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Click here to subscribe* England, Wales & Ireland. Speed (John), The Invasions of England and Ireland, with al their Civill Wars since the Conquest, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured map, engraved by Cornelius Danckertz, table of explanation decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, slight spotting, 380 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and double-glazed, glass cracked on verso, English text to versoQty: (1)
Folding Maps. A mixed collection of seventeen maps, mostly 19th century, including Nantiat (Jaspar). A New Map of Spain and Portugal Exhibiting the Chains of Mountains with their Passes, The Principal & Cross Roads with other details requisite for the Intelligence of Military Operations, W. Faden, Jany. 1st. 1810, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen on four sheets, calligraphic cartouche and advertisement, slight dust soiling and offsetting, ink manuscript on verso 'Lieut Griffiths, 94th Regt. DA2 M.G., each sheet approximately 560 x 780 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth gilt slipcase, case worn, frayed and split along seams, together with Simmons (J. L. A. Captain Royal Engineers). Map of England and Wales showing the Railways, Canals & Inland Navigation Compiled from the Ordnance Surveys and other sources. For the use of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade &c., 1852, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight spotting, 1725 x 1450 mm, contemporary half calf, spine rebound in near-contemporary cloth with morocco gilt labels, brass clasp, heavily worn and frayed with upper board near detached, binding 335 x 210 mm, with Downes W. D. 2nd. Lieut. Royal Sussex Regt.). Map of the Herakleon District of Crete from a Plane Table Survey, Edward Stanford Ltd for the Geographical Section, General Staff War Office, May 1907, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 635 x 665 mm, marbled endpapers and printed label with manuscript title to upper cover, with another fourteen folding maps, mostly of Egypt, North and Central Africa, various sizes and conditionQty: (17)
Folding maps. A mixed collection of ten folding maps, mostly 19th century, including Cruchley (G. F.). Cruchley's Improved Geographical Companion throughout England & Wales including part of Scotland, 1825, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, three tables of reference and a table of explanation, slight off-setting, 940 x 650 mm, marbled endpapers, contemporary card slipcase with printed label to upper cover, case split and worn, together with Colton & Co. (Publisher). Colton's England and Wales, 1878, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, laid on linen, inset map of the Scilly Isles, old folds, slight staining, 640 x 430 mm, bound in contemporary cloth boards with gilt title to upper cover, with Bacon (G. W., publisher). New Plan of Dublin and Suburbs, circa 1900, colour lithographic map, old folds, 785 x 690 mm, bound in publisher's decorative red cloth boards with a ten page alphabetical index bound in before the map, plus Wyld (James). Map of Europe Exhibiting its Principal States and Physical Features, circa 1850, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 535 x 680 mm, marbled endpapers, with an incomplete (lacking 1 section of 12) Blacks new large Map of Scotland and a Stanford large scale map of Ireland (lacking 1 sheet of 4) with four others similar including examples by Ordnance Survey and Ward Lock and Co. various sizes and condition
Lancashire. Hennet (G.), A Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster Divided into Hundreds and Parishes from an accurate Survey made in the years 1828 and 1829, Henry Teesdale & Co, May 1st. 1830, large scale map engraved by James Bingley, with bright contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large calligraphic cartouche, engraved vignette of the New Custom House Liverpool, compass rose and table of explanation, slight offsetting, edged in green silk, marbled endpapers, 1620 x 1130 mm, contained in a contemporary calf book box, the box is worn and frayedQty: (1)
Lancashire. Smith (William), Lancastriae comitatus Palatinus continens in se oppida Mercatoria XVI Ecclesiasque Parochiales tantum XXXVI des illae valde populosae et quae maximas albi paroecias Incolarum multitudine longe superant praeter plurimas capellas, J. Overton, circa 1675, hand coloured engraved map orientated to the east, large strapwork cartouche, table of explanation and mileage scale, one small marginal repaired closed tear, 370 x 470 mmQty: (1)NOTESA scarce map prepared for a county atlas which was never published and here re-issued by John Overton for a composite atlas. Smith only managed to make twelve county maps and all are uncommon on the market.
London. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of London from an Actual Survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826..., Published by the Proprietors, Greenwood Pringle & Co., 1st edition, August 21, 1827, uncoloured map engraved by James & Josiah Neele in 36 sections, laid on later card in six parts, calligraphic cartouche and table of explanation, dedication to George IV, inset views of St Pauls and Westminster Abbey, damp staining around the title has caused discolouration and fraying with some loss to the printed surface, other small areas of loss where old folds cross, overall size 1240 x 1825 mmQty: (1)NOTESHowgego, Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850, 309, state 1. The Greenwood brothers Christopher and John spent three years preparing this remarkable new survey of London, prepared on the lavish scale of 8 inches to a mile, illustrating for the first time the planned development of Belgravia by Thomas Cubitt, the completion of the Grand Surrey Canal and Regent's Park one year before it was completed in 1828.
Middlesex. Ogilby (John), An Actuall Survey of Midlesex, George Willdey, circa 1732, engraved map by Walter Binnerman with sparse outline colouring, large title cartouche and dedication, compass rose and two armorial coats of arms, trimmed to neatline, slight staining, old folds with some strengthening on verso, small abraided hole in mileage scale, slight marginal fraying, slight adhesion scaring to verso, 415 x 525 mm, together with Norden (John, after). Middlesex olima Trinoban Tibus habitata, [1637], uncoloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche and table of explanation, some staining to central fold, 270 x 335 mmQty: (2)
Poland. Blaeu (Johannes), Palatinatus Posnaniensis, in Maiori Polonia Primarii nova delineatio. per G. F. M. Amsterdam, circa 1670, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large floriate cartouche and mileage scale, 420 x 530 mm, Spanish text on verso, together with Ducatus Silesiae Giogani vera delineatio, Amsterdam circa 1640, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, decorative strapwork cartouche and table of explanation, 425 x 510 mm, Latin text on versoQty: (2)
* Poland. Von Reilly (Franz Johann Joseph), Karte von dem Konigreiche Preussen ..., Vienna, circa 1796, map engraved by Anton Benedieti with contemporary hand colouring, decorative cartouche, mileage scales and table of explanation, slight creasing, additional vertical central fold, 600 x 745 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)
Wiltshire. Greenwood (C.), Map of the County of Wilts, from actual survey in the years 1819 & 1820, published Dec.12th, 1820, engraved map with bright contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, dedication, compass rose, table of explanation and an uncoloured vignette of Salisbury Cathedral, edged in green silk, 1440 x 1115 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary calf book box with contrasting morocco label to spine, worn and rubbedQty: (1)NOTESA bright and clean copy.
Yorkshire. Tuke (John), Map of the County of York republished with additions & corrections, 4th edition, 1816, large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large uncoloured cartouche which includes a distant view of York Minster, inset map of Yorkshire, table of explanation, compass rose and table of heights of the principal hills, some staining, edged in green silk, 1200 x 1420 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary calf book box some wear and crude sellotape repairs to boxQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: The Estate of the late David Wilson (1926-2020).
* Dietrich (Christian Wilhelm Ernst, 1712-1774). Head portrait of a lady, brown ink on laid paper, head and shoulders study of a lady profile to right, wearing a loose fitting robe with her hair swept up behind her head, sheet size 8.8 x 7.7 cm (3.5 x 3 ins), laid down on later card, mounted, together with a large collection of mostly 18th and 19th century drawings and prints, including: 2 large chiascuro woodcuts by John Baptiste Jackson, one after Titian's Descent of the Holy Spirit, published 1745, the other after Leandro Bassano's The Raising of Lazarus, published 1742, both damaged; a large later 18th century English scene of warriors in the manner of Fuseli or John Hamilton Mortimer, pen, black ink, and grey wash, damaged with substantial loss; a good early 19th century pencil drawing on paper of the Reverend Henry Mortlock (1788-1834) of the East India Company; a pencil drawing on paper, circa 1830s, of French Revolutionaries around a table, annotated in contemporary ink with the names Dupuis, Mercier, Lameth, Chenier, Condoret and Fabre d'Eglantine; an abstract watercolour and gouache painting of 3 figures by Victor Roman (1937-1995); 2 small early 19th century views of Venice, one with watercolour wash; and an 18th century sepia ink drawing of a courting couple, attributed to Maria Callani in pencil on mount; plus other miscellaneous ephemera, e.g. correspondence, exhibition catalogues, invitations, etc., various condition and sizesQty: (-)
Cary (John). Cary's Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles round London..., 1st edition, 1786, engraved double-page engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, advertisement, decorative title page and table of explanation, fifty (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, some spotting and slight staining throughout, marbled endpapers with hinges strengthened, contemporary gilt decorated calf, 19th-century re-back, worn and rubbed, 8voQty: (1)
Duns Scotus (John). Primus [-Quartus] scripti Oxoniensis super sententias [-Questiones quolibetales], 5 parts in 2 volumes, Venice: Andrea Torresani for Simone da Lovere, 28 July, 1506, signatures a-x8, 2a-2m8 2n2, 3a-3i8 3k2, 4a-4x8 4y6, A-G8 H-I6 (I6=blank) only, gothic letter, text in double column, 66 lines and headline, woodcut initials and diagrams, variable toning, occasional spotting and browning, a few old marks and stains, a few contemporary underlines and marginalia including polychromatic inscription to a2v and detailed annotaions to 4k5 and 4t8, marginal worming to outer leaves (affecting text in mm8-nn2 only) and head of gutter in quire C, part 3 title-leaf (3a1) loose, closed tears in 4r1 and 4v6 extending into text (attempted repair to the first), vellum manuscript leaves used as pastedowns, contemporary Italian blind-tooled ?sheep over wooden boards, rebacked in vellum at an early date, retaining 2 single brass clasps and one catch with corresponding clasp, worn, folio (31.2 x 21.8 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: 1) Franciscans of San Nicola, Sulmona, Italy (old inscriptions to a3 and 3a2). 2) Acquired by the English Franciscans in 1923. 3) Sotheby's, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental and Russian Books, 3 July 2018, lot 120 (sold as 'Property of the Order of Friars Minor Charitable Trust'). Adams D1112 ( Questiones quolibetales ) & D1121 ( Super sententias ). Questiones quolibetales is complete, but the four parts of Super sententias are each bound with the main text and table only, and the remaining text (presumably the commentary, by Irish theologian Maurice O'Fihely) discarded, apparently as often. The printer, Andrea Torresani, was the father-in-law of Aldus Manutius.
Mallard (Thomas). Coustumes du pays de Normandie: anciens ressors, & enclaues d'iceluy. Augmente?e de plusieurs arrests de la Court de Parlement. Auec une table tres-ample & narratifue de chasque article, Rouen: Thomas Mallard, 1594, woodcut to title, few decorative woodcut initials, light dust-soiling mostly to title, occasional dampstains, final leaf partially laid down and with some consequent adhesive staining (fore-edge frayed), contemporary limp vellum with yapp fore-edges, lacking ties, 16mo in 8s, together with: Pinkerton (John) , An Essay on Medals: or, an Itroduction to the Knowledge of Ancient and Modern Coins and Medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain, 2 volumes, London: J. Edwards & J. Johnson, 1789, title with signature of Philip Hunt to upper margin of title, 6 engraved plates, bookplate of Joseph Gould Balliol College to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, contrasting morocco title labels, joints cracked, 8vo, with other antiquarian including, Rerum Scoticarum Historia libris XX, by George Buchanan, Frankfurt, 1624, and some defective, incomplete & odd volumes, etc.Qty: (7)
Fale (Thomas). Horologiographia. The Art of Dialling: teaching, an easie and perfect way to make all kinds of Dials upon any plaine plat howsoever placed. With the drawing of the twelve Signes, and houres unequall in them all. Whereunto is annexed the making and use of other Dials and Instruments, whereby the houre of the day and night is knowne: of speciall use and delight, not only for Students of the Arts Mathematicall, but also for divers Artificers, Architects, Surveyours of buildings, free-Masons and others, London, Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1633, [4], 60 [16] leaves, foliated, woodcut illustration of a dial to title page, woodcut initials, and numerous large woodcut diagrams and illustrations throughout (by Jodocus Hondius), pale browning to upper blank margins of title and several preliminary leaves, extensive near-contemporary manuscript notes and diagrams in brown ink to front endpaper, verso of final leaf of text, rear endpaper and inside covers, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling and darkening to spine and outer edges, with indistinct manuscript annotations to upper cover, and ownership initials 'IG' to centre of upper cover, with upper portion of the upper cover now missing (probably rodent-gnawed), small 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: C. E. Kenney, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.I.C.S.; his sale, Sotheby's Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection, The Property of C. E. Kenney, Third Portion, Science and Surveying A to G, Monday 28th March, 1966, to Thorpe; John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller. STC 10681 (3 copies in the U.S. and 5 elsewhere). Fourth edition of the earliest English treatise on dialling, or the design of sundials, and the author's only known publication. First published in 1593, it was reissued by Felix Kyngston in 1626, 1627, 1633 and 1652. The last 16 leaves comprise a table of sines, and was the first trigonometrical table to be printed in England. The author identifies Hondius as the engraver of the diagrams in his dedication to Thomas Osborne 'one M. Iod Hondius, who hath shewed himselfe an excellent workeman in the great Globes set forth by M. Mullineux, and the Maps of England for M. Camdens booke'. The extensive and highly technical annotations at the front and rear of the volume provide examples of how to make a variety of sundials, as well as a description of a visit to a clock maker in Bankside, London, on August 6th 1657: "Aug. 6th 1657 was at Mr Ahasuerus Foremantle at ye Bankside, & saw an exelent clock that he bin studying and making, at tymes tweenty yeers and stood him in 200 LL,: & it went with springs: & turned upon a spindle like a windmill it was about 13 inches square & 30 inches high: one the foreface it had a hand to point the houer going round in 12 houres & upon the same center went another hand about in one hower shewing the minuts. and right under the center of the hand was a motion that went about once a yeer rasing the 12 signes with a litle pointer fixed to the center of the hand; which shewed in what sine & deg the [sun] was in each day in the yeer...". A pencil transcription of this text (on the rear inside cover) accompanies the volume.
Fale (Thomas). Horologiographia. The Art of Dialling: Teaching, an Easie and Perfect way to make all kindes of Dials upon any plain plat howsoever placed..., London: Printed by Felix Kingstone, 1652, [4], 90 [i.e. 60], [10] leaves, title cropped at head and to fore-edge margin, lacking final 6 leaves, dust-soiled and some fraying, disbound 4to (Wing F310; ESTC R16336), together with: [Puget de la Serre, Jean] , Le secretaire du cabinet, ou la manière d'écrire que l'on pratique a la Cour...derniere edition, Paris: Nicolas Le Gras, 1693, woodcut device and early ink inscription on title, last leaf of table torn to fore-edge margin, closed tear to leaf I7, some spotting, wormhole in upper margin, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, worn, 8vo, and with a selection of defective & incomplete 17th century works, fragments and odd leaves of letterpress, etc., including The Common-Wealths Great Ship, commonly called the Soveraigne of the Seas, built in the yeare, 1637. With a true and exact dimension of her bulk and burden..., London: printed by M. Simmons, for Tho: Jenner, 1653, leaves torn with loss, disbound 4to; The Queens Closet Opened 2 parts in one, [including: A Queens Delight: or, the Art of Preserving, Conserving. amd Candying], by W.M., London: Nathaniel Brook, 1656, first part torn and incomplete, second part 'A Queens Delight' complete, disbound 12moQty: (A carton)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.
Galilei (Galileo). Opere ... divise in quattro tomi in questa nuova edizione accresciute di molte cose inedite, 4 volumes, Padua: Giovanni Manfrè, 1744, printer's woodcut device to titles, first title in red and black, folding engraved plate in volume 1 torn out and with closed tear, table in volume 2, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials and head-pieces, lacking portrait plate, titles of volumes 1, 2 & 4 and verso of contents leaf in volume 3 with scribbled out ink inscriptions to verso with show-through to recto, initial 15 leaves at front of volume 1 with worm trail and worm hole, dampstaining to volume 2, title to volume 3 also with manuscript imprint date written in magenta/pink ink, initial 4 leaves in volume 3 also with slight worm trail and hole, Contemporary vellum, 4toQty: (4)NOTESCinti 176; Riccardi I, 522. Second 18th-century edition containing, as stated on the title, several hitherto unpublished works, including his Trattato del modo di misurare con la vista (pp.592-602 in volume one).
Papeles Varios . A sammelband of 16 pamphlets on Religion, the Philippines and China, 1811-1840, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, 8voQty: (1)NOTESA full short-title list is available on request. The collection includes: 1. La Christianidad del partido de Fogán en la Gran China, Viña predelicta de los sudores y desvelos de la provincia del Ssmo. Rosario de Filipinas, ha sufrido desde Noviembre de 1836 una furiosa persecución, tanto mas terrible, cuanto menos esperada, 1838, 9pp. 2. Hermosilla (Geronimo), Carta en que se refieren varios Martirios, y Persecuciones de la Mision, que la Provincia del Santisimo Rosario del orden de Predicadores de estas Islas, tiene en el Reyno de Tunkin, Manila: En la Imprenta del Real Colegio de Santo Tomas, por D.Candido Lopez, 1839, [2], 86 pp. Not in CCPBE or Copac. WorlCat locates 5 copies. 3. Marti (Domingo), Carta en que se refieren varios Martirios y persecucion de la Mission, que la Provincia del Santissimo Rosario del Orden de Predicadores de estas Islas tiene en el Reyno de Tunkin; y es prosecucion esta de la que se imprimió en el año pasado. En Sto. Thomas de Manila por D. Candido Lopez, 1840, 71 pp. Copac locates one copy (BL) and WorldCat 3 copies. 5. El Obispo de Cadiz a sus Diocesanos exhortándolos á que contribuyan por su parte al cumplimiento de los deseos manifestados por N.Smo Padre el Papa Gregorio XVI en su carta encíclica dirigida á todos los Patriarcas, Primados, Arzobispos y Obispos, su fecha en Roma á 15 de Agosto del presente año, Cadiz: Imprenta de Niel Hijo, 1840, 18 pp. Relates to the Catholic martyrs in China. 8. Obra de la Progacion de la FÉ en favor de las Misiones Catolicas. Reimpreso en Sto. Tomas de Manila por D. Candido Lopez, 1840, 25 pp. Table of the sums of money raised for missionary purposes. 9. Sucinta Memoria que contiene el Estado Actual de las ISLAS FILIPINAS, sur ricas producciones, su agricultura, industria y comercio; mejores que pueden hacerse, medios faciles de realizarlas, y cuanto puede cooperar á la prosperidad de la Nacion Española esta tan preciosa parte de sus dominios. Valladolid: En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Roldan, 1838, 63 pp. 10. PAPELES INTERESANTES á los Regulares que el las ISLAS FILIPINAS administran la Cura de Almas. Valladolid: En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Roldan, 1838, 62 pp., [index leaf] 14. Reglamento de Policia. Mexico: Imprenta Dearizpe, 1811, 22 pp., [errata leaf] 16. Pellicer (Mariano), Arte de la Lengua Pangasinana ó Cabolòan corregido, aumentado, y llevando en si mismo el compendio. Sto. Thomas de Manila por D. Candido Lopez, 1840, 198 pp. Rare. WorldCat lists only 1862 edition, although the CCPBE records one copy in Girona. The Prologo indicates that only one copy of the 1690 edition is known to exist, and that on poor quality Chinese paper.
Filipinas. Proyecto de Ordenanzas de Buen Gobierno para uso de los Alcaldes mayores de las Islas Filipinas, manuscript, Madrid, 5 Marzo de 1838, title, preface 'Superior Gobierno de Filipinas', 1 l eaf ; index , 1 leaf ; 3 blank leaves; 62 leaves written in a neat legible hand to both sides, 1 folding table , disbound, 4to (31 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProject of reform for good governance by local town mayors listing 287 articles. The folding table is a sample of a census relating to the village of ‘Mariquinos’, detailing the population, commerce, agriculture, industry, etc. The document is signed by Andrés Camba, who advocates urgent attention to these reforms in accordance with the Royal Decree of 1797, and names Francisco Otín y Duaso as the best candidate for the post. The index guides the reader to sections on justice, taxation, land ownership, education, treatment of 'Chinos', religion, commerce, agriculture and industry.
Noel (E.B. & J.O.M. Clark). A History of Tennis, 2 volumes, OUP, 1924, colour frontispiece to volume I, folding table, half-tone illustrations, occasional small marginal damp stains, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, some damp staining to covers, volume I spine faded to brown, 8vo, with a headed note paper inscribed 'With J.O. Clarke's compliments' loosely inserted in volume IQty: (2)NOTESLimited edition 19/20 not for sale copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 820. According to the Oxford University Press archives about 380 sets were pulped by 1932, therefore the true total limitation being approximately 420.
A substantial oak refectory dining table, the cleated end top raised on gun-barrel style jointed legs united by a center stretcher, 244 cm x 108 cm x 77 cm high to/w a set of eight oak chairs with arched backs, six side chairs and two carvers (8)Open 2mm crack in joint in planks of table top, generally good condition otherwise
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