Boccaccio (Giovanni). Della geneologia de gli Dei di M. Giovanni Boccaccio libri quindeci. Ne'quali si tratta dell'origine, & discendenza di tutti gli dei de' gentili. Con la spositione de' sensi allegorici delle fauole : & con la dichiaratione dell'historie appartenenti … detta materia. Tradotta gi… per M. Gioseppe Betussi..., Venice: Lucio Spineda, 1606, woodcut device to title, decorative intitials, head & tailpieces, few minor worm holes to last few leaves of text, occasional light toning and minor spotting, contemporary vellum, worn mostly to board corners, 4to in 8s, together with Wolff (Christian Freiherr von), Philosophia prima, sive, Ontologia, Methodo Scientifica Pertractata, qua omnis Cognitionis Humanae Principia Continentur, editio nova priori emendatior, Frankfurt: 1736, title in red & black, two folding engraved plates at rear, some spotting mostly to title, contemporary vellum, 4to, with Philosophia Rationalis sive Logica, Methodo Scientifica Pertractata et ad usum Scientiarum atque vitae aptata..., 3rd edition, Frankurt, 1740, title in red & black, spotting throughout, contemporary vellum, dust-soiled & marked, 4to, with Tacitus (Cornelius), Opera quae exstant. Justus Lipsius postremum recensuit. Additi commentarii..., 2 volumes in one, Paris: Marcum Orry, 1606, woodcut device to title of each, some toning, occasional spotting and light dampstaining, contemporary vellum, worn at head of spine and some marks, 4to, plus four others similar, mostly vellum bound (8)
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![Cowper (William). The Workes of Mr Willia[m] Cowper late Bishop of Galloway: Now newly Collected into one Volume. Whereunto i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/942fe849-743e-413a-95f9-a86d00e6cb79/a4f75385-e8f1-4530-df57-c6fe6934fc15/468x382.jpg)
Cowper (William). The Workes of Mr Willia[m] Cowper late Bishop of Galloway: Now newly Collected into one Volume. Whereunto is added a Comentary on the Reuelation neuer before Published..., 1st collected edition, Imprinted for Iohn Budge, 1623, engraved illustrated title (slightly creased), occasional minor marks, some sections starting but secure, final few leaves with minor worming, front pastedown with book ticket of Shadwell Park dated 1842, front hinge cracked after endpaper, rear pastedown lacking, contemporary calf, rubbed and extremities worn, spine ends lacking, folio in 6s (1)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). For the Train, Five Poems and a Tale..., Arranged, with a Preface, by Hugh J. Schonfield, 1st edition, 1932, portrait frontispiece, uncut, original buckram gilt, slightly rubbed, (limited edition, 80/100 copies, signed by the editor), together with The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, edited by Charlotte M. Yonge, Third Series, volumes 1 & 2, January to December, 1881, some spotting, first volume contemporary half calf, rubbed, second volume original cloth, chipped at extremities, plus Carroll (Lewis), The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch, with a Foreword by Florence Milner, 1st edition, 1932, illustrations to text, spotting at front, original cloth in dust jacket, a little frayed and browned, all 8vo, plus other periodical publications and related with Carroll interest including 4 original issues of Notes and Queries (No. 202 discussing the phrase 'As mad as a hatter'), various sizes and conditions (20)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). The Hunting of the Snark, An Agony, in Eight Fits, eighteenth thousand, 1876, wood-engraved frontispiece, adverts to final leaf verso, a little spotting and some soiling towards rear, contemporary inscription to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little frayed at head and foot of spine, slightly stained on covers near foot of spine, 8vo, together with Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson), The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, 2nd edition, 1899, black & white plates and illustrations, presentation inscription from Dodgson's sister and mother of Collingwood at head of half-title, 'R. Fawcett, with M. Dodgson's love', Feb 1899', a little spotting, top edge gilt, original buckram gilt, rubbed and spine browned, 8vo, plus Carroll (Lewis), The Hunting of the Snark, Catalpa Press, 1974, black & white illustrations by Byron Sewell, original plain black cloth with gilt-titled spine, folio, (limited edition, 104/250 copies, signed by the illustrator), plus other Lewis Carroll books and interest including reprints, modern publications and paperbacks, plus a good collection of Lewis Carroll newsletters (3 shelves)
Barozzi (Giacomo, Vignola). RŠgles des cinq Ordres d'Architecture de M. Jacques Barozzio de Vignole, Nouvellement Revu‰s, Corrig‚es, et r‚duite de grand en petit, par Jean Le Pautre avec plusieurs Augmentations de Michel Ange Bonarotti, Paris: G. Jollain, [1671], title + 101 pages, engraved title (torn at fore-edge with some loss of title & imprint), 40 full-page engraved illustrations (including dedication) and engraved text throughout, contemporary limp vellum (cropped at fore-edge), slim 8vo (1)
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri della'Architettura di M. Vitruvio tradutti et commentati da Monsignor Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556, 40, 39-124, CXXV-CXXVIII, 125-133, 132-274, [18], elaborate architectural woodcut title, woodcut illustrations, including many full page and some folding (woodcut overslip to C6, woodcut extensions to E8, F3 verso, I5 recto and I6 recto, the latter two leaves misnumbered with signatures Iiiii and Iv), replacement woodcut illustrations to E8 verso and F7 recto (E8 misbound between pages 58 and 59), volvelle to Q2 verso (page 228), volvelles to V2 verso and V3 recto not present, A2 verso (somewhat cropped) with full-page woodcut illustration (repeated to V4 recto, with large printer's woodcut device to verso), some marks and scattered spotting and marginal water staining, some leaves browned, minor worm damage to extreme foot of inner margins towards centre of volume (not affecting text), old vellum-backed boards with vellum outer tips, some wear with associated staining and discolouration, folio (385 x 270 mm, 15.2 x 10.5 ins) Fowler 407. Mortimer, Italian Books 547. Cicognara 713. Millard, Italian Books 160. Printing and the Mind of Man 26: 'The classical tradition of building, with its regular proportions and symmetry and the three orders - Doric, Ionic and Corinthian - derives from this work'. The famous folio edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture, translated by Daniele Barbaro with his commentary. The woodcut illustrations are thought to have been engraved by Salviati after designs by the great renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. (1)
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). Les dix livres d'architecture, coriggez et traduits nouvellement en fran‡ois, avec des notes et des figures, seconde edition, reveue [sic], corrig‚e et augment‚e, par M. Perrault, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1684, engraved additional title (with effaced contemporary ownership inscription), LXV (i.e. 68) plates, of which 8 double-page, engraved head- and tailpieces and figurative initial, woodcuts to the text, occasional light spotting or soiling, a handful of quires browned, pale intermittent tide-mark to lower outer corners, sig. V1 transposed with V2, and slightly abraded verso obscuring a few words, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with quatrefoils enclosing olive branches, concentric gilt and blind panelling to boards, gilt central panels with centre- and cornerpieces composed of vegetal scrolls, spine-ends repaired, joints cracked but holding, boards scuffed, some stripping, extremities rubbed and worn, folio (430 x 280 mm) Provenance: bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby of Ecton Hall (d. 1887). Fowler 418 refers; cf. Millard, French Books, 168. (1)
Vogue (Melchior, Marquis de). Byzantine Architecture and Ornament, 1st edition, Boston and New York, 1890, 52 wood-engraved or photographic plates, discreet contemporary ownership ink-stamps, mild toning, original cloth-backed boards, slightly marked, extremities rubbed, folio, together with Mecquenem (Roland de, and others), Mission en Susiane, M‚moires de la Mission arch‚ologique de Perse, Mission en Susiane, Tome XX, Numismatique, Epigraphie grecque, C‚ramique Elamite, [and] Tome XV, Arch‚ologie, m‚trologie et numismatique susiennes, 2 volumes, 1st editions, Paris, 1928-34, 18 plates in total, numerous text illustrations, mild toning, both volumes in later black cloth, the sides of XX elaborately hand-painted, folio, and 26 others, mainly 19th-century architectural works, including pamphlets and offprints (32)
Bindings. Lettre Edite Ed Inedite Di Camillo Cavour, by Luigi Chiala, volumes 1-6, 1883-7, Torino, uniform contemporary gilt decorated quarter red morocco, spines and boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, Histoire De La Re'formation En Europe, by J.-H. Merle D'Aubign‚, volumes 1-6, Paris, 1863-75, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, spines toned and lightly rubbed, 8vo, Commentaires Et Lettres De Blaise De Manluc Mar‚chal De France, by M. Alphonse De Ruble, volumes 1-5, Paris, 1864-72, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated three-quarter calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with 45 further volumes of 19th century history and literature, all leather bindings, mostly French language, some ex-lib with associated marks, condition is generally good/very good, (62 volumes) (3 shelves)
Huddesford (William & Warton, Thomas, editors). The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries. John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony Wood..., volumes 1 & 2, printed for J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1772, 8 black and white engraved plates, plus 2 black and white frontispieces, some light spotting and offsetting, modern endpapers, uniform modern gilt decorated black quarter calf, 8vo, together with Francis (Philip), The Odes, Epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace..., volumes 1-4, Dublin, 1742, bookplates to front pastedowns, later inscriptions to head of title pages, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, spines and hinges slightly worn, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Muckersy (John), Translations of M. Gener, Being a Selection of Letters on Life and Manners, Edinburgh, printed for Peter Hill, 1808, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning and offsetting, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed and marked, with minor loss to foot of spine, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century historical and eccelesiastical reference, including The Private Life of Lewis XV, volumes 1-4, by J.O. Justamond, 1781, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo, (58 volumes) (2 shelves)
*Thompson (D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948). Two Typed letters signed and one autograph letter signed, 'D'Arcy W. Thompson', St Andrews, 13 December 1935, 19 November 1938 & 5 February 1941, both addressed to [Ronald] Winckworth, the first thanking him for the two boxes of Murex and letter, 'I must begin by saying that I am abashed and ashamed by the trouble I have given you. In the way of notes all I ever expected was a few words to draw my attention to characters that might escape my notice; but you have given me what amounts to a revision of the entire group. I am immensely obliged to you, - but still more than a little ashamed. The figure of M. Scolopax in the sand is only one of the many interesting things that your notes contain', continuing on the same subject before asking 'When are you going to begin to a "Manual of the Mollusca"? I am not flattering you in the very least when I say that there is nobody else who could do it...', with an initialled postscript saying that he was shocked to find the letter lying around unsigned and unposted for the best part of a month, 2 pp., 4to, the second letter a technical letter concerning Mare Sporco and including classical references to Aristotle with a few words inserted in ink in Greek, both 2 pp., 4to, the third autograph letter saying that he will be honoured to have honorary membership of the Malacological Society, talking of his love for shells from early boyhood and recounting 'I was about 13 or 14 when I had my first apprenticeship for collecting, in the old classic ground of Birtubay Bay. You may assure the Society of my warm gratitude...', talking of other good natural history societies and talking about his correspodence writing projects, 2 pp., small folio Ronald Winckworth (1884-1950) was a British natural historian and president or vice-president of three learned societies in the field, specialising in British and Indian mollusca. (3)
Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de). The Compleat Herbal: or, The Botanical Institutions of Mr. Tournefort, Chief Botanist to the late French King..., with large additions from Ray, Gerarde, Parkinson, and others..., with a short account of the life and writings of the author, 2 volumes, printed for R. Bonwicke and others, 1719/30, 218 single page engraved plates (plate numbering erratic), occasional light browning and some marks and occasional minor marginal dampstains, owernship signature of M. Cooper, dated 1784 to title of each volume, index leaves at rear of second volume with some closed tears and slight damage to inner margins, later bookplate of Francis John Hushe, dated 1881, to front pastedown of second volume, contemporary panelled full calf, first volume recently rebound in near-matching full calf, spine labels renewed to both volumes, thick 4to Henrey 1432. First English edition, translated from the latin edition of 1700. Other copies of this work have contained up to 267 plates. This copy sold as seen, not subject to return. (2)
Art Deco sapphire and diamond ring set with a central brilliant cut diamond surrounded by princess cut sapphires in a square setting, platinum shank, ring size M No obvious sign of damage or repair, stones appear to be intact, minor surface wear to stone surfaces as would be expected for age of ring. Minor shank wear. centre stone is mounted so difficult to gauge weight - approx 30-40 points. Diamond has a culet. 3.5 grams weight
Full Sapphire and diamond eternity ring, ring size M No obvious sign of damage or repair, stones appear to be intact, minor surface wear to stone surfaces as would be expected for age of ring. Minor shank wear. Not hallmarked - white metal. Ring would benefit from good clean and polish. Probably contemporary to preceding lot.
Large and impressive Solitaire Diamond ring, the circular brilliant cut diamond weighing 3.73 carats, claw set in 18ct white gold setting. Hallmarked with diamond weight engraved to the shank, ring size M Very bright and sparkly, under 10 x zeiss lens very little carbon visible. Does draw some colour.
Matchbox 1/76 plastic kits: Monty's Caravan Daimler Scout Car, Morris C.8 Mk II, 17 pdr gun and Willy's Jeep, M-19 45 ton Tank Transporter, Humber MK II Armoured Car, A - 34 Comet MKI Tank, Leopard 2 A4 MBT, Airfix: Chieftain Tank (still shrink wrapped), Bofors 40mm AA Gun & Tractor, Scorpion FV101 Tank, 2 x JB Models Saracen A.P.C. MK 1,2,3 all boxed and appear unstarted but unchecked, plus 5 x boxes of parts/started kits
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