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Lot 107
Abraham Blooteling for Bidloo's Anatomia - A collection of four Abraham Blooteling (1640-1690) 17th / 18th century antique copper plate lithograph engravings / printed medical scientific and anatomical teaching aids / depictions. All relating to the male and female abdomen and stomach areas. Rare. 52cm x 36cm.
Lot 2
Bisto - A rare ORIGINAL vintage 1920's point of sale shop advertising porcelain enamel sign made by Garnier of London.The pictorial sign showing the iconic Bisto Kids in the famous pose sniffing Bisto outside a hotel with notation reading " Old Songs Revived ' There Is A Tavern In The Town ' Where Bisto Gravy's Rich And Brown ". Measures; 28cm x 18cm.
Lot 305
Abraham Blooteling for Bidloo's Anatomia - A collection of four Abraham Blooteling (1640-1690) 17th / 18th century antique copper plate lithograph engravings / printed medical scientific and anatomical teaching aids / depictions. All relating to the head / skull / jaw area. Rare. 52cm x 36cm.
Lot 38
Robert Heal - Staples - Ladderax - A rare set of six 1970's tan leather and metal dining chairs including two carvers. Each chair raised on solid cast metal frames with strapped tan leather hide seats beneath railed ebonised metal back rests. The carver chair having shaped teak show wood elbow supports. Measures 82cms high x 45cm wide x 56cms deep.
Lot 399
Abraham Blooteling for Bidloo's Anatomia - A collection of four Abraham Blooteling (1640-1690) 17th / 18th century antique copper plate lithograph engravings / printed medical scientific and anatomical teaching aids / depictions. All relating to the female abdomen / childbirth / babies. Rare. 52cm x 36cm.
Lot 430
Charles And Ray Eames - Model 684 - Aluminium Group - A rare pair of vintage 1950's reclining armchairs / lounge chairs. Slung ribbed faux leather seats, with plastic coated arms. Chromed base, with tilt mechanism (faulty on one chair). In black. Believed to be a prototype / early short limited release chairs. Rare.
Lot 8
Lucian Ercolani - Ercol - Windsor - Model 479 - A rare mid-century retro vintage blonde beech and elm desk / hall table / side table. The desk having a single drawer unit with the protruding iconic oval knob handles all raised on square tapering angled legs with ' H ' stretcher. Measures; 74cm x 69cm x 47cm.
Lot 110
Corneille (Pierre, translator).- Kempis (Thomas à) L'Imitation de Iesus Christ, engraved pictorial title, printed title with woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, privilege f. at end, preliminaries browned, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, ink stain to lower cover, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, housed in a dark blue crushed morocco box by Rivière & Son, 12mo, Rouen, Laurens Maurry, 1651.⁂ The rare first edition of this translation of the first 20 chapters of The Imitation of Christ by the renowned 17th century French dramatist.
Lot 120
Erotica.- Batacchi (Domenico Luigi) Opere Complete. Volume Unico, 36 engraved plates by Dorvin, Dancourt, Curvin, Darcour, and others, some spotting or light foxing, upper hinge cracked, contemporary half vellum, stained and rubbed, large 8vo, Paris, 1830.⁂ The rare first illustrated edition of the works of this Italian poet, with the majority of the engravings of an erotic nature. The only other copy of this work we can trace at auction was in the Bibliothèque Érotique Gérard Nordmann, Christie's, Paris, 14th December, 2006, lot 58, which made 4,560 euros.
Lot 141
Chess.- Zuylen van Nyevelt (Philip Julius van) La Supériorité aux Echecs mise à la portée de tout le monde, et particulièrement des dames qui aiment cet amusement , 8 folding engraved plates, 2 engraved folding plates of chess pieces, one printed in green, the other in red, binder's f., errata f., some spotting or light foxing, original wrappers, spine worn, but holding firm, stained, housed in a modern red morocco drop-back box, [cf. LN551], 8vo, Kampen, J.A. de Chalmot, 1792.⁂ Rare. This probably a second impression with considerably more content. Some copies have a plate of a chessboard.
Lot 17
Stockwood (John) Disputatiuncularum grammaticalium libellus, fourth edition, woodcut head-pieces, initials and fine full-page illustration of picking apples on verso of colophon, with the two final blanks, contemporary ink inscriptions at end, a few ink squiggles to text, title a little soiled, slight worming to inner margin with occasional loss of letters, cropped shaving a few side-notes, contemporary calf, new morocco label, rubbed, small hole to spine, upper cover repaired at lower edge, [STC 23279], 8vo, [T.Dawson] for John Battersby, 1619.⁂ Rare Latin grammar first published in 1598. All editions are scarce with only 4 examples recorded as having appeared at auction, none of this date, most defective and the most recent in 1981. ESTC records 7 copies, all in the UK: BL, Cambridge (2 copies), Oxford (3 copies), Wells Cathedral.
Lot 190
Thompson (Henry) The soules alarum-bell. Wherein the sicke soule (through the horror of conscience) being awakened from security by the sight of sinne, hath recourse to God by meditation and prayer, 2 parts in 1, second part with woodcut pictorial title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking first title, A2, K1, L1, and N10, R9 torn at foot, with loss of text, a few holes, stained, modern calf, [STC 24024], 12mo, [printed by Iohn Beale], 1618.sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare. ESTC lists only 3 copies (BL, Dulwich and Sion College).
Lot 192
Dury (John) The reformed librarie-keeper with a supplement to the reformed-school, as subordinate to colleges in universities, 4 parts in 1, title of 'Reformed Librarie-Keeper' with woodcut printer's device, woodcut typographic head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, B5 printing flaw at foot, water-stained, later mottled wrappers, [Wing D2882], 12mo, printed by William Du-Gard, and are to bee sold by Rob. Littleberrie at the sign of the Unicorn in Little Britain, 1650.⁂ A rare copy of this early and important work on the central role played by libraries and librarians in the advancement of learning. Dury believed that librarians should not just be seen as custodians of books, but rather that they should make their collections accessible. He suggests that producing a good catalogue of collections is an essential starting point to this, which can then be used in meetings with heads of university faculties to make them aware of the printed and manuscript sources available to them. Their study of holdings, and especially new acquisitions would naturally benefit the learning of their students in the longer term. During the Commonwealth Dury was the deputy-keeper of what was formerly the King's Library at St. James' Palace. After Charles I fled from London, the library fell into a state of disarray and Dury is credited with the careful reorganisation of the books and manuscripts. Includes 'Bibliotheca Augusta', by Johann Schwartzkopf and 'An idea of mathematicks' by John Pell addressed to Samuel Hartlib.
Lot 200
Pantomime.- Dance.- Thurwood (John) Harlequin Doctor Faustus: with The masque of the deities. Compos'd by John Thurmond, dancing-master. With additions and alterations, first edition, half-title, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, modern dark brown half morocco, spine gilt, [Fletcher, Forty rare books relating to the Art of Dance, 25], 8vo, Printed for W. Chetwood, 1724.⁂ The rare detailed synopsis of the most famous of Thurwood's pantomime's for Drury Lane. It gives details of the stage effects ('Thunder and lightning....Mephostophilus flies down upon a Dragon vomiting fire') and the series of dances performed.
Lot 213
Erotica.- Joys of Hymen (The), or, the Conjugal Directory: A Poem, in Three Books, first edition, errata at end of Preface crossed through in ink & marked "corrigenda" in manuscript and with all listed corrected in text, small later ink signature "W.S.Ogden 1882" in ink to verso of title, a little spotting, stab-holes, small tear to inner margin of title, A2 partly detached, D1 & 2 torn and repaired affecting some text, modern half calf, spine and corners rubbed, 8vo, for D.Davis, 1768.⁂ Rare adaptation of the first three books of Quillet's Callipaedia, with only one UK printed copy (BL) listed by ESTC and 4 in America (Indiana University, McMaster University and University of Cincinnati). COPAC also lists printed copies held by Leicester University and the National Library of Scotland.
Lot 214
On thick paper.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Deserted Village, a Poem, half-title, title with fine engraved vignette, offsetting on to verso of half-title, ruby crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, burgundy crushed morocco slip-case, [Rothschild 1032], a handsome copy, 4to, Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine-street. Strand, 1770.⁂ The H. Bradley Martin copy of the rare thick paper issue of the first edition of this poem.
Lot 217
Hieroglyphics.- D-N (The Hon. Capt.) The hieroglyphical letter-writer; or, Allegorical mode of communicating thoughts. Being a collection of genuine letters which passed between the Hon. Capt. D-N, and Lady B-T, lacking title and pp.5-10 and pp.55-56 (5 ff.), all provided in facsimile, the original ff. soiled, and with some fraying, modern cloth, 8vo, Printed for M. Smith; and sold at No. 46, in Fleet-Street; likewise by all the booksellers at Bath and Bristol, where the parties are well known, 1787; sold not subject to return⁂ Rare. ESTC lists only 6 copies (3 UK and 3 US). The only auction record we can trace is from 1978, and likely this copy, later restored.
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Lot 219
Broadside.- [Lee (Richard)] Proclamation. Equality Liberty Fraternity, broadside, double column, woodcut 'Tree of Liberty' printer's device at head, woodcut motifs, including a broken crowns above imprint, folds, a few small stains, light creasing, [Richard Lee] at the Tree of Liberty, [?1795].⁂ Exceedingly rare. ESTC records only one copy (BL). Richard Citizen Lee (c.1774-97), English dissenting poet, and radical printer for the London Corresponding Society, who had, according to government intelligence, previously worked for the radical author Daniel Eaton. His British 'Tree of Liberty' imprint, the name taken one would imagine from the Elm in Boston where American Revolutionists gathered, produced violently radical pamphlets and broadsides from 1794-1795. Indeed, the imprint advertises no fewer than 16 'Patriotic Publications', ranging in price from one penny to 1s.Lee was convicted of publishing 'seditious pamphlets', but escaped from prison in London and fled to America. Soon after he reappeared in radical print culture in Philadelphia, as editor of the pro-French American Universal Magazine. It is not difficult to see why Lee's radical profile was too evident for British authorities not to act. The present broadside, which implores readers to 'Unite! Persevere! and be Free!', attacks established religion, the monarchy, the government and the economic order as 'Terror, Slavery and Oppression' explicitly references the motto of the French revolutionary, and, as a sub-heading, Paine's 'RIGHTS OF MAN'. He also rails against war and imperialism and the slave trade.
Lot 222
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, vol.2 and 3 only (of 3), first edition, lacking half-titles, 2ff. advertisements to end of vol.3, vol.3 lacking F1, F12 trimmed closely at margin, touching page number, a few f. with marginal tears, not affecting text, soiling throughout, heavy in places, vol.1 with minor worming to margin, remains of circulating library notices to pastedowns, ink sketches and notes to endpapers, including the comment "This is a parseal of lies and the truth is not in it I never as hard such stuff [sic]", contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1818. ⁂ A sadly incomplete copy of this landmark romantic novel, arguably the first science fiction work in the English language. First editions of Frankenstein are rare in any condition.
Lot 249
Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de) The Little Prince, number 66 of 525 copies signed by the author, numerous plain and colour illustrations by the author, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, first state dust-jacket with publisher's address listed as "386 Fourth Avenue" on front flap, priced $2.00, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear to head of rear panel, light browning to panels, light chipping and creasing to head, rubbing to extremities, 4to, 1943.⁂ The rare signed limited edition of Saint-Exupéry's classic tale. Saint-Exupéry left the U.S. shortly after publication to serve in the French Free Air Force in North Africa and, just over a year later, he and his plane were lost over the Mediterranean. Signed copies are therefore rare, with this limited edition comprising the vast majority.
Lot 260
Belloc (Hillaire) Cautionary Tales for Children, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Mr and Mrs Meade. Their obedient servant, H.B. 29th of November 1907" to front free endpaper, illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, Michael Sadleir's copy with his bookplate to pastedown and neat pencil notes to endpapers, hinges tender, original pictorial boards, light discolouration to spine, some minor rubbing to spine tips but a remarkably sharp, near-fine copy otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [1907]; and a copy of New Cautionary Tales, 4to (2)⁂ Belloc's classic collection of humorous cautionary verse, rare signed, especially so such superb condition.
![[Bacon (Nathaniel)] A Relation of the Fearefull Estate of Francis Spira, in the yeare, 1548, lacking A1 (?blank), title with](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/095499c2-54c5-4dfc-952f-aa0200d64a2c/f9f753ce-3bc0-483a-bbc1-aa0600caf18a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 27
[Bacon (Nathaniel)] A Relation of the Fearefull Estate of Francis Spira, in the yeare, 1548, lacking A1 (?blank), title with typographical ornament, woodcut ornament and initial, first leaf of text torn and slightly defective at head with slight loss to contemporary ink inscription and head-line & first line, soiled and a little stained, slight worming affecting a few letters, contemporary sheep, worn and stained, spine defective, [STC 1177.5], 12mo, by I.L. for Phil. Stephens and Christoph. Meredith, 1638.⁂ Rare work by an Italian lawyer who, after quitting Romanism for Protestantism, reverted to his first creed, suffering in consequence agonies of remorse and coming to an unhappy end. First published in 1638 ESTC records three editions of this year, all scarce, but only one copy of this edition, in the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Lot 301
Gama Machado (José Joachim da) Théorie des Ressemblances, ou Essai Philsophique sur les Moyens de Déterminer les Dispositions Physiques et Morales des Animaux, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, signed and inscribed by the author "A Madame George Sand, Hommage tres respectieux de l'auteur, J.J. da Gama Machado 4.Nov.1854" on front free endpaper of vol.1-3, 53 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 6 folding or double-page, one plate 'Taureau d'Or' in vol.3 heightened with gold and decorations to collar, with duplicate of plate 'Similitudes de l'Origine' and accompanying letterpress explanatory leaf from vol.2 bound in vol.3, vol.3 also with 3 additional printed leaflets concerning the author and the work tipped in at beginning (one reprinting letter from the Patriarch of Lisbon), many plates with tissue guards, one or two with slight damage where guard has adhered to plate, some browning and staining particularly in vol.1, large folding plate in vol.3 torn and creased at edge, contemporary morocco, gilt, vol.1-3 elaborately blocked in gilt around central initials G.S. and with Sand's motto "Patience et Persévérance" at foot of spine, g.e., a little rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 1472, calling for only 20 plates], 4to (vol.4 slightly larger), Paris, 1831-36-44-58.⁂ Curious work on similarities between species in natural history, including the rare fourth volume published in 1858. The plates depict many birds, animals, insects, reptiles, botany and fruit but there are also two of conjoined twins and one of a séance.
Lot 303
Scopoli (Giovanni Antonio) Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae seu novae, 3 vol., first edition, 3 additional engraved architectural titles (vol.2 printed in blue, vol.3 with additional state printed in red and yellow), engraved title-vignettes and head-pieces of Pavia Botanical Garden, 74 engraved plates only (of 75, lacking plate XIX in vol.2) after Bordiga, Cairoli, Chiesa and Lanfranchi, with all but 2 plates with additional state printed in colours and finished by hand (lacking plates VI in vol.1 and XIX in vol.2), occasional foxing, mostly to text, plates generally clean, light water-stain to outer margin of final few leaves of vol.1, vol.1 & 3 handsome contemporary calf with Bourbon arms in gilt, blue marbled edges, vol.2 contemporary mottled calf, gilt, all with gilt borders and spines with morocco labels, a little rubbed and marked, a few scuffs, spine ends slightly worn, [Great Flower Books p.139; Nissen BBI 1822], folio, Pavia, Monastery San Salvatore, 1786-88.⁂ Scarce work on the fauna and flora of Pavia and the Lombardy region, with a very rare additional set of plates printed in colours. G.A.Scopoli (1723-88) was born in the Italian Tyrol and studied medicine and chemistry before becoming Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pavia in 1777, where he founded a botanical garden and chemistry laboratory. He was greatly interested in botany and zoology and corresponded with Linnaeus, whose system of nomenclature he adopted. Linnaeus named several plants and insects after him.The present copy lacks the colour state of 'Lotus Oligoceratos' in vol.1 and both colour and black & white states of 'Falco Rufus' in vol.2, but it does contain pp.103-114 in vol.2 which are sometimes missing having been destroyed "by war action". It is very rare to find the work with the plates in two states, only this copy has appeared at auction, most recently in the De Belder sale in 1987. In the British Library there is the Sir Thomas Bankes copy of which vol.1 only contains the plates in both states.
Lot 304
Shaw (George) Cimelia Physica. Figures of Rare and Curious Quadrupeds, Birds, &c. Together with Several of the Most Elegant Plants..., second edition, frontispiece and 59 plates engraved and hand-coloured by John Frederick Miller, a little soiling and faint even browning, some spotting, a few ff. nicks and very short closed tears to edges, some repaired, contemporary straight-grained green morocco, g.e., board margins ruled and tooled in blind, inner borders tooled in blind and gilt, staining, a few scuffs and scrapes, spine and extremities worn, loss at spine ends, fore corners and spine bands repaired, [Fine Bird Books p. 94; Nissen IVB 638; Stafleu and Cowan 6033; Wood p. 465; Zimmer p. 585], by T.Bensley, folio, 1796.⁂Without the plate list and taxonomy from the first edition found in some copies of the second.Provenance: Madelaine Jay (bookplate)
Lot 312
Gautier d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien) Observations sur l'Histoire Naturelle, sur la Physique et sur la Peinture, Parts 1-12 (of 18) bound in 4 vol. and Atlas, together 5 vol., first edition, main titles in red & black with woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, plate vol. with 40 magnificent mezzotint plates printed in colours, 2 folding, and 7 etched plates, 6 folding, some plates a little browned, a few with light water-stain to upper outer corner, mostly marginal but affecting corner of a few plates, one plate trimmed at fore-margin and reinforced, text with occasional browning, vol.3 with similar water-staining to upper margin and occasionally just affecting text, a few rust-spots, final two leaves of vol.1 trimmed at upper margin and reinforced, book-labels of Fort Hill and Lurley Manor on front pastedowns, handsome contemporary calf with decorative border in blind, spines gilt in compartments with tan & blue labels and six raised bands, red edges, Atlas with red paste-paper endpapers, a little rubbed, a few marks or scuffs, [Cohen-de Ricci p.427; Nissen ZBI 1487], 4to, Paris, Delaguette, 1752-54.⁂ Early scientific journal and the first periodical with plates printed in colours, of which complete sets are very rare. The colour plates include a surreal image of a foetus, three plates of hermaphrodites, a brightly-coloured tulip, dissected and intact tortoise, sloth & other animals, birds, fish, anatomical studies and a folding plate depicting the spectrum concerning Gautier's objection to Newton's colour theory.
![Stoves.- Benjamin Franklin.- [Durno (J.)] A description of a new-invented stove-grate, shewing its uses and advantages over a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/095499c2-54c5-4dfc-952f-aa0200d64a2c/f65c0511-e4b2-4c45-ab05-aa0600cb3a7a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 324
Stoves.- Benjamin Franklin.- [Durno (J.)] A description of a new-invented stove-grate, shewing its uses and advantages over all others, Both in point of expence, and every purpose of a chamber fire, first edition, margins of B3&4 neatly cut away, disbound, 8vo, Printed by J. Towers in Piccadilly; and published by the inventor, J. Durno, 1753.⁂ A description and promotion of a modified version of the Franklin stove, which was adapted to burn coal rather than wood. The author tells us that he examined the only Franklin stove in England, and speaks highly of it. He also specifically mentions Benjamin Franklin's pamphlet on the subject, published in Philadelphia in 1744. The work is rare in commerce.
Lot 337
Catlin (George, 1796-1872) La-wáh-he-coots-la-sháw-no, Brave Chief, a Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee, graphite on ivory laid paper with partial armorial watermark, inscribed 'By George Catlin' in the lower right corner, and further inscribed in pencil 'No. 110. Catalogue' in the lower edge, sheet 180 x 140 mm. (7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in), unframed, [circa 1852-1868]Provenance:Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1840s or slightly later;Captain William Henry Shippard;Then by descent to the present ownersLiterature:cf. Catlin, George, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery', 1840, no. 110⁂ A delicate drawing probably produced for a "Souvenir album". The portrait is after Catlin's painting of the Brave Chief now held in the Smithsonian Museum (see object no. 1985.66.110).Catlin produced eleven souvenir albums between 1852 and 1868, which he began following his financial problems and the sale of his collection in 1852. Most of these albums are now held in public collections in America and the UK (see: British Museum, London; the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California; the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York; and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, among others). The present drawing closely relates to the eight studies from the Duke of Portland Album Unique, which were sold through Christie's in 2001 (see 'Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Forbes Collection', New York, 29th November 2001, lot 114).
Lot 345
Australia.- Japan.- Mishima (Kazuo) Goshu Oyobi Indon, title within woodcut typographic border, wood-engraved map, tape marks to title and final f., some spotting or mostly light foxing, heavier to last f., lightly browned throughout, original pictorial wrappers, internal tape marks, one showing through on back cover, little chipped, 8vo, Tokyo, Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1891.⁂ Rare first edition of this account of a voyage by the Japanese journalist Mishima to Australia in 1889. Having changed at Samoa he arrived in Sydney on the SS Lubeck in December. After a short stay there he travelled by train to Melbourne and remained there until he returned home via India. He discusses horse racing (having lived close to the Caulfield racecourse), the Tasmanians, labour issues and strikes, the history of the exploration of Australia and gold mines.
Lot 346
Australia.- Welsh in Australia.- Gwlad yr Aur; neu, Gydymaith yr Ymfudwr Cymreig i Australia, folding lithographed map, with a little hand-colouring, loose, a few splits to folds, some light staining, lower printed wrapper only present, this chipped, 8vo, Caernarvon, H. Humphreys, [1852].⁂ Rare little guide in the Welsh language for those setting out for Australia.
Lot 347
Canada.- Nova Scotia.- A geographical history of Nova Scotia. Containing an account of the situation, extent and limits thereof. As also Of the various Struggles between the Two Crowns of England and France for the Possession of that Province, Wherein is shewn, The Importance of it, as well with Regard to our Trade, as to the securing of our other Settlements in North America. To which is added, An Accurate Description of the Bays, Harbours, Lakes, and Rivers, the Nature of the Soil, and the Produce of the Country. Together with the Manners and Customs of the Indian Inhabitants, first edition, errata f. at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, contemporary ink marginalia and a few corrections to printed text, some spotting and light soiling, later drab wrappers, ink title and date to upper wrapper, rebacked, some marking, [Sabin 56135], 8vo, Printed for Paul Vaillant, facing Southampton-Street, in the Strand, 1749.⁂ Rare first edition. It was written for prospective settlers, based on the author's own observations and on Charlevoix. It is one of the earliest statements of French-English rival claims in Nova Scotia.
Lot 355
India.- Sorabjee (Dossabhaee) Idiomatical sentences in the English, Hindostanee, Goozratee and Persian Languages, Bombay, 6 parts in 1, text in 4 columns, occasional staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio, Gumput Crustnajee, 1843.⁂ Rare. Provides military, legal. commercial and medial phrases.
Lot 39
Hebraica.- Stennett (Jehudah) Diḳduḳ mikhlol or, a Comprehensive Grammar; containing the most Material and Necessary Rules for the Reading and Attaining the Hebrew Tongue, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "Johan. Merrick M.D. Ex dono Authoris 1712" in ink on front free endpaper, a few light stains, A8 lacking small portion from lower margin, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, [Wing S5405], 8vo, by S.Roycroft for the Author...to be sold by John Laurence, 1685.⁂ Rare Hebrew grammar; ESTC 6 copies in UK and 4 in America but we have been unable to trace any copy at auction.
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Lot 45
[Samber (Robert)] Coffee: a Tale, first edition, woodcut device on title, head-pieces & initial, erratic pagination but complete according to ESTC, a little browned, tear to foot of B4 affecting a couple of letters without loss, modern half calf, 8vo, for H.Curle, 1727.⁂ Rare; ESTC lists only one copy in the UK (BL) and 7 in America.
Lot 48
Cookery.- Lady's Companion (The): or, Accomplish'd Director in the whole Art of Cookery...By a Lady, ?first edition, paper flaw tear to B2 affecting a few letters but no loss, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine ends chipped, covers a little splayed, 12mo, Dublin, for John Mitchell, 1767.⁂ Rare work dedicated to "the Ladies of Dublin" with the dedication signed "Ceres", containing recipes and bills of fare/table plans for the seasons. ESTC lists one copy only, in the British Library; COPAC lists an additional printed copy in the National Library of Scotland and several online copies. The standard bibliographies list a work with a similar title but this appears to be a different work.
Lot 53
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, without the very rare errata slip (as usual), light foxing to title and one or two other leaves, engraved bookplate of John Gordon, contemporary tree calf, red roan label, rubbed, joints split, 8vo, Bristol and London, 1797.⁂ Second edition of Coleridge's Poems on Various Subjects published the previous year but in many ways a new work and the first edition of many items. It was revised and greatly expanded by Coleridge including a new Preface and eleven new poems, and with additional poems by Charles Lamb (who had contributed four poems to the first edition) and Charles Lloyd.
Lot 54
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, second edition, with additional line & correction in ink to p.145 and correction to p.105 in the ?author's hand, the additional line cropped with loss of final letter, lacking 4 leaves at beginning (title, half-title, contents leaf and final leaf of Preface) and final 3 leaves (pp.273-278, final poem 'A Vision of Repentance'), also the rare the errata slip, title supplied from another work, Dedication foxed & soiled and with upper outer corner torn away causing loss to 2 lines on verso, some other foxing and soiling, ink signature "J.Rogers Rees, Sarum" to front free endpaper and with several pencil notes and tipped-in cuttings to endpapers, contemporary morocco, rubbed and marked, Bristol and London, 1797; and a copy of the third edition of 1803, 8vo (2)⁂ The additional line is to 'Religious Musings' and is written following line 376: "Roll subtly-surging. Pressing on his steps", with "years" altered to "days" in line 378. In the third edition of 1803 this appears as "Pass in fine surges. Pressing on his steps" and "years" is not corrected. The other correction is the deletion of the comma following "Sad" in the second verse of 'To an Unfortunate Woman'.J.Rogers Rees, of Salisbury, British banker and writer, author of The Pleasures of a Bookworm, 1886 and 'Hazlittiana' in Notes & Queries, 1908.
Lot 89
Turkey.- Nicolay (Nicolas de) The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, collation: ¶4 A-X8 Y2, printed in roman type, title within typographic border, 60 full-page woodcut illustrations, each within typographic border, illustration at p.138 torn and repaired, other small marginal defects not affecting text or images, one typographic border and one page number slightly trimmed, occasional soiling, mostly marginal, early 19th century calf, gilt, small worm-trace to joints, [Blackmer 1197; STC 18574; this edition not in Atabey], small 4to (186 x 130mm.), Imprinted at London by Thomas Dawson, 1585.⁂ The rare first English edition which "is much less common than the French or Italian versions. The plates in this version are woodcuts, not the copper engravings which were produced for the first edition (Lyon, 1567). The English edition is dedicated to Sir Phillip Sidney and his father Henry by the editor John Stell. It seems to be the only work by the translator Thomas Washington." (Blackmer)Provenance: indecipherable17th century inscription in lower margin of sig.V3.
Lot 96
Aesop. Vita & Fabellae, first Aldine edition, collation: a8, A8, B10, b8, c8, C8, D10, d8, e-h8, i6, k-ξ8, o4, 150 leaves, Greek and roman type, woodcut Aldine device on recto of first leaf, larger framed woodcut device on final verso, blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters, slightly browned and soiled in places, some bibliographical annotations on first front flyleaf, among others "Libri rarissimi exemplar pulcherrimum", pencil notes by Bernard Quaritch on rear pastedown, early 19th-century vellum, gilt-lettered green morocco spine label (chipped), folio (266 x 172mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, October 1505.⁂ The rare first Aldine edition of the Fabulae, supplemented with a Latin translation and the fictitious life of Aesop ascribed to Planudes, likewise in Greek and Latin. "This edition may be considered among the rarer and more beautiful productions of the Aldine Press" (Dibdin, Introduction, I, p. 247). The volume also contains the text, in both languages, of the forty-three fables by the second-century writer Babrius (or Gabrias, as Aldus erroneously calls him), and the Greek text only of writings by Phurnutus or Cornutus, Palaephatus, and Heraclides Ponticus, along with the Hieroglyphica by Horapollo, the proverbs by Tarrhaeus and Didymus, and the Apologus Aesopi de Cassita apud Gellium, all of which appear here in their first editions: this Aldine edition is thus rightly defined by N. G. Wilson as "a most curious miscellany" (From Byzanthium to Italy, p. 143).The Aldine Aesop follows the 1481 editio princeps printed in Milan by Bonus Accursius, but it includes five additional fables that had remained unpublished. The edition is the only work printed by Aldus to have parallel text in Latin and Greek, indicating the popularity of the Fables as a schoolbook during the Renaissance. The Greek and Latin text is interleaved to aid those readers who knew Latin but not Greek. The texts are also separable: the pages printed in Greek are numbered sequentially, and there are copies in which the Aesopus Graecus is found bound together without the Latin translation. The title-page points out this particular feature, stating that the Fables are presented "cum interpretatione latina, ita tamen ut separari a graeco possit pro unius cuiusque arbitrio".Provenance: Henry Philip Hope (1774-1839; see Catalogue of the... library of Henry P. Hope, Esq...sold by auction, by Leigh and Sotheby..., London 1813, lot 1584, "Esopi Vita et Fabulae, Gr. very fair Venet. ap. Ald."; note on front flyleaf 'Hope's Sale 1813' £8.0.0.'); Porkington Library of John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, Lord Harlech (1816-1876; ex-libris on front pastedown); Kenneth Rapoport (ex-libris on front pastedown).Literature: Adams A278; STC Italian 8; Renouard Alde, 49.6; Ahmanson-Murphy 93; Hoffmann I, p. 63; Staikos,The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators (1495-1515), New Castle, DE 2016, 46; N. G. Wilson, From Byzantium to Italy, Baltimore 1993, pp. 143-144.
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Lot 97
Canon law.- Gregorius IX, Pope. Decretalium copiosum argumentum, collation [*]1 a-z A-S8 T10 aa8 bb6 cc-dd10, double column, printed in red and black, Gothic letter, title and woodcut printer's device within ornate woodcut criblé border, large pictorial criblé genealogy, second woodcut genealogy, woodcut criblé initials, title with a few small holes and repaired, some staining, heavier to first few ff., wormholes / small traces, affecting text, occasional spotting, 17th century mottled sheep, rebacked, folio (373 x 269mm.), [Paris], [Ulrich Gering & Berthold Rembolt], 1507.⁂ A rare edition of the Decretales.
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Lot 32
ƟWilliam Golding, Lord of the Flies, plus a near-complete set of works, first editions [UK, 1954-1989]a group of 14 volumes, comprising: Lord of the Flies (1954, endpapers and pastedowns a little spotted, rare purple publisher's trial binding, spine lettered in white, dust-jacket very slightly creased at outer extremities), The Brass Butterfly (1958, dust-jacket spine a little faded, price clipped), Free Fall (1959, dust-jacket a little spotted), The Spire (1964, dust-jacket spine a little darkened), The Hot Gates (1965, price clipped, head of dust-jacket worn with loss), The Pyramid (1967, price clipped), The Scorpion King (1971, price clipped), Darkness Visible (1979), Rites of Passage (1980), A Moving Target (1982), The Paper Men (1984), An Egyptian Journal (1985, price clipped), Close Quarters (1987), Fire Down Below (1989), original cloth, all with original dust-jackets, overall a near-fine set of Golding's works, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
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