Houston (Richard). Four Portraits of 'Celebrated Racehorses', The Portraiture of Crab..., The Portraiture of White-Nose, The Portraiture of the famous Horse Old Partner [and] Childers, the Fleetest Horse that ever run at Newmarket, 1755 - 76 [but later impressions], hand-coloured mezzotint portraits after J. Seymour and T. Spencer, each enclosed within a decorative border with a descriptive legend below the image, slight spotting, each approximately 300 x 350 mm, uniformly framed and glazed, together with Darley (M. publisher). The Ladies Ridicule, The Clerical Macaroni [and] The Farmer Macaroni, circa 1775, together three engraved caricatures after R. St. George Mansergh with contemporary hand-colouring, toned overall, uniformly framed and glazed in verre eglomise mounts and 19th century 'Hogarth' framesQty: (7)
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![Mezzotint Drolls. The Camp Laundry, Corporal Cartouche teaching Miss Camp-Love her Manual Exercise [and] Jack Oakham throwing](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bbef4553-41d6-4997-bfcd-adc700fe24a2/bb3b93cc-3cd3-4dae-8176-adc900f6b50f/468x382.jpg)
Mezzotint Drolls. The Camp Laundry, Corporal Cartouche teaching Miss Camp-Love her Manual Exercise [and] Jack Oakham throwing out a Signal for an Engagement, R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1781, together three mezzotints with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed to the image or with thread margins, some creasing, slight staining, Jack Oakham with slight surface abrasion and worming, frayed with slight loss to the margins, each approximately 350 x 250 mm, framed and glazedQty: (3)
Military. Birds Eye View of the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir, G. W. Bacon & Co. 1882, chromolithograph, slight dust soiling, 500 x 700 mm, framed and glazed in a near-contemporary birds-eye maple moulding, together with Sullivan (W. H. after). Sergeant Ewart Capturing the French Colours during the charge of the Scots Greys on June 18th, 1815, circa 1880, chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on near-contemporary card, image size 500 x 685 mm, framed and glazed in a near-contemporary stained oak frame, with Balaclava, October 25th 1854, circa 1880, chromolithograph, trimmed to image, 535 x 815 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Hillingford (R. after). What will they say of this in England? (Wellington to the Troops at Waterloo), circa 1880, chromolithograph, trimmed to image, 530 x 775 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (4)
Nayler (Sir G.). Five plates from 'The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI' [1823 - 37], five aquatints with contemporary hand-colouring by F. C. Lewis, M. Dubourg R. Havell and W. Bennett, each approximately 400 x 510 mm, uniformly framed and glazedQty: (5)Footnote: Abbey Scenery 260. Tooley 343. The plates consist of - The King seated in St. Edward's Chair Crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Procession of the Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster with the Regalia, The Ceremony of the Homage, The Royal Banquet The Bringing of the First Course [and] The Royal Banquet First Course Continued. A composite publication. Two parts out of a proposed five were published by Sir George Nayler- a Garter Principal King at Arms - in 1823 & 1827; then Henry Bohn acquired the plates in 1837 and combined them with Whittaker's 'Ceremonial of the Coronation of George IV' to produce a completed work of 45 plates. There was an additional edition published in 1839.
Prints & engravings. A mixed collection of approximately 140 prints, 18th & 18th century, engravings, lithographs and prints of architectural views, elevations and prospects, military, topography, juvenile, caricatures and genre, including examples by or after, Kip, Caldicott, Cochin, Knyff, 'St Stephens Review'. John Doyle and R. Cruikshank various sizes and conditionQty: (approx. 140)
![Charles I. Reliquiae [sacrae] Carolinae. Or the works of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charles the I. Collected](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bbef4553-41d6-4997-bfcd-adc700fe24a2/9828c782-ea9f-487d-a729-add4011843bc/468x382.jpg)
Charles I. Reliquiae [sacrae] Carolinae. Or the works of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charles the I. Collected together, and digested in order, according to their several subjects, civil and sacred. The contents appear in the ensuing pages. C.R., Hague [i.e. London]: Printed by Samuel Browne [i.e. for R. Royston], 1657, title in red & black (torn to upper outer corner with loss of second word), margins to initial leaves frayed, some soiling, occasional damp staining and browning, lacking front endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, paper label to spine, extremities worn, 12mo, together with: Book of Common Prayer, The Booke of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments. And other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1627, title in red & black with woodcut decorative border (cropped to border edges and upper left corner torn with loss, lined to verso, dust-soiled and toned), separate title to 'Psalter, or Psalmes of David' also with decorative woodcut border, black letter text throughout, numerous woodcut decorative initials, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1627, title within decorative woodcut border, black letter text, final leaf soiled & damp stained, some toning throughout, occasional light damp stains and few marks, verso of rear free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'Richard Whatt(?) owneth this booke anno dom 1674', later front endpaper, contemporary gilt panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, surface of board leather worn, small folio, Camden (William), Remains concerning Britain: their languages, names, surnames, allusions, anagramms, armories, moneys ... artillerie, wise speeches, proverbs, poesies, epitaphs, 7th impression, London: Charles Harper & John Amery, 1674, woodcut armorial illustrations, occasional marginalia, small rust hole to S8, light dust-soiling and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, old reback and corner repairs, joints cracked at head and head of spine worn, 8vo, and one other defective 17th century antiquarian volumeQty: (4)
Clenard (Nicolas). Tabula in Grammaticen Hebraeam. Solingen: Johann Soter, 1540, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, title and front endpaper detached, bound with Chevalier, (Antoine Rodolphe). Alphabetum Hebraicum in quo literae hebraicae describuntur. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1566, woodcut Estienne device on title, bound with at front Martinez (Pierre). Grammaticae Hebraeae libri duo. Paris: Martin le Jeune, 1584, woodcut initials and headpiece, with blank leaves a5 and i8, interleaved throughout, 3 works bound in one volume, some overall light toning, some water stains at front, a few small wormholes, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later calf-backed boards, lower cover detached, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: VD16 C 4182; USTC 450548; UTSC 17017 respectively. Provenance: Georgius Attong, gift inscription from R[ichard?] Colfe, 1584 to title of Clenard and Swinburne, early signature to Clenard title. The Hebrew grammar by Clénard (or Cleynaerts), a Flemish humanist and grammarian, was first published in Louvain in 1529 and regularly reprinted; it was renowned for its simplicity of use for beginners. Rodolphe Chevalier was a Huguenot exile in England who returned to the Continent on the accession of Mary; he taught Hebrew at Cambridge, Geneva and Strasbourg. This is the first edition of his short work on the Hebrew alphabet, which includes the Ten Commandments with an nterlinear Latin translation.The third work, first published in 1560, was reprinted by Martin le Jeune, a prolific printer of Hebrew works for a Christian audience and a close associate of Plantin. Martinez was rector of the college in La Rochelle.
![[Cleveland, John]. The idol of the clownes, or, Insurrection of Wat the Tyler with his priests Baal and Straw : together with](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bbef4553-41d6-4997-bfcd-adc700fe24a2/c2dbd4c4-0dea-4cd5-8d0c-add401184541/468x382.jpg)
[Cleveland, John]. The idol of the clownes, or, Insurrection of Wat the Tyler with his priests Baal and Straw : together with his fellow kings of the commons against the English church, the king, the laws, nobility and royal family and gentry, in the fourth year of K. Richard the 2d, an. 1381, London: [publisher not identified], 1654, signature at head of title, lower outer blank corners of final nine leaves torn, few light damp stains, 19th century boards, spine worn, small 8vo, together with: Carleton (George, successively Bishop of Llandaff and of Chichester). A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercy. In an historicall collection of the great and mercifull deliverances of the Church and State of England, since the Gospel beganne here to flourish, from the beginning of Queene Elizabeth, 3rd edition, revised & enlarged, London: M. Flesher for Robert Mylbourne and Humphrey Robinson, 1627, engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations, worm trails to lower blank margins of initial leaves (few repaired), few markings to margins etc.,19th century half calf, boards detached, spine worn with loss, 4to, Orle?ans (Pierre Joseph d'), The History of the Revolutions in England under the Family of the Stuarts, from the year 1603, to 1690..., translated from the French ... to which is prefixed, an introduction to this history, by Laurence Echard, 2nd edition, London: E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, & others, 1722, light damp stain to inner margins of initial leaves, contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, [C.J.], A short treatise of the epidemical diseases of these times. Communicated by a loyal pen, in a letter to the Right Worshipful Sir G.B., London: Printed and are to be sold by R. Vaughan [1662?], 30pp., occasional scattered spotting, modern cloth, slim 8vo, and three other 17th century antiquarian, some incompleteQty: (7)
Gardiner (Samuel R.) History of England, from the Accession of James I to the outbreak of the Civil War 1603-1642, 10 volumes, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1884, half titles, two colour maps (one folding), a little minor spotting front and rear, contemporary prize inscription at front of volume I, contemporary brown morocco, covers with armorials stamped in gilt, spines with blue and red labels and gilt decorated, 8voQty: (10)
Hogg (James). Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801, additional engraved portrait 'The Ettrick Shepherd' bound at front, small later additional portrait by W. Nicholson pasted at front, some light spotting, bookplate of H.D. Colvill-Scott, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and Legendary Tales, by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & London: John Murray, 1807, short closed marginal tears to pp. xvii-xx, some light spotting, title a little toned, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem, 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: John Murray, 1819, etched frontispiece, 2 etched plates (one double-page), some offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with a printed receipt, numbered in manuscript No. 161, signed by James Hogg and dated 1st June 1819, 'Received from John Miller Esq., Alloa, One Guinea, being his subscription for the Queen's Wake', loosely inserted, plus John Milton's Paradise Lost, a Poem, R. & A. Foulis, Glasgow, 1770Qty: (4)Footnote: First work rare, only 6 institutional locations recorded. James Hogg (1770-1835) was a self-taught Scottish poet and novelist, widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", and some later publications were published under that nickname. Scottish Pastorals, Hogg's first collection of pastoral ballads was produced entirely from memory after he was delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, without access to his manuscripts, and printed by stationer John Taylor whose premises were opposite the sheep market. His poems contained much energy and were inspired by the pastoral tradition of Allan Ramsay and Robert Burns. He met Sir Walter Scott in 1802 and the two became life-long friends.
Manton (Thomas). A Practical Commentary, or an Exposition with notes on the Epistle of James. Delivered in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex, neer London, London: printed by J. Macock for Luke Fawne, 1651, title within typographic border and with early signature J. Hotchkis, some marginal browning, light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, old repairs to joints, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, 4to, together with: Jane (William), A Sermon preached on the day of the Publick Fast, April the 11th 1679 at St. Margarets Westminster; before the honourable House of Commons, London: printed by M.C. for Henry Brome & Richard Chiswel, 1679, imprimatur leaf present, bound with, Scott (John), A Sermon preached at the Assizes at Chelmsford, in the County of Essex, August 31, 1685, before the honourable Sir Thomas Street, Kt. one of the Judges of his Majesty's Court of Common Please, London: printed by M. Flesher for Rob. Horn & Walter Kettilby, 1686, and bound with five other similar pamphlets, each pamphlet badly damp-frayed & stained at fore-edge, contained within contemporary calf boards (volume raided with other pamphlets previously removed), old reback, 4to, Guarini (Battista), Il Pastor Fido, The faithfull Shepherd. A Pastorall written in Italian ... and now newly translated out of the original, London: printed by R. Raworth, 1647, one engraved plate only (lacking frontispiece), free endpapers torn away, contemporary mottled sheep, later maroon morocco title label to spine, upper joint cracked at head, extremities rubbed, 4to, and two others, Ambulator; or, the Stranger's companion in a tour round London..., 3rd edition, London: J. Bew, 1787, folding engraved map frontispiece, contemporary sheep, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 12mo, and Barrow (Isaac), Opuscula; viz. Determinationes, conc. ad Clerum, Orationes, Poemata, & &c., volume 4 only (of 4), London: Brabazon Aylmer, 1687, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, contemporary calf, red morocco title label to spine, joints split, folioQty: (5)
Warner (Rev. Richard, of Sway, Hants). Antiquitates Culinariae; or Curious Tracts Relating to the Culinary Affairs of the Old English, with a Preliminary Discourse, Notes and Illustrations, 1st edition, printed for R. Blamire, 1791,engraved title, double page tinted aquatint plate of 'A Peacock Feast', single page aquatint of 'A Saxon Entertainment', some light marginal toning (B4 with burn mark to fore margin), a few spots, previous owner signature of William Henderson to title, modern paper-backed boards, corners rubbed and bumped, 4to, together with Society of Antiquaries. A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household, made in Divers Reigns. From King Edward III to King William and Queen Mary. Also Receipts in Ancient Cookery, Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols, 1790, 476 pp., scattered light spotting, later sprinkled half calf, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to, plus Ciacconius (Petrus), Toletanus de Triclinio sive de Modo Convivandi apud priscos Romanos, & de Convivorum Apparatu, Amsterdam, Henricum Wetstenium, 1689, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates, including five folding (one or two close-trimmed), engravings in text, a few light spots, previous owner signature, bookplate, later half calf, rebacked, 12moQty: (3)Footnote: 1) Bitting p. 485; Cagle 1049; Maclean p.149; Oxford p. 120; Vicaire 873. 2) Bitting p. 532; Oxford p. 119. 3) Vicaire p. 174.
Yearwood (Randolph). The penitent murderer. Being an exact narrative of the life and death of Nathaniel Butler; who (through grace) became a convert, after he had most cruelly murdered John Knight..., London: printed by T. Newcomb for J. Rothwell & Tho. Matthews, 1657, some early underscoring and annotations, late 19th century vellum, 16mo in 8s, together with: Parliamentary Intelligencer, The Parliamentary Intelligencer, comprising the sum of forraign intelligence, with the affairs now in agitation in England, Scotland, and Ireland. For information of the people, numb. 19, Monday April 30 to Monday May 7, 1660, 289-296 pp., scattered spotting, disbound 4to, Mercurius Publicus, comprising the sum of forraign intelligence: with the affairs now in agitation in England, Scotland, and Ireland. For information of the people, numb. 31, from Thursday July 26 to Thursday August 2, 1660, 481-488pp., some damp staining and fraying, disbound 4to, Charles II, Recevil des lettres, harangues, messages & declarations de sa Majesté de la Grande Bretagne, depuis le 4/14 avril 1660, jusqu'au 29 decembre 1660/8 ianvier 1661, The Hague: Samuel Brown, & Iean de Lescluse, 1661, engraved armorial frontispiece, title in red & black, latte 19th/early 20th century cloth, spine faded, slim 4to, Prideaux (John), Gowries Conspiracie. A sermon preached at St. Maries in Oxford, the fifth of August, London: Felix Kyngston for John Budge, 1621, [2],26pp. (signatures M1-N6)scattered spotting, all edges gilt, 19th century half morocco, extremities rubbed, slim 4to, [Burnet, Gilbert], A letter written upon the discovery of the late plot, London: H. Brome & R. Chiswell, 1678, bound with [Burnett, Gilbert], The unreasonableness and impiety of popery: in a second letter written upon the discovery of the late plot, London: R. Chiswell, 1678, short closed tear to lower margins, modern cloth-backed boards, slim 4to Prance (Miles), A true narrative and discovery of several very remarkable passages relating to the horrid Popish Plot: as they fell within the knowledge of Mr Miles Prance of Covent-Garden, goldsmith..., London: Dorman Newman, 1679, license leaf to print present, engraved portrait frontispiece, manuscript numbering to upper margins of some leaves, bound with Prance (Miles), The additional narrative of Mr Miles Prance of Covent Garden, Goldsmith, who was the discoverer of the murther of Sr. Edmondbury Godfrey, London: Francis Smith, Thomas Basset, John Wright, Richard Chiswel & Samuel Heyrick, 1679, 19th century half calf, rebacked, upper joint cracked, slim folio, and 8 other 17th & early 18th century antiquarianQty: (15)
Browne (Thomas). Certain Miscellany Tracts, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Charles Mearne, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, ownership signature of William Lukie dated 1752 to title, lacks final blank, ink institutional library stamps to title verso and front pastedown, a little spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed and joints cracked, spine and upper cover leather lifting, together with: Browne (Thomas). Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Kt. M.D. late of Norwich…, 1st edition, E. Curll & R. Gosling, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece and 22 plates including some folding, scattered light browning, contemporary panelled calf with neat calf gilt reback, 8vo, plus Browne (Thomas). Christian Morals, Second [3rd] Edition, with a Life of the Author, by Samuel Johnson, J. Payne, 1756, half-title and medial blank leaf [d8], marginal browning at front and rear from turn-ins, contemporary calf, rubbed, neat modern calf gilt reback, small 8voQty: (3)Footnote: 1) Keynes 128; Wing B5152. 2) Keynes 156. 3) Keynes 165; Courtney-Nichol Smith, page 73. Third edition of a work originally published in 1716, and the first edition to include the life of Browne by Samuel Johnson.
Dalence (Joachim). Traittez des Barométres, Thermométres, et Notionmétres, ou Hygrométres, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Henry Wetstein, 1688, etched frontispiece and 35 plates by H. Schoonbeck, pp. 53-56 neatly repaired, near-contemporary ink inscription in Latin to title verso, dated 1719, modern antique-style calf, small 8vo, together with: Euclid, Euclidis elementorum libri xv. breviter demonstrati, Opera Is. Barrow… , 3rd edition (thus), R. Daniel, Impensis Guil. Nealnd, 1659, separate title to ‘Euclidis Data’, many cuts in text, contemporary calf, head of spine worn and clipped, small 8vo, plus: Le Clerc (Sebastien), Pratique de la Geometrie, sur le Papier et sur le Terrain, [2nd edition], Paris (Et se Vend a Amsterdam): Pierre Mortier, 1691, engraved frontispiece and 82 full-page text engravings, some light water marking to last third, bound in contemporary calf, head of spine lacking leather, upper corners worn, small 8voQty: (3)
Harris (Joseph). The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery... , 8th edition, B. Cole & E. Cushee, 1757, 5 folding engraved plates, advert leaf at rear, old ink ownership inscription and stamped initials of John Ussher to title, modern red calf gilt, 8vo, together with: Keith (Thomas), A New treatise on the Use of the Globes, or A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens... , 2nd edition, corrected and improved, printed for the Author, Longmans et al, 1808, 5 folding plates, leading margins of title browned, otherwise a good copy in contemporary tree calf, front hinge cracked, lacking a half inch of leather at head of spine, corners bumped, 8vo, plus: Watts (Isaac), The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth Made Easy: or, the First Principles of Astronomy and Geography Explain'd by the Use of Globes and Maps... , 2nd edition corrected, J. Clark and R. Hett, 1728, title in red and black (dust-soiled), 6 folding plates at rear, contemporary calf, some edge wear, neat calf gilt reback with spine label, 8voQty: (3)
Ackermann (Rudolph). The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1812, half-titles, list of subscribers to volume 1, 83 plates (81 hand-coloured), some spotting & offsetting, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked with original spine laid on, backstrip worn with loss of leather in places, front board of volume 2 with splitting at head of joint, boards marked, corners & joints worn, 4toQty: (2)
Ozanam (Jacques). Recreations Mathematical and Physical; Laying Down, and Solving many Profitable and Delightful Problems of Arithmetick, Geometry, Opticks, Economicks, Cosmography, Mechanics, Physicks, and Pyrotechny, 1st edition in English, R. Bonwick et al., 1708, [36], 129, 192-530pp., 28 engraved plates and numerous woodcuts, without publisher's adverts at rear, a little spotting, two old ink name inscriptions to title messily deleted in ink with resultant iron gall ink burning and splitting to upper margin above border rule, repeated ink name inscriptions and deletions to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, cracked on joints and some wear to extremities, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Scarce first English edition of this much reprinted work first published in Paris in 1694. The work also covers card games, conjuring, sundials, water clocks, rocket making, etc.
Phillips (Daniel). A dissertation of the small pox; by Daniel Phillips, at his commencing Doctor of Physick in the University of Leyden ... in the year MDCXCVI. Translated by T. E., London: printed & sold by T. Sowle, 1702, additional Latin titlepage, parallel text in Latin and English, bound with Sydenham (Thomas), Processus integri in morbis fere? omnibus curandis..., Editio quinta, London: J. Knapton, 1726, title in red & black, some toning and light spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, upper board detached, 12mo, together with: Robinson (Nicholas), Discourse upon the nature and cause of sudden deaths; and the reason why such numbers of people died suddenly in the years 1730 and 1731..., London: T. Warner, 1732, title a little creased and few closed tears, bound with Cocchi (Antonio), The Pythagorean diet, of vegetables only, conducive to the preservation of health, and the cure of diseases. A discourse delivered at Florence, in the month of August, 1743 ... translated from the Italian, London: R. Dodsley & M. Cooper, 1745, engraved illustration to title, bound with [Diabetes], A mechanical enquiry into the nature, causes, seat, and cure of the diabetes. With an explication of the most remarkable symptoms, Oxford: printed at the Theatre for James Fletcher, 1745, bound with Sloane (Hans), An account of a most efficacious medicine for soreness, weakness, and several other distempers of the eyes, London: Dan. Browne, 1745, bound with Berkeley (George), Medicinal virtues of Tar Water fully explained..., Dublin printed. London reprinted for the proprietors of the Tar-Watter Warehouse, 1744, ink mark to title, bound with Robert (J., publisher), A cheap, sure, and ready guide to health: or, A cure for a disease call'd the doctor. Instructing, how to prevent being cheated and destroyed by the exactions and unmerciful usage of ignorant and oppressive physicians and apothecaries..., 2nd edition: London: J. Roberts, 1742, uniform toning, occasional dust-soiling, marks and damp stains, lacking free endpapers, contemporary sheep, crude old reback, lower board near detached, 8vo, Caus (Isaac de), A new and rare invention of water-works, teaching how to raise water higher than the spring, by which invention the perpetual motion is proposed, and many hard labours performed ... As also, a description of Capt. Savory's engine for raising of vast quantities of water, by fire, London: J.Moxon, 1704, three folding woodcut plates (one torn to fold), woodcut illustrations, toning and marginal browning, contemporary boards, worn, slim 4to, and two othersQty: (5)
Bible. The Holy Bible, containing The Old Testament and Ths New: newly translated out of the original tongues, London: printed by Charles Bill, 1706, black & white engraved frontispiece with period inscriptions to the verso, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some spotting & toning throughout, later rear endpapers, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, large 4to, together with; Cumberland (George), An Essay on the utility of collecting the best works of the ancient engravers of the Italian School; accompanied by A Critical Catalogue,..., London: printed by W. Nicol, 1827, black & white portrait frontispiece, 2 folding plates to the rear, some light toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, hinges cracked, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 4to, plus other antiquarian literature including The Land Surveyor's Ready Reckoner; or, Gentleman and Farmer's Guide to Land Measure;..., by S. Thurlow, London: printed by Dead and Munday, circa 1810, small 4to, A Second Letter To the People of Ireland, On the Subject of Tythes, by a Friend to the Constitution, Dublin, printed by S. Powell, 1758, 8vo, An Account of the Education of the Dauphine, in a Letter to Pope Innocent XI, translated by J. T. Phillips, Hlashow, printed by R. Foul is, 1743, small 8vo, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some in original wrappers, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (2 cartons)
![[Dodsley, Robert]. London and its environs described ... in the City and in the country twenty miles round it, 6 volumes, Lon](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bbef4553-41d6-4997-bfcd-adc700fe24a2/3d7dbb73-7eaa-414b-a483-add401183613/468x382.jpg)
[Dodsley, Robert]. London and its environs described ... in the City and in the country twenty miles round it, 6 volumes, London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1761, half-titles, 74 engraved and two folding plans only (lacking one plate, one plan and map), some light damp staining throughout each volume, armorial bookplates of the Beaumont family, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and contracting morocco labels, 8vo, together with: Shepherd (Thomas), Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the nineteenth century..., 2 volumes, London: Jones & Co., 1827, additional engraved titles with the name Caroline in a contemporary hand to upper margin of each, numerous engraved plates each with multiple images per plate, occasional scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth, morocco title labels to spines, some spotting and few marks to covers, spines faded, 4to, Tallis (John & Gaspey, William), Tallis's Illustrated London; in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of all nations in 1851. Forming a complete guide to the British Metropolis and its environs..., 2 volumes, London & New York: John Tallis & Co., [1851-52], additional engraved title to first volume frontispiece to each (folding frontispiece to second volume torn to fore-edge), numerous engraved plates including one folding, toning and occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines slightly worn, 8voQty: (10)
Parmelee (Lisa Ferraro). Good News from Fraunce, French anti-league propaganda in late Elizabethan England, 1ste edition, New York: University of Rocester Press, 1996, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, lightly rubbed to head of the spine, 8vo, together with; Howe (Nicholas), Writing the Map of Anglo-Saxon England, essays in cultural geography, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus Bartlett (Robert & Angus Mackay [editors]), Medieval Frontier Societies, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Wernham (R. B.), The Making of Elizabethan Foreign Policy 1558-1603, 1st edition, Berkley: University of California Press, 1980, black & white maps, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern & scholarly history reference & related, including publications by Cambridge, Oxford, Boydell, Sutton, Amberley, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
Ousterhout (Robert G.). Visualizing Community, art, material culture, and settlement in Byzantine Cappadocia, 1st edition, Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 2017, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with; Bellinger (Alfred R. & Philip Grierson), Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oa km s Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, volume 2 parts 1 & 2 (2 volumes), Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, 1968, publishers original cloth in glassine dust jackets, boards slightly marked, covers torn with some loss, large 8vo, plus James Duncan [printed for], The Modern Traveller. Syria and Asia Minor, 2 volumes (bound in 1), Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1824, 2 monochrome folding maps plus 6 plate illustrations, some light toning & offsetting, modern endpapers, bookplate to the front endpaper, modern brown cloth, 8vo, and other mostly modern Middle East reference & related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )
Dryden (John). Plutarch's Lives, in six volumes: translated from the Greek, 6 volumes, Dublin: printed J. Williams, 1769, black & white engraved frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to all front endpapers, gutters cracked, some light marginal toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Falconar (Magnus), A Synopsis of A Course of Lectures on Anatomy and Surgery, London: 1777, ex-library copy, bookplates to the front pastedown, later endpapers, loss to the margin of the title page with additional blind & ink stamps, some light marks & toning throughout, later plum half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, plus Johnstone (James), Lodbrokar-Quida; or The Death-Song of Lodbroc; now first correctly printed from various manuscripts,..., printed for the author, 1782, later endpapers, title page heavily toned, water marked throughout to the spine margins, later endpapers, later green quarter morocco to marbled boards, spine faded, small 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature, including A General History of Quadrupeds, by Thomas Bewick, 3rd edition, Newcastle Upon Tyne: printed by S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1792, 8vo, all in leather bindings, some French language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to Approximately 125 volumesQty: (5 shelves )
Heywood (John, publisher). The Travelling Atlas of England & Wales with all the Railways & Coach Roads, The Cities, Towns, Parks & Gentlemen's Seats..., Manchester 1868, decorative calligraphic title, 44 of 45 (lacking the general map of England & Wales) uncoloured lithographic maps, publisher's orange thick paper covers, index printed to upper cover, advertisements to the rear, some near-contemporary marginalia and doodling, worn and rubbed, slim 8to, together with Smith (Charles). Smith's New Pocket Companion to the Roads of England & Wales and Part of Scotland..., 1827, calligraphic title, advertisement and directions and explanation of the maps, lacking the general map of England & Wales,126 uncoloured strip road maps on 42 sheets, map of the Isle of Wight, some worming, some juvenile scribbling and ink staining, index of crossroads bound at the rear, contemporary green morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, 8vo, with Gray (George Carrington). Gray's New Book of Roads. The Tourist and Traveller's Guide to the Roads of England and Wales and Part of Scotland..., Sherwood, Jones and Co. 1824, additional decorative half-title, folding map of England & Wales, 48 uncoloured engraved county maps, some offsetting, pencil annotations to front pastedown and front endpaper, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, small 8vo, plus Capper (Benjamin Pitts). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom..., printed for Richard Phillips, 1808, folding engraved map of the British Isles, title and introductions, 45 uncoloured engraved maps by R. Phillips, including 6 folding (Ireland on 2 sheets, Scotland on two sheets, Wales and Yorkshire), slight spotting and staining throughout, contemporary marbled boards, crudely re-backed in later calf with manuscript title in white ink to the spine, 8vo, with another two 8vo atlases similar by Reynolds and Philips, and a mixed collection of 32 folding maps, British county map cigarette cards, travel guides, 'contour books' and others similar, various sizes and descriptionQty: (38)Footnote: Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
Wilkinson (Rev Joseph). Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, London: R Ackermann, 1821, 44 (of 48) uncoloured etched plates, light (mostly marginal) spotting, occasional dust-soiling, marginal loss to title & contents leaves, contemporary paper boards, boards & contents loose, lacking backstrip, boards worn & rubbed, folio, together with: Green (William). A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, London, John Tyler, 1814, 59 plates (lacking final plate), endpapers toned, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, preliminaries toned, light spotting, modern blue cloth, extremities rubbed, boards marked, oblong 8voQty: (2)
British Isles. Ortelius (Abraham), Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio, 1598, hand-coloured engraved map orientated to the east, large strapwork cartouche and panel of descriptive text, 340 x 500 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, French text on the versoQty: (1)Footnote: Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.16. R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no. 86.
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British Isles. Speed (John), The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, 1st edition, John Sudbury & George Humble [1611], hand-coloured engraved map, inset views of London and Edinburgh, inset map of the Orkney Islands, one small rust mark, 385 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and double-glazed, English text on versoQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.316.
Second World War medal group to include: 1939-45 war medal, Defence medal, Queen Elizabeth II Meritorious service medal, Queen Elizabeth II campaign service medal with clasp for Borneo and Queen Elizabeth long service and good conduct regular Army medal. Together with ribbons. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Meritorius medal - 1628995 Sgt (ICL) William L.R. Thomas R.A. Defence medal - unmarked. Standard WW2 Medal - unmarked.Borneo campaign medal and long service medal -1628995 Bdr. W. L. R. Thomas B. E. M. RA
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GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). Dogear Wryde Postcards. Q. R. V. Hikuptah. -- Q. R. V. Unwmkd. Imperf. N.p.: n.p., 1996. Two sets of 12 illustrated postcards, captioned on verso, each loose as issued in original pictorial envelope.LIMITED EDITION, letter U of 26 lettered copies SIGNED BY GOREY ON THE ENVELOPE as "Dogear Wryde," of a total edition of 526. Not in Toledano. Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). Employment for the Microscope. London: R. Dodsley, 1753. 8vo (196 x 120 mm). 17 engraved folding plates. (Some browning, spotting or offsetting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (hinges starting, some light wear.) Provenance: Sir William Gregory (1625-1696) British judge and politician (armorial bookplate); Acton Scott (letterpress bookplate). FIRST EDITION presenting Baker's microscopic observations on salts, crystals, and aquatic life. Wellcome II, p.89.[With:] BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). Employment for the Microscope. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. 8vo (196 x 120 mm). 17 engraved folding plates. (Some browning, spotting or offsetting, a short tears to folds of a few plates.) 19th century half tan calf, marbled boards, edges marbled (some very minor rubbing.) Provenance: W. E. Davies (signature); Tomlinson (presentation inscription from Davies); Thomas Fiddian (bookplate). Second edition. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. 8vo (212 x 125 mm). Half-title; engraved frontispiece, engraved title; 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.) 20th-century red morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Morrell (some slight rubbing to joints, minor wear to spine ends). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith, this copy without signature E on p.25, but with "inde-licate" corrected on p.341. Gimbel A15; Grolier English78; Smith I:3. For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
POTTER, Helen Beatrix ( "Beatrix Potter") (1866-1943). The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan. London and New York by Frederick Warne & Co., [undated but ca 1930]. 16mo. Color illustrated frontispiece, 9 color illustrations, numerous woodcut illustrations. (Some very light toning.) All in original publisher 's tan boards, color pictorial label to front cover, stamp-lettered in dark green to front cover and spine, color pictorial endsheets (some light rubbing). Provenance: R. Teasdale (signature, struck). Later edition of one of Beatrix Potter 's classic children 's books, SIGNED BY POTTER. The present work is a reprint of beloved children 's book illustrator and author, Potter 's 7th book of "The 23 Tales," original published in 1905. While the precise dating of this edition is made difficult by the number of editions and reprints of Potter 's works, this present book must be after 1930 when the title was changed from "The Pie and the Patty-Pan" to "The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan." Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
STARR, Amory Reily (1847-1906). Amory R. Starr... Texas Real Estate Agency...Marshall, Texas. St. Louis: A. Gast & Co., [ca 1874].Oblong 12mo (85 x 129 mm). Illustrated lithograph trade card on heavy card stock. (Tiny chip to upper left corner, very minor soiling). Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan.RARE LITHOGRAPHED TEXAS TRADE CARD, printed by the Gast firm in St. Louis. The small detailed scene shows surveyors at work depicting various surveyor's instruments. The Gast firm lithographed the General Land Office maps of Texas counties, and produced several notable images of Texas. Amory Reily Starr, who identifies himself as "successor to Jas. H. Starr & Son," assumed control of the James H. Starr and Son land agency, which had belonged to his father and uncle, in 1873.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). Island Life or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras including Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of geological climates. London; McMillan, 1902. 8vo. Color-printed frontispiece; numerous maps and diagrams. Original publisher's green cloth gilt (touch of wear to spine ends and corners, otherwise bright.) Provenance: William Eagle Clarke (1853-1938), natural historian (correspondence, see below). Third edition, PRESENTATION COPY, with a printed Author's Compliments slip laid in. This third edition was corrected and enlarged with the addition of 40 additional pages of text. Clarke, a naturalist, became Curator of Leeds Museum in 1884, and later joined the Natural History Department at the Royal Scottish Museum in 1888, where he became the Keeper from 1906 to 1921. He contributed papers to The Ibis from 1894-1900, focusing on birds from the Philippines. [Tipped in:] THREE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, FROM WALLACE to William Eagle Clarke. WALLACE CORRESPONDS WITH CLARKE REGARDING CORRECTIONS FOR AN UPCOMING EDITION OF ISLAND LIFE. WALLACE, Alfred Russel. Autograph letter signed ("Alfred R. Wallace"), to William Eagle Clarke. Parkstone, Dorset, 31 May 1901. 2 pages, 8vo. "I see you have written on birds of the Philippines in the 'Ibis' last year. I write to ask you if you can kindly give me the total number of species now known, to correct the statement at p.388 of my 'Island Life,' of which I am preparing a new edition." On pp.388 of the present copy, Wallace writes: "Mr. W. Eagle Clarke has given me the latest figures by including all the new species discovered up to the present year (1901)...". WALLACE. ALS ("Alfred R. Wallace"), to Clarke. Parkstone, Dorset, 21 July 1901. 1 page, 8vo. "Many thanks for the lists you have been so good as to send..." -- WALLACE. ALS ("Alfred R. Wallace") to Clarke. Parkstone, Dorset, 14 November 1901. 1 page, 8vo. "Will you be so good as to look over the enclosed proofs of list of Philippine Mammals, and correct any errors of spelling or any omissions..." A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT]. Ausgefuhrte Bauten. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1911. 4to (302 x 215 mm). Photogravure frontispiece of Coonley House in River Forest, Illinois, two illustrated plates of Unity Temple, numerous black and white photographic illustrations and floorplans; text in German. (Lacking printed "Frank Lloyd Wright, a Study and an Appreciation" by C. R. Ashbee, some minor staining.) Original drab wrappers (spine perished, becoming disbound). Small format edition, often referred to as the "Little Wasmuth," published after the Wasmuth portfolios of 1910-1911, whose photographic illustrations were originally intended to accompany the Wasmuth portfolio. Property of the Caraway FamilyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
BOUTCHER, William (fl. 1734-1781). A Treatise on Forest-Trees: Containing not only the Best Methods of their Culture hitherto Practiced, but a Variety of New and Useful Discoveries. Edinburgh: R. Fleming for J. Murray, 1775. 4to (283 x 224 mm). Without engraved frontispiece and half-title as usual (Some light toning.) Original boards, printed lettering-piece, uncut (rebacked, some wear to edges, some staining). Provenance: Robert Mascall (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BOUTCHER. Boutcher guides the reader through "plain directions for removing most of the valuable kinds of forest-trees," "transplanting hedges of sundry kinds," as well as the "disposition, planting, and culture of hedges" to promote more robust growth (title-page). Henrey declared that the present work is the best 18th-century treatise on arboriculture, which has practical guidance that aid forestry today. Cleveland Collections, 521; Henrey 3, 476. Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
RAMOS ARISPE, Miguel. Memoria que el Doctor D. Miguel Ramos de Arispe, Cura de Borbon, y Diputado en las Presentes Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias de Espana por la provincia de Cohauila, una de las cuatro internas del oriente en el reyno de Mexico, presenta a el augusto Congreso, sobre el estado natural, politico, y civil de su dicha provincia, y las del nuevo reyno de Leon, nuevo Santander, y los Texas. Cadiz: Jose Maria Guerrero, 1812.4to (205 x 149 mm). (A few minor spots). Modern wrappers; blue cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION of this "short but excellent account of the four Internal Provinces of the East as observed by Ramos Arizpe before he left his home in Saltillo in Coahuila at the end of 1810 to attend the Spanish Cortes as a delegate from Coahuila. It is addressed to the King and describes the government of the four provinces, has brief notes on their important towns, and discusses such subjects as 'Character of the People', 'Public Education', 'Breeding of Cattle', 'Commerce' and 'Defects of the System of Government' and makes various recommendations'' (Streeter, notes to American edition). Howes R-26; Sabin 67670; Streeter Texas 1050.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[FINE BINDINGS] -- A group of 4 works in 5 volumes in finely bound, comprising:CUNNINGHAM, Peter. The Story of Nell Gwyn: and the Sayings of Charles the Second. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. Later calf gilt, stamp-signed LEIGHTON. Provenance: W. J. Thoms (inscription). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY CUNNINGHAM to W.J. Thoms. "“ TREVELYAN, George Otto, Sir. The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1876. 2 volumes. 20th-century green crushed levant stamp-signed BUMPUS LTD. Second edition. [Tipped in:] MACAULAY. Autograph note signed ("Macaulay"), to Mrs. Drummond, 8 March 1837, on Papier Satine. -- STERNE, Laurence. A Sentimental Journey. London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1894. Contemporary tan morocco gilt, stamp-signed RAMAGE. Another edition. -- [VICTORIA, QUEEN OF ENGLAND (1819-1901)]. HOLMES, Richard R. Queen Victoria 1819-1901. London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Contemporary dark brown crushed levant gilt, stamp-signed RIVIERE AND SON. Provenance: Acquired from W.&G. Foyles Ltd., 119-125 Charing Cross Rd., London (sticker); Winnie Hearndon (inscription), gifted to; Annie Paxton (inscription, 1908). NEW EDITION. QUEEN VICTORIA'S SIGNATURE TIPPED IN. -- Together, 4 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fine. For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
FULLER, R. Buckminster (1895-1983). Typed letter signed ("R. Buckminster Fuller"), to Carey Caraway. New York, 1 March 1940. 1 page, 8vo, on Fortune embossed stationery, creased.Renowned architect Buckminster Fuller writes Caraway about some drawings he sent offering to study them at his first opportunity in a few weeks. He continues with some architecture and design advice: "Some years ago I worked out an isometric drafting form based on the equi-angular triangle and the hexagon tilted at 30 ° which made it posible to locate any three dimensional point in space, vertical or in the plane...some of the logic which led me to this form has been unraveling in your mind also. I guess that the main part of your problem is in materials, structural and mechanical technique." Property of the Caraway FamilyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
BALZAC, Honore de (1799-1850). Etudes de moeurs au XIXe siecle.... Paris: Madame Chales-Bechet, 1834. One volume only (of 12, Vol. V comprising Part I of the second series) 8vo (217 x 128 mm). Engraved plates with hand-coloring, several with remarques. (Some minor spotting to a few leaves. 20th-century crushed levant gilt, edges gilt and uncut, black calf doublures gilt, stamp-signed and dated by G. Mercier de Son Pere, 1913 (some slight rubbing to joints or spine); original wrappers bound in. Provenance: Lowther family (bookplate numbered 63934); Raymond Claude-Lafontaine (gilt stamp on doublure). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. The present single volume, the first volume in the second series, Scenes de la vie de province, includes the first publication of Eugenie Grandet, widely considered to be Balzac's first great novel. Etudes de moeurs au XIXe siecle was published in 12 volumes comprising three series each in 4 volumes: Scenes de la vie privee, Scenes de la vie de province, and Scenes de la vie parisienne. THE LOWTHER FAMILY COPY. [With:] BEYLE, Marie Henri ("Stendhal") (1783-1842). De l'amour. Paris: Librairie Universelle, de P. Mongie, 1822. One volume only (of 2, lacking volume II), 12mo (153 x 89 mm). Half-title. 20th-century morocco gilt, sides with central gilt arabesque, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 with red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, the rest gilt-decorated, edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, stamp-signed by R. Petit. Provenance: Lowther family (bookplate on pastedown, hand-numbered 61396). FIRST EDITION. "Ouvrage fort recherche: son "titre" en est une raison, qui, sans dominer les autres est un fait. Un livre hardi et froidement realiste qui fit sensation a l'epoque" (Carteret II, 346). THE LOWTHER FAMILY COPY.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[BINDING]. A large, calligraphic patent of nobility from Austria-Hungry, in an ornate binding. (Vienna, 1911). Folio, (368x 279 mm). Single column, approximately 24 lines of text per page. Front cover presenting the imperial coat of arms for Austria-Hungary, blue-green morocco, gilt metalwork with inlaid precious stones and faience; with stand.Bestowing upon Brunn industrialist Adolf Noble von Kurschner and his descendants a Hungarian noble title. With a large a large Coat of Arms displaying a machine gear and 2 plow blades in a field of blue, above 2 fleur-di-lies and 4 stars in a red field, beneath a blue eagle and flanked by two lions. Property from the Estate of Kenneth R. Treis, Milwaukee, WisconsinFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800; Abridged, with Notes and Biographic Illustrations. London: C. and R. Baldwin, 1809. 18 volumes, 4to (265 x 210 mm). 266 engraved plates. (Spotting throughout.) 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt, brown and black calf lettering-pieces gilt (spines darkened and brittle, several covers detached). Provenance: Bernard Cohen (1914-2003) Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University (signature, vol. I). Philosophical Transactions, first published in March 1665, is the first and longest running scientific journal in the world. These 18 volumes "consist of an invaluable collection of observations and discoveries made by the most eminent philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries," (Vol. I, Preface, [v]). The Royal Society of London, based in the UK since 1600, serves a mission to promote excellence in the sciences. Contributions made by notable scientists in the Royal Society of London regarding their important discoveries include works by Henry Oldenburg was the first the Royal Society of London 's first secretary and launched Philosophical Transactions, whose topics include mathematics, physics, natural science, chemistry, biology, education, and bibliography. Important contributions have been submitted by Robert Boyle, John Flamsteed, Edmond Halley, Robert Hooke, and Sir Isaac Newton. [With:] Two additional volumes of Philosophical Transactions, comprising: Volume 6. London: C. and R. Baldwin, 1809. 19th-Century calf gilt. -- Volume 171, part 2. London: Harrison and Sons, 1880. Original publisher 's cloth (spine defective, covers detaching). Provenance: Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Bath (stamped). Includes the dissertation on tides by George Howard Darwin (1845-1912), son of Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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[UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journals of the Congress...Volume I (Sept. 5, 1774-Jan. 1, 1776) through Volume XIII (November 1787-November 1788). Philadelphia and New York: R. Aitken, John Dunlap, John Patterson, David Claypoole, 1777-1788. 13 volumes, 8vo (each approximately 182 x 116 mm or smaller). (Some browning or spotting, a few letters occasionally just shaved.) Modern half calf gilt. Provenance: A few early signatures shaved in Vols. I, IV (Ingersoll?), and VI; Senate Secretary's Office, then U.S. Senate Library (inscription, stamp, and surplus duplicate stamp, Vol.XII); George D. Todd (stamp, Vol.XIII). FROM REVOLUTION TO CONSTITUTION: A COMPLETE SET OF THE JOURNALS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESSCONTENTS:Vol. I, Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1 1776. Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1777 (Evans 15683). Vol. II, January1, 1776 to January1, 1777. York-Town, PA: John Dunlap 1778 (Evans 16137). Vol. III, January 1, 1777 to January 1, 1778. New York: John Patterson [1778] (Evans 21527). Vol. IV, January 1st, 1778 to January 1st, 1779. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, [1779] (Evans 16584). Vol V, January 1, 1779 to January 1, 1780. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1782 (Evans 17766). Vol. VI, January 1st, 1780 to January 1st, 1781. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, [1781] (Evans 17392). Vol. VII, For the Year 1781. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1781 (Evans 17767). [With the index correctly numbered VII].Vol. VIII, First Monday in November 1782 to First Monday in November 1783. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1783 (Evans 18266). Vol IX, Third Day of November 1783 to Third Day of June 1784. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, [1784] (Evans 18840). [Without the rare August addendum as often.]Vol. X, From the First Monday in November, 1784. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1785 (Evans 19316). Vol. XI, 3d Day of November 1785 to 3d Day of November 1786. [Philadelphia:] John Dunlap, [1786] (Evans 20068). [With the title incorrectly numbered Volume XII].Vol XII, Sixth Day of November 1786 to Fifth Day of November 1787. [Philadelphia:] Published by Order of the Congress, 1787 (Evans 20772). Vol. XIII, 5th Day of November 1787 to 3d Day of November 1788. [Philadelphia:] John Dunlap, [1788] (Evans 21526). The Journals were issued by the government's printers Robert Aitken, John Patterson, John Dunlap and David Claypoole. The printing of Vol.II was interrupted when the British seized Philadelphia in the summer of 1777, and most copies of the volume were printed by both Robert Aitken and John Dunlap The set incorporates the full text of the Declaration of Independence including the names of the Signers, the minutes of the debates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and the proposed Constitution. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
![[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. HYDE, Edward Earl of Clarendon (1661-1723). Characters of Eminent Men. London: for R. Faulder, 1793. &n](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/972f54cb-c6fc-4bf1-9d72-adc10131c7e7/2dc948d8-d154-45ed-b182-adc201678a42/468x382.jpg)
[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. HYDE, Edward Earl of Clarendon (1661-1723). Characters of Eminent Men. London: for R. Faulder, 1793. 8vo (175 x 108 mm). Numerous engraved portraits. Contemporary calf (rebacked), edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Westminster (some wear). Provenance: Joseph Tasker (bookplate), Lieut. Col. Leopold E.D Jenner (bookplate). For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
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