Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 21
21. Zhang Liouliang. yi a n h o u zh i z h a n g [th e in d i C at i n g bo o K
o f la ry n x], 2 vol.,, manuscript in Chinese on bamboo paper, 4-9
columns, up to 18 characters per column, many illustrations, some
marks in red, mounted on white paper, some edges frayed, browning
and marking, modern stitched plain wrappers, in blue cloth folder,
bone toggles, 285 x 164 mm., [China, Qianlong period, eighteenth
century]. £800 - £1,200
*** Treatise on diseases of the throat, first published in 1757 and
twice reprinted in Japan in the 19th century. The present book
is a manuscript copy written by the author’s son, Zhang Yuanyi,
perhaps prepared for the first printed edition. There are a number
of corrections in red ink, perhaps by the author.
22. Turgot (Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de Aulne, French
economist and statesman, 1727-81) le t t e r S i g n e d to mo n S i e u r
he r i t i e r, a botanist, 1p., in French, 4to, 28th November 1778,
referring to the sweet chestnut tree, removed from an album, folds,
browned. £100 - £150
23. D’Alembert (Jean Le Rond, French mathematician,
physicist, philosopher and music theorist, co-editor with Diderot
of the Encyclopedie, 1717-83) au t o g r a p h lett e r S i g n e d to
mo n S i e u r oSt e rwa l d, di r e C to r o f t h e SoC i é t é ty p o g r a p h i q u e at
ne u f C h â t e l, Sw i t z e r l a n d, 1p. with conjugate blank and address
panel, in French, Paris, 30th December 1780, writing on behalf
of the Abbe ?Le Senne who had been offered a position of the
Societe Typographique and anxious to begin work as he now found
himself “dans une situation qui lui rend le travail plus que jamais
necessaire,” and stating that Le Senne can settle in Neufchatel and
writes that he can be very useful to the Societe in proof reading,
folds. £200 - £300
24. Genealogy of Spanish Nobility.- Mendoza y Bobadilla
(Francisco de, Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, 1508-66) ti z o n d e
eS pa ñ a, manuscript in Spanish, slightly browned, old bookseller’s
description tipped-in on fly-leaf, large bookplate of William
Stirling on front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped calf, gilt,
gilt spine, slightly rubbed, r.e., sm. 4to, [eighteenth century]; and
another similar, 4to (2) £75 - £100
*** Compiled at the request of Philip II regarding the genealogy of
the Spanish nobility.
25. Germany.- re f l e x i o n S S u r l e go u v e r n e m e n t d e l’al l e m a g n e,
manuscript in French, 181pp., some slight foxing, bookplate of
Francis Lord Brooke on front pastedown and William Robertson
“one of the Senators of the College of Justice” front free endpaper
and fly-leaf loose, contemporary speckled calf, gilt arms of the
Earls of Warwick on both covers, rubbed, covers detached, sm. 4to,
[late eighteenth century]. £100 - £150
26. Louis XVI (King of France, 1774-93) Co m m iS S i o n a p p o i n t i n g
ni C o l a S dabr i e r e a d J u ta n t in t h e “reg i m e n t d’in fa n t e r i e d e
gat i n i o n,” D.s. signed “Louis” in a secretary’s hand, printed with
manuscript insertions, paper seal, folio, Versailles, 14th November
1781; and another document signed by Louis XIV, v.s., v.d. (2).
£100 - £150
27. Valdec de Lessart (Claude Antoine de, politician, finance
minister, friend of Jacques Necker, 1741-92) le t t e r S i g n e d to m.
du f r e S n e, 2pp., in French, docketed 17 in corner, folio, Paris, 26th
March 1791, concerning an order for money to pay the soldiers
defending the Isle de France, folds, removed from an album, slightly
browned. £100 - £150
28. German Grocers.- Ca l C u l at i o n S bu C h, manusctipt accounts
book, in german, 322pp., in several hands, browned, original half
sheep, paper covered boards, label lettered direct on upper cover,
rubbed, folio, Nuremberg, 1796-1802. £300 - £400
*** Details of a German grocer’s merchants at the end of the
eighteenth century. Items such as coffee, tobacco, sugar, spices,
pepper, saffron, speciality flours, oils etc. are ordered from cities
such as St. Petersburg, London and Amsterdam. Detailed accounts
are given of gross costs, tariffs at different ports and borders, and a
final account of the overall costs per unit.