Ware (Issac). Complete Body of Architecture. Adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs, London: T. Osborne & J. Shipton, J. Hodges, L. Davis, J. Ward & R. Baldwin, 1756, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with engraved illustration, 114 irregularly numbered engraved plates & plans (including 14 folding), some creasing to frontispiece, title and initial few leaves, closed tear to leaf 8B2 (pages 647/648), some damps-stains, armorial bookplate of Emo Park Library, Ireland to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints split and some wear to extremities, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Katalog 2283; Fowler 436; Harris 906.The first edition of Ware's 'massive and compendious' work (ODNB). 'Most of Ware's designs were as Palladian in character as might be expected from an architect of his background and credentials. However, as a prominent member of the St Martin's Lane Academy he was also a colleague of such rococo artists as Hogarth, Roubiliac, and Francis Hayman: this is reflected not only in the surprisingly latitudinarian views occasionally found in the pages of the Complete Body but also in the dazzling interiors of his most important work, Chesterfield House, Mayfair (1748?9; dem. 1934), designed in a full-blooded French rococo idiom for the francophile fourth Earl of Chesterfield.' The plates were irregularly numbered 1-122, with numbers 38,43, 44, 46, 97, 100, 108 & 109 omitted (Harris).
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Miller (John). An Illustration of the Sexual System, of Linnæus, by Iohn Miller, 2 volumes, London: Robert Faulder, 1794-89, engraved hand-coloured frontispieces and engraved titles to each volume, 189 hand-coloured engraved plates of flowers, armorial bookplate of W. Basset Holmes and crimson gilt calf bookplate of Arpad Plesch to front pastedown, 20th-century quarter calf, gilt decorated spines, corners bumped, 8vo, together with: Lettsom (John Coakley). The Naturalist's and Traveller's Companion, 3rd edition, London: C. Dilly, 1799, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece (laid down) and engraved hand-coloured title (ownership inscription 'Fredric Iremonger Septr 8th 1801' to upper margin), 1 folding black & white plate, gatherings loosening, 18th-century half calf, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, McIntosh (Charles). The Practical Gardner and Modern Horticulturist..., 2 volumes, London: Thomas Kelly, 1828 & 1829, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to volume 1, coloured engraved plates to volume 2, front free endpapers and verso of title in volume 2 with extensive manuscript annotations, contemporary half calf, spines relaid, with loss, rubbed, 8vo, Markham (G). Markham's Farewel to Husbandry: or, the enriching of all sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Nation..., London: George Sawbridge at the Sign of the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, 1676, slightly trimmed with minor loss to some marginal printed notes, damp staining to outer margins resulting in some loss, old limp vellum, a little soiled, small 4to, Thornton (Robert John). A Grammar of Botany; Containing an Explanation of the System of Linnaeus, London: B. and R. Crosby and Co, 1814, engraved coloured plates, library stamp to verso of title, library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary green morocco, corners bumped, 12mo, Mason (George). An Essay on Design in Gardening..., London: C. Roworth, 1795, contemporary gilt calf, worn and rubbed, 8vo, Lawrence (John). The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit Of the Art of Gardening..., 6th edition, London: Bernard Lintot, 1726, bookplate Royal Meteorological Society to front pastedown, contemporary panelled boards, crudely repaired, 8vo, Baxter (W.). British Phaenogamous Botany..., Oxford: J. H. Parker: 1834, coloured engraved plates, publishers buckram binding, rubbed, 8vo, plus 3 other volumesQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. Basset Holmes, Árpád Plesch (1889 -1974) for the first work.
Pomet (Pierre). A Complete History of Drugs written in French by Monsieur Pomet, Chief Druggist to the late French King Lewis XIV..., With their Use in Physic, Chemistry, Pharmacy, The Fourth Edition, carefully collected, with large Additions, London: Printed for J. J. Bonwicke, S. Birt, W. Parker, C. Hitch, and E. Wicksteed, 1748, title in red & black, 86 engraved plates, publishers advertisements verso of the last leaf, ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper 'R. Brandreth New York, 1843', spotting throughout, contemporary calf with later label to spine, joints cracked with tissue repairs, vertical cracks along spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Garrison & Morton 1827.1.An encyclopaedic survey of the drugs and medicinal substances derived from plants, animals, and minerals. It reflects the extensive trade networks of the 17th century, incorporating European, Asian, African, and New World remedies. Pomet details their origins, preparations, and uses in medicine.
Bacon (Francis). Scripta In Naturali et Universali Philosophia, Amsterdam: Ludovico Elzevir, 1653, engraved additional pictorial title, folding letterpress table, upper hinge cracked, bookplate of Maurice B Worms to front pastedown, contemporary calf boards, rebacked, corners bumped, 12mo, together with: Bacon (Francis). Novum organum scientiarum, Leiden: Adriaen Wijngaerden and F. Moiardum, 1645, engraved pictorial frontispiece, old vellum spine over marbled boards, faded and stained, 12mo, Burnet (Thomas). The Theory of the Earth, for Walter Kettilby, 2 volumes bound in 1, London: printed by R. N. for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1697, lacking portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title-page (spotted), two engraved folding maps of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres (California shown as an island), in-text illustrations (including a map of Europe and Asia with Noah's Arc during the Great Flood), occasional spotting and damp-staining, contemporary panelled calf, spine relaid with loss, folio, Aikin (Arthur). The Natural History of the Year..., 2nd edition, London: J. Johnson, 1799, folding engraved frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription of Caroline Taylor to verso of half-title, original boards, rebacked, small 8vo, Hues (Robert). Tractatus de Globis Coelesti Terrestri c eorum usu, Frankfurt: Daniel & David Aubry, 1627, woodcut engraving to title, contemporary vellum with repairs to spine, a little soiled, 12mo, Douglas (James). A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth, London: Logographic Press and sold by George Nicol, 1785, engraved vignette to title, 8 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, small folio, Mathias (Thomas James). The imperial epistle from Kien Long. Emperor of China, to George the Third King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. In the year 1794..., London: printed for R. White, [1795?], light damp staining, later marble wrappers, 4to QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Maurice Benedict Worms (1805-1867) for the first work.
Shepard (Stanley A.). The Stained Glass of A. W. N. Pugin 1st edition, Reading: Spire Books, 2009, numerous colour illustrations, bookplate to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Nussbaum (Norbert), German Gothic Church Architecture, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, slight water damage to the text-block, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, plusWebster (Christopher), R. D. Chantrell (1793-1872), and the architecture of a lost genertion, 1st edition, Reading: Spire Books, 2010, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, some very minor rubbing to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern church architecture & stained glass reference & related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Burton (Richard F.). The Book of the Sword, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, black and white illustrations in-text, small near-contemporary blue ink ownership inscription of William R. Millon to head of front blank, hinges cracked, original pictorial grey cloth gilt, spine somewhat faded, some marks and light wear, large 8vo, contained in cloth slipcaseQTY: (1)NOTE:Casada 27; Penzer, pp. 1078; Thimm p. 42.
British Isles. Speed (John), Britain as it was devided in the tyme of the English Saxons especially during their Heptarchy, 1st edition, John Sudbury & George Humble [1611], uncoloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, the vertical borders decorated with historical scenes, large margins, central fold professionally strengthened and repaired on verso, 385 x 510 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, number 317.
Nolhac (Pierre de). La Reine Marie-Antoinette, 1st edition, Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie., 1890, colour portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, monochrome portraits and illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary blue half morocco by Hatchards, spine lettered in gilt and decorated with Marie Antoinette monogram and fleur-de-lys in compartments, upper cover with her coat-of-arms stamped in gilt (light spotting to covers), folio, together with Skelton (John). Mary Stuart, 1st edition, Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1893, chromolithograph portrait frontispiece, portrait and illustrations, a little minor spotting, top edge gilt, similarly bound in blue half morocco by Hatchards, spine with Lion Rampant and thistle decorations, upper cover with her arms stamped in gilt, 4to, plus Creighton (Mandell). Queen Elizabeth, 1st edition, London: Boussod, Valadon et Cie., 1896, chromolithograph portrait frontispiece, illustrations, a little light spotting, similarly bound by Hatchards, spine with Elizabeth monogram and Tudor rose decorations, royal arms to upper cover, 4to, with 7 others bound by Hatchards: Queen Victoria, by Richard R. Holmes, 1897, Marie Antoinette the Dauphine, by Pierre de Nolhac, 1897, Charles I, by John Skelton, 1898, Catherine de Medicis, by Henri Bouchot, 1899, Oliver Cromwell, by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, 1899, Josephine, Imperatrice et Reine, by Frederic Masson, 1899, and Sir Thomas Lawrence, by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, 1899QTY: (10)
Machiavelli (Niccolo). The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence, London: R. Clavel, 1694, lacking divisional title for the History of Florence, early 19th-century red ink ownership inscription of John Knott M. D. to head of front free endpaper (with his neat underlining to a few preliminary leaves), some further neat pencilled underlining, lightly dust-soiled throughout, a few spots, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, some wear and marks, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing M130.
* Hunt (Charles). This View representing the Triennial Ceremony of the procession AD MONTEM is respectfully dedicated to the Noblemen & Gentlemen educated at Eton..., London: R. Ackermann & Co., December 1st. 1838, aquatint after G. B. Campion, contemporary hand-colouring with some later enhancement, descriptive text below the image, 445 x 585 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Dolby (J.). Six Views of Eton College, printed by Messrs. Day and Hague, Eton: T. Ingalton and Son, circa 1839, six (complete) hand-coloured lithographs, each approximately 350 x 255 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, one lithograph with the contemporary paper title wrapper laid on the verso of the frame QTY: (7)NOTE:The first described item shows a crowded and slightly chaotic scene of a procession at Eton, called the Montem. The ceremony, which was celebrated on Whit Tuesday, was to raise funds - by donation - for the senior scholar leaving Eton for University. The Montem was initially an initiation ceremony for new pupils and evolved into a somewhat exuberant and rowdy event, with dubious behaviour on the part of the pupils and the spectators. Etonians processed in elaborate ceremonial and military dress from the College to Salt Hill in Slough. Huge crowds flocked to see the procession, hoping to glimpse attending royalty and participate by giving money in exchange for a pinch of salt or, later, a paper ticket. The poor behaviour resulted in the procession being permanently cancelled in 1844.
Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, harrow, and Rugby, and of the Free-School of Christ's Hospital, 1st edition, London: R. Ackermann, 1816, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Bluck, D. Havell, J. Stadler and others after A. Pugin, T. Unwins, W. Westall and others, plate 23 (Westminster School Room) 1st state with the masters bare-headed, plate 26 (Charter House from Play Ground) 3rd state with boys playing cricket instead of washerwomen, subscribers list, marginal repaired tear to p. 3, some offsetting and occasional light spotting to text (plates in generally clean condition), one or two small marginal chips to plates and small marginal closed tears to text, light dust-soiling to title, top edge gilt, later brown half morocco gilt by Hatchards, small patch of worming to lower edge of upper cover, 4to, 35.5 x 28.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 438; Tooley 3.
British Isles. Lloyd (James T.), Lloyd's Topographical Map of the British Isles and the Several Forts and Lighthouses along the Coast..., London & New York: J. T. Lloyd, 1865/66, large lithographic map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Northern Scotland and seven inset maps of principal British cities, slight dust soiling and scuffing, 1020 x 1275 mm, marbled endpapers, together with Davies (B. R.). Railway Map of the British Isles and Part of France, 1880, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some offsetting, 920 x 760 mm, publisher's advertising endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, with Bradshaw (George). Map & Sections of the Railways of Great Britain..., 1841, map with contemporary outline colouring, engraved by J. Dower, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, inset map of the environs of London, 36 'cross-section' profiles of various railways, slight staining, dust soiling and offsetting, 1610 x 1015 mm, bound in contemporary blind-stamped morocco gilt boards, boards worn and rubbed, upper board detached, retaining the remnants of a silk tieQTY: (3)
Wilkins (John). The First Book. The Discovery of a New World. Or, A Discourse tending to prove, that ’tis probable there may be another habitable World in the Moone. With a Discourse concerning the possibility of a Passage thither. The third impression. Corrected and enlarged, 2 parts in one volume, London: John Maynard, 1640, engraved additional title showing Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and the solar system by W. Marshall (with erased ownership inscription to top margin and to verso), separate title and pagination to second part, ruled borders throughout, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, errata leaf to book one present (R2), lacking errata leaf (R4) at end of book two, scattered marginalia, some spotting and light damp staining, mostly to upper margins at front and rear, P7 to part two printed without illustration to verso (as usual) and with old adhesion residue to blank space, some paper flaws with resultant closed tears (the largest to fore-margin of C3 of part two), ink ownership inscription of N. Newcomsen, University College, Oxford, dated 1698, to front free endpaper, later ink ownership stamp of R. H. Robbins to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper joint and head of foot of spine neatly refurbished, gilt-decorated spine, small 8vo (160 x 100 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 25641; Macclesfield 2125.Wilkins’s first work, and his attempt to prove that the moon was habitable. 'The central argument was borrowed from Galileo: the moon is not a shining disk or whatever else men might have imagined, but a world with natural features much like the Earth. And if so then the moon might also be inhabited, although Wilkins does not find sufficient grounds to say what sort of beings the inhabitants are, thus neatly avoiding the touchy question of whether they are descendants of Adam', (DSB XIV, p. 346).
* Abbot (Henry). Six Aquatints of Rome: Coliseum, Arch of Septimius Severus, Temple of Jupiter Tonans, Column & Forum of Tiajan, The Pyramid of Caius Cestius & Temple of Jupiter Stator, London: Baldwin Craddock & Joy, Novr. 1st. 1820, six aquatints by T. Fielding, J. Gleadah, D. Havell & R. Reeve, all with contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, some dust and finger soiling, slight staining but largely confined to the margins, three of the engravings have a near-contemporary silhouette watercolour on the verso, each approximately 460 x 340 mmQTY: (6)NOTE:Abbey Travel 179; 1, 5, 10, 17, 12 & 21.Originally published in Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins..., made in the year 1818'.
* Female Portraits. A collection of approximately 90 engravings of Women and Children, 18th & 19th century, mezzotints and engravings, including examples by or after John Jones, R. Houston, R. Purcell, H. Ware, James Watson, John Dean, E. Fisher, Valentine Green, J. Finlayson and J. R. Smith, occasional duplicates, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 90)
* Rowlandson (Thomas). Philosophorum, Fancynina, Epicurum, R. Ackermann, 15th August 1800, three etched caricatures on one sheet (as published), contemporary hand-colouring, slight staining, some marginal closed tears, old collector's stamp (RA) to the lower right corner, 270 x 375 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Satires 9616-9621. A rare Rowlandson caricature from the suite of 18 Masqueronians. Published in six sets of three they represented 'English types'. The subjects are displayed emblematically with the wares or tools of their trade worn as garlands. This trio represents a philosopher, a prostitute and an epicure.
T. & A. D. Poyser, publisher. Flight Identification of European Raptors, by R. F. Porter, et al, 1st edition, Berkhamsted, 1974, Greenshanks, by Desmond and Maimie Nethersole-Thomspn, 1st edition, 1979, A Naturalist's Shetland, by J. Laughton Johnston, 1st edition, London, 1999, The Raven, a natural history in Britain and Ireland, by Derek Ratcliffe, 1st edition,1997, The Skylark, by Paul F. Donald, 2004, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, some spines lightly faded, plus 9 further T. & A. D. Poyser publications, 8vo, together with other modern ornithology reference, including publications by Witherby, Helm, & the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Wisconsin, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)
Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings, 1st edition, 4th/2nd/1st impression, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955, folding maps at rear of each volume, first and final volume with a little red ink bleeding to margins of a few preliminary leaves, small blue ink ownership inscription J Perkins to front pastedown of the first volume, a little toning, original red cloth, ring mark to upper cover of final volume, cloth overall a little marked, second and third in dust jacket (3rd impression on the second title), heavily worn (with loss), final volume detached at lower joint, 8vo, together with:The Hobbit, 7th impression, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, preliminary gathering loosening, blue ink ownership inscription to head of front free endpaper, original pictorial green cloth, head and foot of spine a little soiled, dust jacket (8th impression), worn and chipped with loss (foot of spine lacking), portion of jacket laid-down, adhesive tape repairs to spine, 8vo, QTY: (4)
World. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula auct: Guilelmo Blaeuw, Amsterdam: [1635 - 58], world map on a Mercator projection, engraved by Josua van den Ende, contemporary hand-colouring, the upper margin with allegorical representations of the planets, the lower margin with the seven wonders of the world and the vertical margins with - on the right - the four seasons and on the left, the four elements, two inset maps of the polar regions, slight mount staining, central fold partially strengthened on verso, 410 x 540 mm, French text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, number 255, state 4. One of the finest and most famous world maps to appear in an atlas during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography.
Stow (John). A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster ..., Corrected, Improved, and very much Enlarged ...by John Strype, 6 books in 2, 5th edition, London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, [et al], 1720, titles printed in red and black, 68 engraved plates, plans and maps (of 75, including 1 folding map, 27 double-page maps, 2 folding plates and 4 double-page plates), occasional marginal repairs to few leaves and plates (including volume 2 title with repaired fore-margin and lower margin), woodcut initials and tailpieces, woodcut illustrations including numerous armorials, occasional minor damp-stains to lower margins of some leaves within both volumes, modern blind panelled calf, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:This work was originally published in 1598. The majority of the topographical plates in the 5th edition were by Johannes Kip.
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England & Wales. Speed (John), The Kingdome of England, [imprints] Described by Christopher Saxton, augmented by John Speed..., John Sudbury & George Humble [1611], uncoloured engraved 'carte-a-figures' map with eight costumed vignettes to the vertical margins, central fold professionally strengthened and repaired on the verso, 390 x 515 mm, Latin text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, number 352.
Samouelle (George). The Entomologist's Useful Compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, 1st edition, London: printed for Thomas Boys, 1819, 12 hand-coloured engraved plates (light toning to 2 plates), some light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription of William Sparrow, 1819, small ink stamp, contemporary sprinkled calf, small splits to upper joint, 8vo, together with Wood (William). Illustrations of the Linnaean Genera of Insects, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. and A. Taylor for William Wood, 1821, 86 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus 2 others including An Introduction to Entomology or Elements of the Natural History of Insects, by William Kirby and William Spence, 4 volumes, mixed editions (volumes I--II & IV 5th edition, volume III 1st edition), 1826-28 QTY: (8)NOTE:First work Nissen ZBI 3558.
Billingsley (John). General View of the Agriculture in the county of Somerset..., London: W. Smith, 1794, folding map with contemporary hand colouring, modern quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title label to spine, 4to, together with: Young (Arthur). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex, London: Richard Phillips, 1808, hand-coloured folding engraved map, 16 engraved plates (14 folding) a little toned, some offsetting, modern half calf with crimson title label, 8vo, Boys (John). A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent..., London: G. Nicol, 1796, hand-coloured folding engraved map and folding engraved table, contemporary full calf, re-backed, corners bumped, 8vo, Young (Arthur). General View of the Agriculture of the county of Lincoln..., London: W. Blumer and Co, 1799, hand-coloured folding engraved map frontispiece, 11 plates (mostly hand coloured, 5 folding), contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Middleton (John). View of the Agriculture of Middlesex..., London: B. MacMillan, 1798, 2 hand-coloured folding engraved maps, modern calf by A. & M. Winstanley's, Sailsbury, gilt lettering to spine, 8vo, Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire..., 2 volumes, Gloucester: R. Raikes, 1789, uncoloured folding engraved map (spotted), contemporary calf, spines relaid, 8vo QTY: (7)
Swan (John). Speculum Mundi. Or, a Glasse Representing the Face of the World: Shewing both that it did begin and must also end: the Manner how, and time when being largely examined. The whole of which may be fitly called an hexameron. Or discourse of the clauses, continuance, and qualitites of things innature, occasioned as matter pertinent to the work done in the six days of the worlds creation, 3rd edition, London: R. Davenport for John Williams, 1665, additional engraved title, woodcut illustration, a few leaves insect predated with small losses of text, mainly towards end, some leaves close-trimmed affecting headlines, a few tears and repairs, occasional small wormtracks in gutters, a few small stains, contemporary previous owner signatures of William Heath and W. Harley to additional title verso, contemporary vellum, old reback, spine rubbed with small tear at foot, covers bowed and soiled, small 4to, together with Rous (Francis). Archaeologiae Atticae Libri Septem. Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities. Containing the description of the citties glory, government division of the people, and towns within the Athenian territories, their religion, superstition, sacrifices, account of the year, a full relation of their judicatories, 5th edition corrected and enlarged with a twofold index rerum & vocabulorum, Oxford: A. Lichfield and H. Hall for John Adams and Edward Forrest, 1658, woodcut headpieces and initials, a few leaves at end marginally insect predated, some toning, modern blindstamped calf gilt, small 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Wing S6239 & R2035 respectively.
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[Bowyer, Robert]. An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, during the years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, the Battles of Leipsic, etc. etc. etc. Together with a History of those Momentous Transactions, London: printed by T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1815, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates (including 4 folding), 4 engraved plates, 2 single-page engraved maps (one hand-coloured), wood-engraved vignette, some plates and text leaves watermarked 'J. Whatman 1811', bound with: Bowyer (Robert). The Campaign of Waterloo, illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance, La Haye Sainte, and Other Principal Scenes of Action, including a Correct Military Plan, together with A Grand View of the Battle on a Large Scale. To which is prefixed a History of the Campaign, compiled from Official Documents and other Authentic Sources, London: printed by T. Bensley and Son for Robert Bowyer, 1816, 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (including 1 folding), single-page engraved map, without binder's slip, light toning and occasional minor spotting, contemporary red half morocco, gilt decorated spine, blind roll decoration to leather on boards, extremities slightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Life 352 & 354; Tooley 97 & 98.The present copy comprises Abbey 352 (containing map, medallion portraits plate and facsimiles, and plates 1-19); bound without (as most often) the four plates of views of Porto Ferrajo that make up part three; and Abbey 354 (lacking only the 'Directions to Binder' slip).
Codrington (R. H.). The Melanesians, studies in their anthropology and folk-lore, 1st edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1891, frontispiece, folding map, advertisement slip bound-in, 8 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, ownership inscription of Eleanor Sarah Bury to head of half-title, original black cloth, marked and frayed, 8vo, together with:Mackenzie (Donald A.). Myths from Melanesia and Indonesia, 1st edition, London: Gresham Publishing, [1930], colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs throughout, cartographic endpapers, spotting, original green cloth gilt, faded and marked, 8vo, plusGray (Charles). Life of Robert Gray, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Rivingtons, 1876, frontispieces, folding map in volume 1, hinges tender or cracked, ink ownership inscriptions to half-titles, original green cloth gilt, some wear and marks, label residue to head of upper covers, 8vo, with 2 cartons of related works, most 20th-century QTY: (2 cartons )
Ashmore (Harriette). Narrative of a Three Months' March in India; and a Residence in the Dooab, by the wife of an officer in the 16th Foot, 1st edition, London: R. Hastings, 1841, 8 lithograph plates (including frontispiece), Squires of Woolwich binder's ink stamp to head of front free endpaper, a few light spots, plates with some faint marginal damp-staining (occasionally touching image), late 19th-century green half morocco gilt, Royal Military Academy Library gilt stamp to foot of spine, upper cover loose, lower cover lacking, some wear, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Scarce. Copac only lists 3 institutional copies (British Library, University of Cambridge and the National Library of Scotland).
* Attributed to Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Decorative letter C initial, original wood engraved boxwood printing block showing a ship at sea with long Union Jack flag curled round to make the shape of the letter C, handwritten label in pencil (late 19th or early 20th century) reading 'T. Bewick, Initial Letter from Ms Bewick', surface size 45 x 40 mm, together with: Attributed to Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Decorative letter R initial, original wood engraved boxwood printing block showing a water mill and tree forming the shape of the letter R, handwritten label in pencil (late 19th or early 20th century) reading 'T. Bewick, initial letter from Ms Bewick', surface size 44 x 48 mm, Attributed to John Bewick (1760-1795). Posture Alphabet letter E Initial, original wood engraved boxwood printing block showing a man in a hat seated in a position to form the letter E, handwritten label in pencil (late 19th or early 20th century) reading 'J Bewick, Not used, from Ms Bewick', surface size 38 x 29 mm, each accompanied with an impression taken from the blocks printed on modern good-quality handmade paper QTY: (3)
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Cornwall. Speed (John & Norden John). Cornwall, John Sudbury & George Humble [1627], uncoloured engraved map, inset plan of Launceston, central fold partially strengthened and repaired on verso, slight spotting, 385 x 510 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. C. E. Quixley. Antique Maps of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (2nd edition 2018), number 11.
* Macao. Valentyn (Francois), De Stad Macao & Platte Grond vande Stadt Macao, 1726, two uncoloured engravings, each approximately 275 x 365 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (2)NOTE:Two views of Macao from Valentyn's 'Ouden Nieuw Oost Indien', published in 8 volumes in Dordrecht and Amsterdam between 1725 and 1726. The first described item was used by C. R. Boxer as the front cover of his 1984 book, 'Seventeenth Century Macao'.
* Payne (Charles Johnson, "Snaffles"). "Ubique meant - 'Bank', Olborn, Bank - A Penny All The Way" (R. K.), circa 1920, colour lithograph, signed in pencil to the lower right margin, snaffle bit blind stamp, large black & white remarque of a six-horse gun team and limber, slight spotting and dust soiling, overall size 505 x 760 mm, framed and glazedQTY: (1)
![Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of Buckinghamshire Divided into its Hundreds..., [and] An Accurate Map of Berkshire Divided](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f72d162-49ca-4af5-aa3c-b26600f99130/ea5c844b-f51f-4bb5-81f2-b28b00b1d342/468x382.jpg)
Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of Buckinghamshire Divided into its Hundreds..., [and] An Accurate Map of Berkshire Divided into its Hundreds..., published by Carington Bowles, R. Sayer & R. Wilkinson. circa 1785, two engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement to the cartouche, originally published in 'The Large English Atlas', slight staining and offsetting, each approximately 705 x 530 mmQTY: (2)
* British Topographical Views. A Collection of approximately 185 prints, mostly 19th-century, engravings, etchings, aquatints and lithographs, including examples by or after D. Havell, R. Ackermann, G. Hollis, C. Swain, J. Hassell, T. Highham, R. Wilkinson, J. Fittler, W. Westall, L. Haghe, G. Barnard, N. Whittock, A. Butler, J. Willis, W. Rider, T. Prior, J. D. Harding, W. Spreat, R. Reeve, T. Sutherland, W. Daniell, G. Hawkins, C. Wild, J. Bluck and J. Stadler, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx.185)
Rowlandson (Thomas). Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their Respective Uniforms. Representing the Whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise, in 87 Plates. Designed & Etch'd by T. Rowlandson and Dedicated by Permission, to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, London: R. Ackermann, [1798-99], hand-coloured aquatint title, letterpress title, list of subscribers, errata leaf at end, 86 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, most heightened in gold and silver, descriptive letterpress for each plate, occasional light offsetting to text, small wormhole to lower margin of last few leaves and plates, hinges reinforced, contemporary tree calf, rebacked in later calf gilt with black morocco label, some light edge wear, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Abbey Life 379; Colas 2584; ESTC T77372; Tooley 416.An Important military costume book depicting the uniforms of the London and vicinity Volunteer Corps. The volunteer corps arose as a response to the imminent threat of invasion from Napoleonic France. Rudolph Ackermann, a vociferous opponent of Napoleon states in the preface 'At this moment, the enemy had advanced their best-regulated legions to the shores of the British Channel; and for the determined purpose of spreading through our land such miseries as have already rendered wretched their own'. He further notes that the King inspected the assembled volunteer corps manning their stations, a total of 12, 208 on 21 June 1799.
Holy Land. A collection of 20 maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved maps of the Holy Land, Jerusalem and Palestine, with examples by or after P. Lea, E. Wells, M. von Gucht, J. Bowles, R. Sayer and J. Tirinus, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition, together with two uncoloured 18th-century engravings of biblical relics and antiquitiesQTY: (22)
Goedart (Johannes). De Insectis in methodum redactus, cum notularum additione. Opera M. Lister, e Regia Societate Londinensi. Item Appendicis ad historiam animalium Angliae, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, London: R. E. for S. Smith, 1685, 21 folding engraved plates, one detached, occasional minor dust-soliling and a few spots, front endpaper lightly wormed and detaching at gutter, light water stains to rear endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed with small wormtracks, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R2944; Lisney 46; Nissen ZBI 1606; Wing G1002. The second edition in Latin, translated by the English naturalist Martin Lister from Goedart's Metamorphosis Naturalis, first published in three volumes from 1662-69.
Papworth (John Buonarotti). Rural Residences, Consisting of a series of designs for Cottages, decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings: Accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement, and decoration in the theory and practice of rural architecture: Interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening, 2nd edition, London: Sedding and Turtle for R. Ackermann, 1832, half-title, 27 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional small light water stains to text and endpapers, previous owner inscription to half-title, front hinge tender, original boards, tears and losses to spine, joints cracking, a few small stains, QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Life 45 (for the first edition of 1818); Berlin Katalog 2321; Tooley pp. 291-92.
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire; including it's Dairy..., 2 volumes, Gloucester: R. Raikes, 1789 [&] The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties; including the Management of Livestock..., 2 volumes, London: G. Nicol, 1790 [&] The Rural Economy of Yorkshire..., 2 volumes, London: T. Cadell, 1788, map of respective counties to volume 1 in each work, armorial bookplate of William Middleton, Crowfield Hall, Suffolk to front pastedown of each volume, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards with vellum corners, crimson morocco title labels to spine, spines rubbed, 8vo QTY: (6)
Foster (Captain Henry). Narrative of a voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer...from the private journal of W. H. B. Webster, surgeon of the sloop, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, engraved map frontispiece to each volume and five uncoloured aquatint plates, heavy spotting and offsetting to facing text leaf, occasional circular ink stamp of the Royal Marine Library, bookplate of the Royal Marine Officer's Library, Forton to front pastedown of each volume, and bookplate of Robert Lionel Foster to front endpaper, contemporary half calf later cloth reback, some wear with upper inner joint to second volume detached, 8v0, together withParker (B. & N.). The Aaaas and the Kkkks or Twice Three is Six, London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, circa 1914, double-page chromolithograph plates, one or two short closed tears, original pictorial boards, rubbed and some soiling and slight wear to edges, oblong folio, plusPayne-Gallwey (Ralph F.). High Pheasants in Theory and Practice, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913, book label of R. L. Foster, Folkestone to front pastedown, original cloth-backed pale blue boards, in frayed and chipped dustwrapper, large 8vo, and other 19th and 20th century illustrated books, literature, topography, etc., including The Complete Writings of O. Henry, 14 volumes, New York: Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1917, limited edition 1032/1075, signed by the publishers, original quarter velum in dustwrappers, 8vo, John Leyland, The Yorkshire Coast and the Cleveland Hills and Dales, 1892, H. B. Browne, Chapters of Whitby History 1823-1946, The Story of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society and of Whitby Museum, 1946 (limited subscribers edition 6/440), Historic Tinned Foods (International Tin Research and Development Council, 1939), Harold Macmillan, Winds of Change & The Blast of War, 1st editions, 1966/67 respectively, each signed by the author in ink to title, and with original type written letter signed by Harold Macmillan to Sir Rohan and Lady Delacombe, both dated 27th February 1968, loosely inserted to each volume, origianl cloth in dustwarppares, 8vo, Frank C. Bowen, The Sea, Its History & Romance, 4 volumes, London: Halten & Trustcott Smith, [1924], original uniform blue cloth gilt, in bright condition, 4to, etc QTY: (6 shelves)
* Domestic Animals. A collection of approximately 29 engravings, 18th & 19th century, mezzotints and engravings of dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, rabbits and guinea pigs, including examples by or after J. R. Smith, G. Morland, T. Lupton, W. Barnard, W. Dunkarton, E. Bell, T. Burford, J. Ward and E. Landseer, various sizes and condition QTY: (approx.29)
Pain (William). The Carpenter's and Joiner's Repository: or, A New System of Lines and Proportions for Doors, Windows, Chimnies & Mouldings, for finishing of Rooms, &c &c. A Great Variety of Stair-cases, on a Plan entirely new, and easy to be understood..., London: printed for the Author, 1778, title with signature of Randle Walker dated 1780, 2 engraved frontispieces bound after title, 67 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at rear, light offsetting and occasional minor spotting, front pastedown with the ownership of Randle Walker, 1780 and R. Walker Jun., 1817, contemporary sheep, joints cracked, rubbed and some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Harris 628.
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[Combe, William]. The English Dance of Death [and] The Dance of Life, together 3 volumes, 1st editions, London: R. Ackermann, 1815-16 & 1817, 2 hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces and 96 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, some heavy offsetting to text leaves in first 2 volumes, a little scattered spotting and minor marginal fraying to a few leaves, contemporary printed bookseller's ticket of Brightwell's Library, High-Street, Barnstaple, to front pastedown of third volume and later ownership signature of Jane Bury to facing endpaper, all pages uncut, original grey boards, first 2 volumes sympathetically and skilfully rebacked to match, original printed paper labels to spines (all somewhat browned and chipped), third volume covers and edges somewhat spotted, covers detached, frayed with a little loss at head and foot of spine, large 8vo (260 x 160 mm), contained in 2 modern quarter morocco gilt book boxes, rubbed, split but holding along upper joint of first book box, each 28 x 19 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Abbey, Life 263-264; Tooley 410-411.'Indispensable to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson' (Tooley).
Morris (F. O.). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Bell and Daldy, 1870, 365 hand-coloured plates, occasional light spotting, hinges tender or cracked, original green pictorial cloth gilt, closed tear to spine of volume 6, rubbed, 8vo, together with:A History of British Butterflies, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1868, 71 hand-coloured plates, contemporary brown ink ownership inscriptions of C. R. Leighton, Trinity College Cambridge to verso of front blank and head of title, occasional light spotting, notations to rear pastedown and free endpaper (predominantly in pencil), original green pictorial cloth gilt, marked, a few extremities frayed, 8vo, plusA Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 volumes, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1863-64, 225 colour plates, spotting, original green pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed and a little marked, 8vo, with a sixth edition of Morris' The History of British Butterflies QTY: (11)
![Cornwall. Saxton (Christopher), Promontorium Hoc in Mare Projectum Cornubia Dicitur [1579], map engraved by Lenaert Terwoort,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f72d162-49ca-4af5-aa3c-b26600f99130/e3c09b1a-7f3d-42b3-be19-b28b00b1dbc0/468x382.jpg)
Cornwall. Saxton (Christopher), Promontorium Hoc in Mare Projectum Cornubia Dicitur [1579], map engraved by Lenaert Terwoort, contemporary hand-colouring with some later enhancement, 'bunch of grapes' watermark, large and ornate strapwork cartouche surmounted by the royal crest, separate cartouche with dedication to Elizabeth I and below the map are the arms of Thomas Seckford, large margins, small area of repair around Tavistock, backed with archival tissue, 375 x 500 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:R. C. E. Quixley. Antique Maps of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, number 1. The first printed map of Cornwall.
Numismatics, medallions and tokens – English copper half penny token 1794 obv. John Howard FRS Philanthropist, rev. Portsmouth and Chichester half penny GF; HEICS 96th Rupee/half Dub Boulton & Watt 1794 F; replica Karl Goetz Lusitania ‘medal’, 1915, iron in associated jeweller’s box; bronze 1902 Edward VII coronation medallion 51mm in Mappin Bros. box of issue with gilt initials NCH on lid with date 1902; Birmingham, 56mm gilt medallion celebrating the visit to the town of Gen. HSH the Duke of Cambridge KG 1st June 1857 by G. R. Coles, GVF; Edward VIII bronze coronation medallion by Langford Jones, obv. crowned bust, rev. standing Britannia within arches, 1937 EF (6)
An 18ct gold synthetic purplish-pink sapphire and cubic zirconia dress ring, the centre sapphire measures approx 17mm x 17mm x 8.75mm surrounded by a halo of twenty-four 2mm diameter round brilliant cut cubic zirconia's, the ring shank is marked "18K" for 18ct gold on the outside of the shank , ring size R, total gross weight of the ring is approx 11.3 grams
18ct white gold Almandine/Pyrope Garnet and Diamond ringThe ring is set with an oval brilliant cut Almandine/Pyrope Garnet that measures approx. 16mm x 13mm with two rows of melee round brilliant cut diamonds in a halo design, total of approx. sixty-six diamonds in total, ring is stamped "750" for 18ct gold, ring size R 1/2, total gross weight approx. 11.3 grams
Abel Grimmer (Flemish c. 1570-1618/19)Landscape with peasants near a lakeside castleOil on canvas31.2 x 43.9cm; 12¼ x 17¼inProvenance:Galerie Arthur de Heuvel Gallery, Brussels, 1930;Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, 1934;Galerie Arthur de Heuvel, Brussels, where purchased by the previous private collector, 1935;By family descent to the present ownerExhibited:Amsterdam, Pieter de Boer, Helsche en Fluweelen Brueghel, February-March 1934, no.120Literature:R. de Bertier de Sauvigny, Jacob et Abel Grimmer (Belgium 1991), p.288, no.8This fine example of Abel Grimmer’s work is typical of his small scale landscapes populated with charming vignettes of rural life. Many of these works formed series, such as the Four Seasons, or the Twelve Months. Reine de Bertier de Sauvigny writes that our work was probably a pair with a depiction of Winter (op.cit. p.289, no.11). Grimmer’s work demonstrates the influence his father Jacob, and that of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. However, Abel’s work is highly personal and distinctive, showing a stylisation of nature and architecture, combined with a perceptive and individualised rendering of rural life.
Studio of Richard WilsonThe White MonkOil on canvas43.5 x 59cm; 17 x 23¼inProvenance:Col. Maurice Harold Grant (1872-1962);Mrs R. Stone;Christie's, London, 22 June 1979, lot 454;Property of a Deceased Estate, by whom sold Phillips, 13 April 1999, lot 94, where purchased by the present private collector (as Richard Wilson)
Attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA, FRS (1769-1830) and LaterPortrait of Elizabeth Knight (née Spelman) (1762-1800), half-length, wearing a fur-lined red dress, seated in an interiorOil on canvas91.3 x 71cm; 36 x 28inProvenance:By family descent from the sitter to Philippa Baumgartner (née Knight);By family descent to John Percy Baumgartner (1812-1903);By family descent to R. B. Beart;By family descent to Mrs P. V. Pigot, Northwich (by 1951);Private CollectionLiterature:Probably Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence (London, 1954), p.45 (as unfinished and with incorrect size);Probably Kenneth Garlick, "A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence" in The Walpole Society, vol. 39, 1964, p.117 (as unfinished and with incorrect size)Elizabeth Spelman was the wife of Samuel Knight of Milton House, Cambridge. She died suddenly on 17th June 1800 “after a few hours illness only” (Milton Church, Cambridge). Knight was one of Thomas Lawrence's earliest patrons. In 1777, when Lawrence was only eight years old, he drew a miniature of Knight's neighbour Charles Pepys, and the drawing remains in the Knight family collection (see Garlick, 1964, p.240). Garlick records that Lawrence's portrait of Elizabeth was unfinished, and the present work was clearly completed by a later hand.
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