Dahl (Roald) Esio Trot, second printing, signed presentation inscription from the author "To celebrate the christening of Robert Anthony. Roald Dahl. 2nd Dec. 1990" to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light sunning to spine, spine tips and corners a little rubbed, 8vo, 1990.⁂ Dahl's final book, rare signed. A printed note, loosely inserted along with a group of obituary notices and a baptism card, states that this book was inscribed by Dahl for a nurse treating him in hospital as a gift for a soon-to-be-christened family member. Dahl has supplied the date of the christening to the endpaper, he was to die on the 23rd November. This was likely therefore one of the last books inscribed by Dahl before his death.
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Mathematics.- Dodson (James) The Calculator: being, correct and necessary tables for computation. Adapted to science, business, and pleasure, first edition, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, advertisement f. at end, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining or finger-marking, lightly browned, 19th century ?continental marbled boards, orange leather label to spine, corners worn, rubbed, [Tomash & Williams D59; Wellcome II, 476; Taylor, Hanoverian 249], small 4to, Printed for John Wilcox, at Virgil's Head, opposite the New Church in the Strand, 1747.⁂ Rare at auction; the last two occasions in recent times being the same Earls of Macclesfield copy (2004 and 2018; before that we must go back to 1973 for a copy), which lacked the advertisement leaf. Contains a range of tables from simple interest to logarithm, and includes calculations for annuities, comparative weights and measures, as well as sines and tangents. Dodson (c.1705-1757) was a British mathematician, actuary and innovator in the insurance industry. He had been a pupil of the mathematician Abraham de Moivre, and was a member of The Royal Society.
Slavery.- Price (Howell ap David) A Genuine Account of the Life and Transactions...Exhibiting a Series of most remarkable Occurrences during his Seven Years Travels Abroad; Five of which were spent with a Lady he had released from Slavery. With farther particulars since his return with her to England. Written by himself, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, very slight worming to lower margin and light water-staining to endpapers but otherwise an excellent clean copy, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, [Raven 145], 12mo, for T.Osborne, 1752.⁂ An imaginary adventure story involving capture by the French, slavery, robbery, a desert journey, Mecca, shipwreck etc. as well as meeting and marrying a slave before returning with her to Wales. It is interesting to note that Cardiff University includes this as one of its "Key rare texts" in the abolition of slavery story.
Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Horatius, first Aldine edition, collation: a-s8, initial spaces with guide-letters, some early ink underlining and marginalia, a1 with a few very small worm holes (one affecting two letters first line verso, two to blank inner margin, and a couple to blank lower edge margin), a2 with three very small worm holes (one touching two letters first line and two to blank inner margin), c1-3&5 small worm hole to blank lower fore-edge corner, lacking S8 (final blank), a few scattered instances of light soiling, three very small losses to front endpaper, 18th century red morocco, spine and covers decoratively tooled in gilt, joints cracked (upper stitching coming loose, but lower firm), scuffing to spine ends and corners, 8vo (161 x 99mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, May, 1501. ⁂ Rare. The first Aldine edition of Horace, which is the second work ever to be printed in italic type, and one of the earliest examples of the pioneering Aldine octavo format. Aldus produced the first book in italics in April of 1501, his edition of Virgil, with the Horace following only a month later in May. Simultaneously, he introduced the octavo format for his classical Latin authors - easily portable, highly readable and more economical to buy and produce. The octavos both responded to and fuelled demand for compact scholarly editions, and the italic typeface allowed the text to be conveniently condensed into this smaller page size. Literature: Adams H854; Ahmanson-Murphy 41; Renouard 27:4; Edit 16 CNCE 22672.
Hugo (Victor) The Hunchback of Notre-Dame...Translated expressly for this edition with a sketch of the life and writings of the author by Frederic Shoberl, first edition in English, initial 'Standard Novels No XXXII' title, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (both with light foxing), final 'Opinions on this work' f., the odd spot but a clean copy generally, original cloth, labels to spine (lower a little chipped), spine sunned, corners bumped, 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833.⁂ A superb example of this rare edition, first published in Paris in 1831.
Orwell (George) Burmese Days, first edition, very light toning to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short tear with creasing to head of spine, closed tears to head and foot of upper joint, 2 short tears to foot of panels, light creasing to head, a sharp and excellent example overall, [Fenwick A.2a], 8vo, New York, 1934.⁂ The true first edition of Orwell's first novel, published a year before its appearance in the UK, having been rejected by several publishers there for fear of libel. Rare in the dust-jacket in such excellent condition.
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[Norwich.] Norwich Directory (The); or, Gentlemen and Tradesmen's Assistant, first edition, folding engraved plan, title soiled and lacking upper outer corner, a little stained at end, modern bookplate of R.C.Fiske, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Norwich, W.Chase & Co., 1783 § [Hull.] Act (An) for making and establishing Public Keys or Wharfs at Kingston upon Hull...1774, first separate edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red roan label, rubbed, Hull, 1796, 8vo (2)⁂ The first mentioned is the rare first Norwich Directory packed with relevant information; the final seven pages contain a 'Correct list of the Carriers'. ESTC locates copies only at BL, Cambridge, Bodleian, Norwich Central Library, and Yale. Library Hub adds Chetham's Library in Manchester.The second reprints the Act of 1774 which allowed funds to be raised for the construction of the dock at Hull. A rapid increase in the shipping trade of Hull followed naturally from the rapid industrialisation of Yorkshire during the second half of the eighteenth-century. The tide-dependent wharves on the west bank of the River Hull were superseded by the enclosed docks of Britain's first statutory dock company: The Hull Corporation, Trinity House and Hull Merchants, founded in 1773. The Act allowed the Dock Company to raise up to £100,000 by shares and loans.
Broadside.- Lines in commemoration of our late much-beloved Queen Caroline, printed broadside, text in 4 columns, 7 woodcut illustrations, including 2 larger at head and foot, folds, some minor dust-soiling, 505 x 380mm., Birmingham, Printed and Sold...by T. Bloomer, [1821].⁂ With verse in commemoration of her Landing at Dover, Courtship, Marriage, Entering the House, Last Illness and Funeral. Rare, not on Worldcat or Library Hub.
Secret Speech denouncing Stalin.- Khrushchev (Nikita Sergeyevich) O Kulcie Jednostki I Jego Nastepstwach, first edition, first issue, original paper wrapper, ink-stamp '3083' to upper cover, minor creasing to spine, light sunning to edges, 8vo, Warsaw, Marzec, 1956.⁂ Rare and important copy of the first issue of Khrushchev's speech, given to a closed session of Communist Party delegates on 25 Feburary 1956, in which he openly denounced the deceased dictator Joseph Stalin (who died in March 1953). "Khrushchev recalled Lenin's Testament, a long-suppressed document in which Vladimir Lenin had warned that Stalin was likely to abuse his power, and then he cited numerous instances of such excesses" (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online). This Polish translation of the speech was the only version that circulated during the Cold War, the official Russian text being unknown until its publication in 1989. The CIA counterfeit edition, with false imprint Moscow 1959, was in fact a translation into Russian from the present Polish text, which was smuggled out of Moscow and leaked, via Israel, to the USA.
Melville (Herman) Moby-Dick or the White Whale, second English edition, a few spots to fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, Lord Rosebery's copy with his "Durdans" blind-stamp to to title and pp.99 and 101 and the odd pencil note or marking to margins and endpaper, original pictorial cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners slightly bumping, small patch of fraying to foot of upper cover, some slight rubbing or faint marking, but a bright, crisp copy generally, 8vo, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892.⁂ The second English edition of one of the Great American Novels and a key work of 19th century literature. This second English edition is both rare (we have traced not like example at auction) and significant as it is the first English edition to include the missing epilogue as well as a number of other passages and phrases that were omitted for the Bentley first edition (an edition that was famously mutilated by self-appointed censors).
Asquith (Lady Cynthia) Shudders, first edition, edge-spotting, original pictorial cloth, light spotting to upper joint, else fine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, two short tears with creasing to head, some spotting to spine, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, [1929].⁂ Cynthia Asquith's second supernatural anthology in the rare dust-jacket, we can trace no like example at auction. Including stories by E. F. Benson, L. P. Hartley, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood and Somerset Maugham. Also includes the M. R. James story Rats, first published in At Random magazine in March of the same year.
Comet.- Pianeri (Giovanni) Varia opuscula, 2 parts in 1, collation: a4 A-H4; a-f4, woodcut printer's device to titles, woodcut decorative initials, a few instances of early ink marginalia, a little closely trimmed at upper and outer margins, some spotting or light staining, 18th century vellum-backed limp decorative boards, faded red leather label to spine, small 4to (187 x 139mm.), Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1584.⁂ Rare at auction. Includes the great comet of 1577, which was seen by many throughout Europe, including the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. Provenance: 'Ex libris Carolic ?Searslae' (18th century ink inscription to front pastedown). Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 40659.
Pullman (Philip) The Haunted Storm, first edition, signed by the author on title, light toning to text margins, ink library stamp to title verso, original boards, light bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing and some creasing to upper and lower edge, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1972.⁂ The author's rare first novel. Though ex-library a far better copy than might be expected.
Law.- Wilson (John) A Short Treatise on the Law, Relative to Arbitration..., first edition, slight worming to lower margin of last few leaves and rear pastedown, engraved bookplate of John Clarke Stoughton, Wymondham, Norfolk, original boards, uncut, rubbed and lightly stained, spine worn and defective at foot, 8vo, Hull, for the Publisher, 1792.⁂ The author was a member of the Yorkshire Law Society to which the book is dedicated. The Society, the second oldest of all the numerous regional law societies in England and Wales, was founded in 1786. Very rare. ESTC records Harvard Law Library copy only but Library Hub cites one at the British Library and OCLC adds 6 others in US libraries but no more in UK. This copy is the only one we have been able to trace at auction, sold in these rooms in 2019.
Prisons.- Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Gaol and House of Correction, at Dorchester, 1835, light spotting, modern cloth, Dorchester, [1835] § Symons (Jelinger C.) Tactics for the Times; as regards the Condition and Treatment of the Dangerous Classes, first edition, half-title, tinted lithograph frontispiece,4 hand-coloured lithographed bar charts, 3 folding tables, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, rebacked, new endpapers, [Goldsmiths' 36553], 1849 § Hunt (Henry) Investigation at Ilchester Gaol..., first edition, etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank and 5 plates (probably by Robert Cruikshank), with additional portrait of the author mounted & bound in and with both supplementary addresses not always found, foxing and offsetting, later half morocco, uncut, rubbed, [Cohn 421; Goldsmiths' 23262 (but lacking the address to Graham)], 1821 § Campbell (John) Thirty Years' Experience of a Medical Officer in the English Convict Service, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, 1884; and 4 others on prisons, 8vo (8)⁂ The first is very rare and not listed by Library Hub although it does include an earlier set of rules of 1824 in the British Library.Henry Hunt was a radical politician who had been incarcerated in Ilchester gaol for his involvement in the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He was released in 1822 and brought a series of complaints against the prison particularly the gaoler, William Bridle, instigating an Inquiry into prison conditions.
Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Krieg und Frieden, 4 vol., each vol. signed by author on title, half-titles, vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper, cracked hinges, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed and worn, small loss and chipping to spine extremities, vol. 1 with upper cover becoming detached, vol. 2 with lower board becoming detached, 8vo, Berlin, 1892.⁂ Rare to find with each volume signed by Tolstoy.
South Asia.- Schouten (Wouter) Voyage de Gautier Schouten aux Indes Orientales, 2 vol., first French edition, titles in red and black, identical engraved frontispieces of a ceremonial elephant, vol. 1 with additional folding portrait frontispiece, 13 engraved plates, 4 folding, contemporary ink ownership inscription to titles, 1 crossed through and the other partially erased, portrait chipped at fore-edge and repaired, 1 folding plate with expert small repair to verso, another with a few small holes to fore-margin, the odd spot, attractive contemporary speckled calf, spines richly gilt, a few skilful repairs, including small portion of vol. 1 lower cover, 12mo, Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, 1707.⁂ A rare edition. Of the copies we have traced the plate count varies.
Jamaica.- Assembly (The) of the Island of Jamaica having, on the 9th Day of December 1784, come to the following Resolution...Mr.Stephen Fuller, Agent for the same island, thinks himself in duty bound to lay before both Houses of Parliament ..... The substance of the petitions presented to the Assembly...in respect to the Intercourse with the American States..., 15pp., 1785 sewn with Jamaica. Ss. To the King's most excellent Majesty in Council. The humble memorial and petition of the Council and Assembly of Jamaica, 8pp. including large folding table of exports (sugar, rum etc.) & imports, [1785] and Representation (The) of Stephen Fuller Esq; Agent for Jamaica, to His Majesty's Ministers, 4pp., [1785], together 3 works in 1, first editions, drop-head titles, stitched in original blue wrappers, uncut and unopened, a little spotted, 4to⁂ The eleven petitions from the Jamaican planters in the first mentioned ask for both understanding and relief from "the Parent State" and ask for taxation to be reduced; the second is on the grievances of the colony and the necessity of trade with the United States; in the third Jamaica, in a desperate plight, has unilaterally opened its ports to American and other ships "solely by motives of self-preservation".All rare; ESTC records 3, 3 & 2 UK copies respectively (none in British Library), and a handful in America.
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[Royal Bank of Scotland]. A collection of printed papers, depositions and reports, all Court of Session papers, concerning a major legal dispute between the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Greenock Banking Company, together 9 works in 1 vol., light foxing, first title lightly soiled, the third with slight wear from previous fold and with marginal tear to final leaf, the eighth lacking final leaf (catchword "state"), contemporary half sheep, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, red morocco label, 4to, [Edinburgh], 1794. ⁂ An apparently very rare complete collection of the Court of Session papers relating to the Royal Bank of Scotland's civil action against the Greenock Banking Company, and vividly illustrating the sometimes far from easy relationships between a new Scottish provincial commercial 'private' bank and the 'national' Royal Bank in the latter years of the 18th century. The Greenock Banking Company, established in 1785, was Greenock's first and only bank until 1802. However, it was never very successful and failed in 1842 when its business was acquired by the Western Bank of Scotland (est. 1832) of Glasgow. The problem that arose in the early 1790s, and culminated in an expensive and protracted hearing in the Edinburgh Court of Session (the Scottish Supreme Court), related to the Royal Bank's arrangements for inter-bank accounting and once or twice weekly note exchange with the Greenock Banking Company, otherwise known as Dunlop, Houston, Gammill and Company, Bankers in Greenock.All the papers in this collection are rare, with only one copy of each recorded in ESTC (BL). A complete list of the contents is available on application.
Prynne (William) A Legall Vindication of the Liberties of England, Against Illegal Taxes and Pretended Acts of Parliament Lately Enforced on the People, first edition, with initial errata leaf, small rust-hole to B4 touching a couple of letters, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 1113; Kress 792; Wing P3997], to be sold at the Swan near Charing-cross, 1649 § City Alarum (The), or the Weeke of our miscarriages...whereunto is annexed a Treatise of the Excize, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and typographical border, woodcut initials, a little water-stained, later calf-backed boards, spine worn and defective, upper cover detached, [Goldsmiths' 890; Kress 677; Wing C.4346], for Joseph Kirton, 1645 § Lilburne (John) To Every Individuall member of the Supream Authority of the Parliament of the Commonewealth of England. The Humble Addresse...by way of Answer to a most false and scandalous Printed Petition, delivered...by one William Huntington..., 12pp., only edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, stitched into modern marbled wrappers, [Wing L2186], 1651, small 4to (3)⁂ The first is undoubtedly one of the most important of all Prynne's political pamphlets. Following his arrest to Colonel Pride in November 1648 he was released from custody sometime in January 1649 and then retired to Swainswick. He there began a paper war against the new government. He wrote three pamphlets against the engagement of the faithful to the Commonwealth, and proved that neither in conscience, law, nor prudence was he bound to pay the taxes which it imposed. The government retaliated by imprisoning him for nearly three years without a trial.The last item is rare: ESTC lists copies at 5 UK libraries (BL, Durham, LSE, National Library of Scotland, and John Rylands Library) but only one elsewhere (Sutro Library, California).
Busti (Bernardinus de) Mariale. Officium et missa Immaculatae Conceptionis, collation: A8 B6 a-d8 e-h6.8 i-l8 m8 n-p6 q-z8.6 aa-qq8.6 rr6 ss-zz8.6 AA-FF6 GG8, double column, 378 ff., 54 lines and headline, Gothic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, title with marginal repair / strengthening verso and mounted on stub, water-stained, worming to lower margins of last few text ff. and rear pastedown (mostly small holes to text ff.), some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, sympathetically rebacked, loss / wear to original leather of covers, folio (270 x 181mm.), Strasbourg, Martin Flach, 15 August, 1498.⁂ Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being in 2009. Bernardino de' Bustis (c.1450-1513) was a Franciscan friar at Legnano, near Milan. He was an early advocate of the Monti di Pietà, a pawnshop which offered small loans at much more favourable terms than the open market. Literature: BMC I, 155; Goff B-1335; HC(Add) *4162; GW 5806; BSB-Ink B-1017; ISTC ib01335000.
Bank of England. An Abstract of the Charter to the Governour and Company of the Bank of England, 6pp., drop-head title, first leaf with neat ink number at head and tiny rust hole affecting a couple of letters of text, trace of library stamp at foot, outer margins a little soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), inner margins reinforced, modern half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label, [Goldsmiths' 3018; Horsefield 91; Kress S.1797; Wing A127], folio, n.p. [1694].⁂ Very rare. The earliest printed form of the charter of the Bank of England. The full charter was not published until 1721, the present publication was issued in small numbers to be circulated between the proprietors and directors as part of its foundation in 1694. We can trace only this copy at auction, (sold in these rooms in 2020); ESTC lists only 5 UK copies in 4 locations (not in BL) and 2 others in America.
Annotated.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius., collation: A-S8, italic type, title within wide woodcut historiated border with Sessa's cat device at foot, final f. with woodcut printer's cat device, otherwise blank, early ink marginalia, ex-library copy with remains of label to verso of title (obscuring some text at head), pencil number to lower margin of A2 and pencil notes to verso of final f., title with 2 tears at foot repaired verso and 2 small worm traces, affecting a few letters verso, a few small worm traces at beginning and end, mostly marginal, but affecting part of the odd letter on A2, final f. with outer margin strengthened verso, stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with double morocco labels, 8vo (153 x 87mm.), [Venice], [Melchior Sessa], [20 September, 1531].⁂ A rare edition in commerce; here with evidence of early scholarship. Provenance: Two partially obscured 17th century ink inscriptions to title, the uppermost relating to ?Cambridge. Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 10361.
Law.- Field (Barron) A Review of the late publications on Libel, of Messrs. George, Holt, Starkie, & Jones, only edition, lacking B8 (pp.29-30), staining to title, 1815; Hints to Witnesses in Courts of Justice, first edition, half-title, 1815 bound with J-D-C-L Anticipation, or Candidates for the New J__geships, first edition, 1812 and Incendiary Letter, & Arson. Report of the Trials of the Revd. Robert Bingham, Curate of Maresfield, Sussex..., [c.1811], together 4 works in 1 vol., Barron Field's copies with his bookplate, with annotations in ink to the first two items (?by Field), a few leaves soiled, contemporary sheep, worn, rebacked in calf, 8vo ⁂ Barron Field was an English judge who in 1811 published An Analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries for students. After practising in London, on the Oxford circuit, and at the Worcester and Stafford sessions, in 1816 he accepted a judgeship in New South Wales where his work is well documented. The first two works are ascribed to him and it is reasonable to assume that the annotations are in his hand.The Bingham arson trial was something of a cause célèbre. The Rev. Robert Bingham, curate of Maresfield in Sussex, was tried for allegedly setting fire to his own house with intent to defraud the Union Fire insurance company. He was eventually acquitted.All the items are rare, with Library Hub recording only the BL copy of the first two, 4 copies of the third (BL, Bodleian, Chetham's, National Trust) and none of the last although there are other published accounts of the trial.
France & the Channel Islands.- Heylyn (Peter) A Full relation of two journeys: the one into the main-land of France. The other into some of the adjacent ilands, 2 parts in 1, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some staining / soiling to title, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, new basic endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked in modern black morocco with a leather label (rather incongruous, but solid), corners worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Wing H1712], small 4to, Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Seile, and are to be sold at the Black-boy over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1656.⁂ The rare first edition of Heylyn's account of his travels in France and the Channel Islands. Includes references to Cervantes, Sir Philip Sidney, Francis Bacon and Edmund Spenser.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign of Four, first edition, first issue, with misprints "13" on contents p. and "w shed" on p.56, frontispiece by Charles Kerr (lacking tissue-guard), without publisher's catalogue at end, bookplate to pastedown and embossed bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, one or two very light spots but a very good, clean copy generally, original first issue cloth with "Spencer Blackett's Standard Library" to foot of spine, spine and covers a little darkened, ends and corners a little bumped and creased, or two light marks to covers, but still a bright and excellent copy, [Green and Gibson A7], 8vo, Spencer Blackett, 1890.⁂ The second Holmes novel, rare in the first issue cloth in such bright condition.
Medical malpractice.- Sharpin (Dr. Edward) An Appeal to the Public in general from Dr. Sharpin, and Mr. Steward, Surgeon, of St. Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk; with regard to their medical, and chirurgical treatment of Mr. John Ralling, Apothecary..., 1764 bound with Norford (Dr. William) A Letter to Dr.Sharpin, in Answer to his Appeal..., St.Edmund's Bury, Wm.Green, [1764] and Steward (T[homas]) An Apppendix to the Appeal..., final leaf lacking lower outer corner affecting catchword, [Bury St. Edmunds], 1764, together 3 works in 1 vol., only editions, near contemporary ink note to front free endpaper and annotations to a few leaves, light soiling and browning, ink signature of Henry Hasted to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco label, rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends worn, 8vo⁂ An interesting collection of pamphlets regarding a case of medical malpractice with a notable provenance. A manuscript note in ink in an early 19th century hand states, "This book was bought at Sir Thomas Cullum's auction. My father was apprentice to Mr. John Ralling, at the time he suffered the illness mentioned in these pamphlets & remained with him till 1768 or 9. I have often heard him speak in the highest terms of Dr. Norford's talents as a physician. George Hubbard". And later, in a note on pp.42-3 of Dr. Norford's Letter to Dr. Sharpin he adds: "This apprentice, Mr. Hubbard, afterwards succeeded Mr. Ralling in his business - & for forty or forty five years practised with very great reputation...", and another on p.13 of the last item by Sharpin's claims of his expertise, "& what can all this have to do with the case?".Sir Thomas Gery Cullum Bart. F.R.S., F.S.A. and Fellow of the Linnaean Society (1741-1831) was a distinguished Suffolk surgeon who practised at Bury St. Edmunds and lived at Hardwick House.Rare. ESTC finds copies of all at Suffolk Record Office but few others and none at Wellcome.
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Presented by the Governor of New York & New Jersey.- [Burnet (William)] An Essay on Scripture-prophecy, wherein it is endeavored to explain the three periods contain'd in the XII chapter of the Prophet Daniel, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, final f. (blank verso) mounted on contemporary wrapper bound in, spotted and stained, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, lacking label, covers detached, worn, [Evans 2509; Felcone New Jersey Books, 33; Sabin 9377], small 4to, [New York], [William Bradford], 1724.⁂ Presented by the author William Burnet (1687-1729), British Governor of New York and New Jersey (1720-1728) and Massachusetts and New Hampshire (1728-1729). The work is rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being in 1940. Burnet was the son of Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, author of The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 1679-1715, and godson of King William III. Provenance: 'Received of his Excellency W. Burnet ye Author of this Book ye 28th of August 1728, L.Rou', ?Rev. Lewis Rou (sometimes Louis Roux), Huguenot pastor in New York. In December, 1724 he protested against the Act of the Consistory, and was accordingly dismissed by his church. It was William Burnet who helped get him re-instated. Rou was part of America's early chess community and wrote on the subject (ink inscription to head of title, slightly trimmed).
Pullman (Philip) Count Karlstein, first edition, signed by the author on title, slight toning to front free endpaper, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, very small nick to head of upper joint, some light creasing to head and foot, but near-fine generally, 8vo, 1982.⁂ Pullman's third novel and his first for children. Rare signed and in such superb condition.
![Imaginary voyages and utopias.- [Bretonne (Nicolas Edmé Restif de la)] La Découverte australe Par un Homme-volant, ou La Déda](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/eb958104-5954-4c7d-beb1-afc10104421a/468x382.jpg)
Imaginary voyages and utopias.- [Bretonne (Nicolas Edmé Restif de la)] La Découverte australe Par un Homme-volant, ou La Dédale français, 4 vol., first edition, first issue, engraved frontispieces (1 double-page) and 19 plates, titles with woodcut vignette, vol. 1 lacking dated additional title, bookplate "N.J.D 1900" tipped-in to front free endpaper, vol. 2 with contemporary ink ownership inscription to title faded, vol. 4 with the same subtly erased, S2 and Y7-8 with paper repair to upper corner, affecting a couple of letters, minor printing flaw to Y8-9, affecting a few words, occasional light foxing, handsome later crushed blue morocco, gilt, spines lightly rubbed and sunned, still an excellent set, g.e., small 8vo, Leipzig, to be sold at Paris, [1781].⁂ A curious and fantastic account of a flying-man in an unexplored Southern utopia. The work is one of the least often seen by Restif de la Bretonne, and considered one of the earliest novels of science fiction. This copy is in its rare first state, with the six later censored satirical diatribes present at the end of vol. 4 (pp.337-422), as well as the proceeding table of contents and advertisement leaf.
Metallurgy.- Diaz Infante (José) Pirometalia absolvta o Arte de fvndidores, engraved portrait of Barbara, patron saint of miners, 3 folding engraved plates at end, 5 approbation ff. at end, plate 2 with repaired tear, without loss, plate 3 water-stained (with a little light pink staining from red ink to cover), the other 2 lightly so, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary limp vellum, remains of ties, red ink staining to lower cover, soiled and creased, 8vo, [Palma, Mallorca], Miguel Cerdà, 1740. ⁂ Rare work on mining and metallurgy, with WorldCat recording only three copies.
Hemingway (Ernest) Fiesta, first English edition, first impression, original cloth, marginal browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light shadowing to spine, first impression dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, pencil notes to rear flap, light creasing to head, some light marking or surface soiling to panels, but an excellent example overall, [Hanneman 33A], 8vo, 1927.⁂ The first English edition of The Sun Also Rises, one of Hemingway's best works and a cornerstone of modernist fiction. While copies in the second impression jacket have occasionally appeared on the market, copies in first impression jackets are exceptionally rare with only a handful of copies recorded.
Computing.- Boole (George) The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, first edition, 6-line errata slip tipped in after preface, some minor spotting, some pencil annotations, original printed yellow wrappers, spine ends chipped, upper corner torn, [Tomash & Williams B199; Origins of Cyberspace 223], 8vo, Cambridge & London, 1847.⁂ Rare and important work. We have been unable to trace any copy at auction in the original wrappers."This was Boole's first work of logic, in the introduction to which he first refuted W. Hamilton's claim that logic was a part of philosophy and that no mathematician could possibly contribute anything to this field. It was this volume that began the revolution that led to the development of mathematical logic. In recent times, Boolean logic has found widespread use in the design of digital computers and communications systems" (Tomash & Williams).
![Card-Playing.- [?Hawkins (William)], "Gyles Smith". Serious Reflections on the Dangerous Tendency Of the Common Practice of C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/3559e3dd-34ae-42b6-900d-afc101008c20/468x382.jpg)
Card-Playing.- [?Hawkins (William)], "Gyles Smith". Serious Reflections on the Dangerous Tendency Of the Common Practice of Card-Playing; Especially of the Game of All-Fours, as it hath been Publickly play'd at Oxford..., 24pp., first edition with "price fourpence" at foot of title, title browned, modern boards, W.Owen, [1755] § [Bolton (Robert)] A Letter to a Lady, on Card-Playing on the Lord's Day, first edition, half-title, modern wrappers, for J.Leake at Bath [&] M. Cooper & R. Dodsley, 1748 § Beaufort (James) Hoyle's Games Improved, being practical treatises on...Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Back-gammon, Chess, Billiard and Tennis, first edition, contemporary sheep, a little worn, S.Bladon, 1775, 8vo & 12mo (3)⁂ The first was written as a response to the increasing popularity of card games, brought about by the numerous publications of Edmond Hoyle. Hawkins was a clergyman, poet, dramatist and the Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Unsurprisingly there are many copies in various Oxford colleges but it is rare in commerce. The last is a reworking and simplification of Hoyle's guides to games with billiards and tennis (i.e. real tennis) added and which Hoyle had "never touched upon".
Australasia.- Kerguelen-Trémarec (Yves Joseph de) Relation de Deux Voyages Dans les mers Australes & des Indes, only edition, half-title, folding engraved chart, 2 privilege leaves at end, extra-illustrated with an additional engraved plate of Christmas harbour at E5, half-title probably supplied from another copy, with a few small worm holes to fore-edge, chart hand-coloured, some light browning or spotting, occasional minor damp-staining, later half russia, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, g.e., [Sabin 37218], 8vo, Paris, Knapen & fils, 1782.⁂ Rare, most copies having been suppressed by the French Government, supposedly due to the dedication "a la Patrie". Kerguelen's two voyages of 1771-74 were commissioned in search of the fabled Terra Australis, as the French answer to the discoveries of Cook. The work also includes chapters on the island of Madagascar and the American War of Independence.
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Absolution.- Casus papales, episcopales et abbatiales, collation: [a4] b4, 8ff., 23/24 lines, Gothic type, repeated full-page woodcut to versos of [a1] and b4, initial spaces, 1 initial supplied in later blue and pink crayon, a few small pink crayon marginal markings, all ff. with 3 small wormholes, 2 marginal and 1 within text, just touching a couple of letters, final f. with upper margin frayed, a partially repaired very short tear, and a few wormholes (affecting a few letters and within woodcut), some staining, lightly browned, 19th century red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, small 8vo (128 x 90mm.), [Cologne], [Retro Minores (?Martin von Werden)], [c.1500].⁂ Rare edition of this collection of 'reserved sins' of the Catholic Church, whose absolution is not within the power of every confessor, but only of the more senior members of the church. Literature: Not in BMC; cf. GW 6203 (date given as c.1498 by ISTC ic00267700) and GW 6208 (date given as c.1500 by ISTC ic00269500). Two leaves with partial Gothic P watermarks [cf. Briquet 8668-8678, dateable to c.1485-1504].
Mining.- Geology.- Ramirez (Santiago) Litología. Introducción al estudio de las rocas, small wood-engraved vignette of a miner to title, 3 errata ff. at end, author's name on title underlined in red, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary red calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, spine with remains of paper label at foot, little faded, and stained, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Mexico City, Filomeno Mata, 1886.⁂ Rare work by one of the pre-eminent Mexican mining engineers of his time. He edited the periodical El Explorador Minero, which provided accounts of mining life in the country. Our work includes a list of authors consulted.
![Prison.- [Craig (James)] Plan for a General Bridewell, only edition, interleaved (as issued), 2 folding engraved plans (offse](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/84927353-86d5-499d-b00e-afc101035252/468x382.jpg)
Prison.- [Craig (James)] Plan for a General Bridewell, only edition, interleaved (as issued), 2 folding engraved plans (offsetting), light water-staining to upper margin of text, modern cloth, 4to, [?Edinburgh], [1780].⁂ This was in effect the fund-raising prospectus for a brand new prison or bridewell in Edinburgh, the blank interleaves intended to be used by recipients for comments to be sent to the council. The proposed Bridewell would comprise three courts with cells eight feet square so that every prisoner would be locked up at night in a separate cell. The architect was the local James Craig (1739-1795) who is probably best known to history for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town. Craig's plans were abandoned and instead Robert Adam designed a Panopticon which was built on Carlton Hill between 1791 and 1796 but demolished in the late 19th century.Very rare and not in the British Library; only one UK copy cited by ESTC (National Library of Scotland), and 3 others in America.
![Agriculture.- M[ortimer] (J[ohn]) The Whole Art of Husbandry, Or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land, first edition, w](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/b70ff867-5b93-451d-b4ef-afc101036535/468x382.jpg)
Agriculture.- M[ortimer] (J[ohn]) The Whole Art of Husbandry, Or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land, first edition, woodcut illustrations, some light browning, engraved armorial bookplate of Ambrose Holbech of Mollington to verso of title and his signature to front free endpaper, Rosebery copy with bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, upper joint split, [Fussell I pp.96; Perkins 1231; Not in Goldsmiths' or Henrey], by J.H. for H. Mortlock...and J. Robinson, 1707 § Kent (Nathaniel) Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, first edition, 10 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, short splits to joints, [Goldsmiths' 11247; Kress 7125; Perkins 927], J.Dodsley, 1775 § [Trowell (Samuel)] The Best Mine above Ground; or, the most laudable and most certain means of Enriching this Nation, by improving our Agriculture..., 16pp., second edition, advertisement leaf at end, stitched in modern marbled wrappers, Olive Payne, 1739, 8vo (3)⁂ Mortimer's comprehensive treatise, which went through several later editions, is a detailed account of early 18th century English farming and horticulture, particularly reliable on farming in Essex where the author himself had an estate (Topping Hall). In the second item Kent considers drainage, culture of turnips and hops, the distress of the rural poor and labourers' cottages, and advocates small holdings. The third concerns manure, the author proposing the use of Thomas Living's patent salt compound; first published in 1737 this is a rare printing by Olive Payne with only 2 copies located by ESTC (National Library of Scotland and Bodleian).
Trade.- Merchants Adventurers of England. Veneris.14. Feb. 14. Car. At the Grand Committee of Trade, Mr. Knight in the Chair. Ordered, that on Monday next the Merchants Adventurers of England, do deliver ... all their papers relating to the Conveniences and Inconveniencies arising to this Kingdome, as to the Liberty or Restraint of Trade, within the limits of the said Merchants Adventurers Patent..., 45pp., first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, double-column, hole in final leaf with loss of a few letters, [Kress, S.549; Not in Wing], [1674] bound with Advantages of the Kingdome of England (The)...by Manageing and Issuing the Drapery, and Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom, under the Ancient Government of the Fellowship of Merchants-Adventurers of England, 7pp., first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, [Wing A600D], [1662] both bound after Prynne (William) A Breviate of the Life of William Laud, second edition, engraved frontispiece by Hollar, worming to lower margin affecting caption to frontispiece and typographical border of title, [Wing P3904A], by F.L. for Michaell Sparke Senior, 1644; Hidden Workes of Darkenes brought to Publike Light, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Hollar (as in previous work), [Wing P3973], by Thomas Brudenell for Michaell Sparke Senior, 1645 and Cromwell (Oliver) A Declaration of His Highness...setting forth on the Behalf of this Commonwealth, the Justice of their Cause against Spain, first edition, black letter, with the final blank, browned, [Wing C.7081], by Henry Hills & John Field, 1655 and Feversham (George Sondes, Earl of) His Plaine Narrative to the World, of all Passages upon the Death of his two Sonnes, first edition, 1655, engraved armorial frontispiece, with blank K2 bound at end, [Wing F832B], 1655, together 6 works in 1 vol., the first two items bound at end, with contemporary ink manuscript index at beginning, the Evelyn family copy with modern JE book-label and engraved bookplate of Sir Fredk. Evelyn Bart., contemporary calf, rubbed and a little marked, head of spine and corners a little worn, folio⁂ The first two mentioned items are both very rare: ESTC records only the Harvard Business School copy of the first, and 5 of the second (British Library and Senate House Library in UK plus 3 in America).
![Poetae Christiani.- Sedulius (Caelius) Mirabilium divinorum libri quatuor carmine heroico, collation: [*]8 a-c8 d4 e-i8 k10 a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/8e905c3f-c42e-4681-9139-afc10103788e/468x382.jpg)
Poetae Christiani.- Sedulius (Caelius) Mirabilium divinorum libri quatuor carmine heroico, collation: [*]8 a-c8 d4 e-i8 k10 aa-dd8 ee6 ff gg8 hh6 A-F8 G4 H-I8 K4 aaaaαα8.8 bbbbββ10.8 γγcccc8.8 δδdddd8.10 εεeeee4.4, Roman and Greek type (final part with parallel Greek and Latin text), woodcut printers device with partial hand-colouring to [*]8v (showing through recto), initial spaces with guide-letters, later ink foliation and marginalia, lacking ff1-8, gg1-3 and final blank, title with obliterated ink inscriptions in upper margin and 2 ownership stamps in lower margin, first quire and a few other ff. working loose, some marginal water-staining (including title), some spotting or mostly light foxing and staining, lightly browned (a few ff. a little heavier), upper hinge split, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, 8vo (189 x 139mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, [June, 1502 (colophon January, 1501)].⁂ This forms the second volume of three of Aldus' Christian Poets. Any volume from this series is rare at auction. Sedulius (Latin form of the Irish name Siadhal) was a Christian Poet of the early 5th century. Provenance: Medici Palatine Library (ink armorial stamp to lower margin of title); 'MD' (ink stamp to lower margin of title); Bibliothecae Puseianae, L.O. Bigg, April, 1888 (large bookplate with ink ms. insertions to front pastedown). Literature: Adams P1685 & S849; Ahmanson-Murphy 58 & 58.5; Renouard 39:17; EDIT 16 CNCE 36115.
Wodehouse (P.G.) William Tell Told Again, first edition, first impression, 16 colour plates by Philip Dadd, captioned tissue-guards, scattered foxing to text, browning to endpapers, original stone-coloured pictorial cloth blocked in green, black and brown with gilt lettering, spine slightly darkened, light bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to head of spine affecting title, chips to lower joint, a few closed tears and some chipping to head and foot of panels with creasing, rubbing and light surface soiling, [Mcllvaine A5a], 4to, 1904.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can only trace a handful of like examples at auction.
Civil War.- Good Newes from South-Hampton, and Basingstoke, in Hampshire, 8pp., only edition, typographical ornaments, woodcut initials, browned, first leaf of text with section of text at foot faint but legible, trimmed, 19th century half calf, rubbed, [Wing G1068], small 4to, for Tho.Bates, 1642.⁂ In 1642, during the English Civil War, a Parliamentary garrison moved into Southampton, initially to defend against seaborne attack by Royalist ships.Rare; ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Queens' and Worcester Colleges in Oxford) and 5 in America. Library Hub adds a copy at Strathclyde University. We can trace only 2 copies sold at auction, the most recent in 1981.
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine tips, green dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard, spine tips and corners a little chipped, very light fading and light rubbing to spine, a near-fine example otherwise with the Evening Standard Book of the Month s wraparound band, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.⁂ A superb copy, rare in such condition and with the wraparound band.
Education.- Bevan (Rev. G.I.) Manual of Directions for Forming and Conducting a School, according to the National or Madras System, first edition, errata slip, 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped in at end, light browning, John Lawson's copy with his book-label and old bookseller's ticket of Deck of Bury to front pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked, Bath, Richard Cruttwell, 1819 § Chapman (George) A Treatise on Education, first edition, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and marked, Edinburgh, A.Kincaid & W.Creech, 1773 § Pole (Thomas) A History of the Origin and Progress of Adult Schools, first American edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title, large folding table (torn with slight loss, repaired), foxed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt & faded, New York, Samuel Wood, 1815, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a rare instruction book for those planning to establish a school based on the Madras or monitorial system of Andrew Bell. Library Hub lists only 2 copies (BL & UCL). The last was first published in Bristol in 1814 and describes the establishment and success of schools set up there to instruct adults to read the Bible. Library Hub records only one copy of this edition (Cambridge).
![Astronomy.- Monnier (Pierre Charles le) Mémoires Concernant Diverses Questions d'Astronomie, [de Navigation] et de Physique,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/ebeb8d72-94f7-4332-b8f9-afc101030901/468x382.jpg)
Astronomy.- Monnier (Pierre Charles le) Mémoires Concernant Diverses Questions d'Astronomie, [de Navigation] et de Physique, 4 parts in 1 vol., each part with title, 2 engraved plates and folding double-hemisphere map, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, part 2 with margins browned, occasional light browning or scattered spotting elsewhere, the odd small stain, attractive later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint split at foot, uncut and partly unopened, [Sabin 40010], 4to, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1781-8.⁂ The rare full series of Le Monnier's Mémoires, together in one volume. Including a considerable discussion of the scientific observations made on Cook's second voyage.
Murder.- Great and Bloody News. From Turnham-Green, or a Relation of a sharp Encounter between the Earl of Pembroke, and his Company, with the Constable and Watch belonging to the parish of Chiswick..., 4pp., only edition, drop-head title, lightly soiled, small splits to central fold, [Wing G1647], folio, printed by D.M., 1680.⁂ Rare account of a high-profile and infamous incident in which the Earl of Pembroke killed an innocent bystander, "Mr. Smeethe", with a thrust of his rapier while in a drunken rage. Pembroke was temporarily held at the Cock and Half Moon tavern, but was later released. Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke (1652/3-83), was known to be subject to fits of homicidal mania and was guilty of several assaults, being convicted of the manslaughter of Philip Rycault the following year. He was eventually pardoned for the Smeethe murder and died at an early age in 1683.ESTC cites only 5 UK copies in 3 locations (BL, Magdalen College Cambridge, & Bodleian Oxford), and another 4 in America.
Berchorius (Petrus) Repertorium morale, edited by Johannes Beckenhub, 3 parts (order given as per GW), I: collation: a8 b-z aa-zz [et][et]6 [con][con] t̃t̃8, final f. blank, a2 is signed a, 300ff., II: collation: A8 B-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Sss6, 386 ff. (including an initial blank not called for by GW, our A2 signed A. GW calls for a final blank, however signature 3S is complete with 6 text ff.), III: collation: AA8 BB CC6 DD7 EE-ZZ AAA-YYY6 ZZZ7 AAAA BBBB6 CCCC8, 296 ff. (of 300, lacking initial blank, 3M2&5 and final blank (blanks of ?17th century paper substituted)), includes an additional f. DD2 with variant text, AA2 is unsigned and AA3 signed AA2 &c., double column, 70 lines and headline, Gothic type, each vol. with large opening maiblumen initial in red and blue with marginal flourish, all other initials in red, occasional early ink marginalia, some spotting and staining / water-staining, generally light in all instances, lightly browned, early vellum manuscript ff. used at endpapers, 18th century reversed calf, spines in compartments and with double modern leather labels (parts 2&3 numbered in reverse order to GW), rebacked or spines repaired, preserving original backstrips with loss to calf, corners worn, marked, rubbed and scuffed, folio (c.320 x 210), [Nuremberg], Anton Koberger, 4 February, 1489. ⁂ Exceedingly rare at auction, especially so with all three parts. Pierre Bersuire (c.1290-1362) was a French Benedictine author, translator and encyclopaedist. In the 1340s when a student at the University of Paris he met Petrarch, and later translated his Ab urbe condita into French. The present work for the use of preachers arranges the principal words of Scripture alphabetically and attaches to them moral reflections. Literature: Goff B-340; HC *2798 = 2801; GW 3866; Bod-Inc: B-158 (Vol.1 only); BSB-Ink B-294; ISTC ib00340000.
Fencing.- Docciolini (Marco) Trattato in materia di scherma...Nel quale si contiene il modo, e regola d'adoperar la spada così sola, come accompagnata, first edition, woodcut arms of dedicatee Giovanni Medici to title, woodcut diagram and initials, foxed, early printed matter used in binding, contemporary limp vellum, little marked and stained, small 4to, Florence, Michelangelo Sermartelli, 1601.⁂ A rare copy of this treatise by the Florentine fencing master Docciolini. The last copy we can trace at auction was in 1977. Literature: Thimm p.80; Cockle 253.
![America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)] Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792, 2 vol. incl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/293e320a-26cb-4a6c-9dcd-afc100fe8766/468x382.jpg)
America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)] Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, folding table, Atlas with 9 engraved maps, 4 folding, 8 plates, 2 folding, text with bookplate of Holland House, title with a few minor marks in red pencil to head, trimmed shaving a few side-notes and one f. of index, but without loss of sense, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, Atlas with bookplates of Lord Lovaine and ?Duke of Northumberland, title and contents leaf repaired at inner margin, folding maps neatly mounted on stubs with a couple very short marginal tears, 1 with neat paper repair to fore-edge to verso, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners repaired, housed together in a custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Sabin 2312 & 69221; Hill 570], 8vo & small folio, Madrid, 1802.⁂ A rare account of the Galaino-Valdes expedition to the Pacific Northwest. The Atlas includes two folding aquatint views of the Nootka Sound, as well as maps of the Pacific coast from Baja California to the Northwest, including the ports of San Diego and Monterey. Hill proposes the voyage cartographer Espinosa y Tello as author. Others put forward include captain Galaino and marine historian Martín Fernández de Navarrete.
Canals.- Whitworth (Richard) The Advantages of Inland Navigation...to shew that an Inland Navigation may be easily effected between the three great Ports of Bristol, Liverpool, and Hull, first edition, presentation copy from the author to John Turton with Turton's ink inscription at head of title (and others to front free endpaper), possibly lacking half-title although conforms to ESTC copy, folding engraved portrait of the Duke of Bridgewater, 4 folding tables of furnaces & forges, manufactures & merchandizes, expenses, and landowners, large folding engraved map with routes supplied in red or green, browned and soiled, slight worming to map, engraved bookplate of John Turton of the Inner Temple, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old morocco label, corners repaired, worming to lower corners and edges, 8vo, for R.Baldwin, 1766.⁂ Rare work by the High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1758/9 and MP for Stafford from 1768 to 1780. The frontispiece depicts the Duke of Bridgewater against a background of canals and working barges. The Bridgewater Canal, authorised by Acts of Parliament in 1760 and 1762, was not finally completed until 1776. It was the only major English canal to be financed by a private individual.
Broadside.- Bank Restriction Act.- At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, The Twenty-eighth Day of February 1797. Present, The Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, only edition, woodcut of the royal arms to head, folds, slight fraying to lower margin, not affecting text, [Steele IV, p.197], 385 x 315mm., printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1797.⁂ Rare. Subscribed by 42 statesmen, Privy Councillors, and senior public figures, including William Pitt and the Archbishop of Canterbury, this broadside signals the beginning of the so-called Bank Restriction period, published just a day after the stoppage of payment of cash for Bank of England notes. Clearly intended to encourage public confidence, it was swiftly followed, on 3rd May, with the enactment of the Bank Restriction Bill. ESTC locates only one copy at the Guildhall Library.
Darwin (Charles).- Spencer (Herbert) The Study of Sociology, first edition, presentation inscription "Charles Darwin with the author's kind regards" to head of title, hinges weak, title and front free endpaper working loose, small patch of staining to upper corner, Autograph Letter signed from Edward Darwin gifting the book to a relative loosely inserted, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little frayed, light staining to covers, 8vo, 1875.⁂ Darwin's copy of Spencer's book with a presentation inscription from the author. Spencer cites Darwin several times in his book and singles out Origin of Species as one of the most influential scientific publications of recent times. Spencer and Darwin were occasional correspondents and would regularly send each other copies of their latest works. The relationship between Spencer and Darwin is best-remembered for Spencer's coining of the phrase "survival of the fittest" which Darwin would then borrow for his Variation of Animals and Plants and the fifth and subsequent editions of On the Origin of Species. Books from Darwin's library are rare to the market. Provenance: By descent in the Cornford family.
λ AFTER LEONID POSEN (UKRAINIAN 1849-1921), CAST BY WOERFFEL, A RARE LARGE BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP 'OXEN' OR 'HEADING TO THE DUCK MARKET' CIRCA 1890 Signed to the cast "L Posene sclp", with Cyrillic foundry mark and date 1881 and ST PETERSBOURG approximately 78cm wide, 37cm deep, 29cm highProvenance: Private collection, Blaisdon Hall, GloucestershirePosen was a self-taught artist who combined a career in jurisprudence with a life as a sculptor. The son of a retired Guard captain, he was born in Poltava in central Ukraine. He studied law and went on to work as a lawyer in St. Petersburg before moving to Poltava, where he held the position of assistant prosecuting attorney of the District Court. He had no official training as a sculptor but from childhood worked in bread and wax modelling scenes from everyday life. In 1880 on the recommendation of G G Myasoedova he exhibited his original wax version of this work at the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions (TPHV). Werfel saw the work and bought the rights to cast it in bronze. Posen was duly elected to the TPHV- a group better known today as the "Peredvizhniky" (The Wanderers).Alongside his work as a lawyer- Posen went on to sculpt works that celebrated the life he saw around him- peasants, farmhands working and thriving in the Ukrainian countryside. For similar examples of this work please see:Doyle, New York, October 30, 2019, lot 187 sold $81,250Sotheby's London, June 6 2017, lot 441 sold £137,500 Condition Report: Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. There is some colour variance visible to the top- presumably from cleaning/handling- this can be seen in the water/pool flatter areas. There is also some loss of patina to exposed edges to the sides and to tops of oxen heads and some raised details. The seated female figure a little loose but does not come off. Otherwise generally in seemingly good condition with little in the way of knocks of movement to exposed areas/detailsPlease see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer
λ BORIS VASILYEVICH ANREP (1883-1969), A LARGE AND RARE MOSAIC PANEL EARLY 20TH CENTURY Of roundel form with depiction of figure of a saint, holding branch above a font, staff and banner to left hand 108cm diameter, 3cm deep Provenance: Commissioned by Augustus John for his house at 28 Mallord Street London in 1919 together with a large overmantel mosaic depicting John and his family. The two were covered up with panelling and only rediscovered when the family who had purchased the property in 1962- redecorated the property in 1970. The overmantel was subsequently removed and sold to the V&A Museum which holds it still (Accession Number A.7PART/1-1971). Anrep was feted for his skill as an artist in mosaics during his lifetime and a close friend of many of the members of the Bloomsbury Group. However he is relatively little known today. Partially this is because his work was commissioned for- and remains in- large institutions such as the National Gallery, Westminster Cathedral and the Bank of England. When his mosaic floors at the National Gallery were completed in 1952 a party was held to celebrate - attendees included T.S. Elliot, Somerset Maugham, Augustus John, Ben Nicholson, Cecil Beaton, Noel Coward and Winston Churchill. Little or any of his mosaic work seems to have appeared at auction. A copy of an annotated image showing the work in situ at 28 Mallord Street London, is available with this lot.Condition Report: Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. This, like the V&A panel, was executed in cement not plaster. There have been edge losses and the reverse showing the 'chicken wire' armature from construction- both probably from the removal of the piece from the house. There are signs of some remedial work with a darker blooming around some tesserae areas and some edge repairs however it will benefit from further conservation and protection to the edge. The colour is muted- it comes up when wetted but hopefully additional images show the slightly dull aspect/overall appearance. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer
Mounted 1806 etching of goods being recovered from wreck of Abergavenny by Tonkin's diving machine - 44cm x 56cm ~ Earl of Abergavenny (East India Company ship built 1796) sunk on 5-Feb-1805 in Weymouth Bay with the loss of 263 lives (⅔ of passengers) inc Captain John Wordsworth Jnr (the brother of William Wordsworth) ~ the diving machine & print is by Ralph Tonkin (Penzance) - the print has obvious damage but RARE
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