Brué (Adrien Hubert). Atlas Universel de Géographie Physique, Politique, Ancienne et Moderne contenant les Cartes Générales et Particulières de toutes les parties du Monde; Dressé Conformément aux Progrès de la Science pour Servir à la Lecture des Meilleurs Ouvrages de Géographie et d'Histoire. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, circa 1822, calligraphic title, index, decorative double-page table of the comparative ages of the earth (not called for in the index), 35 (of 36, lacking a map of France) double-page engraved maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, all maps with library blind stamps affecting the printed image, slight spotting and marginal dust and finger soiling throughout, contemporary half calf with publishers orange and black octagonal title label to the upper siding, joints weak and cracked, spine partially detached, rubbed and worn, slim upright folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
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Suffolk. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the County of Suffolk from Actual Survey made in the Years 1823 & 1824..., Greenwood Pringle & Co. September 26th 1825, large scale engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen on two sheets, calligraphic cartouche, compass rose, table of explanation and an inset vignette of Bury St Edmunds, slight staining and offsetting, each sheet edged in green silk, each sheet approximately 660 x 1685 mm, contained in a contemporary calf book box with contrasting morocco gilt label to the spine, book box bumped worn and frayed QTY: (1)NOTE:Uncommon.
Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, [Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1587], general title with early marginalia and scribbles, torn to central woodcut and with loss of imprint and lined to verso, New Testament title and Apocrypha present, several woodcut illustrations and without leaf following general title, double-column roman text, blank leaf between Apocrypha and New Testament title with late 16th-early 19th century annotations and genealogical entries, wants f. 49 (G1) and f. 64 (H8) in Old Testament and wants f. 35 (3E3) in New Testament, repaired closed tear to D5 and slight text loss to lower outer corner, lower half of leaf 3I2 torn away and repaired with lost text provided in manuscript, blank leaf at rear with inscription 'William Crick. His Book. April 23 1793, Burry, Suffolk', bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meetre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by John Wolfe, for the Assignes of Richard Day, 1567, woodcut device to title, final leaf of text (H3) torn to upper outer corner with slight loss to few letters, without H4 (blank), very short worm trail to last few leaves of index table in Bible and initial few leaves of Book of Psalms, dust-soiling, toning and occasional marks throughout, 19th-century marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (rubbed), contemporary calf, rebacked, lower joint cracked and upper joint split and weak, without ties, worn, 4to (20.5 x 15 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 149; Herbert 194; STC 2146.The earliest complete Bible which contains this revised New Testament. After this date the quarto Geneva Bibles printed in roman type as a rule contain Tomson’s revision, while the black-letter quartos give the older version. Tomson's NT also appears in one roman folio (No 235) and in several black-letter folios (Nos 210, 225, 268 and 301). Herbert.
* French playing cards. Lyon pattern, type III, Lyon: Delaunay, circa 1765, a deck of 24 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), probably reduced from a piquet pack of 32 cards for a specific game, comprising 4 suits of 6 (3 courts, ace, 9 & 10), single-figured courts, jack of clubs with LYON, jack of spades with DELAUNAY, lightly toned, scarce minor marks or spots, plain versos, each card 84 x 56 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, French 555; Cary, Fra 80-88; Mann, All Cards on the Table, pp.121-122 & #165; The final changes from the Lyon pattern type II to type III were the addition of an orb with surmounting cross for the king of clubs, and fans for the queens, which according to Sylvia Mann occurred in 1761. This pattern declined when the portrait unifie was established nationally in 1780.
Camden (William). Britannia or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the islands Adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 volumes, John Stockdale, 1806, portrait frontispiece of William Camden, title page with near-contemporary ownership signature, half-titles to subsequent volumes, 5 plates of coins, 1 folding table, 100 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 folding) and 56 engraved maps (51 with contemporary hand-colouring) a few maps trimmed to the neatline, occasional spotting, ownership stamp of Robert Montgomery of Conway to the front pastedowns, near-contemporary half vellum gilt with contrasting morocco labels to spines, bumped and a little stained, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Chubb. CCLXXII. Unusual with contemporary colouring.
* Danish playing cards. Provincial Paris pattern, Copenhagen: C.E. Süsz, circa 1785, 50 (of 52, without queens of spades and hearts), stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), single-figured named courts, maker's name on jack of clubs, Danish tax stamps on aces of diamonds and spades, spotted and dusty, some marks or stains, few pip cards a little rubbed, 10 of hearts with small corner crease, versos blue dotted pattern, each card 80 x 56 mm, together with a facsimile deck (in paper wrapper) of an almost identical pack by Süsz, by the National Museum of Denmark (1976), 14 cards from the first deck, plus queens of hearts and spades from the facsimile deck, mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in 2 plastic bags, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Fournier, Denmark 2 (facsimile); Jensen (1993), 3-01 (facsimile); Mann, All Cards on the Table, p.155.Rare. Christoffer Ernst Süsz took over the licence to make playing cards from Jean Friedrich Meyer in 1783, working alone until forming a partnership with Kuntze in 1790.
* Russian playing cards. Russian XP9 pattern, Russia?: unknown maker, circa 1815-1819?, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), white on black pelican tax stamp on 3 of diamonds, double-ended courts, somewhat dust-soiled, some toning and scarce foxing spots (mainly to pip cards), few pip cards with pale staining or marks, 2 of clubs with crease and associated short closed edge tear, square corners, versos blue seaweed pattern, each card 90 x 57 mm, 16 cards corner mounted onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder in a clear plastic bag, the board 53.5 x 41 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Waddington Playing-card Collection [W483]; V&A #215.The presence of the white-on-black pelican tax stamp on the 3 of diamonds appears to date this pack to between 1815-1819. This would be during the era when the production of Russian playing cards were tax-farmed, before the Imperial Playing Card Factory was founded in 1819, and therefore the cards could have been made in one of several Russian factories or possibly not in Russia at all but perhaps Germany or Scandinavia (Mann, All Cards on the Table p.161).
Geoffroy (Etienne Louis). Histoire abregee des Insectes, dans laquelle ces animaux sont ranges suivant un ordre methodique, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Paris: Durand, 1764, half-titles, 22 folding engraved plates, folding table, a little light spotting and toning, previous owner inscriptions in ink to half-titles, bookplates of Philippe de Vilmorin, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in later morocco gilt, a litle rubbed, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 1522.
Cary (John). Cary's Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles round London..., 1st edition, 1786, engraved calligraphic decorative title, table of explanation, engraved double-page 'general' map of the environs of London and fifty (complete) engraved maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, numerous near-contemporary manuscript annotations to the verso of several of the maps, slight offsetting throughout, three-page manuscript letter from George Cary (John Cary's grandson), dated 1875, bound in after the front blank, late 19th-century manuscript annotations to the front endpapers listing enclosures and commons, later endpapers, 20th-century gilt morocco boards and spine with gilt turn-ins, 8voQTY: (1)
* Danish playing cards. Provincial Paris pattern, Copenhagen: P. Steinmann, circa 1810, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits, single-figured named courts, maker's name on jack of clubs, with Danish coat of arms (barely visible), early Danish tax stamps on aces of diamonds and spades, heart pip cards faintly spotted with few minor marks, two pip cards with tiny scorch mark, versos black dotted flowers in dotted pattern, each card 80 x 58 mm, plus original printed wrapper, dusty, few short tears, some browning/spots, with maker's name and Danish coat of arms, 15 cards and the wrapper mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Jensen (1993), 3-03; Mann, All Cards on the Table, p.155.Pierre Steinmann took over the playing card business of J.V. Dressler in 1797, producing packs until 1820 when the licence was given to Jacob Holmblad.
Early 20th century oak cleated three plank top refractory type table together with two leather finish dining chairs with brass studwork. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT) Table - the top is straight. Dimensions: 72.5Wx71Hx183L cm approx. Overhang 33cm approx. There are some water marks/stains/scratches to the top, general wear with use. The table will separate for transportation, the top comes off. No woodworm noted. Other items in similar worn but useable condition with no major damage or worm.
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