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Lot 18
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A collection of fifty-eight actual cloth samples and 154 needlework patterns, pub. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1809-28, b & w engravings with colour printed cloth swatches attached, together with uncoloured needlework and muslin pattern samples, sheet size approx. 240 x 140mm, contained in modern cloth gilt purpose made book-box with morocco labels to spine (212)
Lot 19
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A mixed collection of approx. 200 prints and engravings, early 19th century, engravings charts and aquatint engravings, many with original hand colouring, some folding, including coaches carriages and sledges, bank notes, meteorlogical diagrams, music, bridges and portraits, occ. duplicates, each approx. 240 x 140mm (approx.200)
Lot 20
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A mixed collection of approx. eighty engravings, early 19th century, engravings, lithographs and aquatints, many with original hand colouring, including portraits, marine, British and foreign topography and three copies of a ‘Pedestrian Hobby Horse’, some duplicates, each approx. 240 x 140mm, various condition (approx.80)
Lot 23
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A near complete set of 166 fashion plates (of 169), pub. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, (1st series), 1809-15, fine hand-col. etched plates, some occ. light offsetting, each approx. 240 x 140mm. Lacking two plates for April 1812 and one plate for December 1812. (166)
Lot 24
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A near complete set of 160 fashion plates (of 168), pub. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, (2nd series), 1816-22, fine hand-col. etched plates, some occ. light offsetting, each approx. 240 x 140mm. Lacks Jan 1822 (2 plates), Feb 1822 (2 plates), Mar 1822 (2 plates), May 1822 (1 plate) and June 1822 (1 plate). (160) £500-800
Lot 25
Ackermann (R., publisher). A near complete set of 132 fashion plates (of 144), pub. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, (3rd series), 1823-28, fine hand-col. eng. plates, some occ. light offsetting, each approx. 240 x 140mm. Lacking April 1827 (1 plt.), Jan 1828 (2 plts.), July 1828 (2 plts.), Aug 1828 (1 plt.), Sept 1828 (2 plts.), Oct 1828 (1 plt.), Nov 1828 (2 plts.), Dec 1828 (2 plts.). (132).VAT will be payable on the buyer`s premium.
Lot 88
* Earlom (Richard, 1743-1822). Una, from Spencer’s Fairy Queen Book 1st, Canto 3, Verses 4 & 5, pub. J. Boydell, August 10th 1772, uncoloured mezzotint on laid paper, after Benjamin West, a good impression, a few minor spots of surface wear, margins trimmed, plate size 470 x 580, together with a proof before letters of the same work, a good dark impression, with thread margins, some minor marks to edges, plus Agrippina Lands at Brundusium with the Ashes of Germanicus, pub John Boydell, July 1st 1776, uncoloured mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Benjamin West, some minor surface marks, thread margins, plate size 545 x 710mm, and another issue of the same work, with printed text in English and French to lower margin, trimmed to image, plus Smith (John Raphael, 1752-1812). Chryses, Priest of Apollo, invoking his God to revenge the injuries done him by Agamemnon, pub. J. R. Smith, March 1st 1774, uncoloured mezzotint after Benjamin West, with margins, one or two small minor surface marks, some soiling to blank margins, plate size 505 x 355mm, with a re-issue of the same work, dated 1782 (6)
Lot 100
* Green (Valentine, 1739-1813). Fidelia and Spiranza, pub. John Boydell, November 9th 1778, uncoloured mezzotint by Valentine Green after Benjamin West, the published state on laid paper, thread margins, 610 x 345mm, together with a scratch letter proof, and a proof before letters of the same work, plus Hannibal, & Regulus, pub. J. Boydell, November 1st 1773, a pair of colour mezzotints, by Valentine Green after Benjamin West, both trimmed to image, some surface wear and closed tear repaired to the second work, each laid down on thick paper with ruled wash border, 625 x 875mm, together with two uncoloured mezzotints of Regulus, plus The Descent from the Cross, pub. V. & R. Green, January 1st 1790, uncoloured mezzotint by Valentine Green after Peter Paul Rubens, some creasing and soiling to margins, plate size 915 x 610mm, and one other mezzotint by Valentine Green after Benjamin West, showing a wounded heroic figure by his tent, surrounded by followers (9)
Lot 101
* Green (Valentine, 1739-1813). The Cave of Despair from Spenser, pub. John Boydell, June 1st. 1775, mezzotint on laid after B.West, right hand margin partially restored, 445 x 530mm, with another copy of the same image, together with Poetus and Aria, 1781, mezzotint after B.West, trimmed to image and laid on later paper, 655 x 405mm, with another copy of the same image but a later state printed in colours, trimmed at lower margin with loss of dedication line, with Daniel Interpreting to Belshazzer the Writing on the Wall, pub. J.Boydell, 1775, mezzotint after B.West, trimmed to image and laid on later card, early state with inscription space uncleaned, some creasing to inscription space, 500 x 665mm, with Antiope Sleeping, Surprised by Jupiter in the form of a Satyr, pub. V & R Green Jan. 2nd. 1792, mezzotint on laid after Anthony Vandyke, good margins, 610 x 510mm, with two others similar (6)
Lot 110
* Green (Valentine). The Wise and Foolish Virgins, Pub. V & R Green Jan. 1st. 1795, mezzotint on wove after G.Schalcken, good margins, old fold in upper right corner, 550 x 610mm, together with another example of the same image, but a later state, with Watson (James), A Sacrifice to Hymen, pub. March 1st. 1784, mezzotint on wove after Sir Joshua Reynolds, trimmed to plate mark, 510 x 610mm, fifth and final state, With Murphy (John), Joseph’s Bloody Garment Brought to his Father, pub. John Boydell Jan. 1st. 1782, mezzotint on laid after Guerchino, good dark impression, good margins, 535 x 615mm, mounted, with one other similar (5)
Lot 112
* Hodges (Charles Howard, 1764-1837). Bacchanal, pub. John & Josiah Boydell, August 1st 1789, uncoloured mezzotint on laid paper, by C. H. Hodges after Rubens, a good impression, with margins (except lower margin trimmed to plate mark), 480 x 605mm, together with Murphy (John), , Hiram King of Tyre, sends presents to King Solomon, pub. John & Josiah Boydell, March 1st 1790, fine uncoloured mezzotint on laid by John Murphy after Eeckhout, with margins, plate size 480 x 605mm, plus Smith (John Raphael, 1752-1812), Belisane & Parcival under the Enchantment of Urma, pub. J. R. Smith, August 25, 1782, uncoloured mezzotint after Henry Fuseli, a somewhat weak impression, with margins, plate size 455 x 560mm, and Blackmore (Thomas, c. 1740-c. 1780), Sigismonda, uncoloured mezzotint by Thomas Blackmore after Richard Cosway, on laid paper, a rich dark impression (only state), inlaid to later paper margins, and horizontally folded for album use, 380 x 280mm, plus four other late 18th-century uncoloured mezzotints after Old Masters, including Vernet, Van Huysum, etc. (8)
Lot 113
* Houston (Richard 1721-1775). Haman Condemnation, pub. John Boydell, August 24 1775, uncoloured mezzotint by Richard Houston after Rembrandt, a fine impression of the published state, with margins, some minor foxing, plate size 505 x 355mm, mounted, together with Hodges (Charles Howard, 1764-1837), The Shipbuilder, uncoloured mezzotint, proof before letters, a fine dark impression on laid, with margins, a few marks, one or two short closed marginal tears (one closed tear to upper left, repaired to verso), plate size 440 x 560mm, plus Houston (Richard, 1721-1775), The Syndics, pub. R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 20th January 1775, uncoloured mezzotint by Richard Houston after Rembrandt, trimmed within plate mark, 452 x 515mm, and, Ward (James, 1769-1859), The Centurion Cornelius, pub. Messrs. Wards & Co., April 10, 1800, uncoloured mezzotint on wove, by James Ward after Rembrandt, a good impression, margin partially torn to plate mark on right hand side, 580 x 650mm (4)
Lot 208
* Ward (William A.R.A 1766-1826). A Visit to the Child at Nurse, & A Visit to the Boarding School, pub. J. R. Smith, August 20th 1788/December 28, 1789, a pair of fine mezzotints on wove, after George Morland, printed in colours, with margins (except trimmed to plate mark along lower edge), sheet size 470 x 585mm, and similar (2) £200-300
Lot 219
* Bowyer (R., publisher). ‘Grand Entry of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic, 10th October 1813’ [and] ‘Precipitate Flight of the French through Leipsic Pursued by the Allied Armies, 10th October 1813’, pub. R.Bowyer, 1815, pair of Napoleonic aquatints with original hand colouring, both with old vertical fold, good margins, each approx. 285 x 520mm, mounted, framed and glazed (2)
Lot 244
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A near-complete collection of 145 views of country seats, 1823-28, 145 (of 148) fine aquatint engravings with original hand colouring, each approx. 135 x 195mm, contained in modern cloth gilt purpose built book-box with morocco labels to spineLacks Luscombe, Endsleigh and Asheridge House. (145)
Lot 247
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A miscellaneous collection of approx. 105 plates of European, Indian & Chinese views & subjects etc., pub. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1810-1822, fine aquatint and etched plts. with orig. hand colouring, includes seven plate series illustrating the Chinese tea trade (5 copies, including a plate of trained monkeys gathering tea), includes continental views of Wetzlar, Vienna, Dresden etc., some occ. light offsetting, each approx. 240 x 140mm (approx. 105)
Lot 86
1955 County Cricket Team Autographs: comprising large signed album pages to incl Nottingham (12) to incl R T Simpson, Giles; Derbyshire (11) to incl D B Carr, Hamer, Kelly etc; Leicester (12) to incl Jackson, Smithson etc. and Northamptonshire (11) to incl Subba Row, Broderick, F H Tyson, in all (46)
Lot 129A
Half size signed cricket bat Australia tour of England 1985: Australia team, A R Border, A M J Hilditch, M J Bennett, D C Boon , D R Gilbert, R G Holland, G F Lawson , C M C Dermott, G R J Matthews, S P O Donnel , R B Phillips, W E Phillips, G M Ritchie, J R Thomson , D M Wellham, K C Wessels, G M Wood, made by Leisure Pro, the complete Australian squad
Lot 205
Cricket Postcard 1912: Australia cricket team to England, R B Minnett, C Kelleway, E R Hume, S H Emery, D Smith, J Whitty, H Webster, G R Hazlitt, W Bardsley, J W McLaren, T J Matthews, S E Gregory, C B Jennings, C G Macartney, W Carkeek, published by Sales and Sons condition down and also the Bolland version. (2)
Lot 924
1940/60s Queen`s Park Football Programmes (H): to incl v Stirling Albion 1948/9, v Forfar Athletic 1950/1, v Alloa Athletic, v Airdrieonians & v St. Mirren 1956/7 (x2) plus 8 others including 50th Anniversary of Hampden Park QPR v Ayr 1953 signed by 21 players mainly QPR to incl A Bell, R L Cromar, W M Hastie, W Black, M Murray, R Dalziel, W Omand, N T Dewar et al, Eintracht v Rangers 1961. Some team changes otherwise (F) (14).
Lot 35
Martin (R. Montgomery). The Indian Empire: Its History, Topography, Government, Finance, Commerce, and Staple Products, with a Full Account of the Mutiny of the Native Troops..., 3 vols., n.d., c.1860, eng. frontis. & addn. eng. title to each vol., two double-page eng. maps (hand-col. in outline), 118 eng. plts., dampstaining to top corner of plts. (vol. 2 only) , contemp. morocco gilt, dampstaining to rear cover of vol. 2, some rubbing, 4to. (3)
Lot 54
Birmingham. Wrightson’s Triennial Directory of Birmingham, Including an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants of the Town, a Complete Classification of Trades, a New Arrangement of Mails, Coaches, and Carriers, Under the Places to which they go ..., pub. R. Wrightson, Birmingham, 1823, numerous eng. trade advertisements (inc. some folding), orig. printed boards with sheep spine, rubbed and upper joint partly craked, 8vo in 4s, together with Wrightson’s Annual Directory of Birmingham, Including an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants of the Town; a Complete Classification of the Trades; a New Arrangement of Mails, Coaches, and Carriers ..., Birmingham, printed and published by R. Wrightson, 1829-30, numerous mostly eng. trade advertisements, including some folding, some soiling to margins, contents partly broken and det. from orig. cloth-backed printed boards, soiled and some wear, 8vo. (2)
Lot 92
Oxford. A Collection of the Hand-bills, Addresses, Songs, and other Publications, which have been Circulated Relative to the Election of Members to Represent the City of Oxford in the Ensuing Parliament. Candidates Francis Burton... Henry Peters... John Ingram Lockhart... John Atkyns Wright, 2 parts in one, Oxford: R Salter & J. Munday, 1802-03, occ. minor scattered spotting, contemp. calf gilt, joints cracked, 8vo. Scarce. Only two UK copies located. (1)
Lot 265
* Posters. Shell Guides to Dorset, Cardiganshire, Derbyshire, Sussex, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Cornwall, Surrey, Kent, Pembrokeshire, Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Westmorland, Warwickshire, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, & Somerset, c. 1955-60, colour reproduction poster, printed by Henry Stone & Son, with original designs by John Nash, Keith Grant, S. R. Badmin, David Gentleman, Richard Eurich, Rowland Hilder, Kenneth Rowntree, Keith Shackleton, John Aldridge, Walter Hoyle, Claude Harrison, together with six Shell Nature Studies posters, similar, each with orig. design by Tristram Hillier, with crimped metal edge to top and bottom of each, 750 x 505mm (26)
Lot 278
* George III (King of England, 1730-1820). A group of thirteen initialled military memoranda, 1805-07, all concerning appointments, all but one inscribed “approved GR”, one additionally signed “George R” at head, the remaining document signed and initialled but without the word “approved”, all one page (except one document 2 pp.), folio/4to with integral docketed blank, some sl. soiling and browning and one or two small tears, together with an initialled memorandum from King George IV dated 17th July 1823, concerning the relief of Corps in the East Indies, one page with integral docketed blank, sl. soiled, folio, plus a signed memorandum from Queen Victoria, Horseguards, 3rd December 1841, one page with integral docketed blank, some browning and wear to folds, large folio, plus a copy of a King George III memorandum and seven contemp. copies of letters from Prince Frederick as head of the Army, c. 1800-03, some sl. soiling and marginal tears, 4to/folio (23)
Lot 296
* Scrap Album. A late Victorian scrap album containing numerous chromo. printed greetings cards, scraps, etc., twenty-seven leaves in total, orig. pictorial boards, worn with backstrip def. and contents partly loose, folio, together with a large collection of miscellaneous ephemera, including early 20th c. photographs of scenery and mining in South Africa, including Stellenbosch, a document signed by Leon Blum (1872-1950), the French Socialist Prime Minister, a map of the Orange River Colony, c. 1900, contained in original card case, autograph letter addressed to Mrs Edward R. Rogers, St. Thomas, Upper Canada, British North America, dated 1850, a partial autograph letter by Lieut. Roderick Adam to his mother dated July 1799, some early to mid 20th century original illustrations, magazines, including Elvis interest, sporting programmes, including the Oxford & Cambridge University Boat Race, late 1940s/early 1950s, etc. (2 cartons)
Lot 306
* Charles I (King of England, 1600-49). Printed letter patent signed “Charles R”, Oxford, 14th February 1643, printed document with woodcut initial and manuscript insertion “fforty pounds”, the letter pointing out that the recipient [in this case John Prideaux of Cornwall] has an allegiance to the King and is required to provide military service if asked to do so, but that this is not required at present but instead a sum of money or its equivalent in plate [gold or silver] to the amount of forty pounds was to be paid and which the King promises to repay, the money raised being used to maintain an Army to oppose the Scots, signed at head by the King and at foot by Edward Littleton and Samuel Eure, 2 pp. with integral blank, the latter with wafer seal and address panel, manuscript receipt for the sum of forty pounds dated 30th April 1644 to first leaf verso, a little spotting and soiling, the second leaf with seal tear to upper margin and adhesion remains to centre fold, neither affecting text, folio (31 x 19cm, folded) John Prideaux is probably John Prideaux of Prideaux Place, who married Anne, daughter of Roger Mallock of Cockington, Devon. (1)
Lot 311
City of London - Court of Common Council. A true Copie of the Master-Piece of all those Petitions which have formerly beene presented by the Major, Aldermen, and the rest of the Common Counsell of the Citie of London. Being two petitions... presented... 25 of this instant January 1642, to the Honourable Assembly of both Houses..., printed at London by R. Olton and G. Dexter for J.B., An. Dom. 1641 [i.e. 1642], pp.[2],1-3,[1],4-5,5-8, full-page woodcut armorial and woodcut illust., disbound 4to. The petition is concerned with the means of suppressing the rebellion in Ireland, and the disarming of papists etc. Imprint year given according to Lady Day dating. Wing T2650. (1)
Lot 332
Ackermann (R., publisher). The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics, vols. XI & XII bound in one, 1814, calligraphic title pages with dec. allegorical vignette, sixty-nine engraved and aquatinted plates (including 4 folding), many with bright original hand colouring, a few leaves detached, hinges weak, contemp. calf gilt, spine and text block with vertical split with resulting near separation. The prints include twenty-four fashion, thirteen topographical views and eleven furniture. Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (1)
Lot 333
Ackermann (R., publisher). Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c. New Series, vol. 2, July - Dec., 1816, wood engraved dec. title page (in negative), thirty-six engraved and aquatint plates, many with orig. hand colouring, occ. off-setting, text block and spine split, occ. leaves detached, contemp. diced calf gilt, partially lacking spine, 8vo. Includes twelve fashion plates, eleven topographical and garden views and six furniture. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (1)
Lot 334
Ackermann (R., publisher). The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics, vol. XI, January - June 1814, calligraphic title page with engraved allegorical vignette, thirty-six engraved and aquatinted plates, many with original hand colouring, several leaves detached, contemp. calf gilt, boards detached, rubbed and worn, 8vo. Including twelve fashion plates, five of furniture and seven topographical views. Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (1)
Lot 335
Ackermann (R., publisher). Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c. New Series, vol. IV, July - December 1817, dec. eng. title page (in negative), thirty-two engraved and aquatint plates, many with original hand colouring, several leaves detached, contents loose and shaken, contemp. calf, boards detached, lacking spine, rubbed and worn, 8vo. ,Includes ten fashion plates, six on gardens and four caricatures after Rowlandson. Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (1)
Lot 340
Bates (William). The Favourite Songs Sung at Vaux-Hall Gardens &c Composed by William Bates, 1768, 1st ed., pub. J. Longman, [1768], 13pp. of eng. music including eng. title with red ink ownership name stamp for Benjamin Willett, some marks, dampstaining and dust-soiling, strengthened to inner margins, 20th c. half cloth, slim folio, together with Dryden (John), Alexander’s Feast, or, The Power of Musick. Written by Mr. Dryden. To which is added, The Coronation Anthems. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden Set to Musick by Mr. Handel, London: printed for J. and R. Tonson, [1765?], pp.[2],7-18, libretto only, 20th c. wrappers, slim 4to. (2)
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Lot 348
[Bramston, James]. The Man of Taste. Occasion”d by an Epistle of Mr. Pope’s on that Subject, 1733, engraved frontispiece to verso of half title, 19pp., scattered spotting, later calf-backed boards, spine rubbed, folio, together with The Art of Preaching: In Imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry, Printed for R. Dodsley, [1738], 18pp., woodcut vignette to title, occasional light soiling, disbound, folio, plus Advice to a Lady, Printed for Lawton Gilliver, 1733, 8pp., woodcut headpiece and initial, a few light spots, recent buckram-backed boards, folio, with four others: The Temple of Fame. A Poem, 1709 (two copies) and The Art of Politicks, in Imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry, 1729 (two copies) (7)
Lot 446
Grove (William R.). On a Small Voltaic Battery of Great Energy, contained as pp. 287-93 in The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, vol. 15, no. 96, October 1839, a little browning, recent wrappers, together with On a gaseous Voltaic battery, contained as pp. 417-20 in no. 140 of the same journal, December 1842, uncut and largely unopened, orig. printed wrappers, small loss to head and foot of spine, both 8vo, plus On a gas Voltaic battery - experiments made with a view of ascertaining the rationale of its action and its application to Eudiometry, contained as pp. 91-112 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the year 1843, part 2, eng. plts. at rear of vol. (all somewhat browned at margins), uncut and largely unopened, orig. printed wrappers, 4to, plus a later related paper by Mond and Langer (1889), plus offprints and extracts, etc. by Oliver Heaviside, Oliver Lodge (including brief autograph letter signed) and telegraphy interest (38)
Lot 451
Koch (Charles R. E., ed.). History of Dental Surgery, Contributions by Various Authors, 3 vols., 1st ed., Chicago, 1909, colour and b&w plts. and illusts., small ink lib. stamp to title of each vol., a.e.g., orig. half morocco over marbled boards, heavily rubbed and some wear, upper joint to vol. 1 cracked and vol. 3 rebacked with orig. spine relaid, 4to, together with Weinberger (Bernhard Wolf), Orthodontics, An Historical Review of Its Origin and Evolution, 2 vols., 1st ed., St. Louis, 1926, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, (G & M 3699), plus Faulconer (Albert & Keys, Thomas E.), Foundations of Anesthesiology, 2 vols., 1st ed., Springfield, Illinois, 1965, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s., a little browned on spines, (G & M 2702.2), plus Bruwer (Andre J., ed.), Classic Descriptions in Diagnostic Roentgenology, 2 vols., 1st ed., Springfield, Illinois, 1964, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s, (G & M 2702.2), all large 8vo, plus others on the history of anaesthesia, radiology (including two early x-ray photographs, 1905) and dental history (27)
Lot 459
Moorat (S.A.J.). Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 3 vols., 1st eds., 1962-73, col. frontis. to vol. 1, ex-lib. with a few ink stamp and pencil marks, orig. cloth gilt with gilt lib. stamp to upper covers and small sticky labels to spines, together with Symons (H.J.M. & Denham, H.R.), A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, vols. 1 (Books Printed before 1641) & 2-4, (1641-1850, A-R), 1962-95, first vol. with sl. damp staining to foremargin and with lib. ink stamps and labels, all orig. cloth gilt, lib. marks to spine and label remains to upper cover of vol. 1, vols. 1 & 4 sl. rubbed, all 4to. (7)
Lot 478
Spencer (Herbert R.). The History of British Midwifery from 1650 to 1800, The Fitz-Patrick Lectures for 1927, 1st ed., 1927, b&w plts., some pencil marginalia and marks, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. frayed at extrems., 8vo, (G & M 6299), together with Ricci (James V.), One Hundred Years of Gynaecology 1800-1900, 1st ed., Philadelphia, 1945, a little finger soiling, orig. cloth gilt, sl. wear to extrems., large 8vo, (G & M 6309), plus The Development of Gynaecological Surgery and Instruments ..., 1st ed., Philadelphia & Toronto, 1949, b&w and some colour illusts., orig. cloth gilt, somewhat rubbed and soiled and with evidence of circulating library label removal, large 8vo, (G & M 6310), plus other history of obstetrics and gynaecology interest (26)
Lot 479
Spielmann (M.H.). The Iconography of Andreas Vesalius, Anatomist and Physician 1514-1564, 1st ed., 1925, b&w plts., folding plate from an original woodblock in pocket at front, orig. cloth gilt, together with Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph), Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, etc., vols. 1 & 2 (of 4), [1838], thirty-five eng. port. plts., some spotting, t.e.g., orig. qtr. morocco gilt, rubbed and sl. frayed at head and foot of joints, (G & M 6711), all 4to, plus Johnson (John Noble), The Life of Thomas Linacre, Doctor of Medicine, Physician to King Henry the VIII ..., edited Robert Graves, 1835, some spotting, uncut and largely unopened, eng. armorial bookplate of Albert R. Graves to front pastedown, with manuscript library shelf numbers written on, orig. boards with printed paper label to spine, cracked on joints and some loss to head of spine, plus Cushing (Harvey), The Life of Sir William Osler, 2 vols., 4th/3rd imp., OUP, 1926-25, portrait frontis. to each, b&w plts., bookplates to front endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, all 8vo, plus other biographies of physicians and medical portraits interest (36)
Lot 485
Thomson (J.J.). The Discharge of Electricity Through Gases, 1st ed., pub. Constable, 1898, illustrations, a few light spots, original cloth, slight lean and edge wear, 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed in pencil to fep: ÒTo R. Threfall from J.J. ThomsonÓ. Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) was a British physicist, credited with the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906. (1)
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