Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title, Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Holy Bible (The)..., 3 parts in 1, engraved portrait of George II and additional architectural title with vignettes in roundels, 5 folding engraved maps and 47 plates, most with 4 images, one large and folding of Solomon's Temple, [Herbert 1130], Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Downame (John, editor) A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible..., C.Ware, 1757, together 3 works in 1 vol., all maps and a few plates torn and frayed at edges (all silked, also frontispiece), some spotting or browning, light water-staining to inner margins, ex-library copy with a few ink stamps, bound in contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt border and onlaid central lozenge of black morocco tooled in gilt within gilt starburst, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, corners repaired, 4to⁂ A handsome binding on a scarce 18th century Bible. ESTC lists only 3 copies of this edition of the Book of Common Prayer (National Library of Scotland, Albert Sloman Library at the University of Essex, and the Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia), and 2 copies of the Bible (BL, and the American Bible Society in New York).
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English Statutes in contemporary bindings.- Table (A) to al the Statutes made from the beginning of the raigne of Kyng Edwarde the vi, 2 vol., black letter, woodcut general titles, numerous divisional titles, some with woodcut borders, woodcut initials, some light water-staining at end of vol.2, occasional spotting, last few margins of both vol. affected by clasps (causing holes and rust-marks), contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, vol.1 rebacked preserving original spine, a few other repairs and clasps renewed, folio, Richard Tottell [and others], 1570-76.⁂ A remarkable survival in generally excellent condition and in contemporary bindings, albeit restored. These statutes provide a profound insight into the legal framework governing the lives and times of the Elizabethans, such as apparel, apprentices, bail, beggars, the Book of Common Prayer, Brickmakers, Cathedrals, Counterfeiting, Rebellious Assemblies, Sheriffs, Wool, and so on, as well as statutes of major impact such as the Supreme Head of the Church of England (26 Henry VIII c 1).The bindings appear to be those of Oldham's "F.D. binder", who he believed came from Germany and of which some 35 examples are known. These bindings are characterised by a particular design - "his design was, with very few exceptions, always the same, one roll, used doubled, with an inner frame touching the outer" (Oldham, English Blind-stamped Bindings, p.32 and plate XIX). The first volume in this set has the collective table by Tottell, and individual issues by Tottell (five), Jugge (ten), and Christopher Barker (one), covering Edward VI; Mary 1, Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth 1 as follows: Edward VI year 1 (Tottell); 2-3 (Tottell), 3-4 (Tottell), 5-6 (Tottell), 6-7 (Totell), Mary 1 year 1 (Jugge); year 1 (Until October) (Jugge); Phillip and Mary Years 1-2 (Jugge), 2-3 (Jugge), 4-5 (Jugge), Elizabeth 1 Year 1 (Jugge), 5 (Jugge), 8 (Jugge), 13 (Christopher Barker), 14 (Jugge), 18 (Jugge). The second volume opens with the title page to volume two, collective table by Marsh, and is followed by his reissue of the Henry VIII statutes: years 1, 3-7, 14-15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34-35, 35.The group offered here is unusually coherent, being printed entirely between 1570-1576. Marsh is known to have produced a two-volume issue, and presumably he took over the stock of Jugge after his death, using it as spare parts to constitute the first volume, to go alongside his reissue of the Henry VIII statutes.
Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power of a Common-Wealth, first edition, first issue, printed title with 'head' ornament, additional engraved pictorial title with paper restorations to upper corner (not affecting image) and light minor staining, folding letter press table with small tear to lower margin, initial 4 ff., including title, and a few other ff. with small marginal tears, occasional spotting and staining, worm hole from 2R2 onwards, very slightly affecting text, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, re-backed, covers and extremities rubbed, [Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, for Andrew Crooke, 1651.⁂ Hobbes is now widely regarded as among the greats of political philosophy and Leviathan, his most famous work, has been described as rivalling the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and Kant in terms of political significance due to its early and influential development of the 'social contract theory' (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy). His argument, drawn from experiencing the English Civil War, was that a contract between society and an absolute power was necessary to prevent a degradation into anarchy or the 'war of all against all'. The iconography of the frontispiece, created after detailed consultation with Hobbes by Parisian etcher Abraham Bosse, reflects many of the book's fundamental concepts; the gigantesque sovereign-king is composed of over 300 tiny individuals, the contractual co-signers, who face away from the viewer towards their ruler, rendering him more powerful by their consent and the double columns beneath, whose panels represent the two sources of sovereign authority, ecclesiastical and temporal.
Graunt (Capt. John) Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a following Index, and made upon the Bills of Mortality, 'fourth impression', initial licence leaf, one folding table only (of 2), with final blank leaf but lacking blank leaf a8, heavily annotated in ink in an 18th century hand, contemporary calf, worn, lacking backstrip, [Wing G1601; Madan, III, 2701], 8vo, Oxford, by William Hall, for John Martyn, and James Allestry, 1665.
[Pepys (Samuel)] Memoires relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, for Ten Years..., first edition, issue with Griffin-Keble imprint, engraved portrait after Kneller, title in red and black, folding table of accounts mounted on stub (short tear to central fold), one or two leaves browned, some ink underlining on 2 pages, pencil note on front pastedown: "This was the Sergison (Cuckfield) copy & no doubt was bought by or given to Sergison on publication", contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine gilt, red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, small worn patch to upper cover, preserved in cloth drop-back box, [Pforzheimer 793; Wing P1450], 8vo, for Ben Griffin, by Sam. Keble, 1690.⁂ Charles Sergison (1654-1732), naval administrator; successor of Samuel Pepys as Clerk of the Acts at the Navy Board.
China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vol., first 8vo edition, 3 large folding engraved maps (2 torn and repaired), folding table, some browning, a few small stains, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, G.Nicol, 1797.
Africa.- Ludolf (Hiob) A New History of Ethiopia, being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia..., first English edition, engraved plate of Ethiopic alphabet, 8 engraved plates, most folding and mainly of natural history (sheep, monkeys, elephants, hippopotamus etc.), folding genealogical table, some spotting or browning, final leaf defective at lower outer corner not affecting text, contemporary calf, red morocco label, rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends a little worn, [Wing L3468], folio, for Samuel Smith, 1682.⁂ Including important material on Ethiopic languages.
Essex.- Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 vol., large paper copy, extra illustrated, titles for 1768 and 1815 editions, list of subscribers, c.330 engraved, aquatint and lithograph plates, window-mounted, pasted down or bound-in, most with several plates per sheet, illustrations, 18 engraved maps (12 folding), folding genealogical table, manuscript index of additional plates and several manuscript leaves bound-in, 3 tears expertly repaired (*N1, vol.1; 7O1 & 6S1, vol. 2), occasional faint spotting, bookplate, near contemporary calf, rebacked in morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, folio, [c.1768-1815].
Pheasant Interest: a collector's lot to include various bottles stoppers, coasters, cards, perfume bottle, leather plaque., ceramic thimbles, Franklin mint pen knife and table lights - all decorated with Pheasants, book on Worcester porcelain and Locke ceramics; a framed print of a Pheasant and (1 box + print + walking stick with pheasants resin head (3)
A group of early 20th Century Locke & Co Worcester blush ivory EPNS mounted table ware to include: two various biscuit barrels and a jam/condiment jar, all painted with Pheasants, each signed by William Stinton & numbered 1028 and 972 (one stamped circa 1898-1902, two with Shrub Hill Works stamp - circa 1902-1914) (3)
A group of Locke & Co (Shrub Hill Works) Worcester blush ivory and EPNS mounted table ware, all decorated with Pheasants to include: a set of three condiments with EPNS leaf shaped stand, two of the pots signed H Wall; a Mustard pot and cover, by H Wall, another mustard pot & cover, signed William Stinton; two larger casters signed by H Wall and J Stinton and an oval tea caddy, signed by H Wall, all circa 1902-1914, each piece numbered (6)
A group of early 20th Century blush ivory dressing table ware, all decorated with Pheasants, to include: Royal Worcester heart shaped box and cover, black stamp, shape no: 1065/G, date code for 1903; a Royal China Works Worcester large circular box and cover, signed by James Stinton; a Locke & Son Worcester box and cover, circa 1898-1902 and a Locke & Co (Shrub HIll Works)., shaped rectangular tray with canted corners, signed by William Stinton, circa 1902-1914 (4)
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