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Lot 2175
Microscope Lenses In Fitted Cases (i) Bausch & Lomb 4mm 0.65NA, Pilscher 1/5 Uncovered, R&J Beck TL 16mm, unnamed 3, E Leitz 7 and W Watson 1/2'' (ii) Carl Zeiss Jena 3mm Tubus, DD40 0.85 and Immersion G (iii) W Watson Apochromatic: 4mm, 8mm and 16mm (in case marked 'Carl Zeiss Jena Schlitten Objectivwechsler') (12 lens, 3 cases)
Lot 74
An unusual Martin Brothers stoneware Aquatic bowl by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1886, incised with a shoal of fish including a ray and an eel, swimming amongst waterweed, in shades of brown on a buff ground, the interior incised with waterweed and a central crab in shades of brown, incised 2-1886 R W Martin & Bros London & Southall, 21cm. diam. Provenance Private collection.
Lot 81
A Martin Brothers stoneware Imp Musician by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1906, modelled playing a clarinet instrument, seated on a book, glazed white incised 3-1906 R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, 11cm. high Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis, page 134 and 135 for examples of the Imp Musicians illustrated.
Lot 755
Philip Mercier (French, 1689-1760) rA YOUNG WOMAN TAKING OFF HER STOCKINGOil on canvas127 x 102cmThere are several recorded versions of this composition, c.1745, another of which, very similar in detail and of the same dimensions, was sold at Christie's, 9 June 2004 (£75,000). John Ingamells has suggested that it may depict a scene from Richardson's 'Pamela', published in 1740.Literature: John Ingamells, 'The Paintings, Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier', Walpole Society, vol. XLVI, p.49, nos. 205, 6 or 7.Provenance: North Mymms Park.(The hammer price for this lot will be VAT inclusive).
Lot 765
Niccolino van Houbraken (Italian, 1660-1723) rSTILL LIFE OF MUSHROOMS AND THISTLES AMONGST BROKEN EARTHENWARE POTSOil on canvas92 x 125cmProvenance: A B de Vries, The Hague, before 1980;Sotheby's London, 5 July 1989, lot 206 (£13,000);North Mymms Park.(The hammer price for this lot will be VAT inclusive).
Lot 766
Jean-Jacques Spoede (Dutch, 1680-1757) rSTILL LIFE OF A CABBAGE, ARTICHOKES, FENNEL, APPLES, MARROWS AND A BASKET OF PEACHES AND FIGS ON A TABLESigned and dated 1725 l.l., oil on canvas84 x 116cmProvenance: Ader Picard & Tajan, Paris, 14 April 1988, lot 72 (£14,172).North Mymms Park.(The hammer price for this lot will be VAT inclusive).
Lot 767
Attributed to Pieter van Boucle (Flemish, 1610-1673) rSTILL LIFE OF FISH, VEGETABLES AND FRUIT IN A WICKER BASKETOil on canvas88 x 122cm, in a carved giltwood frameProvenance: Sotheby's London, 15 April 1988, lot 79 (£12,000).North Mymms Park.(The hammer price for this lot will be VAT inclusive).
Lot 927
A Continental ebony and red tortoiseshell glazed display cabinet, r18th century, having a cast metal gallery over an astragal glazed door enclosing shaped and inlaid shelves, the back painted with classical garden landscapes, the carcase inlaid with red tortoiseshell panels within inlaid brass borders on an ebony ground, the interior with strung and parquetry decoration, raised on claw and ball feet, originally a chest on stand, now sitting on a plain modern oak stand,cabinet 82cm wide44cm deep114cm highProvenance: North Mymms Park.(The hammer price for this lot will be VAT inclusive).
Lot 100
*Fishing Rods. A collection of six fishing rods, mid 20th century, including a Horgard eight and a half foot two piece glass fibre 'May Fly 200' trout rod, cork handle and aluminium reel seat, with an 'Elasticane Test' ten and a half foot, three piece split cane fishing rod, cork handle, aluminium reel seat, plus an R. Chapman & Co. ten foot split cane 'Mark IV Carp 550' carp rod, cork handle and aluminium reel seat, and an C. Farlow & Co. three piece split cane twelve and a half foot salmon rod, cork handle and brass reel fittings, lacking some eyes, with two further split cane rods similar, plus a Hardy Bros. and a James B. Walker canvas rod bag (8)
Lot 101
*Fishing tackle. Hardy Bros. (manufacturers), a vintage landing net, a two piece steel folding landing net, overall length when extended approximately four feet, together with a Hardy Bros. extendable aluminium salmon gaff, length when extended thiry-seven inches (94 mm), with an unnamed folding landing net, three and a half foot in length when extended, with another Hardy Bros. folding landing net with a wooden handle, four feet when extended but with net perished and partially lacking, plus four canvas rod bags, three manufactured by Hardy Bros. and one by R. Pape (8)
Lot 138
British Isles. British Isles. De L'Isle (Guillaume), Les Isles Britanniques ou sont le Rme. d'Angleterre tir‚ de Sped celuy d'Ecosse tir‚ de Th. Pont &c. et celuy d'Irlande tire de Petti. Le tout rectif‚ par diverses observations..., published Paris, 1702, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large uncoloured decorative cartouche, central fold strengthened on verso, slight spotting to margins, 470 x 620 mm, together with Lotter (Tobias Conrad), La Grande Bretagne ou les Royaumes D'Angleterre et D'Ecosse comme aussi le Royaume D'Irlande divis‚e par provinces..., circa 1770, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, slight creasing, old folds, near contemporary manuscipt text to verso, 495 x 585mm The first described item. R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750. Delisle 1. state 1. (Does not show Harwich). (2)
Lot 139
British Isles. Elwe (Jan, & Jaillot Alexis Hubert), Les Isles Britanniques qui contiennent les Royaumes d'Angleterre, Escosse et Irlande..., published Amsterdam, 1792, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of the Orkney and the Shetland islands, large uncoloured cartouche and mileage scale, 480 x 600 mm, together with Covens (J. & Mortier C.), Regnorum Magnae Britanniae sive Angliae, Scotiae nec non Hiberniae nuperrima delineatio..., circa 1720, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, inset map of the Orkney Islands, large decorative cartouche, old folds, 510 x 595 mm The first map described:- R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750. Jaillot 4 state 5. (2)
Lot 157
England & Wales. Danckerts (Cornelius), Accuratissima Angliae regni et Walliae principatus descriptio..., published Amsterdam, circa 1696, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, trimmed to neatline at base, some margins dust soiled and stained, 515 x 535 mm, together with Valk (Gerard & Leonard), Magna Britannia aut Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia..., circa 1705, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, inset map of the Orkney and Shetland Islands, some staining, 490 x 590 mm R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750. Danckerts 3, one state only [and] Valk 2, one state only. (2)
Lot 16
Darling (Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph). A collection of five printed letters, pamphlets and reports relating to Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales, 1824-31, comprising: Letter Addressed by Lieut.-Gen. R. Darling, Late Governor of New South Wales to Joseph Hume, esq. M.P., 1st edition, 1832, 48 pages, a little minor spotting front and rear, sewn as issued, 8vo (Ferguson II, 1528), together with Lieut.-Gen. Darling's Remarks on the Petition of Robert Robison, Late a Captain in His Majesty's Service Presented to the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, March 27th 1833, 8 pages printed in double column, a little light toning, old folds, sewn, 4to (Ferguson II, 1638), plus The Case of Lieut.-General Ralph Darling; as Connected with the Libel of Mr. Robert Robison, 1838, 27 pages, sewn, 8vo, with two others: Remarks on the Libel Published by Mr. Robert Robison, Late of the New South Wales Veteran Companies against Lieut.-Gen. R. Darling. And of which, Mr. Robinson was Convicted in the Court of King's Bench, on the 11th of December 1834, before the Chief Justice, Lord Denman, and a Special Jury, 1835 (9 pages, Ferguson II, 1946) and Report from Select Committee on the Conduct of General Darling, while Governor of New South Wales, 1 September, 1835 (4 pages, old folds, not in Ferguson) Rare group of publications relating to Darling's controversial rule in the colony. During his time as Governor in New South Wales, Darling gained a reputation as a tough disciplinarian, in particular his treatment two soldiers, Joseph Sudds and Patrick Thompson, who being convicted of theft were assigned to a chain gang, leading to the death of Sudds, who unbeknown to Darling had an underlying medical condition. On his return to England in 1832, a House of Commons Select Committee held an inquiry into his conduct, prompted by Darling's chief accusers Robison and Hume, Robison found guilty of libelling Darling, the Committee exonerating Darling of any blame in 1835. (5)
Lot 21
Herbert (Thomas). Relation du voyage de Perse et des Indes orientales, traduite de l'anglois, avec les r‚volutions arriv‚es au royaume de Siam l'an mil six cens quarte-sept, traduites du flamand de J‚r‚mie van Vliet, 1st edition in French, Paris: Jean Du Puis, 1663, moderate browning, occasional spotting, a few minor marks, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, extremities worn, joints cracked but firm, 4to The account of Siam by Jeremias van Vliet was not included in the original English edition of Herbert's account. (1)
Lot 230
*British aristocracy. Tompson (Richard), The Duke and Dutchess of Lauderdale, circa 1690, uncoloured mezzotint on wove after Peter Lely, small margins, 335 x 400 mm, together with Smith (John. R.), His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, John Boydell, 1776, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after Sir Joshua Reynolds, with margins, 375 x 275 mm, with the ink collector's stamp of Queen Victoria below image, with Hardy (Thomas), His Grace John Frederick Sackville, Duke of Dorset..., published for John Bridgman, 1799, uncoloured mezzotint on wove after Sir Joshua Reynolds, large margins, 360 x 255 mm, plus Williams (R.), William Duke of Bedford..., J. Smith, 1700, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after F. Lutterell, trimmed to plate mark, 360 x 255 mm, mounted, and Houston (Richard), The Right Honble. Richd. Grenville, Temple Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham..., published Richard Houston, circa 1770, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after Wm. Hoare, small margins, 395 x 280 mm, mounted, with Faber (John), Francis Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin, &c., circa 1730, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after Godfrey Kneller, backed with later paper, with margins, 350 x 250 mm, plus Smith (John), The Rt. Honble. John Lord Sommers, 1713, uncoloured mezzotint after J. Richardson, laid on later paper, trimmed to plate mark, 345 x 255 mm, tipped on to a card backing mount, and Faber (John), John Vaughan, Earl of Carberry, 1733, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after Godfrey Kneller, good margins, 355 x 250 mm, together with Beckett (Isaac), John Duke of Lauderdale, Marquis of March, Earle of Lauderdale..., circa 1680, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after J. Roiley, with margins, 340 x 250 mm, with Faber (John), Thomas Holles Pelham Duke of Newcastle [and] Henry Clinton Earl of Lincoln &cc., 1733, uncoloured double portrait mezzotint on laid after Godfrey Kneller, thread margins, central fold, 355 x 505 mm, with three others similar (13)
Lot 237
*Dickinson (William). Lady Charles Spencer, published Wm. Dickinson, 1776, uncoloured mezzotint after Sir Joshua Reynolds, some overall toning, 510 x 355 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with McArdell (James), [Nancy Ann Day], circa 1770, uncoloured mezzotint after Joshua Reynolds, proof before title, 325 x 225 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with [Smith (J. R.),] [Frances Ingram, circa 1790], uncoloured mezzotint on india after Joshua Reynolds, proof before title and letters, 380 x 285 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Fisher (Edward), Kitty Fisher, circa 1780, uncoloured mezzotint, title and letters added in pencil only, thread margins, 355 x 255 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, and McArdell (James), Lady Fortescue, 1757, uncoloured mezzotint after Joshua Reynolds, trimmed to image, slight toning, 350 x 250 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (5)
Lot 314
Binding. Itinerarium nobiliorum Italiae regionum, urbium, oppidorus, et locorum ... auctoribus Francisco Schotto, 2nd edition, Vicenza: Pietro Bertelli, 1610, 3 parts in 1 volume, folding map frontispiece, bound without the 5 folding plates, front inner hinge and frontispiece repaired, small worm-track in first gathering, just touching a couple of letters in the title page, shallow chip in fore edges of part 3 quire R, bound using a leaf from a [?]14th-century Latin manuscript in red and black ink on vellum with decorative initials, 8vo (14.5 x 9.5 cm) (1)
Lot 327
Chrysostom (John). In sanctum Iesu Christi evangelium secundum Matthaeum commentarii, diligenter ab Arrianorum faecibus purgati ... [part 2:] Commentarii, qui exstant in sacrosanctum Iesu Christi evangelium secundum Marcum et Lucam], Paris: Oudin Petit, 1553, 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut title devices, decorative initials, spine lined with contemporary manuscript waste, contemporary ownership inscriptions, additional inscription verso sometime blotted out, pale damp-stain to first few leaves, contemporary French calf, rebacked retaining most of original spine, spine compartments and covers gilt-tooled, small 8vo, together with Oecumenius, & Arethas Enarrationes vetustissimorum theologorum, in Acta quidem Apostolorum et in omnes D. Pauli ac Catholicas epistolas ab Oecumenio in Apocalypsim vero, ab Aretha Caesarae Cappadociae episcopo magna cura collectae, Iohanne Hentenio interprete, Paris: J‚r“me and Denise de Marnef, 1547, woodcut title device and initials, damp-staining, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, spine repaired, soiled, small 8vo, plus Valla (Lorenzo), Elegantiarum linguae Latinae libri sex, Venice: Giovanni Griffio, 1586, mild damp-staining towards front and rear, signatures 2X6-7 chipped at corner partially affecting shoulder-note in the latter, endpapers renewed, recent bookplate, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, extremities restored, 8vo None of these editions in Adams. (3)
Lot 328
Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641, 3 volumes, 1st edition, large-paper issue, Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1702-4, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, title vignettes, initials and head- and tailpieces, damp-staining and occasional concomitant mottling and soiling, volume 1 frontispiece and title-page slightly frayed along lower edges and front free endpaper tape-repaired, bookplates of Gloucestershire clergyman and landowner William Lloyd Baker (1752-1830) and one B. C. Browne (possibly the noted geologist, 1901-1968), contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and recornered, blind panels to sides, rubbed and scuffed, folio (45 x 28.5 cm), together with: Camden (William), Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... translated ... revised, digested, and published, with large additions, by Edmund Gibson, the second edition, 2 volumes, printed for James and John Kanpton [and others], [1730], engraved portrait frontispiece, title pages in red and black, 9 engraved plates of coins, 1 further plate, engraved vignette of Stonehenge and numerous woodcuts to text, lacking maps, endpapers and blanks renewed, volume 2 with occasional marginal damp-staining and last 2 leaves repaired with partial loss of text, volume 2 title page browned and soiled, marginal worming towards rear, contemporary calf, rebacked to style and restored, sides pitted and scuffed, folio; Wood (Anthony), Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed for R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, and J. Tonson, 1721, title pages in red and black, spotting towards front and rear, contemporary cat's-paw calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and scuffed, folio; and 3 other 18th-century English folios Volume one of Clarendon's History has 'Counsellour' on line 14 of the title page and lacks the royal privilege leaf, as called for in the first edition. (10)
Lot 338
Durbin (Henry). A Narrative of some extraordinary things that happened to Mr. Richard Giles's children, at The Lamb, without Lawford's-Gate, Bristol; supposed to be the effect of Witchcraft... to which is added, a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bedford, late Vicar of Temple, to the Bishop of Glocester, relative to one Thomas Perks, of Mangotsfield, who had dealings with familiar spirits, Bristol, R. Edwards, 1800, title with contemporary ownership inscription in brown ink at head 'Mr. Middleton with A:G's heartiest love', 60 pages of text, including title, light soiling to title and verso of final leaf, later black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with bookplate of Charles Wells to front pastedown, slightly rubbed, slim 8vo First and only edition of an account of the haunting of The Lamb Inn in Bristol, between December 1761 and November 1762. (1)
Lot 341
Fin‚ (Oronce). Liber de geometria practica ... ex demonstratis Euclidis elementis corollarius ... nunc primum apud Germanos in lucem emissus, Strasbourg: Knobloch, 1544, woodcut folding plate, numerous woodcut diagrams to text, with the final blank (R4), spotting and browning, lower outer corners of quires P-R scorched to no loss of text, circa 1900 half calf by Stoakley, 8vo Adams F465. Copac traces four copies in UK libraries (BL, Oxford, St Andrews and V&A). (1)
Lot 343
Fontaine (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont). The History of the Old and New Testament, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed for R. Blome [etc.], 1701, 240 engraved plates including frontispieces, nearly all after G. Freeman by Kip and others, 5 double-page maps and maps, text framed in red throughout, moderate browning, occasional light spotting or soiling, short nicks in lower margins of a few plates, gilt edges, contemporary English red morocco, richly gilt spine, covers gilt-tooled with concentric French fillet panels, floral cornerpieces, the intermediate panel with floral lobes enclosed by drawer-handle motifs, the inner panel enclosing additional floral roll and sunflower cornerpieces, rubbed, spine-ends worn, front joint cracked but firm, large folio (44 x 27.5 cm) (1)
Lot 35
Rey (Guillaume). Etude sur les monuments et architecture militaire des crois‚s en Syrie et dans l'Œle de Chypre, 1st edition, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1871, 24 lithographic plates, mostly colour plans or sections of forts, several double-page, wood-engravings to text, faint ink-stamps to plate versos, modern half calf, 4to, together with Chamberlayne (Tankerville), Lacrimae nicossienses, recueil d'inscriptiones fun‚raires, la plupart fran‡aises, existant encore dans l'Œle de Chypre ... tome premier [all published], 1st edition, Paris: Librairies-imprimeries r‚unies, 1894, 29 lithographic plates (plate 19 loose, along with one text leaf), original wrappers bound in, light spotting, armorial bookplates, contemporary half vellum, spine label lifting, large 4to, plus Hal‚vy (Fromental), La reine de Chypre, op‚ra en cinq actes, parole de M. de Saint-Georges, Paris: Henry Lemoine, [circa 1850], half-title (spotted), lithographic music score throughout, later red sheep-backed cloth, 4to, and 2 others Cobham-Jeffery pp. 52 and 10 for Rey and Chamberlayne. (6)
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Lot 357
[Justice, Alexander]. A Compleat Account of the Portugueze Language. Being a Copious Dictionary of English with Portugueze, and Portugueze with English. Together with an Easie and Unerring Method of its Pronunciation, by a distinguishing Accent, and a Compendium of all the necessary Rules of Construction and Orthography digested into a Grammatical Form. To which is Subjoined by way of Appendix their usual Manner of Correspondence by Writing, being all suitable, as well to the Diversion and Curiosity of the Inquisitive Traveller, as to the Indispensible use and advantage of the more Industrious Trader and Navigator to most of the known parts of the World, 1st edition, London: Printed by R. Janeway, for the Author, 1701, both half-title and title printed in red & black (title with blind library stamp at head), some toning and occasional spotting, recent antique style quarter mottled calf gilt, red morocco title label to spine, marbled boards, folio, together with Castro (Jacobo de), Grammatica Anglo-Lusitanica & Lusitano-Anglica, or, A New Grammar, English and Portuguese, and Portuguese and English; divided into two parts..., to which is now added... Grammatica nova Ingleza e Portugueza, e Portugueza e Ingleza..., 3rd edition, 1759, contemporary inscription to title, some browning particularly to margins of first & last few leaves, modern calf, morocco title label, 8vo, plus Vieyra (Anthony), A New Portuguese Grammar in four parts..., 7th edition, F. Wingrave, 1809, hinges repaired, contemporary sheep, modern reback with morocco title label, 8vo (3)
Lot 366
Pearson (John). Opera Posthuma Chronologica, 1st edition, by S. Roycroft for R. Clavell and B. Tooke, 1688, 2 imprimatur leaves, title page in red and black, occasional Arabic types, contemporary speckled calf, front joint superficially cracked but firm, small dent in fore edge of front board, together with: Baxter (Richard), Confesssion of his Faith [sic], 1st edition, by R. W. for Tho. Underhill, and Fra. Tyton, 1655, ownership inscription (dated 1957) and bibliographical notes of Brent Gration Maxfield to front free endpaper and initial blank, bookplates of Sir Corbet Corbet, 1st Baronet (1752-1832), and a descendant, contemporary speckled calf, red and green morocco labels, slightly rubbed, spine-ends expertly restored; England and Wales; Parliament, Speeches and Passages of this Great and Happy Parliament: From the third of November, 1640, to this instant June, 1641, 1st edition, for William Cooke, 1641, ink-stamps of the Loyal National Repeal Association to title verso and final leaf, annotated slip mounted to former, occasional minor worming in gutter, 2G4 repaired, bookplate, annotations to front free endpaper, contemporary reversed calf, rebacked and relined; Hales (John), The Golden Remains, 2nd edition, by Tho. Newcomb, for Robert Pawlet, 1673, bound with Sermons Preach'd at Eton, 2nd edition, by T. Newcomb, for Richard Marriot, 1673, engraved title page to first work, front free endpaper restored, contemporary speckled calf, spine richly gilt with olive branch and acorn motifs, sides gilt-panelled, front joint superficially cracked, tips restored; and 10 similar, 17th- and 18th-century English theology including pamphlet volumes; all 4to Wing P1003, B1231, E2309, H271, H275. (14)
Lot 379
Saunders (Richard). Physiognomie, and Chiromancie, Metoposcopie, the Symmetrical Proportions and Signal Moles of the Body, Fully and Accurately Handled, with their Natural-Predictive Significations. The Subject of Dreams; Divinative, Steganographical, and Lullian Sciences. Whereunto is added the Art of Memorie, 3 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, R. White, for Nathaniel Brooke, 1653, engraved portrait frontispiece (A1v), woodcut on title, numerous woodcut illustrations and one engraving in text, separate title to part 2 but with continuous register and pagination, drop-title and separate pagination to part 3, advertisement page, leaves 3E2/3 misbound, lacks errata leaf at rear, some spotting and occasional heavy browning, several short marginal splits without loss, contemporary calf, some wear, covers detached, folio (285 x 180mm) Krivatsy 10280; Wing S754. Collation: [26], 279, 39, [5] pages. (1)
Lot 384
Stillingfleet (Edward). An Answer to Mr. Cressy's Epistle Apological to a Person of Honour touching his Vindication of Dr. Stillingfleet, 1st edition, printed by R. White, for Hen. Mortlock, 1675, imprimatur leaf, bound without leaves [A1], a5 and 2K7 (all blank), and terminal half-title (2K8), contemporary and 19th-century ownership and other inscriptions, gilt edges, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine sunned, headcaps slightly chipped, joints rubbed, tips worn, together with: South (Robert), Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 1st collected edition, Oxford: by H. Hall for Ric. Davis and Will. Nott., 1679, including leaf R8 (longitudinal half-title), minor worming in gutter, occasional touching a letter, contmeporary mottled calf, floral cornerpieces to boards, front joint cracked but firm; [Godden, Thomas], Catholicks No Idolaters. Or, a Full Refutation of Doctor Stillingfleet's Unjust Charge of Idolatry against the Church of Rome, 1st edition, 1672, small hole in P6 not affecting text, 19th-century bookplate and ownership inscription, contemporary calf, worn, craquelure; [Allestree, Richard], The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety, printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, 1674, imprimatur leaf, engraved title vignette of a burning cathedral, double-page engraved plate, final advertisement leaf, light browning, marginal spotting and damp-staining, tape-repair to versos of title page and leaf [pi]3, contemporary ownership inscriptions and pen-trials to endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, headcap chipped, joints partially split; Whitaker (William), Praelectiones ... editae opera et cura Joannis Allenson, Herborn: Christoph Corvin, 1607, moderate spotting, marginal worming, bookplate of Earl Cornwallis, contemporary calf, rebacked; Cumberland (Richard), Origines Gentium Antiquissimae, 1st edition, by W. B. for R. Wilkin, 1724; and 7 similar (17th- and 18th-century English theology, contemporary calf); all 8vo Wing S5556 ('a person of honour' is Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon), S4743, G918, and A1102 for the first four works. (13)
Lot 391
Bogolubow (Andrei). Tapis de l'Asie Centrale faisant partie de la collection r‚unie par A. Bogolubow, 2 parts in one, St. Petersburg: Manufacture des Papiers de l'etat, 1908, lithograph title to first part (with closed tears, & lined to verso), 36 chromo lithograph and seven monochrome plates, 2 double-page coloured maps, text in Russian and French (leaves of letterpress window mounted), occasional spotting, modern gilt & blind panelled and decorated terracotta morocco, elephant folio The first edition of the first great book on Turkoman rugs. (1)
Lot 399
Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament, 1st edition, Bernard Quaritch,1868,chromolithographic title and 111 chromolithographic plates (numbered 1-100), many heightened in gilt, occasional minor spotting or soiling, plates 53 and 54 repaired in margins, remnants of corner-mounts to initial blank, Prinknash Abbey bookplate, gilt edges, original maroon cloth gilt, rebacked retaining most of original spine, rubbed and marked, folio, together with Waring (John Burley, editor), Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, from the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, Chromo Lithographed by F. Bedford, the Drawings on Wood by R. Dudley, with Essays by Owen Jones, Digby Wyatt, A. W. Franks, J. B. Waring, J.C. Robinson, and G. Scharf, Jun., 1st edition, Day and Son, 1858, 100 chromolithographic plates, occasional spotting to plate margins and text, remnants of corner-mounts to initial blank, Prinknash Abbey bookplate, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, modern green crushed half morocco, sunned and rubbed, folio(2)
Lot 401
Letchford (Albert). A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Captain Sir R. F. Burton's "Arabian Nights", 1st and limited edition, H. S. Nichols Ltd., 1897, 12 pp., 71 heliogravure plates each with leaf of descriptive letterpress tipped along fore edge as issued, occasional spotting and creasing to letterpress leaves, plates clean, all loose in original blue cloth porfolio, slightly scuffed and marked, cloth ties (those on fore edge torn), large folio (57 x 44 cm), together with Trechslin (Anne Marie), Old Garden Roses, 1st and limited edition, Bern: Editions Le Moulin, 1975, 38 plates (of 41) each in separate passe-partout, including the '41st rose study' not called for in contents, all loose in original linen-covered aluminium portfolio, large folio (55 x 41 cm) Choice edition de luxe of Letchford's work, one of 250 sets printed on plate paper, from a total edition of 280 'large-size' sets (there was also a three-tier 'small-size' edition); Letchford's illustrations were not finished in time for the first edition of Burton's translation, published 1885-8, and instead appeared in the Nichols edition of 1887 (cf. Penzer pp. 117-23). Number 520 of 4,800 copies of Trechslin's work, signed by the artist, translator and publisher. (2)
Lot 408
Whistler (James Abbott McNeill). The Etched Work of Whistler, illustrated by Reproductions in Collotype of the DIfferent States of the Plates. Compiled, arranged, and desribed by Edward G. Kennedy, with an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz, 6 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Grolier Club, 1910, comprising 5 plate volumes and 1 text volume, plate volumes containing approximately 1,000 collotypes on india paper, tipped to linen-guarded card leaves with typescript captions, nearly all to rectos, contemporary red buckram, extremities slightly rubbed, spines and front boards detached from text blocks in plate volumes 3 and 5 and the text volume, plate volumes in large folio, text volume in 4to, together with The Lithographs by Whistler, illustrated by Reproductions in Photogravure and Lithography, arranged according to the Catalogue by Thomas R. Way with Additional Subjects not Before Recorded, 1st edition, New York: Kennedy & Co., 1914, contemporary red buckram, 4to The text volume of The Etched Work of Whistler is one of 402 copies; The Lithographs by Whistler is one of 400 copies. (7)
Lot 485
Feldman (Paula R. & Scott-Kilvert, Diana, editors). The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, 2 volumes, Oxford, 1987, uniform original cloth, 8vo, together with Miller (Henry), Selected Prose, 2 volumes, 1965, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Tyson (Moses & Guppy, Henry, editors), The French Journals of Mrs. Thrale and Doctor Johnson, Manchester, 1932, black and white portrait frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed and with tears to head and foot, 8vo, plus other modern literature and poetry reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 505
Viollet-Le-Duc (E.). Dictionnaire Raisonn‚ de l'architecture Francaise Du Xie au XVIe Si‚cle, 10 volumes, Paris, circa 1920, numerous black and white illustrations, ex libris bookplates to front endpapers, some minor toning, uniform contemporary blue quarter morocco, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with De Lasteyrie (R.), L'architecture religieuse en France a l'epoque gothique, 3 volumes, Paris, 1926-29, numerous black and white illustrations, some minor toning, ex libris bookplates to front pastedowns, uniform gilt decorated blue quarter morocco to vellum boards, spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, and Pevsner (Nikolaus, editor), The Pelican History of Art, 40 volumes, circa 1950s, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original red cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other mostly mid 20th century art and architecture reference, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Lot 54
Lambarde (William). A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shire. Written in the yeere 1570..., 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, London: R. Hodgkinsoone for D. Pakeman, [1640?], [16],656,[24]pp., final leaf blank, small rust hole to B2 & G5 and paper thinning holes to fore-margin of Y7, some toning, marginal browning & spotting, contemporary sheep with remnants of spine lifting, later paper title label and crude repair at head of spine, upper board attachment weak, lower joint split, worn, 8vo Upcott I p.350. (1)
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