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Click here to subscribeHowell (James). Therologia : The Parly of the Beasts; or, Morphandra Queen of the Inchanted Iland..., vol. 1 [all published], 1660, lacks frontis., contemp. inscription at head of title, ink library stamps to few pages, recent endpapers, 20th c. qtr. morocco, library number to spine and blind stamp to upper board, small folio (1)
Jeffries (David). Abhandlung von der Demanten und Perlen... aus dem Englischen und Franzšsischen Ÿbersetzt, Danzig, Georg Marcus Knoch, 1756, ten folding eng. plts., large indelible stamp on the title-page, which has some damage and is fragile, top corner excised from the second leaf, text browned throughout, early boards, rubbed, lacks backstrip, 8vo. A translation of the Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls, first published 1750. (1)
Barckhausen (Joannes Conradus). Historia Medicinae, in qua, si non omnia, pleraque saltem, Medicorum ratiocinia, dogmata, hypotheses, sectae, &c. quae ab exordio Medicinae usque ad nostra tempora inclaruerunt, pertractantur, 1st ed., Amstelaedami, R. & G., Wetstenios, 1710, title-page printed in red and black, and bearing a large indelible stamp, eng. frontis., text browned, contemp. vellum, soiled, 8vo (1)
Henkel (Johann Friedrich). Henkelius in Mineralogia Redivivus, das ist Henckelischer... Unterricht von der Mineralogie oder Wissenschaft von Wassern... Steinen und Ertzten... , Dresden, 1746, eng. frontis., large indelible stamp on the title-page, which has some damage at the centre, first leaf of text torn at the top corner, text browned, stained in places, contemp. vellum, soiled, spine worn, 8vo (1)
Lamy (Bernard). Elemens des Mathematiques, ou Traite de la Grandeur en General, qui Comprend lArithmetique, lAlgebre, lAnalyse, et les Principes de Toutes les Sciences qui ont la Grandeur pour objet, 8th ed, Paris, 1741, folding eng. table, contemp. sheep, gilt dec. spine, joints cracked and slight wear, 12mo, together with Martino (Pietro di), Nuove Istituzioni di Aritmetica Practica Composte da Pietro di Martino..., Naples, 1758, occ. scattered spotting, contemp. vellum, marked and slight wear, 8vo, with Brunacci (Vincenzo), Analisi Derivata Ossia LAnalisi Matematica Dedotta da un sol Principie di Considerare le Quantita..., Pavia, 1802, ink stamp to title, contemp. half sheep gilt, paper library label to spine, slight wear at head of spine, 4to (3)
Lehmann (Johann Gottlob). Abhandlung von der MetallmŸttern und der Erzeugung der Metalle, Aus der Naturlehre... hergeleitet und mit Chymischen Versuchen erweisen, Berlin, Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai, 1753, two folding eng. plts., large indelible stamp on the title-page, text browned throughout, top corner of the second leaf excised, early pink boards, faded and soiled, lacks backstrip, 8vo (1)
Arclais de Montamy (Didier Francois d). Abhandlung von den Farben zum Porcellan und Email-Malen. Nebst einer Beschreibung der kunst auf Email zu malen, Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Hilschern, 1767, large indelible stamp on the title-page, four pages of Hilsherns adverts. at the end, some text browned, early paper boards, soiled, sl. rubbed, 8vo. First published as Traite des couleurs pour la peinture en email et sur la porcelaine in 1765. (1)
Aldin (Cecil). The Black Puppy Book, 1st ed., Henry Frowde amd Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], twelve full-page illusts. (one with short tear in fore-margin), illusts. to text, one text leaf with tear in blank lower margin, booksellers embossed stamp to front free endpaper, orig. linen-backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, 4to (1)
Chappe dAuteroche (Jean-Baptiste). A Voyage to California, to Observe the Transit of Venus... with an Historical Description of the Authors Route through Mexico, and the Natural History of that Province. Also, a Voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, to make Experiments on Mr. Le Roys Time Keepers by Monsieur De Cassini, 1st English ed., 1778, folding eng. plan of Mexico City, bound without half-title, faint library stamp to itle verso, modern calf backed boards with vellum corners, gilt dec. spine with red morocco title label, 8vo. The 1769 transit of Venus was an important event for determining, amongst other things, the distance of the sun from the earth. Hill 279; Howes C299; Sabin 12004. (1)
Fergusson (W.N.). Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, Constable, 1911, photogravure port. frontis. (with blind embossed library label), two folding maps at rear (one with blind embossed library stamp), numerous plts. and illusts. from photos., red ink stamp to half-title, title and front free endpaper, near contemp. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Thomas (F.W.), Publications of the Philological Society. XIV Nam. An Ancient Language of Sino-Tibetan Borderland..., pub. Oxford University Press, 1948, b & w plts. and folding map, orig. boards, upper board detached, worn, 8vo (2)
Koldewey (Robert). The Excavations at Babylon, trans. Agnes S. Johns, 1914, small circular presentation blind-stamp to title, seven col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, together with Wilkin (Anthony), On the Nile with A Camera, 1st ed., 1896, photogravure frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, errata slip loosely inserted, t.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, plus Martineau (John), The Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. Sir Bartle Frere, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S., etc., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1895, half-titles, port. frontis. to each, b & w illusts., two folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spines, 8vo, and others of African and Egyptian interest. All ex-Prinknash Abbey. (approx. 40)
Roscoe (Thomas). The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy, Landscape Annual 1830, Large Paper copy, pub. Jennings, 1830, addn. eng. vign. title and eng. plts. from drawings by S. Prout, owner ink stamp to front free endpaper, a.e.g., orig. green full morocco gilt, edges rubbed, upper joint fragile, 8vo, together with Ritchie (Leitch), Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland, Heaths Picturesque Annual 1833, pub. Longman, 1833, addn. eng. vign. title and twenty-five plts., a.e.g., orig. crimson full morocco gilt, sl. rubbed, spine sl. sunned, 8vo, plus a poorer duplicate copy of the same (3)
Turner (Captain Samuel). An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet; containing a Narrative of a Journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet. To which are added, Views taken on the Spot, by Lieut. Samuel Davis; and Observations Botanical, Mineralogical, and Medical, by Mr Robert Saunders, 1st ed., 1800, folding eng. map of the road from Buxadewar to Tassisudon, thirteen eng. plts. including one double-page (each plt. with ink library stamp to image), some spotting and few marks, occ. marginal fraying and minor closed tears to few leaves, contemp. boards with recent calf spine, green morocco title label to spine, boards rubbed and worn, 4to (1)
De La Beche (Henry T.). Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset. Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestys Treasury, 1839, folding hand-col. litho map frontis., ink stamp to title, eight litho plts. (inc. 5 folding), two folding maps and one folding facsimile manuscript plt., bound with Index to the Report on the geology of Cornwall... The index compiled by Clement Reid, F.R.S., 1903,20th c. qtr. calf gilt, 8vo (1)
Hoare (Sir Richard Colt). The History of Modern Wiltshire. Hundreds of Everley, Ambresbury, and Underditch, 1826, double-page eng. map frontis., fourteen eng. plts. and plans, (inc. views & plans of Stonehenge), contemp. half morocco gilt, upper joint repaired, lower joint cracked, extrems. rubbed, folio, together with Dodsworth (William), An Historical Account of the Episcopal See, and Cathedral Church, of Sarum, or Salisbury..., pub. Salisbury & London, 1814, addn. eng. title and nineteen eng. plts. (inc. many proof plts.), library stamp to title verso, occ. spotting to plts., modern buckram, 4to, with [Ledwich, Edward], Antiquitates Sarisburienses: Containing, I. A dissertation on the antient coins, found at Old Sarum. II. The Salisbury ballad. III. The history of Old Sarum..., IV. Historical memoirs, relative to the city of New Sarum. V. The lives of the Bishops of Old, and New Sarum..., VI. The lives of eminent men, natives of Salisbury, pub. Salisbury, 1771, two folding eng. plts., half-title torn & lined to verso, title and few other pages with ink library stamp of the GWR Mechanics Institution Swindon, modern library buckram, 8vo, plus two other 19th c. Wiltshire topography related (5)
Phillips (Robert). A Dissertation Concerning the Present State of the High Roads of England, Especially of those near to London. Wherein is Proposd a New Method of Repairing and Maintaining them. Read before the Royal Society the Twenty-Seventh Day of January and the Third Day of February, 1736-7, pub. 1737, eight eng. plts. (inc. 1 folding), 20th c. boards, 8vo, together with Simms (Frederic Walter), Rules for Making and Repairing Roads, as Laid Down by the Late Thomas Telford, Esq., Civil Engineer..., c.1837, folding eng. plt. (spotted & with blind embossed library stamp), blind embossed stamp & coloured pencil numbers to title, 32pp. pubs. catalogue at rear, sewing weak and few pages loose, old marbled boards, later amateur cloth spine, 8vo (2)
Miller (Philip). The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden. As also, the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard, According to the Practice of the most Experiencd Gardeners of the Present Age..., 2 vols., (vol. 2, 2nd ed.)1731-40, eng. frontis. to vol. 1 (inner joint repaired), six eng. plts. (2 folding), ownership stamp to upper margins of title pages, contemp. half calf, contrasting morocco spine labels, joints cracked and vol. 1 with detached spine, slight wear to extrems., folio (2)
Williams (Benjamin Samuel). The Orchid-Growers Manual, containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants, 1st ed., 1852, 108pp., hand-col. litho. frontis., contemp. half calf, a little worn on spine, together with a second edition of the same work, 1862, 160pp., orig. cloth, a little worn on spine; the third edition, 1868, 251pp., recent half morocco gilt; the fourth edition, 1871, 300pp., recent half morocco gilt; the fifth edition, 1877, 336pp., marginal repairs to title and contents leaves (with some loss of text), modern half calf gilt; the sixth edition, 1885, 659pp., orig. gilt dec. cloth; the seventh edition, 1894, 796pp., recent half morocco gilt, all 8vo, plus Brooke (Jocelyn and Bone, Gavin), The Wild Orchids of Britain, 1st ed., 1950, forty col. plts., ex-lib copy with single indelible ink stamp to recto. of verso. of title, orig. cloth, rubbed and faded, (limited edition 835/1140), folio (8)
Ireland. Senex (John), Ireland Corrected from the Latest Observations, 1712, large engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, uncoloured title and dedications cartouches and inset map of the British Isles, some short tears and minor fraying to margins occasionally just affecting engraved border, oval public library stamp to edge of title cartouche, 970 x 670mm (1)
North America. Senex (John), North America Corrected from the Observations Cummunicated to the Royal Society at London, 1710, engraved map of the United States and the West Indies, contemp. wash colour, uncoloured title cartouche, oval public library stamp to title, torn to right side of map with loss (approx. 15 x 10cm) mostly to sea area off the coast of Newfoundland, some other marginal fraying, 965 x 650mm. Sold with all faults. Not subject to return. (1)
A pair of silver oval napkin rings, with engine turned decoration, Birmingham 1935, a brass rectangular Princess Mary's First World War period gift tin, a Post Office savings bank money box, a pair of mother of pearl opera glasses, cased, a rectangular silver matchbox slide, decorated with winged angels faces amidst clouds, Birmingham 1902 and a plated vesta case cum stamp box, designed as a book.
A Copeland china part tea service, decorated with floral sprays beneath a blue border, comprising eight teacups and twelve saucers, five breakfast cups and saucers, two graduated jugs, a slop basin, a sugar bowl, six side plates, twelve tea plates and a muffin dish, green printed marks with T. Goode & Co. retailers stamp to bases (faults).
A George V art deco candlestick Domed engine turned base and sconce, square tapered ebonised stem, also a plated hinged box, another, a chromed stamp wallet from the SS 'Montrose' a white metal, a white metal Chinese menu holder, a toasting fork and plated ladle, candlestick Birmingham 1934 (8)
Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov, 1881-1964 A Folio of 15 pochoir prints from Voyage en Turquie all signed in Latin, stamped with artist's stamp and numbered 31/50 on the mount sheet size: largest: 32.5 by 25cm., 12.75 by 9.75in.; smallest: 20.5 by 27cm., 8 by 10.5in. (15) The folio of 32 pochoirs titled Voyage en Turquie was printed in Paris in the late 1920s and first exhibited in 1929 at Literary Book Company Gallery in London. A few of the works are based on neo-primitive precedents, others date from Larionov's work on Karagueuz. Some of the best works feature bathers in beach dress and derive from drawings that Larionov made during his holidays in the South of France in the 1920s.
Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, 1875-1957 a pair of portraits from Gogol's Government Inspector both signed in Latin l.r. and dated 1935, both stamped with artist's stamp and further inscribed both ink on paper image size of both: 36.5 by 27cm., 14.25 by 10.5in. (2) The portraits depict the postmaster and Liapkin-.Tiapkin, the Judge
Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, 1875-1957 a pair of portraits from Gogol's Government Inspector one signed in Latin l.l. and dated 1935, the other l.r.; both stamped with artist's stamp and further inscribed both ink on paper image size of both: 36.5 by 27cm., 14.25 by 10.5in. (2) The portraits depict the mayor and Luka Lukich Khropov
Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov, 1876-1945 italian landscape signed in Cyrillic l.r. and dated 1924 and further inscribed in Latin; stamped with collector's stamp l.r. pastel on paper sheet size: 34.25 by 25cm., 13.5 by 9.75in. Provenance The Collection of art gallery owner Johann Gottfried Tenzer (1858-1942), The Hague
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