x 47cm, 1cm split at top; Aa, P. van der Barbarie, Biledulgerid. Leyden, [c.1720], hand-coloured engraved map, 35.5 x 45.5cm; Samson, [-] Carte de l'empire de russie. Paris: Jean, [no date], 45 x 63.5cm, trimmed to neatline, two tears; and a map of Hungary by Robert de Vaugondy (7)
Forbes, Rev. Robert The lyon in mourning or a collection of speeches, letters, journals, etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart by the Rev. Robert Forbes, Bishop of Ross and Caithness 1746-1775. Edinburgh: The Scottish History Society, 1895-1896, 3 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, bookplates; Blaikie, Walter Biggar Itinerary of Prince Charles Edward Stuart from his landing in Scotland July 1746 to his departure in September 1746. Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 1897, 8vo, with map in pocket at rear, original blue cloth gilt [uniform with previous] (4)
Raleigh, Sir Walter The historie of the world. London: H. Lownes, G. Lathum & R. Young, 1628, folio, 6 double-page maps, 2 double-page battle diagrams, engraved portrait on title and engraved title dated 1614, Minde of the front leaf before title (slight loss of blank corner), woodcut initials and ornaments, some early annotations and scoring, contemporary calf, raised bands, one map loose, occasional light damp-staining, corner of Oo2 torn away just affecting one or two letters, Nnn3 torn without loss, Sss3-4 supplied from another copy, head and base of spine and corners worn Provenance: Hastings Keyte, his booke Nov. 1734, inscription; Thomas Keyte (?1672-1702) and Thomas Holbeck, early inscriptions.
Aldin, Cecil & Hare, Kenneth Roads and vagabonds. London, [& New York, 1930], 8vo, number 44 of 50 copies, signed by the author and the artist, original quarter vellum gilt, a fine copy; Aldin, Cecil The romance of the road. London, 1928, 4to, 11 colour plates, folding map in pocket at front, original black cloth, corners bumped, some light foxing to prelims (2)
A Victorian "Chain of Events of English History" by John Betts, London, colour print laid onto cloth and folding into original envelope and together with a printed booklet "Key to Chain of Events"; an Elsick's Patent Dissected Map Scotland made by Philip Son & Nephew in original box (damaged); a Philip's Planisphere; a Kate Greenaway painting book and story board
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