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Lot 4
A rare Leopold Lambert musical automaton, possible Jumeau bisque head, with brown glass fixed eyes, long painted lashes, closed mouth, blonde wig, bisque lower arms and hands, composition standing legs, orange dress with red bodice, red shoes and red velvet base, mechanism run by LB key and pull start, head both nods and shakes, both arms mechanised with the doll beckoning you in, for her to lift up her basket lid to reveal a dancing chick. Music plays thoughout her movement. 18 3/4" tall including stand, incised mark to neck (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)Restoration to one hand, no obvious issues with the head. Mechanism works nicely.
Lot 220
A rare George III gold and black enamel mourning ring for a child, black enamel to the centre inset with the inscription ' There Will Be Your Heart' a single channel/furrow to either side possibly for woven hair, width approx 5mm, outer diameter approx 10mm, this ring could have been given to a child/baby mourning the loss of a parent, unmarked, total gross weight approx 1.4gmsFurther details: good- enamel intact, minor wear and tear
Lot 404
A rare and unusual Chinese porcelain simulating gilt-bronze vase, late Qing Dynasty or Republic, of archaic Hu form with twin lion mask and ring handles, the body moulded in relief with precious Buddhist emblems, the neck with a band of leaf tips and taotie masks, the front and reverse panels depicting scholars and attendants playing “go”, admiring scroll paintings and practicing calligraphy, with poetic stanzas, the base with apocryphal Qianlong incised/impressed six character seal mark, the wooden cover with jade finial, 36cm high, th etop 12cm diam overall, 47cm high overall including stand & cover
Lot 554
Jaguar MkII 1960, 2.4 manual.this is a rare one owner from new car with only 51,000 miles .it has been stored in a garage/barn for some years and is in remarkable original condition. Interior is in excellent condition with superb walnut fittings , black leather seats with red piping. Now partly re-commissioned and in stunning original condition and proudly displayed at Geoff Cox Showroom in Denby, DE5.It has an age related registration as the original was parted from the car many years ago.The original bill of sale from 1960 comes with the car along with service book, old MOT’s etc. The full original tool kit is also included.Please study the images and feel free to arrange an inspection. Viewings invited.**Please note-reduced Buyers commission of 10% plus vat added to winning bid**NOTE FROM VENDOR: Jaguar Mark II:I have a dust cover for this. It was not made for the Jag but will fit. I also have a few bits – a spare air intake etc.The Jag had the same fuel issue, so we cleaned out the fuel tank. We changed the oil, and after she started we got her hot and changed the oil again. It has good fuel flow and oil pressure. The engine runs smoothly. The handbrake works but the brakes need servicing. It needs some welding underneath on the driver’s side at the back. It has been cleaned inside and out as well. As a note, it was serviced by Ken Giles, a really good motor engineer - my Father would not let anyone else touch it. CONDITION:NOTE FROM VENDOR: Jaguar Mark II:I have a dust cover for this. It was not made for the Jag but will fit. I also have some hub caps and a few bits – a spare air intake and a spare cylinder head which I think is off a Mark II. The Jag had the same fuel issue, so we cleaned out the fuel tank. We changed the oil, and after she started we got her hot and changed the oil again. It has good fuel flow and oil pressure. The engine runs smoothly. The handbrake works but the brakes need servicing. It needs some welding underneath on the driver’s side at the back. It has been cleaned inside and out as well. As a note, it was serviced by Ken Giles, a really good motor engineer - my Father would not let anyone else touch it.
Lot 36
Graham Chapman, a 6x3. 5 album page signed, with fantastically good wishes from Graham Chapman. A comedian, actor, writer and member of Monty Python, he played the lead role in the Python films, Holy Grail and The Life of Brian. A rare signature due to his early death from cancer in 1989, aged 48. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 510
Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney signed 2007 FA Cup final cover. Very rare cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 734
Hinge and Brackett collection 2 separately signed 5x4 white album page. Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage names of George Logan and Patrick Fyffe respectively. The characters of Hinge and Bracket were elderly, intellectual female musicians; in these personae the male Logan and Fyffe played and sang songs to comic effect. They made many appearances on television and radio. The two generally performed together, but on rare occasions appeared separately. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 10
Arvieux (Laurent d') The Travels...in Arabia the Desart...to which is added, A General Description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, second English edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, text lightly browned, with contemporary ink inscription "E Libris R.North Empt. Apud Lond: July 4th 1739 pretium [?]" to front free endpaper and with engraved bookplate of Hon. Charles North dated 1760, traces of another bookplate, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed and stained, rebacked, red morocco label, 12mo, for B.Barker...and C.King, 1732.⁂ A good copy of this scarce work by the polyglottal French diplomat Laurent d'Arvieux, with much information on customs, food, clothing, marriage, hospitality, law, trades, horses, medicine etc. It was first published in Paris in 1717 and the very rare first English edition in 1718. ESTC lists only 3 UK copies of this second edition.
Lot 108
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed.Tayler (William, amateur artist and civil servant of the East India Company, lived in India from 1829 until 1867, c. 1808-1892). Lord Elphinstone and Captain Parr riding on elephants, hog-hunting in India, watercolour heightened with white, over black chalk under-drawing, on paper mounted onto canvas, 435 x 655 mm (17 x 25 3/4 in), under glass, some minor surface dirt and browning, in ornate gilt frame, [circa 1830-1840]Provenance:[Possibly Hartnoll & Eyre] Painting for the British, n.d., no. 1 [label with attribution to Captain Parr, and title, affixed to reverse]Engraved:"The Death of the Hog. Dedicated to the Calcutta Tent Club", Drawn by William Tayler Esq. Engraved by F.C. Lewis. [n.d., c.1840.]*** The present work appears to be the original watercolour that F.C. Lewis' rare lithograph was based on. Numerous small differences within the image suggest it is the preparatory work for the print, rather than a copy after; most notably the changes in the hats of the men and the foliage. For several other similar examples of Tayler's watercolours from this period, see the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, who hold 18 watercolours in their collection (images can be found online via the Library of Congress website, see https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.9626).
Lot 119
Saunders (Daniel) A Journal of the Travels and Sufferings..., first edition, very browned, some soiling and staining, leaves brittle and frayed at edges, E6 defective at lower outer corner with loss of one letter from catchword, old ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, worn, spine repaired, [Sabin 77172], 12mo, Salem, Thomas C.Cushing, 1794.⁂ Rare account of an American mariner's shipwreck off the coast of Oman where, after a 1000km walk across the desert and assisted by nomads, he reached Muscat. The 15pp. Appendix contains one of the earliest American descriptions of Arabia.
![Thackeray (William Makepeace).- [Kennedy (Robert Blair)] Squibs and other Papers, in Prose and Rhyme...By the Honorary Secret](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/498fddf6-59ea-4196-8651-ae4e014243d8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 132
Thackeray (William Makepeace).- [Kennedy (Robert Blair)] Squibs and other Papers, in Prose and Rhyme...By the Honorary Secretary of the Madras Opium Club, first (?only) edition, signed presentation copy from the author to W.M.Thackeray inscribed on slip pasted to front free endpaper and Thackeray's embossed stamp to head of title, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece with caption in pencil beneath, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, preserved in later cloth folder and blue morocco slip-case with pull-off top, spine gilt, 8vo, Madras, Pharoah and Co., 1862-63.⁂ Rare. Library Hub records only 4 printed copies (BL, University of Liverpool, National Library of Scotland, and Oxford).The inscription reads, "To the Author of 'Vanity Fair' this humble volume is respectfully proffered by the Author. R.Kennedy - Engrs. Dr. Public Works Madras".
Lot 138
Wells (Prof. William) The Heroine of the White Nile: or, What a Woman Did and Dared...Miss Alexandrine Tinne, ?first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and plate, ornaments, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary pencil signature of J.Ernest Tinne to head of title, occasional spotting, modern half red morocco, spine gilt, New York, Carlton & Lanahan, [1871] § Solymos (B., B.E.Falkonberg) Desert Life, first edition, lithographed map, later half brown morocco, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, 1880 § Bowles (Charles & Susan) A Nile Voyage, Red Cross Library Series, printed on crepe paper, Japanese-style colour illustrations, rather browned, original pictorial wrappers stitched with cord, browned and worn, torn and frayed, [c.1900], 8vo & small 4to (3)⁂ The first item concerns Alexandrine Tinné, an intrepid Dutch explorer and early photographer. While exploring the White Nile region various members of her party died, including her mother. She was later murdered in Libya in 1869/70 during her attempt to become the first woman to cross the Sahara. John Ernest Tinne, whose copy this was, was her half-brother from Liverpool who had visited her in Cairo in 1865 to try and persuade her to return home with him. She refused and he left with the bodies of her mother and a maid, and her ethnographical collection (now in the Liverpool World Museum). Rare, only one copy listed by Library Hub (British Library).
Lot 141
Winterbottom (Thomas) An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, 2 vol., first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, 5 plates (2 folding), and 2 folding engraved maps (one torn and repaired), frontispiece foxed, some light soiling or offsetting, staining to corners at beginnings and ends, old library stamp to title of vol.2 and verso of plates with shelf no. and contemporary circulating label to endpapers, contemporary marbled boards, uncut, rebacked in calf and corners repaired, cracks to upper joints, 8vo, 1803.⁂ Rare controversial account of the author's experiences as a surgeon to the Sierra Leone Company in West Africa. The first volume describes the geography and customs of the country, the second concerns the diseases which were rife, particularly dysentery and malaria. It also contains detailed information on venereal disease, childbirth, abortion, male and female circumcision etc. which led to the second volume being suppressed in some circles.
Lot 150
America.- History of North America (The). Containing an Exact Account of their first Settlements, folding engraved map frontispiece (torn at fold and laid down), title also laid down, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Sabin 32145], 12mo, by Millar, Thomson, Jones, Davidson, Wilson, and Gardiner, 1776.⁂ Rare at auction. With particular accounts of New England, New York, Philadelphia, Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, Georgia, Canada, Florida and Nova Scotia.
Lot 156
South America.- Mining.- Documentos e memorial relativos ao actual estado da Companhia do Rio Doce, small wood-engraved vignette of a steam ship to title, ?lacking a half-title or initial advertisement f., some foxing and staining, modern wrappers, 8vo, Rio de Janeiro, Villeneuve & Co., 1841.⁂ Rare work collecting together documents relating to the Rio Doce Company, which was founded in 1832 to exploit the natural resources of south-eastern Brazil. We find no copies on Library Hub or WorldCat. Includes documents by John Barnett Humphreys, the son of a Scottish merchant in Hamburg, who was the company's chief engineer and a pioneer of steam shipping in Brazil.
Lot 157
Australia.- Nightingale (Florence) Note on the Aboriginal Races of Australia, 8pp., first separate edition, sewn as issued, lightly soiled, a couple of small tears to edges, title detached, [Ferguson 13393], 8vo, Emily Faithfull, 1865.⁂ "A Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, held at York, September, 1864", and previously printed in the 'Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science' 1864, pp. 552-558. Rare paper on the result of a study conducted by Nightingale into the mortality rates in "native schools" in Britain's colonies. She concludes that European customs have been detrimental to the health of aboriginal races and that they will die out unless action is taken.Library Hub records only one printed copy (BL) and we can trace only one copy at auction, in 2001.
Lot 16
Beke (Charles T.) An Essay on the Sources of the River Nile in the Mountains of the Moon, offprint from Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal No.XC vol.xlv, folding lithographed plate with 2 maps, small nick to fore-edge of a few leaves, bookplate of Gustavi von Hofsten, handsome contemporary dark green morocco, elaborately panelled in gilt with title to upper cover, spine gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, Edinburgh, 1848; The Sources of the Nile: being a General Survey of the Basin of that River ..., first edition, half-title, 6 maps (one folding, one in text), folding cross-section, some spotting, folding map torn and repaired, modern half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, 1860, 8vo (2)⁂ Beke wrote several papers on the source of the Nile, the first being An Essay on the Nile and its Tributaries of 1847, and he was the first to determine with any accuracy the course of the River Abay or Blue Nile. The first mentioned work is rare, with only 4 copies listed by Library Hub.
Lot 170
Mountaineering.- Minney (R.J.) Midst Himalayan Mists, first edition, map frontispiece and 23 photographic plates, light foxing, ink ownership stamp and inscription to title, oiginal cloth, gilt, pictorial onlay to upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped rubbed, [Yakushi M409], 8vo, Calcutta, 1920.⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies at auction in the last 50 years. Minney (1895-1979) had a varied carrier as journalist, film producer and playwright and was a passionate traveller. The present volume recount a trek through the Himalayas on horseback.
Lot 171
Polar Exploration.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) A Description of the Dash for the South Pole, 78 shellac record, black paper label with HMV logo in colours, gilt, small scratch to logo, HMV 01028, 12'', [c.1910].⁂ In this rare recording, Shackleton recounts details of his Nimrod exhibition to the Antarctic: 'On January 9th of this year 1909, the British flag was hoisted in latitude 88° 23' South'.
Lot 183
Darwin (Charles) Observations on the Structure and Propagation of the genus Sagitta, first appearance in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. XIII, pp.1-6 plus lithograph plate bound with other plates at end, some hand-coloured, original printed wrappers bound in, modern cloth with gilt-lettered morocco label to upper cover, 8vo, 1844.⁂ Rare at auction. First edition of Darwin's paper on marine arrow worms which he collected during his voyage on the Beagle and which he calls "one of the most anomalous animals in the world". The plate is based on Darwin's own drawings made during the voyage. He arrived back in England from his voyage in October 1836 and immediately began writing up the results of the expedition. Most of the scientific results were published in the Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle -including parts on birds, mammals, fish and reptiles - but Darwin ran out of funds before he could bring out the volume on invertebrates.
Lot 192
Medicine.- Glisson (Francis) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets: being a Diseas common to Children, translated by Philip Armin, first edition in English, title with typographic border, 3pp. advertisements at end of preliminaries, woodcut illustrations, typographic ornaments, contemporary ink signatures to front free endpaper, lightly browned, tear to Aa2 but no loss, contemporary sheep (?over new boards), rubbed, a few wormholes to lower cover, rebacked in morocco, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Wellcome III, 126; Wing G870], small 8vo, by Peter Cole, 1651.⁂ The first substantial account of infantile rickets, originally published as De rachitide in 1650, and one of the earliest collaborative works of medical research. Glisson also identified infantile scurvy as being a separate condition. Rare in commerce.
![[Burton (Sir Richard Francis)] The Kasidah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: A Lay of the Higher Law, translated and annotate](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/121cdb5b-5817-4b54-9ab1-ae4e0143a131/468x382.jpg)
Lot 26
[Burton (Sir Richard Francis)] The Kasidah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: A Lay of the Higher Law, translated and annotated by his friend and pupil, F.B., first edition, first issue without publisher and date on title, later half morocco, gilt, with the original printed yellow wrappers bound in (lightly soiled), t.e.g., spine faded, slightly rubbed at edges, small stains to upper cover, [Penzer pp.97], 4to, privately printed [for Bernard Quaritch], [1880].⁂ Rare work written by Burton but purporting to be a translation of an original Persian Sufi text. Both first and second issues were published by Bernard Quaritch in 1880 for the use of the author and his friends. Few copies of the first issue were sold (possibly fewer than 100) and the remainders were returned to Burton or members of his circle.
Lot 304
Banking.- John Law.- Lettres patentes du Roy, Portant privilege au Sieur Lavv & sa Compagnie d'establir une Banque generale, & de stipuler en Escus de Banque du poids & titre de ce jour. Données à Paris le 2. May 1716, first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece, marginal dust-soiling at foot, trimmed, affecting pagination on first f., [Paris], [Widow of François Muguet & Hubert Muguet], 1716 bound with Lettres patentes du roy, contenant reglement pour la Banque generale, accordée au Sieur Law, & à sa compagnie. Données à Paris le 20. may 1716, first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece, trimmed, just touching pagination, [Goldsmiths' 5317], [Paris], [Widow of François Muguet & Hubert Muguet], 1716 and Arrest du conseil d'estat du roy, qui ordonne que les billets de la banque generale seront pris en payement de toutes impositions, et seront payez & acquittez par les directeurs des monnoyes, receveurs & fermiers des deniers de Sa Majesté sur le pied de six livres l'ecu du premier juin 1718, drop-head title, large woodcut head-piece, trimmed affecting pagination and just touching first line of text A1v, [Goldsmiths' 5462], [Paris], Royal Printers, 1718 and 15 other related 'Arrests' of 1719-1720, together 18 works in 1 vol., trimmed, occasionally touching text, some spotting, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, small 4to ⁂ Rare first editions of the letters patent that allowed John Law to open the first paper currency issuing private bank, which would go on to become France's first national bank. The Banque Générale was mostly funded by Law and Louis XV, and one year later was nationalised at the request of Law, becoming the Banque Royale. Funded by this organisation Law bought and directed the infamous Mississippi Company, which produced an economic bubble that was soon thereafter to burst.
Lot 35
Churchill (Col. Charles Henry) Mount Lebanon A Ten Years' Residence from 1842 to 1852, 3 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 & 2 third edition, vol.3 second edition, half-title in vol.1 only, lithographed portrait frontispieces on india paper and mounted, 3 lithographed plates, folding map, errata slip in vol.1, vol.1 & 2 with final leaf blank but for imprint, some foxing, offsetting to titles, 1853; The Druzes and the Maronites under the Turkish Rule from 1840 to 1860, first edition, foxing at beginning and end, 1862, together 4 vol., contemporary half calf, spines gilt (not quite uniform) with roan labels, gilt stamp of New South Wales Library of Parliament to upper covers (but no internal stamps), a little rubbed, [Atabey 247; Blackmer 353], 8vo⁂ With the rare fourth volume . "An important work" (Blackmer).
![Colet (John) A ryght fruitfull monition, co[n]cernyng the ordre of a good christian mans lyfe..., 16pp., second edition, blac](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/3e4840a5-6b46-48b4-a3f2-ae4e01422db5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 361
Colet (John) A ryght fruitfull monition, co[n]cernyng the ordre of a good christian mans lyfe..., 16pp., second edition, black letter, woodcut initial and tail-piece, Bute copy with Cardiff Castle bookplate, bound in handsome early twentieth century panelled dark blue morocco, gilt, by de Coverly, double gilt fillet borders and panel with delicate central lozenge of flowers, pinecones and ornaments tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt, g.e., joints a little rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [STC 5548], 12mo, J[hon] C[awood], 1563.⁂ A superb copy of this rare work offering advice on one's duty to God and one's neighbours, chastity before marriage, proper behaviour towards one's wife, children and servants, and charity to the poor. ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Bodleian Library in Oxford, and a private collection - ?this copy) and another in the Folger Library in America.
![[Shaw (John)] A True Christians Daily Delight: being the Summe of every Chapter of the Old and New Testaments..., translated](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/80f1094a-cc38-4688-a05e-ae4e01433926/468x382.jpg)
Lot 365
[Shaw (John)] A True Christians Daily Delight: being the Summe of every Chapter of the Old and New Testaments..., translated by Simon Wastel, headings with woodcut borders, lacking final gathering of 3 text leaves and blank (text supplied in manuscript in neat nineteenth century hand), some soiling, unusually bound in nineteenth century calf with lattice containing ornaments tooled in blind, red morocco label, rubbed, [STC 25103], 12mo, by G.Eld and M.Flesher, for Robert Mylbourne, 1623.⁂ First and only edition under this title of Wastel's translation into English of John Shaw's Biblia summula, with chapters summarised in verse, each one with initial letter in alphabetical order to help children memorise the Bible. A second, enlarged edition appeared in 1629 under the title Microbiblion.... Rare; ESTC lists only 3 UK copies (BL and 2 at Oxford) and 4 in America.
![[Nicole (Pierre)] De l'Education d'un Prince..., first edition, with initial and final blanks, woodcut device on title and de](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/5b446df3-9798-4327-b157-ae4e0142cde1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 378
[Nicole (Pierre)] De l'Education d'un Prince..., first edition, with initial and final blanks, woodcut device on title and decorations, lightly browned, ink stain to verso of A9, a few leaves of signature G creased, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, Paris, widow of Charles Savreux, 1670 § [Cordier (Maturin) La Civilité Honneste pour l'Instruction des Enfans, a little soiled, a few ink stains, corners creased, stitched in contemporary yellow patterned-paper wrappers, uncut, slightly worn, Troyes, widow Garnier, [1780] § Mayer (Charles-Joseph de) Aventures et Plaisante Éducation du Courtois Chevalier Charles-Le-Bon, sire d'Armagnac, 3 vol., second edition, vol.1 & 2 with half-titles and final blank, engraved frontispieces by Godin after Marillier, from the library of the Earl of Granard with signature to half-title or verso of frontispiece and large engraved bookplate, contemporary speckled calf, spines ruled in gilt with red and green roan labels, slightly rubbed, [Cohen-de Ricci 695], Amsterdam, 1786, 12mo (3)⁂ The first mentioned is an important work on education and courtesy by the Jansenist Pierre Nicole (1625-95), including three discourses by Blaise Pascal. The second item is a rare edition of Cordier's Civilité Puerile first published around 1557; the third is a rare courtesy novel in which the prinicipal plot involves a French nobleman subtly disguising "profitable lessons for young gentlemen and ladies of noble lineage" in novel form.
![[Preston (Richard Graham, Viscount)] Angliae speculum morale; The Moral State of England..., first edition, with initial blan](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/c217c854-9514-4533-83be-ae4e014468db/468x382.jpg)
Lot 379
[Preston (Richard Graham, Viscount)] Angliae speculum morale; The Moral State of England..., first edition, with initial blank and cancel E8, woodcut initials, lengthy note in Latin in contemporary hand to front free endpaper, ink inscription of Capt. Francis Downman Royal Artillery to a couple of preliminaries, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Heltzel 1184; Wing P3310], by Henry Herringman, 1670 § [Brown (John)] An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times, first edition, title in red & black, with final advertisement leaf, engraved bookplate of W.Wynne, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, lightly stained, spine worn at head, [printed by William Bowyer] for L.Davis and C.Reymers, 1757 § Sentimental Discourses upon Religion and Morality. By a Lady, only edition, half-title, one or two small stains, contemporary sheep, red morocco label, spine worn at foot with splits to joints, T.Becket, 1776 § Nettleton (Thomas) A Treatise on Virtue and Happiness, third edition, corrected, contemporary ink signature of George Fluyder to head of title, light foxing, small tear to upper edge of b1 just touching head-line, later pink calf, rubbed and faded, J.Payne, & J.Bouquet, 1751, rubbed, 8vo (4)⁂ The second is an attack on English society by an Anglican clergyman who deplored the "unmanly dissipation" of Englishmen as a result of greater luxury, and the increased role of women in society. The third is a rare courtesy book; only 3 copies listed by ESTC (BL, and Harvard and Huntington libraries in America).
Lot 387
La Serre (Jean Puget de) The Secretary in Fashion: or, An Elegant and Compendious way of writing all manners of Letters, translated by John Massinger, sixth edition in English, additional engraved title, contemporary ink signature "Eliz. Amherst junr" to head of title, stain to fore-edge of first few leaves, some spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf with corner-pieces in blind, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, splits to joints, [Wing L462bA], for Peter Parker, 1683 § [Le Faucheur (Michel)] The Art of Speaking in Publick: or an Essay on the Action of an Orator, second English edition, title and final leaf browned, contemporary manuscript notes to rear endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, rubbed, upper joint split, small chip to head of spine, for N.Cox, 1727, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is the final edition of Massinger's translation (a reissue of the fifth edition with a cancel title) and is rare; ESTC records only a copy at Yale but WorldCat adds one in the British Library, and another in Germany.The second item is a translation of Le Faucher's Traicte de l'Action de l'Orateur published in 1676.
Lot 395
James II, King of England. The Pious Sentiments of the late King James II, of Blessed Memory. Upon Divers Subjects of Piety, only edition, browned, contemporary ink signature to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, worn, rebacked, 1704 § F[ox] (G[eorge]) Concerning Good-Morrow, and Good-Even; the Worlds Customs..., only separate edition, browned, lacking small portion from lower margin (repaired), later roan-backed boards, rubbed, [Wing F1766], for Thomas Simmons, 1657 § Calamy (Edmund) A Patterne for all, especially Noble and Honourable Persons, to teach them how to die Nobly and Honourably..., first edition, title in first state with age supplied in manuscript, thick black border, browned, some stains, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing C262], for Edward Brewster, 1658 § Sovereign (The): Or a Political Discourse upon the Office and Obligations of the Supreme Magistrate, only edition, lacking initial blank, woodcut initial and typographic ornament, old ink library reference to head of title and number to verso, title and final leaf a little soiled, modern calf ruled in blind with ornaments to corners, spine faded, [Wing S4777], 1680, 4to (4)⁂ The first item is rare; only 5 copies in ESTC (Aberdeen, BL, Cambridge, Oxford, and Cornell in America).
Lot 40
Coryate (Thomas) Thomas Coriate Traveller for the English Wits: Greeting. From the Court of the Great Mogul, Resident at the Towne of Asmere, in Easterne India, facsimile reprint, initial blank, title with woodcut of Coryate on an elephant, 5 other large woodcut illustrations including 2 duplicates of the elephant and one of a unicorn, woodcut initials and ornaments, lightly browned, engraved bookplate of John Towneley Esqr. and book-label of Henry William Paget Hoskyns, contemporary calf, covers with diamond formation and central decoration in gilt, a little worn, rebacked, new red morocco label, 4to, W.Iaggard, and Henry Featherston, 1616 [but c.1730].⁂ Eighteenth-century type facsimile of Coyate's travels on foot to India via Turkey and Persia. He is credited with introducing the table-fork to England, from an earlier journey to Italy. The original work is rare with only 7 UK copies on ESTC.
![[Crouch (Nathaniel)], "R.B[urton]." A View of the English Acquisitions in Guinea, and the East-Indies ...with a Description o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/2fb33c87-3bc1-4d0b-9820-ae4e01457fb7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 41
[Crouch (Nathaniel)], "R.B[urton]." A View of the English Acquisitions in Guinea, and the East-Indies ...with a Description of the Isle of St.Helena...By R.B., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates (?of 4), lacking 6pp. advertisements at end, erratic pagination but complete, browned, C2 with printing defect to a few lines but no loss of legibility, a few head-lines and signatures shaved, later panelled calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed and marked, new endpapers, [Sabin 99557; Wing C7356], 12mo, for Nath. Crouch, 1686.⁂ Rare work describing the colonial territories controlled by the East African Company and East India Company, with (mostly) charming plates of "A Guinean Monarch", "Monstrous Serpents in Africa", "Strang Creatures in India" and "Executions in India". ESTC records only 2 printed copies in the UK (BL & Sion College Library at Lambeth Palace). Both call for 5 plates in total but the 2 copies sold at auction (1982, & 1965 bound with 3 others), plus another in a Maggs catalogue of 1939, all contained 4 plates.
![Caxton.- [Chaucer (Geoffrey)] [The Book of Fame], single leaf (a3) from the extremely rare work, 38 lines, black letter, repa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/c5e8cef0-d902-45c5-8cf7-ae4e0142ba9e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 410
Caxton.- [Chaucer (Geoffrey)] [The Book of Fame], single leaf (a3) from the extremely rare work, 38 lines, black letter, repaired hole with loss to text on 3 lines on verso only, worming, affecting text in places, soiled and browned at upper and lower edges and slightly chipped at bottom, slightly damp-wrinkled at top, window-mounted, [STC 5087], 4to (204 x 148mm.), Westminster, William Caxton, [c.1486].⁂ A fragment from one of the great Caxton rarities. Only one other leaf (a6) has been traced at auction (Sotheby's 1979 £220). Printed in his number 4 type.
Lot 417
Chapman (George, translator).- Homer. Homer prince of poets: translated according to the Greeke, in twelue bookes of his Iliads, engraved architectural title by William Hole, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, Cc4 blank, lacking leaf of dedicatory verses to Lady Wroth and the Countess of Montgomery ('rarely present' (Pforzheimer)) and final blank, dedication leaf to Queen Anne misbound after A2, title page repaired seemingly using central title and imprint from another copy, I1-3 heavily stained, but perfectly legible, T1 short tear at foot, not affecting text, V2 repair to lower blank corner, X2 small piece from upper corner, not affecting text, some water-staining and spotting, 18th century red panelled morocco, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments (with some loss here and there), corners worn, stained, rubbed and marked, [Pforzheimer 168; Grolier/Langland to Wither 26; STC 13633], small folio, Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for Samuel Macham, [?1609]. ⁂ Rare at auction, with only four copies recorded since 1923 (the last two being the Pirie copy (2015) and the Henry Yates Thompson copy (2016)). First edition of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 12th books. Provenance: Grenville family (engraved armorial bookplate with motto 'repetens exempla suorum').
Lot 420
Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his pilgrim. Microcosmus, or the historie of man, first edition, title with first three words within woodcut cartouche and with woodcut printer's device, 3G2 dedication f. to Bishop John King bound after title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title and dedication f. trimmed to border and neatly laid down (both are without text verso in original state), some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, covers worn, but holding firm, [STC 20503; Sabin 66677], 8vo, Printed by W[illiam] S[tansby] for Henry Fetherstone, 1619.⁂ Rare at auction, the last copy we can trace being in 1981. Includes references to the New World.
![Frances Wolfreston's copy.- [Lupton (Thomas)] A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts: vvhereof some are wonderfull, some](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/89c85700-ca90-4c35-9930-ae4e014481ea/468x382.jpg)
Lot 421
Frances Wolfreston's copy.- [Lupton (Thomas)] A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts: vvhereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, diuers necessary, a great sort profitable, and many very precious, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initial, contemporary ink recipes to endpapers and occasional marginalia, K3 small piece from lower blank corner, M8 outer margin torn with loss, water-stained, some spotting, browned, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked, corners worn, lightly stained, rubbed, [STC 16961], 8vo, Printed by Iohn Haviland, for Robert Bird, 1631.⁂ Owned by a seventeenth-century woman book collector. Frances Wolfreston (1607-1677) is a rare example of a woman from the ordinary rungs of society who formed a substantial book collection. She focused on English literature and drama. The majority of the books remained in family ownership until 1856, when most were sold at Sotheby's. The Bodleian holds her copy of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, 1593, making her one of the earliest known women readers of Shakespeare. Provenance: 'Frances Wolfreston, her bouk' (ink inscription to front inner board); her husband Francis Wolfreston (inscriptions and pen trials to front free endpaper), it is interesting to note that this work was published in the year of their marriage; 'Ex libris D Wyndham Smith, Inkberrow, Worcester WR7' (blind-stamp to front free endpaper); J. Timothy Kenrick (armorial bookplate to front inner board).
Lot 431
Recusant.- Cary (Edward), "Adolphus Brontius". The Catechist catechiz'd: or, Loyalty asserted in vindication of the oath of allegiance, against a new catechism set forth by a father of the Society of Jesus, first edition, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, later endpapers, edges speckled in colours, occasionally encroaching on a margin, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt title and date, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing C722], 8vo, no place, no printer, 1681.⁂ Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being offered in 1968. Cary was a Devon-born Catholic priest. Provenance: Rev. H. Campbell; Coombs Bookseller, Worcester; 'Bib. Mai Heythrop BX 2078, BRO, 1681' (labels to front endpapers).
Lot 434
Lithgow (William) Lithgow's Nineteen Years Travels through the most Eminent Places in the Habitable World, woodcut frontispiece and 5 plates only (of 6), all folding, frontispiece with restoration to lower corner within image, lacking Z4&5, occasional light browning, bookplates to pastedowns, contemporary sheep, rebacked, corners worn, [Blackmer 1021 for 1640 2nd ed; Wing L2541], 8vo, Printed for John Wright and Thomas Passinger, 1682.⁂ Scarce, originally published under the title The Totall Discourse of the Rare Adventures in 1632. Lithgow, a Scot, travelled extensively throughout the Levant, Greece, Constantinople and the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, Italy and Spain "He travelled mostly on foot and had a greater knowledge of the interior of the countries he visited than most travellers of this period. He provides interesting details of the society, men, and manners he observed and is probably the earliest authority for coffee-drinking in Europe, Turkish baths, the pigeon-post between Aleppo and Bagdad etc. etc." - Blackmer.
Lot 435
Hobbes (Thomas) Seven Philosophical Problems, and Two Propositions of Geometry, first edition, lacking folding plate, E1 with small loss to bottom edge, not affecting text, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, loss to spine head, rubbed, [Wing H2259], 8vo, 1682.⁂ Rare in commerce. The last copy recorded at auction sold in 1980.
Lot 436
Shakespeare (William) Othello, the Moor of Venice. A tragedy, lacking title and following f. (advertisements / dramatis personae), text of play itself complete, B1 small paper flaw in text with loss of a few letters of 1 word and detaching, trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, a few short tears, browned, some staining, disbound, [Greg 379 (i); Bartlett 107; Wing 2941], small 4to, [Printed for Richard Bentley and S. Magnes in Russel-Street near Covent-Garden], [1687].⁂ The fifth edition, which is rare at auction.
Lot 439
Music.- Babell (William) Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons Collected and Fitted to the Harpsicord or Spinnet..., first edition, engraved title, engraved 'Table of the Lessons', 76 engraved plates of music (numbered 2-77), manuscript ink annotation to front endpaper verso, title with light uniform browning and offsetting, plate 65 with small marginal tear to lower edge (just touching but not affecting music), some light browning and spotting, endpapers renewed, modern half calf, upper joint splitting at head and foot, rubbed, folio, Walsh and Hare, [1717].⁂ Rare. RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) lists no copy at the BL, nor is it listed on ESTC. Meanwhile, RBH lists only 4 copies at auction in the last 40 years. This collection, which includes some of Babell's own material, also contains some of the earliest known published arrangements and harpsicord transcriptions of arias by G. F. Handel, for example from his operas Rinaldo (1711) and Teseo (1713). Although Babell (1960-1723) was trained predominantly by his bassoonist father, it is thought to be possible that Handel also contributed to his musical training.
Lot 449
European politics as a card game.- The Royal gamsters; or the old cards new shuffled, for a conquering game, bifolium, closely trimmed at foot, affecting catchword A1v, some staining, lightly browned, disbound, small 4to, [Printed by E. B. near Ludgate], [1706].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording two copies (BL and UCLA (William Andrews Clark)) and WorldCat adding Simon Fraser University Library.
Lot 454
Architecture.- Bridges (James) Mr. Bridges's Reasons for Building a Bridge of Three Arches on the Old Foundations; with his Objections to the Single Arch Plan, 26pp., only edition, ink corrections/alterations to a couple of leaves, title soiled at upper outer corner, stitched in original blue wrappers, uncut, a little dusty, [Harris 51], 8vo, Bristol, S.Farley, 1762.⁂ Rare pamphlet relating to the Bristol bridge controversy. In 1757 Bridges was commissioned to draw up designs for improve the medieval bridge over the river Avon in Bristol. He advocated a bridge of three arches using the existing piers but many wanted a completely new bridge, a much more expensive option. Designs were sought from other sources and much argument ensued but Bridges was appointed surveyor in November 1760 to build a single arch bridge. Before he started the commissioners consulted engineers' opinions, one advising that a single-arch was too risky and John Smeaton saying the opposite, hence this pamphlet from Bridges in defence of his original design. The confused commissioners then co-appointed Bridges and another architect to construct a three-arch bridge, at considerable more expense, but Bridges was so fed up by this time that he left for the West Indies. The bridge was finally built to his original plan by Thomas Paty in 1763-68.ESTC records only one copy (BL) but Library Hub adds another 3 (National Library of Scotland, University of St. Andrews, Wellcome Library). Harris also cites Avon County Reference Library, Bristol. We have been unable to trace any copy at auction.
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