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Lot 160
A German Model 1898/05 "Butcher" Bayonet, the fullered single edge steel blade with swollen tip, the hilt with low ears, ribbed wood grip with flashguard, with steel scabbard and leather frog; another example, the wood grip with ribbing smoothed down and no flashguard, lacks scabbard; a German Model 1898 N/A Neuer Art Mauser Bayonet, the blade ricasso stamped with a crown over ERFURT, the pommel with double inspector`s stamp, lacks scabbard. (3)
Lot 358
An 18th Century Flintlock Holster Pistol, the 19.5cm brass barrel with London proof marks and with a crowned MI stamp, engraved LONDON on the rib, the walnut stock with brass furniture of two ramrod pipes, engraved trigger guard, the back plate as a martial trophy, the spurred butt plate chased with a flowerhead, the steel lock plate engraved with a sunburst, the wood ramrod with horn tip.
Lot 17
Macquoid (P) A History of English Furniture 4 vol. contemporary half-morocco 1904-08 § Macquoid (P.) and Ralph Edwards. The Dictionary of English Furniture 3 vol. second revised edition 1954 § Symonds (R. W.) Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England 1955 § Foley (E.) The Book of Decorative Furniture 2 vol. old ink stamp on title of vol. 1 1910 § Brackett (O.) Thomas Chippendale n.d. plates and illustrations some colour some tipped in occasional spotting all but the first original cloth rubbed the second with frayed dust-jackets; and c.15 others English furniture v.s.(c.25)
Lot 34
Conway.Demonology and Devil-lore 2 vol. second revised edition lightly foxed 1880 § Owen (Robert Dale) Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World first English edition half-title (torn at upper edge) 1860 § Pettigrew (T.J.) On Superstitions...of Medicine and Surgery first edition half-title engraved frontispiece ex-Bristol Infirmary Library copy with stamp and old sticker on title 1864 § Mayo (Herbert) On the Truths contained in Popular Superstitions with an account of Mesmerism third edition half-title 32pp. publihsers` catalogue at end Edinburgh & London 1851 all original cloth the first pictorial gilt a little rubbed the second with faded spine the third with cover detached 8vo(5)
Lot 219
Gibralter. Ancell. Journal of the blockade fourth edition issue with semicolon after Gibraltar wood-engraved view of Gibraltar from another source mounted opposite title small map of the strait of Gibraltar mouned on front pastedown damp-staining to some upper corners occasional later ink marginalia and scribbles ink ownership stamp on title and last f. later cloth-backed boards worn 8vo Cork printed for the author 1793.
Lot 281
Guidi (Guido) Les anciens et renommé aucteurs de l first edition in French numerous woodcut illustrations in text hole in text n6 worm hole through whole text block in lower margin damp-staining throughout text ending at p. 672 rebacked retaining contemporary boards Lyons Guillaume Roulle 1555 § Saurez (Francisco) Cirugia Methodica Chimica Reformada trimmed close at places in bottom margin some fore-edge pages slightly frayed damp-staining in places ink library stamp front free endpaper contemporary vellum one tie missing Madrid 1722; and 2 others v.s.(5)
Lot 282
Haller (Albrecht von) Bibliotheca Chirurgica 2 vol. first edition vol.2 lacking half-title (not called for in vol.1) 3pp. errata end of vol.2 a little foxed at beginning and end ex-library copy with embossed stamp on endpapers contemporary half calf spines gilt blue striped edges rubbed corners and head of spines worn [GM 5789; Wellcome III p.199] 4to Berne E.Haller and Basle J.Schweighauser 1774-75.
Lot 288
Le Dran (Henri-François) Traité ou Reflexions tiré first edition signed by the author on title and with his monogram browned ex-library copy with ink stamp at head of dedication and on front pastedown contemporary calf spine gilt a little worn lacking label [GM 2149; Wellcome III p.473] 12mo Paris C.Osmont 1737.
Lot 298
Morgagni (Giovanni Battista) The Seats and Causes translated by Benjamin Alexander 3 vol. first English edition title of vol.1 mounted on stub and with faint ink inscription at head (partly erased) staining to lower outer corner at beginning of vol.1 first and last few leaves rather soiled or browned ex-library copy with old ink stamp on title of vol.2 & 3 modern calf red morocco labels boards very slightly warped [GM 2276; Wellcome III p.178] 4to for A. Millar and T. Cadell 1769. ***”By this great work one of the most important in the history of medicine Morgagni was the true founder of modern pathological anatomy.” GM..
Lot 301
Quesnay (François) Traité de la Suppuration first edition modern calf-backed marbled boards [Wellcome IV p.456] d`Houry 1749; Traité de la Gangrene contemporary mottled calf slightly rubbed label chipped d`Houry 1771 both lightly browned old ink medical library stamp on titles 12mo Paris(2) ***The author was physician to Louis XV and better known as the founder of the Physiocratic school of economics..
Lot 302
Rode (Johann) De acia dissertatio ad Cornelius Cel first edition title with woodcut device 4 engraved plates light soiling or browning ex-library copy with faint ink stamp and accession number on title bookplate of Victor A.Schwarz modern wrappers small 4to Padua P.Frambotti 1639. ***Study on the fibula and ancient surgical sutures..
Lot 172
Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology...1678 edited by John Ray 3 parts in 1 first edition in English title in red and black 80 fine engraved plates 2 tables title with ink stamp and ink ownership inscriptions `Bethell Robinson` (scored through) and `Tho. Blythe Robinson 1837` plate 77 trimmed closely at outer edge just touching very small part of 1 image repaired tear to outer edge of plate 88 just affecting small part of image but with no loss lower corner of this plate creased others in good crisp and clean condition a few small marginal worm holes or traces to outer margins of the first c.200 text ff. antique style mottled calf-backed old marbled boards vellum corners boards faded and rubbed [Nissen 991; Wing W2879] folio A.C. for John Martyn 1678. ***`one of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time` (Wood). It contains the first systematic classification of birds of the world. For the English edition Ray corrected the text and augmented it with three new treatises on falconry songbirds and the art of fowling..
Lot 232
Cowper. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies second edition engraved title-vignette engraved frontispiece and 115 plates on 114 sheets 2 folding a couple of repairs some soiling and water-staining mostly marginal but sometimes affecting upper edge of plates library number and ink stamp "Directors Room" on dedication leaf modern half calf over marbled boards folio Leiden and London 1737.
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Lot 2
[Boyle] (Roger, Earl of Orrery). A treatise of the Art of War, First Edition, engraved frontispiece by A. De Blois, upper corner torn away and repaired with blank, 6 folding engraved plates, gilt stamp at the head of the text, last leaf soiled and chipped at upper edge, nineteenth century half calf, spine defective, [Wing 0499], folio, by T. N. For Henry Herringman, 1677
Lot 63
Sold on the Instructions of the Governing Body of Rugby School Shakespeare (William). Mr. William Shakespear’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio ... The Fourth Edition; Fourth Folio, lacks portrait, two later manuscript notes on the title, and the oval stamp of the Arnold Library Rugby, the first gathering possibly inserted, with the fore-margin of the title slightly shorter, TT3 and TT4 also inserted and with shorter margins, small holes or rustholes in B4 and ZZ1, paper flaws in B6 and F3, all slightly affecting the text, 19th century tree calf, extremities of spine worn, upper joint cracing, bookplate of Rugby School, and stamped W*I*W inside the front cover, [Wing S2915; Pforzheimer 911], folio, (360 x 225mm), for H. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, 1685 The Fourth Folio Edition includes Pericles and the six spurious plays, and was printed on larger sheets than the earlier folios. This copy has the variant setting of the title page omitting Chiswell’s name. Provenance: Presented by Mathew Holbecke Bloxam, DR, to Rugby School Library in 1884 and inscribed thus on the front endpaper. Also with Bloxam’s notes saying that the book came from Lawford Hall, the property of Theodosius Boughton, Bart., in the eighteenth century.
Lot 16
Flamsteed (John). Atlas Coelestis, 1753, eng. portrait frontis., title page with eng. allegorical illusts., German library stamp to lower margin, dedication and nine pages of text, twenty-seven double page eng. decorative star charts, some maps trimmed to just inside plate mark, very occ. slight spotting, contemp. Cambridge style panelled calf, gilt spine with raised bands and morocco title label, rubbed with some surface marks, minor wear to foot of spine, folio (550 x 380mm) An exceptionally good copy with fine clean and dark impressions. (1)
Lot 37
Persian Gulf. Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1901-1902, Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1902, 118pp., some light browning and occ. scattered spotting, orig. qtr. cloth with printed title to upper board, slightly marked & rubbed, slim folio, together with Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1902-1903, Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1903, 57pp., some light browning and small worm holes to upper outer corners, orig. qtr. cloth with printed title to upper board, slightly worn and dampstained, slim folio, with Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1903-1904, Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1904, 66pp., some browning and sewing broken, orig. printed upper wrapper, slim folio, with Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I., Historical and Political Materials, Precis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904, [G. C. Press, Simla, 1904], 112pp., ink library stamp of Govt. of India Foreign Office to title and final leaf, some light browning, orig. qtr. cloth with printed title to upper board, upper board with ink library stamps of Govt. of India Foreign Office and British Embassy Bagdad and also paper label “Deputy Secretary’s Copy Calcutta and Simla”, cover attachment weak and some wear, slim folio, plus Ingrams (W.H.), Chronology & Genealogies of Zanzibar Rulers, printed by the Government Printer, Zanzibar, 1926, folding pedigrees, orig. qtr. cloth with printed title to upper board, slim folio. The Persian Gulf Reports include trade reports for the Pesian Gulf, Maskat, Mohammerah, Bunder Abbas and Bahrein. (5)
Lot 52
Wright (Rev. G.N. & Allom, Thomas). France Illustrated Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture &c., vols. 2 & 3 bound as one (only), pub. Fisher, Son & Co., eng. frontis & addn. eng. title to each vol., fifty eng. plts., occ. scattered spotting throughout, a.e.g., contemp. dec. cloth gilt, 4to, together with, Hugo (A.), France Pittoresque ou Description Pittoresque, Topographique et Statistique des Departements et Colonies de la France, vol. 2 (only), Paris, 1835, title page with near contemp. owners ink stamp, numerous eng. plts. and maps, some with crude later hand colouring, contemp. blind embossed sheep, gilt dec. spine, rubbed, frayed and worn, 4to, with, Winkles (B.), French Cathedrals, pub. Charles Tilt, 1837, addn. eng. title, forty-nine eng. plts. (correct as list), occ. scattered spotting throughout, hinges and joints weak, contemp. cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed, bumped and worn, 4to, with, Wordsworth (Christopher), Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical, pub. WIlliam S. Orr and Co., 1839, eng. frontis. & addn. eng. title, two b & w eng. map, twenty-four eng. plts. (correct as list), numerous wood engs, to text, hinges and joints weak, contemp. cloth gilt, worn, stained and frayed, 4to, with one other similar (5)
Lot 148
Opie (Iona and Tatem, Moira, eds.). A Dictionary of Superstitions, 1989, orig. cloth in d.j., together with James (E.O.), The Ancient Gods, The History and Diffusion of Religion in the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, 1960, b & w plts. after photos, orig. cloth, plus Bartok (Bela), Hungarian Folk Music, trans. M.D. Calvocoressi, 1st ed., Oxford University Press, 1931, lib. stamp to title verso, orig. cloth, rubbed, and other folklore interest, mostly 20th c. publications, many in d.j.s, mostly 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 168
Hetley (Mrs. Charles). The Native Flowers of New Zealand Illustrated in Colours, 1st ed., 1888, thirty-six full-page chromos. with tissue guards, recent cloth gilt, folio Formerly in the collection of Sir Henry Parkes, and housed in the Chief Secretary’s department of New South Wales until 1956, with unobtrusive circular ink stamp to upper corner of title, dedication leaf and index leaf. (1)
Lot 349
* Ruskin (John, 1819-1900). Signed cheque “John Ruskin”, 10th March 1887, drawn on a Prescott, Cave, Buxton, Loder & Co. form, made out to Charles Turner for the sum of three guineas, completed in manuscript in Ruskin’s holograph, ink stamp and perforated cancel stamp, ink cancel mark across signature, clerical signature to verso, a few vertical creases and small archival repair to right margin affecting oval duty stamp, 8 x 20cm. The identity of Mr. Charles Turner is not known. John Ruskin knew the engraver Charles Turner, but both he and his son named Charles, had both died long before this date. (1)
Lot 382
Genebrard (Gilbert). Chronographia in duos libros distincta. Prior est de Rebus veteris Populi: Posterior recentes historias, praesert’mq; Ecclesiasticas complectitur, 2 parts in one, Paris, Martinum Iuuenem, 1567, printer’s woodcut device to each title and final leaf, few woodcut dec. initials, general title with very small hole and also library ink stamp to lower outer corner margin, occ. spotting and few marks mostly to margins, modern paper covered limp boards, slim folio. Adams G395. (1)
Lot 404
Puysegur (Jacques Francois de Chastenet de). Art de la Guerre, par Principes et par Regles, 2 vols. bound in one, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1748, fine eng. port. frontis. of the author by J. Daulle after R. Tourniere, first title with eng. vignette, eng. title to second part by Marvye after Babel, (41) folding and double-page eng. plates, several eng. culs-de-lampe after Cochin, a few minor marks (generally in clean condition), 19th c. ownership ink stamp to front blank of F. Veillon Colonel, marbled endpapers, contemp. mottled full calf, gilt dec. spine with large eng. coat of arms to centre of both covers, surmounted with ducal coronet and armorial supported by unicorns to either side, rubbed and some wear to joints and extrems. (upper joint partly split at foot), outer corners showing, large folio (435 x 295mm). Cohen-de Ricci 830. First edition of the Marquis de Puysegur’s important treatise, published posthumously by his son, in which the author expresses his universal theory of successful warfare, partly in opposition to the growing use of firearms. (1)
Lot 423
Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria). Epitome Cosmografica, o Compendiosa Introduttione All” Astronomia, Geografia, & Idrografia, per l”uso, Dilucidatione, e Fabbrica Delle Sfere, Globi, Planisferj, Astrolabj, e Tavole Geografiche..., Colonia [Venice]: Andrea Poletti, 1693, addn. eng. title, thirty-two eng. plts., diags. & maps only (of 37, inc. 30 double-page and 2 folding), one double-page plt. with 2 volvelles (each with 3 moving parts), one double-page plt. detached and map of Spain with two holes & closed-tear, folding plt. with closed-tear to fold, ink library stamp to verso of title and final leaf, few minor marks and some light dampstaining, initial 40pp. with worming at foot of inner margins, sewing slightly weak mostly at front and rear, slight fraying to fore-edge margins, upper inner hinge split, contemp. limp vellum, worn and with loss at head & foot of spine, 4to. Bookplate of Bibliotheque du Prince W.C. Czartoryski. Riccardi I/1, 374. (1)
Lot 424
Dalton (John). A New System of Chemical Philosophy, Parts I & II only, 1st eds., Manchester, 1808-10, eight eng. plts., some occ. light browning, and dust soiling, folding litho. table “Atomic Symbols by John Dalton Explanatory of a Lecture Given by Him to the Members of the Manchester Mechanics Institution 19th October 1835” tipped-in as frontis. to Part I, old ownership name of Geo. Miller to front free endpaper of Part I, ex lib with ink name stamp to title verso and at foot of final page of each (plus two stamps to additional table verso), partly uncut, modern limp cloth gilt with library labels to endpapers, 8vo. The third part of Dalton’s classic work on the atomic theory of matter was published as volume II in 1827. PMM 261; Dibner 44; Grolier 22. (2)
Lot 439
Muncker (Thomas). Mythographi Latini. C. Jul. Hyginus, Fab. Planciades Fulgentius, Lactantius Placidus, Albricus Philosophus; Thomas Munckerus omnes ex libris MSS. partim, partim conjecturis verisimilibus emendavit..., 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam: Joannis a Someren, 1681, eng. port. plt., numerous eng. illusts. to text, single worm hole to fore-edge margins of few leaves at rear of volume, ink ownership stamp of F. Madan to title and front free endpaper, armorial bookplate of Edward E. Nicholson, Worcester College, Oxford to front pastedown, a.e.g., 19th c. straight grain maroon morocco, blind decoration to spine and boards, joints slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with [Gale, Thomas], Opuscula Mythologica Physica et Ethica, Graece et Latine, Seriem eorum sistit pagina Praefationem proxime sequens, Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, 1688, addn. eng. title, letterpress title printed in red & black and with ownership signature”H.D. Forbes”, worm hole & trail to fore-edge margin of leaves 2L7 & 2L8, 18th c. calf, gilt dec. spine lacking title label, joints cracked at head & foot, 8vo (2)
Lot 504
Saville (Malcolm). Seven White Gates, 1st ed., George Newnes, 1944, b & w full-page illusts., ink inscription to half-title, printed map endpapers with ink stamp address to lower edge of front pastedown, orig. cloth (slightly faded at head), orig. d.j. slightly frayed to edges, 8vo. This is the second book in the Lone Pine Club series. (1)
Lot 505
Saville (Malcolm). Mystery at Witchend, 1st ed., George Newnes, 1943, b & w full-page illusts., ink inscription to half-title, printed map endpapers with ink stamp address to lower edge of front pastedown, orig. cloth (upper board with vertical crease), orig. d.j. slightly frayed to edges and loss at foot of spine, front flap creased to dotted line of price corner, 8vo. This is the first book in the Lone Pine Club series. (1)
Lot 626
* Macpherson (Robert, 1811-1872). Facade of the Church of Santa Maria at Toscanella, c. 1860, mounted albumen print, somewhat faded, 40 x 31.5cm, together with Etruscan gateway at Perugia, c. 1860, mounted albumen print, somewhat faded, 40 x 31cm, photographer’s oval embossed stamp with pencil negative numbers 142 & 135 beneath, first mount lightly soiled, second mount heavily soiled at extremities and with several closed tears, together with four further mounted albumen prints with Macpherson stamps and pencil negative numbers, numbers 72 & 73 (2 copies), all bas-reliefs by Gibson, and 79 (from a painting by Ratti), plus two further mounted albumen prints of paintings and a Vatican sculpture of Antoninus, probably all by Macpherson, various sizes, mounts sl. soiled, plus a mounted albumen print of Venice by Ponti with embossed studio stamp to lower left corner, 24 x 35cm, mount sl. soiled (10)
Lot 627
* Macpherson (Robert, 1811-1872). A group of four landscape format albumen prints, c. 1860, including Temple of Vesta and the fountain, tomb of Cecilia Metella, Piazza of St. Peters, and Cascatelle at the Villa of Mecenas, Tivoli, all approx. 26 x 38cm and similar, photographer’s embossed stamp and pencil numbers to mounts beneath (18, 45, 57 & 119), mounts all sl. soiled and with one or two marginal closed tears or chips, the fourth image with ink marks to surface and the whole mount heavily soiled and partly torn (4)
Lot 628
* Macpherson (Robert, 1811-1872). Arch of the Goldsmiths, sometimes called the Arch of Septimius Severus, in the Forum Boarium, c. 1860, mounted albumen print, image 35.5 x 27cm, together with a more faded albumen print by Macpherson, Arch of the Consul Dolabella on the Celian Hill, c. 1860, 40 x 27cm, both with photographer’s oval embossed stamp on mount beneath, numbered 76 and 54 respec., first mount a little soiled at extremities, second mount creased and soiled (2)
Lot 663
* Ciol (Elio, born 1929). A group of five rare vintage gelatin silver prints from the photographer’s trip to the UK in 1977, photographs are of Dinas Mawddy, Ceredigion, 26 x 39cm, “Towards Aberdyfi, Ynyslas, Ceredigion”, 29 x 39cm, plus three similar size photographs of architectural details of Salisbury Cathedral, each with photographer’s Italian stamp to verso, all but one in thin matt mounts. These are part of the only known photographs Ciol has made of the UK. They have not been circulated or published other than in an issue of Ffoto Gallery magazine. (5)
Lot 687
* Morath (Inge, 20th c.). Italian procession, n.d., gelatin silver print, photographer’s credit stamp to verso, 25 x 17cm, tipped onto mount, together with Haas (Ernst, 20th c.), a German politician (?) shaking hands with numerous fans, gelatin silver print, photographer’s name stamp and other credit marks to verso, 18 x 25cm (2)
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