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Click here to subscribe1, THAMES AND HUDSON, THE COLOURING, BRONZING AND PATINATION OF METALS. 2, T. R. CROM, HOROLOGICAL SHOP TOOLS 1700-1900. 3, RODRIGO & ROSARIA TITIAN, GILDING & LACQUERING. 4, W. J. G. ORD-HUME, RESTORING MUSICAL BOXES. 5, FREDERICK OUGHTON, THE COMPLETE MANUAL OF WOOD FINISHING. 6, HAYES LIBRARY. 7, MURLANDS ANTIQUE TOOL VALUE GUIDE. 8, B. TERRY ASPIN, FOUNDRY WORK FOR THE AMATEUR. 9, WORKSHOP METHODS FOR GOLD AND SILVERSMITHS (9).
8 Books - Mathematical Instrument-makers in the grocers’ company 1688 - 1800 by Joyce Brown 1979 Paperback, A Treatise on Meteorological instruments by Negretti & Zambra 1864 Paperback, Adams of Fleet Street Instrument makers to King George III by John R. Millburn 2000 Hardback, Scientific Instruments of the 17th & 18th centuries and their makers by Maurice Daumas 1972 Hardback, Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution by A.D. Morrison-Low 2007 Hardback, Biological Index of British Sundial Makers from the seventh century to 1920 by Jill Wilson 2007 Paperback, Globes and the Mechanical Universe by Trevor Philip & Sons Ltd 2010 Hardback, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550 - 1851 by Gloria Clifton 1995 Hardback.
9 Books - Aneroid Barometers and their restoration by Philip R. Collins 1998 Hardback, Barometers Wheel or Banjo by Edwin Banfield 1985 Hardback, Barometer Aneroid and Barographs by Edwin Banfield 1985 Hardback, Antiques Barometers an industrial survey by Edwin Banfield 1976 paperback, Care and Restoration of Barometers by Philip R. Collins 1990 Paperback, Barometers by Bert Bolle 1978 Hardback, The History of the Barometer by W.E. Knowles Middleton 1964 Hardback, Barometers Stick or cistern tube by Edwin Banfield 1985 Hardback, English Barometers 1680 - 1860 by Nicholas Goodison, 1969 Hardback.
1, THOMAS REID, CLOCK AND WATCH MAKING. 2, W. J. GAZELEY, CLOCK AND WATCH ESCAPEMENTS. 3, D. E. CARLES, WATCH & CLOCK ENCYCLOPEDIA. 4, C. F. C. BEESON, PERPIGNAN 1356. 5, W. T. R., SAMUEL ROBERTS CLOCKMAKER. 6, J. MALCOLM WILD, WHEEL AND PINION CUTTING IN HOROLOGY. 7, HORLOGERIE, DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT (7).
A COLLECTION OF 11 BOOKS, including MOTOR PROBLEMS by C. H. Guest, M.I.M.E, THE AUTOMOTOR AND HORSELESS VEHICLE POCKET BOOK by F. King & Co 1899, "BEWARE" HOW TO USE THE ROAD by Lorel Montagu of Beaulieu 1927, THE ART OF DRIVING A MOTOR CAR by Lord Montagu 1906, LIGHT MOTOR CARS AND VOITURETTES by John Henry Knight 1902, AUTO-CARS by D.Farman, THE MODERN MOTOR CAR by W. Galloway Duncan 1912, COMPLETE HINTS AND TIPS FOR AUTOMOBILES by The Autocar 1910, MOTORING by R. P. Hearne 1913, SONGS OF THE CAR WITH 'DE OMNIBUS' RHYMES by F. J. Cox 1906, A HISTORY OF TEN YEARS OF AUTOMOBILISM by Lord Montagu.
A COLLECTION OF 8 BOOKS including, THE MOTOR BOOK by R. J. Mecredy, PETROL MOTORS AND MOTOR CARS by T. Hyler White, NOTES ON MOTOR CARRIAGES by J. H. Knight 1896, MANUEL PRATIQUE SUR LES AUTOMOBILES by Rene CHAMPLY 1905, DE DION-BOUTON MOTOR CARRIAGES by R. J. Mecredy, THE ROMANCE OF A MOTOR MISSION by W. P. Ryan 1906, MOTORING HANDBOOK WITH NO TITLE, IGNITION DEVICES FOR GAS AND PETROL ENGINES by S. R. Bottone 1902.
A set of seven American Art Nouveau style silver soup spoons, by Whiting Manufacturing Co., retailer's mark for S. Nordlinger, LA, with lily of the valley decoration, 6¾in. (17.1cm.) long, weight 8.8 tr.oz.; together with a set of six Elkington & Co. silver plated coffee spoons; and an American silver plated ladle by R. Wallace. (14) *Condition: - Whiting spoons: Good condition, marks clear. - Coffee spoons: VG- Ladle: VG
An interesting 'R B Rodda' letter copies / sales ledger / diary - Colonial Indian arms trade interest, World One period, the copy paper with first letter on page one, dated May 6th 1915 and ending on page 110, dated, May 14th, 1919, many pages with correspondence between R B Rodda & Co, Calcutta and F B Prike, England, about import, export of supplies, page 58 with large list - 3000 caps; 100000 breech and muzzle loading caps; ball cartridges of all sizes; 1500 empty rifle cases etc etc, bank letters and other correspondence, other notable names within - W J Simmons; Reginald Leeson; D J Todd; HA Smith, bank letters, a fascinating insight to early 20th century trade between England and India, the ledger contained in wooden sleeve with heavy steel fittings.
A small collection of smoking related novelty collectables, comprising of a boxed 'Photo Flash' table lighter, fashioned as a camera; boxed 'The Smoking Statesman' (Winston Churchill), "Actually puffs smoke and blows smoke rings when cigar is lit", original envelope and ten cigar's; figural champagne bottle smoking pipe; novelty boxed 'The Whole Dam Family' and the Dam Dog, clay pipe; Pair of ladies shoes novelty pipe with silver collar, makers, R Hoverden & Sons Ltd, Chester, 1913; novelty petrol lighter formed as a little boy taking a tinkle. (6)
A set of three WW1 medals - Kings Royal Rifles Corps, awarded to '5890 Pte. F. Wills K. R. Rifle C.', comprising the silver war medal, victory medal and 1914/15 star, with ribbons and pair of miniatures; together with another silver war medal, uninscribed. (6) *Condition:- Trio: Two areas of green corrosion to edge of one face of victory medal. Otherwise good with good patina. Ribbons good.- Miniatures: VG- Unmarked war medal: Lacks ribbon mount. Top left of front heavily worn, ding to edge.
Three novelty table lighters, to include a plated Dunhill tankard with applied enamel 'Royal Thames Yacht Club' burgee, 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high; An Art Deco period spelter begging Scottie dog, seated upon a sphere, raised on rectangular base, 7in. (17.8cm.) high, and a version modelled as a mushroom, the stalk stamped 'DÉPOSÉ R L J PARIS'. (3) *Condition: all pieces in very good condition, slight pitting on the tankard.
Early Colonial American interest Richard Phillips (British, 1681-1741), Portrait of Governor Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) oil on canvas, inscribed on reverse of canvas "---- Jonathan Belcher of Boston New England. Anno AEtatis Suae [in the year of his age] 34 1/2 R Phillips pinxit 1716", painted in 1716 when Jonathan Belcher was 34 years old, in original early 18th century portrait frame 35¼ x 28¼in. (89.5 x 71.75cm.) * Provenance: By descent from the Chamberlayne family of Stoneythorpe Hall Warwickshire, England. The family had lived there since the 1600s. Thermuthes Chamberlayne married the son of the Governor of Virginia in 1797.** Notes: A significant Colonial portrait of one of the most interesting and influential figures in early American history. Jonathan Belcher became Governor of the Province of New Jersey from 1747 to 1757 and is regarded today as the founder of Princeton University. He was born on 8th January 1682 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Captain Andrew Belcher and Sarah Gilbert. He descended from the Belcher family of Guilsborough, Northamptonshire. He graduated from Harvard College in 1699 and in 1704 embarked upon a grand tour of Europe, visiting Holland, Germany and England where he met Princess Sophia and the future George II. In 1706 he married his first wife, Mary Partridge, the daughter of a former lieutenant governor of New Hampshire. In 1715 Jonathan Belcher made another trip to England where he defended Massachusetts' charter privileges and helped Governor Samuel Shute in his bid to become Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which he accomplished in October 1716. It was during Jonathan Belcher's visit to England in 1715/16 that Richard Phillips (1681-1741) painted this portrait. Richard Phillips was born in London in 1681 and, as far as it is known, he lived there until the end of his life in 1741. He was a principally a portrait painter and developed a prestigious client list including politicians and landowners and there are portraits by him in the National Portrait Gallery and Bank of England. Some of his portraits were engraved. A mezzotint of Jonathan Belcher was published in 1734 after a copperplate engraving by the Dutch portrait engraver John Faber the Younger (1684-1756), who was active in London. This was derived from a portrait by Richard Phillips, potentially the present picture. Copies of the mezzotint survive but not the engraving. Belcher ordered the plate to be destroyed and all impressions taken from it. The mezzotint depicts the sitter as Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire prior to becoming Governor of New Jersey. Although the coat and background are notably different the head and hand bear a very close resemblance to the portrait offered here. A full length portrait by Richard Phillips is recorded as having been presented to Princeton College by Jonathan Belcher at the time that he donated his extensive library. Sadly, this portrait was destroyed during the American Revolution. The portrait offered here is therefore a very significant discovery as it is the most authentic likeness of an historic figure from America's Colonial past. * Condition: Original strainer. The canvas is unlined but is badly torn in several places, including a horizontal six inch tear to the left of the face and a large puncture in the centre of the coat. The canvas is partly detached from the strainer on the left side. There are four patches on the reverse and old fillings. The surface is very dirty and the varnish has discoloured. There is evidence of paint shrinkage in the dark areas where the artist has mixed bitumen with the pigment.
PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY. Art of the Printed Book 1455-1955. With an Essay by Joseph Blumenthal. Bookplate of Peter Foster. London, 1974; also J. Bettley (Ed)., The Art of the Book, London, 2001; D Bland, A History of Book Illustration, London, 1958, ex lib., small stamp on reverse of t.p.; T. Godfrey, Printmaking in Britain, London, 1978; R. Cave, The Private Press, London, 1971 & C. Franklin, The Private Presses, London, 1970 (reprint). (6).
WARNOCK 2nd Lt. ROBERT, 6th/7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (died 12 Aug.1916). Turnbull Robert (Ed.) Robert Warnock, Scout & Soldier. A collection of edited transcripts of Robert Warnock's letters, written while based in the Philippines (1911-1915) & serving in France (1915-1916), many illus., Glasgow, 1917; also Buchan John, The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918), first edition, 1925 (passing ref. to Lieut. R. Warnock on page 357); Warnock family maroon photo album c.1901/1902 showing young Robert, mainly Glasgow/Scottish interest, last few pages show many scenes of 1901 International Exhibition in Glasgow (eg Russian Pavilion) & hardback notebook part filled with newspaper cuttings re. Robert Warnock's life (incl. his contribution to the Boy Scout movement) & death in service. (4).2nd Lieutenant Robert Warnock M.C., Royal Scots Fusiliers was killed in action in France in August 1916. He was educated at Glasgow High School where he was a member of the Cadet Corps, from which he passed on to the 1st Lanark Volunteers. When war broke out Lieutenant Warnock was in business in Manila with Messrs. Smith, Bell & Co. but at once proceeded to Hong Kong & enlisted. Being posted to the Royal Scots Fusiliers he came home to join his regiment early in 1915 & in the following October went to France, where for his gallant & distinguished services as machine gun officer of his battalion he was awarded the Military Cross. He was a remarkably good shot & often figured in the Bisley Prize Lists, more than once being well in the running for the King's Prize.
Fine 19th century French gold and enamel mourning bangle, with pieced foliate panels and white enamel borders, the oval hinged oval locket bearing the initial monogram 'WL', enclosing the miniature portrait of Sir William Lawrence, the reverse with a hair locket, with safety chain, 49.7gm, 60mm wide; with the original box branded Philippi, 19 R. Richelien,Paris' - ** Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet FRCS FRS (1783 - 1867) was an English surgeon who became President of the Royal College of Surgeons of London and Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen (Victoria). In his mid-thirties, he published two books of his lectures which contained pre-Darwinian ideas on man's nature and, effectively, on evolution.
A Regency mahogany window seat, circa 1815, in the manner of Morgan and Sanders, the cushion seat flanked by outswept S scroll arms incorporating reeded detail, the conforming legs surmounted by stylised anthemion terminals joined by turned stretchers, 70cm high, 116cm wide, 41cm deep This seat of 'Grecian' form was popularised by Morgan and Sanders of Trafalgar House, Catherine Street. A related window seat by these makers is illustrated by R. Ackerman, The Repository of Arts, London, 1809 (See P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture and Interiors, London 1984, p.39). For a very closely related window seat with provenance to Glendoick House, Perthshire, see Christie's, 11th April 1991, lot 45. The Christie's example was thought to be by the famous Edinburgh firm of William Trotter in view of provenance and similarities to documented furniture for Paxton House in 1814. (See F. Bamford, ed., Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers, Furniture History, 1983, pl.52a-59).
Book of Hours (Use of Rome). Illuminated manuscript on prepared parchment in Latin, Northern France or Flanders, circa 1450, 84 x 61 mm, 132 folios: 12 leaves of manuscript calendar at front, 118 leaves of text and illuminations, and one blank ruled leaf at end (complete), plus single 19 th century parchment blank at front and two similar parchment blanks at end, 19 th century red morocco-faced parchment endpapers (rear endpaper with 19 th century printed ownership label of R. Robertson Glasgow of Montgreenan to recto), calendar with 17 lines per page in red and brown ink, ruled in red, with small initial to each month in liquid gold, blue, pink, and black pen outlines, heightened with white, main text with 15 lines per page in brown ink in a gothic textualis bookhand, with capitals in blue and red, or gold with pen-flourishing in red and black, numerous small two-line initials in liquid gold, blue, red, white and black, TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUMINATED MINIATURES in gold and colours, bordered in black, white and gold, with outer borders of foliage in black and green, and leaves and flowers in gold, green, blue, orange or red, each miniature with facing page of manuscript text in brown and red ink, with illuminated vertical border to the right in gold, red, blue and white outlined in black, decorated small initials in gold and blue, and large historiated five-line initial in gold, blue, red, green, pink and white, outer borders of foliage in black, gold, blue, red, green, pink, occasional light toning and handling marks to margins, generally in very good condition with no obvious defects, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles to inside covers with a pale green inset morocco panel to each, fine mid-19 th century elaborately gilt decorated red morocco (unsigned), lettered in gilt to spine Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae, binding measures 9 x 6.7 cm (3.5 x 2.65 ins), housed in dark olive green morocco slipcase, similarly lettered to spine, a little rubbed (Qty: 1)Contents: Calendar (folios 1-12), Hours of the Cross (folios 14-17), Mass for the Blessed Virgin Mary (folios 19-30), Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary- Matins (folios 32-50), Lauds (folios 52-63), Prime (folios 65-68), Terce (folios 70-73), Sext (folios 75-77), Nones (folios 79-82), Vespers (folios 84-89), Compline (folios 91-95), Seven Penitential Psalms (folios 97-114), and Office of the Dead, (folios 116-131). Illuminations: Crucifixion (folio 13), Coronation of the Virgin (folio 18), Annunciation (folio 31), Visitation (folio 51), Nativity (folio 64), Annunciation to the Shepherds (folio 69), Adoration of the Magi (folio 74), Presentation (folio 78), Massacre of the Innocents (folio 83), Flight into Egypt (folio 90), Judgement Day (folio 96), and Mass for the Dead (folio 115). Provenance: Northern France or Flanders, given the names of saints (or bishops) in the calendar associated with towns in southern Flanders and the adjacent northern border of France, and from the preponderance of female martyrs, probably produced for a female lay owner. The partially filled calendar includes the feast days of, among others, Blaise (3 February), Bridget (1 February), Agatha (5 February), Macaire (9 May), Pudentiana (19 May), Bernard of Clairvaux (20 August), Bishop Hubert of Liege (6 September), Lambert of Liege (17 September), Saint Remy or Remigius of Rheims (1 October), Dionysius (9 October), Bishop Martin of Tours (11 November), Saint Eloi or Eligius (1 December), and Barbara (4 December). Eligius for example was appointed Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in 642, and worked for twenty years to convert the pagan population of Flanders to Christianity. Nineteenth-century ownership label at rear of Robert Robertson Glasgow (1811-1860), who inherited Montgreenan, North Ayrshire, Scotland in 1845 from his father Robert Robertson, a physician and owner of plantations in St Vincent (Montgreenan and Sans Souci). Attractive and complete near-miniature book of hours, small enough to hold in the palm of one’s hand, designed for private devotion from Northern France or Flanders.
Collier (Jeremy). A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 2nd edition, for S. Keble, R. Sace, and H. Hindmarch, 1698, bound with: Settle (Elkanah), A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: being a Review of Mr. Collier's View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the Stage, 1st edition, for Eliz. Whitlock, 1698, 2 works in 1 volume, front free endpaper loosening, Collier's work signature L1 with marginal paper-flaw obscuring a side-note, Settle's work with half-title, light marginal spotting towards rear, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and calf, spine-label renewed, small section of restoration to front board, 8vo (18.6 x 11.8 cm ) (Qty: 1)Arnott & Robinson 285 & 304; ESTC R10121 & R16098; Wing C5264 & S2675bA; cf. Pforzheimer 189 (Collier, first edition). True second edition of Collier's famous polemic, entirely reset, with the catch-word 'thought' on A2 recto. There was another 'second edition', really a re-issue of the first edition with a cancel title-page, in which the catch-word is 'It'. For Sir John Vanbrugh's riposte to Collier see the following lot.
Miege (Guy). A New French Grammar; or a New Method of Learning the French Tongue, 1st edition, printed for Thomas Bassett, 1678, light marginal damp-stain to quire C, small marginal chip to H5, leaves T4-5 (beginning of 'Familiar Dialogues' section) loosening, slightly rumpled and chipped along lower edges and possibly supplied from a shorter copy, T6-V4 nicked or chipped along lower edges affecting catch-words in T8 and V1, Y2 imperfectly printed but all text present, contemporary mottled calf, spine rubbed, a few light scrapes to sides, 8vo (17.8 x 11.2 cm) , together with: Boyer (Abel), The Compleat French-Master, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 2nd edition ('corrected and much enlarged'), printed for R. Sare and John Nicholson, 1699, with the initial blank (A1), 10 pp. woodcut music score to rear, variable spotting and staining to quires M, N and a* (mainly to fore margins), old owership inscription ('Tho. Strangways, His Book') to an initial blank, contemporary mottled calf, modern spine-label, blind panels to sides, 8vo (17.2 x 11 cm) (Qty: 2)ESTC R34532 & R37124; Wing M2018 & B3914. ESTC traces eleven copies world-wide for each work.
Blow (John ). Amphion Anglicus. A Work of Many Compositions, For One, Two, Three and Four Voices: with sevral accompagnements of Instrumental Music; and a Thorow-Bass to each Song: figur’d for an Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorboe-Lute, printed by William Pearson, for the Author, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, title printed in red and black, preliminary leaves and 216 pages (portrait, a-b2, a-b2, unsigned advertisement leaf with Table of Songs to verso, B-Z2, Aa-Zz2, Aaa-Iii2), short closed marginal tear to foot of title, generally a good, clean copy, small pale green oval ownership stamp of B. F. Leavens to title and first leaf of dedication, later endpapers, 20 th century olive green plain morocco with red gilt morocco spine label, spine and head of upper cover faded to brown, folio (32 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Benjamin Franklin Leavens (1817-1850), American church composer and author of The Service of Song (Boston, 1849). Day & Murrie, English Song-Books 1651-1702, 183; Wing B3353. The English composer John Blow (1649-1708) was organist at Westminster Abbey, a post he generously passed to his pupil Henry Purcell in 1679, until he resumed the role following Purcell’s untimely death in 1695. Blow’s music, alongside that of other English Baroque composers, has undergone a significant revival in recent decades, led particularly in England by Anthony Rooley with the Consort of Musicke, and Peter Holman and the Parley of Instruments. His Amphion Anglicus brings together both sacred and secular songs in a single publication, and is modelled on Purcell’s own collection of 1698, Orpheus Britannicus .
Binding. Blank notebook, early 18th century, 44 blank leaves of wove paper, watermarked 'R. Munn & Co 1824', Dutch floral endpapers incorporating a pocket at front and rear, each with green silk gusset, sprinkled edges, early 18th century red morocco, slightly rubbed and marked, spine with bands of zig-zag and dot roll between double fillets, four-petal flower tool in each compartment, with roundel at each corner, covers gilt panelled, incorporating fleurons, silver hasps engraved with initials 'J' and 'S', containing original metal stylus, 133 x 80 mm (5.25 x 3 ins) (Qty: 1)An attractive 18th century pocket book with sumptuous endpapers; a later owner obviously intended to put the volume to new use by replacing the original page block, but the leaves are as yet completely unsullied by pencil or ink.
Gay (John). The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals, fourth edition, Jacob Thompson, 1721, frontispiece (near-detached) and six plates, lacks half-title, bound with Two Epistles; One, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; the other, to a Lady, first edition, Bernard Lintot, [1717], half-title, separate title to second poem (marked 'fifth edition'), without leaves of adverts at rear, (Foxon G88) bound with The What d'Ye Call It: A Tragi-Comi-Pastoral Farce, first edition, Bernard Lintott, [1715], engraved frontispiece, bound with Trivia: Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London, first edition, Bernard Lintott, [1716], engraved vignette title, advertisement leaf torn with loss to foremargin affecting first letter of first line verso, some soiling at front and rear, bound with Ramsay (Allan) , Wealth, or the Woody: A Poem on the South-Sea... , second edition, T. Jauncy, 1720, a little soiling to first and last leaf, (Foxon R107), bound with Amhurst (Nicholas) , An Epistle (with a Petition in it) to Sir John Blunt, Bart., one of the Directors of the South-Sea Company, second edition, R. Francklin, 1720, half-title, one advertisement leaf (of three) present at rear, (Foxon A197), bound with Ramsay (Allan) , Patie and Roger: A Pastoral, in the Scots Dialect..., printed for J. Pemberton, 1720, (Foxon R77), bound with [Bockett, Elias] , Yea and Nay Stock-Jobbers, or the 'Change-Alley Quakers Anatomiz'd. In a Burlesque Epistle to a Friend at Sea, printed for J. Roberts, A. Dodd & J. Billingsly, 1720, half-title, (Foxon B308), bound with [Centlivre, Susanna] , A Woman's Case: in a Epistle to Charles Joye, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the South-Sea, by Mrs Cent-Livre, printed for E. Curll, 1720, half-title and a final advertisement leaf (some heavy spotting towards rear, (Foxon C97), a total of nine works in one volume, rear endpaper detached, ownership signature of Robert Warner dated 1727 and engraved bookplate of Nathaniel Thorn, 'Bookseller in St Peter's Churchyard, Exon' to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf with leather spine label, rubbed, a little cracked along upper joint, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Nott (John). The Cooks and Confectioners Dictionary: Or, the Accomplish'd Housewives Companion, 3rd edition, London: Printed by H.P. for Charles Rivington, 1726, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, leaves 2R3-2R6 of index detached, some browning, dust-soiling and scattered spotting, with letterpress advertisement to front pastedown for 'John M. Flindall dealer in Books and Prints, (No. 51,) near the Three Compasses, Lower Marsh, Lambeth' (soiled & marked), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo, (ESTC T92274) together with: Complete Family-Piece. The Complete Family-Piece: and, Country Gentleman, and F armer’s , Best Guide, In three parts, 2nd edition, London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; C. Rivington; S. Birt; T. Longman; and J. Clarke, 1737, short worm trails and holes at foot of leaves A1-G2, toning and few marks, rear free endpaper inscribed 'Thomas Mann Born May the 17, 1733' contemporary speckled calf, upper joint slightly cracked at foot, 12mo, (ESTC T68456), with Cooke (John Conrade) , Cookery and Confectionary, London: W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1824, half title, engraved title and 14 plates, toning and scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, slight wear to extremities, 12mo, and Bailey (J., publishers) , The School of Arts, or Fountain of Knowledge: Containing, a Collection of Valuable and Choice Recipes, Peculiar to the Fair Sex, circa 1835?, 72pp., occasional light dampstains to margins, all edges gilt, early 20th century marbled half calf by Bayntun of Bath,12mo (Qty: 4)
[Lindsay, Patrick]. The Interest of Scotland Considered, with regard its Police in imploying of the Poor, its Agriculture, its Trade, its Manufactures, and Fisheries, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by R. Fleming and Comany, and sold by Gavin Hamilton, 1733, title with engraved vignette, advertisement leaf at rear, some light soiling, owner inscription and bookplate of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart, later calf, spine repaired, small wormtrack to front cover, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (1826-1903; see lot 317). ESTC T17536.
Eales (Mary). The Compleat Confectioner: or, the Art of Candying and Preserving in its utmost Perfection. Being a Collection of all the Receipts of the late ingenious Mrs. Eales, Confectioner to their late Majesties King William and Queen Anne. Familiarly adapted for the Use of the Ladies, and very necessary for all who are willing to excel in the most excellent Qualifications of a good House-Wife. Publish'd with the Consent of her Executors, 1st edition, London: J. Brindley & R. Montagu, 1733, [8], 100, [4]pp., collates A1-A8, B1-O4, includes four pages of publisher's advertisements at rear, occasional spotting, light dust-soiling and minor dampstain, armorial bookplate of William Mohun to upper pastedown, hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, corners repaired, ring mark to each board, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting 139; Maclean 40; Oxford 55. Oxford confuses this work with Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts (1718, 1733, etc.); but more recently Virginia Maclean, while admitting 'great similarity' between the two works, finds 'sufficient differences to allow them to be regarded as two separate books'.
The Young Lady’s Companion in Cookery, And Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &c. Containing The newest and best Receipts for making all Sorts of Broths, Gravies, Soups, Ragoo’s, Hashes, &c. Dressing several Sorts of Meats, Collering, Potting, and making Force-Meats, &c. Also Making of Cakes, Creams, Marmalades, Tarts, Puddings, Pies, Pasties, Biscuits, Custards, &c. Likewise Preserving and Candying Angelico, Apples, Cherries, Currants, Figs, Goosberries, Grapes, Oranges, Peaches, Nectarines, &c. Violets, Roses, Couslips, and other Flowers. And The best Method of Pickling Melons, Cucumbers, Barberries, Mushrooms, Purslane, &c., 1st edition, A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, J. Hazard, W. Bickerton, C. Corbett & R. Willock, 1734, lower outer corner of title repaired and upper outer blank corner of C2 torn away and repaired, some creasing to last few leaves and slight loss to outer blank corner of final leaf, occasional fraying to margins, dust-soiling mostly to title and final leaf, recent endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label to spine, 12mo in 6s (Qty: 1)ESTC T63526; Maclean p. 154. Only three UK institutional locations found (British Library, National Library of Scotland and Wellcome Institute Library).
Johnson (Charles). A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Robbers, &c. from the famous Sir John Falstaff in the Reign of K. Henry IV, 1399 to 1733. To which is added a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Notorious Pyrates. Interspersed with diverting Tales, and pleasant Songs, printed for and sold by Olive Payne, 1736, A-6K2: title, single leaf of introduction, 3-484, unnumbered index leaf at end, 26 engraved plates (including frontispiece) by Basire, Bowles, Toms, Pritchard and Atkins after Joseph Nicholls and William Jett, title printed in red and black, wide-margined copy, sheet size 37.5 x 24.5 cm (14.75 x 9.6 ins), occasional light spot to margins (generally a very good, clean copy), all edges gilt, gilt ruling to inside covers, gilt-decoration to edges of covers, fine early-19th-century full straight-grained brown morocco gilt by Fairbairn & Armstrong, with binder’s stamp to gutter of inside front cover, oval coat-of-arms of George Agar Ellis to centre of each cover, additional bookplates of Theodore Williams, Charles George Milnes Gaskell and Cortlandt F. Bishop to front pastedown and front endpaper, and engraved bookplate of Ellis & Smith Print Sellers, Romney House, 16B Grafton Street, London to front endpaper, some light spotting to covers, joints rubbed and with some light wear (upper joint tender and cracking at foot), folio (Qty: 1)Provenance: Reverend Theodore Williams (1785-1826). His ‘Splendid and Valuable Library’ was sold over 15 days in April 1827 by Stewart, Wheatley & Adlard. Honourable George Agar Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833). Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842–1919), English lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Cortlandt Field Bishop (1870–1935), American pioneer aviator and book collector. ESTC T112552; NMM IV 275; Sabin 36195. Nothing is known of the author Captain Charles Johnson, whose name is thus generally regarded as a pseudonym. The work has been attributed to Daniel Defoe, although this was rejected most recently by P. N. Furbank & W. R. Owens (Defoe De-Attributions, 1995, 458). Arne Bialuschewski argues that there is significant evidence that A General History was written by Nathaniel Mist, a sailor, printer and journalist of the early eighteenth century, who also employed Defoe to work on the publication of his Weekly Journal: or, Saturday’s Post. The 1724 first edition was registered with the Stationers Company on 24 June ‘for Nathaniel Mist’.(See Daniel Defoe, Nathaniel Mist, and the General History of the Pyrates, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America ,volume 98, number 1, March 2004, pp. 21-38). Adapted from two earlier collections, Alexander Smith’s History of the Lives of the Most Noted Highwaymen (1714), and Charles Johnson’s own General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates (1724), the present work provides the best information on the lives and careers of some of the most famous pirates of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, including Jonathan Wild, Jack Sheppard, Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach, Anne Bonny, and Calico Jack, and displays an accurate knowledge of both sea language and the pirate code. Attractive gilt extra binding by Fairbairn & Armstrong, who dissolved their bookbinding business in 1824.
Poetry. Sammelband of 42 separately published poetry items and related, 1738-40, including: [Swift, Jonathan], Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift. Written by Himself: Nov. 1731, 1st edition, for C. Bathurst, 1739, [2],18pp., vignette with cockerel on title, publisher’s advert at foot of final page, bound with The Jew’s Complaint , or, The Christian Whore, for W. Lloyd, 1738, 10pp., bound with Hill (John), Orpheus: an English Opera, for John Clarke, 1740, 7,[1],16,[2]pp., lower outer blank corners of final four leaves including advert leaf torn with loss, final page dust-soiled, bound with ‘Translation of the Latin Epitaph, published in Old Common Sense, Feb. 3 1738’, [London? 1738?], 2 copies, single sheet broadside, double column parallel translation, verso blank, bound with 37 other poetry publications, all published 1738-40, many anonymous and many published by Thomas Cooper or Charles Bathurst, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with six raised bands, rubbed, slight wear to extremities, lacks spine label (titled ‘Collection of Poems’), folio (33.5 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)Full list in bound order: 1) [Delany, Patrick], Longford’s-Glyn, or the Willow and the Brook; a True History, Faithfully Translated from the Irish Original, 2nd edition, for Charles Bathurst, 1739, [4],11,[1]pp. Foxon D201. 2) [Pilkington, Laetitia], The Statues: or, the Trial of Constancy. A Tale for the Ladies, for T. Cooper, 1739, 18pp., lacks final blank. Foxon P279; Rothschild 223. 3) The Year of Wonders, Being a Literal and Poetical Translation of an Old Latin Prophecy, Found near Merlin’s Cave, by S[tephe]n D[uc]k, Printed and Sold by J. Johnson, 1737, 6pp, lacks final blank, small tear with loss to upper blank outer corner of final leaf, uncut. Foxon Y14. 4) Seventeen Hundred and Thirty-nine. Or, the Modern P——S, a Satire, for T. Reynolds, 1739, 8pp . Foxon S354; Rothschild 221-2. 5) [Swift, Jonathan], Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift. Written by Himself: Nov. 1731, 1st edition, for C. Bathurst, 1739, [2],18pp., vignette with cockerel on title, publisher’s advert at foot of final page. Foxon S290; Rothschild 2166-8; Teerink 771. 6) Whitehead (Paul), Manners: A Satire, [reimpression], for R. Dodsley, 1739, [ 2],17,[1]pp., no type flowers between title and text on p. 3. Foxon W418. 7) Meredith (James), Manners Decypher’d. A Reply to Mr. Whitehead, on his Satire Call’d Manners, for T. Cooper, [1739], [2],12pp., lacks final advert leaf. Foxon M189. 8) Characters: An Epistle to Alexander Pope Esq; and Mr. Whitehead, for T. Cooper, 1739. 15,[1]pp. Foxon C129. 9) Epidemical Madness: A Poem in Imitation of Horace, for J. Brindley, 1739, 16pp. Foxon E345. 10) Solitude. An Irregular Ode, Inscribed to a Friend, for L. Gilliver and J. Clark, 1738, 15,[1]pp. Foxon S552. 11 & 42) ‘Translation of the Latin Epitaph, published in Old Common Sense, Feb. 3 1738’, [London? 1738?], single sheet broadside, double column parallel translation, verso blank. ESTC 51588. 12) L[or]d B[olingbro]ke’s Speech upon the Convention, for Jacob Littleton, 1739, 7,[1]pp., uncut. Foxon L80. 13) The Green-Cloth: or, the Verge of the Court. An Epistle to a Friend, by Mr. W——d [probably Paul Whitehead], for F. Noble and J. Boydel, 1739, 18pp. Foxon G276. 14) The Tit-Bit. A Tale, for T. Cooper, 1738, 8pp . Foxon T320. 15) A Congratulatory Poem: Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, on the Conclusion of the Convention between their Majesties of Great-Britain and Spain, for J. Brett, 1739, 8pp . Foxon C349. 16) Meredith (James), An Essay on the Divine Attributes…, for J. Hawkins, 1738, 18,[2]pp., two lines manuscript errata at foot of final page, advert leaf at rear (verso blank). Foxon M188. 17) A Hopeful Convention Agreed Upon, and Design’d for the Benefit of Trade. An Inconceivable Curious Medley, for M. Watson, [1739], [5],8-18pp. Foxon H306. 18) E[dinburg]h’s Instructions to their Member, for Patrick Ramsay, 1739, 7,[1]pp. Foxon E24. 19) Achilles to Chiron. By the Right Honourable Lady **** Occasion’d by Reading a Poem, call’d Chiron to Achilles, for Jacob Robinson, 1738, iv,[1],4-8pp. Foxon A16. 20) [Cooke, Thomas], A Rhapsody on Virtue and Pleasure. To the Right Honourable James Reynolds Esq; Late Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, for T. Cooper, 1738, 1 6pp., ‘Price one shilling’ on title. Foxon C422; Rothschild 216. 21) Drake (James), The Lover. A Poem, for T. Cooper, W. Shropshire and T. Gardner, 1739, 15,[1]pp.,. Foxon D424. 22) The Satirists: A Satire. Humbly Inscrib’d to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, for C. Corbett, [1739], 16pp., no watermark. Foxon S83. 23) A Poetical Essay on Physick. Inscribed to Dr. Pellet, President of the College of Physicians and F.R.S., for T. Cooper, [1740], 16pp . Foxon P703. 24) [D’Urfey, Thomas], The Progress of Honesty: or, A View of the Court and City, for J. Brett, 1739, 18pp . Foxon D551. 25) Sir R[obert Godschall] Triumphant. A Song Addressed to his Friends. To the Tune of To all you Ladies now at Land, for J. Cooper, 1739, 12pp., uncut. Foxon S473. 26) [Newcomb, Thomas], Vindicta Britannica: An Ode, to the Real Patriot, Occasioned by the Declaration of War against Spain, for C. Corbett, 1740, 12pp., no watermark. Foxon N280. 27) Tickell (Thomas), The Horn-Book, a Poem, by Thomas Tickle, [reissue], for Charles Corbet, [1739], 8pp., with an additional poem ‘Thersites’ on pp. 7-8, uncut. Foxon T302. 28) [Boyd, Elizabeth], Admiral Haddock: or, The Progress of Spain. A Poem, Printed and Sold by J. Applebee, C. Corbett, E. Nutt, E. Cook and M. Bartlett, 1739, [4]3-14pp., advert to half-title verso. Foxon B338. 29) Wharton (Philip), The Fear of Death. An Ode, for John Brett, 1739, [5],2-4pp. Foxon W379. 30) The Popular Convention. A Poem, by the Dutchess of Puddledock, for T. Cooper, 1739, 8pp., uncut. Foxon P997. 31) [West, Gilbert], A Canto of the Fairy Queen. Written by Spenser, Never before Published, for G. Hawkins, 1739, [2],12pp., uncut. Foxon W357. 32) The Church Yard: A Satirical Poem, for T. Cooper, 1739, 19,[1]pp. Foxon C184. 33) [Hay, William, attributed to], Apigrams in Distich, for J. Stagg, 1740, 20pp . Foxon I, p. 239. 34) The Jew’s Complaint, or, The Christian Whore, for W. Lloyd, 1738, 10pp. [not in verse]. ESTC N31599 (locating 2 copies only at the British Library and University of California, Los Angeles); WorldCat locates the British Library copy and two further copies at the National Library of Israel and the Hebrew Union College-JIR, Cincinnati. 35) [Gilbert, Thomas], The First Satire of Juvenal Imitated, for H. Goreham, 1740, 20pp . Foxon G141. 36) Hill (John), Orpheus: an English Opera, for John Clarke, 1740, 7,[1],16,[2]pp., lower outer blank corners of final four leaves including advert leaf torn with loss, final page dust-soiled. 37) Duck (Stephen), Alrick and Isabel: or, The Unhappy Marriage. A Poem, for J. Roberts, 1740, iii,[1],16pp. Foxon D467. 38) [Savage, Richard, attributed to], The Triumph of Beauty: or, The Prude Metamorphos’d, for C. Corbett, 1740, 20pp . Foxon T499. 39) A New Ballad on the Taking of Porto-Bello, by Admiral Vernon, for R. Dodsley, 1740, 7,[1]pp., uncut. Foxon N81. 40) [Lorleach, Mr.], A Satirical Epistle to Mr. Pope, for the Author, 1740, 8pp . Foxon L269. 41) The Convention. An Excellent New Ballad. To which is added, The King of Spain’s Protest, and a New Epitaph, for T. Reynolds, 1739, 5,[1], lacks final leaf (New Epitaph, verso blank), uncut. Foxon C402. 42) duplicate of 12.
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