Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 217
217. Italy.- [Martyn (Thomas)] Th e ge n T l e M A n’s
gu i d e in h i s To u r T h r o u g h iTA ly , firsT e d i T i o n, folding
engraved map, a little foxed, bookplate of Edward
Cheney on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, by
Bevan, rubbed, label removed from foot of spine, 8vo,
G.Kearsley, 1787. £200 - £300
Lot 218
218. Lavoisne (C.V.) lAv o i s n e’s co M p l e T e
ge n e A l o g i c A l, hi s T o r i c A l, ch r o n o l o g i c A l, A n d
ge o g r A p h i c A l AT l A s, 64 hand-coloured double-page
engraved maps and letterpress tables (25 maps, 39
tables) mounted on stubs, with 2 additional Appendix
leaves to nos.15/16 and 47, dedication to H.R.H.
Princess Charlotte of Wales signed at foot by the
publisher, a little browning and offsetting but generally
clean and bright, very slight worming to fore-edge of
title and a few preliminaries, light water-staining to
lower outer corner of some leaves, old ink inscription to
front free endpaper, upper hinge broken, contemporary
mottled calf with elaborate gilt-tooled borders and
Prince of Wales feathers, g.e., rubbed, rebacked, a little
worn, folio, J. Barfield, 1814. £400 - £600
Mi d d l e eA s T
Lot 219
219. Malta.- Villeneuve-Bargemont (Le Vicomte L.-
F. de) Mo n u M e n s d e s gr A n d s-MAiTres d e l’or d r e d e
sA i n T-Je A n d e JerusAleM, o u v u e s d e s To M b e A u x éléves
A JérusAleM, A pT o l é M A i s. A rh o d e s, A MA lT e, eTc., 2
vol., firsT e d i T i o n, half-titles, lithographed additional
pictorial titles and 81 plates, 16 folding, some foxing or
spotting, heavier in places, modern maroon calf-backed
marbled boards, spines gilt and with double black
morocco labels, large 8vo, Paris, 1829. £500 - £700
*** The scarce first edition of this important work
on the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who have
been associated with the Island of Malta, and indeed
The Mediterranean, from 1530; defending it in 1565
and later losing it in 1798 to an act of subterfuge by
Napoleon Bonaparte.