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Ramsay (W.M.) A Study of Phrygian Art, Parts I & II, offprints from 'The Journal of Hellenic Studies', illustrations, 1888-89; Antiquities of Southern Phrygia and the Border Lands, offprint from 'American Journal of Archaeology' vol.III nos.3 & 4, folding table and 2 folding maps, Baltimore, 1888 bound with 8 other similar papers by Ramsay and others on Greece and Turkey, together 11 works in 1 vol., mostly offprints or extracts, modern half calf, spine gilt, some original wrappers bound in, 4to
[Le Cellyer (Claude)] Le Nouveau Armorial Universel; contenant les Armes et Blazons des Maisons Nobles & Illustres de France..., engraved hand-coloured frontispiece, full-page engraved plate in text, large folding hand-coloured table (tear) and 201 engraved plates, all hand-coloured, many with ink and pencil annotations and additions, text lacks signatures B and C ?preliminary ff., engraved bookplate on fly-leaf, title, frontispiece and text all mounted on stubs, slightly browned throughout, some soiling, contemporary patterned calf, rubbed and worn, joints splitting, gilt spine worn, 4to, Paris, Pierre Bessin, 1662; sold not subject to return.
Mathematics of trades.- John LLoyd his accoumpt book, 2 parts in 1, manuscript, 180 + c.104pp., numerous diagrams, the odd table or illustration, second part pp.11-12 torn out, some repaired tears with loss of text in most instances, a few ff. loose, stained, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, rebacked, soiled, small 4to, 13th December, 1748.⁂ A comprehensive work that includes, timber, glazing, plastering, and chimneys.
Overbury (Sir Thomas) Sir Thomas Overburie His Wife. With Additions of New Characters, and many other Wittie Conceits never before Printed, thirteenth impression, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title with a couple of small repairs to edges, a few stains, cropped shaving a few head-lines, lacking V5 (replaced in rather poorly-printed facsimile), later calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked, corners repaired, [STC 18916], printed [by John Legat] for Robert Allot..., 1628 § Tell-Tale (The): or, Anecdotes expressive of he Characters of Persons eminent for Rank, Learning, Wit, or Humour, 2 vol., first edition, James Northcote's copy with his neat ink signature dated 1767 to head of titles, another signature to front free endpapers and notes to rear of vol.1, ink stain to two leaves of vol.1, old Masonic bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, a little worn, rebacked, R.Baldwin, 1756 § [Erskine (David, Lord Dun) ] Lord Dun's Friendly and Familiar Advices, adapted to the various Stations and Conditions of Life..., only edition, variant with p.viii numbered correctly and cancel title with "J.Balfour", title lightly soiled, later parchment-backed boards, Edinburgh, G.Hamilton & J.Balfour, 1754, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first item was first published in 1614, and includes thirty-two characters by John Webster and/or John Donne. Though popular in its day, with many 17th century printings, His Wife is scarce in all early editions.James Northcote (1746-1831), portrait-painter. At the time of acquiring The Tell-Tale he was only twenty-one and apprenticed to his watch-maker father. He later moved to London as a painter and became known for his conversation or "table-talk", possibly aided by this little book.
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.
Music.- Purcell (Henry) Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One Two and Three Voices, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, wood-engraved music, with 'A Table of Songs' leaf with advertisement to verso after a2, a2 with small marginal defect and tear at lower edge (some loss of text), B2 and C1 with marginal tears and paper repairs, 3Q2 large tear with old stitching repair, occasional trimming to head (affecting page numbers), light browning, [Wing P4218], J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698 bound with Orpheus Britannicus... The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat, second edition, woodcut initials, wood engraved music, Y1 marginal tear at lower edge with paper repair, 2G2 marginal tear at upper edge, by William Pearson for S. H., 1711, together 2 works in 1, all tears affecting text but with no loss, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, with original backstrip laid down but calf repairs to head and foot, morocco labels to spine, light wearing to spine, upper corners bumped, folio.
Music.- Purcell (Henry) Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One Two and Three Voices, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, wood-engraved music, lacking 'A Table of Songs' leaf with advertisement to verso after a2, some trimming at head and foot, affecting page numbers at head, loss of some signatures and sometimes affecting musical score at foot, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, but retaining original front endpaper to which later ink manuscript annotations, nineteenth century half-calf, with mounted morocco label to upper cover, worn, [Wing P4218], folio, J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698
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.
Music.- Handel (George Frideric) Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or a Violin... Being all Choice pieces Compos'd by Mr Handel, 7 parts in 1, 7 engraved titles, with 'A Table of Songs contain'd in the 7 collections' after first title, 167 plates of engraved music, 5 titles with slip altering imprint pasted down, nineteenth century ink stamp to multiple pages (including to first and sixth title; mainly to blank versos or to blank staves), title 5 with small marginal defect (not affecting text), part 6 plate 22 with small marginal defect touching music and small hole to plates 22-24 touching music (no loss), light marginal browning, with a few pages uniformly browned, endpapers renewed, modern half calf, for I. Walsh, [c.1733]; and a late eighteenth century edition of Handel's The Triumph of Time and Truth, folio (2)
Leonard (Peter) Records of a Voyage to the Western Coast of Africa...for the Suppression of the Slave Trade..., first edition, 4pp. table at end, occasional light soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed, marbled paper on boards and endpapers renewed, Edinburgh, 1833 § M'Leod (John) A Voyage to Africa with some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Dahomian People, first edition, 4 etched plates, browning and offsetting, cropped, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1820, small 8vo (2)⁂ Both the authors served as ship surgeons, M'Leod in 1803 on a slave ship, and Leonard during the early 1830s on HMS Dryad preventing the slave trade. Leonard's work contains a list of vessels engaged in the slave trade captured by the Dryad and her tenders.
Livingstone (David) [The Works], 5 vol. including Blaikie's 'Life', comprising: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, folding tinted lithographed frontispiece and 2 plates, engraved portrait, folding table, 2 folding engraved maps at end with routes supplied in red, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 1857; Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, folding wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, illustrations, folding engraved map with route in red, 1858; The Last Journals...in Central Africa, 2 vol., wood-engraved portrait, 20 plates, mostly wood-engraved, one double-page, folding map with routes in red (second larger map loose in pocket at end of Blaikie's 'Life', short tear to fold), illustrations, 1874 § Blaikie (W.G.) The Personal Life of David Livingstone, engraved portrait, folding hand-coloured map, with map from 'Last Journals' loose in pocket at end, 1880, together 4 works in 5, first editions, with loosely-inserted advertisement for Lett's Extract Book inscribed in ink at head "Presented to Dr. Livingstone with the Publisher's best wishes", uniformly bound in late nineteenth century half tan calf, by Henry Young & Sons of Liverpool, spines gilt with tan and black roan labels, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, 8vo⁂ A handsome set of the great explorer's major works.
Markham (Clements R.) Travels in Peru and India while superintending the collection of Chinchona plants and seeds in South America, and their introduction into India, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps, folding genealogical table of the Incas, without 30pp. publishers' catalogue at end, a little spotted at beginning and end, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, 1862 § Cieza de Leon (Pedro de) The Seventeen Years Travels...through the Mighty Kingdom of Peru..., translated by Capt. John Stevens, with folding engraved plate of Cuzco but lacking folding map, engraved illustrations in text, heavily foxed in parts, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, 1709, both a little rubbed, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ The first concerns cinchona which was the source of quinine used as a cure for malaria, and was greatly needed by the British in India.
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