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13th CENTURY
Sermons 63
ADVERTISING
All In One 25
Roberti 54
New, Authentic 56
Respirator 59
ARCHAEOLOGY
Il Sepolcro 28
ARCHITECTURE
Timber Houses 5
ART, HOW-TO
Aux Artistes 26
BELGIAN BOOKS
Leurs Majestés 20
BIBLIOGRAPHY
De Bibliothecis 19
Antiqui 47
Venezia 50
Catalogo 61
BLIND, THE
Types... 33
BOOKBINDINGS
Dutch Paper... 14
The Loves 45
BOOKSELLING
Libri 41
Roberti 54
New, Authentic 56
Receipts 64
BROADSIDE
Inscription 8
Corporal 16
The last 38
Mr Le Mesurier 39
New, Authentic 56
Rules 60
BURIAL
Edit 24
Il Sepolcro 28
COLLECTIONS
Algae 3
Medaglie 10
Iscrizione 72
COOKERY
Culinary 18
DESIGN
Titres de Livres 4
Style Book 34
DIALECT
Sie Fiabe 37
DISASTERS
Aufforderung 1
DUTCH BOOKS
Vondel 7
Dutch Paper... 14
Lettres 30
Het Leven 67
Tooneelpoëzy 71
EDUCATION
Settlements 15
Dom. Epis. 32
Mais Factos 44
Guardian’s 55
ESTC
Lettres 30
Messiah 31 (not in)
New.. 56 (not in)
XXV Sermons 68
Calamities 73
Memorials 74
ETHNICITY, CELT
Scrapbook 62
FAIRY TALE
Le Prince 40
FICTION
La Fausse 66
FRENCH BOOKS
Titres de Livres 4
Épitre 12
Edit 24
Aux Artistes 26
Le Prince 40
Antiqui 47
La Parisiade 53
Les Templiers 58
La Fausse 66
FRENCH REVOLUTION
La Parisiade 53
GEOGRAPHY
Antiqui 47
GERMAN BOOKS
Aufforderung 1
De Bibliothecis 19
Parentalla 52
GRANGERISM
Tooneelpoëzy 71
ILLUSTRATION
Landscape 11
Commonplace 17
Style Book 34
Italian Tour 35
Heureusement 57
Het Leven 67
Illustrated 69
Tooneelpoëzy 71
IMPRINT, FALSE
Lettres 30
La Parisiade 53
ITALIAN BOOKS
Alfabettica 2
Passione 9
Medaglie 10
Sul Progretto 21
Grand... 22
Guida 27
Il Sepolcro 28
Sie Fiabe 37
La Vita 43
Alcune 49
Zanotti 51
Catalogo 61
Il Ragno 70
Iscrizione 72
INDEX
LEGAL
Notorial 46
LOTTERY
All In One 25
MANUSCRIPTS
Commonplace 17
Culinary 18
Leurs Majestés 20
Grand 22
Style Book 34
Italian Tour 35
Old Testament 36
Liturgical 42
Notorial 46
Formule 48
Scrapbook 62
Sermons 63
Receipts 64
Diaries 65
Illustrated 69
MEDICINE/SCIENCE
Alcune 49
Zanotti 51
Respirator 59
Rules 60
The Spleen 75
MILITARY
Leurs Majestés 20
Mais Factos 44
MNEMONICS
Formule 48
MUSIC
Mr Giardini 6
Grand 22
Messiah 31
NEO-LATIN VERSE
Hymni 13
NUMISMATICS
Medaglie 10
ILLUSION
Corporal 16
PEOPLE
Babel, PE 4
Giardini, Felice 6
Vondel, J 7, 14
Sandby, P 11
Chénier, M-J 12
Napoleon 16
Rossini, G 22
Handel 31
Aretino, P 43
Zanotti, E 51
Pertsch, G 52
Cook, James. 56
Jeffreys, John 59
Charles I 74
PLACES
Fruili 2
India 8
Bristol 15
Florence 27
Rome 28
Hereford 32
Italy 35
Essex 38
Durham 39
Venice 49, 50
Helmstedt 52
Africa 57
Vermont 60
Padova 61
Anglesey 62
POETRY
Épitre 12
Commonplace 17
Draf-slottet 23
Sie Fiabe 37
The Last 38
The Loves 45
La Parisiade 53
Il Ragno 70
The Spleen 75
PORTUGUESE BOOKS
Mais Factos 44
PRINTING
Types 33
Venezia 50
QUARREL, PUBLIC
Mr Le Mesurier 39
RELIGION
Passione 9
Hymni 13
De Bibliothecis 19
Edit 24
Definitio 29
Lettres 30
Old Testament 36
Liturgical 42
XXV Sermons 68
SATIRE
Inscription 8
SHORTHAND
Old Testament 36
SPIDERS, VIRTUES OF
Il Ragno 70
SWEDISH BOOKS
Draf-slottet 23
SWISS BOOKS
Definitio 29
TEMPLARS
Les Templiers 58
THEATRE
Vondel 7
Dutch Paper... 14
Les Templiers 58
Het Leven 67
Tooneelpoëzy 71
TRAVEL
Italian Tour 35
Diaries 65
Illustrated 69
VICE, AGAINST
Calamities 73
WOMEN
Sul Progretto 21
Alcune 49
La Fausse 66
The Spleen 75
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Item 10
[Cattaneo, Gaetano & Labus, Giovanni].
Medaglie E Monete Procedenti Dal Museo Del Conte Constazo Taverna.
PO Box 397, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 1BT, UK
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1. [Adolphus, Frederick].
[North Sea Floods] Aufforderung.
Hannover: [s.i], 1825.
Bifolium, 300 x 195mm, 3, [1 blank] p., gothic type. Only printing of this Royal appeal from Frederick Adolphus, Duke of
Cambridge on behalf of King George IV. This pamphlet, in German, appeals for support in reconstruction and proposes
regional committees to oversee reconstruction in the aftermath following the February flood of 1825 “Great Hallig Flood”
in which some 800 people died. The German and Dutch North sea coast was badly hit, especially the village of Pellworm and
town of Emden.
£200.00
2. Alfabettica Descrizione Della Castella,
Comunità, e Ville della Patria del Fruili O da essa Segregate, che hanno relazione Di
Udine.
Udine: /Giovambatista Murero, 1752.
8vo, 16.5cm, 46, [2 blank] p., contemporary cartonatura rustica (spine repaired), crayon manuscript annotations to last blank
page and inside rear cover. A good copy (scattered light spotting). An unrecorded and curious little work giving an alphabetical
list of the castles, villages, communes and rivers in the patriarchal state of Aquileia and their distance in miles from the capital,
Udine. in 1077 Henry IV rewarded Sigeardo of Beilstein, the patriarch of Aquileia, with the feudal Dukedom of Fruili and title
of Prince following his support during excommunication. Aquileia becoming a direct fief of the Holy Church of Rome. The
state developed with the capital established at Udine in 1238 and became embroiled in a series of internal conflicts and with
the Republic of Venice in 1281. After a period of stability conflict with the city of Cividale reached a head with the invasion
and capture of Udine in 1411. This lead to war with Venice and the eventual recapture and annexation of Aquileia to Venice
in 1420. The ancient patriarchal see was legally dissolved in 1751 and presumably created this work as a continuing record of
its possessions. Not in located in the online union catalogues.
£280.00
3. Algae Britannicae: Or Dried Specimens Of Marine Plants.
Named According To Professor Harvey’s Phycologia Britannica.
[England], [183-?].
8vo, 19cm, [13] p., 12 mounted seaweed specimens, original printed card covers, all edges gilt, Ownership signature of Edith
Back. This attractive collection of seaweed specimens is a fine example of the Victorian fashion for forming collections of
all types. Presumably formed as a holiday amusement on the South coast of England, this collection “named according to
Professor Harvey’s Phycologia Britannica” is arranged with an aesthetic eye with samples fixed to plates and tipped into the
notebook and labelled in a delicate and precise copperplate.
£250.00
4. Babel, Pierre Edmé.
Suite De 10 Titres De Livres Inventés Par Babel Et Gravés Par Loizelet.
Paris: [Loizelet], [1879].
Scarce collection of title page designs in high Rococo style by the French artist/engraver/goldsmith Pierre Edme Babel (1720-
1775), about whom little is known. Each design is about 130 x 80mm, with decorative border inside large margins. Eugène
Loizelet was active as a printer and print-seller in Paris in the 1870s. A very good copy (Edges slightly creased, title page lightly
foxed, else very clean). Only copy located is at Hannover.
£280.00
5. Baily, Charles.
Remarks On Timber Houses.
Printed for Private Distribution by Wyman & Sons.,1869.
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Large 8vo, [4], 49, [1 blank] p., engraved frontispiece, seven plates & 18 text illustrations, half-leather & marbled boards (loss
of leather to corners), recent spine, all edges gilt. First separate edition and one of the first printed works on the history
and structure of Tudor timber framed houses. This key work by the London architect and antiquary, Charles Baily, examines
glazing, fitted furniture, doors, stairs, internal room architecture, brick and plasterwork, timbering and first appeared in
Surrey Archaeological Collections in 1862. Baily assisted in the roofing of the Guildhall and building of the Corporation Library
prior to his suicide in 1878 during illness (DNB). A very good copy (text wrinkled). COPAC & OCLC (BL, Guidhall, C, Leeds, V&A,
Soc. Ant). De Zouche Hall-Bib of Vernacular Architecture p.36; A.Lawrence K ocher Collection 022.
£300.00
6. [Benefit Ticket For The Benefit Of Mr Giardini.
[London]: [s.n], [1775?].
Single sheet, 120 x 135mm, wove paper, printed on recto only, engraving [in brown/sepia] within border, with margin, printed
by F[rancesco] Bartolozzi after G[iovanni] B[attista] Cipriani.
Ticket for a benefit concert for the Italian composer and violinist Felice Giardini (1716-1796). Said to show Melpomene--
Greek muse of tragedy--seated on a parapet, holding a dagger in her right hand; two putti at her feet: one lying dead, the
other standing and scratching his head; on the right, Thalia standing, carrying a putto who holds a torch. Giardini was a child
prodigy who, after touring Europe, settled as an adult in London, where for many years he was highly successful. He served
as concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera there and gave solo concerts under the auspices of his close friend Johann
Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). Very clean item. A bill-head showing the same image is held by British Museum; other
tickets for Giardini benefits, with different classical scenes, seem to be more common than this one. A fine copy.
£140.00
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7. [Bespoke Collection Of The Complete Dramatic Works Of J.V.Vondels
Printed By De Wees].
Three volumes, 4to, 200mm, partial watermarks visible showing_______ and “ D. & C. Blauw,” table of contents in each
volume, each play has separate title page, all but one [Maria Stuart in vol. 3] bearing the de Wees printer’s device of a
decorative well and motto “Elck zyn Beurt” (Each His Turn) Several have plates or illustration; most have decorative initial
letters, red edges (faded). Each volume in contemporary full vellum with blind stamped double ruled borders and decorative
central stamp, raised bands with manuscript spine titles, boards of Volume One bowed, other volumes slightly bowed, boards
rubbed in varying degrees, corners bumped, water stains to lower edges of some pages in Vol. 2; text blocks else very clean.
Each volume contains printed bookplate “Cloeck voor Storm,” with image of ship on stormy sea and initials C S. Volume one
has small bookseller’s label of M. R. Van Gelder (Leiden), Volume two has bookseller’s label of A. J. van Tetroode (Amsterdam).
Three volumes, each with half title J. V. Vondels
Tooneel-Poëzy, containing various printings of all of
Vondel’s 32 completed plays, a fragment of another
(Rozemont) and an essay. The first volume contains
plays with Biblical themes; the other volumes’
contents are mainly classical. All the plays were
published by members of the de Wees family over a
span of 60 years.
Vol. I: Tooneelschilt Of Pleitrede Voor Het
Tooneelrecht (1661)--[essay in response to an attack
by the fundamentalist preacher Petrus Wittewrongel,
its title page bears the motto “Cedo nulli”--I cede to
no one”]; Adam In Ballingschap, Of Aller Treurspeelen
Treuerspel (1664); Noah, Of Ondergan Der Eerste
Weerelt. Treurspel (1692); Joseph In Dothan.
Treurspel (1692); Joseph In Egypten. Treurspel (1644);
Sofompaneas Of Josef In’t Hof. Treurspel, [Huigh
de Groot, trans. from Latin by Vondel] (1692); Het
Pascha, Ofte De Verloffinge Israëls Uyt Egypten....
(1636); Jeptha Of Offerbelofte. Treurspel (1659);
Samson Of Heilige Wraeck. Treurspel (1694); Koning
David In Ballingschap. Treurspel (1691); Koning David
Herstelt. Treurspel (1693); Salomon. Treurspel (1648);
Peter En Pauwels. Treurspel (1691); Hierusalem
Verwoest. Treurspel (1665)
Vol. II: Plate tipped in after contents page showing
Phaeton’s death at the hand of Zeus, folded at
bottom; Lucifer. Treurspel (1654); Gebroeders.
Treurspel (1650); Adonias Of Rampzalige Kroonzucht.
Treurspel (1661); Faëton Of Reuckeloze Stoutheit.
Treurspel (1663); Salmoneus. Treurspel (1657);
Sofokles Herkules In Trachin. Treurspel. Verduitscht
door J. v. Vondel (1668); Hippolytus Of Rampzalige
Kuischeit. Treurspel (1668); Koning Edipus Uit
Sofokles. Treurspel (1660); Euripedes Feniciaensche
Of Gebroeders Van Thebe. Treurspel. Verduitscht
Door J. v. Vondel (1668); De Amsterdamsche Hecuba.
Treur-spel [from Seneca’s Troades/The Trojan Women]
(1693)
Vol. III: Elektra Van Sophokles. Treurspel (1658);
Ifigenie In Tauren. Uit Euripedes. Treurspel (1666);
Batavische Gebroeders Of Onderdruckte Vryheit.
Treurspel (1690); Maeghden. Treurspel (1643);
Rozemont. Treurspel. Het Eerste Bedryf (n.d.)*;
Gysbrecht Van Aemstel. D’Ondergangk Van Zijne
Stadt, En Zein Ballingschap. Treurspel (1659); Maria
Stuart Of Gemartelde Majesteit (1646)**; Zungchin
Of Ondergand Der Sineesche Heerschappye. Treurspel
(1692); Leeuwendalers. Lantspel (1657); Palamedes
Of Vermoorde Onnozelheit. Treurspel (1652)
£650.00
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8. [British Indian Raj]:
An Inscription was found among the records of the Club.
It was Unanimously Voted that it should be printed and Copies Sent to the Members
Therein Mentioned So Far As they Could Be Discovered By The Scriptural Phraseology
Adopted By The Author. ].
[Bengal], [186-].
Single sheet, 310 x 195mm, 2 p., two edges untrimmed, (couple of short tears to edges). This unrecorded satirical broadside
from an army officers club from British India, is cast as a supposed translation “as part of a cuneiform inscription found at
Germ-ok-taza; supposed to be a portion of the book of Spawt”. The tales of how one Fawben together with his tribe of Hind
sets forth and cleanses the land of unclean beast. It presumably relates to the commencement and expansion of British rule in
India. A key is given at the end with the names of characters the text attributed to officers from the 19th Hussars, Royal Horse
Artillery, Royal Artillery and local administrators.
£180.00
9. C.B.F. Narrazione Della Passione Del Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo...
Roma: Nella Stamperia Piluchhi Cracas, 1790.
8vo, 18cm, [2], 67, [1 blank] p., engraved title device of decorative urn with flowers & scroll work, endpiece of flowers &
foliage in a wicker urn flanked by griffins, contemporary carta silografata policroma with repeated square motif and ruled
yellow lines (two small chips to spine). Only edition of this annotated narrative of Christ’s Easter Passion. Dedicated to the
Procuratessa of San Marco, Camilla Giovanelli, the text is compiled from the Gospels and through extensive footnotes explains
the significance and function of the language, historical figures and places. It is thus of particular value in terms of historical
religious exegesis. A very good copy (fore edge of first two leaves dusty & negligible upper marginal staining to last four
leaves). Not in worldcat, COPAC or ICCU.
£180.00
10. [Cattaneo, Gaetano & Labus, Giovanni].
Medaglie E Monete Procedenti Dal Museo Del Conte Constazo Taverna.
Milano: Società Tipogr[afica] De’ Classici Italiani, 1842.
8vo, 16 p., titled in shaded & Roman types, unbound as issued, stitched. Only edition of this catalogue of the medals and coins
in the collection of Italian numatist Carlo Taverna. Taverna inherited the substantial collection of coins and medals of his Uncle
Constanzo Taverna which in turn had come from the collection of Count Carlo Castiglione and added to them throughout his
life. The first catalogue of the collection, by the Director of the Gabinetto Numismatico di Brera and Secretary of the Istututo
Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, was this one issued in 1842 and the second, issued posthumously in 1872. The catalogue,
in tabular form, lists items by name and quantity and covers papal and royal medals both Italian and European including
England, Poland, Austria, Denmark, Spain & France (2093 examples); Milanese coins produced in honour of Francesco II of
Austria (873 examples) and miscellaneous European coins & medals (63 examples). The collection together with books &
papers was later donated to the Milanese civic collection and is now at the Civica Biblioteca Archeologica e Numismatica di
Milano. Not in worldcat, COPAC or ICCU.
£240.00
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11. Chatelain, Jean Baptiste & Sandby, Paul.
[Suite Of 18th Century English & French Landscape Etchings].
270 x 215mm, 6 leaves, laid paper, Italian(?) paste paper binding (spine worn), manuscript label (chipped) to front cover
“LANDSCAPES,” in single hand-ruled border, all items trimmed to same size with additional stab holes as in the margin of each
print from previous binding. This collected suite of plates includes Four plates by French printmaker Jean Baptiste Chatelain
and two by British printmaker Paul Sandby.
I. [Storm?] [by Chatelain], image 175 x 245mm. Trees near waterside, with buildings and bluff in distance. Two men struggle
against the wind in leftforeground. Closely trimmed, with no significant loss of image, but title and creator information
trimmed off, can just make out top of “Ch” [Chatelain]. Manuscript margin note “L1”
II. Calm, by Chatelain, image 175 x 245mm. Pastoral scene of trees near water, with buildings on far side. Seated man reads,
with dog beside him, and a man address a group of females. Title, in decorative typeface, partly trimmed off.
III. [Untitled-Landscape With Group Of Travellers], image 215 x 160mm, “P Sandby Inv Sculpt 1758,” pastoral scene dominated
by trees on hillock, house behind with smoking chimney, man with sword and several resting figures to lower right, horse and
cart approaching and further buildings to left. It seems likely that this is from the first edition of Sandby’s “Six Landscapes”.
IV. [untitled], two images within one embossed border 225 x 165, each image about 135 x 85mm, signed at bottom “Chatelain
invet et delin.”
V. [untitled], image 175 x 125mm, “Chatelain invet et delin.” Waterside scene with trees, man and woman on right shore,
other figures in fore and middle ground, buildings on far side of water.
VI. [untitled], image 90 x 120mm, “P Sandby Inv. Sculp.” at bottom, crease to lower left margin. Rural landscape with a man
standing in the left foreground, indicating a boulder inscribed with the series title at the side of the road, for the benefit of
a boy, while two men stand talking further off to right, with a ruin glimpsed beyond three leafy trees on the bank in the left
foreground; issued as one of ‘Six Landscapes’ in 1758.
£650.00
12. Chenier, Marie-Joseph.
Épitre A Eugénie.
[Paris?]: [s.i], [1800?].
8vo, [ii], 6, [2 blank] p., recent decorative rose wrappers, MS upper cover title. First and sole independent edition of this short
poem by the Constantinople born French writer and politician who played an active role in revolutionary France. The poem
praises the charms of the beautiful and seductive Eugénie who is thrown against a cast of moralists such as Arsinoe from
Moliere’s The Misanthrope, throwing Fielding, Lesage & Richardson and pedantry to the devil, giving praise for voluptuous
love, the amiable Ninon [de L’Enclos] and the arts. OCLC 558430286 (2 copies BL & BNF); Querard p.174 (giving a 1799 date);
Michaud & Michaud VIII p. 330
£280.00
13. Coffin, C.
Hymni Super Patrato In Nova Haemorrhoissa Miraculo.
[Paris]: Typis Theobusteis, 1726.
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Bifolium, [4] p., headpiece of repeated typographic ornament, unusual initial letter created from three printers flourishes,
printed in roman & italic types. This principal of the Dorman-Beauvais college in the University of Paris was chief hymnographer
of the 18th century Roman Catholic liturgical revival. This work collects three neo latin hymns. OCLC records a sole copy (BNF).
Not located in the other online union catalogues. Conlon. Siècle des Lumières : bibliographie chronologique X p.185; Routley
& Cutts (2005) p.71.
£160.00
14. [Collection of Dutch Paper Bindings].
I. [Anonymous] De Gewaande Ariane, Of De Bedrieger Door List Bedrogen. Blyspel.
Amsterdam: Hendrik Bosch over’t Burger Weeshuys, en Jacob van Saan, in de Gasthuys,
1718.
8vo, 155mm, 62p. A-[D7], partial watermark visible. Engraved title page vignette shows winged horse on ledge overlooking
musicians, with banner motto “Honos alit artes” (Honour fosters the arts). Decorated initial letter. Later, very clean paper
wrapper printed with repeated design in red. A comedic play in three scenes set in Amsterdam, with seven characters: “The
Fictitious Ariane, Or The Trickster Tricked by a Trick.” In verse. A tidy copy, last leaf slightly begrimed, very small tears to cover
edges.
II. Hoeven, Willem van der, d. 1727 ‘T Koffyhous, Kluchtspel. Amsterdam: Izaak Duim,
1734.
8vo, 155mm, 48p. Partial watermark visible. Elaborate title page engraving [looks embossed?] shows beehive within scrollwork,
with motto in Dutch., signed “J--or T?--Punt del. et fecit 1732.” Later paper wrappers printed in red with overall floral design
with wavy lines. A farce, “The Coffeehouse,” in one act, 22 scenes, with many characters, including a runaway youth, a
Walloon, and a drunken farmer--all promising fodder for comedy, perhaps. Clean copy with slightly grimy and creased last
page, also very small stain to fore edge.
III. Bernagie, Pieter De Ontrouwe Voogd, Kluchtspel. Amsterdam: Albert Magnus, op den
Nieuwendyk, in den Atlas, by den Dam, 1686.
8vo, 155mm, 37, [1] blank p., A-C[3], partial watermark visible. Title page has engraving in classical style and motto “Latet
quoque utilitas” (Usefulness is also hidden). paper cover, yellow printed with repeated red and blue floral pattern, lines, and
dots. Has small printed Art Nouveau-style bookplate of “V. Delamontagne” and pencilled shelf or catalogue marks.
A farce--”The Unfaithful Guardian”--in one act, with five characters, 15 scenes, partly in verse. Bernagie (1656-1699) was a
well-known physician and professor of medicine. He published 14 plays in several styles between 1684 and 1698 and was one
of the best-known comedy writers of his day. This first edition--in good condition with slight spotting to lower edge of last
leaf--
IV. Hoogeveen, Cornelis van Het Huwelyk Door Bloedverwanschap, Blyspel. Te Leyden:
By Cornelis van Hoogeveen, Junior, 1763.
8vo. 155mm, 64p., partial watermark visible. Engraved title page vignette with classical themes, beehive, winged horse, within
scrollwork. Motto “Door Vlyt En Kunst.” Signed “N. v.d. Meer jun. inv. et fec. 1763.” Printer’s device at end of foreword and
decorative initial letter. Plain paper wrapper with pencilled shelf marks. Printed bookplate of “V. Delamontagne” in Art
Nouveau style.
V. Wit, Abraham de, de Jonge De Ingebeelde Edelman, Blyspel. Amsterdam: By de
Erfgen: van J. Lescailje, op den Middeldam, op de hoek van de Vischmarkt, 1700.
8vo., 150mm, 55, [1 blank] p., A-D[4], partial watermark visible, title page vignette of [dog-like animal?] encircled by snake
with its tail in its mouth and motto “PERSEVERANTER,” floral printers device p. 3, decorative initial letter. Speckled edges, later
paper wrapper with overall tulip motif in red, with small tears to edges, text block good with a couple of ink(?) spots. “The
Imaginary Nobleman” is a comedy in three acts, in verse. Nothing seems to be known of the author, except that he published
two other plays in the 1690s. The printing house and bookshop of Jacob Lescailje [also Lescaille], on the other hand, was well
known as a centre for drama in Amsterdam. After his death in 1679, it was run for many years by his heirs.
VI. Elvervelt, Henrik Van (c. 1700-1781) De Gewaande Heidin, Of De Bedrogen
Gelukzoeker, Kluchtspel. Amsterdam: Izaak Duim, Boekdrukker en Boekverkooper,
bezuiden het Stadhuis, 1746.
8vo, 155mm, 48p., partial watermark visible. Elaborate title page engraving with beehive, classical references, pastoral scenes,
coat of arms. Later paper wrappers with overall leaf motif in red [part unprinted: edge of the paper?], penciled shelf marks,
printed bookplate, in Art Nouveau style, of V. Delamontagne. Only recorded edition of this play, “ The Supposed Heathen, or
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The Adventurer Deceived,” apparently translated from the original French by Elvervelt, and printed by the noted actor and
bookseller Duim (1696-1782). The original French version, if it existed, has not been located. Very clean copy with negligible
tear to title page.
VII. Rossum, Pieter van (?) Aelius Seianus, Treur-Spel. Gorinchemi [Gorinchem]: By Paulus
Vink, Boeckverkooper, 1667.
4to, 200mm, [2], 42p., (lacks dedication page), [many blank leaves of later date bound in at end], partial watermark visible,
roman and italic type. Title page engraving within a border, shows crest with portcullis, crown, rampant lions and motto
“Sidunt ipso pondere magna, Ceditq. oneri Fortuna suo. --Senec. Agam.” 3/4 vellum with marbled boards, manuscript spine
title, pencilled shelf marks to front pastedown and endpaper. Text block very clean and tidy, faint water stains to lower edge
at gutter, boards slightly warped with very slight scuffing. This tragedy in five acts concerns Lucius Aelius Sejanus (d. AD 31),
who was a once-trusted Praetorian Prefect under the Roman Emperor Tiberius, but who was put to death after betraying that
trust. Sejanus has been the subject of various literary works including a 1603 play of Ben Jonson. Authorship of this Dutch
play is not certain; most often attributed to van Rossum based on initials following the dedication--a leaf that is missing in this
copy--but sometimes assigned to Jan Lemmers. Also issued in 1666 at Dordrecht.
VIII. Lope de Vega, Felix Jaloersche Studenten, Bly-Epodende-Spel. [Translated from the
Spanish by Theodore Rodenburgh] Amsterdam: Gedruckt by Nicolaes van Ravensteyn
Voor Dirck Cornelisz Hout-baeck... 1644
4to, mm, A-G[2], [52]p., partial watermark visible, untrimmed. Gothic, roman, and italic typefaces. Title page vignette inside
double border shows [oops, didn’t finish].... and motto “Nobilitas sola est atque vinca virtus.” Decorative initial letter.. Later
wove glossy paper wrappers, overall 3-colour floral pattern. A Dutch translation of “La escolástica celosa” (The Jealous
Student) was first published at Leiden in 1617. This “happily-ending play” is in three acts, in verse. Lope de Vega (1562-1635)
was a key literary figure of the Spanish Baroque, a prolific poet and playwright. Rodenburgh (1574-1644), Dutch diplomat
and merchant, was also wrote plays and poems. He became familiar with Spanish literature via his diplomatic travels to Spain,
where he met Lope de Vega and translated several of his plays. Water stains to gutter and edges; edges curled; small tears and
creases to wrapper, with one back corner lacking.
IX. J. V. Vondels Salmoneus. Treuspel Amsterdam: Voor de Weduwe van Abraham
de Wees, op den Middeldam, in ‘t jaer MDCLVII (1657). Colophon: Amsterdam: Ter
Druckerye van Thomas Fontein, op de Voorburghwal, by de Deventer-houtmerckt, 1657.
4to, 200mm, [8], 60p. *4 A-H [2], partial watermark visible, roman and italic type, decorative initial letters, title page vignette of
a decorative well and motto “Discite iustitiam moniti, & non temnere divos.” Red edges, later, very clean wove paper wrappers
with repeated motif in red. slight tears to edges with tiny loss to one corner. Text very good, last two signatures loose, smudges
to gutter and faint water stains on several pages Vondel (1587-1679) was the most prominent Dutch playwright and poet of
the 17th century. He moved in literary circles and studied French, German, Latin, and Greek writers. He wrote 32 plays and
translated many others from several languages into Dutch. Salmoneus, in Greek mythology, was king of Elis. This copy has
slight tears to edges with tiny loss to one corner; last two signatures loose, smudges to gutter and faint water stains on several
pages.
X. J. v. Vondels Ifigenie In Tauren. Uit Euripedes. Treurspel. Amsterdam : Voor de
weduwe van Abraham de Wees, op den Middeldam, in ‘t Nieuwe Testament, 1666.
4to, 200mm, *4 A-F 4, [8], 48p., title page with printer’s device of well with motto “Elck zyn beurt” [each his turn]. Also
Latin motto “Hic labor extremus, longarum haec meta viarum.” Decorative initial letters, floral printer’s device on last page,
speckled edges, very faint water stains to lower edge, else very clean. Later glossy blue wove paper wrappers with repeated
design in black, slightly scuffed, small losses to head and tail of spine, penciled notes and shelf marks to inside cover, bookseller
label pasted in, printed bookplate of V. Delamontagne in Art Nouveau style, also older tiny bookplate “Ex Libris A. Ch.” Joost
van den Vondel (1587-1679) was the most prominent Dutch playwright and poet of the 17th century. He moved in literary
circles and studied French, German, Latin, and Greek writers. He wrote 32 plays and translated many others from several
languages into Dutch. The large Vondelpark in Amsterdam is named for him. This translation of Euripedes’ Iphigenia in Tauris
is in verse.
£450.00
15. Copies Of The Settlements Made By Edward Colston, Esq.,
For The Maintaince [sic] Of His Almshouse On St. Michael’s-Hill, & c. And Of His Hospital
For The Maintainance [sic] And Education Of Poor Boys On St. Augustine’s Back, Bristol.
Bristol: Printed at the Mirror Office, 1839.
Large 8vo, 25cm, [2], 65, [1 blank] p., title within rule frame, decorative engraved cornerpieces, contemporary marbled boards,
rebacked with recent tan morocco spine and brown label. This scarce collection of printed social welfare early records makes
available the 1696 settlement and will of Edward Coulson and relates to the establishment of almshouses and schools in the
town of Bristol. COPAC Sole copy LSE.
£120.00
16. Corporal Violette.
London: R.Pratt 12, Broad Street, Golden Square, [1815].
Catalogue Twenty One
Single sheet, 380 x230mm, hand-coloured illustration (signed Radcliffe sc. 213 Picadilly). This fabulous broadside and optical
illusion was issued presumably as a curiosity following his imprisonment & exile. The violet seems to have become a symbol
of Napoleon prior to his departure for Elba and in his despair he requested a some violets from a child who had been picking
a bunch and pronounced them to be a symbol of his quiet resignation to his fate. The violet also became a symbol of his
resistance and resolve both for him and for supporters, for subsequent to this he is recorded to have said that he would return
from Elba when the violets bloom again. The broadside is of particular note as it includes AN OPTICAL ILLUSION WITH THE
FACES OF NAPOLEON, MARIA LOUISA & THE KING OF ROME within the petals & foliage of the print. OCLC returns 2 records
(BNF & McGill); Not in COPAC.
£500.00
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17. [Craven, E.H].
[Manuscript Commonplace & Scrapbook with Original Drawings].
[Yorkshire, England], [187-].
Large 8vo, 26.5cm, c.100ff (c.50ff blank), paper stock in varying shades of pink, yellow, grey and blue with a number with
printed decorative borders and some with embossed borders, white paper stock watermarked “J.Whiston 1834” contemporary
plum roan (extremities rubbed, upper joint cracking), boards alike with ornate blind stamping and central diamond within
a cartouche with floral and foliage scrollwork, outer border of a single gilt filet and foliate roll, further blind-stamped inner
border of reclining classical figures with goblets, fruit and foliage sprays, inner dentelles, gauffred edges, all edges gilt, blue
ribbed silk end papers. This attractive album, produced by De La Rue of London contains and interesting mixture of original
verse accompanied by drawings, water-colours and a few coloured & hand coloured printed illustrations clipped from popular
publications. There is one competent loose water colour of a woman with three children on a hillside above a tree-fringed
rural village with central church (170 x 115mm), pencil sketch of Scrooby church, Yorkshire with a forester dressing a tree trunk
in foreground, a highly competent religious verse in a pen & ink border of an arched gothic door way with a further view
through another archway into a church interior. Within the work are the poems “The Maiden’s Choice & Those Evening Bells
(Thomas Hood) in decorative calligraphy, a section entitled “Localities and Lays of Past & Present with three pages of original
verse with clipped illustrations of scenes from Warwickshire & one photograph of a gatehouse in front of a timber beamed
house. Of particular note is the final section “Flowers And Rhymes” which contains twelve original poems on different flowers
each with an original watercolour at the head on separate pages. These are Snowdrop, Primrose, Daisy, Violet, Bluebell, Lilly
of the valley, Wall Stock Gentianella, Forget Me Not, Woodbine, Rose & Mignonette. VICTORIAN LADIES FLOWER POETRY.
£300.00
IF yOU WOULD HAVE A GOOD PUDDING, PRAy MIND WHAT yR TAUGHT
“LET yOUR MAID EAT THE CRUST” (PARADISE PUDDING).
18. Culinary Manuscript.
[Oxford?, England], [1810-1863].
4to, c.86ff (32ff blank), contemporary laced vellum, upper cover title in ink “Receipt Book 1810”, Small newspaper advertisement
for R.Mallett’s of 25 Great Charlotte Street Blackfriars “Mixture of Nervine Herbs, calculated to remove lowness of Spirits,
strengthen the nervous system and improve the general health” tipped to upper pastedown. This dense and highly legible
culinary manuscript appears to be the work of a professional cook, clearly with experience and some training, probably in
service. This is further supported by spelling & construction and the presence of the the R.Mallett Nervine Herbs advertisement
which appeared in publications intended for a working class audience. Some of the recipes have hints of language which
suggest origins in Rundell’s New System of Domestic Cookery (1807) & Ashburn’s The Family director; or Housekeeper’s assistant
(1807), Over some 85 leaves there are some 150 Georgian recipes ranging from meat, cheese, wine, preserving to cakes and
puddings. There does not seem to have been much call for fish and is only one fish recipe for eels is present. There are several
recipes of preparation and preserving of oranges which had become more widely available around this time. The recipes are
particularly precise “six ounces of currants and may pray pick clean them least they grate in the teeth” (paradise pudding)
and written in a engaging style that goes beyond simple instructions “Adam tasted the pudding and it was wonderous nice
so Eve cut her husband another huge slice”. several wine recipes (cowslip, orange, currant, elder), pickles, puddings, meat &
cheese & fruit. Following this is a kind of recipe commonplace section of some 10 leaves containing various recipes in different
hands and autographed including Oxford sausages & Indian curry. At the end of the work are several leaves, initially in the
same hand as the first recipe section then continued in a different hand, of medicinal recipes for colic, various types of cough,
to waterproof cement, the ague, digestive pills, ulcerated sore throat and others. Strachan (Advertising and satirical culture in
the Romantic period p.69-70.
Catalogue Twenty One
19. De Bibliothecis Et Catenis Patrum.
Lipsiae.
Friderici Lankisii. 1727.
8vo, [6], [clxii], 802, [ 84]. Bound With Spener, Philip. Jacob. Das Muster eines rechtschaffenen Lehrers; oder Ausfuhrliche und
erbauliche Sebens Befchreibung. Francfurt und. . engraved portrait frontispiece (signed C.Romsfet, sculpsit), title in red and
black, roman and italic types, decorative head and endpieces, woodcut initials. Second work title in red and black, gothic
type, decorative initials. Contemporary vellum binding, ms spine title & shelf number (a little soiled) The first work forms a
comprehensive bibliography of the works of the early church fathers organized by geographic area and is decorated with
some particularly impressive headpieces and historiated initials. . Booksellers ticket of J.Leslie London to upperpastedown,
20thc.ownership inscription to ffep.
£550.00
20. [De Leurs Majestés Imperialles Et Royalles de Hongue et de Boheme.
Colonel actuel Commandant Le Regiment de l’infanterie du General Mareschal son
Altesse Le Prince de Ligne Maximilien Comte de Bournonville certifie D’avoir donné
Conge absolut au nomme Pieter Mockel, natif de néau, pays de Limbourg....
[Belgium], [1755].
Single sheet, 415 x 330mm, parchment (reverse soiled) , folded for carriage, calligraphic writing on one side, slits for seal
ribbons (not present). This manuscript discharge certificate gives absolute discharge to one Pieter Mockel of Néau [Eupen] in
Limbourg from the Imperial Army. It is signed by Maximilien, Comte de Bournoville in the names of Maria Theresa and her
husband Francis Stephen. A physical description of Mockel is included as being 5 feet four inches, brown hair and eyes and
catholic. He is also described as having given four years service as a fusilier in Captain Buiseut’s company.
£220.00
21. De Montel, Edoardo.
Sul Progretto Di Riforma Della Legge Comunale E Proviciale: Relazione Alla Associazione
Progressista Di Milano.
Milano: Tipografia Alessandro Gattinoni, 1883.
8vo, 18cm, 79, [1 blank] p., contemporary printed orange wrappers (small split at tail), title within rule frame & corner
ornaments. Only printing of these proceedings of the Associazione Progressista of Milan and of interest for Womens studies.
The Associazione, a club devoted to political reform in Italy was heavily influenced by liberal socialism. The Associazione seems
to have had progressive aims to introduce Women’s suffrage and to generally improve the legal rights and social influence
of women as part of the program. Divided into the transactions of three “sittings” this forms a significant part of the second
sitting. The first concerns general administrative reform and the third the financing of social administration. A very good copy.
Oval ownership stamp of the Associazione Progressista Di Milano.
£200.00
£550.00
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22. Doglia, Giuseppe; Vespoli, Evangelista; Majer, Giovanni Simone.
Grand Pot-Pourri a Fantasia Scelto dai piu graziosi metrice Del Sig Maestro Rossini
Combinato per Piano Forte Dal Sig Maestro Giuseppe Doglia [Bound with] Pot Pourè
Rossiniano Combinato per Piano Forte Dal Sig Evangelista Vespoli [Bound with]
Canzonette Con accompto di Pianforte Del Sig Gio Simone Majer.
4to, 300 x 225mm, contemporary polished calf (rubbed, upper joint cracked), banded spine with gilt ruled compartments,
gilt upper cover presentation? stamp “H.R.H. The Duchess Of Gloucester” within gilt rule frame with corner ornaments,
boards outer border alike with repeated leaf, circle & flower roll. gauffred edges. I. 16 ff., MS music score of this arrangement
of a work by Rossini for piano by the Italian opera director, Giuseppe Doglia. Doglia, a native of Pavia, worked with opera
companies across Italian including time spent as Maestro Concertatore at the Teatri Napoli and the Teatro degli Avvalorati
[For further information on The Teatro degli Avvalorati see our item 12 in catalogue 19]. II. 18 ff., MS music score in a different
hand of an arrangement for piano of extracts from Rossini’s opera “The Barber of Seville”, “La Gazza Ladra”, “Nella Donna Del
Lago” and others. III. 18 + [1 blank] ff., MS music score with words in a different and highly individual style of these Canzonette
for accompaniment by piano. The work contains various pieces “Canto”, “El Lauro”, “La Domanda”, “La Stracavata”, “Ad
Amalia”, “El Consegio”. This attractive manuscript of arrangements of a selection of Rossini’s works for piano and Italian
cazonette was evidently produced as a gift for Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, possibly from her sisterin-law,
Caroline of Brunswick who lived in Italy over the period 1814-1820.
£650.00
23. Draf-slottet, Eller Några Rosor Och Blad, Plockade Ur Lidandets
Ymnighetshorn Och Utströdde På Oförskämdhetens Väg.
Också En Rymdskrift Söder Ut, Pendant Till Babels Torn, Utan Intrång I Ordin.
Babyloniske Byggmästarens I Rymden Fri : Och Rättigheter.
Stockholm: Tryckt i Wennlundska Boktryckerie, 1825.
4to, [2 leaves], 12p, 3 plates, laid paper, printer’s devices at head of each section, with other small ornaments, untrimmed, title
page lacking, but represented by a contemporary manuscript version. Bound in contemporary quarter cloth & marbled boards
(end caps and corners worn). Only edition of this pamphlet containing three poems and a short dialogue, with plates having
titles corresponding to three of them with manuscript notes and pasted-in printed items that describe the volume, its author,
and his subsequent works “Lök på laxen” (1825) and “Raketen...” (1826). There is some dispute about authorship, with some
Swedish sources attributing the work to poet Erik Sjöberg (1794-1828) who wrote as “Vitalis” or to others, whilst assigning
responsibility for the illustrations to Löwstädt, a painter and caricaturist, who later became one of the first lithographers in
Sweden.
£280.00
PROTESTANTS GET THEIR OWN PAD.
24. Edit De L’Empereur, Du 26 Juin 1784.
Concernant Les Enterremens.
Namur: Chez Lafontaine, Imprimeur patenté de Sa Majesté L”Empereur & Roi, 1784.
Catalogue Twenty One
Folio, 32cm, 7, [1 blank] p., drop-head title, woodcut royal arms at head within rectangular border with foliage sprays, ms
numbering to upper page corners. Disbound, stitching broken. This Royal edict regulates interments in the Low Countries of
Europe. Municipal officials in towns and villages are charged with ending unofficial burials and establishing official cemeteries
with appropriate wall, gravediggers lodge, mortuary chamber and chapel where licensed burials would take place. Of note is
the penultimate article which calls for a separate cemetery to be established for Protestants. This edition not located in OCLC,
COPAC or BNF.
150.00
25. [English Lotteries]
I. ALL IN ONE DAy. 2 £30,000, 2 £10,000, 2 £5000. 31st May the First Time such a grand
list of Capitals was ever distributed to the Public in ONE DAy...Tickets & Shares for the
Scheme to be decided 31st May are selling by J. & J.Sivewright [And] NEXT TUESDAy,
10TH JULy. 48 Capitals All To Be Drawn Next Tuesday, 10th July, 17th & 21st July. NO
CLASSES....
[London], [182-].
i. single sheet, 220 x 90mm, engraved hand-coloured illustration of a dancing man within a bush displaying titling. Handbill for
Sivewright lottery, one of the larger London lotteries operating along with Bish from the early 19th century. II. Single sheet,
190 x 115mm, engraved illustration with titling within a shield as part of a larger illustration of a bearded man with sword &
armour. Handbill probably for the T.Bish lottery.
£150.00
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26. Etrennes De Minerve, Aux Artistes Encyclopedie Economique Ou
Alexis Moderne.
Paris: Desnos, 1772.
12mo, 12cm, 4 parts in one, separate divisional title pages, some printers pagination errors, engraved title device, head & tail
pieces, contemporary calf, banded spine (tail endcap chipped, lower joint starting), double gilt ruled compartments with floral
central figure, dots and foliage, boards alike with triple gilt rule outer border, edges stained red. A curious little instructional
manual or “BOOK OF SECRETS” designed for practicing artists giving direction in a vast number of processes from softening
metal, taxidermy, cleaning coins, manufacture of ink of various colours, ETCHING & ENGRAVING, writing in different coloured
ink on the same paper, artists colours & oil paints, coloured wood stains, colours for porcelain together with directions for
rodent & insect control. A good copy (two leaves lacking outer marginal lower corner, stain to a couple of leaves). It appears
to have been of interest to benjamin Franklin, forming n. 1014 of his published library. Wolf & Hayes (2006).
£280.00
27. [Follini, Bartolommeo].
Guida Della Citta di Firenze Ornata di Pianta e Vedute.
Firenze i.e. Florence: [s.n.], 1822.
8vo, [vi], 260 p., engraved title page, engraved frontispiece & eleven plates, folding city plan, green silk marker, original tree
calf (corners worn through), rebacked, marbled edges, marbled end leaves (hinges strengthened). This beautifully illustrated
and comprehensive guide to history and sights of Florence appears to have been originally produced in a French edition under
a Magheri imprint in 1819 and then revised and expanded by Follini for the italian edition as offered here. In fine internal
condition. Lichtenthal. Manuale bibliografico del viaggiatore in Italia p.149
£250.00
28. Fossati, A Melchiade.
Il Sepolcro Di Priamo Liberto Presso La Via Via Labicana Nel Fondo Oggi Delgrande Da
Alcuni Creduto Un Un Tratto Di Catacombe.
[Rome?]: F.D.Buttaoni & A. Piatti., [1840?].
8vo, 25cm, 8 p., caption title, page numbers within typographic brackets, contemporary yellow wrappers. Only edition of this
description of archeological discovery of funereal catacombes in the city of Rome and discussion of their original origin. This
debate was an important part of early research into Roman Cemetrics of Aproniano Bignamini (2004) p.250; Raoul-Rochette
Le Catacombe di Roma (1841) p.143; COPAC BL only; ICCU (Bib Casanatense & Napoli)
£140.00
29. Grynaeus, Johann Jacob.
Definitio Sanguinis Aeterni Testamenti: a
Iohanne Iacobo Grynaeo, e Scripturis Canonicis
desumta, brevique exaplosei explanata, ut de
ea, si Deus permiserit, disputatio instituatur 8
Iulii, respondente Henrico Horstio Hamonensii,
Westphalo.
Basilae [Basel]: Typis Opor, 1591.
4to, 21.5cm, [8] p, title within border of repeated printers ornament,
historiated initial letter with Moses receiving the commandments
from the Lord, decorative capital, printed in italica & roman types,
un sewn as issued. This singular dissertation by Johann Grynaeus
concerning the redemptive powers of the Blood of Christ, There is
implicit criticism of humanism in the preface, possibly connected to
his Nephew, Simon Grynaeus. OCLC (2 copies only Basel & Munich);
Not in COPAC.
£280.00
30. [Guiton, Marc].
Lettres A Un Protestant Francois Touchant La Declaration Du Roi...
A Londres [i.e. The Hague]: Chez Thomas L’Etonne, 1725.
12mo, [2], 3-451, [1], [2 blank] p., engraved title device of diapered wicker basket with flowers, fruit and
foliage, table headpiece of repeated typographic ornament, contemporary calf (upper cover corners
worn, small chip to lower edge), banded spine (tail end cap worn), gilt spine decorations with central
fleuron with radiating stars and border of repeated dots, boards alike with a single blind-stamped
outer border rule, gilt gauffred edges, text edges sprinkled red. This rare edition of letters concerning
appropriate conduct in the face of Royal persecution is FROM THE LIBRARY OF CITOYEN COTTIER with
his ownership signature to title and blank margin of p.81 and bookplate. The imprint is false and place
taken from De Merville. The work also contains a contemporary bookmark made from a fragment
of French playing card (70x25mm). Cottier was a noted criminal law Judge under the Napoleonic
revolutionary administration. A very good copy (small paper flaws to blank margins four leaves). Not in
OCLC, COPAC (Sole copy Oxford). Catalogue des livres imprimez de la Bibliothèque du Roy 1648; Barbier
9424 (2 vol edn); De Merville. Histoire littéraire de l’Europe II. p.176.
£400.00
31. Handel, George Fideric.
Messiah; An Oratorio.
As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. London: Printed for the Administrator
of J.Watts., 1766.
4to, 16 p., large decorative headpiece with three cornucopiae, flowers and foliage, divisional lines
of repeated typographic flowers, endpiece of twin vases overflowing with flowers, further smaller
headpieces with two cornucopiae, flowers & foliage. Contemporary wrappers (spine worn), side
stitched as issued, upper cover ms ink title. A very scarce edition of this libretto for Handel’s Messiah.
First performed in Dublin in 1742, the work was enduringly popular and the libretto ran to many
editions. A good copy (first signature page corners dog-eared & first two leaves fore edge dusty). Not
in ESTC. Ownership signature of Rowland Hart.
£200.00
32. [Hereford Cathedral School] Dom.
Epis. Herefordiensis, Custos .
[Hereford]: [s.n], 1824.
Catalogue Twenty One
Single sheet in scroll format, 14 x 93cm, printed on recto only, wove paper with watermark “Whatman Paper Turkey Mill Kent
1824.”Roman, gothic & italic typefaces. Text within single-rule border, with various single and double divisional rules. Large
[Bishop’s?] coat of arms at top with the frequently-used motto “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense” (evil be to him who evil thinks)
and the Winchester College motto “Manners Makyth Man.” In [original? contemporary?] wooden tube covered with pebbled
black paper. Clean copy with several creases and small tears to edges, one repaired with cellophane tape to verso. The tube has
manuscript “Templeton Nov’r 1822” in ink on inner wooden core. This scroll lists the teachers and pupils, both choristers and
others, by year “secunda” through “sexta”--but no “tertia” class--as of October 22, 1824 for the Hereford Cathedral School.
Also named are preceptors, organist, others associated with the school, and students who went on to Oxford or Winchester.
The sixth class includes a “Templeton sen.” and the fifth class a “Templeton jun.,” suggesting possible ownership of an earlier
version of this roster by one of those scholars. British Library holds a similar item dated 1818, but this 1824 version appears to
be otherwise unknown. Hereford Cathedral School is one of the oldest schools in England, first documented in 1324.
£280.00
33. Hirst, Alfred.
Types For The Blind. A Letter Addressed to the “Leeds Mercury” By Alfred Hirst of
Harrowgate.
London.: Elliott and Sons, 1894.
8vo, 12 p., title with rule border with engraved floral ornaments at head & tail, engraved text illustration, recent card covers
with paper title label to upper cover. Only edition of this monograph on the condition of printing for the blind at the end
of the nineteenth century. A short history of the printing for the blind is given together with a synopsis of the the printing
activities of organizations for the blind at the time. A text illustration of the Braille system is given on page five. A very good
copy (light spotting to last two leaves). Anagnostopoulos (1916) p.33. Unknown to the online union catalogues.
Special reference library of books relating to the blind By Michael Anagnostopoulos 1916 p.33 £250.00
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34. [Hope, Thomas].
[Manuscript Style Book].
[England], [c.182-].
4to, 26cm, 55 ff. [21 blank & several stubs], watermarked J.Whatman 1817, contemporary half plum morocco & marbled boards
(corners worn, spine defective, lower board almost detached). This fascinating hand drawn manuscript book of designs which
seems to be the work of the neo-classicist, furniture designer & interior decorator, Thomas Hope, presumably is the substance
of a further unpublished style book for interior design. The work contains some 130 designs in pen & ink, additional pencil
designs and sketches, and some designs COLOURED IN WATERCOLOUR. The designs and design source material run across the
range of Hope’s interests from Bacchanalian vases, to candelabra, jardinieres, decorative mouldings, ceramic tiling, ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphs & architecture and classical costume. Particularly notable are a number of designs in the Chinoiserie style,
a style which was enjoying a resurgence of interest at this time. An unusual survival (includes several cruder designs possibly
in another later hand?).
£3,300.00
35. [Italian Tour Manuscript Sketchbook].
[Italy], [1873-1874].
4to, 130 x 95mm, 37ff (a couple of stubs present, contemporary black morocco & grey cloth boards (lightly rubbed), blind
stamped floral roll along spine leather edge, flat spine, gilt ruled compartments, pencil holder (pencil not present), remains
of cloth fastening strap. This hand-drawn sketch book is a nice example of later 19th century tourism with echoes of the
earlier fashion of European Grand Tours. It reflects an extensive four month tour at the end of the third quarter of the 19th
century throughout Italy from Ravenna, Firenze, Perugia, Rome, Farnese, Pompeii, Castellamare, San Remo and Bordighera.
Over some 36 pen, ink and water-colour pictures and brief sketches, the unknown traveller depicts his experiences through
views of gatehouses, town squares, bridges, views from his hotels, ruins, classical monuments such as the palace of the caesars
and Colosseum, pastoral & sea scapes. Whilst not of the highest technical ability, the artist is able to convey an interesting
emotional tone and choice of subject matter. An interesting survival.
£250.00
36. [Kaye, Amy?].
[Manuscript Shorthand Transcription Of The Books Of The Old Testament].
[England], [1795].
2 vols, 8vo, I-320 p.; II-336, [1] p., contemporary sheep (joints cracking, rubbed, corners worn), banded spine, gilt ruled
compartments and spine volume numbering. This transcription of the a selection of books from the Old Testament appears
to be in what seems likely to be a NEW SYSTEM OF SHORTHAND with a key for shorthand symbols and corresponding English
letters tipped into the free endpaper of volume one. Volume one contains transcriptions of the books Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I
Samuel & 2 Samuel. Volume Tow contains I Kings, 2 Kings, I Chronicles & 2 Chronicles. Text is within a divided ruled frame. The
transcription does not correspond to the any of the prominent 18th century systems such as Gurney, Tailor, Byrom, Mitchell or
Gregg. Ownership signature of Amy Kaye, Liverpool.
37. [Lamberti, Antonio].
Sie Fiabe Veneziane.
Venezia: Dalle Stampe del Cittadino Gio[vanni] Antonio Perlini, Anno I. della liberta italiana [1796].
Catalogue Twenty One
8vo. 15, [1] p., contemporary plain wrappers, untrimmed, central leaf was never sewn in, creased, small tears to wrapper, later
small blue privilegiata ticket tipped in beneath last line of text showing lion and ass. Only edition of these Six fables in poetic
form, in Venetian dialect: I Cazzadori, La Scala, El Medico, El Limon, El Fumo, El Lion e L’Aseno. They are possibly of a satirical,
political nature following the appointment of Napoleon as the commander of the French army in Italy and the subsequent
military action and negotiations with Austria leading to the surrender of Venetian territorial possessions in Northern Italy
under the Treaty of Campo Fornio in 1797. ICCU Sole copy (Turin), not in COPAC, Worldcat or KVK. Melzi III p.66.
£320.00
38. The Last C------ Of Heybridge.
A Parody of Moore’s “Last Rose of Summer.” .
Great Totham: Printed at Charles Clark’s Private Press, 1838.
Single sheet, 230 x 140mm, printed on recto only. This rare broadside three-stanza poem from the private press of Charles Clark
closely follows the famous 1805 work of Irishman Thomas Moore, which begins: ‘Tis the last rose of summer/Left blooming
alone/All her lovely companions/Are faded and gone...’ Clark’s version: ‘TIS the last C---- of Heybridge,/Left wand’ring alone,/
All his once gay ancestors /Are vanish’d and gone....’ laments the end of his family line. Though written when Clark was only
32, he in fact never married and was (according to the DNB) a “self-styled Malthusian.” Charles Clark (1806-1880) of Great
Totham Hall, Essex, was a gentleman farmer, printer, antiquarian and book collector who left a his press and a library of 2500
volumes upon his death. Born at Heybridge, and returning there late in life, he wrote and printed at Great Totham numerous
mainly playful and satirical works--brochures and broadsides--over a 30-year period. A very good copy (two short closed tears
along lower edge). Not in COPAC, Worldcat, KVK.
£220.00
39. [Le Mesurier Controversy] Mr LE MESURIER is under necessity of
correcting a mistake...
Durham: Printed by E. Humble, March 22, 1820.
[And] MR. LE MESURIER, having seen the Letter of Mr. STORY.... Darlington: Atkinson’s Office, 25th March, 1820. [And] A Copy
of a Letter intended for the Durham Chronicle. Stockton: Jennett’s Office, March 29th, 1820.
i. Wove paper, 145 x 185mm, (slight soiling & creasing, lacking one corner). II. Wove paper, 285 x 210mm, creased, small
tear to top edge, (corners trimmed from previous mounting) . III. Wove paper, 270 x 200mm, (slight creasing & fraying).
Tantalising snippets of a rather public row between two clergymen in County Durham during the election season of 1820.
The protagonists in this tempest in a local teapot were the prominent Anglican Thomas Le Mesurier (1756-1822), Rector
of Haughton-le-Skerne, and his Roman Catholic opposite number, Reverend Thomas Story (d. 1822), of St. Mary’s Chapel,
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Stockton-on-Tees. Le Mesurier was known to hold anti-Catholic views, which he had published on several occasions, possibly
contributing to the skirmish. Other figures in the drama were a Mr Lambton and a Mr Witham, as well as “Mr Meynell’s
band.” Mr Lambton (John George Lambton [1792-1840], a Catholic, later First Earl of Durham) was standing for re-election
to Parliament. Mr Witham, probably was Henry Witham (1779-1844), botanist and founding member of the Royal Geological
Society. Mr Meynell surely was a member of the prominent family that dwelt at The Friarage at Yarm and may even have been
the Thomas Meynell (d. 1854) who laid the first section of track for the Darlington & Stockton Railroad in 1822. In any case, no
one seems to have behaved with much dignity: Mr Meynell’s band attracted “the lowest rabble of Darlington, having flags,
drunken women, and boys with turnips on sticks.” Mr Story may even have waved his hat and shouted!
The date of this incident seems very likely to coincide with the event that later had Le Mesurier defending himself in court, as
reported in The Times of 3 August 1820. In the heat of that day in March, Le Mesurier, “forgetting his own character and the
temper of his profession had struck a blow which had brought blood from the mouth of the plaintiff”-- a 14-year-old Lambton
supporter--and caused the loss of a tooth. Le Mesurier was sentenced only to pay damages “as a fair remuneration to the
plaintiff.” No copies of the broadsides have been located in libraries via the usual online sources.
£320.00
40. [Le Prince De Beaumont, Jeanne Marie].
Le Prince Desir.
[France], [180-].
12mo, 12 p., stitched as issued, , woodcut headpiece of stars & portrait medallion, original self-wrappers, upper wrapper
with title within border of woodcut typographic ornaments, lower wrapper with woodcut illustration of Mercury appearing
before ladies outside a temple and a handled jug with foliage sprays with decorative border. Better known as the attributed
author of Beauty and the Beast, Jeanne Marie Le Prince De Beaumont penned this chapbook, which first appeared in the
author’s collection of fairy tales Le Magasin des Enfants in London in 1757 and appears here as the first stand alone printing.
FRBNF35218462. Gumuchian Les livres de l’enfance du XVe au XIXe siècle p.271.
£280.00
41. Libri, Guiglemo.
Catalogue Of The Reserved & Most Valuable Portion Of The Libri Collection, Containing
One Of The Most Extraordinary Assemblages Of Ancient Manuscripts & Printed Books
Ever Submitted For Sale.
Large 8vo, [4], 185, [2] p., original wrappers. Lacroix, Paul Lettres A M. Hatton... Sur Au Sujet De L’incroyable Accusation
Intentee Contre M.Libri. Paris. Paulin. 1849. 8vo, 64 p. disbound. [And] Jubinal, Achille. Lettre M.Paul Lacroix Contenant Un
Curieux episode de l’histoire des Bibliotheques publiques, avec quelques faits relatifs a M.Libri et l’objet. This sale catalogue
from the series of Sotheby Libri sales held between 1859 and 1866 runs to some 713 lots and is rich in ornamental bindings,
Americana, calligraphy, manuscripts, the classics and early manuscripts. It is accompanied by two pamphlets issued in support
of Libri when the original accusations of library theft began to emerge.
Born in 1803 in Florence, Italy, Libri showed early interest in law which he studied at the University of Pisa before changing to
mathematics. He evidently had considerable aptitude for the subject as he was appointed professor of mathematical physics
at Pisa after he graduated. After a sabbatical period in France where he met prominent French mathematicians, he returned
to Italy and became involved in politics and an attempt to introduce a liberal constitution in Tuscany which led to official
displeasure, so under threat of arrest he departed again for France and took up French citizenship in 1833. A friendship
with the mathematician, Francois Arago, led to academic work and in 1834 became assistant professor in the calculus of
probabilities at the Sorbonne. A further friendship with the Chief of Police Francois Guizot led to appointment as Chief
Inspector of French Libraries in 1841.
During his tenure as Inspector of Libraries, Libri, a keen bibliophile, is said to have stolen a large quantity of rare books and
manuscripts to feed his passion. It appears that he was under suspicion for some time but not formally investigated. This
situation continued until 1848 when a warrant was issued for his arrest. The resourceful Libri, however, had received a tipoff
and fled to London. He left everything apart from the book collection of some 30,000 books which he subsequently sold
to finance his lifestyle in a series of spectacular sales, such as the one for which the catalogue is offered here. Many were
convinced of Libri’s innocence, such as Paul Lacroix and the writer Prosper Merimee. The printed letters offered here describe
the affair in more depth, providing information on the investigations and arguments for and against his guilt. He was
convicted in 1850 in absentia and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. He remained in England until failing health led him
to return to Italy in 1868 and died in 1869.
£650.00
42. [Manuscript liturgical & Devotional Book].
[France], 1772.
Catalogue Twenty One
8vo, [2], 426 p., original mottled calf (worn, loss of leather to corners, joints cracking, upper board almost detached), banded
spine (worn), gilt decorative compartments, boards alike with triple gilt filet outer border, all edges gilt. This handwritten
devotional manuscript in French contains 39 spiritual exercises concerning exercises for the development of the interior spirit,
preparation for mass, penitence, celebration of Christmas. In very good internal condition.
£220.00
43. Mazzuchelli, Conte Giammaria.
La Vita Di Pietro Aretino.
In Padova: Giuseppe Comino, 1741.
FLAGELLO DE PRINCIPI 8vo, [viii], 303, [1] + 4 p. publishers catalogue, engraved portrait frontispiece within oval medallion on a
wolf skin with head & paws, engraved rectangular title vignette of a citizen digging amongst ancient ruins with quotation from
Horace “Quidquid sub terra est in Apricum proferet aetas” (Whatever is under the earth, time will bring to light), engraved
headpiece of flowers and foliage, large decorative initial letters off oliage & mythical beasts, endpiece of crossed pipes & laurel
wreaths, engraved in Italic and Roman types with shoulder notes, 6 engraved plates of portrait medallions, contemporary
laced cartonatura (small split head of lower joint. First edition of this important biography of the Italian Renaissance writer,
satirist and serial moral disrupter, Pietro Aretino. It includes an annotated bibliography of both his printed works and works
attributed to him. Ownership signature of Juan Mosa?.
£350.00
44. Monteiro, [Joao] Franco.
Mais Factos Para a vida mora, da Eschola Medico-Cirurguca de Lisboa.
Lisbon: Typographia de J.B de Gouveia. Rua do Carvalho no.95, [c.1843].
8vo, 19.5cm, 29 p., partially unopened, AUTHOR’S SIGNATURE ON TITLE PAGE, disbound, spine strengthened. Only edition
of this author’s signed copy of this description and memoir of the surgical-medical school in Lisbon by a former student. The
school was founded 0by Government decree in 1836 by the transformation of the Royal School of Surgery. A very good copy
(two short tears to upper blank edge of title page).
£320.00
45. Moore, Thomas.
The Loves Of The Angels, A Poem.
London: Dugdale, 1823.
12mo, vi, 100 p., BESPOKE BINDING WITH DOUBLE RULED MOROCCO LEATHER SPINE WITH CARVED OAK BOARDS WITH DOG
ROSE & FOLIAGE SPRAY DESIGN TO UPPER BOARD AND SUNFLOWER & FOLIAGE DESIGN TO LOWER BOARD, gothic initials
G.H to upper board (spine endcap lightly rubbed at head). Originally issued in a standard trade binding by Longmans in the
same year, Dugdale issued a pirate edition as offered here.A fair copy (first four leaves spotted, occasional ms ink numbering)
£320.00
46. [Notarial Document Appointing Robert Blake of Essex Street,
Clements Dane as Steward of the Manor of Coulsdon].
[London], [1794].
This manuscript English legal document in the name of Thomas Byron, Lord of the Manor of Coulsden, Surrey [South London]
appoints Robert Blake as steward of his manorial courts with rights to receive such fines, amercements and profits as are
generated and exercise the collection of the same as are required. The manor court was the lowest court of English law and
had jurisdiction only over the geographic area of the said manor. The court had authority in settling matters of land transfer,
settling disputes, collection of fines, etc.. A further special sitting of the manorial court, the court leet, addressed matters such
as the election of graves, constables and the presentment of offences. The court steward presided over by the steward in the
name of the lord of the manor. The document is signed and sealed by Thomas Byron and countersigned by Joseph Sparkey.
At the bottom of the document is a typed note pasted to the blank margin identifying that Robert Blake became a partner
in the practice on the death of his Father in 1805 and continued as steward until his death in 1823. Embossed payment stamp
for VI pence to upper left corner.
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47. Oberlin, Jeremie-Jacques.
Antiqui Monumentis Suis Illustrati Primae Lineae.
Argentorati [i.e Strasburg]: Apud Joh. Frid. Stein., 1776.
8vo, 19cm, [8], 198, [60] p., untrimmed, roman & italic type, woodcut medallion to title, woodcut head & tailpieces, recent
marbled boards, paper spine label. First edition of this compendium of geographical knowledge & bibliography by this
Strasburgh born classical scholar, editor and antiquary. After showing much early promise in antiquarian pursuits and study
under Schoeflin and beginning his career as a teacher, he was appointed librarian to the university. In 1770 he became an
assistant lecturer for the chair of Latin eloquence and in this capacity gave courses on antiquities, diplomatics and ancient
geography. To aid his students he published valuable aids to study including the work here which were later adopted by
other universities. The work giving the names of topographical features by country including Europe, Africa and Asia AND
INCLUDING AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITERS ON CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. A very good copy (clean tear to one leaf).
£180.00
48. [Orsetti, Stefano].
Formule Mnemoniche Per La Cronologia Dei Sommi Pontefici.
Lucca?, 184-?.
8vo, 195 x145mm, 120 p. (42 completed; 72 blank), original half black cloth & marbled sides, ownership inscription of Stefano
Orsetti, probably Conte Stefano Orsetti. This manuscript notebook of some 3000 words in total contains an interesting
collection of mnemonic tables to memorize the Italian popes. There are five tables with the major second table giving of 256
popes to 1846 with brief name, date of death.
£450.00
49. Orteschi, Anna Maria Giacomina.
Alcune chiacchiere in risposta a quanto ha detto ... Antonio Lizzari sul proposito della
costituzione epidemica veneta degli anni 1761 e 1762.
Venezia [Venice]: Presso Pietro Savioni, 1764.
4to, 24.5cm, [2], 93, [1 blank] p., title page & penultimate page printed entirely in red, large woodcut initial letter of Italian
villa in rural scene, large endpiece of classical bust medallion flanked by urns within strapwork border & smaller endpiece
flowers & foliage. Contemporary cartonatura, spine defective. Only edition of this beautiful piece of writing and romantic
devotion where Anna Ortechi gives detailed textual analysis and defence of her husband, Pietro Ortechi’s, commentary on
Antonio Lizzari’s study on the outbreaks of the Black Death in Venice in 1761 & 1762 with which Lizzari had taken issue. This
copy has an approvazione leaf not present in the ICCU collated copy. A good copy (scattered foxing). OCLC 1433611 (sole copy
NLM); ICCU (3 copies Florence, Padova & Viterbo); Not in COPAC. Cicogna. Saggio di bibliografia veneziana 5541.
£450.00
50. Paitoni, Jacopo Maria.
Venezia, La Prima Citta’ Fuori Della Germania, Dove Esercito’ L’Arte Della Stampa
Dissertazione....
Venezia: Apresso Pietro Bassaglia , 1756.
8vo, 19.5cm, 48 p., (lower half of blank title page foreedge restored) engraved title device with decorative cartouche flanked
with foliage sprays and squirrels and topped with a shallow basket of fruit & flowers, headpiece of doves in foliage, recent
decorative paper covered boards. First edition of this early bibliographical monograph on the origins of Italian printing
proposing Venice as the birthplace of Italian printing over Milan as which had been argued to that date. The work was one
of the first of which was to become a stream of works from the late 18th century onwards establishing the origins of Italian
printing. A very good copy (small ink smudge to last text page just touching text). Bigmore & Wyman II 108; Castellani (1973)
La Stampa in Venezia.
£220.00
51. Palcani Caccianemici, Luigi.
De Vita Eustachii Zanotti Commentarius.
Bononiae [Bologna]: Ex typographia Instituti scientiarum, 1784.
Catalogue Twenty One
4to, 20cm, 38, [2] p., vignettes of Grecian urns to title page and as endpiece, red edges, contemporary cartonatura. First edition
of this life of the distinguished Italian astronomer Eustachio Zanotti was published by his collaborator Palcani-Caccianemici. It
was republished several times in Latin in the late 18th century and issued in Italian in 1825. Zanotti was born in 1709 into an
accomplished family. By age 30 he was director of the observatory of Bologna. He studied comets (discovering two), eclipses,
aurora borealis, and stars; he published an important star catalogue and was a pioneer in the study of variable stars. Zanotti
was elected Fellow of the Royal Society London in 1740 and also elected a member of other European scientific societies. A
very good copy (two small stains to front cover). Worldcat, COPAC & KVK locate three holdings (BNF, Oxford & Munchen); ICCU
(4 holdings).
£180.00
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52. Parentalia Quibus Memoriam Viri Magnifici Illustris Et Consultissimi
Io Georgii Pertschii....
Helmstad: Pauli Diterici Schnorr, Acad.
Typogr. , [1744].
Folio, [2], 98 p., (lacks frontis), engraved title device of the Academia Julia Carolina (Helmstedt University), various large
engraved headpieces including a central skull & crossbones atop a plinth within an oval medallion flanked with a skeleton
with scythe to right and bearded man to left with the motto “Morte carent anime” (souls forgo death) from Ovid, end pieces
of decorative scrollwork & flowers, page numbers within brackets and decorative printers ornaments. Modern quarter cloth &
paper covered boards. This substantial and highly decorative funeral memorial, bibliography and memoir goes some way to
showing the esteem to which this Helmstedt University prorector, canon law scholar and theology professor was held. Pertsch
penned a number of works and his Versuch einer Kirchen-Historie: So fern solche Als eine Einleitung zur geistliche Rechts-
Gelahrtheit kann angesehen werden, Meisners, Wolfenbüttel 1739 on church history seems to have achieved most acclaim.
Parentalia includes a 53 work bibliography, grouped into places of publication; a biographical memoir, funeral orations from
Georg Keufel, Christian Wernsdorf & Julius Carls and a neo-latin lament from Christian Wernsdorf. A very good copy (paper
flaw to one leaf & lacks blank outer corner of last leaf).
£200.00
53. La Parisiade, Poeme Heroi-Tragi-Comique.
Dedie Au Comite D’Inquisition Par un Hottentot.
[Paris]: Au Cap de Bonne-Esperance, 1789.
8vo, 31, 1 blank p., woodcut title device of rural scene of windmill, church & tree, engraved headpiece of printers rules &
ornaments, woodcut headpiece of flowers & foliage, occasional margin marks & underlining, recent wrappers. A gem for
the collector of the Imprimeur imaginaire, this verse in twelve chants whips up the revolutionary enmity that fed the violent
opening chapters of the French Revolution with the murder and decapitation of Bernard de Launay in the storming of the
Bastille after the dismissal of Jacques Necker, Director General of Finance who had the temerity to suggest that Louis XVI
might consider a budget to conserve funds. Conlon- Le siècle des lumières p.176; Weller- Die falschen und fingirten Druckorte
p.242; Querard 314. Circular embossed stamp of John Fowles, Lyme Regis.
£220.00
54. [Parisian Booksellers Catalogue/Advertisement] Roberti Stephani
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae.
Basilae, 1740, 4 Volumes in-fol.
[Paris]: [For Leclerc & Durand Libraires], [1757].
Bifolium, 2, [2 blank] p., top-edge shaved for inclusion in different format work leaving small strip of headpiece. This curious
Parisian booksellers prospectus advertises for sale copies of Robert Etienne’s .
£180.00
55. [Penton, Stephen].
The Guardian’s Instruction, Or, The Gentleman’s Romance. Written for the diversion and service of the gentry; particularly
those educated in Oxford, or Cambridge.
London: Printed for the Authour[sic], and sold by Simon Miller, at the Star near the West-end of St. Paul’s., 1688.
12mo, 14cm, [14], 90, [2] p., title in double rule frame, contemporary mauve wrappers. Scarce edition. COPAC gives only the
Lambeth Palace copy with matching collation. Stephen Penton penned this work in development of his educational ideas
following his principalship of St. Edmunds College, Oxford (1676-1684), with the intention of attracting more students from
the gentry at a time of falling student numbers at the college. A good copy (some headlines shaved, a couple of leaves tightly
bound). Letellier p.342; NCBEL II p.1938; Esdaile p.283
£450.00
Catalogue Twenty One
56. [Prospectus]
A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken
and Performed by Royal Authority.
Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account Of Captain Cook’s First, Second,
Third and Last Voyage Undertaken by Order of his Present Majesty, For Making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation,
Astronomy, & c. in the Southern and Northern Hemisphere. London: Printed for Alex Hogg, at the King’s Arms, No.16, Pater-
Noster-Row; and sold by all Booksellers and News-Carriers., [1784].
Single sheet, 385 x 235mm, printers initials in decorative flourish. This unrecorded prospectus for Alexander Hogg’s 1784
edition of Cook’s Voyages “ Being the most elegant, splendid and perfect edition, of the Whole of Capt. Cook’s Voyages and
Discoveries, &c. ever published, and written in a more pleasing and elegant Stile [sic] than any other Work of the Kind” is
similar to the title page of the published edition which contains substantial additional text and typographic layout alterations
and different printers colophon. Not in ESTC.
£550.00
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57. [Racial Attitudes]
“Heureusement pour nos héros
ils se trouvaient alors en vue
d’une ville habitée par de bons
negres...” Paris: Magnin &
Blanchard.
Single sheet, 175 x 90mm, hand-coloured
lithograph illustration. This print featuring Mr
Punch & friend at dinner in an African village
plays illustrates contemporary French beliefs
about African living conditions and attitudes
to British colonial expansionism. It features the
pair dining on huge Ostrich eggs and rhinoceros
head.
£120.00
58. Raouard, François.
Les Templiers, Tragédie, Par M.Rayouard.
Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud., 1805.
8vo, [lxxxii], 118 p., engraved frontispiece titled “Le Grand-Maitre des Templiers”, contemporary tree calf (some loss of leather
to corners & endcaps), gilt ruled spine compartments with alternating gilt fleurons and gilt lozenge lattice work, red morocco
spine label, boards alike with single blind rule outer border, mauve marbled endpapers & pastedowns (edges browned). This is
the second dramatic work by this neglected provincial lawyer and member of the legislative assembly. After a rocky end to the
18th century, imprisoned for Girondines sympathies, Raynouard rose to considerable standing after the publication of this work.
It attracted the attention of Napoleon cf. Mallia-Milanes-The Military Orders: history and heritage (2008) p.51 who commented
on it in correspondence to Fouché and is believed to have attended a private performance of the play in September 1805. He was
made a deputy of the Corps Legislatif in 1806 and was elected to the Académie Française in 1807. However, his favour with the
Emperor was to prove short lived and his second tragedy, Les Etats de Blois, did not find favour and from 1810 Napoleon banned
further performances. He published a further work on the Templars “Monuments relatifs å la condamnation des Templiers” in
1813. Not in COPAC; OCLC 3 copies (none outside of France). Keller (1994) p. 80; Hemmings (1994) p.206.
£180.00
59. The Respirator For All Affections
Attended With Irritation In The Air
Passages As Colds, Cough, Sore
Throat, Asthma, Consumption &c.
[London]: J. & I. Tirebuck, Machine Printers and Lithographers.,
[1851?].
4to, 8pp, caption title, illustrations of the devices, including “the
oral respirator as worn by Ladies and Gentlemen,” repaired at fold
and resewn, recent cloth binding, upper cover gilt-stamped black
leather title label.
Advertising pamphlet for Mr. Jeffreys Respirators for his several
devices, to be worn or held against the mouth. Though this leaflet
has the look of a typical “quack” cure promotion, the device invented
by Jeffreys was patented in in Britain 1836 (No. 10,287) and is the
prototype for devices still manufactured today. Jeffreys’ respirators
were “constructed on scientific principles, and designed to facilitate
respiration by supplying to the air passages and lungs, when in a
delicate or irritable state, air fresh and pure, but rendered so genial
as to be soothing to them, however cold, foggy, and irritating the
atmosphere might be,” thus providing relief to sufferers of a variety
of respiratory ailments. The leaflet reprints favourable notices of
the respirators from standard medical journals, including Lancet
(1851)and Medico-Chirurgical Review (1840).
Catalogue Twenty One
A price list at the back mentions lower-priced models for the Working Classes and availability at no charge to the indigent.
Julius Jeffreys (1801-1877) studied medicine in Edinburgh and London and served as surgeon for the British East India Company
in India. He was much interested in the relationship between climate and health and developed an early air conditioning
system as well as heat-resistant clothing and headgear; he contributed to development of the Pith helmet widely used by
British troops in tropical climes. He brought his ideas together in an 1858 book The British Army in India: Its Preservation by
an Appropriate Clothing, Housing, Locating, Recreative Employment, and Hopeful Encouragement of the Troops. Jeffreys was
elected to various learned societies and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. The OED dates the word “respirator” from
1836, the year of Jeffreys’ patent. Only copy located is at Wellcome Library.
£550.00
60. Rules For The Attendants And Assistants of the Vermont Asylum
[for the insane].
[Vermont], [186-].
Single sheet, 250 x 200mm, text within decorative border, shaded & bold type titling, blue paper stock. The unusual broadside
list of rules for the workers at the Vermont psychiatric asylum consists of ten rules governing the standard of care to be
delivered to the patients and provides some insight into the practices of early psychiatric nursing. The standard of training of
such attendants cannot have been especially high as they are entreated, amongst other things, to be “careful hat no other
patient shall carry away a knife, fork or other article from the table, and shall count the knives and forks after each meal” and
also to never report the conduct or conversation of the patients. The Vermont Asylum was founded in 1834 in Battlebro. It was
one of the first 10 psychiatric hospitals, offering ‘moral tratment’ modelled on the Quaker-founded York retreat in England,
in the US.
£180.00
61. [Sberti, Anton Bonaventura].
Catalogo Di Alcuni Altri Padovani Celebri Ne’ Loro Secoli.
Padova: Conzatti, 1796.
8vo, 22, [1], [1 blank] p., untrimmed, engraved sectional printers flourishes, engraved end piece of two books plied together,
contemporary blue wrappers. Only edition of this important biographical catalogue of historically important Padovans from
the 5th century onwards. Divided into seven sections, the work gives brief notice of some 280 soldiers, justices, medical
practitioners, botanists, theologians, poets, painters, sculptors, architects, historians & antiquaries with details of name,
profession, year of birth or death and page reference to contemporary printed biographical source material. This is of
particular bibliographic value in providing a hand list of pre-1800 Padovan biography. OCLC 13042344 (Sole copy-UCLA); Not
in COPAC; ICCU (4 copies). Melzi p. 612; Vedova. Biografia degli scrittori padovani p.6; Moschini. Della letteratura veneziana
del secolo XVII fino a’ nostri giorni p.39.
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62. [Selby family, Anglesey?].
[Manuscript Library Catalogue, Commonplace Book & Scrapbook].
8vo, 19cm, c.120 ff. with c.45 ff. blank, original green laced vellum (lower joint cracked, upper joint cracking), flat spine, blind
stamped oval heraldic device of a talbot atop a shield with three bends, double rule blind-stamped outer border to both
boards, This manuscript commonplace book began life as an alphabetical library catalogue before being transformed into
a commonplace book & scrapbook. The commonplace book was compiled primarily from 1815-1840 and contains a wealth
of observations, quotations, newspaper clippings and tipped in pamphlets covering all from foot-binding in China, epigrams
& aphorisms, the methods of cross-examination of John Philpott Curran, Welsh, Scottish & Irish nationality, contemporary
male hair growth to a clipping concerning Bibliomania at the time of the Roxburgh & Mccarthy sales. Of note is a tipped in
prospectus, with the author’s presentation inscription, for the publication of Gustave Baslé’s Systeme Mnemonique 1841 and a
DEMONSTRATION OF HIS PRODIGIOUS FEATS OF MEMORY. The manuscript is of particular value for its compliation of material
around Welsh, Irish and Scottish National ethnicity and related attitudes. There are a number of references to both Anglesea
& the legal profession.
£550.00
63. [Sermons. Manuscript Fragment From a Bifolium on Vellum].
[Italy], [c.1250].
Single fragment, 405 x 100mm, 14 lines of text in rounded gothic script over two sides. This manuscript fragment, the head
section of a bifolium, covers avarice, lament for sins, the animal and spiritual aspects of the body. One side ends in the heading
XX’us de mor...[text not present] potest fieri in exequiis cu [the twentieth sermon, this sermon is for death and funerals]. Some
text obscured & few stains.
£260.00
64. Shrove, Joseph; Jackson, J; King, Charles.
[British Seventeenth Century Bookselling: Three Manuscript Receipts For Books].
I. Joseph Shrove. Manuscript Receipt For Books. 1736. Single sheet, laid paperstock, 186 x 163. A well preserved MS bill for £2
11s to an unnamed customer, for Ryder’s Alm’s and several groups of plays and dictionaries. Signed by Shrove as received 16th
March 1736. Joseph Shrove was based at the Mitre opposite Furnival’s Inn, London.
II. [Jackson, J?]. [A Manuscript Receipt For Several Books & Serials]. [London. Pall Mall. near St. James’ House?]. 1736. Single
sheet, 122 x 197mm, laid paperstock. A well-preserved booksellers receipt, dated 20th January 1736, addressed to Cyrill Wyck
of Hockwould & Stoke for several Sessions papers, The Grub Street Journal and a Dying Speech acknowledging receipt of
payment of 15 shillings for the works.
III. [King, Charles]. [A Manuscript Receipt For Several Books]. 1707. Single sheet, 145 x 147mm, laid paperstock. This booksellers
receipt for £1 3 shillings is made out to Mr Justice Wych for books bought including a 3 volumes set of the Arabian Nights,
Thomas Brown’s Works and the Power of Parliament and dated as received 27th December 1707. Sir Cyril Wych (1632?-1707)
was a lawyer and politician with a keen interest in Irish affairs. He was married to John Evelyn’s niece and died a few days after
settling this bill.
£380.00
65. [Simmons, W.R].
[Lifelong Manuscript Diaries].
[England], 1867-1868 & 1870-1917
Catalogue Twenty One
29 vols [volume for 1868-69 not present], predominately card covers with a couple of later volumes in full roan with gilt outer
cover border. Over some 1700 pages in 29 volumes, this life long diary of some half a million words, captures the the experiences
of one William Simmons from apprenticeship as a seaman on board the Royal Standard at the age of seventeen to a career
with W.H.Smith. His service on board the Royal Standard takes him to Bombay and the vessel is chartered to serve as cargo ship
for the Abyssinian war. After some years in insurance, courtship, marriage and birth of two children he moves c.1887 to work
on commission where he doubles his salary to some £500 which peaks in 1903 at nearly £900pa. A keen observer of people
and inveterate traveller, the diaries catalogue holidays initially in England, then tours to Paris, Norway, Switzerland, Germany,
Italy, Spain, France, Algiers & Egypt in later life. There are descriptions of several cycling tours (1885) Wales, Tandem trip (1889)
in England and Wales and Walking Tours both with relatives and alone. He seems to have been quite happy to have travelled
alone and there are several records of him travelling abroad and in England alone. A number of the diaries contain rudimentary
sketches by Simmons of landmarks and things that interested him. A number of the diaries also contain travel ephemera
relating primary to European places of interest and hotels collected and tipped in. Included is a small collection of contemporary
photographs which include a photograph of Simmons c.1879, an undated photograph of Harriet Rose Fagge; a photograph
c.1900 of Simmons’s Father, Simmons & his son Harold; a photograph of Simmons on holiday in Egypt (undated) presumably
1912. There is an obituary on a removed page from “the Beacon Light” relating to charitable giving, temperance work.
£2,800.00
66. Subligny, A.T. Perdou de].
La Fausse Clelie, Histoire Francoise, Glanate et Comique.
Nymegue: Chez R.Smetius, 1680.
12mo, engraved title, title, [8], 322, [6] p., woodcut initials, endpieces of squirrel in foliage with seed heads. Contemporary
mottled calf (lightly rubbed), banded spine, gilt ruled compartments with central gilt lozenge made up of a garland within a
oval, flanked by foliage and a five pronged crown at head, tan morocco label with triple gilt rule outer border, edges speckled
red. This chivalrous romance first issued in 1670 concerns one female Walter Mitty, Juliette, who believes she is the heroine
of Scudéry’s romance Clélie, histoire romaine (1656-1660) a mysterious abduction, a mysterious “ghost”& amorous interludes.
Coming at the end of the Romance period, this novel is seen as an important transitional work in attempting to modernize the
romance. Paige (1990) Before Fiction: The Ancient Regime of the Novel p.62; A very good copy (engraved title dusty). Armorial
bookplate of the Marquess of Headford (est. 1800 County Meath, Ireland)
£280.00
67. [Tengnagel, Matthijs Gansneb].
Het Leven Van Konstance VVaer af volgt het Tooneelspel De Spaensche Heidin.
Amsterdam: Johannes Iacott, 1643.
4to, 156, [3], [1 blank] p., (lacks blank leaf F3) woodcut printers title device, large historiated initial, SIX ENGRAVED PLATES
BY PIETER NOLPE AFTER SIMON DE VLIEGAR, PIETER QUAST & ISAAC ISAACSZOON. 18th century half-vellum & marbled
sides (rubbed extremities worn), manuscript spine title. This beautifully illustrated book is based on the Cervantes novel “La
Gitanilla” and follows the fortunes of one Spanish heathen in this Dutch comedy set in the courtly traditions. A good copy.
Exlibris label of V.De La Montaigne. Locations: (UCamb, Harvard, BL, BNL, NL Sweden & 5 German libs).
£1,550.00
68. The Shakespeare Of Divines Taylor, Jeremy.
XXV Sermons Preached At Golden Grove.
London. Printed by R.Norton for Richard Royston. 1655.
Fol. [12], 334, [2 blank] p. [Bound with] XXVII Sermons Preached At Golden Grove. London: Printed for R.N. for Richard
Royston., 1654. title & text within double rule frame, woodcut title devices, headpiece and large initial letters, watermarks of
vase and flowers, and foolscap, contemporary calf, spine & corners recently restored to original style, boards alike with central
triple gilt rule panel with fleuron cornerpieces within triple gilt rule outer border, gilt inner dentelles. The Golden Grove of the
title takes its name from the home of Richard Vaughan, second Earl of Carbery where Jeremy Taylor was often received whilst
pressed to support himself with two other deprived clergymen as a schoolmaster following displacement after the removal
of Charles I in 1649. He was variously imprisoned three times and penned a number of works on devotion & Christian piety
including The Golden Grove which remains in print to this day. Brooke & Shaaber. The renaissance: (1500-1660) p. 620; de Sola
Pinto. The English Renaissance 1510-1688 p. 336.
£350.00
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69. Thomas, Robert.
[Illustrated Manuscript Travel Journal].
[England], [1840-1845].
12mo, 130 x 85mm, c.90 ff. (54 blank), pencil on paper, original chocolate ribbed morocco (extremities lightly rubbed), flat
spine, brass clasp. This succinct little manuscript travel journal of some 2000 words and with 10 brief pencil sketches covers
the fortunes of one Robert Thomas as he journeys North from London to Scotland with three companions (Mr Quart?, Mr
Alex Milne & James) via the Duke of Wellington steamer (which later seems to have been involved in transporting emigrants
to Australia & New Zeland), arrival in Aberdeen, visit to Stonehaven & Dunnotar castle, Banchory & Ballater. The second
section covers “A Tour Into Northern Germany” leaving on the 5th May 1844 on the steamer Neptune, description of visiting
St. Petersburg including the cathedral where he saw paintings from the 15th century including a “Dance of Death”, visiting
Danzig and viewing churches & castle and St. Jacobi [uncompleted]. There are named pencil sketches of Aboyne, Ballater & the
Duke of Wellington steamer and various others including several ships & town scenes (presumably St. Petersburgh). Composed
with quite an aesthetic eye and although quite hard to read gives the impression of a keen enquiring mind with a keen eye
for the beautiful.
£150.00
70. Tornieri, Lorenzo.
Il Ragno Poemetto.
Vicenza: Nella Stamperia Turra, 1794.
8vo, 17cm, 51, [1 blank] p., crown & bicephalic eagle watermarked paper, contemporary marbled wrappers. Only edition
of this work by the Italian pastoral poet Lorenzo Tornieri. Drawing his inspiration from the rural countryside, animals and
hunting, Tornieri, returned to his native Vicenza after travels further South as a young man to produce a corpus of delicate
verse and celebratory poetry celebrating the Italian countryside and rural way of life until his death in 1834. Il Ragno gives in
elegant verse a poetic hymn in praise of the beauty, work and ingenuity of the spider. Not in COPAC, Worldcat, KVK. Di Tipaldo
p.307; Passano p. 275
£220.00
71. Van Winter, Nicolaas & Van Merken, Lucretia.
Tooneelpoëzy [Vol 1: Het Beleg Der Stad Leyden; Jacob 17 Simonzoon De Ryk;
Monzongo, Of De Koningklyke Slaff; De Camisards, Maria Van Bourgondien, Gravinne
Van Hollande & Artemines. Vol II: Menzikoff, Louise D’Arlac. Sebille Van Anjou,
Gemaaline Van Gui Van Lusignan, Koningginne Van Jerusalem, Gelonide].
Amsterdam: Pieter Meijer & Izaak Duim, 1745-1786.
8vo, 2 vols, Vol I. [3], 83 p.+ [8], 87, [1 blank] p.+ [2], 86 p.+ [2], 85, [1 blank] p. + [2], 82 p. + [8], 67 p.; vol II. [4], 94 p. + [4],107, [1
blank] p.+ [4], 92 p.+ [4], 90 p.. Tipped in AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES OF NICOLAAS VAN WINTER & LUCRETIA VAN MERKEN, AN
AUTOGRAPH NOTE IN LATIN CONCERNING HENRICUS MOON 19th May 1577 & 11 PLATES BY REINER WINKELES (6 engraved
& 5 etched) AND 4 PLATES BY HOUBRAKEN. Contemporary half-speckled calf & speckled paper sides (rubbed, vol I fore
edge worn & joints cracking), flat spine, triple gilt ruled compartments, central gilt lozenge in flower and scrollwork design,
morocco label with titling within gilt chain work & rule frame, blue & white striped linen markers. This unique GRAINGERIZED
BOOK by a Dutch theatre devotee includes 4 additional portrait plates in the first play (signed I.Houbraken 1777), Het Beleg
Der Stad Leyden, concerning the splendid tale of the events during the 16th century Spanish siege of Leiden and the marriage
of Magdalena Moons, the daughter of a local justice of the peace, to the Spanish commander, Francisco De Valdez to prevent
further attacks on the town. The first volume includes an additional play, Artemines. Izaak Duim. 1745, not included in the list.
£550.00
Catalogue Twenty One
72. Visconti, Pietro.
Le Iscrizione Poste Nel Vestibolo Della Casa Del Charissimmo Sig. Abbate Francesco
Cancellieri. Illustrate dal Cav. Pietro Visconti.
Nella Stamperia Di Antonio Boulaler., 1826.
8vo, 21cm, 22, [1] p., engraved text illustrations, original card covers, title within typographic frame, tiny stamp of Harvard
college library to title page verso and “class files” to cover. First edition of this description of Francesco Cancelleri’s collection
of latin inscriptions produced by his friend, Pietro Visconti. Fifteen numbered examples are illustrated and in total 20 text
illustrations are present. Cat Accademia Potaniena p.56; Techener, Raoul-Rochette & Paulin 2163. Catalogo de’ libri esistenti
nella biblioteca dell’ Accademia Pontaniana: 21 . By Accademia Pontaniana Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque
artistique, archéologique . By Jacques Techener, Raoul- Rochette, Paulin Paris.
£210.00
73. Whiston, James.
England’s calamities discover’d with the proper remedy to restore her ancient grandeur.
London: Printed for the Author and sold by Joseph Fox, R.Clavel and T.Minton., 1696.
4to, 20cm, 40 p., printed in roman & italic type, disbound (two leaves lacking an outer marginal corner). Whiston, who wrote
several tracts on trade and economics, here puts a passionate and compelling argument against the sale of public offices, and
is particularly concerned with gaolers and the poor. He concludes that vice leads to the perpetuation of vice. The pamphlet
produced such a reaction that it was investigated at parliamentary level. Wing W.1686
£380.00
74. Whitelock, Bulstrode.
Memorials Of The English Affairs.
London: J.Tonson, 1732.
Folio, 41cm, [8], 702, [13], [1 blank], p., title in double rule frame, woodcut headpieces and initial letters, contemporary calf
(worn, joints cracking & held by cords), banded spine (later partial reback & corner restoration in sheep), tan label, boards alike
with double gilt rule outer border. Third edition of this history and chronology of the reign of Charles the First. A fair copy
(crude inner hinge strengthening). Book plate of G.W.F.Gregor. ESTC t144860.
£200.00
75. Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of The Spleen : A
Pindarique Ode.
By A Lady. Together With A Prospect Of Death: A Pindarique Essay.
London: Printed and sold by H. Hills, 1709.
8vo, 17.5cm, 16p., roman and italic typefaces, disbound, top edge trimmed touching page numbering, manuscript identification
of the author on title page. Anne Kingsmill Finch (1661-1720) was one of the earliest published English women poets. She
was born into the aristocratic Kingsmill family, which held progressive ideas about educating its daughters. She married the
courtier Heneage Finch (later made Earl of Winchelsea) in 1684. Following the political upheavals of 1688, the Finches lived
in exile in the countryside for a number of years, returning to London about 1710. Admired by the likes of Jonathan Swift
and Alexander Pope, Anne Finch received encouragement to publish under her own name. “The Spleen” is a reflection on
depression: “The secret and mysterious ways/By which thou dost destroy and prey upon the Mind....” It was first published
anonymously in 1701 and became the most popular of Finch’s poems during her lifetime. It is included in her Miscellany
Poems.... (1713), though “A Prospect of Death” is not. Her poems have been republished throughout the 20th century and
several book-length studies have appeared, recognising the Countess of Winchelsea as a writer of conviction, directness, and
humour. ESTC T049768; Foxon F141.
£220.00
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